EUGENE CITY GUARD,
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EUGENE CITT. OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
IPITOME OF THE TELEGRAPHIC
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
a laWraiUag Vallaatloa ml IUM Vivas
lbs Twa HamlJpbam rraaanWd la a
Vendanaad Form- Large Aaaoaat
f lafonnaUoa la a Small Bpaaa.
The Cbineao government has decided
to enter the postal union.
H. E. Topping, furnltare dealer of
Astoria, oommittod tulolde by blowing
bit braini out.
T. Hlmon Sam, formerly minister of
war fur Haytl, bat been elected presi
dent to auooeed General Uippolyte, de
oeaaed. Tbe aobooner J. B. Leeda it long
overdue at Uray'i b arbor from Uuay
maa, Mexico, and great anxiety it felt
for bar aafety.
Tbe London Timet correspondent in
Vienna aayt: Tbe Vaterland publishes
a communication from the tuperior of
tbe Catholic ttation at Orfa, doolaring
that 8,000 Armenlant bare been mass
ored there.
Fire broke out in tbe Waahburn A
Moen Maunofacturing Company't
olant. at Uuinsiginoud, Ma., reaolt'
ing in a loaa of from 160, 000 to $105,
000, fully inaured. Two buurded men
will be out of work nntil tbe building
la rebuilt.
Tbe Ueneaaee river ia bigber thin In
dopb Bpreckle submitted an interest
ing report It showed there it every
promiae that tbe world't product of
tugar tbit year will be 1,000,000 tont
abort of the topply of severs I yean
paat, wbicb explained wby sugar it
telling for oent. pound against S
oenu laat year. Tbe estimated profit
of tbe company on tbit year't yield it
upward of f 500,000.
Kir Herculea Koblnson, governor of
Cape Colony, baa cabled to tbe govern
ment tbe details of tbe massacre of
white men in Inyati, in Matabeleland,
Including Meaara. Handle, Caat and
Uuford. Assistant Commiaaloner (Ira
ham wat murdered by the Matabeles
at Inyati March 37. A general attack
upon tbe whttea followed, anj they
were entirely outnumbered and almost
overwhelmed, belua unable to make
any effective atand agalnat tbe ruib of
tbe native warriora.
Newt bat been received that 1.600
immigranta are about to leave Naples
for the United States.
Two masked men entered saloon in
Astoria and robbed the crap game of
the bank roll, amounting to (560.
Governor MoGraw, of Washington,
bat issord a proclamation designating
April 34 as Arbor day for the year
IttUU.
An explosion occurred in tbe engine
room of the Murpby Varnish works, in
Chicago. He vera 1 men were aeriously
hurt and two fatally.
Count Mattel, the discoverer of tbe
system of niodioine which bears his
namu, died in Uologne. Tbe system
waa a development of homeopathy.
I'bilip Ileppuer, a well-known ware
houseman of Arlington, Or, commit
ted suicide by shooting bimsulf through
the brain with a 88-oallber revolver.
Tbe expedition of tbe Kussiau Geo
graphical Society, equipped for tbe ex
ploration of the Irkutsk relgon of Si
beria, has started, and will be abseut
THE PACIFIC STATES
INTERESTING NEWS NOTES FROM
VARIOUS PLACES.
twenty years. It it over iu baukt in
the southern part of Koohester and has three years.
wssbed away part or tne ane iracae. Tbe nrt Tt of tbe tattle
Tbe bouaee are lurrounded by water Mollnt M()(,r. Anril a. stated that tbe
Italians lost 100 killed and wounded.
and tbe oooupanta have bad to doeurt
their hornet.
Arthur Dradley and Klcbard Iugra
bam. two factory bands employed in
Haverhill, Mass., engaged in a prise
fight, and at a result the latter was
killed by a blow on the jaw. Tbe
flitht was to be friendly one to settle
the title at to who waa tbe better man,
It it now known that one-half of the
Texas peach crop bat been killed by
frost. Corn baa all been planted, but
as yet no cotton, although the ground
is prepared for it Owing to the late
season, caused by oold winter, tbe
aoreage will not be as large at last
year.
A novel measure, aimed at bigb
theater bata, was euaoted into law by
the Ohio legislature. It provides that
any manager permitting any person to
wear bat or other headgear in tbe'
a tor obstructing the view, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, aud ahall be
nued $10.
A foreign dispatch says: It ia be'
lleved tbe dervishes lost 6.000 dead,
wounded and prisoners in the engage
merit at Mount Moeran on April 3,
with tbe Italian native battalion com
mandod by Colonel Bteveul from Cas
aala.
The money order traDsaotlous
throughout the United State during
the laat quarter of 18V6, beat all previ
ous records iu volume. The account
have lust beeu audited aud abow the
receipt to have been aggregated (IS,
675,1171.
It ha been announced that a chair
of the Kusalan language will be stab
ltshed at Harvard uoxt year, Profos
aor Leo Welner, of the University of
Miuueaota, a native of Poland aud a
well-known scholar of the Hlavoulo
tongues, has beeu appointed to the
chair for five year.
A spoolal report to La Frenta state
that the situation among the Bauta Ke
ooloulsta in llueuoe Ayrea it desperate.
They are without uieau aud almost
without food. The commercial firms
re iu terrible straits. The national
oongreaa will attempt to suooor the peo
pie until the next harvest.
A dispatch from lluohareat to tbe
London Time says: The papers here
anuouoo tbe conclusion of a military
convention between Russia aud Uulga
ria under which, in the rvent or war,
JJuigarla would cede to Kussla ports
on tbe Black sea, aud would couoen
trate au army at tihumla.
Edward Davids, a prominent farmer
of fox Lake, Wis., was shot aud in
suutly killed by Julius Zilke, a farm
hand working for him. Davids bad
luterefered to prevent Zilke from alrik
Ing a young man In a quarrel, and
Zilke waited for Davids to oome home,
when he shot him iu tbe presence of
Davids' wife.
John Beluian, the victor of no leas
than twenty fatal ahootlug affray in
Texas, the exterminator of "bad" men,
and tbe slayer of the notorious John
Wesley Hardin, was shot and killed by
Now It is admitted that ten offloor snd
800 men were killed.
W. II. M. Christie, astronomer royal,
will leave Loudou in July next, and
paaa through UritUh Columiba en route
to Japan in order to witness tbe eclipse
there in the autumn.
Canada ha taken ofllcial aotion In
regard to the Cree Indian matters, and
tbe present outlook is that all Creea lu
the United Htatea will be deported
within the next four weeks.
The Assembly has passed the bill
limiting the hour of labor of women
aud obildren to aixty boura per week,
and putt all establishments under con
trol of the board of health.
Chariot Parkin aud Patrick Cardi
gan, two members of a wrecking orew,
were struck by a fast freight train on
tbe Pnunsylvauia road near Downing
ton, Pa., and Instantly killed.
Tbe secretary of the treasury has
asked for au appropriation of (3,000 to
be expended under the direction of the
Uuited States marshal of Alaska for
the repair of public buildings in
Alaska.
The navy department has received a
report from Passed Assistant W. P.
Aruold, that the black plague has
made its appearance in lioug Kong,
but that tbe fact ia being oouoealed for
business reasons.
Tbe board of health of Kan Francisco
has been notified that a Chinese pas
senger ou the Macho died at Yokohama
March 81 of the plague. The steamer
sailed for Han Francisco the same day.
She will be quarantined on her arrival
The Northern Pad Bo oflloe in Spo
kane has advice that a geueral ad
vance in freight rate to the ooast over
the transcontinental lines of about 35
per oeut will be made lu a few weeks.
The statement oouies from unquestioned
authority.
James I. Doaier, on his preliminary
examiuatiou ou a charge of killing
Frank Kelly at Dutteville, Or., ou
Maruh 81, waa acquitted in Justice
Jubsnon't oourt in Salem. The evi
dence proved that tbe shooting wat lu
self-defense.
At the city election iu Cimumruu,
Kau., Mrs. C. A. Curtis was elected
mayor by a small majority over Dr.
Lawreuoe. The eleotiou board is com
posed of womeu, who were out iu full
force. Mrs. Curtis is over (10 years of
ago and is quite wealthy.
The instructions to Uuited States
revenue vessels for the patrol of the seal
waters during the coming season have
been oompleted by the treasury depart
ment, and will shortly be isaued to the
oaptaius of the vesaul. They are sub
stantially the same as those of last
year.
The steamer Kmpress of Japan, from
Yokohama, brings word that Mount
Kirlabima was iu eruption March 15.
M. Llevre, of the French warship Far-
fait, was ascending the mountain when
the orater broke forth, and was serl-
The Oraat Nortbwast Furnish lorn
Maws of Mora Thaa Oaaaral Intar.
at Davalopmaat and Prograw la
All ladiutiias-Oragoa.
The Promised land In Wallows ooun
ty ia fast filling op with aettlen from
outside point.
So far, (28,000 in taxes have been
oollectod in Lane. There Is yet over
(100,000 to collect.
Tbe proposition to start a pine
needle factory in Grant's Paat ba
gain taken on life.
Pendletoniant ay that the O. K. &
N. i about to run The Dalle local
through to their town.
Coqntlle rejoice in tbe opening of a
new hotel, commeniarate with tbe
.town's new ambitions.
Only 280 men bave applied fur work
on tbe state's sewer at Salem, but tbe
returns are not all in yet
Twenty-eigbt young men and about
dozen young women are aaid to be
earning their way a they go at tbe
state university.
Hopgrowert in tbe Vicinity of Cor
vailia, undeterred by the unprofitable
Drioea of hist year, are beginning to
pole their vines, says tbe Timet.
Tbe Pendleton Salvation Army war
riora declare tbelr loysltv to the old
commander, and will bave nothing to
do with tbe American organization.
Major Worden claims to bave dls
oovered a mistake In the government
urvey which located about 4,500
acre of good farming land in Klamath
Lake.
Tbe Coo liar St Eastern bat been
settling up lot of right-of-way olaim
and the tpeedy resumption of work be'
tween Myrtle Point and Koseburg
looked for.
Tbe treasurer of Clatsop oounty ba
tent to tbe state treasurer (7,600 and
will thit week tend (10,000 more, com
pleting tbe (17,600 due from Clatsop
oounty for state taxe for 1896.
A rich placer find ba been reported
on Paddy't creek. It bat been known
for a long time that there are deposi
of plaoer ou the creek but no one ha so
far been able to find it In paying quan
title.
A. G. Hunter, erstwhile tbe official
at the Cbemawa Indian school, ba left
for bit new post of duty at Chllooo,
Indian territory. Meanwhile the
farming at Chomawa 1 superintended
by one of the pupils.
Uuited State Deputy Marshal George ously wounded, his guide being iu-
Scarborough. The men bad a quarrel ttautly killed.
A terrific explosion, entailing the
Ion of seven lives aud the wounding
of several others, occurred in the can
yon, four miles from Ogden, Utah.
The meu were employed by the Pio
neer Power Dam Company, aud were
about to prepare a blast, wheu a pre
over a game of cards, which resulted
In the shooting.
Letters received frotu Rainy river,
on the Canadian boundary, report the
death iu lUluy river of the entire
party who accompanied Colouel A. F,
Kian, uuited btate ttwolal aireuL
They were on the way to lnveatlgate a "iature explosion occurred
report or timber stealing by Canadians,
and were ascending the river lu
sleighs. They broke through the ioe
aud all but Colonel Naff were lost.
At a meeting of the bond bolder of
the Northern Paoiflo railroad held lu
Berlin, it was uuauimously resolved to
aooepl the reorganisation plan. The
Northern Paoiflo plan of reorganisation
ha been adopted by two niwliugs, oue
of third mortgage bondholders, repre
anting ft, 1)71,000 out of (7,845,000,
and oue of second mortgsge bondhold
ers, representing (3,844,000 out of
(6.448,000.
There has been considerable rivalry
between tbe master of the sailing ve
els plying in th oosl trade between
San Francisco and Nanatmo for tbe
paat year, and ome very fast passage
hare been made, several of them tuside
of tweuty days. The NVilna. Captain
mater, arrived at Sao Franolsoo, mak
ing tbe round trip in sixteen day and
four boor, whiob i by far the beat
tlm on record.
. of th stockholders of
L Sugar
Dispatch from Constantinople say
that an imperial trade baa decreed
the wholesale expuslou of all Christian
missionaries from Armenia, who are
mainly French , and all Protestant. It
ia still possible, says the report, by im
mediate pressure to prevent the exeou
lion of the decree, but uo time is to be
lost.
William ltiggvrsuff, the murderer,
was hanged in Helena, Mout, for the
murder of Richard Johusou, the cham
pion fighter of Moutaua. He exhibited
an unlooked-for coolness. The execu
tion was most suooesafuL His neck
was broken, and h wa pronounced
dead iu 8 minute after jerking up
the body.
Tbe oon tract of sale of Chiuo ranch
to an English syndicate baa been filed
for record with the oounty recorder of
San lieroarriiuo county, Cat. The pur
chase price is (1,600,000. The sale
inolude 43,000 acre and oonsist of
rich mesa and ouii-uioit land In
which tbe Chiuo beet sugar factory
now stand, and is one of the most fer
til tract of land in Southern Call-frtrniij.
General John IL Stevens, of La
Grande, wa 90 year old last week.
Tbe geueral i in excellent health, aud
make the round trip from hi residence
on First street to the business portion
of the city almost every day.
Tbe move to prohibit stock from run
ulug at large In Benton oounty is
awakeuiug a storm of opposition In th
outlying .precincts, and a bitter fight
over the question will be one of the in
oidente of the coming oampaign.
A meeting of the Marion County
Horticultural Society will be held at
Salem April 25. The subject of mar
keting fruit will be handled by a gen'
tleman froin the East, who has ftudied
the marketing problem, aud fruit'
grower are promised much benefit
from attending the meetiug.
Grandpa Nichols, living at Bonanza
Klamath oouuty, will be 100 year old
next January. When he was 87 he
made homestead entry on a plooe of
laud near Bonanza, and seven years
later proved up on it Despite his 99
year of life he it yet bale aud hearty.
Ue bat a ton 70 yean of age.
Some money bat been spent and
much bad blood bat been engendered
in Priueville by an effort to close up
the saloons under the old law of Goto
ber 18, 1864. Two days were spent in
tbe first trial and the jury disagreed
ant a seoond trial or the same case
lso resulted in disagreement
u. it. uooper, or Mount uood, re
oeutly told in Portland 186 boxes of ap
plea, for which he received: Baldwin
(1.87 per box; Spttaenberg, (1.75; Ben
Davit, (1.60. He bat about 500 bear
ing apple trees, from which he picked
and told laat year 800 boxes, olearing
(500. From bla nine-year-old Bald
wins he piokod ten to twelve boxes.
it ia aaid that there will be a new
smelter In operation at Linnton, inside
of six months. A smelter wat built
there sotne six yean ago, but for some
reason it wat a failure. The projector!
say that the outlook for making
smelter pay there now it niuoh brighter
than at the time the attempt wat made
before. They are oounting on the out
put of Baker oounty mine.
Washington.
8heepshertng baa begun In Walla
Walla oounty.
Captain T. O. Jenkins it preparing
three acres of ground near Goldondale
for tobacco.
The Asotin Sentluel state that the
daily output of the plaoer mine be'
tween Asotin and Salmon river ia (135
per day.
Wslstburg will soon have eleotrlo
light. The plant has been bought, is
in the town, aud work hat begun ou
the surveys.
Iu Metropolitan Seattle there wat a
spelling bee recently between eight
lawyer aud an equal number of min
islers and deaoons. Tbe lawyer were
vanquished.
A merchants' and farmers' organiaa
tion hat been formed at Wenatobee, for
the purpose of securing the oonstrno
tion sud operation of two new Indus
trie a creamery aud cannery.
A syndicate of German oapitallsu is
negotiating to secure mining properties
in the St Helens district, andllf the
deal is oulmlnated will spend at least
130,000 lu development work this year.
A party of Yakima young ladle have
under consideration a bioyole trip to
lhe Dalle. They propove to bave a
wagon aooompany them loaded with
creature oomforu and prepared to pick
up the injured, aayt the Herald.
George H. Newman, recently oon
firmed by the United State senate as
ludtan agent of the Colville and Coeur
d'Alen reservations, went to the Coeur
d'Alen reservation last wek. and will
relisv th acting agent, Captain Bubb,
of the United Bute army, toon a
an invoioe of tbe property oan be made.
Tbe Spokane Street Railway Com
pany ba made an order that no em
ploye of tbe road it allowed to talk to
a passenger. Neither the conductor
nor tbe motorman oan enter Into con
versation with a person on the oar.
The civil service commission of Seat
tle bat decided upon the order of ex
amination! and tbe first examination
will probably take place in about five
weeks, this delay being necessitated
by tbe oourse laid down in the charter.
A skeleton wat unearthed by work
men at the O. R. & N. Co. ' stockyards
in Spokane last week. One of the
workmen tent bit pick through tbe top
of the skull before be knew what it
waa. It ia supposed that tbe skeleton
it that of a squaw.
Tbe committee appointed by tbe Col
ville Congregational church to solicit
fund and lite fur an academy 1
making a tuocecsful canvass, slthough
the location for the academy has not
yet been decided upon. Tbe citizens
are taking bold of the matter with a
spirit that promise luocess.
The case of ex-Treasurer Krug, of
Seattle, bat been ordered redocketed
In tbe United Statet supreme oourt,
upon payment of ooat. A motion to
dismiss will be made on the ground
that no federal question it involved,
aud, if tbe motlun it denied, tbe case
will be set for trial at tbe October
term.
Tbe interior department at Washing
ton has notified tbe superintendent of
tbe Skokomlsb Indian boarding school,
near Union City, Mason county, that
tbe school will be discontinued at the
end of the school year, June 80. The
citizens of Mason oounty have sent re
monstrances to Washington in tbe bope
that they may induoe tbe department
to reconsider its aotion.
Cbarloa Mataon, who has a farm near
Edison, wa burning grass in a field
near tbe bouse last week. He was fol
lowed to the field by hi little daugh
ter, 4 year old, when, unobserved by
the father, tbe child wa turrounded
by the fire and terribly burned before
assitanoe could reach ber. She died lu
four hours, after terrible suffering.
Tbe much despised squirrel has
proved a valuable discoverer for tbe I.
X. L. Mining Company, of Clugston
creek, on the Colville reservation. A
few days ago one of the company,
while walking over one of the claima,
observed the earth excavated by tbe
pests and discovered pieces of Iron ore
iu tbe heap. He dug down two or
three feet and struck quite a large
body of ore.
Tbe danoiug question is a very lively
issue In tbe North river oountry just
now. Tbe people are divided into tbe
danoe and anti-danoe factions, and tbe
bone of contention it the scboolhouse
and the advisability of permitting
dances iu it The anti-danoe party has
at last prevailed, and the light fan
tastic will no louger be tripped on the
schoolhoose floor. Nor will tbe voioe
of tbe preaober be beard any more
within iu wall, a ohurob service
have been prohibited there at welL
CONFESSION OF GUILT
STORY OF COLD-BLOODED CRIME
TOLD BY YOUNG PEOPLE.
.,...d H.r lovsr. Thai... !
port, la KHiln, Th.lr
art.r Which Tbr to a
Leavenworth. Kan.. April 11.
Young Cbarle. Laoiborn nnd Annie
Lamb'rn. who are in Jail here charged
with complicity in the murder of
fatherP. have made WhUe
plete confession of their guilt W bile
not admitting that they were th. i
tual tlayert of their aged father, they
Lnfeasto having actively
man who struck the fatal blow. This
man it Thomat Davenport, the lover
of the girl, and the friend o Oie
brother, who It also a prisoner in the
county jail ,
Old man Lamborn was murdered at
bis ranch In Fall Leaf township, thit
county, on the night of February 10.
Davenport crept In through rear door
and at one blow of an ax dispatched
tbe old man as be sat iu a chair by bis
fireside reading his daily paper. Tbey
then burned tbe dead man't will, by
which he bad disposed of an estate
valued at over (50,000. After this the
three went to a dance, where they
...m..H ti niov themselvet with the
i others. The dance over, they all went
back to the Lamborn farmhouse ana
went to bed. It wat not until the
next morning that they reported hav
ing found their father iu the kitchen.
RELIEF.
LONG NEEDED
Ultsa fort.
Idaho.
The promoters of the Boise mining
exchange are planing an excursiou of
Eastern people to that section some
time iu May.
The De Lamar Nugget bat compiled
a most oomplete map of the mining
claimt of De Lamar mountain whiob
will be of great servioe to tbe mining
public.
The state of Idaho during 1895 pro
duced a total of (10,110,495 in min
erals. Thit wat au increase of (316,
405 over that of 1894. Shoshone is tbe
bauner oouuty, produoing (3,576,813.
It is estimated that the production for
1986 will fully amount to (16,000,000.
Article of incorporation of the Idaho
Chemioal Gold Mining Company, or
ganised under the laws of New York,
bave beeu filed with the secretary of
state, together with a notice of appoint
ment of U. H. Armstead as agent for
the company In this state, tbe oom-
pany owns mining property iu Lemhi
county.
Squatter on the Net Peroe reserva
tion, who have been frightened by re
ports that Indians would olaim their
holdings at unallotted lauds, have been
reassured by Speoial Agent Lane, who
sayt there ia small probability of land
now occupied being given to the In
diana. There are fully 100 squatters
qn thit land, and the effort to dispossess
them would end iu serious complications.
Montana.
The Keystone mining property in
the Yabk district, it is expected, will
be equipped with a small experimental
flve-stamp mill
The Castner Coal and Coke Com
pany baa just oompleted plans whereby
it extensive lyatem for making ook
will be Increased In the very near future.
H.tt.r Mall Mamie to Ha
land llcrvaftsr.
Washington, April 9. Some time
ar Knator Mitchell sent a letter to
the Dostoffioe department asking if bet
ter facilities oon Id not be arranged for
the distribution of Portland city mail)
arriving in the morning by the Hunt
inirton and Portland railway pottafflce.
Captain White, tupertindent of tbe
rmlwav mail servioe. bat replied that
the postoflioe department baa author
ized an additional clerk on that run,
whose duty it will be to separate the
Portland oity mailt in accordance with
an arrangement to be made with tbe
postmaster at Portland aud tbe super
intendent of tbe elabth division of tbe
railway mall service, whose headquar
ten are iu San Franolsoo. Under this
arrangement it it expected that the
mail destined for Portland will be sep
arated aud arranged for distribution
to that they will be served on an early
delivery.
Representative Hermann has secured
a favorable report fiom tbe committee
on oommerce on bis bill for a life-saving
station at tbe entrance to Rogue
river. General Superintendent Kim
ball recommend! that the bill be pass
ed. The committee, in reporting the
bill for Rogue river, says:
"The committee are convinced of
the propriety of the establishment of
the station in tbe vicinity indicated.
The oommerce it considerable and in
i creasing, and tbe coast it dangerout.
There have been eight disasters in tbe
vioinity of Rogue river, of which five
involved total lost, of the estimated
value of (57,193. Fortunately no lives
were lost in any of these wrecks, but
many were imperiled and will oontinue
to be until a liferaving station is estab
lished." Tbe committee reported adversely
upon the bill for a station at Tilla
mook,, upon the recommeudation of tbe
superintendent, who says that there
are other points where stations should
be established before Tillamook it con
sidered. THEY EXPECT WAR.
I'evpla In Vnsucla Dlsputad Ground
Know Its Value.
Georgetown, British Guiana, April
. If the Venezuela-British Guiana
boundary dispute it decided iu favor of
Venezuela, 99 out of every 100 Eng
IiBhmen in this country will lose
money by it, and the same may be
said of nearly every American living
in the colony, except the United States
consul. British Guiana is divided into
three counties, Dementia, Berbice and
Essequibo. Practically all the gold
fields are in Essequibo oounty, and
nearly all of tbe territory which com
prises that oounty is under dispute.
While the rest of the world is look
ing upon the question at practicallv
settled to far at the possibility of war
is concerned, the point of view here it
entirely different
Gold, there is here, and to what ex
tent may be judged from the registra
tion for the last three days, every bit
of it being taken out by placer mining.
The day before yesterday 673 ounces;
yesterday 808 ounces, and today 1,000
ounoes were taken out
Owing to tbe voloanio nature of tbe
oountry and the difficulty experienced
Bcmug u me neias, long canoe
There U but little moving in local
Pri-imaln nnohanged.
sltbougb egg. wd InX o
scarce aud much firmer, few taie 1 01
Krmerbeingm.de at 9. and 60;
packer lot going readily 8 ',0. Bnt
ter oontinue weak.
Wheat Marhat.
The state of the foreign wheat mar
ket. wbicb i. our criterion, it well et
for h in Lond" ,etwr w
per. which .ay.: Wheat during the
past week ba. been . very poor tt.de.
ind the depressing American ad vloet.
coupled with Russia and India pre.
singP wheat, ba. taken all the .trengtb
out of the market Tbe floor trade it
wretched. Local quoUttoM ":
W.lla Walla. 65 to 6o; Valley. 68 to
69c, .
Produce ataraau
FLOC-Portland. Balem. Cacdind
Davton. .re quoted
Go ddrop, 2.l6: Snow flake. 1.1.20; Ben-
m 1 county, XU0: gramun, (2.6s !
fine, 12.26. . , t .
OTa-Good white are Quoted wrt.
2ic; milling. 28j3Uc; IW. ii
Kol edoau are quoted a lollowt : Bagf,
4.256.25j barrelt, I4.50(S7.U0; caeet,
HaV - Timothy. 19.00 per ton ; che',
fl.00: clover, Iota 7; oat, 6(gtf.&0; wheat,
IR M)((t0.50.
BAL.Y-Feed barley, (13 50 per ton;
tltf-Jia H3.00; thortt,
$1&; middlings, $18(20.00; rye, U2V
per cental.
BcT-r.a-Fancv creamery it quoted at
tfj; fancy dairy, 20c ; fair to good,
Wc; common. 12c per roll.
u Suur lirumin. Pel
.a.ir- sweet, common, 6c: Meroed,
3'a per pound.
Unions Uieon, 56c per :.
Pocltbv Chickens, bene, o.6v pel
.i..,un. miinl. 1:1 ooia 4.00 per dozen;
duck.. H60ati; geeee, 5.0U; turkey,
mu iirU,.i! ir nouud: dressed IOC.
Eoos-Uregon. M c pe &"a
Ciia.Bit Oregon au icreain, 14I5i
per pound; hail cream, U,c ; kiin, 4(8
6c; Young America, lOallc
Tunnrii. Kmdit Calilorni. leutoni,
13.U03.25; choice. 2.002.o0; oicily,
i.60; banana. 1.76(c(2.50 per bunch;
California navels. 2.23(SJ.60 per doxj
pineapples, 5(u.00 per Uomiu.
Obkooh VaoMABLits Cabbage, 1
per 10; garlic, new, 7(gsc per pound;
artichokes. lS5o tuer dozen : sprout. 5c
per pound ; cauuriower, .2.75 per crate,
per dozen; hothouse lettuce, 40c
per dozen.
Fkkhh Fbuit Peart. Vi inter Nellit,
$1.50 per box; crubernee, $9 pel
barrel: fancy applet, 11.502; common,
50(t75c per box.
Dkuo Fhu its Apple, evaporated,
bleached. 4(4c: sun-dried, 3Ji(S4c;
pears, tun and evaporated. 6(gtic plums,
nitlesa. 3id4c: oruues. 3(gS Per pound.
Wool Vallev. 10c. Ier pound: Eaatr
ern Oregon, b(g8)ic.
Hop Choice, Oregon 23c per
pound ; medium, neglected.
Nuts Almonds, toft shell, 9(3 11c
per pound; paper shell, 10($12ac; new
crop California walnut, tolt shell,
ll(3l2)tc; standard walnut, 12313c;
Italian chesnuta, 12(3140; pecans,
13 16c; Brazils, 12) 13c; tilberta,
12(gl4c; peanuts, raw, fancy, 6(4 7c;
roasted, 10c; hickory nut, 8(gl0c; co
coanuts, 90c per dozen.
Provisions Eastern hams, medium,
ll)t12c per pound; hams, picnic,
7c: breakfast bacon 10,S.10c;
short clear sides. 8)i(sOUc; drr salt
tidet, 7S(sHc; dried beef hams, 12
Wl3c; laxd, compound, in tins. 7i
lard, pure, in Una, 93s10c; pigs' feet,
80s, (3.50; pigs' teet, 40s, xj.'JO; kite,
11.25. Oregon smoked hams, 10J4c pel
pound; pickled bams, 8)c; boneieai
uauia, 7gc; bacon, 10J4c; dry salt sides,
bJ4c;iard, 6-pound pails, lUs, 7tc;
50s. 7'..c: tierces. 7c Countrv meats
sell at urices according to srade.
limits. Dry bides, butcher, sound,
per pound, H(sl2c; dry kip and calf'
skin, 10(4 lie; calls, 3c lees; salted, 60
Iba and over, 5c ; 60 to 60 lbs, 44)c;
40 aud 50, 4c: kip and veal skins
10 to 30 lbs, 4c; calfskin, sound,
to 10 lb, 6c; green, nnsalted, lc
less ; calls, l-2c lees ; sheepskin!, shear
lings, 10 (it 15c; abort wool, 20 (3 30c;
medium, 30 (3 40c; long wool, 50(g7l)c.
The payroll at the 8n Coulee coal trips beina neoesaarT. nr. tn .i,A..,.
mines for last month amounted to time mining has been very crude
(45.000. Thii was for fifteen davs As for the Hriti.h ni(m .,..'. u
and the output of coal for the same are 62,000 British subjects In Esseoui-
r . w uuuuiy, exclusive or mnrnmi
The output of coal and coke at Horr omcl1. i it very misleading. If a
ia ilioreniiiiiu nanh month and .11 1 ,lne Should be drawn due Otlth f mm
the improvement contemplated by the 1 orocco riT it would be found that
company are oomplete, Horr will be ""uai settlers between that and
oue of the most prosperous camps In I nomburgx line would not num
the state. ! '.500. while in the northwest dis-
Montana leads all other states in the' TV" n ,h Coast diretly south
number of sheep within her borders. I ' , Y wo Wnere best
On January 1. 1896. there wer 8.-: 2 - VuPP! eiUt- ther
061.808 .heep in the Ute. or about 1 " ,,B '""" ,ct'
one-twelfth of tbe total number in kioting in Hajti.
the United State. New York. Anril a a
i . uuoar-
There are many distrtot throuaho.t ' " Jcm,,1 HJ. on March 27.
the atetethat give great promise 0 i ln mruaer burned several houses,
showing wonderful Improvement dur iea, it is said, ten people, and
Ing tbe summer in the wealth of their H0? nd children had to flee from
mineral output The development r,M in the Vnt Quarters to
wss carried on during the winter and I S"1 , the city for safety,
the wise act of oongrea in not sus-1 . 5".Dg general after
pending the assessment work for 1895 " en"" that the Dutch Royal Mail
have been most aatitfaotory to all oon' i J0m?D., 1 ,,em Prince Wilhelm IV
cerned, and the return for 1896 when , 9 harbor without her
completed will, a in tbe part, show t0 P?Prl nd Prt of h cargo,
thst Montana leads all other state in . T,Mel h1 arrived here
e Union In the mineral wealth. I Drul8,uB number of Haytian, who
A Frencr-re.Td"eu-ro"n3ba writing ttiE2 f?1'
to a London paper say that a band of "'vpuijie.
farchandlse afarkat.
Salmon Columbia, river No. 1. tall.
$1.26(31.60; No. 2. talis, 12.26(32.60;
lancv. ha. 1. flats. XI.7f((il.Kfi- A lank
No. 1, tails, $1.20(31.30; No. 2, toils, $1.90
(gz.za.
bkanb email white, mo. 1, z4c per
pound; batter, 3c; bayou, l)Ac; Lima,
c.
Cobdaoi Manilla rope, lVi-inch, i
quoted at 8 J4c, and tSittal, ti'c per pound.
Boo ak Gulden 0, 6'4c ; extra C, 6 '2c ;
dry granulated, 6c; cube crushed and
powdered, 67Bc per pound ; 4c per pound
discount on all grades tor prompt cash;
uau uarreiB, v4c more luan barrel! ;
uib)io sugar, luisioc pr pound.
Corm-Cost Kica, 20 (230 ; Rio,
(9 -2c; balvador, lg22c; Moch,
2i(S31c; PadangJava. 30c; Palembana
J.va. 262c; Lahat Java. 2325c; Ar
buckle'! Mokaska and Lion.;$20.30 per
uv-puuuu uuj lAiiumoia, xu,30 pel
100-pound case.
Rub Island, $4(34.50 per lack; Ja
pan, $4.00(34.50.
COAi Steady ; domestic, $5.00(37.60
wu, lureign, ta.ou&u.OU.
Msat Markst.
-2Sfr!f' .Bteer?' ,3'25i ""
pound. dre8wl bee'. 4(350 per
t.1i!'TTO!,-3roM- best iheep, wetheri,
$.il)0; ewee, $1.50(32.76; dressed mut-
wu, uk per pound.
V kal Gross,
4c per pound.
hoos Gross, r.hnira. hum so oca
3.50: lisht and (unrlara tlY-Ml -e .
dressed, 3S (3 4c per pound. ' '
small, 6(3 6c; large, S
volunteers. Infuriated by tbe reaolu
tion of tbe American senate, shot ix
on of an American farmer at Cai
gue. Th United Ntate consul-gen
eral is Inquiring into the matter.
v
ine nouse committee on military
affairs has decided to report favorably
the rewlution to bestow the rank of
IlMtraant-gnml on General N.Uon
A. Mil. q
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.
Flocb Net cask Driren- r.mi).
mXI.'-X per barreli e.
Itm, $3.55(33.05; superfine. $2.86(33 00.
Babliy Feed, (air to irooa 71 1 -W
choice. 73'4o ; brewing. 86' ' 1 4 '.
ehoin,;3 Vj
90(3-.5: fancv Z,'. .
Choice, ,0(3 76c; poor to fair tin
o5o; gray.75a82.itc. ' 9
HorQuoUble at 2(34c per pound.
banks, Oregon, 3065V-.
ONioNi-60i75c persaxk.
choicWnr91 Hht Md
Short trlh. r F d0 6-8c' Fb11
onort, trashy San Joaqn n plains 308
?ood do. 4(3c; feraPd coLt
Eoo.-Store, 10'llc; ranch, ll
";Fa,ffldoB,;l0ii0,e,
Ira ii,ia t?' iUc: onng Amer
ica. lUaiSc; Eastern. 12ai4c wirt
. "HiaSc per pound. ' rt
CONGRESSIONALKE
ROUTINE WORK OF THl
FOURTH
obstaaea of th Mm. ..
-Coodaaaad B.cord ... . N
tk National La....L
-Mk
Washington, AdHI
nAilt tYm Alltlva A . IrK,
I"' waaw vuhtlO UHT nil 1,
bill and did not complete it
ervea w pring out some ihr I
oiimi by Gorman on tbe sZ7
tion of tbe postofflce dep,rTlt1'
by Allon on alleged IrregnuS
ulting from tbe civil-servics rhLl
mr. auoo repeated the lemJjl
charge. to Urge money
saiu w nave ueen made in the ImZi
of Mr. Cleveland and Mr n 1
Tbe oharge that Mr. WaDxm.vl
tribnted (400,000 toward
riton'. election led to an enwl
nlal from Hawley. Allen injl
the president .. "bis majesty ",J
"the ohief mugwump of tht Lji
The bill providing fur the protect,!
salmon in tbe streams of Aluj, J
woay laiurauiy reported by 8e,j
Perkin. from tbe oommitteiiTV
erles. ine bill was smended wJ
nmmltlM. "
Washington, April 8 Thetr
aoDrocriation bill. whi-h i,..
tbe attention of tbe senate tJl-
week, wa. passed by that kTj
previou. to adjournment tod. 3
nntira dav. wifch tha 4
' v.wjjhub jjj,
minute, at the becimilnff mi a.
tion, w. devoted to deabte in) J
urxjn tbe amendments
bill, the Woloott amendment b J
11.1 .1 in
uuuauiuiaiiiuu vi aimiiar Offloej f
larger one. receiving tbe greito J
.u..il.. rpi j,
ui ancunuu. 1110 UISCUBSIOO (lil
propoautou again ioox me fora
debate upon the merit of ciTllaJ
reform, and wss participated k i
Messrs Vilai, Wolcott, Alien, s
noar, oiewari uua omen. Tbeue
mont was aeieated by 1 deciijiin
only seven votes being mattered a
support
Washington, April 10. Seutort
pie', speech on Cuba was the rto:
tbe day in tbe senate, snd i
respect, it was tbe most plctsnt
ana Tenement utterance betrdai
subject. 1 be senator has so ineuttJ
ible vocabulary aud 1 satirictlq
While arsnina for . radical
Cnba. even to the extent of amtnf
fleet to Cuban waters, moch of M
blie'i s beech was siven to unai
. V. A r-i I
riuiuiuo ui mo uuurav ui ouenaui
Lodge in managing the Cnbtnm
tions. Tbe senator crested 1:
amusement by bit portrayal of got
Lodee at a warrior about to lr
duel with Minister de Lome, of $J
Most of the day wai given to nt
dian appropriation bill, wbicb
oompleted. Unanimous oo&sui
secured for taking up tbe reml:
for a senate inquiry into tbe nj
bond issue, next Tuesdsr.
Bants.
Washington, April S.-Tht
today revived the agitation of Ik
ban belligerency question ii
tion with the conference rtpotaitt
Cuban resolutions. It at
pected that there (would kiiol
bate, but Bontelle, by ai
opposition, prevented seta Mi!
Hitt. chairman of tbe foma tli-
oomimttee, in presenting lb w'1
ence report, made a very
speech, in the oourse of wbicb kl
pressed the greatest oonfldewt
the president, although the wotoit
being oonourreut, had no bindini !
on the exeoutive, would not "'
recreant to hi. duty as to diiregui
expressed wish of congress.". 6,1
faot, refused to entertain the rogf
that Mr. Cleveland might not w
nize the belligerency of the Cabai
a result of the adoption of tbs rsw
tions.
Washington, April 8.-Tb k
today adopted the confereuoe rrpori
the Cuban resolutions by 1 vote of '
to 27, and passed the river ind btfj
abDroDriationi bill unaer s iur
of the rules. After a lively drt
forty minute., by a vote of M
The report on the Cuban resolot;
hA kn .tat.atoil nrflvionllV AD '
vote today wa taken iniraodisW J
.1 o; 1 4. ...mill ElK'"
me reauuig ui mo - - j
Republican, and nine rmoorsun
against we report ah -
the reoognition of theinsorgenti M
senate and house, thore we"
more votes asainst the report
sacral nor th. nriinal resolntionl
fn.n.. nr.. ORV tCl 11. UI "
tion today, the house agreed to t
ate reeointioni, ana uur
tnhan nnnation for the present
, . W W
Washington, April iT1
ipent today debating a bill "V
standard of weight, and merar
the adoption of the metrio
and after July , 18U8, and FT
tion that the government
V,a nulnt nf PnlnnibiH tne r
nf nrAor.fnir and ma intaining
library in the oity of Washing
latter waa defeated, 113 to l '-
the fate of the metrio system
hanas in the balance. On ru-
. knl HI.
it was defeated, 65 to bu, -
W din nhatrman of the COB"" .
on coinage, weights .ndmeo
has given the .ubjeot f.,!
and who ba. ably inpported it.
the aye. .nd noes, and Pllin
ii u knnaa iHinurD6u !
Washington, April 1 .- J
lett raoingbillto permi nu. j
in the District of Colombia
favorably aoted open by the w
n a at Jii.A tJ UiV
uoiumoia conmm .njorl
The bill i. to authorixe the InWJl
tion of racing organisations. " i
Uflt
meetings can be hew v
April 80 and November 1, nc
unrite and lunset, ana i" ,
be more than forty lZ
any track in a season.
mission it tobeetUblisbed
meetings. Amendments "
made to tne bin o prc.v ,
and betting. Wot omy tl
allies provided, but oei. -- rt
oovered by civil action. "'.-!:
adopt the metrio system oi w
measures was sent baca w m.liS
tee on coinage, welgnw
for farther consideration.
: 7777. uibl
-Tbe Ml-is. PP J , - -
drain an area of l.vw.w