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EUGENE CITY GUARD. 1. 1 cAnnim fra arte tar, EUGENE CITT. OREGON. THK NKWS KKSUMK A DIGEST FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Compnlxmix Kavlew f tha Import ant Jlapuaaluta o Wook fulled rrom the Talagrauh Column At Homo and Abroad. New York has the first dully piper demoted to wheeling published In the English language. It called the Daily American wheelman APPALLING DISASTER St. Loui Struck by a Cyclone, With Terrible Results. olati postmaster, who may reoelve 15 oenU (or the aervloe. Petition are being lent from all the towni of Houth Africa to the govern tneut of the South African republic In favor of lenienoy to the reform prlaon-era. Mra. Mark Froat, the wife of a! prominent farmer, residing at Cleve-: laud. Mo., drowned ber two children yji jj(j(;jjAj(jj KILLEUIXU HURT to escape. Oil Dcrmski mm ctouiiik. vw vu man. bii wife and crew of .ix men. waa .uuk in the middle of the river. Apart from the number of lire loat bere and on the east aide or the r iver. the number drowned in the Mississippi will aggregate hundred. Excursion tearaer lying at the levee and those running up and down the river were aunk almoat immediately, those on board having absolutely no opportunity known. At Denver, Cola, A. D. Hughei rode mile unpaced in 2:04 1-B, mak ing a new world'a amateur bicycle record. The geatet previoua record wai 2:05 1-5, by Clark, of Denver. A storm itruck Cairo, 111. There waa terriflo wind and rain. The opera onty , ttmaU ot the the Ohio river and nearly all on board this aection of the country. So wide were drowned. spread is the destruction in both St. Owing to the fact that congress haa Cantor of tha - City W,rd-llun-rircd I)rowud on tha Itlver A Mglit of Terror. St. Loui. May 2. Death and de- atructlon reiun aunreme in St Louia Th. nitw huri the snnearance of nav- i ing been ahelled by the enemy. In I aome place atructurea have been en ; tirelv destroyed, while in othera, high, jagged walla atand, a constant menace to paiser by. There must be a great number of people Imprisoned In the destroyed building, who caunot be gotten out for houra, although thouaanda of citizen have offered their aid to the police de partment to help the work of rescue. Venice and Namioki, village juit ontaide of St. Louia, were totally ne l,iin an1 V.Att Ht. Lnnla that it la lm- 1 ' . . i i . Tha tSnm-ral Trana-Atlantique Com- .,.,, , ,r.f,m h ltiletldld of ... ... .u. .i j atroyed, and a great io - -- """""-' - - - ' poasiuie even to eaiiuiBH) """K" iKjrted from tliem nv haa adavnoed freiifbl ratee on i, ,, (,nul nark, tha officer . . . pwwu iiuw u" .ta ..na.i.lihth tier cent on lota of ... .... it.tl....M A.ux.Utinn and loil of life. Buildil Ul mo t : ll 1 1 J i. - - " riHtlV mxwia one-eighth tier cent on lota 1500,000 or over, either gold or ailver. The North German Garotte aaya. The government la deairoua of the total abolition of the augur Import bountiea, provided the other atatea enter an agreement to take aimilar action. A cloudburst occurred near Perry, O. T., eight to twelve inohe of rain falling. Koaidencea and bualneaa build Inga on high, level ground were flood ed, while bouaca along Cow creek were waahed away. Lieutenant Luther B. Uaker, who, aa an officer In the government detective aervlce, had charge of the party which captured J. Wilkea Booth, the ataaHsin of l'reaideut Linooln, died in Lanaing, Mich., aged 66 year. The boiler in Davldaon Bro.' aw mill, near MarietU, Ind., exploded with terrido force, fatally injuring Eunice Davldaon, Thoina Davidaon and Frank Battran. Six othera were more or leaa injured. John Taggart, of Big Stone (lap, Ky., waa killed, and twelve other dangerously wounded In a gaa explo alon in the mine near Dig Stone (Jap. Part ot the mine oaved In. It 1 be lieved ix of the injurod will die. Near Atlantic, la., the combination train on the Oris wold branch of the Kook Island wa ditched by striking a mule. All the oar and engine went into the ditch, but the ooaoh crowded with paanengora, remained on the track. Several were Injured, but noue seriously. Henry Walker, roaldlng near Broken Bow. Neb., murdered hla wife, hi ex cuse being that she had attempted to poison hliu, and be killed her a a mat ter of aelf protection. He purchased a revolver and deliberately arranged all the detail. The murderer la a wealthy farmer, prominent and well known. The ooal product of the United States, for the oaleudar year 1805, showa the output of the Northwest atatea to be: Oregon, 78.6H5 short tuna product, valued at 1247.001; WaMhiiigtou, 1,101,410 short toua.wltb a vuluation of 14,677,068; Montana, l.48U,lua abort tons, valued at 93,81 0, U00. A dispatch from Basse Tone, Island of UuMdloupe, West Indie, ay: Jap aueae immigrauta are again In rebel lion. The uprising haa become so for midable a to ouuse planters grave aux- i..t. The colonial Kovernmeut la adpotlng draatlo meaaurea to suppresa the Inaurreotiou, notwithstanding the stipulation of the treaty. General Luctu Falrohlld, command-er-lu-chiof of the Loyal Legion and ex-commander-in-chief of the G. A. K., died at hi residence lu Madison, Wia. Genearl Falrohlld had aulTeied from the effect of the grippe for tevoral week, and a mouth ago the ailment wa oomnlicated by kidney trouble. t'ntil Hve dura auo it waa thought be would recover. The senate committee on Interstate commerce haa authorised the report inn of a bill for uniform classification of railroad freight rate framed on the lines recommended by the national board of trade. It will require au Interstate oouimeroe oouinilaalou to pre pare aud publish a olaaaiUcatlou which hall annlv to all aection ot tho -. . j country. The Loudon Chronicle' Koine cor respondent aaya: Now ha been re ceived from Valparalao that ou tho In itiative of Chile, It haa been decided to establish between Uraall, Chile aud Argeutiua another ooiumerolal agree ment applying the principles of the Mouroe doctriue to South America. James Dewltt wa hanged iu Gray- ton, Ky., lu the preaeuce of over 6,000 oeimlo. for the murder or ni wne, whom he choked to death, hiding the body iu tho woods. He did not want the sentence commuted, he said, aa, sleeping or awake, hla wife' glaring eyea aud screams haunted him. Dewltt shed tear ou the scaffold. Death came alowly by strangulation. A plan for the proposed Eastern Oregon branch lnaane asylum haa been submitted to the board of truateoa by A. Kichley, ot Port laud. Mr. Kichley' preliminary drawings are on exhibition in the atate house In Salem. According to hla plan, building may be erected within the appropriation, the structure being to arraiiKed that addltiona thereto may be added as ueoeiaity requires and ap propriations are forthcoming. Ernest Browuell, a high school stu dent, 1 7 year old, waa shot aud killed iu Greeley, Colo., by Bode Foster. Browuell had atteuded a rehearsal, after which he went to Foster' house, having arrauged with Mr. Foster to sleep there. Foater did not know this, and when he heard the noise at the door he Bred at the Intruder, supposing a burglar wa trylug to enter. Personal payment of pen. ions baa been revoked by congress, and here after, pension check must be trans mitted by mall direct to the addreaa of the pensioner. ' The authority of peu alon agent aud their clerk to admin Uter oath in the execution of pension nga of every j The river was literally ruined irom vendetheir resignation, for the , deaoription are in ruin., and a. a re- r purpose of discontinuing their associa- tult hundreda of poople are reported J " Bthe wimryf. Where the , , . .. , . dead and injured. ; croasiug wa made at East St Loins, A Valnaralso dlxnatuh say: ine . , i4,. ,u, I ., , " . , ii wi,ia imt tho . j,...i nuiiura n iu liiiiiuiauuu 'v (je river ii aiiuuBi uj" - -- and on the .aat Bt. lk)ui aiae or tne i "" j - - . . ,. - A , . , ,, ler. Once over the channel, tne ae river have been aunk. with all on ; itrnctlon of railr(JHd property began, ljoard. The city i nearly in darkneaa, Ur weut roiling oue way; depot an as electrlo light and trolley wire are other, while the valuable cargoe of .. m i i a. . .-.w1 tnvvntirl UIIV Ttl 10 down. With one or two exception all i ueigni were k.uc. , r baa been defrauded of more than 100, 000 pesos, aud it Is thought tuat a closer investigation will bring more roguery to light. A dispacth to the London Time from Aiii.ii nil hn (JreeW cabinet haa de cided not to end warship to the island ; the treet car line in the city are at a ot Crete uulesa It become absolutely itandatill, and thousand of people are necessary. It i added that twenty- compelled to remain down town or five Christian have been killed in the waik borne. massacre lu Crete. The storm broke out about S o'clock James Ellington waa hanged in in the afternoon, after a most opprea Boise, Idubo, for the murder of eively hot day, and rain began to fall. Charle Brigg. December 80, 1884, It oon developed Into a fierce thunder Ellington (hot Brigg in frout of the torm, with the wind from the eust. latter' borne in Boiae. Ellington met ' A littlo later the wind gained a velocity hi victim, passed and then turned and of HO mile an hour, driving the rain hot him In the back. The event of the U,ueen' birthday oelbration at Kosslaud, 1). C.waia mlnei's drilling contest for a purse of 9 1 60. Five teama were entered. Gog gin and Kellly. of the War E.gle, drilled a hole81' iucho lu 16 min ute, wiuuing thereby. before it and tearing loose algni, oor , nices, chimney and everything iu it way. Many building of every descrip- ' tlon were demolished, and other eti u Ore by lightning and crossed wire. The Ore department responded to fifty- , four alarm. I The atreet were full of people going ibility of future discovery. ATROCITIES IN CUBA. increase the pay of letter-carrier throughout the United Statea. The bill ia similar to the one already favor ably reported in the bouse. Captain John Wilson, tho hero of Lookout mountain, who ba been uf eriug from a cancer on hla face, died at hia home at Station camp, Ken tucky, aged 74. He wa the man who first planted the federal flag on the luiiKlitr of HalplM" luhabltauu Btlll Continue. Moscow, May 28. Hia majesty, Em peror Nioohla Altxandrovitch.autocrat of all the Kussia. and her majesty, Empress Alexandria Feodorovna, were solemnly crowned today In the cathe dral of the Asumption, with the ut uioht ceremony and in accordance with all religion form aud ancient rites. An iramenae body of troops was gathered around the Kremlin, and from oue end to the other of the route followed by the imperial party in pas sing from the palace to the cathedral The Te Doom wa celebrated In the cathedral at 0 o'clock and after pray era the clergy assembled to receive her majesty, ex-Czuriua Mary ieodorovuu, f..m uinrlr uliri a nnilln IIUllHd Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, has re- -g the broke; meu were ported favorably from the oomm ttee A nd hmM lMt the bnil(1. on noatoftloea aud postroals the bill to . . j ,. .ra . ... i ... IUKRi UVJI wrm auu vwa ia,u nviv - " w . flying her. and there, and falling wire. I who came, aocompau.eo oy tue f uyil of deadly fluid aijded to the horror j ber. of , he i-P-J were to take part in the emperor' pro cession. Hi majesty received the pontifical benediction ot the metropolitan of St. Petersburg. The emperor then ordered the imperial crown presented to him, and placed it on hi bead. The metro politan of St Petersburg pronounced the prescribed absolution. In a simi lar manner hia majesty caused to be presented to him the sceptre ' of tho scene. Suddenly the wind veered to the west, and completed the destruction. , There are few building In St. Louis that have not luffered in come way ! from the storm. ! Touight the street are in oomplote darkuesa aud travel in any direction ia ' daugeroua by the falling of live wire. summit of Lookout mountain Llutonant John Mlley, in charge of : deuri. h. .riiirv .t thn iWdlo. San ! The wagon way of the Eada bridge ii v uv v .f . . , . , . . , ar uivm Francisco, ba just completed the work i on tne east aiue, is a oruuiuimK u.. ttnd the lobe and bliviBg the p. of mouutlng a 60-ton ritle on the ridge oimonar ana atone, am. j.ar. in hia right hand and the globe. near Fort Wiufiold Scott, 'ilita 1 tne ecoud niodorn rifle to be added to the heavy artillery on thi coast, within two year. A Havana dispatch tayc The local guerilla force of San Antonio de lot Itene haa killed nine insurgent with side arms, beside the leader Collaoio. General Serafino ba fought tho insur gent near San Cristobal, Pinar del Klo. They had eight killed and car ried off many wounded. Two troop of cavalry have beou or dered from Fort Custer to round up the Cree Indians so they may be de- lower pier No. 1 were torn away. Thousunda of dollar will not cover the damage. An outbound accommodation train I on the Chicago A Alton wa wrecked , by a broken rail, but fortunately no-1 body among the fifty passenger wa. i hurt. 1 1 in hia left band, he seated himself upon the throne for a few mom- nta. The monarch then called upon her majesty, Empress Alexandria Feodoro vna, to approach. She knelt before him ou the velvet cushion. He solemnly lifted the crown from bis own A iroiiey-car loaoea wnu p..,Ker. . eu1preHg ad placed it on the bound for the aouthwest aide ia aaid to , of hef mjfm Her miiiotrt nave laiien uitouk" w uo r.."'. truck below, but with what result ia not knowu. The roof of the Republican conven tion hall waa blown off. A twenty-four-foot lection of the imperial mantle and collar of the order of St. Andrew were next presented I with ceremony. Her majesty then took i her seat upon the throne. ported to Canada iu accordance with : western wall of the oity jail wa blown receut federal legislation. The Cree 0iKr down, exposing the Interior. It tay they will not go uulesa Cauada was during the exercising hour, aud proclaims amnesty for their partlulpa- 200 prisoners were exercising iu the tlon iu the Kiel rebellion. They fear j building. They were pauio-strioken, death sentences it they ivturn to Can- and too frightened to escape. Jailer ada, and prefer the alteruative of fleo- Wagner was on the tueuo iu a moment, ing to tho mountain aud becoming aud with the aid of a number of detec "bud" Indian. tives aud policemen, the prisoner were The tate department at Washington P11 iu oolli ia officially Informed that all contracts The tuuka ot the Watera Pierce Com for Cuban leaf tobacco entered into bo- pany, on Gratiot treet. blew op, fore tho publication of the order of preuding detruottou on every hand. Cuptalu-Geuearl Weyler. prohibiting ' Three atorie of the Coe Mauufaotur ita exportation, will be respected. ; lug Company ' building, at Ninth and Citixens of the United St..te proving Gratiot, and nearly all the Wain themaelvea botia tide owner of auch wright brewery were blown down. tobacco prior to the promulgation of the order, will be permitted to export the same aa heretofore. General Whoatou, who ha juat re tunred to Denver from Aiitona, ay that if the arrangement now under consideration by the Ute department at Washlngtou cau bo concluded, the deprodatlou of Apache in ArUoua will bo quickly atopped. It ia pro posed to let the federal troopa lu pur suit of the redskins oroaa the Hue iuto Mexico and give the Mexican troop the right to croas the line iato Arlaoua. It l believed lu shipping circles in San Frauoisco that the British bark Cambusdoon ha been lost at aea. Sho left Java January 2 for Vancouver, aud haa been neither sighted nor heard from since. She haa been out 14S daya. The Loudon underwriter have A. W. Becker, ot the big firm of J. P. Becker Co., ot East St Louia, was among the first person tocros the Eads bridge after the storm abated. Hia family was In St Louis, aud iu hia Premium on t.old Hun, ; New York, May 28. The director I of the mint is expected to visit this city 1 within a duy or two with a view of ! couferring with the superintendent of j the assay office regarding the advisabil ity of reducing the piemium on gold bars for 3-16 to 1-8 per cent. There baa recently been a disposition at the j treasury department favoring the ex I port of gold burs, rather than coin, ow 1 ing to high preiuium on bar.. The stock of gold baisat the assay office amount to about 1,600, 000, and Su : poriuteudeut Mason say that of this 'amount 17,000,000 or 118,000,000 is ' available for shipment The remain ' der of the bars will be retained for commercial purposes. Ilgulnl an a Man. Helona, Mont, May S8. Sevoral eagerness to got home he climbed over ?n a th.ere u.e to thia cit a the debris of the bridge on his bauds offered 36 per cent for reinsurance ot h ltdilr tt.i.t twit .'iiirrn whloh nurrv 1 . . - , ibow ,na, bjweeu auoui fouu.uuu insurauce. out- wa coiumauded by Captain MaoDonald, and carried a crew of thirty men. the time the storm , them. Nine tour-horse teams, loaded with j At and knees, over wrecked cars, dead horses and a mans of other debris. He Informed a reporter that the condition of East St. lx)ui is almost beyond description. The town ia a wreck for block around, and the losa ot life iu that regiou alone ia estimated from 200 to 260. The oity ot Bowliug Greou, Mo., Is reported wrecked. It i evident the tornado pursued a track many mile in length, as reports from various railroad stations show that nothing haa been received from any point west of here aa far a. Mo berly. Scattered bit of information Moberly aud the city, varioua small towu have been wiped out aud many person killed iu youug man who gave bis name as Fred Rollins. Toduy it turns out that he ia a woman, aud tor fourteen year ha been masquerading as a man. It ia stated that letters addressed to her show that she comes of respectable people iu New York, who are very wealthy. Siuce coming to Helena she haa gaiued the confidence of promineut merchants, who set her np iu the oil business here aud at Great Fulla, but drink caused her to lose both. She re fuses to give her real name. At pre.- i eut she is an inmate ot the Salvation Army Hence Home iu this city. struck the ' towu and created such havoc, the ao . oompanying noise was terriflo. People Indian May Kill Uame. Washington, May 27. The supreme oourt in au opinion by Justice White today passed upon the right of the Bannock Indiaus to kill game in the I unsettled laud of their former reaerva- tiou in Wyoming, holding that under their treaty the Indians could kill waa irrnuu. i ijpie i . - . -- were picked up lu tne treet nd ",D K""onwui i4.iuVi.wl tit thn umnliH nr aunt Mat ViniM. : the State. they had been the Yakima wool, sheared within four mile of a Northern Pacific railroad tatiou, paxied through Goldeudale re cently en route to The Dalle to aave freight Promineut shcepraiscrs say ing a though that, uuless the Northern Pacific come merest straw. to time, there will be 2,000.000 pouud Three Are alarma were tent iu from of Yakima wool haukd t T ie Dallea, , poorhouso.whlohbaa 1,200 Inmatea. a there is a aaviug to the grower. The root of that structure wa blown There are now beiug sheared 100,000 off, aud it i feared the uumber of sheep near Goldeudale. The eutire fatalities there la great clip will be marketed in The Dallea. , A, Uu, riw h Col K. P. McGlinoey, a promineut the magnificent steamer Grand Kepub politician and agriculturist, of Sau Joo, lie wa aunk with all ou board. The ha beeu murdered. MjGliuccy't body, ' (teatuer D.H.Pike, with thirty pas- with a bullet in the head, waa found tenger ou board, bound up the river t oiu.l.d at sa. in an outhouse ou hia ranch, near from Peoria, waa blown bottom aide1 n,ut.m u a? Th. h--..nla.ut CamptwU'a Station, ix mile from Sau ( up. The teamer Conger wa blown . showier Mary Sprague, lumber-laden Joee, in the township of Urn Gatoa. A nearly aoroa tho river, and sank at a j ttvw Thomaston. Ga.. to Boston, was neighbor named Page fouud the body, point opposite Carondolot, ten mile toweil iuto thi port last night in a aud, upon going iuto the house, found below. .iuklUR condition. She report that tha body of MoGlincey' jii. Mra. Mo- The ateamer Dauphin, a pleasure on Kridi. niht in s.,nth nh.nnt in .in. . i L. i u . in... i . . . . . iiuuOTf, auu nvt iiauKnl,r. .iimiiin Shesler, a turvant, and Kobtrt Brisco, ! The title ot the case ia J. H. Ward, ; sheriff, vs. Kaoe Horse, the latter be ing an Indian who surrendered him self to the Wyoming state authorities for the purpose of testing the matter. The opinion of the United State u preme court for Wyoming, by whioh Kaoe Horse waa released from custody, was reversed, aud it wa ordered that the Indian be remanded to the custody of the state authorities. , ooal, containing twenty women pas-! tne f0l, 6 gi ln coiu.ion with ,n enger aud a crew of sU men on nnknown .h,nr which an hHi. voucher has also been revoked. Thi a hired tuan. The tragedy waa enacted , board, wa blown against the middle ! cn. .,. .hat aha mnt hava mnk in a duty piay be performed by justUv of by tlie ton-iu-law of Mra. MoGliueey, pier of the Kad bridge and brokeu In j few momenta. Nine men and one the peace, notariea public, fourth-claaa Jame. Dunham. The only survivor of two, ln tome miraculoua manuer, Wou an were teen on the unknown and poatmaator or any offloer having an- the family It Dunham' baby, who waa . the women and two ot the crew man-: j feHrwj they went down with the thority to adiuiniater oath for general j found ileepiug peacefully by the aide j aged to cling to the itonework of toe;Tt.t jl ' " ' purpose. No federal oOicer are per-j of hi dead mother. George Sohaeble, j pier aud were afterward rescued. j ' milted to charge fee for the execution ( another hired man, barely escaped the. The ateamer Libbie Couger, of the I Ulat brick are being made In Sl ot" peuilon purpoeae, axoept fourth-' fate of the other. . . I Dtanioud Jo line, with Captain Sea-1 leia for building purpote. NEIGHBORING TOWNS PROGRESS AND DOINGS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Bod.-t of Intara.tlm and pl7 N... From All the CHI- Town, on th Coa.t-Thrtrt and Indu.try In Evary yuartar-t)rf on. Euger, In Marlon county, 1 working for a creamery. Tha roundhouse at Kamela I oeing repaired aud improved. Prineville' cboolbouse 1 ooiug fitted with new furniture. Th senior class at the atate univers ity number twenty thia year. The Woodmen of the World propose to have a great Fourth of July cele bration at Ashland. a fr rata for the rouud trip has been secured for the Pendleton firemen's touruament. iu. 9 Ron nounda of ouurtz have been shipped from the Ochoco mine to the Tacoma imelter. r ).,.. .mint 1 to vote on the ques tion whether atock shall run at largo or not, at the June election. u. ...... ,iar hua fallen sufUoieutly to allow fishing to be resumed, and the boats have started out again. Th Union county pioneer, hold their annual meeting at Cove, June 25. A basket dinner will be servea. ti,o ur,iiorn Puniflctio traiu i still at work hauling tie. from Henderaon to the creoaotmg plant at LiUinam. Alnnor Pan ther creek, in the Benton county foothills, tbey are picikug strawberrle. these aay. out oi auow dirfteu The Ouklund .tockyurd. are being Imnroved and enlarged. In autioipation of big business from the fertile Ump- qua valley. Tha Dulle Chronicle .ays that though last week wa. a poor one for fish, the wheel, paid expense, r isner men at the Cascade have been doing well. Niday & Sexton are piping yet on the Wine mine, at the head of Jump-off-Joe. The late ruins have extended the Reason for this a. well a all other places in Southern Oregon. Porter Squires, of Pennsylvania, has rented the creamery at Fort Klamath and will begin making butter in a few duys. Cheese for the early market n now beiug made at the creamery. Mrs. Alioe Booth died at Wheat land, Or., She was born December 28, 1809, at Aston Under Line. York shire, England, emigrated to Pennsyl vania in 1845, and came to Oregon in 1874. A petition to congress is being signed in Fossill. It ask. tbut a law be passed allowing a wife to file on a homestead of lliO acre of land for her own use, the land not to be mbject to the Indebt edness of her husband. Digger squirrles are destroying a good many young turkey. In the neigh borhood of Calapooiu, in Douglas coun ty. Lust week a farmer followed a squirrel to its bole, where he found twenty ot hi. young turkey, .towed away. The sheep raiser, of Antelope have hud a good lambing, and expect to shear au unusually large crop of wool this season. A shipment of over 400 bale of hop wa made from Gervui. last week. They were from the Hard ing p'ace. Messrs. Taylor & Wells have a force of six men at work gettiug out ore at the Lucky Bart mine, aud as soon a the roads get good the unrefined metal will be hanled to the mill. Some 600 tons of good rock are now on the dump. Some of it will be shipped to San Francisoo for treatment. The Farmers' irrigating ditch, the main ditch iu the Malheur valley, broke lust week, and the shareowners succeeded iu getting it nearly mended when the fresh earth washed away in defiauoe of their efforts to stop it. They are working on it agaiu, and will doubtless have it a good as new. The property at Elizabeth. N. .1.. of the defunot United States Cordage Company, ha. been sold by the sheriff of Union county, N. J., to satisfy a mortgage hold by the . United States Trust Company, ot New York. The plant, which was valued at nearly t i,uuu,uuu, was oia tor f JO, 000. All old Indian war veterans of Yam hill county, and their wives and daughters, will meet at Mctinilla on the first Friday in June, to elect allcers for the ensuing year, and to onoose aeiegatea to tne state encamp ment, wnicn meet at Portland June 15. It 1 expected to be a very enjoy able occasion. Two young men made a ten-strike oue day last week when they found five tiny ooyotea under a rock wlnlo out bunting in the brakes of the John uay. ine scalp oi each pup is worth f 2, just the same as though they were full crown. The same dav tha w. shot an old coyote, and will get $8 each for their days' sport The report of the Sunday school con vention foi Douglas county makes a very flattering showing. Ijiat. there were thirty Sunday schools and 1,500 pupil. JNow there are flftv.fnn. school, and over 2.000 pupil.. So, not withstanding the hard times, Douglas county 1. advanoing all along the line, financially, educationally and morally, saya the Plaindealer. ' Washington. Charle Connel ha qualified a post master at Cle Eluui. A Washington mill company recent ly issued 1350 iu serin Within .v. - - r ' ""iu iui nrj days 350 of it turned up In the saloons of the town. The managers ot the Spokane fruit fair, to be held In October, are tr? Ing to arrange for a mining exhibit iu con nection with it Okanogan county' assessed valua tion will be a good deal larger this year, the assessor ay, owing to the boom aud settlement. ,0!'wne,,, gM """P-nr. incorporated 188,, haa just declared iu flrat divi dead. It ha been able to reduce Ka from 3 to 2.25 per M. J. C Keller, of Wilbur, ha. pnr. obased abont twenty bead of oaynae. and lot of paok -addle, and will pack atock of good to Curlew lake, where be will open a itore. E. W. Purdy, treaaurer of Whatcom, ha begon uit against the peron. on the guarantee bond for the county money depc.lted ln the Bolliugham Bay National bank. The amount locked np In the bank ia $7,808.18. . Kinsey Bro., official photographer of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern railroad, recently ent ln a ample of bark, cut from a Douglas fir, which measured 18 inohe. The tree wa on Northorn Paoiflo land near Snoqualmle. For the first time ln teveral eaon, many of 'the farmer around Daven port are breaking up a lot ot prairie land.whioh they are preparing for next year' crop. The eaon ha been un usually propltlOU. tor tpnng urcaamH OH DY at '"nil-ND Mia.. '""-tTl fruit and produce are rather good .tih.Z". Ihere 1 no wool beto, Ji i declining .,.,, the wheat tbu U,, ' Wnaat M.-.. Wheat 1 dropping l.a radical ch.u the other aide local a. nniru s w. .o Huvjhi prtneut ti,J. will be the top U(ur. tJm Butfew.hlp.V', yet for the next 7.1 "tealtti. Walla Walla tii ... ,7"" "A KHp tu.r . I Jttu froduea Maikai, The Pierce oounty commissioner. DavU) - -id, I to the demana oi i ,- .i.i - .7. J.uo.. v KolltHloaUareoiin.i ' .rV- g:5.SUrr.lH-S-. Hat Timothy, i-joob.,, 0.00: clover, foJioate1? f6.60dS0.6O. BAKLav Feed barley, tn brewing, 16( 10. 7,'UMf MiLLaiurra hrau. him 16.60 ; middling., 18au. m per ceuta.1. ' 1 BoTrxa Kaiwv .iu, n. , j 1 1 mra l7;gc;ooiumou,l2'i1tDi!rrnii roTATOaa New ui(. lack; aaeeta, couiuiou, i. t Mi.. ir rwiiiml 1 i 'yKio.Na-raQcy.f2.25p,, POULTKY-Chli Keu,, fojT. lllk'Jin ! IIIITM.1 i'tlbl .'l.r duck. Ift ll.li.i II- .. .t.r"M live, l-'o per pound ; uitjg T Kooa Oregon. I0j peroo. Cuaaaa-Oregon mu per pound ; hall cream, 'lC u: 6c: louug America, lit ' xaunvai. r auir Uallloroil a " 13.00(g3.26; choice. f2.uj:i7 o.ov , uauauas, l.iO(.J.ti 1 Oalllornia uavnla. 1 1 1. . i-w9u.gv pineapples, i5(s.0u peroow. Callloruia navels. ta.aaigiiJj Dineapulea. tOmb.Ou UaauoM u-TABuuj-u,f per lb; garlic, new, ifc arlivhokea, 35c per dozen; per pouna; caulmower, t2.rj 00c a 1 ier Oozen; holhooMkW per doxeu. r'axsu Fhcit Pear. WuiUr . 1.60 per .box; cranbtrrw, uarrel : lancy apple., fligUtipat. 60ts76e,per box. Daiao r au its Applet, bleached, 4(ft4,',c; uu-lnet, pears, sun aud evuporateil. tx$x pitless, 3(a4c; prunes, 3t 6 par (l. Wool Vallev. Uc, pet (uon , ern Oregon, 6 7c. ilora Choice, Oregon pound; medium, neglected. Ndtb Almonds, soil tt A .. per pound; paper shell, Uijli crop California waluatt, ac H(3l2)fec; standard waingti, 1. Italian cuesnuta, u'Saik; 1316c; Brazils, USali; 1 ! I . y J 1 . - i pvvLUuia, ntw, liar, 4 Mkuutaail lllf ItijLriir nun a.. ' 1 IVMIrVU VV uivavij HUIJ gyj, coanuta, tiOc per dozen. Pbovibiono i-aotem bimi, r ll(31c per pound; bua, i 7c; breakfast bacon 10) abort clear .ides, 8(t9c; ir aides, 7vM8c; dried beef k W13c; lard. compouDd, it lard. pore, in tins, D'.Ml; w 80s, t3.60; pigs' feet, 11.26, Oregou smoked bua r,t i pound ; pickled hams, if, iM hams, 7)nc; bacon, 10y;aiJ( temporary relief from the ! ocjiaru, o-pounapani,-Y .,i., i ....! ... . ....i ous, ;c; tierces, iu vwu..j deuts. per pound, lll-'c; dry xii skin, 10Uc; culls, 3c lea; Hm and over. 6c : 60 to 9) IU, Hi 40 and 60, 4c; kip and 10 to 30 lbs, 4c; callixia, ! to 10 lba, 6c; green, una. less; cull, l-2c less; ihteptU . linm. lOW 15c: short fool, V medium, 30ia40c; longwool,W'. - ... .. . . j , mi v u uiii.mI , . .. -I .i.Unrf n ,n nflniHD II ui .-ill , . nave auou ;wi" ; . uoiuuroi), axiio: hm,m , bicyclist for a road from lacoma w foB county, 3.00; raliin Jr' i Puyallup reservation. It will parallel i nne, l.-. 'vv3 the Northern Paoiflo track, and cou' j Oats Oood white are onnu) 1 aentof the federal government ha been 27c; niiUing, n. .JV obtained. According to the Blaine Republican, tbut plaoe i oon to boast of an ostrich farm. The pen is now under oonntruo tion, and two of our well-known citi zen have taken the contract to furnish the tomato cau and gravel for foed. All it needs, evidently, are the o triohes. Tha land commission of Washington ! has invested 26,000 more of the per manent school fund in atate warrant. Thi make a total of 1700,000 of thi fund invested in warrant and bond of varioua kiuds 1004,000 in oounty and school district bond, andtl80,000 lu state wrarant. The Seatoo Manufacturing Company, of Bucoda, i. building a big flushing dam on the Skookumohnck eleven mile, above the mill. The dam 115 feet high and 80 feet long, and will have two 1 0-foot flushing gate. It 1 figured that with two flushe all the log. that will be put in will be carried down the river. The name of the station "Maxfleld," on the Northern Paoiflo, at the Nii qually river, ba. been ohanged to "Sherlock." the name of the poatofflce at that point. At several point, on the Olympia branch of the Northern Pacific, the name of the station and postofflce at the same place are differ ent, aud the Olympian .ay. thi ia rather oontusing to those nnacquanited with all the facta. According to the Yakima Herald, Professor Lawrence, who has been look ing np the prospects ot a fruit crop, i. confident that the earlier report, of damage done by frost are exaggerated. The crop ot Crawford peache and sil ver prunes will be rather light, but other fruit has beeu uninjured. Many orchards will be ao loaded down with fruit that the tree will have to be lightened of their load to prevent breaking dowu. County Auditor Hopkins, of Thurs ton county, ha issued general fund warrants for the total sum of $14, 350.48 since the supreme oourt decided that the ' bonded indebtedness of the couuty oould not figure into Its 1 per cent of legal indebtedness. This sum is divided among 935 warrants, and covers the expenes of the oounty frcm August 10, 1894, until May 1, 180H. The putting into circulation of f 14,000 has given a sell' at prices according to pk xiioks. Liry nines, iniwj Last week an express wagon from Aberdeen, oarrylng two drummer aud their samples, met with an aocident ou the ferry slip, at Hoquiam. The driver had driven off the ferryboat and noarly to the top of the slip, when a trace broke and the wagon started to run back, but turned over and spilled drummers, trunks and all. The boat had just started and was hardly off the landing but was stopped in time to catch the wagon aud contents, which would have otherwise lauded in several feet of water. Idaho Mining Note. The Campbell tunnel at the Standard mine is now In 1,730 feet A uew mining distriot ha. been or gauized in this state. It is on Indian creek and will be known by the same name. ine nume for the Standard mine is now 6,500 feet long. Some heavy work is now being enoountered in blasting rock. ine old uranite mill near Gem is being pot iu condition for use. A tramway is also being erected oonncet illrv ttii ..J !J ... B inniuau aiuing witn tne ore oins. The capaoity of the mill of the Blaok jack mine is being considerably in creased and many other needed im provements are being made in and aoout tne plant The Consolidated Tlufir.Pnnrm.it, Company at Burke is now employing about sixty men. Good headway ia be ing made iu clearing the debris and getting ready to erect the new milling The Frisco shaft ia down 400 feet, and aa soou as the station is cut the new level will be started. A fine body of ore was struck in the hanging wall at the 400-foot point The ore is of a better grade than has ever been fonnd in the mine. Montana Mining Note. The Butte & Boston company have leased the Blue Jay mine down to the 500-foot level to Messrs. White & Fairy. Several other properties of the company have been leased in aimilar manner. Work has been commenced on the Copperopolis mine near White 8ulphur springs. It was recently bonded to Chicago parties. LumW and necessary machinery is being shipped to sink the present shaft, which is now 150 feet deep. The Butte miners' union ia already making great preparation, for their annual meeting which take place in that city June 13. There will be a street parade and speaking dnrlng the a UU P in eTenln with ,Ihe,An,?0nda ComPanT baa oom meuwdworkon the old Buffalo mine n the CentervUle district The founda- ten n,: W quite i ex- atarohaudlM Mark Rif unMrViinmhia. riverSt i o&.ai un v 9 talil. ti2r.: fancy, No. 1, flats. 1.75W , No. 1, tall, 1.20(41.30; NM 2.26. . . . i BAna-mall white, U sound; butter, 3c; bayoo, U- Cobdaoi Mauilla rope. 1W quoted at B'.c. andSisal.b At& dry granulated, o'c; cube n powdered, tV per pound; VF discount on ail grades toff?' i. -it i -I- L... innra UiU 1111 UHIIOID l maple ugar, 15 10c X.t ksw .,- ,wU, , a iH)n. Coltfuilur lirf(ZC 27(g31c; PadangJava. e;r? Java, 2028c; Uhat , . ,. nn.il .inn. DUCaie aioaaoaa - . t 100-pound case; Columbia, P 100-pound case. Rica-Island, 3.504 per pan. 3.754- . tj CoAL-Steady; doniesUc. per ton; foreign, a.50($ll.w MaBtMara! Bair Gross, top eteerj, 2.25(42.50; dressed beef, W3 M-Gross.stbrp, 3.00; ewes, 1.60tf.'". ton, 6c per pound. ViAiz-UrosB, small, 4 3Jtc per pound. . - fi Hoos Oroes, cuoi. , - $f one. :!. m.A iHAderS, r- dressed, 3 4c per pound. m k PDihinsCO Floor Net cash vnee. tras, 3.76 3.86 per barr . choice, 73?4c; brewing. ftt(f choice. 1-10; miM"- J.;l'p nf n.Mi inir. io1" a1 9096; fancy feed, Stf choice, 760o; P?r w 72c; Kray. --t mw Potatoes sweets. bank, Oregon, M?A3t pr F Hnoaunntable at -M'Z ONIOHB-New, Wtf'W P Wool Jieva-ia, r choice, 9llc; heavy u --.. Short, . trashyan -u- - good 'do, 66c; "SJp; 45c: mounuin. vv Btrrraa-rancy creamery seconds, 13'4c; fancy W seconds, 12c -neb, '-"J uiltic: J7TM common iu ica, o we , i- j am. ll(ai2W or r". -The Cnited State, arf f aathnr have 'iO,'" , , AM ,j ,lv)ul qow OB. tomething le than ou