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1 EUGENE CITY GUARD. I. u ciariub rnyritur. EUGENE CITT. OREGON. Smipnkiultt Keelew af the Import Bat nppDiDi or the rt wuk Called From the Telegraph Column. Kioter are again rampant at tbe Brown Hoisting Worka, in Cleveland, O., and aerioua trouble ii f oared. Cincinnati and vicinity have been visited by heavy tbnnder atonni and at MTeral place there ia reported Iom of life and property. Near Portsmouth Are peraoni took refuge in a shed, which wai (truck by lightning, killing all of them. Captain-General Weyler baa Umod decree that all forelgnera in the iiland are to register In a apeoial book In the government' charge previoni to. tbelr being justified in appealing to ar ticle 7 of the docree relative to foreign oitltenihip in November, 1804. Jamea Harvey Sherman, a famous apy in the war of the rebellion, who j realded near Cbarlotteville, Mich,, ia ! dead. Before the war broke out rJher- 1 man reiided in Virlgnla, where be ao- j onmulated a fortune, which wai after wards entirely swept away by the war. Albert Olsen, 85 years of age, an em ployee of the Willamette Casket Com pany, of Taooma, was caught in the machinery, whirled rapidly around the revolving shaft and instantly killed. The body was horribly mangled, the left leg and right foot being torn off completely. I A little boy of Marshall, Mioh., when herding cattle, tied two of bis liters, 4 and 6 years old, and another little girl with a rope, the end of which waa attached to the aaddle on a pony. The pony ran away, dragging the three girls half a mile. Two of the girls were killed and the other badly injured. The colored people of Cincinnati held a memorial meeting in honor of Harriet Beeober Htowe. It waa in thia city that she wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin," alto spending her early life here when her father was president of Lane theological seminary. Hhe waa married in Cincinnati, i'rofeasor Stows being oonnected with Lane seminary. He was 76 years old and leaves a wife and ail ohildren. Another bond issue la being spoken of as a reanlt of the heavy gold with drawals. The rebel lmpl ia gathered in battle array near Uuluwayo, and a fight is probable. The barkeiitlne Eliaa MoManemy was sunk near Memory Kock, Pa. No lives were lout A terriQo wind and rain storm In Ohio badly damaged crops Light ning struok a number of buildings. The deadly yellow jack ia playing aad bavoo with the tipauiab army In Cuba, and many of the soldiers are dy ing. Two oabin-boya of I'ouieroy, O , shot and killed l'eter Whlttaker. Tho kill lug was the result of rivalry over a woman. More ailver la to be oolned. The Ban Francisco mint will eoou resume operations and it ia said that about (800,000 will be ooiuod during this mouth. Iutonse boat prevails throughout the southern portion of Ureal Britain and in Frauoe and Germany. In Loudon the mercury marked 80 degrees in the shade and 185 In the sun. In I'aris the heat la so great It has boen found necessary to close many workshops. On July 4, the Inmates of the city iuflrmary In Cincinnati were treated to green apples, lemonade and other lux uries. The Inmates drauk and ate too much; siuknoia followed, and eight have since died from the effects of the festivities on that day. Noah MoGlll, sheriff of Tishomingo county, I. T., reports that three whito nion were found hanging to the limb of tree near Reagan poatoHlon, a few miles from Tishomingo oouuty, Chicka saw uatlou. It ia generally believed that they were horsetblevea, captured by a party of Tetaua, aud swung up on the spot. It is understood that the seoretary of state has Instructed the United Ktates minister at Lima to demand a prompt settlement of the claim of Victor C. Maooord, the Americau oltiaeu, tor al leged brutal aud inhuman treatmeut by the Peruvian authorities. Mr. Mao cord's claim is for f 400,000. It grows out of his Imprisonment by the Per uvian authorities in 1885, while be was acting superintendent of the rail road at Arequipa. Felli Fanre, president of the French republic, was tired at from a dlatanna of only few feet by an unknown man, but the bullet fortunately went wide of Its murk, and the president escaped unharmed. President Faure bad gone to the Champs to review the troops, lis had no sooner entered the Held when man in the crowd atepped forward aud tired at him. The shot did not take effect. The would-be aaaastiu wss arrested. lie declared that he only tired a blank cartridge. The 1'rlnoe aud Priuoess of Wales In behalf of the queen gave a garden party at Buckingham palaoe, in hon or of Princena Msud of Wales, who Is to be married to Prince Charles of Denmark. The staterooms of the palace were thrown open to the guests of whom there were about 5,000. Am bassador Bayard and Chauuoey M. De pew were present The Loudon Post aunounoea that Mrs. John W. Mackay has been sum moned to Home on account of the dan gerous illness of her father. Complete returns of the election of members of the chamber of representa tives of Germany ahows 105 clericals, 18 liberals, aud St) socialists chosen. Thia gives the clericals a majority of 68. Ueorge Eliot is to be ooinruemoratod by memorial library in her native town, Nuneaton, England. The idea la spreading in Europe that Italy's usefulness, as member of the Triple Alliance ia at an end. A rooenl luveutlon ia the manufac ture of charcoal of a high commercial value from leather scrap or waste. fire en the Tu, It is rumored at Astoria thai lb tug Relief, while on a trip from Astoria to Port Towusend, was fired upon by some fishermen whose nets the tug bad just passed over. Jot Mux Killed. Private diapstchss from Havana say that General Jose Maoeo, the Cuban patriot leader, waa ahot through the bead and instantly killed during ao attack which be led upon the bps u lab forces in Gato Hills. The report says that Colonel Caratagena, another In surgent officer, and aeveral members of Maoeo'i staff, were killed at the same time. Mysterious Poisoning. In Cincinnati an unknown blonde woman waa found by a Fort Thomas soldier lying unconscious on the ground on a farm, within a few feet of the spot where the beheaded body of Pearl Bryan was left by ber murderers. The girl was taken to Newport, where it was found she bad either been drugged or bad taken poison herself. Ki-Jorereor KumoII Dead Ei-Goveruor William E. Russell, of Msssachuaetts, was found dead in bed in a fishing camp near Grand Pabos, ljuebeo. When be passed through Mon treal on bis wsy to the salmon grounds In Gaspe, be was in the bust of health. It is supposed he died of heart disease, lie wss well-known in publio life, and took a prominent part in the national Democratic convention recently held in Cbloago. Hanged nt Folaom. John E. Howard was banged in the prison oorrldor at Folaom, Cal., for the murder of Martin DeLanlna, in Tulare oouuty, In June, 18U4. Only twenty persons beside the prison officials witnessed the execution. Howard walked firmly to the scaffold and stood calm and oomposed till the drop fell. A slight twitching of the hands gave the only evidence of agita tion. - Now Hteainahlp Lino. A St Paul dispatch says B. Iwanaga, of Toklo, Japan, general manager of the Japaneae Mail Hteamshlp Company, limited, baa just signed a ooutract with the Great Northern Railway Company for the establishment of a steamship line between Toklo and Seattle. Thus the Great Northern system extends it operations into the far east, and it bills of lading are in force from Toklo to buffalo, N. Y. Aa American Bark Ashore. A dispatch from Zaniibar reports that the American bark John D. Ilrewer, went ashore at Pangawanl. The government has sent a vesael to the asslstanoe of the Ilrewer. Scraped From the Band Wafoa. The band which accompanies buffalo Dill' Wild West Show attempted to drive under a bridge in Maaaillon, O. All the men were scraped off. Five or six are reported dead or dying aud in jured. I'olsoned by Drinking Lemonade. News ha been received of tbe fatal poisoning at Santiago, Minn., of a family of nine children, caused by drinking lemonade. Tbe children died one after another, and the parents an not expected to live. A Fnlal Vail erula rira. Fire broke out in the retidenoe of John Coyle In Fresno, Cal. Coyle waa in the house asleep at the time aud waa burned to death. He waa a pioneer oltixen of Fresno county and possessed of considerable moans. Flondlah Wniuan Hanged. New from Coeburn, V., aay that Mary Snodgrasa waa hanged there for the murder of a O uioutlis old child by burning It in a stove. The woman was S8 year old. The Bnodgrass woman waa a disreputable woman and was compelled to leave Pikeville, Ky., on tbat account Mnud laveallgatlna. Senator Harris, chairman of the sen ate committee to Investigate the recent bond Issues, says he baa not yet deter mined whether the committee wil wait until the fall before going oi with ita investigation or will oompleti its work, frame its report aud make ii publio this summer. The last meeting adjourned subject to the oall of the chairman. The Meeaanser Crui-ltted. A London dlapatuh from Wadj Haifa reporta that the messenger who carried the news to Khalifa at Urn duran that his army had been defeated at Firket, waa immediately put to death by oruoitliiou. Khalifa an nounced that tbe same fate would br imposed upon any one who meutloued the Firket in bla bearing. A Promlueut Lawyer Dead. John Cameron Simmouds, formerly of Chicago, and a member of the bar, died at the Ward Island lnsaue asylum, New York. His business interests were largely in the West He was in terested lu mining aud railway con struction in California, but did much of hia business lu New York, aud was well-known to Wall street bankers Mr. Blmmonds waa an authority ou orlmlual law aud wrote a great deal on that subject His writings on prison reform have also made him noted. The seini-oftlclal Neustenachrichteu, of llerlin, refer In Ironical language to Itudlnl's speech lu which he refer red to the possibility of bettering the terms of the triple alliance. The writer drawa attention to the weakness of Italy, which was so completely beaten by Abysstuia, aud asks what lis could do against France. The ar ticle declares that Harateri's report on the complete rout of the Italian army at Adowah la perfectly true. Her al lies should study her bad organisation. Shot by a Footnad. InOaklaud, Cal., Peter Gordan, a young man, who had just arrived from Gulnorvllle, bad a desperate encounter with a footpad on the ooruer of one of the principal street, and cams n-Mr losing hi life. After a fierce druggie with one of hi assailanta be was shot In the forehead and left for dead. The wound waa not fatal, and Uordan managed to oall for assistance after the robber had fled. Tbe value of Maryland'a farm lands iuoreased (5,600.000 between 1880 snd lbtfO, making a toUl of (175,058,550 CAPTAIN TAYLOR'S RIPORT Ob Hirer aad Darner Work la the re els Marthweat. Washington, July SO. Tb report of Captain Harry Taylor, of the engineer oorp, who bas charge of the river and harbor work In the Northwest, bss been msde to the secretary of war. The work on Wlllapa river and har bor, in Washington, bas been com pleted and twenty-one feet of water se cured, but some shoals need to be dredged yet No further appropriations will be be required. For the Improvement of Grays b arbor and bar, a plan fur a jetty t'i miles to the sea on the south side of the harbor, to secure a low-water depth of 34 feet, has been decided upon, and contract will be let for the work. It is recom mended that the full amonnt permitted by law (100,000 be appropriated for the next fiscal year. In Gray' harbor and Cbebalis river, to carry the dredging to a depth of six teen feet will largely exoeed the esti mate of coat The eiteralon of the Northern Paoiflo 1 railway to tbe lowor-barbor towns is said to have lessened tbe impor tance of tbe river as a highway, so that no coasting vessels bare navigated it above Cosinopolis since I8D3, and it . is recommended that tbe plan fur dredg Ing a channel through tho shoal to 1 give coasting vessel access to Monte sano be reconsidered. Tbe importance of greater facilities for keepng tbe rivers Sowing Into Puget sound free from obstruction is urged. In connecting Puget sound with Lake Union and Washington, the Smith' cove route I favored, and the engineer urge that preliminary work be done before right of way ia secured, and ssys thst (500,000 can be profitably expended during tbe year. I The earnestness of the people of Everett for pushing tbe work of their harbor Is commended, and (15,000 is recommended to be expended during tbe fiscal year ending June 80, 1898. Tbe opening of Swinomlsh slough at tbe earliest poaallbe date ia urged. i It is reported tbat the expense of car rying out the project for removing boulders, etc, from the Upper Colum bia and Snake river I so great tbat it ahould not be begun with tbe present appropriation. POPULIST PLATFORM. Drawn up m California for the at. Louis Convention. San Francisco, July 20. F. M. Wsrdell, chairman of tbe Populist state oeutral oommlttee of California, and J. Taylor Roger, Mayor Sutro'i secretary, have prepared a platform which it ia proposed to present to the national Populist convention at St Louis next week. Tbe financial plank Is as follows: "We demand a national mmey, issued directly by the genoral govern ment only, aa a full legal tender for all debts and Issued without the agency ol any private corporation or bank, and in circulating volume; subject to law aud responsive to our needs, and speedily to be increased to (SO per capita of the entire peopla. "Such money shall oonslat of gold, silver and paper, each dollar thereof endowed with the same function, im parted solely by the stamp thereon, aud not dependent for ita money value upon the price of the material used. Each dollar ahall be Interchangeable with, but not redeemable in tbe other, aud shall be denominated respectively gold, silver or paper money all na tional debts being payable in either, at the option of the government "As tbe United State ia a free and powerful nation and the financial and Industrial liberty of Ita citizens should bo independent of the action of any other government, we demand the free and unlimited ooinage of gold and sil ver by the United States at the present ratio of 16 to 1, without refereuoe to tbe oourse of any foreign nation. "We demand that all national bauki be abolished, aud in lieu of them that the government establish a postal bank in each city, town aud village of the Uuited States containing a population of 1,000 or more." The platform also deolares for the recognition of Cuba aud against the re funding of the Paoiflo railroad debts. A Wouiau's Terrible Dead. Butte, July 20. Mr. Rose Heiin beok, wife of Ed lleimback, of Meader vllle, became jealous of the attentions ber husband paid Mrs. Thomas Knell ing. In company with her aister, Mrs. Hosklus, she weut to the Suelllng home today and, calling Mrs. Suelling Into the parlor, Mrs. Heimback threw a pint of aulphurlo acid on her. Mr. Suelllng i terribly burned and will die. Mrs. Heimback aud her sister are under arrest Tho latter Is a raving maulao in the oouuty jail, and is ex pected to die also. Holtle l'r From Ihe Naronlc. London, July 20. At the oftloe of the White Star Hue in thi city word wa received that at Hoy lake, near Birkenhead, a bottle waa picked up recently which contained the following wlrtten on a dip of paper: "Struck iceberg. Sinking fast Mid ooeau. Narouia (Signed) Young." The steamer Naroulo, one of the largest and finest freighter of the White Star line, (ailed from Liverpool February 11, 18H3, for New York, and from that time to thi haa never been heard from. Fell Down a abaft. Rowland, B. C, July 20 Patrick Driver, a miner working in the White Bear mine, wa killed today by falling down a 80-foot abaft He struck rock at the bottom headforemost, and broke his neck. Driver was about 85 year old, unmarried. Hi only known rela tive wa a cousin, now somewhere in the Coeur de'Alenes. Driver had been for some time in thi section, having gone into the Coeur de'Alene duriug the early days. Drowned In a Heavy Blow. Vanoouver, B. C, July 80. During a heavy blow on the Fraaer river on Tuesday night, several fishing boata were capstsed. One white man was drowned, and it is reported that several Japanese fishermen met with a similar fate, though the aocurary of the report bas not yet been verified. i The Metropolitan Traction Com j pany, of New York city, 1 introducing compressed air aa the motive power on lu line, saying taht It i cheaper than trolley or oablea. Forty-Five Hundred Arme nians Slain. BITLIS VILLAGES ARE PILLAGED The Ularbeklr District Karaged by tbe i Sultaa's oldlri-Clly of Kgln Finn-dered-Maaearre linuiluant at A a tab. London, July 20. Tbe Chronlole publishes a dispatch from Constantino ple which asserts that massacres have occurred at Egin, In the Diarbekir dis trict of Armenia, in which 4,600 per sons were killed, and the city was pil laged. The Tuikish authorities are trying to keep the report of tbe massacre secret, according to tbe Chronlole' correspondent He also reports that In the Bitll dis trict almost every village bss been ruined and tbat a massacre is imminent st Autab, tbe beginning being deferred uutil an order is received from the sul tan's palace. No Dlgus of I'aace. Canea, July SO. Tuesday evening after a consular council one of the con suls declared the situation to be very grave. Tbe military authorities are assuming an aggreasive attitude. The general sentiment is tbat Abdullah Pasha is striving, in conjunction with the Msasulmau. to prevent an entente from being brought about The Turks were repulsed yesterday by the Christians. Tbe affair was a serious one, a large force of troop be ing engaged. The military authorities are acting contrary to the instruction received from Constantinople. The Mussulman population is working ac tively with tbe Turkish army with the usual vexatious result. ' Seven men and two women who were I engaged a harvester have been maa- sacred at Kostani. Reports come in giv ing account of fighting and pillaging i lu five other village. These have ren dered the consuls and the native Chris tians pessimistic regarding the possi bility of making peace. Uuder the pretext of removing tbe bodies of the sailors who were killed yesterday by insurgent when pursuing a rescue boat containing fugitive Chris tians, Turkish troop are advancing to Apokoraua. The oouiuls are boldiug a council. Kehrlng Maa Claims. Washington, July 20 The repre sentatives of the United States and Great Britain on the commission to ad just tbe claim of British subjects for damage sustained through seizure of their vessels while sealing in Retiring sea before the adoption of the first modus Vivendi, have at length been selected. Tbe treaty ratified by the liiKt session of oongreas provide for the appoiuteut of two commiinioner, one from Great Uritain and the other from the United States. The British commissioner will be Hon. George F. King, at present one of the justices of the supreme oourt of Canada, while the Uuited State commissioner will be Hon. William L. Putnam, United States judge for the first circuit in Upper New England. Judge Putnam was a member of tbe international com mission of 18stS, which uegotiated tbe fisheries convention, during Secre tary Bayard' administration of the state department It is understood that Don M. Dickinson has been select ed aa oouusel for the Uuited States be fore the commission. A 8ky Nt-raulng Hkeleton. : Chicago, July 20. Chicago i to have a tower, the highest of its kind ever con structed. It is to be cullod the Setb tower, and will be 1,150 feet high aud 600 feet square at tbe base. The towei oompany is an incorporated one, capi talized at (800,000, having for It pres ident D. B. Proctor, and will rear tliii lofty ateel ikeletou on the old baseball park property owned by tbe New York people, for which a lease for a term ol year ha been ecured. Thi enter prise is based on buaiuesa lines, and the irojectora of the acheine iuteud to' quip tbe tower with a theater, restau rant, searchlights, aud telescope; while such eutertainiaeut as aerial Mights, balloon ascensions, parachute drops and high tightrope performances, as well as electrical aud pyro technical display will be given. Chicago'i tower, it promoter say, will surpass the Eiffel tower, in Paris, lu point of design, magnitude aud appointments, aud will ooutain fourteen elevators,1 aa against six in the Eiffel. j A Murdarer Killed. I Spokane, Wash., July 2q Train men on the Great Northern train, which arrived today from the West, re port the killing of David Leroy, a fugi tive muruerer, iy a Blieriff' poaie, from Snohomish. The killing is said to have ocourred near Wilson creek. It is said the sheriffs posse ran Leroy Into the rocks, where running fight took place. Leroy barricaded himself behind some boulder, where he wai shot and killed by the offloers. Oo June 8, at Monte Cristo, Leroy killed a peddler named Nathan Phillips,' patting three bullets into hi victim, after wihch he robbed him of hi pack. Governor MoGraw offered (500 reward for the capture of the niurdervr. t'hllllps Had a Itaior. ' Cincinnati, July 80. Ed Corrigan. a turf mau, had a narrow escape today irom atatn at tne tiauds of his dis- charged employe, a negro, named John ! Phillip. When Corrigan went to hia ) stable at Latouia, thi morning, Phil 1 lip attacked him with araaor. Corrl j gau, armed only with an umbrella, protected himself a best heoould. He received a cut near the left elbow. Phillip escaped aud is in biding in the bushes. I'paet In the Surf. I Astoria, Or., July 20. At 1 o'clook this morning, crie of "Help, help," ! were heard by the Fort Cauby life-saving crew, In the surf off the cape. The , crew put out hastily, but, in the dark ueas, could not find anyone. When daylight came, George & Barker' fish boat, No. 14, wa discovered on the beach, upside down, and a little later t the body of the captain of the boat was found. The boat was mauned by two brother, of Portland, named Aron on. The other body has not yet been recovered. It 1 not known whether they were union men or not "DRAIN ON THE RESERVE. iold Going Out of the Tree.ury at a Bapld Kate. New York, July 17.-Draln. on the .77 in the subtreasury con- M take- for export 1 and for boarding, although the amount I withdrawn lately ! .iKuiflcant It 1 these small amounts, ; bowser, which disturb financier, and 1 can an additional depression in the I stock market ,i ! Report, were current and found ready credence that .team-bip alliog for Europe tbi. week will take away the largest quantity of gold shipped in any one week in months. Several of the largest gold shipping banking house were ald to be preparing to make ablpmeut and they would not deny the report Tbe rate of exchange also advanced to a point near where I gold .bipmeuts will be profitable, and ' in addition tbe report that the Roths childs are to issue a new (200,000,000 losn of gold to aid Russia in going to , the gold basis wa thought to be an in dication that other large shipment on special contract will be made. Deputy Assistant Treasurer Aublman. of tbe ubtreasury, In .peaking of thi loan ""if the loan i made it will quite naturally result in gold being with drawn from thi country, but I have no information a to the loan, and therefore cannot make a prediction. The amount of gold which it i. ald will be withdrawn from the ubtreas ury for hipment tbi week I variously estimated at from (1,500,000 to (3, 000,000. The gold in tbe treasury today ii estimated at (08,271.000, and predic tion are made that by tbe 1st of August the gold resorve will be close to (00,000,000. There ha a yet been no talk of a probable issue of bonds in case the reserve fall to a dan gerously low figure, but leveral well known banker ay there need be no alarm on thut score, for President Cleveland will undoubtedly issue bond at any time be may deem it necessary. IN A LOSING BUSINESS. Vuprotltnble Lonns Made by the State on Lauds. Salem, Or., July 17. In each oounty of the state, with tbe exception of Crook aud Harney, the state board of school land commissioner has appointed attor ney. It is the duty of tbe board' at torneys to receive application for loan on real estate in their respective coun ties, to examine titles, make recom mendations to the board, and to attend to collections, making foreclosures, when directed by tbe board. In tbe matter of a (2,500 loan, made to Alex McKenna in Grant county, at tbe time of foreclosure there wa (1,053.83 interest due, (163.93 unpaid taxes, (27 oourt costs, and the attorney claims (200 aa hi. fee, making a total amount of (3,939.20. Tbe land told for (700, leaving the state loser by over (3,200. The Grant oounty attorney made three other foreclosure thi year. In a loan of (300 to J. W. and Lum Lemon, the accrued interest, oourt costs and attorney' fee amounted to (1,244.12. In a loan to Samuol C. Hillis, tbe principal wa (2,000, and the interest, taxes, cost of court and attorney' fee, (731.85, making a total of (2,731.85. The Interest, court cost aud attorney' fee, added to the principal of (700 loan to M. D. Cam eron, give a total of (973.93. The property wa. bid in by tbe state in tbe throe last cases aud it ia not certain that it can realize on the property the amount invested, (7,949.98. The total amount of the common school fund of the state is over (2,500, 000. Tbe total amount of the agricul tural fund ia over (132,000. The uni versity fund approximates (102,000 Coinage of Hllver Doliara. Washington, July 17. Owing to the fact that the amount of ailver dollar in the treasury available for the redemp tion of treasury uotos has become re duced to (10,059,682, aud will be fur ther reduoed by redemption during the month, the coinage of silver dollar by the mint will be increased from (1, 600,000 to (3,000,000 per mouth from August 1. From March 1, 1893, the treasury held 29,390,461 itandard sil ver dollar for tbe redemption of treas ury note issued under the act of July 14, 1890. Since March I, 1893, the coinage of ailver dollars has aggregated (11,983,058. Of this sum, however, (2,811,677 was profits, or seigniorage, which leave (9,671,879 for the re demption of treasury notes. The amount of treasury notes redeemed in silver dollars and oaucolled from No vember 1, 1893, to July 14, 1896, wa (28,402,358: Hawaii Admits Wlnra Free. Washington, July 17. According to the report of United States Consul Mills, at Honolulu, the Hawaiian legis lature ha passed an act admitting wines oontaiuing less than 18 per cent alcohol free of duty, and Inoreased the duty ou apirituou liquor. In conse quence, California wines, which have been taxed 15 per cent per gallon, will escape import duties. London, July 17. A dispatch from Hammerfoit, Norway, say a party of tourist arrived there from Dane' island today aud report Herr Andre' balloon, In wbloh he planned to set out on hi voyage to the north pole, will uot be ready before August. stage Full of Faaaengars Tlppad oT. hurray, inatio, July 17. While a number of Murray people were return ing from Yalla Walla last night, the stage tipped over on Nine Mile hill going about fifty feet down the moun' tain. It wa full of passeuger. but Dr. Ray, who had a limb broken, wa the only one eriou8ly injured. The drive wa made in the dark aud the road oould not be seen at tbat point It is said that 40 per cent of the peo pie of this country are color blind. Forty Cubans Killed. Havana. July 17.-General Bernal in conmaud 0f the Wadra. battalion! has had a brisk engagement lasting for three quarter, of u hour with a force d .i Ri b?;"' protin' del Rio. The insurgents are known to have suffered a los. 0f forty kTued The Spanish lo was two killed. ten wounded. u The blggeet bug in the world flour ishe. in Veuesuela, It U Ul ph.nt beetle." ,nd a fall Brwn one" weighs about half a pound. The wboleaale trade at the preaenl time 1 not very lively. July opened up with a big rush, due a great deal to the Fourth, but within tbe past week "fair" U bout the bet report given. Tbe crop damage report have in a measure contributed to the pre. vailing quietude in bu.lneu. The UrV is null na- up a little. 1 1) a i. .tin nn tha oD-urane. Ha nanH and watermelon are tn the mar-", . g iu aVilnmanrl ; ket in good uppiy. have been rather large during the past week. A lew grapes are in the market aud bring (2 par orate. Wheat Market. ' The local wheat market remain nn changed, aa there i no movement of sufficient Importance to call for any but a nominal prioe. Quotation are: Walla Walla, 49 to 60o; Valley, S3 to 63o per bushel. Froduee Market. Flour Portland, Sulem, Cascadia and Davton, M; Benton county and White L'lly, 2.6; graliuin, (2.60; u pertine, J 25 per barrel. OATa-Choice white, 2ti(S28c per bush el j choke gray, 24w2(ic. Rolled oat ure quoted as follow b: Bags, $4.26(3 6.25; burrels, 4.6U(7j cases, 13.75. Hav i'imouiy, 411.00 per ton; cneat, (11.507 : clover, 6(s 7 ; oat, (0.50 j wheat, $5.50140.50. BAki-av-Feed barley, (13.50 per ton; brewing, $Hi410. MiLLar urrt bran, $14.50; short, 115.60; middling, $18(420; rye, W)c percental. , i Borrkk Fancv creamery is quoted at 40c; fancy dairy, 30c; fair to good, 17)c; common, 12 'iC per roll. ' PoTAToas Burbanka, 40((i6o per sack; Garnet Chiles, 4045e; Karly Rose, 60e; new. (1.40 per sack; aweeta, beat. 43a(i$6'Bc per pound. Unions ew, f 1 per sack. Pooltby Cinckeu. mixed. (2 50$ 3.00 bioilere, $1.60(42 50: geese, $4.50: turkey, live, lOUc; duck, $2.50(3 3.00 per dozen. Juua Oregon. 12)n4l5 per doxen. CukkHk Oregon, Vc; Califo.nia 8c; Young America, Uc per pound. 1 Tbopical Fbuit Caliiornla lemon, $4 605 .00; choice. ( ; Sicily, i Tti.60; bananas, $1.75(43.00 per bunch; California navels. $2.50(32.75 per box; pineapple., $3.00(45.00 per dozen. OukuoN VkOkTABLka Gar.if, new, IOj I ;er pound; Oregon peas, 2c; hew cab bage, ili per ib; tomatoes, $1 25 per box; Biri. g beans, 64c per lb; wax, : 3,44c per lb; Oregon radiahe, 10c per dozen; caulillower, 70(9 76c per dozen; .cucumbers, 15(4 40c P dozen; egg plant, 15i4l7,'o per lb; rhubarb, 1, i (42c Fkksu Fbuit California apple, (1.2R 6?1.50per box; ch-rries, Royal Anne, looBe, tic per lb, 75c a box ; Black Re- publicans, loose, 5c per lb, 00c per box; gooseberries, 2(.a2JnC per pound; cur ranis, 5c; raspberries, 5c; blackberries, 6c; apricot., $1 per box; peaches, 85c(5 , 1 per box; watermelons, (3(43.50 per dozen. I Stkawbkhkik 8'J. I Dkiku Fbuit Apples, evaporated, bleached. 4ii4,c; Buu-dried, 3(44c; 1 pears, Bun aud evaporated. 6 (4 tic '. plums, s pitless, 3(4 4c; prunes, 3(46 per pound, i Woou Vallev. Uc, per pound; Eaat- em Oregon, 5(4 7c Hops Choice, Oregon 203c per poiiuU; medium, neglected. Nits Peanuts, ti(47c per pound for raw, 10c for roj.ted ; coeoann , 90c per dozen; wakuts, l'-'.Vtt.Hc; pine nuta, ; 15;; liictory nuts, 8(tl0c; chestnut., 17c: Brazil, 12c; pet ana, large, 14c; .1 imilxj, Ilk;; filberts, 12,'ac; fancy, large, 14c; luird-Bhell, 8c; paper-shell, lo(4 12'c. I'kovimonb Portland pack: Smoked hams are quoted at 10(u10.SiC per lb; picnic hams, 7c; bjneless bains, 7,'uc; breakfast bacon, l'V; bacon, 7c; dry rail sides, Uc; bird, 6-pound pail., 7?gc; 10s, 7!ac; 60s, 7,lc; tierces, 7c per pound. Hiuca. Dry hide, butcher, sound, per pound, ll12c; dry kip and call Bkin, 10(411c; culls, 3c less; salted, 00 lb. and over, 6c; 60 to 00 lb, 44c; 40 aud 50. 4c; kip and veal akin., 10 to 30 lbs, 4c; calfskin, sound, S to 10 lbs, 0c; green, unBalted, lc lees; culls, l-2c leea; sheepskins, shear lings, lOtji 15c; short wool, 2030c; medium, 30t 40c; long wool, 60370c Bkkmvax 20(4 22 per pound. Tallow Prime, per pound, 3(5 2t1(c; No. 2 and greate, 25c. Marohandlae Market. Salmon Columbia, river No. 1. tails, $1.26(41.60; No. 2. talis. $2.26(32.00; fancy, No. 1, flat., $1.75(41.85: Alaska, No. 1, tall, (1.20(31.30; No. 2, tails, (1.90 (42.25. Bkanb Small white, No. 1, 2c per pound; butter, 3c; bayou, le; Lima, j','sl44c. Cokuaob Manilla rope, lV-inch, it uuoted at 8c; White eisal, hard twisted : Rope, l'4-in. dr. and upward, O'ic: rope, 12-thread, 6 '4c. Suqab Golden 0, 4c; extra C, 4Jc: drv granulated, 5c; cube crushed and powdered, 6j per pound ; 4c per pound discount on all grade lor prompt caah half barrel., l4c more than barrel.; maple sugar, 16(4 10c per pound. CoiikK-Mocha, 27 (431c per pound; Java, fancy, 2 l(42l)c; Costa Rica, 2J 23 V; Caracal, 22',a25c; Salvador, 10 (4J2.-, Arbuckle, $20.15; Lion, $20.15; Columbia, 120.15 per case. Rici-lBland, $3.50(44 per lack; Ja pan, $3.75(44. Coal O.l-Cases, 20c; barrel., 1V ! tanks, 15'uc per gallon. ii at B Aos-Calciuta, $4.25(2 4.37)i for July und August deliveries. Meat Market. I r'yir' tP(ter?. 3 25; cow, i Al nrmm CI tim. . sueep, wetner. (A0US ewe., $2.75; dressed mutton, 4$ (it M tr rw limit 1 ViAL-Oross, .mall, 4'c; Urge, 3(8 1 3,sc per pound. ' ' 3.25 hght and feeder., $2.76; drewed, j 3,(4 4c per pouna. ' SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS. FLOCB Net rash nrtraa. n choice. 73V; brewing, w ' '1'4' ......i. cum ping, io. 1. tl 071.'- v..nV. V, ' -0Uz.75; Bur- . bank., Oreeon, 00(380,;. ; Onions New, 1520 per sack. Pj&uMllU,i"' , 7682Hc: surprise, choice' ed' "-XS ood to choice, -5(4h0c; poor to fair, 679 .2'?c; grav. 72Vt9(,0a ' Hors-yuotable at 2(34o per pound. Wool Nevada, spring, light and choice, JiSllc; heavy do. tjaS! F.U Miort, trashy San Joaquin plain. 42R jood do, 4 mt Southern and coaVt; 4(45c: mountain, light and free. 67c Eoos-Store, 10(1 12c : ranch, 13(2 lc. M,7f ncT' mild n. '7c commor . to good, 910c: VonngAmer: 1 lc- 7 (4 8c; Eastern, 12a 13c- Wast. . UWXt par pound. ' A Resume of Events Northwest. EVIDENCE OF STEADY CRQr, News (lathered In Alt Our Neighbor!, gUU( ment Noted In All Indu.1-" K A younn cvolnno ...... . . timber near Fox falCJJSl, a great deal of UmbrV aown. w it, The ordinances preventing inning Ur iLtle. will be .trlctlv He Dalle. ' ( According to the report unty 'court by Uj? county inspector, there are in Harney oouuty, not laaJH a ltj lux . i,iiflrii a vet . vi Harnev count nr., i.., .;WJ Bandover&Co. prow U at their OlalU. K, """lei mill at thnir nun. VTS mine. The firm h.a feet, and at that depth tb, !:' from $9.60 to (50 ton. ln.r The Long Creek El . county, i informed that vrvli are dead on the rano.iu..-. . die and north fork of tot river, tbe result of poison oattT! The Umatilla county pvH tioned justice of thepesosiJj' ins warrranta fur th. . . . " v i 1 ot( m onarirnd with TO judge ihould be sHti.fi .l.T? denoe i ufBoient tooonvlctft.-," "liiglO lesT,iafc I n, atatA ' C. B. Wade, cashierot tbtrint tional bank, of Pendleton, u T personal inrection nf Jl. wheat field in Umstiii. J? upon careful inquiry, that tUt to tbe wheat crop in UaiilliW done by hot weather, hu be t4 average, 60 per cent It look a though 8alea uiia uuuuty were to DOCOme MBOnk, on of the newsDaner ,k.k produced from that aection, ft oiawuuau. r. r. coweri, 1 W and conscientious cartoonut, k summoned ty telegraph to Until a Ban Farnoisco paper ud to at the dnitea of a valusble asrirtaai The director, of Tb Mn,h lana at Astoria Navlgstlos Cct visited the Cascade Locks, bmk met the governor, aecreurr i a and state treasurer, who im kt over tbe state portage. Tin was damaged but little) bjiic water, and will reanira mlr t, repairs before it can be open ted. b repairs win tie made u kcssi water goes down sufficient!; a in The Dalle City to Und at tbt r end of the inoiine. Tbe oounty court of Uniotrc ha reduoed by one tbe dnniia office of sheriff and clerk, kt matter of the depotysbip lactam superintendent's offloe, whickiiis Ho way has been oonferrri a I Nellie Stevens, it ii ititei tliii countv oourt will nut firakii rjointment in thst csmcitr. Ik kt taking tbe grounds thst duquiJam as to tne princ'.paiiiiip iia ctjuiii ber from discharging tb dies i it offloe a deputy. Waahlngtea. The city oounoil of Pnyallspkaii propriated (25 for outting tbft in the streets and blgbwiji of I town. Dnrinu tha month of JuMtitli.'! & Johnson Company t Q'-f Snohomish oounty, cut shingles. i Government Architect Ainlj jonnson, wno win u building Spokaue't new armj p' arrived in that city to w1 duties. Aocording to the report ol rector of the mint, Kittiui took the lead in mineral prodK Washington last year, nd jr one-third of the gold of tbe ma f lnnri7 H. Lowo. a Oeorjii s ri.,,i.. k... v,.UiL ml an order I' two carloads of tho green-stow fruit to Seattle, 8,000 bu freicht charee i. (350 par cmIoH n. ....! u-)r,.,j),nrir who ka employed as engineer of tot reservation ditch, reports U channel will carry 164 tm - . ... Hi per Mcond, Bufflcleni w - tinrpa nf Innti. The oyster men of Vmm unra nil irocu uv jt commissioner thst their wm-i oyster land re ready w "JL they are happy, as the wortmr fa Aurin0 fmiL At the Day logging Jf1 Point, tn CowllU county, - raiioraa is okiub , f about five mile in length. . . J ..mill Mil B' tap a large Dooy oi heavy steel rail will be track will be standard gang. J A few week, ago .qnWj .traw. grown on ruge .hipped by the Seattle cbsmW" meroe to Barbour & Sons, ol Ireland. The manufacturer! vr ....aIIoiiL SDa the sampiea are Coer similar to that grown in tw district in Belgium. An applicalton ha. lT,af half of Anacortes 10 u.-- - .ub-port The recently jwf cannerle tnere wm - - jy from Brlti.h Colamuia ia given a the reaion for w tion. , tB tfjM A. Toblaason, of W county, beard a hog q" p home the other night, , out found a black bear hsa J rf , the hog. Mr. Tonia-- , Dear, wnion - - j 1- .w in It ne- wua eiugio .mom Blackleg ba appeal . ,toc . died, vn:. catt'e nave """' .lntlBirt ' A.otin SentineL Tb. arranged to make thi. week and remove M a the low range and drive . . .. ...i. here into tne mouu."-. phere is oool and tbe gr ' tender. n.llet, a ' Hugh Glen, of The ft awarded a contract on t road to do forty-seven m grading. iP"W,n 1, ,,w twtween l'0"" I tea mile ea.tof Astori-