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VOL. VII.
UNION, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1S90.
NO. 5.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
UNITED STATES.
President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana.
Hkcketaiiy orfcrATK-Jame" tl. Hla ne of Maine.
Secretarv or tiik Th icasUKV William Wlndom
of Minnesota.
Sechetahv or War- RcdfieM Proctor of Vermont.
Heciketarv or rut Navk llenjtmla K. Tiaoy of
New York.
Seckktarv or the Interior- John W. Noble of
Miesouri.
I'imtmahter-Geseral John Wanamalitr of Penn
sylrsnla. ArroRNEt-GKNEHAL-W. II. II. Miller of Indiana.
SKURKTAnv or Aiiiuci'LTi'KE-Jercmlali Kusk of
Wisconsin.
STATE OF OREOON.
Senators,
Congressman,
-Gu-errjor,
Secretary of Slate,
ULto Treasurer.
(J. II. Ml
1 J. N. I)oi.
ITCIIEt.L.
I'll.
IllNOKR Hkrmank.
Sylvkter Pknnover.
(Ii.oiiukW. McHride.
;. w. wehb.
SuperlaUncleut of Iublic Instruction, K. It. McKuiov.
Htatd Printer,' ... irk O. Hakkr.
( It. K TRAIIAN,
W. P. Lom.
(.W. W. TlUYKK.
'Supreme Judges,
SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT,
Circuit Judges. . - WiTSX1
rnHD
EK.
PinwciitiiiR Attorney
J. L. Hand.
COUNTV OK UNION.
State Senators,
Reprentatlve,
Judge
Hheilrf,
Clerk,
Treasurer,
School Hupeiiuteudtmt,
ftur-eyor,
Assessor,
Coroner,
Commissioners,
1.1. W. NORVAL.
I J. II. Haley.
(Charles Coounouiik.
(J- L. Kok,
O. P. OOOIIALI..
A. N. Hamilton.
A. T. Neill.
K. 0. HllAINARI).
J.I,. Carter.
J. W. Kimiirki.l.
J. I). (Iuili.
It. IlUHKI.H.
I (t. W IlENNEIIOI' r.
I Joli.s McDoKALII.
CITY OK UNION.
Mayor,
Recordrr,
Marshal,
J W. Kes.veiiv.
J. K. TlITTLE.
M. llERITAUE.
COUNCILS! KN.
II. K. Wilsov J. 11. Comu.v.
J. S. Elliott. a. K. Jo.ni.
1'.. Kk.mii.laiu. S. A. Puiihel.
LODGES.
'UNION LODGE, No 39, I. O, O. K MEETS EVERY
Friday ewnlng ut 7:30 o clock
WM. HALEY, N. G.
C H Miller, Se'ietary.
GRANDE RONDE KNOAMeMKNT, No, 11, 1, O. O.
Y., Hi' ets on the first and third Tue-d.js in each
month. 0. S. MILL Lit. C P
J. I! Tiiompmin', Scribe.
GRANDE RONDE VALLE LODGE. No. 56, A F. A,
A M., meets. 'U the secoii.i an 1 fourth naturdays
every month. E. W. DAVIS, W. M.
It. II. lliiowx, Secretary-
GRANDE RONDE VALLEV CHAITEI!. No. 20.. R.
A M., meets first u d third Tuenlnti each mouth.
W. T. WRIGHT, M. E. H. P.
Turner Oliver, Secretary.
BLUE MOUNTAIN LODGE No. 2S K. OK P
meets ever Wednesday evening.
G, K. HALL. 0. C.
Turner Oliver, K. of It. 4 8.
cPRESTON POST, No. 18. G A. It., MEETS EVERY
third Saturday lu eacu month a, the Odd Fellows'
hall. JOSHUA IIRADKOHD, P. O.
Groiuii: Hkisinoeh, Adjutant.
CHURCHES.
The Methodit Eld copnl Church holds services at 11
ilethodiH Eld copnl Church
U 7 r. M. of taca Sunday.
Rev. S. M.
DRIVER, Pantor.
Sendees are held at the Presbjterlan Church at 11a,
m anil 7 i. M. of tach Suui'uy.
Rev. it. II. PARKER, Pastor.
SOCIETIES.
Tho Union Literary and Musical Society meets every
"Friday tmilug ut the M. E. Church.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOHN R. CRITES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office two doors south of PostofHoe.
Union, Orcciiii,
Collecting anj probate practice specialties.
J W SHELTON. J. M. CARROLL.
SHELTON & CARROLL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ottice tw o doors south of Postorlici.
Union, Oregon.
Slal attention given to all builneu entrusted to us.
It KAKIN J. A. EAKIN, Notary Public.
R; EAKIN & BRO.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Union, (Ircunn,
Prompt at'entlon uld to oollsdions.
II F WIIJjON.
Notary lMbllc
A.J. IIAOKKTT.
Notary Public.
WILSON & HACKETT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Union. Oreifon.
OoUactloo and all other busluM entrusted to ui vail
receive prompt attention. .......
A complete abstract of th land of Union county la
our ostctf.
Maaairt of Uit UNION REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION.
PROFESSIONAL CAKDS.
I. N. CROMWELL, M. D
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Offer one door routh of J II. Eaton's suite,
I'ninn, Orrgron.
T. McNAOGHTOR, H. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Klein, (Iregon,
All cat's promptly attended to day or n'ght. -
A. L. DANFORTH, M. DM
PHYSICIAN AND SURCEON,
North I'owtlur, Oregon.
DISEASES OK WOMEN A SPECIALTY
Calls attended to nt all hours.
C. H. DAY, M. D.,
HonHeopathic Physician and Surgeon.
All Call Promptly Attended to.
Office adjoining .lores Itros.' s'ore. Can be found
nights at residence in Southwest Union.
WILLIAM K0EN1G,
Architect and Builder,
Cove, Orrgiin,
Drafts, plans and deslms for dwellings and bridges
furuuhed on application.
DR, A. M, MUSSER,
Dentist,
Graduate of Pennsylrania Dental College, Is at the
CENTENNIAL HOTEL
And Is prepared t do ait kinds of dental work lain
lealy. DR. E. N. NORTH,
DENTIST,
Oillco H Street. Union, Or.
Teeth extracted without pain by the successful new
method.
UnionTonsorialParloPs
GEORGE BAIRD, Proprietor.
Shaving, Hair-Gutting and Shampooing In
the Lasest Style of the Art.
Shop two dinrB south of theCentcnulal hotel. Give
me a call.
City Meat Market
Alain Street, I'nlon, Oregon.
BENSON BROS., Proprietors,
KEEP CONSTANTLY OS Ut.ND
Beef, Pork, Yeal, Mutton, Sausage, Hams,
Lard, Etc.
Montreal Saloon
. Ed Remillard, Proprietor.
If jou want a rtfrestlng drink or a good cigar, drop In,
lilllianl and iool tables for the accommodation of
cu'tomers.
Gornueopia Saloon.
William Wilson, Proprietor.
The Finest of Wines, Liquors and
Cigars Always in Stock.
Fint-cU' billiard table Drop In and be sociable.
For Information About the South
-ADDRESS WITH STAMP -
The Official Immigration Department
OK
FIFTEEN SOUTHERN STATES.
CARL ROUINHON. KwcUry,
lill-u, jf! 0.
I THE PACIFIC COAST.
Deaf Mutes of Portland Organize
a Benevolent Society.
The Demand for Gypsum I?rom the Point
Sal Mine Increases the Force
About One-Fourth.
Victoria, R. C, is closini; up all its
nam bl inn places.
TheLvon clot)iinn house at Soattle baa
iMien eeized by creditors.
TliO'Rockv Mountain carnival at Oe-
den is declared to bo a success.
Thfl treBtlo on tbo Union Pacific mid
nar Mosier. Or , 50J feet long, has been
burned.
The Petaluma Water Company is to
build a reservoir on Sonoma mountain to
hold 50,000,000 gallons of water.
Tho Treasury Department has ordered
a thorough invesfuration into the smug
gling of opium and Chineso from Vic
toria. United States Inspector Edwards has
seized the steamer Lillian for plying be
tween Ya.niina bay and Siuslaw without
a proper license.
The new Courthouse in San Diego will
be turned over to the countv in two
weeks. It has absorbed J 20,000 of the
taxpayers' money.
Nevada City's population according to
the lant censuses 2,050. The population
of the township is 4,051, a falling off of
2,750 within ten years.
The Seventy-six Land and Water Com
pany has sold its canal and water rights
to the irrigation district in the southeast
ern portion of Fresno county, Cal.
The street drill of the Seattle cbain
cang is one of the sights of the place.
Forty stalwart men are in line daily
cleaning tho streets and public squares.
The Astorian says : The deaf mutes
of Portland are organizing a society for
protective and beneficent purposes, to be
called the Knights of Siltnce of Oregon.
Sandy Olds, who shot Emil Weber on
tho streets of Portland in May, 1830, has
been twice convicted after three trials
and has again been granted another trial.
Captain George H. Douelass of San
Franc' sco, who has been connected with
the Spreckels shippint: firm for many
years, and who was injured bv being
thrown out of bis bugtry a few days ago,
liaB died, aged 53 years.
The rases against Mnjor Joseph Wham
and Major Albert S. 'lower, atTucpon,
for violating an article of war, by causing
to be jwid exorbitant r ntals for officers,
have resulted in the acquittal of both of
ficers by courts-martial
Ttio strikinir Oakland carp- liters have
organized the Oakland Co-operative
Buildinu Company, w iih a capital ptock
of $25,000 in 5,000 nbares. Contractors
claim they have all tbo nun thov want to
employ, and can get more if tboynetd
them.
The case of the Hartley heirs at Santa
Ana for $40,1X10 damages ayainst the Cal
ifornia Southern railroad for the killing
of their r-ister at a crossing nnir tho
Santa Fo depot in December, 1888, ter
minated bvtheCouit granting a motion
for a Bonsuit.
During May 4,:J."'7 ' .'50 pounds of do
mestic wool were slip mI East from San
Francisco. The total hipments for five
months wore in.250,13il pounds, an in
crease of 5,108.480 pounds over the same
time last year. During May 5311,054
pounds were stiipped by eea.
The Santa Rarbara Press says : Tho
demand for gypsum from the Point Sal
mine has been so great that it has become
necessary to increase tho force aliont
one-fourth. Thero will be more than
4,000 tons taken out during tho present
year. There is being more than forty
tons a day mined now. .
Tho Yuma Sentinel pays: The In
dians this year have reaped n heavy har
vest of wheat and corn from the moist
lands adjacent to the "bottoms," which
were overflowed up to a few days uuo.
The "children of the forest" have
learned that thov can get three crops in
one vear by moving to different parts of
of tho alluvial landsattho proper tinn . A
number rf Yumos have grapo vines and
pomegranates planted near tho river, but
above overllow, and they are doing nicely
and will be in full bearing next season.
A new swindle is reported from Santa
Rarbara county. It is perpetrated by
means of a double fountain pen, ono end
of which is filled with good substantial
ink, the other with ink that fades away
in a day or two. Tho sharper writes his
agreement, contract or whatever purlieu
lar thing he may have chosen with ink
that fades, ami has his victim slun with
the other end of the pen that laBts. In
a few days he has a slip of paper with
nothing on it but a good signature, over
which ho writes any sort of note that ho
can easiest turn into cash.
Tho San Francisco Chioniele states
that tho Alaska Commercial Company,
which until recently had tho exclusive
right to capture seals in tho Ameri' an
waters of lleliring sea, has now secured
a contract with the Russian Government
granting them tlm exclusive right to cap
ture seals on tho Siberian CoaBt. Tho
number of seals to be taken is limited,
but it is not known. It is believed to bo
very largo. Tho steamer Karluk, owned
hy tho compuny, liaB recently sailed for
Petrofftky to capture seals there. Tho
competition of the Alaska Commercial
Company will bo very Fevere for tho
North American Commercial Company,
which was recently awarded by tho
United States tbo sealing privileges in
Retiring rea, and It is believed tho effect
will be to greatly reduce the price of
skins.
EASTERN ITEMS.
Rev. Father Mollinger Reiwrtcd
to be Dying;.
Philadelphia's Growth Retarded by Km
ignition to Suburban Towns to
the Number of 75,000.
Three hundred changes were made in
the House tariff bill by tbo Senate.
c 1 ir - ,
Ice verm rvaestiH onginui-pacKaun cases
'are to Ihj taken to tho Federal Supreme
The World's Fair Commissioners have
decided to have a single head a Director
Genera).
St. Paul chames Minneapolis with pad'
ding the census to the extent of 50,000
to im.uoo names.
By tho will of Lawyer Charles M. do
uosta ot New ork Columbia College
will bo $100,0(10 richer.
A monument to Alexander II. Ste
phens is at last to bo erected over his
grave at Crawfordsville, Ga.
Tho Missouri Stato Board of Equaliza
tion has incr.'iisud tbo valuation of rail
road property for taxation $2,500,000 over
last year.
At an election at Cuyahoga Falls. O.,
it was decided by a voto of 202 to 271 to
havo open saloons. They iiavo been
elosed-for two years.
Last year there wero 3,545 election dis
trict in Now York. State. This year,
under the operation of tho niw electoral
law, there will be 5,000.
Tho Postmaster-Goneral of Japan and
the Postmaster-General of Canada havo
signed u convention for the establishment
of a parcels pojt between the two coun
tries. Of tbo 150 applicants for admission to
the Military Academy at West Point.
twenty-four mum to pass tho required
examinations on account of physical de
lects.
Mr. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy, has
issued an order to the Marino band when
it plays in public to alwajs "close tho
programme with one of our national
airs."
An order has been issued by the Gen
oral Superintendent, of tho Railway Msil
Service diso-mtinuinii the Sunday morn
ing dispatch from San Francisco, to take
effect on July 0.
Tho growth of Philadelphia in the past
decade was apparently retarded by tbo
emigration to tbo suburban towns of
about 75,000, according to the railroad
commutation table.
If the reports of tbo money earned by
Henry George during his Australian
lecturing tour arc true, every inhabitant
of tho Antipodes has paid at least a "sin
gle tax" to bear Mr. George speak.
A number of owners of property on
Michigan avenue, Chicago, have filed a
bill in the Chancery Court to restrain tho
World's Columbian exposition from erect
ing any buildings on the lake front.
Tbo Pennsylvania Grand Lodge has is
sued an edict requiring all MasoriB who
are members of ttio Egyptian Masonic
Rite of Memphis to renounce their alle
giance to the body within ninety days.
It is estimated at tho Treasury Depart
ment that there has been a decrease of
about $20,000,010 in tho public debt sinco
Juno I. Ttio total decrease for tho fiscal
year is $87.K00,000, as against $114,000,
000 for tho previous fiscal year.
On the great Pennsylvania road cer
tain trains are supplied with stenograph
ers and typi writers, for the use of pas
sengers who wish to conduct their cor
respondence on tho wing. Another idea
is a bulletin of the stock market.
Supervisor of the Census Wright esti
mates tho population of Maine's princi
pal cities as follows: Portland, 54,500;
Lewiston, 21,000; Riddoford, 13,500; Au
burn, 10,100. The gains in each case are
very small.
It is shown that on tho basis of tho
imports of 1889 tho duties collected un
der tho McKinley tariff bill would bo
$205,344,077, while tho Senate amend
ments would reduce tho amount to $201,
080,007, or $4,055,070 less.
It is reiortcd that a mythical building
and loan compai y of Philadelphia has
been victimizing Western people. Tho
name of the concern, which is alleged to
be without legal existence, is tho Eastern
Building and Loan Association.
It is proposed to construct an nir-line
railroad from Toledo through Ohio, Indi
ana, Illinois. MishouriArkansas, Indian
Territory, '1 exits and Mexico, striking
the Pacific at Mazatlan. Tho road will
be known as tho Atlantic and Mexican
Pacific.
Tho investigation committee to exam
ine into tho chargrs against tho West
End railway of lobbying with members
of tho Massachusetts legislature finds
that carriages and dinners and hotel bills
wore paid for by the company, but no
money for corrupt purjroses was spent to
their knowledge.
The House Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds bus decided to
rejort favorably tho bill providing for
the purchase of the building south of the
Capitol owned by Renjuinln F, Rutlor,
providing a good title bo obtained and
the cost does not exceed $275,000.
The convicts at a coaling camp sixteen
miles south of Rusk, Tex., assaulted and
killed the guard, then visited other camps
and liberated three squads. A large
force of officers is In pursuit, and blood
ehed will follow, as the convict obtained
firearms from faruihouces,
FOREIGN NEWS.
A Project on Foot to Connect
Berlin With the Sea.
Turkish Engineers Report That the River
Euphrates Can Re Made Naviga
ble the Vear Round.
O'Connor will make no further rowing
matches in Australia.
A nobleman is feodirte daily 1, POO vic
tims of the famine in Tokio, Japan.
Soudanruo soldiers aro being recruited
in Egypt for tbo Congo Free Suite.
The cholera is increasintr in Valencia.
Spain. Cases are reported at Oporto,
rortugal.
llerr Mignel, tho new German Fi
nance Minister, favors an increase of tho
income tax and corn duties.
Tho British Cabinet has decided to
drop tho tithes bill and after the sup
ply votes adjourn rorliament.
Italy is trying to divort tho tlood of
Italian emigration from America to her
newly acquired colomeB in Africa.
Tho real sum which Mr. Stanley re
co ved in cash for his latest book Is said
to bo in tho neighborhood of $70,000.
Turkish engineers sav that tho rivor
l'.uphratcs might be matte navigable tho
year round by an expenditure of $100,
000. Tripoli is being devastated by locusts.
Tbo decomposed bodies of tho insects
fill tho wells, rendering tho water unfit
for use.
President Barillas of Guatemala wants
to interfere In tho selection of President
of San Salvador by choosing a person
wnom no can control.
The coal porters of Dublin, 2,000 in
number, have struck in consequence of
tho emp'oyment by tbo masters of a
number of a non-union men.
Tho highest military authorities havo
determined to build in tho neighborhood
of St Petersburg a largo factory for tho
manufacture of smokeless powdor.
Tho distillery of Glenlivat, the oldest
of all ttio distilleries of the Scottish
Highland whisky and the only one with
a history, has recently been burned.
Tho experimental telopbono lino le-
tweeu Paris and Calais has proved a suc
cess. Another lino will soon bo con
structed lutween Paris and Ixmdon.
It appears that tho National Rank of
Ruenos Ayres has not suspended, as was
tule.'rupliu I. The bank only suspended
pavinenl of the quarterly dividend, which
was approved at tnu lastuunual mooting.
The Italian Deputies raised such an
uproar in the Chamber over tho Munici
pal Council bill that an adjournment was
necessitated. Picotti resigned his seat.
Serious disturbances have occurred at
Anrrtcnu. near Mnninhiiio. The na
tives attacked tho Governor's residence,
but. wuro repelled with groat loss of life.
llnllnnil'H ni'tinn will lend In thn iliHHn-
lution of the anti-sluvory conference, in
wiucti event tne enorts to suppress biovo
trade will havo been completely wasted.
Dispatches from Chardiui, Turkistan.
say that hundreds of bales of Afghan
cotton have arrived thero from Kelif.
This is tbo first direct sale made by tho
Afghans to tho Russians.
Thero is a decided sensation at Madrid
over tho etatoinont of Senor Robledos
that during five years tho Littorals havo
been in power 450,000,000 reals of public
money have been Btolon by officials.
General Iunacio Martinez of Li redo is
accused of causing tho uprising along the
borders of ttio llio Uramlo. lie was for
merly of tho Mexican arinv, but was
dismissed and has since edited a revolu
tionary journal.
It lu ulnlpil (lint, tlm Krdneli Minintnr nt
Foreign Affairs has addressed an inquiry
to its representatives abroad for informa
tion as to tho condition of labor in tho
respective countries to which thov aro
accredited.
Tho nroioct to connect Berlin with tho
sea by means of a canal is causing great
excitement in Germany. It is proposed
to extend the canal us far as Stettin,
Frederick boheck. Official Commissioner
of Buildings, is in charge of the affair.
It is reported that the Baroness Bur-
ilott-Coutis has advanced Agues Hunt
i nut on $125,000 with which to form an
opera company of her own. It is also
reported thst the time held for Sara Bern
hardt next season lu tills country will be
filled by Miss Huntington's company.
London merchants are pointing out to
Salisbury tho serious results of tho ex
tension of Gorman territory north of
Damara, anil the establishment of it Gor
man Carrier between Reel, uiinuland and
tho North ; also, tho necessity of main
taiuing English influence in Madagascar.
Lord Salisbury's solicitors threaten to
take action against Mr. O'Brien for the
recovery of tho costs fa the recent uctipn
for lltief and the subsequent proceedings
tlicrcou. If Lord Salisbury insists on
this measure, ho may drive Mr. O'Brien
into bankruptcy, thu effect of which will
be to prevent him from sitting and vot
ing in thu House,
The bill recently before tho British
Parliament to regulate the rum traffic
lias opened up a discussion that is inter
esting to all classes of society. There tire
three classes of licenses granted ut pres
ent : The publican's license, which al
lows tno sale of ull kinds o liquors, dis
tilled or formented; tho beer license, and
the wine license, taken out by the keep
ers of eatini houses und hotels.
PORTLAND MARKET.
WIIKAT The milling demand Is light, ud
there la little trading, Quote, nominally, I1.22S
for Valley; $1.10 for Walla Walla.
OATH The market la firm. Quote: SOc pr
bushel,
MII.Lm7Fr!-Tho market i.i firm. Qaotf
Bran, $1.1(317; Short-, $1719; Ground Barley.
$2f30; Chop Heed, $25; Mlddllugi, 2i5025.0(
per tou.
HAY The market U steady. Qnote; $19(c
per ton.
VEOETABLRWTho market is Brm. Califor
nia cabtmije has fallen 10C-ioc a cental. There
aro uo changes In other vegetable-. Quote: Cal
ifomla Cabbage, $2.1f2.'i') per cental; O egou,
TNSOc per doien; California Cauliflower, $l.2i
pi-r do-cn; Oregon Ureeu I'eas, 5c per pound;
young Onions and Lettnto, 15c per dtweu
bunches; newCallfornlaOnlon.2iv:p
Striug Beans, So per ixmnd; California Cucum-
mt, .aci uregon, 4oc per Uoieu; California Car
rots, $1.25; Oregon, $1.15 per sack; California.
Asparagus, $'i25 per box; Oregon, in bulk, 10c
per pound; California Beets, $1.60 per sack; Cal
lforula Turnips. $1.50: Oreirou. 11 "S nor sai.
CMllforula Tomatoes. $2.2T. per box; California
squasii, v&eftm per box; Wax Beans, 8c per
pound; new California 1'otatoes, $202.25; new
Oregon, $2.25 per cental.
FRUITS California Krults havo advanced 50c
a box. Quote: Kluraldo Oranges, $1.60t5;
fancy Navels, $C per box; California Lemons, $4;
fancy aiolly, $6-507 per box; Oregon Chcrrlw,
SOrjtofio per box; California Apricots, $1 per box;
Oregon Curranta, 4c per pound; I'lneapples,
$5.50 per dozen; California Peaches, $1.25 per
box; Oregon Raspberries, red, (5c; black, 8c
per pound; Bananas, single, $3.75; doultto
bunches, $0; California Apples, $2.25 perftO-pound
box; California Plums, 80c per box.
01IKK3K Quote: Oregon, ll12)ac; Califor
nia, S'fVdOc; Young America, ISQHc per pound
BUrrtfR The market is firm. Quote: Ore
gon fancy dairy, 22,''c: fancy creamery, 25c;
good to fair, 17(420c; common, 12a'c; choice
California, is20 cper pound,
KCKIS The market remains tho home. Quote:
Oregon, aXjWjJic; Eastern, ISc per doien.
POULTRY The market continues tho same.
Chickens aro gradually going down in price
Yo tig Ducks are tx ginning to come In. Quote:
Old Chickens, $4(31.25: largo spring, $3Cul; small
spring, $2C(i2-r0; old Ducks, $1 &0i5; young, I5C.
6; old Oeese, $0; young, $89 per dozen; Tur
keys, ISc per pound.
The MorclutnillHo Murkat.
The dlirerent markets continue firm, with no
chango in prices. Business In all lines Is Vi-ry
good, and (lenient have all they can handle.
HU(IAR3 The market is steady and demand
good. Quote: (lolden C.fic; oxtia C. f)c; dry
granulated, C'c; cube crushed and powdered,
7c per pound.
BKANrf Tho market Is steady. Quote: Small
Wlilt.s, $3; l'lnk, $l; Bayou, $4.50; Butter, 3;
I.lmas, $5.50 per c-ntal.
DRIED HKUITS-Tho market Is ste dy. Quote:
Hummer dried I'eurs, 10tlc; umlrled and fac
tory l'lumr, fiiS6o; Beaches, suu drled, 10'ic;
evuporuted Beaches, 16;rVi)17c; Smyrna KIgs, 11(14
16c; California KIgs, c per pound.
CANNED GOODS Tho market Is steady, witfi
thu following quotations: Table Fruits, 2c;
Beaches, $2; Bartlctt Bears, $l.s)0; Blums, $1.05;
Strawberries, $2.25; Cherries, $2: Blackberries.
$l.o51.95; Raspberries, $2.'i'2.W. Ble Fruit:
Assorted, $.1.50 per doen; l'eucbes, $1.25!.30;
Plums $1.25; Blackberries. $1.05: Tomatoes. II. in
0:1.50; Hugar I'eas, $1.40I.C0; String Beans, $t.
Kiui', Quote: CJJo per pound,
HOI'S Tho market is steady, with nominal
prices. Quote: 10c per pound.
IIIDEd Tho market continues tho same.
Quole: Dry Hides, selected prime, moc. 'Xo Ies
for culls; green, selected, over 55 pounds. 4c:
under 55 pounds, 3o; Sheep Belts, short wool",
3050o; medium, C0(iW0c; long, 90c(t$1.25: Shear
lings, i(X(02()c; Tallow, good to choice, .KiWc.
WOOI The market unchanged. Onoto: East
ern Oregon, lo&tlfio; Valley, lCCtl8c per pound.
NAll.8 Priced have advanced 10c. Base quo
tations: Iron, $3.20; Steel, $:).30; Wire, $3.90 per
keg.
The Aleut Alnrket.
Tho market is firm, and uo change in price.
Quotations:
Beef Llvo, 3J,'ic: dressed, 7c.
Muttou Live, K(!WSo; dressed, 7c.
Hogs Live, 5o; dressed; 6c.
Veal 57o per pound.
Spring Lambs $2 each.
Receipts tho past week were: Cattle, 44a r
Shecp, 1,672; Hogs, CM head,
SMOKf.l) MEATS AND LARD,
Thu markot Is Arm. Quotation: . Eastern
Hams. 12J4l3Xo: Breakfast Bacon, 12K13l$e;
Bides, yy&Wd l-nrd, 9!;(ttl0JJc per pound.
Baron Wlssman was absent from the
Colonial Society meeting at Golojr'ie,
owing, it is said, to a hint from tho Gov
ernment that his presence would bo em
barrassing. Tho mooting did not favor
tho Anglo-Gorman African agreoment.
Tho Gorman Emperor Iiub sumrrjonnl
before him for investigation a yourg ne
gro Prince, known as Alfred Bell. ioin
tho Cameroon country, West Africa, who
had been sent to Bremen to loam the
trade of carpenter, and who is alleged to
havo joined a gang of Socialists and An
archists. If Bell should turn out to bo
really a Socialist, ho will not bo allowed
to return to tho Cameroons for feur of
corrupting the natives.
'llio becond Comptroller of tho Treas
ury has made, a rilling advert j to the
claims of several hundred urmv olllce rs.
nggn gating nearly $250,000, for longevity
pay mr service oitnor at tne ."M Hilary
Academy or as enlisted men, bated ou
tbo decision of tho Supreme Court in thu
Watson case.
Tho Rush has received her orders ami
will leave Port Townsend ut once for the
Retiring Scu. The ordors ao said to be
to proceed ut once to Ounalai ka and then
to patrol lioiiring riea, seize all vessels
found in the sou with sealskins aboard.
or any other prima fucie evidence that
the vessel Had been ouchi ig The cut
ters are then to take tho upors and In
struments and leavo ou botrd onlv u suf
ficient quantity of food to keep th ciow
until the vcbsoI reaches the nenrest f ort.
If any resistance is offered, the poachers
am to be fired upon and compelled to
submit.
The carpenters at San Joie demand 8
for eight honra, and will euforce their
demands if aeaMry,