"Hie tej0 JftHmt. B.CHANOEY, Publisher, Union, Or. THE PACIFIC COAST. San Francisco is Infested With a Horde of Toughs. The Arizona Legislature Passes I-aws En couraging the Establishment of Sugar-Beet Factories. San Diego complains of the swarms of beggars on its streets Stono cutters at Vnncouvor, B. C, nrc -on a strike for 5 a day and eight hours. Tlmv lmvn lunm receiving $4 and nine "hours. A joint stock company is being formed at Victoria, IS. C, to control tlio entire stevedoring of l'uget Sound and British Columbia. Tim T-os Ancolos citrus exhibit is to "ho reproduced as near as possible- in Chicago. Tho fair has been n great suc cess at Los Angeles. Tho. Citv Council of Sinta Barbara Gal., has ordered every oucalyptuB tree that Btands within 100 feet of a water main to bo cut down. Tho Arizona LcEislaturo has passed bill exempting from taxation for ten years all sugar-beet factories built in the Territory within one year. Umatilla Indians object to the terms of tho sale of their reservation. Thoy that tho monov received in tho sale be turned over to them at once. A ninnlinr of cattle have a diseaso known as tho " black leg," and many of them are dying oil" in tho southern part oi noviiuii iowiihiup, uviw rouukj. Cal. The local unions of tho United Broth orhood of Carpenters and Joiners at Se attle have finally decided to make a de mand for an eight-hour day on and after Jlay 1. A railroad comnanv composed of Ena't em capitalists is incorporated, and pro poses to build a road from Junction City, at tho head of Port Discovory, to Tort Angeles. Tho BradBtrect niorcanttle agency ro- Borts twentv-one failures in the Pacific oast States and Territories for tho past week, as compared with sixteen for tlio previous wcok Tho owners of tho British ship Scan dinavian, tho vessel that was detained at San Diego, have entorod suit at Los Angeles against tho Collector of tho Port for $16,000 damages. A free employment bureau is to bo es tablished in Spokane under tho auspices of tho Trades' Council. Tho object is to secure situations for all members thrown out of employment. In tho State of Washington thero are indications of a harvest in 1 801 that may exceed tho phenomenal one of 1891L which blocked tho two transcontinental roads for three months subsequent to tho harvest. Thero was great rejoicing at Phrenix, A. T., tho other night over tho signing of tho railroad tax exemption law by tho Governor. Tho law exempts all rail roads built inside of three years from taxutipn for twenty years, Tl.rv T.lnlirv T mrtdl II f 11,-ft tlUUKIwl II llllV frit tho appointment of an Inspector of weights and measures, but thoy neglected to make any appropriation for the pur chase of a standard- set of weights and measures for his U80t which Would cost about $500. San Francisco is infosted with a horde of toughs, hobos, tin-horn gamblers and Hiieak thieves, probably a part of tho lot driven out of Seattle some timo ago. Tho olico are kept busy watching them, but petty thefts and burglaries are of daily occurrence. A railroad bill has passed tho Nevada Legislature providing for a broad-gaugo railroad from Salt Lake City through Nevada by way of Beckwlth's paBH to tho sealward. Tho lino will pass through tho most productive counties in tho State in both agriculture and mining. Another ston toward building tho gov ernment lighthouse at Ileceta Head near tho Siuslaw has loen taken. Tho United States District Attorney sent a man over thero last week to secure tho signature of parties giving right of way for tho road and to wind up tho matter of title to tho land. It is probable tho light house will lo built this summer. The sale of tho famous Do Lamar mines and mill in tho southern part of Idaho was consummated leeentlv, and was probably tho biggest deal made in nun nig property for a nuinlor of years past. The wonderful mines comprised under tho name of tho Do Lamar group, the mill and all tho machinery used in tak ing tho oro from tho mines and working them were sold to an I'.nglisli stock: com Imy for $2,000,000. Tho ease of Mrs. Sarah Althea Hill Terry agaiiiBt Attorney Caldwell was do o.Ideu at Fresno ono dav last week by Judge Crichton in fuvorof thuilofomhitit. Mrs. Terry alleged she had gone to Cald well's otlfco on business, and that ho struck her in tlio faco and kicked her from hin olllco. Tho Judge held that as eho hud been warned by Caldwell to keep away from his oillce, and as it was not shown that Caldwell had used any undue force iu ejecting her from tho of fice, ho bo discharged. Every effort possible is being made by tho olllcluls at Mare Island uuvy yard to got tho cruiser San Francisco uway from that station us quickly as jiosxihlo. At present tho vessel is in tho dry dock. It is staled tho vessel will depart under sealed orders, but report says Iter desti nation is Chill. Tho work on tho Charles ton is also being curried on with u rush, Tho placing of her eight-Inch guns in position is cunning Homo delay, and it will, bo at least two wcekhlH'foro bIio can bo started oil'. No definite information 3m olrtainablo nu to what dlsKtition tho Navv Department intonds to make of her, but ft is known that sho is also to b made redy as quickly as powlblo, EASTERN ITEMS. Agitation for a Half-Cent Coinage Spreading in the East. The Site for the National Home for Union Printers at Colorado Springs, Col., Selected. The agitation for a half-cent coinage is spreading in tlio i',aat. Tho New York Sherman statue fund now amounts to $80,000. Tho sixty days' rain fell almost con tinuously in tho cotton States. Tho anti-Pinkerton bill passed the New York Assembly by a vote of 01 to 12. The statuo of Sunset Cox will be placed in Central park, New York. It will be unveiled July 4. There is a report in Washington that Secretary Noble's resignation is in the hands of tho President. In New York city last year the savings banks Handled over SlBtt.UOO.UUU, and had over 770,880 open accounts. Philadelphia's total assessed valuation is $710,641,307, an increase over last year of a little more than $25,000,000. Lawronco JJarrett put down ins name for $600 for tho Sherman monument fund. Georgo M. Pullman subscribed $1,000. It is now definitely understood that tho Circuit Judge appointments will not be made till Congress convenes in Do comber. A sito for a National Homo for printers at Colorado bpnngs has been selected, and its construction will bo at once com menced. Tho officials of tho Rio Grando deny that tho purchase ol tho Ureiron and l'a cific railway is contemplated by their company. An extensive emigration of negroes from ArkansHS westward is in protrress It is expected that thousands will leave before tho summer opens. have ommratcd from BuckH county. Pa.. during the last two years, owing to tho uiiiicuuy ui limning u living. The Uaited States eovernincnt refuses for tho present to mako gold cxchiinirefi. Two flow York lirms ordered $1,000,000 lor oxport, but tno ordor was refused, A bill providing that no stockholder in a corporation shall have more than ono voto, no mattor how many shares ho , ... , 1 1 f r if may imvu, nas uecomo n law in inuiana. Tho actual cost of tho Philadelphia City Hall up to tho present timo lias UUUil fX-I, JJ,tf v. , unit nut, IIIUI u until ono-thiru of tho COO rooms in itaro ready lu, mi r.Tn .. ...l .. i i for use. Assistant Secretary Snauldine has de cided that tho law which admits duty free until July 18, 1802, machinery used in tho production of beet sugar does not apply to machinery used for refining beet sugar. The Treasury Department has decided that moneys found to bo duo importers as an excess of deposit on certain goods shall not bo paid said importers when they aro indebted to tho government on other accounts. Mcotings of Irishmen at Cincinnati openly condemned tho attempt to tmns- ler tho internecine Irish strife to tlio United States, and resolutions were passed to work against both tho Parnoll and McCarthy factions. Tho surplus cotton from tho great crop of 1800 will bo nil needed to mako up for tho probable shortago this year. So far tho season has been excessively un promising in all parts of tho Southern cotton-growing territory. Tho Postmaster-General will not need any monoy until the latter part of tho second quarter of tho coming year, and when ho does need it he will have nearly $700,000 to carry out tho law for tho re maining two quarters, which will bo suf ficient, he says. Sir CharloBTuppor will represent Can ada at tho approaching negotiations at Washington, while with him will bo as sociated bir William Whiteway on bo half of Newfoundland and Hon. Joseph Chamberlain as the representative of tlio British government. Testimony before a legislative invest! gating committee shows gross inisman agement iu tho lunatic asylum at Kala mazoo, juien. mucins' leoth wero pulled to prevent them from biting attendants, ami patients who would not work wero starved into submission. Quito a sensation has been caused among tho clerks iu tho Now York post olllco by tho entrance of seven young women into tho money-order department as cierKS miring ine last month, iiio girls obtained their positions by surpass ing uioir maio competitors at tlio civil service examination, and will receive tho same pay as male clerks. It is reported at Pittsburg, Pa., that an l'.ngnsti syndicate ts about to secure control of the Westinghouse Interests. The deal is still in progress, It is claimed tho syndicate is heavily backed, and every branch of the business will lie placed on a cash basis, and cuts will lie made in prices of electrical supplies and machinery that will astonish the world. Tho syndicate expects to force all com petitors out of tho trade or compel them to unite with it. From private and reliable information received by tho steamer Australia from HoiioIuIh It is learned that whaling ves sels touching at that port havo purchased largo quantities of spirits to use during their cruise In tho Arctic. Last fall tlio whaling bark KlUa was lost on St. Imw reuce Island, and her catch of live heads of Ikiiio is sup0scd to be iu the hands of tho natives. Masters of tho various vessels aro anxious to obtain this whale Imne, and aro providing themselves with liipior for trade. It is understood that tho ITiillcd States ()iisul-tleiieral at Honolulu has roR)rted tho fact of this wholesale llmior tratlle to tho authorities ut Washington, with n view thai orders may bo issued to Captain Healv of the cutter Hear to prevent the demoralizing trading oi uieso wnuieinen. FOREIGN NEWS. Belgian Cabinet Declares in Favor of Household Suffrage. Polish and Russian Peasants Continue to Depart From the Region of the Vistula for Foreign Lands. Betting is falling into discredit among the better classes in Lurope. Mrs. Maybrick pines in prison, where her duties ae cook have almost worn her out. Parnell says' Gladstone is useless any longer for an instrument with which to obtain home rule. A contract has been closed to put a largo number of Pullman sleeping cars on Australian lines. The English drink bill for 1800 amounts to 140,000,000, an increase of 7,250,000 over tho previous year. Women in Sweden have been declared not eligible for the General Methodist Conference, tho votes having been taken all over the country. The London Vegetarian Society reports a membership of 541, but the movement is said to havo spread throughout Eng land, Europe and the colonies. Prince Bismarck's decision to run for the Reichstag and the evident tendency of the government to a firmer protective policy enlivens politics in Germany. Dr. Marcus Fay, a Hungarian physi cian, lias announced to tho Medical As sociation of Debreczin a completo euro o cancer by tho application of aniline. A shipment of cotton goods direct to Manchester, England, was made tho other day by tho John P. King Manu facturing Company of Augusta. Ga.. on an order from a dealer there. Tho latest news from tho Caroline Isl ands shows a renewal between the na tives and the Spanish troops. They at tacked the latter unawares, and killed ninety Spaniurds, including soldiers and civilians. French railroad men propose to build a net ot railroads in Poland, by which tho most populous towns and factorv districts of the whole region will be con nected with tho principal lines now in operation. Tho Belgian Cabinet has declared in favor of household suffrage, tho adoption of which would increase tho number of voters from 130.000 to 730.000. The Lib erals, however, aro not content with this concession. The corporation of Manchester has re solved to advance 2,50 ',000 to tho Man chester and Liverool Canal Company, which nronoscs to make tlio fnrmnr citv accessible to steamers and ships of tho heaviest draft. In Berlin and other-cities Socialists have withdrawn their children from the schools as a protest against tho anti Socialist doctrines taught by the teach ers in accordance with the expressed wishes of tho Kaiser. Despite all efforts of tho authorities to check tho tide of emigration, largo num bers ot l'oiisli andJtussian peasants con tinue to depart from tho region of tho lstula and from Volhvnia to foreign lands. Tho " emigration fever," as tho newspapers call it, is spreading even among tlio peasants and mechanics of tho interior. An American named Mooro was re cently arrested by Portuguese on tho Zambesi river on a charge of being an Knglish spy. Being unable to show American papers of citizenship, he was imprisoned eight days, then, charged with inciting native todisorderandsent to Mozambique. Ho loses valuable min eral rights in Mashonalaud, and his health is broken by hardships. Lord Knutsford has introduced a bill to revise- certain provisions of tho exist ing law controlling the administration of tho Newfoundland fisheries and dealing with tho rights of foreign jiowers in those fisheries. Ho expressed a hopo that tho present ditliculties would lo ar ranged through a compromise in such a way as to lesson tho burdens of the col ony. Lord IvimlHjrly supporteil tho bill, which was read for tho first timo, Lord Salisbury saying that Newfoundland was paying the penalty for errors made in past treaties. Negotiations havo been going on be tween Austria and Germany on tho sul ject of a commercial treaty, and havo reached a critical stage, 'tlio question is whether Germany will agree to grant preferential duties on AiiBtro-Hiiiigarian grain and cattle as against other nations, Russia being tho nation chiefly meant. Hungary insists on a concession which Germany is hardly propaml to mako as being of too obviously an unfriendly na ture toward Itussia. It is dolinitely stated that Mr. Parnell will resign and offer himself to tho elect ors of Cork, and people aro airain bourn- ping to turn their eyes toward the situa-1 tion in Ireland. Tho McCarthyites say i they are. delighted, but do not look it. So many priests aro flocking to Sligo that their numbers attract attention, and they aro the subject of irroverent re marks. Tho Paruellltes claim to have received oncouraging advices as to tho prospects of their envoys in America, ( noui iitcuoni aro in ueeu oi money, mil the Parnellites seem to bo the easier as to funds for election expenses. United States Minister Lincoln called upon tho King ot the Uelgians at lmr lingtou House one day last week, and expressed his reurot tliat tho American Congress had Ikhmi obliged to take tho action it did in regard totheanti-sluverv oniMVss held at llrussels. Kim; LooikiUI expressed his deep concern in the pro jects of tho anti-slavery congress, anil linrttfsorvodlv rttxike nf n unrniw mill dismay ut tho action of tho United Slates government in connection therewith, and concluded by warmly thanking Mr. Lincoln for h s visit and his explanation 8f the cia'umutaiices compelling the course, taken by tho Washington Congress. PORTLAND MARKET. Trade is quiet. Flour is firm, with a good demand. Oats are dull and weak, while the demand is mostly local. Mill stuffs are steady, with a fair demand. Oregon Vegetables and Fruits are scarce; when the Bteamer from San Francisco brings any, it is usually nearly all sold before tho evening of the same day. Nuts, Butter, Potatoes and Eggs are very plentiful. Asparagus is lower. Oranges and Lemons nre higher. Hops and hidee are dull, with only a fair demand. Poul try is firm. There are some changes in smoked mea s. Wheat Local business is quiet, with no change to be noted in the general features of tlie market. Quote nominally: Valley, $1.32; Walla Walla $1,274. European advices report cargoes in light request, with quotations about 3d per quarter cheaper. Liverpool spot and option markets aro both easier. Mark Lane remains firm. Flour Quote: Standard. $4.25 : Walla Walla, 4.00 per barrel. Oats Quote: ,'j8c per bushel. Hay Quote: $10 17 per ton. Millstuffs Quote: Bran, $18(19; Shorts, $1!J20; Ground Barley, $20; Ohop Feed, $25 per ton ; Barley, $1,250 1.30 per cental. Veoetaiiles Quote: Cabbage, $1.50 1.75 per cental; Cauliflower, $11 25 per dozen ; Celery, 90c per dozen ; On ions, 3' 33,c per pound; Carrots, $1.00 per sack ; Beets, $1.50 per sack ; Turnips, if I per sack ; Potatoes, 7075c per cental ; Tomatoes, $2.25 per box ; Sweet Potatoes, 4(rf0c per pound; Asparagus, 15c per pound, Parsnips, $1 per sack; Lettuce, 30c per dozen ; Squash, .S.'c per pound; Green Peas, 14c per pound. Faults Quote: los Angeles Oranges, $202.25 ; Riverside, $2.25(2.75 ; Navels, $4,5004.75 per box; Sicily Lemons, $5.50 0; California, $45 per box; Pears, lc per pound; Apples, $11.50 ; er box; Bananas, $34 per bunch; Pineapples, $58 per dozen. Nuts Quote: California Walnuts, Iljfcc; Hickory, 8joc; Brazils, 18c; Almonds, 10(fl7c; Filberts, 1314c; Pino Nuts, 1718c; Pecans, 1718c; Cocoanuts, 8c; Hazel, 8c; Peanuts, 5c per pound. Buttku Quote : Oregon fancy cream ery, 37)fjc; fancy dairy, 3032,lc; fair to good, 2527c; common, 20c; Cali fornia, 2627jc per pound. CiiKKSic Quote: Oregon, 1415c; Cal ifornia, 16liic per pound. Eoos Quote : Oregon, 18c per dozen. PouLTitr Quote : Chickens, $6.50 6.00; Ducks, $810; Geese, $911 per dozen; Turkeys, 1415c per pound. Hops Quote: nominally, 202oc per pound. WooLQuoto: Willamette Valley. 16 20c; Walla Walla, 14w17c per pound, limits Quote: Dry Hides. BelecteJ prime, SoJS'c, Kc less for culls; greon, selected, over 55 pounds, 4c; under 65 pounds, 3c; Sheep" Pelts, short wool. 30 50e; medium. (X)80c; long.00c(a$1.25: shearlings, 1020c; Tallow, good to choice, 33j-8'c per pound. The Co A I, Oil. Meroliaiiillse Market. -Quote : $1 95 per case. Kick Quote : O.OOoili, Tf mil nnrif ill Honkv Quote: One-pound frames, 17c. Ouanhuiuuks Quote: Cape Cod, $11 per barrel. Salt Quote: Liverpool, $16, $10.50, $17; stock, $10.50 per ton iu carload lota. Cokkuk Quote: Costa Itica, 22c; Rio, 23c; Mocha, 30c; Java, 25cj Ar buckle's, roasted, 27 14 per poiiml. BtANS Quote: Small Wliites, 33c; Pink, 3c; Uayos, 4c; liutter, 4Jtjc; Limas, 4lc per pound. Sua Aits Quote: Uo!denC,4?,fe; extra C, 5c: dry granulated, 7)nc; culw cruslieil and powdered, 7-JjJc per jiound. Diiiiip Fiturrs The market is linn. Quote: Italian l'niiies. 12)bc; Pe tite and German Prunes, 10c. per pound; Raisins, $2.25 per Iwx: Piuumier-dried Pears, 10Uc; sun-dried an-1 factory Plums, U(t$12f: evaporated Peaches, lS(rf 20c; Smyrna Figs, 20c; California FigB, 04 nlp nnnnil V V IfUl fUllllla A Oannkp Goods Marketsteady. Quote .'T Table fruits. $2.0,3, 2W,s; Peaches, $2.00; Partlett Pears, $1.90; Plums. H5 Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, $2rve2.50. Blackberries, $2.60; Raspberries, .2.50, Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, $2.00. Pie fruit: Assorted, $1.50 perdoseu ; Peaches, $1.50: Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, $1.(55 per dozen. Vegotables: Corn, $1.25 01.50, according to quality; Tomatoes, $1.2303.50; Sugar Peas, $1.4001.00; StringBeans, $1.10perdozon. 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