B. CHANCEY, Publisher, Union, Or.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The CommUHlnnem Appointed to Settle
the Ilehrlng Sen Mutter.
PACIFIC COAST.
Wages at the Carson Mint
Will Be Reduced.
IMPORTANT RAILWAY DEAL.
Los Angeles' Sunday Saloon-Gosing
Ordinance Does Not Deoreaso
Drunkonness.
A Btrike nt Gallup, N. M., threatens
to shut down the mines nt that place.
Tho Eastern Oregon Co-operative Ah
pociation, which lately embarked In busi-
nesa, has increased its stock to $20,000.
It is said tho crew of tho Charleston
is much dissatisfied nt their treatment,
and that many will desert tho first op
portunity.
An important railroad deal has been
perfected nt Ixa Angeles, which gives
the boutnern i'neilic railroad nn entry
into Han iscrnnruino.
I'rof. Henderson of Olympin, Wash.,
lias been appointed assistant in chargo
of tlio forestry department at tho World's
J'air by kzr& Meeker.
Tlio Inst of Pomona's ornnge crop has
Keen shipped, making a total sinco Now
Year's of 127 carloads, valued at $68,000,
an increase of $50,000 in five years.
Tlio Oakland (Cal.) Common Council
has failed to puss nn ordinance liconsing
Iho pool rooms. Tho measure lacked
one voto of tho necessary two-thirds.
A railroad company has been organ
ized nt Spoknno to opon a lino of trans
portation to tho rich mines recently dis
covered near tho summit of the Cascade
lHountains.
A small red insect is said to bo camp
ing on tho trail of devastating grasshop
per in soino sections of California, and
under the enemies' attacks tho 'hopper
is Wing worsted.
Major llandbury of tho United States
engineers expects to have tho jetty at
the mouth of the Columbia river run out
ns far as necessary four and a half miles
by the ond of AuguBt.
A contract has Wen lot to tho Ban
Francisco Bridgo Company for grading
and bridging fifty miles of tho Great
Northern railway from Sand Point,
ldbo, westward down the Pond d'Oreille
river.
''It is reported at Los Angeles, that eomo
ingenious persons are manufacturing
three coyote scalps out of one hide in
nich a manner ns to defy detection. The
45 a scalp bounty is likely to prove ex
pensive. Tho Bradstreot morcnntile agency re
ports ten failures in tho Pacific Coast
States and Territories for tho past week,
ns comnared with fifteen for the previous
week and seven for the corresponding
wk of 1800.
Word has boon received from Wash
Inutnn at Carson that the entire force at
tho mint will bo retained nt a reduction
d 10 per cent, in wngos, to bo replaced
at tho old standard when tho coinago of
silver dollars is resumed.
W. II. Bartlett, who is well known in
Xos Angeles ond wns married thero in
1881), has.nystoriously disappeared from
Tacoma, Wash. He dressed and went
to a ball on the evening of Juno 13 last,
and lias not boon scon cinco.
Tho beliof that tho wator flowing into
the Colorado desert is from tho Gulf is
taking strong hold in the minds of many
people, who have boon watching with
interest the phenomenon. Tho latest
reports say the waters aro receding rapidly.
It is now Wlloved that a houso-to-liouso
search for arms in the coal-mining
districts in Kings couiitv, Wash., where
there aro strikers, will "havo to bo en
forced to secure tho arms held by tho
men. The voluntary disarmament fs not
a success.
The Department of Justice at Wash
ington has employed special legal talent
to assist in tho prosecution of tho caso
against tho Itata and her crew. Tho
vessel will be libeled, her crew indicted
and tho case bo brought into court to de
termine whether there hns Wen n viola
tion of tho neutrality laws.
Attorney-General Miller has given nn
opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury
that the Chinese restriction laws require
that Chinese convicted of illegal entry
into tho United States shall be returned
to China regardless of tho fact that they
may have actually entered the United
States from contiguous territory, such as
Canada or Mexico.
A census bulletin issued at Washing
ton, D. C., shows that during the last
ten years tho population of California
increased 39.72 per cent, anil tho school
enrollment 37.33 per cent.; Washing
ton's population 305.13 per cent., school
enrollment 375.05 per cent.; Oregon's
population 70.53 per cent., school enroll
ment 00.23 per cent.
Assistant Secretary Nettloton lias in
structed tho acting Superintendent A
Immigration at Xsew lork, in view of
the published fact in foreign newspapers
that destitute Russian Jews are being
sent to tho United States at the instance
of oflichls of foreign governmentSj to
exercise especial care in their examina
tion. Tho matter, he intimates, may
become a subject of diplomatic corre
spondence. Tho American Commissioners to ex
amine the condition of the seal fisheries
in the Bohring Sea have been named,
and will soon bo on their way to Alaska.
Tho names as agreed upon nre Prof. T.
C. Mendenhnll and Prof. Charles Mar
riam. Prof. Mendenliall is superintend
ent of coast survey, and is a scientist of
the highest attainments. Prof. Marriam
is nn ornithologist of the Agricultural
r apartment, and while a young man has
commended himself strongly to Secre
tary Rusk for his rough scientific knowl
edge.
Tho Secretary of the Trensury hns nu-
thorized the nccoptnnco of the otter of
tlio master of tho Chilian steamer Itata
to pay $500 for a violation of the naviga
tion laws in having cleared from San
Diego, Cal., without tho necessary pa
pers. The settlement has no bearing on
tlio other charges against tho officers of
his vessel, to-wit: Klilnaping a federal
officer and violating tho neutrality law.
Tho Attorney-General believes an action
mav be still brought against tlio indi
vidual olllcers of the Itata and Robert
nnd Minnie for violation of this law.
Although the olllcers of the Itata havo
compromised their ofTons of the navi
gation law, they may still bo amenable
to legal prosecution on the chargo of
kidnaping nnd nlso for violation of the
navigation laws.
EASTERN ITEMS.
The Total Coinage of the
Mints During June.
ILLINOIS MINES SHUT DOWN.
A United States Judge Renders a De
cision Adverse to the Cherokee
Title to the Strip.
CABLEGRAMS.
The nerlln Prenn HiKhly Uratlflert 'With
the Kuiier'i Iteocptiou In KiikIhiiiI.
Tho vicinity of Bollovuo, Idaho, wnB
visited by a hail Btorm one da v last week,
which las,ted for thirty minutes, and tho
hailstones enmo with unusual force.
Tho streets wore full of clear ico that
measured four and one-half inches in
circumference. The grass was beaten to
tho ground, tho fruit stripped from tho
trees and tho crop of berries destroyed.
Pish Coinuilasionor James Crawford
has gone to Okanogan country to put a
llsh rack across the Mothow. This rack
is in tho form of n picket fonro stretched
ncrosH tho river to prevent tho salmon
going up. The Commissioner will mako
an approxlmato estimate of the number
of salmon in tho river for tho purposoof
deciding whother or not it will pay to
put in a hatchery.
Tho salmon flshorioa in Alaska have
not been successful this year, as was an
ticipated. Tho catches, especially dur
ing tho last month, havo been very light,
and Captain lluganl, who arrived nt San
J- rancisco thoothor night on the schooner
Prances Alice, says that unless tho fish
incroaso in lingo uuinWrs before tho eon
mii ends the profits of the fishermen
Mill not trouble them much.
Judge Rosa of tho United States Cir
cuit Court at Loa Angeles has dismissed
tho libel of tho Kchoonor RoWrt and
Minnio soiled in connection with tho
Juita episode. Judge Rosa savH Unit.
whilo the facta alleged may bo a good
reason for confiscating tho steamer Itata,
there is nothing to bIiow that tho
Bchoonor was fitted out for tho puriKwea
of war, and bunco tho libel wan dis
missed. The Pomona Valley Horticultural So
ciety has received roorla from all fruit
districts south of Tchuchopl, Cal., and
vry one of thejo la to tho effect that
th prune crop in that part of the State
will W aWut ouodblrd of tho full crop
and fully 70 ptr colli, lew Oiun that of
)mi year. WaHy jiruim orchard that
yfwMcd M drop worth HHW an acru will
m yM qvir m an acm liU ytiur, Tit
ffefffH Mil wwl ppilng Wt'UlJier MUlHMl
The gross incomo of the Church of
England is 5,500,000.
Prices of grain and rice are going up
in India for lack of rain.
Locust 8 in Morocco devoured two chil
dren, and aro devastating the green crops.
There is little hopo that tho Sultan
will consent to tho Jews settling in Palestine.
Tho production of coalln India during
tho year 1800 shows a largo increase over
ino output ot 1BS9.
The potato crop in Prussia is doubtful
but tho yield of winter wheat will lie S3
per cent, ot tlio average and tho ryo 75 1
Patti domandB higher tonus than ovor
to go to Aim lea with Abbev next win
ter. She wants $5,000 each night to sing
in opera.
It is believed that Franco must import
buiiiu tiuir,uiiu,uuu oi wneat, to make up
lur crop ueueient ea, ami pay lor Halt oi
11 in goiu.
Dispatches from the Cameroons, West
Ainca, say .intgroii, tlio explorer,
meeting with repeated checks by the
wnriiKo natives.
twenty of tho members of the Salva
tion Army, who lately caused a disturb
ance at hast bourne, havo been sent to
jail tor a month.
Tho German covornmont mnllnima tc
(uniinisii tlio working force at the Sran
dau arms fa lory. Notice has been even
m i,wi more dismissals,
rpi... .1 i
jiiu iiui'Ht w io crop Kiiovm J.i yoari
in Alsace-Lo'-ialno and Rhenish Prussia
has been almost totally destroyed by the
overllow of tho S ir rivor.
Another trial will bo niado with the
kola nut as an article of food during the
next French maneuvers. Tho oxiori-
nient last year was highly 8at.s:actory.
4 .11 A -t. ,
j tiiupiuuu iroin iiuoios Ayros sayt
that tho budgot estimates tho revenue at
t::9.000,000 gold ami $20,000,000 paper
ami expenses at $1-1,01)0,000 gold and
f.K,wu,iKxi paper.
Monsignor Folchi. the AdmliiRtrntoi
nt tho Vatican, has been forced to resign,
u ink io inu uiui iiint no speculated in
the Peter's pence fund, which 1b found
to bo $1,000,000 short.
Liberia is reported to W in a prosper
ous condition, making good headway in
civilization and wealth, but the constant
fear that the Ropublio will bo swallowed
up by some European power greatly
checks its progress.
The polico authorities of Berlin are
trving to arrange with those of other
Prussian towns concurrent action for the
suppression of tho Salvation Army, al
leging itB immorality, turbulence nnd
travesty on religion.
The latest advices from Cont .it'nrle
represent that the Sultan is in n t,- way
to lose all Arabia. Tho WahnWoa, who
had been dormant for a munWrof years,
havo joined the insurgents, nnd threaten
io urivo ino mricH into tlio sea.
The llerlin press is highly gratified
wiiu ino nruisu reception io too Kaiser,
and put emphasis on its olitlc.il impor
tance. Tho M mushier it an homage
to the greatuena of Germany and a prool
of Kngland's dealro to preserve Germa
ny's good will,
ISva ltootli, daughter of General llooth,
called on the .Mayor of HuHtlHiurue, ling
hind, recently to exiMtuhito against per
secuting thu Salvation Army for disturb
lug tlio pi'"'1'' Her urgiimeuta lielug of
mi avail, she ilmpped on her kneea ami
bemi to pray to thu lord to give the
Mayor it pew lieuit. Tim Mayor then
kneeled and prayed tliut law hieakert
inltflit liava mm luuita, and Mu (looth
lift liltn matter of thu ulluullun.
All pool rooms have been ordered
closed in New York.
Boston policemen now carry their
clubs in their pockets.
A pearl-button factory has begun ope
rations ut Muscatine, la.
Tho total coinage of tho mints during
Juno amounted to $4,009,975.60.
Prof. Lo Baron Russell Briggs has as
sumed his duties at Harvard College.
Illinois has passed n law prohibiting
tho' employment of children under 13.
Chicago talks of erecting n theater
into which only people in full dress can
go.
Sidewalk obstructions promise to bo
made the subject of a vigorous tight at
Chicago.
A company to establish labyrinths as
n form of nmusement is to be formed in
the East.
Tho constitutionality of Missouri's
now anM-pool-room law iB to be tested at
St. Louis.
A new association in Kansas is ar
ranging to fight foreclosures of farm
mortgages.
Allotment of lands to the Iowa Indi
ans in Oklahoma Territory has been
completed.
Thero is no truth in the rumor that
yellow fever has made its appearance at
Brunswick, Ga.
Chicago is to have another electric
railway, and one of its present suburban
lines iB to be extended.
Bailroad building for the first half of
1891 falls slightly short of that for the
corresponding period of 1890.
According to tlio last census Alabama
has taken Pennsylvania's place as leader
in the annual output of iron ore.
Hurrah for the new flag with forty
four stars, each star the symliol of peace,
prosperity and liberty among a self-governing
people.
The opposition papers in Canada say
that President Van Home of the Cana
dian Pacific is practically tho ruler of
the Dominion.
The ofllcials of tho World's Fair havo
given the Illinois Central railroad a mo
nopoly of carrying people to the Exno-
i "
anion grounds.
By a decision of tho Supreme Court of
Texas the State will recover title to over
6,000.000 acres of land improperly pat
entcd to railroad companies.
The gas company of Cincinnati lias
constructed the second largest gas holder
in the United States. It has a capacity
oi i,7UJ,wu cubic leet of gas.
Tho annual report of tl.o Eastern Pen
itentinry of Pennsylvania shows that
last year sixty-eight criminals sent to
that institution had relatives there.
The consolidated coal mines in the
Collinsville coal district of Illinois have
closed down, and between 3U0 and 40U
minora aro thrown out of employment
Tho finding of a lump of metal sup
posed to be gold on tho farm of John A.
Wright near Humsville, Iud.,has caused
considerable excitement in the neighbor
hood. In deference to the prohibitionists ol
Maine tlio government has ordered that
liquor seized In the State for violation ol
the revenue laws shall bo taken to Bos
ton for sale.
It will cost $0,-l78,5l7 to run tho citv
of Brooklyn during 1892. This is at thi
rate of $11 for every man, woman and'
child in the city. Tho rate in San Fran-1
cisco is over $25.
Extensive deposits of onyx have been
uncovered near .Marion, Smyth county,
Va. Four openings are reported to him
Ih'oh made so far. The stone is said tc
bo of excellent quality.
United Stites District Judge Seav has
rendered a decision adverse to the Cher
okeo title of the Strip, which, if eventu
ally sustained, virtually extinguishes all
rigiits of tho Ohn'okeos to those lands.
Negro oxhibitois aro to have 'J5,00C
square feet of space at the Southern Ex
position soon to open at Haleigh, S. C.,
in which to make manifest somewhat ol
the race's progress during the last twen
ty -live years.
It Is stated upon irood authorltv. and
it is current ly believed in nnval cirelei-
at Wnnhinuton. that Secrotarv Traev
will Boon apply clvil-servico rule's also tc
tho mechanics: in short, to all persons
employed in the navy yards.
The bit: dam on the Housalonlc rivet
in Connecticut, which was swept awav
by a freshet in January last, is being re
placed bv a new structure (ISO feet loiur.
UJ feet high and slightly curved in plan.
The wist will bo alwut $300,000.
The Bank of Commerce of Shotlield,
-Ma., has closed its doors, havim; as
signed. The failure was caused bv that
of Moses Bros.' bank in Montgomery.
tlio two institutions being closely allied.
AHxcta ami liabilities nre unknown.
The bill pulsed by Conuresi' provides
that the buildinifs erected at Chicago
for the World's Columbian Exposition
shall bo formally dedi.uited October 1'.
181)2. and that the exposition itself shall
be opened not later than May 1, 1S93.
A Now York paper figures out that
the net result of naturalization in the
last decade lias Won to add 105,000 to
its voting imputation, made up of 42. i:ti
Germans and German l'oles, 25.LM0 Irish,
111,401 ItiiBHiiius and AuBtrians, 5,003
English and Scotch, 4,725 Italiana. the
balance Wing credited to other nations
than those mentioned,
. h. hlina, Consul at Colon, eavs ho
hopes the emigration of laborers from
the 1'nttod State to Central and South
America can W checked, aa there la no
r.toui fur tiiein and death alone awaita
them. The wages per day are M centx
In CiiliimhUn money cents gold), and
A merleaim cannot IIvcmhi Its Walde, pot
Wing uivlliimted, they cannot Up thu ii.
,ulrtd lalwr.
PERSONAL MENTION.
A Woman Who Served Through the War
Applies for u reunion.
Sardou, the French playwright, writes
a hand so fine that it almost requires a
magnifying glass to read it.
Lord Wolseley entered tho British
army thirty-fivo years ago at the modest
pay of $1.2-5 a day, and out of that he
was compelled to pay for his mess and
uniform.
George Kennon has consented to be
come editor of the paper called Free
llititia, provided $5,000 can be raised to
remove the publication oflice from Lon
don to New York.
Bacon was not willing to trust the
present. He wrote in his will: "For
my name and memory I leave it to men's
charitable speeches, to foreign nations
and to tho next ageB."
The purchaser of the log cabin- built
by General Grant will move it only a
short distance from its present site, the
old Grant farm near St. Louis, but will
not let it go to Chicago, he says.
Mary F. Dewey of Goshen, Ind., served
through the civil war. disguised ns n
man, in the Twenty-sixth Ohio Regi
ment unuer tlio anas ot unarleB IJewev.
She now applies for a pension under her
real name.
Sarah Bernhardt Wars her mother's
name. Her first name was oriirmallv
Bosino, which sho chanced of her own
nccord. She is a Catholic in religion.
nnd until she wns 10 she wns educated
in a convent.
Sir Henry Wotton, who lived nnd
wrote in the seventeenth century, did
not hnve much of an opinion of diplo
matea. Ho said : "An Ambassador is
an honest man sent to lie abroad for the
commonwealth."
Gordon Cumming will neither show
his hand nor his teeth. The expected
baccarat exposure has been suppressed.
The reasons are supposed to be kept se
cret, but this will not be reliably known
till Lad Brooke is heard from.
Ex-Senator Evart's hat is always worn
on the back of his head, as if it wanted
to hide from observation the fact of its
Wing old enough to have heard the first
gun nt Sumter fired. Mr. Evnrts nges
fast, and has a decided stoop, indicating
increasing weakness and lack of vitality.
Edwin Arnold in the days when, even
though an active newspaperman he was
brimful of Hindoo philosophy and liter
ature and thoughts regarding them, was
often known to say to people whom ho
met on the street, " My dear friend, I
am glad to see you, but really you have
taken me out of the Himalaya Mount
ains." '
Rev. Melancthon W. Jacobs of Oxford,
Pa., who hns been called to the chair of
New Testament theoloirvin tho Hartford
Theological Seminary, preached for a
number of years in the Central Presby
terian Church of Pittsbunr. He is the
author of several works on Biblical sub
jects, and is said to be a man of great
learning.
Dr. W. II. Egle of Harrisburg has Wen
elected President of the Pennsylvania
German Society, an organization "formed
for the purpose of preserving the records
of those hardy aud worthy Germans
who settled in the State in an early day
known to fame as "Pennsylvania
Dutchmen." Dr. Egle is a historian of
national famn.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Slave Trade Revived
in Morocco.
FANATICISM AMONG TURKS.
(.ountVon Munster Denies the Report
That the Late Emperor Intended
to Fire Prince Bismarck.
J'linee Bismnrc.k doesn't write letters
if lie can help it, but when it is impera
tive ho has them written, and then adds
his signature, at the same time inclosing
liis photograph. His object in doing the
latter probably is to inform his corre
spondent that'the real Bismarck nnd the
Bismarck ho may know from the cuts in
tlio pnpers are two different persons.
Emma AbWtt's ashes nre to W sur
mounted uy nn JS5.001! Gothic monu
ment of Westerly grnnite, which is to bo
erected in Oak Grove cemetery at
Gloucester, Mass. It will also serve ns
a tomb for the Wdv of her husband.
Eugene Wetherell. The monument will
no fifty-seven feet hiirh. nnd will resem
ble tho Prince Albert memorial nt London.
Dr. Thomn8 Francis Gailor. newlv
elected Episcopnl Bishop of Georgin, nl
though now only 35 venrs. hns declined
n $10,000 offer to become pastor of Trinity
Church, Chicago, tho chair of dogmatic
theology in the General Seminary of
New York and the bishopric of Michigan,
to which last, however, ho wns not
elected. His uamo was on the list of
candidates, and ho begged to hnve it
withdrawn.
Mrs. Wnnnmaker's chief object in vis
iting Europe this season is aaid to W to i
bco her grandchildren, tho little son and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodman Wa
nainaker, who make their homo in Paris.
The littlo four-year-old granddaughter is
nn especial favorite, nnd there is hnrdly
a steamer leaving Now York for the
French ports during the season but car
ries among the mail a letter or present
for the little maid from her grandmother.
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.
Dnltuu, One of the Allln Train llobberi,
Aciiultteil nt Vlnallu, Cut.
James McCarger, adjuster of tho Flour
City Life Insurance Coinpnny, has Wen
arrested at Rochester, N. Y.,on a charge
of forgery.
Phil Green (colored) shot and killed
Policeman Clayton, nnd wna in turn
killed by Policeman Niedlingor in a sa
loon tight in Savannah, Ga.
An attempt wna niado to burn tho
Piatt block, tho largest brick block in
Vacavllle, Cal. Tho fire was extinguished
Wfore any damage was dono.
News was received nt Vicksburg, Mies.,
of the lynching on tho Palmyra planta
tion of Henry Gontrv, a negro. Ho was
hanged for tlio murder of a colored com
panion. A negro ontered the store of nn old man
named Whitaker at Whitaker station,
Miss., clubbed tho old man, robWd him
and took to flight. Ho waa captured
and hanged.
Sceolman, who runs a restaurant in
Now York, quarreled with a woman ser
vant. Ho atabWd her in the back of
tho neck with a carving knife, and then
BUIUIKHI UltllSUll,
Tho Jury in the caso of Gratton Dal
ton at Viaalla, Gal., after twenty-houra
of dellWratlon returned a verdict of not
guiuy, j'aiion
The Socialists of Hamburg, Germany,
nnd vicinity are building an enormous
co-operative bakery.
The French Chnniber of Deputies will
W nsked for $000,000 to provide for
Frnncu's exhibit at Chicago.
Germany is considering the abandon
ment of her possessions in New Guinea
nnd the Bismarck' Archipelago.
An exciting discussion in the French
ChamWrs is anticipated over the pro
posed statue to Danton at Paris.
An ingenious American proposes to
build an elevator at Mount Blanc, which
will be able to carry 216 persons at once.
The law passed in the House of Com
mons prohibiting the employment of
children under 11 yearH affects 200,000
little workers.
Much anxietv lias Wen caused in In
dia bv the discovery that Russian mer
chants have succeeded in getting a foot
hold in Afghanistan.
lhe British l'arliament lias been pro
rogued to July 31 in order to give tho
Commons a holiday and let everyWdy
join in the welcome to the German Em
peror.
On account ol the disorganization of
InWr in Brazil it is said tho coffee crop
has been so seriously affected as to cause
a reduction of several million bags in
the yield.
Count von Munster has caused a de
nial to be published of the report that
the late Emperor William had ever in
tended to dispense with the presence of
Bismarck.
Germany's new income tax law, just
published, compels foreigners engaged
in businees in Germany for a year or
more to pay the same tax as is imposed
on Germans.
The Berlin Social Democrats are so
well pleased witli their schools for work
ing people that efforts are Wing made
to extend the system Wth in Berlin and
other large cities in Germany.
The Pope has decided to create in
Mexico three archbishoprics to W called
Linares, Oaxaca and Durango and five
bishoprics Cuernavaca, Haltillo, Te-
pico, Tehuantepeo and Chihuahua.
The right of felling trees over no fewer
than boo.000 square miles of the Keras
sond forests and 497,000 square miles of
the Fire Wli forests near Trebizond has
Wen granted bv the Turkish government
to private speculators.
A clever Frenchman has nist Wen
taking tho statistics of the charities ot
Paris, which are immense in volume.
and he finds that three-fourths of colos-
eal Bum which they represent is absorWd
uy professional beggars.
A Pteamer which arrived in London
from Auckland recently brought a cargo
consisting of 40,000 sheep and 2,000
beeves, all uresseu and frozen. Tins is
the largest single cargo of dressed meat
that has ever Wen brought to Kngland
The societies for the protection of ani
mals in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
havo petitioned tho Queen of Italy to
exert her influence in protecting tho
northern birds which migrate to Italy in
winter and are killed there in vast mini-
Wrs.
Advices from Morocco report tho re
vival of the slave trade in tho interior of
that empire, where caravans from the
Sahara are frequently bringing slaves of
both sexes and young lads to slave deal
ers in cities like Fez, Mequinez and Mo
rocco.
Writing by telegraph, now so much
talked about, wns tried in France twenty
yeara ago. Signatures were sent from
Pan to Paris, and the experiment was
considered entirely successful. After
that tho whole matter was suffered to
fall into aWyance.
The Italian government has already
sounded tho leading Berlin bankers oh
the subject of a loan to redeem that
country from its present almost hopeless
financial condition. The response, it is
said, has lieen favorable. The imperial
government is earnestly desirous to see
Italy put on a pound basis financially in
order that Italy may remain free from
French temptation.
PORTLAND MARKET.
A Rename of the Condition of the Dif
ferent Department.
The markets continue fairly active
with the groceries and commission men,
while the fruit dealers transnct a heavy
business. Fruit of every description fs
coming in in large quantities, Wtli from
California nnd local points. Several car
loads of assorted fruits were received
over the Southern Pacific, consisting of
peaches, oranges, plums, nprieots, toma
toes nnd lemons, nnd the mnrket is now
in better condition than it has Wen for
the past two weeks. Vegetables of every
description are plentiful, Oregon supply
ing the market in every line. Eggs are
scarce, and the market is steady. The
butter market is firm, as receipts are
somewhat light. Poultry is not ns plen
tiful ns it was last week.
Produce, Fruit, Ktc.
Wheat Walla Walln, $1.45; Valley,
$1.65 per cental.
Flour Quote: Standard, $4.604.S5;
Walla Walla, 4 254.50 per barrel.
Oats Quote : 5355c per bushel.
Hay Quote: $1516 per ton.
Millstoffs Quote: Bran, $22023;
Shorts, $252ti; Ground Bnrley, $30
32; Chop Feed,$2520 per ton; Bar
ley, $1.201.25 percentnl.
uuttkii uuote: Oregon inncy cream
ery, 27jc; fancy dairy, 25c; fair to
waa concoriiiyl in tlm
Aiua train robbery.
Hx-Oity Treasurer John Bardaley of
Philadelphia has Wen convcvisl irom
the county prison to tho penitentiary,
and Unrnn to vorvo Ida fifteen-year terin
for a tuUdpproprlatlOH of public fuudj.
It is stated that the Pope has written
to Cardinal GibWns that he will nover
concede the demands made by Ilerr Ca
hensley on Whnlf of St. Raphael Socie
ties for the protection of Catholic emi
grants in i-o far as the apoiiitment of
national Bishops is concerned, nnd that
the Pope has also refused tho petition of
the Poles in tlio United States for tho
appointment of n Polish Bishop.
Foreign Minister RiWt, speaking in
the French ChamWrs regarding the kill
ing of Rigaud in Hayti, said: "Rigaud's
enrollment as a French citizen was an
error, and ho was a Haytiau subj'ct, but
the striking of his name off tho list had
not Wen communicated to the llavtnin
government. France had demanded
reparation, and Hayti had entertained
tho demand, knowing that Franco would
insist upon it."
Claims for damages amounting in all
to 2,000,000 francs have Wen filed against i
tne rauwny company on account of tlio
recent terrible disaster caused by tlio
collapse of Moencheatein bridge. The
company hopes to mako Eiifel jointly
answerable by showing thnt he did not
follow the terms of the contract in con
Btructini; the bridge. The plans of tlm
bridge aro strangely missing from the '
archives of tho company.
Dr. Loiblg has raised a sensation by '
accusing Profs. Bergmaun and Halm of
experimenting with cancer inoculation
since 1887 on hospital patients without
their knowledge or consent. Drs. Berg,
mann and llahn admit the truth of the
charge, but claim in every caso patient
havo been paft recovery. They add at
an excuse that it ia uecensary to select
human WlngB for experiment, aa the
lower anlniaU are unsuitable.
good, L'U'4c; common, lufglfc;
California, 2224c per pound.
Cheese Uuote: Oretron. 1212loC:
California, 12c per pound.
Eoas Uuote: Oregon, 22v25c per
dozen ; Eastern, 22r,e.
1'ouhTKV Ouoto: Old Ulnckens, J...00
3.50; voung chickens, $2.50(33; Ducks,
6.007.00; Geese, nominal, $10 per
dozen ; Turkeys, 10c per pound.
Vegetables Quote: Cabbage, $1.50
per cental; Cauliflower, $1 25 per
dozen; Onions, l'c per pound;
Beets, $1.60 per sack; Turnips,
$1.76 per sack; Potatoes. 70(a)c
per cental ; New Potatoes, $1.' 0(31.10 per
cental; Tomatoes, $1.25 per Imjx ;
Asparagus, Oregon, I'lSc per pound ;
Lettuce, 12)c per doen ; Green l'ea,
34c per pound; String Beans, 7
7!c per pound; Rhubarb, 4c per
pound; Artichokes, 40c per dozen ; Rad
ishes, 10c per dozen bunches; young
Onions, 10c pr dozen bunches; Cucum
bers, $1.50 per dozen; Carrots, $1.25 per
6ack ; Corn, 15c per dozen.
FauiTs Quote: Riverside, $4.50; Sic
ily Lemons, $77.50; California, $4.5) a)
6 per Wx; Apples, $2.50 er Wx ; Bana
nas, $3.504 per bunch ; Pineapples,
$5.00(J.OO per dozen ; StrawW-ries. 10c
per pound; Cherries, 75(8,k per box;
GooseWrries, 44lac per pound; Cur
rants, 7c per pound; Aprieois, $1.00 ivl.Sy
per box; Raspberries, (!7c per pound ;
Peaches, $1.00 1. 25 per Wx; Blackber
ries, 13c per pound; Plums, .11.5J per
box.
Nuts Quote: California Walnuts. 1
12kc: Hickory. 8k,c: Brazils. lllfOeile":
Almonds, 1018e; Filliertf, l..(Hc;
Pine Nuts, 1718c; Pecans, 17((rl.v?:
Cocoanuts, 8c; Hazel, 8c; Peanuts, 6c
per pound.
Staple Grocerle.
Coffee Quote: Costa Rica, 2..;
Rio, 23c; Mocha, 30c; Java, 2i '.; r
buckle's, 100-pound cases. 2(i1 er
pound.
Sugars Quote: Golden C, 45'8-; exrra
C, 4le; dry urannltoi r.7K--
crushed and powdered, Gjc per pound ;
confectioners' A, 5?c per pound.
Sykuts Eastern, in barrels, 4755c;
half barrels, 6058c; in cases, 5580c
per gallon ; $2.25(32.50 per keg ; Califor
nia, in barrels, 40c per gallon ; $2.25 per
keg.
Beans Quote: Small Whites, 3?4c;
Pink, 33)o; Bayos, 4c: Butter,
46c; Limas, 45u per pound.
Dried Fhuits Quote : Italian Prunw,.
10!12c; Petite and German Prunes,
10c per pound; Raisins, $1.752.25 per
Wx; Plummer-dried Pears, 10llc;
Bun-dried and factory Plums, ll12c:
evaporated Peaches, 1820c; Smyrna
Figs, 20c: California Fies. 9c per pound.
Rice Quote: $5.50G.75 per cental.
Honey Quote: 1820c per pound.
Salt Quote: Liverpool, flo. lo50,
$17; stock, $11 per ton in carload lots.
Canned Goods Quote: Table
fruits. $1.75. 28; Peaches, $2.60;
Bartlett Pears, $2.25; Plums, $1.65;
Straw Wrries, $2.50 ; Cherries, $22.50;
BlackWrries, $2.25; RaspWrries, $2.75;
Pineapples, $2.75; Apricote, $2.40. Pie
lruit : Assorted,$1.60 per dozen ; Peaches,
$1.05: Plums, $1.25; BlackWrries, $1.65
per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.35
1.05, according to quality; Tomatoes,
$1.153.50; Sugar Peas, $1.251.60;
StringBeanB, $1.10perdozen. Fish: Sal-
mon, ; sardines, 85c$1.65;
lobsters, $2 303.50; oysters. $l.60
3.26 per dozen. Condensed milk : Eagle
brand, $8.10; Crown, $7; Highland,
$0.75; Champion, $6.00; Monroe, $6.75
per case.
The Meat Market.
Beef Live, 3c; dressed, 66c.
Mutton Live. sh enro1 o Q .
dressed. 7c. ' '
Hogs Live, 60; dressed, 89c.
Veal 6gGj per pound.
SMOKED MEATS AND LARD.
Quote: Eastern llama io3a1(v,.
Oregon, 10u12kc; Breakfast Bacon!
l-QSl6ai other varieties Hfn. T on)
QhQUUc per pound. '
VEGETABLE PANACEA
PREPARED FROM
ROOTS Be HERBS,
AND ALL OTHER DISEASES
ARISINO FROM A
DISORDERED STATEofthc STOMACH
OR AN
INACTIVE LIVER.
TOR SALE BV ALL
DRU6GISTS & GENERAL DEALERS