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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1891)
B.Chancey, Publisher, Union, Or. PACIFIC COAST. Vera Ava a Spiritualist in California. TEACHERS' UNION IN NEVADA Tho Leaders of the Military Mob at Walla Walla Arrive Safely at Alcatraz Prison. Travelers say there is nn active vol cano in the Cascades. A teachers' union is being organized in Virginia City, Nov. Tho examination of Frank Ilcnoy for tho murder of Dr. Handy is going on at Tucson. Tho Indian scare in Idaho is not caus ing apprehension to army officials at Spokane. The Juanita is tho only sealer not re turned to Victoria, B. 0., and feara aro expressed for her safety. Tho Fomi-annual session of tho South ern California I'omologieal Society ii being held at Pasadena. The work on tho jetties at tho mouth of tho Columbia is progressing. Rook is carried four miles out to sea and dumped. Thomas H. Horn, a l'inkerfon dotcc tive, charged with robbing a faro bank nt Bono last April, has been acquitted by a jury. Tho Los Angeles Consolidated Elec trie Railway has commenced running electric cars on tho road to Vernon, a distanco of about three miles. There are reports that tho Stonewall mine in San Diego county has struck a bonanza, and that an option has been taken on it in Chicago for $1,500,000. An investigation into the difficulty with tho Clalispio Indians in Idaho shows it originated in greedy whites trying to disHPcss Indians of their lands and to frighten the Indians away i)irn!tcned to bring in troops. Tho sixty-second semi-annual confer- Mm nlmri'll nf JcMlH Christ of T-ntlnr-Dav Saints convened In the Tab ernacle nt'Salt Lako Sunday, over 10.0J0 Of ttlO laiUUUl Doing hi luiuinuuiuu There was a choir of 000 voices present A printer who is in tho state prison at Carson, nev., ior miying n uuwu h whiskey for an Indian, has appealed to the typos of Virginia City to keep hiin iinnlied witli tobacco, reading matter. etc., while ho is holding down his pres ent "sit." The big suit of Alexander Badlain. Isaac Trumbo and other San Francisco stockholders of the Bullion Heck Mining Company against the directors of that company, in which plaintills sue to ro cover $350,000 damages, was dismissed in Judge. Lane's court at Salt Lake re cently on plaintiiFs motion. Tho attor neys refused to give any information as to the terms of settlement, but it is said the directors aro entirely satisfied with me terms. Tho chief of polico of San Francisco has written Ghfof Diotzch of Cincinnati n letter concerning tho Arera Ava mys tery. He has seen her picture and miys tdio 1b the woman who lias worked the Western coast hh n spiritualist and miis sage doctor, under the name of Madame Isabel. She left IjOh Angeles last Juno, nt which time sho was so destitute that m collection was raised for her bene fit among the spiritualists of that city. Tho chief says she is a irood talker. but Bomowhat enatlu and incoherent t times. Corporal Olaronce Arnold and Private Charles E. Trumpower of Troon I). Fourth cavalry, have been taken to the military prison on A I en trim island. They were implicated in tho killing of A. J. Hunt, who shot a member of tho troop over a gambling table in Walla Walla. Corporal Arnold was in charge of the carblnos, and the chargo against him was allowing the men to tako tht cutis, and further, for going out to the jail and helping to take limit out with the intent to kill hiiu. Trumpower was recognized as one ot tho jatl-hroak-era. Tho senU'iico of Arnold was that he lo dishonorably discharged and be confined at such place as the reviewing authority may direct for eight years. Trumpowor received the same sentence, except that his term was for five years. William Q. Johnson of tho Unitod States geological survey, who discovered remarkable glacier in the Big Hon Mountains, Wyoming, is in San Fran cisco with Prof. Thompson, director of map-making in tho Western States. Johnson is to have charge of some map work in California. Ho savh that the region in tho Dig Horn into which he penetrated had never before taon visited by a scientitlo man. Very rarely is it visited at all, and then only by prospect nrn and hunters, who go everywhere in the mountain country. Johnson related how lie cllintad to tho top of a mount ain 13,500 toot High, which he calls Cloud Peak. On reaching the very highest pinnacle he saw a great glacier stretched out before him. The mass of ice was not less than five miles long, and at the bottom extended out into a hike about three-fourths of a mile. The lake is a small but very picturesque sheet of wa ter. In it the explorer saw icebergs, which had broken oil' tho glacier. The glacier In every way resembled those of the Alps, and was moving cmittantlv, but by infinitesimal degrees. The gieitt quantity of ire in the lake, too. nconicd to lower tho toiiiMnituro couultleruhly, mid at the time John mn was there three weeks Hg portion of the Ixslv of water Man covered with ice three n'r four Inchon thick, Another mountain loomed nit IcfN Ihiui mo iul Mum Olouil Peak, and from nditttmii e it lotted h If It would I UiiiKJiMtbU for tn' man to olllilh It without cutting a MUira .v fit lho rock. 'I'hwi) ) pwljiu w lfm- (Mild Of feet lllfll, Mill) evn o tht gla. lor tlitui 'M one, pi nee wlient u mini xwM HH'l nd drop rloiioH domi into Uvt Wt4r( ft 4ltliri tf 1,000 (net. WASHINGTON NEWS. Meeting of Superior Judges Will Be Held in Seattle to Formulate Uniform Rules. The postoffiees of Whatcom and New Whatcom will soon be consolidated. The hartar at Sou Mi Bend hut been relieved of 83,-10) cubic yards of mud by tho Bowers dredger. Yakima Indians aro reported to be willing to take up farms and throw open the reservation to settlement. Horse thieves aro again at work in the vicinity of Spokane. Five animals were stolen during tho past week. Tho Tacotna smelting and refining works shipped 4,250 barn of bullion, val ued at $(15,040, during Septombor. Tacoina's wheat receipt now uveraco 100 cars daily, or utaut 07,000 bushels; Seattle, 35 cars daily, or about 24,000 bushels. There is a movement on foot to tako the eastern portion of Clallam and Jef ferson counties, separated from tho Sound by tho Olympics, an.l form a new county of them. An adjustment of tho los of the Che ney Normal School, which win burned recently, has been made by the State Auditor and tho companies, and $4,000 has been paid in by tho latter. Silver Lake, ono milo east of Medical Lake, is becoming quite a fi-himr resort, the Herman carp put therein a few years ago having increased so fast th it they now furnish excellent sport for fisher men. Articles of incorporation of the Paget Sound Vinegar and Pickle Company have been filed bv John Br.itin, (leor.'e Trick and F. W. P.ergen as trustees. The cap ital is $10,000. Tho company proposes to manufacture yeast also. Postmaster W. A. Rounds has received official notification that the South Bend poatotficc lias been promoted to tho third class. The postmaster's report for the quarter ended September 30 shows $823.82 as the amount of stamps can celed. The Northern Pacific land department is doing a big business in tho Clarke county tract. The fears that .the com pany will Ioso tho land have ataut sub sided, and much land is taing Bold. Those who settled on their land prior to 1882 get it for $2.(50 an acre. Tho lumbermen who met af Tacotna tho other day to prepare plans for secur ing Washington lumber for tho State ex hibit building at tho Columbian World's Fair have decided to meet at Seattle within thirty days for tho purposo of perfecting an organization of the State Lumbermen's Association. The projected ship canal to connect Paget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington at Seattle, if rained out, will make Seattle one of the finest har bors in tho world, having a fresh water dock largo onougli to accommodate the commerce of any port; but as tho im provement would cost $3,000,000, it. is searcolv probable that it will be under taken for many years. A zinc ledge is tho latest mineral dis covery made in tho vicinity of Spokane. O. P. Carlin reports that ho has discov ered a fourteen-foot ledge of that min eral, and recently took samples of tin ore to Charles Fassett for assay. Mr. Fassett has made a number of assays, and II nds that the ore carries from 33 to 40 per cent, of tho metal. The location of the lodgo is withheld. A writ of orror to tho Supreme Court of the United States has been allowed by Chief Justice Anders in the Se attlo Valentino scrip cuso of Milton L. Baor vs. Moran Bros. Company. Tho transcript must bo filed at Washington within sixty days. An attempt will be made to advance the case on the ground of Hb great public importance, so that it may bo heard next February. Hoy Moyn, a Seattle Chinaman, has secured a permit from the Health De partment of Taenmn to exhume the bones of a half-dozen Chinamen who were hurled in lho south part of the city near Center etroet several vears ago, ta foro tho Chinamen weio driven from the city. Hoy Moya will work under tho protection of United States Marshal Brown, and tho bones exhumed will be sent to China. At Port Townsend James C. Baird has boon dismissed from servieo as Custom Collector by order of tho Treasury De partment. "The order rune, and Baird was removed from tho ollleo several days ago, but the matter was kept seciet. As sistant Secretary Spnulding and Special Agent Mulkoy have been recommended. Balrd's removal is on account of the Hhoottng at Wollov. Tavlor Holdon's uisiiussai naa boon approved. A California company has leaded for a term of years a coal inlno near Kelso, ataut half a mile from the Cowlitz river and three miles from the Columbia, in Cowlitx county, and is preparing to de velop it. A tunnel has been run in 200 leet on tho upper vein, and (rom this point a shaft has taon sunk eighty fuet, passing through live stcuta of coal. The first is seven feet in thickness, the sec ond two and one-half feet, the third four and one-half feet, the fourth five and one-half feet anil the fifth seven and one half feet. There is coal enough in the upper stratum to last for a generation or so. Edward Kimball, an agent of tho company, has had a working test of tho coal made at tho power-house of tho cable-mail company at Portland, which proved very mtlsuietoiy. It is a good quality of lignite, hard and clean, carry ing 45 per cent, of fixed curtail, which Is u little tatter than tho best Washington coal. State Auditor Reed adheres to his re fusal to audit tho University building accounts. Ho has fully decided not to Issue any warrants for 'construction ex penses unless ordered to do bo by the Supreme Court, He suggests that man damus proceedings bo instituted to de termine whether the warrants may be legally issued in the absence of specific appropriations out of which to pay them. Mr. Reod feels that there Is at least a grave doubt us to the matter, ami he is therefore unwilling to iissnme the great official and financial resKinslbility of approving the warrant while the ques tion is in dispute, If the Supreme Court should direct the Auditor to Issue the warrants, ho would, of course, do hi, h the order ot the court would lolieve him of lliibilitles. If. however, the Supremo Court nhotild hold Mr. Iteed'n objection to ta a sound one, the dtiolvlon would Involve other lniorlUht Htulu all'ulis, unit talk In already hemd Hut ail eilra MDilou of the LetfUluluro Mill taiomo u WKcumiy expedient, EASTERN ITEMS. Electrocution Reported to Be a 'Success. NEGRO STRIKE EXTENDING. Minnesota's Supreme Court Declares Wheat Futures Are Illegal and Contracts Void. Real estate in Oklahoma is booming. Tho grip is making its appearance in New York again. Neither St. Paul nor Minneapolis has a single horse-car line. There is a fine of $503 for practicing hypnotism in Cincinnati. The Arctic Ico Machine Company at Cleveland, Ohio, has asdgned. A $300,000 union railway station has just been opened in Louipville. A syndicato has odered to buy the Washington monument for a shot tower. Pennsylvania fanners, irrespective of Alliance ordera, aro holding wheat for $1.50 a bushel. Beacon Hill in Boston is to bo ex plored by diamond drills in tho interest of rapid transit. England and Germany havo each ap plied for 200,000 scjuaro feet of space at tiie Columbian Fair. Strong resolutions were adopted at a public meeting at Windsor. Canada, fav oring commercial union with the United States. Cadets Griffith of Maryland and Kav anaugh of Nebraska at the Annapolis Academy are to bo court-martialed for hazing. Thomas Kdison, the electric wizard, lias a new system of applying electricity to cars thut does away with the trolly or tho slot. The Minnesota sunrsme court declares wheat futures are illegal and operators on tho wrong side can repudiate their contracts. The Odd Fellows in the United States can taast of a membership of nearly 700,000 and an annual revenue of more than $7,003,000. Tho official report on tho nxecutions by electricity at New York show them to havo been a complete success, as w.n designed by tfie law. Tho Boston Herald has a dispat'-h say ing that ox-Speaker Reed will give up politics and enter a largo business cor poration at. New York. It is probable that the scheme of transmitting mail in large cities by pneu matic tnbm will bo abandoned on nc count of tho great expense. It is estimated that the Western rail roads havo earned $250,000 tho past year troin the transportation ot Mormon mis sionaries h"' M'ir proselytes. ixow oric win booh nave a score or more of practically free public baths, unless the plans of the trustees of the Baron do Hirsch fund miscarry. The water is bo low in the Erie canal that boats are grounded all along the line. Tho creeks and feeders have not been so low as now in some years. There will bo more than an average yield of corn and buckwheat in New York. A large tobacco crop has nearly been secured in excellent condition. The excitement at Clearfield, Ponn., over tho suspension of the Clearfield and HouUdalo bank still lontinues. and the mobbing of the bank was feared. Tho Mexican government is preparing to meet all revolutionary forces that cross tho Rio Grand, and" tho prepara tions indicate that the government is much alarmed. All the Northwest railroad companies are calling attention to the critical situa tion in the North Dakota wheat fields, whore tho wheat iB lying in stacks for want of threshers. No rain worth mentioning has fallen in Norwalk, Conn., since early in the spring. As a consequence her reservoirs are empty, and arrangements are being made to tup the mains of a neighboring town. Developments in the Christ man bank failure at Paris, III., make the situation more serious tluui at first supposed. It 1b stated that tho loss will not bo less than $150,000, and the assets may not exceed f io.ooj. Typhoid fever in New York is said to have been caused by foul drinking water brought in by the now and costly aque duct. Sewers, slaughter-houses and other abominations aro pouring into the Bourco of supply. Secretary Tracy believes that a plant for the manufacture and assembling of steel forging8 should be constructed on tho Pari tie coast bv tho government as soon ns possible, and Benlcia seems to be the favored locality. Tho Oheyennu and Arapahoe reserva tions, to b'e opened for settlement, are four times largvr than the lauds recently opened in Oklahoma, and the rush for them, it Ib expected, will surpass any thing yet witnessed. In consequence of tho success of tho electric road between St. Paul and Min neapolis the steam road between the two cities lias been nimble to obtain its share of the triflie, and has discontinued from fifteen to twenty trains daily. Chairman Coppel of the taard of directors of tho Denver 0v Rio Grande railroad has isuod a circular announ cing tho appointment of K. J. JeH'ery, formerly general manager of the Illinois Central, us piesldent and general man ager. The distillers at Peoria, III., the great est whisky-producing city in the world, have decided to use thoTukamiuo (Japan ese) process of making whisky. The new plan greatly reduce the cost of manufacture. A queer feature is that a species of bugs found on the rice is used Instead of yeast for the fermenting ptoecs. A stranger at Keoshu, WU Pat Welsh, lectured the other ilav in Tholeen's Hull, taking for his subject "Why I Left the Roman Catholic Church." The eroiul frwiiuiitly Interrupted the speaker, mid threatened his life. When lie left (he hull he wu followed by a nioli of lot) or more. Htonej uud olulw wore thrown at htm. unit of which truck him in llui head. The entire ujlw (uhohoiu culled out lu i'folewi him, OREGON MELANGE. Horrible Butchery of One Chinaman by Another Occurs at John Day Tho Wheat Fleet. The Sumpter Valley Railroad Com pany Is now running passenger coarlics regularly for the accommodation of its patrons. Tho river tattom two or three inilcs from Pendleton is alive with rattle snakes, of which there aro more than have been seen for years. Tiio Western Union Telegraph O 'm pane proposes to extend its lit)- f- n Marshfield to Florence, if the p- -i'e the Siuslaw Valley uro willing to sli ,iv the expense. The grain fleet from Europe is arriv ing at Portland. Tho warehouses are crowded with wheat, and tho fleet of vessels coming to carry it away is larger than ever known at Portland. ' There is considerable talk of organiz ing an nth etic club in Portland for the purpose of promoting friendly glove con tests with large pillow gloves as an in centive o greater proficiency in the manly art of self-defense. Tho Oregon Stato Ineane Asylum ap pears to havo been in an unfortunate condition before tho present manage ment assumed control. The sleeping rooms wero filled with vermin, and the sheets from the beds were used as towels. T. B. Trevett, William L. Ladd and Lewis Russell, who were judges of the recent regatta at Portland, havo decided that the Willamette and Portland senior four-oared crews, must row again. This race was protested on the ground of foul. A number of Astoria's athletic young men, who attended the regatta in Port land a few days ago, are contemplating organizing a boat club. There is a four mile straight-away course of smooth water on Young's river, from the old mill, that is unexcelled for racing pur poses. The slate quarry recently discovered in Josephine county, twelve miles from Grant's Pass, is the only one in the Northwest south of British Columbia, and there is only one in California, so it is hound to be of value. Tim slate is of superior kind, ahead of nearly all slate found in th East. William A. Pinkerton, General West ern Superintendent of the Western di vision of Pinkerton's national detective nenncv. has decided to establish a Pacific Northwest branch in Portland. He has rented a suite of rooms in the Marquain building, and tho branch oflico will be opened at once with Charles Mapplestein in charge. The Oregon Board of Commerce has elected the following ollicero : President, T. F. Osborne ; Secretary, Charles Ran dolph: Treasurer, Henry Failing. Ten Vice-Presidents from various Boards of Trade throughout the State wero elected. A committee of seven was chosen to have full chargo of raising funds for the World's Fair exhibit. At Portland W. A. P.uchanan as re ceiver of tUo Portland smelting and re fining works has entered suits against A. L. Davenport and H. B. Oattnan on promissory notes given by each of them to the company September 1 1800, for $3,500 each. The complaint alleges that the notes were due and payable one year from their dates, and that no p:irt of them has been paid, except the interest up to June 1, 1801. George W. Orowell and J. II. Tomlin son at Portland taught small fruit stands, saloons, etc., by giving notes se cured by ii mortgage on some lot in an out-of-the-way place that had been fraud ulent ly conveyed to them. T"is pur chase they would resell, tho purchaser paying part cmn and assuming a mort gage on the property. In this way, it is stated, they have secured several thou sand dollars. They are under arrest. After a careful investigation tho Ore gon Board of Railroad Commissioners exonerates the Southern Pacific and its employes from all blame in the ncci dental ki ling of .1. W. Hamilton at Cen tral Point September 2o. the facts show ing that Hamilton deliberately threw himself on the track before tiie train. Tho same conclusion was reached in the killing of an unknown man at Harris burg August 10. Commencing Octotar 10, the Board will make an ollicial semi annual tour of inspection of all railway lines in the State. At Astoria O. W. Dunbar and George Hibbert, publishers of 2Wi 7iJb, have been arrested on an indictment Irom the grand jury, charging them with criminal libel. Tho complaining witness was Samuel Elmore, and the article which he deemed a libel was published in 7Wn Talk over fourteen months ago. It re flects quito seriously on Mr. IClnioro's character. The men gave bail for their appearance. Tho eu6e is looked upon bv tho legal fraternity as a huge joke, and tho two editors state that they have abundant proof to substantiate the arti cle in question. Tho mill of tho Willamette Valley Milling Company at Salem will ta ready to begin operations in two or three weeks. The delay ha been caused by tho failure of the rolls to arrive. A rail load has been built down Front streot to connect tho mill with the Southern Pa cific lines. This will enable supplies of grain to be received and liour to ta shipped to much tatter advantage. Not so much wheat is now brought into Sa lem by farmers from tho surrounding country, as a great deal of laud has been planted to fruit. With a railroad ami the river alongside, the mill will be ablo to obtain supplies from all parts of the Willamette Valley. It will use a large quantity, as Its capacity is 800 barrels per day. Word has juot been received of a dar ing robbery which was perpetrated uiou the National Bank of Enterprise, Wal lowa county. Cashier Holmes was alone in the bank', when a man entered and said: "How much money has John Smith of Portland on deposit here?" i Vm Mr. Holmes saying that no such j man hud any money there, the visitor , nulled out a pistol, and sticking it in his face, said : " You aro a d d liar." 1 By this time two confederates had come up on horseback, and while one. sitting on his horse, with a pistol in each hand warned the people tack, the other en tered the tank and pushed all the money on the counter $3,500 Into u sack. Tho three then escaped to the mountain In the direction of Coruueo plu. A mhko was organized uud vent in pursuit i but. us the country Is mmrnelv nettled, their capture U doubtful. Four fhuUMiid dollar more was in the till under the counter, uud could linvti Uiun had well liut,hml the robtara taken Ihu liuiv. FOREIGN LANDS. The Viceroy of India is Alarmed. FRENCH PILGRIMS AT ROME. i An examination oi roaiaeii t jtumn Proves Him to Have Been a Life-Long Scoundrel. The King of Italy takes great interest in raising camels. The sngar-beet roots throughout Eu rope are progressing fairly. The Sydney (Australia) lighthouse has an electric light equal to lL'.UOO.COO can dles. In thirty-three years $33,000,000 lias been expended on Ixnulou's drainage system. Damascus is to be lighted by electric ity, while Smyrna is to have an electric railway. The itinera of the Grand Duchess Paul of Russia involved an outlay of over $L'00,(jOO. New Zealand is surpassing the Argen tine Republic in the exportation of dresM'd beef. In Bali, an island in the Indian Archi pelago east of Java, the burning of wid ows still goes on. It is announced that Afghanistan has been opened to free commercial inter course with Russia. The Viceroy of India is alarmed at tlio sullenness of the native population over the child-wife law. Bismarck has written five chapters of his book. Thev treat, of events which happened in 1800 and of Ids retirement. Taking tiie officers holding honorary rank into account, there are 2.05J Gen erals in the British army, or nearly one for every 100 3oIdiers. A rise in the Bank of England rate can ta reckoned ijpon to 4 per cent, be fore tho end of October and to 5 percent, some time in November. It is understood that the Ameer of Ca bnl is taking steps to obtain from Eng land a geologist, a chemist, two miners and a number of mechanics. The Queen of Spain is reported to have purchased tho Marquis Alcalise's vast ehtate, including two paloces in Southern Italy, for 7,000,000 franca. Rajah Brooke of Sarawak, Borneo, lias proclaimed his son, Vyner Brooke, as his successor, and tins decreed that lie shall attain his majority at the age of 17. The Central Strike Committee has in formed the trades throughout Germany that the present time is not opportune for a struggle between employes and employers. Thoatalition of capital punishment i being written utaut in the London press with the effect of producing a very clear cut, argument in favor of letting it re main. Tin Belgian government will form a new regiment of artillery, two of infan try and one of cavalry. to garrison the Mouse forts, and will enroll 0.0J0 re el nils yearly. The Welsh National Council, meeting with the Liberal Federation of Wales at Pont-y-Pridd. decided to raise CI 0.000 to carry on tlr campaign work for church disestablishment. The latest dispatches from Sitaria re port that the railway strikes are at-suni-ing a serious aspect. Tho government advocated vigorous measures in dealing with tho strikers. An interesting work that is now in progress in Glasgow, Scotland, is the construction of three tunnels under the harbor from shore to shoie for the ac commodation of foot passengers. After January 1 a convicted seller of adulterated food in Loudon will have to display a notice ot the fact in his shop for twenty-one days. This is an applica tion of the principle of the pillory. Caron, the engineer responsible for the recent railroad collision at St. Mamie, France, has been sentenced to two years' iinprisonnient. and Do Gurrois, the sta tion master, to four months for negli gence. The British postofiice authorities are reported to ta again considering the proj ect of having aii alternative transconti nental route to India bv Salonica in ad dition to or in (substitution of that of Rrindisi. Efforts aro being made and with some success in London to induce parents to continue giving school pence to their children thut they may put the money, no longer needed for fees, into theschool savings bank. To prevent accidents from the Lnufien Frankfort cable, which transmits a deadly current of 25,000 volts, all the poles for the 112 miles are adorned with skulls and cross bones surmounted with a warning notice. The President of tho Suez Canal Com pany has informed the Secretary of L oyd8 that as soon us a tank steamer, now in course of construction. U placed on the canal vessels carrying petroleum will be allowed to pas - through. Forty years ago there were upward of 60,000 Irishmen in the British artnv. Twenty years ago tho n timber was re duced to 44,000, while now the nunitar has still further fallen to 27.7S0. The figures atave Quoted aro given in tiie annual return, which has jusi been is sued. Purifies tko Ill.OOD, KIUOI SVL'SS, 1,1 PIMl'bKH, ll hkl s IHSOKUKKKU KTOMAUII. The Otnuine HAH II VIUI TJ!A Uh Fnciiunl(Sii..ivut tf HUH, lieniNOTOH k oo, HUM) HV AM, DHt'M.IM AMI KtM f it. PORTLAND MARKET. A Resume of the Condition of Its Different Departments for the Week Wheat. There was a alight improvement in the condition of the wholesale trade, the sales, though not large, were made lead--ilv at prices quoted. Oats are higher aiur firmer. Sales of wheat are very small. Wheat has been steady and dull l l-ere-is a fair demand for vegetables and fruit. Peaches are becoming scurce and bring good prices. Largo shipments of celery have been received. Nearly all dealers are overstocked with apples. Sweet po tatoes are in good demand. Quinces are arriving, but selling slowly. Eggs are firmer. The stock of chickens is decreas ing. Butter and Hour are strong anil selling rapidly. There is a good demand for canned goods, and good prices are being obtained despite the large stock on hand. WIIKAT. The market is inactive, with no new features to be noted. Foreign markets are quieter, but generally linn. Proiluco, Kriilt, Etc. WiiK.vr Valley, $1.50; Walla Walla, $1.40 per cental. Flouh Standard, $4.80; Walla Walla, $4.00 per barrel. Oats New. 4245c per bushel. Hav $12 13 per ton. MiMJSTt'KKs Bran, $1018; shorts, $1S (519; ground barley, $22yi 22.50; chop feed, $18Qil9 per ton; feed barley, $18 per ton ; brewing barley, $1.15 per cental. BuTTEit Oregon fancy creamery, 32 'v 035c; fancy dairy, 3'o; fair to good, 25 27c; common. 1322,t.jo; Eastern, 25 (231 cper jiound. Cheese Oregon, 1212c; Eastern,. 140"eloc per pound. Eoc.s Oregon, 2527Kc; Eastern, 25c per dozen. Foultuy Old chickens. $4.004.50; young chickens, $2.003.00; ducks, $5.0l 8.00; geese, f).0010.00 per dozen; turkeys, 15(rltjo per pound. Veoki aiiles Cabbage, nominal, 75c(tf $1 percental ; caulitlower,$1.25 per dozen ; Onions, $1 per cental; potatoes, 4t)(2(J0o per sack ; tomatoes, 4U50c per tax ; sweet potatoes, l342c per pound; Cali fornia celery, DUc per dozen bunches; fancy Oregon celery, 7oc per dozen bunches. Fhuith Sicily lemons, $8.50; Califor nia, $0.00ti.50 per tax; apples, 50coi$L per box: bananas, $3.0U3.60 a bunch, pineapples, $40 per dozen; peaches, 60(i7oc per tax ; watermelons, $1.00w 1.50 per dozen; cantaloupes, $1.50(Vr2.50 per crate; grapes, Tokay, $1 per tax; muscat and black, 76S5e perorate; pears, 76(5 8oc per Kund; prunes, 2J(it3J2C per pound; quinces, $1 per box; crantar ries, $1011 ; Oregon cranberries, $9.50 per barrel. Nur California walnuts, lU12'vc; hickory, 8'.jc; Brazils, 10llc; al monds, 1018c; filberts, 13(J?14e; pine nuts, 1718c; pecans, 1718c; cocoa nuts, 8c; hazel, 8c; peanuts, 8c per pound. Stnple Grocerln. Honey 17's18c per pound. Salt Liverpool, $14.20, $15.5016.00 ; stock, $1112 per ton. Rick Japan, $55.25; Island, $5.75' pi outal. !K.Nh Small white, 3'c; pink, 3c; bayos, 4c; butter, 3?4e; limas, 4c per pound. Coffee Costa Rica, 20.j(321e; Rio, 23c; Mocha, 30c; Java, 25'sc; Ar buckle's, 100-pound cases, 23r4c per pound. Sloau Golden C,43ac; extra C, 4.je; white extra C, 4'Bc; granulated, 57ee; cube crushed and jtowilered, oc; con fectioners' A, o'4c per pound. Syiu i' Eastern, in barrels, 47(S55e; hal(-barrel, o0(t8e; in cases, 55fti80; per gallon; $2.25t(2.50 per keg. Cali fornia, in barrels, 3iJc per gallon; $1.75 per keg. Ditir.p Fitt'irs Italian prunes, 8c; Petite and German. 7c per pound; raisins, $1.20fiil.50 per box; plnmmer dried penrs, h(f9c; sun-dried and fac tory plums, 9c; evaporated peaches, OfeUle; Smyrna figs, 20c; California, tigw. 7c per (Hiiind. Canned Goo- Table fruits, $1.05(3) 180 :".2s: lynches, $1.80((r2.00; Harr iett peart. $l.S0(ul ,); plums. $1.37'.(i 1.50; strawberries", $2.25; cherries, $2.25 (i2.4i); blackberries, $ I 85 (! 1.00; rasp berries, $2.40; pineapples. $2.25 ((i 2.8' i; apricot?, I. (i0(rf 1.70. Pie fruit: Assorted, $1.10(.CI.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, $1.00 1.10; blacktarries. $1.25 per dozen. Veg etables: Corn, $1.25(6l.C5; tomatoes, $1.00(3.00; sugar peas, $1.00ri'l.l5 ; string beans, (lilc(d$1.0() per dozen. Fisli : Sardines, 75et 1.05; lobsters, $2.:W (u3.50; oyster", $1.5)(t3.25 per dozen. Salmon, standard No. 1, $1.25' 01. 50 per case; No. 2, $2.55. Condensed milk: Eagle brand, $8.10; Crown. $7; High land, $0.75; Champion, $5.50; Monroe, $0.75 per case. .Meats: 'Corned beef, $2.00; chipped beef, $2.15; lunch tongue, $3.10 Is, $0.00 2s; deviled ham, $1.3502.75 per dozen. The Meitt Market. Beef Live, 2,'.c ; dressed, 50c. Mutton Live, sheared, ltc; dressed, 78c. Hons Live, 5c; dressed, 7c Veai. 5(7c per jiound Smoked Meats Kastern ham, 13(31 13'c; other varieties, 12l.c; breakfast bacon, I3(i?13c; smoked bacon, lU4e? ll34c per pound. Laud ComM)iind, 10c; pure, 11(3 13c; Oregon, 10.fir!2o per pound. Illil, Wool untl Uoii, Hides Dry hides, selected prime, Sf 00c; ,c less for culls; green, selected, over 55 pounds. 4c; under 55 pounds, 3c; sheep pelts, short wool, 30(r50c; me dium, 60;r80c; long, 90cft$l.25; shear lings, 10t20e; tallow, good to choice, 3 GsJ'sC per pound. Wool Willamette Valley, 17'19 Eastern Oregon, 10ft 17c per pound according to conditions and shrinkage. Horn nminal , 10n n... ........ J ll.OOD, Cores CONSTIPATION, 1NiH(M,ST10N, 1VKH C0MPI UNTS.SIPK lluWllL', C( iVlfS IN Ami T10s,fla IMftKABUS All S N(l frow ltlfclMl rroit, u iiui i,ii in FHUhl - f. YKUMW H7(.fTJf.V aqmi. ban rnn.uiui.