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
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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.
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