;n in ft viruioni rorm
In tho Dny City.
RT3 TO Bumiuaa ntwu
Francisco, May 10. Ilubonlo
in Uh moHt virulent lorm actual-
iu in Kim i- rum isao. p.vurv on-
Ik being nmdo ny tno autiiori-
suppress tho facta at tlio request
il merchants nnil commercial
hvho fear tliu iiuwh in 1 y lit hurt
count trado.
?&' far, tin) dread dUoasn la con-
to (. liwmiowii, muiuumi in mo
f thn city. Six deaths woro ro-
uo oases arn lining watched,
victims n ro uolcNtialN. An opl-
u feared, hut physicians urn try-
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I station. A largo throo-horso
iliilmr illHlnini'tor uim limiiulit
tho Island huh morning anil
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of HhIi polbonori with arscnlo
Jiininfiiin iiiiuini imiw mvtn air
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.provont I hlnoso mini departing,
koyances uru Marched. Chinese
Oenerul III) Vow U offering
it uVId, and tho poltco havo Mint
f intcrpretorH and K'uldoH, who
41iii iiuullmu In ffiii uitiLrnli fnr
;iumkfi mini inn kihk. uh liiht
o quarantlno. and dylnif cylofl-
uiu uanii'ii utui luwin u uiui
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mi nun uuiiiu mini imuukiuii ru
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war oi on imhtH tun loiimvincr
ii irniti inrii niinrm niiiinr finin
ouicura and six men of l'rinco
a fow iniloH from Kroonatail,
rt farm IlyltiK a whito flag, tho
of whlcli surrondurod lilnifiolf,
1W tlfK If HUH lVlfcllllA
flf r.hn nilillnonrn flint, iKnfii flinl
III' I ft ff III llniVHI nrtni, 1 ml Im.
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iinrriifi in iin iiiiiii intr nian im
tlin nnrmntitu iiflil rlmr-. flinli
orts nnil ruhh woro rdinovoil In
7, wliicli iu itsolf in a coutradio-
liama-Btii'lcnn.
Lucoiiiotlvo mw. Up,
inV ,11 IVInW 111 .'l'trf tvi ntl
llflllml nt1 nk.fAH l.wnn
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ii passonuor train No. 21 on tho
"wi UffllAUB 1 Ilfll. Illllf llllltir. Ill
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i. ino lata ly miureu are:
"soon, and Crawford and John
pton, Bection Imnda,
MAY L08E MILLION8.
Itf n Wonl Omliimi (Jor.
xniinniit Trinity Willi I'riuio-,
Now York, May 21. A d.iclHlon
Jimt rnndiirod hy .TtnlKo TowiikoiuI, who
1h lioarliiK Iu tho United HtatCH oiroult
court thn nppoalH from thn dooiHion of
tho liounl of Konoral appralHiirM, under
tho otiNtoiiiH admiuiHtratlon act, Iohmiiih
tho diitliiN on Kronoh hrundluH and
liiiiorH f3() cmitH a gallon, and iu tho
particular milt which wan hrotiBlit hy
(li)ornu 8. NlcliohiH, an importer, takoH
$15,000 out of tho treasury of tlio uov
eminent.
NioholaH, on Juno 10, 1808, rocolvod
from Krancn B0.000 khIIoiih of thn cor
dial known an "ChartrouHo." Col
lector llldwoll aMoHwid tho duty on
thlH Importation at per nation.
Tlio IniK)rtor appealodio tho hoard of
Kimeral appralHorH, and they alllrniud
thn collector',, action. Thon tho mat
ter wiih hroiiKht into tho circuit court
and, when tho hoariii camo up, couu
mil for NichohiH iiiHiHtod Unit under tho
now treaty with Franco, mado in
1808, n year later limn tho paHii(io of
tho tariir under which tho appraino
nicnt had boon made, tho duty hIiouM
havo heen onlv .tl.7n ir imiINhi
Coplen of tho treatloH mado hotween
I'ranco ami tno United KtateH worn pro
duced iin ovlileneo. and in tho Krencli
copy tlio word "l!luor', apjioarH,
wniio ironi tno American copy the
word "H(iuorn" Ih mlHHin(. TIiIh doei
hIou Ih iu favor of tiio importer, and il
it holdn, uieiiiiH a Iohh of muny million
dollarH to tlio uovornment'aunually.
AGUINALDO HEARD FROM.
I'll I.nlMt I'riHiliiiimllim to tlia
In-
urciililii.
Manila, May 21. A proclamation
purjiortinK to havo been IhhuoiI by
AKuiualdo and dated May 4, from
l'ollilo inland, ono of tlio 1'hiliriplno
Kroup ciiNt of Luzon, in circulating- in
Manila. It nyn tho comtniHHiou np
IMiinted by I'roHidont MoKinloy win
appointdd without tho authority of con
Ktumt, and heuco it cannot treat olllolal
ly. It urui'H tho i'llipiuoH not to nur
rnudur their.aruiH at tho diminution ol
tho cominiHHiou and on promitcs which
coiiKreKH may not ratify, and uluo uret
tho I'llipluoti to onthiiHaNtically wel
come the coininisMoii when it arriven in
tho tawim and proviuccH, nnkliiK' boldly
for tho form of Kovcruinont tlioy moat
dotiro, uh tlio'Aiiit'ricuiitt permitof freo
dom of xpeooh. Tho proclamation
cloMen with ankiii),' tho Filipinos to
utrlvo for liberty and independence and
aiiin wariiH them ugaliiht deception.
In tho Caturma diKtriitt about j00 oi
tho enemy attacked a ortion of tho
Forty-third regiment. Tho Amuricans
killed 2011 of tho rohnltf. Only three
Americans woro wounded.
Major John C. Gilmoro and 100 mon
of tho Forty-third rcuimtmt were am
bushed May 0 near I'ambuKan, Sainar.
Koventy-flvo of the enemy woro killed
and there were uo American cumialtio.s.
Tho trnunpoit Lennox ban roturnod
linro nftur landlnt; four troops of tno
Klovonth cavalry to roinforcn Colonel
J. F. Hell. Two troops, Major Simo
comnminlliiK, wero lauded at LoaNjii
and proceeded acrosH tho country to
HtrouKthen tho garriKonnt LiaKo. They
found numerouuuntreuohnients manned
liy iuiurrtenta between tho towiiH, and
wore two days on thoir way. Tlioir
ouly Iohh waH threohorecs. Thoollcers
roiwrt thoy killed 40 iimurgcnts, but
the natives declaro 80 wero killed.
rHiiiiiini Cunnl I'liit.
AVanliliiKton, May 21. Soon nftor
tho Bonato convened today, Morgan
(Dom. Ala.), chairman of the committeo
ou inter-oceanio cunaln, offered fi reso
lution dirocting tho committeo to mako
an invostiBiitiou, Hwooping in its char
actor, of tho doaliugs of individuals) or
corporatloiiH with a viow to monopoliz
ing a fdiip canal at Panama or in Nic
aragua, and whethor tho individuals or
corjoratioriH proposo to obstruct tlw
United States in tho construction of au
lHthmiau canal, Morgan ntntod that
tho object of tho inquiry proposed is to
enable tho prosidont of tlio United
States to chock and destroy n conspiracy
founded on fraud, corruption and nr
roganoo, ngainst tho highest rights and
privileges of tlio peoplo and government
of tho United States.
Kxploilnii III ll llunrillnB Iloiiin.
Chicago, May 21. Twonty persons
at tho dinner tablo in Mrs. Anna
Smith'H boarding houso woro startlod
last night whon, following an oxplosion
in tho kitchon, tho propriotioss of tho
place ran into tho dining room wrapped
in a Bheot of flame. Tho guests started
to lior roscuo, but whon tho door into
tho cooking room was thrown open, it
was found to bo in flames also and they
rotroatod in foar. Two othor pornous
woro burned during tho ilro, which
originated from tho oxplosiou ofakaro
souo can. Tho lujurod are: Mrs.
Anna Smith, faco, hands and boJy
soveroly burnod, takon to tho hospital,
will die; Loo Leahy, asloop ou a couch
iu kltohon when tho oxplosiou occurrod,
liauds, ahouldors and faco sovoroly
burnod, may dloj Ktlward Loahy,
burnod and hair slngod whilo rescuing
Mrs. Smith from tho burning room.
Norillunr llnriililo C'rlnin.
Mnv 21. A dispatch ro
colvod today from Hskilstavaua says
that Philip Nordlund, who was arrest
ed thoro, has now fully confossod that
hp doliboratoly plannou ino orimo im
commmittod on board tho steamer
Prluz Carl, ou AVoduesday night, when
ho murdorod sovoii mou and a woman.
Orunil VUler of Jloroooo Deail,
Tauglor, Morocco,, May 21. Tho
gram vlzior, Ahmod lion Mussa, diodi
Sunday, May 13. A convulsion in in
tornal affairs is throatouod, but it is
boliovod Gormany, Italy and Groat
Britain havo agrood to maintain tho
status quo, so it is hopod tho throatouod
nuaichy will bo avorted.
Tacoma, May 21.-Williarn rattor
son, a waitor, foil from a window in
tho Loxinoton hotol last night and lfttoj
diod from his injuries.
Door Forces Withdrew From
tho Investment.
Londoners
ENTHUSIASTIC
llullor (iiiliilii. Nrwi'imtln, In Nurlliurn
Kml at NhIiiI, lint I'i ilrrnl I(irnt
I li If I'liriiilKli tin, I'liimii.
Protorla, May 21. It was offlclally
announcen today that when tho laagers
I and forts around Mafoklng had been
severely bombarded tho slego was aban
doned. London, May 21. From tho mention
of laagers iu tho Protora dispatch, it
is understood hero that prior to th
raising of tho siego of Mafeklng, the
lloer laagers around that placo woro
, vigorously bombarded by the llrltish
, relief column and tlio huruhurs practi
cally compelled to abandon tho siege.
IIiiIIit Tiiho Noivrimtln.
Lonlon, May 21. General Ilnllor,
in a dispatch to tho war olllco, dated
Newcastle. May 21, says:
"Newcastle was occupied lust night,
and today tho whole f-'ocond divisioc
and tho Third cavalry brigade will U
concentrated hero. I havo fcont tlx
mounted forco through Nqutu to oxpel
a small force of tho enemy and to ro
assure tho natives. Tho ciiomy havo
burned tho chapel, broken much glass,
. plundered many Iiouhcs and takon cash
' from tho banks, but otherwiso thoy
havo not done much harm. Tho rail
way is badly damaged, tho Iugagauo
and Nkader bridges aro destroyed, as
are many culverts and tho pumping
station and water wgrks. Of tho 7,()l)(J
men flying before uh, about 1,000 seem
to havo gouo to Wakkorfctroui and some
by Muller's Pass to tho Free Stato.
I Tlio remainder, who aro described as
, tlihorgauir.od rabble, havo gono north
and they intend to mako a stand al
T.iiltitf'ii Viilf '
Ilrllluli at ClirUtlnnri,
Protoria, May 21. President Stoyn,
who arrived hero Wednesday and has
been in cIomj conference with the
Transvaal authorities, loft for tho Freo
State last night. Addressing a crowd
ou tho platform, ho urged tliom to be
of good cheer.
It is reported that C.000 British
troops havo surrounded Christiana, and
the laudrost and other olli.ials have
been takon prlMinors.
James Milne, tho corrospndent of the
Router Tologram Company, who has
been prisonor lioro, was liberated and
escorted to tho border this morning.
MAGINNIS VS. CLARK.
fliivflrnor Hmltli Appoint n Soimtor to
J'lll Viicitncy.
Iiutto, Mont., May 21. Governor
Smith today sent dispatches from lioro
to Senator V. A.Clark, Senator Chand
ler, chairman of tho committeo on
privileges and elections, and Senatoi
Fryo, president of tho senate, saying he
had disregarded and rqvokod tho action
of Lioutcuunt-Govotnor Spriggs iu nam
ing Mr. Clark to succeed to tho vacancy
caused by his own resignation, and
saying ho bad named Martin Magiunle,
of Helena, to 1111 tho vacancy. Tlio
governor gives as his reasons his opinion
that tho appointment of Mr. Clark by
tho lioutouaut-goveriior was tainted by
collusion and fraud. Tlio dispatchca
aro practically tho samo, that to Mr.
Clark reading:
"I havo this day disregarded and ro
vokod your appointment as Unitod
States senator, mado by Lieutenant
Governor Spriggs on tho 10th inst., ai
being tainted with collusion and fraud,
and havo this day appointod Hon.
Martin Maginnis United Statos senator
to fill tho vacancy caused by your resig
nation." Thoso to Fryo and Chandler aro of
tho samo tonor, notifying them of his
action. Tho governor also sent a
formal protost to Chandlor, detailing
his roasons. Ho has also issued an
open lottor to tho peoplo of tho stato,
denying ho had auy knowlodgo of tho
contemplated stop whon ho loft Mon
tana for California. Ho says ho wont
to California at tho roquost of Thomas
It. Hinds to look into tho titlo of some
mining proporty in which Miles Fiulcu
was interested. Ho owed Finlan
.i.OOO, and thought by going ho might
earn a-foo that would bo applied on tha
indobtodnoss. "I shall prove by my
conduot In tho future," ho concludes,
"that I was not guilty of any wrong
doing or any idea of wrong."
Milos Fiulon Is ono of tho Domocrats
in tho legislature who voted against
Clark. Martin Maginnis was dologato
in congress for tho territory, and, with
Clark, a Dopiocratio contestant for sen
atorial honors when Montana booamo a
stato.
Tliciil (liiorllln Warfare.
Yokohama, May 0, via Victoria, B.
0., May 10. Tho United Statos tians
port Thomas arrlvod unexpectedly from
Manila Saturday last, lloturulng offl
cors and men of tho army disagroo with
rim nntimlRtlo views of tllQ Philippine
! situation lately hold by tho press and
im tmlilln. Kvorvthlni! scorns to point
to a long and devastating guerrilla war
faro, and altogether tho outlook is not
reassuring.
A Momplili Tragedy.
Memphis, May 21. At au early hour
this morning' tho bodios of Henry
Keiohmau, of Memphis, and Mrs. Lily
Badakiu, wifo of n nowspapor man, of
Forest City, Ark., wero found iu tho
woman's apartmont on Joffeison avo
nuo. Boiohman had boon shot six
times, whlio tho woman's body received
ono bullet. Tho affair is shrouded in
uiydtery. No woapon was found about
tho promises, and it ia believed to bo f
case of murder.
SUPERB CITY ON WHEELS.
UliloiiKO-rnrtlniiil Hproliil Na-l'lim-Ultrn
of Tralim,
Nineteenth-century civilization cul
minates in the perfecting press, tho
telegraph, tho orcfin steamer and tho
limited-express train. Tlio progress
of a region or a peoplo Is measured by
its facilities for the diffusion of intelli
gence, and its methods of transporta
tion. Judged by this standard, no part
of tho United Statoe, or of tho world,
has advanced moro rapidly than the
great American Wert.
Today, tho wholo vast half-hemisphere,
from tho Mississippi to tho
Paciilo, is girdled with electric wires,
and grlilironed with railways that in
all tho essentials of speed, safoty and
comfort, amounting to luxuriousness,
are unsurpassed auywhero in the old
world or tlio now. In all tho refine
ments of travel, tho West is fast over
hauling tho boastfully fafctidlous Kast.
The new double-daily flyer be
tween Portland and Chicago, via
Huntington, Granger and Omaha.
It is incomparably tho finest trans
continental train iu tlio history of
American railroading, and, con
sidering all tho circumstances and con
ditions tho vast distances, and tho
wild and rugged character of a largo
part o( tho country to bo traversed It
may safely challenge comparison with
the best trains that lly botweou tho
great cities of tho Atlantic coast. It
lias been christened "Tho Chicago
Portland Special,"
Tho Oregon Railway & Navigation
Company and its connections combine
to fonn and operate this magulflcont
iinniliilrttor of tiuio and spaco, and
thoy luivo spared no pains orexpeneo to
enhauco the comfort of tho trans-homi-spherie
journey, whilo they diminish
its duration to tho least possible mini
mum of time. Nothing that tasto could
suggest, ingenuity devise, skill con
struct, or lavish mouoy pay for, has
been loft uudouo to render the flight
across 2,314 miles of mountain and
plain a pleasure to the most delicate
and fastidious travoler.
Tho whole train is uniform in color
and stylo. ICvery car is finished ox
ternally in dark olive green and gold,
and on every ono is emblazoned in
golden characters "Chicago-Portland
Special." Next to the mighty 120-ton
locomotivo come tho mail, oxpress and
baggage cais. Then follow, in tho
order namod, tho composlto or bullet
car, tho Pullman and tourist sleepers,
dining car, two rocliuing chair cats
and a day coach or smoker. All havo
been designod and built ox pros sly for
this model train, and all aro models of
tlioir kind. The buffet car is a clear
case ot multum-in-parvo or e-pluribus-nunm
on wheels, containing a library,
elegantly furnished reading room, writ
ing desks, card tables, cafe and bar,
barbershop and bathroom, with trained
nttenduntn always at command. Tho
Pullman slcopiug carls a veritable pal
aco of dreams, on which cunning artifi
cers in brass and glas, and precious
woods and tapestries, havo exhausted
their geniui and skill.
Tho ordinary ortourist sleeper is ex
traordinary cousidoriug tho pricea
charged for its accomodations. It is
in every rospect equal to tho best Pull
man car of a fow years ago, and a 300
milo sleop in ono of its snowy-linened
and daintily comfortablo beds costs no
moro than a night's lodging in any
averago provincial tavern. The dining
car is a flying banquet hall, equipped
with every modern improvement and
convenience to be found in a first-class
metropolitan restaurant, and serving
au epicurean inonu a la carte as cheap
ly as though GO or 75 miles of glorious
scenery wero not thrown in with ovory
meal, as an esthetic aid to appetite and
digestion. Tho chair cars aro hand
Eomoly finished and furnishod, and offer
many advantages freo to those who,
from any cause, decline to avail thorn
solves of tho sleopers. They aro car
peted, brilliantly lighted, abundantly
supplied with clean towels, and other
toilot accessories, and each cat is in
ohargo of n trained and uniformed por
ter. One or two first-class day coaches
in tho roar of tho chair cars complete
this paragon of cross-continent trains.
Tho heaviest and most poworfully
built cars, like the sleepers and buffot
cars, aro always placed in front, and
thoso of lighter construction in tho
rear, as a precaution in caso of acci
donts whero sorlous accidents have
nover yet occurrod. Socond-elass pas
sengers aro carried at secoud-clasa
rates, but thoro is not a second-class
car in tho train. From engine to hind
most day coach, everything is first
class of its kind, ami its kind is unsur-pas-od.
It is a solidly vestibuled train
of flying palaces, where ovory man is a
sovereign, and overy woman is a queen,
who holds either a first or second-class
tickot. The trip from Portlaud to
Chicago is a 2,314-milo loug panorama
of all that is sublimost nud most en
chanting in nature's glorious handi
work, and the time is littlo short of
greasod lightning. Tho wholo wouder
oua journey of 2,314 miles from tho
golden slopes of tho Paoiflo to tho
wiudswopt shoros of tho Great lakos, is
accomplished iu 72 hours and 15 min
utes a reduction of 11 hours and 15
minutes" from tho fastest timo over
mado heretofore and of this tho aotual
running .timo is but a triilo over GO
hours, showing an averago speed across
tho homisphoro of 33 ) miles an hour!
The train leaving Portlaud at 0:15
Monday morning reachos Denver at
8:40 Wednesday morning, aud Chicago
at 0:30 Thursday morning. And tho
flyer leaving Portland at 0 Monday
ovouiug, via Spakano, arrives in St.
Paul, over tho Groat Northern Rail
way, at 2:30 Thursday afternoon, and
iu Chicago aV 7;80 Friday morning.
The Atlantic Express, via Huntington
and Omaha or Kansas City, leaves
Portland at 0 P. M. nud whirls into
Chicago in about the samo timo as the
shortest schodulo ever attainod before
One-tenth of tho tour around the
globo in throo short, delightful days I
No grander, trip is possible on earth,
ON THITHER COAST.
New flnltt I'lnliln mi thn fllberlan Mior
Will lie Opmiml to Ameri
can SI I n urn.
Knw L'nlrl fields rlvnllnc In rlehnesi
the deposits of Capo Nomo will ha '
oponcd to American miners, if tlio ex
pectations of tho members of tho Rus
sian expedition, which arrived In New
York on tho Campania, on its way to
Northeastern Siberia, aro fulfilled.
Vladimir Wonlarlarsky, a colonel ol
tho Russian Imperial Guard, obtained
tho concession of the Siberian tract
which tho expedition is to examine,
Thoro were moro than 40 applicants foi
tho grant, which had been sought with
eagerness since tho discovery of gold on
the American sido of Iiohring soa. Ii)
means of court iufluenco, Wonlarlarskj
carried off the prize. Ho formed a
company in Russia, which planned tht
present expedition, headed by A. Bog
danovitch, a Russian engineer. It il
understood that a subsidary companj
has bcon formed in England in con
nection with the concession, but sec
recy is maintained in regard to tin
English and American interests.
Minors who havo visited tho Siberia!
coast by stealth havo reported that it il
practically the samo as tho Nomo coast,
coiisiMing of a strip of beach, bohind
which lies a tundra, or bolt of gold
bearing sand. Many companies havo
boeu formed to tfork dredges and pumps
off tho coast of Capo Nomo, in order to
draw up the precious sand whore it
reachos tho beach. It is oxpocted that
the operation of these appliances will
be prevented by the beach miners, and
that apparatus iu which largo capital
has boeu invested will bo idle, nnlesi
new fields aro opened to it. If tho ex
pedition to Siberia finds what it ex
pects, the company will invite pumpi
and dredges to cross to tho Siberian
shoro and operate there upon payment
of a royalty.
Hooley, tho English promoter, hai
nothing to do with tho plan. Goorgt
D. Roborts, who is a veteran California
miner, will be a member of the explor
ing party. Mr. Roberts has made a
study of gold deposits in sea sands, and
has n plan for extracting the gold from
tho frozen tundra. The expedition will
sail from San Francisco about June 1,
after the Russians have conferred witb
the Russian minister at Washington.
It will return about November 1, and
expects then to mako a complete report
of the possibilities of the region.
Mr. Roberts said today that, from
information ho had received, the do
posit of gold on tho Siberian coast
promised to he tho most valuable ovei
discovered. No attempt will bo mado
to work tho tundra this year, but the
party hopes to be ablo to mako some
contracts with American owners ol
pumps and dredgos.
Xortlmeat Notes.
The Oregon Ilopgrowors' Associatior,
last week sold 070 bales of hops.
A telephono exchange with 20 sub
scribers is-to be established in Canyon
City, Or.
Tho Umatilla Indians havo invited
tho Nox Perces, of Idaho, to join thorn
in a Fourth of July celebration that
will last about a week.
The Shamokawa, Wash., creamery it
now turning out 175 pounds of giltedgt
butter daily. It finds a ready market
iu Portlaud at top-notch prices.
The now creamery located at Nor
way, Or., has commenced operations.
Tho plant is complete in every respect
and is iu charge of a competent man
ager. Camaa Prairie, southeast from Hopp-
nor, Or., is a great dairy region, aud
800 cows are being milked there. The
creameries pay G2 to 82 cents per 100
pounds for milk.
Tho original townsite of Prairii
City, Or., was 80 acres. A land
company has just platted additions to
tho extent of 304 acres, providing lib
erally for depot grounds, repair shops,
eto.
Asotin, wasn., will soon havo a
bank, arrangements having boeu mado
to establish such au enterprise thoro by
E. J. and W. L. Thompson, rocently of
Wisconsin. Tho bank will bo organ
ized under tho stato banking laws and
will begin with a paid in capital ol
$25,000.
Tho Anti-Saloon Loagtio, at Colfax,
Wash., has a membership of about 80
persous, who are antagonistic to tho
saloon, and moro especially to such as
may violate the liquor selling laws.
Actlvo work is to bo boguu by tho
organization against tho liquor trafBo
in tho near future
Grant county offered n reward ol
$450 for tho recapture of Al Koeton,
hold for murdor, nnd William Wallaco,
charged with horso stealing, and it was
divided oqually botweon William By
ram and Ray Short, of Canyon City;
Ed Luco and Hamp Officer, of John
Day, and W. C. Gibbs, of Susanvillo.
G. W. Kigor has a contract from tho
governmout to furnish 2,000 tons of
rook to bo placed behind tho spur dikes
rocently coustructod in Tillamook bay.
As it is soen that tho dikes aro doing
tho work for which thoy wore intended,
tho rock is for tho purpose of making
them permanent. Mr. Kigor will re
ceive $1 a ton for the rock.
Falling to got all tho saw timber
nooded into tho river last wintor, be
cause of luck ot snow, William Codd,
the Colfax saivmUl owner, has deter
mined to haul tho necessary logs to
water on wheels. An outfit of 10 or
12 blgtoams was sent Into the woods
on the upper Palouso river for this pur
pose. The nocessary feed and supplies
wero taken from Colfax, This will be
a rather cottly method of floating saw
logs, but the lumber demand is good
and it ia found neoesenry iu order tq
meet the calls.
URADSTREET'8 REPORT.
Wheat Higher on Unfaro-mbU Crop
Keporta.
Bradstroot's says: Continued dull
ness in many branches and n further
shading In sovoral staplo lines consti
tute the leading features In tho busi
ness situation this week. Tho weak
ness of prices is diaplayod In lower quo
tations for corn, pork, butter, cheese,
wool and cotton among tho great agri
cultural products and petroleum and
lead among tho mineral products.
Wheat Is slightly higher, partly owinfc
to less favorable crop reports horo and
abroad. Contlnuod drynoss in thor
Northwest has given tho spring wheal'
situation a less satisfactory appearance
and there is littlo improvement noted
in tho winter wheat Boctious of tha
central west. It is doubtful, however,
if the dry weather has as yet roally
affected tho spring wheat, tho ohict
complaint coming from tho lumber in
terests, which report lowstroamsinter
ferring with the forwarding of supplies.
Tho industrial situation is, on tho
whole, rather much bettor than for
some time past, in that now disturb
ances aro fewer and soino old ones hava
been settled. But practical tio-nps ia
Chicago aro still unbroken. At St.
Louis all kinds of business havo been,
hurt by the strike of streot railway
employes, and uncertainty at other
cities, particularly in tlio building
trade, has had an unsettling effect
upon lumber.
Wheat, including flour, shipments
for the week aggregate 5,178,422 bush
els, against 3,480,574 bushels last week.
Business failures in trio United States
for the past week number 155, as com
pared with 174 last week. Failures In
tho Dominion of Canada are slightly
moro numerous, numbering 24 for tht
past week, againstlO last week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market.
Onions, $0.
Lettuce, hot house, 40 45c doa.
Potatoes, $10(317; $1718.
Beets, per sack, 50G0c.
Turnips, per sack, 40C0c.
Carrots, per sack, $1.
Parsnips, per sack, 5075c.
Cauliflower, California 8500o.
Strawberries $2.25per case.
Celery 40 C0o per doz.
Cabbage, native and California,.
$1.00 1.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $2.002.75j $3.003.50:
Prunes, GOo per box.
Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22ct
dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 1517o potrnd-
Eggs 18c.
Cheese IrtS-Wc.
Poultry 14c; dressed, 14lGct
spring, $5.
Hay Pngct Sound timothy, $11.00
12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $18.00 19.00
Com Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $0.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.00; -whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00. 1
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $13.00
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per tonp
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed bcei
steers, price 8o; cows, 7o; mutton 8c;
pork, 8c; trimmed, 0c; veal, 8K
10c.
Hams Large, 13c; small, 13 Hi
breakfast bacon, 12)c; dry salt sides,
8c.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 5152o;
Valley, 52c; Bluestem, 54o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham,
$2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 8Go; choice
gray, 83o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $1414.50;
brewing, $16.00 10.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid
dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 pea
tou.
Hay Timothy, $911; clovor, $7
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3035o;
seconds, 45c; dairy, 2530o;
store, 22.25o.
Eggs 18o perdozon.
Cheeso Oregon full cream, 18c;
Young America, 14c; now cheese 10a
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.-00 &
4.50 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
$2.503.50; geese, $G.508.00'foroldr
$4.500.50; ducks, $6.007.00 per
dozon; turkeys, live, 1416o pes
pound.
Potatoes 4005oper sack; sweets,
22o per pound.
Vegetables Boots, $1; turnips, 75o;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, lo per pound; parsnips, 76t
onions, 3c per pouud; carrots, GOo.
Hops 28o per pound
Wool Valley, 1213o per pound,;
Eastern Oregon, 10lCc; mohair, 27&
30o por pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 3o; dressed mutton, 7,
7o per pound; lambs, 5o.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light aud feeders, $4.50; dressed,
$5.000.50 por 100 pounds.
Boof Gross, top steors, $4.004.50;
cows, $3.504.00; dressed boof, 0)6
7?40 por pouud.
Veal Largo, 07Ko; small, 8Q
8o per pound.
Tallow 55cj No, 2 and groaseK
8 4o per pound.
Ban Ifranoiaeo Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 14 16o pet
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1210o; Val
ley, 2022o; Northern, 1012o.
Hops 1809 crop, ll18o pe
pound. Butter Fancy creamery 1717o;
do seconds, 1010p; fanoy dairyto
10c; do seconds, 1415o per pound.
Egga Store, 15o; fauoy ranch,.
17o,
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $12.6018.60,