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UnlOrUtVIJlW IVIVUI.
CAVAUHY IS FAR AHEAD
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ihint. in t'oiiHomioneo of thu ru
, tl.ll 'IV.IflKt II.II..KU
tho Uritinh kldimp nil ohildrun
I'Jyenrit of hk- Iwmr ruur
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iv iMMiirn urn iriiiiMVMiii tunum
1 w . 1 . tf
If tlio I.iiL'lUh view of Holt
riiL'uiiiL'iii ih uuiv iiiii i num. intk
will vutu to quit.
Uk MAN Y 1;UIV1HL A I Ni
3IiiiMiftirturr
,H lUIKi ill 11 ill. A nilUL'.llll LU
nnv.i iKiliifb 11IU I linn iciMitis
U cuiiiiiiamluu of YOXfUtoiiHrmiu-
H I'lIIIJI LTU H ILII HWIHU'L 111 iiiir
iiirriirou
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liiii ruin in tiiii rnmimrv iiii
(III. PflflNlllfll n l iuivm iir.i wimtriiil
h mil fi t f 1 1 1 1 f .! i : AvimitKi itttn
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n riMrii fititu .i..i. l... i.i
win not bo takon hv t UHifOvorn
ii ni run i:nHi....i. .
lii:d of tho Htiito doimrlmont
'I'.inviitiitii U 111 IIMIVItltl 1IU
as to removo tlio nrohililt.oii
( hiitiw 1.111 I
O iri(ni.n.
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lor Bomo tiiuo.
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IT WAR till A1 i.1fU ii t....i
UlL'llHilviou illtiln..,.if a iiii.l
it, "O I'luvuiioiuiii il JIl Ul
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Ickly lmahod
Ulftlt Will ah 1 1, y I.niuinl.n.l
tftnolit.v 1).1 1,.. 1 1 il. l 1
Aururu wero hmuelioil today iu
uauiit-u r n niTinrnr Mn in nn.
rukA 1.1... !..!. .M
Pthor ImttlnHhinH.
rolmbly AUuuotlIon Work.
UUllnilhfnrllv ii irUltltin nnnnntif
" w 1TW(1 UUUII1IUU UU 'IT
i wnicn tiioro woro nbout bo
II n..n....li.I TL 111
" "i iiKiiiuauio. is in 1'iiriB. uuu
from time to time nlvos out nl-
Rnnlnl... 11 . .. 1 .1.
iUOfl, whinli Iihva iiKvnvfi tirnvoii
xnggoratod nocouuts ol ooour-
iiat liaVQ linnn fnlW unl.Hslind.
OFF FOR POLAn QOLD.
TH- N,.IB n, W, ltfnnU Mn
ilrml Vmu,
ntniMKo Mini ,iorfu, C!X,,orlllll(. ,
ly. It Ih choked with tmlllo
'lU,,,','0,,ln' "' will TlS
I T ,:,"",H1,'f "-HI..V thoUH.
Uiw A.o. Vkm.1h of i HOrtH a
Ji.niM.ml toKOthnr in 1 (I1(H of wv,,
iwlmt whnrvcH. ,.t tho on.lH. In th
h Up-. ..nywlmro that .... o,,(lll)1(
nlTttruil Konio ,,! thy llr tw(, ,
hrm. .loop. Th (,r,,(t r,uiK,) from
jnmll twu-uiiMttiil NoliooiierHtotholliii.Ht
typo of h,rKo oconn-yolnK utoiunor.
Jhity ruprcMi.it, too, nil mhKi-h of hou
wor hliu-HH. Homo ro moru cockl().
MiuIIh;, (,tl' tfimforliihlo ,,nd
nvon liiKnnt htiminhhlpo littod for no.
ciiminodittloii of mimy piiHHoiiKorH mid
iiiiioh frolKht. l'or tho p,l8t wuok thoj
Imvo houn Ii-hvIiik Ht tho nito of two
mill thrno and ovon four i day, londud
In ovory IiimIviicu Imlow tho wnlor lint
wltli mattirlal and MippllcH and roovulti
for tho land of fahiilmiM noldon ntonoi
nnd (iirolmbly) uicaKvr KoldimroalltioH
Iho runh In coiiiiiiirni.l. u... in....
dlko oxoltumiint in (lliiuniHloim and lav
lMn uxpciiilltiiro of inoiuiy ior prupiira
tlon. Indued, it Ih prolmlilo tlmt mori
Jiorth-iioimd iiriontitN Imvo been It
Kfiiltlo ilnrln tho past 10 day time
for nny Rlmllar porlod two your iiro.
Thcro In more concentration about it.
Then twoplo woro IoiivIiik nil during tin
winter mid curly uprliiK for Kknt-wnj
nnd I)ynn and thoro wiih no Horlouncon
KfHlion horo at any timo. Now HeattU
1 tho tmiiKirry tiltinm thulo; tht
Noimirn como hero, or to Portland o
Hnn 1'ranriHco, and htny until tho day
of debarkation. Tho flrct vohhoI loft
Vnncoiivcr, II. 0., April 0, and It win
followed by Intermittent departures ol
KiiilliiK craft; but it wiih not until tin
Hohcrt Dollar left, mi Mv in tli
)vrL'uptlblo diminution wiih umdoiuthi
cnimiH oi caf,'cr Hpociilatorrt and proH
HuctorH. Sim wiih fiillnvvi.il runlillv In
other htcaniorn with many hundreds ol
punti'UKUrH.
THE CUBAN FRAUDS.
Nutijnrt fur llmtril I'lillllcnl Debute Ii
the Hrnutt.
WniihinKtoii, Miry 25. Thl wna I
day of rimpliiK Killtical rontrovoriiy and
ointory in the neimte. With tho contro
versy, thoHo on tho Democratic iiido o!
tho chamber, nuomoluim nH it inn
iii'om, had little to do. What by far
eeuliiK venatorN Ih rcKiirdcil in likely
to be tho parumount insuo of tho ap
proaching national campaign wiih the
RUbject of two notablu Hpi'iichcH, oik
by i'latt, of Cnnecticiit, and tho othoi
by Spooner. Tho former wiih an ans wci
to tho micuc1i dolivored a fow ilnyH nuc
by Uncoil, on his resolution doiniiiicliiiu
nu uxamluiilioii of llnancial condltiont
111 Cuba. I'latt favored tho adoption
of tho resolution, hut deprecated what
ho called n cheap effort to make politi
cal capital out of a phatnoful condition
of alTnirx, which tho Republican party
needed no prodding to induco it to
probo to tho bottom.
Tho Hpecch of Sjiooner wiih n contlnn.
Hliou of Ills addrcxi of TOHtcrday on the
I'hilllpino (incHtioii. In itH couno he
bocamu involved in a hoatod nnd ncn.a.
tional collo(iiy with Halo over the
i:ovoiniiiont'fl conduct of nffnirfl in out
"lllHtlllir pOKHCHHiollH. " It was u 10-
markablu controvoisy botweon two ol
tho best equipped hcnntom in tho pen-
nto, nnd wiih llHt?ned to with profound
attention by KouatorH, many ropresou
tativcH nnd crowded imllerlcs.
LAKEVIEW IN ASHES.
Tlio Ilil.lnr.i 1'iirtliill of the Town On.
Iroyi'il.
Lnkoviow. May '-'5. Kxcoptinc two
Iioiibos tho entire Imisiicss lKirtion ol
Lakoviow ih dcBtroyed by llro. Not
less than MGO.OOP worth of proporty
hiiH roiio up in Binoko. Tho govern
inont land olllco, tho postolllco, tno two
nownpiior olHcoi nnd tlio ontiro bust
iiohb district 1b ii charrod miisa of debris
JiiHt iih tho Itopublicnn incoting ns
somblod last nliht nt 8:30 tho fire
started iu room 'J7 of tho Lakoviow
houso, nnd within two hours tho town
wiih duHlrovcd.
No Hvoh wero lost nnd tho poonlo nro
boiiur tirovidod for throimli IrlondB
Tho Insurnuco, thounii running into wo
thoumiudu, is far below tho loss.
Tour of Dutch Kiivny.
Wnaiiinirtnn. 5Inv 2D. Mr. Flschor.
nno nl ihn ltoor cnvoTS. snoko frooly to
day of'thoir Bonornl pluus for tho
future. Ho snid it wiih thoir purposo
tn ..i.if m nr s nt tha nrluclnal cities
of tho United States nnd oxplnin to the
pooplo whatever tnoy liitsnt wisn to
nt fl.nll- IM1I1BK. TllOV CI11I10 tO
plead with tho wholo Aniorionn pooplo
for sympathy nnd soppori. ino oiues
which thoy will visit nnvo no jus
(nnd nnoii. and in mnkinK
their soloctlous thoy will ho guided by
thoir frionds. It Is probnhlo that thoy
will ovontunlly reach San Francisco,
stopplug on routo nt Chicago, Milwnu
bnn fit rnuls and Cincinnati. Othor
oltios hnvo ulso boon montionod.
Atnv 24. Mall roports
IM.O.....H.""! J -- - - .
f.n..i i. lMiilliuilnnH show tlmt tiioro
hns been n Btondy incroiido in tho num
ber ol bubonlo phKUo ciisos. There
wero 30 oases in Muniln during Janu
nryj 48 durin February, nnd 50 dur
ing Mnroh. During tho threo months
upproximntoly 100 cusoa of loprosy also
woro discovorod.
lloem Surromler.
TfimlmVlnv. Mav 25. About 800
noors havo surroudorod at Yryburg,
north of Kimborloy, nnd a Httlo mora
thnu half way botweon that plnco nnn
Mafoking. Tho roiul is all oloar from
Mafeklug, nnd all opposition in this
dlstrlot is practically eudod.
The IMheub in W'
Rio Jnnolro. May 2. It is offlolal
y nnnouncod tlmt several casos ol wo
pIokuo uavo ocourrou
Air, as Well as tho Ground,
Full of It.
DISTRICT IN SOUTHERN PARI
rnlinleiiin Win llUrovernl Hx Ter
Aijii Sliicn Tlmt Time 700 Well.
Have llrnn Hmili,
Tlio air in California, ns woll ns tho
Kround, Ih full of oil. It Ih on tho
idroot, In tho bnnk, In tho olllco ovory
whero. Ynlitahlo sjiaco In tho local
papors In daily lllleil with lurid do
HurlptloiiH of tlio fortunoH thatawnit In
voxturH In nhatcH of oil .-.took, and, in
deed, remote limit bo tho dlstrlot nnd
Illiterate tho domestic to whom tho
dazzling picture of fortuncH In oil In
VOMtmont nro not an familiar ami twlco
told tale. An oil exchange lias boon
formed In Loh AngeloH, occupying a
Htoro room on tho principal street,
whore for an hour a day tho interested
meet and advance or doprcw oil Hharos.
JIundredH ol derricks nro being OHtub
llHhed beyond tho ordinal oil HmltH,
nnd day and night tho pumps are tin
ceiiHiiiKly iniiiipiiiK oil. For rugged,
precipitous hills, that a few months
iigo woro worth only a fow hundred
dollarc, certified chockn for n hundred
thousand are now refused and property
is leased at fabulous prices.
This condition is not confluod to Lor
Angeles; from Han Dico como ruoorta
of increasing oil lindinuH.
Six years ago uu enterprising individ
ual bored an oil well iu Los AugeloH;
siuco that timo 700 wells, each costing
$:!,000, havo been sunk. While some
of theso havo hecomo oxhnusted, a
great many are still ruuninj;, nnd new
woIIh nro bolng dug at tho rapid rnto
of nt least 100 a month. A procession
of tanks Ih over on the move from Iho
oil districts to the various city manu
factories; electric light machinery
works nnd ruilwny shops enrry tills vul
uablo fuel, H14 barrels of which la
equal to ono ton of soft coal. Tho
base of California oil Is asphaltum, Its
avoraiio gravity la about 15 degrees, It
is a thick, black oil, and ono of the
best fuels yet discovered. Its by-products
outer into the lubricating oil, tho
painters, printers and other trades, nnd
tho nsphaltum, nfter the oil has boon
extracted, can be used for street pav
ing; indeed, the ancient Mexican who
inhabited theso regions n huudrod
years ago used it for roofing.
Thcro is no surety us to tho cost of
sinking nu oil well; u safo average may
bo btated nt $L',000. Going through
eoft sandstone, the borer has a compar
atively easy task, unloss ho drop a
tool or break his tubing, when tho cost
limy bo much Increased. At first the
product sold Tor !f 3 a barrel of 42 gal
lons, but went down to !I5 cents, at
which period the railroad companies
altered their engines to bum oil, for
oil at that figure rosulted In vast econ
omy to thorn. After tho ougluos wero
changed to burn oil up wout tho prico,
to that conl nfter nil proved in eomo
casoH tho chenpor fuol. Tho prlco ia
not likely to go over if 1.25, nnd may,
iu couHcquonco of thorccoutdlscoverioa
ol now Holds of almost unlimited ox-
tent, go down to a nominal figure
ngnln. Largo storago tanks nro built '
iu Los Angeles, containing upwards of
500,000 bar-els of oil. The average
dally product in Los Angeles is nbout '
5,000 bnrrols; nearly $2,000,000 por
nnnum, therefore, Is Uowiiij; into Loa
Angeles county todny from tho sale of '
oil nlono, nnd nbout an olglitn ol tnat
is paid to tho workers at tho pumpa
and haulers of tho portable tanks. A
vast forco is engnged in tho manufac
ture of machinery for tho oil wells,
nnd, In quotlug those statistics iurofer
onco to widespread bouollts of tho oil
industry, some odd thousand street oil
brokers nnd dealers in oil company
shares must not bo forgotten, for thoso
pooplo subsist, temporarily nt loast,
upon tho indiroct oil output. Ono of
tho most interesting oil fielilsMs that of (
Summorland, in Santa liarbara county,
whero wolls havo boon dug out in tho
ocoau below high tide, nnd wharves
nro run out from tho shoro upon which
tho pumping machinery is plnced.
When wo consider tno met mat wis
oxport oil trado of tho United States
dooroasing; that tho total shlpmouts ol
1808 woro 30,000,000 barrols loss than
thoso of 1897, tho discoveries of now
oil Holds and tho attouding oxcitomont
in California will bo gratifying. It
opona up a prospect for the Asintlo
trado that this country will undoubted
ly take advantngo of; tho Russian aud
Uornoan oil will havo a competitor in
Californin; freights to the Oiiont from
San Frnuclsco will bo considerably
loss than from Philadelphia. Mining
and Sciontlflo Press.
Portland, Muy 27.J3. B. Cowan
(ells tho Orogoulnn that pooplo uood
havo no fours nbout tho linker county
niinos, as tho dlstrlot has mndo bottoi
returns for tho amount so far invested
than any miuing region in tho Uultod
States. Mr. Cowan spoko ot a lO-stnmp
plant that nots Its owuors $20,000 a
month. In addition to tho mines thi.t
nro being regularly worked, n vast
nmount of prospootlng aud developing
is going on. In all rospocts tho min
ing futuro of Eastern Oregon is nnioh
better thnu Nome, Mr. Cowan thinks.,
n farm In West Virclnia thoro il
nn npplo troe which is eight foot 11 o
Iu 1880. 85 bushe'is
IUU1IVU Mw.. , 2 1
of apples wero gathered from it, and
sold nt tho nifplo houso for $00. Too
troo is 75 yoars old ana still uearing.
timv in North London. Ind.a
J 1JU1T o.'"' T V ,, ,
was soutoncod to a wook In jail for cry
ing falso nows on tho streots. What
f the nowsbors of Chi
cago nnd Now York should such a rul
provail in those owes,
CUBA AND THE ORIENT.
I.l.iul I'oMrii.lona the filllijoct of lie
luilo In the Hnnute.
Washington, May 20. Tho duty of
tho United Statos towards its "island
possessions" was the subject ot heated
discussion in tho somite again today.
Soon after tho sonato convened, JSacou
began an extended reply to tho speech
of I'latt, delivered yesterday. His
npeecli wns largely supplemental to that
which ho dollverod fovoral days ngo,
demnndlng nn Investigation of Cuban
nflalrs. I lis resolution, to which thore
is littlo or no opositlon, under tho rules
went to tho commlttco on contingent
expenses.
Tho remainder of tho afternoon was
occupied by Spoonor In concluding his
npeecli on the Philippine question.
Tho debate which ho aroused took a
turn decidedly political. Ho charged
tho so-called nntl-imperlallsts with
creating nu issue which wiih not legiti
mate. Many of his stutoments wero
controverted by Allen nnd Pottlgrow,
nnd tho controversy at tlmoa became
almost personal.
Washington,- Mny 20. Tho houso
practically devoted oight hours today
to tho consideration of tho Alaska civil
government bill, but progress was slow.
Two amendments of importance were
adopted. Ono of thorn authorized the
secretary of war to Issuo permits to ex
cavato or dredge for gold below low
water mark- on tho bench at Cape
Nomo. Tho fcocretnry has heretofore
Issued permits, but tho hill aa it passed
the senato cancelled them. The houso
ulso struck out tho chapter relating to
arrest and bail, which permitted ar
rests in certain civil actions. Tho con
ference 'roport on tho Indian appropiia
tlon bill wns adopted.
RUSSIA PLOTTING IN COREA.
Foment, n ltelielllon In Onler to Gain a
Foothold There.
Victoria, ii. C, May 20. The
Northern Pacific liner Glenogle reached
hero yesterday morning, having defeat
ed tlio Ylctoria, of tho samo line, in n
race ncross tho Pacific. She brings
news that Itussin ii continuing her ag
gression in Corea, and reports publish
ed in tho Hong Koug press stato that
during the maneuvers a Russian war
ship fired a shot nt a Japanese ship.
A serious rebellion has broken out
in Corea, for which Russian agents nro
held responsible. It is believed in the
Orient that Russia will offer troops to
repel tho retjols, nnd, onco getting a
foothold in tho country, will remain
there Announcement is made that
Russia aud Coiea havo entered Into a
secret treaty. Russia has met with
anned opjiositlon in Lioyang peninsula,
nenr Moukeu, having seven men
wounded by natives.
Chinoso rebels iu South China nre
nrming several vessels with arms nnd
ammunition for them having been
seized.
Tho Unitod States government steam
er Autipolo, wrecked on tho northern
end of Luzon, has boon raised.
A.k for nu Injunction.
San Francisco, Mny 20. Tlio only
development in tho plnguo situation to
day was an application made in the
United Statos court by tho Chinoso for
a temporary injunction to restrain tho
San Frnucisco board of health and Dr.
Keuyoun, tho lederal quurnntino officer,
from interfering with tho commerce
nnd comfort of tho Chinese quarter by
establishing a qunratlno on the pretext
that tho bubonic plague exists in this
city. Judgo Morrow said that ho did
not like to issuo n restraining order in
so important a matter without giving
tho other sido a hearing. For that
reason ho refused to grant a restraining
order, but granted, instead, an order
to show causo whynn injunction should
not be issued. The ordor to show causo
is returnable nt 11 A. M. tomorrow.
Chlne.e Froteat.
Washington, May 20. Tho Chinese
minister has received numerous telo
prams from Chinese residenta of Sun
Fraucicso, asking him to have revoked
the order that they shall bo inoculated
with the anti-plague serum. The situ
ation iu San Francisco is very grave,
ns the Chinese havo n great fear of thia
treatment, aud serious trouble mny
ensue if it is continuod. Tho minister
commented upon tho fact that tho
whites are not being treated, nnd ex
pressed the opinion that this was not
fair.
In tiermnn Samoa.
Berlin, Mny 20. The disquieting
news from Samoa, through English
channels is discredited here. The
llerliugor Tngoblatt, commenting upon
it, snys: "This is merely additional
evidence that tho English continuo in
triguing iu Samoa." The Loknl An
zeiger prints correspondence from
Samoa, describing tho situation thore as
"satisfactory."
Itlnta In I'rua.ln.
Berlin, May 20. Riots havo oo
currod repeatedly within the last few
days at Stolb, in tho province of Pom
crania, Prussia. Cavalry was sum
moned and nttackod tho crowd, and a
score of porsons were injurod.
Charged Willi KmboKzlement.
Carbondale, 111., May 20. W. T.
Wykos, of this city, was nrrestod Into
Inst night iu St. Louis, char, ed with
the embezzlement of $5,000 fi. .11 the
firm of Whitney & Co., of San Fran
cisco. lloer Knvoya Kiitertulned.
Washington, May 20. Representa
tive William Aldon Smith, of Michi
gan, gnvo a dinner tonight at tho Ilotol
Gordon to tho Boor commissioners.
Several members of congress were pres
ent. Webster Davis, in n speech at
the end of the dinner, oxprossod in a
most emphatic wny hia views, declar
ing that tho wholo pooplo of tho
Unitod Stntos bpllovo in tho causo of
liberty which waa represented by the
guests,
PACIFIC COAST NEWS 1
Oomnierclnl and Flnnnclnl Ilniipenlng-f
oT Intereat In the Growing
Wonlern State
Ilulnhrred Meren AVhnlei.
W. C. King, of Snnd Lnko, writes to
Iho Tillamook, Or., Headlight, tho fol
lowing story of tho killing of sevon
itrunded wjiales:
On Mny 10, na O. R. Chamberlain
wns walking nlong the beach, ho dis
covered fiomo black objects In tho odgo
Df tho wnter, nnd upon nppronohlng
oenrnr ho discovered that thoy woro
wimlos, which had become stranded
from some causo or other. Thoro woro
even of thorn, and they woro making
tremendous effort to get back into doop
water, without avail. Tho tide wns
leaving them. They would open their
mouths and draw in about a barrel of
water nnd then spurt it through the
liolo in tho top of their head 20 feet
Into tho air, nnd lying sometimes on
thoir sides it was llko getting in tho
cross-firo of a hoso company. Mr.
Chamberlain mndo tracks for homo to
net his gun and a butcher knifo to
carve them up. On his return he
, turned loose with his gun to kill thorn,
, but nfter wasting a few shots ho saw
that ho could not kill them in that
way, so he sailed into them with hia
butcher knife, and stuck them as you
' would a hog. That did tho work, and
ho soon hadfieven whales strung on the
beach that wero from oight to 18 feet
. long.
Ho at onco commenced to strip the
I blubber from tho outsido of tho body
mid inside the head. Tho fat was cut
into six-inch strips and thrown across
A horse's back and taken home and ren
dered out, which will amount to several
barrols. It has a market value, nnd
Mr. Chamberlain will likely realize
considerable from it.
Tnnurance Kate I.eis.
Representatives of the Pacific Board
of Underwriters havo finally lowered
. tho rato of insurance on all business
property in The Dalles, Or. This in
eludes the larger portion of the build-
ings bolow the bluff, and the rates in
I some cases were lowered much more
wan tlio citizens nau reason to expect.
This action on the part of the insurance
companies Is taken as a result of tho
incroased facilities for fighting fire here
above tho other cities of the clasa in
I the Northwest. A perfect fire alarm
j system is now in order, and the lecent
, chemical enigno and hook and ladder
lusts uave proveu very sausiaciory.
Quarantine at A.hland.
Georgo II. McGeer, M. D., aoting
fiqRlKtniit Kiirapnn nf tha TTiiitad Ktntpn
marine hospital service, has been
'oidercd from San Francisco to Ash-
, land by the quarantine service, to in
' . i -.. i i
upeut an umuese uuu jujiaiieso passen
gers of tho Southern Pacific passenger
trains coming into Oregon from Cali
fornia, and cee.that they havo ceitifi
cates showing them to havo beeu ex
empt fiom the contagion of the bubonic
plague before entering Oregon.
Valuable Onyx Mine.
Spokane, May 22. O. M. Rosendale,
a mining engineer of Portland, tells of
the onyx quarry, about 50 miles north
of here, in Stevens county. Two steam
drills nnd a saw mill are at work min
ing and cutting the onyx, which is the
finest of its kind in this country. It
takes a high polish nnd tho colors are
rich green and black. The deposit is
about 300 by 1,000 feet nnd the saw
' mill is fitted with hugo gang saws for
cutting tho mineral slabs. This Stov-
1 ens county onyx will rival that of tho
' nIH -nT-ll
In a bunoh of beef cattle delivered
In Arlington, Or., by Joseplr Frizzell,
there were threo steers that weighed
6,000 pounds. An Eastern buyer who
saw them said ho had never seen finer
eteera in tho Chicago market. The
Bteora.were photographed in Arlington,
and beforo nn hour 40 copies of the
pictures wero ordered. Thoy were
grndo Horofords of tho Dannemad
stock.
The season nt tho United States fish
commission station, at Baker lake,
Wash., situated nt tlio headwaters of a
branch of Skagit river, la practically at
a oloso. It is estimated that upward
of 00 per cent of tho salmon taken pro
duced youug fry and that moro than
10,500,000 healthy young salmon, ol
tho sockeyo or bluobnek variety, were
liberated aa a result of tho work at the
station.
The Bolgian haro crazo hns struck
Baker City, Or., says tho Democrat.
Bola Radish and Mosea Fuchs havo
gone into the business on n limitod
scalo, with tho chances of enlarging
their business into ponderous propor
tions off a small capital. Mossrs. Kad
Ish nnd Fuchs received a day or so go
two doos from n rabbltry in California,
and tho pedigrees uttaohed to them
would mako a Peroheron stallion
nshamed of himselt.
Work is progressing nicely on tho
water worka at North Bend, Cooa coun
ty, Or. Water Is being brought from
.Pony slough and n reservoir of 100,000
gallons capacity will bo constructed
on tho hill back of town. From thla
reservoir wntor will bo cnrrled in
pipes to overy residonco iu tho plnco
nnd will hnvo a prossure of 55. pounds
to tlio inoh.
The Grant's Pass, Or., Now Water,
Light & Power Company is erecting on
tho west sido ot their power houso n
building for tho making of ice. This
plant will bo supplied with tho latest
improved horizontal compressors, with'
n capacity of making six tons of ice a
day. Tho company ia also making
arrangements to operate nn irrigation
aitch thla summer, that will carry 500
inches of water in nn open ditoh, to
irrlgato many hundred acres of land
below the cower house.
TRADE IS QUIETER.
Quotation. Havo Weakened In BeT.rat
I.lnea of limine...
Bradstreet's eays: Trado is, if any
thing, quieter nnd prices are lowor than
a week ago, whilo efforts toward a re
adjustment of productive capacity tov
pros out conditions, are noted in several"
lines of industry, notably iron nnd steel
nnd lumber. Unsettled conditions ia
tho cotton trade, and a largo failure,
duo mainly to overstapling tho bull side)
of tho staple, has tended to weaken
quotations in several lines of speculative
business. Backward crop roports nnd
tho backward demand for cotton goods
are of course partly responsible for the
sharp break, but statistically the staple
remains vory strong.
Advices from tho dry goods trado aro
of backward demand at retail, affecting
orders in many lines, but cotton goods
production is still heavy.
The boot and shoo market is dull
with manufacturers firm but with job
bers asking for lower prices.
Lumber is on the whole wenkor,
partly owing to tho unsettled conditions
in tho building trado and partly to tha
fooling that prices have been, pushed
too high, and this feeling is likowise
true of a number of other lines.
Almost alone among iron and steel
products, structural material is firm
and much is hoped for in tho direction
of now business. The weakness in cast
iron pipe is inducing some curtailment
of production, notably at tho South.
Wheat, including flour, shipments for
the week aggregate 8,008,008 bushels,
against 5,178,422 bushels last week.
Business failures for the week num
ber 107 in tho United States, compared
with 155 last week.
In tho Dominion of Canada business
failures for tho week number 18, as
compared with 24 last week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Marketa.
Onions, $9.
Lettuce, hothouse, 40 45c doz.
Potatoes, $10017; $1718.
Beets, per sack, G0G0c.
Turnips, per sack, 4OG0o.
Carrots, per sack, $1.
Parsnips, per sack, 50 75c.
Cauliflower, California 85 90o.
Strawberries $2.25per case.
Celery 4000o per doz.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.001.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $2.002.76; $3.003.50.
Prunes, COe por box.
Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 1722o; ranch, 1517o pound.
Eggs 18o.
Cheese 14 15c.
Poultry 14o; dressed, 14 16c;
spring, $5.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00
12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $18.0019.00
Corn AVhole, $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, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; ryo flour, $3.804.00n -
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, .1M.00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00. .
Feed Chopped feQ'V-$19.00 per ton;
middlings, per t-"I.','"$20; oil cako meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
Bteers, prico 8c; cows, 7cj mutton 80;
pork, 8c; trimmed, 0c; veal, 8
10c.
Hams Large, 13c; small, 18Ji;
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides.
Sc.
Portland Market.
Wheat AValla Walla. 5152o;
Valley, 52c; Bluestem, 54c per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham,
$2.50; superflno, $2.10 per barrel.
Oata Choice white, 80c; choice:
gray, 83o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $14 14.50;
browing, $16.0010.50 por ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13 por ton; mid
dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $9 11; clover, $7
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $07 por ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 803Dc;
seconds, 45o; dairy, 2580o;
store, 2225o.
Eggs 18oper dozen.
Cheeso Orogon full cream, 18o;
Young America, 14c; now cheeso lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00
4.50 por dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
$3.503.60; goeso, $0.508.00 forold;
$4.500.50; ducks, $0.007.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1415o per
pound.
Potatoes 4005o per sack; sweets,
22to por pouna.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75o;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, lo per pound; parsnips, 76;
onious, 3o per pound; carrots, 50o.
Hops 2 80 per pound
Wool Vulley, 1213o per pound;
Eastorn Oregon, 1015o; mohair, 27
30o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethora,
and owes, 8 $40; dressed mutton, 7'
7) 4o per pound; lambs, 6K0.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light nnd feeders, $4.50; dressed,.
$5.000.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.Q04,60;
cows, $3.604.00; dressed beef, QH
7?40 per pound.
Ycal Largo, Gj7)oj small, 8
8o por pound.
Tallow 55c; No. 2 and grease,
8) s4o per pound.
Ban Frauoiaoo Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 1410o per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1210o; Yal
loy, 2022o; Northern, 1012o.
Hops 1809 crop, ll18o per
pound.
Buttor Fanoy creamery 1717Ko;
do seconds, lGlQjoj fanoy dairy.
lOo; do socouds, 1415o por pound.
Eggs Store, 16c; fanoy vanoh
17o.
Millstuffs Middlings, $17,00
20.00; bran, $13.60 13,50,