55 ON TARIFF Bill CUBANS ON T H F i Z '------ - HE AGGRESSIVE t Work the Senate Has Done So Far. p ay ’s SCHEDULES FIN ISH E D levei'Mgei nnd Manu» Win«*’ .„„•■I *i°oá‘ n “ ‘ “ ,,d Wu01 W,U ,b, N«it »“ < " U,B- ubiniton, June 19.— T he senate „K-r progress today on th e tar- ’ - a s ........... - Patch frotu' Havana ^ Hfcral'l dis- Oomea contfcmDufL“H T gressive movementloT 'lecuM l? during next month time he hag t ^ u‘ pUns which m o n ^ ^ nnoi n“ ' n* ,° rI ' - t few bans are lookim» f* " ^ i ■ aild tb,‘ Cu- verv *oon. 8 ° r “ J' K “tovemeut lb, i»«" "< f T h e S a n ta I V . S. w „ J u n e 21.— T ht "'n k Butler, charged w ith th« Cspta in Lee W eller, while » gold-proepecting trip, n(ied today, th e ju ry render- guilty. B u tler atte m p t throat w ith a piece of tir Rut was seized before h« injury. L ater he mad« resistance to th e keeper? . w»y to th e courthouse w il* beast ‘Z;„ "o r m f M m ust cease HATCHET. W EEKLY . long enough. ” Exam ination showed th a t nine shots had takeh effect, any one of_ which would have proved fatal. F e ll In to a T ra p . Havana, Ju n e 21.— A large force u n ­ der General (Quentin Bandera succeded in destroying a body of Spanish near Sabana. Bandera placed his men in am bush and then instructed five scouts to approach a fort where the Spanish were barricaded. T he Spaniards sallied from the fort in pursuit of the scouts, who fell back, leading th eir pursuers into the heart of th e Bandera am bush. A hot tight ensued, first w ith m usketry, hut finally hand to hand. All of B an­ dera's men were arm ed w ith machetes. Ten of the insurgents were killed, and the entire pursuing party of the Span­ iards. At Alguisa, a town of 3,000, 178 per­ sons die«I last m onth from hunger and destitution. N o P o l y g n m y A m o n g I n d ia n s . Perry, O. T ., Ju n e 21.—The Chey­ enne and A rapahoe Indians w ere wrought up over th e new law which goes into effect Ju ly 1, relatin g to poly­ gamy. A fter th a t tim e each of the 40 Cheyenne Indians who have more than one wife will have to choose one of th e two, three or more wives th a t he has, and the cast-off wives m ust leave him. To the squaws who have become en- lighteneil as to th e ir situation, the m at­ ter has liecome tragic. Every squaw who wants to rem ain w ith her husband is doing her best to please him , so th a t she will be the lncky wife. There are 40 of these polygamists, and in all they have over 100 squaws. n rn irn .ri W h llJ B ath in g . G reenville, Tex,. Ju n e 21.— Last night, while bathing in a pool six m iles from this city, Cashier King, of th e F irst N ational bank; Miss A ustin, of this city, and Ida Scheneck, of S her­ man. Tex., were drowned. Mr. King and Mss A ustin were together, and got beyond th eir depth. K ing called for help, and Fred Norsworth, who was w ith Miss Scheneck, w ent to th e rescue, but both were drowned before help reached them . Miss Scheneck, becom­ ing frightened, followed Mr. Nors­ worth. and, jum ping on his back, near- lv drowned him also. All parties wer* prominent. L a k ® 3t® » m ® r* i n C o l l U l o n . M ARKET L E T TE R . D o w n in g . H o p k i n s A C o m p a n y ’ * R e v i e w o f T ra d ® . t u w r l n n T a t tle A r e A l l R i c h t an d th e tiu v eru u ie-> t W i l l P r o v e I t . Milwaukee, Jn n e 19.—The steam er Virginia, of the Goo«lrich line, w ith 200 passengers on board, ran down the s c h o o n e r Eveline, bound from M enomi­ that system bad r | 20.000. nee, Mich., to Chicago, near th is port lo,s to the company. o f ^ e oy* r ^ last evening. The E veline’i cabin was 2 i n T K H ^ d e good to the com- shifte«i forward and her yawl was de­ m o li s h e d . A panic f prevailed among the V irg in ia's passengers, but th e steamer «■ontinoed on her course to C hi- \ cago and the E veline was towed to th e Milwaukee drvdock- Siberia only *0 d*y* T June 21.—An official Kansas City. • ^ |h a t th„ . d is c r im in a t io n W ashington, Ju n e 21.—The action outlined in the interview with Bellamy Storrer before his sailing for Kurop«*, looking to making vigorous representa­ tions to G reat B ritain , Germany and Belgium and lioubtlees to France, for a modification of the discrim inating measures against Amerii'an cattle, is the result of the indefatigable efforts f o n t«"\n Havana'* °0ncen,r»tin« hie jf Secretary of A griculture Wilson to probably make^ prov“ “* *nd wil1 •onihat the prejudices of the OKI World Havana General ¿ * nT 8,rat.ion against our farm products and to secure Orientals is repTte^m P ' 1' H00 to our exporters at least the same rights i w *° *laVe arrival in ! as are enjoyed by those of other coun- tries. Ever since the new adm inistra- ing throuvl. M , a'" 1 was n'»''',h- ( ) * , . „ ? M»tanzas several days ago. tioti began. Secretary Wilson has been pushing this m atter. He has had fre­ a council of quent interviews w ith the president when T,,1‘,be ,heU in a dav or so, and Secretary Sherman ou the subject. officers!*1* d,8clow llis Plal18 to his >everal new'diplom atic appointees have had conferences w ith the agricultural vauae foi'ih'Veyler intei,ds t0 >eave Ha- lepartm ent officials, at which questions ana lor the country next week. " “ bm the last week the insurgent! af this kind were discussed anil th e rituation explained. 1.VUV “ |,“ W »*»* “ > ■" The state departm ent is now co-oper- iting in the movement and in various in Havana province, this time only 15 ways has instructed its representatives ioiug to the countries named to state Th fiTi« tT“* H“V!Tna' in Huanabacoa. their cause to the respective govern­ is the second expedition landed in ments, setting out th e discrim inations m o n iT ,,r0VinC,i dUring the PreHent im|K>sed on our products, together w ith lata showing them to be unjustifiable. tl.7 'H i0eS ir,!ni Pliert0 Prin°iPe state These statem ents will also show th a t that the rebels are active in that prov- iin t. Several skirmishes between in ­ the restrictions placed on A merican cat­ surgents and Spanish forces have re- tle preclude any m aterial danger of loss by disease or otherwse. cently occurred. Official reports of experts in th e field During the last week a Spanish col­ umn 800 strong, under Colonel Revter, will be cited to dem onstrate th a t was attacked while marching to Santa American cattle products show a great­ er exemption from disease th an those Cruz. The rebels were repulsed, but of practically all other countries. Colonei Reyter was badly wounded and These representations will be accom­ 23 Spanish soldiers were killed. The panied by the significant w arning th a t rebel loss is not known. if the unjust discrim inating measures are continue«l, proper action w ill have r o SAVE RIVERA’S LIFE. to be taken by th is government. Dis­ crim inating nations will be given to 8t«|>> Taken in Wauhlngtnn to Prevent understand th at th e rights of Ameri-. the Execution. can exporters m ust be recognized, or New York, June 21.—A dispatch to «■lse privileges accorded foreign pro- the World from Washington says: A i ducers w ill be w ithdraw n. telegram from Senor Palma, of the Cuban junta at New' York, received SHE S H O T TO KILL. tonight by Secretary Quesada of the provisional legation reads: A T e x a s C o n tr a c to r K i l l e d b y a Y o u n g “ Prosecuting attorney has asked for W om an. death sentence of Ruiz Rivera and Ba­ St. Louis, Mo., Ju n e 21.— A special ca llao.” Steps were taken immediately to pre­ to the Republic from Paris, Texas, vent if possible the summary execution says: E«l Kilgore, a contractor and of such a sentence. Senator Morgan builder, met his death at the hands of and others were seen and their serv­ Miss Fanny Jackson and her three ices enlisted. Arrangements were brothers today. Kilgore was sittin g made to have influential senators call in the w aiting room a t Ladonia station early tomorrow upon Secretary Sher­ when Miss Jackson, accompanied by a man to urge him to request interfer­ sister and three brothers, enteretl, th e ence by the Madrid government, and men taking positions at th e doors. a direct api>eal will be made to the The girl drew a revolver and fired at president. It is expected that Minister Kilgore. The bullet w ent wide, and Taylor will be instructed to obtain struck her brother, Brixie Jackson, in Kilgore dashed down from the Madrid government assur­ the forehead. ances that tiie lives of the two men will the railroad track behind some freight :;ar8. Bud Jackson, another brother, be spared. Unless action is taken intercepted him and shot him in th e early in the Hay it is likely that Mr.1 hack. A fter Bud Jackon had em ptied Morgan will bring the matter to the a t­ his revolver, Miss Jackson walked up tention of the senate by a resolution, and fired tw o more shots at Kilgore, although there is one oil record already exclaiming: in behalf of Rivera. “ You coward, you have slandered me I than a».v da>’ Hin<'*, th e debatu Two entire schedules, cover- pjwjeH, were com pleted, nam ely, |Hl. on spirits, wines and bev- jnd’ichednle 1, on m anufactur- wngoo98 inclusive) were agreed to porte«!, without opposition. wine paragraph led to some dis- nn. That on cham pagne and other ¡ng wines was agreed to as re- The committee paragraph on tines was perfected by striking he provision for an additional duty tents on each bottle or jug and the itution of a provision th a t the bottles or jugs shall pay the duty as if empty. ■ite presented statem ents from "ntative wine men of C alifornia, ¡ling the paragraphs on wines as iffording sufficient protection, added his views th a t these brandies, and sim ila r articles be liberally taxed on th e prin- that they are articles of luxury, h he would not m ake th e tax bitive. said the rates were practically bitorv. In effect, it com pelled to drink California w ine or go t wine. senate paragraph w as agreed to. paragraph on cherry juice, etc. was modified by th e com m ittee ude the house proviso of “ con- no alcohol, or not more than percent of alcohol,” and thus 'to. ginger ale, soda w ater, etc. ,(299), committee changed th e wording “other sim ilar w aters” to “ bev- oontaining no alcohol.” The ph was then agree«! to w ith a ttee provision th a t all filled hot- II have the character of their B u tte G a te w a y N o t O p e n . tsblown in the bottles. Denver, Colo., June 21.—In answet ule I, cotton m anufactures, then taken up. T he first para- to a message of inquiry sent him from 1301), cotton thread and yarn, this city, S. W. Ecoles, general traffic tested by Jones of A rkansas, manager of the Oregon Short Line, beat length on th e a b ility of wired: "H ave not opened the Butte gate­ ■arican cotton m anu factu rer to against the foreign producer way, and do not contemplate doing so thigh duties. at present.” Had the Butte gateway been opened debate, although on th e first ph of the cotton schedule, to« k it would have let the Great Northern range, covering th e e n tire cot- and Northern Pacific roads into Utah to compete with the Rio Grande Western tion. and Union Pacific and would have given of Arkansas offered an am end- the Union Pacific a chance to practic­ in the nature of a te st on th e en- ally freeze out the Oregon Short Line tttton schedule, proposing the on through traffic between Ogden and rates on cotton thread and Butte by cutting the rate from the Mis­ Rejected, 20 to 30, McEnery souri river to Ogden to $5 or $10. with the Republicans in the re. The D em ocratic senators, A flair« III B r a z il. Clay, M cLaurin and T illm an , New York, June 21.—A dispatch to b*d voted for a d uty on raw cot- the Herald from Buenos Ayres says: *ere in the affirm ative on this The Herald correspondent in Rio J a ­ tore«iuce the rate on manufac- neiro telegraphs that the government wtton. A fter th is contest, rapid has been officially informed of the re­ was made on th e schedule, 1 capture of Canudo by the fanatics. phs being agreed to as re- There was a fierce encounter, continu­ ing for several hours. The rebels are notion of A llison, paragraph 31f now safelv entrenched around the city »ged to exclude braids and gor- and are well prepared for an attack Merting suspenders and braces from the government troops. A mixed commission has been ap­ Percent ami reflucing th e rate on for garments to 60 cents per pointed to place the landmarks on the frontier of Brazil and Peru. *»d 30 per cent ad valorem , also propose«! a new para Accept®*! b y th® P o rt® . i. Ss, with a view to m eeting London, June 3 1 .-T h e Athens cor­ “'f heretofore imposed on raw respondent of the Daily Telegraph says: c. said th e du ty on raw oot- It is reported here tonight that the dremained in th e bill, would peace conference and the porte have ac­ require an e n tire overhauling cepted a settlement giving Turkey wtton schedule a t a la ter date, either the town of Ligaria, southeast of itional paragraph provides th a t Mi loans, or Nezeros, north of Larissa Wton yarns finer th an No. 10 The Athens correspondent of tne **1 on the goods m anufactured ' Chronicle says: The porte has aban­ , we d u ty shall be 10 per cent doned the policy of delay and decided , n to the rates of th e cotton to accept the advice of thejow ers. W. D e b « ’ C o lo n y > « m e « t. n »»id he was one of th e Dem- Chicago. June 2 1 .-T b e name for for a duty on raw cotton to th a t he w anted th e bili Debs’ O p e r a t iv e Colonization 8«uety .** heavily as possible, so as to is “ The Social Democracy of America. toe people and have them Debs advanced reasons for the title whch were approved by a majority of Ton out.” the delegates.____________ Tr*‘" R»n I n t o a R i v e r . x h e B a lc o n y r.n v e ’ June 21.— A north-bound , toxin on th e Chicago, Mil- om St. Paul road ran in to the . w ow . r x i i v T I L . riT,“r tonight at K inzie street people, gave way, '« '“ ’f : ” . , *®re hurt, but it is not expect- ¿T thc people were s!lghtly_injured. «8 die. ■•Ter R u t t e r C o n v i c t e d . W A SH IN G TO N C O U N T Y T here were a num ber of eonnidera- K Resume of Events in the tiuns in th e wheat m arket to unsettle the ideas of traders. T he uneasiness Northwest. over th e Ju ly deal on account of the sm all stocks has been o n eo f th e factors. I t was started by th e discovery th a t EVIDENCE O F STEADY GROW TH trades in Ju ly would not settle w ith one of th e prom inent elevator conoerns, and th e conclusion was at once reached N e w « G a t h e r e d In A l l th ® T o w n s o f | th a t th is concern had bought enough O u r N e ig h b o r in g S t a t e s — I m p r o v e - J Ju ly w heat to develop an in terestin g situ atio n w i’h local contract stocks of m e n t N o t e d in A l l I n d u s t r i e s —O r e g o n . [ w heat so abnorm ally low. Not only A storia now has a paid fire d ep a rt­ are local stocks und th e A m erican v isi­ ment. ble aw ay below last y ea r’s level, hut Pendleton is oonsiilering th e proposi- ' th e recent decreases have each week tion of buying in its own paper, as an been greater than expected. On ai-eount of th e good cash trade th e local out investm ent for funds. Tiie locks a t th e Cascades w e r e ; inspection has been heavy, and each opened for th e season last week, as high week a large percentage of th e local stock is moveil out. T he position taken w ater is over for th is year. by th e board of trade directory on the Baker C ity ’s praises are loudly sung elevator question was inclined to add by all the visiting firemen who took to th e uneasiness regarding th e possi­ p art in the tournam ent there. bility of a J u ly squeeze. Indian A gent H arper says th a t many Among th e m inor consideration« fish are being taken in th e U m atilla have been th e changes in th e w'eather, riv er by persons using dynam ite. th e reports of locusts in th e N o rth ­ W inans Bros, brought into The west, th e good spring w heat flour trade. Dalles 1,200 pounds of salmon one day In a general w ay th e m arket has been last week. The run is light, but the u nsettled and easily influenced in eith ei fish are of excellent q u ality . direction by a com paratively sm all Seven em igrant wagons passetl volume of trade. through Lakeview. Three of them were P o r tta u d M a rk e t*. bound for Indiana, and th e rest for N e­ F lo u r— P o rtland, Salem, Caaoadia braska. T hey were from Rogue river and Dayton, $3.75; Benton county and valley. W hite Lily, $3.75; graham , $3.40; su­ T he bicyclists of A storia are talking perfine, $2.60 per barrel. of building a bicycle path, and it is W heat— W alla W alla, 70@71c; V al­ suggeste«! th a t th e county join them in ley, 72c per bushel. building a good road to Jo h n D ay’s and Oats— Choioe w hite, 38@40o per Knappa. bushel; choice gray, 87@39c. Lane co unty’s jail has been w ith o u t H ay—Tim othy, $10.00@ 13.50 per an occupant since th e March term of ton; clover, $11.50<§ 12.60: w heat and circu it court, the longest perio«l it has oat, $10.00(dll 1.00 per ton. been em pty during the present sheriff’s Barley— Fee«! barley, $16.60 per ton; term of office. brewing, $18@19. M illstu ffs— B ran, $14.50, shorts, The Lane county court has let the contraot to build a 100-foot strain beam $16.50; m iddlings, $23.60. B u tter— Cream ery, 85c; dairy, 20@ truss bridge, w ith crib pier, across Salmon creek, for $890. Seven bids 25c; store, 171%(830c per roll. Potatoes— Oregon B u rb an k s,40(850c; w ere handeil in by lour bidders. T he grasshoppers are doing consider­ G arn et Chilitxi, 55(865c; E arly Rose, able damage in th e v icinity of L exing­ 35(840o per sack; sweeta, $2.75 per ton, Or. G ardens have been com­ cental for Merced; new potatoea, $1(8 1.10 per cental. pletely ruined, and in many places P o u ltry —Chickens, mixed, $8.00@ en tire fields of w heat have been eaten 3.25; geese, $2.50(84.60; turkeys, live, up. 10c; ducks, $2.50(83.50 per dozen. The graduating class at th e Corvallis Eggs— Oregon, 11 ( 8 12c per dozen. college th is year num bers 17, against 48 ChecBe— Oregon, llt ^ o ; Young last year and 51 th e year previous. America, 12 per pound. T he reduction in th e num ber is largely Wool— Valley, 12c per pound; E ast­ due to an extension of th e course from ern Oregon, 6 (8 8c. th ree to four years. Hops— 7 (8 8c per pound. T here w ill be no grain raised in the Beef — Gross, top steers, $3.50; northern p art of Morrow county this cows, $2.50(83.00; dressed beef, 6(8 year, and b u t a sm all am ount of hay, 6?^c per pound. th e grasshoppers having destroyed M utton—Gross, best sheep, w ethers everything, in sight. The jiortion of and ewes, 2 ' ac; dressed m utton, 4)% th e county th a t they have not visited (8 5c per pound. Hogs—Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00(8 w ill raise an average crop. T he W eston Leader says th a t a n um ­ 4.50; lig h t and feeders, $2.50(83.00; ber of pioneer relics were exhibited at dressed $3.00(84.75 per cwt. V eal—Large, 3 (¿(84c; sm all, 4 .^ (8 th e reunion te n t th ere recently. Thomas Spence’s contribution was a pocket rifle 5c per pound. 100 years old, made in M assachusetts. S eattl® M a rk e ts . I t is a harm less-looking affair now, but W heat — Chicken feed, $26 per was considered a tru sty weapon by Mr. ton. Spence’s father, who, arm ed w ith it O ats— Choice, $21(822 per ton. alone chased a band of Indian horse- F lo u r—(Jobbing)— P a te n t excellent, thieves for three days. /4 .6 0 ; N ovelty A, $4.30; C alifornia brands, $4.60; Dakota, $5.65; p aten t, W a s h in g to n . $5.25. The free text-book proposition w ai B arley— Rolled or ground, $20 per voted down in M ount V ernon. ton; whole, $19. Steam boat men at G ra y ’s harbor are Corn— W hc’.«*, $20 per ton; cracked, ta lk in g of pu ttin g a steam er on N orth $20; fee«l meal, $20. river, above th e jam. M illstuffs— Bran, $15.00 per ton; T he num ber of deaths in Seattle d u r­ shorts, $18. H ay— P uget sound, per ton, $12.00; ing May was 38. E ig h t of these were children and tw o were from drowning. Eastern W ashington, $17; California, A t th e school election in W alla $13(814. Feed—Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton; W alla th e proposition to furnish free text-books was defeated by a vote of 31 m iddlings, $22; oilcake m eal, $30. P o u ltry —Chickens, live, per ponnd, to 14. hens, 11c; spring chickens, $2.50@ 3.50; W infield Scott Rich, of Cambridge, ducks, $5@6. Mass., has been engaged as principal B u tter — F ancy n ative cream ery, of th e Spokane high school, a t a salary brick, i6c; ranch, 10(812. of $1,200 a year. Cheese— N ative W ashington, 10® A ll laws passed by th e last session of 11c; E astern, llo ; California, 9(^c. th e W ashington legislature, to which Vegetables— Potatoes, per ton, $10.00 no emergency clause is attached, have (8 11; Yakima«, $12(413; rhnbard 1 become operative. (82c per pound; onions, $1; carrots, per B em is’ shingle m ill, in Cow litz coun­ sack, $1; cabbage, native, per 100 lbs, ty, th a t has been delayed on account of $1.75® 2; new potatoes, l( £ ® l( £ o per th e jam of bolts in th e T outle river, per lh. Eggs— Fresli ranch, 14® 15c. w ill be started up a t once. F resh M eats—Choice dressed beef, An ordinance has been passe«! hy th* O lym pia council denying to all bloyol« steers, 6 (yc; cows, 6c; m utton, sheep, riders th e use of th e sidew alks for 6(«c per pound; pork, 6 1„c per pound; veal, sm all, 6®7c. riding during th e dry season. Fresh F ish — H alib u t, 3® 4(£o; Three Seattle w heelm en made th e salm on, 4® 5c; salmon tro u t, 7® 10c; run from S eattle to O lym pia and return flounders and soles, 8® 4c. last Sunday, covering th e en tire dis­ * Provisions— Hams, large, 11c; ham s, tance of 154 m iles on th e ir bicycles. sm all, l l ( i c ; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry The A tlas L um ber Company, at M ur­ salt sides, 6((C per pound. ray, is p u ttin g an additional engine F ru its— Lemons, C alifornia, fancy, into its sawm ill. L ast m onth the com ­ $3.00® 8.60; choioe, $2.50; oranges, pany shipped more th an 70 carloads of seedlings, $2.50; M editerranean sweets, lum ber East. $3® 8.50; bananas, s h ip p n g , $1.75® T he Lewis county com missioners at 2.76 per bnnch; apples, * l.6 0 ® 2 per _______ th e ir latest m eeting, decided to post­ box. pone indefinitely th e proposition to is­ Ka n F r a n r l a r o M a r k e t s . sue funding bomls to tak e up th e coun­ Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks, 60® 75c; ty ’s floating indebtedness. Two rolls of steel wire cable were re­ E arly Roee, 60® 70c; River B u r­ banks, 50® 65c; sweets, $1.25 per ceived in S helton, Mason comity, re­ cently for Sim pson's logging camps. c e n ta l.. B u tter— Fancy cream ery, 16)^c; do Each roll is 4,000 feet long and weigh« seconds, 15®15(%c; fancy dairy, 5,000 ponnds. They cost in St. Louil 14® 15c; seconds, 13® 14c. $ 2 , 000 . Cheese— Fancy m ild, new , 8 ® 8 (^c; M iners in th e Swank d istric t in K it­ fair to good, 7® 7 (^c; Young A m erica, tita s <»unty have begun work for the 8® 9c; E astern, 14® 16f^c. season and clean-ups are yielding well. Wool—Choice foothill, 8® 10c; Ran Two large dam s on Baker creek, to hold Joaquin plains, 7® 9c; do 12 m onths, 25.000,000 gallons of water, are to be 7 ® 9c per ponnd. b u ilt th is sum m er. Onions— New, red, 60® 70c. The sta te land commission has a r­ Eggs— Ranch, 12 % ® 15c per dosen. ranged to p ut six land cruisers in th e H ay—W heat and oat, $7® 10; beat field to overlook th e new tow nships re­ barley, $6.50® 8.00; alfalfa, $6® 8; cently surveyed, and m ake state selec­ clover, $6® 8; com pressed w heat. tions therefrom . Some of th e cruisers $6.60® 10.00; straw , 36® 60c per bale. are already taking to th e field. Tropical F ru it— Bananaa, $1.00® F ish Com m issioner Crawford was on 2.00 per hunch. th e Sound and a t the Baker l*ke h atch ­ C itrus F ru it—O ranges, navel, $2.00 ery last week. T he report th a t t h e , ® 2.60; seedlings, do, $ !.2 S ® 2 .0 0 ; com ­ hatch ery w ill close down on account of mon lemons, 75c® $1.60; fancy, $2.00 th e failu re of th e legislature to a p p ro (¿2 26 par bos. p rlate funds, he says, is inoorreot. T he Apple*—$ 1.26® 2 per bos; E astern, hatch ery is m aintained o ut of tho li­ $3.60 per barreL m a # fund. __ MAKES GOOD REPORT SECRETARY GAGE IS PLE A SED WITH B U S IN E S S O U T L O O K . H e F in d s I m p r o v e d ( '« » m l l t l o n * a n « «>* * « I 'r o a p e c t o f T h e i r l o u U n u a n r e - T k C u b a n Q u e n t lo n —\ V h a t In d o in g ss nt t h e N a t i o n a l C a p it a l. E. F. P arsons , Sp ecial C orrespondent. W ashington, D. C .—Secretary G ag* got goo«l news, as well as giving it o n liis recent trips to C in cin n ati, P h ila ­ delphia, N ashville and oth er cities. H is C incinnati address brought g reat encouragem eut to th e oountry, and ho in tu rn was him self encouraged by w hat other }ieople said to him . " T h e com mercial clubs w hich m e t a t C in cin n ati,” said Mr. Gage, “ a re coin(K)s««l of represenative com m ercial and m anufacturing men from four greaU cities of the country, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis and C incinnati. They are th e heads of th e greatest com m ercial an d m anufacturing houses of these g rea t cities. Each one of them ia in touch w ith his representatives in all p arts o f the country and obtains inform ation concerning business conditions all o ver th e U nited States. T ake such a m an as Mr. A rm our, for instanoe: he bee hundreds of representatives located n o t only in all th e g reat oitiea b u t th e sm aller places of th e country and o f course is in touch w ith them co n stan tly and is able to judge of busineas condi­ tions th e country over. T h e earn» nmy lie said to a great ex ten t, perhaps, of M arshall F ield, whose business lin e s bring him in touch w ith every p ^ e f th e U nited States. A nother C hicago house represente«! th ere does a large business in the m anufacture of eleva­ tors, engines and other products of th a t class. Mr. P ullm an reaches, throng)* his sleeping-car system, of course, every p art of th e oountry, and is ab le to accordingly diagnose business condi­ tions and judge of business activ ity or th e reverse. The representatives of o th er cities and o th e r lines of b u sin ess have equal facilities for judging of b u si­ ness conditions and of th e feelings of th e business public th e country over. “ I was gratified to find a very eatia- factory feeling am ong those gentlem an who th u s formed th e ir opinions by th e ir contact w ith tho- business and com mer­ cial men in a ll p arts of th e country. T hey reporteil a b etter business condi­ tion and b etter feeling th a n has been realized for a long tim e. By th is, I mean not an extrem e grow th of ac tiv ­ ity, b u t a m arked im provem ent an d one w hich is accom panied by confi­ dence on th e ir p art th a t it is th e begin­ ning of a perm anent im provem ent. We have, of course, seen in th e paat, spurts of business im provem ent w hich were only tem porary, b u t th e feeling among these gentlem en was th a t th e im provem ent w hich th ey observed is likely to be perm anent and to co n tin u e to increase w ith such legislation a e w ill assure them regarding currency as w ell as ta riff.” “ Do you th in k th a t th e free silv er sentim ent is as strong as it w as th re e m onths ago?” " O f course th e people w ith whom 1 came in contact represent th e c itie s only so th a t I could not ju d g e so ac­ curately from w hat th ey personally know; b u t it is q u ite ap p aren t, n o t only from w hat I learn through th a m , b u t from o th er sources, th a t th e ailv er sen tim en t is on th e decline. E vents o f th e past few m onths have been decidaly adverse to it and m ust have had a d e­ pressing influence upon its advocates and upon th e theory itself. Ja p a n , for instanoe, to w hich they called p articu ­ lar atten tio n d u rin g th e cam paign M l a* sh in in g exam ple of free silv er pro s­ perity, has adopted a gold sta n d ard . Ro have P ent and Russia, and th e te n ­ dency among o th er silver using coun­ tries seems to be in th a t diroction. All these things, coupled w ith th e con­ tinuous fall in th e price of silver, is not only showing people th e unwiadoaa of th e proposition which these leaders so strenuously advocated, b ut are show­ ing to these them selves th e im proba­ b ility of inducing th e A m erican peoplw to again support such a p ro p o sitio n .” B u llio n S liv e r D o w n . Silver bullion continues to fall. I t w ent down to 60 cents an ounce several days ago, the low erst point ever touched except for a brief period d u rin g th u panic of 1894. The steady decline d u rin g th e la st q u arter of a cen tu ry has a ttracted u great deal of atten tio n th ro u g h o u t th u world. South A m erican silver coin ie fairly flooding European m arkets. T h e price of silver has fallen to 76 rupase in Im lia, th e lowest o n 'reco rd . C hina was considered th e stro n g h o ld of silver and was one of th e best cus­ tom ers th e m iners have had in la te years, b ut she is preparing for th e gold standard and only took o n e-ten th as much silver th is year as she absorbed d u rin g th e corres|>onding )ieriod la st year. Follow ing P eru, Ja p an , R ussia and C hili, th e A rgentine Republic, as w ell as other South American co u n tries, ia preparing to a«lopt th e gold stan d ard . The Republican senators who fram ed th e tariff bill have denounced as false th e published charges th a t th e sngar tru s t controlled th e form ation of th e schedule* of the tariff bill relatin g to its product, ami have challengeti a pub­ lic investigation of th e statem enL T h ® C u b a n S it u a t io n . T here is a rig h t way and a wrong wny of doing things, and it is because th e rig h t way is b etter th an th e wrong w ay th a t th e Republicans have been u n w ill­ ing to pase th e Cuban resolution in con­ gress and force it upon th e p resid en t prem aturely, when it is known th a t be is working o u t a policy of his own. Ik is believed th a t th e reports of S pecial Counsel Calhoun and Consul-U eiw ral Lee on th e B a it esse and conditions in Cuba generally w ill lead to som e deft, ■ite action by th e president soom