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- wngoo<ls. This brings the sen- the flax schedule w ith th e iin- twool schedule standing next, portion of the bill passed today antially the same as th a t re- ‘ the committee changes being runt, while the opposition •jnients of Jones of A rkansas and were systematically rejected by ¡ties varying from live to ten. ywn secured th e adoption of a naragrapli to the cotton schedule »view of com pensating th e cot- nanufacturers for th e recent ac- 0f the senate in placing raw cot- the dutiable list. paragraph 289, on m otion of A lli es house provision w as restored, remaining paragraphs on sp irits ,0 >98 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