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Queen K«*u*< k nt of Spain Said to Be
lii'KHlnt; for Medtutton.
* lioiulon, April 3.—The queeu regent of
Spain has sent an autograph letter to the
queen of England, the New York World
correspondent learns from a high source,
imploring help. Queen Maria Christina
begs Queen Victoria to use her influence
to prevail upon the British government to
support Austria and France in an attempt
to secure European mediation. This ex
traordinary step has been taken by the
queen regent because of the codl reception
accorded by the British government to
the representations of the Spanish ambas
sador respecting mediation.
The World informant adds: Queen Vic
toria simply forwarded a copy of the
queen regent's letter to Lord Salisbury,
whose policy will not in any way be af
fected by it. England will tolerate no pol
icy of bolstering up Spanish rule in Cuba.
The opinion prevails that the government
will be pressed from the liberal benches of
the house of commons to recognize the in
dependence of Cuba as soon as the United
►States does so.
Spain In .\ihml of MaclilniNti,
Washington, April s.—The navy de
partment has received a dispatch saying
that the Spanish warship Carlos V has
been delayed from sailing for Ferrol up
to this time because she was waiting for
the arrival of French machinists. Seven
of these machinists were selected and
taken aboard and the vessel departed for
Ferrol. This confirms information which
the navy department has received fre
quently that the Spanish navy is poorly
equipped with machinists for war ves
sels and has been seeking experienced men
in France.
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ABOUT PAPAL MEDIA!!
, AN UNOFFICIAL EFFORT
t Not mi AruilNtlce. hut a Tract*, n
| Truer of Uud Aktciml I pon—A
lliuli Spanish Dtuii ita ry Tulk* ■
\\ lili ii C'«»rrt>N|iuud«>ut til Madrid, 1
j JNJntlrid. April 4. —The correspondent!
liere of the Associated Press has just had :
an interview with a high personage of.
great authority, who cleared up many i
discrepancies in previous reports, showing;
just how the papal intervention occurred, j
Unfortunately the name of this high per-1
sonage can not be quoted, but no one is j
better qualified to speak with knowledge |
of the subject. This minister says:
"There is no papal telegram whatever. 1
What happened was that the Spanish rep- j
resentative at the Vatican was approach-!
Ed by Cardinal liampolli, who told him
the president of the United States had j
allowed it to be understood that papal in- ]
tervention would be acceptable. The;
: Spanish ambassador wired here to that j
S effect, and indicated that he had sent a 1
categorical reply to President McKinley,
the terms having previously been concert-1
fd to the last point consistent with Spain's j
honor, in which we were certain the pope i
would respects the rights and honor of
Spain, and agreed to his intervention. It;
I was impossible for our country to offer
! jiii armistice at the suggestion of a for
| eign power, but when the father of Chris
i tendom, without force but with vast mor
, al power, offered intervention, we could \
I not refuse it, knowing well that reliance j
| might be placed upon his independent j
j judgment. So, not an armistice but a j
| truce, a truce of God, has been agreed i
| upon. This, however, requires action j
upon the part of the United States, con- j
sequential action to our concessions. The!
! rebels have l>een, not designedly, we be- j
| lieve, assisted and couraged by the. pres- 1
ence of American warships in the neigh
borhood of the island. A continuance of
this would militate against the pope's
good olliees and against the hope of peace.
IWe know President McKinley has work
• iil for peace, but an influence has been
j growing like a rising tide, and it is now
i a question whether any barrier or em
j bankmeut he would set across its pro
| gress would be strong enough to with
j stand its force. Spain has shown her
; willingness to secure peace by concessions
to the last point consistent with her na-
I tional honor. The future depends upon
j the power of the American government
j in controlling hostile public opinion."
PROCEEDINGS OF GONGEESS.
Something of the Talks and the Acta
of Both Branches.
An exciting incident was caused in the
house Thursday by Mr. Lewis (dem.) of
Washington. In unmeasured terms he
denounced the administration, which, ru
mor said, was considering a money in- ;
demnifleation for the murder of the!
Maine sailors. i
Mr. Johnson (rep.) of Indiana replied j
in a heated speech, with withering sar
casm. He declared the true solution of 1
the problem of wiping the Spanish na- :
tion off the map would be to harness up
the gentleman from Washington and '
turn him loose. But, seriously, he de
i clared, he despised this cry of war.
A storm of hisses greeted this state
j ment.
J Proceeding, he declared if congress I
would rest in its seat and keep its hands'
J off, peace would be preserved.
Mr. Lewis replied to Johnson a few
moments later. He declared if the In
dianian spoke for the president on the
floor, when his political epitaph woe
written it would contain only the line:
"Too Much Johnson."
Johnson responded in a speech that at- 1
tracted the most intense interest. Cheers, i
applause and hisses at different times
greeted him. It was an eloquent appeal
for peace.
Mr. Bailey, the democratic leader, fol
lowed Johnson, and charged that the re
fusal of the republicans to vote for the
freedom of Cuba was to give the presi
dent a chance to compel Cuba to buy her
liberty from the butchers of Spain. All
Cuba desired was recognition so she could
buy arms and ammunition, and in a few
months she would be free. So eloquently
did he describe the horrors of war as they
had come to the southern people that
members on the floor and listeners in the
; galleries actually wept, and when, in con
| elusion, he declared his Bide of the house
I was for free Cuba, without war if pos
| sible, but with war if necessary, the dem
jonstration from the galleries was over
whelming.
After an exceedingly turbulent sessien
of six hours the house Friday passed the
naval appropriation bill and then adjourn
ed until Monday The war spirit was man
ifested in all the speeches and overrode
the naval committee itself by increasing
the number of torpedo boats and torpedo
boat destropers to 24, the bill as reported
providing for but 12. The amendment of
Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropria
tions committee, to reduce the number of
battleships to one, was buried under an
overwhelming majority. The provision re
lating to armor plate, which, in ordinary
times, would have precipitated a debate of
several days, was disposed of in 10 min-
I utes, the proposition to decrease the price
agreed to in the bill from $400 to $300 per
ton being drowned in a perfect chorus of
noes. Mr. Cannon, during the course of
the day, announced the belief of a major- \
ity of the members that war would be up- j
on us within a week, and Mr. De Armond
of Missouri made a notable speech, declar- j
ing that if hostilities were near it was our
duty to strike the first blow.
'llie senate spent all of Friday in the
discussion of the resolution reported from
the committee on foreign relations for the
! acquisition of the West India islands own
| ed by Denmark and the session was closed
by the practical withdrawal of the reso
! lut ion by Senator Lodge, its author. He
I stated the debate had developed such a
wide difference of opinion in the senate,
1 where there had heretofore been such
• unanimity, that he would not furtherj
press the matter at a time when the piys I
ident needed the support of all senators of
all parties. He moved that the senate pro
ceed to the consideration of executive bus
| iiless, thus voluntarily for the time being
j abandoning the resolution.
O lint ruction by llnll.-y.
In the house Monday afternoon Mr.
Cannon moved to suspend the rules to
paw the joint resolution allowing the erec
tion of fortifications on private property.
Unanimous consent for its consideration
was refused by Mr. Bailey. Mr. Cannon
said the resolution gave the president Uis
eretion iu the matter of acquiring land. :
Mr. Bailey said he simply desired to call j
the attention of the house to the fact that (
it had in the last 30 days been called upon
to vote upon emergency measures, and j
the house was not in possession of any j
information showing that the administra
tion thought there was any extraordinary !
emergency confronting the country. He;
would have denied a democratic president •
the $50,000,000 appropriation. Mr. ltailey
said the country ought to know what the
administration is doing and intends to do.
The democrats were ready to assist in the
prosecution of war to a successful termi
nation. This caused applause, which the
speaker rebuked. Mr. ltailey said the ap
plause in the galleries was merely a min
iature of the feeling of the people of the
country. Again there was applause in
the galleries, and the speaker threatened
to have them cleared. Mr. Steele (rep.) of
Indiana said this would hardly be fair, as
Mr. Bailey was talking to the galleries.
(Laughter on the republican side.) Mr. i
Bailey closed by saying that if the presi-1
dent wanted more time to treat with the
Spanish butchers it would be granted. Mr.
Lent/ (dem.) of Ohio offered a belliger
| ency amendment to the resolution. Mr.
Williams (dem.) of Mississippi, member
| of the committee on foreign affairs, op
| posed the amendment for belligerency,
saying he thought it inopportune at this
! time. "We should all move in a solid
phalanx when the time comes," he said.
The democratic side of the house had ex
pressed its views and it was now time to
j wait. The statement was significant, as
j Mr. Williams had but half an hour previ
! ously emerged from the foreign affairs
1 committee.
Favor Cuban Intervention.
! The senate chamber was jammed Mon
' day with people interested in Cuban af
! fairs. The Chandler resolution, calling
| for consular correspondence, went over,
i on motion of Senator Davis until Wed
! nesday, and the Quay independence reso
; lution followed. Senator Clay of Georgia
! made a speech urging that war be avoided
I if possible, but addiug that there was no
| remedy that did not concede the absolute
I independence of Cuba. Senator Perkins,
| in a speech on the Cuban question, de
j clared the blowing up of the Maine by
Spanish officials was an act of war and
I he believed it was so regarded by the na
tions of the world. Senators Mantle and
i Rawlins followed Senator Perkins, both
speaking for Cuban independence. At the
i close of Senator Rawlins' speech the scn
: ate took up the sundry civil appropriation
bill.
SUBSTANCE OF SPAIN'S REPLY.
Independence of Catxi Can Nat \#n
Be Granted.
Wellington, April 2. — The reply of
Spain is said, in effect, to be:
The independence of Cuba means the
parting or cession of Spanish territory,
which can not be done without the con
sent of the Spanish cortes, which will not
be in session until April 24.
The counter proposition is submitted
that the Cuban matter shall be settled up
on a basis equitable among nations. The
United States is asked to give Spain time
to treat with the insurgents and ascertain
what can be done in the nature of a peace
ful settlement.
SenatorM who know the nature of the
reply say it is a very shrewd piece of di
plomacy and made for its effect upon the
world at large. It is said the reply is un
satisfactory to the president and he does
not believe it will be satisfactory to con
gress.
Administration officers feel that after
Monday congress Is likely to take matters
into its own hands and fear is expressed
that there will be a disagreement between
the branches of government which would
be serious at thai critical point.
No one at the capitol has undertaken to
speak for the president ,although those
who have seen him say his hopes of a
peaceful solution of a difficulty have been
disappointed by the reply of Spain.
Havana Harbor Fall of Dynamite.
New York, April 4.—A dispatch to the
World from Havana says:
Forty floating submarine mines were
secretly planted in Havana harbor last
j Wednesday night by the Spanish govern
ment. This information comes from offi
cial sources and is absolutely correct. The
! mines contain sufficient force there to par
alyze the biggest ships afloat.
There is great enthusiasm among the
Spaniards here and thousands are enter
ing the battalions of volunteers. The
Spaniards say they prefer to fight a great
nation to a small one, as they would rath
er die "as heroes than live cowards."
They add that Spain has always had
the protection of special providence in
great conflicts. In spite of this seemingly
brave shouting, many have already with
drawn their money from the Bank of
Spain.
tumbling at Oxford.
London, April s.—The staple of conver
sation wherever those of the "better sort"
are wont to congregate is the sensational
exposure of gambling among the under
j graduates at Oxford. Gambling to a cer
-1 tain extent is regarded as an established
feature of university life, but when it
transpires that in the staid old university
city of Oxford there may be found in full
swing on any night of any term of the
academic year some 40 gambling dens,
where the games are various and the lim
it high, and conducted with little or no
attempt at secrecy, the reformers conclude
that it is time to call a halt.
Blocking Spanlnh V'ur«*ha«en.
London, April 5. — The Daily Mail's
Rome correspondent says: Commander
Brownson of the United States navy has
not finally conculded the purchase of any
Italian warnhips. I learn from a reliable
authority that the United States are not.
really eager to buy ships, but rather to
investigate and if possible to prevent
Spain's proposed purchases.
Suicide at Batte.
Butte, April 4.—August Larrieu, a pa
tient at Wells hospital, committed suicide
l at a late hour Saturday night by cutting
his throat with a razor. He imagined he
would not get well and became despond
ent. Larrieu was 56 years old and has a
son in California. He was employed by
the Union Pacific railroad.
l«ord Hllllnadon In Dead.
Tendon, Kng., April 4. —Lord Hillingon
(Charles Henry Mills), chairman of the
committee on London clearing-house
bankers, died suddenly in church at Wil
ter yesterday. He was the son of the late
Sir Charles Mills, Bart., and a partner in
the well-known banking-house of Glvn,
Mills * Co. '
Our present effective fighting force con
i sists of four battleships of the first class, ■
, one battleship of the second class, two ar* |
mored cruisers, eighteen cruisers, fifteen ,
gunboats, six double-turreted monitors,'
; one ram, one dynamite gunboat, one dis-;
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and arc therefore often very careless in
taking care of ourselves. It is this forget
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rheumatism, the more liable because we
think there is little danger of its coming
on, but rheumatism is an easy thing to
take and sometimes a hard thing to get
rid of unless we take the advice of others
and learn that the best way possible is
to use St. Jacob's Oil. It has been used
so long as a sure cure that this advice
is given in good faith from the testimony
of thousands.
There are six rear admirals in active
service. The offices of vice admiral and
admiral are unfilled, so there is no head of
the navy excepting Secretary Long.
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NEWS THROUGH THE WEEK
NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
! Items of Information Gathered From
a Wide Area——Political Happen
ing an«l Industrial Notes—Crimea
and Accidents.
Spanish agents have purchased COO
mules in Kansas City for their govern
ment.
The work of putting the New Jersey
militia on a war footing is being success
fully pushed.
Autro-Hungary is said to be negotiat
ing for the sale of a war vessel to Spain.
General Butterfleld's old regiment, the
Twelfth New York, has tendered its ser
vices.
Riciotti Garibaldi says if the United
States will defray their expenses he will
engage to send 40,000 Garibaldians to
Cuba.
A large number of Bellevue hospital
physicians and surgeons have tendered
their services to the government in case
of war.
Four moonshiners have been arrested,
and their illicit still confiscated, in a cel
lar in New York city.
Threatened by a tramp, Mrs. Gesella
Bond of Chicago clapped a pan of dough
on his head and the vagrant fled in terror.
Knglish newspapers hint that the French
navy mobilization may be in connection
with the impending rupture between the
I United States and Spain.
Because of the unprecedented drouth,
stockraisers at Fresno, Cal., have petition
ed the president to permit grazing on cer
tain portions of Yosemite Park reserva
tion the coming season.
I The equal taxation committee of the St.
Louis Single Tax League claims to have
evidence that "more than $350,000,000
worth in actual cash value of real estate
und franchises in St. Louis goes untaxed."
ative. Roll call followed amidst greatest
confusion. The parties were Bolidly
| aligned as in the standing vote. On roll
i call the appeal was laid on the table, 170
i to 139.
j Eugene Saulsby, a prominent politician
of Indianapolis, has been stricken with to
tal blindness.
The attorney general of Texas has ruled
that in consequence of the carcless draft
j ing of resolutions in the legislature there
I will have to be two state Jections in Tex
as this year. The regular election of state
i officers will be on the second Tuesday in
| November, and a special election will have
to be held the first Tuesday, which is the
first day of November, to pass on some
. constitutional amendments submitted by
> the last legislature, to be votea on this
year.
It is understood that France's demands
in China include tho cession of Yang-tse
j valley.
i The troops at Fort Sheridan. Chicago,
; are to join the troops at the New York
! harbor defenses.
| Five small children of Pottsville, Pa.,
ate wild parsnips, and will probably die
! from the poison.
j Two government engineers have ar
rived at Portsmouth, N. H., to arrange a
signal service on that coast to be used
in case of war with Spain.
Anticipating that Chile will sell the
1 man of war Knc&lada to the United
; States, Commander M. Symmonds, com
manding the gunboat Marietta, has been
ordered to proceed at once from Callao
to Valparaiso, where he will hoist the
American flag on board the vessel.
The British government is massing a
powerful fleet in Chinese waters.
Jesse R. Horton of Sherman, Texas has
tendered Secretary of War Alger the
( services of 12,000 men for active service
. in defense of American honor and for the
freedom of Cuba. Thousands of these men
wore the blue and gray in the civil war
and come from Oklahoma, Indian terri
t toiy and the plains of Texas. Adjutant
[ General Karl of Henrietta staff, north
west Texas division United Confederate
Veterans, has also offered the president
' his services in case of war with Spain.
1 The Russian government is construct
ing an iee crusher, said to be capable of
reaching the north pole.
The deaths from the black plague in
Bombay, India, now average 1100 weekly.
English tourists repent a remarkable
demand for American goods in China and
Japan.
A bill prohibiting a saloon to bo opened
within 300 feet of any church has been
enacted by the New Jersey legislature.
Judge Campbell of San Francisco ha*
decided that a cat is not a domestic ani
mal and can not therefore be claimed as
I the property of any one.
San Diego, Cal., will soon be safe from
attack. Forty thousand pounds of ammu
nition have arrived there for the big guns
being mounted on the fortifications.
At Huntington, Pa., Robert K. Mills, a
colored barber and a veteran of the late
war, lias organized a Colored men's mili
tary company for service in case of war
with Spain.
Dr. O. W. Evans, an ex-Union soldier
and a prominent physician of Richmond.
Ky., is raising a company of volunteers
for the war with Spain. Every man in his
company will be at least six feet in height.
In New Zealand the scheme for old-age
pensions is in advanced stage. A bill
has passed through all its stages in the
| lower house, which sets aside 180,000
pounds per annum of the ordinary public
revenue as a provision for the aged poor.
There is a ■lovement on foot to organ
ize a stock company in Houston, Tex., for
the pui-pose of making that place a tobac
co market, to serve as an outlet for the
heavy crops of that state. Three thousand
acres will be planted in Harris and the
counties immediately surrounding Hous
ton.
The cattlemen of the lower and south
western districts of Texas are experiencing
much trouble and loss of stock by depre
dations of mountain lions, wolves and
coyotes. The loss in the mountain dis
tricts bordering on the Rio Grande river
will reach an average of 25 per cent.
Lambs, calves and colts fall a prey to
these voracious wild beasts.
The government is about to pay an un
usual special pension claim to the widow i
of Lieutenant Michael Moore, who, at the J
time of his death in Brooklyn last year,
had served in the United States army con
tinuously for 85 years, thus holding the
world's record for service of that charac
ter. He enlisted as a drummer boy at the
outbreak of the war of 1812. His widow
is 82 years old, and when her husband
died they had been married 63 years.
Two children living near Belleville, On
tario, were killed by wild pigs.
General JR. N. Phelps, commander of all
the ex-confederate camps, is dead at Dal
las, Texas.
Mr. Gladstone has been informed by his
physician, it is said, that there is no
chance for his recovery.
Fourteen-year-old Daisy Mo«.re of Kan
sas City, poisoned herself because a school
boy did not return her love.
New York state superintendent of
schools favors a curfew ordinance to
keep the children off the street at night.
John (lark of Mount Vernon, N. Y..
has asked for a divorce on the ground
that he has found out that his wife is a
negress.
The California Northwestern railway is
to be extended so as to open the immense
redwood forests of Mendocino and Hum
boldt counties.
BOTH MORTALLY WOUNDED
KdUor flrunn of the Iconoelnnt and
('apt. l)avlft the Principal!*.
Dallas, Texaß, April 2. —A special to the
News froiu Waco, Texas, says: In the
midftl of busy preparations for cit.y elec
tion meetings, while bands were playing
and workers scattering handbills from
their deeorated vans calling the people to
gether, W. C. Bra nil, editor of the Icono
elast, and Captain M. T. Davis met and
fought a revolver duel to the death. The
comlwitants met just at 0 o'clock yester
day afternorn on South Fourth street, in
front of the Cotton Belt ticket office, and
after exchanging a few words both began
emptying their revolvers into each other's
bodies. When the battle was over, Brann
was found to be perforated in the left
lung, the left leg and the right foot; Da
vis was shot through the right lung and
through both of his arms. The surgeons
did all possible, but both men died.
New Kiihlhiml Strike.
New Bedford, Mass., April 5. —Indica-
tions now point strongly to a settlement
of the strike on Monday, April 11, and it
is believed that the mill gates will be
opened on that day and that the opera
tives will generally return to work. The
retail grocers and mnrketmen of the city,
without exception, who have been carry
ing the strikers on credit for the past 10
weeks, have issued notice that, commenc
ing Monday, April 11, all sales will be for
cash only, and in enforcement of this ac
tion they are backed up by the whole
salers who will demand cash payment
from the retail merchants.
IT WILL PAY.
It will pay to carefully read the descrip
tive advertisement of Alabastlne appear
ing- in this paper, explaining the difference
between those goods and kalsomines.
Consumers should bear In mind that
Alabastlne is unlike all the various kalso
mJnes sold on the market under different
names. Alabastlne stands pre-eminent
and alone as a durable wall coating, and
all consumers in buying should see that
the goods are in packages and properly
labeled.
Arlrnna lteuiilarn Move.
Topeka, Kas., April 4.—The Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad has received
orders for the movement of the hieventh
United States infantry, consisting of sev
en officers and 154 men, from the Whipple
barracks, Arizona, and the Fifteenth in- j
fantry, consisting of six officers and 237
men, from Fort Apache, Arizona, to Jef
ferson barracks, Missouri.
Won't Buy Danlnk Inlands.
Washington, April 3.—The bill for the
purchase of the Danish islands will not be
pressed any further, as it is apparent to
its friends that it could not pass until
after long delmte. It has 'oeen practically
withdrawn.
MonadntM'k Movra Again.
San Francisco, April 4.—The monitor
Monadnock sailed yesterday for Mare Isl
and, where sh« will go on the drydock and
afterward be fitted out with new stores
and plenty of ammunition.
. IlllnolM Reiterve.
Springfield, 111., April 4 —Governor Tan
ner has '.jcen asked by the war depart- !
ment at Washington to have the naval re
serves in readiness and has issued orders
to that effect.
To be thoughtful for the comfort of oth
ers is the surest way to promote our own.
How Are You
This Spring?
Tired, nervous?
Can't get rested?
Tortured with boils, humors?
That Is not strange. Impurities have
been accumulating in your blood during
winter and it has become Impoverished.
This is the experience of mont people.
Therefore they take Hood's Sarsaparilla
to purify their blood in spring.
Mrs. 8. H. Richardson, 623 Bush 9treet,
Seattle, Washington, makes this state
ment: "We use Hood's Sarsaparilla as a
general family medicine. If any of us run
down, we always get a bottle of Hood'
Sarsaparilla as a tonic. My youngest boy,
now seven years old, was a very del leaf
child until he was four years old, when 1
began giving him Hood's Sarsaiparllla.
After using two bottles he Is as well as
any child."
Hood's Sa p r^Mla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. $1; six for
$5. Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell,
Mass.
Hnnri'c Pilla are ,he only p ," la „ to
1100(1 S ■1119 take with Hood's Sar
saparilla.
AIL AROUND MARKET REPORT.
Wliral Quotations, Wooi Fleam
and the Price of Produce.
Following are the local quotations.
Wholesale prices are given unless other
wise quoted:
Wheat at the warehouse—Country
points: Club, bulk, 50c; sacked, Clc;
bluesteiu, bulk, 59Jc; sacked, 04c. At
Spokane: Club, bulk, SGAc; sacked. 59c;
bluestem, bulk, 58Jc; sacked. 01c.
Oats—At Spokane, f. o. b., $18<$ 18.50.
Rye—Country points, f. o. b., 05(tf?70<!
per ewt.
Flour—Per barrel, $3.75.
Hay—Timothy, per ton;
wheat hay, $9; alfalfa, $10.
Kggs—Ranch, $3.75(®4.
Wool—Fine medium, (J(a>7c per lb; me
dium, s@Gc per lb.
Produce—Fancy creamery, 40 and 00-
Ib tubs, 28c per lb; 5, 10 and 20-lb tubs,
29c; prints, 30c; eastern butter, 25(ft2flc;
country butter, in rolls, 20(523c per lb;
Cooking butter, Joc; cheese, twin, full
cream, 13(gil4e; cheese, twin, skim inilk,
9}(s>loc; ranch eggs, $4.75@5.25; honey,
white comb, 13$@14c; fancy, 15c per lb.
Vegetables—Potatoes, 40@42c per ewt:
onions, $2.75(a3 per ewt; beans, I}@2c
pel* lb; cabbage, $1 per ewt; squash, $1.50
per doz; cauliflowers, $1.50 per do/.;
green onions, 23(5'25c j>er doZ; lettuce, 20c
; per lb; spinach, 5c per lb; rhubarb, 8c
per lb; tomatoes, $2.50 a box; sweet po
tatoes, $3 per ewt; radishes, 40c per lb:
given peas, 10c per lb; asparagus, 25c per
lb; artichokes, 90c per dozen.
Poultry—Chickens, live weight, 9@loc
per lb; dressed, 11 (5) 12c; turkeys, live, 11
@12c; dressed, 12@13c; ducks, live, 10c;
dressed, ll@l2c per lb; geese, live, 10@
11c; dressed, 12@12£c.
Meats—Beef cows, live, $3@3.25 per
ewt; dressed, $G@fl.so; steers, live, $3.25
@3.50; dressed, $0.50@7; hogs, live, $4.75
@5; dressed, $6@G.50; mutton, live, 4Co]
4sc; dressed, 8(g;8jlc per lb; dressed veal,
7@Bc.
San Francisco, April 4. —Shipping,
$1.40} for No. 1 and $1.47 A for choice;
milling, $1.50(5:1.52A.
Portland, April 4. —Walla Walla, 77(f?
78c; valley and bluestem, 80c.
Tacoma, April 4.—Firm and {o higher;
No. 1 club, 77<fc'78c; bluestem, 80(c/)8lc.
Metal*.
San Francisco, March 28.—Silver bars,
55& c; Mexican dollars, 454@4Uc.
Bar silver—ssJc.
Lead—Quiet; brokers', $3.50.
Mexican dollars—44sc.
Lake copper—Quiet; brokers', $11.75
@12.
ARE ARMING ONE MILLION MEN
General SeoAeld at th«* Head of Ike
Great Movement.
i New York, April 3. —General John M.
; Sehofield has formally taken charge of
the National Volunteer reserve and plans
for speedily obtaining an available stand
ing army of 1,000,(100 men were made at
a meeting of the military committee.
Among those who met General Sehofield
today were Generals Granville M. Dodge,
Alex Mel). Cook and General Cannon.
General Sehofleld suggested tl»at con
gress at on<e 1h» asked to put the new or
ganization on a permanent, official ba*is,
and this work will be undertaken forth
with.
It will be in charge of an exccutii'e
committee consisting of General Nelson,
i A. Miles, General Russell A. Alger. Colo
nel Washington, General McCook, General
Molineaux, General McMohan, General
Wilson.
Armor plates are tested by firing steel
projectiles weighing from 100 to 1500
pounds at them from guns charged with
500 pounds of powder and at a distance of
about a city block.
.
Montana Yroopa Warned.
Hutte, April s.—The adjutant general
of the militia has issued an order for all
troops to l>e ready to respond to a call in
24 hours.
Greatness can never be rightly meas
ured by the age in which it lives.
Men who are honest for policy's sake are
generally dishonest at heart.
I Put a great man in a little world and
he will manage somehow to make it big
ger.
If we could only see our own faults as
plainly as we can those of others how
man.y of us would want to put out our
eyes?