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TAKT HAfrPfiNINCS IN EVERT QUARTER OF THE GLOBE. NUGGETS OF GOLD: •dti. THE Federation of Miners arid Mine Laborers at Indianapolis, Ind., decided that after Sept. 1, 1889, nine hours should be a day's work, and after Sept. 1, 1890, eight hours. The question of consolidat­ ing with District Assembly No. 135, K. of L., was postponed till Dec. 12, when a joint^coaventioa will be held.at £«4u«>- , - _v _ ^ i EAST. M t«(Mt htollieenfe Received by Wire Distant tuns ui4 at The ,<5pe»m or tl.B News Gathered from All iQnarteri of the World. .BUN'S WEEKLY Hp VIEW OF T«AD5. • i ^ IfehiHWin: Demand F>lt In All Dinette i ; • the trade review of R. O. Dan & Co., -fox last week, is as follows: . Wool and iron industries respond at last, though with some hngitatioh yet,-to the stimu­ lus afforded L>y pood crop prospects. In the Iron trade, also, an improving demand is felt la alt directions, excepting in ilio market for •teel mils. The speculative markets are higher, Wheat nearly OHJ cent, with sales of 34,030,- M> bushels, and corn about a cent, in epi c Of exccll^n. reports as U» the prol^ble yield Cotton lias risen lirarly Che-half cent, though thy beat * recent reports from Texas ia to the yield are confirm:*!. The cof- flW market is half a cmt Higher, with a Mttcr demand, oil is one nnl throe-r,uarter cents stronger, aud foreign hides oirc-half a cent higher. Sugar hm advanced n si.\t"enth and lard nearly one-huir a cent, though other }>ork i products are stejwly, and hogs 10 cents per 100 poundh lower. The stock market has shared th j Upward tendency, showing an advance of about cue-half a dollar pr share since a week ago. Exports from Now York fa!l qtl-,200,000 behind laat year's for the week reported and 14 per cent, behind for the last five weeks. The accounts for Interior citios continue d cidedly favorable. As to collections also, while some complaints ap­ pear, the general tenor of reports is more favor­ able. The business failures numl>er224, as com­ pare! with last week and 214 tiie week jwevious to the lasts For the corresponding week of last year tho figures wero 174, and 22 in the Dominion of Canada. AROUND THE DIAMOND. QttBpeUns for the Pennant -- Official Base- Ball Record. THE relative standing of the clubs com­ pleting for the chanipiouship is shown by the following table: Won. Lost. *U * League. Mow York fork 66 36 Chicago 60 ,47 Boston 57 49 Detroit. ........... .i.. 55 *48 Philadelphia 52 49 l'ittsburg i........ i 49 54 Indianapolis 40 I6J Washington 38 66 Western. Das Moines 59 St. Paul. 60 Omaha 54 Kansas City.. ..49 MUwankee 44 Sioux City......'20 Chicago ..33 Davenport 22 Won.Loat. i American. Won. Lost. 30,St. Louis. ..70 S4 33! Athletic. 38;Brooklyn S6 Cincinnati... 55|Cleveland 43 28, Baltimore 60! Louisville,... 53,Kansa3 City. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. Shaken and People Panic-Stricken «> in the City of Mexico. . IA CITT OF MEXICO special says that " the heaviest shock of earthquake known ia the history of that vicinity visited that place recently. The panic-stricken peo­ ple rushed into the streets, terrified by , the swaying houses and the cracking of the walls. Luckily there was no repeti­ tion of the shock, and the excitement graduady subsided. The shock was pre­ ceded by high winds and dust storms. Ii: In Congressional Districts. MAKLEY D. WILSON, of Madison, has been named for Congress by the Republi­ cans of the Fourth Indiana District. THE Hon. James Cobb has been re­ nominated by the Democrats of the Fifth Alabama District. i S THE Democrats of the Twelfth Ohio District have nominated L. T. Neal, of Chillicothe. ^ JAKES G. BELDTS has been renomi­ nated by the Twenty-fifth New York Dis­ trict Republicans. CONOBESSMAN MARK B. BREWER has keen renominated by the Republicans of the Sixth Michigan District. H. IL BENJAMIN, a Tampa (Flfi.) druggist, has been named for Congress the Republicans of the First Florida District. THE Democrats of the Third Michigan District have nominated Eugene Pringle Congress. ' A Nebraska Murder. : AT Stuart, Neb., recently, Dick Roche, a farmer, was fatally 6hot by another farmer, Andrew Lowe. While Roche was running Lowe's farm last winter several of the latter's cattle perished in the bliz­ zard. Lowe claimed compensation and kept Roche's mower. Roche took the mower away, and in the effort to keep Lowe and his son from recovering St, was shot.' V* •*" • ~ Seventy-sewn New Cases. '• \* r r, YELLOW FEVER is reported raging-at UcClenny, Fia., thirty miles west of Jack- •onville. There have been twenty-five eases and four deaths, it is claimed, af dengue fever. At Jacksonville seventy- Beveu new cases were reported on the 7th inst., with nine deaths. W*-> : §%*< LESTER WALLACE:, the veteran actor, is dead- He was stricken with apoplexy while reading the paper at his country residence--South View--Stamfond, Conn., and remained unconscious until he died. Lester W*allak Was born in New York in 182(1, daring one of his father's visits to this country. He be­ gan his American ca­ reer in 1847 at the old B r o a d w a y t h e a t e r , and when his father opened the old Wal­ lack theater in 1861, with Tom Taylor's "The Piesident," he , acted the part of Do la Range. He inherited the theater bn the death of tho elder Wallack in 1864. The new Wallack theater was opened Jan. 3, 1882. The testimonial benefit to Mr. Wallack last winter, which netted $20,- 000, is well remembered. ALLEN G. THUBMAN itas taken sud­ denly ill when attempting to address an immense audience at Madison Square Garden, New York. His illness was caused by over-exortion, and is not con­ sidered serious. > SOUTH. A FIRE broke out in the warehouse of Pryor & Co., of Baltimore, Md., rapidly extending to the drug house of Winkle- man <fc Co. Firemen soon entered the building, when a terrible explosion oc­ curred, and the large structure collapsed, burying the firemen in the debris. Only one escaped. Those buried in the build­ ing weTe George Bowers, Thomas Wag­ ner, John A. Combs, Perry Ryan, Harry Walker, George Kerins and Hiram Mc­ Afee. The entire block from Lombard to Pratt street was burned, causing a loss of $1,500,000. JACOB G BEVELING, a boot and shoe dealer at Louisville, has failed for $10,000. , \ WASHINGTON. 1 FOLLOWING is the public debt 'state­ ment for August: I.VTKIlKST-BEA.aiJfO DEBT. Bonds at4}$ percent $ Bonds at 4 per cent Refunding certificates at 4 par cent. Navy "pension fund at 8 per cent.... Pacific railroad bonds at 6 I i par cent. 220,014,350 709,367,250 <• 132,4S0 14,000,000 04,623,512 Principal Interest..... 81,006,137.572 V.. 9,538,552 Total . .$1,017,676,124 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CKASKD SINCE MATUKITT. Principal $ 2.453,205 Interest 165,915 Total..... $ 2,019,13J DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Old dematad and legal-tender notes. 9 S 16,737,823 Certificates of deposit l;,645,0 X) Gold certificates 124,750,3J4 Silver certificates ... 2U«,a58,i«xJ Fractional currency (less $8,375,934, estimated as lost or destroyed)..., 8,921,317 Principal.... Principal.... Interest. TOTAL DEBT. .9 702,713,500 ......51,713,304;337 9,704,468 Total. ;.'.....'.$l,723,00e,80J Less cosh items available lor reduction of debt... $361,212,801 '" Less reserve held for re- - '<• demption of United ' ? " ," 8$at«snotes ,.... lOO.tBO.OOlP5^^'*- -• 9 401,^2.801 Votal debt Jess available cash Items $1,211,796,003 Net cash in the Treasury 107,673,320 Debt less cash in Treasury Sept 1, l**8: • •• • - • .•1,154,122,683 Debt less casta in Treasury Aug. 1, MW 1,161,<47,353 Decrease of debt during the month ^ 7 $24 (575 Decrease of debt since June 30, lVs88. lMtl,974 CASH IX TREASURY AVAILABLE FOR REDUCTION OP THE PUBLIC DEBT. Gold held for gold certificates actu­ ally outstanding 9 124,750,394 Silver held for silver certivicates act­ ually outstanding 209,658,960 U. 8. notes held lor certificates of deposit actually outstanding 14,815,000 Cash held for matured debt and in­ terest unpaid 12,157,732 Fractional currency '7m Total available for reduction of debt 9 361,212,801 RESERVE FUND. Held for redemption of U. S. notes, acts Jan. 14, 187.}, and Julv 12,1882 $ 100,000,000 Unavailable for reduction of debt: Fractional silver coiiw.i;....$ 25,746 758 Minor coin .. ..... WM7 Total | Certificates held as caeb Net cosh balance on hand. 25,877,205 ft»,a >,ii8 107,673,920 Mysterious Mui^ler. . .. ii ?, ADA FLYNN, a handsome yonsg woman, was mysteriously murdered at her grandfather's home, near Glasgow, It is believed that the crime was S >#Mninitted by persons bent on robbery. . '"S - , LOOKS BAD FOR JOHN. Chinese exclusion Bill Passed by the iSenate. Bt a vote of 37 yeas and 3 nays tho Chinese exclusion bill passed the Senate the 7th Inst., Senators Brown, Hoar, and Wilson (Iowa), vot­ ing nay; Mr. Sherman did not vote at alL A motion to reconsider is pending. The debate en tl»e retaliation bill tilled up the whole time of UM House, and when the House adjourned It was agreed that a vote on the bill should •e taken at 4 o'clock the 8th inst. The principal point was made by Mr. Hooker (Miss ) ™ contended tliat the reason tlie President DM not exercised tho power conferred upon him by the act of 1887 was because tbe lJiuUid Statea was at that very time negotiating with (JVeat Britain to settle the question of what are the pgntM of American citizens. He was followed pother members, wbo occupied the ««•»"> until m * - - W E S T . Dl|yion' Ohio, by the crossing of m-t-mbu, the full power of the electric street railway dynamos was turned into the 'Telephone Exchange, setting it on fire and destroying all the telephones in the city-- •bout 600. ' FORTY Kansas vigilantes surrounded a l»rsethieves' camp, near Paladora, in the public land strip, and a fight ensued. •Seventeen outlaws and three vieilantes ; • Vere killed. . THE American Hou?e at West Superior, 1 Wis., has been destroyed by fire. Many ignests barely escaped in their night «othes. Six persons are known to have perished m the flames. The fire was ffrosed by a lamp exploding. ,, Six section men were killed at a small <t»*ton near Booneville, Mo., by a freight $M|a jumping the track and crushing , tbem as they stood aside to let it go past >A eafcoose attached to the freight was Mled. with passengers, all of whom eg. «f«d secions injury.. WHILE the pyrotechnic display of the I*-'. -*Fire of London" was being given at V'h jCtaejr IpIwodU lbe scenery ©aught fire and. § the flames spsead, finally destroying the I «ntire auditonum. There was a panic at "fU* J?. Total cash in Treasury as shown by XffsMurer's general account# 640,973,444 POLIUCSL A SPECIAL dispatch from Norfolk, Vi, says: Bspublicans of the Second Virginia District, in convention in this city, renominated George F. Bowden for Congress, and appointed George A. Martin, who was elected by tue Mahone fac­ tion of the State Convention at Petersburg in May as Presidential elector from the district. There was an exciting contest between Martin aud General V. D. Groner, appointed by the Wise wing of the party, and after the conven­ tion Groner's supporters and contesting dele­ gates who had not bee a admitted, forty-Six in all, held a meeting, indorsed Groner &B elector, and nominated Bandy Williams (colored; {or Congress. THE Union Labor State Convention of Nebraska was held at Hastings, and this ticket nominated: Governor, David Butl«r of Pawnee County; Lieutenant Governor, B. 1'attoe of Brown County; State Audi, or, H. 8. Alley of Grand Island ; State Treasurer, 1>. C. Nash of Phelps County; Secretary of state, I. Hentham of Buffalo ('/omity ; Commissioner of Public La.ua, M. F. Wright of Npuihha County; Attorney General, F. M. Knox of Custer County ; Super­ intendent of Public Instruction, Mrs. iL H. Wood of Cass County. THE Wisconsin Democratic State Con­ vention met at Milwaukee and nominated the following ticket: Governor, James Morgan of Milwaukee; Lieu­ tenant Governor, Andrew Kull of Walworth County ; Secretary of State. A. C. Larson of Kan Claire; State Treasurer, Theodore Kersten of Calumet; Attorney General, T. E. Hyan of Wau­ kesha; Railroad Commissioner, Herman Nabor of Shawano County; Insurance Commissioner, E. W. Kvans of Sauk County; Superintendent of Schools, Amos Squirj of Kipon. A long platform was adopted, which eulogizes Cleveland and Thurman, in­ dorses the St. Louis platform, attacks the Republican party, declares for a reduction of taxes, and approves the Mills bill and the President's tariff messnge, denounces trusts, indorses the President's fisheries policy, sympathizes with Irish home- rulers, recommends more stringent anti- contract labor laws, demands the repeal of the State poll-tax qualification for suf­ frage, and liberal treatment of Union vet­ erans aud their widows, promises support of well-considered temperance legislation, and declares hostility to legislation which violates the cardinal Democratic princi­ ple of personal liberty. THE Democrats of Massachusetts met in State convention at Springfield and nominated this ticket: Governor, William E. Russell, o* Cambridge; Lieutenant Governor, John W. Corcoran; Secre­ tary of State, William N. Osgcol; Treasnrer, Henry C. Thatcher; Attorney General, Samuel O. Lumb; Auditor, William A. Williams; Klepb- ort-at-Largs, John J. O'BeiUy of Boston, George M. feteamB Of Chicopeo. The platform adopted indorses-the dd;- ministration of Cleveland, reaffirms the platform of last May, indorses the St. u* issue of •nd opposes sumptuary laws CHlliKg S. VObBkEKs has been re­ nominated for Delegate to Congress by the Democrats of Washington Territory, THE Democrats of the First Kansas District have nominated the Hon. J. W. Orr for Congress. THE Democrats of the Fifth Mississippi District have renominated the Hon. p. jL Anderson by acclamation. MYRON II. MCCORD has been nomi­ nated for Congress by the Ninth Wiscon­ sin District Republicans. THE Republicans of the Tenth'. Vir ginia District have renominated Jacob Yost for Congress. THE Sixth Mississippi District Demo­ crats have nominated T. R. Stockdale for Congress SILAS HARE has been nominated for Congress by the Fifth Texas District Democrats at Gainesville. THE Republicans of the Thirteenth Missouri District have renominated Con gressman Wade. MIGUEL S. OTERO has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of New Mexico at Socorro. CONGRESSMAN TARSNET has been re­ nominated by the Democrats of the Eighth Michigan District. THE Democrats of New Hampshire met in State Convention at Concord, and nom­ inated Charles A. Annden for Governor. Electors were chosen and the convention adopted a platform indorsing the national platform and nominees, declaring for tariff reform and free raw materials, fa- voriug the regulation of the liquor traffic, and denouncing tho Republican party as a conspiracy to protect trusts. THE Republican State Convention of Colorado met at Denver, and made the following nominations: Governor, Job A. Cooper, of Denver; Lieuten­ ant Governor, William J. Smith; Treasurer, W. H. Brisbane, of Lake; Secretary of State, Oapt. Junes Rice of Pueblo; Auditor, Louis Schwan- beck, of Saguache; Attorney General,1 81 W. Jones, of Breckenridgo; Superintendent of Schools, Prof. Fred Dick, of Trinidad ; Supreme Judge (long term), Charles D. Hoyt, of Conojose; Supreme Judge (short term), Victor A. Elliott, of Denver; Electors, Dr. David Moora of Denver, F. F. Obiston of Clear Creek, James Gailow of Montrose. A platform was adopted which indorses the national platform and candidates; fa­ vors pensions for Union veterans; advo­ cates laws to protect labor; oppposes Chi­ nese immigration and that of contract labor; denounces Cleveland's administra­ tion; approves the rejection of the fish­ eries treaty and condemns the President's retaliation message; demands on unlimit­ ed coinage of silver; favors stringent State railroad legislation, and asks for national reservoirs in the West for irrigation pur­ poses. THE Republicans of Minnesota met in State convention at Minneapolis and nom­ inated this ticket: Governor, William It. Merriara; Lieutenant Governor, Albert E. Bice; Secretary 6t State, Huns Mattson; Auditor, William W. Braden; Treasurer, Joseph Bobletter; Attorney General, Moses E. Clapp; Judges of the Supreme Court, James Gilfillan, Loreu W. Collins. The platform adopted by the conven­ tion indorses the national candidates and a protective tariff, but favors a readjust­ ment and cautious reduction of tariff duties; promises to continue efforts to regulate the sale of liquor; favors honest civil-service laws; commends Gov. Mc- Gill's administration; demands the en­ forcement of the interstate railroad law; denounces the fisheries treaty and the failure to admit Dakota to the Union; favors liberal pensions; declares hostility to trusts; indorses the Australian system of voting; demands *n thorough revision of the naturalization laws; condemns po­ litical outrages in the Sonth, and sympa­ thizes with the Irish home-rulers. FOREIGN. J THE JTEIFC,' William J. F. Basse, pastor of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, N^w York City, has beon married to the Baroness Agness Harlcssem at Hanover, Prussia. A SERIOUS emeute has just occurred in the Philippine Islands, the nntives refus­ ing to |)ay newl^jniposed taxes. During a riot a number of rebels and one police­ man were killed. The revolt was sup­ pressed and the ringleaders arrested. THE Krupps are reported to be buying lands in Ekaterinoslaff, Russia, where it is said they will establish a factory in which tq manufacture guns for Russia. THE Albanian Manifesto, a new paper issued by an Albanian society at Bucha­ rest, urges Albanians to energetically re­ sist Greek oppression and strive for inde­ pendence, and appeals to the people to furnish funds in defense of their cause. DISPATCHES fr^m Mellourne, Aus­ tralia, announce that in a test action in the Supreme Court a Chinese emigrant sued the Government for damages foi prohibiting him from landing. A majority of the judges decided in favor of the plaintiff. The Chief Justice dissented. THE floods in Bohemia have reached alarming proportions. At Budweis 15,- 000 persons are homeless. The inhab­ itants look refuge in the hills. The Danube rose steadily. Six villages in the Valley of Ponrad were submerged. The villagers fled to the mountains. Crops aud granaries were swept away. MARKET KErORTS. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Choice to Prime Steers.$ 6.00 Good Common Hoos--Shipping Grades SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 lied CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2. RYE--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice CreiuiMEy...... Fine Dairy CnEESE--Full Cream, flat EUOK--Fresh POTATOES--Car-lots, per bu . PORK--Mesa MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash..., CORN--No. 3.... OATS--No. 2 White B*E--NO. 1 BARLKT--NO. 2 I PORK--Mess. CINCINNATI. Hoos WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATB--No. 2 Mixed , ST. LOUIft, CATTL* Hoos WHEAT--No. 2 CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 PORK--Mess NEW YORK. CATTLE.. Hoos SHEISI' WHEAT--No. flBed.............. CORN--No. 2 OATS--White PORK--New Moss DETROIT. C/.TTLK Hoos SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 Yellow..- OATS--No. 2 White INDIANAPOLIS. CATTL»...... Hoos....... HHEEP : LAMBS-... TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Bod CORN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OATS--No. 3 White CLOVER SEED .... EAST LIBERTY. CATTI-K-- Prime Fair i. 1:,. Co*»m*«i,. HOGS ' SHEEP ••25 8.25 tt.00 3.00 .93 •44Vj@ .2t at .&>!*<!$ .81 0 .10 <® .08^(0 .15 .35 & 6.50 & 6.QJ- & 4.50 <g 6.75 & 4.53 & .94 .45 .24)4 .5*?* .28 .18 ,0J .16 .45 14.00 @14.50 .89 & ,43^ifl» .87?ii® .65 (<$ .63 ® .90 .2S'<j .55)6 .65 14.00 ($14.50 5.00 & 6.75 .90'4 ^4^ .45!$ .20!$ 5.00 6.00 .95 .41 .24 14.75 8.50 6.-25 ».0:> 1.02 ,54 .30 15.25 4.00 too £00 & 5.50 & 6.73 <& .96 & .42 <© .24)6 @15.25 # 5.50 m 6.15 & 4.50 Of, 1.03 .5* <£$ .36 <H 16.00 & 5.25 «« 6.78 (>>* 4.00 .»4Ht<4 .95H .45'atfJ .465$ *28 & .29 4.09 & 6.00 6.08 & 6.50 8 50 <& 4.53 & S.00 .96 ,r« .84 4.60 0 .97 & .46 e .as & 4.70 SENATOR WASOICS WIDOW AT- JUSTICE lUELgfc' v. - 8n« JUMHUW# THE JTwrist of Having Been B»a||rt--rate Fifht of Terry wltU the Both Bellifirerents Arrested d^lhrancieco (Cat) special] • Tb* eelateated Sbaron divoroe case culminated in this city in « sensational attack upon Justice Field in court, which resulted In placing Sarah Altbea bharon, now Mrs. David L. Terry, in jail for thirty days and her busband. Judge Terry. In jail for six months. The Supreme Court of Cal­ ifornia a few months ago anqpunoed a decision in the case sustaining the decision of the State Superior Court, which declared that Mrs. Terry had been legally married to the late ex-United States Senator William Sharon, and that she was entitled to a portion of Sharon's estate. A short time after the announcem >nt of this decis­ ion the exeeutots of the will of Sharon applied to SHORT AJTD INTERESTING 1 IBOMMAKI QUARTERS. U * ^ -w./ * r"'*' **} SABAH ALTHEA niLU the United States Circuit Court for a bill to re­ vive and carry into execution a decree of the Circuit Court entered in September, 183 >, de­ claring the alleged marriage contract to be a forgery and directing its cancellation aud en­ joining its use in any manner. Mrs. Terry en­ tered a demurrer, and that demurrer was over­ ruled. The decision was read by United States Justico Field, and was concurred in by Jud^o Sawyer of the Circuit Court and Judge Sabin of the District Court. The announcement made that the decision would be rendered drew a large crowd to the United States court-room, and about two hun­ dred lawyers, besides all parties directly inter- est?dinthe case, occupied tie inclonure im­ mediately in front of the Judges. Judge David S. Terry, who has been chi it counsel for his wife during the Entire litigation, sat by tho si da of his wife and botii puid close attention to tha reading of the decision. Mrs. Terry appeared very nervous at the outset, ana as the reading progressed her agitation increased. Finally, when Judge Field was about half through read­ ing, Mrs. Terry jumped to her feet and asked the Judge if he was going to order her to givo np her marriage contract. Judge Fiell quietly told her to sit down. Mrs. Terry's face turned white with passlon-and she cried: "Justice Field, we hear that you have been bought. We would like to know if that is so, and what figures you hold yours9lf at It see i'S that no pert|ii'oan get justice in this court un­ less he has a sack." Judge Field turned t3 Marshal Franks and said: Marshal, remove that woman from the court­ room. " Tho Marshal a i vanceJ toward Mrs. Terry. She took no notice of him, but broke out with oaths and vulgar language. Franks grasped her arm, and in an instant Judge Terry arose and, exclaiming that no living man should touch his wife, struck Franks a terrible blow on the neck with his fist which sent the Marshal rolling across the floor. Franks regained himself and with several deputies and bystanders rushed upon Terry. Ho was quickly removed. Mrs. Terry was also taken from the room and locked up in the Marshal's office. A deputy was placed at the door, upon whom Terry advanced and de­ manded admission. Tho deputy refused the re­ quest. Terry, drawing from his pocket a dan­ gerous-looking dirk eight inches long, with a curse-held it above his head and declared that- he would Btab any man who tried to keep him away. The deputy and several others jumped upon him. A desperate struggle followed and all the men fell to the floor. The knife was final­ ly taken away from Terry without any one being injured. Terry was locked up in the room with his wife. A sachel which MrB. Terry had dropped in the court-room during the excitement was found to contain an English bulldog revolver with all its six ahambeiV loaded. Marshal Franks said that she waa trying to open the sachel just be­ fore she was put out of the court-room. Mar- ASSOCIATE JUSTICE FIELD. shal Franks entered later the room where Terry ana hie wife were confined, and Mrs. Terry at once made a violent attack upon him and boat him about tho face and head. She was soon quieted, and a strong guard was placed in the room. The wildest excitement had prevailed in the court room and corridors during the disturb­ ance. As soon as quiet was restored Judge Field resumed the reading of the decision. When he had concluded the Judges retired to their chambers. Two hours later they again ap­ peared in the court-room and announced the ; »enalty they had to inflict upon Judge Terry 1 md his wife. Neither of the parties wore al­ lowed in court while sentence was pro­ nounced. Judge Field ordered that Terry be Imprisoned in the county jail of Alameda for six months and that Mrs. Terry-be imprisoned for thirty days. No alternative in the way of flne -waa allowed, and the prisoners wero taken to jail. David S. Terry was formerly Judge of thi Supreme Court of California. While hold­ ing that position in 1856 be became involved, in a quarrel with David C. Broderick, who was then United State * Senator from California. A duel followed, aud Broderick was killed, Cor* Crop of IMSM Mm fltmlslag tham Lsrt Year -- Systematic Robbing of United Stated Mails -- The Consulate's Residence Attacked, Etc. [Toi>eha (Kan.) special.] The Hon. Martin Mohler, Secretary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, has submitted his report for the month of August. In yiew of the fact that irre­ sponsible reports have been circulated as to the total failure of crop? in Western Kansas and of a consequent alarming ex­ odus from thnt section of the State, this report of Mr. Mohler's will be read with an unusual degree of interest. He says: While crops have been greatly damaged in certain localities in Middle and Western Kansas there will be sufficient crops harvested to supply the wants of the settlers. For the August report we have asked our correspondent B for information Only in relation to corn. The questions submit­ ted were: First, what proportion of the area planted will be harvested? hecond, what is the estimated product per acre of corn on the acreage harvested? Third, does listed corn •how any better results than that pnt in with planter? If eo, what percent? Nearly 60J cor­ respondents, representing a'jout every county in the State, have responded to tho above ques­ tions and have developed the following facts in regard to tliis important crop : First, that of the total area planted to corn in our State 74 per cent, is considered worth har­ vesting ; that in the eas erri portion of the State, asfarweat in the north tier of the counties as Republic County on 1 east of a line bearing east­ ward to Chautauqua County, on the south line Of the State, tho corn area will nearly all be har­ vested, and, with the exception of a few coun­ ties, will be a full aver tge crop. In some coun-i ties the yield will be much above an average of 85!2 bushels p^r acre, and nearly all the counties north of the Kansas River, within the prescribed limits, report from forty to fifty bushels par acre. Many counties south of ths Kansas Iliver also report a high average dow n to tho sea-' ond tior of counties from the south l.no of, the State. These counties, with the excep-! tion of Chautauqua and Elk, report a consid-: erably lower average. A belt of territory from Jewell and Smith Counties 011 tha north, stretching southward and bearing east­ ward to the south line of tho State, with Ells­ worth County as a cent9r, seems to be the worst burned district iu the Stite, West of th s great central belt, in which the corn is gon-' erally raice l, thora are in nearly all the coun­ ties belts of t rritory in which there is some' good corn, with large intervening belts in which there is no corn. Even Hamilton County--a county bordering 011 the Coioralo line in the southwest--has good corn, a sample of which was brought in a fow days ago. The north half: of all the counties in tho north tier and the' south h If of the second tier have fairly poodi corn, while th > intervening bolt, over thirty miles in width, has but little. The average, yield per acre on the acreage worth harvesting is estimated at twenty-eight bushel» The total nret planted to corn in tho spring, as shown by assessors' returns is 0,1)70,070 aoros:, 74 per cent, of this, or 5,157,760 acres, is reported as worth harvesting. The estimated average yield per aero on this gives a tot-tl corn product, for he State of 141,427,81) bushels, whloh is al­ most double the product of last year and 15,417,-- 000 b'jshels more than the product of 1886, but! is lesj by 4(>,462,n<0 bushels than the product of 1884, V7hicli was the greatest iu the history ot| Kansas. Many, however, have had an exc llenf crop o* wheat and a fair crop of oats, and all will have an abundance of feed for stock in corn fodder, millet, sorghum ami fcay, BO that the situation is an improvement on thiit of li,st year. s ROBBING _THE MAILS. Many Valuable Letters Lost Between New Vork and the West. TNew York dispatch.] It can be set down as a positive fa-!t that a thief or s gang of thieves l as bean stealing sys­ tematically from the United States mails be­ tween Now York City and tho West durins; tho last three months. Never in the history of tho PostofHco Department have so many valuable money packages and letters been stolen assur­ ing the last few weeks. The officers OCthoiiost- office have been reticent about making known the extent of the losses. Whenever it hns leaked out that a latgj package waa loBt thosj in charge of tne postolfice have kept the information from the public. Nothing has been heard of the three $5,000 drafts mailed by Blake Bros. & Co., of Nassau street, -which have failed to reach their destination iu Chica­ go. Besides the Blake notes, other letters, con­ taining money, checks, and droits, mailed about the same time, are reported aa having failed to reach their destination. Tho losses will amount to thousands of dollars. A well- known man, connected with the Postolfice De­ partment in Washington, says that if the losses of the last two months were known the public would be startled. "This is not all," said the man. "You will hear of more losses of packages and letters in a short time. Thers are some crooks at- work who are reaping a rich harvest from the mail bags, but it will be a hard matter to run them down, because they do not confine their operations to ono locality." I RIOTING_CHINESE. . The Amerlc in Minister's Residence At­ tacked--The Immigration Treaty. [Shanghai special telegram. | It ia still hoped hen tha; the immigration treaty with America will be ratified in a modi- fled form. The discucsion of the question has caused great excitement. There have been sev­ eral riotous demonstrations. A mob, incensed at tha Ameri-au Minister's action, attacked the American official residence at Canton. The American Consul in Canton is Charles Seymour, of La Cross a, Wis. He was appointed in 1832 bv l'resfd nit Arthur and has t old the post con-, tinuously since. At last accounts his wifo was- in Canton with him. For som^ years previous to his appointment ho was Postmaster in La Crosse, and for fiftoen years at a still earlier pe­ riod was editor of the La Crosse ItutmHi vm. He figurot prominently in Wisconsin politics and is widely known in the Northwest. WINTER WHEAT AND OATS. Tho Average Yield Per Acre--Crops Dam­ aged by Bugs. Th® Chicago Farmers' Review prints the fol­ lowing crop repi ri: A careful summary of our rsports of thresh- wing in Illinois of winter wheat place the average yield at l >?i bushels per acre. The highest aver­ age yitl I is 25 bushels per acre, reported by sov- eral counties, while in one or two tho average drops to 3 bushels per'acre, the crops having been damaged by chinch bugs, etc. Wisconsin--21 bushels par acre; highest aver­ age yield, 30 bushels. Indiana^--12 bushels per acre; highest average yield, 2J bushels. ohio- li>6 bushels per acre; highest average yield, 18 bushels. Missouri--15J4 bushels; highest average yield Ct> bushels. Kentucky--13)4 bushels; highest average yield, 20 bushels. Kaisaa--23H> bushels; highest average yield, TW bushels. Illinois--Yield of oats; 83% bushels par acre; highest average yield, 50 bushels. Wisconsin--50 bushels; highest average yield, CO bushels. Indiana--82 bushels; highest average yield, 50 bushels. Ohio--83)4 bushels; highest average yield, SO bushels. Missouri--30J£ bushels; 1 Ighest average yield, 41 bushels. Kentucky--23)5 bushels; highest average yield, 35 bushels. Iowa--28bushels; highest average yield, 40 bushels. Minnesota--29 bushels; highest average yield, 50 bushels. Kunsaa--35 bushels; highest average yield, 50 bushels. Dakota--37 bushels; highest average yield, 55 bushels. ^rwjka--38 bushels; highest *veE»ge yield, Conreependent -iir fiae County,'Iowa, report* . that M per c^nt. ol th; oat crop there -will soi.be threshed, while rtfcte >r«st will go from tight] to twelve bushels per acre. MOURNED BY_THREE WIVES. Gen. Horace. S. Eldrldg-e Passes Away at Salt Lake. [Salt Lake (Utah) special.] > Gen. Horace S. F.ldridge, Superintendent of Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution, which does a business of .->•),OOJ/KKJ annually, died in this city, aged 72 years. He was ap- gminted Briga .ier General of militia iu 18(10 by righam Young, was a member of tho Territorial Legislature in 1S5-T, and h<ts held mauv other county and Territorial offices. He joined the Mormon Church fifty-two veavs ago, and lias ever since boon a t tanch adherent of the faith. He amassed considerable wealth during his long business careor and owned much re -testate and live stock throughout-, the Territory. He had five wives, three of whom, together with a' large posterity, mourn his loss. THE CYCLONE IN CUBA. Great Loss of L'fe and Destruction of • Property. A special dispatch from Ha vana says that the recent cyclone wss-terriblv destructive of both life and propesfy. The gunboat Lealtad. lying at Batabano, touii lered in tne storm, and nine of her crew, Including th < commander, were drowned. Advices from Stg.iuare thst fifty per­ sons lo^t t.lieir lives th «re, while the damage done to owe\lii g 1 and warehouses in the city, to vessels in tno harbor, and to the wharves is, great. Tho village of luebio Nuevo, in the neighborhood of-fijigm, wa-i wiped out. Tele­ graph wires wera badly broken, and no news, from othtr parts of the island has been re­ ceived. . AFGHANS^REVOLT. A Civil War a PoH«ibiIity--A New Ansaer « IVoclni me<l. A St. Petersburg telegram states that the Novoe Vremya has a dispatch to the effect that tho Northern Afghans have revolted and pro­ claimed Ishalc Khan Ameer. A battle has taken place, tho result o.' which is notknown. The paper says it lielievcs a civil war will compli­ cate Abdurruhinan lvhan's relations with nia neighbors unless it be promptly suppressed, and it doubts if tl.i t will be accomplished. „ " * " > -v * --1 [!<*& News Notes from Abiuad. THE Paruell defense fund in Ireland amounts to £1,824. BILLY PORTER and Frank Buck, the American burylars, have been extraditod from England to Germany for trial on the charge of robbing a jewelry house at Munich. FERDINAND DE LESSEPS read a paper at the meeting of the British Association at Bath. In it he said he was confident that ten locks of the Panama Canal would be completed by 1&10. SURVEY'S have been completed to Ir­ kutsk for n new Siberia'* railway, and the work of building the road will soon be be­ gun. It is inteurte 1 to construct a branch to the Trans-liitikalii Province, between Lake ll iikalaud aud tho Chii ese frontier. THE Afiican lakes expedition, under the command of Capt. Lugard, had a fight - With African slave dealers in the Nyasa' district about Jnne 1(5. A European at­ tached to the expedition and several black allies wero killed. Capt. Lugard was- wounded." The Arab fosse* are unknown. It is believed the Arabs .retained their po­ sition. )<#*•*' % A *' ZXTORTAXT HBA8CBB8 COHSXDKBKD AMD ACTED UFOir. • At ttfa Nation's Capitol -- Whnt Is 1M** DOM toy the Senate and Honse -- Old 'Matter* Disposed of and New Ono* Con- . side rod. IN the House Mr. Outhweite of Ohio, on the 81st ult., called up the motion reoently «T him to reconsider the votes by which the Columbus Exposition bill was ameniferi by making provisions for ex££utoa. at Richmond Va.. Augusti A" Atlanta, Ga., and Kansas City, Mo. ihe motion to reconsider was agree! to aa fur as the Rich mond and August 1 Expositions were Tnm7|" but a stumbling-block waa reached on the mo! tion to reconsider the vote by which the amend ment appropriate g *260,000 for the Atlanta Colored j&tpositiou was agreed to, and a roll- call was taken cn a motion made bv Mr. Henderson of Iowa to table the mo­ tion to reconsider. The vo e resulted, yea* 87 nays 64--no quorum--and a call of the Hoase was ordered. The calt developing the presence of a quorum, further proceedings under c<j| were dispensed with, and Mr. Forney, of .Ala­ bama, as a question of privilege, called up the sundry civil appropriation bill with Senate amendments which have not been agreed to in conference. After discussion the JBouse ad­ journed without action. THE Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill for the admission of the State of Washington on the 3d inst, and was en­ gaged in it when a message was received from the House with the bill for the ab­ solute exclusion of Chinese immigration. Mr. Stewart moved that tho bill for the ad­ mission of Washington be laid aside, and that the Chinese bill be taken up for immediate action. Acrve.lto. Mr. George moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Foreign Re­ lations. After some discussion the blllweat over. In the House the Chinese bill passed Without an objection or division. The measure forbids the return to this country of any Chinese laborer after he has once left the United Stated, and declares that all certificates of identity un­ der that act to Chinamen who desire to return are null and void. The Oklohama bill is practically a dead issue. The House passed, under suspension of the rules and over the opposition of Mr. Blonnt, of Georgia, the bill to increase the detail of army and navy of­ ficers to State colleges and universities for in­ structors in military tactics. The bill is the one Which has resulted from agitation on the sub­ ject started first by the Governor of Minnesota and the Hegonts of the State University in their efforts to secure a military instructor detailed from the army to remain constantly at the uni­ versity instead of alternating every four years With the University of Nebraska. THE Senate devoted the larger part of Its ses­ sion, the 4thinst., to listening to a speech by Mr. Teller on the House bill to prohibit Chinese immigration. Mr. Teller began by defend­ ing Gen. Harrison's record on the Chinese question, and characteiizing the attack on him in that connection as on a par with tho Moray letter of 1880. Com­ paring tho course of the two parties in Califor­ nia, Mr. Teller said tho Uepublicans there had always been opposed to Cninese immigration, while the Democratic party had not been. The biil went over. Tho Satiate has confirmed tho nomination of W. G. Allan, of South Carolina, as Consul at Kingston, Jamaica. A memorial was prosen:ed in the Senate from the Deep- water or Harbor ©oinmittee of Galveston, Tox., favorinc a deep-water harbor on the northwest coast ortho Gulf of Mexico. The retaliation bill was the special order in the House, and the President's message was discussed bv various members. A bill was passed by the House di­ recting the sale of two lots in Detroit and the restoring of the purchase monoy to the appro­ priation for the public building in that city. The House passed a bill punishing by a tine of not more than SI,000, or imprisonment for not more than tnree years, dealers and pretendid dealers in counterfeit monoy or other fraudulent devicos for using the United States mail. THE Chineso restriction bill came to a vote In the Senate on the 5th inst., and every Senator present voted for it, but owing to the lack of a quorum the ballot was ineffectual. Tha Senate has ordered another conference on the army ap­ propriations bill, Messrs. Allison, Plumb and Gor­ man being appointed conferrees. Mr. Oates (Ala.) created applause in tho House by the introduc­ tion of a concurrent resolution providing for the final adjournment of Congress on the 2 Jth inst. It was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Bills were passed by the House to limit the jurisdiction of United States District and Circuit Courts and providing for the exchange of worn or mutilated subs!diary coin, at coinage value, for now and unworn coin. A favorable report was made by the House Appropriations Ccm-nltteeon the bill appropriating &400.000 to suppress infection in the interstate commerce. ANOTHER attempt was made in the Senate to pass the Chinese exclusion bill, on the 6th inst. The vote was unanimous--yeas 37, two less than a quorum. Upon a call of the Senate thirty-nine Senators--exactly a quorum--responded. Messrs. Sherman and Hoar explained that they had re­ frained from voting because they thought the Senate should delay final action until it ascer­ tained whether the facts on which the bill rested really existed. It was finally agreed, by unanimous consent, that the vote should be on tho 7th. The bill appropriating #750,000 for a postolfice building at St. Paul, Minn., has been favorably reported to t'ue Senate. The Senate Military Committee has reported a bili to retire Gen. George Stoneman with the rank of coloneL Favorable reports have baeu made to the Senate on the bills granting rights of way through the Indian Territory to the Leavenworth and Kio Grando and the St. Louis aud San Francisco Railroad*. The House resumed consideration of the retaliation bill, and adjourned without action. A'^Sample of Boston C altar©. t It is a curious fact that there are men who combine the wealth of a Croesus with the breeding of a Hotten­ tot. And it ia a still more curious fact that such men, because of their wealth, and for no other discoverable reason, are pushed forward into public posi­ tions for which they are wholly unfit­ ted, and upon which they continually bring disgraca. So much for generali­ ties. He is rich, rather illiterate, and somewhat given to saying things which might Much better be left unsaid. He lives iu a magnificent house, sur­ rounded by no end of "style." His son's schoolmate, a boy of 14, was dining there one day. It was his first appearance in the grand mansion, but •with that good taste whioh comes of good-breeding and a good example at home, he tc»ok all the "style" quietly and without comment. This did not suit the "host," Who wanted his splen­ dor noticed and praised. "I hope you are enjoying your dinner," he said. "I am, sir, thank yoa," said the boy, qui­ etly. "Guess you don't see such a lay­ out as this at your house, do you ?" per­ sisted the host. The boy know enough to make no answer, but*when he went to his home he told his mother, who was properly exasperated to think that her son should be exposed to such an exhibition of downright vulgarity. But there is a great deal of it in Bos­ ton, unfortunately.--Boston Jftrald. Remarkahle Self-Saerlflce. A /family of San Litis Potosi pos­ sessed a very fine rattlesnake. Tliey had captured it by me ins of a forked stick when it was but a baby, and suc­ ceeded in domesticating it. In the course of years it grew to be fourteen feet in length, and became tame and playful, never showing the slightest svmptom of anger when handled by the children, but it would not allow its rattles to be touched. It became very much atta-ked to its master, and would follow him around like a dog. During the recent storm in San Luis many of the houses were struck by lightning. The bolts were falling fast about the dwelling which sheltered the snake from childhood. Nobly determined to die for its benefactors, the serpent crawled up the outside walls of the house, and, mounting the roof, it stood on its head in a perpendicular position for the spate of several minutes, shaking its rattles violently at the heavens, like Ajax defying the light­ ning. Tha electricity, * attracted by this living lightning-rod, reduced to ashes the noble animal and also the house. There is no use in letting the American papers have a monopolv of snake stories. .. . ' Connndrnius.'.f " ' What ioa lake ? A hole in • the tay- . kettle. « I.-. | Why is a he» immortal? Beorise I Iter son never sets. • , j •"•Why isA nao-ase a„ik#"4tltf£? I Because the ckt'll eat it. A Kefloa Fansemi for Widest, Fruits, mm* OsrilsB Products. * "-'3 WAXj^AWAZ£A.Waah.Ter., Sept 5,1808. Tlds city is one of the oldest aad best known i In the Pacific Harthwatt, hut being off the mate a Ites of the Korthsni md IJMoa Pacific Bell* M ways. With both of jifcleh, however, It baa branch cotsmatioiile thmgh ttu Orsgen Bell- way and N aylgation mtem. It Is often given * the go-by b c&aM tnen-avaler dlallkee to mika, a change as long ah his ticket holds out ana th# ' | teain goes on. A new load, due hen under con- tract by Jan. 1,1889, however, will bring eloeer J traffic mraiuementa wUh the Northern Pacific ..4 to Pustet Foand and the £aat, a projaetto which •£. the citizens gave a banns of 819ii,030. Ths out- 11 look, too. is good for the Manitoba Road, whicn vi nex t ye^r id to be extended to the esaat, comtof. W iroru Butte, Montana, through l<ol.» Pass, in the. ^ Rockies, along the Clearwater, in Idaho, thrnow into the Palouse country, and to the Weli#^ Walla vallev. According'to the Government monument Jo the court yard, Walla Walla it in latitude 4i de- cf grees 3 minutes 55 seconds north, and k>ngitud<| •' ; 4 1 d e g r e e s 1 7 m i n u t e s a n d ? s e c o n d s w a s t f r o n t i l Washington, or 118 degrees west of Greenwich. , j Th9 city waa laid out on a liberal scale, with J broad streets, the residence portion 1 eing em- J bowered in shade trees. There are many pretty! homes and substantial storeB aud public build- r | ings, and everything hatokens character, solid.; ^ ity, and wealth. One of the best evidences of ;*i the prosperity and Importance of a city is shown • tj improvements. Judged by this stand- aw, alia Walla makes a showing worthy of ' iS older and larger cities. The Court House is the > 3 finest, in the Territory, tho City Building is a j| model structure, while -the Fire Department is j| tlie <• rock organization of tho Northwest. Thei* "fl a ' e t w o e l s e t r i o - l i g h t c o m p a n i e s , a g a s c o m p a n v , . - v s Q^te.epbo.ia service, and other modern comforts „ j aftu convenu n ;-s, and free postal delivery ha» -•*#( b e e n o r d e r e d . T w o c o m p a n i e s t u r i p l v t h e o i t v I with wa<e', coming lrom springs of teini>eratuv» il varying little lrom forty-five de trees tho vo w 3 round. Nearly every hoase has its hydrant,"and 1 cooling streams thread their way along the | streets The natural surface drainage is into - Mill Creek, a rapid stream of 2,000 I:i«h3s, hav- ing a tall cf t ixty-ftve feet to the mi.e, which f furnishes power to several large roller flouring I mills, a threshtr factory, a foundry, and several 5 other industries ; but there is room for more- th >1 woolen mill is wanted, a pottery, an oil mil£ a soap lastory, a papar mill, fruit canneries, a jute-bag factory, etc., and fair inducements aid offered all practical enterprises. Tho people are a unit in local matters, a board of trade is on the alert for whatever tenrta to tue public good, and information is promptly given on any subject. The 6,000 people of th« city support three vigorous daily papers, the Union imorning), and the St'itesm iu and Journal (evenin,' publications). What Eastern citv of equal size can boast of three dai y papers ? The religious and educational facilities, too, are on & par with larger Eastern places. The Whitman College, three public schools, two business col- leges, a Si3tnr«' school, and several private in- stituti ms combine to give tho city the title of the Athens of the Inland Empire. Frontier roughness and rowdyism long ago disappeared. On the 4th of July, wich 10,000) people in the city, no drunkenness nor arrests ma« red the pleasures of the day. No boom pre­ vails, nor is any effort made to create one, sim­ ply a substantial condition of business exists; the people pin t eir faith on the permanent value of a sound natural growth. Fort Walla Walla, one of tha best maintained military posts in the country, is a mile from the city and contains five companies of cavalry. The post is an attractive place to visit, particu­ larly in the evening when the band plays, it being ono of the finest in the West. Tne terri­ torial penitentiary is also located here. Thirty- five mil as wesi of tte city the two mighty rivsrs of the Northwest meet--the long, winding Snake, and the broad, placid Columbia--two great arms of nature's highway to the ocean and ths world. The low ro'l'ng ground, the sand the sage- b r u s h a n d t h e b u n c h - g r a « s m a y n o t s t r i k e t h y visitor in the most favorable light as ne changes1-' ; cars at Wallula for Walla Walla; but the scene changes as he nears the city, whera a wealth of landscape--field, orchard, far.n, aud garden--is spread before him, the most conspicuous, per­ haps, being the mountains, with foothills cov­ ered-with grain fields to their summits. Just now is the harvest, and the whole couutry is a billowy golden sea of wheat, in the midst of which th ) orchards and proves appear like isl­ ands of green, the city itself a great emerald in this expanse of productiveness. Nothing less than a personal inspection can convey to the reader tlie varying beauty of tha, valley of Walla Walla--"land of many waters." The mean animal temperature is fifty-three de­ grees, that of Santa Fe, St. Louis, and Wash­ ington. The winter rarely exceeds a month or six weeks, with an occasional low fall of tem­ perature, and dealers are lucky to get ice fivo inches thick. Ponsies have been picked in the open air at Christmas time. The rainfall throughout this valley is ample and seasonable, averaging about twenty-two inches annually. The spring rains preclude any danger of drought, the dry season coming on after the cereal crops have quite reached maturity. The harvest from July to October is usually uninterrupted by winds or rains, and crops are'gonerally gathered -S and marketed from the fields. Grain is sacked for shipment, and there are no expensive ele­ vator and storage charges. Wheat and wool stand as the chisf staples of etport, more or less, from all parts of the Pacific Northwest.' The wheat of the Walla Walla Valley is noted -tfi for it9 superior quality and large yield. The absence of any failure of crops since tho: earliest settlement of the country, and the sue- : ceBsful returns in large yields, have not in tha ' past called for that diversity found necossary iu. more uncertain sections. The farmer lias sown- to the limit of his seei time without thought of fai nre. Besides, where there is more or lesa growth of oats, rye, ( arl y, flax, hay, and vege­ tables, with ample yields, producers govern the . supply by the demand. Corn does well, while tobacco, melons, and sweet potatoes mature likO: indigenous crops. The unfolding of the timber and mining re­ gions and connection with the vast country thDugb to the great lakes has added an impor­ tant factor to the agricultural prosperity of tho Walla Walla region. This relates to orchard and „a garden products, to green and dried fruits, and vegetables. Nowhere else east of the Cascada Mountains is it possible to produce so great u> variety of fruits. Apples, pears, prunes, and cherries grow to an unusual size, of tho finest «i flavor, and yield proliflcally. An acre of prune trees, 160 in number and seven years old. last; year produced an average of 400 pounds of fruit to the tree, and selling at 5 cents a pound, .. j brought the owner a total of #3,200. These same trees have been bearing since the second* year, nearly all varieties of tre.'H bearing the; second year after planting. An acre will hold : l,0.hi grape vines, each producing from twenty to forty pounds. Hot-house grapes of the East grow out of doors here, and some of the wine- making varieties equal those of California., Peaches, apricots, quinces and plums grow in abundance and excellence. All the small fruits, berries and currants flourish world without end. Strawberries have been gathered every month from April to November. Berries usually pro-, duce a fair crop the same year they are planted, and strawberries have yielded as high as two< tens to the acre, and single specimens have measured eight inches around. Buds, blos­ soms, and ripe apple? can be seen on the tree at tho same time, and often so largo that twenty- five to thirty will fill a bushel packing- box. Cherries grow as large as the avirage Eastern phim. It is not uncommon for a tree to yield from --#30 to $50 worth of fruit, and when an acre will contain 160 trees it is not hard to approximate the profits. Peas, beans, and many score staples and delicacies are found on the tab'es of Walla Walla before the snow has., disappeared from tho fields of New Eng and. . Potatoes yield from 300 to 600 bushols to the acre, onions fifty tons to tho acres, and so on. Isolated until recently from easy access to the great markets, the people have not been ablo to pro.1t by the g-n riiis gifts of nature, and' familiarity wich abundance has bred indiffer­ ence and wastefuluess. The Walla Walla land district comprises over 5,00 MK)j acres, four times the area of Kt.odo Island, and at least half of it is still vacant. Some of it is mountain land and bunch-grass plains, wh re horses, cattle and sheep roam in1 fatness both w inter and summer. Every year the plow is subduing moro and more of the land, marked on the plats of tho United States survey­ ors as "unfit for cultivation," lands which re­ spond most generously to the arts of husbandry, giving up irom twenty-five t.> fifty bushels of if whe.it 10 the acre. j, A well-known physician of thin city has shown himself a public benefactor b / his experiments and sue--esses in the ra sing of gralDs and fraito. An ir.staucu of his taith in the soil wasexhiblAd in the purchase of 1,0 KJ a^res of sage-brush land, regarded as worthless, agreeing to pay for it at the rate of ten bushels of wheat per acre. The land was plowed in tho spring and sown in the fall, and, without receiving a drtp of rain, yield­ ed a crop of .'*1,000 bushels. Next year he bar- . vested 19,OOJ bushels of a volunteer crop from the same land. Values range from $7 an acre tor Northern Pacific Railroad land to $1,000 for fruit land in bearing. The wheat output of the valley last y?ar was 01 er 400,000 tons, the average being thirty-five bushels to the acre. Instances of larye yields, the recordB varying from sixty to seventy-five bushels, are common in every locality. The s il seems adapted to the perfecting of cereals, and such is the fecuiidity Uiat a single grain of wheat J has Iiaen known to send out. a stool of fifty or mo e stalks, with heads e uch holding a hundred or morj grains, or 5.00.) for 1. .- »f In 110 1 art of the X'nited States, perhaps, can ) •o much physical and mental labor be performed with so little fatigue or discomfort. The air is 6 invigorating, t e days never too hot or too cold to prevent lanor. the nights offer p.-ofound hours : of rest, tho water is go<d and pure, and health is insured to reasonably caref 1 p jopls. The dryness of the air renders this soc;ion compara­ tively free from lung and toroat complaints, rheumatism and f ver, and th rj ha; never been an epidemic. The death rate at Fort Walla Walla for 11 period of thirty years has been ouiy 6 to 1,000. ratUiing 't the haulthiest military post in the country. Th-* fine climatu of the North­ west is due to the winds coming from the Japan current in the Pacific Ocean. Three great railway systems are already in the , ; valley and another line )a coming. There is , rive 1" transportation, too, and the o -ean is not-1 far away. Telt graph ana telephone linos run in ' "Jih all directions; roads are mad >, bridges built, ri| and posta-. and express facilities roach Pvery i- pom J. Manufacturing is developing, and flocks ' : and[herds co\er the hills and mountains. Not--- "?• withstanding all that has b««n accomplished by & A t h e p e o p l e o f t h i s f i n e r e g i o n t h e r e i a a g r e a t u n - . . t ? developed future. This valley iiself Is edoinam capable of sustaining hun lreds of thousands' -V >• .. IIMW * . : "= • /i?