She left in company with the R. R.
Springer, a rival packet. No lives
lost.
At a meeting of the Chicago commer
cial exchange yesterday afternoon the
commhaion grocery brokers resolved to
protest to the city authorities against
the annual payment of a license of 350
levied against them. If the protest is
not heeded, the brokers propose to test
the legality of the license in the courts
on the ground that their being singled
out assessment from other brokers
is to tbeir jeopardy.
From Lake Superior to Portland.
New York, March 10.—Vice Presi
dent Oakes in an interview said to-day
that the contract for a road between
Portland aud Kalama had been signed
with J. B. Montgomery Co., of Port
land. The length of the road is to be
forty miles, and is to be completed by
September. The Columbia river is to
be crossed by an iron ferry boat capable
of carrying three cars at once, and
which has been shipped in sections to
Portland, to arrive September 1. The
ferry will be worked like that at Havre
de Grace on the Pennsylvania railroad.
When completed it will give a through
connection from Lake Superior to Port
land. Over *BO miles of the Montana
pap has been graded, and all will l>e
completed by September.
A Yellowstone Park Lease.
