NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence ot Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OK OENEKAL INTEREST
from All the Cities and Towns or the
Thriving Bister State
Oregon.
The Oregon state fair openi Ootober
7 and oloses Ootober 18. ,
Hop-picker around Silverton are
averaging from four to five boxei a day.
Aobnt 2,000 Chinook salmon were re
ceived at the Empire City cannery one
day laat week. The rnn ia tbe largest
ever known. ,
Myrtle Point baa a onrfew ordinance.
Tbe ringing of tbe bell at 8 o'olook
every eveniDg promptly oleari tbe
street of small boys.
Mm. Mary Soott Myera, of Tbe
Dalles, bai been notified of her appoint
ment aa member uf tbe national execu
tive board of the Woman's Belief
Corpa.
The cannery at Nehalem started up
last week, and the ran of big salmon
continued fair for a few days. The
fishermen anticipate a large catob tbia
season.
Seafert Bros., of Tbe Dalles, just
shipped two oarloads of fresh salmon
to New York. Their oannery has been
running day and night since the open
season began.
Wallowa, Wallowa oounty, presents
a busy appearanoe. A large amount
of lumber is being banled, many
buildings are being erected, and an air
of general aotivity is noticeable.
Several taxpayers in Harney oounty
who paid their taxes to ex-Sheriff Git
tings, the defaulting sheriff of that
oounty, are anxious to know if tbe
county court will regard tbe receipts
as regular.
Twenty tons of silica were shipped
from tbe Mosier mines to Boston last
week. No one knows what ia being re
ceived for it. The cost of mining and
delivering f. o. b. at the Mosier depot
is about $13 per ton. Tbe silica mines
now give employment to eight or nine
men.
W. H. Talyor, of The Dalles,
shipped Hungarian prunes to New
York last week that brought the re
markable figure of (1.65 per box. Tbe
high figure whs because ot the superi
ority ot the fruit and the exoellent
packing. Oilier fruit sold by its side
fur $1 per box.
Tbe oounty oiurt of Baker oounty,
in accordance with an order barring
the payment of oounty warrants not
presented for payment after seven
years, and which had been advertised
aooordiug to law, canceled (17,319.26
oi these evidences of indebtedness
against Baker county.
Donald MoKay is at the Umatilla
agency after a trip in the Wallowa
country. Tbe scout, who has been sent
for by Indian Agent Harper, expects
to be appointed interpreter to suooeed
the late John MoBean. MoKay says
the Umatilla and Lapwai Indiana are
encamped on Wollowa lake, having a
big time gambling and horseraoing.
Wnhlngtoii.
Five miles of tbe ditch proper on
the Yakima reservation ia now com
pleted, besides tbe 3,300 feet of slough
utilized.
The assessor of Yakima oounty has
made a list of all the farmers and dairy
men in the oounty who own ten or
more milch oows. There are 1,867
uoh persons.
Jesse Nelson has begun suit against
the oity of Spokane for aliened false
imprisonment. He asks judgment for
1 1,950. He was arrested on a charge
of stealing an express wagon.
The statement of the treasurer of
Walla Walla oounty shows that during
the last fiscal year tbe reoeipts of tbe
county amounted to 1201,844 97, and
tbe disbursements to (216,890.85.
Tbe Tacoma offloe of the Northern
Pacific Coal Company is to be olosed,
and tbe work done there is to be trans
acted at Roslyn. This will bring
about the removal of officers and em
ployes to Roslyn.
Quite a few traots of land are being
cleared up by their new white owners
on the Puyallup reservation along the
county road between Puyallup and Ta
coma. It is the richest land on earth,
and soon the whole stretch of eight
miles will be owned and tilled by
whites.
The fruit crop in the Wena tehee
country is an abundant one this year.
Apples, peaches and grapes are all very
low, and no sale for them. Tbe oities
on the Sound furnish a very poor mar
ket for it in quantities, and tbe
freight charges are so high eastward
that it leaves but little profit for tbe
producer.
An appeal has been taken by the
Nail Works Company of Port Town
send from the decision rendered by
Judge Pritchard, of tbe Pierce county
superior court, in which the Biddell
Purchasing Compsny was allowed the
sum of (5,000, in a suit for foreclosure
of a mortgage, tbe plant being ordered
sold to satisfy tbe claim.
The land department of the Northern
Pacific railway does not propose to give
up its title to the land in Palouse City
on which its depot and other buildings
are located without a struggle. Tbe
company will contest the decision ot .
tbe secretary of the interior awarding ;
to Jacob Scblat title to the 160 acres ;
on which is situated tbe western half ,
of Palouse City. j
Tbe Republican county convention
of Chehalia county will be held in '
Monteaano September 30. 1
RIOT AT LEADVILLt.
Threatened Assault at Striking Minors
lias Begun.
Leadvilh, Sept. 22. At 1 o'olock
this morning, three heavy explosions
aroused tbe sleepers in tbe eastern part
of tbe oity for blocks around tbe Coro
nado mine, whioh ia the one that first
resumed operations, and whioh was
heavily bar' loaded, and well stocked
with provisions and arms.
The explosions were followed uy a
fusilade ot rifle shots, apparently from
within (he barrioade, and rapid but ir
regular shots from the outside, ap
parently from a widely soattered at
tacking foroe, who were on band to
protect tbe retreat of the dynamiters.
The shooting lasted for ten minutes,
and all was silent for about five min
utes, when desultory firing was re
newed and kept up until daybreak.
Ten minutes after tbe first explo
sion, a telephone message from the
jCoronado stated that nobody inside the
barrioade had been injured.
( The telegraph offloe is watohed by
several bands of men grouped in dark
oorners and alleys, and this may mean
they propose to prevent any communi
cations. Tbe oity is in a panic of fear.
County and oity officials are out look
ing after tbe work of tbe police and
sheriffs. Bullets frequently whistle
over the office from whioh this message
ia being sent.
At 3 o'olook a fire has broken out
and is believed to be tbe oil tanks in
side the barricade at tbe Coronado
shafthouse, A telephone message just
reoeived from the mine says that nohe
of tbe defenders have been hurt as yet
2:10 A. M. The sights and. sounds
beggar description. All the whistles
in tbe oity are blowing, and two or
three steam sirens add disoord to the
dark night's alarming ohorns. Tbe
sharp oraoks of rifles punotuate tbe
tooting at irregular intervals.
Citizens bave gone to the scene with
whatever arms they can gather, and a
militia oompany has just marobed to
ward tbe Coronado under arms.
Tbe whistle whioh oalls out all citi
zens in case of emergenoy baa just
sounded, and the streets are full of
rushing men, orying women and chil
dren. ,
2:15 A. M. Another heavy explo
sion baa just occurred. Five minutes
ago, tbe Coronado telephone bore the
message that the defenders were too
busy to answer questions.
As soon as the fire broke out, the fire
department went to the soene and the
flames seem to be dying ont, indioating
effective work by the firemen.
It is said that a fireman named
O'Keefe, when he started to turn on
water at the fire, was shot. Shots are
still heard at infrequent intervals.
8:00 A. M. The first Herald-Democrat
reporter to return ' from tbe fire
states that besides Fireman O'Keefe
two unknown men are dead. He can
not tell as yet bow many bave been
wounded, and is not sure that this is
the list of dead.
8:10 A. M. It is now reported that
John Mahoney, who works at the Big
Four, while on bis way from the mine,
and near the Emmet mine, was shot
through the stomach and is believed to
be dead. Another man had all his
clothing torn from his body, but es
caped with bis life.
The miners' strike, of whioh to
night's lawlessness is tbe outcome, be
gan three months ago yesterday, when
at 11 o'olook at night the men in two
or three of the leading mines walked
out. The union scale of wages in
Leadville was (3 for everybody, but in
1898, when the prioe of silver dropped
below 60 cents an ounce an agreement
was made that (2. 60 should be accept
ed for some classes of work until sil
ver should return to 83 cents. This
-Kreemout the miners afterward de
clared was unfair, as many of tbe
mines paid large dividends. It was to
enforce the original soale of (3 that the
men struok. About 3,000 men were
involved. Within the last two weeks
several mines have resumed work, and
this weok the output has been 1,200
tons daily, against 2,000 tons before
the strike.
A dipBacth from Denver states that
Governor Molntyre has ordered out the
entire state militia to quell the riot.
TRUNK FULL OF DYNAMITE.
A Startling Discovery Made in a Chi
CHgo i,origlug-lIotise.
Chicago, Sept 22. Joseph Bestman,
said by the police to be an anarchist,
left at 18 Sedgwick oourt tnree years
ago this fall, a trunk containing suffi
cient dynamite to have destroyed an
acre of property in Chicago, and to
bave killed hundreds of people. The
disoovery was made by accident Best
man was not found, but tbe police re
ceived information in the afternoon
that be is living in Dallas, Tex., and
wired the chief of police there to arrest
bim at once. The discovery of this
enormous quantity of explosive ma
terial and the story of Bestman him
self, 'so far as now known to the police,
brings to light a tale of auachistic plot
tings such as Chicago has not revealed
since the dark days of 1885, wben
the existence of tbe city was threat
ened, and Spies and his comrades were
swung on the gallows for the bomb- 1
throwing at the Haymarket massacre. :
Much correspondence with tbe con-'
demned anarchists was also found.
London and Liverpool are both at
the level ot the sea.
An Engineer's Carelessness.
San Francisco, Sept. 23. Tbe tui
Ethel and Marion was sunk this morn
ing, owing to tbe carelessness of her
engineer, wbo attached a boae to h-r
water tanks and then went off up town
Before he returned the tanks and hall
were filled, and the tug ia now at tbe
bottom of the hay near the wbarf where
she was moored.
It is estimated that a lightning flash
is only visible 1-20,000 part of a
second.
To Prison for Lira.
San Francisco, bep 28. Olivet
Winthrop, tbe chief conspirator in the
abduction and robbery of James Camp
bell, tbe Hawaiian millionaire, was
tbia monriug sentenced to life im
prisonment tor his crime. Cambpell
was one c ay lart monih inveigled into
a cottage at tbe west end of California
street where he was robbed of all the
money be bad on bis person and kept
for two days, the robbers, of whom
Winthrop was the leader, making re
peated attempts to foroe tbe aged mil
lionaire to pay a ransom of (20,000 to
secure his release. This Campbell re
fused to do, and the oonspiratora finally
released their victim for fear of being
detected in their crime. Winthrop
was subsequently arretted, at tbe insti
gation of Camr.bell, and was tried with
the above result
Would Sot Up a Republic,
New York, Sept. 23. It is whisper
ed around tbe oity that an influential
and farramifying conspiracy exists to
overthrow the dynasty of China and es
tablish a republic While the Chinese
empire is in no imminent danger, there
is an organization with headquarters
in New York whioh has for its ulti
mate object its overthorw, but will
content itself for tbe present with an
agitation looking to the betterment of
the Chinese people. This organization
has its headquarters in New York and
a large and influential offshoot in San
Francisco, and branohes in every oity
where Chinese abound. Its members
are banded by solemn oaths, and no
Chinese are admitted who are not in
telligent and of good moral obaraoter. '
Ed Crane's Suicide.
Rochester, N. Y., Sept 22. Ed
Crane, onoe a noted pitcher of the New
York ball team, ooiumittedjsuioide at
tbe Congress Hall hotel here last night
by taking a dose of obloroform. Crane
had been in hard luck of late years,
and was penniless and despondent He
was 82 years of age. A widow and
one child survive him.
RATE DEMORALIZATION.
Serloar Times Ahead for Soma of the
Western Lines.
Chioago, Sept. 22. Unless tbe stock
holders of the Western roads soon take
aotion similar to that which resulted
in the formation of the Joint Tariff
Association among the trunk lines of
the East, there are serious times ahead
for some of the Western lines. The
situation among Western roads has
pever been worse in their history than
it is today, and it is telling severely on
their revenues. Eaoh line is putting
in reduced rates to secure business as it
offers, and indications are that rates on
all commodities of oonsequence will
soon be down to bedrock. The daily
bulletins issued by the agent of the
roads in Washington show that the
tariffs issued are failing in their reve
nues to the roads, and in the opinion
of some ot tbe conservative traffio offl.
oials of the western roads, tbe only
thing that will remedy tbe situation ia
aotion by tbe owners and investors in
tbe road and a demand that the presi
dents take aoiton that will, in a short
time, end tbe demoralization.
Tbe Western Freight Association is
the latest oragnization of the roads in
freight matters, and Commissioner
Midgley, of that organization, found it
nboessary to ibsub laat week a personal
appeal to the roads to inform bis office
at the same time the information is
sent out . to tbe interstate commerce
commission, of the proposed reduced
rates. Numerous instances have oo
ourred where members of the association
bave given the commissioner no notice
whatever of their intention to out
rates, and his information has oome
from tbe agent at Washington. He
asked the roads to notify him simul
taneously with the notice sent to the
commission, and to oontinue the prac
tice until better conditions, can be in
augurated. One of the prominent
officials ot one of the great Western
lines said today: ;
"I am convinced that if the stock
holders and investors do not interest
themselves in this matter before long,
some of the lines will bave great diffi
culty in avoiding bankruptcy."
FAIR OPEN IN GLORY.
The Public Throngs the Great Expo
sition Building.
Portland, Or., 8ept. 22. Tbe Ore
gon Industrial Exposition was opened
Saturday night amid a blaze of Bplen
dor and glory that more than insured
its suocess, and the verdict of the pub-
lio which attended, 8,000 strong, was
that it meiited the claim of being the ;
greatest and most attractive exposition j
ever held in the Northwest This ver- j
diet was not difficult to arrive at, as '
the marvelous transformation that the j
big building has undergone has made
it a hundred fold more attractive than '
the bleak, barrack-like structure, light-!
ed by glarisb aro lamps, that is remem- j
bered of former years. The people ,
weie surprised; the new musio ball I
and tbe new promenade surprised tbem
exceedingly, but it was an agreeable
and happy surprise, and they went
away delighted. Mayor Pennojer for-'
mally opened the exposition with a
brief address, and pressed tbe button
which started tbe machinery in motion, i
The fair will continue until October
17, and the various nights will be re
plete with attractions. j
Four Powder Mills Blown Cp.
Springfield, Mass., Sept 22. Four
powder mills at Hazardville, Conn.,
were blown- up today. Lightning
struck one, causing the explosion. No ;
one was killed or injured. Thousands '
of panes of glass were broken in town.
Sixty Cents la Trade for Wheat.
Moscow, Idaho, Sept 21. Mercan
tile firms of this city are offering sixty
cents bushel in trade for wheat
The cash price is thirty-six cents.
Wneat ia pouring in here.
A SOARING MACHINE TESTED.
Octavo Chanule's Invention Has rrorsn
a Great Success.
Chicago, Sept 81. Tbe first free
test ot Ootave Chanute's albatross
soaring machine, invented and con
structed by William Paul, was made
hc Miller, lnd., last evening nnder fa
vorable oonditiona, wbile the machine
waa heavily loaded with ballast, so aa
to prevent it from flying any great dis
tance, and vtaa anohored by four ropes,
eaoh 300 feet long. Tbe three points
which the trial waa to decide, first, as
to whether it would leave tbe chute
evenly; second, whether it would right
itself in tbe air; third, whether, wben
it oommenced to descend, it would
move downward slowly and alight
easily.were all determined in a manner
gratifying both to the inventor and
owner. The flight waa less than 100
feet, but tbe desoent and final alight
ing on the sand were aa graceful and
evt-n aa though the bird from whioh
the maohine waa patterened.
The trial proved the maohine perfect
Iv safe, a proof which was the more
acceptable, iuasmnoh as it has been
asserted that the maonine waa danger
ous, and that an attempt to fly would
be sure to result in death to the operat
or. Another test will be made soon
MICHAEL, THE IRISH WONDER.
Broke the World's Record for a One
flour Competition, Paced Kaoe.
New York, Sept 81. James
Miobael, tbe Irish wonder, smashed all
the American reoorda for one-hour com
petition (paoed) race this afternoon at
the first annual national oironit meet
ing of the Quill Wheelmen at Manhat
tan beaoh. Twenty-seven miles and
1,090 yarda atands to the credit of the
foreigner for one hour, but Frank Star
buck, of Philadelphia, waa only thirty
yarda behind him at tbe finish, and
only for some bad blundering on the
part of his paoemakera ahortly after
the fifth mile, would have given
Miohael the raoe of his life. Starbuok
lost a little more than a half mile in
tbe early part of tbe oontest by having
no paoemakera, but in the last twenty
minutes even at the terrifio gait both
were traveling, succeeded in not only
passing his competitor aa they spun
around the traok, but bad nearly oaugbt
him at the finish, having gained over a
lap and a half. Some of tbe oredit of
this wonderful exhibition of enduranoe
and speed was due to Starbuck's pace
makers, who evidently tried to make
up for their early blundering, and in a
gteat part succeeded. .
THREE FASTEST HEATS.
Remarkable performance of Btar Pointer
at My.tlo Point.
Medford, Mass., Sept 21. Star
Pointer, at Myatio Point, this after
noon, not only beat two aooredited
faster horses Kobert J. (2:01 K) ana"
Frank Agan (2:08) but paoed the
three fastest beats ever made in compe
tition, tbe time being 2:02, 2:08 1-8
and 2:03, an average of 2:084'. He
also lowered tbe world'a record for the
fastest .heat ever paoed 2:02 aa
well as tbe reoorda for the fastest quar
ter and bait 29 and 69, respec
tively. The raoe between tbe three
paoera was phenomenal, for, wbile in
tbe first, heat Robert J. was beaten by
ten lengths, in the next two be waa
olose on the leaders, ooming in second
in the third heat Frank Agan in the
whole raoe was never a length behind,
and at one time was a nose to the
good. Star Pointer, however, man
aged to go under the wire first in every
heat, and muBt have bad something in
reserve, for MoCarthy never raised hir
whip in the three times.
KILLED HIS MOTHER.
J. E. Perry Found Guilty of Man
slaughter at Murray, Idaho.
Wallaoe, Idaho, Sept 21. It is re
potted from Murray that tbe jury
found J. E. Perry guilty of manslaugh
ter. Perry ia the young man who
killed his mother with a hatchet it
Wallaoe early one morning last April.
There were no witnesses to the tragedy,
although there were a number of per
sons in the immediate vioinity of the
shanty where the killing was done,
and any violent quarrel would have
been beard. After tbe tragedy Perry
fled, carrying tbe batobet, but was oap
tured, after a fierce resistance. He had
twice been an inmate of asylums for the
insane in Colorado and Washington.
Tbe defense sot up a plea of insanity
at tbe trial.
A Unique Epistle.
Washineton. Sent 21. The nerson-
sl letter from the Emperor of China to j
Trident Cleveland, which formed ,
lie credentials of Li Hung Chang, ha j
aaom nlunail rtn avliihiHnn in tho liVirnt-ff I
of the department of state. Tbe letter
is written on a scroll of lemon-colored
parchment paper abouj five feet in
lentgb by a foot and a half in width,
a portion being in ancient Chinese and
part - in Chinese characters with tbe
royal red seal and the emperor's auto
graph in tbe center. Tbe envelope U
unique, being a great sheet of yellow
satin embroidered in gold and silver,
with exquisite workmarsbip, with fiva
large Chinese double dragons, conve
niently arranged.
It is said tbat bees can fly 20 pei
cent faster than pigeons.
Valparaiso, Sept 21. Months ago
the press and several members of con
gress denounced tbe governments man
agement of the telegraph lines, alleg
ing gross frauds. The matter was sup
pressed, but now obarges are again
made to the same purport It ia re
ported tbat an investigation will be
made and surprising revelations are ex
pected. Friends of President Monat in
tbe bouse and senate are preparing a
demonstration in bia honor before he
leaves tbe executive chair.
NO ASTORIA ROAD SOON.
Nearly All the Workmea to Be Laid Off
for Lack of funds.
Portland, Or., Sept 21. Rumorahave
been afloat for tbe past day or two to
the effect that work on the Astoria
Uoble railroad was to be stopped for
the winter. There bave been ao many
reports in regard to this road tbat any
new one attracts but little attention;
but It appears on investigation that
this latest one, wbile not wholly cor
rect, la well founded.
From tbe best information attaina
ble, it seems quite oertain that about
three-fourths of tbe men at work on
tbe line are to be laid off today. Tbe
three dredges, whioh have been work
ing night and day building the em
bankment, or grade, aoross the tide
lands above Tongue point, will be kept
at work; but will work in the day
time only. It waa reported yesterday
tbat eighteen of tbe camps on tbe road
bave been abandoned, and that there
are only eleven left This means tbe
oessation of work on tbe greater part
of tbe line on high ground. Tbe reason
given for keeping the dredges at work
on the tideland is that it is desirable to
get tbe grade built there before next
apriug, as a high flood might Interrupt
it. The work on tbe high ground oan
be done at any time, and next summer
to better advantage than during tbe
winter, and there need be no trouble
about the road being oompleted by next
harvest It ia said tbat the reason for
stopping work is the impossibility of
securing money to carry it on, on ao
oount of tbe financial situation.
DYNAMITER BELL ARRAIGNED.
Accused of Conspiracy and Remanded
for a Weak.
London, Sept 2!. Edward Bell,
tbe alleged Irish dynamiter, arrested at
Glasgow, waa arraigned In the Bow
street p ilioe oourt today. He is de
scribed as Edward Bell, alias Edward
J. Ivory, an Amerioan, and a hotel
keeper at 211 Lexington avenue, New
York. Bell la sooused of oouspiring
with others to oause an explosion in
the United Kingdom. He was re
manded for a week and removed to
Hulloway jail this afternoon.
New York, Sept 21. The only Ed
ward J. Ivory in the New York oity di
rectory i given aa doing business in
liquors, ai 2201 Lexington avenue and
3018 Eighth avenue.- About two
weeks ago Ivory went on a vaoation,
leaving tbe saloon iu oharge of tbe
head l artender. He is supposed to be
in Boston. The bartender wrote him
a few days ago, and reoeived a letter
from Ivory telling bim about oertain
matters concerning the saloon. . An
other Ivory kept a saloon on East One
Hundred and Eighteenth street Some
time ago be mysteriously disappeared.
In spite of the statement of the bar
tender, there is good reason for tbe
statement that Bell and Ivory are one
and the same person. " ' '' ' '" -
Weloomad by the Chronicle.
London, Sept 21. Tbe Chroniole
this morning has an editorial in whioh
it weloomea the suggestion of the St
James' Gazette that new driebund,
including Great Britain, the United
States and Italy, would . solve the
Armenian problem. The Chroniole
looks upon this as a proposal having
nothing in oomomn with cynical in
difference, and greatly hopes tbat it
will find an eoho in the United States.
Tbe Chroniole then proceeds to assert
tbat an Amerioan admiral waa last
year ordered to bombard Yildiz palace,
if there waa any further massaore ot
Armenians.
"Tiiese orders," says the Chroniole,
"were - subsequently withdrawn when
tbe Venezuela dispute oame to a bead
a single example of tbe danger of leav
ing suoh disputes to simmer until they
boil over at tbe most disastrous mo
ment. The sooner Lord Salisbury and
Mr. Olney oan agree to the arbitration
of the question, the better will be tbe
chance ot union whioh tbe St. James'
Gazette so wisely oommends."
Bo Got No Patronage.
San Franoisco, Sept. 21. The Cali
fornia Hotel Men's Association has de
cided to institute legal proceedings to
compel Major W. B. Hooper, manager
of the Occidental hotel, to pay (800
into the association. Tbis aotion re
oalls tbe story of the difficulties whioh
grew out of the visit to this oity in
April last of several hundred members
of tbe Hotel Men'a Mutual Benevolent
Association. To entertain tbe visitors
tbe local association raised several
thousand dollars. Major Hooper sub
scribed (300. The visitors arrived and
tbe Occidental hotel manager was
oalled upon to pay. He refused to do
so on the ground that he bad not been
aooorded a fair share of -the patronage
of the visiting hotel men. None of tbe
visitors went to the Oooidental. At
the last quarterly meeting Major
Hooper was expelled from the associa
tion. Those Who Pell at Antietara.
Hagerstown, Md., Sept. 31. On
tbe tbe Hagerstown turnpike, abont
300 yards from tbe historic old Dunk-1
ard cburcb. a handsome shaft of Ver- j
mont mHrble was dedicated tbis after
noon to the memory of the 545 members '
of the old Philadelphia brigade who :
fell in the Antietam battle, near tbe j
spot where the monument stands atj
present
A Hook Dealer's Death.
San Francisco, Sept 31. Achilla
Waltdenfel, a well-known Catholio
book dealer, was found dead today at
bis borne on Van Ness avenue. Walt
denfel was found lying on tbe sofa in
bis parlor by a neighbor. Gas was es
caping and Mrs. Waltdenfel was sleep
ing in an adjoining bedroom. She
says her husband's death must bave
been accidental He was a sufferer
from asthma and bis business has not
been prosperous lately.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
With almost tbe entire rural popula
tion ot the Northwest engaged in har
vesting and niarketiug their various
orops, but little trading is being done,
snd orders from tbe country have been
slaok for tbe past week. Tbe fruit
markets bave been ratber heavily
stockod tbis week, and prioes bave
been demoralized. Wool is lifeless
and bops are but little better.
Wheat Market.
Wheat receipts are increasing rapid
ly, and, aa much of it will be quickly
turnod into oasb, the benefits will soon
be felt The bulk of tbe reoeipts bave
been of Valley wneat Quotations are:
Walla Walla, 60 to 61o; Valley, 62 to
68o per busbel. '
Produoe Market.
Floue Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, 2.80; Benton county and
White Lily, (2.80; graham, (2.40; su- -perline,
12.16 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 3082c per bush
el; choice gray, 2l)31c. Roiled oats
are quoted aa follows: Bags, t4.26(
5.26; barrels, (4.60 7 ; cases, (3.76.
Hat Timothy, 10.5u per ton) cueat,
16.6007 ; clover, (67 ; oat, (7.60 ; wheat,
(0.60.
BajUiST Feed barley, (13.60 per ton;
brewing, (14318.
MiLLMOrrs Bran. (12.60; shorts,
(12.60; middlings, (19.60; rye, 90o
per cental.
Bottbb Fancv creamery is quoted at
40o; fancy dairy, 26o; fair to good,
17K20c-
Potatoes. California, 66c; Oregon,
5U(u,66c per sack ; sweets, 2c per pound.
Onions 06c per vwb
Poultby Chickens, mixed. (250
3.00; bi oilers, (1.26&2.26; geese, 16.00:
turkeys, . live, 10c; ducks, (3.004.0O
per dozen.
Egos Oregon. 14o per dozen.
Cussss Oregon, 10c ; Oalitoi nia 8c ;
Young America, 11c per pound.
Tropical Fboit Calitornia lemons,
fancy, 13.50(44.60 per box; bananas.
(1.762.60 per bunch: California seed
ling oranges, (2.60(92.75 per box; Med
iterranean sweets, $4.50 per box ; pine
apples, (3.004.00 per dozen.
Vkokiablbb Garlic, new, 10c per
pound; cabbage, lc per pound; toma
toes, 25(36c per box; string beans, 2),
03c per pound ; wax beans, 23o per
pound; encumbers, 1626o .per box;
egg plant, (1.60 per crate; corn, 109
12)jfc per dozen; summer squash, 26c
per box ; green peppers, (1 per box,
Tbopiual Fkuit California lemons,
fancy, are quoted at $3.60(84.60 per box ;
bananas, (2.50 per bunch ; 'Valencia late
oranges, (4.605.00; pineapples, (3.00
4.00 per dozen.
Frkhh Fkuit California apples, (1.25
01.60; Oregon, (1 per box ; crab apples,
06c; pears, 7585c; prime, 2e per
pound ; Salaway peaches, 50(60c ; Snase
river and Indian Ked, 60c per box; wa
termelons, Rogue river, (1.00 per dozen ;
California, (1.26 per dozen ; cantaloupes,
Oregon, 60cl per crate; quinces, (I ;
grapes, 40 80c per crate ; Hungarian
plums, tSOc per box ; egg, 1 He per pound ;
Eastern Concord grapes, 36c per basket.
Dbikd Fbuits Apples, evaporated,
bleached, 44Hc; unbleached, 84c;
sun-dried, sacks or boxes, 3H(4c;
. aAa mean anvarl A ltd t-VMa
7fJI a, OUU RUU utojpwi asjsrwN) p
prunes, 35cper pound ; figs. 10c per
pound.
Wool Vallev. 9c, per pound; East
ern Oregon, 6(3"c.
Hops New crop, 6c; old, 2c.
Nuts Peanuts, 67c per pound tor
raw, 10c for roasted ; coeoanu s, 90c per
down; walnuts, 12 14c; pine nuts,
15c; hickory nuts, 810c; chestnuts,
17c; Brazil, 12c; pecans, large, 14c;
Jumbo, 16c; filberts, 12Hc; fancy, large,
14c; hard-shell, 8c; paper-shell, 10
12vc
Pbovisions Portland paek : Smoked
bams are quoted at 1010c per lb;
C ionic bams, 7c; boneless hams, 7c;
reakfast bacon. 10c; bacon, 6c; dry
salt sides, 66c ; lard. 5-pound pails, 7c ;
10s, 6o; 60s, 6c; tierces, 7c per
pound.
Hides Dry hides, No. 1, 16 pounds
and upward, 8H9c per pound; dry
kip, No. 1, 6 to 10 pounds, 7o per pound ;
dry calf, No. 1, under 5 pounds, ll13c ;
dry salted, one-third lees than dry flint.
Salted bides, sound steers, 60 pounds,
and over. 6c: do. 60 to 60 pounds, 6c;
do, under 60 pounds and cows, 34c;
do, kip, sound steers, 16 to 80 pounds,
4c; do, veal, 10 to 14 pounds, 6c; do,
calf, under 10 pounds, 50c ; green (un
salted), lc per pound lees; culls (bulls,
stags, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored,
hajr slipped, weather-beaten or grubby)
one-third less.
Bkbswax 2022 per pound.
Tallow Prime, per pound, 32Jc;
No. 2 and grease, 2ftc.
Merchandise Market.
Salmon Columbia, river No, 1. tails,
(1.261.60; No. 2. talis, (2.26(32.(30;
fancy, No. 1, flats, $1.7601.86; Alaska,
No. 1, tails, $1.2001.30; No. 2, tails, (1.90
2.26.
Coboaob Manilla rope, 1-lnch, is
quoted at 8c ; White sisal, hard twisted :
Rope, 1-in. cir. and upward, 6c;
rope, 12-thread, 6c.
b oo ab Golden CI, 4c ; extra C, 4)c ;
dry granulated, 6c; cube crushed and
powdered, 6c per pound; jC perpoond
discount on all grades for prompt cash ;
half barrels, ic more than barrels;
maple smear. 16(3l6c per pound.
Cokfke Mocha, 2731c per pound ; ,
Java, fancy, 242!)c; Costa Rica, 20w
2:iic; Caracal, 22.(8260; Salvador, 19
j22c; Arbuckle, (18.16; Lion, $18.16;
Columbia, $18.15 per case.
Rica Island, i3.60(g4.25 per sack;
Jspan, $3.7634.
Coal Oil Cases, 10c ; barrels,
17c; tanks, 16V P" gallon.
Wheat Baos Calcutta, (4.26(14.37
for July and August deliveries.
Meat Market.
Bssr Gross, top steers, (2.40; cows,
(1.762.00; dressed beef, 34tc per
pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers,
(1.75; ewes, (1.60; dreesea mutton, 3e
per pound.
Vbal Net, small, 4jc; large, 2&
3Wc per pound.
Hows Gross, choice, heavy, $3.00$
3.25: light anr feeders, $2.76; dressed,
3X4c per poanO.
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.
Potatoes Garnet Chile, 50(360c;
Falinaa Burbanks, 60(dH0c; Early Rose,
2530c; River Burbanks, 25(tt30e;
sweeta, (1 1.25 per cental.
Onions 20(30c per sack for yellow,
60c for pickle.
Eoos Store, 13 17c; ranch, 25ig23c;
ducks, 1617c per dozen. .