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THERE WIS NO CRIME "Not Guilty" Was the Jury's Verdict. THE SEIFFEttT CASE SETTLED The Man Who Killed L. H. riattor, Wall-Known Spokane Lawyer aud Polltldlan, Hot re. Spokane, Wash., Not. 8. Tbe Seiffert murder case went to the jury t 4;80 o'clock thii afternoon. At 6 o'olook a verdiot of not guilty was re turned. At, 7 o'olook the judge came into, court and tbe rerdiot was an nounued. Wben : tbe announcement was made,. Seiffert turned and em braced- -his wife, both crying. The crowd cheered tbe announcement. (Henry Seiffert shot and almost in stautly killed L. H. Plattor, a well known attorney and politician, in tbe corridor of the courthouse at Spokane ibortly before 6 o'olook on tbe evening of July 81 last. Tbe tragedy resulted from remark! made by Plattor in court, and wbioh Seiffert oqnstrued aa a reflection upon hit cbaraoter. Seiffert wai being pressed before tbe court ai adminis trator of tbe estate of Rudolph Qorkow, a rich brewer,, who died in Spokane short time previously. Oorkow bad married a variety aotress about a year before, and tbe marriage was an un happy one. He brought suit for di 'voroe ahortly before his deatb, and in his will ont his wife off with $1. She is contesting tbe will, and there is a struggle over tbe administration of the estate. Plattor -represented some of the beneiloiariea of the will, opposing Seiffert When court ad journed, tbe two men 'met in. the corridor. Seiffert claimed he offered bis hand to Plattor as a brother Elk, and said: "Come on, Lew, and I will show you that yon are all wrong." It was .said, by some, but this wai denied by others, that Plattor rejeoted the proffered hand and struck Seiffert with bis oane. Seiffert then drew a ' revolver and fired the fatal shot, wbioh paused through the heart Plattor wai dead in a minnte, never ottering a word after he was shot Seiffert then walked into the sheriff's offloe and gave himself up. A crowd of attorneys were with the two men wben tbe tragedy ooourred. An attempt was. made to stop Seiffert, but the maddened man was too quick.) DOES NOT AID CUBA. The I ted Crow Sooletj fair. a PartUan Af- New York;, Nov.; 2. A commission of the Spauisb,,,hranoh of the interna tional Red Cross Society, wbioh re cently arrived in this oity from Hav ana, bas issued a circular letter appeal ing to the Amerioan public for funds to aid the work of the Spanish branoh of tbe society in Cuba. It is stated in tbe. oircular that the society in Cuba lends assistance to all tbe ill and wounded in the field, Cubans and Span ish alike. Tomas Estrada Palma, bead of tbe Cuban junta in tbe United States, re ferring to tbe oircular said: "I request that it be made known that tbe commission's claim that the work of the Spanish branch of the so oiaty is absolutely independent of gov ernment control and free from any po litical bias is not correct. Tbe Red Cross in Cuba is entirely a one-sided partisan society, completely under the control of tbe Spanish government, and none of its members is allowed to min ister to tbe wounded or dying Cubans on tbe battlefield. VI challenge the sooiety to publish over its signature a single oase in which the Red Cross bas on any bat tlefield in Cuba attended to the wound ed on tbe Cuban side. I can prove by Amerioan, and even by the Spanish press reporters that there have been many oases where Cnban surgeons have nursed the wounded Spanish soldiers, escorting them afterwards to tbe Span ish lines. "Only recently a Spanish deoree was issued from Havana plaoing the drug trade under the control of tbe government in order to keep, under se vere penalties, any medicine from reaching Cuban hospitals. It is for this reason that we Cubans must rely on tbe United States for our medicines for our ill and wounded in Cuba, and it is to keep tbe Spanish soldiery from assaulting our hospitals that we place , them in the neart of tbe mountains where only Cubans would dare tread. "While I will not grudge tbe com mission any amount of success tbey may attain in their work, it is my duty as a representative of tbe Cubans to let tbe American public kmw tbe true faota in tbe case of the Red Cross Society in Cuba." A Sepoy Baa Amuck. Simla, Nov. a. A sepoy belonging to tbe British-Indian troops stationed at Fort Randeman, ran amuck last night and killed Lieutenant Teate, of tbe royal engineers; Lieutenant Downes, of the Bombay lancers, and two private soldiers, besides wound ing Lieutenant McLaughlin. London Cabmen Strike London, Nov. 3. In pursuance of a resolution adopted yesterday evening, upwards of 4,000 cabmen struck today, adding another chapter to the long, wearisome dispute between tbe cabmen and the railroad stations. . Blermi on Coaat of Fertogal. Lisbon, Nov. 3. A severe storm prevails along the coast of PortcgaL j A fUbing-boat has been lost near Seta baL eighteen miles southeast of tbii city. Fourteen fishermen were drowned. A MINISTER ACQUITTED. Knd of a Henaatlnnal Trial la Con. nectlout. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 8. Tbe murder case fgiinst Rev. H. H. Hay den bas been dismissed in the court It recalls one of the most sensational trials in the history of tbe Connecticut criminal court. Tbe trial took plaoe in 1)179, and was probably as widely discussed as any trial tbat bas taken plaoe in the country. September 1, 1878, Mary Stannard, who bad been employed as a domestio in Hayden'i house, went to her home aud sent a letter back informing Hay dan she would soon be a mother, charg ing him with the responsibility for ber oondition. On the following day she returned to North Madison and visited Haydeu's bouse several times, finally telling her sister that be bad promised to buy her medioine. Next day Hay den left home, telling his wife be was going to Durham, and about noon he appeared at tbe borne of Miss Stan nard 'a sister. Late iii the afternoon ber body was found. An autopsy was held, and sixty grains of arsenio found in ber stomach, unabsorbed. Hayden was arrested but denied all knowledge of the murder or any re lations with the girl. The trial had many sensational feaotres. Tbe strongest point in the defense was made by the mixing up of experts on two kinds of arsenic. Tbe jury was taken on a speoial train to view tbe scene of the murder and when their decision. was given they stood eleven to one for aoquittal. A Narrow Escape. Spokane, Nov. 8. Mrs. Hendrioks, wife of Wood Hendrioks, residing at 217b Front avenue, had a narrow es cape from being killed this morning, as a result of the careless blasting tbat has been going on for some time at tbe site of the Northern Paciflo carshops. She had bnt a moment before arisen from a obair upon wbioh she wai sit ting, in the front room of tlie bouse, wben suddenly there came a orash of breaking timber and latb, followed by a full of plaster from all over tbe room, and a piece of rook weighing about twenty pounds fell to tbe floor jnst where she had been sitting. . Upon in vestigation, it was found that the mis sle had been thrown into the air from a blast set off by Contractor Bennett's men at tbe site of the work now going on at the shops and carried forty rods, when it came crashing through the roof of Hendrioks' bouse. . From numerous complaints made, tbe police have several times notified Contractor Bennett that he must be more oareful in blasting at tbat point. Only two weeks ago all tbe front teeth of a tinner by tbe name of Brown, who was at work on tbe roof of the new roundhouse, were knocked out and bis faoe lacerated by being struck by a pieoe of rock thrown by a blast In view of this last pieoe of oarelessness, Chief Hawthorn says he will take steps to effectually put a stop to the reckless risking of human life. Advice to Spain. London, Nov. 8. Tbe Qlobe, in an editorial tonight, says that should tbe insurrection last much longer. Spain would not lose much by quitting its hold of Cuba. With the island's two staple industries almost ruined past mending, the termination of the rebel lion must endow Spain with a verita ble white elephant. For a long time afterward she would have to maintain an army of occupation to prevent an other uprising, and, as tbe revenue re ceipts wuld be next to nothing, the Madrid treasury would have to find tbe money. In tbe preseneo of tbis diBmal prospect, the Globe opines that the Spanish people would do well to con sider the quest ion whether Cuba is worth retaining. If it is, Spain should ue all possible dispatoh in accomplish ing its pacification, either by conces sion or conquest. A Dangerous Fasti ine. Indianapolis, Nov. 2. The seoretary of tbe state board of health has a oase reported from Columbus, where a man persisted in kissing his sweetheart who is alarmingly ill with diphtheria, by wbioh he also contracted the disease. The secretary therefore wants to inter dict all kissing, concerning which he says: "I am oonivnond of tbe difficulty tbe health board will meet in trying to taboo kissing among sweehearts. Al though a most dangerous pastime, there seems to be an inherent tendenoy to indulge in it, and we have little hope of ever being able to do away with it I may have to recommend a disinfectant All tbat will be neoei tary will be to rinse the teeth well with it and rub it well on the lips. Tbat would insure against the dangers ! resulting from osculation. Olatr-M Ioeroaaina In Constantinople. London, Nov. 8. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Constantinople says: "It is rumored that tbe Armenians have decided to poison tbe water sup-1 ply, and tbe authorities are taking rig-1 id precautions. Panics are of daily' occurrence. The masses regard tbe in crease in tbe price of bread as a sign of tbe approach of war. Tb'e bitterest strife exists amongjthe ministers in tbe Yildis kiosk. Tbere are rumors of arrests of ministers and officials. The sultan's only supporters now here art Hassan Pasha and Rifat Pasha." Tata Time It Is Hop. Salem. Or., Nov. 3. Dr. M. & Skiff today delivered 30,000 pounds of bops that had been contracted at 13 cent. An offer of 1 1 cents was today refused by a Salem grower. Tbis is the high est offer made this year. Frank Mayo'e Widow. Philadelphia, Nov. 3. Mrs. Frank Mayo, widow of tbe well-known actor, died last night at Canton, Pa., from the effecta of an operation 'or tumor. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. ) Downing, Hopkins A t'u.'s Trade, Kaview or Portland, Or., Nov. 4. While the late wheat markets have been greatly unsteady there is little in tbat to worry people wbo have lo.iked for better prices. When wheat goes up as it went up reoently thoy should rightly expect declines, when thoy do come will be in a similar order. The publio must be educated to feel, tbat 70o is not high or tbey will run from it on tbe slightest provocation. Tbe publio will not be eduoated to (eel tbat a price is not based on fanoy until it sees the figures for more than a day. Tbe faota that went to make the shange to a higher level were as well established months back as tbey were only a few days baok. It does not yet realize tbe true situation. It bas not been urged nor has it been believed tbat stocks of wheat, lately gathered, are too small to carry the world along to another bar vest in tbe Northern hemisphere, wben such stocks are supplemented by the small additions to be supplied by tbe southern. What bas been claimed and what is as dear as before is tbat the world's supplies are steadily being re duced. That is the situation and no ruffling of the surface of prioes oan ohange it There is nothing in the po sition to justify advanoet of 6o a day. On tbe other hand there is that in tbe position to warrant appreciating values above tbe last two year. Legitimate conditions tbe world over really warrant comparatively high prioes for Wheat this year. A week's deoline ii not a particularly disoonrag ing feature when all the conditions are taken into aooount. No doubt, from now forward, there! will be short selling on tbe bulges and reactions to follow, but the ultimate trend of prioes should be upward. Not with suoh leaps as i characterized the last advauoe, but a healthy working up of values until such time as tbe world finds tbat an other orop will place supplies higher than tbis orop placed them, if suoh a oondition does ooour. Tbe editor of Beerbohm, in writing of the late advance in wheat, among other tbing, says: "For the first time in years America now holds tbe key to the situation. Every bushel of wheat America oan spare will be wanted in Europe. At least 20,000,000 quarters (160,000,000 bushels will be wanted before the sea son is over. "If America oould bold baok the wheat for a month it would go np to ten shillings $3.50) a quarter. But I suppose tbe American banks do not oonsider wheat a commodity on wbioh it is safe to give large accommoda tions; so tbat the Amerioan trade is obliged to send wheat on as fast as it oan. "The Russian shortage is nnoertain, but it is now assumed here tbat it will be 10,000,000 quarters. We look for ward, on tbe whole, to an active time, with considerable fluctuations, for the moment trade beoomes brisk, the specu lators rush in and influence the mar ket" BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS. Terrible Death of a Miner lu tho Coeur d'Alebe. Wallace, Idabo, Nov. 4 At Burke, Idaho, in a cabin near tbe lower end of the town, a dynamite explosion oo ourred yesterday, resulting in one of the most siokening tragedies tbat ever happened in the Coeur d'Alenes, Thomas Crolett being blown into small fragments. Wben the men rushed into the cabin, attracted by the sound of tbe explosion, a horrible sight greet ed them. The body and legs of Corlett lay near a window, while blood, braini and small pieces of human flesh were strewn all over the inside of the wrecked building. Tbe skull was blown all to pieces, tbe scalp torn en tirely off tbe back of tbe shattered bead. Every bone was broken, both arms torn off at tbe shoulder, and broken into an unreoognizable mass of flesh and broken bones. Coroner Her- rington held an inquest, but tbe oause of tbe explosion was a complete mys tery. No reason for suicide being known, it was supposed to have been, accidental, as he was known to keep giant powder in the cabin. Evidently be was standing near a window not far from the powder when tbe explosion occurred, tho body being worse muti lated than tbe building or furniture. Tbe deceased was aged about 65, and unmarried. Tbe remains will be buried at Wallace tomorrow under tbe auspioei i of the miners' onion. COLLIDED WITH A FREIGHT. Accident to tho Irish braska. Train In Ne- Omaha, Neb., Nov. 8. A special to tbe Bee from Malcolm, Neb., says the speoial train bearing John P. Irish, tbe Republican orator, which was following tbe Bryan train in the interests of the gold standard ticket, oollided with a freight train east of Malcolm, smash ing tbe engine of the Irish train and completely demolishing the caboose of tbe freight train. John M. Tippling of Lincoln, a commercial traveler, rid ing in tbe cabooose was killed. The freight train bad orders to side- track at tbis point, but tbe engine stalled, and before a flagman could be sent out the special crashed iota it Tbe special was provided Willi another engine, and went on its way. A Fatal Hotel Fire. Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 4. The Illinois hotel, at 113 Main street, was burned yesterday morning. Tbere weie twenty-two persons in the building when tbe fire started.. All but nine escaped uninjured. Three were women, one of whom, unknown, was burned to death, The plagne la Fort no-. Hong Kong, Nov. 3. Fifteen cases of the plague have occurred at Taipeb, on the island of Furmota ' NORTIIWESTBREVITIES Evidence ot Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OK GENERAL INTEREST From All tha t'llles and Towns ot th Thriving .later Males Oregon. The Foster Sc McDonald mine, in Gold . Gulob mining district, wai bonded to Crook oounty capitalist last week. Plenty of trout can be osugbt on Coos river, by niiog salmon eggs for bait, but fly fishing in tbat river ii over for the season. The North End Mill Company, of Coos bay, has discontinued rafting logs from the Coqullle, and is now shipping them over the railroad. The oontract for oonstruoting the dikes, eta, in Tillsmook harbor, bas been awarded to Contractor Jaoobson, wbo bad tbe oontraot at Baudon last year. The extrntion of the 8nmpter valley railroad to the town ot Sumpter was celebrated by a ball and pionio, and by tbe shipment of concentrates and ores that bad been aooumulating for two months. Fosa, Guthrie & Co. shipped from Baker City a trainload of 490' cattle. Nearly all of tbe cattle were bought from Powder Valley stockowners. The prices were: Cows, f 16; twos, f 18; threes, $38 and (24. Some of the hopgroweri in Washing ton oounty are storing orops in tbe Masonio building in Laurel, where tbe bopi will be kept until sold. Seven and a half cents bas been offered for hops in Hillsboro. The obinook run of salmon in the Siuslaw this year bas been fairly good, but it is about over. ' The big run of silverside salmon bai not yet entered tbe river, although it bas been daily expected for tbe last ten days. Mrs. J. T. Vincent, who bas a gar den in tbe south part of Toledo, claims to bave raised tbe largest pumpkin of the season. The pumpkin is five feet lis inohes by five feet ope inch in oir cumferenoe, and is still growing. Eight men, including the millers, were thrown out of employment by tbe burning of the Weston flouring mills. The mill lacked 800 barrels of Completing a 1000-barrel order for the China trade. It had just reoeived a telegram asking terms on 1,000 more barrels. Messrs. May & Semlera, of Harris burg, during tbe week preceding the 80th inst, shipped 15,000 bushels of wheat from their warehouse on the railroad. The object wai to save their oustomers the advantage of the 8-oent rate wbioh went out of effect on that date, tbe rate now being twelve cents per hundred. G. W. Wright and Chalres Collins are putting np a sawmill at the foot of the mountain, on tbe Low Pass road, in Lane oounty. Tbe mill will rnn by water power, and is to be in running order by tbe 15th of Deoember. They now have ten men at work. Orders for 100,000 feet of lumber have been received already. Washington. A theater is being built in New Wbatoom that will be able to seat 1,000 persona. ' J Colfax oollege baa made arrange ments to publish a monthly paper, an eight-page sheet The oity tax levy in Olympia for the ensuing year will be 10). mills. Last year the levy was 12 mills. Olympia sportsmen will take steps to prevent the trapping of quail, oontrary to law, by men and boys in Thurston oounty. Tbe entire collection of coins which was stolen from tbe Ferry museum in Tacoma a few weeks ago, has been re covered. A levy of three and one-fourth mills has been made by the school board of Tacoma for school purposes. Tbe levy will provide $80,100. Tbe Herriok Canning Company, of Aberdeen, baa put up 150,000 cases of salmon tbis season, and expects to put np about 4,000 more. Very few hops bave been sold in Puyallnq thus far, only those that have been contracted for having been de livered. Growers seem to think tbey will gel more by holding on. In order to cut down expenses, Olym pia has entirely abolished the use of street lights. Several oitizens have, however, subscribed a fund for tbe illumination of thoroughfares near their residence!. Tbe loggers and mill men wbo bave camps on tbe small streams flowing into tbe Snohomish river are anxiously waiting for rain. These streams are now so low tbat logs or boats cannot be floated to tbe mills. A bullet came flying through tbe window of 3. H. Miller's kitchen, in Whatcom, tbe other day, and struck Mrs. Fred Hamburg, who was at work tbere, on a finger. Tbe ball bad spent its force and did not injure ber. Tbe receiver of tbe Traders' bank, of Tacoma, made a showing of bis trust before Judge Stallcup last week. Tbe cause of the case being brought up waa to get a rnling of tbe court as to whether the assets now on band should be told and tbe stockholders assessed to psy the balance of the liabilities or let tbe mattr rest awhile. Tbe stock holders bare virtually agreed to tbe former plan, and if tbe court allows them to carry it out tbe assesssment will surely be made before Deoember 1, 1890. BENEFIT THE NORTHWEST. lied ucl Inn In Freight Kales oa all tha Transcontinental Lines. Portland, Or., Nov. 3. A new schedule of reduoed freight rates will go into effect on al' the transoontinent al lines, November 8, plaoing North Paciflo coast points on tbe same basil as Han Francisco. The new rates will ipply to all points in the Central Traffic Association's territory, and from there west to the Paoiflo ooast. The difference in Ban Francisco, aud Portland and Sound rates, on general commodities, amounts to about S cents per 100 pounds, in fa vor of San Franoisoo, - This will be equalised by the nejr tariff, wbioh will lower North Paciflo rates to correspond with those applying to San Francisoo, Notice of tbe proposed red notion was telegraphed yesterday from St Paul and tbe foregoing meagre partioulan were given out last night by J. V. Creighcon, obief olerk of the Portland general freight office of tbe Northern Paoiflo railroad. This reduotlon will be of great importance to Northwestern merchant and business men. OROUGHT TO HIS SENSES. Tha Sultan (liven Warning hjr tha Mussina Ambassador. Constantinople, i)ov. 8. Sinoe the visit of the Rnsaian ambassador, M. Denelidoff, to the sultan and ' tbe im portant audience which followed, it ii noticeable tbat there bai been another ohange for the better in tbe attitude of Abdul Hamld and bit adviaera toward tbe Armenians in particular and the reform party in general. It is known tbat Denelidoff used very plain language, and the sultan was con zinced that the Russian ambassador was in earnest This, supplemented by grave report reoeived by tbe sultan from the Turkish embassies in London snd Paris, pointing out the distrust and irritation caused by tbe attitude of tbe Turkish officials, haa brought about eager professions upon the part of tbe Turkish government of a desire to earnestly push the reforms as com menced. Five Christian deputy governors have been appointed in Armenia. It ii prob able there will be obanges shortly in tbe Turkish ministry. A TRANSFER OF GOLD. Large Amount Sent From Mow York to Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 3. Railroad employes t the Grand Central passenger station thought the advanoe guard ot the army had arrived in Chicago wben the Balti more & Ohio fast express train pulled into tbe station last night The United States Express Company bad a speoial car attaohed to the train, and all exoept one of tbis oar was filled with men wbo carried revolvers and guns having bristling bayonets. In Jhe little corner, however, wai sufficient wealth to satisfy a dozen gangs of trainrobbera if tbey had se cured it. Tbe wealth consisted of gold amounting to a legal tender value of $3,500,000. It bad been shipped from the subtreasury in New York to tbe subtreasury in tbia oity, and it will be transferred from tbe express oar to tbe Rand-MoWally building this morning. The transfer was dne to tbe faot tbat the Cbioago subtreasury wai taxed to relieve tbe recent strain on the sub treasury in Sun Francisoo, A VENTURESOME UNDERTAKING Iwo Washlngtmilana to Carry MaH to Central Alaska. Seattle, Nov. 8. Hugh Day and Jack Hays, mountaineers, left on the steamer Willapa today for Alaska. Tbey will cross the divide above Juueau, leaving Juneau November 10. carrying the United States mail to points on the Yukon river, Forty-mile and Cirule City. A contract with the government for the trip was ooiupleted here yesterday. Tbey will have to walk and sledge about a thousand miles through the snow and ice-bound region of the mid night sun, and they expect it will take tbem 70 days to reach Forty-mile. Last year three men, who attempted to oary mail to tbe Yukon at tbis sea son, must b-e perished in tbe snow, as tbey bave never sinoe been beard from. SIMMONS' GOOD FIGHT. Manager of a Coqollle Cannery Put Kobbers to Flight. Marshfield, Or., Nov. 3. A. H. Simmons, manager of tbe Parkersburg salmon cannery, on tbe Coquille river, was held up in hii offloe last night by two masked men, wbo demanded of Simmons, at the point of a revolver, hat be open tbe safe. Simmons re fused, and the robbers began an assault pon mm with tbeir revolvers. Tbe -obbers "went for" tbe manager with such fury that he changed bis mind, but tbe desperadoes did not bear him say that he would open the safe. Dur ing tbe scuffle Simmons caught bold of the mask of one of tbe robbers and tore it from hii face, so tbat be recognized him. Tbis frightened the robbers away. Mr. Simmons bas several flesh wounds on his head, and is under a doctor's care. Wbo tbe robber is that be recognized be will not disclose. No arrests bave been made. Englishman Arrested In Cuba. Havana, Nov. 3. Thomas W. Reatty, an Englishman, and owner of the Meda Luna plantation, baa been imprisoned at Mancanillo, charged with being tbe instigator of" tbe de struction by fire of many bouses in tbe village of Meda Luna. His attorney, Juna Silva, was also arersted. It is announced tbat Nat Goodwin's jompany next year will carry two car loads of speoial scenery and a divocrs lawyer. PORTLAND MARKETS. Prod nee Harks. F lous Portland, Salem, Caacadia nd Dayton, (4.00; Benton county and White Lily, $4.00; graham, 3.26; su perfine, $2 60 per barrel. Wheat Walla Walla. 04 (3 06c; Val ley, 07 (a 08c per bushel. 0tb Choice white, 35!l0c per bush el; choice gray, 31 (ft 32c. Rolled oaU are quoted as follows; Bags, $4.26i i.26; barrels, $4.6037; casus, 3.75.. Hat Timothy, $10.60 iwr ton; cheat, 10(87.60: clover, $6.6037.60; oat, $7.60; wheat 7.60. Bablit-Feed barley, $10 00 per ton; brewing, $14(310. MiLLBTUrrs Bran. $13.00; shorts, 114.60; middlings, 123.00; rye, 90c percental. Bcrria Fancv creamery is quoted at iOc; fancy dairy, 30c; . fair to good, i0(n22c. Potatoes. California, 66c; Oregon, 56(a 50c per sack; sweets, 2c per pound. Onions 06c per cwt Poultby Chickens, mixed. 12 26 2.60; bioilen, $1.00(3175; geese. $6.00: turkeys, live, 11c; ducks, I2.503S.6O per dozen. . Eoos Oregon, 22o per dozen. Cheese Oregon. 11c; California; Young America, 12c per pound. Ykuktablkb liarlic, new, 7c per pound; cabbage, lc per pound; toma toes, 20c per box: string beans, z 3c per pound : wax beans, 2.33o per pound; cucumbers, 1626c per box; egg plant, $1.60 per crate; corn, 10 12).c per dozen; summer squash, 8to per bo ; green peppers, $1 per box. Tbokcal Fkuit Caliiorni lemons, fancy, are quoted at $3.004.00 per box ; bananas, $.6U per buncn ; V alencia iat oranges, $4.5035.00; pineapples, I3.W 4.U0 per dozen. Fhehh Fhuit California apples, $1.00 1.50; Oregon, $1 per box ; crab apples, 05c; pears, 76 (3 86c; prune, 2 he per pound ; tfwaway peaches, 0076c ; sna river and Indian Bed, 70c per box; wa termelons. Kouue river. $1.00 rjerdoken; California, $1.26 per dozen ; canteloupes, Oregon, 60c$l per crate; quinces, $i ; grapes, 40 80c per crate; Hungarian plums, 00c per box ; egg, 1V.C per pound ; Eastern Concord grapes, 30c per basket. tmixn rBUiTs Apples, evaporated. bleached. l4c; unbleached, 844c; sun-dried, sacks or boxes, 4(dj6c; pears, sun and evaporated, 636c; prunes, S(g5c per pound ; figs. 10c per pound. Wool vail ev. 9c per pound; East ern Oregon, 67c hops flew crop, 1010J.cj old, M. Nuts Peanuts, 637o per pound tor raw. 10c ior roasted : cocoanu a, 90c per dozen; walnuts, 12 14c; pine nuta, loc; hickory nuta, HWlUc; chestnut. 17c: Brazil. 12c: oceans, large, 14c: Jumbo, 16c; filberts, 12)c; fancy, large. 14c; hard-shell, 8c; paper-shell, iu9 12.c. Pbovibionb Portland pack : Smoked bams are quoted at 10310c per lb; Cicnic hams, 7c; boneless hams, 7Hc; reakfast bacon. 10c; bacon, 6c; dry salt sides, 6Hc; lard, 6-pound pails, 7e; 10b, 6c; 60s, 6?4c; tierces, 7c per pound. HiD Dry hides, No. 1, 16 poonds and upward, 9(3 10c per pound; dry kip, No. 1, 6 to 10 pounds, 7c Der pound ; dry calf, No. 1, under 6 pounds, ll13e; dry salted, one-third lets than dry flint. Salted bides, Bound steers, 00 pounds, and over, 0c: do, 60 to 60 pounds, So; do, under CO pounds and cows, 3)94c; do, kip, sound steers, 16 to 30 pounds, 4c; do, veal, 10 to 14 pounds, 5c ( do, calf, under 10 pounds, 5g0c; green (un ealted), lc per pound lees; culls (bulla, stags, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored, hair slipped, weather-beaten or grubby) one-third less. Bkkkwax 20(322 per pound. Tallow Prime, per pound, 2(g3e; No. 2 and greaee, 2(g2)gc. ' Merchandise Marhet. Salmon Columbia, river No. 1. taila, $1.261.60; No. 2. talis.. $2.2602.60; fancy, Mo. 1, flats, $1.7531.86; Alaska, No. 1, talis, $1.2031.30; No. 2, tails, $1.90 2.26. Cokdage Manilla rope, l-lnch, ia ouoted at 8c; White eisal, hard twisted: Kope, l'-in. cir. and upward, 6Jic; rope, 12-tliread, 6c. Bcoab Oolden 0, 4?gc ; extra 0, z ; dry granulated, 5c ; cube crushed and powdered, 6o per pound; per pound discount on all grades lor prompt caah ; half barrels, Mo more than barrala; maple sugar. 16(4 16c per pound. Cofkek Mocha, 27 (331c per pound; Java, fancy, 2 l29c; Costa Rica, 20(9 23c; Caracal, 22)(325c; Salvador, 10 22c; Arbuckle, $18.16; Lion, $18.16; Columbia, $18.15 per case. Hick Island, 4i(n5c Japan, 4,i 6c; New Orleans, 4(g4c. Coal Oil Cases, 10c ; barrels, 17c; tanks, 16)ttC per gallon. Wheat Baoh Calcutta, $4.25(4.37" for July and August deliveries. Moat Market. Bair Gross, top steers, $2.25; cowl, $1.7632.00; dressed beef, 3(340 per pound. Mi-ton Gross, best sheep, wethers. $1.76; ewes, $1.60; dressed mutton, 3e per pound. Vbal Net, small, 5S6).c; large, 4c per pound. Hoos Gross, choice, heavy, $3,000 8.25; light and feeders, $2.60; dressed. $3.503.76percwt. SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS. Potato! Garnet Chile, 40(?60r; Salinas Burbanks, 60(i5c; iiarly hose, 25330c; Kiver Burbanks, 26(g35c; sweets, 75c(r $1.25 per cental. Onions 25(g30c per sack for yellow, 35c for pickle. Eoos More, 20(3 20c; ranch, 28(9 36c ducks, 25c per dozen. Cbess fancy, mild, new, 910c; fair to good, 7.8c: Young Ammica, 9 10c; Eastern. 1213- per pound. Wool Kan Joaquin and Southern coast, poor, 46; do good, 4fijti1j: ran Joaquin foothill, good to choice, 6)( 7)4c; do year'a fleece, 4C5,!5c; Novwia, heavy, 6a7c; do. choice, 8'o 8c; North ern, choice, 10llc per pound. ' Hay Wheat, $8 00311- wheat and oat, l.d-lO; oat, iiit H barley, $ IJU 8 (O; alfalfa, first crop, tl(at ilo second crop, $5.5036.60; clover, j(i8; stork, $4.6035 60; per ton. Vegetables Bay tomatoe. 10(i2Oi:; bay cucumbers, 25335c per box : pn:k Ws, best, ljc per pound; bay Kuadi. 20(g25c; rgg plant, 25ra40c; Alauirda, corn.fl; Berkhv,do,60(tfatic percrato: green peppers, 25(f60c; green okra, 40ia 76c per box; Lima tans, HJQiTk - string lans, $1 per sack; garlic, 132c per pound.