TELLER'S RESOLUTION
Senate by a Decisive Vote
Decides to Considef1 It.
VEST WILL PRESS TO FINAL VOTE
Exciting Dispute in the House Between
' Speaker Keed and Repre
sentative Bailey.
Washington, Jan. 22. By the de
cisive vote of 41 to 25, the senate today
decided to proceed at once with the
consideration of the resolution intro
duced a few days ago by Teller, provid
ing for the payment of bonds of the
United States in silver, at the option
of the government. The resolution
provides:
"That all the bonds of the United
States issued or authorized to be issued
under the said acts of congress herein
before recited, are payable, principal
and interest, at the option of the gov
ernment of the United States, in silver
, (dollars, of the coinage of the United
States, containing 412 J-g grains each of
standard silver; and that to restore to
its tender in payment of said bonds,
principal and interest, is not in viola
tion of the publio faith nor in deroga
tion of the rights of the publio cred
itor." Vest, the member of the finance
committee who had charge of the reso
lution, spoke briefly upon it, but dis
claimed any desire at this time to
threi over the old straw of financial
discussion. lie believed, however,
that the time was ripe for a reitera
tion, with emphasis, of the declara
tions of the Stanley Matthews' resolu
tion, which had been placed on the
statute books 20 years ago, particularly
in view of recent statements of the
secretary of the treasury, in which the
present president, who bad, as a mem
ber of the house, voted for the original
resolution, evidently concurred. Vest
announced his intention to secure a
final vote upon the resolution as soon
as one could be reached, and accentu
ated his intention by forcing the dis
placement of the census bill with the
Teller resolution as unfinished business.
Speaker Keed, from the rostrum of
the house, and Bailey, leader of the
Democrats, from his place on the floor,
glared at each other at the close of the
Cuban debate today, and joined in an
issue of veraoity. This sensational
lsode completely overshadowed tho
interest in the Cuban question, which
has continued, interruptodly, in the
house for three days, during the con
sideration of the diplomatic and con
sular appropriation bill. Yesterday,
notice was given by Williams that at
the conclusion of the debate today, a
motion would be made to recommit the
bill with instructions. Today, when
the motion was made by Bailey, it was
ruled out of order by the speaker.
Bailey thereupon startled the house by
affirming that he had a private under
standing with the speaker by which a
vote should be taken directly on the
motion to recommit. This the speaker
emphatically denied, and these two
leaders of the respective parties in the
bouse, with white faces and voices
shaking with emotion, set their state
ments against each other, while the
galleries looked on in breathless amaze
ment, and the members were in an up
roar. Smith, who said he was present, cor
roborated the speaker's side of tho con
troversy. The result of the speaker's
position was that an appeal was taken
fiom his deoision, and by a strict party
vote, it was laid on the table, 108-114,
the Democrats and Populists, as on the
two previous days, voting against the
solid Republicans strength. The de
bate was not as interesting as on either
of the two preceding days. The fea
tures were a characteristic speech by
Champ Clark, a string appeal for con
servatism by Johnson, a presentation
of the results 'of his observations in
Cuba during his recent trip to the
island by King, and an hour's speech
by Dingley, in explanation of the
causes of the reduction of the wages in
the New England cotton industry.
LOCAL STEAMER INSPECTORS.
Will Be Required to Puss a Civil-Service
Kxaminution.
Washington, Jan. 22. Assistant
Secretary Vanderlip has decided to re
quire local inspectors of hulls and their
assistants and local inspectors of boil
ers and assistants to pass a civil service
examination to test their fitness to
hold the positions they now occupy.
This order, however, does not apply
those who were admitted to the service
through competitive examinations
under the civil service commission or
through special technical examinations
under section 4415 of the revised stat
utes. The number of inspectors who
come within this order is t2. In his
letter to the civil-service commission,
Mr. Vanderlip says:
"The department requires this ac
tion by your commission as a precau
tion to the interests of commerce and
the traveling publio. The labors of
persons holding such position are very
important, as the object of their labors
is to prevent, if possiblo accidents
which might involve the loss of human
life and valuable property. The pub
lic has the right to know that persons
who examine boilers and inspect hulls
are mentally and physically competent
in every way to perform the duties.
Resentenced to Be Hung.
San Andreas, Cal, Jan. 24. Joseph
Hubert, convicted of the murder of his
wife, whom he shot and killed at
Poverty Bar, Calaveras county, April
19, 1895, has been resentenced by
Judge Kust, of Amador, to be hanged
at Folsom penitentiary on April 15
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VICTORY FOR BARRETT.
Decision of Arbitrators in the Case of
Vice-Consul Kellett.
San Francisco, Jan. 24. A special
press correspondent at Bangkok writes
as follows, under date of November 15,
1897:.
"The long-awaited and much debated
decision of the arbitrators in the mat
ter of the assault upon E. V. Kellett,
United States vice-consul, by Siamese
soldiers at Chi.nggai November 19,
189fi, was published yesterday in the
Gazette for the first time, and this
morning an English translation was
posted in the American legation.
Shortly after the announcement of the
assault, John Barrett, United States
minister resident and consul-general,
opened negotiations by demanding an
investigation by a mixed commission,
which Siam promptly refused. The ar
rival of the gunboat Machias in Feb
ruary, 1897, however, opened the eyes
of the Siamese and hastened negotia
tions, for when Minister Barrett pro
posed to call the commission, aboard of
arbitration was appointed. The Ma
(Ohias then loft the river, and the board
of arbitration, composed of Mr. Barrett
and Mr. Orts, who represented the
Siamese government, soon proceeded
to investigate the matter, sitting both
at Bangkok and Chienggai. After a
20 days' session, the commission agreed
upon a decision without an umpire,
and the result is a rtecided victory for
Mr. Barrett. While the commission
decided that the conduct of tho officers
who committed the assault was to a
certain extent excusable, from the, ex
citement resulting from the unusual
and imprudent steps taken by Kellett
in releasing his servant from the cus
tody of the authorities, after he had
been arrested, it was agreed that the
Siamese government should apologize
and punish the offenders. The officers
in command of the troops are to be
publicly reprimanded and degraded in
rank, while the men are to be deprived
of pay for three months.
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST FINED.
Kansas City Judge Sustains tho Decision
of u Lower Court,
Kansas City, Jan. 24. In the crim
inal court today Judge Wofford sus
tained the decision of the police court
fining Mrs. A. J. Baird, one of the
leading Christian Scientists of this
city, $50 and oosts, for failing to report
a case of diphtheria. Tho patient, a
child, had died under Mrs. Buird's
treatment. Mrs. Baird was arraigned
in the police oourt last Thursday.
After examining witnesses today, Judge
Wofford uphold the sentence of the
lower court, and took occasion to de
nounce the system of Christian science.
"I think," said he, "a most serious
wrong has been done in the death of
the child. I do not think the penalty
is sufficient. If this woman is going
to be turned loose on this community,
I am going to let a higher court do it.
I would fine her $1,000 if I had the
power to do so, under this ordinance."
Mrs. Baird will appeal the case.
WILL RETIRE FROM BUSINESS.
The Bank of Goldendale Voluntarily
Closes Its Doors.
Goldendale, Wash., Jan. 24. The
Bank of Goldendale went out of busi
ness today, and posted conspicuously
on the front door the following notice to
depositors:
"The management of this institu
tion, having decided to retire from the
banking business, hereby gives notice
to all local depositors to call at the
side door and withdraw their deposits
in full and without delay."
The First National bank was started
about 10 years ago, and in 1890 went
into voluntary liquidation and was suc
ceeded by tho Bank of Goldendale.
The retiring of the present bank leaves
Klickitat county without a bank, which
is regretted by many business men.
Bryan Was a Witness.
Jacksonville, 111., Jan. 24. William
Jennings Bryan had made his appear
ance as a witness in the Diaper murder
trial. Upon Bryan s entrance the au
dience became excited, and it was with
great difficulty that order was main
tained. The presence of two presi
dential candidates of the last cam
paign, General Palmer and Bryan, was
too much for the spectators. Bryan
testified that he was in the same office
with Draper for four years, and that
he knew his reputation for honesty and
integrity to be good. On cross-examination,
tho witness admitted that Draper
had a violent temper, which was easily
provoked.
Warlike Preparations.
London, Jan. ,24. There has been
made a responsible statement that the
government lias decided to add 7,000
men to the navy, and that the firBt
class battleship Hannibal, now at
Portsmouth, is to be put into commis
sion at once. There is no official con
firmation in either case.
China I'romises Satisfaction.
Berlin, Jan. 24. The German mis
sionary, Homeyer, of the Nam Jung
statfon, who was recently robbed and
wounded near a place called Lang Then,
lias returned to Nam Jung. He is out
of danger. The Chinese authorities
have taken measures to protect the
missionary station, and have promised
satisfaction.
Priests Killed and Wounded.
Corfu, Island of Corfu, Greece, Jan.
24. At the Catholic church this even
ing, during vespers, a young man at
tacked the priests. One, Father Ern
est Laitoux, was killed, another was
mortally wounded, and two others in
jured. Dervishes Repulsed.
Cairo, Jan. 24. The dervishes made
raid yesterday north of Atbara.
They were repulsed with the loss of
five Killed.
VOTED FOR M'KENNA,
Overwhelming Majority Favored His
Cniinrinatioii.
Washington, Jan. 24. The senate
todav, in exeoative session, confirmed
the nomination of Joseph McKenua, to
be associate justice of the supreme
court of the United States.
In the open session an agreement was
reached by the senate today that a final
vote on the Teller resolution, providing
that the bonds of the United States
may be paid in silver dollars, and all
pending amendments thereto should be
taken next Thursday before adjourn
ment. Vest, in charge of the resolu
tion, first announced that an agreement
had been made for the final vote Wed
nesday at 4-P. M., but readily agreed
to a postponement of the vote until
Thursday, at the suggestion of Turpie.
Allison made the significant state
ment that an amendment to the resolu
tion that would cause some debate
would be offered late in the discussion,
but gave no intimation of the nature,
scope or intend of the amendmeL.
During the greater part of the after
noon the senate was in executive ses
sion.
There was a parliamentary struggle
in the house today over the bill for the
relief of the book publishing company
of the Methodist Episcopal churoh,
South, which was brought before the
house last Friday. By shrewd maneu
vering its opponents succeeded in pre
venting action today. Previous to the
consideration of this bill the house
passed the bill to extend the public
land laws of the United States to tbe
territory of Alaska, and to grant a gen
eral right of way through the territory.
The urgent deficiency bill was sent to
conference after the silver forces, with
some outside aid, had succeeded in con
ourring in the senate amendments strik
ing from the bill the provisions requir
ing the depositors of bullion at govern
ment assay offices to pay the cost of
transportation to the mints.
PREPARING FOR WAR.
Meaning of
the Latest
Yokohama
News From
London, Jan. 24. The St. James's
Gazette this afternoon, commenting
upon the dispatch from Yokohama, say
ing that a fleet of nine Japanese war
ships will leave Japan in the course of
a week for Chinese waters, says:
"Japan is preparing for war. That,
in a nutshell, is the news from Yoko
hama today, and it is really the first
news from Japan since the beginning of
the Chinese crisis.
"It was obvious that the Japanese
government had stopped telegraphic
communication, whiith it never does,
except when mobilizing the army or
navy. That is precisely what it has
been doing.
"It is understood that the destina
tion of the fleet is Wei Hai Wei, and
there is no doubt that the movement
means that the status quo in China,
so far as Manchuria and Corea are con
cerned, shall not be disturbed by
Russia or any combination of Russia's
allies, in defiance of Great Britain and
Japan. So long sb the defenders' policy
is equality of opportunity in China,
they are in a position to enforce their
claims."
The St. James's Gazette also gives
promiuence to a list of the ships in tha
Japanese navy, pointing out its im
mense fighting strength, and says:
"It is probable that Japan could fin
ish off all the Russian and Gorman
warships east of Suez in short order.
Great Britain, even including the
Powerful, has not a vessel in the North
Pacific capable of standing in battle
line against these Japanese battle
ships." A dispatch from Shanghai says: It
is stated in official quarters that Ger
many will make Kiao Chou an open
port without exclusive privileges to
Germans, and broadly on tho line
adopted at Hong Kong, the land being
held undor crown leases.
A Scientific Expedition.
Princeton, N. J., Jan. 24, Profes
sor W. Libby, of Princeton university,
proposes to conduct a scientific expe
dition to the Hawaiian islands during
the coming summer. He will take four
or five Priuceton students with him,
and tho party will be gone four or five
mouths. Professor Libby went to Ha
waii a few years ago, and is thoroughly
posted in regard to the country. Ha
thinks there are scientific treasures on
the islands, duplicates of whioh cannot
be found anywhere else. His party
will thoroughly explore the forests and
other places likely to contain speci
mens of biological, archaelogical or
botanical value.
The Ohio Flood.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 24. The rivei
is nearly two feet above the danger line
and ia still rising slowly, but the tide
flood is expected by daylight. At
Fourth street the waves are washing in
to the Btreet. The falls are as smooth
as any part of the river.
War on a Diploma Factory.
Chicago, Jan. 24. Attorney-General
Aiken, of this state, has begun pro
ceedings to revoke tho charter of the
Independent Medical College, of Chi
oago. He has filed an information in
the circit court charging that the col
lego is usurping tho powers of a cor
poration, and that it has issued medical
diplomas without qualification of tha
applicants.
Chicago. Jan. 24. Four hundred
thousand dollars is to be expended at
once by the Illinois Steel Company in
the erection of a slab mill in addition
to the mammoth plant already main
tained by the company. Tho comple
tion of the mill will insure employ
ment to at least 1,000 more men than
are now on the company's pay-rolls.
French steamer Louis, from Cardiff
for Marseilles with coal, foundered off
the French coast, and the crew of 15
men were lost.
GOSPEL IN THE KLONDIKE.
Struggles of Two Missionaries to Estab
lish a Church.
New York, Jan. 24 Two mission
aries were last spring sent to the Klon
dike by two New York women under
the auspices of the Presbyterian board
of home missions. The names of the
women are kept a secret by the board.
A letter has just been received by Dr.
McMillan, corresponding secretary of
the board, from these missionaries, the
Rev. Hall Young and Dr. W. A. Mc
Ewen. The letter is from Dawson.
December 21. It was carried from
Dawson City to the nearest outpost of
civilization by Jimmy Jackson, an In
dian. The letter announces the establish
ment of the first church in Klondike,
and says there is food enough there
to last till spring with economy, but if
provision reach the miners by the first
of April the danger of absolute want
will be entirely past.
Mr. Young writes that he and his
companions are the only missionaries
who reached Dawson City before winter
set in. They started at once to provide
a place of worship for the miners. On
this point Mr. Young writes:
"I found a newly erected two-storv
house belonging to a saloon-keeper
which he offered to let on these terms:
The large room on the first floor, one
month for $100 in advance, or the
whole house (there are six 8x10 rooms
in the upper story) until May 15, seven
months, for $850, giving five days to
raise tho money. Well, I prayed and
called on' several friends. I got the
$100, which secured the room for the
next Sunday. I advertised and had a
nioe meeting; attendance, 50; collec
tion, $40. Then I arranged to sublet
the upper rooms at $20 per month each
They are little, rough, cold, unfur
nished boxes, but were eagerly snapped
up the first day. I got the renters to
advance all they could and borrowed
the rest from the gold commissionei1,
Mr. Fawcett. At the expiration of five
days I paid the other $750 and got the
lease of the building."
: But there were troubles ahead. On
the 21st of November one of the lodgers
came home filled with whisky. Al
though candels were worth $1.50 each,
he lighted one and then kicked it over.
The building was burned to the
ground. The luck of the missionaries
had aroused the miners, however, and
gold was forthcoming in paying quan
tities. Mr. Young argued for and won
the observance of Sunday in the camp,
and the "opera house," which had
been used for other purposes on that
day, is now the church.
Somebody stole two bags of flour
from the missionaries, but the thie
had been forgiven. J. he missionaries
have started a Young People's Society
of Christian Endeavor and a branch of
the Y. M. C. A.
Lost His Life in the Klondike.
Pendleton, Or., Jan. 24. The re
port that James H. Jaokson, brother of
C. 8. Jackson, editor of the East Ore
gonian, lost his life in the Klondike, is
confirmed in a letter from John E. La
throp and Dr. Beatle. Jaokson and
Boatle were camped at an island at the
mouth of the Swalue, 18 miles above
Dawson City. Jackson went to Daw
son City with two lumbermen, and left
there November 9 to return alone. He
was not seen afterward. Ho was
searched for for two weeks, without
avail. The trail was dangerous, and
it is thought Jackson was drowned in
attempting to cross a weak plaoe in the
ice.
Rich Find on a Northern Island.
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 24. Accord
ing to a letter received by Mrs. Edgar,
of Old Tacoma, her son, who started
with a party of five a few months ago
for tho Klondike, but Btopped at soma
small island, has struck a lich digging
that he says pays them all $5d a day.
Accompanying the letter was a small
canvas sack filled with gold dust, val
ued at nearly $700. Just where the
island is he does not say, but the lettei
and package were sent from Juneau.
Mr. Edgar Bays he expects to come
down in May 6r Juno, and, as he can
work every day, lie will have nearly
$7,000 worth of gold by that time.
Were Ironed, Itut Fought.
Tacoma, Jan. 24. Seven of tho crew
of the English ship Marion Frazier,
who have been confined in the county
jail, on a charge of deserting from the
ship, wnere put aboard the ship in
irons this morning. While the men
were being taken aboard, they con
trived to put some pieces of iron in
their pockets, with which they broke
two large plate-glass windows, and,
ironed as they were, it was all that the
deputies could do to subdue them.
Captain McDonald says that' tho oourt
and other costs will eat up every cent
of the men's wages for the entire voy
age, as the cost of the detention of the
ship will be charged to them.
British Warships Tut to Sea.
Victoria, B. C, Jan. 24. H. M. 8,
PheaBant went to sea today undei
sealed orders. The Leandor will leave
next Wednesday. Admiral Pallistei
refuses absolutely to say where they
are going. Opinion among naval men
is divided between China and South
America. Wherever it is, the admiral
must have received reassuring news,
as late this afternoon it was decided
that the Imperieuse should not go.
English Bridges Washed Away.
English, Ind., Jan." 24. One of the
most disastrous floods known to Eng
lish occurred last night, when three
of the five bridges over Little Blue
river were washed away. Fifty tier
sons on Court-street bridge when the
bridge went down, were saved with
difficulty by citizens.
Vinton line steamer Miramer, from
Brazil ports, brought three packages oi
yellow fever serum, forwarded by Dr,
Barunelli. .
ALTERNATIVE TO ANNEXATION
We Must Take Hawaii or Leave It to
Some Other Nation.
But why, some are asking, is it neces
sary to annex Hawaii outright to thie
country? Why not leave it as it is, an
independent nation, with which we
have fav.orable treaties, and in whose
harhors our commerce can have all de
sired facilities without the grave, re
sponsibilities of aotual ownership!
This country and Hawaii havo been get
ting on together well for three-quarters
of a century; why disturb those rela
tions? Why not leave things as they
are?
The answer supplies itself, promptly
and convincingly, says the New York
Tribune. We cannot leave things as
they are, because they will not stay as
they are. Even now they are not as
they have been. Five vears ago the
old Hawaiian government broke down.
It had become utterly corrupt, and col
lapsed through its own rottenness.
Tho islands were saved from savage
anarchy only by the prompt action of I
handful of men, mostly of United
States origin, who organized a provi
sional government and appealed to the
United States for help in the form of
annexation. The help being denied,
they undertook the desperate task of
maintaining the government they had
founded, in the face of overwhelming
odds of foes both without and within.
Thus far they have managed to hold
their ground; but it is perfectly evi
dent they cannot do so permanently.
There must be a radical change in
affairs, and it must come soon. What
is that change to be?
Certainly thore can be no restoration
of the old monarchv, with its corrup
tion and oppression and its chopping
machine, which hor majesty was so
eager to apply to the necks of all who
differed from her views of policy.
Neither can the islands be given up to
the masses of the kanakas. However
traceable these may be and however
well they may make progress toward
civilization under proper guidance, they
are manifestly unfit for self-government.
There can be no more ghastly
mockery than to inveigh against the
"half-breed" republics of South and
Central America, and the negro repub
lics ot another such in Cuba, and at the
same time to favor the creation of the
kanaka republio in the Sandwich
islands. No. To keep these islands
fit for use as a port of call for Pacific:
commerce, to say nothing of protecting
tho capital already invested there and
developing the resourcos of one of the
most productive regions on the face of
the globe, it is absolutely necessary
that some outside power should exercise
authority there.
Well, then, why should not the vari
ous powers that are interested in Paciflo
commerce, and, thorefore, in the right
administration of Hawaiian affairs,
unite in exercising sufficient moral and
material influence upon the islands to
insure a just and stable government
and to keep them forever neutral, if
not independent? Why, that would
mean exactly such an entangling alli
ance as it is the traditional polioy of
this country to avoid. We have already
specifically refused to make such an
arrangement with Great Britain and
Franoe over these very islands, as well
as over Cuba. We wore peisuaded to
make such an arrangement with Great
Britain and Germany over Samoa, and
have got little from it but vexation of
spirit. There can be no serious con
sideration of repeating that experiment
in the case of Hawaii, where, instead
of being in a triple league, we should
have to be in a partnership of at least
five. Why, it would boaB well to seek
entrance into the droib und at onceand
have done with it.
Thon, as a final resort, why not es
tablish a protectorate over the islands?
That would keep all other nations from
interfering with thorn, and would give
;he Hawaiian government- the moral
uupport of the United States, which
ought to insure its stability. Why
not try that? It is ourious to hear such
proposition as this made by those
who doubt tho constitutionality of an
nexing the islands. If thore is no
warrant for annexation, there is as
suredly none, either in the constitution
or elsewhere, for a protectorate. Suuh
an arrangement would be absolutely
foreign to the spirit and practice of
this government always excepting the
case of Samoa, which may be taken as
horrible example' to warn us
against its repetition. So far as merely
moral protectorate or "Bphore of in
fluence" is concerned, that has been
exercised over Hawaii for the last 75
years, and has now reached the end of
its usefulness. This country has been
warning all others to keep their hands
off tho islands, as they are desired to
come under the proprietorship of the
United States. The time has now
come either to fulfill that destiny or to
abandon it. The government of Ha
waii tho only government there is in
tbe islands, the one which all tho
world recognizes as legal doclareg
that it does not want that system to
continue longer. It wants the United
States either to annex the islands itself
or relinquish all . claim to them,
as at least threo others are ready and
anxious to do so.
That, then, is the case in a nutshell.
This country must either take them or
leave them alone. It can no longer
play the part of the dog in the manger,
Hawaii means to be annexed to some
other nation. It offers itself first to
this one. If this one does not take it,
and take it now, it will offer itself to
another, which will take it, and thus
gain an advantage over ns in the com
merce of the Pacific, which we can
never hope to overcome. The choice
is now before the Washington govern
ment. It must be made at once, and
forever.
A case has been brought in Spokane
to test the law passed by the last Wash
ington legislature requiring children to
attend school.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Trade Conditions in the Leading Citle
of the World.
Wheat traders last week struggled
with all kinds of foreign news, but the
market remained in the same old rut,
only that it became narrower. Com-
mission men who have recently travel
ed all through the West and Northwest
say that speculation everywhere is
light. The farmers have paid off their
mortgages with the money received
from their crops, and the $200,000,000
extra that Leiter helped them to get
by advancing grain values has brought
about a readjustment of affairs in the
West.
During the early days of last week
the foreign news was bearing, prices in
Liverpool and on the continent declin
ing steadily under the pressure of Ar
gentine offerings. Friday there was a
change in sentiment abroad, cables gen
erally reporting reduced Argentine '
offerings and advanced prioes. An
estimate has been made that Argentina
will only have 13,000,000 bushels to
ship to the United Kingdom; 7,000,000
bushels of its surplus will go to Brazil,
and the balance to other countries.'
This estimate does not make the sur
plus over 25,000,000 bushels. There
are other good estimates of 46,000,000
bushels. Should Argentina have 46,
000,000 to export, it will make a ma
terial difference in prices, provided the
present crop prospects are everywhere
maintained. In case it is only 25,000,
000 bushels there will be less wheat to
come in contact with arrivals from
California and dopress the foreign mar
kets. Speculators are looking to the
foreign situation to lead the bull move
ment. They want to see exports con
tinue heavy, and tho foreign buying
good. The latter has not been up to
expectations of late, but there is every
prospect of its continuing good through
out January. One drawback to active
cash transactions at the seaboard is the
steady advance in cash premiums over
May.
Speculators who are very friendly to
the bull side take a different view of
the situation. They are inolined to
ignore the foreign conditions as the
real leader, and are looking to tho
Northwest. They believe that stocks
in millers' hands in Minnesota and
the Dakotas are tho lightest in years.
Farmers' deliveries are small and coun
try elevators tookB are not over 5,000,000
bushels. Bulls have predicted a fulling
off in arrivals there Bince December 1,
but the reduction has not been fully
realized, the receipts exceeding last
year's.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 74 75c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 77 78c per bushel.
Four Best grados, $3.75; graham,
$3.80; superfine, $3.25 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, B536c; ohoioe ,
gray, 8334o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $10 20; brew
ing, $20 per ton.
Millstiffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $19.
Hay Timothy, $12.50; clover,
$10 11; California wheat, $10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per
ton.
Eggs 18 20c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 5560o;
fair to good, 4550c; dairy, 4050c
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 13oj Young
America, 12)c; California, 9 10a
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.75
8.00 per dozon; hens, $8.003.50;
geese, $5.506.00; ducks, $4.505.0O
per dozen; turkeys, live, 10llo per
pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burhanks, 45 50c
per sack; sweets, $1.753 per cental.
Onions Oregon, $1.752.25 per
sack.
HopB 416o per pound for. new
crop; 1896 crop, 46o.
Wool Valley, 1410o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 78o;' mohair, 20
22o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best bhoop, wethers)
and ewes, $3.50; dressed mutton,
6c; spring lambs, 5a0 per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.00;
lightand feeders, $3. 004.00; dressed,
$4.505.00 por 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3. 75 3. 00;
cows, $2.50; dressed beef, 1 6o per
pound.
Veal Largo, 45o; small, 6(s
6o per pound.
Seattle Market.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 80o; ranch, IB 18c.
Cheese Native Washington, 13o;
California, 9)0.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 20c.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, llo; spring chickens, $2.50
3 00; ducks, $4.005.00.
Wheat Feed wheat, $23 por ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $1020.
Corn Whole, $23; cracked, per ton,
23; feed meal, $23 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; Whole, $23.
Hay Puget sound, new, per ton,
$11.00; Eastern Washington timothy,
$16 17; alfalfa, $12.
Fresh Meats Choice drossed beef,
Bteers, 7c; cows, 6Ji'c; mutton sheep,
8c; pork, Cc; veal, small, 7.
FreHh Fish Halibut, 50c; Balmou,
8c; Balmon trout, lOo; flounder
and solo, 84; ling cod, 45; rock cod,
5c; smelt, 3 4c.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 4000o per
box; pears, 25 75c per box; oranges,
navels, $2.253.50 per box.
San Franelsco Market.
Wool Nevada 11 13c; Oregon,
12
14c; Northern 78o per pound.
Hops 10c por pound.
Millstuffs Middlings, $2224; Cal
ifornia bran, $18.5019.50 per ton.
Onions New red. 7080c; do new
silvorskin, $3.252.60 per cental.
Eggs Store, 20 22c; ranch, 23
25c; Eastern, 15 19; duck, 10c per
dozen.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, lljjjc; fair
to good, 7 8c per pound..