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PEELING OF SUSPENSE Due to Warlike Preparations Throughout the Land. STRENGTH OF NAVAL MILITIA Movement of United Stupes Warships Alleged Interviews With President McKinley. Washington, Feb. 26. While tbera is nothing to indicate that war with Spain is inevitable, a feeeling o sus pense pervades all sections of the coun try. The government, without a doubt, , is preparing for a possible emergency. Unusual activity is reported at navy yards, barracks, and recruiting stations, and where war material is being manu factured, orders have been received to push the work with all speed. As a result of the tension, stocks and bonds -on the New York exchange dropped from 1 to 12 points, and the New York and Chicago wheat markets were affect ed sympatheticallly.In the London stock market, American shares sold at de clines. The senate fortunately did not add to the excitement yesterday, the jingoes doubtless being absent. In the house, an increase in the appropriation for caring for the Springfield, Mass., arsenal, was accepted without protest. 1 The Naval Militia. Washington, Feb. 26. The navy department today gave out figures show ing the strength of the naval militia up to date. This shows a total force of 4,445 officers and enlisted men, which is a gratifying inorease from the 8,703 shown by the former report. Aside from this, new brigades are in process of formation, which promises to swell the total to muoh larger figures at an early date. The organization of this auxiliary arm of the naval service is under the immediate direction of Lieutenant Gibbons, U. S. N., whose energy has accomplished much is se curing state organization and in the harmonizing of the bodies into one com pact force, capable in emergency of co operating with the regular navy. In his last report, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt said that the state naval mil itia, in the event of a sudden emer gency, could be utilized at once for manning the smaller cruisers. It could be depended upon mainly, he said, as a eeoond line of defense, and also be used in placing mines and the establishment of signal stations for coast defense. , The appropriation of $5O,O0D that is to aid the work of the naval militia will be distributed among the states , in a few days. FOUND BY DIVERS. Evidence That the First Explosion Was Beneath the Hhlp. Washington, Feb. 26. The Evening Star has received the following cable gram from Charles Pepper, its staff cor respondent in Cuba: At this writing divers are developing important results. From the examina tion of the inner wreckage they have secured evidence which seems conclu sive that the explosion came from un derneath the ship. Some of the smaller magazines may have exploded. The main, 10-inch magazine diet not explode. The condition of the interior of the ship shows further probability of the wreck having been due to outside forces. The further the investigation progresses, the more untenable becomes the theory which the Spanish government adduced to show accidental cause. It is evident the Spanish case will be based on the claim that the fire preceded the explo sion. Captain Sampson and his colleagues of the naval board say that outside evidence is offered regarding the tor pedo float producing the explosion. Said one diver, who had been engaged in the work of getting bodies out from under the hatch: "God may he merciful to the men who blew those poor fellows into eter nity, the United States should not." This was before Long's order pro hibiting officers from talking had been issued. This diver evidently thought the explosion was not an accident. He Jiad an expert's capacity and oppor tunity for judging. The Havana public is not permitted to know the intensity o.f public senti ment in the ,'United States. Only meager details are permitted to be known of what happens in Washington. Congress is watched with excessive anxiety by palaoe officials, but the populace know nothing of what is liable to happen. Evidence of ill-feeling toward the American people and anxiety over the Maine disaster does not lessen. The, Maine inqiiry dwarfs interest in Cuban politics, but recent develop ments carry an official confession of the failure of autonomy. War Preparations In Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Feb. 26. MajorGen eral Snowden, commander of the na tional guard of Pennsylvania, has issued general orders to every officer in the state to recruit his command up to the full quota required by law. The or ders were issued five days ago with in structions that they be kept a profound secret. The offloers were instructed to have their men ready to march fully armed and equipped at 24 hours' notice. New York, Feb. 26. A Tribune dispatch from Havana says: The out look in Cuba does not grow more prom ising. The exact siuation is that the government officials were never so much disturbed as today. This is part ly due to information from Washington and Madrid. News from these places which is permitted to reach the public is so meager that better judgment can ' be formed in the United States than tiara aa tt vliatliai li a faora ft tha J 1 O aS IIS TV 1 1 tAJVvl VIJ v ivaiB v v -officials are exaggerated. THE PRESIDENTS VIEWS War With Spain Not Inevitable, but the Situation Is Grave. Chicago, Feb.'26. The Tribune this morning prints the following speoial from Washington: To a senator who called upon him yesterday in order to ask some serious questions as to the policy of the admin istration, President McKinley, with the utmost frankness, uttered the following words: "I do not propose to do anything at all to accelerate war with Spain. Up to the present I do not think war is either necessary or inevitable. I would be lax in my duty, however, if I did not prepare for the future. The situa tion is grave, and the policy of the ad ministration will be determined almost entirely by the course of events from time to time. There is no necessity of alarming the people, but congress must be ready to assist 'the administration without making too many inquiries as to the course of current events." There is no doubt ot the fact that the government of the United States is actually preparing for war with Spain. It is not inevitable that war will follow, but the activity is too unmistakable to be concealed. The president and his cabinet unite in the belief still, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, that the explosion of the Maine was an unfortu nate aooident, but they recognize the fact that the contrary may prove true at almost any hour, and that ,if it is shown even inferentially that Spain had a hand in the catastrophe there will be but one thing to do, and that will be to seize the island of Cuba by force of arms. At no time since the war of the rebellion has the military brand, of the government been so active as it is today. It is a significant fact that within the last two days there has been a remark able change ot opinion in the navy de partment in regard to the explosion on the Maine. When the first news arrived here last week experts ats the depart ment were nearly divided as between accident and design, but today after studying the late reports, and especially photographs sent from Havana, nine out of ten of the officers of the depart ment express the belief that the Maine was anchored over a submarine mine. The only difference of opinion seems to be as to 'whether the mine was ex ploded by Spanish officers acting under orders, or by some enthusiast. The latter opinion is generally held, but it is said that this does not lessen in any degree the responsibility of Spain for the horrible catastrophe. If the Spanish officers allowed the warship to be moored to a buoy which was attached to a submarine mine, they thereby became responsible for the result, whether the mine was e ploded by official orders or not. The placing of the Maine in an exposed place in the harbor if it was done at all, was done by Spanish officers, and if the mim was exploded by anybody at all, they were directly responsible, and will be so held by President McKin ley's administration. RELIEF FOR MAINE VICTIMS. Bill for That Purpose Introduced Into the House. Washington, Feb. 26. Representa tive Boutelle, of Maine, chairman of the house committee on naval affairs, introduced a bill this afternoon provid ing for the relief of the victims of the battle-ship Maine. It follows generally the lines of the Samoan disaster relief bill of 1890, and is the result of sev eral days' conference in committee, and embodies the views of the admin istration. Boutelle had a conference with President McKinley today, at whioh he went over with him the pro posed legislation, and later submitted tha measure at an informal meeting of some of the committee. It will be re ferred back to the committee immedi ately, and its passage expedited. The bill provides for the payment of 13 months' pay to the widows or child ren, or, if there be no such, to the parents, or if neither of these, to the brothers and sisters of each of these killed in the Maine disaster. In addi tion, the legal heirs of each ot the vic tims shall receive any arrears of pay due at the time of death. It is pro vided also that any allotments previ ously made by any of the deceased to any relatives of the men mentioned shall be continued for three months, the amounts so paid to be deducted from the 12 months' pay otherwise al lowed. THAT SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE. Spaniards Confess There Is a Mine I mler the Harbor Entrance. Havana, Feb. 26. In connection with the claim made by the Cubans that there are mine galleries under the harbor of Havana, leading from sub terranean passages and known to have existed for years, between Fort Caban as, Morro castle, and this port, the Spaniards explain that for over a cen tury, a subterranean passage about two miles long and eight feet wide at its narrowest diameter, capable of giving passage to a column of troops, has ex isted from the navy-yard to Castillo del Principe. But, the Spaniards further assert, the existence of this passage was not known to the present authorities, or to those who have been in power for many years past. The entiance and exit, it is added, have been closed for years past, by thick walls now oovered with debris, and their exact, location is said to be lost. At the same time, it is admitted that the matter regarding the subterranean passage can be found in old documents in the archives of Ha vana. Finally, the Spaniards insist that this passage does not go under the harbor at any point. Warships Headed for Havana. Las Palas, Canary Islands, Feb. 28. The Spanish armored cruiser Almi rante Oquendo left today for Havana. The Italian third-class cruiser Gio vaani Bausani is expected here Satur da next. She is on her way to Cuba. SINKING IN THE MUD. Prompt Word Is Necessary to Raise the Maine. Havana, Feb. 28. The wreck of the Maine is slowly but surely sinking into the mud. Before the hull can be raised it, will be necessary to move the guns and deck debris. lor lack oi proper appliances, practioallv nothing in this line has been accomplished. The cloudy weather and rain made the work of the divers unsatisfactory today, and very little was done. It is said that a hole has bton made by the divers ill one of the forward hatches, and it is hoped that a number of bodies will be recovered,. The court of inquiry sat longer than usual today, the six divers being exam ined more in detail than heretofore. At the afternoon session the examina tion of the divers was continued. A civilian whose testimony is said to be of importance, was also examined. The name of the witness and all partic ulars of the evidence are withheld. Late today, the paymaster's safe, with $22,500, and his papers, was taken from the wreck. Beyond this, no statement is made as to the value and nature of the contents. A large quantity of water ran out when the safe was raised above the surface. . ' The complaint is still made that the electric lamps are of little use to the divers, as the light is faint and uncer tain, and to hold them takes one of the diver's hands. They have assuredly proved of little value in the present investigation. So far as reports made publio go, workmen on the Right Arm with , the assistance of the naval divers are labor ing hard to recover the bodies under the hatch which led to the fireroom platforms. It is hoped the bodies will be taken out tomorrow. The Havana papers print long ex tracts from the American papers but of course only of delayed news. All the Americans are anxiously waiting the arrival of tomorrow's maiL Oonsnl-Gteneral Lee says he has re ceived no news of importance from the state department. The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII has been towed to a buoy further within the harbor to make loom for the cruiser Vizcaya which is expected here tomor row or the next day from New York. . The wounded are reported as doing well today. The wrecking tug Right Arm is engaged in removing such parts of the wreck as it is possible to handle in ad vance of the arrival of strong tugs and derricks from the north. It is believed the divers from the fleet and Right Arm will remain at work when the Mangrove leaves. The Fern will be the only Untied States vessel in the harbor after the Mangrove goes. A TRANSPORT SERVICE. Plant Line Said to Re Prepared to Land Troops in Havana. Tampa Fla. Feb. 28. Although the officials of the company have not so stated publicly, nearly everybody here understands, that the Plant system lias completed arrangements for the trans portation of troops and munitions of war to Havana on short notice. All of the ships have been placed in condition for an emergency. Should war be de clared it is said that the company has perfected plans to land a large body of troops in Havana within 86 hours after their arrival at this place. Troops can be transported from Washington and New York to this port in from 24 to 80 hours. The company has also made ar rangements it is said to land promptly men and arms at Key West .and all strategic points on the coast of Florida and at Mobile. BATTLESHIPS TO BE LAUNCHED An Important Event to Occur at New port News Soon. Richmond, Va., Feb. 28. The offi cers of the Newport News shipyard an nounce tlut the double launching of the battleships Kentucky and Kearsage will take plaoe March 24, and will be the firet double launching of first-class battle-ships in the world. Governor Bradley and staff will come from Kentucky, and Miss Christine Bradley will christen the Kentucky with a bottle of water taken from the spring from which Abraham Lincoln drank when a boy, while Mrs.Winslow, wife of Lieutenant Wilson, U. S. N., will stand sponsor for the Kearsarge. The ships could be put in commission in six months if necessary, but the con tractors have no hurry orders. The Illinois, the third big battle-ship building at Newport News, is only a month or two behind the others. Spaniards Eager for War. London Feb. 28. According to a special dmpatch from Madrid reports received there from the United States to the effect that public opinion in the latter country is becoming more ex cited owing to the impression that the Maine disaster was not due to accident are "restirring popular feeling here (in Madrid) and the conviction is increasing in ministerial circles that the worst must be expected." ,t Continuing the dispatch savs: "The government has no choice if the United States adopts a threatening attitude for the prospect of war is popular with all parties and the more excitable newspa pers are already urging the government to take measures to enable Spain to strike the first and decisive blow." Town Nearly Destroyed. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 28. Floods and avalanches have partly destroyed the town of Monte Cristo, situated in the heart of the Cascade mountains. The railroad connecting the place with Everett has been washed ont, and the lack of railroad connections has caused the concentrator and the part of the Monte Cristo mines which John D. Rockefeller owns to shut down. In 1897 Ohio furnished almost 87, 000 tons of grindstones. A CLASH INEVITABLE. Costa Rica and Nicaragua " Apparently I'pon the Verge of War. New York, Feb. 28. A dispatch to the Herald from Panama says: Ad vices received today from Costa Rica state that at a banquet given on Sun day night, President Iglesias said the situation between Costa Rica and Nic aragua is such that war is inevitable. Further advices from Costa Rica say that on February 20 there was a large popular demonstration in which more than 6,000 persons showed their ap proval of the attitude of the govern ment toward Nicaragua, and more troops were sent on February 20 to the frontier. Hostilities with Nicaragua are expected at any moment. Many prominent members of the American colony have offered to aid the govern ment with men and money. One of them, James Bennett, offered to give $60,000. The French colony has also promised to take up arms in defense of Costa Rica in the event of war. Since the unsuccesstul revolution broke out in Nicaragua on February 5, which President Zelaya charges the Costa Rican government with aiding, there has been little communication with the Costa Rican oapital. Mes sages sent from here are in plain lan guage at sender's risk and subject to censorship. A special commissioner arrived at Colon a few days ago with a dispatch from Washington. Replies were sent to Port Limon by the steamship New port. It is stated that the same com missioner . had a private conference with the government authorities here. His object is to enlist Colombia on Costa Rica's side Bhould the Greater Republic of Central America or the triple alliance declare war against her. AUTONOMISTS WANT PEACE. Cuba Libre's Hour of Triumph Near at Hand. New York, Feb. 28. A dispatoh to the Tribune from Havana savs: In the uncertainty of the relations with the United States, the importance of the recent action of the autonomist party is overlooked. Its central com mittee has formally approved the plan which is a confession of the failure of the present scheme of autonomy and an offer to the insurgents to conceds every thing except the withdrawal of the Spanish flag. . Its significance is in the fact that SenorGovin, of the autonomist cabinet, was) a leading spirit in the meeting, and offered the resolutions for treating with the insurgents, which contain a series of propositions outlined by Bibra two weeks ago when the radical auton omist party was formed. These cover everything but independence. The transignetes are still hostile to the government.' Among them the Maine inquiry is adding to the smother ed anti-American feeling. The author ities profess ability to hold it in oheck. NINE LIVES LOST. A Ttnement House in Charleston, S. C, liurus With Fatal Results. 1 Charleston, S. C, Feb. 28. Nine lives were lost in a fearful fire whioh raged for a short time here this morn ing. At 2:10 A.M., a policeman on duty noticed big sparks flying from the tenement house at 160 Church street. The offioer found that a blaze was is suing from one of the windows on the first floor. The doors were broken open and the family on that floor rushed out without injury. Somebody yelled that a family of women were sleeping on the third floor. The police rushed up stairs and when they reachd the top floor the lifesaving work was stopped hy the flames, whioh seemed to be over the entire floor. Screams from dying women were heard, and Officer Bngley rushed in and pulled out thrte charred bodies. The quiok work of the fire department checked the flames, but not until nine lives had ' been lost. The dead are: Mrs. Rebecca Knickmeyer, Albert O'Neil, Caswell O'Neil, Joseph ine Knickmeyer, 7 years old; Katie Knickmeyer, 19 years old; Leona Knickmeyer, 9 years old, Francis Knickmeyer, 6 years old, Lillie Knick meyer, 8 years old; a baby of Mrs. Knickmeyer, 1 month old. - BRANDING SEALS. The Process Described in the Electrical Review. New York, Feb. 28. Tha Electrical Review will publish today the first authentic account of branding fur seals by electricity to prevent the destruc tion of the female seals. The article is written by Elmer E. Farmer, of Stan ford university, who accompanied the United States fur seal commission to the Pribyloff islands last August, when the experiment was tried. , The electrical apparatus consists of a Binall dynamo operatedby a gasoline engine and a branding cautery simi lar to that used by physicians. The young female seals were marked by drawing the hot platinum cautery across the back, which resulted in de stroying the fur so that even if the seal were afterward killed the commercial value of the lur would be destroyed. It is probable that the experiments will be carried further by means of im proved electrical apparatus. A writer in the Fortnightly Review thinks that 55,000 farmers, each with a 100-acre farm in Canada, could sup ply all the wheat England needs. Wound Around the Shaft. Pendleton, Or., Feb. 28. Clarence Dupuis, aged 22, was fatally hurt by being wound around the shaft at the woolen mill late last night. Dupuis was employed in the picker-room, and went below to remove a belt without waiting for the machinery to stop. A set pin m the shaft caught his blouse, whirled him over and over, breaking many bones and hurting him internal ly, so that he died several hours afterward. ARID AND SEMI-ARID LAND. A Study of Conditions in Northwest. the Pacific There is a work going on in connec tion with the geological surveys of the government that is of interest to the nation at largo, also to the world in general. This is known as the hydro graphic department, and relates to rec lamation of arid lands by means of irrigation. What has been known as the great Amerioan Desert, and so des ignated on the maps up to a generation of time ago, was not desert in the nor mal sense of possessing no soil, but be cause of the lack of water to make its soil available. The object of the gov ernment is to make praotical tests, based on scientiflo fact, to discover how arid lands can be made to produce har vests and so become homes for millions of people. In the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho are wide areas that are cap able of development, if water oan be had to stimulate the soil. We may suppose that sagebrush land " is worth less, but wherever sagebrush prows the soil is good and generally deep. There is so much of what we oall desert in the North Pacific region that the citi zens of these states are specially inter ested in the subject of irrigation. In regard to Oregon half the area of the state is arid, and two-thirds of all east of the Cascades. Whatever will re deem our arid lands will add greatly to the future wealth and prosperity of the state. From Mr. Bobb, who has lately re turned from a season in the North Pa cific states, it is learned that at the re quest of a local engineer he investigat ed the water supply of the Dungeness district, on the Sound, whore there is shortage of water for crops in June, July and August. He plaoed stations on the Dungenness, Elwha and Soldeck, to ascertain what supply can at that season be depended on for irrigating ditches, in case private capital desires to make such investment. In Eastern Washington gauge sta tions are located as follows: One each on the Spokane, Natchess, Wenatchee and Palouse, and three on the Yakima. He also made mountain surveys lor reservoir sites to save water through the rainy season for use in summer, as is done in the San Bernardino moun tains in Southern California. In Oregon the work has but com-' menced, though there is far more arid land in that state than in Washington. A station is established at Gibbon, on the Umatilla, not far from the hot springs; another on the Malheur; one on the Owyhee, in the extreme north east. Mr. Bobb expressed much inter est in Hood river , vajley, where is a station, for he saw its wonderful fruits; there is also a station on the Deschutes. Idaho offers greater opportunity for irrigation1 than Oregon, as she has mountain ranges and various rivers. Stations are on the Weiser, Boise, Pay ette, Port Neuf, Bear river, and at Montgomery's' ferry, on Snake. As this work is comparatively recent, re sults have not as yet been so clear and certain as at other districts. When we estimate the immense area of arid-) lands and know that, not in cluding Alaska, one-third of the United States remains still public do main, and that the greater portion of this is arid land rich in soil, but with out water supply, the immense import ance of this work is apparent. The in terest these gentlemen take in their work is apparent from the kindness with whioh they furnish information. Take the North Pacific states and estimate the area of arid lands, and the result is surprising. In Eastern Washington there is an area of 6,000, 000 of acres requiring water supply to become productive. Eastern Oregon is yet larger, and has a much greater proportion of what is called desert, save that flocks and herds graze over it when water oan be had at all. Idaho has vast areas to the south and some on the north, but facilities for water supply are present in Its various streams. The two states Idaho and Oregon muqt have 15,000,000 of acres arid, making a total of over 20,000,000 in the three states, that can be trans formed to homes, if water can work its tnngio there. There are also extensive natural basins where water can be had by bor ing artesian wells, by which means much land can be made productive. While the government does not practic ally experiment by boring such wells, its agents study the results attained by private enterprise, and have maps, as for instance, of the Pueblo district of Colorado to show how great an area surface has an underflow that can come to the surface; also where water supply can be had for pnmping. , When we know that aquarter-seQtion of land will make a home for a family, and take the arid acreage of tho three North Pacific states for a basis of esti mate; if one quarter of this area can be redeemed, it will furnish homes for 87,500 families and support a popula tion of 250,000 people. Take the arid portions of Oregon and Idaho, and it moans that from 600,000 to 750,000 people can find productive farms if the arid lands of these states can bo re claimed. The towns, cities and in dustries naturally pertaining will sup port 1,000,000 total. This work is furnishing valuable facts on which to base reclamation of the arid lands of this continent, which is one of tho most important questions for our statesmen to consider. Priceless Iloon to Our Followers. Of course all this vast extent of arid territory cannot be made available for farms and homes, but very much of it can be, and the work of experiment and discovery that goes on so constant ly may discover more means for such reclamation. The rapid growth of population will soon exhaust all lands fit for homesteads. To add this arid area to our productive domain will be a priceless boon to those who are to fol lows us. ... ..... WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Trade Conditions In the Leading Cities of the World. It begins to look as if Leiter, for all his impudence in ignoring the advice of Tom, Dick, Harry and other old timo speculators, knew something about run ning a wheat deal. Where wheat will1 get to is beyond anybody's ken. Armour' says there is no reason why it should not be putto$1.50. Headds he is a believer in high prices for another year. Leiter talks $1.25. No human being can forecast a market with cer tainty, for it would be no market if such a thing were possible. Leiter ap preciates this or he would not now be marketing his cash holding. The spec ulators with widest experience agree that the Leiter control is as complete as anything hnman could be. There has never been a tirne, though, and . never will be, when there are not con tingencies enough about the wheat sit uation to keep it exciting. The Leiter wheat interest continues larger than any that ever existed before. It was deemed extraordinary early in February that he' should extend his purchases into May. He has not stopped at that. He has gone into July. His risks on his oash lines in the pit have been re duced by his recent sales, but his line in the pit have been increased. The whole effort has been of late to cheapen the average holding, and it would look as if success had attended that. Leiter has lost more or less wheat on "calls." What he has done in the pit is mere guses work. The "talent" believe his May line a very commanding one, some where between 5,000,000 bushels and 10,000,000 bushels. His accumulations of July wheat last week might easily have readied 2,500,000 bushels, per haps double that. The figures seem grandiose. Loiters' ideas of quanti ties are, however, different from the ordinary trades. It will be no exag geration, in the estimation of any pro fessional in this market, to putLeiter's interest, with all his recent cash sales, at 23,000,000 bushels. His present profits, on paper, must be astounding. easily $2,000,000, perhaps double that. XI iieiter continues to be favored to the end as he has been in the past the story of bis huge wheat operations will md like an oriental one, the plans too magnificent, the results too extraordi nary to be everyday. Portland Market. ' ' - Wheat Walla Walla, 74 75c; Val ley and Bluestem, 77 78c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.85; graham, $8.80; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 86 37c; choice gray, 88 84c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $19 20; brew ing $20 per ton. Millstiffa Bran, $19 per ton; mid dlings, $24; Bhorts, $20. Hay Timothy, $12.50; clover, f 10 11; California wheat, $10; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $910per ton. Eggs 10011,0 per dozen. Butter Fancy oreamory, 50(3 55c; fair to good, 4550c; dairy, 85 45c per roll. Cheese Oregon, 12fo; Young America, 1814c; California, 9I0o per poiind. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00(9 4.60 per dozen; hens, $4.505.00; geese, $6.007.00; ducks, $5.006.00 ppKlozen; turkeys, live, 11 12c per f in tn I rot toes Oregon Burbanks, 4060o per sack; sweets, $1.752 per cental. ' Onions Oregon, $2.252.60 per sack. Hops 416o per pound for 'new orop; 1896 crop, 46o. Wool Valley, 1416o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 712o; mohair, 20 220 per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton, 7o; spring lambs, 5 Ho per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25; light and feoders, $3,004.00; dressed, $5. 00 5. 60 per 100 pounds. , Beef Gross, top steers, $3. 60 8. 76; cows, $2.60; dressed beef, U)7cper pound. Veal Large, 55Jio; small, 69 7o per pound. Seattle Market. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 27o; ranoh,' 22 23c. Cheese Native Washington, 13o; California, 90. Eggs Fresh ranch, 18c, Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 12c; spring chickens, $2.60 8 00; ducks, $.'!.508.75. Wheat Feed wheat, $23 per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $23. Corn Whole, $23; cracked, per ton, $23; feed meal, $23 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $28; whole, $22. Hay Ptiget sound, new, per ton, $12 14; Eastern Washington timothy, $18; alfalfa, $12. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, teers, 7,c; cows, 6o; mutton sheep, 8c; pork, 6c; veal, small, 8. Fresh Fish Halibut, 67c; salmon, 8c; salmon trout, 10c; flounders and sole, 8 4; ling cod, 4 5; rock cod, 6c; smelt, 2J 4. Fresh Fruit Apples, 60c$1.76 per box; pears, 26 75c per box; oranges, navels, $2 8 per box. San Francisco Market. Wool Nevada 11 18c; Oregon, 12 14c; Northern 78o pur pound. Hops 1217HC P6' pound. MillfltnfTs Middlings, $2225; Cal ifornia bran, tl7.B018.B0 per ton. Ouions silverskln, $2. 60 2. 75 per cental. Eggs Store, 11 ll'ic; ranoh, 11 12)ijc;Eustern, 18 19; duck, 14c per pozen. Cheeso Fancy mild, new, 10c; fair to good, 7 8c per oiind.. Butter Fancy creamery, 22c; do seconds, 21c; fancy dairy, 20c j good to choice, 1819o per pound. Fresh Fruit Apples, 25o$1.25 per large box; grapes, 25 ft 40c; Isabella, 6075cj peaches, B0c$l; pearl 76c; $1 per box; plums, 2035o.