THE LIZARD WRfCK.
Flatly Refused by American
Peace Commission.
SETTLED BY THE
PROTOCOL
American! Positively Decline to As
sume Responsibility for the Cuban
Debt Two Week's Labors.
Paris, Oct. 18. The American and
Spanish peaoe commissions closed their
first two weeks of labor here today,
and the progress made has been chiefly
by negative action, owing to the atti
tude of the Americans.
The first article of the protocol, pro
vided that "Spain will relinquish all
claim to sovereignty over and title to
Cuba." The Americans opened their
case by the assumption that little or no
action was, necessary regarding Cuba on
the ground that its disposition was
definitely fixed by the terms of the pro
tocol. Notwithstanding at the meeting
last Thursday, the Spaniards submit
ted suggestions and propositions
amounting to holding that the United
States should take over all or part ol
the Cuban debt. Tuesday, Seuor Mou
tero Riofl, president of the Spanish com
mission, verbally repeated it at length,
and reiterated the same in summarized
form.
The Americans at their own session,
Wednesday, took up the Spanish pres
entation and. determined the formula
tion of the answer of the United States.
Careful, exact, and full was the prepara
tion of the answer, and, therefore, ii
became impossible, as intended, to
erve a copy of it on the Spanish before
the hour of opening the session, so that
the oral discussion might begin
promptly.
Whatever may have transpired at yes
terday's session, whether the Spaniards
were or were not advised tbatv the
United States deolined to assume the
. Cuban debt it may bo distinctly Baid
that with such light as it now has. the
United States commission will consist:
-ently and to the end refuse to assume
all or any part of the Cuban debt. The
Spaniards will, if indeed it has not al
ready been done, have impressed upon
them the fact that by the signature of
the protocol, they utterly relinquished
all olaim of sovereignty over and title
to Cuba.
Thus possibly progress has been
achieved negatively, for, with the pres.
ent light, the Americans deoline, or
will refnse the responsibility of a singls
peseta of the so-called debt.
FIRST AT SAN JUAN.
Bodies of Many of the Ttctimi Have
Been Recovered. .
London, Oct. .18, The Atlantio
Transport Company issued the follow
ing statement this evening regarding
the fate of the passengers and crew of
the steamer Mohegan, . whioh was
wrecked last Friday evening pff the
Lizard, between the Manacles and Low
lands: .
"Of the passengers, 11 ' have been
saved. 10 bodies have been recovered,
and 83 are missing. Of the orew and
cattlemen, 89 have been saved, 11 bod
ies have been recovered, and 51 are
missing." 3
Since this statement was issued, nine
other bodies have ben picked up, in
cluding two that have been identified
as those of passengers. , The reports of
the various correpondents diner widely
as to the rescues, recoveries and losses,
though rone agree as to the exact num
ber of those saved or' of the bodies re
covered. The bodies of the following passengers
have been recovered: T. W. King,
Edna King, Master King, Mrs. Weller,
James Blackey, Miss H. M. Cowen, M.
Fallows, B. Franklin Fuller, Mrs. L.
M. Lnke, George Seymour, Miss L. H.
Warrener.
The latest advices from Falmouth
this evening say that 88 bodies have
been identified, mostly the bodies of
Bailors. Four are as yet unidentified,
inoluding those of two elderly ladies.
One appears to be German. She wore
a watoh and wedding ring, both en
graved "1871." The other wore a sil
ver brooch .with the letters "D" in
pearls. This is probably the body of
Mrs. Charles Duncan. Nine of the bod
ies have been brought to Falmouth;
the others were taken to the, village
church at St. Keverine.
The rescued passengers are being
sheltered in cottages along the shore,
and the crew at the sailors' home at
Falmouth.
Tugs have been cruising in the vicin
itv all dav, despite the very rough
weather, in the hope of pioking up
other bodies.
The cause of the disaster remains the
profoundest mystery. Nobody at
tempts to explain how the Mohegan got
so far north of her true coursefrom
six to seven miles. There was no fog
at the time, while the wind on her port
quarter was not sufficient to prevent
her answering the helm. It has been
suggested that her compass was faulty;
but daylight lasted long after Eddy
stone light was passed. The sailors
say the faot that the Lizard light was
visible should have served to give the
alarm.
Foundered Off the Lizard
With Great Loss of Life.
OVER 150 PERSONS DROWNED
On the Way From London to
York, She Struck the' Books
Terrible Gale.
New,
in a
SHAFTER AT OMAHA.
Be Told
lost
NORTHWEST NEWS.
GOMEZ IS OBSTINATE.
Disband
New York Regiment Enters the Capital
of Forto Rioo.
Washington, Oct. 18. The follow
ing dispatch was received at the war
-department this evening:
"San Juan. Oct. 18. The . Forty-
seventh New York arrived at San Juan
at 6 P. M EDDY, Colonel." ,
It is presumed by the war depart
ment officials, inasmuch as nothing is
said to the contrary, that the regiment
was permitted to land at San Juan. It
was feared objection might be raised by
the Spanish offioials to the landing oi
the regiment at San Juan before forma)
possession was yielded to the American
forces on the 18th inst. The Forty
eventh New York has the honor ol
being the first American organization
to enter the capital of Porto Rico.
Commands of the District!.
Ponce, P. K., Oct. 18. The Stars
and Stripes will be formally raised at
San Juan Thursday. Brigadier-General
Fred Grant will be given command
of the district of San Juan, comprising
the jurisdictions of Arecibo, Bayamo
and Humaooa. with the adjacent
islands. Brigadier-General Guy V.
Henry will be given command of the
other portions of Porto Rico.
THE CRISTOBAL COLON.
Uobton Is Confident of Raising th
Spanish Cruiser.
Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 18. Naval
Constructor Hobson, who 'has arrived
here from the wreck of the Spanish
cruiser Cristobal Colon, will loave to
moirow for Guantanamo on business
connected with the Infanta Maria
Teresa, which ho expects to get off to
the United States before the end of the
. month. For the last few days he baa
been engaged in preparing to raise the
Cristobal Colon, a work which is prao
tioally impossible from the sea because
of the dangerously heavy swell. The
operations will, therefore, be conducted
from the shore. Mr. Hobson has built
a trolley line out to the ship, a distance
of 150 feet, with a suspension bridge;
and the oom pressed air pump is now in
position. On his return from Guan
tanamo he will push his operations vig
orously, as he feels absolutely certain
of raising the bull uninjured.
The naval board appointed by the
president to investigate disputed points
in the conflict whioh resulted in the
destruction of Cervera's fleet, find that
"although the American fleet in the
battle off Santiago on July 8 obeyed
the general orders of Rear-Admiral
Sampson, given in advance to meet
just such an emergency, it was essen
tially a 'captains' fight.' " Much
credit is given the battle-ship Oregon
for its good work.
Electrie Shock Killed Him.
Seattle, Wash., Oct 17. Louis Kay
eer, aged 88, an engineer, wag killed
this morning in the Seattle steam
laundry, as a result of a shockreceived
while putting in an incandescent lamp.
, Ore Barge Sank.
Chicago.Oct. 17. The barge Church
ill, loaded with ore from Duluth, sank (
in the rough water off Wankegan to-1
day. Captain Kane, of Detroit, and a
deck-hand, John Hanson, were drowned.
The barge was valued at 10,000.
The Cnban General Refuses to
His Army. .
New York, Oot. 18. A dispatch
from. Havana says: It is generally be
lieved a serious breach has taken place
between the executive department of
the Cuban republio and the leaders of
the military foroes. Word was received
here that General Wood has received a
communication from President Masso,
advising that nothing be done by the
Americans that can be oonstrued as re
cognizing the Cuban government. Ma8
so has been joined by his colleagues in
declaring that the time has arrived for
disbanding the Cuban forces. This
course will be vigorously com batted by
General Gomez.
General Juan Dncasse, one of the
closest advisers of Gomez, has arrived
in Havana to consult the opponents of
Masso and all those who favor a Cuban
republic and oppose further American
intervention. General DucasBe declares
that Gomez will lead the insurgents
back into the field before he will sub
mit to disarming them while tbeAmer
ican and Spanish soldiers remain in
Cuba.
Colonel Waring's first inspection of
the city filled him with surprise. Con
ditions are much worse than he expect'
ed. Everything is favorable for an out
break of fever. In normal times deaths
in Havana number about 800 a week.
They now average fully 100 a day.
The deaths are mostly the result of per
nicioua fever.
ANARCHIST PLOT.
London, Oot. 17. 'The Atlantio
Transportation ;.. Company's steamer
Moheaan, formerly the Cleopatra, of
the Wilson-Fumess-Leyland line,
whioh left London for New York yes
terday with 50 passengers and a crew of
150, is ashore off the Lizard, between
the Manacles and the lowlands.
It is rumored that there has been a
ereat loss of life.
A coast guard message reports that
the nasseneers are "drowning like
rats." '
Anothei aocount says: "Bodies are
washing ashore, one being that ol a
lady lashed to a plank, with both legs
severed."
Particulars of the disaster are diffi
cult to obtain. It appears that when
the Mohegan struck a gale was blowing
and the sea was running high.
' Lifeboats put off from theLizaid and
from Falmouth, one returning filled
with passengers. Several were drowned,
however, it is reported, on the passage
of the lifeboat to the shore. : Another
lifeboat saved six persons.
The coast at that point is extremely
dangerous, and has been the scene of
numerous wrecks. Some years ago
there was a movement set on foot to get
a lightship placed there, but it failed.
A dispatch from Falmouth says the
Mohegan foundered and was probably
blown ashore by the heavy east wind
after her machinery was disabled.
All the Falmouth tugs went out but
were unable to approach the vessel.
A lifeboat has landed 80 of theMohe-
gan's passengers and returned for more.
One lady died after she was brought
ashore. It is rumored that the position
of the Mohegan is serious and assistance
is urgently needed.
According to a dispatch just received
from Falmouth, out of 200 passengers
constituting the passengers and crew of
the Mohegan, only 81 have been saved.
This intelligence was forwarded from
the coast guard by telephone to Fal
mouth. , The coast guards are watj;h-
ng for bodies and wreokage. The lile-
boats have gone intc Port Houttock.
The steamer Mohegan, then the CleO'
patra, arrived at New York on August
18 last, on her maiden trip from Lon
don. She is a single-screw steel vessel
of 4,510 tons register, 480 feet long by
52 feet beam, and about 86 feet in
depth of hold. She had accommoda-
tion for 125 passengers and a capacity
for between 7.000 and 8,000 tons ol
freight and 500 cattle. Her com
mander is Captain Griffiths, commodore
of the Atlantic Transportation Com
pany's fleet. She is one of the five
vessels reoently purchased from the
Wilson-Furness-Leyland line by the
Atlantic Transportation Company to
replace the Mohawk. Mobile, Mars,
Miobjgan and Mississippi, whioh were
sold to the United States government to
be used as transports.
COMMERCE OF THE PACIFIC,
Bow the Spaniards
Santiago
Omaha, Oct. 17. Major-General
William R. , Shatter was accorded a
most generous welcome by Omaha to
day. When his train arrived in the
morning a large number of people had
gathered at the station to greet the
hero of Santiago. Later, upon the ex
position grounds, the manifestation of
love and respect for the general were
everywhere in evidence. This after
noon, in the auditorium, General Shat
ter addressed an audienoe that filled
avery inoh of available space in the
great building. His address was a
plain, matter-of-fact discussion of the
Cuban campaign, and the simple pre
station of facts was far more effective
than the most exalted oratorical effort
from one who had not participated in
the struggle.
Qne or two statements made by the
general are new. He said that with
the capture of El Caney the oampaign
was practically over. It was simply
necessary, he said, to convince the
Spanish commander that his oase was
hopeless.
"Why the Spaniards surrendered
when they could have abandoned their
position and kept up the war," he
said, "I do not understand, but I be
lieve it was because they had been in
formed that the Spanish government
had decided to give up the fight and
3urrender their soldiers in the eastern
part of the island."
Assistant Secretary of War Meikle
john made an able address, oommend
ing Nebraska's part in the late war
and denouncing the traduoers of the
army. Wu Ting-Fang, the Chinese
mininster, was given a cordial recep
tion. Senator Thurston spoke elo
quently. '
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Items 'of General Interest Gleaned
From the Thriving Faeiflo
f ' States. :
King' Humbert, as Well as the Em
peror, Was to Be Assassinated.
London, Oct. 18. The Alexandria
correspondent of the Daily Mail, tele
graphing regarding the anarchist plot
against Emperor William, whioh was
discovered Friday, says:
The plot against the kaiser is hourly
proving more important, each arrest
disclosing new ramifications. Thedoo
omenta found disclose a plot to kill
King Humbert already well matured
Fifteen pereons, all Italians, have been
arrested. The original plan was to
throw a bomb of guncotton and ful
minate of mercury on Emperor Wil
Ham's oarriage in a narrow street of
Cairo. When the Egyptian trip was
abandoned, elaborate arrangements were
made by the oonspirators to send con
federates to Jerusalem to carry out the
plot during the dedication of the Ger
man Church of Our Kedeemer.
Insurgents Overdo It.
Manila. Oct. 18. The insurgetns at
Lagaspi have prevented the American
steamer Ilermanos from loading or un
loadins. on the ground that there are
Spaniards on board. They also refused
to allow any of the men of the United
States oruiser Raleigh to land without
permission from Genoral Aguinaldo,
.THE PEACE JUBILEE.
Opened
With a Service of Thanks
giving.
Chicago, Oct. 18. The national
neace iubilee. of Chicago, was tonight
inaugurated with a thanksgiving ser
vice at the Auditorium. Presiden
McKinley attended and listened to ad
dresses bv a Jewish rabbi, a Roman
Catholic priest, a Presbyterian clergy
man and a noted colored orator. The
apnlause for the president was terrific,
DAWSON QUARTZ 'MINES.
Fature of the City Depends Upon Their
Development.
Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 17. J. H.
Holdof Chicago, who is just down
from Cassiar, savs a gold strike has
been made on Friday river. Three
men took out $85 each from a river bar
in one week.
H, M. Sinclair, of Los Angeles, CaL,
who has just arrived from Dawson,
says the future of Dawson will depend
largely npon the opening of quartz
mines. There have been upwards of
400 quartz claims reoorded at Dawson
and some claims in the vicinity of the
city are attracting considerable atten
tion, not on account of the high grade,
but of the immense deposits oi gold
bearing oie. "i$ . '
C. C. Black, who has jnst returned
from Peach river, states that several
prospectors up there stole provisions
caohed by a tribe of Indians which had
always been friendly to the whites.
The red men were not long in retaliat
ing. They fired the grass in the dis
trict for miles around. The result was
disastrous- to the unscrupulous white
men. Their horBes died of starvation,
and, half-starved themselves, they fled
from the country and returned to Omi
neca. Had they not left the district
the Indian hostilities would have been
carried still further. h "
Will Be Increased by the Retention ol
the Philippines.
Seattle, Wash., Oot. 17. D. E.
Brown, general agent of the Canadian
Pacific Railway & Steamship Company
at Hone Kong, speaking today of the
growth of trade betweeen this country
and the Orient, said:
"The trade of the last five years
should more than double in the next
five years, owing, in the first place, to
inoreased trapsportation facilities, and
in the second place to the close rela
tions that will have to exist hereafter
between this country and the Orient as
the result of holding the Philippine
islands. We are perfectly willing that
the United States should hold on to
the Philippine islands, and when onoe
the matter is definitely settled, and
business is again in full swing, it wil)
not be long before the commerce of the
Pacifio will be as great as that of the
Atlantic. Especially will this be the
case when railroads shall open up China
to the commercial and industrial world,
and make this Northwest , coast iti
landing point."
Plot Against Emperor William.
Alexandria, Egypt, Oct. 17. The
Alexandria police have arrested nine
Italian anrachists since last night, and.
have thereby frustrated a plot against
Emperor William, now on his way to
tne Holy Land, to be present at the
conseoration of the Church of the Pavior
at Jerusalem. The first arrested was
a cafe keeper, a well-known anarchist,
in whose house the police discovered
two wire bombs of great strength and
full of bullets. This arrest was made
in consequence of the notification from
the Italian consul-general at Cairfo that
two anarchists bad left Cairo for Port
Said.
France Joins Abyssinia.
Rome, Oct. 17. The Italo says:
"France has concluded a treaty with
Abyssinia against England in the Fa
shoda affair."
What Alaska Needs.
San Francisoq, Oct. 17. Thomas S.
Nowell, a prominent citizen of Boston,
who has just returned from Alaska,
where he has spent four months an
caully for the last 18 years, savs that
the district should have a representa
tive in congress and should have the
protection of adequate land laws. ' He
also thinks that the prohibitory liquor
law originally enforoed to protect the
Indians, but now possible -of evasion
with a great population of white men
and thousands of miles of unguarded
Beacoast, should be replaced by bigb
license, producing a revenue sufficient
to pay many expenses of the territory.
DARK DAYS FOR FRANCE.
Revolution Might Bring on War With
England.
London, Oct. 17. The situation in
Paris is regarded in well-informed
quarters as being more serious than at
any time since the commune. The St.
James's Gazette this afternoon says:
"A military revolution, however
peaceful, which replaces the Brisson
cabinet with nominees of generals,
would imperil the relations between
England and France almost to the
This year is a great one for the fish
trmen on the Coquille river.
The total attendance at the Spokane
trnit fair this year was 72,250.
Steps have been taken at Salem to
contest the Wright branch asylum site
sase, " ,
Lane oounty's potato orop is short
this year, and the farmers look for high
prices.
Winter apples are more plentiful In
Kittitas yalley than ever , before, and
the quality is first-olass.
There is an unusual amount of sick
ness in Palouse at present, most of the
patients having typhoid fever.
Two men who made a voyage from
Lynn canal to St. Michaela in an open
boat have arrived at Victoria. . '
The run of eilverside salmon in the
Lower Columbia river continues heavv,
and the fall paok 'will be unusually
large, ' - I
News has reaohed Victoria of the ap
pointment of C. C. Sinkler, of Nelson,
as. gold commissioner lor the xuicon
district, vice Fawoett, removed. , ,
On the steamship Doric, which ar
rived at San Francisco from the Orient,
was brought in opium valued at $270,
000, on which a duty of $100,000 will
be collected. .
The value of improvements in Walla
Walla county, exclusive of cities, ac
cording to the revision of tbe board of
equalization, amounts to $380,824; per
sonal property, $1,875,882.
The Lincoln county (Wash.) commis
sioners have i fixed the tax levy for all
purposes, at 14 mills, on a valuation of
15,606,732. The levy, for road pur
poses was inoreased from 0.82 to 1.25
mills.
The floating indebtedness against the
new town of Kent, Wash., will be paid
off January, after whioh the city's in
oonie will be sufficient to pay all cur
rent expenses and leave a handsome
surplus.
The prune crop of Clackamas county,
Oregon, has been gathered and mar
keted with very little lass, and growers
are elated over pieseht profits and
futire prospects. At Clackamas sta
tio l, 82 tons were evaporated. '
A cargo of 100,073 bushels of barley
was shipped from Tacoma the week be
fore last direo$ to England. The barley
was all raised in Columbia" county",
Washington, and being of prime qual
ity, netted the producers a good pi Ice.
The charter has been granted for the
building of the Golden-Fort Steele, B
C, railroad, and work will be started
in early sfjring. The contract for the
Nelson & Bedlington railway has been
let to Larson & Foley, work to com
menoe this month.
' pontroller of the Currency Dawes
has decided that he has no authority to
charter a national bank in Honolulu
until oongress passes laws for the gov
eminent of the islands. Consequently
Perrv S. Heath and San Francisco oapi
talists will not have their applications
granted at present.
The Carbonado coal mines snippet
85,000 tons during September, beat
ing all previous records. Roslyn had
held the record with 80,000 tons. Tbe
Carbonado mines, owned by the South,
ern Pacific Railroad Company, are run
ning full time and, employ 600 men,
averaging $3.29 a day wages.
The Scully Steel & Iron Company, ol
Chicago, has just closed a contract for
the delivery of 25,000 tons of steel
plates at Victoria, B. C, to be used in
the conBtruotion of five British steam
ships by one of the largest shipbuild
Ing firms at that point. The value ol
the contraot exceeds $100,000.
A scheme is on foot to constructs
loadna road about three miles in
length from the head ol Gray's river,
Oregon. It will be operated by A. L,
Saldren, who bas in operation a simi
lar road at Clatskanie, and will tap a
district of 6,000 aores of spruce timber
belonsiua to C. H. Green, of Saginaw
Mich.
9 The new association does not con
template any general regulation of
ooaBt lumber values. Its aims are
Reported bv Powning, Hopkins & Co., Inc
Board ol Trade Brokers, 711 to 714 Chamber or
Commerce building, Portland, Oregon.
Since Leiter failed the outsider has
Dot been interested in Chicago prices.
The disastrous outcome to the man
with bo many millions was a terrifying
lesson to the small bull. Explanations
tlid not oouut. Wheth" Leiter made
as . ..
9gregioua errors or i:fwas or little
lonsequence. The defeat, after a year's
lampaign, of the bull leader who for
10 long seemed the greatest who had
Bver arisen, took the heart from every-
Dne who had believed in his cause. It
was only last June that the disaster
took place; about four months ago. It
seenis a long interval, but it is really a
ihort one, and it would be remarkable
If it were not still in everyone's mind.
What new bull leader would now invite
the comparisons which would inevitably
be made; what banking oonoern would
hazard the criticism which would fol
low any favors toward a buying cam
paign in grain? Have the losses of last
summer's collapse been forgotten yet?
There must be a good deal imaginative
about any bull deal. Not one auvane
in twenty is a mere matter of consuinp
tive demand or of actual eoaroity.
There must be a great deal of theory
with advancing - prices' people miial
forget prudence, become venturesome,
permit more or less exhiliration.
Would it not be like holding a picnio
at the close of a funeral to permit much
bull spirit within four months of the
Leiter failure?
The present movement of wheat to
market is the heaviest ever known 11,
000,000 bushels received at primary
points last week. There was never any
such total as that in six days before.
Is not the speculator doing pretty well
in taking care of that property and in
also maintaining prices? Ib not the fact
that suoh a volume of grain is financed
and the price sustained evidence that
the volume of speculation is larger than
the very nanow fluctuations would
indicate?
1,.., Cml .fflninl onrl
i i T o r . .Tm Bimply to control the situation at San
par ly inspired Paris papers are still , wher9 Ulfl tra(e hog beo
JjrGldiUllJtJ bum ucguunviuiiB u. v p.v-
ceeding between the two governments,
and France believes it, although every
body in England knows the etatement
to be ridiculous. Even supposing Major
Marchand is unconditionally with
drawn from Fashoda, the difficulties
with France will in no way end. Be
hind it lios the whole question of Bahr-el-Ghazal,
the richest prize in the Soudan."
Rushing Work on Gunboats.
Boston, Oct. 17. The gunboat Wil
mington has received sailing orders for
nxt Tuesday, and simultaneously the
navy-yard officials .got word to rush
work on her and have her ready by that
date without fail even if it was neces
sary to work overtime in all depart
ments to do to. Her sister ship, the
Helena, is under orders already to sail
for China the following Tuesday and
work baa been pushed on her rathe
than on the Wilmington.
A Southern Paclflo Brakeman Killed,
Ashland, Or., Oct. 15. Charles Sny
der, of ABhland, a Southern Pacific
brakeman, wbb instantly killed at Zu
leka, on the south side of the Siskyous,
near the state line, in California, last
night. An extra freight train was
switching, and in jumping'upon a mov
ing car he missed bis footing and was
thrown under the oar wheels, which
completely severed his head from his
body, besides cutting off one leg and
one arm and otherwise shockingly mu
tilating his body.
Large Amount of Bonds Stolen.
Minneapolis, Oct. 17. It has just
leaked out that a week ago burglars
! broke into the office of the Consolidated
j Milling & Hardwood Company, and
after breaking open a safe, escaped with
j $56,000 worth of United States bonds
i of the recent issue. President George
I Christian received a letter offering to
! return them if a reward was advertised
1 in one of the local papers. The matter
! has been placed in the bands of the
j local authorities. .
for some time in a badly demoralized
oondition. Puget Sound values, foreign
trade or other departments of the lum
ber business, are not affected.
Henry Miller, of Cathlamet, Wash
has contracted to furnish the North
Pacifio mills, at Portland, over 2,000,
000 feet of spruce and fir legs this sea
son. The Astorian says that this out
will come from Eulokium, the principal
logging stroam flowing into the Co lum
bia.w here over 150 men were employed
at logging during the past summer.
According to the Lumberman there
la a good field on the coast for a small
turpentine factory. There are two
epflcioe of wood rich in turpentine and
allied porducts, Douglas fir and "bull"
pine, wood alcohol, pitch and other
o-oallcd naval products. The yiold is
by no means as large as the pitch pine
of the South, but there is certainly
room for a factory that will utilize the
stumps and refuse of pitch-bearing
trees oh the coast.'
Harvesting in the Palouse country
has been completed. Every threshing
machine has pulled in, and the haul
ing of grain to different shipping points
will be finished by November 1, or per
haps a little sooner. So far this season,
the total shipment of new wheat has
not exceeded 275,000 bushels, most of
this being to Spokane for milling, and
to the Sound. Since the completion of
harvesting, farmers and giaindealers
have concludod that the crop of this
year is the largest ever harvested in
the Palouse country.
, Seattle Markets.
Tomatoes, 5Q75oper box.
Cucumbers, 1015o'pei doz.
Onions, 85 90o per 100 pounds.
Potatoes, $1014.
Beets, per saok, $1.
Turnips, per sack, 60Q5o.
Carrots, per saok, 65c.
Parsnips, per sack, $1. y
Beans, green. 8 $80.
Green corn, $11. 25 per saok.
Cauliflower, 75o por doz.
Hubbard squash, lo per pound.
Celery, 40 & 500. .
Cabbage, tiative and California
$1.25 1.50 per 100 pounds.
Apples, 60cD0c per box.
Pears, 75c $1 per box.
Prunes, 40 50o per box.
Peaches, 50c$l.
Plums, 6O0.
Cantaloupes, $1.25 per box.
Butter Creamery, 26o per pound;
dairy and ranch, 18 20c per pound.
Eggs, 2 60.
Cheese Native, 1212c.
Poultry Old hens, 1314o pet
pound; spring chickens, $84.
Fresh meats Choice dressed beet
steers, prime, QS7c; oows, prime,
0Wc; mutton, 7io; pork, 78o; veal,
66o,
Wheat Feed wheat, $19.
Oats Choice, per ton, $22 23.
Corn Whole, $23.50; cracked, $24;
feed meal, $23.60.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$2425; whole, $22.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.60;
straights, $3.25; California brands, -$3.25;
buckwheat flour, $3.75; graham,
per barrel, $3.70; whole wheat Soar,
$3.76; rye flour, $4.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $14;
shorts, per ton, $18.
Feed Chopped feed, $1721 pet
ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cakt
meal, per ton, $85.
Hay Puget Sound mixed, $9,509
10; cboloe Eastern Washington tim
othy, $18. f
' Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 60c; Vat
ley and Bluestem, 6203o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.85; graham,
$2.85; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 80 88c; choice
gray, 84 35c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $2122; brew
ing, $23 per ton.
MillututTs-Bran, $15.50 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $16.50; chop, $15
per ton.
Hay Timothy, $1011; clover, $8
10; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 6055o,
seconds, 4045o; dairy, 4045o store,
25 8 60.
Choese Oregon full cream, ll12o;
Young America, 12o; new cheese,
10c per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2. 50 8
per dozen; lions, $3.00S,50; springs,.
$1.253; geese, $5.006.00 for old.
$4. 60 5 for young; ducks, $4.00
6.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12
120 per pound.
Potatoes 55 60c per sack; sweets,
22c per pounn.
Vegetables Beets, 90c; turnips, 75c
per sack; garlic, 7o por pound; cab
bago, $1 1.25 per 100 pounds; cauli
flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, 754
per Back; beans, So per pound; celery,
70 75o per dozen; cucumbers, 60c pet
box; peas, 8 3,c per pound.
Onions Oregon, 75o$l per sack.
Hops 1015o; 1897 crop, 67o.
Wool Valley, 1012o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair,
S5o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethert
and ewes, 8 jo; dressed mutton, 7ci
spring lambs, 7)o per lb.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.75;
light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed,
$5.606.60 per 100 pounds.
-Beef Gross, top steers, 8.50 $3.75.
cows, $2. 60 3. 00; dressed beef,
66o per pound.
Veal Large, 5Jd'(30c; small, 6K3
7Jc per pound.