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OF DEATH Cuban Patriot GARCIA. i Victim of the PACIFIC COAST .TRADE. U Northern Climate, i , Washington, Deo,' 18. General Cal- i t - n : - .1. , ,1 : .. . : : .. t i r.. u .. ry , 1 , ' vi a jaw vaaruia, uio uiejuiiuumueu uuuau .1U11U ASbauueQ ine niglll 01 warrior and leader, and the head of the December 1. TOOK ALL BUT ONE TRENCH According to ft Spanish Jlennrt, They Were Finally Repulsed With Great Loss Deaths at Manila. Manila. Doo. 13. Aocording to re itiable advices ', reoeived from Iloilo, capital of the island of Fanay, in the Visayas group, the insurgents attacked Iloilo the night of December 1 and cap tured all the Spanish' trenches, exoept one. They then notified General Bios io remove the women and ohildren, and threatened to renew the attack on the following night. ' When these advices left Iloilo, Gen eral Rios was expecting reinforcements and field guns, and the plan was for tlie Spanish gunboats to shell, if the insurgents effeoted an entrauoe. The foreign residents were greatly alarmed, and all merchantmen have been ordered outside the harbor. Meanwhile' the Spanish authorities have been advised that the Tnlisanos troops are looting, in disobedience of orders, and cannot be restrained. On the other hand, the Spanish trans port Isla de Luzon reports that the in surgents around Iloilo were repulsed with great slaughter December 6, while attempting to storm the last entrenoh ment. According to this story, 600 insurgents were killed or wcunded by the machine guns. Deaths at Manila. Washington, Dec. 13. Major-Gen eral Otis, commanding at Manila, has made the following report of deaths in liia command: "December 8 Fred J. Norton, pri vate, comany F, Second Oregon, dysen tery; Frank M. Hibbs, private, com- pauy A, Second Oregon, dysentery, heart lailure. . "December 9 Harry G. Hibbards, uorporal, company K, Second Oregon, typhoid fevter." , FILES HER PROTEST. commission elected by the Ou ban as sembly to visit this country, died here this morning, shortly after 10 o'olock, at the Hotel Raleigh, where the com mission has its headquarters. ; The sudden change from the warm climate of Cuba, with the hardships he had there endured, to the wintry weather of New York and Washington, 1b responsible for the pneumonia which resulted in his demise. i He con tracted a slight cold in New York, which did not assume an alarming stage until early the part of last week. Last Tuesday night, General Garcia, in company with the other members of the commission, attended a dinner given in his honor by General Miles, and it was a result of the exposure that culminated in his death. . During the 13 hours or more preced ing dissolution. General Garcia was unconscious most ol the time. At in Filipinos Are Not Hostile to the Americans. WORD FROM DEWEY AND OTIS Authorities Look for No Dihionlty In Securing- the Release of Spanish Prisoners Conditions Improving. Washington, Deo. 13. The navy de partment has received a cablegram from Admiral Dewey, summarizing the ex isting conditions at Manila, and suoh points in the Philippines as have been visited by his offloers. Adyioes also have been reoaived from General Otis, the commandant of the United States military foices in the islands, and they both go to show a notable improvement in conditions and the growth of a bet ter spirit among those faotions of the tervals he recognized one or more of natives which promised to give trouble. those about bun. In his dying mo- Tins laot is particularly graiuyiiig, ments. as all thronsh his busv and no- as the United States cover nment is al "Spain Accepts the Consequences 111- Naturedly. Madrid, Dec. 13. The government entirely approves the memorandum of protest against the action of the United States commissioners, filed by Senor Montero Rios, at Paris. The memorandum protests against the refusal of the Americans to surren der the securities deposited in the treas uries pi Cuba and Porto Rioo by private .Spaniards, remarking that "never has a oivilized nation committed suoh an aot of violence." Secondly, it protests against theulti matum demanding the Philippines. Thirdly, it protests against the posi ' 4ion in whioh those Spaniards are iplaced who 'desire to remain in Cuba. Fourthly, it protests against the ref erence to the destruction of the Maine in President McEinley's message to congress. On this point the meiucran dum says: "Spain has proposed arbitration, but the United States has refused to give her the right which is granted to a criminal; namely, the right of defend ing herself. The Spanish commission era leave the care of fixing theresponsi bility for Mho explosion to the entire world, which will say whether those are responsible who desire the truth, or those tef using to seek it." The newspapers generally express re lief at the signing of the treaty. The independent organs, most of the provin cial papers and the Carlist and repub lican journals attack both political pa: ties, conservative and liberal, reproa :h ing them, equally with having brought the country to the present pass. El Imparcial alone publishes the contents of trm treaty, which produces a less unfavorable impression than bad teen expected, owing to the commercial -and other concessions to Spam. , El Liberal Bavs: "The Paris negotia tions offer a far sadder spectacle than the ships which are bringing back our repatriated soldiers, deplorable as the oondition of the latter is." Several mernbersof the United States -commission were inolined at first to publish the text of the treaty, but Sen .ator Frye made a strong plea yesterday for the observance of oourtesy toward the United States senate, and bis ar guments prevailed. Further details, however, have been learned as to the wording of the treaty, which provides that Cuba is to be re linquished and that Porto Rico and ths Philippines are to be ceded. The .Americana are to pay for the repatria tion of the Spanish troops from all the colonies. The Spaniards are to return 4)11 prisoners held by them. . They are to retain possession of all military mores and munitions of war in the Philippines, and of sucn ships as have not been captured. The commercial treaties between the two nations, which the war ruptured, are to be lenewed at the convenience of the two nations, Arrowsmith. 111.. Dec. 10. The private bank of Taylor & MoClure was last night entered by robbers, who se cured $4,000 worth of negotiable paper and escaped. - Newport News, Doc. 13.-Heiiry Be- fitt, private, company I. Fiist Jien tucky regiment, was killed, and Henry C. Brehiu, private, company B, same ' regiment, was seriously wounded last night by a sentinel who was stationed at the gangplank of the transport Ber lin, winch urougtit tne regiment xrora Porto liioo. The men started to leave the transport, but did not have a pass. They ignored the injunction of the sen try to stop, and when they attempted to pass him. e struck each of them over the bead with his bayonet. tive life, bis thoughts were for his be loved country and its people, and. among his last words, were irrational mutterings, in whioh he gave orders to his son, who is on his staff, for the bat' tie which he supposed was to ooour to morrow, and in which he understood there were only 400 Spaniards to com bat. Just before he died he embraced his son. Rev. Father Magee, of St. Patrick's church, was called in during the day, and was with General Garcia until the end, administering the last rites of the Catholic church. Other members of the commission and Mr. Rubens, their counsel in this country, were also in the bed-chamber when the end came, The remains were immediately pre pared for burial, and were placed on a bier in the room in which he died. A large Cuban flag served as a oovering, and the head rested on one of smaller dimensions. The faoe and bust were left exposed to public view. The fea tures had a remarkable lifelike appear ance, and gave no indication of 'the suffering whioh the deceased bad borne. Just above the head rested a magnificent floral piece of red and white ribbon. B.y direotion of Major General Miles a detaohment of soldiers from battery E, Sixth artillery, under command of Lieutenant Cox, was de tailed as a body guard for the remains General Garcia, whose name will ever be linked with those of other pa triots who have fought against unequal odds for the freedom of his country, has had a most active and varied life, most of whioh has been spent in fight ing for the cause of Cuban liberty. which be had the satisfaction of seeing accomplished so short a time before his death. He was a man of culture and refinement, of splendid education, and came from a distinguished family of Jaiquani.of Santiago de Cuba province, He was born in Cogquin, October 14, 1839, and was therefore in his 60th I year. ready giving considerable attention to the best means at hand to redeem the pledge it was plaoed under by the treaty of Paris to secure the release of the Spanish prisoners held by the Philip pine natives. There are about 500 clerical prisoners, and the government is confident that their captors will de liver them updn proper representations from General Otis and Admiral Dewey, made possible through Consul Wild man. It may be necessary to call the navy into service in this matter, ior the reason that some of the prisoners are held in captivity on other islands than Luzon, which oan be reaohed best and most effective by Admiral Dewey's shins. . Besides these clenoal prisoners, trie Americans themselves hold nearly 15, 000 Spanish soldiers as pi isoners, men cantured at the fall of Manila. These are actually on parole about the city, and the question is how are they to be returned to Spain. This must he set tied bv the peace commissioners at Paris. TROOPS FOR MANILA. BRYAN'S RESIGNATION. Chinese Decoration for Lieutenant Colonel Vlfqualn. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 13. General Keifer, who la in command of the re maining troops of the Seventh army corps sinoe General Lee's departure for Cuba tonight, confirms the rumor of Colonel W. J. Bryan's resignation of his command. Both General Leo and General Eiefer endeavored to induce Colonel Bryan to go to Cuba, but were unsuccessful. Lieutenant-Colonel Vifquain, of the Third Nebraska regiment, who will succeed Colonel Bryan upon the lut- ter's resignation, received notice today from the Chinese legation at Washing ton that the emperor of China had con ferred upon him the decoration of the Order of the Double Dragon in recog nition of his services to the Chinese residents of the republic of Colombia, when he was United States consul at Panama. Lieutenant-Colonel Yitquain is a graduate .of the royal military academy of Brussels, and served in the service of the present king of Belgium, He served throughout the civil war in the Union army, and was breveted brigadier-general by Abraham Lincoln. Next Expedition Will Croas the Atlan tic Ocean Instead of Paoltlo. New York. Deo. 13. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says The next regiments to start for Manila wil embark at New York about the end of this month and will go through the Suez canal. The expedition will consist of three regiments of regular in fantry, distributed between two of the largest converted transports owned by the government, with perhaps a oonvpy of two warships. Arrangements are now being made for this expedition by Adjutant-General Corbin as rapidly at possible, in view of its great import ance. and especially as it involves co operation by the state and navy de partment authorities, as well as those of the war department. The decision to nse New York as the po;,nt of embarkation instead of San Francisoo, whence all the earlier forces started for the Philippines, was reached by General Corbin after a careful re view of a number ol considerations, chief among which was the urgency for haste. The early completion of the treaty of peaoe with Spain renders in dispensable a prompt increase of the Manila, Portland Market. ' Wheat Walla - Walla,, 68c; Valley, 60c; Bliiestem, 62o per bushel. Flour Best grades, f3.30; graham, (3.65; superfine, $3.15 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 4248c; choice gray, 4041c per bushel. Barlev Feed barley, $2335; brew ing, $34 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $16 per ton; mid dlings, $31; shorts, $10; chop, $15.50 per ton. ' ' Hay Timothy, $9 10; clover, $7 8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 5560o; seconds, 5055o; dairy, 4550o store, 3085o. Cheese Oregon full cream, ll13o; Young America, 15o; new cheese, 10c per pound. 1 " Poultry Chickens, mixed, $33.5o per dozen; hens, $3.50(34.00; springs, $1.253; geese, $5.006.00 for old, $4.605 for young; : ducks, $4.00 5.00 per dozen; turkeys, , live, .11 13c per pound. Potatoes 60 70c per sack; Bweots, 8c per pound. . Vegetables Beets, 80c; turnips, 75c per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, $11.35 per 100 pounds; cauli flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, 75c per sack; beans, So per pound; celery, 70 7 5o per dozen; cucumbers, 60c per box; peas, 8 33c per pound. Onions Oregon, 75o$l per sack. Hops 1618o; 1897 crop, 46o. Wool Valley, 1013o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 813o; mohair, 86o per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 8o; dressed mutton, 7c; spring lambs, 70 Per lb. r Hogs Gross, choice heavy,, $4.75; light and feeders, $S.Q04.0O; dressed, $5. 50 6.60 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, 3.50$3.75; cows, $3. 50 3. 00; dressed beet, 56c per pound. Veal Large, 66c; small, 6$ 1o per pound. Seattle Markets. Tomatoes, 50 85o per box. Onions, 8590o per 100 pounds. Potatoes, $10 13. Beets, per sack, 75c. Turnips, per sack, 5060c. Carrots, per sack, $1. ! Parsnips, per sack, $1. Cauliflower, 6075o per doz. Celery, 8540o. , Beans, green, 23o. Cabbage, native and California $1.00 1.60 per 100 pounds. Apples. 85 50c per box. Pears, 75c$l per box. Prunes, 600 per box. Peaohes, 75c. Plums, 50c. Butter Creamery, 37o per pound; dairy and ranch, 1830o per pound. Eggs, 85c. Choese Native, 1212o. '.. Poultry Old hens, 15o per pound spring chickens, 15c; turkeys, 16c. Fresh meats Choice dressed beet steers, prime, 67c; cows, prime, 8c; mutton, 7gO; pork, 67o; veal, 68o. Wheat Feed wheat. $31. Oats Choice, per ton, $33, Hay Puget Sound mixed, $9.50(3 10; choioe Eastern Washington tim othy, $13. Corn Whole. $23.60; cracked, $24 feed meal, $33.50, Barley Rolled or ground, per ton $3435; whole, $23. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.50 straights, $3.26: California brands YEAR'S WORK IN ALASKA Progress Made in Mining; Development Value of the Salmon Indus try Agriculture In the Far North Necessary Legislation In teresting Report of Governot Brady, of Alaska. RETURNS TO HAVANA. Hajor-Ganeral Lee Started Last Night With His Staff. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 18. General Lee and staff sailed for Cuba this after noon on the transport Panama. Crowds of people lined the .wharves as the transport passed down the river. As the tugboat cut . loose, the siren taken from the Spanish cruiser Almirante Oquendo after the , battle of Santiago, and now on the tug Cambria, soreeched the Panama a parting salute. General Lee will remain outside of Havana on til January 1, when he will enter the city. The Panama will land at Mari ana, where General Lee will establish his headquarters on the camp site select ed by Colonel Hecker for the Seventh corps, and will remain there until he enters Havana. American forces, not only at but to provide additional garrisons for $3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.75; graham important centers in the archipelago, per barrel, $3.70; whole wheat flour, which will immediately fall under $3.75; rye flour, $4 American domination with its acooin- Millstuffsn-Brnn, - per ton, $14 panving responsibility for the security shorts, per ton, $16 of life and property. . - . Feed Chopped feed, 1721 per At the present time the government ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake is wholly without available transports meal, per ton, $35, in the Pacific ocean to meet the emer gencv. The dispatch Of tWO vessels 8au Francisco Market. from the Atlantic, it is believed, will Wool Spring Nevada, 10 12c per therefore be particularly advantageous pound; Oregon, Eastern, 1012o; Val- for the double purpose of bringing ley, 1517c; Northern, 9llc. home from Manila such volunteers as Millstuffs Middlings, $18 21.00; can soon be spared, and increasing the bran, $15.00 17.00 per ton transport fleet in the Pacific. .The Onions Si lverskin, 60 60c per sack, three regiments of regulars have not Butter Fancy creamery, 26oi been selected, but as none but those do seconds, 22 24c; fancy dairy, 21 now In New York state and other At- 22o; do seconds, 1721o per pound. lantio garrisons oan be spared, the con elusion was forced upon the authorities that economy as well as rapidity of action required them to be sent by way of the Mediterranean instead of jour neylng aoross the continent and then undertaking the trying and monotonous voyage on the Pacific with no haven of rest after leaving Hawaii. : ' ' Actual steaming distance for full powered vessels from New York to Manila, via 8uez, is given by naval Eggs Store, 1822o; fancy ranoh, 8587o. , : : Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2 2.60; Mexican limes, $66.60;,Cali, fornia lemons, $2.00. 800; do ohoioe $3. 50 4. 50; per box. ,. One of the most interesting docu ments recently received at the inteiior department is the annual report of John G. Brady, governor of Alaska. The report is very elaborate in its treatment of subjeots relative to the great Noith west territory, covering everything from mission stations to the mining indus tries. Probably more space is davoted to gold mining than any other subject, that being the predominating industry at the present time. Of this, Mr. Brady says: The past year has been one of won derful progress. During the winter and spring all sorts of vessels were put into the Alaska trade, and were filled with passengers and oargo to the very limit. Before long, thousands of tons of freight could be seen piled upon and under the snow upon the summits of the Alaskan mountains. The United States contributed by far the largest number of prospectors, who oame from all quarters, a large number from every state in the Union, California, Oregon and Washington sending the largest oontingents. These prospectors, as a olass, were fine specimens of manhood. ' "It is calculated that 8,200 outfitted for Copper river, several hundred went over the divide at Yakutat, and some parties went over the Dalton trail and worked their way up the White river, one of the largest branches of the Yu kon. Cook Inlet, Besurreotion bay, Golovin bay, Kotzehue sound, Eoyukuk river and many other places have all been visited by prospectors this season. The declaration of war against Spain checked the tide. Most of the Amer icans who proceeded to Dawson com plained of the mining lulesand regula tions, and the manner in which they were carried out. This had the effect to drive many upon the Alaska side, and the claims whioh were abandoned for the first onrush to the Klondike were relooated, and ninoh other valua ble ground discovered, which will keep large numbers of men there this winter "There is no way of ascertaining the amount of dust washed out upon the Alaska side. The amounts given for the Klondike and its tributaries vary very much. Several reasons are given why the output is Braaller than was anticipated the ecaroity of suppliei especially lights, the high prioe of labor, and the 10 per cent royalty ex acted. , Many claims are being held with the expectation that supplies will be more abundant and not so dear, and uonsequently cheaper labor, and that the loud oomplaint against the royalty will cause the Ottawa government to abolish it. There will be no lack of supplies this winter, but there appears to be a determination among the miners to k-iep up wages, and the royal ty is still demanded. So we can expect the product for the coming year to be much curtailed." Speaking of quart! mining, he says: "Very rich ore was discovered in the vicinity of Ketchikan, and many loca tions have been made and developed. Quartz locations have also been rnade at various places around the coast and upon the islands, as far as Unalaska. The greater number of these are held by poor men who are not able to make developments of any considerable ex tent. , Alaska is a splendid field tor a class of men who can command capital and who can examine these discoveries and come to terms with the owners for the purpose of development and sale. While important discoveries of gold have been made on Pine creek, flowing into Lake Atlin, the fields in the vicin ity of Bald Eagle and Sum Dum Chief, as well as Sheep creek, near Juneau, have made even better showings in the past year than previously." . Favorable reports are made ol the operations of the large American min ing companies at work in Alaska, their efforts seeming to be more abundantly rewarded than are those of foreign cor porations. he would have no assurance that it would be accepted by the government. If he settles as a squatter and makes improvements, he cannot tell how future surveys may affect him. In con sequence of this condition of affairs. not a single homesteader has attempted to make entry under the new law in tha land offloe at Sitka." In the matter of wagon roads, rail roads, etc, a different condition exists. As Boon as the right of way bill bad 3d, numbers of filings were made, and several roads of various character are now in progress of construction. At Unga, Berner's bav and Douglass island there are railways in operation, although solely for use in connection with the mines. The Paciflo & Arctic Railway & Navigation Company haa probably made more progress than any of the other large companies, having completed 14 miles of road over almost impassable country. Moreover, so much of the road as Is completed ia constructed of the best material, by the best of workmen, and is in every way first-class. Money has not been spared, and as a result the roa'd stands without a peer. It might be mentioned, in this connection, that, owing to the limita tions of the timber laws, it was found best to import a great deal of timber, and nearly all the timber and lumber used in building Dyea and Skagway, their railroads and mills, was shipped from Pugest sound. The governor expresses the hope that congress, during the short session, will pass upon a code of civil proceuure for the district of Alaska, , "Kve" Clad n Furs A theatrical novelty in Vienna con lists in the introduction upon the stag, during a four-aot play of representa tives of Eve, according to the ideas of hydrographers as 11,605 knots, while different raoes. The Esquimaux Eve that from San Francisco to Manila, via is impersonated by a , pretty young Honolulu, is given as 7,050 knots. To woman namd Agatne Barseseu, who is Manila from New York by way of the clad in furs from head to foot. Whether Cape of Good Hope is 13,585 miles, and or not Agathe owes her popularity to by way of the Straits of Magellan and her winsome face is hard to tell, but Samoa it is 16,900 miles. she enjoys more recalls than any other Fonnd m the Baldwin Rnins. performer in Vienna, and the audience k0 Vr.nnin' Tu i a A nntho. appears to De nappieat wnen u body was taken from the ruins of the P'esent, Baldwin hotel late last night. Wreck era delving in the debris on the Mar Igleslas' Brother-tn-Law Arrested. New York, Deo. 12. Wm. P. Lvnn, brother-in-law of Iglesias, president of Costa Bica, who came to this country with the latter, is under arrest here, He is charged by F. S. Lusk, of Luek, VVyo., with failing to aoconnt to hira for profits on a Costa Bican railroad icheme, involving about $100,000. Carl Decker Sentenced. San Franoisco, Deo. 12. Carl Deck er, known to the police, all over the country as the prince of forgers, was sentenced to serve seven years in San Quentin today, for defrauding the Ne vada bank of this city out of over $20, 000 by means of a raised check, which he and three others presented to ths bank for payment. ket-street side turned up a charred mass of flesh, which at the morgue was pro nounced to be the remains of a human being. There was absolutely : nothing to indicate the identity of the corpse, which is believed to be that of a woman. Several letters were discovered near the body, but they are not supposed to throw any light on the mystery, as tluy are directed to Mrs. Benjamin Wether i by, who, with her husband, escaped from the building unharmed. The Wetherbys are now on their way to Portland, Or. He is a traveling sales man for a Massachusetts shoe house. Spaniards From Manila. Barcelona, Deo. 12. The Spanish steamer Buenos. Ayres, from Manila November 9, arrived today with re-, patriated Spanish troops. There were voyage. Oil Factory Burned. The cedar oil factory of the British Columiba wood oil mills, at Fort Moody, B. C, was destroyed by fire last week. The business was a new one, being recently put in operation by Messrs. Murray & McDonald. The loss will be about $1,000, with no insur ance. The plant will probably be re built Official Wheat Estimate. W. H. Beed, state grain inspector of Washington, makes the statement that be has completed gathering statistics of the gram production of his state, and be estimate Washington's wheat crop to be 20,000,000 bushels, about the same aa last year. The quality of the grain is of .the best. The wheat re oeived at the terimnal points this year has nearly all graded 59 pounds or more, , He says more than one-balf of this year's crop will average 60 (pounds and grade as "choioe willing." Land Laws. , So muoli of the land laws as relates to mineral lands and mining claims, inasmuch as they ar.e the same as are now in force in the United States proper, have given perfect satisfaction throughout Alaska, but in the matter of homestead ' laws, quite a different state of affairs exists. The Idea that a man may dig out ore upon lands and obtain patent for the same but cannot build a house and 'improve land for a home, nor obtain title to it, is regarded as highly unjust and imprudent by the residents of that country. As a matter of fact, the land office has issued but one patent under the law ot Ma roll 3, 1888, for trade and manufacture, and the amount of land an applicant re ceives depends not on any law, but entirely on the will of the land officer. Even the law which passed last May, extending the homestead lights to Alaska, is found to be practically val ueless. "There are no surveyed lands in Alaska, nor has any syntein of survey been provided. It is impossible, there fore,' for a poor settlor to acquire a homestead. If he were able and will ing to stand the expense of a survey, Salmon Industry, 1 Of the salmon industry, a great deal is said. There can be no doubt that this industry is one of great impoitanoe, for from figures given it is seen that the Alaskan output in the last year marketed at $2,977,019. The red salmon seems to far outnumber all oth ers, although the pink and silver salmon are found in large numbers. Comparatively few king salmon were taken last year. To pack these salmon for shipment, over 5,000 laborers are employed, and, strange to say, the most of them are Chinese, it has been found almost impossible to educate the native Alaskan Indian to American canning methods, and this, together with the tact that Chinese labor is ex ceedingly cheap, may account, in s measure, for the large number of Chi nese in tftie canneries. This salmon trade during the past year was of suffl oient proportions to keep in constant , use, during the season, 53 steamers, in addition to the 712 lighters and small boats. In the opinion of the governor, Alaska should be well supplied witb inspectors, the present force of two be ing decidedly inadequate. Agricultural Possibilities. As an agricultural oountry, Alaska is still in its infancy, little being known of its possibilities. Enough can be learned, however, from experiments made in the past year, to satisfy those interested that such crops as potatoes, cabbage, beets, peas and other market vegetables can, with proper attention and care, be raised in parts of the coun try without difficulty . But grass, be yond everything else, promises to be the agricultural wealth' of Alaska. This is but little appreciated at present. The.native grasses are nutritious, and grow luxuriantly, Timothy, olover and other cultivated varieties do well, one aore of giound in grass .there, for pas turgage, being worth several aores in a drier oliniate. There are many varie ties of native berries, such as currants. huckleberries, etc., but berries from the States, as a rule, do well under cul tivation. "Of stockraislng," says the report,, "but little can be said. Beindeer will soon be reared in vast herds. In ths near future we expect to have the mail transported by reindeer all over North ern Alaska during the winter, and al much less cost than at present," The Governor's Heoommendatloni. Before closing the report, a number of recommendations are made. Among thmn is the suggestion that Japonsky island be built up as a naval station. Attention is also called to the tact that a Kadiak, Unga, St. Michaels, Circle City and Dyea there is a great lack ol proper courtrooms and jails, as well al at Sitka, where the buildings are in miserable condition.' ..-. The appropriation for Alaskan schools has been found quite insuffi cient, being but $30,000 per year. An appropriation of twice that size oould easily be utilized to good advantage. A further recommendation is made to the effect that lighthouses and other beacons ba placed at conspicuous points along the coast, as the commerce has greatly multiplied of late and demands such protection. '' - ' Governor Brady oloses his report with an appeal to the Bepublican party to live up to its pledge and extend to Alaska the privilege ot sending a dele gate to the national congress. Heaviest Oriental Cargo. The Nipon Yusen Kaisha steamship Kinshiu Maru, which sailed from Yoko- Hop Outlook. A good outlook for the future ol the hop crop of this year is presented, hama for Seattle November 29, is bring-' there is a good demand for them and a ine the heaviest caigo ever shipped from the Orient for Seattle. It consists of 8,500 tons of tea, silk and curios. The heaviest previous cargo was brought on rather short supply. The market ia at present buying cautiously. They have done very little purchasing this year, so far, and it is almost certain that ft the Aeupanthus. which arrived in De-1 good demand will in conseqeunce re- cember, 1896, with 2,700 tons. The suit. English buyers are now purchas- Kinsbin is also bringing the marines to man tho Japanese cruiser Clii'ose, un der construction in San Francisco. , ing only very choioe bops, the price paid here being about 16Jo and about 18o to the buyei in England.