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moan isianas.
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ciovod to no Huoli. will no iirooo
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notecom jileuHod nt tlio imputation
etatoi
Yellow l'fiyor hi 1'liirliU.
at nr. .. . int.. l. r
icr. rinririii'a umrn iinuirii n fnr.
unow iu tliis city, xecolvod today
UT. Wi'fiflnn. tiinfltpiil rnnrnfiniitii
of tho board ut Tampu, n moasngo
fttlTIillt,. Af .,AMn..i rxnc i it
viir. iiiiti Hiiviiiir uu uu iuvuu ljio
ctloa to bo gonoral. Dr. I'ortor ut
Wlffifl Mr WonilnYi frt ttlnnA niinr
oe reatrictlona on all travol to and
aeo can bo confined to Tumpu.
Sun FrituclMcu Itulliiiin
- i3 i tmta ut" inu nt-
Sara expression ot thoir toolings on
sfftfisiumion of Kimr Ilumbort. A
egrimi of Bvuniatliv was nont to tlio
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lcntail f,. .......i !...( .. Ik
.vii vvj fcllU 1UJUI lllllllljr 111,1 41,
decided to hold niomorlal Bervlooa
on tho dav of the monarch's
V,l A' . DU11U, fcllU 11.11111114 liWll-
this port, is now in Homo, and
-"iiiuiiiou uy U11U1U i-u luiuuouiiw
local colony nt tho fuuoral.
LouUvllln'a l'limiliitlon 704.731.
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BfOsnU t. a. i.i.u
biiiH nirv. vnarnriiiiv. ncwuuu
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ON PEKIN.
Alllnil I'uri,,,
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(-'nplUI In
''itltt liny,.
ItrtlMHOlH.
AllL'llHt. I . .l .1.. I.'....
r ilo Maivlilonii.i, Hcrmtary of tliu
ii'l'l ii, " " ""iiiiKiinu
Th(, ,lra!'rillIll' Km i'okln,
.1 .11 ."! ,!"!'n" 'Hon Th1 ,,,!
. i lroaol, I'uklniMolKht.Hiy,. All
i ,,I r 'r""" t"km' t,,f"K
liiiiur Inoliwiiru of tliu Impurlul city."
. ThI" . July 'iH, viu Cli. Poo.
; , ' .11. mi!) MI.umkI,,,!, Ai.ut 4.
no Aiimrlnu, comimuiilcr rcoolvcil
r o, WH.liUmtoi, toilay t to
13 tlHI IMIVIUIUOOU I'okiM. Uu W1,H
U"o lnfon.iu.1 that licavy rolnforco
iimiitH aro on roiito.
(iroat activity Ih iioticoalilo at tlio
il.iian,.Ho )i(.iiil,,,mrt(TM. TmnHport
liriiparutloiiH ax. l)Cim hurried. It U
'xtieii.oly unlikely ,mt ,)lth()r t,,0 j
iin.'Mo or llritlHh intmul to ho left hel.ln.l
Hi" AinerlcaiM, tliouh tlio liritlsli
I'jeparatioiiH aro u Wliy from com.
IHi'teneHH. The .lapaneHo or(.'iiniziitiou,
ou the other l.aiid, exuiten the udtriiru
tlnii of an.
The total HtrmiKth of tlio nllioH lioro
17,000. lEelnforcoiiieiitn uro urrlv
iiiK dully.
CHINA TO BLAME,
liiipurlnl l!.ll, , l ,ullm tli Ohrlitluni
-llmrm llrildrml to Kill.
hnuUm, Auiet 1. At limt thontorv
of i'okln Iiiih been told. Dr. MorriRou,
iu todny'i Tiine-, IioIiIh up tlio CIiiiioho
Koveriiiiient liuforo tho world an Biillty,
mid to a ili'Kri'o of infainy uh duplicity
that oxieo lH the Mirmimi of itN worst
ih'triictorH. In the mi mo diriputch hu
IsIvon a nioro hopeful view of tho jiros'
inctH of the lieHli'Kod tlmn has heen ox-pri-HHcd
hy any of the others who have
iiewi Heard from. .Siiiiiiltuoounly
there cuineK from tho Ilelciau charKO
tl'iitrniruN at Shanghai an olllclal Htato
nieut that the allicH nro expected to
reach Poklu in aliout a week, thoy be
iiiK IB luileH from Tien ThIii ycHterday.
Another loiter Iiiih been received at
'l ien ThIii fioin tho llritieh ininistor,
Sir Claude MneDoiiald, dated July 'J i:
"We are HiirroiiniU'd by imperial
troiipn." ho wrltoii. "who aro firing on
uu coiitlnuoiiHly. The enemy in untor
prlHiiig, but cowardly. Wo have pro
vininiu for about a fortnilit and aro eat
iiiK our iKink'H. Tho ChmeHo govern'
meut, if there be one, Iiiih done nothing
whatever to help uh. If tho Cliineso
do not procH tho attack wo can hold
for, my 10 iIiivh. Ho no tlmoMiould bo
limt if a terrible maHHacre is to bo
uvoliled."
Yet a Shanghai special says Li II"-
Clmiijj Iiiim received a decree, i.uifd
July UH, I'omuiandiiiK him to inform
tho co nx li In that tho luiuihterH wjro
eafo on that date. Kvidently Sir
Claitdo MacUonald wan over-pessi-miitio,
a h Dr. Morrlhon, under date of
July 21, announces the arrival of sup
plied. In view of thin it iH p.iito with
in ruiHon that tho edict auoiiuciiin tlio
wifety of tliu niinintcr.1 ou tho L'Bth ia
con out.
JESTER IS NOT' GUILTY.
TlmJiirr flint Tlmt lln Did Not Stimti-l
(illliiirt tiutxa.
KiuiHaH City, August !. A Times
npeclal from New Loudon, Mo., cays:
"Alexander JcHter, tho octogenarian,
Viho Iiiih been on trial hero for tho past
two weeks for the murder, '20 yearn
ago, of (Jilbert Oaten, wiih acquitted
tonight. Tho jury took three ballots.
"When tho jury llled iuto tho court
room it wan filed with au expectant
t throng. JiiiIho Krby, who was iu wait
I lot:, lirompty adivKed tho foremau of
tho jury, Joseph Harry, as soon as tho
jurymen had taken seats and asked if
thoy had como to a ooiiclusion. liarry
answered in tho aflirmativo and handed
tho verdict to the judgo. Tho lattor,
unfolding the paper, scanned it a nio
mont, (uid tlion rend: 'Wo, tho jury,
find tho defendant, Aloximdor Joster,
uot guilty.'
"Tho old prisoner, bont with ago,
and worn with watching, sat as if
dazed (or au instaut, whilo tho audi
once, at first too amazed to realizo that
tho trial had so quickly como to an
end, watched tlio actions of tho judgo
In broathless silence and Eootnod unablo
to grasp tho meaning of tho words just
Hpokeu. Jester, finally realizing tlio
import of tho words, aroso, and, his
fttoo boaming with joy, movod toward
tho jurfmou to thank them. A mo
meut later tho spectators awoke and
gave vent to their feelings iu it shout
that mado tlm court room ring. Thou
with a common iuipulso n rush was
mado for tho man who had, iu his de
cliuing yours, mado so bravo a fight for
his life, and ho was almost smotnoreu
witli coninatulations.
"When Jostor was onablod finally to
disongiigo hiniFolf from tho friends who
surrounded hlni, ho mado his way
quickly to tho hotol, whoro, surrounded
by his children, ho rojolcod quietly.
Uu will loavo hero at ouco for his homo
in Oklahoma. Ho was taken prisouoi
over two years ago."
Hontnnccil to ll Sliol.
Furinlngtou, Utah, August 4. Judge
Rolapp today sentenced Nick Ha worth
to bo shot ou Fiidiiy, .Soptombor 14, for
tho nuirdor of Niuht Watchman Sau
dull. Tho murder occurred last year,
nud Ilaworth was captmod iu Oregon
and brought back for trial.
Iiiterimtloniil ! Swivlce.
Paris, August 4. Tho international
poaco and arbitration conforouco today
adoptod a proposal for tho establish,
niontin connection with tho peace
bureau at :i!orno of an international
press servlco to bo known as the Poaco
Agonoy, whoso duty will bo tho publi
cation ol n bnllotiu showing tho ad
vaucoment in tho interest of pcaoo. It
will bo furnished freo to nil tho papers
..w- .-, i.
of Enropo. luuus wu
mbsorlptlou to carry out the plan.
MAHCHINQ
I Of III
Have Roaohad Point 35 Miles
Beyond Tien Tsin.
MEETING WITH OPPOSITION
Chrlitlun. KIIIpiI Nmir I'nkln-I'rlncit
ChliU'n rnitcn Poller Una Mttlo Hiii
port nt I'flUlii Cllliin lit-lifiaUi'il.
London, August 0. According to
ipeclal dispatch from Shanghui, datod
August II, tho advancing column of
tlio allies was roiorted thero yesterday
to have reached a point !15 miles he
roin! 'film Tsin. Nothing from any
other point coiroboratcs this state
ment. In fact, the Standard goes ho far
us to Hay that it fears the real advance,
apart from preliminary measures, has
not yet begun. Tien Tsin dispatohes
dated July 110 toll of an action which
It termed a "reconuoiHMince botween
'apaneso and Cliineso two mllos be
yond tho IIhI Ku arsenal, in which the
Japauseo withdrew alter hii tiering SO
casualties.
Tlio Tien Tsin correspondent of tho
Standard, under date of Jaly 27, do
clnroH that the Americans and Germans
havo been ordered to movo forward
without waiting for tho ISritish.
A C'heo Poo special rejiorts tho safoty
Americans in Pckiu and tho receipt
of a letter from Dr. Choltinan, datod
I'ekln, July 20, saying that on tho
previous day Sir Claude MucDoiuild, the
llritieh minister, had agreed to a truco,
providing tho Chinese came no closer,
ninl continued: "Wo hope this moans
relief, but, having again donated the
Cliinc-e, wo are fearful of treachery.
All are exhausted from conntant watch
ing, fighting and digging trenches.
The greatest ' credit Ih duo to Mr.
Sqniors, secretary of tho United States
legation, wIiohi military exporieuco
and energy are invaluable"
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Dully News says that the consuls thorn
ri'grnt tho independent action taken
by tho American Association and tha
Chinese Association, ou tho ground
that it ii injudicious, ilo s ys: "The
settlements being international, potty
jealousies must dtKiippeai. Tho China
Association is of little local influence."
Presumably ho refers to tho Aniorican-Asia-tic
Association.
Tbo Hong Kong correspondent of the
Daily Express announces the arrival
there from SaU Francisco of Hoer Lee,
for some time resident agout lu the
United States of tliu bociety for tho ret
ormatiou of tho Chinese empire, with
0,000, which will presumably bo util
ized in connection with tho movement
against tlio empress dowager, u movo
meut quiescent since 18'JB until within
tho last few weeks.
Nearly all tho correspondents con
firm the reports of a wholesale massa
cre of Christians outsiilo ol l'eklu, a
correspondent of the Daily News 'giv
ing tlio number of killed as between
10.000 and 15,000, all defenseless con
verts. Imperial troops so it is stateu
did the dastardly work.
According to tho Shanghai corro-
siHindeut of tho Times, one of tho mem
hers of tho Tsung li Yamun moutioned
by United States Consul Ooodnow as
having been beheaded for pro-foreign
tendencies was Captain Hsu Chien,
formerly minister to Russia. Tho cor
respondent savs the empress dowagoi
nrdiTi'd his execution ou tlio advice of
Li IHiil' Honk'.
U Hung Chang has been intormea
from Pekiu that Prince Chlng's only
iironiiuent supporters in his peace pol
Icy aro General Yung Lu aud Wang
VAVii shun, "resident of tho board of
rovenuo, whoso iulluouce is small.
DEFIED-BRITISH NATION.
111'. THiiiier, of Cork, Create n Sooue la
rurliHiiient.
Loudon, August (1. Once more Dr.
Charles Tanuor, Nationalist niembei
nf iiurHnmont for tho middle division
of Cork, has been suspended; and. al
though in this instance tho suspension
was ouly for ono nignt, n was uvxum
nUabfid liv scenes that would have done
credit to tho most disorderly lesisliv
turo iu the world. After opposing a
vnrn in suniilv at today's session, Dr.
Tmiuer was anpointed a teller. Subse
quent to tho division tho chairman an
nounced that Dr. Tanner had grossly
iMBiiitml him on account of tbo appoint
niont mid that, in couseqeuco. ho
.i.,.i,i HUHiinnd him for the remainder
of the sitting.
CiaHniibitiii'. wi.lt.lv. Dr. Taunor de
d.,i -in. nhnirniaii. the honso mid tho
ii iioio ii'nirlisli nation. Amid a doafen
ing roar he doolared that tho chairman
.i . .1 ,l.n timmlnr'n llllll.
was "moreiy ouu ui mo j.i..... - -i..
ii iin tbmi oxclaimed: "I defy
,'ui.nio Int. nf vou. 1 throw that in
-.wiH. As an Irishman, I leave
thohouso with greater pleasuro than
I nun. mit-nrnil it."
pi.i. ,iiitn staid mombers roso in
their seats and tried to drown these ut
terancos. Dr. Tauuer still yelled dofl
ance and wont out.
irriimr l'romliie Indemnity.
ninriu AiiLuist (t. President Kru
..i Pniiiiniiudant-Cleneral Uotha
Imvo Issued a proclamation promlsiiig
to pay all damage done to furms by tho
llritlsh providod tho burghers remain
with tho eonimauaos
niiimlers AiuoiiB Cuvnlry Ilorifli
Ban Francisco, August 0. Glanders
das brokou out among tho horses at the
Presidio stables, belonging to tho vari
ons cavalry regiments and awaiting
shipment to Chnla on tho horse trans
8iiipuiu"v Of.fi,l.i0. Thenrea-
ports AZluu iiuu c fc -- -
i ..lumiBM was discovered this
"...i.. mid oioht infootcd animale
"'"r "r.'; Th nmnmandlnc ofllcer
woro pw
has received ordors to spare i no
effort
nut the dlseass
ur oii,v - . -, , ....
beforo It cau uocomo ojiiuo""-
OF NO CONSEQUENCE.
The NlanrftKiin doliirn Will
Not Stop
tlio Cittinl.
Washington. August 6, From insido
sourcoH it was loarned that tho action
of the Nicaragua!! government in tak
ing possession of tho property of tho
Maritime Canal Company will have
not the slightest effect upon tho con
structor! of tho canal by tho United
States government. It is fully under
stood that when tho canal is actually
authorized by tho United States that
tho Ntcaraguan government will havo
to make terms with tho United States,
notwithstanding any concessions it
may havo granted to other parties.
Thoro is a possibility that provision
will bo made for concessions that havo
boon granted, in order to avoid any
possible dilllcultics. It is not bolievcd
hero that tho Cragln-Kyro Company has
any purpose in this concession other
than to socuro money from the United
States when tho canal is built. Author
ities ou tho canal havo nover believed
that tho concessions obtained by this
syndicate wero of any value.
Kyre-Cracln Conre.iiloii Xrocliilineil.
Milll.ifiin V1,ini...i.iin ..l.i rlii 1 linct,in
linilUIUH 41 lull ll,; UK, 1 4,1 .Vlf.l CIIUU)
August 0. Tlio Nicaragua!! congress
convened last ovoning, and wus per
sonally addressed by Piosidcut Zolaya,
who declared that tho condition of tho
country, especially from the point of
finances, showed distinct improvement.
He announced tho termination of the
concession to tho Marltimo Canal Com
pany, aud formally proclaimed tho ex
istence of tho Kyrc-Cragin canal con
cession. Ho also emphasized tho gov
ernment's programmo for extending
tho national railroad. IHb speech was
rocclvcd thrroughout with enthusiasm.
Thrown From u Home and Killed.
New York, August U. Miss Clarissa
lilake, daughter of S. Parkin an Blake,
a retired banker of Boston, was killed
at New Itochollc, K. Y., this aftor
noon. She went thero to purchase a
horso for cross-country riding, and
picked out a magnificent bay. She
mounted tho 'animal and took several
turns around a field and then started to
try him over the hurdles. She ran
him to n hurdle, and tho horso roso to
it, but as ho went over his hind h'oofs
struck tho top rail, and Miss Blakowas
thrown. She struck on tho back of
her head at the neck, fler spine was
broken at the base of the brain, and she
was dead when picked up.
llo.pltul Corp..
Lexington, Ky., Augusts. Sergeant
Georgo Whitemoyer, of tho local re
cruiting station, received telegraphic
orders from tho surgeon-general to en
list men for the hospital corps, consist
ing of stewards, wagoners and mechan
ics. The order is considered significant
oi the hurried movements in tho near
future, as the orders allow any ono to
serve who has a common school educa
tion, whereas heretofore men for hos
pital serivco were required to havo had
homo experience.
Sir Kdwln Arnold' Son Held.
San Francisco, August 5.--JuIian
B. Arnold, son of Sir Ldwiu Arnold,
who is in custody of a United States
marshal awaiting tho result of extradl
tiou proceedings, was not surprised to
learn that his partner, 'lliomas liolton
Sismo. hud boon hold for trial in Lon
don. Ho said tlmt the fact that only
$10,000 bail was asked showed that the
action was not serious. He said that
ills father was not at outs with him,
mid that tho affairs of tho nrm wero
being settled. If ho is not oxt radited,
he proposes to stay hore.-
I.(it In AVonilerlmid.
Helena, Mont., August 5. J. R.
Piper, cashier of tho First National
bank at St. Mary's, who was ono of n
party coing through Yellowstone park,
is lost in Wondorland lie strayed
away on Monday from the rest of tho
party at tho Fountain Geysor hotel, and
at last accounts no trace of him had
been found. A detachment of troops
is assistiuc in the search for tlio miss
ine man. His friends fear that his
mind became unbalanced.
Ailinntee Cuinpnlcn.
Boekwal, Ashantee, August 5. .
Major II. R. Beddoes, with 100 men
and two nuns, started July 34 to locate
tho enemy's war camp. Tho camp was
found, tho warriors numbering 8,000
to 4,000 mon, three days' marching
east of Morapoessi. Several hours
fighting resulted in tho defeat of the
Ashautees against a stubborn resist
ance. Manor Beddoes' losses were
heavy. Ho and Lieutenant Phillips
and Swaby were severely wounded.
Thirty men were also wounded. More
troops will be necessary before the cam'
palgu cau possibly finish.
German TramporU Sj.I1 .
Bremerhaveu, August 5. Tho Ger
man transports IUioiu and Adria sailed
for China today, with tho staff of tho
expeditionary corps under Goueral vou
Lessol. Emperor William and the
empress visited both vessels on the ovo
of their departure, anu oaue ino cm
cera adieu They were enthusiastically
received.
A largo number of young mon of
Martinlquo have petitioned rrsoident
Loubot of France, for arms and passago
to enublo them to proceed to South
Africa to fight for the Boers.
The coast region of Georgia is to havo
ii snimr reflnorr. tho first one In tlio
state. It is to be lociuod in Blaxley
Will He Hurled lu Home.
Romo. August 4,Tho mlulstow
have unanimously decided that the body
of Kiue Humbert Bhall rest in Romo
Fifteen thousand troops will pay tho
last honors.
A frnlt Grower at Central Point, Or,
oloars his orchard of wini fall apples
hv drivincr a bunch of hogs through It
All annlos whioh havo dropped will
be eaten by the hogs, also the worms in
tho annles which wore the direct
J cause of the applos dropping.
MINES AND MINING
Con.ul MflCook Ky AInfc I.
Dei-
tilled In lie n Wonderful
Mining Cnuip.
"Alaska is destined to bo a wonderfnl
mining country," says United States
Consul McCook, at Dawson, In a lettor
to the Htato department. The Tanana
district, ho says, is creating u stir and
is dividing honors with tho Kyoknk
conutry. In tho Tanana roglou tho
miners claim they can get 10 to SO
cents' worth of pay dirt to tho pan,
and this iu summer digging, with only
two or three feet to bedrock, is equiva
lent to $1 a pan where ono has to go
25 feet to bodrock.
"Tho great necessity now in Alaska,"
says Consul McCook, "is good roads,
good camps and the prospecting of com
paratively unknown sections."
Groat dissatisfaction was expressed
at Dawson City this spring after the
wash up, ho says, by minors who
woiked for meu who had leased mining
claims from the owners. Tho lay men
sign contracts to work so many feet of
tho claim during tho season, to rocoivo
SO per cent of tho gold coming out of
the claims, and the lessoo agreolng that
all meu working the propetry will bo
employed under a written contract by
which they promise not to hold tho
claim in any way liable for their wages.
it lias turned out lu liunorodH of cases
that tho cost of working the claims has
taken more than CO per cent of tho out
put, tho lessees' share. Thus the men
employed on tho claims have been de
prived of their wages. Lay men on
rich claims, says Consul McCook, can
do very well, but the majority of the
claims cannot be worked on this basis
at the current rate of wages.
L. C. Senkol, gold commissioner of
Yukon territory, has information that
Canada is to introduce radical reforms
in tho Klondike. Tho royalty system
is to be done away with altogether and
a government assay office is to be estab
lished at Dawson and a compulsory fee
of 3 por cent charged for assaying gold
and exchanging for drafts. Tlio 3 per
cent must be paid on all gold taken from
tho country, whether tho government
assay oflice bo patronized oi njt.
Lucky Queen Hill.
A ricli strike has just been mado by
Corliss & Rush, on Lucky Queen hill,
about 10 miles from Grant's Pass, Or.
It is on the Double Eagle claim, which
was purchased last year for a very low
fluiire. The stiiko is in the nature ol
a very rich seam, one to two inches
thick, with a body of quartz on either
side. Tha gold is all through the
seam, which is easily pounded up, and
runs $10 to $15 to the pan.
Itovlewlnc the Gem Mine.
The Gem mine, near Sparta, Eastern
Oregon, now owned ,by Portland capb
tnlists who purohased the property sev'
eral months ao, has shown exceeding
ly rich ore, ucording to Manager K. J
Jenlrius. A depth of 4C0 feet has been
attained and levels are being run 450,
1)50 and 800 feet in depth. An npriso
from tho 450 to the 850-foot level is
beiug driven for air. A contract has
been let to sink a prospect shaft 800 feet
south of all previous workings. As
work progresses, large ore bodies are
boing exposed, and thero is oro enough
in sight for a 10-stamp mill for years
to come. Tho old Gem was worked 80
years ago by Captain Ainsworth and
Captain E. M. White, but was aban
doned by them. The wealth of the
mine was little known, as recent de
velopments show . The property now
bids fait to bo a great producer.
Klertrlo Line for Republic.
A petition is before the council ol
Republic, Wash., to grant the Republic
Gold Mining Company n franchise for
the laying of track and the running of
steam, electric or horse cars through
that city, tho erecting of poles and the
transmission "of electrioty for lighting
purposes for the municipality and for
power. Should the franchise be grant
ed, tho tramway system will be built
first. Tho route for tho tramway has
been surveyed. From this line, whioh
will bo about three miles long, branch
lines will run through tho cross streets.
Northwest Notes.
Denny pheasants are becoming plon
tiful in Rouge River valley.
Klamath Indians havo sold 65 horses
to n govorumout buyer at prices from
$25 to $40 per hoad.
A panther that had boon killing
goats was shot last Sunday by William
Tomploton, of Crown Point, Or.
Firo is destroying much valuablo
timber in the mountains west of Enter
prise, Or. The firo started about a
week ago.
A Cliineso vegetable peddlor at Spo
kane cut off his qnoue to coulvnco skep
tical persons that he was not a Boxer,
but a Christian.
An exceptionally large fruit crop ia
uasurod this season in tlio Rogue Rivor
valley. Oue farm will yield from 50
to 00 car loads of apples.
Walla Walla's outlook for a fruit
fair is good. Its soliciting comniitteo
got $1,000 from busiuess mon iu three
hours, and promises of much more.
Charlie Linn, a boy nt Salt week,
in Polk county, Or., has caught 168
dinner squirrels with a stool trap sinoo
last March. He gets 1 cent each for
their scalps,
Salmon have commonced to make
tholr appearance in tho Wallowa river
bolow town, and soon Chief Joseph's
gang of Indians will be hero catching
and drying them for winter use.
The creamery at Chehalis, Wash.,
turnod out 10,000 poaunds of butter
and 500 pounds of ohecso during June.
The Bee-Nugget estimates that with
the Toledo, Browning, Contrulia and
smaller oroamorles iu operation Lewis
county's diary prod uot will roach $75,
000 to $80,000 per year,
STILL FAVOR THE BUYER.
Trada Condition Io Not Warrant Any
Grunt Aotlrlty.
Bradatreet's says: Trade conditions
still favor the buyer; gonoral fall de
mand, though fair in viow of tlio mla
sumrner condition, is still bolow expec
tations, and bolow a yoar ago; bank
clearings are at the lowest for two
years past, aud failures aro slightly
nioro uurnerous, though no marKod ten
dencies aro percoptible. On tho othor
hand, gross railway earnings hold thole
percentage of gaiu previously shown,
and where prices are made low enough
to satisfy buyers, a hoavy business is
uncovored, and roadlly booked, point
ing to demand being still present and
waiting disposal. The crop situation,
as a whole, is better; the outlook cs to
corn is lor a 2,100,000,000-bnsher
crop. Spring wheat is turning out
better in quality and quantity than ex
pected, and there has been an unques
tionable improvement in cotton crop
conditions. The yield of apples will
bo the largest in many years, and fruit
generally are yielding liberally and
commanding good prices.
The iron and steel industry turnisnes
the most notablo example of reduced
prices, inducing a heavy business,
whilo the outlook is still a confused
one.
Tho cereals are all lower this -week.
partly on better crop reports, partly on.
lower cables, but largely on the growtn
of bearish feeling aftor tho lata ro
action. Beef products are generally higher
on army demand, whilo tin is seeking'
a lower levol in sympathy with foreign-
markets and increasd supplies.
AVheat, including flour, shipraonts
for the week, aggregato 3,827,003
bushels, against 2,366,743 bushels last
week.
From July 1 to date this season,
wheat exports are 14,668,860 bushels,
against 18,508,06 bushels last season.
Business failures for tho weoK num
ber 170, as against 183 last weok.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market.
Onions, new, lo.
Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crato.
Potatoes, new. $16.
Beets, per sack, 85c$l.
Turnips, per sack, 75c.
Carrots, per sack", $1.00
Parsnips, per sack, 5075c
Cauliflower, native, 75c.
Cucumbers 2030c.
Cabbage, native and California,
2c per pounds.
Tomatoes $1.50.
Butter Creamery, 24c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 1518c; ranch, 14o pound.
Eggs 24c.
Cheese 12c.
Poultry 14c; dressed, 14H 16oj
spring, $3.50.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00
12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $10.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $25;
feed meal, $25.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour Patent, per .barrel, $3.50;
blended straights, $3.23; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; era
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour. $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $12.00;
shorts, per ton, 14.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cako meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
steers, price 75c; cows, 7c; mutton
7 hi pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9
He.
Hams Large, 13c; small, 13;
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides,
8Kc. -
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 5556o;
Valley, 64c; Bluestem, 58oper bushol.
Flour Best grades, $3.20; graham,
$2.60; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 36o; choice
gray, 84o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $14.0015.00;
brewing, $10.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $12.50 ton; mid
dlings, $20; shorts, $14; chop, $15 pet
ton.
Hay Timothy, $1011; clover,$73
7.60; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton.
Butter Fanoy creamery, 4550o;
store, 27)c.
Eggs 17o por dozen.
Cheese Oregon full " cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
3. 2 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
$2R04.00; geose, $4.005.00 forold;
$4.606.50; ducks, $3.004.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1017o per
pound.
Potatoes 4050oper sack; sweets,
224o per pound.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c:
por sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, 1 ec per pound; parsnips, $1;
onions, l?o per pound; carrots, $1.
Hops 28o per pound.
Wool Valloy, 1516o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 15 16c; mohair, 25
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and owes, 3c; dressed mutton, 7
7 Jjjo per pound; lambs, 5o,
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.50; dressod,
$5.006.50 por 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $i.004.50
cows, $3.504.00; dressed beef, Gj
7?40 por pound.
Veal Large, 07ec; small, 8Q
8aO per pound.
Han Frauoiaco Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 1815opei
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1016oj Val
ley, 1820o; Northern, 1012o.
Hops 1809 crop, ll18o pet
pound.
Butter Fanoy creamery 2222Ko;
do seconds, 21 021c; fancy dairy,
19o; doseconds, 1018o per pound.
Eggs Store, 17o; fanoy ranoh,
22c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $13.500313,50.