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■MIflBMIMMMWMIMNMHMfc' •>r ' An«< —ThiJ 0l«y i* «ai,; W A S H IN G T O N ' 111 “*‘7 - J , H‘ “>« btojjJ mn*. gtingjT lilitia « g , J < crowd of, “ no oon^,l 1 “ni ( I ^ T Hiuoe the i 1 ’ “ wotki b iuangurateii’d 'en mene r * Wtlliil mauufg and walkedj Auctlo,, 5-—All of Un J acido tailt«j| gton, oon latented and|l uupatonted ,i» die auction bjl ,;*rey. TbtJ the United S e eastern ■ property tal Winter for ¿I nlway Comi idem, for (¡1 11(1 lug CnlltoJ Ang. 6.-4« nth and dal {ht, and nm| mse bad « The an',d way shorijj le building J The bn first wind i r. It wm ( one of the h Three P< Y., Ang west of 80 yean ther-in-ln. a comei i MARK H I . Opi nion it of the Bureau for the I Last Fiscal Year. I a L IN C R E A S E O N T O B A C C O leiplf» H lio w th e a T r iv ia l lu c r e »«« F r e r e d liiK Y e a r-S o m e It e m * - A p p r o x lim it « of E \ p «n g e , linpton, Ang. 4.— The commis- imernal revenue has subuoit- ¡ltdary Carlisle the prcliinin. irt of his bureau for the year uue 80. It shows that the re- internal revenue for the year ed 1146,880,010, an increase 4,545 over the receipts of the g fiscal year. The expense is ated at $4,044,310 The per- of the cost of collection w ill bo notion of 1.8 as compared with pding year. spirits, the receipts were $80,- an inorease of $803,771. The tem of increase under this head fruit spirits, the reoeipts of 70 being $488,868 increase of ,r. Retail liquor taxes in- by $831,106, recitfiers’ taxes and wholesale liquor dealers' itaxes $46,348. The only de- ted were trifling. 10 brought in a revenue of 639, or $1,006,731 more than ived from this source in the g year. There was a general in all items under this head, st being in cigarettes under nds per thousand, the reoeipts lich were $3,031,101, or $374,- than in the preceding year, and smoking tobacco brought 0,038, or $333,804 more than preceding year. Cigars and over three pounds per thou- B iliz e d $13,713,367, or an in- g f $331,800, and snuff afforded e of $753,515, an increase of |. fermented liquors there was xes aggregating $33,784,835, 13.14 4,617 more than during the \ Own (hurt! year. A ll beers and similar Vug. 4.-! ir- ught in $S8,lt9»191, an in- pastor cl ij ■ $3,094,89*. xiiety of Jwas a falling off of $189,778 > home iid| luxes realized from oleomar- members I the revenue from which orer's gut to 11,219,430. Thedecrease is rolled al in all the items under this ick of bit largest being $112,817 in the be seen ill on oleomargarine, while re* er in tin rs’ taxes shrunk $57.215, and worship sale dealers’ taxes $26.520. been m i scellaneous receipts ditnin- ; afraid n| p|82,600 during the year, the Morgan. 1 T t e m being $123.549 decrease perintenl [ying cards, from \thich only tie meetiil was received. ly some the past year, 167,039,910 This in Wf spirits «I»- distilled from ib onlyM J t e r i a l s than from fruit, a de- ) expect ■7,413,129 gallons as compared then tbn ; preceding year. Cigavettce ok and ^unber of 4,042,391,640 were as a Si t, which was 14,897.850 more n doing consumed during the preced- i way. 1 The number of cigars and s a home withdrawn were 4.237.755,- reuse of 73,7H3,503. Chew- kmoking tobacco were taken ^ h e amount of 998.667,187 an increase of 5,397,499 | returned more internal reve- any other state, the total col- fiere b ein g$31,973.133 New i next in order with $21.620.- pio and Pennsylvania were |ther with $1 1,974,740 and |68 respectively. Indiana had Missouri, $6 953,915 ; $5,968,069, and Wisconsin, ] the remaining states reached 1,000 mark in the returns. TY -F O U R P E R IS H E D . I>ea<l In t h e A t l a n t i c eck l ’ o«it i v e ly F ix e d . olii*.1 Spai»11 jond 1 T W A IN C ity I City, N. J., Ang. 4.— After klexity resulting from many ¡istaken identity, the number I a result of the aw ful col- the Meadows was this after- Ively fixed at forty-four, pression prevails that the re- for the accident rests upon engineer, Edward Farr, dispute that the signal to las given to the West Jersey train, and if so the danger ^t necessarily have been given Jing track by an automatic Bt The theory is that Farr up and could not stop in he saw the West Jersey baching. It is said he had bif for two weeks not long |making good time, and it is was trying to make np for Bing at a high rate of speed. IN aud It I. BY A T ID A L Kit I mated T h a t 4,000 Pe ri sh ed , WAVE C h lu e .e Shanghai, Aug. 4.— News of a most terrible disaster, which occurred on Sunday last in the province of Kiang- Sn, has just been brought to this city. An immense tidal wave, fully five miles in length and of great height, swept in from the sea upon the coast of Hayehau, which is in the southeast ern part of the province, inundating the entire country and destroying numerous small villages in its path. A t present it is estimated that 4,000 people were drowned, but it is probable that when a full investigation has been made, that number w ill be increased. In addition to the great loss of hu man life vast numbers of cattle were drowned. Rioe fields were submerged, and the orops almost totally destroyed, and a famine is feared in the district during the coming autumn. Great numbers of people who escaped the fury of the waves are left utterly desti tute, without food or shelter or the means of procuring it. Hai Chau is situated opposite Yu Chau islaud, on the coast of Kiang Su province, which is on the W hang Hai or Yellow sea. The surface is mostly level, whioh may aocount for the great loss of life. Kiang Su is one of the most fertile provinces of the empire, and exports more silk than any other province of China. The Yang-tse- Kiang enters China through this prov ince, the principal city of which is N a n k in g .___________________ THE LUMBER C O M B IN E . WwahinKton L u m b e r m e n Not A f r a i d Th at It TVill lie Br ok en, Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 4.— Manager W . H. Hanson, one of the proprietors of the Tacoma M ill Company, said that the story sent out from San Fran cisco, that there was likely to be a dis ruption of the lumber combine, is with out foundation. “ The millmen of this coast,” he said, “ have been losing money long enough, and present prices are but lit tle higher than the actnal cost of pro duction. " I f the retail dealer of Oakland or any other city sees to fit to cut rates, that is his business, bnt he cannot ex pect millmen to get in any cut rates to them. My opinion of the whole trouble is that several of the retailers have been after the same business, and some of those who failed to get cer tain orders cut under their more suc cessful competitors to try and get the business away from them. “ It is safe to say there w ill be no re duction in cargo rates, for two reasons. There is no necessity for catting, and the pre ent rate w ill not stand it, as the increased price for stumpage and the greater distance the mills have to go for logs would make any such cut ting a loss to the millman. K i l l e d b y a F a l l i n g B u il d i n g . Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 4.— At Co Tenn., Aug. 4.— A ter- lumbus City, Ala., Maynard Covan» occurred at Lake Otto zee, was escorting Miss Dovie Proctor and Della Bishop, daughters of prominent ort five miles from this ernoon. A Sunday-school families, out for a walk, when a wind | in progress, and the re and rain storm came up, and the trio stepped into an old building out of the ed “ chutes" were doing a storm. The wind increased in fnry «. A s one of the boats until the building collapsed, and all [the chutes, having aboard were cangbt in the debris. Covans and all children, a rowboat Miss Proctor were instantly killed, and ath as it struck the water, Miss Bishop so badly injured that upants of the rowboat were death w ill result Bred. » D e a d ly Chutes. A N e w K i te fly in g Record. M o re It. Southampton, Aug. 4. — Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), with his wife and daughter, arrived today on the steamer Norman from Table bay, Cape Colony. Although he started out on his tour of the world in feeble health, lieing obliged often to take to his bed between the delivery of lectures, and, notwithstanding an attack of sickness in India, Mr. Clemens looked the pic ture of health when he landed here. He has gone far and seen much, in the Sansdwtch islands, Australia, India, South Africa. He expressed himself as charmed with what he had seen in South Africa. “ I oonsider the Transvaal the coun try of the future." said Mr. Clemens " I t has a delightful olimate and bound less natural wealth. I had presented to me in Johannesburg a little uugget with figures on it showing the enor mous increase of the gold output. The bulk of trade there is in the hands of English and Germans, but Americans should be able to command the lion's share of the trade in machinery, the largest portion of the machinery in the Transvaal being American. Mr. Hammond, the reform leader convicted of treason, but whose sentence was commuted, intends to bring back from the states with him $200,000. The majority of Americans in the Trans vaal are engaged in mining and en gineering. The American element is small, but the mass of the Boers make no distinction between Americans and English. Indeed, all foreigners, with the exception of Germans, are deferred to. "T h e excitement over the Jameson raid and subsequent trial of the re formers has subsided, but all the re formers are agreed that the cause of political reform has been retarded a decade by the Jameson fiasco.” IT ., Ang. 4.— M ailcam er Boston, Aug. 4.- A l l records of [ whose stage was robbed by and Perry several days kiteflying were broken at the Blue i ' -sed to having committed H ill observatory today. A kite was pi self. Hempmyer is only sent 7.333 feet into the air. This is Since the robbery he has 1,000 feet higher than the top of aspicionaly and spending Mount Washington, and 800 feet high He was arrested yes- er than a kite bad ever been sent be Appalls- picion, and today confes- fore. Fifty members of charged the robbery to chian C lab witnessed the eahibition. and “ Dynamite D ick," Qlars honaea of a very substantial • recently escaped from the kind can now be bu ilt HATCHET. UNPRECEDENTED ENGLAND. o f the T n i n r u l In h n b lt n o t .. ENGULFED COUNTY . Express Crashes Into an Ex cursion Train. IOO ARE Wreck ing, K IL L E D AND IN J U R E D Occur red at a and E x c u rs io n T r ai n the Iiuilroad f rost Was L i t e r a l l y t ut iu T w a i n b y the Ex p re ss Atlantio City, N. J., Aug. 3 — A railroad aocident, horrible iu its details and sickening in its results, occurred this evening, just outside of this city, and as a result about 100 persons are either killed or injured. The Reading railroad express, which left Philadelphia at 5:40 o’clock this evening for Atlantic City, crashed into a Pennsylvania railroad excursion train at the second signal tower, about four miles out from here. The Pennsylvania train was return ing to Bridgeton with a party of excur sionists from that place, M illville and neighboring towns. It was loaded with passengers, and a rough estimate of the killed and injured at a late hour places the number at 100. It is hoped that this is an exaggeration, bnt the number is undoubtedly more than fifty. A t the Becond signal tower, the tracks of the two roads diagonally oross. The R eadirg train was given the signal to stop, but the brakes either failed to work or the speed of the ex press was too great to be checked in time, It cangbt the excursion train broadside and ploughed through, liter ally cleaving it in twain. The engine of the Reading train was shattered to pieoes. Every oar on the excursion train was jammed to its fullest ca pacity. A s soon as the news reached Atlantic City, the utmost consternation pre vailed, but the authorities weie equal to the emergency. Relief trains were dispatched to the scene, loaded with oots and bearing staffs of surgeons. As quick as the bodies were recovered, they were carried into the looal hos pitals and undertaker's shops. A general fire alarm was sounded, and the department promptly respond ed, and aided in the heartrending work of digging for the victims. Fear grew into despair and horror as the vigorous work of the relief gangs revealed the awfnl extent of the disaster. The first Reading relief train bore into this city twenty-seven mangled corpses, men, women and children. The next train, not an hour later, car ried fifteen of the maimed and wound ed, and two of these died soon after reaching the oity. A s train after train plied to the scene of the wreck, and came baok with its ghastly burdens, the Sani tarium, whioh does duty as the oity hos pital, quickly found its capacity over taxed. Meanwhile others of the dead and injured were being carried to the private hospital at Ocean and Pacific avenues. Eward Farr, engineer on the Read ing train, was killed outright, as was another railroad man who rode on the engine with him. This man, whose name has not yet been learned, saw the collision coming and leaped from the cab an instant before the crash came. Almost at the same instant the engine cut its way through and cangbt him directly in its path. His body and that of Farr were found under a heap of debris, but the engineer lay in what remained of the cab, and his right hand still clasped the throttle. He bad been faitbfnl unto death, and met it at his post. The fireman on that train leaped a few seconds before and escaped with trifling injuries. Samuel Thornton, baggage-master on the Reading train, is among the dead. Jame M. Bateman, a Bridgeton un dertaker, is known to be killed. He was in the third car, and his hat was found lying among the mass of broken timbers. Richard Trenchard, a Bridgeton ma chinist, and his wife are both dead. Conductor Kelly, of the Pennsylva nia train, bad both arms and legs broken, and was internally injured. Albert J. Mosebach, of No. 18 North Eighth street, Philadelphia, was on the Reading train. He escaped unhurt. The exenrsion train was made np of fifteen cars, the foremost of which was a baggage car. This and the next two coaches canght the full force of the crash, and were utterly demolished. What remained of the third car was tnmbled into a ditch at the roadside. The responsibility for the accident can not now be fixed. W illiam Thurlow, telegraph operator In the tower-honse, was arrested to night and held, pending an inquiry. Dm KKPd to Dentil. The Dalles, Or., Aug. 3.— A disriess- ing accident happened late last even ing, whereby Frances Elizabeth Kreft, the eldest daughter of ex-Mayor Paul Kreft, was killed. The young lady, ac companied by her yoonger sisters, was ont driving, when the horse became frightened and ran away. The younger sisters were thrown out, and the elder one stayed in for a time, when she, too, was thrown from the vehicle. The young lady was dragged for over a mile and fearfully lacerated. RUN. Sulinon T h a n the L o w e r CannerleM ('an H a n d l e . THE H irer Astoria, Or., Aug. 3.— The reoeipts of salmon at the various lower river canneries continue unusually heavy and are far iu exoess of the capacity of several of the paoking establishments. Today the fish were so plentiful that one of Kinney’s men delivered nearly 100, and near Sand Island it was re ported that the water was almost alive with large ohinooks. Many were re ported to have been taken with gaff hooks by some of the men who found themselves in the midst of a great school of fish. A t one or two can neries, where too many fish were re ceived, the loss is heavy. Tons of the fish are being thrown overboard at Kinney’s on account of the lack of means to preserve them until they oould be canned. As many as possible have been salted for tbo winter use by the oitizens in the west end of town, and were freely given to all who would carry them away. Fishermen assert that never sinoe the canning industry began has such a run been seen. If it continues until the close of the season, the chances are fa vorable for a much larger pack than had been anticipated. A n unusual feature of the situaton is the quality of the fish, which is fully equal to those taken in June, the flesh being excep tionally red and firm and the quality of oil abundant. THROW N IN T O A C IS T E R N . T e x a s Ma n Slays Ill s F a m i l y a u d poses of T h e ir llodies. D is Austin, Tex., Aug. 3.— T. E. Bolt, a member of one of the most respect able families, murdered bis w ife and two children, aged 3 and 4 years, last Friday night, and plaoed the dead bodies in a cistern. He left the city Saturday night following the terrible deed, after advising several neighbors not to drink the water in his oistern, as it was polluted. His relatives be came alarmed at the disappearance of his family, and began an investigation, resalting in the finding of the bodies today. Burt bound his w ife in a blanket, after tying her feet and neck together, and then dropped the body into the cistern. Both children had their brains knocked ont. His brothers have offered a reward of $300 for his apprehension. Bnrt was at one time a prominent furniture dealer in this oity, but gam bling got the best of him, and last year he failed and was indicted for embez zlement, bnt bis brothers succeeded in getting him out of the trouble. The governor has offered a reward for his arrest. Nothing is known as to B urt’s whereabouts, although telegrams have been sent all over the state and to ont- side cities. N o motive for the crime ia known. DESTROYED C«ras« BY F IR E . V a l l e y Suffered a Seve re F r o m the F la m e s. Los« Grass Valley, Cal., Aug. 3.— A t 8:30 o'clock tonight, an alarm of fire was sounded for a blaze in the opera house. The fire started under a store occupied by Ismert and Webbe, and spread with great rapidity. Soon the whole bu ild ing was enveloped in flames, and the adjoining buildings oommenoed to burn and, despite the work of the firemen, it looked as though the whole center por tion of the town would be destroyed. The fire department of Nevada City came over to assist the looal depart ment, bnt a scarcity of water hindered them so they were of little service un til an extra bead of water was turned in to the «apply ditch. The two de partments did great work and confined the fire to the block bounded by Neal, Church, Auburn and Bank streets. The loss w ill exceed $100,000, it is thought. Insurance in most cases is small, and the blow is a bard one to the city. A n In d i a n a T r a g e d y . Vincennes, Ind,, Aug. 8.— Thomas Prather, a farmer, and Miss Maud Delay, daughter of a wealthy farmer, eloped from Sanborn, this connty, and drove to this city and were married. They then drove back to Sanborn, when an altercation took place between Prather and Clyde Delay, a brother of the bride. Prather fatally shot the new brother-in-law in the abdomen. The elopement was planned some time ago, bnt Prather's marriage license was forcibly taken from him by mem bers of the yonng woman's family. N e u t r a li t y Pro c la m a tio n. Washington, Aug. 3.— The president has issued a proclamation bearing date of Jnly 27, again commanding citizens to observe the neutrality laws in re spect to the Cuban insurrection, and giving notice that all violations w ill be vigorously prosecuted. The presi dent cites the decision of the supreme coart in the W iborg case in order that citizens may not be misled as to the meaning of the military laws. Oil T a n k E x p lo d e d . N e w York, Aug. 8. — Tw o men were fatally injured and three others se verely burned by the explosion of a tank at the Standard Oil Company’s works, at Cravens Point, Jersey City, today. The fatally injured are: Rich ard Cunningham, and John Goldsmith. The work» were set on fire by the ex plosion, bnt the fiamea were extin guished before much damage was done. E u r o p e a n s Ma »i a< red. D r i v e n Out b y Cretan«. Paris, Aug. 3.— Advices from Ms- juuga. Madagascar, report that a cara van of two Frenchmen and three Eng lishmen have been massacred by the Fahavaloe, near Ambolipiana. Athens, July 80.— A large body of Musanlmana supported by Turkish troop* while engaged in pillaging the Adomati district of Crete wore attacked by 1,500 insurgents. The latter drove the Mussulmans and Turkish troops ont of the district Inflicting serious louses. T o Surcood Batolll. Rome, Aug. 8.— Father Martinelli, prior-general of Angustinians. has been appointed raooeasor to Mon «ignore Sa- tolli as papal delegate to the Roman Ca (bolts church iu the United States. A machine has been Invented by acme genius which w ill do typewriting and the addition of figures at tb* same Mme. H eld W IL H O IT STAGE. U p by T w o M a.kod H ighw aym en and Itobbed. Oregon City, Aug. 5.— A n excited messenger came galloping into town this evening with the news that the W ilhoit stage, whioh left this oity to day noon had been robbed. A dozen to twenty shots were fired, two horses were killed and the pockets and bag gage of the passengers rifled. It is not known how much property was taken. The robbers were interrupted in their work by two farmers, who exchanged several shots with them, and drove them into the woods. The robbery took place within 200 yards of the Milk creek bridge, where the last of last year's hold-ups oconr- red. The same driver, B ill Mattoon, held the reins of the four-horse team, and as he rounded a turn in the road, two masked men stepped from the brush and commanded him to stop. T w o of the horses were frightened by the sudden appearance of the men at the roadside, and they started to run. The robbers promptly took three shots at the team, bringing the leaders down, each horse having a front leg shattered, and having also a shot in the back. Of coarse, that stopped the’ stage, and the robbers at once began the search for booty. They had pretty thoroughly scared the driver, as w ell as the passengers, and when they oalled to all hands to "sh e ll ont and be qnick about it ,” all hands “ shelled out.” The driver gave up his revolver and a little coin, and the passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Hidinger and daughter, of Portland, and a Chinaman, delivered their valuables, but the amount is not reported. Then the robbers turned to the baggage and went through that, taking whatever they found that pleas ed them. It is supposed they did not get much from the baggage. W h i'e the robbery was in progress, Thomas Duffy, who carries the mail between Oregon City and M olalla, came along, and the thieves took a oouple of shots at him, sending him away in a hnrry. H e told Phil M. Graves aud Mr. Woodside, two farm ers whom be met, about tbe affair, and they went at onoe to the resone, open ing fire on the robbers, who retired, after ana vering with several shots. The wounded horses were put out of their misery, and a posse was organized on the spot aud started in hot pursuit. Tbe course taken by the robbers wsb np M ilk creek in a rugged oonntry leading to the mountains. The coun try is fairly well settled by ranchers, however, aud the robbers w ill have a hard time to get away. Chief of P o lice Burns, of this oity, and Deputy Sheriffs Noblitt and Samson started from town this evening to push tbe hunt for the men. N o description of them is given ex cept that they are both tall, ronghly dressed and apparently young men. Their cloth masks prevented a view of their features. The hold-up took place about 4 o’clock this afternoon, and the pursuit of the thieves was so prompt that it is thought their chancos of es cape are slim. The stage oontinned on to W ilhoit. The horses that were killed belonged to Liveryman Noblitt, and were valued at $60. Last season tbe same stage was held up twice not far from the spot where today’s robbery occurred. N o shots were then fired, and the amonnt of the plunder was small. The affairs then were conducted sim ilarly to that of today, exoept that one man did the work. PORTLAND MARKETS. Bnsiness fo r the past week has been satisfactory, tbe month o f Jnly far e x ceeding expectations iu moat lines. A notioeable feature o f the trade is the faot that large orders for whioh prompt payment ia made have been com ing in from sections where not a pound of w o o l or a bnshel o f wheat has been sold, and where tbeae tw o great staples are the on ly crop. T h e closing day» o f the fishing season are marked w ith an nnpreoedented ran o f salmon, and w heat has already begun to move. W h eat Market. T h e piospects fo r a fa ir yie ld are much better than they w ere reported a fe w weeks ago, aud conservative esti mates n ow plaoe the total output w ith in 10 per oent o f that o f 1894, or f o lly 80 per cent greater than in 1896. Borne o f this increase is dne to increased acreage over last year. (Quotations are as fo llo w s: W a lla W a lla , 49 to 60o; V a lle y , 52 to 58o. Produce Market. Salem, Oascadia anil Dayton, $2.85; Benton county and W h ite L ily , $2.85; graliam, $2.50; su perfine, $2 25 per barrel. O ats — C hoice white, 29@30c per bush e l; choice gray, 27@28c. R olled oats are quoted as follow s: Bags, $4.250 5.25; barrels, $4.60@7; cases, $3.75. H a y — Tim othy, $10.50 per to n ; cheat, $6.6007: clover, $607 ; oat,' $6.50; wheat, $5.5006.50. B a k l b y — Feed barley, $13.50 per to n ; brewing, $14@16. M illstukkh — Bran, $14.50; short», $15.50; middlings, $18020; r y :, 90c per cental. B uttbb — Fancv creamery is quoted at 45c; fancy dairy, 35c; lair to good, 17X(<i20c; common. 12 34 c per roll. P o t a t o e s .— 80090 for new, 90c per sack lor old. O nions — Red, 75c; white, $1 per saca. P oultry — Chickens, m ixed. $3.000 3.50; broilers, $1.6002.50: geese, $4.00; turkeys, live, 10011c; ducks, $2.000 3.00 per dozen. K a o s — Oregon, 12)^c per doien. C ukxsk — Oregon, 9c; C alifornia 8c; Young Am erica, 9c per pound. T ropical F ruit — Calilornia lemons, fancy, $4.5005.00 per b o x ; bananas, $1.7603.00 per bunch; C alifornia seed ling oranges, $2.50 02.76 per b ox; M ed iterranean sweets, $4 per b ox ; pineap ples, $3.0005.00 per dozen. O bbuon V ro btablbs —G arlic, new, 10c per pound; Oregon peas, 2 c; new cab bage, l ^ c per lb ; tomatoes, $1.00 per b o x ; string beans, 406c per lb ; wax, 304c per l b ; Oregon radishes, 10c per dozen ; cauliflower, 70075c per d ozen ; cucumbers, 15026c per dozen; egg plant, 1501734c per lb ; rhubarb, 1> r 0 2c F r e s h F r u it — California apples, $1.26 01.50 per b ox ; cherries, R oyal Anne, loose, 5c per tb, 05c a b o x ; Black R e publicans, loose, 6c per lb, 60c per b ox ; gooseberries, 2@2)^c per pound; cur rants, 6 c; raspberries, 4 c ; blackberries, i 3 c ; apricots, $1 per b o x ; peaches, 65c@ 75 per b o x ; watermelons, $203.00 per dozen. « > D ried F ruits — Apples, evaporated, bleached, 4 0 4 )4 c ; sun-dried, 3 )4 0 4 c ; pears, sun and evaporated. 5 @ 6 c ' plums, pitless, 3 0 4 c ; prunes, 3 0 6 per pound. W ool — V aliev. 9c, per pound; East ern Oregon, 507c. H ops — Choice, Oregon 203c per pound; medium, neglected. N u ts — Peanuts, 6@7c per pound for raw, 10c for roasted ; cocoanu s, 90c per d ozen ; walnuts, 1 2 )^ 0 H c ; pine nuts, 15:; hlcsory nuts, 8@10c; chestnuts, 17c; Brazil, 12c; pecans, large, 14c; Jumbo, 16c; filberts, 123yc; fancy, large, 14c; hard-shell, 8c; paper-shell, 1U0 12j*c. P r o v is io n s — Portland pack : Smoked hams are quoted at 10(al03ic per Ib; I picnic hams, 7c; boneless hams, 7>4c; breakfast bacon, 10c; bacon, 7c; dry salt sides, 6c; lard, 5-pound pails, 7% c; S H A F E R ’S D IV IN IN G ROD. 10s, 7>xc; 60s, 7 ia «l tierces, 7c per pound. H ides — D ry hides, No. 1, 16 pounds W i t h It H e L o c a t e d F a b u l o u s T r e a s and upward, 9)401Oc per pound; dry ure iu C a l if o r n ia . kip, No. 1, 6 to 10 pounds, 8c per pound; Alameda, Cal., Ang. 5.— W illiam dry calf, No. 1, under 5 pounds, 11012c; Shafer, of this city, believes that be dry salted, one-thinl less than dry flint, has located a gold mine with a divin halted hides, sound steers, 60 pounds, ing rod upon a spot in Contra Costa , and ovei;, 6c do, 50 to 60 pounds, 5 c ; oounty, whioh his wife saw iu a vision. do, under 50 pounds and cows, 4 ‘ „ 0 5 c ; Shafer says he has strnck a bonanza, do, kip, sound steers, 15 to 30 pounds, Hud that he w ill be a millionaire if he 4c; do, veal, 10 to 13 pounds, 5c; do, calf, under 10 pounds, 6 0 7 c ; gieen (m i- can secure possession of tbe land where salted), lc per pound less; culls (bulls, the precious metal lies hidden. stags, moth-eaten, badly cat, scored, Two weeks ago it wag related how hair slipped, weather-beaten or gru bby) Mr Shafer bad a divining rod and hia one-third less. B eeswax — 20022 per pound. wife had a vision, and he had started T allo w — Prim e, per pound, 3@23.jc; out to locate the mine in Contra Costa oounty. Shafer took with him a lot of No. 2 aud grease, 2)£c. prospecting tools and hia wonderful M erch an d ise M ark et. steel dip needle. This needle has such H alu o n — Columbia, river No. 1. tails, a powerful affinity for the precious $1.2501.60; No. 2. tabs. $2.2502.60; metals that it can scent a 50-cent piece fancy, No. 1, flats. $1.7601.85; Alaska, 100 feet away. It was made especially No. 1, tails, $1.2001.30; No. 2, tails, $1.90 for Shafer by a friend, who expended 02.26. C o b d ao s — M anilla rope, lj^-in ch , is three weeks labor upon it. W ith a similar instrument a very rich mine quoted at 8 c ; W h ite sisal, hard twisted : was located in Death valley. The Rope, 134-in. clr. and upward, fiiQc; rope, 12-thread, 834 c. mine is now owned and operated by the huoAB— Golden G, 41„ c ; extra C, 4 )4 c ; Redlands M ining Company. dry granulated, 5c; cube crushed and Since the story of Shafer’s novel powdered, 6<: per pound; >40 per ponnd prospecting tour, as a result of his discount on all grades tor prompt cash ; wife's vision, was published he has re half barrels, 34c more than barrels; ceived letters from six states. A ll maple sugar. 15016c per pound. C offee — Mocha, 27@31c per pound; kinds of (impositions have been made to him to locate mines. Several beg- Java, fancy, 2 1029c; Costa Rica, 20i<s 23> 4 c ; Caracal, 2 2 'j«i2 5 c ; Salvador, 19 ged for sittings with Mrs. Shafer, that 0 2 2 -; Arbuckle, $29.16; Lion, $20.15; she might go into trances and locate Colum bia, $20.15 per case. gold mines. Next week Shafer is go R ic a — Island, $3.5004 per sack ; Ja ing on a prospecting trip for several pan, $3.7504. C oal O il — Cases, 20c; barrels, men in San Francisco. A ll his ex penses w ill be paid and be w ill be 17>4c; tanks, 15 14 c per gallon. W h e at B »o s —-Calcutta, $4.2504.3734 given a good salary. for Jnly and August deliveries. ” 1 think I shall go into the bnsiness of locating mines with my divining M eat M arket. rod,” said Sbafer. B ex » — G ross, top steers, $3.25; cows, A machine has been invented by $2.2502.50; dressed beef, 40534c per acme genius which w ill do typewriting ponnd. M utton —Gross best sheep, wethers. and the addition of figures at tb* same $3.00; ewes, $2.75; dressed m atton, 43» time. (a 5c per ponnd, V b al —G ross, small, 434c; large, »<9 Astoria, O r., Aog. 5.— D arin g the 334e per ponnd. progress of the blaae that occurred last B o o s— Gross, choice, heavy, $3.000 night in the Astor-street building 3.25; light and feeders, $2 76; d r****d, owned by Ben Yonng, Professor J. M. 3>404c per pound. Navoni, a mnsician, who roomed in the house, entered it for toe parpo** of saving his violia, and was suffocated. He was well known all over the coast, and played for Liberati at the Portland exposition fonr years ago. H * also oc cupied tbe position at various time* of orchestra) leader in prominent Port ia - * i Francisco theater*. F l o u r — Portland, 8AN F R A N C IS C O MARKETS, P ot at o m — G arnet C h ile. 60065c; E arly Rose, 35045c, in sacks; do, in boxes, 40@65c; Burbanks, in boxes, 70 0 8 5 c ; do in sacks, 40075c. O nion * — Red, 10015c; yellow, 85# 45c per sack. E o « * — Store, 13016c; ranch, 16020c;