WASHINGTON TOO MUCH COUNTY HATCHET. TAXES. A L A S K A 'S 8an Francisco Must |»uy Hum In K eh atas. Record-Holder Beat Star Pointer. ¡F le e tw o o d Mil. ID !:»I ! - * . ■quallnc the i.rid's Kscurd Mad» by Hubert j . , „ tsars * * « “* T« r * « «»u t e . " am Kalis. N. Y , Sept. ‘ •‘ • - T b e Lot lie ► •‘ties of three races between , ¡test paoiua stallions. John K. (3:08*4). «u d S‘ “r Pointer »(i,), for a purse of *5,000, with ' try the association should the ptreoordof 3:03 be beaten, took (today on the track of the North- , New York Horse-Breeders’ Asso- ,011 at Cleon Kalla, hast week, at „ oud, John H. Gentry lowered kccolor* of Hubert Prank Agan -tar Pointer, w inning the most Mtkabls harness raoe on record, -UK the fastest three consecutive \ known. Today the same hand 5r stallion equaled the w orld's rec- made by Hebert J. at Terre Haute eyesn ago, going a mile and w in- ¡the best by almost a fu ll length 1811,. The average time for the kMbests of today's race was just • of a second slower than the il’dT record, made at Fleetwood laat Mk. This match brought out up- gd of 7,000 people. The horses 5ed ft to make the race of their Shortly before 2:30 the first klof the big race was called. Gen- y time first on the track, and reoeiv- ■ u ovation as he passed the graud- Ud. Star Pointer followed quickly, ^d was equally well reoeived. The ¡all were selling 1 to 2 on Gentry and ¡»Son SUr Pointer. They closed at on Gentry. They were given the word on the 3d eoore. Star Pointer had the Hi They started very level, and |ld the position from the w ire to the ill mile pole, with Gentry at Point- 1 saddle. Andrews let out a little sdGentry closed up the distance, but somenl later went back to Pointer's W Aa they sped around into the Le stretch, the stallions were as if „one harness Then, with a furious the Fleetwood record holder (shed hia nose ahead aud won the Win 2:08»,. The wound heat was called at A At that time quite a breeze ki blowing, and this seemed to »pen all hopes of a record-breaking irmance. The horses were given kword on the first score. They went aa oue horse to the five-eighths Y, where Star Pointer, who was on ) outside, strainiug every muscle, iged to show bis head in front. Mo the stretch they came, and as A n ­ on shook up his horse Gentry,with vtmderful burst of speed, flew past frival, passing under the w ire a full Tib in front with a w orld's record Jill credit of 2:01 I Every persou in the big crowd went id, for it seemed, even before the ‘ was posted, that a record bad down. After such a wonderful formanoe, the third heat proved swliat of a disappointment They df on the first score, and. after veling the first half neck and neok, ^Pointer went back to Gentry's He closed again to the stretch, ^•0 Andrews again made his drive 1 (»entry took the third heat in ran Franoisoo, Sapt. ¡4 .— Colonel , forme ly a resident o f A llt e l ¡told, has removed livmj there, his Behold furniture and «»char tfoods p chattels being traiiMfeir*d on the • lament steamer Gm m ial Me- and lauded a t F o rt Mason. J|Dew move has uo particu lar §ig- ’■ance* except that it is carryin g out 1 0rder8 issued a couple of mouths Pbjthe war department. It is un- . Wood that the purpose of the order "iconcentrate artillery regiments on •«»coasts. To do this h !1 the at- batteries of the regiment, scat- *liii outlying stations, ere ordered headquarters where General » will have them immediately his eye at the Presidio. The “tty companies must take the w of all artillery in the garrisons hWofa occupied by the latter, there- "uttering Colonel Shaftera’ regi- ■I over considerable territory, with "losrters at Fort Mas-m. It is tbe ration of the department to abolish lta*ber of the smaller posts now ‘ere<‘ in this state and Oregon with ** *° concentration of troops. : hr r hr , r the oity hall by Sept. thousands of l ‘ “ U,rlnt( ,or « » > ■ « • people »oon as the Under the present law the assessor most compel the payment of tales on Personal property not secured by real eBtate » » soon as he makes the assess- ment. In calculating the amount of these tales he takes the rate made by the supervisors the year before The taxes are for one fiscal year and the rate is for the previous flscal year Confusion is thns caused The rate for the flscal year for which these taxes are paid is lower than that of the last year, when the assessor collected at the rate of *3 25 on the *106 that amount including state as w e llis city taxes. This year the total rate for oily and state taxes purposes will probably be less than *1.60 on the *100, and the difference must be refunded to the taxpayers. Auditor liroderiek is aaid to have ar- rangements made in advance of the anticipated rush, and thinks there were between 30,000 and 85,000 payments for these personal property taxes. A large amount of olerioal work will be entailed. It is understood that specu- lating capitalists have been purchasing from taxpayers the right to receive the rebates, t e m b e r Bu lletin . Washington, Sept. 14.— The Septem­ ber report of the sta'istician of the de­ partment of agriculture shows a de­ cline in the conditions of corn from the August statement of five points, or from 96 per oent in Angnst to 91 per oent in September. The Paoiflo slope sends favorable reports. Tbe general oondition of wheat, considering both winter and spring varieties, when har­ vested, was 74.6, against 75.4 in 1895, and 73 in 1894. Tbe reported oondi­ tion for the principal wheat states is: Ohio, 52; Michigan, 75; Indiana, 66; Illinois, 77; Wisoons.n. 75; Min­ nesota, 80; Iowa, 84; Missouri, 73; Kansas, 70; Nebraska, 77; Sontb Da­ kota, 76; North Dakota, 61; Cali­ fornia, 100; Oregon, 66; V asbington, 75. East of tbe Hooky Mountains com­ plaints of botb quantity and quality of the wheat crop are almost universal. Tbe Paciflo slope suffered somewhat, chiefly from dry weather shrinking the grain, bnt not so generally as tbe Central and Eastern states. Tbe European agent of the depart­ ment reporta a general reduction from early estimatea of tbe wheat crop, owing to unfavorable weather, which waa bad at harvest time, in Centrsl Europe, though fairly good westward. The quality of grain is reported high E IG H T H POSTAL D IV IS IO N . A C om p l . t . K - p o r t "V th® W o r k fo r th e F is c a l Y e a r . San Franoisoo, Sept. 14.— The report of tbe postsl work in the eighth divi­ sion for tbe fiscal year ended June 30, 1896, has been made pnblio by Super­ intendent Flint The district in- clneds Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Cali­ fornia, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. In the mouth of June mails were oarried on 12,292 miles and sixty lines of railway, and upon nine steamboat lines. There were 143 cars in use and a total of 266 clerks em­ ployed. The total number of miles traveled was 8.786,544; 468,778,800 pieces of mail matter were handled, and only 24.523 errors were made. The average record made by the olerks in examination for accuracy in dis- tributing mail was 98.93 per ednt. G a t * l i l n i * « < f A wa y. San Francisco, Sept. 14. — Chris Christianson, a waiter, went home late 'poesday night, with a gunshot wound ¡n j,,,, head, and told bis family thi.t ¡,e had been shot while running away {T„ m * footpad. The story was repeat- ^ to „ neighbor, who, in turn, told it a policeman, and now Christians! n ¡9 ¡u „ haap of trouble. On Tuesday „¡ght, George McGrath reported that be there shots at a burglar, who had invaded his apartments, and from blood marks the burglar left behiud, oonoladed be had wounded him. The poiioe found that three bullets had na-Bed through Christianson's hat and ibe bow on the side of the hat had been shot away. The missing found in MoGraith’s yard, and Chris­ tianson is now in jail, on a charge of era, and their boat cnDants drowning The boat oarae ashore, but tbe bodies havenot^yet b - u “■ ‘»«ton, Dei., Sept. 14.- T h e found^ ^ £ „ 1 lhe u m l l M U u r a d i arrived today from paired overt te did and rtnd WM seized by the P a u J w « 24 yesr. •authorities on the belief that old. and lived with hi. mother on tne p filibustering expedition was Litite Neatucca. “'»Plated. 14 — Harry Olvmma. Wash., Sept “* * » , Sept. 14.— The Mslgaaiy Fisher a bartender, and for four year, ^ 'v e d here, bringa news of an f resident of this oity. committed sur by cutting bis throe, with a **Pon s number of English and Socket knife early «hi. morning The ic*n «old prospeotora in Mada- l e a s e d bad been drinking beat Hr. ’ hy the Tahavolds. The proa- while suffering from delirium were obliged to flee for their abandoning their baggage. " * t » . r . r P ro s p e c to rs A tta c k e d now boasts of three canary -?**®hed ont of one egg. The lit- ° * * were .boot the aiae of bnm- ' h»t are alive and growing. A Resume of F vents in the Northwest. e v id e n c e of (a i*th «red steady In O u r N e ig h b o r in g A ll th e grow th Tow n* of N ta te* — I m p r o v e ­ m en t N o ted in A l l In d u s t r ie * —O r e g o n . Horses sold at the pound in Athena last week did not bring very high prices. One was sold for eleven cents. The flouring mill at Long Creek be- gun grinding and will continue until all the surplus wheat around Long Creek has been made into flour. Tuttle & Carry have extended their telephone system from Tillamook to Caribaldi, and are thinking of extend­ ing the line up the beach to Nehalem. Soottsburg, in Douglas county, has the oldest tannery in Oregon. It was built in 1853 by Levy Kent, now a prominent and active business man in Drain. The yield of grain per acre in H ar­ ney county this season is said to be heavier than ever before. The hay crop is simply immense, and every fruit tree in the country is loaded with fruit. Manager Fell, of the Pendleton woolen mills, says that the company will enforce the payment of the sub­ GOVERNM ENT CROP R E PO R T. scriptions made to the stock by citizens of Pendleton, or close the mills. A ll A v e r a g e C o n d it io u Shown In the Sep ­ subscriptions were due last March. burglary. __________________ " b u t in a.ir-D .r.nso. Two Mon D ro w n e d . -M‘»nica, Cal. Sept. 14 — W il- Tillamook, Sept. 1 1 - T w o men, Kearse, an Irishman of good fans ' W n e d to kill h i. father-in-law, Painter and White. Saturday morning. Morirs, and went to M orris’ left the mouth of the Li - ' •tonight to finish the job. He to go by boat to Adsea. « e y ^ *° break in the door, and Morris south. When within . . . J>«n dead. Morris has been re- Aisea, they went too near to the break M « hi, own recognizance. ------------ _ ______ „ T"e i-surodo Seized. T h e I 'e o p l e W * n t h T * *r r | * o r l»l G o v e r n m e ut. 14.— Official, r,,t,i “ Hled- The C“ T baa collected too much money from them for personal property tai, and must pay part of it back. l *ii*lon o f B e n n e t t W ith in a Year. J. PORTLAND CH ANGES. K IL L E D . Over by a L o com otive G rant*, O regon. ai R e t u r n in g M in e r * T e l l o f t h e C o n d it io n o f T h o i e L e f t B e h in d . Seattle, Sept. 16. — Sevenlf-six Cook’s inlet prospectors were brought down by the sobooner Sophie Suther­ land, which arrived this afternoon. About two thirds of them paid their passage in gold duat and tbe remainder fell back on the stook of money they had taken into the coantry. Those of the prospectors who were seen said that the rapidity with which miners were leaving the inlet had reduced the number there to about 500, exolnsive of a number at Coal bay. They calcu­ lated that *590,000 had been expended in taking men in and ont of the oonn- tty, w hile the amount from tbe mines would not be more than *100,000 at the highest. Tbe Polly Mining Company, near the junction of M ill's and Canyon creeks, they considered to have the best paying mine in tbe oountry, and aaid *35,000 wonld be shipped ont by that mine in the fall. Canyon CTeek, be­ tween Six-M ile and M ill's creeks, and two miles np M ill’s creek, they thought was a fair estimate of the pay streak in tbe oonntry, and aaid a dozen or less men are the only one* doing well. Starvation was a remote possibility, aa the departing prospector* have dis­ posed of their provision* at a saciflce. The majority are able to leave the oonntry, and not more than 100 w ill be destitute. One man, who came ont by the steamer Bertha, saw the steam schooner Excelsior lying at Sitka and learned that she is to go to the inlet and oarry ont a load of passengers free. Grants, Or., Sept. 16.— A shocking accident happened here at 9:06 o’clock this morning. J H. Graham, a brake man on freight train No. 23, was rnn over by the locomotive and instantly killed, his body being completely ont in two. Graham had run ahewi to close the switch, and stepped npon the pilot of the moving engine. Ha at­ tempted to cross from one side to the •ther, nr>^ in doing so met his fearful fate. The remains were 6ent to The Dalles. Graham was a brother of Master Mechanic J. E. Graham, of the O. R. & N. Co. The train was in charge of Conductor Rice and Engineer The new machinery for the Ritzville Johnson. No blame rests upon any flooring mill has been shipped, and one living. w ill soon be placed in position. It is H lavin K n o c k e d O u t K tlra in . the plan sifter process. Baltimore, Sept. 16 — Jake Kilraiu The 1896 potato crop in Kittitas and Frank, otherwiae known as " P a d ­ county w ill not be half as large as that dy” Slavin, the Australian, were the of 1895, and in consequence potatoes stars in a lively fistic contest which are rising in price in that locality. took place at the Eureka Atlhetic Club, When Kilrain The committee appointed by the near this city, tonight. grand lodge of Odd Fellows of W ash­ stripped, be looked to weigh no less ington to select a site for the proposed than 250 pounds, and the fleah hung Odd Fellows'home has decided in favor from him in rolls. Slavin, on the con­ trary, was in the pink of condition. of W a lla W alla. Gold is said to have been discovered Slavin hit hard, but Kilrain was not Three times the pugilists in the W a lla W alla river at the slide, effective. a short distance below the mouth of came togteher, and then Slavin bit bia the Touchet One of the discoverers man a terrific short arm blow under the heart, and followed with his right ssys he can pan ont *2 a day. on the jaw, and the one-time champioD The mangagement of the Port Tow n­ fell like a log. send Southern railroad has ordered that the entire road ted be overhanled and The execution of some of tbe finest repaired, and put in first-class shape French tapestry is so slow that an ar­ for traffic, and this work is to be done tist cannot produce more than a quar­ ter of a square yard in a year. without delay. Victor, Colo., Sept. 16.— Charle* Mc­ Govern, Charle* O'Tool, and George Stevens were found dead this after­ noon in a cabin a mile from Victor. Tbe m -u, with Harry Doyle and John McDevitt, bad been occupying tbe cabin for some time, and all bad been drinking heavily. The two latter have been arrested on suspicion of poisoning their companions. A petition has been circulated to C r i m e In n K e n t u c k y t o w n . b » Te a road opened east from Maltby. Mount Sterling, Ky., Sept. 16 — Snohomish county, to connect with the James Bush, of Thompson's station, river road to Snobomiab. The road lame here laat night and went to where would benefit many settler* by opening bis divorced w ife was stopping, railed atioi , way to tbe nearest railway station. her to tbe door, shot her in the breast The Catlin sawmill. In Cowlitz «nd then fled to the woods, followed by c o u n ty , has secured a contract for I *5,- i poeae of a lynching-tnrn-of-mlnd. 000 feet of log timber*. There w ill be About the same boor, at a bagnio, one two «tick* 24*24, 100 feet long. Tbe Duff, of Clark conntv, was fatally dis­ whole bill contain* exceptionally heavy emboweled in a fight, supposedly by timber*. *nd Mr Fidler ia arranging Ed. Foreman, who has been plac.d un­ b t* mill in order that he may aaw them. der arrest. Deming, N. M., Sept. 16.— Fifty Tomocbie Indians surrounded the cus- tom-hoase at Palomaa, Mexico, thirty miles aonth of tbia city, today. The officers repulsed them. Three of tbe Indiana started for thii town, two of whom were wounded. One wa* caught just south of town, and i* under arrest at thi* place. It ia aaid there are 300 Tomochie Indiana in tbe Florida mountain*, fifteen mile* •outh of here. The town i* greatly excited. A r**M cefu l S e t tle m e n t . Buenos Ayres, Sept. 16.— A corres­ pondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, tele­ graphs that the Brazilian foreign min­ ister, Senor Cerqniria, has informed a circle of friends of high standing officially that he regards the prospect for a peaceful settlement of the Italian question aa extremely favorable. Senor Cerqniria says the good w ill of the government at Rome ia assured bnt he does not disguise the fact that tbequir- inal w ill certainly demand full satis­ faction for all wrongs suffered by Ital­ ians in Brazil, before it w ill consent to enter into a negotiation for a final dis­ position of tbe matter. Signor Bruno, the Italian represent­ ative in Santa Paula, declared in an interview with Senor Cerqniria that the aitnation waa still gTave. Seven thousand insurgents have left Santa Panla for Argentina. The United States gunboat Castine w ill accompany the Argentine fleet in its evolution* in Brazilian water*. T h fM M in e r * P o lu n n c d . MARKETS. Tbe political situation is atill effect­ ing trade to a certain extent. W heat is moving in a small way and a great deal of stock i* being turned off. Hops are in a fair way to prove a bitter dis­ appointment, and the present indica­ tion* are that the small pittanoe scoured by the pickers w ill be greater than tbe profits of the grower. Salmon is now bringiug i - considerable money, and the truil crop, although small, ia bringing in good prioe«, and materially helping matters. Wool ii dnll and lifeless, with no movement whatever. W h e a t M a rk e t. The local wheat market is a trifle firmer for V alley wheat, bnt W a lla W a lla remains unchanged. A t a few points in tbe interior some exceptional­ ly fine lota have been taken up Ly near-by m ills at figures slightly in ad­ vance of export values. (Quotations aig: W a lla W a lla, 49 to 50o; Valley. 51 to 52o per bushel. P r o d u c e M a rk e t. F lour '— Portland, Salem, Cascadia ami Dayton, *2.75; Benton county and White Lily, *2.75: graham, *2.40; su­ perfine, *2 15 per barrel. O ats —Choice white, 30@31c per bush­ el; choice gray, 21)„c per dozen. U hrknr — Oregon, 10c; California 8c; Young America, 11c per pound. T ropical F ruit — CaluorniR lemona, fancy, *8.50(84.60 per box; bana nas. *1.75(82.50 per bunch: California seed­ ling oranges, *2.60(82.75 per box; Med­ iterranean sweets, *4.60 per box; pine­ apples, *3.00(84.00 per dozen. U rzoon V rgrtablkb —Garlic, new, 10c per pound; Oregon peas, 2c; new cab- uage, 1c per lb ; tomatoes, 30c per box; string beans, 2>*®3c per lb ; wax, 2,‘a<83c per lb ; Oregon radishes, 10c per dozen; cauliflower, 70(8"5c per dozen; cucumbers, 15@26c per dozen; egg plant, 15(817)$c per lb; rhubarb, 1>* <8 2c F brsh F ruit — California appkt, $1.26 <31.60 per box; cherries, Roy»I Anne, loose, be per lb, 66c a b o x ; Black Re­ publicans, loose, 5c per lb, 60c per b o x ; gooseberries, 2<82>»c per pound; cur­ rants, 6c; raspberries, 4c; blackberries, 3c; apricots, *1 per b o x; peaches, U5c(8 75 per b o x; watermelons, «2(82.25 per dozen. D bird F ruits — Apples, evaporated, bleached, 4(84>4(8Hc; pine nuts, 15:; hickory nuts, 8(»10c; chestnuts, 17c; Brazd, 12c; pecans, large, 14c; Jumbo, 16c; Albert*, 12>*c;fancy, large, 14c; hard-shell, 8c; paper-shell, lu(8 12>,c. I’auvisioNs— Portland pack: Smoked hams are quoted at 10(310S|C per lb ; picnic hams, 7c; boneless hams, 7) a C ; breakfast bacon, 10c; bacon, 6c; dry salt sides, 6>»c; lard, 6-pound pails, 7c; lbs. 6J,c; 60s, 644c; tierces, 7c per pounu. 11 idem — Dry hides, No. 1, 16 pound# snd upward, 8)Q(n9c per pound; dry kip. No. 1, 6 to 10 pounds, 7c per pound; dry rail. No. 1, under 5 [rounds, 11(813c; dry sailed, one-third le»s than dry flint. Saited hides, sound steers, 60 pounds, and over. 6c rfo, 60 to 60 pounds, 6c; •io, under 50 pounds and cows, 3>*®4c; do, kip, sound steers, 15 to 30 pounds, 4c; do. veal, 10 to 14 pounds, 6c; do, calf, under 10 |K>nnds, 6t£6c; green (un- salted), lc per [round less; culls (bulls, stags, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored, hair slipped, weather-beaten or grubby) oue-tlnrd less. H ues « ax — 20 822 per [round. T allow — Prime, per pound, 3(82!ec; No. 2 and grease, 2i»e. H « r o h * u d l * « M a r k e t. S almon — Columbia, river No. 1. tails, *1.25(31.00; No. 2. labs, *2.26(82.60; fancy, No. 1, flats, *L76(8l.85; Alaska, No. 1, tails, »1.20(81.30; No. 2, tails, »1.90 ®2.26. CoaoAea— Manilla rope, 14^-incb, i* uuoted at 8c; White eiaal, hard twisted : Rope, lL - i a . cir. and upward, O.I r c ;. rope, 12-lhread, 6J4c. sd q a b — G olden Li, 4% c; extra C, ; drv granulated, 5c; culre crushed and powdered. 6c per pound ; b4c per pound discount on all grades tor prompt cash; hall barrels, i-4c more than barrel*; maple sugar. 15(316r per pound. C o vrx*— Mocha, 27(831c per pound; Java, lancy, 2 h a2hc; Costa Rica, 20rd 23,l* e ; Caracal, 22'2« i 26 c ; ‘Salvador, 19 18 22c; Arbuckle, »10.06; Lion, »19.66; Columbia, *19.66 per case. Kies— Island, *3.60(84 per sack ; Ja­ pan. *3.75® 4. C oal O il — Cases, 19c; barrels, 17)»c; tanks, 16'jC per gallon. W heat B ags — Calcutta, »4.25(34.37 for July ami August deliveries. M e a t M a rk e t. Bear— Gross, top steers, »2.40; cows, »1.75(82.IK); dressed beef, 3)*® 4>»e per pound. M otto * — G roes, beet sheep, wet tier*. »1.76; ewee, *1.60; dressed mniton, ;U*c per pound. V x a l — Gross, small, 4)Qc; large, 3® 3>Hc per pound. Boos— Gross, choice, heavy, *8.00® 3.26: light and feeders, »2.76; dressed, 3j»<84c per pound. SAN F R A N C IS C O MARKETS, P o t a t o e s — Garnet Chile, 50(gride, Salinas Burbank*, 60®90c ; Early Rese. 25®40c; River Burbanks, 25®4fk ; sweets, 1®134 c per pound. OaioM*— 30(#4O: per sack for yellow, 50®60 lor pickle. E oo*— Store, 13® 10c; ranch, 20®22c; ducks, 16® 17c per dozen. " I f »