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W A S H IN G T O N STORY OF ETH EL G ILLIA M . W illiu m G r*y. o f P a lo u * « City, V o u ch «* fo r It* Tru'l*. jen Children Perished in the Flames. NIN G her OF ORPHANS’ P articular* ll'ulr— P l u m e * tittl e Ouei of the Spread C ou ld Ho Not HOME T errible lta pid ly He Saved. ilia», Tex., Jan. 19.— Fifteen little are dea l a» a result of last night’ s it the Buckner Orphan»’ Home, and others are seriously burned and crushed. Three of the injured, |» thought, Am not recover. The Iness of the holocaust was not fully l^t'd until today. lie fire, which commenced at 10 k Friday night and raged until boys* dormitory was destroyed, did cool enough for search for the es in the ashes until early this ^iing. At that time it was thought ' five children had been burned to Ji. When the ashes had cooled rgh to admit of a search, scores of pathizing friends and neighbors be- the sad task of rinding the bodies he five whom it was known had shed. Ths search hail been hardly ituted when the terrible truth that ^e were more than five bodies in the ther, es appeared. The search continued W. ,il dawn, when fifteen bodies had n found. fhen the fire was discovered, the m spread through the dormitories, 300 children rushed hither and her in the wildest fright and panic- Icken confusion. The halls, porches stairway landings were thick with scorching smoke. The building stood for a number of years, and as dry as kindling, and burned i fearful rapidity. The wind was ving from the southest, which drove fire into the building. It was eat- its way to the three principal stair- s as soon as it was discovered, and little fellow's on the second floor of west wing were cut off from any nue of escape except the windows, is wras where 110 boys, between the •s of 6 and 14, were asleep in their ddrmitories, many of them being up- 1 stairs, but they were the larger ones, * itlw smallest children being quartered oil the lower floor, with a view to such an ■ mergenev. Even with the precau- some of the smaller ones were burned to death, not being awakened ' 11 “by the alarm, or being in such a de moralized state from childish terror at they did not know how to make ei r way out. Those with the most presence of ind followed the larger ones, who mped through the windows. A few 1 the presence of mind to save enough their clothes, but most of them es- ijied in their night garments. r- 1 The panic-stricken little ones did not l)0, |lit»p even after they were taken out of tn- burning building, but fled in their [Id terror, as if some nameless horror re pursuing them, across mud and ds in every direction. Some went neighbor’ s houses as far as half a le away, and others were found stag ing along the lanes in their scant gbtclothes, crying as if their little — arts would break. The people from the neighborhood d * ■ »u n d the little fellows who had not of^kuched shelter by their cries, and irn^B'eught them back to the home ih® The loss on the buildings and con- 'jB n ts ts light, about $8,000, with in- 1®' ■ > ranee. The home will be rebuilt. Ily V -----------------------— L E A D V I L L E ’S <fc to fliim p i M Walla Walla, Jan. 19. — William dray, of Palouse City, who is in Walla Walla undergoing medicinal treatment, recently told the Statesman the story of Ethel Gilliam, a girl who lives with her parents ten miles east of Palouse. The family is poor but‘honest and reli able, the parents being devout mem bers of the Methodist Episcopal church. Last August this little girl was taken ill, and after three weeks, apparently died, so the story goes. For three hours she had every appearance of death. She then slowly revived, but was totally blind. She told her pa rents that she had been in heaven and seen Jesus and-the angels and many friends who had gone before. There she saw a tree of life and a river of life. There were little children in the tree eating the fruit. Each inhabitant wore a crown bearing his or her name. The little girl saw a crown with her name on it, hanging up, and reached for it, but Jesus told her she would have to go back to earth and fulfill her mission. lie wanted her to teach his people. Although blind this girl can read by passing her fingers over the printed or written page, and can describe persons whose pictures were handed to her. .The latter power was first discovered by J. B. Cawthorn, a photographer, whose mother lives in Walla Walk*. He told the marvelous story to a Sun day school in Palouse City, and Mr. Gray and wife, hearing it, drove out to tlie^ home of the girl to see Jor them selves. Mr. Gray first handed the sick girl his watch, and she told him that it was a gold watch, and the time of day, by passing her fingers over the glass. To make sure that her power was gen- i nine, a paper was held between her face and a photograph that Mr. Gray handed to her, and she described the picture perfectly as that of an old gen tleman with gray whiskers, wearing a dark suit and cravat. She read from books and pajiers handed to her by the use of her fingers. Mr. and Mrs. Gray tell many other wonderful things in relation to this child. She has now been ill 100 days, and has not been able to digest any food. As references for the truth of the story, Mr. Gray gave the names of Rev. A. Y. Skee, pastor of the S. M. E. church, of Palouse; Rev. J. G. Kerrick, of La Grande, Or.; H. A. Gray, Thomas Cox and J. B. Caw thorn, of Palouse. AT wl a F l o o d * In I l l i n o i s . Princeton, 111., Jan. 19.— The waters f the Illinois and Bureau rivers rose apidly last night and today, and have aused much damage. A portion of lonnepin canal embankment, thrown iip along Bureau river, to turn the river ram its natural bed, was washed out, nd the overflow is now running brough the unfinished portion of the anal, causing much damage. It will •e some time before the flow can be topped, as the locks of the canal are et without gates. Along the Illinois iver, farm lands have been overflowed, ,nd large numbers of horses and cattle re reported drowned. S t o r m * tn M i c h i g a n . Detroit, Jan. 19.—Unusually heavy m d s were experienced all over Mich- gan today. Condition» developed into severe blizzard in the northern por- ion. At Marquette, the temperature ell twenty-two degereg in ten hours, , nd two feet of snow fell. In Western slirhgmn, gales and snow storms pre kail. At Jackson, the roof was blown ’ff the malthouse of Haehnle’s brew- ry, doing $ 1,000 damage, and leaving 10,000 bushel» of malt exposed. to See Washington, Jan. 19.— Washington ians who are making an effort to ar- *ange the inaugural ceremonies of Mr. McKinley so that none can complain, are disturbed by statements circulated in certain parts of the country to the effect that extortionate rates are to be exacted of those who come here to wit ness the inauguration ceremonies. Speaking to an Asociated Press reporter today, Chairman Bell said: “ If the people insist on making their own arrangements, the inaugural com mittee cannot be held responsible, but I can assure any one who will address Colonel L. P. Wright, chairman of the committee on public comfort, that he will secure for them the best of accom modations at reasonable rates. He has listed already accommodations for from 20,000 to 30,000 persons, mostly in private houses, which are well located, and which are supplied with all mod ern conveniences. The list is daily increasing. The rates will average about as follows: For lodging only, $1 per dav for beds and 75 cents for cots; II .25 t o | l.50 for lodging and break fast, and |2.50 per day for lodging and meals. Good horses for the parade may be hired for from |5 to |10. If persons have equipments it will be well to bring them, although such as they may not possess will be supplied by the committee at moderate cost.” to Denver, J:in. 19.— A special to the niefl from Leadville, Golo., says: ■ “ The crisis in the troubles Leadville of undergone since June has been 7 ^■•achod and a calamity far worse than strike of metallic miners here has rt&ken the camp. For the first time fifteen years the immense pumps '»at drained the mines of Carbonate ill, the wealthy center of Leadville, ave been entirely pulled out, while lie pipe line connections are to be re moved at once. The Maid of Erin umps had a capacity of 1,800 gallons f water a minute, and depending upon m were nearly all the great mines f Carbonate hill. There are miles of orkings on Carbonate hill, and these ill probably fill slowly, so that the own-town workings may not be cached by the rush of waters for a lonth or two. It is, however, only a uestion of time, and one month will ndoubtedly find many mines idle as a suit of the flood . n IN A U G U R A TIO N . W h a t I t W i l l Goa t a S p e c t a t o r th e Cereinoule*. R U IN . l u l l ’ d and M in e* A l l o w e d F ill W ith Water. THE E a r t h q u a k e In O a k l a n d . ' Oakland, Cal., Jan. 19.— An earth quake this afternoon was productive of a remarkable scene at the Tenth-avenue Baptist church. Rev. C. M. Hill, the pastor, was just closing an eloquent sermon. Just as he asked the congre gation in an impressive manner what account they would render of their stewardship, the building began to quake nntil it seemed that the roof would fall in. In a moment all was confusion. Some of the congregation ran for the doors; ethers fell on their knees to pray, while others.with faces pale,stood waiting for what seemed to many to be certain death. Deacon Jo seph Plaw attempted to calm the asem- blage. He asked why there should be fear, if they had heeded the words of their shepherd, and were ready for the end. He said that they should rejoice if the end came and found them pre pared. The speaker quickly restored quiet, and when he had finished, all joined in prayer» of thanskgiving. I )e rv l* h e * o n t h e M o t «. Rome, Jan. 19.— Massowah advices are fb the effect that a body of Der vishes, believed to tie the advance guard of the entire Dervish forces, has entered the Kedaref district, and is moving on AgordaL The Italian gov ernment is concentrating all the troops available near Agordat, which is well defended C leaned O ut * T o w n . Perry, O. T ., Jan. 19.— Late last night robbers took in the town of New kirk, north of here. Saloons were rob bed of all the money and quantities of whisky and beer. Residence» were en tered and many things were taken out. The officers think the robbers came into town yesterday under the guise of tramp». Five tramp« were arrested here yesterday for highway robbery. They are supposed to be members of an organized gang. HOUSE MAY K ILL L ittle C h a n ce o f F a v o r a b le H om eeteart Hill. COUNTh IT. A ction ou IIA T C IIE T . I F|l OF Slim Mil Washington, Jan. 18.—The jmpj»ort- ers of the free homestead bill fear that Important Cuban City Cap- the measure has lien killed, so far as 'tured by Gomez. this congress is concerned, by the ac tion of Speaker'Reed in referring it to the house committee on public lands M O V IN G ON HAVANA for the consideration of the senate N O W amendments. The house committee is not st/ongly in favor of the plan. That committee voted to report the hill to S p a n i a r d * I .o a t S i x t e e n H u n d r e d In K illed , W ounded and I'ria on er* the house by a majority of only one, when it provided only for free homes —C u b a n Luna 1« R e p o r t e d L a r g e r . for the Oklahoma settlers. New York, Jan. 18.— The Press this The senate amendments greatly widen the scope of the bill, extending morning claims to have received news, its provisions to all public land states, through Private channels, that General and it is doubtful whether the house Maximo Gomez stormed and captured the important city of Santa Clara, on committee will sanction the changes. The bill's supporters fear that if the January 9. and is now moving on Ha committee does not make an adverse vana with 18,000 men. The famous report, it will keep the bill and take cavlary leader, Quintirt Bandera, was no action on it before adjournment, mortally wounded, the Press says, and which course would effectually dispose General Luque, commanding the Span ish troops, was also wounded. of it. The news received last night said In the H nui». the losses are: Spanish, estimated Washington, Jan. 18.—The proceed killed and wounded, 900; prisoners, ings in the house to^lay were very 700; cannon captured, 18; battle stand tame. It was private bill day, but the ards, 4; rifles in the Spanish arsenal, whole time was consumed in passing 5,000, with plenty of ainumnition. Cubans killed and wounded, 1,500, through the house bills favorably acted upon in committee of the whole-before which is 600 more than the Spanish the holdiay recess. The widow of the loss. The Press quotes Carlos Roloff late Major-General Gibbon was the as saying the rejiort is credible. The beneficiary of one of the bills passed junta has no news. carrying $100 -per month, and the widow of Brevet Major-General W. A. New York, ’Jan. 18.—According to Nichols, of another, carrying |75 per the Press’ advices, the garrison of month. The free homestead bill, which Santa Clara had been reduced to 2,000 came back to the house with senate men, while Gomez had 8,000, 6,000 amendments, was referred under a rul being armed. On January 5 he in ing of the chair to the committee on vested the city, which was well forti public lands. fied. Gomez sent the infantry under General Rabi to the west of the city. Age for R etirem ent. The cavalry, 400 strong, under Quin- Washington, Jan. 18.—A bill fixing tin Bandera, was placed on the other the age for retirement from, the classi- three sides, its main strength being on fied civil service was introduced by the east. On the 6th, 7th and 8tli Representative Gillette, of Massachu there were skirmishes, General Luque setts. It proivdes that any office in being wounded on the latter day. the classified service held by a person On the 9th, at daybreak, the Cubans who at the time of the passage of the cloned in on the town and the cavalry act is over 62 years of age, shall l>e- charged over the earthworks and put eome vacant in three years. Any office the enemy to flight. Bandera fell in the service shall hereafter become while leading his men, and died soon vacant when the person holding it be after. Gomez gave his men only a comes 65 years old. Veterans of the night’s rest. Then, leaving a garrison civil war and their widows are excepted of 1,500 men, he pushed on to the from the provision. west. Those of his men who had no weapons were armed from the Spanish F o r the P u rcha se o f Cuba. arsenal, so that in fighting men he was Washington, Jan. 18.— Representa- nearly as strong as before the battle. ! tive Spencer of Mississippi, has intro- No sooner had the news of the fall Í duced in the house a bill as follows: of Santa Clara reached the planters “ The secretary of state is hereby au around about than they began to flock thorized to offer to the government of to Gomez’s standard. Every mile he Spain a sum of money not to exceed went he got new recruits. $200,000,000 for the purchase of the The news received last night said he island of Cuba. And the sum of $10,- had an army of 18,000 men, well 000, or so much thereof as may be equipped. necessary to defray the expenses of T h e M arch on H avana. pending negotiations, is hereby appro New York, Jan. 18.— A Havana dis priated. ” patch to the World says: Couriers who have slipped through the Spanish WAS BLO W N T O B ITS. lines in Matanzas provinoe bring news that General Gomez is undoubtedly D y n a m i t e B x p l o d f . U In M i n e r D . n d a u i - I marching on Havana slowly but surely, C a bin . and that his advance guard is laying in Seattle, Jan. 18.— In attempting to waste the country as it proceeds. The thaw out a few sticks of dynamite by people of Havana are at last becoming placing them on a hot stove, F. Den- alarmed at the situation, and all who dauf was instantly killed and horribly possibly can have already left the mutilated at Black Diamond Thurs place. day. Thursday morning about 10 H E D IE D A T HIS P O S T . o’clock, Dendauf, who is in the employ [ of Lawson Bros., took ten sticks of the explosive to his cabin to warm them U. H. M i n i s t e r W i l l i * S u c c u m b e d t o a up. From that time until noon he L in g e r in g Illn ess. was alone, and the exact manner in San Francisco, Jan. 18.— Advices which the accident occurred can never just received from Honolulu per steam he known, but during the noon hour, ship Monowai are as follows: when all hands, were at dinner, a ter Honolulu, Jan. 6.— United States rific explosion was heard. Everybody rushed out and found the entire side Minister Albert S. Willis died at 8:30 and part of the roof of Dendauf’s cabin A. M ., Janary 5, after an illness cover had been torn away anil hurled against ing several months. In April last the minister and his the side of another cabin sixty feet dis tant. The interior of what remained family left Hawaii for a visit to their of the cabin was a total wreck, every old home at Louisville. While in San thing in shreds and fragmente, with Francisco on the return trip, the min the body of Dendauf in the midst. ister contracted a severe cold, which Some flying missile, presumably a bit settled upon his lungs. This was the At of the stove, entered his head near the immediate cause of his death. right eye, going directly through the noon of October 31, while leaving skull and leaving a hole two inches church, his horse ran away and threw He was square; the right leg was broken in Mr. W illis to the ground. two places between the hip and knee, taken to a physician’ s office and he and the flesh of the whole right side soon recovered sufficiently to return to hung in tatters. Death must have his home at Waikiki. He never left it again. The fever increased and the been instantaneous. cold taken in San Francisco developed into pneumonia. This settled so firm BLUE C U T ROBBERY. ly on the lungs that it could not be checked. All human effort was ex A l l e g e d L e a d e r C l a i m * T h e r e I* a C o n pended without avail. Three physi spiracy to C o n v ict H im . cians labored incessantly, and held fre Kansas City, Jan. 18.—John Ken quent conferences on the case. A few nedy who was indicted as the leader days before Christmas, the case was of the gang which twice held up and pronounced hopeless. Soon after the death of the minister robbbed Chicago & Alton trains at Blue Cut, wrote out and signed a this morning, all the consular, govern statement today charging that there ment and shipping flags were lowered Expressions of regret was a conspiracy to convict him. There to half-mast. seems to be some grounds to subetan- were general, and his wife and son tiate his statement as regards John have the sympathy of the whole com Land, an important witness against munity. him. It is given out, moreover, from V« t< ied b y t h e P r e * l r l « n t . authoritative sources that the robbers Washington, Jan. 18.— The presi secured almost $30,000, and not $2,- dent today sent to the house his veto of 300, as first claimed by the express the bill to establish a new division of company. For the conviction of the the eastern judicial district in Texas men concerned, it is also said big re arid to provide for courts at BeaumoAt, wards have been offered. # In 1882, TeX. _________________ Land, who lives in the Blue Cut local A p p r o v e d b y t h « l 'r « * l r i e n t . ity, was convicted of perjury in falsely Washington, Jan. 18.— The president swearing that three of his neighl>ors had been connected in the Jesse James has approved the act providing for the train robbery of that year near Inde- purchase of public lands for reservoirs, ¡»eiidence. Land is a state witness in and the act granting a pension to th» widow of General H. P. Vanclere. the present case. St. Petersburg, Jan. 18.— T<*lav, a ukase was published which refers to the necessity of the resumption of the mintage. It seems likely that the council’s decision on the currency question will be prolonged, and as the »‘ountry is anxious to settle the doabts which have arisen as to the cash values of gold coins, it orders the minting of in>t»erials of a value of 15 instead of 10 roubles, these coins, however, being of | exactly the same weight and fineness as I existing co »s. T o Pu nla h th e K i n g o f B «n ln . LAND The Free FCR EVERYBODY. H o m e * te a d K ill t h e Senate. Ha* PaAs ed Washington, Jan. 16.— The senate today passed the measure known as the free-homestead bill, which lias been under discussion since the holday re cess. It is u measure of far-reaching importance, i>articularly to the West ern states, and the interest in it was shown by the fact that a plank concern ing it was a feature of the several na tional platforms. The effect of the bill is to open to settlement all the public lands acquired from Indians, free of payment to the government, be yond the minor office fees, and to re lease from payment those who have heretofore settled on those lands. The number of acres involved, according to an estimate made by the commissioner of the general land office, is 33,207,541, which would have yielded the govern ment, at the prices heretofore estab lished, $35,343,006. To offset this statement it was brought out during the debate that the lands were mainly arid and that those who had Bettled upon them were unable to make pay ment by reason of the scanty products of the soil. The Western senators in the main favored the hill as an exten sion of the general homestead policy of the government. The opposition was directed mainly by Platt of Connecticut and Vilas. As the bill passed in the house it covered only lands acquired from Indians in Oklahoma but as passed today the bill includes all In dian lands. The final vote taken by agreement at 4 P. M., showed a decisive majority in favor of the measure. Following thedispoisiton of this bill, which had held the advantageous posi tion of the unfinished business of the senate, Morgan sought to have the Nica- rauga canal bill made the unfinished business. This precipitated a vote which to some extent was a test of strength of the bill itself. On Mor gan’s motion to take up the bill, the vote was 83 to 6, or less than a quorum, so the motion did not prevail, although it disclosed the strenght of toe measure. During the day Morgan’ secured the adoption of a resolution for an inquiry by the judiciary committee as to whether the properties of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific companies now belong to the United States, by reason of alleged defaults in payment of bonds. A resolution by Cnllom, calling on the civil service commission to explain the delay in making annual reports, was adopted. G r o u t B i l l In t h e H o u s e . Washington, Jan. 16.— The house spent almost the entire day debating the Grout bill, whch was under con sideration for a time yesterday, to sub ject oleomargarine and other imitation dairy products to the laws of the states into which they are transported. The advocates of the measure took the view that the states should be allowed to regulate the sale of a product sailing under false colors, and the opponents argued that the bill would establish a dangerous precedent and invade the power of congress to regulate interstate commerce. Those who supported the measure were Messrs. Northway, Morse, Lacey, Hainer, W illis, Grosve- nor and Henderson. Those who op posed it were Messrs. Cooper, Tucker, Cannon, Boatner, Clardy and Williams. The bill is as follows: “ That all articles known as oleomar garine, butterine, imitation butter or imitation cheese, or any substanoe in the semblance of butter or cheese, not the usual product of the dairy, and not made exclusively of pure and un adulterated milk or cream, transported into any state or territory, or remain ing therein for use, consumption, sale or storage, shall, upon arrival in such state or territory, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such stato or territory, enacted in the exer cise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as those articles or substances that had been produced in such state or territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by rea son of being introduced there in origin al packages or otherwise, provided that nothing in this act shall be construed so as to permit any state to forbid the sale of oleomargarine except in such manner as w ill advise a customer of its real character.” W i l l N ot H urrsndor. Washington, Jan. 18.— Mr. Quesada, of the Cuban junta, today received a long letter from his uncle, Salvador de Cisneros, president of thd Cuban repub lic, who. by inference, gives a denial to the reports that the insurgent» are willing to negotiate terms o f peace on any other basis than absolute inde pendence. The letter sayB, in part: “ We will renew our offensive cam paign in a few days. Gomez has left me to enter Santa Clara with reinforce ments and munitions of war. He will go further west. Our situation is most prosperous, and if we had plenty of ammunition, not only for rifles, but for cannon, and in Camaguey a dynamite j cannon, the railroads would be de stroyed and the few garrisoned inland towns would be abandoned by the enemy, and they would be confined to the coast. As I expect to receive these war materials from abroad, we very soon will drive them to the sea and be in a position to tell them, when they depart, our last good-bye.” ( ¡ c n n » n H j n d l c a t * In J a p a n . W EEKLY MARKET LETTER Gowning:, H op k in * & C o m p a n y ’ * K « v i e w o f T r ac t « . The past week has proved an un steady one in the wheat markets. While there lias been no weakening in the basic position of wheat, and while, indeed, the position today is stronger than a week since, the bears have upon two or three occasions raided the mar kets and broken prices. To our minds these fluctuations prove nothing against the deal. We don’ t know hut prices w ill be lower, and are not talking about what will be the results, but we writo of the foundation of the markets, and dealers must manage the' rest. Tha winter wheat, usualliy two-thirds of tile aggregate crop, is depleted to smaller remains in farmers' hands than for years. Consumption must soon re sort to spring wheat, and that reserve is undoubtedly small. We are break ing away slowly from foreign price» and before harvest it will be a homo demand and supply. According to expert testimony many of the believers in wheat who have been watching the upward march o f values for the past two months have been rather doubtful of its stability, in view of the cheapness of other cereals and their product. The fact that corn has entered the list as a competitor for bread consumption led to a halt in the advance and many traders were greatly influenced by this circumstance. The argument is made that flour is being adulterated to such an extent with oorn meal, and the call for corn meal is in creasing at such a rate that the demand for cash wheat will gradually become curtailed, and, with a lessening of the demand, perforce a decline in price. One writer in discussing this phase of the wheat situation asserts that such a use for corn meal ar.d other substitu tions for wheat mnst be only credited to restricted areas. The theory ad vanced is that poor people who would most likely use this adulterated article ■is a human food do not buy flour, and hence the first argument falls to the ground. M a r k e t Q u otation *. Portland, Or., Jan. 19, 1897. Flour—Portland, Salem, Casoadia and Dayton, $4.50; Benton county and White Lily, $4.50; graham, $4.00; su perfine, $2.80 per barrel. Wheat—Walla Walla, 88@84c; Val ley, 86 @870 per bushel. Oats— Choice white, 40@42o per bushel; choice gray, 88@40o. Hay — Timothy, $13.00 per ton; clover, $8.00 09.00; oat, $8.00@ 10; wheat, $8.00@10 per ton. Barley—Feed barley, $18.00 per ton; brewing, $20. Millstuffs— Bran, $15.00; shorts, $16.50; middlings, $26. Batter—Creamery, 35 @ 40c; Tilla mook, 40c; dairy, 22H@30c. Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks, 65 @70o; Early Rose, 80@90o per saok; Cali fornia river Burbanks, 55o per cental; sweets, $2.00 @2.50 per oental for Mer ced; Jersey Red, $2.50. Onions— 85c per sack. Poultry— Chickens, mixed, $ 2 .000 2.50; geese, $6.00; turkeys, live, 10c; ducks, $4 @4.50 per dozen. Eggs— Oregon, 17H@18 per dozen. Cheese — Oregon, 12J£o; Young America, 13)40 per pound. Wool— Valley, 10c per pound; East ern Oregon, 6@ 8c. Hops— 9 @ 10c per pound. Beef—Gross, top Bteers, $2.75@8.00; cows, $2.25 @2.50; dressed beef, 4 @ 4)^c per pound. Mutton—Gross, best sheep, wether* and ewes, $3.00@8.25; dressed mnt- ton, 5 la (86c per pound. Hogs— Gross, choice, heavy, $3.25@ 3.50; light and feeders, $2.50@3.00; dressed, $4.00@4.50 per cwt. Veal— Net, small, 6c; large, 6)^0 pe» pound. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 19, 1897. Flour—(Jobbing)— Patent excellent, $5.25; Novelty A, $4.75; California brands, $5.60; Dakota, $5.50; patent, $6.25. Wheat—Chicken feed, $27 per ton. Oats—Choice, $24 @26 per ton. Barley— Rolled or ground, $2 2 per ton. Corn—Whole, $22 per ton; cracked, $23; feed meal. $28. Millstuffs— Bran, $16.00 per ton; shorts, $19. Feed— Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings. $24; oilcake meal, $28. Hay— Puget sound, per ton, $9.00@ 10.00; Eastern Washington, $13. Bntter — Fancy native creamery, brick, 24c; select, 23c; tubs, 22o; ranch, 18c. Cheese— Native Washington, 13 Ho. Vegetables— Potatoes, per ton, $ 1 6 0 18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets, per sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c; ruta bagas, per sack, 76c; carrots, per sack, 35@45o; cabbage, per 100 lbs, $1.26; onions, per 100 lbs, $ 1@1.25. Sweet potatoes— Per 100 lbs, $3.00. Poultry— Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 8))c ; dressed, 10@13c; docks, $2.00@3.50; dressed turkeys, 15016c. Eggs— Fresh ranch, 16c; Eastern, 19c per dozen. Fresh Meats—Choice dressed beef, steers, 6c; cows, 5)^c; mutton, sheep, 6c per pound; lamb, 6c; pork, 5o per pound; veal, small, 6c. Freah Fish— Halibut, 6 0 6 ; salmon. 6 @ 6; salmon trout, 7@10; flounder* and soles, 3@4c. Provisions— Hams, large, 12c; hams, small, 12)£c; breakfast baoon, 10c ; dry salt sides, 6o per pound. 8an Francisco, Jan. 19, 1897. London, Jan. 18.— It is reported in Potatoes — Kalinas Burbanks, 7 0 0 a Berlin dispatch that word has been received from Tokio that twenty Ger 80c; Early Rose, 70O75c; River Bur man firms of engineers and shipbuild banks, 60@7£o; sweets, $1.5001.60 ers in Japan have formed a syndicate per oental. Onions— 60@85o per oental. to contract for the work of the military Eggs— Store, 31 023o; ranch, 34 0 9 7 . and naval equipment to which Japan Butter—Fancy creamery, 25c; do will devote the war indemnity. seconds, 18030c; fancy dairy, I7o; Of the 300,000 fossil insects collect seconds, 1 4 0 16a There is talk of furnishing electric * power to the City of Mexico from peat ed from all over the world it is Mid Cheese — Fancy mild, new, 11 (* I bed» nine mile» dstant, owned by Boa- ' that only twenty of these are of th« 11 He; fair to good, 8 0 10c; Young I butterfly. ton interest a America, tl@12c; Eastern, 13@14c. London, Jan. M.— The Daily News announces that Lord Salisbury has consented to a punitive attack on the king of Benin by the Niger coast pro tectorate, on account of the massacre of a British expedition. The attack will be delafed about a month nntil the arrival of fresh officers from England. -------- ...