ON THE Ml Bill
rs Gave Their Views to
ate Subcommittee.
F A V O R S D IN G L E Y B IL L
B e fo r e
th e
S en a te
Coiiimirtrtion
{r e a d
Food«
to
In to
A n k in g
In tr o d u c e
th e
O rie n t.
i
INVADERS c h e c k e d .
Greek ln ..g„| ar, n , f M U 4 by th, T u r k .
*** Krttnitt,
Larissa, April 19.— Severe fightimr
h.s;vccurre.l in Macedonia between the
O eek Regulars and the Turkish
h Lht l
° f irr,‘Kulars sent to
in »
V
after hav-
BnmJl i, * 1 T «aptured Sitovon, con-
Phis? 1 •¿▼«nee toward Kritudes,
S I d K r d K ° UrU* i- with orders to
hold Kouruzi at all costs, as it com-
th !T n h W rl* ht, approach to Qrevno,
the objective point.
This column, commanded by Chiefs
Zermos and Luzzo, attacked Kritudes
on r riday. The place was defended by
two eompames of Turks. A fter a se-
tere fight, during which eiglity Turks
were killed and twenty-five taken pris
oners, the position was captured bv the
w.a° a*80 obtained possession
of 1.100 rifles and a quantity of cart-
rigdes.
ngton,
A p ril 17. — Senator
ugh lias introduced a b ill au-
the appointment o f a commit).
introduce and popularize the
xls o f the United States aiming
les o f the Orient. It provides
commission shall consist of
rsons, to be appointed by the
t and confirmed by the senate,
The insurgents, however, have ent
be known as the bread-foods
ered a severe check in another direc
ion o f the United States, and
tion. A strong force of Turkish troops
der the direction anil control of
from Macovon, with a number of
>tary of agriculture.
The com-
mountain guns, advanced on Kraniu,
shall ascertain and from time
which had recently been captured by
report to the secretary o f agi i-
the Greeks, and attackid 400 irregulars
,he best modes ot introducing
of Greece, who occupied an intrenched
ularizing the bread foods o f the
position.
It is rejiorted the fighting
States among the peoples of
was ferocious on both sides.
The in
countries. The salary of the
surgents eventually were compelled to
¡oners shall be $5,000 a year,
retreat north to the mountains. Some,
commission is authorized to
however, succeeded in breaking through
a secretary at a salary o f $3,000,
the Turkish lines and escaped to Bal-
,000 is appropriated to defray
tino, just across the frontier in Mace
•uses of the commission in the
donia, first captured by the Greek ir
ion o f its work.
Hansbrough
regulars and used by them as a depot
measure is designed to further
for provisions and ammunition.
k of extending the trade o f the
Accounts given by refugees ot Turk
States with China and Japan,
ish losses are believed to be exaggerat
suggested by the letter recently
ed. They say 265 Turks were killed,
him by James J. H ill, president
while the irregulars only had eight men
1reat Northern railroad, on the
killed and seventeen wounded. The
of trade w ith the Orient.
leader o f the Greeks operating in that
direction, Chief Milenas, was among
RIFF S U G G E S T IO N S .
the wounded, and returned into Greek
O . v . T h e i r v i e w . * « t h e Sen- territory witli a number of refugees.
One of the latter says a portion of the
ate S u b c o m m itte e .
Turkish force is composed of irregulars
ington, A p r il 1 7 .- T h e llepub-
whose dress resembles that of the Greek
bcommittee of the senate com-
j insurgents. Th is, it appears, enabled
jn finance held an all-day session
the Turkish force to execute a flank
mitol to afford an opportunity
movement unheeded by the leaders of
senators to make suggestions
the Greeks. The refugee referred to
tariff b ill. Am ong the senators
blames the Greek leaders for badly
Hed and had conferences w ith
handling the men. A ll the refugees
mmittee were Messrs. Quay,
bore traces of having ex(>erieiioed great
Elkins, Platt. W ellin gton , Per-
fat igue, and it is reported that Ethnike
houp, Pritchard, Baker and
j Hetairia, or the national league, has
of Kansas.
[ ordered the Greek irregulars to retreat
or Quay urged a rate o f duty
into Greek territory, regarding further
rpets and matting, which would
bloodshed as useless, unless the regular
protection to the industries o f
army of Greeks supports the irregulars.
untry against the products of
nd japan.
AGREEMENT REACHED.
tor Perkins was given an ex
hearing on the fru it schedule,
wilted the committee with sam- C o l u m b i a R i v e r F i s h e r m e n W i l l T a k e
F o u r Cents a F o u n d .
botli California and foreign cur
ed raisins, and asked for an
Astoria, Or., April 19.— It is now
of the rate on Zante currants, settled that the Columbia river packers
e it up to 2 « cents per pound. w ill not get their fish this season at
suggested a duty o f 1 cent a less than 4 cents, as was anticipated.
n oranges and lemons, instead A t a conference between a committee
-fourths o f a cent, as fixed by of the union, appointed for that pur
cley bill.
. .
.
pose, and the packers, this afternoon, it
I suggested to Mr. Perkins by was determined by the former that no
f the members of the committee fish would be delivered to any cannery
e fruit schedule had already been for less than the 4-cent price.
1, and the rates charged to he
It now remains to be seen whether
h, but the California senator the packers will pay the union rate or
led for thorough protection.
shut down.
The probabilities are,
Perkins suggested a substitute however, that it will be decided to go
le on beet HUgar, providing for a ahead with the season’ s pack, but an
1 cent a pound on sugar testing effort will he made by the Cannery-
he polariscope and increasing to men’s Association to stiffen Eastern
its for the 90 per cent test.
11m prices so as to justify the 4-cent price
ttee promiseil to give this matter for fish.
ention, but gave no further mdi-
A prominent packer is authority for
of the probable result o f its ile- the statement that no more fish w ill be
ions.
offered under first-class labels after to
ore pronounced favorable recep- day at a price that will not leave a fair
•as given to a suggestion for a margin of profit at 4 cents for raw ma
ck duty on imjiortcd tin cans, m terial. It could not be learned what
fruits and salmon are exported, action the association lias determined
lggestion appeared to m eet with to take, but it is generally reported that
its members have ug-eed to render sucli
tor Sewall’ s suggestions per- assistance to one another as w ill enable
to almost the entire list of h ew the entire spring pack to be carried
i manufactures, and be tiled buets over until the desired improvement
g upon all of them. H e present- takes place in the market.
•quest of the silk manufacturers
When it became generally known to
uniform 50 per cent ad valorem night that the im[>en<iing strike had
been averted, there was great rejoicing.
tors Baker and H arris asked for
When the season o|>ened, business
of $2 per ton on gypsum, and for expericured a sudden improvement, hut
ease of the duty promise«! on fell off again as the agitation continued.
n cattle.
Th ey re[>orted that
Great uneasiness was felt. Tlie situ
“ ere immense beds of gypsum in ation. as it now stands, is all that could
est, sufficient to supply the wants be desired, and indications are bright
entire country.
W ith reference for a prosperous year. The only dis
le importations, they represent- agreeable feature of the situation is
t the cattle w ere needed to con- that the Chinese have secured an
he grass crop o f the W est, and advantage over white labor. This con
was more economical to move dition lias caused a great deal of un
tie than the grass,
favorable discussion, and is condemned
tor Elkins and Senator W ellin g- on all sides.
peared in support o f the D ingley
Several hundred boats went out to
ate on coal, which there is an night. the decision of the union setting
•o have reduced.
all doubts at rest. The run of salmon
'ng the day, a number of the Re- continues light, but the fish is of ex
Hn senators
from the inter- cellent quality. It is predicted by fish
ain states met to agree upon a experts that the run this year w ill be
f co-operation. T h ey reached no without precedent in the past ten sea-
e conclusion, except to stand to-
• e u s . _____ ____________
in their demands on wool, bides,
S c n r r lt y o f F u n d . In L a n d O ff ice .
lead ore and other Rocky moun-
Washington. April 1 9 .-T h e exhaus
roducts.
tion of the fnnds appropriate,! for the
T h e In d ia n B i ll.
« ■ m l land office is largely crippling
hington, A p ril 17 — T h e senate the work in the field, and further re
today considering the Indian ap- trenchment on the salary rolls was
ation bill, but did not complete made todav. The fourteen examiners
arly in the session the proceed- of the office who have been inTestigat-
ere made executive, and when ing on the Chippewa Indian lands at $6
irs were open again to the public, per day each, and twelve mineral land
dian bill again came up.
The
urn e£°h wn
e‘ ;
g question was on the committee
lment opening the Uncompaghre
ation in Utah to public entry,
take# # «'*> « ( » !m "
of Arkansas withdrew the point
J u d g e S t o r r o w D en d.
ler he had made, and on an aye
Washington, April 19.- J u d g e Jas.
3 vote, the amendment was agreed
A Storrow. a lawyer of Boston, drop-
to 13.
hanks. A w fu lly , John R a il.
don, A p ril 16.— The 8L James’
te. referring to the trouble in Ha-
I " , •>"
regarding the landing of Japanese
n'ants, says that if a xupture be- boundary dispute-___________
The common mushroom attains its
Japar« and the United Slates oc-
the latter may find the Japanese * 2
^
¡n
‘ ™ * - ,0Ur
» hard customer to tackle.
hour»-
THE
FLOOD
D ISTR IC T.
A S eriu u . B re a k H a . O ccurred
I.ouirtlunu L e v « « .
in the
Vicksburg, Miss., A p ril 19.— The
levee at Biggs, in Madison parish! four
and a half miles below Delta, La.,
broke at 10 o ’clock tonight. The crev
asse was 120 feet wide twenty minutes
after it gave way. Delta is directly
opposite Vicksburg.
The Queen &
Crescent route train disiiatohers’ office
reported the break at 12 o’ clock Jo-
night. T lie news was sent to Delta at
once, the operator being roused out of
hed, and the message o f warning sent
along the line of the railroad. The
levee is a great one, and has been en
gaging special attention of the authori
ties for weeks. Several hundred con
victs have been employed upon it in ad
dition to other laborers, and so greatly
had it been strengthened that only to
day the belief was confidently expressed
by men livin g lieside it that it would
hold. The disaster w ill be a great one.
T lie situation along the Louisiana
levees across the river for fifty miles
above and below this oity dwarfs every
other feature of the flood problem into
temporary
insignificance.
The rise
shows no sign of diminution, and tho
remaining levees are actually in danger
of being overtopped by the water now
pouring out of the Yazoo basin in a
sheet twenty-five miles wide for a dis
tance of ten miles opposite this city.
In spite of the evident danger and of
the repeated warnings of the weather
bureau, very few persons are removing
stock to the highlands, though 100
head of mules were brought to this city
tonight from Sparta plantation, in
Louisiana, ten miles als>ve here. A t
several points the water has reached
the top of the levee and is being held
back by sacks and lumber.
TH E
W e s te rn
WOOL
SCH ED U LE.
S e n a to r« C o m b in e to
Im p o r ta n t C h a n g e «.
S ecure
Washington, A p ril 19. — Western
senators, after several conferences, have
reached an agreement to stand together
for important changes in the wool
schedule of the D ingley bill. The sen
ators most prominently identified with
the movement are Messrs. Mantle, Car
ter, Shoup, Warren and Burrows. They
have not only agreed upon a line of
amendments, but have decided to insist
on their inclusion in tlie bill. The
meetings have also been attended by
many prominent woolgrowers.
The proposed amendments are direct
ed m ainly to closing the many loop
holes for evasion and fraud which wool
men agree abound in tlie Dingley law,
and were also found in the M cK in ley
law. An amendment was agreed upon
providing that an additional duty of 4
cents a pound should be levied upon
skirted wools and wools, as imjiorted in
1890, and prior to that time.
The principal change, however, to be
proposed is upon wool and cam el’s-hair
of the third-class. The Dingley bill
proposes an ad valorem duty of 32 and
58 per cent, respectively, upon wools of
this class valued under and over 13
cents per pound. It is proposed now
to strike out the D ingley b ill clauses
relating to tliird-dass wools and to in
sert instead the follow in g:
‘ ‘ On wools of tlie tiiird-class and
camels’ -hair of the third-class, the
value of which shall be 8 cents or less
per pound in the wool markets of the
United States, tlie duty shall be Scents
per pound, and on a ll wool and hair of
this class, the value of which shall not
exceed 8 cents per pouund in the gen
eral markets of the United States, there
shall be an additional duty o f one-half
of 1 cent per pound for each increase
of 1 cent per pound in the value there
o f.”
___________________
S P A IN F O R C E D T O G IV E U P.
W it h d r a w a l o f H « r A r m y F r o m
W i l l Soon B e g in .
Cuba
Washington, A pril 19.— According
to information received from trust
worthy sources here the withdrawal of
at least a part of the great army Spain
has maintained for several years in tlie
island of Cuba w ill begin when the
rainy season sets in w ithin a few days.
The in itial movement w ill be the de
parture of 10,000 Spanish troops from
Havana for Spain, and within a short
time 30,000 troops, it is understood, w ill
withdraw. The Spanish insist posi
tiv e ly that it means only that little or
nothing o f the insurrection remains;
that Gomez has only about fifty or 100
followers, and to watch these under con
ditions in which the campaign has been
necessarily conducted, a few thousand
are quite as effective as the 180,000
men now in Cuba.
The Cuban contingent, on the other
hand, insists that tlie Spanish financial
resources are exhausted and the troops
are to lie withdrawn because of lack of
money to keep them in service.
C h in « « « “ A c t o r « ” W i l l B e A d m it te d .
Washington, A p ril 19 — Secretary
Gage has instructed customs officers at
Pembina, N . D., to adm it the 150
Chinese who are en route to the Nash
v ille exposition. This action is taken
on instructions o f the director-general
that their admission is necessary, un
der concessions made to exhibitors and
o t h e r s . ___________________
S tru ck fo r M o re W a g « « .
Patterson, N. J., A p ril 19.— H aving
been denied an increase of wages, 500
employes o f the Kearney Foot F ile
works struck today.
E n g la n d H e e d . O a r W a rn in g .
London,April 19.— Gerald B. Ham p
ton. with Professor Thompson, went to
Behring sea in 1896, to inquire into
seal life, has left England again on a
sim ilar mission. The report made to
the foreign office in January set forth
that the effect o f pelagic sealing is not
nearly so serious as the Americans
have stated, but the commissionera
favored some common measure between
the two government« for the preserva
tion o f the seala
BRIEF PACIFIC COAST NEWS
A Resume of Events in the
Northwest.
E V ID E N C E O F S T E A D Y G R O W T H
X .v i
Onr
G ath ered
lu
A ll
N e ig h b o rin g
th e
Tow ns o f
States—Im p ro v e
ment Noted in A l l In d u stries—O re g o n .
A baseball association has been or
ganized in Tlie Dalles.
The woolgrowers o f Grant county
w ill meet at Mouut Vernon the first
Saturday in May.
The steamer Areata took out from
Coos bay ou her last trip more than
2,500 sacks of potatoes.
Eastern Oregon hills w ill rejoice in
a fine crop of bunchgrass this year, ow
ing to abundant moisture.
The Columbia county court has ex
tended the time in which taxes may be
paid to June 15. No penalty w ill he
added before that time.
A proposition to bond the Eagle
Point, Jackson county, school district
for $1,000 was defeated last week by a
vote of forty-five to thirty-four.
The Huntington Herald says that a
Cuban offloer, traveling incognito, and
engaged in secret revolutionary work,
passed through that town last week.
Th e firemen of Baker C ity have al
ready begun to work to make a great
Bucoess of the firemen’ s tournament,
that w ill be held in that city June 8, 9
and 10.
The students of tlie Normal school in
Drain planted tw enty graceful trees on
A rbor day. The senior class planted
an elder, which gives every promise of
thriving.
Goose lake, in Lake county, is much
higher this spring than it lias been for
a number o f years.
A number of
houses and haystacks are completely
surrounded by water.
W EEKLY
MARKET
LETTER .
THE COAST VICTOR I
D o w n in g , H o p k in a A C o m p a n y ’ « It e v le w
o f T rad e.
G R A T IF Y IN G
TO
There was a good trade and active T A R IF F B IL L
W E S T E R N R E P U B L IC A N S .
market in wheat during the pant week,
fluctuations covering 7 \ range. Oper- !
ations were somewhat enlarge«), and
F ru it., W o o l and O ther Farm 1‘ro d M tS
towards the end of the week onlers
R e in « K .p e cln lly C a n d F o r—J a p a a ’n
from the country more numerous. Thu
N e w F in an c ial D epartu re.
feeling developer! was stronger and
higher prices ruled, all o f which was E. F. P ahhons , Spwtal ('orrt-ipondent.
maintained, and the close shows an ad
Washington. D. C.— Paciflo coast
vance of 7
w ith final trades in May representatives are
generally w ell
tt 73J4c and July 731*0. The holiday | please«l with tho new tariff bill. I t
an Friday had a tendency to curtail gives to the pnxlucts of their section
jperations during the m hldle o f the such full protection that they feel w ell
week, but commencing with the first satisfie«! with the work thus far, though
:ap of the bell on Saturday there was a they w ill ask for an increase in one or
»ood general trade and the largest gain two features of the fruit solietlules, and
for a single day iu the week was scored are very hopeful of success. Th ey find
m that day, May advancing from the agricultural element of the ooon-
39 3-8e at the opening, to 73o at the try and the employes of the manufac
alose. Heavy short traders w ere the turing establishments generally de-
principal buyers, but they were first lighted with the bill, and that the only
goaded into action by some energetic serious opposition comes from the for
buying for long and foreign accounts. eigners who want to send go«3ds into
I11 the midst o f rejoicings over their this country, and the importer« who
recent series o f brilliant victories, the want to make money by bringing them
bears seemed to forget their experience in.
of only two years ago. On A p ril 9 of
M ad a « “ W e t H e n «.”
that year, May wheat sold at 54c, but
T lie importers of the country are mad
then began to climb, and the market
scarcely halted until 85 3-8c was rea d i as so many w et hens. They expected
er! on May 29 the sam6 year. A great to make m illions out o f their excessive
many bruins were hurt in that 80 5-8c importations prior to the final enact
rise. The visible supply was in that ment o f tlie Dingley bill, but the retro
year, on March 1, 78,762,000; A p ril 1, spective claus«« introduced at the last
74,308,000 bushels against 37,706,000 moment and passed by the house has
bushels at present.
Chicago stocks upset their plans completely. T h eir
A p rjl 1, 1895, were 26,454,000 bushels hope o f being able to import hundreds
against present stock of 10,000,000 of m illions o f dollars worth of goods
bushels. Nor was there at that time during tlie discission of tlie b ill in the
any shortage in tlie wheat crops o f other senate is gone, and they w ill not be
countries, and no one was reading a likely to a<ld m aterially to the enormous
column a day about “ the war in stocks of goods which they had already
Crete.”
The 80c rise came “ just the brought in to escajie payments of in
same.”
We are not called upon to creased rates of duties.
state whether or not such an advance
w ill occur during the same period this
year. W e ilo know, however, that it
lias been many years since domestio
supply lias been so low as at present,
and about.as long since the w orld’s sup
ply has been down before where it ia
now.
l*u«hlii|c fu r P r o m p t A c tio n .
The «lemand for prompt action by
tlie senate on the tariff b ill grows
apace. Members o f that body are re
ceivin g communications from Republi
cans and Democrats alike urging prompt
action.
T lie finance committee, which
expected to put a couple of months on
tlie bill, expects to finish it in a couple
of weeks, and the plans for elaborate
discussion in the senate are being ma
terially reduoej.
M a r k e t Q u o ta tio n «.
A chamber o f commerce has been or
ganized at Marshfield w itli purpose “ to
Portland, Or., A p ril 20, 1897.
assist in tlie establishment of indus
Flour— Portland, Salem,
Cascadia
tries and to encourage all enterprises and Dayton, $4 .00; Benton county and
that w ill he a benefit to tho com W hite L ily , $4.00; graham, $3.40; su
B a n n e r . an«l W o rk in g m e n F ra m e Tariff-
munity. ”
perfine,
75 jier burrel.
“ The farmers and workingmen havw
W
heat—
Wqlla
W
alla,
74@76c;
V
a
l
Judge Fullerton has announced that
had their w ay,” said one o f the fram
he w ill issue no order restraining the ley, 76c per bushel.
Oats— Choice white, 88@40o per ers o f the tariff bill, talking to your
county court o f Coos county from or
correspondent about that measure re
bushel;
choice gray, 87@89c.
dering the building o f tlie new court
“ People who assume that the
H ay— Tim othy, $14.00@ 16.00 per cently.
house t ill both sides have had a full
ton; clover, $ 11.50@12.R0; wheat and workingmen and women of the U nited
hearing.
States are not pleased with the D in gley
A weekly shipment of sturgeon is be oat, $10.00 @11.00 per ton.
Barley— Feed hurley, $17.50 per ton; hill show tiiat they known very little
ing made from Huntington, and some
about what has been happening in this
good-sized fish have been brought in brewing, $18@19.
M illstu tfs— Bran, $14.50; shorts, country in the past few weeks and
lately.
Fish weighing between 200
months. N o class of citizens was se
and 300 pounds are not an uncommon $16.50; middlings, $26.
w idely represente«! and so fu lly heard
Butter—
Creamery,
35c;
«lairy,
26@
thing there.
Th ey are taken from
by individuals or representatives before
27L2c; store, 17>^@80cper roll.
Snake river, near O ld’ s Ferry.
Potatoes— Oregon Biirhanks,66@65c; the ways and means commmittee as the
A farmer o f Y a m h ill county last Garnet Cliilies, 65@75c; Early Rose, workingmen, unless |ierhaps it may be
year raised four or five tons o f flaxsee«!, 80@85o per sack; sweets, $2.75 per tlie farmers. Those two classes o f the
which he ground into feed after a great cental for Merced; new potatoes, 3o ' community not only had their say bwt
deal o f experim enting and adjusting of per pound.
had their way, and the free traders w ho
his self-made grinder. He sold his
are throwing stones at the b ill now, in
Onions— $2.50@8.00 per cental.
product at a good profit to produce
Poultry— Chickens, mixed, $2.75@ ' the attempt to create dissatisfaction
dealers and druggists o f M cM in n ville. 3.25; geese, $4.00@5.00; turkeys, live, with it among the voters of tlie coun
The ground flaxseed sells for feed at 3 ll@ 1 2 c ; ducks, $(i.00@7.00 per dozen. try, show yerv poor judgment, and are
coots a pound, which is about an aver
paying anything hut a com plim ent to
Eggs— Oregon, l i e per dozen.
age return of $40 per acre.
Cheese — Oregon,
10c;
Young tiiut class o f citizens.”
" D o you find uny opposition or pro
Am erica, 12J^c per pound.
W a s h in g to n .
W ool— Valley, 12c p«ir pound; Eastern tests against the bill, now that it has
There is talk of building a telephone
been thorougly digested hv the pub
Oregon, 6@8c.
line from Thorp to Ellensburg.
lic?”
Hops— 0@ 10c per pound.
The bridge across the C o lville river
“ Yes. Hplemn protests are being
Beef— Gross, top steers, $2.00@3.50;
at K e ttle F alls has been finished.
filed w ith both committees by the !m-
cows, $2.25@3.00; dressed beef, 4@
1 jiorters and sucli other people as the
The fees received by the county clerk 6c per pound.
o f C ow litz county, last month, exceed
Mutton— Gross, best sheep, wethers importers can influence. A n d that ia
ed the clerk’s salary by $35.
and ewes, $3.50@3.75; dressed mut all. The importers are against the b ill,
for it w ill cut down their business and
The Chuckanut stone quarries have ton, 60 per pound.
Hogs— Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00@ start the factories o f this country to
received orders to get out stone for the
4.25; light an«! feeders, $2.50@8.00; work. As a result of this they are
government lighthouse at Coos bay.
fighting it by every process. Each sep
dress«1
« 1 $4.50@ 5.25 per cwt.
There were 60 births in Whitman
V e a l— Large, 5s)0J*c;
small, 6@ arate interest is working its separata
county during tlie first quarter o f this
class o f citizens. T lie tobaoco im port
year. 30 boys and 30 girls. There were 6*2 per pound.
ers for instance, have sent out ready
46 marriages and 25 deaths.
made protests to the manufacturers o f
Seattle, Wash., A p ril 20, 1897.
T h e Thurston county commissioners
W heat— Chicken feed, $27 per ton. the country, and in this way are get
counted over the funds in the treasur
ting certain workingmen who have had
Oats— Choice, $23@24 per ton.
e r ’s office last week and found $9,447.76
Barley— Rolled or ground, $20 per an op|iortunity to personally examino
in warrants, and $12,b62.21 in cash.
the situation, to sign these formal pro
ton.
A cloudburst last week flooded all of
Corn— W hole, $20- per ton; cracked, tests. It is so apparent, however, th at
theae p«)ople a r» being "w ork ed ’ for th e
the gulches leading into Russell creek, $20@21; fee.1 meal, $19@20.
in W a lla W alla county. A few of the
Flour— (Jobbing)— Patent excellent, benefit of the importers that the effect
farmers’ houses were flooded, hut not $4.80; N ovelty A , $4.50; California is not appreciable and there is little
m uch'dam age was done.
hrumls, $4.90; Dakota, $5.65; patent, prospect that the b ill is going to bo
m aterially changed. O f course there
The printing of the session laws for $6.40.
the leigslative session just closed is all
M illstnffs— Bran, $14.00 per ton; w ill lie minor changes, hnt the thor
oughly protective features o f the b ill
completed, w ith the exception o f the shorts, $18.
index, which is now being pushed day
Fet’d— Chopp«1«! feed, $18.00 p«‘r ton; for which tlie workingmen in the man
ufactories and fields have asked are go
and night, and w ill soon be done.
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30.
Hay— Puget sound, per ton, $11.00; ing to be retained and even strengthen
T h e Spokane land office has decided
ed.”
that a woman w ho has been divorced | Eastern Washington, $15.
Butter
—
Fancy
native
creamery,
from her husband cannot maintain any
T w o C 1 »«««N W h o D o N o t Proapor.
homestead rights accruing to him , on brick, 22c; select, 22c; tube, 23c;
T w o classes of people have failed to
account of prior martial relations with ranch, 15@17.
prosper since the election o f M cK in ley.
Cheese— N ative Washington, 12c.
him.
Vegetables— Potatoes, per ton, $16.50 One of these classes is oompoaed of s il
The log drive o f the Palouse Lumber
ver adv«x:ates, the other the truata.
Company has ended, the logs now be- i @18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets, The election of M cK in ley and the re
per
sack,
60c;
turnips,
per
sack,
60c;
ing in the boom at the m ill in Palouse. ;
rntahugas, per sack, 50c; carrots, per jection o f the free silver proposition
M r. C o ld has a drive o f 1,500,000 feet
sack, 40@50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs, starte«l sim ilar action by noma other na
on the w ay down the Palouse river to !
tions which ha<i been looked to as sup
$1.50; onions, per 100 lbs, $3.25.
Colfax.
Sweet potato«««— Per 100 lbs, $4.00. porters o f the silver theory, and tho
Hon. B. F. Barge and Judge Good- 1 Poultry— Chickens, live, per p«mnd, friends of free coinage have witnessed
win, Indian .commissioners, are expect hens, 10@10c; ducks, $6@ 6.60; dressed with dismay the transfer o f Japan,
ed to return to North Yakim a the lat- *
Russia and China to the gold standard
turkeys, 16c.
ter part of this month and resume ne- 1 Eggs— Fresh ranch, ISJ^c.
colnmn. The trnsts have also fared M
gotiations with the Yakim a Indians, j Fresli Meats— Choice dressed beef, badly.
The railroad combinations,
looking to the opening o f the reserva Steers, 7c; cons, 6 Qc; mutton, sheep, tlie sugar trust, the Htandard o il truat,
tion.
*
8)^c per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 6c per au«l many minor organizations o f this
character iiave receive«! stunning blows
A corporation has been organized in 1 pound; veal, small, 8c.
Davenport, with a capital stock o f
Fresh Fish — Halibut,
41^@6c; within the few months since the elec
$4 ,000, the object o f which corporation \ salmon, 6@ 8c; salmon trout, 7@10c; tion o f 1896, and w ill suffer s till more
when the new tariff law goes into effect
is to build a two-story building, the flountlers and soles, 8@4c.
and
deprives them of the advantages
upper part of which w ill 1 « used for
Provisions— Hams, larg(,« l l M l hams,
lodges and the lower part for a public small, 11 J«c; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry which they have enjoyed under the
W ilson law.
hall.
salt shies, 6'^c per pound.
M hatcora county has more m iles o f
T h e South J o in . H a n d . W it h tho W e s t
planked road than any other county in
Han Francisco, A p ril 20, 1897.
the state, and proposes to continue to
Potatoes— Salinas Burbanks, 90c @
N o tariff b ill ever passe«l in congress
network the connty with these useful $1.10; Early Rose, 65@80c; R iver Bur- rec* ived as many ¡Southern votes as did
highways o f commerce, having just hanks, 50 @ 70c; sweets, $1.50@ 1.75
the one which has jnst pasaetl the
awarded a contract fo r seven miles to per cental.
lionae. Tw enty-five Republicans, five
be built for $11,716.
Onions— $3.2S@3.75 per cental.
Democrats anil one Populist, from the
The receiver o f the F irst National
Eggs— Ranch, 10 4 @121*«: per doaen.
bank, o f Olym pia, has received in for
Butter— Fancy creamery, 13)^e; do South, sup|s>rted the Dingley b ill i a
mation from Controller Eckles that a ! seconds, 1 2 @ 1 2 }{o ; fancy dfc’ r^f i2c; the house, and the other Populists from
that se«'tion decline«] to vote against it.
dividend o f SO per cent has been de seconds, 10)^ @ 11c.
clared in favor of the creditors o f the ; Cheese— Fancy m ild, new, 6*^ @7c; Protection in the South has mad« w oe»
bank. The dividend w ill be payable fair to good, 6>k<?6o; Yonng Am erica, «lerful strides in the last few y e a n and
| w ill continue in the same line.
1 in about th irty days.
}@ 8 c ; Eastern, 14@141^e.
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