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JM W A SH IN G TO N COTTNTT H A T C H I T . AT H A V A N A 'S VERY G ATES. B AD WRECK ON B IG FOUR. WEEKLY C u b a n s « . I d , k . , u b u r b . Qf IE *»h Mrough, i States Has Valid Claim , Right of Discovery. •~A 4:U) K. * N '«er» (roc,] "’ori*, ft her i >» early, ,r north, i "inter«.' he dock,, »»«en«,., ewell to ‘ he st,. ihotit « M| >«h *ct van aDI vonl, of i e|>, »a), adow in j e r ic a n LANDED British N o -C e lle d IN 1802 O c cu p a tio n "^uaM » ,,0,, D id N o t O c c u r U n til It Years Lister. Vork.Ang- 2.— A Herald special 'ashington save: In support of to Palmyra island, which taken posse- ion o f by the government, the London author- * to the fact that the British hoisted over this territory in Even if the official records of jvaiiati government fa il to show Me of the Dole regime to the I the United States is in a posi- ' raise the claim that the island to this government by virtue ery by an Am erican citizen. Cot is recognized by the autliori- ,n official publication which ins a reference to its discovery and ;ion of the British in placing itg over it. T lie publication official directions of the hydro- uc office of Great B ritain issued by tmiralty- In regard to Palm yra I, the volume states: Imvra waH discovered by Captain of'the American ship Palm yra, li, and was form ally annexed to Britain by Commander Nicholas, M. S. Cormorant, M ay 18, 1889. were no ¡nimbitants on the island time of itH annexation, although jn. Henderson and M cFarlane, of Zealand, contemplated cultivating A * * * * * ,o vmm’s tacked by a large I h I iv ^ Ha- at' before the a K • , y oi reb* ls. who gathered t o S ^ 00,1 M »* f " « inu» lMt*n/gla ast night. t 'T 8ttatk was ni*de late Tixlay there is an inclina- tion among the Spanisli officials in Havana to deny the fact that the rebels S ' eva<ied ‘ he forts and swept Havana limits. The facts, however remain and the path left by the rebels through the suburbs southeast of the u ty may be plainly traced. Snuni !hB m " “ 80UnJ laal ni*ht the Spanish soldiers in the city and suburbs S ° r The>' Proceeded har dly to the southeastern part of the »hip hereJ m y where the liooming of heavy an traded] guns or dynamite could be heard plain- iy all over Havana. Then the sound “ eh fori <“ firing increased, and finally after a bought ew hours, «lied away, showing tliut f another] i man fro the rebels had retired. Several wounded ‘ he ate Spanish soldiers were brought to Ha id an oot| vana and removed to hospitals after the engagement, and several were killed * persont 1 for. I he reticence of Spanish officials pre vents any knowledge of the result of "Voice prJ the attack becoming general. It is a earner. fact, however that great damage was I'assengeij] done by the insurgents on their liobl ned by t raid, and that a considerable quantity e was ha of dynamite was used. diich waif trip There was great excitement in Ha vana during the rebels’ attack. Hun dreds aroused by the heavy firing, MrutMald poured into the streets and tbe word ig. passed along, “ Tne rebels have attacked nqiieat uni the city, ’ created almost a panic in linings, th some quarters. There is still much i was kill] excitement here, due largely to the re tli strikJ Ibigh official of the state depart- fusal of the officials to give out infor leases we] iaid last night that an investiga- mation. one wh [rejarding the rights o f Hawaii and This attack on Havana was not. unex Constai» It Britain to Palm yra island is now pected. For weeks past the rebels have at hewai made. been within sight of the capital and of the | iitor Morgan, of Alabama, said he have practically moved without inter ook pia [not examined into the question of ference. The insurgent leaders near om the r ilidity of the Hawaiian title to Havana are Brigadier-General Castillo, ¡am C. ijra island, and was not prepared with a large force at Mariano, nine a guilty,] [press a defintie opinion on the miles southwest, and Colonel Nestor was a ;t, though he was inclined to Aranguren, of Guanabacoa, across the cottdale I it a matter of com paratively bay. General Alexander Roderiguez, he strike] importance to the U nited States rebel commander of Havana province, n meni ler Great Britain had the island with a large force, is near Miliar and a to thee l, on account o f its distance from Colonel Arangnren is at Colorado. is believe It is believed the rebel raid was led [sited States and Hawaii, vili end li notion of Great B ritain in taking by Aranguren, who is noted as one of id the [ion of Palmyra at this time is the most daring of the rebel chiefs. in their | Captain-General Weyler lias left H a illy regarded here as a step in liet. Ijnbileeyear poilcy o f strengthening vana for Matanzas, and the belief is ex military lines. Another step in pressed that the knowledge by the in Heaths. surgents of this intention on his part ug. 5.-11 policy has been brought to the led to the attack. otion of the state department in a rlisle, a if It is understood that large bodies of Four I |rt of Consul M iller, at Port Stan insurgents have recently crossed from .’a FerrrJ Falkland isles, who report that Pinar del Rio and Matanzas. and that was | revs are in progress at that point the rebels’ strength in this province the direction o f Colonel Lewis, nsville i if royal engineers, for the estab- lias assumed formidable proporitons. The tnt of a naval station and hos- (¿uintin Banderas with 800 men is Amraoi Buch a station at this point, among those who have come into the is and repair shops and fortifications province from Matanzas. were i he of the utmost importance to a eir cloth Mob Fired on at Scottdale. ih fleet operating in the Southern ank. Scottdale, Pa., Aug. 2.— Wild excite i was sen ment prevails here tonight. As the L were dro NEWS diaria FROM A U S T R A L IA . ) the Er| t Carili] |1(Tount o f t h e T r i a l a n d C o n v ic t io n o f M u rd e re r B u tle r . the rig| almost I In Francisco, Aug. 2.— T h e steam- l from t lAlameda arrived from Australian ithis morning via Samoa and Hon- afternoon turns of nonunion men, who have taken [daces of striking ironwork ers at the Scottdale works, were going home, one of them became incensed at the remarks of some boys, and fired at them. A large crowd gathered about the station at the time, and they start ed after the nonunion man,who fired five shots into the crowd before he reached the iKiarding-liouse. The hotel was surrounded by an excited crowd, and it was with difficulty that Burgess Porter got them cooled down, and had he not had the assistance of strike leaders there is no telling what the crowd would have done. Another nonunion man, whose name could not be learned, drew a revolver and fired several shots. He was knocked down and pretty badly lieatetn before lie could be reached by the offloers and taken away. The sec ond crowd is massed about the station and nonunion men are afraid to ven- ture out. ______________ le Alameda brings from Sydney krs describing the trial atul convic- Pof Butler, the murderer, who was hired in San Francisco and returned |4o8tralia, and who has since been The trial lasted three days, fin some respects was sensational, kn the prosecution finished its case pier was asked if he had anything to The murderer was in a state of lipee apparently and the court ad- ned until afternoon. H e then in f'nne made a rambling statement to f effect that he had started for the i with W eller at W eller’ s solioita- On the way W e lle r acted queer- D e s tr u c tiv e H a l l S to rm . land when he displayed a pistol But- Denver, Aug. 2.— A Republican spe ^thought W eller was going to shoot cial from Sioux Falls, S. D „ says one Instead, however, W e lle r placed of the most destructive hail storms ppistol to his own head and when known passed this morning. The ler grabbed it in an endeavor to storm started three miles west of Dell e ‘‘ away the weapon was discharged Rapids and went southwest, destroying ‘ Weller was shot through the head, absolutely everything in its path ler said he had used W e lle r’ s pa around Galveston. Everything is a ll to enable him to ship as a sailor. total loss. One branch of the storm i case was then given to the jury, that passed over Hermantown and L u peh deliberated fo r an hour and cerne. Minn., went in two paths, one minutes before bringing in a north of Luverne and the other south Act of guilty. clear across Nobles county. The path of this branch of the storm itsfully 0 miles wide. It is estimated that fully W o rk m e n A r e D e s e r t in g . Wellington. Aug. 2.— T h e navy de 1 000.000 acres of crops were destroyed cent has felt the evil effects of the b; the storm. Hundreds of farmer, Graze. The firm o f Moran Bros., have lost every vestige of a crop. *>ed in Seattle, is building the tor- A in m u n itia n B u n d in g L o w . I boat Rowan, and had made good Bombay. Ang. 2 .- T h e situation at vms until the Alaskan craze set in. Camp MakakUml has become serious. 1‘bey have informed the depart- Word has been received that natives m ‘ hat so many o f th eir workmen large force made a second attack on the * dropped their work to go to Alas- o n « todav. The fighting was severe P“ St they are obliged to appeal to Thirteen of the British were killed and (•Davy department for an extension 80 wounded among I*1®* ‘ n which to com plete the boat. [Jbs land office is receiving many ap- w « > » r - ^•tions for copies o f the public land h, ¿ „ . . ¡ o n I. .(■ « « » P ™ « II by persons who profess their in- short of ammunition, and it »» l,*®’’ ®f going to Alaska. The office Jbeen obliged to n otify the appli- fore reinforcements arrive. that the land laws have not yet £ rte d that Madraullah has mustered at '«ten ded to Alaska, though the least 40,000 tribesmen. laws apply. . ^ r r r * P a s s e d O b in O m a h a . Aug. 2.— Judge Sanborn on the decree o f sale in the Un- '•Viflc foreclosure case this morn- He accepted the Am es decree | but few corrections. There was a (debate over the governm ent’s de- ' fbe attorneys for the reorganiza- 1 souunittee objecting. The upset 7 **s placed at $60,000,000. Judge i was appointed special master the sale. H e w ill fix the K »«t l ' a » , . „ K r r T r a in I > lt c h « d f o u r M en K i l l e d . and Cincinnati, O., Aug. 3.— A Times- btar special from Thorntown, In,I., save the Chicago express» on the Big Four, due in Cincinnati at 7 A. M., was wrecked aix.ut 2:80 o ’clock. A coup- ling pin had been driven td«to a switch *o as to hold it open, and throw the fast train from Chicago to Cincinnati off the track as it passed this point. The engin^ and tender, mail, express and baggage cars were thrown from the track ami wrecked. The coaches and ” agner sleeping cars remained on the track, and none of the passengers were seriously hurt, although they had a bad shaking up. Seth Winslow, the engineer, and B. C. Rickmere, the fireman, and two un identified tramps were killed outright. Tlie train was passing Thorntown at a high rate of speed when the engine struck tlie sn itch that had been opened and fastened open. Tiie two tramps who were killed were stealing a ride on tlie front end of tlie mail car, and tiieii Wciniuns cannot be identified. A relief car was sent from Indianap olis to Thorntown early this morning, and as soon as the track was cleared a new train was made up for Cincinnati, and other )ioints. Officials of tiie railroad company have instituted a thorough investigation as to the perpetrators of the wreck. A il tlie available detectives were set at work today. A W h a l e r L o u t in a S t o r m . done. E V ID E N C E ! Raw s O ar OF O .lh .n S STEADY GROWTH In N e ig h b o r in g A ll Ik . T .w a s af S ta ta a — I m p r a r r - a r a a t N o ta d In A l l I a d u t r l o a — O r o g o n . W M ih in g tu n . H . T. Jones lias been tendered and has accepted the position of chief grain inspector for Spokane. The salary is $1,200 a year. A ll arrangements have been made by the Fisherm en’s Protective Associa tion, on G ray’s harbor, to run the can nery at Aberdeen this season. The Whitman County Union V e t erans’ Association o f Old Soldiers and Sailors, at it» first annual reunion last week, decided to meet next year in Pullman. The contract for revenue outter sup plies for the coming year has been awarded to the Adams Hardware Com pany, of P ort Townsend, says the I Leader. Dealers are offering 52 cents a bushel wheat in Pomeroy, but there are few takers. One farmer sold 8,000 bushels at that figure, and received part down. One of the Seattle hanks is issuing ; letters of credit available at Juneau, | St. Michaels and Circle City, Alaska, Fort Cudahy and Dawson City, North west territory. j for A H a n g i n g in T e x a s . San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 2. — Maximo Martine was hanged at F lovesville this afternoon for a triple murder commit ted on June « last. H e killed Jesus Cardie and wife, an aged couple, and Juanita Acosta. __________ A P iw M t r o o a P f n n f j r l f i n l » H to rm . Hinton, Pa., Aug. 2.— A terrible rain and thunder-storm occurred in this Middleton. Conn., Aug. m ' . } f t city and county. The Episcopal church, one o f tbe finest buildings in the city, wide, containing ^ burst| k itin g was blown to the ground, as well as other houses in the immediate vicinity. Crops are practically ruined. Huge stones of " I n c h t£e compeUcd to fiee for Much damage h - been A Resume of Events in the Northwest. The Port Angeles school district has decided by a vote of five to one to val idate its oustanding warrant indebted ness, amounting to $18,000, issued in T h e T re a ty R en ou n ced. excess of the legal limits. Berlin, Aug. 2.— The commercial The reoeiver o f the nail works at treaty between Great Britain and the Port Townsend has postponed the sale German Zollverein, which has been in of the goods and chattels of the works force since May 30, 1896, was renounced until August 24, at the request of a today by Great Britain, and ceases to m ajority o f the creditors. be operative a year hence. The Reich- The shipments o f frnit from the oity sanzeiger says the supplementary con ventions which were concluded when o f W alla W alla dnring the last four the treaty was extended to the German months have brought to that place $76,- states joining the Zollverein w ill ex 000 in cash, being 40 per cent more pire with the main treaty next summer. than tor the corresponding period a year ago. By " f *h* ^ r .iv r o . or T ra d *. R e l i e v e s A n n e x a t io n a C e r t a in t y . San Francisco, Aug. 2.— A message has been received announcing the loss of the whaler Cape Horn Pigeon, in the Japanese sea, during a furious atorm. Capatin Scullam and the crew of 18 were saved, but 90 barrels of sperm oil went down with the vessel. T w o thousand pounds o f bone had been shipped home a short time before the disaster. The Cape Horn Pigeon was owned by J. and R. W ing, of Bedford, Mass. _________________ Reno, NevT. Aog. 2 .— A draw bar fell down on the Eaten freight train five miles east of Palisade, on the Central Pacific, ditching three freight cart and killin g LETTER. A GREAT ADVANCE D o w n in g . H o p k in s A C o m p a n y ', K o s lo w The Washington county court is de bating the question o f building a county jail. A new wheat warehouse has been built at Mission to take the place of the one that burned recently. The estimated sum of money that has left Grant county during the last year for bicycles is $4,600. This sum would give a bicycle to about every twentieth • voter. A brass shoe weighing 1,800 pounds was cast at the Astoria iron works last week. The shoe is to be put on the keel ol the Manzanita to hold the stern- ! post, rudder and screw. Work is piling up at the Pendleton foundry so rapidly that it has been found neceac«iry to work nights. A night force has tieen hired and in a few days the hum of the machinery w ill be ( heard almost without cessation in the \ establishment. The citizens of Marshfield, M yrtle ' Point and other towns in Coos county IM P R IS O N E D A M E R IC A N S have complained somewhat of a sugar famine, but Coquille lias been worse L is t o f T h o s e S t i l l R e m a in in g ; in C u b a n off. There has been a shortage of flour, P r ia o n g . sugar, butter, eggs and fruit jars, and Washington, Aug. 2.— Consul-Gen steamers and trains would come and go eral Lee has informed the state depart without replenishing tlie stocks of flour ment that in the event o f the release of and sugar. the American, Lewis Somelian, now The 12th annual oatalogue and guide confined at Havana, there w ill remain of American citizens imprisoned in book of tiie state normal school at Cuba in addition to tlie five Competitor Drain, in Douglass county, has been prisoners only the following: Manuel | published. A feature of the catalogue, Fernandez, confined in Fort Cabanas; not nsually found in such publications, Rafael Fqrninandez Diaz, at Sagtia la is tlie remark« addressed to tlie differ Grande; Jolia Thomas Sainz and Frank ent classes, to tiiose who expect to be come pupils, to the instructors, and to A. Gramont at Santiago. A ll of these prisoners are charged tiie school directors throughout the with rebellion with arms in hand, and state. The O ld Fellows hall in Pendleton are held subject to tlie ordinary m ili tary jurisdiction. The United States is being moved and the contents of the consul at Manzanillo has cabled the sec copper box deposited in the corner-stone retary of state a contradietion of tbe of the building May 8, 1879, have been The articles contained in story that A lbert Slusser, an American, removed. has been captured by Spanish troops the box consist principally of a number and taken to that [dace. He says that of coins, two business cards, several newspapers, a copy o f tlie old constitu nothing is known of Slusser’ s arrest. tion and by-laws and the family record S even P erson a K ille d . of Lot Livermore. San Jose, III., Aug. 2.— A t 7 o ’ clock Tlie report of the officials of the La this evening a cyclone struck the farm Grande land district, which includes of A . McDowell, tw o miles north, and Baker, Grant, Morrow, Um atilla, his house and barn were destroyed. Union and Wallowa comities, shows a Seven people were killed and three total land surface area in tlie district seve'ely injured. The killed are: of 8,843,000 acres, of which 15,360 A. C. McDowell, McDowell’s grand acres are reserved. 2,820,425 acres have son, w ife of Samuel Brownlee, three of been disposed of, leaving a total of 5,- Brownlee’ s children,Miss Jessie Groves. 871,215 acres yet undis|>osed of, of Severely injured: Mrs. M. C. McDow which 4,394,601 acres are surveyed ell, her son Charles and daughter Mary. and 1,476,614 acres unsnrveyed land. Mis* Jeggie Groves was a neighbor ol Union comity embraces a total land sur the McDowells am' ^-as spending tlie face area of 2,b28,000 acres; 678,814 day there. T lie storm came directly acres have been disposed of, and there from the north, and entirely destroyed is yet available 1,349,186 acres, of the McDowell iiouse, barn and walnut which 867,868 acres are surveyed and grove. It then roM and went over the 481,833 acres nnsurveyed. O f the town of San Jose. A t Mason City, land in Union yet undisposed of, 76 lightning struck the spire of tlie Pres per cent its timbered, 20 per cent graz byterian churoli and set it on fire.) ing land, and 5 per cent farming land. San Francisco, Aug. 2.— Ellis M ills, the retired consul-general at Honolulu, arrived from the islands on the steamer Alameda. Mr. M ills was succeeded by W illiam Hayward, and with his wife, lie is on his way back to his home in Virginia. Speaking of political affairs in tlie islands Mr. M ills said: “ Annexation is now regarded univer sally by the people of Hawaii as a cer tainty. Their enthusiasm over the annexation movement is more intense now, if Buch a tiling be possible, than it has ever been, and almost every body has an abiding faith in the happy result that they all wisli for and antici pate. It is confidently expected that tlie whole matter w ill be settled when congress meets this fa ll.” MARKET V ery few idle men are seen on the streets of W alla W alla as compared with the number there a week ago. Those w illin g to work secured jobs from ( the farmers, most o f whom are harvest- ! ing fa ll blast T b e berry-pickers around Lake What com are bringing into Whatcom 100 gallons of w ild blackberries every night. One n ght Iasi week 131 gallons were , brought in. The berries retail at 60 cents a gallon. A raft of 846,000 feet of logs has ¡ been received at Port Townsend. The logs are to be cut into lumber and nsed i in building a wharf that will he nsed | in connection with the building of the foritfleations at Marrows tons point by tbe Pacific Bridge Company. i The important factor in wheat last week was the large foreign demand. A lesser influence was the appearance of the July bulls as large buyers of the September. The general view of the trade is that the situation is favorable for compara tively high prices. The fact that the market lias had w ithin a fortnight an advance of 10c per bushel, and that the new orop movement has not fairly started to keep, however, an influential party in the field. As to the final out come of the situation, it is remarkable how close speculators are together. Their differences are hardly more than as to tbe tim e for an advance and its extent. Receipts of new wheat at Chicago are away under last year’s. The big Kan sas orop shows in the arriavls at Kansas C ity, which, without being so very large, are a good deal over 12 months ago, yet the foreigners have taken all of this Kansas wheat they could get. None o f it is m oving toward Chicago, unless it is to go through to the otliei side. The small receipts are more sig nificant because July is 4c over Septem ber, an incentive to rush the grain here. Furthermore, Chicago July is lc and 1 *4c over St. Louis, Toledo or Detroit. The completed crop movement last year developed that the 1896 w inter wheat yield was very muoh less than anybody had assumed it to be. W ith July al most ended the receipts this year at Chicago are vastly less than last, the w eek’s shipments exceeding the ar rivals. Our visible supply showed an in crease of 1,782,000 bushels, and now totals 17,814,000 buahels, agaiflst 46,- 754.000 bushels a year ago this time. The foreigners took freight room in two days last week for as much wheat as w ill be received at all the primary markets in a fortnight. It is certainly nothing against the market that there is a clever active bull interest in it. This has made it somewhat uncom fortable for the professional short selleis. Thege latter have found out that there was somebody to meet their raids. The long line has not, however, been large enough to be threatening, and the tactics have at no tim e been offensive. It looks as if the July would go out at a moderate premium over the September, and as if the campaign would be continued through September. THE R IS E IN SUGAR TRUST STOCK E X P L A IN E D . C au se L ie s In th e Knot T h a t t h e TnuS H a d Im p o rt e d 70 0 ,0 0 0 T o n s o f S > e S u g a r U n d e r th e L o w T a r i f f a a 4 W i l l M a k e a n lu n u e n s e 1‘ ro flt o a I t . X. F. P a r s o n s . Special C orrespondent. Washington, D. C .— W hy has tha sugar trust stock advanoed so enormotie- ly during the past fortnight, and espec ially since the action of the tariff oosi- ference on this subject became known? Does the tariff bill give to tbe aagar trust any undue advantages and if not is there any oilier cause for the advance in the stocks of the trust? These are inquiries which every citi zen is making, and properly. They are iiertinent to the oocasion. I t ia right that he should make them, and it is right that they should be aan- wered, and answered frankly. Now what ia tbe cause? Does the bill give the trust any s««cret and mye- terious advantages of which the pnblie does not know in detail? A re Chair man Dingley, Representative Payne, Senator Allison and others mistaken when they say it does not? T h e people w ill not believe that these men in whose long publio career there has been no suspicion of dishonesty, are w ilfully and knowingly misstating the facta or making assertions that are not baaed u [«in facts, or at least what they be lieve to be facts. These men assert that the tariff ratee of the bill give the refiners no more protection than the actual cost of refin* ing, v iz .: One-eighth o f a cent per pound. Nobody who knqws the men making this assertion w ill believe that they are stating other than what they believe to be the truth. The queation then is as to whether they are mis taken, whether, to use the term of the day, they have been “ buncoed” by tbe sugar trust or by experts upon whom they have to rely for their information. I f not, is there any other cause which would legitim ately result in the ad vance in sugar trust stock as has been the case? It was generally conceded when the bill passed tbe house that it was not in any way advantageous to the trust, but that on the contrary it took away front it th«> advantages which it had under the Wilson law. As the b ill left tbe house the rates on refined sugar were 12 4 cents per hundred pounds higfaer P o r t la u d M a r k e t s . than the rates on raw sugar. Off W heat— W alla W alla, 7B@77c; V a l course the rates on different gmdee ley, 79c per bushel. of raw sngar are different, bnt taking Flour— Best grades, $4; grabam, the number of pounds of any grade $3.50; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. which were required to make a hundred Oats— Choice white, 38@40c; ohoice pounds o f refined sugar it was found gray, 37 @ 89c per bushel. that the rates were on an average of Barley— Feed barley, $16<§ 16.60; 12 4 cents per hundred pounds less than brewing, $18@19 per ton. those on refined sugar. This means M illstuffs— Bran, $14 per ton; that the refiners of the country, whether middlings, $21; shorts, $16.50. in the trnst or ont of it. were allowed n H ay— Tim othy, $12.60; clover, difference of 12 4 cents per hundred $10@11; California wheat, $10@ ponnd», or one-eighth o f a cent per 11; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9@ pound difference between raw sjgar 10 per ton. when imported, thus giving them an Eggs— 12 }4 @ 13c per dozen. opportunity to import raw sugar at one- Butter— Fancy creameky, 86 @ 40o; eighth o f a cent a pound lees than tbe fair to good, 30c; dairy, 26 ® 80c per rates at which refined sugar can be roll. imported. Since it is generally conced Cheese— Oregon, ll> £ o ; Young ed that the cost o f refining sugar ia not Am erica, 12.'s c; California, 9@ 10c per less than about one-eight o f a cent m- pound. pound, it is apparent that the raise Poultry— Chickens, mixed, $2.60@ really given to the sugar refiners axe 3.0 pt-i dozen; broilers, $ 1.60@8.00; sim ply the bare difference l>etween re geese, $3@4; ducks, $2.60@3 per dozen; fine«! and unreflued sugars or the ceei ** turkeys, live, 1 0 @ llc per pound. of refining. P otato«».— Oregon Burbanks, 36(3 W h ile the rates adopted by the east- 45c per >ack; new potatoes, 60c pel ate undoubtedly were more advantage sack; sweets, $ 1.90@2.26 per cental. ous to the sugar refiners, those finally Onion.— California, new, red, $1.26; agreed upon by the conferees made pre yellow , $1.60 per cental. cisely the same difference between raw Hops— 1 0 ( 0 , i l ^ o per pound for new and refined sugars that the house mad* crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c. when it was passed by that body. Thff W ool— Valley, ll@ 1 8 c per pound; conference report did increase ratee OB Eastern Oregon, 7@9c; mohair, 20c refined sugar slightly, bnt it also in per pound. creased the rates on raw sugar, than Mutton— Gross, best sheep, wethers making the difference in the rate off and ewes, 2 V4'@ 2 ^ c ; dressed mutton, duty between raw and refined, or tbe 4t$c; spring lambs, 5,^ per pound. "d iffe re n tia l,” as it is called, precisely Hogs— Gross, choice heavy, $4; light what the house b ill made it originally. and fe v e r s , $2.50@8; dressed, $8@ If, however, the conference report 4.26 [ter 100 pounds. •eallv gave the sugar trust no advant- Beef— Gross, top steers, $2.76(98; ige, w h y was it that sugar trust sfeoeb cows $2.26; dressed beef, 4@ 6?^c per idvanoed during the tim e that the bill pound. was in consideration by tlie conferee# V eal— Large, 8 )^ (9 4 ){c ; small, 6@ ind after it a as made public? This la 6jgc per ponnd. a pertinent and proper queation S e a ttle M a r k e t s . The answer to this is simple enough. Butter— Fancy native creamery, Tbe sugar trust, knowing that tbe new bill would certainly advance the rote brick, 18c; ranch, 10(812c. Cheese— Native Washington, 10® of duty on sugar as a protection te American producers, has been bringing 11c; California, S.^c. into the country as rapidly as possible Eggs— Fresh ranch, 18@19o. Poultry— Chickens, live, per pound, sugar in enormons quantities, getting hens, lOOfcJlc; spring chickens, $2 it in of conrse. under the comparatively low rates o f the Wilson law. It has @3.50; ducks, $2.60@3.76. scoured tbe world for sugar and had Wheat— Feed wheat, $24 per ton. in stock by tlie tim e the conference Oats— Choice, per ton, $21. Corn— W hole, $20; cracked, per ton, report was presented to tlie publio over 700,000 tons o f raw sugar, or ia $20; feed meal, $20 per ton. Barley— Rolled or ground, per ton, round numbers, 1,500,000,000 pounds. Enough sugar with which to load 70,- $1»; whole, $18.60. Fresh Meats— Choice dressed beef, 000 cars, or 3,600 freight trains of SO steers, 6c; cows, 6 }{c ; mutton sheep, cars each. It was thus perfectly apparent tbat 6c; pork, 01%°! veal, small, 6. Fresh Fish— Halibut, 4>^c; salmon, the trust would make whatever profit 4@ 6c; salmon trout, 7@10c; flounders there was between the tariff rates of and sole, 3@ 4; ling cod, 4@ 6 ; rock the Wilson law and the increased tariS rates named by the Dingley law, or an cod, 6c; smelt, 2>^@4c. aggregate profit calculatedat about $13,- Han F r a a c ln c o M a r k e t « . 000,000. Is it surprising that sugar W ool— Choice foothill, 9(9 12c; Kan trust stock went up in view of the test Joaquin, 6 months’ 8@10c; do year’s that this organization would make stsple, ?(99 c ; mountain, 10@18c; Ore upon the sugar which it had brongbt gon, 10(9 13c per ponnd. into the country $12,000,000 by tbe Hops— 8@ 12c per ponnd. mere advance which it could make on M illstu ffs— Middlings, $18.60(932; its stock of sugar after the final passage i California bran, $15(916.60 per ton. of the bill? Hay— Wheat,$12 (9 16; wheat and oat, Currency reform it to he the next $11(914; oat, $10(912; river barley, undertaking of the Republican adminis $7(98; beet barley, $9<9U ; alfalfa, tration now that the tariff reform is an $7(98.60 clover, $7.50(99. accoropliehod fact. Potatoee— New, in boxes, 80@40c. Onions— New red, 70(980c; do new Advices from abroad confirms the re eilverskin, 86c(9$l per cental. ports tbat the great grain-prodnoieg Fresh fruit— Apples, 20 <(* 30c per sections of the world ontside off the small bos; do large box, 85® 76c Royal United States are having light erapni apricots, 20® 86c common cherries, this year, while the prospect of an na 16(A26c; Royal Anne cherries, 26®40o ns 11 a I yield in the United ,States ntabaa per box; currants, $1.00® 1.60 per it now certain that tbs farmers w ill cbeet; peaches, 36® 60c; pears, 30® find the year 1897 an unusually proe- 90s; cherry plums, 20®80c per box. psrous one.