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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
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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.