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W A S H IN G T O N li SODICI IB M MINERS tò ~ ^ ^ ì 7 " W H EA T W ENT TO A COUNTY HATCHET. D O L L A R .' « •„ , i u s„ ,u f u r O b - R r l c . R e a c h ».,t T h a t M a r k l a S e v e r a l •truetlns R o a d s . KM 3tern C i t i » « . Pittsburg, An,. >>q I, Semimonthly Trips to the among the s t r i l t . , Wa8 reP°rted Minneapolis, M inn., Aug. 23. — to be e,acre, ' X th ,t was W heat sold for $1 a b u s h e l iu M inne- A Resume of Events in the Klondike Region. a(silis today. When September option o b s tru e n t ? e t ' a U w rT Northwest. ‘on townshiprTie1 ,sti!LUm 11,1,1 Pat' went to 90 cents C harles A. P illsb u rv offered $1 spot for 1.200 bushels Jf agree t o e x c h a n g e o f m a i l s Old No. 1 N orthern, w hich is selling at a premium. T he offer was accepted. E V I D E N C E O F S T E A D Y G R O W T H Jam es M arshall offered the same price i « m a il » ’* r r o p o a l t l a n F o r m a l l y A c c e p t . - . e t h f °a1 1 1,1 ^ V S K ; for 5,000 bushels, but it has not yet , d by A c t i n g P o s t m a s t e r - G e n e r a l on I A , f o r " few -lays. been accepted. 8 « w i G a t h e r e d In A l l t h e T o w n , a f New Y o r k ^ p ? rtT res*‘n t'" g tiie grti»ir t h e U n i t e d S t a t e » . Our N e ig h b o r in g s t a t e .— lin p r o T * - A b o v e t h e D o l l a r M a r k . the or, 'eve I and Company, savs m e n t In A l l I n d u . t r l a « — W a s h in g t o n . Washington, Aug. 28.—The Cana- K'eat andD Philadelphia, P a.. Aug. 28.— The f.m ,’loyin* ‘‘eputies is dinn anti th e U nited States govern* w i l l '^ Seven oents is now paid for fish in th ® or,ll‘r of the court w heat m arket was the most exciting ments have agreeti to co-operate in aug* u 1 be enforced rigidly and at once ever experienced in tiie history of the Blaine. 1 meDting the postal facilities of the i 'i I w t h T ? . , " 0l leuve’ DeArmitt exchange. Q uotations jum ped up 4 J4o The season for shooting ducks and petition the court to issue attach and brought the price beyond th e dollar geese began on th e 15th inst. I Klomlik'* region, and the result will shortly he evidenced in a substantial “ td ho» COntt " ‘pt- Th,‘ "I'eriff has mark. There were sales of No. 2 rent H uckleberries from tiie Blue m oun ! doubling of the m ail service from the e e w t h " ’ “ ““ he " ouM n‘“ f'te r- at $1 .01 and No. 2 P ennsylvania red is tains are selling in Dayton for 50 cents iere w uh th - campers, but will not per quoted at $1.02. T his is the highest a gallon. I oowt into th a t d istric t. Canada mad« quotation in many years. t proposition for exchange of m ails at m it the strikers on the highways. « ____________ The Star route daily mail service be- Circle City and Dawson C ity, agreeing Pi t r ahy t ! °al oompauies of the In th e C h ic a g o P it . tween Blaine and New W hatcom will Fittsburg district have signed the uni- w perform th e service from Dawson Chicago, Aug. 23.—Today 9 0 ^ to be re-established Septem ber 1. City to Dyea by m eans of a contract ol tommy agreement. !’0 5-8 cents was bid for Septem ber The assessm ent tif Douglas county her own, w ith reim bursem ent to be D eputies W e re O u tw itte d . wheat at tiie opneing of ’change. Even th is year is increased nearly $1,000,000 i made by this governm ent for its share Pittsburg, Aug. 23.—This morning at this price an adavnee of 31^ cents over the valuation of last or any previ ,f the service. ine striking miners encamped at T urtle This differs from th is country's prop- Creek stole a march on the deputies since yesterday, offerings were few and ous year. far between and th e m arket quickly sition in th a t under the latter the guarding the Oak Hill mine. W hile The co n stitu tio n ality of th e grain in ran up to 91 % cents. Then th e bears spection act, passed by th e legislature United States was to let th e oontract the deputies were watching for a d e rallied. F o rtunately holders of wheat i nod look to C anada for reim bursem ent tachment of campers to appear on the let go in sufficient q u an tities to relieve of 1895, is to be tested in the suprem e court. j (or the la tte r’s share. T he counter mad to the mines, the strikers were the tension and th e price declined to The asssessor has completed th e gheroe, however, is satisfactory to the making a long detour so as to approach 89 7-8 oents. A t noon th e m arket be assessment rolls for Whatcom «sounty. i postoftice departm ent here. the mouth of the pit from the other gan to advance again, and «oon su r The total am ount of property is $10,- The Canadian service provides for side, and they succeeded in getting passed by a cent tiie early advance, 288,578, of which $748,000 is personal I (he exchange of m ails at F o rt Cudahy there without being observed. When September going to 92 cents. property. ! jnd two other stations between Daw- the deputies commanded by Deputy The N orthern Pacific Railway Com ! -on City and Dyea. T he exact route is i 8tieriff Hanna appeared, a copy of the O ne D o lla r at N e w Y o rk . [ not out.ined, but in all probability it injunction was read to John Large, New York, Aug. 23.— W heat opened pany became owner of 9,000 more acres »ill strike off direotly southw ard from leader of the strikers, and tliev left the amid th e greatest excitem ent a t 8 ^ of land in Chelialis county, having re | Dawson City, w hioh is on th e British place. to 4 cents adavnee over last night. corded a governm ent p aten t for th a t am ount of land lust week. side of the line, down to Dyea. At The strikers express the belief th at September sold at the same in stan t all The Island County H o rticu ltu ral So present, the d istric t gets th e benefit ol one of the mines to be operated by the the way from 97 to 9 ( cents in different mails once a m onth. T he new arrange mineowners in their effort to break parts of th e pit. Traders were fairly ciety has m et aud decided to hold a ment will furnish an additional ser the strkie will be the Plum Creek mine, Motous in th eir efforts to buy w heat. fair at Coupeville about th e m iddle of vice, giving sem i-m onthly m ails, the and that the miners now at work at At 1:40 P. M. there was much excite September. The executive com m ittee trips probably being sandwiched be- Oak Hill and Sandy creek will betaken m ent in the wheat p it on th e produce is busy selecting premiums. T he fair 1 tween the dates designated in th e pres- to Plum Creek and the other two mines exchange when September wheat sold will be larger and w ill be continued | ent contract of th e U nited States. closed down. To offset this move tiie a t $1. Tiie strengtli was due to talk of longer than last year. Canada’s proiiosition for carrying strikers will go to caniD at Plum Creek. 1,000,000 bushels being taken for ex The state land com missioner is pre I the mails one round trip a m onth be paring a schedule of th e state school Lvetything was quiet about Plum port. tween Dawson C ity and Dyea was for- Creek this morning. The strikers fol and granted lands in each county of the B U Y IN G C U B A N E S T A TE S . state. These lists are to be posted in | mally accepted th is afternoon by Act- lowed out tiie programme outlined by ________ t the oounty au d ito r’s offioe of th e sev mi! Postmaster-General Shallenberger, Captain Bellingham, and sent men ind the C anadian governm ent notified singly and in pairB to patrol the roads. G e r m a n s W i l l G o in f o r C o ff e e P l a n t i n g , eral counties for inform ation of those A b a n d o n in g S u g a r. seeking to lease. A schedule for Y aki if the action. In the com m unication, The deputies did not interfere with this government is stated to be ready them. London, Ang. 23.— The correspond ma has already been com pleted, and ' loassume its share of th e responsibil- ent of the Chronicle, in a letter from other counties w ill be taken up as fast T h e C onference C o ncluded. ! ity. and Canada is urged to put the Cuba, tells of fu rth er cruelty and dis as possible. Columbus, O., Aug.. 23. — The tress in th e island. He says th e pa- wrvioe into operation a t th e earliest B etter wages are being paid at pres ole moment. Dyea, which is 100 miners’ officials have adjourned, after citicos are dying by th e hundreds, u n ent for harvest hands th an ever before miles alxive Ju n e au , on L ynn canal, having mapped out a statem ent to the til th e ir bodies ta in t the a ir close to a | in the history of A dam s county. tnd Dawson C ity w ill be declared in ter elfedt^that tiie time has come for united Spanish fort. The correspondent re Farm ers have bid as high as $3 per day m arks th a t a private letter has been for help to do th e same work th a t had national postal exchange offices. The action by the labor oragniztiaons. received at H avana from Senor Sagasta, been done in tb e past for $1.50, and not British m ails w ill be carried by the DeffigiiN U p o n t h e L i f e o f D i a z . j the liberal leader in Spain, in w hich h alf enough men could be secured even j United States from V ictoria to Dyea. St. Louis, Aug. 23.—A special to the at th a t figure. A ll spring-sown grain Thiservice w ill bring about the crea Globe-Democrat from San Antonio, he says: “ Tiie atrocities are raising a th rill of is now ripe, and in order to save it tion of a postoffice a t Dawson City, and Tex., sr.ys: F. B. Gonzales, editor of 1 alio at F ort C udahy, F o rty Mile, and El Grito del Pueblo, a Spanisli paper horror in Europe, and I fear it is im farm ers m ust harvest soon. probably at oth er points, although j published in the town of Beeville, is in possible to raise a fresh loan, w ith o ut The hay crop in th e K ittitas valley , these mentioned are beyond Dawson receipt of a letter of recent date from which we cannot retain C uba.” is pretty well cut and is rapidly getting Tiie correspondent fu rth e r says: into th e bale. D uring Ju ly 85 car tit)-. Tiie service w ill be under the an influential friend in Mexico, in immediate supervision of th e Canadian ! which it is stated that the authorities “ G erm an syndicates are buying the loads, of 10 tons each, a to tal of 860 mounted police, and th e carriers will have discovered an . Italian anarheist devastated estates at nominal sums tons, were shipped, most of it going to be equipped witli dogs and sledges, and who lias just arrived in th at country, and intend to go in extensively for P uget sound. This m o n th ’s ship will have Indian drivers The first with the intention of taking tiie life of coffee planting, abandoning sngar. This m ents will still be heavier, and as the nntract will lie a t least one year. President Diaz. Tiie anarchist, tiie w ill directly concern th e U nited States price has ranged from $7.50 to $9, it Wherever the B ritisli m ails can be ex- . letter says is kept under the strictest and F rench sugar trasts, and wiil prob has brought a good deal of money into edited by carry in g them over the surveillance and will be arrested the ably lead to extensive sugar-growing th e valley. The prospects are go«Ml for the price going still higher. present Circle C ity route between the ! first demonstration he makes, or as in Georgia and F lo rid a.” dates of the new service th is w ill be soon as the chain of evidence can he An im portant m eeting of shingle And A V itr io l T h ro w e r b y P r o x y . done. lum ber m anufacturers was held in T a linker! a little closer. The letter is Chicago, Ang. 23.—Charged with Last April an order was issued by from an official in the City of Mexpico, conspiracy to destroy the beauty and coma last week, for th e purpose of the postoffice d ep artm en t discontinuing and Mr. Gonzales vouches for his reli possibly the life of his wife by vitriol, adopting a uniform list and to prevent Star shingles »steamboat m ail service from Seattle ability. It is believed that the anarch Dr. Jam es O. Ducker has been arrested th e cu ttin g of prices. toJnnean, beginning A pril 18. This ist who has marked President Diaz for and held by Justice Underwood in were set at $1.30 to $1.35, d e a r at order lias now been modified to read his victim belongs to tiie bloody band lionds of $3,500 for a prelim inary hear $1.40 to $1.45, w ith th e usual differ "omit service from th a t date to the whose aim is to assassinate the rulers ing tomorrow. The sensational story ences on lower grades. An advance of list of this m onth, when th e perform- of all the great nations, and th at his w hich resulted in the arrest of th e doc $1 per 1000 was m ade on cedar and uiceof the service is to be resum ed.” coming to America is in pursuance of a tor was told by Charles E. H ill who spruce siding, and all other grades of dressed and rough lum ber were held at general plan. claims th a t he was engaged by th e phy th e p rev ailin g scale of tiie larger m ills. sician to throw the vitriol in the M irliael A n g io lillo G arro tert. q u e en W ill C a rry a H otel. T he total cargo shipm ents for Ju ly w om an’s face. Tiie agreem ent, as re from 11 of th e leading m ills of W ash Seattle, Aug. 23.— A t 6:30 tonight, San Sebastian, Aug. 28. — Michael lated by him , was th a t he should take ington show 30,486,493 feet of lum ber the Al-Ki sailed for Dyea and Skaguay. Angiolillo, who shot and killer! Senor a package to Mrs. Ducker and then and 4,894,762 lath, of w hich 15,768,- She carried 145 passengers and 600 Canoavs del Castillo, prime m inister throw the acid. He first m ade a pre Ions of freight. A m ong th e cattle on of Spain, was executed at 11 o'clock lim inary investigation and m et Mrs. 499 feet of lum ber were foreign, an in crease over Ju n e of 6,000,000 feet. this morning, according to the sentence board were 25 long-horned steers. Ducker. He says th a t her beauty an d Shortly after th e collier W illam ette of th» court-martial imposed upon him m anner made him ashamed of him self O reg o n . Itft for Dyea, th e passengers organized Monday last. Angiolillo heard calmly and lie told her th e story. Lane county w arrants are selling a t the news that he was to tie executed to hr police protection, th e organization 102 cents on th e dollar. Sting named th e W illam ette and K lon day, but appeared surprised at and b it S w a l l o w e d H I* F a l s e T o o t h . Seven c a rlo a d s'o f old w heat were terly complained of the frequent visits dike Protective Society. Care was W ichita, K an., Ang. 23.—O. T. ■ken to prevent fire and all suspicious of the priests, d eclarin g they would Simons, a well-known real estate brok shipp«*! from Sheridan last week. A Polk county farm locate«! near A n »cters were w atched. Before the obtain nothing from him. An execu- er, died here from th e effects of sw al toat readied Dyea, eig h t suspected men , tioner from Bourges performed the gar- lowing a plate of three false teeth three tioch was sold for $10,000 last week. ! roting, just |irior to which a priest ex- years ago. The post mortem disclose«! kad been im prisoned. T he foundry a t Oswego has started ! horted the anarchist to repent, to which the fact th a t the teeth were still lodged up on a twn weeks' order, and may run ^Valentine scrip jum ped in price to Angiolillo responded: in the esophagus. T his peculiar acci longer. ’»and $45 per acre, as the resu lt of “ Since you cannot get me out of p ri T he board of m anagem ent of the 'be rash to th e K londike gold fields, son, leave me in peace. 1 myself will dent made it impossible for Simons to eat ordinary food, and forced him to Com mercial Association of U m atilla krge blocks of scrip have been sold in settle with God.” live entirely on liquids. .T he swallow county has decided to send an ex h ib it -is city, the in ten tio n being to locate The execution took place in tiie pri ing of liquid food always caused intense of U m atilla products to the Spokane erty at Skaguay. N ext Sunday son at Vergara. ______ ___ pain. E ventually his stomach rebelled fru it fair. ~ steamer Queen leaves for St. An injunction has been granted by against food of any sort, and he liter ichaels, w ith lum ber. T he A. S. H e r C lo t h e s C a u g h t K lre. Ju d g e F u llerto n against Coos county, ally starved to death. Lumber Com pany sends the San Francisco, Aug. 23. — Maggie restraining th e sheriff from selling th e -me and lum ber all fitted to build a Gnoterslat, a girl 19 years of age, had C a t H I. O w l T h r o a t. property of th e Southern Oregon com 1 there to accom m odate 150 people. a narorw escape from burning to death Seattle, Aug. 23.— H ugh T. W il pany, attached for delinquent taxes. Queen w ill reach th e re in three last night, and only saved her life bv liams, a well-known character in th e There are 26,000 acres plante«! in ■ski, plunging headlong into a watering butter business and known as the prunes in Oregon— 15,000 of them in Deputy Sheriff C alderhead has a let- trough to extinguish her flaming gar “ Cow -Butter M an,” cut his th ro at th is th e W illam ette valley, 6,500 in the - bom ex-Deputy A dam B aker, dated ments. She was a domestic at 1.9 m orning in an ineffectual attem p t at Rogue River valley. The coast coun *y, A ugust 7. H e w en t on the Noe street, and was using turpentine self-destruction. H e is ill w ith typhoid ties and E astern Oregon have 2,000 -lie. T he passengers formed a and oil before a gas jet. The m a tu re fever, and th is m orning tried to shave acres. -Psny to unload. T rouble ensued caught fire, and in her fright th* girl him self w ith a razor w h ile th e nurse A m iner arrived in Marshfield a few • •ns man assum ing to boes. The upset the stuff on her dollies. In a was away. He shave«! one side of his days ago from th e Salmon M ountain ^tfs drew guns and th e n took their moment she was in fames. Hushing face and then slashed his throat. He to the street she threw herself "to a says he did not w ant to live. H is m ines w ith about five ounces of gold. -ividnal goods ashore. H e had w ith him one nugget worth ^ river, b u t a m ile from camp, is trough in front of a store and rolled in wound may not prove fatal. about $38. H e found the gold on Jo h n ■ feet wide and sw ift, and there is be water until the fire was extinguish- son creek. She sustained severe burns and R e p o r t W » ■ It » ( ¿ . r a t e d . — ted loss of goods by horses fall- There are nine combined harvesters Silma, Ang. 23.—G eneral Blood, the current. Packs m ust be ent may not recover.__________ _ operating in Sherm an and G illiam commander of the B ritish forces operat to save th e horses. Several C a n o ra « ' Soceeeeor. countiee. By th is method of harvtMt- 'were drow ned A u g u s ts and 7. San Sebastian. Aug. 23 . - T h e queen ing against the insurgent tribesm en on ing, farm ers near th e railroad are en 1 men are sellin g outfits a t less regent to lay coiVerred the premiership tiie frontier, has reached G alagai.w ith- abled to sta rt th e ir m achinery and ■oost. T h irty m en are building a uis.n General Azcarraga. who is also ont opposition. He reports th e village team s going in th e m orning and by ; half a m ile up. I t is a private minister of war. T h ecab .n et w ill not desertetd and adds th a t reports of th e noon have th e ir w heat in th e ware Afridas rising are exaggerated. All would be w ell if th e pros- houses. be modified. would w ork together. E ngineer J. G. Holcombe is making G r a d u a l 1 7 O e t t l a g J a p a n ' s T r a d e . preparations to survey th e Tillam ook C o tto n M ill« * * * * * Washington. Aug. 23.— A statem en t I * 1^ r -M iu h a H a t c h w a y t o D e a t h . Manchester, N. H ., Aug. 23.— No- prepared by th e treasury departm ent and Nehalem bar*. A lfred W illiam s ^ Townsend, Aug. 23. — John and Fred A rth u r have engaged to aseist - s sailor on the B ritish ship Cor- ticSl were issued tolay that the Amoa- shows th a t for the first tim e in th e h is in m aking tb e soitnding. It is done keag cotton m ills w ill start up Septenr.^ tory ot trade relation* with Japnn, th e Which arrived yesterday to load The Amnskeag m ills employ United Btates is en titled to be con w ith a view of preparing an estim ate »t Tacoma for th e U nited King- for th e im provem ent of th e bars. sidered as a serious com petitor w ith fell through a hatchw ay of the about 15,000 opeartives. E lk and deer hunters on tbe Lower Europe. A recent British report from i morning and broke h is neck. N ehalem and Salmon berry rivers report , V H A uff. 23.—Mill* 2 and ( the legation a t Tokio reviews th e for game very scarce th is year. Two and eign trade of Japan the p u t year. In • e v e r * S t o r m , l a S ile s ia - three y e a n ago elk were so plentiful the supply of m achinery, rails, nails th a t th«y oould be easily tracked, but A n g . 35.— The g reater part and pig-iron, the U nited States assumes ! th is season th ey are so scaroe th a t ha. been visited by severe s leading place. tracks are n ot to be found, only rarely. *nd several persons have been *7 lightning. W EEKLY MARKET LETTER . 8H ER M AN TO JAPAN . 8her“r V D o w n in g , H o p k in s S C o m p a n y 's R e v i e w o f T rad e. W heat solil a t aliove $1 per bushel in all Eastern m arkets during th e past w e«‘k and there are prospects for much higher prices in th e future. T he marked and rapid mlvanoe in values during the week m ust be a t tribute«! to legitim ate influences. S peculation played b u t a m inor p art in causing th e au vance. T he export de mand has lieen th e principal factor in advancing values. The general posi tion of supplied is considerably stronger th an a week ago. The E unqiean re quirem ents for A m erican w heat as estim ated by B radstreel are now 192,- 000,000 bushels as com pared w ith pre vious estim ate of 160,000,000 bushels. E stim ates of A m erican exportable su r plus have lieen som ew hat reduced ow ing to general unfavorable th rash in g returns from th e spring w heat orop of the N orthw est. In th is connection w hile A m erica m ust be congratulattvl ii|xm having a bounteous crop of w heat w ith which to m eet th e increase«! ex- l>ort requirem ents, it m ust not be over looked th a t reserves from previous crops of spring anil w in ter w heat are alm ost en tirely exhaust«*!. It w ill lie im]H>ssible to meet any such export de mand as eetimattxl by European s ta tis ticians and also establish norm al re serves in America. Conditions of su p ply and dem and therefore ap p aren tly w arrant still higher values, b ut th e rapidity of the advances has momen ta rily checked th e export dem and ami some ri'Hction is probable. There are several purely speculative conditions th a t may ujieet expectations aiul result in an u n n atu ral tuivrnce. Stocks of w heat are abnorm ally sm all. The E u ropean shortage has encouraged large speculative purchases. The a«lvance in values has reduced short Belling. The result is a congested m arket, es- pecially for September deliveries. The forward movement of th e w inter wheat orop has lieen sm all considering the large sales for export, and it is now too late for any m aterial accum ulation oi w heat in th is m arket u n til afte r Bep- teinlier. We can only conclude after careful consideration th a t w hile tem porary reaction is n atu ra lly to be ex pected, present values are fu lly w ar ranted, higher values w ill o b tain latei and th a t w heat should be bought on all recessions. P o r tla n d M a rk et* . W heat— W alla W alla, 88@89c; V al ley and Blnestem . 91 <392c per bushel. F lour— Best grades, $4.40; graham , $3.85; superfine, $2.50 per barrel. O ats—Choice w hite, 38@40c; choice gray, 86@ 36c per bushel. Barley— Feeil barley, $17.50(318; brew ing, $18(319 per ton. M illstuffs— B ran, $14 per ton; m iddlings, $21; shorts, $15.50. H ay—Tim othy, $12 @12.50; clover, $10(<tll; C alifornia w heat, $10(3 11; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9(3 10 per ton. Eggs— 10(312i#c per dozen. B u tter— Fancy cream ery, 40(3 45c; fair to good, 35«^ dairy, 25@35c per roll. C heese— Oregon, 11 Young A m erica, 12 ^ c ; C alifornia, 9(3 10c per pound. P o u ltry —Chickens, mixed, $3.50(3 4.00 per dozen; broilers, $1.50(33.00; geese, $8(8)4; ducks, $2.50(38 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1 0 @ llc per pound. P otatoes.—Oregon Burbanks, 85 (3 40c per sack; new potatoes, 50c per sack; sweets, $1.76(32.00 per oental. Onions—California, new, red. $1.25; yellow, $1.50 per cental. Hops— 10(311 per pound for new crop; 1866 crop, 4 (3 6c, Wool— V slley, 14(3 15c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10(313c; m ohair, 20c per pound. M utton—Gross, best sheep, w ethers and ewes, dressed m utton, 4 'j c ; spring lambs, 6V{ per ponml. Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, $4; lig h t and feeders, $2.60(33; dressed, $8(3 4.26 jier 100 pounds. Beef—Gross, top steers, $2.75(38; cows $2.26; dressed beef, 4 (3 5 >gc per pound. V eal—Large, 8@3>^o; sm all, per pound. B e a t t ie M a rk ets. B u tter— Fancy native cream ery, brick, 18c; ranch, 10(312<x Cheese— N ative W aahington, 10(3 li e ; C alifornia, 9.^0. Eggs—Fresh ranch, 19(320o. P oultry—Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 1 0 (3 lie ; sp rin g chickens, $2 @8.60; ducks, $2.50@ 8.75. W heat—Fee«! wheat, $28 per ton. Oats— Choice, per ton, $28. Corn— W hole, $22; cracked, per ton, $22; feed meal, $22 per ton. Barley— Rolled or ground, per ton, $22; whole, $21. F resh M eats—Choice dressed beef, steers, 6c; cows, 5>^c; m utton sheep, 6c; pork, 7c; veal, sm all, 6. F resh F ish — H alibut, 4 t^ c; salm on, 4 (3 5c; salmon trout, 77310o; flounders and sole, 8@4; ling cod, 4@ 6; rock ood, 6c; sm elt, 2>^@4c. ' A n A n sw er to t h e I .a s t M a ta to H a w a ii. W ashington, Aug. 23. — Sherm an has subm itted to tb e J a r governm ent an answer to Ja p a n ’s note rela tin g to th e annexation of waii to th e U nited States. M r. & m an ’s answer is marked by its frien d ly expression toward Jap an . Two features are brought o u t by I answer; I t reiterates th e position heretofore taken by the secretary o i state as to tiie rig h t and propriety off annexing H aw aii to th e U nited S tates; w ith th is, however, is coupled an an- suranoe th a t th e in terests of Ja p an in H aw aii w ill be fu lly safeguarded. It also expresses satisfaction a t tb e p lan of arb itratio n between Japan and H a waii on the question of Japanese im m i gration to H aw aii. The answer is largely an elaboration, of Mr. S herm an's form er lette r, and th e policies express«*! in no way differ from those previously laid down by him . O ne K ille d , S e v e r a l W o u n d e d . New York, Aug. 23.—A d isp a tc h tn th e H erald from C onstantinople dn- scribing th e bomb explosion says: Dy nam ite was hnrled through th e low er windows of th e council house o l tbw sublim e porte by A rm enian h an d s an d tell ju st below the room in w hich th n telegraph office is situated, shaking w ith te rrib le force th e en tire building», b u rstin g w alls and shooting up throng!» th e floor above, w hich it lifted olenr away, and finally perforating th e roo! w ith holes like those of a pepper-boa. Every window in th a t p a rt of t h e building was sm ashed, tfie glass cover ing the broad oorridor leading to th a grand vizierate being broken in to an. extraordinary fineness, showing h o w severe the oonousaion had been. One person was killed and seventh officials wounded T he bomb m n at have been of a large and coarse kind. E x c lu s io n A c t E v a d e d . N orth Tonawftnda, N. Y ., Ang. S8» — U ncle Sam is being defrauded and th e Chinese exclusion aot evaded a l m ost every day along th e N iagara boM- tier. L ately th e operations off tb o sm ugglers have inoreased in volum e rap id ly ttiat th e federal officers haw become alarm ed. The smugglers seem to be well in formed as to th e m ovem ents of tb o offi cers, and through inform ation t a r nished them , presum ably by spies, have been able to avoid all tra p s aoR The interdicted im m ig ran ts are brought acrosss th e N iagara fro n tie r in oonaid- erable num bers. W hen th ey raaoik th is oity they are taken under cover off darkness to a certain laundry, whoso they are “ p lan ted ” u n til arrangoaaoBto oan be made to send them to interior cities. , K n o c k e d O v e r b o a r d in E xelteaeeoS . Sau Francisco, Ang. 23.— E arly th is m orning, w hile th e schooner Christina Stebbins, inw ard-bound w ith a cargo of lum ber, was passing P o in t Bonita ia a dense fog, another vessel was sudden ly sighted bearing down upon h er. Tbo scluxiner was im m ediately p u t shout and th e danger averted, b u t m eantime th e foreboom, in sw inging around, struck A. N ording and knooked bins overboard. T he blow broke h is right arm and alm ost scalped him , b u t, be ing a good sw im m er, he m anaged t o keep afloat u n til pioked up by n boot from the schooner th ree-q u arters of aa hour afte r the aooident. I t reqnitod 17 stitches to close th e wonnd oa hie scalp a t th e w ater-fro n t receiving hos pital. S u it on Ita U p w a rd R I m . Saginaw, M ich., Aug. 28. — T h * M ichigan S alt Association has ad vanced th e price of sa lt in a ll tbo m arkets of th e W est 6 cents a barrel, and in th e home m arket 8 cents a bar rel, which brings th e price up relative ly th e sam e in all m arkets. The MOW prices are; Packers, 68c; No. 1 steam , 63c; No. 2 steam , 58c; H a 1 granulated, 48c a barrel; d airy and solar rem ain a t th e form er prioe. Balt' is m oving fairly and in good demand, and it was th o u g h t advisable to ad vance th e prioe because th e am oaat on hand is much less th an a t this time» last year, and th e prospects far the fu tu re bright. F i i t f f d und D Io d . Middlesboro, K y .( Aug. 28.— Lena C ollins W orth, of C laiborne oonnty, T enn., is dead from th e effects off a 58- day fast. She has been starv in g her self to death under a vow. She q bar reled w ith her husband, th ey separ ated, and she vowed she would la st u n til he returned to her. Efforts off friends and relatives to force h er to eat have been of no avail. T o K lo n d ik e b y T r o lle y C ar. Taooma, Aug. 28.— Among th e pun* sengers on th e C ity of K ingston lav A laska last n ig h t, F ra n k M cCormiok, of D u lu th , a representative Of the Gen eral E lectric Company, is said to hnvn gone w ith th e idea of looking in tn th e feasibility of b u ilding an electric lin n through th e pass to th e gold regions, B an F r n a e le e o M a r k e t * . establishing electric light and pew SR W«x>l—Choice foothill, 9@12c; San p lan ts, etc. Joaquin, 6 m onths’ 8(3 lOo; do y ea r’s A T r a m p Fl@ nd L y n c h e d . staple, 7(39c; m ountain, 11 @ 18c; O re Chicago, Aug. 28. — An nnknow B gon, 10@13c per pound. tram p was captured and lynched thin Hope— 6@10o per pound. M illstuffs — M iddlings, $18.50@22; afternoon by infuriated farm ers n ea r M anheim . T he tram p had aaaaalted m C alifornia bran, $14@16 per too. Onions— New red, 70@80o; do new wom an, and beat her in a terrible manner. silverakin, 76c@90c per oental. Potatoes— New, in boxes, 40(360«. A S u b m a r in e R a n t f . e a n e b a d - F resh fru it— Apples, 40(365c pet B altim ore, Aug. 28.—T h e . large box; apricota, 20(840c; F o ntain- bleau grapes, 20@80c; m uscats, 40(3 a subm arine craft, waa launched o0c; black, 20@80c; tokay, 40@50e; a t th e yards of th e Colum bian iia a peachea, 26@ 50c; pears, 20(340 per work, in th e preaenoe of a large crowd box; plum s, 20@ 40c; crab apples, 16@ of interests«! sp ectato rs Mias M irriaaa Lake, d au ghter of the inventor, K ita ta ■Ac. H ay— W heat,$12(§ 18; w h eat and oat, Lake, christened th e strange craft. $11 @14; oat, $10@ 12; riv er barley, H a rv a rd S tn d e a te . $7@ 8; heat barley, $ 9 0 1 2 ; alfalfa, O ut of th e 400 young ms $ 7 0 8 .6 0 clover, $ 7 .5 0 0 8 .6 0 . Cheeaa Fancy m ild, new, 8e; (air from H arvard college th is year n o t n s intends to take up th e stndy of th m ln p i to good, 7 k c per pound.
