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VOL. XI. LEBANON OB EG OX, APBIL 15, 1897. SO. 7. i wjjHt iek From All Parts of the New World and the Old. OP INTEREST TO OUR READERS asmauwlkaiislva R-rtew f tit Import am Happening f tn Past Week CmUtd rwm tn Telegrapfe Colunnt. Carter Harrison has been elected mayor of Chicago. The president has named Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, to be assistant secretary of the navy. The board of control of the state of Washington unanimously appointed J. B. Catron warden of the penitentiary at Walla Walla. The London Truth says that it learns that Queen Victoria is doing her best to secure the appointment of Francis Joseph Batten burg as governor of Crete. The Oregon City land office, in an swer to numerous letters of inquiry, announces that no date has yet been announced by the president for the opening to the public of the Klamath reservation. It is reported that the foreign am bassadors at Constantinople have drawn up a broad scheme of autonomy for Crete, giving the assembly power to choose a governor, to be afterward approved by the sultan, and granting; other concessions. A London dispatch says the arch bishop of Canterbury will personally deliver into the hands of Mr. Bayard, on the latter's return to London, the log of the Mayflower, which the con aistorial court recently decided to pre sent to the United States. There is a scarcity of onions in the California markets. Dealers say that all the California onion crop was ship ped as soon as gathered to the Eastern and Southeastern states, and that a corner has been effected in the Wash ington and Oregon crop. The prisoners in the Clatsop county Jail at Astoria, dug a hole under an old sink in the jail and some of them made an effort to escape. Sheriff Hare ar rived just in time to catch Peter Fus tin, who had crawled, through the hole and hidden under the sidewalK. William Rothlage, an inmate of the county jail at Union, committed sui cide in his cell, by hanging. He was insane and. was in jail waiting to be transported to Salem. The body was taken to La Grande for burial, in ac cordance with the last request of the deceased. The Bupreme courtroom in Washing ton, D. C, and the corridors without were crowded with spectators, attracted by the appearance of William J. Bryan as covin pel in a case. The case on hearing involved the constitutionality of the law of the state of JCebraska to regulate railroads, to classify freights and to fix rates. - The city authorities of Memphis, Tenn. , have issued an appeal for aid for the sufferers along the submerged Mis sissippi valley. The Turkish porte is endeavoring to negotiate with the Ottoman bank for a loan of f 200,000, for the purchase of cannon, but it is not believed the at tempt will be successful. A body of coolies numbering 5,000, who struck recently against an increase of taxes, engaged in an anti-foreien demonstration in Shanghai , China. Two men were killed, and it was neces sary to call the marines to assist in quelling the riot. The Pacific can factory at Astoria, Or., turned put 22,000,000 cans last year, 8,000,000 of which were shipped to the Sound. Superintendent Kendall says he expects to manufacture more cans this year than last. The company paid $22,000 duty on tinplateon April 1. As a result of the serious disagree ment between President Errazuriz and the minister of the interior, growing out of the appointment by the latter of governors and other officials not satis factory to the president, the entire Chilean cabinet has resigned in order to give the president fall liberty of ac tion. Brads treet's reports that the tin plate factories of the United States are pro ducing at the rate of 280,000 tons, or 4,500,000 boxes a year. The official figures in tons of the decrease in imports from Great- Britain, are as follows: 1893, 225,628; 1894, 226,879; 1895, 222,901; 1896, 113,051, showing a fall ing off of 50 per cent in two years. Governor W. T. Thornton has wired to Washington his resignation as gov ernor of New Mexico. His commis sion will expire on the 15th inst., but he has always declared he would resign as soon as the Borrego gang of conspira tors was executed. Most of the gover nors time for the next year will be spent in the Sonora, Mexico, gold fields. A snowslide occurred at the Corinth mine in .the Slocan country, killing three men and carrying away the head of the Aerial tramway recently erected there. John R. Brown, a hotel pro prietor of a Harrison hot Springs, is thought to have perished in a elide while out prospecting in the Harrison lake district. Brown was tracked to the slide by Indians, but no further trace of him can be found. Great enthusiasm was manifested in Athens, Greece, during the fetes or ganized to celebrate the anniversary of the declaration of 1821 of the inde pendence of Greece from Turkish rule. The scenes throughout the day, al though very brilliant, were lacking in the usual imposing military display, on account of the large number of troops sent to the frontier. The ab sence of pleasant exchange between the people here was also in striking con trast with other years. Otherwise the Otmal customs were followed. GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. Average Condition of the Whvat Crop Below X,ast YMr't. Washington, April 13. The report of the department of agriculture for April makes the average condition of winter wheat 81.4, against 99.5 on December 1, 77.1 last April and 80.5 at the same date in 1895. Leading winter wheat states show as follows: Pennsylvania, 98; Ohio, 88; Michi gan, 85; Indiana, 65; Illinois, 40; Mis souri, 60; Kansas, 80; California, 99. The average rye condition was 88.9, against 82.9 last year. The condition of the soil at the time of seeding was generally favorable throughout the country, a few scattered counties reporting it too dry or too wet, so that by December 1 a crop nearly np to the standard was indicated. The falling off since December was greatest in Illinois, but was strongly shown in eve-y neighboring state. The average of 18 per cent for the whole country is due to the sharp freezes of early winter. Snow covering was ample in the Rooky mountains states and westward, but elsewhere to the East it was scanty. There was little damage along the At lantic slope, where the winter was mild and the favorable indications continue, no important wheat state showing a condition under 95. The condition of winter wheat is re ported below the average in Great Bri tain, France and Holland, because of excessive rains, but favorable in Central and Eastern Europe. In Southern Russia there has been extensive re sowing, but the wet weather has so de layed field work in Western Europe that the spring wheat area will be greatly cut down, the shortage in France alone "being 730,000 pounds. SHE MAY BE BLOWN UP. Steamer Yanulna With a T.ot of Dyna mite, on Sand bar. Hueneme, Cal., April 13. The steamer Yaqnina, in approaching the wharf here at 10 o'clock today, struck a sandbar, opening her seams. She be gan filling, and immediately settled, with only her deck above water. A line was run ashore and efforts made to beach her, but so far she has only been hauled in a short distance. The Taquina is loaded with 200 tons of miscellaneous freight, including ten tons of dynamite for Los Angeles. The weather is fine, but fears are felt that, should the weather become at all bad, the pounding of the ship may explode the dynamite. At 9 P. M. the Taquina was lying in about ten feet of water, on an almost even keel, about sixty feet west of the wharf, and 300 feet from shore. The wind from the west is freshening. At high tide and with more wind she is very apt to craeh into the wharf. Some thirty tons of freight have been landed, but the work has now ceased, awaiting the arrival of the Bonita in the morr ing. COLORADO BAD MAN. A Hardened Convict Kills a Man. Wounds Two and Js Fatally Shot. Cripple Creek, Colo., April 13. A shooting affray occurred this morning at McElroy's hall, in Altman, Colo., in which Jack Cox instantly killed Bob Dailey and wounded Harry Minor and Sam Loshey, and was then shot fatally. After killing Daily, Cox ran into the street, where he met Town Marshal O'Brien, at whom he fired. The mashal returned the fire, shooting Cox, who now lies at the hospital in a dying condition. Th shooting grew out of a quarrel. The men had been gambling and drinking all night. Cox 's a convict pardoned from the peniten tiary by Governor Waite. This is the first murder in the state since the leg islature passed the law abolishing cap ital punishment. m. Senator Toorheci Dead. Washington, April 13. Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, ex-United States senator from the state of Indiana, died at 5 o'clock this morning at his home in this city. The senator had been in bad health for several years, and for the two years past had taken little part in the pro ceedings in the senate. He has been a constant sufferer from rheumatism of the heart, and his friends, therefore, had come to expect that they might hear of his death suddenly. The last reports of him, however, were that he was showing some signs of improve ment, and his death, therefore, while not entirely unexpected, , caused a shock. Shipping; Stock From Arizona. Phoenix, Ariz., April 13. Over 200 carloads of sheep and cattle have left this valley within the past week, the Santa Fe taking out 140 carloads of sheep, or 34,000 head, billed to Chi cago. These comprise the heaviest shipments ever known in Arizona. The sheep are mainly from Northern Ari zona, wintered near Phoenix. Japan's Latest Move. Yokohama, April 13. The govern ment of Japan has decided to send two warships to Hawaii, stopping mean while all emigration. 'A number of re jected emigrants have arrived at Kobe. The press is urging the government to take a firm attitude toward the Ha waiian and American governments. A Kail tray Col I in ion. Charlotte, N. C, April 13. The northbound Florida special on the Southern railway and a local south bound passenger train collided at 11:15 this morning at Harrisburg, a email town about thirteen miles north of thiB city, killing three persons and wound ing Beveral others. White quartz with a great deal of free gold has been struck near Htl) CUT. in the Bhtok HiH THE WATERS ARE RECEDING Encouraging News From the Mississippi Delia. CROPS MAY YET BE HARVESTED Indications Are the Flood Will Dis appear by May 1 The Govern ment A p;rnts Aid Ins; the Sufferers. Memphis, April 13. The water in the Mississippi delta is slowly receding. Reports received tonight from the over flowed country are moat encouraging. The day has been an ideal one, and every planter in the delta is in better spirits. At Greenville the river, as well as the backwater, surrounding the town, is stationary tonight. Everything is in readiness for the receipt and distribn- i tion of provisions from the govern- j "ment, and as soon as the army officers arrive the work will be actively entered j into. At Lulu, Miss., a decided improve-j ment is noted. There is still some i suffering in the back country, but it is j being alleviated by the planters, and ! today a representative of the govern ment arrived and will assist the desti tute at once. The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley rail road has been busy all day with pile drivers replacing washouts. The road will probably have trains running into Lulu and Clarksdale on Thursday. It is cow believed the water will dis-j appear by May 1, and, if this proves j true, a fair crop can be made. The river is falling at Memphis to- : night. At Vicksburg and all points : south a steady rise is noted. DURRANT SENTENCED. The Prisoner Taken to flan Queuttn to Remain t'ntll His Execution. San Francisco. April 13. Theodore Durrant was this afternoon taken to San (juentin prison, there to be con fined until his execution, which was fixed by the court today for June LI. ; This is the second time Durrant has been sentenced to death for the same crime, and lie received this judgment. i like the other, with calm indifference, i His attorney, after the sentence had been pronounced, made several further I attempts to secure delay for his client, ; - but Judge Bahrs, who pronounced sen- 1 tenoe, was not impressed with the ! logic of Durrants attorney, and de I dined to modify his sentence in any ; j war. The murderer's attorney moved sncceFively to strike from the sentence ; J the a 1 his ion to Durrant 's confinement i in San tuentin, then tiled a notice of appeal from the order and asked for a certificate of probable cause, and finally ; j asked for a stay of execution for four ; hours, that the application for a writ of probable cause might be taken to the supreme court. All these motions were , denied. When taken to the ferry en j route for the prison. Durrants nerve j broke down at the sight of the crowds, ; who rejoiced in his passing to the j shadow of the gallows after so many and protracted delays. He murdered ' Blanche Lamont over two years ago, and was arrested a week after commit ting the crime. FORTY LIVES LOST. Perished In the Swollen Streams of South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Sioux City, la., April 13. Forty; lives at least have been lost in the : floods in South Dakota, Iowa and Ne- j braska. Two persons are known to be lost on the Floyd, three have been j drowned on the Big Sioux, two on the s Missouri and two on the Coon river, all in the immediate vicinity. Similar cases are being reported daily from : points farther away and a sharp watch : is kept by the authorities for floaters ; in the Missouri. Many people are missing, of whose death their friends have no positive in- ! formation. Most of them have proba- J bly been carried down the Missouri, I and their bodies probably will never be recovered. The bodies of two more victims were brought into Sioux City last evening, Danford Magee and Harry Flavill, who were drowned while attempting to ford the Elkhorn, in Nebraska. There has been a general fall in all streams in the locality. Shot in the Eye hjr a Child. San Francisco, April 13. Joseph Hertzel, aged 54, was accidentally shot in the right eye tonight by Tessie Xeu berger, a 9-year-old girl. While Hert zel was repairing a boy's parlor rifle, Tessie Neuberger, who lives in his house, seized the weapon and a?ked Hertzel to "play soldier." After marching around the room, the child raised the weapon to her shoulder and pulled the trigger, the bullet entering Hertzel's right eye and lodging in the j brain. Realizing what she had done, the frightened child ran to her mother and informed her of the occurrence. The latter at once visited Hertzel's room and found the occupant lying on the floor. Hertzel was removed to the receiving hospital. He is believed to be fatally injured. Panthers when taken very young make very docile and affectionate pets. Weyler Refused tee's Request. New York, April 13. A Herald spe cial from Havana says: General Wey ler replies to General Lee that he cannot grant permission to Mrs. Marriott to go beyond the lines to secure the body of Mr. Crosby, of the Chicago Record. .Kr. Marriott went a week ago to the Spanish lines nearest the scene of Cros by's death. Weyler says he would like to nhlifiw in the matter- hut is not will ing to assume the responsibility of pre- J tectintr MarriotVwhere he cannot do so. j RIVERA WILL NOT BE SHOT. Spanish Minister Rays His Execution Was Never Contemplated. Washington, April 18. Advices re ceived by the Spanish minister state that General Rivera, who is lying wounded near Havana is not in a seri ous condition, and that his wounds are not likely to prove fatal. Inquiry as to the status of the prisoner elicited a statement by the minister to the effect that at at no time has the Spanish government or General Weyler had any idea of shooting Rivera. , Havana, April 12. General Ruiat Rivera remains at San Cristobal, lie is recovering from his wounds. In the event of a summary trial, it is not likely he will be sentenced, bnt be will be held as a prisoner of war. A Rumor That lilvrrm Wad Freed. Key West, April 19. News was re ceived last night that the Cuban insur gents had made an attack on the train upon "which General Rivera was being taken from San Cristobal to Havana. Reports say the insurgents were suc cessful in their attack, and that Rivera was freed. It is impossible to get a confirmation or denial of the report as yet, but the Cuban sympathizers hete believe it to be true and are according ly jubilant. BRYAN WAS HURT. Plana Prom Which Be Was 8 pea kins; ; Pell Injuries Mot Serious. St. Angustine. Fl a., April !2. Hon. j William Jennings Bryan was injured ' here ths evening by the caving in of the piazza from which he was speaking. Nearly 400 men and women were pre- : ci pita ted almnt twenty feet to the t ground, and many of them were in- ; jured, bnt none fatally. Mr. Bryan ; was picked up unconscious, and re- , moved to a physician's office, where an ; examination revealed that he had re- j ceived no injuries of a serious charac- ter. It was deemed best, however, to i abandon the reception to have been ; given this evening. Mr. Bryan arrived at 5:50 P. M., j and was greeted by several hundred people. At 8:30 he addressed fully j 3,000 people from the piazza of the San s Marco hotel. At the close of the . speech hundreds of people flocked about ; him, and the strain was so great that : one section of the piazza forty feet ; square fell through. Onlj One Bid ReeelTed. Washington, April 13. The navy ; department received today but one bid in answer to an advertisement calling -for projKWals for supplying 8,000 tons of armor for three battle-ships, the Illinois, Wisconsin and Alabama, and it was irregular in form. It came j from the Illinois Steel Company of Chi- j cago, and proposed to supply 8,000 tons of armor at $260 a ton, on condition it be given a 20-year contract to supply i all naval armor. In such case the re- mainder of the armor would be sup- ! plied at $340 a ton, the armor to be paid for in gold coin. j An alternative proposition, con t em- I plated the erection of an armor plant j by the government and its supply with j steel by the Illinois company. No awards were made, and the whole mat- j ter will probably be referred to con- I gress. An American Hu the Contract. Havana, April 12. Michael J. Dady, of Brooklyn, N. Y.t has secured an important contract to improve the 'sanitary condition of Havana. It is said the contract wjll involve an ex penditure of about $15,000,000. Work will be begun next winter, and it will give immediate employment to from 4,000 to 6,000 men on sewers and pav ings, etc. All the preliminaries of the agreement have been decided upon, and it is reported that Mr. Dady has as security bonds issued by the city of Havana to the amount of $13,000,000. Mr. Dady is now here with his engi neer, Mr. Byrne, and the papers are to be sent to Captain-General Weyler for his approval. Mallcarrlers A-Wheel. Oakland, Cal., April 13. The post office at Fifteenth and Broadway will soon be headquarters for the most con siderable and energetic cycling club in the city, for the mailcarriers are to ride wheels. The equipping with wheels of Oak land's mail delivery service means more than would appear at first. It means possibly another collection and distribution of mail matter each day, and a consequent improvement of the general service. The hours of each car rier will be shortened and he will be supposed to make good time. It is possible that the territories of the men will be extended, but this does not mean a cutting down in service, rather an enlargement, as the post master would be enabled to extend his routes and reach much further from the heart of the city. Palmer Got a Verdict. Canton, O., April 13. Tyndale Palmer was yesterday given a verdict by a jury in the court of common pleas for $1.50 in a libel suit against he Evening Repository. The suit is one of the last of the many similar ones brought by Palmer against newspapers using a press dispatch in regard to a land deal. The petition asked for $50,000. President McKinley is one of the stockholders of the paper. Fish tln for Durrant' Life. San Francisco, April 13. The attor neys for Durrant today asked the su preme court for a writ of error. The petition was denied, and the attorneys will now appeal direct to the United States supreme court for a stay of exe cution pending the preparation of pa pers for an appeal. Eagles do not have different mates every season as do birds generally; they pair for life, and sometimes occupy the same nest for many vars. President of Great Northern Writes of Asiatic Trade. NEW MARKET FOR OUR WHEAT Hill Says That Ha Is Building Ip Trade In the Orient and Sags-eats That Tariff Duties Be Reasonable. Washington, April 12. James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, and also interested largely in transportation to the Orient, has writ ten a letter to a Western senator in which he points out the possibilities of trade in China and Japan, and suggests that tariff duties be so adjusted as not to prevent trade with the countries across the Pacific. President Hill says: "The Asiatic trade of the greatest importance to this country, and partic ularly to such portions of it as are in terested in raising wheat. A year ago last fall wheat sold for from 18 to 22 cents per bushel inthePalouse country, south of Spokane, and this year it has sold for from 65 to 70 cents. About three years ago I sent an agent to China and Japan to investigate thoroughly what steps could be taken to introduce the general use of wheat and flour in those countries, as against their own rice, and found it simply a matter of price. I then took up the consideration of building steamers for that trade, de signed to carry cargoes of flour and grain at low rates. I found that we could build the ships, but, owing to the sailors' union fixing the wages of sailors at $30 a month, and engineers and other ship employes at about twice the wages paid by European steamers, it was impossible for us to compete with the English, German, Italian and Scan dinavian ships on the Pacific. After the war with China, the Japanese used a large amonnt of their war indemnity for a subsidy to their merchant marine, and we opened negotiations with the General Steamship Company, of Japan, which is owned by leading men of the empire. We found their subsidy was about equal to the cost of their coal and the wages of their sailors. They pay their sailors $5 a month Mexican, or $3.50 in gold, enabling them to hire twelve good sailors for the wages of one American sailor. After some protract ed and difficult negotiations, we con cluded a contract with them for a line of steamers between Chinese and Jap anese porta and Seattle, on condition that they would carry flour from Puget sound to Asiatic ports at $3 a ton, against from $7 to $3 a ton formerly charged from West coast ports in the United States. The low rates fixed the rate for alt lines between the Pacific coast and Asia, and has resulted in carrying out about 28,000,000 bushels, or its equivalent in flour, from the last crop. There is left about 5,000,000 bushels between now and their harvest. "Thus you will see we have been able to find new mouths which have never before nsed wheaten bread, to take the entire California, Oregon and Washington wheat crop out of the Eu ropean markets. ThiB will reduce the amount going to Europe about 20 per cent, and is three times the quantity shipped to Europe from Argentina dur ing the past year. The price of wheat this year, as compared with last is 20 to 35 cents higher, and I think it may be said that from 15 to 18 cents of this rise is clearly due to the withdrawal of the Pacific wheat from the European markets. I see in this morning's re ports a telegram that European ships are loading with barley, rye and mer chandise from San Francisco for En rope, after waiting months for cargoes of wheat, and that no more wheat will go to Europe from the Pacific coast. "The only way we could bring about this reduction in the transportation of flour to Asia was by diverting the tea and matting business, which has here tofore gone mainly on English ships, from Asia direct to New York, and car rying these commodities to the Pacific coast, by a low rate, and transporta tion inland by rail, to distribute the commodities to points between Minne sota and New York. 'I have given you the facts, so you will understand the situation and be able to see that, unless these ships can bring their main cargoes of merchan dise to the Pacific ports at rates that will compensate them for the traffic, the business must go as heretofore, to New York, and the rates on flour to Asiatic ports will be again at the old figure, or at an advance of about 50 cents a barrel, which would, in my judgment, destroy the business that has just been built up with that coun try. The province of Amoy alone, which is near the coast, contains over 80,000,000 people, and, at 30 pounds of flour per capita per annum, would con sume the product of 40,000,000 bushels of wheat. The large districts of Tien Tsin and Shanghai, both within easy reach of the sea, would consume about as much more as soon as the trade could be fully opened. It is not outside the range of possibility to say that we could ship wheat at Devil's Lake or points west, as long as the demand for flour continues to grow as it has for the past six months." There are over 2,000 miles of rail ways in operation in Japan. Rebel Stronghold Captured. Cape Town, April 12. A dispatch from Vreysburg says volunteers have captured and burned the insuregnts stronghold at Ganssepe. Lieutenant Harris is among the killed. Wealthy Woman's Sudden Death. Chicago, April 9. Mrs. Julia Nel son, 18 years old and the possessor of $100,000, died suddenly in a cottt.ge in West Erie street today. Asphyxiation by coal gas is supposed to have been the cause of death. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Downing, Hopkins A Company's Review of Trade. Buyers of wheat have been slaughter ed this week and many holders have loosened their grip on hitherto well held lines, believing as they did, in the many crop reports telling of damage in the Southwest, and more particularly in stories from Indiana and Eastern Missouri. Their faith appears to have been misplaced. They received no as sistance from the general public, and people who are chronic sellers saw the opportunity and persistently fought the campaign, and their efforts have met with success. The result has been a severe liquidation of the previously existing speculative interests, and there can but be little doubt that the mar ket at the close of the week is more nearly evened up than at any time in several years past. Wheat has lacked a good cash demand for some time, and without it there is only the conclusion to be drawn that value should decline. The fact that red wheat commands a high premium baa not had the slight est effect in preventing or even staying the depression that set in early in the week and which caused a loss of 5 cent in the future deliveries and a propor tionate break in the eaeb. grades. A great many inclined to the belief that the break was due to manipulation' and not from legitimate causes. This theory is rather doubtful and can be ques tioned. The market is always more or less subject to manipulation, but to the extent of the decline that has occurred this week does not seem probable. We are of the opinion that the current weakness is duetodisappointment with the rate of flour consumption, which is smaller than had been expected, and with the larger arrivals than had been looked for, and, although the public is suffering this disappointment, it has no need to despair, for, at the slow rate of current consumption, the world ends the crop season lower in supply than in any season before since the price was 90 cents a bushel for an average of a sea son. For various reasons it is apparent that the present price ia to be tetnpor ary only. Market Quotations Portland, Or., April 13, 1897. Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadia and Dayton, $4.10; Benton county and White Lily, $4.10; graham, $3.40; su perfine, $2.75 per barrel. Wheat Walla Walla, 7475c; Val ley, 76c per bushel. Oat. Choice white, 8840c pet bushel; choice gray, 37aS9c. Hay Timotny, $14.00a 15.00 pei ton; clover, $11. 50 (i 12.50; wheat anc oat, $10.00$ 11.00 per ton. Barley Feed barley, $17.50 per ton; brewing", $1819. Millstuffs Bran, $14.60; shorts. $16.60; middlings, $23. Butter Creamery, 40c; dairy, 30(3 83ijc; store, 17 a 30c per roll. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,55(65c; Garnet Chilies, 6575c; Early Rose. 80 85c per sack; sweets, $3.00 pe cental for Merced; new potatoes, 3c per pound. " Onions $9.00B3.75 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50(S 3.00; geese. $4.005.00; turkeys, live. 11 13c; ducks, $0.00(i7.00 per doaen. Eggs Oregon, 9fgc per dosen. Cheese Oregon, 10c; t Voting America, 13 c per pound. Wool Valley, 11c per pound; Easten Oregon, 79c. Hops 910cper pound. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.OO(S3.50. cows, $2.25(33.00; dressed beef, 46 per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wether? and ewes, $3.503.7S; dressed mut ton, 6c per pound. Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00(3 4.25; light and feeders, $3.50(33.00; dressed $4.50(3 5.35 per cwt Seattle, Wash., April 13, 1897. Wheat Chicken feed, $37 per ton. Oats Choice, $23(324 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, $20 pei ton. Corn Whole, $19 per ton; cracked, $19(320; feed meal, $19(320. Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent, $4.80; Novelty A, $4.50; California brands, $4.90; Dakota, $5.65; patent, $6.40. Millstuffs Bran, $14.00 per ton; shorts, $18. Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton; middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $i?0. Hay Puget sound, per ton, $10.00; Eastern Washington, $14. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 22c; select, 22c; tubs, 23c; ranch, 15(317. Cheese Native Washington, 12c Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $16.50 18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; baets, per sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c; rutabagas, per sack, 60c; carrots, pei sack, 4050c; cabbage, per 100 lbs, $1.50; onions, per 100 lbs, $3.25. Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $4.00. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 10(3 10c; ducks, $6 6.60; dressed turkeys, 15c. Eggs Fresh ranch, 12c Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 7c; cows, 6ic; mutton, sheep, 9c per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 6c per pound; veal, small, 8c Fresh Fish Falibnt, 46c; salmon, 66c; salmon trout, 710c; flounders and soles, 34c. Provisions Hams, large, 11 ; hams, small, 11 c; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry salt sides, 6,4c per pound. San Francisco, April 13, 1897. Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 90c(3 $1.10; Early Rose, 65 75c; River Bur banks, 5O70c; sweets, $1.501.75 per cental. Onions $3. 00 3. 50 per cental. Eggs rRanch, 10r2o per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 13c; d seconds, 1212 c; fancy dairy, 12c: seconds, 10 c Cheese Fancy mild,' new, 6 o; fair to good, 53 6c; Young America, 78c; Eastern, 14l4o. ' FATAL FIRE III KNOXViLLE Walls Blown Down by Can non to Check Flames. SEVERAL LIVES WERE LOST The Loss Estimated at Oter m Mil lion Dalian Rerasrksbla Time Made by Ruscne Party Prom ChatUsnofa. Knoxville, Tenn., April 12. Never In the history of Knoxville has the city suffered such a loss by fire as it did today, following the breaking out of the flames at an early hour this morning in a grocery store adjoining the big Knox hotel. The hotel and ad joining buildings were soon in flames, and the very heart of the eity, includ ing some of the largest wholesale and retail business bouses in the South, de stroyed. The loss is estimated at from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000, with, about 60 per cent of insurance. The loss of life is uncertain, as the register of the hotel, ia which 66 peo ple were sleeping, was burned. The proprietor of the hotel says he had five or six guests who have not put in an appaaranoe. A. E. Weeks, of Locke. N. Y. , drummer for a Rochester stamp ing company, is known to have per ished in the flames. R. W. Hopkins, a St. Louis drummer, was last seen in 'the burning building in a suffocating condition. W. H. Keppart, ex-secretary of the chamber of commerce, saved the life of John S. Bogle, an old farmer, by drag ging him to a window and letting him out on the roof of another building. Keppart jumped one story and was in jured. It is more than probable that Bogle will die. He inhaled the flames, and cannot speak nor swallow. When the firemen thought all the in mates of the hotel bad escaped, a woman with an infant in her arms rushed to the rear windows ami ec reamed for help. A net was stretched and the woman asked to drop the child out, but as the smoke almost choked her, she told them that if some one had to die, both would die. The woman was finally rescued by the fire men. From th iiotei building, which ts five stories, the fire spread rapidly. A stiff wind made the flames very ugly, and the fire department was inade quate. In the wholesale hardware house of W. W. Woodruff & Co. a large dyna mite explosion occurred, and scores of people were hart by flying bricks and glass. It became necessary at last to have the walls of one building blown down by cannon to stop the mad career of the fire. A mountain bowitxer of the Knoxville Legion was called into play, and a load of canister did the work, at the same time tearing np jme resi dences in a different portion of the city. The city authorities, realizing that the fire department was unable to conquer the flames, telegraphed to Chattanooga for assistance. An engine was placed aboard a flat car and started the run of 111 miles, which was made by Eng neer Robnins in 109 minutes, breaking. the record. When the engine arrived, the fire was about under control, yet the Chattanooga boys did some good . work. A cabinetmaker named P. (J. Dyer fell dead on the street from fright. - . A man named Robinson, from Pu laski, Tenn. , is supposed to be another victim. He was registered in the ho tel, and has not been seen since. A largo force of men is at work clearing away the debris tonight and searching the ruins. Street traffic is entirely suspended. The last man to leave the burning hotel says he has positive proof 'that five or six persons were burned. He ran over three or four men in the ball ways who were suffocated. Johnson, the railroad baggage agent, came down from the fifth story of the hotel hand -over-hand on the water pipes before the engines arrived. Only one of the guests saved any of his effects. - MM Alleged New Swimming Reeord. San Francisco, April 12. John Cougblan, the champion swimmer of the Dolphin Boating & Swimming Clnb, claims to have established a record for swimming across the Oolden Gate yes terday. According to statements made by him and George Milne, the Ameri can representative of Caville, the Au stralian swimmer, the feat yesterday was accomplished in 42 minutes, or exactly six minutes less than it took the Australian champion to swim across the entrance to the harbor I was accompanied," the swimmer said, 'across the bay by a barge of the Dolphin Boating Club in which were Matthew Gay, the high diver; Edward Rosenbaum, the lifesaver at the Sutro baths; Thomas Keenan, Thomas Ken nedy, George Milne and Carl Smith. My trainer. Smith, is an old tow boat man and it was his guidance through -the currents that took me across so quickly." - Taeoma's Nw Industry. Taooma, April 12. Exporting cigar ettes to the Orient is a new, growing industry at this port. Seven hundred thousand cigarettes now await the fjr vj ing of the next steamship to Japan Denied by Shkoghnetty. Montreal, April 12. T. G. Shaugh- nessy, vice-president of the Canadian Pacific railway, states that the report in New -York that a traffic arrangement had been effected between the Canadian Pacific, Great Northern and Northern Pacific in transcontinental and Pacific business, is not true. It rains on an average 203 days in ' the year in Ireland, about 150 in Eng land, at Koxan about ninety day tv"- e in Siberia only s.-