VOL. XI.
LBAN()N9101lGOK, -APRIL, 22, 1897.
NO.
Epitome of the Telegraphic
Hews of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
Am Interesting Collection of Items Prom
tue New and the Old World In a
Condensed and ComprahniIv Form.
The -fireman was killed and anotbei
train hand injured by a collision of two
fast freight trains near Langtry, Tex.
The Yreka stage was robbed near
Yreka, Cal., by a lone highwayman.
The passengers were not molested, and
the express box which was broken open
by the highwayman, contained only
$50.
The members of the Wash i ngton
state board of horticulture which met
in Tacoraa recently say that the reports
of damage to fruit trees by the severe
cold weather last winter are greatly ex
aggerated. An abundant yield ia now
predicted.
Answering a question regarding the
prospects of the government sending
out invitations for a bimetallic confer
ence, Mr. Balfour reiterated; in the
house of commons, that there was
nothing in the situation which would
lead him to suppose that anything
could be gained by Great Britain tak
ing the initiative in promoting an in
ternational bimetallic conference.
The steamer Edith, chartered by the
Alas ka Steamsh ip Com pan y to ta ke
passengers and freight from the wrecked
AVillapa to Juneau and Dyea, has re
turned to Port Townsend. The Wil
lapa is reported as being a total wreck.
Her hull broke on the rocks and sank to
the bottom of the eea. The loss on
the Wiliapa and cargo is estimated at
$60,000; insurance on the boat, $38,
000. Representative Tongue of Oregon is
making an effort to have anthracite
coal placed on the dutiable list, because
it comes in competition with the coal
produced in Oregon and Washington.
He prepared and had circulated a peti
tion to the finance committee of the
senate, asking that this be done, and
setting forth the reasons. This peti
tion was signed by nearly all the Pa
cific coast senators.
The following proclamation has been
Issued by the Greek irregulars, who
have begun the invasion of Macedonia
at Baltino: "Brothers and Soldiers of
Christ and Liberty: We hoist the flag
of liberty, the Greek flag. Under its
shadows let us unite, with the watch
word, 'Liberty or Death. The justice
of our cause is recognized by all free
people blessed by God. Let us push
onward, brother Greeks; God is with
os."
By a collision between two passenger
trains at Harrisburg, N. C, three men
were killed outright and several others
seriously injured.
C. B. Bellinger, United States dis-
trict judge for Oregon, has been ap
pointed by Governor Lord a member ol
the board of regents of the state Uni
versity at Eugene.
The Heldageblatt, the Dutch news
paper of Cape Town, declares that lead
ing officials of the Transvaal speak
openly of war with England as inevit
able, and aver that it will be carried
right up to Table bay.
A dispatch from Montevideo states
that a serious engagement has occurred
between the federal troops under Colonel
lia and the insurgents near Minas.
The federals are said to have been de
feated. The insurgents have captured
the town of Sarandi del Yi.
Hot winds have taken the snow from
the mountains above Pendleton, Or.,
and the Umatilla river is up to as high
a stage as at any time this spring.
Part of the railroad bridge above town
has gone out, compelling the abandon
ment of the branch line between there :
and Walla Walla. The water is still
rising, and promises to do more damage.
Fire greatly damaged the dwelling I
house occupied by James Jackson, a rel-
ative of President Andrew Jackson, and j
inheritor of the relics of the deceased j
president, at Clifton, O. Among the ;
relics was General Jackson's carriage, j
the wheels of which were made of tim-
ber from the old war frigate Constitu
tion. The carriage was destroyed along
with many other relics, valued at $10,
000. The Turkish porte, in a protest to !
the powers against Greek invasion, says
that the regular Greek army occupied j
Turkish territory near Grevno and com-
mitted acts of hostility by destroying i
three posts. The protest further de- :
clares that these acts virtually consti- .
tute an act of aggression and a casus
belli, and denounces Greece as an ag- '
gressor in the war.
A Salt Lake paper prints what is
claimed to be a confession by J. W.
Fetzer, who is under arrest at Dillon,
Mont., in which he says he killed Dr.
C. H. Nichols, superintendent of the
insane asylum at Washington in 1873.
He says be has ten or fifteen other vic
tims, but will not plead guilty unless
he can get a death sentence. Fetzer
was arrested last week in Salt Lake and
turned over to Montana authorities,
charged with swindling the state.
A cablegram received at the state de
partment in Washington from Consul
Vifquain, at Panama, announces that
yellow fever has made its appearance
at that port,
Michael Davitt, M. P., in an inter- 1
view at Oakland, Cal., expressed the
opinion that home rule will soon be '
won for Ireland. He thinks that the j
liberals will carry the country at the ;
next general election, and that the Irish '
party will have the balance of power, I
thus being in a position to dictate terms
to the liberals, I
ACCIDENT ON THE YANTIC.
A. n miner Rlpwn to Atoms and Two
. Others Injured.
New York, April 19. The Herald
publishes the following special corre
spondence from Montevideo, Urugay:
When the United States steamship
Yantic was at stationary target prac
tice at Chico bank. La Plata river,
about seventy-five miles southwest
from Montevideo, a sickening accident
occurred. The required shots had
been fired from the 60-ponnd rifle on
the forecastle and the eight-inch rifle
forward. Three shuts had been fired
from the nine-inch smoothbore muzzle
loader, and only one more shot was re
quired from this last gun to complete
a very successful target practice.
The nine-inch gun was then loaded.
On acount of the narrowness of the
Yantic and the smallness of the gun
ports it is necessary for a man loading
the gun to lean out of the port, clasp
ing one arm about the muzzle of the
gun and work the sponge and rammer
with the other arm, partly exposing
his body in front of the muzzle. The
bore had been sponged out with the
sponge, freshly dampened in the divi
sion tub, and the charge of eleven
pounds of black powder had been ram
med home by P. Murphy, a seaman,
assisted by O. Gorman sen, another sea
man, on the other si Je. C. Hayden,
the coxswain, was holding his thumb
on the vent in order to prevent the air
from reaching any lighted fragments of
the previously exploded cartridge that
might have remained in the chamber.
Apparently none of the precautions
extinguished the burning bits of cloth,
for the cartridge exploded while Mur
phy was withdrawing the rammer and
he was blown off the boat. No trace
of him was found, although boats were
instantly lowered and search made.
Gormansen lost an eye and was seri
ously injured and one arm was broken.
Hayden's hand was badly burned, and
the upper half of the port was shat
tered. After the accident the Yantic
returned to Montevideo.
GRANT MONUMENT.
Work on the Structure Is Practically
Completed.
New York, April 19. Speculators
are actively canvassing the houses
along the line of the Grant monument
parade, endeavoring to secure window
privileges. In many cases entire
houses have been secured and permits
for erecting stands in front of them ob
tained. It is estimated that the stands
to be constructed will seat at least 75,
000 persons.
The Grant monument is now com
pleted, the only work remaining to be
done being the polishing of the marble
and the brushing of the bronze doors.
The armored steel case containing Gen
eral Grant's body will be opened so
that the coffin can be taken out.
It is officially denied that any of
the rivets which fastened the covering
of this casing were sold by workmen as
souvenirs.
The rivets were not removed, as the
workmen simply drilled through the
top of them, which was all that was
necessary to open the case. The steel
case is to be disposed of at the will of
Colonel Grant. It will probably be
destroyed.
Carlessness Caused, a Death.
Chicago, April 16- Policeman
Krafts accidentally shot and killed his
sweetheart. Miss Lottie E. Jacobs, last
night while cleaning a revolver. The
bullet entered Miss Jacobs left arm
near the elbow, followed the bone up
wards and pierced the heart. The
woman fell to the floor dead and Krafts,
not waiting to lern the extent of her
injuries, rushed from the house in
search of a physician. In the mean
time the-police had been notified, and
when Krafts was confronted by Cap
tain Barr, then for the first time he
learned that the woman was dead, and
it was all that Captain Barr could do
to prevent the man from killing him
self. The couple were to have been
married soon.
Hit by a Spent Bullet.
Santa Fe., N. M., April 19. Fran
cisco Navarro, 10 years old, is dying at
the United States Indian school from a
gunshot wound inflicted under extra
ordinary conditions. Two miles down
the valley from the Indian school Dep
uty Sheriff Alexander Allan and a
party were rabbit shooting and a Btray
bullet from Allan's rifle, after cover
ing all this distance, passed over the
three-story school building and fell
among sixty school children who were
playing on the campus. It struck the
boy Navarro below the heart.
A Priest Asphyxiated.
Reading, Penn,, April 19. Fathei
Ph i 1 1 ip Bersef ord, rector of St. Jo
seph 's (Catholic) parish, was found
dead in bed in the parsonage adjoining
the edifice this morning. Death was
due to suffocation from illuminating
gas. His age was about 50 years. The
gas was discovered pouring from a jet
partly turned off. The supposition is
that death was the result of an acci
dent. Gasoline Stove Exploded.
Riverside, Cal., April 19. Word
was received today from Corona that a
young child of-a family named Fran
cisco burned to death there through
the explosion of a gasoline stove.
Ohio Village Destroyed.
Fremont, O., April 19. The entire
business portion of the village of Lind
sey was burned this morning. A dozen
buildings were burned, entailing a losa
of $15,000; insurance $10,000.
Mixed Up In the Scandal.
Paris, April 19. Ex-Deputy Plant
enea has been arrested on a charge of
complicity in the Panama canal scan
dal.
Q IN THE EAST
Turks Ar Pushing Their
Way Into Greece.
BATTLE IN MILOUNA PASS
Greeks Are Stubbornly Restating the
In van! onThe Bombardment of Pre
vesa Wanhtpi Silenced the Fort.
Foot of Milouna P.iss, April 20. A
fierce battle raged in the pass all night
long. The Greeks entered and descend
ed toward the valley, encountered four
battalions of Turkish troops, who drove
them back, and at the point of the bay
onet rescued the force garrisoning the
Turkish blockhouses, which the Greeks
had encircled before entering the pass.
Neshad Pasha, commanding the Fifth
division, occupied Mount Harnia, with
a great force, while Hairi Pasha, com
manding the Sixth division, prepared
to enter the Tschaisahn pass, and
Haida Pasha, with the Fourth divi
sion, occupied Milouna pass.
Before dawn, Edhim Pasha rode out
to direct the disposition of the divi
sions. A general engagement ensued.
The battle still continues along the en
tire pass, over 20,000 men being en
gaged. The combat turned on the pc
session of the Greek blockhouse, which
was most obstinately defended. Sev
eral vigorous attacks were made by the
Turks, without success, but, finally,
about 9 o'clock, by a magnificent da-ch,
they took the blockhouse at the point
of the bayonet.
The Greeks are still defending their
positions on the summit of the hill.
At the present moment . four battalions
of Mendukh Pasha's division are ad
vancing to the frontier positions already
taken.
The Turks are fighting like demons.
The Turkish artillery is doing splendid
work under the command of Riza Pasha.
The correspondent says: "I regret
to have to announce the death of Harlz
Pasha at Milouna. The battle is still
undecided, but the Turks, without call
ing up the reserves, have taken almost
the whole pass. It is impossible to
give details as to losses. I siw many
groups of wounded men, but they were
mostly on the heights. Ambulances
have been sent to bring them in. I
cannot say whether the Turks intend to
advance on Larissa."
High Greek Officer Killed.
Athens, April 20. In the fighting on
the frontier, the Turks have occupied
Ana and Milouna, but they have net
succeeded in taking Kama. The en
gagement at Milouna pas was of the
fiercest character, and the losses were
heavy on both sides. The Turkish sol
diers destroyed two pieces of Greek ar
tillery. The Greeks captured en en
tire battery from the Turks. The Greek
officers of high rank were killed. A
large body of Greek troops is now
marching against Menexe, and brik
firing is going on along the whole line
as far west as Arta.
GREEKS BOMBARD PREVESA.
j Turkish Fort Had Fired on and Sunk
a Greek Steamer.
Athens, April 20. The Greek com
mander at Actium, opposite Prevesa,
telegraphs that the Greek steamer
Macedonia, which was fired upon tins
morning by the Turkish batteries while
leaving the gulf of Ambracia, did not
sink in deep water, but was able to run
ashore near the entrance of the gnlf.
It appears that the bombardment of
Prevesa did not begin until 11:30 A.
M., whereas the Turkish forces there
opened a hot fire upon Actium at 5:30
A. M.
A column was formed at the tele
graph station, but the building was
converted into a fort and was gar
risoned by 500 men. The Turkish fire
completely destroyed it, several of the
garrison being killed and wounded, al
though the Turkish aim was often wide.
The Greek commander requested in
structions by telegraph, and the min
ister of war ordered him to bombard
Prevesa immediately.
At 10 A. M-, the Shafidaki fort fired
a few shots on a Greek gunboat, which
replied, effectually silencing the Turk
ish battery. At 11 o'clock the Greeks
began to attack the Turkish forts out
side the entrance of the gulf, partly to
divert the enemy's attention, and part
ly in order to prevent the massacre of
Greeks at Prevesa. The Greek iron
clad Spelzai has arrived to assist in
bombarding Prevesa, and the gunboats
continue to bombard from inside the
gnlf.
According to the latest telegrams
from Actium, 2,000 Greeks have crossed
the gulf of Arta from Vonitza to Sala
gora, and are now marching on Prevesa.
Various reports are current as to the
landing of the insurgent bands on the
Chalkis peninsula. Bugles are sound
ing in the various parts of the city;
soldiers are hastening to their barracks,
and bodies of troops, hurriedly equipped
are being dispatched to the front, amid
enthusiastic ovations from the crowds
that fill the streets. Numerous con
ferences have taken place today be
tween the king and the cabinet, and as
the result of them, the two last classes
of 1886 reserves have been called out.
Weather Good for Fighting.
London, April 20. The latest ad
vices from Arta shew that rains have
been followed by three days of fine
weather, and the Arakphos, which
alone separates the progress of the
armies, is rapidly shrinking. The hill
roads are rapidly improving in condi
tion. It is at this point that the sever
est and deadliest fighting may be ex
pected. Another question, is whether
the Greeks can engineer an uprising in
Macedonia
to
M'KINLEY'S CUBAN POLICY.
An American Flag; Was Destroyed
by Spanish Soldiers In Hanta
Clara Gen. TVey lers Latent Order.
Philadelphia, April 19. A private
meeting of Cubans and Cuban sympa
thizers was held in this city today, at
which it was decided to take step to
frustrate what the Cubans claim is the
real object of Major Luno Sandoval's
visit to this city. This ia said to be
the arrest of the members of the Cuban
junta in this country. It has been
stated that Major Sandoval came to
Philadelphia to purchase munitions of
war to be shipped in the general way to
Gen era 1 Wey I er in Cu ba. Lead ing
Cubans, however, assert that it is to
gather information that will culminate
in the arrest of General Estrada Pal ma
and General Quesada in Washington.
The former is the minister of the Cuban
republic, and the latter charged'affaires
at the capital. It Unasserted that Major
Sandoval has been commissioned by
General Weyler for this express pur
pose, and is known to have in his os
seesion documents found on the steamer
Laurada on one of her trips to Cuba,
showing the parts played by Generals
Palma and Quesada in her movements.
Should the arrest of the junta lead
ers result, and the issue be made in
court as to the liability of such a pol
icy, there will be a question of juris
diction that will not only involve the
interstate commerce laws, but also ques
tions of belligerency and the customs
comity of nations.
M'KINLEY'S CUBAN POLICY.
The War Must Be Fought oa Civil
Iced Lines.
New York, April 19. A Tribune
dispatch from Washington says:
The policy of the administration in
reference to Cuba is not likely to be
criticised as was that of its predecessor
on the score of indifference to the
rights of American citizens. Secretary
Sherman will see to it that imprison
ment of suspects entitled to the pro
tection of the United States for an in
definite period is no longer indulged in
by Spanish officials in Cuba, He will
even go further and make it plain to
the Spanish authorities that they can
not, in the closing of the 19th century,
be permitted to carry on war on princi
ples widely divergent from modern civ
ilization. In short, notice has been
served on the Spanish government
informally as yet, but still in unmis
takable terms that this government
recognizes a state of civil war on the
island of Cuba which demands a treat
ment of prisoners taken in action by
either side somewhat different from
that which seems to have been accorded
them tit us far.
The immediate cause of this notice
being served on the Spanish govern
ment was, of conrte, the capture of
Cuban General Rivera and the rumor
that he would be forthwith tried by
drumhead court-martial and shot.
The president, immediately after the
news of the fate in store for the pris
oner was received, ordered the secretary
to draw up a protest against the con
templated action of General Weyler.
Upon second consideartion, however,
the protest took a less formal shape.
Instead of being diverted to the Spanish
minister in writing, Senor de Lome was
sent for by the secretary of state and
informed as to the views of the admin
istration in the matter. This protest,
it is assumed, was no less explicit than
that which Secretary Sherman had pre
viously drafted. At any rate it had its
effect, for General Rivera is still living.
TORE UP AN AMERICAN FLAG.
An Outrage by Apanlsu Soldiers In
Santa Clara.
New York, April 19. A Herald dis
patch from Sagua Grande via Key West
pays a report has just reached there of
tn outrage perpetrated near the town
of Encircujada, by Spanish troops, who
destroyed the property owned by the
wife of the British vice-consul, Mr.
Harris, of Sagua Grande, and tore np
an American flag which the manager
of the estate, George Harris, who iB an
American citizen, had draped over his
bed.
The estate of Mrs. Harris, called La
Palma, is about two miles from Encir
crujada. The troops broke open the
doors and removed articles of value.
Finding the flag in the manager's bed
room, the soldiers carried it out with
many epithets and tore it into bits.
Being satisfied with their vengeance on
the bit of bunting, in the absence of
its owner, they departed.
The matter was reported to Mr. Har
ris on his return, and he promptly laid
it before the British and American
consular officials in Sagua, who will
cause a thorough investigation.
It is said the Spanish assert that
they had seen insurgents leaving the
estate, but this is denied by the mana
ger. The American consul at Sagua,
his friends s.iy, will make a full report
on the flag incident. He is Mr. Bar
ker, one of the most vigorous American
representatives on the island.
War of Devastation.
Havana, April 19. In view of the
approach of the rainy season, Captain
General AVeyler has ordered the erec
tion of an infirmary on the trocha and
the extension of the military hospitals.
New hospitals will be constructed at
Trinidad, Casilda, Isabella and Sagua.
The captain-general has ordered the
demolition of all houses inBide the cul
tivated zone. This is on the theory
Ka Via nooDanta arill remain at nioht
' in the blockhouses and remove their
families to the towns.
Cubans Will Take Steps
Frustrate It.
INVADERS CHECKED.
Greek Irregulars Defeated by the Turks
at K ran la.
Larissa, April 19. Revere fighting
has occurred in Macedonia between the
Greek irregulars and the Turkish
forces. A column of irregulars sent to
the right from Pitgravitzo, after hav
ing attacked and captured Sitovon, con
tinued its advance toward Kritudes,
Phisia and Kouruzi, with orders to
hold Kouruzi at all costs, as it com
mands the right approach to Grevno,
the objective point.
This column, commanded by Chiefs
Zermos and Luzzo, attacked Kritudes
on Friday. The place was defended by
two companies of Turks. After a se
vere fight, during which eighty Turks
were killed and twenty-five taken pris
oners, the position was captured by the
Greeks, who also obtained possession
of 1.100 rifles and a quantity of eart
rigdes. The insurgents, however, have euf
ered a severe check in another direc
tion. A strong force of Turkish troops
from Macovon, with a number of
mountain guns, advanced on K rani a,
which had recently been captured by
the Greeks, and attacked too irregulars
of Greece, who occupied an intrenched
position. It is reported the fighting
was ferocious on both sides. The in
surgents eventually were compelled to
retreat north to the mountains. Some,
however, succeeded in breaking through
the Turkish lines and escaped to Bal
tino, just across the frontier in Mace
donia, first captured by the Greek ir
regulars and used by them ae a depot
for provisions and ammunition.
Accounts given by refugees ot Turk
ish losses are believed to be exaggerat
ed. They eay 265 Turks were killed,
while the irretrulars onlv had eight men
killed and seventeen wounded. The
leader of the Greeks operating in that
direction, Chief Mil on as, was among
the wounded, and returned into Greek
territory with a number of refugees.
One of the latter says a portion of the
Turkish force is composed of irregulars
whose dress re?-embles that of the Greek
insurgents. This, it appears, enabled
the Turkish force to execute a flank
movement unheeded by the leaders of
the Greeks. The refugee referred to
blames the Greek leaders for badiy
handling the men. All the refugees
bore traces of having experienced great
fatigue, and it is reported that Ethnike
Hetairia, or the national league, has
ordered the Greek irregulars to retreat
into Greek territory, regarding further
bloodshed as useless, unless the regular
army of Greeks supports the irregulars.
AGREEMENT REACHED.
Columbia River Fishermen Will Take
Pour Cents a Pound.
Astoria, Or., April 19. It is now
settled that the Columbia river packers
will not get their fish this season at
less than 4 cents, as was anticipated.
At a conference between a committee
of the union, appointed for that pur
pose, and the packers, this afternoon, it"
was determined by the former that no
fish would be delivered to any cannery
for less than the 4-cent price.
It now remains to be seen whether
the packers will pay the union rate or
ehut down. The probabilities are,
however, that it will be decided to go
ahead with the season's pack, but an
effort will be made by the Cannery
men's Association to stiffen Eastern
prices so as to justify the 4-cent price
for fish.
A prominent packer is authority for
the statement that no more fish will be
offered under first-class labels after to
day at a price that will not leave a fair
margin of profit at 4 cents for raw ma
terial. It could not be learned what
action the association has determined
to take, but it is generally reported that
its members have agreed to render such
assistance to one another as will enable
the entire spring pack to be carried
over until the desired improvement
takes place in the market.
When it became generally known to
night that the impending strike had
been averted, there was great rejoicing.
When the season opened, business
experienced a sudden improvement, but
fell off again as the agitation continued.
Great uneasiness was felt. The situ
ation, as it now stands, is all that could
be desired, and indications are briglit
for a prosperous year. The only dis
agreeable feature of the situation is
that the Chinese have secured an
advantage over white labor. This con
dition has caused a great deal of un
favorable discussion, and is condemned
on all sides.
Several hundred boats went out to
night, the decision of the union setting
all doubts at rest. The run of salmon
continues light, but the fish is of ex-
cellent quality. It is predicted by fish
i experts that the run this year will be
j without precedent in the past ten sea
sons. Scarcity of Funds In Land Office.
Washington, April 19. The exhaus
tion of the funds appropriated for the
general land office is largely crippling
the work in the field, and further re
trenchment on the salary rolls was
made today. The fourteen examiners
of the office who have been investigat
ing on the Chippewa Indian lands at $6
per day each, and twelve mineral land
commissioners in Idaho and Montana,
drawing $2,500 per annum each, were
ordered dropped from the rolls. The ac
tion takes effect the 20th inst.
Judge S tor row Dead.
Washington, April 19. Judge Jas.
A. Storrow, a lawyer of Boston, drop
ped dead while at the congressional li
brary today. Judge Storrow took an
important part in the procodings inci
dent to the arbitration treaty between
the governments of Great Britain and
Venezuela for the settlement of the
boundary dispute.
The common mushroom attains its
greatost size in less than twenty-four
hour.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins A Company's Review
of Trade.
There was a good trade and active
market in wheat during the past week,
fluctuations covering 7 range. Oper
ations were somewhat enlarged, and
towards the end of the week orders
from the country more numerous. The
feeling developed was stronger and
higher prices ruled, all of which was
maintained, and the close shows an ad
vance of 7c, with final trades in May
it 73c and July 73c. The holiday
in Friday had a tendency to curtail
operations during the middle of the
treek, but commencing with the first
:ap of the bell on Saturday there was a
good general trade and the largest gain
for a single day in the week was scored
n that day. May advancing from
9 3-8c at the opening, to 73c at the
slope. Heavy short traders were the
principal buyers, but they were first
goaded into action by some energetic
buying for long and foreign accounts.
In the midst of rejoicings over their
recent series of brilliant victories, the
bears seemed to forget their experience
of only two years ago. On April 9 of
that year, May wheat sold at 64c, but
then began to climb, and the market
scarcely halted until 85 3 -8c was reach
ed on May 29 the same year. A great
many brains were hurt in that 30 6-8c
rise. The visible supply was in that
year, on March 1, 78,762,000; April 1,
74,308,000 bushels against 37,706,000
bushels at present. Chicago stocks
April 1, 1895, were 26,454,000 bushels
against present Stock of 10,000,000
bushels. Nor was there at that time
any shortage in the wheat crops of other
countries, and no one was reading a
column a day about "the war in
Crete." The 80c rise came "just the
?ame." We are not called upon to
state whether or not such an advance
will occur during the same period this
year. We do know, however, that it
has been many years since domestic
supply has been so low as at present,
and about as long since the world's sup
ply has been down before where it is
now.
Market Quotation.
Portland, Or., April 20, 1897.
' Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadia
1 and Davton, $4.00; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.00; graham, $3.40; su
! perfine, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat Walla Walla, 74 75c; Val-
ley, T6c per bushel.
j Oats Choice white, 38 40c per
; bushel; choice gray, 37 89c
Hay Timothy," $14.00(315.00 per
i ton; clover, $11. 60 12.50; wheat and
!,oat, $10. 00m 11.00 per ton.
! Barley Feet! barley, $17.50 per ton;
brewing, $I8!9.
; Millstuffs Bran, $14.50; shorts,
$16.50; middlings, $26.
Butter Creamery, 35c; dairy, 25
27Sc; store, 17H 30c per roll.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,55365c;
Garnet Chilies, 65 75c; Early Rose,
80aS5c per sack; sweets, $2.75 per
cental for Merced; new potatoes, 3c
per pound.
Onions $2. 50 3. 00 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.75
3.25: geese, $4. 00 (A 5.00; turkeys, live.
Urn 12c; ducks, $6.007.00 per dozen.
Eggs Oregon, lie per dozen.
Cheese Oregon, 10c; Young
America, 13 c per pound.
Wool Valley, 12c perponnd; Eastern
Oregon, 6 (3 8c.
Hops 9(10c per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.00(33.50;
cows, $3.25ot8-00; dressed beef, 4
6c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.50(23.75; dressed mut
ton, 6c per ponnd.
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00$
4.25; light and feeders, $3.50(33.00;
dressed $4.50(3 5.25 per cwt-
Veal Large, 5 ) 5 c; smal 1, 6
6s per pound.
Seattle, Wash., April 80, 1897.
Wheat Chicken feed, $37 per ton.
Oats Choice, $23(3 34 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, $20 per
ton.
Corn Whole, $30 per ton; cracked,
$3031; feed meal, $19(3 20.
Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent,
$4.80; Novelty A, $4.50; California
brands, $4.90; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
$0.40.
Millstuffs Bran, $14.00 per ton;
shorts, $18.
Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton;
middlings, $33; oilcake meal, $30.
Hay Puget sound, per ton, $11.00;
Eastern Washington, $15.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 33 c; select, 33c; tube, 33c;
ranch, 1517.
Cheese Native Washington, 13c
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $16.50
18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets,
per sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c;
rutabagas, per sack, 50c; carrots, per
sack, 4050c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
$1.50; onions, per 100 lbs, $3.35.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $4.00.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10 10c; ducks, $6 6. 50; dressed
turkeys, 15c
Eggs Fresh ranch, 13,o.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 7c; cows, 6J-c; mutton, sheep,
8 c per pound; Iamb, 5o; pork, 6c per
pound; veal, small, 8c
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4)6o;
Balmon, 68c; salmon trout, 710c;
flounders and soles, 84c.
Provisions Hams, large, 11 hams,
small, llci breakfast bacon, 10c; dry
salt sides, 6c per pound.
San Francisco, April 30, 1897.
Potatoes Salinas B urban ks, 90c
$1.10; Early Rose, 6580c; River Bur
banks, 50 70c; sweets, $1.6031.75
per cental.
Onions $3. 36 8. 76 per cental.
Eggs Ranch, 10 13 g per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 13c; do
seconds, 12a12c; fancy dairy, 13o;
seconds, 10,4 (3 11c
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 6(3 7c;
fair to good. 6o: Young America,
7 8c; Eastern, WtajH0-
WORK ON THE TARIFF BILL
Senators Gave Their Views to
Senate Subcommittee.
MEXICO FAVORS DINGLEY BILL
Bill Now Before the Senate Asking '
for a Commission to Introduce
Our Bread Foods Into the Orient.
Washington, April 17. Senator
Hansbrough has introduced a bill au
thorizing the appointment of a commis
sion to introduce and popularize the
bread foods of the United States among
the peoples of the Orient. It provides
that the commission shall consist of
three persona, to be appointed by the
president and confirmed by the senate,
and to be known as the bread-foods
commission of the United States, and
to be under the direction and control of
the secretary at agriculture. The com
mission shall ascertain and from time
to time report to the secretary of agri
culture the beat modes of introducing
and popularising the bread foods of tbe
United States among tbe peoples of
Oriental countries. Tbe salary of the
commissioners shall be $5,000 a year,
and the commission is authorized to
employ a secretary at a salary of $3,000,
and $30,000 is appropriated to defray
the expenses of tbe commission in the
prosecution of its work. Hansbrough
says the measure is designed to further
tbe work of extending tbe trade of the
United States with China and Japan,
and was suggested by the letter recently
sent to him by James J. Hill, president
of the Great Northern railroad, on the
subject of trade with the Orient.
TARIFF SUGGESTIONS.
goaators Cava Their Tie'
to the Sea-
ato Subcommittee.
Washington, April 17. The Repub
lican subcommittee of the senate com
mittee on finance held an all-day session
at the capitol to afford an opportunity
to other senators to make suggestions
on the tariff bill. Among the senators
who called and bad conferences with
the committee were Messrs. Quay.
Sewall, El kins, Piatt, Wellington, Per
kins, 6houp, Pritchard, Baker and
Harris of Kansas.
Senator Quay urged a rate of duty
upon carpets and matting, which would
insure protection to the industries of
this country against the products of
China and Japan.
Senator Perkins was given an ex
tended hearing on the fruit schedule.
He presented the' committee with sam
ples of both California and foreign cur
rants and raisins, and asked lor an
increase of the rate on Zante currants,
bringing it np to t4 cents per pound.
He also suggested a duty of 1 cent a
; pound on oranges and lemons, instead
! of three-fourths of a cent, as fixed by
the Ding ley bill.
It was suggested to Mr. Perkins by
some of the members of tbe committee
that tbe fruit schedule had already been
attacked, and the rates charged to be
too high, bat the California senator
contended for thorough protection.
Mr. Perkins suggested a substitute
schedule on beet sugar, providing for a
duty of 1 cent a pound on sugar testing
70 by the polari scope and increasing to
1 H cents for the 90 per cent test. The
committee promised to give this matter
due attention, but gave no further indi
cations of the probable result of its de
liberations. A more pronounced favorable recep
tion was given to a suggestion for a
drawback duty on imported tin cans, in
which fruits and salmon are exported.
This suggestion appeared to meet with
favor.
Senator Se wall's suggestions per
tained to almost the entire list of New
Jersey manufactures, and he filed briefs
bearing upon all of them. He present
ed a request of the silk manufacturers
for a uniform 50 per cent ad valorem
duty.
Senators Baker and Harris asked for
a duty of $3 per ton on gypsum, and for
a decrease of the duty proposed on
Mexican cattle. They reported that
there were immense beds of gypsnm in
the West, sufficient to supply the wants
of the entire country. With reference
to cattle importations, they represent
ed that the cattle were needed to con
sume the grass crop of the West, and '
that it was more economical to move
the cattle than the grass.
Senator Elkins and Senator Welling
ton appeared in support of the Dingley
tariff rate on coal, which there is an
effort to have reduced.
During the day, a number of the Re
publican senators from the inter
mountain states met to agree upon a
plan of co-operation. They reached no
definite conclusion, except to stand to
gether in their demands on wool, bides,
cattle, lead ore and other Rocky moun
tain products.
Tito Indian BUI.
Washington, April 17 The senate
spent today considering the Indian ap
propriation bill, but did not complete
it. Early in the session the proceed
ings were made executive, and when
the doors were open again to the public,
the Indian bill again came up. The
pending question was on the committee
amendment opening the Uncompaghre
reservation in Utah to public entry.
Jones of Arkansas withdrew tbe point
of order he had made, and on an aye
and no vote, the amendment was agreed
to, 33 to 13.
Thaake, Awfollv. JToha Bull.
London, April 16. The St. James1
Gazette, referring to the trouble in Ha
waii, regarding the landing of Japanese
immigrants, says that if a rupture be
tween Japan and the United States oc
curs, the latter may find the Japanese;
navy a hard customer to tackle,