It's a Cold Day When We Get Left.
VOL. X.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1898. '
NO. 25.
Happenings - Both , at Home
... . and Abroad. .
A v WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
Interesting Collection of Items From
: ,. Many Places Culled From the FiBil
Reports of the Current Week.
General Fitzhugh Lee's mother died
Bt Richmond, Va. ...
A , proclamation has been . .issued
bringing Santa Ciuzand other islands
under the British Solomon islands pro
tectorate. .
At Friday's session of the Paris peace
commission the Spaniards rejeoted the
Americans' proposals, and refused to
give. up the Philippines.
Later reports from the conflagration
at Hankow, China, say that 10,000
houses were destroyed and 1,000 peo
ple killed and burned to death.'
. Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer of the
United States, in his annual report,:
shows that the treasury was stronger at
tne piose man ai ine opening 01 me
fiscal year. ' '
- Senator Redfield Prootor in an ad
dress at Montpelier, Vt.', declared that
there should be divided sovereignty and
that the United States should retain
the entire Philippine archipelago.
,: The work of removing the bodies ot
all government soldiers burjed in Cuba,
Porto Bico and Manila will begin in a
few weeks The expense of the under
taking will be borne entirely by the
government. ...
Major Helbnrn'a recital before the
war investigating commission, while in
session at ... Cincinnati, disclosed a ter
rible state of affairs at Camp Thomas.,
Chickamauga, due to ignorance and ne
gleot. The sick soldiers were treated
like dogs. , 7 ' ' , ' '
! The board of control of the Joint
Traffic Association has decided to dis
solve the organization. This aotlon
vas taken because of the recent decision
by the supreme court that the efforts of
tbe association to control railroad rates
was illegal. ," "'",
By the explosion of a boiler at the
6il City (Pa.) boiler works, two men
were killed, two fatally injured and a
dozen more slightly hurt. The killed
are "Richard McCIoskey and John Fraw
ley. Tbe fatally inlured are B. J. Gid
ders and Denis McMahon. ' '
, ; A recent disoovery of bituminous coal
in the ; Klondike, region was made in
American territory about 100 miles
below Forty-Mile. A tunnel has been
dug into the hillside a distance of 45
feet, arid .there the vein is . six feet In
thickness; - The coal is said, to be of su
perior' quality. ; 'i j
The transport Panama, , which was
reported lost with 800 lives, has arrived
safely in Havana. . '
5, Germany's exports for the first nine
months of the fiscal year showed an in,-
n l co den AAA 1. torn
; , The newly-organized French cabinet
announces . that, it . Will, suppoit the
court of cassation in the revision of the
Dreyfus case. ' : ".'
Several companies of native troops in
the Visayas islands rebelled. That
Were pursued and several were killed.
The rebellion is ended. : ' "
' In a speech delivered at Worcester,
Mass., Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts.
expressed himself strongly opposed to
the policy of expansion. 't
' Russia has declined to support France
in the Fashoda affair, fearing that a re
opening of the Egyptian question would
interfere with her tremendous task in
China. ' ". ' ',
' Action has been taken by the admin
istration looking to the maintenance of
the status quo with respeot to the con
cession of the Maritime Canal Company
IUI IUU UVUO.IUVI1VU V MUO A. .V... agUUU
canal. ,, '.,
M. Fontaine, of Minneapolis, who
has just returned from the Stickeea
route, says he baa discovered rioh dig
gings on an unexplored . creek on the
Hootallnqua river. He shows a quan
tity of coarse gold as evidenoe.
v . The war between England and France
bas been aveited. A general and satis
factory arrangement is Baid to have
been effected in relation to the disputed
Fashoda question. ' An official note has
Deen issued on mesuojeci in wncn ine
British government announces that the
situation is ameliorating. 1 "
The navy department has practically
decided to abandon wrecking opera
tions Tinder existing contracts on the
cruisers Cristobol Colon, Vizcaya and
Almirante Oquendo, near Santiago,
which have become enormously - ex
pensive td the government. A Swedish
company has applied for permission to
raise the sunken vessels.
The. war'' department has issued a
general order for the movement of
troops to Cuba. . The first troops will
leave on or about November 22, and
will comprise a brigade under Brigadier-General
Carpenter. The brigade
will be taken from the Seventh army
corps. ' The brigade will be sont to
Neuvitas. Puerto Principe. ......
THE ELECTIONS.
Republicans Claim the BOth Congress-
State of Washington Also
' . Republican. ' '
Portland, Or., Nov. 9. The Ore-
gonian (Rep.) in its summary of Tues
day's elections says: , '.
' The Republican party will still con
trol the 56th congress. Incomplete
returns indicate that 157 Republicans
and 143 Democrats have certainly been
elected members of the lower house of
congress. Out of this. total, 300 mem
bora from the same districts two years
ago 189 Republicans were eleotedj and
111 Democrats.
The state of Washington was restored
to the column of gold-standard states,
There is no doubt of the election of
Jones and Cushman, the Republican
nominees for representatives in con
gress, and Anders and Fullerton, the
Republican candidates for supreme
judges. Their majorities appear to be
between 2,000 and 2,500. The Repub
1 icans have carried tbe legislature by a
safe working majority on joint ballot
The proposed single-tax amendment to
the constitution is badly defeated, and
the woman-suffrage amendment has
probably shared the same fate, though
little is known of the vote on it.
The Ohio congressional delegation re
mains unchanged, but the Republicans
have elected their state ticket by about
50.000 plurality. , The Indiana election
is still in doubt. Conneotitcut elects
the Republican ticket by nearly 20,000,
and its delegation is unchanged. In
Illinois the Democrats have gained five,
and probably six, congressmen. The
Republican state ticket is elected by
SO, 000 plurality. ' In Massachusetts,
the Republicans eleoted their state
ticket, but lost two or three' of their
congressional districts. Nebraska re
ports a Republican landslide. In Cal
norma Gage, Republican, is . elected
governor over Maguire, Demoorat, by
not less than 5,000 plurality. Camp
bell, Democrat, will be the new con'
gressman from Montana, and Thomas,
Mormon Demoorat, from Utah. The
election in the South, as usual, went
Democratic. Theodore Roosevelt, Re
publican, has been elected governor of
New York by a plurality anywhere
from 18,000 to 20,000. ' Michigan re
elected Pingree.
Archbishop W. H. Gross, of Oregon,
is seriously ill at Baltimore.
The Cuban assembly has effeoted
permanent organization at Santa Cruz.
. The United States, it sis said, 'Will
offer to buy the Philippines from
Kpam. -
Siam is about to re-establish its lega
tion in tbe United States after the
lapse of many years.
Henry Failing, president of the First
National bank, of Portland, Or., and a
well-known citizen, is dead. ,
Mrs. Leslie Carter, the actress, has
filed a petition in bankruptcy at New
York, showing liabilities of 163,773 and
no assets.
Two' sticks of dynamite addressed to
the Turkish consul at San Francisco,
were discovered in the mails before any
haim was done. . ,, . -
Wooden rims for bicycles are not pat
entable, according to a ruling made by
Judge Seaman in the United States
court at Milwaukee.
Judge Grosscup, of the United States
circuit court . at . Chicago, rendered a
decision upholding the constitutionality
of the war revenue law.
A revolution is imminent in Samoa,
and the cruiser Philadelphia has been
ordered there to proteot American in
terests. The Yorktown may follow.
A Norfolk, Va., dispatoh says the
Meiritt Wrecking Company has re
ceived information that the Maria
Teresa, which was reported sunk, is
ashore at Cat island. '.
Nikola Tesla claims to have learned
how to control vessels at a great dis
tance. By the use of an invention
upon which he is working, torpedo
boats may be sent out unmanned and
guided into contact with an enemy's
Bhip by an operator at a safe distance.
General Miles' report on the late war
has been filed. ' Plain statements are
made, and there is no mincing of words.
Faots regarding the conduct of the war
are clearly stated. Friends of the gen
eral says Seoretary Alger will be com
pelled to publish tbe report despite his
disinclination to do so. " r '
A London coroner's jury which has
been investigating the death on Octo
ber 29 last of Harold Frederio, a corre
spondent of the New York Times, hai
rendered a verdict of manslaughter
against Kate Lyon, a member of the
late Frederio's household, and. Mrs.
Mills, a Christian Soientist ,
David A. Wells, the famous econ
omist, died at Norwich, Conn.
Half the population of Gibara, Cuba,
is said to be suffering from smallpox. v.
Major General Otis at Manila reports
12 deaths among the troops Since bis
last( report. . . v .. .'..-'..
General Wade will have entire
oharge of the government of Cuba, both
civil and military. .
. : The Omaha exposition proved a finan
cial success, and subscribers will be
paid back in full.
Postofflce at Arago Robbed
by Two Masked Men.
ABOUT $1500 WAS SECURED
Postmaster Was Compelled to Open
the Safe Sheriff and Posse Found
the Tracks of the Robbers.
Marshfield, Or., Nov. 9. Last night
at about 8 o'clock two masked robbeis
entered the postofflce at Arago. The
offioe is in the residence of W. H.
Schroeder, the postmaster. Mr. Schroe-
der was in the upper part of the house
when the men entered, but a man,
Peter Crow, was in the office. '- The
robbers ordered him outside. They
tied his feet and hands, and fastened
him seourely to a milk oart, in such a
manner that his face was down, and he
was unable to turn. .' They then re
turned to the house and foroed Mr,
Schroeder to come down stairs into the
office, and at the points of revolvers
compelled him to open the safe. They
helped themselves to its contents
There was about $1,500 taken, $1,800
belonging to the . Arago creamery and
$300 being postal funds. Postmaster
Schroeder is a cripple, and was unable
to offer resistance. Sheriff Gage and a
posse found the tracks of the robbers
early this morning and followed them
until dark. The'country is well guard
ed tonight, add the sheriff thinks they
cannot possibly escape.
WINTER IN ALASKA.
The" Snow Lies Deep on White and
Chllkoot Passes.
Port Townsend, Wash., Nov. 9.-The
City of Topeka arrived tonight from
Alaska, bringing 124 passengers. She
reports that heavy snowstorms have
visited various sections of Alaska and
nearly all mining operations have been
suspended except quartz mills located
near tide water. ' On November 2 foui
feet of snow full on Chilkootand White
passes, whioh completely put a stop to
travel.
Telephone messages from Lake Llnd
emann to Skagway announce that about
400 persons are snowbound tbeie.
- Another rioh strike is reported from
the head of Salmon river, below Quiet
lake. V .'';'
According to John Olds, a pioneer
mining and business man of Alaska,
800 claims have been filed and recorded
in the Atlin mining district, and about
1,000 men will winter there. - He pre
dicts that Atlin will have a population
of at least 15,000, and that the output
of gold will nearly if not quite equal
that of Dawson.
It is stated that an English syndicate
has bought up about 4,200 acres o'i
placer ground in the Atlin distriot.
ILLINOIS LYNCHING. '- '
Miners Quickly Avenge an Assault on
One of Their Daughters.
' Macon, 111., Nov. 9. The first lynch
ing in Central Illinois in many years
took place here early this morning,
when 100 miners from Toluca, a min
ing town a short distance east of here,
broke into tbe county jail, took out F.
W. Stewart, a Toluca negro, and hanged
him to a tree.
The work was done quickly and quiet
ly. Only a few late stragglers notioed
the number of strangers who kept ar
riving in town, from the east. They
were well ' organized, however, and
shortly after midnight marched in a
body to the jail, broke in the doors after
a short parley with the sheriff, dragged
the negro from his- cell, carried him to
a tree a mile from town, where the re
mainder of the party awaited them,
and there swung him to a limb.
Stewart s crime was assault on Friday
evenir.g upon Mary O'Brien, the daugh
ter of one of the Toluca miners. -
Although many in Macon deplore the
lynching, there is a general impression
that the negro was punished as he de
served, and the sheriff seems to think
that public sentiment would not justify
him in making strenuous efforts to cap
ture he lynchers'.
PEREZ BROUGHT TO TIME.
.
Cuban Court-Martial's Judgment Was
, No"t Carried Out.
Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 8. The
Cuban general Perez, who has a half-
dozen times announced his intention tc
disband the troops under his oommand,
has not yet done ' so, reoently ordered
the trial by court-martial of one of his
men on a oharge of deserting from the
army in time of war. The prlsonei
was condemned to death, but before
the sentenoe was executed notification
was sent to Colonel Ray, who laid the
matter before General Wood. General
Perez was at once informed that 11
the man was executed he and the fir
ing party would be hanged as soon aa
the courts could legally sentenoe them.
Woman Killed by a Soldier.
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 8. Private
William Kane, company E, Third Ken
tucky, whose home is at Carlisle, Ky.,
shot and killed a woman named Maud
MoClure at a house of ill-fame here to
night. Kane snapped the gun in the
woman's ; face several times. H
olaimed not to know it was loaded, but
other women in the house said he had
threatened to kill the McClure woman.
BITTER FIGHT TO BE MADE.
President's Message Will Urge Action
' on Nicaragua Canal.
New York, Nov. 9. A dispatoh to
the Herald from Washington says: In
President McKinley's message to con
gress will be awery strong and urgent
appeal for immediate legislative ao
tion for the construction of the Nica
ragua canal under, government direc
tion. Tbe president will point out
that oar new connections in the ra
oifio and in the West Indies make it
imperative for the United : States to
build and control the great internation
al waterway, and that delay in author
izing its construction will jeopardize
the chances for American control in
the future. I
President McKinlsy fully appre
oiates the difficulties in the way of
securing prompt action, but he and
other canal advocates also appreciate
that failure this year may mean per
manent failure. Hence preparations
are going forward for one of the most,
bitter fights ever waged in tbe interest
of the canal.
The action of the Nicaragua govern
ment in granting a new concession fer
the construction of the canal conditional
upon the forfeiture of the contract with
the Maritime Canal Company in Octo
ber next has added new complications
to the difficulties in the way of legisla
tion. The authorities consider that it
adds another element of opposition to
prompt action on tbe pending Morgan
bill, ( which contemplates the construo
tion of the canal under government
direotion on the basis of the concession
granted to the Maritime Canal Com
pany. The Morgan bill in all its essen
tial features is understood to have the
indorsement of the administration.
It is supposed that the new company
Will be inimical to tbe Maritime Canal
Company,' It is assumed if it does not
succeed in selling out to the concession
aires, it will exert its influence to pre
vent action by congress this winter in
order that its contract may go into
effeot next October. Besides opposi
tion from this new company, friends of
the Morgan bill will have the powerful
Huntington and Panama canal intei-
ests arrayed against them. Friends of
the latter party are already in Wash
ington, preparing for a campaign
against the Nicaragua oanal. .
J. L. Morgan is to be a faotor in the
coming legislative war. ', It is stated
that while in Nicaragua fast winter he
made an arrangement with President
Zelaya to look after the interest of Nic
aragua In this country.
GARRISON NEAR HAVANA.
Location Selected Has Been Approved
' by Secretary Alger.
Washington, Nov. 9. Colonel Heok
er, with Colonel Lee, of the board
which was sent to Cuba to select camp
sites tor the American army of occupa
tion, has reached Washington, and has
had several conferences with the presi
dent and Secretary Alger.
The secretary has approved the loca
tions selected by ,the Heckef board for
the principal garrison, which will be in
the neighborhood of Havana. , The
place selected lies about eight miles
south, of Havana in the neighborhood
of the town of Marianao.
Two camps will be pilohed at this
point, one on either side of the splen
did aqueduct which supplies Havana
with water. This aqueduct will be
tapped and the water drawn by steam
pumps from it to supply the camps,
which will be pitched , in a plateau
about 160 feet above sealeveL
At.the nearest point to the camp on
the sea beach, a dock is being con
structed. The troops will be landed at
this point and marched directly to the
camp, the purpose being to avoid, ex
posure to possible intection in Havana.
FATE OF THE TERESA.
The Spanish Warship May: Still Be
i Afloat.
New York, Nov. 9. James E. Ward
& Ob,, " steamship agents, this after
noon received a cablegram from Mr.
Moyer, agent of the firm at Nassau, N.
P., that a two-funneled steamer, the
name of which had not been learned, is
ashore on Cat island, about 80 miles
from the point where the, former Span
ish warship Maria Teresa was supposed
to have foundered during a storm;
The stranded steamer may be tbe war
ship or one of the army transports.
Department Is Uncertain. -
Chicago; Nov. 9. A special to the
News from Washington says: Navy
department offioials feel a long way
from certain that the Maria Teresa is
really at the ocean's bottom. As a mat
ter of fact, the fear that she would sink
caused her to be abandoned. It is
probable that searchers will be sent to
learn the ship's fate, for it is felt that
she may now be a derelict. ;;. ' : ' ,
An Infamous Plot.
London, Nov. 9. The Daily Chroni
cle this morning says:
We have received information from
a reliable source of a well-organized
plot in Paris, in the event of an inquiry
before thotourt of cassation proving
favorable to Dreyfus, to foment a riot
ous outburst in the French oapitai, to
attempt to overthrow the civil power,
and to assassinate the leading cham
pions of Dreyfus. ' r 4
. These reports are confirmed by in
terviews had with M. Trarieux, former
minister fit justice, and M. de Pres
sonso, foreign editor' of the Temps, as
well aa others,."
lilDlipilfifllt
Cruiser Maria Teresa Lost in
v the Bahamas.
NOW LIES THREE MILES DEEP
Strain Opened Leaks Which Could Mot
Be Stopped The Men Were Saved,
But Lost All Their Personal Effects.
, Charleston, S. C, Nov. 8. The tug
Merritt put into Charleston this morn
ing, and reported the loss of the cruiser
Maria Teresa off San Salvador, the
Bahamas, November 3, in the midst of
a furious storm. ;
The cruiser left Caimanera, Cuba, on
the morning of October 80 in tow for
New York. She had already passed
Cape ' Maysi and ' started northeast
around the Bahamas. A furious storm
overtook her, and in her condition she
was unable to weather the gale. The
strain opened rents in the hull which
had been patched to enable her to make
the journey, and she began to fill rap
idly. The Merritt took off Lieutenant
Commander Harris and crew from the
sinking ship and she soon went down
The Merritt brought the officers and
men here. No lives were lost.:
This afternoon the survivors came
ashore. They lost all their olpthing
and personal effects.
The Teresa sank 30 miles off Walling
island at midnight Tuesday. She met
the storm Tuesday morning and began
to strain. Parts of the hull thought to
be safe became weakened, rivets broke
and water made rapidly in the hold.
The boilers began to give way and
finally tbe water extinguished the fires
in the engine-room. The pumps would
hot work. ' The whole vessel showed
signaof collapse and the men stood
stripped awaiting orders to quit the
ship, ' The -Vulcan was towing the
Teresa while the Merritt rescued 114
of the orew, made up of volunteers
from the Cincinnati, Newark and Vul
can. Ropes were cut and she then rap
idly rilled.
The Merritt then headed for Charles
ton with 4;he rescued.. A The orew left
this afternoon for Norfolk.
Opinion at the Navy Department.
Washington, Nov. 8. No orders were
Issued by the navy department up to
the olose of office hours as to the dispo
sition of Lieutenant-Commander Harris
and his crew, and Captain Crowin
shield, of the bureau of navigation, said
no orders would be formulated tonight.
It is the opinion of the navy depart
ment that the government has lost, be
sides the value of the ship herself, only
the amount of the per diem of $800 per
day through the sinking of the vessel,
because the contract appears to have
required the deliveiy by the wrecking
company of the vessel at the navy yard
at Norfolk. Aocording to the contract,
salvage was to consist of such fuither
compensation over or above, the per
diem and stipulated expense as might
be awarded by a board appointed for
that purpose, consisting of a represent
ative of each party and a third party,
their survey to be made after the ves
sel's delivery at Norfolk. The first
thing in order now is a court of inquiry;
in fact, the department has no option
in the case of the loss of a vessel under
such conditions. , This court- is re
quired to fix the responsibility' for the
loss.
COAL : MINE DISASTER.
Seven Men Killed Through an Engi
neer's Carelessness
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Nov. 8. Seven
men were killed and three fatally in
jured at the Exeter colliery of the Le
high Coal Company, at West Pittston,
today. The accident was due to the al
leged carelessness of Engineer David
Price, who, acting in disobedience of
positive orders, caused three oars to
run in to the top of the shaft. These
oars, loaded arid weighing 11 tons, fell
down the 860-foot shaft and crashed
with frightful fordeupon a carriage car
rying 10 men. ' Seven were almost in
stantly killed. .They are: . .
Michael Smith, Andrew Tinko,
Miohael Podesabanny, Michael Bra-
zuke, Joseph E. Culock, Michael Was
lokse, Joseph Andrewsky. ; :
! The aooident' ocourred as the men
were , going to work, and being Bent
down the shaft in parties of 10. t Pribe,
in oharge of the little donkey engine,
was shifting loaded cars from the new
red ash shaft some ' distance away.
This track approached tbe head of Ex
eter shaft, and at a distanoe of 80 feet
from it curved gently to the right and
around the shaft to a breaker. At a
point where this track commenced to
curve was a switch and 20 feet of track
leading to the head of the shaft, which
was used for storing crippled cars.
Close to the head of the shaft it was
closed by a head blook.
The train was going at good speed,
when, instead of curving around the
shaft, the cars dashed into the switch,
which was open, struck the head block,
dashed through it, and three of them
toppled down the shaft. About 20 feet
from the bottom they struck the car
riage with awful force, completely
wrecking it. The mass of wreckage
fell to the foot Of the shaft, choking it,
and' when, after hard work, the men
were extricated, seven were dead and
three fatally hurt.
PACIFIC 5 COAST TRADE.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 6lc; Val
ley and Bluestem, 63o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $8. 45; graham,
$3; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. '
Oats Choice white, 89 40c; choice
gray, 87 88c per bushel.
Barley Feed Parley, $2122; brew
ing, $28 per ton. i
- MillstuffsBran, $15.50 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $16; chop, $15.50
per ton.;
Hay Timothy, $8 9; clover, $7
8; Oregon wild hay, $8 per ton.
, Butter Fancy creamery, 4550o;
seconds, 4045o; dairy, 8540o store,
25 30o. .
Cheese Oregon full cream, ll12o;
Young America, 12c; new oheese,
10c per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $23.50
per dozen; hens, $8.504.50; springs,
1.253; geese, $5.000.00 for old,
$4. 50 5 for young; ducks, $4.00
5.00 per dozen; , turkeys, live, 12)
12c per pound.
Potatoes 50 60c per sack; sweets,
2c per pouhn. - ; ' '
Vegetables Beets-, 90o; turnips, 75o
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, $1 1.25 per 100 pounds; cauli
flower, 76o per dozen; parsnips, 75a
per sack; beans, 8c per pound; celery,
70 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 60c per.
box; peas, 8Sc per pound.
Onions Oregon, 75o$l per sack.
' Hops 1017o; 1897 crop, 46o.
Wool Valley, 10 12o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair,
25c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 3o; dressed mutton, 7c;
spring lambs, 1a per lb.
. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.75;
light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed,
$5. 50 6. 50 per 100 pounds. ,
Beef Gross, top steers, 8.50$3.75;
cows, $2. 50 8. 00; dressed beef,
66c per pound.
Veal Large, 66o; small, 6
'Kc per pound. .
Seattle Markets.
Tomatoes, 50 85c per box.
Cucumbers, 1015cpei doz.
; Onions, 8590o per 100 pounds. .
Potatoes, $10 12. '
Beete, per saok, $90o. '
Turnips, per sack, 60 65c.
Carrots, per sack, 60c.
. Parsnips, per sack, $1.
Beans, green, 2 80. ,N,
Hroon mm 111 flflrtJll .KO nor flnnlr.
Cauliflower, 75c per doz. i
Celery, 4050o. . :
' Cabbage, . native and California
$1.001.25 per 100 pounds. '
Apples, 60c 65c per box.
Pears, 75c $1 per box. v
.Prunes, 50c per box.
Peaches, 75c. .
Plums, 60c. -t
t
Butter Creamery, 27o per pound;
dairy and ranch,y1820c per pound. -
Eggs, 80c. ' '
Cheese Native, 12 12 Jc.
Poultry Old hens, 18c per pound;
spring chickens, 14c; turkeys, 16c.
, Fresh meatB Choice dressed, beef
steers, prime, 67c; cows, prime,
6o; mutton, 7o; pork, 78o;- veal,
78o. ' ' ' - - 1
, Wheat Feed wheat. $1920.
Oats Choice, per ton, $2223.
Hay Puget Sound mixed, $9.60
10; choice Eastern Washington tim
othy, $13.
Corn Whole, $23.50; cracked, $24;
feed meal, $23.50.
' Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$24 25; whole, $22.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.60;
straights,' $3.25; 'California brpnds,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.75; graham, 1
per barrel, $3.70; whole wheat flour.
$3.75; rye flour, $4.
Millstuffs Bran, . per ton, $14; .
shorts, per ton, $16. N .
Feed Chopped feed, $1721 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake
meal, per ton, $35.-
San Francisoo Market. -
, Wool Spring Nevada, 10 14c per
pound; Oregon, Eastern, 1012o; Val
ley,. 15 17c; Noithern, 9lle.
. Millstuffs Middlings, $1921.00;
bran, $16.60 16.50 per ton. 1 '
Onions Yellow. 80 45c per sack.
Butter Fancy ' creamery, 21o;
do seconds,' 18c20 fancy dairy, 21
22c; do Beconds, 2024c per pound. ..
Eggs Store, 1822o; fancy . ranoh,
8841o, .
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2
2.50; Mexican limes, $86.50; Cali,'
fornia lemons, $2. 00. 800; do choioe
$3.504.50; per box. ': ;
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
Camden, Me. manufactures more
ships' anohors than any other place in
Amerioa. 1
' Ninety-five per cent of the railway
tracks in the country are laid with steel
rails. '.' ' ''''.
. More steel is used in the manufacture
of pens than in all the swords and gun
factories in the world.
' Alabama produced 947,831 tons of
pig iron last year, while the output of
Tennessee aggregated 272,730 tons.
With the exception of the phenomen
al record-breaking fiscal year of 1892
8, the fiscal year of 1897-8 is the biggest
on reooard for the cigar industry. An
increase at enoe of over half a million,
or to be exact, $511,132,780, in the
cigar production, after five years of
stagnation and actual retrogression, ig
an event to be marked.