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SHOT Fate of Newspapers and Statesmen in France. THE REPUBLIC IS IN DANGER Army Officers Expelled, Lawyer» Dis barred and Correspondents Warned — What It Will Terminate in. Paris, Feb. 28.—The new dictator ship has decided to suppress the free dom of speech and the freedom of the press. This decision was announced by Meline in the chamber of deputies this afternoon. Four newspapers tonight were noti fied that uiiuless they cease discussing the Dreyfus campaign tomorrow they will be rigorously prosecuted. A number of corresjamdents of for eign newspapers were warned that un less they abandon their hostile dis patches they will be expelled from France. It is even asserted that Blowitz, the correspondent of the London Times, was also warned. Because of hie courageous action as an officer in the war department and in the Zola trial, Colonel Picquart, by a decree issued tonight.was expelled from the army and placed under three years of police surveillance. The lawyer who advised him has been suspended from the bar. Esterhazy has received official per mission to prosecute Mathieu Dreyfus. The announcement was made that more rigorous measures of the same high-handed policy will soon be prom ulgated. Concluding his official warn ing, Me line said: “I trust it will be understood that if the agitation continues after yester day’s verdict we shall be in the pres ence of a party issue. Enough evil has ■already been done internally. The life of the nation has been checked. A part of tiie foreign press denounces us. This must be stopped, in the in terests of peace, of the army, and of our foreign relations. The government must deal with the wound it desires to heal, and it will impose silence upon everybody. It will take such dis ciplinary measures as the circum stances demand. Nobody can continue the agitation in good faith, and after tomorrow the government will sup press all attempts to continue it. Tiie government is applying the laws at its disposal, and if the weapons are insuffi cient, it will ask for more.” (Great tumult). ‘‘The vote of this house will prove that when patriotism is involved, there are no parties. Everybody ral lies under that flag.” I | AT KING GEORGE. A CLASH INEVITABLE. SINKING IN THE MUD. Desperate Attempt of Would-Be-A»ia»« silts, Who Escaped. Costa Rica and Nicaragua Apparently I'pon tiie \erge of War. Prompt Word Athens, March 1.—An unsuccessful attempt was made today to assassinate King George. The king was returning from Phaleron, at 5 o’clock in the evening in a landau, accompanied by the Princess Maria, when two men, who were hidden in a ditch alongside the road, opened tire with guns upon the occupants of the carriage. The first Bhot missed, but the second wound ed a footman in the arm. The coach man whipped up his horses and the royal party dashed away at a gallop. The miscreants fired seven more shots after them, none of which took effect, and the king and the princess returned to the palace unhurt. The king states that one of the assas sins was dressed in gray clothing, and his majesty declares he could easily identify him. When the seoond shot whizzed past the carriage, the king rose and stood in front of his daughter, in order to shield her. One of the horses was slightly wounded. One of the assailants knelt in the middle of the road and aimed straight at the king, who noticed that the man’s hand was shaking. The shot missed, and the king had a clear view of this man, who his majesty says was barely 20 years old. He continued to fire after the carriage until it was out of range. His companion did not leave the ditch. New York, Feb. 28.—A dispatch to the Herald from Panama save: Ad vices received today from Costa Rica state that at a banquet given on Sun day night, Fieeident Iglesias said the situation between Costa Rica and Nic aragua is such that war is inevitable. Further adviceB from Costa Rica say that on February 20 there was a largo I>opular demonstration in which more than 5,000 persons showed their ap proval of the attitude of the govern ment toward Nicaragua, and more troops were sent on February 20 to the frontier. Hostilities with Nicaragua are expected at any moment. Many prominent members of the American colony have offered to aid the govern ment with men and money. One of them. James Bennett, offered to give $60,000. The French colony has also promised to take up arms in defense of Costa Rica in the event of war. Since the unsuccessful revolution broke out in Nicaragua on February 5, which President Zelaya charges the Costa Rican government with aiding, there has been little communication with the Costa Rican capital. Mes sages sent from here are in plain lan guage at sender’s risk and subject to censorship. A special commissioner arrived at Colon a few days ago with a dispatch from Washington. Replies were sent to Port Limon by the steamship New- port. It is stated that the same com missioner had a private conference with the government authorities here. His object is to enlist Colombia on Costa Rica’s side should the Greater Republic of Central America or the triple alliance declare war against ber. Havana, Feb. 28.—The wreck of the Maine is slowly but surely sinking into the mud. Before the hull can be raised it will be necessary to move the guns and deck debris. For lack of proper appliances, practically nothing in this line has been accomplished. The cloudy weather and rain made the work of the divers unsatisfactory today, and very little was done. It is said that a hole has been made by the divers in one of the forward hatches, and it is hoped that a number of bodies will be recovered. The court of inquiry sat longer than nsual today, the six divers being exam ined more in detail than heretofore. At the afternoon session the examina tion of the divers was continued. A civilian whose testimony is said to be of importance, was also examined. The name of the witness and all partic. ulars of the evidence are withheld. Late today, the paymaster’s safe, with $22,500, and his papers, was tarn'll from the wreck. Beyond this, no statement is made as to the value and nature of the contents. A large quantity of water ran out when the safe was raised above the surface. The complaint is stffl made that the electric lamps are of little use to the divers, as the light is faint and uncer tain, and to hold them takes one of the diver’s hands. They have assuredly | proved of little value in the present investigation. So far as reports made public go, workmen on the Right Arm with the assistance of the naval divers are labor- j ing hard to recover the bodies under | the hatch which led to the fireroom platforms. It is hoped the bodies will be taken out tomorrow. The Havana papers print long ex tracts from the American papers but of course only of delayed news. All the Americans are anxiously waiting the arrival of tomorrow’s mail. Consul-General Lee says be has re ceived no news of importance from the state department. The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII has been towed to a buoy further within the harbor to make room for the cruiser Vizcaya which is expected here tomor row or the next day from New York. The wounded are reported as doing well today. The wrecking tug Right Arm is engaged in removing such parts of the wreck as it is possible to handle in ad-1 vance of the arrival of strong tugs and derricks from the north. It is believed j the divers from the fleet and Right I Arm will remain at work when the' Mangrove leaves. The Fern will be I the only Untied States vessel in the harbor after the Mangrove goes. BLOWN ON THE FLATS. The Oregon Struck by a Terrific Gale iu .Juneau Harbor. Seattle, March 1.—The steamer To peka arrived here tonight from Juneau. The officers of the Topeka report that in a terrific wind storm at Juneau last Sunday the steamship Oregon was blown ashore on Juneau flats. She was lying in Juneau harbor at anchor when the gale struck her, and, after straining at her anchors for some time, she began to drag, and then at tremen dous speed she was hurled on the flats. Several horses were thrown heavily against the side of the vessel as she struck, and some were killed. All | day she lay in that position, the pas sengers suffering terribly, as during the j gale a dense snow storm raged. The thermometer registered 8 degrees below zero, and the fierce wind was piercing cold. When the gale abated, at high tide, the vessel was floated. Fortun ately, the flats are soft, and the Oregon suffered no injury. LA CHAMPAGNE SAFE. Anchored Oft’ the Newfoundland Banka With Shaft Broken. i | j I | ■ | 1 ■ AUTONOMISTS Cuba Libre*» WANT PEACE. Hour of Triumph Near at Hand. New York, Feb. 28.—A dispatch to the Tribune from Havana Bays: In the uncertainty of the relations with the United States, the imjiortance of the recent action of the autonomist party is overlooked. Its central com mittee has formally approved the plan which is a confession of the failure of the present scheme of autonomy and an offer to the insurgents to concede every thing except the withdrawal of the Spanish flag. Its significance is in the fact that SenorGovin, of the autonomist cabinet, was a leading spirit in the meeting, and offered the resolutions for treating with the insurgents, which contain a series of propositions outlined by Bibra two weeks ago when the radical auton omist party was formed. These cover everything but independence. The transignetes are still hostile to the government. Among them the Maine inquiry is adding to the smother ed anti-American feeling. The author ities profess ability to hold it in check. New York, March 1.—The Holland- American line steamer Rotterdam, from Rotterdam, arrived at quarantine to night, with Third Officer George Uns- worth and nine seamen of the overdue French liner La Champagne, who were picked up from a lifeboat Thursday, February 24, in latitude 43.10 north, A CUT AT SAN FRANCISCO. NINE LIVES LOST. longitude 57 west. The men, when iihe Canadian Pacific Makes Low Kate taken aboard the Rotterdam, were in a to the Eaat. helpless condition, having been in the A T< nement House in Charleston, S. C., Burns With Fatal Results. San Fran<;i. co, Feb. 28.—The Cana ship’s lifeboat for six days and nights. Charleston, S. C., Feb. 28.—Nine dian Pacific threw a bombshell into the The men were all more or less frost lives were lost in a fearful fire which camp of the American railroad agents bitten. Unsworth stated that La Champagne raged for a short time here this morn this morning by announcing that tick ets would be sold from San Francisco broke her tail-end shaft Thursday, Feb ing. At 2:10 A. M., a policeman on to New York via Vancouver at $40 ruary 17, at 5 P. M., in latitude 45.27, duty noticed big sparks flying from the first-class and $80 second-class. The longitude 51.52. The steamer being tenement house at 160 Church street. lowest first-class rates by the Central i helpless, Captain Perrott anchored. The officer found that a blaze was is and Union Pacific are $79. Agents The steamer was on the edge of the suing from one of the windows on the here say that east-bound business by Newfoundland banks, and there being a first floor. The doors were broken open the Canadian road is slight at this sea possibility of the steamer not being ami the family on that floor rushed out son, and they don't feartdemora)izution, picked up in her position, Captain Per without injury. Somebody yelled that but they recognize the danger to Klon rott decided to send a lifeboat in search a family of women were sleeping on the third floor. The police rushed up dike business if these rates are enforced of assistance. La Champagne carried 304 passen stairs and when they reachd the top in the East. In fact, the Southern Pacific will have to meet the cut or see gers, and was nearly two weeks overdue. floor the lifesaving work was stopped by the flames, which seemed to be over all Klondike travel go to Victoria and the entire floor. Screams from dying Seattle. Everything depends on the BURNED AT SEA. women were beard, and Officer Bagley Chicago meeting. If the Canadian Pa cific cannot be placated then the South Terrible Experience of Crew and Pag- rushed in and pulled out three charred bodies. The quick work of the fire senders of Steamer Legislator. ern Pacific will be compelled to cut the department checked the flames, but not piesent rates nearly in half. Boston, March 1. — The British • Crushed to Death. steamer Legislator, Captain Tennant, until nine lives had been lost. The San Francisco, Feb. 28.—Charles bound from Liverpool for Colon, was dead are: Mrs. Rebecca Knickmeyer, Lapan, superintendent of construction burned at sea February 16, in latitude Albert O’Neil, Caswell O’Neil, Joseph on the Call building, was instantly 31:23 north, longitude 44:10 west. ine Knickmeyer, 7 years old; Katie killed this afternoon, in the freight The fire broke out February 13, and Knickmeyer, 19 years old; Leona elevator on the Third-street side of the burned fiercely for three days, during Knickmeyer, 9 years old, Francis building. which time Fireman Thomas Roberts Knickmeyer, 6 years old, Lillie Knick Lappan was at work in the base- was burned to death, Second Officer meyer, 3 years old; a baby of Mrs. Knickmeyer, 1 month old. meut, and stepped on the freight eleva James Bateman and Seaman William tor. It is believed he pulled the wrong Angell were drowned by the capsizing BRANDING SEALS. rope, and when the elevator started up, I of a boat, Third Officer Martin and attempted to jump out. His body was Steward John Gaffney went adrift in a The Process Described in the Electrical caught between the floor of the eleva boat, and Chief Cook Fred E. Lee, Review. tor and the first floor and was terribly crazed by fearful burns, jumped over New York, Feb. 28.—The Electrical crushed. Death must have been in board. The rest of the crew of 30 Review will publish today the first stantaneous, for his whole chest was men, with two passengers, Dr. Morti authentic account of branding fur seals crushed to a pulp. mer and wife, of London, were rescued I by electricity to prevent the destruc by the fruit Bteamer Flowergate and tion of the female seals. The article is Will Not Sell Cuba. London, Feb. 28.—The Standard’s brought to this port, arriving here to written by Elmer E. Farmer, of Stan Madrid correspondent says that he has day. Four of the crew, Chief Engineer ford university, who accompanied the found by an exhaustive canvass that all Traugber, Second Engineer John Hol United States fur seal commission to parties are amazed and indignant at den, Fourth Engineer Robert Milne and I the Pribyloff islands last August, the suggestion that Spain should sell Charles Ibbittson, were so severely in when the experiment was tried. Cuba, saying that it meant that the jured that they were taken to the ma The electrical apparatus consists of monarchy would be menaced by an ir- rine hospital upon arriving at this port. a small dynamo operated|by a gasoline resistable popular movement supported Holden is not expected to live. engine and a branding cautery simi by the army and navy. The financiers lar to that used by physicians. The Seven Young People Killed. make the practical objection that, as young female sealB were marked by Chicago, March 1. — An omnibus drawing the hot platinum cautery the Cuban debt is almost entirely held by Spaniards, the price suggested containing nine persons, eight of whom across the back, which resulted in de would not satisfy half the compensa were young men and women, who were stroying the fur so that even if the seal tion required. None of the ministers on their way to attend a party in the were afterward killed the commercial hotel at Blue Island, was struck by a value of the tur would be destroyed. would entertain the suggestion. Grand Trunk passenger train at the It is probable that the experiments Shipments From Canadian Points. Western avenue crossing south of Blue will be carried further by means of im Ottawa, Feb. 28.—The Canadian Island, at 9 o’clock tonight, and six of proved electrical apparatus. government has decided to permit Can the pleasure-seekers were kill«! almost adian goods to be shipped from Van instantly. None escaped serious in A writer in the Fortnightly Review couver and Victoria in American ves jury. The train was running at a high thinks that 55,000 farmers, each with sels free of duty by 8L Michaels to the rate of speed, and approached the cros a 100-acre farm in Canada, could sup Yukon for the ooming season. An or sing after rounding a sharp curve. ply all the wheat England needs. der to this effect has l*een sent to the Alfred Tpnny»on'i Brother. customs office on the coast. The order Wound Around the Shaft. applies to the Yukon route by St. Mi London, March 1.—Frederick Ten Pendleton, Or., Feb. 28.-—Clarence chaels, ami does not include Skagway. nyson, eldest brother of the late poet Dupuie, aged 22, was fatally hurt by ; laureate, died yesterday. being wound around the ehaft at the j Tacoma, Feb. 28.—The Midnight woolen mill late last night. Dupuis | Sun is the name of a tiny craft about The Nunes Filibusters. was employed in the picxer-room, and to sail for Alaska from Tacoma. The Tampa, Fla., March 1.—General went below to remove a belt without boat is flat bottomed, 24 feet long, 6 Emile Nunez, Dr. Nunez, J. Ecartava, waiting for the machinery to stop. A feet wide and 2 feet deep, provided John O’Brien and five members of the . set pin in the shaft caught his blouse, with ii<le paddle-wheels, a two-horse last Cuban expedition, arrived here j whirled him over and over, breaking , power boiler and a steam engine. Only thia afternoon from Key West. Mr. I many bones and hurting him internal her two owners will go in her with Ecartaya reports matters on the island ! ly, so that ha died several hours after their outfits as satisfactory to the Cuban cause. ward. A Is Necessary the Maine. TRANSPORT to Raise SERVICE. Plant Line Said to Be Prepared to Land Troops iu Havana. Tampa Fla. Feb. 28.—Although the officials of the company have not so stated publicly, nearly everybody here understands that the Plant system has completed arrangements for the trans portation of troops and munitions of war to Havana on short notice. All of the ships have been placed in condition for an emergency. Should war be de clared it is said that the company has perfected plans to land a large body of troops in Havana within 36 hours after their arrival at this place. Troops can be transported from Washington and New York to this port in from 24 to 30 hours. The company has also made ar rangements it is said to land promptly men and arms at Key West ami all strategic points on the coast of Florida and at Mobile. BATTLESHIPS TO BE LAUNCHED An Important Event to Occur at New port News Soon. Richmond, Va., Feb. 28.—The offi cers of the Newport News shipyard an nounce tla.it the double launching of the battleships Kentucky and Kearsage will take place March 24, and will be the first double launching of first-class battle-ships in the world. Governor Bradley and staff will come from Kentucky, and Miss Christine j Bradley will christen the Kentucky! with a bottle of water taken from the spring from which Abraham Lincoln , drank when a boy, while Mrs.Winslow, wife of Lieutenant Wilson, U. 8. N., will stand sponsor for the Kearsarge. The ships could be put in commission in six months if necessary, but the con tractors have no hurry orders. The Illinois, the third big battle-Bhip building at Newport News, is only a month or two behind the others. Spaniards Eager for War. London Feb. 28.—According to a special dispatch from Madrid reisirts received there from the United States to the effect that public opinion in the latter country is becoming more ex cited owing to the impression that the Maine disaster was not due to accident are “restirring popular feeling here (in Madrid) and the conviction is increasing in ministerial circles that the worst must be expected.” j; Continuing the dispatch says: ‘‘The government has no choice if the United States adopts a threatening attitude for the prospect of war is popular with all I parties and the more excitable newspa pers are already urging the government to take measures to enable Spain to strike the first and decisive blow.” Town Nearly Destroyed. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 28.—Floods and avalanches have partly destroyed the town of Monte Cristo, situated in the heart of the Cascade mountains. The railroad connecting the place with Everett has been washed ont, and the lack of railroad connections has caused the concentrator and the part of the Monte Cristo ^ines which John D. Rockefeller owns to shut down. ARID AND SEMI-ARID LAND. A Study of Condition» in the Northwest. Pacific There is a work going on in connec tion with the geological surveys of the government that is of interest to the nation at large, also to the world in general. This is known as the hydro graphic department, and relates to rec lamation pf arid lands by means of irrigation. What has been known as the great American Desert, and so des ignated on the maps up to a generation of time ago, was not desert in the nor mal sense of jiossessing no soil, but be cause of the lack of water to make its soil available. The object of the gov ernment is to make practical teste, based on scientific fact, to discover how arid lands can be made to produce har vests and so become homes for millions of people. In the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho are wide areas that are cap able of development, if water can be had to stimulate the soil. We may suppose that sagebrush land is worth less, but wherever sagebrush grows the soil is good and generally deep. There is so much of what we call desert in the North Pacific region that the citi zens of these states are specially inter est«! in the subject of irrigation. In regard to Oregon half the area of the state is arid, and two-thirds of all east of the Cascades. Whatever will re deem our arid lands will add greatly to the future wealth and prosperity of the state. From Mr. Bobb, who has lately re turned from a season in the North Pa cific states, it is learned that at the re quest of a local engineer he investigat ed the water supply of the Dungeness district, on the Sound, where there is shortage of water for crops in June, July and August. He placed stations on the Dungenness, Elwha and Soldeck, to ascertain what supply can at that season be depended on for irrigating ditches, in case private capital desires to make such investment. In Eastern Washington gauge sta tions are located as follows: One each on the Spokane, Natchess, Wenatchee and Palouse, and three on the Yakima. He also made mountain surveys for reservoir sites to save water through the rainy season for use in summer, as is done in the San Bernardino moun tains in Southern California. In Oregon the work has but com menced, though there ¡ b far more arid land in that state than in Washington. A station is established at Gibbon, on the Umatilla, not far from the hot springs; another on the Malheur; one on the Owyhee, in the extreme north east. Mr. Bobb expressed much inter est in Hood river valley, where is a station, for he saw its wonderful fruits; there is also a station on the Deschutes. Idaho offers greater opportunity for irrigation than Oregon, as she has mountain ranges and various riverB. Stations are on the Weiser, Boise, Pay ette, Port Neuf, Bear river, and at Montgomery’s ferry, on Snake. As this work is comparatively recent, re sults have not as yet been so clear and certain as at other districts. When we estimate the immense area of arid lands and know that, not in cluding Alaska, one-third of the United States remains still public do main, and that the greater portion of this is arid land rich in soil, but with out water supply, the immense import ance of this work is apparent. The in terest these gentlemen take in their work is apparent from the kindness with which they furnish information. Take the North Pacific states and estimate the area of arid lands, and the result is surprising. In Eastern Washington there is an area of 6,000,- 000 of acres requiring water supply to become productive. Eastern Oregon is yet larger, and has a much greater proportion of what is called desert, save that flocks and herds graze over it when water can be had at all. Idaho has vast areas to the south and some on the north, but facilities for water supply are present in its various streams. The two states—Idaho and Oregon—must have 15,000,000 of acres arid, making a total of over 20,000,000 in the three states, that can be trans formed to homes, if water can work its mag io there. There are also extensive natural basins where water can be had by bor ing artesian wells, by which means much land can be made productive. While the government does not practic ally experiment by boring such wells, its agents study the results attained by private enterprise, and have maps, as for instance, of the Pueblo district of Colorado—to show how great an area surface has an underflow that can come to the surface; also where water supply can be had for pumping. When we know that a quarter-sect’on of land will make a home for a family, an<l take the arid acreage of the three North Pacific states for a basis of esti mate; if one quarter of this area can be redeemed, it will furnish homes for 87,500 families and support a popula tion of 250,000 people. Take the arid portions of Oregon and Idaho, and it means that from 500,000 to 750,000 people can find productive farms if the arid lands of these states can be re claimed. The towns, cities and in dustries naturally pertaining will sup port 1,000,000 total. This work is furnishing valuable facts on which to base reclamation of the arid lands of this continent, which is one of the most important questions for our statesmen to consider. Priceless Boon to Our Follower». Of course all this vast extent of arid territory cannot be made available for farms and homes, but very much of it | can be, and the work of experiment and discovery that goes on so constant ly may discover more means for such reclamation. The rapid growth of population will soon exhaust all lands fit for homesteads. To add this arid area to our productive domain will be a In 1897 Ohio furnished almost 37,- priceless boon to those who are to fol lows us. __ 000 tons of grindstones. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Trade Coudillone In the beading Cltlae of the World. It begins to look as if Leiter, for all his impudence in ignoring the advice of Tom, Dick, Harry and other old time speculators, knew something about run ning a wheat deal. Where wheat will get to is beyond anybody's ken. Armour says there is no reason why it should not be put to $1.50. He adds he is a believer in high prices for another year. Leiter talks $1.25. No human being can forecast a market with cer tainty, for it would be no market if such a thing were possible. Leiter ap preciates this or he would not now lie marketing his cash holding. The s|>ec- ulators with widest experience agree that the Leiter control is as complete as anything human could be. There has never been a time, though, and never will be, when there are not con tingencies enough about the wheat sit uation to keep it exciting. The Leiter wheat interest continues larger than any that ever existed before. It was deemed extraordinary early in February that he should extend his purchases into May. lie has not stopped at that. He has gone into July. His risks on his cash lines in the pit have t>een re duced by his recent sales, but his line in the pit have been increased. The whole effort has been of late to cheapen the average holding, and it would look as if success had attended that Leiter has lost more or less wheat on “calls.” What he has done in the pit is mere guses work. The “talent” believe his May line a very commanding one, some where between 5,000,000 bushels and 10,000,000 bushels. His accumulations of July wheat last week might easily have reached 2,500,000 bushels, per haps double that. The figures seem grandiose. Leiters’ ideas of quanti ties are, however, different from the ordinary trades. It will be no exag geration, in the estimation of any pro fessional in this market, to put Leiter’s interest, with all his recent cash sales, at 20,000,000 bushels. His present profits, on paper, must be astounding, easily $2,000,000, perhaps double that. If Leiter continues to be favored to the end as he has been in the past the story of bis huge wheat operations will read like an oriental one, the plans too magnificent, the results too extraordi nary to be everyday. Portland Market. Wheat—Walla Walla, 74@75c; Val ley and Bluestem, 77 @ 78c per bushel. Fl iur—Best grades, $3.85; graham, $3.80; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats—Choice white, 86 @ 87c; choice gray, 88 @ 34c per bushel. Barley—Feed barley, $19 @20; brew ing, $20 per ton. Millstiffs—Bran, $19 per ton; mid dlings, $24; shorts, $20. Hay—Timothy, $12.50; clover, $10@ll; California wheat, $10; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9 @10 per ton. Eggs—10t£@llSc per dozen. Butter—Fancy creamery, 50@55c; fair to good, 45@50c; dairy, 85@ 45c per roll. Cheese — Oregon, 12,4c; Young America, 18@14c; California, 9@10o per pound. Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $4.00@ 4.50 per dozen; hens, $4.50@5.00; geese, $6.00@7.00; ducks, $5.00@6.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, ll@12c per pound. Potatoes—Oregon Burbanks, 40@50c per sack; sweets, $1.75@2 per cental. Onions—Oregon, $2.25@2.60 per sack. Hops—4@16c per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c. Wool—Valley, 14 @ 16c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 7@12c; mohair, 20 @22c per pound. Mutton—Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton, 7o; spring lambs, 54c per pound. Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, $4.25; light and feeders, $3.00@4.00; dressed, $5.00@5.50 per 100 pounds. Beef—Gross, top steers, $3.50@3.75; cows. $2.50; drdSsed beef, 64@7c per pound. Veal—Large, 5@5.4o; small, 6@ 7c per pound. Seattle Market. Butter — Fancy native creamery, brick. 27c; ranch, 22 @ 23c. Cheese—Native Washington, 13c; California. 94c. Eggs—Fresh ranch, 18c. Poultry—Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 12c; spring chickens, $2.50@ 8 00; ducks, $3.50@3.75. Wheat—Feed wheat, $23 per ton. Oats—Choice, per ton, $23. Corn—Whole, $23; cracked, per ton, $23; feed meal, $23 per ton. Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton, $28; whole, $22. Hay—Puget sound, new, per ton, $12© 14; Eastern Washington timothy, ! $18; alfalfa, $12. Fresh Meats—Choice dressed beef, steers, 7 4c; cows, 64c; mutton sheep, 84c; pork, 64c; veal, small, 8. Fresh Fish—Halibut, 6@7c: salmon, 3c; salmon trout, 10c; flounder* and sole, 8@4; ling cod, 4@5; rock cod, 5c; smelt, 2'ÿ@4c. Freeh Fruit—Apples, 50c@$1.75 per box; pears, 25@75c per box; orange*, navels, $2 @8 per box. San Francisco Market. Wool—Nevada 11 @ 18c; Oregon, 12 @14c; Northern 7@8o per pound. Hops—124@174c per pound. Millstuffs—Milidlings, $22@25; Cal ifornia bran, $17.50@ 18.50 per ton. Onions—silverskin, $2.50@2.76 per cental. Eggs—Store, 11 @ 114c; ranch, 11 % @12 4c; Eastern, 18@19; duck, 14c per pozen. Cheese—Fancy mild, new, 104c; fair to good, 7@8c per pound.. Butter—Fancy creamery, 22,4 c; do seconds, 21c; fancy dairy, 20c; good to choice, 18@19c per pound. Fresh Fruit—Apples, 25c@$1.25 per large box; grapes, 25@40c; Isabella, 60@75c; peaches, 50c@$l; pears 75c; $1 per box; plums, 20@35c.