WAS
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Army Preparing to Go
to Cuba.
MAY LAND AT MATANZAS
Regular Troops Now on the Way to
Tampa—Object Is to Strike a De
cisive Blow Before the Rainy Season
Sets In—Work in War Department.
Washington, April 30.—A rather
striking signification of the invasion
of Cuba was made today in the charter
ing of eight large steamers, of an aver
age capacity of about 2,000 tons, and
able to carry from 500 to 1,000 passen
gers each. These are to be used as
transports for the conveyance of the
first military expedition to Cuba. The
names of the boats are the Olivette and
the Flordia, of the Plant line, now in
the Gulf; the Southern Pacific Com
pany’s steamer Aranzas; the New York
& Texas Company’s vessels Comal, now
at New York, and Alamo, now en route
to the Gulf, and three fine ships of the
Boston Merchants’ & Mariners’ line,
in Baltimore, the Allegheny, Berkshire
and the Decatur Miller.
The price
paid for those vessels is from ¡{10,000
to $15,000 for the 30 days for which they
are chartered. They will be taken
■charge of by the quartermaster depart
ment at the earliest possible moment.
General Shafter, in command of the
troops now concentrated at New Or
leans, has been in consultation with the
officials today as to the execution of
plans of campaign, but the orders given
him cannot be made publip.
The president and cabinet will con
sider the large number of applications
that have been made for the appoint
ment to the posts of major-general and
brigadier-general, and there is some ex
pectation that he will be able to nomi
nate a few of these officers soon.
General Fitzhugh Lee arrived her«
today, after a 10 days’ visit to Vir
ginia. With him came Miss Cisneros,
the young Cuban girl rescued from Ca
banas, who has been the guest of Miss
Lee. The general shared the keen pub
lic interest in the report of the shelling
of Matanzas. He has visited that city
frequently, and was familiar with the
lay of the land and defenses. He said
the batteries were antiquated and were
no longer able to offer any formidable
resistance.
Every endeavor is being put forward
by the war department to organize the
volunteer army and increase the regu
lar army to its full strength. Muster-
ing-rolls of the companies of the volun
teer army have been prepared in the
war department and sent to the offi
cers who have been detailed to form
ally induct the state troops into the
service of the government
With a
few modifications they are the same as
those used in the late war.
The question of arms and equip
ments for the volunteer army is now
receiving the attention of the ordnance
department and the quatermaster-gen-
eral’s department. As soon as infor
mation is received as to the exact num
ber of arms needed for the volunteers,
they will be shipped to their state
rendezvous for distribution.
The three independent regiments of
cavalry authorized by the volunteer
army act, and which are to be com
posed exclusively of frontiersmen, are
to be known as the First, Second ami
Third regiments of United States vol
unteer cavalry. They are to be com
posed of 12 troops each.
Off for the Front.
Chickamauga National Park, Ga.,
April 30.—The two companies of the
Ninth (colored) cavalry, which arrived
in Chattanooga late this afternoon,
were stopped after having started to
Chickamauga, and switched into the
Western & Atlantic yards. Orders are
said to have been received to have the
troops proceed as rapidly as possible to
Tampa, Fla., to which point the troops
from Mobile have also been ordered,
and they will leave before morning.
It is currently reported that the com
panies of the Ninth regiment now in
camp here will be shipped at once to
Tampa, as well as the Twenty-fourth
infantry (color«!).
Officers of the
Ninth have been making every prepar
ation for departure.
Another Letter Hehl t’p.
Washington, April 30.—The post
office department has information of
another letter being held up because it
contained treasonable matter.
The
postmaster at Santa Cruz reported that
a letter to Senor Sagasta, Spain, had
been mailed there, and, under direc
tion of Assistant Postmaster-General
Tynan its contents were examined. It
was mailed by a woman who gave an
address where an answer would reach
her, and contains information in regard
to the fortifications of San Francisco,
where guns are located, etc. The let
ter will be referred to the war depart
ment.
Suspected Spanish Spy.
IT
A
SPANIARD?
Bungling Attempt Made to Blow
Torpedo Boats.
TO GUARD THE COLUMBIA.
Up
Portland, Or., May 2.—A bungling
attempt to set fire to the shop or fright
en the workmen on torpedo-boats 12
and 13 was made under the wharf of
the Wolff & Zwicker iron works about
11 o’clock last night.
While nothing could be learned of
the perpetrator, a Spaniard or a Mexi
can who was seen hanging about the
place all day and who had been several
times ordered away is suspected by the
police.
The late workmen, who were just
quitting the building, were startled, as
the whistle blew, by a dull report ap
parently just below the wharf on which
the torpedo-boats are building, which
shook tire structure to its foundation.
The Madison-street bridge nightwatch
man also heard the detonation and saw
a blinding flash directly under the tor
pedo-boats.
Three of the workmen seized lanterns
and hurried beneath the wharf.
Just
as they reached the ground, a second
report, like that of a shotgun or re
volver, was heard, and they saw a light
flash for an instant, but that was all.
Groping about by the dim light of their
lanterns, they were unable to find any
thing which could have made an ex
plosion, and they finally decided to
abandon the quest till daybreak.
The Spaniard whom the police sus
pect of having set off the explosion,
either with the deliberate purpose of
blowing up the torpedo-boats or set
ting fire to the building, or thinking to
terrify the contractors, had beer; slink
ing about the place all day.
Whatever was the purpose of the
man who set off the explosion, he
failed to do any more harm than to set
the town agog, for the wharf and boats
were unscathed.
ALLEGED
GERMAN
NOTE.
Rumor That She Will Not Permit the
Bombardment of Manila.
Madrid, May 2.—A great impression
has been produced here by a rumor
that the German government has is
sued a note declaring that it will not
oppose the landing of troops in the
Philippines but will not permit a bom
bardment, owing to the important Ger
man mercantile interests in all the
towns of the
island.
Germany’s
omision to declare neutrality is held
to be the cause of the rumor.
Japan has requested permission for
Japanese naval officers to watch the
operations in the Philippines from the
Spanish headquarters.
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The United States fleet is not expect
ed to reach Manila until Tuesday. The
Spanish fleet has been divided in two.
It will be reinforced by a large auxil
iary cruiser.
According to dispatches from Ma
nila, the Vos Espanola describes the
port of Manila as impregnable. The
paper also says that the forts of Male
ton, Sud Malatea, Pastei, Mirallas and
St. Lucia Pilar bristle with guns,
chiefly Krupps.
PORTUGAL’S
NEUTRALITY.
Otllcinlly Announced in a Proclamation
in Lisbon-
Lisbon, May 2.—The official gazette
today publishes the neutrality decree of
Portugal in the war between Spain and
the United States.
It is similar to the decree issued at
the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian
war, and contains the following six ar
ticles:
First—Forbidding the equipment of
privateers in Portuguese waters.
Second — Forbidding the entry of
privateers into Portuguese waters.
Third—Permitting belligerents to
make a short stay in Portuguese ports.
Fourth—Defining legitimate trade as
regards the belligerents and forbidding
trading in goods considered contraband
of war.
Fifth—Warning Portuguese and for
eigners in Portugal against actions
contrary to the security of the state.
Sixth—Refusing protection to any
infringers of the decree.
Sum
COST
OF
Needed
for Additional
Kxpennes.
THE
WAR.
Army
Washington, May 2. — The secretary
of the tieasury today received from the
secretary of war estimates of defi
ciencies in appropriations for the ex
penses of the war for the remaining
two quarters of the present fiscal year,
aggregating $34,019,987. In hie let
ter, Secretary Alger says that the acts
of congress approved April 22 ami 26,
1898, authorizing the enrollment of a
volunteer army and placing the regular
army on a war footing, will necessitate
this increase for the organization, sup
port and maintenance of the new
forces.
This estimate, which will be trans
mitted to congress, is entirely inde
pendent of the allotments made by the
president to the war department out
of the $50,000,000. This will indicate
that up to July 1 next (two months)
tiie increased expenditures on account
of the war will be approximately $90,-
000,000._________________
The Spanish government officials are
bewildered at the attitude of Great
Britain. They believe the government
and people of Great Britain bold
divergent opinions, ami that the official
acts of Great Britain are due to a secret
compact with the United States.
Washington, May 2.—Secretary Al
ger this morning issued a most sweep
ing order directed to all bureau chiefs
of the war department and all officers
on special duty, from highest to low
est, instructing them, under no cir
cumstances, to give information to the
press on any subject connected with
the war. A similar order already ex.
iets in the navy department.
■ Auxiliary Naval Vessel Will Be
tioned at the Mouth.
Engagement Lasted
Halt Hour.
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SPANISH RETURNED THE FIRE
Great Damage Done to the Fortifica
tion* of the Cuban Port—Believed
There Was Also Loss of Life—No
Damage Done to American Warships.
On Board the Flagship New York, off
Matanzas, April 29.—The New York,
the Puritan and the Cincinnati bom
barded the forts at the mouth of Matan
zas harbor this afternoon. There were
no casualties on our side, but it is be
lieved that the hail of iron which
pounded in the forts must have caused
loss of life to the Spaniards, though
nothing is known definitely.
The engagement commenced at 12:57,
and ceased at 1:15.
The object of the
attack was to prevent the completion of
the earthworks at Punta Gorda.
A battery on the eastward arm of the
bay opened fire on the flagship, and
this was also shelled.
About 12 8-inch shells were fired
from the eastern forts, but all fell
short.
About five or six light shells were
fired from the half-completed battery.
Two of these whizzed over the New
York, and the others fell short.
The
ships left the bay for the open sea, the
object of discovering the whereabouts
of the batteries^ having been accom
plished.
In the neighborhood of 300 shots
were put on land from the three vessels
from a range of from 4,000 to 7,000
yards.
Rear-Admiral Sampson, when asked
if he was satisfied with the result,
said:
“Yes, I am. I expected to be.”
The half-completed Spanish earth
works and battery were apparently
blown up by the shells.
All the ships engaged showed ex
cellent markmanship throughout the
engagement, and when they were firing
at the shortest range, nearly every
shell took effect.
The forts which were bombarded
were on a low-lying point, and were
considered merely earthworks.
They
did not make a good target, yet when
the big buns were fired at the shortest
range, portions of the forte could be
seen flying in the air at every shot.
The flagship returned to Havana, and
the Puritan and Cincinnati were left
on the Matanzas station.
Department Not Informed.
Washington, April 29.—So far as
could be learned, the officials of the
administration were not notified of the
bombardment of Matanzas yesterday
afternoon. The navy department keeps
a telegraph office open in the building
all night and a confidential official re
mains at the department all night to
translate the messages as received.
There was considerable business done
over the wires till the early morning
hours, but none of the dispatches were
sent either to the White House or to
the secretary of the navy.
BOMBARDMENT
OF
HAVANA.
Not the Present Purpose of the Gov
ernment.
Washington, April 29.—The war sit
uation is substantially this:
The blockading squadron remains
passive before Havana, with no present
purpose of bombarding or of drawing
the fire of the shore batteries.
The
strategic purpose of an effective block
ade of the Cuban coast is being accom
plished to the entire satisfaction of the
authorities here. There is no indica
tion that a part of the fleet will be
withdrawn for the purpose of affording
additional protection to North Atlantic
ports.
No word had come to the department
up to the close of office hours of the ar
rival of the Montserrat at Cienfugos.
The officials are inclined to believe that
if she has gotten into port she did so
before the blockade of Cienfugos had
begun.
The very fact that the Madrid offi
cials have rather ostentatiously de
clared that the Spanish fleet has sailed
to bombard the cities on the North At
lantic coast is taken as a certain indi
cation at the navy department of the
utter improbability of such a movement.
If this were contemplated, the Spanish
officials would be the very last to make
their purpose public.
The navy department, as yet, has
made no arrangements for the care of
prisoners taken by our warships, but
the legal officers of the department
think they should be sent to Boston
naval prison.
The state department posted a notice
today, stating it had been officially ad
Laredo, Tex., April 30. — When the
vised of the issuance of neutrality or
G*eat Northern mail train arrived this
ders by Italy, the Netherlands, Switzer
evening a stranger on the train was ar
land, Norway and Sweden, Russia and
rested by an officer from Fort McIntosh,
Colombia. It is supposed also that
and from what could be learned he is
official notice of Great Britain's and
thought to be a Spanish spy, who has
France’s neutrality will be received by
tomorrow. Including France and Great
been under surveilance all the way
Britain, four of the six great powers of
from New York. He was bound for
Manila, May 2.—The government Europe, have declared their neutrality
Mexico. The prisoner is at the post,
but nothing further of a definite nature has forbidden the use of cipher dis —Great Britain, Italy, France and
pute bee.
Russia.
could be learn«! tonight.
WEEKLY
Trade Condition« In the Leading Citie#
of the World»
Washington, April 30.—It is the in
tention of the navy depaitment to have
one auxiliary naval vessel stationed at
the mouth of the Columbia river for its
protection, or in case of necessity. The
probab lities are that one of the mer
chant vessels which have been negoti
ated for on the coast will be used for
this purpose, or some vessel that can
be readily obtained on the Columbia.
She will probably be armed with six
pounders and rapid-fire guns. The Or
egon naval reserve will probably be
mustered in for service as her crew, as
it is desit«l that men familiar with
the river and Pacific Northwest be in
command or in position to render ser
vice on board the cruiser.
(Reported by Downing. Hopkins A Co., Inc.r
Board of Trade Brokers, 711 to 714 Chamber oi
Commerce building, Portlamd, Oregon.)
THE
IN
COLUMBIA.
Governor Lord Officially Notified
Their Existence.
of
Salem, Or., April 30.—Governor
Lord today received from Adjutant-
General Corbin, at Washington, the
following telegram:
“The secretary of war requires me
to inform you, in reply to your tele
gram of the 22d inst. instructions have
been sent to engineer officers to plant
mines in rivers and harbors. Regula
tions for navigation of friendly vessels
have been approved and published by
the secretary of war.”
The governor desires that all persons
concerned take notice of the facts in
the telegram.
READY
I*orto Rico
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LETTER.
Sta
MINES
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I
MARKET
FOR THE SIEGE
Warehouses Are
1* revisions.
Full
of
St. Thomas, West Indies, April 30.
—Porto Rico advices received here to
day say that four Spanish gunboats
are at San Juan de Porto Rico. They
are being painted black or possibly
dark gray.
Martial law has been pioclaimed in
Porto Rico, and it is being enforced in
a tyrannical manner. Crowds of peo
ple are leaving for the interior, and the
capital is almost deserted by the civil
ian population.
The military are most actively en
gaged in preparing for defense. Thirty
torpedoes have been planted in the
channel. In addition, an old steam
ship has been sunk across the harbor
entrance, the buoys in the channel
have been altered and from Monday
last, after the news of the blockade of
Havana reached there, accompanied by
a report that the Cuban capital had
been bombarded, all lights were order-
e l extinguished at night. The French
residents, when these advices left San
Juan, were seeking refuge in the
French cruiser Admiral Rigault de
Genuilly.
An American sugar estate, it is an
nounced, was plundered after the re
ceipt of the news of the declaration of
war between Spain and the United
States.
The British consul at San
Juan, who has charge of American in
terests, has cabled to his government
requesting that a British warship be
sent to that port.
Spanish steamers land«! at Maigtiez,
70 miles from San Juan, Tuesday, a
quantity of arms and ammunition, and
there was a similar landing of supplies
at San Juan Tuesday. Besides this,
about 50,000 tons of provisions were
landed at San Juan Sunday last. The
warehouses ot Porto Rico are reported
to be full of provisions, and the Span
ish authorities say they can stand a
seige of two months.
All their coast lights have now been
ordered to be extinguished.
FRANCE
Official
IS
NEUTRAL.
Notice H ma Been Received
tlie Proclamation.
of
Washington, April 30.—The French
embassy today received a cablegram
from Paris announcing that a decree of
neutrality between the United States
and Spain has been issued, and that a
detail«! copy will he forwarded by
mail. On receipt of the dispatch, the
French ambassador, M. Cambon, wrote
to the state department informing it of
France’s neutrality. The cable notice
is brief, stating only that the decree
follows the treaty of Paris of 1856.
The state department has also been
informed that Mexico, Aigentine Re
public, Corea and Belgium have pro
claimed neutrality. Corea’s neutral
ity is considered important, owing to
her proximity to the Philippines.
The state department has heard
nothing from Germany, but this causes
no apprehension, owing to the strong
assurances Germany has given that she
will observe strict neutrality between
the belligerents. This assurance was
conveyed to Ambassador White, and is
looked upon as practically equivalent
to a foimal declaration of neutrality.
Germany, Austria and Portugal are the
last of the important European nations
to declare their attitude.
Powder Work« Destroyed.
Easton, Pa., April 30.—The town of
Dover, in Morris county, N. J., and
the country within a radius of 20 miles
was startled this afternoon by a series
of terrific explosions, the first of which
occurred at 2:10 o’clock. The explo
sion occurred in the Atlantic Powder
Company’s works, and the plant is now
a mass of ruins. Six workmen were
killed and four others were seriously
injured, some probably fatally. The
remains of the dead have not been re
covered. They are:
Alfred
Rarick. William Stumpf,
Casper Ray, David Selieer, William
Haycock, Elias Al>er. All the killed
were married and left families.
Olympia, April 29.—The supreme
court has affirmed judgment in the case
of the state, respondent, vs. Johnny
Tommy and Charlie Moses, Indians,
api>ellante, charged with murder in the
first degree, committed in Skagit coun
ty, May 5, last year.
Seized die Big Spanish
Liner Panama.
HAD PROVISIONS FOR HAVANA
Captain Everett*« Threat to Sink the
Spaniard Brought It to a Stop—The
Panama Carried Two 14-Pounder«,
But Did Not l'«e Them.
Key West, April 28.—The lighthouse
tender Mangrove puff«! proudly into
Key West harbor this morning with the
richest prize of the war thus far. The
captive was the Panama, Captain Que
vedo, a big trans-Atlantic liner, and an
auxiliary cruiser of the Spanish navy,
which has been plying of late between
New York and Havana.
She had 29
passengers, including three women, one
Frenchman and one Mexican, and a
crew of 72.
As the Panama carried
two 12-pounders, she could easily have
annihilated the little Mangrove, and
as the latter came into the harbor with
her prize, there was not a craft that did
not salute her.
The Mangrove, under Lieutenant-
Commander William H. Everett, was
cruising along the Cuban coast, navi
gated by Ensign Palmer, shortly before
6 o’clock last, evening, about 20 miles
north of Havana. At 9:45 she sighted
the Panama. When the latter came
within range, a shot from one of the
Mangrove’s 2-pounders was sent across
her bows, but the Spaniard ignored the
challenge and went on. Another shot
fo<low«i without result, but the Man
grove was drawing nearer the stranger,
who calmly proceeded on her course,
apparently without any intention of
running away.
When the third shot was fired, the
Mangrove was within 100 yards of the
Panama, and Lieutenant-Commander
Everett shouted to the deck officer that
if she did not surrender he would sink
her.
The Mangrove’s officers admit
that they expected the enemy’s 12-
pounders to open on them in response
to the thieat, but the Spaniard prompt
ly came to.
Ensign Dayton, the senior officer of
the Mangrove, boarded the prize. The
battleship Indiana had seen the capture,
and meanwhile drew up to the Man
grove, giving her a lusty cheer. Lieu
tenant-Commander Everett reported to
Captain Taylor, of the battle-ship, and
the latter put a prize crew aboard the
captive. They then proceeded to the
flagship, where a formal report was
made, and Rear-Admiral Sampson
ordered Lieutenant-Commander Everett
to convoy the prize to Key West.
The Panama is of about 2,800 tons,
and her passengers were mainly Span
ish refugees fleeing from New York and
other points to Havana.
The Panama
carried a valuable cargo of general mer
chandise, including a large quantity of
corn. M uch of it was meant to pro
vision the Spaniards in Cuba, and the
cargo, w ith the ship itself, undoubtedly
makes the richest prize thus far taken.
Under the regulations, however, the
battle-ship Indiana will share in the
prize-money, as she was,in sight when
the capture was made.
The entire fleet have been on the
lookout for the Panama for several
days, as she was due at Havana yester
day or today.
If the pace set by the vessels of the
North Atlantic squadron in the taking
of prizes be long maintain«!, Spain’s
merchant marine is destined to need
reconstructing from the ground up be
fore the war closes. During the five
days since hostilities opened, 11 prizes
have been brought in, and there is a
prospect that several other Spanish
vessels now in Gulf waters will also be
captured.
The gunboat Newport brought in the
Spanish sloop Paquette and the Spanish
schooner Pireno, Cuban coasting ves
sels, captured off Havana this morning.
These captures, following upon the
Mangrove’s clever achievement, have
roused the people here to a high pitch
of enthusiasm.
New York, April 28.—Agents of the
capture«! Spanish steamer Panama say
the vessel and cargo are valued at over
$250.000.
FAMINE
IN
HAVANA.
The City’s Supply of Beef Ha« Given
Ont — All Price« Have Advanced*
Great activity in wheat last week
was caused by the remarkable advance
in all foreign markets. If the Hispano-
American war continues, the price of
wheat will go higher at Chicago, but it
now seems that peace means lower
prices, for the lollowing reasons: Eu
rope has been advancing very largely,
fearing a blockade of our ports and a
famine at home unless their require
ments could be largely met by Ameri
can siiipments, and large purchases
have been made for foreign account at
the advanced prices on account of the
fear of a war with Spain.
The enor
mous ex|x>rt demand has not advane«l
our home markets largely, but has com
pelled every line of shorts to cover,
leaving the market in just the shape
for a serious break. The Minneapolis
market Record says:
“After a long
spell of dullness in the flour market
business picked up in very good shape
the past week. Sales, with two excep
tions, were larger than for any one
week since the beginning of the crop
year, one local company alone selling
nearly 200,000 barrels. Tlie demand
from abroad, for both patents and
clears, was in excess of production and
all was for quick shipment.
Indica
tions are that stocks on the other side
of the Atlantic are pretty well cleaned
up and buyers over there are, in conse
quence, in a hurry to replenish them.
Sales of patents for domestic account
have been heavy to buyers east of Chi
cago. Stocks are rather low all over
the country.” Not for years has the
Northwest been as short of wheat as
now. Country stocks have reached a
very low point, there being probably
less than 2,000,000 bushels held at this
time by country houses, only a very
small portion of which is contract wheat.
This explains why the Minneapolis
wheat market has advanced over 20
cents in one week.
The wheat to fill
contracts is not in sight.
Out of the
small country supply must go the wheat
for country milling, with no new wheal
to come for grinding until September.
Portland Market.
Wheat—Walla Walla, 92@93c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 95@96o per bushel.
Flour—Best grades, $4.90; graham,
$4.35; superfine, $2.75 per barrel.
Outs—Choice white, 45c; choice
gray, 43 @44c per bushel.
Barley—Feed barley, $25; brewing,
$26 per ton.
Millstyffs—Bran, $19 per ton; mid
dlings, $25; shorts, $19.
Hay—Timothy, $12@13; clover. $11
@12; Oregon wild hay, $9@10 per ton.
Eggs—Oregon, lie per dozen.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 35 @40c;
fair to good, 30@35c; dairy, 25@80c
per roll.
Cheese—Oregon full cream, 12)^c;
Young America, 13@14c.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $3.50 per
dozen; hens, $4.00; springs, $3 @4;
geese, $6.50@7.00; ducks, $6.00(3
6.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12@14c
per pound.
Potatoes—Oregon Burbanks, 30@40c
per sack; sweets, $1.75@2 per cental.
Onions—Oregon, $1.75(32.00 per
sack.
(
Hops—5@12)aO per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c.
Wool—Valley, 14@16o per pound;
Eastern Oregon,
8@12c;
mohair,
25c per pound.
Mutton—Gross, best sheep, wethers
and eweB, 4c; dressed mutton, 6J^c;
spring lambs, 10c per lb.
Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, $4.25;
light and feeders, $3.00@4.00; dressed,
$5.00(36.25 per 100 pounds.
Beef—Gross, top steers, $3.50(3
4.00; cows, $2.50@3.25; dressed beef,
®/^@7c per ;>ound.
Veal—Large, 5@5)^c; small, 6(3
per pound.
Seattle Market.
Potatoes—Yakimas, $11 @12 per ton;
natives, $8(3 10; sweets, 2)sc per pound;
box of 60 pounds, $1.75.
Butter—Fancy
native creamery,,
brick, 23c; ranch, 10@12c; dairy,
16c; Iowa fancy creamery, 21c.
Cheese—Native Washington, 12(3
13c; Eastern cheese, 12>$c.
Eggs—Fresh ranch, 15o; California
ranch, 14u.
Meats—Choice dressed beef steers,
8c; cows, 7@7ijc; mutton, 85jc; pork,
7c; veal, small, 8o.
Poultry—Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 15@16c; dressed, 18c; turkeys,
live, 14c; dress«!, 17@18c.
Fresh Fish—Halibut, 6@7c; steel
heads, 7(38c; salmon trout, 9@10c;
flounders ami sole, 3(34c; tom cod, 4c;
ling cod, 4@5c; rock cod, 5c; smelt, 3(3
5c; herring, 4a.
Olympia oysters, per sack, $3@3.25.
Corn—Whole,$23.50;craeked,per ton,
$24; feed meal. $24 per ton.
Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton,
$26; whole, $25.
Flour—Patents, per barrel, $5.00@
5.25; straights,
$4.75;
California
brands, $6.06; Dakota brands, $5.00
@$5.75; buckwheat flour, $6.50.
Millstuffs—Bran, per ton,$16; shorts,
per ton, $17@18.
Feed—Chopped feed, $21 @22 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $18@19; oil
cake meal, per ton, $35.
Hay—Puget Sound, new, per ton,
$10@ 13; Eastern Washington timothy,
$17; alfalfa, $11; straw, $7.
Oats—Choice, per ton, $28@30.
Wheat—Fe«l wheat, per ton, $24.
New York, April 28.—A corresjiond- |
ent of the World semis the following
Cuban advices via Key West:
Havana is completely out of beef, al
though large siiipments are expected
from Mexico.
All necessaries of life have gone up
to prices never heard of, ami if some
thing is not done at once, many will
perish of hunger.
Families of means have stored large
supplies of stores in their houses.
All Cuban families leaving are urged
to stay, the offer being that they will
be respected ami protected.
Blanc > has issued orders to arm all
men, am! the order is being obeyed,
and even boys of 14 years are being
Man franelseo Market.
taken in.
Wool
—
Southern coast lambs, 7@8c;
Large numbers of Cubans have joined
San Joaquin, 7@8c; Northern, 11 @ 12c
the insurgents around Havana.
per lb.
Millstuffs—Middlings, $23 @26.50;
Waterville, Wash., April 28.— California bran, $21.00@21.60 per ton.
“Uncle Jimmy” Walters, 87 years age,
Onions—Silverskins, $2.00@2.60 per
was kill«! by a bull two days ago, but cental.
the fact was not known until today.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 19c; do
It was discover«! that the bull had second!, 18>tc; fancy dairy, 18c; good
broken through a fence and overtaken to choice, 17 @ 17 Sc per pound.
Mr. Walters ami crush«! him to death,
Potatoes—Early Rose, 85 @ 40c.
breaking several ribs on each side ot
Eggs—Store, ll,Q@12c; ranch, 12 %
bis backbone.
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