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GREAT
FLEET.
, Sampson and ^chley Have Joined Their
Force«.
Off Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston,
Jamaica, June 6. — Rear-Admiral
Sampson, with the cruiser New York,
his flagship, accompanied by the bat­
tle-ship Oregon, cruiser Mayflower and
the torpedo-boat Porter, joined Com­
modore Schley’s squadron off Santiago
Wednesday morning, and their com­
bined commands have the Spanish fleet
securely locked in the harbor.
TRIED TO FORCE A PASSAGE Admiral Sampeon left the heavy
monitors and light gunboats off Car­
denas Monday morning, all danger of
Spaniards Allowed Iler to Cross First the appearance of the Spaniards from
Defense Line—Number of Victims Not the eastw’ard having been removed
Reported — Fleet Renewed Bombard­ with the definited information that
ment of Forts and Squadron.
Schley had hunted them to their holes,
and under command of Commodore
Cape Ilaytien, Hayti, June 6.—The Watson, the monitors and gunboats
American fleet, according to advices le- returned to reinforce the blockade on
ceived by cable from Santiago de Cuba, the north coast of Cuba.
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Admiral Sampson did not assume
the cable being under Spaniah control,
opened tire again at 3 o’clock thia oommand of the amalgamated squad­
morning on the fortifications and war­ rons on his arrival. Each squadron
retains its separate entirety, and Com­
ships.
modore Schley lias his single-starred
The cannonade was well sustained I pennant on the Brooklyn.
until 4 A. M.
The American fleet off Santiago now
One of the American auxiliary numbers 12 fighting ships, two colliers
cmisera (well armed) attempted to and a cable-cutting ehip. Neither the
force the passage into the harbor. The Solace, the hospital ship, nor the Red
Cross ship State of Texas, which the
Spanish allowed the cruiser to cross dispatch boat Dauntless passed on her
the first line of torpedoes, but before way here, has yet put in an appear­
she arrived at the second line, they ance. The fighting ships are the New
discharged a torpedo, which broke a ' York, Brooklyn, Iowa, Oregon, Massa­
great hole in her side and caused her chusetts, Texas, New Orleans, Marble­
head, Dolphin, Mayflower and Vixen,
to sink almost instantly, bow first.
One officer, one engineer and six sail­ and the torpedo-boat Porter. There is
ors were made prisoners by the Span­ ! every indication that active operations
I will begin at once.
iards.
Merrimac Destroyed in
Santiago Harbor.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON’S FLAGSHIP, THE NEW YORK.
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The cable which binds Cuba to Ma­
10:26 A. M.—A dispatch from San­
tiago says that the vessel sunk is un­ drid and the outside world was cut to­
derstood to be the Merrimac. Only day.
Pending the execution of Admiral
the extremities of her funnel and two
Sampson’s plan of campaign, our shi]>s
masts are seen above water.
I form a cordon about the entrance of
The News From Port au Prince.
Santiago harbor to prevent the possi­
Port au Prince, Hayti, June 6.— ble egress of the Spaniards.
This morning at 8 o'clock, the Ameri­
Communication has also been had
can squadron began the bombardment with the shore. The mountains and
of the fortifications of Santiago de Cuba, hills which surround Santiago are in
and a lively cannonading ensued for full possession of the Cuban insur­
two honrs, which silenced the Spanish gents.
batteries.
The reconnoissance made by our
An American vessel, the Merrimac, ships, principallly the smaller yachts
described in the cable from Santiago as and torpedo-boats, which are able to
an auxiliary cruiser, made a dash to creep close inshore at night, has pretty
force the entrance, succeeded in passing definitely determined the location and
tlie first line of defenses, but was tor­ character of the defenses of the harbor.
pedoed about 500 feet up the channel. Several new batteries have been thrown
She went down “perpendicularly.” up on the high ground on each side of
An officer, an engineer and six seamen the entrance, and it is evident the
were taken prisoners. The number of [ Spaniards are prepared to make a
victims is unknown.
strong resistance.
Only the funnel and mastheads of
NOT A SPANISH VICTORY.
the sunken vessel can be seen.
There is great excitement in the city. Collier May Have Been Sent in to Block­
ade the Channel.
A part of the population assisted in
the fighting on the heighte. Every
Washington, June 6. — The Post
body is astounded at the audacity of says: There is absolutely no doubt in
the American vessel.
the minds of the naval officials in
The American squadron was cruising Washington that the sending of the
all the while in the offing.
collier into the harbor was a prear
ranged move on the part of Admiral
(It will be noted that there is an im­ Sampson. The use of a collier, the un­
portant discrepancy as to the time at usual hour of the morning, the neces­
which the bombardment is said to have sity of blockading the channel so as to
begun this morning between the dis­ relieve some of the ships of the squad­
patches from Cape Ilaytien and Port ron from remaining stationed off San-
au Prince, the former saying 3 o’clock > tiago, the importance of discovering
and the latter 8 o’clock. It is possible whether the mines were effective—all
that this arises from a confusion be­ these make it certain that the Merri-
tween the figures 3 and 8. The San­ mao was deliberately sent to her de­
tiago advices in reference to the sunken struction. It was not a Spanish victory
vessel as an auxiliary cruiser is prob­ —it was a cleverly arranged scheme on
ably a mistake. The Merrimac is a the part of the American Admiral,
collier, and has always been a collier.) and it was successful.
The eight men in a Spanish prison
Navy Department's Advice«.
are the real heroes of the war. If the 1
Washington, June 6.—Notwitstand­ Merrimac went in under her own crew,
ing the rather positive statement com­ i it is interesting to know that her com­
ing from Jamaica to the effect that the plement of officers consisted of Com­
second Spanish fleet from Cadiz has mander J. M. Miller; Lieutenant W.
crossed the Atlantic and is about to W. Gilmer, executive officer; Ensigns
join Cervera at Santiago, the officers of J. R. Y. Blakely and J. M. Luby, and I
the navy department refuse to be ! First Engineer R. K. Crank. Miller
frightened at what they declare to be a | is from Missouri, Gilmer from Vir­
bugaboo. It appears that the basis of ginia, Blakely from Pennsylvania, and
their confidence is a telegraphic report Luby and Crank from Texas.
of as late date as yesterday, declaring
It is expected that reports will be re­ ’
that the Cadiz fleet is still at Cadiz. ceived today from Admiral Sampson
Moreover, they know that there are not which will give details of the Merri­
as many as 16 ships in that fleet.
mac’s destruction, and the names of
London, June 6.—According to a the eight men who have been cap-
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dispatch from Madrid, El Heraldo, j tured.
with regard to the situation at Santia­
John U. Smith In die tod.
go de Cuba, says:
Port Townsend, June 6. — The
"It is one more disenchantment
which proves that there is no remedy steamer Farallon, which arrived here
for Spain’s misfortunes.
Cerrera’s tonight, from Alaska, brings news that
squadron at Santiago is of little advan­ in addition to the indictment ot eight ;
tage, either to itself or to what it rep­ customs officers, the grand jury at
resents. It can neither hinder the Sitka has brought in two true bills . I
Yankees’ expedition, nor strengthen against John U. Smith, ex-United
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the defense of Havana. Spain was States commissioner at Skagway, on |
never before led through such a strr.it charges of extortion and accepting
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bribes. Smith has been arrested.
road of perdition ’’
STOP
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WAY.
I li M ffl
Volunteers of Second Manila Expedition
May Defend Hawaii.
Schley’s Bombardment
of Santiago :
AMERICAN SHIPS UNINJURED
Dynamite Cml««r Vesuvius Will Conn- '
termine the Harbor and Then Cer­
vera Will Be Forced to Fight at
Once—Spanish Fort« Crippled.
Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 4.—For
an hour Tuesday afternoon, the Massa­
chusetts, Iowa, New Orleans and
Vixen, of Commodore Schley’s squad­
ron, exchanged shots with the Spanish
fleet, under Admiral Cervera, and with
the land batteries guarding the harbor
of Santiago de Cuba, behind which the
fleet is hiding. The engagement is the
first which has occurred between the
two naval forces, and was but a pre­
lude to serious work in the latter part
of the week.
No attempt was made by the Ameri­
cans to bring off a general engagement,
it being Schley’s desire to locate the
batteries on the hills above the har­
bor, and to determine the position of
the Spanish fleet.
Shortly before 1 o’clock, Commodore
Schley left the Brooklyn for the Massa­
chusetts, on hoard of which battle-ship
he remained during the night. At 2
o’clock the signal to form column was
posted on the flagship, and the New
Orleans, Iowa and Vixen fell in in the
order named.
The Massachusetts steamed slowly
until about five miles west of the har­
bor entrance, when she turned in to­
ward the shore, and when about 5,000
yards off she turned east again and
bore down on the harbor, the New Or­
leans being close up and the Iowa half
a mile behind.
When she had passed the harbor en­
trance by 500 yards, a great cloud of
white and yellow smoke burst from the
two 13-inch guns in her after turret,
and two shells rose over the hull, one
of them striking the Spanish flagship
Cristobal Colon, as she lay at anchor,
and the other falling close alongside.
The two guns on the forward turret
were then fired, and their shells ex­
ploded, throwing great geysers of spray
close to the Colon.
All the shore batteries took up the
challenge and began a rapid fire on the
Massachusetts, but she was soon tie-
yond their range, and the batteries
turned their guns on the New Orleans.
This cruiser had been bid to pay at­
tention to the batteries, and to draw
their fire as much as possible, and she
obeyed instructions to the letter. Her
first shot located a large battery on the
hill above Morro. It flew straight into
the fort and seemed to have caused
much damage, as a great cloud of dust
and debris rose when the shell burst.
Two n*,>re shots sent jrart of the walls
ot Morro flying into the air, and then
tne New Orleans confined herself to
the batteries, her fire being rapid and
extremely accurate. Every shot she
fired made trouble for Spain.
The Iowa, like the Massachusetts,
devoted her attention to the ships in
the harbor. Their 13-inch shells made
the water fly about that part of the
harbor in which the Cristobal Coion
lay. The latter, however, was not
seriously damaged, and kept up her
fire until long after the American ships
steamed out of range.
The ironclads bore down on the har­
bor once more. The flagship kept ou
until less than 4,000 yards from shore,
and then her shells again began to
heave up the water of Santiago harbor.
This time, the shore batteries were
better served, and the Spanish replied
to the warships’ fire in energetic fash­
ion. But nearly all of the shots ot the
batteries fell short.
Then came the New Orleans once
more, her long black guns doing fearful
woik and turning up the ground all
around the batteries in the most savage
manner.
The Spaniards dropped shells close
to the Iowa as she came by the second
time, sending a stream of shells into
the harbor as she did so.
The Spanish warships, with the ex­
ception of the Cristobal Colon, were
behind the hills, and could not see the
enemy, who threw shells around them
with such rapidity that they knew he
was somewhere on the other side of the ;
hill, anu then hopefully raised the j
muzzles of their gunsand banged away. I
The result was what might have been I
expected. The fire tore the bosom of
the Caribbean sea, but it harmed noth­
ing else.
After the Massachusetts passed the ,
point where she could fire into the har- |
bor with advantage, she returned to
the open sea, the other vessels follow- j
ir.g her. Then the fight was over, as !
far as the Americana were concerned.
It ia likely that the early part of i
next week will see more aerioua work.
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius ia j
coming down, and an attempt will be
ma<le by her to explode the triple row
of mines extending across the harbor's
mouth. With these out of the way,
Commodore Schley will sail into the
harbor tor a death grapple with the
fleet and batteries.
New York, June 4.—A dispatch
from Washington to the Evening
World says: It was determined today
to place 75,000 troo|>s at Chickamauga,
which is to be made a permanent camp,
This will be the largest camp in the
United States. Most, if not all, the
troops mustered in under the second
call will be sent there for equipment,
organization and drill
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San Francisco, June 4.—The report
from Washington that the annexation
of Hawaii is about to be consummated
is given credence by the officers at
Camp Merritt and they are already fig­
uring on an order to send troops to the
island to look after United States in­
terests, and some of the volunteers who
fear they will not be sent to the Phil­
ippines are counting on being oidered
to Hawaii as a place of second choice.
General Merritt is arranging the de­
tails of the second expedition to the
Philippines, but has not yet made pub­
lic the assignments of troops for the
ex;>edition and he will not make the
order public until the date of the sail­
ing of the fleet has l»een determined.
It is stated in some quarters that the
expedition cannot possibly sail for two
weeks yet, and it is even semi-offlcia'ly
stated that the vessels will not be ready
for 10 days yet Just who is causing
the delay is a mystery. The owners of
the vessels say that they have not re­
ceived any hurry-up orders fiom Wash­
ington and that they can perform their
share of the contract at short notice, as
eoon as definite orders are received.
Transport« for the Army of Invasion.
Washington, June 4. — Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn.of the war depart­
ment, today secured additional trans­
ports for approximately 6,000 men for
the Cuban army of invasion. This
Bwells the total number of available
vessels to over 30, with a carrying ca­
pacity of nearly 30,000 men. The ships
secured today will be sent to Florida
ports, chiefly Tampa, as fast as prac­
ticable and prepared for service.
The procuring of these additional
ships at this time is taken as an indi­
cation of the promptness with which
the war department proposes to take
the offensive in operations against the
Spanish in the West Indies.
Oregon Joined the Fleet.
Key West, June 4.—The battle-ship
Oregon joined the fleet this morning,
finishing the most remarkable long­
distance cruise in the history of mod­
ern ironclads. Her reception by the
fleet was worth her achievement, lhe
dispatch-boats lying outside the squad­
ron raised their flags as the Oregon
bore down between them, while her
officers and men waved their hands and
caps. The big fighter slowed down to
a majestic paca and then the noise be­
gan. Rank upon rank of white-clad
sailors broke into yells which came
over half a mile against the wind and
the crew of the Oregon sent them back
with interest. Then the ships, each
white with men, renewed the greeting,
and each vessel of the fleet joined in
again as the Oregon came between the
flagship and the Indiana, the former’s
band playing “The Washington Post
March.” Then an exchange of visits
began, and the officers and men of the
Oregon were heartily complimented
and welcomed by all.
BEHRING
SEA
CONTROVERSY.
Will Be Settled by the Termination ot
Pelagic Sealing.
Washington, June 4.—The Canadian
negotiations recently concluded here
led to tho signing of a protocol which
formally agreed to the exact subject«
to bo submitted to an international
committee. While the protocol makes
no preliminary agreement on the sev­
eral questions, yet it is the general un­
derstanding among officials that the
Behring sea question will be adjusted
and finally settled by the complete
termination of pelagic sealing. While
no agreement toward giving up pelagic
sealing was reached during the meet­
ing, the discussion was along the lines
indicating that the commission, with­
out difficulty and with due regard for
the interests of both governments,
could put an end to tho Behring eea
controversy by agreeing to a complete
suspension of pelagic sealing.
Spaniard« Realize Their Blunder.
New York, June 4.—A dispatch to
the World from San Domingo says;
The American fleet attempting to force
the Spanish squadron which has taken
refuge in Santiago de Cuba, to engage
in battle on Tuesday, bombarded Forts
Morro, Socapa and Punta Gorda, dis­
charging 70 shots. The Spanish did
not dare to place themselves in a posi­
tion to return the fire of the American
fleet. Only the cruiser Colon dis­
charged a few useless shots. The Span­
ish feeling at Santiago now is that Ad­
miral Cervera's fleet is in a trap.
Private news from Porto Rico shows
that 42 persons were injured during
the bombardment of San Juan. The
land batteries suffered heavy damage.
Americans and Cubans here resitient
have transmitted by mail a pre-an­
nounced signed petition to President
McKinley, expressing the urgent neces­
sity of retaining Consul Grimpkeat his
post.
French Ammunition for Hpaln.
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London, June 4.—A letter received
here from Paris says considerable
quantities of large and small ammuni­
tion are traversing the Pyrenees from
France into Spain, and that there is no
attempt to stop the traffic.
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Norfolk, Va., June 4.—The United
States ship Menlo left the navy-yard
for Key West with 3,500 toAs of am­
munition. A large number of 13-inch
shells are in the consignment.
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Lake Tug Hank.
Duluth, Minn., June 4.—The tug
Record, one of the Inman fleet, and
one of the stanchest on the lakes, was
run down and sunk in the ship canal
just before midnight. Three of the
tug’s crew went down with their boat.
They were: Captain John Bricklet, I
Elmer Cook, George Riggs, engineer. ,
In tropical regions when the moon is I
[ at its full, objects are distinctly visible ■
several miles sway. By starlight only, i
print can be read with ease.
, Goes Down With Thirty-
Four Passengers.
NINETY MILES OFF FLATTERY
Sprung a Leak at Night and Sank
Almost Immediately—Twenty-Seven
Survivor.—The Ill-FaUul Craft Was
Bound for Kotaebue.
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Seattle.Wash., June 3. — The schoon­
er Jane Gray, which sailed from Seat­
tle for Kotzebue sound on May 19, with
61 people on board, foundered Sunday,
May 22,.about ¡90 miles west of Cape
Flattery at 2 o’clock in the morning,
while lying to in a moderate gale under
foresails. Ten minutes after the alarm
was given she lay at the bottom of the
ocean, with 34 of her passengers. The
remaining 27 succeeded in embarking
in a launch, and reached this city thia
afternoon. Those lost are:
Signor Gaia, Italy; Siguor Bresseta,
Italy; Jack Lindsay, Everett; W. H.
Gleason, Seattle; W. A. Johnson, Seat­
tle; V. J. Smith, Seattle; C. G. Smith,
Seattle; P. C. Little, Seattle; S. W.
Young, Seattle; W. D. Millan, Seattle;
Horace Palmer, Lebanon, O.; F. G.
Saulsberry, Minnesota; A. B. Dunlap,
Dwight, 111.; B. D. Ranney, Mexioo;
B. E. Sni[>es, jr., Seattle; J. M. Staut-
man. Westfield, N. J.; E. M. Taylor,
California; F. S. Taylor, California;
B. S. Speucer, California; W. P. Doxey,
Edward P. Ritter, F. W. Ginther, B.
S. Frost, W. F. Levering, William
Otter, O. P. McKelvey, M. C. Brown,
C. C. Akins, N. Hedlund, Charles Wil­
liams; V. C. Gambel, wife and child,
missionary on St Lawrenoe island, in
Behring sea; one other.
Nearly all of the Jane Gray’s pas­
sengers were prospeotora.
It is possible that there may be four
or five survivors whose names cannot
be ascertained
Captain Crockett gave the following
account of the wieck:
"We were lying to under our fore­
sail. A moderate gale was blowing,
aixl tlie sea was running high. I had
gone to bed, and was asleep when the
watchman wakened me with {lie an­
nouncement that something was wrong.
I arose at once, and found the vessel
leaking.
A hurried investigation
showed that she would soon sink, and
I at once notified the passengers of the
situation. Most of them were asleep
underneath the deck. A scene of con­
fusion then took place, and it is impos­
sible to give any detailed account of
the events that followed. The dark­
ness addl'd to the oonfusion. The Jane
Gray carried two lifeboats and two
launches. I at once ordered the boats
lowered.
Tlie first lifeboat was
swamped. The ¡launch Kennoma, be­
longing to the Ingraham party, was
successfully lowered. At this time the
Jai?e Gray was almost under water.
“A heavy sea struck her, throwing
her on her beam.
There was no time
to launch other boats. The water was
over her hatches, and every one below
was certainly drowned. Those on deck
hurriedly got in tlie launch. A sack of
prunes and one of turnips were hastily
taken from the ship’s stores, and this
was the only food we had till we reached
Vancouver island. As the launch drift­
ed uway from the almost submerged
schooner we saw eight or ten men stand­
ing on the lee rail clinging to the
rigging. Soon they disappeared from
sight. Two of them, Job Johnson and
C. J. Reilly, kept afloat by clinging to
bundice of l>oat lumber. Two hours
after they were picked up by our
launch, making 27 in all we had on
Ixiard. It is barely possible that there
will be four other survivors.
’’Just liefore the Jane Gray disap­
peared under the waves we thought we
saw the second launch that was on
board with four forms near it. They
were so indistinct that we were not
sure. They seemed to be getting into
the launch. We saw nothing of them
when daylight came.
"We improvised a sail and paddles,
anil after drifting 30 hours in the
launch, finally landed inside of Rugged
point, Kyuquot sound, on Vancouver
island, 80 miles from the scene of the
wreck. A fire was built on the beach,
and we made a meal on roasted mus­
sels. We had no food since the night
before the disaster, excepting the sack
of prunes and turnips that we threw
into the launch. We got our drinking
water by spreading out a tarpaulin in
driving rain. An Indian who chanced
to come along informed us that the
village of Kyuquot was but six miles
away. We went there, and found the
sealing schooner Favorite becalmed,
and arrangements were made to carry
our party to Victoria. We reached
there this morning, in time to catch
the steamer for Seattle.”
The Jane Gray was a schooner of 107
tons. She was built in Bath, Me., in
1887. She was owned and operated by
McDougall & Southwick, of this city.
Outside of the miners’ outfits, she car-
ried no cargo.
WEEKLY
MARKET
LETTER.
Trade Condition« in the Leading Citie*r
of the World.
(Reported by Downing, Hopkins & Co., Inc..
Board of Trade Brokers, 711 to 714 Chamber of
Commerce building. Portland, Oregon.)
The statistical news of wheat for the
past week has been very bearish.
Beerbohm reported the world’s ship-
menst at 14,000,000 bushels, of which
North America shipped 5,248,0001
busehls. The American supply of vis­
ible wheat increased during the week
1,085,000 bushels, and now totals 22,-
687,000 bushels.
The Orange Judd
Farmer report for June makes the win­
ter wheat acreage 25,651,000 acres,
after allowing for 1,000,000 acres aban­
doned in California. The spring wheat
acreage shows a radical increase every­
where, the total area reaching 17,868,-
000 acers. The month of May was fav­
orable for wheat everywhere except in
California, and the present condition
of winter wheat is reported at 90.7,
against 87.9 last month and 83.5 last
year. The condition of spring wheat ia
practically perfect, with an aveage of
99.1, which is the highset figure ever
reported on June 1 by any reliable au­
thority.
The situation in Oregon and
Washington is enough better than last
year to practically offset the loss in
California. Bearish Bentimnet seems
to be gaining both here and abroad.
A private Liverpool cable says: The
trade is bearish and lower prices must
follow.
Upward manipulation is out
of the question, with world’s ship­
ments so large and American prospect
is flattering.” Minneapolis reported
no buyers of cash wheat in that mar­
ket today. About the only strong fac­
tor has been the New York market,
where foreigners are asid to have
bought large quantities for September
and later deliveries. That market has
been well sustained, and the foreign
support thus given encouraged a belief
that prices may do better here, at least
temporarily.
Seattle Markets.
Vegetables—Potatoes—Yakimas, 9 11
@12 per ton; natives, 98® 10; Califor­
nia potatoes, |1.50@2 per 100 pounds.
Beets, ;>er sack, f 1.25; turnips, 91-35;
carrots, «1 .25; hothouse lettuce, 45c:
radishes, lSl^c.
Fruits.—California lemons, fancy,
93; choice, $2@3.50; seeding oranges.
9 1.50@ 1.75; California navels, fancy,
98@8.36; choice, 913.50@3.75; ban­
anas, shipping, 92.25@2.75 per bunch;
strawberries, |1.25@1.50 per crate.
Butter—Fancy
native creamery,
brick, 18c; ranch, 7@12c; dairy, 135s
@15c; Iowa, fancy creamery, 18c.
Cheese—Nativo Washington, 11 @
12c; Easter cheese, 12@13^c.
Meats—Choice dressed beef steers,
prime, 8c; cows, prime, 7@7>jc; mut­
ton, 8c; pork, 7lso; veal, 8c.
Poultry—Chickens, live, per pound,
14c; dressed, 16c; spring chickens,
92.60 @3.75.
Fresh Fish—Halibut, 8@4c; steel­
heads, 7@8o; salmon trout, 9@10c;
flounders and sole, 8@4c; herrng, 4c.
Oysters—Olympia oysters, per sack,
93@3.25; per gallon, sold, 91.80.
Wheat—936; feed wheat, 923.
Oats—Choice, per ton, 928.
Corn—Whole, 925; cracked, 925;
feed meat, 925.
Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton,
926; whole, 925.
Flour—Patent, per bbl, 95; straights,
94.75; California brands, 95.75; buck­
wheat flour, 96.50; graham, per bbl,
94. 25; whole wheat flour, 94 .50; rye
flour, 95.
Millstuffs—Bran, per ton, 917;
shorts, per ton, 918.
Feed—Chopped feed, 921 @22 per
ton; middlings, per ton, 918@19; oil
cake meal, per ton, 935.
Hay—Puget Sound mixed, 910@18;
choioe Eastern Wash inton timothy,
917.
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Portland Market.
Wheat—Walla Walla, 75c; Val­
ley and Bluestem, 7So per bushel.
Flour—Best grades, 94.50; graham,
94.00; superfine, 92.25 per barrel.
Oats—Choice white, 40c; choice
gray, 88 @ 89c ;>er bushel.
Barley—Feed barley, 922; brewing,
924 per ton.
Millstuffs—Bran, 917 per ton; mid­
dlings, 923; shorts, 917.
Hay—Timothy, 9U@13; clover, 910
@11; Oregon wild hay, 99@10 per ton.
Eggs—Oregon, 16@17oper dozen.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 32|s@35c;
fair to good, 2o@30c; dairy, 36@30o
per roll.
Cheese—Oregon full cream, 12c;
Young America, 12}£o.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, 93.50 per
dozen; hens, 94.00; springs, 93.00@4;
geese, 96.OO@7.OO; ducks, young, 940
6.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, U@12c
per pound.
Potatoes—Oregon Burbanks, 80@45c
per sack; sweets, 91-75@2 per cental.
Onions—Oregon, 92.25@2.6O per
sack.
Hope—6@13*tio per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c.
Wool—Valley, 14@15c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8@12c; mobair,
25c per pound.
Mutton—Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton, 6)>c;
pring lam lx, 10c per lb.
Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, 94-25;
light and feeders, |3.00@4.00; dressed,
96.60@6.60 per 100 pounds.
Beef—Grose. top steers, 94.00;
cows, 92.50 @8.60;
dressed
beef,
5@7c per pound.
Veal—Large, 6c; small, 6c per
General Grant Take« the Oath.
Chickamauga National Park, June pound.
3.—General F. D. Grant today took the
San Fraarlaea Market.
oath as a brigadier-general. The oath
Wool—Southern coast lambs, 7® 8c;
was administered by Judge Harris, of San Joaquin, 7@8c; Northern, 11 @ 13c
Rome, Ga., an ex-Confederate, and the per lb.
ceremony was witnessed by a large
Millstuffs — Middlings,
921@33;
crowd. General Grant expressed satis­ California bran, 916@ 16.50 per ton.
faction that he should have thn privi-
Onions—New, 40@65c per sack.
lege of assuming the obligations of his
Butter—Fancy creamery, 19c; do
office from wo distinguished a Confeder- seconds, 18c; fancy dairy, 17}>c; good
ate. and, when tire ceremony was over, to choice, 16@ 17c per pound.
• great shout went up.
Potatoes—Early Rose, 40@ 50c-