iff HON ■
Amartran Troops Will Land
Without Dittlculty.
WERE HEADING SOUTHWARD
Caught by
the Searchlight—Battle-
Ship, Two Cruisers and Torpedo
Boat—The Signal for Activity at the
Fort and on the Vessels In the Bay.
GES. NELSON A. MILES.
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STRONG CONVOY.
Sixteen Warships Go With Transports,
Headed by the Indiana.
Washington, June 13.—Out of the
maze of doubt and contradiction as to
the dispatch of the first army of invas­
ion to Cuba, one tiling stands out clear­
ly, namely, that the government, feel-
ing strong in its present position and
plan, is moving cautiously and with
the deliberation which it believes will
secure success unattended with dis-
aeters.
With this main purpose in view,
the army and navy are co-operating
toward the dispatch of the troops, some
25,000 in number, under escort of a
strong fleet of naval convoys, made up
of 16 warships, headed by the battle­
ship Indiana.
Unattended by this
strong fleet the troops might have left
last Friday, when one strong naval
convoy was ready for this service.
Since then, however, reports have
in Cuba
Kingston, Jamaica, June 13.—The
Davy awaits the army.
The fighting
ships of Rear-Admiral Sampsons and
Commodore Schley have battered down
the coast defenses of Southern Cuba,
and have sealed up Admiral Cervera’s
fleet in the harbor of Santiago de Uulu
by sinking the collier Merrimac in the
channel at its entranoe, with guns of
the fleet covering it.
Boats running
under the shadows of El Moro have cut
the Havtien cable, and now hold 35
miles of the coast east of Santiago de
Cuba, including Guantanamo harbor.
Under the oover of tire guns of the
fleet, Eastern Cuba may be safely in­
vested by land and sea, Admiral Cer-
vera’s fleet annihilated and tire entire
province and its town and harbors
seized and held, alter a slrert cam­
paign.
The harbor of Guantanamo is a fine
basis for land and sea operations. The
harbor is capacious, and has 40 feet of
water.
Tire land approaches are not
so precipitous as at Santiago de Cuba.
The low-lying hills can be easily reach-
Spanish Warships Seen
Near Fort Monroe.
Newport News, Va., June 11.—
A dispatch just reoeived from Port
Monroe says: Intense excitement was
caused at Fort Monroe Friday night
shortly after V o’clock by a dispatch
received from the signal station at
Jape Henry, stating that Spanish war­
ships were lurking in the vicinity.
A short time luter a message was re­
ceived from Washington instructing
the commander of the fort to be on the
alert. Iieixrrts as to the unrnber of
ships seem to conflict.
A lieutenant, who was seen after
midnight, said that be had been in­
formed that a Spanish battleship, two
cruisers and a torpedo-boat had been
caught under the searchlight of Cape
Henry, steaming from a northerly di­
rection.
As soon as it was reported that the
enemy’s warships had been sighted
there was great activity at the fort.
The big searchlights began to sweep
across tire bay, and signals were flashed
to the cruiser Minneapolis, auxiliary
cruiser Dixie and dynamite cruieer
Buffalo, which were anchored off Old
point.
Quarters were sounded, and the
crews hastily prepared the ships for
action.
The gunners took positions
at their posts, where they were ordered
to remain during the night.
The
ship’s searchlights were kept playing
on the water.
At the fort ammunition was hurried
to the long guns, and the troops were
ordered to the [roets.
Some of the
officers were with their families at the
hotels, and buglers were dis|>atched for
them. The men scurried out of the
hotels half dressed and hastenedd to
tire fort.
In the camp of the Maryland troops
orders were given for the men to sleep
in their clothes with their guns close
by.
THE TORPEDO ATTACK.
COAST IS CLEAR.
ed with trains of siege guns, and there
are level reads to Santiago, 33 miles
distant, where a few mountain batter­
ies, beyond tire reach of the fleet, will
be taken to an eminence commanding
tire city and the Spanish ships.
Guantanamo is an important place.
It has six miles of water harobr, and
will Ire of great value to the United
States navy and army as a supply sta­
tion, ooaling depot and cable terminus.
The Spaniards have but slight de­
fense. Their batteries were silenced
by tire Marblehead in a few minutes’
firing at 4,000 yards. A small Spanish
gunboat ran away. The Oregon, Mar­
blehead and Yankee hold the harbor,
waiting to land marines.
The navy’s work has been done well.
Day and night ships patrol the 30
miles of coast within easy gun range of
tire shore.
The officers and men are
ever ready and impatiently say:
“What more can be done? We have
opened the way; where is the army of
invasion?”
The answer seems near at hand.
| ENGAGEMENT AT GUANTANAMO
Cruiser Marblehead tn Full Possession
of the Bay.
Washington, June 13 —The first
official confirmation of the engage­
ment at Guantanamo came to the naval
department today and was made the
subject of a bulletin.
The terms in
which Admiral Sampson described the
affair tended strongly to take away the
large importance that had been given
it in the unofficial discussion. There
was a notable failure on the part of the
admiral to mention anything like a
landing, although a statement that the
Marblehead now holds tire lower bay
by implication may carry with it the
idea that her marines are ashore. The
cablegram follows:
“June 9 Admiral Sampson ordered
the Marblehead, Commander McCalla,
and the Yankee, Commander Brown-
eon, to take possession ofthe outer bay
of Guantanamo. These vessels entered
the harbor at daylight on the 7th,
driving the Spanish gunboats into tire
inner harbor, and took possession of
the lower bay, which is now held by
the Marblehead.”
PUT BACK FOR COAL.
Monitor
8ICBETABT OP WAH ALO EH.
come as to the presence of Spanish
ships in the North Atlantic.
Realiz­
ing that nothing was to be gained by
haste, and that the war was progress­
ing steadily toward success, it was de­
termined not to take the one small
chance of having our troop transports
menaced by some scouting ships of the
enemy.
As a result, the troop transports have
not proceeded to Cuba, either yester­
day or the day before, as has been re­
peatedly asserted. They are in readi- •
new to go, but will not move until the
naval convoy is ready to accompany I
them, assuring safe conduct from Fiori- >
da to the point of destination. Wheth­
er that will be today or tomorrow, the
war department declines positively to
eay.
The completeness with which the !
transporting of the troops has been
planned is shown by the list of trans­
port vessels given out at the war de­
partment today. Of this list, 34 steam­
chips, varying from 1,400 tons down to
600 tons, are at Florida ports ready to
carry troops to the point of invasion.
The entire transport fleet of about 50
Steamships, augmented by the fleet of J
16 naval convoys, will make a formula- 1
Lie marine procession, exceeding ia >
magnitude the notable spectacle of the
naval review in the world’s fair rear. '
Monterey and Collier Brutus
Arrive at San Diego.
Ban Diego, Cal., June 13—The
United States steamer Monterey and
her coal consort, the Brutus, supposed
to be speeding on their way toward
Honolulu and Manila, were sighted at
noon today, steaming south toward San
Diego, at a good rate of epeed, the
Monterey leading. They arrived off
the harbor mouth at 3 P. M. and sepa­
rated, the Brutus going about five
miles south and anchoring near Coro­
nado island, while the Monterey came
in rapidly and dropped her anchor at 4
P. M. off the coal bunkers. A great
crowd was on the wharf to receive her.
Paymaster Rogers stated briefly that
they had simply come in here for coal
and water, and would sail tomorrow
afternoon for Honolulu.
Germany's Interest in It.
Madrid, June 13.—It is reported that
Germany will propose a meeting of the
European conference to discuss the
question of the Philippines.
A dispatch from Blanco at Havana
says the Spanish torpedo-boat destroyer
Terror ia in Porto Rican waters.
HAP OF IHE HARBOR
—
Insurgents View Fleet
in Santiago.
IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH SCHLEY
Give Very Definite Information Regard­
ing Cape Verde Fleet—Entire Span­
ish Force at Santiago Numbers But
6000 Poorly Fed Soldiers.
Off Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston,
Jamaica, June 11—After di’vlng the
Spanish fleet at Santiago de Cuba into
a more protected position in the har­
bor, by the bombardment of Tuseday,
Commodore Schley opened communica-
tion with the insurgents 18 miles from
Santiago to the cast. They were urged
to obtain, if possible, the names and
number of the fleet inside the harbor,
as the contour of the land at the en-
trance made it impossible to accurately
determine by tire view of the fleet just
how many vessels of tire Spanish squad­
ron were there.
On Friday afternoon Lieutenant
Sharp, of the Vixen, went to the place
of the rendezvous, and secured from the
insurgents a map of the harbor, show­
ing the entire Cape Verde fleet, with
tire exception of the destroyer Terror,
inside, and close to the city under the
protection of tire guns on Blanco bat­
tery at the northern extremity of the
harbor. The ehipe there, according to
this chart, are the Cristobal Colon,
Vizcaya, Almirante Oquendo, the Ma­
ria Teresa and the Reina Mercedes (de­
stroyed by the American warships
since this dispatch was written), all
cruisers of the fiist-class, and heavily
armored, together with . three torpedo-
boats. The definiteness of this infor­
mation naturally gave Commodore
Schley great satisfaction.
With Admiral Sampson’s arrival,
Wednesday, tire blockade was much
strengthened, and tire plans to starve
the fleet were pushed vigorously. Just
how long Santiago can stand beseiging
is a matter of conjecture.
The coun­
try about the city is unproductive and
mountainous, and the insurgents camps
are so close that there is little or no
communication between the city and
its environs.
Tire railway service is
not carried to a distance much beyond
10 miles from the town.
Since Sun­
day last, when Cervera’s squadron was
penned up by the flyiDg squadron un­
der Commodore Schley, nothing has
been done since the auxiliary cruiser
St. Paul captured about 4,000 tons of
coal consigned/« tire port.
It is thor­
oughly believed that only a short time
will be needed to bring Santiago to a
starvation basis. Naturally the fleet
has a supply, perhaps for two months,
but the Spanish soldiers cannot be sus­
tained on this. An important fact was
learned today from the insurgents on
shore, with whom communication has
been opened up. There are not 20,-
000 soldiers, as has been stated, in
this part of the province of Santiago de
Cuba, but only about 6,000. Even
these are badly fed and much disheart­
ened.
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American Gunboat Heports a Singular
Fscapode Off Havana.
Movements of United States Troops Art»
Kept Secret.
Washington, June 11.—It became
apparent this afternoon that the war
department, through the energetic
offices of the censor, has succeeded en­
tirely in its purpose to keep the move­
ment of trooj>s a secret, for beyond
question at the close of the day it was
impossible, to learn the whereabouts of
the United States troops, which had
for weeks been gathered under com-
maud of General Shafter in Florida.
Stories of a mysterious warship» in
Cuban waters floated through the navy
department during the day. The offi­
cers quickly condemned them, declar­
ing that if tire boats were Spanish
they were nothing more than some
armed launches- and were not to be
feared by any transports convoyed by
such fine gunboats as the Helena and
Bancroft.
But when these stories
reached the war department they were
received in a different spirit. Nothing
isjmore helpless in warfare than an un­
armored troopship full of soldiers. She
would fall an easy victim to the small-
est gunboat, and the soldiers, knowing
their weakness in this respect, are loath
to unberdtake to cross the Florida
straits until these disagreeable visitors
have been removed from the pathway.
Without respect to the character of
the strange craft that are said to be
dodging the blockaders at Havana, they
will be removed from the scene of ac­
tion on ehort notice, as it is expected
that Sampson has been made acquaint­
ed with the situation, and is expected
to redeem his promise to provide safe
conduct for the army when called upon.
He£has ample force to conduct the op­
erations at Santago to a successful
issue and still epare vessels of any
power desirable for use in the Florida
straits.
Philadelphia, June 11.—The Press
this morning states that agents of the
government secret service are in poe-
session of information indicating that
hundreds of tons of coal have been sup-
plied to Spanish agents by brokers in
this locality, ami that prosecutions
which may send several prominent
cOal-dealers to prison are imminent.
Seattle, Wash., June
13.—The
steamer Kodiak, which arrived here
thia afternoon from Southeastern
Alaska, reports that the ship Sterling
ran on a reef aod was wrecked in the
Nusheyok river, about 65 miles from
its mouth.
Her crew and passengers
were landed at Karluk. The Sterling
left San Francisco April 27. with sup­
A 2 a-pound ball fired by an English
plies for the cannneriee in Southern
man-of-war
in 1812, was recently un­
Alaska. She carried 175 passengers,
earthed near Alexandria, Va.
150 of whom were Chinese.
OS Santiago, via Kingston, Jamaica,
June 11.—The firing by tire New York
and New Orleans briefly reported last
night, was diiected against the Spanish
torpe»k»-l>ojt destroyer, probably tire
Furor or Pluton.
The character of the vessel was not
definitely known until the next day,
when the torp>edo-boat Porter found
two loaded torpedoes floating off shore.
Neither of them had been discharged.
One sank, bnt tire other was hauled on
board the Porter. It exactly fitted the
description of the torpedoes carried by
the Pluton and Furor.
It is believed the torpedo-boat de­
stroyer escaped.
Sire was seen by the
New Orleans when too far away for the
latter to do any damage, and the heavy
fire must have driven her back.
The daring attempt of tire Spaniards,
which was fortunately frustrated by
the vigilance of tire New Orleans'
lookout, is the first instance of its kind
since the beginning of the war. As
seen from tire flagship», the scene was
brilliantly dramatic.
The New York
was lying several miles to the east at
Morro Castle. Tire New Orleans was
on her starboard hand, close inshore,
ready to piounce upon any craft which
attempted to steam out under the
shadow of the hills.
Shortly after 10
o'clock the New Orleans flashed her
private signal, and in a few minutes
colored lights sprang up in tire dark­
ness from the New Otlean’s deck.
They signalled that the enemy was in
sight
On board the flagship men and offi­
cers had scramlbed out of bunks and
hammocks in resp»onee to the call “gen­
eral quarters.” They stood on deck
around the guns watching the short,
sharp flames which showed the activity
of the New Orleans’ rapid-fire bat­
tery.
The flagship was then too far
away to 6ee the object of the fire.
A dim object like a small boat con­
cealed in smoke was seen on the port
band from the signal bridge, amt En­
sign Murlin reported to Captain Chad­
wick “a torpedo-boat one point for­
ward on the port beam beaded this
way.” Captain Chadwick and Rear-
Admiral Sampson, was on the forward
bridge. Before a shot was fired from
the tiagehip, this curious looking ol>-
ject disapi»eared. It must have been
two or three miles away from the New
York and the same distance from tire
New Orleans. When a mile away and
close to Morro, an object was seen
against the cliffs. It was thought to
be a torpedo-boat, and the New York’s
forward 8-inch guns bellowed out,
making a hideous noise in the quiet
night, lighting the air with bright
smoke. On shore a few sp»arks closa
to a dark object showed where the
shells struck. The four-inch and six-
pounders followed suit, and for a few
minutes a sharp fire was kept up. The
boom of the Oregon’s big guns was
twice heard to the Eastward.
“Cease firing" was tlreu 6ounded.
After a careful watch, the New York
steamed back to tier station and tire
wen Went back to their hammocks.
Tnero bail been no firing from the torts,
and accounts differ as to whether the
torp>cdo-boat did or did not Are.
CHASED FOUR WARSHIPS.
CENSOR’S WORK.
Patriotic Fhlladelphlann.
Ship Sterling Wrecked.
I'uoeusing Vigilance Saved the Amer­
ican Warahip».
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Key West, June 11.—Four suspi­
cious looking vcssles, thought to te
Spanish warships, are or have been at­
tempting to elude tire blockading
squadron off Havana and enter the
poit When last seen on the night
before last, they were in Nicholas
chunnel, about 80 miles off Havana,
and heading in the direction of Hav­
ana. A government tug from Cardenas
joined tire fleet yesterday bringing met-
sages for the commodore fiom an auxil­
iary gunboat. This was to tire effect
that on Tuesday night the gunboat
sighted four vessels thought to be a
battle-ship, two cruisers and a dis­
patch-boat, between Salt Cay and
Piedre del Cruz light.
The gunboat followed them and
when within ?i»euking distanoe hoisted
the private signal. The strangers re­
plied with three masthead lights,
which was not the required signal, and
immediately thereafter they put out
their lights.
The gunboat cruised
after the strangers for two or three
miles, once approaching within 2,000
yards, bnt eventually abandoned the
chase and reported to the nearest ship
of the fleet.
Advices were then sent
to Commodore Watson by the govern­
ment tug and he dispatched a ship to
Key West.
The commander of the gunboat
which followed the vessels is satisfied
that they were Spanish warships either
trying to get into Havana or lying in
wait for transjiorts. The affair, how­
ever, is involved in doubt.
The British cruiser Talbot left Hav­
ana on Tuesday, an»l she may have
been one of the vessels sighted by the
gunboat.
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American Fleet Shelled
Caimanera.
SPANIARDS ABANDONED FORTS
Many of the Shota Demolished nonsea
In the Town—Spanish Commander
Threatens to Born the Flace—Inhab­
itants Fled to the Hills.
Cape Haytien, Hayti, June 10—It is
reported here that a great battle has
taken place at Caimanera, in the bay
of Guantanamo, which is 40 miles east
of Sanitago de Cuba.
At 5:80 o’clock Tuseday morning
five ships of the American squadron
opened a heavy bombardment of the
fortifications of the town.
There was
a perfect hail of bombs in the bay,
striking and demolishing many houses
beyond the fortifications.
On the Spanish side the military re­
plied vigorously, making for some
time a stiff resistance. The fire from
tire warships, however, never slackened
for an instant. It was regular and well
directed, und a great majority of the
shots proved effective. The Spaniards
were forced to abandon their positions
on the shore and retreat to the town of
Caimanera proper. It is supposed that
the inhabitants also fled.
It is eai»l here that the Spanish at
Santiago and Caimanera are preparing
for a final desperate struggle, ami are
determined to resist the assaults of the
Americans to the last extremity.
The commander of the district issued
an order yesterday to burn Caimanera
before yielding it into the hands of the
Americans.
The latter forced the entrance to the
hay of Guantanamo, and, according to
the latest advices, it was feared that
tire Americans would make an effort to
land farces this afternoon. Measures
to prevent this, if ¡»oesible, have been
taken try the Spaniards.
The Ameri­
can fleet returned to its usual post.
The report of tire bombardment at
Caimanera came by cablet The bom­
bardment destroyed a little house
which sheltered the French cable at
Caimanera. The cables uniting the
main cable with the office at Caima-
trera and the town of Caimanera with
Santiago were cut, thus accounting for
the prolonged absent» of intelligence
here as to «¡»orations in that vicinity.
Even before the cables in Gnantamo
bay had been injured so that they
could not be worked, the operators at
the Caimanera station were forced to
flee by the Are from the ships.
Up to
this hour, 9:15 P. M.. there has been
no direct cable communication from
Santiago since Monday at midnight.
The United States dispatch-boat Dol­
phin arrived at Mole St. Nicholas this
muruing and fired a salute of 17 guns.
SAILED FROM TAMPA.
Twenty-Seven Thouimnd Men Left for
Santiago Thursday Noon.
London, June 10.—The Washington
correspondent of the Daily Chronicle,
with the approval of General Greely,
cables:
"The army sailed from Tampa at
noon today. The force numbers 27,-
000 men, composed of infantry, cav­
alry, artillery and engineers and signal
corps.
"The Infantry consists of 27 regi­
ments, 16 regular and 11 volunteers.
Of the regulars there were the First,
Second, Fourth, Sixth,
Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thir­
teenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Twen­
ty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth
•nd Twenty-fifth regiments.
“Of tire volunteer regiments there
were the First New York, Thirty-sec­
ond Michigan, First anil Fifth Ohio,
Second New York, First District of
Columbia, Filth Maryland, One Hun­
dred and Fifty-seventh Indiana, and
Third Pennsylvania.
The total in­
fantry force is 21,600.
In addition
there are a battalion of engineers, a
detachment of the signal oorps, five
squadrons of cavalry, four batteries of
heavy artillery.
“Generul Shafter is in chief com­
mand of the force, which is conveyed
by the battle-ship Indiana and the
gunboat Helena.
Has Manila Fallen?
Hong Kong, June 10.—A report here
is that Manila has fallen.
It is said
to l»e occupied by the Philippine in­
surgents, commanded by Agtiinaldo.
The rebel junta ami wealthy Philip­
pine islanders resident here are jubi­
lant over the news, and the United
States consulate has l»een crowded all
• lav. The American consul, Mr. Wild­
man, has l»eeri the recipient of hun­
dreds of telegrams of congratulation,
giving him also as much credit for the
Her Cane Hopeles*.
London, June 10—The Madrid cor­ reported capture of Manila as they
gave Agninaldo himself.
Since Mr.
respondent of the Dally Mail says:
There is little doubt that Spain, see­ Wildman has been there, he has a l-
Consul !
ing the hopelessness of further continu­ vised them in all their plans.
ing the war, is approaching the powers Wildman does not credit the report!
with a view of obtaining an honorable thut Manila has fallen, bnt thinks a ;
successful landing will be effected by
peace.
Saturday.
Vancouver, B. C., June 11.—Sir
Shot by Hit* Partner.
Charles Mitchell, governor of the
The Dalles, Or., June 10.—Word
Straits Settlements, arrived on the
Empress of Japan with Lady Mitchell. lias just been received from Antelope
Mr. Mitchell tells ofthe torturing of of a shooting affray that took plaoe
Kling women for religious purposes in there e'arly yesterday morning. While
the streets of Singajere. A number of trying to stop a row in the Eureka
KliDg women were marched from the saloon, Murdock McKay, one of the
temple in Desai.go on the road to the proprietors, was shot in the abdomen
temple in Link road with lances ami dangerously wounded by his ¡»art-
It is claimed the
through tberT tongue», lips and cheeks, net, William Rolff.
Medical aid
their eyes being thrust out. The men shooting was accidental.
who accompanied them threw water in was ‘Summoned from The Dalles. The
courier that brought the news did not
.heir faces.
think it possible that be could live
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WEEKLY
MARKET
LETTER.
Trade Condition. In llw» Leading Cltle.
or the World.
[Reported by Downing, Hopkins & Co., I nr..
Board of Trat’e Brokers. 711 to III Chamber ot
Commerce building, Portland, Oregon.)
Professionals are now ot the oDinion
that there are but two considerations in
the market, the crop prospects and the
stocks. They believe that the price of
Jnly will be ¡»articularly affected by
the conditons likely to make the win­
ter wheat harvest an early or late one.
The general sentiment is rather bearish
on the price, but it is borne in mind
that with less than 1,000,000 bushels
contracted at Chicago, conjestion, even
without qny manipulation, could easi­
ly be created.
A rainy night might
delay the harvest eo as to cost a July
short seller a good deal of money. The
feeling us to Se;»tember and December
is thut anything around 80 oente will
be a high price unless the ciop pros­
pect is disturbed in an important way.
With these futures it will make little
difference whether the harvest is late
or early.
If a crop of 700,000,000
bushels, or even 600,000,000 bushels ia
secured, i t is taken for granted a price
anywhere around 80 cents is too good
to expect. Wheat sireculators know
very well that crop conditions abroad
are as important to the price as the
conditions at home; and so when
they talk of 80 cents as a high price
they presume the continuance of good
harvest prospects the world over.
That is the outlook now, although
there are some complaints of unseason­
able weather on the continent, just us
there arc of "rust and cinch bugs in
Kansas. ’’ There never has been a year
without some eomplaint from some
quarter or without some crop mishap.
So far, however, the harvest outlook is
in a general way a tine one the world
over. Each week now finishes a large
wheat area, and in three weeks the re­
sult of the entire winter wheat crop
will he settled.
rortlanil Market.
Wheat—Walla Walla, 72« Val­
ley und Bluestem, 74o per bushel.
Flour—Best grades, (4.25; graham,
|3.75; superfine, <2.25 per barreL
Oats—Choice white, 42« choice
gray, 38 @ 39c ¡»er bushel.
Barley—Feed barley, (22; brewing,
(34 per ton.
Millstiiffs—Brim, (17 per ton; mid­
dlings. (23; shorts, (17.
Hay—Timothy, (11 @12; clover. (10
@11; Oregon wild hay, (9@10 per ton.
Egg»—Oregon, 15@16Rc per dozen.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 32R@35c;
fair to good, 25@30c; dairy, 25@30o
per rolL
Cheese—Oregon full cream, 12c;
Young America, 12 Re­
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, (3.50 per
dozen; hens, (4.00; springs, (2.00@4;
geese, (6.OO@7.00; ducks, young, (4@
6.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, ll@12c
per pound.
Potatoes—Oregon BurbankB, 25@35c
per sack; sweets, (1.75@2 per cental.
Onion»—Oregon, (1.00@1.50 per
sack.
Hope— 5@ 12 Ro per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c.
Wool—Valley, 14@15c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8@12c; mohair,
25c per pound.
Mutton—Gross, host sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton. 6Rc;
Bpring iambs, 10c per lb.
Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, (4.25;
light and feeders. (3.00@4.00; dressed,
(5.50@6.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef—Gross. top steers, (4.00;
cows, (2.50 @3.50;
dressod
beef,
5@7c per pound.
Veal—Large,
5c; small, 6c per
pound.
Seattle Markets.
Vegetables—Potatoes—Yakima», (11
@12 per ton; natives, (8@ 10; Califor­
nia potatoes, (1.50 @2 per 100 pounds.
Beets, per sack, (1.25; turnips, (1.25;
carrots, (1 .25; hothuuse lettuce, 45c;
radishes, 12 Rc.
Fruits—California lemons, fancy.
(8; choice, (2@2.50; seeding oranges,
(1.50@1.75; California navels, fancy,
(8@8.25; choice, (12.50@2.75; ban­
anas, shipping, (2.25@2.75 ¡»er bunch;
strawberries, (1.25@1.50 per crate.
Butter—Fancy
native creamery,
brick, 18c; ranch, 7@12c; dairy, 12R
@15o; Iowa, fancy creamery, 18c.
Cheese—Native Washington, 11 @
12c; Eastern cheese, 12@12Rc.
Meats—Choice dressed beef steer»,
prime, 8c; cows, prime, 7@7Rc; mut­
ton, 8c; pork, 7 Ro; veal, 8c.
Poultry—Chickens, live, ¡er pound,
14c; dressed, 16c; spring chickens,
(2.50@3.75.
Fresh Fish—Halibut, 3@4« steel­
heads, 7 @ 8c; salmon trout, 9@10c;
flounders and sole, 3@4o; herring, 4c.
Oysters—Olympia oysters, per sack,
(3@8.25; per gallon, sold, (1.80.
Wheat—(26; feed wheat, (28.
Oats—Choice, per ton, (26.
Corn—Whole, (25; cracked, (25;
feed meat, (25.
Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton,
(25; whole, (24.
Flour—Patent, (4.75, bbl; straights,
(4.50; California brands, (5.75; buck­
wheat flour, (6.50; graham, per bbl,
(4. 25; whole wheat flour, (4.50; rv»
flour, (5.
Millstuff»—Bran, per ton, (15;
shorts, per ton, (18.
Feed—Chopped feed, (21 @22 per
ton; middlings, per ton, (18@19; oil
cake meal, per ton, (35.
Hay—Puget Sound mixed, (10@13;
choioe Eastern Washington timothy,
(15@16.
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Sun Francisco Market.
Wool—Southern coast lambs, 7@8c;
Fan Joaquin, 7@8c; Northern, ll@12c
per lb.
Hops—9@12Rc per pound.
Millstuffs—Middlings, (2050(8 22.50;
California bran, (16.50@ 17.00 per ton.
Onion»—New. 40@ 55c per sack.
Butter—Fancy creamery. 18 Rc; do
•econds, 18c; fancy dairy, 17c; good
to choice, 15@16Rc per pound.