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THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE X _____ Discusses New Foreign Policy and Coming Greatness. THE GLORIES OF CONQUEST Judge Groncup Delivers an Eloquent Address—Nicaragua Canal Favored-« Annexation Problem Taken Up. REGELS VICTORIOUS. Fifteen Hundred Chine«« Troop« Slain and Bodies Thrown in River. MUSTER-OUT TO BEGIN. AMERICAN Corbin Will Send From 75.000 to 10*.- OOO Volunteer. Home. San Francisco, Aug. 23. — News has New York, Aug. 22.—A special dis just reached here from the Orient that patch to the Tribune from Washington early in July there was a battle between suys: Adjutant-General Corbin said in the rebels at Wu Chow ami the imperial an interview that he was going to mus Chinese troops, in which the former ter out between 75,000 and 100,000 vol were victorious. Over 1,500 of the unteers as soon as practicable. The troops were slain, and their bodies selection of the regiments will not be thrown into the river. The Do Sing, made arbitrarily, but having in mind, under Captain Tholeman, was engaged first of all, the reports of the regular to take about 1,000 Chinese troops to army officers now with the volunteers. the scene of the rebellion. The highest consideration will be given From the time the Do Sing left Can the wishes of governors, as well as of ton until she reached Wu Chow, 200 the regiments themselves. The inter miles up the river, Captain Tholeman ests of the national government demand had trouble with his crew, the Chinese the disbandment of troops secured un sympathizing with the rebels. One, a der the second call in certain instances, comprador, began inciting them to mu and in other cases regiments raised un tiny, and the captain alleges that in der the first call, which have liad ser 1 self-defense he was compelled to shoot vice and which have been materially the man. The comprador died from reduced in efficiency through sickness, j his wound the next day. will be the first to go. Captain Tholeman was placed under It will not be feasible to issue a gen < arrest, and as soon as opportunity af eral order or to prepare a complete list forded was sent down the river to Can covering all the forces to be mustered ton. On his journey he was confined out for some time to come. On the in an iron cage, and on arrival was contrary, as soon as an agreement is placed in the British jail. reached regarding any particular regi On account of the claim of American ment, it will be immediately sent to j citizenship made by Tholeman, there the state camp, and as soon as its prop is a bitter feeling against all Ameri erty can be turned over to the govern cans in that district. ment and its accounts settled, the indi vidual records of its officers and men MILITARY OCCUPATION. will be completed and they will be dis charged from service under the United General Merritt Has Proclaimed Gov i States. ernment for Manila- The only mustering out orders issued j London, Aug. 23.—The Manila cor up to the present time relate to the respondent of the Daily Telegraph, in a First Vermont infantry. dispatch dated Sunday, says: Gen It was originally proposed that the 1 eral Merritt has proclaimed a govern regiments organized under the second ment of military occupation. The call which had not left their 'state« news of the armistice arrived on the should be immediately disbanded, and 16th. It is feared that the Americans this plan will probably be followed out may restore the Philippines to Spain with very few exceptions. and thus reinaugurate a fresh period of Ordered Home for Muster Out. tyranny, extortion and rebellion. Washington, Aug. 22.—Oders were The Americans found $800 in the given today for the return to their | Spanish treasury. Foreign opinion is loud in praise of states of the following regiments: I the action of the American commander First Illinois cavalry and First Maine I in excluding armed rebels from the infantry, now at Chickamagua; Second j city. It is believed bis firmness saved New York infantry, now at Fernanda, ' Manila from pillage. A week ago Fla., and First Vermont infantry at there appeared to be a possibility of Chickamauga. Similar orders will be collision with the rebela, but there is issued from day to day to other volun I no danger now. Everything is quiet. teer regiments selected for mustering out. Saratoga, Aug. 22.—The national conference on the foreign policy of the United States opened here today, with an address by Henry Wade Kogers, of Chicago, chairman of the committoe on arrangement. Kogers said the confer ence was called to consider some momentous questions in the history of the republic He spoke of the war, and returned prayerful thanks for the peace now at hand. While peace has arrived, he said, there were many serions prob lems to be considered. He referred to tho close friendship between Americans and British, which would promptly lead to international arbitration and finally to universal peace. The speaker spoke favorably of the Nicaragua canal, which he argued should be built and controlled by the United States government. The canal wonld shorten the distance by water to San Franoisco by 12,003 miles. The question of the Nicaragua canal was taken up, and Warner Miller rook the platform. He briefly spoke of his per sistent advocacy of the canal. Events of the past three months de manded the immediate construction, and be believed all Americans weie now universally in favor of it, as was also all of Europe. He spoke of the numer ous surveys made of every proposed route to pierce the isthmus, and said the route by the way of the Nicaragua canal has reoeived great consideration as both feasible and desirable. Mr. Miller referred to several canals that have materially aided in opening up the country. The Nicaragua canal would alon« eave us 10,000 miles, and would be a great outlet for those states on the Pa More Troops Arrive. cific coast. The continent is gridironed Manila, Aug. 23.—The American with transcontinental railroads, but transports Peru and Puebla, having on these do not alone afford the advantages board General Otis and General Hughes, that could be secured by a canal. It it arrived here at 8 o’clock this morning. a question of cheap transportation, and There was no serious illness on boa id the Nicaragua canal would solve the either of the vessels. problem. Within 10 years after the completion of the canal the population DEWEY AND MERRITT. of the Pacific states will have increased to 10,000,000. One of the best results Heroes of Manila Are Congratulated by the President. of the Spanish-American war is that it will compel the building of the Nic Washington, Aug. 23.—President aragua canal. McKinley tonight cabled to Admiral The annexation problem was taken Dewey and General Merritt his and up at the afternoon session. Carl the nation’s congratulations upon their Schurz, of New York, epoke at length, capture of Manila. The text of the giving the views of the anti-expansion- dispatch to Admiral Dewey is as fol iete, whose cause he advocated Hs lows: was opposed by Judge Grosscup, of Executive Mansion, Washington, Chicago, who is an earnest expansionist. Aug. 23.—Admiral Dewey, Manila: Judge Grosscup said in part: Receive for yourself and the officers, “1 am among those who believe lliaS sailors and marines of your command the people of the United States can, my thanks and the congratulations and without breach of faith to the promise» those of the nation for the gallant con of our past or serious danger to the ex duct all have again so conspicuously pectations of our future, hold perms- displayed. WILLIAM M’KINLEY. nenly al) or a portion of the territory Following is the text of the dispatch that has been occupied by our troops to General Merritt: during the progress of the war. I am Executive Mansion, Washington, ready to go a step further and assert Aug. 23.—Major-General Merritt, U. that the obligations of our duty towurd 8. A., Manila. In my own behalf and mankind, and especially toward ths for the nation I tender to you and to particular peoples who have been officers and men of your command sin drawn within the sphere of onr opera cere thanks and congratulations for tions, and toward the future useful the conspicuously gallant conduct dis ness of ourselves, demand that we played in your campaign. should permanently retain so much of WILLIAM M’KINLEY. these, the captures of war, as are need The Arizona Off for Manila. ed to round out the moral purposes foi dan Francisco, Aug. 23.—The trans which it was inaugurated, and the greater destiny on which, as a nation, port Arizona, with Major General Mer riam and staff and about 1,800 troops, we are about to enter. “As a people, we, for the first time, sailed for Manila via Honolulu just be look olearly over the empire of the fore noon today. The Scandia, with -earth. Without the sacrifice of right another detachment of soldiers, will de eousness or honor, but as the ministers part in a few davB. It is understood -of both, the invitation comes to take that General Merriam carries with him our share in the opportunities and re- plans and authority to construct oar eponsibilities of this wider field. Tbs racks and hospitals for the troops at immediate question, the one that, by Honolulu, which port is now attached its solution, will either bring in or bat to the department of the Pacifio, of -out of this larger national tpbere, re which he is the commanding officer. lates «o the permanent occupation of Steamship Lost. our Spanish conqueets. The true Falmduth, England, Aug. 23.—The question is not whether Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines are intrins British steamer Toledo, Captain W s- ically worth the responsibilities in hart, which sailed from Galveston on curred by their occupation, but wheth July 20 for Rotterdam, struck on Grim er their commerce and resources will Rock, Sicily islands, last night in a Tountei balance the new dangers that dense fog and foundered almost immed their acquirement would introduce into iately in 25 fathoms of water. There 3ur political system. For 1 see behind was just time to launch a large boat, them, in the horizon toward which we and al', were saved, many clad in their * re heading, looming up from the Pa night clothes only. The Toledo was built in Sunderland cific, mountainous interests and oppor tunity, against which the outlines of in 1882 for John Tully. Her net regis the Philippines are but a mere speck— ter was 1,818 tone; gross register, 2,843 something more than islands, nothing tons. She was 301 feet long by 42.1 feet in breath and 28.3 feet depth of •Ise than a continent. ________________ "Within Asia lies the interest and the hold. From Copper River. opportunity that, by its largeness, Seattle, Aug. 23.—One hundred and dwarfs every other prospect. , I favor the acquisition of Porto Rico, partly fifty disappointed prospectors arrived because the moral purpose of this war here tonight from Copper river, Alaska, They demands that it should not longer be a on the steamer Excelsior. political plague spot in the otherwise brought with them oopies of a set of res- purified Caribbean sea, but chiefly I olutions passed at a recent miner’s because it is at the gateway to the meeting, setting forth that gold in pay- Caribbean—a sea that when the com I ing quantities had never been discov- merce of Asia is fully developed and I ured in the vicinity of Copper river, and the Nicaragua canal opened will, from ' that the Valdes glacier was impassable both a naval and commercial view, be for large outfits. The resolutions also come the most important water on the censure the boom of the country by cer face of the globe. I favored the acquisi tain transportation companies. tion of the Philippines, or so much of Porto Rico Tariff Rate*. them as may be needed, solely because in the new career of commercial activ Washington, Aug. 23.—The war de ity upon which I trust we are about to partment has promulgated tariff rates enter, we need clear across the Pacific a ' for Porto Rica The rate is the Span- . line ef naval stations and home ports; ish minimum tariff heretofore inforced stations in every sense our own, carry : in the island. The tobacco schedule is ' ing under the soil the American title the same as for Cuba. and over it the American flag." Shafter has informed the war depart- The Spanish armada consisted of 192 ’ ment that it will not be necessary to ships. 3,109 cannon, 8,766 sailors, I send any more troops to Santiago for 2.088 galley slaves, 21,890 soldiers, 1 the preservation ol peace and good 1,309 volunteers. ' order. FRESTIGE. WEEKLY Injured at a Bullfight. Strengthening the Mavy* Berlin, Aag. 33.—Tbe Russian gov ernment baa ordered a 5,000-ton iron clad vessel from the Krupp works at Kiel and a similar vessel from th* Vulcan works at Tatttin. LETTER. . Attrartlnx Great Attention in the Fa* (Reported by Downing, Hopkins & Co., Inc., I Board ol Trade Broker., *11 to 714 Chamber ol En«t—Manila to Rival Hou* Hon*. PRACTICALLY NO OPPOSITION Instruction* Which Rave in View the Further Expansion of Our Posses* lions— General Merritt's Diepatrh. Paris, Aug. 20.—The American po sition in the far East is attracting great attention. Soleil says: "The Americans will quadruple the value of tiie Philippines, and Manila »•ill become the rival of Hong Kong. Die United States will have a prepon derating situation in Chinese waters. J There is no market they desire more eagerly than the Chinese, and though they have been forestalled by other powets they will assuredly overtake their rivals by the rapidity of their progress in that region, and in the coming breaking up of the Chinese etn- I pire tiie United States will not be con tent with the worst foitunes tor their i heritage ” The Temps, while congratulating France upon the role of peace-maker, recognizens the fact that it is not al ways a good thing to put a finger be tween the hammer and the anvil. The Teprns says: “The United States will not hear a word of intervention, and France has no interests in compromising herself gratuitously with a country evidently leetined for a more active part in great international affairs. It would be art less to count overmuch on Spanish gratitude. Therefore, the French watchword should be 'Messieurs point de zele.’ ” London, Aug. 20.—The Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily Mail save: “The terms of the capitulation of Manila, as agreed upon Saturday be tween General Jaudenez and General Merritt, includes the cession of the Philippine archipelago to the United States. "An American naval officer arrived from Manila on the Zatiro tells me that the Americans practically walked into Manila. The operations, he says, were confined to the Malate side of the city, where the Spaniards had a fort and two lines of trenches. The tioops waded through the Malate river and walked up to the beach hb though going to lunch, meeting practically no op;>o- sition. "I learn when General Merritt went ashore after the capitulation of Manlia, Program me I n Startling. he experienced some difficulty in find London, Aug. 20.—The morning ing General Jaudenez, who ultimately was found in a oiiurch among crowds papers comment upon the proposed im mense increase in the American navy. of women and children” The Standard says: “Such a fleet, operating from Manila OFFICIAL ADVICES. ________ as a base, would be able to exeroise General Merritt Informs the Depart considerable influence upon the prog- ment Regarding the Battle. res« of events in Chinese waters, and, Washington. Aug. 20.—The war de added to the English-China squadron and tbe Japanese navy would make a partment has received the following: “Manila, via Hong Kong Aug. 20.— mighty army indeed." The Daily Mail says: "The new On August 7 Dewey joined me in a 48- hour notification to the Spanish oom- programme is startling in its immens mander to remove the non-combatants ity. The American navy jumps to from the city. On the same date a re- fourth place among the world’s fleets. ply was received, expressing thanks for It will not long remain fourth nor will the humane eentituents expressed and it be long before the United States stating the Spanish were without a will have a policy in China.” place of refuge for tbe noncombatants THE BOND ISSUE. now within the.walls of the town. “An August 9 we sent a joint note Full Amount of the Loan Can Be Used inviting attention to the suffering in FOR HONOLULU. to Advantage. store for the 6ick and noncombatants New York, Aug. 20.—Assistant Sec Over Three Hundred Men Wedged in case it became our duty to reduce the Aboard the Little Alliance. defenses, also setting forth tbe hopeless retary of Treasury Vanderlip, who has been hearing some suggestions from San Francisco, Aug. 22.—Three hun condition of the Spanish forces, sur different sections, on the possibility of dred and twenty-five officers and met rounded on all sides, the fleet in front, limiting the issue of bonds to an of the New York regiment embarked with no prospect of reinforcements, and amount below $200,000,000, the full on board the steamship Alliance this demanded the surrender as due to issue authorized, the idea of the sug- mornii* and will sail for Honolulu to every consideration of humanity. On gestore being that the termination of day. The ladies of the Red Cross So i the same date we received a reply ad the war removes the necessity for more ciety furnished the men with luncheon mitting the situation, but stating the money than will be provided by the before they went on board the Alliance, council of defense declared the request customs and enlarged internal revenue which is a very stanch little vessel, but for surrender would not be granted, but receipts, smiled when be was asked entirely unsuited for the transportation offered to consult the government if the about the probability of the adoption of of so many men. Merriam stated to time necessary for oommunication via the suggestion, says tbe Washington day that the Scandia and Arizona will Hong Kong were granted. We sent a corespondent of the Times. probably sail some time Tuesday fore joint note in reply declining. "It is a very pretty suggestion." Mr. "On August 18 I joined the navy in noon. Vanderlip said, "but 1 do not believe an attack on the oity. After about half In addition to their troops, tbe two it will be adopted. The treasury has transports will carry 1,000,000 rounds ■ an hour’s accurate shelling of the Span already accepted the loan, and agreed of ammunition for the Philippine force*. ish lines, McArthur’s brigade on the to furnish the bonds provided for the It is now on tbe way from the East, right and Greene’s on the left under subscribers. A part of tbe bonds have and although tbe railroad oompany is Anderson, advanced in a vigorous at been sent out, and the others will fol hurrying it westward, it will not be tack and carried the Spanish works. "Our lose is not accurately known, low. It is true that there will be less possible to net it all aboard the two The behavior pressing need tor money, as the closing vessels. The troops will embark in but is about 50 in all. of the troops was excellent. Tbe co of the war will remove the necessity, the afternoon, and tbe transport* will operation of the navy was moet valua but some large expenses have already then anchor in the stream until their ble. The troops advanced rapidly on been incurred which must be met, and departure. the walled city, upon which a white some will continue for a while after Yellow Jack Subdued. flag was shown, and tbe town capitu hostilities are stopped. "The reports of the treasury putting Waehington, Aug. 22.—The war de lated. The troops occupied Malate, partment is not alarmed about yellow Binondo and the walled city of San the expenditures of the war at about fever among the tioops in the United Miguel. All our oenters are protected. 1150,000,000 are not considered aa cov- States, but a close watch is being kept The insurgents are quiet. No disorder aring ail expenses, but simply those items in the treasury statement* that at all points where there is tbe least or pillage. MERRITT.” danger. Three cases at Key West wert The war department has made public are charged up directly to tbe war and the only ones reported in the South, tbe ordeT sent to Merritt last evening navy departments. These cover the and no additional cases have been re regarding the occupation of Manila by greatest expense included in the other ported in tbe last three days. At the American force«. The order fol classifications of the statements, and they will substantially increase the ag Montauk Point there are several sus lows: picions cases, but if it is yellow fever "Merritt, Manila:—The president gregate of expenditures in excess of it is of a vsiy mild type. directs that there must be no joint what they would have been in a condi occupation with the insurgents. The tion of peace." With American Consent. Berlin, Aug. 22.—A dispatch from Americans are in possession of Manila WILL BE ENLARGE . Hong Kong, dated Auguet 19, and evi city, Manila bay and harbor, ami must i preserve peace and protect persons with- Vellowxtone Park Too Small for a Gtm$ dently official, says: The Kaieer Au Preierve. gusta, whioh left Manila with dis i in the territory occupied by the mili- patches from Admiral Diedrichs, after I tary and naval forces. The insurgents Washington, Aug. 30.—It is very the fall of that city, will return there | and all others must recognize the mili probable that within a short tme tha today. Augustin and his family ar tary occupation and authority of the Yellowstone National Path will be en rived on board the cruiser. Von Died i United States and the cessation of hos larged to the extent of some 150 square richs, at the request of Augustin, gave tilities proclaimed by the president. miles, which will be added to the them passage by arrangement with the : Use whatever means are in your judg western extremity of the reserve. For American commander. Augustin hai ment necessary to attain this end. All some little time this question has law-abiding people must be treated been under consideration at the inter left Hong Kong en route for Spain. alike. Bv order of the secretary of war. ior department, but not until now Slaughter In China. “CORBIN, have active steps been taken looking to London, Aug. 22.—The Hong Kong "Adjutant-General." the improvement. Commissioner Her correspondent of the Times says: “Tbs mann ol the general land office has slaughter in Southern China continues. A CORNICE COLLAPSED. gone to the Yellowstone for the pur Corpses float past WuChow daily. Two hundred rebels who had entered Tai Four Men Killed and Five Injured In pose of investigating the matter, and will consult with the keepers of the Philadelphia. Wong Kong were defeated by General Mawho, who killed 100 of the rebels Philadelphia, Aug. 20.—Four men park, as well as others who have been and look 40 of them prisoners. The were killed and five others badly in urging the project. Vesuvius Erupting. gentry in tbe districts of Paklan and jured this afternoon by the collapse of Naples. Aug. 20.—Vesuvius is again Wu Gun daily send to the magistrates a cornice on a new building in the between 10 and 20 rebels for execution. coutse of erection, at 475 North Fifth in a state of active eruption. Four street. The dead are: Albert Green, | streams of lava are flowing down the Military Prisoner* Escape. San Francisco, Aug. 22.—Three pris bricklayer; Thomas Lyons, bricklayer; mountain side at the rate of 400 yards oners escaped from the military prison Christian Schoelter. proprietor of a ci- ' an hour. The chestnut trees on Mount on Alcatraz island last qight. They gar store neat by; Harry Evans, brick- j Sonina have been burned. Constant explosions are heard in the central cra secured a robboat and started for the layer, of Camden, N. J. Green and Lyons were at work on a \ ter, which is emitting smoke and mainland at dark. Sentries fired at them, but no trace of tbe fugutivas ha* scaffold directly beneath the oornice ! flames. and tbe others were on the sidewalk. 1 Bl* Fire la Ru««l*. yet been discovered. The cornice weighed nearly 10 tone, I St. Petersburg. Aug. 30.—A great Two Privates Killed. and in falling carried the scaffold and fire at Nijni Novgorod, capital of ths Kansas City, Me., Aug. 22.—Ai- the men to the street. Green and Ly- . phonso Dayton, a private in tbe one were instantly killed, and some government of the same name, about Twenty-third Kansas volunteer infan time passed before they and the others 250 mile* northeast of Moscow, has de try. and another negro were run over could be taken from under the debris, i stroyed a number of factories and 80 •nd killed by • Ueios Pacific passenger Schoelter and Evans died in the hoe- homies. Forty persons were injured an<l tire damage will amount to 1,500,- train west of here today. j pital. 000 rouble*. London, Aug. 23. — A dispatch from Madrid to tbe Times says: It is re ported that at a series of bullfights at tbe village of Vicalvaro, four miles front Madrid, on Monday, 28 persons ware injured. MARKET Seereev Not Explained. Berlin, Aug. 20.—Official and lead ing papers display anxiety to show that the removal of Governor Augustin from Manila was in no way intended to offend America, bet as a mere act of ! courtesy. The Koiniche Zeitung and ' the Post follow the Nord Deutsche Al- gemain Zeitung in declaring that Ad miral Dewey approved of General Au- guatin'i departure, but all semi-official , explanation* fail to explain why so ' much secrecy wm observed. Spanish Commissioners. Commerce building, Portland, Oregon.] Half of the 5c wheat advance made the previous week was lost last week. The September, which had advanced from 63 9-8 to 68 5-8o. sold back to 69c. and closed at 69 5-8c. The bulls were disappointed at the government report, whioh made tbe spring wheat condition almost perfect, and at the continuance of splendid harvesting and maturing conditions in the Northwest. With so much confirmatory of huge supplies, the mere matter of receipts, depending as they apparently did only on tbe mood of the farmer, in the estimation of the speculator dwindled in import ance. The trade tbe week previous had thought only of small stocks and inadequate movement, and the inclina tion of the grower to hold on, but it turned last week from these immediate and lesser considerations to the greater, the amount of wheat that had been grown the world over. It has been fortunate for everybody that the winter wheat farmer was not in a burry to sell his grain. The result has been comparatively high prices for six weeks after harvest, cash wheat, in spite of the apparent ahundanoe. commanding 70c and over. Almost 20,- 000,000 bushels have cleared since July 1. and at the rate of 1,000,000 bushel* a day, the home consumption since the beginning of the new orop year has been almost 50,000,000 bushels, all at fair pt ices to the Westerners, for whose prosperity all are hoping with self in terest The speculator haB contributed to this result by bis very bearishness. The overzealousness of professionals t* discount tbe big crops has kept up tha short interest and created the conges tion which has checked the declines and has forced occasional rallies. New wheat is slowly moving into market About a dozen or moie car- loads so far have reached Seattle. Mort of the old stock has arrived of late and on one or two of the docks there has been some good large consignment*. Portland Market. Wheat—Walla Walla, 55c; Val ley and Bluestem, 58c per bushel. Flour—Best grades, $8.85; graham, $2.85; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oat*—Choice white, 38@39c; choice gray, 86@87c per bushel. Barley—Feed barley, $20; brewing, $21 per ton. Millstuff«—Bran, $14 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $14; chop, $13 per ton. Hay—Timothy, $10@ll; clover. $9 @10; Oregon wild hay, $9@I0 per ton. Butter—Fancy creamery, 45 @ 50c; seconds, 85c; dairy, 80@35o store, 3O@23^c. Cheese—Oregon full cream, ll@12et Young America, 12)*o; new cheese, 10c per pound. Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $3.50@4 per dosen; hens, $5.00; springs, $3.00 @8.00; geese, $4.00@5.00 for old, $4.50@5|for young; ducks, $8.00@ C00 par dosen; turkeys, live, 10@ 13)<c per pound. Potatoes—45 @ 50c per sack. Onion*—Califoinia red, $1.39 pas sack; silver skin:, $1 25®1 40. Hope—5@13^c; 1896 crop, 4@6c. Wool—Valley, 10@12c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8@13c; mobair, 35c per pound. Mutton—Gross, beet sheep, wethers •nd ewee, 85*0; dressed mutton. 7c; Spring lambs, 9c per lb. Hog*—Gross, choice heavy, $4.75; light and feeders, $8.00@4.00; dressed, $5.50@6.50 per 100 pound*. Beef—Groas, top steers, 8.50@$3.79; cows, $2.90 @8.00; dressed beef. 9@6|^c per pound. Veal—Large, 5@5)^c; small, 7c pet pound. Seattle Market*. Vegetables—Potatoes — $10@13 pel ton. Beets, per sack, $1.10; turnips, 85c; carrots, Hl radishes, 13new Cali fornia onions, $1.35; cabbage, 1>4@2 c . Fruit*—California lemons, $6.50@ 7.00; choice, $8.50; seeding oranges. $$.00 case; Califoinia navels, fancy, $308.26; choice, $3.50@3.75; ban anas, shipping, $2.26@3.75 per bunch; peacnes, Yakimas, 76@90o; Wenafc- ohees, small, 60@66a Butter—Fancy native creamery, brick, 25c; ranch, 14@16<g dairy, 15@ 18c; Iowa, fancy creamery, 35c. Cheese—Native Washington, 11 @ 11 >¿0; Eastern cheese, ll@ll)*a Maats—Choice dressed beef steers, prime, 7c; cows, prime, fllfc; mut ton, Tot pork, 7@75*o; veal, 5@8a Hama—Large, lO^c; small, 11c; breakfast bacon, 11^. Poultry—Chickens, live, per pound, 14c; dressed, 16c; spring chickens, $2.50 @8.75. Frash Fish—Halibut, 8 ^@4)4«; Steelheads, 4J{@5c; salmon trout, 9@ 10c; flounders and sole, 8@4c; herring, 4c; tom ood, 4c. Oyster*—Olympia oysters, per sack, $8.60, per gallon, $1.80. Wheat—Feed wheat, $30@31. Oats—Choice, per ton, $26. Corn—Whole, $24; cracked, $24; toed meal, $23.50. Feed—Chopped feed, $17@31 per ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake meal, per ton, $85. Barley—Rolled or ground, per too, $38; whole, $23. Flour—Patent, $4.10, bbl; straights, $8.85; Cslifornis brands, $4.60; bock- wheat flour, $6.60; graham, par bbl, , $4.25; whole wheat flour, $4.50; rys | flour, $4.36. j Millstuffa—Bran, par ton, $14; shorts, per ton, $16. I Hay—Puget Sound mixed, $8 @10; London, Aug. 20.—The Madrid cor respondent of the Daily News says that Generals Blanco and Castellanos and Admiral Manterola have been appoint ed commissioners for Cuba and Gener al* Macias and Ortega and Admiral Vallerino for Porto Rica It is probs- ble, the correspondent saya, that Senor Leon y Castillo, the Spaniah ambassa dor to Fiance, will preside at tbe sea- •ions of tha Paris commission. Senor eroica lästern Washington timothy. Moret's candidater* la made impoasi. bla by the boatile attitude of the press. Paying l9@30, aalling 31a.