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ALL RECORDS BROKEN. I Aank Clearings Largest Ever for August. Conditions in the Army Are Not So Bad As Painted. SOLDIERS ARE WELL TREATED He Blame* the Newspapers for Their Stories of Cruel and llorrible Treat- lueut at Wikoff. Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y., Sept. 5.—Major-General Joseph Wheel er gave the following to the uresa to day: “Headquarters United States Forces, Camp Wikoff, Long Island, Sept. 5.— The following is a sample of the letters which are constantly received regarding the soldiers in the cam) : “ 'In regard to my stepson, we feel very uneasy about him on account of the newspaper reports of the privation and suffering inflicted upon the pri vates. Although lie has never uttered a complaint since he has been in the artny, we hear from other sources of the cruel and horrible treatment inflicted upon our soldiers under the pretense of humanity for our neighbors, and the whole country is in a state of terrible excitement. I should not be surprised if the feeling should lead to a revolu tion of some kind, for I assure you I hear on all sides the most violent and bitter denunciations of the war depart ment and the administration. it is, indeed, a great pity that the glory of our triumphs should be dimmed by such a shameful thing as the ill treat ment and starvation of our brave i 1 | | ■ | Known New York, Sept. 5. — R. G. Dun A Co.’s weekly review of trade says: The smallest failures ever recorded in any month for five years were those of August. No other month since the monthly reports were commenced by Dun's review, exclusively, has shown defaulted liabilities as small, within $1,000,000, ajid the ratio of such de faults to solvent business, represented by exchangee through all clearing houses, only $108.70 in $100,000, is smaller by 26.5 per cent than in any previous month. The clearings l ave been the largest ever known in August, and 23.0 per cent larger than in 1892. The enormous volume of business in a month usually one of the most in active of the year, demands attention. Postponement during the months of war of eome contracts and purchases which have not come forward explains pait of the increase, and the strong absorption of securities explains part, but there has also been a great decline in the average of prices of all com modities, so that it takes a much larger volume of business in tons or bushels to make up transactions amounting to a million more than in 1892. It is, therefore, strictly true that business is larger than in the very best of all past years, and yet there is every prospect of much further increase. There is no room to doubt that the wheat crop, even though it may fall a shade below some estimates, will prove the largest ever harvested, and al- though Beerbohm estimates Europe’s crop at 232,000,000 bushels more than the last year, that would be only about an average yield, while other evidence is less favorable. Foreign buying has been strong, Atlantic exports for the week having been 3,326,878 bushels, against 5,534,757 bushels last year, and Pacific exports 458,881 bushels, against 258,651 bushels last year. But receipts at the West are increasing, and the price has dropped 5 cents for spot, though the September option is 7-8c lower for the week. The improvement in the iron indus try has not only continued, but be comes more impressive because enor mous business sales have satisfied the needs of great consumers for months to come, the demand for products is sc great that both muterials and products gradually advance in price. Bessemer pig has arisen to $10.55 at Pittsburg; local coke at Chicago, and anthracite foundry at the East, ate strong, and also bare and plates ad vanced a share, with most structural and plate mills filled with orders for months to come, and 25,000 tons of rails sold at Chicago for delivery next year. The advance in tin plates, in spite of production far greater than was thought possible not long ago, is evidence that the consumption of steel in that branch will be heavy. The wire-nail works also report a better de mand, and the output of Connellsville coke has started up, gaining 10,000 tons for the week. The woolen mills have rather better orders this week, but not enough as yet to warrant running nearly full force, with the price of wool held at the West much above Eastern mar kets, and by those markets above lc higher than the mills are bidding. Failures for the week have been 171 in the United States, against 191 last year, and 22 in Canada, against 25 last year. sddiers, while the Spanish prisoners h ive the beet treatmeut that the coun- tiy can afford.’ “It will be seen that this letter says that not a word of complaint lias been received from this soldier, and so far as my investigation goes, no complaint has been made by any of the brave soldiers who have added glory to our arms in the Cuban campaign. “A great many anxious fathers, mothers, brothers or sisters, arrive here from all parts of the United States to look after their relatives, whom they say the papers tell them are suffering, and many of them have heard that their relatives are in a condition of starvation. Most of these people are little able to expend the money for such a journey, and they are surprised DYNAMITE EXPLOSION, when they come here to find their relatives surrounded with everything Four Men Killed and Many Injured al Bloomington, Ind. to eat which can be produced by money, and, if sick in the hospital, they are Indianapolis, Sept. 5.—A special tc grateful and surprised to find that they the Sentinel from Bloomington. Ind., are given every possible cate. says: A horrible accident occurred at “Every officer and soldier who went Stintsville this afternoon, in which to Cuba legarded it that he was given four men were instantly killer! by a a great and special privilege in being dynamite explosion, and many others permitted to engage in that campaign. were seriously injured. The men were They knew they were to encounter yel blasting rock for a new pike when the low fever and other diseases, as well as explosion occurred, instantly killing the torrid heat ot the country, and they the following: were proud and glad to do eo. They John Williams, John Grubb, Buck knew that it was impossible for them Wampler, Edward Watte. to have the advantage of wagon trans The fatally injured are: Ben Fyffe, portation, which usually accompanies Milton Hike and Willie Liford. an army, and yet officers and men were The injured were brought to Stints glad to go, to carry their blankets and ville, and the coroner was summoned their rations on their backs and be sub» from Bloomington. The men killed jected, without any shelter, to the sun and injured were well-known citizens ami rains by day and the liervy hazes of this county. All had families and by night. They certainly knew that some had grown children. They the Spanish had spent years in erecting ranged in age from 40 to 50 years. defenses, and it was their pleasure to Hike lost an arm and leg, and is dying assault and their duty to capture the tonight. Spanish works. London Railway Disaster. “They were more than glad to incur London, Sept. 5.—A tetrible acci these hardships and these dangers. They went there and did their duty, dent has taken place at Welling each man seeming to feel that Ameri borough railway station, on the Lon can honor and prestige was to be meas don & Northwestern road, near Man ured by his conduct. The brave men chester. Two boys pushed a loaded who won the victories did'not complain luggage van on the track just as the of the neglect of the government, but, express train was approaching at a on the contrary, they seemed grateful speed of 50 miles an hour. The train to the piesident and secretary of war was derailed and fearful s'-nes ensued. for giving them the opportunity to in The railway carriages caught fire; the cur these dangers and hardships. They engineer, the fireman and two passen realized that in the hurried organiza gers were killed, and many others were tion of an expedition by a government seriously injured. which had no one with any experience Million Fnet Lost. in such matters it was impossible to San Franscisco, Sept. 5.—What was have everything arranged to perfec left of the big raft, which was started tion; and they will testify that under down the coast for the Bibb Lumber the circumstances, the conditions were Company, and which broke in two off much more perfect than any one would Point Reyes a few days ago, was towed have reason to expect, and that the into port this morning. Almost 1,000,- president and secretary of war and 000 feet of lumber was lost, but the others who planned and dispatched section saved will cover the loss and these expeditions deserve high com- expenses. , mendation. Yellow Fever Spread». “I have just finished my daily in spection of the hospitals. With rare Washington, Sept. 5. — The marine exceptions the sick are cheerfuL I hospital service was officially advised have nurses and doctors to care for today of 10 new cases of yellow fever them, ami in all my tours I have not which have been discovered atOrwood, found a single patient who made the Miss. . slightest complaint It is true there Fever at Minton Station. has been great suffering. The climate of Cuba was very severe upon all our Jackson, Miss., Sept. 5.—The board soldiers, but instead of complaining of health has received a telegram from the hearts of those biave men are filled Inspector Grant, stating that yellow with gratitude to the people for the fever baa appeared at Minton Station- bounteous generosity which baa been No report of the number of cases. extended to them > WI MUSI HMLIPPIS Professor Gardiner’s §peedh at Social Science Convention. THE KEY TO THE PACIFIC Nation That Controls the Commerce of the I'acitic Will Control Trade of the World — Stupendous Stake at Issue. At a session of the American Social Science Association, in Saratoga, N. Y., the principal address was delivered by Charles A. Gardiner, A. M., Ph. D., counsel for the elevated railroads of New York city. The subject of the ad dress was “The Pioposed Anglo-Amer ican A^iance.” Mr. Gardiner spoke of the tendency to national concentration in the pres ent age, declaring that already three nations, Russia, Great Britain and America, comprising two races of peo ple, the Slavic and Anglo-Saxon, prao- I tically dominate the world. He spoke | of the continual aggression that has for [ more than eight centuries marked the policy of Russia and has spread her sovereignty over areas in Europe and Asia too vast almost for human con ception. Against this aggression, he said, Great Britain has admitted that she can, unaided by some other great power, make no successful opposition. Attention at the present moment, he said, is directed to the Russo-British contest for supremacy in China. At this critical moment, he save, the pos sibility of an alliance witli America, through consideration of her interests in the Philippines, is seemingly Great Britain’s only hope of triumph. Said be: “Shall America keep the islands? This question has lecorne fundamental to the consideration of an alliance. Without the Philippines, the prejudices and environment of the past might con trol discussion, but without then, an allianqp becomes the most important problem of our New World relations. “It has taken us nearly a centnry to push our domain across the continent and along 4,000 miles of the Pacific coast by conquest, annexation and pur chase. Within 100 years we have ex panded our territory westward over 3,- 250,000 square miles. We are now en gaged in pushing our coast line 2,000 miles further out to Hawaii. We own the Aleutian islands, almost at the gates of Japan. In Samoa we have naval and coaling rights. An island in the Lad rones will soon be ours. Why turn back from the Philippines? “It is objected that the islands are extraterritorial and noncontiguous; but Porto Rico is 1,000 miles from Florida; Hawaii is 2,000 miles from San Fran cisco; the nearest point of Alaska is 500 and its farthest point 1,600 miles from Seattle: and the Aleutian islands extend not only 2,400 miles from our borders, but into the geographical sys tem of another continent. "It is objected that military govern ment may have to be maintained for years, contrary to the spirit of our in stitutions; but military government existed in the Southern states from 1868 to 1870, and in Alaska from 1868 to 1884. ‘‘It is objected that colonial or terri torial government may exist indefinite ly, while statehood is contemplated in the constitution; but Alaska has been a territory for 31 years, and Arizona and New Mexico for 52. It was 59 ye^rs before Wisconsin and 83 years be fore Montana became states. "It is objected that the inhabitants artyalien races habituated to other in stitutions ami forms of government, but Florida, when acquired, was peopled by Indians and Spaniards; Louisiana by Spaniards, French and negroes; alien races and institutions existed in New Mexico and Arizona; and Alaska had Indians in the Yukon and Russians in Sitka. "It is objected that we will abrogate the Monroe doctrine; but that doctrine, freed from its academic cobwebs, is the nonintervention of European powers in matters relating to the American con tinent. Its converse is nonintervention of America in matters relating to the European continent. That has nothing to do with American intervention in Asia nor with legitimate expansion of our territory in the Orient. If we are abrogating the doctrine, it must lie be cause the Orient is exclusively for Ori entals, and not for English and Rus sians, ami Germans and French and Hollanders, who are all there now and are fast appropriating the Orient to themselves. "Finally, it is objected that we will be involved in entangling alliances, and will depart from precepts of Washing ton's farewell address; but Spain pro voked continuous trouble at our very doors for a hundred years. Mexico and Central and South America have had revolutions without number; Great Britain bounds our territory for thou- , sands of miles; ami yet, for a century, we have avoided entangling alliances, although both propinquity and provoca tion exist. "The nations of Europe are cncen- trating their energies on the shores oi the Pacific. England pushed through the Canadian railway to f.fster her Pa cific trade. Russia is building a trans- Siberian road for the same purpose; Germany and France want ports and trading areas. Of all the nations struggi ing for the trade of the Pacific, ours is ( the only one naturally entitled to it. | London and Paris and Berlin and St. Petersburg are on the other side of the ¿lobe, but we have a Pacific coast line of 4,000 miles. The Philippines means our ultimate supremacy in the Pacific. They are the easternmost boundary of the markets of the East. On one side is China, on the other they look across . to our own shores. Stretching 1,000 miles from north to south and 6b0 fr< in east to west, they form a natural bar rier between the East and the Pacific. Scattered over 600,000 square miles of the ocean’s surface, the whole vast area would serve as an outpost from which to protect and develop the inter ests of America. “Facing the Pacific and Indian oceans is more than half the popula tion of the globe. Excluding North America, the foreign commerce of these peoples already amounts to $2,500,- 000,000 a year. History shows that whatever nation oontrols this com merce controls the trade of the world. The stake at issue is stupendous. Noth ing less than an entire and undivided control of the Philippines would give us a base adequate for our needs. Ma- | nila bay, or even Luzon, for a naval | and coaling station, would be too peril- I ous and costly a possession, will all the other islands partitioned and garri soned by’ European powers. Let Eng land’s experience with India and China be a warning. India, conquered and governed, has been a mine of wealth. China, exploited through the trading posts, is a burden and a constant peril. "We want the Philippines, not Ma nila, just as England today needs Cen tral China, and not simply Hong Kong. We own the Philippines by right of conquest: no other nation does. Ws are in possession; no other nation is. We can maintain stable government; Spain cannot, and the natives are in capable of self-rule. I can conceive no reason to give away, or sell or lease or abandon a single foot of the territory. It would be to lessen in that proportion the greatest opportunity Providence ever placed before the nation. “With the Philippines, Ladrones, Samoa and Hawaii, our possessions will reach across the Pacific, and its com merce will become the commerce of America in a huger degree than of any other nation. The Pacific itself will be ours pre-eminently; our territory I will bound it on two sides; our islands will dot its surface; and with the ocean and its trade in our possession, our po litical predominance will be assured among the nations of the world. “Such is the broad plane ot interna tional relations upon which alone it ia wise to discuss an Anglo-American al liance.” Professor Gardiner then explained that he did not mean ar. alliance as the word is understood in Europe—a mili tary co-partnership—but a Btrong com mercial alliance, protected an arbitra tion treaty which would, in his estima tion, better assure universal peace than any other thing that could be brought about. He then went on to show that America had profited more by the mar kets opened through Great Britain’s efforts than any other nation, sav* Great Britain herself. For these great benefits, he held, America should give something in return, and an alliance such as he suggested would make the Anglo-Saxon race masters of the world, not lees to the advantage of America than of Great Britain. A DESTRUCTIVE TYPHOON. Many People Killed and Great Damage Done in Formosa. Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 2.—Oriental advices received today give details of the destruction caused by a typhoon which passed over Formosa early in August. At.Tailpeh, 768 houses were de- stroved, 395 seriously damaged and 23 washed away. Nineteen people were killed, and the injured ran up into the scores. At Kelung the damage caused to small boats and cargo lighters cannot be calculated. The steamer Enoshima Maru was blown on the beach. The railway station and go-downs and sol diers’ barracks were totally destroyer). Many people were rendered destitute. The storm began about midnight, August 5 and lasted until the morning of the Sth. AN EXPRESS ROBBERY. Package of Bills Stolen From a Deliv ery Wafon in Omaha. Chicago, Sept. 2.—A special dispatch to the Times-Herald from Omaha says: Robbers secured $6,000 in cash from the Pacific Express Company in Omaha today. The money was consigned by the First National bank of Omaha to the Citizens’ National bank of St. Paul, Minn. It was placed in a small iron safe in the delivery wagon of the ex press company and in the custody of George Archibald, driver, started to ward the depot. En route, Archibald stopped at several wholesale houses for other packages. He drove down an alley aud went in for a package of jew elry at the shipping door of a jewelry house. When he came out the door of the safe was standing open and but one package was removed. This was the one containing $6,000 in bills. The driver reported the matter and was at once arrested. Not Allowed to Land. No Sign of Andree. Tromsoe, Norway, Sept. 1.—The steam whaler Fritjof, having on board Walter Wellman and members of expe ditions to Greenland, has resumed her voyage, after landing an expedition at Cape Tegethoff on the southern point of Hall’s island. While the Wellman party was returning they met an expe dition to Franz-Josef Land, under Dr. A. G. Northorst, and were informed that all search for Andree, the missing balloonist, bad proved futile. Washington, Sept. 2.—Telegraphic advices were received at the state de partment today to the effect that Clara Barton arrive'! at Havana yesterday on the steamer Clinton, No. 2, with sup plies for the starving inhabitants of that country, and the Spanish authori- ties at Havana refused to allow the supplies to be landed and imposed a finé of $500 upon the master of the re lief ship liecause he had no manifest. The veas»! cleared frnna Santiago for Havana. A Sample of a Good Moro. The Prospects for a Large Pack Are Good. COMPETITION AMONQ CANNERS Nearly All the Lower Columbia Can- ueriea Will OperBU-Good Price* Are Promised--Good Run of Salmon. Astoria, Sept. 3.—From present in dications, the fall fishing season this year will be the most important in the history of the salmon industry. Nearly all the canneries on the lower Colum bia will operate, and it is probable a huge pack will be put up. The pack ers are offering 2 cents per pound for fish, but the price will, no doubt, be raised before the season is over. The ' shortage in the spring pack is nearly 100,000 eases, and all the canneries are oversold. To make up this deficiency a large quantity of fall fish will be packed. The canners will have lively compe tition in the fall fishing industry. An agent of a big Portland cold-storage concern has been in the city for some days past, and has notified the fisher men that he will pay 5 cents a pound for silversides and steelheads delivered in Portland. His company supplies the Eastern markets, where the supply of salmon is never equal to the demand, and the price is correspondingly high. Doubtless the cold-storage people will be able to get all the fish they can handle, as the price offered by them is much higher than that offered by the packers. This will probably result in a decrease of the supply for canneries. During the spring season the boats belonging to the canneries sold at least one-quarter of their catches to the cold- storage companies, and it is more than likely that thiB action will be lopeated during the fall season. The packers who operate traps will not be as seri ously handicapped as those who depend entirely upon the gillnet fishermen. The packers cannot possibly pay 1% cents for fall salmon, if, as they claim, that price cannot well be paid for spring fish, so the cold-storage people will get the bulk ot the season's catch, if their offer hold good. Every indication points to a good run of salmon, which are large and of ex- oel’ent quality. Many fishermen, trappers and seiners, are ready to begin fishing September 10. Shipments of spring salmon to East ern and European markets continue, mostly on sales made early in the year. Most of the salmon goes by rail, al though the San Francisco steamers take large quantities south. As a result of the short pack, the price of Columbia river salmon has been on the rise, and tails are now quoted at $1.15. It is expected the price will reach still higher figures. Yesterday the Union Fishermen’s Co-operative Packing Company ship pod a carload of salmon to Pittsburg. NO TIME FOR INQUIRY. Sternberg Opposed to an Investigation at the Present Time. Washington, Sept 8.—Surgeon-Gen eral Sternberg today sent the following letter to a New York medioal publica tion which had made inauiries of him concerning the conduct of the war with reference to the medical department, and especially about the subject of hav ing an immediatej investigation of his bureau. He says: “I am ready at any moment fora complete investigation with reference to my administration of the affairs of the medical department, but the war department is not disposed to make such an investigation as the result of sensational newspa;>er articles. There is at piesent an evident craze to criti cise, without regard to truth or justice. I have no doubt there will be a congres sional investigation into the conduct ol the war, but I do not feel at liberty at present to insist upon an investigation for my own vindication, because it il contrary to the general interests of th« service. It would be wrong for me tc give up all the important official work which at present almost overwhelm« me, for the purpose of devoting myself to a presentation of the facte relating to my administration. It would make it necessary to take clerks away from their daily tasks in order to look up the documentary evidence on file in my office, and in the meantime important matters would necessarily be neglected and the sick in all paits of the country would suffer. It would make it neces sary to call upon the medical officers, who are now urgently needed for the care of the sick in our various camps and hospitals, to come to Washington as witnesses, and all this to satisfy the clamor of irresponsible newspaper re porters. There has been no official campaign with reference to my admin istration of the medical department. "With regard to Mantauk point, I intend to send at once, Lieutenant- Colonel Charles Smart, an experienced officer and the professor of hygiene in our army medical school, to make a thorough sanitary investigation. To go myself, much as I should like to do so, would be to neglect imjairtant offi cial duties in connection with the sup ply of hospitals, the movement of my hospital trains, of hospital ships, etc.” Han Francisco Custom House. San Francisco, Sept. 8.—The cus tom-house receipts for the port of San Francisco for the month of August amounted to $567,278.49, the largest, receipts for a single month in the rec ! ords of the department Corunna, Sept. 3.—The Spanish transport Ida de Panay, from Santiago about August 26, has arrived here with a detachment of surrendered Spanish , troop*. There were 17 deaths on th* steamer during the voyage. Prof. Dean C. Worcester contribute* io the September Century an article on "The Malay Pirates of the Pniiip- f ines.” Speaking oi his guide, Profes sor Worcester says: Toolawee was considered a good Moro, and we were therefore interested in certain incidents which gave us an insight into his character. After sat isfying himself by observation that we could use our rifles with some effect, he made us a rather startling businesa proposition in the following words: “You gentlemen shoot quite well with the rifle.” "Yes; we have had soma experience.” “You desire to get sam ples of the clothing and arms of my countrymen for your collection?” “Yes.” "Papa (General Arolas) told you, if you met armed Moors outside the town, to order them to lay down their arms and retire?” “Yes.” "Papa does not understand my people as 1 do. They are all bad. When we meet them, do not ask them to lay down their arms, for they will come back again, and get them, and probably at tack us. Just shoot as many of them as |>ossible. You can then take their arms and clothing, and I will cut off theii heads, shave their eyebrows, show them to papa, and claim the reward for killing jurametitados. ” He never real ly foigave us for refusing to enter into partnership with him on this very liberal basis. A Friendly Ceremony !n Old Cuba. The Century for September print* an article on “Life and Society in Old Cuba,” being extracts from the journal of Jonathan S. Jenkins, an American painter of miniatures, written in 1859. Mr. Jenkins says: When an acquaintance visits a pri vate residence, cigars are handed round on a silver salver; if the visitor tie an intimate friend, one of the young girl* of the family, called a “donzallia,” lights a cigar and giving it a few draw* to get well lighted, gracefully present* it to him. If the guitar is brought in, as usually occurs (for there is one in every house), and the visitor plays, hi* cigar is kept lighted by the donzalia, and at each pause in the music she po litely hands it to the guest. This may occur several times in an evening, and this friendly ceremony is pleasant enough when the cigar comes from the pouting lips of a rich Spanish beauty just ripening into womanhood, but iu any case it musi be thankfully accepted. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Portland Market. Wheat—Walla Walia, 54c; Val iev and Bluestem, 57o ;>er bushel. Flour—Best grades, $3.35; graham, $2.85; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats—Choice white, 36®87c; choic* gray, 84® 35c per bushel. Barley—Feed barley, $20; brewing, $21 per ton. Millstuffs—Bran, $14 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $14; chop, $18 p«> ton. Hay—Timothy, $10011; clover, $9 @ 10; Oregon wild hay, $9® 10 per ton. Butter—Fancy creamery, 45 @ 50c; seconds, 40c; dairy, 85®40o store, 22)$@25c. Cheese—Oregon full cream, 11® 12c; Young America, 12>^c; new oheese, 10c per pound. Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $8 @3.50 per dozen; hens, $4 00; springe, $1.5C ®2.50; geese, $5.00@6.00 for old, $4.50®5 for young; ducks, $4.00® 5.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10® 12J$c per pound. Potatoes—45® 50c per sack. Onions—California red, $1.25 pe* sack; silver skins, $1 25®) 1 40. Hops—5® 12 Ike; 1896 crop, 4® 6c. Wool—Valley, 10® 12c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8@12c; mohair, 25c per pound. Mutton—Gross, best sheep, wethen and ewes, 8)40; dressed mutton. 7c; spring lambs, 7 He per lb. Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, $4.75; light and feeders, $8.00®4.00; dressed, $5.50® 6.50 per 100 pounds. Beef—Gross, top steers, 8.50®$8.75; cows, $2.50® 8.00; dressed beef, 5®6t-4c per pound. Veal—Large, 5®5)$c; small, 7c pel pound. Seattle Market*. Vegetables—Potatoes — $12® 14 pe* ton. Beet*, per sack, $1; turnips, 75c; carrots, $1; radishes, 12 t^c; new Cali fornia onions, $1.00; cabbage, 144®2o. Fruits—California lemons, $6.50® 7.00; choice, $3.50; seeding oranges, $2 .50 case; California navels, fancy, $8®3.25; choice, $2.50@2.75; ban anas, shipping, $2.25®2.75 ;>erbunch; peacnes, Yakimas, 75® 90c; Wenat« cliees, small, 60®65c. Butter—Fancy native creamery, brick, 25c; ranch, 15@20c; dairy, 15® 20o; Iowa, fanoy creamery, 25c. Cheese-—Native Washington, 11 ® 12c; Eastern cheese, 11)$® 12c. Meats—Choice dressed beef steer*, prime, 7c; cows, prime, 6t$c; mut ton, 7o; pork, 7®7)$c; veal, 5®8c. Hams—Large, 10)$c; small, 11c; breakfast bacon, 11)$. Poultry—Chickens, live, per |K>und, 14c; dressed, 16c; spring chicken*,*' $3.50® 4.00. Fresh Fish—Halibut, 8t$®4l*c; steelheads, 4)$®5c; salmon trout, 9® 10c; flounders and sole, 3® 4c; herring, 4c; tom cod, 4c. Wheat—Feed wheat, $20®21. Corn—Whole, $24; cracked, $24; feed meal, $23.50. Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton, $24; whole, $22. Feed—Chopped feed, $17® 21 per ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake meal, per ton, $35. Flour—Patent, $8.80, bbl; straight*, $3.60; California brands, $4.00; buck wheat flour, $4 .00; graham, per bbl, $3.70; whole wheat flour, $3.75; ry* flour, $4.50. Millstuffs—Bran, per ton, $14; shorts, per ton, $16. Hay—Puget Sound mixed, $9® 10; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $13. Eggs—Paying 19®20, selling 210.