■HE IN WESI INDIES
SALMON SEASON IS OVER.
AN APPEAL FOR AID.
Conservative Estimate Places the t*aek
at 370.000 Cases.
Root Aska Aialstanc« f»»r
Sufferer*.
Astoria, Aug. 12.—Not mote than
two-thirds the usual pack iras been
Devastation Wrought in the caught and thero is much dissatisfac­ Southerners Wreak Vénganos
tion .among fishermen and cannerymen.
on Ravishers.
Island of Porto Rico.
Old fishermen and others familiar with
the industry say that the runs of sal­
DEATH LIST WILL 8E LARGE mon are getting later each recurring VICTIMS WERE ALL NEGROES
season, and the demand is universal
for a change in the law which will
Cannerymen say One of Them Was Taken From a Ml*»
The Property Loss Will Kun Into the extend the season.
■ i««lppi Jail and Hanged Without
Millions—Oue Hundred Fereous Per- the fislr now entering the river are of
the best quality with every peculiarity
Official«* Knowledge.
i»bed in Montserrat.
marking the salmon which in years
past constituted the main runs in the
San Jnan de Porto Rico, Aug. 13.— latter part of June and the first of
Port Gibson, Miss., Aug. 14. — Bill
A hurricane broke over the south coast July. They complain that the law (Tilson, colored, was lynched here to­
and swept northwest. There was no as it now stands is a great injustice to day under peculiar circumstances.
abatement for nine hours, the greatest lower liver operators and a serious in­ Last Tuesday Wilson was arrested in
damage being done between 8 and 10 jury to the industry. The fish now in Hermanville on a charge of assault.
o’clock A. M. The yires were down the river, it is said, will not reach This afternoon the jailor, upon enter­
and communication with the interior The Dalles and other upper river sec­ ing Wilson's cell, discovered the pris­
was for a time impossible. It is now tions irefore the date for the opening oner hanging to the county gallowt
chiefly carried on by couriers.
| of the fall season, September 10, when with several bullet wounds in hit
At San Juan four natives were i they will l«e caught in myriads by the neck and shoulders. The coroner’s
drowned in the harbor; 80 houses wheels, and canned in a deteriorated jury rendered a verdict of death by
where demolished and hundreds were condition and sold as the best quality tanging and shooting by unknown par-
unroofed. The damage to property is l ef Columbia river salmon. Thus, it .ies. The execution took place sc
estimated at $500,000. Commissary is said, the law tends in no way to pre- luickly tiiat none of the officials knew
stores to the value of $50,000 were de­ seive the later runs from annihilation, what was going on.
stroyed. A dispatch by cable from but actually hurts the trade for Colum­
A Louisiana Lynching.
Ponce, sent at 10 o’clock this morning, bia river salmon by forcing on the mar-
New Orleans, Aug. 14.—News of s
says that the town was almost de­ ! ket a product of exhausted and debili­
stroyed. Almost all the frame build­ tated fislr, unworthy to be sold under a lynching in Grant parish, La., has been
I brought out through the finding of a
ings are down, the bridge is swept Columbia river label.
I negro’s mutilated body in Naytcliai
away, and there is no communication
A painstaking and reliable estimate creek. The victim was Max Singleton,
between the coast and the city proper. made at a late hour this evening,
who some days ago went to the house
The damage to the port is estimated at places the pack at 276,000 cases.
of O. V. Boyett, a planter, and asked
$250,000. Two natives are known to
for food of Mrs. Boyett, who was alone
HUNGER AND DEATH.
have been drowned. The records and
in the house. She brought some food
the property of the customs house are
l>i«»ster From the Edmonton to the front gate, when tiie negro order­
ruined and all the vessles are ashore. Tales of Route
to the Klondike.
ed her to carry it for him across the
At Abonito very little remains stand«
Wrangel,
Alaska,
Aug. 6, via Seattle, road. Mrs. Boyett immediately ran
ing except the cathedial and the bar­
racks. Four natives perished and three Aug. 12.—The Stickeen river steamer into the field where her husband wai
United States soldiers were badly in­ Strathcona arrived here today with 80 at work. The details of the pursuit o!
I the negro, of his capture and execu
jured. As the town is without pro­ survivors of the Edmonton trail.
Ail these men came in with the pack tion, are very meager.
visions, government relief has been dis­
! trains sent out from Telegraph creek
patched thither.
Negro Fiend Lynched.
El Caney was leveled to the ground, and Laketon and various trading com­
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 14. — Wil!
200 houses being demolished. Two panies last spring. They all tell heart-
United States soldiers were injured I rendering stories of hardships endured, Chambers, colored, arrested on a charge
there and many cavalry horses killed. comrades lost and abandoned, and of criminally assaulting the 14-year-
At Catano, the entire plant of the stronlgy denounce the trading and old daughter of William Watson, war
Standard Oil Company was ruined. j transportation companies, as well as lynched near Bellbuckle at an early
i the Canadian officials ami newspapers hour today. He was identified by hit
The loss of the property is $200,000.
At Bayamon, a majority of the I that so profusely advertised this route victim, who is in a critical condition.
houses were destroyed and the rest I as a feasable one to the Klondike gold-
Lynching in Georgia.
were flooded. Two hundred cattle ! fields.
Clem, Ga., Aug. 14. — Will McClure,
To outward appearances these men
were killed and the railroad was ser­
a negro, was lynched this afternoon for
iously damaged. The village of Caro­ certainly give evidence of the suffer­ an attempted assault on Mrs. Georg«
ings
undergone
since
leaving
Edmon-
lina was literally razed. At Caguas
I ton, 18 months ago The majority of A. Moore, wife of a i espectable farmer
four persons were killed.
of Carroll county.
A courier who has just arrived from the men are sickly looking, with un­
Humacao, capital of that province, on kempt beards and greasy clothes—pic­
the eastern coast of the island, reports tures of physicial and financial wrecks. FILES BANKRUPTCY PETITION.
awful destruction. The loss to the 1 Several are prematurely gray and bear Failure of Alexander McDonald, King
property is estimated at $500,000, but the marks of scurvy. A few have just
of the Klondike.
this is the least item in the disaster. enough money to reach Seattle or Vic­
Chicago, Aug. 14.—A special to the
toria,
but
the
majoiity
are
without
The courier brought an official report
Times-Herald from San Francisco says:
itom Captain Ebert Swift, of the Fifth funds. The people of Wrangel have Alexander McDonald, king of the Klon­
i appealed to the United States govern­
United States cavalry, who says:
dike. has failed. His liabilities are
“Humacoa was totally destroyed by ment at Washington, but up to this estimated at $6,000,000. His asset:
date
no
aid
has
been
received.
There
the storm. Eight privates of troop C
are of uncertain value. After know­
•were injured, two fatally. Sergeant are now about 250 destitute miners ing for two years what it is to be a mil­
King, of the Eleventh infantry, was here.
lionaire many times over, he hat
injured. North, a discharger! private,
MUTINY ON A TRANSPORT.
shouldered his pick, and, without com­
is missing. At the port of Humacoa.
plaining, has stat ted again as a poor
81 bodies have been recovered. Eight Chinese Ilemaixl Extra Pay From the
miner, leaving his bride in Dawson
G overninnt.
hundred people are starving here.”
Seattle, Aug. 12. — The trouble that ' with a score of creditors for whose ben­
Three persons were killed at Las
efit all his interests, both mining and
Piedras, and five at Junco. Couriers lias been brewing on the United States
trading, have been assigned. In hit
transport
Victoria
for
eeveial
days
cul-
from the other districts are anxiously
j minuted in a mutiny today. Nearly formal declaration of insolvency, filed
expected at the palace.
at Dawson, July 29, McDonald stated
The steamer
Slocum, Captain 60 of the Chinese crew were in open re­
his liabilities to be approximately
Thomas, enroute from Mayagüez to San bellion against the captain and hie offi­ $6,000,000,
while there iB no way oi
cers.
A
terrible
battle
appeared
at
one
Juan, was caught it: the storm, but
fully computing his assets, as his in­
time
imminent,
and
was
only
avoided
her passengers and ciew were saved
vestments are of largely problematical
through the heroism of Mr. Single, the by the cool nerve of the sliip’B first and value. As they will have to be sacri­
j second officers, who stood in the face
first officer.
ficed, McDonald himself says then
The coflee crop is ruined and the loss of the enraged Celestials with drawn
will not be enough to go aiound, al­
pistols.
There
was
lighting
for
a
will reach milions. Very great injury
though he believes their ultimate value
has been done also to the orange crop. time, and the mutinous Chinese fought will prove $20,000,000 at least. He it
No definite returns have yet been re­ their way from between decks forward
ceived from the southern section of the up the companion ladder to the upper not at all disheartened by hs sudden
island, apart from Ponce. It is certain, deck and thence back to nearly amid­ change of fortune. Indeed, he appear,
however, that the food supplies in th* ships before their onrush was finally relieved.
“It’s too much worry,” he declares,
stricken districts have been destroyed | stayed. Had it not been for the pres­
and in these quarters the quantity of ence on board the ship of carpenters “to be a millionaire.” McDonald wa,
government stores on hand is small. and shipwrights, who were armed with one of the first, as well as one of the
Relief wagons will be Bent tomorrow in hatchets, hammers and saws, tlie Chi- most fortunate of the Klondike pio­
neers. His bride, an English girl, al­
various directions. Oenetal George AV. ’ nese might have won out.
The reason for the mutiny is more most 20 years his junior, looks at the
Davis, the governor-general, has cabled
with philosophical fortitude.
to the war department an appeal for money ami shore leave on the part of situation
the crew. The Chinese have found out She says she is quite satisfied as long
assistance.
that they are to work for the United as he keeps his health and courage.
Montserrat Devastated.
When McDonald married Margaret
States
government, and they demand
St. Thomas, Aug. 12. — The island
Chisholm in London, February 6 last,
extra
pay
of
$7
more
a
month.
of Montserrat, British West Indies,
his wealth was variously estimated
was completely devastated by a hurri­
at from $10,000,000 to five times that
WELCOMED
HOME.
cane. All the churches, estates and
sum. McDonald passed through Taco­
villages are destroyed and nearly 100 I'ortland Took a Holiday and Wel­ ma last October en route from Dawson
persons killed. In addition, many are
comed the Second Oregon.
City to London, and it was stated then
injured and rendered homeless. Terri­
Portland, Aug. 12.—The Oregon vol­ in various dispatches that he carried
ble distress exists among the suffeiers. unteers came on three sections of a with him for expense money fuliy
As later advices come in it is seen that Southern Pacific train yesterday after­ $2,000,000. It was also related by ,
the first reports conveyed only a faint noon, arriving at the Union depot at 4 the press that foui years ago he passed
idea of the sufferings of the people and o’clock. A little more than an hour I through Tacoma practically penniless,
their deploaralde condition. The ad­ later, they had turned their tattered ' headed for the Klondike with the
ministration appeals for help.
colors over to the state on Multnomah avowed purpose of “pulling out his
At La Pointe-a-Pitre, island of Goa' field, General Summers hail given hie stake.”
slelouiH*, immense damage was wrought, last command, and all that remained
When McDonald went to England, a
an i according to a report not yet con­ of the most gallant command that few months ago, to organize a syndi-
firmed, 102 persons were killed.
fought in the Philippnes was a scat­ 1 cate to control the transportation am]
In the island of St. Croix, the largest tered three or four hundred bronzed provision business of the far north, hs
of the Virgin islands, the destiuction men in khaki suite.
left his affairs in the hands of incom­
was appalling. It was chiefly wrought
Portland went wild in her enthus­ petent agents. On Iris return, credit­
at the west end, where the smaller iasm. The soldiers would have known ors made demands wiiich he could not
houses are a tangled mass of wreckage. that they were home again had they i meet. Before going to the Klondike,
Tnirty-three persons were killed and all been blindfolded. From the time McDonald prospected in Colorado.
the inhabitants are in great distress.
the train entered the city limits it was
Crop Failure In Ru««la.
Yellow Fever Stain pert Oat.
assaulted with cheers on all sides. All
Washington, Aug. 14.—The state de­
Newport News, Va., Aug. 12.—The along theline from the time the train
yellow fever epidemic is practically at entered the state a like reception was partment bat received a report from
, Consul lienal, at Odessa, Russia, stat-
an end. The quarantine established given the heroes of Luzon.
by the city against Hampton ami vicin­
At the armory in the evening the ' ing that the failure of the' ciops in
ity was raised tonight. The local banquet tendered the volunteers by the many provinces in European Russia il
quarantine against Norfolk will bs citizens of Portland, was made a fitting ; much more serious than is generally
raised Saturday evening. The record climax of the occasion.
Governor admitted. Energetic steps have been
of the scourge to date shows 43 cases, Geer and prominent citizens spoke. taken to meet the situation. The
of wiiich 11 resulted fatally. Twelve Brigadier-General Summers was pre­ famine districts are divided up and the
cases were discharged as cured, and 20 sented with a sword, a gift from bis government is acquiring knowledge of
the failure in the several districts.
convalescents at the Soldiers’ Home.
fellow citizens.
Krick mak er«' Strike.
Chicago, Aug. 12.—The brickmak­
ers' strike has reached a critical stage,
and, from assertions made by the man­
ufacturers in answer to the demands
of the strikers, it is believed a general
tie up of building operations in Chi­
cago and a strike of 50,000 ciaftsmea
is imminent.
lmnrf.nl Letter. Intere.pted*
War Preparation« In India.
Bombay, Aug. 14. — Preparations are
about completed for the dispatch of
12,000 troops to South Africa. A
number of transports are in readiness
in Indian waters, and in the event of
war troops will be embarked simultan­
eously here, at Earaches and at Cal-
1 cotta.
_______ _______
Washington, Aug 13.—The follow­
ing cablegram has been received from
Manila:
“Captured letters from a high insur­
gent authority exnort the inhabitants
to hold out a little longer; that Euro­
pean recognition will be granted by
August 31, and the present United
States administration will be ovet-
All the sawmills in Cooe county are
A Frenchman has invented a du­ tbrown. ”
running steadily and on full time, with
plex piano, at which two people cat
play on different keyboards at the same
The land crabs of Cuba run with the exception of the Empire, mill,
time.
great speed, even outctripping a horse. which, it ia hoped, will start op.
Porto
NOT
OHEG0.V
LAND.
Rlc<
BRADSTREET'S
REVIEW.
Crop llsports and Probabilities the Malw
Factors In Trade.
Washington, Agu. 14.—The war de­
partment today took prompt measure»
for the relief of the hurricane sufferer»
in Porto Rico. When the press dis­
F. L. Rice, of South Bond, ami J. B.
patches and Generl Davis' advices
made known the extent of the disas­ Nice, of Calhlamut, who compose the
ter, steps wete immediately taken to Washington state boundary commission
send supplies, and the transport Mc­ appointed by Governor Rogers to inves­
Pherson was ordered pul in readinesi tigate the disputed boundary line be­
to sail from New York at once. Slii tween Oiegon and Washington, have
will carry grains and other necessaries. completed their work from the mouth
The secretary of war thia afternoon of the Columbia river to Tongue Point.
sent the following appeal to the mayors They find that vast and valuable tracts
of cities of more than 150,000 popula­ of title lands besides valuable fishing
and seining grounds, which are now
tion:
“Sir—The governor-general of Porto claimed and taxed by Oiegon, are its
Rico confirms the report that upon the Washington according to the law estab­
8th inst. a hurreane swept over that lishing the territory of Washington and
island, entirely demolishing many of defining the boundary line between it
the towns, destroying many lives and and Oregon to be the center of the
reducing, so near as he can estimate, main ship channel of the Columbia
not lees than 100,000 of the inhab­ liver. The initial point at the mouth
itants to the condition of absolute des­ of the Columbia ¡8 two miles from Fort
Stevens and four miles from Fort Can­
titution. without homes and foo l.
‘‘Unless immediate and effective re­ by on a line across the river connecting
lief Is given to these unfortunates they these two pointe. Thence the line fol­
will perish. Under these conditions, lows the center of the main ship chan­
nel, which has remained practice lit
the president deems that an appt-
the same since the boundary was de
should be made to the humanity of t.
American people. It is an appeal io fined first, until the confines of Wah­
their patriotism also, for the inlrab-! kiakum county are reached, where the
itants of Porto Rico have freely and commission lays claim to considerable
gladly submitted themselves to the territory now held by Oregon.
Off WahkiaKum county the main
guardinshrp of the United States and
have voluntarily surrendered the pro­ channel was formerly up Wooddy’s
tection of Spain, to which thev were channel through the Cordell channel
formerly entitled, confidently relying\ and thence into Wooddy’s channel.
upon more generous and beneficent This was buoyed by the government as
treatment at our hands. The highest early as 1853 and ran close to the Ore­
considerations of honor and good faith gon shore. These channels are not
unite with the promptings of human­ now in use. as the construction of the
ity to reqiure from the United States! jetty, which was expected, according
a generous response to the demand of to the United States engineer’s report,
to scour them out, in reality filled
Porto Rico in distress.
“This department has directed the them up and throw the main channel
immediate distribution of rations io the over on the Washington shore. This
sufferers by the army in Potto Rico, shifting of the channel has formed val­
so far as it is within the power of the uable tide lands, including the well-
executive, but in the absence of any ap­ known Miller and Oliver sands, which
propriation we must rely largely upon the commission claims for Washington
on the ground that the old channel and
private contributions.
"I beg you will call upon the public- not the new one should be taken as the
spirited and humane people of your dividing line. This construction also
city to take active and immediate throws into Washington te’iitory the
measures in this exigency. The go« Desdemona and Middle sands which
have never before been claimed by this
ernment transport McPherson will
state.
sent directly from the port of N<
The commission I ibb made a prelim­
York to Porto Rico to carry all sup­
plies of food which can be obtained. inary inspection of the boundary line
Further transports will be sent at fu­ up the river to a point alrove The
ture dates, of which public notice will Dalles and from all their information
be given. Any committee charged with it would appear that Oregon claims
the raising of funds will receive full and taxes everything in sight, includ­
information and advice upon commu­ ing some lands which have as high as
nicating with this department. Yours 160 families living on them.
If the contention of the commissitqi
respectfully,
“ELIHU ROOT,
proves to be correct, over 90 per cent
Secretary of War.”
The war department today received of gillnetting ground and nearly all of
a cablegram from General Davis, giv­ the seining grounds on the Columbia
ing fuller details of the damage done belong to Washington, ami Oregon has
no foundation to its claim of
in Porto Rico by the hurricane:
“Later reports show the hurricane tion over Sand island, which
was far more severe in the interior the cause even of bloodshed
and southern part of the island than past.
Mr. Nice, the member of the com-
here. Data for an estimate of the
number of Porto Ricans who have lost mission from Cathlamet, has lived on
everything is deficient, but I am forced the river for over 80 years and his per
to believe the number on the island zonal knowledge of the location of the
cannot fall below 100,660 souls and old channels ami his wide acquaintance
famine is impending. I ask that J with the old-timers on the river are
2.500,000 pounds oi rice and beans, proving of great value.
equal in quantity each, be immediate­
Ship Orange« In Liquid Air.
ly shipped on transports to Ponce, ami
The Fay Fruit Company, of Los An­
some here. Urgent appeals come to al geles, has made arrangemnts with
post commanders for food for the desti- j Charles E. Tripier to use his processes
tute. Am I authorized to relieve dis­ ami appliances for t.ie manufacture and
tress by food issues? Rice and beans employment of liquid air. The object
only are desired.
is to equip the refrigerator oui of the
“There have been many deaths oi company so that liquid air can take
natives by falling walls. So far, only the place of ice. Since the company
one soldier is reputed dangerously in­ sends East yearly over 2,000 car­
jured. Several towns are reported en­ loads of citrus fiuit, vegetables, dried
tirely demolished. As yet we have re­ fruits and nuts, and the great bulk of
ports from only four ports; complete its shipments must be made in refrig­
destruction ot all the barracks at two erated cars, this matter is highly im­
and at two others one company each portant. The plant which will be in­
had their barracks destroyed. No re­ stalled for liquifying air will aUo sup­
ports yet come from the largest ports, ply magic substance for use in eveiy
but they were in the vortex of the other conceivable way.
storm. At least half of the people of
Porto Rico subsist entirely on fruit and
The New Steamer Lin*,
vegetables, and the storm has entirely
Captain W. J. Ellis, of the steamev
destroyed this source of support.
Bay City, lias a plan on foot which, if
A report has been received at the consummated, will insure to Belling­
war department from an officer at San ham bay for years to come a first-class
Juan, Porto Rico, estimating that the steamboat service. Captain Ellis pro­
number of killed amounts to 500. Ths poses to organize a steamboat stock
same officer says a very serious condi­ company, composed of New Whatcom
tion of affairs exists in Ponce
people, with stock subscribed to the
amount of $65,600 ot $75,000. He
GIVE ENGLAND WARNING.
will take a large block of this stock,
Boer* Betting Forth the Enormou« Cn*1 turning over in payment therefor the
steamer Bay City, valued at $20,000.
of Briti-li Victory in Transvaal.
London, Aug. 14.—The Boer oigan A new steamer to cost tn the neighbor­
in London, the Standard, and Diggers’ hood of $40,000 would be built this
News today published a Johannesburg winter and placed on the Whatcom-
dispatch threatening Great Britain in Seattle-Tacoma run.
event of war, saying the Boers are de­
Sn.k. Illvar Valley.
termined to wryck the mines and irre­
T. A. Harris, immigration agent for
trievably ruin the general body ol
shareholders by blowing up millions ol the Union Pacific and region Short
dollars’ worth of machinery, adding Line, tells the Omaha Bee that the
that war will mean absolute ruin oi Snake river valley in Idaho is “the
Johannesburg, both as a town and min­ richest agricultural region in the
West.” ft is being rapidly settled up,
ing center, and saying:
“While i. wiil doubtless end in vic­ and the Short Line has just begun the
tory for England, the price of victory extension of a line frota Idaho Falls to
will be the ruin of thousands who St. Anthony, 40 miles distant, which
ought to consider the price they must will be completed in time to handle
pay Irefore authorizing the government this fall’s crops.
to declare war.”
lc* Companlei Amalfamatede
Another Johannesburg dispatch pre­
It will now become necessary for the
dicts further concessions, and says:
“The reply of Transvaal to the pro­ people of Butte, Mont., to solve the
posal for joint inquiry is being delayed queelion of whether ice is a luxury or
until the government has prepared a a necessity. This decision is made
scheme granting Uitlandres immediate I necessary by the amalgamation of the
and substantial representation, as the different companies supplying ice, or
Transvaal- will make every effort ta rather the majoiity of these firms have
avert intervention in the internal st­ been bought out by the Butte Ice Com-
P«ny-
________
airs of the country. ”
Relle* of ClIflTd wellers.
Nerthweat New« Note«.
Loa Angeles, Aug. 11.—Laden with
relics of the cliffdwellers. Rev. Dr.
George L. Cole has returned from a
journey to the ruined cities of South­
eastern Colorado and New Mexico.
Valuable results were secured by exca­
vations in an ancient communal dwell­
ing, as yet unnamed, which stands on
the cliffs of the Santa Fe tiver, 14
miles from Espanol. There were not
lees than 1,600 rooms in the larger
building in its prime, it was 240x300
feet.
Everett has a Sunday closing move­
ment on hand.
Walla Walla’s assessed valuation in­
creased $500,000 in a year.
Lewiston, Idaho, has 8,000 more peo­
ple now than three years ago.
Alaskan railways have forfeited their
rights of way through inattention to
requirements of the grants.
The Southern Paoifie tie plant, which
was formerly operated at Latham, Or.,
baa been removed to California.
Bradstreet’s trade review says:
Crop repoits and probabilities have
constituted an important contribution
to general trade and business advicee
this week. Among the unquestionably
favorable features have been the re­
ports regarding tiie corn crop, govern­
ment estimates pointing to a yield of
probably 3,200,006,000 bushels a heavy
increase over last year and almost
within touch of the record of the total
of 1896. Spring wheat indications ap­
parently bear out earlier trade advicea
in showing a decrease in condition dur­
ing July. The reduction of 25,000,000
bushels in the probable outcome, esti­
mated, however, consideiably smaller
it is true, than last yeai, but with the
exception of 1898 and 1891, is the
heaviest tecorded.
A German lieutenant who is tonring
America says England would like to
see the United States go to war with
Germany, because Great Britain would
get more commerce. He also says
Dewey and Deidrichs were friends.
Hides, leather, limits and shoes are
sympathetically strong, and at a con-
ention of shoe manufacturers at Phil­
adelphia this week a practical agree­
ment to advance prices of the finished
product was reached.
Wool is firm, as is also sugar, fox
which an unprecedented demand is
looked for in the current canning sea­
son. The outlook in the canned-goods
trade generally is repoited a very good
one.
Business failures for the week in the
United States number 156, as com­
puted with 156 last woek. 157 a year
ago, and 214 in 1897.
Since July 1 this season the export»
of wheat aggiegate 22,125,000 bushels,
against 18,354,728 busi.els last year,
and 16,115,543 bushels in 1897-98.
PACIFIC
COAST
TRADE.
Seattle Market*.
Onions, new, $1.25 per sack
Potatoes, new, 1*1‘sC per lb.
Beets, per sack, $1*1 25.
Turnips, per sack, 50(360c.
Carrots, per sack, $1(31.25.
Parsnips, per sack, $1.
Cauliflower, 40(360c per doz.
Cabbage, native aud California
$1.50 per 100 pounds.
Cherries, 75o(3$l.
Peaches, 75c.
Apples. $1.25(31.75 per box.
Pears, $1.75 per box.
Prunes, $1 per box.
Watermelons, $2@3.
Cantaloupes, $2 @2.50.
Blackberries, $1.75*2.
Butter—Creamery, 28c per pound;
dairy 15(3 18c ranch, 12* 16c per lb.
Eggs, 23c.
Cheese—Native, 10(3 12c.
Poultry—13@ 14c; dressed, 16'¿c.
Hay—Puget Sound timothy, $8*9;
choice Eastern Washington
tim­
othy, $14.00.
Corn — Whole. $28.60; cracked, $24;
feed meal, $25.00.
Barlev—Rolled or ground, per ton,
$28@24; whole, $22.
Flour — Patent, per barrel, $3.50;
blended straights, $3.25; California
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.50; graham,
per barrel, $8.60; whole wheat flour,
$3.75; rye flour, $4.60.
Millstuffs—Bran,
per ton, $16;
shorts, pur ton, $17.
Feed—Chopped feed, $21.50 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $22; oil caka
meal, per ton, $33.
Fortland Market.
Wheat—Walla
Walla,
67@>58c;
Valley, 58*59c; Bluestem, 60c per
bushel.
Flour—Best grades. $3.25; graham,
$2.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel.
Oats—Choice white, 43@44c; choice
gray, 42 *43c per bushel.
Barley—Feed bailey, $17; brew­
ing, $18.00 per ton.
Millstuffs—Bran, $17 per ton; mid­
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16.00
per ton.
Hay—Timothy, $8(39; clover. $7
@8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 421»@45c;
soconds, 35 (3 40c; dairy, 80(335o;
store, 22 !y (327 lac.
Cheese—Oregon full cream,
12o;
Young America, 18o; new cheese,
10c per pound.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $3(34.50
per dozen; bens, $5.00(35.50; springs,
$2*3.00; geese, $4.00(35.00 for old.
$4.50(35.56 for young; ducks, $5.00*
5.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 121»*
13)»c per pound.
Potatoes—75c@$l per sack; sweet»,
8 (38
per pound.
Vegetables—Beets, $1; turnips, 80a
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab­
bage, 14» <32e per pound; cauli­
flower, 76c per dozen; parsnips, $1
beans, 5*6c per pound; celery,
70(3 75c |>er dozen; cucumber», 60c per
box; peas, 8(34c |>er pound; tomatoes.
$1 per box.
Hops—ll*18o; 1897 crop, 4*6c.
Woo)—Valley, 12*l8o per pound;
Eastern Oregon,
8* 18c; mohair»
27 (330c per pound.
Mutton—Gross, l>est sheep, wether«
and ewes, 85tc; dressed mutton, 6*6c;
lambs, 8|^c per lb.
Hogs—tiroes, choice heavy, $4.50;
light and feeders, $4.00; dressed, $5.00
*6.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef—Gross, top steers, 4.00*$4.26;
cows, $8.00*8.60;
dressed
beef,
6*6^c per pound.
Veal—Largs, 6*7c; small, 7X*8a
ner pound.
Ban Francisco Market.
Wool—Spiing—Nevada, 10*12cpei
|H>und; Oregon, Eastern, 10* 14c; Val­
ley, 17* 18c; Northern, 8* 10c.
Millstuffs—Middlings. $17*19.50;
bran, $16* 16.50 per ton.
Onions—Silverskin, 75c* $1
per
sack.
Butter — Fancy creamery, 20 %*
21
do seconds, 19*20c; fancy dairy.
18* 19c do seconds, 14* 16c per pound.
Eggs — Store, 16* 18c; fancy ranch,
21 *22c.
Hops—1898 crop. I7h»a