OTIS’
RUMORS
RECALL.'
NEW
It 1« Said That General Brooke 1« Slated
to Command iu the Philippines.
Insurgents Fled After Half
an Hour’s Fighting.
AMERICAN
LOSS
WAS
SLIGHT
Several Miles of Country Cleared of In­
surgents—The Movement a Strate­
gical Success—Rebel Lost Unknown.
Manila, Sept. 30.—General MacAr­
thur entered Porac after half an hour’s
fighting.
The American loss was
slight; the insurgents loss is not known.
The enemy fled nortward and when
the Americans entered the town they
found it practically deserted.
The attacking party moved on Porac
in two columns. The Ninth infantry
with two guns from Santa Rita was
commanded by General Wheeler, and
the Thirty-sixth infantry under Colonel
Bell, with one gun, accompanied Gen­
eral MacArthur from San Antonio.
Both columns struck the town at 9
o’clock and opened a brisk fire, which
was replied to by the enemy for half
an hour. Then the insurgents fled, and
the Americans marched over their
trenches and took possession of the
place.
Just before the fight Smith’s com-
tnand at Angeles made a demonstration
by firing artillery up the railroad track.
jLiscum reported one casualty, and Bell
reported four men of his regiment
Wounded. The artillery did not lose a
man, killed or injured.
' Today’s movement was a strategical
access, and resulted in the possession
f Porac, and the clearing of several
tiles of country thereabout.
The two columns, one from Santa
llta and the other from San Antonio,
ited before Porac, according to the
vjfrogramme, one stretching around the
lace for some miles. The insurgents
re estimated to have numbered 600
n. Ten dead Filipinos were found,
and the captain and commissary of
General Mascarno’s, command were
taken prisoners.
The American loss was five, but
x there were many prostrations from the
heat. Englishmen from the insurgent
jlines report that the rebels at Bamban
have 7,000 new Japanese rifles.
INVESTED BY REVOLUTIONISTS.
•General Castro Has Cut His Army Into
Three Divisions.
New York, Sept. 30.—A dispatch to
the Herald from Port of Spain, Trini­
dad, says: Caracas is practically in­
vested by revolutionists. General Cip­
riano Castro’s forces, moving from Va­
lencia and Victoria, separated into
k three divisions.
The right wing has
^already captured San Casmir and Ocu-
Imare, and is now occupying the valley
of the Tuy river and commanding the
^rbad to Caracas, 30 miles distant. The
'deft wing is occupying Caralucia and
'the entire seacoast to Puerto Cabello,
and is moving forward toward La Gua-
yrs with the special object of cutting
off the eseape of Preisdent Andrade.
>1819 center and main division of the
'rebel army, under the personal com­
mand of General Castro, is moving on
Los Leques, and purposes to combine
with the forces from the Tuy valley to
make au assault on Caracas.
Castro surprised the government
troops on the plains of Valencia, caus­
ing a loss to Andrade’s forces of 1,500
men in killed and wounded. General
Adiran, of the government army, was
among the slain. The loss of the revo­
lutionists was slight.
The province of Cero is now held by
the insurgents. The city of Carupano
has takep up arms in favor of the revo­
lution. *
MONTANA
TRAIN
WRECK.
Four Men Killed and Three Injured In
an Accident.
Butte, Mqnt., Sept. 30.—A special
from Glasgow, Mont., to the Butte
M’-ier says: The most disastrous wreck
that has ever been reported in this sec­
tion of Montana occurred two miles
west of Paisley, a small station just
Northern,
west of here, on the Great
<
at 5 ’oclock Tuesday r morning. The
wreck was caused by a head-end col­
lision lietween the second section of
No. 8 coming east and a light engine
backing np westbound, and as a result
four employes of the railroad are dead.
The dead are^»l larry Mashengale, en­
gineer on SiTt; Al Neitzke, his fire­
man; Charles Strahan, head brakeman;
E. Pelon, fireman on light engine.
A
MOTHER’S
CRIME.
Attempted to Murder Ker Children and
CrAiiinit Suicide.
Detroit, bept. 30.—Mrs. Clara
Rheintr, agedK4, last night attempted
to murder hef^hree cihldren and com­
mit suicide' «t-he gave the children
her wrists and then
morphine,
turned on f* pr.s in the room they
’hen discovered, two of the
were i
were dead. By hard work
Heat child and Mrs. Rheiner were
keitated. Mrs. Rheiner failed to
the arteries in her wrists and the
ysicians at St. Mary’s hospital say
she will recover. Mrs. Rheiner made
a statement to the officers admitting
killing the children and said she
wished she was with them. She con­
fessed to having had domestic troubles.
New York, Sept. 28.—A special to
the Times from Washington says:
Coincident with the near approach of
Admiral Dewey, the . rumors about
General Otis’ recall have been revived.
It is the general report that his recall
has actually been decided upon. There
has been a rumor lately that General
Brooke was to leave Cuba shortly, and
as it is now said that a major-general
is to be sent to the Philippines, there
is some disposition to regard that as
General Brooke’s future berth.
The basis for all this gossip seems to
be the report that Admiral Dewey has
a poor opinion of General Otis. This
report has lately been revived and re­
peated in a number of ways. It is gen­
erally believed that the admiral will
have much influence with the adminis­
tration, and his views on the Philip­
pine policy will be anxiously sought.
A strong impression prevails that when
he gives his opinion it will not be fa­
vorable to General Otis.
There is to be a conference at the
Whte House shortly after his return, at
which the president will meet the ad­
miral and the Philippine commission,
and what is said at that conference
may result in some alterations in the
military policy in the Philippines.
SHOCKS
FELT
AT
SEA.
Earthquakes Which
Struck Alaska
Were Manifest for Many.
San Francisco, Sept. 28.—The earth­
quakes which shook up the Alaskan
coast early in September made them­
selves felt miles at sea. Three vessels
which have arrived from the northern
salmon fisheries report experiencing
most peculiar weather on Sunday, Sep­
tember 3, the day of the first earth­
quake.
Captain Charles Johnson, of the bark
B. P. Cheney, which was at sea almost
opjxisite Kadiak at the time of the dis­
turbance, states that on September 3 a
heavy gale sprang up, the air being
very sultry. The barometer fell rapid­
ly, but in 15 minutes the wind fell and
the sea quieted down.
Captain Thompson, of the bark Nich­
olas Thayer from Alaska, also noted
the peculiar climatic conditions on
September 3. The L. J. Morse was
likewise caught in the gale which fol-
lowed the upheaval along the coast.
MOTHER'S
Drowned
TRAGIC
Herself and Two
Near The Dalles.
ACT.
Children
The Dalles, Sept. 28.—News was re­
ceived by the county officials here to­
day of a shocking tragedy which oc­
curred near the free bridge yesterday
afternoon, when Mrs. W. T. Gyton
drowned herself and her two children
—a boy of 4 years, and a girl of 1 %
years—in the Deschutes river. No
particulars are yet known as to what
caused the terrible deed excepting a
report that a family jar in the morning
led the unfortunate woman to end her
own and her children’s lives. Their
bodies were recovered this morning.
Gyton formerly owned a farm near The
Dalles, and was married here five years
ago, since which time he has been a
rancher in Sherman county. His wife
was a native of Grass Valley.
Wireless Telegraphy for Alaska.
Seattle, Sept. 28.—Superintendent
Prichett, of the United States coast and
geodetic survey, announces that he will
make a new and somewhat novel use
of the wireless telegraphy. Next sea­
son the United States steamship Path­
finder will be sent to Alaskan waters
to survey the islands of the Aleutian
groups, near Unimak pass. The is­
lands, Mr. Prichett says, have never
been correctly located on government
charts and maps. The Pathfinder was
built a year ago at Elizabeth, and is
equipped with the latest appliances and
instruments, including apparatus for
the new system of telegraphy. Several
islands of the Aleutian group lying 15
to 20 miles apart, near Unimak pass,
have been selected as a field for the
use of the wireless telegraphy. By
means of the system, the difference in
longitude of the islands will be deter­
mined to a fine point.
Official Report of the Alaska Quake.
Washington, Sept. 28.—A report re­
ceive, I by the coast survey shows that
the earthquake recently reported in
Yukatat bay was also felt in Prince
William sound. At Orca the shocks
recurred at half-hour intervals, begin­
ning at 2:30 P. M., mean local time,
on Sunday, September 3 They were
still continuing at 8 P. M. on that day,
when the report closed. No damage
was reported.
Government Horse« Stampeded.
Seattle, Sept 28—Advices re eived
here state that while the transport
Victoria was at Dutch Harbor a band
of 400 horses lielonging to the govern­
ment, en route to Manila, broke away
from their keepers and stampeded
Seventeen were killed by jumping off a
cliff.
Death of a Prominent Printer.
Boise, Idaho, Sept. 28.—Edward T.
Mank, who was president of the Inter­
national Typographical Union from
1880 to 1891, died here today, after a
protracted illness. He was born in
Newark, N. J., 67 years ago. De eased
was foreman of the Virginia City En-
terprise when Mark Twain was a re-
porter on that paper.
Remarkable Corn.
Black River Fall«, Wis., Sept. 28.—
New York, Sept. 80.— A Brooklyn John D. Smith, a member of the Third
Rapid Transit train on the Coney Is­ Wisconsin during the Spanish-Ameri­
land road ran into a trolley car at can war, brought home some corn from
Gravesend and Foster avenues, Brook­ the island of Porto Rico and planted
lyn, today. Two persons were killed it June 27 last. It is now nearly 14
and a number
others injured. < >ne feet high and still growing. Ears have
of the two persons killed has been iden­ formed and are about nine feet from
tified as William Clemens, of Brook­ the ground, but owing to the lateness
_______
____
___ of , planting will not mature. The
lyn. The
other ______
is a boy
about _ 4 _
yearn
’ The
I’Eo owwan^anan^A*
conductor onzl
and motormaa I stalks are nearly twice as heavy as na-
were anested. as were also the en-_____ corn and the lea *je much broader
actor of the train.
I
longer.
Two Killed In ■ Collision.
YORK’S
WELCOME.
[ The Committee From Washington Stale
Board« the Olympia.
THE HOP YIELD.
Washington, 00,000 Bal«.; California,
60,000 Bales, and Oregon,
70,000 Bales.
New York, Sept. 30.—New York .
decked brilliantly today in
The Great Marine Parade in was
honor of the gallant sailor who is wait-1
ing at her gate. Had an ocean of color
Speaking of the hop situation, Cap­
Dewey’s Honor.
swept through the city, its ebbing tid« tain George Pope, of Portland, says:
could not have stained the streets more
“The situation of Oregon’s hop crop
BOATS
BY
THE
HUNDREDS brilliantly. Hundreds of miles of red, i this year is a peculiar one. Four
white and blue bunting cover the nobl« weeks ago the most conservative grower
facades of Broadway and Fifth avenue, or dealer had made up his mind that
and a million flags flutter over th« nearly 100,060 bales would be pro­
Olympia and the Warships Led the Pro-
Not even the churches have duced in this state. The hope were
«ession Sir Thomas Lipton Shared town.
^scaped the universal decorations. Th« ou the vines, and no doubt the quality
the EiithuNiusm With the Hero.
doors and gothic windows ol old Trin­ would have been excellent but for the
ity, on lower Broadway, are gracefully
New York, Oct. 2.—The naval pa­ draped with the national colors, and in heavy rains in August, which imparted
life to vines, and fresh strobiles
rade, from the standjwint of the war­ ancient Trinity graveyard, the tomb new
began
to set on laterals that could not
ships, was an immense marine picture, of that gallant sailor, who, dying,
a water pageant with so little of inci­ issued the command not to give up the have come to maturity at so late a
In addition to this, the core of
dent, copamred with its great size, ship, lies shrouded in the silken folds date.
the burr grew continuously under con­
that it appealed to the eye as a paint­ of the flag for which he died.
ditions produced by the August rains
ing rather than a drama. The vast
When the committee from AJashing-
the warm weather of this month,
gathering of water craft maintained an ton reached the Olympia, each mem­ and
that growers were confronted by a
average speed of eight knots, but so ber of the committee was cordially so
that puzzled them. Kilns
magnificent was its area that the im­ greeted by Admiral Dewey, but the problem
which
in
former years could be dried
pression was one of exceingly slow and warmest hand clasp and heartiest greet­
18 hours could not this year be
stately movement. The picture was ing was for the admiral’s lifelong in
off in less than 24 to 26 hours,
continually changing, but it melted , I friend, Senator Proctor, of Vermont. taken
in some eases even 30 hours were
slowly in such measured rythm from I The captain presented ach of the vis­ and
form to form that the sense of motion itors to Captain Lamberton, and then required to take off a flooring of moder­
ate size. This threw the drying ma­
was largely lost. It started under a all went to the admiral’s cabin, where chinery
out of shape. The hops, owing
brilliant sky, passed at the mouth of the committee completed the pro­ to the cool
weather of August were
the Hudson through the threat of an gramme of the Washington ceremony,
backward.
Picking
of them did not
ugly storm, and emerged through a and the admiral expressed his entire
become
general
until
September
rainbow arch that stretched from shore satisfaction with the celebration. Sec­ 10, so that all large alamt
yards have suf­
to shore into a clear and brilliant retary Pruden presented an invitation fered considerably. Entire
yards have
sunset off the Grant tomb.
to a dinner with the president, and the been abandoned on account of the rapid
The night had been a busy one in the admiral accepted it.
spread of mold, with the result that
fleet of warships off Tompkinsvlle.
Admiral George W. Baird, who
The last details of the day’s ceremony sailed with Farragut and Dewey in the ! the crop has been cut down to about
were hardly settled before the day Gulf in 1861, unrolled a package which 70,000 bales. The quality of these 70,-
bales will range about 10,000
itself broke on a scene of greater activ­ : he had carefully guarded all the way 000
bales
choice, 80,000 to 40,000 medium,
ity than the classic anchorage had I to the Olympia, and displaying a faded awl the
remainder indifferent.
ever witnessed before.
I blue admiral’s ensign, upon which
“From what is known of other states,
The great vessels of the white squad­ I were stitched four white stars, said to California
has the best quality, and
ron swung at their anchorage as for Admiral Dewey:
60,000
bales
is said to be the yield in
the past two days, but the crowd of
“Admiral, I wish to present to you
neighboring craft had been swelled past the first admiral’s flag ever ‘broken that stute. Washington’s quality is
the same as ours, but as that
counting. As far as could be seen the out’ in the navy of this country. The said to is be seven
or eight days later in
water was a mass of moving steamers. admiral whose name and memory we state
maturing
the
crop
west of the Cas­
The evolution began at 1 o’clock, all so revere first hoisted this ensign
cades,
it
is
doubtful
if it will harvest
and in 15 minutes the fighting line upon the good ship Hartford, before
quota accredited to her—50,000
was straightened out up the harbor. New Orleans, and afterwards upon the , tho
bales. New York has one-third less
Admiral Dewey was going to his own Franklin, and since it came down ! this
year than last, and the crop is
place at the head of a squadron that from that masthead it has never been
said
to have come down in very jaior
would have won, at need, three battles whipped by tlie wind or worn by the
English advices are conflicting.
of Manila bay without stopping for elements. You, the worthy successor shape.
The yield in England is said to be the
breakfast.
of that great admiral whose tactics you
in many years. One writer
The head of the column was a broad so successfully followed a short while heaviest
who
is
an
authority, while very con­
arrow. Six torpedo boats spread out ago, I deem the proper person for Far­
servative, gives the yield as 1,100
at the bar, three on a side, from the ragut’s mantle to fall upon.”
pounds per acre. England this year
Olympia’s quarter. Outside of them
This flag was made by Quartermaster
a flying wedge of police patrol boats Knowles out of a blue “number” flag, has 50,000 acres of hops. Such a
formed a great V, whose apex was the when Farragut was first made a rear- yield, therefore, if it is all gathered,
will be nearly equal to British eon
Olympia.
admiral. Two white stars were sewed
Flanking them, ahead and astern, on it. When Farragut was made an sumption. Germany’s crop is also
the average, but it is doubtful ii
were the harbor fire boats, spouting admiral, two more white stars were alxive
she
has
many hops to throw on the ex­
great columns of water that turned sewed on it. Farragut flew this flag
threateningly toward the excursion on the Hartford at New Orleans, and port market. The market value of
boats on either side when they at­ afterwards in the Mediterranean. The English hops today ranges from £2 15s
to £4 10s per 112 pounds, but it is said
tempted to crowd the line of march.
admiral was deeply affected, and tears that even these prices will not be
But the pageant back of this power­ where in his eyes as he gazed nt the
ful vanguard was not limited to a souvenir. It was several moments be- maintained after the surplus of the
States seeks an outlet. As to
single or sextuple line of ships. It I fore he recovered his voice. Filially United
this, however, there is no assurance.
was a sinuous marine monster half a i he said:
“The points in favor of the grower
mile wide, whose vertebrae were the
“1’11 fly it. 1’11 fly it at masthead. are these: First, the old stocks have
ships of the white squadron, and whose I’ll tly it in the parade. IT fly it
ribs were rows upon rows of bvery sort ! always. And—and when I strike my all been worked off, and the crop of the
of floating thing that had ever run by admiral’s flag this shall be the flag I world goes to a practically bare market;
second, times all the world over are
steam in New York harbor.
shall strike.”
better, confidence lias been restored,
From the time the British yacht
This was the most impressive scene
Erin started she certainly was the that has occurred on the Olypmia since lab,1' is everywhere fully employed,
chief attraction alona the river front, her arriavl in this port, and for some an 1 hence the consumption of beer is
after the Olympia had gone by, and | time no one spoke. Tlie silence was on the increase.”
Seattle Starch Factory.
Sir Thomas Lipton was accorded an not broken until he called his Chinese i
ovation all along the line. To those steward and ordered a case of chain-! At the meeting of the Seattle cham­
ber of commerce at Seattle last week
on board the Erin, decked out as she pagne.
was with flags of all nations, it looked
The Washingtonians remained on that committee reported in favor of aid­
as if the American people were greatly board chatting with the admiral for ing in raising $25,01)0 for the establish­
pleased with Sir Thomas, and were an hour. A portion of the committee i ment of n starch factory there. The
proposed factory is to be built under
delighted at an opportunity to give left for Washington at 2:30 o’clock.
tho supervision of Mr. Hundhausen, of
him a heprty welcome. They ran
alongside in tugs, barges, launches and HUNDREDS WERE DROWNED. Westfalen, Germany whose family
owns a secret process of making starch
big excursion steamers, and shouted
Storm« »nd Flood.« that has been in use for 30 years.
The
all sorts of complimentary things to Effect of tlie Recent
in India.
process saves all the gluten from the
him, while the tall yac.hstman on the
Calcutta,
Sept.
30.
—
Lieutenant-Gov
­
flour, while the process now in use on
upper brigde of the Erin wore a smile,
and not infrequently called back his ernor Sir John Woodburn announces the coast, saves little or none of the
that 500 lives were lost in Darjeling, gluten. The estimated cost of build­
thanks for the kind wishes.
capital of the district of that name, in ing and running the factory is $27,924.
addition to those drowned on the It is estimated that a factory at that
SAMOAN
CLAIMS.
plains.
joint could sell in round numbers one-
Great havoc has been caused at Kur- eighth of all the starch used on the
Those of the British Subjects Aggregate
•37,000.
seong. The Margareti Ehope estate coast, or per annum 600,000 pounds.
Washington, Sept. 30.—The British lost 100 acres and tlie Mealand factory This is an average of one ton per day
commissioner to Samoa, Mr. Eliot, has was destroyed. Some coolies were and would require 1.33 tons of flour
received from Apia a full report on the buried in the ruins of the manager’s per day.
claims made by the British subjects house, which was jmrtially destroyed.
To Have a Regular Steamship Line.
for damage resulting from the tom­ The Avongrove estate lost 30 acres and
Tbe Alaska Backers Association is
ba rd ment and the native uprising. 4,000 tea bushes. The collie lines making preparations to establish a regu­
The claims aggregate something over were swejit away and hundreds were lar steamship line running between
$37,000. Of this amount about $30,- killed. A factory was also destroyed San Francisco and Bristol bay next
000 grows out of the depredations of at that place. A huge landslide below summer. The company has several
the Mataafa reliels in January and St. Mary’s seminary destroyed the rail­ canneries located on Bristol bay which
March last, while some $5,000 is for road bridge and completely blocked the are operated during the summer, but
losses resulting from the bombardment road. A breach 300 yards wide has
has been no mail or jiassenger
of the British-American naval forces I een made and the rails are hanging in there
service from that place. The men en­
and the succeeding ojierations on land. the air. It is thought the break can­ gaged in fishing there are shutout from
The original amount of the claims was not be repaired within 30 days.
the world while the season lasts. The
doubled the amount now submitted to
Hollf-rinnk«*!*. Strike.
association has recently let a contract
the British commissioner as they were
San Francisco, Sept. 29.—Thelxiiler-
a Portland firm for the building
first subjected to a rigid scrutiny by a makers who quit work on the govern­ with
British official at Apia. Mr. Eliot ment trensjxirts last week on account of a steamer whch will cost $200,000.
Atlln Nrrtla More Courts.
called at the White House today and of the notification from their employ­
A petition is being circulated In At-
had a talk with the president, in the er» that they would be required to
course of which Mr. McKinley ex­ work nine hours j»er (lay, instead ol lin asking for the appointment of a
pressed his satisfaction with the work eight hours, as they had previously county court judge for that district.
The need of such a court is imperative.
of the Samoan commission.
been doing, and all the men employed Already there are 28 cases on the cal-
at boilermaking in the llisdon and 1 endar.
This, in most instances, will
Cleared of Rebel«.
Fulton shops, who walked out this
Manila, Oct. 2.—General MacAr­ week in sympathy with the strikers, I work great hardship. In one case an
thur’s column has returned to Angeles, are etill out. Tlie men are determined I old gentleman sued for 60 days’ wages
where Generals MacArthur, Wheaton to hold out for the eight hour working at $4 per day, in all $240. The
and Wheeler have established their day and double p«y for overtime, these amount• being over $100 the matter
headquarters, with 3,000 troops. It is lieing the terms granted them by the could not lie settled in the small debts
courts, and so the case pends.
expected they w ill remain thereuntil federal law on all government work.
a general advance is ordered. There
Six carloads of fancy liquors, weigh­
Contribution« to Dewey Fund.
are no troojm at Porac. Nine Ameri-
ing 60 tons, going to Dawson under
. cans were wounded in yesterday’»
Washington, Sept. 30.—Among to­ sjiecial permits issued by Canadian
! lighting, two it is believed fatally. It day’s contributions to the Dewey home government officials, wen* through
' is estimated that 50 insurgents were fund were: C. P. Huntington, $2,000, Skagway recently in care of a convoy
killed or wounded.
and the Chicago Tribune, $500.
of the United States customs insjiector.
Conference at Angelea.
Manila, Oct. 2.—Generals Oti» and
8chwan and jjoseibly Generals Lawton
and Batea will proceed to Angeles to-
! day, where they may confer with Fili­
pino commissioners, as the result of
an exchange of communications be­
tween General MacArthur and the in-
turgents. A Filipino general is ex-
, pected with the American prisoner»
I today.
Two reconnoi/e» ing parties
came into collision with tlNe (insurgent»
i near AI mu» and four A men Vans were
wounded.
Ilry.r. In Operation.
London, Sept. 80.—The decision of
A
few
days
of warm weather have
the volksraad of the Orange Free State
to join with the Transvaal in the event ripened the prunes at Roseburg so rap­
of hostilities, although fully expected, idly that the packers were forced to
is the leading news today and will qnit packing. L. Chapman sent one
naturally stiffen the Boers’ independent ■ car to Montana and T. N. Segar, of
attitude. The read's resolution has I ! Eugene, three cars to the Eastern
made the brotherhood of arms between states. Mr. Riddle and Mr. Wonacott
the Transvaal and the Orange Free have started their dryers and all the
State, of which hitherto there was only other dryers of the valley will start up
a strong probability, an absolute cer­ 1 within a few days.
tainty, and the British will have to
Good paper Is made In Holland of
Uce the situation.
tho stalks of potato planta.
TREMENDOUS
EXPANSION.
Th« Volume of Busin... I. Still Gro
Ing In All Line,.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review
says: September is the 12th consecu­
tive month in which the volume ol
business, both at New York and out­
side of New York, has l>een greater
than the same month of any previous
year. In the 12 months, payment«
through clearing houses have lieen
$89,600,000,000, against $61,200,000,-
000, in 12 months, ending with Sep­
tember, 1892, an increase of $28,400,-
000,000, over 46 per cent.
When the tremendous expansion be­
gan, men called it replenishment of
long-depleted stocks, then for a time it
was called a crazy outburst of specula­
tion, and when demands still expand­
ed, some permanent increase of busi­
ness was recognized as a result of in­
creased population, earning bette*
wages. But the demand still grows,
now ranging alamt 60 per cent greatei
than in 1892, while population, ac­
cording to treasury estimates, is 16 pel
cent greater, and wages equal, if noi
over 10 per cent greater. A recon­
struction of business and industries, of
producing and transporting forces, ii
in progress throughout the land, with
results which none can now measure.
The wool market is active, with a
general advance, aggregating about
cent on washed fleece combing, the en­
tire list quoted by Coates Bros, proba­
bly averages altout
cent higher.
Cotton opened the crop year at 6.25
cents and has risen to 6.87, although
aliout a quarter more has come into
sight than last year from the greatest
crop on record, and stocks here and
abroad commercial and bill, are 658,-
000 bales greater than a year ago.
Corn is unchanged in price, and still
in large foreign demand, exjxirts hav­
ing been in four weeks 12,155,904
bushels, against 8,133,641 last yeatt
PACIFIC
COAST
TRADE.
Portland Market.
Wheat—Walla Walla, 59® 60c; Val­
ley, 59@‘60c; Bluestem, 61@62o pel
bushel.
Flour—Best grades, $3.25; graham,
$3.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel.
Oats—Choice white, 34 @ 35c; choice
gray, 33 @ 34c j»er bushel.
Barley—Feed barley, $15@16)<«;
brewing, $17.50 j»er ton.
Millstuffs—Bran, $17 per ton; mid­
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 pel
ton.
Hay—Timothy, $8@9.25; clover, $6
@8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 45®47^o;
seconds, 35 @ 40c; dairy, 30@35c;
store, 22 Si @27 Sc.
Eggs—20Sc per dozen.
Cheese—Oregon full cream,
Young America, 14c; new cheese 10«
per pound.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $3.50®
4.00 ]>er dozen; liens, $1.00; springs,
$2.00®3.50; geese, $6.50@8 for old;
$4.50@6.50 for young; ducks, $4.50®
5.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12S3
14c per pound.
Potatoes—50 @ 65c per sack; sweets,
2® 2 Sc i>er pound.
Vegetables—Beets, $1; turnips, 90c;
per sack; garlic, 7c ja-r pound; cauli­
flower, 75c ja'T dozen; parsnips, $1;
beans, 5®6c per pound; celery, 703
75c i>er dozen; cucumbers, 50c per
box; peas, 3@4c per pound; tomatoes,
25c per box; green corn, 12S3
15o per dozen.
Hops—11® 13c; 1897 crop, 4@6c.
Wool—Valley, 12@13o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8@13c; mohair, 273
80c per pound.
Mutton—Gross, best sheep, wether«
and ewes, 3 Sc; dressed mutton, 6S®
7c per pound; lambs, 71-20 per pound.
Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.50; dressed,
$6.00@7.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef—Gross, top steers, $3.50® 4.00;
cows, $8.00 3 8.50; dressed beef, 6@7o
per pound.
Veal—Large, 6S@7Sc; small, 83
BSc per pound.
Seattle Market«.
Onions, new, $1.25 @1.50 per sack.
Potatoes, new, 75c@$l.
Beets, per sack, $1.10.
Turnips, per sack, 75o.
Carrots, per sack, 90c.
Parsnips, per sack, 90c.
Cauliflower, 75c per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California, $1
@1 .25 per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 65® 80c.
Api>les, $1.25(^1.50 per box.
Pears, $1.00® 1.25 per lx>x.
Prunes, 60c per lx>x.
Watermelons, $1.50.
Cantaloupes, 50 @ 75c.
Butter—Creamery, 27c per pound;
dairy, 17@22c; ranch, 12S@17c per
pound.
Eggs—27c.
Cheese—Native, 13® 14c.
Poultry—15c; dressed, 16 Sc.
Hay—Puget Sound timothy, $7®9
choice Eastern Washington timothy
$14.00
Corn—Whole, $23.50; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton,
$21; whole, $22.
Flour—Patent, per barrel, $3.50;
blended straights, $3.25; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.50; gra­
ham, per barrel, $8.60; whole wheat
flour, $3.1)0; rye flour* $3.75.
Millstuffs—Bran, per ton, $15.00;
shorts, per ton, $16.00.
Feed—Chopped feed, $20.50 per to«;
middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake tu«al»
per ton, $35.00.
Han Fmoeiw« Market.
Wool—Spring—Nevada, 12®14c J**
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10®14c;
ley, 17@ 19c; Northern, 8@1®.
Hops—1899 crop, lO012*»c pet
pout» I.
Onions—Yellow, 75®WC I*r
26(812« ‘so;
Butter—Fancy c
do seconds, 23® 25c sney daivy» *n
20c per pound.
@23c; dosecow
; fancy ranch,
Egg*—Store
$MU8e.
Mllht
19.50; nran
Dg*,
*17 50 •