AGUINALDO IS ÍÍMIÜS
Insurgent Chief Headed for
Cavite Province.
TROUBLE EXPECTED IN SOUTH
American Army In the North Separated
Into Small Commands—Enemy En«
countered at Navarcan by Young.
Manila, Dec. 9.—The expectation of
matching Aguinaldo in the north has
been practically abandoned, and the
probability now is that he will turn
southward, if he is not already there,
with his destination Cavite province,
his home, where the insurrection be­
gan, and where it still has its greatest
strength.
The Filipino soldiers in that province
have recently been showing increased
enthusiasm and boldness, and captured
insurgents sav that Aguinaldo is com­
ing to join them with a large army.
The same belief prevails among the na­
tives at Manila and elsewhere that
Aguinaldo intends to make his head­
quarters in Cavite province.
There are 8,000 insurgents before1
Imus and Bacoor, keeping the Ameri- I
cans sleeping on their armsand nightly |
awaiting attacks. The Filipinos have 1
several cannon. The first mayor of
Imus under the American regime, who l
ultimately deserted, is their leader in '
the assaults, and is ambitious to take '
the town. Three soldiers of the Fourth
infantry have deserted, and are now
with the enemy.
Most of the inhabitants of Imus are
so strong in their sympathy with the
insurgents that it is necessary to use
a part of the regiment to patrol the
streets and to pevent shooting from
houses whenever an attack begins.
The American forces in the north
have separated into many small com­
mands, and are pursuing bands of Fili
pinos.
General MacArthur is engaged ir 1
clearing the mountain country west oi
the Manila-Dagupan railroad.
General Grant is moving from Ange- i
les toward Subig with 500 men.
Colonel Bell is sweeping south from
Mangalaren. Thus far the American
commanders have been unable to locate
large bodies of insurgents, although
there were about 500 in San Clemen­
tine, nine miles south of Mangalaren. j
early in the week.
Colonel Hood, with the Sixteenth |
regiment and cavalry, and General
Lawton, with a force from San Isidro,
are operating against General Pilar in
the San Mateo valley.
General Young Heard From.
Washington Dec. 9.—To the relief
óf the war department, General Young
has been heard from after a week’s ab-
seuce in the interior of Luzon. Gen­
eral Otis cabled this morning as fol-
lows:
‘ ‘ Manila—General Young reports
his arrival at Vigan on the evening of
the 5th, having encountered a force of
the enemy at Narvacan, 12 miles south
of the city, whom he drove to the east­ i
ward into the San Quintin canyon. His
troops are now pressing them back.
The country is extremely rough and I
strongly intrenched. About'600 prison­
ers, who escaped, reported that the in­
surgents allowed all but the American
and prominent Spanish prisoners to es­
cape from Bangued.
THE
BOERS’
FINAL
EFFORT.
Attempted to Capture Ladysmith Last
Monday
London, Dec. 9.—The war office has
■received the following message from
General Forestier-Walker, the British
commander at Cape Town.:
“Wednesday — General
Methuen
wires today that he has resumed com­
mand, and is nightly in communica- !
tion with Kimberley. The health of
the troops is excellent.
A story was current at Durban, De-1
«ember 5, to the effect that the Boers j
made what is thought to have been
their final effort to capture Ladysmith
on December 4, and were defeated, and
retreated. The story was brought by
runners, and should be received with
reservation.
“According to this report, the Boers
opened a furious bombardment during
the morning of December 4, and con­
tinued it for hours, when the British
finally silenced the Boer guns, made a
sortie, and hard fighting followed, the
Boers retreating after very heavy
losses, estimated in hundreds. The
dispatches from Frere camp partially
confirm the retirement of the Free
State burghers from the vicinity of
Ladysmith, but do not indicate that
the retreat was the result of the defeat
on the previous day. while a statement
in the same dispatches that the Boers
wefe firing into Ladysmith shows the
Boer guns were still active.
“It is also pointed out that all sug­
gestions of weakening refer to the Free
Staters. The Transvaal Boers are still
full of fight, though it is reiterated
they are short of supplies.”
Wounded Soldiers Reach England.
THE
Excitement Kills Him.
BRADY’S
REPORT.
Visitors to the Scene of the Burning of
the Negro.
D.vot.s a Consider.bl. Portion to Mine.
of Alaska.
Maysville, Kv., Dec 9.—There were
many visitors today to the cricket
grounds, where Richard Coleman, the
negro assailant and murderer of Mrs.
Lashbrook, was yesterday burned and
tortured. There is a craze among the
visitors for relics. The tree has been
cut up, and even the cinders and
charred articles have been gathered up.
After the coroner rendered a verdict
last night of “death at the hands of
unknown persons,” the ashes of Cole­
man’s body were placed in a can. The
body was reduced to ashes, with the
exception of a small part of the skull
and two other small pieces of bone.
At the request of Coleman’s mother,
who is employed as a domestic here,
the coroner buried the can of ashes iu
the potter’s field.
Judge Harbeson adjourned court un­
til Monday, so that there would be no
occasion for crowds about the court­
house or elsewhere, and it is intimated
that the court is considering plans for
the apprehension of the leaders of the
mob. The people here are congratulat­
ing themselves that the governor was
unable to get the militia here in time
to assist the sheriff and his deputies.
The belief is expressed generally that
the grand jury will make no attempt at
indictments.
Governor Brady, of Alaska, in his
annual report, pleads for statehood,
government establishment and the op­
eration of cable and telegraph lines and
the persistent branding of female seals
and the cessation of killing them for
at least 10 years. An appropriation
of $110,000 is asked lor a penitentiary
and suitable public buildings at Sitka.
The governor says that to preserve the
seals the United States should own a
property right in the seals and brand
the letters “U. S.” four inches long on
every female seals—thus spoiling them
for fur seals.
The governor’s report is an important
document, making a pamphlet of 57
pages. It is a complete report upon
the industries and prospects of the im­
mense northern empire. Naturally he
devotes a considerable portion of his re­
port to the mining situation. He de­
votes particular attention to gold quart
mining, of which he says:
COMMITTEE
ON
RULES.
House Preparing to Take Up the Finan­
cial Bill.
Washington, Dec. 9.—The session of
the house lasted only half an hour to­
day. Overstreet (Rep. Ind.), in charge
of the finance bill, attempted to reach
an agreement for its consideration next
week, but Richardson (Dem. Tenn.) on
behalf of the minority, rejected all
proposals, on the ground that a bill so
important as this should go through
the regular channels.
The speaker thereupon appointed the
committee on rules, which is to in­
clude himself, Dalzell (Rep. Pa.),
Grosvenor (Rep. O.), Richardson (Dem.
Tenn.), and Bailey (Dem. Tex.). They
will hold a meeting tomorrow and de­
cide upon a rule for the limits of the
debate, which will undoubtedly con­
sume the whole of next week.
Roberts, the Mormon representative,
despite the adoption of the Tayler reso­
lution, which in terms deprives him of
his seat during the pendency of his
case in committee, was in the hall
throughout the session, and occupied
the seat he selected Monday.
FORTY
FOOT
CHANNEL.
Buller’s Army Begins the
Forward Movement.
NO
OPPOSITION
MET
WITH
Frere Bridge Rebuilt—Casualties Among (
White’s Forces in November— British
Arming the Natives.
Pretoria, Dec. 11.—The following
dispatch has been received from the
•lead laager near Ladysmith:
“The British are advancing on Co-
lenso, but last night passed without an
attack. There was a desultory can­
nonade this morning, the naval guns
in Ladysmith replying vigorously to
our fire."
Free Bridge Completed.
Frere Camp, Dec. 11.—The trestle
bridge is finished, and the trains are
now traversing it.
Buller Communicates With White.
London, Dec. 11.—A war office dis­
patch from Buller confirms the state­
ment that heliographio communication
has been fully established with Lady­
smith, and that Buller and White
have been conferring as to their future
movements. The latest advices from
Frere camp show that the bombard­
ment of Ladysmith was continued
Thursday, December 7. A pneumatic
dynamite gun on Umbulwana hill has
commenced work.
According to a
special dispatch from I’retoria, Gen­
eral Joubert recently proposed an ex­
change of prisoners, and especially
mentioned the exchange of Lady Sarah
Wilson for a Boer lady taken prisoner
at Mafeking.
British Losses at Ladysmith.
Ladysmith, Thursday (via Weenai).
—The total British casualties here
since November 1 are 5 officers and 26
men killed, and 15 officers and l#0
men wounded, with 3 missing. The
Boer force is still around ns in large
numbers, but all within the town are
well and cheerful.
British Arming Natives.
Cape Town, Wednesday.—It is an­
nounced that Major Elliott, command­
ing in the native territory of Griqua-
land East, is arming the natives by im­
perial authority, with a view of assist­
ing the defensive forces.
Great Battles Impending.
New York, Dec. 11.—A dispatch tc
the Tribune from London, dated Friday
says: Two great battles are impend­
Washington, Dec. 9.—The project ing before Ladysmith and Kimberley,
for a 40-foot channel at the mouth of and the hotspurs are impatient to have
the Columbia river was submitted to them come.
congress today. It calls for an appro­
On Western Border*
priation of $2,531,140, and has the
London, Dec. 11.—General Forestier-
indorsement of the chief of engineers
and the secretary of war. It pro|>oses Walker has sent the following dis­
to extend the present jetty a distance of patch, dated Friday to the war office
three miles, producing a scour which from Cape Town:
“Telegraph and every communica­
will give a channel 40 feet deep and
tion to Modder river has been reopen­
of ample width.
The project was prepared by Captain ed. A battery of field artillery and a
W. C. Langfitt, who, after giving con­ battalion of infantry were dispatched
siderable study to the question, has from Modder river against Command­
concluded that a mid-tide jetty, while ant I’rinz Loos’ force of 1,000 Boers,
costing less than a high-tide jetty, will with one gun, who had destroyed the
railway. Our loses were 14 wounded.
give just as satisfactory results.
"Belmont has been strengthened by
It will be necessary to make exten­
sive repairs to the existing jetty and infantry and two guns, and a cavalry
approaches before the work on the ex­ regiment and troops from Naauwport
tension can be taken up. It is pro­ occupied Arundel Thursday.
posed to have the work done under the
FIVE HOURS BATTLE.
direction of the United States engineers,
material to be furnished by contract,
The Filipinos
Desperately Resisted
and labor to be hired.
Young’s Column.
Project
for Improving the Columbia
Submitted to Congress.
CAUGHT
IN
A
FIRE
TRAP.
Factory Girls Jump From Fourth Story
Windows.
Reading, Pa., Dec. 9.—One of the
most appalling fires that ever visited
this city occurred todav, when the ex­
tensive hosiery mill of the Nellie &
Horst Company took fire, destroying
the plant, causing the death of one per­
son, and injuring 57 other employes of
the company. What was at first sup­
posed to be the liodies of two persons
proved tonight to lie the separated
parts of one body. It is that of Miss
Louisa Clay, aged 48 years, who was
the only person killed. All the other
employes have been accounted for. Of
the 57 persons who were injured, 31
are badly hurt. Nearly all of them
were injured by jumping from the
fourth story windows.
Mall Registration by Carrier«.
Washington, Dec. 9.—The postmas­
ter-general has issued a general order
announcing the determination of the
department to provide for the registra­
tion of valuable letters for first-class
matter by letter-carriers on their routj*
in free-delivery cities. This new serv­
ice will lie inaugurated in some of the
leading cities and extended to others
as rapidly as possible. At first, it will
be confined to the purely residential
districts, excluding business houses
and individuals who have large num­
bers of letters for registration at any
one time. The extension of the sys­
tem to the business districts is left to
the sound discretion of the postmaster.
London, Dec. 8.—The first batch of
Emmett a Bankrupt.
wounded soldiers from South Africa,
New York, Dec. 9.—Joseph K. Em­
numbering 133 men, arrived in the
Thames today, on the British transport mett, the actor, today filed a petition
Sumatra, which left Table bay about in bankruptcy, with liabilities of $17,-
000, and no assets.
November 15.
Butte, Mont., Dec. 9.—Malachi
Dwyer, for many years a resident of
Butte, and 68 years old, dropped dead
in the rotunda of the public library
this morning. Dwyer had been in the
library, where some visitor handed him
an anti-Catholic paper. The old gen­
tleman became very excited, and the
librarian had to compel both disput­
ants to leave the place. On reaching
the outside, the excitement led to some
heart attack, and Dwyer fell and died
in a few minutes
GOVERNOR
HORROR.
KENTUCKY
Election in Manitoba.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dec. 9.—Elec­
tions for the provincial legislature were
held throughout the province of Mani­
toba yesterday. Early today the re­
turns show the election of 21 conserva­
tives and 16 liberals. The liberal
party, under Hon. Thomas Greenway’s
leadership, has been in power for many
yean, and the result is a surprising
turn over. The conservatives had as
their leader Hugh John Macdonald,
eon of the late Sir John Macdonald, for
many yean premier of Canada.
Quart« Mining in Alaska.
“The year’s progress in this industrj
has been most gratifying. The man­
agers of the Treadwell plant felt thai
life is too short for the treatment oi
that immense mass of ore with a 240-
stamp mill, which had been doing duty
so long and well. Accordingly they
have constructed other mills and need­
ful accessories thereto, and now have ir
operation a total of 880 stamps.
“Back of Juneau, in Silver Bow
basin, quartz mining is going on vigor­
ously. The 30 stamps of the Juneau-
Alaska mill have been steadily at work
during the season.
“Ketchikan, on Tongas narrows, ii
now the center of a district in the ex­
treme southeastern portion of Alaska,
wherein is a keen interest in quatri
mining. The sea level claims are now
ready for operation and a milling planl
will soon be erected.
“The Appollo Consolidated on Ungs
island, one of the Shumagin group, has
been kept steadily at work throughout
the year and has been a pretty steady
producer, with a 40-stamp mill, at the
rate of about $30,000 per month.
“All the district north of Juneau,
along the mainland, iB rich iu quart!
ledges and in the neighborhood of Ber­
ner’s bay there are several mills at
work.
The Fisheries.
The governor refers to the fisheries at
length and after describing the exten­
sive salmon canneries says:
“The cod will always be our standby.
“We probably have the grandest
banks in the world. It is a safe calcu
lation that we have not less than 125,-
000 square miles of cod fishing in con­
nection within the Alaska coast. Here
is an immense wealth simply waiting
for development.”
Index and Adjacent Camps.
The Summit mine, seven miles from
Index, has just completed a seven-mils
horse tram and 1,400-foot wire tram,
and are now making regular shipments.
They have alsjut 150 feet for stoping
ground above the present tunnel.
Stope shows about 16 feet of ore. They
are also sinking a winze on ore body,
in which they are getting some high
grade bornite ore. The Golden Tunnel
Company, whose property is near Bar­
ing, are just completing their mill,
which is a centrifugal machine called
the Montgomery pulverizer. It is sup­
posed to handle 30 tons of ore per day.
In addition to this they are putting in
Hungarian riffles and Wilfley concen­
trator. The Vulcan Iron Works of
Seattle have the contract and are put­
ting in a 1,700-foot wire tramway from
the mine to the mill. The Golden
Tunnel projierty is something entirely
different from anything else in the
country. It has never had any devel­
opment work done on it to speak of and
still they have several thousand tons
of ore in sight, most of which lies loose
in a large cave, the main chamber of
which is 75 feet high and 25 feet wide,
extending something like 75 feet into
the mounatin. The ore looks like a
pile of white sand or cement finely pul­
verized. It is said this ore has more
metals in it than anything in the conn-'
try, containing gold, silver, copper,
lead, zinc, iron, aluminum, tellurium
and a number of others. At Skyko«
mish the Cleopatra people are putting
in a wire tramway and are preparing
to ship some of their high-grade ore.
In their lower tunnel, at a depth of 500
feet, they are taking out a 16-inch
streak of gray cop|>er and antimonial
silver ore, which runs very high. A
crew of 30 men is at work on the Mona,
a property on Miller river, alxiut four
miles from Skykomish.
Manila, Dec. 11.—There was consid­
erable relief in Manila when the news
was received today that Gener:^
Young’s small force had arrived safely
at Vigan, province of South I locos, De-
cemlier 6. Anxiety had been felt for
General Young and the garrison at Vi­
gan since it was known that General
Tino had a large, aggressive body of
insurgents operating in the vicinity.
General Tino made a stand in the
mountain pass lietween Narvacan and
San Quintin. The natural strength of
the position was augmented by trenches
and pitfalls. The fight lasted five
hours.
General Young had three companies
of the Thirty-fourth infantry, under
Lieutenant-Colonel Howse, and two
troops of the Third cavalry, Captain
Swigert. He was reinforced during
the fight by Colonel Hare, with a bat­
talion of the Thirty-third, en route to
Vigan. General Young ended the fight
by charging and routing the enemy,
who left 25 dead and several rifles and
thousands of rounds of ammunition in
Clo««et A Dever*« Costly Fire.
the trenches.
The enemy employed
Monday night, December 4, Closset
artillery.
Only one American was ft Devers, the oldest and largest coffee
seriously wounded.
and spice house in the Northwest, were
The uprising in the island of Negros completely burned out at Portland.
was led by the police of La Corlata The loss was alxmt $65,000 and insur­
district, where there is a small Ameri­ ance $44,500. They have already a new
can garrison.
The police inspired i gas roaster in o|>eration, as they had
false report« of insurgent victories in an extra machine in reserve. Roast
Luzon and Panay. There are 250 na­ coffee orders can be filled now. For
tive police in Negros, who are armed other goods they will l>e in shape in
with Springfield rifles.
about a week. Their loss was heavy,
but they have energy and determination
Canned Beef For British Soldier«.
and have l>een much touched by the
Chicago, Dec. 11.—Libby, McNeil & numerous offers of sympathy and en­
Libby have shipjied 750,000 pounds of I couragement from all their friends in
canned beef to the British army in •very quarter.
*
South Africa. Twenty-four cars were
Chicago
Policemen
’
s
Benevolent
As­
required to carry it. This is the
largest shipment of canned beef ever sociation realized $34,000 by the recent
annual benefit at the Auditorium.
made from this city.
Advance* in Wage«.
Tran«-Paclfle Route«.
The North Pacific pilot chart for De-
Lewiston, Me., Dec 9.—The mills of
this state will grant a general increase ceml>er has appeared, and among other
in wages, now being arranged in cotton interesting features it has for the first
manufacturing towns of New England. time the sailing routes I*tween the
Notice of a 10 per cent advance is be- , Columbia river and the Orient, and the
ing |>osted gradually throughout the route from the Columbia river down to
the trades. The credit for placing
cotton districts of Maine.
Portland, Astoria and the Colombia
Manchester, N. H., Dec. 9.—The river “on the map” is largely due to
Manchester cotton mills will grant an the Portland Chamber of Commerce.
increase of 10 per cent December 18.
Defective flues were responsible for
In all, nearly 15,000 hands are affected
over 11 per cent of the fires last year.
by the new schedule here,
ALONG THE COAST.
Items
of General
Interest Gleaned
from the Thriving I'acitln
States.
Conditions in all lines of industry in
the Pacific Northwest this fall are in
exceptionally fine shape and indica­
tions are that next year will see an ac­
tivity not hitherto found here. Even
now we have indications from different
sources that there are preparations las­
ing made for doing a large amount of
deterred work along agricultural lines,
railroad building, harbor improve­
ment, mining, etc., besides much work
that must be done to keep pace with
growing demands in these sections, and
as a result of all this it is safe to pre­
dict that there can lie no idle men
through the winter, nor during next
summer. In some sections the demand
for workmen is so great that those
needing them have difficulty in secur­
ing them, notwithstanding that the
wages offered are higher than ordinary.
Nearly all men who are able and will­
ing to work can secure employment,
and there is no excuse for idle men
from now on. Those who may hav-
been affected by the closing down oi
nearly all the shingle mills recently
can secure temporary work elsewhere
during the time their mills are closed,
if they so desire, and men coming from
the East looking for work should have
no difficulty in securing plenty of work
at good wages. Of course, it is not ex­
pected that there will be so great a de­
mand for skilled labor as for the ordi­
nary, on acoount of the skilled artisans
and regular employes of the factory and
on the farm holding their positions
right along, but that claBs of workmen
who generally do not secure work for
all the year and are anxious to keep
busy during the winter months may
find work in abundance at good wages.
—Northwest Industries.
NO
HESITANCY
TR/DE. ’
IN
Caual Shrink*ga at End of th. Y.a*
Not Apparent.
R. G. Dun ft Co.’s weekly review of
trade say*: The approach of a new
year usually brings so much of hesi­
tancy in businesB that the small shrink­
age this year is surprising. Probably
uever before have the productive force*
of the country been so largely covered
by contracts at this date, inducing
employment and profit far into the
coming year. This results not front
any mere speculative excitement, but
from actual demands for consumption
running far lieyond the producing ca­
pacity hereafter, and pushing it to re­
markable expansion. The increase iu
foreign trade ha* l>een significant,com­
pared with the increase of $24,000,0011
in payments through clearing-houses.
For the week the payments have been
20.3 per cent larger than last year, and
38.1 ;>er cent larger than in 1892.
Demand for cars and other railway
equipment is enormous, and also for
shipping, loth lake and ocean. Tin i*
weak at 27).c, and copper declined to
16).o,
but lead and spelter are
stronger.
Wool has advanced further, with
much speculative buying, though most
manufacturers have supplied wants for
the present, and are less disposed to
purchase at prices now averaging
higher than at any time since June 15,
1891.
Wheat has risen 3c, and corn a frac­
tion, with a decline in Western re­
ceipts of both. Atlantic exports of
wheat this week, flour included, were
anly 3,859,667 bushels, against 5,636,-
767 last year, and Pacific exports 886,-
K 2 bushels, against 556,528 bushels
last year.
Failures for the week have been 221
in the United States, against 248 last
year, and 38 iu Canada, against 22 last
your.
_________________
PACIFIC
COAST
TRADE.
Lieutenant James Munro.
Lieutenant James N. Munro Fourth
United States cavalry, who made the
suciessful bluff, while in command
of 50 men of his troop, which resulted
in the capture of Bayombong, with 800
armed insurgents, under General Co-
non, is well-known in Walla Walla,
where he was stationed in 1897. When
the war with Spain began he was left
in command of the fort at that place,
being the only officer at the garrison
for several months. He chafed under
his enforced absence from the field of
battle, and repeatedly said that if given
a chance he would do something to
make his name known. One of his ex­
pressions was, “If I get a chance I’ll
show them a trick with a hole in it.”
He was delighted when the order came
last spring for him to take his troop to
the Philippines. That he carried out
his promise “to show them a trick
with a hole in it” is made very evi­
dent by his capture of 16 armed insur­
gents for every man in his command.
Lieutenant Munro is a graduate of
WeBt Point, is a small man of athletic
build, of brusque manner, and appears
when on horseback a typical cavalry­
man.
Rail« For Alaska.
Seattle Market..
Onions, new, $1.00@ 1.25 per sack.
Potatoes, new, $16@20.
Beets, per sack, 75@85c.
Turnips, per sack, 60c.
Carrots, per sack, 50c.
Parsnips, per sack, 75@85c.
Cauliflower, 75o per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California, 73
®90o per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 65 @ 80c.
Apples, $1.25@1.50 per lx>x.
l’ears, $1.00@1.25 per box.
Prunes, 60c per lx>x.
Watermelons, $1.50.
Nutmegs, 50@ 75c.
Butter—Creamery, 32o per pound;
dairy, 17@22c; ranch, 22o per pound.
Eggs—Firm, 30@31o.
Cheese—Native, 16c.
Poultry—9@10c; dressed, 11 @ 13c.
Hay—Puget Sound timothy, $12.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$17.00® 18.00
Corn—Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $28.
Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton,
$21; whole, $22.
Flour—Patent, per barrel, $3.35;
blended straights, $3.10; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra­
ham, per liarrel, $3.80; whole wheat
flour, $3.10; rye flour, $3.80@4.00.
Millstuffs—l^au, per ton, $16.00;
Bhorts, per ton, $17.00.
Feed—Chopped feed, $20.50 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal,
per ton, $35.00.
Heavy shipments of railroad iron
have been recently made to Seattle for
the Alaska road, and within the paHt
few weeks contracts hnve been made
by the White Bass & Yukon for the
early delivery of 4,000 tons of rails,
which will be shipped from Seattle to
Skagway and Lake Bennett. This is
Portland Market.
in addition to 7,500 tons already pur­
Wheat — Walla Walla, 50®51e;
chased and which are now going for­
Valley, 51c; Bluestem, 52o per bushel.
ward. These railB will be used in the
Flour—Best grades, $3.00; graham,
extension of the White Pass line from
$2.50; superfine, $2.15 per barrel.
Lake Bennett to Closeleigh, a jxiint on
Oats—Choice white, 85 @ 86c; choice
Fifty-niile river, four mile* below the
gray, 35c per bushel.
White Horse rapids.
Barley—Feed barley, $16® 16.50;
brewing, $18.00® 19.00 per ton.
Fora Better Service.
Millstuffs—Bran, $17 per ton; mid­
The Northern Pacific will undoubt­
edly institute a double tram service dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per
between St. Paul and the coast next ton.
Hay—Timothy, $9 ® 11; clover, $7
April. The announcement has been
made before that the road would at­ @8; Oregon wild hay, $6®7 per ton.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 50@55c;
tempt a double train service, but now
the rumors have given way to an au­ seconds, 4245c; dairy, 87X®40c;
store, 25(3 350.
thoritative statement to that effect.
Eggs—18 H® 21c per dozen.
Owing to the heavy traffic it is believed
Cheese—Oregon full cream, 13c;
by Northern Pacific officials that a
double train service is the only solu­ Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c
tion to the present difficulties in main­ per pound.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $3.00®
taining anything like schedule time.
3.50 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs,
$2.00@8.50; geese, $7.OO@8.5O forold;
Northwest Note«.
The seventh annual meeting of the $4.50®6.50 for young; ducks, $4.50
Washington State Dairymen’s Associa­ ]>er dozen; turkeys, live, 14® 15c
tion will be held at North Yakima on per pound.
Potatoes—50@60c per sack; sweets,
December 28-30.
Professor C. F.
Curtis, of the Iowa agricultural college, 2@2 He per pound.
Vegetables—Beets, $1; turnips, 90c;
will deliver addresses each day. and
other prominent dairy enthusiaBts will per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cauli­
flower, 75c per dozen; parsnips, $1;
also take part.
beans, 5@6c per pound; celery, 70®
The Arcata delivered at Marshfield, 75c per dozen; cucnmliers, 50c per
last week, 1,000,000 salmon eggs on box; peas, 3®4c per pound; tomatoes,
ice for the Rogue river hatchery. These 75c per l>ox; green corn, 12)* ®
eggs traveled nearly 1,000 miles before 15c per dozen.
they leached the hatchery, although
Hops—8®llc; 1898 crop, 5®6c.
the place where they were taken wan
Wool—Valley, 12® 13c per pound;
only 40 mile* from the mouth of the Eastern Oregon, 8® 14c; mohair, 27®
Rogue river. They went by way of 80c per pound.
San Francisco, the wagon road being
Mutton—Gross, beat sheep, wether*
too rough to transport them.
and ewes, 8 He; dressed mutton, 6**®
Most of the employes of the suspend­ 7c per pound; lamlta, 7,Qc per pound.
Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
ed Washington shingle mills are now
at work repairing the buildings and light and feeders, $4.50; dressed,
machinery of the mills. It was feared $5.60®6.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef—Grose, top steers, $3.5O@4.OO;
that the general closing down of the
shingle mills in thia state would throw cows, $3@3.50; dressed lieef, AS®
many laborer* out of work, but it has 7Hc per pound.
Veal—Large,
small, 8®
in fact brought little hardship upon
8He per pound.
them.
Bin Franriiro Market.
J. W. Kunzelman, L. E. Torinns and
David Carmichael, of Stillwater,
Wool—Spring—Neva.la, 12® 15c per
Minn., are reported as having acquired pound; Eastern Oregon, 12® 16c; Val­
extensive tracts of timber land in ley, 18®20c; Northern, 10® 12c.
Skagit county. W. 8. Jamison, of Port
Hope—1899 crop,
11® 12c per
Gamble, is said to have sold 1,200 pound.
acres of timber land for $20,000, sup­
Onions—Yellow, 75®85c per sack.
posedly to the Stillwater syndicate,
Butter—Fancy creamery 24® 25c;
■ays the Lumber Trade Journal.
do icconds, 22@24c; fancy dairy, 21
Pendleton’* expenditure* for 1899 @22c; do leconds, 19®20c per pound.
Egg*—Store, 25® 27c; fancy ranch,
will be more than $4,000 leas than for
1898, even including the cost of 1,600 86c.
Millatuff* — Middling*, $17.00 •
cord* of wood purchased this year that
20.00; bran, $14« 15.00.
will be carried over.