MAY LOSE MILLIONS.
Nil II Sil (IBB
Li:easo in a Virulent Form
in the Bay City.
Lr. C3T3 IO SUPPRESS
E'.i
NEWS
Ilvatli« H«\<* Already Occurred—
Many Cases Arc tiring Waalled-
Thu Victim, Are Cblnese-
San Francisco, May 19.—Bubonio
flague in its most virulent form actual­
ly exists in San Francisco. Every en­
deavor is being made by the authori­
ties to suppress the facts at the request
of local merchants and commercial i
bodies, who fear the news might hurt
i’acific coast trade.
i
Thus far, the dread disease is con­
fined to Chinatown, situated in the
heart of the city. Six deaths were re­
ported in as many weeks and a number j
of plague cases are being watched. !
All the victims are celestials. An epi­
demic is feared, but physicians are try­ i
ing their utmost to prevent its spread.
The health board holds meetings daily
and is much alarmed. The district is
a squalid condition and favors the
spread of the disease.
Federal Quarantine Officer Kenyoun,
of the port of San Francisco, has co­
operated with the local health officers
and has offered the nse of Angel island,
the government quarantine and disin­
fecting station. A large three-horse
lower sulphur disinfector was brought
up from the island this morning and
has been in operation all day. All the
houses in the district are being fumi­ .
gated with formaldehyde gas and sul­ j
phur. Kenyoun makes a personal in­ 1
spection with the health board daily of '
¡
a cases under suspicion.
I
All sewers in the district have been
screened with netting and thousands of
pounds of fish poisoned with arsenic
and phosporus thrown into them for
the purpose of killing rats which might
-distribute the disease germs.
Physicians are stationed at wharves,
railway stations and all outlets of the
city to prevent Chinese from departing.
All conveyances are searched. Chinese :
<!onsul-General Ho Yow is offering '
every assistance in sending Chinese
into the field, and the police have sent :
corps of interpreters and guides, who I
assist the medicos in the search for
plague cases.
The Chinese hide the sick, as they
fear the quarantine, and dying celes­ I
tials are carried over roofs by their I
countrymen to avoid the health author­ I
ities.
The first case discovered was He
Woon York, at 732 Pacific street. The
4'hinaman had come from Stockton re­
cently and died six weeks ago.
Dr. Williamson today sent a formal
notification of the plague conditions to I
the consuls of foreign countries, with i
a request to suppress the news. All
facts are being withheld from the pub­
lic, owing to the recent censure of lo­ I
cal newspapers.
'
The deaths to date are as follows:
Wing Chut Kin, 1001 Dupont street; I
He Woon York, 732 Pacific; Ho Sam,
samo address; Thin Moon, Pacific hos­
pital: Yong Hoop, 838 Clay, and Wing
■Ching, 717 Clay.
Dr. Chalmers said: “Conditions are
very bad, and favor a spread of the dis­
ease. Thus far we have the plague in
check.”
Dr. Kellogg said: “I fear an epi­
demic and will suppress facts if possi­
ble. We may be compelled to burn
the infected houses in Chinatown.”
SIEGE OF MftFEKING RAISED
a Word Bela* Omitted In a Gov­
ernment Treaty With France.
New York, May 21.—A decision
just rendered by Judge Townsend, who
is hearing in the United States circuit
court the appeals from the decision of
the Iroard of general appraisers, under
the customs administration act, lessens
the duties on French brandies and
liquors 50 cents a gallon, and in the
particular suit which was brought by
George 8. Nieladas, an importer, takes
$45,000 out of the treasury of the gov­
ernment.
Nicholas, on June 10, 1898, received
from France 80,000 gallons of the cor­
dial known as “Chartreuse.”
Col­
lector Bidwell assessed the duty on
this importation at $2.25 per gallon.
The importer appealed to the board of
general appraisers, and they affirmed
the collector’s action. Then the mat­
ter was brought into the circuit court
and, when the hearing came up, couu-
sei for Nicholas insisted that under the
new treaty with France, made in
1898, a year later than tlie passage of
the tariff under which the appraise-
meat had been made, the duty should
have been only $1.75 per gallon.
Copies of the treaties made between
France and the United States were pro­
duced as evidence, and in the French
copy the word “liquers” appears,
while from the American copy the
word “liquors” is missing. This deci­
sion is in favor of the importers, and if
it holds, means a loss of many million
dollars to the government annually.
AGUINALDO
His
HEARD
Latest Proclamation
surgents.
Boer Foroes Withdrew From
the Investment.
LONDONERS
Buller OccupIPH Newcastle, In Northern
End of Natal, the Federal» Keirent­
ing Through the Fatsea,
Pretoria, May 21.—It was officially
announced today that when the laagers
and forts around Mafeking had been
severely bombarded the siege was aban­
doned.
London, May 21.—From the mjution
of laagers in the Pretora dispatch, it
is understood here that prior to th»
raising of the siege of Mafeking, the
Boer laagers around that place were
vigorously bombarded by the British
relief column and the burghers practi­
cally compelled to abandon the siege.
Buller Takes Newcastle.
Lon Ion, May 21.—General Buller,
in a dispatch to the war office, dated
Newcastle, May 21, says:
“Newcastle was occupied last night,
and today the whole Second division
and the Third cavalry brigade will lx
concentrated here. I have sent th«
mounted force through Nqutu to expel
a small force of the enemy and to re­
assure the natives. The enemy have
burned the chapel, broken much glass,
plundered many houses and taken cash
from the banks, but otherwise they
have not done much harm. The rail­
way is badly damaged, the Ingagane
and Nkader bridges aie destroyed, as
are many culverts and the pumping
station and water works. Of the 7.001?
men flying before us, about 1,000 seem
to have gone to Wakkerstrom and some
by Muller’s Pass to the Free State.
The remainder, who are described as
disorganized rabble, have gone north
and they intend- to make a stand at
Laing’s Nek.”
FROM.
to
the
ENTHUSIASTIC
In­
Manila, May 21.—A proclamation
purporting to have been issued by
Aguinaldo and dated May 4. from
I’ollilo island, one of the Philippine
group east of Luzon, is circulating in
Manila. It says the commission ap-
pointed by President McKinley was
appointed without the authority of con­
gress, and hence it cannot treat official­
ly. It urges the Filipinos not to sur­
render their arms at the instigation of
the commission and on promires which
congress may not ratify, and also urges
British at Christiana.
the Filipinos to enthusastically wel­
Pretoria, May 21.—President Steyn,
come the commission when it arrives in
the towns and provinces, asking boldly who arrived here Wednesday and has
for the form of government they most been in close conference with the
desire, as the Americans permit of free­ , Transvaal authorities, left for the Free
dom of speech.
The proclamation State last night. Addressing a crowd
closes with asking the Filipinos to on the platform, he urged tliem to be
strive for liberty and independence and of good cheer.
It is reported that 5,000 British
again warns them against deception.
In the Catarina district about 500 of troops have surrounded Christiana, and
the enemy attacked a portion of the the landrost and other olli ials have
Forty-third regiment. The Americans been taken prisoners.
James Milne, the correspndent of the
killed 203 of the rebels. Only three
Reuter Telegram Company, who has
Americans were wounded.
Major John C. Gilmore and 100 men , been prisoner here, was liberated and
of the Forty-third regiment were am­ escorted to the border this morning.
bushed May 6 near Painbngan, Samar.
MAGINNIS VS. CLARK.
Seventy-five of the enemy were killed
and there were no American casualties. Governor Smith Appoints a Senator to
Fill Vacancy.
The transpoit Lennox has returned
here after landing four troops of tne
Butte, Mont., May 21.—Governor
Eleventh cavalry to reinforce Colonel Smith today sent dispatches from here
J. F. Bell. Two troops, Major Sime to Senator WwA. Clark, Senator Chand­
commanding, were landed at Legaspi ler, chairman of the committee on
and proceeded across the country to privileges and elections, and Senatot
strengthen the garrison at Liago. They Five, president of the senate, saying he
found numerous entrenchments manned had disregarded and revoked the action
by insurgents between the towns, and of Lieutenant-Governor Spriggs in nam­
were two dayB on their way. Their ing Mr. Clark to succeed to the vacancy
only loss was three horses. Theofficers caused by his own resignation, and
re[>ort they killed 40 insurgents, but saying he had named Martin Maginnis,
the natives declare 80 were killed.
of Helena, to fill the vacancy. The
governor gives as his reasons his opinion
Panama Canal Plot.
Washington, May 21.—Soon after that the appointment of Mr. Clnrk by
the senate convened today, Morgan the lieutenaut-goveruor was tainted by
The dispatehea
(Dem. Ala.), chairman of the committee collusion and fraud.
on inter-oceanic canals, offered vt reso­ are practically the same, that to Mr.
lution directing the committee to make Clark reading:
“I have this day disregarded and re­
an investigation, sweeping in its char­
voked your appointment as United
acter,
of
the
dealings
of
individuals
or
OCCUPATION OF GLENCOE.
corporations with a view to monopoliz- States senator, made by Lieutenant-
Logical Sequence of General Buller*«
I ing a ship canal at Panama or in Nic­ Governor Spriggs on the 15th inst., a«
A<1 vance.
being tainted with collusion and fraud,
London, May 19.—The war office has aragua, and whether the individuals or and have this day appointed Hon.
corporations
propose
to
obstruct
tlie
posted the following dispatch from
Martin Maginnis United States senator
General Buller, dated Dundee, May 18: United States in the construction of an to fill the vacancy caused by your resig­
“We occupied Glencoe yesterday isthmian canal. Morgan stated that nation.”
and the Transvaalers have now evacu­ the object of the inquiry proposed is to
Those to Frye and Chandler are of
ated liiggarsberg. The Free Staters on enable the president of the United the same tenor, notifying them of his
States
to
check
and
destroy
a
conspiracy
the Drakenburg are much reduced in
action.
The governor also sent a
number. The Pretoria, Carolina and founded on fraud, corruption and ar­ formal protest to Chandler, detailing
rogance,
against
the
highest
rights
and
Lydenburg commandos trekked north
his reasons. He has also issued an
from Hatikulu on the 13th and 14th of privileges of the people and government open letter to the jieople of the state,
of
the
United
States.
May, with 11 guns. Eleven guns were
denying he had any knowledge of the
entrained at Glencoe. The lust train
Explosion In a Board InK House.
contemplated step when he left Mon­
with ambulance left there at dawn
Chicago, May 21.—Twenty persons tana for California. lie says he went
May 15. This result has been largely 1 at the dinner table in Mrs. Anna to California at the request of Thomas
produced by the action of the Fifth Smith’s boarding house were startled R. Hinds to look into the title of some
division, which, during tlie last few -last night when, following an explosion mining property in which Miles Finlen
days, has done a great deal of very hard in the kitchen, the proprietress of the was interested.
He owed Finlen
work—marching, mountain climbing place ran into the dining room wrapped $2,000, and thought by going he might
and road making.
Trains are now in a sheet of flame. The guests started earn a fee that would be applied on the
running to Wessel’s Nek station.”
to her rescue, but when the door into indebtedness. “I shall prove by my
The war office ]>osts the following the cooking room was thrown open, it conduct in the future,” he concludes,
dispatch from Lord Roberts, under date was found to be in flames also and they “that I was not guilty of any wrong
of Kroonstad, May 15:
retreated in fear. Two other persons doing or any idea of wrong.”
“Two officers and six men of Prince were burned during the fire, which
Miles Finlen is one of the Democrats
Alfred’s guards, w hile out foraging yes­ originated from the explosion ofakvro- in the legislature who voted against
terday a few miles from Kroonstad, sene can.
The injured are:
Mrs. Clark. Martin Maginnis was delegate
visited a farm flying a white Hag, the Anna Smith, face, hands and liody in congress for the territory, and, with
owner of which surrendered himself, severely burned, taken to the hospital, Clark, a Democratic contestant for sen­
with arms and ammnnition.
They will die; Lee Leahv, asleep on a couch atorial honors when Montana became a
then approached another farm, also fly­ in kitchen when the explosion occurred, state.
ing a white flag. When within 40 hands, shoulders and face severely
Tag.l Guerilla Warfare.
yards of the enclosure, they were fliel burned, may die; Edward Leahy,
Yokohama, May 6, via Victoria, B.
upon by 15 or 16 Boers, concealed be­ burned and hair singed while rescuing
C., May 19.—The United States tians-
hind the farm wall.”
Mrs. Smith from the burning room.
jiort Thomas arrived unexpectedly from
The occupation of Glencoe was
Nordlund*» Horrible Crime«
merely a logical sequence of General
Stockholm, May 21.—A dispatch re­ Manila Saturday last. Returning offi­
Buller’s advance and the Boers’ retir­ ceived today from Eskilstavana says cers and men of the army disagree with
ing movement. As usual, the Boers that Philip Nordlund, who was arrest­ the optimistic views of the Philippine
are reported to be flying, but also as ed there, has now fully confessed that situation lately held by the press and
nsnal, the accounts add that their he deliberately planned the crime he the public. Everything seems to point
transports and guns were removed in commmitted on board the steamer to a long and devastating guerrilla war­
safety, which in itself is a contradic­ Prinz Carl, on Wednesday night, when fare, and altogether the outlook is not
tion of any statement that the Boers he murdered seven men and a woman. reassuring.
were panic-sticken.
Grand Vizier of Morocco Dead.
Locomotive Blew Up.
Ashley, Ill., May 19.—Two men
were killed and seven injured, three
fatally, by the explosion of the boiler
of the locomotive attached to south­
bound passenger train No. 21 on the
Illinois Central railroad today. The
dead are: Charles Price, engineer, of
Centralia, Ill., and Tom Wright, of
Odin, 111. The fatally injured are:
Fam A scoff, Fred Crawford and John
Hampton, section bands.
A Memphis Tragedy.
Tangier, Morocco, May 21.—The
grand vizier, Ahmed Ben Mussa, died
Sunday, May 13. A convulsion in in­
ternal affairs is threatened, but it is
believed Germany, Italy and Great
Britain have agreed to maintain the
status quo, so it is hoped the threatened
anaiehy will be averted.
Memphis, May 21.— At an early hour
this morning the bodies of Henry
Reichman, of Memphis, and Mrs. Lily
Badakin, wife of a newspaper man of
Forest Citv, Ark., were found in the
woman’s apartment on Jefferson ave­
nue. Reichman had been shot six
times, whlie the woman’s Isxiy received
Tacoma, May 21.— William Patter­ one bullet. The affair is shrouded in
son, a waiter, fell from a window in mystery. No weapon was found about
the Lexington h< tel last night and later the premises, and it is believed to be f
case of murder.
died from his injuries.
I
SUPERB
CITY
ON
WHEELS.
Chicago-Portland Spacial Ne-Plu»-Ultra
of Trains.
ON THITHER COAST.
Nineteenth-century civilization cul­ New Gold Field« on the Siberian Slior«
Will Be Opened to Ameri­
minates in the perfecting press, the
can Miner».
telegraph, the oceau steamer and the
limited-express train. The progress
of a region or a people is measured by
New gold fields rivaling in richnesi
its facilities for the diffusion of intelli­ the de|M>sits of Cape Nome will be
gence, and its methods of transporta­ opened to American miners, if the ex-1
tion. Judged by this standard, no part pectations of the members of the Rus­
of the United States, or of the world, sian expedition, which arrived in New
has advanced more rapidly than the York on the Campania, on its way t«
great American West.
Northeastern Siberia, are fulfilled.
Today, the whole vast half-hemi­
Vladimir Wonlarlarsky, a colonel «t'
sphere, from the Mississippi to the the Russian Imperial Guard, obtained
Pacific, is girdled with electric wires, the concession of the Siberian tract
and gridironed with railways that in which the expedition is to examine.
all the essentials of speed, safety and There were more than 40 applicants fol
comfort, amounting to luxuriousness, the grant, which had been sought with
are unsurpassed anywhere in the old eagerness since the discovery of gold ox
world or the new. In all the refine­ the American side of Behring sea. By '
ments of travel, the West is fast over­ means of court influence, Wonlarlarsky
hauling the boastfully fastidious East. carried off the prize.
He formed a
The new double-daily flyer be­ | company in Russia, which planned th«
tween Portland and Chicago, via I present expedition, headed by A. Bog-
Huntington, Granger and Omaha. ' danovitch, a Russian engineer. It it
It is incomparably the finest trans­ ' understood that a subsidary company
continental train in the history of has been formed in England in con­
American railroading, and,
con­ nection with the concession, but sec­
sidering all the circumstances and con­ recy is maintained in regard to tin
ditions—the vast distances, and the English and American interests.
wild and rugged character of a large
Miners who have visited the Siberia!
part of the country to be traversed—it coast by stealth have reported that it it
may safely challenge comparison with practically the same as the Nome coast,
the best trains that fly between the consisting of a strip of beach, behind
great cities of the Atlantic coast. It ■ which lies a tundra, or bolt of gold*
has been christened “The Chicago- . bearing sand. Many companies have
Portland Special.”
| been formed to work dredges and pumps
The Oregon Railway & Navigation i off the coast of Cape Nome, in order t«
Company and its connections combine draw up the precious sand where it
to form and operate this magnificent reaches the beach. It is expected that
auuihilator of time and space, and the operation of these appliances will
they have spared no pains or expense to lie prevented by the beach miners, and
enhance the comfort of the trans-hemi- that apparatus in wlnoh large capital
spheric journey, while they diminish has been invested will be idle, unlest
its duration to the least possible mini­ new fields are opened to it. If the ex­
mum of time. Nothing that taste could pedition to Siberia finds what it ex­
suggest, ingenuity devise, skill con­ pects. the oompany will invite pump«
struct, or lavish money pav for, has and dredges to cross to the Siberian
been left undone to render the flight shore and operate there upon payment
across 2,314 miles of mountain and of a royalty.
plain a pleasure to the most delicate
liooley, the English promoter, hai
and fastidious traveler.
nothing to do with the plan. Georgs
The w hole train is uniform in color D. Roberts, who is a veteran California
and style. Every car is finished ex­ miner, will be a member of the explor­
ternally in dark olive green and gold, ing party. Mr. Roberts has made a
and on every one is emblazoned in study of gold deposits in sea sands, and
golden characters “Chicago-Portland has a plan for extracting the gold front
Special.” Next to the mighty 120-ton the frozen tundra. The expedition will
locomotive come the mail, express and sail from San Francisco about June 1,
baggage cars. Then follow, in the after the Russians have conferred with
order named, the composite or buffet the Russian minister at Washington.
car, the Pullman and tourist sleepers, It will return about November 1, and
dining car, two reclining chair cats expects then to make a complete report
and a day coach or smoker. All have of the possibilities of the region.
been designed and built expressly for
Mr. Roberts said today that, from
this model train, and all are models of ' information he had received, the de­
their kind. The buffet car is a clear posit of gold on the Siberian coast
case ot multum-in-parvo or e-pluribus- promised to be the most valuable evei
unum on wheels, containing a library, discovered. No attempt will be made
elegantly furnished reading room, writ­ to work the tundra this year, but the
ing desks, card tables, cafe and bar, party hopes to be able to make some
barbershop and bathroom, with trained contracts with American owners ol
attendants always at command. The pumps and dredges.
Pullman sleeping car is a veritable pal­
ace of dreams, on which cunning artifi­
Northwest Note«.
cers in brass and glass, and precious
The Oregon Hopgrowers’ Associatioi
woods and tapestries, have exhausted last week sold 070 líales of hops.
their genius and skill.
A telephone exchange with 20 sub­
The ordinary or tourist sleeper is ex­
traordinary considering the price« scribers is to be established in Canyon
charged for its accomodations. It is City, Or.
in every respect equal to the best Pull­
The Umatilla Indians have invited
man car of a few years ago, and a 300- the Nex Perces, of Idaho, to join them
mile sleep in one of its snowv-linened
in a Fourth of July celebration that
and daintily comfortable beds costs no will last about a week.
more than a night’s lodging in any
average provincial tavern. The dining
The Shamokawa, Wash., creamery 11
car is a flying banquet hall, equipped now turning out 175 pounds ofgiltedgi
with every modern improvement and butter daily. It finds a ready market
convenience to be found in a first-class in Portland at top-notch prices.
metropolitan restaurant, and serving
The new creamery located at Nor­
an epicurean menu a la carte as cheap­
way,
Or., has commenced operations.
ly as though 50 or 75 miles of glorious
The plant is complete in every respect
scenery were not thrown in with every and is in charge of a competent man­
meal, as an esthetic aid to appetite and ager.
„
digestion. The chair cars are hand­
somely finished and furnished, and offer
Camas Prairie, southeast from Hepp­
many advantages free to those who, ner, Or., is a great dairy region, and
from any cause, decline to avail them­ 800 cows are being milked there. Ths
selves of the sleepers. They are car­ creameries pay 62 to 82 cents per 100
peted, brilliantly lighted, abundantly pounds for milk.
supplied with clean towels, and other
toilet accessories, and each car is in i The original townsite of I’rairis
A land
charge of a trained and uniformed por­ City, Or., was 80 acres.
company
has
just
platted
additions
to
ter. One or two first-class day coaches
in the rear of the chair cars complete the extent of 364 acres, providing lib­
this paragon of cross-continent trains. erally for depot grounds, repair shops,
The heaviost and most jiowerfully •to.
built cars, like the sleepers and buffet
Asotin, Wash., will soon have a
cars, are always placed in front, and bank, arrangements having been made
those of lighter construction in the , to establish such an enterprise there by
rear, as a precaution in case of acci­ E. J. and W. L. Thompson, recently of
dents—where serious accidents have Wisconsin. Tho bank will be organ­
never yet occurred. Second-class pas­ ized under the state banking laws and
sengers are carried at second-class will begin with a paid in capital ol
rates, but there is not a second-class $25,000.
car in the train. From engine to hind­ I The Anti-Saloon League, at Colfax,
most day coach, everything is first-
class of its kind, and its kind is unsur­ Wash., has a membership of about 80
persons, who are antagonistic to the
passed. It is a solidly vestibuled train saloon, and more especially to such as
of flying palaces, where every man is a
sovereign, and every woman is a queen, may violate the liquor selling laws.
Active work is to be begun by the
w ho holds either a first or second-class
against the liquor trafilo
ticket. The trip from Portland to organization
in the near future.
Chicago is a 2,314-mile long panorama
Grant county offered a reward of
of all thHt is subliinest and mo-t en­
chanting in nature’s glorious handi­ $150 for the recapture of Al Keeton,
work, and the time is little short of held for murder, and William Wallace,
greased lightning. The whole wonder- charged with horse stealing, and it was
ons journey of 2,314 miles from the divided equally between William By­
golden slopes of the Pacific to the ram and Ray Short, of Canyon City;
windswept shores of the Great lakes, is Ed Luce and Hamp Officer, of John
accomplished in 72 hours and 15 min­ Day, and W. C. Gibbs, of Susanville.
utes—a reduction of 11 hours and 15
G. W. Kiger has a contract from the
minutes from the fastest time ever
made heretofore—and of this the actual government to furnish 2,000 tons of
running time is but a trifle over 69 rock to be placed liehind the spur dike«
hours, showing an average speed a< tors recently constructed in Tillaimaik bay.
the hemisphere of 33^4 miles an hourl As it is seen that the dikes are doing
The train leaving Portland at 9:15 the work for which they were intended,
Monday morning reaches Denver at the rock is for the pur|iose of making
8:40 Wednesday morning, and Chicago them permanent. Mr. Kiger will re­
at 9:30 Thursday morning. And the ceive $ I a ton for the rock.
Failing to get all the saw timber
flyer leaving Portland at 6 Monday
evening, via Spokane, arrives in St. ’ needed into the river last winter, be­
Paul, over the Great Northern Rail­ cause of lack of snow, William Codd,
way, at 2:30 Thursday afternoon, and th« Colfax sawmill owner, has deter­
in Chicago at 7:30 Friday morning. mined to haul the necessary logs to
The Atlantic Express, via Huntington water on wheels. An outfit ot 10 or
and Omaha or Kansas City, leaves 12 big teams was sent into the woods
Portland at 9 P. M. and whirls into on the upper Palouse river for this pur­
Chicago in about the same time as th« pose. The necessary feed and snppliee
shortest schedule ever attained before. ware taken from Calfax. This will be
One-tenth of the tour around the 1 a rather costly method of floating saw­
glol>e in three short, delightful days I logs, but tho lnmlxr demand is good
No grander trip is possible on earth. and it is fonnd neooseary in order to
m««t the calls.
GRADSTREET’S
Wheat
REPORT.
Higher on
Unfavo-able Ctrp
Reports.
Bradstreet’s says: Continued dull­
ness in mauy branches and a further
shading in several staple lines consti­
tute the leading features in the busi­
ness situation thia week. The weak­
ness of prices is displayed in lower quo­
tations for corn, pork, butter, cheese,
wool and cotton among the great agri­
cultural products and petroleum ami
lead among the mineral products.
Wheat is slightly higher, partly owing
to less favorable crop reports here and
abroad.
Continued dryness in th*
Northwest has given the spring wheat
situation a less satisfactory appearance
and there is little improvement noted
in the winter wheat sections of the
centra) west. It is doubtful, however,
if the dry weather has as yet really
affected the spring wheat, the chief
complaint coming from the lumber in­
terests, which report low streams inter-
ferring with the forwarding of supplies.
The industrial situation is, on th*
whole, rather much better than for
some time past, in that new disturb­
ances are fewer and some old ones hav*
been settled. But practical tie-ups in
Chicago are still unbroken.
At 8t.
Louis all kinds of business have been
hurt by the strike of street railway
employes, and uncertainty at othes
cities, particularly in the building
trade, has had an unsettling effect
upon lumber.
Wheat, including flour, shipment«
for the week aggregate 5,178,422 bush­
els, against 3,480,574 bushels last week.
Business failures in the United State«
for the past week number 155, as com­
pared with 174 last week. Failures ii>
the Dominion of Canada are slightly
more numerous, numbering 24 for th*
past week, againstl9 last week.
PACIFIC
COAST
TRADE.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, $9.
Lettuce, hot house, 40@45c doa.
Potatoes, $16« 17; $17© 18-
Beets, per sack, 50©60c.
Turnips, per sack, 40©60c.
Carrots, per sack, $1.
l’arsnips, per sack, 5O@75c.
Cauliflower, California 85 © 90o.
Strawberries—$2.25per case.
Celery—40 ©60c per doz.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.00© 1.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $2.00@2.75; $3.00@8.50.
Prunes, 60c per box.
Butter—Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 17©22c; ranch, 15©17o pound.
Eggs—18c.
Cheese— tT-^-LSo.
Poultry—14c; dressed,
14 015c;
spring, $5.
Hay—Puget Sound timothy, $11.00
@12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $18.000 19.00
Corn—Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour—Patent, per barrel, $3.35;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra­
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.80 0 4.00.
Millstuffs—Bran, per ton, $18.00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
Feed—Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats—Choice dressed beef
steers, price 8c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c;
l>ork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8%(B
10c.
Hams—Large, 13c; small, 13^;
breakfast bacon, 12 j«c; dry salt side«.
8c.
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Portland Market.
Wheat — Walla Walla. 51©53o;
Valley, 52c; Bluestem, 54c per bushel.
Flour—Best grades, $8.00; graham,
$2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats—Choice white, 86c; choice
gray, 83c per bushel.
Barley—Feed barley, $140 14.50;
brewing, $16.00016.50 per ton.
Millstuffs—Bran, $18 per ton; mid­
dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay—Timothy, $9 011; clover, $70
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $6@7 per ton.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 30 @ 85c;
seconds,
45c;
dairy,
25 ©80c;
store, 22 @25c.
Eggs—18c ;>er dozen.
Cheese—Oregon full cream, 18c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese 10*
per pound.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $4.000
4.50 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
$2.5008.50; geesek $6.5008.00 for old;
$4.5006.50; ducks, $6.00 0 7.00 per
dozen;
turkeys, live, 14©15c per
pound.
Potatoes—40 0 65c per sack; sweets,
202.14c per pound.
Vegetables—Beets, $1; turnips, 75c;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab­
bage, l>»o per pound; parsnips, 75;
onions, 8c per |>ound; carrots, 50c.
Hope—2 08c per pound
Wool—Valley, 12018c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 10© 15c; mohair, 270
80c per pound.
Mutton—Gross, liest sheep, wether«
awl ewes, 8*40; dressed mutton, 7©
7,’«c per pound; lamlis, 5H®.
Ilogs—Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.50; dressed,
$5.0006.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef—Gross, top steers, $4.00 0 4.50;
cows, $3.50©4.00; dressed beef, 6J-i©
7 %o per pound.
Veal—Large, 6'»07small, 8<B
8!*c t>er pound.
Tallow—5@5Me; No. 2 and greasa,
3'» ©4c |«r pound.
Ran Fr»noi»eo .Market.
Wool—Spring—Nevada, 14 0 16c per
ponud; Eastern Oregon, 13016c; Val­
ley, 20@22c; Northern, 10012c.
Hops—1899 crop,
110 180 p«*
pound.
Butter—Fancy creamery 17017^0;
do seconds, 1601614c; fancy dairy,
16c; do seconds, 14015c per pound.
Eggs—Store, 15c;
fancy ranch,
17c.
Millstuffs — Middlings, $17.00 •
30.00; bran. $13.50018.50.