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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-04
Hops, Wool. Hides, Etc.

Grain bags-Cslcutts and domestic
To.
Wool-valley, 2s@27 Ire; Eastern
Oregon, ls@20c.
Tallow. Prime, per h., 3@3 3.4c; No
and grease, 2@2 l-2c.
lIops--Choice, l0@llc: prime, 9@oac
Wool-v4lley, 26@27,e; Eastern Ore
gon, ls@20c: nominal.
Tallow-Prime, per h.. 3@3ic; No.
and grease, 2G2ic.
Hides-Dry hides, No. !, 10 lbs. and up,
is lbs, l3i@l6ic per h.; dry calf, No.
l6@l7c per lb.; dry kip, No. /, s Ia
unde, lbs, l7@lsc; dry saited, bulls
and stays, one third less than dry flint
tculls, moth.estsn, badly cnt scored,
murrain, hair.slipped, weather.beaten or
grubby, 2@3c per lb. lessl, salted hides,
steers, sound, 90 lbs. and over. e@l0c per
h.; so te 90 lbs, 8 l-2@9c per h.; under
80 lbs. and cows, s8Sc per h.: salted
stags and bulls, sound, &c per h.; salted
kip, sound, 10 TO 30 lbs, DC per b.; salt.
ed veal, sound, 10 to II lbs, DC per lb.
salted calf, sound, under 10 lbs.. l0c per
h. (green, unsalted, lc per lb. less; culls
10 per ID. less). Sheep SKINS; Shear.
lings, No. ! butchers stock, 25@3Oc each ;
short wool, No. butchers stock, 40@
50c each; medium wool, No. butchers
stock, 60Qs0c; long wooI, No. butchers
stock, sl00@l.50 cacn Murrain pelts,
from 10 to 20 per cent less, or l2@l4c
per b.; burse hides, salted, each, accord
Ing to sire, sl50@2OO; dry, each, ac.
cording to size, sl.5O; colts hides, ESQ
Soc each; goat skins, common, l0@l5c
eachi Ansora, with wool on, 2Sc@sl.5o
each.
Mohair-Choice, S0@3ac.
Feathers-Geess, white, 55@40c;
geese gray or mixed, 25@SOc; duck,
white, l6@2Oc; duck, mixed, l2@l5c.
Oh and Lead.
Coal oil-Pearl and astral oil, cases,
20ic per gallon; water white oil, iron
barrels, l5c; wood barrels, l7ac; extra
star cases, Csc; headlight oil, IT'S de-
grees, cases, 23hc; iron barrels, l7ac.
Washington State test burning oils,
except headlight, ac per gallon higher.)
Benzine-Sixty three degrees, cases,
22c; iron barrels, l7Ac.
Turpentine-In cases, soc; in wood
barrels, s6c; in iron barrels, SSc; in To-
case lots, $50.
iLnseed oil-Raw, 5.barrel lots, 66c;
l.barrel lots, SIC; in cases, &c; boiled,
barrel lots, 5sc; l.barrel lots. SOC; in
cases, 64c.
Gasolne-Stove gasoline, cases, a4ic;
iron barrels, lsc; SO degrees gasoline,
cases, 22c; iron barrels or drums, 26c.
Rope-Pure Manila. l4ac; standard,
1880; Sisal, lie; Isle brand Sisal, 0ic.
Wire Nails-Present base at $40.
Lead-Strictly pure white lead and
red lead, in tons, 7ic; 60O.lb. lots, Sic;
less than 500 lbs, Sic.
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prices, sl.oo@l.25, beets, sl per sack

prices, Sl00@l.2bj bcets, VI per sack
carrots, 7bc per sackj garlic, i0ci swee
potatoes, s2.2S@250, red peppers. dry
zoe, hot.house lettuce, $3.50 box. Call
iornia yegetables--Green peas, 5000
sprouts. &C., radisbes, 25e doz. brnches
Chile peppers, zoe poundj head lettuce
25c dozens artIchokes, S2.26@2b0 doz.
caulInowcr, ooc@fl.00 per doseni rhn
barb, 7M7lc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-04
Produce.

Butter--Fancy creamery, 25c lb., city
creamery. 2Sci dairy, l5c@leic; store
i4h@l6c; Eastern creamery. 97i@3oci
butterfat, 25@27ic.
Checse--Young American, l6c; Ore
gon full cream. l5c.
Eggs--Fresh Oregon ranch, loc.
Poultry--0ld roosters, s@9ci hens
l2ic@l3c; Spring, l4@l6ci broilcrs,
l6@l0c; dressed chickens, lS@l3sc;
geese, live, 0a@ohc; dressed, ll@llhcj
turkeys, live, l4@l5c; dressed. l6@l7ci
ducks, old, l2@l3ci Spring ducks. LOG
l0c; pigeons, per dozen. sl.OO@l,2Si
squads, $2,5O@3.00.
Honey--Dark, loh@llc; amber l2@
l3c, fancy white, A@l5c.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Apples--Gren, 75@s2.25.
\ Pears-$l@l5O box.
IGrape fruit-Crate, sS@3.5O.
Cranbcrries--$l4 per barrel.
Tropical fruits-Lemons, fancy, $3.50;
choice, $500 per box; orsnges, 2759
$500; bananas, &c per lb.; pineappleS,
s4.50@5l0o per dozen.
Potatoes-Per sack, 80@75c for fancy,
30@50c for inferior stock. in country;
jobbers' prices, bO@soc per 100 pounds;
turnips, 10000 sack; cabbagrs, per l0n
lbs, $l.75@20Oj celery, dozen, $4,000;
onions, 75c@$l.00 In countryi iobbers'
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Grain. Produce, Feed.

Whcat--Walla Walla. 07e; Wiley
Ssc, blucatem. 0sci red. 65c.
oats--White, s2s; gray, s27.
Barley Brewing, s235O@24; feed
$3.50; rolled, s24.50@26.b0.
Hay-valley timothy, so.6o@loooi
Eastern Oregon. sl350@l4i clover,
$4,000; cheat, s650@7; alfalfa, $40,
Nillstuffs Middlings, s25@20; chop.
sie, bran. sl7@is, shorts, sis@io.
Flour--Hard wheat patent, 1886;
straight $40; graham. $3.50; rye, soi
whole wheat -four, 1885, Valley -four.
t3.30@3.45, Dakota, $8.bo@72b; East
ern rye. $40; Pillsbury, $780, Cor
wallis, 1910.
Corn--Whole, s24; cmcker. s25 pei
ton.
Rye-si60 per cwt.
Buckwheat--s30 per ton.
Grain bags Foreign and domestic, 7e
each.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-04
PORTLAND MARKETS
Latest Quotations In the Portland
Markets.

Complete Market Reports Corrected Eacn
Day Giving the Wholesale Prices VI
Commodities. Farm Produce and veae'
tabiss
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-four, l0.lb. sacks. $3.50 per bale.
Canned salmon-Columbia River, lib
tails, 1885, Glib. tails, $3.50, fancy, l.
ID. fats. 800; bib. fancy fats, $685.
fancy lib. oyals, s2.75j Alaska tails
ping, Doc, red, $l.45; nominal, "a, tall
$500.
Livestock Market.
Cattle-Dest steers. $3.7D@4; cows
s300@3.25; calves, $300@475.
sheep--$1.75@$6.00; lambs, s6@5b0
Hogs -$5.75m6.00j light hogs, s5@
5.25
Wild Game.
Jack rabbits, s2@260 dozen.
Sua.r aunL haaia Gnidau n GEnE
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-20
Japan's "cam Down" to England.

1t has been remarked that history is
made very rapidly these days, and no.
where do events move with more dram
attic swiftness than in the Far East. II
anyone had predicted even two years ago
that Japan would have felt her military
position strong enough to advise Great
Britain to put her military house in order
and bring 1t up to modern requirements,
that prophet would have been secuted
as too fantastic to be worthy the respect
of serious men. But that is exactly
what has happened. In the Japanese
house of representatives, in February,
Mr.. Oishi one OF the leaders OF Che pro-
gressive party, asked General Terauchi,
the minister of war, in the course Of the
debate on the military budget, to what
extent the Japanese army would have to
be increased In view of the obligations
imposed upon Japan by the terms Of the
Anglo-Japanese treaty. The British army,
Mr. Oishi added, was not up to the
standard of the British navy, and ne
asked the minister of war II that fact
did not indicate the necessity for improve
ment in order that there might be no
one-sided responsibility. Gen. Terauchi
briefly replied that the two governments
would confer on the subject and the
matter was then dropped.
This disregard OF the common rules
of international courtesy" to quote the
| London Daily Mall, was sharply criti-
clsed by the English press, the general
feeling being expressed by the Daily News
that ut is not an agreeable pill for a
| proud people to swallow" But Japan has
too much at stake to let any false deli
cacy stand between her and disaster
II Japan has to take part in helping Il
safeguard India she naturally wants tC
feel that the sole responsibility is moi
thrown upon her shoulders; and Jap.
anese statesmen have only to read tine
English newspapers, follow the debates
in parliament and heed the warnings o.
such an eminent military authority al
Lord Roberts. to become convinced tina
Great Britain is as militarily deficient nov
as she was when she plunged with sucl
light heart into the South African wal
and Pretoria was only a handstretcl
away.-[A.. Maurice Low In the April
June Forum.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-20
SAN FRANCISCO in RUINS
Earthquake Followed by Fire Uncontrolled
Several Hundred Dead 2OOOOO to 900 Homeless Property
Loss Exceeds $500 600 OOOFire Still RagngTerribe Dis
asters in Other California Cities.

safe. All the buildings around 1t were
burned and the heat was so intense that
some Of the stone cornice was melted off,
When the last census was taken San
Francisco was the ninth city of the
United States with a population of S42,-
1872, but 1t ranked sixth in assessed valu-
alton of its property, amounting to $415,-
00O, 900. The city has gained greatly in
population in the past six years and its
population at the present time is esu-
mated as high as 100000.
despatch to the New York Sun
pictures the scene Of the earthquake as
follows: "Of the scenes which marked
the transformation of this the gayest,
most careless city on the continent, into
a wreck and a hell, 1t is harder to write
That the day started with a blind, gem
eral panic goes without saying. People
woke with a start to find themselves
flung on the floor In such an earth
quake as this it is the human instinct to
get out of doors, away from falling walls.
The people stumbled across the floors Of
their heaving houses to find that even
the good earth upon which they placed
their reliance was swaying and rising
and falling so that the sidewalks cracked
and great rents opened in the ground.
The three minutes which followed were
an eternity Of terror. Probably a dozen
or more persons died of pure fright in
that three minutes, when there seemed
no help in earth or heaven. There was
roar in the air like a great burst of
thunder and from all about came the
crash of falling walls. 1t died down at
last, leaving the earth quaiSing and
quivering like jelly. Men would run for
ward, stop as another snock which might
be greater any moment seemed to take
the earth from under their feet, and
throw themselves face downward on the
ground in an agony Of fear"
1.-THE most important previous earth
quake in this country was that which
in 1886 caused the loss Of Al lives at
Charleston, S. c., and damaged property
to the amount of $5,000,000
Later and unconfrmed news from the
wreck OF the Valencia hotel says that
the ground fairly sucked 1t in. The
basement was full of water so that when
the rescue corps got through the debris
| they found the bodies floating about APP
parently as many drowned as crushed
They tell tonight of people thrown from
windows and killed on the pavements
! below by the first great shake, Of people
crushed in the streets by the debris whicf
fell from the upper stories Of buildings.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-20

W. H. Hawkins. who died at vergennes
Thursday in his S5th year, used to sell
goods to John Brown when he lived
across the lake at North Elba.
The steam mill recently bought by p,
D. Pike & Son Of w. H. Anderson at
Waterbury Centre was destroyed by fire
Sunday night The probable loss is about
$4,000. The lumber which surrounds the
mill was mostly sawed. The fire caught
in the boiler room. There was no in
surance.
Flora May Dow. s, daughter OF Rev.
George H. Dow of Troy. N. Y, died
Tuesday at the home Of ner grandparents
Rev. and Mrs. P. l. Dow. in Rutland
from injuries sustained by falling down
stairs a week before. Her brain was
injured, she was taken with commissions
Saturday, and remained in a comatost
condition until death occurred.
The body of a baby girl was found iT
Cedar Grove cemetery in Fair Haver
Thursday by Jarvis Boughton, the sexton
He saw a dog dragging a bundle. which
he found on examination to contain tho
body of an infant in a terribly mutilateC
condition, the head being crushed and one
arm missing. The selectmen took charge
of the body. The physicians are OF tn,
opinion that the child was born two o.
three days before the body was found.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-20
aRAEroN.

Stuart Ricket returned from Brattieboro
Saturday.
The Grange held the annual sugar social
last Friday evening
Mrs Sidney Hemenway has been spend
ing a few days in Bennington.
w. s. Eaton has been Ill the past week,
but is improving at the present writing.
Miss S. E. Daniels returned last week
after spending the winter In New York.
Carl and Simon Unwin and VIII
Watrous were at home from Brattleboro
over Sunday
Owing to a change Of plan v. A. Wilbur
moved to his farm this week instead OF
last week as was reported.
Easter exercises were held at the Con-
gregational church Sunday in place OF
the usual Sunday school. Many were
kept at home by the storm.
Daniel Parker was severely injured
Tuesday while painting G. w. Fairbank 6
house. The ladder on which he was stand
ing broke and he fell to the ground, a
distance Of about rs feet, striking on his
shoulder. No bones were broken but he
was badly bruised.
The ladies' of Grafton Grange will pre-
sent the short play, Murder Will OUT
at the town hall Wednesday evening
April %. Following is the cast Of charac-
ters: Grandma Stiles, Miss May Thomp-
son; Lena Stiles Miss Annie Walker
May Taylor. Miss Eva Hobart; Minnie
Sprague, Mrs. F. L. Gilbert; Dinah Mrs
H. S. Leonard; Bridget O'Flanerty, Mrs
S. E. Edwards. Music will be furnished
by Aldrich's orchestra Of six pieces.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-20

Alexander Simpson, jr., Of Philadelphia
and Charles r. Hughes, of insurance in
quiry fame, have been appointed by the
government to investigate the coal carry
ing railroads.
The need OF insurance legislation was
brought to the attention Of Congress by
President Roosevelt Tuesday in a message
supporting the recommendations of the
insurance convention held In Chicago last
February.
Russia has succeeded in borrowing
abroad $3.50, 000,0 00 the issue price being
SS and the interest 8 per cent. America
and Germany do not participate. Premier
Whites victory over Durnovo is assured.
The Douma is to sit for two months, and
be reconvened in the fall.
Greek railroad laborers at Gurley, Ark,
a small station at the end Of the present
construction work on the new Memphis,
Helena & Louisiana railway, began riot
ing Sunday, with the result that 10 are
dead and several others fatally injured.
Many were slightly injured. The Greeks
had a large quantity Of beer and whiskey
shipped to them for their Easter cele-
bration. Trouble arose between two fac
lions as to whether they were celebrating
the right date, and firearms were soon
brought into play. Sheriff Kitchens and
20 deputies were unable to restore order,
and the Helena company Of the Arkansas
National Guard had to be called out to
quell the riot.
Benjamin d. Greene and John F. Gay
| nor contractors, who were convicted OF
defrauding the government Of immense
sums of money, were sentenced Saturday
at Savannah, Ca, to imprisonment OF
four years each and to pay q fine Of
| $685. each. The defence will file bill
of exceptions. Capt Oberlln Carter Of
the United States engineering corps, Is
now serving a term in a federal prison
| for completely with Greene and Gaynol
in their frauds. The two contractors for.
feited bail of $4,000 several years age
and fed to Quebec, where they lived IL
luxury and for a long time resisted al
efforts to bring them back to this coun
| try.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-20
Letter to c. W. Richardson,
Brattleboro. Vt.

Dear Sir: Mr.. H. H. Stephenson, cashier
OF Oil City (Pa.) savings bank writes
Mine years ago painted my house with
your paint. 1t wore so well want to use
1t again."
That's nothing wonderful except for
the fact that the soft coal region Of Penn
sylvania is pretty hard on paint with its
oil, smoke and CRIME. All we see in it
is that Devoe is good for nine years some
times. There are thousands Of people
that know it, and millions thar don't.
There's the rub We advertise for the
millions; we want to make paint for the
millions.
Mr.. Cashier, do you to know that Devoe
lead-and-zinc is twice as cheap as lead
and-oil, or mixed paints? Is 100 per cent.
a fair profit in your business?
Three-quarters of the people paint lead
and-oil mixed by hand, while the u. s..
government use lead, zinc and oil ground
together by machinery-same as Devoe
lead-and-zinc. The majority never is
right about anything. Yours truly,
f. w. DEVOE & co.
p. s. Robbins g. Cowles ssh our paint.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-20

itself. These by-products would include
ammonium sulphate sufficient to fertilize
our farms, creosote for the preservation
Of our timber, and pitch enough for
briquetting our slack Goals, roofing our
houses, and repairing some OF our roads.
How appalling that such waste should
continue after we know that II existsl I'm
fortunately 1t is not always clear even to
those who best understand the nature
and uses OF coal how such economies
may be effected. No methods, for in
stance, are known by which more than
one-sixth Of the nitrogen In coal can be
saved in the manufacture Of coke. There
Is no subject touching the welfare of the
human race on which research is more
needed than economy in the use of fuel
The results OF the fuel Investigations
conducted at st. Louis during the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition by members
OF the United States geological survey
are so encouraging to both producers
and consumers OF coal that the nation
may well take TO heart the continuance
OF those investigations. Persons DESTROYS
OF knowing more about this work should
apply to the director Of the United States
geological survey for professional paper
No As. In comparison with the immense
sum annually expended for fuels. the
amount Of money necessary to carry on
this work for several years seems a mere
uifie, especially when the magnitude of
the interests involved is considered. The
recommendation Of the director OF the
United States geological survey that the
sum OF $25O,000 be appropriated by Con-
gress for the investigation Of the Goals,
hgnites and other fuel substances OF the
United States during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1907. should therefore
meet with the enthusiastic approval OF
the whole people, since it is a matter that
concerns every citizen.
It should not be forgotten that work
OF this kind is necessarily expensive.
It must be done with the greatest pos
sible care and on scale sufficiently large
TO command public attention. Every
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-20
A whaIe,s sense Of Hsarlnu.

1t seems perfectly evident that whales
must hear when In the water. This infer
ence Is confirmed by the cornparatively
small development OF the other sense or
gans. The eye. for instance, is very small,
and can be Of little use even at COMPARE
lively small depths to which whales are
now believed to descend. Again, the sense
OF SMELL judging from the rudimentary
conditions OF the olfactory organs. must
be In allegiance; and whales nave no sense
organs comparable to the lateral line
system OF fishes. Consequently, it would
seem that when below the surface of the
water they must depend chiefly upon the
sense OF hearing. Probably this sense Is
so highly developed as to enable the
animals. In the midst of the vibrations
made by the screw like movements OF the
tall' or fiukes, to distinguish the sound
cor the vibration) made by the impact of
water against rocks, even in dead calm,
and. In case, Of piseivorous species, to rec
osnlze by the pulse in the water the
presence OF shoal OF fish Failing this
explanation, 1t is dihlcult to imagine how
whales can ind their way about in the
semi-darlkness and avoid collisions with
Field
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-20

test must be extended over a period Of
from three to six days, and many Of them
over longer period during which time
it is necessary to employ two or three
shifts Of men so that the work may be
constantly under supervision. Not only
must the experts in charge Of the work
be men of the highest training and ex-
perience, but even the ordinary workmen
must be selected with care and must be
given such compensation as will make
them willing to render proper service.
Finally, the equipment must not only be
the best obtainable but it must be kept
accurately adjusted and must be in du-
plicate so that there need be no delays
In case Of accident to any part Of the
machinery.
By the close OF the present fiscal year
the survey will have completed a series
OF general comparative fuel tests Of Goals
from many OF the beds already developed
in the more important fields. It happens.
however that even during the progress
OF this work, new beds have been opened
up in the older mining states. such as
West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi-
ana and Illinois, as well as in Alabama.
Iowa and the Western states, in which
the coal or Ignite is quite unlike That test
ed from higher or lower beds.
II Congress decides TO appronriate
money for the continuance Of the inves-
tigation, the fuel in these new beds viii
be tested and an attempt will also be
made to solve many problems connected
with the deposits in the old beds which,
Tor lack of time and money, have not
YET peen seriously considered Certain
typical Goals and lignites win be selected
from each of the larger fields and
thoroughly studied as TO the conditions
under which they may be used to the best
advantage The efficiency OF the Goals
VIII thus be increased and benefited.
detailed investigation Of this character
Is indeed absolutely necessary before
many OF the valuable results already
eral practice.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-20
What He Thought.

The man stammered painfully. His
name was Sissons. Especially difficult to
him was the pronunciation of his own
name. He had the misfortune to stay out
late and uproariously one night, and to
account for 1t before the magistrate at
the police court next morning. What is
your manner" asked the court.
Sissons began his reply: "Sss-ss-sss
-ss-siss-"
"Stop that noise and tell me what is
your name" said the Judge, impatiently.
"Siss-sss-ss-sissss-
"That will do" said his honor, severely
"Oflcer. what is this man charged with?'
IT think, your honor, he's charged with
sody- water."-[Harper's Weekly
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-20
LATER
FIRE STILL RAGING
Swept Through Mob Hill Section
of Fine Residence
Deputy Fire Chief Says City VIII BE an
Ash Heap by saturday-coneress Votes
81 100000 for Relief.

100000 for Relief.
The news last night was to the effect
that almost the entire city of San Fran
cisco is doomed to destruction. Deputy
Chief William H. Baker of the fire de-
parrment telegraphed that the flames
were still under Roadway, that two-t thirds
of the city is already devastated, 300. 600
people are homeless and trat on Saturday
San Francisco will be nothing but an ash
heap. Many refugees are being sheltered
in Oakland, Berkeley and other places.
The fire yesterday invaded the Mob hill
section which contains the fine residences
of California's famous millionaires.
The beautiful Fairmount hotel, sup
posed TO be a fireproof structure, was
burned. The firemen fought desperately
and with dynamite destroyed block after
block Of beautiful and costly residences,
but the flames leaped the gaps and con-
tinued to spread A last determined
stand was made at Van Ness avenue, a
wide street which runs north and south
from the centre of the city Here the
firemen, soldiers and others were center
ed but their efforts proved unavailing
The enormity Of the disaster has
aroused the whole country. Santa Rosa
north Of San Francisco seems to have
been entirely demolished and the number
of dead there may reach the hundreds
Los Angeles was shaken yesterday by 6
slight shock. the second that it has ex'
! perienced, and 1t is reported that in the
| little hamlet Brawley south Of that city
buildings collapsed.
Congress yesterday in the briefest posi-
BILE time appropriated $1,000, 900 for TIM
sufferers and relief committees are be
ing formed in many cities Throughout
the country.