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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1905)
IHOHTTOMftTD PftCK Market for Futures in Strong Position. Very OREGON. WOOL INJHE EAST Active Trading in Xocal Poultry Market Advance Quoted on Eggs Local Peacli Stocks Arc Xiight. CANNED CLOODS Further adances expected In future tomatoes. WOOL Boston market well cleaned up on Oregons. FRUIT Receipts o peaches unex pectedly light. POULTRY Active demand for near ly all varieties. EGGS Fresh ranch quoted higher. BUTTER Scarcity of city creamery brands. The strongest feature of the canned goods market at the present time Is tomato ce. Tele graphic advices received from California yes terday reported a great shortage In Utah, as compared with 1004, and indicated a marked advance In the near future. With the short age at Baltimore and other sections of the East there is bound to be an Increased demand for the Coast product, and In view of the conditions in this part of the country, it Is almost Inevitable for another advance to take place. Report from Western com packers tell of Improvement In the condition of that crop according to the Chicago Canner. which adds: Until recently oorn In Illinois, Iowa and Ohio was feeling 'the effects of drouth, but relief came a few days since In the shape of a good rain. Some have been "heard- to ex press the opinion this week that the corn cutlook is too promising for the good of the market. Corn Is ' doing well in New Tork State. Packing is under way in the Central West, with every prospect for an Immense output." , Private letters from half a dozen promi nent pea-packers in Wisoensln tell of redac tions in their packs as compared with last year, varying from 7 -to 50 per cent, large concerns, too. In a majority of cases the reduction was nearer 60 than 7 per cent. A very few concerns packed no peas at all. which makes the total shrinkage that much greater. Shortage of 25 per cent Is be lieved to be common. The Sturgeon Bay packers. It nppears, were more fortunate this year than those in other parts of Wisconsin. OREGON WOOL IN THE EAST. Boston Market Is Well Cleaned Up Some Contracting for Next Year's Clip. Oregon wool Is well cleaned up, and there la no chance for any particular activity, says the Boston Commercial Bulletin. Eastern No, J staple is quoted at 7375c, No. 1 clothing at 072c. Valley No. 1 at G0G2c, No. 2 at 675Sc, and No. 3 at 5455c j The general market is undoubtedly quiet. ana logically o, arter tne heavy purchases for some weeks past, but there la no sign of any weakness, except in quarter blood South Americans, rwhich are off about 1 cent. All other wools are extremely strong, in fact bo strong are they that It would be well nigh impossible to obtain the slightest shading xrom tne highest quotations. Some cpntractlng for 1000 Is still going on in a small way In Nevada. Wyoming and Idaho, but at the prices being- offered by dealers the growers do not seem enthusiastic about closing deals. With the major part of the lWo clip sold out, those dealers who arc looking for 1006 contracts may feel more like offering Inducements. At the present, con sidering the prices being offered for next year, and the advances which those farmers who held onto their wools obtained over the price realised by those who contracted early. It is a question -whether there will be any general contracting for 1008. The buyers have all returned from the West and Montana, the last state In which the wool is sold out. Most of the wools arc now on the way East, and within a few weeks all clips are expected to bo In purchasers hanun. While many contracts had been turned over to manufacturers, a comparatively small amount of the wools have gone direct to their mills, the greater part coming direct to the Boston dealers, to be thence shipped to the mills. While it is said that Boston has bought the ETcater part of this year'B clip, and also more than It usually obtains, the receipts to date are some 35.000.000 pounds short of the amount received up to the same time last year. Dealers look for a shortage, considering the enormous consumption this year, which is estimated at 30,000.000 pounds more than the average, and the falling off In the clip. This shortage Is estimated at from 30.000,000 to 40 000,000 pounds. ACTIVE POULTRY MARKET. Good Demand for Nearly All Lines Advance Quoted in Eggs. The poultry market was very active yes terday, as it has been all week, and receipts cleaned up promptly. The weekly price cur rent of a Front-street Arm sayt; "Demand has been good, as predicted by tis. and while receipts have been large all have been taken quickly, as there are lots of people here now. Hens, 1314c, and Springs 15c. Ducks are doing better, 1416c for good. Geese are also doing a little better. Turkeys are in fine demand at 185fl9c or Jive old and 22(ff23c on live young." The weekly circular of another dealer says of poultry: "Market was never better on all kinds. Old hens are Wanted at top quotation and Spring chickens find ready sale. The market is bare of geese, turkeys and ducks, and they win eell on arrival." Eggs were very firm for strictly fresh stock, which sold at 2324 cents. Poor or "held" eggs were quoted at 20g2I cents. There was no change In the butter market. City creamerymen quoted it -very strong, but do not look for a further advance in the near future. Peaches Again Scarce. Peaches were very scarce again yesterday on Front street. Only about 600 boxes came In on the Southern Pacific While the market continued very firm, no higher prices were asked. All kinds of grapes were plentiful, ex cept Muscats. Sweet "Waters were quoted at SI and blacks at $1.25. Fancy Muscats brought $1.50. Cantaloupes continued to be abundant. There Is a templary scarcity of sweet potatoes. PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain. Flour. Feed. Etc FLOUR Patents. $4.504.93 xer barrel; Straights. $404.23; clears. $3.7534; Valley.' $3.9034.10; Dakota hard wheat. $fl.50S7.25": Graham. $350S4; whole wheat. $44.25; rye flour, local, $5: Eastern. $5.5035.00; cornmeai. per bale. $1.8032.20. OATS No. 1 white feed, old, $28 per ton; I gray, old, $27; white. n-, $23 323.50; st3. I new. $22 per ton. WHEAT Club 69 70c per bushel; blue stem. 7273c: Valley. 73c i PARLEY Feed. $20.00 per ton; brewing, $21; rolled. $22023. MILLSTUFFS Bran. $10 -per ton; mid- siiorus. cnop. u. a. .will. $18; linseed dairy feed, $18; alfalfa, meal. $18 per ton. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oat, cream. -pound sacks. $0.75; lower grade. $50.25: oatmeal, steel cut. 60-pound tack. $8 per uaiiet, i.pDuaa sscks. .io per oaie; oar uicaj igrounoj. oo-pouna sacics, $7.50 per barrel; ; 10- pound sacks. $4 per bale; pHt peas. $5 per 100-pound sack; 25.pound tboxes. $1.40: pearl barley. $4.25 per 1U0 pounds;' 25 pbund boxes. $1.25 per box: pastry flour. 10 pound sacks. 52.60 hit hilr HAY Eastern Oregon, timothy. $14615 per X. ' Jv. J urootny. UI2; clover. f8r9; Vegetables. Fr-lt. Etc DOMESTIC. FRUITS Apples. 90c $1.50 per box, peaches, 50SiS0c per crate: plums. 75ctf$l per crate; blhrkberries. 5gGc per pound; can- iKiuupce, ;cqgi.DU per crate; pears, L50 per box; watermelons. ir31Uc Per iound: crabapplcs, $1 per box; nAtarlnes. 75c er oox; grapes, fisfi.&o; casabas, $2(12.50 per uuzeu; prunes, svwtsvc. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, choice. $4.50 wo.iiU, oranges, vaiencias. cnoice. $3.50; fancy. $.50 per- box; grapefruit. $2.503 per box; bananas, 5c per jound; pineap ples. $2.50 3.50 per dozen. . FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes. 60c aozen; Deans. iQ4c per oonna: cabbage. 1 lMc per pound; cauliflower. 750Oe per dozes; celery. 75385c ner dozen: corn. SSSe oer dozen: cucumbers. 10 15c per dozen; egg plant. $1.60 per crate; peppers. . febc per pound; tomatoes. C075e per crate; squash. 5c pound. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. $1.2561.40 per sack; carrots. $1.2501.50 per tack; beets. $101.25 per sack; garlic. 12&C per pound. ONIONS R4, $L25 per hundred; yellow, $1.25. POTATOES Oregon, new. 75380c per rack; jaercea sweets, ac per pound. DRIED FRUITS Apples. 700c per pound; apricots. 12 S" 12 He: peaches. 10H&124c: pears, none; Italian prunes, none; California ngs, wnue. 4uc per pouna; black. 4(r3c; uricKs, 12-n-ounce packages, 75 S 85c per box; 5S-ounce, $2t?2.40; Smyrna, 20c per pouna; aaies, i-ara, ec RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounce packages, 7$8c: 10-ounce. 8"i49c; loose muscatels, 5?; 7ic; unbleached, seedless Sultanas. Qc: London layers, 3-crewn whole boxes of 20 pounds. $1,85; 2-crown. $1.75. Butter. Eggs. PoultryElc. BUTTER City creameries: Extr,a. cream cry. 27430c per pound; state creameries: Fancy creamery. 27 H 30c; store butter. 14 8 taloupes. 75cl-50 per crate; pears. $1.2& 16c; Eastern creamery. 2526V4c; California creamer, 25fr27"ric. EGGS Oregon ranch. 23 24c per dozen. CHEESE Oregon full cream twins. 13 Q 13v4c: Young America. 143l4Hc POULTRT Average old hens, 1314c; mixed chickens, 12aS13e; old roosters, 10c; young roosters. 111120; Springs, 1H to 2 pounds. 14H4Hc; 1 to IH pounds. 14Hfll6c; dressed, chickens. 1314c; turkeys, live. 18 23c; turkeys, dressed, choice. 10023c; geee, live, per pound 80Sc; geese, dressed, iky pound, ItglOc; ducks. 1415c; pigeons. $1 1.25; squabs. $22.50. Groceries, Nuts. Etc COFFEE Mocha. 26Q2Sc; Java, ordinary, 18 22; Costa Riea, fancy, lS32tc; good. 16a ISc; ordinary. lo&12c per pound; Columbia roasL cases. 100s. $14.25; 50s. $14.25: Ar buckle. $15.75; Lion, $15.75. RICE Imperial Japan No. 1. $3.37H: South ern Japan, $3.50; Carol: n as. fitrGc; broken head, 2c. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tails $1.75 pet- dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.40; 1-peund flats. $1.85; fancy. ll-pound flats. $1.80; 14-pound flats. $1.10; Alaska pink 1-pound tails. 65c; red. 1-pound tails. $1.30; sockeyes. 1-pound talis, $1.86. SUGAR Sack basis. 100 pounds: Cube. $5.85; powdered. $5.60; dry granulated. $5.50: extra C. $5; golden C. $4.90; fruit-sugar. $5.d; ad vance over sack basts, as -follows: Barrels ivc; naii-Darrets, ic; noses. 60c per 10 pounds. (Terms; On remittance within 15 lays, deduct lie per pound; if later than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct c per pound; no discount after 30 days.) Beet sugar, granulated. $5.40 per 100 pound; maple sugar. 15jB18c per pound. SALT California. $11 per to. Zl.CO per bale; Liverpool. 50s. $17; 10ue $:6.50; 200s, $16: half-pound. 100s. $7; 60s. $7.60. NUTS Walnuts. 135ic per pound by sack, le extra for lers than sack: Brazil nuts. l5e filberts. 14c; pecan:, iumbos. 14c; extra large" 15c. almonds. L X. L.. lC;c; chestnuts. Hal' ian. 15c; Ohio. $4.50 per 25-peund drum; pea nuts, raw, 7Hc per pound; roasted. 9e; pine nuts. 105?12Hc; hickory nuts, 7c; coooanuts 7c cocoanuts, 3590c per dozen. BEANS Small white. 3H04Uc: large white Site; plPk. 3U3fec; bayou. 45c; Lima. Cic Hops. Wool. Hides. Etc. HOPS Choice 1904. 17619c per pound. WOOL Eastern Oregon average best, 19 21c; lower grades, down to 15c, according to shrinkage; Valley. 25 27c per pound. MOHAIR Choice, 30c per pound. HIDES Dry hides: No. 1 16cpouncr -and up. 16U17c per pound; dry kip. No. 1. 5 to 10 pounds. 14(flSc per pound j dry alf. No. 1, under 5 pounds, 17 18c; dry salted, bulls and stags, one-third less than dry flint; (culls, moth-eaten,- badly cut. scored, murrain, hair-clipped weather-beaten xr grubby. 23c per pound less); salted hides, steers, sound. 00 pounds and over, 9I0c per pound; 50 to 00 pounds. SVi'ifOc per pound; under 50 pounds and cows, 8tf9c por pound; salted kip. sound. 15 to 20 pounds, 9c per pound; salted veal, sound. 10 to 14 pounds, 9c per pound; salted calf sound, under 10 pounds. 10c per pound; (green un&alted. lc per pound less; culls, lc per nound SeVii. Sheep skins; Shearlings. No. 1 butchers' 1 stocK. iosrauc each; short wool No. 1 butchers' stock, 40QT50C each; medium, wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, O0&80c: long wool. No. 1 butchers stock. $10L5U each. Murrain Pelts from 10 to 20 per cent Mess or 12 14c per pound; horse hides salted. ea6h ac cording to size. $1.503; dry. each, accord ing to fcize. $1' 1.50; colts' hides. 2550c each; goat skins, common. 10015c each; Angora, with wool on 25r2$L50 each. TALLOW Prime, per pound. 3034c; No. 2 and grease, 2 3c FURS Bear skins, as to slzeNo. 1. $2,500 10 oach; cubs. $12: badger. 25050c; wild cat. with head perfect. 25050c; house cat. 5010c; f6x. common gray. 5070c; red. $30 5: cross, $5015; ailver and black, $100 200; fishers $500; lynx, $4.5000; mink strictly No. 1. according to size, $102.60; marten, dark Northern, according to slzs and color. $10015; marten, pale, pine, ac cording to ilze and color. $2:5004; muskrat. large. 10015c; skunk. 40050c; civet or pole cat. 5010c; otter, large, prims eklh. $0010; panther, with head and claws perfebt. $205; raccoon, prime. 30050c; mountain wolf, with head perfect. $3.5005; coyote. OOc0$l; wolverine. $008: beaver, per skin? large, $5 0C; medium, $304; small $10L5O; kits. 50075c. BEESWAX Good, clean and uure I9!!p per pound. CASCARA SAGRADA (Chlttam bark) Good, 303Uc per pound. Provisions and Canned Meats. HAMS 10 to 14 pounds. 13?ic per pound; 14 to 16 pounds, 13?ic: 18 to 20 pounds. 13?ic; California (nlcnlc). 9Hc: cottar hum. h- shoulders, 9c; boiled bam, 21c; boiled picnic ham. boneless. 15c BACON Fancy breakfast. 19lte rrr Tvtm- standard breakfast. 174c; choice. 154c; Eng lish breakfast. 11 to 14 nnnnrf IK... ..Tt. bacon. 14c. ' "W4 .OKI SALT CURED Regular short clears, lie; dry sale 12c rmoked: clear 11- dry salt. 12c smoked; clear bellies. 14 to 17 pounds average, none; Oregdn exports 20 to 25 pounds, average. llJic; dry salt. 1231c smoked; Union butts, 10 to IS pounds aver age, none. PICKLED GOODS Pork barrels. $18; half barrels. $9.50; beef, barrels. $12; half-barrels. $C50. SAUSAGE Ham. 13c per pound; minced ham, 10c; Summer, choice dry. 174c; bologna, long. 514c; welnerwurst. 8c; liver Cc; pork. 9010c blood. Cc: headcheeoe. 601 lu1nm sage. link. 44c i-aisned MEATS Corned beef, pounds per dozen. $1.25: two wiunl 1? sr.- .ir Roaft. beef flat, pounds. $1.25; two pounds! $2.25: six pounds, none. Roast hf. tmt pounds, none; two pounds. 2.2Sr i Tvn. none. Lunch tongue. nounm m is. mutton, .six pounds, $8.60. uAtiuiseai iara. kettle rendered, tierces lc. tubs lle: .V ' nv... -itV. ZZ 11C 6s llvtt Standard pure: TierCM. 10c tubs 10c 60s 104c. 20. 104c 10s 10C ? ,j9om.1?ouli(:Terce8 6c tubs 64c 60s 6Mc 10s 6c 6s 6Tic w Oils. TURPENTINE Cases, 8flc per gallon, WHITE LEAD Ton lot TL'- r . lots. 7c; leai than 600-pound lots". Sc uuiic smouiuic, cues, 23tC: iron barrels. 17c: SO deg. gasoline, cases. 32c: Iron barrels or drums, 26c ryiAT. att r"n - v. .... wood barrels, 17c; 63 deg.. cases, 22c: Iron barrels, 164c LINSEED OIL Raw. 6-barrel lota. 69e: U-barrel lots. 00c; cases. 65c; boiled. 5-barrei "" wk. i-oarrei iois. issc; cases, eic Dressed Heats. BEEF Dressed bulls. l(re -r.r r,. cows. S4044c; country steers, 406c ' VEAL Dressed. 75 to 125 nonrt, tte,arrir. . 125 to 200 poundsv 466c; 200 pounds and up,' 3044c MUTTON Dressed fanex. flU pound; ordinary, 405c; lambs. 774c a-utv uressea. low to 150. 74 0SC: 150 and up. 607c per pound. Bank Clearings. Bonk clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearinrs. Balances. $ 71.091 298,201 20,044 65,902 Portland $ 404.649 Seattle 1.01&.273 Tacoma 461.401 Spokane 366.713 Wool at St. LonU. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 25. Wool St- v.-. rltory and Western mediums. 2630c:Jlne THE HIOKKIKG- OKEGQyiay, SATOBDAT, AUGUST . 26, 1905. BREAK IN STICKS Fear of Cbrner in Reading Un settles Market. ACTIVE LIST j GIVES WAY Trading Becomes Feverish and Re sults in Declines In Union Pa clflc, Northern Pacific and Other Icading Issues. NEW YORK. Aug. 2s The confused senti ment In tne stock market was manifested to day from the very outset. The tone was Irregular throughout and trading was nar row and professional. Yesterday's movement in Reading produced a feeling of fear which was but partly allayed by the protestations of the operators responsible for the move ment. Reading's course has created a slta tion such as the market has not knows in several days, but anything suggestive of a cornt-r la alarmingly reminiscent. Reading opened at a fractional decline, but speedily recovered. Its movements during the day, however, were illustrative of the market's general tone. Following Its early recovery, the stock made a gain of IS. only to fall 2?i points below Its closing price of yester day. The market became feverish with declines of 1 &2 Vs points in a number of the more active issues. Including Union Fftclflc. Louisville- & Nashville. Northern Paclfle and Northwestern. Commission houses had an abundance of selling orders and some of the best-known brokerage Arms were pen sell ers of the active list This was especially true oi Union Pacific, which was carried down over two points with scarcely a bait. Most of the selling offerings came from the same sources. The break In Erie caught many stop or ders and there was an all-round unloading of weak bull accounts. At different times the market was extremely dull. The better tone of the market, however, was followed by Increased periods of dullness, which Induced traders to Increase their commitments on the short side. This class, as a whole, seemed disposed to play for a further reac tion and the leaders of the other side were equally Inclined to encourage new short accounts. Business dwindled In the late session and the closing hour was the dullest of the day. London, which suffered a t-t-back with a slight shading of consols, was not a factor here, selling very moderately on balance. Foreeasts of the weekly mpney movement show ow an apparent mw bj twcai vuiu about $3,300,000, scarcely more than one half of the previous weekly drain. A fea ture of the afternoon was a slight flurry In call money, which sent the rate up to 2 3 4 per eent. Very little was lent at this figure, but considerable amounts were put out at Z per cent. Bends were heavy- Total sales. $$.105,009. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Ooslng Eales. High. Low.. bM. Adams Express . -4 Amalgamated Copper 78,600 SSi SSfi 87U Am. Car &. Foundry. 1.000 3 37i JTCVi do preferred 200 joih ii ""54 Amorican Couon Oil . do preferred - ry American Express - Am. Hd. & Lth. pfd - 33H American lee 27 American Linseed Oil ...... ..... .v... It do preferred 4is American Looemetlve 6.000 53S S2H 2?i do preferred 113 Am. amelu &. Refin. 21,700 130 125i lao do preferred 400 120 126 ii Am. flnrr Refinlnc 4.400 145i 144 I44Vi Am. Tobacco pfd.... S00 102 101 4 11 Anaconda Mlnrag Co. COO 1174 117 llMfe Atcblsdn 14.200 90H 85 Wfi An nr-forml 000 105 10IU ll-. 'Atlantic Coasc Lfie. 1.O00 10SJ4 16C 10 Baltimore & Ohio.... 13.300 114i 113 lUfc do preferred 100. .97 97 tm Brook. Rapid Transit 12.300 70i 09U 7 Canadian Pacific .... 3.100 100U 159V, 160 Central of N. Jersey. 200 219 217 210S Centtal Leather .... 400 43 42 42H do preferred 000 1044 104S 104? Chesapeake & Ohio.. 2.700 57H 6H 5i Chicago & Alton 3 do Dreforred 78 Chicago Gt. Western. 5.900 22J hlcaico Gt. Western. 5.900 224 21 217J 21 2204 Chicago & Northwest. 1.800 2224 Chi., Mil. &. St. Paul 22.500 ISTt 181H 1&??4 17 374 37 1004 1WU 454 48& 264 29 624 84 42 434 Chi. Term. & Transit 00 preferred ...... C. C, C. & St. Louis Colorado Fuel Iron Colorado & Southern do 1st preferred.... do 2d preferred.... 100 374 300 101 5.300 40 2.900 294 1.400 834 2.S00 434 700 167 Concoltdated Gas .... it84 ira Corn Products 10 do preferred Del. & Hudson 000 2224 22i 224 Del.. Lftck. &. West.i 300 455 .455 4 Denver & Rio Grande 00 35 34T' 34?i do preferred 400 894 KH fe!4 DlsUllers Securities. 300 42i 42U -S24 Erie QJ.COO 614 do 1st preferred 2,800 84 i 46i 834 774 1824 ns 178 21 51 do 2a prcferrea.... s,(W) General Electric 300 163 Hocking Valley Illinois Central International Paper.. do preferred International Pump.. do preferred Iowa Central ........ do preferred Kansas City Southern do preferred ...... 100 93 92 177 21U 794 274 3 23 57 27 100 178 100 21K y... 294 29 200 29 100 2S 100 68 68 67 Louisville &, Nash v.. 71.000 151K 1494 150U Manhattan L. 4.S00 1C64I 166 169i Met. Securitle 9.900 844 83 614 Metropolitan St. Ry. 17.300 1314 1294 1314 Mexican Central .... 5,000 244 234 234 M.. St. P. & S. S. M. 134? do preferred - 164 Missouri Pacific .... 23.S00- 10S4 107 leTTi Mo., Kans. & Texs14.100 344 334 344 do preferred 4,700 73 714 724 National Lead 900 444 43 44 Mex. Nat. R. R. pfd. GOO 38 3S 33 New York Central... 10.400 1544 152?i U54 N. Y.. Ont. & West. 3.900 574 654 664 Norfolk & Western 3.100 86 854 S54 do preferred .. North American Northern Pacific Pacific Mall .... Pennsylvania ... 100 024 024 700 100 994 2,800 2114 209 12.500 464 M 7.600 1474 146i 92 t4 2104 464 1464 105 S04 454 96 People s Oas P., C. C. A St. Louis 2,800 106 1044 tressed steel car.... do preferred ...... . Pullman Palace Car . 100 46 46 14' Reading i. 177.600 1244 120V1 1224 A l. W OIlL Ci-nt! nm do 2d Dreferred.,.. ..... Republic Steel 2.100 do preferred 2,400 Rock Island Co 13.300 do preferred ..1.200 Rubber GoodA ...... ...... do preferred St. L. & S. F. 2d pfd.' 1,400 214 S8 344 704 204 874 334 764 21 IF 80 344 103 2CV 90 694 264 634 .054 23,4 63 su Louis soutnwest. soo do preferred 4O0 Schloes-Sheffleld. ... Southern Pacific ... iiYoo 674 664 67i do preferred 300 1104 1104 1194 Southern Railway ... 15.700 364 354 364 do preferred 4O0 1004 1004 100U 3.800 904 S4 904 3,000 364 35: 3C' 200 37 374 374 Tenn. Coal & Iron.. Texas z Pacific .... Tol.-, St. L. Si West, do preferred ...1.. . 404 Ofeli. 127.400 1374 1344 136$ Union Pacific do preferred .... U. S. Express.... V. S. Realty ...... U. S. Rubber .... do preferred .... as 123 834 SI? 110 5 106 200 834 01 364 104 1.300 624 U. 5. Steel do preferred ...... Vlrg.-Caro. Chemical do preferred Wabash do preferred Wella-Fargo Express. Westlnghouse Elect.. Western Union Wheeling & L. Erie Wisconsin Central ... do preferred . 66,800 374 700 325 '.." 32V 200 106 IOC COO 224 214 700. 4 43 43 240 103 S3A 18 294' 100 94 200 164 2.400 30 1.700 594 Pi 29 684 Total eales for the day. 909,600 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. Ang. 23. Closing quotations: V. S. ret. 2s reg.!0441D. & R. G. 4s... 102 do coupon 104V N.Y. C G. 34s. 994 L. S. 3s reg.... 1084jNor. Pacific 3s.. 774 do coupon... 108?ijNor. Pacific 4s.. 1054 U. S. new 4s reg.133 JSo. Pacific 4s... 954 do coupon 133 Union Pacific 4 s. 106 U. S. old 4s reg. 104 4 Wis. Central 4s.. 954 do 1 coupon. 104 4 Jap. fls. 2d series 964 AtchUon Adj. 4s 08 4 Pap. 4Hi, cer.... 694 fitocks at London. 9' AuK- 2S- Consols ' for' money. 004: consols for account. 904. -f Anaconda. 6 Ontario' V Wet. 574 Atchison 82 do preferred... 10S Baltimore & 0 .116H Can. Pacific 104 H Ches. & Ohio... 5SVi C. Ot. Western. 23 a. m. & at.-p.. 191 DeBeers 17 Norfolk & XVest-. 83 do preferred... 04 Vi Pennsylvania ... 75 H RandMlnes SH Reading j314 do 1st pref.... 49 I do 2d pref 48 So. Railway 37 D. & It. Grande 3SV4 do preferred. ..102 H do preferred... 92 -J So. Pacific C3H i-rie 52HIUnion pacific. ..139 do 1st prer. ... 86ii do preferred. .100 do 2d pref 70 Illinois Central. 1S2H Louis. &. Nah..l33H Mo.. Ka. & T.. 84 M ?. T. Central... 158 . V. S. Steel . '37H do preferred. ..10T, .. 23 Wabash ...... do preferred. . ii Spanish Fours. .. 02 H Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK. Aug. 25. Money on call. firmer and higher. li?3Hper cent; clos ing hid. 2 per cent: offeredf 2H Per cent. Time loans steady: 60 and 90 days. 333ft per cent; six months. 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 404H per cent. Sterling exchange easy) with actual bus! ners In bankers bills at $4.865564.8660 for demand and at $4.8465 4.8470 for fi6 days. Posted rates. $4.E5H nd $4.87H. Commer cial bills, $4.84 H. Bar silver. 61'Vic Mexican dollars. 46KC Government bonds, firm: railroad bonds. heavy. LONDON. Aug. 25. Bar ?Uver, steady, 28 7-1 6d per dunce. Money. 1 per cent. The rate of m discount in the open market for shorTblils is 1 13-16&1H Pr cent; the rate of discount In the qpen market for three months' blllsja lf01 15-lfl per cent. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 25y Silver bars. 61 He. Sight drafts. 3c; telegraph drafts. 5c Sterling on London, 60 days. v$4.S5H: sight, $4.S7H. Dally Treasury Statement. lVAf jHington. Aug. 23. Today's state ment of the Treasury shows: Available cah balance .......$123,974,650 uoia coin ana bunion 54.7S1.248 Gold certificates 25.863.540 FLUCTUATIONS IN WHEAT CHICAGO MARKET OPEXS EASY, BUT CLOSES STRONG. Traders Change Front When It Is Known That Argentine. Shipments Fair Short of Estimates. CHICAGO, Aug. 23. Scattered liquidation characterized the early trading In wheat. The selling waA prompted by bearish conditions In the Northwest and an easy tone abroad as manifested by early cables. September started unchanged to a shade lower and was further depressed to TOTie. At this price there ap peared to be a good 'many buying orders In the hands of commlrsion houses. Their execu tion checked the decline. Thereafter a cover- J Jdc movement took posse?slon of the market, I m7n. f ,, farmtr nramlnent IUr for the change of front on the part of trad ers was seemingly found In the fact that Argentine shipments fell about 1,500.000 bushels short of the estimate. The demand freotag the market from Surplus offerings. prices responded with an upturn, which car ried September to SOHfl&Oftc The close was firm at 604c Corn was dull In the main but firm. Sep tember started "He up at 344e. but the mar ket met with some realizing eales. The closing was firm at 5440544c for September. Trading was light In oats and the market was generally steady. September closed at 254026c Buying by outside interests stimulated demand for perk and advanced the price sharp ly. September- clcd 20c higher; lard was firm with a gain of 24c. and ribs were up a shade. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. Sept. $ .804 .SOU .$ .794 $ .804 Deo, 814 .824 -814 .824 May 84 4 .84 .844 .834 CORN. Septr(old). .55 .55 . .544 .544 Sept. (new) .544 .544 .544 .544 Dec (old). .464 .464 .454. .40 Dec (new) .44 4 .444 .444 M4 4 May 44 4- .44 4 .43 4 .434 OATS. Sept. 26 .26 126 .26 Dec .264 .264 .264 ."264 May 2S4 '-284 .2S4 .234 MESS PORK. Sept, 14.80 14.S74- 14.75 14.774 Oet. 14.65 14.85 14.65 14.77 4 LARD. Sept. 7.974 8-03 7.074 S.00 Oct. S.05 8.124 8.03 S.05 SHORT RIBS. Sept 8.974 Oct, 9.074 9.074 8.10 8.97 4 9.05 9.00 9.05 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Steady. jk . Wheat No. 3 Spring. 90095c": 'o. 2 red. S04c V Corn No. 2. 554 0554c; VCo. 2 554c yellow. Oats No. 2, 250254c; No. 3 white. 2040 Rye No. 2. 5Sc Barley Good feeding. 370374ci fair. to choice malting. 43047c Flax seed No. 1, $1.10; No. 1 Northwest ern, $L 16. , Timothy seed Prime. $3.60. Mess pork Per barrel. $44.73014.80. Lard Per 100 pounds. $S. Short ribs Loose. $ S.00 0. Short clear sides Boxed. $8.87409.124. Clover Contract grade. $12.75. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 24,700 Wheat, bushels 50.000 Corn, bushels.., ..313,000 Oats, bushels.... 243.600 Rye. bushels 4.000 Barley, bushels 23,600 12.100 75.000 231.600 373.200 2.400 1,000 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Aug. 25. Flour Receipt, 23, 000; exports? 22,065. Quiet and .unchanged. Wheat Receipts. 13.0J0; spot, steady; No. 2 -d. 8C4c elevator and 87 4 f. a n. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth. 924c to arrive f. o. b. afloat. The early wheat market today was Irregular and In the main easy. It eventually rallied, howevtr.' closing 4c- to 4c higher. September closed at S64c; Decem ber doted at S74c; May closed at 594c Hops Easy. Hides and wool Firm. Grain at San Francisco. SAX FRANCISCO. Aug. 25. Wheat and bar ley easier. . Spot quotations Wheat: Shipping. $1 450 1.65; milling $1.5740 L074. Barley: Feed. $101.05: brewing. $1.07401.10. Oats: red. $1.1501.40; black, $1.40. Call board eales Wheat: December $1,334 Barley: 'December, $1,004 bid. Corn: luxe yellow. $L4O0L424. Wheat at Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. Aug. 23. Wheat-September 6a 64d; December. 6s 7Ud. Weather in' England today overcast. Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA. Aug. 23. Wheat-TTnt. Bltiestem. 72c: club, 63c; red. 65c Forty-Pie Power. Cleveland Plalndealer. A Pittsburg- man haa- Invented a pie machine that -will turn out 40 plea a min ute. It rolls 'em out, doubles 'em over, bakes 'em. scallops the edges, and iil on the labeL Then It growls for more. ji course, uiese are not the pies that mother used to make. Mother. handmade and fussy. . un j-ittshtu- is the product of fingers of steel, and endless bands, and . corruffatcd mil Mother's p!e"bore the thumb mark of los ing; propneiorsmp. Tne Pittsburg pie -wears the blue label of & soulless cornom- tlon, Of course, there Is moner in this 40- ple-power device. That tras the nrlm Llntentlon. The effect on the hardened 'FittsbuTr'Qirestion is quite an Immaterial matter APPLES SELL WELL Oregon Gravensteins in the San Francisco Market. COMMAND f FIRM PRICES One Carload Offering and Another Due Watsonvillo flaking East ern Shipments ' Reaction In Potatoes Expected. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 25. (Special.) Up per grad. of apples are receiving more at tention ..and command flrrotr "prices, a car load of flae quality Gravensteins Just ar rived from Southern Oregon Is- selling at $1.25. Another carload fronr the same re gion Is expected next Monday. Watsanvllle growers have commenced packing Bellflowers and started the first two carloads eastward today. About 160 carloads of ordinary pack have thus far been sold to speculators for September delivery at 75 cents, but the best quality now quoted at 56Q90 cents f. o. b. Watfonvllle. The local fruit market was firm for choice pachre pears, grapes and plums, receipts being moderate and the de mand good.- Citrus, tropical and dried fruits were firm. , Receipts of potatoeo were small and the mar ket retains the good features previously noted, but leading dealers predict larger supplies, a quieter demand and a setback soon. A carload ' of Merced sweets arrived and sold rrora first hands at $1.751.85. A brisk ship ping Inquiry keeps the onior market steady, despite liberal receipts. Hop picking Is about to commence in Men docino and Sonoma Counties. Sonoma grow ers estimate their yield at about 22.000 bales, or 2000 more than last year, and look for the market to open at better than 20 cents. Grain options, notably barley, were firmer and cash prices generally steady. FAncy butter was firm. ' Cheee was dull. 'Egg were barely steady. Receipts 48.100 pounds of butter; 22.600 pounds of cheese; 21. 030 doxecs of eggs. VEGETABI EST Cucumbers. 20g30e; garlic. 5354c; green peas. 244c; string beans. 1 Gc; tomatoes. 60ctf$1.23; okra. 5075c; egg plant,. 50675c POULTRY Turkey gobblers. 19S22c; roost ers, old. $484.a0; roosters, young. $4.505.3O; broilers, small. $262.50; broilers, large. $2g 2.50; fryers. $380.50; fryers, young. $34. EGGS Store. 18fJ23c; fancy ranch. 30a: Eastern. 17824c. BUTTER Fancy creamery. 26c: creamery, seconds. 23c; fancy dairy. 22c; dairy seconds. 20c WOOL-Snring. Humboldt and Mendocino. 23 800c; San Joaquin. 12fil5c: Nevada lambs. 1219c. MILLSTUFFS Bran. $22.5O23.60; mid dlings. ?26829. HAT Wheat. $7813.50; wheat and oats. $7 120; barley. $789; straw. $efj0; clover, $7 10; stock. $580; straw 254J40c per bale. POTATOES Salinas Burbanka. Wkf?si.is- oweets. $1.25gJ,85. CHEESE Young America, 114124c; East ern. 15816c FRUITS APDlCff. choice. 41.2."!? rnmm JfW bananaj. $182; Mexican limes. $5.5086; Cali fornia Iemoru. choice. $4.60; common. $2; oranges, navels. $24; pineapples. $1.5083. nwco itssiuc per pound. Receipts FlOUr. 16.445 rnurtn- iurV,. 1141 centals: barlev. 64 centals; beans. SOO sacks; potatoes. 6055 sacks; bran. 618 racks; middlings. 550 sacks; hay. .ivw iu3. toi, Dales; nides. 941. FALL TRADE OPENS EARLY IiAST HALF OP YEAR PROMISES TO ESTABLISH :NEyv RECORD. Activity of Jobbing Business Indi cates That Retailers' Stocks Arc Depleted Collections Good. NEW YORK. Aug. 25. Dun's Weekly Re view of Trade tomorrow will say: . - ............ .ct vuauuii: Ifl , in progress unusually early thin year, and the volume of forwarded business Is so heavy that the IsM. half of 1905 promises to establish a remarkable record of commercial activity. Current retail trade Is well maintained, the urgency of ordera received bv lohhrji inii. eating that dealers' rtoclu- are becoming de pleted. 'and there Is little complaint regarding collections. More labor disputes have reached settlement, and no serious controversies are threatened, while In manr sections th mm. ply of wage-earners Is Inadequate. Freight blockades and Insufficient rolling stock cause delay, despite widely extended facilities tut compared with last year, and this trouble will probably Increase as the crop-moving season advances. Special reports regarding manufacturing conditions have been received from about 40 leading Industrial centers, and there Is fur- prising unanimity In the statements. With scarcely an exception, nlants are worklnr close to full capacity, with little Idle machin ery, except where alterations or Iranrmym.n!. are In progress and contracts on hand far exceed tnoM neld at this date In 1904. Equal ly gratifying Is the confidence expressed In the future, a prominent feature of most re ports. Encouraging crop prospect provide a large share of the good feIlng. Railway earnings In the first hair nt At.. gust surpassed last rear's bv 5.3 wr nt while foreign commerce at this port for the last week exceeded .the movement n r.ar previous by $2,410,646 In exports and $1,106,000 in imports. Recent conditions in hldea and Imh.r or. accentuated and It. Is evidently the policy of strong interests to sustain hldea at the best position, while neglecting leather. Foreign, dry hides are unchanged at the, recent ad vance. Failures this week numbered lto in tv. United State again 150 last 5? in Canada, against SO a year ago. AUGUST TRADE HEAVY. Assured Crops of Large Size Stimulate Busi ness Throughout Country. , NEW YORK. Aug. 25. Bradstreet's tomor row will say: August, a period of exceptional activity In all Unea of trade and Industry, draws to a close with buying showing further expansion, certain crop yields or prospects close to the best, railway tonnage Increasing, collections In the West. North and East reported gen erally better: money exceptionally ' easy foe this season, notwithstanding Increased crop moving' requirements, and confidence on all hands of a large and prospectively profitable Fall and Winter trade. Reports are of a bet ter demand for territory wools suitable for worsted goods, which have been and are selling wsjl. Gross railway earnings returns point to en larged traffic, compared with the expanding earnings noted a year ago In August. ' For the first half oC August, gross receipts of leading roads chow a gain of 6 per cent over the same period of 1004. Business failures for the week ending Au gust 24 In the United States number 176. against 147 last week. 1S5 In the like week of 1904. and 142 in 1903. In Canada failures for the week number 14, as against 20 last week and 26 In" this week a year ago. "Wheat, including flour, exports for 'the week ending August 21 are 1.170,340 bushels, agalnrt .063.819 bushels last week and 1.054.333 this week last year and 3,245,056 In 1903. From July 1 to date, the exports are 7,477,504 bush els, against 10,634.151 last year and 23,078,253 In 1003. Bonk Cicarincs. NEW YORK. Aug. 25. The following table. compiled by Bradstreet. shows the bank clear - Ings at the principal cities for the week ended August 24. with the percentage of Increase and decrease as compared with the corre sponding week last year: P.C. P.C, Inc dec New York $1,570,106,173 51.4 CMcago 176.0SS.04S 14.0 Boston' 117.S77J977 80.7 .... Philadelphia 124.365,036 36.0 .... St. Louis 4S.924.33S 7.6 .... Pittsburg 44.077.054 24.5 San Francisco 33,172.SSS 22.4 .... Cincinnati 19.113.250 .... 6.3 Baltimore 21.196.300 14.2 Kansas City ......... 21 222 842 . 7.7 S?w Orlea.no 13j57i530 18."5 Minneapolis 12,183.513 T4.9 Cleveland 13,883.182 22.9 .... -Louisville r 10.242.S0O 1.5 SSJ-7011, "V 11.04S.367 17.4 .... Milwaukee 6.C09.7S7 5.6 Omaha S.016.467 IS.tt .... Providence 5.024.80O 9.8 .... Los Angeles 5.135.945 69.7 Buffalo 6.109.1S1 U.4 Indianapolis ..."J 6.052.373 8.S .... St. Paul 4.450.671 .... 13.2 Memphlo 3.119.216 26.S .... St. Joseph j 3.715.423 .... 13.2 Richmond 4.0.9.19S 13.8 .... 5nver. " 5.471.647 33.8 Columbus 3.714.100 4.2 f8-"1,6 5.731.843 45.9 .... Washington 3.752,077 12.0 .... &vannah 3.065.295 10.0 Albany ...... 4.173.330 33.1 .... ? n,an.d' Pr 3.914.99S 11.6 .rt. WT.h 4.253.435 00.6 To edo. O. 3.253.145 12.9 c 2.651.330 34.3 Salt Lake City 4.452.12 79.3 Rochester 3.029.004 5S.4 ?,a 2 2.604.S47 .1 .... i- rif0? 2.211.93S 19.9 Nashville 2.631.000 20.0 Spokane. Wash. ..... 2.847 013 47 S Tes Moines 1.9S6.I6S 18.9 Tacoma 3.176.006 65.4 New Haven 2,113,553 2S 7 Grand Rapids ....... 2 254074 "74 r'0,lt l.S72,S2S 27 lo SIV'V. 1.348.501 1.8 .... Portland. Me. ........ 1 435.2S8 4 Springfield. Maaa. .... 1,511.061 26.7 Augusta Ga. 1.254.083 36.3 fi9V4U 1.318.895 15.1 .... Sioux City 1.470.172 42.0 .... Birmingham 1.521.67S 29.7 . .. Syracuse 1.390.767 50.7 Worcester 1.264.S61 16.7 .... Knoxvllle- 1.193.553 11.1 ClwrIcon. S. C..... S14.255 15.3 .... Wilmington. Del 1.171.279 20.7 .... .fh,lt 1.063.471 3.4 .... wjikecbarre 960.53S 26.8 .... Little Rock 845.30S 13.9 .... J,?' 573.28S 28.7 .... Chattanooga 763 087 0 3 Jacksonville. Fla. ... 9S4'0O7 43.6 Kalamaxop. Mich. ... 608.463 .... 10.7 Springfield. Ill 757.412 Fall River- 507.S92 .. ' 'i'i Wheeling. W. Va 638.713 14.1 Sacn 353.295 10.0 P1 711.098 40.2 Lexington 406.722 . A Canton. O. 33S.C0O 26.6 Afcron 439.800 0.S Fargo. N. D 399.S08 11.1 Joungstown 455.154 7.3 .... e,T Bidfo.Sl 474.405 56.9 Rockford. Ill 473.331 5.5 .... PS,VtU 377.063 8.9 .... Chester. Pa 427.142 39.0 .... BInghamton 442.000 34.3 Bloomlngton. HI. .... 273.551 .... 36.3 Springfield. 0 306.7S0 .... 32.8 Greensburg. Pa 637.129 61.0 .... Qulncy. Ill 2S6.435 Decatur. 111. 340 576 Sioux Falls. S. D 229 347 1 7 Jacksonville. Ill 2IrtUB2 44 Mansfield. O. r 250.0S4 40.9 .... r remont. Neb. ....... ' 262.255 47.2 Cedar Rapids ........ 368831 226 Houston 13.195000 129 Galveston 10.017.000 33.0 7!t.!i V.n,ted States.?2.304.543.215 36S T77T Outside New York 826,487,042 CANADA. Montreal $ 23.666.303 24 .8 ..; Toronto , 18.416.114 .TO.2 Winnipeg- 7.7CS.S3I 68.6 .... PTttawa 2.203.743 4.8 .... Halifax .... 1.429,316 14 .2 ancouver. B. C. l.SXt.961 14.7 .... Sueb?,c - 1.607,447 11. S .... Hamilton .... 1.154.5H8 9.8 .... St. John. N. B 928.720 .... l.o London. Ont 975 492 23 7 Victoria. B. a... 628179 106 Total Canada $ 60,609.224 27.4 .. .. 'Balances paid In cash, o.rh nc,u,Je,i In totals because containing other Itenw than clearings. 4 LIVESTOCK MARKETS. Prices Quoted Locally for Leading Lines Yesterday. t The following prices on livestock were quoted In the local market: CATTLE Beat Eastern Oregon steers. $3 3.25; good cows. $22,50; common cows. $1.5061.75; calves. 125 to 130 pounds, $5; 200 to 250 pounds. $3,3061. SHEEP Best Eastern Oregon and Val ley. $3.23 3.30; medium. $3; lambs. $4.30 4.73. HOGS Best large fat hags. $6.25fj6.50: block and China fat, $6 6.25; good feed ers. $5. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Cnrrmt at Kansas City. Omaha and Chicago. SOUTH OMAHA. Aug. 23.-Cattle Receipts, 200; market stronger. Native steers. $4.23 6.15; native cows and. heifers, $2.754?4.50; Western steers. $3.0OS'4.60; canners. $1,500 2.50; stockers and feeders. $2.254.15; calves. $2.5035.50; bulls, stags, etc. $2.0034.00. Hogs Receipts. 9000; market 5c lower. Heavy. $5.8035.93: mixed. $5.90g5.95; light. $5.9036.00: pigs. $5.005.75; bulk of ""sales. $5.0085.95. Sheep Receipts, 4200; market strong. West ern yearlings, 13.15S5.30; Wethsrs, $4.00 6.30; ewes. .oOSS-OO; lambs, $6.75g7.40. CHICAGO. Aug. 25. Cattle Receipts. 3000; market steady. Good to prime steers, $5,509 6.30; poor to medium. $2.60f-5.00; stockers and feeders, $2.2534.30; cows, $2.50g4.50; heifers. $2.2384.73; canners. $1.6O2.40; bulls. $2.254.00; calves, $3.30t?7.50; Texas fed steers, $3.2584.60; Western steers. $3.505.00. Hogs Receipts today 16,000; tomorrow 9000; market steady to 5c lower. Mixed and butch ers. $5.7056.314; good to cnoice hea-y, $6.03 6.35; rough heavy. $3.63f?5.&0; light. $5.85$ 0.374; bulk of sales. $5.00126.20. Sheep Receipts, 6000; sheep Steady; lambs steady to slower. Good to choice wether. $3.2565.60; fair to choice mixed. $4.7536.10; Western sheep, $5.0033.50: native lambs, $5.50 67.00; Western lambs, $6.0067.30. KANSAS CITT. Aug. 25. Cittl Receipts. 4000; market steady. Native steers. $4,000 4.76; stockers and feeders. $2.76fJ4.25; West ern steers. $3.434.60; Western cows, $1.73 63.25. Hogs Receipts. 4000; market weak ta shade lower. Bulk of sales. $6.00g6.12Vs: heavy. $5.966.05; packers, $6.006.15; pigs and lights. $6.00860. Sheep Receipts, 2000; market strong. Mut tons. $4.50g5.75: lambs, $5.757.25; range wethers, $4.BOS6.75; fed ewes. $3.00g4.65. 3Ilnin? Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today .$ .01 . 1.15 . .S7 . 6.00 . .11 . .06 . .47 . .12 . .05 . .29 . .84 . .46 . .04 . .12 were as follows: Alta ,.$ ,03jKentuck Con.. Alpha Con .03 Mexican Andes 12 Occidental Con. Belcher 12 Ophir Best St Belcher. . 1.13 Overman Bullion 32 Potosl Caledonia , 31 Savage Challenge Con.. .17j8corpion Chollar . I2'8eg. Belcher... Confidence 75JSIerra Nevada.. Con. CaL &. Va.. 1.10811ver Hill . Exchequer 43UnIon Con. Gould & Curry.. .lljUtah Con Hale & Norcross 1.20Yellow Jacket.. Justice 04 j NEW TORK. Aug. .25. Closing quotations Adams Con $ .23 Little Chief Alice 55 Ontario Breece 43 Ophir Brunswick Con., .16 Phoenix Comstock Tun... .07 Potosl Con. Cal. Sc. Va.; 1.05 Savage Horn Silver 1.73 Sierra Neada.. Iron Silver 3.00 Small, Hopes. .. . Leadvllle Con... .Od'Standard .05 2.00 5.30 .02 .05 .45 .27 .30 1.40 BOSTON. Aug. Adventure ....$ Allouez Amalgamated. Am. Zinc Atlantic Blncham 25. Closing quotations: 6.00jMobawk $ 39j75 34.25Mont- C & C 3.50 87.33Old Dominion. 27.30 lO.OOjOgceoIa 102.30 2.50 Parrot 27.50 32.30 iQulncv 100.00 i 7.30 ! 126.50 f 9.2S ! 37.25 J Cal. Hecla.. Centennial .... Copper Range. Daly West. ... Dominion Coal Franklin Granby ....... Isle Royale.... Mass. Mining.. Michigan 663.00 Shannon .. 27.00)Tamarack 71.63 Trinity 14.50Unlted Coppsr. 7 8.00! U. S. Mining-.. 14.50IL'. S. Oil 7.38Utah 22.50(Vletor!a. 9.23tWinona 14.501Wolverlne 10.25 46.50 4.50 12.00 123.00 Dried Fmlts at New Tork. NEW t6hk. Aug. 25. The market for evaporated apples la quiet but firm with 15 common to good quoted at 4"-5S6c: prime. 7 7-ic; choice, 7Hc and fancy. 8c Prunes seem to be moving a little more free ly and the market Is firmer without any change In the general range of 4ic to 6 He ac cording to grade. Apricots shew no fresh feature with demand quiet and holders firm. Choice are quoted at SSSttc; extra choice. S4g8ic. and fancy. 9a10c. Peaches remain In a very small supply so far as the local spot market is concerned with fancy held at 114c. Raisins are very firm with very little of fering, either on stot or for futur hln. I meat. Loose muscatels arc mmrtvl at -it:p 6Hc; seeded raisins. 5"7?Lc. and London layers. $1$1.15. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Aug. 25. Tin experienced a slight reaction in tho London market after a higher opening and closed at 152 5s for spot and 151 10s for futures. The local market was quiet but remained firm with spot quoted at 33.36ff33.62ic. ' Copper continued firm in all markets with the spot position hlghec at 72 12s 6d In Lon don, while future were unchanged at 72. Locally holders were Inclined to ask still higher prices and both lake and electrolytic are now quoted at 16.2516.50c; casting. 15.87H16.12Hc Lead was quiet and unchanged at 4.85.g4.90c la the local market, but advanced slightly abroad and closed at 14 2B Sd in London. Spelter was unchanged at 25 In London and at 5.55.75c locally. Iron was firm and higher in the English markets. Glasgow closing at 51s and Mlddles boro at 4Sa 4HI. Locally the market Is re ported firmer in tone, but the general range Is unchanged; No. I foundry Northern quoted at$16.2517: -No. 2 do do. $15.7516.50; No. 1 do Southern. ?16.25gl6.73; No. 2 do de. $15.75$ 16.25. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. Aug. 25. The market for cof fee futures closed yesterday steady, net un changed to 5 points lower. Sales were re ported of about 10.000 bags, including Septem ber. 7.20c; November, 7.45c; December,' 7.55c: March. 7.8007.85c: May. 7.907.9oc; July, 8.60c. Spot Rio, -steady; mild, steady. Sugar Raw. steady; fair Yenning. 3?c; centrifugal 96 test. 3 3-323c; molasses su gar. 2&c; refined, steady. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Aug. 25. Cotton futures opened quiet but firm at an advance of 25 points and closed steady at a net de cline of 5S6 points. August. 10.66c: Sep tember. 10.67c; Oetober. 10.84c: November. 10.f5c; December. 10.90c; January. U.04c: March, 1.06c; April. ll.GSc: May. 11.20c. Dairy Produce in the East. CHICAGO. Aug. 25. On the Produce Ex change today the butter market was steady. Creameries. 12915c; dairies. lS'Hc. Eggs Steady. 13H16;c. Cheese Firm. 10?i12Uc. NEW YORK. Aug. 23. Butter Steady and unchanged. Cheese Strong. Eggs Unchanged. SHAW SMELLS A SCANDAL Inspected Huge Fraud in Importa tion of Cuban Tobacco. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Aug-.25. In addition to the trou ble he Is having: with the National deficit. Secretary Shaw will now have to wrestle with a bit of scandal in his department. If charges presented by the United States Tobacco Journal, of New York, are cor rect. This journal hints that a scandal has been brewing In the Customs Division of the Treasury Department, which will, from the point of view of dollars and cents, put the postal and land scandals in the shade. The whole matter hinges on the classifi cation of Cuban leaf tobacco, which pays a duty of 35 cents per pound as filler leaf and $1.S5 per pound as wrapper leaf. This difference of $1.50 per pound Is large enough to lead to attempts to pass wrap per leaf through the custom houses a3 filler, and It Is admitted that there is ample opportunity for fraud. The case now under investigation is a shipment of more than 100 bales of tobac co from Havana to a small manufacturing firm in Tampa, enough, it Is said, to last that firm over a year. Recently the ship ment, err most of t, was quietly with drawn by the Tampa firm and transferred to a large firm of manufacturers In New York. This tobacco paid duty as filler to bacco, but, If It Is wrapper tobacco, as Is suspected, the Government will have been swindled out of some $15,000 on this one shipment. "WJiat threw suspicion on the case, aside from .this unusual transfer, was the fact that the New York firm, which makes Its large purchases direct from Havana, and has them shipped entirely by water, be cause of the advantage In freights, should buy a larjre consignment of Havana to bacco from a? Tampa firm, and pay a much higher rate by rail to get it to its works. The Treasury Department Is making an investigation Into this case, to get at the real facts. The tobacco In question. It is said by experts, would make 1,000,000 cigars, if it 13 filler tobacco, or would make 5,000,000 cigars. If it Is wrapper leaf. According to the New York paper, tho Inspection of tobacco at Tampa and Key "West has long been under the suspicion of the tobacco trade in general, and the Treasury Department -has been keeping close tab on It. During the past few years a number of the more Important firms of cigar manufacturers have either removed from New York and other large cities to Tampa and Key West, or have established branch factories there. As there Is but little difference in the freight rates on the raw material between Ha vana and New Tork and Havana and Tampa, and as the labor conditions In New York are vastly superior to those at Tampa, there Is a suspicion that the clas sification of leaf tobacco at the Florida ports has something to do with the case. In view of the fact that neither Tampa nor Key West imports enough wrapper tobacco to wrap the number of "clear Havana" cigars produced by the factories there, the presumption Is that they are wrapped with Florida leaf, or with Cuban leaf Imported as filler. In the latter case there Is a direct fraud on the Govern ment and a loss of revenue of $1.50 per pound. This supposed tobacco fraud In the Treasury Department is really In line with most frauds committed under the customs laws. but. if It be a fraud, and If It has been carried on to any considerable extent. It will probably be shown, when the examination is concluded, that Uncle Sam has been milked of a good round sum through gross carelessness, or ignorance of his Inspectors, or through their delib erate attempt to defraud the Government In the Interest of cigar manufacturers. Why He Was an Inventor. Brooklyn Eagle. Lady Holland was once taken down to dlrreh by Mr. Babbage, the inventor of the calculating machine. 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