THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, . 3JLVR0H 22, 1906. 15 I -SUGAR MARKED UP Ten-Cent Advance Following New York Rise. STRONG MARKET IN EAST Curious Phases or the Situation With Europe Glimulng Steadily Up ward in Face of Increased Production of Beets. SUGAR Alt grades advance 10 cents. POTATOES Shippers out of mar ket. ONIONS Dull and weak. VBGKTABL.ES Strong demand for Southern produce. FIU'IT California apples on sale. BGGS Shipping orders hold prices rteady. POULTRY Rocelpts light and jwiew firm. IH'TTBK Local conditions are un- MOHAIR Eastern market quiet. WHKAT Poor shipping domand. MEATS Heavier arrivals of veal. Alt grades f refined .sugar advanced 30 cent a hundred yesterday, the new price of Western dry granulated being $5.80. As the New York market went up 10 cents the day before, febtters were not surprised when the Bf 'Mwr Ui thl territory wa announced. Cie Bastcm situation presents some curi ous ptoses at the present time. The position of t markot Is decidedly strong and the natural course ef prices for some time will W upward, but. It I possible that later in the wMn there may lo a reversal of condi itort that m turn values the other way. JCwrofC will come into the market with a. large Increase In Its beet-sugar output, and Cuba wMl have a heavy crop from present todtcattens. but whether it will all be mar keted remains to be seen. On thl coast com rUeathtns may result from the operations of the New HawaHan Company, whose refinery at Crockett. Cat.. Is about ready to make dc NvertCF. hut until It enters actively in the trade the market here will be governed, art It ha been In the past, by conditions on the Atlantic Seaboard. WMIe th Eastern market is steadily ad vancing, there Is still room for considerable iMTtfeor Improvement, before the parity of woeaR beet to centrifugals Is much re dweod, particularly as the European markets far beet sugar is keeping close pace with the vsn In America. The genuineness of the advance In beet prices on the other side is qt-e-nioned In view of the large supplies and grewlng prorpcet of future supplies. Sowings for the new beet crop are being increased in the estimates, yet the market over there re sponds promptly to any advance In America, w t unfavorable news from Cuba. Regard ing Cuban conditions, the weekly circular of n ka4lng firm of New York brokers, Just at band, save : Everything now depends on the weather, and our special cable received March 13 reports heavy rain In some parts. Many estates com plain of the lack of labor rather than the Isk ef laborers on the estates and with wages now paid for four or five days' work, -wltere six days work was given when crops were ma)ler. the laborers are more Inde pendent, and a usual with that class of peo le in tropical Islands, they aro lew disposed o help the planters out of the labor difll Mlty Many centrals come Into competition for laborers, who shift about from one central another, as Inducements are offered. This labor question may be the final and more lm--wtant reason for curtailing the crop than the weather may prove. There Is no lack of -nc in the fields for making the full crop "slmate. but the weather and labor troubles omblned may prove more efficient than lack tf fane or small density In reducing the crop tlraatc. It Is. however, too early yet to Htange estimates even though the Impression quite general that such must be done ner or lutpr. Another New York broker -summarizes the Miuatlen in the following report: The future coure ef the market will dc-T-nd to a great extent on the beet sowings, and reports so far do'not give promise of any great reduction. Unquestionably the Cuban -rep has been damaged on account of the atrw and if the rainy "Season this Spring sets at She usual time the crop will be short However, allowing for the Cuban crop to be niMKH) tews less than the early estimates. It de- ot by any mean offset the enormous Mippites. as. the world's visible is so much greater than last year. A shortage In Cuba mean that as this season progresses we will hae to compete with Europe for supplies and therefore will gradually approach the Eu rupean partly. If. however, the sowing are ih reduced. It Is quite likely that the. pres--tit prices In Europe will not be maintained which In turn will make our advances JuK much Itss." TOOK DEMAND lOR WHEAT. Heavy Shipments of led and Hour Check California Business. The .'flipping demand for wheat, both coast- " and foreign, is restricted. The Call ' mia naarket Is depressed now by the abund a" - o' feod and cheap flour shipped down fwn Oregon and Washington, and millers a-e therefore, very slow buyers. Some in qu'ty in the country for seed wheat Is re rwed. but dealers believe the damage by the cold wave was not so great as first ro Tfrted. Trices are nominally unchanged, quo tations being around 66 and C" cent, but buyers are not willing to pay these figures a4 holders aek about 2 cents more. The latest weekly summary of foreign crop tndltlons jay Broomhall Is as follows: United Kingdom The wheat plant U looking rather !rkl. France The weather Is more .favor able and no complaints arc heard regarding he condtton of the crops. Supplies of good wheats are very scarce and dear, while other rradca are offered freely and prices are some vbat easier. Germany The weather is very v,ngeable. but no complaints arc heard re garding the crops. Hungary, Roumanla, Bul garia and Italy Crop conditions are favorable. Kussia Crop conditions aro most favorable, t"t there Is further mention of small acre age Arrivals at the port arc Increasing .-wlr. Business very dull. India Tho grow ng crop of wheat In the united provinces is Coing well. The area under wheat In tho -eatral provinces. Including Bcrar, Is of flrlslly stated at 3.M3.000 acres, against 34jfi,000 acres a year ago. The outturn is tttitnated at P0 per cent of the normal. EGGS TILING Ur. OaUMe Orders. Vv to tho Present. Time, Hare Held Market Steady. A continuance of fair shipping order Is all that !ves the egg market. Receipts have beer growing larger even- dar since ih -weather moderated, and but for tho outside cutlet prices wouKl have gone to pieces before this. Ab It is, stocks are piling un anil a decline Is Inevitable. There is a difference of opinion as to how far the market will drop, M everythiag depends oa the attitude of m. I viators. It to thought they will begin put ting away efgs when J5 cent is reached, ud If enough go into storage the downward move ment will be checked. Very few eggs have been stored up to date. Tenterday's market was quoted at 1B16H cents and. weak. Poultry' receipts were light and all cleaned up at unchanged prices. There were no new developments In the butter market. AlTtESTROX CALIFORNIA. Watsonville Fruit Brought Up OkIbc t carcltj of Omton. So abort has become the supply of Oregon apples" that the Portland market has to draw on California for this fruit. Newtown rip plni, from vVatonvl!!e, are being brought up and sell readily at ( 1.50 per box. They are the cheapest apple to be found In the local market now. All kinds have advanced sharp ly, and promise to go higher. Good 3J$.tler Oregon Ben Davis were quoted yesterday at $2. four-tier Ncwtowns were worth 42JJ0, and for Spltsenbergs, $2.73 was asked. A letter received by a leading fruit handler from Rogue River yesterday said that the apricot crop was ruined by the late cold nap and the almonds were also killed. Growers In that section had different opinions a to the peach outlook, but the correspondent be lieved that tho majority of tho early peaches wcro lost and that the pears were likewise gone. Winter apples were not hurt. A re port from Roscburg said all the peaches were killed 'In that section. The three cars of bananas that were held up at Billings during the worst of the storm will arrive here tonight. It Is feared that a large part of the shipment will be found to be overripe. High price in the lemon market are looked for this Summer. Recent Investigation shows that the Summer lemons, which are due In June. July and the early part of Au gust, were seriously hurt by the frost several weeks ago. A good crop is promised of Au gust and September lemons. Potatoes and Onions Depressed. There Is no life to the potato or onion markets. Shippers do not care to buy, in the face of the demoralization at San Fran cIfco, and price are almost wholly nominal. As one large shlpjr eald yesterday, "the outlook for the future is certainly not cheer ful, as there is an eight months' supply on hand and only three months of confumpUon." The best grades of Oregon Burbar'is are quot ed nominally at CO cents. Shippers .'ill not pay to exceed 75 cents for the best onions, the higher price quoted being paid in a very fimall way by Jobber? for .local consumption. Vegetables In .Strong Demand. Between the steamer, express and rail ar rivals yesterday. Front street was well sup plied with California vegetables, which were In strong demand, as the late frost caused a shortage in local supplies. Former price in nearly every case were well maintained. Among the arrU'ala were 300 boxes of rhu barb and they were practically all ld by the close of the day. The steamer goods arrived In excellent shape. Among the heavy recoipts wan a car of cabbage. A car of mixed vegetables will' be In Friday. Eastern Mohair Market. The Boston Commercial Bulletin of March 17 rays of the Eastern mohair market; Moderate sales of domestic combing hair aro being made on a basin of 30ff32c, tvhl choice carding brings 2"4r2Sc. Turkey hair Is moving In a steady but ma!l way at cur rent quotations; Foreign: Turkey, extras, 4S50c: Turkey, fair average. 4S?4Sc; Cape, firsts, 41043c; Cape, seconds. 4041c. Domes tic: Combing, domestic, 3032c; carding, choice. 272Sc; carding, average, 20g24c; In ferior, 1502Oc; tops, SOfrSoc; noils, flrrt comb ines. lbdlc; noils, second combings, 216'4c. More Veal Arrive. Receipts of veal were unusually heavy en Front street yesterday, but everything cleaned up at full prices. One or two mere days of such arrival, however, might make a differ ence. There were no changes in ether lines of meat, beef and mutton ruling firm and pork steady. Bank Clearing. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearing. Balances. Portland ( U24.21R $16.1.041 Seattle 1.4U7.205 385.532 Tacoma JSl.OSTi 72.H7S Spokane C1S.PG7 Kt.GCl . PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain. Flour. Feed. Etc. FLOUR Patents. I3.75&4.30 per barrel; straights. J3.40tr3.75: clears, 43.35&3.50; Val ley. f3.4UQ3.G5: Dakota bard wheat, patents. $5.50f3tJ; clears. ;S; graham, 3.25Jj3.75; wholt wheat, $3.7504: rye flour, local. 5; Eastern. $505.25, cornmeal, per bale, $1.1K&2.28. WHEAT Club. C6g7c; blutcm, 6CQC7c; red. 04 Q 65c; Valley, ttoc OATS No. X white feed. J27.50; gray. $27 ptr ton. illLLSTUFFS Bran, city, J 17: country. J1A ton: middlings, $25.5026; shorts, city. $16; country. 518 per ton; chop. U. S. Mills. $17.50; Unseed dairy food. $18; Acalfa meaL il& per ton. CERQAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream, 80 pounds sack $6.75: lower grades, 5.256.50; catmeal, steelcut, 50-pound sacks, $3 per bar rel; l-pound sacks, $4.25 per bale; oatmeal (ground), 50-pound sacks. $7.50 per barrel; lu-pound sacks, $4 per bale; split peas. $5 per 100-pound aacka; 25-pound boxos, $1.40; pearl barley, $4.25 per 100 pounds; 25-pound boxes, $1.25 per box; pastry flour, 10-pound sacks, $2.60 per bale, BARLEY Feed. $23.50(ff24 per ton; brew ing. $21624.50; rolled. $24.50025.50. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy, choice. $17 IS per ton; common. $1.1514; Valley timothy, $Sfj; clover. $7.50(3; cheat. $07graln hay. $7feB; alfalfa. $12. Vegetables. Fruits. Etc. DOMESTIC FRWTS-Apples, $1.6052.75 per box. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $2.7583.75 per box; oranges, navels, $2.5023.25 per box. tangerines. $l.S5 per "half box; grapefruit, $2.5063.25: pine apples. $!ff4.50 per dozen; bananas. 5c per pound. FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes. $16-1.25 per dozen; asparagu. 8$fcJc pound; beans. tc: cabbage, lkSjflic per pound; cauli flower, $202.25 per crate; celery. 75090c per dozen: chlckory. iSc; cucumbers. $1.5001.75 per dozen: head lettuce. 3540c per dozen; hothouse. $L501,75; peas. 1012Hc; pepr pere. 25040c; radishes. 20c per dozen; rbu bar.1. $1.50 per box; tomatoes, California, $2.2502.50 per crate; ep route. 8010c per pound; parsley. 25c. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. $101-25 per sack; carrots, 65075c per sack: beets. 85c $1 per eack; garlic. 10Q12V4C per pound. ONIONS Buying price. No. 1. 75QW)c per sack; No. 2. nominal. POTATOES Buying prices: Fancy graded Burbanks. 60660c per hundred; ordinary, nominal: sweet potatoes, 2U02&C per pound. DRIED FRUITS Apples. 11012c per pound; apricots. I20124c; peache, 12c; pears, none; Italian prunes. 6U0ifc: California figs, white, in sacks. 5Uc per pound: black, 406c; bricks. 12-14 ounce pack ages. 75085c per box; Smyrna. 20c per pound: dates. Persian, 60Oc per pound. RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounce packages 88 Sfec; 16-ounce, &01Oc; loose muscatels 07t$c; unbleached seedless Sultanas, C07c; xiiuiiu. a I"""-; uirouiea. jirxriic; London layers. 3-crown. whole boxes, of 20 pounds $2: 2-crown, $L75. ' Butter. Eggs, Poultry. Etc BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream ery. 30c per pound. State creameries Fancy creamery. 7 ft 930c; .tor hutur. lW EGGS Oregon ranch. lG016Vc per dozen. CHEJESE Oregon full cream, twtas. zu 164c: Young America, 1518Hc POULTRY .Average ow hens, J314c; mtxtd chickens, 12 i 913c; broilers. 20tf22c: young roosters. 13l2Hc; old roosters. 10 lOUc: dressed chickens. 14915c; turkeys; live, lSlc; turkeys; dressed, 'choice, l&gfscic; geese, live, pound, 89c; geese, dressed, per pound, 10012c; dudes. l&tflSc; pigeaac. m 2; squabs, $393. Groceries. Nats. Etc, COFFEE Mocha, 2SC2Sc; Java, ordinary. 16ff22c; Costa Rica, fancy, 18ft30c; rood. 1$ .18c; ordinary. Iitf22c per pound; ColumMa roast, cases, 100a, $14.7fi; 60s, $14.75: ArbucUe. $16.38; Lion, I IS. 88. RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, SHc; Eosth em Japan. 6.35c; head, 7c SALMON Celambla River, l-seuad tails. tl.75 per dozen; S-pousd talta, $2.M; l-neaad ats. $1.86; fancy. 1 to lU-pousd fiat. 4LB0; K-pound flats. $1.10; Alaska pink. 1-pouad tails; 99c; red. 1-potmd talis. $1.25: aocktya. 1-pousd tails, $L7S. ' SUGAR Sack basts, 106 peusds: Cahe, JS.1S; powdered, $S.D0: dry graaulated. $&89; extra C, $5.86; golden C. $6.30; fruit urar, $6.80. Advances over sack hasla as follows: Barrets. 10c; -barrels, Xc; hexes, 6e er 100 peun&s. Teraa: On remUtaBces wlthtii 18 days deduct er petmd: If. later thav IS days and within 30 days, deduct He; wgsr, granulated, $8.60 per 100 pounds; maple scgar. 15d8c er eu&d. SALT California. $11 per ton. $1.06 per hale; Liverpool. 80s $17; 100. $18.80; aoos. $16: U-peends, 100s. $7: 80s.. $7.80. NUTS Walnut. 3B4c per pound by sack; 4c eztr. lor lees than sack: Brazil nntt. 18c; Alberts, 16c; pecans. Jumbos, 16c: extra large, 17c: almost. liUfflSc: chestnuts. Italian. 12HV!8e: Ohio. aOc; peanuts, raw. 7Mc pound; roasted. 8c: rlaennts. I0i2c: hickory nuts. 7tf6e: cocoaxnts, 35990c per dozen. BEANS Email white. 4c; large white. SUc; plak. 2 Tic: bayou. 4ie; Llssa. 8 lie; red Mexican, tc Hop, TTeeL Hides. Etc. HOPS Oregon. 1&&5. choice, 10910c; prime. SH99ba medium. 708c; olds, 597c. WOOL Eastern Oregon average hast. 16 021c; Valley. 24928c per pound. MOHAIR Choice. 2Se2Sc HIDES Dry: No. 1. 16 pounds and up, per pound. 18020c.' dry kip. No. 1, 5 to 15 pounds, per pound, 16018c: dry calf. No. 1. under 8 pounds. 18021c: dry salted, bull and stags. 1-3 less than dry flint: culls, moth-eaten, bad ly cut. scored, murrain. halr-Ilpped. weather beaten, or grubby. 2c to 3c per pound Its. Salted hides: Steers, sound. 60 pounds and over, per pound. 10011c: steers, sound. 50 to 60 pounds, per pound. 10011c; steers, sound, under 50 pounds, and cows, per pound. 9010c: etags and bulls, sound, per pound. 7c: kip. sound, 15 to 30 pounds, per pound. 10c; veal, sound. 10 to 14 pounds, per pound, lie: calf, sound, under 10 pounds, per pound, 11012c; green (unsalted), 1c per pound less; culls, lc per pound lesx. Sheepskins: Shearlings, No. 1 butchers flock, each 25030c: short wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each 50060c: medium wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, esch 75c$l: long wool. No. 1 butchers stock, each $1.2502; murrain pelts, from 10 to 20 per cent lees, or per pound. 150IGc: horse hides, salted, each, according to size. $1.5002.50: dry. each, ac cording to size. $10L5O: colts' hides, each. 25050c: goat skins, common, each 15025c: Angora, with wool on. each 80c8$!.&0. FURS No. 1 skins: Bearskins, ac to size, each $5020: cubs. each. $103; badger, prime, each. 25050c; cat, wild, with head perfect. 30050c: house cat, 5ft20e: fox. common gray, large prime, each. 50 70c: red. each. $323: cross, each. $5015; silver and black, each S100S300; flshers. each. $508; lynx. each. $4.50e; mink, strictly No. 1. each, accord ing to else, $103; marten, dark Northern, ac cording to size and color, each $10015: pale, pine, acordlng to size and color, each. $2,509 4: muekrat. large, each 12015c; skunk, each. 40060c; civet, or pole cat. each. 5015c; otter, for large, prime ekln. each $GS10; panther, with head and dawn perfect. ach $205; raccoon, for prime large, each 50675c: moun tain wolf, with head perfect, each $3.5005; prairie (coyote). 6Oc0$l: wolverine, each. $608; beaver, per skin, large. $506; medium. $307: small. 5101.50; kits. 50075c BEESWAX Good, clean and pure. 22025s per pound. TALLOW Prime, per pound. 94&a No. 2 and grease, 203c CASCARA SAGRADA (chit tan bark 2 C3c according to aualltr. ProvUlens and Canned Meats. HAMS 10 to 14 pounds. 13c pound; 14 to 36 pounds. 13c: IS. to 20 pounds. 13c: Cali fornia (picnic). &c; cottage hama. Hc; shoul ders, 9c: boiled ham. 19c; boiled picnic ham, boneless, 14c BACON Fancy breakfast. ISWc per pound; standard breakfast. 1Chc cnolce. 13Hc: English breakfast. 11 to 14 pounds. llUc; peach bacon, lSUc PICKLED GOODS Pork barrets, $18; U barrels. $.50: beef, barrels. $12; H-barrels, $6.50. SAUSAGE Ham. 13c per pound: minced ham. 10c: Summer, choice dry. 17Hc: bolog na, long. 5ic: welnerwurst. 8c: liver. 6c: pork. 6310c; headcheese. 6c; blood. 6c; bo logna sausage, link. 4-l.c CANNED MEATS Corned beef. pounds, per dozen. $1.25; two pounds; $2.23: six pounds. $7. Roast beef. flat, pounds. $1.23; two pounds. $2.25: six pounds, none. Boast beef. tall, pounce, none: two pounds, $2.35; Ix pounds. $7. DRY" SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt. 10Hc: smoked. llic: clear bscka. dry salt. lOVic: smoked. llVic: clear bellies; 14 to 17 pounds average, none: Oregon ex ports. 20 to 25 pounds average, dry saU. lie; smoked. 12c: Union bellies. 10 to 18 pounds, average, none. LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tierces. 10Hc: tubs. lOTtc: 50 lOTCc: 20s. llHc; 10s. ll;c: 5. llc Standard pure: Tierces. Bttc: tubs, 8c: 80s. 0?c: 20s. 10Kc: 10s. lOKc; 5s. 10Hc Compound: Tierces. 6Hc; tubs. 6ic: 50s. Cftc: 20s. 7?hc:, 5. 74c Dressed Meats. VEAL Dressed. 75 to 125 pounds. 7s0Sc; 120 to 150 rounds. G0GHc: 150 to 200 pouniin, 505Hc 200 rounds ahd up. 3H04c BEEF Dressed bulls. 2H83c per pound; cows. 3H04c; country steers. 405c MUTTON" Dressed. fancy. SViQ; per pound; ordinary. 405c; lambs. 609 fie PORK Dresed. 100 to 150 pounds. S3SHc; 150 and up. C3C4c per pound. Oils. TURPENTINE Cases. llc t sal km. OOALCasee. ltc per gallon; tanks. 12V-c par gallon. GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cafes. 2Sc; 72 test. 27o: SO test. 35c: Iron tanks. 18c WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7?;c; 500-pound lots. Sc: less than 500-pound lots. SUc (In 25-pound un palls, lc above keg price: 1 to 6-pound tin palls, lc a cove keg price: 1 to 5-pound tin cms. .100 pounds pan case. 2Hc per pound above keg price.) LINSEED OIL Raw. In barrels. 4Sc: In cases. 53c: boiled In barrels, 50c; In cases. 55c; 25-galIon Vole, 1c less. NEW SPRING CLIP CALIFORNIA AVERAGES WELL. Kit In Restricts General Buying'. Shipping- Orders at San Francis co for Cold-Storage Apples. SAN FRANCISCO. March CI. Special.) Small lets of the new Spring etip ef Cali fornia wool are coming forward. The qual ity average welL Sale- are reported en the following basis: San Joaquin and Southern. 12 month. 14015 cents; lx months. 14617c; Middle County, free. 22024c; defective. 186 20c. The market has a good tone, but rain restricts buying. The bop market is quiet. The nensueeres of the selling pool promoters In Sonoma County was a damper on the situation. Quo tations remain at 8612 cent. A firmer and more active market ifi new rejorted for upper grades of cold storage ap ples. Buying order are coming here stead ily from the EaX and In a moderate way from Puget Sound poru. The demand Is chlffly for fancy four-tier Newtown Pippins; and the price Is firm at $1.00 f. o. b. San Francisco, with the expectation that $1.73 wlli toon be reached. Stocks of cold-storage apples hero and in Los Angeles are large, and this outside demand Is opportune. The open market for oranges is so lightly stocked and the assortment o poor that dealers are forced tq, buy of each other. Price are very firm. Four carloads were auctioned, at $20 2.90 for choice to extra fancy navels. Potatoes and onions are quiet and easy at previous prices, though receipts are lighter. Grain Is dull. Wheat 1 easier. Barley Is firmer. Other cereals are unchanged. Butter and eggs are eteady and cheese easy without cliange In prices. Receipts. 52.700 pound butter. 10.500 pounds cheese, 55.740 dozen egg. VEGETABLES Cucumbers. 50c6f2; gar lic. 506c; green peas. 8010c; string beans; 70 10c; asparagus. 407c: tomatoes. 75c0$1.25. POULTRY Turkey. 15019c: roosters, old, $3.5004.50; roosters, young, $6.5007.50: broil em. small. $30-1 ; broiler, large. $4.5005.50; Jryers, $5.5006.50: hens. $4.50S3.SO; ducks, old, $507: ducks, young, BUTTER Extra creamery. 23Hc: creamery seconds, 22c EGGS Fancy ranch, ISc CHEESE Young America, 12013c: Eastern, nominal; Western, nominal. HOPS 8012c WOOL South Plains and S. J 14&17c; middle counties. 18024c MI LLSTUFFS Bran. $17.50015.50; .mid dlings. $28028.50. HAT Wheat. $11016; wheat and oat. $10 014; barley. $8011; alfalfa. $110120; stock. $7.5008.50; straw, per bale. 30055c FRUIT Apple, choice. $2: common. 50c; bananas. $102.75: Mexican lime, $4.5005; California lemons, choice. $3; common. $1; oranges, navel, $L5O03.25: pineapples. 51.500 $5.50. POTATOES Early Rose. SOc0$I; Salinas Burbanks. $101.50; sweets, nominal; Oregon Burbanke. 75c0$L RECEIPTS Flour. 1I.SU quarter sacks; wheat. 12,360 centals; barley, 1465 centals; oats, 3545 centals: com, 370 centals; potatoes. 5023 racks; bran. 170 sacks: middlings, 5 sacks; hay. 300 tons; wool, 130 bales; hides. 3frS. liens' en Wool Sale. LONDON. March 2L The offerings at the London wool auction sales Dday amounted to 14.848 hales. There was a good general demand naJ prlcea were Arm. The borne trade secured the bulk of offerings. France bought medium 3ne scoured. Americans re cured several lots of good, light combing crews-bred. The withdrawals to dale amount to 1500 hales. n Sharp Break in New York Cen tral Stock. DECLINE OF 2 1-2 POINTS Report of BIr ForthcomlnF; Iuc Is Cause of Drop Heading Af fected by Miners' Strike Developments. NEW YORK. March 21. The behavior of New York Central stock late In today" rion ot the ftock exchange had a disturbing effect on sentiment and served to enliven what otherwise promised to be a most uninterest ing day and the smallest day's trading of the yrar. New Tork Central, up to the early after noon, was as slugglh and dull as any stock In the market, and Its downward course was elow at first. But from 144 the price broke and; after selling at 143. the price declined by half-point Intervals to 142. with subsequent sales as low as 141 j- The amount of stock offered to c a uno this wide breach in the mar ket was not large, only one block ef over ICtO shares changing hands on the break. The break was accounted for by report that an lue of $100,000,000 to $150.0fi0.000 f new stock waln contemplation to finance the vast schemes of Improvement and terminal bet terment In contemplation by the company. No authoritative admission of the truth of this report could be secured until after the dose of the market, and the effect en the mock Indicated that a large degree of cre dence was accorded to the report. The whole market was weakened In sym pathy and old oft generally to a level eonil erably below last nlghL The heavy tone of Rtadlng from the start today wan attributed tff the Increasing belief In a strike In the an thracite regions. Indicated by the reaffirma tion of the uncompromising stand by the op erators against any of the concessions asked by the miner. Texas & Pacific was unfor tunately Influenced by Its annual report, which disclosed the same dladvantages In the past year business which were reflected In the Missouri Pacific annual statement. The lowest prices of the day were touched In the final hour, but there were some sub stantial recoveries en covering of short by the bears, and the market closed firmer. Bond were steady. Total sales, par value. $l.tS5.C. United Statw bonds were all un changed en call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Ctes!ng Sales. High. Low. Md. Adams Exr.rti ..... Amalgam. ,Copper.. 113,8m) R"JU 101 Am. Car & Veund. iXo 41 Vs fi 1H lit! do preferred Amer. Cotton Oil.. do preferred American Express.. Am. Hd. &. Ll pf. American lee .... Amer. Llneeed Oil. 5w 1U1V 1)4 t"U0 31 W "3Vi 1.2W 1.2W. KM 31 40-i 2yr 33 4i 2V;, 3ST4 4S 2HN 41 tPli lib! 155 121 s 17S l2c do preferred Amer. Locomotive. 10.2W 0t-t 7 do preferred Am. smelt, ii Ref. 1S.1W 15Ji do preferred 1W 1-1 li Am. Sucar Ilefln.. 20.100 ISSt, 154 121V, ISO-, Amer. Tobacco nfd. .1 103 u NO Anaconda Mln. Co. 4R.7 2I5TN zJiy Atchison 0.000 Wt tCVi f-S do preferred H 102 12 lOlVj Atlantic Coast Line KM 151 s 154 4 153S Baltimore & Ohio. l.KM 1WT 1KN iw7i do preferred.. Brook. Ran. Tran. 2I.tH.-J 8XU IHl Canadian Pacific .. rtO 171, 17 17Hrs 215 lux 57 Cent, of N. Jersey SW 210 :n Central Leather .. 1.700 4IVv do preferred 2W RHV. IV Chesapeake & Ohio 2.0CM 5U1 Chicago & Alton do preerred..... Chi. OU Western -. 2oi Chi. & Northwest. 6,700 228 22sy, Chi.. MIL & St. P. 10.300 174& 172J4 173 Term. & Tran. io i- l- . v- do preferred 2U4 C. C. P. & St. I. WVs Colo. Fuel & Iron. 26.S(M ct? VK 01 H Colo. & Southern.. 800 33S, "Cr 33 do lt preferred.. It Vj OUV do 2d preferred.. 21M 50 50 50 Consolidated Gas.. 15,flu0 14i 143; 1I4U Porn IVoducts ... 300 17 10 17 do preferred..... ...... 51 Delaw. & Hudson. SOi 202U 282 2w2i, um., uacK. A: . iw Mo 4)j i. Den. c Rio Grande 0M 4IH do preferred..... 43 43.i 801, 50 41 i 7h felt, liVt DlsUllere' Secur... 1.40" Erie i.ffii do 1st preferred.. 1.8tM l 7fi t! co 2d preferred.. 3tt) C7 General Electric StM 103U 105 Hocking Valley 11X Illinoi Central .. I.OoO 170i lOOVi 10U International Paper 3.500 22V& 21 22 ao prererred International Pump 83 31 82 2U-4 50 2ii 140S 157 113 21U 74 i do preferred Iowa Central 2M do preferred...... 31 Sit, Kansas City South. do preferred Louis. & Nashville 13.7t 151 140U Manhattan L. 100 137 157U MetropoL St. Ry.. 100 ll.lti IIS., .Mexican ventral .. i,nfi -l-S Minn. & St. Louts. M.. St. P. & SS.M. 2.HO 153 do preferred 8CO 175?i MlMMurt Pacific .. 14.300 WU, Mo.. Kan. & Texas 1.200 3TH do preferred..... 1.400 72 U National Lead ... 10.300 80?i Mr XL n M nt 13714 157 V, 173 34 ?i 31 Vi 78"; 2SJ New York CentraU 25.100 145U 141 148i i.. unu & v. zty 4ai w w Norfolk Jfc Western 100 J7 i7, do preferred..... ..... ..... Northern Pacific .. 10.100 217J 213 North American .. 200 09 834 Pacific Mall 400 44 41 VI 214 00 43 ; Pennsylvania 14.S0O 137i 130K 137i I'eopie uas j.iw P.. C. P. & St. I. Pressed Steel Car. 1.000 do preferred 300 93?i t3i 73 51 87 230 31i 97s 50ii 974 Pullman PaL Car .. Reading 47.S00 127-i 1234 127 do 1st preferred SO do 2d preferred . 05 Republic Steel ... 500 294 254 2i; do preferred 400 991, !9i; 991; Rock Island Co... 700 20U 20 20 do preferred fiOO MTi fiO W, Schloss-Shcffleld .. 70J 7nii 7S 7S SU L. & S. F. 2 pf. 4C 46 43i 45U St, Louli Southw 23 do preferred 500 551, 511, zi K Southern Pacific .. 5.900 MS fSK cji; ao prcierrea..... quo jin Southern Railway. S.900 50 1I7; 117; do preferred 000 102; 102 Tenn. Coal & Iron. 400 15ni 150 Texas & Pacific .. 2.000 33. 32 102U 1I9A Tel.. St. & W. 100 35 35U do preferred 200 51 U 5iU 54 U Union Pacific .... 57.2C1 1524 150; 131; ao prcierrea..... ...... I. S. Express 100 93 53l; 53i 531: 117 fil V. S. Leather ... r. S. Realti- 100 113H 1I3H V. S. Rubber do preferred 52i 113 TJ. S. Steel 37.000 . irci ........ in .l". 30i do preferred 12.100 IPS: 104; lnstl Vlrg.-Caro. Chem.. l.COO 51 50 50 do Dreferred..... ...... ..... 111 waoavn ........... mx sji-, do preferred 200 31 i Wells-Fargo Exp Westlngbouse Elec Western Union ... ICO 91 U Wheel. &. L. Erie. 100 1RU Wisconsin Central. 200 25 u 23 50-J Jo 4 307 01 1SU 25? 914 IRJi co preferred... 551$ Total sale for the day. 67CSOO shares. BONDS. NEW TORK. March 21. Closing quota tions: t. S. ref. 2s reg,103i'D. & R. G. -Is... 99-4 do coupon lOtV'N. T. a G. 34s. 9S U. S. 3s reg..-.103i"Nor. Pacific 3s.. 76U do coupon 103t;iNor. Pacific 4s.. 101 4 L. S. new 4s reg.!32U'So. Pacific -Is... P3i do coupon 132ilUnlon Pacific 4s. 101 U V. S. old -Is rcg,103jWIs. Central 4s.. 004 do coupon 104 ; I Jap. 6s. 2d ser..l00; Atchison Adj. -Is 95 !Jap. 4 cer... 91 H Stocks at "London. LONDON. March 21. Consols for money, SO H: consols for account. 901-1C Anaconda 13lNorfolk & West. POU Atchison 9 I do preferred... 93 do preefrred..l04 (Ontario & West. 51 a; Baltimore A O..H3iPennsylvanIa ... 70; un. c vQio. . . uv ir.uia jiiDez O Can. Pacific. ....1764 'Reading ... 63 Ti C OU Western. 21 H do 1st pref.... -47 C M. i St. P. .ISO De Beer 1SS D. i R. Grande. 434 do preferred. 96 Erie 43 i do 1st pref,... SO . do 2d nref. ... GR4 Illinois Central. 175 do 2d Pref 50 So. Railway 49 tj do preferred... 104 u So. Pacific s,i union i'aiic. ..al5 do preferred... 9fl IX. S. Steel 41; do preferred... 10SH I-ouls. A Nash.. 133 I Wabash 24 Mo.. Kas. T. . 354; do preferred... 33 N. V. Central... 150 ispanlsh Fours... 91U Money, Ei change. Etc. NEW TORK. March 21. Money oa call, easier; highest, 54; lowest. 44; ruling;. 440 44; last loan. 3i; closing bid. 3; .offered. 4. Time loans, steady; 00 and 90 days. 34054: six months. 5034. Prime mercantile paper. "054 per cent Sterling exchange, firmer, with actual buii r.fsa In bankers bill at $t545S4.S550 fo- t mand. and at $4.S250tW.S255 for 60 days; posted rates. $4.F30t.$34 and 54.64e-t.S7. Commercial bills. $4.(2. Bar ll-er, B.Vc. Mexican dollars. 50c. Government and railroad bonds, iteady. LONDON. March 21. Bar silver, steady, 30Ud pr eunee. Msney. 3t;0t per cent, -Discount rate, sriort bills. 3S per cent; three menths' bill. 3 9-16 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO. March 21. Silver ti.-. fiSlie Mexican dollar, nominal. Drafts, sight. 24e; telegraph, 5c. Sterling. 6 days. $4.82;; eight. $I.SG. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. March 21. Today's state ment of the Treasury balance In the -central fund shows: Available cash balance $155.2IX.432 Gold coin and bullion 77.7S3.S02 Gold certificates 44,307,390 BULL 'TURNS SELLER JjEADS TO GEXERAL XjIQUIDA TJOX IX CHICAGO 3IARKET. 3Iny Option Closes nt a Ijss of Xcarly One Cent Day's Xcws Not Unfavorable. CHICAGO. March 21. The weaknejw In the wheat pit dvenfd ..HHrd ihi nd of the first hour, a leader of the bulls .suddenly becoming aetlve on the Mlllng side of the market, Thl brought about selling by small holder which, with numerous stop-loss order-, added to the weakness. There wa lit tle In the news of the day of a bearisa char acter, the most Influential factor being large primary receipts. Before the decline, the market was steady on a fairly acUve demand by short and smaller receipts in the North west. An advance ef smalt dimensions at Liv erpool also strengthened price for a time. The market closed weak, with prices He lower, at n4e for May. 5lay opened 404c higher, at 7847Sssc. sold up to 7SHt? 78?ic. ami declined to 77Sc. Higher prices for corn at Liverpool caused a Arm opening In the local market, but the sharp break In wheat weakened prices. May closed uachanged at 440444c Oat opened Arm. but weakened In sym pathy wlih wheat. May closwd at SOUc Provision were firm during the greater part f the day. Trading wa light, chiefly because of a scarcity of offerings. At the eteee May pork was up 124c. lard was 10c higher and ribs were up 100124c WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. May $ .7S; $ .7S?', $ .77h $ ,77V. Jr -- JJ 7S fees-ember ... .77S .77?", ,7S?i .73i CORN. May 44Vi " -44K .44 .414 S .44', .44- .444 September ... .15 .454 -4; .44 OATS. Mar 304 .4 .30 .30V Jy .. 29f .24 .2DV, .2y beptemher ... .2S5C .2SS -2a S .2SH MESS PORK. May lft.20 10.16 16.174 1U.40 Ja'y 1&25 10.326 16.124 16.25 L.RD. Mar ......... S.224 S.35 8.224 S.324 July SX. S.424 S.324 S.40 Septaroher ... S.424 8.324 8.424 J.50 SHORT RIBS. May S-ftS S.75 K.0 JJ.75 July 8.65 S.70 S. 8.07 -i Hop t ember ... Js.724 S.774 S.70 S.73 Pash quotatloM were as fellows: Flour Dull. Wheat No. 2 Spring. 77S0c: No. 3, 735 70c; No. 2 red. S2HS3Hc Corn Ne. 2. 4Sc; N. 2 yellow. 434c Oats No. 2. 30V,c; No. 2 white. 32c; No. 3 white. Sofftme. Rye Ne. 2. SOJte. Barley Good feeding. 370C74e; fair to choice malting. 40fS0c Flaxseed Ne. 1, $1,054: No. 1 Northwest cm. $1.126. Mew perk Per barrel. $16.207 16.30. Lard Per H pounds. $3,274. Short rih-i ridtn Loose, $S.taBS.70. Short clar sides Boxed. $S.OO0S.95. Clover Contract grade. $13.50. . Redelpt-i. Shipments. Flewr. barrel'- 31.400 , 29.7()0 Wheat, bushois 2rt.00O 25.000 Crn. bushel lSl,fiO 155.900 Oats, bushels 24.0i50 28S.30O Rye. tMMhel 29.000 3.5no Barley, hushda 101.UO 13,300 Grain and I "rod nee at New York. NEW YORK. March 21. Flour Receipts. 19.0C0 barrels; exports. 11,600 barrels. DuM and about steady. Wheat Receipt. 23,000 bushel: export. 79.50 bushels. Spot, easy; Ne. 2 red. S4;c elevator. S4c f. 0. b. afloat: No. 1 Northern Duluth. S7ie f. e. h. afloat. Option market closed 4r-jic net lower; May. S4Sc; July. S3Tc; September. S2;c Hops Dull. Hides Firm. Wool Steady. , Grain at San Vrancl'xo. PAN FRANCISCO. Mareh 21. Wheat and barley, steady. Spet quatatlon: Wheat Shipping. $1.32461.33: milling. $1-37461.474. Barley Feed. $1.17401.21 i: brewing, nominal. Oat- Red. $1.2581.63: white. Jl.55ffl.70. , Call beard sales: Wheat May. $1,234. Bar leyMay, $I.1S. Corn Large yellow. $1,174 1.20. Minneapolis Wheat 3Iarket. MINNEAPOLIS. March 21. Wheat. May. 76j,c: July. 7Sit?7Sc; September. 774c; No. 1 hard. 774c: No. I Northern,. 76Sc; No. 2 N'MlhciB. 754c Wheat at Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. March 21. Aheat. May. 6s 6,d; July. 6 KL Weather unsettled. rt"hcat at Tacoma. TACOMA. March 21. Wheat, unchanged. Exports, bluestem. 67c; dub. 6Cc; red. 63c Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. March 21. The official cJotlng quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alpha Con. ...$.10 IJulIa. ...$ .bo 05 Andes .IS 'Justice Belcher 21 Best Belcher 1.10 Bullion .30 Caledonia 37 Challenge Con. .12 Chollar 12 Confidence 70 Con. Cat. & V. 1.33 Con. Imperial. .01 Crown Point. . .OS Exchequer ... .55 Gould & Curry .12 Hale & Nor... 1.25 Mexican LIS Occidental Con. .94 Onhlr . 5.1: (Overman .12 .00 .50 .07 .05 .31 .8S .42 .03 .10 Potosl Savage Scorpion Seg. Belcher. . . Merra revada. Sliver Hill Union Con Utah Con Yellow Jacket.. NEW TORK. March 21. Closing quota- tlons: Adams Con....$ .23 Alice 3.23 B recce ....... .35 Brunswick C. . .52 Comstock Tun. .22 Con. Cat & V. 1.23 Horn Silver... 3.00 Iron Silver. ... 3.25 Little Chief. .$ .074 . 2.25 . 4.90 Ontario .... Onhlr Phoenix Potosl .02 .10 .57 .25 Savage Sierra Nevada. Small Hopes... 30 Leadvllle Con. .00 'Standard 3.25 BOSTON'. March Adventure .-$ 6.23 Allouez 33.00 Amalgamate 103.00 Am. Zinc. ... 10,00 AtlanUc .... 21.00 Bingham . . . 37.75 CaL & Hecla 650.00 21. Closing quotations: Mont, c c.i a.7.-i JN. Butte.... 82.30 uia xjoraimon 44.75 Osceola 1.00 Parrot ...... 38.30 Qulncy 80.00 Shannon T Centennial .. 24.12 4 (Tamarack .. 188.00 Con. Range. 78.7 Trlnlty 10.00 Daly West.. Franklin ... Granny ..... Creen Con.. 14.00 19.00 12.23 United Cop.. 65.00 V. S. Mining. 35.75 U. S. Oil.... 12.66 Utah 6 1.37 U 29.25 Isle Royale. 21.75 Mass. Mining S.75 Victoria JLS IWJnona 9Jt74 Michigan ... Mohawk .... 13.00 53.00 Wolverine .. 133.00 FEAR OF A STRIKE Causes Hesitancy in iron and Steel Market. PIG IRON IS SLOWER But Furnace Interests Are Not Alarmed, Believing the Expected Buying 'Movement Will Set In at an Early Date. CLEVELAND. March 21. The Iron Trade Review tomorrow will say: Increased fearof the strike of coal miners I reflected In greater hesitancy In the Iron and steel market, especially in pig Iron, al though furnace Interest are not alarmed, be lieving that the expected buying movement will set In at an early date Large quantlUe of coal are being stored in anticipation of the strike. The buying of pig Iron ha been very light, and. while prices of Northern Iron are pretty well maintained. Southern Irons are not so strong. The demand for delivery of finished material continue very strong, and. with the exception of plates which can be shipped promptly, makers arc finding It difficult to satisfy the consumer. In the Chicago districts mills are from three to sir month behind. The demand for delivery of sheet and tinptate Is especi ally urgent, and new business- for these prod ucts is satisfactory. The selling of rail continues. Contract for about 90,000 ton have been made during' the week. Metal .Market. NEW TORK. March 21. There was an ad vance of 2 64 in the London tin market, with pot closing at 167 12s 6d and futures at 165 17 fld. Locally the market was firm and several points higher, with spot quoted a: 37 6 37.25c. Copper wa 5a higher la. London, with t,pot quoted at Sl 5s and futures at 7S 15s. Lo cal y no change wan reported wlt"i the tone Ann. Lake Is quoted at 1S.50 18.75c; electro lytic. 1S.2581&50. and casting. 4SS1S.23. Lead wa unchanged at 5.35S5.45c In the New York market, but was lower at 16 Is 3d In London. Spelter was unchanged at 24 15a In Lon don and at 6.15g8.20c locally. Iron was lower In the Englbh mrfcet: standard foundry quoted at 47 lOd and Cleve land warrants 47 104d. No change was reported In the local market. STOCK TRADE RESTRICTED THREAT OP THE ANTHRACITE STRIKE ONE OF REASONS. Henry Clews Believes Such Action "Would Result; In Failure on Fart of Miners. In hi weekly review of Walt-street condi tions. Henry Clews, writing from New York under date of March 17. say in part: Stock exchange operation are much re stricted, partly owing to a large absentee list, many of our big and active operators being absent for one reason or another and still Indisposed to re-enter the market with any freedom. Apparently they are awaiting the turn of events, and are not Inclined to In .vest freely at this level. General business. It Is true, continue active: this Tact being demonstrated by very encouraging railroad earning and continued heavy bank clear ings. Much depend upon the crop outlook. Thus far no serioua injury seems to have been done to Winter wheat, and the season Is now o well advanced that that cereal should now be beyond danger of harm by frost. Certain ly the business and the crop outlook are fa vorable, and to this extent the recovery In the stock market wa perfectly Justified. A good deal of hesitancy, however, I cre ated by the threat of a strike in the coal trade. I doubt whether one will take place, however, owing to the fact that it would be sure to result in failure on the part of the strikers. There Is too much coal plied up in operators hand and the weather I too mild to make any urgent demand for coal from now until next Fall, so that operator were never In a better position for a strike and the miner never In a worse one. Should a strike materialize It would inure to the benefit of the operators, as It would enable them to keep up the price and sell more of It. The time to make a successful strike I during a period of short supplies and at the commencement of a freezing cold Winter. Apparently the -shier Issue will be the open shop a vastly more Important, question than that of an Increase In wage. President Roosevelt ha already been appealed to in the matter, and If the subject should come to rln. for final decision there la little douot sr. tc what It will be. The President, while thor oughly friendly to labor. Is quite as muca cp posed to a monopoly In that division r.f in-du-Hry as he 1 to a monopoly of capital, and ha already taken a position In favor of the open ahop. It will be unfit tnnate If Mitchell Insist upon this vital point; for upon no one will the disaster of a strike fall more heavily than upon labor Itself. Until labor learns to depend on sane and reasonable leadership It la likely to fall tnto just such error; but apparently nothing but the hard school of experience will convince the rank and file of organized labor that It must change It tactic If It expect to succeed In winning public confidence and a larger share of the annual accretion of wealth. Another element of weakness wa the sharp declines In ga and .ractlor. stocks, re sulting very largely from recent political agi tation against all public service corporations and consequent attack in the Legislatures. Insiders have no doubt lensened their holding) of thl class of securities, which ar llkely to suffer until public hostility to such cor poration has reached Its climax. The break of several point In Missouri Pacific causal by the poor annual statement and by ih rs tlrement of Rockefeller Interests from the directorate affected the Gould share aud helped depress the entire market, on the somewhat premature assumption that the lat ter had lost support ot the Rockefeller party. For tb present the market I Ue'y ta con tinue unsettled. Condition are conflicting and two-sided. Recent Ilq tldatlon irr.-rf.ved the technical situation somewhat, but market leader are not yet disposed to buy with any freedom, either a sharp 'ireak or Improved general conditions being necessary to revive their active Interest. LIVESTOCK MARKETS. Price Carres t Local lr oa Cattle, sheep and Hogs. The following livestock prices were quoted yesterday In the local market: CATTLE Good steers. $4 4.50: light weights. $3.25.83.30: cows, good, $3.253.50; falr to medium. $2.5093; calve, good, $4.50 SHEEP Good, fat sheep. $6f6.23; fair to medium. $5.50. HOGS Good. $787.25; light and feeders-, $6.50.75. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Kansas City, Chicago and Omaha. CHICAGO. 31 arch 2L Cattle Receipts 16.000; best. 10c higher; others, strong. Beeves. $16.35; stockers and feeders, $2.75 04.80; cows and heifers. $1.63 5. Hogs Receipts 28,000: market weak. Mixed and butchers. $6.2086.50; good to choice heavy. $6.3596.50; rough heavy. $6.20 ea.30; light. $6.206.4S; pigs. $690.30; bulk ef sales. $6.33 9.45. Sheep Receipts 22,00; market slow. Sheep. $3.73 If 6.18: lambs. $4.60 6.75. SOUTH' OMAHA. March 21. Cattle Re ceipts 6000; market steady to stronger. Na tive steers. $4 93165; cows and "heifers. $3 4.50; Western steers. $3.304.d0; canners. $1.7392.85; stockers and feeders. $2.53 4-50; calves, $396.50; bulls, stags, etc, $2.50 4. Hogs Receipts 7500: market shade stronger. Heavy, $6.174 0.23; mixed. $6.1738.20: light. $6.10 9 6.20; pigs. $5.23 C6; bulk of sales. $6.173 30-20. - Sheep Receipts '$500; market steady. Tearllngs. $3.25 9 5.70: wethers, $3.103.60: ewes. $4.505.25; Iambs. $66.30. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. March 21. Cattle Receipts 10.000; market steady to strong. Native steers. $4.255.30: native cows ana heifers. $2.2505.25: stockers and feeders. $34.50; Western cows. $2.754.50: West ern steers. $3.753.30; bulls, $394.23: calves. $37. Hogs Receipt 12.000:- market steady to strong. Bulk of sales. $6.1396.27; heavy. $8.2006.30: packers. $6.1596-30; pigs and light. $5 & 6.20. Sheep Receipts 6000; market steady. Muttons. $4.5095.90; lambs, $4.50 9 8.50; range wethers, $5235.90; fed ewes, $4 259 5.15. Flurry La Cotton. NEW TORK. 5Iarch 21. There was con siderable activity and excitement in cotton today. The market opened at an advance of 14Q23 points. There vas aggressive bull sup port on everj slight reccMion. and before the upward movement was checked May contracts sold at 10.90c. or 37 point ntt higher, and July at 10.03c. One of the main features was the shrinkage In the Ulfcrence betveen May and July, which ld to rumora of a May corner. Future closed steady at a nt ad vance of 2&33S point. March. 10.73c; Aprii. 10.76c: May. 10.SCc; June. 10.90c; July, lO.Mc; December, I0.41c; January, 10.05c Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. March 21. Coffee future closed quiet, net unchanged. Sa't were re ported of 14.500 bags. Including March. 6.70c; May. 6.756.80c: July. 6.05c; September. 7.15c; December. 7.40c; spot Rio. steady; No. 7, ⁣ mild, quiet. Sugar Raw. Arm: fair refining. 311-16.-; centrifugal. 06 test, 3 9-16c; molasses sugar. 2lJJc Refined, firm: crushed, $5.40; powdered. $4.80; granulated. $4.70. Dairy Produce la the East. CHICAGO. March 21. On the Produce Ex change today the butter market was steady; creamery. l326Hc; dairy. 1523c. Eggs, steady at mark, cases included. 13Uc; firsts. 13c; prime flmts, 14Uc; extras, 16c. Cheese, steady. 11913'c. NEW YORK. March 21. Butter and cheese were unchanged. Eggs easy; Eastern flrsto, 16c; Western seconds. 15"ic. Sale of Kennedy Hops. WOODBURN. Or., March 21. (Special.) Tooze & Page have purchased the Tom Ken nedy lot ot hops, 124 bales, at 10 cents per pound. Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, March 21. Wool, steady: me dium grades, combing and clothing. 252Sc: llg.it fine, 21ti21c; hea-y fine. 13fi2!)c; tu' AT THE HOTELS. The Portland A. Aronson. New Tork: Mrs. H. H. Faber. Mr. G- S. Hicks. Tacoma: J. A. Casson. Hoqulam: J. F Asbury. Big Tim ber. Mont.; W. S. Sherwood, St. Paul: H. S. Lockhart. Seattle; 11. J. Ottenhelmer. San Francisco; William Livingston. II. G. Livingston. Vancouver. B. C; E. H. Hushen. Los Angeles: F. Loewenthal. New York; W. L. Adams. Hoqulam: Miss Amy Angus. Vic toria. BC: Mrs. Renny. A, Renny. Stephen. Minn.; E. E. Pitts, San Francisco; C. B. Jacquemls. Helena. Mont.: N. E. Nelson, Duluth. Minn.: II. F. Gillette. W. V. Booth. Chicago: W. F. Hedges. San Francisco; F. I. Harmon, wife and family. Tacoma; C. E. Cleveland. Fond du Lac. Wis.; R. W. Con don. Port Gamble: T. F. Ryan. Seattle: F. C. O'Boyle. Chicago: F. C. Talbot. San Francisco; S. Simpson, W. Mills. Jr.. Ne.v York: F. L. Dutton and wife. Indianapolis; L. R. Ellcrbeck. Dr. W. L. Ellerbeck. Salt Lake: R. J. Mens and wife. Minneapolis; A. T. Kingsbury. Akron. O.: W. C. Morcland. R. Gcddls. Pittsburg: S. Sonnenberg. San Francisco; H. M. Hamilton. Alameda. Cal.; E. J. Casper. New York; F. C. Davidson. Spokane: C. W. Thompson. Cascade Locks: H- S. Whitney and wife. Worcester. Maw.: Florence Heaven. Vancouver. Wash,: Bertha Courtemanche. McMlnnvllle: Sallle Madlgan. 51. S. Phillips, city: Edna Parsley. Rose burg. Or.: Effle Maeklng. Walla Walla: Kate Nash. Mollis Prebstel, La Grande: Blanche Brown. Salem: Emllle Crosscn. The Dalles; A. C. Churchill and wife. Newberg: G. H. Crosby and wife. Duluth; J. E. Shane. Kansas City. Mo.: J. C Esh worth. Salt Lake; J. S. Rambo. Norrlstown. Pa.: A. J. Wiley. Boise; O. McCabe. Elgin; C. B. Tubb. Seattle: William Kruger and wife. Louis ville: H. H. Cole. St. Paul: I. F. Craig. Yel lowstone Park: W. C Johnson. New York; J. M. Prophet. Mt. Morris. N. Y.: J. Smiths J. II. Koehler. Wausau. Wis.; C. G. Hobson and wife. Vancouver. B. C: A. E. Grant and wife: W. H. Donavan. Denver: F. A. Brlggs. San Francisco: A. J. Cordon: J. W. Flynn. New York: B. H. Hubbard. Louisville. Ky.: W. L. Smith. Vancouver, Wash. The Oregon James Hurley, George C Cot lett. San Francisco; Glenn Hallett. North Yakima: S. C Thompson. St. Paul: H. L. Hansen. E. Alfred. Seattle; Charles Cun ningham. Pendleton. Or.; Charles Rosenfeld. Cleveland. O.: Frank E. Bond. St. Paul: A. W. Swanltz. Valdez. Alaska; W. M. Grant. Seattle: W. F. Matthews. Portland: W. E. Crltchton. Portsmouth. O.: H. Mllgard. Gold endale. Wash.: Will A. Curless. Seattle; E. O. Evans. San Francisco: S. B. Hicks. W. F. Richardson. J. E. Galbralth. Seattle: W. B. Shldely. Boston; J. Sheuerman. Pendleton: G. Bultman. St, Paul; Hart E. Harris. Den ver: G. R. Ingalls. Kansas City. Mo.: C. H. 51. Grenwall. Astoria: W. A. Eigner. As toria: H. L. Stlllwell. San Francisco; John S. Penney. J. B. Havlland. W. R. Havlland, Mr. W. R. Havlland. New York: C. II. Breed. Spokane; G. E. Morley. Seattle: I. P. Clapp and wife. Fargo. N. D.: Albert Mel dahl and wife. Duluth. Minn.: C. W. Renard. Spokane: Grant Smith, Chicago: E. W. Rol lins and wife, J. P. Tamesle. Hlllsboro. Or.; A. Petry. New York: Mrs. J. Ferguson, Se attle: O. C. Fulton. Erik Munson. F. C. Fox. Astoria. The Perkins I. J. Eshlman, Los Angeles; C. L. Carpenter. Washington. D. C: L. L. Taylor. Corvallls: A. A. Murray. Falls City. Or.; E. C Rea. George W. Rea. Baker City; E C. Truesdell. T. J. Barnes. Centralis. W'ash.: T. W. Jackson. L. C McCoy. E. E. Bulllver. Victoria. B. C: F. D. Cornett. Al bany. Or.; Charles Broman. Vancouver; P. B. Spehr. Milwaukee: James Hawley. L. C. Lubeck. Condon. Or.: O. E. Harper. Pearl. Idaho: W. C. Minns. Pendleton: R. E. Simp son. Prlnevllle; O. W. Spehr. Milwaukee; H. E. Armstrong and wife. Cathlamet; C. M. Nutter. San Francisco: W. C. Geddls, VIcnto. Or.; A. A. Bonney and wife. Tygh Valley: W. HI Brown and wife. Twin Falls; H. J. Bo wen and "wife. San Jose; Mrs. Joseph Hunter. Kansas City: C. W. Rollins. J. 51. Berry. St. Louis; "John F. L'hlhorn. San Francisco: O. P. Hulse. 5toro. Or.: H. C. Haynes. Glasgow: C. Newbegin and wife. Lewlston. Idaho: H. B. Henley. Pomeroy. Wash.- J. A. Gelsendorffer. Miss Adamson. R. L. West. The Dalles; 5Irs. A. M. Caddy. 5Ic511nnvllle. Or.: T. T. Geer Salem. Or.; A L. Parkhurst. Rldgfleld. Wash.; J. L. Dllllnger and wife. Barstow. Or.: Mr. F. E. Day Miss Nellie Bell. Miss M. Kellyman Kelso. Wash.: M. Manasse. Coshocton. O.; W P. Kingston. Seattle; H. E. Cushman. New York: R. F. Barker. Chlco, Cat.: H. E. . Bickers. Pendleton: J. A. Matone. Minne apolis: Sol Shyman. Elmer Parrot, Beth Con nell. Seattle: F. A. Morris. Newberg. Or.: George E. McCutcheon. Carlton. S. D.; W. L. White. Dysert. Ia- The Imperial W. B. Lowell. Aberdeen; B. S Kennedy and wife. 5Irs. Ella A. Steele. Pittsburg: J. N. Upton, J. S. Cope. Marsh-fleld- J Gough. Butte: J. W. Macrum and wife.' Spokane; E. E. Williams. Forest Grove; I G Moore and wife. Northeast Harbor; F. G Qulnn. Valdez; A. T. Oberndorf. Chicago; W T. May, Seattle: G. Damklns, W. F. Henderson. Winnipeg; E. Snider. Tacoma: C. T Roadruck: Mli A. Lovcradge. The Dalles; H. H. JfcCarthy. J. McCarthy. Sumpter; p. V S Reld. Heppner: J. T. Avon. Minneapolis: C H. Schepster. Vancouver: O. P. Stover, Washington; V. E. Porter. W. Harrison. J. Ludwlg. 51arble Rock: R. G. Butler, city: J. Gorman: Laura Orman. Stella; Mr. J. Gor man: Mrs. C. Sutherland, Norfolk; P. D. Jones and wife, Duluth; C I. Allen and wife, Osborne. O. "Tho St. CbaxeJ T. T. LInvllle, Carlton: W T. Miles. Antelope: S. L. Simpson, Kos lyn: B. Oliver. Yankton: G. Byetw. J&. Dun dee; T. McNIsh. Kalama: W. H. King; J. CTNell G. Mallory. Castle Rock: C. F. French. X Ti- tr. Vmnr. Dale Point: R. Ingalls: H. G. Morgan. Kansas City; JZ t? w mil. St. Catherines: G. W. Bacon. A. H. McGulre and wife. Forest Grove: J? A. Schas, Jordan Valley; C. D. Amldon, Sparta: A. W. Smith. Salem: J. E. Smith. J. H. Scrivener and wife. Eugene; W. S. Markwell, Clatskanle; J. J?. Brown. Woodland: S. P. Gordon. Carson; B. w. Em ery, Gresham: G. L. Alllngham; W . H. Pas ley and wife. Hlllsboro: O H. Hick. Paw Paw: W. L. Gage. McMlnnvllle: W. A. Gray and wife. Woodland: S. L. Simpson. Roalyn; C. Galloway, city; L. Galloway. Catlln: G. L. Simmons, Meatesaao; J. W. Forsyth, New brr. Hotel DeMeliy. Tacoma. WaaMactaa. "Ceropean plan. Rates. 7$ ciata- t $2.3 Xr day. TTrse 'baa. i