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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1906)
TILE MORNING OltEGOXIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1906. 15 v FEED GRAINS FIRM Good Tone in Oats and Barley Markets. DECLINES NOT EXPECTED Strong Consumptive Demand for Both Cereals In This Country. Offerings Xot So Free. Wheat Market Dull. . OATS Puget Sound speculator buy In Eastern Oregon. , BARLEY Tone of market strong-er. WHEAT Dull and unsettled. MILL.FBED Easier tendency In market. FRUIT Peaches and melons plenti ful. EGGS Price may not so higher. POULTRY Supply large and demand rood. - BUTTER Local situation unchanged, f ............... Many aralnhandlers are of the opinion that the market for oats and barley will advance berore it declines. The demand at present la very cood. for both cereals and stocks are !n firm hands. MUlfeed, on the other hand, has an easy tendency. Considerable buying of oats In Eastern Ore gon by Puget Sound speculators Is reported, and in some Instance they are paying on the basis of $23. Offerings in the Willamette Valley are light, as farmers are not disposed to let go at present price. Reports coming in from the country are to the effect that the crop In some sections was overestimated and - at several points where It was thought there would be a large surplus, all that was pro duced will be required for home consumption. Last year 10,000 or 11,000 tons of Eastern oats were brought Into this country, while none at all will be brought this year. A de mand for oata from California is also ex pected. The tone of the barley market is also firm, as there Is an excellent demand, which la cer tain to continue as long as the extensive rail road construction work lasts in this country. Keed barley is quoted locally at $20(521. Not much movement in brewing barley Is reported. Stocks of millfeed are not heavy, but there is not much life to the market and no pros pect of Immediate Improvement, as wheat prices keep down. The large proportion of light wheat produced may also operate against any betterment in values. Trading In wheat Is limited, aa there Is no export or California demand and the millers seem to have about all the grain they need for the present. The wheat merchants of this city are puzzled to know why the transporta tion companies are putting on extra grain steamers now in the face of California condl 'tlons. Last year, when there were heavy or ders from the South, transportation facilities were unsatisfactory. Now more steamers are promised, but California does not want wheat and probably will not before the first of the year. The crop In that state was poor last year, and Oregon and Washington wheat was required for mixing purposes by the millers who did Oriental export business. This year the California crop is not only large, but of good quality. Furthermore, the millers have no exsort orders. LARGEST APPLE CROP. Supply In This Country Is Greater Than Ever Before. Regarding the apple crop of 1900, the New York firm of W. N. White & Co., In a cir cular Just Issued, state that there are more apples today in America than ever before. The previous largest crop was in 1890, and in that year plenty of apples were sold from 30 to 80 cents a barrel, after being picked, packed and brought to the market. Last year the total quantity of Oregon Newtowns shipped was not over 25.000 boxes. This year they can ship 100.000 boxes. Last year California must have produced not less than 600,000 boxes of Newtowna. because 400,000 were shipped to Europe, and owing to the short crops in the South and Middle West, quite a lare lot of Newtowns went into those markets. Those markets will probably not be buyers of Newtowns this year, says the circular, so that the bulk of the Newtown crop will have to be shipped to England, and if there is 70 per cent of last year's crop that will still mean as many boxes of apples from Cali fornia and Oregon as there were last year for export. In 1903 and 1904 the total quantity of boxes of apples shipped to all ports was 388,975 boxes. The question of prices for the coming season, the firm states. Is more or less a lottery this rear. Portland shippers believe the exports of Newtowns from Oregon will be only about 60, 000 or 60,000 boxes, but 100,000 boxes may be shipped from the entire Northwest. The ex ports for the past four years, according to their figures, were: Foxes. 415.740 R7,31'l 3S8,9L'5 ....212,001) 1005-06 1004-O5 1003-04 1902-03 TEACHES IN GOOD SCPPLT. Oregon Watermelons DU-pluoe California!!. Cantaloupes Are'' Cheap. There were liberal receipts of peaches yes terday and under a steady demand prices held around 80 and 90 cents. Complaint was heard from dealers regarding the quality of some of the stock received from Ashland this sea son. It was said to be Inferior to that of former years, showing apparently less care taken with the orchards. The fruit was con trasted, with the product of new Yakima orch ards, which is arriving here in large quanti ties and, being exceptionally fine and well packed, commands the highest market prices. Ashland peaches long ago made a name for themselves, but they now come into compe tition with fruit from many new sections, and unless the quality Is kept up they are bound to' suffer. Oregon watermelons have practically dis placed California melons, and no more of the latter will be received this season. Cantaloupes continue in heavy supply and. being cheap, sell readily. A car each of Toppenish and Payette cantaloupe were unloaded yesterday. EGGS AT TOP PRICE. Jin Further Advance Is Expected tor Borne Time. The egg market was active and firm yester day. Prices quoted were 24 to 25 cents. Re ceipts were limited. It is thought by most dealers that the top has been reached for the present. A good many cold-storage eggs are being disposed of. and as their quality is good this will probably hold the - price of fresh ranch stock down for a while. Poultry receipts yesterday were the largest of the week, but there was the usual strong Friday demand and everything cleaned up good prices. There yas no change in the butter market, which was strong. PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain, Floor. Feed, Etc FLOUR Patents. J3.95ff4.10 per barrel; straights. $3.10S3.00; clears. X3.10e3.25; Valley. S3.50tf3.60; Dakota and hard wheat, patents. $535.60; clears, $4.1064.25; graham, $3.50; whole wheat. $3.75; rye flour, local, $5: Eastern. $55.25; cornmeal. per bale. $1,909 i.29. WHEAT Club. CSc: bluestem. 69c: valley, TOc: red. 63c. OATS No. 1 white. $223122.60: gray. 621. . BARLEY Feed. $20521 per ton; brewing, $21.60-822.50; rolled. $23. RYE $1.30 per cwu CORN Whole. $26; cracked, $27 per ton. MILLSTUFF8 Bran, city, $16; country. $17 per ton; middlings, $2526; shorts, city. $17; country, $18 per ton; chop, U. 9. Mills. $15 50: linseed dairy food. $18; Acalfa- meal. $18 DO' ton. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oata, cream. 90 pound eacks. $7; lower grades, $5.609)6.75; oatmeal, steel cut, 50-pound sacks, $3 per barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4.25 per bale; oat meal (ground), 50-pound sacks. $7.50 per barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4 per bale: split pees, J5 per 100-pound sacks; 25-pound boxes. $1.40; pearl barley, $4.25 per 100 pounds; 25-pound boxes. $1.25 per box; pastry flour, 10-pound eacks. $2.50 per bale. HAY Valley timothy. No. 1. $10 11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy. $1214: clover. $77.50; cheat, $77.50; grain hay, $7: alfalfa. $10; vetch nay. $77.50. Vegetables, Fruits, Ktc DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, common, 50 75c per box; fancy, $1.25-S2; grapes, 75c$1.50 per crate: peaches, 8o-g90c; pears. $1.25: plums, fancy, 50&75c per box; common. Sotfy 75c; blackberries, 68 Be per pound; crab ap ples. $101.50 per box. MELONS Cantaloupes. 75ci?$1.50 per crate: watermelons, llc per pound; casabas, $3.25 S3. 50 per dozen. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $508.50 per box; oranges, Valencia. $t.503$fi: grapefruit, $44 60: pineapples, $34 per dozen; bananas, 6c per pound. FRESH VEGETABLES Beans. 5U7c: cab bage. l2c per pound; - celery. 8oc$l per dozen: corn. 15200 per dozen: cucumbers. 25c per dozen; egg plant, 10c per pound; let tuce, head. 25c per dozen; onions, 1012c per dozen; peas, 4i5c; bell peppers. 12V.'515c; radishes, 10fil5c per dozen; spinach, 2a;lc per pound, tomatoes, 40'5'iOc per box; hothouse, $2; parslev, 25c; squash, $11.25 per crate. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. 90c5$l per sack: carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets, $1,259 1.60 per sack: garlic, 10!B12c per pound. ONIONS New. 141c per pound. POTATOES Buying price: Oregon Bur banks, 7080c; sweet potatoes, 44tto per poui.d. DRIED FRUITS Apples, 14c per pound; apricots. lSlOc: peaches. 12Ufgl3c: pears, 1Hrl4c: Italian prunes. BHSSc; California flits, white, in sacks. BtffGVic per pound; black, 4&5c: bricks, 1214-ounce packages, 75S5o per box; Smyrna. 20o pound; dates, Persian, 6ff6c per pound. RAISINS Seeded, 12-ounce packages, &ft S'c: 16-ounce, 910c; loose muscatels. 2 crown, etfJTc; 3-crown, 6tfr7Hc; 4-crown, 7??7c: unbleached, seedlees Sultanas, 6t7e: Thompson's fancy bleached. lOtffllc: London layers. 3-crown. whole boxes of 20 pounds, $2; 2-crown, $1.75. Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream ery. 263 27c per pound. State creameries: Fancy creamery, 23Vi&27c; store butter, lo 15 '4 c. EGGS Oregon ranch, 2425c per dozen. CHEESE; Oregon full cream twins, 13H& 14c; Young America, 1415c. POULTRY Average old hens, 13l414c; mixed chickens, 13jl3ljc; spring, 14j15c; old roosters, 9?10e: dressed chickens, 14?15c; turkey, live. 17!520c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 21fi22tIc; geese, live, per pound. OlOc; ducks, 1315c; pigeons, $11.50; squabs, $2 3. Groceries, Nuts, Etc RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, 5Hc; ttata ern Japan. 5.40c; head, 6.75c COFFEB Mocha, 26f28c: Java, ordinary, 18j22c: Costa Rica, fancy, 1820c; good, 16j 18c; ordinary. 1922c per pound; Columbia roast cases, 100s. $15; 60s, $15.25, Arbuckle, $17.25; Lion, $15.75. SALMON Columbia River. 1-pound tails, $1.75 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.40;. 1-pound fiats, $1.10; Alaska pink. 1-Dound tails, 90c; red. 1-pound tails, $1.25: sockeye, 1-pound tails, $1.70. S1TGAR Sack basis. 100 pounds: Cube, $5 40; powdered. $5.15; dry granulated. $5.0.1; extra C, $4.60; golden C. $4.45: fruit sugar, $5.05; P. C. $4.95: C. C. $4.95. Advance sales over ack basis as follows: Barrels. 10c; half barrels. 25c; Doxes, 50c per 100 pounds. Terms: On lemittances within 15 days deduct 4c per pound; If later than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct ttc. Beet sugar, $4.75 per 100 pounds: maple sugar, 151Sc per pound. NUTS Walnuts, 154c per pound by sack; extra for less than sack; Brazil nuts, 16c; filberts. 16c: pecans, jumbos. 16c; extra large. 17c; almonds, 141415c; chestnuts. Italian. 12U016c: Ohio. 20c; peanuts, raw. 7o per pound; roasted. 9c; plnenuts. 1012c: hickory nuts, 7tig8c: cocoanuts, 35tfi90c per dozen. SALT California dairy. $11 per ton; imita tion Liverpool, $12 per ton; half-ground, 100s, $9: 60s. $9 50; lump Liverpool, $17.60. BEANS Small white. 4V,c; large white, 4Hc; pink. 2c: bayou. 4iic; Lima. 6c; Mexicans, red. 4c. Provisions and Canned Meats. BACON Fancy breakfast, 21c per pound; standard breakfast. 19c; choice, 18c; English, 11 to 14 pounds. 17c; peach. 16c. HAMS 10 to 14 pounds. le1? per pound: 14 to 16 pounds, 19c; 18 to 20 pounds, 16Uc; California (picnic), 13c cotage, none; shoul ders, 12c; boiled. 25c; boiled picnic, bone less, 20c. PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels, $21; half barrels. $11; beef, barrels, $11; half barrels, $6. SAUPAGE Ham. 13e per pound: ..minced ham, 10c; Summer, choice dry. 17c; bologna, long. 7c; weinerwurst. 10c: liver. 6c; pork. 9fil)c; headcheese. 6c; blood. 6c; "bologna sausage, link. 4Hc. DRY SALT CURED Regular ahort clears, dry salt. 12c; smoked. 13c; clear backs, dry salt, 11 He; smoked, 124c; clear bellies, 14 to 17 pounds, average, dry salt, 14c: smoked, 15c; Oregon exports. 20 to 25 pounds average, dry salt, 13Hc; smoked. 14tc; Union bellies. 10 to 18 pounds average, none. LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tierces, ll4c; tubs, 12c; 30. 12c: 2ns. 12e: 10s, 12;.c: 5s. 1210. Standard Pure: Tierces, jov.c: tubs, lie: 60s. lie: 20s. HHc 10s, HHc: 6s. llc. Compound: Tierces. 7c; tubs, 7c; 60s. 7c; 10s. 8 Vic; 5s. 8 He Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc HOPS 1908 contracts. 17V420o per pound; 1905, nominal; 1904, nominal. WOOL Eastern Oregon, average best, 15 19c per pounds, according to shrinkage; Val ley, 201?22c, according to fineness. MOHAIR Choice. 2830c per pound. HIDES Dry: No. 1. 16 pounds and up, per pound, 18S20c; dry kip. No. 1, 5 to 15 pounds, 18621c per pound; dry salted bull and stags, one-third less1 than dry flint; culls, moth eaten, badly cut. scored murrain, hair slipped, weather-beaten or grubby. 2o to So per pound less. Salted hides: Steers, sound, 60 pounds and over, per pound. 10llc; steers, sound, 50 to 60 pounds, 10llo per pound; steers, sound, under 60 pounds, and cows, 9ftl0c per pound: stags and bulla, sound, 7c per pound: ktp. sound. 15 to 30 pounds, 10c per pound: veal, sound. 10 to 14 pounds, llo per pound; calf, sound, under 10 pounds, ll 12c per pound; green (unsalted), lc per pound less: veals, lc per pound less. Sheepskins: Shearlings, No. 1 butchers' stock,- each, 25'jy 30c: short wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each, 50fg60c: medium wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each, $1.25(ff2; murrain pelts, from 10 to 20 per cent less, or loldc per pound. Horse hides: Salted, each, according to size, $11.50; colls, hides, each. 25&50c. Goatskins: Com mon, each. 1525c; Angora, with wool on, each, 30ci?f$1.50. FURS No. 1 skins: Bearskins, as to size, each. $5fr20; cubs. each. $103; badger, prime, each. 25850c: cat, wild, with head perfect, SOfiOc; house cat, 6?r20e; fox, common gray, large prime, each. 60?T70c: red, each, $3?5; croe. each. $5-??15: silver and black, each, $100300: fishers, each. $5$?8: lynx. each. $4,50ft6: mink, strictly No. 1. each, according to size, $S3; marten, dark Northern, accord ing to size and color, each. $1015; pale pine, accord'ng to size and color, each, $2.50; mukrat. large each. 12$?15c; skunk, each. 40tfi60c: civet or polecat, each. 615c: otter, large, prime skin. each. $6fn0: panther with head and claws perfect, each, $2T5: raccoon, prime large, each. 60C?75c; mountain wolf, with head perfect, each, $3.50$r5 prairie (coyote). 60c(ff$l; wolverine, each. $6fl8; beaver, per skin, large. $5t?6; medium, $37; small. $1'1.50; kits. 5075c BEESWAX Good, clean and pure, 2225c per pound. A TALLOW Prime, per pound, 44Hc; No. 2 and grease. 21T3c. CASCARA SAGRaDA (chlttam barki New, SiW4c per pound: 1904 and 1906, 4i4S5c. GRAIN BAGS 99,Kc each. Dressed Meats. VEAL Dressed. 75 to 125 pounds. 7H$?8c; 125 to 50 pounds. 7c; 150 to 200 pounds. 6e; 2t0 pounds and up. 5t6c BEEF Dressed bulls. 3c per pound: cows, 4Mf5Iic: country steers. 5(g6c. MUTTON Dressed fancy. 7ST8c per pound; ordinary. S'ffdc: Iambs, fancy. S-ffSHc. PORK Dressed. 100 to 180 rounds. 81?8c: 150 to 200 pounds. 7Sc; 200 pounds- and up. 7C74c. ons. TURPENTINE Cases. Sic per gallon. COAL Cases. 19c per gallon: tanks. 12o per gallon. GASOLINE Stove, caees, 24o; 86 test, 32c; Iron tanks, 26c. WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 74c: 600-pound lots. 8c. less than 500-oound lots. Sc. (In 25 pound tin pails, lc above keg price; 1 to 6 pound tin cans. 100 pounds per case, 2ftc per pound above keg price.) LINSEED Raw. In barrels. 47c: in cases, 53c; boiled, 1n barrels. 50c; in cases, 65c: 230-callnn lots, lc less. BENZINE Cases, 19c per gallon: tanks, 12;C per gallon. Bank Clearings. Bank clearances of the leading cities of the Northwest yesterday vcre: Clearinfe. .$ 633.7H7 . 1,179.725 . ' 639.890 . 482,149 Balances. $109.3(10 142.259 52. ons SO. 322 Portland Seattle . Taroma . Spokane CALL MONEY HIGH Rate Advances to 12 Per Cent in New York Market. CHECKS STOCK. TRADING Bryan's Speech Is Another Depress ing Influence Negotiations Are Under Way for Good En. gagements in Europe. NEW YORK. Aug. 81. Danger signals loomed large on the financial situation short ly after tlie opening of today's market. Call money opened at 8 per cent and speedily ad vanced to 12 per cent, the highest -price in several months. As a result the market soon fell into a state of inertia, such as It had not shown for weeks before. Another influence . which made for lower prices was the speech of Mr. Bryan, al though Wall street professed to regard that as a mere incident an excuse and not a rea son, for selling securities. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that Mr. Bryan's attitude offers small comfort to the so-called vested interests and the financial community in gen-, eral. Efforts to advance prices by circulat ing reports of gold imports were made at the opening and while it is generally known that negotiations to that end are under way, no definite developments were obtainable. The stock market was without a leader throughout the session,' but tne trading ele ment played for a reaction and so far as any marked tendency was discernible, their tac tics were fairly successful, except in the case of Union Pacific, which held well at a marked advance over the previous- day'a close, and some of the specialties. In this class was Included Adams Express, which on a sale of one lot recorded an advance of 50 points. Some significance attaches to the rise in this stock in view of the strength of kindred securities and the very recent In crease in the dividend of a rival concern, and there were Intimations of a closer "com munity of -interests." Trading during the early session was several hundred thousand shares below the average of recent days and In the late session grew even smaller. A further advance In call loans to 12 per cent and no more definite news as to gold engagements added to the general feeling of discouragement which resulted In almost utter stagnation. The' forecasts of tomor row's bank statement showed a loss by the banks to the Subtreasury of more than $5, 000,000.' The strength of Union Pacific on buying whlcn emanated from one of the prominent Western commission bouses was one of the puzzling features of the day. Southern Pacific, Reading and Amalgamated Copper participated in the rise, but transac tions in these stocks were in relatively small amounts. The market closed barely steady, active Issues showing a tendency to rally. The Subtreasury transferred $500,000 to San Francisco. Bonds were steady. Total sales, par value, $1,400,000. United States new 4s coupon ad vanced per cent on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. Bid. Adams Express. Amal. Copper.. Am. C. & F do preferred. . Am. Cotton Oil. do preferred. . Am. Express. . . . Am H. & L. pfd. American Ice. . . 100 57,700 600 300 2T5 109 39 100 31 ' 92 260 30 79 V4 19 40 71tf 112V. 15644 116Va 136H 100 27614 106 100 142 117-j. 92 75 173 228 64 4 17 j. 210 176 12 1 27 91 55 37 69 50 140 29 70 217 545 43 , 86 61 43 77 70 15 127 173 18 82 48 84 4 51 28 68(4 148 21 69 132 800 2,600 Am. Linseed Oil ... do preferred . . Am. Locomotive - do preferred.. Am. S. & R. . . . do preferred. . Am. Sugar Ref. Am Tob, pf. cer. 2.500 18,666 ' V.ioo Ana. Mining Co. Atchison do preferred.. Atlantic C. L... Baltimore & O. . do preferred.. Brk. Rap. Tran. Can. Pacfflc... Central of N. J. Cb.es. 4 Ohio. . C. Gt. Western. C. & Northwest. C. M. & St. P. . C. Ter. & Trans. do preferred. . C, C, C. & S. L. Colo. F. Si I Colo. & So do 1st pref . . do 2d pref. . . . Con. Gas Corn Products. . 6.400 20,800 - 300 100 6,000 200 S00 4,000 .' 2U0 S.500 1.300 2O0 29,500 3.400 56 300 100 100 69 50 140 68 50 140 do preferred High. Low. 300 300 109 108 40 39 Ts 101 101 36' 29H 80 79 Va 156 155 136 ?i 136 H 27S 276" 107 105 101 101 143 143 118(4 H7t 93 92 75 75 Vi 174 173'4 232 231 64 64 18 17 210 210 177 175 Del. & Hudson. 200 218 217 Del., L. & W D. & R. Grande. 700 44 43 do preferred.. .-. DIs. Securities.. 400 ' 62 61 Erie 14,800 46 45 do 1st pref... 100 77 77 do 2d preg 400 71 71 General Electric 300 168 167 Hocking Valley , Illinois Central Internl. Paper.. 500 19 19 do preferred.. .' Internl. Pump.. 100 48 48 do preferred Iowa Central ..... ..... do preferred Kas. City So... 100 28 28 do preferred.. 500 58 5 Louis. & Nash. . 1,200 148 148 Mexican Central 400 21 21 Minn. & St. L.. 200 72 72 M. S P & S S M do preferred 170 Missouri Pacific 3.700 97 9694 !rt4 mo., Kas. 8c 1 f . . do preferred.. 300 70 70 National Lead 33 70 78 45 143 49 92 90, 92 87 141 90 83 3 63 96 136 90 90 29 99 27 65 100 45 24 59 90 117 37 99 150 34 32 52 191 94 131 75 45 108 46 106 3S 10914 1974 44 sno 151 91 IS 25 51 215 :is 101 76 327 37 N. R. R. M. pfd. 400 45 45 N. Y. Central N. Y-. O. & W 6. 100 1.2O0 4.100 14.1 50 93 "3 37 141 91 '63 137 142 49 92 "3 37 141 91 '63 136" Norfolk & West. do preferred.. N. American... Pacific Mall.... Pennsylvania .. . People's aGs,... P.. C. C- & St- L. Press. Steel Car do preferred. . Reading do 1st pref. . , do 2d pref. . Republic Steel.. do preferred.. Rock Island Co. do preferred . . Rub. Goods pfd. 8 L & S F 2d pf. S. L. Southwest. do preferred.. So. Pacific do preferred. . So. Railway.... do preferred.. Tenn. C. I. . . Texas & Pacific T., St. L. & W.. do preferred. . 100 200 47.600 400 " ' 166 V4.266 800 600 2.700 900 80 99 27 65 29 99 27 64 600 6,400 300 2.5O0 100 "600 200 59 90 118 38 100 34 34 53 191 59 80 11S 37 100 'si 33 52 188 300 Union Pacific. .186,400 do preferred.. ...... U. S. Express U. S. Realty U. S. Ruhberr do preferred.. 100 U. S. Steel 52.100 108 40 107 38 108 43 106 38 - ""26 44 do - preferred. . Vir.-Car. Cehm. do preferred. . Wabash do preferred . . Wells-Fargo Ex. Westinghouse E. Western Union . Wheel. & L. E. Wis. Central do preferred. . Nor. Pacific Central Leather do preferred . . Pchloss Sheffield Gt. Nor. pfd. . . Int. Met 6.700 300 400 400 ' 20 44 500 91 91 200 25 25 400 51 51 5.200 216 214 100 3S 3S IOO 102 102 100 77 77 4,900 329 32.1 800 38 38 400 78 7S do preferred. 78 Total sales for the day, 596,800 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. Closing quotations: U. S. ref. 2.1 reg.104 do coupon. ... 104 V. S. Rs reg 103 D. R. a. 4s... 99 N. X. C. G. 3s. 02 -Nor. Pacific 3s.. 7i do coupon. .. .103 U. S.new 4s reg. 131 do coupon .... 131 INor. Pacific 4s.. 103 :o. Pacific 4s... 92 'Union Pacific 4s. 103 IWIs. Central 4s.. 90 V. S. old 4 reg. 102 do coupon. ... 103 Atchison Adj. 4s 96 'Jap. 6s. 2d ser. . 99 .Jap. 4s, cer... 91 Stocka at London. LONDON. Aug. 31. Consols for money, 87 7-16; consols for account. 87 11-16. Anaconda 14 IN. Y. Central ... 147 110 105 122 180 66 19 183 18 45 - 89 47 81 74 ISO 154 37 Norfolk tt West do preferred.. Ontario & West Pennsylvania . . Hand Mines.... Reading So. Railway.... do preferred.. So. Pacific Union Pacific... 94 95 51 73 . 6 71 39 103 93 1." 98 47 111 21 47 , 94 do preferred... U. S. Steel do preferred.. Wabash do preferred.. Spanish Fours. . Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. Prime mercantile paper. 66 per cent. Sterling exchange, weak at $4.83.254.83.35 for demand and. at $4.80.154.80.2O for 60-day bills. Posted rates, $4.814.82 and $1.84 4.85. Commercial bills, $4.79. Bar silver, 66c Mexican dollars, 61c. Bonds Government, firm; railroad, steady. Money on call, strong and higher, 8312 per cent; ruling rate, 9 per cent; closing bid, 10 per cent; offered at 12 per cent. Time loans, very strong; 60 days, no loans; 90 days, 7 per cent; six. months, 6 per cent. LONDON, Aug. 31. Bar silver, steady, 30d per ounce. . Money, 23 per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for short bills Is 3 per cent; do for three months' bills, 3 7-163 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 81. Silver bars, 66c. Mexican dollars. 53 c. . Drafts Sight. 2c. Sterling on London Sixty days, $4.80; do sight, $4.83. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Today's statement of the Treasury balances In the general fund shows: Available cash balances ..$200,361,692 Gold coin and bullion 111,371,308 Gold certilicatea 49,USU,270 PORTLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. Sales and Prices Bid and Asked on the Local Board. Sales on the stock exchange yesterday were 8000 shares Lees Creek Gold at 1. and 1000 shares ' Oregon Securities at 6. Official prices follow: Bank Stocks Bid. Asked. Bank of California 853 Merchants' National 122 Oregon Trust & Savings 140 United States National 205 .... Portland . Trust Co 120 Bankers' & Lumbermen's ... 103 Miscellaneous Stocks Fesser Mlg 156 Campbell's Gas Burner 6 Union Oil 201 206 Associated Oil 39 41 Alaska Packers' Ass'n.... 67 .... Pacific States Tel 100 Home Tel . 38 60 Puget Sound Tel 50 Oregon .Life Ins 1,000 Cement Products.. 40 Empire Contracting Co 110 .... J. C. Lee Co 150 O. R. N. Ry. 4a 100 103 Merlin' Townslte 20 26 Nicola Coal 2 2 International Coal 66 63 Mining Stocked Alaska Petroleum .. 15 - 17 AJaska Pioneer 47 52 Standard Con. 11 12 Oregon Securities 6 7 Snowstorm 220 250 Lees Creek Gold 1 1 Tacoma Steel 10 12 Gallce Con 4 Gallaher 6 Golden Rule Con 1 Bullfrog Terrible 5 Golconda 4 4 North Fairvlew 4 5 Le Roy 2 Hiawatha 2 Cascadla - IS .... Lucky ' Boy It) 20 Hecla 325 .... Rambler Cariboo 25 35 Dixie Meadows 03 .... Great Northern 02 02 Mountain View 5 .... Sugar Stocks Ha'walian Com..... 86 .... Honokea 13 14 Hutchinson 14 .... Makawell 35 36 Onomea ...................... 33 34 Paauhau 18 19 Union 60 .... LIVESTOCK MARKETS. Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheen and Hogs. 1 The following livestock prices were quoted In the local market yesterday: CATTLE Best steers, $3.503.65; medium, $3S.25; cows, $2.252.50; second-grade cows, $1.6032; bulls, $1.6o2; calves. $414.50. 8HEBP Best sheared, $44.25: lambs, $5. HOGS Best, $77.25; light, $6.76(317; stock hogs, $8.50. EASTERN" LIVESTOCK. ' Prices Current at Kansas City, Chicago and Omaha. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 31. Cattle Re ceipts, 2100, Market, steady. Native steers, $4. 25(g6.50; native cows and "nelfers. $2.50 4; Western cows, $2 4; Western steers, $3.505.25: bulls, $23.15; calves, $2.75 5.50. Hogs Receipts 4000. Market. 610e high er. Bulk of sales, $96.25; heavy, $5.90 6-05; packers, $66.25; pigs, $6.106.30. Sheep Receipts, 3000. Market, steady. Muttons, t4.50fj5.00; lambs, $S7.40; range wethers, $4.75 5.75; fed ewes, $4.2505.50. CHICAGO, Aug. 81. Cattle Receipts, 1500. Market, strong. Beeves, $3.90 6.83; stockers and feeders, $2.404.30; heifers, $1.40 6 5.25; calves, $5.50&5.7O; Western steers. $3.606 5.30. Hogs Receipts today 12,000. Market, 10c higher. Mixed and butchers, $5.85 6.45; good to choice heavy, $5.906.35; rough heavy, $3.33 & 5.76; bulk of sales. $5.9006.15; pigs. $5. 25 6. 13. 6heep Receipts, 14,000. Market, strong. Btysep. $3.605.50; Iambs, $4.7507.75. SOUTH OMAHA. Aug. 31. Cattle Re ceipts, 1800. Market, slow to steady. Na tive steers, $4.4006.25; cows and heifers, $3$4.75; Western steers. $3.25 05.25; cows and heifers, $203.20; canners, $1.50 0 2.50; 'stockers and feeders, $2.7504.25; calves, $3 05.75; bulls, stags, etc., $2.2503.95. Hogs Receipts, 4500. Market, 5010c higher. Heavy. $5.5005.90; mixed, $5,630 6.80; light, $5.9006.07-; pigs, $5 0 5.60; bulk of sales, $5.30 0 5.90. Sheep Receipts, 1500. Market. steady. Yearlings, $5.60 0 6; wethers, $4.8505.50; ewes, $405.25; lambs, $6.23 0 7,59, Mining; Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alpha Con....: Andes Belcher Best & Belcher Bullion Caledonia .... Challenge Con. Chollar Confidence .... Con. Cal. & V. Con. Imperial. Con. New York (own Point... Kureka Con... Exchequer .... Gould & Curry I .08 .08 .23 .90 .19 .29 .13 .11 . 60 .89 .01 .05 .06 8.50 .50 .18 Justice $ .04 Kentucky Con. .04 Mexican 87 Occidental Con. .2S Ophir 8.55 Overman 10 IPotosl 1.22 Savage 1.00 Scorpion 07 Seg. Belcher... .03 Sierra Nevada.. .20 Silver Hill 80 Standard 1.50 Union Con..... .40 Utah Con 03 lellow Jacket. .20 (St. Louis 05 IBruns. Sav 04 Hale a: Nor 1.00 Julia 08 NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Closing quotations: Adams Con $ .20 Little Chief $ .05 Alice 2.25 Ontario 2.75 3.60 .02 .11 1.00 .20 Breece Brunswick C. . Comstock Tun. Con. Cal. & V. Horn Silver... Iron Silver. . . . Leadvllle Con. .20 .30 .16 1.05 1.(10 5.00 .03 Ophir . - Phoenix Potosi Savage hlerra Nevada. maii Hopes... :o Istandard l.eo BOSTON, Aug. Adventure ..$ 6. Allouez .... 34. Amalgamatd 109. Atlantic 13 Bingham .... 31. 31. Closing quotations: .00 IParrot $ 26.23 50 Qulncy 91.0O 37, Shannon .... 9.00 30 Tamarack . . 98.00 8.30 62.62 57.50 11.50 60.25 6.50 7.75 158.00 93.50 32.25 18.00 8.52 12H.UO 12.30 .0 Trinity Irnlted Cop.. IU. S. Mining. Cal. & Hecla 730. 00 Centennial .. .25 Cop. Range. . Daly West.. Franklin ... Granby Isle Royale. Greene Con. . Mass. Mining Michigan ... Mohawk . .-. Mont C. C. O. Dominion Osceola 7 5 V. S. OlC. ... 16. 20. 12. 75 (12 V. Utah Victoria .00 Winona ..... 19. 24 8. 00 87 50 Wolverine . . N. Butte B. Coalition. 13. .50 Nevada 61 50 Mitchell Cal. & Ariz.. 2. 50 . 40 113. 00 .75 Tecumseh . . . I Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 31. Wool, steady: terri tory and Western mediums. 24028c; fine me dium, 18022c; One, 1417c Atchison do preferred.. Baltimore & O. . Can.. Pacific Cnes. & Ohio... C. Gt. Western. C. M. A St. P. Da Beers ....... D. & R. Grande, do preferred.. Erie do 1st pref. ... do 2d pref. . . , Illinois Central. Louis. & Nash. , Mo.. Kas. & T. . AT ITS HEIGHT Fall and Winter Trade Stimu lated by Big Crops. RAILROAD STRAIN IS LESS Cooler Weather Causes Increased Activity in tlie'Industrles Growth . in Foreign Commerce Bank Clearings for the Week. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Bradstreet's tomor row will say: Better weather and definite assurances of large crop yields stimulate Fall and Winter buying which is apparently at or close to its zenith. A smaller movement of Winter wheat has partly relieved the strain on the railroads and made for a little more steadi ness in the price of that cereal, which, how ever, has sagged slightly as the feeling grows that Spring, like Winter wheat, will prove a large crop. Reports '.from abroad are of better than earlier anticipated wheat crops, which seem likely to affect prices still further, but It is to be noted that export trade in flour has Improved and exports tend to expand. . The crop situation, otherwise, la very promising. The promise of cooler weather makes for Increased activity In industry. The iron and steel markets are a little quieter, due main ly to scarcity of supplies rather than the weakening of .demand, which, as evidenced by advances In pig iron, old material and some finished lines, are still very heavy. Business failures in the United States for the week ending August 31, number 158 against 155 last week, 161 In the correspond ing week of 1905. 180 in 1904. 162 in 1903 and 131 In 1902. In Canada, failures for the week number 14 as against ten last week and 25 in this week a year ago. Wheat, Including flour, exports from the United States and Canada for the week end ing August 30. are the largest or any week this year, aggregating 8,081,998 bushels against 3,196,331 last week, 1,429,250 thia week last year, 1.830.511 In 1904 and 4,406,064 In 1901. For the past nine weeks of the fiscal year, the exports are 23,206,597 bush els against 8,006,754 In .1905. 12.464.862 In 1904 and 59.167.750 In 1901. Bank Clearings. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended August 30, with the percentage of In crease and decrease, as compared with the corresponding wtck last year: 1 P.C. P.C. inc. dec. !,085, 059,152 32.4 180.952,848 6.6 .... 130.o55.25O 17:1 142,276,156 17.5 .... 46,346,733 8.7 .... 44,61.573 7 41.668.072 16.7 .... 23.516.08 7.3 .... 20,456,700 12.7 22.991,122 l.O .... 14.o53,8S9 2S.8 14.2S5.6l5 9.5 .... 13,820,028 6.9 10,627.550 15.2 10.413,369 10.3 8,771,374 9.2 .... 8.338,778 9.8 .... 7,743.407 18.5 5,763.600 11.0 6,714,226 14.0 6,276,755 3.1 7.0S8.461 27.4. .... 6,144, 7SU 20.5 7.440.551 03. 9 2.378,357 29.4 4.641.600 80.8 .... 6,174.471 3.1 .... 4, 204.500 7.6 .... 3,926.863 14.3 4.5X1.024. 25.1 - 3.384,645 9.1 4,453,159 23.9 .... 4.767,775 20.0 3.640.608 3.2 3,360,953 16.5 2,281.909 1.0 3,060.760 25.5 S.645,170 24.0 3.871,510 55.0 .... 2.855. 133 34.2 2.903,145,20.1 .... 2.366.043 8.7 1,875,446 10.6 .... 1,745.692 15.6 1.815.805 3.0 1.797,123 3.6 929,722 42.2 1,350.372 12.0 .... 1,624.493 12.3 . 1,712.055 14.4 1.342,569 1,250.503 10.4 .... 1,542.443 24.9 1,078,643 e.S 1,125.249 3.0 .... 723,159 8 1,216.088 1,291.146 14.6 539. 892 21.4 .... 1,233.352 2.9 947,999 7.8 1,026.813 11.8 .. 1.052.844 . 4 .... New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburg San Francisco Baltimore Cincinnati Kansas City New Orleans .... Minneapolis Cleveland Louisville Detroit Los Angeles Omaha Milwaukee Providence BufTalo Indianapolis St. Paul Denver Seattle Memphis Fort Worth Richmond Columbus Washington ........ St. Joseph Savannah .'. Portland. Or. :... Albany 1 Salt Lake City Toledo. O. Rochester Atlanta Tacoma Spokane, Wash . . . Hartford Nashville Peoria . . . Des Moines New . Haven Grand Rapids .... Norfolk Augusta. Ga. Springtteld, Mass. . Portland, Me Dayton Sioux City Evansville Birmingham Worcester Syracuse Charleston, S. C... Lincoln Mobile Erie Knoxvllle Jacksonville, Fla. . Wilmington, Del. . Wichita Wilkesbarre ....... Chattanooga ....... Davenport Little Rock Kalamazoo. Mich. . Topeka Wheeling, W. Va. . Macon Springfield. Ill Fall River Helena Lexington Fargo, N. D New Bedford ..... Youngstown, ...... Akron -.... Rocktord, 111 Cedar Rapids, la. . Canton. O Binghamton Chester, Pa. Rloomington. 111. . Springfield. O Qulncy. Ill Mansfield. O Decatur, 111 Sioux Falls, S. D.. Jacksonville, 111. .. Fremont. Neb. . . . .. South Bend. Ind... Houston Galveston Fort Wayne 907.891 13.3 920.904 22.1 819,108 44.1 - 853,199 38.6 757,958 29.4 661,201 48.2 9,4,993 39. T 408.6H4 645. IO 4.6 1 605.378 86.6 647,180 418,775 .... 431,882 62,014 25.8 492.615 2S.1 22. T 1.8 6.8 492.476 27.4 4H5.140 892.346 20.7 1.6 404. 6S8 21.3 854.5HO 3.2 4O0, 535 287.277 6.2 19.1 6.0 341.60 S62.710 ll.O 378.221 26.8 338.913 23.3 303, 253 22.6 212.(i9 271.339 357.256 14.S 14.8 2O.5R1.0K4 17.8 12.904.0iX) 16.7 632,154 17. S Totals. U. S $2,976,768,906 Outeide N. Y. City. 891,709,754 CANADA. 25.5 11.0 Montreal ............$ 26,322.287 18,426.627 890,649 8. 2 14. 675 2. 1S5.837 1.5R7.863 2.621,781 1.665.212 1.324,448 1.142.198 891.9 19 1.0O3.342 719,644 18.0 6.0 ii'.i 9.0 8.1 42.5 4.6 20.4 24.6 13.7 32.3 Toronto Calgary Winnipeg Ottawa Halifax Vancouver, B. C. -Quebec ............ Hamilton St. John, N. B London, Ont Victoria. B. C Edmonton Totals, Canada $ 65,275,779 17.8 Balances paid In cash. NO CHECK TO BCS1NES8. Outlook Becomes Brighter Each Week. Good Exports Assured. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. R. G. Dun Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will aay: No check to commercial progress can be discerned, while the outlook becomes brighter each week through most encouraging crop reports. Lower prices for farm staples testify to the certainty of ample crops, which, in turn, give promise of more liberal exports. Foreign commerce at the port alone for the last week showed gains of $2,336,709 In ex ports, and $3,548,876 In imports, as compared with last year's figures. Railway traffic returns continue encourag ing, for August thus far exceeding last year's figures by 1.75 per cent. Failures this week numbered 170 In the United States compared with 217 last year, and 14 In Canada against 19 a year ago. SAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS. Price Paid fr Product. In the Bay City Markets. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31. The following 1 minted In the nroducA mnrkni FRUIT Apples, choice, 90c; common, 35c; bananas. 75ci$3.25; Mexican limes. $5; California lemons, choice, $6; common, $4; oranges, navel. $1.75(?4; pineapples. $1.50 2.50. VEGETABLES Cucumbers, 25040c; garlic. 3c; green peas, 804c; string beans, 20 3c; tomatoes, 10040c; egg plant, 40c; okra, 50(ff75c. BGGS Store, 18525c: fancy ranch. 28c. POTATOES Early Rose. 70S'80c: 1 River Burbanks, $1.10; Salinas Burbanks, $1.35(1 1.50; sweets, 2$2c; Oregon Burbanks, 750S5c. POULTRY Roosters, old. $3.5004; young roosters, $507.50; broilers, small, $2.5003.50; broilers, large, $3.504: fryers, $405; hens. $4.506.60; ducks, young. $35. BUTTER Fancy creamery. 27c; creamery seconds. 22c; fancy dairy. 24c; dairy sec onds, 20c; pickled. 1818c. CHEESE Young America, 13c; Eastern, 20c; Western. 15c. WOOL Fall, Humboldt and Mendocino, 160 18c; mountain, 9011c; South Plains and San Joaauin, 9011c. MILLSTUFFS Bran, $18.50019.60; mid dlings, $2629.50. HAY Wheat, $12B17.50; wheat and oats, $10012; barley, nominal: alfalfa, $7010.50; stock, $7(98: straw. 3055c per bale. RECEIPTS Flour. 8041 quarter sacks; wheat, 350 centals; barley, 1155 centals; oats, 270 centals; beans, 447 sacks; potatoes, 3420 sacks; hay, 3o5 tons; hides, 9750. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. There was an ad vance In the London tin market wlta spot closing at flS4 17s 6d and futures at 184 7s 6d. Locally the market was steady and higher in sympathy with spot quoted at 40.50051c Copper was unchanged In London with spot and futures both quoted at S5 5s 6d. Locally tb,e market continued firm and prices were held higher with lake quoted at 18.750 19c. electrolytic at 18.50 18.75c and casting at 18.25 18.50c. Lead was firm at 5!75 ft 3.90c In tne local market. It was unchanged at 17 10s In London. Spelter was unchanged at 27 5s In Lon don and at 606.10c locally. Iron was higher In the English market with standard foundry quoted at 53s lid and Cleveland warrants at 54s Sd. Locally no further change was reported. BUYING OF SEPTEMBER FEATURE OF TRADING IX CHI CAGO WHEAT PIT. Business Is Active All Day and at the Close Fair Gains Are Shown. CHICAGO. Aug. 31. The wheat market opened easier today because of a raaderate decline at Liverpool and favorable weather for harvesting the Spring wheat crop In this country. From the start of the session, how ever, the September delivery was In good de mand by several influential traders and this soon .started covering by local shorts. The market responded to the demand and the Sep tember delivery advanced c. Other deliv eries advanced In lesser degree. Trading was active all day. During the last hour there was considerable profit-taking, which resulted In declines In all deliveries. December opened o lower at 73c, advanced to 74o and closed unchanged at 7373!)ic. Liquidation of September holdings had a de pressing effect In general on the corn mar ket. A decline of lc in the price of cash corn was directly responsible Cor the selling. December opened unchanged to a shade higher at 43 to 43043c. sold between 43c and 43c and closed unchanged at 43 043c. Oats were easier on selling by commission houses and cash Interests. December opened c lower at 30c, sold between 3031c and closed oft Vic at 3030c. Provision's were steady on a 10c advance In the price of live hogs. Trading was quiet. At tie close September pork was unchanged, lard was unchanged and ribs were 205o lower. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. Hlph. Low. Close. September ... .70 $ .70 $ .70 $ .70i December 73 .74 .73 .704 May .77 .78 .77 .78 CORN. September ... .48 .4834 .47 .47 December 43 .434 .43Z .43 May 44 .4 .44 .44 OATS. September . .29 .29 .29 .29 December 31 .31 .3 .30 May 33 .33 .33 .33 MESS PORK. September ...16.80 16.00 16.80 16.90 January .13.50 13.60 13.47 13.50 LARD. September ... 8.80 8.80 8 77 8.77 October 8.87 8.90 8.87 8.87 November .... 8.72 8.72 8.70 ' 8.70 January 7.95 8.0O 7.95 7.95 SHORT RIBS. September ... 8.82 8.85 8.7T 8.77 October 8.75 8.77 8.70 8.76 January 7.25 7.27 7.22 7.22 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Steady. Wheat No.' 2 Spring. 75c; No. 3, 72075c; No. 2 red. 7O07Oc. Corn No. 2, 4814(i4Sc; No. 2 yellow, 49tio. Oata No. 2. 29iT29c; No. 2 white, 32c; No. 3 white. 29031 'ac. Rye No. 2. 65 056c. . Barley Fair to oholce malting, 40048c. Flaxseed No. 1, $1.07; No. 1 Northwest em. $1.11. Clover Contract grades, $12. Short ribs sides Loose, $8.700 8.80. Mess pork Per barrel, $16.90. Lard Per 100 pounds, $8.80. Short clear sides Boxed, $909.12. Whisky Basis of high wines, $1.29. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 32,700 18.5iO Wheat, bushels 79,000 128.600 Corn, bushels .316,4oO 287, 4(iO Oats, bushels 390,400 60.100 Rye, bushels 3.000 Barley, bushels 23.100 6.000 Grain and Produce at Vew York. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. Flour Receipts. 22.900 barrels; exports, 15,400 barrels. Steady but dull. Wheat Receipts. 78.000 bushels; exports, 41,fto0 bushels. Spot, easy; No. 2 red, 770 elevator; No. 2 red, 78c t. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth. 83c t. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard Winter, 70 e f. o. b. afloat. The wheat market was quiet all day and no more than steady, finally easing oft under liquidation with the close partly He net lower. Prices rallied after the opening pn famine news from Russia, but had poor sup port, owing to easy cables and good North west weather. May closed at 84 c. Septem ber at 73o and December at 81c Hops and petroleum Quiet. Hides and wool Steady. t Grain at San Francisco. v BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. Wheat and bar ley, quiet.' Snot quotations: Wheat Shipping, $1.2701.30; milling. $1.32Vl-01-4O. Barley Feed, $101.05; brewing. $1.0501.10. Oats Red. $1.1501.40; black, $1.15. Call-Board sales: Wheat December, $1.24. Barley December, 98 c. Corn Large yellow, $1.4001.42. European Grain Market. LONDON, Aug. 31. Cargoes, quiet; Pacific Coast, prompt shipment, 30s! English coun try markets, generally cheaper; French, dull. LIVERPOOL. Aug. 31. Wheat September 6s ld: December, 6s 3d: March, nominal. The weather In England is fine. Minneapolis Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 81. Wheat Sep tember, 71 c; December, 7294c, May. 76 76c; No. 1 hard. 77c; No. 1 Northern, 76!4c: No. 2 Northern, 74 c; No. 3 North ern. 71 0 72c. Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA. Aug. 31. Wheat lc lower. Blue stem. CSc; club, 66c: red, 63c. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. The market for. evaporated apples shows no fresh feature with futures weak and spot more or less nominal in the absence of important busi ness. Prime are quoted at 10c, choice at 10c and fancy at 11c. Prunes are uncharged on spot with quota tions ranging from 7 to 8c. according to grade. ' Apricots are firm with choice quoted at 16c, extra choice at 17c and fancy at 18020c. Peaches are firmer in tone, but spot quo tations are unchanged. Choice are quoted at 10 .5 lie. extra choice at 11011c. fancy at 11013c and extra fancy at 12012c Raisins are In moderate demand on spot with loose muscatel j"ed at 6 07c. seeded raisins at 60 3c and London layers nominal. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. Coffee futures closed steady at an advance of 5 points to a decline of 5 point. Sales were reported of 21.500 bags. Including: October. 6.30c: De cember, 6.45$-6.50c; January, 6.53r; March, 6.6506.70c; May, O.SOc; June. 6S3c. July. 6.90. Spot Rio. quiet; mild, quiet. Sugar Raw, tlrm; fair refining. 3 9 3c; centrifugal, 96 test, 4c; molasses sugar, 303c; refined, steady. Dairy Produce, in the East, CHICAGO; Aug. 31. On the Produce Ex change today the butter' market was steady; creamerte.o, 19(323c; dairies. 1702Oc Eggs Firm at mark, cases included, 12 016o; firsts, 17c; prime firsts, 19c; extras, 21c. Cheese Steady, 1 1 13c. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. Cotton Futures closed barely steady at a net decline of 12 to 13 points BLAME PRINCESS VICTORIA Commission Inquiring Into ChehalU Disaster Reports Findings. VANCOUVER, C. Aug. 31. The commission appointed to investigate the disaster by which the steamer ChehalLs was sunk in this harbor through a col lision with the steamer Princess Victoria and by which seven persons were drowned two months ago rendered a de cision this morning. The decision was announced by the chairman. Justice Mor rison, of the Supreme Court. The Commission placed the blame en tirely upon the Princess Victoria, which was the overtaking ship. The decision was that the Princess was entirely at fault. The Master's certificate of Captain Grif fin, commanding the Princess Victoria, was suspended for six months. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS May Stroup. guardian to Llllie D. Moftlt. lot 8 and west 30 feet of lot 7. block 2, Waverly $ 20O George W. Brown to Tena B. Kerr, lot 13. block 6, Laurelwood Park 100 T. O. Sands to Frank Ansley, lot 3, block 13, City View Park 2.400 May Stroup et al. to, Llllie D. Moffit, undivided of lot 8 and west 30 feet lot 7, block 2, Waverly 1 Minnie Bell and husband to B. T. So den, lot 1, block 242. Holladay's Ad dition to East Portland 1.350 J. F. Hood et al. to Joseph J. Weber, lot 13. block 0. beilwood 310 McMtnnvllle College to J. F. Hood, lot 15. block SO, Scllwood 160 Lydia Potts to Annie F. Green, went 33 1-3 feet of lot 7, block 2, Mount Tabor Villa Annex 700 B. H. & B. F. Coe to O. M. Heaton. lots 3 and 4, block 3k Linnton 1 Title Guarantee & Trust Co. to W. J. Coates. lot 16, block 9, North lrv Ington 200 Point View Real Kstate Co. to Oeorse A Thompson and wife, lots 29 and 30, block 27, Point View 200 Peninsular Real Estate Co. to M. H. Carter, lot 7, block 36, Peninsular Addition No. 3 to East Portland.... 100 Bertha Currier and husband to Mathew Becker, lot 2, block 47. First Addition -to Holladay Park Addition to Port land 1.SS0 Walter J. Burns and wife to E. W. Spencer, 7 76-100 acres in William Irvine D. L. C, except 8 deeded lots 1 Lucy Level and husband to James E. Tryzllaar. lot 14, Vance 1.230 Inez De Lashmutt to O. & C. R. R. Co.. right of way. 60 feet wide, across W. of S. E. of N. W. of section 17, T. 1 S., R. 1 K.. W. M. 250 Robert R. E. Lansch and wife to Wil liam Hass, lot 10, block 17, Cook's Addition to Alblna 1.250 Henrietta Adams and husband to W. . J. Peddlcord, lot 6, block 4, Sever ance Addition to St. Johns 1 W. J. & B. J. Dodson to C. B. Wood ley, lot 13, block 14, South St. Johns 260 American Trust & Investment Co. to James P. Smith and wife, lots 3, 4 and 6, block S, Sellwood 450 Mary Keenan and husband to S. E. Phelps, lots 35 and 36, block 22. Mt. Tabor Villa 1.100 Pearl A. Watson to Margaret A. Rob inson, lot 7, block 18. Ladd's Addi tion to Portland 4,300 Mount Scott Improvement Co. to James Anderson, S. of N. of E. 20 acres of N. 2-3 of S. E. of sec tion 22, T. 1 S., R. 2 E.. W. M 1 Joseoh Best and wife to Earl C. Bro naugh. N. of lot 6. block 179, Caruthers' Addition to Portland 10 W. W. Marquam to Earl C. Bronaugh, lot 6, block 179. Caruthers' Addition . to Portland: aIo that part of block ISO lying east of O. & C. R. R. track 10 Fred H. Strong to John B. Spies, lots 9 and 10, block S. Wait's Cloverdale Annex 600 Katherine C. Peck and husband to Dell M. Shlnn, S. of W. of W. of B. of S. W. of double block Y. Portland 8.000 Union Trust or Investment Co. to S. K. Scott, lot 7. block 3. Ivanhoe 150 Security Savings & Trust Co. to Eliza Lalb, lot 11, block 301, Couch's Ad dition to Portland 1 Glenn L. - Simpson and husband to D. Van Zante and wife, lots 1 and 2. block 120, West Irvington 1 Thomas Paulsen and wife to Alma Whaley, 1 acres in section 13, T. 1 S.. R. 1 Et, W. M 1.125 Flrland Company to Emma L. Doty, lot IB. block 7, Flrland 1.073 Firland Company to Arthur C. Hull, lots 5, 6 and 7. block 12. Flrland 2.050 John H. Heustls to Martha Blanchard. lot 9, block 53, Sunnyside ' 450 Wilho Ninkkanen and wife to Carl Laine, lots 25 and 26, block 2, Ar leta Park No. 3 1,950 Sycamore Real Estate Co. to W. H. Kluckner and wife, lots 13. 16, 17 and 18, block 1, Kern Park 400 Alpha J. Powers and wife to John Carl son. 315 3-10x658 6-10 feet in section . 19, T. 1 S., R. 2 E.. W. M 675 Louis O. Clarke and William F. Wood ward, executors, to Lewis N. Rum tell, S. 40 feet lots Or- 10, 11 and 12. block 3. Krush's Square Addition to East Portland 10.000 Total $38,023 Abstract ft Trust Co.. 7 Chamber of Commerce. Have your abstracts made bv the Security HAND SAPOLIO rOR TOILET AND BATH ' ftagor roughened bjr needlework catch every aUln and look hopelessly dirty. Head Sapollo remove not only the dirt, but also the loosened. Injured to tide, and rttor thm fingmrt tm $Simlr natural bmauty. IfiSckOaOCBas AN! DRUGGIST) PORE, SAFE, SURE Dr. Sanderson j Compound Savin and Cotton Root Pills. The best and only reliable remedy for DELAYED PE RIODS. Cures the most ob stinate cases in 3 to 10 days. Price $2 per box, mailed in plain wrapper. Address T. J. PIKRCE, D. O., 181 First, cor. Yam hill. Portland. Oregon. CMicHrsTCerB cnaxiew fEflHYROYflL PILLS ST V naHsrimaT st.J St 1 1 m tot CIIICHKSTKR'S EJiYlLlSH In KFD and Gold i(ull oojem -l4 With hlna r4h.lks.ai T" 1. -t v . si of jemr l'r;cial. T mi, . la Blr 3 ia a rtrm -iwrt rv.nrrni j remeay for Gonorrhoea, uime. 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