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THE MORNIXG OREG0XIAX, THURSDAY, OCTUBJSK 17, 1V07. 13 WORLD'S FUR TRADE It Is More Extensive Now Than Ever It .Was. CONSUL BURRELL'S REPORT Raw Skins Sent to Germany to Re ceive the Kxpert Finishing Pro cesses "Where the Annu al Sales Are Held, In view of the frequent questions asked as to the fur trade In general, and par ticularly as to the reason for Germany' Importance, therein, the following facts prepared by Vice-Consul J. L. A- Burrell, of Magdeburg, will be of interest; Occasionally one hears the fear expressed that the fur-bearing animals are becoming extinct. The fur trade of America is larer today than ever before. It is true that the huffalo no longer comes into consideration as a fur-bearing animal, and the beaver is also nearly extinct In most countries. The sea ottor, which formerly furnished lOO.O(K) furs annually, yields not 400 at the highest, and the seal also seems to be rarer, as the number of sealskins has decreased from 100,000 to 10,000 yearly, but other fur-bearing animals have taken the place of these, and the dimensions of the American fur trade are at present greater than they have ever been- More money is now earned on skunk, muskrat and fo furs than ever be fore on beavers, sea otters, seals and other rare furs. The depots in the United States and Canada send the larrest part of the fura they receive to the three famous fur markets of the world London. Leipzig and Nijnl-Novgorod. 1 The buying Itself is done by expert fur brokers. In London the furs are sold vby auction and an average of $5,000,000 worth of raw furs are disposed of there annually. The principal sale in Nijni-Novgorod, Russia, takes place in August. There all the Asi atic furs, such as Persian lambs and Astra khan p. Mongolian Roat skins and Siberian sables, ermine, rare squirrel furs, and, al though In very small quantities, otters and seals are sold. The Leipzig market is held at the great fur "Mepse" at Easter time. To It come buyers and sellers from North and South America, Persia, China, Siberia, Japan. Tibet and England. The "W esse" lasts two weeks and is an interesting relic of me diaeval times, which, still retains Its im portance. Why Is it that Germany, which furnishes no fur-bearing animals plays bo Important a part in the fur trad ? This Is due to the coloring and dressing of the furs. Whole towns and cities are engaged in the preparation of the raw skins. Austria and Russia produce the best squirrel skins for lining, but they must all be sent to" Germany to be dressed. The perrt nt thin dressing lies partially In drawing the fat out of the skins without soiling the fur, which Is of great importance in the case of ermine, white fox, and polar bears. Many dressers finish the furs with poor fat instead of butter, or do not properly remove the un pleasant odor, as they do not treat the skins with mahogany shavings. Germany takes the foremost place In the coloring of all sheepskins, which is attributed to the composition of the German river water and to the properties of the German clay. There ar sent annually to the sales at Leipzig and Nljnl-Novgorod 200.000 English fox skins. ."ioO.OOO German fox skins. :jO0.0iO Hi'slnn fox Pktns. fnt.oOO American rd fnx sktnr. and over 50.000 Alaskan fox skins of all sorts. HOP PRICES CURRENT IN NEW YORK Eastern Brewers Raise Wholesale Price of Beer. , Aside from the talk of the proposed hop pool, nt much occurred In the local market yesterday to interest the trade. In Its issue of October 11, the Waterville, N. y.. Times said of the" hop trade there: A good many samples have been shown this week and a steady buying has been going on. Late sales have been niacin by the Hanover farm, J. II. Montgomery, "Rob ert Bog an. Charles Perk, Patrick Ryder and John Foley. The prices paid have run from l.'lc to Irtc, those being about the prices that are prevailing. Many hopgrowers will be Interested to read that the Pt. Louis brewers have in creased the wholesale price of beer per barrel from Sft to $7. Tho second vice president of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company gives as a reason for this in crease that the advance is necessary "to retain a fair profit unless there is a drop in the prices of hops and barley." This will strike the grower as rather strange In view of the fact that hops are now. and have been about as low as they can be raised without actually losing money. The brew ers must be joking. FLOVR PRICES ADVANCE 15 CENTS Local Market Is Higher on All Grades. Wheat Is Unchanged. The Portland Flouring Mills announces an advance, effective this morning, of 13 cents on all local grades of flour. This applies to both old and new-crop flour. A similar advance was made recently by some of the state mills and a quantity' of new flour, of outside brands, Is now on the market. Mill feed, of every description. Is strong at the recent advance. In spite of the declines in foreign and Eastern wboat markets, wheat prices were not changed locally. Barley was firm and higher. The oats market ruled steady and unchanged. No great quantity of oats Is going East, so far as can be learned. NO CHANGE LIKELY IN BUTTER. Supply and Demand of Local and Outside Brands Equal. The butter market is steady, both as re gards city make and outside brands. The supply and demand is about equal now, and It In not likely there will be any change in ths Immediate future. There Is an active demand for eggs of every description, and full prices are ob tained. Oregon ranch eggs are In very light supply. Poultry has not come forward freely this week and commission men have been able to maintain prices without difficulty. FRUIT TRADE DULL AND DRAGGING Car of Pweet potatoes Comes nt a Handy Time Tomatoes Cheap. The fruit market, as has been the case for several days past, is a dragging affair. As the season advances the demand for Summer varieties becomes restricted. Light er arrivals of grapes removed some of the weakness in that line, but prices were not changed. Peaches were slow sale. Apples move readily. A car of sweet potatoes was a welcome arrival sfd they cleaned up well at a firm price. Tomatoes continue a drug on the market with some lots offered as low as 23 cents per crate. Bnsk Clearings. Clearings of the Northwestern cities yes terday were as follows: Clearings. T3aln.,.. Portland Seattle Taroma Spokane ...$i.5n4.ii7 si.tx.nr.it . . . l.PM.70:i 3.M.1H4 8ii2.:0 77.141 ... 1,237.783 120.437 PORTLAND OrOTATIONS. Grain. Floor. Feed, Etc. MIL.LSTUFFS Bran, city. $19: country. $2i per ton; middlings, $26.50; shorts, city, $21: country. $22 rer ton; chop, $ltKil8 jjer ton. WftEAT Cluh. 89390c; hltiestem. 91 92c; Valley, 8lSBOc; red, S7JfSSc. OATS I New crop Producers' prices; No 1 white. $2S; grlv. 527. FLOUR Patent. $4.05: straight.. $4.40; clears, $4-40; Valley, $4.40; Graham flour, $4.23 'ii 4.7..; whole wheat flour. $4.30gf5: ryo flour. $3 30 BARLEY Feed, $27 50 per ton: brewing, $27; rolled, $30ia31. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 90- found sacks, par barrel. $S; lower grades, tV507..V); oatmeal, steel-cut. 45-pound sacks, $R.50 per barrel: 9-pound sacks. $4.50 per uaie; oatmeal (ground;. 45-pound sacks. $8 per barrel; 9-pound sacks. $4.60 per bale; split peas, per 100 pounds. $4.25(94.80; pearl barley, (434.60 per 100 pounds; pastry flour. 10-pound acks. $2.Q0 per bale; flaked wheat. S3. 25 pel ase. CORN Whole, $32; cracked, $33. HAT Valley timothy. No. 1. SlTifflS per ron; Eastern Oregon timothy. $19-920; clover. $11; cheat, $11; grain iy, $11012; alfalfa, $12$1& Vegetables. FruKs, Etc. DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples. $191.73 pe' box; cantaloupes, $1.00 1.30- per crate; peaches, title fi $1.00 per crate; pruned, soc per crate; watermelons, lc per pound; pears, $191.75 per box; grapes, 40c 1.30 Pr crate; eaeaba. $2.25 ptr dozen; quince. $1 1.25 per box: huckleberries, 7 8c per pound; cranberries. $0.50l0o0 per barrel TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $5.00 97 per box; oranges. Valencias. $3,759 75; grape-fruit, $4(&4.50; bananas. 6c per pound, crated. 5Hc ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. $J 25 per sack; carrots, $1.25 per sack; beets, Ji.25 pr sack; garlic, 8c per pound. FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes. 0 75c per do.; cabbage, lmc per pound; cauliflower, 25 sx $ 1 .00 per dsen ; celery, 50c $$1.00 per dozen; corn. 8Ac&$l-00 per sack ; cucumbers, $1 per sack ; egg plant. $1 Hi 1.50 per crate: iettur. nothau. . 75c $ 1.50 per box; okra, 10 12c pound; onions. 15 20c dozen ; parey. 20c oer dozen ; peppers. 8(g" 17c per pound : pump kins, 1 9 1 i4c per pound ; radishes; 20e per dozen; spinach. 6c per pound : squash, llic per pound; tomatoes, 25 iff 50c per box. OXIONS Buying price, $1.50-91.65 per sack. DRIED FRUITS Apples, 8984c per pound ; apricots, 16(9 19c; peacnes. 11 9 t3e; pears, 11 9 14c; Italian prunes. 24 90 California figs, white. In sacks, 596&c per pound; black, 4ft 93c; bricks, 75c $2. 25 per box. Smyrna. 18tt'O20o per pound; dates, Persian, 6V-9"o per pound. POTATOES Buving price. 7B983o per hundred, delivered Portland; sweet potatoes. 2o per pound. Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Ete. BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream ery, S5e per pound State creameries: Fancy creamery, 27 Vs & 35c ; store butter. 17 H 9 22c CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, lfltt 17c; Young America, 17H18c per pound. VEAL 75 to 125 pounds. StOc; 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds. 697c PORK Block, 75 to 150 pounds. S9Si.4c: packers. 7H9R" POULTRY Average old hens, 12(312Hc; mixed chickens, 11S 12c; spring chickens, 1 1 9 12c ; old roosters, 8 ; 0c ; dressed chickens. 13914c; turkeys, live, old, 16c; young. 18c; turkeys, dressed, choice, nom inal; geese, live, per pound, Sfettc; ducks, 12 !4C; pigeons $191.50; squab3, $2 3. EGGS Fresh ranch, candled, Z'Zq'6oC per dozen; Eastern. 27 933c per do sen. Groceries. Noll. Etc. RICE Imperial Japan. No. 1. 6c: South ern Japan. 6'ASo; head. "Ho. COFFEE Mocha. 2428c; Java. ordinary. 17f20a: Costa Rica, fancy, ISifMc: sood. 10 C16c; ordinary. 1216c per pound. Columbia roast, cases. 100s, $14.50 : 60s. $14.75; Ar buckle. $16.50; Lion. $15.75. SALMON" Columbia River. 1-pound tolls. $2 per dozen; 2-pound talla. $2.95; 1-pounfl flats. $2.10; Alaska, pink. 1-pound talis, 95c; red 1-pound tails. $1.55; sockeyes. J pound talis. $1.90. SUGAR Saik basis, ion pounds. eiibe. $.12H; powdered. $5.9H4 : granulated. .".87V,: extra & $3.37 H; golden c. $o.27Vi; fruit sugar. $5.fi7Vi; r-errj'. $ri.K7H; star, $.VG7; beet sugar. $5.fi7H- Advance sales over sack basis a3 follows; Barrels. 10c; H barrels, 25c; boxes. 50c per 100 pounds. Term,: On remittances within 15 day, de duct per poi.nd: If later than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct hmel maple sugar. 1518c per pound. NUTS Walnuts. 1h320c per pound by sack; Brazil nuts. 19c; filberts, 16cr pecans, jumbos, 20c; almonds, 18?r2)c: chestnuts, Ohio, 17MrC; Italian. HH'iJloc: peanuts, raw, 6i $?S4c per pound; roasted, 10c; pine nuts. 1012e, hickory nuts. 10c; cocoanuts. 35 ti 90c per dozen. SALT Granulated, $17 50 per on: $2.25 per bale; half ground. 100, $12.50 per ton; 50s, $13 per ton. BEANS Small white. 4.35c; large white, 4Uc; pink. 4.20c; bayou. 4c; Lima, 6.35c; Mexican red, 40. HONEY Fancy. S3. 2583. 50 per box. Hod. Wool. Hide. Etc. HOPS J907, B-filuc per pound; olds. 4 5c ner pound. WOOL Eastern Oregon; average best, lfl T22c per pound, according to shrinkage; Valley. 2i)tfJ22o, according to fineness. MOHAIR Choice. 2l)30c per pound. CASCf RA PARK Old. 7c. in ton lots: new. k7c per pound. HIDES Dry. No. 1. 10 pounds and up. 15c per pound: dry kip. No. 1, 5 to 15 pound, 14c per pound; dry calf; No. 1, under 6 pounds, ISr; dry salted, bulls and stags, one-third less than dry flint; culls, moth-eaten, badly cut. scored, murrain, hair-slipped, weather-beaten or grubby. '2Zfi 8c per pound lesp; salted steers, sound. 6t) pounds and over, 7'? 7 He pound; steers, sound. 50 to AO pounds, 7c oound; steers, sound, under 50 pounds, and cows. 7c pound; btags and bulls, sound, 5i&'5&c pound; kip, sound, 13 to SO pounds, 7c pound; veal, sound "under 10 pounds, luc; calf, sound, under 10 pounds. ll5i)12c pound; green un salted). lc pound less: culls, lc pound le,a; 'FURS Bearskins, as to size. No. 1, $5& 20 each: cubs, $t(53 each; badger, prime, 25(Jr50c each; cat. wild, with head perfect. 8050c; cat. house. 520c; fox. common gray, large prime. 5070c each: red. $35 each: cross, $315 each; silver and black. $100?no0 each: fishers. $5rg8 each: lynx, $4.506 each; mink, strictly No. 1, accord ing to size, $13 each: marten, dark north ern, according to size and color. $10015 each: pale, pine, according to size and color, S. 50(94 each: muskrat. large, 12C13e each; skunk. 3040c each; civet or pole cat. S'S'lSc each; otter, for large, prime skins. $010 each: panthor, with head and claws perfect. $2-5 5 each; raccoon, for prime, large, BO 75c each; wolf, mountain, with head perfect. $3.50rtf5 each; prairie (coyote), 60cQ1.00 each; wolverine, $6S ach. Provisions anil Canned Meats. BACON Fancy breakfast, 22c pound; standard breakfast, 19Vjc; choice. 18Vic; English, 11 to 14 pounds, 16 He; peach. 15 c. HAMS 10 to 11 pounds, JBHc pound; 14 to 16 pounds, 15c; 18 to 20 pounda, 15c; picnics, lOHc: cottage, 13c; shoulders. 12Hc; boiled. 25c. SAUSAGE Bologna, long, 8c; links, THo BARRELED GOODS Pork, barrels, $20; half-barrels. $11; beef, barrels. $10; hall barrels, $5.50. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears dry salt, 12c; smoked, 13c; clear backs, dry salt, 12c; smoked. 13c: clear bellies, 14 to 17 pounds average, dry salt, none; smoked, none; Oregon exports, dry salt, 13c: smoked, 14c. LARD Kettle rendered: Tierces. 12He; tub,, 12c; 50s. 12c; 20s. 12c; 10a, 13'ic; 6s, 13c; 3s, 13Hc. Standard pure: Tierces. 11c; tubs. 1114c; 60s. lflic: 20a, lmc: 10s. llc; Ds. llc. Compound: Tierces. 9c: tubs. 9Hc; 60s. 9Vio: 20s. Otto; 10s. 8cl 6s. 9 Tic QUOTATIONS AT BAN FRANCISCO. Prices Paid for Produce in the Bay tity Markets. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16. The follow ing prices were quoted In the produce mar kets today: Vegetables Cucumbers, 6060c; garlic, 4H4i5c; string beans, HSc; tomatoes, 23 tfOOc; okra, 40fe60c; egg plant, 4075c. Poultry' Turkey gobblers. 2021e; turkey hens, 1720c; roosters, old, $4.50(5.50; roosters, young, $6.008.00; broilers, small. $3.003.50; broilers, large, $3.504; fryers. $4.505.GO; hens. $4.005.00: ducks, old. $4.O0ig4.50; ducks, young, $5.006.OO. Butter Fancy creamery, 3!c; creamery seconds, 30c: fnncy dairy, 37c; dairy sec onds. 28c; pickled, 24(825e. Eggs Store, 2744c; fancy ranch, 51c; Eastern. 2:tH(5 27c.- Cheese New, 16Vi17Hc; Young Amer ica. 16H18c; Eastern. ISc. Wool Spring. IJumboldt and Mendocino. 23W25C: Nevada, 15g18Hc: South Plains and 8- J.. 13lGc; lambs, 813Hc. Hops old, 3;5c; new, S'ac. Millstuffs Bran. $22 23; middlings. $28.30&31 Hay Wheat. $17''22.50; wheat and oats. $1217; alfalfa. $113.50; stock, $8199.50; straw, per bale, 45S5c. Potatoes Early Rose, 90c$1.10; river Burbanks 83c$1.10; Salinas Burbanks. $1.601.70; sweets. fl.S04jil.T3. Fruits Apples, choice. $1.30; common. 50c; bananas. $12; Mexican limes, $3.00 6.00; California lomons, choice. $5; common, $1.25: oranges, navels, $3504.5o: pine apples. $23. Receipts Flour. 1155 quarter sacks: wheRt. 7o centals; barley. 14,215 centals; oats. 8S4 centals; beans, 1122 saks: pota toes. i:;O0 sacks; bran. 301 sacks; middlings, 126 sacks; hay, 23 tons; wool, 1513 bales. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Oct. 16. There waa a fur ther break in the London tin market, spot closing at 136 15s and futures at 134 15s. Locally the market waa weak, with quota tions ranging from 30.60 to 30.76c. Copper was higher In London, with spot closing at 90 and futures at 58 15a Locally the market was weak and a shade lower, with Lake quoted at 1318.25c. electrolytic at 16.77U.'16.8-u,e and. casting at 12.67c. The London lead market was Ss higher, at 61 5s. Locally no change was reported. Spelter was unchanged tn the local market, but declined to 21 5s In London. Iron was higher In the English market, with standard foundry quoted at 52s 91 and Cleveland warrants at 63s lOHd. Locally no change was reported. REAK IN ST (MS New York Market Gets vere Shaking Up. a Se- MANY RUMORS OF TROUBLE Curb Operators Involved and the Effect Is Felt on the Floor of the Exchange Rally at the Close. NEW YORK, Oct. 16 There were a num ber of quick transformations in the Btock market today which proved exceedingly un settling to sentiment. The squall which struck Jhe market about 2 o'clock represented a complete reversal of the . form of the ft ret hour, when there was a general feeling of relief and growing confidence that the mar ket had righted ItBelf and placed most of its troubles behind It. . . When prices of some of the leading stocks began to break a point at a time about 2 o'clock, the most serious apprehensions were felt. The letting- go of etocks on such terms presaged no good to the market and fears that have been current for several days that some trouble waa overhanging were revived In full force. The rumors regarding .the trouble became more specific and more cen tered today, They were given direction by the events of the last few days in the curb market -and the extraordinary performances' there with United Copper stock. That stock dropped back to 15 today, after having been running up and down the scale to as high as 60 for two days. The existence of a market pool in the stock and published warnings against the transfer of some specified holdings opened the way to the deduction of internal disagreement In the conduct of the pool. Be yond theee tacts, information was vague, but enough was d-iscerned to locate the source of the pressure on the market with some degree of accuracy. The subject lost some of its terrors with the more definite outline, but the contingencies suggested were sufficiently grave to submerge the cheerfulness which had been rising early in the day. Call money was firmer In tone and lent at 7 per cent, partly In connection with the flurry in the stock market. The transfer of $500,000 to San Francieco through the sub Treasury opened a fresh demand on bank reserves and served as an offeet to the week's contrf buriona to the banks on sub-Treasury operations, which have run to upwards of $2,000,000, but as the proceeds have been out on loans1 meuntlme, the operation is expected to necessitate a shifting of loans. Southern Pacific was among the first stocks to break away from the early upward ten denecy and the reiteration of reports that proof of rebating had been obtained against the company accounted for Its weakness. The weakness of the copper stocks waa aggra vated by the assurance felt that the dividend on Amalgamated Copper would be cut at the meeting tomorrow, and expectation over tho extent of the cut became more despondent wlt the downward course of the stock. The late rally In the market was accom panied by reports that arrangements had been made to tide over the troubles of the group of capitalists whose affairs had become involved and whose contentions are believed to be largely responelble for the recent opera tions in the curb market. Bonds were weak. Total sales, par value. $2,008,000. United States 2s and the 4s, reg istered, declined per cent on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. Rid. Adams' Express 150 Amal. Copper 15O.900 54 49 SOU Am. Car & Fon. 8,700 30 28'4 2S do preferred 600 85 lj 85 85 Am. Cotton Oil.. J0 30 - 80 29 do preferred , 70 Am. Express Ie6 ' Am. Hd. A Lt. pf. 200 12H 12 12 American Ice 30 Am. Linseed Oil.. 100 7tJ 7H 7 do .preferred 17 Am. Locomotive.. 1,000 4bi)i 444 do preferred .... 300 93 924 92 Am. Smelt. & Ref.l04.00 77T4 69 7154 do preferred 2.400 31 14 86 87 Am. Sugar Ref... 5.800 10614 104H 105 Am. Tobacco ctfs. 100 74 74V. 73lj Anaconda Mln. Co. 17.800 31 27 2S Atchison 9,S RU4 78 7fi do preferred .... 100 ffh 85 S5Vj Atl. Coast Line... 700 71 70 70 Bait. & Ohio 2.600 R7Ni 8.'4 86 do preferred loo 83Vt 83L4 83 Brook. Rap. Tran. 22,0on 44 40 41 Canadian Pacific. 5.9ft 161- 157 168 Central of N. J... 50O KiR 162 162 Ches. & Ohio 2.000 29 29 29 Chi. Gt. Western. l,3no 7 7 7 Chicago & N. VV.. 3.400 1411, 139 140 C M. & Bt. P... 26.900 116 --fl3 113K Chi. Ter. & Tran 4 do preferred . '. 15 C. C. r. & St. L. irfO 57 67 5 Colo. Fuel & Iron 2,400 16'i 15 15 Colo. & Southern. L400 20 19 19 do 1st preferred 47 do 2d preferred.. 1.200 39 S8 36 Consolidated Gas... 80O 90 86 86 Corn Products ... 1,400 11 9 9 do preferred .... 1,600 60 57 67 Del. & Hudpon 500 150 147 148 Del.. Lack. & Wes. 450 D. & R. Grande.. 1,000 20 19 19 do preferred .... 100 64 64 63 Distillers' Securi. . 600 47 4rt 45 Erie 4.000 19 18 18 do 1st preferred. 11,000 41 4 30 do 2d preferred.. 400 32 29 28 General Electric... 1,500 112 110 110 Illinois Central . . 800 1.10 129 128 Int. Paper 200 104 10 10 do preferred 100 65 65 63 Int. Pulp 17 do preferred 62 Iowa Central 13 do preferred 35 K. C. Southern... 600 234 2.' 23 do preferred 900 64 '62 52 Louis. & Nash 1.800 101 99 80 Mexican Central.. 1.300 15 14 15 Minn. & St. X,... 500 35 34 30 M..St.P. A SS. M. 700 85 83 82 do preferred 120 Missouri Pacific... T.200 59 51 62 Mo., Kan. & Texas 4,900 . 28 26 27 do preferred .... 200 64 63 63 National Lead 8.300 42 38 39 Mei. Nat. Ry. pf 45 N. Y. Central 13,600 102 100 100 N.Y., Ont. & Wes. 700 30 29'A 29 Norfolk & West... 200 67 67 67 do preferred 77 North American.. 100 57 67 65 Pacific Mail 300 22 z22 22 Pennsylvania 22.600 117 116'i 116 People's Gas 1.30O 81 70 79 P.. C. C. & St. L. 1,000 65 65 63 Pullman Pal. Car 200 151 151 - 150 Reading 167,200 90 85 87 do l.-t prefererd 75 do 2d prefererd 72 Republic Steef ... R0O 18 17 17 do preferred 1.900 66 64 65 Rock Irfand Co.. 1,700 17 15 15 do preferred 700 43 42 42 St.L. & S. F. 2 pf. 900 32 31 81 St. L. Southwest.. 100 . 15 15 14 do preferred 38 Southern Pacific... 81.400 76 T3 73 do preferred 4n0 IOR 107 107 Southern Railway. 2,900 12 12 12 do preferred 400 47 46 45 Tern. Coal & Iron 185 Texas & Pacific. 1,900 23 21 21 Tol.,St. L. ft Wes. 4O0 42 42 40 Union Pacific 143.800 121 118 117 do preferred 800 80 80 RO U. S. Express 80 U. S. Realty 400 41 41 41 U. S. Rubber 1.200 22 17 IS do preferred 1.100 79 75 78 U. S. Steel 102.1O0 ' 23 22 22 do preferred 89.400 83 "" Rl 82 Va.-Caro. Chem.. 1,700 1 16 16 do preferred SnO 87 87 86 Wabash 100 9 9 9 do preferred .... 1,800 16 15 15 Wells-Fargo Ex 225 Westinghouse Elec 103 Western Union ... 200 69 69 68 Wheel. & L. Erie 500 6 6 6 Wisconsin Ceneral. 100 18 13 12 do preferred .- 36 Northern Pacific . 33.3O0 121 115 116 Central Leather... loo 15 15' 14 do preferred 1.0O0 79 78 8 floss-Sheffield ... 400 37 86 S5 Gt. Northern pf... 11.500 122 11R 11R Int. Metal 200 8 8 8 do preferred ..... 8.100 23 21 21 Total sales for the day, 1,024.900 shares, y BONDS. NEW YORK. Oct. 16. Closing quotations: U. S. ref. 2s reg.105 IN Y C G 38 . 8S do roupon. . . . 103 INorth. Pacific 3s-68 U. S. 3s reg 101lNorth. Pacific 4s 98 do coupon .... 102 (iouth. Pacific 4s R3 U. S. new 4s reg.121 'Union Pacific 4s 99 do coupon. .. .123 JWIscon Cent 4S 86 D. & R- G- 4s.. 95 I Japanese 4s.... 79 Money, Exchange, Eto. NEW YORK, Oct. 16. Money on call, 3 56 per cent; ruling rate, 3 per cent: clos ing bid, 4 per cent: offered "at 6 per cent.' Time loans, dull and firm; 60 days, 6 per cent; 90 days, 6 per cent; six months. 6 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 7 per cent. Sterling exchange .easier, with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at $4.S6154,8t20 for demand and at $4.8235'M.8240 for 60-day bills. Commercial bills. $4.82. Bar silver. 61 c. Mexican dollars, 47c. . Government bonds, easy-. Railroad bonds, weak. LONDON, Oct. . 16. Bar silver, 28d per ounce. Money, 23 per cent. The rate of discount In the open market for short bills is 4i?4 per cent; for three months' bills, 45J4 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16. Sliver bars, 61 c. Mexican dollars, 62c. Drafts Sight, par; telegraph,. 5e. Sterling on London, 60 days, $4.82; sight, $4.86. Stocks at London. LONDON. Oct. 16. Consols for 82; do for account, 82. Anaconda ... 6.25 IN. Y. Central .105.00 . 105.50 Atchison .... 83.37 iNorf lk & Wes 00 prer.... s3.oo ao pret... Bait & Ohio.. 90.00 Ont & West. . 60.75 . 83.00 30.23 . 60.23 . 4.75 . 46.25 .120.874 Can. Pacific. . 163.37 'Pennsylvania Ches. & Oh4o 30.23 Chi Grt West 7.50 Rand Mines . Reading Southern Ry. dn rref . . . . .7. M- & -S. p. 119.50 De Beers 19.87 D & R G.. . 20.25 do pref . . . . 67.00 Erie ; . 2O.00 do 1st pf . . 42.50 do 2d pf.. 32.00 Orand Trunk. 21.87 South. Paelfl Union Pacifi c 49.00 c 79.00 do nref .124.37 U. S. Steel. . . . 84.75 . 86.00 . 9.30 . 16.50 . 91.25 do pref. . Wabash . . . tn. central. . 134.00 do pref. . . L. & N 103.SO Spanish 4a... Mo. K. St T. . . 28.75 I Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Oct. 16. Today's state ment of the treasury balances In the general fund show: Available cash balances .. Gold coin and bullion ... Gold certificates ..$2.16.282.358 .. 43.63S.244 . . 6u.4Sa630 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK MARKET. Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep and H"gs. The .livestock market ruled steady yes terday Rt the prices that have lately been current. The day's receipts were 180 cars. The following prices were current in the local market yesterday: CATTLE Best steers. $3.75 4; medium. $3.233.50; cows. $2.63irf 2.83; fair to me dium cows. $2(82.25; bulls. $1.502; calves, f44.50. SHEEP Good sheared. $4.254.50; lambs. $4.50 5.00. HOGS Best, $6.606.85; lights and feed ers, $585.50. Eastern Livestock. CHICAGO. Oct. 16. Cattle Receipts, 24.000; market steady to a shade lower. Beeves. $3.P0( 7.25; cows. $1,501 5.25; Tex ans, $3.75rrt4 70: calves. $3.6088.23: West erns, $4.00(6.00; fctockera and feeders, $2.50(S4.75. Hogs Receipts 25,000; market steady. Light, $K.10 'u S.70; mixed. $6.10 6.5U: heavy, $6.00416.63; rough, $6 00(5 6.25; pigs. $5.25 6.25; bulk of sales. $6.356.50. Sheep Receipts 30,000; market steady, strong. Native, $3.00ty5.50: Western, $3.00 6 5.30; yearlings. $5.35&6.00; lambs and Western. $4.75 7.35. SOUTH OMAHA. Oct. 16. Cattle Re ceipts 7O00. Market for best, steady; oth ers, lower. Native 6teers, $4.75fr 7.10; cows and heifers, $2.50(5!-o0; Western steers, $3.75(55.75; Texas steers, f 3. 25 4. 60; range, $2.254.25; canners, $2.00(93.00; stockers and feeders. $2.S05.20; calves, $3.00(ff5.75; bulls, stags, etc.. $2.233.85. Hogs Receipts 5000; market generally 5c lower. Heavy, $5.85'? 6.05: mixed. tS.OS 6.05; light, $6.P.V'u 6 25; pigs, $5.50(& 6.00; bulk of sales, $3.90(3 6.05. Sheep Receipts 15,000; market, steady. Ewes, $4,5055.00; lambs, '$6.509 7.15. KANSAS CITY. Oct. 16. Cattle Receipts 16.O00, including 1000 Southerns: msrket Steady to 10c lower. Native steers. $4.80'oi 6.8o; Southern stoers, $3.254. 13; Southern cows. $2.10(Jr8.40; native cows and heifers, $4.0086.25; stockers and feeders, $3.00n 6.25; hulls, $2.60(9 3.75; calves. $3,506 6.75; Western steers, $3.505.50; Western cows, $2.4O!fs4.0O. Hogs Receipts 11.000- market 5if10c lower. Bnlk of sales, $6.0.V'r6.25; heavy, $6.00(gi6.15: packers, $6.05&'6.30; pigs and light. $5.75(S6.30. Sheep Receipts 7000; market stronjr. Muttons. $3.O0SJ3.30; lambs. $6.00Q'7.40: range wethers, $4.755.50; ed ewes, $5.40 a tj.OO. Eastern Mining Stocks. BOSTON. Oct. 18. Closing quotations: Adventure .$ 1.00 Allouez .... 25.00 Amalgamatd" 50.50 Atlantic .... 6.75 Bingham ... 4.50 Cal & Hec. . 602.00 Centennial . 17.00 cop Range. 46.30 Daly West.. 9.75 Franklin . . 6.25 Granbv 8O0O Isle Royale. 1275 Mass Mining 2.73 Michigan . . J. 00 Mohawk . ,-. 39 00 Mont. C & C 1.50 Old Domln. 1850 Osceola . . Parrot iQuinoy . . . Shannon Tamarack Trinity United Cop $ 84 00 9.00 . 72 00 . 7.25 53.00 118.00 15.00 V S. Mining 34.75 V. S. Oil 8 75 3 00 2.50 V ictoria . Winona Wolverine 91.00 North Butte 36.30 Butte Coal.. 1O.00 Nevada .... Cal & Ariz.. Ariz Com. . . 7.00 01.00 8.50 NEW YORK. Oct. 16. Closing quotations: Adams Con 8 ILittle Chief 5 Alice 400 lOntario 200 Breece . 18 lOphlr .. .133 Brunswick Con. 25 Potosl 10 Comstock Tun. .24 Savage 60 C. C. Vs. . . . 67 Sierra Nevada.. 50 Horn Silver. ... 125 (small Hopes ... 18 Iron Silver 100 Istandard 250 Leadvllle con... T Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 16. Evaporated apples are in moderate demand, but with offerings light, prices held firm, with fancy quoted at 10c: choice, 10c; prime, 9&9e, and com mon to fair. 89c. - ' Prunes are irregular In tone, but prices remain unchanged. Aprlcou continue steady at recent prices and peaches are without further change. Raisins are scarce on spot and no quotable change is reported. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, Oct. 16. The coffee market closed easy at a net decline of Bl6 points. December, 6c; March. .15o; May, .256.30c: September,' 6.40c. Spot coffee, quiet. No. T Rio, 6c; No. 4 Santos, 8c; mild coffee, dull; Cordova, 912o. Sugar Raw, steady. Fair refining, 8.40c; centrifugal, 96 test, 8.90c; molasses sugar, 8.05c. Refined, steady. Crushed, 5.70c; pow dered,. 6.10c; granulated, 6c. Dairy Produce In the East. CHICAGO. Oct. 16. On the produce ex change todar the butter market was easy. Creameries. 2327c; dairies. 2125c. Eggs Steady; at mark, cases Included, 1720c: firsts, 22S24c. Cheese Strong, 1515o. NEW YORK. Oct. 16. Butter, easy. Pro cess common to special, 19626c. Cheese Steady, unchanged. Eggs Firm, unchanged. Liverpool Cotton Market. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 16. Cotton, spot, good business done. Prices 11 points lower; Amer ican middling, 6. 49c. HANGS BY HER BATHROBE Wife of Seattle Piano Player a Sui cide, In the Closet. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 16. Elizabeth Ellnore Cheeks, wife of Charles Cheeks, a musician, hanged herself this morning In the closet of her bedroom in their apartments at Manhattan Flats. Death apparently was by strangulation. Cheeka told Detective Frank W. Clark he believed jealousy was the cause. The woman is presumed to have killed herself between 6:30 and 7:30 o'clock this morn ing. Her body was sTlll warm when dis covered by her husband at the latter hour as he returned home from his work at 615 Kins street, where he is employed as a piano player. Cheeks said when he opened the bedroom door he did not see his wife in bed and thought she was hiding from him, as she had often done when she heard him coming in. He threw his coat on the bed and stepped toward the closet when he saw the body hanging from the clothes pole, the cord of her bathrobe around her neck. ALL MARKETS OFF Wheat Loses a Cent From High Price at Chicago. WEAK NEARLY ALL DAY Declines In the European Grain Cen ters and in the Northwestern .Markets Fair Weather Is Depressing Influence. CHICAGO. Oct. 16. The wheat market opened weak because of declines at nearly all the European centers. Fair weather in the Northwest also exerted a depressing Influence. During the early part of the day, the market was very nervous, owing to the anxiety of shorts, but in the last half of the session, the tone became decidedly weak. Declines at all of the Northwestern markets, due to the favorable weather conditions for Spring wheat threshing and for the movement of the -new crop, tended to weaken the local market later in the day. The market closed weak. December opened c to c lower at $1.05 to $1.C5, sold up to $1.05 and then declined to $1.04. The close was off lc at $1.04. The corn market was firm early In the day, but weakened in sympathy with the break In wheat. Small local receipts and higher prices at Liverpool were the chief bullish fac tors. The market closed weak with prices almost the lowest point of the day. Decem ber opened unchanged to Vic higher at 6;; Vic to 63?4C. advanced to 63c and then de clined to 62c. The close was at 62c. down lc. Trade In oats was quiet and the market was weak almost all day. The heaviness of wheat was the main factor. December opened c higher at 55c sold off to 54c and closed c lower at 54 c. Provisions were Inclined to be weak be cause of the break In grain. Trade was very light. At the close January pork was off 7c at $15.87. Lard waa also down 7c at $9.05. Ribs were 10c lower at $.9.17. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. ...$1.05 l.(io 1.04 ... 1.1(1 1.11 1.10 ... 1.02 1.03 1.02 Close. 1.04 110 1.03 December May July CORN. . .. .63 T63 .62 ... .64 .64 ,63S 63 .64 .62 OATS. December May July ..... .62 .62 December May July . .65 .55 . .66 .57 . .50 .60 MESS PORK.J .lon 16.00 .54 .56 .60 54 .66 6j January 15 8T 15.87 16.25 16.25 9.20 8 25 9.05 9.07 9.22 8.25 8.17Ji 8.20 845 8.50 May 16.30 16.30 LARD. November Jenuary May 9.20 9.30 9.10 9.12 9.30 9.30 SHORT RIBS. 8.25 8.27 8.50 8.52 January May Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Firm. Wheat No. 2, Spring, $1.20fl.22 No. 3, $1.05(31.18: No. 2. red. $1.03104. Corn No. 2. 65S35c; No. 2, yellow, 66 66 c. Oats No. 2, 54c; No. 8, white. 6235c. Rye No. 2, 87 c. Barley Good feeding, S51?96c; fair to choice malting, $1.03 1.09. Flaxseed No. 1, Northwestern, $1.29. Clover Contract grades, $17.00. Short Ribs Sides (loose) $7.S78.50. Mefa Pork Per bbl., $14.87(g 15.00. Lard Per 100 lbs.. $9.25. Sides Short clear (boxed). $9,6239.87. Whisky Basis of high wines. $1.35. Receipts. Shipments. Flour. bbls... Wheat, bu... Corn, bu Oats, bu Rye, bu Barley, bu.... 3a,oC0 109.300 5U6.200 411.. MiO 14,100 18.900 r.43.MH 159,800 379.400 258.IXIO 3.0OM 32,000 European Grain Markets. LONDON, Oct. 16. Cargoes, easier. Cali fornia, prompt shipment, at 42s 3d ft 42s 6d ; Walla Walla, prompt shipment, at 42s 3d 4HS 6d. English country markets generally . 6d dearer; French country markets, firm. LIVERPOOL. Oct. 16. Close Wheat, spot, nominal; ftures, quiet. December, 8s 6d; March, 8s 7d; May, 8s 7d. Corn Spot. firm. Prime mixed American. 6s Id; futures, steady. October, 6s; January. 5s d. Grain at gnn Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 10. Wheat, steady; barley, easier. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping. fl.65Ol.T0; milling, fl.T5(&1.80. Barley Feed, f 1.60 1.65; brewing, nor mal. Oats Red. fl. 6001.80; white, fI.T0fSl.80 black. $2.T5(2.90. Call-board sales: Wheat December, $1.75. Barley December. $1.60". ; May, $1.69. Corn Large yellow. $1.60 1. 05. Minneapolis Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 16. Wheat December, fl.l0gl. ln ; May, $1.14(8 1.14; No. 1 hard. $1.15; No. 1 Northern, $1.14; No. 2 Northern. $1.12. Wheat at Taroma. TACOMA. Wash.. Oct. 16. Wheat Un changed. Blueetem, 91c; club, 90c; red, 87 c. Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 16, Wool Steady. Ter ritory aid Western mediums, 2025c; fine medium, 1923c; fine. 17 20c. TUESDAY'SJRANSFERS. Daniel F. and Grace B. Talbot to George C. Talbot, north H and a -trip 10 rods wide ott the north part of the outh of section H, town ehlp 1 south, range 3 east $ George C. Talbot to Daniel P. Talbot, outh of northwest i of section 11. township 1 south, range & east, .excepting a strip off north rart of said south of said section.... l 3. T. and M. J. Whltten to Wesley Al len, lota 9. 10, block 2, Bernhardt Park 85o H. K. and E! Ia T. Noble tn Louis Klink, lots 1. 2, btock 5, Woodlawn 800 "W". C. and Genevieve S. Alvord to Ida I Bircher, lot 13, block 107, Irving, ton itj5o 11. r. and Mary A. Brady to Emma May Chase, lotn 1, 2. block 25, Gold smith's Addition . . . jo Portland Trust Company of Oregon to Q. M. Herd, lots 1. 2, 3. block 11, Tremont Place 200 A. M. and Allie Lull to Lewis and Anna Propp, lot 6, block 92, Stephens Addition 3,400 F. W. and Ida E. Torgler to State Laundry Company, lots 5, 6. block. 242 Holladay's Addition 2.750 Jane G. Buckman to N'lMn L. and El vira K. Smith, lot 1. block 1. Buck man's Second Addition; tot 6, block 3. Brynps Addition 100 W. B. Taft to W. J. Clemens, trus tee. 5. 33 acres commencing at point 15.76 chains wet from V post be tween section 14. 15, township 1 south, range 2 east i T. S. and Lulu J. McDanle) to Ida Simpson, lot 3. block 3. Blsmere.... 3,000 Henry C. Paulsen to Eva Paulsen, lot . 16. block 19. Lincoln Park Addition 3.600 Otto, Crockett & Harkson Realty Com pany to Boss and Mary Hansen, lot C, block 11, Highland Park Addition 625 A. G. and Emma. B. Rushlight to P?mma A. Frevtag, lots G, . block 109. Stephens' Addition 3.700 G. J. and Belle Burns to Augusta Jl--In. lot 1. block 20, Multnomah Addi tion : oo Jame W. and Ianthe Cook to A. C. Phelps, lot 13. block 15. Cook' Addi tion to Atbir.a fioo Alfred L. and Annie T. Parkhurst to NelUe Carringtrm Worden. lot 12, block 5. Parkhurst Addition 300 Mattie E. and Hnry Westmire to Leonore F. Nowlin. lota 1, 2, 3. block 14. Funny-ide 3 .00 Xrvington Investment Company to G. BONDS FOR SMALL INVESTORS 7 City of Seattle Improvement Bonds Coupon bonds of $100 each, due in one, two, three, four and five years. These bonds are issued for stx-eet im provement purpose's in one of the well developed residence sections of Seattle, and ar amply secured, affording a safe and highly profitable investment. Further particulars upon application. MORRIS BROTHERS Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Or. W. Evans. l(it IT. block 7, Irvlngton 1 200 W, P. and Ins. Speer to J. M. rihort. US acres, beginning at northeast cor ner of section 20, township 1 south, range 4 east 14-500 Joseph M. Healy to Hinman Whlttaker. lots 15. 17. 18. ID. block 12 Wavur lelgh HtelRhts Ail.lltion 1.000 George V. Brown to Marie Xordberg. lots 21, 22, 23, block 1, Laurelwood Park 2S0 Marie And J. Xordbersr to S. R. P-n-. nett, lots 21. 22, 23, 1 Laurelwcod Park: 1 Jacob and Caroline See to S. R. Ben nett, lote 7, 8, block 6, Lnurelwood Park 900 W illiam H. and Ada O. Ingllsh to John M. Bennett. 20 acres beginning In section 11. township 1 south, range 2 eaM, at Intersection of Powell Val ley Road with west line of Alonzo Gates D. L. r? 3.000 Wllilam P. and Clara Ruhnell to Ar thur and Annie K. Edsrar, west of lot 11. 12. block 3. Uncoln Park Annex 2.387 Frank A. and Olive A. Miller to Fred Packer, south 100 feet of lot 1. Averill oo L. M. and .Teannetti L.. Nadel tn .lames M. and Fanny A. Moore, beginning at southwest corner of lot 4. block 18. AicMllien's Addition, thence north 6o feet, thence east 50 feet, thence south i0 feet, thence west 50 foet.. 10 Sarah E. and William H. Pullman to v fi. S. Pound. 2 acres, beginning at northwest corner of southeast "4 of southeast i of sccticn 14, township 1 north, range 1 east 1 Oak Park Land Company to E. F. Can non, west 25 feet of lot 1), and cast 10 feet of lot 12 block 284, Couch Axldltion 2,000 George Bvans to Frank H. Anspach, lots 13, M, block 4, Spanton s Ad dition 800 West St. John I-And Company to An thony Hardy, lot 1, block 1, Whit wood Court . 300 Anthony Hardy to Charles G. Warren, lot 1. block 1. Whitwood Court S00 T. S. West to Mrs. Ruellenp Arlington, lot 4. block "A". Park View Ex tension 6C0 J. Christine Packer et al to George K. Howltt, lot 4, block 2. Hawthorne Place 10 German Savings & Loan Society to ETd mand Gurney, southeast i ; east of southwest i ; northwest It of southwest : north j of southwest t of southwest 4 of section 22, township 1 north, -range 1 west, con taining 3t0 acres , IS, 000 A. B. end W. H. Nunn to Bruce Wnl verton, 10 acres of section 28. town ship 1 south, range 2 east 1,200 H. and Susan H. Hunter to Henry Weaiermire. lot 10. block 23, Han son's Second Addition 750 Henry snd Mattie E. Weatormlre to Mattie B. Westerniire, lot 10, block 23. Hanson's Kcond Addition 1 Portland Trust Company of Oregon tf Panford B. Richards, lot 7, block 30. Tremont Place 100 Multnomah Cemetery Company to S. B r.lehard. lot 51, block "B", said cemetery 15 J. and Kaglna Hecht to Bmma w in- gert, east 75 feet or lots 1. a, mock 1, Nclrth Villa 250 Emma Wtngert to Henry Wlngert. east 75 feet of lots 1, 2, block 1, North Villa 1 B. M. and Caroline S. Lombard to Ja Ncob R- Foster, lot .1. block 4. Rail way Addition to Montavilla 85 E. B. and Anna Dutcher to Pldney F. Baker, lot . 4. 5. . 7, and S. block "E". Clinton's Addition 850 Eda and Herman Smith to Joseph H. H. Nash, lot 18. block 18. Flrland.. 400 Monroe & Llda Barlow to Gottlieb Welae lot 15. block "C". Tlbbett s Addition 4.500 Louis and Hannah Goldsmith to John G. Clemson. part of block 27, Gold smith's Addition lo Portland Trut Company of Oregon to Ernest A. Khrecke. Sr., north 3o feet of lot 2, block 2. Portland Homestead 900 Portland Trust Company of Oregon to Harriett Khrecke, south 30 feet of north HO feet of lot 2, block 2. Port land Homestead 1,100 Grant E. Townpend to Jennie Town send, lots 12. 13, block M. Sellwood 1 J. C Roberts et al to J. c. Roberts, trustee, beginning at southeast comer of block 18. Hanson's Second Addi tion, thence south 60 feet, thence west 302.34 feet, thence north M feet, thence ea.t 301.03 feet to beginning. 1 Hlbernla Savings Bank to Joseph Bish op, lot 5. Kent 800 Portland Realty Trust Company to Mary C. Purdln, lot 20, block 7. Laurelwood 100 M. ,1 and May W. Holbrook to Edith and W. S. Anderson, lots 1, 2. block 6. St. John Park Addition to St. John 480 Daniel H. Harriett to W. D. Nunn. lot 4, block 17. Alblna 1 Frank I. snd Ethel A. Bail to E. B. Espev. wert 30 feet of lot 18, block 21. King's Second Addition.'. 7,300 J. H. snd Georgia A. Pomeroy to S. R. Dunstan, east 2KxR5 feet of the west 00 feet of Subdivision "A" and "B" in lot 3, block 12, Portland Home stead 950 Jane G. Buckman to J. T. and Sarah E. Delk. lot -1. I.amai gent Park No. 2 775 F. C. and Addle Marshall to Arthur Bsvlls. lot 4, 6, block 8. Falrvlew Adsetlon 600 Arleta Ijind Company to Bessie B. Whitehead, lot 7. block 14. Ina Park 125 Margaret Heath to Delia H. McKinley. lotx7 and euth H of lot 8. block 14. Arleta Park No. 2 10 Rose City Cemetery Association to May Throop. lot 24. block 37, section "D", said cemetery 60 Rose Cltv Cemetery Association to A! mlra McLanahan, lot 23. block 37. section "r". said cemetery 50 Victoria and Ernest Bailey to Simon Simmons, lot 16. block 2. Vernon.. 1 Clarke-Clemson-Blumauer Company tor Fred R. Chapman, lot 25, block 2, Clemson Addition - 300 Clarke-Clemson-Blumauer Company to Arthur D. Cliapman. lot 28, block 2, Clemson Addition 300 Total 87.892 Have your abstracts trade by the Security Abstract A Trust Co., T Chamber of Com. DYNAMITE NEAR SCHOOL One Hundred and Seventy Tons Are Shipped. TACOMA, Wash.. Oct. 16. (Special.) Dynamite and black powder forming: a shipment of 170 tons was In progress of transmission today at the docks of Tacoma at tV-e base of the cliff In front of the Tacoma High School. where ibout 1000 pupils were congregated. The shipment was brous-ht by' a ves sel from San Franciaco and was betnu unloaded to ba placed on cars. Much Indignant comment. was caused ty the fact that euoh a large and dangerous consignment was allowed to bo handled nt this point, and tne metier was re ported to the Police Department for Investigation. In the corjlgnmeit of the deadly ex plosive were 7000 cases, tvelghlns 5; pounds ea.-h. Walla Walla. Warh. A check for 12060 was picked up yesterday afternoon by the 10-year-old son of Charles Mc-Gulre. The check was drawn cn the First State Bank of Gar field and was dated October, lft-7,. It la in favor of Louis Masmcn Russell and was signed by John M. Whaley. both strangers ip this cltv. WE WANT YCUR POULTRY EGGS and VEAL and HOGS Highest CASH PRICES Paid Prompt Returns Write Us SOUTHERN OREGON" COMMISSION CO. 97 Front St.. Portland. W H. McOorcjuodale, Manager. TRAVELERS' GCIDB. THE ORIENT Madeira, spain and the ikoirtk'ANtAM CRAND CRUISE V THE HAOXinrgNT l-AHStNCr II 8. S. MO L T K E lsavixo Ktwvona JANUARY 80 fCRTIO!f 7WDATS COST $300 CPWAUn ALSO CRtTISES AND SEHTtrr TO Tn WEST IOJF.S. JAMAICA. MED. ITKHKANKA 4t ADRIATIC, ITALY, EGYPT, NILK SliR VIC'Ei. REK.ML-DA Jc ASSAU. Hamburg-American Line 1 snd J7 Broadway. New Vs.-k L m 31arket St., ban raurico, Cal.t or any local agents. LOW RATES FROM THE EAST. During September and October the Great Northern Ry. will sell colonist ticketp from all Eastern points at greatly reduced rates. NEW YORK TO PORTLAND fT.0.00 BOSTON TO PORTLAND S49.45 CHICAGO TO PORTLAND $33.00 ST. PAlri, TO PORTLAND 25.00 MINNEAPOLIS TO PORTLAND. $23.00 DILCTH TO PORTLAND $23.00 8IOU.T CITY TO PORTLAND $33.00 Proportionate reductions from other points. Now Is the time to send for your friends. Orders tor tickets will receive prompt attention. Additional Information on application to H. Dick son. C P. A T. A., 122 Third St.. Port land. Or. Phones. Main 680. Homa A 2286. Sir. Breakwater FOR COOS BAY Leaves PORTLAND. Wednesdays at 8:00 P. M-. from Oak-street Iock, for EMPIRE, NORTH BEND AND MARSHFIELD Freight Received Till 4 P. M. on Day of Sailing. FARE From Portland, 1st - class, $10,001 2rt-ciass, $7.00, Including; berth and meals. Inquire City Ticket Office, Third and Washington sta.. or Oak-street Dock. Pl'GET SOUND ROUTE S. S. "Redondo 99 FOR SEATTLE, TACOMA, BELLINGHAM, EVERETT Sailing; from Couch-street dock, Octo ber 3. 13 and 23, at 6 P. M. FREIGHT ONLY. Connecting: at Seattle for ALL. ALAS KA POINTS. F. P. Banma-artner, Agent, Couch-street dock. Phones: Main S61; Home A 4161. White Star Line Regular SailincB Mammoth Twin Screw Steamers: & Bwo.Ytornk To Italy and Egypt Special C C trpriOir 21.035 Tons Trips wa O LXlflWO 7o0 tt. Loni; FROM NEW YORK JAN. 4, FEB. 15. Bend for Illustrated Booklets, Plans. Etc. C. W. Stinger (O. R. & N. Co.), - Cor. 3d and Washington. A. D. Charlton CN. P. Ry.). 255 Morrison Street. H. Dickson Q. N. Ry.). 122 Third Street. North Pacific S. S. Co's. Steamship Roanoke and Geo. W. Elder Sail for Eureka, SSan Francisco and Los Angeles direct every Thursday at 8 P. M. Ticket office 132 Third St., near Alder. Both phones, M. 3-314. II. Young, Agent. s"an rR.VNtTsro & Portland s. s- co. Only Direct SteamerB to San Francisco. Only steamers affording- daylight trip down the Columbia Kiver. From Ainsworth Dock. Portland, 9 A. M. SS. Panama Oct. SI, rinv. 2, Etc. bS. Costa Klra Oct. 27, Nov. 8, Etc. From iSyear St., San Francisco, 11 A. II. SS. Costa Kica Oct. 21, Nov. 2, 14, Etc. SS. Panama Oct. 2. Nov. 8, 20, Ete. JAS H. DKWSON, Agent. 248 Washington in. Phones, Main 208, Home A 2G81. Columbia River Scenery BEGCJJLAXOK LINE STEAAIXUtf. , Daily service between Portland and The Dalle, except Sunday, leavin Portland at T A. M.. arriving: about 6 P. M., carrying freight and passenger. Splendid accommo dations for outfits and livestock. Dock foot of Alder St., Portland; foot oC Court at.. The Dalies. Phone Main fll. Portland. WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE Steamer Pomona and Orro-ona for Salem and waj landings leave Tavlor-strcet loos 8:45 A. 51. dally (except Sunday). , Oregon City Transportation Company PQons Main 40. A 231. 7