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THE HIORXING OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY," MARCH 8," 1910. It' Mill NEARLY READY Big Albina Flour Plant Will Start in Two Weeks. CAPACITY 1500 BARRELS AVill Be Doubled Iater Erfect of Burning of Old. Mill oil Wheat and' Flour Move ' merit. Wltnln the next two wwk the big mill of the Portland Flouring Mills Company at Al bina will begin grinding flour. Since -the old mill burned last September the company has bent all Its energies toward- getting; the new plant ready for operation and now everything Is nearly ready. The finishing touches on the mill proper will be completed In a week , and the railroad sidetrack will be laid with in two weeks, so that wheat can (be hauled Into the mill. The new mill has -been planned as two units of 1600-barrei capacity each. The machinery for one unit Is in place and the other will be Installed later when it is required. Four of the eight concrete tanks are all ready to receive w&e&t and the other four axe nearing completion. The resumption of operational by this big mill will make a change In the Shipping busi ness of the port. 61nce the fire the shipments of flour from Portland have fallen off greatly, while the export business of the Sound ports lias Increased correspondingly. During the remainder of the season Portland- will take its former rank as a flour-shipping port. Local receipt of wheat for the season to date also show the effect of the burning of the mill. The total arrivals have been 8329 cars, or 1704 cars less than In the same period last year. A part of this gain will be made up during the remaining months of the season, flour receipts, for the same reason, have Increased, the arrivals to date amount ing to 1V5 cars, or 801 cars more than In the corresponding period last season. GRAIX TRAII"G OX A SMALL BCAIJ5. Buyers and Sellers of Wheat are) Apart. Barley Steady. Trade in the grain market is still on a small scale. Wheat holds about steady.' but neither buyers nor sellers are talking much. Interest in the market. The former main tain that prices are too high, but holders are not disposed to make concessions yet. Barley prices are steady and the market shows no effect of the bulge at San Fran cisco. francisco. Local receipts. In cars, were re ported as follows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay Monday ........ lr 2 1H .... Tear ago .16 in 21 3 11D7 1645 125ft 1450 1044 6St 8 12 2085 2106 Season to date. 8. 2-0 Year ago ....10,0--'3 The weekly grain statistics of the Mer chants' Exchange follows: American visible supply Bushels. Increase. March 7. 1910 2S.7S3.IWOi 27.000 March 8, ISI0!.... 3,iM2.0(K 1.272,000 March i). 1!0S ....... ..41.3U2.00O "l,R44,.O00 March 11. 10O7 ....45,730,000 Rftfl.0O0 March 12. 1HOH .47.701.000 41K.OOO March 13. 10l5 . ....35.137.000 471.0O0 March 9. 1!M4 34.858.0W 'tMl.OOO March 9. 1(X3 ..... .40.81 7,0O 1,0,'U.OOO March 10. li(2 ......... .1.3. 15,0M '938.0OO March 11. 1901 65,893,000 1,341,000 Tecrease. Quantities on passage For V. K. ... Continent Week ending . Mar. 5. "Bushels. . .29.flS0.OilO , .in.3BO.000 Week endinfr Feb. 26. "Bushels. 27.ti.S0.0O0 14.000.000 Total ....4-.04O,OOO 41.0SO.OOO World's shipments principal countries tnour mciuaea From x: b. ran. Argentine . Australia Dan. ports. rtussla ndia . . Week ending Mar. 5. Bushels. 2.O4rt,0HO 4.040.0" H , 1,760.000 232.0lK S.O0S.OHO 628.000 Week ending Feb. 20. Bushels. 1.446.000 2.H24.0OO 2.240.0110 32.S.OOO 8,r,-lfl.0OO 416,000 Week ending Mar. 6. 09. Bushels. 83.520,000 24,080,000 57,600,000 exporting Week ending Mar. 6. 09. Bushels. 2,900,000 0.210.000 1.296,000 24S.OO0 1,472,000 Total ....11.614.000 10.590,000 11.132,000 OOS ARE WEAK. BUT CLEAN" UP Poultry Scarce and in Demand, with Urns Hrinclnit 10 Cents. Egg receelpts yesterday were lighter than thoee of Saturday and everything cleaned up well, but the market continued weak. The bulk of sales were reported at 22 cents, with some business in single cases donee at 23 -cents. Any sales over that figure were above the market. A few large lots wens said to have changed hands at 23 cents. Poultry was very scarce and in strong de mand. For good hens 10 cents was readily ob tainable. There were no new developments in butter or cheese. Both were la light supply, and Quoted strong. California Vegetables Are Delayed. A half dozen cars of California produce were due yesterday, but failed to arrive. The only new offerings on the street were the , steamer shipments. Five cars of bananas arrived, three of which were ripe and two green. The shipping demand for potatoes continues slack. A letter from Stockton, Oa., reported 600.000 bags of rivers still unsold there and estimates were made of 1,000,000 bags unsold in the entire state. Sale of "Yakima Hops. There are still no signs of life in the local hop market, and until the Eastern demand revives. It is not likely that any business of Importance will be transacted. Word was received from Yakima yesterday of the transfer of about 400 bales from one dealer to another at 204 cents. Some contracting was reported in this state at 16 cents. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings for Northwestern yesterday were as follows: clearings. Portland . . . . .......$1.764.000 Seattle . M. ........ . l,790.8t Tftcnma - 1,752,589 Spokane ............. 868,711 cities Balances. 1178.146 1R4.873 101,847 . 81,052 rORTLAND MARKETS. Grain. Hour. Feed. Etc WHEAT Track prioees; Bluestem, $1.12 I. 13: club, $1.04: red Russian, ll.O&t Valley, II. 04; 40-fold. X1.06. BARLEY Feed and brewing, 282 28.50 per ton. FLOUR Patents, $8.15 per barrel; straights. $5.75: export. J4.80: Valley, $5.80; graham. $5.75; whole wheat, quarters, $5.90. CORN Whole. $35: cracked. $38 per ton. M1LLSTUFFS Bran, $24 26 per ton; middlings, $34; shorts, $2528; rolled bar ley. $?.233. OATS No. 1 white, J31 31.50 per ton. HAY Track prices; Timothy: Willam ette Valley. X20$P21 per ton; Eastern Ore gon. $22-;:' 23; alfalfa, $17 18; California al falfa. $16ial7; clover, $1316; grain hay. 18ff"18. Vegetables and Fruits. FRESH FRUITS Apples. $L2533 box; pears. $1.5031.75 per box Spanish Malaga. $5.80 per barrel; cranberries, 60 per barrel. POTATOES Carload buying prices; Ore gon 60870c. per. hundred: sweet potatoes, 8c per pound. VEGETABLES Artichokes. $101-35 per dozen; cabbage, $L7tHy2 per hundred; cauli flower, $2552.25 per dosen; celery, 144.60 per rrate; eggplant. 25c pound; head lettuce, 85c per dozen; hothouse lettuce, $1.23 (SCLRO box; garlic, 12i4o lb.; horseradish. 8I10c per pound; green onions, 8540o per dox. ; peas. lTc per pound; radishes.. 2ftc per doz. ; rhubarb, 17u.ff?20c lb.; sprouts. So per lu.: tomatoes, $S.3n3.60 per crate. TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges. $3t; i 'lemons JS Jfci.OO; grapefruit. f3.50iM per box; bananas. 55&o per pound; tanger ines, $1.75 per box. ONIONS Oregon, $1.S0LT3 per hun dred. SACK VEGETABLES Turnips, nominal; rutabagas, $11.25; carrots, $1; beets, $1.25; parsnips, $L Dairy and Country Butter. BUTT BR City creamery extras, 8 So; fancy outside creamery, S3Q39o per lb-: store, 208;i3V4c. (Butter fat prices average lUo per pound under regular butter prices. T.fMiS Fresh Oregon ranch, 2223c per dozen. CHEESE Full cream twins, 20c per pound; young Americas, 21c PORK Fancy, 12V313c per pound. VEAL Fancy, 1212Ho per pound. POULTRY" ilens. 18c; broilers, aoSToi ducks. 20c: geese. 1213c; turkeys, live, 22g2ac; dressed, 2529c; squabs. $8 per dosen. . . Groceries. Dried Fruits, Etc CRIED FRUIT Apples, 10c per pound; peaches, 7c; prunes, Italians. 45c; prunes, French, 45c; currants, 10c; apri cots. 12c; dates, 70a per pound; figs. 10O half pounds. $3.25 per box; 50 six-ounce, $4.79 per box; 12 12-ounce, T5o per box. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tails, $2 per dozen; 2-pound tails. $2.95; 1-pound flats, $2.10 ft; Alaska pink. 1-pound tails, 90c; red. 1-pound tails, $L45; sockeyes, 1 pound tails, $2. COFFEE Mocha, 2428c; Java, ordinary, 17fo20o; Costa Rica, fancy, 183P20c: good. 16rlS':; ordinary, 12 16c' per pound. NUTS Walnuts. 15c per pound; Brazil nuts, 12Hlic; filberts, 15o: almonds, I6&IT0; pecans, 1516o; cocoanuts, 90c 4 $1 per dosen- BBANS Small white. 6.60c; large white. 4 He; Lima, fie; pink, 6.20c; red Mexican, 75ic SUGAR Dry granulated, fruit and berry, 5.6fi; cubes (barrel), $6.65: powdered $6.25; beet. $6.05; extra C, $5.75; golden C, (barren, $8.50. Terms on remittances, within 15 days deduct Ho per pound, if later than 15 days and within 30 days, de duct He per pound. Maple sugar, 1518o per pound. SALT Granulated, $14.50 per ton: half ground, 100s, $10.60 per ton; 60s, $11 per ton. HONEY Choice, $3.25 8.50 Jer case; trained, 7o per pound. . Provisions. BAOON Fancy, 26 Ho per pound: standard, 22!4o; choice, 21c; English. 20321c HAMS 10 to 13 pounds, 19c; 14 to 18 pounds, 19c; 13 to 2t pounds, 19c; hams, skinned, 18c; picnics. 12 c; cottage rolls. 13 Vic; boiled hams, 23(&24o; boiled picnics, 20c LARD Kettle rendered, 10s, 1714c; stand ard pure. 10s, 16Jac; choice, 10a, loc; compound. 12V&C- SMOKED BEEF Beef tongues, each 60c; dried beef sets. 19c: dried beef outsides, ITc; dried beef insides, 21c; dried beef knuckles, 20c. PICKLED GOODS Barrels: Pigs' feet. $5.45; regular tripe, $10; honeycomb tripe. $12; lunch tongues. $19.50; mess beef, ex tra, $12; mess pork, $30. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt, 16c; smoked, lTic; short clear back, heavy dry salted, 16c; smoked. 17c; Oregon exports, dry salted, loftc; smoked, 171iO. Furs. FURS Mink, Northwest Canada and Alas ka, $6.60(29; Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and CaMfornia, $45.50; British Co lumbia and Alaska Coast, $8g10; Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, $7; Lynx. Alaska and British Columbia, $28; Paclflo Coast, $22; Raccoon, 75c$l. Skunk, Can ada $2.60; Pacific Coast, 76c $1.60. Wolf and aoyote. Canada, $4&o; Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, $2.76o3.2E; Oregon. Washington, Utah. Nevada, $1.60 3. Beaver, Oregon, Washington, Canada, Alaska, $6.60 7; Idaho, Montana, $10, Utah, Wyoming. $6.60 & 7; cubs, $2 2.60. Otter, Canada, Alaska, $12.50&14; Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Can ada, British Columbia, $3&4.60; Pacifio Coast. $1.75 2.50. Gray fox. Paclflo Coast, $1.752.60. Bear, black and brown, Alaska, Canada, $1620; cubs, $1216; Pacifio Coast. $10 16; cubs. $6S7; grizzly, perfect. $263S. Badger, $2. Muskrat. Canada, Alas ka. 40c; $1218; Pacific Coast, $1012. Fisher, British Columbia, Alaska. $1620; Paclflo Coast, $9 16. Wolverine, $6 8. Sil ver fox. $300500. Cross fox, $10g)16. Sea otter, $20045O. Blue fox. $8 10. White fox, $1320. Swift fox. 40c Ermine, 40c Mountain lion, $5(910. Ringtail cat. I6 75c Civet cat, 10 4(30c. House cat. but 26c, Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc HOPS 1900 crop, 16S20C. according to quality; olds, nominal; 1910 contracts, 18 cents nominal. WOOL Eastern Oregon. 16 20a pound: Valley. 22 24c per pound. MOHAIR Choice, 25o per pound. CASCARA BARK 4V46o per pound. HIDES Dry hides. 1717V4c per pound; dry kip, 17Q17HO pound; dry calfskin, 189 20 o pound; salted hides, 89V4c; salted calfskin, 14o pound; green, lc less. Linseed OIL LINSEED OIL Raw linseed, in barrels, 84c; In cases. 89c; boiled linseed In barrels. 86c; in cases, 91c Raw linseed in carload lots: Barrels, 81c; cases. 82c Metal Markets. TEW YORK, March 7. The market for standard copper in New York was easy to. day, with spot and future deliveries up to the end of June Quoted at 130513.25c English market lower and closed easy; spot quoted at 50 17o 6d, and futures at 60 15s. Local dealers quote Lake Copper at 13.62 H S7Ho: electrolytic, 13.37 13.6214 ; cast ing. 18.1214 18.3SC. Tin was weak, with spot closing at 32.40'3 82.600: March, 32.2532.SOc: April. 82.400 82. 60c ( May and June, 82.40 32.70c Lon don market weak and lower. Spot quoted at 140) 6s and futures 150. Lead quiet and unchanged. Smelter quiet, unchanged. Locally iron was unchanged. Eastern Mining- Stocks. BOSTON, March 7. Closing quotations: Allouez 6T Amalg. Copper . 83 A. Z. I. ft to.. 32 Arizona Com. .. 391 La Salle Cop. . 17 Miami Copper .. 24 Mohawk ....... 65 Nevada Con, . . 24 Atlantlo 9Nlpissing Mines. 10 4 B C C & C rets 2SViNorth Butte ... 43Vi B & C c & s yi. 17 Butte Coalition. 27 Cal. & Ariz. ... 73 Cal. & Hecla ..632 Centennial .... 23 North Lake 23 Old Dominion .. 46'i Osceola 153B Parrott sit Sc cop 20 Shannon ....... 15 Cop. Ran. C C. 771? Superior 59 ',i E. Butte Cop M. 10;Sup & Ios Mln. 13 rranaun ...... 29ft Glroux Con. ... 10 Granny Con. ... 87 A Greene Cananea 10-j4 Isle Royalle cop 22 Kerr Lake ..... R Lake Copper 77 Sip Sc Pitts Cop 14 Tamarack .... 72 A u coat & oil.. 3914 do pfd ....... 61 Utah Con .. 324 Winona ........ 0 Wolverine ...... 1443 Wool at tit. Louis. ST. LOUIS, March 7- Wool lower. Me dium grades, combing and clothing, 23 27c; light fine. 202u; heavy fine, 14 19c; tub washed. 3&436c Dried Fruits at New York. NEW YORK, March T. Evaporated ap ples unchanged. Spot fancy, 10llc; choice 9c; prime. 69i4fTo; common to fair, 66c Prunes steady. California, up to 30-40s, 24S9c: Otegons. 6S"9c. Aprioots steady, choice 10lTcj extra choice, lla2c; fancy, 1213c Peaches firm, choice, 64 7o; extra choice, 77c; fancy. 7&c Raisins steady, loose muscatel, 3 a 0 c ; choice to fancy seeded. 56c; seedless, 8c; London layers. 1.15 1.25. Dairy Produce In the East. CHICAGO, March 7. Butter, steady; creameries, J(931c; dairies, 2125c. Eggs Receipts 6403: steady at mark, cases included, 1921c; firsts, 21c; prime firsts, 220. Cheese Firm Daisies, 16i17c: twins, 1616c; Young Americas, 16i7c NEW YORK. March 7. Butter Lower; creamery specials, 3Sc; extras, 82c; thirds to firsts, 2731c: held seconds to specials. 26 SBc; Western factory. 2223c; Western lm ltaation creamery, 24 2 6c. INew York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, March 7. Cotton closed steady, at a net loss of only 17 points. North Yakima to Pave 2 8 Blocks. NORTH YA1CIMA. Wash., March 7. (Special.) North Yakima will - probably lay 29 blocks of paving; in the present season. 10 blocks of paving will be brick, to connect wtih that which is now laid in the business district, and 19 blocks of which will be of asphalt. It is expected to- have the- plans completed so that bids may be opened on April 5, and the work begun on April 18. This will insure the work, being completed the present season.. A putty knife with a reservoir In the handle from which putty can be squeezed by pressing a button has been invented as a time-saver for glaziers by a Minne sota znan. STOCK BOOM IS OH Operations fop a Rise Start on a Large Scale. BUYING IS INFLUENTIAL Rapidly Advancing: Prices in United States Steel and Union Pacific Southern Pacific Also 011 the- Climb. An important railroad ruling puts Port land on the same footing as San Francisco in the matter of livestock rates from. Klam ath Falls. The statement Is made, on the authority of W. B. Coman. general freight agent of the Southern Paclflo and O. R. & N., - that the livestock rate from Klamath Falls to Portland has been changed to con form to the livestock rate to the Bay City. This will bring the fine cattle of that sec tion to Portland and eliminate San Fran cisco from the business. Livestock men of both Portland and the Klamath Falls coun try have for some time been seeking this concession. There were no new developments in the local market yesterday. Offerings were not heavy. v - There was a repetition of Saturday's high hog price, when a lot of 48 head of choice quality sold for $10.50. Another lot of good hogs brought $10. Fair steers sold for $5.25 and fair grade cows for 94.25, while good calves brought 96. The day's receipts were 320 cattle, 79 calves, 75 hogs and 41 horses. The shippers were E. M. Dalton. of Bhan Iko, IO cars of cattle; B. F. McCuUogh, of Echo, 2 cars of cattle; D. Johnson, of Baker City, two cars of cattle and calves; J. C. Reynolds, of Condon, one car of cattle and hogs, and H- C Williams, of Baker City, two cars of horses. The day's sales were as follows; Wt Price. 79 calves, good. .............. . 272 f 6.00 2 bulls, good ......... ...... ... .1115 3.50 2 steers, fair ............ .. ... 1 135 5.25 20 cows, fair 916 4.25 1 bull, good .1690 4.50 1 bull, fair ..1330 4.00 1 bull, common ..............1210 3.25 43 hogs, extra good 216 10.50 24 hogs, good 110 10.00 Prices quoted on the various classes of stocks at the yards yesterday were as fol lows: CATTLE Best steers. 5.706.10; fair to good steers. 55.50; strictly good cows, 4.504.75; fair to good cows. 4i4.50; light calves. r.50a6: heavy calves, $45; bulls, 3.754.25: stags, 34.50. HOGS Top. 10 10.50; fair to good, 9 9.75. SHEEP Best wethers. g6S6.50: fair to good wethers, $5.505.7B good ewes, $6; lambs. S7.75. Eastern livestock: Markets. CHICAGO, March 7. Cattle Receipts es timated at 23,000; market, steady to 10c higher. Beeves, $5 8.20; Texas steers, $4-70 5.90; Western- steers, $4.75 6.50; stock ers and feeders, 3.60(36,25; cows and heifers. S2.t0a 6-50; calves. 7.r09.75. Slogs Receipts estimated at 2S.OOO; mar ket, 1O0 higher. Light, 9.6510.05; mixed. 9.7510.15; heavy, $9.75 10.17 ( rough. $9.75 6.90; good to choice heavy, $9.90(9 $10.17: pigs, $S4K)i89.75; bulk of sales, $9.96 1O.10. Sheep Receipts estimated at I6.OOO1 mar ket, strong. Native, $56.15; Western. $5.50 8.15: yearlings. $7.85S.S0; lambs, na tive, $8 9-40; Western. SS9-40. KANSAS CITY. Mo., March 7. Cattle Receipts, 9000; market, steady to 10c higher. Native steers, $6S'8: native cows and heifers. $3.25 7; stockers and feeders, $4 6.25; bulls. $4.25g5.75: calves, 4..'Ogf9.K; Western steers, $5.5O7.o0; Western cows, $3.506. Hogs Receipts, 700O; market, lOo higher. Bulk of sales. $9.609.90; heavy, $9.85 9.95; packers and butchers, $9.70-8.95; light. $9.409.75; pigs. $8-509. Sheep Receipts, 800O; market. strong. Muttons, $8.5O7.70; Iambs, $S.50O9.25; fed Western wethers and yearlings, $6.75-S.75; led Western ewes, $6.50107.25. SOUTH OMAHA, March 7. Cattle Re ceipts, 2000; market, strong to 10c higher. Native steers, $4.75 gi7.o0; native cows and heifers, $46; canners. $2.753.73; stockers and feeders, $3. 25 if . 40; calves, $4 8.25; bulls and stags, $3.75 0-75. Hogs Receipts, 5OO0; market, 10c higher. Heavy, $9.09.f5; mixed, $9.75 & 9.85; light, $9.609.75; pigs, $S.25i3r35 bulk of sales, $9.75 jj 9-85. Sheep Receipts. 7000; market, steady. Yearlings. $7.608.0; wethers, $7-407.75; ewes, $77.50; lambs, $99.35. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, March 7. Coffee closed steady, net unchanged to 5 points lower. Galea 18,000 bags. March. 6.00c; April, 7.00c; May, 7-06c; June, December, 7.1oc; July, August, September, October, November, Jan uary and February, 7. 20c Spot steady. No. 7 Rio, SKc; No. 4 Santos, 8 140. Mild quiet. Cordova, 912c Sugar Raw Arm. Muscovado, ,89c; test, 3.92c; centrifugal, .96c; test. 4.42o; molasses sugar, .89c: test, 8.67c Refined steady. 000 bushels the corresponding day a year ago. Ths visible supply of wheat in the United States Increased SSS.00O bushels for the week. The amount of breadstutfs on ocean passage Increased 2,184,000. Esti mated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat. 78 cars; corn 46S cars; oats, 231 cars; hogs. 1S.000 bead. ' Receipts. Flour, barrels 40,799 Wheat, bushels ....... 25,200 Corn, bushels 406,200 Oats, bushels ......... 234,700 Barley, bushels 112,500 Shipments. 20.500 9.400 177.600 203,400 13,200 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK, March 7. Flour dull and nominally lower. Receipts, 37,497; ship ments, 7871 barrels. Wheat weak. No. 2 red, $1.20 bid; elevator domestlo and nominal, F. O. B. afloat; No. 2 Northern Duluth, and No. 2, hard winter. $1.25 nominal F. O. B. afloat. Wheat was weak and lower under heavy liquidation, large receipts and indifferent cash demand. Prices closed to -fce lower. Receipts 31, 200 hnshels. Hops and hides dulL Petroleum and wool easy. Grain at San XVandsco. S AN FRANCISCO, March T. wheat easy, barley firm. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping, $1.87 .,"!eXT"Feed' $1.351.41; brewing, i- 1.4334. i "feJ; . 1-0l-8; white, $1.60 L67 ; black. $l.S02.3O. Call board sales: Wheat No trading. iBT'eT,TTMay' 1-H 1.4014; December, $1.00 l.SJL Corn Largo yellow, $L70L75.' ' Minneapolis Grain Market. MINHTEAPOLIS, March T. Wheat May, $1.11: July. $1.11; cash. No. 1 hard, $1.12 L13; No. 1 Northern. $1.12 1.12; No. 2 Northern. $L101.17; No. 3 Northern, $1-0634. Flax $2.18. Cora No. S yellow, CSXQBec Oats No. a white, 42 43 94c KyeNo. 2, 74.94 7514c. Grain Markets of the Northwesa. TAOOMA, Wash., March 7. Wheat Blue stem. $L11 1.14-; club, $L45 L06s red Russian, $1.04. SEATTLE. Wash., March 7. Milling quo tations: Bluestem, $1.12; club. $1.09; fife, $1.09; red Russian, $1.07. Export wheat: Bluestem. $1.09; club, $1.06; fife, $1.06; red Russian, 1.04. No car receipts up to noon. European Grain Markets. LONDON, March 7. Cargoes, easier ten dency. Walla Walla for shipment nominal. 89s 6d. English country markets, firm; French country markets, steady. 1 LIVERPOOL. March 7. Wheat Mnn. 80 d; May. 7s lOd; July, 7s d. Weather BEARS TUMBLE WHEAT FORCE MATT IlKUVKRV DOWN OVER A CENT. Distant Future Shows More Steadi ness Coarse drains Also Close Lower Pork Is Weak. CHICAGO. March 7. Bearish sentiment controlled wheat, May prices finishing with a net loss of 131c, after registering an extreme decline of 1C The may delivery bore the brunt of the bears' onslaught, fall ing off from $1.12 to $1.11. July trav elled down from $1.0CX to $1.02?, and then moved up again, finishing o off at $a.0SZ. Weakness was manifested In corn all day and prices at the low point showed losses of from lo to 1C May fell off from 6254 62o to 61 c Buy In by shorts caused a moderate halt at the tow point. May closed 1c down at 6162c. Liquidation and short, selling weakened oats, prices declining 4c to 11c The July option showed the g-reateet weakness. May closed c on at 44 c In provisions pork showed the greatest weakness, the May 1 delivery declining from $24.97 to $24.45. The market closed firm. WHEAT. Open. High. . $1.12 1.12 .. L03H 1.03 99 1.00 CORN. . 62 62 Tt ...... 64 64i . . 65 65 OATS. May July Sept. May July Sept. Low. 1.10 1.02 99 1 6S 64 Close. 111 1.03 99 62 64 64 May July Sept. May July May July May 44 42 40 45 4 2 40 MESS PORK. 44 41 39 44 41 39 . .24.97 24.97 24.45 24. ..24.95 24.95 24.45 24. LARD. ...IS.47 13.47 13.25 IS. 13.35 13.35 13.20 13. . SHORT RIBS. ..12.80 12.85 1S.70 ' 12. ..12.80 12.85 12.70 . 12. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Steady. Rye No. 2, 78 79c. Barley Feed or mixing, 59- 62c; fair to oholce malting. 65 70c Flaxseed No. 1 Southwestern, $2.01 ; No. 1 Northwestern, $2.19, Timothy seed $3.70. Pork Mess, per barrel. $34.7625. Lard Per 100 lbs., $13.40. Phort rigs Sides (loose). $12.50 Sf 13. Sides Short clear (boxed), 13. 25 13.50. Total clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 102.000 bushels. Primary receipts wero 1,356,000 bushels, compared with 58,- finc FACING CHEESE FAMINE S03IE SEATTLE JOBBERS ARE ENTIRELY SOLD OUT. Blockade Prevents Delivery of East ern. Cheese and Oregon Holders Will Not Sell. SEATTLE. Wash.. March 7. (Special.) So many eggs arrived today from Oregon, California and local points that the price was cut to 26 cents, with some going as low as 25. The demand was good, but the prospects of sjreatly Increased local receipts this week kept the market weak. Seattle Is almost facing a cheese famine. Some jobbers are entirely sold out. The blockade prevents the delivery of Eastern cheese and Oregon holders will not sell. Butter was steady. It is no secret that local Jobbers would like to get the price down, but the supply does not warrant a reduction. Poultry was in heavier supply. The produce famine was broken with a vengeance today by the arrival of 41 car loads by rail and 2001 packages by boat. The receipts covered a wide range, including the first new beets and carrots from Cal ifornia. Sacked beets are practically out of the market. Two carloads of grape fruit arrived. The feature of the arrivals, how ever, was the 30 carloads of potatoes re ported in the lower yards. QUOTATIONS AT SAM" fllANCISCO. Prices Paid for Produce In the Bay City Market. SAN FRANCISCO, March 7. The follow ing were the quotations in the 'market today Millstuffs Bran, $35.6027.60; middlings. $33tf8. Vegetables Cucumbers. $1.S01.75; gar lic, 46c; green peas. 68c; string beans, nominal. 35c iButter It'ancy creamery, 84C creamery seconds. 32 c; fancy dairy, 30c, Eggs Store, 19c; fancy, 20c Cheese New, 16ji6UMiC; Young Americas. Hay Wheat. $1419; wheat and oats. $ii a14o; alfalfa, $4j)12; stock. $60; straw per bale, 60 75c Hops 1822o per pound. Wool Spring; Humboldt and Mendoceno, 13 10c; South Plains and San Joaquin. S& 10c Fruits Apples, choice. 75c$l; common. 6065c; bananas, 75c(JfO$3; limes, nominal lemons, choice, $1.602; common, $1L25; oranges, navels, $1.254f 2.50; pineapples. $2 Si 2.50. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks. $1120 Early Rose, $1.354?1.40; Salinas Burbanks. $1.361.60; sweets, $22.25. Poultry Roosters, old. $5 5.50; young, $7 ?9: broilers, small, $3.6O4.50; large, $5ffl-Xry-ars. $6jji7; hens, $510; ducks, old, $5.5o to 6.60; young. $79. . - Receipts Flour. quarter sacks, 2910; wheat, centals. 908O; beans, sacks, 655; corn, centals, SO; "potatoes, sacks, 4550; bran, sacks, 385; middlings, sacks, 310; hay. tons. 1585; hides. 90S. MAN PREFERS BREAD LINE Mother-in-Law of 1 1 5 Frightens Oc togenarian From Home, NEW YORK, Feb. 27. Into the home of the Daughters of Jacob, at No. 301 East Broadway, tottered an aged man on a cane. The eane was bearing- most of the burden. The visitor had letters to the superintendent of the home, Al bert Kruffer, asking admission for his feeble taody. ( . He said his name was Max Solomon, and that he was 85 years old. His palsied hand -was just about to sign the commitment papers "when a -woman of 115 years came down- the stairs. Mr. Solomon looked and his hand -went to his head. His lips trembled and his pale face turned gray. "Meia Gott, you!" he exclaimed. That was all, but there was a world of ex pression in that "you." The bent-over flgrure straightened up. The woman reached for the man to hug him. but he eluded her. Well out of her range, lie went on to the superintendent: "No, I've changed my mind. I'll pass on," and to the woman partly in re proach, but not at all In anger: "I thought you were dead. I'm going back to the bread line." He hobbled out of the haven that he had entered hopefully only a minute before." "What was the meaning of .hat?" asked the superintendent. "I'm the man's mother-in-law, the ancient dame said simply. "Oh," exclaimed the superintendent, "I see." The woman Is Mrs. Esther David, the oldest woman In New York. Cruiser to Be Repaired. SEATTLE, Wash., March 7. The cruiser Washington, now at San Fran cisco undergoing fumigation because of smallpox on hoard, will return to Bre merton navy yard for repairs. The Washington was to have been one of the "United. States naval representatives at the Buenos Ayres Centennial cele bration, but her place will be taken by the cruiser South Dakota. In Switzerland education is free and 'com pulsory. Ample facilities are provided for the education of alt classes, and illiteracy Is practically unknown in the confederation, ex cept among immigrants who come into the country after they have passed the pre- WILL BRING GUTTLE Portland Gets Lower Rate From Klamath Falls, ' SAME AS SAN FRANCISCO Ixcal Market Strong in All Lines. Hogs Again Sell at $10.50. Offerings Are Not Large. NKW YORK. March 7 Concerted opera tions for an advance on a large scale were clearly perceptible In the stock market to day. Unfavorable Influences were entirely ignored in New York, although the market for Americans in London was slightly effect ed before trading began. Large and aggressive . accumulation and rapidly rising prices in United States Steel and Union Pacific had a sentimental effect on the whole list. The movement in Steel suggested the resumption of market opera tions similar to the brilliant campaign in that stock last year. Southern Pacific was .favorably affected by the character of the day's testimony In the hearing of the Government's suit against the merger. The recital of Union Pacific his tory by one of Hi bankers was read with profound Interest in Wall street. The Influence of the Philadelphia strike was minimised by the quiet conditions no ported from that city, although conflicting claims left the situation somewhat confused. No Question was raised of a probable deci sion in the American Tobacco case at Wash ington, in contrast with the rule on preced ing Mondays, when the probability ot a de cision was remote. Although the stock market paid no at tention to the bank statement, that exhibit was the subject of Interesting comment in other Quarters. No very clear light was thrown on the unexplained decreases of more than $10,000,000 In cash held by the clearing house banks, where an increase estimated up to $3,000,000 was looked for. The call loan market was not affected. The advance In foreign exchange halted, not withstanding continued hardening of Lon don discounts and large sales here ot stocks for London account. Rumors were current that permission will be accorded to the railroads to advance freight rates, together with an advance In wages of employes. Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par value. $3,852,000. United States S's declined ?4 per cent on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. galas. Allis Chalmers jf. ...77. Amal Copper 38,400 Am Agricultural ...... Am Beet Sugar 700 Am Can pf ..... J.40O Am Car & Foutu 8,uoo Am t-otton Oil 2o Am Hd & Lt pf .. Am Ice Sec or 1 Am Linseed Oil.. LA-m Locomotive - Am Smelt & lief.. do preferred . . Am Sugar Ref Am Tel & Tel A m Tobacco pf Am Wooien ..... Anaconda Mln Co. Atchison ......... do preferred ... Atl Coast Line ... Bait & Ohio do preferred . Bethlehem 6teel ., Brook Rap Tran. Canadian Paclflc .. Central Leather . do preferred ... Central of N J" . Chea & Ohio .... Chicago & AKon .. Chicago Git West. Chicago & N" V. C. M & St Paul .. C, C. C & St L... Colo Fuel St Iron.. Colo & Southern . . . do lt preferred. do 2d preferred. ... Consolidated Gas.. 4. GOO .;orn AToducts . -. Del & Hudson . . D & R Grande ... do preferred ... Distillers' Securl .. ISrie , do Int preferred. do 2d preferred. General Electrlo .. Gt Northern pf Gt Northern Ore Illinois Central ... Interborough Met.. do preferred Inter Harvester . Inter -Marine pf .. Int Paper Int Pump Iowa Central K C Southern ... do preferred ... Louisville & Nash 1.4O0 Minn & St L ... M. St P & S S M. 300 Missouri Pacifio .. Mo, Kan & Texas 1.H do preferred ... 200 National Biscuit .. National Lead ... .2,400 Alex Nat Ky 1st pf 2X N" T Central 8.2cK JN Y. Ont & TV est. Norfolk & West. North American Northern Pacino Pacific Mail Pennsylvania People's Gas P, C C Si St L. .. Pressed iJteel Can, Pullman Pal Car. Ky Steel Spring Heading TOO 2,000 3x 2. loo soo too 600 4i K 2t.O 8.NOO 1,7K 2o0 BOO 300 ""u6 6.000 - DOO 4.KIH) 000 is2o6 i"0 KOO ,300 10,100 700 2,400 4O0 200 1,7K SOO 2,600 6,000 S.fiOO 2.K0O 20O 8,800 SOU 800 B.OiK) 7,800 l.OOO SOO 2o0 (too 70 1,600 2.O00 3,300 4O0 2.0OO .... OIMJ .. ST. 1O0 .... 2,200 900 l.ioo ;soo 8O0 .23.600 Kepubllc Steel . . 8. SOO do preferred ... 30O Rock Island Co.. 27,400 do preferred ... 0OO ?t L A S P 2 pi 3.H0O St L Southwestern 1,200 . do preferred ... 200 Skiss-Sheffield .. 1,700 southern Paclflo Si. SOO Southern Railway.. 2..100 do preferred ... OOO Tean Copper 2O0 Texas & Paclflc .. 2,3oo Tol. St L & West. 9O0 Union Pacifio .... 93.300 do preferred . 1,000 TT S Realty . . SOO U S Rubber ..... 4,500 U 9 Steel . . ....28.'l,S.iO do preferred ... 2, IOO Utah Copper .... B.100 Va-Caro Chemical. 3,3o0 Wabash 0O do preferred ..." 7.3K Western Md I.SoO Westlnghouse Elec 2.3w Western Unios . 3.0OO Wheel & L Erie.. Wisconsin Central. 1.400 Pittsburg Coal ... 6"0 Am Steel Fly ... NO United Dry Goods.. 3O0 Laclede Gas 3,800 Total sales for the day. High. S3 'h 7t,i 67 41 20 If. 14. 66 Va t8 lou 126' 142 37 V 61 , IIS 103 V4 132 Va 113 'A , 81 1H. 181 44 108 . 'ii'Z 60 32 V 16Ki 147 42 'i 63 Is liiii l4 178 43 () 34 82 62 4 Us 155 138 "4 70'4 143V4 22 ij, 6rt'4r lSs 21 16 40 23S 40 155" 'iihi 72 65 5 123 ti 46 ao2 Rl 138 32 14 137 Vs 112 10214 4tu, 4&H 170'4 40 104 . 61 & SH 67 U. 2 7V 84 120 SO 8 3.-. 1-4 45 IOO loo Vi " 76 48 88 122 u2'i 6fi 22 4 M 73 78 V "f" 22 i 61 120 104H 833.100 Closing Low, Bid. 81 3" 78 5 67 38 4 27 H 35 64 44 831, 47 3 79 66 67 40H 28 16 65 88 109 100 125 126 141H 141 TO 9 37 51 87 61 ik 116 117 132 112 81 76 132 110 1H 31 76 !) lo 1 3l4 108 "85 58 31 1" BOO 87 '69 32 167 358 146 147 81 42 1471,; 18 81 42 3 81 79 148 19 177 177 44 79 34 81- 60 39 137g 43 84 82 51 41 155 138 143 143 21 i 22 65 03 21 15 48 23 39 56 93 21 48 23 89 69 163 164 144 43 72 68" 64 122 123 46 46 101 102 42 144 72 44 72 110 64 CO 137 31 137 !2 136 137 111 111 101 ) IOI ' 46 195 196 46 IRS 4 170 1)0 13 4 61 65 29 73 79 127 29 67 35 30 44 86 67 2.9 74 82 129 30 7 85 31 45 !7 190 99 loo i5 45 85 121 61 66 21 48 60 73 64 22 " 1 120 102 104 shares. f 47 88 122 62 66 22 49 61 73 78 5 64 22 T Ol4 119 BONDS. NEW YORK, March 7.- tions: Closing Quota U. S. ref. 2s reg.101 do coupon ...lot U. S. 3s reg. ...102 do coupon .;.102 E. & R. G. 4s . . 97 NYC gen Ss 00 Sou, Pacifio 4s. .101 Nor. Paclflo 4..101 Wis. central 4s 94 Japanese 4s ... 91 Oally - Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON". March 7. The condition of the Treasury at the beginning .of busi ness today was as follows: Trust funds Cold coin .$8.Vi,4S.S09 Silver dollars 486.270,000 Silver dollars of 1890 . 3.829.OO0 Silver certlhcates outstanding.. a8tt.27O.O00 General fund Standard silver dollars In general fund .$ B.451,303 Current liabilities 9,323,972. Working tbalance in Treasury . offices - . 23,017.68a In banks to chedlt of Treasurer of the United States .......... 8o",4l,S42 Subsidiary silver coin . . . . 21,41l!714 Minor coin ........ 1.173,233 Total balance in general fund,. 62,066,385 Money, Exchange, I-to. NEW YORK. March 7. Money on call easy, 2 S3 per cent; ruling rate and closing bid, 2T : offered at 3 per cent. Time loans strong: 60 cays, 3: 90 daya 8: six months. 4 per cent. Close: Prime mercantile paper 4?-6 yer cent. Sterling exchange -steady, iwitu actual bust- LUiVTBERMENS National Bank CORNER FIFTH AND STARK STS. Capital $250,000 OFFICERS t C. K. WENTWORTH JOH.V A. KEATING a GEO L. McPHKIlSOr . II. D. STORY .... F. A. FREEMAN ... GRAHAJU ' DCKEHABT ... President . Vice-President . Vice-President Cashier Assistant Cashier Assistant Cashier DIRECTORS G. K. WtBlwuilh Chas. S. Russell George G. Bins; ham Lloyd J. Wentworth John A. Heating; Robert -Treat Piatt P. S. Brumby Dr. K. A. J. Mackenxte J. E. "Wheeler George I,. McPheraon II. D. Story "ENGINEERING WORK IN TOWNS AND CITIES" (a standard work by Ernest MeCullough, formerly 'Con sul ting Engineer for the Merchants' Association of San Francisco) contains the following comments : "The writer wishes to go upon record as saying that with honest workmanship and honest materials the BITULITHIO PAVEMENT in his opinion has a larger per cent of desirable qualities than any material he ia acquainted with. It approaches very nearly the ideal pavement." AMERICAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY SAMUEL CONN ELL, President C L. MacGIBBON, Cashier CAPITAL, $150,000 Does a general hanking; business. Opens checking accounts -without limitation as to amount. Pays Interest on time and savlnga deposits. CORNER SIXTH AND OAK, PORTLAND, (OREGON. nees tn hankers bills at $1.8470(34.8485 tor 60 day hills, and at $4.8710" for demand. Commercial bills $-844.S45. Bar stiver BOTo.- Mexican dollars 44c. Government bonds -weak, railroads -bonds ir reg-uiar. LONDON, March T.-Bar sliver, steady, Z3 7-16d per ounce. Money, liitfl per oertt. ' The rate ot discount In tho open market for sho tbllle is 2 per cenCi three months bills, 2Hu-"i per cent. Consols lor money e. 81361 (or account. . SAN FRANCISCO, March T. Snerllns; on London, 60 days. H.8-; on sight, $4.81 H. fcHlver bars, 60to. Mexican dollars, 44c Drafts, sight, Scl telegraph, Iro. WIFE'S NAME IS TAKEN Husband Finds It Advantageous to Reverse Usual Order. NEW YORK, March 3. (Special.) Jacob Blrnbaum today obtained- permis sion ot Justice Platzek In special term, part 2, of the Supreme Court, to adopt as his legal name the maiden name of his wife. He will now be known as Jacob Heffer. Blrnbaum set forth; In his petition that he was married to Tetta Heffer five years ago. He said that at that time she was entragred in the business of a women's tailor and that she has continued In that business ever since under the name of Heffer. He said that he has ever since his marriage been known by the name of his wife. He lives at 759 LexlK-ton avenue. Bonds Investments Timber Lands McGrath & Neuhansen Co. 701-2-3-45 Lewis BIdg. PORTLAND, - OREGON PORTLAND, SEATTLE, SPOKANE, TACOMA. Downing-Hopldns Co. BROKERS Established -18S3. Stocks, Private Grain. Wires 301-2-3 Conch Bids;. TRAVELERS' GLIDE. (UNARD QIUISES TO ITALY -SAXONIA" March l?(14,30Otons) "CARPATHIA" March 31 (13,600 tons) Excellent saloon accommoda tion at very moderate prices. for full Particulars and Reservation, apply to THE CCXAKX SXKAMSirXP CO.. Ltd. Kew Tork. -Boston. Chicago, Minneapo lis, Philadelphia. St. Louis, ban Kr an ctsco, Toronto and Montreal, or Local Agents. Canadian Pacific Less Than Four Days at Sea Weekly Sailing Between Montreal. Quebec and Liverpool. Two days on tho beautiful fit. Lawrence Kiver and tha shortest ocean routs to Eu ros. Nothing better on the Atlantlo than our Km presses. Wireless on all steamers. First-clossa $90. second VolJfS, one class cabin $47.50. Ask any ticket agent, or write for sail ings, rates and booklet. F. K. Johnson, en era 1 Agent. 142 Third St.. l'ortluud. Or. TW 7FAf AMI New Service via TnhltL nil II LlnL,tLU Deli-rhtful South Sea Tours for Rest, Health and Pleasure. New Zealand. the World's Wonderland. Ueyeers. Hot Lakes, etc. The favorite S. S. Mariposa sails from. San Francisco March IO, April 15, etc., connecting at Tahiti with. Union Line for Wellington, N. Z. The only pasetijcer line from U. S. to New Zealand. . WeJllnwton and back. $260; Tahiti and back, $125, 1st class. SOUTH SA ISLANDS (all of them), three months' tour, $400. Boole now for satllng-s of Dec 23 and Fb. 3. Line to Hawaii, $110 round trip. Sail in pa every 21 daya OCEANIC S. & CO., 673 Market street, San Francisco. AUSTRALIA CCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN LINE 10,000 Ton Twin-Screw Passenger Steamers Direct to Norway, Sweden and Denmark Oscar II . ...Mar. 17 Helllg Olav. .April 14 C. F. Tietren Mar. 24 1 Oscar II April 28 United States. Mar. 81 1 C, F. Tietccrr. May & All Steamers nuipil wltli Ylrelras First cabin. STS upward: second, JtJii. A. B. JOHXSOX & OO. 1 Broadway, Kev York, or Local Agents. SAWT FKAXCISCO POETLASD S. 8. CO. Only direct steamers and daylight sailings From Alnswortli dock, Portland, 4 P. M. S.S Ross Cit.r. Mar. 11. 25. S.S Kansas City, Mar. 18. From Pier 40. San Francisco, 11 A. M. S.H Kansas City. Mar. 12. 20. b.S. Kom City. Mar. 19, Apr. S. M. J. ROCHE, C. T. A.. 142 Third St. Main 402. A 1402. J. "W. HANSOM, Dock Agent. Ainsworth Iock. Main 20H. A 1231. NORTH PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPAXY. s. e. banta jiara sans for Eureka and San Francisco March 12-2. at 4 P. M. S. S. Elder sails for Eureka, Ban Francisco and Los Angeles, March 1. 13. 29. at 8 P. M. 8. S. Roanoke sails for San Francisco and Los Angeles, March 8, 22. at 8 P M. Ticket office 132 3d st. Phones Main 1314. A 1314. tL. Youngs. Agent. COOS BAY LINE Ths steamer RAMOXA leaves Portland every Wednesday. 8 P. M., from Ainsworth dock for North Bend, Marshfleld and Coos Bay points. Freight received until 6 P. M. on day of sailing. Passenger lars. first class. $10: second-class. 7. including berth and meals. Inquire city ticket office. Third and "Washington streets, or Alnsworttt, dock, Vhons Main 208.