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THE MOHNIXG OHEGOXIAN. SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1912. IS PAVING MATERIAL 5-MAST SCHOONER MOST MODERN AND BEST-EQUIPPED SEAGOING GASOLINE BOAT PREPARES FOR TRIP TO ALASKA. t FvsIllClsT fr (fV-AcllOfTI oiiieseeiiersi sunday, may is Councilman Burgard Charges Effort to Keep Hassam Company Out. Deep Sea Vessel Recalls Day SUBDIVISION SALE OF THE FAMOUS VELAND MEADOW ACRES When Portlanders Owned Ocean Fleet Outright. CAUSES WRANGLE H MARSTON ARRIVE CLE CARGO GOES TO BALFOUR Arrleal Ho. Ires ChiriM l"rom Out siders) That Old-Tlme InlrrcMjn Maritime Affairs I I-ai-kln.: Among Iluxlnoss, lntrrU. In the arrival In the harbor yrster- i!r from San ! rnnctson f th flve- maM'd nrhoonT W. II. Maratnrt. f'r mrr day w.-re r.-rull-d w lien I ort lanira owned deep-sea vrwrlJ, but the XUnion ! II' flr?t to enter the offshore fleet that has been on on the rtrer for many yfim She belongs to the St. Johns Lumber fompanr in terest and wl!l o.-a-ln loadlns; lumber lo.liy for Valparaiso under charter to I.aifour. Guthrie "- taplain Ielant master of the Mars ton. halls from inmhrr ship mlth nu nwnui stlrks. the six-masted barken tine Krerett .. Urlgcs. which was built at Bath. Me.. In ISO.. The Mars ton mnnruftej In 1901 at San KranctrA and Is :i ft lorir. haa a b-am of iZ i fe. t ml 17 S feet deptn ef hold. She has a capacity of 1.400.- 01 feet of lumber. Lack, of lateeeat barer. There are a nui.iber of I'ortlander hotdina- stock In vessels operating on the roast, hut It haa been rharg-ed by outsldrra that the general lark of In terest In maritime matter here la due to the fact thre re no vessels owned outrta-ht In thla city and that the lui ne Interests are not In touch as elonely aa they should be with mart time propositions. It was not ao In former periods, however, aa there were a number of carriers controlled In thla cliv that engaged In various trades. One of the pioneer fleet was ths bark Mattle MarU-ay. which was pur chased in IS7J. when she was known as the 4lara Lo-ilse. and she was op erated in the sandwich Island trade. The bark Alden B.-sse was another old trader and her Initial appearance here was In 1S71. when, with a number of other vessels, she brought Iron for the Oregon at California Kallroad. The bark Industry waa an early addition to the fleet, having come from New York with a cargo of merchandise: and th-n traded on the feast. She drew II feet loaded. The Valtlalla waa an other used coastwise that waa owned In I'ortland. "dhaBler" Storied Waa. It was the steamer ftotdhunter that gave i'ortland Its first boom through having been purchased from San Kran ctsco Interests and the deal waa made so $21. n09 was paid In rash and $.1. 00 covered by notes. K. W. Wright. In the Mann HUtory of the North west, wrote of the tloldhunter that the promoters of the rortland townstte "were forced Into the venture by the enterprise of I.ot Whltcorob. who ran Ms steamer from Vllwaukle to As toria. Ignoring I'ortland and for a time refusing to at .p there at all. The steamer carried several large cargoes of Oregon products to San Francisco and gave Portland such a boom that even IVhileomb was obliged to recog nize the new city and his steamer finally ran no ii-rther up the river than the present metropolis." In lsal the steamer Willamette came, being one of a fleet of modern steam ers to arrive. She. waa built for the Oregon Improvement Company, at Chester. I'a.. and she ran until when she ended her career by collid ing with the steamer Premier. The Oregon Improvement Company also bought the Mississippi, the Umatilla and Walla Walla. HOT KIVKT STAKTS ULAZE TrnuVr Wrnonali Struck. While Pas-ting. I'nilrr New Bruise. Captain Hugh T. Groves, of the Tort of Portland towage department, re ported to Harbormaster Speler yester day that a blaze waa discovered aboard the tug Wenonah. tender for the dredge Portland, late Thursday that started In a coll of rone on deck which had been set afire by a hot rivet thrown from the new Harrtman bridge. The rope waa carried on the upper deck and a short time after passing through the bridge the (Ire was noticed, the rivet having lodged In the center of the coll and the strands were Ig nited easily, as they were dry. Some bo.ttowncrs aver that If their craft suffer damage from the action of the bridge crew they will aeek redress from the contractor, but most of them fear that persons aboard the vessels might fee serious: y Injured before the prac tice Is stopped. OKIUXTAI. MIII-S WATCHED Panama Maru Held at Nagasaki for Bubonic Plague Case. Fumigation has not been ordered on essels arriving from the Orient of late, but Harbormaster Speler haa not rel egated hi former ordor compelling rat guard to bo hung on ail lines and the fact the Japanese steamer Panama Maru. of the Osaka S ho sen Kalsha. has been quarantined at Nagasaki because one case of bubonic plKue waa found aooard. mar result In special safe guards being enforced here again. The Tacoma Maru was also quaran tined recently and advices received via V ctorla are that a strict watch la being maintained on the other side against a spread of the disease. In the case of the Tanama Maru she will be held ten days. Kat gusrds are In sisted on here as soon as they can be piaced after a vessel Is berthed, and if she shifts thev must be used a;a!n when she Is made fast. ANOTHER STKATII IS COM1XG Vessel to Load l umber for Calcutta or Australia. Illnl. Ro'ph A Company have taken one of the Sirath fleet for lumber from Portland to Calcutta, with the option of Sydney, at tie J. a ton to Australia, but the Calcutta rate was not an nounced. The same Interest have taken a schooner, also unannounced, but which Is bound to the Coast from over the Pacific, to load lumber for Val paraiso for orders at shillings, the lugtie.t rat of the eeason tor the same business. The Harrison liner Ilrector may be ordered into the Columbia for a part -a:-c ef lumber, as Comyn. Mackall t.mpu-ir have taken a large portion ,.f her space, cargo to be furnished irouabljr at A'ut bound porta. 1v ' w . - , . , v- '? i- THE MIRKM. M A RSH VI KID. Or, May 15. (Special.) The gasoline boat Mlrene which was recently completed at the Kruse A Hanks shipyard at North Hend and which ha left Coo Bay for Portland, will make the trkp to Alaska under her own power. The boat waa built for the F. C. Barnes Cannery Company, of Portland, and will be used as a cannery tender at the Alaska plant of that company. The little boat Is 64 feet Ions; and la fitted with gasoline engines, but 1 dealgned to hold her own In almost any sea. The Mlrene Is said to he the best built and equipped sea-going gasoline boat of the kind that has yet been put In use on this Coast. The Mlrene waa taken to Columbia Hlver and from there will go to Puget Sound to take on a cargo of cannery supplies for Alaska. Gasoline sea-going boat of thla type have been used out of Coos Bay In recent years quite extensively In the traffic with the smaller porta of Southern Oregon. During the past year or rwo a number of order for similar boata have been received both from Portland and San Francisco. LINE IS BRANCHING OUT MAPIE U'.Xr TAKING LOIBEK KOH DCEXOS AVHES. ix-hoonrr Chartered to Load for Val paraiso at SO Shillings. His best Kate Recently I'uld. SAN FRANCISCO, May 17. tSpecial.) The Btit'sh steamer Krntrs, of th MaDle Leaf line, now due at ancouver with a cargo of steel from New York, will take a large consignment of lum ber on the Sound for Buenos Ayrea. In he paat few months the v.. R. Grace line haa taken care or the Buenos at res lumber trade and the entry of the Ken- ra Is the first attempt of the .vapie Leaf line to branch out Into the trade of the east roast of South America. The schooner Ixrttle Bennett, aue on he Sound from Caleta Colosa, ha been bartered to load there or on the Co lumbia for Valparaiso for oroera at hillings, the highest rale paid for tnia voyage In several years. She was taken by the American Trading Company, which heretofore haa conflrred Itself to hipping lumber to .Australia ana the Orient. The steam schooner Casco. wnicn ieii here four days ago for I'ortland, has been chartered for a cargo of wheat back to thla port at 12.10 a ton. The British ship Cambrian . niettain rrlved at Falmouth Wednesday after a passage of 113 days from the Colum bia River with grain. The steamer Falcon arrived today from Portland with cargo for the American-Hawaiian line. The Matson liner HUonlan arrived from Hllo and the Bates and Chese brough steamer Pleiades from Panama. The Kosmos liner Setos sated for Hamburg, the Stanley Dollar far Pan- ma and the George . t-iaer ior ortland. STVPENTS HOLD THE BEA.VER. Captain MaMn Brings ""'P Master. SiiececUlne; Nelson, rc.ttlna- a tardy start from Son Fran- Isco. having sailed at o'clock In the ttrrnoon Instead of Z oelock. oecause returning student of Berkeley ana tanford unlversltlea were accommo dated, the steamer Beaver am not reach Alnsworth dock until aooui o'clock last night. She was reported of the south jetty and not to the oper ations of the Chinook. Marine Notes. ITCAUZE INTXIXIGKXCB. Da to Arrive. Naira Frosa. Data. Breakwater Coos Bay In port Beavar San radr.... In porx Oeo. W Eider. .San Die.... So H. Cm or a. Tillamook. . . May rsiM an rraaelsee V sr Pear ... en I'eUr. . . . Way Alliance Kuraka "T Roanoa Baa I'lrSO. ... May Sle c-ttw Sa a Fad ra Hay lathmlaa Sauna Cm. . -Jun 21 It 31 1'S 2T 11 Kama For. Pate. Breakwater Coos Bay y " Parvara S. F. t V. . May IS T.i. ... F for U A. May I Beaver Saa rdr. ...May -J Ceo. W Elder. .San Di ... May -I u H Elaier. Tillamook My SI rural a FraadsceMsy 24 Alliance turaka Ma Bear. ......... aa Paslre. ... May 27 Hoencka ean rlea. . . . Majr i Boa City fan Padre. ...June 1 latamlaa SaOsa Crus. .Jua If rrivlnsr In the rlrer at ! o'clock In be morning and left up at 1 o'clock. In fact the beginning of the, T-oyage waa marked by delay, a It wa re ported from Ban Pedro that when he ailed front there Monday aha went aground near Iteadman Island and was on the mud two hours, though with out Injury. It waa the first trip or tne neaver from San Francisco with Captain Kd Mason .on the bridge aa a permanent commander, he having succeeded Cap- sin Nelson, who took the pacific aiau liner Korea. A passenger on th Bear- was Captain John K. Bnlger. upervtslng Inspector or steam vessels if the First I'lstrlet. who I making his Initial visit acre In mat capacity. Bound for Newport. 'the gasoline sloop Condor left down last evening. Four gangs of longshoremen will be gin loading wheat aboard the steamer Mackinaw today at Irving- dock. Two oil tankers cleared yesterday in ballast, the J. A. Chanslor, for Mon terey, and the oleum, for Port liar ford. Last of the lumber cargo of the schnonor Luzon was loaded at Tongue Point yesterday and she will sail for a nitrate port. M. J. Savage, who purchased the steam schooner Grace Dollar from the Dollar Steamship Company, ha re named her Hardy. Two of the four sections of the tem porary draw truss of the Harrlman bridge were lowered Into the river yes terday and the other will be taken down today. It Is reported from Astoria that the steamer F. B. Jones was damaged Wed nesday while lying at Skamokawa. through being struck by the steamer Harvest Queen. To have a new shaft swung Into place and the wheel rebuilt, the steamer Sha ver waa towed to the plant of the Wil lamette Iron A Steel Worka yesterday by the steamer Ocklahama. Specifications hava been Issued for drydocklng. cleaning and painting Light vessel No. C7. and bids will be opened May 20 at 2 o'clock at the o'fflce of Henry L, Beck. Inspector of the Seventeenth Lighthouse District. Information was received yesterday at the offiee of the Open River Trans portation Company that Archie M. Kg gars. 1 years of age. employed a a deckhand on the steamer J. N. Teal, wa drowned near Collin Thursday through having accidentally stepped backward Into the river. The vessel stopped and a boat was lowered, but he could not be reached. Arrangements have been made to lift the Norwegian steamer Opland. which arrived last night from Santa Rosalia via Coo Bay to load lumber for Shang hai, on the Oregon drydock for clean ing and painting. She put Into Coo Bay snort of fuel and waa two days making the run from there. The vessel will receive cargo at Inman-Poulsen'a mill. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, May IT. Arrived Steamer Beaver, from San Francisco: Norwegian steamer Ooland. trom hanta Rosalia: steam er Caeco, from San Francisco: atrarner J. A. Chaiialor. from Monterey. Hailed Japanese steamer Europa Maru. for Baakow. Astoria. May 17. Condition at the mouth of the river at 6 P. M-. moderate: wind, northareet. IS miles: weather, cloudy. Ar rived at Ift-.SO A. M. and left up at 2:110 P. M.. Norwegian steamer Opland. from Santa Koaalla. via Coop U-. Arrived at lO A. M. and left up at 1 P. 1.. steamer Beaver, from ban Pedro and 8an Francisco. Mailed at 12:15 P. M.. Norwegian steamer Hercules, for Hongkong snd way ports: steamer Olympic, for Ran Pedro. Arrived down at 3. So and sailed t P. M.. steamer Rose city. f"r Han Pedro and Ran Frajiclaco. Hall-d at 4 P. M-. ateamer Eimore. for Til lamook. Sailed at 1 SO V. M.. French bark L'Hermltr. for Queenstown or Falmouth. Sailed at I P. M., steamer Wlllapa, for San Pedro. ri.il Francisco. May 17. Arrived at mid night, steamer Falcon, from Portland. Sailed at 11 A. M.. steamer Geo. W. Elder, for Portland. Sailed laat night, ateamer Geo. W. Fenwlek. for Columbia River. port Lutilow, May 17. Arrived Steamer Tiverton, from Portland. Coo Bay. May 17. Arrived Steamer Al liance, from Portland.1 Falmouth. May 15. Arrived British bark Cambrian Chieftain, from Portland. eanta Rosalia. May 10. Arrived British steamer Ocean Monarch, from Portland, for Swansea. Astoria. May le. Arrived at 6 and lert up at P. M. steamer Caaco. from San Francisco. Arrived at and lert up at P. M a:eanvr J. A. Chanslor. from Monterey. Arrived down at 10 P. M., Norweglaa steam er Hercules. G:ow. May 1. Sailed Politician, foe San Prsnctrco. Seatt:'. May 17. Arrived Steamers Mart poaa. for Southwestern Alaska: Lyra, from Sallna Crus: Asuc.-lon. City of Pueb:a. from Han Francisco: Buckraaa. from Tacoma: Meteor, from Southeastern Alaska: schooner A V Baxter, from Los Anseiea. Sailed Ste-saaers President, for San Francisco: City of 1 ueb;. tor Vancouver: iJolphln. for Southeastern Alaska: Crafteman. for San Francle. o. an Francisco, Msy 17. Arrived Steam ers Fa:eon. from Portland; Tama:pala. from (.rays Harbor: Pleiades, from Balboa: Wat son, from Seattle. Sal'ed Steamers Lakma. for Seattle: (ieoree W. Elder, for Astona: Setce for Hamburg: Col. E. U Drake. b.re tl. for Seattle: Stanley Dollar, for Ancoa: Elisabeth, tor B.ndofl. TMe at As lert Saiarday. High. Lew. 1 A M fel :ln A. M 11 feet 2.4 P. V.. ...T.i feet S OU r. teot ENGINEER MAKES DENIAL Lowest Bidders r'ail to Get Contracts by Order of City Attorney. Weatrttmlt Favored by Property Owners. Councilman Burgard yesterday, at a session of the street committee of the Council, charged that there seems to be an effort to keep the Hassam Paving; Company from laying any of Its pave ment. City Engineer Hurlburt em phatically denied the Imputation. Mr. Burgard said that he proposed to vote for Hassam where the people wanted It and It was the lowest bid. "I propose to do a little work for the people, too," remarked Mr. Burgard. Some of the other members of the committee have been howling about working for the people a whole lot lately." "I am very glad to see you fall Into line. aald Councilman Maguire. I have been In line right along' retorted Mr. Burgard. I have been working In earnest for the people, but some of you have not, although you have been talking that way." rw Bid Are Ordered, The proposed Improvement which brought forth the caustic outburst was Kast Tenth and other streets. Residents there have asked for Hassam paving which Is the lowest pavement aa to bid. Because Hassam Company did not bid on tile drains, as called for in the speo'ticatlons. the bid was held ir regular. City Engineer Hurlburt said that in this pavement the drains are not necessary. It wa this remark that caused Mr. Burgard to assert that it looked aa though there was an effort to defeat the Hassam company, aa City Attorney Grant ruled that the bid could not be accepted. The committee Anally ordered new bid on this work. Another lively discussion at the com mittee session concerned proposed Im provement of a number of streets in Kenton, in addition to four streets, the contracts for which have already been awarded- to Elwood Wiles for Westru mlte pavement. 8. L. Woodward, one of the residents of the district, repre sented other property owners, saying that they have been making a fight for this improvement for IS months and that they want the Westrumite brand and nothing else. Best Pavemeat Demanded. "We have gone to considerable trouble investigating Westrumlte pave ment," said Mr. Woodward, "and we know that it ia the best. While it is cheaper for the property owners, it is a pavement that costs the contractor more to lay than any of the others upon which bids have been submitted. We therefore demand that this material be laid soon." I. N. Iay. of the Independent Paving Company, challenged the statements of Mr. Woodward, saying that his bids for asphalt on some of the streets are lower than those for Westrumlte and that It la not true that Westrumlte is the best pavement or that It costs more to lay it. He charged that Westrumlte Is Inferior and that the property owners will regret It If the Council orders the streets paved with that material. Councilman Baker, chairman of the atreet committee, aaked Mr. Woodward If it were not true that Westrumlte streets In Su Johns were laid three times before they were satisfactory. The reply was that some of the work was laid twice, but Is now satisfactory. Mr. Baker said that he personally in spected the St. Johns work last Winter and that It did not Impress him favor ably. Mayor Rushlight went to see the work and said he thought It was good enough to warrant him in ordering the four streets in Kenton laid with West rumlte. as ordered by the Council last season. Councilman Burgard also said the work now looks very good. The entire batch of streets were referred to City Engineer Hurlburt for action. VOSBURG SAFE IK DOCK The. garden spot of Powell Valley. Within and adjoining the city limits of the beautiful suburban home city of G re sham, with its graded schools," banks and churches, electric lights and Bull Run water. Just across the street from the Mt. Hood Railway depot. Five miles from Portland's city, limits. ; Suburban Acre Tracts 1, 2, 3, 5 to 10 acres, all cleared and under cultivation, ready for planting. The richest garden land in Multnomah County. PRICES $600 to $750 per acre, 10 per cent down and 2 per cent per month. Business lots opposite depot, 50x100. The future business center of this growing city. Prices, $250 to $350 per lot,-10 per cent down and 2 per cent per month. First on the Ground Gets Choice of Tracts SPECIAL EXCURSION TO GRESHAM, Mt. Hood Railway Sunday, May 19th. Round trip tickets 25 cents. Leaves Yamhill, between Second and Third streets, at 12:45 P. M., or take any car in citato ML Hood Railway depot for 1:30 P. M. train. For plat of tract and full inf orma,tionoall or-plrono CLARK CANNON COMPANY 274 Oak and 80 Fourth streets, Board of Trade Building. Pacific Phone, Main 5407; Home, A 3252. RAIL DEMAND BROAD Iron and Steel Trade tinues to Expand. Con- NO LONGER HESITATION HCGE RAFT AIDS IX FLOATING STRAXDED VESSEL. 80.000 Feet of Logs ITscd In Picking Tp Tugboat, Which Will Come to Portland for Kcpairs. BAY CITT. Or.. May 17. (Specal.) The Georre R. Vosburpr. a tugboat owned by the wnealer Mill uompany. In to wins; lumber from their sawmill on the. Nehalem Bay to Portland and Intermediate points, and whlcn nas been stranded at the -entrance to the Nehalem Bay for two weeks. Is now safe at the dock In Wheeler. A raft that had been built In sec tlons at the mill and which contained over 80.000 feet of loirs waa towed down to the Vosbunr yesterday and at low tide was placed around the boat. High tide, shortly after 1 o'clock, picked up the Teasel, which was towed up the bay to a point about one-fourth mile from the mill, when the outpo'nsr tide compelled her to be anchored. When the tide returned a grain at about 1 o'clock this morning the anchor was raised and a safe landing made at tne mill. The idea of floating tne vosourg rith a raft originated wun Mr. Wheeler, and it has proved an effective method. E. L. Rector, manager for the W healer Mill Company, stales mat only one plank is sprung that Is no ticeable, and that within three or four days they will have the boat In shape to run her into roruana. wuere sua will be placed In the drydock and com pletely overhauled. ' Third Mate for Chinook. S ft vaara nf SETA and hold ing unlimited ocean licenses are eligi ble for examination on May 25 for the berth of third mate on the big Gov ernment dredge Chinook, at a salary of f SO a month. The examlnatlona are to be conducted by the United States Civil Service Commission. Since Captain Dunbar len- me ves sel several montha ago First Mate Dexter has acted as executive officer and it is understood tnat mere win be no permanent appointment to nil the skipper's berth this season. The Chinook haa returned to work on the bar and naturally there ia strong cur iosity among mariners to learn what showing will be made when the annual survey is completed next month, as last year the greatest Increased chan nel depth waa credited to the Influence Larger Plants Are Operating Close to Capacity Output of Iron on a Heavier Scalo Than Ever Before. XFTW TORK. May 17. R. O. Dun Co.'s weekly review of trade will say tomorrow: Apart from the backwardness of the sea son, the business situation on the whole malntalna Its recent favorable aspect. Tha most sls-nlncant movement Is In the Iron and steel trade. In which the reports ars of an expanding; demand with prem iums belnr offered In some Instances for prompt delivery. So far as this industry is concerned there has been a complete break ing away from the hesitation that hitherto prevailed and all Instances now point to a period of activity. There Is a broadening demand from the railroads, with rail contracts still an Im portant factor and carbullders are booked well Into the Fall. The larger ateel plants are now operating close to capacity, heavy specifications having come forward on bars, plates, sheets and tin plates, while the out put of iron Is on a larger scale than ever before. . . Deliveries of steel materials are not so prompt aa In recent weeks, and billets have advanced 60 cents a ton with Bessemer billets commanding a slight premium over open hearth. Pipe and tube shipments this month are exceeding the movement In April and makers of wrought pipe have enough orders ahead to carry beyond the first half of the year. The backward weather conditions, cou pled with the strong advances which are demanded by shoe manufacturers, have re stricted business In footwear. In leather, pronounced strength continues to rule. . , Sharp advances nave again , about all varieties- of bides, especially packer stock. WF.ATHRR RESTRICTS RETAIL TRADE Dealers' Stocks Are Not Burdensome and Lost Ground Will Be Regained. NEW YORK May 17. Bradstreefs will say i u 1 1 1" ' i j . Nature's forces have not been propitious over a wide area of the country and as a result trade has been sdveraely affected. The weather was too wet or too cold for seasonsble activity in retail lines. which branch of distribution should now be In run l "VhTs situation has In' turn been reflected In decraasd buying from wholesale dealers and Jobbers and there has been little or no re-order buslneas. At the same time coun- i . fsrrnera have not irr iraae i ii"'"., " been enabled to do much Spring work, they have not been in a www ... dinary purchases. . It is felt, however, that retail dealers' stocks are not burdensome and that warm, mild weather will produce better results and enable some of the lost ground to be recovered. On the other hand, orders for Fall account are of a reassuring charac ter. In the dry goods line ent quiet would In all probability be more sharply felt were It not that deliveries from the mills are not up to he handle which fact keeps stocks In second handa down to reasonable proportions. thus Pec'ln prices. As It Is. some softness in prices of gray print cloths Is noticed. Buslneas failures In the United States for the week ending May 1 were 2,3, against 200 last week. 235 In the like week of xSlX, 3 In 110. 21B In 1909 and 284 In 19Bualness failures In Canada for the week ending with Thuraday number 17 which contrasts with 27 last week and with 19 In the like week last year. Wheat. Including flour, exports from the T-nitmt states and Canada for the week Fnd in. a? lV Wgregajed 4L207.M3 bushel. (Tacoma, Waah.. not reported), against XIM; last week and 8.500.108 this week ?. year FoT the ,8 weeks ending May 16 exports are 193.999.630 bushels, against 108.415.. in the corresponding period laat y,Co"rn exports for the week ars 4M bu.heTs. .gainst 118.811 last week and 932 -XI bu.he in 1911. For U. 4 week. , und ine Mar 16. corn exports are 32.793.319 bushels, against 45.867.211 last year. Bank Clearings. VFTW TORK. V.y 17. Bradstreeta- bank clearing, report for the n!" M 16 .hows an aggregate of W.46(MS.0 as aralnst $. 4S..'.S3.00 lat week and 3. U77 878.000 In the corresponding week last ' inc. : .... ..ilios 20.i.oo lr.jj I 295, 108.000 9.4 I Boston Philadelphia St- Loul. . ...... Kansas City ...... Pittsburg Ran Francisco .... Baltimore Cincinnati ........ Mlnneapolia New Orleans Cleveland Detroit Los Angeles Omaha Milwaukee Louisville Atlanta Portland, Or - Seattle t. Paul .......... Buffalo Denver ........... Indianapolis ...... Providence ........ Richmond Washington. D. C. Memphis SU Joseph Salt Lake City.... Fort worth Albany Columbus Savannah Toledo ............ Nashville ......... Hartford Kpokane, Wash. ... Tacoma ... Duluth Oakland, Cal San Diego. Cal.... Sacramento, Cal... Helena Stockton. Cal Boise. Idaho ...... Ogden. Utah ...... Houston .......... Galveston ........ 160,740,000 150.113.000 S:l.518,00O 4H.291.000 B1.384.00O 46.8S5.0O0 38.897.000 2'J. 208.000 19.25o.OO0 17.603,000 22.379,000 22.151.000 21.491.000 16.817.000 13,950.000 14.8OS.O0O 33.125,000 11,873.000 12.457.0OO 10.456.000 11.806.000 8. 905.000 11.582.000 8.935.000 8.204. 000 7.690.000 7.004.000 7.205.000 7,235,000 6,0.19,000 4.751.000 6.33O.00O 6.8S6.00O 5.103.000 8.290,000 6.576.000 4.729.000 4.260,000 2.776,000 3.350.000 2.467.000 l.Sk.i.OOQ. 705.0(10' 890.000 696.0OO 561,000 35.019.000 19,320,000 111 3 1 8.8 4 6.2 2.2 4.4 I. 1.6 8.2 19.2 13.4 5.4 7.7 3.4 2.7 10.7 13.7 6.1 3.4 19.1 12.9 19.3 36.2 3.3 8.8 21.9 10.2 36.6 20.1 19.7 II. 2 .2 9.7 92.1 26.3 8.8 7.2 23.3 .8 49.2 3S.7 16.3 13.0 9.7 8.3 49.3 37.3 Decrease. WOOL TRADE INDIFFERENT IS EAST Prices Paid In Wert Will Mean Higher Mar ket Later. BOSTON. May 17. The Commercial-Bulletin will say of the wool market today: Trading this week In the Boston wool market haa been Indifferent except the de mand near the close for low cross-breds by one of the larger buyers. Scattering .ales of old territory wools of almost all grades', aa well aa a fair demand for new terrltoriea, has been in evidence. Only a little trading has been done in fleeces at unchanged rates. New Utah. Nevada, Arlsona and Wyom ing wools sre bringing on the cleaned baai. about 53 55c for the best wools, although prices being paid In the West at the moment will mean higher prices for the later bought wools. Class 3 wool, for clothing purpose, are held firm on moderate requests. Shipment, of wool from Boston from Jan. uary 1 to May 16, Inclusive, were 104.463. 528 pounds, against 78.955,734 pounds for the lame period laat year. Receipts from J.nuary 1 to May 16. in clusive, were 106,533.269 pounds, against 86.- 401.034 pounds for the same period last year. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. May 17. Standard copper, firm, but quiet. Spot. 15.90 16.05c; May, 15.92H16.10c; June, 18.95g 16.12 Mj ; July. 13.95e,16.13c; August, 15.92Htfia.17Hc; September, 15.92 H 16.20c. London, firm; spot, 74; futures, f74 8. 9d. Lake copper. 16Hc: electrolytic. 16916Hc: casting, 13. 16Hc. Arrivals at New York, 420 ton.; exports so tar this month are 14,460 tone. Tin. quiet: spot, 46.25 46.60o; May, 46.31 46.60c; June. 48.40(8 46.60c; July, 45.80'B) 46.40c; August, 45.50 46.00c; September. 45.12 H 45.60c. London, tin, steady; spot, 21J 10s: futures. 207 10s. Lead Steady, 4.1554.25c New York and 4.07H4.12Hc Eajst St. Louis delivery. Lon don lead. 16 10s. Spelter, steady, 6.808.90c New York and 6.656.75c East St. Louis delivery. London. 25' 15s. Antimony, quiet; Cookson's, 8.00c. Iron, quiet: Cleveland warrants, 54c lHd in London. Locally iron was steady. No. I foundry Northern, 15.5015.75; No. 2. 15.2515.50; No. 1 Southern and do. soft, I15.50 15.75. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, May 17. Coffee futures closed steady, net unchanged to 4 points lower. May. 13.44c; June, 13.4c; July. 13.49o; August, 13.59c: September, 1.7.69c; October. 13.67c; November. 13.67c: Decem ber. 13.6dc; January, 13.65c: February. 13.64c; March. 13.68c; April. 3.68c. Cottee Spot, quiet; Rio, No. 7. 14V, c; Santos, No. 4, 15c Mild, quiet: Cordova, 16fc18Hc. nominal. Raw sugar, steady; muscovado, 89 test. 3.42c: centrifugal. &6 test. 3.92c; molasses sugar. 89 test, 3.17c. Refined sugar, steady. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. May 17. Cattle Receipts. 150O: market, steady. Beeve.. 86W9.25; Tex as steers. 5.907.75: Western steers, 14.10 7.85' stockers and feeders, $4.80(57: cows . and heifers, 38; calves. 5.25!.23. Hogs Receipts. 16.0OO: market, alow, gen erally steady. Light. $7.40&7.2V4 : JTJ'xed. $7.5008; heavy. $7.50 8.05; rough. fi-SO 7.70: "pigs, $5,1047.10; bulk of sales, $i.80W 8'tieep Receipts. 6000: market strong to 10c higher. Native, S3.75fir6.3S: Western. $4 . 6.40; yearling.. o,507.$5: lambs, native, $oS.65; Western. $5.759.00. Ji aval Stores. SAVANNAH. Ga., May 17. Turpentine, firm. 47ttM7Hc: sales. 1019: shipments. 910; receipts. 1098: stock.. 29,393. Rosin, firm; sale.. 2354; receipt., 7160. shipments, 3441; stocks, 65.775. Quote: b! $6.00(3'' 6. 25; D, $6.50; E. $0.7096.83: F. 7.107.17Vi: G. $7.17H; H. $7 1u&7.17H I $T.15f7.20; K. $7.22Vi: M and N, $7.23; WG, $7.27Vi7.30; WW. $7.35. EASTERN EXCURSION TICKETS Kay S, 8. 4V tV 1 . V, 18, M. 29. Jane J. , T, 8, IS, 1. 15, IT. 18, IS. 20. SU a. 25. SI". 28. ZS. Vt-iiasri. July S, S, ft, T, 11, 12. 15, Id. 30, 22, SS. 26. 2, SO, 81. A.nut 1. 2, 8. B, T, 12, 15. 16, 22, 23, 28, SO, 81. September 4. 6, 6, 7, 8, 1L 12. 80. St. Panl, Minneapolis, Da Intb, Omaha, Slonx City, t. Joe, iv a w m Ui Chicago and Returm f 72-BO. ac Louis and Ketnrs S7O.0O. New Yoifc and Retsura flOHO BOatoa uad Return fllO.OO. Buffalo and Bet urn 9ta. Winnipeg;, Port and Return ..... 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