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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1905)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTT.AVD. T) KPEirRPT? m ionr. SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTIAXD. DECE3IBER MUST BE GRADED Potato Buyers Sign Agreement on Shipping 'Question. NOW ON BUSINESS BASIS Kcjectecl Lot Will Not He Taken Up Until I'ropcrly Inspected anil Parsed Upon by Committee. Wheat .Market Dull. TVHKAT Buyer and seller 'apart. POTATOES Ar-reeninnt lietween ship per for mutual protection, HtTTBfl View dlfW as to ndvlr ahll'ty of making advance. KOOS Steady and unehan-ced. POrr.Tny Saturday market slow. FRl'IT First rtilpmont .or tanj-erlnes arrive A numlK-r of local potato buyers who have mad large shipment to San. 1"Tanclseo and lost ieally by el of STOwens. not dc llverins: the frade of jiotatoes tiiclfled Jn tlm contract, have come to an agreement on the ubject which they believe will put the po lato shipping burincss on a properly regulat ed basis. Leading growers, to whom the plan has been explained, fully Indorse It. saying It vl I prove in the end to be of the great eat benefit to the potato industry'- The agree ment Is a follows: Portland. Or., Dec. 8. 1005. We, the under signed, dealerx and shippers of potatoes and onions In carload lot. for our mutual protec tion and for the protection of the hontt growers in thto state, have agreed: lot to ncce-t for hhlpment any lot or lota of potatoes or onions that have not been properly graded or (selected. we further agree each with the other that no one or uk win buy any lot or lot of po tatoes or onion that have been rejected by any of the undersigned, for reason of In- fcrlcr quality or- Improper grading, until the same enall have been Inspected and pasted upon by a committee appointed by the deal era who are lgnejw of thin agreement, and not tnen unless the committee po appointed after due inspection, shall pronounce haid re jected lots to be up to the grade that was contracted for. All contract must be made In writing and fyibmltted to the committee at the time of wpectlon, TVOL.P SONS. 105 Front St.. by E. M'KlNI.vrr MITCHELL. ' L. SCATENA & CO.. Uv C L. Burtt. "tt'. I. SWANK. 1 I. K. MEIKLE. TACK & SOX, L. JAGG An. .CIIEAT IS STKAIIT. Market Hold Its Own Though Trade Ii dragging. Th wheat market ontinue vers dull, Dealers show but little Inclination to do busl ana termers are averse to accepting price offered. The demand from Eurtme and California both Is light at the moment. The tone of the market i steady and practically unchanged, the same dullness prevails in Lhe export flour market. Some movement Is reported, la oats and barley at the current lies. The following, reports en . crop conditions In rorelgn exporting countries arc from the lat- lnsue of lii-oomhall's Cora Trade New received Runsia Report of the new Winter seeding Aery tavorattie from all the imiorint crowing regions of the empire, the mild rainy wnun nas recently prevailed limine- !een Just what was wanted to give the crops ji start Occasionally there 1 mention ,f a xmall Increase in the area, and one ot j'Ur reports ays that growth haw been ho rapid ;hat the Made is 8 Inches high. At the port, he imsltlon lc slowly fmprOVing, but It in vldent that there its tlll much nervous ap prehension as to what the future may Jarlng forth,, In the Interior the attitude of the ensont i cauxlng much uneaMnw. and ately in at least three governments, namely. arato. Tamboff and Kleff. wholeeule de tructljn of property has taken place. The Jjing of navigation oh the Sea of Azoff Is low About du. the average date being about November 25. but eo far we have no Indication 'f j-evcre weather. Our latest reports all peak of mild. open weather, and as there 1 Dig iieet of steamers in the Azoff. it U evl. itnl that jieople do not exiect an early clos- o.. laments were well maintained lt neck and an Azoff chipper; will be doinir hen utmobt to get away as much muff as otIU before Winter t-etK In, we can ex ct fair shipments to continue in the near uture India An official bulletin for the wek end- ng srv 11 ssjs that rain rtlll holds off in I'oinbay IlajpmnrHt and the United I'm-. ice?. The MtiiHtlon at present Is not w?rl- us. and prouabl the fate of the crop de ends cn ihe mid Weather rains, if tm-e are elayed or fvanty the uutkMk will speedily hange for the woiwe. but there is plenty ot lme yet. at any rate In the North. Australia We hnc no frelt crop news from lis grower, wnich must nov be haivratlnr Ihlpraents were larger law week and will jrther increat-e in the near future, for one two steamer cargoes are due to leav ila month, Argentina The weather is hot and the i-heat hancct Is expected to oommence this eek, we tn-lleve that the Ingathering of axseed I already In progress. Our own fent cables that In Santa Fe and Cordoba f heal promises a gind yield, and In the -uth f Buenos Ayre? the damage tprobably from irosts) only amounts to 5 rer cent. blpments last week were smaller, but titlll f vcrj" Jalr size for the time of year. BUTTEKMEX'S VIEWS UU'i'lin. o Are In I'avor of an Advance. Other Oppose It. but Buttermen differ In opinion as i the jture of the market. The tBe to unoueh- lonably firm, as there- u now no surplus of tshnttKk. but they lo not hoW the rame tewa as to what -hould be done with prices, ome of the city creamery men believe the fVet would stand a 2!;-cent advance, but Ithors are opposed to taking such a strp. de- taring It would only Invite shipments from Eaet or California. The coming week 111 probably decide the action to be taken. Eggs hold steady, dealers quoting freh regon at 84 and 35 cent. Receipts in some rters are increasing. The cheese market Is very firm, with some jotattonn rf 15, eente put out. Poultr' s'...w yesterday. Chickens con- Inued fi-m Dressed gee.e were In AvmrA the lnqulrj' for turkeys was limited. California Fruit Shipment. JThe ffflowlng is a Hatement of the decldu- frult whipped In a frej state from Call- knla from April 22 t Xovember 20. as coro- red wl'h last year. The figure are for hutai carloads shlppea. and not estimated cars . 1JHM. .. 2 ST . . rent .. 1S .. 21 Mi .. -1431 -i.t .. 2S .. 562C IP05 TP 2T imc 13!U 1018 1C02 17 17 S(T1 srrlea prlcota hes . ., flump and prunes .. ears ........ ipes WK . cw liersimmone. figs.. jjotal . h pmen's not flnlehed. New TaBgerlnrn in. " Rjovement In the fruit and vegetable markets was light. The flret fhlnmcat of tangerines was received and two cars f rvtet potatoes aleo came In. An express phlpmeat of grapesiA due Monday. rOKTLAXD QCOTAT10XS. Grata, Flonr. I "red. Etc FlOUK-raienuv $4.3004.70 vtr barrel; ley. $3.CO03.fK); Dakota hard wheat, patent. t5.50a0: clears. 5: graham. iSJX.trta. TT.- rye nour. local. ; Eauem. ! (5.25055; cornmeal. per bale. 14JOtt2.20 i t-A t r.xporx basis. "luh. 7iBlc. Mue- nt-m. 4i..Tr. red. f&QG7- Coast basic Club. uiuTirm, j.r; alley. 6C. S1ILLSTUFFS Bran. J17iut18 per tea: tnl" ?Jmc"- .Z4-5"; short. JIS.5019; chop. U. . Mills. $18; Unseed Dairy food. J18; Acalf meal. ilS Der ton. OATS No. 1 white feed. $26.30; gray. $20.50 fCI Mill. BAItLEV Feed. $21.50f22 per ton; brew lng. $22 fo 22.60; rolled. $23 25.50. nYE $1.50 per cental. CEKEAL FOODto-Rolled oats, cream. 00- pouna sacus. $0.75; lower gradm. t'i.2.(jCW; wuneai. "sicei-cui. bo-pouna sacks. $b per um.mt. i-pouno sacics, Msi per bale; oat meal (ground). 50-pound sack. $7.50 per iar- J". J"-poona aacKS. n per bale; put peas. $5 per 100-round sackn: 25-tound txne XI. 111? pearl barley. $4.25 per 100 pounds; 25-pound boxes. $1.25 per box; pastry flour. 10-pound w-ikiv. .ou per Daie. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy, $14.50015.50 iiej uniouij-. cioier, msv; cncai. so.ioiBa.iio; gram has. !U9. Vegetables, ITult, Etc uJMtlHS FKUITS Apple. $I6fL50 per mif. pmminoni. per uox; prars. fl.lt 1.50 jwer box; cranberries. $ HQ 13.50 per bar- TROPICAL, FRCITS-Letnons. choice. S3..V. Ier box; ancj-. $4; orange. naveR $2.75&3 per box; aapaneie. $1.50 per double box; grapefruit. $JiO-4.60; ptneapple. $2.5VSi4.50 per dozen; tangerines. $1.75 per Iwx. FRESH VEGETABLES Artichoke. TSeffJl per dozen; beans, wax, 12c per pound; cab- ubsc. Jiyc per pouna; cauiinower. 2.25 per crate; celery. -45075c per dozen; cu cumbers. 50600c per dozen; eggplant. Sc i.er pouna: neaa lettuce. 30c per dozen; toot nouse. $itfl5 per box; pepim. Cc per pouna: pumpkin. 5ric pound; radltbe. 25c per dozen; tomatoes. $1 & 1.25 per crate; sprouts, c per pound, squash. rlc per pound. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnip. I0cfir$l per w; carrois. uoH per sack; beets, bocgr$l per sack: garlic 12Uc tier uound. ONIOXS Oregon yellow Danvers. $1.25 per POTATOES Buying prices: Fancy graded Burbanki. 65 75c per ack; ordinary, 56 00c; Merced sweets, sacks. $1.00; cratef, $2.15. DRIED FRUITS Apples. lOffllc per pound; apricots, 1212t4c, peaches, JoV12fec. pears, none; Italian prune. SVl&OVic; California fig, white, in sacks. 5Vc per pound; black. 4 6c; bricks. 12-14 ounce package. 755e per box; 58-ounce. $22.40: Smyrna. 20c per pound; datea. Persian. 5iCc per pound. RAISIXS-Seeded.. 12-ouncc packages. 8a SVtc: lC-ounce. OglOe; loose muscatels. 2 crown. 77Uc; S-crown. 77?ic; 4 -crown. 8 gow; unbleached seedless Sultanas, CQ7c; rhompson's seedles unbleacned. SffbVsc; Thompson' fancy unbleached. l2S12Vic; Lon ?n layers. 3 -crown, whole boxes of 20 pounU. 1. i5; 2-crown. $2. Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc BUTTER City creamerlt: Extra creamen'. -Ha30c per pound. State creamerie: Fancy cr,e.,r,' STVic; store butter. I6glCc. h9GH on ranch. 24335c; -Eastern. 20 (5-4c. Oregon storage, 23625c. CHEESE Oregon full cream, tvt-j. 14tt 15',-c; Young America. 15Hffl614c POULTRY Average old hena. iUiez young roorters. IOSIOSc; Springs. 12013c: dressed chickens. 12fl2iic; turkeys, live, 10 lc; turkeys, dressed, choice, lfc21c; geese, live, per pound. WilOc; gece, dressed, poamd. lollc; ducks. HfjlGc; pigeons, $ltfl.25; squabfl. $22.50. Croc cries, Xut, Etc COFFEB Mooha. 2CS2Sc; Java, ordinary. 1( 22c; Costa Rica, fancy. I8Sr20c; good, ltej 18c; ordinary. 10812c per xund: Columbia roasU ses. 100a. $14.25; 50s, $14.25; Ar buckle. $15.75; Lion. $15.75. RICE Imperial Japan. So. 1. SHc: Southern Japan. 5.35c; head. 7c SALMOX Columbia River. 1-pound tails, $1..5 per dozen; 2-pound tails. $2.40; 1 -pound flats, $l.b5: fancy, lfcl-pound flats. $1.0: -pound fiats. $1.10: Alaska pink, 1 -pound tails. &0c; red. 1-pound talis, 51.25; sockeye, 1-pound tallfl. $1.70 , SUGAR - Sack basis, 100 pounds: Cube. $.i.0; powdered. $5.65; dry "granulted, $5.M: r?V? BoMcn C, $1.85; fruit ugar, So.oo; ad'ances over sack basis as follows: Barrels. 10c; U-barreln, 25c; boces, ZOc per 100 pounds. (Terms: On remittance with 15 days deduct Ke per pound, if later than 15 day and within 30 days, deduct i,c per pound; no discount after SO days). Beet sugar, granu lated. $5.35 Ir UK) nntinrf- mr.1 mf-op ir. 01e per pound. fcALT California. $11 per ton. $1.00 per bale: I.IVpmnn! rn tir. im. rid wn. pounds. 100s.' $7: 506. $7.50. ' ' XUTS Walnuts. l!ii.i twr imin v- tra for less than eaclc; Brazil nut. 10c; ."rllT- Iecans. jumixvs. ioc; extra large, l.C; almonds. I. X. T.. lftr- rWniiK Itallnn 12'.01Oc; Ohio. IHlc; ieaniliK. raw. 7" jKiun4. roasted. 8c; plnenuts. 10S12c: hickory nuta. H(Sfc; cocoanut. 356txc ter dozen. BEAXS Small white. 4r- ionro -hlt. m.. - pink. 2Tic; bayou. 4tsC; Lima, 5jc; red iler Ican, ,3c Provisions and Canned Meats. HAMS 10 to 14 pounds. 12H-C per pound; 14 to 1C lKJUnd. 11U.C; it, 211 t.iind (allfornla ipicnicl. gc; cottage hams, hiic; shoulders. Kc; boiled ham. JSe; billed picnic ham. bunelesp, 14c. BACOX Fancy breaVfant. IKUe nnr Tnimll standard breakfast. ICc; cliolee. 15Hc; Bng- iibu urruKiiiki. ii 10 j pouna. i4c: peach bacon. 13.4c - PICKLED GOODS Fork, barrel. SIS: -barrels. $9.50. Beefi barrels, xi: U.lnr. rH. $0.50. SAUSAGE Ham. 13c per pound: minced ham. 10c l Summer, rhole Arv lTlin- logna. long. 53c; ivelnerwurst. tc; liver, Cc; pork. 8Tl0c; headcheese. Cc; blood. 6c: bo- UAr.XED MEATS Corned beef, sound. per dozen. $1.25; two pound. $2.25: six lounds, $. Roast beef. flat, pounds $125' two DOUndS. $2.25: six nounrln nnh, ri,. beef. tall, pounds, none: lwn nnnnd " -I -. six pound. $7. Lunch tongue, pounds. $2.75. jtoatst mutton, fix pounds. $S.So. DRY SALT CURED Rec-ular hnr l..r dry alt. 104c smoked llHc: clear backs dry salt 10ij. wnoked lltfc; clear tallies. 14 to 17 poundM average, none; Oregon export. 2i to 25 iunds average, drj- salt lie. meked 12e; Union bellies, lo to 18 pounds aver age, none. LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tlereeo lniic: tut. 10V: 5. 1V: 2s. 10c; 10s 11c: 5. HVc Standard pure: Tierces. 8Vic tulw. !; W)k. 1U': 20n. 9e; uv 7- lO'.sC ConutnuiHl Tlerees. Cw: liih 50H. 0?4; lit. 7c; 5. 7e. Hops. Wools. Hides. Etc. HOPS Oregon. 1905. choice, lonuu.? 5 &7c WOOL Eastern Oregon average beit, 160 lc; Valley. 24 020c per pound. MOHAIR Choice. 30c per pound. HIDES Drv hides: Xo. 1. irt nnnnrf. up, IOHCISc per pound; dry kip, Xo. 1, 6 to 10 pounds. lofc'Kk- per pound: drr calf. Xa. 1. under 5 pounds. 1719c; drj' salted, bulls and Mags, one-third less than drv flint- (culls, moth-eaten, badly cut. scored mir. rain, .halr-cllpped. weather-beaten or grubby. 2T3c ver pound lessi. Salted hides: Steers, sound. 0 pounds and over. lOSfllc per pound: 50 to 60 pounds. S44T10e per pound; under 50 and cows. SSflOc per pound; salted kip, sound. 15 to 30 pounds. He per pound; salted veai, sound. 10 to 14 pounds, iU10c pound; salted calf, sound, 10 to 14 poundi 106'llc pound; (green unbailed, lc ner nound less: r-1,11. ii. per pourtd lees). Sheepskins; -Shearlings. No. 1 butchers stock. 25fjf30e each; short wool. Xo. 1 butchers' stock. -I0tf50c each; medium a uuiuicin Btucx. uuhoic; long wool Xo. 1 butchers' stock. Sl.OOftiiO ruh. Murrain pelts from 10 to 20 per cent less or 12 If lie per pound: horse hides, salted, each, according to size. $1&1.50; colts hides. 25 50c each, goatskins, common. 100 15c each Inram u-lrli u-Ahl Art 1 n . BEESWAX Good, clean and Dure. ?0f ?5r per pound. TALLOW iTime. per pound, 3463"jic; Xo 2 and grease. 203c. FURS Bearskins, as to size. Xo. 1: xrso 10 each: cubs. $lf?2; badger. 25fi50e: wild. cat, with hend perfect, 2T5f50c; house cat. 5S10c: fox. common gray. 5070e! r e 85; cross. $5015; sliver and black. lOOffi 200; flsher. $36 C; lynx. f4.50JfO: mink. '"ii") i-hiiuk id Hize. JltfSJH)- marten, dark Northern, according to size and color, SlOGriS; marten, pale, pine ac cording to rize and color. $2.506 4; muskrat. large. 10 15c; skunk -10 50c; dvet or pole, cat, 5010c: otter, large, crime vin tnin. panther, with head and claws perfect, 1205 raccoon, prime 3050c; mountain wolf with head perfect, $3.5035: coyote. COcBil wolverine. JCftfS; beaver, per skin, large S3 6; medium. 3&4; small. Jiai.-JO; vita. 50 75c. CASCARA SAGRADA tchlttam bark) "U tff3c according to quality. Dressed Meats. BEEF--Dresed bulla, ltf2c per pound: cows. 30 4c: country steers. 4 94 4c VEAL Dressed. 75 to 125 pounds 7r74c 125 to 200 pounds. 34 6 5c; 200 pounds and up. 3trasc. MITTOX Dresi-ed. fancy. 7074c per pound: ordinary. 4&5c; lamb. 7?rV-c. PORK uretieo. iihj to tao pound. 7c: 150 and up. 6S?6'tc per pound. Oils. TURPENTIXE-Caees. 69c per gallon. COAL OIL Case. S2.05 per case; iron barrel. 15c per gallon; wood barrels. lSc. WHITE LEAD Ton lota. c; 500-pound lots. Sc; less than 500-pound lots. Slit (In 25-pound tin pall, lc above keg price; 1 to 5-pound tin pall, lc- above keg price; 1 to 5-pound tin cans. 100 pounds per case. 24c per pound above keg price.) GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cases. 25 He: T t-t "To- KR .-at ?t- mn nV. Q, LIXEEED OIL Raw. In barrels, file: In, cases. 55c: boiled. In barrels. 53c; Is cases. , 56cr a&u-gallon lot-r . j 10 SIDES T8 IT Stock Market May Be Uncer tain, but Undertone Is Firm. STANDS MOST SEVERE TEST -No Immediate Dancer of-Serious Weakness Arising From Opera tions Xow On Bank State ment Causes Animation. XEW TO UK. Dec 8. tSpeclaL) There are two distinct fides to the current market po sition and all financial dlacuolon makes the beginning fcy noting carefully the dlxlnctlen. Those who go lnte Wall street for te purpose of lnvejtlnt capital cannot be Inspired with anything that has h7pened there during the last few weeks. The pectael of no estab lished rau rising wildly day after day. with call Iran reaching a high as 27 per cent and bnlc surplus rerrrVexhuftcd. Is not calculated to Imprees prudent capitalists with a ni.e that It 1 good tlnv to i-rek em ployment for their money In securities. Thla to clearly enough the investors ride of the market, but-It U only one aide. When It come to the rttuatlon from a irpeculatlre point of view, other consideration are brought Into play. Emphasl moat be laid upon th amazing buoyancy of the stock price under trlaU that at other timea would have caused profound depression. If. not demoralization In f-peculatlve- quarters. That thl t'tifl to an underti-lng Infill on of such strength, that H 1 seemingly -without parallel In our finan cial experience, can hardly be doubted. Fteck aurt be very closely held In etrcmg hand, otherwise they could not have withstood the strain of the la two months, much let have ad-anred. This observation Ilea behind what may be called the peculatlve de of the present market, and It supplies specula tor with a eenfldVnce that Investor cannot feel. It comes to the question of whether prices are to work still higher during the Immedi ate future. The interest back of the preeeat movement are unquestionably tho that hara made a great deal of money In a speculative way during the last few years. They hare the courage and boldness that come with suc cess. More Important still, they have de veloped a eye t em of arrangements for ob taining credit that enables hem practically to bid defiance to such- rife In the mosey market as has been srltnesped this week. The net result 1" that while there Is danger of tiou weakness arising ultimately from such operation a are new In prwiew, it 1 not an immediate danger. So long -a the rise In KocV is accompanied by no great distribution Into hands that are .weak, the day of reckoning will most likely be a good way off. Money wourcea for at the Stock Ex change have contracted this week ai devel oped an acute stringency which carried the rate for call loans to the highest of the yar and above any level touched before In over three years. While some unsettlotneat ban resulted In the stock market, the McaUieA of the effect produced has been a matter of surprised comment. Speculative axcitrts(t has quickly revived at any suggestkra of re laxation In the. money situation or in any rumor of supposed developments of iwtleL The speculative position ha been -nlnael-ously maintained and only absolute withdrawal of credits has prevailed In induclag Uk re tirement of market committments. The Hght pressure of forced liquidation, reutUag t'vm the stringency In money, points lo the en trenched i position ot the organized partle In the market 'which have led to the speculative movement, douMlesa due to the provision made beforehand by borrowing large ouma en time. Bonds have moved narrowly, and showed evidence of pome pressure- at times. United States 3s and old 4s declined m per cent, the new 4 registered S and do coupon V per cent n call on the week. Today's market waa kaledlscopic The market was ragged and Irregular until the appearance of the bank statement disclosing the deficit In the legal reserves, when a buy ing movement of great animation and enor mous volume developed and carried prices comprehensively up with a reslitlers sweep. Just at the final dealings there was some rather wild throwing over of holdings to realize profits. The result was an unsettled and Irregular closing. At one lime during the short session the market was uniformly weak and considerable losses shewed all through the list The upward rush of price after the appearance of the bank statement was a striking demand of the power of the organized speculation in the market. The explanation commonly accepted ot the movement was aa a demonstration of a posi tive conviction of coming relief for the xnone) market. There waa nothing but rumors up to the close of the market to ac count for this conviction and the rumors all pointed toward Washington as the source of' the expected relief. The current discussion on this subject assumed that the banking position disclosed by the clearing-house statement: presented a position which the Secretary of the Treasury has stated aa con tingent upon his taking action to relieve the money stringency. It -was argued that the week's events' howed that money resources, men for commercial purposes, have been so largely depleted that th stringency must extend to other quarters than the. stock mar ket unless relief Is forthcoming. The bank statement emphasized this condition. The rushing up of stocks on this assump tion represents a epeculatUe manevter of wmo violence. Of the bank statement Itself, some skepticism was expressed ever the showing of a decrease In loans la view of the course of the week's stock market. The loss in cash of $7,64,IOO was In excess of expectations. Foreign exchangs moved upward strongly Continental exchanges also moved strongly against London and a rise In the official discount rate of the Irar-crial Bank of Ger many on Monday wax regarded as possible Paris was reported to be securing gold In the London market. Sugar. Amalgamated and. finally Cnlqn Pa cific were the conspicuous feature f th market, the last rushing to above 140. a record level in the late outburst In the mar ket. Total sales of bonds, par value. 11.405.000. CLOSIXG STOCJC QCOTATIOXS. Closing -aJe. High. Low. bid. Adams Eiprees -. Amalgamated CortrlE2.0C0 Am. Car & Foundry 2.O0O -414 do preferred 500 102 American Cotton Oil. ...... ..... do preferred ..... American Express... 7i 11 101 35V ? 3S4 354 21$ 44 if? Am. Hd. & Lth. pfd, 3.800 American lee 5.-4(0 American Linseed Oil 700 do preferred 100 American Locomotive 1C.M.O do preferred ...... Sfo Am. Smelt, z Resn. 2L3O0 3SS -15i 21-5 44i 74 35i 34 214 CD 117 1174 1564 154 154 00 preferred ...... soo 131 i-inu i-srm Amer. Sugar Refining 73.S00 1494 147 147J Amer. Tobacco pfd.. 1.400 10S4 108 lv&K Anaconda Mining Co. 23.4O0 1744 170 17 Atehirton 4.3O0 874 SS4 S7U do preferred 300 105 M 104? Atlantic Coat Line. i Baltimore & Ohio. . . . 1.700 11214 mv 112 do preferred K Brook. Rapid Transit 10.500 K Canadian Padflc .... 3.200 174 Central of N. Jersey Central Leather 5Ad 444 do preferred Chesapeake & Ohio. . C.2O0 &Ci Chicago & Alton da preferred ... Chicago Gt. Western 900 20", Chicago Sl Northwest, . '.. Chi.. Mil. & SU Paul laiOO 1761. Chi. Term, di Transit ...... . do preferred C. C. C. &. St. Louis 500 jocPi Colorado Fuel & Iron 700 -17 Colorado & Southern 500 29U do 1st preferred 900 034 do 2d preferred U0 474 Consolidated Gas ... 200 1774 Cora Products 4,VK 104 do preferred soo 57' Delaware & Hudson. 100 224 DeL. Lack. A West- 300 -450 Denver A Rio Grande 1.400 37T; do- preferred kk) ftl Dlrtttlers Securities. .5(0 5f Erie ., S.5CO -4b do lai preferred.... (o W4 do 2d preferred 200 72i 54 173 44?i 5C4 "26" s5; 1044 MU 31 75 294 2204 1T7H IS 37 11C 474 29 54 223 450 374 sau 4SU fO 10-T CO F -450 374 fO 484 474 S0V 4 General Electric .... 300 1S4C 1K11I tcj Hocking talley .... . 107 Illinois Central 17(5 International Paper.. 1.500 244 2ji 244 do preferred 100 ftf. Jn f: International Pump 7 do preferred . " f Iowa Central 700 ZXi 2KU -vt; do vrefcrred 200 M - Kansas City Southern 4.700 S3i do preferred 4.1C 5 Loulrrtlle & Xaahr.. 2.4O0 152 Manhattan L. Met, Securities ..... 400 73 Metropolitan St. Ry. 2.SMJ .HSi Mexican. Central . . . j.700 24, Mlsn. Il St, Louis.. V li M.. St, P. ic S. S. M. ICO 137 do preferred ! lSi 52?i 3' C5S 54 1504 151, 161tj 4 K 137 li IP IS 374 f5 4 151 52; 4 1644 .Mianoan raciac .... Jl.TW UCi 1GC aio.. Harm. & Texas 5.7CO do preferred Xatlonal Lead 2.1t) Mex. Xat. R. R. pfd. New York Central . . . fi.lu X. Y Oat. Wu l,i Norfolk & Western.. l.OCo do referred V4 sr-i 1524 S3 &44 524 92 Xerihern Padflc Xorth American Partilc Mall ... Pennsylvania . . y iwu i4 lrti lt 1UU 1W, SOS 133 1W .-4ft 5ft4 5rt ... 21.5i I4-I 139 l-eople s Gas . 2.21V lP5ii 104 P.. C C Jk St- ImIm Preawed eei Car.... do tireferred 4.r a; ift) iros 57 57 ltrt 242 Pullman Palace Car. Reading do 1st preferred.... do 2d preferred.... KesuWIc gteel do preferred ...... Rock DUnd Co do preferred ...... Rubber G-ciods do preferred ...... Schloar-SheSleld .... SL L 4 S. F. SI pfd. St. Louis Southwest. do preferred Southern Pacific .... do preferred Southern Railway ... do preferred ...... Tenn. Coal & Iron... Texas & Padflc ToT. St. 1 A- Went. do Drefetrod 22.500 3374 133n 13i 2fi 97 12.100 34 3.1v 10-i 12.7 254 2.3UO C44 97 354 24; C54 III ies4 W4 i.:o i.v:o 59 874 854 irt.700 esi C74 UK 131'. 2.1f 1O0 3.20 1.100 1.IVW 354 1SS stt; 37S 1354 1354 37 SO 37 Union Parifle ... do preferred . . U. S. Kxpress... U. .-v ReaMy ... U. S. Rubber.... do preferred -- AG.yf 140H 13r-i IIS 1W V. 112 ion w ICO 115 lJWrt 54, 544 ICO t. S. Steel 2.9Ji 37 do preferred 18. IIMH Vlnc-taro. Chemical 1.0CO 44H do preferred W'abaeh 2W 201 do preferred ...... 3CO 41i tVells-Fargo Expresa. 374 104 434 i4 ji- 414 vv estmchouse Elect.. Western Union Wheeling A 1 Erie. 170 4fO 9Si 924 B24 ll Wisconsin Central . . . l:i no preferred .... Total salea for the day, S32.0CO share. BOXDf. . .XEW YORK. Dec, S.-Closing quotation: U S. rer. 2s reg.lCCHJD. t R. C. -Is. ..101i do cbupon 102U X. T. C C. 34- K4 V. S. 3s reg 103 Xor. Paclflc 3s.. 78i oo coupon lUi ixor. Padflc -I. -IC5 L. a hew -Is reg. 132 ISo. Pacific -Is. . . !M do coupon 132 rt'nlon Padflc 4s. 1004 -- o. ota is reg.iiu 'wis. central .. v do coupon 104 Jan. Cs. 2d ser.. 3S Aic&lson Adj. -Is 934 Jap. -44. cer.. 024. Stocks at Losdos. LOXDOX. Dec. 9. -Contois for S9 4 ; consol for account. K. money, Anaconda SS Norfolk A West. SUK Atchison K4' do preferred... 05 An - nr,f,i w A f no . i . 1- . . - Baltimore & O..H5U 'Pennsylvania ... 714 Can. Padflc 178 Rand Mines 7S 04 C Ot. Western.. 21 4I do 1st preT. .. C iL i St. P..1S3 ! do 2d pref... De Beer 17i'So. Railway D & R. Grande. .3S4' do preferred.. do preferred... 02 U So. Iaclflc Erie -194 Cnlen Padflc. do 1st pref MH do preferred.. do 2d pref 75 V. S. Steel is 50 35 1. 1024 S3i 1414 10) Illinois Central. ISC do preferred. ..107 LOUJ. & .ih..lM IWabash 21V -M.. Kas. A T. . 39 J do preferred... 42 U X. Y. Central... 156U! Money, Kxcbange. Ktc. XBW YORK. Dec S. -Money en call, nom inal; no laans. Time loans firm. 01 and t) a- 6 per cent; six month. 6 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 54B6 per cent. Sterling exeharce. stronr. with uriml k,vu. nerr" ln bankerN bllU at M.&XH.i&& fr demand and at ft.KTVl- for CJi days. Posted rates. J4.S34&4.M4. Commercial bills. 4.h2 -4JC4. lUr sliver. 4te. Mexican doilafx. 4Q4!tic. Government bonds, steady; railroad bendo. Irregular. LOXDOX. Dtc 9. Bar silver. steady. 29 11-lCd per ounce. Mr.ey. 14 per cent. Discount rate, short and three months bills. 3 per cent, SAX FRANCISCO. Dec, 9. Silver bars. 64c Sight draft. 2c; telegraph- jlrafts. 4c Sterling on London. CO days. J4.S3; sight, S4.SC. Bank Clearing. Bank Hearings of the Northwestern cities. yesterday were as fellows: Clearings. ' Balances. Portland S 6I2.M9- $ 92.7M Seattle 1.015-I1 1ST -44 Tacema C02jK4 3I.H5I &okane 656.511 99,045 Clearings of Portland, Seattle and Tacema for the week were; T Portland. ..JI.o7C.osa Seattle. $L34 3.197 1.310.231 1.167.031 974.999 975.157 1.013.24 1 Tacoma. $ 753.243 .729.4S1 r-69.199 7-15.123 KS4.950 C02.SV4 Monday Tuesday 2C.4IS 785.7S7 S74.430 :03.540 612.S49 Wednesday 1 Thursday Friday .. Saturday Totals ....J5.079.110 JC.785.91C J4.1SC.S5C Clearings for the correi ponding week in former years were: Portland. J2.C73.is 15 3.214 .29e -4.OSI.17C 3.953.8S7 4,007.403 Seattle. J2.056.2P0 3.074,1 CO 4.ST3.S5A 4.C2C9CS 4.3SI.7CS Tacoma. J K42.201 SW7.S20 2.23S.70S 2.02-XS3C 3,213.102 1900 .. iai .. 1902 .. 1908 .. 1904 .. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. Today Treasury etatement ohows; Available raeh balance J137.344 5rt0 Cold coin and bullion R7.ft27.92l Gold crrtlflcatesi 53,020,210 YVKEKI.Y BANK STATKMEXT AtJAIN UN KAVO ItAIll.E. For the 5erfnd Time ThU Vcar a Dt licit I horrn In the urplu. NEW YORK, Dec 9. The financier say: Laat week's official statement of thj New York AsaocUted Banjul was again unfavor able, th InsUtutlosa for the second tine this year showing a defidency In reserve. Such defldt was. however, aaaller by J1.7S2.375 than It was on Novtmbtr 1L oa which occa sion it -waa J2.42S.S00. In the Interval of four week, the surplua recovered to J7.157.1CO en November 15, but the reduction therein of marly JC.607.000 In the week of November 2. largely becouse of an lacreaso In loans and consequently In deposit, which latter affected reacrve reqslrementa. carried the surplus to low a point aa seemingly to foreshadow the defidency in reserve which bt above noted. It would seem that tne unmistakable Indi cations cf a defidency last week thai wers disclosed by current direct movements of money out of the banks and through sub-Trraa, ury operations boald have resulted In a more extensive contraction In loans than was ef fected, thun reducing deposits and preventing the extinguishment of the surplus. There ap pears, however, to have been only the aero loan contraction of J7.S61.5CO last week. po. tdbly due to excessive requirements for accost-n-.oiatloa for ock speculatioo. The cash leas was J7.54 C,U3. which sum was much, grrater than the highest of the estimates that wera baaed upon the traceaablo movements of money during the week. The heavy lo seemed to Indicate that it money waa attracted to this center from Interior cities to the extent that waa expected, for the pnrpone of piking advan tage of the high ratof for loans at call, it arrived too late to be fully reflected In the statement. The weekly bask statement of the Clearing House banks for this week shows a defldt of J1.248.52S. The statement is as follows: Decrease. Loan J1.01S.32CCSTO J 7.S61.S00 Deposit! 99233.700 14.93dNO Circulation 53L2CS.700 797.itt Legal tenders 73.24.KO 1.223.U50 Specie 173.52L3iO C317.10O Reserve required 24S.05S.92S 3.734.2U) The reserve is J 1.24 8.525 less than the re. quired 25 per cent of deposits. Last week there was a surplus of J2.5C375, making a decrease for this week of J3.811.9CO. In ex-United States deposltii there Is a surplus of J$t550. a deer- of J3.S12.P75 as con: pared with Uat week. WHEftTFfRW! ALL DRY Covering by Shorts the Fea ture at Chicago. VOLUME OF TRADE SMALL lilf-ht Arrivals at Minneapolis and and Duluth Contribute to Slrcnj-th of Xortlnvestcrn Markets. .Liverpool Unaffected. . CHICAGO. Dec. 9. A firm tne prevailed in the wheat market throughout he day. The feature of trading m covering by shorts, but btuinesA waa sot large. One of Jthe main factors la the altuatloa was the continued re ports of small arrivals of .wheat at Minn apolia and Duluth and the consequent firm tone of tho Northwestern markets. Another factor waa the comparative firmness of tbo wheat market at Liverpool, where prices showed only a slight decline, notwithstanding the slump of yesterday In the local market May opened 434c higher at ?SHfl?S:.c. sold betweea $4tiSe and gS94e. and closed flrtn. Sc higher at is?c. Sentlmenl la the corn pit was Inclined to be bearish, but covering by short" prevented any material loss in value?. The market dosed steady. May unchanged at 444c Trading wm active, in the oats market. May closed firm, unchanged from yesterday. at 224tiC2;e for May. ProvfaioBs. were- quiet but firm. A feature of the trading was a. good demand for Decern ter and January lard. Shorts were the chief buyers. The smalt amount of local stocks caused the demand. At the dose. May pork waa c? a triSc aad lard and ribs were each up 24c The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open- High. --J -5 J .S4 .. JSfi .S04 .. .54 .SI 4 CORN. Law. J. -i .MS .b3V Close. Dec. . J Mar . July . .St Dec. (old). Dec. (new) .".4; .47 4 .45" -.45 .454 ..4t4 .454 .-144 .45 -tr.H .454 .45 .454 .31 i .32i 314 13.374 7.70 7.40 7.424 Mar July .-43 4 .454 OATS. 3I; 314 -32i .324 .31 ; .314 Dec. .31 4 32-i .314 May July Jan. M&?S PORK. 135 IXCfe 13J 1324 13JS74 13.524 LARD. 7.70 7.7S 7.70 7.3 jf7.40 7.3" 7.40 7.45 7.374 May Dec. Jan. May SHORT RIBS. Jan 7.024 7:rt7 7.02i 7.0T 1, Hay 7.25 7.25 7.224 7.25 Cash quotations were aa follows: FTotir DbIL trtees weak 10- lawr. Win. ter Patent.. X.SS4.10- Winter Ktraleht. .,: Spring patents. J.T754.lO Spring stralgnts. J3.40XM4; bakerr. J2.25G HO. Wheat No. 2 Snrlnir. So fi Vie - v rt. sr S7c; No. 2 red. S.ijc. .orn .o. z-i,r: ro. - yellow. 47. OatS No. 2. tte31.r- Xo. ? white H Xt4r; No. 3 white. 31 4 6324c. Rye NoC 2. 67c. Barley Good feed Inc. 7CZ, i-- f-ilr (n choice maltlBc. 42Cr5c. Klax -seed-No. 1. Jttc; No. 1 Northwest ern. JI.A14. iimotnr seed-prime, jxss. XV-s pork-Per barrel. J13.."? 1S.371-. Lard Per 1W pound. J7.7B 1-7.72 4." Short ribs sltles IM.-e. JltS74 67.12 4. Short clear de Boxed. J7.12V-a5. Clover Contract grade. $1 ."Wr 1X2.". Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 20.SOO 3O.0OO 29.UOO "Wheat. tM!s-l- 17,500 . ISTOO 277.TJOO 2.70(1 41.300 Cern. bshels. ..... .302.00 .2W.100 . IO.IX50 . 5000 Oats, btuhels. ..... Rye. bushels Barley, bushels Grain and Produce at New Tork. NEW YORkL Dee. P ?T7- T?V-,l..i- in . ' barrel; export.-. 14.W0 barrels. Dull but nrau Wheat Receipt. 47.C-0O tKmhels: nport-. 2S.ao bwhels. Soot steady; No. 2 red. 5c elevator and 9Sc f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 North ern Duluth. 034c f. o. b. afloat. Opening steadier on favorable eable-i and prospects for smaller world's shipments, wheat toon de clined uader b-ar pressure. From this the market recovered an ball support, closing firm at He net decline. May dosed at 9Zc and ueeember at Oa-?ic. H !!- Firm; California. 21 lo 25 pounds, lc;- Texas dry, 24 to SO pxinds, 19c Wool Steady; domeirtic fleece. kg3Sc Heps Quiet; state commor to obelee-. 1005. liecoc; IKM crop. llfflCc; Ms. 5fiSc; Pa cific Ceast, 1&05. 19915c; 1904. 10fJ14-; lds. 5 Sc. Grain at San lranc!-co. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 9. Wheat, steady. barley firmer. Soot qsetatioas: Wheat-Shlpplng. Jl.4CfM.45; mining. J1.50 ftl-CO. Barley Feed. J1.2v&1.2i; brewing. J1.23 yl.274. Oats-Red. J1.25tf 1.R2; white. Jl.374ei.50: Mack. J 1.258 1.75. ' Call b-wird ealre: WfteatMay. J1.424; De cember. Jl5. Rirley May. J1.24; Decem ber. JI.22. Corsj Ijirge yeitow. JI.374f1.40. MlnnrapolU UTieat Market. M1NNBAPOI.1S. Dee. P.-Wheat. Decem ber. fCVtrie; itay. Wie; Joiy. 874e: No. I hard. JMc: No-'l Northera. S4; No. 2 North ern. 624c. 1 Northwestern "Wheat Market. TACOMA. Dec. 0. Wheat, unchanged. Blue-tern, 71c; club. 72c; red. 60c. SEATTLE, Dec. . Wheat Bluestem. 73c: club, 73c . Wheat at Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. Dee. 9. Wheat. December. Vt 114d; March, Gt 1V.H; May. 6j I04d. Weath er In England, fair. LIVESTOCK MARKETS. ' IMccs Quoted Locally on Cattle. Sheep aad Hog. Th following livestock prices were quoted yesterday in the local market; CATTLE Good steers. J.2S03Q; fair to medium. J2.75&2; choice light calves. 150 to 175 pound. J4.50ff4.75: light fat calves. J2S 3J-2. HOGS Beit, suitable for packer. J5.75; fair to medium grades. J5.50; light fat weight. 120 to 140 pounds. S3 8 5.25. SHEEP Good rat sheep. Jl.5004.75; choice Iambs. J5. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Kana City, Omaha aad Chicago. cum inn ne a rxttt t?--i. ami- market steady- Beeves. JX206.60; good to JX2063.15; stockers and feeders. 52.20 1 5.20; cowa J 1.2584.40; heifers, J213J 4.i0; lliirwtl,lnt. fvv t ruvi- -vr 50.000. market steady. Mixed and butch ers. J4.7055.05; good to heavy. J4.S50 5.024; rough heavy. J4.C584.SO; light, J4.70 wi-w; -y-w, bum u. mer, ft. a 65. Sheep. J3.40fS5.60; yearlings. J5.50rga.10; lambs. J5.50 87.75. SOUTH OMAHA. Dec. 9. Cattle Re ceipts 100; market unchanged. Native teers. J1.jW6; cows and heifers. J2.75(l .40; Western steers. J3 04.40: stockers and feeders. iZJZZQi. Hogs Receipts S000: market 24c lower. Heavy. J4.S24 4-4.S74: mixed. H.S24C 4.S5; light. J4.75fJ4.S5; pigs, J4.40f24.S3; bulk of sales. J4.S2484.S5. Sheep Receipts 100: market steadr. "We tern yearlings. J" 8(125. wethers. J5.40O 5-CO; ewe. J 4. 634? 5.10; lambs. J787.75. ceipts 100; market iteady. Native steers. J4 C. T-.Ttv ravi an TNle.- f-IOJ im. stockers and ' feeders. J2.50t4.50; Westerr cows. J2383L50: Western teers. JX50t?5; Sheen Recelots nenVi market nomlnail iteady Hogs Receipts 0OOO; market weak to 3c lower. Bulk cf talcs. J4.90tf5.024, heavy. Downing, Hopkins & Co.- EstabMshcd 1593 WHEAT AND Room 4, Ground Floor J35.074; packers. Itgnt. J4.6Ot4.05. J4.90S5.05; p(cn and Dried rrult at Nepr York. . NEW TORK. Dee. J-The -market for evaporated apples Is rather quiet, but prices are holding .firm and high grades show a hardening tendency. Common are quoted at 7JSc; nearly prime. '894c; prime, 04c; choice. 10c; fancy. 119 12c. Prunes are In light demand, but the situ atton on the Coast ts said to be strong and the market holds firm. Quotations range from 4 4j2c. according to grade. Apricots are unchanged with choice quoted at 84c; extra choice. 94610c; fancy, 10812c. Peaches are offered very sparingly with ex tra choice quoted at 10c; fancy. 104011c; extra fancy. 114 Q 13c. Raisins are quiet and unchanged; loose muscatel are quoted at 5w874c; seeded rat-Ins. 54 9c; California London layers, JI.80. APPLES ARE SELLING WELL UPPER GRADES SHOW STRENGTH AT SAN FRANCISCO. Hlfther -Price Kxpectrd. O-rlng; to De creaalBtc Supply Faacy Pota toes Firm, Others Weak. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 9,-(Spec!aU Apples are the best selling and firmest ar ticles in the local fruit market, but only the upper grades show positive strength. Sales of fancy Newtown Pippins are reported as high as $1.75 per 4-tler box. but $1.50 ts generally considered a full quotation and small sixes can be bought at $131.25. Extra Spltzenberga are In limited supply and firm up to 51..... Baldwins are stiff at $1.25 1.30. Fancy Missouri Pippins are strongly held at $1.50. Plenty of common to choice apples are offering at 75c6$l. Leading deal ers predict higher prices for fancy apples. owing to diminishing stocks everywhere. Choice and standard navel oranges of good sire are In better demand and steadier, with receipt moderate. The regular citrus auc tion sales will commence in this city early In January. Tropical fruits are In fair demand. Ordinary river potatoes are easy, owing to Increased supplies, but fancy goods, espe cially large bright Oregon and Salinas Bur banks, are In light receipt and firm. The market Is overloaded with sweets. Onions are firm. Dry weather caused additional firmness In the speculative market for wheat and barler. Cash prices for these and other cereals were steady. Leading feedstuffs were In 'air de mand and hay moderately active. Prices and market conditions for all dairy products are unchanged. Receipts. 12.200 pounds of butter, C50O pounds of cheese and 6520 dozen eggs. VEGETABLES Cucumbers. 75c8$l; garlic. 54tt"; green peas. 4f?7e; string beans. &g 10?: tomatoes. SOc-SJt; egg plant. -ie7o. IOlLTRV Turkey gobblers. lR2rtc: nxwten. old. Ji.Mri?".; broilers, large, J5.50Q 6; broiler, mtalt. J2tr2.'50; hens. J4.50.50; dueks. oW. $565.50: ducks, young, $37. UCTTER Fancy creamery. 2Jc; creamery seconds. 234c. KGGS Fancy ranch. COc: Eastern. 224 30c. CHEESE Toung America. llfflSc; East ern. 154916c; Weetent, I4frl4Hc WOOL South rialnf- and S. J., 10S13c: lambs. &16c. HOPS-?llc. MILLSTUFFS Bran. $198IP.30; middlings. J27Q2S. HAY Wheat. J11.50lt-5u: wheat and eat. JtIfH5..V; barley. $f13.5tl: alfalfa. J7.50 10; Meek. J6.50tT7.50; etraw, per bale. 30C1J C5c. FRUIT Apples, choice. J2.50; common, 40c; bananas. JI3; Mexican limes. J3.50fJ4; California, lemons, choice. $3.50; roramori, J1.2?l; oranges, navel. J1Q2.50; pineapples, $2tf0. POTATOES-Sallna Burbank:-. $1.051140: sweets. 758$1J; Oregoti Burbankn. 75cJl.l5. RECEIPTS Flour. 4617 quarter meks; wheat. 1179 centals; barley, 8 centals; oat.. CSC cental?: beano. 4S0 racks; corn, 60O cen--tals; potatoes. 4730 Kicks; hay. 700 tons; hides. 470. L SALES AT MANUFACTURERS DUY READILY. AT TOP RATES. Close of Sixth Series Show Prices of Good Grade Silently- Easier, But Poor Stocks Firm. LONDON. Dec 0. The sixth series of the 1900 wool auetlon sales closed today. Al though attempts were made between the Sei tember and November sales to depress prices, manufacturers were encouraged by improving trade and were ready buyers at any reduction from the past extreme rates. The series opened with prices slightly below the September aver age. Keen competition sustained rates de spite the outlook for increased suppliei. Fine haired merinos sold close to the Sestember prices- at first and later advanced slightly. Finest,. greasy waa In active demand and a few were taken for America. Scoureds sold well at 4011 cheaper. Cro.sbreda were in rcnalt supply and sold readily; fine was unchanged and coarse grades were cheaper. With the progress of the rales, -prices of good wools slightly weakened, but faulty stocks hard- cd. During the mries 100,752 bales were cata logued, of which 52,000 were taken by home buyer and 53,000 for. export, the remainder being held over. At today's sale .4.800 bales were offered. The demand was spirited and prices were firm. Mlalag Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 9. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as louows; Alta .$ .02 Julia $ .04 (Justice . ........ .05 Aloha Con .07 Andes 22 Kentucky C 01 Mexican -.--.. 1,35 BIchr 3S Best & Belcher 1.40 Bullion r .23 Caledonia 55 Challengo Con. .23 Chollar 09 Occidental Con. .93 Overman Potosl .15 .12 .52 .11 .41 .So .59 Savage .... Seg. Belcher... Sierra Nevada." Silver Hill Confidence 90 Con. Cal. & V. 1.40 Crown, Point. . .13 Exchequer 35 Gould Curry .17 Hale & Nor... L30 union, Con..... Utah Con. . .05 Yellow Jacket.. .15 NEW YORK. Dee. 9. Closing quotations: ILlttie Chief... .$ .03 Adams Con....$ .25 Alice 1.14 Ontario 4.00 Breece Brunswick C. Comstoek Tun. .40 JOphlr 5.50 .55 IPhoenlx 01 -OS IPotosl 10 1.35 'Savage 35 1.75 ISlerra Nevada. .40 3.50 iSmall Hopes... .56 .0d iStandard 3.C0 Con. Cat & V. Horn Silver... Iron Sliver Leadvllle Con. BOSTON. Dec 9. Closing quotations: Adventure -.$ 7.00 iMont. C. & C.$ 3.0O Alleuex 11.50 ;N. Butte. .. S1.00 Amalgamated 97.00 tOId Dominion 34.00 0.5O iOsceoIa. . ..t. 11 LOO Am. Zinc. . . Atlantic . . . 4. 50 .Parrot 22.00 Bingham 34.C24:QuInc 100.00 Cal. Sc Hecla CSO.00 'Shannon . Centennial 30.00 I Tamarack . . 124.00 Trlnltv 10.S74 L'nited Cop,. 49.374 Cop. Range. Daly West. . Dominion C. Franklin ... Granby . . . S1.75 17.50 79.00 JS.0O 10.0O IU. Si Mining 39.75 JIT. SJ Qll. tUtah IVIctorta . i Winona . . Wolverine 9.374 57.75 0.50 9.0O 123.0 Isle Royale. :t. Mass. Mining 10.25 Michigan i; Mohawk 03.25 Coffee naA Ssgar. NEW TORK, Dec 9. Coffee futures closed Irregular at a. decline -of 29 fj 35 pclars. Sales were reported of 82,750 bags. Including D cemb-r. S.40C. March. R.50;6LHec: Arsril. IWc; May. .45f .75c; July, 6.75ff 8.S5c, STOCK BROKERS Chamber of Commerce S-plember. S.iOtf 7.05c: October. 797.10c Spot Rio. easy; No. 7 invoice. S 1-lGc; mild, quiet; Cordova. 9?iS?12ic. Sugar Raw. strong; fair refining. 3 l-if 34c; centrifugal. tW test. 34c; molasse rVvar 13-"S?-Tic; refined, firm; No. . 4.10c; No. 7. 4.03c; No. -S. 4c; No. .9. 3.95c; lZ n-90'; No- "; No. 12. 3.S0C; No. , .'. z-,t No. 14. 3.33c: confectioners A. 4.vrf; mould A. 3.50c; cut loaf. 5.40c: crushed 3.40e; powdered. 4.S0c; granulated. 4.70c; cubes. 4.95c. ' Exporti and Import. NBW YORK. Dec 9. Total Imports of mer chandise mnrl ,Ti-c mwvlj .1.. . ' a ktir JHJ 1 1 qt -CW lork for the week ending today .were valued Total exportJ of specie at the port of New York for the week ending 'today were $1(33, 141 In silver and J124,ai9 gold. Total exports of specie from the port -of New York 'or the week ending today were $1,037,455 In silver and JIG, 500 gold. Ikilry Produce in the "En-d. CHICAGO. Dec. 9.-pn the produce ex change today tho butter market waa steady; creamery, 17ft23c: dairy. 17S20c. Eggs, firm at mark, cases Included. 201j24c: first. 24c: prime first. 2Sc; extras. 30c. Cheese, easier. UlsCflSc. NEV YORK. Dec. 9. Butter and che-. unchanged. Eggs, weak; Western . 6clected, finest, 29fC0e; do average best. 2Sc Metal Markets. NEW YORK. De.c. 9. While business was without fresh features In the absence ot ca bles, the metal markets were generally "firm. Spot tin Is quoted at 33.434? 35, 70c. Copper Is more or less nominal with lake and elec trolytic quoted at 17.S7 4 18.25c and cast ing at 17....l!c. Lead ruled firm with, quo tations ranging from 5.350 R.10c. Spelter Is quoted at tf.40iir G.50e. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Dec. 9. Cotton futures ctoxed oj follows: Dumber, n.xto- January, 11.84c: February. 11.7&-; March. 11.94c; April. 12.02c: May. 12.06c; June. 12.11c: July, 12115c. Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 9. Wool-Steady: medium grades combing and clothing. 2i830c: light fine, 2102Gc; heavy fine, 19021c; tub washed. 33ff414c. Wool at St. I-oui. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 9. Wool, steady; territory and Western mediums. 28SiV; fine, mediums. QZMc; fine. 19621c. 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