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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1895)
THE lOBXCTSG OISESOmAJT, SATTTRDAY; JAKTTABT 13. 1893. THE BUSINESS WORLD INCREASED STOCKS OP EGGS RE SULT IX A, DECLINE. The Whent Trade Report hy Tcle- grraph General Prodnce and Financial Advices. There was bo change of Importance In prod uce quotations yesterday, except the drop In the price of eggs, which was foretold by the weak ness of the past few days. Receipts of this trticle at the moment are large and beyond re quirements. Poultry boWs Its own at former quotations. Vegetables will be In better supply today. Prices yesterday were steady. Unchanged figures were current In the grocery and pro vision markets. Bank Statement!!. Following were the bank clearances of the leading cities of the Northwest yesterday: Exchanges. Balances. Portland $2tt5.G56 $31,930 Seattle S&.74S 18.532 Tacoma 74.S3S 12,122 THE GRAIX 3LYRK.ETS. Prices Paid for Wheat at Home and Abroad. Conditions in the local wheat market yester day were about the same as prevailed on the preceding day. with the tone of trading perhaps a turn better. Export quotations, however, show no change, shippers quoting Walla Walla at 70c, and Valley at 77JC7S&c per cental. At Chicago. CHICAGO. Jan. 11. Pardridge made a vigor ous effort to remove the bullish flavor from the wheat market previous to the commencement of the regular session. He sold enough on the open board to crush the price of May wheat to 5SVsc ind SS'iC, and had some for sale on the regular board at the same price. Some of the scalpers took sides with the big bear trader, but there were buying orders enough to take all the ci.,y offerings, at from 5S5Sc up to Cts-jC, and when these were exhausted to con tinue buying until the price advanced to CSS &. There was at that point. a general un loading of the earlier purchased wheat. Rc ct pts were small, and the exports fairly liberal, while reports of a good Inquiry for cash wheat were numerous, and foreign markets were gen erally linn. Despite the Imlllsh news, the lib eral selling continued to the end of the session. crl May ctoeod at Uc. January 'closed at tHoC At Xcw York. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. Flour Quiet, steady. "tt heat Receipts. 7h00; exports, 53,042; sales. 2.C60.W0; futures. 24.000 bushels. The spot mar ket mas dull and easier, with the options clos ing firm. No. 2 red, store and elevator. Cla CI -,c . afloat, 3r3Hc; f. o. b.. 02AJ3?ic: un graded red, 57962c; No. 1 Northern, 71$71,,1c Options advanced VM'Ac on firmer cables, for eign buying, better West and local covering; det lined Vic with the Webt, and closed weal: at 'isc below eelerday, with a fair trade. May was most active. Closing prlee3: No. 2 red, January. Clc; February, Cle; March, C2',tc; Ma. C3c; June, 03c; July. U3ic Liveriitiol Spot Market. LIVERPOOL., Jan. 11. Wheat Spot, firm; de mand poor; No. 2 red winter, 4s O'd; No. 2 red spring. 5s 5Vid; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s 3d; No. 1 California, 5s 2d. Futures closed firm and unchanged from yesterday; January, 4s OJid; February. -Is lud; March. 4s 10-fcd; April, 4s lid. May. 4s llVid; June. 4s HUtf. Corn Spot, llrm; American mixed, new, 4s SH-1- Futures closed firm, with near positions 1if2l higher, and distant positions unchanged tj yi higher. January, 4s 3d; February, 4s 3d; March, 4& 3d; April, May and June, 4s 3d. Flour Firm; demand moderate; St. Louis fancy winter, 5s Dd. IIcerboIuu'H Grain Report. LIVERPOOL. Jan. 11. Wheat Firm and in moderate demand; California spot lots, 5s 2d Cj-js 3d. LOCAL QUOTATIONS. Price Current In the Produce Mar ket Yesterday. Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadla and Day ton are quoted at $2 40 per barrel Gold Drop, (2 Go. Snowfiake, $2 35; Denton county. $2 40; graham, $2 152 40; superfine. $2. Oats Good white are quoted at 252Cc per bushel, milling. 2723c; gray. 25g27c Rolled cats are quoted as follows: Bags. $3 75 0; barrels, $06 U 25; cases. $3 75. Barley Feed barley, C3 C5c per cental; brewing, b05c per cental, according to tho quality. MUlsturfs nran, $13 50; middlings, $13 50; chop feed. $15(jl7: middlings, none In market; chicken wheat, 75c er cental. Hay Good, fUfelO per ton. Butter Firm; fancy creamery is quoted at 25627V: fancy dairy, 20Q &c; fair to good, lZZtlVfrc; common. Z-ic Ch-es Oregon, fair. SlOc per pound; fancy. 104j12Vsc; Young America, 0g10c; Swiss, im ported. 30B2c; domestic. 1415c Potatoes Quotations wholly nominal. Onions Good Oregon. 75gt)0c per cental. Poultry Chickens. $2 LOQS per doz.; ducks, firm at $464 50; geese, $0 5067; turkeys, live, not wanted; dressed, choice. 13914c per pound. Fresh fruit Good Oregon apples bring 75c $1 50 per box; Jersey cranberries, $14; pears, $1&1 15 per box; persimmons, $1 25(jl 35 per box. Efc-gs Oregon, plentiful and weak at 22f?23c per dozen; Eastern. 2Sc. Tropical fruit California lemons. $40T; Sicily, $0 ftf C 50; bananas, $2 50 & 3 50; California naels. $f 50 per box; pineapples. Hon olulu. $38 50; sugar-loaf, $5. - Figs California black, boxes, quoted at $1 25; sacks. 45c: Cal ifornia white, 10-pound boxes. $1 10J1 15; 25 pound boxes, $2 50; sacks, 0Sc; Turkish, boxes. 14jlCc; fancy, large, 20tf21c; bags, 10c Oregon vegetables Cabbage. l,c per pound; squash, C5c per dosen. California vegetables Brussels sprouts, $1 23 01 40 per 30-pound box; string beans. 12ff)13c per pound; green peas. 12lSc per pound; arti chokes, $1 25 per dozen; cauliflower, 75gtXc per dozen, sweet potatoes, $2 per cental; cucumbers. 75e per dosen. asparagus, ISc per pound; garlic, 10c per pound; lettuce. 25c jer dozen, $1 per box. Nuts Almonds, soft shell, 1214c per pound; paper shell. 10gU7c; new crop California wal nuts, soft shell. 12c; standard walnuts, 10Q lie; Ohio chestnuts, new crop. 14(?15c; pecans. lSeriCc; Brazils. 12S13c; filberts. 14915c; pea nuts, raw. fancy, 597c; roasted. 10c; hickory nuts. SfflOc; cocoanuts, 0c per dozen. Wool Valley. b10c. according to quality; Vmpqua. 79Pc; fall clip. SGc; Eastern Oregon ?7c. Hops Choice. 7c; medium. 46c; poor. 25c Provisions Eastern hams, medium, quoted at 11U'i12Vsc per pound; liams. picnics. 10llc; breakfast bacon, 12$lSc; slvort clear sides, 109 lie, dry salt sides. Ifl0c; dried beef hams, 13Sj14c. lard, compound, in tins, St$itUc; pure. In tins. 7VjCllVrC. pigs' feet. 80s. $350; 40s. $3 25, kits. $1 25. The Merchandise Market. Salmon Columbia river. No. 1 tails, $1 230 1 00. No. 2 tails. $2 262 50; fancy. No. 1. flats. $1 7591 S5: Alaska. No. 1 tails. $1 20Q 1 SO. No. tails. $1 0092 25. Coal Steady; domestic $537 50 per ton; for eign. $S 509H. Beans Small white. No. 1. SHc per pound; butter. 3Vic; bayou. 3c; Lima, 5c Sugar D. 4Hc; C Hc; extra C. 4c: dry gran.. 5Xc; cube, crushed and powdered. 04c Ier pound; He per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash; half -barrels, s more than barrels: maple sugar. 15916c per pound. Cordage Manilla rope. lH-lnca. Is quoted at Pc. and sisal. OVlc per pound. Coffee Costa IUea. 22g23tc; Rio. 20Q22c Salvador 2l21$c: Mocha. Ht92Sc: Padang Java. 31c; Palembang Java, 262Sc; Lahat Java. 23925c: Arbuckle's Mokoska and Lloa. $22 30 per 100-pound case: Columbia. $21 SO dot 100-pound case. The Meat Market. Beef-Gross, top steers, $2 5092 fiO; fair to good steers. $292 25; cows, $292 25; dressed beef, 495c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers. $2 2 10. ewes, $1 5091 55; Jambs. $2; dressed mut ton. 4ff4Uc; lambs, -JVJc per pound. Veal Dressed, small. Sgtte; large. Sfilc per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy. $3 C093 75; light and feeders. $3 50; dressed. 4Uc jer pound. SEW TO lilt STOCK MARKET. Rumor of Cnrllle'i. Resignation Cauei an Advance In Prlecn. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. The result of today's, trading on the stock exchange Is a pretty gen eral advance In price, ranging f rara H t 5i per cent In the active list. and. extending to 2 per cent n the active securities. There was a slight Increase Is the volume of business com pared with yesterday. A somewhat remarkable fact Is that while a rumor was cm tent to the effect that Carlisle had resigned the market moved steadily upward. Wall street has period ically rumored Carlisle's retirement during the past few weeks, but never before did It hae an Influence to Jack up prices. Another rumor, and equally without foundation, was that the associated banks were about to submit their views to congress on the currency question by means of a bllL The engagements of gold for shipment tomorrow did not seem to exert any influence on speculation. In amount, it was hardly up to expectations, being only a trifle more than $2,000,000. when it was anticipated that nearly $3,000,000 would go forward. The share speculation opened firm, and during the first half-hour the tendency of prices was mildly upward; and then came a period of depression. In which the gains were mostly lost. Before noon the upward movement was renewed, with Illinois Central and Delaware & Hudson in the lead. In the early afternoon the bear attack was made on Chicago Gas. and In addition to heavy sales, regular sellers stocks were put at Vi per cent below the regular price. It was said this selling was by friends of the Bene dict Interest. Other shares reacted a frac tion In sympathy, but about 1:13 o'clock the temper of speculation changed for the better, and on fairly good buying an Improvement was inaugurated, which continued in force until after delivery hour. Delaware & Hudson, New Jersey Central and Illinois Central were most prominent In the advance. In the last hour there was a reaction, in which most of the gains were lost, and the market closed heavy in tone. The trading in bonds today resulted in but little change among the speculative Issues, but transactions in the main were a shade higher. The sales for the day aggregaftd $1,212,500. Money on call, easy at 101 per cent; closed at VJi per cent; prime mercantile paper. 2i 4 per cent; sterling exchange, firm, with act ual business in bankers' bills at $4 SSM SO for demand, and S4 S764 SS for 60 days; posted rates. $4 8S64 S3 and $4 80S44 IK); commercial bills, $4 bG-'i; silver certificates, GO g60?c BONDS. Bonds closed at New York yesterday as fol lows: V. S. 5s. reg 117 ID. & R. G. 7s 115, do 5s, coup 117 j t3b 4s SO do 4s. reg 113 'Erie ids 03 do 4s. coup J13 G. H. & S. A. OS.. 9S do 2s, reg H7 1 do 7s 101 Pacific Gs of 'a3...100 " M. K. T. 1st 4s... 81 Ala., class A 102 j do 2d 4s... 4b do B 104 Mut. Union Ga 110 io C 03 IN. J. C. gen. 5S...112 do currency .... !3 (Northern Pac. Ist..ll39s La. new cons., 4s. 94! do 2ds KJJa Missouri Cs 100 Northwest Cons... .143 Nor. Car. 0s 120 I do S. F. deb. 5S..10U do 4s OS RIo Gr. West. lsts. GS S. Car. non-fund.. lASt. Paul cons.. 7S..12G Tenn. new set Gs.. SO " do C & P. W. Ss-llOIi do 5s 100 SU Louis & I. M. do old Gs : GO j gen. 5s 70V4 Va. Centuries .... 50VTex. Pacific lsts .. 80,(. do def H4! do 2d 24 Atchison 4s G4 iU. P. lsts of '9G..104 do 2d A lSU'Wcst Shore 4s....l04 Can. South. 2ds...l06iSo. R. R. 0s bSTi C. P. lsts of 03...100'4! STOCKS. The closing quotations for stocks on the New Tor Stock Exchange yesterday were as fol lows: Atchison 4&;Now York Cent... 9S4 Adams Express...l41 N. Y. & N. Eng... 32'A Alt. & Ter. IL .Ti'.yontario & West.... 15 do pref 19S (Oregon Imp 11 American Ex Ill (Oregon Nav 19U Bait, & Ohio G3.Oregon Short Line Canada Pacific ... 50 & Utah Northern 5 Canada South 49h Pacific Mall 22 Central Pacific ... 14 (Peoria. Dec & Ev. 3 Ches. & Ohio 17- Pittsburg 157 Chicago &. Alton..l4G IPuliman Palace ..154 Cht.. Bur. & Q.... 71Readlng 13 Chicago Gas 7G?4iRlch. Terminal ... 15 Con. Gas 130 do pref 20 a C. C & St, L... 37Tj,.R1o Gr. West 1G Col. Coal & Iron.. GU' do pref 143 Cot. OH Cert 23 IRock I-land G2 Del. & Hudson....l3UM St, Paul 5GVa Del.. Lack. & W.1G0VU do pref 117 D. & R. G. pref.. 34 St. Paul & 0 32ft Erie 10i',l do pref 110 do pref 2U4,Southern Pacific... 18 Ft, Wayne 157 Isugar Refinery ... OOJi Gr.'North. pref.. ..103 ITcnn. Coal & Iron. 15 "Til. & E. I. pref.. 90 (Texas Pacific W& Hocking Valley ... 17 ITol. & O. a pref.. 73 111. .Central S3 Union Pacific 11 St, Paul & Dul.... 20 U. S. Express 43 Kan. & Tex. pref. 22i Wr.b.. St, L. & P.. 0 Lnke E. & W 10 i do pref 13 do pref 71 ;il Wells-Fargo Ex... 105 Lake Shore 1G7V.. .Western Union ... S7A Lead Trust .17i Wheeling & L. E.. 10 Louis. & Nash 5.TK.I do pref 39 Louis. & New Al.. 0 Mln. & St, Louis.. 2S Man. Con lOiy.iDen. & Rio Gr..... 10i Mem. & Charles... 10 "General Electric... 33 Mich. Central U5 iNaU Linseed 18 Missouri Pacific. 235IICoL Fuel & I .25 Mobile & Ohio lfi! do pref 70 Nash. & Chat G5 ill. & Tex. Cent... 2 National Cordage. 7.rrollo. A. A, Si N. do pref 10K.1 Mich 1 N. J. Central 91"fc"Toledo. St, Louis Nor. & W. pref... ISM,! Kansas City .... 1 North Am. Co 3Tv do pref G Northern Pacific. 3itSo. R. R 10 do pref 1741 do pref 3G U. P. Den. & G... 3) Am. Tobacco 9S4 Northwestern .... 96 I do pref 10S do pref 143 Mining; Stoclcn. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 11. The official clos ing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alta $0 45,justlce $0 23 Alpha Con lOjKentuck Con 6 Andes 40Mexlcan 100 Belcher 57Mono 25 Relle Isle 3!Mt, Diablo 10 Best & Belcher..,. 1 COIOphlr 2 00 Bullion lb.Derman 21 Caledonia S Potosl 59 Challenge Con.... 42 Savage 53 Chollar 4S5corplon 4 Confidence bO.Slerra Nevada ... Gl Con. Cal. & Va.... 3 S3 Silver Hill 5 Con. Imperial .... I Union Con G3 Crown Point G2Utah Con 7 Gould & Curry... 45,VelIow Jacket..... Gl Hale & Norcross.. 95 NEW YORK. Jan. 11. Mining stocks today closed as follows: Bulwer $0 OGpphlr S 50 Chollar 1 lOiPlymouth 23 Crown Folnt GO Quicksilver 2 50 Con. Cal. & Va 3 S3 do pref 8 00 Deadwood 40.:?lerTa Nevada .... 50 Hale & Norcross.. 1 50 Standard 1 90 Homestake 1G 00 Union Con GO Mexican 9" Yellow Jacket .... GO Ontario $1 fr Bullion nnd Exchange. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 11. Following aro the bank rates for bullion and exchange In this market: Drafts on sight. New York, per $100, 10c: do telegraphic, 12c; sterling bills on Lon don. GO-day bank. $4 &: do sight. $4 89; do commercial. $4 83; silver bars, per ounce, SOSOc; Mexican dollars. 51951c LONDON. Jan. 11. Bar silver. 27 5-lGd: consols. 104 7-10; Bank of England discount rate, 2 per cent. WEEKLY TRADE REVIEWS. A FeellnR of Confidence That Busi ness Is on the Mend. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Bradstreefs tomorrow will say: The second week of the new year brings a few reports of an Increasing volume of orders for seasonable goods. Weather condi tions In the East have been unfavorable: the West and South the reverse. Chicago. St. Louis. Boston. New York and Philadelphia report rel atively the greatest improvement, with In creased orders for dry goods, clothing, rubbers, shoes, hardware and woolen dress goods. At ome centers It Is too early to Judge of the out look for trade. Travelers in many instances have not all gone out. Western furniture man ufacturers are stocking up, which has had an Influence on the hard-wood trade, and Western dealers in Iron and steel expect Increased or ders by February 1. Production of Iron and steel Is going on in excess of the demand, but manufacturers expect necessary repairs, renew als and additions to plants by railroads, car manufacturers and other enterprises will have a stimulating influence In the near future. A feature among jobbers at Boston and Phila delphia Is the extent to which do goods and shoes have been pushed. Prints and ginghams have been opened, and new orders are freely re ceHed. Foreign woolen dress goods are active, going to all parts of the country. "ot a few re-orders are already received. This has a quieting effect on the demand for domestic dress woolens. Woolen mills, while fairly busy on first orders, are in the market only to cover contracts. Mercantile collections South and In the Central West are reported fairly satisfac tory, or Improving to a greater extent than for 30 days previously. Confidence of wholesale dealers In staple lines that the near future in business promises increased activity, with an upward tendency in quotations, is pronounced in favac cities. On the Pacific coast, trade at most of the larger cities is quiet, as quotations for hides have been working higher, while wheat. Indian corn. pork, lard, coffee, cotton and plate glass have all been marked up. At San Francisco almost constant rains have intensified the dull ness, and the certainty of a large crop of wheat depresses quotations for that cereal. At Fort land. Or., merchants announce an improvement in business, due o a revival In demand from the Interior. Prices for shoes, leather, coal, lumber, naval stores, rice., sugar, tobacco and live cattle have been held firmly. Cruder forms of Iron and steel are no lower, but are weak. Neither is woai. but it Is -kit at the lowest quotations known, while prices for cows and for live hogs have declined. The total gross earnings for the ca'endar year 1894 are the most unfavorable for many yearr In railroads. Earnings of 114 leading American lines, with 14,000 miles of road, amount to $478,000,000, 11 per cent less than in 1893, In which year gross earnings fell oft 2.1 per cent from the total of 1SD2. when there was a gain In gross railway earnings of 5 per cent, as con trasted with. 1S3L Every group of railroads showed reduced earnings last year, compared with 1S93. The most favorable exhibit Is that by Southern lines, the decrease for which was only 2 per cent. The gross earnings of Mexican railroads, as in contrast with those in the United States, represent a gain over 1SS3 of 5 per cent. The best available data with respect to the size of domestic wheat crops in 1S93 and 1S94. together with supplies la sight at various dates, quantities planted and exported and consumed by animals in 1894, together with Bradstreefs report of stocks out of farmers' hands, make It plain that the total wheat supply in the United States on January 1. 1893. was 18.000.000 small er than one year previously, and that stocks of available supplK- weiv fully 34.000.000 bushels smaller. Exports of wheat (flour Included as wheat), both coasts of the United States, dur ing the six business days ended January 10, telegraphed exclusively to Bradstreefs. amount to 2.5S7.000 bushels, compared with 3.142,000 bushels last week. 2.409.000 bushels in the sec ond week of January. 1S94, S.30S.O0O In 1S93. and with 4.183.000 bushels In 1S92. Supplies of available wheat In the United States, Canada and Europe, out of producers hands and afloat for Europe, from all exporting countries, togeth er with Australia, furnish a total of 187.253.000 bushels on January 10 this year, a decrease of 6.470.000. compared with January 1. 1893, and of 28.750.000 bushels as compared with Janu ary 1. 1892. Toronto enjoyed a rather better wholesale business in some lines in the earlier portion of the week. Montreal advices report an Improv ing demand for peas and some other groceries, and a firm demand for leather, but results of the past year's business at that center are dis appointing, few concerns having added to their capital, and many barely held their own, ow ing to the heavy falling off In the volume of business, without corresponding decreases In expenses. Bank clearings at Winnipeg, Hamil ton, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax amount to $22,G30.000 this week, compared with $17,091,000 last week, and as compared with $21,322,000 in the week a year ago. R. G. Dan's Report. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. R. G. Dun & Co. to morrow will say: Neither the beginning of the new year nor the failure of the currency bill has brought any material change to business as yet. The Idea that business would suddenly take a new start after the holidays, had rather less foundation, even, than usual, but the hope of a strong revival a little later is still cher ished by many. The currency bill, with Its possibilities of vicious amendments, was a source of apprehension to some, but with that out of the way, the deficiency of treasury re ceipts remains and exports of gold do not cease. Exchanges throughout the principal clearing houses are 2.5 per cent larger.than last year, but 24.2 per cent less than In" 1893. There has not been time for change la the Industries, but differences observed since the new year began are not in the direction of higher prices or a larger demand. There are more indications than of late that stocks of different kinds of goods have been accumulating In consequence of past Increases in production. In the boot and shoe manufacture, increasing disposition to restrict orders where any advance in prices la asked unsettles business, for while some manu facturers have orders for six weeks or more, most of them require further orders to run more than about two weeks. The question whether the prices now demanded for leather are too high for healthy trade may be deter mined after some embarrassment. Cotton manufacturers report a decreased de mand, with print cloths down to 2.62c, printed staples much demoralized and lower, and wide sheetings generally reduced about 7 per cent. Many quotations of cotton goods are the lowest on record, the week's trading being quite un satisfactory. Trade In woolens hesitates be cause of large distribution from warehouses under new duties, but little change appears in prices, and heavy woolens are expected to open at about last year's quotations. The demand for dress goods has been remarkably satisfactory until within two weeks, but has fallen off. Sales of wool, 5,236.715 pounds, against 5.S03. 500 two years ago, indicates hopefulness among manufacturers. The extraordinary economics to which railroads have been pushed are shown by the building of only C93 locomotives and 17,029 freight cars In 1S94, against 20"11 loco motives and 51.210 freight cars in 1S93. Failures for the first three days of the year were rather large, as Is natural, with liabilities of $1,622,203, of which $2GG.331 were of manu facturing and $1,347,272 of trading concerns. Failures this week are 420 In the United States, against 475 last year, and 54 in Canada, against 57 last year. Bank Clearing's. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. The following table, compiled by Bradstreefs, shows the total clear ances at the principal cities and the percentage bZ Increase or decrease, as compared with the corresponding week last year: Inc. New York $5G4,9G2,000 1.4 Chicago 97.904.000 11.7 Boston 92,433,000 .... Philadelphia GG.295.000 1.8 St. Louis .'. 29,355,000 l.G San Francisco 11.GGS.4G2 10.1 Baltimore 10.G94.000 8.3 Pittsburg 13.0S3.000 4.8 Cincinnati 15.014.000 15.4 Kansas City 10.031.000 5.2 New Orleans 11.91G.000 8.7 Buffalo 4.411.000 0.8 Milwaukee 5.070.000 21.3 Detroit G.12G.OO0 Louisville 6.G13.000 1.4 Minneapolis 5.573.000 1.4 Omaha 4.538.000 10.7 Providence 0,897.000 25.8 Cleveland G.0S9.000 29.0 Houston ... 0,830.000 8.9 St, Paul 3.80S.O00 19.2 Denver t 2,916.000 1.4 Indianapolis 4,520.000 .... Columbus. 0 4.179.000 16.4 Hartford 3,696.000 23.9 Richmond 3.339.000 13.S Washington 2.134.000 14.0 Dallas : 2.391,000 1.0 St, Joseph 1.623.000 11.1 Peoria 2,329.000 23.9 Memphis 2,212,000 S.8 Port'and. Or 1.233.883 19.2 Rochester 1.070.000 19.2 New Haven 1.733,000 G.S Savannah 2,799.000 21.7 Springfield. Mass 1.53S.000 2.G Worcester 1.1S3.000 8.7 Portland. Me 1.4S9.000 Atlanta 1.481.000 4.5 Fort Worth 2.133.000 31.8 Seattle 463.329 2I.2 Los Angele3 1.143.G31 14.3 Tacoma 547.569 7.4 Spokane 400,539 28.2 Galveston G.301.000 3.7 Salt Lake 1.511.900 3.7 Helena GC0.03S .... Totals United States $1,039,136,951 4.2 DOMINION OF CANADA. Montreal .'.$ 11.366.S17 8.4 Toronto 5.894.426 8.4 Halifax 1,248.256 14.1 Hamilton S10.546 .... Winnipeg 1.110.573 Totals $ 22.630.C20 G.1 Decrease. SAX FRAXCISCO TRADE. Prices and Comment From the Bay City Market. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 11. The only ship ment of consequence this week was to Central America, comprising 6500 barrels. Net cash prices for family extras. $3 403 50 per barrel; bakers' extras, $3 30&3 40; superfine. $2 50g 2 70 per barrel. Wheat So far this month only two vessels hae cleared with wheat cargoes. At the mo ment the market Is quiet, while prices keep moderately steady. For standard shipping wheat, S7c per cental is about the top rate, though SS?;c could likely be obtained for a choice offering. Milling parcels sell at a range of 92907c per cental. Quotations for Walla Walla wheat are given at 73S7Gc for fair av erage quality. 80S5c for blue-stem, and 700 72c for damp. Barley This cereal drags badly. The demand for local uses is light and slow, while no ship ping Inquiry prevails. Under such circum stances, it is to be expected that prices should rule easy. Feed, fair to good. 7SiS0c; choice, 81c: brewing. 90805c per cental. Oats The inquiry is neither general nor press ing, while stocks are of rather liberal propor tions. Prices were lowered during the week, but that action did not bring out any extra de mand. Milling oats quoted at $lgl 12; Sur prise. $1 051 15: fancy feed. 97cgl 02; good to choice. S7S5c; poor to fair, S0S3c; black, $1 15gl 30; red. $1 12gl 17; gray. 92efr$L Hops Shipments aggregating between 15.000 and 20,000 pounds will go forward today to the Australian colonies. Business is moderate, the demand being almost exclusively for choice stock, of Which the offerings are quite slim. Prices are fairly steady at a range of 6c to 9c per pound. Potatoes Good stock is scarce and firm. Volunteer new potatoes are quoted at l-2c per pound; Early Rose. 40845c; Rhrer Reds. 30935c ; Burbanks, 4Og50c; Oregon Bur- banks, 50gS3c: Salinas Burbanks, 75cg$l; sweets, 5090c per cental. Onions There are large quantities poor stock, which are hard to sell at the lower figure. Quotable at 50670c per cental. Wool There are no large lines of fall stock in warehouses, and operations are not possible until there are free arrival3 of spring clip. Fall Free Northern quoted at 76Sc; Northern defective, 57c; Southern and San Joaquin, light and free. 5g6c: do. defective, 34c Produce receipts were: Floor, sacks, 0490; wheat, centals, 43.78Q; barley, centals. 2240; oats, Oregon. 400; rye, Oregon, sacks, 353; beans, sacks, 483; potatoes, sacks, 5103; onions, sacks. 33S; bran. 3SS. Afternoon call board sales: Wheat Steady; May, 0G?ic asked. Barley Quiet; May, S6c OTHER MARKETS. Prices Realized for Livestock at Chi eago and Omaha. CHICAGO. Jan. 11. The cattle market was more quiet and less firm than on yesterday, concessions of 15c being made en all undesirable offerings. Butcher stuff moved slowly at a de cline of 1015c. Dressed beef and shipping steers were disposed of at $3 40?3 50; stockers and feeders, $2 253 85, and cows and bulls were salable at $1 503 73. Hogs The bulk were weighed at $44 25 for averages from 130 to 200 pounds, and from $4 30 4 75 for 200 to 250 pounds; $4 45 4 CO for heavy-weights. The best of the latter brought $4 704 75, and there were a few sales of assorted live hogs around $4 35. Culls and poor light stuff sold at $203 75. Today's sheep receipts were estimated at 10. 000 too many for Friday and the market at the opening was weak and Inactive. Sheep opened steady to a shade easier, and later were 10c lower. Lambs suffered the most, and de clined 10S20c The close was. about the same as last week. Today's quotations were $23 60 for poor to choice sheep, and $2 504 30 for lambs. Receipts Cattle. 0000; calves, 300; hogs, 35, 000; sheep, 10,000. OMAHA, Jan. 11. Cattle Receipts. 3000. The handy, fat grades ruled strong, while the light and rough, heavy grades -ruled easier. Cow stuff was not so much sought after as yester day, but prices ruled very nearly steady. Calves were stronger, and so 'were bulls, stags, etc The stocker and feeder trade was -quiet, with no material change in prices. Groceries, Etc, iu the East. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Hops Quiet. Wool Quiet, Tin Weak; straits, $1313 10; plates, dull. Spelter Quiet; domestic, $3 23. Lead Firm; exchange price, $3 07. Copper Quiet; ex change, $9 90. Coffee Options closed quiet at 515 points net decline. Sales. 13,000 bags. Including: January, $15; December. $13 60. Spot coffee Rio, steady; No. 7, 1554c; mild, steady. Sugar Raw, dull; refined, quiet. CHICAGO. Jan. 11. The highest and lowest prices of May pork were only 5c apart. Lard and ribs scarcely varied more than 2c Com pared with the closing price of the day before, pork was 7c lower, lard unchanged, and ribs 2c higher. A rumor that a prominent live stock commission house estimated the receipts of hogs next week would amount to 225,000 head caused some of the weakness which pre vailed, but packers seemed indisposed to accept the present rates for very much. Mess pork January. $11 50; May, $11 75. Lard January, $0 82; May. $C 97. Short ribs January, $5 SO; May, $5 07. Hops at London. LONDON, Jan. 11. Hops-Pacifies, 2 15s. ABOUT THE RAILROADS. It Xow Looks as it There Would Be a. Passenger Association. CHICAGO, Jan. IL Chairman Caldwell today telegraphed the general railroad meeting from Montreal that the consent of both the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk had been gained on the formation of a new passenger association, if not on a basis entirely satisfactory to all con cerned, at least of such a nature as will render the proposed association very use ful, and will probably be ratified by all the roads concerned: The only difficul ties that now remafn are the adjustment of differences between the Atchison & To peka and Southern Pacific, and the ques tion of California rates' with the Union Pacific. The first seems to be in a fair way to settlement All of today was passed by the five lines mainly concerned in discussing these questions, the general meeting having adjourned early in the day to afford a chance for conference. Chicago & Xorthern Pacific. CHICAGO, Jan. 11. The report of the Chicago & Northern Pacific for the last three months was filed today. The report for December Is as follows: Cash on hand December 1 $124,034 Cash receipts for the month 125,001 Total $249,035 Seventeen items of cash disbursements, covering the operating expenses and pay ments of interest, show a total of $232,623, leavlng'a cash balance on hand January 1, 1895, of $16,411 67. EdMtbound Grain. Rntcs Rednccd. CHICAGO. Jan. 11. The lines of the Central Traffic Association have done in dividually what they refused to do col lectivelyreduced the grain rate between Chicago and New York 5 cents under the tariff. Railroad Xotcs. J. R. Marshall has been appointed Northern Pacific agent at Almlra, Wash. E. E. Lyttle, general agent of the Ore gon Railway & Navigation, at The Dalles, was in the city yesterday E. C. Rayburn, traveling passenger agent of the Northern Pacific, returned yesterday, after a six weeks' Eastern trip. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Twelve deeds, aggregating $1S,967, were filed for record yesterday with the county recorder, as follows: J. Blanchard and wife to C Blanchard. lots 6. 7, 8. blk 1, Bertha $ 2.146 R. E. Menefee to D. Gorman, lot 15, blk 29. Central Albina 730 A. Peterson to AV. Peterson, lot 1, blk 30, Multnomah SCO R. L. Durham, trustee, to W. A. Dwlght, lot 20. blk 2. Second Electric add 1 W. A. Dwlght and wife to W. Moran, same 400 L. Gray to N. Gray, lots 1, 2. 8. blk 37, Caruthers add. to Caruthers' add 5 H. A. Shorey and wife to J. J. Ballery, lot 2. blk 120. East Portland 5,500 J. J. Kadderly et al. to same, party wall, lot 2. blk 120. same 75S W. E. Mendenhall to W. Young, und. lots 7. 8. blk 6. Kenworthy's add 1 B. C Snyder and wife to A. Miller, lot 15. blk 9. Prunedale 1 A. V. Folkman and wife to A. Powers, lots 1. 2. blk 5, Germanla add 273 J. S. Rathburn and wife to O. F. Bot- kln. parcels land. Verdanta 8.330 Total -. $1S.0G7 Tit lew Examined and Insured. Money to lend on Improved city property. The Title Guarantee & Trust Company, Chamber of Commerce. Always put your Ceylon tea in a caddy. "Blue Cross" Ceylon tea is put In an air tight package to preserve its extraordin ary flavor. HOTEL ARRIVALS. THE PORTLAND. Laura Millard. N YIG M Ryan. Penellna, Fannie Liddiard,, N D London W A Hall. St Paul W H TVest. Paris tj H Shunk, Chicago Geo E Lask. S F A J Rowe. N Y H S Savage, VIr-jM C Noyes. Chicago glnia. 111 'G W Barnhart, S F Geo D Dornin, S F ,A L Bell, Omaha Percy Dickenson,! J A Kiser, S F Tacoma G M Stearns, city T F Rourke, Pen-'H A Heppner, city dleton 'P E Gerould. city Mrs C L Hoffman.U E Bleekman, Los Spokane Angeles Victor Staadecker.jA Alexander, Chgo St Paul JD E Johnson, Chgo Ben Herbst, Chicagol Rainier Grand Hotel. Seattle. Opened October 29. American plan rates $3 to $5. DeL. Harbaugh, Prop. Hotel Batler, Seattle. European, rooms with or without bath, $1 per day up. Restaurant and Grill room. Occidental hotel. Seattle, removed to Third and Cherry sts. A,A.Seasrave, prop. OTHERS MAY BE IK IT SOUTH DAKOTA'S SCANDAL "WILL BE FAR-REACH1XG. Examiner Meyers Will Probably Be. Arrested, and Ills Bondsmen. Sued for Taylor's Deficit. PIERRE, S. D., Jan. IL The Taylor defalcation now threatens to Involve some of the other state officials. There are rumors of revelations to be made which will show a condition little less shocking than the treasurer's defalcations. It is understood that another official, having the custody of very large sums of state money, was concerned "with Taylor In the beginning of the trouble, and that he has misused funds in an equally illegitimate manner. The officials are now investigat ing the matter, and they expect, within a day or two, to make important dis closures. The legislature has appointed a committee to make a thorough Investiga tion, and it is likely a condition of rot tenness will be discovered which will shake the state as even the story of Taylor's downfall has not done. It is now known that, during the panic, the state funds were used to bolster up the private affairs of various state officials, and that, thereby, not only were the state and school boards deprived of the use of the money which the statutes gave them, but the state lost a large sum In interest, and, as a result of this illegitimate con duct, has now lost $350,000. Another sensation will be sprung In a day or two. It is rumored that Public Examiner Meyers will be arrested, and his bondsmen sued for the Taylor loss. The statute provides that the examiner shall examine the county and state treas urers' affairs at stated Inervals, and, if Tie finds them at all unsatisfactory, he shall at once proceed to take possession of the office and bring about an account ing, and shall hold the offending official until the irregularity is investigated and made good. From Meyers own statement, it is shown that he did nothing, but was not surprised when the default became public. At the time he suspected a shortage, all the money since stolen was in the treasury, and Taylor was given a morith to draw it into his own hands and get away with It. Able lawyers be lieve he is criminally liable, and that his bondsmen can be held. Two years ago Taylor loaned Mellette, then governor, $15,000, and Mellette gave him a -warranty deed for all hi3 property, real and personal, to the amount of $50, 000. This was not recorded. A few months ago Taylor asked for the money and stated that he was hard pressed. Mel lette went to Boston and secured the money by making a similar deed. He wa3 about to turn over the money to Taylor when the crash came. Yesterday he learned that Taylor had recorded the deed and mortgaged the property for its full value. The two deeds were placed on record Wednesday night, the day after the defalcation became known. This bank rupts Mellette and deprives the state of any chance of recovering from him as a bondsman. He has, however, given the attorney-general a full list of his property, and the state has already attached and will contest the deed given to Taylor. Mellette had a conference with Taylor in Chicago on December 10 and at the same hotel was Leppelman, in whose bank Tay. lor lost most of his money, and one of the heaviest bondsmen, who is now be lieved to have been cognizant of the trans action at the time. Mellette also states that Taylor informed him that the real cause of his rouble began with his con nection with Leppelman's bank, at Gettysburg. Was It Taylor? MEMPHIS. Jan. IL Taylor, the missing treasurer of South Dakota, was said to have been- arrested here today. Chief Davis now says that the prisoner he had under arrest was a negro by the name of Taylor. There are suspicious circum stances connected with the case, as, for instance, the rumor that the Pierre, S. D., authorities -were wired by the authorities and the extreme reticence of the officers here to discuss the matter. PIERRE, N. D., Jan. 11. The chief of police has received a telegram from Mem phis, stating that the police have under arrest a man answering the description of W. W. Taylor, the defaulting state treasurer, and asking for instructions. Attorney-General Crawford has wired to hold Tiim for identification. A Representative Heard From. REDFIELD, S. D., Jan. 11. Advices here indicate that a person in New York, representing Taylor, suggests that a meet ing of the bondsmen be held at the Great Northern hotel In Chicago January 17, to consider a settlement. The depositors of the bank held a meeting tonight to discuss what action to take in regard to the closed bank. Invested ThrouRli Taylor. TJTICA, N. Y., Jan. ll.-The defaulting state treasurer of South Dakota, "W. Y. Taylor, has been a frequent visitor of this county, and married the sister of ex Sheriff Benedict, of Verona. A large num ber of people in this vicinity invested through Taylor in South Dakota securi ties. DEATH BY THE ROPE. A Double HanirinK in Tennessee for ?Iurder. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Jan. 11. George Mape and Buddy Woolen, young negroes, were hanged today. Woolen died a Cath olic Mape, however, refused to see a minister and his last words were, "This is what an innocent man gets, by ." He requested that his body be thrown into the river, and said he would come back tonignt to haunt the sheriff and all others who had anything to do with his convic tion. The two negroes murdered Marlon L. Ross, a white saloon-keeper, December 17, 1E92. Robbery was the motive. Woolen confessed, implicating Mape. Five Thousand Saw Him Drop. RICHMOND, Ky., Jan. IL William Taylor, colored, was hanged today for the murder of Davis Doley, December 7, 1894. About 5000 people saw him drop. He declared he was going to heaven. OTHER CRIME XEWS. Beaten by Bnrglars. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 11. Two men en tered the handsome residence of Julius L. Franklin, on California street, early this morning, for the purpose of robbery. They were detected by Frank G. Miller, the butler, who slept in a room in the basement. The burglars attacked Miller, who tried to use a revolver, and they beat and kicked him into insensibility. Dur- f Ing the struggle. Miller's revolver was discharged, alarming the house. The mur derous burglars thereupon, made their es cape, taking with them $25 and a few pieces of jewelry Shot by n Former Employe. WYANDOTTE, Mich., Jan. IL R.-G. Ewer, of Detroit, vice-president and man ager of the Michigan Alkali Company, whose works are located here, was shot at this morning while driving to the works, from the depot, by a discharged employe named Watson. Watson fired twice at Mr. Ewer, neither of the shots however, taking effect. It is believed that Watson's mind is unbalanced. Mr. Ewer will swear out a warrant for Wat son's arrest on the charge of assault with Intent to kill. Watson claims he shot at the horse, and not at Ewer. Because of An Old Fend. MODESTO, Cal., Jan. IL Last evening Frank Silva, a fanner living 10 miles west of Modesto, was shot and probably fatally injured. Silva charges Miner J Walden and his son. Steven, with the crime, claiming they shot three times at him from behind a fence, -while he was riding in a buggy. The cause of the trouble -was an old feud over land matters. The principals are well known in this county. A. Yontb. From Salem Robbed. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. lL-James Ken nedy, a youth lately arrived from Salem, Or., was robbed of $45 today by Charles Mills, alias Morgan, and an unknown con federate. They played the lock trick on Kennedy, but evidently did not think it worth while to substitute another lock, but simply ran away with the money. Kennedy bet $45 that the confederate could not open the lock while he counted eight. Mills held the stakes and turned them over to a confederate, who ran away. Mills was arrested. Officer and Outlaw Dead. WALLHALLA, S. C, Jan. 11. Robert Moore, a revenue officer, and Robert T. Thrift, a moonshiner, shot and killed each other today. Thrift was arrested last night by Moore forrunnlng an illicit distill ery, and was being taken to Wallhalla to be placed in Jail. Thrift tried to escape by shooting Moore, who returned the fire. Each shot struck a vital part, And both men died in a few minutes. Sentenced to Be Hanpred. AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. IL Wiggins, the negro who killed Detectives Joe Murray and John Davis, and wounded Officers Stringer and Wrenn -while they were at tempting to arrest him December 23, for a crime committed in South Carolina, was today found guilty, after a trial last ing five days. He was immediately sen tenced to be hanged Friday, February S. A Tacoma Man "Buncoed." SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IL Hans Nison, of Tacoma, was "buncoed" out of $160, as he was preparing to embark for the North. A man, representing himself as a Portland contractor, appointed Hans his foreman, and then borrowed all the Swede's money, which he secured by a. worthless check. Shot His Wife and Himself. NEW YORK, Jan. IL Louis Gress, 30 years old, shot and killed his wife Jennie at their home tonight. He fired two "bul lets into her left breast. He then shot himself in the right breast .and died before an ambulance arrived. Jealousy was the cause of the tragedy. Twenty Years for Stealing? a. Purse. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IL Maurice Kavanaugh, who was convicted of high way robbery for snatching a purse from Mrs. Lawrence in the streets of this city, was today sentenced to 20 years' Imprison ment in the state prison. THESE WON RACES. Winners Yesterday at San Francisco, Madison and Xcw Orleans. The bookmakers at San Francisco suf fered yesterday. Three heavily-played favorites won, and one 12 to 1 shot, that was played hard enough to be a sort of a favorite. These were the winners on the various tracks: At San Francisco Five and a half fur longs, selling, Garcia, in 1:19V4; seven fur longs, selling, Snow Blossom, in 1:46; five and a half furlongs, selling, imp. Empire, in 1:19; about six furlongs, selling, Braw Scot, in 1:23; five and a half furlongs, sell ing, Blue Banner, in 1:20. At Madison Nine-sixteenths of a mile, Texas Frank, in 0S!i; eleven-sixteenths of a mile, Ulf, in 1:11; nine-sixteenths of a mile, Martin Curgus, in 0:57; eleven-sixteenths of a mile. Importer, in 1:10&; three-quarters of a mile, J. H. Mac, in 1:19V4. At New Orleans Six furlongs, Kindora, in 1:23; six furlongs, Old Dominion, in 1:23; five furlongs, Redina, in 1:101; seven furlongs, Alethia Allen, in 1:39; six furlongs, John Cychia, in 1:25. The Third Valkyrie. LONDON, Jan. IL It has been learned that Lord Dunraven has ordered the con struction of his new yacht to proceed. She will be a keel boat, and will be named Valkyrie III. The syndicate bearing the expense of the new boat consists of Lords Dunraven, Wolvertoa and Lonsdale, and Mr. McCalmont. Dunraven will engage two skippers for the boat. Negotiations are already pending with a view of secur ing Captain Sycamore, the skipper of the Carina, for Captain Cranfield declines to cross the Atlantic in the yacht. He will either go over in a steamer or retire al together. There is a rumor in circula tion that Cranfield will enter the service of the Goulds. An Iowa Wrestling Match. ROCK ISLAND. 111., Jan. IL At Har per's theater tonight, Martin Burns, of Big Rock, Iowa, catch-as-catch-can wrest ler, defeated D. H. Carroll, of Canada. There were three styles of wrestling, catch-as-catch-can, Graeco-Roman and Cumberland. Burns won the catch-as-catch-can In 22 minutes, in Graeco-Roman in 15 minutes, and Carroll the Cum berland in 13 minutes. The match was for $250 a side. Shncfcr Wants a, BIgrser Stake. CHICAGO, Jan. 11. Before Jake Schaefer left for Fort Wayne he re marked: "I see that there is a man in New York who wants to get up a match between myself and Fournil. for $500 a side. This is ridiculous. It would cost me $200 or $300 to practice for three weeks in New York. If there is any one willing to back Fournil for, say, $2300 a side, or even $2000, I'll play him any time he chooses. As to Ives and myself meeting again, that rests with Ives." DEATH BY ASPHYXIATION. An Overturned Gas Stove Suffocates Three Persons. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Two men and a boy were suffocated by gas this morning in the tenement at 313 Grand street. The dead are: Jacob Rosenburg, 13 years of age; Ab raham Bersan, 22; Joseph Jacobson. 75. An overturned gas stove caused the tragedy. The flat Is occupied by Jacob Rosenburg, abutcher. Some time ago the flat was robbed, and Roseburg had his workmen sleep there to guard against burglars, and young Rosenburg slept with them. The men slept on an improvised bed on the floor. A gas stove near the foot of their bed, used to heat the room, was found overturned, and the gas pouring therefrom. It had evidently been kicked over by one of the men in his sleep. When discovered life was extinct in the men, while the boy barely breathed. He died shortly after. This One Turned On the Gas. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Patrick O'Reilly, residing on Bleecker street, was found un conscious from escaping gas this morning. He had accidentally turned the burner on after putting out the light. There Was a Leak of Electricity. NEW YORK. Jan. IL Mrs. Delia Ho gan got on trolley car No. 133, of the Seventh avenue line, in Brooklyn, yester day. Just as she entered the door and was looking for a seat she dropped as If shot. The twitching of her body and the distortion of her face led the passengers to suppose that she had a fit, but when she was removed to the Norwegian hos pital, the house surgeon declared that she was suffering from an electric shock. She will be able to leave the hospital in a day or two. It is thought there was a leak of electricity, and that It reached her through a metal plate used in patching a hole In the floor of the car. Too Cold in California. FRESNO, Cal., Jan. IL One of the party of South Sea islanders died on the train this morning from cold, and another is dying from the same cause. Fatal Fall From a. Roof. BRAZIL, Ind., Jan. IL At the new mine of the Diamond Coal Company, north of here, todav. WaltM- Wava nnfl William Frencherr two young men, were wonang on a roof together. The slate roof gave way and Hays was instantly killed. Frencher will die. Fire in a. Furniture House. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. The furniture house of Jordan & Moriarty, Park Row, was badly damaged by fire today. The loss Is estimated at $75,000. NEWS FROM ALASKA. December 12 was an eventful day at Sitka, because of the unusually high and rough tide. The moon fulled and the wind was landward. The waves were carried far beyond the rsual high-water mark, and were so rough that much damage was done. "Injun town" was greatly excited, a3 the water dashed their canoes about in a reckless manner. A large number of them were wrecked. In Sitka some fences were swept away and one man's hennery was wrecked and the chickens drowned, but the ducks escaped and seemed de lighted with the calamity. In spite of the breakwater, the boom of logs at the mis sion broke loose and came near giving considerable trouble. The greatest dis aster was that to Mr. Mill's boom of logs, which was torn from the fastenings at the mills and scattered along the beach all the way up to the mission buildings. Recently four canoe-loads of Indians arrived at Sitka from the great Chilkat potlach. The great tyee of the Chllkats. they say, cut up and distributed over a thousand blankets, besides muslins and calicoes in endless quantities. Others of the tribe were proportionately liberal, but no reliable estimate ot the value or quan tity given by the individual tribal mem bers can be had. Juneau has a new 12-page paper, the "Alaska Search-Light." The first issue appeared December 17 and was very cred itable. The January number of the North Star has just been Issued at Sitka, and is a neat, creditable little sheet. It is pub lished in the Interest of education in Alaska. A telephone system is being put in at Juneau. A party of six surveyors came up on the Mexico from Victoria, getting off at Juneau, their object being to survey a trail into the Yukon, says the .Alaskan. Mr. Ogilvie is at the head of the survey ing party sent out by the Canadian and British governments. A mounted police force will also shortly be sent, "possibly, with headquarterse at Juneau, B. C. Lieutenant-Governor Rogers says It is all right for them to amuse themselves build ing trails for us, but if there is any at tempt to seriously lay claim to a single inch of our territory, he will send an army of our warlike native Indians into Canada and uttely destroy everything of a British nature. The possibility of Alaska diamonds com ing on the market is shown by the follow ing story in the Juneau News: Late last fall a hunter and prospector brought in, some brilliant-looking lava ashes to Sitka and showed them to John G. Brady. The latter sent them to an expert in San Fran cisco, who returned word that an investi gation should be made at the earliest op portunity. The centents of that letter contained astounding information pum ice stone and scoria had all the elements for the presence of diamonds. Yes, dia monds! of the highest luster and fire. Is there any wonder that Mr. Brady was elated with visions of wealth, and ha3 guarded with the secret jealous care? He has perfected plans to reach the extinct , crated of Mount Edgcombe as soon as the snow and weather will permit, and, with the help of a diamond expert, search the lava beds and pumice stone high and low, and will delve into the earth with search ing scrutiny to learn if nature has had the elements there to crystallize carbon Into its purest gem the diamond. Public Print In sr in Canada. It is difficult to obtain figures on which! to make comparisons relative to they amount of work done in the government printing bureaus of Canada and the United States, because the annual state ments are set forth so differently, saya Kate Field's Washington. The cost of the paper used may be a little guide. In the same year in which our force of some thing over 3000 employes printed and bound into books, pamphlets, etc., $380, 000 worth of paper, 400 Canadians used up $100,000 worth of paper for similar pur poses. At our capital printers are paid by the time or the piece, while in Canada they are paid by the week of 54 hours that is, 10 hours a day and a half holiday; on Saturday. The men get $12 a week! and 30 cents an hour for overtime. To earn his wages a compositor must set at least 6000 ems a day, as the union rate in Canada is 33 1-3 cents per thou sand. There are only 86 girls employed, and they receive from $2 to $5 per week The entire payroll for the year In ques tion averaged $3250 per week. That year the payroll at the government printing office in Washington averaged $42,445. Ai special feature of the Canada office is that everything has to be set in both the English and French languages. For thia reason the foreman of the composing room or his assistant must be either ai Frenchman or else thoroughly versed in" both languages. McCosh Gave It Up. All the good stories of Dr. McCosH were not told by his obituary biogra phers. He had a thoroughly character istic but entirely amiable egotism, which' sometimes raised a smile among the Princeton students, according to Kate Field's Washington. One day he had been discussing before the senior class Leibnitz's theory of evil, and especially, the point that mankind was put upon the earth because there was less evil here than elsewhere. One of the young men inquired: "Well, doctor, why was evil introduced into the world, anyway?" The doctor had a habit when he wag puzzled, of chewing his thumb-knuckie, and, as the argument was leading up to this he had gnawed viciously. When the question came out, however, he threw, up both Is hands and cried: "Ah, ye have asked the hardest ques tion In all pheelosophy! Sukkrates tried to answer it, and failed; Plato tried it, and he failed, too; Kahnt attempted It and made bod work of it; Leibnitz tried it, and begged the whole question as I have been tellling ye; and " here he renewed his chewing "I confess I con fess. I do-n-'t know just what to make of it myself." Ice on the Spine for Colds. Certain French physicians cure colds by applying ice to the spine. Professor Pictet this week put before the academy, of medicine the whele system of frigo therapeutlcs. He began by experimenting on dogs, and found that when they were plunged into a bath at low temperature and were kept there for some time they became ravenously hungry. Being him self a suffer2r from stomach disease, he had forgotten what it was to have an appetite. So he descended into the re frigerating tank at a temperature many degrees below zero. He wrapped a thick pelisse and other warm clothes about him, but after four minutes he began to feel hungry. At the end of eight min utes he climbed out of the tank with a painfully keen appetite. Many such ex periments we.-e made. All meals taken, after a short stay in the refrigerator, agreed with him. He found that hia dyspepsia was cured after the tenth de scent. People say that after feeling the ex hilarating effects of a cup of "Blue Cross" Ceylon tea they cannot drink China or Japan. i wv i Earmiuu -v vui BANKERS, 163-165 Dearborn -st., Chicago. 15 Wall-at., New York. 70 Statc-st. , Boston. CUT, C0TJHT7, SCE00I.WATER and 0THEE HIGH GRADE Sought and Cold. Corrcsffsndeace Solicited.