6 THE 3mK&& XmEGXmTAlf, TTTOESDAX, irJ&BKUASX IS, 1S95. TEN REDUCED TO ONE BOAHD OF 3IAAGEMENT OF STATE .IXSTITUTIOXS. Three PenionK to Have Charge of Washington's Educational, Penal and Reformatory Bonne. OLYMPIA, Wash. Feb. 11- Scobey In troduced an important bill in the house this afternoon. It is to abolish the dif ferent managing boards of the 10 educa tional, penal and reformatory institutions of the state, and to provide, instead, a board of three persons; of which the lieutenant-governor shall be ex-officio presi dent. The other two members are to be appointed by the governor. This board shall be known as the "board of man agement of state Institutions," and shall draw a salary of $1509 each per annum, and a stated sum, not to exceed $2000 per annum for the entire board, for Judicial expenses, which shall cover all mileage and hotel expenses. Scobey, in introduc ing this bill, has followed certain matters referred to in the governor's message, wherein it is shown that the managing boards of various Institutions have cost the state, in mileage and expenses alone, during the past two years about $33,000. Scobey says this expense can reasonably be reduced to $11,000 for two years by the passage of his bilL The offices the bill -will abolish are: Regent of the University of Washing ton; regents of the agricultural college, experimental station and School of Sci ence; regents of the normal schools at Ellensburg and Cheney: trustees of tho school for defective youth; trustees of the Eastern and Western Washington hos pitals for the Insane; trustees of the Sol diers' Home: trustees of the reform school and directors of the state penitentlary- Both houses of the legislature convened this afternoon at 2 o'clock, after a recess s.nce Saturday. The senate, after re maining in session about one hour, ad journed for the purpose of permitting the joint tide lands committee, having un der consideration the Tacoma water-front matter, to occupy the senate chamber The house was In session until 5 o'clock. There was nothing of special importance transacted in either house, although a good deal of accumulated routine matters were disposed of. Fourteen new bills were Introduced in the senate and 37 in the house and referred. In the house numerous petitions were presented urg ing legislation for the protection of the livestock industry of the state and the building of a state road to connect Seat tle and Tacoma, and through Snoqualmie pass to connect Eastern and Western Washington. Fully 30 minutes of valua ble time of the house was consumed over the report of the committee on enrolled bills, recommending the employment of three additional clerks to enroll bills. Fol lowing the policy of retrenchment, the number recommended was cut down and only one clerk was authorized to be em ployed, after a vigorous effort of the com mittee to obtain three. In the house today Miles of Douglas moved to reconsider the vote by which the "barefoot" school measure passed tho house Saturday. After a parliamentary w rangle, which lasted for a half hour, the motion to reconsider was lost by a vote of IS to 38.' The matter now is left entirely to the .sonate, and it will arouse a great deal of interest there, owing to the in terest stirred up all over the state, and especially in cities of the first-class, by the unexpected passage of the bill by the house. The bill carrying with It an appropria tion of $2700 for the publication of 15,000 copies of the biennial report of the state board of horticulture and the distribution thereof passed the house. Temple's bill to reduce the amount al lowed sheriffs for boarding prisoners was taken up. It occasioned a lengthy dis cussion in the house today. The bill was finally passed to its third reading, with several amendments, and will probably be passed by the house tomorrow. The bill provides that sheriffs shall not receive more than 30 cents per day for the board of each prisoner in counties from the first to the eighth class, instead of GO cents, as at present; and 40 cents in counties from the ninth to the 29th class, instead of 7 as at present. If the bill passes. It will t jt down the income of sheriffs material ly, for their profit in boarding prisoners is known to amount to a great deal. There is a great deal of opposition to the Rogers school bill, which passed the house Saturday. It is known as the "Barefoot" law. The opposition is com ing from the larger cities in the state, it being urged that if it becomes a law Seattle. Tacoma and Spokane will have to pay $223,000 annually for the support of the state schools at large, in excess of the present tax in those cities. At pres ent these cities are special school dis tricts and levy a tax for their own main tenance. Under the "Barefoot bill a gen eral state tax Is levied to the extent of $10 per child In the state and the special districts are wiped out. This takes from the wealthier counties and gives to the poorer, and as a part of the tax paid in Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane would be taken for other districts in the state, the cities named would have to make a spe t ml levy to keep up the present efficiency of their schools. Representative Tull, of Spokane, has introduced a bill to work a radical change in the manner of taking the vote in nomi nating conventions. The measure pro xies that In all nominating conventions held under the auspices of any political party, the delegates shall vote viva voce and any nomination made by secret bal lot shall be void. The fate of the bill now pending In the Oregon legislature relative to the fishing interests of the Columlla river, the main features of which were agreed upon at thf recent meeting at Tacoma of the joint legislative committees, is awaited here with interest, and some degree of rrpatienee. When the committees met at Taroma it was believed that the different legislatures would accept the provisions Ir the bill to amend the present laws without opposition, and the Information tVut the bill has crented some contcn t.on and delay at Salem is received here with surprise. The special committee of the Washington legislature was composed of members of the standing committees of both bouses on fisheries. This is not the case in the Oregon legislature, it is learned, and is IveHeved to be the real t ause of the iwesent difficulty there. The llll growing out of the conference has not yet been presented here, as the com mittee, in order to conform with the rueasurc jumped in Oregon, believe it ad MaW to finut hear of its disposition. The Wat-hington legislature is In session 39 uays after that of Oregon adjourns, and. in oneequeace. this course can bo pur sued with safety. Owins to the financial distress that has been felt serieut?ly in this state during the past two years, and numerous fall ti'vs and foreclosures on mortgaged prop-c-ty, all matters before the legislature promising relief to the suffering residents are, of course, watched with great in t rest. The general belief is that some thing should be done to help. If possible, the iereon who has lost property by in ability to meet obligations made during prosperous times, in view of the universal be'iejf that the present depression is only ti-mporary The Judiciary committees of both branches of the legislature have bad a great many bills referred to them which nk to solve the problem. But few of these bill, however, are deemed worthy of consideration, and will be dealt with iH-cordtngly. The house committee is se riously considering a measure which pro ii&cs that after a dcree of foreclosure Is entered, that the sale shall cot take place until one year thereafter, and then be final, instead of allowing one year for redemption, as now. It is probable that the committee will report favorably such a measure. It is believed that a law of this nature would be Just and equitable. Another matter the committee is favora bly considering provides that whenever there is a foreclosure proceeding the mort gagor shall ask the court for the appoint ment of an .appraiser, who shall appraise the mortgaged property and if it Is ap praised for more than the debt there can be no deficiency judgment. It resembles somewhat the present proceedings in pro bate in regard to the estates of decedents in real and personal property. In compliance with a resolution of fered in the house, the state land commis sion has furnished a report of the lands selected by the state under the land grant acts. It is: Chehalis county. 12,373 acres: Clallam, 26, 162; Clarke. 5103; Cowlitz. 23.973; Doug las, 140.S13; Island. 1120; Jefferson. 21.481; King, 673G; Kitsap, 640; Kittitas, 3340; Klick itat, U.1S6; Lewis, 5S9; Lincoln. S00; Mason, 18,763; Okanogan, 11,372: Pacific, 12,079; Pierce, 11.013; Skagit, 9435; Skamania, 15, 267; Snohomish, 323S; Spokane, 3S13; Stev ens, 60.979; Thurston, 1C0; Wahkiakum, 13, 373: Whatcom, 7364; Yakima, 41,740. The total Is 473,750 acres. The balance to be selected is 14S,250 acres. Baum's bill to regulate telephone tolls, which is now in the hands of the house committee on corporations other than municipal, makes some sweeping reduc tions in the rates charged in this state. For the use of a single telephone in a private residence, the bill fixes the month ly rental at $2. The companies now charge from $4 to $3. In business houses not more than $2 50 shall be charged for a single telephone, the present rate rang ing from $3 to $6. The bill also regulates the charge for the transmission of mes sages from one city to another, and pro vides that not more than 23 cents for the first 10 words shall be charged. It is generally believed that the reductions pro posed are unreasonable, but the temper of the legislature is such that the present rates imposed by the companies are al most certain to be cut down to some ex tent The senate committee on taxation Is having a contest over the remission of penalties on taxes, and now these ques tions will como up before the joint senate and house committees. The indications are that for the coming year it will be reduced to 12 per cent for delinquents, with a 2" per cent penalty. An attempt will be made to either rebate the penalty and interest on the taxes of 1892-3, pro vided they are paid this year, or to rebate the penalty and reduce the interest from 20 to 10 per cent. There will be a provision to the general county law providing that penalties and interest collected be cred ited to the different funds pro rata, in stead of keeping it all in the general fund. The measure to put counties on a cash basis by abolishing contingent and other funds, and requiring the salaries of olficers to be paid in warrants, payable from the same fund that all other war rants are drawn against. Is quite popular In the committee, and it is believed such a bill will be reported favorably. The present bills will perhaps be consolidated into a substitute bill, which will perhaps contain some conditions for the protec tion of the present officers, withholding its operation for several months, for in stance, and putting a safety-guard around all present outstanding salary warrants. The opposition to the salary and con tingent fund system is that In nearly every county in the state all the avail able moneys are put Into the funds against which salaries and preferred claims are drawn, while the general dealer with the county the furnisher of supplies, the con tractor, the juror, the witness all are paid by warrants drawn on a fund that is barren -of money, and Is certain to be so, so long as there Is any danger of the two funds referred to running dry. The greatest disadvantage under which the state board of health has suffered in the prosecution of its labors is thej inabil ity to secure reports from the various parts of the state. The present law em powers the county auditor to prosecute physicians who fall to make returns, but so far as that officer is concerned, the law has been a dead letter. There is now a bill in the house which provides that the members of any local board of health may prosecute such derelict physi cians, and it will undoubtedly pass. Another bill of interest to the medical fraternity, is that in relation to the print ing of the report of the state board of health. The present law has been so con strued as to limit the number of copies to be printed to 200. This the board con sidered useless, and the report has con sequently not yet been printed. A bill in the house provides for the printing of a sufficient number of reports to meet the demand. The bill by Biggs for the repeal of the territorial law, which makes the collection district of Puget sound a local health dis trict, and which has already passed the house, is very certain to meet with the same favorable action in the senate. The old law created a local board of health to be appointed by the governor, wnlch board elects a health officer. The health officer Is the one who profits by the job. His income is anywhere from $3000 to $SO0O per year, and there is consequently a 3trong pressure in favor of retaining the office. His duties consist in boarding every incoming and outgoing vessel to ascertain that no contagious disease Tts prevalent. For each vessel boarded by day he receives of fee of $3, and for night inspection, the fee is $10. But there is also stationed at Port Townsend an assistant United States surgeon at the marine hospital, whose duties are identical with those of the health officer. His salary is $1800 per yenr, and there is consequently no object for his interference with the local office. The general authority of the state board of health extends to quarantine, but the re peal of that portion of the law relating to the local board at Port Townsend was not specific The same bill was passed in the house last year, but it neer came to life in the senate, because one of the senators carried it around in his pocket, and refused to report upon it. The Port Townsend people say it is the only state Institution they have, and as it does not cost the state a cent, they claim to be entitled to It. Nelson's bill lets down the bars to the quacks and removes a much-needed safe guard. It gives every physician a license to practice, upon presentation of It's diploma. Under the present requirements a physician must first pass examination by the state board of medical exam iners, and the result is that Washington now has a fine class of physicians, while the riff-raff, who could not pass an ex amination, shifted into Oregon and Idaho. Senator Hull's bill, extending payments on school land contracts, will meet with approval everywhere, and will not only afford relief for purchasers, but will be a good interest-bearing investment for the state. A bill precisely similar was intro duced in the house by Johnston, and passed, with an amendment extending the time of payment to 1920. Purchasers under the law of 1S90 were required to pay for their lands in 10 annual install ments. The bill of 1S93 was a little easier. It called for the payment of one-tenth the first year, cne-tenth the second year, and then gave the purchaser the privilege of paying the balance at any time within 10 years. The bill now up for considera tion will especially help purchasers under the 1SSS law, whose lauds are liable to forfeiture because of the inability lo meet the second payment. The argument advanced for the stale in extending the time on these land con tracts is that it Is simply immaterial how long the payments run, because the in terest must be paid, the lands are be in? Improved, and the state's security is gilt-edge. Even though the payments were made in lump sums, the state would not profit, because the law forbids the use of any of the permanent school fund except the Interest. The state would have to reinvest such receipts, and perhaps not to such advantage. Under the new bill Interest must be paid regularly, and pur chasers may secure title at any time by making payments in full at the purchase price on appraised value. Many of the contracts now delinquent are for lands purchased under boom prices, so that the state's investment could not possibly be mproved. Senator Hutchinson returned to the capital today after his Sunday recess. He brought with him a bride, however, and became the senate bridegroom. The sen ator was married at Cle-Elum noon, Sun day, to Miss Marguerite Hayes. When the senate convened Senator Dorr of fered the following: "Whereas, Senator Hutchinson has shown his good sense and judgment in fulfilling the old saying, 'It Is not best for man to live alone'; be it "Resolved by the senate. That Senator Belknap and Senator Ide be hereby made to do likewise and -that a period of 20 days be allowed them In which to enter Into the matrimonial state." Senator Ide moved the adoption of the resolution, which met with unanimous ap proval. Senator Hutchinson received many congratulations. Senate bill No. 113, by the judiciary committee, making it a misdemeanor to kill, trap or injure singing birds, -was passed by the senate. Ayes, 23; noes, 4. Belknap gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider. CONSIDERED IX COMMITTEE. The Senate Bill In Reference to Streets Across Tide Lnnds. OLYMPIA. Feb. 11. The joint munici pal corporations committees of the house and senate met today, having under con sideration senate bill No. 59, authorizing any city of the first class to lay out, Im prove and maintain streets and alleys over and across tide lands. The bill is of gen eral and particular Interest to Tacoma. The original townsite of Tacoma was owned by the Tacoma Land Company, which company, in laying out the streets, did not lay them across the water front and tide lands owr.ed by tills company. City Attorney Wickersham, of Tacoma, appeared before the committee with a large map in which the land company's holdings were painted black. He gave the history of the case, and said that lands in front of the areas owned by the land company could now be taken from them, for they had not taken advantage of the law to purchase them. He added: "Our principal street is Pacific avenue, and yet the fact is that we are kept just 30 feet from the waters of Puget sound, and have no way of reaching them." He explained that an effort had been made to open Pacific avenue to tide water, and the city was met with demands which amounted to $50,000. The local board of tide land appraisers had no authority in the matter, and if it had, the people, he said, had little confidence in it. The streets of Seattle opened by the local board, he further said, were merely strips of land owned by the state, and could only become city property by the enactment of this proposed law. He concluded: "The time to act is at the present. If this legislature adjourns without enacting this law, the Tacoma Land Company will purchase the tide flats in front of their properties, and the state will henceforth be powerless." Attorney P. C. Sullivan, of Tacoma, ig nored the reflections on the county and on the local board of tide land appraisers. He said: "The land company is Interested In the tide lands in front of their properties, and also in the general welfare of the city, and is as much interested in having the streets In proper places as the of ficials, but It has alsp a desire to plat the streets so that the value of the lands to them shall not be destroyed. Under this bill Tacoma can lay out the whole of the water front in a street, as well as ab solutely control the harbor area. The constitution is opposed to this as the state would lose control as soon as it was done. Tacoma can extend her streets across the Tacoma Land Company's prop erty at any time by condemnation, and could have done so for five years. What the city wants is to appropriate free the valuable improvements of the county, such as fillings, the trackage of the Northern Pacific railroad, etc., and only pay for the buildings. Under ...e state constitution the city cannot maintain streets over harbor area. The local tide land appraisers have authority to lay out streets just as had been done at Seattle. The legislature should not give away the state's control of these areas, which would be the case if the bill under dis cuslon became a law." The committee adjourned to meet at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Some Bills Acted Upon. OLYMPIA. Feb. 11. The following bills were, as recommended by the committees, indefinitely postponed: Range Amending the remedial code of procedure. Miller To cure defective acknowledg ments. Van Houten Relating to notaries. Htelm Relieving county officers from liability when acting under the advice of county attorney. Helm For the return of verdicts in civil cases by nine jurors or more. Easterday Fixing fees for official serv ices of superior court clerks in probate and insolvency cases. Wilson Relating to supreme court ap peals. These bills were recommended for pas sage and placed on the general file: Taylor Prescribing the manner in which superior courts shall direct judgment in cases tried with jury: providing for speedy trials in criminal actions. Easterday Relating to securing credi tors. Range Relating to civil procedure. McManus Validating certain articles of incorporation. Kellogg Providing the manner of draw ing grand and petit jurors. Wilson Repealing the act allowing sec ond appeals in cases of conviction for felony. Taylor Relating to negligence; regulat ing attorney fees and other charges in cases of foreclosure: relative to recording deeds and other instruments. LA GRANDE PROPERTY. Our La Grande man is not at all adverse to trading his property for farms. Our advertisement in Sunday's Oregonian would seem to give that impression, but we wish to correct it. So bring along your good farms today and tomorrow and we will work you up a trade. DeLASHMUTT & SON. 3)7 and 209 Stark street. HOTEL ARRIVALS. THE PORTLAND. J Rosenbush. N" Y JJ T Fogarty, S F A Goldschmldt. N YIM A Kreuger. N Y Fannie B Lane. Chi-iT A Edwards. Chgo cago ,DIck Pemberton. do Frank Cavalli. N Y M J Shields. Moscow R J Darnell, Mem-,B B Broomell, Tac phis 1G J Pearce. Salem J G Patterson, Sher-'F W Pettygrove. S F Idan 'C H Douglass, Chgo J M Boardman, !C E Markham, Buf- Montana ' falo C W Booth. NY IF A Hill. Seattle E A Walkden, Oma iO E Mostlen, Kngts R Smith. Perry. Or ' ford. Ind J A Morris. Omaha j J M Davidson, X Y J V Crelghton. city iJ K Moffltt, S F G T Gray, Oakland !W A Hall. St Paul T M Anderson & wf, Wm Gadsby, city Vancouver Barrksl Occidental Hotel. Seattle. Rates reduced from $3 50 to $2 per day. m REMOVAL. J. N. Bristol, who has conducted a gro cery store on Morrison street, between Second and Third for the past 33 years, has moved to 292 Morrison, between Fourth and Fifth streets THE BUSIMBS WORLD THE WEEK OPEJJS-WTTH BUT LIT TLE INQUIRY KOJt PRODUCE. The Wheat MarVct-ateports by Telc- srrapfc General. Produce and FteanclallVdvIces. Produce was in but-mile request yesterday, and prices were not materially changed from those in force Saturday. The emr market Is al most bare, and it Is difficult to- get at the true quotation, irobablj- fa lfglSc represents the market value. The price.today will depend upon receipts. There was no Inquiry for poultry, and the green produce market was slow. Merchan dise, provisions and groceries are unchanged. Bank Statements. The clearings of the lea'dicg cities of the Northwest yesterday were -as- follows: u.i... (Exchange. Balances. Portland ;.K503.DSC $34,163 Tacoma s;,0Sl 1S.0S2 Seattle 100,513 31.926 THE GRAIX' MARKETS. Prices Paid for Wheat at Home and Abroad. The market continues-to1 strengthen. In con sequence of the better feelbtf prevailing in East ern and foreign grain marietta. Exporters yes terday quoted Walla WnlW wheat at 41c per bushel, and Valley atJ5cjdr cental. AtCuIcifco. CHICAGO. Feb. 11. Whjkt opened weak, be cause New York sent sfellhk orders to inaugu rate the day's business,, tnjri those were for a larger quantity than thrf Chicago bulls were prepared to absorb. A. Liverpool cablegram re ceived by a New Tork hofse says that the for eign market, after opening: firm, had closed weak, owing to the frer offerings from Ar gentina. This was given, as the cause of the weakness. Receipts at ,the primary markets were again light. "Wheat, which closed at 53c bid Saturday, opened tflth one sale at that price, while hundreds were at the same time of fering It at S3c Durink the forenoon it ranged between 53 and KtplHf, being about steady at 53tic at noon. The export clearances ware again light. Late advltcs from Liverpool were weak, and It was said wine accompanied with free selling orders for whjtjt. Continental mar kets, on the other handjl showed Improvement on Saturday's close. Tip market ruled weak during the greater part f the afternoon, with prices at the close apparently maintained with difficulty above 53c, May closing at 53c; Feb ruary, 50c. ) At evr1 York. NEW TORK. Feb. llj 5lour Dull; steady. Wheat Receipts, 11,050 bushels; sales, 2.1S3. 000; futures. 1000. Spot; dull and easy; No. 2 red, store and elevator, f57$4c; f. o. b.. 5S 50V4c; ungraded red. 50??0c; afloat, 58?ic; No. 1 Northern, 67c. Options closed firm at YtQYi.0 under Saturday: May-wts 'most active. Clos ing bids: No. 2 red, "fehruary. 57,.. March, 57&c; Hay, CS&c; June; 68:1c: July, 53J4c; Au gust, 50c. ;" Liverpool Siot Market. LIVERPOOL, Feb. lj. Wheat Steady: de mand poor: No. "2 red w'hter. 4s 44d; No. 2 red spring, 5s 3id: No. 1 lard Manitoba, 5s 2d; No. 1 California, stpcl exhausted. Futures closed quiet, with Februry If lower and other months 2f lower; businea .about equally distrib uted: February, 4s IJiJMarch. 4s C4d; April. 4s 7id; May. 4s 714; June, 4s 8'id; July. 4s 8d. -; ' Corn Spot, steady; American mixed, new. 4s Id. Futures opened'oiWt. and unchanged from Saturday's close: cloeddullr with near posi tions 2f lower and dlsaiii positions 2g3f lower; February and March -liTld; April and May. 4s d; June and Jul;, 4s'ii Flour Dull; demardpoor; St. Louis fancy winter, 5s Cd. Hops Unchanged. , yf"y Decrbohm'i Grain Report. LIVERPOOL Feb. 11. Wheat Steady, with poor demand: carso-r'oh passage, steamer. No. 2 red (480 pounds;,? 0i cargoes. Walla Walla (500 pounds)ris Sd, for January and February Shipm"sius??tit3'tandard California (500 pounds), 23s 10dVcarteoes oft coast, noth ing doing; on ptssage, -rather firmer. Wheat and flour on passaps to U,, K.-. 3,320,000 quarters; do Continent. 800,000' quarters. Indian ship ments of whett to U. 'K., 20,000 quarters; do Continent, 1000 quarters. Wheat imports Into U. K. for the week, 220.000 quarters. English country markets, firm; wheat and flour In Paris, quiet; wheat In Antwerp, steady. Visible Supply of Grnln. NEW YOHK. Feb. 11. The visible supply of grain Saturday, February 33, as compiled by the New York Produce Exchange, is as follows: Wheat. Bushels! Wheat S2.322.C00 Corn 12.SS3.000 Oats 7.1C3.000 Rye 3C1.000 Barley ,j... 173,800 1.054.000 163.000 547.000 40.000 5S.C00 Increase. LOCAL QUOTATIONS. Prices Current In "the Produce Mar ket Yestefday. Flour Portland. Salem. Cascadia and Day ton o re quoted at $2 GO per barrel: Gold Drop. $2 30: Snowflake. $2 S0;Benton county, $2 30; graham. $2 15S2 30; superfine, $1 90. Oats Good white quoted firm at 272Sc per bushel: milling, 2030,j; gray. 26g27c. Rolled oats are quoted as follows: 'Bags, $3 73C; bar rels, $CgC 25; cases. $3 75. Barley Feed barley, C365c per cental; brew ing. S0S5c. according to quality. Mlllstuffs Bran, $12: middlings, $13 50: chop feed. $12 15; middlings', none in market; chicken wheat, G7V73c per cental. Hay Good. $910 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery Is quoted at 22t$25c per pound; fancy dairy. 17K20c; fair to good, 12t4gii5c; common, S10c. Potatoes Quotations wholly nominal. Onions Good Oregon. 90cf?$l per sack. Poultry Chickens, old. $2 30ff3 per dozen: young. $2 0093 per dozen: 'ducks, firm at $4 5; geese, $66 50: turkeys, Ue. nominal at 10c per pound: dressed, about"ll12c per pound. Eggs Oregon were quoted yesterday at 12 13c. Tropical fruit California lemons. $3 304 50; Sicily. $4 50G: bananas, $2 303 50; California navels, $2 50?3 23 per bos; pineapples, Hon olulu. $33 50; sugar-loaf, $3. Figs California black, boxes, quoted at $1 25: sacks. 45c: Cal ifornia white. 10-pound boxes. 90c6$l: 25-pound boxes, $2 50; sacks.' 60Sc; Turkish, boxes, 14 ICc; fancy, large. 2021c: bags. 10c. Fresh fruit Apples, good. $11 50 per box; common. 73c$l. Oregon vegetables Cabbage. lUc per pound; squash. G5c per dozen. California fsctablPS-Brussels sprouts, $1 25 per, 30-pound box; string beans. 12 ft 13c per pound; green peas," I24?l3c per pound; arti chokes. $11 10 per dozen: cauliflower. 83c per dozen. $2 50 per crate: sweet potatoes. $2 233 per cental: cucumbers, hothouse, $1 73S2; as paragus. 18c per pound: garlic. 10c per pound; lettuce. 25c per dozen. $1 per box. Nuts Almonds, soft shell, 9llc per pound; paper shell, 12i9l4c: new crop California wal nuts, soft fhell. ll12t$o; standard walnuts, lOJi fgllc: Italian chestnuts, 12Vi & 14c: pecans, 13 lGc: Brazils, 12&ei3c: filberts, 1413c: pea nuts, raw. fancy. 57C; roasted. 10c; hickory nuts. S10c; cocoanuts. Ode, per dozen. Wool Valley. 810c according to quality; Umpqua, 7ff9c; fall clip, 5g6c: Eastern Oregon, 37c Hops Choice. 7c: medium. 46c; poor. 3c Provisions Eastern hams, medium, quoted at ll12Hc per pound: hanK picnics. 10(fllc: breakfast bacon. 1213c; short clear sides. 10 11c: do salt sides. 96 10c; dried beef hams. 13 frl4c; lard, compound, in tins. S9Vjc: pure, in tins. 7"4eiH4c; pigs. feet. SOs. $3 50; 40s, $3 25; kits. $1 25.i The Merchandise Mnrkei. Salmon Columbia -river. No. 1 talis, $1 25? 1 CO; No. 2 tails, $2' 23CT2 50; fancy. No. 1, flats. $1 75$1 S3; Alaska. No. 1 tails. $1 20 1 30; No. 2 tans. $1 902 25, Coal Steady; domestic, $37 50 per ton; for eign. $8 501L Beans Small white. 'No. 1. 3!c per pound; butter. 34c; bayou, 3c,; Lima. 5c Cordage Manilla rope, lty-Inch. Is quoted at 9c. and sisal. 6c per pound. Sugai-D. 44c; C, 4c: extra C. 4Hc: dry gran ulated. 5"ric; cube, crushed, and powdered, Cc per pound; -tic per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash; haU-barrels. c more than barrels; maple sugar, 15gl6c per pound. Coffee Costa. Rica. "22 C?34c; R1. 2022c; Salvador. 2121"c; Mocha, 28"4S2Se: Padang Java. 31c; Palembang "Java. 2C 2Sc; Lahat Java 2325c: Arbuckle's Mokoska and Lion, $23 30 per 100-pound ease; Columbia. $22 SO per 100-pound case. The Meac Market. Beef Gross, top iteers, $2 502 80; fair to good steers.' $2g2 25; cows. $2g2 50; dressed beef. 4Gc per pound. Veal Dressed, small, 566c; large, SS4c per pound. Hpss Gross, choice heavy, $3$3 60: light and feeders, $3 50; dressed. 4H per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers. $2 2 10; ewes, $1 501 75; lambs. $2; dressed mut ton. 44tc; lambs, 4He per pound. NEW YORKL STOCK MARKET. Snare Speculation Unsettled, With Price Lower. NEW YORK, Feb. 11. Share speculation to day was irregular and unsettled throughout the day, on a small volume of business, and the final sales showed declines, compared with Sat urday's closing figures, in most instances. The advance in sterling exchange exerted a decrease in the market, and a majority of the traders took the bear side. Cordage stocks were among the heaviest of the list, and were sold largely on rumors of an Impending receivership, this being denied by officers of the company. The greater part of the selllns was credited to an ex-officer of the company. The common stock declined 15 per cent to 2Ts. the preferred U to 5. and the guaranteed to 12. these figures being the lowest ever touched, and being 2014. 30 and 504 per cent, respectively, below the hlshest prices mado by the stocks, which were reached June 3 4ast year. A slight recovery was made in the, common and preferred In the final trad ing today, but the guaranteed closed at the bot tom figure. There was a renewal of the selling in Northwestern, and a break of 1 per cent was effected, from which there was no rally. Sugar, after an early advance of '4 per cent, sold down" lri on liquidation of a speculative account, closimr at the lowest point. The trading during the morning on the bond market was listless. In the late session, deal ings were more animated, and some material changes were recorded. The final quotations for the general list dealt In. however, are lower. The aggregate sales were $92,500. Petroleum Strong; Pennsylvania oil sales, none; March option sales, none; closed at $107. Money on call, easy at 12 per cent; closed at l4-per cent; prime mercantile paper, smio per cent; sterling exchange, jtrong. with actual business in bankers' bllln at $4 SS')i4 89 for demand, and at $4 S74(4 87 for CO days; pasted rates. $4 8S4 bSU and $4 S0l SOHi; commercial bills, $4 S. Government bonds, steady; state bonds, dull; railroad bonds, heavy. The total sales of stocks today were 143,503 shares, including: Am. Sugar ... Burlington .... Chicago Gas .. Louis. & Nash Man. Con 2,C00:Northwestern 23.100 8.400tp.ock Island 4,700 7.800ist. Paul 13.000 3.200;U. S. Cordage... 2,000 5,7001 do pref 3.30O BONDS. Bonds closed at New York yesterday as fol lows: U. S..5s, reg H4iErIe 2ds Gl do-5s, coup 114SilG. H. & S. A. 7s. .101 do 4s. reg 110 III. & T. Cent. 5s105 do 4s, coup 110',i do 63 . .liom do G3 102V1 . 93 M. K. T. 1st 4s... 7Ts .100 do 2d 4s 45yfc ..104 Mut. Union 6s....lliyj ao :, reg.... Pacific 6s of '03. Ala., class A... do B , do C do currency .. ....105 K. J. C gen. 3s...ll .... 04 North. Pac. Ists..ll2is .... P4 do 2ds SGii 4s. IKjy.-Northwest cons. ...141 ....100 , do S. F. deb. 5s.lOS ....125 R. G. West. lsts.. CHi La. new cons. Mo. Cs X. Car. Cs... do 4s 100 st. P. cons., s....t: S. Car. non-fund.. Tenn. new set Cs. . IV,. do C. & P. W. 5sl09?i 84 !SU Louis & I. M. do 5s 100 I gen. 5s 76 do old 6s CO St. Louis & S. F. Va. Centuries .... 5S;4' gen. Cs 103 do def 6'4Tex. Pac. lsts.... 84 Atchison 4s 64Vi do 2ds 25-)s do 2d A 171 U. P. lsts of '00..103U Can. South. 2ds...l04West Shore 4s 10lU D- & R. G. 7s....113 1S0. R. R. 5s SC do 4s SO;i!C. P. lsts of '95....100 Bid. STOCKS. The closing quotations for stocks at New York yesterday were as follows: Atchison 3?t!Northwestern .... 02 Adams Express ...142 I do pref 139 Alt. & Ter. H 35'N. Y. Central 09 Am. Express 110 N. Y. & N. Eng... 29 Bait. & Ohio ClWOnt. & West 15 Can. Pacific 50 (Oregon Imp 8 Can. Southern 4S'4 Oregon Nav 1J Central Pacific ... 12!0. S. L. & U. N... 44 Ches. & Ohio.... lfrlPacific Mall 21 Chicago & Alton.143 IPeorla, D. & E 2 Chi.. B. & Q 70A Pittsburg 153ti Chicago Gas 73 Pullman Palace ...151 Con. Gas 127 Reading Ot C. a a & St. L.. 35 Rio Gr. West 1 Col. Coal & Iron.. Tfiii do pref 43 Cotton Oil Cert... 18i'Rock Island 61 Del. Sz. Hudson... 128 (St. Paul .........". 54 Del.. L. & W 15UV1I do pref 117 D. &. R. G. prof... 34 1st. P. & 0 29Vi DIst. & C. F. Co.. 8l do pref 108 Erie 9T4!Southern Pacific .. 17"i do pref 21 .Sugar Refinery OOVt Ft. Wayne lSGJTenn. Coal & I.... 14-s Gr. North, pref.. .100 iTexas PaclCc SU C. &. E. I. pref... 00 IT. & O. C. pref... 70 Rocking Valley .. 19 lllnion Pacific 9'S III. Central SSVa'T". S. Express 42 St. P. & Dul 20 Wab.. St. L & P.. 34 Kan. & T. pref.... 22;.;i do pref V-Vi Lake E. & W 15 iWells-Fargo Ex... 103 do pref 70 Western Union ... S7',i Lake Shore 137 (Wheeling & L. E... 9 Lead Trust 29-1 do pref 20 Louis.. & Nash 52 IMInn. & St. Louis L'G IxjuIs. & N. Alb.. 61VD. & It. G... 10 Man. Con 10Ci,,iGen. Electric .... Mem. & Charles. 10 IJCat. Linseed Mich. Central .... 91 icoL Fuel & I Mo. Pacific 211 do pref Mobile & Ohio.... 15 IH. & T. Central... Nash. & Chat.... 64 !T.. A. A. & N. M. Nat. Cordage 35i;T., St. L. & IC C. do pref 51x1 do pref V. J. Central fiOV.tSo. R. R 21 10 Nor. & W. pre... 13 I do pref 311,, North Am. Co :t'4'Am. Tobacco 04 Northern Pacific .. 3 do pref 104'-'. do pref 15iSt. P., M. & M....10S U. P.. D. & G... 3 Bid. Mining- Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 11. The official clos ing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alta $0 SSIHale & Norcross..$0 S3 Alpha Con SiJustlce.: 7 Andes 27'Mexican 74 Belcher ."WMono 20 Best & Belcher... 7CMt. Diablo 10 Bodie Con IHVOccidenta! Con. Bullion lOIOphlr 1 45 15 Bulwer Con 120verman Caledonia Challenge Con... Chollar Confidence Con. Cal. & Va.. Con. Imperial ... Crown Point .... Gould & Curry.. UiPotosi 32'Savage 5S'Slerra Nevada 99'Sllver Hill 8-1 Sliver King .. llUnlon Con 40-Yellow Jacket 30 NEW YORK. Feb. 11. Mining stock3 today closed as follows: Bulwer $0 OOIOntario $9 00 Chollar 30'OphIr 1 30 Crown Point 35PIymouth 25 Con. Cal. &. Va... 2 7.VQulcksllver 1 00 Deadwood 401 do pref 13 00 Gould & Curry.... 25Siprra Nevada .... 3S Hale & Norcross.. TolPtandard 2 23 Homestake 17 SOJUnion Con 10 Mexican 70Yellow Jacket 35 London Financial News. NEW YORK. Teb. 11. The Evening Post's London cablegram says: The markets were quiet today, but disorganized by the American situ ation and the uncertainty whether congress at the eleventh. hour will authorize a gold loan. It Is felt here that President Cleveland has wisely arranged the matter so as to arrest the attention of the American nation to the cur rency problem. Business in American stocks was neglected today, but the market is keenly watched. Operators are even decreasing their commitments in other markets, to be ready at the right moment for Americans, no public an nouncemsnt of the exact nature of the Ameri can loan being expected here before the 10 days limit has expired. Continental exchanges on London are still rising. There was a renewed slump in Grand Trunks today on anticipations cf the forthcoming report. The closing was a shade better. Uruguays were flat on the an nouncement of a small internal loan. Bullion and Exchnngc. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 11. Following are the bank rates for bullion and exchange In this market: Drafts on sight. New York, per $100. 12VSc; do telegraphic, 15e: sterling bills on London. 60-day bank. $4 SS: do sight, $4 00; do commercial, $4 S3'4; silver bars, per ounce, 53KS5Hc; Mexican dollars. 4SHt?49c. LONDON. Feb. 11. Bar silver. 27"4d; consols. 104: Bank of England discount rate, 2 per cent. SAX FRANCISCO TRADE. Prices and Comment From tlie Bay City Markets. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 11. Flour Quota tions have been lowered; net cash prices for family extras, $3 253 33 per barrel; bakers' extras. $3 153 25; superfine, $22 25 per bar rel. Wheat The week did not open this morning as promisingly as expected, for buyera were in different, and prices showed an easier tone, without any positive decline. No. 1 shipping wheat is quotable at S2c per cental as a full figure, while 83ic Is an extreme rate for choice offerings. Milling wheat is quotable at 8759 92V4c per cental; Walla. Walla wheat. 73c for fair average quality, 77tiS0c for blue-stem, and 67c for damp. Barley Trade Is slow, no one being Inclined J to bay while the rain is corning down la such good fashion. Feed, fair to good. 73S76Kc; choice, 7757Sic; brewing. SSJJOOc per cental. OatsPrices remain steady, though business keeps light. Millinj? oats on. ,r.t.i , $1 02H $ 1 13; Surprise. $1 03 1 13; fancy leea. 31 wtfl CO; good to choice. 93c$l: fair to good. 9093c; poor to fair. S2kS7c black. $1 15?1 30; red. $1 051 17; gray. Sid. 697ic per cental. Potatoes Sweets more off slowly, only fancy offerings being wanted. Receipts of new today were 5 sacks. New potatoes quoted at 2Q2Uc per pound: Early Rose. 4045c: River Reds. 20 eSOc: Burbanks, 3040c; Oregon. $1; sweets. COc$l for Rivers, and $1 40fil GO rr rontnl for choice stock. Onions Business was slow on the water front today. Quotable at 75tKK)c per cental for good stock. Cut onions sell lower. Wool Fall: Free Noryicrn, TfSft: per pound; Northern defective. 57c; Southern and San Joaquin, light and free, 5g0c; do de fective. 34c. Hops Quotable at GiiSUc tier nouRtl. Butter Prices ha-e dropped another point. . .7 v..Mu.c.j. jovnj. luiiuy uuir runs. i-iVs 15c; good to choice. 13Uc; fair. 11812c: store lots. 9l0c. Eggs Store lots are steadier, and it is not easy to buy under the hlcrher Quotations. Ranch parcels continue in fair receipt. California ranch. IS'qL'Oc: store lots, 17S?lSc per dozen. Afternoon call board: Wheat Quiet; Decem ber. 91Xc. Barley Weak: May. 75'.ic: seller year, new, 70c. Produce receipts: Flour, quarter saeks, S173; Oregon. 22.750: Washington. 3320; wheat, cen tals. 10,000; Oregon, 1150: Washington. 24.000; barley, centals, 430: Oregon. 2000; Washington, 3150; cats, Washington, centals, 1000; corn, cen tals, 1230; beans, sacks. 4900: rvc. sacks. 370: potatoes, sacks. 5000; Oregon, S3G5. OTHER 3IARKETS. Prices Realized for Livestock at Clii cngo and Orunlin. CHICAGO Feb. 11. The cattle market did not show as much firmness as there was reason to expect. Prices were without pronounced change. Fat, light and medium-weight steers sold as well at the close as last week, and heavy steers were not much lower. Good butchers stuff was steady, and so were stockers and feeders. Dressed beef and shipping steers sold at $3 TSfM 73; cows and bulls, $2 233 23. Hog3 Receipts were 23.000 head. Buyers "bid 2023c off from Saturday, and in spite of the best efforts of the sellers to hold up the mar ket, the loss for the day was a good 20c Al though prime heavy hogs were scarce and were wanted, the very choicest of them could not be turned over at better than $1 2034 23. Sales at oxer $4 25 were rare, from $3 S34 10 taking the bulk of the heavy and medium-weights, and $3 S0&3 90 being the range at which most of the 150 and 200-pound hogs were weighed. The sheep market was steady at $2 754 33 for poor to extra, and lambs were wanted at $3 503 23. Sales of sheep were principally at $3 254, and lambs sold principally at $4 50 5. There was a full supply, but this was not a carload too many for the demand. Receipts Cattle, 14,000; .hogs, 70,000; sheep, 15,000; calves, 300. OMAHA, Feb. 11. Cattle Receipts. 1700. Trade was slow and weak. Cow stuff sold about steady at Saturday's prices. There was a mod erate amount of trading in stockers and feed ers, last week's closing prices being well sus tained. Groceries, Etc., in the Enst. NEW YORK, Feb. 11. Hops Steady. Wool Steady. Pig iron Dull. Tin Steady; straits. $14 25; plates, quiet. Spelter Easy; domestic. $3 10. Lead Steady: exchange price, $3 12Vj 3 15. Copper Steady; exchange price, $9 C5. Coffee Options closed dull at 510 points net advance. Spot coffee Rio, dull; No. 7, 16c. Sugar Raw. easier; fair refining, 2 ll-10c; centrifugal, 9G test, 3c Refined, dull. CHICAGO. Feb. 11. The provision market acted In a most unaccustomed manner. Not withstanding the heavy supply of hogs, the prices of provisions at the close of the day were higher than at the close of the session Satur day. Heavy buying, presumably by shorts, caused the reaction. May pork, which closed at $10 12& Saturday, opened this morning at $9 S5, but recovered from that point, and closed at $10 15. May lard, which rested at $6 63 Sat urday, opened today at $6 50, and closed at $G 624. Ribs dropped 7c at the moment of opening, but recovered that and 5c besides by the end of the Fcssion. There- will be no ses sion of the board of trade tomorrow, owing to the state holiday to commemorate Lincoln's birthday. ,.-xw;2l-4.A &&, sSSS&SiSiSS applied. cleans it where in for Infants "CABTORIA !s so well adapted to children fht I recommend it as superior to any pre- icripUon known to me." H. A. ARCHER. M. D.. Ill So. Oxford St.. Brooklyn. X. T. "The u.e of 'CASTORIA' is so universal and its merits so well known that it yeems a work of supererogation to Indorse it. Few are the In telligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach." CARLOS MARTTX. D. D.. New Tork City. Lat Pastor Bloornlnsdale Reformed Church. tlon ot ft famous vons or diseases BEFORE ako AFTCR rtrnrnuvr .trftmrrTinniianc! riM,tnra The ri-cEon sufiren re not enred by Sro.-U. curuiKro als. A written catntntwg ljfQabox.sirforS3.0D.by 1 jVtrPw JATOJL JIEDICINE CO., P. O. For Hale toy 3. G MetlnTre f . 1A1 .1 &'c?&p2 5-W 5 V. '"r&J S" 3! "DON'T HIDE YOUR LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL." THAT'S JUST WHY WE TALK ABOUT SAPOLSO HUNGRY AND COLD. Hides of Freshly Killed Cattle Used for Coats and Meat for Food. LAWRENCEBURG. Ind.. Feb. 11. George Hayes, a stock farmer, living near this city, missed two fine steers Saturday and observinc; smoke in his woods, went to investigate. He found two tramps, each of whom wore an overcoat rudely fashioned from the skins of the dead steers. On the campSre before which, they lay was a large haunch from one of the dead animals. The indignant farmer asked the thieving itinerants why they had killed his cattle. One of the fellows replied. "Because wo were hungry and cold, and the animals could furnish 113 with both food and covering and prevent us from freezing and starving to death." He added that if the farmer made them any trouble, they would burn his barn and destroy other property. Mr. Hayes retreated and summoned a posse to go after the miscreants, but when they ar rived the thieves had gone. They had taken their overcoats with them. OTHER CRIME NEWS. Sacramento's Murder Mystery. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. lL-JosepH Sprout walked into the office of Police Captain Lees this morning and said he had heard that he was wanted for complicity in the murder of the Webbers of Sacra mento, and was ready to surrender him self. Lees said he would first notify tho Sacramento authorities, and at once tele graphed. Sprout told the captain he could prove that he had not been in Sacramento, for a week before the crime was com mitted. His brother, who is also accused. is in the city ready to give himself up if wanted. A Case of Mistaken Identity CHICAGO, Feb. 11. Robert Robson was passing along West Madison street last night when a man rushed up to him, and without a word, seized him by both esxs and bit off his nose. Then, with a shriek, the assailant shouted: "My God. it's the wrong man!" and ran away. A bystander found Mr. Robson's nose, and it was put on again, and fastened with courtplaster. A physician was called, but he expressed doubts as to the probability of the nosa growing again. Mnrderers and Not Robbers. PHOENIX. Ariz., Feb. 11. Frank. SmltbJ was shot dead at midnight three mllea east of this city. The murderers are un known. A man named Draper has been arrested on suspicion. Draper paid Smith, $200 yesterday. Two men who are un known entered the residence by the rear door and awoke Smith's wife. Smith grappled with the intruders and had forced them out the front door, when; shot. Robbery was the motive, hut noth ing was taken. 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