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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1900)
N THE MORNING OHEGQNIAN, M01JDAY,, PE3RUARY 26, 1900. 11 COMMERCIAL AND "With the -wtater eeacoa Marteg the ctese and tbe oaa C tse uiuutU ts aear at haee. trade eoadltteaa taat week -were ot ttoe swiet favor able, bat, al ttataea MBMere4. there was not smmb. aaapc tor ewplalat te this market. "Wheat WMt off -wttfe a Jaasa la the Bast toward the eat of tbe week, aa4 the fooal market "was aOeoted, srataatbetJoattr. e that sottta? came j almost to a tKaaastlH. Parilaad exporters, however, have bee kept reaaaaaMy busy clean lap im oM lmolwooe, a aariag the week wheat and flow cargoes were shipped to Eu rope, Afilsa. Ma arte, ami the Orient. The sarket for potatoes has aot yet settled after the weakness cawed by heavy shipments of froet-Wtten, and geaeralty poor stock to Cali fornia, and all through last week prices were ruling lower tfcaa thr have been for several weeks. Receipts ooattaae very heavy, but the proportion of oh alee upland frtoek is ffluoh smaller taaa. It was earlier la the season. A good local dot and, together with some ' heavy orders tor shipment to the Berth, has kept the market for onions about 26 to DO cents per cental above the 9aa Francisco mar ket, and. owing to the poor keeping qualities of tbe eteok produced lest year, tbe situation Is qH rm. A. few sates of hops were reported last weak, the nonoctattoti disposing of a small lot at a price reported in the neighborhood of ft4 eoats. Fancy stock Is very scarce In Ore gon at present, but there is an apparently un IttnMed naiwmt of Inferior grade hops, whleh have a tendency to do? matters. Receipts of aaptoa last week were very heavy, and prices woakoaod sUgiitly, hardly anything celling above $1 es per box, with mush stock that was offering going at $1 and $1 25 per box. Or anges oontttnie plentiful, and there are enough bananas coming along to meet all demands. Hotnonee vegetables are commencing to arrive, some from near-by hothouses, but the greater part of K from California. During the week tbe egg market took another phtnge downward, and settled at 13 cents at tbe dose of hnatnoco Saturday, with twme dealers offering to clean Hp at 12 cents. Bat ter is stilt holding up well, in spite of a weak market m. San Fraacieoo. Receipts are Increas ing Btlghttr. and tbe top price of the season has already- been reached. Pork and veal closed the week strong at fH quotations, and poultry cleaned up better than Usual, leaving the market In good shape for the coming week. "WMCA.T The wheat market opened up last week with some, evidence of life and snap, but when the Argentine shipments for the week oame to hand, there was a violent reaction. Shipments from, that country of nearly 2,500,000 Bushels were decidedly confirmatory of all the reports of a big surplus, which have been coining to hand ever since the harvest started In the territory of this country's most formid able competitor. The foreign market for come unknown reason did not exhibit as much alarm over those Mg shipments as was shown In Chicago, but there was Milt a loss shown, and looal exporters took another reef In their "limits. There is stilt a wide range of prices In Portland, however, and on Saturday some doatam were awtta? M cents for "Walla Watta. and M cents for "Valley, with ethers expressing utter Indifference to doing any busi ness at a cent Under these figures. The freight situation is still ruling firm, with ownoin showing no inehtaaUon to allow the freight market to be affected by a decline In wheat, Very little new; business came to light last week, and until there Is a freer selling movement of wheat, charters for immediate or near-by business wHl be very few la number. Crop conditions continue favorable, and there are good reports coming from California, where not long ago there was some misgivings ex pressed over lack of rain. The foreign crop aoaJKton is junohangod. The Osra Trade News, under aalT of February 7, gives the foltowlag statement f the stocks of wheat at the prin cipal Osnttnontal markets on the date named: Feb. 1. 190. Antwerp LS8A.O0O Parte ftM Mameiltes I,m.e0d Jtavttt ......... Dunkirk Calais , 4,009 Xante aee.ooo at. Naaak Berlin 44,99 Hamburg S40.0W Mannheim S.TaeoO Bremen 80,000 fttettin ..4. ..4. t,000 Munich ...44... 64,009 Rotterdam 80.000 Amsterdam .... 184.000 Genoa .4 3t,0 Venice S44.009 Vienna lrnXOOO SantSr 4.e09 Budapest ..... 8,980.000 Varna 8,000 Bout-gas aOft.000 Satontoa ...... 184.000 Jtiga M.OO0 RevaJ. 448,000 Libau 86,000 Odessa 7.00.000 tflcolaloff 2.790.000 BerdlansM M... 1,448.000 Marlanonie .... 880,000 Theodoefa. Supu tcrlaA Kertch . 2.940,009 Rostolt-on-Don. MO.OOO Taganrag JW,009 'NovoroHRflk .... 1.380.000 Srall 4,000 Oalatc 100,000 Sultna .... 44444 4.4... Jan. 1. Feb. 1. 1900. 188. Bushels. 2,400.000 2,6o6.000 1,080,000 lt3,000 "4.(M sM.000 6oi"ooo 440,000 S, 440,000 72,000 80,000 84,000 80,000 200,000 JWS.000 408,000 300,000 40.000 3f8,000 4,400.000 16,000 160.000 240.000 82,000 704.000 72.000 7.200.000 S.200.O00 1,190,000 600,000 2,190,000 480.000 aoa.000 1,940,000 472,000 190,000 Bushels. 1,120.000 fi92,O0O 084,000 40,000 32,000 24,000 40.000 04,000 120,000 000,000 72.000 24.000 184.000 120,000 240,000 1,104.000 360,000 104,000 04.000 208,000 -S.720.000 224.000 850,000 10,000 128,000 320,000 144,000 8,680.000 8,780.000 730.000 OS0.O00 520.000 848,000 440,000 1,504,000 820,000 181.000 240,000 Total ....S,9M,O0e 86,W,O00 80,000,000 SatHrday- Baalc Clearinprs. BinBge&. Balances. f9ft.07 ?140.3S3 sOn.827 108,895 128.794 81.099 170,690 62,780 gar?kw Baalc Cloarlacs. The bank clearings for the principal cities of the jtotttiwoot for the week ending Saturday, Ftbruatr 24. wore as follows; Portmad. Seattle. Tacoma. Mondor $ 9W.977 $ SM.9&8 tflflO.SOS Tussimr 4. .4 . 2T&192 244.489 118.0S4 VTodnasaar 249,297 991,995 129,839 Thursday Fridar 499.812 989,371 176.004 SaturW 999,9?9 906.S27 12S.7S4 Total H.T14,97 fl,439.11S $714,489 MnMdar. The elsarlngB for tbe eorrespondlngs weeks in former years wore as follows: Portland. Seattle. Tacoma. 1999 $4,296,991 if 899,349 $981,898 18 1.389,999 1.297.9S1 89S.9SS 1897 814.998 929.191 895,037 PORTLAND MAIIKETS. Grata. Flear, Etc. Whaat-Qnotatlons nominal; Walla Walla, 58 94c: Valler. BfHOTii, hiuestom, 5&fc per bwmat. FtourBeet grades. & 79i; graham, $2 60; mmorar. IS 10 per barrel. Oats White. S599e; gray. S994c; stained, 299 per bULifail Birler Feed. (I419; brewing. ?17f8 pa ton. MWotwaV TBran U9H par ton; mWdllngs. n999: snort. J13ei5; ohnn,' $14. Har -Itiadt'. timothy, clover, ?7j 7 99; Oretma wild hay. $997 per ton. Vjffftallc8, Fralt, Etc. VtsstoWtP Parsnips, ft; carrsis, $1; turnips. 90c; onfcms. tl S0tt 90 per contot; cabbage. lMe per pound, potatoes. 69S9c per sack, eweet notaases. 2M9.c per pouat. Vut Lmmm, ft som. oranges. $2 7S3 J" dwc aavoks. t for seedltage; tangerines, J4 IB; Japanese oranges. TftarKl 99 per box: pineapsuaiv $4 a9f per doaen. bananas. 2 54 per bunch; Persian dates. 7H6c per pound, apples. $1 1 90. peara. 75ce$l 26 per box; eraaberrlee. 99 9917 per barrel tor Itwaee. f7 799 for Xastera. rted fruR Apple, evaporated. 7 Sc pel pound. ua difwl sacks or boaes. 49e; pears. sua and rvaporatod. 9c: plums, pltless. 40 Hc. praaes. IUltaa. S. sliver, extra ehotca, 9 9c. ftffs. Smrrna. 22H: CnMfenila Mack, 99)9c. do watte; 10c par pound. Batter. Kgg., Pealtry, Etc. utter-ncr creamery. 909W6c: seeenas. 42U Sc: dairy. 99SJ9Tc. store. 2Snc per roll. ' ItWtaWnHc per doaen for Oregon Poultry Chickens mixed. S 504 80; hens. H BOffe. ducks. J5CG So geese. 99 9097 60 pet FINANCIAL'NEWS deien; turkeys, live, 10011c; dressed. 1214c per pound. Game Mallard ducks. $3; widgeon, $1 C2. teal, -$191 50 per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 1213o; Touhfi America, 14c per pound. Groceries. Xttts, Etc. Coffee Mecha. 26SSc; Java, fancy. 2882c; Java, good, 20024c; Java, ordinary. lSC0c: Costa Rica, fancy. 1820c; do good. lWflSc: do ordinary, 1012c per pound: Columbia, roast, ?12 76 per case; Arbuckle's, ?14 25; Lloa, 13 25. Sugar Cube. $5 85: crushed. $5 83: pow dered, $5 S5; dry granulated, cane, $3 35; beet. $5 20; extra C, ?i 85; goWen C. $4 .2 ncj; half barrels, c more than barrels; map.f sugar, 15910c per pound. Beans SmaJl white. 3e; bayou, 4c; Lima, Go per pound. Salmon Columbia river, 1-pound tails, 51 Q 1 CO; 2 -pound tails, $22 CO; fancy, 1-pouni llats, $1 05 1 75; -peund fancy flats, SSgtoc; Alaska, 1-pound tails. ?1 201 30; 2-pound tails, $1 902 25. Grain bags Calcutta, $7fT 10 per 100 for spot; ?5 503 C2& for July-August Nuts Peanuts. 67c per pound for raw, 10f for roasted; cocoanuts, 00c per dozen; walnut 10gllc per pound; pine nuts. 15c; hickory nuts, 7c, chestnuts, 15c; Brazil, lie; filberts, 15o: fancy pecans, 1214c; almonds, 15 17&e per pound. Coal oil Cases. 21&s per gallon; barrel- 17Hc; tanks. 15c Rice Island, 6Uc; Japan. 5&c; New Orleans, ifcGS&c: fancy head, ?77 50 per sack. Meat nnd Provision. Mutton Grass, best sheep, wethers and ewes, $41 25; dressed mutton, 77&c per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5; light, $4 50; dressed, Co per pound. Beef Gross, top steers, $4 DO; cows, ?3 W 4; dressed beef, G"34c per pound. Veal Large, 7Sc per pound; small, SVSQ Provisions Portland pack (Shield brand); Hams, smoked, are quoted at 1340 per pound; picnic hams, Oc per pound; breakfast bacon, 13c; bacon, O&c; backs, Dc; dry salt sides, SXfec; dried beef, 17c per pound; lard, 5-pound palls, 10c; 10 -pound palls, 9c; COs, Dc; tlercea, D4c per pound. Eastern pack (Ham monds): Hams, large, 13c; medium, 13Kc; small, 13c; picnic hams, S&c; shoulders, U&c; breakfast bacon, 12c; dry talt sides. 8ViUkc; baoon sides, DglOVic; backs, 10c! butts, be; lard, pure leaf, kettle rendered, 5s, 10Hc; 10s, lya. Hops, "Wool, Illdes, Etc. Hops 3Sc per pound. Wool VaUey. 1213c for coarse, 15fJ20c for beet; Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 2730o per pound. Sheepskins Shearlings, 150o; short-wool, 23 35c; medium-wool, 30Q50c; long-wool, G0c$l each. Pelts Bear skins, each, as to size, $515; cubs, each, $1&; badger, each, lOffHc; wild cat, 2540c; housecat, 5 10c; fox, common gray, 40O0c; do red, $1 251 75; do cross, $2 50 6; lynx, SI 502 CO; mink. 30c?l 25; mar ten, dark Northern, ?48; do pale, pine, $1 23 93; rouskrat, 8 12c; skunk, 2540c; otter (land), ?40; panther with head and claws pep feet, $13; raccoon, 2050c; Wblf, mountain, with head perfect, $3 505; wolverine, $2 500, beaver, per skin, large, ?G7; ,do medium, per skin, 4D; do small, per skin, ?12; do kits, per skin, 50cf 1. Tallow 5g5V&c; No. 2 and grease, 3V&94c pet pound. Hides Dry hides. No. 1, 10 pounds and up ward. 15154c; dry kip. No. 1, 6 to 16 pounds, 15c per pound; dry calf. No. 1, under G pounds, 1516c; dry salted, one-third lees than dry flint; salted bides, sound steers, CO pounds and over. 8c: a0 50 to 00 pounds, 88c dd under DO pounds and cows, 78c; kip, 13 tr3l pounds, i8c; do veal, 10 to 14 pounds, 7c,' do calf, under 10 pounds, c; green (unsaltad), lc per pound less; culls (bulls, stags, moth eaten, badly cut, scored hair slipped, weather beaten or grubby), one-third less. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Closlns Qnotntlons for Bonds and Stocks Saturday. BONDS. IT. S. 2s reg 103 jGen. Electric 5s.. 110 .u .c0 jura , x. tni. !SlS...llWi' oo da coup lOO&.North. Pacific 3s.. 0GJ do new 4s reg. ..135 do 4 103; do new 4s coup. .135 do old 4s reg.... 110 do old 4s coup... 116 do 5s ree 114 do 0s coup 114 Dls. of Col. 3-05S.11S Oregon Nav. Ists..ll0 do 48 101 p. S. L. Cs 12714 do con. 0s....... 11314 R. O. W. lsts 07 St. Paul con 167fc Atchison adj. 4s.. 82U ao u. ec -. iBiB..rju C.& N. W. con. 7sHlVij do 5s .....120 r'QeD- MJ (Union Faolflc 4d...l04'A D.& R. G. lste..l08lVls. Central 00)4 do 4a 08$) STOCKS. The total sales of stocks today were 223,100 shares. The closing' quotations were: Atchison 20,'Union Pacific 40 do Pfd 02 d, pfd -g78 SaIL ?i1, 01l Wabash oy4 Can. PaolHo U8 do pfd 2oiS Can. Southern ... 484, Wheel. & L. E 10H Ches. &Ohlo 2j&, do 2ds pfd 27W C. G. W. MJma Central.::" 18 Chi., Ind. & LouIb 10?4 EXPRESS CO.S. do pfd. 52 A.dams ...115 Chi. & East 111... aSKmerlcan 140 Sf1!- ? WA 158 lUnlted Btates 40 Chi. R. I. & P. . . .100,, Wells-Fargo 123 C.. C., C. & St. L.. CbUi MISCELLANEOUS. Coio. Southern ... 6,Ajn. Cotton Oil ... SSy, do lsts pfd ..... 42hi do pfd 04" do 2ds pfd 13Mi Am. Malting ffI Del. & Hudson.. .116 do pfd 24li Del.. L. & W 180M.Am. Smelt & R.. 30- D. & R. Q 108 do pfd OJU do pfd 71j,Am. Spirits 2fe Erie 12. do pfd 17 do IstB pfd 37VAm. Steel Hoop... 43 Great North, pfd.. 157 I do pfd 83 Hocking Coal lGWAm. Steel & Wire. 58V6 Hocking Valley .. 3-J do pfd 02 Illinois Central ..112 Am. Tin-Plate.. .7. 31 Iowa Central 13 do pfd 81 do pfd 48 Am. Tobacco ....107M; K. C, P. & G. . 124 do pfd 135V, Lake Erie & W.. 21 Anaconda M. Co... 43", do pfd 84 Brook. R. T. 09 Lake Shore 104 Colo. Fuel & Iron. 43 Louis. & Nash 81aCont. Tobacco .... 31 Manhattan L fUt da pfd 84H Met. St. Ry 173yFederal Steel 52 Mexican Central.. lln do pfd 73 Minn. & St. L.... 02 Gen. Electric 126 do pfd 01 'Glucose Sugar ... C014 Mo. Pacific 45 , do pfd CSV Mobile & Ohio ... 41 Iln't'nl Paper ..... 22V4 Mo.. Kan. & Tex. lOJii do pfd 07ai do pfd 32,LaClede Gas 70' N. J. Central HOkl National Biscuit . 30 N. T. Central 132 do pfd M Norfolk & West.. 32K!Kational Lead ... 24 do pfd i do pfd 104 North. Pacltlc.... 52fNatlonal Steel ... 4G ou liu ......... it ao pia 05 Ontario & west.. 23 O. R. & N 42 do nfd 70 N. T. Air Brake.. 120 North. American.. I4i Pacific Coast 40Xfc do lsts pfd 82 Pennsylvania ....138W Reading 18 do 2ds-pfd 02 do lsts pfd. 59Paclfic Mall 3GW 53t4 do 2ds pfd 23.. People's Gas R. O. W. 48Preesied Siel Car oo pra 'm i oo pra mj St. Louis & S. F.. lOTs.PulI. Palace Car.. Ib7 do lsta pfd OS 'Stand. R. & T.... VA do2ds pfd 31jSugar Ill St. Loula &. S. W. 12 i do pfd 112 do pfd 20'Tenn. Coal & Iron. i'2' St. Paul 121 U. S. Leather .... 12"4 do pfd 171 do pfd 74U St. P. & Omaha.. 110 lU. S. Rubber .... 32J5 South. Pacific ... 3SJ do pfd l3 Soiithern Ry 12iWeaUrn Union.... S?4 do pfd 57iRep. I. & S....... 22n Texas & Pacific. .16 do pfd 07 Money, Cxounnse, Ete. BAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 24. Sterling on Lon don. 00 days. H 85U: do sight. $4 SS Mexican dollars ISiSHc Drafts Sight. 15c; telegraph, 17c. NEW TORK. Feb. 24. Money n call, 2 per cent; prime mercantile paper, 45 per cent; sterling exohonge. weak, with actual busi ness In bankers' bills at $4 87& for demand, and at $4 S3?.S4 S4 for 00 days; posted rates, M 84"4 85; oommerolal bills, $4 S34 S3. Mexican doHare 47?4c Bonde Government, steady. LONDON, Feb. 24. Consols, 101H. Tlie London Money Market. LONDON, Feb. 25. Under the influence of good war news and. the belief that tho end Is at last in eight, the stock exchange last week brightened considerably, and prices generally Improved. Speculators, however, are still cautious, although the close showed firmness along the entire line, except la Americans, which dropped somewhat from the best figures of the week. The feature among Americans was the demand for Norfolk & Western 4s, wMefe rcee 1, for Reading lsts. which rose i of a point; Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul fell 1; Atchison preferred. ; Southern Pa oiflc ; Union Pacific, . African mines were more active on Berlin and Paris orders; but the changes are unimportant. Little speculative disposition was manifested, the larg est movement having- been a rise of 3 points In Raads. which touched 37, closing a fraction tower. Money was In good demand until Mon- day, at 3 to 3& per cent; fixtures, 3 to C4 per cent; three months bills, 38. Business in, Germany, BERLIN, Feb. 25. Money continues dear. Pri vate discount rose gradually all the 'week. The monthly settlement was easy. Coalers continue to rlse. Irons are partly rising and partly falling, slightly In eaoh direction. Reports of the weakening In iron prices in the United, States check speculation In iron shares, al though doiraetld conditions justify the greatest confidence. The coal famine continues. The continuance tf the fall In Imperial and Prussian 3 per ceuts attracts great attention In financial circles and causes some anxiety. The annual statements of the great Berlin banks show a largely Increased volume of business. Foreign trade for January shows imports to the amount of 3.2S1.2S7 tone, and exports to the amount of 2.4S0.681 tons. THE GRAIN MARKETS. Prices for Cereala in American and Europenn Ports. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 24. Wheat, steady. Barley, weak. Oats, dull. Spot quotations were: Wheat Shipping, No. 1, 0Sic; choice, 07c; milling, 0Sc$.l. Barley Feed. 7076Vic; brewing, S0S2ifrc Oats-Gray, Oregon, $1 07&1 12; milling, $1 151 17; redj SI 121 20. Call board sales: Wheat Steady; May, 0Sc; December, SI 05; cash, 07c Barley No sales. Com Large yellow, SI 024il 05. Chicnso Grain. Produce, Etc. CHICAGO, Feb. 24. The wheat market was small and dull, with most of the busIneGs In the hands of scalpers. May opened c over yesterday, because Liverpool was only slightly lower. In face of the slump on this side yesterday. From original figures, 66 GGtee. May advanced to GCGG5sc and then slumped to G0c, depressed by proflt-tnklng and lack of demand. Foreigners were sellers and the demand was mostly from shorts. After n brief period of steadiness at the decline, some long wheat came out, principally because Liverpool explained that the steadiness there was due to a better demand from the country ail because bearish statistics were expectel Monday, and the market turned Heavy. May closed c under jesterday, at GCc. Corn was very weak with wheat, but closed firm on small country offerings and liberal clearances. May closed firm, o over yester day, at 3535He. The oats market was, as usual, a small ad junct to corn, and was helped a little by the cessation- or aalllng by longs. Who had recently unloaded a considerable amount. May closed a shade up, at 2323c. Provisions Were dull 'and generally heavy, closing at the bottom. May pork closed 7S 10c under yesterday; May lard, 7o down, and May ribs, 5c lower. Tho leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Opening. Highest. Lowest February Clnse. ?0 64 06 C0 May SO C6 80 08 ?0C5 July 0m 07 CORN. February May ..... July 33W 33 S 35 35 35V4 OATS. May 23 23 July 22Vi 22 MESS FORK. May 10 75 10 77 July 1080 1080 LARD. May 587 500 July 507 507 z-sy 10 05 10 70 10 03 10 70 5 82 500 5 82ii 5 021,4. SHORT RIBS. July C67 580 5 82 5 82 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Quiet; patents, $3 508 70; winter straights, $3B 40; clears. f2 70g3 10; spring" specials, ?6 00; patents, ?3 203 55; straights, $2 008; bakers', ?22 40. Wheat No. 3 spring, C2(p64Vic; No. 2 red, 0860c. Corn No. 2, 33 c. Oats No. 2, 21422cj No. 2 white, 23 20c; No. 3 white, 24Vi25c. Rye No. 2, 54c. Barley No. 2, 3S42c. Flaxseed No. 1. $1 00. Timothy seed Prime. $2 60 Mess pork Per barrel. $0 8OJM0 70. Lard Per cwt., 5 055 72. Short ribs Sides. "loops, ?5700r" Dry salted shoulders Boxed, 6c. Short clear sides Boxed, 5 05?6 Co. Butter Firm; creamery 1823c; dairy, 15621c. Checoe Firm, 1213c. Eggs Firm; fresh, 1313c Receipts. Shlpmpn'i Flour, barrels 52.000 44.000 Wheat, bushels 380.000 Corn, bushels 418,000 Oats, bushels 265.000 Rye, busheLf , 9,000 Barley, bushels ............ 01,000 31,000 213,000 102.CO0 2,000 13,000 New Yorlc. Grnln and Proilnce. NEW TORK, Feb. 24. Flour Receipts, 27, 477 barrels; exports, 20,000 barrels. Market dull and weaker; Minnesota patent, $3 80SJ4; winter straights, ?3 453 55. Wheat Receipts, 81,000 bushels; exports, 55,4 803 bushels. Spot steady; No. 2 red, 7Gc f. o. b. Options opened rather firm, on much, better Liverpool cables than expected, but Immedi ately encountered active short selling and for eign offerings. This prompted a quick reac tion and general heaviness again, which lasted all the morning, until near the close, when the market rallied With Corn, and left Off stead at unchanged prices. March closed at 74c; May. 72o; July, 72c( September, 72&c." Wool Steady. Hdps-Qulet. European Grnin Markets. LONDON, Feb. 24. Wheat Cargoes off coast, buyers and sellers apart; cargoes on passage, easier, but In seme request. LIVERPPOL, Feb. 24. Wheat Dull; wheat and flour In Paris, weak. Futures closed quiet; March, 5s 8Hd; May, 5s 8d; July, 5s 8d; No. 1 Northern spring, dull, 6s d; No. 2 red Western winter and No. 1 Califor nia, no stocks. Corn Spot, firm; American mixed, new, 3s fid: do old, 3a 8d. Futures, steady; March, 3s 754d. May. 3s 7d. Flour St. Louts fancy winter, dull, 7s 3d. Hops at London Pacific coast, dull, 3 5s (S3 its. SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS. SAN FRANCIECO, Feb. 24. Wool Spring Nevada, 1215c; Eastern Oregon, 1210c; do Valley, 20622c. Fall Northern, mountain, l03 12c; mountain, 8lci plains, S10c; Humbol.il and Mendocino, 1517c per pound. Hops 1800 crop, ll13c for choice. Mlllstuffa Middlings, $17 50&20; bran, $12 13 per ton. Hay Wheat, $0 500 60 per ton; wheat ami oat, $0 CO 9; barley, f37; alfalfa, fG7 SO; clover, $78 per ton; straw, 3045c per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, 80855c river Burbanks, 075c; Pallnas Buroanks, S0c?l 10; Oregon Burbanks, 75c$l 10 per sack; sweets, $1 7S& 1 85 per cental. Onions $1 7582 25 per cental. Citrus fruit Mexican limes, $405; commoa California lemons, 75c$l CO; choice. $1 7&31 Tropical fruit Bananas, 1 CO 2 50 pel bunch; pineapples, nominal. Apples $11 25. Butter Fancy creamery, 2222c; d6 sec onds, 2121c; fancy dairy, 10820c; do seconds, 1718c; pickled, 2224c; firkin, 2122c pe: pound. Cheese New, 10llc: Eastern. 1617c pet pound; Young America, lollc; Western, 13Hc per pound. Eggs Store. 1214c; Eastern, cold storage, nominal; ranch, 17c per dozen. Receipts Flour, quarter sacks, 7870; do Ore gon, 10,000; wheat, centals, 2920; do Oregon, 4551; barley, centals, 4073; oats, centals, 350; do Oregon, 330; beans, sacks, 246; potatoes, sacks, 2044, do Oregon, 43C0; bran, sacks, 050; middlings, sacks, 220; hay, tons, 250; wool, bales, 43; hides. 700. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. CHICAGO, Feb. 24. Cattle Nominally steady; quality of the week's receipts very poor gener ally! no fancy cattle on sale. Good to choice, $305 00; poor to medium, $464 75; mixed stock ers, $3 4008 75; selected feeders. $4 254 75; good, to choice cows, ?3 404 23; heifers, S3 23 4 230; canners, $2 202 00; bulls. $2 504 15; calves, X?S; fed Texas beeves, $3 904 00. Hoge-Opened steady; closed weak and lower; top, $4 95; fair clearance. Mixed and butchers', ?i G&Q4 05. good heavy. $4 S54 05; rough heavy. $4 0594 75; light, f4 454 85; bulk of ealee, $4 70&4 67. Sheep and lambs Steady; native wethers, 15 6 90; Western lambs, & 75; native lambs, $3&T 26; Western lambs, $0? 06. Receipts Cattle. 200; hogs, 20,000; sheep, 3000. Receipts for the week Cattle, 62,000; hogs, 185.900; sheep, 55,600. OMAHA, Feb. 34. Cattle Receipts, WO. Mar. etea90ooesoeedaeogoootatcttee9tie( TRAVELERS' i cullison -& Co. ! fnl T5) rF" I Wheat f Stock Brokers jQmiMQ a a hi 1 niimimni DIRECT WIRES TO SECOND FLOOR 0 000000800000000000000000000 CAPE S. S. GEO. W. ELDER,'' S. S. NOME CITY S. S. DESPATCH '. , The above first-class steamers will sail every 10 days during the season for Cape Nome, York,vand St. Michael and Yukon river points. Mo FOR RATES AI?D INFORMATION APP BY TO CALIFORNIA I OREGON. COAST S.-S. CO. F. P. BAUMGARTNER, 253 Vashlnflton St. IV. A. Mitchell & Co., General Agents, San Francisco; ket oteady; native beef Bteers, $3 905 CO; Western steers, ?3 764 50; Texas steers. ?3 5(1 Q4 25; cows and heifers, $3 254; canners, J $2 2031 etockera and feeders, (3 50Gi calves, $37 25; bulls and stags'. $2 8034. Hogs Receipts 7200. Market steady; heavjv H 70g4 77; mixed, ?4 074 75; light, $4 65 (54 75i bulk of sales, ?4 074 70. Sheep Receipts, 1000. Market e'.oW to 10c lotver; lambs, $5 CKX36 5. KANSAS CITT, Feb. 24. Cattle Receipt, 150. Market unchanged; Texas steers, ?3 60 4 60; Texas cows, f2 503 25; native steers, ?4tf 0; native cows and heifers, $2 C04 25; stockers and feeders, ?3 60u 25; bulls, $3 15 4 50. Hogs Receipts, 4000. Market steady to shade lower; bulk of sales, ?4 C54 75; heavy, $1 78 4 80; packers, ft 624 72; mixed, ?4 C03 4 75; lights, 54 20Q4 67; Yorkers, $4 000 1 C7; pigs, ?3 754 50. Sheep Receipts, 10C0. Market strong; lambs, $56 50; muttons, ?4S-3 35. The Metnl Mnrlcets. NEW TORK, Feb 24. The firm that fixes the selling price for miners and smelters quotes lead at $1 46 at the close. Bar silver, 50c. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24. Bar silver. 50c. LONDON, Feb. 24. Bar diver, 27 ll-10d. Coffee nnd Stiffnr. NEW YORK, Feb. 24. Coffee options clcoed barely steady at net unchanged prices to 5 points decline. Sales, 34,000 bags, Including March, ?7 05; April. ?7 C57 10; "May, $7 10(& 7 16; spot Rio, steady; No. 7 Invoice, 8c; No. 7 Jobbing, 9Vic; mild, steady; Cordova, lil4c. Sugar Raw, quiet; refined, quiet; granulated, $5 20; cut-loaf, ?5 CO. London Wool Iriiportfj. LONDON, Feb. 24. The arrivals of wool for. the next series of auction sales amount to 240, 4S2 bales. Including 82 500 forwarded direct. The importo of wool during the Week were: New South Wales 10.051 Victoria .................11,407 South Australia ,10,4.j New Zealand 13,001 Cape of Hood Hope ana Natal f07 Sundries ,-.0 RELIGIONS AND RELIGIONS. Question Whether Any One of Them Is Absolute. PORTLAND, Feb. 24. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonlan of the 14th Inst- I read some clippings of Rev. H. I. Ras mus' sermon on the theme, "The Gospel a Never Dying Idea," and found there two jewels of Ignorance and bigotry, which I call to account. Speaking of the Parliament of Religions in Chicago, at the head of which move ment was Rabbi E. G. Hlrsch, assisted by Dr. Thomas, Rev. Mr. Rasmus says: "In that scene was witnessed again the spec tacle of Pilate joining hands with his enemy and crucifying the Christ." The morality of thl3 sentence speaks for Itself. If I am not sure how this "prea.cher of peace and godd will" divid ed the two humble titles "Pilate" and "enemy" between Dr. Hlrsch and Dr. Thomas, I am sure that Rev. Mr. Ras mus, following the teachings of Christ, should not neglect to obey them and learn from those who sit In Moses seat (Matthew xxlll:2) at least manners. Another passage reads: "Such leaders of thought as these wax eloquent In their expressions of the fatherhood of God and brotherhood of nlanklnd. Such a thing Is Impossible outside of the religion of, Christ. The facts of human experience are eternally antagonistic to the unifica tion of the human race outside the great truth of the gospel of the Son of God." It seems that Rev. Mr". Rasmus' elo quence Is greater than the logic he pos sesses, and his expressions stronger" than their veracity. I heard of many clergy men, who for the sake of trumping' the valor of their Christian piety, kindle the fuse of enmity between mankind; but to read such sermons sermons based on un truth and founded on ignorance I never expected. To prove the great blunders Rev. Mr. Rasmus made In his assertion that ''fath erhood of God and brotherhood oi man" Is Impossible outside of the religion of Christ, I find it necessary to refer him t a rll r rt tier I'nnt e TVi t nWrnrfria Hi tho TJrtMrAnA'R ohminF-'-Nnt in flonrt ; To. t n Vr. . o , ,u,c,f ' nervousness ana dyspepsia snouia use peace, for I came to set a man against Garter's Little Nerve Pills, made express his father, nnd a daughter against her t iy for this class. motner-m-iaw Mattnew x:34-3&); "sup pose ye that I am come to give peace on I earth? I tell you. Nay, but rather di vision" (Luke xll:51) does not look like a sermon of brotherhood of mankind. Though we And many instructions and commandments of the Nazarene to the contrary! yet which of those two pdllcles did the Christian world foster brother hood or enmity? In what light dld'and, do the Christian theologians of the Van-' ous sects look one upon another? How did the Catholic treat the Protestant? Can we notice there the brotherhood of mankind or the fatherhood of God in side the religion of Christ? What about the rivers, formed of innocent human blood shed In the name of the religion of love for the last 10 or 12 centuries? For example, England, from' the time of Egbrlght, the Archbishop of York-t70 A. D.), down to William III (1690); Franca from Clotalrse II, who murdered his own mother, down to Louis XIII; Germany from the time of the zealous Crusaders (1096) down to Gregory XIII (1630) r Aus tria from Frederick I (1267) to Emperor Joseph II (1782); Italy from Vatican Bene dict VIII (1012) to Plus IX (1846); Spain from the massacre of the Jews In Granada (December 30, 1066) down to Ferdinand and Isabella (1492). Did those Christiana, inside of the religion of Christ, follow His moral lesson expressed In Matthew v:44, "But I say unto you, love your ene mies, bless them that curse you . . " Were not those moral teachings replaced" by enmity, hatred and murder of inno cent people? Looking backward In the history of Christendom, can we conceive the Idea of the brotherhood of mankind inside the religion of Christ? What to tbe "fatherhood of God"? I New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade 6 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 0 00000000000000000000000009 cannot help referring Rev. Mr. Rasmus to some striking historical facts told of men who stood at the head of the Chris tian fihufohthe Popes of Rome. Let him find whether they recognized the fatherhood of God. "Of the 21 Popes who occupied the Apostolic throne during the century and a half which followed the, destruction 6f the Carlovlhglan house, two were mur dered, five were driven Into exile, four were deposed, and three resigned. Some attained the tiara by arms, some by money, others again by the Influence of priestly courtesans, whilst one at least was self-appointed. One of these heirs of St. "Peter entered upon his Infalli bility before he had attained his 12th year. This was Benedict IX. who a few years later fell ill love, and In order to marry sold, tho Popedom to. the Archpriest John, j whO took the name of Gregory VI. Dis appointed in his hopes of-marrlage, Bene dict again claimed the. tiara which he had cold.-Oulzot's "History of Civilization in feurppe," jpage 172: "Pope Alexander VI poisoned his guests; Julius slew his opponent', Leo X led a life of an inttellectual epicure. Draper's 'In tellectual' Development of Europe,' volume 2, page 03. "The court at Avignon became th most Voluptuous In Christendom. . . The Pontiff Mmseif delighted In female socie ty; but in his Weaknrss permitted Ms mistress, tho Countess of Tourenne, to extort enormous revenues by the sale of ecclesiastic promotions. Petrarch, who lived at Avignon at this time, speaks of It as 'a vast brothel'; his own sister had been seduced by the Holy Father John XII. 'Draper's Intellectual Development 6 Europe,' volume 2, page &4. "Paul IV was a--reincarnation-of Inno cent III, was a dash of John XXII's crim inality." Idem. Will Rev. Rasmus show the father hood of God In those churches? Martin Luther wr.ote his pasqull "On the Jews and Their Ues,"- whore he ad vocated the hardest oppression of the Jews, for the only fault as says one of his defenders, Scott, In his "Churoh of Christ" because he found them argu mentative. . Can Rev. Rasmus find even a shadow of Godliness in those followers of Christ? "Be reconciled to thy brother" (Matthew, v:24; "Honor all men, love the brother hood" (I Peter, 11:17); ''Have peace -one with another" (Mark, lx:50). I do not see the reason why the "Father hood of God" and the "Brotherhood of Man" "shall not exist between Jew and Christian. Jesus was a Jew, and honored the laws of Moses and the prophets (Mat thew, v.17, 19). His moral teachings were of pure Jewish origin. He ordered his disciples (Matthew, xxvll:19) to teach" "all nations," and did not mention the Jews, because he himself, recognized the J6W3 as his teachers and not as his dis ciples. Ho never meant to turn away the Jew from the law of Moses. His r teachings were only for other nations, wnora ne nrougnt nearer toGod, of which doctrine the Jew was master. Therefore, let the Christian join hand with the Jew In a brotherly manner and say Christ's "Do unto others as ihou wouldst that others do to thee," is a de rivation of Moses, "Thou fhalt love thy neighbor as thyself," and by our hearty friendship we promulgate the "Fatherhood of God" and the "Brotherhood of Man kind"; and those who do not follow our example are neither Christians nor Jews. REV. DR. N. MOSESSOHN. Onr Enormons Egrer Consuniptlon. New YTork Herald. Since, 18S5 the egg Irafflc has become So large that In .New York City alone It amounts to ever JD.000,000 annually. The reaeon for this Increase lies. In the fact that preserving eggs In tiold storage has so lowered the price that everybody can bily them. We eat 5,160,000 eggs dally. They come principally from the "West. The rest of the country eats eggs In the same pro portion, and though the United States pro duces 10,000,000,000,000 eggs yearly we are compelled to Import annually 15,000(000 dozen from Canada, Spain, Italy and e.ven from far-away China. i a p Those unHappy persons who suffer from TRAVELERS' GUIDE. The Magnificent Trans-Paclflc Passenger Steamship TACOMA Registered tonnage, 2S11 tons; capacity, 4000 tons; passenger accommodations, 100 first, class, 900 second class. This steam ship has Just been released from the gov ernment service as a troopship, and has every modern comfort and convenience and Is the largest steaihship In the Cape Nome trade. ' , ' Will sail from Tacoma and Seattle on or about the 2qth of" May. or rates, ana iuu lniormation apply to 330DWELL & CO., LTD. Telephone, Main, 96. 2S2 Oak Street. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. LEAVES UNION DEPOT. For Maygers. Rainier. Clatskanie, Westport. Clifton. Aatcrla. War renton. Flavel. Ham mond, Fort Stevens. Gearhart Park. Seaside. - Astoria and SeasnOr Express. Daily. Astoria Express. Dally. ARRIVE3 UNION DEPOT. 8:00tA. M. 11:15 A.M. 0:40 P. M. 33ckct efflce. 2SS Morrison st and Union depot. J. C MATO. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Astoria. Of. NOME GUIDE. Union Depot, Sixth nad J Streets. TWO TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST "FAST MAIL AND PORTLAND - CHI CAGO SPECIAL ROUTH." Leaves for the East via Spokane dally at 3s4o P. M. Arrives at S-M A. M. Lmtm tar tk Eitf via fruilAfla am! HUM" IngtOB. dally at S:C0 P. 3f. Arritw, vte. Hwt- lngton and Pension, at 8:46 P. M. THROUGH yULLMAN A3D TOCRIST' SLEBPKRS. i "Water lines schedule. subet to oteaBge with out notice: OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE. OCEAN DIVISION SUamsMp .sail trim Ainsworth dock at 8 00 P. M. Leave Pocttej Columbla sails Thursday. Fob. 1; Sunday. JJ. 11; Wednesday, Feb. 21. State of CalKacjte salfa Tuesday. Teb. 8: Friday. Peb. 18; M day, Feb. U8. From San Francisco State of Caltforal " Friday. Feb. 2. Monday, Fb. 12: Thttrsdaj. Feb. 22. Columbia sails Wedtwaday. Feb. . Saturday. Feb. 17. Tuesday. Feb. 27. COLUMBIA RIVBR DIVISION. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. Steamer Haaealo leaves Portland da7. txwpi Sunday, at 8 00 P. M.; on Saturday at l---M. Returning, leaves Astoria dally, except Sun day, at 7:00 A. M. WU.LAMETTE RIVER DIVISION. PORTLAND AND COKVALLI3. OK. Steezner Ruth, for Salem. Albany. CorvaBta and way points, leaves PortkuM Tttwsdmy. Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 00 A. M. Rtai Ing, leaves Corvallis Mondays, Wednesdays aa.1 Fridays at 0:00 AM. Steamer Modoc for Salem. Indpendiee and way points, leave's Portland Mmdays.'Weee days and Fridays at 8 00 A. M. Ksttriiis, leaves Independence Tuesdays, Thursdays a 'Saturdays at 3.30 A. M. YAMHILL RIVBR ROUTE. PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR. Steamer Elmore, for Dayton and way aataifl. leaves Portland. Tuesday. Thrys aad Sat urdays at 7 A. M. Returning, leaves Daytoa tf Portland and way points Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays at u A. M. ' SNAKE RIVER ROUTE. RIP ARIA, WASH.. AND LBWISTOX. IDAHO. Steamer Spokane or steamer Lewtewa leaves RlDarla daily at 1 :20 A. M., arr: iving ai i-wisn at 12 o'clock noon. Returning, the riookan or Lewls'.on leaves Lewlston dally at 3:30 A. M.. arriving at Rlparla same evening. W. H. MURLBURT. General Paoemger Aget. V. A. SCHILLING. City Ticket Agent. Telephone Main 712. CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND. In connection with TUB ORKOON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. Schedule. IMS (milet to change): . Steamer Leave Portland. Fen. - 'ABBKGBLDIK" Mara 21 MONMOUTH9HIRK" AKS For rates, accommodations, etc. apply to DODWBLL A. COMPANY, Limited. General Agents, Portland. Or. To prlneipal points in Japan and China. Orpot Fills aal I Slrssti OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS. far Salem. Rose burg, Ashland. 3ac rameato, Ogden. San Fraaaiseo. Me Jave. Los Angeles. l$l Paw, New Or leans and the East. At Waodbttrn MaHy exeewt Sun day), mornmg train conrvects with train for Mt. Angel. Sil v e r t on. Jlrowni vtlle. Sprlagn e 1 d and Natioa. and evening train far Mti Angel aad 311 erton. Corvallis passenger. Sheridan passenger.. 7:00 P. 1L '0.15 A. M. 7:30 A. M l4:60 P. M. lZ:Z0 P. M. H8:25 A. M Dally. Dally except Sunday. Rebate tickets on sale between Portland, Sac ramento and San Franeisoo. Net rates 517 arst class and $11 second class, toclutltag sleeper. Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Bu rope. Also JAPAN, CHINA. HONOLULU aad AUSTRALIA. Can b oetalned from J. B. KIRKLAND. Ticket Agent. 1J4 Third sx. TAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depot, foot of JeCersoa Street. Leave far Oswego dally at 7:20. 8:40 A. M.: 12:30. 1.50. 3-25. 5:16, 8:26. 8:00. 11:30 V. M ? and 0:00 A. M. en Sundays only. Arrive at Portland dally at 6:35, 8:30, 10:so a. M.; 1:33, 3:16, 4:30, 0:20. 7:48. 10:06 r. M.; 12:4$ A. M. dally, except Monday, S:3o and 10:86 A. M. on Sundays only. Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday, at 4:30 P. if. Alrlve at Portland at 9.30 A. M. Passenger train leaves Dallas for Air lie Mon days, "Wedneedays and Fridays at 2:46 P. M. Returns Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Except suaaay. KOEHLER. Maoager. C. H. MARKHAM. Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt Pacific Coast Steamshlo Co, FOR ALASKA THE COMPANY'S elegant steamers, Cottage City, City of Topeka and Al - Ki leave TACOMA 11 A. M., SBATTLK 0 P. M., Feb. 4, 9. 14, If, 4, Mar. 1, 11, 16, 21, 2, 31, Apr. 5. and every flfth day tnarc after. For further Informatics obtain company's folder. Thc company reserves the right to eaante. steamers, sailing dates and hours of salHsg without previous notlee. AGENTS N. POSTON, 249 Washington St.. Portland. Or.; F. W. CARLETON. N. P. R. R. dock. , Tacoma; J. F. TROWBRIDGE. Puget Round Supt.. Ocean deck. Seattle. GOODALU PERKINS & CO.. Gen. AgtS.. 8. B. !TE COLLAR LINE COLUMBIA RIVER Sc PUGET SOUND NAVJ. GATION CO. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. SJSiS BAILET QATZEP.T (Alder-street dvex) Leaves Portland daily every morning at T o'clock, except Sunday. Returning. ItaVei As toria every night at 7 o'efook, except SwaOajr. Oregon phone Main 351. Columbia ptaoae 331. U. B. SCOTT. PreskWal. Steamer Senator U. S. TRANSPORT) Will sail from Taeoma aad Seattle on MAT 17 for Cape Nome. The Sesator to a new steal steamer, 2500 16ns rwieter. equipped with alt modem improvements, eomWaliK safety, sad and comfort, with low rates. LliHed number 'of berths en sale at this oAe. PACIFIC COAST S. S. CO.. N. POSTON, Agt.. 240 Washington at. CAPE NOME MARINE JNSURANCE We are pi-spared to Insure eargees t aad from ali porta on the Pacific at moderate rates. Shippers should bear In mind that goods are liable for general average contribution la ad dition to losses which may occur to goods. M, C. HARRISON & CO., 41S Ckanber of Coaixaerce. FAST via yN? LitlU 1 VIA hi SUNSET SOUTHS TXAYXZtBRS' GlIBK. THE FASTEST 5T DIRECT JNE TO THE STANDSOUTHEAST IS THE PlCTOfcvl Tbe Direct Line to Denver, Omahi Kansas Qty and Si Loub. Only 3K Days to .Chicago Only 4 Dys to New ok and other Principal Eastern elites TarsBca -HaUmaa i'alaae SIeeer , Tenrlat Sleepers DlUlMfr Cars t wan Is a 1 earte), nnd Fxee ReeMaiBic Chif Cars 0 crated Daily 'm Vast .Hall TraJa Through Mekets. baggage aheaks aaa aUalns par accoaNMdattoas eaa ba arrad at CITY TICKET OFFICE 1 35 Tbk-d Street Portion. Qragea J.X.UCTM. OBOROS LANG. Oty Pass. Tk. At, (THE IKXEfC CAR ROCTK nOM PORTLAJm TO TBS BAST. THE OKLT BHtXCT LIME TO TMK TaLLOW- 9TOHB PARK. Lenve tatm lpat, rUNi as-i I 9t) Afrfra TH malt Mr Taa mi. SMrttK OtyatplNk Gray's Marfcar aal SNtjIIi Bead yatots. Spokane. Raaatend. B. C. PttUmaa, Jteasaw. Lewtatoa. B a 1 1 a 1 a 3fnu mUintg MNa BrlMM. attimoapalB, S. rank Owttlia. Ka. as City. 91. LatiU. CMoBflo and all aoinai east aad southeast. Puavt Soaml fixpreas for Tacoma aad daottle and Intarmedto palats M.K 11:15 A.M. : P. M. NO.S. 11:30 P.M. 70 A. M. Pullman Ont-ctaas aad toartst ntctfms to Mia neapatis, St. pal aad Mlssaan rtvar poinu With out onaiHfe. VeaUbwkid tratas. Valea depot aaaaacttons la all principal eittos. 9aa4C ebechad tor dasttnarton of tickets. Far kaadMNnoly illHatratad deacriatlva matter. ttelceks. teepi:-ar reservaiwas. ea.k tail on of wrna A. D. CHARLTON Asalataat eeral Faaaenccr Ajreat, 2SS MerrtaBH. St., Car. Tkfcrd, Pertlaad. Oregen, mmm s I am agit for aM trana-At- I&RtlclllMtft. I amO. tickets to awd from all points ta Xtttopa. 2& one quotes hrwr rates tlMO I do. Pvopte who by from me travel toy the fastest trains in the country, and the finest YcweJs that eroes the Atlantic. Call or write. Tialcet Office, m M Sfettt, MNirr Stark; PwMmI, fc$3. R. W. TCMtTSR, TWwtAgant. SSO. 3.TAXLOR. CM7 Paoowwor Aget SOO PACIFIC H.N6 Offers tke LOvTBBT RATX8 aad SSST SKRY. Se ts ad tna ail SasMni potato aad Kurava. Ttaaaga taar.st saw Scwm asasi to 9c Paal. Tareate. Maatteai aaJ ImMs WITHOirt CHANGS. Direct Route ta Kooienay Mining DlsirJci British Columbi Casadtan Pae tf jal mill ejwlh Maw MT Tapar an1 assuaiu Fct rJteu aad Jnformatton. apply to X. X. ABBOTT, Ageftt. E. 3. COTLX. ! Thirt s4rt. elty. A. 6. P. A.. Vaaeoavar. B. C fiREATlpRTHERNil Tielt Oiei 1SS Third St. Those 6 LXAT1S. Xa. 4 8 :46 r. M faaTAZVttfB aad Kali Tk riyer. datly to a4 from H ak MHwm. aaoUs. Dulaib. Cbtaagr aad all points Bast. ARRIVE. Na X S.LO A H, Palace aad Toarlst 9Hrr. SookioK-Ltbrsry Cars. D'BlBA JAPAN ; AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP KirtSHKI MARU Far Japaa. CMaa aad alt AataUa polats jrta laaveSaaftfe Aet Mmnh 12(h. VANCOCVXR TRANSPORT- liON CO -' Stsaiaar Undlaa. Captain Chartes T ICamn. leavaa Vancouvr at 8 A. M and 1PM. Lavp Portland at 10.30 A M and 4 !0 p H. Sundays axceptcd. For freight or peapase ? ply on board, foe o Taylor street. Rou-.d tf. 3UC. 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