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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1900)
THE MOBNING- OBEGONXAN, THTJESDAT, 'AUGUST 30; 1900. II COMMERCIAL M'& 40 TSie most encouraging factor trade situation yesterday -was tbs lm-; provement in -the -wheat marketjjbpth ffic iorelgn and American markets gjgftig signs of strength, -which has "been lacking- forsome time. The local market has pulled, up sympathetically, but has not yet "reached a point -where SO cents net tq the termer east of the mountains Is jwarrajgted. Oregon fcult Is coming to market In large -Quantities, and the prices realized are generally quite satisfactory. The melon season came early, and has lingered 3ongf tho demand Btill being suf ficiently heavy to keep stocks well cleaned "up. A. "evr Salaway peaches from Cal ifornia are still offering In this market, Ibut the bulk of the trade at the present time Is supplied by the Oregon growers. There Is not much doing In potatoes as .yet, and prices are nominally unchanged. Tho wool market Is quiet, and as yet lias not Improved in price sufficiently to Induce much selling. The only business, doing in hops is in new-crop contracting, ffho poultry market has been In rather bad shape for the past week, but im proved some yesterday, and will un doubtedly do better for the next 'few -days. In the grocery markets, sugar has made another 10-cent advance, the trust apparently preferring three 10-cent ad "vances to one 25-cent advance. "WHEAT There has been a better feel ing In the foreign wheat market this week, and all of the advance has not been absorbed by the shipowners. Considerable s-heat has changed hands within the past week, and prices are a cent or two aboe those of last week. "Walla Walla Is quot ed at 56 to 56ft cents, and heavy stock has been sold at 57 cents. Valley Is in "better demand, owing to the short crop, smd E8 cents was paid yesterday, with a 30,000-bushel lot of bluestera selling at -CO cents. The freight market continues Very Arm, but exporters arc holding off. refusing to pay the rates demanded. Ship owners are asking all sorts of extrava jgant rates, backed up by false and mis leading reports regarding the situation in i the Pacific Northwest. One self-appolnt-i ed authority on such matters Is sending i abroad a reDort that there is not a suf- flcient amount of tonnage provided to Tiandle IS per cent of the crop, although ho minimizes his attempted mischief by stating that it Is full three weeks too early to make an estimate as to what the crop will be. As the same authority assisted in inflating the ideas of ship owners early in the season by sending out estimates placing the crop at 45,000,000 to EO.OOO.OM bushels, all such "stuff and gruff" is of no importance In this Im mediate vicinity where its true value Is Jcnown. but It is all turned to account by the shlpownor, and even a prominent commercial organisation east of the snountains has unwittingly given cur rency to some of these wild statements by incorporating them in an appeal to the railroad companies asking for lower rates last. Tho shipowner will elex-ate rates fast enough without being informed that there Ss not tonnage enough to move one-seventh of the crop, when, as a matter of fact, there is more tonnage listed at this date than there has been at a correspond ing date for three years. Rates are high fill over tho world, and the prospect for nn immediate decline is far from bright. At tho same time, business should not be hampered by the circulation of mislead ing reports calculated to still further ad vance freights and correspondingly reduce tho price of wheat. There has been some rain in the Interior, which bas caused temporary delay in harvesting opera tions, but thus far no damage of conse quence has been resorted. The Cincin nati Price Current, in reviewing the crop situation for the week ending last Sat urday, says: Wheat threshing in the Spring-wheat States progressed under favorable weath er conditions during the past week, and some damage from sprouting is reported. Threshing returns, while very irregular, we generally up to or above expectations, and in Minnesota at least a good yiela of high-grade quality is promised. The Interior movement of all grains has been Bt fairly liberal proportions during the week, especially of Winter wheat, but there are some Indications of less activ ity In this grain. A falling off In the movement should be expected, for sinco tho 1st of July the movement through pri mary Winter markets had been 55 per cent greater than during the same time lost year, and about 50 per cent of the primary Winter wheat receipts during the whole of the past crop year. The in terior stocks of corn are very low. yet there is no apparent disposition to hold the grain at present prices. Under date of Auirust 14, Broomhall writes as follows regarding the situation abroad: The weather has turned fine and sea sonably hot after the recent wet and stormy period There Is no doubt that . tsio crops have been much lodged In some districts of the United Kingdom, and there are fields whore the grain is already badly sprouted Happily the weight of. evidence leads us to think that such fields are tho exception and not the rule, and on tho whole we still Incline to the opinion that if the present fine weather holds to tho finish of harvest, it will be found that extra expense of harvesting caused by lodging will be the most serious result of the break in tho weather. As some set off to the damage to cereals may be men tioned considerable benefit to root and fodder crops, which were greatly in need of moisture. Market fluctuations of the near future tnust continue to be mainly Influenced by harvest reports, unless, of course, there should be any violent change in the polit ical situation; and although the outlook naturally looks brighter with fine, bright weather, yet one needs to be no prophet to sav that the threshing returns in West orn Europe will not have been Improved by the broken and stormy weather of the past fortnight, although, as already said, wo hope that the damage will not prove to bo considerable, provided farmers get favorable weather from now until the crops are all safely under cover. The weathor bore and the weather and crop movement in America are the keys of the situation, and at present neither fa vors the holder of wheat. General Manager Thompson, of the Ogll vie Milling Company, Winnipeg, says that, nftor careful calculation from reports of agents of his company, he estimates this year'B wheat yield for Manitoba and the JJorthwest territories at 20,000,000 bushels. A full crop with the acreage under cul tivation this season should have been be tween 4,,O50 and 45.000,000. Rain, Mr. Thompson savs, has done little damage . to -wheat, and -what is :now- xexjulred Is dry weather. OATS AND BARLEY The demands of the Government have given the price of oats a health move upward, and sales of best white stock are being made as , high as tf coats, -with gray selling up 10 40 cents and higher. These figures should be attractive one-tgh to move a consider able portion of the crop, but contractors for Government supplies have been obliged to seed East for some of tho Ftook. act ualess they can pick it up hore will send, for more. Barley is a shade easier, but there is still some de mand for choice stock for export, and! FIN ANCIAL' NEWS dealers are quoting about 15 50 for feed and 317 for-firewing. HOPS The hop crop in the Valley Is maturing rapidly, and picking will be under way this week in some localities. Thus far the hop is coming along all right, and with favorable weather for picking a moderately large crop will be secured in fine condition. There is still considerable new-crop contracting report ed in both Oregon and Washington, J. M. Russell & Co., of "this city, securing 30,000 pounds from one grower near Yakima a few days ago at 10 cents. The Otsego Republican, of Cooperstown, N. Y., in its issue of the 22d Inst, says: The picking of the early hops has be gun in some places this week, and by the time of another issue picking will be In full blast. M. R. Stocker & Son have begun picking on the James 2". Clark farm, and D. W. Mitchell, of Schuyler Bake, who had 13 pickers come from On eonta, began Tuesday. The crop, while an exceedingly light one. Is as fine a looking one as ever grew. If carefully harvested. It will make a high-grade crop, and should, under all the conditions existing, command a good price. Mall reports Just received regarding the crop in Kent and Surrey, England, say that recent heavy gales have done a great amount of Injury. Vermin had al most entirely disappeared, but mold was on the Increase, and at places was pres ent to a very serious extent. The report concludes: It is obvious that previous estimates of the crop must be discounted as a result of the gales, and experts agree that "the yield cannot now be expected to come up to the average. WOOL The wool market continues life less, although buyers are in the field will ing to do business on a basis warranted by the conditions In the Eastern and for eign markets. Sales are few and of small consequence. The New York Jour nal of Commerce, under date of August 23, has the following: Wool conditions are worse than ever; two or three weelcs ago there was evi dence of slight Improvement, and some sales of importance were, in consequence, reported- The Interest since that time, however, has steadily decreased until at present dealers are unable to find any In terest in the present low range of values. The manufacturing situation is further complicated by the unsatisfactory selling of woolen goods. This Is the principal depressing factor in the wool market to day. Manufacturers declare themselves unready to load up with a further amount of wool until more is known of the light weight season. In the interim manu facturers are keeping more or less in touch with the market, and should there be any tendency in the market it would probably be followed by considerable buying. But it is evident that manu facturers' policy is to delay bujing in hope that this might cause a further re duction in price. Under the present con ditions there is little possibility of nam ing correct values or of putting wools upon their proper level. Rumors of some large transactions In the West being financed, by Eastern parties lack confirma tion. The price situation in the country is must firmer tlyin on the seaboard, and at the prices paid it is predicted that buyers are in a position to lose a good dear of money. Some lots have been con tracted for, and a good many more have been consigned with Instructions not to sell until after election. The old wool on hand Is held at higher prices than any that has been boueht this year. Texas wools are also being held firm by grow ers, but their ideas are above the ac cepted level of the local market. BUTTER The butter market is holding steady considering that receipts are so much above those of former seasons at a corresponding date. Usually at this pe riod there is a shortage, which results In bringing out stocks which have been placed In. cold storage earlier in the sea son, but this year prices on fresh stock have been maintained with difficulty, and while a few of the fancy selects are still selling at 55 cents, there Is a large amount of very good creamery butter which Is obtainable for less money. Store butter, as usual In tho Summer, Is very scarce, and the demand from San Francisco is taking up about all that comes along at better prices than can be realized locally. EGGS On an Improved demand for lo cal use. the egg market has stiffened up materially within the past few days, but prices have not yet got above 17& cents, although best candled stock moves well at that figure. The. Sound country is be ing supplied with Eastern eggs at the present time, and as this shuts Portland out of a good field for working off the surplus stock received. It leaves dealers dependent on the local market entirely. Chickens received an early start in life last Spring, owing to the mild weather, and many of the Springs have already commenced laying, a fact which accounts for the liberal receipts at a season when the market is usually bare. POULTRY Chickens have been very dull for the past week, but there was a little better feeling In the market yes terday, due to considerable buying on ac count of the trade expected next weea when the holiday and circus strikes town. Springs have sold down as low as J175 per dozen or poor stock,, but yesterday $2 was the lowest price heard of, while old chickens sold up tq $4 50 per dozen for best stock. Geese seem to be in better demand, and sales have been made at J6 and ?S per dozen. The market Is overstocked with ducks, and sales are made at $3 and 54 per dozen. The high prices paid for ducks last year has ap parently started a great many people into the business, and the. market demand is very limited and prices weak, with small prospect for Immediate recovery. PORTLATTD MARKETS. Grain, Flonr, Etc. Wheat Walla Walla, steady. 56ff57c; Val ley. 575Sc; bluestem, COgUOc per bushel. Flour Best grades, $2 S&Q3 10 per barrel; graham, $2 50. Oats White. 40f42c; gray, 3S40c per bushel. Board of Trade and Stock Exchange Brokers GRAIN PROVISIONS STOCKS and COTTON BOUGHT AND SOLO FOR CASH OR . CARRIED ON MARGINS 244-215 Chamber of Commerce Portland, Oregon Barley Feed, 315S15 ISO; brewing, $17 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $13 per tonr middlings, $20; shorts. $15: .chop, (15. Hay Timothy. 31112; Uovrr. $77 50: Ore gon wild hay. $037 per ton. Batter, Bests, Foaltry, Etc Butter Fancy -creamery, 45350c; store, 23-& 27c per roll. Eggs 1717c per dozen. Poultry Chicken, mixed, $352-4 per dozen; heas, $44 50; Springs, $23; ducks, $54; geesa, $07 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1416c per pound; dressed, 15glc Cheese Tull cream, twins, ll12&c; Toung America, J2&13c per pound. Vegetables, Fruit. Etc. Vegetables Parsnips, $1; turnips, $1; car rots, $1 per sack; onions, $1 251 50 for Cal ifornia Tellow Danver3. $11 25' for. Oregon Yellow Danvers; cabbage, $1 52 per cental; potatoes, 40Q"55c per sack; peas, 34c; beans, 4c per pound; cucumbers, 1015c per dozen; tomatoes, 4050c for two-tier boxes; green corn, 1012J4c per dozen; sweet potatoes. l?ic per pound, in sacks; celery, JoC5c per dozen. Fruit Lemons, $4 505; oranges, $3 5034 per box for late Valencias; pineapples, $4 500 per dozen; bananas, $2 5083 per bunch; Per sian dates. 7c per pound; peaches, 4OG0c; pears, 7590c per box; apples, 50c$l per box; watermelons. Rogue River, $1 502; canta loupes, $11 25 per dozen for California; Ore gon nutmegs, $11 00 per crate; casabas, $2 per dozen; plums and prunes, 4050c per crate; grapes, Sweetwater, 50c; Muscat, 7G 85c; black, 7385c; Tokay, $1; Oregon Black Hamburg, 00c per crate. Dried fruit Apples,," evaporated, CgTc per pound; sun-dried, sacks or boxes, 45c; pears, eun and evaporated, 5Gc; plums, pltless, 4 5c; prunes, Italian. 3i"8V&c: silver, extra choice. 5 6c; figs, Smyrna, 1234c; California black. 6S0c; do white. 10c per pound. Groceries, Sntn, Etc Coffee Mocha. 2328c; Java, fancy, 20r32c; Jaa, good, 20ff24c; Java, ordinary, 1820o; Costa Rica, fancy, 1820c; do good, 10lSc; do ordinary. 00120 per pound; Columbia, roast, $13 03; Arbuckle's, $M 13; Lion, $13 13 per cise. Sugar Cube, $0 00; crushed, $6 00; pow dered, $C 50; dry granulated $0 30; extra C, $5 80; gojden C, $5 70 net; half barrels, c more than barrels; maple sugar, 15lCo per pound. Salmon Columbia lUver. 1-pound tails, $1 50 2; 2-pound tails, $2 252 75; fancy 1-pound Cats. $222 25: -pound fancy flats. SI 100 1 30; Alaska, 1-pound tails, $1 401 00; 2 pound tails, $1 002 25. Nuts Peanuts, G47c per pound for raw. Do for roasted; cocoanuts, 00c per dozen; walnuts, 10 lie per pound; pine nuts, 15c; hickory nuts, 7c; chestnuts, 15c; Brazil, lie; Alberts, 15c; fancy pecans, 12Hc; almonds, 1517)&c per pound. ' Beans Small white, 4tf44c; large do, 3 (guc; fiayou. 3c; Lima, 6cj)er pound. . Grain bags Calcutta, $0(810 12ft per 100 for spot. Coal oil Cases, 20c per gallon; barrels, 16c; tanks, 14c. Rice Island, 6Hc; Japan, 5c; New Orleans, HCP5i4c; fancy head, $77 50 per sack. v Meat and Provisions. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers- and ewe e, sheared, $3 60; dressed, 0H7c per pound. Spring lambs, 4c per pound gross; dressed, Sc. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5 605 75; light, $5; dressed, Goyic per pound. Veal Large, 0H7Mc per pound; small, 8 8c per pound. ' Beet Gross, top steers, $3 50JJ4; cows, $30 3 CO; dressed beef, 6"f per pound. ProUslons Portland paqk (Shield brand):. Hams, smoked, are quoted at 1214c per pound; picnic hams, 9c per pound; breakfast bacon, 13Hc; bacon. 10c; backs, OV410c; dry salt sides, OJsc; dried beef, 1714c; lard, 5 - pound palls, 10o; 10-pound pails, OJfcc; 60s, 0c; tlercps, OHc per pound Eastern pack (Ham mond's): Hams, large, 12Hc; medium, l2c; small, 13ic; picnic bams, 91c; shoulders, JVjc; breakfast bacon, 13c; dry salt sldea, og'Dic; bacon Mdes. 0?41015c; backs, 1014c; butt. OKc; lard, pure leaf, kettle rendered, 3s, 10?e; 10s, lOkc Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc. Hops 2Q5sc per pound for 1893 crop, 3ffI0i for new crop. Wool Valley. 1213c for coarse, 1510c for best; Eastern Oregon, 1013c; mohair, 25o per pound. Sheepskins Shearlings, 1520c;'shotf-wool, 23 33c; medium-wool, S050c; long-wool, tiOdltil each. Tallow C3qVc: No. 2 and grease Sic per pound. Pelts Bearskins, each, as to size, $5 15; cubs, each, $105; badger, each. 00c; wildcat, i3g75c, hoUDCcat, 525c; fox, common gray, 10i?Sl: do red. $1 753 50; do cross, $2 5080; irnx, $2$?4 DO; mink, 40c(J$l 75; marten, "dark Northern. $510; do pale, pin', $24; musk rat, 8 12c; skunk. 50?80c; otter (land), $4 C?S; panther, with head and clawa perfect, $1(13; raccoon, 25S0c; wolf, mountain, i with head perfect. $3 50 O 5; wolverine. $2 C0Q6; beaver, per skin, large, $67: do medium, per skin, $45; do small, per skin, ?12; do kits, per skin $13. Hide? Dry hides. No 1, 1C pounds and- up ward, 1415c; dry kip. No. 1, 5 to 16 pounds, 15c per pound; dry calf, No 1, under 5 pounds, 15?lGc. do salted, one-third less than dry flint; salted hides, sound steers, 00 pounds aud over, 7Sc; do 50 to 00 pounds, 7c; do un der 50 pounds and cows, 7c; kip, 13 to 30 pounds. 7146'8o: do eal, 10 to 14 pounds. 7c: do calf, under 10 pounds, 714c; green (unsalted), lc per pound less; culls (bulls, stags, moth eaten, badljr cut. scored hair slipped, weather beaten or grubby), one-third lees. Bank Clearings, Exchanges. Balances. Portland $258,227 $03,539 Tacoma 140,114 15,225 Seattle 300,413" 01,231 Spokane 108,032 63,702 DAKOTA'S 1VHEAT CROP. field "Will Be Larger Than Expected, a Few Months Ago. A Sioux Falls, S. D., special to the Chi cago Inter-Ocean has the following Re garding a wheat crop which apparently was underestimated In the early figures. In the central and southern nortlons of the state threshing isnow In progress, and will soon be ffeneral in the northern portion also. There is great interest in the stories the threshing machines tell; duo to the wide difference of opinion among crop experts as to tho total wheat yield of the state thls-year. The highest estimate Is made by H. V. Jones, a Minneapolis crop expert, who places this year's yield of, wheat In South Dakota at 32.000,000 bushels, the estimate belns based on an acreage of 3.200.QW. The lowest estimate is that of Superintendent Hyde, of the local branch of Bradstreet's Commercial Agency, who a few days ago estimated the, yield at 21,200,000 bushels, basing his estimate upon reports received from 165 points. According to the Government statistics tho total number of bushels of wheat pro duced In South Dakota has averaged dur ing the last eight years 25.2S4.565 bushels. The smallest total yield was In 1S34, when 15,934.000 bushels.were raised. The largest yield was In 189S when the state produced a total of 42,040,923 bushels. The yield of 1899 was 37,728.339 bushels, this amount being raised from 3,526.013 acres of ground. Mr. Hyde's estimate for this year, there fore, shows a falling off of about 25 per cent, compared with the average of the past eight years. In some parts of the state threshing has been delayed by unusually heavy ana frequent rains. Particularly in Nance township, Beadle County, has this been the case. Even wheat In stack is dam aged in that locality. "tt"here stacking was carefully done the rains havo not caused much damage, but -because of the fact that the farmers have not heretofore had any trouble with too much rain, many of them were careless, and the stacking was poorly done. As a result, the grain Is growing:, and many flacks are as green as newly-sown fields. , In many parts of the state the farmers, now that threshing is In progress, are being surprised by the manner In whlcn their wheat is yielding. E. A. Lunt, liv ing near Egan, threshed the wheat from a SO-acre tract -which during the growing season was pronounced a failure by all who saw It. Tet it yielded an average of IS bushels to the acre, and graded No. 1. O. S. Jones, who lives near Madison, Is another of the numerous farmers who have had similar experiences. From a 30 acre tract he threshed jiearlr 900 bushels of wheat. In some counties which were favored with rain at the right juncture many fields are yielding as high as 2a and 2SJ bushels Tof wheat to the acre, while In other places it .runs as low as five and six bushels to the acre. The state as a whole will produce a much better crop than was anticipated by the .most sanguine, the latter part of June. v. XEW YORK STOCK 3IARKET. 3Iain Gains Scored nnd Bat Slight Inroads by Proflt-Tnlrine-. NEW YORK, Aug. 29. There was a Stirring of speculative Interest today, which gave an appearance of greater ani-, matlon to the stock market than it has, shown for two weeks past. The strength centered 'in tho steel group for the greater part of the day. but In the latter deal ings it extended throughout, the list. Tho list' of active stocks was'not a long one. but such as were dealt In show quite uniform gains, extending to near a point oh over that in many cases. Tho gains were well held and ' profit-taking made only slight Inroads, the close being firm though quiet, at abput the top. Al though the number of issues dealt in was not largo, the trading TVas not nearly so much concentrated In a few stocks as for some time past. In the steel group, the gains ranged from a point to 2 and 2&, the latter fig ures lr- National Steel and Steel "& Wire. There was no exception in the(" group to the upward tendency, which was due to the reports of the grqwing demand for iron and iron products of 'pretty much all grades. Thet progress of .negotiations for the settlement of wage schedules which are in progress was, probably re flected also In the movement. Generally speaking the demand for stocks is partly ascribed to the' requirements of the short interests which was madeuneasy by the check to tho decline effected yesterday. Their disquiet was increased by several incidents of the day. Prices received an opening impetus to an advance on tho better tono of tho London market, which was encouraged by the reported sucesses of General Roberts against the Boers. Actual buying for London account was on a small scale. Tlys homeward course from Summer vacations In Europe of a numbei of Influential "men in Wall-Street movements was a sentimental Influence for the advance, tlje room tracers who still absorb practically all the- dealings seeking to anticipate the'operations which they suppose these? men will embark up-, on. The conditions In the money market remain unchanged,' Dealings In' boijds continued dull and the market' irregular.' "Total sales, par value, $1,075,000.. IJnlted States 4s ad vanced & in the bid price. gBONDS. TJ. 8. 2s, ref. reg.103 do coupon 103' do 3s, reg 100 do coupon .......100 do ne' 4s, reff.134 do coupon 134 do old 4b, reg... 115 do coupon 115 Gen. Electrio Bs...ll5 N, T. Cent. lsts..l0S Northern PUo. 38.. 05V1 Kdo 4s 104 Oregon Nav. lsts.,100 do 4i 102 Oregon S. L. G3...12CJ4 do con. 5s 112Vj Rio fir. WMt. Tut n.wt do Gs, re? 112 do coupon 11221 St. Paul consols... 168 oviDU ;oi. u-OOB. ..122 Atchison adj. 4.. 85 C. & N.W. con. 7i?140 do S. F. deb. 5s.l20 St. P. C. & P. IstsllS do 5s 110'. Union Pacific 4s. ..105 Wis. Central Ists. 8S Southern Pac. 4s. . 7SVi West Shore 4a 111 D. & R. Q. Ists..l02 do 4a ... 07 07S' TT, ' STOCKS. Tho total sales of stocks today were 143,800 shares. The closing- quotations -were: Atchison 27TS 72 TJnlon Pac pref... 70Vi Wabash i 7U do pref I8vl Wheel. & h, E.... S do 2d pref 23 Wis. Central 13 P. C. C. & St, L. 54 Third Avinue 100V EXPRESS m'R do pref ..,, Bait. & Ohio. Can. Pacific . Can. Southern S8 Ches. & Ohloi vt Chi. Or. Western. 10 Chi., B. & Q 125$ Chi., Ind. & I,.,.. SS do prer ,...,... 57 Chi. & East. ill.. ogB Chicago & NJfcV..103 -Adanw . 124 American 154 United States 4."S Wells-Fargo 123 MISCBLJuANROUH Amer. Cotton Oil.. 32 do pref ssu Amer. sraltfng .... 4 do prof ,.. 28 Amer,. Smelt., & R. 30 do pref S8 C.C.C. &St. U 5sg Coo. Southern ... 0 -ni.. . l. &! .lftflSi 2 &.E2f ' Del. & Hudson.. .1115. gel.. Lack. & W..170 Denver &'Rlb'Gr. 10 Amer, Snlrits .... !., do 1st pref 344 Gr. North, pref.. .152' luil uu jjrm ..,. it Amer. ateei Hoop. 20 ao prer , Amer. Steel & W do pref Amer. .Tin Plato.. CO Hiking Coal .... 14' 80 75 2Si)j 70V n.i-v -iiuunuig: v aiiey .. 34 Illinois Central -.113 tvnu. v.onirai ib?j y IJiCi 44 I Amer. Tobacco . X.UKQ Ji.ne & w. do pref 27 ivdo nref. 125?' 0? I Anaconda MIn. Co. 44 xzuce bnora ?nn rTiTrwvi-r. t t && "SP1"-' IMS?! & i-' m Manhattan El uiij v-oiu. xonacco .... 20 153 I do pref 773. wet. st. Ry. Me. Central n Federal Steel 4t Minn. A fit Tm.ic kk(. 1 An n.-. do pref..., as' General Electric" Missouri Pacific ... 51 Glucose Sugar .. 07 13S 51 .uxuuuo oi unio.... 311; ao prer im... iv. at x sni do pref 30 New Jersey Cent..l34?i New York Cont.,.120 Norfolk & ivt.. m T-. X Am. -tt,yur 22 do nref nn La Cledo Gas 75 National Biscuit .. 31 do pref . . . fi3 National Lead 17 do pref 89 National Steel .... 2G9I do Dfd fttaf. ao prer ifr :. 7itt Northern Faclna. 5054 do Dref 71 Ontario & West O. R & N do pref Pennsylvania .. Reading ?1W -42 IN. T. Air Brake.. 120 INorth Amfrlwn.. IK 70 12fi$! Pacific Coast v.... 53 U7l UO iBIS ?iq . ... so uu j.ai prci oiV ao 2us ira .. .. 64 do 2d pref 27l Pacific Mall 30 do 1st pref, Rio Gr. Western.. 54 .. ao ,. 06J? r. 37 do prof 8S Pressed Ktix.1 r.nr uv.u a vjoa St. Louis ft S. Ft. 0 do pfd 70& vr it., pioi...,, ui .run. i-ai. uar. . lOTH do 2d ijref.i.... 33V Ptand. R6pe & T.. 5 St. Louis S. W... 18 Sugar ijjoS do pref C0 do pfd no St. Paul 113 iTenn. Coal &-lron 70 do.pref 1721.4JU. S. Leather .... loi St. Paul & 0 112 I do pfd (SS Southern Pacific,. 3304U. S. Rubber ...-. 2f)S4 Southern Ry ... 111 do pfd- , 94 do pref 52i Western Union ... 70 Texas Sz Pacific..-. 14l Rep. I. & S 12& Union Pacific .... 50 do pfd 01 Ex dividend. ' Money, "Exchange, EJtc. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29. Sterling on London, CO days, ?4 88; sterling on London, sight, ?4 S5; drafts, sight, 5; tele graph, 9; Mexican dollars, 494&c. NEW YORK, Aug. 29. Money on call, easy, l&f&l'ft per cent; 'prime mercantile paper, 404 per cent; sterling exchange, firmer, with actual business In bankers bills at $4 874 87 for demand, and at $4 84 for CO days; postd'rates, $4 854 88; commercial bills. ?4.S24 82; silver cer tlflcctes, -lH(gG35ic;' Mexican dollars, 4S. Government bonds, strong; stato bonds. Inactive; railroad bonds, irregular. LONDON, Aug. 29. Money, 2 per cent; consols, 9S?1. Korelftn Financial Kevvsj. NEW YORK, 'Aug. 29. The Commercial Advertiser's London financial cablegram says: Tho African news improved ,the tono of the markets here but" failed to in crease the volumeVf business in. Ameri cans or In any other department, The investment demand for consols la reviv ing. Tho bank bought 28;C03 sold In bars Australia, There is a reawakenfrigro peculation in suver. Stocfcaln LONDON, Augr !. 2S Iflc pre- Canadian Pacific, 9gj ierrea, r; xsortg ,'preferred. 72; Grand Trunk, aondo. 9. M THE GRAHV SJLiitjgETS. -3 aS f r Prices fop Cereals In Sbropean and American ?W?a' ' SAN FRANCISCO, gg. 29. Wheat somewhat active, prices firm. Oats quiet, but sustained. Barley "firmer for Decem ber and steady for: spot. Spot quotations were: - ' -. Wheat Shipping, No. 1,. J105J choice, $1 C5: milling. $1 07lir. Barley Feed, 6575c; 'brewing, 77. S7c Oats Good to choice white; $1'17 1 35; good to choice gray, $1 20t20; red, $1 12gl SO. Call-board sales: - A Wheat Steady; December, $1 11; May, $110. Barley Steady: December 76c. Corn Large yellow, $1 201 22. Chicago Grain and Prodnce. CHICAGO, Aug. 29, Strength and activity characterised the wheat market nearly the whole" session. The excellent cash business, was the broad foundation stone on which the strength "was found ed. Cash sales here "were 700,000 bushels, J win CW ' f flft' V 29JisHm5o erswtiiTCif Downing, Hopkins '& Co .-Chicago Board of Trade - INew York Stock Exchange Room 4, Ground Floor BOTH TELEPHONES and the seaboard reported S9 loads taken for export. Export clearings for two days were S9S.O0O bushels. Broomhall es timated an Important requirement for the United Kingdom otlS0.000.000 bushels, and the English crop probabilities were made 12,000,000 bushels less than last year's, making the crop the smallest since 1S95. I4verpool closed d higher. September ppaned at 7474c, a rango of prices due to the Instantaneous con sideration of foreign bullishness and local receipts. The foreigners .soon got the best of It, and under a general demand shorts were clamorous and the market advanced to 75!473;c. Having started upward, there was scarcely any reaction, and the close was strong, September c higher at 7375c. Corn was active and strong. Liverpool was up l.c to lc, and the seaboard re ported SG loads taken for export. There was a further decrease In stocks. Sep tember closed l"4c up at 41c. Oats were Arm, but quiet. September closed a shade higher at 2121c. Provisions were quiet and fairly steady. The ease and grace with which the mar .ket absorbed liberal offerings of lard from commission Kouses was the feature In the pit. September pork closed 5c lower, lard 2Ooc down, and ribs 2c higher. The "leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Opening. Highest. Lowest, Close. August $0 74 40 75 $0 74 SO 75 September ... 74 75 74 75 October-. 75 70 75 $6 CORN. August 40 41 .40 41 September ... 39 41 30 41 October . 38 30' 3S 30 OATS. August 215& 21 21 211 Beptember .;. -21 21 -21 21 October 22 22& 22 22 MESS PORK. September ...lb 07 10 07 10 00 10 00 October .,.,.,1105 1107 10 07 11 00 January 1100 1105 10 07 1100 LARD. September . . . 6 70 0 70 665 665 October ...... 0 75 6 75 0 70 6 70 January 055 6 55 C 52 652 SHORT RIBS. September ... 7 00 7 05 7 00 7 02 October 0 07 7 00 0 07 7 00 January 585 5 87 5 So 565 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Steady. Wheat Spring, . No. 3, 7171c; No. 2 red, 7576c. Corn No. 2, 41?441c; No. 2 yellow, 41419ic Oats No. 2, 2222c; No. 2 white, 24 25c; No. 3 white, 2324c. , Barley Good feeding, 373Sc; fair to choice malting, 4246c. Flaxseed No. 1, $1 40; ICo. 1 Northwest ern. $1 41. k Timothy seed Prime. $4 154 25. Mess pork Per barrel, $10 9511 00. Lard Per 100 pound $, $6 670 70. Short ribs Sides, loose, $6 907 25. Shoulders Dry-salted, boxed, 6igGc. Sides Short, clear, boxed, $7 457 55. Clover Contract grade, $9 7510 00. i Receipts. Shlpm'ts. Flour, baTrela 43,000 23,000 Wheat, bushels 832.000 201.000 Corn, bushels 30S.O0O 175.000 Oats, bushels 1,000,000 458,000 Rye. bushels 10,000 1,000 Barley, bushels 40,000 30,000 On .the Produce Exchange today the butter market was firm; creamery, 18 21c; dairy, 1418c. Cheese Steady; 1045llc: Eggs-Flrm; fresh, 1314c. ' ?few Yoric Grnln and Produce. ' NEW' YORK, Aug. 29. Flour Receipts, 19,175 barrels r exports, 12,320 barrels. Mar ket firmer; Minnesota patents, $4 004 30. "Wheat Receipts, 11.100 bushels; exports', 31,973 bushels. .Spot Arm; No. 2 red, 81c fr o. "b.; options opened 79c elevator. Options opened firm, and continued so all day on strong cables, rains in the Northwest, general local covering and export demand". Prospects for a smaller 'Southwest movement also inspired bull ishness. Closed Arm at "c net advance. May closed 84c; September, S0c; Octo ber closed 'S0c; December, S2c. Wool-Dull. Hojs Quiet. Enropcan Grain ainrlcet. LONDON, Aug. 29. Wheat cargoes on passage firm, but not active; cargoes Walla Walla, 29s Sd; English country markets Arm. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 29. Wheat firm; wheat and flour In Paris weak. Wheat Spot steady: No. 2 red Western Winter, 6S Id; No. 1 Northern Spring. 6s 3d; No. 1 California. 6s 4d slld. Fu tures firm; September, 6s d; December, 6s Sftd. Corn Spot firm: American mixed, new, 4s 1H; old. 4s 2d. Futures firm; Sep tember, 4s 2d; November, 4s 2d. BOSTON WOOL MARKET. Mnr&et aaf a "Whole Favorable to the Bayers. BOSTON. Aug. 29 The American Wool, Reporter will say tomorrow: "The demand .for wool has been quiet the past week and the market as a whole favored the buyer. Some of the manufac turers to whom Government contracts .have jbeen awarded have been in and pur chased some fair-sized lots of wool, but the general inquiry has not been at all active. On some lines of territories, buy ers, -can negotiate on slightly softer terms than they could a couple of weeks ago. The demand, such as it Is. has run to medium and low wools, notably scoured wools, Territories, Texas and -blood fleeces. Manufacturers are doing their purchasing In accordance with the size of their orders received, as the latter have been moderate, and they are not buying wool freely. The sales of the week In Boston amount ed to 3,074,000 pounds domestic and 2?5.C0D pounds foreign, making a total of 3.2SO.CO0 against a total of 3,955,000 for the cor responding week last year. The sales since January 1 amount to 90,056,000 pounds, against 1S4,72S,000 pounds for the corresponding time last year. The receipts since January 1 have been 275,690 bales domestic and 113109 bales for eign, against 184,728,000 pounds for the cor responding period last year. Among the sales of the last week were 100.000 pounds Spring Texas wool at 20c, equivalent to a clean cost of 55c; 125,00 pounds California, at 18c, equivalent to 52c lean; 50,000 pounds No. 3 Valley Ore gon, at 19c; 400,000 pounds Montana at a clean cost of 50 cents; 100,000 pounds Aus tralian at a clean cost ranging from 78 90c clean. SAW FRANCISCO MARKETS. BAN FRANCISCoT Aug. 29. Wool Spring Nevada, ll13c; Eastern Oregon 1014c; Valley, Oregon. 16lSc. Fall Mountain lambs, 910c; San Joaquin Plains, ⪼ Humbolt and Medocino. 10 12c. Hops '99 crop, 8c; new crop, 1900, 10 12C MUlstuffs Middlings, $1720; bran, 112 50 (313 50 per ton. Hay Wheat, $S12; wheat and oat, $8 aacsMBHra Mprmon BlehOpaf PUIS & Qaaca 4 tool isiukeh. Poilutaf VI im'i""fc VMi..wij. CXECIZCS, W fiffittrfiSHKiri blllty, Hsadacno.unfltnass to Lximinai or eonatination, attpa QuicKnoad .or 013- ortnl P crczy Bmaoa. usbi ci ucspcBoeci, a ctttb is ac iuaa. MaaMl Kestorrs imau. nsaerejopca erjips, Sncwlates the brain od, aerre centers. 50c a box. d or fa-saby mill. ffitMWia A-wrlaea euuaiase, taenia a mMsyntsadea, fca !. dreaisn ftee. Addresst Bishop RomcKly Co., San Francisco, Onl. For ea'lo by Aldrich Pharmacy. Slsth and YfM hlnstpn streets, Portland. Or. Chamber of Commerce 10 50; best barley, '55 5OS"50: alfalfa. $6 7 50; compressed wheat. ?S12 per ton; straw, 2537c per bale. Potatoes River Burbanks, XC6Cq; sweet, new. llc per pound: Salinas Burbanks. 70cS$l. Vegetables Green peas, 2S4c; per pound; string beans, 23c: tomatoes, 25 BOc; asparagus, 75c$2,50x cucumbers. 20 30y a box. Green fruit Apples, choice, $1 15 per box; common, 35c Butter Francy creamery, "2323$; do seconds, 2122cr fancy dairy, 21c; do seconds, 1720c, Citrus fruit Mexican limes, $3 506; common California lemons, $1 502 75; choice, $3S 25 per box; pineapples, $3J per dozen. Bananas $12 50 per bunch. Cheese California, flats, 9gl0c per pound J Young America, 1010c; Eastern, 1314c. Eggs Store, 1519c; fancy ranqh, 23 26c; Eastern. 1720c. Poultry Turkeys, gobblers, 910cj do hens, H$fl3q per pound; old roosters, $3 30 4 per dozen; young roosters. $3 50&5; small broilers, $202 50; large do, $2 03;' fryers, $3ff3 50; hens, $3 50J?3 per dozen; old ducks. $34 50; geese. $123gl50 per pair. Receipts Flour, 15,700 quarter sacks: do Eastern 'Oregon, 1500;, wheat, 22,800 cen tals; barley, 7S.6C0 centals; oats. 2200 cen tals; do Oregon. 700; beans, 250 sacks; potatoes, 5000 sacks; onions, 2000 sacks: bran, 1200 sacks; middlings, 500 sacks; hay, 00 Dales; w.ool, 250 bales. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-Cattle-Recelpts, 18,500, Including 10C0 Texans. Natives steady to strong; Westerns, firm; natives, good to prime steers, ?5 50S6 50; poor to medium, $4 60i5 45; selected feeders, firm, $14 75; mixed stockors, steady, $3 253 90; cows, $2S04.50; heifers, $35; canners. 52 10S2 70; bulls, $2 5Q4 50; calves. ?5for 7 25; Texas fed steers, $4 25g5; grassers, $3 254 20; bulls, $2 503 40. ; Hogs Receipts today, 27,000; tomorrow, 23,000, estimated: left over, 9000. Closed 3c lower: top, -?5 45;. mixed and butchers", 34 905 40; good to choice heavy, JSS 35; rough heavy, -$4 80495; light. $5 05S5 43; bulk of sales, ?5 105 30, Sheep Receipts, 2S.O0O. Sheep and lambs steady; choice, shade higher; good to choice .wethers, $3 633 90; fair to choice mixed, $3 503 75; Western sheep, ?3 40 3 SO; Texas sheep, f2 503 50; native lambs, $435 75; Western lambs, ?1 73(35 73. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 29.-Cattle Re ceipts, 9000; market, steady; Texas steers, $2 50-35 20; Texas cows, $i 252 SO; native steers, $4 255 65; native cows and heifers, $1 605 25: stockers and feeders, $2 5034 63; bulls, $2 604. Hogs Receipts, 10,000; market, steady; bulk of sales, $55.12; heavy, $4 935 07; packers, $535 15; mixed, $4 90g3 10; lights, $4 505 17; yorkers, ?5 155 17; pigs, $4 50g 5 05. Sheep Receipts, 3000; market, weak; lambs, $3 504 85; muttons, $2 504. OMAHA, Aug. 29. Cattle Receipts, 4S00 head; market active and stronger; native' beef steers, $4 6035 SO: Western steers, ?4 004 60; Texas steers, $3 500 4 25; .cows and heifers, $2S04 23: can ners. $1 75g2 73; stockers and feeders, $3 e04 73; calves, $3 505 0; bulls and stags, $2 254 40. Hogs Receipts, 7700 head; market strong; heayy, $4 935 03; mixed, ?3 00 5 05; light, ?5 05(55 12; bulk of sales, 55 00 3 03. Sheep Receipts, 7900; market, slow and weak; wethers, $3 303 CO; yearlings, $3 30 g3 CO; common and stock sheep, $3 00 3 50; lambs, $4 855 00. The Metal Markets. NEW YORK, Aug. 29 The feature in metal circles today was the low record made In spelter for this year at London, that article touching 19 2s 6d. While it tended to give a weak undertone in the local market, it failed to affect prices ma terially. Pig iron warrants are offered at $10 30, with buyers conspicuous by their absence, and the market closed weak. Copper was quiet and unchanged, both here and at London. Lake copper closed at 16c. Lead was dull and unchanged at $4 37. Tho total exportation of pig iron from the" United. States during the first sevn months of this year amounted to S9.S10 tons against a total of 162,936 tons for the same period a year ago. The broker's price for lead was $4, arid for copper, $16 7516 87. Bar silver, 61c. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29. 61c. -Bar silver. 'LONDON, Aug. 29. Bar silver, 2S7-16J. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, Aug. 29. Coffee Options closed steady at net, unchanged prices to 10 points advance; sales, 17.7C0 bags. In cluding September $7 35, November ?7 30 7 55; December $7 607 65. Spot Rio Quiet: No. 7 Invoice, Sc. Mild Quiet; Cordova, 914c. Sugar Raw firm; fair refining, 4Vic; centrifugal, 96 test, 4c. Refined Firm. Sncar Refineries Cloe. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29.-AH the re fineries in this city conducted by tho American Sugar Refining Company, will close from Friday until Tuesday of next week, owing to a shortage of raw ma terial: Phillips Brooks as a Nnrse. Ladles' Home .Journal. Doctor Brooks was calling on some of his poor parlshoners one day and found one woman looking very tired and miser able, with several little children and one small baby under her care. He told her she ought to go out and take a walk with the older children, the day being a beauti ful one. She replied that she had no one with whom she could leave the baby. 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