THE MOIttTCN'G OKEGONIAN, S&TUKDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1900. iKMEl bouquet M HO FFMANETI FIVE-CENT CIGARS A -i A S . QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE : f 1. WADHAMS & CO., PORTLAND, OREGON, DISTRIBUTERS Sold From Maine to California The Hilson Co., N. Y., Makers jBpf ou6e HfSK iBOUQUITfSa TRADE !N WINTER GOODS WEATIinR COXDITXOXS KOR3I ' SLIGHT DRAWBACK. Holiday Trade I Excellent Iron and Steel Buwineis Active The "Week's Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Dec. 7. Bradstreefs to morrow will say: There Is a quieter tone and reduced volume of business doing at wholesale In many lines, but this Is not unusual at this season, and is partly balanced by a larger interest fn retail and 'holiday dis tribution. Weather conditions are silll a drawback to the trade in Winter-weight, goods, but it is notable that a better re port comes from the Northwest than for some weeks past. Southern trade ad vices remain good, but retail business at Eastern markets is still reported back ward. In the larger lines of trade new features are not numerous. Textiles are quiet and rather dull with agents, pend ing the opening of the Spring seaton. "Wool and wcolens are still quiet. Cotton is irregular and the market Is at a bal ance pending the publication of the next Government crop r port, which, however, is expected to approximate 9.759.CO0 bal s. The high cost of raw cotton has not yet been ejualled by the advance in manu factured goods. A hopeful feature tills week was the taking of a large lot of brown cottons for export for China. The higher trend of values in November has been duplicated in the first week of De cember, and cereals, long backward in this respect, have led the advance, which, however, has not been steadily main tained.' Finished products monopolize the ac tivity in the Iron and steel trades, with bars, plates, sheets and bridge material most active. Even in finished lines however, there is less reported doing in new business, but Pittsburg and Chicago mills are reported sold ahead 60 to 90 days. At Chicago plates are scarce, and a. premium is offered for early deliveries of galvanized and blacksheets. The rail market is active and 60,000 tons were sold at Chicago this week, while the total amount on the rail mill books Is claimed to aggregate 1,000,000 tons. While good sales of pig are reported at some markets, business as a whole In this line is quieter, without, however, any lack of firmness. Much is heard about forthcoming reductions in cost of ore, coke and labor, and this undoubt edly checks orders ahead, but higher prices for rails are talked of, and South ern furnaces are reported heavily sold ahead. There is little or nothing doing in Bessemer pig and billets. Among the other metals, copper is active and firm, but tin is weaker. The shoe trade is cheerful and Eastern manufacturers report Jobbers steady buyers at the slight advance made some weeks ago. Snow and wet weather are Le'plng retail trade in shoes and rubbers in Northern markets. A better report comes from the tlour ml 1 ng n-lustrv, but the demand is hardly what was expec el. Sugar is higher for raws, but the re fining branch presents the old appearance of Irregularity, and another price war is foreshadowed. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 3,432,159 bushels, against 2.497.SS0 bushels last week, and E.133,331 bushels In tha corresponding week of 1S99. From July 1 to date this season wheat exports aro 81.231.456 bushels, against 91,301.273 bushels last season. Failures for the week number 214. against 164 last week. 220 in this -week a ear ago. and 237 In 1S9S. Canadian failures number 27, as against SS last week. 31 in this week & year ago, and 29 in 1S9S. OX CONSERVATIVE LINES. Orders Ahead Give a Confident Un dertone to Trade. NEW TORK, Dec 7. R. G. Dun & Cos weekly review of trade will say tomorrow: Business is progressing along conser vative lines. It is without excitement nnd -without great speculative activity, but with a confident undertone, which is to be explained largely by the fact that leading concerns in most of the great Industries have orders booked to employ their machinery at nearly full capacity during the months when curtailment was usual No net reduction In working forces has appeared in the last fo'tnlcht. end a readjustment of wage schedules in Eome branches of the steel trade is ef fected without trouble. Prices of com modities are generally steady and hell day trade is brisk at all points. The Couth Is particularly cheerful, with cot ton and the rice crop coming in at very full prices. There Is no cause for alarm in the small volume of new business at Iron and steel centers. With the first sign of higher prices there came forward such a flood of contracts that mills and furnaces booked orders sufficient to keep the full force employed for months. Hence there has come a more oulet con dition, with less bidding for products.' Fortunately quotations were not forced up unreasonably during the week's greatest activity, and now there is no sign of depression. On the other hand, bars are more firmly held, while many Idle mills have resumed in this depart ment, and sheetmakers also insist on bet ter terms. Other forms of finished ma terial are steady and at most points pig is unchanged, although concessions are made for Bessemer at Pittsburg. Nu merous bridges are being erected by the , railroads, and a heavy tonnage of struc tural steel is taken. Other railway sup- plies are In active demand, with rolling stock urgently sought. Business in -iron 1 is" particularly brisk at Chicago. With- slight moderation In domestic buying, mora attention is given to exports. Hides are easier, especially for country lines at Chicago. Even after the declino ' of the past two weeks, the average is above the closing prices of October. Wool remains steady and sales are less than half of last year. Manufacturers purchase carefully and the goods mar ket is unusually dull for the season. For the first time In many weeks the cereals exhibited strength, and some ad vance was to be expected after the ex tensive decline. When, was started up ward by the foreign markets and orompt response here compelled covering of con tracts. Nothing of importance was learned regarding domestic conditions, aside from the heavy marketing at In terior cities, as indicated by Wetern le celpts of 5,825,402 bushels, ayainst 3.S02.78S bushels In the previous week. On the i other hand, exports from the Atlantis Coast cities were only 2,214.409 bushels, j against 3,359,677 bushels in 1S99. Failures for the week were 287 In the United States, against 221 last year, and 25 in Canada, against 35 last year. l SPECULATION LESS ACTIVE. No Longer Bnylnfr Stocks "With Vigor Good Beninnd for Securities. NEW YORK, Dec 7. Bradstreefs finan cial review tomorrow will say: During the past week there has been a further slackening of speculative activity at New York. The public is no longer buying stocks with vigor, and while ad vances have been scored in various parts of the railroad share list, they seem to be the result of support by large interests or manipulation by bull pools. The pro fessional element has also continued to exhibit more or less inclination to work on the bear side, although so far as rail road stocks are concerned, the impression produced by their attempts to depress prices has been comparatively small. In the Industrials, however, declining tendencies have been mpre pronounced. The fact that the directors of the Amer ican "Sugar Company, instead of increas ing the dividend on the stock to 2 per cent quarterly, as was anticipated, kept the rate at 1 per cent, resulted In a sharp break in that important security, and later on there was a decline in Ten nessee Coal, which also had an effect upon the market at large. American Steel & Wire has been the object of a great deal of attention on ac count of the stories which are circulated of dissensions in Its management, and the announcement that a stock exchange house has asked for proxies for use at the coming annual meeting, the purpose beins to- effect a change In the manage ment. Statements that the Iron and steet trades, while in a sound condition, are by no means booming, have a tendency to create caution, not only In regard to In dustrials, but the railroad list as well, and offset to a considerable extent the continuance of good earnings by nearly all the leading systems. Humors of deals and combinations are still beard, and sup port is given to many different groups or railroad stocks on this basis. It may also be noted that while speculative buying is of small proportions, the Investment de maud for bonds and dividend-paying stocks of the best class Is on a large scale. The scarcity of high-grade bond Issues Is noteworthy, and has led to a marked demand for securities of what may be termed the second rank. The January disbursements for divi dends and Interest will undoubtedly be the largest In the history of the United States, and the demand for securities In which to re-Invest a considerable portion of the fund thus released is being, to a certal nextent, anticipates and discounted. December1 0, with the percentage and decrease, as compared with s ponding week last year: Clearings. New Tork $1,473,055,000 Boston 145,270,000 Chicago 153,814,000 Philadelphia 110.547.0CO si. ixuis sa.irjy.ooo Pittsburg 34.065.000 Baltimore 23,093.000 San Francisco 20,007,808 Cincinnati 18.7C4.O00 Kansas City 18.033,000 New Orleans 18.655.000 Minneapolis 15,542,000 Detroit 9.719,000 Cleeland 13,335,000 Loulsnille 9,809,000 Providence 7,005,000 Milwaukee 6,746,000 St. Paul 0,507,000 Buffalo 5.SS7.000 Omaha 6,947,000 Indianapolis 7.O3S.O00 Columbus, 9 6,255,000 Savannah 6,528,000 Demer . 4.590,000 Hartford 2.826.000 Richmond ...........V 4.143,000 Memphis 4,"571,OQO Washington 2,846,000 Peoria 2.627.000 Rochester ..,, 2,732,000 New Haen .!..... 1,555,000 Worcester .... 1.471.000 Atlanta 2 037.000 Salt Lake 3,704,000 Springfield. Mass.... 1,841,000 Fort Worth 2.SS5.0Q0 Portland, Me 1.4S4.000 Portland. Or 2,803,163 St. Joseph 4.279,000 Los Angeles 2.C94.OO0 Norfolk 1.602,000 Syracuse 1.423.000 Xes Moines 1.919.000 Fall RHer 1.244.000 Scranton 1.2SO.0O0 Grand Rapids 1,312,000 Augusta, Ga 2,107.000 Lowell 5SO.00O Dayton, 0 1.326,000 Seattle 2,953.317 Tacoma 1,071.006 Spokane 1,193,037 Sioux City 1,602.000 New Bedford 1,040.000 Knonille. Tenn G06.000 Topcka 851,000 Birmingham 1.165.OO0 Wichita 491.000 Blnghamton 507.000 Lexington. Ky CCO.OOO Jacksotn Ille. Fla.... 252,000 Kalamazoo 493.000 Akron 424.000 Chattanooga 476,000 Bockford. Ill 253 000 Canton. 0 337.000 Springfield. 0 337.000 Fargo. N. D 553.000 Sioux Falls. S. D.... 208.000 Hastings. Neb... ... 176.000 Fremont. Neb 133.000 Davenport 1.180.000 Toledo 2.670.000 Galveston 11.400,000 Houston 9,078.000 Evansvllle S09.000 .Macon 928.000 Helena S07.000 Little Rock 809.000 Springfield. Ill 560.000 Toungstown 339.000 Colorado Springs .... 850,000 Totals TJ. S $2,253,620,544 Totals outside U. S..S 770.664.925 DOMINION OF CANAD Montreal $ 15.5S2.679 Toronto 12 045.291 Winnipeg 3,000.303 Halifax 1.G52.119 Hamilton 1.04S.192 St. John. N. B 747.906 Victoria C47.306 Vancouver 915.833 Totals S 35.C90.634 of increase the corre- Inc Dec 2L8 .... 2.4 .... "" 2.3 9.1 .... 12.1 .... 5 2 .... 1S.1 .... 7.2 .... 4.8 .... 18 0 33.4 9.5 4.0 8.8 2L8 8.6 3.2 .... 8.9 .... 4.9 2.3 .... ti .... ... 18.6 442' .... 1.9 9.0 47,9 7.5 20J. 60' 20-4 7.3 358 14.4 10 2 2.5 22.1 50 16 9 "c's 33.8 29.7 12.3 ii'i 93.3 9.3 10 8 1.4 78.7 1.8 ii.o 5.7 12.7 7.3 18.5 01.3 &9 Sl.l 11.1 0.6 10.2 1.5 18.0 . - 10." S.9 ii.2 26 2.7 10.0 12.9 10.6 "45 8.7 4.0 15.0 7.0 COTTON VIA PORTLAND 15.3 4.4 3.6 156 11.5 5.2 7.6 42.0 26.0 C.1 Banlc Clearing. NEW TORK. Dec 7. The following table. j complied by Bradstreet. shews the bank clear ings at the principal dues for the week ended Annex Panhandle to Baker County. Frank Jasper, of Richmond, Eagle Valley, said to the La Grande Journal Tuesday: "I am satisfied that about one-half of the taxpayers of the Panhandle desire that region to become a part of Baker County, being engaged In mining-, stock raising and other like industries as Baker people. Baker City now Is the main trad ing point for our people, and they would find It convenient, also, to have that city as a county seat. "I think one-half of the taxpayers would be glad to see the Panhandle made into a separate county. On one point all of the people m my section ap pear to be agreed, and that is that an effort will be made to have the Union. County seat at La Grande. They think, too, that this effort will succeed," Yellow Kever Cure. NEW YORK, Dec. 7. Dr. Angle Bel llnzaghi, a young specialist whose success in the treatment of sufferers from yellow fever recently attracted much attention in Mexico, Is In the city on .his -.way to Brazil. Dr. Bellinzaghi has been offered the $100,000 prize set aside by the .Mexican Government for the discovery of a serum that would cure yellow fever, but he says that he Is unwilling to accept the prize on the terms proposed by the Mexican Government, although he is ready to give all sufferers from the dreaded disease the benefit of his cure. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby la CotUng Teetfc, Be sure and use that old indwell-tried remedy, Airs. Wuu!ows Soothing Srrup. tor children jteethlng. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and dlarrhoa. sunday. humor For a Cold tn the Head, Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. LAST "WINTER'S EXPERI3IENT HAS PROVED SATISFACTORY. Growing1 Demand In Orient to Be Partly Supplied Over Illinois Cen tral and Union Pacific. An experiment in exporting raw cotton through Portland to" the Orient was tried a year ago, and it was so satisfactory that it moved the O. R. & N. to em bark in the business on a larger scale. The shipments of cotton from this port were as follows: Month.- Pounds.. - Value. December;: 1S99 .". 515.54S ?35.730 January, 1M0 258,627 IS.60O February, 1900 124,420 9,250 Total .S3S.592 J63.6M ' For several years San Francisco has been exporting raw cotton to the Orient, chiefly to -Japan, and in the past two or three years Puget Sound has handled con siderable of the fiber. Trains brought cotton West and hauled tea East. It is presumed that' the cotton- from New Orleans will go over the Illinois Cen tral to Omaha, thence over the Union Pacific system to Portland. The Illinois Central, like the Union Pacific, Is one of the groups of Harriman railroads, and to this fact it Is probably due that an ar rangement Is practicable that will bring a great deal of cotton through the port of Portland. It is understood that the O.. R.i & N. agencies in the cotton belt will not be manned from the Portland agencies of the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line that are to be closed at the end of the month. Men familiar with the business in that field will be employed there. of our freight conductors. When they were put off'trains they would frequently place obstructions on the track; causing wrecks; hence . the necessity of the above law. "As soon a3 the law brcame effective, our special agent on this division, R. S. Mitchell, began working on the matter, enlisting the aid of the different Sheriffs and deputies in the counties through which the road passes. All unauthorized persons caught on moving- freight or passenger trains were arrested and tried before the different courts, and they were given anywhere from 60 to 120 days. After sentence they were sent to the saw mills to work out their fines. "Since the law went Into effect, we have arrested and convicted 300 offend ers, and the good results of this action have been far-reaching. We have no ticed a wonderful decrease in the num ber of cars broken into and robbed. We have not had an attempt at a train wreck .since the law was passed- For merly the tramps camped along- the right of way and foraged on potatoes, peas, corn, chickens and other farming products, and anything else they could steal. The farmers along the line all feel the good effects, and are loud in their praise of such a law. "If m the Legislatures of the different states would pass similar acts, it would have a wholesome effect and put a stop to the evil now resulting from so many unauthorized persons riding trains, and possibly would do away with the nuis ance of the tramp." PORTLAND'S NOVEMBER FREIGHT. Increase of 500 Carloads Over No--vemuer, 1S90. The number of loaded freight cars handled in Portland In the month'of No vember just past, compared with the number handled a year ago, Is as follows: November, 1900 J3.S04 November, 1S99 .., 13t303 Increase 501 Counting each carload 30,000 pounds, this shows an increase of 15,030,000 pounds, or 7515 tons in the freight handled In the month Just passed, over the same month a year ago. These figures include the re ports from the Terminal Company, the.O. R. & N. East Side business and the Southern Pacific at Jefferson Street and on the East Side. It does not Include trolley-line business, nor does It take Into account freight handled by water craft. At the Union passenger station 34,769 pieces of baggage were handled last month, as against 29.3S6 for November, 1S99, an Increase of 53S3 pieces for last month. TRAMPS AND THC RAILROADS. Tlie Alalinnia Law nnd the Benefit That Has Come From It. J. I. McKinney, superintendent of tJie Mobile & Montgomery division of the Louisville & Nashville, writes the Rail way Age. of Chicago, as follows: "In 1S9S the Legislature of the State of Alabama passed the following act, which has proven to be of great value to the railroad companies, as well as the farm ers of the state: An act to prevent persons from beating then way on railroad trains in this state. Section 1. Be It enacted by the General As sembly of Alabama. That any penon other than a railway employe In the discharge of his duty who, without authority from the con ductor of the train, rides, or attempts to ride, on top of any car. coach, engine or tender, on any railroad In this state, or on the draw heads between cars, or unoer cars on truss rods or trucks, or In any freight car, or on a plat form of any baggage car, express car or mall car, on any train In this state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec 2. Be it further enacted. That any per son charged with a violation of the 'first section of this act may be tried In any county in this state through which such train may pass, or In any county in which such violation may have occurred or may be discovered. "Previous to December, 1S9S, our road between Mobile and Montgomery was In fested with tramps. Many times they were so numerous that the train crews could not control them. Depredations were committed by them in every Imag inable form breaking into cars, steal ing freight, wrecking trains, etc On one occasion, between Flotsaton and Mobile, they took possession or one of our trains, shooting the brakeman and throwing him 'off. and at another time shooting in the knee a brakeman who had put some of them off; again, four of them shot one "Western "Winter Reiort Travel. CHICAGO, Dec. 7. According to West ern railway officials, the flow of travel from Chicago and the East toward the California Winter resorts is now break ing all records. So heavy has the traffic become that nearly all the roads, trans continentals as well as those with ter minals at Missouri River points, have been compelled not only to put on extra coaches on their regular west-bound trains, but In some instances run addi tional trains to accommodate the heavy traffic. Berth accommodations for Cali fornia points have been engaged as far ahead as February. Conference of "Western Presidents. NEW YORK, Dec 7. The presidents or the Western railroads concluded their conference this afternoon. Chairman Jeffery said that the result, although not entirely satisfactory, was more satisfac tory than the officials had reason to ex pect yesterday. He said the reports of all the committees were received, and "the St. Paul and Kansas City committees will return to their respective territories and endeavor to work out a solution of the rate Question there. Epwortli League Rates. CHICAGO. Dec 7. The Trlbulfe says: Being unable to agree upon rates and divisions of Epworth League business by diversified routes from Chicago to San Francisco, the transcontinental roads have referred the mattei ior arbitration to the 'heads of the passenger depart ments of the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and the Union Pacific railroads. "W. E. Comnn Transferred. SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 7. W. E. Coman. general agent of the Oregon Short Line at Portland, was today ap pointed general agent of the company at Salt Lake. "Wnlei May See Cup Contests. NEW YORK, Dec. 7. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from London says: Either the Prince of Wales or the Duke of York will probably attend the Amer ica's cup races next August, if political and social conditions at that time per mit. The Prince would much like to at tend. An intimation has been conveyed that If proper official representations bo made the Prince would be pleased 10 consider them favorably. 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