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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1901)
ri? THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1801. 11 COMMERCIAL AND In most line the Portland market Is tally as dull as the dull season of the year -warrants. A big advance In stock salt ?2 a ton was made by the salt trust yesterday, and beans are likely to go up today. Irregular sales of a lot of oranges have brought a little extra life into the fruit trade. But -wheat and wool are celling very slowly, and th'ere is novim medlate prospect of Improvement. There was a slump in the poultry market yes terday, a large supply of Indifferent fowls facing a torpjd demand. Butter and eggs were rather weak. Though Eastern egga are out of the Portland market, the but ter of California is now pressing the Ore gon product and may drive it down a few points. Mercantile trade holds good for the sea son. In groceries and the dry goods lines trade Is active and fairly satisfactory. The large bank clearings show that busi ness is in good condition, though a part of the big Increase must be credited to the heavy shipments of grain lately, rather than to improvement in general commerce. Taken all together Portland business men have little cause for com plaint. "WHEAT Uncertainty pervades the wheat market. The improvement in the foreign and Eastern quotations early in the week was but faintly reflected here. Though sales are few, a great deal of grain Is moving to tide water, and tiie warehouse room may soon be taxed to ac commodate It. Most of the warehouses still have space to spare, but if there shall be much more delay In the arrival of chartered vessels this spaqe will all be occupied. On one of the Portland wharves there Is now about 14,000 tons of grain awaiting shipment. The only new char ter reported this week is that of the French bark La Rochefoucauld, which was taken by the Portland drain Com pany at 41s 3d. The conditions are such that charter rates are expected to ad vance, which will affect the price of wheat adversely for the time being. With the growers disposed to hold their grain at present prices, however, It is hardly like ly that a decline will increase the sales. Crpp conditions in the Northwest are favorable for a large grain yield next season. Reports from Eastern wheat growing sections are also for the most part favorable for the crop. Still, the very mildness of the Winter holds ele ments of danger, for there is hardly snow enough to protect the plants from the frost. Nothing as yet appears to threaten the Northwest crop In any respect, and the price is not low enough to affect a reduction of the acreage of Spring sow ing. WOOL A very reluctant market waits upon wool. Manufacturers, profiting from the experience of a year ago, are buying only what they need for immediate use. The, Boston maraet Is Inactive, and even the London sales are comparatively slug gish. Though orders are now being booKed for next Winter's heavy wear, the wool market does not show anything like the response that was expected. There is no speculating. Buyers have been withdrawn from Oregon and more than 75 per cent of last. year's clip remains in the warehouses. This is not altogether a bad sign, however, for the growers are able to hold for a good price, and they mean to get it sooner or later. The growers and buyers have not been able to get together, except In a very few Instances. No large sales have been madei FRUIT Oranges are moving fairly free, but the best of the California crop Is yet to come Into the market. The price has kept up rather"better than was expected In the face of the heavy receipts. A Southern California frultshlpplng associa tion that has been sending a good deal of fruit to Portland got the idea this week that it was not getting a fair share of the trade here, and it put a couple of carloads of oranges In the hands of one 6f the commission dealers to sell to retailers at cut prices. These have been cold In Portland for less than the price of the stock In Redlands. The other dealers profess not to be disturbed by this proceeding, and to bo firm In their deter mination not to increase their patronage of the complaining concern; indeed, the disposition is to stop dealing with It alto gether. Of course, the regular orange market has been considerably Interfered with, but this disturbing factor has not reached the outside demand. Oregon ap ples reach the Portland market In smaller quantity than is desirable, but the price tempers the demand for them. Southern Oregon is shipping apples to San Fran cisco as well as to Portland BUTTER AND CHEESE California creamerj' butter is coming Into the Port land market In considerable quantities. It may now be bought hci for less than than the price of Oregon creamery, but transportation from Humboldt Bay to San Francisco and then to Portland does not Improve the product, and Oregon but ter can easily hold Its own In competition with that from the south when the differ ence in price Is not more than 5 cents a pound. This lfmlt, however, the Califor nia butter Is now pressing, and it is ex pected that the Oregon product will soon bring a less price. The cheese market Is stiffening, and the price adanced yesterday 1 cent a pound. Much of Portland's cheese supply comes from Tillamook, and none Is produced at tltfs season of the year. The price can not go much higher before Importations T.ill be made from the dairy centers of the East POULTRY AND EGGS-A short time ago the poultry market was very strong and the commlbslon-housos sent the Informa tion abroad and Invited consignments. The farmers up the Valley saw the point and began sending In their chickens, and this week the Portland market Is glutted, and it has unloaded on Puget Sound all that could be taken there, competing suc cessfully with the Eastern poultry that Is the main dependence of that market. And still the poultry comes. Most of it is not of the best quality, which adds to the difficulty of disposing of It. Last year was a great one for poultry-raising, and the farmers are now Inclined to rush their stock on the market. Eggs had a downward tendency yester day and It was reported that some of tne dealers were selling at 1 cent under the quotations. Lower prices are expected. There Is no Eastern stock left In the Portland market. HIDES AND FURS The market for bides and furs Is very dull. There are practically no sound hldos at this time of the year. Oregon furs are yearly becom ing less, and the supply this season Is materially lees than of last Winter. There is a fair demand for such as are offered andt prices are geod. POTATOES AND ONIONS There Is a good demand for Oregon potatoes and the supply keeps up well. The onion markot has softened a little, but is yet in good condition. VEAL AND PORK The supply of veal FINANCIAL NEWS is yet scarcely up to the demand, and the price is firm. There is said to be no difficulty In getting better than the market quotations for choice veaL Receipts of pork also continue light, and the market is very firm. Bnnlt Clearings. -" Exchanges. Balances. Portland .' 5126,015 S62,156 Tacoroa 221,233 38,008 Seattle , 314,061 8S.01G Spokane 162,452 45,163 PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain, Flour, Etc Wheat Walla Walla, 54-g55c; Valley, nominal; bluestgm. 57574c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $2 903 40 per bar rel; graham. $2 60. Oats White, 4142c per bushel; gray, 40S41c Barley Feed, 51515 50; brewing. 16 50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran. $15 50 per ton; dllngs, $21; shorts, $18: chop, $16. Hay Timothy. $1212 50; clover, 9 50. Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. $16 mld- $7 Butter, JSersH, Poultrrt Etc. Butter Fancy creamery, 50555c; store, 2532c per roll. Eggs Oregon ranch, 25c per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2 75: hens, $3 75; ducks, $56 50; geese, J67 peryozen; turkeys, live. 10llc; dressed. 12&14c per pound. Honey Comb, 15c. Cheese Full cream, twins, 1313c; Young America, 13V14c per pound. Vegetables, Frnlta, Etc. Vegetables Parsnips, S5c; turnips, 75c; carrots, 73c sack; onions, $22 25; cab bage, $1 651 75 per cental; potatoes., 50 60c per sack; sweet potatoes, $1 65 per 100 pounds; celery, S090c per doben; Califor nia tomatoes. $2 50 per box. Fruit Lemons, $2 503; oranges, $2v 2 75 for navel; $f jOgl 75 for seedlings, per box; pineapples, $44 50 per dozen; ba nanas, $2 50g3 per bunch: Persian dates, 66c per pound; apples, 50cl 25 per box. Dried fruit Apples, evaporated, 56c per pound; sun-dried, sacks or boxes, 34c; pears, S9c; prunes, Italian, 57c; silver, extra choice, 57c; figs. Califor nia black, 5c; figs, California white. 5 7c; plums, pltless, white, 7Sc per pound. Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc. Hops New crop, 1214c per pound; 1S99 crop. 67c Wool Valley. 1314c; Eastern Oregon. 1012c; mohair, 23c per pound. Sheepskins Shearlings, 16S20c: short wool, 2535c; medium-wool, 30!50c; long wool, 00c$l each. Tallow 4c; No. 2 and grease, 23c per pound. Hides Dry hides. No. L 16 pounds and upward, 14c; dry kip, No. 1, 5 to 16 pounds, 15c per pound; dry calf. No. L under 5 pounds, 1415c; dry-salted, one third less than dry flint; salted hides, sound steers, 60 pounds and over. 78c; do, 50 to 60 pounds, 7c; do, under 50 pounds and cows, 6c; kip, 13to 30 pounds, fc; do, veal, 10 to 14 pounds, 7c; do, calf, under 10 pounds. 7&c; green (un salted), Jo per pound less; culls (bulls, stags, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored, halr sllpped, weather-beaten or grubby), one third less. Pelts Bearskins, each, as to size, $3 15; cubs, each, $23; badger, each, 25c; wildcat, 2575c; housecat, 525c: rex, common gray, 40c$l; do, red. $1 7503 50; do. cross, $23; lynx, $24 50; mink, 40c $1 75; marten, dark Northern. $5010; do, pale pine, $23; muskrat, S12c; skunk, 2560c; otter (land), $48; panther, with head and claws perfect. $13; raccoon, 25 30c; wolf mountain, with head perfect, $3 503J5: wolverine, $2 506; beaver, ppr skin, large, $67; do, medium, per skin. $45; do. small, per skin, $12; do. kits, per skin, $13. Blent and Pro-visions. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers. $4 75; ewes. $44 50; dressed, 6&7c per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $55 25; light, $4 755; dressed, 67c per pound. Veal Large, 77&c per pound; small, 8&9o per pound. - Beef Gross, top steers, $4 504 75; cows, $44 60; dressed beef, 7Sc per pound. Provisions Portland pack (Shield brand) hams, smoked, are quoted at 12&c per pound; picnic hams. 9c per pound: breakfast bacon. 1415V5c; bacon. 104 llc; backs, 10c; dry-salted sides, 9ft 10c; dried beef. 15c; lard, five-pound palls. He; 10-pound palls, 10&c; 50s, lO&c; tierces, 10c per pound. Eastern pack (Hammond's): Hams, large. 12c; me dium, 12&c; small, 13c; picnic hams. 9c; shoulders, 9c; breakfast bacon, 13 15?Jc; dry-salted sides. 910Vic; bacon, sides 10&ll?ic; backs, HVic; butts, lOic; lard, pure leaf, kettle-rendered, 5s. liyc; 10s, lie; dry-salted, bellies, 10UHc; bacon bellies. lli12ic; dried beef. 15&c. Groceries, Nats, Etc. Coffee Mocha 232Sc; Java, fancy, 26 32c; Java, good, 2024c; Java, ordinary. lS20c; Costa Rica, fancy. l$20c; Costa Rica, good. 16lSc; Costa Rica, ordinary, 1012c per pound; Columbia, roast, $12 75; Arbuckle's, $13 25; Lion. $12 75 per case. Sugar Cube, $6 45; crushed, $5 "Or pow dered, $5 05; dry ganulated, $5 85; extra C. $5 35; golden C, $5 25 net, half barrels, Mc more than barrels; maple, 1516c per pound. Salmon Columbia River, one-pound tails. $1 502; two-pound tails, $2 252 50; fancy one-pound flats. $22 25; -pound fancy flats. $1 101 30; Alaska, one-pound talis, $1 401 GO; two-pound tails. $1 90 $2 25. Nuts Peanuts, 6i7c per pound for raw, 9c for roasted; cocoanuts. 90c per dozen; walnuts, 10llc per pound; pine nuts, 15c: hickory nuts. 7c; chestnuts. 15c; Brazil, lie: filberts, 15c; fancy pecans. 12 14c; almonds, 1517Hc per pound. Beans Small white, 5c; large white, 4c; bayou. 3Hc; Lima, 6c per pound. Grain bags Calcutta, $66 13 per 100 for spot. Coal oil Cases. 19c per gallon; bar rels, 15c: tanks, 13MtC. Rice Island. 6c; Japan. 6&c; New Or leans, 45c: fancy head, $77 50 per tack. Stock salt 50s, $11 50 per ton; 100s, $11. i NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. IIcATf Traders Hnd the Day Almost to Themselves. NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-rhe market CULLISON&CO. Board of Trade and Stock Exchange Brokers GRAIN PROVISIONS STOCKS d COTTON BOUGHT AND SOLD FOR CASH CARRIED ON MARGINS on 214-215 Chamber of Commerce Portland, Oregon demonstrated quite conclusively Its pro fessional character today. It was dis tinctively a traders' market. The trad ing was done by powerful speculators with ample resources, the transactions were on a large scale, and the price movement was much wider than In an ordinary room-traders' market, but the method of operations and the net results were much the same. A scrutiny of the net changes for the day will show that except In a few stocks they are small and pretty well mixed between gains and losses. Yet at one time the whole list was at a level well over yesterday's final price. The realizing movement in the last hour was sufllclent to wipe out almost all of the earlier advances, and only the final slight rally saved the list from a larger showing of net losses than is actu ally the case. Buying by room shorts to cover was largely responsible for the final rally. The concentrated nature of the buying and the Identity of the brok ers by whom It was done, especially in the stocks which were picked out for the greatest show of strength, were warrant for the conviction that the speculative leadership was In the hands of the coterie which made a demonstrative change from the bear to the bull side of the market during the course of Monday's trading. The selling during the last hour was also of a very concentrated character, but was by different brokers from those who exe cuted the early buying orders. The de duction that large speculative profit-taking was being made Is not a strained one. The consistent weakness of Missouri Pacific, which fell at one time 8 points below yesterday's high level, left little room for credence In the rumors of a big Southwestern railway consolidation, and gave color to the report that a large short Interest In the stock had settled by private agreement. There was a dis tinct shifting of speculative interest from the railroads to the Industrials, and the evidence of realizing In the railroad list under cover of the new strength In the Industrials caused the break in the mar ket. Such early gains as 2 In St. Paul, 2 in Brooklyn Transit, 2 In B. & O., 2 In People's Gas and other nearly as substantial were completely wiped out in the late reaction. The decline from the highest reached 354 in St. Paul, 3 in Brooklyn Transit, 2 in Delaware & Hud son, 2 In B. & O. and Manhattan, and from 1 to 2 points In a large number of active stocks. The steel stocks reacted from the best In sympathy but hardened again in the late dealings. The leaders rose to the best at the close on heavy absorption. Federal Steel's gain was 3. Pressed Steel Car rose an extreme &A, while the annual meeting was In session, and the preferred 3. All the most important members in the group gained from 1 to 3 points. There was no news to account for the rise, but the fact that the dis turbances which threaten the steel trade might be settled by the few Individuals who control the resources In that trade at present naturally makes them available for speculative manipulation. The volume of the gold exports for to morrow, which rose to $3,950,000, had rather a chilling effect on the late speculation. In spite of the continued large flow of money to this center. Money continues very easy In all de partments o' the market. With tne ex ception of the reaction In Wabash bends the market for bonds was generally firm. Total sales par value, $4,800,000. United States 3s advanced on the last call. BONDS. U. S, 2s, ref. reg.l05&IN. Y. Cent. lsts. ..106 do coupon 105 Northern Pac. 3s. . 70 do 38, res UOVil do 4s lOJVi do coupon 110 Oregon Nav. Ists..ll0 do new 4s, reg. . 1301 do 4s 10JW do coupon 137t Oregon S. L. 63...I2OV2 do old 4s. reg...ii3i do con. 03 tiu do coupon U314 do 5s, reg llOMt do coupon 11174 Dlst. Col. 3-05S...125 Atchison adj. 4s.. 80 C & N.W. con. 7sl39 do S. F. deb. 53.121 Rio Gr. West, lsts 00 St. Paul consols. ..182H St. P. C. & P. IstsllS do Da HOUj Union Pacific 4s.10Gh Wis. Cent. lsts.... SO West Shore 4s... .11414 Southern Pac. 4s.. 84 D. &. R. G. 4s 100 Gen. Electric os..ioo STOCKS. The total sales of stocks today were 1,033,000 shares. The closing quotations were: Atchison 40 IWabash 13 do pref 85 do pref '21 Bait. & Ohio, do pref .... Can. Pacific . Can. Southern Ches. &l Ohio. ar'h wneei. & u n. ii-js 84-U do 2d pref 285 89 lWls. Central 15 5bIP- C. C. & St. L . 54 38.1 Third Avenue ....121 Chi. Gr. Western. 17Vi I National Tube C. B. & Q U2V, do pref . 06 Chi., Ind. &. L.... 24V4 EXPRESS CO.'S. do pref 5'JVsi Adams 150 Chi. & East. ill., wz lAmerican us Chicago & N. W..172lUnlted States 54 C R. I. &. Pac...llOviVells-Fargo 130 C . C. C. & St. L. 70 MISCELLANEOUS Colo. Southern ... 7 do 1st pre! 41 do 2d pref 16 Del. &. Hudson.. ..151 Del., Lack. & W..M0 Denver &. Rio Gr 30 Amer. Cotton Oil.. 30V4 do pref 88 Amer. Malting .... 4 do pref 24 Amer. Smelt. & R. 03 do pref 08 Amer. Spirits 2 do pref 17 Amer. Steel Hoop. 27 do pref 73 Amer. Steel & W. 41 do pref 85 Amer. Tin Plate.. 59 do pref 88 Amer. Tobacco ...114 do pref 140 Anaconda M. Co.. 43 Brooklyn R. T 70 Colo. Fuel & Iron. 45 Cont. Tobacco .... 4 do pref V4 Federal Steel 40 do pref 70 Gen. Electric 187 Glucose Sugar .... 47 do pref 95 Int. Paper 21 do pref 81l Erie 29 do 1st pref uija Gr. North. pref...lU4 Hocking Coal .... 15 Hocking Valley .. 43 Illinois Central ...130 Iowa Central 23 do pref ........ 00 Lake Erie & W... 41V4 do pref ........103 T.ak Shore 210Vi Louis. & Nash.... 88 Manhattan El ...USX Met. St. RV .162 Mex. Central .... 13Vi Minn. & St. Louis C7 do pref 10a Missouri Pacific .. 85 Mobile & Ohio.... 45-4 M.. K. & T 10 do pref y do pre! 71 New Jersey Cent. 145 ILa Clede Gas New York Cent.. .142 (National Biscuit .. 31 Norfolk & West.. 44i do pref 92 do pref 82iNatlonl Lead .... 10 Northern Pacific. 82 do pref 85 do Dref 88 National Steel .... 39 Ontario & west... di-a O R. & N 42 An nrpf ........ 7G do pref 91 r. Y. Air Brake. .150 forth American .. 20 aclflc -Coast 62 do 1st pref 87 do 2d pref G3 Pennsylvania- . . . .145 Reading 32! do 1st pret !? do 2d pref 42 Bio Gr. Western. 65 do pref 72 St. Louis & S. F.. 28 do 1st pref 70 do 2d pref 67 St. Louis 8. W.... 22 do pref 50 Bt. Paul 149 do pr.ef 1S054 fit Pnnl A 0 130 IPaclflc Mail 41 People's Uas 99 Pressed Steel Car. 40 do pref 80 Pullman Pal. Car. 105 Stand. Rope & T.. 3 Sugar 1345 do pref 118 Tenn. Coal & Iron. 67 U. S. Leather 11 do pref 73 U. S. Rubber 21 do pref 62 Western Union ... 83 Amal. Copper .... 89 Republic Iron & S, 13 do pref 57 Southern Pacific. 43 Southern Ry 18 do pref .: 1 Tmsb & Pacific... 2 Union Pacific .,.. tun do pref S3V For continuous quotations on stocks, bonds. Chicago grain and provisions, call on R.-W. McKlnnon & Co.. 8 and 9 Cham ber of Commerce, who are members of the Chicago Board of Trade. Telephones. Oregon, Main 313; Columbia, 725. Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW TOR, Jan. 23. Money on call, 1S2 per cent; prime mercantile paper, 344 per cent Sterling exchange firm, with actual busi ness In bankers' bill at $4 87,04 Sli for demand, and at $4 83 for 60 days. Posted rates, $1 S44 84" and $4 SS. Comniercfal bills, $4 825404 S3& Silver certificates, 63&g65c Mexican dollars, 4Sc. Bonds Government, strong; state, inact ive; railroad, firm. Stocks In New Tork. Ladenburg, Thalman & Co.'s advices to. McKlnnon & Co. yesterday said: New York The operations of the pro fessional traders made up a large share of the business on the stock exchange today, and the legitimate commission business was smaller than It has been for some time. Opening prices as a rule were generally higher, and the forenoon market was quiet and strong, but In the afternoon after some hesitation the tone gradually weakened and In the last hour selling became general throughout the list, and the lowest prices of the day were made. Aside from further ship ment of gold for export there was no Important news bearing on values, If we except the negative Influence of the pressed steel car meeting. This company has been supposed until recently to be in a very strong financial position, but tho talk of the necessity of providing for a floating debt has unsettled confidence and the reticence of Its directods has not 1 tended to allay apprehensions. However, this can hardly be said to have been reflected in the prices today of the, stocks of companies Interested in the iron and steel industry, for they were if anything firmer than they were yesterday. In. the railroad list Beading and Erie Issues were the best supported, while the grangers yielded most readily In the closing hour. Southern Pacific was one of the active stocks and it had fair demand, while closing prices did not show material changes for others of the Pacific group. The traction stocks were active but did not hold the forenoon advance. THE GRAIN MARKETS. Prices for Cereal In "European and and American Ports. ' SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. Wheat quiet. Barley easy. Oats quiet but steady. Spot quotations were: Wheat Shipping Jo. 1, Sti&c; choice. 9Tc; milling, $11 0354. Barley Feed, 714735ic; brewing, 80 S2c. Oats Black, for seed, $1 221 30; red, $1 251 45. Call board sales: Wheat Inactive; May, $103; cash. Barley No sales. Corn Large yellow, $1 121 15. Chicago Grain and Produce. CHICAGO, Jan. 23. The Queen's death caused dullness in the local wheat mar ket, as the Liverpool market, which Is Influential in determining the course of prices on thi3 side, was closed out of respect. Trade was small In -volume and was almost entirely in the hands of spec ulators. May appeared unchanged at 74t to 744,c, and sold early between 744 and 74c. Bradstreet's world's, visible showed a decrease of 2,200,000 bushels. This was 700,000 bushels greater than had been ex pected, and shorts took It in connection with the smaller Northwest receipts and covered moderately during the Jatter half of the session. May in consequence ral lied to 7754c, and closed firm c over yesterday, at 745sC Corn showed some sympathy with tha bearlshness In wheat. May closed c higher at 3S?43ST4c. .. There was a moderate business In oats. Some weakness developed early on selling by elevator people against country pur chases. May closed a shade higher at 23c. Provisions were quiet and steady under the influence of a good cash demand and steadiness In the hog market. Shorts were buyers during the afternoon and helped in the closing strength. May pork closed 15c higher; May lard, 7c up, and May ribs. 710c up. The leading futures-ranged as follows: WHEAT. Opening. Highest. Lowest. $0 71 715 73 Closo. $0 7254 72 7454 January $0 71 $0 72 February 71 72 May 74 7454 CORN. January 36 37 37 37J4 38 February 88 37ft May 33 (28 OATS. January 23 23 2354 25 May 24 25 MESS PORK. January 14 05 14 10 . May 13 77 14 00 LARD. January March May 732 745 24 13 02 13 77 13 02 13 05 7 32 7 35 7 42 7 32 SHORT RIBS. January 6 00 0 05 0 00 0 92 May 0 05 7 05 8 05 7 02 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Dull and easy. Wheat No. 3 Spring, 6566c; No. 2 red, 73c Corn No. 2, 37c; No. 2 yellow, 3737c. Oats No. 2, 24c; No. 2 white, 27c; No. 3 white, 2626c. Rye No. 2, 50c; fair to choice malting, 50 60c. Flaxseed No. 1, $1 73; No. 1 Northwest ern, $1 75. Timothy seed Prime, $4 60. Moss pork Per barrel, $1414 10. Lard Per 100 pounds, $7 22Vt7 32. Short ribs sldee Loose, $77 25. Dry-salted shoulders Boxed, 6&6&c. Short clear sides Boxed, $7 257 35. Clover Contract grade, $11. Receipts. Shlpm'ts. Flour, barrels ,.. 60.000 34,000 Wheat, bushels '.....121.000 G5.000 Corn, bushels 675,000 179.000 Oats, bushels 3S4.000 258,000 Rye. bushels 11.000 3.000 Barley, bushels 23 000 22,000 On the Produce Exchange today, the butter market was active; creameries, 14-0) 21c; dairies, ll18c. Cheese, dull, 10ft ll?4c. Eggs, quiet; fresh, 17c. New York Grain and Produce. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Flour Receipts, 22,000 barrels; exports, 6400 barrels; mar ket, steady and unchanged. Minnesota patent, $3 904 20. Wheat Reclpts, 64,0000 bushels; exports, 49,000 bushels; spot, Arm; No. 2 red, 80c f.o.b afloat; 77c elevator. Options opened eaBy from the effects of foreign selling, but later advanced on a large decrease In Bradstieet's visible local covering, small Northwestern re ceipts, closing firm 0lc net advance. January closed 79; March, 7879V4c; closed firm at c net advance. Jan uary closed 79c; March, 79V4c; May, 79; July, 79c. Wool Dull. Hops Steady. Visible Grain Supply. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Special cable and telegraphic communications to Brad street's shows the following changes in available supplies. Wheat, United States and Canada, east of the Rockies, decrease 1,320,000 Afloat for and in Europe, decrease.... 000,000 Total decrease 2,200,000 Corn. United States and Canada, cast of the Rockies, Increase 1,570,000 Oats do, increase 843,000 The combined stock of wheat at Port land, Or., and Tacoma and Seattle, Wash., Increased 80,000 bushels last week. Tacoma Wheat Receipts. TACOMA, Jan. 23. Yesterday's grain re ceipts In Tacoma were the largest for any day of the present grain season, the total reaching 182 cars, of which 178 were wheat. It Is estimated that there are now 500 cars of grain In cars on the tracks in the Northern Pacific yarde. Liverpool Markets. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 23. Wheat Market quiet; No. 1 standard California, 6s 4d; wheat In Paris, quiet; flour In Paris, dqll. The New York Markets. F. G. Logan's grain letter to R. W. Mc Klnnon & Co. yesterday said: Wheat Liverpool was lower at the opening and their exchange Immediately closed. There was some local pressure from short selling early, from which the market rallied on the Bradstreet world's visible, which showed decrease 2,200,000. The seaboard reports some foreign buy ing, but the amount of cash trade has not yet been reported. Nothing of interest in the local trade for May so far; the volume Is small. Estimated cars for tomorrow, 35. CornThe tone of the market has been rather Ann and steady. Reported that quite a lot of corn worked yesterday on this market. There was a good deal of speculative buying, which accounts for Improvement. Estimated cars for tomor row, 280. Oats Market Is quiet and featureless. Estimated cars for tomorrow, 155. Provisions Market Arm. Cash demand continues large, and there was fairly good speculative buying for local accounts. We think provisions should be bought on weak spots. Shipments, meats, 2,250,000, against 2,250,000; lard, 1,900,000, against 1, 400,000 last year; pork, 1000, against 300 last year. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. CHICAGO, Jan. 23. Receipts, 18,000; choice steers, firm; others steady to 10c lower. Butchers' steady; good to prime steers, $5 255; poor to medium, $3 50 5 15; stockers and feeders, firm, $3 S54 $5; Downing, Hopkins & Co. WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4, Ground Floor BOTR TELKFHONKS cows, $2"75T25; heifers, $2"754"50; can ners, $22 70; bulls, $2 504 50; calves, steady, $44 75; Texas fed steers, $44 80; Texas grass steers, 3 354; Texas bulls, 42 853 35. Hogs Receipts today, 36,000; tomorrow, 30,000; left over, 4500. Top, $5 30; mixed and butchers, $5 0565 30; good to choice, heavy, $5 255 30; rough, heavy, $5 055 15; light, $5 0565 17; bulk, $5 205 25. Sheep Receipts, 15,000; sheep firm to shade lower; lambs, steady, closing slow. Good to choice wethers, $3 754 50; fair to choice mixed, $3 453 90; Western sheep, $3 754 50; T.exas sheep, $2 503 50; native lambs, $45 50; Western lambs, $4 505 50. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 23. Cattle Re ceipts, 9000; market, steady; Texas steers $3 655 00; Texas cows, $2 753 60; native steers, $45 W; native cows and heifers. $25 00; stockers and feeders, $34 67; bulls. $3 304. Hogs Receipts, 17,000; market steady; bulk of sales, $5 105 15; heavy, $5 105 25; packers, $5 12g5 25; mixed, $5 055 20; lights, $55 IS; Yorkers, $5 105 12; pigs, $4 505. Sheep Receipts, 3000; market steady to strong; lambs, $45 30; muttons, $2 50 4 30. OMAHA, Jan. 23. Cattle Receipts, 2300 head. Market, steady to easier; native beef steers, $4 005 40; Western steers, $3 754 40; Texas steers, $3 003 SO; cows and heifers, $2 004 10; canners, $1 75 2 90; stockers and feeders, $3 254 60; calves, $4 006 50; bulls and stags, $2 25 4 25. Hogs Receipts, 90C0 head. Market, steady; heavy, $5105 20; mixed, -$5 10 5 12; light, $5 005 15; bulk of sales, $5 12 6 15. Sheep Receipts, 5700. Market, slow to 10c lower; common and stock sheep, $3 65 3 90; lambs, $4 505 40. SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. Wool Spring Nevada, ll13c; Eastern Oregon, 1014c; Valley Oregon, 1517c. Fall Mountain lambs, 910c; San Joaquin plains, 68c; Humboldt and Mendocino, 1012c. Hops Crop of 1900, 1417c. Bran $1516 per ton; middlings, $17 50 20 50. Hay Wheat, $913 50; wheat and oats, $912 50; best barley, $9 50; alfalfa, $7 10; compressed wheat, $913 per ton; atraw, 3547c per bale. Potatoes River Burbanks, 3560c; Sa linas Burbanks, S5c$l lr; Oregon Bur banks, G5cg$l; River reds, 50c$l; sweets, lc per pound. Onions $1 752 35. Vegetables Green peas, 67c; string beans, 15c per pound; asparagus, 1520c. Bananas 50c$l 73 per bunch. Citrus fruit Mexican limes, $4 505; common California lemons, 50c; choice. $2; navel oranges,' 75c$2 per box; pine apples, $2 503 per dozen. Poultry Turkeys, gobblers, 10llc; do hens, ll12c per pound; old roosters, $3 50 4 per dozen: young roosters, $4 505; fry ers. $45; hens, $3 504 50 per dozen: small broilers, $33 50; large do, $44 50; old ducks. $44 50; geese, $1 752 per pair. Green frult-Apples, chofce, $1 25 per box; common, 30c per box. Butter Fancy creamery, 20c; seconds. 17c; fancy dairy, 17c; do seconds, 14c; pickled, 17c. Cheese California, full cream, llc; fancy ranch, 27c; Young America, 12c; Eastern, 1516c. Eggs Selected, 25c; ranch, 27c; Eastern, 20c. Receipts Flour, quarter sacks, 14,850; do Wash., 8760; wheat, centals, 62,500; barley, centals, 4940; oats, centals, 1305; do Wash., 3200; beans, sacks, 1439; potatoes, sacks, 6300; bran, sacks, 1350; do Wash., 325; hay, tbns, 400; wool, bales, 28; hides, 243. Boston Wool Mnrkct. BOSTON, Jan. 23. The American Wool and Cotton Reporter will cay tonlorrow: It Is a pretty monotonous state of af fairs which one finds in the Boston wool market at present. Two weeks ago the American Wool Company opened Its lines of overcoatings and took good orders. The other houses followed with their overcoating lines. But the wool dealers are as yet not able to see any amount of new business on this account. Now they are waiting for the Improvement of the heavy-weight lines the first part of Feb ruary. A week ago the London sales opened at an advance. This, too, has not caused any great amount of business to be transacted. A little better tone, per haps, but trade waits this time to see how prices hold in London. Prices are not at all well and whatever the apathy of the market may be, however small the quantity of sales, the fact remains that the dealers and farmers alike are not letting up one bit in their opinion in the value of their commodity. That Is one reason why sales are so light, because the dealers will not make concessions. The sales of the week In Boston amounted to 1,170,000 pounds domestic and 115,000 pounds foreign, making a tootal of 1,283,000 pounds, against a total of 1.715,000 pounds for the previous week and a total of 3,120,000 pounds for the corresponding week last year. The sales since January 1 amount to 6,159,000 pounds, against 13,155,600 pounds last year. The Metal Markets. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. The absence of cables from abroad today increased the apathy already noted In the metal mar ket at New York. Tin ruled very quiet, closing nominally at $27. Copper was dull and nominal at $17 for lake and $16 37 for casting. Lead and spelter were unchanged at $4 37 and $4 10, respectively. Pig jron warrantB were unchanged at $9 3010 50. Northern foundry, $1516 50. SAN FRANCISSCO, Jan. 23. Bar sliver, 62c. LONDON, Jan. 23. Silver, 2Sd. Shipping: Gold to France. ,NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Heldelbach, Ickelhelmer & Co. will ship $1,000,000 in gold on the steamer sailing for Havre to morrow. The National City Bank will ship to France tomorrow gold to the amount of $700,000. The total shipments for tomorrow are $3,950,000. The engagements of gold were later in creased $900,000, which makes the total amount going out tomorrow on the French liner $4,000,000. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Coffee options closed steady 1015c lower. Sales, 4250 bags, including January, $5 45; March, $5 55; May, $5 65; June, $5 60; October, ?80; December, $5 90; spot Rio, dull; No. Invoice, 7c; mild, quiet; Cordova, 8 12e. Sugar Raw, steady; fair refining, 3 13-16c; centrifugal, 96-test, 4 5rl6c; re fined, dull. British. Markets Closed. LONDON, Jan. 23. The stock and pro duce exchanges wore closed today. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 23. The exchanges were closed today. The Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Cotton closed unchanged. Bier Strike In Alaska. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan, 23. The steamer Cottage City brings news of a big strike at the head of the Kuskokwln, and a big stampede has occurred from Nome. Chamber of Commerce tHMtMeHOttM R. W. McKirmon & Co. 1 MEMBERS OF CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE 8 and 9 Chamber of Commerce We are connected, through the firm of F. G. Logan. Chicago, with f the following New York houses, who T are members of tne New York Slock Exchange: Ladenburg, Thalman & Co. Walker Brothers Dick Brothers J. 5. Bache & Co. "Writo for our daily market let-1 tcrs. '' -- MONTHLY DIVIDEND No. 43 . For December we paid $23.25 ON EVERY ?100 On all Investments from $5 up. Writo for Dartlculars. f H. GARVO BRUNNER & CO., t 477-478 Parrott bids.. San Francisco, Cal. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. The Yellowstone Park and Pioneer Dlnlng-Car Route Leave. I'nioa Oepst, 6ti ail J Sts No. 12 1:45 P. M. Overland Express i'i No. 11- 7.00 A. M. Souiu uend, AUertlee-. lloqulam, Cosmopoi:, Uiyiupia. Tacoma, ti attle. North Xakliua, Hltz 11 lc, Syoit-uie. 1-Ulll.iUll. MOSCOW, LxlYt- Iston, Grangevillo, liossund, B. C, Butte. BUUns, Fargo, . Paul, Minneapolis, Chi cago. .Boston, Vash ingtcn. D. O.. New York, and all points tast ana southeast. Kansas Clty-SU Louis Special for Tacoma. fae attle. North taKlma. Rltzville. Spokane, Hossland, Len Iston. Helena. Butte. Billings. Deadwood, Denver, Omaha. St. Joseph. Kansas City. St. Louis. Chicago, Washington. Baltimore, New iork Boston, and all point ast and southeast. No. 4 11:J0P. No. S :30 P. M. Baggage checked to destination ot tickets. Union Depot connections In all principal cities. Through car service via Northern Faclfict Burlington Route, train No. 4. for Omaha, St. Joseph. Kansas City, St. Louis- Quick time and unequaled accommodations. The only Una running Pullman standard and Pullman up holstered tourist sleepers, the finest In the world. Portland to Minneapolis and St. Paul without change. For any additional Information, tickets, sleeplng-ca. reservations, maps of routes, etc., call on or write to A. D. CHARLTON Assistant General Passenger Agent. 255 Morrison St.. Cor. Third, Portland, Oregon, The St. Louis Special leaves Port land at 11:30 P. M. dally. ' It runs over the Northern Pacific from. Portland to Billings, Mont., thence to Denver, Omaha, Kansas City and St. Louis, via the Bur lington Route. ' Some of the cars are provided by the Northern Pacific; some by the Pullman Company; some by the Burlington Route. The chair cars are especially fine. They cost $7000 apiece and they are worth It. They are upholstered In Nile green; carpeted, finished in natural woods, and lighted by gas, Toilet-rooms, of course and a cq3 fortable smoking-room, large enough for ten. The lowest rates to tho East ap ply via Billings ana the Burlington Route. Call or write. TICKET OFFICE: Cor. Third and Stark Sts., R. W. Foster, Ticket Agent. WASHINGTON & ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. The fast mall sf amship "CITY OF SEAT TLE," sailing from Seattle every 10 days for SWagway. calling at Port Townsend, Ketchikan and Juneau. Steamers "ABERDEEN" and "RUTH," Se attle to Slcagway. and intermediate points. every seven days. Through tickets to Dawson. $75, first class; and (56, second class. DODWELL &. CO.. Ltd.. 252 Oalc st Telephone Main 06. WHITE COLLAR LINE STR. HERCULES takes the place of BAILEY GATZERT (Alder-street Dock), Leaves Portland dally every morning at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday Oreron phone Main 351. Columbia phone 251 Steamers Altona and Pomona Dally (ex. Sunday) for Independence. Salem and all way landings. Lae Portland 0.45 A. M.; leave Salem 8A.U.; Independence, 7 A M. Office and dock, fqot Taylor at. ilDDffiMyi mBfmfm Li'flJ TRAVELERS' GUIDE. wOnnsB OREGON SiiOfrliiNE AND Union Depot, Sixth and J Streets. THREE TRAINS DAiLY FOR ALL POINTS EAST "CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECIAL." Leaves tor tho East, via Huntington, at 9:00 A M.; arrives at 4.30 P. M. SPOKANE FLYER For Spokane. Eastern Washington, and Oreat Northern points, leaves at 8 K 1L; arrives at 7 A. 11. ATLANTIC EXPRESS, Leaves, for the- East, via, Huntington, at QtOO P. iL; arrives at a .40 A. M. THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOURIST SLEEPERS. OCEAN AND R1VKU SCHEDULE. Water lines schedule subject to changa with out notice. OCHAN DIVISION' From Portland, leava Alnsworth Dock at 8 P. 2d., sail every a days: 'Ueo. W. Elder, Jan. 2, 12. 22. Feb. 1, 11. Co. lumbla. Jan. 7. IT. 27; Feb. ft, 10. From Sau Francisco Bali every B days. Leave Spear-strcct Pier 24 at 11 A. M.: Co lumbia. Jan. 3, 13. 23: Feb. 2. 12. Geo. W. Elder. Jan. 8. IS, S; Feb. 7. 17. COLUMBIA lTlVEIl DIVISION. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. 1 Steamer Hassalo leaves' Portland dally, ex cept Sunday, at 8.00 P. M. ; on Saturday at 10.00 P."M. luturslnar, leaves Astoria flaliy except Sunday; at T;00 A..3&T "WILLAMBTTE RIVER DIVISION. PORTLAND AND SALEAJ. OR. Steamer Ruth, for Ealem. Independence and way points, leaes from Aah-street Dock at a A M. on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, Returning. leaves Independenca at 0 A. M., and Salem at a A. It... on Tuesdays, Thursdays ana saiuraays. CORVALLIS AND ALBANT. Steamer Modoc leaves Portland at C A. M. on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Re turning, leaves Corvnllls at 6 A. M. on Man days, Wednesdays and Fridays. YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE. PORTLAND AND DATTON. OR. Steamer Elmure, for Oregon city. liuUerllla, Charopoeg', Dayton and way landings, leaves Portland, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 A M. Leaves Dayton for Portland and way points Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays at 0 A. M. SNAKE RIVER ROUTE. RD7ARIA. WASH., AND LEWISTON. IDAnO Steamer Spokane or steamer Lewis ton leaves Rlparla dally at 3:40 A 1L, arriving at Iw Iston about 3 P. M. Returning, the Spokane or Lewlston leaves Lewlston dally at 3:30 A. M., arriving: at Rlparla sama evening. W. H. HURLBURT, General Passenger Agent. V. A. SCHILLING, City Ticket Agent. Telephone Main 712. SO Third St.. cor. Oak. STEAMSHIP LINE TO THE ORJENT CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND, For rates, accommodations, etc., apply to OREGON RAILROAD & NAV CO.. - ' Agents. 'Portland. Or. EAST SOUTH 1 DePI0Ste'e.ana I " OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS, for Salem Rose burg, Ashland, Sac r a m e n to, Ogden, San Francisco. Mo Javc, Los Angeles, El Paso, New Or leans and the East.. At Wood burn (dally except Sun day), morning train .connects with train for Mt. Angel. Sll 'V ef r t o n. Browns ville. Springfl eld. and Natron, and evening train for Mt. 'Angel and SH verton. Albany passenger Corvallls passenger Sheridan pass'gr ., 8:30 P. M. 8:30 A M. 7:45 A M. 7:20 P. M. a.:. 4:00 P. M. 7:30 A M 4:B0 P. M. 10:10 A M l!5:B0P M. 113:25 A. M Dally. lIDaily except Sunday. Rebate tickets on Hale between Portland, Sac ramento and San Francisco. Net rates $17 first class and $11 second class. Including sleeper. Rates and tickets to Eastern points ana Eu rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA HONOLULU and AUSTRALIA Can be obtained from J. U. KIRKLAND, Ticket Agent. 140 Third street. YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depct, foot of Jefferson street Leave for Oswego dally at 7 JO. 0i40 A. M.s 12.30, 1:65, 3.25, 4.40. 0.25, 8.JO. 11.30 P. M.; and 0:00 A M. on Sundays only. Arrive at Portland dally at e.35, 8..J0. "10 50 A. M.; 1:35, 3.10. 4:80, 0 15, 7.40, 10.00 P. M.; 12.40 A. M. dally, except Monday, 8:30 and 10:03 A. M. on Suudays only. Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday, at 5-06 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0.30 A. M. Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlle Mon days, 'Wednesdays ond Fridays at 2:45 P. M. Returns Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Except Sunday. R. KOEHLER. Manager. C. H. MARKHAM. Gen. Frt. & Pats. Afft. Ticket Office 268 Mormon St. 'Phone 680 LEAVE. No. 4 0.00 P.M. The Flyer, dally to and ARRIVE No. 3 7:00 A 21 I from St. Paul, Minne apolis, Duluth. Chicago and all points East. Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, During and Buffet Smoklng-Library Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP TOSA MARU For Japan, China and all Asiatic points win leave Seattle About February 4th Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. LEAVES UNION DEPOT. Fo.r-' Maygers. Rainier? ARRIVES UNION DEPOT. matsKame, westport. Clifton, Astoria. War rcnton, Flavel, Ham mond. Fort Stevens. Gearhart Pk., Seaside. Astoria and Seashore Express. Dally. Astoria Express, Dally. 8:00 A. M. 7:00 P. M. 11:10 A.M. 0:40 P. M. Ticket olfice 255 Morrison at. and Union Depot. J. C MAYO. Gen. Pass. Art.. Astoria, Or. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. K)K ALASKA. THE COMPANY'S steam ships Cottage City, Senator and Al-Ki leave TACOMA 11 A. M., SEATTLE 0 P. M.: Jan. 5, 10, 15, 20. 25. 30i FeB. 4, 0, 14. 10. 2. March L Steamer leaves every fifth day tloa obtain company's folder. Tho company resenes the rignt to change steamers, sailing; dates and hours of sailing without previous no tice. AGENTS N. POSTON, 249 Washington st, Portland. Or. F. W. CARLETON. N. P. R. R. Dock, Ta coma. TICKET OFFICE. 018 First ave., SeaU tie. M. TALBOT, Com'l Agt.; C. W. MILLER, Asst Gen'l Agt. Ocean Dock. Seattle. GOODALL. PERKINS- it CO.. General Agents. San Francisco. VIA Kr0m& lp. SUNSET -Tl (O 0GKN5,SHASXM WnV HBroJjfQl BfeJ