sipfl 'i 5aRspp5''tyi,?r,' .T-jSn jr xyz?pT&&f$Klfi)gir-r "SVt "V,P-'f "- ! "SjJ: IP' THE MOBKlKa OiREGONTAN, THURSDAY, MAY 9r 11)01. n s COMMERCIAL AND F1HANGEAL NEWS The recent advance in potatoes has brought out more liberal offerings than the San Francisco market -would absorb at top prices, and a slight decline Is no ticeable. New California, onions are plen tiful in the market, "but do not seem to iave affected the price of the Oregon stock, -R-hlch is still holding up above $4 per cental. Eggs were Tveaker yesterday, and cold-storage men will not put them away at present prices. Poultry Is firm at a slight advance. Veal is more plen tiful and a fraction lower. Pork Is very scarce, and Is still selling at top prices. Barley and oats continue firm in spite of a weakness in the former cereal in California! Groceries are firm with no changes of Importance in prices. -Receipts of California strawberries are Increasing, and a couple of crates came In from Southern Oregon yesterday. Clearing: House Statement. Clearing. Balances. Portland ?434.68 ' J3M63 Tacoma 181.028 .25,014 Seattle ..J! 556.454 69.541 Spokane- . ...T.. ...... ...... 184.es- 8,508 TORTLAITO MARKETS. Grain, Flour, Etc Buyers and sellers are apart again so far as the local wheat marKet is con cerned, and there is not enough of the cereal offering to enable an accurate quo tation to be made. Sixty cents is obtain able for "Walla Walla, but some of the ex porters refuse to quote over 59 to 5915 cents. The Eastern markets were a little "sloppy" again yesterday, but the net loss from the day previous was compara tively small. The European market was steady. Freights are firming up again, and this is Interfering with the local ben efits which otherwise might arise from an 'advance in the cereal. A. ship was fixed lor June loading at 38s 3d, and 38 shillings was refused for a November ship. As high as 37s 6d Is reported bid In San Francisco for next season loading. Wheat "Walla Walla, nominal. BSQtyc: bluestem, 6162c; "Valley, nominal. Flour Best grades, $2 903 40 per barrel; graham, $2 60. Oats White, $135140: gray, $13X513S per cental. Barley Feed, 51717Z5; brewing, w& 17 25 per ton. Millstuffs Bran. $17 per ton; middlings. $21 50; sfiorts, $20; chop. $16. Hay Timothy, $12 G014; clover, $79J50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Groceries, Hutu, Etc Coffee Mocha, 2328c; Java, fancy, 26 S2c; Java, good, 2024c; Java, ordinary. lS20c; Costa Rica, fancy, lS20c; Costa Rica, gooo, 1618c; Costa Rica, ordinary, 10l2c per pound; Columbia roast, $1175; Arbuckle's, $11 25; Lion. $11 75 per case. Rice Island, 6c; Japan, 5c; New Or leans, 45c; fancy head. $77 50 per sack. Sugar Cube, $6 50; crushed, $6 75; pow dered, $6 10; dry granulated, $5 90; extra C, $6 90; golden C, $5 40 net, half barrels, c more than barrels; sacks, 10c per 100 less than barrels: maple. i516c 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, $110130; Alaska talis, $1125; two-pound tails, $1 902 25. Grain bags Calcutta, $7 per 100 for spot. Coal oil Cases, 38c per gallon; barrels, 15c; tanks, 13&c. Stock salt 50s, $14 75; 300c, $14 25; granu lated, 50s, $20; Liverpool, 60s, $21; 100s, $20 50; 200s, $20. Nuts Peanuts, 67c per pound for raw, 8c for roasted; cocoanut, 90c per dozen; walnuts, lOgllc per pound; pine nuts. 15c; hickory nuts, 7c; chestnuts, 15c; Brazil, He; filberts, 15c; fancy pecans, 12 14c; almonds, 1517c per pound. Vegetable, Krnits, Etc Vegetables Onions, Oregon, $34 50; California reds, $2 50; cabbage, $1 75 1 E5 per cental; potatoes, $11 15 per sack; sweet potatoes, $1 50&1 75 per 100 pounds; new potatoes, 2c per pound; celery, 6g90c per dozen; California tomatoes, $1 75 &2 50 per box; asparagus, 4050c per dozen; rhubarb, 22c per pound. Fruit Lemons, choice, $2; fancy, $2 50 2 76; oranges, $1 752 50 for navel. $1 50 1 75 for seedlings, per box; pineapples, $44 50 per dozen; bananas, $2 253 per bunch; Persian dates, 6c per pound; ap ples, $1 50S2 DO; strawberries, $1 601 75 per crate. Dried fruit Apples, evaporated, 5Bc per pound; sun-dried, sacks or boxes, S 4c; pears, S9c; prunes, Italian, 57c; sil ver, extra choice, 57c; flgs, California blacks, 6c; flgs, California white, 67c; plums, pltlees, white, 75'8c per pound. Batter, Efsgrs, Poultry, Etc Butter Fancy creamery, 1517c; dairy, 1314c; store, 1K512&C per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1313&c per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3 504; hens, $44 60; dressed, ll12c per pound; Springs, $35 per dozen; ducks, $5 006 00; geese, $67 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10 12c; dressed, 1315c per pound. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13135c; Xoung America, lS14c per pound. Meat tend Provisions. Mutton Lambs, 45c per pound, gross; firessedllc per pound; best sheep, weth- STV-STU' 7 W001. 4 254 50; sheared. 3 60f 3 76; dressed, Tftc per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy. $5 TBQe-. light, $4 75 Cc; dressed, 774c per pound. Veal Small, SSc; large, 7Sc per pound. Provisions Portland pack (Shield Brand) hams, 13c; picnic, S&c per pound; breakfast bacon, 15&16Jc per pound; ba con, 12c per,ppund; backs, ll?ic; dry saitea sides. lifec: dried .beef, setts, 15c; knuckles, 17c; lard, 6s, 12c; 10s, llc; 50s, llc; tierces, Uc; Eastern pack (Ham monds), hams, large, 12&c; medium 13c; Email, 13c; picnic. 10&c; shoulders. lO&c; breakfast baron. 1416c; dry salted sides, J012c: bacon sides, U?ilSc; backs 12&c: butts, llsc; lard, pare leaf, kettle rendered, 6s, 12c; 10s, llc; dry salted bel lies, U13c: bacon bellies, 12&gl4c dried beef, 1514c. Beef Gross, top steers, $55 25; cows and heifers, $4 504 75; dressed beef, S Jo per pound. Hops, "ool, Hides, Etc Hops iag!4c per pound. Wool Valley. Ilgl3c; Eastern Ore gon, 7(10c; mohair, 2021c per pound. Sheepskins Shearlings. lS-ffSOc: snort wool, 25S?S5c; medium-wool, 3fl50c; long wool. 60c$l each. Tallow 3c; No. 2 and grease, 22Jc per pound. Hides Dry hides. No. L 16 pounds and upwards. 1415c; dry kip, No. 1, 5 to 16 pounds, 1415c per pound; dry calf No 1, sound steers, 60 pounds and over, 7Sc: do, 50 to 60 pounds, 7(7Uc; do under 50 pounds, 67c; kip. 10 to 30 pounds, 6& 7c; do veal. 10 to 40 pounds. 7c: do calf, under 10 pounds 7Sc; green (unsaked), lc per pound less; culls (bulls, stags, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored, halr fillpped, weather-beaten or grubby), one third less. Pelts Bearskins, each, as to size, $5 20; cubs, each. $25; badger, each, 1040c; wildcat, 2575c; house cat, 520c; fox, common gray. 3050c: do red. $1 502: do cross, 515; lynx. $2??S; mink, E0c$l T5; marten, dark Northern. $6512; do pale pine, $1 502; muskrat, 5l0c; skunk. 25 jc; oner uanaj, 3 : panther, with head and claws perfect. $25; raccoon, 30g35c; wolf, mountain, with head perfect $3 60S 6; prairie wolf or coyote, 6075c; wolver ine. $4tg7; beaver, per skin, large, $56; do medium, per skin $37; do small per ekln, $12; do kits per skin, 5075c JTEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Panic in Jforthern Pacific Excited All the Selling:. NEW XORK, May S. The stock market today offered the novel spectacle of a bear panic and a bull panic In progress side by side. The bear panic In Northern Pacific was the Impelling cause of the demoralized rush to sell other stocks, which was held In check for a time after the astounding opening In Northern Pa- f clflc, but which gained almost panic force in the late trading. - Prices were not toppled over as a di rect result of calling of loans and forced liquidation, such as often culminates in periods of over-speculation, although there was a very general broadening of margins and added severity In the scru tiny of collateral, as was Inevitable In the uneasy conditions prevailing, but it was evident that the holders of long stock were holding their stocks tenaciously and were waiting to be actually forced out. The punishment which was being inflict ed on the shorts in Northern Pacific was so distressing an example as to keep the bears in a timid frame of mind, and they hesitated to. attack the market. The sup port which came in on the opening dip helped to encourage the bulls and intimi date the bears, but the liquidation seemed so large that the bears took courage and attacked 'the market after mid-day, and secured rich returns. As the prices reached the 10-polnt line the-decline gath ered force, showing- the dislodging of long lines of lons stock by the, -wiping out of margins. A scrutiny of a stock table will show . the large number of stocks whose declines extended to between 10 and 20 points, with the result of the wiping out of the ordinary margins. The chaotic condition Into which the market was thrown became alarming in the afternoon, but the determine;! sup port which developed and the resultant tallies, which reached as much as 8 points in one of two Instances, took away the effect to a partial extent of the disor derly drop in prices and even Induced ex pressions from sqme of the more confl1 dent bulls that the health of the mar ket was- greatly Improved as a result of the day's happenings. The apparently unlimited buying orders which appeared in United States Steel preferred when the decline had reached 12 points, and the resulting rally of S points, gave some of the bull speculators the courage to claim that the day's reaction was really engineered by the powerful financial in terests which have been behind the bull market throughout, with a desire to shake off weak followers, and that it was not out of proportion to the unprecedented advances which had preceded It, to the unequalled conditions which at present ob tain in this country and the prodigious dimensions of the market and of the forces which have been at work in it. Anyone seeking to explain today's movement would have to go back over a period of many weeks and for every suggestion of a great financial combination or consolidation he will have to suppose a deep-seated doubt or appre hension, such as was shown by the Dis closures of this morning in Northern Pa cific It came as a chilly shock to specu lation that the country's great financial forces, which It was supposed were earn estly working In accord to secure a com munity of interests In the whole railroad world, were in fact arrayed against each other In measures of bitter retaliation and antipathy. The Burlington deal, on which such far-reachlns conclusions have been based by the speculators, was seen to be in Jeopardy. It was learned that the level to which prices had attained had induced insiders, presumably best posted on the value of their properties, to sell sufficient holdings to endanger their con trol. This explanation of the competitive buy ing which has induced some of the recent sensational advances threw doubt upon the whole series of rumors of plans for great consolidations and transcontinental combinations among the railroads. In other words, the broad Intimation was carried by the disclosures growing out ot the Northern Pacific development that re cent great buying of" stocks was for the most part wholly speculative and without the supposed basis In Investment purposes. Add to this the growing constrictions of the money supplyi continued Insatiable de mands from the stock speculation, in roads .upon the narrow bank surplus by the taking of gold" to Europe today, and growing- uneasiness among money-lenders as to the stability of values of the securities which they hold as collateral, and the delicacy of the position Is easily seen. It Is not surprising, therefore, that the shock of the Northern Pacific epi sode, coming upon this situation, toppled its prices over. Northern Pacific's skyrocket course this morning to 180, compared with 143 at last night's close and 132 for the London parity this morning. Is an almost un precedented happening for short-time movements In the local stock market. This stock was up to the figure and back to the opening figure of 155 within three minutes. It went as low as 145 af terward, and as high again as 170, clos ing at 160. The close corner into which the shorts were crowded, of course ex plained this movement. Among the se verest sufferers In the afternoon slump may be mentioned St. Paul, which fell 19; Union Pacific, 17; Rock Island, 14; Missouri Pacific, 15; United States Steel preferred, 12; Delaware & Hudson, 19; Amalgamated Copper, 12&; Pullman, 11: Illinois Central, 11; Burlington. 10; Brooklyn Rapid Transit, 10; Kansas & Texas, 10; Western Union, 10, and other stocks all the way up to 6 points. The final rally reduced most of these losses considerably, but the closing EhOTYed speculative sentiment In much dis order and prices were breaking anew at some points, while rallying at others. The excitement In the stock market dis tracted attention of the bond market, but prices went off there in sympathy with stocks. Total sales, $4,660,000. United States old 4s advanced per cent on the. last call. Northern Pacific opened at 155. Followr ing were the fluctuations between open ing and. noon:. 170, 160, 150. 146, 150; 147, 155, 15S. After noon the changes were: 158, 163, J67, 170. 163, 167, 166, 160. C. B. & Q. at the opening was 195. The follow ing were the fluctuations:' 196, 194, 194, 191. 187. 192, 1S9, 19051. Union, Pacific at the opening was 124. The fluctuations up to noon were:' 123, 125, 123, 126. 127, 129, 127. After noon they were: 127, 120, 118, 114, 113, 117, 115, 114. 113. 135, 112. Following is the total of shares sold: Northern Pacific common, 53,300; C, B. & Q 52.900; Union Pacific, 338,700. STOCKS. The total sales of stocks today were 2,401,100 shares. The closing quotations were: Can. Pacific , . . . .lof American Ches. & Ohio 4fi N-8- Q-vlB0 pta eo ChL & East. Ttl i Chicago & N. "Wl202 " A"" Ar ? i.--1?5 Colo. Southern .. 12 do 1st pfd 49 do 2d pfd 22 DeL &.Uudson....lG3 DeL, Lack. & W..217 Denver & Rio Gr. 48 do pfd a3it "ZZ.zz'-.v ' iiw iai jua. ...... oo Great North." "pfd!l70 lint. Paper ....."! 22 Hockhur Vallev : Illinois Central ..136 Iowa Central 28 do pfd 57 Lake Erie & TV... 55 do pfd los Louis. & Nash. ...103 Manhattan El ...I2li Jiet. Bt. By 164 "- vcairai ..... Z05i Minn. & St. LnulK nr. Missouri Pacific ..104 Jd.. K- & T 25 uu jjiu v. 07 New Jersey Cent.lSG" -wew york Cent.,.1555i do pfd" -. . 86 Northern Paclflc.159' do nfd in: Ontario & West... 33?g do 1st pfd 74 ao za pra 52)4 St. Louis & S. P.. 451 doist pfd 83 do 2d pfd 655 St. Louis 8. W... 33 do pfd ,. 04 fat. Paul 164Ji uu jjiu loo Southern Pacific. 49 ouuuicra ity ..... iM4 190 United States 83 Wells-Fargo 140 MISCELLANEOUS. AmaL Copper 114 Amer. Car & P.... 22 do pfd ...: 78 Amer. Linseed Oil. 13 do pfd sovi Amer. Smelt. & K. 66 do pfd 96 Amer. Tobacco ...120 Anaconda Mln. Co. 4SBi Brooklyn E. T 76 Colo. Fuel & Iron.100 Cont. Tobacco .... 48 do pfd 106 Gen. Electric 220 Glucose Sugar .... 50 Grand Trunk, 113; Anaconda, 101; United. States Steel, 52; do preferred, 10L do Dfd 7K La Clede Gas 83 National Biscuit .. 40& National Lead .... 16 National Salt 43 do pfd fe North American-.. 85 Pacific Coast 59 Pacific Mall 38 People's Gas 112 Pressed Steel Car. 3976" do Dfd 82 Pullman Pal. Car.200 Sugar 143 Tenn. Coal & Iron. 55 umun cas s -f... 13 do nf3 i TJ. S. Leather 13W- do pfd 75U V. S. Rubber 21 do pfd 61 U. S. Steel 47 do Dfd fi5U Western Union ... fil Ch!. Term. & Tr.. 21 do Dfd 44S& Bait. & O. Dfd 00 Chicago & Alton... 40 do pfd 78 Chi. Gr. Western.. 22 uo pia "A ...... tsu ao dm "B" fil Erie 2d Dfd 40 Hock. Valle pfd . 76 THE GRAIN MARKETS. Prices of Cereals at Aaaericaa and Foreign Ports. SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. Wheat, quiet;, barley, steady; oats, firm. Wheat Shipping, No. 1, $1; choice, $1; milling; ?1 tttI 03. Barley Feed, 767S?4c; brewing, 81 83c. ' OatsBlack for seed, ?117127; red, n 3ol 45. ' Call board palest Wheat No sales; cash, (L Barley Steady; December, -73c. Com Large yellow, $1 251 30. downing, Hopkins & Co ESTABLISHED 1893. WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4, Ground Floor Chamber of Commerce TRAVELEIIS' GUIDE. ,d Pfd S2&Mex. National Texas & Pacific... 43& Union Pacific ....11394 do pfd 03Vi do pfd 364 Wheel. & L E.... 16 do 2d pfd 3jC Wis. Central 10 IO 0 Tol , St. L. & W.. 15- do pfd ." 32 P. C, C. & St. L . 71 Con Gas 210 Hocking Coal 18 Int. Power 82 Republic Iron & S. 18 do pfd 72 Ex dividend. BONDS. U. S. 2s, ref. reg. 106 do coupon 100 do 3s, reg 109 do coupon 109 do new 4s, reg.. 137 do coupon 137 do old 4s, reg.. .113 do coupon 113 uu os, reg ioa do coupon 108 Dlst. CoL 3-65s. ..125 Atchison adj. 4s.. 05 C. &. N.W. con 7sl38H do S. F. deb. 5s.l21 D. & R. G. 4s.. ..102 Gen. Electric 5s. .185 N. Y. Cent. lets.. .10766 Northern Pac 3s.. 72V4 do 4s 105 Oregon Nav. lets.. 109 do 4a 104 Ore Short Line 6s.l28 do con 5s 118 Rio Gr. W. lsts..101 St. Paul consols. ..190 St P. C. &. P. Istsll8 do 5s 120 Union Pacific 4s. ..100 Wis. Cent. Ists.... 90 West Shore 4s 114 Southern Pac. 4s.. 02 Chicago Grata and Provisions. . CHICAGO, May 8.-J'uly wheat opened firm on buying by houses with Continental connections and because of. light Northweste .receipts. A cablegram reported seyere -weather in France and declared consid erable flamage "had been done. Upon the. announcement of this news the foreign buying; was supplemented by purchases for the' local account, and July having opened a shade lower to higher; at 72c to 73c, and sold off to 72c on profit taking rallied to 73.73?aC. A later cable gram gave the Inference that the French damage reports had been exaggerated. This left the trade to the consideration of the absence of export demand and the remarkable prospects of a bumper crop in this country Selling for the local account met practically no demand and July gradually worked off on a very dull market at 72c and closed weak, lc under yesterday, at 7272c. May corn was not traded In any extent, nor was the July option, for that matter. May closed c lower, at 52c; July closed a. shade up. at 46c. The ale, of 1,000,000 bushels of cash oats was responsible for a bulge In that market and increased activity in the trade.. Report of unfavorable crop con ditions was influential in advancing prices. July closed c higher, at 27c. Provisions were dull and easier on the liberal run of hogs and lower prices for them at the yards. July pork closed l7c lower, lard and ribs 57c down. - xne leaaing rutures ranged as ionows: WHEAT. v R. W. McKININON BANKERS AND BROKERS d MEMBERS OF THE CHICAGO ' BOARD .OF TRADE OREGON' SHOI JjIME -- Hiwow Pacific Union Depot, Sixth anil J Streets. THREE TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST - 8 -and 9 Giamber'of Commerce, Portland ,..j. May July Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing. .?0 73 ?0 73 ?0 72 ?0 72 73 72 72 a CORN. NeTT Torlr Stocks. These quotations are furnished by K. W. McKlnnon & Co., members of the Chicago Board of Trade: STOCKS. Anaconda Mining Co... Amal. Copper Co Atchison com Atchison pfd , Am. Tobacco com , Am. Sugar com Am. Smelter com Am. Smelter pfd Baltimore & Ohio com Baltimore &-Ohlo pfd. Brook. Rapid Transit.. unicago & Alton com.. Chicago & Alton pfd.. Chicago & G. W. com. Chi., Ind. & L. com.... Chi., Ind. & L.. pfd.... Chi., Burl. & Quincy.. Chi., Mil. & St. Paul.. Chicago & N. W. com. Chi., R. I. & Pacific... New Jersey Central.... Chesapeake & Ohio uanaaa toutnern Colo. Fuel & Iron com. Cont. Tobacco com Cont. Tobacco pfd Delaware & Hudson.... Del., Lack. & Western. D. & R. G. com ,. D. & R. G. pfd Erie com Erie 2ds pfd. Erie lsts pfd Illinois Central Louisville & Nashville. Met Traction Co (Manhattan Elevated Mexican Central Ry Missouri Pacific (Mobile & Ohio Mo., Kan. & Tex. com. Mo., Kan. & Tex. pfd. New Tork Central Norfolk & West. com.. Norfolk & West Pfd.. Northern Pacific com.. Northern Pacific pfd.. North American new.. N. T., Ont & Western. Pennsylvania Ry People's G., L & C. Co. Pressed St. Car com Pressed S. Car pfd.... Pullman Palace Co... Pacific Mall. S. Co Reading com Reading 2ds pfd Reading lsta pfd Southern Ry. com Southern Ry. pfd Southern Pacific St. L. & S. F. com... St. L. & S. F. 2ds pfd.. St. L. foS. F. lsts pfd.. Tenn. Coal & Iron . Union Pacific com... Union Pacific pfd... U. S. Leather com... U. S. Leather pfd... U. S. Rubber com... U. S. Rubber pfd... U. S. Steel Co. com. U. S. Steel Co. pfd. Wheel. & L. E. com. Wheel. & L. E. 2ds. Wheel. & L. E. lsts. Wis. Central com ... Wis. Central pfd ... Western Union Tel. Wabash com Wabash pfd 49 121 82 104 125 148 5S 96 107 93 mj 46 SO 23 36 70 195 ISO 20S 165! loti 4S 72 104 51 106 "?, zm 51 9Sj 37 56 69 141 107 167 125 27 113 SO 31 64 160 53 S6 155 107 85 35 150 115 43 83 200 40 43 55 77 32 84 53 48 69 S4 60 124 6 14 77 21 62 50 97 18 34 54 Zl 45 95 20 40 8 50 122 104 127 148 60 96 108 93 83 46 80 23 37 70 196 ISO 208 163' 156 49 72 1W 51 106 176 223 51 33 40 57 70 142 107 168 125 271 115 80 31 64 161 53 86 ISO 108 85 3ffti 1151 116 43 84 200 40 44 56 78 32 85 56 48 69 84 62 129 96 14 78 22 62 51 too to May July September 99 18 34 55 21 45 97 21 41 43 110 76 98 118 141 56 95 100i 90 73 37 77 22 30 69 186 161 201 154 156 . 44 69 as 47 106 158 216 49 93 33 49 64 131 100 162 118 25 100 SO 21 56 154 50 86 145 101 85 33 143 108 39 83 45 111 77 9S 120 143'A 57 96 103 90 76 40 78 22 30 69 190 164 202 155 156 46 69 99 48 106' 163 217Ce 49.E 95 ' 36 51 cc 136 103 164 121 25 104 80 24 58 155 51 , May July September May July 52 63 46 40 45 45 OATS. 28 20 20H 27 24 25 MESS PORK.' 51 a 24 14 05 52 40V 454; 28 27 25 14 82 14 05 We transfer money over our own wires, to all the, important- cities in the United States. -We buy and sell cotton, grain and provisions, for cash or on margin, for future delivery. We buy and sell, all railroad stocks listed on the New.York or Chicago Stock Exchanges. We buy, and sell ail copper stocks listed on the Boston Stock Exchange. We buy and sell all oil stocks listed on the San Francisco .Oil Exchange. Correspondence solicited. . May July September . . May July September . . 7 02 700 7 90 8 07 7 87 7b5 7 05 7 02 7 00 8 07 7 8J, 7 87 .14 07 15 05 LARD. " .8 00 8 00 . 7 05 7 07 . 7 05 7 07 9HORT RIBS. . 812 812 . 7 00 '7 02 . 1 87 l 7 87 Cash quotations were as follows Wheat, No. 3 Spring, 6072c; No. 2 red, 7374c. No. 2 oats, 2829c; No. 2 white, 29 30c; No. 3 white, 2929c. No. 2 rye, 5354c. Good feeding barley, 45c; fair to choice malting, 51S56c. No. 1 flaxseed, ?1 65; No. 1 Northwest ern, Jl 66. Prime timothy seed, $3 75. Mess pork, per bbl., $14 S514 90. Lard, per 100 lbs., ?7 978 02. Short ribs sides, loose, J88 20. Dry salted shoulders, boxedr $6 87 7 12. Short clear sides, boxed, $S 258 37. Clover, contract grade, J10. On the produce exchange today the but ter market", was steady. Creameries, 14 tlSc;. dairy, yJ6c- t H . Cfteese, dun, 9i4c. Eggs, steady; fresh, llc. . 'Keceipts. Sbipm'lff.' 198 38 41 51 74 28 82 47 45 66 83 55 112 93 12 (O 20 60 44 87 16 33 51 20 43 Wr2 19 36 1 159 106 85 33 144 112 39 83 200 38 41 52 74 29 82 49 45 65 S3 57 113 93 13 75 21 61 47 95 Wi 33 54 20 43 91 20 36 Flour, barrels .. .57,000 Wheat, bushels 175,000 Corn, bushels ...:.... 405000 Oats, bushels ' 400,000 Rye, bushels , 7,000 Barley, bushels 23,000 30.000. -11Z.UUU 115,000 273,000 1,000 5,000 75c; choice, ?2 50; navel oranges. ?12 75 per box: Mexican limes. 54 50. , Bananas 51 502 50 per bunch. Pineapples 52 50(g3 50 per dozen. Green fruits Apples, choice, 51 50 -per dot: common. 51 00 per box." ' Poultry Turkeys, gobblerst 9010c; do hens, i2&13c per pound; old roosters, ?4 4 25 per dozen; young roosters, 56 508 00; fryers, 54 005 50; hens, 54 505 50 per dozen; small 'broilers, 52 002 50; large do, 53 504 50; old t ducks, 54 004 50; gtfese, 51 251 50 per pair. f Eggs Store, 13c; ranch, 15c. Butter Creamery, 17c; dairy; 16c. " Cheese California, full cream, 3c. Young America. 10c: Eastern. U16c. Receipts Flour, qr sks, 20,765; Oregon, 1000; wheat, ctls, 2922; barley, ctls, 3S60; beans, sks, 16,000; corn, ctls, 245; pota toes, sks, 2500; bran, sks, 2100; middlings, sks, 1200; hay,' tons, 390; hides, lbs, 450. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. J.J, Total sales, 2,521,500 shares. Money closed offered 20 per cent; last loan at 15 per cent. Atchison 77jWis. Cent. pfd.... 44 do pfd 0S EXPRESS CO.'S. Bait. & Ohio 103 (Adams 175 CULLISONaCO. Board of Trade and Stack Exchange Brokers GRAIN . PROVISIONS STOCKS ni COTTON Foreign Financial News. NEW YORK, May 8. The Commercial Advertiser's oLndon financial cablegram says: Business was much reduced on the mar ket here today. The heaviness was gen eral, but Americans particularly suffered. Money rates tightened, and trade reports are rather disappointing. On the Conti nent "everything is dull. American shares were paralyzed by the corner in North ern Pacific, which has made the market afraid to deal In anything. This sensa tional movement, with its unprecedented penalties upon arbitrage brokers who were caught short in Northern Pacific, has done the worst" service imaginable to the London market, terrorizing specu lation and sowing the deepest distrust. The highest price for the stock here was 141, the close being at 132, though It was reported here that the stock had gone to 200 in New York. iVevr" York Grain and Produce. NEW YORK, May 8 Flour Receipts, 16,599 barrels; exports, 4833 barrels; mar ket, dull and barely steady. Wheat Receipts, 17,700 bushels; exports, 48,250 bushels; spot, easy; No. 2 red, 84c f. o. b. afloat; 82c elevator. Options opened steady, and after a sharp advance on unfavorable French crop news, turned weak in the afternoon under realizing, good home crop advices, small clearances and poor export trade and vigorous bear pounding, closed weak, c net decline. May closed 81c, July 78c; September, 76c. Wodl Quiet. Hops Quiet. Grain In Europe. LIVERPOOL, May S. Wheat Spot steady; No. 2 red Western Winter, 5s lld; No. 1 Northern Spring, 6s Id; No. 1 California, 6s ld. Futures dull; July, 5s Ud; September, 5s 10d. Corn Spot quiet. American mixed, new, 4s d; old, 4s 4d. Futures quiet; May nominal; July, 4s d; September, 4s d. Wheat and flour at "Paris firm.' French country markets firm. LONDON, May 8. Wheat cargoes on passage firmer; cargoes at Walla Walla, 30s; English country markets quiet and steady. Eastern Livestock. . CHICAGO, May 8 Cattle Receipts, 21,OQ0. Steers generally weak but choice stock firm, active; good to prime steers, 5555 90; poor to medium, 544 90; stock ere and feeders choice steady, others weak, .53 ISO'S; cows and heifers, 52 70 4 75; canners, 52 102 65; bulls, weak, 52 S54 35; -calves, glow, 53 504 60; Texas fed steers, 54 255 30; do bulls, $2,7o!Q) 3 SO. Hogs Receipts today, 32,000; tomorrow, 28.000; left over, 3500. Market weak; top, 55 82; mixed and butchers, 55 5C3 80; good to choice heavy, 55 653i2: rough heavy, 55 505 60; light, Jo 505 75; bulk of eales, 55 655 75. Sheep Receipts, 20,000. heep weak; choice clipped lambs steady, wooled lambs weak, top, 55 12; choice wethers, 54 ; I fair to choice mixed, 53 754 10; Western sneep, 54 lb 35; yearlings, 54 154 40; native lambs, $45 10; Western lambs, 54 455 12. nOCGHT ACT) SOLD FOR CASH CARRIED ON MARGINS OR 214-215 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Orn Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK, May 8. Money on call, Arm, 44 per cent Prime mercantile paper, 44 per cent. Sterling exchange, steady, with actual business In bankers' bills at 54 S74 87 for demand, and at 54 844 84 for 60 days. Posted rates, .54 854 86 and 54 SS4 S9. Commercial bills, 54 834 84. Silver certificates, 60c.' . Mexican dollars, 48c. Government bonds, quiet. State bonds, Inactive. Railroad bonds, irregular. SAN FRANCISCO. May 8. Sterling on London, 60 days, 54 85; do sight, 54 8S. Mexican dollars, 4950c. Drafts, sight, lCc; do telegraph, 12c. LONDON. May 8. Consols, 94 5"-16d. Money, 33 per cent. Exchange Will Be Closed. NEW YORK, May 8. The governing committee of the Stock Exchange today acted favorably on the petition to close the exchange Saturday of this week. An nouncement of this decision was received with satisfaction on all sides, as It will give members a much-needed opportunity to catch up with back work, as .well as to enable workmen to make the necessary changes on the trading floor. BOSTON WOOL MARKET. x Trade at Tlmen Has Been Absolutely Lifeless. BOSTON, May 8. The American. Wool and Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow: The wool market has been very quiet since our last review, and at times the trading has been absolutely stagnant. Prices of wool are very steadily held, and, except on one-half and three-eighths blood stock we can hear of no conces sions being granted. Most of the trad" ers are figuring on securing new wools on a clean cost 01 40c, out a numoer of those who have recently bought wools of the growers say they are actually costing them only 3738c, except where they con tain a considerable amount of staple, in which case they have cost 40c, and In some instances 42c. The sales for the week at Boston amounted to 1,875,000 pounds domestic and 135,000 pounds foreign, making a total of 2,010,000 pounds, against a total of 3,577, 000 pounds for the previous week. The sales since January 1 amount to 81,710, 000 pounds, against 55,332,000 pounds for the corresponding time last year. The Metal Markets. NEW YORK,' May 8. A better feeling obtained in the local tin market foday, prices advancing at London 12s 6d, making spot -119 17s 6d, and futures 116 5s Aside from its firmness there were no' important features. The local market was slow and finally closed firmer in tone at 526 3026 50. Copper ruled unchanged; Lake, 517; cast ing, 516 62. ' Lead and spelter. Inactive and nomi nal at unchanged prices. Pig Iron warrants. 59 50gl0 50; North ern foundry, 515 2516 50. Bar silver 50c. SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. Bar silver 59c. - " LONDON, May 8. Bar sllver-27 7-16d.," Going to Buffalo? Or any other point East? Call at our office or write us for particulars as to pro posed low rates to be named in the very near future; they will -interest-you. TICKETOFF1CE: Cor. Third and Stark Sis. R. W. Fostor. Ticket Agent. "CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECIAL." Eeave for the East, via Hunt Ins ton. at 0.0C l A.M.; arrivei at 4.3u P. IT. For Spokane,. Eastern Washlnston. and. Great Northern points. leaves at 0 P. il.: arrives -a L7 A. M. - ATIAM1C EXPIlESSi' Leaves for the East, via Huntington, at Ox P. II.; arrives at 8:10 A. M. THROUGH PULLMAN TOURIST SLEEPEUS. OCEAJT AND RIVER SCHEDULE. Water lines schedule subject to change with out notice. OCEAN rJIVISIOX irom Portland." " feaci Alnswcrth Dock at 8 P. 31.: salt every S.ilays Steamer Elder sails May ". 1J. 22. Steaavt Columbia sails May 17. :i7. From San Francisco Sail every tf day Leave Spear -street Pier 24, at It X. M. Steamer Columbia sails May J. M. 2J; stearuuj Elder sails May S. IV 23. COLUMBLV RIVER DrVlSIOS; PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. Steamer Harsalo leaves Portland dally, e& cept Sunday, at 8.00 P. M.r on Saturday ai 10 00 P. M Returning, leaves Astortauauy except Sunday, at 7 00 A. M. WILLAMETTE RIVER DIVISION. PORTLAND AND SALEM- OR. Steamer Ruth, for Salem. Independence ant way points. leaies from Ash-street Dock at A. M. on Mondays. AVedncadajs and FnUij Returning, leaves Independence at 5 'A. M , and Salem at 0 A. M.. or. Tucj-Uajs. Thurdas and Saturdays. CORVALLIS AND ALBANT. Steamer Modoc leaves Portland at C A. M on Tuesdays. Thursdaa and Saturdajs." Re turning, leaves Corvallls at J A. M. on Mon- k days, Wednesdays and Fridays. YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE. PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR. Steamer Elmore., for Oregon City, Buttevllte Champoeg. Dp ton and way landings, lt.iv Portland Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satmdajs at 7 A M. Leaves Da ton for Portland 4.111 way points Mondays, 'Wednesdaj s and Friild at 0 A. M. S.tAKE RIVER ROUTE. RIPARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAHO Steameis leave Rlparla at J.40 A. M. duUv. arriving atrLewlston about 3 P. Ml Returning, leave Lewlston at 8:30 A M.. arriving at rtt paria same, evening. A. L. CRAIG. General Passenger A2t. CITY TICKET OFFICE. 254 "tVnuhlngton St., Corner Third. PORTLAND & ASIATIC STEAMSHIP CO. For Yokohama and Hong Kong, calling it Kobe. Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight via connecting sfteamera for Manila. Port Ar thur and Vladlvostock. S3. INDRAPURA SAILS MAT 23. For rates and full Information call on or address officials or agents o O. K. i N. Co. lAui via SOUTH I2z SUNSET -ni O OCEEN SHASZU 1 1 Un ROUTES (") Depot Fifth and I I Street". London Wool Auctions. LONDON, May 8. At the wool auction sales today 14,000 hales were offered. T.he attendance was 'large. Competition was sharp at hardening rates. Scoured and merinos -were fully maintained Cross breds were 5 per cent ab'oVe the opening and good medium grades suitable for America were also S per cent higher. Americans secured several parcels of good merinos and "lambs. Best quality sold' freely at an advance of 5 per cent. There was a sale of fine Cape of Good Hope and Natal scoured and greaslea at an advance of 5 per cent. Up to the L present time 104,961 bales have been offered, of which 64,000 have been with drawn, i Time Card of Trains PORTLANP Leaves. "North Coast Limited"' 2.00 P. M. Twin City, St. Louis & Kan. City Special. 11:30 P. M. Olympla. Tacoma, Seat tle, South Bend and Graj'a Harbor Exp... 8 33 A.M. Arrives, 7.00 A. M. 8.00 P. M. 5:15 P. M. Two trains "dally to Spokane, Butte. Hel ena, Minneapolis, St. Paul and the East. A. D. CHARLTON, Asst. Gen'l Pass. Ast- 2C5 Morrison St. Portland. Or. 1:00 P.M. 117:30 A. M. 114.50 P.M. OVKRLANO KJC- PKESi) 'ixtAl.Sa. for Salem, Rose burs; Ashland, Sac ra in e n to, Oeden, San Francisco, ilo Jave. Los Angeles, El Paso, New Or leans ana tne Ease. At Woodb urn (dally except Sun day;, mormus train connects with train for Mt. Angel. Ml- v e r t o- n. .Browns ville. Sprinzrt eld and Natron, and Albany Local for Mt. Angel and Sll v erton. Albany passenger.... Corvallls passenger. .Sheridan passenger.. Arrl-v c 7:45 A. M 7.20 P.M. 10;10 A. M. H5 JO P..M. 8.25 A. M. College and SuRtir. NEW YORK, May 8. Coffee options closed steady, with prices net 10 points higher. Sales, 14,750 bags, Including July, $5 60; August, J5 70; September, ?5 705 75; spot .Rio, firm; No. 7 Invoice, 6 5-16ct mild, quiet;, Cordova, 8i412c. Sugar, raw, firm; fair refining, 3; cen trifugal, 96 test, 4 9-32c; refined, firm. J The Cotton Market. NEW YORK, May - 8. Cotton closed steady; prices 2 points higher. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. FOR NOME The magnificent new steet Steamship Senator will sail from Seattle and Tacoma direct. From Tacoma 12 m., Seattle 9 p. m. May 30, '01. For rates, reservations and. other Information apply to the company a asents ,. Putnu.N. - Washington st., Portland. Or. Ticket Office 007 Pacific avenue, Tacoma. G. M. LEE, Ticket Agent. F. "IVT CARLETON. N. P. R. R. Dock, Ta coma, "Wash. Ticket UtHce 018 First avenue, Seattle. M. TALBOT. Comm'l Agent. C. W. MILLER. Asst. Gen'l Agent. Ocean Dock. Seattle. Wash. GOODALL. PERKINS & C6.. General Agents. San Francisco. 'Dally. Dalty except Sunday. Rebate tickets on sale between Portland. Sac ramento and San Francisco. Net rates $17 flrc class and $11 second class. Including sleeper. Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu rope. Also JAPAN, CHINA. HONOLULU and AUSTRALIA. Caa be obtained from J. B. K1RKLAND. Ticket Agent, HU Third strt. YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depot, loot ot Jefferson street. Leave for Oswego dally at 7:20, 0:4U A. M.; 120, 1.55, 3.25. 4.40. 0.25,. 8 JO. ll.JO'p. M.; and 0.00 A- M. on bundays only. Arrive : Portland dally at 'U-IS. o JO. 10 Co A. M, ! l;35, 3;10," 4"J. 0:13,-7:40, low i. ac. vz.S a. M. daily, except Monday. S.'ji; and lOlOJ'A M. pn Sundays only. Leave for Dallas dally. eiccDt Sunday, at B.05 Pi M. Arrive at Portland at 0:20 A. M. Passenger train, leaves Dallas tot- Alrlle iiua days. Wednesdays and Fridays at J-5u. P.. "M. Returns Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Except Sunday. R. KOEHLER. Manager. C. H. MARKHAM. Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt. SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS. SAN FRANCISCO. May 8. Wool Spring Nevada, 1012c; Eastern Oregon, 1013c; "Valley Oregon, 1415c; mountain, lambs, 78c; San Joaquin plains, 67c; Humboldt and Tdendiclno, 910c Hops 1900 crop, 1520c. Mlllstuffs-MIddllngs, $17 5019 50: bran. J1617. Hay Wheat. J913: wheat arid oats. $9 Treasury Statement. I lis best barley, $9 50; alfalfa, $79 50; WASHINGTON, May & Today's state- compressed wheat, $S13 per ton; straw. ment of the Treasury balances shows: 404ie per Daie. . Available cash balance $158,407,902 Potatoes-River Burbanks 1 25; Ore- Gold " 98.355 659 i on Burbanks, $1 S5l 60; -Early JRose, Stocks at London. LONDON, May 8. Atchison, S2&; Cana dian Pacific, 11014: Union Pacific preferred. 9SU: Northern Parlflc nreferred, 109j S5c$lr sweet. 50S5c Onions SUverskin, $2 755 00. Vegetables Green peas, 6590c; string beans, 23c per pound; asparagus, $1 65 1 75 per box. , Citrus fruit Common California lemons. German Raves Over American Girls. Berlin Herr Pascal, one of the best known Berlin feuilletonists, Is In raptures over the beauty of American women. Tou don't see them on the street because there are not flaneurs in America, male or fe male. They wait for the evening .social gatherings, when every one Is directed toward them. It Is here, surrounded "by elegant refinement, blazed on by light, that the American-woman bears away the palm of beauty. Herr Pascal cannot speak too highly of the bodily exercise which American women enjoy as school girls and of the pains taken, the "sci entific supervision," he calls It, for obtain, ing a natural development of the bust and "a graceful and rounded appearance to the hips." No wonder, he concludes, that their elastic formsr fresh color, healthy ways, their entire being, carry away the victory from European women. If America does not produce the finest bronzes 'and marbles It certainly produces the most beautiful women. America's finest sculptors are her teachers of gym nastics. New Tork World. Record Voyage 6 Dots, 7 Hours, 22 Minutes, BOSTON tt LIVERPOOL via QUEEaSIQW New England. Twin Screw. 11.600. May 22 Commonwealth, Twin Screw, 13,000, June 5 PORTLAND ti LIVERPOOL via (jUEEflSTOWN Vancouxer May IS Vancouver.... June 22 Dominion July flICambroman .July 13 THOMAS COOK & SON, P. C. Gra'l Agents, 621 Market St.. San Francisco, CaL Pacific Coast Steamship Go, FOR ALA5KA. The Company's steamships COTTAGE CriY. SPOKA.NK, STATE OF CAL. and CITY; OF TOPEKA leave TACOMA 11 A. M.. SEATTLE 0 P. M.. May 5. 10, 15. 20. 25. JO; June 4. 0. 14, 10, 21. 24. 29; July 3. For further Infor mation obtain folder. The Company reserves the right to chanc teamers. sailing dates and hours of salllnjf. Klrhmit nrevlous notice. i AGENTS N. POSTOX. 249 Washington St.. 1 p Ot F. W CARLETON. N. P. R. It. Dock. Tacoma: Tlcltet Offlce. 013 First are, BetTW. TALBOT. Comm-l Agt.. CV. MIL LER Asst. Gen'l AKt.. Ocean Dock. SeittU; GOODAT.L. PERKINS 4 CO.. Un'l Axnu. Ban Francises. llll TRAVELERS' GUIDE. dfcdiairaSsie G new twik screw sooo l&lLS!!alk43.y.vqi'. tom as. aitKHA, 'SONOMA &YEMTURA ss. ZEALANDIA (Honolulu only) Saturday, ilay 28. 10 A. M. SS. MARIPOSA, for Honolulu. Samoa. New Zealand and Australia ...w Thurs., May 30, 10 A. M. SS. AUSTRALIA, for Tahiti.... About June 30 J. D.SPRECKEL8 k BROS. CO , feral Agaib, 327 Uarbl Si eta'I Pauangar GfScs, 643 Uirht St.. Hsr Ko. 7. Pauls St lfiREATNOMHEIwlf Tickst Office 122 Third 5t Phone 680 LEAVE Tbe Flyer, dally to and v a I from St. Paul. Mlnne- r..ml niiluth ChlffrtffO COOP. M. Mnd aii uolnta East. ARRIVE No. 3 TOO A. SI Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers. Dining and Butrct Smoking-Llbrary Cars. WASHINGTON & ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO Fast mall, express and passenger service for SKAGWAY. calling at Port Townaend. Van couver, Ketchikan and Juneau, connecting with White Pass & Yukon Route for Dawaon. Atlln and all Yukon River points. Through bills of lading issued. SS. CITY OF SEATTLE, May 3, 13, 23. SS. VICTORIAN, May 8, 18, 28. From .Seattle at 8 P. M. DODWELL & COMPANY, Ltd.. General Agents. SSS Oak st. Telenhnna Main SO Steamers Altooa-and Pomooa Daily (ex. Sunday) for Independence, Salen and all way landings. Leave Portland 0:45 A. M.; leave Salem 8 A. M.: Independence. 7 A. if. Offlce and dock, root Taylor it. WHITE COLLAR LINE BAILEY GATZERT (Alder-street Dock). Leaves Portland dally every morning at o'clock, except Sunday. Returning. leaves As toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Oregon phone Main 3S1. Columbia phone SSL JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP IDSUSlI MARU For Jap&s. China and all Asiatic points will leave Seattle About June 3d Astoria & Columbia . River Railroad Co. 8.00 A.M. 6.53 P. M. Depot Fifth and I Street. For Maygers. Hainler. Clatakanle. Westport. Clllton. Astoria. V. ar- renton. Flavel. Ham- mond. Fort Steven. Gearhart Pic, Seaside. Astoria and Seashore Express. Dally. Astoria Expreax 1-nlly. i ARMVE3 11:10 A.M. 0:40 AM: Ticket office 235 Morrison at. and Union Depot. J. a MAYO Qtn. Pass. Agt., Astoria. Or.