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-JS THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, SATURDAY. JUNE 1, 1901. o WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW IRON- AXD STEEL MILLS IX FULL ACTIVITY. Grain Has Been Quiet on Account of Holidayn-lciothingr Woolen Are Bnsier. NEW YORK, May 3L R. G. Dun's weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: While the weather In the East has hampered distributive trade to a consid erable extent this week, rendering the season In some lines rather unsatisfac tory, the West and South report un changed conditions, with operations well up to the recent average. It Is the sea son when crop-damage rumors are always heard, and they have come from many quarters, but probably In large part owe their origin to speculation. There is noth ing as yet to cause any modification of the general estimates made recently and founded upon the special returns from correspondents of B. G. Dun & Co. The labor situation Is a little brighter. Many strikes have been settled, and others are expected to terminate shortly. Iron andsteel mills are working at full capacity, and more new plants have been put in operation. Quotations are well . maintained, without any effort to secure advances. Farming machinery Is a feat ure of the domestic business, and there is no sign of decrease In the export movement of these products, which has attained enormous proportions. Rails are also going out freely to Australia and South America. Railways are unable to secure freight cars and other supplies, while structural work proceeds briskly, with but little Interruption from labor controversies. There Is a little less activity among manufacturers of boots and shoes, some of the smaller plants reducing time or closing ostensibly for the purpose of tak ing stock. Salesmen in the West and South are sending good orders for Fall delivery, but the local Jobbing trade has received a setback from the continuous rain. Leather Is still strong and active for heavy sole and high-priced uppers. Shipments of boots and shoes from Bos ton have shown the expected decrease from the phenomenally large figures of recent preceding weeks, but ar still very heavy, and since January 1 exceed last year's by about 7000 cases. Extended holidays abroad and a short one in this country have tended to make the grain markets unusually quiet, while corn has had the added drawback of hesi tation among traders, who have not re covered from the manipulation in the May option. Foreign purchases were driven out of this market by Inflated quotations, as shown by Atlantic exports in five weeks of only 9,43ff.2So bushels, against 17, 341,065 bushels last year. Carpets and upholsteries Improve, and In staple clothing woolens there Is more activity. This brings out raw wool more freely, but there is not demand enough to advance prices In the face of heavy stocks and a large new clip coming forward. In fact, the accumulation of supplies has had a distinctly depressing influence, and In the Philadelphia market quotations are perceptibly -easier. The decline extends to the entire list of domestic wools, al though not more than 1 cent in any grade. Failures for the week numbered 146 in the United States, against 160 last year, and 27 in Canada, against 20 last year. BRADSTREET'S REVIEW. Unseasonable Weather Has Retarded Trade and Crops. NEW YORK. May 31. Bradstreet's to morrow will say: Unseasonable weather has been the key of the situation this week, discouraging as it hasben to retail trade In the cities and country districts alike, and retard ing the growth of most crops, but par ticularly corn and oats in the northern half of the country. However, there Is a feeling that a few weeks of warm, sunny weather, a decided lack of which has so far been noted this Spring, would do much to place matters, commercial and agricultural, in as good or better con dition than a year ago. Apart from these features, the week has been without much change, except that a rather better spirit has been vis ible in the industrial situation, and that some progress has been made toward a settlement of existing labor troubles. The situation in textiles ha& not changed ma terially. The steadiness of prices is still a feature, the cereals being as high or fellghly higher than a week ago, as much owing to bad crop reports from abroad as to tales of dry-weather damage in the Northwest to wheat and too cool weather for corn In the country as a whole. As for some time past, new business in iron and steel is small, while production on orders Js 'at the maximum. Steel billets are temporarily scarce and 50 cents high er, whiie,Bessemer pig-iron is dull and off 25 cents. Southern iron is dull and weak and present quotations could be cut 50 cents If business was offered. Finished products are generally strong, and the mills are still crowded with busi ness. Rail mills have a season's output guaranteed, and wire nails are pushed v.ith orders, and bar and plate production is sold ahead. Rumors of .advances to come after July 1 are heard, but tan gible offers in this respect with new busi ness in small volume. Hardware Is In good shape, and May sales at Chicago THE PRESIDENT DID NOT But another one of those cafe of their orders, were We are. And RAMBLER RIDERS ARE HAPPY AND SATISFIED RIDERS. $25, 22, $20, REPRESENT THE 1901 RELIABLE FRED XO. 70, FOR COMPETITION. were the heaviest for any month this year. Wheat (including flour) shipments for the week aggregate 4,138,970 bushels, against 4,796,084 bushels last week, 4,533, 140 bushels the same week of 1900, 3,596,065 bushels in 1899, and 5,249,086 bushels in 1898. From July 1 to date this season wheat exports are 194,187,632 bushels, against 182,926,706 bushels last season, and 213.489,240 bushels in 1888-99. Failures for the week number 144, against 192 last week, 135 In this week a year ago, and 129 In 1S99. Canadian fail ures number 21, against 24 last week, 21 a year ago, and 18 in 1899. FINANCIAL REVIEW. Losses From Northern Pacific Corner Have Been Paid. NEW YORK, May 31. Bradstreet's financial Review tomorrow will say: At the beginning of this week the trans actions at the stock exchange fell off in a way which gave Wall street not a little anxiety. The foreign markets were closed on Monday for the Whitsuntide holiday, which partly accounted for the extreme dullness, but apart from this there was every evidence that the American public had liquidated the main part of its hold ings, and was Indisposed to take further part in the proceedings. The heavy decrease in the New York bank loans shown by the two last clearing-house statements afforded striking evi- i dence as to this and as to the effects of the recent severe blow the speculative market had received. It would seem, how ever, that the liquidation necessary under the circumstances had been finished, and that losses Incident to the Northern Pa cific corner were in the main settled. Some anxiety made Itself felt In this latter con nection as to the position of the London short interest, though it would seem that the amount and importance of the latter had been exaggerated. The most cheer ing Indications which the market received were, in fact, that settlements were being made with the London bears in Northern Pacific at 150 for the stock, and that the fortnightly account which began on Wednesday was being carried out without the indicated complications. Up to this time our market's dullness was attended by a heavy tone in the gen eral list, in spite of the firmness of a few issues, in which manipulation and reports of coming deals had an effect. The bear ish operators were also more active, and the appearance of the market justified to some extent the expectation of a further decline. More favorable indications at juondon had, however, a good influence, which was supplemented by decided inti mations that the contending factions in Northern Pacific had reached a satisfac tory settlement as to the control of that company and the bearings of the Burling ton deal. i Bank Clearings. NEW YORK. May 31. The following table, compiled by Bradatreet, shows the bank clear ings at the principal cities for the week ended May 30, with the percentage of Increase and decrease, at, compared with' the corresponding week last year: Clearings. Inc. Dec. Inc. 20.0 10.3 74.7 17.2 27.8 25.0 23.8 3.U 12.0 5.3 15.9 12.4 14.0 10.4 12.2 1.0 10.2 31.9 9.2 3.5 .7 20.0 24.1 49.0 23.8 5.3 30."6 New York $1,040.31(3.000 Boston 103,034,000 Chicago ... I!,57b,0o0 Philadelphia 81.10o.000 St. Louis 34.070,000 Pittsburg 34,341.000 Baltimore 18,013,000 San Francisco 18,025,750 Cincinnati 15.325,000 Kansas City 14,130,000 New Orleans O.OOS.OOO Minneapolis C.075.OO0 Detroit 0,005,000 Cleveland 0,858.000 Louisville 7.274,000 Providence 4.598.O00 Milwaukee 5,071.000 St. Paul 3.753,000 Buffalo 5,210,000 Omaha 5,187.000 Indianapolis 5.2SJ.0O0 Columbus, 0 5.104.000 Savannah 3,034,000 Denier '3,145,000 Washington 2,251,000 Salt Lake 1,097.000 SpringHeld. Mass.... 1.141.000 Fort Worth 2.705.000 Portland. Me D3U.O00 Portland. Or...,. ..-, 1,476411 St. Joseph 4.129,000 Los Angeles 2,001,000 Norfolk 1,252,000 Syracuse ....... 1,001,000 Des Moines 1,380,000 Nashville 1,153,000 AVUmlngton, Del 701.000 Fall Kiver 528,000 Scrnntnn '. 1.111.000 0.8 34.8 32.9 3.7 soli 14.5 44.2 2.1 22.5 13.5 21.S Grand Rapids 1.002.000 AUgUfirta, Ua 874,000 Lowell' 422,000 Dayton. 0 839,000 Sotio nttn Kfin 1.0 ! Tacoma 1,089,043 Spokane 801, 1GS Sioux City 03,000 J New Bedford 230,000 Jacksonville, Fla 358.000 I Kalamazoo 3 15.000 I Akron 400.000 Rockford. Ill 298,000 I Panton. 0 237.000 ' Springfield. 0 212.000 Fargo, N. D 212.000 Sioux Falls. S. D.... 100,000 I Fremont, Neb 149.000 j Davenport 681.000 ! Toledo 1.092.000 I GaH estoa 5,477.000 1.2 17.0 9.2 15.0 9.8 11.5 811 10.3 8.2 18.0 21.4 io'i 25.2 23.4 10.0 io.o 7.4 21.9 13.0 1.8 Houston 7,32,000 Evansvllle 901.0JO Macon 451.000 Little Rock 403.000 Sprlngfleld. Ill 373.000 ,Helena 454.0J0 Youngstown. 0 385,000 13.0 Jacksonville. Ill 00,000 Totals U. S $1,C23.001.3S5 Totals outside N. Y..$ 575,005,950 DOMINION OF CANADA Montreal Toronto "Winnipeg Halifax Hamilton St. John. N. B "Vancouver Victoria Quebec 14.S62.098 0,050.291 1,470.810 1.490,110 034.740 015,183 708.189 724 071 1.279.881 13.8 3.5 12 8 14.0 21 10.0 42 5 42.5 Totals .$ 30.089.110 5.2 monster cars, containing 416 Ramblers, did, and several made happy. We have received nine cars, containing $40 THOSE ARE THE PRICES OF 1901 LIGHT ROADSTER, AIND ROADSTER RAMBLERS T. MERRILL CYCLE WILL WORK FOR 1985 FAIR PACIFIC COAST REPRESENTATIVES ' AT BUFFALO. City Attorney tong Tells of His Ob servations and Gets Some Point ers for Portland. - City Attorney J. M. Long returned yes terday from Buffalo, N. Y., after an ab sence from Portland of nearly four weeks. He spent four days taking in the sights of the Pan-American Exposition, and eays the architecture of the various buildings Is the grandest ever seen in the United States. "The Northwestern States are making a fine display," Mr. 'Long said, "and really Oregon, Washington and Idaho take up the larger portion of the agricultural building. Oregon's display of forestry, grains, grasses and ores Is attracting a great deal of attention, and people ask all sorts of questions about this state. They are looking toward the Pacific Coast with a view to our future connection with the Orient, and many expect to come hither as soon as the troubles In China have settled down. "I was astonished and very much pleased at the notoriety our 1905 exposi tion has already attained, and I found people everywhere well disposed toward the enterprise. We must proceed to get out our prospectus in order that visi tors to the Pan-American Exposition may all be acquainted with Portland's Inten tions in regard to commemmorating the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1805. "Buffalo was full of strangers, and there were over 100,000 paid admissions registered at the gates on some days. The fair grounds are located some four miles from the business center of the cliy. but a 5-cent fare takes the visitor there. The street cars are doing an im mense business and have borrowed extra trolley cars from New York, Albany, Syracuse and other cities of the state. One can see cars branded with the names of distant companies, while 'Broad way' and 'Fifth Avenue' on many suggest where these were borrowed from. "The down-town hotels have about doubled their rates, and the cost of liv ing a"t the flrst-class places runs from ?5 to ?8 per day. A large hotel, accommo dating 5000 guests, has been erected near the grounds, and this is doing a big busi ness, as the rates are reasonable. Many private residences about the city are being converted into temporary stopping places, and the rooms in most cases can be had on reasonable terms." Mr. Long was especially gratified at the creditable exhibit Oregon is making at Buffalo, and thinks Mr. Dosch and his co-laborers are worthy of great praise. "The forestry exhibit seems to attract the most attention," he said, "as the mammotn firs of this state have been drawn in for the purpose of opening the eyes of Eastern timbermen. One timber sent by the Western Lumber Company, of Portland, is 70 feet long and squares 36 Inches. It was laughable to see the East ern wood experts examlng this specimen with magnifying glasses to find out where it was spliced. The timbers used in the exposition building were of small, scrubby Eastern stuff, and had to be spliced by being bolted together where length and breadth were required. The structural timber of the building carries bolts and rivets every four Inches of its length. The East has positively no big timber at all, and there is no reason why our structural timber should not meet a big demand back there." Mr. Long obtained several pointers for our 1905 exposition while In Buffalo, and one was that we can erect just as fine buildings as Buffalo did at about one third of the cost. Another Is that we will not have to hire higher-priced men to superintend this or that department. as Oregon men are just as well posted on the manner In which things should bn done as some of those in Buffalo, who are paid $10,000 to $20,000 for what they know. While he was in Buffalo he Induced the delegations from "each of the Northwest ern States to organize and co-operate with those of British Columbia, with a view to the work of 1905. He found the gentlemen representing these sections very willing to enter the compact, and expects lots of good results will follow the organization. While at Buffalo, these men will meet regularly In a social way, and the Oregon men will leave no stone unturned that will keep alive the interest In the Lewis and Clark Exposition. "Although times are good and every body seems happy and prosperous throughout the Ea6t," Mr. Long said, "I am very glad to be at home !galn in Portland. I visited Washington City, be cause my business back there was in con nection with a case before the United States Supreme Court, but I don't like the climate there. Heavy rains delayed our train east of Chicago by rendering the tracks soft and unsafe in many places, and I would have been home two days sooner." LAST DAY OF CANVASS. To Secure Money to Pay Debt anil Erect XeiT Building: for Y. 31. C. A. Yesterday there were several different committees on the streets all day secur ing subscriptions toward the building fund of the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation. The reports turned In last night were very satisfactory and the manage- IDEAL. BRHNCHES! ment is confident of being able to raise the money required, as there are quite a number that the committee expects will make pledges today. As the time limit on all pledges ends tonight, an effort is being made to induce everyone to sub scribe before this week closes. The com. mlttees report that they have almost without exception received the very best kind of teratment and liberal responses from the business men of the city. The auditing committee 'will go over al subscriptions tonight and then report at to whether the conditions on which the pledges were made have been met. MAJOR SEARS' STATEMENT. Replies to Criticism of His Letter to School Children, PORTLAND, May 31. (To the Editor.) The Catholic Sentinel of Thursday, May 30, contains the following personal ed itorial paragraph: "Major Sears is out In yesterday's Ore gonlan in a letter to the pupils of the public schools of Portland In which he warns them of the dangers of our paro chial schools. ' "We regret that we are unable to an swer the bold statements of this doughty 'patriot in this Issue, as we are just going to press. We remember how humbly the 'Major called on us4 just previous to the last election, soliciting votes for a mem ber of his famllv. who occuoles an im- I portant position At the time he did not use the insulting epithet 'Jesuitical.' and we will remember his recent slanders, al though the election is still distant." I have waited on the 'editor of the Sen tinel and askedjhim to correct a mistake In the statement that I "solicited votes." He refuses to make such correction, forc ing me to declare the truth. I have on two occasions visited, clergy of the "gen tleman's" church as a solicitor; once, when in the office of the Sentinel. I asked to have that paper sent to the free reading-room of Thlch I was in charge, for the benefit of Catholic visitors, for whom there had previously been no paper of their faith; and a second time I called on a priest xm the East Side to ask a subscription to the City Board of Chari ties, which, I am pleased to say, was cheerfully given. These two occasions comprise the only times and subjects .of my soliciting. I pronounce every statement to the con trary an unqualified falsehood. In the present case it has been manufactured "out of whole cloth in the hope of hurting me in a tender point. It is done by a wicked man to support a wicked cause, the de struction of the grand system of Ameri can public schools. If Is in line with all Jesuitical practice, which justifies lying to justify a sect. No being in this community has ever heard me slander any church or faith. On the contrary, I have written to defend the right of those with whom I did not sympathize, to hold and advertise their faith. In my letter I did not specify the gen tleman's church. I had no special thought nf Vila fhnrfh. picppnt as Its council has ! lately pronounced itself against the right of the people to tax all the people for an institution which is for the benefit of all tho people. Let the "gentleman" be sure that he cannot break down the public school sys tem of this country 4 to project a priest ridden faction upon o'ur nation. He is not in Spain nor in any other miserable com munltv. ruled by religious fanaticism and 1 bigoted priests. His threats against men' are boomerangs that may hurt no one but the cause he would uphold. I congratulate him on the sweetness of temper he has exhibited in dealing with a heretic. Forty hours' retreat might do his gentle soul some good If he really in tends to destroy me in this community, as he has today threatened. ALFRED F. SEARS, C. E. RUMMAGE SALE. It "ivtll Reopen at 7 o'Cloclc Tonight and Continue Next Week. About the busiest place on Third street yesterday was at No. 115, near "Washing ton, where the rummage sale under the auspices of the Council of Jewish "Women was In progress. It was a repetition of the b'usy days In the early part of the week. Today being the Hebrew Sabbath, the store will be closed, but will reopen at 7 this evening. Stocks have been replenished, and among the contributions yesterday were unbroken dozens of new goods from wholesale stores. Demand for clothing for men and boys Is greater than the sup ply; hence, contributions of this sort are especially welcome. The sale will con tinue next week. PERSONAL MENTION. R. L. Durham is in Boston on business. "W. J. "Werleln, City Treasurer, left Sun day evening for the East, accompanied by his wife. He will visit Buffalo and Boston. J. E. Dubois, a millionaire timber-land owner, of Dubois, Pa., expects to spend a good portion of each year in Portland with his family, and to that end has been negotiating for the purchase of a suit able residence. Mr. Dubois owns large tracts of Oregon timber, which will soon be tapped for the saw mills. NEW YORK, May 31.-Northwestern people registered at New York hotels to day as follows: From Portland "W. A. Howe, at the Al bemarle; S. W. Church and wife, at the hundred customers whose orders we had been unable to fill, owing to our inability to from $400 to $435 wheels each, so far this season, 'with more to come. Figure it up. Why experiment with unknown and untried wheels with COMPANY(inc.rprated)105 - 111 Sixth SPOKKNE, SEHTTLE,. TKCOMK Special Sale I w-f D T B lLi'sssss This warmer weather has largely increased our sale of Boys' and Children's Clothing. We intend to keep this up for the next four weeks and greatly reduce our stock of wearables for the little people. We show following SPECIALS: Boys' 2-Piece School Suits KUKS and cheviots, made with our special double seats and knees, riveted buttons; sewed with silk; values up to C-, I to oe $4.00 Special at !j3,25 Boys' Sailor Navy Blue Serges and Cheviots, ages 3 to 10 years, values up to $4.00, Special Boys' Three-Piece Vestee Suits Some with Silk Vests, -some with Vests of same materia!, values up to $4, Special Boys' Washable Sailor Suits Never sold for less than, 50c. Special Finer grades, 75c, $1.00, $1.50, $3,00. Children's Ironclad Stockings Triple knee, double heels and toes, warranted fast black. Omy four pato to each customer. Special nci iaqic r nTHiPD M4 Marlborough; T. C. Devlin, at the Arling ton; J. Edmunds, at "the Continental. From Seattle J. B."Wood and wife, at the Hoffman; J. "W. Range and wife, at the Astor. From Spokane L. G. Gillam, at the Murray Hill. To Lnlicl Shoddy Goods. DENVER. Colo., May 31. In pursuance of resolutions adopted at the annual con vention of the National Livestock Associ ation In Salt Lake City, last January, President John "W. Springer has appoint ed a special committee to work for the enactment of a law by Congress which shall provide for an Inspection of woolen goods and shall compel manufacturers to label their products as all wool or part cotton, or part shoddy, as the case may be. The committee consists of C. O. Stockslagger. of Boise, Idaho, chairman; former Senator T. C. Powers, Helena, Mont.; Mortimer Levering, La Fayette, Ind.; E. S. Gosney. Flagstaff, Ariz., and Dwlght Lincoln, Milford Center, O. TRY GRAIX-O! TRY GRAIN-O! Ask your Grocer today to show you a pack age of GKAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of colTee. The children may drink It without injury as well as the adult. All who try It, like it. GRAIX-O has that rich beal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers. The face suffers from exposure and needs care; protect, beautify, preserve your complexion using Satln-Skln Cream and Powder. 22c. Meier & Frank's. If you wake in the morning with a bitter taste in the mouth, coated tongue, per haps headache, your liver Is torpid, you need Carter's Little Liver Pills. VJ il?rTifr oys' Blouse Suits $3.25 $3.25 35c c i-mmmxmm HAPPENINGS IN SOMOA. Road Building; by the Gcrmnn Gov ernment. APIA, Samoa, May 8, via San Francis co, May 31. The German Government has made rapid progress with the roads commenced by the late government. But it has not been done altogether with German money, for that government, up on the partition of the Islands, secured all the assets of the Mahctoa Government, including some thousands of dollars of cash on hand. Malietoa is still in Fiji, and the Samoans are wanting him to come back. It is stated that he will not return until Great Britain, Germany and the United States have carried out the promises made to him when he was induced to abdicate the throne in order to give the High Commis sion a clean Held to work upon. He was then receiving ah annuity and an educa tion. Governor B. F. Tilley has paid a visit to the outlying lands of Manua and had a most loyal welcome from the King, Tulmanua, and his chiefs. The German court of Apia has convicted two Samoans of the murder of a China man. The principal, Pupu, was sentenced to be hanged, and his accomplice to serve 15 years of hard labor. Pupu suffered the penalty last week. The remainder of the lands held by a San Francisco firm in trust for the Pol inesian Land Company has been sold to G. Kunet, a wealthy German, who also several years ago bought Valllana, the home of the late Robert Louis Stevenson. This transfer places in German hands the largest Amer ican Interest In real estate In the Islands under German control. It is the Inten experimental tires, and why j"v KfXrw &j iorz axvrvfiitjyi tsrXsTits'.y f,j j?n rvavivr; f wmwmmm &gEEzm Suits THE BEST 3 HAT O.N EARTH ALWAYS $3.00 Hundreds of customers testify ts the wearing qualities or our Brew er Hot. We are sole distributers of this celebrated make. STRAW HATS In rough and plain braids; an questionably the largest assort-m-nt In the city. Prices 50c to $3.00. Visit our hat department and verify this statement. v S.E. Cor. Fourth r9u and Morrison m. tion of the new proprietor to send to Ger many Tor men to work the lands. Mr. Kunst has purchased two steamers from the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand for the American trade. The first is dally expected at Apia, and from thence she will proceed to Honolulu and San Francisco. EIGHTY-SIX DOLLARS TO BUF FALO AND RETURN. Eighty-six dollars. Portland to Buffalo and return, via the O. R. & N. for tho Pan-American Exposition. Tickets on sale Tuesday, June 4 and IS. and first and third Tuesdays each month thereafter until Occ tober 15, Inclusive. Limit, 20 days; stop overs on return trip. Particulars at city ticket office. Third and Washington. A Living: Tciitlmunlnl. To all those suffering from stomach, kidney and liver troubles. Witter Springs Mineral Water is a safe, sure and com plete cure. John Coleman, son of Police Olficer Coleman, stands in evidence of the medicinal properties of this water. Young Coleman was In a state of helpless, hopeless collapse, but the use of this water effected a complete change, so much so that the boy's father indorses all and more than can be said In its behalf. Any one suffering from stomach, kidney and liver troubles can convince them selves as to the virtue In Witter Springs Mineral Water by consulting Police Officer Tom Coleman. This. water is guaranteed to cure. Inquire at 130 Fifth street, or "Woodard. Clarke & Co. Cnnmllnn Pacific, $00.00, To St. Paul and return: good for 60 days. Tickets on sale May 30 and June 7. For particulars, call on or address Canadian I Pacific. 142 Third street. "' bn get wheels enough to take We must be selling wheels. $35 pay mor for any wheel ? Street mwrnm