THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, 'WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1902.
15
EGON PRUNE CROP
Will Bring Into State About
Haifa Million Dollars.
YIELD IS 13,000,000 POUNDS
Estimate of the. Output by Districts-
Quantity Decreased lint dual
ity Improved Much. Gnincd
ly Packing in JJoxes.
SALEM, Nov. 18. (Special.) The prune crop
of Oregon for the year 1002, according to' men
wbose business requires them to know the size
of the croy, will be In the neighborhood of
13.000.000 pounds. It Is estimated that the
entire crop sold for an average of 351c ??r
pound, to the grower, or a total of. $487,500.
In addition to this sum paid' the growers,
about 7.000.000 pounds of the prunes wens
packed In boxes, by which means the price was
advanced UJJc per pound, this process bring
ing to the laborers in the packing-houses somo
$25,000 more, making the total proceeds of the
pruno crop about $312,500.
One recognized authority on the size 'Of the
prune crop divides the stato Into four prune
growing districts. He has made estimates of
this year's crop by districts, as compared with
a normal crop In the same regions. His esti
mates give the prune crop as follows:
Pounds
Normal. ' 1902.
Portland to Santiam, East
Side ... C.000.00 D.000.OCO
Portland to Corvallis. West . Sr
Side 4,000.007 3.000.000
Santiam to Creswell 3,000.000 2.000.000
Yoncalla to Rogue River,
Inclusive 5.000.000 3.000.0C0
The Gardeners' Magazine says, California ship
ments of plums In October aggregated 5000 tons
over tho previous record.
PRUNES IN, THE EAST.
Xate Arrivals Going Freely Into Job
bers Hands at Firm Figures.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. (Special.) Prunes
continue active, late arrivals going freely to
Jobbers at firm figures for 40-50s and 50-GOs.
There Is some shading on 60-00s, Inclusive.
Oregon 30-40s spot are firm at 7c, but sev
eral cars near by sold at 7c There is a
scarcity of 40-50s spot. Coast wires offerings
at slight shading from 3c four-size basis on
30-40s for prompt shipment. California four
sizes on the Coast are easy, with 2c bag
basis quoted by wire.
Raisins are very firm on seeded at 82j8&c
xancy uoast pacK. uautornia clusters arc.
easier at $2 20 per box here. Sultanas are
dull. There Is a better supply of three-crown
loose, and 6c is quoted. "
Eag figs are lower at 5?ic quoted, and trad
ing light. Layers are quiet but steady, ywlta
ll(315c asked.
Almonds are steady, and a fair movement In
California nonpareils has taken place at 13c
.Tarrajonas are a shade firmer on stronger
Spanish cables. Walnuts are active, but the
pressure of offerings has induced somo easi
ness on Naples and new French. California
soft-shell are scarce, 12c quoted. Hard are
held at lla
There is a good movement In oranges, with
Jamaicas given the preference, owing to ripe
ness. Sales were made at $G per barrel, re
packed; California Valenclas, 4 50 for choice
and $3 75 for fancy" per box. California lem
ons are active, and large fruit is -very firm.
Auction tales of 4000 boxes of new Sicily show
a range cf from $2 10 to $3 CO per box.
Tomatoes are steady, both spot and Balti
more demand moderate.
Corn Is mere active, and fancy offerings are
held firmly.
Salmon Is steady but quiet.
Total for Oregon 18.000.000 13.000,000
It will be remembered that the estimates
heretofore have placed the yield this year at
fully CO per cent of a crop. That estimate
was probably correct, but the growers have
saved more than CO per cent of the usual
amount. When .a full crop Is grown a consid
erable quantity is lost because the growers are
not able to cure It all before It spoils. This
year practically the entire crop was saved.
Tho prunes were of good size, the prlco prom
ised well, and the quantity did not exceed
the capacity of the driers, so that nothing was
permitted to go to waste.
Of the entire crop of the state, about 3,000,
000 pounds, or nearly one-fourth of the total
yield, will be handled by the Willamette Val
ley Prune Association, In this city. The as
sociation has .already .shipped nearly 70 car
loads, and has orders for 30 cars more. Prac
tically the entire crop handled by the asso
ciation wa3 packed In boxes before being
Bhlrped. Tho fruit was packed very neatly.
bo that It will have an attractive appearance
when puj on dlpplay In the markets of thot
Eastern States, Canada or Europe. Before be
ing packed the fruit was cleaned, brightened
and made uniform in texture by being put
through a steaming process. Each box bears
the assoplatlqn label, a beautiful colored pic
ture of a Mongolian pheasant, with the name
of the association. By this means the prunes
shipped from this city are gaining a good rep
utation in the markets of tie EasT. as shown
by the fact1 that the association has for two
years secured prices, higher than dealers gen
erally thought possible.'
H. S. Glle. manager of the association, -estimates
that in the first district mentioned In
the foregoing table, 75 per cent of the fruit
went forward In boxes. In the second men
tioned district abou the same, proportion of
the crop was boxed. The crop -in the Santiam
to Creswell district was practically all shipped
in bags, while in the southern district about
onc-thlrd of the crop went In boxes. The ad
vantage of packing the fruit In boxes is read
ily apparent. Buyers readily pay the advance
of Uc per pound for prunes packed In DO-pounf
boxes, and c for prunes ln25-pound "boxes.
Besides making the prunes Eell more easily to
the consumer, thus creating a preference for
Oregon fruit, the cost of packing is secured for
the working people of this state. If .the entire
crop were packed, the proceeds would be f 20,
00j) greater, this sum being raid to the men
engaged In the manufacture of boxes and the
packing of the fruit. Fruit men. have every
thing to gain and nothing to lose by packing
fruit before It Is placed upon the market.
The present season has been an exceptionally
good one for Oregon prunegrowers. even though
the yield was small. The light j-leld made the
prunes run to large sizes, for which there was
a rremlum this year. California, with Its
good crop, could not supply the demand for
large sizes, and dealers who wanted good fruit
came to Oreron to cet It. It will be remem
bered that dealers came -to the Pacific Coast
from France to buy "Petite" or "French"
prunes. After looking over the goods on tho
market In both Oregon and California, they
decided to buy in this state. The fact that
Oregon has sold French prunes to be shipped
to France does not mean that this state is
making Inroads upon the markets of that" coun
try, cr that w? can expect to find a steady
market there for our fruit. The crop of that
country was short this year, and the dealers
were compelled to come to this country to buy.
They bought where they could find tho best
goofls, and. fortunately for Oregon, trils state
had a splendid quality of prunes to offer. Had
the Oregon crop been a "bumper," the sizes
would have been smaller, and the fruit would
not have found so" much favor. After all,
quality Is what counts.
The market quotations show that the Oregon
prune has an established place In 'the markets
of the world. The New York trade papers
glvo the Oregon prune a quotation by Itself.
In speaking upon this subject today. Manager
Gile. of the Willamette Valley Prune Associa
tion, said that the special market quotations
which The Oregonian has received dally from
New York have been of great value to the
growers and dealers. While the speculators
have not Jjroflted by the prompt publication
of the real market situation, tho growers have
been Informed kcvery day of the actual value
of their product- Mr. Glle says he has re
ceived letters from every part of the state
mentioning The Orcgonian's special market ad
vices, and knows that this year, for the first
time, the growers have had an opportunity to
learn the truth regarding the market situation.
New Y'ork Hop Market.
NEW YORK. Nov. 18. (Special.) The hop
market closed 'firm, choice Pacifies selling at
30c. A fair fnqulry was noted from English
exporters for choice state at 37c, but owing to
light offerings only nall sales were made.
The demand, from brewers was light, v they
showing a disposition to withdraw until after
the turn of tha year before making additional
purchases of Importance. Dealers .figure the
brewers' demands are poorly supplied, and
should they hold off till the end of the year
a heavy business may be looked for. Foreign
markets are unchanged.
X
Portland Hop Market.
The hop market was extremely quiet yester
day, and so far as could be learned no sales
were made. Growers ar"e not anxious to part
with their holdings on a rising market, as
most of them believe 30c wfll be reached. Pri
vate advices received yesterday were that the
New York market was dull. London steady and
quiet and Germany declining.
FOREIGN TRADE IX CHINA.
Imports of American Flour .Greatly
Increased.
PEKIN. Nov. IS. The British Consul at Am
boy. in a trade report Just published, says Su
matran kerosene is beginning to supplant the
American oil in his district, but the importa
tions of American flour are Increasing greatly.
During last year 12,000 tons of American flour
were Imported at Amoy, an Increase of 3000
over 1900.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Grain. Flonr. Feed. Etc.
The wheat market was quiet yesterday, after
the little flurry of the day before. The tone
was still strong, but, so far as could bf
learned, little business was passing In the In
terior. No change was reported in oats or
barley. Theflour marketrwas Jlrnv.at, tho re
cent advance. ,
WHEAT Walla Walla, CS70c; bluestem,
75c; Valley, 71c per bushel.
BARLEY Feed, $23 per ton; brewing, $23 50;
rolled. $23 50.
FLOUR Valley. $3 403 50 per barrel; hard
wheat straights, -$32563 50; hard wheat pat
ents. $3 503 70; graham. ?1S3 50.
MILLSTUFFS Bran. $10 per ton; middlings,
f 23 50; shorts,. $10 50.
OATS No. 1 white. $1 1231 15; gray, $1 10
1 12 per cental
HAY Timothy. flOftll; clover, $S; wheat.
$8JJ9 per ton. v
Prunes in London. '
An English trade paper, the Produce Mar
kets' Review, in the la3t received number, has
the following toay regarding prunes, or, as
they are called In that country, plums:
The trade In plums has again revived, and
the arrival ot Tiew Bosnians Is. Just now most
opportune, as the supplies of old Californians
has almost entirely disappeared. The remark
able feature of the latter growth is tho ex
ceedingly good condition of the old fruit; in
fat. it is difficult for experts to determine
whether some of the parcels are new or not,
and the flavor and quality generally Is all that
can be desired. It was hoped that after thi
arrival of new Bosnians prices might become
somewhat easier. The demand, howex-er. has
been good, which has prevented the much-to-be-deslred
occurrence from taking place.
California Fruit in English. Markets.
LONDON. Nov. 18. The ingenuity and de
termination -with which California is pushing
Its fruit in the English market is commanding
much attention. The shops here are full of
excellent fresh flgs, plums and grapes at low
prices, and during October California success
fully flooded this market with thousands of
tons of choice black plums, wlle the farmers
of Kent left their plums to rot on the trees
and ground, alleging that It was not worth
while to pluck them. The success of the Cali
fornians Is attributed to their unique skill In
packing, whereby the fruit travels here Intact.
Vegetables. Fruit. Etc.
The demand for green" produce did not show
much Improvement yesterday, and unless the
weather Is 'better. It will not pick up before
the last of the week, when Thanksgiving or
ders from the country will begin coming in.
OrangeB are a trifle weaker, new navels being
"quoted at $4 50J?4 75. Three carloads are en
route, two to arrive ihls week, and one next
week. A carload of fresh lemons will be In
the latter part of the week. The market below
Is stronger, and the price here may advance to
$4 for fancy. A carload of bananas will ar
rive today. Some of the largest and finest
pomegranates ever seen here are to be found
on the market, -and are in good demand. Yes
terday's vegetable receipts Included a lot of
wax beans, cauliflower, peas, Brussels sprouts
and tomatoes brought overland. The latter
are from Los Angeles, and are quotable at
$1 25 per crate. A carload of celery and cauli
flower Is due to arrive Saturday.
'VEGETABLES Turnips. 7oS0c per sack;
carrots, 75ffjS0c; beets, 1 per sack; parsnips, $1
per sack: cauliflower. $11 25 per dozen; cab
bage, lc per' pound; celery, Denver, $1 per
dozen: lettuce, head, per dozen, 25c; hothouse,
$1 752 per box; green onions, per dozen, 12c;
cucumbers, 75c$l per box; green peppers, 4
5c per pound; dry Chllo peppers, 20c per pound;
Brussels sprouts, Cc per pound;" squash, $1
1 50 per hundredweight. '
GREEN FRUIT Apples, table, S5c0Sl 25 per
box; cooklns. 50Q75c; pears, 75c$l 25 per
box; grapes, Niagara, ooc 'per crate; Con
cord, 20fi'30c per basket, 15c per half basket;
California Tokay, ?i 40 per crate: Muscat.
$1 25 per crate; Cornlchon, t$l 23; quinces, Ore
gon, S5r$l per box; cranberries. Tillamook,
$7 "per barrel; Cape Cod, $9; Jersey, $1112;
persimmons, $1 25 per box.
TROPICAL FRUIT Lemons, $3 504 pPr
box; oranges, new crop navels, $4 504 75;
grape fruit, $3 50 per box; bananas, $2 25
2 75 per bunch; pineapples, $5 30 per dozen;
pomegranates, $1 50 per box.
DRIED FRUIT Apples, evaporated. 7c per
pound; sun-dried, sacks or boxes. 5Cc; apri
cots. 7Sc; peaches, 79c; pears, 78c;
prunes. Italian, 4U7c; UBSf California
blacks, 5c; do white. 56c; Smyrna, 20c;
plums, pitred, 45c.
RAISINS Loose Muscatel, 4-crown, 7ic; 3
crown, 7Vic; 2-crown, 3c; unbleached seedless
Muscatel raisins; 7c; unbleached seedless Sul
tans, Cc; London layers, 3-crown, whole boxes
of 20 pounds, 1 73; 2-crown, $1 G5.
POTATOES Best Burbanks, GUQ'SOc -er iack;
ordinary. 5og35c per cental, growers" price;
Merced sweets, $2 per cental. '
ONIONS Oregon and Washington. 75cJl per
cental; shippers' price in carload lots, 50c per
cental.
pounds. 12c; dry calf. No. 1. under 5 pounds,
10c; dry-salted, bulls and stags, one-third less
than dry flint; salted hides, steers, sound. CO
pounds and over. 809c; 50 to 60 pounds. 70
Sc; under 50 pounds and cows, 7c; stags and
bulls, sound, 65c; kip. sound, 15 to SO
jKJunds, 7c;. veal, sound, 10 to 14 pounds, 7c;
calf, sound, under 10 pounds, 8c; green (un
salted), lc per pound less; culls, lc per pound
less; horse hides, salted, each, $1 502; dry,
each. $161 50; colts' hides, each, 2550c; goat
k!ns, common, each. 1015c: Angora, with
wool on. each. 25c$l.
WOOL Valley. 1213c; Eastern Oregon, 89
14c: mohair. 2C328c
PELTS Bear skins, as to size. No. 1. each,'
$336 20; cubs. $25; badger, each. 1040c:
wildcat. 2550c: house cat. 6I0c; fox. common
gray, each.( 3050c; do red, each, $1 5032; df
cross, each, $5&6; do silver and black, each.
$1003200; flshsr. each. $5QG; lynx. each. $203;
mink, strictly No. 1. each. 60c$l 50; marten,
dark Northern, $0312; marten, pale pine, ac
cording to size and color. $1 3022: muskrats,
large, each, 5010c: skunk, each, 402750c; civet
or polecat, each. 510c; otter, for large prima
skins, each, ZOQZOc: wolf, mountain, with head
perfect, each; $3 5005; wolf, pralrlo (coyote),
wtthouc head. each. .30235c; wolverine, each,
(47; beaver, per skin, large, $5G; do me
dium, $304: do small. $101 50; do kits. 50 75c
SHEEPSKINS Shearings. 1320c: short
wool, 23333c; medium wool. 30fGOc; long wool,
COc$l each.
TALLOW Prime, par pound, 45c; No. 2 and
crease. 2(ff3c.
Groceries, Nnts, Etc.
COFFEE Mocha. 23028c; Java, fancy. 263
S2c; Java, good. 2024c; Java, ordinary. 183
20c; Costa Rica, fancy. 18020c; Costa Rica,
good. 16018c: Costa Rica, ordinary. 10012c per
pound; Columbia roast. $10 50; Arbuckle's.
$11 13 list; Lion, $10 C3; Cordova, $11 63 list.
RICE Imperial Japan. No. 1. 5c; No. 2.
4c; Carolina head. 70714c.
8 SALMON Columbia River. Impound tails.
$1 85 per dozen; 2-pound talis, $2 73; fanc
1-pound fiats. $1 00; -pound flats. $1 23;
Alaska pink, 1-pound tails, OOo; red, 1-pound
tals, $1 30; sockeye, 1-pound tails, $1 45; 1
pound flats, $1 GO.
BEANS Small white. 4Uc: large white. 4c;'
pinks, 35ic; Bayou, 3?ic: Lima, Cc per pound.
SUGAR Sack basis, net cash, per 100
pounds: Cube, $4 50; powdered. $4 33; dry gran
ulated. $4 23; extra C. $3 73; golden C. $3 03.
Advances over sack basis as follows: Barrels,
10c; half-barrels, 25c; boxes, 60c per 100 pounds.
Maple. 1510c per pound. Beet sugar, granu
lated. $4 15 per 100 pounds.
HONEY 13c per No. 1 frame.
NUTS Peanuts. C"4c per pound for raw, 8
8c for roasted: cocoanuts, 85000c per dozen;
walnuts. 13014c per pound; pine nuts, 100
1214c: hickory nuts, 7c; Brazil nuts, 10c; fil
berts. 15lCc; fancy pecans, 17c; almonds,
14015c: chestnuts, 16c.
GRAIN BAGS Calcutta. $0 2506 50 per 100
for spot.
SALT LI verpool. 50s. $20 80 per ton; 100s.
i 20 40; 200s, S10 30; half ground, per ton, 50s,
$10; 100s. $15 50; Worcester salt, bulk. 320s,
$5 per barrel; linen sacks, 60s, S6c per sack.
OILS Coal oil, cases, 22c per gallon: bar
rels. 17c; tank's. 15c: boiled linseed.- cases. 62e;
barrels, 57c; raw linseed, cases. 60c; barrels.
50c; turpentine, cases? 72c; wood barrels. GSc;
iron barrels. 60c; lots of 10 cases or more, 71c:
gasallne. cases. 20e; barrels. 1014c.- Collier and
Atlantic white and red lead, in lots of 500
pounds or more. Cc; less than 500 pounds, 0iC
Meats and Provisions.
BEEF Gross, cows, "30314c per pound; steers,
4c; dressed. C)7c
VEAL 714081ic per pound.
MUTTON Gross, 3c per pound; dressed, 6c
LAMBS Gross, 314c pr pound; dressed. CHc.
HPGS Gross, 60CHc per pound; dressed, 70
714c
LARD Portland, tierces, 1314c pt- pound;
tubs, 1314c; 60s. 13lc: 20s. 134c; 10s. 13c; 6s,
14c Compound, tierces, OUc per pound: tubs,
C14c: fine. 10s, 15"c; seconds, 6s, 14?4c; 10s,
1414c
BACON Portland. 17015c per pound: East
ern, fancy. 1714c; standard, heavy, 1314c; bacon
bellies, 1514c
HAMS Portland, 15Vc per pound: picnic,
11c pef pound; Eastern fancy, 154lCc.
DRYrSALTED MEATS Portland clears. 13(9
14c; backs. 12413l4c; bellies. 15016c; plates.
10c; butts. 0010c
SAUSAGE Portland, ham. '1214c per pound,
minced ham. 1014c; Summer, choice dry, 1714c;
Bologna, long. Sc: welnerwursts, flc; liver. 7c;
pork. 9c; blood, 7c; head cheese, 7c; bologna
sausage link. 714c.
PICKLED GOODS Portland, pigs' feet, -barrels.
$! 50; tf-barrels. $2 50; 15-pound kit,
$1. Tripe. 14-barrels, $5 50: 14-barrels. $2 75;
15-pound kit. $1; pigs' tongues, 14-barrels. $6;
4-barrels, $3; 15-pound kits. $1 23.
Butter, Eggs. Poultry, Etc.
Receipts of Chinese pheasants were plentiful.
Sales were fairly good at $3. JTha demand
for turkeys Is Improving, but there is little
inquiry for chickens. A. carload of Eastern
eggs will be on hand today that should have
been In yesterday. They are being quoted -at
27c In case lots, and 2614c In lots of five cases
or more. Oregon eggs are scarce and remain
firm at 30c Butter is steady and unchanged.
POULTRY Chickens. mixed, $3 5004 25; per
pound, 10c: hens. $104 60 per dozen: per pound,
11c; Springs; $303 50 per dozen; fryers, $2 50
03; broilers. $202 50; ducks. $4 5006 per dozen;
turkeys, young, 13015c; geese, $600 60 p
doztru
CHEESE Full cream. twins, 15016c;
Young America, 1540164c; factory prices 10
Iftc less.
BUTTER Fancy creamer'. 8032i4o per
pound; dairy. 2002214c; store, 15018c
EGGS 250300 per dozen.
Hops, Wool, Hides, .Etc.
HOPS Choice, 2514026c -per pound; prime to
choice, 2414025c; prime, 24c; medium, 22023c.
HIDES Dry hides, No. L 1C pounds and up.
15151c per pound; dry kip. No. 1. 6 to 13
PRESSURE AGAINST POOLS
LIQUIDATION' CONTINUES IN NEW
YORK STOCK MARKET.
De Beers. , 22tff do pfd 94
EASTERN LIVESTOCK.
Prices Current at Chlenpo, Omaba
and Kansas City.
'CHICAGO. Nov. IS. Cattle Receipts, 5000,
including 500 Westerns. Market steady. Good
to prime steers. $600 90; good to medium,
$3 255 75; stockers and feeders, $204 75;
cows. $1 400 4 50: heifers. $205; canners, $1 40
2 40; bulls, $204 50; calves. $3 5007; Texas
fed steer, $304; Western steers, $3 5003 50.
Hogs Receipts today, 35,000; tomorrow, 35.
000; left over, 4500. Market opened 10c lower
and closed strong. Mixed and butchers, $6
6 30; good to choice heavy. $6 400 0 53; rough
heavy. $600 35; light, $606 30; bulk of sales.
$0 200 C 35.
Sheep Receipts, 22.000. Market steady to
strong. Good to choice wcU,ers, $3 5004 10;
fair to choice mixed. $2 5003 50; Western
sheep. $2 7503 85; native lambs, $3 5005 251
Western lambs, $3 750 4 75.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 18. Cattle Receipts.
14,000. including 23C0 Texans. Markets steady.
Native steers. $3 250C 00; Texas and Indian
steers, $2 1004; Texas cows. $2 1503; native
cows and heifers, $1 5004 25; stockcrs and
feeders. $2 1004 33; bulls, $1 4003 23; calves.
$2 503C.
Hogs Receipts. 15,000. Market 10c lower:
bulk of sales, $0 300 0 40. Heavy. $6 3006 40;
packers. $0 3006 45; mixed. $6 271406 6714,
light, $6 330C 3714: Yorkers. $606 33.
Sheep Receipts. 8000. Market strong. Mut
tons, $34 15; lambs, $405 25; range wethers,
$33 83; ewes. $303 80.
OMAHA, Nov! 18. Cattle Receipts, 45.000.
.Market stronger. Native steers, 06; cows
and heifers, $304: Western steers. $3 5005;
Texas steers. $3 2304 40; cows and heifers,
$2 5003 15? canners, $1 5002 50; stockers and
feedt-s, $2 200 4 23; icalves, $4 2005 50; bulls,
stags, etc, $1 5003 50.
Hogs Receipts, 8000. Market 10c lower.
Heavy. $0 2006 35: mixed. $6 2506 35; light,
$0 3506 40; pigs. $5 7506 10; bulk of sales,
$6 2506 35.
Sheep Receipts, 11.000. Market steady. Fed
muttons, yearlings. $3 4003 SO; wethers, $30
3 50; ewes, $203 10; common and stockers, $30
3 25; lambs, $3 750 4 75.
Wool Markets.
BOSTON, Nov. 18. There continues to be a
very active demand for all grades of wool here.
There has been more Inquiry .from"" manufac
turers, and they have been buying freely. Tho
demand has been pretty well distributed over
this market, all desirable wools being in de
mand. The market Is becoming well cleaned
up -on scoured wools at the prices recently
ruling. The whole situation Is one of great
firmness, with stocks unusually small for the
season. Fine staple territory wools continue
in active demand with prices firmer, and deal
ers talking at least a 5 per cent advance. The
tendency is upward, with a very good move
ment .to tho mills. Fine staple territory, 560
COc: strictly fine, 50055c; fine and medium,
PO053c; medium. 45047c There Is a good
movement In California wools, with prices
firm and tending upward. Northern county,
cleaned basis. 52055c; middle counties, 48050c,
Southern. 45047c; six to eight months, 13014o
less. Fine fleece wools were in a very Arm
position, with -sales at full quotations. Aus
tralian wools are rather quiet, owing to the
small stocks here, and light offerings. -Combing
choice, scoured basis, 75080c; good, 730
70c; averarc, 7274c.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 18. Wool Unchanged.
Coffee Unci Sugar.
NEW YORK. Nov. lS.-Coffee Futures closed
steady, 5010 points higher. Total sales. 84,
500 bags. November. $4 CO; December. $4 600
4 70; January. $4 7004 80: February. $4 800
4 S3: 'Tklarch, $4 9005; April. $505 05; July,
$5 2005 25; Augus.t, $5 3003 35; September.
$3 3505 45; October, $5 35. Spot Rio quiet; No.
7 Invoice, -5 3-10c: mild dull: Cordova. 712c
Sugar-Raw Arm; fair refining, 3 3-16c; cen
trifugal, 96 test. 3 ll-16s; molasses sugar,
2 15-16c; refined firm.
Dairy Produce at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov. 18. On the Produce Ex
change today the butter market was firm;
creameries, lS027c; dairies, 18022c
Cheese Steady. 11012c
Eggs Firm. - 23c
Sew York Cotton Market.
NEW YORK, 'Nov IS. The cotton", market
opened steady at ah advance of 306 points,
and closed steady at a net advance of 3010
points.
Dyspepsia, 'In Its worst forms will yield
to the use of Carter's Little-Nerve Pills,
aided by Carter's Little. LivefPllls. Dose,
one of eactTafter eating".
STOCKS.
-I-
Atcnison
do pfd
Baltimore & Ohio ,
do pfd
Canadian Pacific
Canada Southern
Chesapeake & Ohio.....
Chicago & Alton 1
'do pfd
Chicago, Ind. & Louis..
do pfd
Chicago Great Western.
do A pfd
do B-pfd
Chicago & JT. W
Chicago Term. & Tran.
do pfd
C. C. C. & St. Louis.
Colorado Southern ....
do 1st pfd.
do 2d ptd....i
Delaware & Hudson...
Del., Lack. & Western.
Denver Rio Grando..
do pfd
Erie
do 1st pfd
do 2d pfd
Great Northern pfd....
Hocking Valley
do pfd
Illinois Central
Iowa Central -v...
do pfd
Lake Erie & Western..
do pfu
Louisville & Nashville.
Manhattan Elevated ...
Metropolitan Street By.
Mexican Central
Mexican National
Minn. & St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
M.. K. & T
do pfd
New Jersey Central....
New York Central
Norfolk & Western.....
do pfd ..:
Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
do 1st pfd
do 2d pfd
St Louis & San Fran..
do 1st pfd
do 2d pfd
St, Louis S. W
do pfd
St. Paul
do pfd
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
do pfd
Texas & Pacific
Toledo. St. L. & W
do pfd
Union Pacific
do pfd
Wabash
do pfd
Wheeling & Lake Erie.
do 2d pfd
Wisconsin Central
do pfd ..
Express Companies
Adams
American '.
United States
Wells-Fargo
Miscellaneous
Amalgamated Copper .
Amer. Car & Foundry..
do pfd
American Linseed Oil.
do pfd
Amer. Smelt. & Refln..
do pfd
Anaconda Mining Co...
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Colorado Fuel & Iron..
Consolidated Gas
Cpnt. Tobacco pfd
General Electric
Hocking Coal
International Paper ...
do pfd .
International Power ...
Laclede Gas
National Biscuit
National Lead
North American
Pacific Coast
Pacific Mall
People's Gas
Pressed Steel Car.....
do pfd
Pullman PalaceCar,...
itepuDiic aieei ...
do pfd
Sugar :
Tennespee Coal & Iron.
Union Bag & Paper Co,
do pfd
United States Leather..
do pfd
United States Rubber..
do pfd
United States Steel....
do pfd
Western Union
American Locomotive .
do pfd
Kansas City Southern,
do pfd
Rock Island
do pfd
16,400
2,300
33,200
300
11.700
700
2.000 2(5
"SOO '36"
""100 "is"
100 32M
200 9'Jls,
COO 2S
"i.'oOO "4414
200 158
400 46i
400 90
12.500 34't
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300 47
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4314
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141
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10,400
.900
1.500
3.100
5.600
100
2.500
34,700!
30,300
1,000
1.800
2.400
000
100
1,100
41.000
500
2,800
1.900
300
2.500
200;
100
44.700
1,200
400
1,700
400
400
400
300
18,400
- 700
500
1.300!
i6.306
2.300
3,000
300
400
200
100
300
1,000
200
2.500
1.500
700
COO
63,300
1.700
500
23
1014
26
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70
92
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57
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72
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179
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44
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10014
7514
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122
13814
137
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1CM
105
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140
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92
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71
72
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02
170
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24
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1173
178
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105
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149
69
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71
72
81
70
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170
189
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4114
29
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99
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24
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200
220
126
210
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177
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84
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27
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4314
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Denver & Rio Or. 41
do pfd 911
Erie 35
do 1st pfd C614'
do 2d pfd 48
Illinois Central ..148
iouis. & nnst..,.vxi
New York Cent.. ,154
Norfolk. & West.. 71j
Southern Pacific .. 65V1
Union Pacific 10314
ao pra u3
U. S. Steel 37
do pfd 86
Wabash 31
do pfd 40
Spanish 4s 83-h
Operations Comparatively Small and
Professional Thronghout-Manhattan
Is Again a Feature.
NEW YORK, Nov. IS. The most noteworthy
feature ofvtoday's market was the steady and
persistent, though moderate, liquidation. Op
erations were again, comparatively, small and
professional throughout, such Improvement as
was shown at time being due chiefly to cow
erlng by shorts. Aside from the scarcity of
time money, which Is lending at rates prac
tically equal to. 7 and 8 per cent for CO days
anu 00 days, there was no very unfavorable
news. Call money was easy and In very mod
erate demand, gold exports seeming not nearer
than they have been for weeks past. It Is
clear, however, that pressure Is still being di
rected against certain of the pool stocks and
that the substantial Interests are of no real
support.
Opening prices wore Irregular, and rather
under the London level. Manhattan was also
a conspicuous feature of the day, opening at
a gain and selling to the extent of 134,000
shares, with a gain of 2. The movement in
this stock still lacks explanation. Other fea
tures of the early trading were Erie, United
States Steel and Colorado Fuel, all of which
showed improvement. On the other hand,
Reading, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific and
St. Paul ware heavy, though not to a marked
degree. Louisville & Nashville was steady,
presumably as a result of the ratification ,of
the Atlantic Coast deal..
Prices held barely steady in the early after
noon, though renewed pressure was brought to
bear against St. Paul, and Louisville lost all
of Its early gain. Rock Island also fell off,
and Reading, which was freely offered, sold a
point lower than the previous day's close. The
steadiness of Sugar was partly attributed tn
the advance In the refined products, but that
stock closed without change. A reactionary
tendency was manifested by Colorado Fuel' and
Tennesseo Coal & Iron, while Ihe steel stocks,
American Smelting and Amalgamated Copper
appeared to have Dome support. Later, St.
Paul rallied a trifle, as did Reading, while
Manhattan sold at the highest point of the
day and the top figure reached In a long time.
Tho coming dividend In Sugar was offered at
1' per cent, which suggested tho possibility
of a reduction in tho dividend from 7 to 0
per cent.
, In the flral hour, the list reflected less sell
ing, which, though moderate, was agaaln per
sistent and scattering. This movement carried
prices down practically through the list, with
the exception of Manhattan, which retained
the greater part of Its advance. There was
an utter absence of cojnmlsslon buslhess. Lon
don bought and sold, equally to the extent of
20,000 shares, all of an arbitrage character,
and the close was decidedly weak.
In the local financial situation the only fea
ture of Interest was the payment by the Sut
treasury of $960,000 on telegraphic transfer
from San Francisco. This Is believed to rep
resent Australian and. Klondike gold received
at that center. The Subtreasury transferred
$200,000 to New Orleans.
Railroad bonds (showed heaviness throughout
the day, but declined In the active Issues were
small. Total sales, $2,909,000. United States.
bonds were unchanged on the last call.
Closing Stock Quotations.
.Total flales for the day, 637,000 shares.
BONDS.
U. S 2s, ref
do coupon
do 30, reg.
do coupon
do new 4s,
do coupon
do old 4s,
do coupon
do 5s, reg.
do coupon
reg.108
108
10s
10s
136
136
reg...l09
109
104
104
reg.
Atchison adj. 4s..,
C. & N.W. con. 7s.
D. A R. G. 4s
N. Y. Cent. lsts...
Northern Pac. 3s.,
do 4s
Southern Pac. 4s.,
Union 'Pacific 4s...
West Shore 4s
Wis. Central 4s...,
91
134
101
102
724
103
03
104
113
91
Stocks at London.
LONDON, Nov. lS.-Closlng quotations:
Anaconda 4lNor. & W. Dfd nau
Atchison S4iOntarIo & Western 30
do pfd 100!Penrisylvanla
Bait. & OhIo.....l01!4IRands
Can. Pacific 132,Readlng
Ches. & Ohio 46 I do 1st pfd..
Chi. Gr. Western. 26 do 2d pfu..
Chi., M. ST'St. P.177 iSouthern By
80
10
28 V
43
37
" Money Exchange, Etc.
NEW YORK, Nov. IS. Money on call firm,
at 405 per cent; closing bid, and offered at 4
per cent; prime mercantile paper, 50O per
cent.
Sterling exchange steady at $4 S6.S75 for de
mand, and at $4 87.373 for 60 days; posted
rates. $4 85 and $4 83; commercial bills, $4 83
4 8314.
Bar silver, 40Vlc. ...
Mexican dollars, 39c.
Government bonds steady; state bonds Inact
ive; railroad bonds higher.
LONDON," Nov. 18. Bar silver. 22 ll-16d per
ounce. - - "
Money, 21402 per cent.
Rate of discount for short .bills, S per cent;
for three months' bills. 3 per cent.
Consols for money, 93 1-16; for account, 93.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. J8. Silver bars,
49c 'per ounce.
Mexican dollars Nominal.
Drafts Sight, par; telegraph, 2c.
Sterling on London Sixty days, $4 S4; sight.
$4 8714.
Pacific Coast Currency Transfer.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. A currency transfer
of $060,000 from San Francisco was announced
at the Subtreasury today. This makes a total
of $1,060,000 recently received from the Pa
cific Coast, as against $l,0O0,00Q sent to that
section. Part of today's transfer represents
Klondike gold. The Subtreasury also an
nounced a telegraphic transfer of $230,000 gold
to San Francisco.
Daily Treasury Stntcmcnt.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. Today's Treasury
statement shows:
AVallable cash balances $204,724,754
Gold 113.615.0S2
Portland
Seattlo .
Tacoma ,
Spokane
Bank Clearings.
Clearings.
$634,763
031.397
334,001
361.4C4
Balances.
$109,601
292.802
36,080
81,634
SAS FRANCISCO MARKETS.
Prices Current for Produce at the
Bay City.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18. Fancy Oregon
potatoes and apples are firm.
Vegetables Cucumbers, 75c0$l perVbox; gar
lic. 22c per "pound; green peas, 305" per
pound; string beans, 306c. per pound; toma
toes, 4Oc0$l; onions, 23060c; egg plant, 75c
$1.
Apples Choice, $1 75; common, 30c.
Bananas $102 50.
Limes Mexican, 404 50.
California lemons Cliolce, $3 25; common, $1.
Oranges Navels, $2 5003 75.
Pineapples $304.
Potatoes River Burbanks. 25050c; river reds,
30040c; Salinas Burbanks. 75c$l 17; sweets,
$1 23; Oregon Burbanks, 75c$l 10.
Poultry Turkey gobblers, 14016c; do hens,
14016c; old roosters, $4 5005; do young, $3
5 50; small broilers, $303,50; do large. $40
4 50; fryers. $405: hens, $4 5005 50; old ducks,
$304; do young, $305 50.
Butter Fancy creamery, 33c; do seconds, 28c;
fancy dairy. 27c; do seconds, 21c.
Eggs Fancy ranch, 50c; Eastern, 24029c
Cheese Young America, 14013c; Eastern,
16017c
Wool Fall Humboldt and Mendocino, 130
14c; mountain, 8010c. ,
Hay Wheat, $12015; wheat and oats, $11 50
14; barley. $8 50010 50; alfalfa, $8011; clo
ver, $7 500 9 50; straw, 40060c per bale.
Hops 23027c
Mlllstuffs Bran", 20020 50; middlings. $24025.
Receipts Flour. 7136 quarter sacks; wheat.
4550 centals: barley. 7425 centals; beans, 4220
sacks; potatoes, 3363 sacks; bran. 1042 sacks;
middlings', 153 sacks; hay, 427 tons; wool, 188
bales; hides, 1CT.2.
Metnl Markets.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Tin recovered about
10s of yesterday's close, spot closing at Lon
don at 114. and futures at 113 2s Cd, but the
local market. Instead of responding to the
stronger tone abroad, worked still lower, losing
about 10 points and closing at 25.20025.40c
Copper was also easier here, with standard
closing at 10.73c nominal; Lake, ll.R0ll.C5c;
electrolytic. 11.30011.40c. and casting, 11.3
11.40c. There was a sale of 30,000 pounds of
electrolytic for November delivery at 11.50c,
after which additional supplies were offered at
11.40c. Copper In London was 3s 9J higher,
spot closing at 51 Cs 3d, and futures at 31
12s Cd.
Lead quiet and unchanged here at 4c, but
advanced Is 3d In London, where It closed at
10 lCs 3d.
Soelter was dull and unchanged, the local quo
tation remaining at 5c, and the London price
at 19 10s.
The Glasgow Iron market remained un
changed at 56s, while Mlddlesboro was 3d low
er, at 50s. Tho New York market was quiet
and unchanged. Warrants nominal. No. 1
foundry Northern, $23025; No. 2 foundry
Northern. No. 1 foundry Southern and No. 1
foundry Southern soft, $22023.
Mining Stocks. .
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 18. Official closing
quotations for mining stocks:
Alta $0 05Mcxlcan
llOccldental Con
Belcher
Best A Belcher..
Caledonia
Challenge Con ..
Chollar
Confidence
Con. Cal. & Va..
Crown Point . . .
Gould & Curry..
Hale & Norcross
Justice
NEW YORK. Nov
closed as follows:
Adams Con $0
AIce
Breece
Brunswick Con ..
Comstock Tunnel.
Con. Cal. & Va. 1
Horn Silver ..... 1
Iron Sliver ".
Leadvlllc Con ...
20!Overmair-
lOjPotosl
0'Savage
G3jSeg. Belcher .
S5'SIerra Nevada
OlSllver Hill
llUnlon Con ....
18'Utah Con
4 Yellow Jacket
.$0 C3
. 12
. 93
. 20
. 10
0
3 4
. 18
. 49
. 23
4
. 14
18. Mining stocks today
lSILlttle Chief ...
25Ontario
45Ophir ,
5Phoenlx
5 Potosl
05 Savage
23 Sierra Ne-ada
SOiSmall Hopes .,
3 Standard
.$0 10
. 7 00
. 90
5
. 13
5
. 15
. 30
. 3 00
Assessments paid.
BOSTON. Nov.
Adventure
Auouez -
Amalgamated
Daly West ...
Bingham
Cal. a Hecla.
Centennial ...
Copper Range
Dominion Coal
Franklin
Isle Royalo ...
Mohawk
Asked.
, Closing quotations:
OOJOld Dominion ..$ 15 00
-ljsceoia 43 73
50,Parrott 21 50
OOiQulncy no 00
OOlKnntn. Vn fVin 1 o
OOlTamarack 140 00
50iT7nltpt1 Ktntp-
00Utan
OOlVlctoria
OOjWlnona
75 Wolverines . .
50
19 02
20 50
5 12
3 00
57 50
SECOND STREET TO ARMS!
Dr. Strowbridge Resents the Action
of the Street-Car Companies.
PORTLAND, Nov. 18. (To the Editor.)
The electric cars are now back on Third
and other etreets, having deserted Second
street after making the said street a con
venience for a number of years, and the
several daily papers refer to said street as
the Hong Kong route, and say that the
employes of said road express extreme joy
at the change, as they despised the Second-
street route.
It Is now the duty of the property-owners
on Second street to demand of the City
& Suburban Railroad Company to give a
reasonable car service on said Second
street or else take up their rails, leaving
the street clear of rails, and at the same
time ppen for some other company to se
cure a franchise. There were no cars oper
ated on Second street for one year; the
property-owners on said "street have Im
proved their property in various substan
tial ways, as well as laying a wooden block
pavement, and it is extensively patronized,
being one of the few good streets in this
city, and I think that the holders of real
estate on Second street will demand their
rights and not be made simply a conven
ience, as hds.been done In the past.
GEORGE H. STROWBRIDGE.
Commission Co.
Capital and Surplus, $300,000.00
Buys and sells GRAIN, PROVISIONS,
STOCKS, BONDS and COTTON
FOR CASH OR FUTURE. DELIVERY.
peals In Government, Municipal and Miscellaneous Securities. Owning and operat
ing the most extensive Private Wire System In the world, we can execute large or
small orders more promptly and satlsf actorily than any other, concern. "
Tve guarantee to execute, orders when limits are reached. We do not hold you
responsible for more than the margin you place on a trade. We charge no Inter
est for carrying long stocks.
MARGINS REQUIRED: Grain, lc per linshel; Stocks, 82 per share. Com
mission, grain, 1-Sc per hnshcl; stouks, 1-4 of 1 per cent.
"We will send you our Book of Statistics and Dally Market free. Write for It.
REFERENCES, 75 National and State Banks.
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75 of the principal towns and cities of the Northwest, including Spokane. Colfax,
Pullman. Rltzville, Dayton, Walla walla Moscow. Pendleton. Wires under con
struction to Portland. Tacoma. Seattle. Everett and Vancouver. B. C.
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CEREAL MARKETS STRONG
DECREASED RECEIPTS
WHEAT PRICES AT CHICAGO.
BRINGS CHICAGO NEARER.
Seventy Hours Is the Time East Via
"Chicago-Portland Special."
The time between Portland and 'Chicago
via the "Chicago-Portland Special" now is
70 hours, or two hours less than three
days. Train leaves every morning at 3
o'clock. Inquire O. R. & N. ticket office.
Third and Washington.
Feature of the Corn Trade Is the Act
ive Covering by Shorts Up Three
Cents on the Day.
CHICAGO. Nov. 18. Wheat ruled firm, and
the market was' active, with sood commission
house buying throughout the day. Disappoint
ing cables and bad weather oaused some sell
ing shortly aftor the opening, but the greatly
decreased receipts In the Northwest, together
with buying by a leading long operator, over
came the depression, and prices were strong
uthe remainder of the day. Strength in corn
was a prominent feature, and when that mar
ket declined it brought out some reallitng sales
In wheat, but. the offerings were well taken.
The close was strong, with December Uc
up. The opening was unchanged to lower,
at 73"34c advancing early to 73c and
then declining" to -73c only to rally again to
ward the close to 73c Final figures were at
73373c
The feature of. the corn trade was the active
covering by shorts, and In their efforts to se
cure enough contract grade stuff to even up
their contracts, they advanced the price of
December by rapid stages until a rise of al
most 3c for the day had been registered. The
buying was largely by hotises with Southwest
connections and for the account of small scat
tered shorts. Toward noon, general liquida
tion set In, and with" a let-up in the demand
there was a slump of IVic from the top, but
the buying again became urg'ent near the close,
and the market closed near tho top. May was
Influenced by the strength In December, and
closed firm. December reached 58c, and
closed 2c up, at 57c
There wase a fair trade In oats, December
closing c lower, at 29c
A heavy decrease in the receipts of hogs and
lower prices at the yards had a depressing
effect on provisions. January pork closed 7H
10c lower, lard 5c lower and rib 5c lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAX
OoeninK. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
...$0 73 $0 73 ?0 73 $0 73
... 70$ 7C 70i 7G&
CORN.
... 58
... 42 42T
OATS.
December.
May
November
December
May.
56tt
55 VI
42y4
37
57
42i4
29
31
15 30
14 45
7 07U
772
15 32
14 40
10 80
0 72&
9 10
8 55
15 25
14 40
10 85
9 77
0 12U,
8 57,
7 95
7 -Vi
Dec. (new) ... 30 30yt 29
May .- 31 31 31tf
MESS PORK.
January 15 SO
May 14 40
LARD.
November ...10 80 10 85
December 0 72 9 80
January 0 17 9 17
May .., 8 60 8 00
SHORT RIBS
January ..... 7 05
May 7 72
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour Firm.
Wheat No. 2 Spring. 7374c; No. 3. G7
73c; No. 2 red, 7373c.
Corn No. 2. 57c; No. 2 yellow, 57c.
Oats No. 2, 2SV4c; No. 2 white, '37c; No. 3
white. 28c.
Rye No. 2, 50c.
Barley Good feeding. 34(5:380; fair to choice
malting. 43(g58c.
Flaxseed No. 1, ?1 13; No. 1 Northwestern.
$1 20.
Timothy seed Prime, $3 GO. '
Mess pork $1G 8717 per bbl.
Lard $11 20 per cwt.
Short ribs sides Loose, $9 759 87.
Dry salted shoulders Boxed. $9 37(9 50.
Short clear sides Boxed, $9 8710 12.
Clover Contract grade, $10 75.
Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, barrels 23.400 12.100
Wheat, bushels i 115.000 162.300
Corn, bushels 222.000 140.800
Oats, bushels 578.000 295.300
Rye. bushels 40.000 59.000
Barley, bushels 00.000 81.300
Grain and Produce at New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. 18. Flour Receipts. 31.
778 barrels; exports, 13.315 barrels. Market
quiet.
Wheat Receipts, 194.250 bushels; exports,
244.0S5 bushels. Spot market firm. No. 2 red.
78c ' elevator. 77c f. o. b. afloat: No. 1
Northern Duluth, 83c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1
hard Manitoba. 84Vic f. o. b. afloat. . There
was a sharp advance In wheat again today,
and a repetition of the bullish featur.es noted
yesterday. Including manipulation, higher ca
bles, vigorous covering, the corn strength and
smaller Northwest receipts. The market closed
01c net higher and firm. March. 81g82Uc.
closed 82Vic: May. SO l-lGS0c. closed 80c;
December. 7980c, closed 80c.
Hides Quiet.
Wool Quiet.
Butter Receipts. 5800 packages. Market firm
er, State dairy. lD25c; creamery, extra,
27'c; creamery, common, 2027c.
Eggs Receipts, 8500 packaces. Market firm.
State and Pennsylvania, 2SS28c; Western
unncandled, 20'g27c.
Changes in Available Snpplles.
NEW YORK. Nov. 17. Special cable and
telegraphic communications received by Brad
street's show the following changes lp. avail
able supplies, as compared with last accounts:
, Bushels.
Wheat. United States and Canada, east
of Rockies, Increased 2.140.0O0
Afloat for and In Europe, Increased.. 2.000.000
Total supply. Increased 4,740.000
Corn. United States and Canada, east
of Rockies, decreased 710,000
Oats. United States and Canada, de
creased ...... 258,000
Grain at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 18. Wheat steady.
Barley steady. Oats Arm.
Spot quotations:
Wheats-Shipping. $1 35S1 38; milling. $1 40
m -3tt-
Barley Feed, $1 181 21U: brewing,
$1 221 25.
Oats-Red. $1 15?1 32; white, $1 22
1 37: black. $1 121 35.
Call board sales:
Wheat Steady: December, $1 34 bid; May,
$1 37; cash. $1 3S?i. .
Barley Steady; December, $1 20 bid; May,
$1 25.
Corn Large yellow, $1 351 42.
European Grain Markets.
LONDON, Nov. 18. Wheat Cargoes on pas
sage, sellers at advances of 3d; cargoes No. 1
standard California, 30s 9d; Walla Walla,
29s 4d. English country markets quiet.
LIVERPOOL. Nov. 18. Wheat Firm; No. 1
standard California, 0s 7d. Wheat and flour
In Paris firm. French" country markets steady.
Weather in England, frosty.
Charged With Threatening to Kill.
W. H. H. Reed was arrested yester
day by Deputy Sheriff Adklns, at Ninth
and Flanders streets,' charged with
threatening to kill Jenrile Lawton. When
Reed saw Adkins approach, he hid in the
celldr behind a box and was walked to
the county jail. Reed and the complain
ant have had trouble before.
las! night on Oak street, near Second. A
policeman was told to work on the case,
and he reported as the result of his inves
tigation that he could not find any one of
the name mentioned, on the pouch, but
that he was told that a man named Mc
Aully had lost a valuable gold watch.
The Dolice would like to see the mysteri
ous McAully, and say they have some
thing to tell him.
BACK FROM PRO ZEN NORTH
George I. Sargent Returns From Five
Years in Alaska.
Mr. George I. Sargent, a wcll-kncwri
Portlander, who was for a long time sec
retary of the State Board of Horticulture,
has just returned from a five-years' so
journ in Alaska. Mr. Sargent left this
city for the Klondike in the fall of 1897,
and remained In the North continuously
until he came out from Nome on one
of the last boats. He wis one of the
first settlers of Eagle City, and mined
and prospected with varying success on
many streams of that vicinity until ha
Joined the great rush down the Yukon,
for Nome in 1900.
For the past three years he has been,
engaged chiefly at mining on the Seward
Peninsula, north of Nome. He was Post
roaster and Deputy Recorder of the Good
Hope district, with headquarters at Shis
Miref Inlet, on the Arctic side. Speak
ing of the mining outlook in that re
gion yesterday, Mr. Sargent said:
"Pay has been struck this season on,
at lest fvio creeks Dick and Hogum
tributary to Shis Maref Inlet. Several
other creeks show good prospects, and
more strikes will be made there prob
ably within another year. Like all tha
rest of the country within 1C0 or 200 miles
of Nome, the Good Hope district has
been run over by stampeders, who staked
everything in sight. Most of these peo
ple, expecting someone else to do tho
prospecting that would demonstrate the
value (or lack of value) of their claims,
have been responsible for the long' time
It has taken for the development of the
district. We took out a little gold this
season, but hope to make a much greater
showing next year, now that out pros
pecting has shown us where we can work
to best advantage.
"It Is a very bleak, entirely treeless re
gionexcept for willow brush and ex
posed to some pretty tough blizzards that
come sweeping across ihe Arctic Oceon
in Winter. A few wretched natives scat
tered in igloos along tho shore do not
add much to the cheerincss of life there,
but Mr. Thomson, tho Commissioner,
who has also been one of my partners at
mining,' has made himself fairly com
fortable for another Winter there. For
my part, I am very glad to get back to
the comforts of civilized life at least
for the Winter."
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PERKINS.
D G Palm. Roseburg
T H Claffey. Seattle
W J Corbln. Seattle
J S King. San Fran
A A Fuller, Wenatchee
- -Horstetter, Tacoma
F S Gunning. Dalles
Wm S Harris. Spokan
Mrs Harris Spokane
SAD Gurley, Arling
ton, Or
C A Danneman, Clem
Jas Sarch. do
H C Rooper. Dalles
J C Smith. Portland
T H Johnson, Dufur
G R Chrlsman, Eu-
gene
Chas Wesely. Sclo
T S Coffey. Sclo
J W Baker. Bohemia
B F France, Boise
A Robinson, Botee
Mrs Kolley, San Fr
L C Skeels, Eugene
H W Dunn, Eugene
Emll Waldman, Des
chutes Gertrude Allen, San
Jose
Sue Gordon, do
W M Kaiser. Salem
W O Phillip. Walla W
u L Campbell, Dalles
Mrs W H Oxman.
Stella
L E Crowe, Dalles
J S Smith, Wallowa
Mrs Smith, do
H H Brooks, Rosebrg
Chas Lockhart, W W
J P Morelock. do
A B Connelly, La Grd
ueorge iiuicr. do
T J Kirk. Athena
Wayne Jones, city
Mrs Jones, clty
THE IMPERIAL.
G W Sherwood. Taco IMrs W H Oxman,
u w Fulton, Astoria Stella
M A Stevenson. Pa
W II Reeder. Athena
J W Maxey. Wichita
A W Elam. Milton
J N Burgesw, Antelopa
Ernest Younger, Pen
dleton A A Fuller. Wash
F S Bran wall. La Grd
J K Wright, do
W N ShiHinc flntnrln
J A Geisendorffer, The
uaues
J P Tamieale.IIIIIsboro
W B Kurtz, Dalles
J M Short. Gresham
A C Woodcock. Eugena
W P Campbell, Chem-
awa. Or
Ada D Hendricks, Eu
gene J W Spencer, San Fr
H IJ Posser, Astoria
G WInehlll. CInti
F S Harding. McMInn
Mrs Harding, do
T F Baylls, Omaha
D Bradley, clty
D L Rhoades. do
0 G Gellax. Mllwaukeo
1 Master Glllan. do
A W Arnold. Stevensa
M Snow, Ashland
T H Tongue. Hillsboro
J C Van Fossen. Chgo
Sherman Hays, Indp
Mrs Hays, do
B O Snuffer, Tillamook
C R McAllister. Lex
ington E H Pierce. Salem
Mr3 R E Dandy, Hoqni
I3r Hurd. do
Mrs Hurd, do
W H Powell. St Helns
C E Moulton. Tacoma
W S Lysons, do
Policeman Finds Watch.
The police found a buckskin watch
pouch on which was written "D. McAully"
Mrs Fulton, do
R A Booth. Eugene
H L Knight. Astoria
C Bossin. S F
Mrs Bossin. S F
J A Gelsendorfer, The
Dalles
Geo T Parr, do
Dr Forrest Herdman,
Baker City
A W Gans. S F
S A Fry, The Dalles
W H Flanagan,
Grant's Pass
A F Eddy. Ashland
J H Graft, Roseburg
T T Geer. Salem
Mrs Geer. do
O P Coahon. Roseburg
G G Bingham. Salem
P C Gerhardt. S F
A D Blrnle, Cathlamet
C J Curtis. Ashland
I S Geer. Burns
M Fitzgerald, do
N V Carpenter, do
Dalton Biggs, do
W N Schilling, do
I Jesse Falling. Pendltav
tu i' jjcmiu. ao
Lee Teutsch, do
T G Halley. do
Chas S Moore, Salem
E S Waterman. W W
Miss Waterman. W W.
H D Parker, Dalles
T M Parker, do
J G Seogden, Spokan
W R Uren, do
L M Juhl. S F
Master Juhl, S F
J S Cooper, Indp
R S Bean. Salem
E P McCvnack, do
G D Snowden. Whlto
Horse
J A Day. N Y
Mrs Day. N Y
S A Raphael, Wasco
W C Walker., do
M G Fleming. Tacoms
W T Rlgby, Pendleton
W H Reeder, Athena
E W Bartlett. La Grnd
Joseph Albrlck. Salem
Mrs Albrlck, do
THE ST. CHARLES.
G Warren, WashougaljS F Dectrich, Vancou
t jsioop, unent
J W Lane, Mist
A Blrkinfleld. do
O B Bittner. do
Jos Ames, Columbus
G M Debo, Eufaula
J H Turner, city
O H Belknap, Haystk
H Rich, Seattle
Mrs'C E Starblrd.
Kelso
A G Walford. Sllvcrtn
Miss Walford. do
Mrs J Hand, city
J D Lee, Salem
C Green. Oregon City
C E Jacobson, N PoW'
der
Wm B Bailey, Sumptr
Chris Johnson, do
E L Barnes. B City
W M Chandler, Mt
Pleasant
W H Warren. Warren
Geo Miller, do
Clarence Warren,
Dayton
H C Burns. McMInnv
L Camp, S F
E S Freeman & wf,
Centralla
John Rlddell. do
John Nelson, Clatska
F O Leloh. Dalle.
J I Cook Sc. wf. Vane
H W Brown, Qulncy
F J, Meyers. Dalles
John'HollIs. Carson
E C Chapman, Clack
arr.as
M B Webster, do
L N Crltes, Mich
J Good, city
J W Newton, Wilholt
R Latourell. Latourell
Falls
J Dunbar, do
F Groth. Dundee
A Heston. do
C D Ballcn. Woodland
J A Dickson & wf. Al
bany A D Hyland. Lowell
R A Hyland. do
Ernest Hyland. do
Wilbur Hyland, .do
Mrs S A Jones, city
Miss L Jones, city
Jasper Wllklns. Coburg
E S Craven, Newburg
Dan Bowers. do
F B Miller. Eugene
B S Olson, Little Falls
G H Clausmeyer, Cas
tle Rock
E P Murray, do
Wm Machand. Tacoma
W H Dexter. Yokoham
C C Smith, Newburg
E 4 Stafford, Dalles
Dave Tourougeau,
Rainier
Hotel Brunsvrlck, Seattle.
European plan, popular rates. Modern
improvements. Business center. Near
depot.
Taconin Hotel, Tacoma.. ;
American plan. Rates. $3 and up.
Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma. v.
Flret-class restaurant In connection.
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