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Newspaper Page TextTHE MOEM'G pEEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1902. 13 lETWEEN HOLIDAYS rade Generally Quiet in -the Jobbing District. BUYIHG OF PALOUSE WHEAT Alameda County "Washington Oregcn , 3,000 0,150 30.380 Total - 58.430 Of the total amount not yet shipped, about 20.000 bales belong to dealers. Shipments from nrAiron in date amount to 40.000 bales. Stocks 84c for roasted; cccoanuts, 8390c per dozen; walnuts, iZQlic per pound; Dine nuts. 10 12Jic; hickory nuts, 7c; Brazil nuts, 16c; fil berts, 15816c; fancy pecans, 17c; almonds, 14 15c; chestnuts, 16c. GRAIN BAGS Calcutta. (6 25C 50. per 100 for spot. SALT Liverpool, 50s, 45c per sack; half ground, per ton, 60s, $14 50; 100, $14; Worces remaining in grower. "C j ter salt, bulk. 320s. $5 per barre ; linen sacks, state are 6000 bales. There Is ho-accumula- ra, Ka , .,,. o- - -r. If More Order Coxnlnjr In From, the East for Oregon Hopx Drewlne Output for the Eleven Months of the Year. Cereals Wheat, quiet, firm; barley and oats, quiet, steady; flour, local de xnend good, foreign demand slower. Hops Local and Eastern markets more active. German markets higher. W ool -Slow ale of Orecons in the Eart. Country Produce Poultry demand lm prtves; eggs, weaker; butter, steady. Fresh Produce Vegetables, In full suprly. with steady demand; citrus fru.ts. plentiful; bananas, scarce. Groceries Salt, weak and lower; oth r rtaples, firm. Mrats Veal, lambs and steers, firm and higher. Provisions Unchanged. . Ln the week between the two holidays, It was t expected that the volume of trado would large. It was. In fact, quiet, except ln Itae lines of produce, where business was bet s' than had been looked for. Poultry and It were quiet, and ln groceries there was ; the usual activity, though it Was all that Id be reasonably expected. The grain mar- were, as a rule. slow. Hops show some provcmcnl in the demand. 'vv HEAT Cables told of dull markets, with 'operators enjoying a holiday. Much of the rae ferling was experienced in the local ter ritory Dealers, as a rule, ilia not snow a ais- oslt'.on to buy. and offerings from growers frere light. The only transaction reported was the Talouse where a Portland shipper took kulte a lot of club, with some red wheat ln It, pajl.ng on a basis of about 2c above the ruling market quotation. Business yesterday was very quiet, and not much Is looked for today. The only chartering reported during the week rcre two ships taken to load for Australia at nbout the prevailing figures. The fleet ln port numbers 35 ships, of an aggregate tonnage of 65,543. The en route list numbers vessels, S)f 51.152 tons register. Several vessels loading r-n tho harbor worked at record speed In order to finish before the close of the year. Of the grain situation abroad, J. W. Bush, jf London, .writes: "Wintry weather is increasing the Nation's ippctlte. and Is closing navigation on the Sea i of Azcf and on the Danube, thereby restricting 1 supplies from these quarters. This has .brought 'about more firmness In the wheat mark'et 2nd more general disposition to buy. Added to his. the trade is becoming Impressed with the doderate extent of the American visible sup ply as distinct from that in Canada, in com- irlson with the three previous years, and the r-"l-g Is gaining ground that our "Winter re- -"-emcr.ts will not be filled with that ease i hi h had been anticipated a short time ago. The cx'raonllnary demand for foreign -wheat the United Kingdom this season, for reasons ih -h I have already explained in former let- ers. Is likewise asserting itself as a strong- ar'.or In the three months ended November RO, we imported of wheat and flour no less than 656,000 quarters per week. Including 346.000 irtcrs from the Atlantic ports, of America, 5,000 per week from Bussla and Rournanta, land 42.500 per week from India. It is a good meny years since so large a supply has been forthcoming from Russia, In spite of these Mjjrmous supplies, we find that our port stocks Jecember 1 were only 2.000.000 quarters. ttgalnst 1.C50.000 quarters September 1. and as iicre is no apparent excess ln second-hand rtocks. the Inference is Unavoidable that the actual consumption ln these three months has :becn far larger than even the most sanguine F, cculd have expected. London Itself is especially short of wheat. During the last three Weeks only 32.000 quar ters per week have arrived, while our consump . tlon Is naw not less than 65,000 quarters per rweck; and unless' the Atlantic ports ship freely ,u wnaon aunnguie present week, it in clear tnat trto actual demand for wheat will be hnrrt to meet between now and the end of the year. t The present prospect is that the stork nf r wheat ln London at the end of this year will not exceed from 50.000 quarters to 75.000 char ters, against 250.000 quarters at the correspond- jjib ume iasi year, ana 3).000 In 1000. There fore, it is no,t surprising that within the last few days there has been n slight ; buy American Spring wheat for December shlp- ,1 fVC E wcek the ninthly return of the rorld s visible supply of wheat, showing that no total Is by no means larrre tnr- L-,lPC"lt1(wfac1, 11 ,s rel"vely small by v;"" .""".je.ar8-..as lfte nowmg ..-.. uurjn me Past 12 years , show: 1302 1001 1000 1809 I SOS 1807 BOG European. American. Total qrs. qrs. ara." S-SIO.OOO 10.250.000 1S.780.000 ..-i, 0.005.000 ll.fl25.000 20.030 000 - o ioso.ooS aKooo S.230.000 11.050.000 20 180 000 S'-S fl-W0.000 13.400.000 HJJ 7.100.000 . 15,400 000 0.033.000 10.2rorw moi iv ...10.443.000 12,000.000 22443ooO It 18 'Worthy Of note that our Itnnnrfa nf flr,,,- Mnto the United Kingdom during the last three puiumns nave Deen quite equal to those In the : corresponding period last year, thp ,irr.,-i .duty ln favor of the raw material T,m.tM, petandlng. From September 1 to November 30 c ujiyuneu vvi.wv sacks of 2S0 uounds against 2.0S5.000 last year, and 2 414 . ' 1000. " The Northwestern Miller's Buenos Ayres cor. respondent, cabling December 23, said: Harvesting is retarded bv adv Rain continues, and the market is advancing" Flax Is affected disastrously, wheat sl!rhtlv Another cable says: In tho Interior 'weather mnriidnne , favorable. "Wheat - H lift ililEf seen Interfered with, fresh downpours giving p, BUU. uneasiness, a good deal of 'J? alread cut- and dry weather Is much "lne luaiy or linseed shows a good liA V ai present point to a p.u itutcr uian jast jcar. The Russian central statistical committee es- cmaies the crops of 1002 as follows: "Wheat. Jl.000.000 bushpln- . . - 1 ju,uw,uuu ousneis; s. .84,000,000 bushels: barlev. 329 non uhels. Crops in 1001? mM t'm Jushels; rye. 754.0o0.000 bushels; oats. 024,000 -' m bushels; barley, 230.000.000 bush! ,FLOUR. FEED. ETC. The flour market is Uut nas unaergone no change since the last weekly report. Tho local demand ,.Q. steady, but the Oriental inquiry Is siow. ioaie xor an awakening in that quarter me opemng of the new year. Mill feed sieaay in price, with the movent ,what slow. Dealers for ome time nn.f becn allowlns their stocks to run low for the fiu-uiMng perioa. After the first woo t January something of a boom Is Bll kinds of feed. Oats and barlev nr (hanged ln price, without especial activity. .HOPS-The local market has been more notiv ln the past week. Orders from New Tork and theiVest are coming in a little more freely. bu at prices allowing only about 24c to the powers. The following table, showing , number of bales remaining on the Coast De cember 20, was furnished by A. J. Ray, a Jocal hojjdealer: 13 ..to. Sonoma .. 7 rJn .Russian River 3'XJE aMmentoCounty. including ToioCoun- ij niiu nneunRua 6 300 tlon of stocks In Eastam markets. The New Tork Journal of Commerce of the 23d Inst, said: The feature was the strong advices from Germany. 6ne private cable reported an ad vance ln prices since .December 10 of 17 marks, and stated that the market waa advancing steadily on buying by ehorta to cover contracts.. Locally, there was a quiet market, although In a few Instances dealers stated that they experienced a slightly better Inquiry from the trade, and at fairly full values. The advices received from the Coast reported quiet mar kets, hut also stated that offerings were small, most holders being Indifferent sellers, antici pating better prices later lahe season. Re ports from up tho state reported quiet but steady markets, with prices ranging from 30a to 35c for ordinary to choice grades. Advices received from "Washington reported that the number of barrels of beer on which tax was paid urlng November amounted to 3.314.130 barrels, comparing with 3,000.061 bar rels same month last year, or an Increase of 215,078 barrels. The total number of barrels of beer on which tax has been paid for the calendar year to December 1 amount to 41,708, 670, against 30,554,131 barrels same period last year. "WOOL The American "Wool and Cotton Re porter of December 18 said of Western wools ln the East: Oregon wools continue quiet, but there la no effort to push these wools, as they are In light supply, and prices are firm. Some staple wool has sold at 57c clean. In the grease sales nave been made wunm tne range 01 "' dark Northernf l2; mirten; pale pme( "liJlc- """" I coramg to size and color, $1 50ff2; muskrats. jarse, eacn. smo; skunk, each. 40g50c: civet 60s. 86c per sack: bales. 2s. 3s. 4s. 5s and 10a. $2 per bale. OILS Coal oil, cases, 23c per gallon; Iron barrels. 1614c; wood barrels. 10c;. linseed, boiled, cases, 50c; barrels, 64c; linseed, raw, cases. 67c; barrels, 52c; gasoline, iron barrels, 10cr cases. 26c; turpentine, cases. 72c; wood barrels. OSc; Iron barrels, 66c; lots of 10 cases or more, 71c Collier and Atlantic white and red lead, ln lots of- 600 pounds or more, 6c; less than 600 pounds, V4c Heps, Wool, Hides, Etc. HOPS Choice, 2302CUc ner pound; prime to cho!c. 24H25e; prime, 24c; medium, 22$ 23c per pound. HIDES Dry h!de.JCL 1. 10 pounds and up, 15154c per pound;8dry kip. No. 1, 3 to 15 pounds. 12c: dry calf. No. 1. under 5 pounds, 10c; dry salted bulls and stags. or.s-thIrd leas than drv flint; salted hides, steers, sound, 60 pounds and over, SOc; 00 to 60 pounds. 7g8c; under 50 pounds and cows. 7c; stags and bulls, sound, 55c: kip, sound. 15 to 20 pounds, 7c; veal, sound. 10 to 14 pounds, 7c: calf, sound, under 10 pounds. 8c; rreen. (unsalted),. 1c per pound less; culls, lc per pound less; hors hides, salted, each, $1 5032; dry. each, $1 1 50; colts' hides, each, 2550c; goat skins, common, each, 1010c; Anrora. with wool on, each. 25cSfl. . - WOOL Valley. 12015c; Eastern Oregon,-8 14Hc: mohair. 2628c PELTS Bear skins, as to size. No. 1. each. 556 20; cubs, $25; badger, .each, 10040c: wildcat, 2550c; house cat, 6l0c: for, com mon gray, each. S0S50c; do red.;each. $1 502; do cross, each, $506; do silver and black, each, $100200; fisher, each. $5?6; lynx, each. 1203; minK, srricily No. 1. .each, 50ci8Jl 50 marten. TRADING IN FEW STOCKS IMPOSIXG SHOW OP -'STRENGTH1 OP NEW" YORK MARKET. taken at 16c Good California wools are pretty well cleaned up, and stock Is very firm ln price. A few sales have been made of both high and low priced wools a previously quoted prices, the choicest Mendocino wools selling .as high as 24c ln the crease, and southern wools at 14 15c or at a clean cost of 5052c Middle county wools have sold at 16V417c Defective wools have been pretty well reduced, but some business is reported to have been consum mated at 33 (g 35c, clean. Such wools have to be carbonized. The Reporter quoted Oregon wools at East ern seaboard markets as follows: Eastern sta ple, 1810c per pound; Eastern Oregon, cholco clothing, 16817c; do average. 1510c; do heavy, 12013c; Valley Oregon, No. 1, 20021c; do No. 2. 20021c: do No. 3, 10020c; do lambs, 16317c According to the Annual "Wool Review for 1002. there are 42,184422 sheep in the United States, exclusive of lambs under 1 year old. and the clip, exclusive of the pulled wool, dur ing tho last year comprised 274,341,032 pounds. as against 265.502.32S pounds in 1001. This shows an increase of about 0,000,000 pounds. The number of sheep reported last year was 41.020.0CO. The only states which show any considerable Increase In number of sheep since 1001 are Kentucky. Montana and "Wyoming. or polecat, each, 510c; otter. ior large prime sKins, each. 30050c: wolf, mountain, with head perfect, each. $3 5005; wolf, prairie (coyote), without head, each, 30035c: wolverine, each, beaver, per skin, large, $506: do me dium. 5304; do small, $101 50; do 50075c, SHEEPSKINS Shearing. 15 20c; short wool, 2503jc; medium wool, 30060c; long wopl, 6Oc051 each. TALLOW Prime, per pound, 405c; No. 2 and grease, 2J4B3C Slenfs and Provision. BEEF Gross, cows. $303 75; steers, ?404 75 dressed, 6U07Hc per pound. VEAL 7H08!4c per pound MUTTON G.ross, $3 5004; dressed. 6',t7c LAMBS Gross, $4; dressed, 7c HOGS Gross. S6S6 25: dressed. 7c. LARD -kettle rendered: Tierces. 13c; tubs, 13J4c; 50s. 13Mc; 20s. 1314c; 10s. 13c; 5a. 13?4c Standard pure: Tierces. 12c; tubs, 1214c; 50s. 1214c; 20s. 12&c: 10s, 13c; Cs. 13c Compound lard: Tierces. OVJc; tubs. 0"4c. BACON Portland. 1601814c per pound; East crn. fancy. 1714c; Btandard, heavy. 15c; bacoa Denies. 1514c HAMS Portland. 13Hc per pound: pianlc JUJ4C per pound; Eastern fancy. 13141ic SAUSAGE Portland, ham. 1214c per pound minced ham, 1014c; Summer, choice dry, 1714c Bologna, long. 8c: wclnerwursts. 0c: liver. 7c COUNTRY PRODUCE-The poultry market. ! ?f,k' c;, b'z 7c; head chccse- 7c; bolosna as was to be expected, was not vjery animated following the Christmas rush. Receipts were very light until Tuesday, when the demand also picked up, and the few coops of chickens that reached Front street were promptly taken at slightly better prices than were realized Just before Christmas. A few dressed 'turkeys sold at 21c r Eggs are ln better supply, and fresh ranch bring 2214c Eastern being sold at the old figures. The bfst grades of butter are scarce. Some dealers want to put the price up, but others are opposed to any advance at the .present time, as there is a plentiful supply of stock below the fancy grade. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Citrus fruits are ln plentiful supply. A late car lot of oranges Included new navels and late Valen cias of the old crop. Apples are abundant and weak. Bananas have been a scarce article but a car Is due to arrive today. 1 ne assortment of vegetables Is large, and .TICKLED GOODS Portland, pigs' feet, 14 barrels, $4 50; U-barrels. $2 50;' 15-pound kit. i. "lTipe. -barrels, $5 50; -barrels. $2 75 jo-pound kit. , si: Digs' tomrues. li-barreL SO. DRY-SALTED MEATS Portland clears. 120- 13c: backs, ll12!4c; bellies. 15016c; exports. J JWUUUO ttC&U.6- lOIU'lIU UUiU VtflVU EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current nt Chlcnfro, Omnlin and Kantian City. CHICAGO, Dec 30. Cattle Receipts, S000, Including 400 Texans. Market slow. Good to prime steers, $5 4000 30; poor to medium, $2 75 S5; stockcrs and feeders, $20 4 40: cows. $1 5 04 50;. heifers. $20 5 50; canners. ?1 252 40 bulls, $204 30; calves, $3 5007 00; Texas fed steers, 4$3 000 4 75. Hogs Receipts today, 60,000; tomorrow, 30, 000; left over. 21.000. Market 15025c lower. Mixed and butchers, $0 1500 45; good to cholco heavy, ?0 5000 70; rough heavy, $0 2006 50 light, $5 0000 35; bulg of sales, $0 300 0 55. Sheep Receipts, 1S.0O0. Market for sheep. lOO'loc lower; lambs, 15025o lower. Good 'tB under, .a steady, demandJ.aitriM-iial-w gna.ce wencrs. ou; rair 10 qnoicp mixed. 1 $4 1005 00; Western lambs, $4 2505 00. maintained. Receipts include such articles as radishes, beans, peas, sprouts, etc Cabbage Is abundant. A carload 0f celery arrived early In the week, and a car of sweet potatoes came in last night. GROCERIES, MEATS. ETC. The only change of importance during the week ln the list of eroceries was a decline in. salt. Other staples are generally firm, particularly tboso In which wheat forms a parC Tho Jobbing market for live and dressed meats has only been moderately active. Owing to the scarcity, gross mutton and lambs are higher. Steers have also advanced. No' changes have been made ln provisions or lard. PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain, n'lonr, Peed, Etc. WHEAT Walla Walla, 70c; bluestem. 7fic Valley, 75c, export values. " BARLEY Feed, $23 50 per ton; brewing. $24 rolled. $24 50. ' ?TS-No- 1 xrhlte' ?1 151 17: erar. $l 12 01 15 per cental. FLOUR-Valley. $3 4003 65 per barrels; hard wheat straights, $3 3003 63; hard wheat pat ents, $3 000 4 40; Dakota hard wheat. S4 40 5 30: graham. $3 200 3 60. . MILLSTUFFS Bran, $1S10 per ton- -middlings. $23024; shorts. $10020; chop $18 WmfvZT' ?U12; wheat. Batter, E&Ks, Poultry, Etc. POULTRY-Chlckens. mixed. Oc per pound-, young. 10c: hens, 10llc; turkeys. 1U 18e dretsed. 20021c; ducks, $707 50 per dozen geese. $S08 5O. aozen, CHEESE-Kull. cream, .twins.-' 161401715c- ?"u,AvM1Ca' 7i418 f"ry Prices 1 114c less; Wisconsin. 10c per pound. BUTTER Fancy 'creamery, 27H03Oc nor pound: dairy. 2002214c; store. 15018c P EGGS-25321Sc per dozen. Vegetables, Fruit, Etc. . VEGETABLES Turnips, 750SOc per sack carrots. 75S0c; beets. $1 per sack; parsnips $1 per sack; cauliflower. $2 per crate; Mbbage lc per pound; celery, Los Angeles. 50075c Denver $1 per dozen; lettuce, head. 35c per dozen; hothouse $1 7502 per box grTen onions per dozen. 12c; Brussels sprouts, T S pound; squash. $10160 per hundredweight peas, per pound. S14c; beans, 1214c; narsw per dozen. 25c; radishes, 25c Parsley. GREEN FRUIT-Apples. table, 85c$l CO per box; cooking, 50075c; pears, 75csi 95 n box; cranberries. Jersey. $11; persimmons $1 25 per box. TROPICAL FRUIT -Lemons. 3 rrtn , dox; oranges, new crop navels. K l. seedlings. $17502 50; mandarins. 75c- tourer lnes. $1 50; gratia fruit. 43 so --DC.er nanas. $2 2502 75 per bunch; pineapples. $5 50 per dozen; pomegranates. $1 50 per bosT DRIED FRUIT-Apples. evapora.ed? 70 ner P0.Undii,Un-lr'ed' saclcs boxes. T6c- aDri cots. 8010c; peaches, 71400c; pears 1Sli fT' fiss. C-amorall 1 bfacks RAISINS Loose Muscatel, 4-crdwn T- 1 crown, 714c; 2-crown. 6c; unbleached JZaiJZ Muscatel raisins. 7fcc; unbleached seedles t ? tans. 6c: London layers. 3-crown. who? w of 20 pounds. $1 85; 2-cVown $17! bol hoea POTATOES Best Burbanka RnCT.TA Ordinary. 5060o per cental, gr .J? .ciercea sweets. 3202 25 per cental ONIONS-Oregoh and Washington. 75&-ii cental; shippers' price In carlofcTlo'IS III KANSAS .CITY. Dec .30. Cattle Receipts, I UOO, including 1500 Texans. Market steady J 10c lower. Native steers. $300 10: Texas and Indian' "steers, $2 S504 25; Texas cows, $2 60 03; native cdws and heifers. $1 7504 15; stock ers ana reeders. $2 504 25; bulls, $2 1004. Hogs Receipts. 13,000. Market lower; bulk or sales, $0 3000 50. "Heavy, $6 450 6 52V. packers. $0 1500 40;' medium, $0 2000 47W light. $600 40; Yorkers. $0 300 0 40; pigs, $5 3505 77.. Sheep Receipts, 3000.- Market strong. Mut tons, fm 10; iambs. $3 0005 45; range weth ers, $304 60; ewes, $30 4 20. ujiAHA, uee. so. cattle Receipts, 3000. AinrKet steady. Native steers. S3 2505 75: cows and heifers, $304; Western steers, $30 ou; xoxas steers, 5304 25; cows and heifers. $2 5003 75; canners, $1 500 2 50; stockers and ieeaers, 6004 25; calves, $3 5000; bulls, Biugs, etc., Zb. Hogs Receipts, 1000. Market 10015c lower. xicavy. ?u aosjo 4S; mixed, $0 350 0 40:. light $0 2506 35; pigs. $500 25; bulk cf sales, $0 31 0 40, . - oiieep tteceipis, iwu. Market steadv. v muttons. $4 2504 75; .ewes. $3 6504 f common mm BiucKers, i 30; Iambs, $4 5005 50. SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS. Produce Prices Current in the Day City. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30. Fancy apples are steady. Potatoes are dull and easy. On ions are firm. Vegetables Garlic. .2214c .per round: irreen peas. C7c per pound; string beans, 601214c per pouna; tomatoes, 70ctti:: onions. 50085c; Apples Choice. $1 50; common, 30c Bananas $102 50. Limes Mexican, $4 5005. California lemons Choice, $2 60; common. Oranges Navels, $1 2502 75. Pineapples $2 5004. Potatoes Early Rose. OOc0?l; River Bur banks, 30050c; river reds, 40045c; Salinas Bur- Danics, i&c05l 10; sweets. 1 CO; Oregon Bur banks, 75cSl. Poultry Turkey gobblers. 18020c: do hpna 1802op; old rooslers, $505 50; do young, $506; smau Droncrs. ?a &ois-i 50; do large. $4 5005; fryers, $505 50; her.o. $4 5005 50; old ducks, $Uo; uo young, jwui. Butter Fancy creamer'. 3014y do seconds, 28c; fancy dairy. 28c; do seconds. 26c. Eggs Store, 26S27,c; fancy ranch, 3214c; .eastern, iig.uc. Cheese Young America. 1514lGic; Eastern 15017c ' Wool Fall Humboldt and Mendocino, 13 Hay Wheat. $12015 50; wheat and oats, $12014 50; barley. $8 50010 50; alfalfa. SSa 11 50; cloVer, $7 600 8 50; straw, 50003c per uaie. Hops 23020c ' Millstuffs Bran, $1S 60010 50; middlings $23024 50. rasccipis p iour, quarter sacks; do Washington, 13.710 .quarter sacks: wheat, 040 centals; barley, 47,780 centals; oats, 1405 cen tals; ao vvasnington, 13,030 centals; do Oregon. 400 centals; beans, 80 sacks; potatoes, 3832 sacks.;. do Washington. 240 sacks; bran, 1200 sacks; middlings, 430 sacks; hay. 277 ton hides, 005. Groceries, Ants. Etc. COFFEE-Mocha. 232Sc; Java, fancy, 260 25c! Costa Rw'. TaT-' XL?' .th-e E! been accepted as a iMMife. r ' r' -r-' jca. : Beiuea ra- The situation 'ttrjr, lU'tflic per Wool MarketN. BOSTON, Dec. 30. The wool market has been active, notwithstanding the holiday sea son, and the situation is even stronger than noted last week. Some of the largest manu facturers have been buying freely. The In quiry is active, and apparently the futun pound; Columbia roast. $10 75: $11 25 list: Lion. $10 75. ' . RICE Imperial Japan. No. 1, 5aic- No. 4&c; Carolina head, 7714c SALMON Cotumbla River, 1-pound talis $1 85 per dozen: 2-pound tails. $2 75: fanev 1-pound flats. $1 00; 14-pound, flats. $1 23 Alaska pink. 1-pound tails. OCc; red, 1-pound tails, $1 30; sockeye, 1-pound" tails $1 1. pound flats, fl 60. SUGAR Sack basis, net rjh: Twr inn pounds: Cube. $5 30; -powdered. $5 15; dry gran- ETOWS strnnt-er from week to week, upon this point the trade uemg a unit. Leading houses roport that as fast as they can get wool opened and arranged it Is quickly taken up. Stocks are unusually small for the season, and there has been a general cleanlne up of all lots of wool which have been carried from the previous season. It begins to look as If buyers who have not yet secured their woof will be obliged to pay advanced prices. Territorial wools are In good request,, fine sta ples being especially active, with prices fully .v.., v, uun bo: trnirtpn aiaiameu. j? ne stamp JorritnT.- Advances over sack basis as follows: Barrels." strictly fine. 50055c; fine and fine medium 60A ID i?6! JUFdlum, 45047c California wools are In fair demand, with prices firm and higher; northern counties el-eased basis, 53057c: middle counties, 48050c -southern. 45047c; Fall free, 4548c pounds. Maple. 15016c per pound. -Beet sgar. niuumaiCU, By) JJCr AUU POUnOS. HONEY 13c per No. 1 frame BEANS Small white. 4Hc; large while. 4c; PlJ,554c; 7' Lima, 61c-m- vsmt. NUTS-PeanuU, Ho per pound" fw raw,- S ST. LOUIS, Dec 30.-Wool-Unchan&ed. Elaborate PrecaHtlbns Ttlccn to Guard Against Money Difficulties at the Close of tho Year. NEW YORK, Dec 30 Today's stock market made an Imposing show of strength, with an appearance cf great activity and breadth, but a close analysis reveals that the business was much conjaatcd in comparatively few stocks, while the oroad appearance of the market was accounted f-r by the number of long-neglected stocks thai were operated In. The aggregate dealings exceeded hut little over 750,000 shares. The action of the market was something of a surprise, coming on the day- before tho end of the year, which has been long predictea as threatening a pinch in the money market and possible embarrassments. It is likely that this long expectation was responsible for to day's strength. Not only have elaborate pre cautions been taken to guard against money difficulties, but a large short Interest has re mained uncovered, with the Intention of clos ing out contract"? In the expected weak market at the end of the year. The money market gave evidence of tightness early ln .the" day, and there was considerable calling of loans, especially by trust companies tbrqugh which dividend and Interest payments are to be made after January 1, but such careful arrangements had bom made to meet the situation that call loan rates did not get above 14 per cent. Later ln the day the rate ran oft to 0 per cent. Ap parently, some leaders had held out too- long, and were left with funds on their hands." No admission was made that the bankers' pool had made a requisition upon the $50,000,000 reserve fund pledged for an emergency, but the strong confidence that this large sum would be forthcoming to avert any dangerous emer gency and the near approach of the year helped to reassure speculative sentiment that the dan ger was over. The coalers were easily the leaders of thn day's market, the movement centering In Erie on account of the Increase of $317,540 In net earnings reported for November. This was re garded as indicating a. rapid rate of recupera tion of strike losses, and the present eager demand for the large output of anthracite con firmed tho favorable Impression. Tho enormous absorption of Erie gave rise to various rumors as to the source. of the buying, and tho possi bility of a further deal being contemplated. The assertion that Union Pacific troubles over wages had been adjusted was also a favorable Influence. Various longneglected stocks were traded In, and quotations established which seemed to Indicate revived hopes of a market for securities which have been a Urug for some tlme A feature of the day was the activity and advance In the curb market for International Marine securities, the common selling to 16'6 the preferred to 68. and the bond5 being bid up from ,0 to 01, without sales. These securi ties arc dealt in when Issued. The market closed strong and practically at the top. $2.0S0.COO. United States bonds were all m. changed on the last call. New York Stock 31nrkct. STOCKS. Atchlspn do pfd " Baltimore & Ohio.. do pfd Canadian Pacific ..! Canada Southern" .. Chesapeake & Ohio. Chicago & Alton... Chicago &Eastern"ilV.I mcago ureat Western do A pfd , lo B pfd... '" Chicago & N. W.....V i-nicago Term. & Tran. uo pia , C.. a. C. & SL Louis Colorado Southern ... do 1st pfd do 2d pfd... Delar.-ar si- UnH.nn Del.. Lack. Zt Western! Denver a. Klo Grande., do pfd Erie do 1st pfd do 2d pfd Great Northern prd.... Hocking Valley do pfd , Illinois Central Iowa Central do pfd Lake Erie & Western do pfd Louisville & Nashville. Manhattan Elevated ... Metropolitan Street Ry. Mexican Central Mexican National .... Minn. & St. Louis.. Missouri Pacific .... M.. K. & T do pfd New Jersey" Central. New York Central.. Norfolk .& Western 1 do pfd Ontario & Western.; Pennsylvania Reading do 1st pfd do 2d pfd. St. Louis & .San Fran.. uo 1st prd do 2d pfd St. LouU 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 ..i do pfd Wheeling & Lake Erie. do 2d pfd.. Wisconsin Central ...... do pfd Express Companies Adams t American United States Wells-Fargo . Miscellaneous Amalgamated Copper .. Amcr. Car & -Foundry-do pfd . American Linseed Oil.. do pfd Amer. Smelt. & Refln.. do pfd Anaconda Mining Co... Brooklyn Rapid Transit uoiorauo .Fuel & Iron. Consolidated Gas Cont. Tobacco pfd..... General Electric Hocking Coal International Paper .. do pfd .. International Power . Laclede Gas .'. National Biscuit '. National Lead North American Pacific Coast Pacific Mali1 People's Oas Pressed Steel Car... . do pfd Pullman Palace Car... Republic Steel do pfd Sugar . Tennessee - Coal & Iron Union Bag & Paper Co. ao pra United States Leather. do pfd United States Rubber. do pfd United States Steel.... do nfd Western Union American Locomotive . do pfd Kansas City Southern, do pfd : Rock Island do pfd 1.4O0 81 3,aoo 10014 10,3U; aop; 0,000 7tK 14200 000 10t 600 2,800 8001 1,400 5U0 700 my 04 182 S2Ji 0714 04 S3?i loo, 00 03X, 131 frS?.! St' 46:i 485& 1 xi.J M' 1 105 I 82 40 1 3Sfc H 21714;2171 217- 17ft 33 li 0014 28 60 Hi 44 7O017O4 1.20OI 400) 40 r.WOj 884 260 101.7001 12.500, 5.000 400 300 100 800 600 1,600 300 1.1004 3,800 4,000 2.EiJ0 5,700 3,400 700; 17.000 2.20O, 800 ' "4.V60 6,000 100 10.600 8,5W, 80,400! 'i.'ooo 000 " 300 -000 100 23,500; 3Si 15H 51 200 071 10,100; 5,000 400 5,000 200 3001 10.000 1,200 800 800 QOo' 0,000 0,500 300 63.000: 1,500 200 300; " 400 1,000 1.700 10.000 1.000 1,200 500 300 200 ' " "lOO 3,000 200 300 ' "2,7o6 1.000 100 100 4.100 1.000 22,000 2.300 200 200 1.SO0 400; 000 000 20,200 4,700 800 1,000 100 1.400 - 800 55.300 0314 391s 73 50 122 127H 140 1401, 25 U 179ii HOli 108JA! 27 57 15214 0 3114 155 oaii, 78 75Vi '7C& 27 . 0 178 17H, 17t4 00 J 0014 OOHtl 00 :54 3014 88 35 00 47 100 U 04: 33 02 2814 46V4 100 U3 2014j 33 27W 5414 13714! 02T. 35H 00 15 42 03 0414 C8H 80 no" 10 64' 28.400 83 27 117 70 103 01 02V, 20 20 77 130 SOU WW 78 12 80 1714 57 35 85 5! 33 .56 40 05 H5. 30 71 40 122 125 145'4 130 24 100 10(1 50 isiii 71 30 101 3 77 74 20j 170 03 32 U1 30 28 45 OS 02 28 42 33 26 52 130 00 341? 00 42 02 02 00 80 170 10 17 04 27 110 70 102 00 2 220 10 76 128 5 77 11 8S ICls 50 34 84 ss 20 05 32' 56 7m S2 258 40 88 38 C8-J4 51 100 06 05 145H 33 J 48 115 12i HOT 130 25 17 100 103 20 5?t 175 152 72 00 31 153 06 87 78 lf& 78 70 01 178 103. 04 33 02 30 27 iOOVi 03 20 43 24 33 26 63 200 220 135 ao 02 ?5k 40 42 02 03 07 80' !12!212 110 177 10 17 71 04 85 44 27 115 70 30 102 60 02 220 20 70 123 08 13 78 12 SS 1$ 50 85 88 20 05 32 50 40 83 Total rales for the day, 807.000 shares, BONDS. Atchison adj. 4s. U. S. 2s, ref. reg.108 uo poupon Oo do 3s, reg. 107U do coupon 108 do new 4s, reg.,135 do coupon 135 do old' 4s, reg.,.10B do -coupon do 5s. retr do coupon now do 6. reg....,.108 ...iou C. & N,W. con. 7s.l33 N. Y. Cent. lata'... '102 Northern Pac 3s.. 72 to.48" 103 Southern Pac 4s.. 4)0 Union Pacific 4s...t04&: vesi snore s.... Wis. Central 4s,.., .112 03 Stocks at London. LONDON, Dec 30. Closing quotations: Anaconda 4 Norfolk & West Altunon ........ BO hi ao pia ........ .ltrxu Bait. A Ohio 101 ..131X Can. Ch Chi Chi Dei dc Sri d do nfd Ontario & Western 32 Pennsylvania. 70 J do lt pfd -. 44(2 do 2d pfd. ; 30 Southern Ry 33- do pfd .......... 03 Southern Paclfle nsu iUnlon -Paciflc i....l02 .00 pfd D4 do 2d pfd 48! U. S. Steel.. Illinois JCentral ..148 do pfd Louis. & Nash. ...128 IWabash .... M.. K. & T.. ...... 26 do pfd .... New York Cent... 156 I 35 .SU 28 43 Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK. Dec, 30. Money on call firm at 3014 per cent; closed. 304. per cent. Time money. easy; 60 and 00 days, 6 per cent; six months, 506 per cent. Sterling exchange easy, with actual business In bankers' bills at $4 86.6250 4 88; 75 for de mand, and at $4 8304 83.125 for ,60 days; post ed rates, $4 84 and $4 87; commercial bills, $4 824 82. Bar silver, 48c. Mexican dollars, 3Sc Government bonds steady; state bonds firm; railroad bonds Irregular. LONDON, Dec. 30. tlar silver . steady, 22 S-lGd per ounce, i Money, 404 per cent. Rate of discount for . short bills, 3 15-1004 per cent; for three months' bills. 3 per cent. Consols ''for money, 03; "for account, 03. SAN TRANCISCO. Dec. 30.-Sllver bars, 48c per ounce. Mexican dollars Nominal. Drafts Sight, par; telegraph, 5c. Sterling on London Sixty days $4 83; signt, $4 87. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Today's Treasury statement: Available cash balances Gold r. , .$211,212,247 ,. 120,200,503 Bank- Clearlngrs. Clearings. Balances. Portland. $454",148 $ 42,304 Seattle 680.038' 180.070 Tacoma : 333.013 32.401 Spokane 330,448 85,080 "WHEAT CLOSES LOWER. Effect of Government Crop Report on Chlcnpro Market. CHICAGO, Dec 30. Wheat was only, moder ately active, and prices were disposed to slump off, the market being especially weak early ln the day, but later, on a fair export demand and a decrease In the world's visible supply. together with covering by shorts, a partial re covery followed. Quite general selling of De cember soon after the opening was the cause of the increase in prices, May being affected by the cash month. It waa expected that the Government report, which was made public late in the afternoon, would show a good in crease over the previous estimate, anil this tended to weaken the market. The close was easy and near the low point. May opened un changed at 7O077c, and ranged between 76 76c and 77c, closing c lower, at 70c Inactivity was again manifested in com. Weakness in wheat waa the principal bear rac tor. May closed c lower, at 4341c Oats were quite steady, but eased off ln sym pathy with other grains. The close was c lower at 73c for May. Provisions were weak, owing to very heavy receipts and lower prices at the yards. The close was steady, with May pork 710c lower, lard was off 5c and ribs wore 5c lower. Tho leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. December May July December January May Dec. (new) May j January May ... December January . May .$0 74 $0 74 $0 78 $0 73 .. 76 77 76 76 73 74 73 73$ CORN. . 45 45 44 44 .. 45 45 44 44 . 43 43 43 43 OATS. .. 32 32 32 32 ,. 34 34 33 33 MESS PORK. ..17 20 17 27 17 20 17 27 .10 45 10 47 10 42 10 47 LARD. .10 23 10 40 10 25 10 30 .. 0 03 10 00 -0 00 0 02 . 0 53 0 57 0 52 0 55 January May SHORT RIBS. . 8 47 8 47 8 47 8 47 . 8 02 8 05 8 02 8 02 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Quiet but firm. Wheat No. 2 Spring. 74c; No. 3. CO074c; No. 2 red. 73074c. Corn No. 2, 4404414c; No. 2 yellow, 4S04Oc. Oats No. 2. 32c; No. 3 white, 32031c. Rye No. 2. 4Sc. Barley Good fecdlnr, 30042c; fair to choice malting. 43050c. Flaxseed No. 1, $1 14; No. 1 Northwestern, $1 22. Tfmothy seed Prime, $3 75. Mess pork $17 25 per lbl. Lard $10 35010 37 per cwt. Short ribs sides Looe. $8 3708 02. Dry salted shoulders Boxed. $8 3508 50. Short clear sides Boxed. $000 12. Clover Contract grade, $11. Receipts. Shipments. COE CtoliSM0ii Co. Capital and Surplus, $300,000.00 Buys and sells GRAIN, PROVISIONS, STOCKS, BONDS and COTTON FOR CASH OR FUTURE DELIVERY. Deals ln Government, Municipal and Miscellaneous Securities. Owning and operat ing the most extensive Private "Wire System in ttie world, wo can execute large or small orders more promptly and satisfactorily Chan- any other concern. . We 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 carryint; long stocks. MARGINS REQUIRED t Grain, lc per hhshelj; Stocks, 2 per share. Com mission, grain, l-8c per bashel; stocks, 1 i of 1 per cent. We will send you our Book of Statistics and Daily Market free. Write for It. REFERENCES, 75. JVatio"nal and State Ranks. Main Exchange, Bank of- Commerce Building. Minneapolis, Minn. Exchanges In 75 of the principal towns and cities of the Northwest Including Spokane, Colfax Pullman,. Ritzville. Dayton, Walla Walla, Moscow, Pendleton. Wires under con struction to Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Everett, and Vancouver, B. C. ND IF YOU HAVE AN OPEN TRADE OR ACCOUNT WITH US YOU CAV iDi OPERATE IT IN ANY OF OUR 75 OFFICES. BEST YEAR ON RECORD UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY OF OUR COUNTRY. Enormous Strides Taken by Com mercial and Manufacturing; In dustries in 1002. and uncHanged- Wafrari.-iynfontlnufe nominal. No. 1 foundry Northern, $23025; "Nol 2 do No. 1 foundry Southern and do soft, $2223. " cnjfco. Proliuc Dairy Produce at Chlcnj! lhw;auu, JJ8C au. un tho Produce Ex change today -the butter market was ijulet and sieaay; creameries, i&sj:c; aalrles, r025c uneese umi, lti'ftiiiYtC Eggs Quiet and firm, 25c AT THE HOTELS. NEW TORK, Dec 80. Bradstreet's review of ! will have the following: To say that 1002 was the best year this coun try has ever experienced, while entirely truth ful enough. In tho main, does not suggest fully the enormous strides which the United States took In the year Just closed. Practically every j branch of ordinary trade and manufacture shows an Increase above the best of previous years, and yet this immense enlargement of output was not sufficient of Itself to satisfy Cath- THE PORTLAND. Fred Metzler,' N X Geo S Long, Tacoma Mrs S J Peters & 2 children, Tacoma J B Ballou, Seattle J G Megler & wife, Brookneld ' H" A Fitzgerald, N T B N Fisk. :Chlcasro Mrs J R Hamey,Grnfs I'ass John S Harney, do James Sharp, do H J Schaeffer. Seattle I Henry Japobs, San Fr Mrs F "W Vincent. , B S Grosscup. Tacoma dl,-tnn Mrs B S GrnssiMm. dot n i i,tshnn o.u the growing. It might even be termed insatla- Master Grosscup & md.F B Stankamp, N T John W HarUlne,Ross-;M H "Wall & w. Helefc land, B C G A Powell, St arines John Boyce. Va: E Rlemenschnel Milwaukee Capt Geo H Pi "USA A E Rockey, city jcr l; Holland, w W J L Carman, Tacom J U Allison. USA J? J Carr. do Miss M G McNIcho cita ble", demand for all kinds of materials. In many cases the usual foreign outlet for our products was, perforce, neglected by American produ cers, who confined their efforts to supplying tho Insistent domestic demand, while ln others foreign production was called upon to relnforco the domestic output, with the result that new currents and channels were created In our foreign trade. Our export trade, therefore. shrunk, while our Imports expanded to unprec edented figures. The railroads of the country, ln their efforts to handle tha business offered them, suffered oa never before from congestion, and complaint of Interference with production and distribu tion of the products of the farmv the mine, the shop and the loom was practically universal. industrial unrest was naturally marked, as it always Is either ln times of prosnerltv or of depression", and serious disorganization of some of the country's basic Industries resulted for a time. In many cases, resort to extremes was rendered unnecessary by liberal recognition by employers of changes In the standard of liv ing, and It la safe to say that two men ob tained higher wages or had their working hours reduced without resort to strikes for every one who actually quit work. Speculation. It Is true, felt tho checks Im posed upon it by conservatism, by short crops in me preceawp year, and last, but not Mt by high rates for money; but despite the fact that stock market operations were onlv nhnut one-half of the 1002 bank clearings, these ut.uanjr rename guides of .business showed ag gregates practically equal to the hitherto un-' nearu-or totals of 1001. All this was accom plished with a minimum of friction, as reflect ed in the form of business embarrassments. THE FERKIXS. Albert Knobbauch, I V H Hland, "Whatcom Sumner. Wash Lvl Thorne, Wabash. J A Hayes, Dallas. Ori Ind Carl Lelpold, Gaston W L Bryant, Wash H C McAllister, city iMrs Bryant, do Mrs McAllister, city F AValden, Seattle A G Henderson, Che- F H Meader, Wasco hall3 C E McLellan. Pen dleton O P Hulse. N T A K Fuller, Chicago Mrs Mender. Wasco J M Chase, Arlington M R Biggs. Prlnevlllo C E Houston. Seattle Mrs Marv Dodson.Wai W C Jacobs, Pittsburg, rendaie Chaa Butler, Pt Twndjw C Allard, Tacoma H C Jackson, Arlingtn'Mr3 Allard. Tacoma Frank Shedy, TacomaF D Stewart, Lyle Chas K Phllllps.OlympiE Mansfield. Phtla R H Leonard. Jr. Sil- A E Gillett. Delaware. off YEARLY CROP REPORT. Acreage, Production nnil Value Principal Farm Products'. WASHINGTON. Dec 30. Final rpl,ir f the Statistician of the Department of Agricul ture from the regular and special corresnnnr?- ents, supplemented by reports" of sneHni ai.i agents, Bnow me acreage, production and value of the principal farm products of 1002 to havo Average Production, Farm acres. bus., etc. value Dec 1 04.043.613 2.523,048,312 ?1.017.017.340 ver City. Idaho Sam Wilson & son. Thunder Mountain George Edwards Mrs Edwards P Gibbons, Renton J E Gibbons, Renton O C Drake, Heppner J L Cllne. Heppner S H Wood. N Y A S Babbldge, Astoria Mrs Babbldge. Astoria Mrs J W Babbldge. do: Mrs Walker. di J O Thomas. Portland I Ross E Hlbler. Sclo Ohio N E Harmon. Chehalla C D Moore, Spokane B B Kavanaugh, Dallas' W K Newell, Dllley Mrs C W Stine, Ho- qulam Miss Stine. Hoqulam G J Slnnott. N Y John O'Meara, Spokane W H McCrlder. S F A J Walker, Woodburn Flour, barrels . Wheat, bushels Corn, bushels .. Oats, bushels .. Rye. bushels .. Barley,, bushels 1.000 .. 78.000 ..300,000 . .204,000 .. 12.000 .. 70.000 18.000 11.000 125.000 17.000 14.000 COCO Grnin and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Dec. 30. Flour Receipts, 37. 273 barrels; exports. 407S barrels. Market dull, but steadily" held. Wheat Receipts. 73,125 bushels; exports, 15, 094 bushels. Market for spot dull. No. 2 red, 8014c elevator. 70&ic f. o. b. afloat: No. 2 North ern Duluth. 86c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 87c f. o. b. afloat. The opening was slow and at first depressed by liquidation, but gradually rallied on export- rumors, a big increase ln world's stocks for the week and local covering. Near the close. It weakened again through liquidation, and' finally was c net .lower. May. 80 0-lG80 15-lCc closed 80c; July. 78 7:1678c, closed 78V4c; December. 84S84 7-lCc, closed 84c. Hops Firm. Wool Firm. Petroleum Firm. Hides Steady. Butter Receipts, 5S00 packages. Market Ir regular. State dairy, 20S?2Sc; creamery, extra, 2S28c; creamery, 2127c Eggs Receipts, 5800 packages. Market Arm. State and Pennsylvania, 2Sc; Western uncan dled, poor to fancy, '2020c. Clinnpres in Available Supply. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Special cable and telegraphic dispatches to Bradstraet's this week show the following changes as compared with last accounts: Bushels. Wheat, United States and Canada, east of Rockies, increased 318.000 Afloat for and In Europe, decreased... 2,500,000 Total supply decreased 2,185;000 Corn, United States and Canada, east of Rockies, Increased 1,044,000 Oats, United States and Canada, east of Rockies, decreased 183,000 Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30. Wheat weaker. Barley weaker. Oats steady. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping, $1 371 40; milling. $1 42W)1 47. Barley Feed, $1 18! 20; brewing, 51 22tf 120Vi. Oats Red. $1 221 35; white, $1 251 40, black, $1 1501 30. Call board sales: Wheat Weaker; May, $1 37; cash, $1 40. Barley Weaker: May. $1 17. Corn Large yellow, $1 30 1 35. European Grain Markets. LONDON, Dec. 30. Wheat Cargoes on pas sage, rather nrmer; cargoes no. 1 standard California, 31s; Walla Walla, 20s 4&d. Eng lsh country markets steady. . LIVERPOOL. Dec. 30. Wheat firm; No. 1 standard California, 6s 6Hd. "Wheat and flour ln Paris steady. French country markets quiet. Weather In England fine. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Dec 30. The cotton market opened firm at unchanged prices to an advance of 6 points and closed steady-at net unchanged prices to an advance of 5 points. December. 8.62c; Januarjv' 8.85c; February, 8.48c; March, 8.52c i April, 8.5Zc; May, 8.51c; June and July, 8.50c; August; 8.31c; September, 8.05c Spot: Middling uplands, 8.00c; do Gulf. 0.15c: sales 800 bales. Corn ... Wheat- Winter .20.581.426 Spring ..17.620.00S Oats 28,053,144 Barley ... 0,601,063 Rye 1.078,548 Potatoes . 2.065.587 Hay 30.S25.227 411,783.063 238.274.342 087,842.712 184.054,023 33,630,502 284.632,787 60.857,576 206.727.475 155.406.642 303.584.S52 61.803.634 17.080,703 134.111.436 542,036,364 Year's Sales at Stock Yards. CHICAGO. Dec. 30. The sales of livestock at the Union Stock Yards thl3 year aggregated 321,723.580. The total number of animals re ceived, most of them being slaughtered In thl3 city, was 16.214,870. The total was made up of: Cattle. 2,045,131; calves, 252.703; hogs. 8,407.803; sheep, 4.507,100, and horses, 101,044 It required 280.600 cars to bring' tho animals to the yards. GERMAN HOP MARKET. Prices Reach the Highest Point of the Season. NEW YORK, Dec 30. (Special.) Locally, hops are dull. Occasional sales at slight con cessions are reported, but ln the main holders ask full prices. Cables from Germany report a further advance of 5 marks, and nrices arn 'now quoted at the high point of the season. state wires note light offerings and firm values. Prunes are easier, with selling pressure de veloped among weak holders. Several carloads of 50s to 00b are reported picked up at JSlPVic below regular quotations. Purchases were made on local account. On 50-COs, 5c was paid, on 60-70s 5c. on 70-80s 4Hc. and on 8O-OO3 3c Large holders are showing no weakness, and a- quiet Jobbing movement continues at 74c for 40-50s, with 6c for 50-003. The selling pressue Is due to efforts on the part of com mission brokers to realize on stock before the close of the yr. Coast wires report a strong tone. One advice reports the sale of 10 car loads CO-OOs for account here at 2Vic f. o. b bag basis. It Is stated that negotiations' are still pending for the purchaseof further lots. Oregon prunes are steady, but offer no feature. Salmon Is steady and quiet. Beans show easiness under light demand. Mining- Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30.-Offlcial closing quotations for mining stocks: Alta Alpha Con Belcher -. . Best & Belcher.. Caledonia ....... Challenge Con ... Chollar Confidence- Con. Cal. & Va... Con. Imperial .... Crown Point .... Gould &' Curry... Hale & Norcross. Justice 0 06Kentuck Con 0 34 1 00 2 40 45 15 75 1 35 2 ,1 25 42 11 Mexican Occidental Con Ophlr Overman Potosl Savage Seg. Belcher .. Sierra Nevada. Silver Hill Union Con .... Utah Con Yellow Jacket . ..$0 02 .. 72 .. 10 .. 35 .. 58 .. 23 .. 15 .. 11 .. 46 .. 45 .. 47 ,. IS .. 24 NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Mining stocks today closed as follows: Adams Con $0 ISILlttle Chief .. Alice 20j Ontario Breece 40! Ophlr .: Brunswick Con .. 4 Phoenix Comstock Tunnel. 5 Potosl Con. Cal. & Va... 1 25Savage Horn Silver 1 25 Sierra Nevada Iron Sliver 80 Small Hopes , Leadvllle Con ,.. SJStandard .... $0 09 . 5 00 1 25 5 12 42 30 3 20 BOSTON, Dec 30. Closing quotations: Adventure 15 75'OsceoIa 5 go 00 Allouez Amalgamated Bingham .... Cal. & Hecla... 500 00 Csntennlal 1812 Copper Range . 50 12 Daly West .... Dominion Coal Franklin Isle Royale ... Mohawk Old Dominion d ilarrott 26 50 62 SOIQuIncv 11 x on 28 50J Santa Fe Cop... 1 62 Tamarack 150 00 Trinity 10 25 United Copper . 20 50 United States .. 22 i5 Utah 24 S7 victoria 6 00 Winona s 02 41 001 Wolverines .... 02 00 10 40 00 131 75 0 87; 13 50 Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Coffee Futures closed net unchanged to 5 points lower. Sales. 41.500 bags, including! January, $4 40: Februarv March, $4.504 65; Aprlh $470: May, H 80; Jiwe. i; juiy, $180; September. ?5"05 5.10. Spot Rio quiet; No. 7, 6V4C . .Sugar Raw nominal. Fair refining, 3 7-16c: centrifugal. 06 test. 3 7-1 6c: molassM 3 3-16c; refined quiet; cj?ttshed, $5 45; powdered, ?i va; granuiaiea, fi c-S. Metnl Markets. NEW YORK. Dec. 30. Tin advanced 15s In London today, spot closing there at 120 15s, and futures at 121 12s Qd. and was Arm and higher here, closing at 28.5026.75c. Copper also advanced in London and locally, the gain abroad being a matter of 3s Od to 52 6s 3d for spot, and 52 13s Od for futures. The local market was quiet. Standard was quoted at 11c nominal; Lake at 11.62$ 11.8714c: electrolytic at 11.5011.75; castings at 11.5011.67c Lead advanced Is 3d In Lofidon to 10 i7 &1, but remained quiet and unchanged here at 4c Spelter declined 2c here to 4.70c but ad vanced 2s 6d la London, closing at '10 17s gd." Iron at Glasgow .closed at 53s 66 and In 'Mid- aiesooro at C F Overbaugh, do N E Rice, Portland F A Taylor. Portland G L Harding, OregonC w li Scott, OregonClty E D Ellis. Butte E W McGlaughlln.WW A R Greene, Portland Thos O Martin. Boise E B Lennler. Portland Clara Long, Dayton R. N Reld, San Fran Mrs Reld, San Fran Cora Wilkes. Dllley Robert Stewart, dlaho H S Dodge, Sart Fran H Herman, Tacoma B F Laushlin. Dall J J Miller, MIlw Mrs Miller, do H W Sloan. Oak P. Mike- Delan. BcttleC .Mrs Delan. do W Markeller, St Paul B M Watklns. Stan ford University II B Sharpe,- do the; imperi gene ' (e McCa cnester uhrisman, do W S O Markley. Eugene H J Mrs J Dellenbck, O C. Mrs J P O'Connor. Seattle IT T Geer, li u van Dusen.Astora H Wise, Astoria A M Lorutsen. Astoria P E Walsh, Astoria Morton Both, Rainier Jas Buchtel. Portland Miss M Mllls.Portland Mrs Taffe, Dalles E D Blackburn. Bak C C H Breck. Baker Cy J N Fordyce. Dalles G H Wilson, Sumpter H H Wllson,Goldendal Mrs Wilson, Goldendal Wm TImson. Falrhvn W S Eberman. Sumptrj"W iiugn Madden, Seattle W A Frazler, Seattle C W Thompson, Cac cade Locks L Thompson, Spokane IH D C Mahlen, S F Geo V Fletcher, Ta coma Ramsay Crooks, St PI Mrs B L Vaughn, Heppner R O Nash. St Paul A W Glesy, Salem Ed C Herren. Salem Geo Winkel. city E M Froebe. Wasco John H Stlesmeler; Boyd Master Stlesmeler, do W A Brown, Boyd Mlnott Davis, Vahcvr Mrs H W Fraser & 2 sons, Oakland Mrs M Vetter. Spokane Miss vetter. Spokane Lasselle Bush. Albany Emma Cooper. Pendlt Sarah Morrison, Ar lington W N Ferrler. Cameron, Unic Mrs W M dleton Miss Slus Lot I tfes T B P Kel M C Gormfl Jas Collins,. Chas J W T Rock, Jas " J A 1 C H E Ja W Ci M1N Mis Robl tor J S Capt Mrs Jas vail J J THE ST, CHAI D A Branth. Forest GflW F G llocke. Stella AW A L McGuIro & wf, ,C Clark, N Yamhill T Momajn, Siletz B P Burk, Seaside I W Llllle, McMInnvllle W Davis, Forest Grove M B Stevenson,- 'da A Hudson & wf. Hood River- j W Cooney, Burke. Ida M Thlnkle, Memphis G P Turner, Gerhart I A B Mills & wf, Leba non N Merrill. Clatskanlo Sadie Waller I Hutchinson & wf, Kansas C J Llttlepag?. & wf, Bridal Veil J B Yeon, Rainier W Foran, do J Manary, Marshland A C Henry, city M Porter, Corvallls A B Cropp, city S Ij Holladay, Scapp L Meehan, Stella 1 B F Klely, Arlington J B Klely, do do J RugbearT C O Russeir W C Manly, Ca L Sheppard, N -M smith, W Bush. Stella A J Johnson, do H C Montgomery, Lat- ourell C T Smith, do B A Mlllsap, Lebanon J A Osburg, Vancouver, W J Walker, Spokane A H Scofleld, do J C Emerson, HOpo, B C W C Emerson, do C E Bush, Ladu C T Travis, Eugene J S Vaughan, ButtevIIl H Burns "& wf. do Mrs McCutcheon. S P W W Page, Cathlamet F Page, do S W Castro, Cathlamet C S Evans, city H S Cypher, do G W Taylor, Castle RH Hotel Brunswick, Seattle. European plan, popular rates. Modern improvements. Business center. Near depot. Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma. American plan. Rates. $3 and up. Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma. First-class restaurant in connection, . . Rainier Grand Hotel. Seattle. European plan. Finest cafe on Coast. Hdqrs. navaf, military and traveling men. Roomj en suite and single. Free shower baths. Rates, Jl up. H. P. Dunbar, Prop. Great Business of Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. 30. The report of the Chicago Subtreasury for the Dast "vear places it next to that of New York in tha volume of business, which acsrresrated $703,SS4,645, an Increase of $143,760,213 over 1S0L In silver shipments tho. here leads, the amount being $14,052,141, which exceeds the combined shipments of Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore by $3,000,000. The report of the Chlcaco Postofllce for tne calendar year shows cash receipts of about 13 per cent greater than last year, or an Increase of more than $1,OCO,000. In Memory of Dr. Storrs. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Friends of the Rev. Dr. Richard Salter Storrs, the emi nent Brooklyn preacher, who was for many years president of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis sions, are planning to honor his memory by the erection of a mission hospital ln ? ChIna. to replace one con structed SO years ago and practically de. Btroyed "by Are. The new building will be.