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THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1903.
WHEAT C0E8 SOUTH
Heavy Movement on Grain
Toward California.
SHIPPING BY WATER AND RAIL
Snn FrancUco 31111cm Have Bought
Freely In TIiIk State Xo In
quiry From For
eign Sources.
The grain market hove been reduced almost
to a condition of stagnation. The disposition
of growers to hold their wheat (or better price,
coupled with the absence of any foreign Inquiry
for our wheat, has reduced business to a mini
mum. A HtUe trading is still under way for
millers, but that Is all.
The principal Interest now attaches to the
movement of wheat already sold. The direction
that much of the wheat Is taking at present Is
toward California. The rise In the San Fran
cisco wheat market has compelled millers of
that state to look elsewhere for a supply, so
tbey Invaded Oregon. The difference between
the two markets permits them to do business
here and pay a pood rate of freight besides.
One steamer, the Meteor, of 3100 tons capacity,
is already here taking on a full wheat cargo
for San Francisco, and steps are being: taken
toward the engagement of another of like sire
to make one, and possibly two. trips with
wheat to San Francisco. The necessity for
these boats is duo to the inadequate facilities
of the regular coasters to handle the grain
freight now offering.
In addition to the ocean movement, a large
quantity of wheat Is about to go from Portland
to California by rail. Most of this Is understood
to be for millers at Stockton. The rail rato is
S3. 10 per ton against a steamer rate of $2.50,
but wheat Intended for Interior California mills.
If sent by the water route, would have to break
bulk, besides paying the additional tariff from
San Francisco to the interior, which would
bring the figure above tho overland rate.
The California demand caused an advance of
lJ2c in the price of Valley wheat, and the
quotation has since been maintained, millers
raying from 7BjS0c Club wheat Is quotable at
75SC Eastern Oregon millers paying on the
basis of the latter figure. Bluestem is nominal
at 8Sc
The oats and barley markets are very dull,
with quotations unchanged.
HOPS STEADY IICT Qt'IET.
Franca and Salmon DnII In the East
Limn Iiennn Lower.
NEW TORK. Feb. 20. SpeclaU Hops close
eteady and quiet. State wires report continued
firmness, but little movement. Foreign markets
are reported unchanged.
Little feature has developed In prunes. The
small Jobbing demand Is barely sufficient to
sustain values on straight count Santa Claras.
Offerings of Santa Claras to clean up odd lots
are avallabale at 7c for 4050s, and SVic for
60-6OS in 25-pound boxes. Irregular counts and
outside fruit Is offered freely at c reduction
on these two sizes, and at 4 He on 00-TOs. 4!4c
on 70-bOs, and 3VJc on 80-eOs. These offerings
attract little interest, buyers showing a de
cided reluctance to purchase, while the Jobbing
outlet Is restricted. London cables report that
market fully supplied by arrivals yesterday.
Oregon prunes meet a moderate Interest, with
Cc quoted on -1 0-50 s In 25-pound boxes.
Coast wires report a decline la Lima beans,
due to efforts of short Interests who are trying
to cover. Sales are reported at J4.12V4 f. o. b.
.per hundredweight. Spot is easy at $3,024 per
busheL
Salmon Is dull on cheap grades, but firmer
for Chinook flats, and sockeye tails. Liverpool
cables a temporary easiness in red Alaska,
Offerings of pink talis spot are available at 00c
tr warehouse here.
I'OUTLAA'D MAIUCETS.
Grain, Flour, Feed. Etc.
WHEAT Walla Walla. 75e77c; bluestem.
c; Valley, "bfiboc
BARLEY Feed. $2550 per ton; stewing.
rolled. 124 So.
-OATS-No. 1. white. $1 1521 20; .gray.
(1 12tfl IB per cental.
MILLSTUFFS-Bran. $19 per tea; middlings.
$24; ebons. $20; chop, Sla.
HAT Timothy. Jlltfli; clover. $S8D; grala,
JltjlO per ton.
FLO UK Valley, $3 75 per barrel: hard
wheat straights. $3 43Q3 TO; hard wheat pat
ents. $4 30S4 SI: Dakota hard wheat. l 200
6 S3; Graham. 3 4S(35.
Hotter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc.
Eggs are coming in faster than they can be
moved, in spite of some good shipping orders.
Toultry receipts are also better, but the de
mand Is still strong enough to take up all that
are offered. Butter is firm and unchanged.
EGGS Ranch, 22VIC34C per dozen.
II UTTER Fancy creamery. 203S2V1O per
pound; dairy. 2022Kc; store. 15314c
POULTRY Chickens, mixed. 11V4812C per
pound; young, 120 12 Vie: hens, 12Vic: turkeys.
Jive, lS&lGc; dressed, ISJPOc; ducks, J7CI SO
per dozen; geese, $738 SO.
CHEESE Full cream twins. 16H317Vic;
Toung America, 17Vtl&Vic; factory prices 10
Hie less: Eastern. lZVic per pound.
EGGS Ranch 23825c per dozen.
Vegetables, Fruit, Etc
The California steamer brought tip a full lot
of cabbage and small vegetables, which moved
well at former prices.
VEGETABLES Turnips, 753 SOc per sack;
carrots. TSebOc: beets, $1 per sack: parsnips.
$1 per sack; cauliflower. $1 75 per crate; cab
bage. IVic per pound; red cabbage, 2c
per pound; celery, Los Angeles, $2.75
173 SO per crate; lettuce, bead. SSc per dozen;
hothouse, $1 7S&2 per box; green onions, per
cozen, 12Hc: Brussels sprouts. 6c per pound
squash. $2.25 per hundredweight; peas, per
pound, oisc; parsley, per dozen, zsc; radishes,
SUc; green artichokes, $125 per dozen.
GREEN' FRUIT Apples, table. $18L75 per
box; cooking, sosssc: cranberries. Jersey, $11.
TROPICAL FRUIT Lemons. $2 7583 SO per
b i: oranges, navels. $232 73 per box: seed
lings. $1.50f2; tangerines, $2; grape fruit. $2.50
per box; bananas, $2.25(2.75 per bunch; pine
apples, d.oo per cozen.
DRIED FRUIT Apples, evaporated. TVic per
pouoa; sua-urieu. sacju woxa. &uoc; apri
cots. tSSlOc: peaches, TViQac: pears. 7Vesu-
prunes. Italian. 4Vi66c: tigs. California blacks.
6c; do while. 7bjc; Smyrna, 20c; plums, pitted,
Viesc.
RAISINS Loose Muscatel. 4-crown. Tile; 3
erown, 7V4e; 2-crown. 6c: unbleached, seedless
Muscatel raisins. 7Hc: unbleached seedless Sul
tans, Gfcc: London layers, 3 -crown, whole boxes
of 20 pounds. $1 5; 2-crown. $1 75.
POTATOES Rest Burbanks. 60S75O per sack:
ordinary. 40850 growers' prices; Marced
sweets. S3 25S2S0.
ONIONS Oregon and Washington. 75c0$l per
cental; shippers price In carload lots, S0o pr
cental.
Heats and Provlaions.
BEEF Gross, cows. $363 73; steers, $94 73;
dressed. oftSic per pouno.
VEAL 6H69&C per pound.
MUTTON Gross, $4 SOS 3; dressed, 6880.
HOGS Gross, $6.S03.75; dressed. CKCJTHc.
LARD Kettle rendered: Tierces. 12e; tubs.
4l3c; sos. c: so. J3c; jus. i3jc; as. uho.
Standard pure: Tierces, 12c; tsbs. Hc: SOs,
lZttc; 20s. 12 Vic; 103. uc: os. 120. corn
round lard: tierces. 8c; tubs. SVic
BACON Portland. 1517Vic per pound: East'
era. fancy. 1714c: standard, heavy, ISHc; bacon
bellies. 15 Vic
HAMS Portland. 13Vic per pound: picnic.
lOvire per pound: Eastern fancy. HH14V4C
SAUSAGE Portland, ham. 12' .0 per pouad;
minced bam. lOvic; summer, enoice cry, 17HC
"Bolorna. long. Ec: welnerwursu. 8c: liver. 7c;
pork, 8c:' blood, 7c; head cheese, 7c; bologna
sausage link. 7Kc
Z PICKLED GOODS Portland, pigs' feet, V4-
barrels. $4 SO; U-barrels. $250; 13-pousd kit.
II. Tripe, ij-barrels. X5 so; x-barrels. S2 75;
l 15-txnmd kit. $1; pigs' tongues. U-barrel. $4.
DRY-SALTED MEATS Portlands clsan, 128
13c: backs. HV412V4c; bellies. lB016c: exports,
S0O23 pounds average. 13314c; butts. 9010c
Hops, Wool, Hide. Etc
HOPS 24626c per pound.
HIDES Dry hides. No. 1. IB pounds and up,
lSeiSVic per pound; dry Idp, No. 1. 5 to It
pounds. 12c; dry calf. No. 1. under B pounds.
10c; dry salted bulls aad stags, one-third less
than dry flint: salted hides, steers, sound. 60
pounds and over. 660c: SO to 00 pounds, 7C8c;
under SO pounds and cows, 7c; stags and bulls,
sound. StfSVic: kip. sound, IS to 20 pounds, 7c;
veal, sound. 10 to 14 pounds, 7c: calf, sound,
under 10 pounds, 8c: green (unsalted), lo per
pound leas: culls, le per pound less; horse
hides, salted, each, $1 5032: dry. each, $10
1 SO; colts' hides, each, 25330c: goat skins,
common, each, 10815c: Angora, with wool on,
each. 25cS$l.
TALLOW Prime, per pound. 485c; No. 2 and
grease. 2V4S3c
WOOL-Valley. lJHCISc: Eastern Oregon.
SSllVic; mohair. 26623c
Groceries. JVuts. Etc.
COFFEE Mocha. 23323c; Java, fancy, 20
22c; Jars. good. 20324c; Java, ordinary. ISO
20c: Costa Rica, fancy, 18320c: Costa Rica,
good. 16318c; Costa Rica, ordinary, 10312c per
pound: Columbia roast. $11 25; Arbuckle'a,
$11 75 list; Lion, $11 SO.
SALMON Columbia River, 1 -pound tails.
$1 C5 per dozen: 2-pound tails. $2 40; fancy
1-pound Cats. $1 SO: H-pound Cats. $1 10;
Alaska pink. 1-pound tails. SOc; red. 1-pouad
talis. $1 20; sockeye. 1-pound talis. $1 45; 1
pound Cats. $1 CO.
RICE Imperial Japan. No. L tSc; No. 2,
4c: Carolina head, 7ej7Vic
HONEY ISc per No. 1 frame.
SUGAR Sack basis, net cash, per 100
pounds; Cube, $4 75: powdered. $4 00; dry
granulated. $4 50; extra C $4 00; golden C
$3 90. Advances over sack bails as follows:
Barrels. 10c; half-barrels. 25c: boxes. 50c per
1O0 pounds. Maple. 15316c per pound. Beet
sugar, granulated. $4 40 per 100 pounds.
BEANS Small white. 4Vtc: large white, 4c;
jinks. SVic: bayou. 3c; Lima, 64c per pound.
NUTS Peanuts, C"c per pound for raw, SB
SVic for roasted; cocoanuts. 3890e per dozen;
walnuts, 13314c per pound: pine nuts. 10
12Vic; hickory nuts, 7c; Brazil outs. 16c; fil
berts. 15316c: fancy pecans. 17c; almonds. It
cjiac: cnesinuis, iw.
SALT Liverpool, SOs. 45e per sack: half
ground, per ton. SOs, $14 50; 100s. $14; Worces
ter salt, bulk. 320s, $5 per barrel; linen sacks,
SOs, bCc per sack; bales. 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s and 10s,
$2 per bale.
OILS Coal oil. cases. 23o per gallon: iron
barrels. 16Vic: wood barrels. IKc; Unseed,
boiled, cases. SOc; barrels. 34c; Unseed, raw.
rases. 57c: barrels, 62c; gasoline, iron barrels.
lDVic; cases, zuc;, turpentine, cases, 7&c: wood
barrels. 74c: Iron barrels. 72c: lots of 10 cases
or more. 77c Collier and Atlantic white and
red lead. In lota of 500 pounds or more. 6c;
less than 300 pound. 6 Vic
SAX FnANCISCO 3IARICET5
Frodnce Frlcea Current In the Day
City.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. Flour Is firm.
Apples are steady. Fancy Oregon potatoes and
onions are firm.
Vegetables Garlic. 2Vi3c per pound; green
peas, JG8c per pound; string beans, 15c per
pound; tomatoes, $262.50; onions, 40375c; egg
plant, 20c
Apples Choice. $2; common. 0)c.
Bananas 75c $2.50.
Limes Mexican. $44.SO:
California lemons Choice. $2.50: common.
75c
Orange Navel. $1.2562.50.
Pineapples $2.S0tj3.S0.
Potatoes Early Rose. $1.1031.25; River Bur-
banks. 40355c: river reds. 35340c; Salinas
Burbanks. 75c3$l; sweets, $1.C0; Oregon Bur
banks. C5c3$l.
Butter Fancy, creamery. 34c; do seconds, 32c;
fancy dairy, 22c; do seconds, 30c
Eggs Store, 20321c: fancy ranch. 23c: East-
em, 18520c
Cheese Young America, ltyiQlSc; Eastern,
icei74c
Wool Fall Humboldt and Mendocino, 133
14c; mountain. 8010c
Poultry Turkey gobblers. IGfllSc; do bens.
lC818c: old roosters. $505.50; young roosters.
$6.5037.50; small broilers. $434.50: large broil
ers. $535.50; fryers. $3.5030.50; hens. $5.50
C.50; old due, $5Q6: young ducks. $038.
Hay Wheat, $11014: wheat and oats. $11
613.50; barley, $10011; alfalfa. $10312; clover.
$10310.50: straw, 45355c per bale.
Hops-:4Vi327c
Mlllstuffs Bran. $20621; middlings. $26327.
Receipts Flour. 1)051 quarter sacks; wheat.
CSS centals; barley, 2730 centals; oats, DCS
centals: beans. 390 sacks: potatoes. 4720 sacks;
bran, 3067 sacks; middlings, 2K sacks; bay.
823 tons; wool, 1 bale; hides, 4CS.
EASTERN- LIVESTOCK.
Prices Cnrrent at Chicago, Omaha
and Kansas City.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. Cattle Receipts. 3000.
Market active and steady.. Good to prime
steers, $505.75; poor to medium. $3.2334.50:
stockers and feeders. $2.3564.50; cows, $1,406
4.50; heifers. $234.50; canners. $1.4032.50;
bulls. $283-25; calves, $3.5068.03; Texas fed
steers. $3.5034.35.
Hogs Receipts today. 22.000; tomorrow. 13.-
000; left over. 4000. Market opened 10c higher
and closed wth advance lost. Mixed and
butchers. $6.9067.23: good to choice heavy.
$7.2367.50; rough heavy. $6.0537.25: light.
$o.s6: bulk of sales. $737.30.
Sheep Receipts. 7500. Market opened strong
and closed steady: sheep and lambs active.
Choice wethers, $565.75; fair to choice mixed,
$435; Western sheep. $4.7563.25: native lambs,
$4.7587; Western lambs, $4.7536.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 20. Cattle Receipts.
3000. Including 250 Texans. Market steady and
strong. Native steers. $3.5063.23; Texas and
Indian steers, $2.2564.10: Texas cows. $2,500
3.50; native cows and belters. $1.7564.50; stock
ers and feeders, $2.5084.50: bulls. $2533.73;
calves, $206.50; Western steer. $363; Western
cows, $1.7563.
Hogs Receipts. 7000. Market strong to 5c
higher; bulk of sales, $767.15. Heavy. $7,053
.25; packers, $6.0067.10; medium. $737.20:
mixed. $6.6537.10; Yorkers, $0.9087.13; pigs,
$6.0330.03.
Sheen Receipts. 2000. Market strong. Mut
tons. $3.5036; Itmn, $3.0080.55; range weth
ers. $363.50; ewes. $3.2535.40.
OMAHA. Feb. 20. Cattle Receipts. 2700.
Market steady. Native steers, $3.7537.25: cows
and heifers, $2.9063.50: canners. $1.7562.75:
stockers and feeder. $264.40; calves. $366:
bulls, stags, etc. $2.2563.75.
Hogs Receipts. 9500. Market 5815c higher.
Heavy. $6.9567.13; mixed. $6.9066.95: light.
$a8066.95; pigs, $636.75; bulk of sales. $6.93
67.
Sheep Receipts. 2000. Market steady. Fed
yearlings. $363.75; wethers. $2.7323.60; com
mon and stockers. $3.7584.50; lambs. $1,750
4.23.
aietnl Mnrkets.
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. Tin was 10s higher In
London, at 133 7s CVid for spot and 1134 2s Cd
for futures, while here It was steady but un
changed at 29.40629.60c
Copper closed 8s 9J higher at London at I5S
13s Id for spot and 133 2s CJ for futures. Lo
cally. It was also firm and a-shade higher, but
quiet. Standard Is quoted at 12.50c nominal:
Lake and electrolytic at 12.90613.10c. and cast
ing at 12.C2V4612.874c
Lead remained steady but unchanged locally
at 44,c but gained Is 3d in London, where it
closed at 12 Is 3d.
The London market for spelter was un
changed at 21 2s Cd. but here was firmer,
closing at 5.0533.10c
Iron in Glasgow closed at 53s 7d. and In Mid-
dlesboro at 49s .lHd. Locally Iron was quiet
and unchanged. No. 1 foundry Northern la
quoted at $24624.60; No. 2 foundry, $22622.50;
No. 1 foundry southern ana No. 1 foundry
Southern soft at $23.50624.50. Warrants nom
inal. Coffee and Sngnr.
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. Coffee Futures closed
steady, at a net decline of 5810 point. Total
sales. 41.750bagf. including: March, $4.40
4.45: April. $1.50: May, $4.5564.G0; July. $4.75:
September. $4.6384.90; spot Rio steady: No. 7
Invoice. SVic; mild steady.
Bugar Haw firm; refined unsettled; fair re
fining. 3Uc; centrifugal. 96 test, 3Kc: molasses
sugar. 3c: refined firm; crushed. 5.10c; pow
dered, 4.S5c; granulated, 4.75c
New Tork Cotton Slarket,
NEW TORK, Feb. 20. The cotton market
opened firm at an advance of 4613 points, and
closed barely steady, with prices 6 points lower
to 2 points higher. Spot middling uplands.
10.05c: do Gulf. 10.30c March. 0.83c: April.
8.84c: May, 9.85c; June and July. 9.67c; Au
gust, 8.37c; September, 8.74c; October. 8.47c:
November, S.3Sc
St. Louis "Wool Market.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20. Wool Steady; medium
grades and combing. 17620 Vic; light fine. 169
19e; heavy fine, 11616c; tub washed, 18629c
,
rtcflned Sngar Advances.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. All grades of refined
sugar wars advanced S points today.
RECOVERY OE PRICES
STOCK MARKET CLOSES ACTIVE
AXD AT THE II EST.
Improvement In Metropolitan, Sugar.
Copper, St. Loots Jt. San Francis
co and the Gould Shares.
NEW TORK. Feb. 20.-The failure of con
firmation of the rumors concerning the Metro
politan Street Railway Company, circulated
yesterday, led to a prompt recovery of prices
of stocks this morning. The denial by W. C
Whitney that he had sold any of the stock
within six months convinced the operators that
yesterday's market had been subjected to a raid
by the dissemination of inventions. The short
sellers of yesterday hastened to cover and
helped the rally. The recovery In Metropolitan
Street Railway was especially emphatic The
renewed advance In Amalgamated Copper also
pointed to some uncovered short Interest. This
stock was helped by the strength of the metal
market, which was marked la London. It was
notable also that the recovery In futures there
exceeded that for spot copper, thus establishing
a premium again for futures, as compared with
a discount for some time past. New York Cen
tral seemed to feel the benefit of the additional
subway projects for New Tork. and also the
authorized denial of recent rumors that the
company is selling Treasury stock In the mar
ket against a future Issue.
But the feature of the early market was the
St. Louis & San Francisco stocks. The com
mon rose 4, the first preferred 5Ji. the second
preferred 4 and Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Memphis preferred 2t. The funding bonds were
also In demand at advancing prices. Many re
ports have circulated recently of a coming
combination of this property with some other
large railroad systems, the most recent story
pointing to the Southern Railway. Nothing
authentic on the development in the property
was disclosed during the day.
During the afternoon, the Wabash stocks
came into prominence, the preferred advancing
2 after an announcement that wages had been
advanced on the system west of the MlsslsstppL
It seemed to be assumed that this would avoid
the strike which has been dreaded recently.
Other Could stocks and Southwesterns generally
advanced In sympathy. Missouri Pacific was
also helped by the Increase of over $300,000 In
December net earnings. Reports of railroads
gross earnings for the second week In February
were good, without Important exception. The
advance in refined sugars helped American Su
gar, and special developments were responsible
for advances In other Individual stocks. The
market closed quite active and at about the
best.
There seemed to be a general conviction that
tomorrow's bank statement will be a poor one.
The movement of currency has been away from
New York, especially to New Orleans, so that
a net loss in cash of nearly $2,000,000 Is indi
cated in the known moves of money. It Is in
timated also that there may have been some
withdrawals of deposits by trust companies,
possibly as a beginning of the recuperation of
their reserves ai required by the clearing-house
rule. The loan Item will also be watched with
interest, as the volume of loans last Saturday
was already within $2,000,000 of the high rec
ord of the clearing-house banks on March 1,
1902.
Time money continued to advance and the re
action in sterling at Paris made the export of
gold next week more probable.
Tre bond market was Irregular. Total sales,
par value, 823.000.
Ilevlew of the Week.
The principal feature of the stock market this
week has been the continued Indifference and
neglect on the part of the general Investment
and speculative public Attempts were made
to contest this condition early this week by
undertaking a campaign for a rise In Indus
trials. Quite a number of this class of securi
ties were successively advanced on Monday
without any definite news to account for their
rise. But the attempt to move the Industrials
or to attract outside Interest in them proved
abortive, and was abandoned by Tuesday. A
dropping tendency of prices, due to the inani
tion of the market, gave way to a sharp decline
on Thursday, when clear indications 01 raiding
tactics by an undisclosed bear party became
manifest. Support was developed by the raid.
The clear demonstration that selling to realize
brings out an advance, while sharp declines
Induce support, tends to the stability of the
market and discourages speculative ventures.
The approach of the three-day holiday was an
additional Influence In deterring operators from
making new ventures In stocks. .
The course of the exchange market was at
tentively watched, and its fluctuations toward
or away from the gold-export point had an
effect upon the speculative sentiment in the
market. Exchange has reached the gold-export
level during the Week, and the fact that no ex
ports were made was attributed to the lack of
quick transportation facilities, which added to
the interest charges Involved In the movement
of gold. Money has been stringent in London,
but the advance In sterling at Paris and Berlin
in response shows that capital from those cen
ters is attracted to London, thus relieving the
pressure upon New York. The problem of gold
exports from New York seems to depend upon
the continued response of ine Continental cen
ters to the needs of the London money market.
Rates for money In New York were advanced
appreciably for time loans. The demand from
New Orleans, on account of the cotton specula
tion, and the absorption on 8ubtreasury ac
count have been factors. The rise In money
rates encourages the renewal of loans, the re
payment of which as they mature recently has
been the influence in lifting exchange rates to
the gold-export point.
Aside from the immediate condition In the
money market. It Is realized that large corpo
rate requirements arc ahead of the market, and
this has helped to repress borrowing for any
large speculative commitments In the stock
market- A divisional bond issue for over
$5,000,000 by the Atchison, the Lackawanna
Steel Company's $15,700,000 bond issue and ru
mors of a large collateral security Issue by the
Louisville & Nashville have been the Immediate
developments to give point to this factor. Some
of the stocks In which furtner Issues are im
pending have been under pressure, in spite of
the prospect of subscription rights to stock
holders likely to accrue. This selling is attrlb-
uated in some quarters to a supposition that It
represents sales In anticipation of the new
stock to be Issued. By other observers It Is
attributed to dissatisfaction with the increased
dividend requirements which will be placed on
earnings, and in some cases to the fear that
the proposed expenditures will prove largely un
productive. This Is especially true of expendi
tures for improvements due to municipal re
quirements of various kinds.
The depressing effect of these proposed addi
tional capital Issues is strongly contrasted with
the speculative excitement caused by former
prelects during the era of combination and
community of interest. The fact that the con
gestion of railroad traffic plainly points to tne
necessity for outlay for Improvement and bet
tlement generally seems Insufficient to recom
mend the new plans to buyers of stocks. It
must be remembered, however, that the capital
Issues toward the former vast projects for con
solidations provided for the payment of daz
zling prices for the securities of absorbed prop
erties, which were still quoted In the market.
The violent advances In prices thus Induced
were the powerful stimulant to the speculation
which swept the whole market during that pe
riod. While the current series of capital Issues
provide for expenditures upon the substantial
betterment of the properties concerned, and
might be supposed to appeal more favorably to
the Investment class, they cause no such violent
stimulation to prices as projects for buying
other properties at prices far above the prevail
ing market level.
The bond market has been dull and Irregular.
United States old 4s declined H per cent aa
compared with the closing call of last week.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
2
?2
STOKS.
Atchison
do pfd
Baltimore & Ohio...
do pfd
Canadian Pacific ...
Canada Southern ...
Chesapeake A Ohio..
Chicago A Alton....
An Dfd ............
8.7001 87H
Vsn'ts-atAl
87
874
1004
X2
8.900
05
974
93
1.500
137H
137
4...
1,500
300
100
50
33
72
25
7Z
Chicago & Eastern Ill
Chicago Great Western.
201)
27
83
4411
do A pfa.
do B pfd....
Chicago si N. W
Chicago Term. & Tran.
do pfd
C C C St, Louis.
Colorado Southern
do 1st pfd
do 2d pfd. ...... ......
Delaware & Hudson....
Del.. Lack. & Wetrn.
Denver & Rio Grande..
do Pfd
Erie
do 1st pfd.
do 2d pfd
Great Northern pfd....
Hocking Valley
do pfd
'2rt
200
100
300
33
33
33
034
2$
0
444
178
ion
40
98C
394
704
SOU
loo tui
04
lOOj 234
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234
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1TB
100
16.100! 394
38
1.100' 704
Z.4U0 OO
50
'MO
2.500 1064U044
l,200i S& 98 J
1C5
1441
144H!
144H
47
117
126
125i
126
1.2O0j
142K142
142
1304
1.10n(l39
l.nnoi
000
263.
23'i 2rtrs
Mexican National
1V
Minn. & Ht. Louis
Missouri Pacific
M.. K. A T.
An nfif
100
106 106
112HJ11.1H
28U 2i
01W 62Vi
182
11.800' 1 13 S
4001 28V
2s1
02
New Jersey CenVralV."
OOJ
r xora ienirai......
Norfolk Western
do pfd
Ontario A Western..,..
Pennsylvania
Reading ..;
do 1st pfd
An M ntA
3.80O 148V
1.5O0 74f,
"i.400 ,334
0.500 149V
I4ft
73
14!)
74H
00
33S
149V4
63
sK
75
84 U
8S
76
27:
3.2001 ai
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17.000 84$
2.mol 8S
02H
I
75
sis
K3
72H
St. Louts A SanFrsn"
ao 1st pro
do 2d pfd
St. Louis S. W
do pfd
St. Paul
Art ntA
14.500 7H
5O0 2?
200 2
S.SOO177S
f.lKI 01,
17GVI77V,
Southern Pacific
"i.'soo "04 ?i
11) I
southern Railway
An nfA
13.300 35H
100 4H
ono 41.
Texan A TiMrt
Toledo. St, L. A W
100 saw
do pfd
Union Pacific
do TiTA
17.500
200
Wabash
do pfd
Wheeling A Lake Erie.
At M M
3.000;
00,400
Wisconsin Central"""!
1.0001
1.100!
00 pm
Pinrwu tfnmn. ntu
53
Adams .................
American .7.,.....
United States
Wells-Fargo
Miscellaneous
Amer. Car A Foundry.!
do pfd
American Linseed OH..
do pfd
Amer. Smelt. A Refln..
do pfd
Anaconda Mining Co...
llrnAblra lFanM TV.n.1,
3,000 52V
3TO 7V
1.700 120
6.000 70
ROO 75
117rril9S
Colorado Fuel A Iron..
Consolidated Gas
Cont. Tobacco pfd......
General Electric
Hocking Coal
217Vi'218H
200 116S
1,500 200H'
-U6H
!109 I
600 21!,) 21V4
international Paper ...
00 pia
Intvmatlnnnt Pmr.,
Laclede Gaa
National Biscuit
National Lead .........
North American
Pacific Coast
Pacific Mall
People's Gas ..........
100
100
GOO!
iTesaea eteei Car......
700
1.600
Pullman As.'- " "
100'
Republlo Steel
1.300
500
5,100
1.000
00 pro
Sugar
Union Bag A Paper Co!
COO
United States Leather..
13H
93ft
United States Rubber.
go pra
United States Steel
7.1001
0.3001
8fW
Western Union ........
40O
8H
American Locomotive ..
1.200 SOW
300 06J.JI
00 pia
Kansas City Southern..
do pfd 7
Rock Island
do pfd
6001
11.200
5RHI
1.700) sml H4! 81V,
Total sales for the day. 403.900 shares.
BONDS.
U. S. 2. ref.
reg.l07H
Atchison adj. 4s... 91:
C A N.W. con. 7S.132H
D. A R. G. 4a 98X
Northern Pac 3a. . 73J
do 4s 103
Southern Pac 4s 91,
Union Pacific 4J...103
West Shore 4s 111U
Wis. Central 4s.... 94S
Vl pflttnnn
......lUi
do 3. reg,
do coupon
do new 4,
do coupon
do old 4b.
do coupon
do Bb, re,
do coupon
IUT
--I0T
reg...iuuu
100J
102
10,
Stocks nt London.
LONDON. Feb. 20. Closing quotations:
Anaconda
6 (Norfolk A West.,
Atchison 89V
do pfd 102
Rait. A Ohio 101 I
do nfd at
Ontario it Western 34
Pennsylvania
Can. Pacific 140H
Reading ,
31U
. 45
. 38tJ
. 36
. 97
unea. oc umo uz
Chi. Or. Western. 28
do 1st pfd
do 2d Dfd
Chi.. M. A St. P.181H'
Denver A Rio Gr. 41
do pfd 01H
Southern Ry ....
ao pia
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific ...
do pfd ,
U. 6. Steel
do pfd .........
Wabash ,
do pfd ,
.634
.ne to
do 1st pfd 72U
.1'"
. 97
. 39T4
do 2d pfd 014
Illinois Central ..148
Louis. A Nash.. ..124
?1H
New York CenV."l3H
Money. Exchange, Etc.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Money on call steady,
at 2432 per cent; closed 283 per cent. Time
money firm: CO days. 44 per cent: 90 days, 44
per cent: six months. 4483 per cent; prime
mercantile paper, 44854 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual business
In bankers' bills at $4.8775 for demand and at
$4.8465 for CO-day bills; posted rates. $4. S3 4
ana f.tft; commercial Dills, 4.B304.84U.
Bar sliver. 4S4c
Mexican dollars, 37 Sic
Government bonds steady: railroad bonds Ir
regular.
LONDON. Feb. 20. Bar silver steady. 224d
per ounce.
Money. 3434 per cent.
Rate of discount for short bills. 34 per cent
for three-months bills. 34 per cent.
Consols for money. 924: for account, 92.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. Stiver bars. 4SUc
per ounce.
Mexican dollars. 383384c
Drafts Sight, 15c: telegraph. 174c
Sterling on London Sixty days, $4,854; sight.
$4,834.
Dally Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Today's statement
of the Treasury shows:
Available cash balances $221,460,656
Gold 104.006.226
Dank Clearings.
Clearings. Balances.
Portland :.$33l.CV $ M.019
Seattle 054.390 13.3.161
Tacoma 32.023 89.0S0
Spokane rto-LOis ii.cis
Sllnlntc Stocks.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. Official closing
quotations for mining stocks:
Alt a
Alpha Con .
Belcher
Best A Belcher.
Bullion
Caledonia
Challenge Con ,
Chollar
Confidence ....
.$0 07Justlce
1 Mexican
44 Occidental Con
.. 2 00 Ophlr
8Overman
. 2 20 PotosI
SOiSavage ,
,.$0 03
. 1 23
, 47
. 2 03
.. 57
. 47
. 33
40 Seg. Belcher ..,
. 24
1 C5t Sierra Nevada ,
. 01
Con. Cal. A Va... 2 051
Silver Hill ....
Union Con .....
.. 55
. 1 10
Crown Point .... 2n
Oould A Curry... CO
Utah Con
Hale A Nor cross. 1 03 Yellow Jacket
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. Mining stocks today
closed as follows:
Adams Con $0 25 Little Chief $0 09
Alice 33
Ontario
0 25
1 95
Rreece S3
Brunswick Con .. 3
Onhlr
Phoenix ......
Potosi
Savage
Sierra Nevada
Small Hopes ..
Standard
Comstock Tunnel. 10
Con. Cal. A Va... 1 151
Horn Sliver 1 25
Iron Silver 85!
Leadville Con ... 3
40
38
88
30
3 00
BOSTON. Feb.
i. 20. Closing quotations:
Adventure .....
Aliouez
Amalgamated .
Daly West .....
Bingham ,
Cal. A Ilrcla...
Centennial ....
Copper Range .
Franklin
Isle Royale ...
Mohawk
Old Dominion .
$ 14 On! Osceola
6 23 Farrott
, 7n 12iQulncy
, 38 73! Santa Fe Cop...
, 36 3!Tamarack
. 53o 00 Trimountaln ...
, 31 COlTr'nlty
. 7.1 SOIUnlted States .,
, 12 OO'Utah
. 14 50 Victoria
, 53 OOl Winona
. 21 75IWolvertnes ....
$ 75 O0
32 50
. 120 00
. 2 75
. 175 00
, lfl SO
, 13 rt
, 26 12
. 31 Li
8 00
8 73
. CO 50
X Curious Classification.
New Orleans Picayune, Dem.
On Thursday evening, at a barbecue at
Columbus. O., was started a movement
to make William It. Heirst. the proprie
tor of several American newspapers, the
Democratic candidate for President of the
United States In 1904. This event was
rather a curious proceeding-, haiins been
under the auspices of the Jefferson-Jack-son-Llncoln
Democratic League of Co
lumbus. Without In any way proposing
to detnet in the least from .the Rrand
position of Abraham Lincoln In the po
litical history of the American Union. It
Is truly a wonderful distortion of facts to
class with Jefferson and Jackson as a
Democrat the man who defeated the
Democratic party and built up a political
system which drove the Democricy from
power and kept it In subjection for a
quarter of a century without a break. Mr.
Lincoln stands In history as the apostle
of civil and military centralism In Amer
ican politics. His was a system which
diametrically antagonized every doctrine
of the Democratic party, and to set him
up aa one of a trinity of Democratic
deities Is perhaps the most astonishing
perversion ever known of the meaning
of thi terms that define political doctrine
Illinois Central
Iowa Central
do pfd ...............
Lake Erie Jt Western...
do pfd
Louisville & Nashville.
Manhattan Elevated ...
Metropolitan Street Ry.
INTERFERES WITH TRADE
MIDWINTER, STORM COMPLICATES
SITUATIOX.
On the Whole, llovrever, Sprlntr Job
bing; Business Is Far Ahead of n.
Year Ago-Prices Are Stronn;.
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. R. G. Dun's weeklv
review of trade tomorrow will say:
Just as the railway congestion began to give
way before the vigorous efforts of the traffic
managers, the situation became further com
plicated by the worst snow storm of the sea
son, and the movement of merchandise was
again interrupted. Latest figures of gross earn
ings snow the usual gains, February thus far
surpassing by 17.6 per cent last year, when
unusual delay was caused by severe storms,
and 1801. by 17.6 per cent. Increased cost of
operations, however, necessitated further ad
vances in rates.
Trade was Interrupted to considerable ex
tent by the Inclement weather, except In certain
seasonable lines, notably heavy wearing appareL
vt colesale houses dealing In staples have liberal
orders, and much forward business has been
placed. Jobbers urge quicker shipments on old
orders, while travelers send In many contracts.
Manufacturers of paper, straw goods and cloth
ing report conditions fully as satisfactory as a
year ago. aside from some Interruption by la
bor controversies. Conditions In the silk In
dustry are shown by enormous Imports of raw
material, and one large manufacturer has re
cently rejected orders sufficient to occupy his
plant for two years. Bids are Invited for ex
tensive building operations, giving strength and
activity to materials and supplies.
Although many new blast- furnaces are near-
lng completion and others will be finished with
in six months, the actual output of pig Iron
decreases, -because fuel cannot be secured.
Quieter conditions prevail In the markets for
dry goods, although mills are busy and prices
well maintained. Western Jobbers are placing
liberal ease orders for Fall styles with New
England producers of boots and shoes, but
wholesale trade at the East Is between sea
sons.
Failures this week numbered 247 in the
United States against 250 ai year ago and 23
In Canada as compared with 31 a year ago.
RETARDED BUT NOT CHECKED.
Sprlntr Jobhlnn; Trade Far In Ad
vance of a Year Ago,
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. Bradstreet's tomorrow
will say:
Winter weather has retarded, but has not
checked. 8prlng Jobbing trade, which, despite
drawbacks, is still far In advance of a year
ago. Retail business had been more noticeably
affected, and buytng has been lessened tempo
rarily. This has also further accentuated the
vexing transportation problem. The favorable
side of the weather situation Is unquestionably
tho heavy snow which has covered the entire
surplus Winter-wheat belt, putting the plant,
temporarily, at least, out of danger from un
reasonable changes. Other developments of the
week were favorable.
The price situation, taken as a whole. Is a
remarkable one. Country produce, particularly
butter and eggs, has displayed exceptional
strength, while the majority of staples retain
their steadiness, except where further advances
are noted, as In the case of cotton goods.
Industry is active, limited only by facilities,
The shoe and leather trade Is rather Irregular.
Leather Is resorted aulet. except at the West,
The sugar market has been unsettled, but the
net chanre of the week has been a siignt aa-
vance In refined, despite stories that Jobbers
are cutting prices. Coffee remains steady at
close to the lowest price on record. Consump
tion still leads production In the cruder forms
of Iron and steeL Wool has been dull and
firm, on reports of active employment-for mill
machinery and small available stocks of the
nv material.
Wheat. Including flour, exports for the week
ending February 19 aggregate 2.713,752 bush
els, against 2.S34.349 bushels last week. 3.009.
435 In this week a year ago. and 3.424.302 In
1901. Wheat exports since July 1 aggregate
15S.135.7n9 bushels, against 175,931,559 last
season and 129.Ce2.639 In low.
Dank Clearings.
NEW TORK. Feb. 20. The following table,
compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear
ings at the principal cities for the Week ended
February 19. with the percentage of Increase
and decrease, as compared wltn tne correspona
lng week last year:
Clearings.
Inc. Dec.
2.6 ....
2.3 ....
6.1 ....
New York ...
.$1.4(10.462.000
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburg
San Francisco
Baltimore .....
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Cleveland
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Detroit
Louisville
Omaha
Milwaukee .
Providence
Buffalo
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
St. Joseph
Denver
Richmond
Columbus ....
Seattle
Washington
Savannah
Memphis
Albany
Salt Lake
Portland. Or.
Toledo
Fort Worth
Peoria ....
Hartford
Rochester
Atlanta
Des Mnlnes
Ne Haven
NahvlIIe
Spokane, Wash
Grand Rapids
Sioux City
Springfield. Mass ....
Norfolk
Dayton
Tacorra .....
Worcester
Augusta. Ga
Portland. Me
Scranton
Topeka
Svrocuse
Kvansvllle
Wilmington. Del ....
Birmingham
Davenport
Fall River
Little Rock
Knoxvllle
Macon ' -
Wllktsbarre
Akron
Springfield. Ill
Wheeling. W. Va....
Wichita
Youngstown
Helem
Lexington
Chattanoora
Lowell
New Bedford
Knlamaxoo
Fargo, N. D
Canton. O
Jacksonville. Fla ....
Oreensbnnc. Pa
Rockfnrd. Ill
Springfield. O
Blngtiamton
Chester. Pi
Blnomlngton. Ill
Qulncy. Ill
Fremont. Neb
Utlca
Decatur, lit.
Houston
Oalveston
Beaumont. Tex. ...
Charleston. S. C
141.973,000
115,429.000
45.421.0f0
33.(163,000
20.704.C22
21.243,000
21.959.000
18.182.000
14.008,000
13.S28.000
15.733.000
9.282.000
11.103.000
0.667.000
7.973, XM
6,566.000
0. 763.000
5.M2.000
5.017.000
5.606.000
4.440.000
.1532,000
3.S33.O0O
4.CG8.000
4.406, 063
3,974.000
4.458,000
4.191.000
4.O48.000
2.5BC.O00
3.227.3SO
2.945000
2.960.000
3.13S.000
2.943.O0O
2.4R3.000
3.064.000
1. K20.000
l.ROl.000
2 57.1.000
2.038.662
1,563.000
1.37LOO0
1.349.000
1.639.000
1.527.000
2.223.537
1.8SO.0O0
2.26.000
1.410.001)
1.681.000
1.317.000
1,125.000
l.fCl.000
1.213.000
1.079.000
731.000
1.081.000
95.1000
937.000
8S.1.000
924.000
620.000
655.000
800.000
600.000
nrwi.nno
5C7.oon
662.000
638.000
4RS.O0O
ft.t2.Oon
629.000
387.00O
4O8.0O0
427.0V)
418.001)
3K5.O0O
337.(0)
4.14 000
390.000
343.000
413.000
179.000
2.544 OOO
22n.ono
ia.476.ono
9.5.SI.000
tfirt.OOO
1,317.000
41.7
10.2
2.1
18.3
41.5
"8.3
16.4
8.5
0.4
32.0
10.0
14.0
19.3
6.7
34.1
15.3
8.8
6.2
11.4
6.1
22.1
35.8
24.4
46.1
33.5
10.4
16.7
22.9
14.1
12.2
7.1
19.6
10.7
72.2
29.3
10.0
2.S
24.0
23.2
95.5
33.5
70.2
17.0
20.0
11.4
.15.7
15.3
17.1
19.1
7.0
18.9
40.5
23.4
16.2
11.2
15.9
15.1
1.8
5.7
21.6
20.2
25.4
40.9
8
19.2
2.5
19.6
8.0
23.7
25.2
19.2
23.H
15.0
65.7
12.3
11.4
10.9
7.6
Totals. U. 8.
Outside N. Y..
Montreal
....X2.276.R5.1B1R
816.391.132
CANADA.
4.2
7.2
..-...
18.290.34 3.2
17.047.9.19 33.3 ....
3.243.244 34.5 ....
1.422.448 a2
1.829 340 9.5 ....
1.050.83) .17.3 ....
1.211.758 .... 14.8
fWM.ISH 11.8 ....
770.207 4.4
464.733
7TsOaOS
Toronto
Winnipeg
Halifax
Otuwa
Vancouver, B. C.
Quebec
Hamilton
PL John. N. "...
Victoria. B. C...
London ........
Totals, Canada 46.305,571 113 ....
Balances paid In cash. "Not Included In
totila because of no comparison for last year.
Not Included In totals because containing
other items than clearings.
Dairy Produce at Chlcnsro.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20. On the Produce Ex
change today the butter market was firm:
creameries. 184727c: dairies. 14024c.
Eggs-Easy. 15H15Xc.
Cheese Steady. UHeiSlie.
Hops at London.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 20. Pacific Coast hops
firm, at 10 159CT 10s.
COE
Buys and sells GRAIN, PROVISIONS,
STOCKS, BONDS and COTTON
FOIt CASH OH FUTUnE DELIVEHY.
Deals In Government. Municipal and Miscellaneous Securities. Owning and operat
ing the most extensive Private Wire System In ti.e world, we can execute large or
small orders more promptly and satisfactorily than any other concern.
We tr.iaraniee te execute orders when limit are reached. We do not hold you
responsible for more than the marsln you place on a trade. TVe charse no inter
est for carrylnc; lone stocks.
MARGIXS REQ.UinEDt Grain, lc per huslieli Stocks, fli per share. Com
mission, sraln, 1-Sc per bnabelt stocks. 11 of 1 per cent.
We will send you our Book of Statistics and Dally Market free. Write for It.
REFERENCES. 75 .ntIonnI and Stnte Banks.
Main Exchange. Hank of Commerce Building. Minneapolis. Minn. Exchanges
in 73 of the principal towns and cities of the Northwest Including Spokane. Colfax.
Pullman. Rltivllle. Dayton. Walla Walla, Moscow. Pendleton. Wires under con
struction to Portland. Tacoma. Seattle. Everett, and Vancouver. B. C
ND IF VOL HAE AN.OPEX TRADE OR ACcOUXT WITH L'S YOO CAX
iDi OPEaiAlE IT IX ANY OF OUR T5 OFFICES.
WAR ISfcWS UNCONFIRMED
CAUSES EASINESS IX WHEAT AT
THE OPEXIXG.
Clileanjo SInrket Closes) Stronger on
Small Argentine Shipment, LIs;ht
Clearances, Fair Export Demand.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20. The early wheat market
was a disappointment to the bulls In view ot
the strong cables and small receipts In the
Northwest. The opening prices were easier.
with May a shade higher to HE lie lower, at
77"4tf77Vic. the weakness at the start being at
tributed to the lack of confirmation ot the
European war news circulated among traders
late yesterday, resulting from a decline In
English consols. There was little of Interest
in the trading the first half of the session, and
the market held steady, fluctuations being con
fined within a narrow limit. May selling be
tween 77HC77Vie and 77Hc Smaller Argentine
shipments than had been estimated, small
clearances and a fair export demand caused a
better feeling later, and commission-house buy
ing developed also, which advanced May to
77Xc. The close was firm, with May HQc
higher, at 77Hc
Corn was firm on continued light receipts, and
provision people again bought freely of July.
The close was firm, with May He btgher. at
43Hei3Xc
Oats were In good demand all day, with
shorts the best buyers. May closed He higher,
at 33c
Provisions were strong early, but profit-taking
by longs made a weak market late in the day.
The close was easy, with May pork 10c lower,
lard 7U610c lower, and ribs oft Sc.
The leading futures ranged aa follosrs:
'WHEAT.
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
February S0 74S
May ,...0 77U 0T7; I0 77i 77H
July 734 74 73 73'
CORN.
February
May ....
July ....
42
4.v;
44h
43
44
45
44H
45
44
OATS.
February
Slay ....
July .....
34
3S 36 33S
32i4 32 32!
35Ji
MESS PORK.
May 17 70 17 80 17 55 17 55
July 17 10 17 20 17 03 17 OS
September ...16C7Vi 10 72V 10 65 10 70
LARD.
February
Msy ....
July ....
955
955
9 40
9 67H 9 67fs 9 55
9 47Vi 9 50 9 40
SHORT RIBS.
September ... 9 45 0 47'4 0 40 9 40
May 9 70 9 72H 9 00 9 60
July 9 55 9 57V 9 42V 9 45
September ... 0 47VJ 9 32H 9 37Vs 9 40
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour Steady.
Wheat No. 2 Spring. TTeTOc; No. 3. 71Hc;
No. 2 red. 74K?74Kc
Corn No. 2. 34V4c: No. 2 yellow. 3.1 He.
Oats No. 2, 34c; No. 3 white. 35g35Hc
Rre-No. 2. 4S,C
Birler Good feeding. 47651c; fair to choice
malting. 47654c
Flaxseed No. 1, 31.14; No. 1 Northwestern,
31.19.
Timothy seed Prime. 14.
Mess pork I17.37H4T 17.50 per bbl.
lArd-J9.55S9.60 per cwt.
Short ribs sides Loose. f9.3O09.5O.
Dry salted shoulders Boxed. tS.12HfS.25.
Short clear sides Boxed. t9.75g9.87Vs-
Clover-Contract grade, I11.C3.
Receipts. Shloments.
Flour, barrels 11.700 16.100
Vhe.lt. bushels 13.V0O 19.301)
Corn, bushels .....166,30i 107.100
Oats, bushels 1.15,700 213,700
Rye, bushel 5.700
Barley, bushels 33.800 7,500
Grnln and Produce at Kerr York.
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. Flour-Receipts, 11.
190 barrels: exports. 7028 barrels. Market
steady, with a moderate local demand.
Wheat Receipts. 7600 bushels. Market for
spot firmer. No. 2 red. 8ISc elevator. S3Vsc f.
o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth. 89c f. o.
b. afloat; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 00c f. o. b.
afloat. Following an early depreaslon In prices,
due to easier French cables and bearish home
crop news, wheat rallied and held firm all day.
Supporting orders were based on better exxrt
demand, strongcash markets la the Northwest
and small Interior receipts. The close was
firm, at a partial Ho net advance. March closed
S3Vc: May. 80 11-16881 5-16c. closed 81Hc;
July. 78H878')4c. closed 78Vic; September closed
76c.
Butter Receipts. 3000 packases. Market firm.
State dairy, 15825c: creamery, prime, 27Vic;
do common, 18626HC
Eggs Receipts, 14,100 packages. Market easy.
State and Pennsylvania, 17c; Western uncan
dled. 17c.
Hops Dull; olds, &312VtC.
Hides Firm.
Wool Firm.
Grain at San Frnnrlsco.
SAN 'FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. Wheat weaker.
Barley weaker. Cats firm.
Spot Quotations:
Wheat-Shipping, S1.47VrS1.57Vi: milling.
1.57Hei.C2Vi.
Barley-Feed. I1.1SX: brewing. 1.20S1.22VS.
Oats Red. IL2581.32V,: white. 1.27V4ei.4S;
black. fl.2081.27V5.
Call board sales:
Wheat Weaker: May, fl.47; December,
S1.24i: cash. S1.52.
Barley Weaker: May. 11.15.
Corn Large yellow, Sl.33fZl.40.
Enropenn Orntn MnrKets.
LONDON. Feb. 20. Wheat Csrgne on pas
sage, buyers Indifferent; cargoes No. 1 stand
ant California. 31s Vid: Walla Walla. 31s 3d.
English country markets quiet.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 20. Wheat Steady; No.
1 standard California. 6s HHd. Wheat and
flour in Paris quiet. French country markets
quiet and steady.' Weather In England, fine.
Wbeat at Tacoma.
TACOMA. Feb. 20. Wheat Steady and un
changed; bluestem. 88c: club. 76c
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Marrlnire Licenses.
Peter Jacquot. 32, .Yakima,. Wash.; Emily
Rubens, 22.
Charles Anson, 34; Mrs Anna Fortmlller. 30.
George L. Murton. 23; Harvle Meacham, 22.
Harden Roberts, 27. Clackamas County: Nora
Lonr, 25.
Wiley Richardson. 24: Anna Henslay, 21.
Deaths.
February 18. Louis Haas. 35 years. Good Sa
maritan Hospital: chronic pulmonary tubercu
losis. February 18, Agnasla J. Fraaey. 2 months 17
days, 292 Qulncy street: convulsions.
Births.
February 18. boy to the wife of Herman C.
Tunlnski. 190 Meade street.
jlnlldlnir Permits.
M. A. Zlller, two-story dwelling. Hassalo, be
tween East First and East Second; 11500.
Same, two-story dwelling, same location:
(1500.
Portland Gas Company, one-story brick build
ing. Fourteenth, between Couch and Davis;
13500.
C. T. Sttlnleln, repairs, Umatilla avenue, be
Commission Co.
Capital and Surplus, $300,000.00
tween East Fifteenth and East Seventeenth;
600.
Isam White, two-story house, northwest cor
ner of Twentieth and Everett: f 10.000.
Portland Gas Company., one-story gas-holder.
East Third, between East Ankeny and East
Burnslde; i2n,oon.
John Becker, one-story shop. Vancouver ave
nue, between Falling and Shaver: 2S0.
Real Estate Transfers.
P. H. Marlay to Wm. J. McC.ure. tr., lot
2. block 14. Highland f 1
Chas. F. Hansen and wife to Thomas F.
Quinn. W. so feet lot 13 and N. 25 feet
of W. Si I feet, lot 12. block 22. Alblna.. 1S00
Herbert C Miller and wife to M. L. Han
see, lots s to 10. block 16. Portsmouth.. 40
M. M. Bingham to Victor Land Co., lot
I. block 11. Highland 1
German Sar. Loan Soc. to Clara Gold
stein, lot 1, block 7. Caruthers' Add 5000
J. and M. G. McDonald to E. F. Edwards.
SSxIOO feet, beginning point S. W. cor..
S. H. double block G 500
P. H. itarlay to J. C. Roberts, lots 3. 6. ,
block 2S. Hanson's Second Add 1
John E. and H. E. Fisher to John Struck-
en. parcels land. eecs. 19. 20. 29, 30. T.
1 N., R. 3 E 24S0
Lulu E. Donner to Minnie La Barre. lota
II. 12. block 19. Highland 475
B. M. Lombard to Mary M. Decker, lots 21
to 35 Inc.. block 7. Peninsular Add 900
L A. Peters and wife to Emily Peterson.
E. Vi lots 11. 12. block 3. Lincoln Park
Annex 1S00
R. K. Warren and wife to J. W. Bristow,
lots 6,17. IS. block 4. Gay's Add 300
James Forbes ar.d wife to T. L. McDan-
lel. lot 9. block 13. Center Add 600
Fred F. Hawkins et ai. to W. A. Evans
and wife. S. H lot 8. block 9. Sub. Rlv-
ervlew Add. to Alblna 1150
N. W. Bowland and wife to Fernando S.
Tenney. 12 acres, sec 19, T. 1 S., R.
3 E 1200
Lou Wilkinson to D. Morlarty, lots 12 to
J5. block 13. Mabelvllle 1000
O. B. WIthlneton. tr.. to First National
Bank. 10 acres, sec 20. T. 1 S., HIE. 1
Sarah R. Isaacs to A. L. PoIItte. lots 10
to 12. block 51. Sunnyslde 1500
Same to W. E. Jones, lots 1 to 3. block
51. Sunnyslde 1600
A. B. Manley to Toodle Olmsted. lots 1.
2. block 2. Lincoln Park Annex 500
Geo. Bsmford and wife to J. A. Hasrltlne
et ai.. E. u lots 1. Z. block 68; also
strip 10 fret wide along east end lots 1,
2. block 63, Carter's Add 2500
Alva Bacon and wife to Charlottle Ut-
tlnc. 3 acres. Douglas D. L. C, T. 1
N.. R. 3 E 325
ilary Hanauer and husband to Rebecca
Berg. lot 2. block 14. Carter's Add 1700
Same to same, lot 17. Sub. 2. DeLashmutt
ft Oatman's Little Homes 475
Otto J. Kraemer to D. L. Flester. lot 2,
block 7, WIlllams-Ave. Add 500
Chester A. Whltemore to Joseph A. Bogle
ar.d wife. E. Vi loto 9, 10. block 01. West
Irvlcgton 2200
Sheriff, for Minnie M. White, to H. A.
Lewis, lot 18. block 1. Russellvllle 2
Sheriff, for W. W. Spauldlng et a!., to
German Sav. & Loan Soc. lots 1, 4.
block 2; lots 5. 8. block 77. Couch Add .20, OOO
Emll Rosin and wife to Gust Anderson,
lot 5. block .13, Multnomah 400
Hattle Salomon and husband to Claudia
c. Salomon. N. Vi lot 6. E. IS feet lot 4.
Simon's Add...... ......... 10
Portland L. F. Cem. Co. to 13. W. Bur
den et al. lot 29. block 8. Port. L. F.
Cem 25
J. Q. A. Bowlby to Chas. H. Plggott. lot
8. block 23. Sellwood 1
Harriet L. O ruber and husband to W. H.
Nbnn. lots 4. 5. block 15. Riverside
Add.: lot 10. block 2. Park Add 400
John GUI and wife to M. Frances Thorn
ton, joc iu. ojocjc beiiwooa..M.. ....
Susanna Roth and husband to Peter Rothi
lot 8. block 26. Multnomah: also H Int.
lots 13. 14. block 3. Sub. PrMbitel's
Add. to Alblna. I
Wm. M. Ladd and wife to A. P. and
Elsie Chrlstensen. lot 11. block 1. Salis
bury Hill 450
renin. R. E. Co, to Jas. R. Reld. lots 34.
35. block 21.' Penln. Add. No. 2 74
Tyler Inr. Co. to Jas. R. Reld. lob 31.
32. block 10, Peninsular Add. No. 2 74
Moses M. Bloch. admr.. to Chas. W. Hol-
sapple. lot 9. block 10. Riverside Add... 75
Dudley Kvar.s anil wife to Wallace W.
Patterson, lot 3, block 32. Holladay Add. 1300
Louis H'lnrlrh to M. L. Holbrook. lots 5,
0, block 2. Ft. Johns 1300
Emma s. 3JelIs and husband to li. r.
Scott, tr.. lots 9. 10. block 16. Kenll-
worth 1
Irving C. Knowles to Emma S. Mells. lots
0. 10. block 10. Krntlworth 1
F. R. Strone. tr.. to L. B. Seeier. S. Vs
lot 3. block 168. clty.A. I
L. B. Sreley to T. O. A T. Co.. same.... I
T. G. A T. Co. to Amelia C Seeley. same 1
Luclnda Ross to Orle C Jones. lots 5. 6,
block 3. Ttbbetts' Addition 800
Margaretta Bern I to Cord Sengstake, par
cel land, commencing SW. corner block
53. Holladar'a Addition 10
Mary B. Carey and husband to Belle A.
Heusncr. parcel land commencing on east
line of North Twentr-flrst street. 150 feet
N. from N. line Washington street 0000
Sophie Welsgrrber and husband to Emll
Llese. 20 acres, section 6. T. 1 S.. ILJE. 1200
Eurenla Henry and husband to Thomas l.
Greene. lots 15. 16. block 19. Piedmont.. 4500
John R. Shaver et al. to Gustave Strom,
lot 1. block 1. Delmar Shaver's Second
Addition fO
Mllmr, Trust Comoanr to William Reldt.
lot 3, block 12a Caruthers' Addition.... saw
Investors' Mortgage Security Company to
wim.in nei.ir lot 3. block 51. Holla-
H.v'a XAAitlnn ........... -ISO
Samaritan Lodge. No. 1. I. O. O. F.. to J.
n. Cole. lot 4. section 3. Greenwood cem
etery V"
T ir ita-edom and wife to L. A. Kent.
L. A. Kent and wife to G. W. Simpson.
lUia A miu , n u, - t
M. E. Thompson and wire to a. a. mis.
lot lo, block 15. Maegly Height
Sheriff, for II. Davles. to F. W. Tubbe
slng. lot 14. block 46. Piedmont
W. E. Robertson and wife to Title Guar
antee ft Trust Company. S. 35 feet, lot
I. block 252. city
For Guaranteed Titles
See Pacific Coast Abstract. Guarantee
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