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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1904)
THE MORNING OREGOjSTIAK, 'SATIHRDAY, DECEMBEK 10, 1S01. PROMISE OF FUTURE Feeling -is -One of Optimism in Trade, MOST INDUSTRIES ARE ACTIVE Holiday Business Is Progressing Fa vorably Railway Earnings Show Very Heavy Traffic-Improvement in Iron and Steel. N1TW TORIC. Dec 0. Bradstreet's -Rill Bay: "While distribution displays more Irregularly, manufacturing Industries, -with few exceptions, continue very active. Wholesale distribution, a usual at this season, tends to quietness, though in excess of a year ago. Western job brs fall to report an active reorder move trer In s&aples, but holiday trade Is progress ing 'avorably and promises, with favorable washer, to reach a large total. Holiday rpe c"a"ies In groceries, dry goods and fancy ar ises have bad a large sale, and the hard wire trade Bast and West Is in excellent hare The Winter wheat situation la still not rrX..y clear. The feeling is one of optimism In trale. The country seems to look forward to IMS nith confidence, and some lines re port a full quarter's trade already practically booked. Ka- 'way earnings point to very heavy traffic proceeding. Gross returns for November show so aggregate gain of 10 per cent over last yr hearings are of enormous, volume and com-T-ir favorably, not only with last year's small ftalB, but with the large transactions of pre x cus sears, and are only 1.5 per cent below tve -rcord year ending May 10, 1901. Among the industries iron and steel and its ;"!ed branches chow most confidence. Some reaction is shown in the other metals after recent advances, but copper is quite steady, "while tin ia lowor. Wool Is quiet, but firmly held with stocks Ugh and manufacturers not as yet fullyoov ered for the season. The hide trade shows lit tle change. Buslnem failures in tho United States for the week ending December 8 number 231, aga'nftt ISi last week and 241 in the like week of 1P03. In Canada failures for the week num ber 23, as against 20 last week -and 1 In this week a year ago. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week rrrd.ng December 8 aggregate 1,189,368 bush against 2,101.773 bushels last week, and ivOOI.eiO this week last year. From July 1 to date, the exports aggregate 31,23 1,589 bush els, against 27,736.909 last year. WALL, STREET'S REACTION. Not Due to Any Set-Hack In Commercial World. NFW YORK. Dec. 9. Dun's Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say: Wall street's severe reaction was not due to tT7 setback in the commercial world, all measures of legit I mat o trade showing whole som progress, and confidence In the future is vnchaken. Railway earnings in November averaged 9.2 per cent greater than in the mrae month of 100B, and the distribution of merchandise is sufficiently heavy to produce frr ght blockades at several points. Manu facturing plants report increased output In almost eery Instance, except where inadequate nater supply provides a temporary lnterrup t'sn. Seasonable weather has stimulated re taJ trade in wearing apparel, and holiday goods are in great demand. T" -reign commerce at this port for the last wctk shows a gain of $2,029,071 In exports, as corrared with the same week last year, while Imparts Increased $2,008,591. Strength continue In the hide market. Mod erate offerings of foreign dry hides are readily sr-rbed at further fractional advances. TaUurea last week number 239 Iff "the Unlled States, against 231 last year and 26 in Can compared with 20 a year ago. Bank Clearings. NEW TOKK, Dec. 9. The following table. . :smrled Bradstreet. shows the bank clear ing at the principal cities for the week ended December 8, with the, percentage of Increase and decrease as compared with the correspond ing week last year: Inc. Dec New York $2,280,428,000 73.8 t M-ago 209,783,000 10.8- .... Boston 100.684.000 24.7 .... Philadelphia. 1SO.C2S.000 70.1 .... 5 Louis 71.008.000 31.7 .... Pittsburg 49.973,000 40.2 San Francisco ... . S8.709.O00 10.3 .... Baltimore 35.112,000 60.7 .... Cincinnati 27.239.000 lft.B .... Karros City ........ 25.056.000 15.6 .... New Orleans 29,010.000 3.2 .... Cleveland 14.374.000 4.5 .... Minneapolis 27.480.000 43.6 .... XXt--r.lt 11.083,000 12.1 .... Louisville 12.433.000 0.6 Omaha 8.739.000 24.2 .... iT waukee 9.550,000 7.9 Providence 7.332.000 3.8 .... B-ffaio 8.031.000 1C.4 .... lr-dianapotls 7.306.000 12.5 .... St Paul 7,007.000 3.1 .... Los Angeles 9,690,000 25.2 .... St Joseph 5.020.000 17.0 .... Denver 0.543,000 40.3 .... Columbus ...... 5,173,000 17.7 .... Memphis 7.481,000 2.5 .. Seattle 4.567.000 11.2 .... Rlrrmond 5.926.000 31.5 .... Washington 5,804.000 27.3 .. Savannah 5,712.000 13.0 .... Albany 4.972,000 9.1 .... Portland. Or. ...... 4.100.000 . 12.8 .... Fcr Worth 4,949.000 2.9 .... To.edf. O 4.905,000 49.1 .... Sal: Lake City 4,110,000 7.6 Peoria . 4,204.000 20.2 .... At.anta 4.CC2.000 17.6 .... Rxv.eler 3.920.000 C7.7 .... Hartford 3.072,000 20.8 .... Nastvllle . 3,312.000 17.4 .... X5es Moines 2,630.000 6.8 .... Spckane, Wash...-,. 3.136,000 41.0 .... Ta-orca 8.225. 000 54.0 .... Grand Rapids 2.138.000 33 .... New Haven . 2.5S4.000 38.5 .... Xa.-n 1.712,000 .1 .... NcrTolk 2.368,000 0.6 .... Springfiejd. Mass.... 1. 002,000 4.1 .... Wcrcestcr 1.410.000 60.6 .... Pert and. Me. 1.706,000 2.9 .... Augufta, Ga 1,901,000 .... 18.0 Topeka 1.049,000 27.5 Sioux Oty 1.824.O00 37.7 .... Syracuse 1.450.000 6.6 .... EvansvUle 1.496,000 11.8 .... Birmingham l.S42;000 45.2 Wilmington, Del 1.0751000 .... 8.1 Knoxvllle 1.102.000 1.8 Davenport 1,197.000 27.5 .... Utile Rook 1,438.000 W. kesbarre 1.056.000 20.1 -a.l River 759.000 '24.9 m -n O08.000 .... .3 reeling, v. vs.... mu.wo 27.8 .. V-hlta 1,029,000 12.7 .. Akron 082.000 a ihattanoega. 1,000.000 70.4 Jf-sr.ngneM. IK.. ..... 899.000 24.6 .. Ka.amazoo. Mleh.... 964,000 37.3 .. Tcungstown 506.000 29.2 11 cn 741.0jK 3.5 jxingtwn C7b,O09 17.7 .... Fa-o. N. D... 941,000 20. C .... New Bedford ' 665,000 9.3 .... ar.'on. O (XHS.000 6.9 .... Ja konvtile. Fla.... 1.031.000 31. J owell 516,000 8.8 .... prater. Pa 507.000 2.3 ' roTBOurg. I a. .... . 457.000 2.9 . rorkfor. III G8S.O00"-22.2 . i .r.ghatnton 489.000 12.9 . f;- ngfieM. 0 380.000 2.1 . F'xmlnglon. III. ... 437,000 13.8 . J- ncr. IH. 358.000 .... t4.0 j-.cus raiwv V 348,090 8.4 W.. Ma-vsn-ic. u 361.000 9.1 . Decatur lit. 347,000 23.4 . :a ksonvllle. Ill 2CS.O00 6.4 . aiont. Neb 273,000 86.9 . Houston 12.208.000 .... 41.3 iT . on ' 12,396.000 12.1 . Charleston. S. C 1.301.000 2.1 . T talw. V. S.. uUM5e N. Y.. ?8.380.95S.O00 1.001.ft56.000 CANADA. 5 2S.541.O00 .... 13,698.000 9,840,000 2.7S5.000 .... 2,206.000 .... 1.769.000 I.545.060 1.C44.0TD0 .... 1.20.090 .... 1.283.000 C27.O00 53:6 27.7 30.S 27.1 3.4 12.7 5.5 35.5 B5.4 19,5 M ntrceJ Toronto ......... JnnlEeg "Uawa Halifax Quebec " anurer. R. C. Hamilton IjT'lon. ObC ... Kt John. N. B.. I.noria. JB. C... T:uls. Canada S 77.034,000 S3.3 PORTLAND. MARKETS. Grain. 3?Iour, Feed, Etc The -wheat Hnarke. is qule nd . unchanged. Oats arc" rtportSa" firm at quotations, 'with a1 fair amount of business passing. Barley and hay are steady. ' Millfeed is firmer. WHEAT Export values. Walla. Walla, 80s; bluestem. 85c; milling. Walla. Walla. SSc; blue stem. 68c; Valley, 87Hc: Eastern basis. Walla Walla. 85c; bluestem. SOc BARLEY Feed. 322 per ton; rolled, 23.50 24.50. OATS No. 1 whit. ?L301.32; gray. $L351.40 percental. FZOUR Patents, $4.6504.85 per barrel; straights. $ 4.80 G 4.45; clears. ?3.834; Val ley, 54.10 4.23; Dakota, hard wheat, 56.500 7.50; Graham, 53004; whole wheat, $4 9 rye flour, local. 54-50; Eastern, S59 5.10. MILLSTUFFS Bran. $19 per Ion; mid dlings. $25; shorts, $21; chops. TJ. S. Mills, $19; Unseed dairy food, $18; Unseed ollmea.1. lHc per pound. CEREAL FOODS Rolled, oats, cream, 00 pound sacks, $8.75; lower grades, $5,750 G-25; oatmeal, steel cut. 50-pound sacks, $8 per barrel; 10-pound sACks. $4.25 per bale; oatmeal (ground), 50-pound sacks. $7.50 per barrel: 10-pound sacks, $4.25 per bale; split peas. $4.50 per 100-pound sack; 25-pound boxes, $1-25; pearl barley, $4 .per 100 pounds; 25-pound boxes, $1.25 per box; pastry flour, 10-pound sacks, $2.50 per bale HAY Timothy, $14610 per ton; clover, $1213; grain. $12013; cheat, $1213. Vegetable. Fruit. Etc. The fruit and vegetable markets . are etftl rather slow. Apples arc weak, and much of the stock coming in spoils quickly. Potatoes are firm, and there is somo shipping move ment. Onions are also firm. VEGETABLES Turnips. $1 per sack; car rots. $1; beets, $1.25; parsnips, $L25; -cabbage, IHc; lettuce. head, 15c pet dozen; parsley. 20c dozen; tomatoes, $L2S per crate; cauliflower. $1 per doxen; egg plai. 10 15c per pound; celery, 5070c per 002.; cu cumbers, luQl5c per dozen; peas, 6&8C per pound; beans, green. 7c; wax. 7c; pumpkins, l&lc per pound; peppers. 5c per pound. ONIONS New. $2g2.10. buyers' prices. HONEY $3 & 3.25 per case. POTATOES New Oregon, fancy. 75090c; common. CO Q 05c. buyers' price; Merced sweets, 1V41V4C RAISINS Loose Muscatels. 4 -crown, 7 Sic; 8-layer Muscatel raisins. 7 He; unbleached seedless Sultanas, 6c: London layers. 8-crown, whole boxes of 20 pounds, SL85; 2 -crown. $1.75. r DRIED FRUIT Apples, evaporated. 60 8Hc per pound; sundrled. sacks or boxes, none; apricots, lOCfllc; peaches. 001014c; pears, none; prunes, Italians, -4(?5c; French, 213c. figs. California blacks, 5&c; do white, none; Smyrna. 20c; Fard da.tes, 6c; plums, pitted, 0c DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, fancy. $10 L75; clean, 75c $1; wormy, 60000c per box; figs, SSc 0 $2.50 per box; grapes, Cali fornia. $L251.65: pears. Winter Nellls, $L25L50; cranberries. $9.60311 per barrel; persimmons, $1.25 per box. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, fancy, $3 3.75; choice, $2.75 per box; oranges, new na vels, $2.50: mandarine. 60S? 70c per bar r .'grape fruit, $363.50 per box; bananas, 535J4c per pound; pomegranates. $2.25 per box. Butter, Eggs, Poultry. Etc. The poultry market is firm for everything except chickens, heavy receipts of which have brought prices down. Geese and ducks are in demand, and there is also some Inquiry for dressed turkeys. Eggs are quoted steady to firm. Butter .is unchanged. EGGS Oregon ranch. 32fcc; Eastern. 24628c CHEESE Full cream twins, 1315c; Young Americas. 1315Hc. UUTJiiH wily creameries: Extra cream ery, 30c per pound; fancy creamery. 220 27 uc. State creameries: Fancy creamery, 25S27c: store butter. 1214c. POULTRY Fancy hens. 11011Hc; old hens, 10S10l.4c; mixed chickens, jr9V4c; old roost ers. 7fc(&8c; do young. SVilOc: Springs, lfc to 2-pound, 104llc; brollera. 1 to life-pound, 12Url5c; dressed chickens. U12c; turkeyn. live. Spring. 1516c; do dressed. 37tg18c; do choice. 1920c; geese, live. 8g9c; do dressed, 310He; ducks, old, $6?.60; do young, as to size. $768: plgeone, $11.20. GAilE Wild geese. $33.50; Mallard ducks, $2.503; Widgeon. $262.50; Teal. $1.50ff2. Hops, Wool. Hides, Etc HOPS Fancy shippers, 3131Hc; choice, 30 031c; prime, 29830c per pound. WOOL Valley, 19(ff2Uc per pound; Eastern Oregon. I0fl7c; mohair. 25tf26c per pound for choice HIDES Dry hides. No. 1, 10 pounds and up, 15 15 Vie per pound; dry kip. No. 1, 5 to 16 pounds, 12c; dry calf. No. 1, under 5 pounds, 16c; dry. salted bulls and stags, one-third less than dry, flint; salted hides, steera. sound. 70 pounds and over. 8SJs4c; 60 to GO pounds., 70 8c, under 50 pounds and cows, 6Mj07c; stags and bulls, eound, 4&4&c; kip, sound, 15 to 20 pounds, 7c; under 10 pounds. 8c; green (un. salted), Zo per pound less; culls, lc per pound; horse bides, salted, $1.5002 each; dry. $10 1.50 each; colts' hides. 2550o each; goatskins, common, 1015c each; Angora, with wool on, 25c0$l. TALLOW Prime, per pound, 405c; "No. 1 and grease, 2H3c Grocerlci. Nuts, Etc. COFFEE Mocha. 20028c; Java, ordinary. 16020c; Costa. Rica, fancy, 18020c; good, 16018c; ordinary, 10012c per pound; Co lumbia roast, cases, 100s. $13; 50s. $13.23; Arbuckle. $14.88: Lion, $14.88. RICE Imperial Japan. No. 1. $5.37&; South ern Japan, $3.50; Carolina, 4$;66c; broken head. 2ic. SALMON Columbia River. J-pound tails. $1.75 per dozen; 2-pound talis. $2.40: 1-pound flat, $1.85; fancy Impound flats, $1.80; pound flats. $110; Alaska pink, 1-pound tails, 85c; red. 1-pound tails. .$1.45; nockeyea, 1 pound tails, $1.75; 1-pound flats, $1.85. SUGAR Sack basis, 100 pounds: Cube, $6.50; powdered, $0.25; dry granulated, $0.15; extra C. $5.65; golden C. $5.55; fruit sugar, $0.15; advance over sack basU as fol lows: Barrels, 10c; half barrels, 25c; boxes, 50c per 100 pounds. (Terms: On remittance within 15 days dedact tc per pound; if later than 15 days and within 20 days, de duct He per pound; no discount after 30 days.) Beet sugar granulated. $6.03 per 100 pounds; maple sugar. 15018c per pound. SALT California, $9.50 per ton; $L80 per bale; Liverpool. 00s, $15.5u; 100s, $15; 2o0i, $14.50: half-ground, 100s. $5.25; 50s, $5.75. NUTS Walnuts, 13e per pound by sack, lc extra for less than sack; Brazil nuts, 15c; filberts, 14c; pecans, Jumbop. 14c; extra large. 15c; almonds. I. X. L-, lOic; chestnuts, Italians, 15c; Ohio. $4.50 per 25-pound drum; peanuts, raw. 71ic per pound; roasted. 9c; plnenuts. JO012o; hickory .nuts, 7c; cocoa nuts. 8590c per dozen. BEANS Small white, 9c; large white. 3Hc; pink, 3c; bayou. 3Ho; Lima, 6c Meats snd Provisions. There is a good demand for dressed meats of all kinds, and prices are holding good. Hams are down &c; lard Uc, and sausages about lc Pickled tongues are $1 higher. UEEF Dreaaed l&ttc per pound. MUTTON Dressed. 4(25Ho per pound; lambs, 6M&0o per pound. . VEAL Dressed, 100 to 125, 8c per pound; 125 to 200. 536c; 200 and up, 3K34c PORK Dressed, 100 to 150. 60610 per pound; 150 and up, 5c ' HAMS Ten to 14 pounds, 12ic per pound; 14 to 16 pounds. 12c; 18 to 2o pounds, 12c; California (picnic). 9c cottage hams. Otic; shoulders. 9c; boiled ham, 21c; boiled picnic ham. boneless. 14c. BACON Fancy breakfast. 18c per pound; standard breakfast. 17c; choice. 15c; Eng lish breakfast. 11 to 14 pounds. 14c; peach ba con. 13c SAUSAGE Portland ham, 12V4c per pound; minced ham. 10c; Summer, choice dry. 17Hc; bologna, long, 5Hc; welnerwurst, Sc; liver, 5c; pork, 9c; hlood. 5c; headcheese, 12fcc; bo logna sausage, link. 44c. DRY-SALTED MEATS Regular abort clears. 10c 6alt, 11c smoked; clear hacks, flc salt, 10Hc smoked; Oregon export, 20 to 25 pounds, average. 104c salt, llc smoked: Union butts, 10 to 18 pounds, average. Sc salt. 0c smoked. PICKLED GOODS Pickled pigs' feet, -bar-rels. $5; -barrels. $2.75; 15-pound kit. $1.25; pickled tripe, -barrels. $5; Vi-barrels. $2.75; 15-pound kit. 51.25; pickled pigs' tongues. 4 barrels, $0; -barrels. $3; 15-pound "kit, $1.50; pickled lambs' tongues. 4 -barrels. $9; U-bar-rels. $5.50.: 15-pound kits. $2.75. LARD Kettle-rendered: Tierces, 9c; tubs, 10c; 50s. 10c; 20s. 104c; 10s, 104c; 6s. 10Hc Standard pure: Tierces, 9c; tubs, 9c; 60s, 9ic; 20s, 0c; 10s, 9ic; 5s, OJtc. Compound: Tierces. 64c; tubs, 0c; 50s. 6c; 10s. "Vic; 5e, 7ic OHa GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cases, 244c; iron barrels. 18c; 86 degrees gasoline, cases, 82c; Iron barrels or drums, 20c COAL OIL Cases. 2I4c: Iron barrels. 16e; wood barrels, none; 63 degrees, cases, 22c; barrels, 184c Washington State ten burning oils, except headlight. 4c per gallon higher. LINSKED OIL Raw. barrels, 54c; cases. 59c Boiled: Barrels, 50c;' cases, 61c One cent Icsj in 250-galicn lots. SHSt3-0""' harreli. 81c WHITE LEAD Ton lots. Tic; 500-pound. 75ic; less than 500-pound lots. 8c Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Dec. 0. The market for evaporated apples continues quiet, with bet ter grades steady on light offerings. Com mon are quoted at 3404c; prime. 4U44c; choice, 5&54c, and fancy, 6C4c Prunes are said to bo in a firmer position on the coast, owing to small supplies of cer tain sizes, but the local spot market shows little change with demand for small lots only. Quotations for California fruit range from 2 to. 6 cents, according to grade, with Oregon running as high as OKc for the large slscs. Apricots are changing hands slowly at the recent quotations. Choice are bold at 10c; extra choice 104 011 and fancy, 11 015c Peaches are in light supply and steady. Cholee are quoted at 9 094c; extra choice, 910U, and fancy, 104 1L Wool at St. Louis. CONFIDENCE IS RESTORED STOCK MARKET RECOVERS FROM EXCITEMENT OF THURSDAY. After Easy Opening, Gains Are Made Throughout List, Though All Are Nof - Maintained. NEW YORK. Dec. 9. Succeeding the cam motion in tba stock market yesterday the course of prices today folliwed according to rule with a series of lessening fluctuations. After the violent rally of yesterday afternoon, it was to be expected that there should be a renewed dip this morning. There were the holdings of room tradings secured on the de cline yesterday on which quick profits would Inevitably be sought on the first considerable rally. There were some sales to be expected of holdings that had been accumulated simply with the purpose of supporting the market. As London was a keen buyer here on the break, there waa some notable profit-taking from that center on the high level which holped to beat back prices this morning. In a demoralized market like that of yesterday thero are speculative holders strong enough to save, their holdings from undue sacrifice at the moment of greatest weakness, who are still under pressure to lighten their load on the first rally after so violent a break. The recovery in prices has the effect also of bring ing out of the market the hard-headed "bar-gain-huntciV who appear in Wall street only in periods of panic to buy stocks, or perhaps jin periods of boom and inflation to sell. There was iuso me natural uneasiness as 10 me depth of the wounds inflicted yesterday and the possible consequence. All of these were contributing causes to the nervous break in prices in today's early mar ket. In which the losses ran from 1 to 24 points in an extended list of important prop erties. The recovery prompUy set in motion, as it was seen that all sheets had gone through the Stock Exchange clearing-house success fully, that being equivalent to ah announce ment that all financial embarrassments had been avoided. There was hesitation and dull ness when the recovery had reached about last night's closing level again. But the light pressuro to sell at the recovered level of prices encouraged speculative sentiment and indued so much confidence that prices were pushed upward again aggressively with some evidence of a resumption of operations by speculative pools, in spite of yesterday's set vere lesson. Money proved to he in plenUful supply, and the rate for call loans fell back easily. The f-evore discrimination against some securities as collateral, which was a factor In breaking the market yesterday, was somewhat relaxed. The announcement of the engagement of $500, 000 gold in Paris for importation had an effect on sentiment; although the curious cross cur rents of the present gold movement are seen to be quite apart from tho condition of the ex change markets. .The ease of the call money market was accepted as a better Index of the liquidation yesterday than would be given by tomorrow's bank statement, which will probably reflect theToss of cash due to gold exports and transfers to tho interior through the Subtreasury. and only slightly In the loan contraction, owing to the operation of the av erage system of computation. The Missouri Pacific bond sales and the es tablishment of dividends on Southern Pacific preferred were helps toward reviving specu lative spirits. Before the end of the day. the declines had been transformed into gains of 1 to 2 for the principal active stocks. The gains were not fully held, and the closing was rather easy. Bonds turned Arm after somo early declines. Total sales, par value. $5,900,000. United States bonds wero unchanged on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. bid. Atchison 16,100 864 844 S84 do preferred- 3,100 loci 102 1024 Baltimore & Ohio 95.400 100 074 100fc do preferred ............. 95 Canadian Pacific .... 5,500 131$4 1294 1S1J4 Central of N. J. 800 191 1894 190 -Chesapeake & Ohio.. 8.500 47i 45, 474 Cbicago U Alton 100 40 40 404 do preferred SO Chi. Great Western.. 13,300 23 21!i 22?i Chi. & Northwestern. 1,300 2064 206 2004 Chi., Mil. & St. Paul 29,800 171i 16S4 l"l?i do preferred 100 182'A 182 y 182 Chi.. Term. .& Trans,. 200 134 J2i 13 do preferred 400 23i 23 23 C, C. C. & SU L.... 800 89ti HO 89 Colorado Southern .. 600 21 20 214 do 1st preferred.... 200 C7i 67 574 do 2d preferred 324 Delaware & Hudson. 1.000 187 185 160Vk Del., Lack. & West.. 100 335 335 325 Denver & Rio Grande 700 31 314 514 do preferred 000 86 854 86 Erie 34,900 3Si 36 37 do 1st preferred.... 200 754 74 754 do 2d preferred..... 1,200 67 54 56 Hocking Valley 200 92 90 S do preferred 200 924 it-U 92 Illinois Central ...... 9,200 155V 1524 154 Iowa Central ' 4,200 29 294 294 do preferred 54 Kan. City Southern.. 3,500 27i 27 274 do preferred 7.300 81t 49 314 Louisville & Nashv.. 5,400 1434 141 1424 Manhattan L. 1,000 165 164 1644 Metrop. Securities.... 2,000 80 79 795i Metropolitan St. Ry.. 700 121 110 121ft Mexican Centr&l G.200 214 20 214 Minn. & St. Louis 62' M.. St. P. & S. S. M. 100 99 90 89 do preferred 147 Missouri Pacific C3.900 108i 106 10S4 Mo., Kan. Si Texas.. 4.800 33 31 324 do preferred 3,200 63 02 62 National Of Mex. pfd. 300 42 41 41 New York Central 2.800 138 1374 138 Norfolk & Western.. 21,400 77U 75H 77 do preferred 90 Ontario & Western. . 6,100 44 43 44 Pennsylvania 61,300 137 1354 130 P., C. a & SL L.... 10.500 79 77 78 Reading 7,500 78 76 77 do 1st preferred.... 200 90 89 90 do 2d preferred 700 81 81 81 Rock Island Co 2,300 34. 324 34 do preferred 1,300 84 84 84 St. L. & S. F. 2d pfd. 1.800 67 06 00 St- L. Southwestern. 2,900 20 25 26 do preferred 4,700 57 65 57 Southern Pacific .... 43,300 63 61 63 do preferred 10.100 118 110 118 Southern Railway ... 14.400 35 24 33 do preferred 1.400 05 95 95 Texas & Pacific 2.500 35 34 354 Toledo, St. L. &. W... 1,000 30 35 30 do preferred 1.900 55 53 65 Union Pacific 8.600 111 109 111 do preferred ....... 1.100 96 95 95 Wabash 1,900 224 21 22 do preferred 900 45 43 44 Wheeling & L. Erie. 1.200 20 17 19 Wisconsin Central .. 400 22 21 22 do prsfcrred 900 46 4551 40 Express companies Adams ..... 240 American 219 United States 118 Wells-Fargo 240 Miscellaneous Amalgamated Copper 73,000 69 63 6S Amer. Car & Foundry 2.000 33 . 32 32 do preferred 1,800 92 92 92 American Cotton Oil. 1,400 36 35 36 do preferred 93 American Ice 2.S00 8 7 8 do preferred 800 38 38 37 American Linseed Oil 500 16 16 16 do preferred ....... ..... 37 American Locomotlvo 2,800 34 32 34 do preferred 1,200 103 102 103 Amer. Sm. & Refining 10.500 80 79 86 do preferred 300 111 111 111 Amer. Sugar Refining 22.600 143 140 142 Anaconda Mining Co. 700 104 101 102 Brooklyn R. Transit. 19.400 63 60 62 Colorado Fuel & Iron 23.300 48 43 47 u. Consolidated Gas ... 4.000 209 207. 200 Corn Products 3,600 22 21 21 do preferred ....... 500 79 79 794 Distillers' securities. iv-Hx w 3S 38 General Electric 000 1S7 185 186 International Paper.. 23,600 23 20 224 do preferred L200 79 7S 784 international x'ump.. iis.i si do preferred 85 National Lead GOO 23 22 23 North American 1.00O 102 100 101 Paclflo Mail 1,100 -44 40 44 people's uas m.vw ius-4 ice 101"; Pressed Steel Car.... 2,800 33 27 38 do preferred 600 W 8$4 834 Pullman Palace Car. 2S5 Republic Steel 1.700 16 144 16 do preferred 1.200 03 "67 0S Rubber Goods 1.000 27 25 27 ao preicrrea l.tuu vs 1144 95 Tenn. Coal & Iron... 1.000- 71 67 71 U. S. father 231,000 20 17 10 do preferred 17,000 105 102 103 U. S. Realty 100 70 79 794 u. t. ijuoDer,.. a, wo m 31 do preferred 400 93 91 92 U. S. Steel... 164.500 29 27 .20 do preferred 127.400 91 87 91 Westlnshouse Elec.. 700 160 179 179 Western Union 400 92 .92 92 Total sales for the day. 1,652,000 shares. Ex dividend. BONDS. NEW YORK. Dec 9. Closing Quotations: U. S."ret. 2s'reg.l042. & N. W. C. 7s.l28 do coupon ...104D. & R. G. 4s. ..101 U. S. 3s reg. 104iN. Y. Cent, lsts.100 do coupon ...104Nor. Pacific 2s.. 73 "U. S. new 4s rcg.130 do 4s- 103S do coupon 131 jSo. Pacific 4s... 93V- U. a old 4s reg103Un1on Pacific 4s.l06 do coupon 106 (Wis. Central 4s. 92 Atchison AdJ 4s. 94 "Boston MaxkeMrreglnaWj ' " BOSTON; Dec 9. The Boston stock" market opened active and irregular today. Amal gamated Copper, which closed last night at 66, sold at the outset at 67, but went off al most Immediately to 64- Copper Range opened at 71. last night's closing, and then went up one-half. United Stat en Mining declined to 26, and Utah sold at 43. up one-half from last night. Flurry Felt at London. LONDON, Dec 9. The effects .of yesterday's fall in the stock market were evidenced at the opening of the Stock Exchange today by gen eral nervousness. Americans, however, opened fair at about 'parity, subsequently became a little easier, but quickly recovered, and at' 2:45 P. M. were again above parity. . . London financiers who were seen by repre sentatives' of tho Associated Press generally expressed the opinion- that the New York mar ket had been topbeavy.' arid that yesterday's crumbling ofprlces was considered Inevitable, sooner or later. Although the suddenness of the fall surprised the market-here, there was no panic; in Tact, there was some buying, at low prices. The London financiers aaUcIpate that the recovery will he "gradual. They do hot believe that stocks, will, reach their, former prices, nor de velop much staying power for some time, Paris Bourse Demoralized. PARIS,. Dec 9. Prices on the,Boursc opened dull and heavy, becoming turbulent over the heavy declines in Rio Tintos. following the ru mored drop in copper. The entire market showed sympathetic sentiment. Toward the close Rio Tintos was heavy, and the market was demoralized. There was a sensational reaction, but the market closed very feeble. Internationals were affected. particularly Spanish bonds. Most Internationals closed lower. Russian Imperial 4s were quoted at 02.60. and Russian bonds of -1800 at 500. Stocks at London. LONDON, Dec 9. Consols for money, 8711-16; consols for account, S7. Anaconda 5 Atchison 8 do breferred ..103 Bait. & Ohio ...101 Can. Pacific ....134 Che J. & Ohio ... 47 Nor. & Western. 18 do preferred ..94 Ont. & Western. 43 Pennsylvania, ... 69 Rand Mines 11 Reading 39 C. Gt. Western.. 22 do 1st pre! ... 4. C, M. & St. P.1744I do 2d prcf 41 DeBeers , 18 D. & R. G 31 do preferred .. 86 Erie 38 do 1st pret ... 76 do 2d prcf ... 58 So. Railway ... 35 Ao preferred ..98 So. Pacific 4 Union Pacific ..113 do preferred ..97 U. S. Steel 29 do preferred -. 91 Wabash 22 do nref erred ..43 Illinois Central. 137 "1 L. & N. 145 M., K. & T 82 N. Y. Central... 141 (Spanish 4s. 80 Money, Exchange, Etc NEW YORK, Dec 9. Money on. call, steady at 24 per cent; closing bid and offered. 2 per cent. Time loans, steady: 60 and 90 days and six months, 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, steady. 44 per cent. Sterling exchange,, firmer, with actual busi ness In bankers' bills at $4.85154.8525 for de mand, and at $4.S3509-1.S360 for 60-day bills. Posted rates. $4.84 and $4.674.57. Com mercial bills, $4.83. Bar silver. 60c Mexican dollars, 4SC. v , Bonds Government, steady; railroad, firm. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 9. Silver bars, GOc Mexican 'dollars. 474Sc. Drafts Sight, par; telegraph. 2c Sterling on London, .60 days. $4.S4; sight, $4.86 . - LONDON. Dec. 9. Bar silver, firm, 271;16d per ounce. Money. 12 per cent. - . ' The rate of discount In. the- open market for short bills is 2 13-16 per cerit; three months' bills. 2?2 per cenL Bank Clearings. Clearings. Balances. Portland $505.13S $ 75.084 Seattle 570.6S9 143.007 Taooma 464.369 49.250 Spokane 607,126 25,353 LIVESTOCK MARKET. Prices at Portland "Union Stockyards Yea tenia y. Receipts at the Portland "Union Stockyards yesterday were 321 hogs. 282 sheep and 25 cat tle. The market for hogs is weak and down. The following prices were quoted at the yards: CATTLE Best steers, $3.253.50; medium. -$2.753; cows. $232.50.- . HOGS Best largo, fat hogs, $5.25; light bogs. $4.25Ji4.75. SHEEP Beat Eastern Oregon and Valley, $3.2533.50; lambs, $3.25. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current nt Chicago. Omaha and Kansas City. CHICAGO, Dec 9. Cattle Receipts, 35,000. Market, steady: good to prime steers, $6,00 67.20; poor to medium, $3.60Q5.80; stockers and feeders, $2.2034.10; cows. $2.40g4.00; heifers, $2.005.00; canners, $1.352.40; bulls, $2.0084.10; calves, $3.507.00; Western steers, $3.40S4.90. Hogs Receipts today, 30,000; tomorrow, 3S, 000. Market, strong: mixed and butchers. $i.254.50; good to choice heavy. $4.45gl-50; rough heavy. $4.404.60; light. $4.154.40; bulk of sales. $4.4504.524- Sheep Receipts, SOOO. Sheep steady, lambs 10c higher; good to choice wethers, $4,4035.25; fair to choice mixed, $3.504.25; Western sheep, $3.5085.10; native lambs. $4.750.50; Western lambs, $4.7536.40. SOUTH OMAHA, Dec. 9. Cattle Receipts, 2000. Market steady; native steers $3.5066.25; cows and heifers, $2.504.00; Western steers. $3.00?4.70; Texas steers. $2-752-75; cows and heifers. $2.406.40; canners, $1.75g2.35; stock ers and feeders, $2.5004.00; calves, $3.0035.50; bulls, stags, etc, $2.00S4.00. Hogs Receipts, 7300. Market. 2c higher; heavy. $4.3034.37: mixed, $4.304.32: light, $4,3244.374: PlEs. $4.0034.35; bulk of sales, $4.3054.32. Sheep Receipts, 4500. Market, strong; West ern, $4.5035.00; wethers, $4.234.55; ewes, $4.004.60; common and stockers, $2.5034.25; lambs. $5.00Q0.20. KANSAS CITY, Dec 9.-CaIe Receipts. 3000. Market, steady; native steers, $4.50 0.60; native cows and heifers, $1.755.00; stockers and feders, $2.5004.10: bulls. $2.00 4.00; calves. $3.0036.25; Western steers, $3.00 &5.00; Western cows, $L7533.50. Hogs Receipts, 10,000. Market, steady to 10c higher; active; bulk of ealcs. $1.30g5.50; heavy. $4.5034.57: packers, $4.3034.60; pigs and lights, $3.754.40. Sheep Recelpte, 1000. Market. strong; muttons, $4.00-35.00; lambs, $4.5036.00; rang wethers. $4.0034.90; ewes, $2.5034.25. Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 9. Official closing quotations for mining stock todar were as follows: Andes . Belcher .23 Justice . . Mexican . .$ .00 . 1.25 . .78 . 3.35 . .09 . .10 . .24 . .05 . .50 ,. .62 . .61 . .07 . .15 Best. & Belcher. Bullion L051 .20 .42 Occidental Con. Ophlr Overman ... . Caledonia Challenge Con. .13 Potosi Chollar Confidence .... Con. Cal. & Va, Con. Imperial . Crown Point .. Exchequer .... Gould & Curry .1 Savage Seg. Belcher .. Sierra Nevada . Sliver Hill .... .83 1.80! .01 .15 Union Con .93 Utah Con Yellow Jacket .. !4 Hale & Norcross 1.10 NEW YORK. Doc 0.Closing quotations: Adams Con. ,,,$ .25 Little Chief Ontario . . Ophfr Phoenix ... ..$ .05 .. 3.50 .. 3.00 .. .17 .. .14 .. .21 . .46 .. .20 .. 1.90 Allco .60, Breece ... .... Brunswick Con. Comstock Tun.. .13 .03. .08! Potosi Con. Cal. & Va.. L73Bavage Horn Silver .... 1.55Slerra Nevada Iron Silver L40Small Hopes . Leadville Con... -02Standard ... . BOSTON. Dec 9. Closlnr quotaUons. Adventure ...$ C.OOlMont. C & C..S 4.00 Allonez 18.50, Old Dominion 23.13 Amalgamated. Am. Zinc .... Atlantic 68.73jOsceola 02.30 26.00 7.00 8.25 12.00 12.00 26.50 11.00 13.00 Parrot 17.50 Qulncy Bingham 33.00 Shannon ..... Tamarack . . . Cal. & Hecla. 665.00 Centennial 26.60 n.38! Trinity , U. S. Mining. Copper Range. Daly West 1C.7511T. S. Oil Dominion Coal 6X00 Utah 43.00 .. 11.00 .. 105.00 Franklin .. 11.00 Victoria . Winona . Grancy Isle Royale... Mass. Mining.. 5.13 27.50 9.00j Wolverine New York Ho: Market Firmer. WOODBURN. Or.. Dec 9. (Special.) Pri vate New York advices say the hop' market Is firmer, with more sales being made New York -State hops are quoted at 37c; Pacific Coast at3ec " " CALIFORNIA WHEAT CROP PRODUCTION THIS YEAR ESTI MATED AT 312,021 TONS. Apple Receipts Smaller, but Large Stocks Still Carried Fancy Po tatoes Are In Demand. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 9. (Special.) A heading authority, estimates the California wheat crop this yar at 312.021 tons, based upon the figures of stocks on hand December 1, recently issued by the Merchants' Exchange. Exports for six months wero 05,000 tons; con sumption, feed and eeed, 210.000 tons; Imports from Oregon, Washington and tho East, 76,000 tons; on hand June 1, 131,000 tons, and on band December 1, 213,843 tons. Local trade in" all cereals was quiet. Specu lative prices of wheat were almost stationary, tind -closed at lastnlghCs level. Barley was slightly weaker 6rTarhplc receipts and showers in the interior. Oats wens steady, with a. fair demand for seed kinds. Wet weather brought dullness into, the .fruit market. Receipts of apples are slackening, but heavy 'stocks are in store.-, and six carloads are In the railroad yard waiting to be moved. All grades are easy, and business. Is chiefly in medium-priced stock. Tho. steamer for Hono lulu tomorrow will take 1000. boxes each of oranges and apples. Tho orange market Is heavily stocked and weak. Other fruits are quiet and unchanged. A fair movement is reported in the better grades of potatoes at sustained prices. Fancy Oregon sold at $1.10. A carload of Oregon onions closed out at $2.50. but buyers subse quently were less anxlou?. as the Columbia, due tomorrow. Is said to bring 1200 sacks. Fancy dressed turkeys are quoted at 25c. - Butter is steady. Cheese is "weak. Eggs are firmer. Receipts. 33.000 pounds butter, 9500 pounds cheese, 14.000 dozen eggs. VEGETABLES Garlic, 335c; green peas. Sg5c; string beans, 435c; tomatoes, 50c3$l; SC plant, 5gSc POULTRY Turkey gobblers, lft318c; roosters, old, $4g4.50: do young, $5g3.50; broilers, small, $333.50; do large. $3.5034; fryers. $434.50; hens. $535.50; ducks, old, $536; do young. $638. CHEESE Young America. ll12c; East ern, 13S15c BUTTER Fancy creamery, 21c: creamery seconds. 17c; fancy dairy, 17c; dairy ccccnds. 15c EGGS Store, 2730c: fancy ranch, 39c WOOL Lambs', 163? 16c. MILLFEED Bran. $15.50319; middlings, $25?2$. HOPS 1904. 25330C HAY Wheat, $10S14-50; wheat and oats. $1C13.50; barley. $0311; alfalfa, $&311.50; clover, $739; stock, $57; straw, 40365c FRUIT Apples, choice. $1.25; do common. 25c; bananas. $133; Mexican limes, $4; Cali fornia lemons, choice, $4; do common. $1; oranges, navels, $12; pineapples, $1.5030. POTATOES River Burbanks,. 4070c; River red. GOSOCc; Salinas Burbanks, 90c$1.40; sweets, 6585c; Oregon Burbanks, 75c3$1.15. RECEIPTS Flour. 18.147 quarter sacks; wheat. 1596 centals; barley, 13,382 centals; oats, 895 centals; beans, 145S sacks; corn, 373 centals; potatoes, 4502 -sacks; bran. 679S sacks; middlings, 600 sacks; hay, 8S9 tons; wool, 23 bales; hides, 1164. FAVOR THE BEAR SIDE. Chicago Wheat Market br Hands of Few Operators. CHICAGO, Dec. 9. The wheat market was largely swayed by the leadership of a few strong Interests, nearly every Influential trans action being credited to a house with Eastern connections or to prominent local operators. They seemed inclined to favor the bear side. Cables reported ArgenUne weather and har vest progressing favorably. May quotations showed an initial loss of c to c at $1.10 1.11, and with free offerings, there was a further recession to $1.10. The selling tendency was furthered by rain and snow in the Southwest, and by heavy run of wheat at Minneapolis and Duluth, In the face of this bearishness. however, prices rallied on buying said to be for the short account, advancing to $1.11. The strength was only temporary, however, and was followed by another break. May touching $1.10. It gradually worked up again to $1.11. closing firm, with May c to lower at $1.11. The feature in corn was the alarm that ap peared to have seized December shorts. The closa was firm, with May 8c higher, at 44645c. Oats wero a shade firmer with corn. May closed c up at 30c The provision market was active and strong, with & good general demand. May pork is up 15c; lard gained 7c and ribs 637c The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. December $1.08 $1-09 $1.07 $1.03 May 1.10 1.11 1.10 1.11 July 99 .90 -98 .09 CORN. December 46 .47 .43 .47 May 44 -45 .44 .44 July .44 .45 .44 .45 OATS. December 23 .28 .23 .28 May 30 .30 .30 .30 July 30 .30 .30 .30 MESS PORK. January 12.50 12.65 12.50 12.63 May 12.82 12.95 12.80 12.95 LARD. January 6.85 6.92 6.85 6.90 May 7.07 7.15 7.07 7.12 SHORT RIBS. January , 6.50 6.55 6.50 6.55 May ....I; 6.70 0.77 6.70 6.77 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Active. Wheat No. 3, $1.021.13; No. 2 red, $1.13 1.15. Com No. 2. 4704 7 c; No. 2 yellow, 47c Oats No. 2, 2S328c; No. 2 white. 29 30c; No. 3 white. 30320c Rye No. 2. 74375c Barley Good feeding, 38c; fair to choice malting, 4247c. Flaxseed No. 1, $1.16; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.24. Timothy seed Prime $2.4032.55. Mess pork Per barrel, $11.37f3I1.50. Lard Per 100 pounds, $6.85. Short ribs sides Loos;, $6.376.50. Short clear sides Boxed, $0.7536.87. Clover Contract grade, $12.50. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 30,900 29,300 Wheat, bushels 46.000 35.408 Corn, bushels 62,800 145.100 Oats, bushels 8S.500 145.600 Rye. bushels 2,000 3,400 Barley, bushels 4,200 16,200 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Dec. 9. Flour Receipts 10. 100 barrels: exports, 5600 barrels. Market dull and .featureless. Wheat Receipts 25,000 bushels; exports, 16.000 bushels. Spot, irregular. No 2 red nominal elevator, and $1.18 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth $1,23 f. o. b. afloat. Options opened irregular and displayed heav iness. In the lost hour, the bulls ran prices back to last night's level, the close being c net lower to lc higher, the latter on December. May closed $1.12; July $1.03; December closed $1.17. Hops Quiet. Hides and wool Firm. Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 9. Wheat and bar ley, sdy. Spot quotations Wheat-Shipping, $1.4231.60: milling, $1.52431.65. Barley Feed. $1.1031.12; brewing, $1.15 6L174- Oats Red. $1.2281.50; white. $1.42 1.57; black, 1.273H.62. Call board sales Wheat December. $1.43. Barley December. $1.10. Corn Large yellow. $1.4031.45. European Grain Markets. LONDON, Dec. 9. Wheat Cargoes on pass age, weak, buyers indifferent. English coun try markets, quiet, Indian shipments wheat to United Kingdom, 99,000 bushels; to the Con tinent. 22.000 busheh LIVERPOOL. Dec 9. Wheat Quiet: Decem ber, nominal: March. 7s 3d; May, 7s 4d. Wheat and flour In Paris, quiet and weak; French country markets, firm. Weather In England, unsettled. Gold Exports and .Imports., " NEW YORK, Dec 9. Goldman, Sachs & Co. today purchased at the assay office $1,007, 000 In gold bars, all the office had received since , their last shipment. In all. Goldman. Sachs & Co. have taken. $2,030,000 this week. The point of shipment waa not announced, but It was reported that some of the gold was to be sent to Mexico, It is announced that the National City Bank has engaged $300,000 in gold for Importation from Paris. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Dec. 9. The London tin mar ket showed Irregularity following the recent severe decline, with spot closing- at 131 15s, while futures, continued easy In contrast to the higher spot quotations, and closed at 129 7s 7d- Locally, the market continues quiet. Spot is quoted at 2S.63328.87c '- Copper recovered part of yesterday's loss in the market, closing at 65 10s for .spot and 55 lis 6d for futures. Locally, the market seema - a little- unsettled, with demand quiet. Lake is quoted at 14.S715.124c; electro lytic. 14.75c. and casting. 4.5034.73. Lead unchanged at 4.6O4-70c in the New York market, and at 12 17s 6d In.-London. Spelter unchanged In both markets, closing at 5.7535.874c in New York, and at 24 17a 6d in London. - Iron closed at 53s In .Glasgow, and at 47s 3d in Mlddleaboro. "The local Iron market con tinues firm. Coffee and Sugar. . NEW YORK. Dec 9. The market for cof fee futures closed steady at a net gain ef. 510 points. Total sales, 88,750 bag. In cluding December. C-933'7.05c; March, 7.30 7.40c. and July. 7.707.75'c Spot" Rio, steady; mild, steady. Sugar Firm; fair refining, 4c; centrifu gal. 96 test, 4c; molasses sugar, 4c. Re fined Firm; crushed, $6.25; powdered, $3.65: granulated, So.55. Dairy Produce in, the East. NEW YORK. Dec 9. Butter Firm; cream ery, held" common to extra, 193244c Cheese and eggs, unchanged. CHICAGO. Dec 9. On the Produce Ex change today the butter market was steady; creamery. 1626c" dairy. 15322c Eggs, steady at market, 20325c; firsts. 26c Cheese, quiet, H12c. New York Cotton MaAet. NEW YORK. Dec. 0. Cotton Futures closed steady. December. T-Oec; January, 7.73c; Februnry, 7.S0c: March, 7.41c; April, 7.96c; May, 8.01c; July, 8.11e; August, 8.08c ' Spot -closed quiet. 10 points higher; mid dlings, uplands, 8.10c; do Gulf, 8.33c No sales. Wheat at Tacoma. Tacoma, Dec 0. Wheat, unchanged; blue stem. SOc; club. S6c ETJSSIA1T HEROES CELEBRATE. Feast of St. George Is Observed In an Imposing Manner. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. The Winter Palace today was the scene o the cele bration of the Feast of St George, the greatest military holiday o the year, to which every man In Russia, no matter what his rank, upon whom the cross ot St. George or a sword for bravery have been conferred is invited to be the Em peror's guest at dinner. Notwithstanding the absence at the front of a large number of the officers the army and navy usually present, it waa a brilliant spectacle. The Grand Dukes, in gorgeous uniform, and crippled vete rans, arrayed in tho garb of private sol diers, moved side by side throughout the throng. Many sailors of the cruiser Va ralg and the gunboat Korletz, sunk off Chemulpo at the opening of the war, wero present. The Grank Duke Michael, grand-uncle of the Emperor, the only per son pc-6!ssing the order of SL George of the first class, bestowed on him for his victory over Mukhta Pasha In 1S77, waa the center of especial attention. The vast haTl was lined by a guard of honor, who saluted impartially each dec orated hero, whether Grand Duke or pri vate soldier. The ceremony consisted of a grand imperial procession and te deum at the cathedral, followed by a dinner spread in- the Nicholas and St. George'3 white salons. About 400 guests were present. The Emperor was in a particularly gra cious mood, displaying especial attention to the officers, soldiers and sailors- who earned their decorations during the pres ent war. Hearst's Lawyer Is Bitter. NEW YORK, Dec 9. Counsel for W. R. Hearst today asked Justice Dickey, of the Supreme Court, to continue the tem porary Injunction restraining Mayor Mc Clcllan and Controller Grout from fray ing the disputed bills for city lighting for 1903. The temporary injunction was ob tained a few days ago. The amount of the bills is about $4,500,000, of which Mr. Hearst alleges that $1,250,000 ought not to be paid. Counsel for Mr. Hearst, in his argument before Judge Dickey today, de clared that the public lighting situation In New York City today was worse than anything since the Tweed scandal. OMMISSION GRAIN and STOCK BROKERS Wc Charge No Interest for Carrying Long Stock General Office 5S SHbo MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. . K. Aides. Corresponded Room 2. Ground Floor, Chamber of Commerce. SKAYKZJaUi' UUZDX. COLUMBIA RIVER SCENERY PORTLAND to THE DALLES Regulator Line Steamers UILY (EXCEPT SOXOAT) 1 LU. Direct line for Moffetfs. SL Martin's and Collins Hot Springs. Connecting at Lyle, Wash., nrlth Columbia River & Northern Hy. Co.. for Goldemlal and Klickitat Valley Bolats. Tanning loo: ot Alder street, Phon ilain .814. . li'.OUNAi,l. Agent. For South -Eastern Alaska LEAVES SEATTLE 0 A. li.. TACOMA 6 P. if., day pre vious, steamsnips COXTAOE CITY (Utc. 5. 31, SKAG1VAY .Dec. 1, via KlULs noo and Sitka); HAMONA Dec. 18. via Kiliisnou and Sitka: Dec. 23. Skazwav di rect); both vessels making reg ular S. E. Alaska ports of call: Cottage City calls at Vancouver; Ramona CALLS AT VICTORLV. FOR VANCOUVER. CITY OP SEATTLE leaves Seattle Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays. 10 P. M.; call at Everett and Belllngham. Steamer connect at San Francisco with com pany's steamers for ports in California, Mex ico and Humboldt Bay. For further Informa tion obtain folder. Right is reserved to change steamers or sailing date. TICKET OFFICE3. Portland 219 Washington at. Eeattle 113 James at. and uock Saa. Francisco 10 Market it. CD. DTJNANN. Gen. Pass. Agt, 10 Market st.. San Francisco. n 1 XXATZLE8S GUXBX. IECI0rf Shot line A4 3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY Through Pullman standard and tourist sle leg-can dally to Omaha. Chicago, Spokane; tourist eleeplng-car dally to Kansas City; through Pullman tourist sleeping-car (person ally conducted) weekly to. Chicago. Reclining chair-cars (seats free) to the East dally. UNION DEPOT. Leaves. Arrives. CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECIAL for lb East via Huntington. 0:13 A. M. Dally. 525P.il. Dally. SPOKANE FLl'ii.H, for Eastern Wasning ton. taila. Walla. Law. o:ii P. M. Dally. S:VO A. M, Dally. laioa. Coeur u'Ale and Great Norinrs.l points. , ATLANTIC EXPKES: fc. M. for the Etutt via. Huai Dally, tag ton. t ,':13 A. iL I Dally. RIVER SCHEDULE. FOR ASTORIA and way points, connecting with steamer fox llwa co and North Beach steamer Hassalo. Asb street dock (water per.) FOR DAYTON. Ore gon City and Yamnili River points (teamen Modoo and Ruth. Aai street dock (water per.) FOR LEWISTON. Idaho, and way point from Rip aria, Waih. teamera tipouane ana Lewlston. 1:40 A. if. I About Dally. 1 3 :00 P. iL except j except Saturday. I Friday. TICKET OFFICE, Tblrd and Wajhlngtba. Telephone Main 712. SAN FRANCISCO & PORTLAND S. S. CO. For San Francisco, every five days front Alnsworth dock S. S. Geo. "W. Elder, Dec. 2. 12; S. S. Columbia. Dec 7. 17. Sailings from Alnsworth dock. S P. M. ' PORTLAND & ASIATIC S. S. COilPANT. For Yokohama, and Hong Kong, calling at Kobe. Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking frelgss via connecting steamers for Manila, Port Ar thur and Vladivostok; S. S. Numantla, Dec- : S. S. Arabia, 'Dec 31. For freight and further particulars apply to JAMES H. DEWBON. Agent. Telephone Main 283. Upper Alaska Doc. EAST via QHTITH UUUlll t Leaves. UNION DEPOT. I Arrive. OVERLAND E0& PKEbS TRAINS for aalem. liu.e- 30P. X. 7:23 A. it nurg. Ashi&ad, Soo- ciuueato, ugden, can Francisco, Mojavo, L.Q juigeiea, tn fao. New Orleans tnd the East. Morning train con- 3:30. 7:10 P..5t necia at v oodnun. (dally except sun day) wltn train fo. Mount Angel, ailver ton, ilrownavllle. springneiot w ena ins tuxil Natron. i.-CO P. M. Albany- passenger connects at Wood. 10:10 A.Xr (sum with MU Angel tnd bllverton locxl. rorvallls passenger. 9berldan pa&seager- 7:80 A. M. IU0 P. M. 5:30 P. ii. 118:25 A. M. Dally. II Dally, except Sunday. PORTLAND-OSWEGO SUBURBAN SERVICB AND YAMHILL DIVISION. Lejtve Portland daily for Oaweso t 7:20 A. M., 12:50. 2:00. 3:25. 5:20. 0:25. 1:45. 10:lu P. M. Daily, except Sunday, 5:30. u:3o. 8:35. 10:25 A. M.. :0U. 11:30 P. M. Sunday, ouiy. & A. M. Returning from Oswego arrive Portland dally S-Sn A- Imu, ?:oo- 4:35. 0:13. 7:33, U:5i, 1110 "P. 2L Daliy except Sunday, ti23, 723, 9:30 10-20. 11:45 A. M. Excupt Monday, 12:25 A, M. Sunday only. 10:Oo A. iL Leave from same depot for Dalits and Inter mediate points dally except Sunday, 4 P. M. Arrive Portland. 1020 A. M. The Independence-Monmouth motor lino oper ates dally to Monmouth and Alrlle. connecting with S. P. Co. trains at Dallas and Indepecd- "lrst-clasa fare from Portland to Sacramento rad tan Francisco. $20; berth. 5. Second clals fare. $15; second-class bertn. $2.50. Tickets to Eastern- points and Europe. Also J -nan. china. Honolulu and Australia. r?TY TICKET OFFICE, comer Third and Washington streets. Pbone Main 712. TIME CARD ORRAINS PORTLAND . Puret Sound Limited for Tacoma, Seattle, Olympla, South Bend and Grays Harbor points 8:30 am 5:30 pra Nortb Coast Limited for Tacoma, Seattle. Spokane. uBtte. St. Paul, New York, Boston and all points East and Southeast 3:00 pm 7:00 aa Twin City Express, for Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane. Helena, fit- Paul, Minne apolis, Chicago, New York. Boston and all points East and Sou ih east 11:45 pm 7:06 pa Puget Souna-Kansa City- St. Louis Special, for Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane. Butte, Billings. Denver. Omaha. Kahsaa Oty. St. Louis and all points East and Southeast 8:20 am 7:00 aa All trains dally, except on South Bend branch. A. D. CHARLTON. Assistant General Pas senger Agent, 235 Morrison St., corner Third. Portland. Or. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. UNION DEPOT. Arrlvaa. For Maygero, Rainier, Clatskanle. Westport, Clifton. Astoria. War re mo a. FUveL Ham mond, Fort Stevens. Q ear hart Park, Sea side. Astoria and Sea shore. Express Daily. Astoria Express. Dally. Daily,' 11:10 A. it 9:40 P. it 700 P. M C A. STEWART. J. C. MA TO. Comm'l Agt., 248 Alder hT G. F. i p. A, Phona Main 000. City Ticket Office. 122 2d st. Phona 688. 2 OVERLAID) TEAKS DAILY O Tho Plysr and tho Jfcaat .Us 1 1. SPLENDID SERVICE UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT COURTEOUS EMPLOYES For Tickets, Hates, Folders and full ln formation, call on or address U. DICKSON, City Pajutcnger and Ticket Agt 122 Third street. Portland. Or. JAPAN-AiVIERiCAiN LINE S. S. IYO MARU For Japan, China and all Asiatic Ports, will Leave Seattle about Dec 13th. 8:0O P. M. P. 3. . Dally. Dally, except cept Sunday. Sunday. Saturday. H:uu P. M. 7:00 A.M. 3a0V.il, Daily. DUy. except except S unsay. Sunday. O SHASTA il Dally. 8:CO A. M.