TE HORNING- OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, APRILi 2S, 1905.
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Hop
Market Is in State of
Inactivity;
NO ONE WILL BUY OR SELL
Strong Demand From California lor
Oregon "Wheat Drop in Poul
try Prices Strawberries f
Are Poor Quality.
Hops Market stagnant, with buy
ers and tellers awaiting 'developments.
Wheat Firm under California 'demand.
Ciub. 840$&s: bluestcm. S9291c
Flour No new developments ' In ex
port trade-
Butter-iSlow ;weak and unchanged.
Cheese j New-ull cream offering
at 15c. " " '
Eggs Marke&tophQary' and weak .at
V - " .
Poultry 01tt chickens. 1 cent lower;
young In demand
Berrl5 Orders for California . fruit
cut down one-half. "-
The bop market, strictly speaking, is in a
waiting attitude. 'It Is too soon "yof for any
marked effeot of the Oregon pool to be o"b-i-erved.
except so far as the growers are con
cerned, and they liavc -practically- been in a
pool for several months. The attitude .of. the.
brewers ip yti to be discovered. . unless the
injunction suit brought against the organisa
tion may be taken as an indication of their
feeling. The legal phase of the case" receives
but little consideration, as it is' thought the
proceedings have already been dropped.
What the trade at large looks for is a
withdrawal from participation in the market
by Eastern brewers that "will bo as pronounced
as the withdrawal of the Oregon growers. The
market will then resolvcLitaolt into a "freeze
out" proposition, and the longest-winded side
will win. To a disinterested person, the grow
ers seem to have the beet of the game, as
thej have agreed not to sell for 00 days,
whereas the brewers must buy before that
time, unless they have more hops put away
than any one gives them credit for.
If the Oregon hop" pool is an Illegal com
bination, why have not the people who op
pose such things turned their attention to
Washington or California? That is what the
growers ask. Up in Yakima there is a tight
ombtne among holders, and no one has sought
t... enjoin them. If, as Is suspected by some,
a Tacoma bear was back of the Portland
tas he might hav operated in his own ter
ritory at lfes exjKawe than even here, where
cut-rate traders are to be found. The Cali
fornia combine has not got into court yet
and it is safe to ray it never will, judging
from the failure of the Portland suit to ac
complish the object intended. The pool in
the Southern state was formed by Sonoma
growers, who agreed not to sell any of their
! 'redact for 60 days at less than SO ccnti a
pound. At the present time there are eioo
balos of hops unsold Is California a4 .140
of these are In Sonoma 3eunty. Growers Jn
other California, counties arc -preparing to
pool.
"WHEAT HOLDS UP FIRMLY.
Strong Demand From -California Miller
Wheat is firmly held at S4?SG cents for club
and S9g91 ecnts for biucstero. The Cali
fornia demand Is still urgent arvd in all prob
ability will remain so for some time to come,
as there is a decided shortage of milling
wheat in ihat ktatc. There was a slight cas
ing off in the San Francteeo speculative mar
ket yesterday, but cash wheat, on Which
pries here are smw based, was practically un
t hanged. Offerings yestcrdar were somewhat
heavier, m more Valley millers were in the
market with surplus stocks.
There were no now developments in the
export flour situation. The Japanese are out
or the market as buyer.?, as prices offered
on the other. slq cannot bo aoeepted here-,
even with'k.w-prtce tramp steamers available.
A cargo of .56.050 Varrels was cie&rod yester
day and another somewhat smaller will soon
b dispatched, but no new business is looked
for at present.
Chickens One Cent Jxmer. j
The flight lncreae in receipts of chickens
pro.-ed too rmiefc for the market at the high
prices that have lately ruled. The result
was a drop of a cent yesterday In quotations
on old fowls. Broilers and fryers were in
good Remand, and aa but fow came in. full
prices .were -received for them. Young ducks
also said -well. but-oW birds of all kinds must
come dc-ira before there "is" a- jd move
ment. The egg market is weak and tppfceavy. Seme
dealers tiM-mako an effort to get -IS conts,
but most business is done at 171& cents.
' "Banana on -Quick Time.
Three cars bananas arrived yesterday after
noon in prime condition. They were brought
on a new schedule, being only eight days in
transit from New Orleans as against 12.
days, the 'customary time. The cost of the
quicker service is slight in comparison to the
benefits the trade receives. Local quotations
are unchanged.
The orange market Is firm and active All
sizes of navels .are .scarce. Mediterranean
sweets and Jappas are coming Into promi
nence. Green produce Is clearing up saitsfactorily. A
car of mixed vegetables is due this morning.
Berry Orders Cut Down.
There will be a shortage of California straw
berries on Front street 'today, as all orders
have been cut in two. Tcsterdays receipts
were very heavy and as on the preceding
days the quality was most uneven. The cut
ting down In today's auply is due to a.
congested retail market and the poor con
dition of most of the berries lately received.
Fr'ccs were unchanged -yesterday at $1.50$2
per crate, as the movement was slow. Warmer
weather next week will make a most active
market In this line. Only two crates of Ore
gon berries were received yesterday. One
brought 20 cents a pound, and the other,
which was very fancy, sold for 30 cents.
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities
yesterday were as follows:
Clearings. Balance?.
Tortland ... $818,765 $ 67,073
Seatl" i 657.R5S 153.097
Tacoma, 436.777 34,716
Spokane .. 335, EOS 46,380
New Cheese Coming In.
New cheese Is beginning to come in more
freely. Two fairly large shipment! were re
vived from Tillamook and considerable quan
tities have come from other sections. The
demand It good and the market is quoted
steady at 15 cents for full cream and the
usual margin ot a cent over this for Young
Americas.
BuUer.ji slow, weak and .unchanged.- Re
ceipts sia Hhe .past two" dai; "were soman-hat
lighter, because of the froity weather, "but
the decrease will be more than made up aa
soon as the temperature becomes higher again.
PORTLAND QUOTATIONS.
Grain, Ilonr, Feed, Etc.
"WHEAT Club. S3&S4c per bushel; blue
stem, S990c; Valley. SSc
FLOUR Patents. $4.303.10 per barrel;
straights. $404.25; clears. $3.75 Q4: Val
ley. $3.&04.23; Dakota hard -wheat. S6.50
4.50; Graham. $3.504; whole wheat, $4
4.23; rye flour, local, $5; Eastern. $3.80
3.90; cornmeal. per bale. $1.902.20.
BARLEY Feed, $23.50 per ton; rolled. $2
23.
OATS No. l. white. S2S per ton; gray,
$2 per ton.
MILLSTITFFS Bran, $18.50 per ton;
middlings. $25; shorts. $22; chop, U. S.
Mills. $13; linseed dairy food,. $16.
CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 30
pound sacks, $6.73; lower jjra.de. $560.25;
oatmeal, steel cut. 30-pound sacks, $8 per
barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4.25 per bale; oat
meal (ground), 50-pound sacks. $7.50 per
barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4 per bale; split
peas. $4 per 100-pound sack; 25-pound boxes,
$1.15; pearl barley. $4 per 100 pounds; 25
pound boxes. $1.25 per box; pastry flour, 10
pound sacks. $2.50 per bale.
HAY Timothy, $14 16 per ton: clover,
$U12; grain, $1112; cheat. $11612,
Butter, Eggs, Poultry., Etc
EGGS Oregon ranch. 174 4&c per dozen.
BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream
ery. 20c per pound; fanoy creamery. 10c
State creameries: Fancy creamery. 17 Vi 6
JOVic: store butter. 14 13c.
CHEESE Full cream twins, 15c; Toung
America. 16c.
POULTRY Fancy hens 16c; old hens, 14c;
mixed chlekew, lc: old Springe. 114Sn2c:
young roosters. IS&UUc: SJrlngs, lj to
2 pounds, 22H25c; broilers. 1 tel 1H
1 to 1 hi pounds. 2$(230c; dressed chickens,
jlfiChlCic; turkeys, live. 17lSc; turkeys.
22c: geese, live, uer pound. SSrSlie; geese.
".dressed, per pound. 10llc; ducks, old.
fS.ofiig'u; ducks, young aa to size, S'JSjy.ou;
.pigeons, $11.25; squabs, $23.
. t Vegetables, Fralt. Etc.
VEGETABLES Turnips, $1.25 1.50 per
sack: carrots, $1.25L40; beets, $1,250
1.40; parsnips, $1.25; cabbage, old. IHc per
pound.; new. li2c per pound; lettuce,
hothouse. $1.251.75 per box; parsley, 23c
dozen; tomatoes. Mexican. $3.2508.50; Flor
ida. J6.50; cauliflower, $2.25 per crate; cel
ery. $44.25 a crate; peas, Sc per pound;
peppers. 23c per pound; asparagus, Cali
fornia. $1.75'2 per crate; Oregon, $1,254?
1.30 per box; rhubarb, 2,,4c per pound; cu
cumbers, $1.2& per dozen; California, $LC3:
artichokes. 75c per dozen; radishes. 15e per
dozen: garlic. 17 20c; beans. Ilrl2c.
ONIONS Oregon fancy, $3.5094; No. 2.
$1J30?2.30. buying prices: Australian. 5c per
pound.
POTATOES Oregon fRncy, $101.05; com
mon S0S5c. buyers prices; Colorado. $1
LMJi new potatoes. 33Vfrc per pound;
Merced awtets. l?;?2c per pound.
RAISINS Loose Muscatels. -4-crown. 7ic;
5-layer Muscatel raisins. 7Uc; unbleached
seedless Sultanas, Gc; London layers, X
crowri, whole boxes of 20 pounds. $1.S3; 2
crown. $1.75.
DRIED FRUIT Apples, evaporated, 6
CAc per pound; sundrlcd. sacks or boxes,
none; apricots, 10&llc: peaches. 9(&10ic;
pears, none; prunes, Italians, 4Cc; French.
2H3ic; figs. California blacks. SVc; do
white, none: Smyrna, 20c; Fard dates. 0c;
plums, pitted, 0c
DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, fancy, $1.75
02.30 per box; choice. $l&1.23; common, 50
ftZc; Sgs. $5c&$2.50 per box; strawber
Oregon. 20SS0c; California. $1.502 per box;
grapes. Australian, $3.60 per box; cherries,
$1.5062 per box.
TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, fancy. $2.73
j3.25; choice. $2.75 per box; oranges, nav
els, fancy. $2.25 9 2.50 per box; choieo, $2
2.25; standard. $1.30 & 1.75; Mediterranean
Bweots. $1.30 1-75; grape fruit, $2.50 3 per
1kx; bananas. 4V4j3c per pound; pineap
ples, $7.50 per dozn.
Groceries, Nuts, Etc.
COFFEE Mocha. 22Sc; Java, ordinary,
I020c; Costa Rica, fancy. 18020c; good.
ItilSc; ordinary. 10S?12c per pound; Co
lumbia roast, cases. 100s. $13.36; 50s. $1S.3S;
Arbuckle, $14,3S; Lion, $14.36.
RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, $5.37 li;
Southern Japan. $3.50; Carolina. 4K'Cc;
broken -head. 2 Sic.
SALMON Columbia River. 1-pound tails.
$i.tu pr dozen; 2-pound 'tails, $2.40:' 1
pound flats, $1.83; fancy 1& Hi -pound flats.
$l.b0; 4-pound Hats. $1.10; Alaska p!nk 1
pound tails. S5c; red. 1-pound talis. $1.30;
sockeyee. 1-ponnd talis, $1.85.
SUGAR Sack basis. 100 pounds: Cube.
$tf.SO; powdered. $0.05; dry , granulated.
$5.05; extra C. $5.45; golden C,-$5.S5; fruit
pugar. $5.95. advance over sack basis as fol
lows: Barrols. 10c; half-barrels, 25c; boxes,
30c pr 100 pounds, f Terms: On remittance
within 15 days, deduct lUc.per pound; If
later than 15 days and within 30 days, de
duct M" per pound; no discount after 30
days, i Best sugar granulated. $5.85 per 100
pounds: maple sugar, 1516c per pound.
SALT California. $11 per ton. $1.00 per
bale. Liverpool; 50s. $17; 100s. $16.50; 200s,
$16: haW-ground 100s. $7: 50s, $7.50.
NUTS Walnuts. 13?c per pound by sack,
lc extra for less than sack; Brazil nuts.
15c; Alberts, lie; pecans, jumbos. 14c; extra,
large, 15c; almonds, I. X. L.. lSUc; chest
nuts. Italians. 15c; Ohio, $4.50 per 25-pound
tlrum; peanuts, raw. 7c per pound;
roasted. fc; pinenuts. 1012"ic; hlckpry
nuts. 7c; cocoanuts. 35 00c per dozen.
BEANS Small white. 4c; large white,
3Hc; pink. 3c; bayou. 3c; Lima, 6c
Hops, "Wool. Hide. Etc.
HOPS Choice. 1904. 2H4P25c per pound.
WOOI.. Valley. 20g24c. according to fine
ness; Eastern Oregon, average best, 17
18c: lower grades, down to 14c, according to
quality.
Hop, Hides and "Wool.
MOHAIR Choice. 3132VijC per pound.
HIDES Dry hides. No. 1. 16 pounds ad up.
lO&lGc per pound; dry kip. No. 1. 5 to 13
rounds, lift 15c ner pound: dry calf. No. 1.
under 5 poundr. 17(flAc: dry ts<ed. bulls and
stag!, one-third less tnan cry flint: teulia.
moth-t-atfin, badly cut. scored, murrain, hair-
fellppea, weather-beaten or gruijpy, 2gc per
pound lens); salted hides, steerit, sound, 60
pounds and over. 0310c per pound: 00 to 60
pound. tVc per pound; under 50 pounds
and cows 80c per pound; salted stags and
bulls, sound. 6c per pound; salted kip, sound,
15 to 30 pounds. 9c per pound: salted veal.
oound, 10 to 14 pounds, 9c per pound; failed
cair. sound under 10 pounds, 10c per pound;
(green unsalted. lc per pound less; culls, lc
per pound lew). Sheep skins: Shearlings. No.
1 butchers stock. 25y-30c each; short wool. No.
1 butchers' 6tock. 40050c each: medium wool.
No. 1 butchers' stock. OOSSOc; long wool. No.
1 butchers' stock. $1T1.50 each. Murrain pelts,
from 10 to 20 per cent less or 12&I4C per
pound: horse hides, salted, each, according to
size. $1.5u&2; dry. each, according to ize. $1Q
l.ov; coiLsr niaee. zooe eneb; goat sklne,
common, 10915c each; Angora, with wool on,
5e$$1.50 each.
TALLOW Prime, per pound, 3H?4c; No. 2
and grease, 23e.
PELTS Bear akin, as to size. No. 1. $2.50
10 each; cubs, $162; badger. 2&S0c; wild
cat. with head perfect, 25fSOc; house cat.
Cfi'lOc; fox. common gray. 50g70c; red, $S
5; cross, $5&13; silver and black. $1008200;
fishers. $5516; lynx, $4.503r6; mink, strictly
No. 1. according to ilze. $1Q2.50: marten.
Hark Northern, according to size and color.
iing-jo; mancn, paie, pine, aceoraing to
size and color, $2.50&4; muskr&t, large. lOfK
15c; skunk. 404(IOc; "civet or polecat, 5
lOo; otter, large, prime skin, $6810; pan
ther, with head and claws perfect, $2g5;
raccoon, prime. 30250c ; mountain woir,
with head perfect, $3.50g5; coyote, 00cQ$l;
wolverine. $68; beaver, per skin, large.
$5fe6; medium. f34; small, $11.50; kits, 50
75 e.
BEESWAX Good, clean and pure, 20522c
per pound.
CASCARA SAGRADA (Chlttam bark) Good,
4gH4c per pound.
OREGON GRAPE ROOT Per 100 pounds.
$34. v
McuU and Provisions.
BEEF Dressed, bulls, 3$4c per pound; cows,
4Q5c: country steers, 4g5tc
MUTTON Dressed, fancy. CG7c per pound;
ordinary, 405c; Spring lambe. 7gSc
VEAL Dressed, fancy. G97c per pound; large
and ordinary. 5c per pound.
PORK Dressed. 100 to 150, 77sc; 150 and
up. 7c per pound.
HAMS 10 to 14 pounds, 12I3C per pound;
14 to 16 pounds, 12&5; 16 to 20 pounds. 12V4;
California (picnic). Sc; cottage hams. 8e;
ahouldrs. Sc: boiled ham, 10c; bolted picnic
bam. bonelera, 15c.
BACON Fancy breakfa.t. 17c per pound;
standard breakfast, 15c; choice. 13Vc; Bngiish
breakfast, 11 to 14 pounds, 12-c; peach bacon.
Uc
SAUSAGE Portland, ham. 13c per pound;
minced ham. 10c; Summer, choice drv. 17t4c;
bologna, long, l'c; wrlnerwurst. 8c: fiver 6c;
pork, 9c; blood, 5c; headcheese, 6c; bologna
sausage, link. 4e.
DRY SALT-CURED Regular short clears.
Olc wait. lOc smoked: clear backs. 9c salt.
10c ranoked; clear bellies. 14 to 174 pounds
average, none salt, none smoked: Oregon ex
ports, 20 to 25 pounds average. 10io ealt, llc
smoked: Union butts, 10 to 18 pounds average,
Sc salt. 9c smoked.
PICKLED GOODS Pickled pigs' feet, -bar-rels.
$5; -barrels, $2.75; 15-pound kit. $1.23;
pickled tripe, barrels, $5; H-barreXs. J2-75;
15-pound kit. $1.25; pickled pigs' tongue. Ys
barrels. $6: Vi-baxrels. $3; 15-pound kit. $1.50;
pickled lambs' tongue, -barrels, $9; U-barrelr.
$5.50: 15-pound kits, $2.75.
LARD Leaf lard, Ttettle-randered: Tierces,
8c: tubs, 9jic; 50a, 9Tc; 20s, 10c: 10s. 1054c;
5s, iOc. Standard pure: Tierces. STe; tubs.
Qc: 50s. SHc: 20s, 9Uc; 10s, fWJc; is, 9ic.
Compound: Tierces, 6c; tubs, etfc; 5Cs, G'c;
10s, 6c; 5s, 6TiC.
Oils.
GASOLINE Stove gasolIne-caMs, 23 Vic; iron
barrels. 17c: 66 deg. .gasoline, cases, 2c; Iron
-barrels -or drums. 26c.
COAX. OIL Caeca. 20Hc';.Jron barrels; Hc
wood barrels, 17c; 63 dec, cases, 22c: Iron
barrels. 15Uc
LTNSEED OIL Raw. barrels, 61c: cases. 66c.
BolUd: Barrels. 63cj caseis, 6Sc; lc less in
3-barrel lots.
TURPENTINES Cases. $4c por gallon.
WHITE LEAD Ton lots. Ttte: 500-pound
lots, 75c: less than 500-pound lots. Sc.
BOOKS FULL OF ORDERS.
Plants of Steel Trut Running Nearly to
Capacity.
NEW YORK. April 27. While the tonnage
of orders on the books of the Steel Corpora
tion, being 5,600.000 tone, exceeds the record
considerably, it must be taken Into account,
says the Iron Age. this week, that the ca
pacity Is greater through the acquisition of
the Union and Clalrton plants. The plants
are running at the utmost now. the American
Bridge Company, which lagged until the last
few weeks, having had a rush ot specifica
tions and orders. Nearly all the constituent
companies are operating to S3 per cent of
their capacity.
A number of reports arc afloat which rep
resent the pig Iron markets as weakening,
but specific Instances cannot be traced. Sales
aggregatinc. between 7000 and 10.000 tons of
basic pig by a Virginia furnace to a series
of steel foundries In the West were said to
have been made at concession. The transac
tion, however, is known to have been coupled
with a deal In scrap, which may make the
pig Iron figures misleading.
Comparatively little has been done in any
of the distributing markets except Chicago,
where there has been a fair volume of sales
of foundry Iron, malleable and-charcoal pig.
Thett has been some fair rail buying, a
Southwestern road taking JXXtt tons and call
ing for 15.000 more, while an Oklahoma
line has purchased 5000 tone. An Inquiry Is
In the market for 15.000 tons for Cuba. The
structural and bridge shops are getting a
rush of new work. The cast iron pipe In
dustry Is being pushed to capacity. Among
the larger orders recently taken is one of
14,000 tons ior Now Orleans.
The only advance announced during the
week is that of the National Tube Company,
making merchant pip $1 hlger and boiler
tubes $4 a ton higher. The weakening In
the prices of old material which began about
two weeks ago has terminated info a sharp
decline In all the markets.
Seventeen Millions in Dividends.
NEW YORK. April 27. Dividends amount
ing to over $17,300,000 will, according to sta
tistics compiled by the Journal of Commerce,
be paid to stockholders of industrial cor
porations in May, against $16,700,000 in May
a year ago. This gain Is attributed lf a num
ber of additions to the list, and also to In
creases. The amount to be disbursed would
be muoh larger but for the financial read
justment of the American Tobacco Company.
Dividends from that source ngured la last
year'e total for $1,015,000. but do not ap
pear in next month's list.
Mining Stocks.
SAN FRANCISCO, vAprll 27. The official
closing quotations for mining stocks today
were as follows:
Alpha Con $ .12Justice ,$ .11
Andes 38 Mexican 2.70
Belcher 36 Occidental Con.. .12
Best & Belcher.. 2.30 Ophlr ,.11.50
Bullion 40 Overman - 28
Caledonia 74 Pototl 23
Challenge Con... .86Savago 70
Cnotlar 25fSeg. Beteher .12
Confidence l.lOrSicrra Nevada 33
Con. Cal. & Va. 2.30Sllver Hill..' 1.15
Crown Point 20IUnlon Can 80
Exchequer 65iUtah Con 14
Gould & Curry.. .40:YeUow Jacket 40
Hale & Norcross 2.651
NEW YORK, April 27. Closing quotations:
Adams Con $ .25Llttle Chief. ..-...$ .05
Alice 50iOntarIo 4.00
li recce ..' :25OphIr 11.00
Brunswick Con.. .03! Phoenix 04
Comstook Tun... .OSlPotosi 17
Con. Cal. & Va.. l.SOJSavage 6
Horn Silver l,SoSlerra Nevada 47
Iron Sliver 3.:0SinaIl Hopes 26
Leadvllle Con 05;Standard- 1.S5
BOSTON, April 27. Closing quotations:
Adventure . .
Allouez .v...
$ 3.75!.MIchlgan
, 21.00.Mohawk
si.50jy.otiu o. & c.
12.00.Old Dominion..
14.50Osceola
32.00Qulncy.
OfiO.uO, Shannon
lS.75Taniirack
72.23TrInily
12.00
49.00
u.25
24.U0
95.50
98.00
7.63
120.00
S.OO
31.00
S75
42.50
3.75
1I.3U
106.00
Amalgamated..
Am. Zinc
Atlantic
Bingham
Cal. & Hecla. .
Centennial . . .
Copper Range.
Daly West....
Dominion Coal
Franklin
Granny
Isle Reyale....
Mass. Mining. .
14.00U. S. Mining...
77.50iU. S. Oil
S 1.25 lU tali
3.-3yVletOTia
22.00 Winona
9.75Wolvorlne
Metal Markets.
NEW YORK April 27. The London tin
market was Irregular, with spot supplies held
a little higher at 139 2s 6d. while futures
were lower at 134 15s. Locally the market
was quiet. The range- was from 30.17H30.50c.
Copper was unchanged In London at C6 5s
6d for spot and C6 Ss 9d for futures. Lo
cally the market shows no fresh feature.
Lake is generally quoted from 15Ki.25c. and
there are rumors of metals obtainable for May
shipments under 15c: electrolytic steady;
Lake 13.25c. and casitng 14.95$tI5c.
Lead was unchanged locally, but was lower
at 12 6 3d In London.
Spelter was unchanged at 24 in London,
and at 5.99c locally.
Iron closed at 54s Id in Glasgow and at
51s 11 Hid in Mlddlesboro. Th dosaeetie mar
ket Is more or lees unsettled. No. 1 foundry'
Northern. $17.25gl8; No. 2 foundry Northers.
$16.75917.50; No. 1 foundry Southern and
No. 1 foundry Southern soft. $17.25$T.75;
No. 2 foundry Southern. $16.75J?17.23.
Idaho Crop Bulletin.
The Idaho weekly crop report says In part:
Damage to fruit by frost appears to have
been kes than was feared a week ago; while
many buds were killed, on. most treas a suf
ficient number of live Suds remained to
produce a good crop, should no further in
jury result; early fruits are setting well;
strawberry plants are blooming freely.
Fall and early sown Spring grain made
good growth during the week; seeding of
Spring grain is complete in most sections,
though work was seriously retarded by rain 1
in routheaetern counties: conditions are gen
erally, favorable for the germination of late
grain.
Growth of grass has been rapid during the
week: some of the lower ranges are failing,
but this applies ly but limited areas; grass
on most of the lower ranges Is much better
than usual.
Mild weather together with an abundance ot
feed resulted in marked improvement in the
condition of stock.
Dairy Produce In the East
CHICAGO. April 27. On the produce ex
change today tho butter market was steady:
creamery. 20$; 25c; dairy, 200 21 c
Eggs. steady, 14!jc; extras, 17 He
Cheese, steady. 14c.
NEW YORK. April 27.-Butter, weak; of
ficial prices: Creamery, common to extra,
244v29c; state dairy, common to extra, 22
28c; renovated, common to- extra. 170
27c; Western imitation creamery, common
to extra, 24S27c
Cheese Firm.
Eggs Unchanged.
Dried Fruit at New York.
NEW YORK. April 27. Evaporated apples
quiet. Common, 45Uc: prime. 5.3O4y5.40c;
choice 66!ic; fancy. Vex ir .
Prunes are attracting more' attention owing
to the expectation of a short crop, but spot
supplies show no Improvement. Prices range
from 2if5"e, according to grade.
Apricous are In smell supply on snot and
futures are offering less freely. Choice. 10&
30c; extra choice, 11c, and fancy, 1215c.
Peache are steady; choice. 1010Vic; extra
choice. 74Si7?ic, and fancy, ll12c
Raisins slow In demand and tone barely
steady; loose muscatels, 4Uf?6Ue; seeded rais
ins. 6U?6?4c. London layers, $1.0581.20.
Coffee and Sugar.
NEW YORK, April 27. Coffee futures closed
steady, unchanged. Hales. 37,250 bags, in
cluding May. 6.50c; July,.. 6.65.70c; Sep
tember, 6.6566. 90c; October, 7c; December.
7.1597.20c; March. 7.30c Spot Rio. steady;
No. 7, 75ic; mild, steady.
Sugar Raw. steady; fair refining, 4c; cen
trifugal, 96 tet; 4jc; molawes sugar, 3c
Refined, quiet; crushed. $6S3; powdered, $6.25;
granulated. $6.15.
Wool at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, April 27. Wool Steady; medium
grades combing and clothing. 2326V&c: light
fine. 18622!4c; heavy fine. 14915c; tub washed,
SOS SSc
New York Cotton Market.
NEW TORK. April 27. Cotton future
closed steady at a--net decline ot 5 points to
an laavance-oi ,s points. . . - .
ME OP LIQUIDATION
STOCK PRiCES CARRIED TO A.
. LOWER TjEVEIi.
Vague Fear in "Wall Street of Un
favorable Developments Yet
to Be Announced.
NEW YORK. April 27. The lack of con
fidence In the present level of prices was
the only obvious cause- for the wave ot liq
uidation which swept over the stock market
today and carried prices comprehensively to a
lower level. The liquidation was renewed
again and again, and tho entire lack of sop-'
port, and the failure to attract any effective
demand at the cheaper prices caused pro
gressive growth In the feeling of distrust.
The violence of the decline gave rise to a
crop ot sinister rumors of "something hang
ing over tho market."
The stocks centering about the Northern
Securities Company shared, fully In the day's
weakness, but they were not so singly con
spicuous a had been the case lately. Rumors
regarding these properties having passed from
the stage ot wholesale consolidation to that
ot complete antagonism followed by denials
of the supposed hostilities, and the stock
market Immediately settled to the normal con
dition again. The resulting rtate ot mind
on this topic Is fairly representative of that
on the many other subjects which have been
made the object of imaginative reports ot
late. Yesterday's retention of the former
dividend on Norfolk & "Western seemed to
shatter the hopes of speculators regarding a
large number of other stocks which have
been heavily bought on similar expectations.
The story ot the Louisville lease to Atlantic
Coast Line on a 7 per cent dividend basis,
which was the latest production ot this char
acter, obtained so little credit today that
those two stocks were among the principal
sufferers by reason of the -violent reaction
from yesterday's Jump. Rumors of mergers
among the metal industries, which have lifted
prices extensively, were equally open to sus
picion with consequent damage to the stocks
concerned.
Another break In the wheat market served
to renew anxiety regarding losses in that
speculation which w.ould have to be mado
good 1n the stock market. The opening Influ
ence on the selling from foreign financial cen
ler was etrong. owing to the unscttlcment
there over the International political outlook.
But It Is doubtful whether any or all ot
theie matters had as much Influence upon
the selling as a vague feeling of suspicion
and a fear of some unfavorable development
yet to be announced. The discussion of the
Milwaukee bank episode and the Equitable
Life scandal, with the United States Ship
building Incident, wero believed to threaten
a shade q distrust over a wide field and a
resulting loss of contldcnce was dreaded tor
Its results on credits.
The character ot today's selling was a plain
Intimation that Important liquidation remained
to be completed: The volume ot the selling
gave rise to some startling estimates of the
proportions ot the speculative losses which
have been suffered by reason of ill-judged
campaigns The market was scml-demorallzed
at the elose, and stocks showed losses of from
one to eight points.
Bonds were weak. Total sales, par value,
$2,(95,000. United States bonds were all un
changed on call.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing
Sales. High. Low. bid.
Atchlsun
do preferred ......
Atlantic Coast Line..
Baltimore & Ohio....
do preferred
Canadian Pacific
Central ot N. J
Chesapeake & Ohio..
Chicago & Alton
do preferred
Clil. ut. Wes;crn....
C. & N. W
C. M. & St. Paul..
Chi. Term. & Train.
do preferred
C. C. XU & SL L..
Colorado & Southern.
do 1st preferred....
do 2d prferrt-d....
Delaware tc Hudson.
Del.. Lack. &. W.t.
Denver & Rto Grande
do- preferred ......
Eric
do 1st preferred....
do 2d preferred....
Hocking Valley ....
da preferred
Illinois Central
Ion a Central
do preferred
K. C. Southern
do preferred
Louisville & Nash v.
Manhattan L
19.300 MTi S4fe
2,500 102b 1014
7.5W lUSti 101
17,600 1US 105
200 96 98'
101
160
103Vi
95
148
198
51t,
36
SO
21Ti
233
175
17
SlVj
9SV4
15,200 J01t 145
400 lvjyt
13.900 53-a
100 37U
200 SO
7.400 22
100 233
57,700 179
199
51!
37!
i0
2l!i
235
175
17
30!i
1W
27
59
37i,
1S7
100
1
400
SOU
l.Wu
200
300
33
10li
29 .1
59 M
9".t
ISO
2?Vj
376
XIV,
t5
42!i
500
17.300
S.1C0
3.C00
500
87
44,i
7!
67!-j
93
Stlfe,
42
77 i4
65 h
98
Tits
t5
90
15S
28
52
50
U
US!,
7.800 162i 133',,
200
2.300
4.300
0.300
1.200
53
COTi
65
150ft
5--I
30
63i
14S
163
Met, Securities
14.909
83H
Metropolitan St. Ry. 17.100 119ft 1164
Mexican Central 17.900 22; 20H
117
21
56
J12Vi
Minn. & St. Lxiuis...
M-. St. P. & S. S. M.
do preferred
Missouri Pacific ....
Mo.. Kan. & Texas.
do preferred ......
Mex. Not. R. R, pfd.
N. Y. Central
N. Y.. Ont. & West.
Norfolk & Western..
do preferred ......
Pennsylvania
P.. C. C. & St. L..
Reading
1,900 1144 113
100 159i 159!,
27.000 102 99
1,200 30 Vs 29 U
2.100 65 C2h
31,406 132ii 145!
21,000 SO; 7SU
153!i
99
29U
62
35
148
78W
92
13U
16
92:i
91
86
30
75
74.100 141
2.000 1UK
0.600 91,
139
14
62
do 1st preferred....
do 2d preferred .-
Rock Ioland Co 10,400 32V,
do preferred 3,700 76?i
30i
75
St. L. Sc S. F. 2d pfd.
67
St. Louis Southwest ..... 26
do 1) referred
1.000
62
61
62
Southern Pacific ...
do preferred
Southern Railway .
do preferred
Texas & Pacific.'...
Tol.. St. L. & West.
Bo preferred
Union Pacific
. 39.200
TOO
. 7,000
! "iVoo
300
.
.227.900
500
. 1.5C0
. 2.400
63h
H7i
61
ll.ij
Slfc
33i
35
57V,
121,
21
43H
17?a
21,
4Sh
170
61Ti
l3iit
97
H33J
35 ti
38
391
125!i
93 Vi
21i
43
17
121
1 P"
98":
21
do preferred
4.1!i
Wheeling & L, Erie.
200
700
1
Wisconsin Central ..
do preferred
Northern Pacific ....
Express Companies
Adams V
-l!i
400
49M,
"13
170
246
226
126
240
2,800 173
American
United States
200 126U 126
Wells-Fargo
Miscellaneous
Amal. Copper 11.800
Amer. Car & Found. 7.700
do preferred . 500
Amer. Cotton Oil
do preferred
American Ice ....... 00
do preferred 100
Amer. Linseed Oil.... 300
S4i
ioog
37U
93 U
..1
99k
93
5!i
SS!i
IS
38 Si
19
115
115;
18-11
do preferred
Amer. Locomotive .. 22,800 57
do preferred 900 11SH
Amer. Smelt. & Ref. 70.500 118
13
53
112
116Ti
do preferred 11.900 122U
121!
121H
Amer. Sugar Refining 14.600 142 13S
138
Amer. Tobacco nfd.
1.400 97
96
no
112
Anaconda Mining Co.
Brook. Ran. Transit.
500 115
114
63!i
49",
200
12!i
62
17'4
21H
0
'.0.200 66VJ
03
Colorado Fuel & Iron 13.500
J2
205
13!;
62
42S
179
22
SOU
49's;
Consolidated Gas .... 4J00
Com Products 3,000
do preferred 1tO
Distillers' Securities. . 2.000
General Electric .... 1.100
200U
17
41 U
175
21
International Paper.. 1.C00
do preferred .....
International Pump,
do preferred .....
National Lead .....
North American ...
500
B3
30
82
100
18.500
4.900
2.200
46
103U
43H
101!
43
102
Pacific Mail
39
ii'JVi
People's Gas 7,500 106 104ti 10
Pressed Stl Car... 1.500 -42 40 41
co preferred ...... .
95
Pullman Palace Car. 100 242
242 240
Republic Steel
l600 21 19 19W
32.0CO 78 73; 75
do preferred ....
Rubber Goods ....
do preferred ....
Tcnn. Coal & Iron
U. S. Leather;
do preferred ....
X. S. ReRlty ....
U.- S. Rubber. ...
do preferred ....
U. S. Steel
do nreferred
ocil axi 30',. 30?
400 107 105',t 105
21,400 93i S8 88
1.100 . 11 11 10
108
OW UIV5 VI NS
1.000 41 3931 39
3,000 111 110 109
100 102 100 100
Vlrg..Car. Chemical.
do preferred
Westlnghouse Electric
Western Union
JWRi J0t?Ji 10
2fK 175 174 172
100 93 93 93
Total sales for the day. 1,631.800 shares.
BONDS.
NEW TORK. April 27. Closing quotations
U. S. ref. 2s rg.104SAtchlson Adj. Is 96
do coupon 104 HID. & n. G. 4s... 101
0. 0. s reg....iu 1. cent. Ists.lOO
do coupon. ... .103 Nor. Pacific 3s.. 77
U. S. new 43 rg.132 tNOr. Pacific 4s.. 105
do coupon 133 ISo. Paeirtf? 4 nr.xt
U. S. old 4s reg.l04itUnion Pacific 4s. 103
no coupon iu4iw. Central 4s.. 04.
Stocks at LoHdoH.
LONDON, April 27. Consols for money
90; consols for account, 90.
Anaconda 6 iNorfolk & West. 82
Atchison SSldo preferred...
" do -preferred... 105 (Ontario & "Westfc-574
Downing, Hopkins & Co.
EstabUshe 1893
WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS
Room 4, Ground Floor
Baltimore & O..110U
-pTinn'Ivpnta. -
. . t z Vi
.. 10
,. 48
. 47
. 46
,. 33
. 99
,. 53.
..128
.101
.. 33
..1044
.. 23
, . 47
.. 89
Can. Pacific 153K
CUes. & Ohio. .. 54 H
(Rand Mines...
Reading
C Gt. Western. 23 K
do 1st prer. .
do 2d pref...
C. M. -. SL P. .1834
DeBeers 17 i
ISo. Railway...
i Tt nrand 2.1;
do oref erred.
do T referred.. . 891
So. Pacific
Erie 43
Union Pacific,
do preferred.
do 1st pref.. .. Slj
do 2d nrf.... COU
lU. S. Steel....
Illinois Central. 166
do nreferred.
Louis. & Nash.. 1574
jWabash
Mo.. Kas. & T. . 30
1 do prererrea.
(Spanish Fours.
N. Y. Central... 156 Vs
Money, Exchange, Etc.
NEW YORK. April 27. Money on call. firm.
2?iS3U per cent; closing bid. 2&. Time loans.
eady; 60 dajv, 3 per cent; 90 days. 3 per
cent; six months. 3?3 per cent. Prime mer
cantile paper. 4 4 per cent.
Sterling- exchange, firm, at $4.864534.8650
for demand, and at S4.84304.S455 for 60-day
bills. Posted rates, ,$4.S5tM.S7. Commercial
bills. $4.84ff4.84.
Bar silver. 56c
Mexican dollars. 4S44c.
Bonds. Government, steady, railroad -weak.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27. Silver bars,
56c -
Drafts, sight. 2e: telegraph. 5c'
Sterling on London. 60 days, $4.83; sight.
$4.87.
LONDON. April 27. Bar silver, dull, 26 3-164
per ounce. .
Money. 232 per cent.
The rate of discount In the open market for
rfiort bllln Is 22 per cent; for three months
bills. 22 per cent
Dally Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON. April 27. Today's state
ment of the Treasury shows:
Available cash balances $123.S50,2S2
Gold 63.133.514
LIVESTOCK MARKET.
Prices Quoted at Portland Union Stockyards
Yesterday.
Receipts at the Portland Union Stockyards
yesterday were 1020 Ahcep and 773 cattle. The
following prices were quoted; at the yards:
CATTLE Best Eastern Oregon steers.
$4.25; cows and heifers, $33.50; medium.
$1.50S2.
HOGS Best large, fat hogs, $8; block and
China fat, $5.25556.50; stockers. $5.
SHEEP Best Eastern Oregon and Valley.
$4.305; medium. $ (84.50.
EASTERN LIVESTOCK.
Prices Current at Kansas City, Omaha and
Chicago.
SOUTH OMAHA. April 27. Cattle Receipts.
35C0; market slow. Native steers. $4.4u&6.30:
cows and heifers. $2.505.15; Western steers.
$3.5095.25; canners. $1.75f3.35; etockers and
feeders, $2.75g5.10; calves, $2.756.0o; bull?.
stags, etc.. $2.604.60.
Hogs Receipts. 9500: market 5c lower.
Heavy. $5.1f36.20; mixed. $5.125.15; light.
$6.105.20; pigs. $4.7535.00; bulk of sales,
$3.12tl5.17.
bnecp Receipts. 2700: market steady; west.
cm yearlings. $6.006.50: wethera. $5.25tf3.65;
ewes, $4.7535.40; lambs, $6.7527.25.
CHICAGO. April 27. Cattle Receipts, SOOO;
market slow. Good to prime steers, $5.75
6.10; poor to medium. $4.305.C0; tockcn and
leedcrs. $2.735.30; cows, $2.75&5.50: heifers,
$2.505.75; canners. $1.3032.30; bulls. $2.40
5.00; calves. $2.505.50.
Hogs Receipts today, 22,000; tomorrow, 18.
000; market 10c lower. Mixed and butchers,
$5.255.35; good to choice heavy, $5.25si3.40;
rough heavy. $4.933.20; light. $3.295.35;
bulk of sales. $5.255.35.
Sheep Receipts, 1S.CO0: sheep and Iambs
steady. Cood to choice wethers, ihorn, $4.75
5.15; fair to choice mixed, shorn, $.1.734.30;
Western sheep, $3.7555.13; native lambs,
shorn, S4.00g6.50; Western lambs. $7.007.50.
KANSAS CITY. April 27.-CattIe Receipts,
8000; market weak to 10c lower. Native
steers. $l.5O&6.G0; native cows and heifers,
$2.50g'6.50: stockers and feeder. $3.00g5.00;
bullr. $2.735.75; calves. $3.006.23; Western
fed steers. $4.50(36.25; Western fed cows. $3.25
j5.25.
Hogs Receipts, 9000: market 10c lower.
Bulk of eW, $5.10115.22; heavy. $5.205.25;
packers. $5.1f33.22; plg.T and lights, $l.25
5.20.
Sheep Receipts. 6C00: market steady. Mut
tons', $4.25fG.75: lambs, $3.3087.23; range
wethers. $4.7536.50; fed ewes. $1.25S'3.40.
SAN FRANCISCO GRAIN LOWER.
Speculative Market Affected by Chicago
Break.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 27. (Special.)-The
bad break in Chicago prices and the general
dental of damage reports circulated by crop
killers in California caused lower prices for
wheat and barley futures In the local mar
ket. There wore- no new features In the spot
situation for cereals. Cash prices wero un
changed, but an easy tone predominates. Buy
ers are operating sparingly. Representatives
of leading mills report a better export In
quiry for flour. Feedatuffs wjre sluggish and
easy.
Grain freights are quiet, but vessels are firm
ly held. Owners now ask higher than the
union minimum rates.
Receipts of cherries were lighter and prices
firmer for selected stock, under a good and
local shipping demand. Orange .were In
ample supply and easy, but trade was more
active owing to warmer weather. Other citrus
fruits were quiet and unchanged. Bananas and
pineapples are fairly plentiful.
Receipts ot new potatoes were lighter, but
the market Is heavily stocked from yester
day's arrivals and prices are weaker. Old po
tatoes are generally weak. The first new
red onions of the season arrived and sold
for 3 cents. Old onions arc quiet and weak.
Asparagus Is firmer. Green peas are- steady.
Fancy tomatoes are scarce and high. Three
-carloads of this vegetable are due from Flor
ida and Mexico early next week. The first
new string beans from Winters sold at 20
cents.
Dairy products are weak. Eggs are lower.
Receipts, 77.100 pounds butter, 3165 pounds
cheese. 64.350 dozen eggs,
VEGETABLES Garlic. 10215c: green peas.
2J4c; string bean. 8311c; asparagus, 4
7c; tomatoes, nominal; egg plant. 15c
POULTRY Turkey gobblers. lS20c; roost
ers', old. $44.50; do young. $6.507.50; broil
ers, small. $22.50; do large. $.".23.50: fryers,
$5.5036; hens, $5ffCC0: ducks, old, $637; do
young. $7S. -
CHEESE Young America, 12gl2c; East
ern. 16gl7c.
BUTTER Fancy creamery. lSc; creamery
seconds. 18c; fancy dairy". l"c; dairy sec
onds. 17c
EGGS Store. 17?17c; fancy ranch, 39c
HAT Wheat. $10$13; wheat and oat, $9$
12; barley. $S10: alfalfa. $7610; clover, $7
3; stock. $5.5087; straw. 25 1; 30c
MILLFEED Bran. $21S21.50; middlings.
$28626.50.
WOOL Nevada, 16320c
FRUIT Apple, chotce. $2.25; do common,
$1; bananas. 73c2.50; Mexican limes, $4.50.
5; California lemons, choice. $2.50; do com
mon. 75c: oranges, naveU, $1$2.25; pineap
ples. $2.50-54.
HOPS 24(?26c per pound.
POTATOES River Burbanks. 73c$1.10;; Sa
linas Burbanks, 90c3$1.10; sweets, nominal;
Oregon Burbanks, $11.35.
RECEIPTS Flour, 7393 quarter encks;
wheat. 3829 centals: barley. 7748 centals:
beans, 6S1 sacks; potatoes. 2500 sacks; bran,
230 sacks; hay, 310 tons; wool. 1530 bales;
hides. 803.
Move Residence by Scows.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. April 27. Spe
cial.) Creech Bros., of this city, will un
dertake the removal of the "Nlmms resi
dence from Cosmopolte to this city, a dis
tance of six miles, on scows. The build
ing -was erected during: the boom days at
a cost of $20,000, and Is one of the finest
homes on the Pacific CoasL Recently
it has been used as a hospital, but on
Its .location- here it will be refitted. lor a
private-residence, for Dn Smits. . j
Chamber of Commerce
MANY BEARISH FACTORS
WHEAT. SliTJIPS AT CHiaGO,
BUT STIFFENS AT CLOSE.
Fino Growing: TVcatlicr and Break
at Liverpool Cause "Weakness.
Tlccovors on Bull Buying;.
CHICAGO. " April 27. At the opening the
wheat market was decidedly weak. May was
oft l03c. at $S3P0c. while July was
down at 82S3c Under enormous
sales from scattered longs, the price of May
was forced down to S6ic before the end of
the' first hour. Millions of bushels of wheat
are said to have changed hands during the
break. July slumped off In sympathy t S2
S2c. A number of Influences entered Into
the situation and tended to create the pre
vailing bearish sentiment. One of the leading
elements was a iharp break in wheat prices
at Liverpool. Another prominent factor was
weakness at Minneapolis. Perhaps the most
vital cause, however, was the excellent weather
prevailing throughout the United States. Addi
tional rain had fallen over the Wlntr wheat
belt. With prediction of higher temperatures,
prospects were favorable for the Fall-sown
crop. Toward midday, buying of wheat by a
leading bull givc some- support to - the mar
ket, but th? effect of the buying was' partial
ly offcet by rumors that the same operator was
selling under cover. Later, a firmer tone de
veloped on quite general covering by shorts.
The close was moderately firm with final
quotations on May at SSc July eloeed at $3c
Lower cables and the break in Wheat
caused heavy selling of corn early In the
session, resulting In considerable weakness,
but with a good demand from shorts. th-mar-ket
become quite strong. July closed !4Sc
higher, at 46g-iSc
Oats closed practically at the highest point
ot the day. July opened at 2S2lc, sold
up to 23"iC. and closed at the top.
The feature of trading In provisions was
renewed liquidation of May holdings, and the
market was weak. The July pork option
closed at a decline of 15j?17c. at $12.25: lard
was off 25c. at $7.25. and ribs were un
changed at $7.12.
The leading futures, ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Open. High.
$ .90 $ .90
83 .SU
SO .80
CORN.
45 .46
45 .40$
46 .46
OATS.
28, .2Si
2S .28
2S?s .28
MESS PORK.
11.92 12.!0
12.27 12.35
LARD.
7.02 7.07
7.20 7.23
7.40 7.40
SHORT RIBS.
6.80 6.S2
7.07 7.12
7.27 7.32
Low.
.824
79fc
Close.
.70
May
July
Sept.
May
July
Scpt
.46
.44,
.46
May
July
Sept.
May
July
.2S
.2b
.2$
-28
.28
2ii
11.92 lt.92Vi
12.25 12.23
May
July
Sept.
7.2
7.20
7.37
7.07
7.25
7.40
May
July
Stpt.
6.S0
7.07
7.27
62
7.1
Cash quotations were as follows;
Flour Ha y.
Wheat No. 2 Spring. 6g0c; No. 3. S3ftr;
No. 2 red. SO490c
Com No. 2. 4cc; No 2 yellow. -I7c.
Oats No. 2. 29c; No. 2 white. 31e; Ne. 3
white. 29e30;c.
Itye No. 2, 73c.
Brly Good feeding. 37&39e; fair to choice
malting. 44f47c
Flaxseed. No. 1, $1.23; No. I XertkiveMerji,
$1.40.
Timothy seed Prime. $2,90.
Met pork Per barrel. $11.90 11.03.
Lard Per 100 lbs.. $7.0Sg-7.07.
Short rtfcs hides Loose $6.7510.57.
Short clear sides Boxed, $6.87tJ7.
Clover Contract grade. $13.50.
Itaceipts. Shipments.
Flour, barrels 27,000 12.300
Wheat, bushels 37.100 1JU60
Corn, bushels S3.300 2tS.90
Oat, bushels 01.30) 95.600
Rye. bushels 2.000 1.300
Barley, bushels 47.300 13.6$0
Grain and Produce at New York.
'NEW YORK. April 27. Flour Receipts. 13 -300
barrels; exports, 3CO0; dull and weak.
Wheat Receipts, 21.000 bushels; pot. easy:
No 2 red, 9rvte, nominal elevator: No. 2
led. 92c. nominal f. o. b. afloat: No. t
Northern Duluth. 94c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1
hard Manitoba. 95c f. o. b. afloat. Bears
scored again In wheat today, forcing big
declines In all option, and low records for
the year. A final rally on covering left the
market steady at ftr2c n-t decline. May
closed 9fc: July closed SSc, and Septem
ber dreed S3ic
Hop and hides Steady.
Wool Firm.
Grain at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 27. Wheat, steady:
barley, easier.
Spot quotations:
Wheat-Shipping. $1.4531.51; milling. $1.35
ffi.eeu.
Barley-Feed. $1.1S?;1.20: brewing. $1.22
1.25.
Oats Red. $1.40-81.60; white. $1.42Jgl.60;
black. $1.32ffl.45.
Call board sales r
Wheat May. $1.42 bid: December. $1.27.
Barley May. $1.10 bid, $1.14 asked; De
cember, S7c
Corn Large yellow. $1.271.30.
Tfheat at Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL. April 27. Close Wheat. May,
6s 5d; July. Bs 6d; September. 6 4d.
Wheat at Tacoma.
TACOMA, April 27. Wheat, unchanged;
bluest em, 92c; club 83c
TRAVELERS GUIDE.
COLUMBIA RIVER SCENERY
PORTLAND to THE DALLES
Regulator
Line Steamers
Steamers leave Portland
dally, except Sunday. 7 A.
TJv rVi fnr ttnlrUnrial.. n,l T--M-1.I.-. V. .
ley points. Round trip to Cascade Locks
every Monday. Wednesday and Friday
Landing foot of Alder st. Phone Main 511 "
S. M'PONALP. Agentl
City Ticket Office, 122 Third St., rhono 6S0.
2 OVERLAND TRAINS DAILY O
The Flyer and the Fast MaU. m
SPLENDID SERVICE-
CP-TO-D.VXE EQUIPMENT
COtJRTEOUS EMPLOYES
For tickets, rates, folders and full Infor
mation, call on or address
H. DICKSON. City Passenger and Ticket
Agt.. 122 Third, street. Portland. Or.
JAPAN-AMERICAN LINE
S. S. IY0 2CAi7.
For Japan, China and all Asiatic Forts, will
Xsats Seattle Abeut Hay !.
TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
SriGfsrLwi
an Union Pacific
3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY
Through Pullman standard and tourist
sleeping-cars daily to Omaha. Chicago Spo
kane; tourist sleeping-car dally to Kansas
City; through. Pullman tourist sleeping-cas
(personally conducted) weekly to Chicago.
Reclining chair-cars (seats free) to the East
Daily.
UNION DEPOT. Leaves Arrives.
CHICAGO-PORTLAND 9:15 A. M. 5:23 P.M,'
SPECIAL for the Eaat Daily. Dally.
via Huntington.
SPOKANE FLYER 8:.M
For Eastern Washington. Walla. Walla.
Lewistoo, Coeur d'Alene and Great Northers.
points.
ATLANTIC EXPRESS ...- ,f v
XorttheEa.t via Hunt-
RIVER SCHEDULE.
FOR ASTORIA and
way points, connecting
wlm steamer for llwa
co and North Beach
steamer Hassalo. Ash
st. d6ck (water per.)
3:00 P.M.
5:00 P.
Dally,
except
Sunday
Dally.
excepc
Sunday.
Saturday.
10:00 P. M.
FOR DAYTON. Ore
gun city and Yamuut
River uoints. Ash-t.
dock (water per.)
I MO A. J.
Dally
except
Sunday.
FOR LEWISTON.
Idaho, and way poluu.
from Riparia. Wash.
Monday. 5:Wi-.i.
vVedneMay 1 Tuesday.
Friday. .Thursday.
, Sunday.
TICKET OFFICE, Third and Washington.
Telephone Main 712. C. W. Stinger. City Tlck
et Agt.; A. L. Craig. General passenger Agt.
SAN FEANCISC0&P0&TLAND
S. S. CO.
Operating the Only Passenger Steamers for
San Francisco Direct.
"Columbia" May 6. 16. 26; June 13, 25.
"Oregon" May 1. 11. 21, 31; June 10, 20.
30.
AINSWORTH DOCK AT S P. M.
Through ticket via San Francisco to all
points in United States. Mexico Central and
South America. Panama. Honolulu. China, Ja
pan, the Philippines. Australia. New Zealand
and Round-the-World Tours.
JAS. H. DEWSON. Agent.
Phone Main 268. 24S Washington sU
EASTvn
SOUTH
Leaves.
JUNIONDEPOT t Arrlvea.
OVERLAND EX-i
PRESS TRAINS
for Salem. Rose
burg. Ashland,
louamenlu, Og
aeu. San Francis
co, Mojave, Loj
Angeles, El Pao,
New Orleaus and
ine East.
Monunt; train
coliecii at Wuod-
S:30 P. M.
A.M.
8:39. A. M.
8:00 P. t
burn dally eJ.ptj
Sunday with train 1
tor Mount Anget.
Siiverion. Eru.
1 vllie, Springfield, 1
I nidling aua fa
iron.
4:00 P. M,
Albany passenger
cornects at Wood
burn with Ml. An
gel and Silvertoa
iocaL
CorvaHIs passenger
Sheridan passenger
10;1UA. M.
7:30 A. M.
H4S30 P. M.
mz30 P. M.
rt.S:25 A. M.
Dally, (f Dally, except Sunday.
PORTLAND-OSV.'ECO SUBURBAN SSRVICS
AND
TAMHILL DIVISION.
Leavp Portland dally for Oswego at T:33
A. M.. 12:30. 2:03, S:55. 5:20. 6:25. 7:45. 10:10
P. M. Dally, except Sunday. 5:30. -0:30. S;30.
10:25 A. M.. 4:10, 11:30 P. M. Sunday only.
3 A. M.
Returning from Oswego arrives Portland
dally S:30 A. 31.. 1:33. 3:05. 4:55. 6:13. 7:33.
9:35. 11:10 P. M. Dally except Sunday. 6:25.
7:25. 9:30. 10:20, 11:45 A. M. Except Mon
day. 12:25 A. M. Sunday only. 10 A. M.
Leave from same depot tor Dallas and In
termediate points daily except Sunday. 4:10
P. 51. Arrive Portland. 10:10 A. M.
The Independence-Monmouth motor llns
operates dally to Monmouth and Alrlle. con
necting with S. P. Co. trains at Dallas and
Independence.
First-class fare from Portland to Sacra
mento and San Francisco. $20; berth. $3,
Second-class fare. $13; second-class berth.
$2.30.
Tickets to Eastern points and Europe. Alsa
Japan. China, Honolulu and Australia.
CITY TICKET OFFICE, corner Third and
Washington streets. Phone Main 712.
TIME CARD
0FTRA1NS
PORTLAND
Depart. Arrtva.
Puget Sound Limited for
Tacoma. Seattle. Olym-
pla. South Bend and
Gray's Harbor points... 8:30am 4:43 pod
North Coat Limited for
Tacoma. Seattle. Spo
kane. Butte, St. Paul.
New York. Boston and
all points East and
Southeast 3:00 pm 7:00 ang
Twin City Express tor
Tacoma. Seattle, Spo
kane, Helena. St. Paul.
Minneapolis. Chicago,
New York, Boston and
all points East and
Southeast 11:45pm 7:00 pes
Puget Sound-Kansas Clty
St, Louis Special, for
Tacoma, Seattle, Spo
kane, Butte, Billings.
Denver. Omaha. Kan&as
City. St. Louis and all
points East and South
east 8:30 am 7:00 ass
All trains dally, except on South. i5anl
branch.
A. D. CHARLTON. Assistant General Pas
senger Agent. 255 Morrison at., corner Third.
Portland. Or. -
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
' Leaves.
UNION DEPOT.
Arrlvn.
Dally.
For Muygers. Rainier.! Dall
Clatsuanle, Westport, .
Clifton. Astoria, war-
8:00 A. M
renton, FlaveL Ham- 11:10 A M.
mono, uon Stevens,
Gearhart Park. Sea
side. Astoria and Sea
shore. Express Dally.
7:00 P. M
Astoria luxpress. j 90 $ jj
C. A. STEWART, J. c. MAYO.
Comm'l Agt.. 248 Alder St. G. F. & P. A.
Phone Main 906.
For South - hastern Alaska
Steamers leave Seattle.
S. S. Humboldt. S. S
City of Seattle. S. a Co:
tage City. April tl. 17. 13.
23. 25. 2S. Excursion S. S.
Spokane leaves June 8-22.
July 6-20, August 8-17.
Belllngham Bay Route.
Dally except Saturday at
3:30 P. ii
Dally. excepc
Sunday.
Up Jo)
Vancouver. B. C. Route: Monday. Wednes
day and Friday. 10 P. M.
Portland office. 249 Washington at.
C, D. DUN ANN. O. P. A.,
6a"a Francuca,