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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1905)
THE HORXIXg OKEGONIANr FRIDAY, JULY 28, iS03. 15 HOP PRICES FIRMER Reaction in Favor of Sellers Is -Looked For. . BUYERS ARE MORE ACTIVE "Future of Wheat Market Depends on Conditions in Russia Wool Val ues Strengthening Bana ilas Arrive Under Ice. HOPS Hardening tendency in local market. WHEAT Buyers oiler 75 cents for club. WOOL Eastern markets' are stronger. FIU'IT First car or bananas re ceived under Ice. VEGETABLES Cucumbers drug on market. POULTRY Strong demand for chickens. EGGS - Better movement causes firmness. BUTTER Various opinions as to ad vance in store grades. A reaction in hop prices is Imminent, if present conditions can be regarded as an index to the future. While the felling pres sure has been relaxed somewhat, the dis position to buy is more apparent than at any time In the past month. Except Krebs and onft or two others, all the large specu lators in this state have cleaned out their holdings and buyers now must deal direct with growers. This explains the presence of dealers agents in all parts of the country. The majority of growers show considerable firmness, whjch js further Increased by the presence of buyers in their territory, all try ing to secure hops. Whenever a lot is put on the market It Is quickly taken up. While prices have not ad-anccd, growers are well fattened with the fact that they have not declined under the liberal selling or the pan week. There Is distinctly a hardening tendency In the market, and with no decrease in the buying pressure, a higher level or values should be reached. Whether or not the buying would cease ir prices advanced re mains to seen. There is reaaon to believe, however, that brewers'" stocks are light, and that their buying is not merely the result or the lowering or prices from the extremes that prevailed earlier In the season. A number of transactions were reported yesterday, out generally small lots. Harry Hart bought the Stevenn lot of 25 bales at 17 cents, and A. J. Ray bought two lots aggregating 60 bales at the earn price. Loula Laehmund bought the Hager lot at Fairfield. 10 bales, at about 16H cents. Scavey & Metrler bought or T. A. Rlggs 40 bales at IS cents, and secured the remainder of the Horer & Zorn lot. Of the latter lot. 60 bales were secured at 17i cents and 65 bales at an average price of 17 cents. H. J. Ottenheimer Is alaa reported to have purchased 180 bales or Chinese hops, but the figure was not learned, A local dealer estimates that there are about 13.500 bales of hops In growers' and dealers' hand In this state. Excluding those held Toy speculators, -which cannot be touched now, he figures that same 10.000 bales remain to be marketed. Other dealers estimate the available supply much smaller. One thing Is certain, and that if. if the coming crop should 1e inferior In quality, there will be a good demand for 1004s. which will sell for prices equal to those of new hops. WHEAT TRADE STILL QUIET. Some Buyer Offering 75 Cents for Club "Prospects In Russia. The amount or trading In new wheat eat or the mountains Is yet very small. Some buyers are offering on the basis or 75 cents. Portland for club, but declare that the'ex rort market does not Justify paying over 73 cents. Bluestem la quoted at 7SJT60 cents. Jfo business at all has been reported yet In valley wheat, on which SO cents Is offered. Traders have not yet made up their minds as to the course of the coming market, and the direction that the surplus movement will take, or If they have, they are not ventur lng an opinion for publication. The chances of an eattbound movement are letenlng from day to day, and it now looks aa if Europe as in times gone by. would be the market for the crop or this section, excepting what Cal ifornia and the Orient will require, ir the Northwestern wheat Is to go to Europe, either values here must deollne or prices at Liver-. pool advancer materially. There Is come prospect or the latter event in the news that y coming out of Rum la. The crop there has LITered damage, and should it be serious enough to cause, a prohibition of exports from the Crars realms, Oregon and Washington farmers will be among those that will profit by It On this subject, the latest Issue of Broom hair Corn Trade Xews received here says: "The. dally press has published a rather unfavorabl- report, but this appear to be only an- "enlarged edition of what we gave a week ago. which reported the condition of Winter wheat as 'average'; rye "below aver age' . Spring wheat, barley and oats 'above average. Our own latest advices are varied, for while Odessa and XlcoiaiefT still report that conditions" (mainly In the Southwest) are good or -improving, a report to hand this day from Rostoff says that latest news from Eastern and Southeastern districts Is less favorable. Our correspondent writes that all agre the crops suffered more or lesj from the long drouth' and that nothing more than a bare average harvest (taken as a whole) can be expected. For Azlma and Ullca wheats an average yield Is expected; the hard wheat crop Is now at a critical Juncture and noth ing definite can be said. Shipments continue on a large scale. Rostoff still reports dlf culty in finding sufficient stuff to load the fleet lying in the Taganrog roads, and which had Increased to 30 steamers when our last advice left. The expected Increase in ship ments did not fall to materialise at Odessa and Nloolaleff. but it is difficult to fay what will happen in the near future, although ir thlppers get the chance they are certain to hurry awar their grain as fast as posejble." WOOL VALUES HARDENING. Improvement In Goods Market Helps Iwlcea in the East. The vnlutn if ia1... . . ii c weeic has been eminently satisfactory to holders or wool, and all conditions have favored fellers, eays the Boston Commercial Bulletin. According to the opinion of prominent deal ers, the market has never been In a better position. The tone Is as strong a It has been at any time, and dealers have the utmost confidence in value. The openlncs of ts. higher grades of goods at New Tork at ad vances which were swUJaed. have lent ad ditional stability to the market. j Buying tees dletr aad all Unfa j of -wool nere ta demand. Sales of 100.000 pqund lots have heen made, whet-era ten times the amount could have bees disposed ir the selections were to he had. Large lines have been well broken up. and It Js hard to obtain a large lot of one kind. As one of the largest dealers says: "I haven't a million pounds of any one line left, and rrom what I understand, other dealers are In the same position." The smaller mills are buying In lots or 50.000 to 200.000 pounds, which are about their normal amounts. This buying In a small way has been steady and constant, producing many customers. The larger mills are also looking around, and it la thought that considering the steady man ner in which they are consuming wool, a re turn -for further supplies Is not far distant. Fleeces have begun to show signs of actliity, and It Is said that a large amount has already been sold. Australlsn merinos have also had a good movement, at least 1000 hales having been transferred. Pre vious to this week, business In these wools had been confined to the purchase of sam ple hags, but now having tested the wools and found them satisfactory, the laying In or supplies by consumers has begun. One of the largest lines or choice Wyom ing held by an? dealer, is being rapidly disposed or at 25 to 2Se. and a movement or 1,000.000 pounds or Oregon staple Is raid to have taken place at a range or 24 to 27c Texas wools have sold moderately well; and Calirornlas have been fairly active. BANANAS UNDER ICE. First Car of the Kind Ever Received Here More Lemons Arrive. The first car or bananas ever brought to Portland under( Ice reached Front street yes terday. It came by way of the Southern Pacific, and was in fine condition. Three more banana cars are due today. Two cars or lemons were received yester day. Deciduous generally were In good sup ply, though there was a scarcity or peaches, fancy" Oregons selling at 75c to fU and Cali fornia Crawfords at 5 cents. Plums were plentiful at 75 cents, and apricots were Is great demand at 0 cents. A feature or the market was the arrival or a lot of cherries from Cove. They -were small, but sold fairly wel. Royal Annes bringing SI. while Black Oregons were held at $1.15. There was no change in the watermelon situation. Two cars are on the way from Lodl. the first of which will arrive today. The steamer brought up a fair supply of fruit, which will be' of fered today. CHICKENS SELL PROMPTLY. Better Tone In the Egg Market Conflict ot Opinions on Store Butter. A good many chickens came In. but no dif ficulty was found in dUpodng ef them. Old hens generally ranged from IS to 13 "4 cents, and Springs from 16 to 17 cents. Eggs showed omt firmness under a better demand, and were quoted at 2f22He for Ore gon and 21 cents for Eastern. There was no change in the butter market. Some dealers questioned the advisability of advancing the quotation on store butter. maintaining that it is not werth over IS cents or 154 cents at the roort. Cucumbers Are a I) nip. Oregon cucumbers are a drug on the mar ket, and seme dealers ay they cannot give them away, quoting 25 cents a hex as the top. The hothouse variety was weaker at 25S-40c Plenty or Oregon tomatoes were on hand and were quoted at 00 cents to (1 a crate. Hothouse tomatoes were held at 11.50. Package Coffees Higher. The firmness in the Eastern market for low-grade coffee, that has been noticeable for some time, hat resulted in an advance of -cent a pound In Arbuckle'a and Lion. The new price on these package brands Is f 15.25. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings ef the Northwesters cities yesterday were as follows: . Clearings. Balances. Portland $ 582.255 ? 09.257 Seattle 1,103,151 40S.2S1 Tacoma 541.403 30.772 Spokane 382.177 32.1S9 PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grata, Flour. Feed. Etc, FLOUR Patents. $4.5005.10 per barrel: straights. $404.25: clears. $3.7504: Valley. $3.0004.25; Dakota hard wheat, $0.50 0 7.50; Graham. $3.5004; whole wheat, $4 & 4.25; rys flour, local, $3: Eastern. $5.8005.00: corn- roeat, per bale. $1.90 0 2.20. WHEAT New club. 73075c per bushel; new bluestem, 76060c; per buthel; new Valley. 60c BARLEY Old feed. 121.50322 or ton; new feed. $20; rolled. $23024. ' OATS No. I white feed, $29030 per ton; . gray. $20. I Tff T 1 ii-fT'trCC T ,n . . ...-w . . . yi luu ; xaia- dllngs. $24.50; shorts. $21; chop. U. S, Mills. $19; linseed dairy feed. $1S; Acalfa meal, $18 per ton. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream, 00 pound sacks, $6.75; lower grades. $536.25: oatmeal, steel cut, 50-pound sacks, $S per barrel: 10-pound sacks. $4.25 per bale; oat meal (ground!. 50-pound tacks $7.50 per barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4 per bale; spilt peas, S3 per 100-pound sack; 25-pound boxes. $1.40; pearl barley. $4.25 per 100 pounds; 25 pound boxes. $1.25 per box; pastry flour. 10. pound sacks. (2.50 per bale, .,:IM1!,mothj"' i30is p- '": e. $11012; clover. $809; grain. $509; cheat. $S09. Vegetables, Fruit, Etc DOMESTIC FRLITS-Apples. table. $1,503 2.50 per box; new. foc&f 1 75 per box; apri cots. Kf per crate; peaches. 7Sc0l per crate; plumr. 75c per crate; blackberries, t& 6c per pound; cherries, f 101 15 per box; cantaloupes. $2.7503.50 crate; pears. $2.25 per box; currants. 8a p-r pound; prunes. fc5ce$l; raspberries. $1.25 per xrate. watermelons, lc per pound; crab apples. Mo aer box: nec tarines. $1 per box. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, choice. $4.50 05.60; oranges, navel, fancy. $2.6002.75 box; choice. $202.50; standard. $1.&O0L76; Mediter ranean sweets. $2.5002.75; Valencia. $3,259 3.. 5; grapefruit, $2.6003 per box; bananas, 5Hc per pound; pineapples. $2.500 $J per dozen. m FRESH VEGETABLES Artier aes, & doten. bec. I04e per pound, cabbage, 1 lVe. per pound, cauliflower. 75490c oer -Inxen: celery. 75085c per dozes; corn, 75c0$l per bag, cucumbers. 25050c box; egg plant, 17fe 20c. lettuce, hothouse, 25c per dozen; lettuce; head, 10c per dozen: parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 266c per pound; peppers, 16c per pound; radishes, 10012c per dozen: rhubarb. lH02Uc per pound; tomatoes 9O0$iM per 'crate: squash. 5c per pound. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, $1,259 1.40 per sack; carrots. $L25OL50 per sack: pound.1125 Ptr Cki 5arllc' per ONIONS Red. $1.25 per hundred: yellow. POTATOES Oregon, new. K)c0$l; Callfor nla, new. 65c0$L RAISINS Loose Muscatels. 4-crown. 74c: 5-layer Muscatel raisins, "He; unbleached, seedless Sultanas, Sie; London layers, 3 crown. whole boxes of 20 pounds. $1.SS: 2 crown. $1.75. DRIED FRUrrS Apples, evaporated 6 OHe per pound; sundrled. sacks or boxes, none; apricots. SH09c; peaches. 910V-c: 2e.I5,..none.' Pf""- Italian. 43e: French, 2H03nc; figs. California blacks. t,cz do white, none: Smyrna, 20e;.rard dates, ect plums, pitted, 6c Barter, Egg, real try. Etc. BUTTER City creameries; Extra cream ery. -22H025C per pound, state creameries: fCY creamery. 3O022Vc; store butter. Uf? K2?c r'neh r!rHC CHEESE-Oregon full cream twlna. 12c: Toung America. 15c. ' POUDTRT Average old hens. lSfflJUc mixed chickens. 1215Hc: old roosters. lo lOVic: young roosters. 11012Hc; Epringa, 1H to 2 pounds, 16H17c: 1 to 1U pounds, lfi7e' dretsad chickens. 13014c; turkeys. Uvl 18419c turkeys, dressed, choice. 2O0224c; geeseTllve rr.u?dV 7.c.: Pressed, per pound! 9010c: ducks, old. iSc; ducks, young. lo14c" pigeons. $101.25: squabs. CffTSO. Greeerlea, Nata. JBtc. lumbla roast, cares. 100s. $14.25; 40s, $14.25: Arbuekle. $15.26; Lloa. $15.26. RICE Imperial Jspas No. 1. 5.J7U; South ern Jssn. $.90: CaroUsaa. &V;. hrekea. head. 2C SALMON Columbia Klver. l-teta taHs. $1.75 pt-r : 2-poiad tails. $2.M: l.mw Aats. $l-6: laser, lei- juVs. $Tm-Vi-pewd at. -$L19; Alaska ylaicUptmi talis. Me; red. l-yosad tails. $L30; toefceyt. 1-pousd tails. ll-SJ. SUGAR Back basts. 100 pounds: Cafee. S5.CS; powdered. SS.O; dry granulated. M-30; extra C SI.S0: golden C 170. fruit sugar, advance over sack basis, as fol lows: Barrels. 10c; half-barrels. 25c: boxes. We Jer 100 pounds (Terms: Os Teralttaaca within 15 days, deduct Uc per pound; if later than 15 days and within 30 days, de duct He ser pound; so discount after so days.) Beet sugar, granulated. 15.20 per iuv pounas; mspie rugv. igisc per poucii. SALT California. Jll per ton. fl.fti per Iiehalf-Dound. 100s. J7:SOs NUTS Walnuts. I2c per pound by sack, lc extra sor teas teas sacx; uraxu nuts. 15c; filberts. 14c: pecans, 'umbos. 14c: extra lane. 1 5c; almonds. L X. L.. lSVc; chestnuts, It tans, ioc; unio. n.zv per so-pocnaciua:' pea nuts, raw. "He per pound; roasted. Set pine nut. 1012Hc: hickory nuts, c; cocoasuta. c: -cocoanuis. ugvoc per oozes. BEANS Small white. 3ffV(c: large white. 2 Vic; pink, SUeSlic: bayou. 4 Vic: Lima, a Hops, Wool. Hide. Etc. HOPS Choice l&irt, 170 Uc per pound. WO01-Easters Oregon average best. 1M 21c; lower grades, down to lie. acecrdiag to shrinkage: Valley. ff7c per pound. MOHAIR Choice, Sic per pound. HIDES Dry hides. No. L 16 pounds and cn. 16gl6Vic per pound; dry kip. No. 1. S to 10 pounas. ii0i"C per pousa. cry calf. No. 1. under S pounds. ITQISc; cry called, bulls and stags, one-third less thas dry Slat; (culls, moth-eaten, badly cut. scored, murrain, hiir. clipped, weather-beaten or grubby. 2ffJc per pound less); salted hides, steers, sound. S3 pounds -and over. VSlOc per pound: 50 to 60 pounas. per pousa. unaer. j pounds and cows. fitJOe per pound, salted kip. sound. 15 to 30 pounds. 9: per pound; salted veaL sound, 10 to 14 pounds. 9c per pound; salted calf, sound, under 10 pounds. 10c per pound -(green unsalted, le per pound less; culls, lc rtr pound less). Eheep slcl&s; Shearlings. No. butchers' atocx. 25QBOC each; short wool. No. 1 butchers stock. -tOOSOc ech: medium. wool. No. 1 butchers' stock. fiOQSOc. long wool. No. 1 butchers' stock. S161.S0 each. Murrain oeltx from 10 to 20 -per cent less or lrg.i- per ywuuu. uui,c iiibu. MJici. yen. CCOiUi. 10 tire. Jl.S0ff3; dry. each, according to aise. ' 1 61.50; colts hides. 25850c each, goat skins, common. 10015c each; Aurora, with wool on ' TALLOW Prime, per pound. 2H0'e; No. 2 ana xreaic, -oc FURS Bear skins as to sire. No. L J2.S0 010 each; cube. 3162: Merer. 25050c: wild cat. with head perfect. 25S50c; house cat, 5310c; fox. common gray. 50070: red. 3& 5; cross. 13ft 15. silver and black. SIOO&200; tubers. S506: lynx. l.ZQQ6: mink, strictly No. 1. according to lze. $102.50; marten, dark Northern, according to :z and color. S1O015; marten, sale. pine, according to size and color. $2,500-4; rauikrar, large. 10015c: ikusk. 40050c: civet or polecat, 6010c; otter, large, prime skin. 3S01O; panther, with head ana claws perfect, 7205: raccoon, prime. 30 50:; mountain wolf, with head perfect, JXW 05; covote. CO0$1; wolverine. $0S: beaver, per akin, large. $508; medium, 34: small. S101.5Q: kits. &0375C BEESWAX cood. deas and pure. 20322c per pound. CASCARA S EG RAD A (Cblttam bark Good. Svvc per pound. GRAIN BAGS-Calcutta. 707Hc rrorlsIOBs aad Canard Meats. HAMS 10 to It pounds, 13 Vic per pound; 14 to 16 pounds. 13Uc; Is to 20 pounds. 13Vic; California iplcnic), yc; cottag hams. 9c; shoulders. 9c; boiled ham. 21c; boiled plc slo ham. boneless, liu BACON Fancy breakfast, 19c per pound; etasdard breakfast. 17c; choice. IS Vic; Eng lish bresktast, 11 to 14 pounds. HVic; peach bacon. ISVic. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears. 10c dry rait, HUc smoked; clear backs. 10c dry rslt, 11c smoked; clear bellies. 14 to 17 pounds average, none: Oregon exports. 20 to 25 pounds, average. HUc dry salt, 121ic smoked: Union butts. 10 to 16 pounds aver age, none. PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels. $1S: balf barrels. $9.50; beer, barrels. $12; hair barrels. $4LS0. SAUSAGE Portland ham. ISc per pound: minced ham. 10c: Summer. choice dry. lTVic; bolcgna, long. IVtc; welnerwurst. Sc. liver. 6c: pork. 9c; blood. 5c; headcheese, ec; bologna sausage, link. 4c CANNED MEATS Corned beef, pounds, per ieztn. J1.25; two pounds. $2.35; six pounds. $S. Ruatt beer flat, pounds. $1.25; two pounds. $2.25: alx pounds, nose. Roast beer. tall, pounds, none; two pound. $2.35; six pounds, none. Lunch tongue, pounds. $3.15. LARD Kettle rendered, tierce Jic. tuba 9Uc 50s 9C 20s 10c 10s lOKc 5s 10'fc Standard Pure: Tierces 6ic tubs 9Hc 60s 9Vc. 20s 9c 10s 9c. 5s 9c Compound: Tierces 6c tubs CUc 50s CV4C. IPs 6Uc 5s 61ic Dressed Meats. BEEF Dressed bulls. 102c per pound"; cows. 3H04Hc; country steers. 405c MUTTON Dressed fancy. 5c per pound; ordinary. - 4c VEAL-Druid 75 to 125 pounds. 707He: 125 to 2t postidu 5 36c; 200 pounds and up. sy-flsc PORK Dressed. 100 te 150. 707Kc; 150 and up, 607c per pound. Oils. TURPENTINE Cases, Mc per gallon. WHITE LEAD Tan lots. TUe: 500-pound lots. 7c; less- thas 500-pound Ictr, 6c GASOLINE Stove rasoltne. cases, 23Vjc: Iron barrels. 17c; SA deg. gasoline, cases. 32c; Iron barrels or drums. 2tc COAL OIL Cases. 20 He; Iran barrels. 14c; wood barrels. 17c; 63 'deg.. cases. 22c; Iron barrels, 15c LINSEED OIL Raw. 5-barrel lot. C2c;' 1 barrel lots. 63c: cars. CSc: baited. 5-barrel lots. C4c; 1-barrel lots. C5c; cases. 70c LIVESTOCK MARKETS. Prices Quoted Locally for Lea din r liars Yesterday. The following prices en Nvectock were quoted ycfterdai In the local market: CATTLE Best Eastern Oreges steers. $3-23; good cows, $222.50: common cow. $1001.75; calvw. 125 to 150 pounds. $5; 200 to 250 pounds. $3.6904. SHEEP Best Eastern Oregon and Valley. $35: medium. $3; lamb. $4.50. HOGS Best large fat begs. $6.25060; block and China fat, $5.5005.75; good feed ers. $5. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Curreaf at Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago. KANSAS CtTT. Mo.. July 27- Cattle Rec-ipts 400: market steady to strong. Na tive steers, $4 95.65; stockers and feeders. $2.75e4.25; Westers fed steers. $3.5003; do cows. $20 4. Hegs Receipts S000; market steady to 3e lower. Bulk of sales. $5.6303.75; heavy. $5.00 05.70; packers. $5.653.77H; plg and lights. $5.0503.60. Sheep Receipts 2000; market steady. Muttons. $1 05-25; lamb. $506.22; ranre wether, $4.5003.25; fed ewes. $104.50. SOUTH OMAHA. July 27. Cattle Re ceipts 2SO0; market steady. Native steers. $3.50 0 5.50; cows and heifers. $2.7504.40; Western steers. $3 0 4.30; cannerr, $1.75 9 2.40; stockers and fesdera. $2.5004; calves. $303.50; bulls. sUgs. etc. $203.15. Hogs Receipt 10,000; market 2 Vic high er. Heavy. $5.5005.60; mixed. $3.5505.60; light. $5.5005.55; pigs. $4.73 0 5.60; bulk of selet. $5.5505.60. Sheep Receipts 4200; market slow and steady. Westerns. $4.3005; -wethers. $4 4.50; ewes. $3.7304.2$: lainba, $604.73. CHICAGO. July 27. Cattle Receipts 6000; market steady. Good to prime steers. $5.1505.90; poor to medium, $3.7305, stockers and feeders, $2.2704.23; cows. $2.10 04.60; heifers. $2.40 0 4.65; causers. $L25 2.S0: bulls. $2.1004; calves. $306.60; Texas fed steers. $304.75. Hogs Receipts today. 20.000; tomorrow. 15.000: market &e lower Mixed and butch ers. $5.4000; good to choree heavy, $5-S0 '6; rough heavy. $5-2505.75; light, $5.50 6.10; bulk ot sales. $5.75 0 6. Sheep Receipts 18.000; sheep slow to steady. Good to choice wethers, $4,650 4.95; fair to choice mixed. $4 04.50; West ern sheep. $404.60; naUve lambs. $307; Western lambs. $306.7T.. . Dried PraK at New Tork. NEW TORK. July 27. The market for evaporated apples continues firm os short crop reports with futures held higher and a moderate demand for rpot suppllea. Cotnsos to good are quoted at 4KCS4C; prime. & 6Vic-. choice. 6Vi07c. and fancy, 7c Prases are arm hut unchanged", price ranging from 5c to 6c according to grade. Apricots showed a steadier tone at the de cline. Choice are quoted at S09He; extra choice. lOtttfllc; and fancy. 12H01&C Peaches are. firm on small offerings. Choice are quoted at lO01OUc: extra choice. IDUff lOHc: and rancy. 11H012C Ralsls are dull with purchase limited to Immediate needs. Loose muscatels are quoted at 4i0ac; seeded ratotna. 5H4y6Hc a&4 London layers. $10L15. Dairy rrode ta tsha East. CHICAGO, July 27. Or the Preface Ex change today, the tatter tsarket -was eteady; crraaierlea, ISVifWc: dalrlea. 3sH Wei. Egsa ftraa at asarket: cases lactwdH IS ante. lSVic; arNne rst. ISc; extraa. 3c Cheese, straag; IfsXfUHc XXW TOK. JaiylirlhRter. alseeea sd DAMAGE IN RUSSIA Strengthens Wheat Markets at Liverpool and Chicago. RAIN IN THE NORTHWEST Values In the Windy City Are Firm Throt-ghoHt Most of the Ses elon Advances Quoted In the Southwest. CHICAGO. July 27Th wheat market opened Arm with September Hf?Vc to H8Se cp at S6HtfS7c Wet weather In the North west was the principal reason for the Initial Crm&ese. Another factor was a fair advance at Liverpool. The rain Is ths Spring- wheat territory was generally supposed to favor the spread of the much-feared black rust. The strength . at Liverpool was said to be due to rrpirts of damage to the Rusalas crop. As a result of weather bureau predic tions of rals tomorrow, throughout Minnesota and the -Dakota, an active demand devel oped from commission booses and caused prices to advance above the opening level. September touching STHc Toward the end of the first hour, however, the market be came quite weak. A ' sharp break Is corn was partly responsible for -quite liberal prof-U-takinc In wnest, and started wheat prices downward. Is addition, crop' news from wheat In the Northwest, while conflicting, turnlihed much escouragemest to bears, many advices asiertlnc that blaek rust bad dose little damage thus far. On the reaction. Septem ber aold off to 5Hc The weakoes was shortlived, however. Shorts soon began to buy freely a gals. Is response to the Im proved demand, prices rallied quickly. One reason for the renewed activity among shorts was a comparatively email decrease In pri mary receipts. An advance of i to le Is the price . or cash wheat at Southwestern markets helped to strengthen - (he option mar ket here. September closed firm at eSH0S7c. a gals of He Heavy liquidation by", prominent longs caused weakness In the corn marks. The close was fairly steady. September being H0 c lower at 63c Weaknes of xora rerulttd In rtsewed llquldatlcn of oats and the market was In dined to weakness. September "closed Kc down at 2SVic Provisions were flea. At the close. Sep tember perk was up lOc: lard was up THQIOc and ribs were 507jc higher. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Opes. High. Low. Jnlr $aS6t $0-S5-, $0.85H Clox. $O.MS STU September .. December . WH .S7H t.ru en : ti--- .85 -S7U -SSVi CORN. 3GV. .SCVi .664 , JU 33S -54 i .53V, -5J- .464 .? OATS, July (old) .. July (new) . Sept. (old) .. Sept, (new) Dec (new) . -3IH 54H .52", .52S 45? .54; S4V .-3V .53 51i July September December May 36 JOS .281, -20 U J1K .29 2SU -2S4 .30 Vj .2SH .294 J1H MESS PORK. September ....1X00 1X15 12.974 13.13 October 1X02& 1X07H 12.97, 1X07H LARD. September .... 7 JO 7 JO 7.20 7.30 October 7.30 7.37 Vi 70 7.374 SHORT RIBS. September .... 7.STU 7.95 73 7.95 October 7.92H 7.97K 7.90 7.97H Cash quotations were aa follows: Flour Easier. Wheat-No. 2. Spring. $1.0401.10; No. X 95c0$I.OS: No. 2 red. S$c Com No. 2. 55Ue: No. 2 yellow. 53Hc Oats No. 2. 29K63CUc; No. 2 whit. 31c; No. 2 white. 29031HC Rye No. 3. 60c Barley Good feeding, 37035c: fair to choice in si U nr. 420H5c Flaxseed No. 1, $1.30; No. 1 Northwestern. $1.39. Me pork Per barrel. $1X0501X10. Lard Per 100 pound. $7.12407.15, Short ribs sides Loose. $7.6007.93. Short clear sidesBoxed. $77408. Clover Contract grade. $1X750 IX Receipts, Shlpmtnts. Flour. barrels ............. 33.000 lC.t.v 20.400 Wheat, bushels 227.000 Corn, bushels 315.000 Oats, huihels 271.200 Rye, bushels g.ooo Barley, bushels 22,000 491.800 140.0UO 's'ioo Grata and Prodace at New York. NEW TORK. July 27. Flour Receipt. 1X655 bsrrelt; expert. 2055; quiet and un charged. WHEAT Receipt. 16.000 huihels; spot, easy; No. 2 red. norsl&a! elevator and 83 Uc f- o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth. $1.1SU f. o. b, afloat. Options opened Kc higher cn better cables, unfavorable weather Is the Northwest, and higher Ncrthwest market. Brcke lUr under local selling following weak ness Incom. Rallied about a cent on cover ing by room short, and agals eased off frac tionally and closed steady at a net decline of He to a net advance of I Vic. May closed 93 Kc: July closed 03 Vic; September closed 91 5-16:; December closed SCVSc 'HIDES AND WOOL-Steady. HOPS-Firm. PETROLEUM Qalet, Grain' at Saa Fraaelico. SAN FRANCISCO. July 27. Wheat-steady; barley, weaker. Spot quotations: Wheat, shlnnlsc $1.4591.55: mllllnr. il.srui rii barley, feed. 95cfl; brewing, $1.0Crgl.l5; caU Call-board Sales: Wheat December. $1.44H; barley. 95Hc; com. large yellow. $1.349 L42H. MteseapoUs Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS, July 27. WheatJuly, $1.064: September, 93 c; December. 90S 9 90Sc: No. 1 hard. $1.10V: No. 1 Northern. $1.0H: No. 2 Northers. $1.05H. . Wheat at JUrersooL LIVERPOOL, July 27- Wheat-Septtraber. 6a 9Hd: December. 6s 94. 'Weather la Esg lasd was fair, but closdy today. Wheat at Tacsma, TACOMA. July 27. Wheat Quoted by mil lers: Old bluestem No. 1, 89; club No. I, SOe: nsw club. 74075c; hlBestew. 78c ANIMATION IN STOCKS MORE LIFE IS SHOWX IS SOME OF THE SPECIAIiTIES. Eaatern and SoBthera Trunk nines Most ConspIcHOHS for Their Strength Reactloa la Erie. NEW TORK. Jaly 27. StaetMf; ilka asl-T-satloa aapeared at times la the stock mar ket today, ht net wl thKaai I xg thts appear axea. thi tetal ef sales $r sss day rrrtata sseu.I1 iaereaao la the actsaV vol sun ef th zaarket. The ra4d wore eat of special stocks of esaasry iwportaaea was -what gave color ta taaNsaeessatioa. aad It will he sees that may af" the Mat rslsie-t stoaka ea the Ut was teal la ta sasall aateet aad that th laerHa C the Het aa a whate was at m tlsfie" whalty srrresate. WHa aay -rjdtfread xeara4 HHerest In rha saremeat ic w (aartr ac the aufket. rrm- jMUhetic respsats ta aaather Is lUtatjr ta he MM. aad, s-mty tasvianata, vses- as taosa -f tadajr. arc ,aa4aralty- :la4eeycd as mmm- lar freea peefesstsaal asieaUsa af a mti i me sew artHsiil aas raster. The mwWU wt arlssa wi ever, without saeetlrig aay lasfartast rt re tc rcaltae. with tha aoubl exceptoa of the Erie stocks, which were aaTsjecied to the preflt-taklng which has proved laevltahle In all recent cases os the publication of good sew. But while the Eriea theauelves were backward, the placing of the second pre ferred stock on the dividend list hy yester day's declarations of a full year's dividend waa undoubtedly the prime factor- la encour aging the profeMlosa! attempt to Initiate a movement for a rle. When the action of the Erie directors Is considered as a supplement to the Increased dividend In Reading. Baltimore and Ohio and Amalgamated Copper, and the retention for Illinois Central of what has been called an extra disbursement and designed to cele brate a notable occasloa far the corapany. there Is presented" quite a comprehensive .array of evidence or the coaridence existing among railroad managers In the stability of the conditions which have lifted the profits of operation so as to enable Increased dis bursements to stockholders. While some of the Western railroads shared in the day's strength, stocks ot the Eastern and Southern trunk lines were the conspic uous features of the strength, the so-called differential line enjoying- the widest move ments. Stocks of these companies are com paratively Inactive, and so subject to more effect rrcm manipulation or suddenly executed order. The Intimations that the money con trol . of these railroads waa asserting Itself to force a settlement of the war of rates which has bees Is force for some tlma were believed to afford a basis for today's move ment. No attention waa paid to reports of additional quarantine measures against the spread ot yellow fever in the South. Foreign exchange reacted sharply In spite of the hardening ot London discounts, and some attention waa paid to reports of peace prospects, and especially to the rise ot Rus sian bond In Part. The taking- of the day proflts Involved some Inroads upon prices Is the last Hour ot trading, hut tha doting was firm. Bonds were firm. Total .sales, rar Value, $X19StOO&.r United States new 4 advanced U os call. STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. bid. Adams Express 17 Amalgamated Copper 25,000 83H fc2Ti S2T Am. Car Foundry 600 33 35Vz 35 Vi do preferred 2wJ 9S US 'Ja Amer. Cotton Oil... 2t0 30 30 2a. do preferred t 92 Americas Express .. 225 Amer. H. & L. pfd. 600 40 394 3H Americas Ice ...... ...... ..... 2tf Amer. Unseed OIL. 1.200 18V4 IS lb do preferred 800 42 4iVi 41 Amer. Locomotive.. 2.10O 49 48 do preferred 111 Am. Sm. & Refining 32.100 1194 X"" do preferred 1.200 121 120 120V Amer. Sugar Refining 5C0 139 133 l&rt Am. Tobacco pf. cert, 1.300 9Vi SM Anaconda Mining Co. 2.000 111 110 lt: Atchison 2.200 86T4 65 S5S do preferred 2W lU2Vi 102, 2) Atlantic Coast Line. 300 137V 15 157 Baltimore &. Ohio... 19.10U 114U 113 114Vs do preferred 300 99 99 93 Brooklyn H. Transit 5.800 6a H 6SV Canadian Pacific ... X5o0 153 152 152H Central Leather .... 1.80O 42 41H 42 do preferred 300 104U 103 104 Central of N. J ICO 109 1 , Chesapeake & Ohio. S.500 54 Vi S3, WVi Chicago & Alton JSfc do preferred 2T0 7&H 79V4 Cfcl. Great Western. 900 19 19h J'h ChL Sc. Northwestern 300 209 209 207 ChL. MIL fc SL Paul 15.600 180U 17S? lbO ChL Term. & Trans. JSJ do preferred 60O 39i 33 3!4 C. C. C. & St. L.. 100 97 97 ri Colorado Fuel & Iron 1.100 43U iJ't 45 Colorado & Southern 400 27S 27S J7U do 1st preferred M do 2d preferred,.... 100 39 33 374 Consolidated Gas Corn Products 300 10H 104 10H do preferred 100 4 7 47 40 Delaware & Hudson 500 133Vi 191 191H DtL. Lack, i West- 3.S00 390i 395 393U Denver Jk Rio Grande 200 31H 314 31 do preferred ....... 85-H DlsUllers Securities. 300 40H 40H 40V Erie 19.200 47Vi 46H 4G do 1st preferred 16,800 85 S4i 84H do 2d preferred..... 13.400 73U 744 744 General Efectric ..... 173 Vi Hocking Valley 85 Illinois Central .... 9.100 172H 169 International Paper ISVs do preferred 100 76H 7SVi 78 International Pump:. 274 do preferred ....... ...... ..... ..... 0 Iowa Central 264 do preferred ..... 50 Vi Kan, City Southern. 100 25 25 25H do preferred .' 37 Va Loulcrtlle k. Nash.. 2.700 145 1434 141 Vi Manhattan L. 300 165H 1634 1W Metrop. Securities... 1.C0O S2S 82 824 Metropolitan St. Ry- 7.WO 1271, 1204 127Va Mexican Central .... 2.S0O 214 21 21H Minn. & St, Louts 54 M.. St. P. & S. S. M. 1.400 124i 1234 124? do preferred SCO 1604 159 1534 Missouri Pacific 1.400 9S4 034 93 Mo., an. A Texas.. 200 2S 23 234 do preferred ....... 200 63 63 63 National Lead 1.000 45H 45 43 National of Mex. pf. .....i ..... 37 New York Central.. 4.700 146 144 145; N. T.. Ont. & West- 2.S00 524 oOVi 314 NorfoU A. Western. 2.500 86S e6H 8H do preferred 92 North American ... 300 99 984 99 Northern Pacific ... 2.600 2044 203 2034 Pacific Mall SOO 43V 42; 43 Pennsylvania 39.600 142H 141S 142U People's Gas 300 104 1044 1M4 P.. C. C, 4 St, L. 73 Pressed Steel Car 39 do preferred 300 94 944 94U Pullman Palace Car 232 Reading 61.100 104 103 1044 do lt preferred.... 400 95 94V 94 do 2d preferred..... 400 92.; P2Vi 92 , Republic Steel 800 20 20 V 20i do preferred i.w tn aiVj 83 Heck Island Co. 1.200 31 30 20 Reck do preferred . 100 754 75V 75 Rubebr Goods ...... do preferred St, L. & S. F. 2d pf. St, L. Southwestern 200 34 34 34 104 200 67ti 67H 67 200 23V 234 22 do preferred SCO 50H 59 Vi 59U Southern Pacific .... 4.30O 64Ts 64Vi 64 do preferred 300 113 117 117H Southern Railway .. 1.200 33 324 32S do preferred 100 984 . 98U 9SU Tens. Coal & Iron.. 3.800 SOS && S6V Texas & Pacific..... 100 334 33 Vi 33 Toledo. SL U a W. 3$4 do preferred ....... 500 50i 544 50 Union Pacific 31.1CO 129 128H 1204 do preferred 100 954 9SH 93 V. S. Expreea 122 U. S. Realty 100 91 91 01 Vi Ta S. Rubber. 1.500 434 434 4SU do preferred 200 109 10&H 100ri U. S. "Steel 29.300 34H 34 34U do preferred 19.000 1024 102 Vi 102S Vs. -Carolina Chemical 300 .34 34 34' do preferred ino 10r5U W-i io5"4 Wahaah . 300 19 1S4 134 do preferred 39 Wel!-Fargo Exp. 22S Wettlnghouse Elec... ..... 165 Western Union 93 Wheeling A L. Erie , 15 Wlsconrtrt Central 23i do preferred ...... ..... ..... 51' Total sales for the day. 474.300 shares-. BONDS. NEW TORK. July 27. Closing quotations: V. S. ref. 2a reg.lOSTilD. & R. O. 4S...1MT4 do coupon 103T4 N. T. C. O. 34. 994 V. 8. 3s reg....l0SUNor. .Pacific 3s.. 78 do coupon 104 jNor. Pacific 4s.. 105 V. S. new 4s rer.l33ilBo. Pacific 4s... 94 do coupon. ....133 lUnlos Pacific 4s. 103i U. S. old 4s reg.104 (wis. Ceatral 4s,. 93H do coupon 104 I Jap. 6. 2d set.. 09 Atchison Adj. 4s 97 jjap. 4Vi. cer... 92 Vi Stocks at Loaders. LONDON. July 27. Consols for- money. 90 Vi ; consols for account. 90 Vi. Anaconda SHlNorfotk & West. 884 Atchison 87SI do preferred... 96 do preferred.. .105 (Ontario & West. 534 Baltimore 0. .HSVi-Pennsylvaala ... 72 H Can. Pacific 13 Rasd Mines OVi Reading 5.V4 Ches. & Ohio.. 34 C, Gt. Western. 20 C. M. &. St. P. . 1834 DeBer. 164 D. . R. Grande. 31 do preferred... 8SH Erie , 484 do 1st pref ... 854 do 2d pref -. . . 7T4 do 1st pref 48 Vi do 2d pref 4KVi So. Railway 3SV do pref erred... 181 So. Pacific 66 Union Pacific.... 1224 do preferred. .,100 U. S. Steal 37 do sreferred...l63K Illinois Central. 173H Louis. 4. Nash.. 131 Wabash 19U Mo- Kaa. Jfc X.. M4 N. T. Central... 14 5 do preferred... 41 Spanish Fear... SIS Mmsey, Sxafcaagv. Etc. NEW TORK. Jcly 27. Mosey os call steady. lStC2 per cet; eloatag hM. 14 per cent: offered at 2 er ceeC TlEse leans easy; 69 days. 3 per eeatr 90 dsy. Vi per eeat; lx eath. 34S4 per cest. Prima Hsrcastile paper. 44Vi per eeat. Slerllac exchaaga eay, with actual hsstaeta la banks' hills at 4-6S6C4.8679 for desaad aad at 4464.S4M rer 60 days. Potted rate. JCVrM.S7Vi. Coatraerelal UI. S44i- Bar stiver. Mexlcaa dollar. 4c- GoverKBseat aad raUraad h'aads S-rau LOrTDOrf. Jtaly 27. Bar stfrer. steady, 27 2 1H rer ewt; zaaaer. tlV per eeat. The rate of disost ht the of Mrkei 'far short hUto Vs 14 9r eM; twe-aMMM MHs. i SAX FRAJfCMCO. JMr HMr ft. . : sMegca-A. V; Ma4- Downing, H EatabLshei 1893 WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4, Ground Floor Chamber of Commerce MIL ORDE Activity in Nearly AH Branches of Iron and Steel Trade. SHEETS ALONE ARE WEAK Unfilled Orders for Structural Ma terial Greater Than Ever Be foreProfits of the Steel Trust Pig Iron Buying. CLEVELAND. July 27. The Iron Trade Revie-r this week says: Following the heavy sales ot piff Iron re ported tast week, favorable news cornea from all parta of the country this week concern lnc not only pijr iron, hut alscr.almost every kind of finished material, with the excep tion of sheets, which, are still weak. In some places Improved labor conditions with freedom from strikes have added ma terially to the prevailing prosperity. This Is especially true In Cotorado. Rail orders placed with mills this year now aggregate 1.700.000 tons and Inquiries for more than 500.000 tons are pending. Among recent or ders for rails this week are the following: Missouri Pacific. 22.000 tons: Spokane In ternational. 17.000 tons; miscellaneous. 49.000 ton, maklne SS.000 ton. The tonnage of unfilled orders of struc tural material now carried by the Amer ican Bridge Company Is higher than at any time In Its history, having passed 300,000. The buying of pig iron, while not as heavy in the past week as In the few days pre vious, has been of good size and especially In the East. Northern Irons are firmer and S14 Is now the minimum for No. 2 foundry, but some furnaces are asking J 14.50. The most significant feature of the quar terly report of the Steel corporation Is that after making liberal provision for deprecla- malned a surplus for the quarter of S 10,500. 000. which Is more than double the surplus for the year 1904. and Is only $2.000,0.00 lesa. than thi total surplus for 1903. although In the latter year 24 per cent was paid In divi dends on common stock. BARLEY STANDARD FIXED PliACKD AT 40 POUNDS BY SAX FRANCISCO EXCHANGE. Speculative Trade In Grain In That 3Iarket Is Inactive No De mand for Tonnage. SAN FRANCISCO. July 27. (Special.) Speculative trade In grain was Inactive, but December wheat and barley were given good support. The spot market for all cereals waa dull, with cash prices merely steady. Members of the Merchants Exchange adopted the standard for 1905 crop. No. 1 bright feed barley, fixing the weight at 40 pounds to the bushel. Flour and millstuffs were steady. Arrivals of hay exceed consumption by 100 per cent, and the market fcr that product is in bad shape. Grain rreightst are dull and nominal. Ship pers are completely out of the market, on account of high prices for wheat and barley. Choice fresh fruits were In lighter supply. Selected peaches, apricots and grapes sold higher. The apricot season Is drawing to a close. Valencia oranges were more plentiful and prices 25 cents lower on all grades. Fancy lemons were In lesa supply and 50 cents higher. Most of the bananas offering are of poor quality. Dried fruits generally are firm, notably prunes and peaches. Receipts ot potatoes are up to average; Leading dealers report a slow and weak mar ket. Good shipping onions are steady and off grades weak. Tomatoes are arriving free ly. Butter Is weaker, with 23 centa the pre vailing price for fancy creamery. Stocks of cheese am heavy and the market Is weak. Eggs are steady. Receipts. C5.S0O pounds butter: 107.500 pounds cheese; 33,270 dozes egrs. Heps are quiet and unsettled. VEGETABLES Cucumbers, 50t6fle; garlic. 2Vx93c: green peas. 2?3e: string beans, 39 6c: tomato. COgftSc; egg plant. Sl1.25. POULTRY Turkey gobbler. 18?21c; roost ers, old. 54.5CQ; do young. J5.50g7.50; broil er, small, 31 502.50; do large. 32.5033.50; fryers. (5&5.30: do young. 546.50. BUTTER Fancy creamery. 23c; creamery seconds. 22e: fancy dairy. 21c; dairy seconds, 20c. EGGS Store. 17821c; fancy ranch. 27c. WOOL Spring. Humboldt and Mendocino. 2S30c: Nevada. 1620c. . MILLSTUFFS Bran. $2121.50; middling. J2527. HAY Wheat. &g13.50: wheat and oat. XS.50312.50: barley. 6.50tf9; alfalfa. J89 clover. rTf 10; stock. $37; straw. 3060c per hale. POTATOES Early Rose. 40ctffl; Salinas Burbanke. StcStl- CHEESE Youag America, lOVysMlc; East ern. l&eiSVic. FRUITS Apples, choice. 31.23; common. 40c; banana. 75c93; Mexican limes,. 34.50 5; California lemon, choice. 33: common, 21.35: oranges, navel. $33.50: pineapples.. $1.503. HOPS ICS ISc per pound. Receipt Flour. 14.245 quarter sacks; wheat. 9482 centals: barley. 9027 centals: cat. 3741 centals: bean-. 1365 sacks; corn. 6 cen tals; potatoes, 4417 sacks; middling. 40 sacks; hay. 716 tons; wool. 129 bundles; ACS hides. Metal Markets. NEW TORK. July 27 There was a. con siderable reaction In the London tin mar ket follotrlag the sensational gains of .the last few days aad spot there closed at 49 16c and futures at 143 10. Locally the market was easier with spot quoted at a2.M9Se.90c Copper was uachaaged at 67 15s" for spot aad 98 for futures la the London market. Locally the situation shews lacreastag firm Bess and both lake and electrolytic are now quoted at 15.12Vi15.37Vic. while casting-Js also higher at 14.73 13c. Lead was aaehaaged at 14 In Leadoa, hut waa a little higher locally at 4.96 4.70c. Spelter adTaaced 2a- 64 to 38 17 d la Leads and also ruled ftna la the local mar ket, apat clestag at 5.3 05.99c Iran closed, at 4s id la Glasgsw aad "at 46s 44d a Mlddleahors. Locally Iron waa tsaekaaged. .Not 1 fovadry Northern la qnated at 313.36017; Xs. 2 frntadry North erm. $ 15.75 1S-Irs; No. 1 fonadry gautherB. Ili.7JM-7S; No. 1 fsmdry Se-sthern saft. Men.OJ; X. 2 foadry ithera sftv lX.teH.3. CMTe atsd. Saar. 7CK. JT 3T. . JH steady; X. fe; TsfMtn. w ftn; Mr n wr. 2 7-le: e. opkins & Ca 33-lCc Refined unsettled: crushed. S5.90; powdered. 5.30: granulated, 35.20. .Mlalag Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. July 27. The official 'Closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alpha Con $ ,07'Justlce 3 .05 Asdes 13Uexlcas 1.S0 Belcher 17,Occldental Con... .s Best & Belcher.. 1.15'Ophlr 6.GS Bullion 40 Overman 16 Caledonia 43 Potest 12 Challenge Con... .24'Savage .69 Chollar IS Sec. Belcher. .04 Confidence ..... .90! Con. Cal. & Va.. 1.25 sierra Nevada Silver Hill Union Con Utah Con Yellow Jacket... .26 .92 .40 .07 Crown Point 14 Exchequer ..... .30 Gould & Curry. . .10 Hale & Norcross I.S5' NEW YORK. July 27. Closing quotations; Adams Con $ .23'LlttIe Chief S .05 Alice 3rtlOntario Z.W Breece 40Ophlr i.... 6.25 Brunswick Con. .I3i Phoenix 02 Comstock Tun... .OSlPotosl 10 Con. Cal. & Va.. 1.20 Savage J3 Horn Silver 1.73Slerra Nevada... .22 Iron Silver 3.40iSmall Hopes..... .30 Leadville Con... .OOlStandard 1.20 BOSTON. July 27. Closing quotations: Adventure S 3.SS' Mohawk S 53.00 Aiiouez -o;um Dominion, zs.00 Amalgamated.. 82.8$ Am. Zinc...... 9.50 Atlantic 1S.13 osceoia 100.J8 Parrot 25.00 iQuIncy 103.00 Hlnrhim "fl.'N'shnn... -.J k CaL & Hecla.. 670.00Tamarack ..... 123.00 Centennial 22.25;Trlnlty S.OO Copper Range. 71.3S',Unlted Copper. 31.73 Daly West 13.73'U. S. Mining... 33.88 Dominion Coal 7S.00IU. S. Oil 105.13 Franklin 101.30. Utah 43.38 Granby 7.C0!Vlctorla 3.30 Isle Royale 22.73f Winona 12.23 Mass. Mining.. 9.25IWolverlne 117.00 Michigan I 14.50 New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. July 27. Cotton futures closed steady. 5 13 points higher. July. 10.75c: August, 10.72c; September. 10.82c: October. 10.96c; November. 11.00c-. December, 11.05c; January. 11.09c; February, 11.11c; March. 11.14c; April. ll.ISc: May. 11.20c Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. July 27. Today's treasurr statement shows: Available cash balances S123.152.S4S. Gold coin and bullion 40.303.215 Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. July 27. Wool Steady: medium grades combing and clothing. 26331c; light fine. 2127c: heavy fine. I&g22c; tub washed. 32342c RELEASED BY A BROTHER Arizona Cattle Klnjr Comes to Rescue of Charles D. Amos. Charles D. Amos, who has languished in the County Jail since July IS. and furnished food and lodging: -which his lawyer thought was of poor quality for such a prisoner, was released yesterday afternoon on the arrival of his brother, who is said to be an Arizona" cattle king. Amos was arrested as an abscond ing debtor and suit was brought against him by Dr. S. C. Seaman to recover J2C0 for performing an operation on his wife. Amos, who had become estranged from his wife, said that he would not pay the bill until he returned to his home in Arizona. At his first trial he was released because ot a faulty affi davit, but Immediately rearrested, and -his trial was to have come up this" "morn ing in Justice Reid's Court. Attorney William Davis, for the defend ant, said yesterday that it was a crime and a shame the way his client had been treated and that he intended to bring suit against Sheriff "Word, Dr. Seaman, B. S. Pague and Chief Deputy Morden for dam-, ages amounting: to $50,000. He said Sheriff "Word "had refused to treat the prisoner other than as a common convict, and that only $3.50 had been contributed toward the prisoner's support while in jaiL On the arrival of the prisoner's brother, however, the bill with costs, was paid, Mr. Amos was released, and the plaintiff and others in the case escaped the bl? damage suit which Attorney Davis threatened to begin.. Block Street With Cars. There is considerable protest amonr occupants of offices and places of busi ness on Alder street, between Second and Third, because the double tracks on that block of the Portland Consolidated Rall- rway loop for Washington-street cars are used for holding- cars In reserve, blocK lng traffic Yesterday afternoon a light road wagon was caught by a heavy truck between the curb and cars stand ing on the track and a wheel crushed. Xorth Irvington Wants Postoffjce. Residents of North Irvington section, on the East Elde. are desirous of secur ing a branch postoffice. During the past three years a large population has lo cated in that vicinity and there Is no branch postoffice nearer than Albina. Res- ' idents are about to start a movement' by petition to Postmaster ilinto to secure the establishment of a branch at Falling street and Union avenue. Those unhappy persons who suffer from, nervousness and dyspepsia should use Carter's Little Nerve Pills, made express ly for this class. Every Woman . mecetfea aaa saorua saew MARVEL WMtifef Spray w Tiftsu srrtar. Jnjec- Mcnn. Bet-sat. It rw trssefat Ifcr K. If ha eaaaot. (apply tha V ARTTEXm aeeeac ao otfeer. tmt send stains for ltkutnted booh tirt. Itrrtna f all psrttealsrs aad dlrsetseas ts Tshtnbia ta fauttea. Sf AXTIL rc 44 JC ad !-T..SEW VeRK. Waoditrd. (Sarfe Jt Ca. fartlaad. Orsreau THe$ tiny CwH-riM . to Balsam of Copaiba, Cubbcorlnectsoc.r' CWE1N41 HCKJR & Sam &Mattc SUif altdh$aui. texml SMagth bodiynflar aaea DotataaantMit.lt if stirctVswt stssM: Ssdic s7tVh?iWm7st mVV?4VUl'l ie.M (ssirv'3JB fa oaa KSAStTSSssW est Most ceBTaaieM. SIaSKKassHsTssTsW HCI.in liwnw. im . 1 MwafHH 1 -I ALL MEN AND WOMCM ' ' '- . r 4J6V4: stght. 94.STK. wm teat, 4 l-we;