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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1905)
THE HORDING? OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1905. 15 PLENTYOF BAIiUS Three Cars Arrived Yesterday in Ripe Condition. SUPPLY WON'T LAST LONG Accumulated Orders Held by Dealers Shut Out the Hawkers Smaller Stocks of "Watermelons. Orders for Hops. FRUITS Three car or bananas ar rive. Watermelon stocks decreasing. VEGETABLES Slump Jn tomatoes. Car of Walla Walla onions in. HOPS Dealers report numerous Eastern orders. POULTRY Good demand for all kinds except ducks arid Reese. DRIED FRUIT Scarcity of apples and peaches. Three can" of bananas were received yes terday, which, added to the refrigerator car of the previous day. put the market for this article In better shape. Most of yesterday's receipts were dead ripe, but that did not In terfere with the demand. Accumulated orders enabled the trade to dispose of practically the entire lot and tbe peddlers vrcre ihui out. Another car Is due Monday, and more during the week. "Watermelons are not so abundant, only about half a dozen cars being reported on the track. Another car was dispatched from Lodl yesterday, making three now roll ing, the first of which will be on hand today. The Rocky Ford cantaloupe received yester day were in excellent condition, and brought 23 50 er crate. Loft night's steamer brought up lemon. yZtCa, pears, plums and a few peaches. The peach market Is firm as no car lota are due before Monday. A car of Walla Walla onions was unloaded yesterday and offered at 21.25. Tomatoes were In oversupply, and the market broke badly. pales being made as low as 75 cent. Cu- I cumbers are a drug on the street, as gar- ' deners are peddling them at ridiculously low prices. plenty or nor ordkks. Steady Undertone of the Market Continues Durst on the California Conditions. Most cf the local hop dealers yesterday re ported having Eastern Orders at full mar ket values. The steady undertone of tbe mar ket continued as a results of the wHIIng&ees of buyers it tak hold at current rates. Advices from New York reported mllar conditions there, with brewers showing Interest In the market on which offerings were light. Here the supply of hops has proved adequate, but as this has not caused any weakness, it ar gute much for tbe sound underlying jwsHton of the market. A prliate wire received from New Tort: yesterday said that the crop of the state would be one-third short of last year's. A London cable reported tbe outlook In England as favorable for an average crop. A tele gram received by a dealer from California ?ald the crop of that Mate would probably not exceed 45,000 bales. About the -same estimate is made by M. IL Durst, the wheat land grower. In a letter to tbe Sacramento Unjcn of July 53. In which he says In part: Notwithstanding the frequent reports rem in the news columns that tbe outlook for 1&03 crop cf hops continue to Improve, I cannot agree that this Is o. My opinion, on the con trary, is that conditions arc less satitfac-. tor' than last week. I have seen two grow ers from Sacramento County and they report the uotlocV worse than last year, and have had mall advices from two others. One wrltesi "Crop ou:look Is poor, owing to ungual weather conditions." The other writes: "The crop outlook Is for one. half a crop." I have several reports from Sonoma and Mendocino Countleo that crop outlook Is poor. I wae up over the yards at Wheatland and carefully rioted conditions over rome 150y acree. The best hops do riot show an Im provement oyer the last two weeks, and the lions on 500 to COO acres show unmis takable signs of having retrograded, bn our own yardt we have hopes of growing as mary bales as last reason, but this Includes 50 acres of new hops, which are very line. The same is true of the Droscher yards, ad jen;ng ours. P-t the E. C. Horn yards of G15 Acres show up very poorly. Of tbe CO aerea of new hops probably one-half are very good, the remainder fair. The 535 acres of oM hops are about as indifferent a crop as I have Keen in California during the last 20 years From one 125-acre yard I feel sure three .bales per acre will not be harvested even" if ill of the vines are pleked In. as Is frc- 4nuy done on that place. I do not believe thVwhole 615 acres will average 1U00 pounds of cVjred hops per acre. The red spider Is beginning to show up strong on many parts of the yards, while the hot sun 1 damaging large areas. Picking cannot begin under 30 days, and In that time eond!''ons are much more apt to change for the worse than for the better. POULTRY IN DEMAND. Chickens, Old and Young, aad Turkeys Are Selling at Good Prices. The demand for all kinds of poultry enables dealers to Veep cleaned up without dif ficulty. Prices as a rule are strong, but there is r.s d'sposltlon 10 lift the market, as that might check buying. The price eurrent of a Frcr.t-xitreet dealer say?: "The demand for chickens is stilt good, all kinds eell.ng on arrival. Not enough hens and largfe springs, to .fully supply the de mand Geese and ducks are slow sale. None wanted at any price unless good xoek. Tur keys .scarce and selling at the top no: eh." Another dealer reports: "Demand for most sorts is still very good, despite the fsct that receipts have been very lage There Is a disposition on the part of some buyer? to ease up In the matter of Springs, and to prefer hens, but, taken as a whole, the demand for either is very good. We look for good conditions the coming week. Ducks are dull at 14S15C. and Geese ate very duii (too warm for these webfeoted birds) at 8810c. Turkeys (old) alive, are firm at 178 ISc and good-sized spring turks would sell for much better prices 3 or 4c advance It is likely " Egg? and butter remain as 1aM. quoted, with so change in the situation. Veal in Poor Condition. A number of veal In miserable condition liave lately been received, which have had the effect of depressing the market as a whole. Still there was a good Inquiry yes terday for choice offerings at 7ff7b cents. There was also some demand for good pork. Nothing was doing In mutton or beef. No Dried Peaches Or Apples. The market Is practically bare of dried peacres and dried applea. New etock will begin arriving In the early part cf August. PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grata. Fleer. Fee. Btc FLOUR Patents. $4.3093.10 per barrel; straights. $44.23: clears. $3-734; Valley. S.ftOV.X: Dakota hard -wheat. $.e7-50; Graham, J2.Mfl; whole -wheat, $44.2$; ri'e flour, local. 55: Eastern. J5.80fc5.W; cera-tne-A per bale. Jl-'-'O 02-20. WHEAT New dub. 73875c per btjsbel; new bluestem, 76&0c; per butbel; new Valley, BARLET Old feed. t2L50$22 per ton; new feed. J20. rolled, f.26-1- OATS No. 1 white feed. X29g30 per ton: gray. $251. MILLSTUFFS Bran. 113 per ton: mid dlings. $21.50. shorts. $21; chop. U. to. Mills. linseed dairy feed. 3 IS; Acalfa meal. SIS per ton. CEREAL. POODS Rolled oats, cream. 00 pound sacks. 50.75; lower grades. S30G.25; oatmeal, steel cut. 50-poaad sacks. SS per barret; 10-pound sacks. 24.25 per bale; oat meal (ground). 50-pound sacks. $7.50 per barrel: 10-pound tacks. 24 per bale; split peas. $5 per 100-pound sack; 25-pound boxes, 2L40; pearl barley. S4i3 per 100 pounds; 25 pound boxes $1.23 per box; pastry flour. 10. pound sacks. $2-50 per bale, . HAT Timothy, old. $13813 per top;' set. $11012; clover. $SS; grain. $sg. cheat. 18Q9. Vegetables, Trull, Etc. DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, table. JL503 2.50 per box; new. fiOc0$1.75 per box; apri cou, lKc per crate; peaches, 75c$l per crate: plums. 75c jer crate: blackberries. 50 Oc per pound; cherries, Jig 1.15 per box; cantaloupe. $3.50 crate; pears. $2.25 per box; currants. Sc per pound: prunes, 5ct3$i: raspberries. $1.25 per crate; watermelon, lc per pound; crab apples, 50a -per box; nec tarines. $1 per box. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, choice. 51.50 5.50; oranges, navel, fancy. 22.5092.75 box; choice. $2C2.50; standard. $1.5001:75; Mediter ranean sweets. $2.5092.75; Valencia. $3,239 3 75; grapefruit. $2.5003 per box; bananas, 5Wc per pound; pineapples. 52.50 $4 per dozen. FRESH VEGETABLES Artlchoxes. 50c dozen. beans. 104c per pound, cabbage. 10 1 per pound; cauliflower, 75 90c ter inxen: celery. 75065c per dozes; com. 75c0$l per bag; cucumbers. 550c box; egg plant. 20c; lettuce, hothouse, 25c per dozen; lettuce, head. 10c per dozen: parsley. 23c per dozen; peas, 205c per pound; peppers, 15c per pound; radlihfcf. I(i01 2c per dozen; rhebarb. 1H62C per pound; tomatoes. 75cS$l per crate; Muash, 5c per pound. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. $L259 1.40 per sack: carrots. $1.25 0 1.50 per sack: beets $15X1.25 per sack; garlic, 12Hc pet pound. WSJONS Red. $1.23 per hundred; yellow. POTATOES Oregon, new. SOcSSl; Califor nia, new. S5c$L RAISINS Loose Muscatels. 4-crown, 7&c: 5-layer Mucatel raisins, 7Hc; unbleached, seedless Sultanas, C?ic: London layers, 3 crown, whole boxes of 20 pounds. $1.83; 2-crou-n. $1.75. DRIED FRUITS Apples. eaporated. GQ 0c per pound; sundrled. sacks or boxes, none; apricots, 609c; peaches. 9310Hc; pears, none; prune. Italian. 405c. French. 2.iC3ic; figs. California blacks. Sc; do white, none: Smyrna. 20c; Fard dates, 6c; plums, pitted. 8c Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc BUTTER City creameries; Extra cream ery. 22K025C per pound; state creameries Fancy creamery, 20&22VtC; eitore butter. 140 15c. EGGS Oregon ranoh. 22022Vic per dozen; eastern, zutrcic, CHEESE Oregon full cream twins. 12c; loung America, isc. POULTRY Average old hens. 13014c: mixed chickens. 12Q12c: oid roosters. 100 HHfcc; young roosters. 11012V4C; Springs. 1H to 2 pounds. lCVtSlTc; 1 to 11 pounds. 10&17e: dreeeed chickens. 13014c; turkeys, live, lSylf; turueys. cressec, eneiee. sutyzs'tc; geese. .live, per pound. C07c: geese, dressed, per pound. !;?10c; ducks, old. 13c; ducks, young. 10014c; pigeons. iDi.; equaD. fztrz.ou. Groceries, Nuts, Etc. COFFEE Mocha. 2C02&C. Java, ordinary, H22c; Costa Rica, fancy, 18020c; good. lUCflSc: ordinary. 10 If 12c per pound; Co lumbla roast, cafes. liws. $14.25; 50s, $14.25; Arbucklc. 215.25: Lion. J15Z5. RICE Imperial Japan No. 1. S5.37U: South ern Japan. $3.50: Carollnas. 5&tVic; broken- livad. -U.C SALMON Columbia River. 1-pound tails. $1.72 per dozen; 2-pound talis $2.40; 1-pound lints. S1.85: fancy. 101.i -pound flats. $1.S0; -pound aats. $1.10: Alaska pink 1 -pound tullt. S5c; red. l-:ound talis. $1.30; sockeyes, l-uuund tails. $1.S5. SUGAR Sack basis, 100 pounds: Cube. $tf.C5: - powdered. $5.48; dry granulated. $5.30: extra C $4.80; golden C. $4.70; fruit sugar. 55.3a; advance over facie nasi, as foi lows: Barrels, 10c: halt-barrels, 25c: boxs. 50c per 100 pounds (Terms; On remittance within 15 days, deduct Ue per pound; If latr than 15 days and within 30 days, de duct Uc per pound; no discount after 30 days.) Beet sugar, granuiatea. .20 per lot) pounds; maple sugar. -losribc per pound. SALT California. li per ton. JI.OU per bale: Liverpool, ws, i; jisjs, io.&o: MO, Slf.- hatr.nonnd. 100s. $7: 50s. $7.50. NUTS Walnuts. 13?c per pound by sack, lc extra for less tnan ssck; Brazil nuts, 15c: filberts. 14e: pecans, iumboj. 14c: extra large. i:c; aimonos. i. -v. x... io-vc; cneemuis, itai lans, ice: Ohio, ii.iv per io-pouna arum; pea nuts, raw. 7tjc per pound; roasted. 8c: pice nuts. 10S12Hc; hiekorj' nuts. 7c; cocoanut c: cocosnuts. X)ravoc par cozen. I1EANS Small while. 3tf4Uc: lanre white. Zhic: pink. 3U93ttc: tsyu. 4Hc; Lima, Cc Hops. Wool. Hides. Etc HOPS Choice 1UIM. 17blVc per pound. WOOL Eastern Oregon average best. 103 21c; lower grades, down to 15c, according to" thrlnkage; Valley. 25827c per pound. MOHAIR Choice. 31c per pound. HIDES Dry hides. No. U 16 pounds and up. ICSlGfee per pound: dry kip. No. 1. 3 to 10 tumnili 1ltil5c iter nound. drv calf. Xo. 1. i under o puuoai, jiioe; ory ssueo. cuus and ttags. one-third less than dry flint; (culls, moth-eaten. badl cut. scored, murrain, hair- clipped, weather-beaten or grubby. 23c per pound iej; rauca mars, steers, sauna. li'J pounds and over. eglOc per pound: 50 to 00 pounds. SVktiiOc per pound, under 50 pounds and cows. fet3Jc per iuad; salted kip. sound. 15 to 30 pounds. 8c per pound; ealted veaL sound. 10 to 14 pounds. 9c per round: raited calf, round, under 10 pounds. 10c per pound; (green unsalted. lc per pound less; culls, lc per pound lest). Sheep skins; Shearlings. No. t butchers stock. 25gS0c each; short wool. No. 1 butchers etock. 40g50e each; medium, wool. No. 1 butchers stock. US60c; lor-s wool. No. 1 butchers' stock. $l&1.3u earn. Murrain pelts from 10 to 20 per cent less or 12814c per pound: horse hides, railed, each, according to size. flMlgz. cry. eacn, according to lze. 31 jvimm'nn 'A1f.c srh: Innn -rlh vnnl m 2581.50 each. TALLOW Prime, per pound. 3H84c; No. 2 and grease. 28Sc FURS Bear skins as to size. No. L $2.50 810 each; cubs. $12; nacger. 250.Oc; wild cat. with head perfect. 25000c; houte cat, ft10c: fox. common gray. 50070; red. iZQ 5; crors. JJV615: silver and black. $10080u; fishers. $56 C: lynx. $4 50n; mink, strictly No. "1. according to size. $102.50; marten, dark Northern, according to dze and color. $l8ir: marten, pale. plse. according to !ze and color. $2X084; muskrat, large. 10815c; -fkunk. 40850c; civet or polecat. 5810c; otter, large, prime skin. $6JT10; panther, with head and claws perl ecu raccoon, prime, sotj 50e: mountain wolf, with head perfect. $3.50 65: oo vote. OOSfl: wolverine. S6jrS: beaver. per skin, large. $58 C; medium. $33-4; small. $101. Ml: kits. 50C?75c. BEESWAX cood. clean and pure. 203 c per sound. CASCARA SEGRADA (Chlttam barlcW Good MS4c per rxtind GRAIN BAGS-Calcutta. 7B7c Provisions and Canned Meats. HAMS 10 to 14 pounds, 13bc per pound; 14 to 16 pound. l3Vc. IS to 20 pounds. 13V-C; California splenic). e; cottage harm. 8c. shouldere, fc: boiled ham. 21c; boiled pic nic bam. boneless. 15c BACON Fancy breakfast. IPc per poctid; standard breakfast. 17c; choice. 15"c; Eng lish breakfast. 11 to 14 pounds. 14Hc; peach bacon. ISViC DRY SALT CfRED Regular hort clears. 10'ic dry 'alt. llVic smoked; clear backs. 10c dry salt. 11c smoked; clear bellies. 14 to 17 pounds average, none; Oregon exports. 20 to 25 pounds, average. JlUc dry salt, lSc smoked: Union butts. 10 to 18 pounds aver age, none PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrel. $15; half, barrels. $9 30; beef, barrels. $12; half barrels. $6.50. SAUSAGE Portland ham. lSe per pound: minced ham. 10c: Summer. choice dry 17Uc; bologna, long. 1ac; weinerwurst. Ss. Uvir-r. Ce: pork. Ic; blood. 5c; headcheese, de; bologna sausiEE. link. 4 He CANNED MEATS Corned beef, pounds, per dnzen. $1.22: two pounds. $2.33; six pounds. fS. Roast beef flat, pounds. $1.25; two pounds. $L25: six pounds, none. Roast beef, talL pounds, none: two pounds', $2.S5: six pounds, none. Lunch tongue, pounds. $3.15. LARD Kettle rendered, tierces SSc rabu sy,c 50s Tc. 20 10c. 10s lOHc, 5s 10c Standitrd Pure- Tierces Se. tubs 6ic 60s B4c. 2Ps fiyc. 10s 8He. 5s Je. Compound: Tierces 6c. tubs Uc 50 6H. 10s CUc. 5s eTtic, Dressed Meats. BEEF Dressed bulls. 102c per pound; coww. 3g4Hc; eoantrj- steers. 485e. MUTTON Drersed fancy. 5c per pound; ordinary. 4c. VEAL Dresred. 73 to 123 pounds. "VTHei 123 to 200 pounds. 586c; "200 psunds and np. SUft 5c ' PORK Drereed. 100 to 050. "STHc: 150 and up, Cg 7c per pound. Oils. TURPENTINE Caeet, SOc per gallon. WHITE LEAD Ton lots, TUe; 500-pouad loir. 7Vc: less than 500-pousd lots. Sc. GASOLINE Siovn gasoline, cases. 21 He; Iron barrels. 17c; St deg. gasoline, cases. 32c: Iron barrels or drums. 26c . COAL OIL Caws, 20Ue; Irsn barrels. 14c: wood barrels, 17c; 63 org., esses, 22c; Iron T&arrelr.' 15Hc. LINSEED OIL Raw. r-barrcl lots. 2c; 1 barrel lots. 63; cates, 6Se; boiled. 5-barrel lots, C4e; l-bajrel lot. 65c; cases. 70c .Bk ClearisjE. Bank clearings of the Northwestern dtlea yesterday were as follewn: Clearings. Balance. lrtland ... $ 4M.M5 $ .22T Sesule L121.162 . JMLac Tacoeaa ... -tSS.Stt Jti,7ST Spokane 4,H T.M4 FIRST tUtF OF TEM Trade Returns More Satisfac tory Than Estimated. CONFIDENCE IN LAST HALF Industrial Situation In Striking Con trast to One Tear Ago Cer tainty of Good Crops Causes Confidence to Expand. NEW YORK. July 28. Dun' Weekly Be- vlew of Trade will : Commercial tendencies are still In the di rection of Improvement. Confidence expands as the crops are secured, each day putting a large quantity of grain beyond danger and making ensat!onal rumors of lots less ef fective. Weather eondtuons bava been fa vorable for retail distribution, reduced stocks In the hands of dealers being reflected In en larged wholesale and jobbing demands. Evi dences of faith In the future are Increasing, more disposition being shown to provide for requirements beyond Immediate consumption. The Indumrlal situation Is In striking con trast to conditions prevailing a year ago. when there was much Idleness, both on ac count of quiet trade and labor controversies. Complete returns now available for the lead ing departments Indicate that the first half of 1903 made a better comparison with the corresponding six month or last year than even ihr most rangulne estimates, which sat u rally Insreases optimism regarding business during the second half. Foreign commerce at this port for the last week was alma Identical with the results of 1W4. Traffic interests begin to feel the prewure of crops, but facilities have proved ample thus far. and railway earnings In July were & per cent larger than In the same time last year. Hides have advanced still farther, and con servatlve buyers are beginning to hesitate before placing order, although the scarcity is admitted. Failure this week number 214 In the United States, against 220 last year, and Z In Canada, compared with JS a year ago. FALL ORDERS HEAVY. Wholesale and Retail Tradr Will Exceed la Voljme That of Last Year. NEW YORK. July 2S. Bradstreefa tomor row will say: Crop reports and Fall trade advices are more unanimously favorable than at any pre ceding time this season. Confidence In the crop situation U reflected by good Fall or ders', and a volume of wholesale and retail trade certainly in excess of a. year ago. and fully equal to the average at this rea son. Trade in woolen fabrics Is good, con firmatlon of this being found In freer buying by manufacturers of raw material at ruling high prices. A htavy movement of Winter wheat has helped collect lerj. Building Is mare active throughout the country, confirm ing the most optimistic predictions- made earlier In the seaon. Wheat. Including flour, exports tor the eek ending July 27 are 51.148 bushels. against 703.329 bushels last week, and 1,613. 2C5 bushels this week last year. From July 1 to date, the exports are 3,472,779 bushels. against 5.180.174 last year. Business failures In the United States for the week ending July 27 number lltt. sgalnst ItS last week and 174 In the like week of 1804. In Canada, failures for the week una ber 2S. a agalatt 22 last week, and 17 In this week a year ago. Bank Clearing. NEW YORK. July 25. Tbe fallowing table. complied by Rradetreet. sbewa the bank clear Ings at the principal cities for the week ended July 27. with the percentage of Increase and decrease, as compared with the corresponding week lat yean P. C. P. C. Inc. dec. New York .. Chicago Boston Philadelphia . St. Louis ... $1,373,180,635 23.0 . 1S1.439.0S2 23.9 . 135,095.171 14.2 HSt.5G0.15S 14.2 51.01 3.05S 20.7 46.653.223 12.7 32JS1.213 35.S 2flCB77.4(0 21.0S0.103 9.1 23,53t.O(S) 31.0 15.1P3.32S 51.5 15.013,744 lt.8 14.173163 14.9 11.13S.663 22.9 9.SS0.289 5.1 S.224.30S 27.1 9.212.704 62.4 6.10S.21O O.O D.150.020 71.0 6.22S.805 9.S S.949.442 6.CS9.5S3 IB .2 5.372.S42 2S.0 4.433.323 39.2 4.710.6S9 16.2 5.603.OSS 51.9 4.222.&'j0 10.0 6.75.1,31? S4.6 5.097.597 34.3 4.053.230 56.6 4.63S.473 34.2 3.537.057 37.7 4.21Ssm 70.2 4.086.756 23.9 2.347.797 6.7 3,9S?,73I 7C.I 3.22fl.317 45.9 2.454.S70 29.1 2,410.022 47.9 2.4S1.027 9.4 2.770.301 42.7 2.160,329 14.7 3.365,247 83.2 2.23(Ct2a 23.3 2.L-JX.210 13.6 1.GOX.393 11.3 1.4E1.932 .... . 1.339.183 .... 1.541. ITS 20.7 1.414.422 54.5 1.154.130 .. . 1.476.545 76.7 1.5SI.20S 69.9 1.22X312 14.9 L262.F1I 15.2 1.SM.223 24.3 1.1S2.6S7 18.2 1.047.185 5.6 1.036.0C9 22.6 902.946 22.5 Pittsburg i rranciw ...... j Cincinnati ' Baltimore ! Kansas City ......... l ew uneans- Minneapolis Cleveland .. Detroit Louisville .. Milwaukee . Omaha Providence . Lo Angeles Buffalo .... Indianapolis St. Paul Memphis .... SU Joseph .. JMchmond ... 1 tOlumbUI i Seattle Washington Savannah ...... Albany Portland. Or. Fort Worth Toledo. O. Atlanta Salt Like City.. Rochester Peoria Hartford Nashville , Spokane. Wash. Des Moines ..... Tacoma j xew Haven .Grand Rapids Norfolk Dayton Portland. Me. . Springfield. Mas Augusta. Ga . Evansviite Sioux City Birmingham ......... Syracuse ............. Worcester .. Knoxvllle Wilmington. Del...... Wichita "WUkeabsrre Chariefton. S. C...... Davenport ........... Little Rock ' Topeka ............... Chattanooga, .......... Jacksonville. Fla...... Kalamazoo. Mich...... Springfield. Ill 562.980 40.3(5 237.679 740.S91 5.P 7.443 714.671 533.993 761.349 49.2 'i'.i 42.9 5.8 42.2 Fall River .... Wheeling. W. .. 38. Va.A. 25.9 Macon ................ Helena -.. Lexington ............ Akron ................. 32I.8G0 25.6 761.453 12.5 .. 505.663 16 443,000 16.6 .. 3S6.000 28 5M.876 24.0 ... 472.140 7.0 .. 505.5(3 46.4 .., 512.937 7.2 .. 423.096 2.6 .- 437,958 17.1 .. 797.400 30S.6 282.072 2.6 - 229.026 11 ' 499. 4P2 43.2 .. 290.274 6.1 .. 286.596 12.6 .. 227.550 4.2 .. 20.007 49.4 .. 2SL220 31.8 .. 2a.58 91 .0 .. 4&5.219 C.2 .. 11,176.797 20.7 .. tl.304,000 S2.0 .. I Canton. O J Fargo. N. D I Yocngstowa ......v... INew Bedford ......... Rockford. Ill Lowell Chester. Pa... ... Blnghamton ..1. Bloomlngten. Ul..... Springfield. O IGreentburg, Pa....j... Qulncy. 111..... Decatur. Ill Sioux Falls. S. D Jacksonville. Ill , Manrfield. O. .......... Fremont. Neb Cedar Rapid Houston -i Galvercon Total. United State.$2.244.525.84S 2l. Outside New York.... STL344.9&3 19.S Not lneloded In totals. becaue ccntainlsr CANADA. I 23JA6.646 4.4 J7.C35.126 11.0 ...... 6.719.042 20.3 2.236. W 21.4 1.843.243 4.0 Montreal ...... Toronto .............. Winnipeg Ottawa nalltax Vancouver. B. C...... Quebec Hamilton St, John, N. B..f... London. Ont.. ........ Victoria, B. C 1,806,458 23.4 1.798.142 19.0 L282.243 51.3 1,1X2.304 53.7 914.149 14.9 flS2.9 41.T Total Canada ..$ 61.143.56S 2C.6 Balance- jid In cash. XZVX8TOCK XAJaKKTS. rrieea Qe4e4 IssaHr imr leaiWag Ltaes YnOrasr- The iate feOhywlac prioee aa Uvtek were aaoted yMteraar ha tk Jecal 7arke44 CATTLE (srsvtra "rteora. HIUI; good cows. $t0CS9: cobbjbob cowa. $1JKL75; calves. 125 to 15 pounds. $5: 200 to 250 pounds;. $304. . SHEEP Best Eastern Oregon as4 'Valley. $3.23; medlasa. $3; laba, $4.50. HOGS Best Urge fat hogs, $.. 50: block and Chlsa fst. $C.3K: good feeders. $3. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Carrest at Kiimt City. Omaha aad Chicago. CHICAGO. July 2S. Cattle Receipt. 5000; market slow. Good to prime steers, $3-236 5-M; poor tj, medium. $2.73g5-10: stockera and feeders. $2-35 4 .3: cows. S2.30g4.30; belters. $2.254.50; canners. J1-2S32.23; bolls. J2.25f4.00; calve. $3.0087.00; Texas fed steers. $3.0084.73; Western, steers. $3.t2 1-30.' Hogs Receipts today. 2X000; tomorrow, IS.- COO: market 5310c lower. Mixed .and butch era. JJ:OC.00: good to choice heavy. J3.SOS &0: rough heavy. $3.5036.00; bulk 0t sales; $5.7065.00. Sheep Receipts. 13,000: sheep and Iambs steady. Good to choice wethers. $4.6084.83; fair to choice mixed. $4.0004.50; Western sheep. $4.0034.73; native lambs. J3.COS7.00; Western Umbo. $5.008.75. SOUTH OMAHA. July 2S. Cattle Receipts. 800; market strong. Native cteers. $3.50& 3.50; saUve cows and heifers. $2.7381.30; Western steers. $3.0084-30; Texas steers. $2.75 03.15; Texas cows and heifers. $2.0093.40; cancers. $1.5Og2.40; stockers and feeders. $2564.10; calves. $3.0085.50; bulls, stags. etc. $2.003.15. Hogs Receipts. 10,500; market 13c lower. Heavy. $5.5085.55; mixed. $3.3085.32: light. $3.3595.60; pigs. $4.5025.40: bulk of sales, $3.5083.55 Sheep Receipts. 2300; market slow and weak. Western yearlings. Jl.50gS.00; weth ers. $4.20g4.40; ewes. $3.7584.23; lambs. JS.00 8.75. KANSAS CnT. July 2S. Cattle Receipt. 3000: market steady. Native steers. $4,009 5.C3; stockers and feeders. $2.7584.23; West ern steers. $X2583.73: Western cows, $2.00 63.75. Hogs Receipts. 600; market 3Q7Hc lower. Bulk of rales. $5.6085.75; heavy. -$5.6085.65; packers. $5.0585.75; plga and lights. $5-C0t 5.75. Sheep Receipts, 3000; market steady- Mut- tonp. $4.0085.15; lambs. $5.0080.23; range wethers. $4.3585.15: fed ewes. $4,006-1.40. J CHICAGO 3IARKET WEAK MOST OF THE DAY. Increase in Receipts, Large Argen tine Shipments and Favorable AVcather the Causes. CHICAGO. July 28. The wheat market was rather weak from the start. Initial quota tions on September being a shade higher to lUc lower, at &68S7c. One factor that con tributed a bearish sentiment was an Increase In local receipts. Liberal shipments from Argentine gave additional emphasis to the weak undertone. Weather In the Ncrthweat was wet In Minnesota, but clear generally throughout the Dakotas. Vnder general sell ing September eased aTZ to fcCVic Sentiment then became bullish for a time on a report by Minneapolis crop expert regarding cam age to Spring wheat by black rust. This au thority summed up the situation by stating that the crop In the rust afflicted district In already reduced one-half, both in quality and yield. Reports from other source, how ever, gave a more optimistic outlook for the new crop. The market soon experienced a sharp break, and for the remainder of the session extreme weakness prevailed. The market cloeed at the 4owest point on the day. with September eft H81HC at S5yc The corn market closed weak, with prices at the lowest point. September closed c down, at S2Uc Tbe oats market was Influenced to a great extent by the weakness of corn and .wheat. September dosed at 28c Provisions were steady on a fair demand from packers. The demand was chiefly for lard and ribs. Most of the selling waa by longs. At the dose September pork was un changed, at $12.15. Lard was off 24. at $7.27H Rib were up 2Hfi5c. at $7.97H. The leading future ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. Hlch. Law. CIsj. Juiy jyjji x f7S -Siii $ .M September December 87 .87. .W, .83; .85. -SStt -SSH -861, .863 -Sdht .54 .54H .S2:S .62 2S! .2$ -2SH CORN. July (old) July (new) ,54H .54U .61 H .34 S 52 .53S .52 .53 .54tt .544 2S -554 Sept. (old) Sept. (new) OATS. . .29H .23H . -2SS .2SV . .29 .23 July .23 2SH heptemtxr ..... December ...... MESS PORK. .13.124 1322H 13.12V, 13.17V 13.17H 13.12H LARD. . 7.27H 7.S2H 7.27H . TTh 7.40 7.35 SHORT RIBS. . 7.02 Vs 8.00 7.92H . 8.00 8.05 7.97H September October .. 13.15 13.12H September October .. 7.37b September October . . &.05 Cash Quotation were as follows: Wheat-No. 2 Spring. $1,048 L10; No. 3. 03c C$1.05; No. 2 red. 8ST8S9Hc. Com No. 2. 65Hc; No. 2 yellow, 33Vi035He. Barley Good feeding. 3782Sc; fair to choice malting. 42845c Flaxseed No. 1, $1.31; No. 1 Northwestern, U.29. Timothy sed Prime. $3.15. Mes pork Per barrel. $1105812.10. Lard Per 100 pounds. $7.1587.174 Short ribs sides Loose. $7lS3eT.95. Short clear sides Boxed. $7.S7r08 Clover Contract grade. J 12.750 13. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 13.700 Wheat, buihels ......... .283.30) 31.300 91.400 247.3UU 22H400 1.900 11.800 Com, bushels ............234.000 Oats, bushels 374.100 Rye. bushels 10.000 Barley, bushels ........... 25.600 Grata and Fredace at New York. NEW YORK. July 28. Flour Receipts. 9S00 barrels: experts. 7300 barrets; dull and m changed. Wheat Receipts. 23,000: spot, easy; No. 2 red. nominal elevator and 9Sc f . o. a. afloat; No. 1 Northern Dulutb XL 14 f. o. b. afloat. Options opened weaker oa better Northwest weather news and-hardened ca a renewal of bulllshxrott and other crop news. The close was weak, however. lU84c net loss, July Teeing tbe weakest. May closed 92Se: July dosed 8He: September clcsed eSTic; December closed SIVc Hops, hides, wool Steady. Orals at Saa Fraadsce. SAN FRANCISCO. July 25. Wheat and barley steadier. Spot quotations: Wheat Shippl nr. JI.45C1-63: milling. 11.574 1.674. Barley-Feed. McfSU brewing. Jl.06fl.15. Oats-Red. 1.15ffL35. Call board" sales: Whesl December. 21.444 Barley December, 964c Corn Large yellow. J 1.174 L4ri. Mlnae-spoHi Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS. July 28. September wheat clcsed tlHSPISc: December. 864c: No. I hsrd. 11.184: No. 1 Northern, 11.064: No. 2 Northern, 1L05491.CS4. Wheat at Xlrer-se-ai. LIVERPOOL. July 36. Wisest, Septersber, s ftd; December. s 7d. ITTneat at Tacoma. TACOXA, July a- Wheat-Quoted, by mill ers, new. club. 7475c: blcesterat. Trie Dairy Trodacs la t&e Katt- ' CHICAGO. Jaly X. On the Prod ace "Ex chsxge today the Tsstter ssarket was Srm; creameries. 1843:: aHlsiea. 154 18c Bggs. first at mark, cale taela4ed. 14: prls Stata. IStte: extras. '364c Cheese, steady. WCUUc N7CW YORK. Jly -. Better, steady: CheeM, Stsb; egga, easy. 4 Woet at SC'lVstdsJs m4i Mssilsg aad eietMetg. tale: Mght ee,MlfHCe: he.T.e, IttMer h we. TURNING DDT POOR California Grain Crops Making a Bad Showing. COUNTRY HOLDERS FIRM San Francisco Fruit Market Iilghtly Supplied With Cholcq Varieties. Potatoes Dragging Butter Market Overloaded. SAN FRANCISCO. July 23. (SpecUO Bearish Influences prevailed la the local-grain pit up to noon, and a good amount of De cember wheat and barley was sold by specu lative traders at lower price. In the after noon the markets turned stronger, and closed at the higher figures of the day. the rise In .December barley to $8S cents being sharp. Cash prices ' for all cereals were steady throughout with buyers more disposed to take hold. California grain crops are turning out poorer than expected, as harvest progresses. Country holder are very firm. Flour and feedstuffs are steady. The fruit market was lightly supplied with choice peaches, apricots, pears and apples fit for shipping, and stiff prices were ob tained for the same. Plenty of poor fruit Is lvlcrr around, obtainable at concession?. Grapes were more abundant and in greater variety. -Including muscat, seedless. Rose of Peru and Fontalnebteau. but very little gcod ahlDDlng stock Is yet available. Tbe first quinces of the season appeared. Lemon were held at a sharp advance, owing .to high prices asked at shipping points. The potato market ! dragging and weak. even fancy stock being artectea. iteceipis from the river were liberal. Onions were In less supply, but easy on account of the gen erally poor quality. The butter market is overloaded and weak. Many dealers are forced to put the surplus In cold storage. Cheese Is easy. Eggs are steady. Receipts. 77.600 pounds butter. 12.- 00 pounds cheese. 31.680 dozen eggs. VEGETABLES Cucumbers. 35850c; garlic 384c; green peas. 2S3c: string beans. 385c; tomatoes. 35860c: egg plant. 50c8$1.25 POULTRY Turkey gobblers. 15821c: roost era. old. $4.5083: do young. 36.503.7.30: broil ers, small. $1.5082.50: do large. $2.5083.00; fryers. $585.50; do young. $586.50. BUTTER Fancy creamery. 23c: creamery eecondJ. 22c; fancy dairy. 21c; dairy seconds, 20c EGGS Store. 17J21c; fancy ranch. 27c WOOL Spring. Humboldt and Mendocino, 2S830c; Nevada. 16820c MILLSTUTFS Bran. $21821.50: middlings. $26823. HAY Wheat. $9(213.50: wheat and cats. S.50812; barley. $G.5Ofl0: alfalfa. $689: clover. $7810: stock. $388: straw. 30030c per bale. POTATOES Early Rose. 40c8$l: Salinas Burbacks. S3c8$l. CHEESE Young America. 10H8Uc; East era, l581Sc . FRUITS Apples, choice $1.15: common. 40c; bananas. 73c8$3; Mexican limes. $1,508 5; California lemons, choice. $1; common, $2 orangee. navels. $3A3.50: pineapples. $1.5083. HOPS l&SISc per pound. RECEIPTS Flour, quarter sacks. 24.633: wheat. 11.762 centals; barley. 972S centals oats. 2178 centals; beans. 2315 sacks: pota toes. 6433 rocks; bran. 3215 sacks; middlings, 495 sacks; hay. 1195 tons; wool. 93 bales; hides. e2S. SPURT IN STOCK MARKET SHARP RISE FOR PURPOSES OP MAXIPUIjATIOX. Tradlne Animated for First Two Honrs of Session Estimate of "Week's Currency fovemcnt. NEW YORK. July 28. The creeping upward movement of prices, which- has been In prog ress several days, flared up Into a flash of speculative spirit today, and the- stock, mar ket was broader and more animated than for a considerable time. The -sales effected In the two hours to noon equalled the maximum for a whole day recently. Thereafter there was a decided falling off in activity. The upward movement waa not explained by any Immediate event, and seemed to re suit rather from a crystallization cf confl dence. which has been gathering from day to day. The movement continued largely pro fessional, and there was evidence of manlpu latlon here and there In the volatile rise of cloeely held stocks of which little increase of supply In the market results from a bidding up of the price. The very large occasional tracsactlcns In some of the market leaders of which the market supply Is large, also suggest a process of churning designed tor effect upon the price or upon the sentiment of observers, rather than for the accumulation of stock. Commission-houses, however, re ported an appreciable Increase In orders from miscellaneous sources of less highly specu lative origin. The tone of the bond mar ket was also sensibly Improved, and the broadening of the demand for Investment In that departroear is considered of good auguary. There were some notable laggards In the early movement among the most conspicuous stocks In tbe marker, but most of these re sponded later to the prevailing upward ten dency. The estimates of the week's currency move ment show the current running still In favor of New York, and money rates are easy. Th advance In London money rates Is attributed to the month-end requirements, and foreign exchange was weak here again offering of bankers bills against borrowing abroad form ing a feature la that market. Attention wa attracted to the effort of the Secretary of the Treasury to stimulate bank note Issues by receiving Philippine bonds as security for Government deposits provided the Government bonds released are taken, out of circulation. This Is a reminder of the crop movement de mand for currency and of the meager re sources of the Treasury for helping to supply tbe demand In accordance with tha custom of previous years. The market clMed rather quiet, but firm. Bonds were strong. Total sales, par value, 12,454,000. United States bond were un changed cn call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closlnr sales. Hlgft. Low; Adams Express , ..... Amalgamated Copper 30,400 8 834 bid. 235 834 264 99 24 94 225 40 26 19 42 484 1114 129 121H 1404 110 Am. car & Foundry. .WJ 3S4 sy do preferred American Cotton OIL do preferred American Express... Arc Hd. & Lth. pf. 700 40 American Ice ...... ..... American Linseed Oil do preferred 3,600 41 American Locomotive 1.70O 49 do "referred 3B0 112 Am. Smelt, & Re fin. 46.800 121 do preferred SCO 121S Am. Sugar Reflalng. 6.5CO 1404 Am. Tobacco pfd.... 300 97 Anaconda Mining Co, 1.0CO 112 Atchison 23.869 874 do preferred 1.304 103 Atlantic Ccast Line. 100 !; 294 41 112 llS 97 111 84 104 101 1 Baltimore & Ohio. . 24,300 1154 1144 113 do preferred ...... ...... ..... ..... 984 Brook; Bapld Transit 7,560 X 3e?i r Canadian Pacific ... lL5CO 155 1134 1144 Central of n. Jersey. iw 3N w an Central Leather 1.S00 44 42 do preferred. L39 !Vi VH 14 144 Chesapeake Ohio. . 11.460 5S 5kK "H Chicago h. .Altoa --- . 3&4 do preferred , 3S THC 74 Chicago Ot. Wftstera- LW 79 W Chleaso Kortkwe-IC 1& SWA. M) ChU MIL St . Pal KUkW MIS J CaL Term. Trastfet sn do Tcrred 3 j 3Vj C-. C C 2c St. L.. 29 T , Colorado Fsrl : Irrw 4.S 4 . .4f. 4 Colorado gsasiiera. L t 27 do 1st preferred: st. 44' JMC M. fjjjffe t M- srefereed.... l.6 X 2Ji Caasstsdaaid Ga - ----- - - r- IWi Csra rmii ...... 3 jt W. J Delaware Jr Hadee. 2.900 1934 192U 192 DeL. Lack. k West.. 2.500 404 39S?4 404H 31 do c referred loo S6i S6H 404 464 854 74. 8U 4ei 47 S4K 74i Distillers' Securities. 800 40H Erla 19.400 47H dt 1st preferred 6.500 So do 2d preferred.. 4.500 75 General Electric 1.800 1764 1H4 1754 Hocking' Valley 85H Illinois Central 15.500 173H 173 173 International Paper.. 000 19 1SH 13H do preferred ...... ...... ..... ..... 78 International Pump.. ...... ..... ..... 27 da preferred so Iowa Central ...... 700 400 900 274 524 2 IS 26 do preferred ...... Kansas City Southern do preferred'...,.. Louisville- & Nashv.. Manhattan L........ 4.600 300 200 8.000 . 300 1454 I?i 14 163i 1634 165 83 824 324 12SH 127?i 123 Met. Securities Metropolitan St. Ry. Mexican central 214 -I -1 Minn. & St, Loul 34 t.. St. P. & S. S. M. 900 123 124H 13 do preferred 200 161 161 161 Missouri Pacific 21,100 100H 83H 1CCFS Ho, Kana. & Texas. 700 23 2S 234 64 4 43 37W 1464 324 no preferred to tmi. ui National Lead 1,000 46 454 Mx. Nat. R. R. pfd. New York central.. 2.200 147 1464 4.0CO 524 524 5.600 874 87 N. Y.. Out. : West. Norfolk & Tftestem.. 864 do referred ..... ..... 2 North American .... 6.300 1014 &?L IWTi Northern Pacific ... 500 044 Pacific Mall 400 434 H 43H Pennsylvania 38,400 1434 1424 1434 People's Ga 4..0Q 1004 iuj P C-. C A St. Louis 75 Pressed Steel Car... 1.100 40 394 . do preferred 100 944 W4 44 Pullman Palace Car. 100 239 239 239, Reading 46.100 1034 1044 iwa do 1st preferred.... 1.900 sh sw s do 2d preferred.... 900 02U 924 92tt Republic Steel v . 000 204 20 20-, do preferred iau o-' jw? Rock Island Co 3.200 31 3CC, 314 do preferred l.ooa .64 4 Rubber Goods 500 33 344 34 do preferred - 1 Sloss-Sheltleld 2.900 SdH 84 StT4 St. L. & S. F. 2d pfd. 2.200 684 74 674 St. LouLi Southwest. 60O 24 savs do preferred 1.7CO 24 eo oi Southern Pacific .... 10.300 634 644 63 d6 preferred 100 118 lis lis Southern Railway .. 1.300 334 324 334 do preferred . -W 34 " Tenn Ccal & Iron.. 1.000 SS4 864 ba Texas 3t Pacific 100 34 34 33 To!., St, L. Si West. ICO 3SS SS 3S co prererrea iuu oo-ii oc m Unlcn Pacific, 5,700 131U 130 1304 do preferred ..... 074 U. S. Express . U. S. Realty... U. S. Rubber- 300 93 02 924 8.600 504 484 304 600 111 1004 110 84.600 334 34 51.700 103i 102 1034 do preferred . U. S. Steel do preferred . Vlrg.-Caro. Chemical 30O 34U 3ASi 31V. do preferred ..... ..... 106 Wabash 2.40O 20 19 1H do preferred 1.300 4Ui 40 404 Wells-Fargo Express 228 westlnghouee Elect - iw Western Union ..... 93 Wheeling & L. Erie. 4 164 16?i IS Wisconsin Central . 200 24 24 23 do preferred 200 51i 514 -H4 Total sales for the day. 733.600 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. July 2S. Closing quotations: V. S. ref. 2s reg.lOSTijD. tc R. G. 4s. ..1004 ao coupon. ....lUJik -i. t. c u. sjs. vv-a, V. S. Os reg.. . 103 U! Nor. Pacific 3a.. 774 do coupon.. ..104 Nor. Pacific 4s. .106 V. S. new 4s r eg. 131 K? So. Pacific 4s... 04 4 do coupon 133 Union Pacific 4s. 103 Wis. Central 4s.. 93 Jap. 6s. 2d set.. 994 U. S. old 4s reg. 104 do coupon 104 Atchison Adj. 4s 07U!Jap. 44s. cer... 92 Stocks at London. LONDON. July 2S- Consols for money. 90 1-16; consols for account. 00 1-19. Anaconda 5Norfolk & West. 894 Atchison S9 do preferred,.. 94 do preferred. .. 105 U Ontario & West. 334 134 .Can. Pacific. ...158HRand Mines.... Ches. & Ohio.. 364 Reading C Gt. Western. 204, do 1st pref. .. C M. & SC P. .1834) do 2d pref... DeBeers 16HSo. Railway.... 94 534 48 43 34 D. &. R. Grande. 334! do preferred.. .10UJ do preferred... 89 'So. Pacific 664 Erie 484SUnton Pacific... 1334 do 1st pref.... 864 do preferred.. .1004 do 2d prer 774iC S. Steel 35i Illinois Central. 1734 do preferred.. . 1034 Louis. & Nash.. 14 8 Wabash 104 Mo.. Kas. SzT.. 29 4 1 do preferred... 41 N. T. Central... 130 Spanish Fours.. 9X4 Money. Exchange, Etc NEW YORK. July 28. Money on call, easy. at HS2 per cent; closing bid. 14 per cent; offered. IK per cent. Time loans, easy; CO days. 3 per cent; 90 days. 3X: six months. 34 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 44c Sterling exchange weak, with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at 14.863094060 for demand and at 24.8485414.84130 for 60 days. Poeted rates. $4.83494.874. Commercial bills. 24.844SM.S4?;. Bar silver. 5S4c ' Mexican dollars. 454c Government and railroad bonds, steady. LONDON. July 28. Bar sliver, steady. 274d per ounce. Money. 1462 per cent. Discount rate, short and three months' bills. 1 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO. July 28. Silver bars. 584c Mexican dollars, nominal. Drafts, sight. 5c: telegraph. 74c Sterling on London. 60 days. 14.834: sight. 14.874. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. July 2S- Today's statement of the Treasury balances shows: Available cash balance ....... Gold coin and bullion .S126.613.S73 v 47,068.423 Minis Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. July 28. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alpha Con 1 .07 Justice $ .03 Andes . .... .17 Mexican 1.30 Belcher' lOiOccldental Con... .8, Best & Belcher- l.OSIOphlr 6.03 Bullion .40 Overman 17 Caledonia ...... Challenge Con... Chollar Confidence ..... Con. Cat. Va. . Crown Point.... Exchequer ..... Gould & Curry.. Hale & Norcross .40 Potosl : 12 .251 Savage 63 19Scorplon 03 .93 Seg. Belcher 04 1,30 Sierra Nevada... .26 -13lSilver Hilt 93 .50lUnlon Con....l.. .40 .161 Utah Con 7 .19 Yellow Jacket... .23 NEW YORK. July 28. Closing quotations: Adams Cdn 2 .20'Litt!e Chief 2 .05 Alice 30iOntario L20 Breece 40IODhlr ........... 6.30 Brunswick Con.. .15Phoenlx .......- .02 Comstock Tun... .OS) Potosl .10 Con. Cal. & Va.. 1.201 Savage 03 Horn. Silver L73ISlerra Nevada... -3J Iron Sliver 3.3nSmall Hopes..... .30 Leadvllle Con... .OSlStandard 1.25 BOSTON. July 28. Closing quotations: Adventure 1 6.00lMont. C & C .2 2.63 Alloutz 2S.00iOId Dominion. 28.63 Amalgamated. Am. Zinc... Atlantic Bingham .... CaL & Hecla. Daly West. . . 83.73! Osceola lO.OO.Parrot ...... 18.13Qulncy 3I.23Shannon .... 670.00ITamarack . . 13.75'Trlnlty ..... 100.73 23.30 107.00 7.30 125.00 8.30 31.73 33.50 Dominion Coal 18.00Unlted Copper. Franklin 11.50(U. 8. Mining... Copper Range. 71.25. U. S. OH 10.25 43.63 Granby .. T.DO'Utan 23.00iVlctorIa 9.231Wlnona 14.50) Wolverine .... 53.751 Isle Royale... Mass. Mlnlg.. Michigan Mohawk ...... 4.00 12.73 117.00 Dried Trait at New York. NEW YORK. July 28. The market for evap orated apples showed a hardening tendency. .Common to goed. 44f.5ic: prime. 64f6H: choice, 7c and fancy. 74c Prunes higher for fnture with quotations ranging from 34fl64c according to grade. Including both California and Oregon fruit. Apricots steady for futures, but -small de mand! ea spot. Choice 8964c; extra choice. 84f SXc and fancy, at 8410e. Peaches arc tarcbariged. Choice. 1011104c: ertrs, choice, 10H6104CT and fancy. ll12c Raisins dull, with loose muscatels quoted at 4K8&4c; seeded raisins at 54964c and London layers, 2181.15. Coffee aad Sagar. NEW YORK, July 28. The market for cof fee futures closed steady, net unchanged to 10 points lower. Sales. 19.000 "bags. Including, September. 7ff7.10e: October. 7.157.30c; No vember. T.SfcwTJW: December. 7.107.40c; March, 7.4S7.5Sc: May, 7.se7.70c;. and June. 7.66c Spot Rio. steady: No. 7. SUc; tr.lld. steady. Sagar Raw", flrss: fair refining. 3 7-16c; ceatrlfiHtaL. 96 test. 41-1S4T 4 3-lc: TKOlasses r. 2 3-lCc: reCaed unsettled; crushed. 15.90; powdered. 9JL30; grasslated. i3.af. New York Cettea Market. . . NKW YORK. Jaly 38. cottoa ratures cioe L steair tnm S to 17 points lower. July, M.8e; Aiwmit. lt.c: SeBteasber. 10.77c; Octcfter, l.lr: Xevesaber. lOXc; Decetaber. W.99e: JasMarr. ILOc: February. ll.Ote; March. lLOJc; April. 11.12c: May. ILKc Isista hi the attest eKt-twcls' csaa- try hVtlH! woel (LOWERS HIS ESTIMATE OREGON HOP CROP PLACED AT 85,000 BALES BYE. J. SMITH. Examined Yards in Salem and In dependence Districts Property of H. J. Ottcnheirner. PORTLAND. July 28. (To the Editor.) On Tuesday of this week In company with H. J. Ottenhelraer. Joseph Harris. Mr. Car mlchael. all of Salem, and the two Cunning ham brothers, of Uklah. CaU. I took a drlvo through the Independence district, and en route we examined several, hop yards. While tne crop looked good in this district, it was apparently a top crop. As there are no blos soms on the long arms at all Independence Is today considered the choice district of Ore gon and practically free from vermin. On the trip we visited Mr. Ottenhelmer famous ranch, and for one to appreciate the thorough-going, systematic business ability of Mr. Ottenhelmer he should visit this ex tensive hop rarven at Independence, which Is' one of the choicest properties of this kind In' the state. The yards are most thoroughly cultivated. The crops look heavy, and 31r. Ottenhelmer predicts a yield of 2500 pounds to the acre on a portion of his yards. The yards on this ranch show what thorough cultivation and careful spraying does for crop. On Wednesday ! visited several yards la the Salem district, where I found all late reports as to damage to the crop fully Jus tified. Many yards are blighted and prac tically dead, while other yards In the same dis trict that have been properly sprayed look good with a top crop In evidence everywhere. I now feel fully Justllled In lowering my estimate of the Oregon crop from 100.000 to 83.000 bales, and If bad crop conditions con tinue for ten days longer, this estimate can again be safely lowered. Messrs. Plncus and Lachmund. of Salem, have some unusually choice yards on their fine ranch which ahow high and thorough state of cultivation. The way crop conditions stand today throughout America. It matters little whether Old England has 350.000 or 850.000 cwts. aa she will take her usual 50.000 bales of Ameri can hops, regardless of the quantity of her own crop, and as we will not have enough hops for our own consumption. I want some one to ahow me why 20 to 25-cent prices should not rule for the 1905 crop. Very truly yours. E. J. SMITH. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. July 28. There was continued speculative realisation In the London tin market today. Spot. 149 and futures 147 10a, Locally the market was easy, at 32.558 32.85c x Cooper was higher at 68 for spot and 65 3s 9d In London for .futures, hut without fur ther change In New York- Lake and electro lytic are 154813XC and casting at 14.4I5c- .eaa was a snaae lower, u no t Condon, but remained steady in tne local market, closing at 4.6084.70c Spelter closed at 24 In London, an advance of about 2s 6d. but remained quiet at o.oos 5.80c In the local market. Iron was unchanged, at 49s 4d In Glas gow, out aooui ia lower x w Mlddlesboro. Locally the situation waa with out change. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Marriage Licenses. Carlton R. Calkins. 20. Clackamas County; Ella Collins. 20. Harry Wood. 33. Hoqulam, Wash,; Flor ence E. Spohn. 33. Albert B. Culbertson. 29. St. Helens: Georglna A. Rymell. 26. Ernest D. Boy Ian. 18: Anna M. Bittner. ia Wlllebald Walter. 47. Wlnlock. Wash.; Elizabeth Rlckenberg, 47. John R. Llles. 32; Edith Knapp. 20. Births. At 447 East Burnslde street. July 25, to tno wife of George Maxwell Chambers, of Mll- waukle..pr.. a daughter. At 689 East Morrison street, July 2fl, to the wife of James F. Brebner, a daughter. At Sellwood July 24. to the wife of Bert E. Davis, a daughter. At Mllwaukle, Or.. July 22, to the wife of William H. Lunceford. a daughter. At 620 Savler street, July 24. to the wife ot Luke Wells, a son. At 267 Jefferson street, July 26. to tho wife of Edward Cassens. a son. At S3S" East Thirteenth street, July 4. to the wife of Jacob Altergott. a son. Real Estate Transfers. W. H. Moore et al. to A. S. Ellis. parcel land beginning b5 reet soutn of northeast corner B. S. King's wont Addition - -i.l 2,000 Sberlff to Victor Land Company, north 4 lot 6 and all lots 7 ana . diock 39. Carter's Addition.. - 5 City Treasurer to same, north 4 lot 6. block 59. Carter's Addition - 3 Same to same, lot 8. block 39. Carter's Addition Same to same, lot 7. block 39. Carter's ; Addition Sheriff to Alnsworth National BanK. lot 14. block 13, Lincoln rare R. D. Honaker and wife to Z. B. Haines, west 40 feet lots i ana a. ntoclt 3 Kenworthv's Addition 1,250 H. Rathjen and wife to W. Or Bishop. , lots 30 and 31. iAmargent rsr .no. " . . 1.100 H. A. Royal et aL to J. A. Cole, east 71 feet lot 8. Diocx tst con.' land . - 200 J. Forbes to K. Forbes and wire. lots 11 to 14 inclusive, Wallace AQaiuon to Mount Tabor. ................... .. 1 M. K. Mayger et aL to W. F. Slaugh ter, lots 11. 12. 33 and 34. oiocjc iu. Peninsular Addition -- W. Reldt and wife to A. D. Thomas. south 45 feet of lot 3, diock oi. oi- Uday's AddlUon -- 2.650 A.. Jubltz to R. G. Jublta, lot 4. . block 17, Goldsmitn s Aaamon W. Logus and wife to A. Zaterfelt. lot IS. blocK 118. west rrvuigwJH E. M. Knoth to S. M. Tllford. nortn 15 feet lot 4. south 13 reet lot a. block 252. city 20.000 Same to same. same............ 20.000 A. L Dlmlck et al. to same, south S3 feet lot 4, block 232. city 35.000 tl. rt. ppencer et ai iu . lot 12. block 3. Hoiiaaays Aaauion. sit-- G. B. Russell et al. to J. Forbes. Iota 11 and 14, Wallace Addition to Mount Tabor ...... .... 900. A. E. Wtlccof to E. M. Knoth. north If 1 feet lot 4, south 13 feet lot 3, woe. 252. city - 4,080 J. E. Scott et al. to B. A. Towtv lot 21. block 21. Mount: iarvor vma J. The Title Guarantee A Trust Co. to D. N. Holt, lot 8 and west 4 lot 1. 2 block 11. Tllton's Addition M E. Rlbber and husband to P. w. Lewis, west 33 1-3 feet lots 4. & and' o. block 29. Sunnyslde..... 1, Victor Land Co. to Union Trust tc In vestment Co., lota 1. IB. ueuasn- mutt A. Oatmans Little Homes suo- dl vision No. L . 1 F. Bode et al. to I. B. Kern, soutn- wect 4 of southeast 4 of aoutneasi h section 13. township 1 north, range 1 - ..... 3.U00 WUllam DeLln and wife to A. G. De- Un, lot 5. oiocic 17. ronn Aioins.... ,x The German Savings & Lean Society to J. M. Healy. lot 8. north 4 t 7, block 39. cltv 1 43,000 V. H. Hathaway and wife to Mrs. E. Ad! :. T60 H. W. Goods et aL to J. H. U Hryan. 2.6 acres. P. GBUa s 13. 1 r. t v. a. 1 e. 1 J. H. CTBryan et al. to P. Wessteger. seune ......... i- E. P. Mendeahall et al. to P. J. Mann. lots 1. 4. block 248. Hoiiaaays aso. w H. D. Story- to R. W. Burdlck. lot Z, block 2, smith's sueaiv. ana ago.. m J. Mann to I. R. Dodge et al., lots 17-20. Inclusive. Diocic . .Mount is- bor VUla Annex 2.8? H. F. Donahue to X. CoaBoy. lots Place ............. ............... I.48B. Hawthorne Estate to W. H. Gleaen- tanaer. lot 2. diock o. uawiBerss s First Add. COLUMBIA XTVTEX EXCUKSH3N8. Very Lew Sae Vto tt O. K. N. tc Uyyev v. vtsitar to vsrUaad should mtea view- tnV ta matchless Calusabla. River scea erv between Portlaa4. aad The JD.W. as seert from the O. R. &. N. trataa. Tka t.VVZt saia.l IsAVsa ta. TTwtaa I vprv mornlr at 9:15. rriviBsr a. i da.yi4at. r TT, u urmm 4 siautba at tha very Zoot e MiiKaaau V.iw t.vmy mile of tbe tria there la imethif sew aad fasciaatiar., It a tr4 tk retain trip nay be atade by aeat ifm Cascade Lsks 9c The Daltea, Terr yr rates tab Suawaer. Part IchI. aad. ery ttekeC axeat O. R, dc' - Ce. TaM aad wasMaxtsa streets.