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THE HORNING OltEGONIAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1905. 15 Be General in This State Next Week. ESTIMATES ARE REDUCED Sales Made at Full Yalne Crop Prospects In New York and Europe Front Street Is Stocked AVI tli Grapes. HOPS Piokins n Oregon tvIU be general next week. Crop estimates being reduecd. Sales of. 1904s. WHEAT Trading active In Walla. Walla County. FRUIT Large shipment of seedless grapes received. VEGETABLES Tomatoes In over supply and lower. EGGS Receipts light and demand strong. Hop-picking for early fugglea has begun In this state, and by Monday next picking of clusters will be -well under way. Growera -with good kiln capacity -nil! wait still another week before they start the pickers, In order to give the hops more time to mature. No one is worrying muoh about the weather now, and when the picking once becomes genoral. It will be carried through without interrup tion. By the middle of next week, it will be known pretty accurately what the Oregon crop will amount to, and the samo will be the case In New York. Local dealers, as a whole, are gradually reducing their estimates of the yield of this states and pome who ssofTed at the estimate made recently by Orcgonian corre spondents arc now down close to that figure. Notwithstanding the lateness of the season, there is still a demand for 1004 hops, and full prises have been paid. A number of deal ers have orders, but they are generally below the market. Two transactions took place yes terday. Ike Mlley, of Aurora, sold 21 bales si 1004s to Henri' Miller, at 18c, and Catlin &. Linn bought the Linton lot of CO bales at Eugene, bat the price paid Is not known. It Is estimated that there ore now less than 30,000 bales of 10049 left In all hands on the entire Coast. Two private dispatches received from Cali fornia yesterday reported some of the Sacra mentos already baled and growers asking 18 20c Dealers weer offering leglOc; with no business roaultlng. The crop was reported coming down lighter than expected, and esti mates were made of 45,000 bales. A letter was rocelvod yesterday by a Port land dealer from J. J. Slattery. a dealer, of Malone, N. Y., saying: "The crop cannot be over one-half of last year's." Many yards are o blighted they will never be picked at all, as there is nothing there to pick." A telpgram received from New York said: "It now looks like 35.000 bales for the etate." A cablegram eent Saturday from England was as fellows "Vermin and mold arc caus ing our growers to begin harvesting Immature hops to cave them. Probable yioid, 450.000 hundredweight." A Nuremberg cable said picking had begun In Germany, and crop profepocus were 10 per cent short of last year. SEEDLESS GRArES IN MARKET. Dvcrsupply of Tomatoes Leads to Slashing of rrices. Front street was well supplied with grapes yesterday, two days' arrivals being thrown on the market. Among the lot were 100 crates of fancy seedless grapes from Rancho Sutter, near Yuba City, Cal., which sold readily at $1 25. Black grapes were a drug on the mar ket. Peaches and cantaloupes were plentiful. Casabas are quoted a shade lower at $22.23. Tomatoes were In heavy supply, one dealer alone having about a carload in stock, and the result was a violent slashing in prices, sales being made as. low at 35c . Two cars of sweet potatoes were among the day's arrivals. Active Week for Farm Produce. Indications point to another active week in tho market for farm produce. Eggs were in etrong demand yesterday, and though receipts were moderate, there was no further advance in price. Nothing was doing In poultry, but a good inquiry lo looked for today, when the first shipments arrive. Butter was quoted Without change. Meats were held at former prices. "Wheal Trading In the Country. Trading in wheat was not very active in the looal market yesterday, but reports were received of a good deal of business In the country. In th6 Walla Walta eeetkm, particu larly, farmers were offering wheat freely, and buyers were taking it in on San Fraactaea account, claiming they could got better terms In the California market than here. Bank Clearings. Bonk clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland ?715,865 ? 75.559 Seattle 8S5.485 230,83d Tacoma. n 571.051 35,720 Spokane 478,173 25,700 PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain. Flour. Feed. Etc FLOUR Patents. $4,5004.03 per barrel; tmlrht X4fft4.25; clears. V.u.r $3.0004.10; Dakota hard wheat. $6.5007,25; Graham, $3.5004: whole wheat. $404.25; rye flour, local. S5; Eastern, $5.5005.60; cornraeal. per bale SI. 0002.20. OATS No. 1 white feed, $23024; gray, $22 per ton. WHEAT Club. 69070c per bushel; blue stem, 72073c; Valley, 73c BARLEY Feed. $20 per ton; brewing, $21: relied. $22023. RYE $1.30 per cental. MILLSTUFFS Bran. $10 per ton; mid dlings, $24.50: shorts. $21: chop. U. S. Mills, $10; linseed dairy feed, $18; alfalfa meaL $18 per ton. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 00 pound rackf. $0.75: lower grades, $506,25: oatmeal, steel cut, 60-pound sacks. $S per barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4.25 per bale; oat meal (ground). 60-pound sacics. $7.50 per barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4 per bale; spilt peas. $5 per 100-pound sack; 25-pound boxes, $1.40: pearl barley. $4.25 per too pounds; 25 pound boxes. $1.25 per box; pastry flour. 10 pound sacks, $2.50 per bale. HAY Eaetern Oregon, timothy, $14015 per ton; Valley timothy. $11012; clover. $800: cheat. $7.5000. Vegetables. Fruit. Etc DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, OOc0$1.5O per box, peaches. 50075c per crate; plums. 75c0$l per crate; blackberries. 506c per pound; can taloupes, 75cfl.50 per crate; pears. $1,250 1.50 per box: watermelons. 101 Vic per pound; crabapples, $1 per box; nectarines. 75c per box; grapes, OOc0$1.25; casabas, $202.25 per dozen; prunes, 70080c TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, choice. $4.50 5.50; oranges, Valenclas, choice, $3.50; fancy. $4.50 per box; grapefruit. $2.0003 per box; bananas, 5c per pound; pineap ples, $2.5003.50 per dozen. FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes, 60c dozen; beans. 104c per pound; cabbage, 1 lUc per pound; cauliflower. 75096c per dozes celery, 75085c per dozen; corn, 800c per dozen; cucumbers. 10015c per dozen: egg plant. $1.50 per crate; peppers, 708c per pound; pumpkins, 7&07&C: tomatoes, 35050c per crate; squash, 5c pound. ONIONS Red. $1.25 per hundred; yellow. 1 25. POTATOES Oregon, new. 75080c per eack; Merced sweets, 3c per pound. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. $1.2531.40 per sack: carrots. xl.25ffl.S0 rx-r sack: beets. $101.25 per sack: garlic 12Vic per pound. DRIED FRUITS Apples. TfrOe Per pound: apricots, I212c; peaches, 10Aei2Hc; pears, none; Italian prunes, none; cauiorma figs, white, 4QQc per pound; black. 4 5c; bricks, 12-14-ounce packages, 75S3c per box; 5S-ounce. $2Q2.40; Smyrna, 20c per pound; dates. Fard, 6c haisixs Seeded. 12-ounce packages, 7rsc: lC-ounce. 8AQ'J)c; loose muscatels. 5i 7Ac; unbleached, seedless Sultanas, Gic: London layers, 3-crown whele boxes of 20 pounds. $1.85; 2-crown, $1.75. Butler. Eggs. Toultry, Etc. BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream er'. 27fc30c per pound; date creameries: Fancy creamery, 27 30c: store butter. 140 16c; Eastern creamery. 25S26i4c; California creamery, 252?27rsC. EGGS Oregon .ranch, 2324c per dozen. CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, 13 18c; Young America. 14 14 c POULTRY Average old hens, 13QUc; mixed chickens, 12913c; old roosters, 10c; young roosters, HVi12c; Springs, lVa to 2 pounds. lWUMc; 1 to 1 pounds, 144si5c: dressed, chicken, 13014c; turkeys, live. 18 23c; turkeys, dressed, choice. 10f23c; geee, live, per pound 88Hc; geese, dressed, per pound, OSflOc; ducks, I415c; pigeons, ?1 1.23; squabs. $292.50. Groceries, Nuts, Etc. COFFEE Mocha, 26S2Sc; Java, ordinary. 18 022; Costa Rica, fancy. lS4f2oc; good. 169 16c; ordinary. lu12c per pound; Columbia roast, cases. 100s. $14.23; 50s, $14.25; Ar buckle. $15.75; Lion. $15.75. RICE Imperial Japan No. 1. $5.37&: South ern Japan, $3.50; Carolinas. SSKJfec; broken head. 2c. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound talis, $1.75 per dozen; 2-pound talis. $2.40; 1-pound flats, $1.85; fancy, IQlfc-pound flau, $LS0: V-pountl flats, $1.10; Alaska pink 1-pound talis. 5c; red, 1-pound talis. $1.30; cockeyes, 1-pound talis, $1.85. SUGAR Sack basis. 100 pounds: Cube. $5.85; powdered. $5.60; dry granulated, $5.50; extra C. $5; golden C. $4.00; fruit sugar. $5.50; ad vance over sack basis, as fellows: Barrels, 10c; half-barrels, 25c; Dssei. 503 per 100 pounds. (Terms: On remittance within 15 -lays, deduct per pound; if later than 15 Jays and within 30 days, deduct Ho per pound; no discount after 30 days.) Beet sugar, granulated, $5.40 per 100 pouncs; maple eugar, 15918c per pound. SALT California, $11 per to. XL 60 per bale; Liverpool, 50s. $17; lOoc J6.5t; 200s, $16; half-pound. 100s. $7: 50s. $7.50. NUTS Walnuts, 13c per pound by tack, lc extra for lees than sack: Brazil nuts. 15c; filberts. 14c; pecans, jumbos, 14c; extra large, 15c; almonds. L X. L.. 16ic; chestnut?, Ital ians. 15c; Ohio. $1.50 per 26-pound drum; pea nuts, raw. 7c per pound; roasted. 8c; pine nuts. lOSUSVsc; hlckpry nuts. 7c; eecoanuts, 7c; cocoanuts, S590c per dozen. BEANS Small white, 3H4lic: large white. 3Uc; plak. 314 (JS lie; bayou, 4X5c; lama, 0a Hops. Wool, Hides. Etc. HOPS Choice 1904, 17 18c per pound. WOOL Eastern Oregon average bsst. 10C 21c; lower grades, down to 15c, aeoordlng to shrinkage; Valley. 25tf27c per pound. MOHAIR Choice. 30c per pound. HIDES Dry hides: No. 1. 16 pounds and up. 16V4017c per pound; dry kip. No. 1. 5 to 10 pounds, 14915c per pound; dry czlf. No. 1, under 5 pounds, 17fij I6c; dry salted, bulls and stags, one-third less than dry Hint; (culls, moth-eaten, badly cut. scored, murrain, hair-dipped, weather-beaten or grubby. 2ip3c per pound less); salted hides, steers, sound, 00 pounds and over, OQ lOc per pound; 50 to 00 pounds. 8H 9c per pound; under 50 pounds and cows. 800c per pound; salted kip. sound. 15 to 30 pounds, 0c per pound; salted veal, sound, 10 to 1 pounds. 0c per pound; salted calf sound, under 10 pounds. 10c per pound; (green unsalted. lc per pound less; culls, lc per pound less). Sheep skins: Shearlings. No. 1 butchers' stock. 25 30c each; hort wool. No. 1 butchers' stock. 400500 each; medium, wool. No. 1 butchers' stock. OO&SOc; long wool. No." 1 butchers' stock. $11.5U each. Murrain pelts from 10 to 20 per cent less or 12 14c per pound; horse hides, salted, eachj ac cording to size. $1.50 3; do, each, accord ing to size, $191.50; colts hides. 28Q50c each: goat skins, common. 10 15c each; Angora, with wool on. 23c9$LS4 each. TALLOW Prime, per pound. SQZSic; No. 2 and grease, 203c FURS B-ar skins, as to size. No. 1. $2.50 Q 10 each: cubs $192; badger. 25850c; wild oat. with head perfect. 25 050c: house cat. 6 10c; fox. common gray, &UCf .uc; re a. xsu 5; cross. $51S; silver and black. S1G6& 21)0; flshcrs $506; lynx. $4.5006: mink, strictly No. 1, according to size, $102.50; marten, dark Northern, according to size and color, $10015; marten, pale. pine, ac cording to size and color. $2.50 0 4; rouskrat, large. 10015c; skunk, 40050c; civet or pole cat 5010c: otter, large prime skin, $6010; panther, with head and claws perfect, $2t3S; raccoon, prime, 30050c; mountain wolf, with head perfect. $3.50 05; coyote, OOc0$l: wolverine. $608: beaver, per skin, large. $5 00; medium, $304; small. $10L50; kits. 50 073c BEESWAX Good, clean and pure. 20022c per pound. CASCARA SAGRADA (Chlttam bark) Good. 308!4e per pound. Provisions and Canned Meats. HAMS 10 to 14 pounds. 13sie per pofend; 14 to 16 pounds, 13&c; 18 to 20 pounds. 1351c; California (picnic). 0'jc; cottage hams. &c; shoulders. 8c; boiled ham, 21c; boUed pioaic ham. boneless. 15c BACON Fancy breakfast, 10V4c per pownd; standard breakfast, 17Hc; choice. ISVic; Eng lish breakfast, 11 to 14 pounds, 15c; peach bacon. 14c DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears. 11c; dry ealt. 12c smoked; dear basks, lle dry salt, 12c smoked; clear bellies. 14 to 17 pounds average, none; Oregon exports, 20 to I'd pounds, average. njic; ary salt. 12c smoked: Union butts. 10 to IS pounds aver age, none. PICKLED GOODS Pork barrels. $18; half barrels. $0.50; beef, barrels, $12; half-barrels. $6.50. SAUSAGE Ham. 13o per pound; minced ham, 19c; Summer, choice dry. 17c; bologna, long, fiUc; woinerwurst. Sc; liver, 6c; pork. 9010c; blood. Cc; headcheese. 6c; bologna sau sage, link. 4 He. CANNED MEATS Corned beef, pounds, per dozen. $1.25; two pounds. $2.35; six pounds. JS. Roast beef flat, pounds, $1.25; two pounds, $2.25; six pounds, none. Roast beef, tali, pounds, none; two pounds, 32.35: six pounds, none. Lunch tongue, pounds, $3.15. Roast mutton, six pounds. $8.50. LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered, tierces lie. tubs 1114c; 50s HUc 20s HHc 10s llrtC 5s lllic Standard pure: Tierces. 10c tubs 10V4C 60s 104c 20s 10?iC JOs lQKc. 5s 10. Compound: Tierces 6c. tubs 04c, 50s 6HC 10s 6&c Es CT(c Oils. TURPENTINE Cases. ECc per gallon. WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 74c; 600-pouaa lots. 7c: less than 500-pound lots. 8c GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cases. 234c; Iron barrels, 17c: 86 deg. gasoline, cases, Sio; iron barrels or drums, 26c ' COAL OIL Casjcs, 20fcc; Iron barreU. 14c; wood barrels. 17c; C3 deg.. cases, 22c: Iran banc-it. UVtc. LINSEED OIL Raw. S-barrel lott-. 50c: 1-barrel tou. 60c; cat.es, 65c, boiled. S-barrel lots. Ole; 1-barrel lota. C2c; cases, C7c Dressed Meats. BEEF Dressed bulls. 102c per pound; cows, 3&43&c: country steers. 405c VEAL Dressed, 75 to 125 pounds, C"07"4c: 125 to 200 pounds, 406c; 200 pounds and up. 304c x MUTTON Dressed fancy. 64 07c per pound; ordinary. 45c; lambs. 77"s4c PORK pressed. 100 to 150. 7H9'Se: 150 and up, 607c per pound. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Aug. 28. The London tin mar ket was slower, closing at 151 Ss for spot and 150 12s 6d for futures. The local mar ket was quiet and steady at 330S3.5OC Copper lower abroad, with npot closing at 71 17s 5d and futures at 71 2s 6d In London. Locally, the larger Interests were said to be firm. Lake and electrolytic, 16.37&017C, and casting, 16016.25c Lead was firm at 14 Cs In London, but re mained unchanged at 4 8504.00c In the local market. v Spelter was higher in both markets, closing at 25 2s Cd in London and at 5.703 3.60c locally. Iron closed at 51s Cd In Glasgow and at 4Ss 1VA in Mlddlesboro. Locally, the tone con tinues firm, with No. 1 foundry Northern tt $16.50017.25; No. 2 do, 16016.75c Dried Fruits at New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 2S. There has been no fresh development In the market for evapo rated apples. Holders are still asking about 7c for October-November delivery of prime fruit, and 7ic Is bid. Spot quotations remain as recently, with only common to good held at 46c; prime. 707Uc; choice. 7t$c; fancy, Sc Prunes are firm. Spot offerings light. Quo Jationa rango from 4Vic to 6c. Apricots quiet, with choice quoted at S0SUc; extra choice, St8Sie; fancy. OH01Oc Peaches are scarce on spot, with fancy about the only grade available and quoted at HHc Raisins firm. Loose muscatels are quoted at 4?;06"ic; seeded raisins, 5407?ic, and Lon don layers at $101.15. Washington Wool Estimate SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 2S. The Hibbtrd Stewart Company has estimated tho wool dip for the year 1905, based upon the reports re ceived from the wool-growing sections of Washington, at 0.200.000 pounds. The clip is estimated as follows: Eastern Washington, 4.($O.000 pounds; Y&klma. 4.000,000; W natchee. liOOO.OOO; Paget Sound. 200.000. Tha clip of mohair Is estimated to be far In ad vance of any previous year. Elgin 3 utter Market. ELGIN. 111. Aug, 2S. Butter Firm, ile; .e&les for tho week, 737,000 pounds. REACTION IN LIST New York Stock Market Is Heavy and Irregular. NO SUPPORT GIVEN - IT Situation at Portsmouth Has a De pressing Effect Threatened Miners' Strike and law son's Influence. NEW NEW YORK, Aug. 2S. The heaviness and Irregularity of today stock mar Vet may be ascribed to several circumstances, aay one of them more or leas plausible. If not estireiy logical. Our market and those abroad derived but scant comfort from the situation at Ports mouth, consols at London and rentes at Paris shading some, while further pretext to sell here was found in the latest demands of the head of the Anthracite Miners' Union, aad la the widely circulated utterances of the New England operator, who today renamed his at tacks upon the copper stocks. It Is noteworthy that the ooal shares and Amalgamated Copper were materially lower. To the foregoing con ditions should be added a decided tendency to the hardening of money rates, and a fur ther demand by the West upon the local finan cial resources. The reaction today had, appar ently, the tacit. If not open, sympathy of strong interests, as shown In the abeeoee of support at the most critical stages of the early session. Ia fplte of contrary statements, it Is now the opinion of observant bankers that the year's crop requirements from this center wilt be quite as large. If not larger than last year. Initial prices throughout the active list were lower. Including, In addition to Reading and the other coolers. Union PacJSc, Missouri Vs. clfic St. Paul. Atchison, Pennsylvania and Canadian Pacific On the other hand, gains were made by Metropolitan Street Railway, Metropolitan Securities, Sugar and Paelftc Coast, the latter making a new high record. The lis rallied feebly In the first hoar, such support as the market received core lag from oommtaolOB houses. Operators tested, the mar ket by switching from one group to another, but. finding little demand for their offerings, turned sellers' again, the list going lower at this juncture, with Reading 3, St. Paul 4, Great Northern preferred 3, and New York Central 2H. the remainder of the list trailing along at recessions of one to two points. One of the few conspicuous exceptions was Repub lic Iron preferred, whleh advanced on news of the rettumptloa of divider) da, and was takon by commission houses hitherto prominent In that ls.me. The absence of any marked selling pressure steadied the market early In the afternoon, but the trading soon became more narrow osd dult. Buying of Union Pacific, which sent It above Saturday's closing, attracted some attention among tradem, who followed the movement with purchases of Reading and ether asttve Issues until many of the early declines had been recovered. The closing was firm, aa In fluencing factor being the news that Japan bad agreed to waive her claim to indemnity, and a return of call money to last week's rates. London's moderate sales hero were largely caused by heme demands to meet fortnightly settlements. Among the day's railroad returns was that of Chicago & Northwestern, whose preUmlBary statement for the fiscal year showed but a llght Increase of net Income over the previous year. Reports of gross returns for July by a number of minor lines wore equally divided as to losses and gains. Bond were irregular. Total sales, 'par vahte. $2,285,000. United States bonds were all un changed on caH. STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Soles. High. Low. bid. Adams Express 2lt Amalgamated Copper 57,000 67 Vj S5i S0H Amer. Cor & Fttry.. 3,400 37m 37 37. do preferred 100 161 101U 101U Amer, Cotton Oil.... do preferred ....... Amer. Expre i Amer. H. & L. pfd. Amer. Ice Amer. Linseed Oil.. do preferred Amer. Locomotive... do preferred ....... Amer. Sm. &. Refg.. 100 29A 2H 2V 9 250 500 38 37i XTTJ aw zjft is 4K 4,400 53 624 52 900 113; llXVs 113 2.700 130ft ISSfe ISO), do preferred l.ruo J-tSU izei ia Amer. Sugar Refining 3,bW H5 143fe 144 Am. Tobaoeo pf. cert. 200 1014 101i 101 Anaconda Mining Co. ..... lis Atchison 14,000 884 &k S0; do preferred 500 1W iw 11 u Atlantic Coast Line.. 700 1874 196 1S7H xmiuxnorc a unto., ji.wo iik 113 do' preferred 06 Brooklyn R. Transit 2.400 71i Canadian Pacific ... 0,000 lftfti; Central Leather .... 100 4S do preferred SM 104 Central of N. J 1.000 21tffe Chesapeake & Ohio, 2,80t) SdH Chicago & Alton. do preferred 7h 7; lse 1W, 43 42 lOlVi lMfe 216V 213 SSfe Mlt 36 78 21H 2l?i Chi. Great Western S.600 700 Chicago & N. W.. 21 30 1 Chi., MIL & St. PauL 1S.800 ;S2S 1S 181i v-Bi. ienn. UTansL. ...... ..... ..... 18 do preforrel 300 37 36: ss C. C, C A SL L.. 400 lOOTi 100Vi 10Oi Colorado Fuel & Iron 800 46 45i Colorado & Southern 300 2SU do 1st preferred.... 200 63&, do 2d preferred 500 44& Consolidated Gas..... 285 28 43V4 lib Com Products , , do preferred 100 47 47 Delaware & Hudson 000 220 210 mi 47 218 iSo iei., lock. & West. Denver & Rio Grande 34t$ v prcacrrca ....... iw tV-t BSti bi uisuuenr beounue. eoo 42: 424 Erie 61.000 S1H " do 1st preferred.... 700 81 tsK do 2d preferred..... 4.300 77 7S Genoral Blectrlo ... 500 182 18l Illinois Central 1,000 178 176U International Paper.. 000 21H 2T do preferred International Pump 42U 177 21H 7t; 27H do preferred ....... .... g2 Iowa Central 100 29 29 2SU do preferred 100 57 57 57 Kan. City Southern. 300 27i 27t 27 do preferred 200 58 rs ssii Loulsrllle & Nashv.. 4,000 150. 14Si 15ti Manhattan L. 100 ij6i 1SU, l8 Metrop. Securities... 11.300 854 84 84 JituvjJBiium ou iiy.. ti.iuu Uj 131 1SIT Mexican Central .... 1,000 24 23ii 23 0 M.. St. P. a. S. S-M. 200 133 133i do preferred 300 106i 165 Mlsourl Pacific 0.300 107j 108 Mo.. Kan. & Texas.. 5,500 34 33 do preferred 2.400 72 71t National Lead 1,00 44 44' National of Mex. pfd. 134 165 107 31 New York Central... 0,200 153 151 1S2; N. Y., Ont. & West.. 2.500 60 55 554 Northern Pacific 2,700 211 210 211 4.000 S5; S5 &5H Norfolk & Western. do preferred 92 rsiorth American .... 700 100 89 90U Pacific Moll 2,500 401i 45 48U Pennsylvania 53,400 14S 1444 145 People's Gen 100 106 105 104 P.. C. C. & St- L. 80 Pressed Steel Car... 1,000 45J 44 45 do nref erred 2oo MU nnu. tut' 'Reading 100,000 121 118 1104 do 1st preferred.... 100 02 02V 92 go za prexerrco..... 400 Of Republic Steel ,.0.400 22 do preferred 11.S00 00 Rock Island Co..... 5.300 34 do preferred 2.300 80 Rubber Goods 04 Si 88 23 . 7SH 04 21 86 33?i do preferred ..... st. l. & s. f. 2d pf. 100 eo 00 St. Louis S. W. 300 26 K"; do preferred 1.000 63 G2K Southern Pacific .... 13,000 67 60 do preferred 200 110 110 Southern Railway do preferred 100 100 100 Tenn. Coal Jt Iron... 2.400 131 00 Texas & Paciflfc.... 300 351 35H Toledo, St, L. & W. do preferred 100 5S 5S ifi Oil 26 63 110 09 06 36i 37 55 Union Pacific 00,200 1374 137 IMS do preferred t OS U. S. Express. 122 U. S. Realty U. a. Rubber 1.000 do preferred 0.900 U. S. Steel 14.500 do preferred 31,800 Vo.-Caro!lna Chemical 100 do preferred ....... ...... Wabash S00 do preferred 1.CO0 vo 51 110 37 104 32 22 31 110 36 .104 32 2 43 240 61 110 36 101 SS 106 - 43 239 170 03 17 30 44 Wells-Forgo Express. 100 240 Weotlnghouse Elec Western Union Wheeling & L. Erie. 100 Wisconsin Central... 2,100 do preferred 1.000 17 30 69 17 201 53 Total sales for the day. S11.S00 shares. , BONDS. NEW YORK. Aug. 28. Closing quotations: U. S. ref. 2s reg.l04?iD. & R. G. 4s .101 Co coupon 104.X1N. T. C. G. 3s. 834 Nor. Pacific 3s.. 77 iNor. Pacific-4s.. 105 So. Pacific 4s... 03 Union Pacific 4s. 103 Wis. Central 4s.. 05 do coupon 103 U. S. new 4s reg. 133 do coupon 133 U. S. old 4s reg. 104 do coupon 104 Jap. 6s. 2d series 09 Atchison Adj. 4s 0S, Jap. 4.s, cer... 90 Stocks at London. LONDON. Aug. 2S. Consols for money. 00; consols tor account. 00. Anaconda 5 .Norfolk & West. 87 Atchison 01 do preferred... 04 do preferred... 107 Ontario & West. 5S- Baltimore &. O-. 46 Pennsylvania ... 74 Con. Pacific 164 Rand Mines S3 Ches. & Ohio... 58 (Reading 01 a Gt Westen. 22 C M. & St. P.. 100 uo 1st pref.... 48 do 2d pref 4S So. Railway.... 36 Js do pref erred... 102 So. Pacific 6S Union Pacific... 130 do preferred... 100 U. S. Steel 37 do preferred... 107 Wabash 22 do preferred... 44 Spanish Fours.. 92 DeBeers 17 D. & R. Grande. 36 do preferred... 91 Erie 51 do 1st pref.... 86 do 2d pref 70 Illinois Central. 1S2 Louis. & Nash.. 154 Mo.. Kas. & T.. 34 X. T. Central... 153 3Ioney, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK. Aug. 28. Money on call woo steady at 2 per cent: closing bid and offered. 2 per cent. Time loans firm; 60 days. 3 per cent: 00 days. 3 per cent; six months. 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 44 per cent. Sterling exchango easy, with actual business in hankers' bills at 34.8506 for demand and at $4.5465 for CO days; posted rates, 4.57; commercial hills, 34.84. Bar silver, 62c Mexican dollars, 47c Government bonds steady; railroad bonds Irregular. LONDON, Aug. 2S. Bar silver steady, 2Sd per ounce. Money. 1 per cent. Rote of discount for soert Wllr, 1 per cent; for three monthrf bills. leiJ5-16 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2S--Sllver bars. 62c per ounce. Mexican dollars, nominal. Drafts Sight. 3c: telegraph, 5c. Sterling on London Sixty dare, S4.S5; sight, f4.S7. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Aug. 28. Today's statement for the Treasury balances In the general funds shows: Available cash balances S126.635.241 Gold coin and bullion 53.279.25S Gold certlfleatea 27.781.260 LARGE RUSSIAN EXPORTS GIVE BEARISH TONE TO CHI CAGO "WHEAT SrARKET. Gain in Amount of Grain on Passage Against Expected Decrease Leads to Weak Opening. CHICAGO. Aug. 2S. A bearish feeling was prevalent in the wheat-pit throughout the ses sion. Chief Interest early was the manced In crease this week over lost la shipments from Russia' and the Danube. There was also a noticeable gain In the amount of grain on ocean passage, as against a decrease, whlc'i the trade bod been led to expect. The result was an easy opening, with September un changed to c lower, at 70e79c. A de crease of S10.000 bushels in the visible supply restored some confidence among the bull", and the net results' of their efforts, coupled with the sustaining Influence of large numbers- of reselling orders executed by commission houses. wan a rally to 70c for September, at wbjcs figure it closed with a steady undertone. The com market wo easy at the opening. The strengthening Influences were felt law-, and with offerings light the early low was more than regained. The closing was stady at 53c. Oats were dull and easy, keeping within nar row limits and closing at the bottom. &ptem hr ckned at 25 C. Provisions were unsettled, with a tecdency toward weakncp. Liquidation in September pork broke the prices. SeplnHr pork elcd 2c off. lard 2c down, and ribs 2c lower. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close.- September 30.79 30.79 .79 SO.79 December Sift .Sl .81 .81 May 84 .Sifi .84 .84 CORN. Sent, (W) 53H -53 .53 .53 St, (new) 53 .53 .52 .53 Dec (old) 45 .45 .44 .44 Dee. (new) 43 .43 .43 .43 May 48 .43 .42 .43 OATS. May September December May .43 .43 .42 .43 .25 ' .25 .25V .2 .26 .26 .26 .25 .2S .26 .2S MESS PORK. September 14.75 14.82 14.62 14.87 October 14.S7 14.5,7 14.62 14.67 LARD. September S.00 S.00 7.55 7.S5 October 8.05 8.07 7.00 7.00 November ...... 7.70 7.70 7.67 7.67 SHORT RIBS. September S.07 9.00 S.77 S.77 October 9.07 9.07 S.S5 8.S5 ri Quotation were as follows: Flour Steady. Wheat No. 3 Spring. 995c; No. 2 red. TOjfSflHc Corn.' No. 2, 54c; No. 2 yellow, 54c Oats No. 2. 24i25c: No. 2 white. 2734c; No. 3 white. 2627c Rye No. 2. 60c Barley Good feedlng.,37fi'37c: fair to choice molting, 43 47c Flaxseed No. 1. 51.00; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.10.' Timothy seed Prime, 3.65. Mess pork Per barrel. $14.63314.70. Lard Per 100 pounds. f7.S5. Short ribs sides Loose. SS.79gS.S0. Short dear rides Boxed, S.S7e9.12. Clover Contract grade, f 12. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 21.000 33,000 Wheat, bushels 86,000 S3.000 Com. bunhels 34.000 18.000 Oats, hushels 703,000 420.000 Rye. bushels 439.000 5.000 Barley, bushels 34.000 29,000 - Groin and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Aug. 28. Flour Receipts, 20, 000 barrels; exports, 4O00 barrels. Market quiet and lower to sell. Winter straights. 1434.15; Minnesota patents, fl.S5S5.50. Wheat Receipts. 138,000 bushels; exports. 25,700 bushels. Spot easy. No. 2 red, 5Uc elevator; No. 2 hard, &6c f . o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 91ic to arrive f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Manitoba. S7c to ar rive Lab. afloat. On the whole, wheat was weak and heavy all day. May closed 8Sc; September. S3 Tic; December, S7c i Hops Quiet. Wool Firm Grain at. San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2S. Wheat steady. Barley easier. Spot quotations: Wheat Shlpplngr$1.45ffL55; milling. $1.57 0167- Barley Feed, $161.05; brewing, $1.071.10. Oats Red. ?1.15ffl.40. Call board sales: ' Wheat December, $1.32. Barley December, 0Sc Corn Large yellow, $1.4031.42. Minneapolis Wheat Market, MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Aug. 2S. Wheat: September. 2c; December, 82c; JMoy, 84 0S4lc: No. 1 Northern, 89c; No. 2 Northern, S5c; No. 1 bard. 91c. Wheat at Xlverpool. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 2S. Wheat September. Cs SVJd; December, Cs 7d. Weather In England, clear. ' Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 2S. Wheat-Unchanged; bluestem. 72c; club. 69c; red, C5c Visible Supply of Grain. NEW YORK, Aug. 28. The visible supply ot grain, Saturday, August 26, as compiled by the New York Produce Exchange, was aa fol lows: Increase. 12.012Wi siovm Wheat, bushels Corn, busheld 5.106.000 C54.O0O Oats, bushels 10.370.000 2.225.000 Rye. bushels 582,4)00 33,000 Barley, tmsneis 737,000 67,000 U. S. 3s reg 103 J, BusheIsv OLD STOCKS LIGHT Very Few 1904- Hops Remain on the Pacific Coast. ENGLAND WILL NEED SOME Demand for Yearlings Always Comes In October and Xovember E.' J. Smith on New York and Oregon Crops. PORTLAND. Aug. 28. (To the Editor.) The month of August Is nearly over, and tho hoMera of the tew remaining 1004 bops can look back upon it with satisfaction, knowing that there are 3600 bales less of 1004a In growers' and dealers hands on the Pacific Coast than there was on the first day of August of this year. I have lately received a letter from one of the prominent hop Arms of London, express ing themselves that England would undoubt edly take further large stocks of our 1004s in October at the available price, whatever It might be at that time, and stating that one of their brewer customers would be in the mar ket then for 1500 bales of American 1904s. I think holders of 1004s can sit easy now, assured of the fact that there will be a healthy demand for every bale of them a little later on. For the post several years the strong demand for yearlings has come In October and November. The existing unfavorable conditions of ths 1905 crop throughout the hopgrowtng sections of the world needs no comment, as everything now looks rosy for 25c prices again. It Is a fact that has not been known to exist before In 30 years that the small re maining stockn of old hops of the entire world consist of what few are left here on the Coast, and less than 1G0O bales In New York State. I era getting several reports' from New York State now that tho crop there will not be over 36.099 to 35.C0O hales. However. I still adhere to my former figures of 40.000 hales for New York, but if the unfavorable reports of the past few days continue from there, I will think that I am too high. I have Inspected a good many Oregon yarda during th'e post week, and find a top-crop everywhere, nothing under the vines, but all on the outside, la full sight. In my opinion, 80,606 boles will be the limit for Oregon. Al though I am Inclined to think there will be Uib. but I desire, to be conservative, and want to keep It high enough. As regards estimates of the Oregon f 1904 crop of a year ago, I believe that I have cor respondence from certain 7coma hop firms, written to me. estimating the Oregon 1904 crop at mtnething less than 73.000 bales. I bad several wagers lost year that the Oregon crop would not be over 00,000 hales, and two wagers that it would not bo over 83,000 bales, which was all the bets I did have, so I leave It to the public and growers to draw their own " conclusions as regards my ability as an cetimater of hop crops. As the time is so close by. there will prob ably not be much doing here In 1905 until dealers can see samples. EL J. SMITH. BREAK IN SAX FRAXCISCO WHEAT MAIUvET. Barley Easier on Heavy Receipts. Potatoes Firm in Face of Large Arrivals. SAN FRANCISCO. CaL. Aug. 2S. Speclol.) Continue! liberal offerings of Northern wheat for September-October delivery here, and an other slump in Chicago, added to the depres sion in the local wheat market. December fell to 31.31. but closed steadier. Cash wheat was weak In sympathy with futures. Barley was easier In all positions, the receipts having Increased and the drop In wheat weak ening confidence. Vpper gradea of oats were well sustained, offerings being light. Feed stuffs were firm. Hay again arrived heavily. Receipts of grapes had a large increase, and only fancy shipping stock, wanted for the reg ular steamer for Puget Sound, showed firm ness. Shipping prices ranged from 73 cents to 51 per crate. Wrapped peaches for chipping were plentiful at 35?!5 cents. Choice Graven stein. Alexander. King and Bellflower apples were firm. Other deciduous fruits were un changed. Lemons are well cleaned up and very firm. 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VEGETABLES Cucumbers. 2535e; garlic 5g5c: green peas. 293c; string beans. 1 4c; tomatoes. 50c)l; okra, 50575c; egg plant. 509T5C. POULTRY Turkey gobblers. 19C22c; roost ers, old. 3464.50; roosters, xouag. 34.50e5.36; broilers, small. ?2g2.50; broilers, large, S2 :.S0; fryers. J3g3.50; fryers, young. $34. EGGS Store. lS23c: fancy ranch. 31c; Eastern. 19$24c B UTTER Fancy creamery. 26c; creamer-. peconds. 23c; fancy dairy, nominal; dairy sec onds', nominal. WOOL Spring. Humboldt and Mendoolno. 2S CSOc; San Joaquin. 12815c: Nevada. 15le; lambs. 12f 19c. MILLSTCFFS Bran. 20.5021.50; mid dling. J25.502T-50. HAY Wheat. $7t?I3.50: wheat and oats, $7 12.50; barley. $70; straw. J60; clover. $7 10; stock. S5S6; straw, 2540e per bale. POTATOES Salinas Burbanks. D0ctl.lS; sweets, 31.251.S5. CHEESE Young America, ll12e: East ern. 1316c FRUITS Apples, cbolee, $1.25; common. 4&c; bananas. $I2; Mexican limes. S.50; Cali fornia IemOns. choice. $5; common. 52; oranges, navel?. $24; pineapples. 1.50f3. HOPS-10l9c per pound. RECEIPTS Flour, 12,054 quarter socks; wheat. 11.M9 centals; barley. 12.030 centals oats. 1556 centals; corn. 600 centals; potatoes. 10,-6 sacks: bran. 2552 sacks; middlings. 1W eacks; hay. 1429 tons; wool. 205 halo; hides. LIVESTOCK MARKETS. Mces Quoted Locally for Leading lines Yesterday. The following prices on livestock were quoted In the local market: CATTLE Best Eastern Oregon steers, $8 3.25; good cows, $22.59: common cow?, si.&a 1.73; calves. 125 to 15 pounds. $5; 2i0 to 250 pounds. $3.3a?4. SHEEP Beet Eastern Oregon and Valley. 33.2506.50; medium, $S; lambs. $4.564.?5. HOGS Best large fat hogs. $6.25f.5; Mek and China fat, $Sf 6.25; good feeders. $5. Heavy Sheep Sale. BILLINGS. Mont.. Aug. 2S. The Custer Sheep Company, through Its manager. M. F. Trask. has sold to Fred KMnk. of Denver. 11.500 wethers, for a consideration of $47,000. or at the rate of $4.10 a head, which In the best sheep sale that hoi been made in Eastern Montana In many years. Mr. Klink Is a large buyer and shipper, and several weeks ago bought a large number of sheep from th Snldow Sheep Company, which he shipped to market. The sheep purchased by Mr. Trask are worth from $5.75 to8a head In the Chicago market, and will bo shipped there as soon as delivered. The dates of delivery are August 31 and Sep tember 1. at Peritra, a point on the Burlington railroad. t Fraser Bros, have sold to George Mitchell, of Cody. Wyo., 2700 head of yearling nhoep. The price Is variously reported at from $3.50 to $1 per head. Sheepmen eay that the East ern market for sheep was never better than at the present time. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Kansas City. Omaha and Chicago. CHICAGO. Aug. 23. Cattle Receipts. 24. 000. Good to prime steers. $5.506.30; poor to medium. $4.205.40; stockers and feed ers. 32.76&4.20: cows. $2.73 4.50; heifers. $3.004.73; canners. $1.5092.50; bulls, $2.25 G4.00; calves. $3.50 7.25. Hogs Receipts today." 30,000; tomorrow. 16,000; market steady. Mixed and butchers. $5.05 0.30; good to choice heavy, $3,999 6.30; rough heavy. $5.705.S3; light. $g.M 6.30; bulk of sales. $3.S50.23. Sheep Receipts. 22,000; sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice wethers, $5.25 5,50; fair to choice mixed. $5.005.40; West ern sheep, $3.00 g 3.60; native lambs, $S.W 7.50; Western lambs, $6.307.75. SOUTH OMAHA. Aug. 2S. Cattle-Receipts, 5000; market strong. Native steers. $4.0066.23: native cows and heifers, $2.25 4.75; Western steers; $3.0064.30; Texas steers. $2.75&3.S5; Texas cows and heifers, $2.0003.50; canners. $ 1.30 2.55; stookers and feeders. $2.2594.15; calves, $3.00 3.50. Hogs Receipts. 2SO0; market slow, steady. Heavy. $3.7095.00; mixed. $3.75 5.85; light. is a guardian that never sleeps $5.3565.95: pigs, 33.00S5.70; bulk of sales. $5.70 5.90. Sheep Receipts. 0500; market steady. Western yearlings. $5.1595.50; wethers. $3 5.25; ewes. $4.30 3.00; lambs. $tf.757 40 KANSAS CITY. Aug. 2S. Cattle Receipts. 19,000. Market steady. 10c lower; native Seers, $4$5.75: stockers and feeders. $2.30 25; cilvesv $2.503.75; Western steers, $3.35 4.50; do cows. $1.753.25. Hogs Receipts. 4000. ' Market steady to strong: bulk. $64f6.15; heavy. $5.S5ff6.10; packers. $8g.15; plga and light. $G.05fi6,173. Sheep Receipts, 17.000. Muttons. $3.5CQ 5.75; lambs, $67.25; fed ewes. $3.2521.03. Dairy Produce In the East. CHICAGO. Aug. 2S. On the Produce Ex change today, the butter market was steai: crsamerlee, 1721c; dairies, 1618c. Eggs steady at mark, eases Included, 13t16r. Cheese firm. 10i4fllc. NEW YORK. Aug. 2S. Butter. quiet; creamery, common to extra. 1721c; West ern, common to extra. 1517c; Imitation creamery, common to extra, lS19c. Cheese Strong; fancy, 12c. Eggo Weak; Western firsts, 20c; seconis, lS19c. Tarls Sugar Market Collapses. PARIS, Aug. 28. There was another col lapse In tho sugar market today, owing to the sudden death, under circumstances Indi cating suicide, of Ernest Cronior, chairman of the board of directors of the Say Sugar Re finery, the most important concern In t9 trade. Share fell 390 iolnts, from 970 to 5Si' The migar market suspended operations. The foreign exchanges, according to report, have not &en affected by the incident. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. Aug. 23. The market for cof f futures closed ateady at a net decline of 510 potntH. Sales. 39,250 bags, Incluiing September, at 7.27.27c; December, 7 3:'p 7.60c; January, 7.83c; May. 7.S6Sc; July, 7.9S.Ufc. Spot Rle steady; No. 7. S-; mild oteady. Sugar Raw quiet; fair refining. 3e, cen trifugal, 96 test, 3 3-32c; molasses sugar. 3r, Rennod quiet: crushed. $0; powdered, $3.40. granulated, $5.30. Mining- Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2S. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alta $ .04 Just lee $ IM Alpha Con 061 Ken tuck Con.. . 01 Andett 22l31exlcan 113 Belcher UlOccltiental Con... S7 Best & Belcher. 1.13JOphl 5 17 Bullion .JlOi Overman .11 ,0(1 .12 0' .l ,S3 4; .04 .11 Caledonia Challenge Con Chollar .3uPotoi -15'Savage .llScorpten .... Confidence v,uw.si ...... Jjvmnc. . ... Con. Cal. & Va. . l.lMSlerro Nevada... Seg. Belcher. Crown Point OOlSilver HItl Exchequer 41)Unlon Con... Gould & Curry- .tlUtah Con Hale & Nercross 1.10 Yellow Jacket... Julia 07 NEW YORK. Aug. 2S. Closing quotations: Adams Con $ .25Llttle" Chief $ 03 AHce 35'Ontarlo 2.00 Sreeee 15'OphIr 5.03 Brunswick Con.. .lSlPhoenix ot Comstock Tun... .97IPotot "I Con. Cal. & Va.. 1.05Savage . .42 Horn Stiver 1.75Slerra Nevada... .2 Iron Silver 3.00 Small Hopes 30 Leadvllle Cen... .00;Standard 1 4 J BOSTON. Aug. 2S. Adventure 6. Alloucz 32. Amalgamated. SS. Am. Zinc 10. Atlantic 22. Bingham 31. Cal. & Hecla. . 670. Copper Range. 76 Centennial ... 27. Daly West 13. Dominion Coal 7S. Franklin 14. Isle Royale '22. Gronby 7. Closing quotations: 0(H Mohawk $ 50 7" 50Mont- C. i C. 2.30 63Old Demlnlon. 22 00 50iOseo!a 101 Parrot 26. Vi Quincy Shannon ...... Tamarack Trinity 105 C'J 7r 1 125.00 Ota 37 l I 34 21 10 48.30 4 50 13 OOfUnlted Copper. 0$:U. S. Mining.. 23 U. S. Oil 30 Utah 50 Victoria Mom. Mining. Michigan .... 9 0O Winona ... II 14.25Wolverlne 124 00 Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 28. Wool Steady: medlunx grades combing and clothing. 2931c. light fine. 21$26c; heavy fine, 1822c; tub washed. 324lc. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 2S. Cotton futures clced at practically tho best point of tho day, or a net advance of 18$21 points. Foul Tip 'Broke His Skull. MARQUETTE. Mich.. Aug. 2S. W. F. Franks, a druggist, was lilt by a to tip at a baseball game yesterday. H"s skull was fractured and death followed in a few hours.