TTTfi 3I0JEXiyG0REG(mAXt TUJSSE AX, OCTOBER . 3, 1905. 15 MARGIN TOO GREAT Hops in East and West Not .on; Proper Basis. - DIFFERENTIAL TWO CENTS Instead of That, Present Range Is Six Cents Between Oregon and New York Growers Are Iiive Sellers. HOPS Unnecessarily trifle . range between prices In East and "West. WHEAT Market steady and ralrly active. FRUIT Last car of California apples arrives. VEGETABLES Local tomatoes are scarce. BUTTER Market weakened by in creased receipts. EGGS Eastern stock offered at low prices. POULTRY "Weak opening with a light demand. "What la the matter with the hop market? is the question that dealers and growers are asking now. Hops are telling In New York at 17 and 18 cents, buyers An this state are paying around 12 cents, and up In "Wash ington prices run from 10 cents down to any old price. Hops are hops and have an In trinsic value. There should not be more than 2 cents differential- between 'New York and this Coast, yet a margin of G cents Is now quoted between valuta in Oregon and the East. It Is evident that the market Is being manipulated - to a greater extent than most people imagine. That it will ultimately find Its own Jevel Is certain, but In the meantime Coast growers are not getting their Just dues. If the New York prices represent actual values. One thing that is causing the "Western grow ers to refrain from selling now la the knowl edge that prices here are relatively too low. They believe that when the demand becomes stronger later In the month there will be keen competition between the shorts and the ex porters that will force prices upward. The only transaction reported yesterday was the purchase by Seavey & Metzler of C4 bales of Lane County hops at 11 cents. Saturday af ternoon Joseph Harris, of Salem, agent for Benjamin Schwartz & Sons, of New York, bought 200 bales at 12; cents. The fact has not escaped observation that Schwartz, who has been buying heavily of late, has been re markably lucky In the hop market In the past few years, always buying Just before a rise. Reports were received yesterday of several low-priced deals in "Western "Washington, run ning around 9and 10 cents, and one letter said come hops had been bought at 5Vj cents, but of course did not specify the quality. A letter from Chehalls said the growers there are now holding for 15 cents, the same as In Oregon. The Kentish Observer, of September. 14, In forecasting the English crop, said; Although it Is a certainty now that many acres will be left unpicked on account of red mold and deterioration" of quality through the adverse "weather. the crop, nevertheless, wjll be a very large one. probably something over-500,-000 cwt. The last huge crop was grown In 1901. when the official estimate was C49.387 cwts. The Allgemeine Hopeeln and Brauer Zeltung of September 2 gives the following estimate of the world's"hop crop. -Cwts Alsace-Lorraine . S6.000 100.000 Result of Estimate of crop 1001. crop 1905. Bavaria 232,000 300,000 1 urtemburg 72,000 75,000 Baden 30,000 40.000 Alsace Lorraine.. 86.000 100,000 Prussia and all German states. 19,000 35,000 German Empire 445,000 550,000 Bohemia 130.000 290.000 Moravia 7,500 10.000 Austria 10.000 10.000 Steler'k &' Karn- ten 13,500 30.000 Ga'izlen 18,000 20.000 Hungarla & Sla- vonla. etc. 11.000" 20.000 Austrla-Hungarla . . . 190.000 Belgium and Holland. '90,000 France ... 50.000 Russia 40.000 England 280,000 380,000 100.000 70.000 100.000 500.000 Europe .- 1,095.000 America 420,000 Australia 15,000 1,700,000 500.000 15.000 Total hop crop of the world ..1.5S0.O00 2,215.000 CALIFORNIA BELLFLOWER AITLES. Good Car Is Received From WataonvlIIe New Navel Oranges Coming. Among yesterday's fruit receipts was a car of good Bellflower apples from "Watsonvllle. C&h, probably the last apples to come from that state tr a long time. They were put on sale at $1.40gl.5O. Two cars of bananas are due today. The first car of navel oranges of the aeason reached San Francisco Saturday, and & part of the lot Is on the way to this city. Local tomatoes are again scarce, but a quantity came up from Southern Oregon and offered at 40S50 cents. Trading In fruits and vegetables was exceed ingly heavy yesterday, as retailers stocks were about exhausted after the two holidays. BUTTER MORE PLENTIFUL. Bains Have Caused a Marked Increase ia Supply of Cream. The past week of rainy weather has caused a decided increase In the supply of cream and butter, and the market, consequently, is con siderably weaker. The lessened demand for ice cream has also had Its -effect. Prices were generally maintained all along the line yes terday, though some good Minnesota, butter was offered at 25 cents. Eggs were In good demand and prices ranged from 27 cents for strictly fresh Ore gon to 23H cents for Eastern storage. Not much poultry came In, but It proved to be enough more than to fill orders. Dealers 6ay it is too early yet to forecast the week's market. Wheat Market Steady. The wheat market opened for the week with a steady tone. A good deal of Saturday's slump was recovered In the East, but cables came through lower yesterday. The usual amount of trading was reported In the coun try. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of" the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: . - Clearings. Balances. Portland , $1,451,553 11G,S64 Seattle 1,522.740 627.058 Tacoma 658.542 135,382 Spokane ... 022.868 114,593 PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. . Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc. "WHEAT Club. 71c per bushel; blues tern. 74c. Valley. 7172c. FLOUR patents. $4.204.80 per barrel; straights. $3.04.15; clears, $3.6503.90; Valley. $3.6004.10; Dakota, hard wheat. $0.50fir7.25l Graham, $3.233.75: whole wheat, $3.754; rye flour, local, $5; East ern, $5.505.60; cornmeal, per bale. $1,900 OATS No. 1 white feed. $24; gray. $21 per ton. MILLSTUFFS Bran7 $18 per ton; mid dlings. $21.50; shorts. .$19; chop, U. S. Mills. $18; linseed dairy feed. $1S; alfalfa meal. $18 per ton. BARLEY Feed, $20 per ton; brewing, $20; rolled. $2223. RYE-$l.30 per centaL CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats; cream, 90 pound sacks, $0.75; lower grades. $5 G 6-25; oatmeal, steel cut. 50-pound sacks, $8 per barrel; 10-pound sacks, $4.25 per bale; oat meal (ground, 50-pound sacks, $7.50 pur barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4 per bale; spilt peas, $3 per 100-pound, sack; 25-pound boxer, $1.40; pearl barley. $4.25 per 100 pounds; 23 Pound boxes, $1.25 per box; pastry flour, 10-' pound sacks, $2.50 per bale. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy. $14 615 per ton; Valley timothy. $11012; clover, $&Q9; cheat. ?7.509; grain hay, $S,9. Vegetables. Fruit, Etc DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples. $1L30 per box; peaches, 05c$l per crate; plums. 50 75c per crate; cantaloupes, 75c $1.25 per crate; pears, $1.25 1.50 per box; watermel ons, ic per pound; crabapples, $1 per box; grapes, muscat, $L25 a box; Tokay. $1 ft 1.50; black. $1; Concord. 15 23c; casabas, $2 & 2.50 per dozen; cranberries, $10 per bar rel; quinces. $1 per box. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, choice, $1 per box; fancy, $5; oranges, Valencia, fancy, $55.C5 per box; grapefruit. $33.50; pine apples. $2.50 dozen; pomegranates, $1.85 per box. FRESH VEGETABLES Beans. I Q 4c per pound; cabbage, ll4c per pound; cauli flower. 75c per dozen; celery. 75c per dozen; corn. 05c per sack; cucumbers, 10015c per dozen; egg plant, $1.75 per crate; peppers, 3c per pound; pumpkins, 1U filHc; tomatoet-, 4050c per crate: squash. 5c per pound. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, 00c$l per tack; carrots, 05 (g 75c per sack; beets, S3cf $1 per cack; garlic. 12 He per pound. ONIONS Oregon, $1 per sack; Globe, 75c per sack. POTATOES Oregon fancy. C065c per sack; common, nominal; Merced sweets, 29 2Uc per pound. DRIED FRUITS Apples. 79c per pound; apricots. I212c; peaches, 10H12J; pears, none; Italian prunes, none; California figs, white, 4QCc per pound; black, 4(j5c; bricks, 12-14-ounce packages, 75085c per box; 5S-ounce. $22.40; Smyrna, 20c per pound; dates, Fard. $1.40 per 15-pound case. RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounco packages, 7 Q Sc; IC-ouncc. 6 6 9c; loose muscatels, 5& 7 lie; unbleached seedless Sultanas, 04 c; London layers, 3-crown whole boxes of 20 pounds. $1.S5; 2-crown, $1-75. Butter. Eggs, roultry. Etc. BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream er. 3032c per pound. State creameries: Fancy creamery. 25630c; store butter, 15 lCc; Eastern creamery. 20 S 27 He EGGS Oregon ranch. 20H27Bf Eajt- ern. zuzuc; ittorage 24 oZ5c. CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, l; 14 He; Young America, 14 HIS' 15 He POULTRY Average old hens. 13 H mixed chickens, 12H13Hc; old roostere.To (tfiOHc. young roosters, ll12Hc; Springs, 14 13c: dressed chickens, 11 15c; turkeys, live, 18620c: turkeys, dressed, choice, 22 23c; geese, live, per pound. 869c; geese, dressed, pound. 10611c; ducks, 13614c; pigeons. $161.25; squabs, $262.50. Hops, Wool, Hide. Etc HQPS Oregon 1905, choice, nominal at 12c; olds, 10611c. WOOL Eastern Oregon average best. 196 21c: lower grades down to 15c. according to shlnkage; Valley, 25 627c per pound. MOHAIR Choice, 80c. per pound. HIDES Dry hides: No. 1, 1C pounds and up. 10H617c per pound; dry kip. No. 1. 5 to 10 pounds. 14615c per pound; dry calf. No. 1, under 3 pounds. 17618c; dry salted, bulls and stags. onethlrd less than dry flint; (culls, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored, mur rain, halr-cllpped, weather-beaten or grubby, 263c per pound less). Salted hides: Steers, sound, CO pounds and over. 9 6 10c per pound; 50 to CO pounds, SH69c per pound; under ZO pounds and cows, 869c per pound; salted kip, sound, 15 to 30 pounds, Uc per pound; salted veal, sound, 10 lo 14 pounds, 9c per pound; salted calf, sound, under 10 pounds. 10c per pound; (green unsalted, lc per pound less; cuUs, lc per pound less). Sheep skins: Shearlings, No. 1 butchers' stock, 256 30c each; short wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, 40650c each: medium, wool. No. 1 butchers stock, C0 6 80c; long wool. No. 1- butchers' stock. $161-50 each. Murrain pelts from I'j to 20 per cent leis or 12614c per pound; horse hldes,Tsalted, each, according to size. $1.5063; dry. each, according to rlze, $16 1.50; colts' hides. 25 6 50c each; goat skins, common. 10615c each; Angora with wool on. 25c6$l-50 each. TALLOW Prime, per pound, 363Hc; .No. 2 and grease. 23c FURS Bear skins, as to size. No. 1. $2,506 10 each; cubs, $Jj2; badger. 25650c; wild cat. with head perfect, 25650c; bouse cat. 5610c; fox, common gtay, 50 6 70c; red, $36 3; cross. $5015; sliver and black. $100 6200; flshers, $56C; lynx. $4.5060: mink, strictly No. 1. according to size. $162.50; marten, dark Northern, according to size and color, $10615: marten, pale, pine, according to size and color. $2.5064; xcuskrat. large. 106 15c; skunk, 40650c; civet or polecat. 3610c; otter, large, prime skin. $0610; panther, with head and claws perfect. $265; raccoon, prime, 30650c; mountain wolf, with head perfect, $3.50 6 5; coyote, 60c6$l; wolverine, $068; beaver, per skin, large. $560; me dium. $364; small. $161-5Q: kits. 50675c. BEESWAX Good, clean and pure, 20622c per pound. CA&ARA SAGRADA (Chit tarn bark) Good, 3c per pound. Dressed Meats. BEEF Dressed bulls, 162c per pound; cows. 364c; country steers. 4 644c VEAL Dressed. 75 to 125 pounds. 7H6'Sc; 125 to 200 pounds, 46Cc; 200 pounds and up. 3 64HC. MUTTON Dressed, fancy. 6H67c per pound; ordinnry. 465c;t lambs. 76-7HC PORK Dressed, 100 'to 130 pounds, 76 7Hc; 130 and up, C66Hc per pound. Groceries, Nuts, Etc COFFEE Mocha. 26628c; Java, ordinary. 186'22c, Costa Rica, fancy. 186'20c; good. 16618c; ordinary. 10612c per pound; Colum bia roast, cases, 100s, $14.25; -50s, $14.25; Ar buckle. $15.75; Lion, $15.75. RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, 5Hc; South ern Japan. 464Hc; Carolina. 066Hc SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tails, $1.75 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.40; Impound flats. $1.85; fancy. 161H-pouhd flats. $1.S0; H-pound flats. $1.10; Alaska pink, 1-pound talis. 90c; red. 1-pound tails, $L23; sockeyes, 1-pound tails. $L70. SUGAR Sack basis, 100 pounds: Cube. $5.00; powdered, $5.35; dry granulated, $S.2o; extra C, .$4.75; golden C, $4.65: fruit sugar. $5.25; advances over sack basis as follows: Barrels. 10c; half-barrels. 25c; boxes. 50c per 100 pounds. (Terms; On remittance within 15 days, deduct hie per pound; .t later than 15 days and within 30 days, de duct He per pound; no discount after 30 days.) Beet sugar, granulated, $5.15 per 100 pounds; maple sugar. 15616c per pound. SALT California. $11 per ton, $1.60 per bale; Liverpool. 50s. $17; 100s. $16.50; 200s. $10: half-pound 100s, $7; 50s, $7.50. NUTS "Walnuts. 15 Uc per pound by sack, lc extra for less than sack: Brazil nuts, 16c; filberts. 16c; pecans. Jumbos, 16c; extra large, 17c; almonds. I. X. L., 16c; chest nuts. Italians. 15c; Ohio, $4.50 per 25-pound drum: peanuts, raw. 7c per pound; roasted. 9c; plncnuts. 10 12c; hickory nuts. 7c; cocoanuts. 7c: cocoanuts, 35690c per dozen. BEANS Small white. 3644c; large white, 3Hc; pink, 33Hc; bayou, 44c: Lima, CHc. Provisions and Canned Meats. HAMS 10 to 14 pounds. 14c per pound; 14 to 16 pounds, 13;c: 18 to 20 pounds, 13-jic; California (picnic). 9Hc; cottage hams. 8c; shoulders, 0c; boiled ham, 21c; boiled picnic ham. boneless. 13c. BACON Fancv breakfast, 19Hc per pound; standard breakfast, 17Hc; choice. 16c; Eng lish breakfast, 11 to 14 pounds, 15c; peach bacon. 14c. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears. 11c; dry salt,. 12c smoked; clear backs, lie; dry salt, 12c smoked; clear bellies, 14 to 17 pounds average, none; Oregon exports. 20 to 25 pounds average. Uc; dry salt. 12$e smoked; Union butts, 10 to 18 pounds aver age, none. PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels, $18; H barrelsr $9.50; beef. " barrels, $12; half -barrels. $6.50. SAUSAGE Ham, 13c per pound: minced ham, 10c; Summer," choice dry. 17Hc; bo logna, long. Slid welnerwurst, 8c; liver. Oc;1 pork. 9610c; headcheese. 6c; blood, 6c; bo logna sausage, link. 4 He, CANNED MEATS Corned beef, pounds, per dozen. $1.25; two pounds, $2.33: lx pounds. $8. Roast beer. flat, pounds, $L25; two pounds, $2.25; six pounds, none. Roast beef. tall, pounds, none; two pounds, $2.33; six pounds, none. Lunch tongue, pounds. $3.15. Roast tautton. six pounds. $8.50. LARD Leaf lard kettle rendered, tierces, 11c; tubs. llc; 50s. llic; 20s. ll;c; 10s. 11 c; 5s. 11 c. Standard pure: Tierces. 10c; tubs. lOUc; 50s. 10Uc; 20s. 10Hc; 10s, 10 c; 3s, 10T4e. Compound; Tierces, 6c; tubs, CUc; 50s, Cc; 10s. 6?ic; 5s, Cic Oils. TURPENTINE Cases, 86c per gallon. "WHITE LEAD Ton lots, 7c; 500-pound lots. 7?ic; less than 500-pound lots. 8c GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cases, 23 He; Iron barrels, 17c; 80 deg. gasoline, cases, 32c; iron barrels or drums. 26c COAL OIL Cases, $2.05 per case; iron bar rels. -15c per gallon; wood barrels, 18c,- LTKSEED OIL Raw, 5-barrel lots. 49c; 1-barrel lots,' 30c; cases. 55c: boiled. 3-barrel (lots, 51c; 1-barrel lots, 52c; cases, 57c CONSIGN HOPS EAST Plan for Dealing Between Pro ducer and Consumer. SAVE MIDDLEMEN'S PROFIT Proposal. Made to Growers1 of Ore- gon, Washington and California by E. J. Smith That Will Rcvolutlonlre Trade. A circular letter to the hopgrowers of the Pacific Coast has been Issued by E. J. Smith, a dealer of this city, outlining a plan for consigning their hops to New York, where they will be disposed of direct to brewers, thus saving the farmers the commissions and profits usually paid to middlemen here and in the East. The letter says; The month of October is now at hand and little has been done in the way of buying, owing largely to the fact that Eastern deal ers are aally instructed by come of the bears to hold off as long as possible from buying, thereby expecting the grower to weaken. Today the growers have the situa tion in their own hands. However, it they weaken now It will cause values to further decline. It has been surprising that the bears -could have forced values to where they are. How ever, if It had not been for The Oregonlan and a few of us bull individuals, the market today might have been where the bears say they -will eventually puuit 7 cents. How ever, I don't think their prophesy is pos sible, unless the growers force the situation upon themselves. I have a legitimate business proposition which I desire, to place before the growers of the Coast for their mutual protection and approval. At present you are entirely de pendent upon the dealers of the Coast for the disposal of your hops. You are obliged to accept whatever the dealer offers you. Now I am going to place before you a propo sition whereby you can compete with the dealer by selling your goods direct to the brewer, thereby saving not only the dealefs profit of teveral cents a pound, but also some commissions which are Incurred before the hops reach the brewer. Ihave a very extended acquaintance amM the brewers of the East and have dedlH-lth them for many years past and have" lately decided to suggest to you the advisability of shipping your hops to New York to me. where we have ample storage and facilities for handling them. 1 shall take the matter up with you purely on a legitimate commission basis, giving the grower the full benefit of all sales less tho actual expense Involved. I feel-positive that I can get the grower more money for his hops by some cents a pound than he could realize at home. By having the goods on the Vpot in New York, I feel that I could turn them to the mutual benefit and satis faction of every grower concerned. Yesterday's quotations for Pacific Coast hops in New York were 15 to IS cents, which prices the brewers are paying, and dealer here talking 10 cents. My principal idea' In taking this matter up with the grower would be to establish a trade in this line with him. That would lead to a larger business with him next year and for years to come. And I would try and perform my duties in such a satisfactory manner as regards the grow er's Interests that he would no longer feel that he was under the lash of the short seller and compelled to accept whatever the short seller saw fit to offer him. Under this proposition the grower would stand on equal footing with the dealer, thereby obtaining the consumer's price and saving several commissions and dealers' profits. There is one thing the grower can depend upon; he will gel all there Is In the hops. I shall do my utmost to make the most advantageous sales possible and give the grower prompt returns less the actual expense incurred. It will be my one great desire to get every grower who ships me his bops the highest figure obtainable. I am looking for a strong demand In the East for spot goods In November and December. Therefore I trust you will realize the ex pediency of forwarding your goods as rap idly as possible., so as to have them there for the opening markets. If you don't care to ship your entire crop, ship me half of it, and I will do the best I can for you. I know many growers oppose consigning their hops and they have apparent reasons for so doing, and I regret to acknowledge that we have some dealers in the trade who ever stand ready to take advantage of the grower until the grower has naturally be come suspicious of all dealers. Of course dealers generally will not ap prove of this proposition. Why? Because they will not get -a chance to handle the hops. It will cut in on their trade, also their customers' trade in the East. Then again there are a good many dealers here on the Coast who are not friendly to me, for the simple reason that I have stood with the grower here for the past two years in try ing to hold prices up and I am going to continue to stand with you ' on these same lines regardless of the opinions of any of them. And when they come to yo uand tell you to let them consign your goods or that they will advance you what money you need, beware. 1 am placing myself in a position where I. acting as seller for the grower, am under the laws of America for a strict ac counting to each and every grower. Again I wish to impress upon you the necessity of forwarding any goods you might wish to ship me as quickly as possible, as it will take them from three to four weeks in transit. Any farther enlightenment upon this sub ject I will gladly give you upon application for same. My Portland address until I re turn East, which will be about November 1. win be care of Belvedere HoteL Any grower desiring to ahlp mo any goods wire or write me here at once and I or my representa tive will come and see you, either In Cali fornia. Oregon or Washington. MONEY TONE IS EASIER WITH REQUIRE3IEXTS MET, NEW YORK MARKET RELAXES. Speculation Is Not Active and the Prices Sag More Gold to Be Imported. NEW YORK. Oct. 2. The course of today's money market justified fast week's specu lative confidence that the tone would relax after the special requirements 'A the close of last week had been met. These require ments included those tor the turn of the month and for the quarter and also for the very large syndicate transactions which were put through. Syndicate payments on the large railroad bond issues were, evidently re deposited Immediately and became available In today's money market. Therefore. In stead of Friday's sales for call loans above 6 per cent and up to 7 per cent, there was only a momentary demand today at 0 per cent and the free offerings carried the rate down to 5 per cent. In response to this, prices of securities were Inclined to advance. Efforts to awaken any animation In the speculation, however, proved mostly abortive. Movements of any extent were confined to Industrial stocks of little prominence and to a few railroad stocks which have been the subject of pool operations for a long time past. While the action of the money mar ket lessened anxiety regarding any Immedi ate stringency and all of the news was cal culated to uphold confidence in the solid foundation of values, it was felt that actual ease in the money market is not to be hoped for at present. The early reports of addi tional gold engagements in London were re garded as exaggerated, but authoritative ad missions Justified the conclusion that gold had been secured there. This was enough to prove that the advance In the Bank of England discount rate was not to make an effective barrier to the securing of further gold for New York. The price of gold in London was marked up again as a further measure of protection for the supply In that market. The subtreaaury statement showed that the Government fiscal operations were still taking money from New York banks, the loss to that institution reaching $1,570,000 as against the loss of the previous week of $1,940,000. The subtreasurys credit balance at the Clearlng-House paved the way for expecting a further large withdrawal to be shown by tomorrow's statement. Last week's total loss to that Institution of $7, 000,000, therefore, may be duplicated. Skep ticism over the showing of the cash gain in the Saturday bank statement continued unallayed and the ability of the Clearing- House Institution to effect another such showing in face of the tide of the currency movement was doubted. An advance in the price of copper here and in London Induced only a narrow xnove-f ment in Amalgamated Copper. At the end of the day some fractional losses were mjjeed with the. gains as a result of the potty speculations of the day. Tho prin cipal activity was' confined to the forenoon teuton and prices sagged In the prevail ing dullness of the afternoon. Bonds were firm. Total sales, par value. $3,075,000. United States bonds were all unchanged on calL CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. bid. Adams Express 2(0 Amalgamated Copper 3S.600 83Ji 84H WTi Am. Car & Foundry. 1.400 37H 3 37 do preferred 100 100 100 Vj American Cotton Oil. 4.400 32; 31 31i do D referred ..... ..... 90 American Express 225 Am. Hd. & Lth. pfd. 700 33 ran American ice aw American Linseed Oil l.bOO do preferred 15,400 American Locomotive 4,300 2TJi l'JTX 43H 54 Ik 27 ltH 42H 53H 19;s 42 52 112U do preferred Am. Smelt. &. Refln. 9.500 126Ti 126 do preferred 121S Am, Sugar Refining. 4,300 141 140 140 Am. Tobacco pfd... TOO 102H 102 1U2-S Anaconda Mining Co. l.sou 125 124 H 124 AtcbLson v. 4, MX) 90H 00H IK) oo preferred Atlantic Coast Line. 100 103 105 104J1 165h 112 OH 700 16tP lGtf 113S 1124 Baltimore &. Ohio... 7.100 do preferred Brook. Rapid Transit, 19.000 IS Canadian Pacific 7.0UO 170 175Vj 175 Central of N. Jersey Central Leather .... do preferred 213 1,600 44 44U 104U 5SH 44?i 000 l(HVj 104b Si 70 2154 21 1S2H 18 39 SO?! 4i Chesapeake & Ohio. 1.300 59? Chicago & Alton do preferred ...... Chicago Gt. Western Chlcaro Northwest. 2.200 1.000 :iH 21S Chi.. MIL & St. Paul 7.000 lS2i 1S2 Chi. Term. & Transit do preferred ... . C. C C Louis Colorado Fuel & Iron 14.S00 Colorado & Southern. 7.000 47H 2Si I2H "" 46U 2S 61U do 1st preferred.... do 2d preferred.... Consolidated Gaa ... Corn Products do preferred 700 02li 44H S.400 ooo look 187? ISO 2.000 12i II i: 200 31 51 Delawa.ie & Hudson. 400 !1S 218 218 Del.. Lack. & West. 450 Denver & Rio Grande 35J 8a u do preferred ...... ..... Distillers' Securities. 7.100 44Vs Erie 13.700. 50H 43 NS S2H 73 43T, 50U 82 73X lMi do 1st preferred.... eOO S2H do 2d preferred.... 1.100 73-i General Electric Hocking Valley Illinois Central . 200 1S2H 182 CO 1.600 1S3 1S2V5 1S2U International Paper.. 10.200 do preferred 100 22V 7i 79 7tt 2Cfc International Pump.. do preferred ...... Iowa Central do preferred ...... Kansas City Southern co preferred Louisville & Nash v.. Manhattan L. Met. Securities 100 83 S3 83 2sj; 50 27i 27 27 56 50 55 Vi 155ri 154T 154- 7,200 700 6.600 300 ICS, 105H 165Va 1.100 Si fcUis ev? Metropolitan St. Ry. 3,100 12U 1255 24Vi 125i 2lS Mexican Central ... 5,200 24H Minn. & St. Louis M.. SU P. &. S. S. M. 300 130 139 139 1C3 do preferred ...... Mifcourl Pacific .... 3,000 lOtJt; 1054 105 Mo., Kans. & Texas 3.500 34) 34H 34i do preferred CHv National Lead SOO 47U 4Cft 401s Northern Pacific 1,300 212,2 212 211Vi Mex. Nat. R. R. pfd. ...1 31 New York Central... 2.200 1505 150 150 N. Y.. Ont & West. 3.100 5CH 55U 55i Norfolk & Western. 5.700 86U 85T 85i oo preierrea va North American 100 09 46 09 43 OSS Pacific Mall ... Pennsylvania . People's Gas . . 1.100 45H 144H 104. 81 45; 96U 256 121 U4fc 99 24; 93V4 344 son 37 104U 70 17,400 1412) 144 1,300 104H 104 P.. C. C. & St. Louis Pressed Steel Car. .. 1.000 46 45, 90 do preferred ooo Pullman Palace Car GOO 257U 255i Reading C5.500 124i 123U ao isi.prrerrea.... -iou :o. ik do 2d Preferred 1.400 5.900 2.500 25.900 8,400 200 99; 24t 92i 33 0 3Sji "eon Republic Steel . . do d referred ... Rock Iriand Co. do preferred ... 24sJ 93: 34 SIM 3SH R-ibber Goods do preferred ...... Schlow-Sheffleld .... St. L. & S. F. 2J pfd. St. Louis Southwest. do preferred 4.700 6.700 71 4 24 C2i 70Vi ro5 700 300 24H 23 tJU Southern Pacific do preferred Southern Railway ... do preferred ...... Tenn. Coal & Iron. Texas & Pacific .... Tol., St. L. A West, do preferred Union Pacific 6S.300 G9- OK 300 122U 120 119 375 100 C.700 37 Vs ZSii 6.200 700 894 35;i S7S 353 35i 3SV 100 58 57.900 Lilt; 5SU 57 1384 133-, do preferred 100 951 95 V. S. Exprcee 100 V. S. Realty I S. Rubber 700 123 123 123 SOX, 5Wi 56 do preferred U. S. Steel... 100 111, 1114 111 . CS.100 rS 38 3S5 do preferred 14.100 1033 ia.vt lOS, Vlrg.-Caro. Chemical 1.S00 34 S3i 33" do preferred 100 1061 ion; 221i 235 167 9U 17 30: 55 Wabash 1.900 do preferred 1.500 Wells-Fargo Express. 3, 42; 23 42, Wwttnghouse Elect.. 300 19, 169; ivesiern union i.soo Wheeling & L. -Erie Wlfcoivsln Central do preferred 934 933 Total sales for the day. C34.800 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. Oct. ' Closing quotations: U. S. ret. 2s reg. 1034 do coupon 1033 U. S. 3s reg 103H do coupon..... 104 H U S. new 4s reg.134 do coupon 134 U. S. old 4s reg.101; do coupon 104; Atchison Adj. 4s 99 D. & R. G. 4s. ..1013 N. Y. C. G. 3V3. 00 Nor. Pacific 3s.. 77 Nor. Pacific 43.104; So. Pacific 4s... 06 Union Pacific 4s.l053 Wis. Central 4s.. 954 Jap. 6s. 2d ser,.101H JP. 4i. cer... 01 i Stocks at XosdoB. LONDON, Oct. 2. Consols for money. S9U consols for account, 89 H. Anaconda 63 Atchison . . 93 do preferred. ..10S Baltimore &. O..H6U Can. Pacific 161m Ches. & Ohio... 60 H C. Gt. Western. 22 C M. & St. P..1SS Norfolk & West. SSi do preferred... 05 Ontario & West. 37 Pennsylvania ... 74 U Rand Mines...... 3!i Reading 64 do 1st pref.... 49 do 2d pref 51U DeBeers . So. Railway. 3Si D. &. R. Grande do pre7erred.. Erie do 1st pref... .do 2d pref... do preferred. ..103 93 '.So. Pacific. .. 7H4 ..137S .. 90 .. 39 ..lOS-i .. 21 . 44 915 32Unlon Pacific. Sl3 do preferred. 75SIU. S. Steel.... Illinois Central. 185 1 do preferred. Louis. & Nash.. 160 '.Wabash Mo.. Kas. & T. . 33UI do preferred N. Y. Central. ..lS53Spanlsh Fours Money, Exchange, Etc NEW YORK. Oct. 2. Money on call firm. 506 per cent; closing bid. 5U per cent; of fered at 55 per cent; time leans firm. 60 and 90 cay,44Hi Pr cent: six months, 4if? 44 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4HG3 per cent. Sterling exchange easy, with actual buslne In bankers bills at $4.85204.8525 for demand and at $422504.8230 for 60 days. Pouted rates, $4.833 and $4.86-. Commercial bills, $4.62. Bar silver. 61Sc MexU-iu dollars, 47c. Government' bones steady; railroad bonds firm. j LONDON, Oct. 2i Bar silver, firm, 2S5d per ounce. Money. -2J3 per cent. The rate of dlscoupt in the open market for short bills i 34 per cent: do for three months bills, 343H per cent, SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2. Silver bars. 61ic Draftrt Sight. 3c; telegraph. 5c. Sterling on London, CO days, $1.S3; do sight, $4.86. Dally Treacury Statement. ' ' WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. Today's statement of the Treasury balances shows: Available cash balances $136,823,693 Gold coin- and bullion 64.879,824 Gold, certificates 4S.45I.990 Soft Cos! Advance. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 2. Because .of the scarcity of cars, soft coal has advanced to $1.25 a ton at the mines.. Prominent.-operators lay that unless relief comes within the next few days, the wholesale price will reach $2 a ton. Not In months has there been such a demand for bituminous coal as at this time. Notwithstanding the unusual demand the larg er operating companies say there is more coal above ground at this time than three years ago. when the last strike was pending. They attribute the conditions to a scare, which hax taken possesion of consumers. Coffee aad Sugar. NEW YORK. Oct, 2. The market for cof fee futures closed steady, net unchanged to 10 points higher.- Sales wre reported of 34,250 bags. Including November, 7c; Decem ber, 7.10J7.15c: March, 7.307.40c; May, 7.40 67.45c; July, 7.5007.65c; August. 7.55c and September, 7.63ff7.70c Spot Rio. quiet; mild, dull. ' Sugar Raw. nominal; fair refining, 3c; cen trifugal. 96 tect, 3ic: molasses sugar, 2ic; refined, unsettled; crushed. $3.50; powdered, $1.00: granulated, 4.S0; cube, $5.05. 3TRQNG AND HIGHER Wheat Makes a Good Advance at Chicago. STEADINESS IN EUROPE Xotwlthstandlng: Some Bearish In fluences, the Market Continues Firm Throughout Session. Bull leader Buys. CHICAGO. Oct. 2. Notwithstanding a num ber of bearish influences, the wheat market wa etrong throughout the entire session. At the start the market was affected to some extent by the steadiness manifested In the wheat market at Liverpool. Owing to the sharp decline in Chicago Saturday, a major ity of traders here expected a considerable reaction In prices at foreign grain markets. Cables, however, failed to confirm the expec tation, values at Liverpool being a trifle lower. For December, opening quotations here were unchanged to He higher at 83y& S3ic From the etart, a leading bull waa an active bidder for wheat. To this tact seemed due almost entirely the strength man ifested throughout the entire day. Spurred on by the demand of the bull leader, sit traders started to cover, causing still greater show of strength notwithstanding that newa of the day otherwise was favorable to. the bears. Weather in the Northwest was gen erally clear. World's shipments were large and the visible supply showed an Increase of 1.645,000 bushel. Neverthele?. the market continued to gain in firmness. During the last few moments of trading. December touched the highest point of the day, sales being made at S4"SS4;c The close was strong with December lHc higher at S4ic. Sentiment In the corn pit was a trlfie bear ish and prices showed a moderate decline. The market closed steady with December Uc off at 435C Liberal receipts had a depressing effect on the oats market, December closed 6c lower at 275s274c Provisions were steady as a result of the Improved demand for lard. At the close. January pork wan unchanged, lard was up 2j 5c and ribs were a shade higher. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. 'Open. High. Low. Close. December $ .S35i $ .84; $ .833 $ .84$ May S5, .S6, .854 .86 f CORN. October .50 .50 AVSi .491 Dec (Old) 41H .44H .44 .44g Dec (new) 43 .43i .43s .43S May 434 .43, .42i .42f OATS. October ' 275 December UT7H .27T .27?s -274 May 29ft .30 .29 .204 MESS PORK. October :14.75 14.80 14.75" 14.80 January 12.40 '12.40 12.31- 12.373- LARD. October 7.30 7.30 7.20 7.275 November 7.30 7.30 7.25 7.30 January 6.80 6.82H 6.bO 6.823 - SHORT ' RIBS. October &50 S.57i 8.50 8.55U January 6.523 6.523 6.473 6:30 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Steady. Wheat No. 2 Spring. 84jc; No. 3, 78gS4ic; No. 2 red. 88;e. Corn No. 2. 5Og50Uc; No. 2 yellow, 52- 52ic Oate No. 2. 27-c; No. 2 white, 2SKQ23C; No. 3 white. 2tJ2SViC Rye-No. 2, 67c Barley Good .feeding. 36337c; fair to choice maltlnr. 404Sc'. Flaxseed No. 1, .95c; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.01. Timothy seed Prime, $3.20. Mess pork Per barrel. $14.73814.80. Lard Per 100. pounds. $7.275. Short ribs sides Loose, $8.45gS.55. Short clear rides Boxed. $7.S75tS. Clover Contract grade $12.75. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 34.600 50,400 Wheat, bushels 41O;0CO 9.700 Corn, bushels 223,000 327. OX) Oats, bushels 588.000 407,100 Rye. bushels 160.000 Barley, bushels 206,600 14,300 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Oct. 2. Flour Receipts, 26. 700 barrels; exports. 4000 barrels; market quiet, but steady. Wheat Receipts, 63.000 bushels: exports, 8100 bushels. Spot. Irregular; No. 2 red. STTic elevator and 89Hc f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 North ern Dulcth. 90jc f. o. b. afloat: No. 1 North em Manitoba. 91Hc f. o. b. afloat. Options firm en steady cable. May closed 89?c; De. cember. SO 3-1 60. Hops and petroleum Steady. Hides and wool Firm. Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2. Wheat and bar ley, stronger. Spot quotations: Wheat-Shipping. $1.4031.45; milling. $1.50 61.60. Barley Feed, $1.05t?l,0S; brewing, $1.10 1.125. Oats-Red. $1.1581-50; white, $1.35U1.45; black. $1.3581.75. Call-board sales: Wheat December. $1.36. Barley December, $1.095. Corn Large yellow. $l.375S1.425. "Wheat at Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. Oct. 2. Wheat December. 6s S4d; March. 6s Sd. Weather In England, fair. Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA. Oct. 2. Wheat Unchanged; blue- stem. 73c: club. iOc; red. 66c Vl!bl Supply of Grain. NEW TORK, Oct, 2. The visible supply of grain Saturday. September 30, as compiled by the New York Produce Exchange, Is as fol lows: Bushels. Increase. Wheat 17,305.000 1,654.000 Corn 3.774.000 418.000 Oats 18.976,000 1.49S.OOO Rye 1.301,900 236.000 Barley 3,942.000 1,223.000 LIVESTOCK MARKETS. " Prices Quoted Locally os Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. The following livestock prices were quoted yesterday In the local market: CATTLE Best Eastern Oregon steers. $38" 3.25; good cows. $2.2582.50; common cows. $1.5081.75; calves. 125 to 150 pounds. $3; 200 to 250 pounds. $3,508-1. SHEEP Best Eastern Oregon and Valley, $3.2383.50: medium. $3; lambs, $484.23. HOGS Best large fat hogs. $630-25. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago. KANSAS CITY. Oct- 2. Cattle Receipts. 25,000. including 3000 Southerns; market, steady.- Native steers. $1.0015.00; native cows and heifers. $1.7385.25; stockera and feeders. $2.3084.25; bulls. $233; calves. $2.5086; West ern steers, $2.7584.75: Western cows, $1.7; 3.00. Hogs Receipt, 5000: market, steady to 5c lower. Bulk of sales. $5.2085.35; heavy. $5.25 65.33; packers. $5.2065.30. Sheep Receipts. 6000; market, steady. Mut tons. $183; lambs. $5.2386.75; range wethers, $4.2535; ted ewesi $3.7584.50. SOUTH OMAHA. Oct. 2. Cattle Receipts. S000; market steady. Native steers, $3.73 5.75; cows and heifers, $3.4084.25: Western steers, $384-73; Texas steers, $2.7583.75; cows and heifers. $283.65; cannent, fl.50g2.25: atockers and feeders. $2.5034.25: calves. $3 5.50; bulls, atags, etc. $2 3.50. Hogs Receipts, 13,000; market.- steady. Heavy, $4.8385.20; mixed. $5.1085.20; light. $5.2083.39; pigs. $4.5085.10; bulk of sales, $5.1585.25. Sheep Receipts, 3300; market, steady. Downing, Hopkins &Co. Established 1893 WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4, Ground Floor Chamber of Commerce CREDIT INSURANCE The Onlv Means Wherebv a Merchant Can be Reimbursed for Losses Credit Insurance removes the possibilities of a calam ity in your business from profit ( asses through bad accounts. Guarantees that neither dividend nor capital can be impaired by heavy tosses from bad debts. Gives to a credit business the same safety as a cash business. Establishes and maintains con fidence and prevents panics. Payments to PoUcyholders Past Three Years $2,127,930.00, which means that amount of profits destroyed by insolvency of customers was restored in spot cash through our Indemnity. Full expiration and particulars In oar Booklet. "Collateral on iTerchandlsa Accounts." Seat free to anj Credit 3Iaa, Wholesaler, or Manufacturer who will ast for It. . The American Credit-Indemnity Co .of New York Capital, Foil Paid, 5 1,000,000 S. M. PEELAN, Presidcr 302 Broadway, New York City Broadway and Locust St, St. L00I3, Mo. E. N. WHEELER, State Agent, Dekum Bldg., Westerns. $4.75i3; wethers. 1.304.00; ewes, Jl.15g4.50: lambs. 6.50-gtf.7. CHICAGO. Oct. 2. Cattle Receipts. 23,000: market, steady- to 10c higher. Beeves. 6; stockers and feeders. $2.304.25; cowa and heifers. $1.40S4-50: Texas fed steers, $3.35f 4.50; Western steers. $34$4.70. Hogs Receipts today. 2S.O00: market, steady. Mixed and butchers, $5.10ff5.73; good to choice heavy, S5.35S3.72V3; rough heavy. $5-03.25; light. 15.1035.65; bulk or sales. 5.25 G3.G5. Sheep Receipts. 36.CO0; market, strong. Sheep. ?3.7S5.10; lambs. $4.407.55. RETURN OF STRENGTH WHEAT AND BARLEY FIRMER . AT SAX FRANCISCO. Formal Opening of Dairy Exchange Postponed UntllToday Potato 3Iarket Is Depressed. SAK FRANCISCO. Oct. 2. (Special.) Stocks of grain In regular warehou:s of Merchants Exchange ate officially reported aa follower Wheat. 36.507 torn; barley. 35.148; oats. 1852; corn. 450; bran, 125, and beans. 71.613 sacks. All items except corn show a good Increase over a month ago. but. ex cept corn, are greatly short of the stocks a year ago. The feature of today's grain mar ket waa the rapid return of strength In specu lative values for wheat and barley, with con siderable activity among regular traders. De cember wheat closed at 51.30U. and the same delivery of barley at JLOflVi. with a propor tionate firmness In cash prices. "Wheat was Influenced by the Chicago advance, while bar ley rose on good local and shipping demand. A special meeting of the grain trade Is called for tomorrow to adopt a standard of weights for No. 1 white wheat and class "B" screened brewing barley. The formal opening of the new dairy ex change was postponed until tomorrow. Fresh butter Is steady on light receipts, but quiet, as buyers give preference to cold-etorage stock. Cheese Is firm. Fancy eggs are easy oh ac count of high prices, and medium grades are firm. Receipts. 24.000 pounds butter. 2300 pounds cheese. 34,380 dozen eggs. The fruit market waa without special change from previously stated conditions and priees. Ordinary apples are dragging under faeavy stocks. Potatoes were depressed by heavy arrivals from the river. Sweets declining under large receipts. Onions were fairly Arm at 60S80 cents. VEGETABC.es Cucumbers. 30?65c; gar lic. 5QCc; green peas. 3t?4e; string beans. ltMc; tomatoes. 25j50c: okra. 3550e: egg plant. 35Q50C. POULTRY Turkey gobblers. 21S25c; roost ers, old. $4.5025: roosters, young. $4.50g5.50; broilers, small. $2.5033: broilers, large. $3Q 3.50; fryers. ZS.SOQi: hens, $4(16.50; ducks. oW. f4.50S5; young. 4fl6. EGGS Fancy ranch. 40c; Eastern. 2 OS I Sc. BUTTER Fancy -creamery. 27c; creamery seconds, 23c; fancy dairy, nominal; dairy sec onds, nominal. v WOOL San Joaquin, ll14c: lamba, 11 18c. MILLSTUFFS Bran. $21.5022.50; mid dlings. $2632S. HAY Wheat. $1015.50; wheat and oats. $1014: harley. $8311: alfalfa. $6.S0; clover. J'SjO; etock, $596; straw, per bale. 30350c. POTATOES Salinas Burbanks.- 75c$1.15; sweets. $1.2591.50. CHEESE Young America. 12tS13c; East ern. 13 16c FRUITS Apples, choice. $1.35; common. 50c; bananas. $133; Mexican limes. $44.50; Cali fornia lemons, choice, $3.50; common, $1.50; pineapples, $23. HOPS 1004. ll14c: 1B05. 11014c. RECEIPTS Flour. 14.802 sacks; wheat. 18.3S4 centals: barley, 77&1 centals; oats. 312S centals; oats, Oregon 400 centals; beans, 5963 sacks; potatoes. 6S70 sacks; bran, 7045 sacks; middlings. 070 sacks; hay, 1391 tons; wool. 190 bales; hides. 457. Mining Stocks. SAN FRANGISCO. Oct. 2. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as followac Alta $ .03Justlce $ ,0"5 Alpha Con 09Kentucky Con... .01 Andes 20Mexican .... 1.00 Belcher .22Occldental Con... J7 Best & Belcher.. LlOIOi-hlr 5.25 Bullion .3dlOverman .43iPotosl .11 .13 .50 .13 .05 .26 .86 .45 3.00 .13 Caledonia ...... Challenge Con.. Chollar Confidence ..... Con. Cal. & Va. Crown Point... Exchequer 14 Savage .12 Scorpion .75 l.5 Seg. Belcher.... Sierra Nevada... .08 Silver Hill 47iUnlon Con...... Gould Curry- -20 Hale &. Norcross 1.00 Julia 07 Utah Con Yellow Jacket... NEW YORK. Oct. 2. Closing quotations: Adams Con....? .S3 (Little Chief... $ .87 Alice 33 Breece 45 'Ontario .30 Ophlr 5.12 .02 .14 .39 !5o 1.23 Brunswick C. .39 Comstock T... .07! Con. C & Va.. 1.25 Horn Silver... 1.70 Iron Silver.... 3.00 Leadville Con.. .06 Phoenix Potols Savage ....... Sierra Nevada. Small Hones... Standard BOSTON, Oct. 2. Closing quotations: Adventure ..$ 8.00 AUouez 39.73 Amalgamated 83.00 Am. Zinc... 9.50 Atlantic .... 26.50 Bingham ... 31-23 Cal. & Hecla 670.00 Centennial .. 28.75 Copper R.... 71.23 Mohawk $ 59.00 JMont. C. & C 3.874 uia iommion 27.30 Osceola 108.50 (Parrot 28.73 iQuIncy 107.00 Shannon .... 8.125 Tamarack ... 134.00 Trinity 0.25 United 'Cop . . 3X23 U. S. Mlnlnar 3T7X Daly West.. 14.00 Dominion C. Franklin ... Granny . . ... 79.00 15.HZI U. S. Oil 0.S7 7.73- Utah 47.80 23.00 iVlctorla 3.S7U Isle Royale Mass. Mining 10.25 ! Winona 11.23 Michigan 14.: iwoiverlne ... 117.00 Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Oct- 2. Evaporated-apple con tinue firm, wlth most of the business In fu tures for December delivery and prime quot ed around 7Lc The spot market Is without Through Bad Debts. - Our Credit-Indemnity Bond Adaptable to any manufacturing E or wnoiesaie Dusiness. Broadly protects every account on p your dooks. Covers all forms of Insolvency. Every clause plainly worded, con cise and positive. Every adjustment made promptly and any liability paid Immediately spot cash. j Portland, Ore. change, choice and fancy being practically out of supply for the time being. Common to good ar quoted at 54j7c; prime, 7c. Prunes are going quite steady into consump tion In Jobbing lota from the local etock. aad quotations are firmly held from 4J:7Vc ac cording to crade. Apricots are without change. Ctvoiee are quoted at Sfe-gOe; extra choice. OHfOfte; fancy. 10fllic. Peaches are In very light supply on spat and in the absence of business the market Is quoted nominal. Raisins are unchanged. Lowe musateU. 5lS'7c; eeeded ralelns. 7Vi'8STic: London layers. $1.151.20. Dairy Produce In the East. CHICAGO. Oct. 2. On the Produce Exchange today the butter market was steady; cream ery. 19g20Hc; dairy. 16Hl!lic. Eggs at mark. 17Hc; extras. 22Hc Cheese, steady, HllHc NEW YORK. Oct. 2. Butter, firm: street price, extra creamery. 21c; official prides, creamery common extra. 17021c; state dairy eommen to extra. 16H02OHc; renovated eom 2en to extra. 15319Vic; Western factory eem raen to extra. 1517;c; Western imitation creamery extras. 19c; do. firsts. ITViSlSc Cheese, weak; state full cream, small and large colored and white fancy. H&e; do. fair choice. 10$10Kc Eggs, firm; state. Pennsylvania and near-by fancy selected white. 30c: do. choice. 2682$c; do. mixed extra. 24025c; Western extra Units, 2223e; do firsts. 21c. Metal Market. NEW YORK. Oct. 2. The London tin mar ket was rtronc and higher, spot closing 147 15s and futures at 146 17s tfd. Locally, the market was steady with spot quoted at 32.25 f32.50e. Copper was also hlsher abroad, closing at 71 12a 6d for spot and 70 12a 6d ff r fu tures. Locally the market Is firm; lake and electrolytic are quoted at 16.231t 16.50; east ing at 1616.25c. Lead waa firm at 4.S5?N.00c locally. At Lon don It was a shade hlgherat 14 2s 64. ' Spelter was unchanged at 27 ls In the London market. Locally, the market was firm, with spot closing at 5.936.05c. Iron was higher abroad, closing at 50s 9d for standard foundry and at 51s 9d tor Mld dlesboro. Locally, the market was firm with Southern grades a shade higher. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Oct. 2. Cotton futures ksd steady at a decline of 210 paints. Oetor. 10.25c; December. 10.53c; January, 10.50c; February. 10.00c; May. 10.83e. Gold Taken for Import. NEW YORK. Oct. 2. The National City Bank announced today that It had encaged for Import about 53.300.000 of sold In Lon don. Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Oct. 2. Wool steady; territory and Western mediums. 28830c; nne mediums, 22826c; fine. 185 20c. Decline in Refined Sugar. NEW YORK. Oct. 2. Alt grades of refined sugar were reduced 10 cents a hundred pounds today. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Oct. 2. Maximum tempera ture. 6S deg.; minimum, 58. River reading at S A. M.. 2.7 feet: change In past ,24 hours, fall. 1.2 of a foot. Total precipita tion. 5 P. M. to 3 P. M.. 0.06 of nn inch; total since September 1. 1905. 2.83 Inches; normal. 1.03 inches; excess. 0.90 of an Inch. Total sunshine October 1. 1905. 2 hours and 11 minutes: possible, 11 hours and 43 min utes. PACIFIC COAST WEATHER. i22 Wind. 3 2. STATIONS. MP Baker City Bismarck Boise Eureka Helena Kamloops. B. C North Head... ....!70!0.00 4,SW ... 7610.001 4W Cloudy Clear Pt. Cldy. Clear Cloudy IRaln IRaln Clear ICloudy iClear Pt. Cldy. IClear 'Clear Clear 'Rain IRaln fRaln ICloudy 110.04152 O.0OH2 Portland. .. T 85 Red Bluff Roseburg Sacramento... Salt Lake City, San Francisco-. Spokane Seattle Tatoosh Island Walla Walla... I 0.001 4'S I 0.001 S!SW SSlO.OOi 4INE !t n nn! iivw ..!7Si0.00l22IW ..!54 10.02 4ISE ..16010.12! SiSE .. 58ll.flS30iSW . 6SI T ! 4E T trace. WEATHER CONDITIONS. During the last 12 hours the barometr has fallen rapidly off the Washington coast and storm warnings were ordered at 3:30 ?; 31. along the Strait of Fuca from Port ownsend west to the Cape, the mouth of the Columbia River, Tillamook and Marsh field. At. 3 P. M. the wind at the mouth of the Columbia River had Increased to 56 miles an hour from the south and at Tatoosh Island a maximum wind velocity of 43 miles from the south had occurred. Moderately heavy rain has fallen in West ern Washington and lighter amounts are re ported In Eastern Washington. It Is warmer in the Sound Country, the Willamette Valley. Eastern Oregon. Southern Idaho, Northern Nevada and Northern Utah. The Indications are . for rain Tuesday and lower temperatures In Oregon, Washington and Northern Idaho. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for the 23 hours ending at midnight. October 3: Portland and vicinity Rain. Cooler. South erly winds. Western Oregon Rain. Cooler Interior. Southerly winds, high along the coast. Western Washington -Rain. Cooler Inter ior. Southerly winds, high along the coast, and fresh breeze In interior. Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Rain. Increasing southerly winds. Eastern Oregon, Rain and cooler. Southern Idaho Partly cloudy and cooler. EDWARD A. BEALS. District Forecaster. . 7610.00 4 E 466(0.00 4'NW .(6410.00 14 W . J52JO.00 3S 10.04 132 S . TO O.0OH2 SE !68