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THJE MORNING- OR-EGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1906. 15 n ME BUYING Flurry in the Local Hop Mar ket Continues. MAY BEGONE A SCRAMBLE Only a Limited Supply Remains in the State for Those Dealers Who Have Been Dis counting the Future. HOPS Flurry in Oregon market. CANNED GOODS Corn and tomato racks In 1903. POULTRY Supply not equal to de mand. EGGS Dealers' opinions differ as to market. BUTTER Local stocks arc ample FRUIT Two care of trances re ceived. VEGETABLES Light Inquiry lor California produce. The flurry in the hop markot that started Monday continued yesterday, with much ac tivity reported in the .city trade and up the alley. Most of -tho dealer) that have a di rect trade with the Eastern breweries re-j-orted lljrht orders, which leads to the be lief that the present movement Is due almost wholly to the operations of the short sellers. They tire working themselves up to a con siderable degree of excitement, and it would not require much to precipitate a scramble that would have a mcx-t beneficial effect on the price of this commodity. The supply of hops left in Oregon is becoming limited, and those dealers who sold, for February, March and April delivery at 10 to 12 cents c I. f. New York, aro doubtless realizing that they must cover pretty speedily or else got left. Several districts in Oregon arc almost en tirely cleaned out. Tho Independence and Dallas section) arc nearly bare, and only a few lots remain unsold at Eugene. In the rtate at large it' Is figured by some dealers that hardly 25,0u0 bales remain unsold, where as, the quantity sold short is said to be un usually large. Relative to England's hop Import: and ex ports, Lupulln writes as follows In the Mark Lane Express, of London: "The Board of Trade returns, just issued, give us the following information concerning our foreign transactions In hops. We have received in November from the United States 5300 ct'U, and from other countries 17, 233 cwt., the total. 22.59S cwt., shewing an increaf over the receipts of the previous month to the extent of 8428 cwt. I fear that this enlarged influx may bo taken us an In dication -of what will follow as soon as our rivals arc tired of waiting for the sufficient advance In our values to enable them to find profit In our market. The surplusage both of America and the Continent must seek for an outlet, and it Is only In the free iwts of England, that this can be fo'und; therefore. It Is not unlikely that wc shall hear of further shipments at tempting prices" when local demand has been satisfied and the ne ceaslty of turning the balance into cash be gins to be felt. , "Comparing, tho results of the first thrco ,iomh.H of thin season with those of the umc period last year, we have reason to bo wo). rausncd. America las this year only snt uh 0S45 cwt., whereas, In the same month of 190 she shipped to England 59,278 cwt. From the Continent we have received this year only 34.519 cwt., against 101.874 cwt. up to this time last year. The difference of Imports in our favor during the first quarter of the season is no less than 119.7SS cwt. "Our exports during the period named havf Increased considerably upon the same busi ness of 1904, being 10,735 cwt. against 0772 cwt. This larger figure Is mainly provided by the purchases of English hops for our colonies, the buyers being attracted by our known qualities, which, are always in favor with our kin acrore the eea. and by the low prices at which we have been willing to ell this season! By deducting the exports from the imports we find that the balances against our market at the close of November were 155,380 cwt. In 1904, and only 30.029 cwt in the present year. "VVe may therefore congratulate ourselves and say, So far, so Rood, but we must be on the lookout left the enemy take us by mirprise and spoil our trade. There is certainly no margin for any injury of this kind, and It Is desirable that English holders, being forewarned, should be thereby forearmed against possible loss." CORN AND TOMATO PACK. former "Was Largest on Record Last Year. Latter Shows Decrease. The annual report of lie corn pack in the "United States and Canada covering the out put in 1903, with comparisons with former years, as issued by the American Grocer, show the largest pack of corn on record, fol lowing that of 1904. which exceeded the aver age of previous years by many hundreds of thousand cases. The heavy output--of 1904, which reached over 11.000.000. was the re ult of a light production in the three preced ing year, which forced-prices up to extreme figures. Now York State No. 2 standard wil ing in 3903 and 1504 up to $1.25. and not lower than 90c in the first-named year nor SOc in 1904. The report say: "These prices mad corn packing a highly profitable Indus try and naturally tended to stimulate produc tion. Poor crops In several states in 1902 3 kept down the output to a quantity not large enough to care for requirements, unless consumption was checked by high prices. Tills year the corn crop was very large and condi tions favorable, so that nearly every factory 'was worked to Its full capacity, resulting In total pack of 13,418,065 cases, agalivst 11, 462.969 cases in 1904. Canada's pack in 1905 was about 400,000 cases. "The pack of com In 1905 compares with the output of ten previous years as follows: Cases 2 dor. Cases 2 doz. Tear. tins each. Tear. tins each. 1905 13.418,065 1900 6,483 C24 1104 11,462.960 1899 3.463 420 1903 4.861.146 189S 4.448 563 3902 4.191.087 3 897 2.908.740 3901 5,027,735 3896 2,674615 Total ten years 60,944,464 The total pack of tomatoes in the United States and Canada in 1905 waa 6.070,516 cases, of which Canada packed 515,000 cases. The total pack compares with tho output of the nine previous years, as follows: Caies 2 dor. Cases 2 doz. Tear. tins each. Year. .tins each. 3903 6.070.516 1900 5,849.593 1W4 8,814,596 1899 ... 7,404,923 1903. 10.670,809 189S 5.797,806 1902 9.494,812 1 897.. 4.149,441 1901......... 4,518.221 3896 3,541,188 Total for ten years 64320,905 EGG MARKET PECULIAR. Prkes and Conditions Variously .Reported by Local Jabbers. Front-street dealers cannot get together on the egg market. With one merchant quoting the price strong at 30 cent and his near neighbor weak at 28 cents. It Is hard to get a line on the real conditions. One thing Is certain, and that is that receipts are . gradu ally increasing and are likely to become heavy soon. Both shippers and dealers lose, no opportunity to work off their clocks at this time of year. Moderate 'receipts of 'chickens and a strong demand keep ' the-- market bare and 'prices high, but the ' point W? now reached where they cannot much farther advance. Turkeys arc the only slow feature of the poultry market. Thebutter trade runs along In an even way with no feature of Interest. Stocks are large enough for the demand and there Is not likely to be any shortage while the present mild weather lasts. Fruit and Vegetable Dull. Yesterday was a rather dull day in fruits and vegetables. A good assortment of the latter was offering, but the demand was slow. The day's receipts Included -two cars of or anges, one Jn transit to Walla .Walla, and one car of swect potatoes. A car of celery Is due today. BaBk Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday . .were as follows: Clearing. Portland - $ 750.076 Seattle L413.769 Tacoma . 631.696 Spokane 53S,399 Balance. 5 70.728 ,at 2.534 ' 67,771 45,195 PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. . V Grain, Flour. Teed, Etc WHEAT Club, 72c: bluestem, 74 75c; red. 60c; Valley, 78c. OATS No. 1 white feed. $27; gray. $20.30 per ton. FLOUR Patents. $l.30fl$4.70 per barrel; straights, $3.S04.1O; , clears. $3.63ij 3.S0; Valley. $3,606 3.90; Dakota hard wheat pat ents, $3.50 G; clears. $3; graham. $3.25 3.75; whole wheat. $3.7504: rye flpur. local S3; Eastern. $ 5.25 4j 5.33; cornmcal, per bale. $ 1.90 g 2.20. M I LLSTUFFS B ran. city, $17; country. $18 per ton; middlings. $21.50; aborts, city, $18; country, $19 per ton: chop. V. S. Mills, $17.50; Linseed Dairy Food. $18; Alfalfa meal, $18 per ton. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 90 pound sacks. $6.75; lower grades, $5,259 1.50; oatmeal, steelcut. 50-pound sacks. $8 per barrel: 19-pound racks. $1.25 per bale; oatmeal (ground). 30-pound tacks. $7.50 per barrel: 10-pbund sacks. $1 per bale; split peas. $5 per 100-pound sacks; 25-pound boxes. $L40: pearl barley. $4.25 per 300 pounds: 25-pound boxes. $1.25 per box; pastry flyur, 10-pound sacks. $2.50 per bale. BARLEY Feed. $23tg 23.50 per ton; brew ing. $24324.30: rolled. $23.50 fa" 24.50.' BUCKWHEAT $2.50 per cental. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy. $13.50 14.50 per ton: Valley timothy. $ftfjri0; clover, $9 10; cheat, $S.50(rf.50; grain hay. $S. Vegetable. Fruit, JEte. DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, 73cg$1.50 per box; persimmons, $1:25 per box; pears, $1.25il.50 per box; cranberries, $13 18.50 per barrel. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $3fi3.50 per box; oranges, navels. $2.25 j 2.75 box; Jap anese. 00c per Mngle box: grapefruit. $3.50 (t4.50; pineapples, $2.50 4.50 per dozen: tangerines. $1.75 per box; bananas. 4 4r5c per pound. FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes. 37.40 per dozen; beans. 20c per pound: rabbagc. I c'c per pound: cauliflowers. $1.25 per dozen; celery. $3f3.50 per crate; head let tuce. 40c pr dozen; hothotis. $1.256 1.75 per box: peas. 15r: bell peppem. 35c: pump kins. Siftric pound; radishes. 25c doz; to matoes, $1,5041.75 per orate; sprout. 7VrC per pound; squanli. lHtolVic per pound. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. W)e$l per sack; carrots. 05tf75c per sack: beets. 85c 6 $1 per sack; garlic, 10 12 Vic per pound. ONIONS Oregon, No. 1. $1 1.25 per sack; No. 2. 75a90e POTATOES Buying prices: Fancy graded Burbanks, 65$ 73c per sack; ordinary, SOW 60r; Merced sweets. 2c per pound. DRIED FRUITS Apple. 11912c per pound; apricots. 126 12 Vic: peaches. lOVt9 12'ic: pars. none; Italian prunes, SUfO't: Cullfomla figs, white. In sacks. 5 "e- per pound; black. 4(5c; bricks. 12-14 ounee packages. 754? S3 c per box; SS-ounce, $2 2.40; Smyrna. 20c per pound; dates, Per sian. 5;Ef'0c per pound. RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounce packages, 8c: 16-ounce. 9V&610r: loose rouucatels. 2-crown. 7Cf7Hc; 3-crown. "V 7ic; 4 crown, SfaSVsc; unbleached se'-dles Sul tanas. C7c: Thompson's seedless, un bleached. SffKVje; Thompson's fancy un bleached, 12ft 12 Vic; London layers. 3-crown. whole boxes of 20 pounds. $1.75; 2-crown, $2. Butter, Egg. Poultry, Etc. BUTTER City oreamerie: Extra cream en". 30632Vc; per pound. State eroanorle: Fancy creamery. 27 if 32 14c; rtore butter, 16 ii lOVic. EGGS Oregon ranch, 2S00c; Eastern, 22Sj 23e per dozen. CHEESE Oregon fall cream, twins. 14 Is g 15c: Young America. 15Vs?16c. POULTRY Ax-crage old hens. 12'ffl4c: Springs. 12V414c: mixed chickens. 12fh 12Vic; broilers. 1516c; dressed chickens, 14i'15c: turkeys. live, 15c: turkeys, dressed, choice, 1720c;i geejie. live, pound. 9(2 lie; geese, dressed, per pound. 32$13c: ducks. 1516c; pigeons, $1(&2; squabs, $2$) $2.75. GroccricH, Nuts, Ktc. COFFEE Mocha. 20'2Sc: Java, ordinary. 18(t22c: Costa Rica, fancy. 18"20c; good. I618c; ordlnar'. 1912c per pound Colum bia roast, cases. 100s, $14.25; 50s. $14.25; Arbuckle. $15.88; Lion. $15.88. RICE Imperial Japan. No. 1. 5Vtc; South ern Japan. 5.35c; head. 7c. SALMON Columbia River. 1-pound tails, $1.75 per dozen: 2-pound tails. $2.40: 1 pound flats. $1.85; fancy llVs-pound flats. $1.80; -pound flats, $1.10: Alaska pink, 1 pound tails, 90c; red. 1-pound tails, $1,25; sockeye. 1-pound tails, $1.70. SUGAR Sack basis. 100 pounds: Cube. $6.05; powdered. $5.80: dry granulated. $5.70; extra C, $5.25: golden C. $5.16; ruit sugar, $5.70:. Advance over sack basis as follows; Barrels. 10c; H-tarel6. 25c; boxes. 50c per 100 pounds. (Terms; On remittance within 15 days deduct '.It per pound; If later than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct He sugar, granulated, $5.50 per 100 pounds; maple sugar. 15 ft1 ISc per pound. SALT California. $11 per ton. $1.60 per bale; Liverpool, 50s. $17; 100s, $16.50; 200s, $16; t-P0unds. 100s. $7; 50s. $7.50. NUTS Walnuts, 15Uc per pound by sack; c extra for less than sack. Brazil nuts, 16c: Alberts, 16c; pecans, jumbos. 16c; extra large." 17c; almonds. 14 13c; chestnuts. Italian. 1216c; Ohio, 20c; peanuts, raw. 7 Vic pound: roanted, 9c; plnenuts, 10 (J 12c: hickory nuts, 7,.4(5Sc; cocoanuts, 35000c per dozen. BEANS Small white. 4c; large white. 3Uc; pink. 2c; bayou. 4 Vic; Lima. 5?ic; red Mexican, 5c? Provision and Canned Mrai. HAMS 10 to 14 pounds. 12e.per pound; 14 to 16 pounds, 12c; 18 to 20 pounds, 12c; Cali fornia (picnic). 8c; cottage hams. SVc; shoul der)?. 8c; l wiled ham, IbVjc; boiled picnic ham, boneless. lSVtc. BACON Fancy breakfast. 18c ter pound; Ftandard breakfast, loc; choice. 13c; Enellnh breakfast, 11 to 14 pounds, 14c; peach bacon, 13c PICKLED GOODS Pork barrels, $18; barrels, 59.50. Beef, barrels. $12; -barrela. $0.50. SAUSAGE Ham, J3c per pound; minced ham, 10c; Summer, choice dry, 17ijc; bolog na, long. 5Vac; welnerwurM, Se; liver. Uc; pork. 9ijl0c; headcheese, C?; blood, Oc; bo logna sausage, link. 4 Vic CANNED M BATS Corned beef, pounds, per dozen, $1.25; two pounds, $2.25; six pounds, $7. Rcast beef. flat, pounds, $1.25; two pounds, $.25; nix pounds, none. Roast beer, tall, pounds, none; two pounds. $2.35; six pounds, $7. Lunch tongue, pounds, $2.75. Roast mutton, six pounds, $s.50. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt, lOVic; smoked, llc; clear backs, dry salt lOVitC smoked. llc; clear bellies. 14 to 17 pounds average, none; Oregon ex ports. 20 to 25 pounds average, dry salt 11c, smoked 12c; Union bellies. 10 to 18 pounds average, none. LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tierces. 10c; tubs, 10,c; 50s. 10&c; 0s. ,10$ic; los. II Vic; 5s. 11 Vic. Standard pure: Tierces, 99ic; tubs, 9c: 00s. SJtc; 20s. flic; 30s, lOVic; 5s, lOVic Compound: Tierce. 6c: tubs, C?jc; 50s, 6ic: 20s, 7Kc; 5s, 7&C Hops, Wool, Hides. Efe. HOPS Oregon, 1903. choice, lOffllc; prlnft, SVS69V&C; medium, 708c; olds. S7c WOOL Eastern Oregon average best, 36ff 21c; Valley, 24Q-26c per pound. MOHAIR Choice. 30c per pound. HIDE Dry hides; No. 1. 16 pounds and up, 6Vs(g'18c per pound; dry kip. No. 1. 5 to 30 pounds. 15016c per pound; dry calf. No. 1, under 5 pounds. 1719c; dry salted, balls and atags. one-third less than dry flint; (culls, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored, murrain, halr cllpped, weather-beaten or grubby, 23c per pound less). Salted hides: Steers, sound. 60 pounds and over. 10311c per pound; GO to 60 pounds. Sl$10c per pound; under 60 and cows. 810c per pound: salted kip, sound.- 15 to 30 pounds. 9c per pound; salted veal, sound, 10 to 34 pounds, 9 10c per pound; salted calf, sound. 10 to 14 pounds. 1 Off 11c per pound; (green unealted, lc per pound less; culls, 1c per pound less). Sheepskins: Shearlings. No. 1 butchers' stock, 25fi30c each; short wool. No. 1 hutcbera stock. 40650c each; medium wool. No. 1 butchers' stock. 00080c; long wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, $101.50 each. Murrain pelts from 10 to 20 per cent less or 12(SI4c per pound; horse hides, salted, each, accord ing to site. $11.50; colts hides. 25750c each; goatskins, common. 10jil5o each; Angora, with wool on. 256$1.50 each. BEESWAX Good, clean and pure. 2022c per pound. - TALLOW Prime, per pound. 3Viff351c: No, 2 and crease.' 23c. 1 FURS Bearskins, as to size. No. A, $2.50 10 each: cubr. $162; badger. 25050c: wild cat, with head perfect. 25050c: house cats. 5910c; for. common array, 50870c; red. $33 5; cross, .$5015; silver and black. $1003200; flshers, $536; lynx. $4.506; mink, strictly No. 1 accordtat to size, $182-50: marten, dark Northern, according to size and color, $10015; marten, pale, pine, according to size and color. $2034; mufkrat. Urge. 10815c; skunk. 4)5;Oc: civet or polecat. 5010c: otter, large, prime skin. $6010; panther, with head and claws perfect, $235: raccoon, prime, 30 50c; mountain wolf, with head perfecL $3.50 05; coyote. OOc0$l: wolverine. $658; beaver, per skin, large. $566; medium. $3fJ4; rmall, $101.50; kits. 50075c CAS CAR A SAG RAD A (chjttani bark) 2H 63c, according to quality. Dressed Mrat. BEEF Dressed bulls. 1(3 2c per pound; cows. 304c: country steers, 4 4 Vic VEAL Dressed. 75 to 325 pounds, 80SVic: 125 to 200 pounds, 405c; 200. pounds and up. 3 en vie. MUTTON Dressed, fancy. 6f?6Jic per pound; ordinary. 405c; lambs. 707V&C PORK Dressed, 1000150 pounds, 70Tc; 150 and up, 693Vc per pound. Oils. TURPENTINE Cases, 69c per gallon. , WHITE LEAD Ton lots, 7;t; MO-pound lots. 8c; less than 500-pound lots, SMc (In 25-pound tin palls, lc above keg pricet 1 to 5-pound tin palls. 1c above keg price; 1 to 5-pound tin cans, 100 pounds per case, 2 Vie per pound above keg price.) COAL OIL Cases. $2.05 per case; Iron bar rels. 15c pr gallon; wood barrels. ISc. GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cases. 251ic; 72 test. 27c; S test. 35c; Iron tasks, 19c LINSEED OIL Raw. In barrels, 51c; In eases. 56c; boiled. In barreh-, 53c; in cases, 5Sc; 250-saJkn lots, lc less. EGG HD1DERS LETTING GO KKCEIPTS ARE INCREASING SAN FRANCISCO. AT Butter In Light Supply anil Active Demand at Firm Quotations. Apple Market Weak". SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. (Special.) Cali fornia ranch eggs declined 1 cent and store eggf: 2 cents en 'Change today, a ad closed weak. HoMers are willing sellers, as receipts are Increasing, and the weather U favorable for larger production. Frena butter U etlll In light supply, and the demand active. Cream ery extras sold at 3Oa03O cents and were of ficially quoted at 30 cents, an advance of u, cent. Cheese was firm and unchanged. Re ceipts. 20.100 pounds butter. 5200 pounds cheese. 15.780 dozen eggs. In tho citrus market only Mexican limes of large rizen. navel oranges and fancy grape 'fruit iw any firmness. Medium and small sizes of oranges and the general run of lem ons are 4ow and weak. The promoters of the auction tales expect foar carloads of or ang will be available for tomorrow's offer ing. With six carloads of Central American bana44 Just arrived and steamers due from Honolulu and Mexico, besides a , go4 quan tity In stores, the market is amply supplied with that fruit. The apple market has span medic activity, but trade generally Is unsat isfactory and prices are easy. Quotation fer raisins were withdrawn pend ing the naming of hew prices. Fancy potatoes were scarce and firm. Only two cars of Oregon arrived and the quality was poor.. Cheap river potatoes arc In sohm demand; onions are unchanged. Rain Indications weakened speculative prices for grain, but caeh values held steadr. VEGETABLES Cucumbers. C-)e?1.75; gar lic. 506c; green peas. TfiSc: strisg bean. 1517ic: tomatoes. 75c0$l; egg ptaM. $1.50 2. POULTRY Turkeys, 1719r; roost ers, old $l.5y&5.50; roosters, young. $6tf7: broiler, small. $2z8: brotters. large. $415; fryers, $3$0; hens. $l.5uti6.50; dueks, d, $5g6: dueks, young. $ti HITTER Fancy creamery. 30e; creamery wowdi-. 23 Vic. EGCK Store. 26j2Sc: fancy ranes, 32c; Eastern, nominal. CHEESE Young Amerlea. 134rl5e: Sastern. lSVstMCc; Westers. neilVic WOOL South Plains and S. J., 14015c; lambs. PfrlGe. HOPS 7 (ill c. MILLSTUFFS Bran, $lS.50tj2K: mfddllngs. $2S629. HAY Wheat. $11016: wheat and oats. $9 514; trley. $Sf 11; alfalfa. $7.594r10.0; stock. $6.5O0.3O; Mraw. per bale. 3nS5e. FRUIT Apples, choice. $2; common. 40c: bananas. $13; Mexican limes. $5.5X6; Cali fornia lemons, choice. $2.50; common. $1; or-, anges. navel. 75c g $2.75: pineapples. $2415. POTATOES Salinas Burbanks. $L1O0IO; sweets. 75org$1.23; Oregon Burbaaks. 75c $1.15. RECEIPTS Flour. 4121 quarter sacks; wheat, 776 centals; barley. 314S centals;, oats, 500 centals; beans. S00 sacks: corn. 1200 cen tals; ypotatoe. 4665 racks; bran. 510 acks; middling. 515 sacks; hay, 302 teas; wool. 1 tale; hides. 363. LIVESTOCK MARKETS. Prices Quoted Locally on Cattle. Sheep and Hogs. The following livestock prices ncre quoted ytsuVday in the local market: CATTLE Good steers. $8.503.75; fair to medium. $2.7500; 150 to 175 pound. $4.50 4.75,; calves, heavy. $303.25. HOGS Meat .-suitable for .packers. $5.75gfi; fair to medium grades. $5.50; light fat weights, 320 to 140 pounds. $505.25. SHEEP Good fat shep, $l.50f4.75; choice lambs, $5. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Santas City, Omaha and Chicago. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jan. e. Cattle Re ceipts, 17.000; market steady; native steers. $4(?0: stockers and feeders, $304.50; Western cows, $2.253.50; Western steers, $3.5095.50; bulls. $2.25t3.&G: calves. $367.23. f Hogs Receipts, 1600; market, 5c lower; bulk of al. $5.1565.30; heavy. $5.2533.35: pack ers. $5.2055.30; pigs and light. $4.75J5.20. Sheep Receipts. 7000; market, steady; mut tons, $4.5066.25; lambs. $6.67.75: range weth ers. $5.506.C0: fed ewes. $l.50e5.O. SOUTH 0L"kHA. Jan. 3. Cattle Receipts. 4D0O; market: best, steady: native steers. $3.50 (73.50; eows and heifers. $2.S0?4; calves, $3 C; bulls, stags, etc.. $2(j-i. Hogs Receipts, 10.500; market, 3c lower; heavy. $5.20&5.30: mixed. $5.17335.20; light, $5.1595.23: pigs. $t.5O04.CO; bulk of sales. $3.17t53.223. Sheep Receipts. 5700; market, steady; Western yearlings. $056.30: wethers, $5,159 5.10; ewes, $4.7565.60;. lambs, $767.50. CHICAGO. Jan. I. Cattle Receipts. 7000; steady; beeree. $3.C5ig&35; blockers and feed ers. $2.5004.i, cows and heifers, $1.7504.50; Texas-fed steers. $3.5034.23. Hogs Receipts today 38.000. tomorrow 40, 000; flow, weak to 5c lower; mixed and butch ers. $5.250fi.5O; good to hyivy. $5.3305.524; rough hea-y. $3.2003.30; light, $3.2065.43; pigs. $4.7505.23: bulk of sales. $5.3005.45. Sheep Receipts. 13.000; ctisng; sheep, $4 6.10; lambs. $4.5)04? S. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. No business of Im portance Is reported In the market for evap orated apples, but holders are steady in the main. Common are quoted at 7J6c; nearly prime. 909c; prime, OriSDVic; choice, 40c; Xancy. 11c Prunes ire in less active demand on spot, but prices are firmly held, ranging from 4 Tit? Sc. according to grade. Apricots are meeting with some Inquiry, but so far little buslnes of importance Is reported. Choice are quoted at OVafilOo; extra choice. lOV5r01O5ic; fancy. 11012c Peaches have been In somewhat better de mand of late, and the market Is firm. 'Extra choice arc quoted at 10c; fancy, 3OV011c; extra fancy, 1134013c Raisins are still." more or less unsettled, with the trade waiting definite advices from the Coast regarding the price to be fixed by the San Francisco company. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Coffee futures closed steady nt a net advance of 5010 points. Sales, 40.3 '0 bigs. Including January. &6O0&G5c; February. e.60c: March. 6.650&SOc: May, 6.S0 06.ape; September. 7.0357.15c; December, 7.23 67.36. Sno; Rio. steady; No. 7 Invoice, S3-iec: mild, cleady. Sugar Raw, firm; fair refining. 3 3-lC03Hc; centrifugal. 96 test, 3 J1-168C?ic; -molasses srgar. 215-l$3c ReAned. firm: cruefced. $3.40; rowdered. $(.60; sraaulated. $1,70. GAINS WIPED. OUT Late Reaction Upsets Prices in Stock Market. OUTSIDE DEMAND SLOW Day's Advances Arc In Issues That Did Not Participate in the De cember Movement Tlcallz inr in Union Pacific. NEW YORK. Jan. t. The movement of prices In today's stock: market was confuted and Irregular from i?tart to finish, and little remained of the gains at the end of the day-. The pursuit of the movemeat to take, profits was continued and many of the most promi nent -tecks In the recent movement were sub jected to this procerr. Meantime new stocks were pushed forward Into prominence. As additional factor In the Irregular movement ww the resumption of buying of some shares which were subjected to the profit-taking In the early part of the day. There was little news to accompany the va rious movements and the explanations for them dealt more with technical market con ditions .than with anything bearing on changes in actual values. While the December movement of prices carried the majority of shares to record levels, there was a group of Importanr'secHr Itics which did not rise at any time within measurable distance of previous high record. These "have been the favorites In the new speculative advances of yesterday and to day. Pennsylvania and Its allied railroads are notable examples, the present price level ruling far below the maximum touched In former peculatlve campaigns. The recent motemeat of Atchison is given the rame ex planation, although the stock waa Inclined to rcet today. In the United States Steel stocks the ten 'deney was manifest to alternate from one to the other, yesterday's rife In the common giv ing place to steady realizing today, white the preferred was purhed upwards with strong sentimental effect on the whole market, Tb Southern Iron stock made sensational ad vances and rumors were revived that the arrangements for the expeeted merger were being completed. The hlgh-prieed Northwest ern grangers and Pacifies moved up ward wide ly and easily, and old stories of coming extra disbursements and of new alliances played a part la the movement. The rumor of ab sorption of the MWourl. Kansas & Texas by the Burlington and of the Kansas City South ern by the St. Paul were used with effect. St. Paul Itself was among the tocks which derived advantage from its previous failure to share In the advancing tendency. There were other wide movements, but the charac ter of the factors which moved them was similar to that In the cases named. Meantime there was free refusing In Union Pacific. Reading, the coppers and eome other otocks. While the market thus continued to show a degree of mixed strength. Its action conveyed an impression of more eSTect la sustaining prkes than that of yesterday. The falling off of the volume of activity added to this effect. The failure of a larger outride demand to appear was a disappointment to large holders of stocks. TJiU was attributed to the almost unlvenal belief that hoMlngu hang over the market vhlch were carried pr sMently through the December money strm jgency. but on which holders are waiting to tak' profits on any opportunity. The money market showed further relaxa tion, but the continued firmness of foreign ex change keeps alive the problem of how far the decline In Interest rates can go without precipitating an outgo of gold. Thr late reaction wiped-out jnurt of the day's gain and made the elojlng wr. Bonds were firm. Total hales, par value. $3.!0t).OO0. Vnlted Slated bonds worn all un changed en call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. . Closing Sales. High. Low. Bid. Adams Exnress ..... ..... 233 AmaL Copper 94.500 HOVi 10s'.; Am. C. & F 30,300 43 Vi 41 H do preferred.. l.lOu 100-i 100 10Y 12 lOO 30 93 223 40 42fe 20 4 41 7 117 ' 14 127 Vi 153H 105 2534 103 15!i4 1144 S 88 174 4 223 47 T 105, 564 30H MO 214 OO' 1S34 15 zr, 106 5S4 32 Vi 70 34 1764 IS 3S 23 460 34 87 324 4S4 JsO 71 17S4 115 1734 23 M4 79 234 GO 4 33 09 152 160 734 124 23 2 151 100 li 3S 70 Si 4 203 2S4 151 51 S7Vi 93 101 4S 144 101 S3 36 99 93 96 Vi 3CVi 10S4 23 62 U Am. Cotton Oil. do preferred.. Am. Express A. H. & L. pfd.. American Ice... Am. Llnteed Oil . S.300 40V4 3Vfc 200 93H 93 i 100 225 225 0O 40:i 4pi 4,i00 42 U 41Vj do preferred.. ...... ..... Am. Locomotive 7.300 77 Vi do preferred Am. S. & It.... 10.500 15i do preferred.. 200 1274 Am. Sugar Ref. 30.200 136S A. Tob- pf. cer. 900 10T.i Ana. Mln. Co... 24.300 201 Atchison 39.100 05 do preferred.. 600 103 H 164 127 tt 15R, 105H 230 103 U Atlantic C L Baltimore A- O. 10. MX) do preferred Brk. Rap. Tran. 17.100 Can. Pacific 3S.S00 Central of N. J. 10O Central Leather 23.100 do preferred.. 1.300 Ches. & Ohio... ll.SOO Chicago tc Alton do preferred C Gu Western 1.300 115H 114i sni 176 U 223 19 105j 57 Vi s, 174 Vi 47Ti 105 U 56 H 21 H 22SH 1ST. 13K 36 -i 107 Vs 59 "i 32 i 70 v; 34 Ti 177H IS 50 224 460 39 334 49 U Sli 74 H isn; nevi 176 u 24 ; SS3 21V: 223 Vi lS3Vi 13H 36 Vi 106 Vi 5SV4 32 70 54 177 1SU 37 224 4 CO 3ti "in" 4SH .HI 73 H 17R4 1I3U 175; 23 H S7.i C & Northwest. 24.900 C. M. & St. P.. 13.000 C. Ter. & Tran. do preferred.. O. C. C. & S. L. Colo. F. & I 200 200 2.000 14.500 S.0O0 1.000 sno 600 2.900 1.400 100 100 100 Colo. & So do 1st pref... do 2d pref... . Con. Gas Corn Products.. do preferred.. Del. &. Hudson. DeL. L. & W. .. D. & R. Grande. do preferred.. DIs. Securities.. Erie do 1st pref. .. do 2d pref. .. . Gen. Electric... Hocking Valley. Illinois Central. Internal. Paper. do preferred.. Internal. Pump. do preferred.. Ipwa Central... do preferred.. Kss. City So... do preferred.. Louts. & Nash. Manhattan L. . . Metro. Securities Metro. St, Ry.. Mexican Central Minn. & St. L-. M. SP4SRJL do preferred . . Missouri Pacific 2.200 5.000 300 600 4.000 200 100 3.100 3.700 1.400 200 2.70O 1.500 4.IOO 200 2.10O 5.400 5,000 COO 4.300 1.R00 30 "i COfi Sl 70 153, 161 74 Vi 125 25 H ft 152 17S 101 39H 71Vi soil 206 39 Vi 153 14 5?H 30 Vi 60 Vi 33 69 1324 161 73 ?i 124 "i 23 U Rl 146 173 100 Vi SSVi 70 SrtVi 203? 3S 154 514 Mi 166 i" 4S 144 U 100H 36vi 106 94 97 35 Vi 1074 23 S 624 2.700 Mo.. Kas. & T.. 93.200 do preferred.. 11.600 National Lead.. Nor. Pacific. . . . X. R. R. 2li Pfd. N. T. Central . . . N. Y. O & W. Norfolk & West. K.600 4,400 600 21.700 2.300 26.400 do preferred North American S.600 Pacific Mall 700 Pennsylvania .. 101.400 People's Gas 2,200 101 4SVi its- 101 fi 57 'i 100 .; ,94U 97 3SVi HOVi 24 Vi 63 P.. C- C, & S. L. Press. Steel C do preferred.. do 1st pref... do 2d pref. ... Republic Steel.. do preferred. . Roclc Island Co. 4.600 300 300 100 44.700 12.700 3.400 600 do preferred.. Rubber Goods.. . 41 100 $9 4S 21 55 67 V4 IIS 37 100 147 33 34 50 154 974 113 90 52 112 44 H 107 544 1144 ZQll 41 ' 235 172 93. do preferred. . Schloss Sheffield 6.700 S L AS F 2d pf. 100 S. L. Southwest, 2.700 do preferred.. 200 Southern Taclflc 2S.700 do preferred.. 70O Southern Ry. ... 7.500 do preferred.. 300 Tenn. C. & I... 7.900 Texas & Pacific 1.100 T.. St, L. & W do preferred.. 200 .Union Pacific... 147.SO0 do preferred.. U. S. Express... U. S. Realty.. 700 U- S. Rubber.. 1.400 do preefrred.. 400 U. S. Steel.... 61.300 do preferred.. 23.900 Vlr.-Car. Chem, 400 do preferred Wabach 2,000 do preferred.. 1.294) Wells-Fargo J5x Westtnghouse JE. S wi - Union. 7W 91 4S 21 Vi 6S llSVi 37H 101 1494 5' 155 Vs 5SH 4S 20 55 60S lis 37 ?i 101 1444 33 i r.6" 154H 91 33 Vi 112 44 107H 55 'ii" 90 324 111s 4i.i 107 53 U 204 41; 174 S -93 17Vi 1 30V I Wheel. fc. L- E. Wis. Cent ml.... V do preferred.. . 200 17 Ti 400 31 1TH 31 Total sales for the day. 15S,S00 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Ctoslnr quotations: U. S. ret. 2jeg.l02Tip. & R. G. 4s. .J0O do coupon 102?iN. T. C. G. 3Vis.-0SVs V. S. 3s reg..,.102U(Nor. Pacific 3s.. 77 do coupon 103 I Nor. Pacific 4s..l03Ji V. 8. new 4s reg.130i!So. Pacific Is... 93 do coupon 130VIUnton Pacific 4s.l06i U. S. old 4s reg.103 Wis. Central 4s.. 93U do coupon 1Q3 'Jap. 6s. 2d ser.. 99i Atchison Adj. 4s 04VriJap. 4 Vis. cer... 03V- Stocks at London. LONDON. Jan. 9. Consols fdr money. SOVi: consols for account, SO 3-16. Anaconda J.IUIXorfotlc &. Wst. S9i Atchison 9S I do preferred... 96 do preferred... 109 "'Ontario West. 33 1 Baltimore & O. .HSU Pennsylvania ... 74 U Can. Pacific lTOH'Rand Mines 4 .Che. & Ohio... 3SVi;RcadIng C. Gt. Western. 22 "-l do 1st pref. C. M. St. P. .1S do 2d pref.. 74 4S4 49 o Beers lSISo. Railway 3S D. & R. Grande. 40! do preferred. . .1034 do preferred... OOHrSO. Pacific 68 Erie 30 4'Unlon Pacific 3Vi do 1st pref.... f! do preferred. ..101 do 2d prof "fl'sfU. s. Steel 43 Illinois Central. ISO4: do preferred. ..110 Louis. Nash. .137 I Wabash 2t io.. Kas. &. T-. so. 1 do preferred... 42u N. Y. Central... 130 Vc. Spanish Fours... 91 Monex. xchange. Etc. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Money on call, firm: 38 S per cent; ruling, rate. ; closing bid. 6; fTered. 5 per cent. Time loans, steady; 60 and 90 days. 6 per cent; lx months. 5U06 per cenU Prime mereantlle paper," 334 per cent. . SferliBf exehanse. firm, with actual busi ness In bankers' bills at -V630$4.?35 for de mand and at $4.?3fj-lV,0r, for 60 days: posted rates. $4.S34 and $1.S7; commercial bills, $42fH.S25i. Bar 'stiver. C3e. Mexican doHart. 50c. Government bonds, steady; railroads, firm. LONDON. Jan. 9. Bar silver steady-. 304 por eunee. itonej-. 203 per cent. Discount rate, short and three months bl !!. 3 per ecnt. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. Sliver bars. 65c Drafts, sight. 3c: telegraph. 5c. Sterling en London. CO days. $4.&3: sight. $4,564. Daily Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. Today's Treasury statement shows: Avallab'e cash balance $143,258,746 Gold coin and bullkm K7.217.96S Gold CMtlficatts 42.3SI.220 WOOL IS ACAiN MOVING BOSTON MARKET -SHOWS A RE VIVAL OF ACTIVITY. Stocks "Well Cleaned Up, Especially Territories, Demand for, Which Jluus to Fine and Medium. BOSTON. Jan. 9. The wool market fe more active at Arm prices. v The trans actiono for the week cover fleece. Fall Texas. California Northerns, fine and niedtum terri tories and scoured wool in the domestic field and AtMtraltaa tine merinos and South Amer ican wish quarters Stocks of wool are well cfcanett tsp. especially territories. Tho de mand for territories has been running more to line and medium crades. Fulled wools arc in hotter movement. Foreign crades are steady. Wool dealers believe that the mar ket will soon need a targe reptenlshlni-. Buy ers who have been folk) v. ins the market closely have taken many samples for exami nation. Durinr the week worsted mills and woolen interests operated in territories. Ter ritory Quotations: Idftho duo. 22f23c; heavy fine. 1020c; fine medtnm. 22t23c; medium. 24fi27c: low m Hum. 274J2Se. Wytemlnt; l4a. 22f23c: heavy fine. 10120e: fine medtim. 224J2SC: medium. 2j27c; low metttum. 2752SC. fiah and Nevada fine. 2H?2le; heavy fine. lo2ic; Ane medium. 24927c; lew medium. 274hie. 'Montana fine choice. 2520c: fine average. 2425c; Ane medium choice, 25fr26c; average 2lr23c; staple, 272Se; medium Choice, 27 g 2Sc Wool at St. Louis. iT. LOUIS. Jan- 0. Wool Steady. Me dium grades, combing and clothing. 2G$0oc; light fine. 2192tc; heavy fine, 19$21c; tub wasttod' 33fMlVc. FLURRY IN COTTON. Sharp Advance. Follows Fubltentlon of Census Bumiu Report. NBVV TORK. Jan. 9. A sharp advance followed the publication of the Census Bureau report Indicating that 9.721,773 bates of cot ton had been ginned up to January 1 in to day's cotton market. Inetdc of ten minutes March sold at ll.UOe and May at 11.79c or 2vjr39 points above the figures of a few min utes before. The market toward the close lost most of its advance under realizing, and wne finally steady at a gain of 2t?C points for the day. Sales were estimated at COO. 000 lbs. Closing prices: January. 11. 30c: February. 11.3Sc; May. 11.65e; June. ll.C7e, and July 11.70c NBW ORLEANS, Jan. 9. March cotton ad vanced 31' points en the Census Bureau re port and May went up 30 points. WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. According ' to a bulletin Issued today by the Census Bureau. 9.721.773 hales of cotton were ginned to Jan uary 1. 190C. counting round as halt bales and excluding Untem. Metal Markets. t NEW TORK. Jan. 9. There wa a fur ther advance In the London tin market, with stot closing at ICI 15s and futures at 145 Is 64. Locally the market wan also firmer, with spot quoted at 36.23fj3C.40c. Ccp- er advanced to 79 17s ftl for spot and 79 iOs for futures In the London market. Loyally tho situation was unchanged with lake an! electrolytic quoted at 18.75lc. and casting t 1 St37 4S 13.87 VSc. Lead was unchanged at 5.tXVS6.10c In tho local market, but closed slightly lower at 17 0 3d In London. Spelter was unchanged at 29 2s Cd In Lon don and at G-5O&&00C in the New York mar ket. Iron was somewhat irregular abroad, with standard foucdry quoted at 33s 7d and Cleve land warrants at 5ts 7 "Ad. The local sltua. tkm appeared to be unchanged with the tone firm. No I foundry Northern Is quoted at $18.7519.35; No. 2 foundry Northern. $15.50 4J1S.S5. Mining" Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alta $ .01 'Justice $ .04 Alpha Con 04 .(Kentucky Con. .01 Andes . . . .18 Mexican l.K Rtlcher 19 Best & Belcher 1.10 (jcciaentai v. on. . .uu Ophlr 5.73 Bullion Caledonia Challenge Con. Chollar Confidence Overman .11 .51 .IS .13 -S3 tPotost .06 .49 .11 .10 .26 .91 .42 .02 .12 Savage (Scorpion ...... teg. ueicner. . . Sierra Nevada. Silver Hill Union Con .. Utah Con Yellow Jacket. Con. CaL &. V 1.15 Crown Point.. .12 Exchequer .35 Gould & Curry .20 Hale & Nor... 1.00 Julia 07 NEW YORK. Jan. O.--CIosing ' quotations: Adams Con....$ .25 Little Chief... $ .OS .Mice L93 Ontario 3.00 Breece .50 Ophir 5.5S Brunswick- C. .57 Comstock 'Tun. '.OS Con. CaL & V. 1.10 Horn Silver. . . 1.75 Iron Silver.... 3.50 Leadville Con. M Phoenix Potosi .02 .03 .43 .36 .30 3.65 Savage Sierra Nevada. Small Hopes... Standard ..... BOSTON. Jan. 9. Closing quotations: Adventure -.5 3.23 Mont. C & C$ 4.37 Vi Allouez .... 94.25" iN. Butte.... S5.50 Amalgamatd 10S.C2Vi'O!d Dominion 40.T3 Am. Zinc. . . 15.75 Osceola 105.00 Atlantic . . . 27.30 Bingham . . . 33.75 CaL Hecla 703.00 Centennial .. 30.23 Parrot 40.23 Qulncv 109.00 Shannon .... "iflfcVi Tamarack: 5.00 ' Trinity .... 10.30 TJnH7 Coo.. 64.00 Cop. Range. Daly West.. Dominion. C. Franklin ... Granny Isle Royale. S2.25 17.50 S7.00 JJ. S. MInlnr 49.00 18.73 11J. a Oil 12.30 9.75 JUtah 62.30 37.50 i Victoria .... 6.30 Mass.-Minims 10.00 Winona ..... 7.50 MlchlTih ilenawk 16.S7VifWolverIne .. 131.00 C0.00 I k BUYING FOR EXPORT Foreign Demand Stiffens Chi-, ifago Wheat Market. CLOSE FIRM AND HIGHER Active Buying by Shorts for Pur poses of Covering and by the Coinmjssion. - Houses Dttr Inrr the Last Hour. CHICAGO. Jan. 9. During the first half of 'the session the wheat market was weak on reports of a decline at Liverpool, due to free offerings of Argentine wheat. Opening quo tations on the local board this morning were off VsC for May at S7V4c. Prominent commis sion., houses, which were heavy sellers yes terday, sold again today, and pit traders joined In the movement. This forced the price of May down to 66?ie before . th noon hour. Sentiment then suddenly changed, and for the remainder of the session a firm feeling prevailed. An exceptionally good d mand waa reported for cash wheat at all out side markets, and many Inquiries were re ceived from, exporters. Bradstrect's weekly report on the world's available supply of wheat showed decrease of 1,800.00") bush eli, which was larger than generally antic ipated. This, forced many shorts to cover freely, aird there was active huylng both for the purpose of co?erlng and by commission houses during the last hour. All offerings were readily absorbed, and prices" made a sharp rally. The May option rose to S7,c, and the market closed firm with May Wi'ViC up at 87;?i$iS7jc. The slump In wheat caused a slightly easier tone In the corn market, but later a firm feeling developed. The market closed firm with prices at the highest point of the day. May closed ViGVic up at llTsc. Oats were cajier .In sympathy with other grains, but as the session advanced tho mar ket became steadier. May cloaed unchanged at 32Vitr32?ic Pro visions were subjected to a general sell ing pressure today, and the market was weak. At the close May pork was down 20c, lard .was off 10c and ribs were ,7fcc-Tower. The leading futures ranged as fellows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. Mar $ -S7Vi $ .J7Ji $ OJi $ JS7, July S4!i .St4 .S3; .84 i CORN. Jan 41 Vi May 44 i .4 4 Si .41 .44 July 45i .43V4 -41Ti .134 OATS. Jan .30 .30 .30"-i .30 May .32 i. .32?! .32 V .32 July 30 H .SO .SOVi .30 MESS PORK. Jan 13.1,-. 13.77 V; 13.60 13.65 May 11.03 11.05 13.874 13.02 6 LARD. Jwn 7.33 7.53 7.50 7.32 May 7.711 7.71! M 7.62V 7.63 July ...... 7.oV 7.77V 7.72V; 7.73 SHORT RIBS. Jan 7.50 7.50 7.424 T.43 May 7.60 7.62 7..". 7.60 July 7.72VA 7.725 7.67 V4 7.72 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Weaker. Wheat No. 2 Spring. SI&SOc: No. 3. S04J S6c: No. 2 red. S7ilrSSTe. Corn No. 2. 42c: No. 2 yellow. 42Sc, Oats No. 2. 30 Tic; No. 2 white. SSe; No. 3 white. 30rift32c Rye No. 2. 65 Vic. Barley Good feeding. 37Vs5?3Sc; fair to choice malting; 4li?49c. Flax seed No. 1. $1.12; No. 1 Northwest ern. $1.1S. Mess pork Per barrel. $13.63 13.70. Lard Per 100 pounds. $7.32V. Short ribs sides Loose. $7,351 7.30. Short clear side?! Boxed. $7.5507.65. Clover Contract grade. $ 13. 15 13.25. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 12.600 IS. 700 Wheat, bushels 50.000 Corn, bushels 353.400 Oats, bushels 268.20O Rye. bushels 5.000 Barley, bushels 51.000 2S.100 241.000 361.400 1.000 26.0UO Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Flour Receipts. 21. TOO bbls.; exports, 9900 hbls; market steajy but dull. Wheat Receipts, 234tCOO bu.; exports, 206.- 300 bu.; spot, firm: No. 2 red. 90- c eleva tor: No. 2 red. 1 95c f. o. b. afloat: No. Northern Duluth. 95c f. o. b. afloat. The early wheat market was weak and lower, re flecting bearish Argentine news, lower cables, stop-loss selling orders and depressed outblde markets. Recovering on big clearances, un favorable Southwest crop news and a scarc ity of shorts, the market closed firm at l ic net advance. May closed at 92c, July closed at SOVic. Hops Quiet. Hides Firm. Changes In Available Supplies. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Special cable and telegraphic communications received by Brad street's show the following changes In avail able supplies, as compared with last ac count: Wheat United States and Canada, east of the Rockies, Increase 1.667.000 bushels: afloat for and In Europe, decrease. 3.600.000 bush els. Total supply, decrease 1.S33.0OO bushels. Com United States and Canada, east of the Rockies. Increase 1.052.000 bushels. Oatf United States and Canada, east of the Rockies, decrease 178.000 bushels. Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. Wheat steady. barley easier. SpotTiuotatlons: Wheat Shipping, $1.37L42't: milling. $1.47481.55. Barley Feed. $1.22V4i0l.23: brei-ng. $1.25 1.27 V".. Oats Red. $1.254?1.624; white. $1.3081.65; black. $1.2591.73. Call board sates: Wheat May, $1.303. Bar leyMay. $!.22i; December, $1.03V. Cpra Large yellow. $1J2V5P1.37'4. Minneapolis Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 9. Wheat May. $3Vic; July, S6$ic: No. 1 hard, S3Uc; No. 1 Northern, S3V4c; No. 2 Northern, $0ic Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA. Jan- 9. Wheat Unchanged, Export, bluestem, 73c; clutj. 71cired, 8Sc. Wheat at Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. Jan. 9. Wheat March. 6s llVid: May, 6s OVid. Weather, showery. Dairy Produce la the East. CHICAGO. Jan. 9. On the produee ex change today th butter market was firm; creamery. 184J26V4c; dairy. lSG23c Eggs. steady at mark, case Included, l&23c; firsts, 22c; prime firsts. 23c; extras, 27c Cheese. steady. llV313c NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Butter, strong. Cheese, firm. Eggs. firm. WORKED BY PREACHERS Aged Millionaire Iieft Money Them, and All Got Needy. CHICAGO. Jan. 9. A dispatch to the Tribune from New York says: The con teat instituted by James R. Palmar, of' California, the 96-year-old brother of Francis Asbury Palmer.- to upset tho latters will, came to trial yesterday be fore Supreme Court Justice Dugro and a Jury- The beginning of the case was re markable for the attack made on minis ters by Tlaisaen S. Chaadler. counsel for the .contestant. The ministers, he said, "bamboozled" Palmer out of. his money. Francis Asbury Palmer died at the age of 92 on November 1, 1302. He had been president of the Broadway National Bank- for 52 years, and owned a majority of the stock, which he sold for $2,125,000- A year before he died Palmer made a will, y which, after distributing- $120,000 among various religious and educational lnstitn- tiona, and remembering a few relatives, he left the residuary estate to the Francis -Vsbury Palmer fund, the chief objects are to support missions and ministers and to help poor students to become ministers or religious teachers. Mr. Chandler said in his opening address to the Jury: "Mr. Palmer was an old and feeble man. A year before his death there came the culmination of what the ministers who surrounded him had been trying; to 'put through for years. One of the ministers lived in the house, had a room there, and bossed the old man and the servants around to suit himself, and it Is not a wonder that before the end came Mr. Maimer was clean daft on religion. .Mr. maimer had. until eight years be fore he died, a strong, able, loving wife, who used to keep these ministers awav from him But when the old lady died trie ministers lust stenned in and worked him for all he was worth. They sou a. needy minister fund, and then they all got needy." DAILY CITY STATISTICS Marriage I.Icentei. ' FRASER-HESS Shelly C- Frascr. 2S. .11.19 Hawthorne avenue: Nellie M. Hess. 21. JOHNSON-HOPPSHAEDTER Peter John son. 49. Vancouver. Wash.: Emma Christina Hoppshaedter. 46. JACOBSEN-HARRIS Fred Jacobson. 22; 942 North Tenth street: Ada Harris. 2Q. .VTHERTON-BRADLEY Albert M. AtMr- ton. 26. 540"4 East Seventeenth straot: Mat tie E. Bradtry. 20. ELLIS-HEITLER Joseph T. Elllf. 20: Goldle R. Heltler. 17. MULL.OY-HATHORN Eli Mulloy, 2S. Lx- Ingtoh. Or.: Ethel Hathorn. IS. MEYER-WEST A. C. Meyer. 27. 311 Fourth street; Zeila L. West. 17. CLFNrs-HUGHES J. W. Clunls. 16. 100 Third street: Sarah Hughes. 3S. BJrthN. SMITH At 391 East Seventeenth street. January 7. to the wife of Wilson E. Smith. a daughter. WILLISON At 4 IS Eugene street. Decem ber 21. to the wife of R. A. WUlIson. a son. ' , Deaths. - .. JACKSON At Good Samaritan IloypIt.il. January 4. James Jackson, aged 3,0 yeacs. Building rcrmlts. JOSEPH PARISE Repair of dwelling. Fifth and Sheridan streets. $S5. L. HERRICK Store. Crosby street, be tween Holladay avenue and Clackamas street. $1200. CATHOLIC CHURCH Repair of dwelling. Fourth street, between Mill and Montgomery, $1S00. J. M. CAMP Dwelling. Thurman, strjet. between Rugby and Thirty-fifth. $3300. O. BATAGLJIO Shed. 326 Eleventh strt. 525Q. AT THE HOTELS. The Portland F. L. Sullivan. Buffalo, N. Y.: C Reumhel. Seattle: C. W. Roane. Springfield. Mass.; II. C. Field. Seattle; R. Modjeska. Chicago: J. McDonald. P. R. Me Gill. Dawson: J. B. Adums. Duluth: C. E. Fowler. P. Rowe. T. T. Scudder. H. A. LlR genbush. S. H. Hldges, Scuttle; F. Colpltser. Omaha; R. D. Sayres. Dayton. Wash.; S. J. Sternberg. M. Asher, L. A. Stuges. C. II. Hill. S. Pedder. San Francisco; J. Peabody. Chicago: II. R. Blair. San Francisco: Mrs. J". Lear-. Mrs E. P. Lcary. P- 1. Ferry and wife; P. M. Arthur. Detroit; A. M. Baglej. Welser. Idaho: E. A. Howe, city; J. Anls fleld. Cleveland. O. : H. P. Fisher and wife. T. S. Clark. Seattle; H. J. Ottenhelmer. Sulem; T- Prince, Dundee; Mrs. F. Drake. J. P. Downey. San Francisco: L. W. Chandler. Valley City. N. D.; B. G. West. Chicago; O. Brown. Vancouver. B. C; A. Welch. F. W. Waters. Salem; G. Matsan. 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