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Newspaper Page TextIff HOPS FREELY Apparently No End to the De mand for Oregons. vtroTrnnnvjo o a i r-r ih-aiiv About a Thousand Bales Change Hands in This Market Strength of the Coast Salmon Situa tion Cereals Are Dull. HOPS Strong demand continues. POTATOES No improvement In sit uation. WHEAT Weaker and lower prices quoted. SALMON Higher price on sock eyes predicted. POULTRY Supply equals domand. EGGS Market eteady and un changed. BUTTER No excessive supply of top grade. There is apparently no end to the demand for hops? About 1000 bales changed hands in this market yesterday. Most of the trans actions were between dealers, though a con siderable quantity was bought in the country. The heaviest buyer in this city was H. L. Hart, who secured close to COO bales at prices Tanging from 9 to 10 cents. The largest part of Mr. Hart's purchases werj; from other dealers. The United States National Hank, which put 600 bales on the market a few days ago. has sold 272 bales of the lot to M. II. Gllberti-on. representative of S. & F. Uhlmann, of New Tork, and the hops were taken In yestorday. The price paid was 8 centa. It was ru mored In the market that thp bank had sold another part of the same lot, amounting to 127 bales, to Mr. Gllbcrtson at 10 cents, but this could not be confirmed. There is still another lot of 201 bales In the bunch on -which bids have also been made. All these hops were grown bj' Chinamen at Independ ence on land leased from Krebs Bros. An extremely firm market prevails In the country, where the growers' Ideas have been elovated to some extent by the news of the activity here and also by the offers of 10 and 10 vents that have latoly been made to some of the holders. Nine cents Is now demanded for almost everything of a low grade, while the few holders of cholec Qual ity are looking for better prices than have yet been paid. Only occasionally is a sale reported at a low price, as the Lovlnger lot of 44 bales at Eugene, whleh T. A. Llvcsley & Co. bought at 7 cents. In some quarters It Is believed that the present buying movement is solely to fill Jan uary orders and Is, therefore, about at an end, while other dealers stand by their opin ion that the shorts have oversold and will not cease to buy as long as the goods arc avail able. The unsold crop In thin state must be reduced to something like 20,000 bales by this time, which reduces the visible supply to alarmingly low figures for any short sellers who have not covered yet, if there are any. of thero In that fix. A srivatc letter received from New York yesterday stated that there were 20,000 bales of "states" about to be thrown on that mar ket by disgusted growers, who have :en prices steadily declining there while they ad-anced In Oregon. A consigned lot of 600 bales of Wash ington hops was also on that market, and these things produced a weak undertone, which It was feared might affect the situation here. There has been no activity In the Cali fornia market In the last few days, according to wire advices received yesterday. The following table shows the movement of hops at the port of New York up to the close of last week: He- Ex- Im cclpts. ports. twits. Week ended Jan. 13. 3.170 1,597 552 Total since Sept. 1.. 06.149 23,059 10.:1I7 Eame time last year.. 90.413 61,182 5,351 COAST SALMON SITUATION. Bockcye Holders letermlned to Get Better Prices This Year. Prices on future cockeye salmon have not yet been considered by Pugct Sound pack ers, according to a letter from a prominent shipping house, and are not likely to come up for determination for some time yet. Con tinuing the letter ays: "There seems to be a general feeling among the packers, however, that last year's prices were very unsatisfactory. Some of them are under the impression that half-pounds ought to be a dollar a dozen, tails $1.50 and flats $1.65, going back to the traditional difference of 1 tie between talis and flats. These views are pleasant to speculate upon, and there is usually some nice prospect for the new sea son's policy brought out at the beginning of each new year, which, like the New Year's resolutions and the 'pledge, are generally made to be broken In a new place. However, it Is more than likely that last year's prices will be Increased, and it Is not likely that such a fierce scrap will be made for business as was done the last two or three years. "The Sockeye holders seem determined to make good their policy of getting a higher price, and if they hold the goods nothing can prevent them from getting the figures set. It looks very peculiar to see the Columbia River pack sold at 90c for half-pounds and the cockeyes bringing $L Indeed. It is reported that Xemlng Intends to .put his half-pounds to 1.05 very soon. "Most everything in the salmon line seems to bo pretty well cleaned up on the coast, with the exception of what few cockeyes are tied up on account of the prices and the few Alaska reds that are still being held In San Francisco. Chums are all gone and at a premium; pinks seem to be in about the same fix. Nearly, if not all, of the stiver Aides have been cleaned out. Half-pound sll vcrsldes particularly seem to have been in very good demand. The last of ours were disposed of a phort time ago, and we have many inquiries for the same." POTATO MARKET WEAK. Shippers Reduce Their Bids la the Facp of Depression at San Francisco. Weakness again characterises the potato market. San Francisco, which sets the pace, is not willing to pay up to former prices on Oregon Burbanks and as a consequence, deal ers here have reduced their bids. They are now willing to pay only 7075 cents for strict ly fancy offerings and common stock they do not seem to -want at any price. Fifty cents is said to be a fair quotation on the less desirable grades. "An ovensupply of potatoes is staring the trade in the face," said a leading shipper yesterday, "and I expect to buy Oregon stock at 25 or 30 cents before the season is over. Only a small percentage of the Oregon crop this year was choice, and what is left cannot compete at San Francisco a gainst the" Sacra mento rivers. Immense supplies arc still stored along the banks of the Sacramento, and every time there is any improvement these will be fed to the market before the Oregon shippers can get action. Portland speculators arc carrying large stocks, and these will likewise be used up before addi tional supplies are bought in the country. "The best thing for the farmers to do who are carrying, potatoes is to sort them over. sell the bet and dump the remainder or feed them to their stock." Poultry and Egg Price Unchanged. There were no new features In the country produce markets. Receipts of Chickens were Just about equal to the demand, and prices held steady. Eggs were unchanged, the bulk of business being done at 28 cents. Butter continues easy in same quarters, though the city creameries are carrying no more top-grade butter than they want, and they look, for no change in the market for a month ycu Cereal Market Dull. The wheat market 16 very quiet. The ten dency was rather easior yesterday and lower prices were quoted by some dealers. Oats and Isarlcy are very strong, but the volume of business passing is not large.. . Prefth Produce Slow. The only heavy arrival In the fresh produce market was a car of sweet potatoes. A car of celery Is due tomorrow. Trading was slow yesterday, the weather again operating against business. Bank Clearings. Hank clearings of the Northwestorn cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Balance. Portland .....$ 766.S70 $ 79.231 Tacoma 751.51.' 40.140 Seattle ., 1.202.953 214.170 Spokane 651.918 59,310 PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain. 3'lour. Feed, Etc WHEAT Club. 72!p73c; bluestem. 74? 75c; red, OOfiTOs: Valley, 73c. FLOUR Patents, J4.H0ff4.70 per barrel; straights. ,Jf3.80ei4.10: clears. $3.65f'3.S0; Valley. $3.60r3.90: Dakota, hard wheat, pat ents. $5.506; clears. $5; graham, J 3. 25 3.75; whole wheat. $3.754; rye flour, local, 55; Eastern, J5.25tj5.S5; cornmeaL per bale. $1.90(32.20. OATS No. 1 white feed, J27.50f2S.ri0; gray. J27452S per ton. MlLLSTCFFS Bran, city. $17; country. $18 per ton; middlings, $24.50; shorts, city, SIS; country. $19 per ton; chop, U. S. Mills, $17.50; linseed dairy food, $18; acalfa meal, $18 er ton. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 00 pound sacks. $6.75; lower grades, $5.25 ii H. 50; oatmeal, steelcut, 50-pound sacks. $ per barrel: 10-pound sacks. $4.25 per bale; oatmeal (ground). 50-pound sacks. $7.50 per barrel; 10-pound sacks, $4 per bale; split peas. $5 per 100-pound sacks; 23-pound boxes. $1.40; pearl barley. $4.25 por 100 pounds; 25-pound boxes. $1.25 per box; pastry flour. 10-pound sacks. $2.50 per bale. BARLEY Feed. $23.50624 per ton? brew ing. $23.50024; rolled. $24 25. BUCKWHEAT $2.50 per cental. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy. $13.50 14.50 per ton; Valley timothy. $9ft?10; clover. $9510; cheat. $S.500.50; grain hay. $S9. Vegetables. Fruit. Etc DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, common, 75c 6$1 per box: choice. $1.2531.50; fancy. $2 2.50; pears, $1.2531.50 per box; cranberries, $13&13.50 per barrel. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $2$?3.25 per box; oranges, navels. $2 C 2.75 per lox; Jap anese, 60c per single box; grapefruit, $2.75 3.25; pineapples, 4 (J 4.50 per dozen; bananas, 5c per pound. FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes, $1.25 I. 50 per dozen; beans. 20c pound; cabbage. I(fj2c per pound: cauliflowers, $1.25 per dozen: celery, $33.50 per crate; cucumbers, $1.50 per dozen; head lettuce. 3540c per dozen: hothouse. $lfll.50 per box; peas, 12c; bell peppers, 35c; pumpkins. "&C?lc pound; rad ish m, 25c dozen; tomatoes. $L501.75 per crate; sprout. 6V37c per pound; squah, 1& le per pound. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. 00c$l per sack; carrots. 05 75c per sack; beets, 85cx$l per sack; garlic 1012c per pound. ONIONS Oregon. No. 1. $1.1531.25 per Vaek: No. 2. 75f90c. POTATOES Buying prices: Fancy graded Burbanks. 70ff75c pep hundred; ordinary, 500' 60c; sweet potatoes. 22c per pound. DRIED FRUITS Apples. 11012c per pound; apricots. 12(5'12c; peaches. 10 12c; pears, none; Italian prunes. 5 gOU'c; California figs, white, in sacks. 5 lie per pound; black. 4&5c; bricks. 12-14 ounce packages, 759 85c per box; 5S-ounce, $2 2.40; Smyrna. 20c per -pound; dates. Per sian. si 0c per pound. .RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounce packages. 8G S"c; 10-ounce. 910c; loose muscatels, 2-crown. 7tff7c; 3-crown. 77c; 4 crown. St'8c; unbleached seedless Sul tnnas. 66? 7c; Thompson's seedless, un bleached, seSHc; Thompson's fancy un bleached, 12(3 12c: London layers, 3-crown. whole boxes of 20 pounds, $1.75; 2-crown, $2. Butter. Eggs. Poultry; Etc BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream er'. 3032c per pound. State creameries: Fancy creamery. 27f?32c: store butter. 10 fe10c. EGGS Oregon ranch, 27g2Sc Eastern, 23 3"25c per dozen. CHEESE Oregon full cream, twins. 14 15c; Young America, 15 (r 16c POULTRY Average old hens, 1213c; Springs. 12jl3c; mixed chickens, 12 12c; broilers, 15016c: dressed chickens. 14' (ZflSc; turkeys, live. 15c; turkeys. dresr-td. choice, 1720c: geese, live, pound. Otfllc; geese, dressed, per pound, 12Q13c: ducks, 15 (JlCc; pigeons, $102; squabs. $2(2.75. Groceries, Nuttt, Etc COFFEE Mocha, 203 2Sc: Java, ordinary. lS3,22c; Costa Rica, fancy. lS$20c; good. 1018c; ordinary. 1 Ota 22c per pound Colum bia roast, cases, 100s. $14.25; 50s, $14.25; Arbuckle. $15.SS; Linn, $15.SS. RICE Imperial Japan. No. 1, 5c; South, ern Japan. 5.35c; head. 7c. SALMON Columbia River. 1-pound talis. $1.75 per dozen; 2-pound talis, $2.40; 1 pound flats, $1.85; fancy ll'.4-pound flats, $1.80; -pound fiats, $1.10; Alaska pink, 1 pound tails. l)0c; red. 1-pound talis, $L25; sockeye, 1-pound tails, $1.70. SUGAR Sack basis. 100-pounds: Cube, $6.03; powdered. $5.60; ( dry granulated. $5.70; extra C $5.25; golden C. $5.10; fruit sugar. $5.70;. Advances over sack basis as follows: Barrels. 10c: 14 -barrels. 25c; boxes, 50c per'100 pounds. Terms; On remittance within 13 days deduct per pound; If later than 15 day6 and within 30 days, deduct lc; sugar, granulated. $5.50 per 100 pounds; maple sugar. 15ClSc per pound. SALT California. $11 per ton. $1.60 per bale; Liverpool. 50s. $17; 100s, $16.50; 200s. $10: V4-pounds. 100s. $7; SOs, $7.50. NUTS Walnuts. 15c per pound by sack; Vtc extra tor less than sack. Brazil nuts. lOe; filberts. 16c; pecans. Jumbos, 16c; extra large, 17c; almonds. 14H15c; chestnuts, Italian. 1216c; Ohio. 20c; peanuts, raw. ViC pound; roasted. 8c; plnenuts, 10 g 12c; hickory nuts. 7t3Sc; cocoanuts, 35(3900 per dozen. BEANS Small white. 4c; large white. 3ic: pink. 2J4c; bayou, 4c; Lima, Cftc; red Mexican, 5c Provisions and Canned Meats. HAMS 10 to 14 pound6. 12c per pound; 14 to 10 pounds. 12c; IS to 20 pounds. 12c; Cali fornia (picnic). Sc; cottage hamr. SHc; shoulders. Sc; boiled ham. ISHc: boiled pic nic ham. boneless, 13 He BACON Fancy breakfast. 18c per pound; standard breakfast. 16c; choice. I5c; Eng lish breakfast. 11 to 14 pounds, 14c; peach bacon. 13c PICKLED GOODS Pork barrels. $18; -barrels, $9.50. Beef, barrels, $12; Vi-barrels. $6.50. SAUSAGE Ham, 13c per pound: minced ham. 10c; Summer, choice dry. 17Hc: bolog na, long, 5Hc; welnerwurst. Sc; liver. 6c; pork. 9 10c; headcheese. 6c; bloody 6c; bo logna sausage, link. 4ic. CANNED MEATS Corned beef, pounds, per dozen. $1.25; two pounds, $2.25: six pounds, $7. Roast beef, flat, pounds, $1.25; two pounds. $2.25; six ponude, none. Roast beef, tall, pounds, none; two pounds. $2.35; six pounds. $7. Lunch tongue, pounds, $2.75.' Roast mutton, six pounds, JS.50. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears, drj salt. 10Hc; smoked. llVic; clear backs, dry salt. 10?4c: smoked, llc; clear bellies. 14, to 17 pounds average, none; Oregon ex ports, 20 to 25 pounds average, dry salt, lie; smoked. 12c; Union bellies. 10 to 18 pounds average, none. LARD Leaf lard, kettle Tendered: Tierces. lOiic: tubs. lOKc; 50s. 10Hc: 20s, 10c; 10s. llttc; 5s. llUc Standard pure: Tierces. 9Hc; tubs, 9Hc; 50, 9Hc: 20s. 9c; 10s. 10Hc: 5s. 10c Compound: Tierces, tubs. 64c; 50s. 6"Jic; 20s, Mc; 5s. 7?ic Heps, Wool, Hides. Etc HOPS Oregon. 1905. choice, 10 lie; prime. 8&944c: medium. 78c; olds. 57c WOOL Eastern Oregon average best, 10 21c: Valley. 24 020c per pound. MOHAIR Choice. 30c per pound. HIDES Dry hides: No. 1. 16 pounds and up, 16 18c per pound: dry kip. No. 1; s to 10 pounds, ISO1 16c per pound; dry calf. No. 1. under 5 pounds. 17 19c; dry salted, bulls and stags, one-third less than dry flint:' (culls, moth-eaten, badly cut. scored, mur rain, halr-cllpped. weather-beaten or grub by. 23c per pound less). Salted hides: Steers, sound. 60 pounds and over. lOQ'llc per pound: 50 to 00 pounds. 8 0 10c per pound; under 50 and cows, 8010c per pound; salted kip. sound, 15 to 30 pounds, 9c per pound: salted veal, sound, 10 to 14 pounds, 9 10c per pound; salted calf, sound. 10 to 14 pounds, 10911c per pound; (green un salted. 1c per pound less; culls, lc per pound lew). Sheepskins: Shearlings, No. 1 butchers' stock. 2-5 C 30c each; short wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, 40 50c each: medium wool. No. 1 bjitcfeers ' stock, 0B0c; long wool. No. 1 butchers stock. Jilt 1.50 each. Murrain pelts from 10 to 20 per cent less or 1214c per pound; horse hides, salted, each according to size. $1 if 1.50; colts hides. 25 QSOe each: goatskin, common, 1015c each: Angora, with wool on. 2 5c S 51.50 each. BEEKWAX Good, clean and pure. 20922c per pound. TALLOW Prime, per pound, 3f 3Xe; No. 2 and grease, 23 3c FURS Bearskins, as to size No. I. $2.50 0 10 each: cub. $102; badger. 25050c; wild cat, with head perfect. 25050c: house cats. SfflOc; fox. common gray. 50S70c; red. $3 5; cross, $5015: silver and black. $1003200; flshem. $536: lynx. $4.50fl6; mink, strictly No. 1. according to size, $11120; marten, dark Northern, according to size and color, $10915: marten, pale, pine, according to size and color, $2.5034; muskrat. large 10615c; skunk. 4050c; civet or polecat. 501Oe; otter, large, prime skin. $6610; panther, with bead and claws perfect. $265; raccoon, prime 30f 50c; mountain wolf, with head perfect. $3-50 3; coyote OOcSt: wolverine. $oe.S; beaver, per svtn. large. $566; medium. $304; i-maU. $101.50; kits. 50075c CASCARA S AGRA DA (chlttam ,bark) SJj yk:, according to quality. Oils. TURPENTINE Cases. 89c per gallon. WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7-Xc; 500-pound lots, 8c: less than 500-pound lota, Se. (In 25-pound tin palls, lc above keg price; 1 to 5-pound tin palls, lc above keg price: 1 to 5-pound tin cans. 100 pounds per case. 2ic per nound above keg price) COAL OIL Cacs. 20c per gallon; tanks. 1420 per gallon. GASOLTNE Stove gasoline cases, 23-",c; 72 test, 27c; 80 test, 35c; Iron tanks, 19c. LINSEED OIL Raw. in barrels. 5c; la cases. 59c; boiled, in barrels, 56c; in cases, 61c; 250-rallon lots, lc less. Dreed Meat. f BEEF Dressed balls. 2624c per pound; cow . 3V4r44c; country steers. 9 5c. VEAL Dressed. 73 to 125 pounds. S$Sc: 125 to 200 iiounds. 466c; 2t0 pounds and up. 3404c- MUTTON Dresed. fancy. 707Hc per pound; ordinary. 405c: Iambs. 707t4c PORK Dressed. 100 to 150 pounds, 7074c; 150 and up. 66Iae per pound. RECEIPTS ii GUT DOWN STORM AFFECTS SAX FKAXCIS CO'S PRODUCE SUPPLY. Firm Prices for Fruits and Vegeta bles in That Market Xo Change in Potato Situation. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 17. (Special.) The storm is still shuttlag out receipts of fruits and vegetables from the South and -causing Arm prices. Only one straight carload .of oranges arrived and the auction sale sched uled - for today was postponed to Friday for lack of .available stock. Large navels are scarce and firm, but stocks of ether grades are equal to requirements and prices are merely steAdy. Fancy lemons, grape fruit and limes are very firm. About 5000 bunches of Hawaiian baaaaas, brought by the st steamer, spotted on passage and are being thrown away. Present stocks are ample, but prices show more firmness. Fancy red apples are In good demand and firm. The weather is against the market for po tatoes and onions. Only very fancy showed firmness. Two cars of Oregon Burbanks ar rived by rail and sold as high as $L25. Medium and low grades were neglected. Green pea", string beans, tomatoes and Sum mer squash are Htarcc and bringing fancy prices. In the grain market, barley and oats re ceived strong support, Uic consumptive and seed demand being good and present foek being in firm hands. Wheat had weaker ten dency Influenced by rain here and unsteady markets elsewhere. Feedstuffs were quiet. Butter extras and fir Is advanced 1 cent. Eggs are steadier lut unchanged. Cheee Is firm. Receipts. 57,600 lbs. butter; 6500 lbs. cheese; 19,740 dozen eggs. VEGETABLES Cucumbers. 60fi$1.5G; gar lic, 5f0c; green peas. Sc; Mring bean. 18c; tomatoes. $1.502; egg plant, $1.50fr2. POULTRY Turkeys, 1722c; roosters, otd. $4.5005.50: roosters, young, $07; broilers, small, $26S; broilers, large, $4-5: fryers, $3 06; hens. $4.50g6.50; ducks. oW, JMj6; ducks, young. $607.50. BUTTER Fancy creamery. 32e; creamery seconds. 24c EGGS Store. 20629c; fancy ranch. 31c CHEESE Young America. 13015c; East ern. 15016c; Western. 14014 fee WOOL South Plains and S. J., 14015c; lambs. 9016c HOPS 7011 c M ILLSTUFFS Bran, $17.50020; middlings, $27629. HAY Wheat, $11016; wheat and oats, $3 014; barley. $S11; alfalfa. $7.50010.50; stock? $6.5007.50; straw, per bale 30055c FRUIT Apples, choice. $2; common, 40c; bananas, SI 02.75; Mexican limes, $708; Cali fornia lemons, e holer, f 2.50; common. 75e; oranges, navel. 75e0$3; pineapples. $204. POTATOES Salinas Burbanks. $1.1001.50; sweets. 500041.25; Oregon Burbanks, fc5o0 $1.25. RECEIPTS Flour. 17.726 quarter racks; wheat. 2814 centals; barley, 9622 centals; eata. 43S1 centals; beans. 421 sacks; corn. 1200 cen tals; potatoes. 62S0 sacks; bran, S75 racks; middlings. 915 sacks; hay, 19S tens; wool, 4 bales; hidoa 673. LIVESTOCK MARKETS. Prices Quoted Locally on Cattle Sheep and nogs. The following livestock prices -were quoted yesterday in the local market: CATTLE Good steers. $3.5003.75; fair to medium. $2.7503; 150 to 175 pounds. $4,500 4.75; calves. . heay. $3i23. HOGo Best, suitable for packers, $666.25: fair to medium grades. $5.50; light tat weights, 120 to 140 pounds. $505.23. SHEEP Good fat isheep. $505.25; choice lambs, $5.50. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Kansas City. Omaha and Chicago. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Jan. 17. Cattle Re ceipts, 7000; market, steady to 10c higher; na tive steers. $405.90; native cows and heifers, $204.85; Blockers and feeders, $304.50; bulls, $2.3503.80; calves, $307. Hogs Receipts. 13.000; market, steady to strong; bulk of sales. J5.S0Jj3.45;; heavy. $5.4005.50; packers, $5.3565.45; pigs and light, $505.60. Sheep Receipts, 6000; market, steady; mut tons, .Si.5005.90; lambs, $5.5007.35; range wehrs. $2.5006.35; fed ewes, $4.505.50. SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. 17. Cattle Receipts. 4000; market, slow to shade lower; native steers. $3.2505.60; cows and heifers, J 2.50 4? 4; canncrs. $1.7504; s lockers and feeder, $2.50 &4.15; calves, J36; bulls and stags, J2.23 03.75. Hogs Receipts, 9000; market. steady; heavy. $5.2505.35; mixed. $5.2503.30; light. $5.1005.30; pigs. $4.5005; bulk of sales, $S.27 05.32H. Sheep Receipts, 1000; market. strong; Western yearlings. $5.9006.25; wethers,. $5. 40 5.90: ewes, $4.7505.40: Iambs. $707X0. CHICAGO, Jan. 17. Cattle Receipts. 18, 000; strong to 10c higher; beeves, $3.7506-25; Blockers and feeders. $2.4004: cows and heif ers. J1.50U4.60; Texas-fed steers. $3.5004.25. Hogs Receipts today, 50,000, tomorrow, 35.000; -Sc Llgber; mixed and butchers. $5.20 05.50; good to heavy, J5.40Q5.5214; rough heavy, $5.2505.35; light, $5.2565.43; pigs, $4.90 05.30; bulk of salej-, $5.3505.45. Sheep RecelptA, 25,000; steady; sheep, $4 5.65; lambs. $4.7507.85.' Dairy Produce la the East. CHICAGO. Jan. 17. On the Produce Ex change, today the butter market was firm. Creameries. 18027c; dairies, 19024c Eggs Steady at, mark cases Included. 170) 16c; firsts. 16c; prime firsts, 19 He; extras, 21c Cheese Steady. Iltj013c . NEW YORK. Jan; 17. Butter, firm: street price, extra, creamery.' 2702714c; offdal prices, unchanged. Cheese Firm, unchanged. Eggs quiet; Western fancy, 17 $4 022c London Wool Sale's. LCjNDON, Jan. 17. There was a large at tendance at the wool rales today. Compe tition was animated. Merinos were taken chiefly by the home trade Fine new clip was firm and several parcels were taken for America. Cape of Good Hope was in strong demand. New York Cotton Market. NE1V YORK. Jan. 17. Cotton futures closed fcarely teady at a net decline of 6015 points. January. 11.46c; February. lL49c; March, ll.2c; April. ,ll.7c; May. 11.72c; June 3L73c; July. 11:76c; August, ll.&Sc: September, 10.95c: October. 30.05c-' MERGER RUMORS Used to Boost Specialties in New York Stock Market. PROFIT-TAKING ELSEWHERE Union Pacific Is Sent to a Xcw Icc- ord "Level Constant Pressure in Amalgamated Copper Causes n Break. NEW YORK. Jan 17. The feature of to day's stock market was the revival of specu lative operations in a number of stocks which have been exploited In the speculation of the immediate past and which passed through a period of profit-taking subsequent to that speculation. There was a lively renewal In the same connection of a great variety of rumors, mostly pointing to combinations and -mergers which have already played a prin cipal part in the advance effected In those f-toeks. The capacity demonstrated by the movement for the completion of a digestive process of profit-taking In the market and a Hill further advance In the stocks affected made a considerable Impression on specula tive sentiment. The reversion of the market operation to these stocks was accompanied by constant profit-taking at other 'points of the list. This extended to many stocks which showed strength In the earlier part of the day. so that they were made to yield their gains in the subsequent dealings. The most conspicuous example of the re version of the speculation to former channels was that of Union Pacific This was subject ed to some further extensive profit-taking in the earlier part of the day. but It broke through this restraint later and nvc to a new record level, above 159. The smelting and metal stocks were another example of this tendency in the market. Smelting and ,Lad both rising to new record levels. Amal gamated- Copper was kept down or forced back when It did advance by a constant stPMm of realizing sales. The news concerning these properties was plentiful, but was entirely In. the form of vague rumors. A settlement or the Montana copper war. a merger of the smelting and lead companies, and a gigantic combination of all the copper raining, smelting and allied metal Industries are examples of the character of those rumors. There was an enormous dis tribution of "telegraphic correspondence from Boston alt day In connection wlth the mar ket campaign. The movement in Colorado Fuel was of sim ilar character, the rumors regarding that property pointing variously . to Its absorption In the proposed Southern Iron merger and In the United States Steel Corporation and a purely speculative campaign in the market here of the same origin as the recent opera tions in the Southern iron stocks. The actual news of the day was not im portant beyond the continued heavy accumula tion of cash resources In New York. Money rates, in consequence, continued to work easier. Interest attaches to the probable ac tion of the Bank of England authorities on the discount rate tomorrow, owing to the op erations of the bank this week being designed to advance the open market rates, which is a uttual preliminary to an advance In the bank rate but the bank has beefi able to secure the supplies of gold In the market this wrek.'and. this being the case, an advance in the bank rate Is les probable. The cenMant pressure upon Amalgamated Copper proved too strong for the resisting powers of that stock. -Its shade break later In the day decided the course of the rest of the market, which had been subjected to steady profit-taking under cover of the ad vances In the specialties. The price of cop per In London fell harply and some appre hension was . expressed of X reantlen in th market for other metals. Attention was attracted by the remarks of President J. J. Hill, of the Great Northern, asserting that the Nation was living profligate ly, and some selling was said to be due to the tenor of the address. There were rallies from the late break In sympathy with the downward plunge In Copper and the closing tone was neady. Bonds were Irregular. Total sales, par value. $0,009,000. United States bonds were all unchanged on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. Bid. Adams Express 210 Amal. Copper... 257.100 114 llOri lllfe Am. C. & F 15,400 45i 45 40 ii do preefrred.. 1.100 103 1024 102U Am. Cotton OH. 4.800 43 41 i 42 i do preferred " 91 Am. Express 500 2.104 229 227 Am. H. & L. pt. 900 3 H 3SU 3Si American Ice... 4,800 46 45 U 45H Am. Linseed Oil 900 22 Vi 22 U 22 U do preferred 43 Am. Locomotive 30.200 78 764 764 do preferred.. 1.300 I20H 120 119 Am. & &. R 89.700 172 lrtSl 170b do preferred.. 3,800 129 12S 12SH Am. Sugar Ref. 0.100 151 i 150H 150-i A. Tob., pf. cer. 900 1034 103H 105i Ana. Mln. Co.. 10.900 258 254 4 255 Atchison 18.100 90 U 94 i 95 do preferred.. OOO lot 104 101 Atlantic a L. . 2.800 16SH 164 104 , Baltimore & O. 12.700 116U H.'-H 115H do preferred.. 70O 994 9SH 9S Brk. Rap. Tran. 14.500 91 H 90H PUH Can. Pacific 1.400. 175i 175 Vi 175H Central of N. J ". 225 Central Leather 11.900 40U 48U 48 do preferred.. 1.000 105 U 103 1044 Ches. A Ohlo... 8.800 5SH- 57. 57 Chicago & Alton 33 do preferred.. 300 80U SO SO C. Gt. Western 8.000 22i 22 224 C. & Northwest. 1.200 237 23d 235 U C. M. & St. P.. 10.800 1834 . lS3i 1S4 C. Tor. & Tran. 400 17 .17 15 do preferred.. 200 394 39 U 3S C. C. C. & S. L. 300 1074 107i 1074 Colo. F. & I 102.700 74 Ti 70 73 Colo. & So 3.S00 35 33 .35 do 1st pref.... 1.300 70 70U 70 do 2d pref 200 54 54 54 Con. Gas 2.400 170 163 160 Corn Products.. 1.300 IS 17 17 do preferred.. '600 30 53 63 Del. & Hudson. 2.500 229 226 226 D Lack. & W. 465 D. & R. Grande. 6.700 47 4S 40 do preferred.. 1.500 90 S9 90 Die Securities.. 500 52 52 52 Erie 199.100 50- 40 49 do 1st pref... 900 82 82 S2 do 2d nref. ... 1.300 70 75 73 Gen. Electric... 1.300 178 177 174 Hocking Valley. ; 113 Illinois Central. 1.500 179 179 178 Internal. Papr. 2.400 25 25 do preferred.. InternaL Pump. do preferred.. Iowa Central... 4,900 89 8S 8S TOO 33 32 32 300 84 83 83 500 34 34 33 600 63 62 62 do preferred.. Kas. City So... 13.900 34 32 33 do preferred.. s,."w coi oa 04i Louis. & Nash.. 3.600 153 134 134 Manhattan I 200 101 161 160 Metro. Securities 6.000 75 73 73 Metro. St- Ry.. 5. COO 120 125 125 Mexican Central 1.300 23 25 23 Minn. & SL L. 200 82 82 82 M, S P 4 S 8 M. 900 160 159 153 do preferred,. 300 181 179 177 Missouri Pacific 17.700 103 104 104 MO.. Kas. & T.. 18.300 40 39 40 ' do preferred.. 10.200 73 71 72 National Lead.. 25.400 92 S8 01 N. R. R. M. pfd. 1.700 40 39 39 N. Y. Central.. 14.600 154 153 153 N. Y-. O. A W. . 1.000 34 33 34 Norfolk & Wett. 4.400 89 SS 8S do preferred 92 North American 12.900 106 103 103 Nor. Pacific ,13.900 209 207 207 Pacific Mall 600 49 49 49 Pennsylvania .. 61.300 146 145 145 People's Gas.... 3.100 101 100 100 P.. C. a & St, L. 82 Press. Steel Car 11.100 64 61 62 do preferred.. 600 104- 103 102 PulL PaL Car 243 Reading 105,000 146 143 143 do 1st pref.... 700 94 94 04 do 2d pref.... 2,600 100 OS 99 Republic Steel.. 7.100 37 37 37 do preferred.. 2.000 10$ 107 107 Rock Island Co. 4.300 24 23 23 do preferred.. 7,700 02 01 62 Rubber Goods 41 do preferred ..... 102 SL&SF2dpf. 4.S00 48 48 48 S, Sheffield 2.309 94 91 93 & L. southwest. 7.200 26 23 25 do preferred.. 1.30O 60 39 59 So. Pacific 23.200 69 8ST4 69 do preferred 118 So. Railway 23.200 40 39 39 fio preferred.. TWO 102 162 102 Tenn. C. J... 1.309 196 159 - 139 Texas Pacific. 2.800 36 33 35 T.. St. L. & W. . 4.000 3S 37 37 do preferred.. 3,000- 3S-'3S ' 3S Union Pacific... 36,80 15 157--157 do preferred.. 400 99 98 9T U. S. Express 13 r. S. Realtr 500 89 89 80 U. S. Rubber... 2.700 30 53 53 do preferred.. 300 114 113 113 V. S. Steel 83.400 13 44 44 do preferred.. 2,200 109 100 109 Vlr -Car. Chem. -SOO 54 53 53 do preferred ..... Ill Wabash 1.600 24 23 23 do preferred. .,20.000 45 43 44 Wells-Fargo Ex. 240 Westlnghouse E. 171 Western Union- 200 93 93 .93 Wheel. A U E. 400 10 10 18 Wis. Central... 2,800 33 32 -32 do preferred 61 ToUl kales tor the day. 1.751,000 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. Jan. 17. Closing quotations: U. S. ref. 2s reg.l03(D. & R. G. 4s... 100 do coupon. ,.. .103!N. Y. C. G. 3s. 99 U. S. 3s reg 102 'Nor. Pacific 3s.. 77 do coupon 103 (Nor. Pacific 4s. .106 U. S. new 4 reg. 129 'So Pacific 4s... 94 do coupon 130!lnion Pacific 4s. 105 V. S. old 4s reg. 103 !WIs. Central 4s.. 94 do coupon 103 IJap. 6s. 2d ser. .100 Atchison Adj. 4s 94' Jap. 4s. cer... 94 Stocks nt London. LONDON. Jan. 17. Consols for money, S9: consols for account. 89. Anaconda 13 Norfolk & West. 91 Atchison 9S do preferred... 96 do preferred.. 107 Ontario A West. 36 Baltimore & O. .119 (Pennsylvania ... 74 Can. Pacific 180 'Rand ' Mines 7 Ches. & Ohio... 59Rtadlng 74 C. Gt, Western. 22 do 1st pref 48 .C. M. &. St. P.. 189! do 2d pref 49 De Beer 18ISo. Railway 40 D. R- Grande. 47! do preferred.. .104 do preferred.. 92 So. Pacific 71 Erie 5IUnlon .Pacific. ...101 do 1st pref.... S4' do preferred... 101 do 2d pref. .. 77 !U. S. Steel 46 Illinois Central. 183. do preferred.. .112 Louis. & Nash.. 150 'Wabash 21 Me. Kas. & T. . 40i do preferred... 44 N. Y. Central... 159 iSpanlsh Fours... 91 3Ioney, Exchange, Etc NEW YORK. Jan. 17. Prime mercantile pa per. 565 per cent Sterling exchange, firmer, with actual busi ness In bankers bills at $1.865034.8675 for de mand and at $4.833034.8333 for 60-day bills; posted rates. $(.84(34.84 . and $4.8764.87; commercial bills. $4.53. Bar silver. 65c Mexican dollars. 50c Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds. Irregular. Money on call, easier: 304 per cent; rul ing rate. 4 per cent; closing' bid 2 per cent; offered. 3. Time loan?, steady; 60 days, 3; 00 days and stx months. 3175 per cent. LONDON, Jan. 17. Bar silver, steady, 30d per ounce. Money. 5&4 per cent. The rate of discount In the or;en market for short bills Is 3 per cent. The rale of dteeettt In the open market for three months bl!!a Is 3 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 17. Silver bars. 63. Mexican doUars. nominal. Drafts, sight. 7c; telegraph. 10c. Sterling on London, CO days, $4.84; sight. $47. Dallj- Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. Today's statement of the Treasury balances shows: Available cash balance $140,474,732 Gold coin and bullion 76.833.082 Gold certificates 40,245,590 OF STEEL- TRUST BUYS HEAVILY OF BESSEMER. Pennsylvania and Gould Lines Se cure Large Quantities of Bails. Trouble for Bar 31111s. NEW YORK. Jan. 17. The Iron Age tomor row will say: The United States Steel Corporation has purchased from the valley furnaces. 85,000 tons of bessemer pig for delivery during the first quarter at $17 25, and aim 40.000 tons for delivery during the second quarter at an ad vance. Negotiations for about 50.000 tons additional for the second quarter are pending. When the latter surchaje has been consum mated, practically all the surplus bememer and basic pic Iron in the valleys for the first half of the year will be out of the market. The cast Iron pipe Interests have been the heaviest buyers of pig Iron lately. The gen eral foundry trade has bought largely, and yet, particularly for the second quarter, prices are not quite, as high as have been de'manded lately and as are being freely paid for the first quarter delivery. Among the rail purchases by the larger rail roads are 20,000 tons for the Pennsylvania Railroad, which carries the total require ments of the system close to 20O.0CO tons, and 10.000 tons additional for the Gould lines. The structural saops are booking a good deal of work. A fair "percentage of the ca pacity of the shops of the steel corporation will be needed for the extensions and better ments of Its own slants. The. Eastern bar mills are facing a difficult situation. The Industry has not been pros perous and yet a demand for an advance in wages of about 12 per cent 'has been made Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Jan. 17. There was another sharp break In the London tin market, spot closing at 163 15k and futures at 164 5s. under a continuation of the Influence noted yesterday. The local market was easy in tone, but unchanged, with spot quoted at 369 36.50c Copper had quite a sharp break abroad also, with spot closing at 78 5s and futures at 76 lSe Locally the market was quiet, but acted unsettled with rumors that lake and electrolytic could be secured for forward shipment as low as lS.S7c Lake and elec trolytic are .quoted at lS.50fn 8.75c. and cast ing at 1S.25S 18.50c Lead was 2s 6d lower, at 16 10s in London. Locally dull. 5.GO3.S5c. Spelter was lower at London, closing at 27 15s, but quiet and unchanged at C.5036.C0C In the local market. Iron was higher abroad, closing at 52s lOd for standard foundry and 54s for Cleveland warrants. The local market was firm and unchanged. Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 17. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alta $ .02 iJulla $ .07 Alpha Con 04 lJustlce 03 Andes 19 Kentucky Con. .01 Belcher IS Mexican 1.30 Boat & Belcher 1.15 'Occidental Con. .02 Bullion 25 ;OphIr 6.37 Caledonia 30 lOverman 19 Challenge Con. .18 jPatos! 05 Chollar 13 'Savage 40 Confidence . .79 Scorpion 13 Con. Cat & V. 1.30 Seg. Belcher... .00 Crown Point.. .10 I Sierra Nevada. .20 Exchequer 31 (Silver Hill 93 Gould & Curry .19 .Union Con 48 Hale & Nor. .. .99 (Yellow Jacket.. .10 NEW YORK. Jan. 17. Closing quotations: Adams Con $ .25 "Little Chief. ...$ .03 Alice 60 (Ontario ... 2.00 Breece ...... .43 KJphlr 5.50 .02 .04 .38 .30 Brunswick C . .3' Phoenix , Potosl Comstock Tun. .00 Con. Cal. A. V. 1.10 Horn Silver... 1.83 Savage , Sierra Nevada. Iron Silver 4.00 Small Hopes... .35 Leadville Con. .06 IStandard 3.75 BOSTON. Jan. 17. Closing quotations: Adventure .4 6.00 Allouez .... 44.00 Mont, C & C$ 5.23 N. Butte 8S.50 Amalgamatd 111.62 Am. Zinc... 14.62 Atlantic .... 25.00 Old Dominion 39.25 Osceola 102.30 Parrot 38.50 100.00 6.23 107.50 10.00 Bingham ... 34.75 iQulncy ... cat, &. Hecia tio.oo Shannon Centennial .. 30.00 Cop. Range. 83.25 Tamarack .. Trinity .... Daly west.. 18.73 United Cop. 63.00 Dominion C. 77.00 jU. S. Mining 52.75 Franklin 10.73 jU. S. OH.. 12.00 Granby 9.25 (Utah Isle Royal e. . 25.00 (Victoria ... Mass. Mining 11.50 iWlnona ... Michigan ... 16.00 IWolvertne , Mohawk . . . 33.3U 63.50 7.50 .. 134.00 Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. Jan. 17. Coffee futures closed unchanged. Sales. 331,000 bags. Including February at 6.75c: March. 6.80.S5c: May, 8.95fr7c; August 7.20c; September. 7.30$?7.3c; spot Rio. steady: Mild, steady; No. 7. 8e Sugar Raw, nominal; fair refining. 3c: centrifugal. 96 test. 3c; molasses sugar, 2c Refined, quiet; crushed, $3.40; powdered, $4.89; granulated, $4.70. Wool at Se Louis. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 17. Wool, steady: medium grades combing and clothing. 26930c light fine. 21627c; heavy fine, 1921c; tub-washed. 33C-Hc ANOTHER HALF LOST May Wheat Declines on Argen tine Weather News. FOLLOWS LIVERPOOL DROP Pit Traders and Ixings Sell Freely at Chicago Late Buying; on Re port of Increased Export Business at New York. CHICAGO. Jan. 17. Following a decline at Liverpool, based upon the change In Argentine weather conditions, the wheat market here opened easier with the May option a shade to 6c lower, at S8fg88c Pit traders sold freely, and there was also some selling by local longe Weather conditions in the United .States were generally favorable and the movement In the Northwest continued on a liberal scale. Before the end of the first hour the price of the 5lay delivery had dropped to 87c For a time the trading was slow, but toward the end of the session shorts bought actively because of a report from New York of an Increased export business. The close was steady, with May off c at 87 essc The slump in wheat caused some weakness in corn early, but later became steady. May closed unchanged, at 45g-45c The oats market was strong. May closed ftc up. at 32c Provision were firm, but eased off later. At the close May pork was off 2e. lard was up a shade and ribs were a shade lower. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. May $ .SS $ .88 $ .S7 $ .88 July 85 .S5 .84. .83 CORN. Jan - 4t May 45 .43 .45 .43 July 45 .43 .45 .15 . OATS. Jan. 30 .31 .30 ,3t May ..... .31 .32 .31 .32 July 30 .30 .30 .30 MESS PORK. Jan 13.63 13.63 13.60 13.63 May ..V..U.02 14.03 13.02 14.00 LARD. Jan 7.4214 7.13 7.42 7.43 May 7.62 7.62 7.57 7.62 July 7.72 7.72 7.70 7.72 SHORT RIBS. Jan 7.37 7.37 7.35 7.37 May 7.57 7.57 7.30 7.35 July 7.07 7.67 7.02 7.63 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Easy. Wheat No. 2 Spring. 85S7c: No. 3. S2 80c; No. 2 red. S7S3c Corn No. 2. 40tj"43c; No. 2 yellow. 43 43 c. Oats No. 2. 31c: No. 3 white. 31 32c. Rye No. 2. 69tS70c Barley Good feeding. GSi? 3Sc; fair to choice malting. 42&48c Flax seed No. 1. $1.12: No. 1 Northwest ern. $1.20. Mesa pork Per barrel. $1?.65. Lard Per 100 pounds. $7.43. Short ribs sides Loose. $7.22 7.37. Short clear sides Boxed. $7.607.70. Clover Contract grade. $13.1313.25. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 40.600 26.000 Wheat, bushels 67.000 307.000 Corn, bushels 410.000 110.300 Oats, bushels , 513.400 263.700 Rye. bushels... 6.000 Barley, bushels 206,400 31.000 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Jan. 17. Flour Receipts. 16. 000 barrels; exports. 10.300 barrels. Quiet but steady. Wheat Receipts. 400 bushels; exports. 38, SOO bushels. Spot easy; No. 2 red. 90c elevator and 92c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 North ern Duluth. 97c f. o. b. afloat. As a result of better Argentine weather news and lower cables, wheat turned quite weak, and lost c per bushel in the first hour, later it was affected by small clearances, weakness In the Northwest and liquidation, closing c lower. May closed 92c; July 90c Hops, wool and -Petroleum Steady. Hides Firm, Grata at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan, 17. Wheat and barley, easy. Spot Quotations Wheat: Shipping. $1.37 1.42; milling. $1.47Cs!1.55. Barley: Feed. $1.21(I.23; brewing, $1.25f?1.27. Oats: Red. $1.2501.65; white. $1.351.70; black, $1.2501.70. Call board sales Wheat: Dec. $1.23; bar ley. May. $1.21; corn, large yellow, $1.30 CL35. Minneapolis Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 17. Wheat. May, S5c; July.. S6687c: No. 1 hard. 83c; No. 1 Northern, 83c! No. 2 Northern. 80c. Wheat at Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. Jan. 17. Wheat. March. 7a d; May. 6s 10d. Weather, fine and. cold. Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA. Jan. 17. Wheat Unchanged. Export, bluestem. 74c; club, 72c; red, 69c Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Jan. 17. The market for evaporated apples is somewhat unsettled, and there seems to be a bearish sentiment In some quarters with rumors of sales of prime at 9c: although strictly prime fruit still conf bands 9c in some quarters. Common. 7Sc: nearly prime, 9c; prime. 9cg0c; choice, 10c; fancy, lie. Prunes are unchanged, with quotations rang ing from 4fic. according to grade. Apricots are in light jobbing demand with holders firm In their views. Choice, 910c; extra choice. 1010c; fancy, ll12c Peaches are In a firm position, owing to light stock both locally and at primary points. Extra choice. 10c; fancy. 10llc; extra fancy. ll1?13c. Raisins are unsettled with loose muscatels quoted at 5Q6c: seeded raisins. 587e; London layers. $1.60. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Marriage Licenses. BOYD-HURLBURT William Boyd. 45. Salvation Army: Alice Hurlburt. 30. SMITH-KAPISCHKA Wesley W. Smith. 26. 312 Columbia street; Bertha C. Ka plschka. 24. SMITH-STORER Allen C. Smith, 39, N. P. T. Co.; Mamie L. Storer. 39. BARTLETT-MONICAL Edgar J. Bart Iett. 22. 326 East Twenty-fourth street; Mar. garet Monica!. 21. COMERFORD-REILLT T. H. Comerford, 33. 683 Gllsan street:-Edith Rellly, 24. MARKS-MATTHEWS William Marks, 62, 674 Karl street: Minnie Matthews, 62. RATTEY-HOELZER John P. Rattey, 27. 335 Morris street: Amalle Hoelzer, 27. BALDWIN-GIBBS John A. Baldwin. 27, 2S0 Gllsan street: Pearl E. Glbbs, 24. Births. GALENA At 746 Vaughn street, January 13. to the wife of S. Galena, a daughter. KNIGHTON At 433 Davis street, January 15. to the wife of H. M. Knighton, a son. f)E GRANDPOL At 588 First street. Jan uary 3, to the wife of Clarence De GrandpoL a daughter. BOODY At 096 First street South. Janu ary 16. to the wife of Nate Boody. a son. PATRICK At Woodlawn. January 14, to the wife of Danie'l Patrick, a daughter. HONEYMAN At 200 St, Clair street. Jan uary 12, to the wife of James Dawson Honey man, a son. . Deaths. MORKEN At 87 Sixth street. January 16. Mrs. Anna Morken. a native of Ireland, aged 75 years. EASTE At St. Vincent's Hospital, Janu ary 16. George Easte. a native of Tennes see, aged 28 years. Remains sent to Colfax. Wash., for lnternaent. MANTY At 10SS Belmont street, January 17. George G. Manty.'a native of Ohio, aged 50 years, 4 months and 22 days. Build lag Ferrates. W. F. BURRELL Repair of barn, East Thirtieth street and Hawthorne avenue, $. V. II. GREN'ELL Resalr of store. Front street, between Washington and Stark, $13. F. E. DIX Dwelling; Alblna avenue aad. Simpson street. $800. H. GOLDSTEIN Repair Of dwelling, SOI First street. '$230. L. E. WOOSTER Repair Of store, 403 Washington street. $300. Real Estate Transfers. Riverview Cemetery Assn. to W. M. F. Ryan, lot 23 F. section 4. ceme tery $ 12S Same to same, lot E, Subd. lot 2S E, section 4. cemetery - I-5 G. W. Bever and wife to J. J. Fishier, lot 9. amended plat lots 10 to 18. 23. Mount Scott Acres 3S3 Oak Park Land Co. to Annie L. Hayes, northwest lot 4. block 3. Oak Park Addition 1 Adolph G: Ott and wife "to Fred T. Tormoehlen. lot 4. block 1, Walts Cloverdale Annex - SOO G. G. Gammans, administrator, to W. J. Hawkins, parcel lots 3. 4. block -147. city 8,000 Sarah H. R. Hume to W. J. Hawkins, parcel lots 3. 4, block 147. city .. 1 Hawthorne estate to Martha H. Runke. lot 7. block 3. York 300 Sheriff to Aloys Harold, lots 13 to IS. block 13. Labers Addition ... 4 Title Guarantee & Trust Co. to O. W. HInman. lots 9. 10, block 7. South St, Johns OS King estate to Louise P. Beno et at. 27.129.46 square feet beginning 100 feet west from intersection of west line 24th. North, with, north line of Irving 1 Portland Trust Co. to Jessie B. Hor ton. lots 13. 16. block 256. Couch Addition 3,500 Mae W. Bullls and husband to Fred Brown, lot S. block 1. Broasch Ad dition 1,783 Michael Flaherty to C. A. Akeson. lots 3. 6. block 12. M. Patton's Ad dition ". 630 Robert Schulzer and .wife to Minnie , L. Sahlstrom. lots 1. 2. 13. block 13. Feurers Addition 2.000 C W. Dlekman and wife to George H. Johnson, et at. lot 16. block 11. Williams-Avenue Addition 723 Cornelius Tonseth et al. to F. A. Rash, undivided 1-3 lots 4 to 7. block 3. Larsons Addition ..... 1 Aloys Harold to Virgil J. Grace. lots 7. 8. block 24. Willamette Addition 23 William Mast to same, lots 1 to 7. block 24; lots 27. 2S. block 23. Wil lamette Addition 70 J. A. Strowbrldge Estate Co. to W. Calvet. lot 7. block 5. Strowbrldge Addition 350 James Doran and wife to Bridget Slnnott. lots 3. 0. block 204. Couch Addition 7.000 John Berry to D. O. Nash, lot 33. block 72. University Park 300 John Bain and wife to Cornelia M. Martin, lots 11. 12. block 1. Williams-Avenue Addition 820 5Iary E. Davis to Mrs. E. Eatch. lot 13. block 21. King's Second Addi tion 1,730 M. L. Holbrook to Ben Wise. lots 16, 18. 19. block 7. St. Johns Park Ad dition gs Joseph Ryalls et al. to Ethel II. Shane. lot 1. block 3. North Vale .. 25 Log; Company Files Appeal. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 17. (Special.) The North Shore Boom & Drlvlnpr Company has appealed to the United States Supreme Court from the recently given opinion of the State Supreme Court in favor of the NIcomen Boom Company, which gave the latter con trol of a logging stream in Pacific County. The NIcomen Company filed plats covering its proposed booming grounds, but was occuppylng only a portion of them. The North Shore Com pany filed a location on the unoccupiea portion of the other company's grounds and obtained a permit from the "War Department to maintain booming works. Injunction proceedings brought by the NIcomen Company were sus talned by the Supreme Court in what was considered an opinion of signal Importance to timber and logging In terests. Stubborn Jury Hangs On. "HELENA, Mont.. Jan. 17. The jury whlch has been considering the case of Camlle Remey. tried for the murder of "Wasson Oliver. s?nce it received the case about 5 P. M. Saturday, made Its first report to the court this afternoon after a record-breaking session of four days. The foreman told the court he did not think they could agree, but the 12 men retired after receiving some additional Instructions. AT THE HOTELS. The Portland W. Seaborg. Ilwaco: C. A. Griffith. San Francisco; W. B. Brown. St. Louis: A. Roberts. New York: M. R. Thomp son, Tacoma; C. S. Marshall. A. Andrews. San Francisco: J. S. Newman. New York; O. L. Eltel. Louisville: R. C. Hammond. Loe Angeles; R. S. Shamwald, H. Lobb. San Francisco: J. H. Lanson. Victoria. B. C; W. W. Hoag. San Francisco; F, E. Upton, New York; F. W. Thompson. San Francisco: ,0. J. Olson. St. Paul; S. Galland, Spokane: C. Wlllner. San Francisco: E. Gale and wife Kallspel. Mont.: R. F. Halght. San Francisco: B. S. Wyman and wife. Miss Llly Wyman. Belllngham: R. Boak. Chicago: C. Blair, city: E. D. Soper. New York; E. L. PrescotU city; D. Low. Santa Clara. Cal.; W. T. Solomon. New York'; F. M. Duggan, P. C. Harper and wife. Seattle; P. L. Will iams. Salt Lake: S. E. Taylor. New York; L. Cohen and wife. Pendleton: G. E. Youle. Seattle; C. H. Casey, city: L. Spencer. Los Angeles: J. B. Kerr. St. Paul; J. Elder. San Francisco; W. W. Nylle and wife. Bozeman: C. V. Roberts. Philadelphia; W. M. Cockrtl! and mother: A Balllle. Tacoma: S. Soule, city; G. W. C Salch, San Francisco. The Oregon R A. Nichols, N. J. Wlke. Seattle; Fred C. DIven. Mrs. F. C. DIven. city; W. B. Taylor, Seattle: D. Evans. Denver; S. S. Somervllle. Napavlne: A. D. Arper. Seat tle; G. W. Klrske, Seattle; J. R. 5tolera, San Francisco; J. Whyte Evans, R. A. Phillips. M. H. French. W. D. Larabee, Los Angeles; J. K. Romlg. Baker City. Or.: W. H. Babb. Mrs. W. H. Babb. Pendleton; Robert Emerson. Seattle; J. L. Easton. Belllngham: E. A. Ger vln. San Francisco; A. J. Westland. Everett: Gilbert Hunt. Miss Mabelle Hunt. Walla Walla: Sleg S. Topllti. San Francisco; A. F. Atkins. St, Paul: A. E. Green. San Franclaco; J. Frank Hill. Boston; J. F. Hoack. Cascads Locks; William Smith. Baker City; George C. Walte. Seattle: George R. Simmons, Robert H. McKlbben. C. C. Conkle. Denver; Charles W, Johana, Pueblo; J. R. Van Ness, Detroit; Harry Ingram. Toronto: J. Council, Raleigh, N. C: L. A. Johnson, Columbus; Leroy Wag ner, Seattle. The Perkins W. G. Holderness. Seattle; S. H. Ronka. Astoria; W. Lysons. Tacoma; J. Norct: James Allen. The Dalles: C. A. Mutton, Bay City. 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