EXPEC
T
CHANGE
Grocers Are Closely Watching
the Sugar Market.
NEW COMPANY IN FIELD
Spreckcls Buys Raw Material in
Cuba to Make Up for Deficiency
in Hawaiian Islands East
ern Markets Strong.
SUGAR New Hawaiian company's
outout will soon be on market.
WHEAT-Extra seed requirements
exported.
FLOUR No new export business re
ported. VEGETABLES Large rocelpu. do not
caute lower prices of vegetables.
FRUIT Portland-bound bananas tlll
detain at Billings. Oranges advimeo
In Southern California.
nt'TTBR Weaker feollnr on Trent
street.
I2GGS Reeolpta heaviest of present
weak.
POULTRY Firm on light arrivaK
HOPS Sales In Hairlsburg district.
3K
Rtvw, bath wholesale and rotall, are
mitMBs the augur market with intere.-i these
tejj. The new refinery of the American
Hawaiian Cemiwny. at Crockett. Cal.. will
Mr turning out Its product t-oon. and the
rade will then know what policy the Inde
pendent company ;has decided upon. The
Oieekett refinery rocelvf-d it nrrt cargo of
raw sugar from the Islands a short time ago.
It was first announced that Us sugar would
lc on the market March 1. and lln the date
waa Ht for March 15. Now the time fixed Is
March 20. to it is presumed the Hawallans
will be h'iirJ from very noon.
The ?mth1 opinion that ha been expressed
from the Mart by the best ported Jobbers U
that there wHI be no clauh hot ween the rival
interoMr. Tlie new oom;titor Is believed to
have !tered the field ae a bena fide com
petitor of the "Western refinery, and not for
the pvrpoiK. of tilling oat, like wrac of its
smaller competitors. Nor If the Sprockets
company exjeried to precipitate a tight, for
food, sound butinette ruabons.
Air a large part of the Hawaiian output is
controlled by the independent company, the
Wasters Refinery is forced to soak for Its raw
material In other parts of the world, and in
said to have chartered several railing vf-els
In the part week to load ha Cuba for San
Franolnco.
TV general portion of the Eastern sugar
market continues very strong, with an up
ward tenoVney In raw sugar. A New York
broker's woekly circular pays of the market:
I -oat weok wo said that the chances are
that we have een the lowo?t prices of the
yr, and indication!; point to continued firm
ness, with a slowly hardening tendency. We
re further contirmed in thla opinion by the
.-hji of the market during the week under
review, with quite considerable transactions.
Quotation!! on tin spot and for shipment have
slightly advanced ty 3.14 cents per pound for
tl degree tst centrifugals, duty paid, and
is oqwlvakyit - S-52 crntB c, and f. for Cuban
fUean-. The advance is not Important, but
th. fact remains that there are ehanoux of a
Pardoning tendency which should lead to fur
ther Improvement, The Important feature
landing in this direction Is the fact that
fyban planter are telling ho far below the
Hamburg parity for beet sugars, now 23 cents,
as to cause a loss" to them of nearly all the
coneMonK made under the Cuban reciprocity
treaty. While prices of beet sugars continue
-tady, and won have an advancing tendency,
it is natural to suppose that after the liberal
(mIom made by Cuba of her first production
trum crop. ihe will be able to maintain a
tirnx-r position for tho remainder of the crop,
specially as at this time the total crop pro
duction to date Is considerably less than at
;hr corresponding time last seaeon, although
!r no means too late to be recovered from
before the end of the campaign. Our special
eabl from Cuba gives production to March 1
f .183,411 tons, against 539.1P4 tons for name
'im' last year, and total stock in the island
f 13S.S2S torn, against 239.392 tons on same
Uate last year.
According to the .Belgian journal. La Meuc,
c Llegc. the total beet-ugar crop of Euroje
:r 1903-6 ie estimated at 0,853.000 tons, which
:? an Increase of almost r0 pur cent over that
the iirevtftUK year. It Is thought that the
ex. -ess production for the current year will be
aUtut 2.150.000 tons of law sugar, as com-
jmred with the actual production or the year
preceding, which would make the product for
lfG the largest !n the history of- the Industry.
ASPARAGUS PRICES HOLD UP.
Advance at San Francisco Prevents Decline
Here on Large Receipts.
The steamer produce unloaded yesterday
morning was in flret-claR condition, and met
with a prompt demand. A large quantity
.r asparagus was received, and In the natural
. oure of things a drop in prlcce was ex-
ected, but San Francisco advices reported a
lgher market there, and the local price was
therefore held at t cents In box lots and 10
ente for broken boxes.
The three cars of bananas that were de
yi ?jai'ird at Billings by tho storm are etlll
'ix-'Shere. Three cars of oranges were unloaded
Vi,jSterday. Fancy lemons are very scarce.
sr."'.
life to tlie market yesterday aad prices were
unchanged, though Improvement wan shown la
the Eastern and foreign trade. A Portland
cargo of bluestem was cold In Liverpool yes
terday at 305, which, on the union freight
rate, is equivalent to the prevailing quota
tions here.
The export flour market Is reported to be
very dull. The Japanese are well (flocked up
and are not expected to be In the market for
month yet. and no hope Is held out for a
revival of the Chin etc demand toon. A num
ber of inquiries have been received from
Vladivostok, but It Is Bald they hare not re
sulted in business.
WEAKER FEELING IN BUTTER.
Lower Prices Looked for en Frost Street.
Receipt of Egx Large.
A weaker feeling Is noted In the butter
market on Front street. Arrtvale clean up
fairly well, but supplies are steadily Increas
ing. The city creameries arc also fully sup
plied, and some of them have a surplus. Cali
fornia butter is being ordered more freely.
Egg receipts were large yesterday, aggre
gating over GOO cai.es, and more difficulty
was found in maintaining tlie ruling quotation
of 1CJ& cents. Some offers to sell on Front
street were made by retailers, who have been
getting liberal supplies direct from the country.
Very few coops of poultry arrived, and prices
held firm. Some dealers were satisfied with
their recclpte, but others had orders they
could not nil.
Advance in Orange.
A telegram received from the California.
Fruitgrowers' Exchange yesterday afternoon
announced a ttharp advance In oranges in
Southern California. AH grades up to choice
were marked -up J3 cent?, and -fancy 25 cents.
This will add farther strength to the already
strong position of the local market.
HBrrUburg Hops r14.
A quiet but fteady demand I reported in the
hop maikct. About RK bales vt Harriebun;
hops were bought by local dealers at 0 ce nte.
Growers generally arc not disposed to sell.
Bank Clearings.
Hank clearings of the Northwestern dtlos
yesterday were as follows:
Clearings.
Portland .....J tRC.M?
Seattle l,S01.b64
Taootna 525. CRU
Spokane ............... 571,273
v4T' n! have navanMi to $3.25. Choice lemons
' ;f J""f3Br Plentiful here and In the South.
H-ft?!" ''&izP, Florida tomatoes have become a feature
Afl " ?02etJ tbc early markets In that section, the fol-
wlng from a New York paper regarding the
rop of that state will be of interest:
Private mail advices to a wcll-knpwn New
ork firm from one of their members down
Ilorlda. received this week, ntate that the
niato cron on the Florida, e.utt inne v.ia
4aon will be very light. "Washouts, floods
U continued heavy rains have done the dam-
e, and it is estimated that the total out.
of the eact coaet this season will not
. ecd 300.000 crates, with that output ccn
alized to a very great extent. Such com
iratlvcly high spots at Danla, Fort Laudcr-
i'e Boj-nton and Coolahatchee escaped com
iratlvely lightly, and will be among the
nclpal shipping stations. Cutler was wiped
C the map as far as tomato shipments this
gason are concerned, the rains having put
rjean out of business.
Some buyens. tho writer states, have con.
cted for tomato crops on the hosts of $2.25
fancy and $1.50 for choice, taking cvery-
up to May 10. being strengthened In
Is point of view by the undoubted scarclty
tne crop. Big prices have already been ob-
ned, one grower around Little River. It is
-arted. having received over $7 net for to-
toes shipped to Chicago.
MOKE SEED WHEAT REQUIRED.
m Weather WHI Citt Down Available Sup
ply for Milling and Shipment.
Conflicting reports are coming in of the
lage caused to the Winter wheat crop in the
ind Empire by the cold snap. Some sCc-
report practically no Injury, while elso-
kre It Is said whole sections will have to
(resown. It Is conceded that a considerable
Jtlty of wheat that would otherwlso have
lie to tidewater will be kept la the Interior
re seeding purposes, and In view of the
btness of stocks, there may he .some til Hi-
In filling requirements during the re-
Inder of tlie reason. There was sol much
. .
Balance!.
$l,19.flU
3 S,767
59.041
ly cut. scored. sBurrata, aalr-lip?ed. weather
beaten, or gruhby. 2c to Cc per pound Its.
Salted hide: Steers, tound. 60 pounds aad
over, per pousd. 10Ulc: steerr. souad. SQ
to 40 pouads, per povad. lOJfllc: a teen, souad,
under SO pounds, and cows, per pouad. &ffl0c;
stags and bulla, sound, per pound. 7c; Up.
sound, 15 to 30 pounds, per pound, 10c: vea.1.
sound. 10 to 14 pound, per pouad. 11c: calf,
sound, under 10 pounds, per pound, 11912c:
green (unsalted). lc per pound less: culls, lc
per pound lea. Sheepiktas: Shearltags. No.
1 butchers' trtoclc each 2&Y30c: short wool.
No. 1 butchers stock, each SOtl&te: medium
wool. No. 1 butchers clock, each 75c&$l: long
wool. No. 1 butchers stock, each 1.2332:
murrain pelts, from 10 to 20 per cent less, cr
per pound, 160 10c; horse hides, salted, each,
according to sise. Jl.50jr2.EfO: dry. each, ac
cording to sire. $lgL50; colts hides, each.
25&50c: goat sklnc, common, each 15325c;
Angora, with wool on, each dOcffSLSO.
FURS No. 1 iklni: Bearskins, as to t-'.zr.
each J530: cube. each. $193: badger, prime,
each. 256T50c: cat, wild, with head perfect.
30050c: house cat, &&20e: fox. common gray,
large prime, each. 50370c: red. each. $305:
cross, each. tOf 15: stiver and black, each
$100 if 300; fishers, each, $&eS; lynx. each.
$4.K8: mink, strictly No. 1. each, accord
ing to else, $193: marten, dark Northern, ac
cording to size aad color, each $1015: pale,
plae, acordlnc to size and color, each. $20S
4: muekrat, large, each 12015c; rkunk. each.
iOQCOc; ch-et, or pole cat, each. 5015c; otter,
for large, prime ekln. each $6310; panther,
with head and daws perfect, each $265;
raccoon, for prime large, each 50875c: moun
tain wolf, with head perfect, ach $3.5093;
prairie (coyote), 60c9$l: wolverine, fcach.
8S8; beavf.r. per skin, large. $556; medium,
$367: small. 2191.50; kits. 50ffi75c '
BEESWAX Good, clean aad pure. SfSs
per pouad.
TALLOW Primo, per pound. 444e: No.
2 and crease, 293c.
CASCARA SACRADA (chlttam bark 2Jj
63c accordlnr to eualltr.
DreMed Meats.
VEAL Drcswed, 75 to 125 poucds. 7(7'ic;
120 to 150 pounds. &SSVic: 150 to 200 pounds,
CgHc: 200 pounds aad up. 3HQ4c.
BEEF Dressed hulls. 2J4C3c per pouad;
cows. 3&4Uc; country steers. 4tc
MUTTON Dressed. faacy, EH&Oa p
pound; ordinary. 4&5c: lambs.
PORK Dwted. 100 to 150 pounds. $93Hc;
150 aad up, 66V4c per pouad.
Oils.
TTTRPKNTTNE Cases. SSc per rslloa.
COAL TAR Cases, 20c per gallon ; ta&ks.
14tjc rer rail on.
GASOLINE Stove gasoltne. cates. 25Hc;
72 test, 27c: S3 test, 35c: Iron taaks. Ic
WHITE LEAD Toa lots. 7;c; 500-pouad
lots. 8c: less than 500-pound lots. SUc, tin
25-P& una un palls, lc abov keg prise; 1 to
8-pound tin palls, lc atwve keg price: 1 to
5-pound tin cans. 100 pounds per case. 2He
per pound above keg price.)
LINSEED OIL Raw. In barrels. He: ia
esses, &8c: be!ld In barrels. 56c: la cues,
61c; 250-gallca lots, lc less.
PORTLAND JQUOTATIONS.
Grain. Flour. Feed. Etc
FLOUR Patents. $3.7534.30 per barrel;
straight. U3.WgH.7Zi clears, $3.154f0.5(; Val
ley. $3.40Q3.!5; Dakota hard wheat, patents,
a.b0U, ciearo, V&; granam, $3.2'i.7&: whole
wheat, $3.75Sf4; rye nour, local. S5; Eastern.
$5i5.25. oornmeal, per bale. $l.iHr2.2P.
WHEAT Club. WJOCIcj bluestem, 6067c;
red. C4C5c Valley, 8c.
OATS No. 1 white feed. $27.50; gray, $27
per ton.
M1LL3TUFFS Bran, city, $17. country, $1
per ton, middlings, $2.50; snorts, city. 518;
country $1& per ton; chop. U. S. Mills, $17.50;
Unseed dairy food, $18; Acalfa meal, $18 per
ton.
CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream, ex
pounds sacks, $0.75: ldwer grades. $5.2538-50;
oatmeal, steclcut. 50-pound sacks, $3 per bar
rel; 10-pound sacks, $4.25 per bale; oatmeal
(ground), 50-pound sacks. $7.50 per barrel;
10-pound sacks, $4 per bale; spill peas. $5 per
100-pound sacks; 25-pound boxes, $1.40; pearl
barley, $4.25 per 100 pounds; 25-pound boxes,
$1.25 per box; pastry flour, 10-pound sacas,
$2.50 per bale.
BARLEY Feed. $23024 per toa; brewing,
$24024.50; rolled, $24.50325.50.
BUCKWHEAT $2.25 per cental.
HAT Eastern Oregon timothy. $13014 per
ton; Valley timothy. JSQu; clover. $7,003$;
cheat, $6427; grain hay. $7S.
Vegetables. Fruits. Etc
DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples $12.50 per
box; cranberries. $12.5u3l4.50 per barrel.
TROPICAL FRUITS lemons, $23.25 per
box; oranges, na.els. $23.25 box: Japan
ese. COo per skjgle box; tangerines, $LS3 pr
half bjx: grapefruit $23.25; pineapples. $3.73
6(4 per dozen; bananas, 5c per pound.
FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes, SIC 1.25
per dozen; apparague, flQ'lf'c irr iounl;
beans 22.c; cabbage. 1'isr-m.e xer nound;
cautlflower. $2"2.25 per crate; clery. $4.r5;
ohlekorj', 25cr cucumocrn. $1.2591.50 per
dozen; head lettuce, 35-l0c per dozen; hot
house. $1.2501.75: peas. 10ai2,c. peppers.
25(5 40c; radishes, 20c per cozen; rhubarb. $2.23
per box; tomatoes. California. 32.25Sj2.50 per
crate; eprouts. Cft7c per nound; parsley. 23c
ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. OOcQJl per
sack; carrots. C575c per sack; beete. S5cJ
$1 per Back; garlic, lC4j 1214c per pound.
ONIONS Buying prlet: No. 1. 70Q80c per
sack: No. 2. nominal.
POTATOES Buying c rices: Faacy graded
Burbanks. 5of;00e ier hundred, ordinary,
nominal: sweet potatoes. 24fi2i?c per pound.
DRIED FRUITS Apples, llgiic per pound:
apricots. 12ai2Ac; peaches, $10t40;12'4c:
pears, none; Italian prunes. SUffOVfc; Call,
tornla gr, white. In sacks, 5Kc pouna; black,
45c; brlcKs, 12-14 ounce packages, ?5?S5c
per box: 5S-ounce, $202.40; Smyrna, 20c per
pound: dates, Persian, 54Gc pound.
RAISINS Seeded, 12-ounoe packages 89
8Hc; lG-ounce, 10c; loose muscateis, 2
crown, 77V4c; 3-crowa. TXQ'lic: 4-crovrn,
8G8c: unbleached scedlnss Sultanas. 697c;
Thompson's fancy unbleached, 124j12)c; Lon
don layers, 3-crown, whole boxes of 20 pounds.
$1.70; 2 -crown, $2.
Groceries. Nuts. Etc
COFFEE Mocha, 20Sf28c; Java, ordinary
1822c; Costa Rica, faacy, 18fcf20c: good. 16
18c; ordlnarj'. lST22c per pound; Columbia
roast, cases, 100s. $14.76; 50a. $14.75; Arbuckle.
$10.38; Lion. $10.38.
RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, 5iic: South
ern Japan. 0.35c; head, 7c
SALMON Columbia River, l-nound tails.
$1.75 per dozen; 2-pound talis, $2.40; l-pound
flats. $1.85: fancy. 1 to 1-pound flats $L80:
H-Pound flats, $1.10; Alaska pink. i-pounJ
Ulls, SOc; red, 1-pound tails, $1.25; sockeye
1-pound tails. $L70. '
SUGAR Sack basis, 100 pounds: Cube.
$6.05; powdered. $5.80; dry granulated, $5.70;
extra C. $5.25; golden C. $5.10; fruit sugar,
55. 4O. Advances over sack basis as follows:
Barrels, 10c; -barrelt. 25c; boxes. 60c per
100 pounds. Terms: On remittances within
15 days deduct 14c per pound: If later than
15 days and within 30 days, deduct tc: surar
granulated. $5.riO per 100 pounds; maple sugar.
1518c per pound.
SALT California. $11 per ton. $L80 per
hale; Liverpool. 50s $17; 100. $16.50: 200s.
$16: -pounds. 100s. $7: 50s. $7.50
NUTS Walnuts. 13He per pound by rack
"ic extrr for ls than sack: Brazil nuts!
16c; Alberts, 16c; pecans. Jumbos, 16c; extra
large. 17c: almonds. 14VjQfl5c; chestnuts.
Italian. 1291&c; Ohio. 20c; peanuts, raw
7"4c pound; roasted. Be; plnenuts. 10912c
hickory nuts. "jfSc; cocoanuts. 35g$0c per
dozen.
BEANS Small white. 4e: ian-r, .hit.
3c; pink. 2c; bayou. 4ic: Lima, Stic:
led Mexican. Be
Batter. Eggs, Poultry. Etc
BDTTEK City creameries: Extra cream.
er-, 30c per pound. Suto creameries:
Faacy creamery, 27HOS0s; stor butter. 169
EGGS Oregon ranch. 1815c per dozen.
CHEESE -Oregon full cream, twinj.' hl
164c: Young America, 15616Vc
POULTRY Average old hens. 13914 c
mixed chickens. 12cei3c; broilers! 30M22e
young roosters. 12912c: old roosters. lOfc
10?4c: dressed chickens, 14fl5c; turkem llve.
10QTl7c: turkeys, dressed, choice. I&920?
geese, live, pound, SgOc; geese, drwsscdT ner
pouad, 10912c; ducks, 1691S:; pigeons? $ia
2; Quabs. J293.
ProvIrioBS sad Canned Meats.
HAMS 10 to 14 pounds, 13c pound; 34
to 16 pounds. 13c; 18 to 20 pounds. 13c; Cali
fornia (picnic), 9c: cottage bams. uc; shoul
ders, Sc: boiled ham. l&c; boiled plcnlo
ham. boBcless. lie
BACON Fancy breakfast. 38Hc per pound;
standard breakfast, 164c cnolce. lCUc;
English breakfast, 11 to 14 pound. 1434c;
peach bacon, 13Uc
YJCKLED GOODS Pork barrels, $18; .
barrels. $9.50: beef, harrels, $12; -barrels.
$6.50.
SAUSAGE Ham. ISc per pound; minced
ham, 10c; Summer, choice dry, 17c; bolog
na, long. Bc: welnerwurst, 8c; liver, ftc;
pork. S&lOc; headcheese, de; blood, 6c: bo
logna sausage, link. 4Hc
CANNED MEATS Corned beef, pesads.
per dozen. $1.25: two pounds. $2.1SB: six
pounds, $7. Roast beef. Sat, poisnas, $1JB:
two pounds. $2.25; six pounds, none. Roast
neef. tall pounds, aone; two pounds, $2.35;
six pounds, $7.
DRY SALT CURED Regular short dears,
dry salt. 10ic: smoked. llc; clear backs,
dry salt, lOc: smoked. llVsc: clear bellies.
14 to 17 pounds average. Bene: Oregon ex
ports. 20 to 25 pounds average, dry salt, 11c;
smoked. 12c: Union bellies, 10 to 18 peuaax,
average, none.
LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tierces,
1054c: tube. MTie: Mr. iOUc: 30s, llHc;
10s. llc: 5. llc Standard pure; Tierces.
SKc; tubs. 9Kc; 0s. BTic; 39a. 10Uc; 10.
iec; Ss. 10c Csmpound: Tierces. 6Hc;
tubs, 65ic: 60s. Siic: 20s. 7c: 5s, 7 Sc.
Heps. Wool, Hides, "etc
HOPS Oregon. 1&05, ckoiee, 16ei6Uc;
prime. SVifHc; medlusa. 796c; elds, fefrc
"WOOL Eastern Oregon average lst, 16
921c: Valley. 24946c per ped.
MOHAIR Choice, a506c
HIDES Dry: Na. 1. 16 pounds and up, per
pound. lS936c: 4ry kip. No. 1, to 15 pmda.
per penaa. 16918c: dry .calf. No. 1. under 6
pounds. 1821c: do salted, hull and eta.
1-3 less thas dry fllst; culls, meth-eatca. Md-
IMPROVEMENT III WHEAT
Chicago Market open? fiiui
and oxe cent higher.
GALL MONEY FIRM
Hardening of Rate Disappoint
ing to Stock Speculators. '
MARKET IS STILL SLUGGISH
Much of the Strcnsth Lost "S'car the
Middle or the Day on
Prorit-Takinc;.
CHICAGO. March 16. The greatest
ftrength In the wheat market was rhown dur
ing the first hour, when prices advanced 1
cent abvc yesterday's close. Liverpool came
higher, and there were reports of heavy ship
ments of flour from New York. An -x celled
demand for ea-h wheat wsk reported at aI
leading grain cem-ns of the United States.
The market, h&wever. kct much of Hs firm
ncfrs near the middle of the day. becaufe r
profit-taking by local holders. .During the
later part f the seIon the market ai
steady. May opened ifUc to Hl?sic Elgin r
st 7S4c. advanc-! to 7S?i7STc, declined to
78Uc and ctoed 'jSe hisher at 78ic
Corn was Arm for the greater part of the
day. Shorts who were Influenced by the up
turn in what covered freely. May closed
steady t,c higher at 43Hc
Oats were firm early, hut weakened later.
May cloe4 He lower at 2fl);fj29;c
Tlie provIhn market w firm all day. At
the clee. May pork wad up loc aad lard aad
ribs -oli 2Vfc5c higher.
Tlie loadtag futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Open. High.
.7S4 $ .7h
... .7Ss. .78;
... .7S .76fa
CORN.
... .4X; -.43ii
... -44ti .4ii
... .44 .44la
OATS.
... .30 -30 VI
... -29t; .fili
... .2SV4 -2SS
MESS TORK.
...13.f3 15.JC
May
Jul-
September
May
July
September
May
July
ijopiemocr
Lrw.
$ .77;
?H -77
Cto.
: .78".
.43H
.I3i
-441",
.29?:
.2$
.3
.43?,
-44S
Mas-July
15.SI
15.7m
13.t2
152t,
May
July
September
May
July
fceptomber
7.00
S.O(
b.10
fi.42-4
$.45
7.M
S.10
S.45
J-57(i
15.80 15.S5
LARD.
7.90 7.52
S.trt JJ-02H:
.12i S.15
SHORT RIBS.
S.45 S.47
S- 8.50
S.53 8.37 1 A
Cah Quotations were as follows:
Flour Firmer.
"Wheat No. 2 Spring. 774JS0c; No. 3, 73
(g70 No. 2 red. &2t4frS2?iC
Corn No. 2, 43 Vic; No. 2 yellow, 43c
Oats No. 2, 2Sif20iic; No. 2 white 32 tic;
No. X white, 2P463ia;e.
Rye No. 2, CoqcoHc
Barley Good fedlng. 37SC7e; fair to
choice malting. -lOft.Vk.
Flaxseed No. 1. f l.OS; No. 1 Northwestern.
$1.14.
Mcfs pork Per barrel, $13.50015.83.
Iard Per 100 pounds, $7.S5.
Short ribs rides Loore. $&308.40.
Short clear sides Boxed, $5.0088.70.
Clover Contract grade $13.63.
Receipts.
23.000
9.000
153.200
I3D.7O0
C0.O00
4G.
Estimate of Week's Currency 3rovc
mcnt Indicates Gain From In
terior IVill Offset Loss on"
Sabtrcasury Opcrationi?. .
NEW TORK. March 16. The stock market
showed no marks of exteoloa beyond the pro
fessional limits which have bounded It all
thl wctk. The volume of trading was about
the M3i as yesterday, but was very largely
congested in the first hour, showtng the con
tinued effect of the weakness of rpeclal stock
which developed yesterday. Some sympathetic
effect upon the general list was hown while
this farther weakness was manifest, but prices
were disposed to recover, and did so when the
weak stocks rallied.
The continued flrmncw of the call-money
market aad an appreciative advance In inter
en rates for time loans were dlsappolnUng to
the supposition that "Wednesday's dividend dis
bursements were alone responsible for the
firmness of the money market, aad the effect
of the free distribution of dividend money
should be felt la the money market by this
time
The estimate of the week's currency move
ment Indicated a gain upon the balance from
the Interior by cxpreM about sufficient ip off
set tho loss on Fubtreasury operations. Thla
Is in contrast with an estimated loss of over
$1,000,000 to the interior by the-export move
ment of last week. New York exchange at
Chicago, however, fell back to a small dis
count today, after having ruled at a premium
earlier In the week. Foreign exchange also
reacted silently from yesterday's strength, al
though foreign money market were reported
to be still tight.
The foreign trade statement for February
ihowed the gratifying excess in value of mer
chandise exports over imports of $.T7,317.7CJ,
compared with only $3.786.3C0 In February of
last year. This Increase In value of total
exports, comparing the same periods, U mere
than $11,000.(00 greater than the Increase in
agricultural exports alone, thus Indicating the
expansion In manufactured articles of export.
The week's exports of grain, however, show a
falling off of over 500.000 bushels of wheat
and of 230.000 bushels of corn, compared
with last week. Stocks closed at final! gen
eral gains, but with the tone barely steady.
Bonds were heavy; total ale. par value,
$1.VMK0: United States bonds were all un
changed en call.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
C!oln:
Sales. High. Low.
Adams Express
Amalgam. rappr. JZ-.Jjo 107 iws
Am. Car & Foand. HO 4131 4l'r
do prof erred 20 101 101
Amer. Cotton Oil.. 100 34 U 31 U
600
1.400
47
800 I!)
136S
KM,
271 Vi
93S
171
-11?
300
400
1.900
20?;
223(
17'"
200 30
635
33
Flour, barrels
Wheat, bushels
Com. buhel..
Oats, bushels..
Rye burnetii...
Barley, t bushels
Shipments.
23.600
58.000
233.500
23,7V)
7.000
Grain and Produce at New "York.
NEW YORK. March 16. Flour Receipts.
12.000 barrels; exports, SOOO; firm. w4th a fair
trade.
Wheat Receipts. 33.000: spot firm: No. 2
red, 85 Jic elevator: No. 2 red, 87c f. o. b.
afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth. 87 4 f. o! h.
afloat, A strong advance occurred, in wheat
today bared on bullish cables, lighter Argen
tine shipments, disturbing foreign political
news and heavy covering. Part of the ad
vance disappeared in the last hour through
realizing sales, a bearish Modern Miller re
port and favorable Western news. IjLrt
prices were Utfc net higher. May closed
8515c; July. Stftc; September. 84c.
Hops Quiet,
Hides and wool Quiet.
Grain st San Frascitco.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 16. "Wheat
steady; bailey easier.
Spot quotations:
"Wheat Shipping. 31.32H3L33; milling,
$L37H9L47i.
Barley-Feed. $1.174 1.21 Vi; brewing, nom
inal OATS Red. $1.25eL65: white. $L551.70;
black. $1.25&1.40.
Call board sales:
Wheat May J1.27.
Barley May. $1.10,i.
Corn Large yellow, $1.17$61.20.
MJaaeapolls Wheat Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. March 16. Wheat May.
76?ic; July. 76!sic: No. 1 hard. 77ic: No. 2
Northern, 76ic; No. 3 Northern. 74?iS-75j;c
"Wheat at Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL. March 16. March, nominal;
May. 6s 6Hd; July. 6s Cd.
Weather cloudy and threatening.
Wheat at Taos ma.
. TACOMA. March 16. Wheat, lc higher;
export hluestem, 66c; club. 63c; red, 64c
Dried Trait at New York.
NEW YORK, March 16. The market for
evaporated apples continue quiet, with very
little demand for export. Prices, however,
were firmly held where fruits show a de
sirable quality. Common to fair, 79S!4c;
fair to good, 3,98?: nearby to strict
prime 4c choice 16c; faacy. 11 911 He
Prunes and peaches are use hanged from yes
texdsy. Apricots are In fair demand with choice
104c: extra choice 11c: faacy. ll912c
Raisins are ua changed.
Wool at St. Leuis.
ST. LOUIS. March "16. Tfool Steady; ter
ritory ad Western se!i.293c: R mt
dluwE. 21fMc; lflHe
do preferred..
American Express..
Am. Hd. & Lt, pf.
American lee
Amer. Linseed Oil
do preferred
Amer. Locomotive.
do preferred..... ......
Am. Smelt, & Ref. 10.000
do preferred.....
Am. Sugar Refin.. 3,6u0
Amer. Tobacco pfd. 100
Anaconda Mln. Co. 23.700
Atchfeon 2.500
do preferred
Atlantic Coast Lino 1.4CU 1H2
Baltimore & Ohio. 700 lloi
do preferred.....
Brook. Ran. Tran. II,
Canadian 1'aclflc... 2. COO
Central Lcthr ... :KW
do preferred
Cent, of N. Jersey
Chesapeake & Ohio K700
Chicago fi Alton
do preferred
Chi. Ut. Western..
Cht. Jfc Northwcrt.
Chi.. Mil. & St- P.
Chi. Term. & Tran.
do preferred
C C. C. & St. U
Colo. Fuel & Iron. 12,000
Colo. & Southern.. 400
do lrt preferred
do 2d preferred
Consolidated Gas .. 37.30O
Corn Products .... 1,200
do preferred 100
Delaw. & Hudson.
DeL. Lack. . W.
I Den. & R. Grande
o preicrrca.....
Distillers Secur...
Erie
do 1st preferred..
do 2-1 preferred..
General Electric ..
Hocking Valley ...
Illinois Central ...
International Paper
do preferred
International Pump
do preferred
Iowa Central
da preferred
Kanras City South
00 prererrea...
Louis. & Nashville 14.400
Manhattan L. .... 100
Metropol. Securities 100
Aieiropoi. tt, ity..
Mexican Central ..
Minn, ti St. Lou It.
M.. St, P. &. S.S.M.
do preferred
Missouri Pacific ..128.100
Mo., Kan. & Texas 2.600
do preferred
National Lead ....
Mex, Nt, R. R. pf.
New York Central.
N. Y.. Out. & W.
Norfolk & Western
do preferred. ....
North American ..
Northern Pacific. .
Pacific Mall ..
Pennsylvania
People's Gas
P.. C. C iz St. L.
Prexsed Steel Car.
do preferred
Fullmaa PaL Car
Reading
bid.
21o
I47
ltlt
siv
223
46 U
6SW
150;i 159
V.t
S(0
wo
1.200
2.500
200
200
10O
400
4CO
200
145i
17,
444i
ii
S7
37 4
42I
77i
07
lOdli
jTiii
21 u,
. 20J 29
6.S00
3.200
100
1.400
8.400
3.7CO
400
I.SX)
l.POi)
152i
157
71
112i
150Ta
wii
36
T2H
S1H
40
1H
50 I
800 10U
00 218 ',
9.700
3.700
200
100
13S
K
a: '4
9S
50.10')
200
12S
91
do lt preferred.
00 34 preferred..
Republic Steel
do preferred..... COO
Rock Island Co.... 1,200
do preferred..... 100
Schloss-Sbtffleld .. 4,500
St. L. i S. F. 2 pf. 800
St. Louis Foutbw.. tioo
do preferred 300
Southern Pacific... 6,000
do preferred
Southern Railway. 24.100
do preferred..... 700
Tenn. Coal Iron. 100 150i
Texas 4: i'acinc .100 34
Tol.. St, L. sc W. 200 36
do preferred..... 100
Union Pacific .... 2S.100
do preferred 200
U. S. Express 100
W S. Realty 100
U. & Rubber 2.100
do preferred 100 113
U. S. Steel 31,200 40T,
do preferred 4,400
Vlrg.-Caro. Cheat.. 1.400
do preferred
"Wabash 1.000
do preferred 2.700
eus-t-argo Exp
Westlnghouie Elec 100 161
Western Union ... 1,300 98
"Whs!. L. Erie
Wisconsin Central
do preferred.. .
137i
101
Kfi
loo?,
170'i
44
34
173 V,
142U
17
3l
44li
44
80
57 i
42V,
H
67
RWV4
170U
21
82 Vi
150
137
71
112';
2IH
73
150
"63" "
sr4
soi
33 1,
143.,
40?4
217
tiU
91 i
9S
127i
91
1004
26H
66
84 ;
434
24U
36
66H
4i"i
101 U
MS
1.VJH
96
116
S4U
S3i
106
52
50!,
ico;
26
64
S3
43U
22
5j'.j
634
40ti
1011$
150H
33 i
6
54
352 Yt
W
116
84U
33 U
113
40i
103i
SI
22S
43 H
iei-"
92U
46
51.5
46
C5i
116
150i;
IKli
103 it
2G0H
tClib
102
161 !
llrt
W.ii
81V,
170
41
icm,
215
17T.i
"ti
5S5
63
3214
;
7
H.-.1-.
17
33
293
410V,
44
86
37J
06
167
114
171 J
21
57
2Ui
131 T;
156Vi
71 i
112
245;
to
150i
174
06
334
ioi
39
146
43
b74
01
'Ml
42tt
13U
94;
79
02H
07;
237
i2s;
891;,
90
29 i
lomj
21
56
66 H
1174
40H
101
150
Hllnols Central. 173 4 :U. S. Steel 41H
Louis. & Nash.. 154 HI do preferred. ..lOSi
Mo.. Kas. & T.. 36 'Wabash 24
N. Y. Central... 131 I do preferred.., 52!4
Money. Fvch-siige. Etc.
NEW YORK. MTarch 16. Money on call
firm. 24 tf6 per cent; ruling rate. 5ri5 Pr
cent; clcstn-f bid, 2j per cent: offered, 4 per
cent. Time loans steady; firmer; 60 aad 90
days, 54 per cent; six months. 593 U per
cent- Prime mercantile paper. 3954 per cent.
Sterling exchange easy, with actual hcslscss
in bankers' bills at tt.83604.S3SS tor de
mand, and at $426094.8263 for 50 days;
posted rates, $4.834 nd $4.SSaS4.S7; com
mercial bills. S4.62Htl4.S2U.
Bar sliver, 64 He
Mexican dollars, 49Hc
Government bonds steady; railroad bonds
heavy.
LONDON, March 16. Bar sliver steady.
29-Sd per ounce.
Money. 3i?4 per cent.
The rate of discount la the open market for
short bills Is 3; per cent.
The rate of discount In the open market for
thrce-monttki bills Is 3S per cent,
SAN FRANCISCO. March 13. Silver hari,
64Sc
Mexican dollars. nomlnaL
Drafts Sight, 5c; telegraph. 7e.
Sterling Sixty day. $4.S5H: sight, $4.S64-
Dally Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON. March 16. Today's state
ment of the Treasury balances shows:
Available cash balances ... $153,623,872
Gold coin and bullion 77.903,445
Gold certificates 46,613,750
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
Prices Quoted Locally oa Cattle, Sheen and
. Hogs.
The following livestock prices were quoted
yesterday In the local market:
CATTLE Good steers. $44.50; light
weights. $3.23453.50; cows, good, $3.2333.50:
fair to medium. $2.50fr6; calves, good. $1.50
95.
SHEEP Good, fat rtieep. $056.25: fair to
medium. $3.50.
HOGS Good. $696,23; light and feeders,
$6.506.75.
XASTERN XTVESTOCK.
Prices Current at Kanjas City, Omaha and
Chicago.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., March 16. Cattle Re
ceipts. 2f0; market, steady; native steers,
34.2586; native cows and heifers. $2.2583.25;
stockers and feeder?, $2.7584; Wcstarn cows,
$2.7304.50; Western steers, $3.75fJ5.60; bulht,
$394.13; calves. $336.75.
Hois Receipts. 5000; market, 5S-7HC high
er; bulk of sales. $6.056.20; heavy. $6,209
6-27 V; packers. $6.C5S622H; Pig and light,
$3.23 c75.
Sheep Receipts, C000; market, steady; mut
tons. $l.50f?3.fJ0: lamb?. $3.500.63: range
wether. $5.40fj6; fed ewes. $15fjS.35.
CHICAGO. March. 16. Cattle Receipts, 2000:
steady: beeves. $3.0086.30; stockers and feed
er. $2.7504.73: cows and heifers, $I.65$3J;
Texan fed steers. $3.63$4.50.
Hogs Receipts today. 12.000. 5610c higher;
tomorrow, estimated. 12,000: mixed and butch
ers. $6.0536.374; good to choice heavy. $6,239
S6.37i ; rough heavy. $6.054 6.20; light. $69
6.324; pigs. $3.854j6.15; bulk of sales. $4.25Q
6.33.
i?heep Recelpte 10,000; strong; sheep, $3.73
06.10; lambs. $!.60?7.
SOUTH OMAHA. March 16. Cattle Re
ceipts. 1600; market, steady to stronger: native
steers. $IQ5.60; cows and heifers. $334.40;
stoekers and feeders. J2.755 4.50; calves, $55
6.50; bulls, otsy?", etc-, $2.75-3 4.
Hogs Receipts. 9000; market, stroag to 5c
higher: heavy, J 6.034? 6. 13; mixed. $3.0336.10;
light. $3.9366.10; pigs. $6,034)6.10.
Sheep Receipts. 9500: market, steady;
yearlings. $5,4096; wethers. J3.20fj3.SO; ewes.
$i.5095.40;y lambs, $6.2036.60.
Mining Stocks.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 16. The official
cloring quotations for mining stocks today
were as follows:
Alia $ .01 hlustloc $ .03
Andes 18 Mexican I.20
Belcher 22 Occidental Con. .94
Best & Belcher 1.05 'Ophlr 3.124
IPotosl
Savage
lScorplon ......
JSeg. Belcher...
Sierra. Novada.
.OS jSJlver Hill
Bullion as
Caledonia It
Challenge Con. .13
Chollar 13
Confidents ... .70
Con. Cal. & V. 1.3.-
Crown Point.
Exeheouor ..
Gould & Curry .12 lUtah Con...
Halo & Nor... 1.25 Yellow Jacket-.
.1.1
.10
.56
OS
.06
.31
.28
.41
.02
.09
NEW YORK, March 16. Closing quotations:
Adams Con.... 5 .23 Little Chief... $ .074
Alice
Breece
Brunswick C.
Comstock Tun.
Cob. Cal. & V.
Horn Silver...
Iron Silver....
Leadvllle Con.
3.70
M
!2G
1.25
2.00
'Ontario
"Ophlr
! I' hoe nix
Potosl
-Savage
iSlerra Nevada.
5.23 ISmall Hopes.
2.00
3.12'
.02
.13
.34
.31
.30
BOSTON. March 16. Closing quotations:
Adventure ..$ 6.00 'Jtohawk $ 57.2."
Allouez .... 37.75 iMont. C. & C
Amalgamatd 107.12',iiOld Dominion
Am. Zinc... 10.00 I Osceola
Atlantic .... 21.23 Parrot
Bingham ... 38.00 iQulncy
Cal. & Hcla 6S5.0O (Shannon ...
Centennial .. 26.00 -Tamarack ..
Cod Ranee. 79.O0 .Trlnltv
H.zr. lUnited Cop..
10.1215 U. S. Mining.
12.25 If. S. Oil....
22.30 SUtah
8.50 'Victoria
13.50 .Winona
143.00
Dalr West..
Franklin ...
Granby .
Isle Royale.
Mass. Mining
Michigan ...
Wolverine . .
4.62
4...T..
100.00
ST-l-Jti
91.23
6.S7'4
107.23-
10.624
66.50
36.23
72.00
61.00
S.50
.25
SO
54U
132S
95U
116
S4
33U
313
404
1034
31 U
113
46 it
233
161
ioU
26 Vi
55'a
Total sales for the day. 574,500 aharee .
BONDS.
NEW YORK, March 16. Closing quota
tions: U. S. ref. 2s reg. 103 !ijD. X: R. G. 4s... 99i
do coupon IOIUIN. Y. C G. 34s. 98 U
U. S. 3s reg....l03U;Nor. PaclHc 3s.. 77
do coupon 1034lNor. Pacific 4S..104U
U. S. new 4s reg.l3l4So. Pacific 4s... 934
do coupon 1314!UnIon Pacific 4s. 104 '1
U. & old 4s rer.l03HWli. Central 4s.. 92
do coupon....! 64 i I Jap. 6Vjs. 1004
Atchison Adj. 4s 94 Uap. 4Hs 915
Sleeks at Leadsa.
LONDON. March 16. Consols for money,
90 5-16; ceasols for accauat, 961.
Anaccnaa 12.
Atchison 96 j
do preferred. .196
Baltimore O..H3
Can, Pacific 173H
Ches. & Ohio... S&i
C at. Western. 21 Hi
CJ4. : si. r..l6l4
De Beers 18H
D. it R. Grasde. 48
do preferred., 96Se. Paciflcj mu
Erie 43 Uatec Pacific.... 157 k
do 1st prer... S6 de preferred. . 99
do M pref,... 9iSpajls4i Fours... 91
Norfolk ft West. 894
da preferred.., 94
Ontario & West. 31 U
Pestuylvaala ... 70
MM JtlBCS. .... 8
Readlsg 64
de preferred... 47
de 2d pref.... 30
Se. Railway 42 U
de -pref srred... 1944
Metal Markets.
NEW YORK, ilarch 16. The London tin
market was unchanged to 10s higher, with
spot closing at 164 13. and .futures at 163
1C. Locally, the market was steady and was
a!o higher on the average, with spot quoted
at 3S.504JC6.53c
Copper was higher In the English market.
with tspot closing at ISO 10. and futures at
T8 10?. Locally, no change was reported.
hut the market is firm in tone Lake Is
quoted at lS.S051S.75c: electrolytic 18.250
18.50c. and casting. lM?lS.23e
Lead was quiet at 5.33?3.43c In the local
market, but declined to 16 2s 6d In London.
Spelter wa unchanged at 23 In London.
ami at 6.2003.300 In the local market.
Iron was unchanged to a little higher
abroad, witb standard foundry quoted at
48 4d. and Cleveland warrants at 4& 44d.
Localy. tne market was reported quiet.
Coffee aad Sugar.
NEW TORK. March 10. Coffee futures
c!vd Inactive, net unchanged to 10 points
higher. Sales were reported of 34 COO bags.
Including: May at 6.85c; July, 787.03c: Sep
tember. 7.1507.20c; December. 7.45c; Febru
ary, 7.53c. Spot Rio steady; No. 7. SUc;
mud quiet.
Sagar Raw strong: fair refining', 3 13-16c;
centrifugal. 96 test, 3 17-32 r? 3 9-16c: molasses
sugar. 2;;c: refined firm; crushed, $5.30; pow
dered. $4.70; granulated. $4.60.
LobiIoh Wool Sales.
LONDON. March 16. The offerings at the
wool auction sales today amounted to 13,8296
bales. Competition was animated, aad prices
generally were 3 per cent above the opening
rates. Greasy merinos were in active demand
at extreme rates. Americans tecured a fair
supply of medium fine Cross-breds were la
keen request, and were taken mainly by home
buyers. Cape of Good Hope aad Natal offer
ing were firm.
Dairy- Produce la the East.
CHICAGO. March 16. Oa the Produce Ex
change today the butter market was steady;
creameries. 16fi26!4c; dairies. 15023c Eggs
firm at mark, cases Included. 134c; firsts,
13Hc; prime. 14UC; y extras, 1 16c Cheese
steady. Il;t312ic ,
NEW YORK. March 18. Butter, eggs and
cheese steady, unchanged.
New York Cot toa Market.
NEW YORK. March 16. Cotton futures
closed barely eteady at a net advance of 4911
points; March. 10.354jrl0.3Sc; Jane 10.579
10.53c; December. 10.19c
FLOUR TRADE DULL
San Francisco Market Has a
Downward Tendency.
OFFERINGS ARE
Xo Aggressive- Support Given the
Wheat Market High Prices Are
Asked for Oranges Im
provement Jn Potatoes.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 16. (Special.)
The flour trade here Is In a very satisfactory
condition. Offerings are large and prices
have a downward tendency. There Is only
an average domestic demand to absorb these
offerings. The export buslnew has seldom
bcea smaller. Competition Is keen.
The wheat market lacks any aggrwalvc sup
port. Option prices were steadied today by a
higher market In Chicago. Dealings in cash
wheat were of a small, hand-to-mouth char
acter, with prices nominally unchanged. Un
expectedly, large receipts of barley weakened
that market for spot and futures, Oats were
under good control and firm, but trade was
limited. Hay Is moving more freely here
and In the country.
Receipts of oranges were extremely light,.
and the high prices asked diverted business
Into apples, on account of their relative cheap-
atsc The orange auction set for today was
postponed tor lack of stock. Several carloads
of cold-storage applet are being shipped to
tho East on orders.
Three carloads of Oregon potatoes arrived.
Fancy met ylth better Inquiry, and sold up
to $1.10. but common grades remained slow
and easy at 73 to 90 cents. The onion market
Is weaker. Two more carloads of Oretfon
were received. The range of sales was $L23
to $1.40. Asparagus advanced sharply on
light receipt;.
All dairy products are unchanged In price.
Butter is firm, despite unprecedentedly big
arrivals. Receipts 182.600 pounds of butter.
61.400 pounds of cheese, aad 41,700 dozen eggs.
VEGETABLES Cucumbers. $1.2551.50; gar
lic. 3Q6c; green peas. 12gl24c string beans.
S913c: asparsgu:. 4⪼ tomatoes, 73c5$1.50.
POULTRY Turkeys. 1319c: roosters, old.
$3,509-4.50; roostern. young. $6.5007.50: broil
ers, small. $3ff4; broilers, large, $4.3085.50;
fryers. $3.5036.50: hens. $4.3036.50; ducks.
old. $3Q7; ducks, young, $SS-
B UTTER Extra creamer', 23Jc; creamery
seconds. 22c.
EGGS Fancy ranch. ISc.
CHEESE Young- America. 124S134e;
Eastern, nominal; Western, nominal.
HOPS S3 12c.
WOOL South Plains and S. J.. I0fil3c;
lambs, 89 16c
MILLSTUFFS Braa, $17.301': middlings.
$2Sfj 29.30.
HAY Wheat. $11$16: wheat and oats.
.50: barley. $S11; alfalfa, $11012.50; stock.
$7.5038.50: straw, per bale, 30g33c
FRUIT Apples, choice, $2; common. 50c:
bananas. $1&2.75; Mexican Umcs. $4.505:
California lemons, choice. $3: common, $1:
oranges, navel, $1.503.25; pineapples. $1.50$
3.50.
POTATOES Early rose. 90cfj$l: Salinas
Burbanks. $151.50: .weets. nominal; Oregon
Burbanks. 73c4jr$L10.
RECEIPTS Flour. 5627 quarter sacks:
wheat, SOS centals: barley. 10.100 centate;
oate 17SS centals: beans. 623 sacks'; corn, 723
centals; potatoes. 3390 sackt; bran. 2S0 sacks:
middling. 250 sack; hay. 350 tons; wool, 73
bales; hides. 275.
Albany
Salt Lake City
Toledo. O. .........
Rochester
Atlanta
Tacoma ..............
Spokane. Wash.' ....
Hartford
Nashville
Peoria
Des Moines ..........
New Haven
Grand Rapids .......
Norfolk
Augusta. Ga. ........
Springfield, Mass. ...
Portland. Me
Dayton ..............
Sioux City
Evansvllle
Birmingham
LARGE iteu"i-;'-
Knoxvlile ..... ."111!
Jacksonville. Fla. ...
Wilmington, Del
Wichita
Wllkesbarre
Chattanooga
Davenport
Little Rock
Kalamazoo. Mich. ...
Topeka.
Wheeling, w. Va....
Macon
Springfield. Ill
Fall River
Helena ..
Lexington
Fargo. N. D
New Bedford ...aw...
Youngstown "...
Akron
Rockford. Ill
Cedar Rapids. Ia,....
canton, o
Binghamton
Chester. Pa
Lowell
Greensburg. Pa. .....
Bloomlngton. HI. ....
Springfield. O.
Qulncy. Ill
Monsnem. o
Decatur. Ill
Sioux Falls. S. D. ...
Jacksonville 111
Fremont. Neb. ......
South Rend. Ind
Houston" ........
Galveston
Fort Wayne .........
HELMS TIE SPRING TRADE
WINTER STORM AFFECTS RE
TAIL BUSINESS.
8.2
25.3
11.2
iilo
19.3
24.0
28.2
11.9
13.3
4.605.396 2"
4.776.353 77.2
4.S55.199 30.1
3.700,077 7.2
4.61S.C34 ....
4.709.963 66.3
3,890,161 31.1
3.719.97S 13.2
3,317.119
3.667.181
2.842,936
2,053.995
2.140.630
2,034.975
1.269.021
1.79r1.05 19.7
I,S?2.102 15.1
1.970.102 33.S
1,931.021 4.3
1.615.631
1.876.540
1.TO0.4S7
1 .333,873
1.291.S9S
1.478,094 27.7
1,331,607 1S.3
1.2S4.10S 23.1
1.001.084 9.3
072.312 13.3
1.161.115 18.9
911,620 10.1
1.110.103 1.62
701.538
S18.326
1.034.407
633.560
919.344
933.609
866.031
823.333
346.418
CSS.977
372,814
544.000
601.706
1.0S4.413
434.830
327.600
421.743
487.396
492.105
rtlO.rXtf
3GO.0S2 ....
323.987 13.1
306.707
347.319
393.014
2S2.262
261.3.0
430.612
1S.204.I7O 34.5
11,196.000
625.584
10.7
24.7
10.3
12.6
11.0
24.2
18.1
12.2
21.7
IS.l
16.6
S1.0
2.1
Total U. 3.
Outside New
Montreal
Toronto .
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Halifax
Vancouver. B. C
Quebec
Hamilton
St. John. N. B..
London. Ont. ....
Victoria. B. C...
$2,730,236,344
York... 902,311.191
CANADA.
$ 23.65S.894
2.2113.I95
6.2
19.8
IS..".
7.9
4.7
24.6
2.8
13.4"
G'.fi
S'.O
3.t
.5
K.385.6C3
2.311.365
1.372,160
1.944.938 40.S
1.48H.347
1.298.34S 21. S
976.9SS 10.O ...
931.063 7.3,...
9S0.059 24.3 ...
11. S
"lis
Total Canada.. 1....$ 65,587,2
9.1
Balances paid in cash.
Not Included In totals because containing
other Items than clearinzs.
LOCAL ELKS FOR MARVIN
Oakland Judge "Will Get Their Votes
for Grand Exulted Ruler.
Portland Elks have decided to combine
with other Western lodges in support of
Judge Marvin, of Oakland, Cal., for the
position of Grand Exacted Ruler at tho
Grand Lodge convention at Denver this
Summer. A large delegation will prob
ably go from Portland to the big conven--
tlon. A committee was announced yes
terday afternoon to work up Interest and
organize a Denver excursion. The com
mittee consists of Judge William Rctd,
Henry Grlflln. John Eckland and G. C.
Mosor. who will accompany the expedi
tion as an honorary escort to Exalted
Ruler C. E. McDonell.
AT THE HOTELS.
Alleged Horse thief Caught.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. March 15.
Henry Holdcrman. a half-breed Indian,
was arrested at Prcscott and taken to
Lcwlgton to answer to a charge of horse
stealing. He was traced to Colfax, where
fee sold the animal last week. A jra-ig has
been stealing; horses from the ranges In
the Clearwater country for three Ttwstlw.
But Benefits Received hy Grain
Crops Is Great Labor
Situation Good.
NEW YORK. March 16. Bradstrect's to
morrow will ray:
The widespread Winter 6torm has delayed
the opening of Spring trade at retail, caus
Ing some complaint of bad roads and Inter
ruption to personal bidding at leading job
bing centers. On the other hand, the benefits
of accompanying heavy snows or rains to the
crop probably far outweigh the damage due
to thla cauw or injury caused to small fruits
and truck interests by the freezing weather.
Altogether, there is everything- to Indicate
that the Spring trade, present and prospective.
will break all past years records.
Business failures In the United States for
the week ending March 15 number 1S7, against
177 laut week and ISO a year ago. In Canada,
failures for the week number 33. aa against
34 last week and 22 In thla week a year ago,
Wheat, Including flour, exporta from the
United States and Canada for the week end
ing March 5 are 2,010.237 bushels, against
2.563.9S3 last week and 93,742 this week last
year. From July 1 to date the exports are
99.132,792 bushels, against 45.590.111 last year.
Corn export for the week are 2.335.2S2
bushels, against 2.894.4 lo last week and
3.841,411 a year ngo. From July 1 to date,
the exports of corn are 89.132,449 bushels,
against 52.071.263 last year.
MOST REPORTS ARE FAVORABLE. V
Wholesome Conditions Maintained la Com
mercial Channel.
NEW" YORK. March 16. R. G. Dun
Co.'s weekly review of trade will say tomor
row: Wholesome conditions are maintained in
commercial channels, the tenor of most re
ports being favorable, and comparatively little
anxiety Is felt regarding the labor situation.
The exports of farm staples In February
exceeded last year's by $23,500,000, or about
45 per cent, and the movement of foreign
commerce at this port for the last week
show gains or X3.23S.43S In exports and
31.152,157 In Imports, aa compared with the
same date in 1905.
Railway earnings for the first week of
March were S per cent larger than last
year's.
Nominal quotations ao longer prevail for
packer bides, large transactions having been
effected at pronounced concessions.
Failures thla week nulnbered 229 In the
United States, agalatt 250 last year and 34
In Canada, compared with 26 a year ago.
Bank Clearings.
NEW YORK. March 16. The following ta
ble, compiled by Bradstrcet, shows the bank
clearings at the principal cities for the week
ended March 13, with the percentage of in
crease and decrease as compared with the cor
responding week lst year:
P.C P.C.
Inc. dec
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia -
St. Louis - -
Pittsburg
Saa Francisco ......
Baltimore
Ciectanatl ........
Kassajt City
New Orleans
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Louisville
Detroit
Lea Angeles
Omaha
Milwaukee
Provides ee
Buffalo
Indianapolis
St, Paul
Denver
Seattle
Memphis
Fort Worth
Rtehatoad, -
CfrlttfRbUS
WaafelBgto
St TOfr0Wfc
SavasHMa
FerUaad, Or.
3.0
10.
4.3 ..
1.7
8.4
?1.763.723,13:;
201.043.399
149.733,316
132.430.811
34,6-.702
47,040.990 10.7
45.312,611 32.8
27.320,703 6.4
22.973.200 4.2 ....
21.112.760 5.4 ....
18.140,397 1 3.2
16.403,769 2.2 ....
14.4S6.072 2.4 ....
13.978.235 6.7
13.041.726 29.1 ....
12,536.154 48.3
10.766,309
8,984,400
8.033.100
6.686.779
, 6.032.677
..... 7.436,694
6.112.E69
10.919,117
5.692.77
, 4.872,399 ..
5.993.179 26.4
96,900 ....
5.361,392 3.5
3,39,964 14.9
3.69&S79 ll.l
S,7K,733 SX.S
23.1
3.1
2.9
2.6
17.5
20.8
4.3
82.8
4.2
19.3
"41I
The Portland C. C. Cassldy, W. A. Wade.
New York; E. C. Travis. San Francisco: A.
Cooley. Maryvllle. Cal.; S. L. BIcmaur. San
Francisco: C- E. Porter. Philadelphia; L. W.
Adams. Boston: S. H. Clausln. Minneapolis;
T. Concannon. Dublin; C. Hlldebrecht. B. S.
Donaher. San Francisco; C. Becker. C. F.
Reed and wife. New York; W. Trego.
Hoopesston, HL: Mrs. J. N. Cunningham.
Miss A. Moore. Boise: B. Clifton and wife,
Anderson. Cal.: D. Duncan. San Francisco:
C H. Franklin. New York: R. Jandorf.
Cleveland; Mrs. S. P. Fafrmother. Wallace
Idaho; Mrs. F. R. Page Spokane: W. R, K.
Young. San Francisco; J. H. Morrison. Jr..
Duluth: O. F. Pcabody. J H. D. Peterson.
Chicago; F. Clark and wife, San Francisco;
O. F. Kendall. Boston: Mrs. Densmore, Mai
den; E. S. Chandler. W. BokIc. W. R. Dun
bar. Seattle: P. B. Carter. W. D. Cllpplnger,
Cincinnati. O.; D. Wilson, Scdalla. Mo.; E.
E. Kirkland. Utlca. N. Y.; M. Wollhclm. San
Francisco: J. E. Knuble and wife. Vlcksburic.
Mich.; R- Overpest. San Francisco: E. E.
Stewart. Ogden: Mrs. M. J. Levy. Newark.
N. J.: H. C Levy, Cascade Locks; B. G.
Rlvenburgh, San Francisco: C. W. Thompson.
Cascade Locks; H. W. Thompson. Eugene;
H. B. Eastman and wire. Washington. D. C;
L. M. Davis. New York: C. H. Davis. G. M.
Stark. J. W. Fordney. Hoqulam; J. F. Kll
lorne. Duluth: E. O. McGlauflln. Hoqulam;
H. C. Pyke and wife. Seattle: F. A. Slm
monds. New York; J. C Gardner, Chehalls;
G. W. Mure. Chicago: J. W. Anderson, Spo
kane: F. Parmlce and wife. Chicago; T. W.
Synott and wife: A. W. McConstant and
wife. Maine; W. McClalr, San Francisco: J.
W. BIcknclI. Maiden. Mass.; W. R. Hume.
Astoria; A. L. Llpman. San Francisco; WT
H. Hahlo. Spokane: C. H. Lilly. Seattle: C.
L. Bailey. Toronto: G. R. Ingles, Kansas
City; L. H. Ryland. New York; W. J.
Browne. San Francisco; S. Otis. F. H. Gil
man. Seattle: F. H. Berger. Superior, Wis.;
E. Westerman. city.
The Oregon A. J. Milton. H. A. Murwin.
Seattle: J. C Richards. St. Louis; M. D.
Adler. New York; J. W. Avery. Minne
apolis; J. W. Robinson. Baltimore: E. K.
Stone. Qulncy. HI- W. M. Bennett, Minne
apolis; Glenn Hallett. North Yakima; Mrs.
J. A. Veness, Marie Veness. Wlnlock.
Wash.; J. M. Woodruff, city; Monroe H.
Starr and wife. New York; E. Duggan. Se
attle; E. Z. Ferguson. Astoria; H. L. Buron.
St, Paul: D. Campbell. Belllngham: E: O.
Jassmer. Chicago; T. J. Pastor, city; Jamc3
T. Peters, The Dalles: E. P. Marshall. Pen;
dleton: A. H. Grlswold. city: Mrs. C. W.
Mathels. Vancouver: William Johnston. Vic
toria; F- M. Morlarlty. San Francisco: L. M.
Davis, New York; W. A. Ferguson. Rich
mond. Va.; William O'Conncll. St, Paul; E.
C Herlow. Miss A. S. Herlow. Mrs. Sophia
Herlow. Los Angeles ; D. H. Heyneman and
wife. San Francisco: E. C Talley. Talley,
N. D.t O. O. Adams. Kenman. N. D.: S. D.
Read, Elgin. .Or.; J. C Henderson. Moro,
Or.: B. O. Armstrong. Helena: J. Council.
Boone. N. C: Harry Green. Baltiomer: W.
Livingston. Lexington: H. J. Armstrong,
city; F. A. Gamble. San Francisco; N. G.
Johnston. Ottumwa. Ia,: S. H. Carlson. St.
Johns; B. G. Engle. Chicago.
The rerklns Frank Poas and wife. Ne
vada. Ia.; Elmer N. Downing. Salem. Or.;
R. L West. San Francisco: E. P. Michel,
Stevenson. Wash.; Harry DeWItt. Ingles.
Or : B. Proppenbender. Oregon City: George
Mackey. J. Mackey and wife. J. T. dyne
Everett. Wash.; D. O. Ghormley. Tacoma: J.
M. Cox. Bolllngham: L. J. Burnett. Seattle;
James 31. Berry. St, Louis; J. J. McNair.
Ashland: J. W. Barnes, city: B. D. Bennett.
Nevada: L. B. Williams. Berkoley, Cal.;
Neva Williams, Elsie Williams. Pomeroy: W.
C. Renfrlcnd and wife. Latah. Wash.: Mrs.
Fred Dussault. Butte; George F. Harris. Se
attle; Charles Hamilton. Salem: T. J. Dillon.
Minneapolis; T. T. Geer. Salem; George R.
Talte Goble: F- P. Blair and wife, Dillon.
Mont; H- D. Bclrnle, Minneapolis; A. N.
Truedson. Jamestown. N. D.: C. L. J
Barnes Wlnlock. Wash.; M. Gardiner. Se
attle: L R. Stlnson. Salem, Or-: J. A. Ma
lone Minneapolis: E. M. Yeaton. Buell. Or.;
D. McKellop and wife, Medford. Or.
The Imperial Mrs. K. Wade. C. Schmidt.
LStorla J H. Smith. J. J. Klrby. Oakland;
S Carpenter: J. Flnlayson, Astoria: T. S.
Hill V C Dixon. Eugene: J. A. Manning.
F T. Wruthtman. A. T. Walm. Salem: F.
G Young. Eugene: T. H. Curtis. Astoria; J,
M Stevenson. Cascades: W. J. Touney. Union;
H G Van Dusen. Astoria; G. E; Johnson,
Dallas; 3L O. Lownsdale. Lafayette: W. E.
Bumham: Mrs. G. G. Bingham. Alice Bing
ham. Salem: A. Seufert. The Dalles; J. H.
Miller. R. R. Houser: D. W. Sheahan, Enter
prise; G. B. Bent, Chicago; E. P. Cowcn.
Nam pa: C Richardson. U. S. T. H. Service;
J McHardy. Grand Rapids; W. McHardy.
Dallas; C. W. Cotton. San Francisco; C.
Guler. Guler. Wash.; C. A. Myers and wife.
San Francisco: E. V. Carter. Ashland; J, S.
Coke. J. M. Upton, Marshfleld; J. J. ..cal.
Ashland.
The Sr, Charles F. E, Banford. city: A.
H. Emerson; T. J. Fllppln. Rainier; F. J.
Huge!. Camas; J. J. Carlla, Seaside; W. H.
Yaacy. E: H. Coler. Kelso: J. Davis. Oregon;
G. Hockey. Ralaier; J. Williams. Seaside; W.
Luckey. Eugene; J. J. Carlln aad wife. Sea
side; M. Mulvlhlll, Mollne; J, J. Sabln, G.-C.
Potter and wife, Coopervlllc; W. A. Ward,
C. Newklrk. T. A. Billings; G. Nessllng.
Dallas; N. H. McKay, Sauvles; R. R, Hill.
Barton; W. Skldraore. St, Catherines; A. EC
Davis. Barton: M. Lyons, city; W. A. Moore.
Yacolt; H. A. Lamb, Woodland; Captain A,
W. Gray. Astoria: G. A. Graham. Marshland;
V. P. Comptoa. Dallas: J. B. Gascoyne Ca
mas; W. E. Garber. Santa. Rosa; Mrs. Law
ler. Forest Grove; E. Miller. Kelso; C Rog
ers. Hood River; L. B. Ostberg, Cascade.
Locks; W. Cosmer. Stevenson; C. O. Williams:
G. H. Claasraeyer. Castle Rock: C. Pearce,
The Dalles; H. Kcllr and wife. Salem; J. W.
Kelly and wife. Oregon City.
Hotel DosneUy, -Tannins, VsaUsftM.
Xrpean ylaa. Ratts, 75 cats ta H-3
IHT day. St 'bXv