THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1906."
15
-EXPECT ISII ADVANCE
Higher Prices Locked For on
Columbia River Salmon.
NEW YORK JOBBER'S VIEWS
Strong Position or the Canned Goods
Trade, as Reviewed by 31. AV.
Houck, After an Investiga
tion of Conditions.
T
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&uio.n Higher opemng -tium-
bla IWver prie-s teekoa for.
WHEAT-.Markft firmer and higher.
rRCIT RMMf arrive )n bad or
er.
VBOBTAL1S Car of rhubarb due
I Mw4i.
BOO Owt4 imiil rails ore
POt.TRV OMcke scarce and
! mTTfM Wes with- declining ten-
MKATf umc Inquiry for veal. 4
' 4
Tht the CotwnMa River salmon market
"Mi Wcfc'r than Jfl-t year if the Ann
, T-'Irttw M. W. Houck. r prominent New
Tor otn. who wim In Portland recently,
sxl nw time while In this section
1mriciitiK MMMtlenn on the lower river.
Mr gives as the rrRsn for hi opinion the
tnfMtitlA f eoM storage Interests on the
lmnbfeu The price, he says, will not be
Jl per dosea n halve?. 51.30 on tails
stsf $1.05 on fists. The oold storage and
t4ckltr.c tatterest. he declare, are offering
tre to ttee fishermen that will necessitate
fader ofclatntsg the $1 basis en halves to
rosse mm whole. The ptekler have offered
,M crns against 6 cents last year. "It Is
tt-sreforc not a. )estln today of pelting
oiTMnfeta Rtvor futures.' declares Mr." Houck.
"tesft of getting Reeds te eM. The sale
ftrady MA4te subject te opening -prices cx
4 The preVaMe pack by many thousand
Halves last year brought 90 rent, and it
i tke eptwlen of Pertlarvd eanncrs that $1
may W the mark this season. They also
lok fer a $t.Se market en talis, but It is
ttw WIW of some of them that flat will not
P akeve 31.G. The opinion 1 alno ex
VrrrA tfcat the opening price of raw fish
will W tke nnt as last year. 5 cnts for fish
- 35 pannes and G cents for fish over
at wetgfct.
lr. Korscfc has plvt out the followinR
otatement regardta? eondltlens. he found
ttm. in tfcf Nrth:
AlaKka salmon. Wause of the low
r-l mltMK laet eeasea. has of late stiffened
up an di 4 heavy withdrawals, and is now ex
.dlf:lj" wsnir in first hand. There are
r Mock r salmon held b- packers, with
Tfce exception f the hoMincn of the Alaska
rv-to'-Ss- Aivoclatten. which will all be re
iatre4 for oxsert account, and a block of
emm heM h- ene packing interest. Of
"trfceye saltnoa the total hoMlnpa of all pack-
not rtci lSo.OOrt cave.
Re4 Alaska salmon on the Coast is held
at t PSf f. o. b. OrdTK covering ex-i-:'
lot are tn? Ailr en the basis quoted
fn- AwiHraMa aa4 Bngland. Other export
Harket ate receiving- a Rood dtl of atten
tion In aHtien to this, the demrtic mar
Is Oe owth and Southwest are calling
wer- as store freely for red Alaska talla,
hi the absence, of the lower-priced pink and
awn salmon. Thl feature of the buslnera
in the aejet few months is one that is going
: Make itself felt. The Southern trade rec
roics the better quality of the red Alaska
lmea. hr will. I believe, be disposed to
ja a scnalt advance for the good fish when
the rlce Is raised higher. A good deal of
e.keye salmon has been sold in the Wen and
MMdle West, and packer are not worrj'ing."
The California dried and canned fruit Bltu
tfcm. Mr. Jlouck found to be as haa been
t- iesentod for some time past. He could
lara of any surpluo stocks carried in
flrst hands, and jobbrrx are experiencing a
remarkably geed demand Srom the dlstrlb
uting trade. Stockc of apricots and peaches
practically out of the hands of packera.
oaimlalan dealers are carrj"lng almost noth
ing. ad Jobbers thttiughout the country are
oowa to very small holdlnga. Or prunes on
the Coast there is a email supply. Raisin
ftoeks are well controlled, and the holders
hae every- confidence in the prospect of a
cleanup between now and the new crop.
Regarding the canned fruit outlook, Mr.
Houck has this to ay;
strength of the apricot situation is
nhancd by the fact that the coming crop
will not be over one-half of 'the nominal
5 "Id. owing te the damage to the bloseom
Jng ti by excessive rains. Thfc feason 1
tally three weeks earlier than usual, and in
MUdlttoa to damage already reported; there is
the possibility of injury to the fruit by cold
m rather. The almond crop hus aleo been ln
Juted. and gretvern do not figure on more than
1-a f a crop thla season.
Jn canned fruits the Coaat market present
n most unusual condition. The situation In
firs- nana is absolutely bare of all kinds of
canned fruits. Tackcrs ar unable to fill
assortments, and Jobbers do not seem to be
oarrjing any large stocks in any quarter.
Xmon cling peache in extra standard and
extras in 2-pound and 3-pound packages
ure unobtainable from first hands. There. Is
qu.te a boom in tho ideas of packers on aprl
ets, and thero has been an advance of at
-ea.it 10c per dozen In first hands. In my
opinion, the situation in canned fruits prom
additional surprised to Jobbers before the
new pack, is ready for the market.
J'IRST STRAIGHT CAR OF RHUBARB.
Due to Reach Tort land Monday Bananas
Arrive In Bad Order. "
,A car of California rhubarb is due la Port
ed Monday. It will be the first straight
ar that has ever been brought here. That
article 1a In demand is proved by the
'a'. that the broker has already oversold the
ar by J50 boxes. It will be followed shortly
. a aecond car.
car of mixed vegetables and a car of
eiery arrived yesterday and sales -were heavy,
t abbagc and cauliflower are practically
-eaned up on tho street. Among the day'a
receipt was a lot of spinach from Walla
ANalla. which waa offered at 1.25QI.50 per
box Some green onlona also came In from
th tame place, and sold for 60 cent a
dozen.
The storm-delayed bananas were unloaded
yesterday morning and were found in any
thing but good condition. Two cara wfero
green and one over-rlpe, and all badly chilled.
If the green fruit ripens at all. it will be
about the time a fresh lot is on hand. A
car of oranges waa also received yesterday.
EGG SHIPMENTS fAM, OFT.
1b the Meantime. Receipts Increase and
Prices Weaken.
Eggs were weak: and. slow yesterday. The
outside demand almost ceased whether tern
Xorarily or not remain to.be seen. Sixteen
cents wm quoted an the general price, a
lew dealer asked) hall a ceat saore. aad oth
ers may have shaded. Some tfg mm believe
that the bottom of the market haa practical
ly been" reached already, but the majority look
for considerably lower price.
Poultry of all kinds la very scarce and
prices have seldom been higher than they are
at present. The demand la good and It would
tako large receipts to -weaken prices, for
the city Is practically bare, except of Eaartern
frozen fttock. Still, the trade does not expect
any higher prices than those now prevailing.
A weaker tendency Is beginning to be ap
parent in the city creamery market. A a
rule, the product la working off well, but
receipts of cream are again growing and have
now reached the point at which they were
when tho cold snap came. Most of the
creameries maintain the former price, but
one manufacturer is quoting 57 Ji cent a roll.
On Front street the market Is termed weak
with prospect of an early drop. A consid
erable tupply or California butter will arrive
on the etcamer today.
ADVANCE IN WHEAT.
Local Response to Improvement In AVorld's
Grain Markets.
The wheat market had a better tone yes
terday than has characterized It fer some
time paau Cable camo through much Im
proved, the advance at Liverpool being ered
Ited to the poor quality of the Argentine
wheat arriving there. The advanee in May
In that market was d. At London, Walla
Walla cargoce,. prompt, were reported stead
ier at 30s. English country markets were
partially dearer. There wae some advance
in the East and a better tone to the San
Francisco market. Some inquiries fer wheat
were received from California yesterday. For
eign wheat shipments were as fellows; Ai
gentina. this week, l,&3ti,0CK) bushels; last
week. 2.40G.O00 busrtiels; India, this week,
none; lat week, fcOOO bushels.
Reports from Eastern Oregon as te crop
damage are conflicting, but it is believed that
considerable lesa was sustained. Nothing
definite will be known, however, utit the
weather becom warmer.
Veal In Strong Demand.
There is a strong demand fer veal, owing
to the soaroity of mutton and perk, and
though receipts are latg top prices are
easily obtained for the bert. offerings. Very
little beef la to be seon on Front (street.
Bank Clearing.
Bank clearings or the Northwestern cities
yesterday were as follows:
Clearings. Balances.
Tortland S K3.220 il.'.Jt.GSO
Seattle 1.444.US1 424.331
Tacema W0.2.1 73.723
Spokane 521,3m 01.173
PORTLAND QUOTATIONS.
Grain. Flour. Feed. Etc.
FLOUR Patent. 3.75Q4.30 per barrel;
straight. 3.40ji3.75. clears, -3.3off3.50; VaJ.
ley, X3.4US3.05; Dakota hard wheat, patents,
tS.bOut; clears. .; graham, I3.2333.75; whole
wheat. $3.75i 4; rye flour, local. J3; Eastern.
$5Q5.25; cornmeal, per bale, ?l.W)S2.2y.
WHEAT Club, OSc; bluestem, Ec; red,
CO.-. Valley. 61.
OATS No. 1 white feed, 127.00; gray. $27
per ton.
M1LLSTUFFS Bran, city. $17: country, lft
ton; middlings, $25.502S; shorts, city. 1S;
country. CIO per ton: chop, U. S. Mills, $17.50;
1 lusted dairy food. (18: Acalfa meal, $18 per
ton.
CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 0
pounds sack J6.75; lower grades, $5.2530.50;
oatmeal, steelcut, 50-pound sacks, 53 per bar
rel; 19-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 sacke; 25-pound boxes, $L40; pearl
barley. $4.25 per 100 pounds; 25-pound boxes,
$1.25 per box; pastry flour, 10-pound .sacks,
$2.50 per bale.
BARLEY Feed, $23.50ff24 per ton; brew
ing. $24fi24.5); rolled. $24,506 25.50.
HAY Eastern Oregon timothy, choke. $17
IS per ton; common. $13014; Valley timothy.
S0i; clover. $7.50irS; cheat, $07; grain hay.
57rii; alfalfa. $12.
Vegetables. Fruits. Etc
DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, $1.5032.75 per
box.
TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $2.75?3.75
per box; oranges, navels, f2.50aft.25 per box;
tangerines. $1.85 per half box; grapefruit.
$2.5003.25: pine apples, $44.50 per dozen;
bananas, 5c per pound.
FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes, $191.23
per dozen; .asparagus. HMQ'Jc pound; beans,
224c; cabbage. lbOl'ic per pound; cauli
flower. $2Q2.25 per crate; celery. 75SlKe per
dozen; chlckory. 25c; cucumbers, $1.5001.75
per dozen: head lettuce. SO & 40c per dozen;
hothouse. $1 .5091.75. onions. 50r per dozen;
peas, lO012A;c; pepper. 25?4(c; radishes,
20c per dozen; rhubarb, $1.50 per box; spin
ach. $1.251.50 per box; tomatoe. California.
$2.25&2.50 per crate; parsley, 25c.
ROOT VEGETABLES Turnlns.
per back; carrots. C5:75c per sack; beets. S5e
fl per wick; garlic. lO012c per pound.
ONIONS Buying price; No. 1, 75600c per
sack; No. 2. nominal.
POTATOES Buying prices; Fancy graded
Burbanke, 50$j55c per hundred; ordinary,
nominal; sweet potatoes, 24(?2ac per pound.
DRIED FRUITS Apples, 11 12c ptr
pound; apricots. 1212"Xc; pencht. 10U
12"ic: pears, none: Italian prunes. &UCKc;
California figs, white. In sacks. S&G&c per
pound: black. 4(?5c. bricks. 22-14 ounce pack
age. 75S5c per box; Smyrna. 20c per pound;
dates. Persian. G06"4c per pound.
RAISINS Seeded, 12-ounce packages S
Sfec; 10-ounce, SVsfilOc; loose muscatels
2-crown. OV&07c: 3-crown. 0ie7,c; 4-crown,
7e7"r3c; unbleached seedless Sultanas, GS7c;
Thompson's fancy bleached, 10Jllc; London
layers. 3-crown. whole boxes, of 20 pounds
$2; 2-crown, $1.75.
Butter. Eggs, Pool try. Etc.
BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream
ery. 2SuQa0c per pound. State creameries:
Fancy creamery. 27&30c; etore butler. lt;a
lflfcc
EGGS Oregon ranch. lCc per dozen.
CHEESE uregon full cream, twins.
16c: Young America. lSViglCtjc
POULTRY Average old -hens, 14(?14Ue;
mixed chickens. 1313tc; broilers. 2Sff2tK
young roosters. 13ftl3tsc old roosters, lie;
dressed chickens. 15&10c. turkeys, live. 106
17c: turkeys, dreswd, choice. 18?20c; geese,
live, pound. Sr; geese, dressed, per pound lo
efllc; ducks. IOISc; plgronw. oUab.
$2ff3.
Groceries. Nuts. Etc
COFFEE Mocha. 20tf2tc; Java, ordinary
lS22c; Costa Rlca, fancy. leaOc; good, lu
818c; ordinary. li22c per pound; Columbia
roast, cases, 100a. $14.70; 50s, $14.75; Arbuckl
$10.38; Uon. $10.38.
RICE Imperial Japan No. I, 5He; South
ern Japan. 5.35c; head, 7c
SALMON Columbia River, l.uound tails.
$1.75 per dozen; 2-pound talis. $2.40; 1-pound
flats. $1.65; fancy. 1 to Impound flats $La0;
-pound flats. $1.10; Alaaka pink, i-pound
tails. 0e; red, 1-pound tails, $L23; socxeje
$5.80. Ad-ances over i-ack basis as follows -Barrels.
10c; "-barrels. 25c; boxes. BOc per
100 pounds. Terms: On remittances within
16 days deduct pea- pound: If later than
15 days and within 30 days, deduct He; augar
granulated, $5.60 per 100 pounds; maple sugar.
16018c per pound.
SALT California. $11 per ton. $1.60 per
bale; Liverpool. 60s $17; 100s. $10.50; 200a.
$16: -pounds. 100s. $7: 50a. $7.50.
NUTS Walnuts. 15"c per pound by sack
extrr for leas than sack: Brazil nuts.
36c; Alberts. 16c; pecans. Jumbos, l&u; extra
large. 17c: almonds. 14U(?15c: chestnuts.
Italian. 12401&c: Ohio. 20c; peanuts, raw.
Tc pound; roasted. c: nlnenuts. 10812c:
hickory nuts. 7"9So: cocoaxuta, 35S90c par
dozen.
BEANS Small white, 4c: large white,
aUc; pink. 2Tc; bayon, '-c; Lima, SHe;
red Mexican. 5c
Hops. Wool. Hide,- Etc
HOPS Oregon. 1605. choice, lOeiOUc;
prime, SKCff&Hc; medium. TS&c; olda, IQic
WOOL Eastern Oregoa average best, 1
921c: . Valley. 2426c per pound.
MOHAIR Choice. 25&2SC
HIDES Dry: Jo. 1. 16 pounds and tip. per
pound. 18jf20c; dry' kip. No. L 5 to 15 pounds,
per pound. 1618c; dry calf. No. 1, under 6
pounds, 18021c; dry salted, bull and stags.
1-8 less than dry flint: culls, moth-eaten, bad
ly cut, scored, murrain, hair-slipped, weather
beaten, or grubby, 2c to 3c per pound less.
Salted hides: Steers, sound. 60 pounds and
over, per pound. 10$Tllc: steers, sound, 50
to 60 pounds, per pound. 10011c; steers, sound,
under 50 pounds, and cows, per pound. PCflOc;
stags and bulls, sound, per pound, 7c; kip,
sound. 15 to 30 pounds, per pound. 10c: veal,
sound. 10 to 14 pounds, per pound, 11c: calf,
sound, under 10 pounds, per pound, HCI2c:
green (unsalted), lc per pound less; -culls, lc
per pound less. Sheepskins: Shearlings, No.
1 butchers' stock, each 2$4J90c. short wool.
No. 1 butchers stock, each 50$60c: medium
wool. No. 1 butchers stock, each 75ctf$l; long
wool. No. 1 butchers stock, each $1.25ff2;
murrain pelts, from 10 to 20 per cent less, or
per pound, 154fl 6c; horse hlaes. salted, each,
according to else. $l.SOs72.50: dry, each, ac
cording to sire. $181.56; eelU hides, each.
3E4f4V6c: goat skins. ceBasBee. each 15f25c:
Angora, with wool on. each 30c?l.M).
FURS No. 1 sktas: Bearskls, as te size,
each $5930; cubs. each. $lg3: badger, prime,
each. 2S50c: cat, wild, with head perfect,
adst&Oe: house cat, 5cr20e: fcx, common gray,
large prime, each. 50870c: rea. each. $582:
cross, each. $5816; silver and black, each
S16&8300; Ushers, each. $58; lynx, each,
M.&686; mink, strictly No. 1. each, accord
lac to size, $183; martes, dark Northern, ac
cording to size and color, each $10815: pale,
pine, acordtng to size and color, each. $2-50
4: rnuekrat, large, each 12815c; skunk, each.
40860c: civet, or pole cat, each. 5915c: otter,
for large, prime skin, each $6810: panther,
with head and elaws perfect, each $215;
raccoon, for prime large, each 50875c: tbous
tain wolf, with head perfect, each $3,609
prairie fcoyote). 60c8$l: . wolverine, each,
60S; beaver, per rkln. large, $566; medlars,
$307: small. $181.50; kits. 50875c
BEESWAX Oood. dean and pure, 2826s
per pound.
TALLOW prime, per pound. 44He: No.
2 and grease. 283c
CAS CARA SAGRADA (chlttam hark 34
85c, according to oualltr.
PrerkloBs and Canned Mnata.
HAMS 10 to 14 pounds, 134c pound; 14
to 16 Kunds. 13'ic: 18 to 20 pounds. 13Uc;
California (picnic). Uc: cottage hams. 9c;
shoulders. 9c; boiled ham, lt!-jc; boiled picnic
ham. boneless, 15c.
BACON Fancy breakfast, 18o per poena;
standard breakfast, ISHct cnolce, lOUc;
English breakfast, 11 to 14 pounds. 14Ke:
peach bacon, 13Uc
PICKLED GOODS Pork barrels. $15; H
barrela. $fl.&0; betf, barrels. $12; H -barrels.
$6-50.
SAUSAGE Ham. 13c per pound; minced
ham. 10c; Summer, choice dry. 174e: bolog
na, long. 5e: wetnerwurst, Sc; liver, ftc;
pork. S810c: headchee?e, 6c; blood. 6e; bo
logna sausage, link. 4Uc
CANNED MEATS Corned beer, pounds,
per dozen, $1.25; two pounds. $2.25: six
pounds. $7. Roast beet, cat, pounds, $L23;
two pound. $2.25; six pounds, none. Roast
beer, tall pounds, none; two pounds. $2.35;
six pounds. $7.
DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears.
Cry salt, lOlic: smoked. 11hc: clear backs,
dry salt, lOtjc: smoked. llVic: clear bellies.
14 to 1. pounds average, none: Oregon ex
ports. 20 to 25 pounds average, dry salt, lie;
fmoked. 12c: Union bellies, 10 to 15 pounds,
average, none.
LARD Lear land, kettle rendered: Tierces.
104: tubs. llAc; 50s. IlUc; 20. lln 10s.
11 "Ae: 5s. 115ic Standard pure: Tierces.
9'te; tubs. lOtic; .Ws. lOHe: 20s. 10;c: 10s,
10"tc: 5s. 10ic. Compound: Tierces. G'ic;
tubs. 7c; 50s. 7c; 10s. "He; 5s, 7 He
Dreftsed Meats.
VEAI Dressed. 75 to 125 pounds. 7H8Sc;
120 to 150 pounds. 6S6fec: 150 to 200 pounds,
5f5Vc; 200 pounds and up. 3HQ4c
BEEF Dressed bulla. 2H83c per pouad;
cows. SVi044c: country steers. 4S5c
MUTTON Dressed. fancy. SHC6: per
pound: ordinary. 400c; lambs. E3SUc
PORK Dressed. 100 to 150 pounds. SS&Uc;
150 and MVt CQBlie per pound.
OUs.
TURPENTINE Cares. Pic per gallon.
COAL Cases, l&c per gallon; tanks. 12Vic
Pt gallon
GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cases. 2SHc:
72 test, 27c: 86 test, 35c; Iron tanks. JBc
WHITE LEAD Ton lota. 7c; 500-pouad
lots. 8c; less than 500-pound lots. SUe. (In
25-pound tin palls, lc abovs keg price; 1 to
6-pound tin palls, lc aoove keg price: 1 to
5-peund tin cans, 100 pounds ptr case. 2Ho
per pound above keg price.)
LINSEED OIL Raw. In barrels. 4Sc: In
cases. 53c; boiled In barrel. 50c; in cases,
55c; 25-galIoe lots, lc less.
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
Prices Current Locally on Cattle. Sheep and
Hogs.
The fallowing livestock prices were quoted
yesterday In the local market:
CATTLE CoM steers. $'&4.5P: light
weights. $3.2563.50; cews, good, $3.2503.50;
fair to medium. $2.5098; calve, good. -$4.50
5.
SHEEP Good, fat sheep. $606.25: fair te
medium. $5.5fl.
HOGS Good. $7fi7.25; light and feeders.
$G.50f?6.75.
EASTERN LIVESTOCK.
Prices Current at Kansas City, Chicago and
Omaha.
SOUTH OMAHA. March 22. Cattle Re
ceipts 2000; market steady. Native steers.
$185.05; cows and heifers. $304.50: West
ern steers. S3.50e4.G0; canners. $1.75fjr2.SS:
stockers and feeders, $2.7584.50: calves. $3
4.45; bulls, stags, etc. $2.5084.10.
Hogs Reeelpts 10.500: market 5c higher.
Heavy. $0.2586.35; mixed. $6.224 8G.2S:
light, $0.15 G.27H: pigs. $4.2386; bulk of
sales. $0,25tJ6.27";4.
Sheep Receipts 3000; market steady.
Yearlings. $5.2585-85: wethers. $5.1085.75;
ewes. $4.2500.25; lambs. $66.50.
CHICAGO. March 23. Cattle Receipts
2000; market slew, price steady. Beeves. $4
JxG.n0; stockers and feeders. $2.7584.80;
heifers. $1.0505.
Hogs Receipts 20.000: market 5c higher.
Mixed and butchers. $G.25fx.50; good tf
choice heavy. fG.40CfG.50; rough heavy. $6.25
tfC.30; light, $0.25G.5O; pigs, $0.05 C.30.
bulk of sales. $0.4080.45.
Sheep Receipts 0000. Sheep. $3.9096.25
lambr. $I.7SG.SS.
KANSAS CITY. Ms, March 23. CaUle
Receipts I0.0O0; market steady. Native
steers. $4.25'85.fc5: native rows and hMfers.
$2.255.15; stockers and feeders. $3 V 4.75;
Western cews. $2.75(1 4.50; Western steers.
$3.75 0 5.25; built.. $3.150 4.25; calves. $397.
Hogs Receipts 0000; market Se higher.
Bulk of sales. $0.1566.20; heavy. $G.25fu
G.35; packers. $0,158 0.32 H: pigs and lights,
$5.25 6 6.25.
Sheen Receipts 3000; market steady. Mut
tons, $4.5085; lambs. $5.3086.50; range
wethers, $S.2585.G0; fed ewes, $4.2585.25.
Metal Markets.
NEW YORK. March 23. There was an ad
vance to 167 5s for spot and 165 10s fer
futures in the London tin market today.
Locally the market was firm, with prices
about ten point higher on the average, at
37.00ft87.20c.
Copper dosed at S2 10s ror spot and 79
10s fer futures In the London market. Locally
it was firm but unchanged. Lake is quoted,
at 18.506'lP.75c; electrolytic at lS.258IS.50c;
casting. 18.006 18.25c
Lead waa unchanged at 5.3505.45c In the
local market and at 16 in London.
Spelter also wa unchanged In both mar
kets, closing at 24 15s In London and at 6.15
6.25c locally.
Iron was unchanged at 47a 4d for standard
foundry and 47s 44d for Cleveland warrants
in the English market. Locally themarket
is quiet.
Dried Fruit at New York.
NEW YORK. March 23. The market for
evaporated apples shows no fresh feature and
prices are unchanged. Common to fair are
quoted at 7SSVic; fair to good 10)5. S;&.
8!c; nearly to strictly prime. &33Sc; choice,
84810c; fancy. 11c.
Prunes arc Arm with quotations ranging
from 4"ic to Sc according to grade.
Apricots are still being offered for sale
here from the Interior. Choice are quoted at
Jo4c; extra choice. 11c; fancy, lltj0123C
Peaches are In limited, demand from local
buyers, but there is some inquiry from other
points; choice are quoted at 10c; extra ehlee.
lOVac; fancy. 10i8Hc; extra fancy. 11H&
13c.
Raisins Steady.
Coffee and Sugar.
NEW YORK, March 23. Coffee futures
closed dull at a decline of 5 points te an
advance of 5 point. Sales were reported of
8250 bags. Including: April. 5.70c: May,
0.80c; September, 7.15c and December. 7.40c
Spot Rio. quiet; Not 7. S'ic; mild steady.
Sugar Raw. steady; fair refining. 3 1-lGc;
centrifugal. M test, 3 V-16c; molaes uar.
2ic. Refined, quiet; crushed, $5.40; pow
dered, $4.80; granulated. $4.70.
London Wool Sales.
LONDON, March 23. The offerings at the
wool .sales today amounted to 12,425 bals.
Superior scoured were taken by France at
full rates. Broken sorts and pieces were in
active demand at high price. Cross-breds In
light condition brought out keen competition,
and a fair supply was taken for America.
Lambs -were in good -demand. The sales will
close tomorrow.
Dalrjr Prodace la the East.
CHICAGO. March 23. On the Produce Ex
change today the butter market was steady.
Creameries, 10ff26Hc; dairies. 15823c Eggs
were easy at mark, cases Included. 12Uc;
firsts. 12c; prime firsts, 13Hc; extras. 15.
Cheese, firm. 118134c
NEW TORK. March 23. Butter and eggs
unchanged. Cheese steady.
New York Cotton Market.
NEW YORK. March 23. Cotton futures
closed steady at a net advance jf 7813 points.
March. 10.05c; April. lO.&Oc; May, il.03c
June, 11.03c: July. 11.04c; August, 10.93c:
September, 10. 52c; October. 10.42c; November.
10.41c; December. 10.45c; January. 10.4Sc
Wool at St. Lenls.
ST. LOUIS. March 23. Wool Steady. Ter
ritory and Western medium, 22a25c; fine me
dium, 21625c; fine. 18821c
Hep at Leaden.
J Paclflo Co art, steady, 2 382 15s. '
WHEAT MOVING UP
Prices Turn Strong in Chicago
Market.
GAIN OF THREE -FOURTHS
Bullish Factors Arc Advanced at
Liverpool, India Crop Daningc
Hcports and Strength or
Cash hcat.
CHICAGO. March 23. The wheat market
waa firm at the start and as the trading
advanced the tone became decidedly strong.
The main bullish feature early In the day
was an advance In the rrice of wheat at
Liverpool. There was also a report which
claimed that the whrat crop of the central
provinces of India had been injured by rain
and halt. Another Influence was the strength
of cash whrat. May opened unchanged to
c higher at 75U to 7SHc. sold up to 79c
and closed at 7874c. a gain of tc.
The rorn market had an easier undertone.
Early In the selon the feeling was firm.
The close was easy. May opened unchanged
to a shade higher at 44fl44ic te 44;c. sold
off to 44H644Uc and closed VeUc lower
at 44 He.
Trading In oats was quiet. May closed un
changed at 30830TiC ,
Provision were firm en a fair demand by
local packers. At the elese May pork was
P 2H lard waa up 5S7Hc and ribs were
unchanged.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
May $ tTS'i $ .7.0 $ .7Si $ .7?.
July 77i .7Si -77S .7f
September ... ,77i .7fe 7&
CORN.
ilay ..T. (Hi .44?; -4V .44H
Julv 45 .45 .44Vi .4IU
) September ... .43U .45U .44H
OATS.
May JO-i -ji
July .23H -29-i -29i
September ... -2S-, .29 .2ST .ZS
MESS PORK. ,
May 16.55 16-57 1.4 . 1S.50
July 16.40 16.47'i 163 16.42,
LARD.
May R.42H S.45
July S.50 8.55
September ... S.621. S.G5
SHORT RIBS.
8.4ft S.42H
.47 H S.55
K57H S.62fc
May ....
July ....
S.75 8.75 8.70 S.72Va
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour Steady.
Wheat No. 2 Spring, 77fJSle: Ne. 3. 7480c;
Ne. 2 red. 83;8S4t.
Com No. 2. 43U84c: No. 2 yllow. 44ic
Oats No. 2, r; No. 3 hlt. 4f3ISic.
Rye No. 2. 60S 61 He
lUrlej- Good feeding. r70574c. fair to
choice maltlns. 41tt4.V.
Flaxseed No. 1. $1.07H: No. 1 Northwest
ern. ?1.134.
Mess "pork Per barrel. $16.40811.45.
Lard Per 1W pounds. $St7H.
Short ribs sides Locs. $S.G5ffS.7S.
Short clear sides Boxed, $S.P5fl).
Clover Contract grade. $13.50.
Receipt. Shipments.
Flour, barrel 26.500 20.400
Wheat, bushels 4.0i 74.0O1
Com. bushels 20S.00O 140.50(1
Oats, bufhels 225.not 2!X.2no
Rye. bushel 3.CO 2.'.0rt
Barley, bushel l3.St- 11.700
Grain and rrodure at New York.
NEW YORK. Msrch 2X Flour Reeelpts.
13.MO0; exports. 23,800 barrels. Dull but
Arm.
Wheat Receipt. 73.000 bushM: export.
148.200 bushels: sales. 4.S0rt.r bushels of
futures. Spot. Arm: No. 2 red. 86c. nominal
Hevator, and 89c nominal f. o. b. afloat: No.
1 Northern Duluth. 5fv f. o. b. nAsat. Op
tions closed -c to uc higher: May. SOi; July,
84 He; September. SlUe.
Heps Dull.
Hides Firm.
Wool Steady.
Grain at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 23. Wheat awl
barley. Arm.
Spot Quotations: Wheat Shipping. J 1.321 tr
1.35; milling. $1.37481.47.'t.
Barley Feed. $1.175tf 1.21U.
Oats Red. $1.2581.65; whit;. $1.5581.70;
black. $1.2581.40.
Call-board sales: Wheat May. $1.26K:
barley. May. $1.20; com. large yellow, $1.174
81.20.
Minneapolis Wheat Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. March 23. Wheat 5lay.
78ti,c; July. bOUBiVic: September. 7SH:
Ne. 2 hard, 74-ic; No. 1 Northern. 7Sic: No.
2 Northern, 77?r.
Wheat at Tacoma.
TACOMA. March 23. Wheat one cent high
er. Export: Bluestem. 6Sc; club, 67c; red,
66c
Wheat at Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL. March 23. Wheat Mar. 6
7l4d; July. Gs 7d. Weather cold.
READING HELPS MARKET
ADVANCES OS PROSPECT OP
SETTLEMEXT YVITJL MINERS.
Expansion in Volume of Dealings on
Stock Exchange Favorable
Bank Statement Expected.
NEW YORK. March 23. There was som
expansion In the volume of dealings on the
stock exchange today and considerable degree
of strength In stocks- Most of the day's
business wa done In the forenoon and by
the middle of the afternoon the market had
relapsed again Into Its torpid atate. The
movement was. spotty and uneven, and large
ly due to the sympathetic effect of the heaTy
operations in a few stocks.
Reading was the mainstay of the market,
both In the volume of transactions and In
the extent of the movement. Its strong ad
vance was supposed to reflect improved pros
pects of a settlement with the anthracite
miners, which would avert a strike. As a
matter of fact, no definite news was forth
coming of the probable final outcome of the
negotiations In the coal trade. More Impor
tance was attached to the fresh return from
a holiday trip or the leader or the organized
party In the market which has controlled the
movements In Reading for many months past.
News or the labor outlook In the soft coal
trad waa equally vague. The rise In Colo
rado Fuel and the West Virginia soft coal
carriers was based on the supposition that
a sort coal strike would leave thooo regions
exempt and operate possibly to their benefit,
Pennsylvania failed to share In the strength
of Its subsidiary companies, and the United
States Steel stock were also notably heavy,
that corporation baring much to reckon with
In the soft coal settlement. The New York
Central stocks shared this backward ten
dency. The call money market worked decidedly
easier and sentiment was Inclined to expect &
favorable bank statement. Yesterday's trans
fers to the Interior established x loss to the
Subtreas-jry tor the week of $546,000. But
the banks estimate that they have currency
on balance from the Interior on the express
movement and about $800,000 of the gold en
gaged In London has arrived and gone Into
bank reserves.
Prices were not well held In the extreme
dullness of the late trading, and the closing
tone was easy at concession from the best
prices.
Bosds were -heavy. Total sales, par value.
$1,860,000. United; States bonds were all un
changed on call.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing
Sales. High. Low. bid.
Adams Express 247
Amalgam. Copper.. 49.000 107 105b IWii
Am. Car & Found. 1.400 41T4 41 U !
do preferred 100?i
Amer. Cotton Oil.. 1.300 3H 33 3$i
do preferred ..... ..... t2
American Express. 225
Am. Hd. & Lt. pL 500 33i 35 34i
American Ice .... 1,400 47 433 46j
Amer. IJnsoed Oil 21
do preferred 41
Amer. Locomotive. 1.7 CO 60 6814 664
do prererred 10O 1161 116i 116H
Am. Smelt, & Ref. 15,500 157 15i 156b
do preferred 200 1214 121 H 121
Am. Sugar Refln.. 2.W 130 I3h
Amer. Tobacco pfd, 600 103ii IOC 103U
Anaconda Mln, Co. 24.500 267b StJO 265 b
Atchison S.50O 03S 33 W
do prererred 400 100 103 103
Atlantic Coast Line 50o 1544 15 lb 154
Baltimore &. Ohio. 1.300 111 110b 0?i
do preferred 06
Brook. Rap. Tran. 8.600 S4i S2i 82,
Canadian l'aclflc .. VJ.800 172? 171 b 172 b
On! tkt V -Tri- "in "IT 21S
Central Leather .. 7.600 45; 45i 45Ji
do preferred 20 104 b 104 b I'M
Chesapeake & Ohio 8.800 50 57 55b
.mvas c Alton
do nref emd
SO
75
Chi. Gt Western..
20b 207i
Chi. & Northwest. 2.000 231 230 230
Cbl.. Mil. & St. P. 22.000 175 173b 174 Vi
Chi. Terra. & Tran. 12
do nrefemt
3i
v. i-.. u at. Ll
Mb
cote. Fuel & Iran
Colo. A; Southern.
do 1st preferred..
do 2d preferred.,
70O 64 b
12.200 34 S 32b
400 70b 70
2.500 5l7i 51
7.P0O 145 144
"Yoo 54 "54
TOO 207 20S
10O 450 450
400 44b 44U
4.5(0 "" 58i
11.200 43i 42b
1.100 77 77b
"" 168 b iSb
""100 nib i?b
1.000 22 s 21
145b
16
54
204b
445
43b
Sdb
Com Iroduet ...
ao preferred
Delaw. A Hudson.
Del.. Lack. A. W..
Den. ft R. Grande.
do preferred
Distillers' Secur...
Erie
do 1st preferred..
do 2d preferred.. .....
uenerai Bieetrh
Heeklng Valley
Illinois Central
Internatlonsl Pa
fin ttffrrt
83
31
82
International Pump
do preferred
Iowa Central 200 31 i
do preferred 200 57b
Kansas City South.
31b 31U
57i
a,
2Sb
no preferred 10O ft7i r.7"i Ziii
Louis. Sc Nashville 5.300 150!, 150 15Jb
Manhattan U .... too 157aA 157i 1574
Metropol. St. Ry.. 5K) lllb H1U m'a
Mexican Central.. 40) 24t 21b b
Minn. & St. Louis 73
M.. St, P. & S.S.M. 2.2TO 1611 13Q4 101
do preferre.1 20O 175b 175 175b
Missouri Pacific .. 8.5)0 05b !b 04
5te.. Kan. & Texas 1.100 35 35b 35b
do prererred 2.S0O 72b 72b T-
Nattona Lead ... 4.t"K Sib SOb Mb
Mex. Nt. R. R. pf. 160 40 40 20
New York Central 2.200 144 142 1423
N. Y.. Ont. ct W. 4.400 5ft; 50b 50b
Norfolk & Western 500 83 b S7b 87 b
do fWpferTetl
it
Nerth Aiurim
4 Mi 00b MS
Northern Paclfle .. 7.I0O 21S
si.-.,
Pacific JIall 5410 4S
12 -43 i
Pennsylvania 7.500 138b 137b 137b
People's Gas 400 P5 91b lb
1-.. c, sc at. 1. TT
PressM Steel Car.. 20O 62b 52i 52
do preferred 400 OS 97 b 07
Pullman Pal. Car. 237
Reading
....215.100 133b 130b 132S
In tat prfr,. Irkt (II
91
91
do 2d prererred.. 200 97 97b y7b
ikcpuoiic; meet ...
do prererred
Roek Island Co...
do prererred.,...
Schloss-SheffleW . .
Su U & S. F. 2 pf,
St, Is Southw.
6c lKb J9
7)o 26 20b 2H1
6b
am 80
78 b
;ob
lOO 46U 4i 46
5iO
do preferred
300 5
55b 55
Southern Pacific .. 45.30O 6SU G6i 7b
no preierreti ,
.. 117b
do preferred
Term. Coal Jt Iron ..
Texas At Paelfle....
Tel.. SL U W.
do preferred
Union Pacific .... 72
do preferred
U. S. Express
102 102 102
143
33 33 .3
3r 36 3534
51b 514 54 b
153S 1521 152b
96 96 95
117
86 S6 - 85;
53 53b 53
113 113 113
40b .b 39b
105b l5b 105b
52 51 51 b
114
23 23 22b
5Hi 50b 50b
233
15S
92
19
27b 25b 27b
57 b 56 57b
do preferred...
do preferred
Wabash 20O
do preferred G
WeHw-Fargo Exp
WrMlnghow Rlec.
Western Union
Wheel. & L. Erie
BONDS'.
NEW YORK. March 23. Closing quota
tions: U. S. ref. 2s reg.lOSb'D. A- R. G. 4... 99;
do coupon 101 ;'N- T. C. O. .lbs- 7b
L. S. 3s reg... .i03bi'Nor. Pacific Ss. . 77
do coupon 10Si'Nor. Pacific 4s.. 104
I S. new 4s reg.l32U'So. Pacific 4s... 93i
do coupon 132b Union Pacific 4s. 104;
L. S. OKI 4s reg.lOXAi'wis. Central 4s.. 92b
ds coupon lOlb'Jap. 6. 2d ser..l0O;
Atchison Adj. -is 95b 'Jap. 4b. cer... 91;
Stocks nt London.
LONDON. March 23. Consols for money.
90i: eensols ror account. 90b.
Anaconda 13;lNorfolk West. 90b
Atchison . 95;- do preferred... 94
do preferred.. 106 'Ontario & West. 51b
Baltimore & O. .114b "Pennsylvania ... 71
Can. Paclfle 176blRand Mines 01
Che. & Ohio... 60 Reading S '
C. GU Western. 21b! o 1st pref 47 "i
C. it. St. P. .179H' do 2d pref 30 "
Do Beers ISbiSo. Railway 41b
u. & it. Grande. -45SJ do preferred ... 104 b
do preferred
90 So. Pacific 60 b
44 iUnlon Pacific 157b
Erie
do 1st pref. .
t"b' o prererred... 99
ds 2d nref . ... AO
t . . steel 4iu
Illinois Central. 176
do preferred. ..109
Louis. & Nash..l54lWabash 23
Io-Kak. & T.. 30b! do preferred... r.2b
N. v. Central... lis (Spanish Fours,.. 92 b
Money, Exchnnxe. Etc.
NEW TORK. March 23. Prime mercantile
paper. 5b per cent.
Sterling exchange, steady, with actual busi
ness Jn bankers bills at $4.S540f?4.S545 for
demand, and at $4.S245.M.8550 for 60 days.
Posted rates. $4.S3G4-.S3b nd $4.86484.87.
Money on call, easier: high. 4b: lowest.
3 pr cent; last loan. 3b; closing bid. 2 per
cent. Time loans, steady; CD and OO day.
585b Pr cent: six months. 5 per cent. Com
mercial bills. $4.S2b84.S2b.
Rar silver C5c.
Mexican dollars 5oc.
Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds,
heavy.
LONDON. March 23. Bar silver, steady;
30d per ounee; money. 3;g4 per eent. The
rate of discount In the open market for short
bills Is .lb Pr cent; three menths' bills. 3b
per cent.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 23. Silver bars.
65c; Mexican dollars, nominal; dratt, sight.
3b; telegraph. 3; sterling. 60 days. $4.S2i:
sight, $4.86.
Dally Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON. March 23. Today's state
ment of the Treasury balances In the general
fund shows:
Available cash balance ..$155,813,570
Gold coin and bullion SO.479.S74,
Gold certificate 43,S4&.7
3IlnJng Stocks.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 23. The orricial
closing quotations for mining stocks today
were as follows:
Alt.. $ .01 Llulla ....
Alpha Con 09 Justice ..
Andes 19 IMexIcan .
Belcher 19 lOphlr ...
Best & Belcher 1.10 lOverman
Bullion 31 iPetosl ...
Caledonia 32 Surap. .
..$ .05
.04
1.15
.. 5.12,
.12
.. .OS
.. .5S
Challenge Con. .11 (Scorpion ...
.06
.05
.29
S3
.40
.02
.10
Chollar
. . .10 Seg. Belcher.
Confidence 65
Sierra Nevada.
Silver Hill
Con, Cal. & V. 1.35
Crown Point. . .05
Exchequer ... .55
Gould & Curry .10
Hale t Nor... 1.10
union Con.....
Utah Con
Yellow Jacket..
NEW YORK. March 23. Closing quotations-Adams
Con $ .25 'Little Chief... $ .OS
Alice 3.10 'Ontario 2.23
Breecs ....... .35
Ophlr
4.90
.02
.09
Brunswick C. . .50
Cornstock Tan. .19
Con. Cal. & V. 1.25
Horn Silver. . . 2.00
Iron Silver. . . . 5.50
Leadvllle Con. .06
Phoenix
Potosl .:
Savage
Sierra Nevada.
.30
.30
3.25
Small Hopes...
IStandard
BOSTON. March
Adventure ..$ 6.25
Allouez 37.25
Amalgamatd 106.25
Am. Zinc. .. 10.00
Atlantic ... 21.50
Bingham 38.50
CaL & Hecla 683.00
Centennial .. 24.30
Cop. Range. 79.75
Daly West. . 14.00
Franklin ... 19.25
Granby 12.75
Green Con.. 29.37
Isle Royale. 21.75
Mass. Mining 8.50
Michigan ... 13.50
Mohawk .... 60.00
23. Closing quotations:
'Mont, C. &. C$ 4.25
IN. Butte S2.00
(Old Dominion 44.75
I Osceola 100.50
Parrot 36.00
Qulncy ..... 90.00
Shannon .... 7.25
.Tamarack .. 107.00
"Trinity 10.12 b
lUnlted Cop.. 65.75
lU. S. Mining. 56.62 b
lU. 8. Oil.... 12.00'
H'Utah 62.25
Rlctorta. .... R.25
Vlnona ..... 9.25
jWolverine .. 134.00 I
APPLES IN DEMAN
California Cold-Storage Fruit
Advances.
SHIPPING NORTH AND EAST
Potatoes Are Firmer, and Small Ad
vance Is Expected Next AVcck.
Fancy River Burbanks Are
Closely Cleaned Up.
SAN FRANCISCO. 5Iarch 23. (SpeclaL)
As a result of the lately developed demand
In the East and Puget Sound for Calirornla
cold storage apptes. prices here ror that class
of goods are much firmer. Fancy four-tier
Newtown pippins now sell at $1.75. against
$1.60 a short time ago. Some dealers are
fearful that the rapid advance will check this
Inquiry, which promised, to afford an outlet
for large stocks In tee houses here and In
Southern California. Very heavy rains quiet
ed business in fruits and farm produce today.
The orange market wa In good shape, with
receipt light and prices firm. Three car
loads or navels were auctioned as follows;
Fancy. $2.5082.65; choice. $1.252; standard.
$1,2081.43. Other citrus fruits and all tropi
cal varieties were steady.
The market ror good potatoes now has a
firmer tone. Buyers are disposed to bid up
ror desirable stock, and a small advance is
expected ror next week, as receipts rrom all
quarters are lighter. Fancy river Burbanks
are closely cleaned up. There Is little high
class Oregon stock here. The weather being
against the onion market, receivers are dis
posed to make quick sales. A carload of
fancy Oregons sold at $1.13. but an advance
is expected soon. Asparagus and other gar
den truck are easy.
Grain was dull but steady. Wheat futures
had a small advance.
Butter and eggs are unchanged. Cheese Is
Ufpic lower. Receipts. 133. SCO pounds butter.
2S.700 pounds cheese. 61.9SO dozn eggs.
VEGETABLES Cucumbers. COa$1.25; gar
lic. 3B6c; green peas. GffSc; string beans. G
10c; asparagus. 4t?6bc; tomatoes. 75c$1.25.
POULTRY Turkeys. 15319c; roosters, old.
J3.50tM.50: roosters, young, $6.5087.50; broil
ers, small. $3fM: broilers, large. $4.5085.50;
fryers. 55.50fifl.50: hens. $4.50g6.50; ducks,
old. $5fJ7; ducks, young. $7S.
BUTTER Extra creamery. 23bc; creamery
seconds. 22 be.
EGGS Fancy ranch. ISc.
CHEESE Young America. U4S12bc;
Eastern, nominal; Western, nominal
HOPS 88 12c.
WOOL South Plain and S. J.. I4S17c;
middle counties. lSB2lc
MILLSTUFFS Bran. $17.3081S.50; mid
dlings. $2Sf2S.50.
HAY Wheat. 511 1H6: wheat and oats. $10
814; barley. tSffll; alfalfa. $10.5011.50;
stock. $7ffS: straw, per bale. 30830c.
FRUIT Apples, choice. $2; common. 50rj;
bananas. $181.25; Mexican limes. $4.5085:
California lemons, choice. $3: common. $1:
oranges, navel. $I.50ff3.25! pineapples. $1.50
85.50.
POTATOES Barly Ross. SOcgl: Salinas
Burbanks. Slffl.SO; sweets, -nominal; Oregon
Burbanks. 73c8$l.
RECEIPTS Flour. 11.521 quarter sacks:
wheat, 1326 centals; barley. 5252 cental.-;
corn. GOO cental: potatoes. 1457 sacks; bran.
561S sacks; middlings. 123 sacks; hay, 440
tons; wool. 07 bales; 49 hides.
STORM CHECKED TRADE
BUT SNOWFALL- PUTS WINTER
WHEAT CROP BEYOND HARM.
Building Operations Temporarily In
terrupted Prosperity of Roads
Greater Than Ever Before.
NEW YORK. March 23. Bradstreets' to
morrow will say:
Heavy snowfalls and freezing temperatures
have hurt early fruits and truck Interests,
retarded retail trade and affected Jobbing
sales and shipments. Building operations
have been Interrupted, but this I only tem
porary, and the Winter wheat crop has been
put beyond harm by the heaviest snowfall
In years at this period.
Railway earnings are really magnificent,
the mild Winter being a distinct Influence
and the ratio of gross receipts carried over
to net has never been equalled.
Business failures In the United States for
the week ending March 22 numbered 150.
against 178 last week and 204 In the like
week or 1005. In Canada, failures ror the
week number 29. as against 23 last week and
18 In this week a year ago.
Wheat. Including flour, shipments ror the
week ending March 22 are 2.393.012 bushels,
against 1.044.504 this week last year. From
July 1 to date the exports are 101.445.SOt
bushels, against 46.643.706 last year.
GAIN IN FOREIGN COMMERCE.
Steady Demand for Rails One of Best Fea
tures of Steel Trade.
NEW YORK. March 23 R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will
say;
Foreign commerce at this port for the last
week shows a gain of $2,697,032 in Imports
over the same period of 1903. while exports
are practically unchanged
One of th best features of the Iron and
steel Industry Is the steady demand for steel
rail. No decrease is noticed In the activity
of textile mills.
A somewhat better tone in the hide market
was the result of last week's activity in
leather. The foreign hide -market has devel
oped some Irregularity, dry skins ruling
steady, but wet salted Mexican becoming frac
tionally weaker.
Failures this week numbered 213 In the
United States, against 255 last year, and 37
In Canada compared with 16 a year ago.
Bank Clearings.
NEW YORK. March 23. The following
table, compiled by Bradstreet. shows the
bank clearings at the principal cities for
the week ended March 22. with the percent
age of Increase and decrease as compared
with the corresponding week last year:
P.C P.C.
Inc. Dec
New York $1,798,630,710 2.2
Chicago- 203.694.601 11.0 ....
Boston 150.231.524 1.7 ....
Philadelphia .... 142.S13.572 15.4 ....
St, Louis 55.775.432 1.0 ....
Pittsburg 50.2S2.225 22.0 ....
San Francisco ... 43.909.66S 16.5 ....
Baltimore - 24.171,781 3.7 ....
Cincinnati 24.921.330 15.5 ....
Kansas City 22.750.118 2.0 ....
New Orleans .... 18.047.640 1.2 ....
Minneapolis ..... 17.233,440 16.0 ....
Cleveland 13.830.903 19. S
Louisville 12.834.tt8S 13.3 ....
Detroit 12.767.033 24.4 ....
Los Angeles 1I.9S0.33S 37.5 ....
Omaha 9.S0S.0O1 IS. 3 ....
Milwaukee 9.032.123 12.4 ....
Providence ...... 7. -4 31.700 10.6 ....
Buffalo G.126.347 4.3 ....
Indianapolis ..... 5.911.733 .... .7
St. Paul 6.3S3.283 7.4 ....
Denver 5.935.467 .3 ....
Seattle 10.199.401 100.9 ....
Memphis ......... 5.355.026 7.5 ....
Fort Worth 5.S32.352 13.9 ....
Richmond 5.181.362 12.1 ....
Columbus 5.087.500 10. G ....
Washington 5.129.127 12.0 ....
St. Joseph 4.980.631 12.7 ....
Savannah 3.301.103 23.2 ....
Portland. Or .... 3.247.065 24.8 ....
Albany 2.776.192 39.0 ....
Salt Lake- City... 4.318.107 76.3
Toledo. O 3.440.372 10.0 ....
Rochester 3.047.214 03.2 ....
Atlanta 4.408.220 13.6 ....
Tacoma 3.436.051 12.5 ....
Spokane. Wash .. 3.81.08S 40.1 ....
Hartford .'. 2.944.782 3.2
Nashville 4.292.271 47.1 ....
Peoria 3.487.770 24.6
Des Moines 2.547.463 2.1- ....
.New Haves, 2,131.204 10.5 ....
Grand Rapids ....
Norfolk
Augusts, Ga
Springfield. Mass..
Portland. Me
Dayton
Sioux City
Evansville
Bellingham .....
Worcester- ........
Syracuse
Charleston. S. C...
Knoxvllle
Jacksonville. Fla..
Wilmington. Del..
Wichita
Wlikesbarre
Chattanooga
Davenport
Little Rock
Kalamazoo. Mich..
Topeka
Wheeling. W. Va..
Macon ...........
Springfield. 111....
Fall River
Helena
Lexington ........
Fargo. N. D
New Bedford ....
Youngstown
Cedar Rapids. Ia..
Canton. O... ......
Binghamton .......
Chester. Pa
Lowell
Grcensburg. Pa....
Bloomlngton. III..
Springfield. O
Mansfield. O
Decatur. Ill
Sioux Falls. S. D.
Jacksonville. III...
South Bend. Ind...
Houston
Galveston ........
Fort Wayne ......
2.129.3S7
1.936.63S
1.261.93S
1.737.936
1.339.064
1.917.733
1.S90.89S
1.310.474
1.655,453
1.948.725
1.390.271
1.343.209
1.612.316
1.267.129
1,196.363
934.173
936.334
1.232.914
1.008112
1.193.862
848.074
SS2.97S
1.350.670
506,513
746.15t
810.644
723.233
460.0S5
591.131
02S 722
0031842
53S.7S9
429.890
19.4 ....
7.0
16.9
15.8 ....
5.4 ....
20.7 ....
21.1
5.3
24.7
30.4
32.3 ....
20.8 ....
44.1
16.2
S.4
13.7
11.5
41.6 ....
15. 9 ....
S.7
29.4
16.0
33.3
l"l 134
6.1
11.9
14.3
12.7
23.3
3.9
13.2
42.3
1.8
23.7
.... 16.5
50.1
32.0 ....
22.9
6.3
7
41.4
26.4
"6".2 '.'.V.
9.7
3.7
2.0
10. 5
.... 3.6
6.4
44.9
12.6
6.2
41.2
17.4
3.1
7
10.0
33.9 ....
4.5
421.900
474.052
384,011
430.630
536.271
340.062
299.261
318.324
338.378
242.039
302.238
18.041.909
11.052.000
631,247
$2,793,349,935
994.600.239
ANADA.
$ 26.270,917
20.247.633
6.991.355
2.450.645
1.613.483
2.107.0O3
1.516.423
1.195.157
877.841
907.2S0
011.430
Total, U. S
Outside N. Y. C.
Montreal ........
Toronto
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Halifax
Vancouver. B. C.
Quebec
Hamilton
St. John. N. B...
London. Ont
Victoria, B. C .
Total, Canada... $ 63.064,279
'Balances paid In cash.
JUDGE GOES ON STRIKE
Refuses to Try Murder Case After
Second Reversal.
CHICAGO, March 23. A dispatch to
the Record-Herald from Kansas City.
Mo., says:
"If a man commits a crime so re
volting: that it shocks tho morals of
the people just to hear about It then
that man can jro scot free."
That was the statement made by
Judge Wofford In the criminal court
yesterday, ne had before him John
Martin Speyer. of New Orleans, twice
convicted of murdering- his little boy
and twice grlvcn a new trial by the
Supreme Court. Angered at the ac
tion of the higher tribunal, he refused
to try the case again.
"I sat as judge twice in this case."
he went on. "Both times the Supreme
Court has seen fit to take a different
position from mine. I will have noth
ing more to do with it.
"I'll call in Judge John A. Rich, of
tho Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Ju
dicial District, to hear the case. The
trial will be set for June 2S."
Speyer killed his 3-year-old boy
July 24. 1902. The man was a per
former with a street show. Speyer
was in a tent when officers arrested
him for attempting an assault on a
little girl. He asked for permission
to go Into his tent a minute. The of-1
fleers allowed him to, and he picked
up a knife and cut his little son's
throat from car to ear before they
could Interfere.
Speyer wa3 found guilty of murder
in tiie second degree April 2. 1903, and
sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
by Judge Wofford. He was given a
new trial by the Supreme Court be
cause Judge Wofford. at the request
of the attorneys, had given an In
struction to the jury allowing it to
bring in a verdict of second degree
murder.
A year ago he was tried again, con
victed of murder in the first degree
and sentenced to hang. Two weeks
ago the Supreme Court again reversed
the decision on the ground that Spey
er's sanity had not been gone Into.
Land Frauds lu South Dakota.
NEW TJLM, Minn.. March 23. Subpenas
were served yesterday on nine widows of
veterans of the Civil War, commanding
them to appear In Sioux Falls. S. D.,
April 1, to testify In a land-fraud trial.
It Is alleged that In 1304, Joseph Wal
lace and Attorney Miller, of Pierre, S.
D.. prevailed upon the women to go to
Stanley. S. D.. and take up homesteads
under the Federal law granting privileges
to widows of veterans, with the under
standing that when they had proved their
claims each would be paid $200 for the
claims.
The Governmfcnt charges that the de
fendants then hired men to live in shacks
erected on the tracts, simply to create
the Impression that the requirements of
the law were being complied with.
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