13
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESpAY, MAY 22, 1906.
MILLS. BUI WHEAT
Market Is Stimulated by Re
cent Purchases.
FARMERS HOLD STIFFLY
Rail Shipments Made to the East for
Cereal 3Ianufacturers No Im
mediate Prospect for Im
provement In Exports.
WHEAT Millers are buying more
freely.
WOOL First sealed bid sale at
Pendleton today.
. HCPS No trading in local market.
FRUIT Strawberry receipts again
VEGETABLES First green corn of
season arrives.
liUTTER Large receipts from Coos
Bay.
EGGS Loi-a! demand slower.
POULTRY Lpwer prices expected.
r- While the wheat market continues to be a
small affair, there Is a degree of activity that
ha not been noticed for several weeks .past.
Thi is due to buying by millers, both here
and on the Sound, as well aa in the country.
In fact, they are about the only buyers vis
ible now. A few orders are coming In from
California, but they are for email quantities.
The purchase by millers are understood to
be due to Oriental 'orders for flour and also
to secure sufficient supplies, before the crop
is entirely exhausted, to provide against needs
until new wheat Is available. Some ship
ments from the Walla Walla country to the
East have been made In the last few days.
These purchases were made by cereal manu
facturers and had no particular relation to the
flurry in the Eastern markets. A certain
quantity of North Pacific wheat is ueed an
nually by the cereal factories, and It is bought
as It Is required.
These purchases, together with the sensa
tional advances that have been made at Chi
cago, ha v at tmulated the ideas of farmers
eo that it is exceedingly difficult to buy now
at current quotations, which are 73 cents for
club and 74 to 7ft cents for bluestem on track
at Portland. Remaining stocks in farmers'
hands are small. The country tributary to
the O. R. & N. Is said to be practtcahy
cleaned out, while very little remains at North
ern Pacific points. Some of the exporters are
trying to get enough wheat together here to
make up a cargo, but It is not an easy taek
In view of the conditions. The market is also
agatnt. them, as the prices paid by millers
are a cent or two above the export baa is.
Liverpool has failed to respond to the wide
jumps made In the Chicago pit. In the form
er market July wheat yesterday advanced only
ifcd, while at Chicago the same option closed
4 of a cent over Saturday's price, and May
wheat closed 1 cents higher.
The comparative weekly statement of the
American visible supply of wheat, as reported
by the Merchants Exchange, follows:
Bushels. Decrease.
May 21. lOOfl .... .1.1.61 8. "00 2,323.000
May 22. MOO.W. 22,54t.tM0 1.821.O0O
Mav iUI, 11MW 24.04,om JTntO.rtdO
May 1H. 11X3 ...... 30,Ba&,00t 1.7t,NK
Mav 11. liwt'2 3.,Yr7,)RH 1,72ft. 000
May 20, 1901 42.418.000 3.2tL3,OtM
May 21. 1900
May 22. 19
May 23, lMtt. ....... .
Increase.1
4 A. 2l.1.0ii0 1.35H,OitO
13,0155,000 l.cftl.W0
FIRST WOOL SALE TODAY.
About 1.000.000 Pounds Will B Offered to
Highest Bidder at Pendleton
The first wool auction sale of the season in
thia state will be held at Pend4eton today. It
.-til be an Important event. Inasmuch as it
will show the attitude of buyers and sellers
toward the market. The former have been
maintaining for some time that the growers
have not been justified In asking the prices
they have. They have pointed out that the
Eastern trade Is most decidedly against re
peating the high prices of last year, which
meant financial losses to some of them, so It
Is presumed they will today back up their
assertions by submitting bide considerably un
der what the sheepmen say wool is worth.
The real feelings of the growers will be dis
closed by the rejection or acceptance of such
bids. It i the opinion of wool men here that
the scaled bid sales will not prove satisfactory
and that the clip of the state will later be
disposed of in the open market. Whether or
not this surmise Is correct will be known to
day. About 1,000,000 pounds will be offered at
Pendleton this morning. The wool has been
coming in fast and up to Saturday night 2400
lacks, weighing 766,935 pound were stored
in the FurnUh warehouse. The wool then on
hand was accredited to the following growers:
Weight.
Cunningham Sheep & Land Company ... UK'S. 330
Mallahan ft Byrne 17.8iV
pat loherty 22.H46
Pedro Bros ....
44.3111
Rugg Bros .
42,1X1
15.703
17.2S0
22..VS5
32.2-.lti
10.13(4
15.7K8
24. WW
11.IW4
27. twit
19.2H7
13. tM
1 22.018
34,014
10.299
14.411
rhailfs MoBee
J. Connelly
A. Perratd
l. L. Johnson
A. Knotts
Hunter Hmrt
Ionalt Hose
A. 1. Earner
C. W. Mathews
A. H. Sunilrrman ...
Oulllforrt Bros
J, E. Smith. L. 8. C.
T. L. Blts
John Wynn
M. Edward
William Slusher 8(1. (44 T
S. P. Gould 14.(442
George Adams .... 8,617
Charles Kly 6.54
A. I. Henderson & Son .!W3
F. Dickinson ... 14.728
A. A. Cole 3.800
HOP MARKET DVIX.
No plsnosltion to Buy or to Sell Shown In
the Trade.
There Is no bop market now. Dealers are
without orders and growers aid other hold
ers are making no offering. There seems to
be a feeling that something will turn up be
f.re the month Is over.
Hen dealers who hare visited the yards
around Salem say that no lice have appeared
there yet. though the weather conditions op
to the present time have een favorable for
th pet. However, In some of the yards of
Lane County vermin la numerous.
The latest English reports are of a Quiet
and unchanged market.
Cattley. Orldley A Co. report During the
week a fair trade has been done in me
dium quality Pacific Coast hops, and also
useful English. Prices generally are fully
maintained, holders In many cases pre
ferring to delay offering until the season Is
somewhat more advanced and crop prospects
become an element In the situation. Some
useful English can still be obtained from
45 956s per cwt- Continental markets are
firm, with little doing.
Manger Henley. London, report The
demand, during the past week has been of a
steady character, and some few sales for
present requirements have been carried
through. Stocks being In a very narrow
compass, buyers find. It difficult to meet
with hops suitable for their requirement.
Prlcss rsmfcin unchanged.
W. H. and H. LeMay, London, report
The inquiry noted in our last for English
nops ccntlnues and prices remain without
alteration.
Wild, Neame & Co., London, report
There Is no change in the condition of our
maiket. Business continues very restricted
and prices unaltered.
J. H. Meredith & -Co.. Worcester, report
There Is very little doing on the local mar
ket and bo bops passed the public scales last
week, requirements for immediate consump
ttrn being supplied out of merchants stocks.
Values show no change.
STRAWBERRIES AGAIN SHORT.
Light Receipts From California and Southern
Oregon.
Strawberries proved to be scarce again
yesterday and good prices were obtained for
most of the Oregon fruit received. For the
ordinary run of berries 10 cents was re
ceived and the choicest lots from Rosebuf
brought 12 cents. A few Hood Rivers
can-e In and were ayoted at 16 cents. Large
sh-i-menls are being made from that district
to the Sound. Arrivals from California were
also light and will be much smaller today.
Bananas are again plentiful on the street,
as the last lot that was received is ripening
fast. A car of oranges arrived yesterday.
A feature of the vegetable market was the
arrival of the first sack of green corn of
the season. It came from Brawley. Cal.,
and was quoted at80 cents a doxen. Cab
bage Is moving more freely. Oregon peas
are coming In plentifully and are now down
to 5 cents. Oregon onions from cold storage
meet with better sale at 3 cents a pound. A
car of Bermuda onions came along, but as
tnere via no call for it here, it was sent on
to Seattle.
MORE COOS BAY BUTTER.
Largo Shipment Has No Effect on Local
Prices.
Another lsge shipment of Coos Bay but
ter was brought up on the steamer Break
water, but It had no effect on the local
market, which with the shipping and storage
demand absorbs all offerings.
The egg market, for some reason, was not
as active as usual yesterday. Stocks, in
some quarters, showed a tendency to pile
up. The same range of prioes was quoted as
on Stiurday.
No poultry came in on which to base
prices, but the belief was general that with
today's receipt, lower quotations will go
Into force.
Bank Clearings. .
Bank clearings of the leading cities of the
Northwest yesterday were:
Clearings. Balances.
Portland $1,011,111 $l'S.t-ll
Seattle 1,421.064 23,8t8
Tacoma 725,471 61.848
Spokane 719.3B1 10,135
PORTLAND QUOTATIONS.
Grain. Flour. Feed. Fte. '
FLOUR Patents. $3.764.30 per barrel;
straight. $3.40413.75: clears, $3.35(03. 30; Val
ley. $4.40&3.65; Dakota hard wheat, patents,
$5.50.0; clears, $5; graham. $3.25&3.75;
whole wheat, $3.7S4: rye flour, local, $5: East
ern, $0415.25; cornmeal, per bale, $1.92.2'.
MILLSTUFFS Bran, city. $17; country, $18
ton; middlings. $25.50ig26; shorts, city, $17.50;
country, $ltr42o per ton; chop, U. a. Mills,
$17.50; linseed dairy , food. $18; Acalfa meal.
$18 per ton.
WHEAT Club. 78c; bluestem, 74fli7Jc; red,
71c; Valley. 7071c.
OATS No. 1 white feed. $29; gray. $28.50
per ton.
BARLEY-Feed, $23.5024 per ton; brew
ing. $244)24.50: rolled, $24.504T25.60.
CEKEAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream, 90
pound sacks, $7; lower grades, $5.50&6.75;
oatmeal, steel cut, BO-pound sacks, $3 per bar
rel: 19-pound sack. $4.25 per bale; oatmeal
(ground), &U-pound sacks, $7.50 per barrel; 10
pound sacks, $4 per bale; split peas, $5 per
100-pound sacks; 23-pound boxes, $1.40; pearl
barley, $4.25 per 100 pounds; 25-pound boxes.
$1.25 per box; pastry flour, 10-pound sacks.
S2.50 per bale.
HAY Valley timothy. No. 1. $12813 per
ton; clover. $7.BO8; cheat. $67; grain hay.
$738; alfaira. $13.
Vegetables. Fruits. Eta. '
DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples( $2.8063.50
per box; cherries. $1.251.40 per box; straw
berries. California, $1.251.40; Oregon, IixJISc
per pound; gooseberries, 54?tic per pound.
TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, $455 per
box; oranges, navels. $3.50 per box; Mediter
ranean sweets. $2.50fiS; tangerines, $1.88 per
half box: grapefruit1. $2.5ofg-3.25; pineapples,
$4g4.50 per dozen; bananas, 5c per pouud-
FKESH VEGETABLES Artichokes. 73e
per dozen; asparagus. 78c3T$l-25 per box:
beans, 8 8c per pound; cabbage, $1.75ff2
per 100; green corn, 60c per dozen; cu
cumbers, $1 doz. : lettuce, hothouse, $1
1.50: onions, 10315c per. dozen; peas, 3(?i5c;
peppers, 2oiT40c; radishes, 15c per nozen,
rhubarb, Sc pound; spinach, 90c per box. to
matoes, $2.50 per crate; Florida, (5.50;
parsley. 2.V; squash. $2 per crate.
ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, $101.29 per
sack; carrots. 6575c per sack; beets. 85c&
$4 per sack: 'garlic. 1012Ho per pound.
ONIONS Bermuda. 4c per pound.
POTATOES Buying prices: Fancy graded
Burbanks, tio66c per hundred; ordinary, nom
inal: new California, 2c per pound.
DRIED FRUITS Apples, 14c per pound;
apricots. 13:516c: peaches, 1213c: pears,
HH14c; Italian prunes. 5Ef8c: California
figs, white. In sacks, 80c per pound; black,
4m 5c; bricks, 12-14-ounce packages, 7585c
per box; Smyrna. 20c per pound; dates, Per
sian, 6ac per pound.
RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounc packages, 89
8Vjc: 16-ounce, 9443rlOc; loose muscatels. 2
crown, 6Vj7c; 3-crowti. C74c; 4-crown.
7is,7w,p; unbleached, seedless Sultana. 67c:
Thompson's fancy bleached, 10llc; London
layers, 3-crown, whole boxes of 20 pounds,
$2; 2-crown, $1.78.
Butter. Eggs. Poultry, Ete.
BUTTER City creameries:' Extra creamery,
20c per pound. Stats creameries: Fancy
creamery. 17112200; store butter. 12il2Vc.
EGGS Oregon ranch, 19020c per dozen.
CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, 12
13o; Young America. 134T14C
POULTRY Average old hens. 13m?14e:
mixed chicken. 121-j'n 13c; broilers, 2022tc;
young roosters. 12Vj4tl3c; old r.vi.. :.r
124,c; dressed1 chickens, lfic: turkeys,
live, 1518c; turkeys, dressed, choice. 20
23c; geeee, live, pouna. lutanc; ireene, oressea,
per pound, old loo. young 12c; ducks, old 17c,
young 20c; pigeons, $12; squabs, $2'a3.
Hops. Wool. Hides. Ete.
HOPS Oregon, 1905, ll12Hc.
WOOL Eastern Oregon average best, 169
21c; Valley, coarse, 22023c; fine. 24j2ic per
pound.
MOHAIR Choice. 2830o per pound.
HIDES Dry: No. 1. 16 pounds and up, pr
pound. lfiiff'Oc; dry kip. No. 1. 5 to 13
pounds, 1821c per pound; dry salted, bull
and stags, one-third less than dry flint;
culls, moth-eaten. Daaiy cut, scorea. mur
rsln. hair-slipped, weatherbeaten or grubby.
2c to 3c per pound less. Salted hides: Steers,
sound. 60 pounds and over, per pound, 10 9
11c; steers, sound. 80 to 60 pounds. 10 11a
per pound; steers, sound, under 50 pounds,
and cows, 9 10c per pound; stags and bulls,
sound. 7c per pound; kip, sound. 18 to 80
pounds, 10c per pound; veal, sound, 10 to 14
pounds. 11c per pound; calf, sound, under 10
pounds. 11 Q 12c per pound; green (unsalted),
lc per pAund less; culls, lc per pound less.
Sheepskins: Shearlings. No. 1 butchers'
stock, each. 25 1) 30c; short wool. No. 1
butchers' stock, each, 5t60o: medium
wool. No. 1 butchers stock, each. $1.25 2;
murrain pelts, from 10 to 20 per cent less,
or 15?16c per pound. Horse hides: Salted,
each, according to size. $1.502.50; dry,
each. ' according to ' size, $11.50; colts
hides, each. 25950c. Goatskins: Common,
each. 15 25c; Angora, with wool on, each.
300 42 J 1.50.
FURS No. I skins? Bearskins, as to size
each. $5020: cubs. each. $193: badg.ri
prime, each 25 50c: cat. wild, with head
perfect. SO&SOc; house cat. 5920c; fox,
common gray, large Drime. each. 50T0c;
red. each, $33; cross, each, $5Jj15: silver,
and black, each. $100300i fisher., each.
38: lynx. each. $4.504T6; mink, strictly
Ni. 1. each, according to size. $193: mar
ten, dark Northern, according to size and
color, each, $10918: pale. pine, according to
size and color, each. $2.50 9 4; muskrat,
large.'each. 12915c: skunk, each. 40960c;
civet or pole cat. each, 5 & 15c; otter, for
large, prime skin. each. $S910: panther,
with head and claws perfect, each, $295;
raccoon, for prime large. each, 60 9 75c;
mountain wolf, with head perfect, each,
$3.5095; prairie (coyote!. 60c9$l; wolver
ine each. $G9S: beaver, per skin, large.
$5 96: medium, $39 7; small, $191.80; kits.
801 75c.
BEESWAX- Good, clean and pure. 329
35c per pound.
TALLOW Prime, per pound. to: No.
2 and grease. 2 9 3c.
CASCARA SAGRADA (chlttam bark)
New. ieavjc; old. 24493c per pound.
Gracertes. Nuts, Etc.
COFFEE Mocha. 2692Sc; Java, ordinary.
18922c; Costa Rica, fancy. l9 20c: good,
169 ISc; ordinary. 1022c per pound; Co
lumbia roast, cases. 100s. $14.75; 50s. $14.75;
Arbuckle. $16.36: Lion. $16.58.
SALMON Columbia River. 1-pound tails,
$1.73 per doxen; 2-pound tails, $2 40; 1-pound
rats. $1.10; Alaska pink. 1-Oound tails. 90c;
red. 1-pound talis. $1.25; aockeys, 1-pound
tails. $1.70.
RICE Imperial Japan No. 1. BHc; Bouta
nn Japan. 5.35c; head, 7c
SUGAR Back basis. 100 pounds: Cuba.
$5.40; powdered. $5.18; dry granulated,
.$5.08: extra C, $4 60; golden C. $4.45; fruit
sucar, $5.05. Advances over sack basis as
follows: Barrels. 10c; H-barrels. 25c: boxes.
60c per 100 pounds. Terms: On remittance,
w-lthln 15 days deduct e per pound; If later
than IS days and within 30 days, deduct "4c;
sugar. granulated. $4-86 per 100 pounds;
maple sugar. 15 13c per pound.
SALT California. $11 per ton. $1.60 per
bale; Liverpool, 80s. $17; 100s. $16.50; 200s,
$10: -pounds. 100s, $7; 80s. $7.50.
NUTS Walnuts. 15"4c per pound by sack;
He extra for less than sack; Brazil nuts.
Ic; fllb.rta 160: pecans. Jumbos. 16c: extra
large. 17c; almonds. 1444 015c; chestnuts.
Italian. 124 16c: Ohio. 20c; peanuts, raw.
TVic per pound: roasted. 8c; plnenuts, 109
12c; hickory nuts. THfiSc; cocnanuts, 350
90c per dozen.
BEAKS Small white. 4 Vie: large white.
8c; pink. 3c; bayou. 8c: Lima, 6c; Mexican
red. Be.
Dressed Metata.
VEAL Dressed. 75 to 125 pounds. 6c; 128
to 150 pound. 5"c; 150 to 200 pounds, 5c;
200 pounds and up. 3ii'g'4i4c.
BEBF Dressed bull. 3c per pound; cows.
4H445Vjc; country steers, 89 6c.
MUTTON Dressed fancy. 78c per pound;
ordinary, 56c; lambs, with pelt on, 8c.
PORK Dressed, 100 to 150 pounds, 8g9c;
150 to 200 pounds. 7H98c; 200 pounds and
up. 79744c
Provisions and Canned Bleats.
BACON Fancy breakfast. 20c per pound;
standard breakfast, 1844c: choice, 1744c; Eng
lish breakfast. 11 to 14 pounds. 1614c; peach,
1614 c.
HAMS 10 to 14 pound. 14e per pound:
14 to 16 pounds, 1414c; 18 to 20 pounds, 1444c;
California (picnic). 1014c: cottage, 10lc;
shoulders. 1014c; boiled1, 22o: boiled picnic,
boneless, lBc.v
PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels. 1;
14-barrels. $9.80; beef, barrels, $12; li-bar-rels.
$6.50. v
SAUSAGE Ham. 13e per pound: minced
ham. 30c; Summer, choice drv. 1714c; bo
logna, long. 7c; weinerwurst, 10c: liver, 6c:
pork. 9 10c; headcheese, 6c: blood, 6o;
bologna, sausage, link, 6a
DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears,
drv salt, 11 lie: smoked. 1214c: clear backs,
dry salt. 1114c: smoked. 1214c: clear bellies,
14 to 17 pounds average, dry salt. 1214c:
smoked. 1314 c: Oregon exports, 20 to 25
pounds average, dry salt. 12c; smoked, 13c:
Union bellies, 10 to 18 pounds average, none.
LARD Leaf, kettls rendered: Tierces.
1214c; tubs. 1214c; 80s. 12K.C-. 20s. 12c:
10s, 13c; 5s. 1314c. Standard pure: Tierces,
1144c: tubs. - 14c: 50s. 1144c: 20s. llc:
10s 12c; 5s, 124c. Compound: Tierces.
1 14c; tubs. 7c; 80s. 7c: 10s. 814c; 5s. 814c
Oils.
TURPENTINE Cases. 91e per gallon.
COAL Cases. 19c per gallon; tanks. 1214s
per gallon.
GASOLINE Stove, cases, 2514c: T2 test.
27c; 88 test. 85c; Iron tanks, 19o.
WHITE LEAD Ton lots. Te; 800-pound
lots. 8c; leRs than 600-ponnd lots. 8 44c (In
25-pound tin palls, lc above keg price; 1 to
B-pound tin pails, lc above keg price; 1 to
8-pound tin cans. 100 pounds, per case, 214c
per pound above keg price.)
LINSEED Raw. In barrels. 48c: In cases,
63c; boiled. In barrels, 60c; In cases. 55c;
25-gallon lots, lc lesa
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
Prices Current Locally on Cattle. Sheep and
JJogs.
The following livestock prlcea were quoted
in the local market:
CATTLE Good steers. $4.50?B4.75; second
class, $393.60: cows, good, $3.2593.80: fair
to medium, $2.5093; calves, good. $4.80g5.
SHEEP Good sheared sheep, $494.50;
lambs. $4.505.
HOGS Good, $797.25; light, and feeders,
$6.6096.78.
EASTERN LIVESTOCK. -
Prices Current at Kansas Ctty, Chicago and
Omaba.
CHICAGO, May 21. Cattle Receipts 81,
000; market steady to 10c lower: Beeves,
$4.1096.15: stockers and feeders. $2,759
4.90; cows and heifers. $1.75 9 5.35; calves.
$496.40; Texas fed steers, $494.80.
Hogs Receipts today. 30,000; tomorrow,
estimated, 24.000; market 1010c lower.
Mixed and butchers. $6.1596.40; good to
choice heavy. $6.30 9 6.40; rough heavy. $6.10
98.20: light. $6.1596.3714: pigs. $5.2596.10;
blk of sales. $6.309 6.40.
Sheep Receipts 20,000; market strong to
10c higher. Sheep, $4.75 6.50; shorn lambs,
$5.35 98.85.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. May 21. Cattle Re
ceipts 9000; market steady to a shade lower.
Native steers. $4.25 5.75; native cows and
heifers. $2.5095.25: stockers and feeders.
$3.25 9 4.50; Western cows. $2.5094.25; west
ern steers. $3.7395.25; bulls. $2.7594.25;
calves. $3 96.
Hogs Receipts SOOO; market 5 10c lower.
Bulk of sales. $6.2596.35: heavy, $6,259
8.3714: packers. $6.2096.3214; pigs and
lights. $5.4096.25.
Sheep Receipts 6000; market strong.
Muttons. $596.25; lambs, $67.70; range
wethers. $5 25 9 6.50; fed ewes, $4.7596.25.
SOUTH OMAHA. May. 21. Cattle Re
ceipts 3700; market steady to shade lower.
Native Steer3, $4.25 5.74; cows and heifers,
$3.2594.75; Western steers. $3.504.60;
canners. $1.754; stockers and feeders, $3.25
94.75: calves, $396; bulls, stags, etc., $2.73
94.25.
Hogs Receipts 8000; market 10c lower.
Heavy, $6.2214 C88.30: mixed, $6.3214 9 6.25;
light, $8.2096.2714: pigs, $366; bulk of
sales. $6.221496.2714.
Sheep Receipts 4500; market strong.
Yearlings, $5.60 96.25. Wethers. $o.40 98,
ewes, $4.5095.65; lambs. $696.75.
Metal Markets.
NEW YORK. May 21. There were evi
dences of speculative realizing or liquidation
In the London tin market again today, a
very sharp break being reported in prices
which closed between 19 10s and 10" lower
at 184 for spot and 178 for futures. Locally
the market was weak and unsettled with
spot quoted at 4041c.
Copper was also lower in London, closing
at S4 12b 6d for spot and S4 for futures
Locally the market wao unchanged with
lake quoted at 18.75919c; electrolytic 18.3714
618.75c; casting, 18.259 18.37 Inc.
Lead w-as unchanged at 6.75(fT6c in the
local market. In London prices were also
unchanged at 16 17s 6d.
Spelter wa unchanged at 26 17s 84 la
London and at 5.909; locally.
Iron was slightly higher In the English
market, with standard foundry quoted at 80s
6d and Cleveland warrants at 80s 9d. Locally
the market was unchanged. -
Mining Stocks.
NEW YORK. May 21. Closing quotations
Adams Con $ .70 Little Chief $ .06
Alice 2.00 Ontario 2.15
Breece SO Ophlr 4.00
Brunswick C .50 Phoenix 02
Comstock Tun. .15 Potosi 15
Con. Cal. V. .95 Savage 70
Horn Silver... 2.0O ISierra Nevada. .2.1
Iron Silver.... 5 00 (Small Hopes... '.:!.
Leadvllle Con. .03 Standard 2.00
BOSTON, May 21.-
-Closing quotations:
Adventure
$ 6.00
Mont. C. A C.$ S 3
14
Allouez 3S
Amalgamatd loo
Am. Zinc. ... 10
30
37 44
00
N. Butte
Old Dominion
(Osceola
Parrot
IQuincy
'Shannon ....
ITamarack . .
'Trinity
lUnlted Cop. . .
U. S. Mining.
41. SO
110.00
Atlantic 12.
27.1214
Bingham . . . 35.
Cal. A Hecla 700
00
97. 00
8.T5
102 00
9.00
63 75
57 50
12.00
-61.00
7.00
6.75
135.00
00
00
Centennial .. 21
Cop. Range.
Daly West. .
Franklin
Granby
Green Con. .
Isle Royale. .'
Mass. Mining
Michigan . .
Mohawk
50
00
50
75
1214
00
1244
75
75
v. s. on
Utah
Victarla .
Winona
Wolverine . ..
Dried Fruit at New York,
NEW YORK, May 21. Evaporated appl
are quiet and unchanged, holders being very.
Arm in their views while the small purchases
noted are for pressing needs only. Strictly
prime, quoted 11c: choice. 111491114c; fancy,
11V912C.
Spot prunes are in limited eupply and sizes
under B0 appear to be out of market. Quota
tions range from 714c to S4c for the larger
sizes.
Apricots are scarce and firm, with no offer-
Inge for future shipments reported for the
time being. Choice quote 1214c; extra, 139
13v-c; fancy, 1491414c.
Peaches continue firm on spot, but It is re
ported tha't option prices from a Coast ship
per are a little lower than those received
last week. Choice quoted 11c: extra choice.
lifeline; fancy, ll912c; extra fancy,
1291244c
RatetDS, unchanged.
Elgin Butter Market.
ELGIN. 111.. May 21. Butter ruled firm to
day at 19c a pound, a decline of lc from last
week. Sales for the week were 6.7,000
pounds.
tLLEST OF YEAR
Dealings in the
Stock Market
Cease.
Nearly
UBLIC SHOW NO INTEREST
Brokers More Concerned in Brook-
lyn Handicap Than in Security
Prices Money Market Is
Easy and Dull.
NEW YORK. May 21. The stagnation of
the trading in stocks today was almost com
plete at times, and dealings fell to the small
est aggregate for any day this year. Pro
fessional room traders allowed themselves to
become discouraged over the possibilities' of
profitable operations in view of the profound
neglect of the market by the general public,
and their operations fell to small proportions.
What little speculative Interest there was
among the chronic traders was largely di
verted to the day's favorite sporting event,
which was the subject of more discussion and
apparently as much financing as any market
security.
The only stocks In which appreciable move
ments were achieved were in specialties sub
ject to Individual causes. These were of the
slightest effect on the general list, wnicn
drifted aimlessly In one direction and then
the other, or with sluggish price currents
running in opposite directions at the same
time. There was an ebullition In the high
priced anthracite coalers of a kind familiar
In that quarter of the stock list. Thle was
In response to a proclamation from a highly
successful speculator In that group of stocks
of hts estimate of probable future prices to be
touched by these mocks.
Distillers' Securities rose on tne reports or
prospects for the enactment of the free alcohol
bill. American Locomotive was affected by
rumors In circulation of a posetble merger
with the Genera Electric Company. These
are the principal examples of the market. The
general tone, so far as It was discernible at
all. was heavy, as 1 almost Inevitably the
case In a market of such limited demand for
stocks. Pennsylvania stock was apparently
In good supply, and the course of the in
vestigation of that company and Its heavy
borrowing kept It unoer some aegree on
pressure.
The money market continued easy, ana was
dull, the principal inquiry being for funds
carrying over the end of the year. While 6
per cent was the reported bid for this ma
turity, money brokers reportea mat most m
the business was done at 614 per cent.
Transfers to San Francisco through the sub-
Treasury again amounted to over. $l,00O,0O0.
As the resumption of banking la expected to
be made In the wrecked city by the middle of
this week, this movement Is not expected to
run much further and an early return move-
ent Is looked- for when the banks have
opened and satisfied the demands of deposi
tors. The movement of sterling exchange in
New York did not point to any early resump
tion of the gold Import movement.-
There were eharp reactions In the inaon
markets for , copper and tin, and the copper
group of securities felt some sympathetic ef
fect owing to the extent -to which the rise
In the metal has affected the speculation In
the stocks of that group. The "wheat market
showed some speculative operations based on
the dry weather in the crop regions, but this
was of small influence in the stock market.
Railroad traffic officials asserted that mercan
tile activity in their territories Indicated a
spirit of confidence In the crop outlook. The
dull and lifeless character of the market
held up to the closing.-
Bonds were heavy. Total sales, par value,
$1,650,000. United States bonds were un
changed on -call.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. '
Closing
Sales. High. Low. bid.
Adams Express TX,,
Amalgam. Copper. 83.5O0 109'4 10914 lo14
Am." Car A Found. 1.10O 414, 4014 41
do preferred lo0V
Amer. Cotton Oil.. 600 3214 31 32
do preferred e
American Express -V,?..
Am. Hd. & Lt- pf. "-i
American Ice 1.900 64 6214 6214
Amer. Linseed OIL I"!.
do preferred
Amer. Locomotive. 16.900 7014 97s
do nreferred 11414
Am. Smelt. A Ref. 12.300 18514 154 155
do preferred - Jio
Am. Sugar Refln. 1.300 135 1344 13514
Am. Tobacco pfd.. 100 lostg 103 108
Anaconda Min. Co. 30,400 272 268 270
Atchison 3,500 891, 88 8814
do preferred 400 102H H2!s 10Z14
Atlantic Coast Line 20O 144 144 144
Baltimore & onio. z.ooo 10(44 i"( J" '
do preferred 93 14
Brook. Rap. Tran. 14,600 83 8214 8SVi
Canadian" Pacific.. 1.100 190 159 15914
Cent, of N. Jersey 800 237 230 236
Central Leather 41 4
do preferred 105
Chesapeake & Ohio 1.30O 58 88 3P44
Chicago Alton.. - 27
do preferred 100 in 7t 1a
Chi. Gt. Western.. 1,700 19 19 19
Chi. A Northwest 201
Chi., Mil. & St. P. 10.100 18914 16714 114
Chi. Term. A Tran Ill,
do preferred ..... 28
C C, C. & St. L. 96
Color Fuel & Iron 2,200 60 4014 !
Colo. & Southern. 200 33 33 33
do 1st preferred . 614
db 2d preferred.. 400 47 46 47
Consolidated Gas .. 800 137 13714 137
Cora Products ... 200 23 23 23
do preferred 79
Dela. Sc Hudson... 5,600 212 207 210
Del., Lack. A Wes. 700 640 527 635
Den. & Rio Grande 400 4214 4244 42
do preferred 100 87 87 87
Distillers' Secnrlt. 11, 800 65 64 65
Erie 4,800 43 43 4.1
do let preferred 78
do 2d preferred. 100 6914 f14 6
General Electric". 100 168 168 167
Hocking Valley 112
Illinois Centra ... 1.SO0 175 172 172
International Paper 600 19 19 19
do preferred 85
International Pump 1,700 85 63 85
do preferred 100 8944 89 88
Iowa Central .... 100 27 27 27
do preferred ..... 60
Kansas City South - 25
do preferred 200 53 82 82
Louis. A Nashville 1.200 144 144 144
Manhattan L. ' 100 183 183 152
MetropoL St. Ry 112
Mexican Central .. 1.800 22 2S 22
Minn. St. Louis 2O0 71 71 70
M., St. P. A S.S.M. 400 157 156 157
do preferred 3" 1744 174 17414
Missouri Pacific ... POO 93 93 93
Mo., Kan. A Texas 4.900 .14 34 84
do preferred 100 8814 e8 6844
National Lead ... 1,600 77 76 76
Mex. Nt. R. R. pf. s 88
New York Central. 4,700 139 1SS 139
N. Y.. Ont. A Wes. BOO BO64 50 60
Norfolk A Western 800 89 89 89
do preferred 90
Northern Pacific .. 800 2"5 204 205
North American .. 200 96 96 9
Pacific Mail S8
Pennsylvania 91.900 132 131 131
People's Gas 91
P.. C.. C. A St. L. BOO 82 81 82
Pressed Steel Car 300 81 60 51
do preferred v 97
Pullman Pal. Car 225
Reading 85.500 132 130 132
do 1st preferred 92
' do 2d preferred 93
Republic Steel ... !00 28 28 28
do preferred 4 102 102 101 44
Rock Island Co.... 7O0 25 25
do preferred 800 63 63 63
Rubber Goods - 40
do preferred - ..... loo
St. L. A S. F. 2 pf. 300 44 44 44
St. Louis Southw. 100 22 22 21
do preferred W 85 84 54
Southern Pacific . 1.700 S 64 65
do preferred 300 119 119 118
Southern Railway. 8.400 38 37 37
do preferred ...... 51
Tenn. Coal A Iron 300 146 148 144
Texas A Pacific 31
Tol.. St. L. A TV. 200 31 31 S0
do preferred 2on 49 49 49
Union Pacific .... 33.100 149lf 148 149
do preferred 94
U. S Express 109
IT. S. Realty 87
U. S. Rubber 300 50 60' 50
do preferred 109
U. 6.- Steel 14.400 ot, 40 40
do preferred 2.7O0 105 106 - 105
Virg.-Caro. Chem. 100 41 41 41
do preferred . - - - - 109
Wabash 1" 2" 2" 20i
do preferred 200 45 45 45
Wells-Fargo Exp , 2,v
Westir.ghouse EQee 158
Western Union ... 10O 92 92 92
Wheel. A L Erie N Vn 17 17 IT
Wisconsin Central. 10 25 25 25
do preferred 100 60 60 51
Schloss Sheffield-.
Gt. Northern pfd.
loo T9H f5 77
900 802 801 801H
Total tales- for the day. 864,800 share.
BOND8.
NEW YORK. May 21. Closing quotations:
U. S- ref. 2s reg.lOS44'D. & R. G. 4S...100U
do eoupon. ..".103 44 N. Y. C. G. 314s. 98
V. S, 3s reg 102 Nor. Pacific 3. . 73 44
do coupon 102 Nor. Pacific 4B..103H
U. 8. new 4s reg. 128 44 So. Pacific 4. . . 9S4
do coupon 1291s Union Pacirlc 4S.105
V. S old 4s reg.l03l4!Wls. Central 4. . 9$
do coupon 103 44 Jap. 6s. 2d ser.. 98H
Atchison Adj. 4s 84, Jap. 414. cer.... 9H
Storks at London.
LONDON, May 21. Consols for money,
69 9-16; consols for account. 89 H-
Anaconda 13-ftNorfolk West. 924
Atchison 91H do preferred... 94
do preferred.. lOeVOntarlo A West. 51
Baltimore A O 110VFnnr,-a.'I ... 6814
Can. Pacific 164iRand Mines 64
Ches. A Ohio... 60, Reading 67
C Gt. Western. 20 do 1st pref... . 45
n w a. tz. d ii-iu rin nref. . 4T
Do Beers 1714 So. Railway 88
D. At R. Grande. 4
do preferred.. 90
Erie 44
An r,ref erred... 103
So. Pacific 66
Union pacinc. .. .io-
do preferred... 98
IS. S. Steel 42
do pref erred. ..187
do 1st pref 804s
do 2d pref 7u
Illinois Central. 17714
Louts. A Nasn. . i-kvn
Mo., Kas. A T.. 3514
! Wabash . 81
do preterrea... 41
Spanish Fours... 93
N. Y. Central. . .144
Money, Exchange. Etc.
NEW YORK. May 21. Prime mercantile
paper, 898.
Sterling exchange, steady, at $4.85 for de
. , -, ai for 60-dar bills: posted
rate. $4.8394.86: commercial bill. $4.81.
Bar silver. 67 c.
Mexican dollars. 62c.
Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds,
heavy.
uonev nn rail. can. 2f3H per cent; ruling
rate. 8; closing bid and offered, 8. Time
loans, steady; 60 days, 4 per cent; 60 days,
per cent; six months, 4 96 per cent.
-v r,i.TWx. . ( ft., .liver auiet. 81d
per ounce! ' Money, 2 93 per cent. Discount
rate, short bills. 84 per cent: three months'
blllB, 3 9-16 per cent.
Dally Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON. May 21. -Today's state
ment of the Treasury balances in the general
fund shows: -
.1,1. ., imI.tim 1158.822. 484
Gold coin and bullion If-?il ?SI
Gold certificate - -.vw.v
BIO WOOL BALES AT PENDLETON.
Many Buyers Are Present From Different
Parts of Country.
PENDLETON, Or., May 21. (Special.)
With 1,000,000 pounds of wool In the . ware
house and 800,000 more to come, all Is now In
readiness for the big sales day tomorrow. As
practically the entire clip of Uie county will
be ' placed on sale tomorrow, the event is
awaited with Interest by the sheepmen and
buyers alike. The buyers in attendance and
the houses represented are:
H. Y. Judd and Edwin J. Burke, of the
firm of the H. C. Judd A Root Company;
Charles H. Greene, S. Koshland A Co., of
San Francisco: Leon Straus, Frank B. Find
ley A Co., of San Francisco; William Bllery,
member of the firm of Hallowell, Jones A
Donald, Boston; E. W. Brigham. for Whit
man, Farnsworth A Thayer, of Boston; S.
Frankenstein, for Hecht, Llebman A Co., of
Boston; George Abbott and O. Kuhn, for the
Botany Worsted Mills, of Passaic, N. J.; M.
M. Cummines, for Brown A Adams, of Bos
ton; P. Dufour, A. J. Parmentler and George
von Zevern. for the Lafayette worsted Mills,
of Woonsocket. R. 1. ; G. E. L. Sharp, for
Luce & Manning, of Boston; James Russell,
for The Dalles Bcourtn Mills, and J. Sheur-
man, of San Francisco.
In the corps of transportation men accom
panying the buyers are the following: J. C.
Llndsey, of the Illinois Central; H. J. Miller,
for the Chicago A Northwestern; B. T. Swe-
ney, of the Erie Dispatch; F. Refugee Stalker,
for the Traders' Dispatch; Frank Hanke, for
the Chicago, Milwaukee A Su Paul, and
George O'Connor, for the Northern Pacific.
During the day the sheepmen nave also
been gathering In the ctty, and tomorrow
practically all the growers of the county will
be on hand. J. W. Keeney, of the Cunning
ham Sheep A Land Company, arrived this
morning from Shanlko to attend the sale and
has been here today with J. N. Burgess, man
ager of the -company. J. B. Smith, of the
J. E. Smith Livestock Company, has also
been here today. The combined clips of these
two companies alone make 333,000 pounds.
London Wool Sales.
LONDON, May 21. The offerings at the
wool auction sales today amounted to 11,007
bales. Merinos were An active demand and
touched the highest prices of the series. The
home trade bought super-scoured medium
coarse cross-breds and Aihertca took a fair
supply of medium to fine merinos and supe
rior greasy cross-bred at full rate. Cape
of Good Hope and Natal stock was firm
with a good demand.
Wool at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, May 21. Wool, Arm; medium
grades, combing and clothing, 25$?-30c; light
fine, 22825 c; heavy fine, 18S20c; tub
washed, 335c.
SAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS. -
Price for Produce Current in Bay City-
Markets.
SAX FRANCISCO. May 21. Flour Fam-
lly extras, $.6i5-10; bakers' extras, $4.409
4.60.
WHEAT No. 1 shipping. 1. 181.30; mill
ing, 1.321.40.
BARLEY Feed, fl.zs; brewing, Jl. 2314
1.26-4.
OATS White. 1.60-ffl.TO- rea, l.BZHi81.eo;
black. $1.801.4O.
HAT Wheat, flSflT.SO; wheat ana oete,
$11915.50; oats, 10j-14; barley, (8.50312; al-
lalfa. $11312.50; stock, 7ai-t-0.
STRAW 85g)Sc per bale.
BRAN tl9320 per ton; middlings, $27830
per ton; ground barley, $2532T per ton.
BEANS Large white. I2.30S2.85; small.
I3.4ce3.es; Lima, i4.60g4.75; pink, 1.SS
2.05. . -
BUTTER California extras, 18c and
teady; first, YiytC seconds, 16c.
EGGS California selected, 18c; firsts, IT
17Hc; seconds. 1616c '
CHEESE) New California fancy, 11c; firsts,
lOlOHc; Young' America fancy, 12c.
POULTRY Old roosters, 3g-3.50 per doien;
young, $5(87.15; fryers, $4ig3; broilers, t2jj
S; hens, small, $4.50-37; turkeys, ducks and
geese, nominal; pfgeone, $1 per dosen; young,
$1.50. .
FRESH FRUITS Strawberries. $4; apple.
$1.502.25; orange, navels, $2.5003; lemons.
$1.502.2B: Mexican limes, $3. 50-8 5; banana
fie 2; pineapples, $233.
VEGETABLES Asparagus $1.504; green
peas, sod 76c: rhubarb, 40c; string beans, 5
7c; tomatoes, 60c-S1.25; potatoes, new, 10
1140 per pound, old rivers, 80c$1.10 per
sack; Oregon, $161.15; onions, 85c6$5; cu
cumbers, 4075c.
Coffee and Sugar.
NEW YORK May 21. Coffee future
closed steady at unchanged price to a de
cline of 5 points, all months being 6 polnta
lower except October. Sales for the day
were reported of 43.250 bag. Including July
at 8.35c; August, 6.45c; September, 6.50
6 55c; October, 6.60.65c: December, 6.T54J
.85c: March. Tff7.uoc: tspot, quiet.; nuio.
endv: No. 7. 7c.
gurar Raw. steady: fair refining, 2 29-329
2 15-18c; centrifugal, wo test, 3 u-Gan -joe;
molasses sugar. 2 21-324J-2 11-16C. Refined.
steady; crushed, $5.20; powdered. $4.80; granu
lated, $-BO.
Dairy Produce 1b the East.
CHICAGO, May 21. On the Produce Efic-
chknge today the butter market was' easy;
isi- A llili- ilalriM tAff.1T."
crwmen", .
Eggs, stead- at mark, cases included, 14HH
16c: firsts, IOC ; prime nrtsx., jw, -Hums,
18Hc. Cheese, steady, eu lie
NEW YORK. May 21. Butter, wtak;
Western factory, common to nrsts. lityioc.
Cheese, firm. Eggs, firmer. Western firsts,
17HC -
New York Cot ton Market.
NEW YORK, May 21. Cotton futures dosed
steady at a net decline of ifflO polnta. May,
11 S4c: June. 11.09c: July, 11.08c: Auspst.
10.81c: September, 10.60c: October, - 10.52c;
November. 10.51c; December, 10.63c; January,
10.58c; February, 10.68c; March. 10.66c
Hopa at London.
LIVERPOOL. -May 21. Hope in London
(Pacific Co am), steady, 2 laegs lfkt.
DOWNING-HOPKINS CO.
Established
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN
Bought and sold for cash and on margin.
Private Wires ROOM 4, CHAMBER
ow Rates
May 24, 25 and 26
June 4, 6, 7, 23 and 25
Tell rhe where you want to go and I'll tell you
how best to get there and the cost.
0
I will also tell you why you should select one
of the famous, fast trains of the Burlington
t Route for your trip beyond St. Paul, Billings or
Denver. .
R. W.
100 Third
f RAILS 1
IMMEDIATE
illSB
Relay All Hunts Inspected
BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO.-Portland
If! NEED OF
Middle West Wheat Belt Is
Suffering.
SERIOUS DAMAGE FEARED
Weather Reports Help the Price of
Grain In the Chicago Pit July
Closes With a Gain of
Three-Quarter Cent.
CHICAGO. May 21. The wheat market
as strong all day, and the volume of trad
ing was large, the dmend for wheat being
general. Reports from all over the Winter
wheat belt showed the general situation to
be unchanged and that rains are greatly
needed to prevent serious damage to the grow
ing crop. In the Northwest, lt was claimed
that too much rain bad fallen in many sec
tions. The Weather Bureau predicts showere
for tonight throughout Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa, but despite this forecast sentiment In
the wheat pit continued bullish all day. A
decrease of 2.324,000 bushels in the visible
supply, compared with a decrease of 1,741,000
bushels one year ago, aided In holding the
market to a high pitch. During the last half
hour, there was considerable profit-taking,
and part of the gain which had been made
earlier In the day was lost. The close, how
ever, was firm. July opened unchanged to
ViS-fce higher, at 83c to 83483c, advanced
to 84V.C, and closed at 83413 S3 14c, a gain
of 'e.
Despite greatly increased local receipts, the
corn market was strong throughout the en
tire session. Shorts ware the chief buyers.
During the day prices advanced more than a
cent, but part of this gain was lost late In
the session on realising. The market
closed strong. July. "4ii?lc up. at 48ttl848i4c.
Oats were strong for the greater part of
the day. Shorts and commission houses were
the beet buyers. July closed 'Ac higher at
84c.
After aa easier opening due to a 10c to
15c decline In the price of live hogs, the pro
vision market showed a decidedly firmer ten
dency. At the close July pork wu up 16e;
lard was up 7!4c and ribs were 7r4c higher.
The leading futures ranged aa follows:
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
May $ .84' -6Mi - -814 -8Vi
Juy " .83 .84 .83 .83-
September ... .81 Mi .82 Mi .81 .81
CORN.
Msy 8H .49
July 47 .48
September ... .47 .48
OATS.
May 33 -3
July 33 .S4Mi
September ... .84 .32
MESS FORK.
.48 .4f4
.474 .48Vi
.48 .48
.83 .84
.33 .34
.31 .32
May
....15.40 15.65
15.40-
15.62
T,,iv 15.00 lo.f(j xo.ov 10. itvt
September ...16.32 15.56 15.82 16.62
LARD.
May ...w 8.44 8.55 8 42 8.56
July ......... 8.62 8.67 8.62 8.65
September 8.67 8.80 8.67 8.80
SHORT RIBS.
9.00
ruiy :::: ses 9.10 s.5 9.07
September ... 8.97 9.05 8.87 9.05
Cash Quotations were aa follows:
Flour Firm.
Wheat No. 2 Spring. 85387c; No. J. 789
85c; No. red. 89tS&2c.
Corn No. 2, 49cr No. 2 yellow, 60c.
Oats No. 2, S4c: No. 2 white, 34ff35c;
NO. S white, 83eS4c.
Rye No. t, 62c.
Barley Good feeding, 41843c; fair to choice
malting. 47853c.
Flaxseed No, 1, $1.09; No. 1 Northwestern,
$1.14.
Timothy seed Prime, $3.35.
Clover-Contract grades, $11.25.
Short ribs sides Loose. $8.959.05.
Mesa pork Per barrel. $15.60015.65.
Lard Per 100 pounds, $8.57.
' Short dear aides Boxed. $9.209.3O.
' Whisky Baals of high wine. $1.29.
Receipts. Shipments.
Tlour. barrels 24.800 14.400
-n-K... h,..h.ia 6.00O 8O.900
Corn, bushels 244,800 222.400
Data bushels 21S.OOO 851. 400
Rye. bushela 6.000 196,0i0
Hrlev bushels 18.800 20,300
Grain and Produce at New York.
fEW YORK. May 21 .Flour Receipts, 24,-
IN
1893
OF COMMERCE Phone Main 37
FOSTER, Ticket Agent,
c B. & Q. RY.
Street, corner Stark, Portland.
OOOTOINS'I
SHIPMENT :
400 barrels: exports, 4900 barrels. Firm, with
light demand. r
Wheat Receipts, 97.000 Duehels; exports,
122.100 bushels: spot firm: No. 2 red. 93c,
nominal elevator; No. 2 red, 94c. nominal f.
o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth. 93iic.
nominal f. o. b. afloat ; No. 1 Northern Man
itoba. 92Hc nominal f. o. b. afloat. With
the exception of one or two sharp reactions,
due to profit-taking, wheat wu generally ac
tive and strong all day, making notable ad
vances on the sensational reports of crop dam
age from prolonged drought and In connec
tion with a large visible supply decrease.
The principal set-back near the close was
due to re porta of rain in Kansaa. Last prices
showed lc to lic advance. May. 91691T4iC, .
closed 81 14 c; July, 88'(99Hc. closed n"iic;
September closed 8c; December, . 8614
87c, closed 87c.
Hops, hides, wool, petroleum Steady,
Minneapolis Wheat Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. May 21. Wheat, May,
834c; July, 8383Mic: September, 80
8094c; ?ro. 1 hard, 85Wc; No. 1 Northern,
84c; No. 2 Northern, 83"iic.
Wheat at Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, May 21. Wheat,
7d; September, 6s 7d.
July, 6s
. wheat at Tacoma.
TACOMA, May 21. Wheat. 102c higher;
export bluestem, 75c ; club, 73c; red, 70c.
Vlslble Siwplr of Grain.
NEW YORK, May 21. The visible supply
of grain Saturday, May 19. aa compiled by
the New York Produce . Exchange was as
follows:
Bushels. Decrease.
Wheat 83.613.000 . 2,323.000
Com 2.258.O0O 642.000
Oats 1 10.548.0O0 1,953,000
Rye - 1,434.000 76.000
Bvley 1,467,000 .OOO
Incresee.
CONTEST FOR BIG FORTUNE
Welghtman's Daughter-in-Law and
Granddaughter Each Claim It.
PHILADELPHIA, May 21. The con
test tor the estate of William Weight
man, the millionaire manufacturing
chemist, came up today In the Orphans'
Court. The principals In the case are
Mrs. Jones-Wister and Mrs. Anna
Welghtman-Walker. The latter -was
the sole heir of Mr. Welghtman, whose
estate is estimated to be worth $60,
000.000. Mrs. Jones-Wister was the
wir. of William Welghtman, Jr.. and
after his death she married Jones
Wlster. The suit was brought In the name of
Martha Wister. the only grandchild of
William Weightman, who is a minor.
It Is charged that Mrs. Walker exerted
undue Influence over the testator, and
that he was of unsound mind when the
bill waa executed. It Is also charged
by Mrs. . Jones-Wister that a codicil
making provision for her children, Mr.
Welghtmans grandchildren, was de
stroyed. The case was continued until June, be
cause "of the illness of Mrs. Walker.
New York. Crown Prince Frederick Will
iam of Germany will attend the German
American races on Marblehead next Septem
ber, whether the boat he is building to con
test for the right to represent Germany wins
In the trial rar.s st Kil In July or not
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