THE 3IORNIXG OKEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1906.
13
A PUZZLE
Future of Sugar Prices Is
Shrouded in Mystery.
OPINIONS ARE CONFLICTING
Eastern Trade Fears the Contest Be
tween Spreckels and the Ha-,
wallans Will Be Carried
Into Their Territory.
SUGAR Speculation aa to futura of
market.
HOPS Durst write of procpeoti la
London.
COFFEE Central Americana ad
vance, Brazilian decline.
FRUIT Strawberry market ffoea to
pieces.
BUTTER Local advance not gener
ally followed.
EGGS Dull and unchanged.
Some difference of opinion exists among
wholesale grocers as to the tone of the sugar
market. "Willie certain of them consider It
weak, because Gf the heavy output of the
Coast refineries and) the competition between
them, others regard the undertone as strong
owing to the strength of the markets la the
East. When the Coast dropped to a parity
with the New York jvrlcee, it was thought
the markets here would be in a condition to
respond readily to price changes In the East.
However, there has been one advance at
New York, without effect at this end of the
line. What will happen when New York
goes up again remains to be seen. With
normal conditions here, Coast prices would
go up, but conditions are not normal. The
sugar market Is one of those things It la well
not to be tos positive about, for only the
sugar magnates themselves know what la go
ing to occur, and they will not tell.
The rivalry for control of the Pacific Coast
market that exists between the Western Re
finery Company and the California-Hawaiian
Refining Company muflt before long result in
the overthrow o( one or the other of the
powers or a close understanding between them
that will enable them to carry on their op
erations without conflict. There are some
who believe that such an agreement already
exUsts, but no evidence has been brought
forth to prove It. It seeing more than likely
that the battle for control will be fought out
to the bitter end.
"The first thing the people know," said
one of the largest local handlers yesterday,
"sugar will be selling here at the price it
did a month ago. The Independents will be
a thing of the past, and Spreckels will re
sume his position as king of the Paciflo Coast
nugar market. The Hawaiian planters can
not stand this game very long. The 7iV-cent
cut hurts Spreckels, but it hurts the planters
more. When they have had all they can
stand of the game they will be ready to re
new their allegiance to the trust. What If
Spreckels does lose a few mil Ions now? It
won't take him long to make it up. It Is the
old story of Individuals bucking the trust.
Any one can foresee tho outcome."
The Eastern trafle Is watching tho progress
of events on the Pacific Cuast with keen In
termit. The Idea prevails that the contest
may spread eastward before long and unsettle
conditions In tho sugar market there. On
this subject a lata Lcsue of the New York
Journal of Commerce eays:
There are some representative members of
the sugar trade who would not be surprised
to hvar, In the near future, of shipments of
refined sukot from the Crockett refinery to
Now York, If for no other purpose than a
war measure to demoralize the Eastern mar
kets and compel a much prompter settle
ment than otherwise would be natural. This
was the method pursued by tha boetugar
refiners a few years ago when the sugar
truflt proved too aggressive, and whether
that was the direct cause or not the trust
soon afterward acquired a dominating In
fluence in tho American Beet-Sugar Company.
While the Western Refinery at San Francisco
to controlled Jointly by Spreckels and the
sugar trut. Spreckels has the management,
while Havemeyer has the management of
the trust reflnerlfs in the East. Spreckels
controls about 50,000 tons of the Hawaiian
rop, but will have to depend) upon Java, the
Philippines and even Cuba and Porto Rico
for raw supplies, as the Hawaiian planters
will use tlulr own eurar in their own re
finery,, which cannot, however, consume all
of the Hawaiian sugar available. Therefore,
there will in the near future be the anomaly
of sussr-ladcn ships going around the Horn
carrying Hawaiian sugar to Eastern re
fineries, passing sugar-laden ships sailing
from Cuba and Forto Kico to San Francisco.
It Is believed that the fight will oon af
fect Kansas City territory, which is the great
clrarlnfc-house for Missouri River points. In
this way it would be gfttlng very close to the
Eastern markets, and the next stop would be
to Chicago and St. Louis,
The Hawaiian planters have for years
made contracts to dispense of their crop
twhich La duty free) to the East and San
Francisco, two-thirds coming to New York
and Philadelphia and one-third going to San
Francisco. The Eastern contracts have yet
two years to run, while the contract for the
Western deliveries has Just explredw the plant
ers refitting to renew it on the old terms, and
the Spreckela-Havemeyer combination refused
to name any better terms. The planters,
therefore, as already noted, thereupon opened
P thrir Crockett refinery and the sugar war
started, and as they have their own raw
Sugar supply they have the trust people at
that much of a disadvantage. On the other
hand, they his compelled to meet the com
petition of tha Beet-iugar Company, as well
as the Spreckels (the Western) refinery.
PRICK MOVEMENTS IN COFFEE,
Central Americans Advance, While Brazil
ians Are Easier.
The fire in San Francisco destroyed con
siderable stocks of coffee, and this year's
shipments from Central America are prac
tically over. This haa caused a scarcity of
these grades, and consequently an advance In
prices. The greatest advance has been in
Caracol, or peaberry coffees of all sorts and
descriptions, but everything in the line of
Central Americas has gone up on an aver
age of nearly 1 cent a pound.
On tha other band, the market for Brazilian
coffees la somewhat easier, and tnere have
been declines of X to of a cent. There Is
stilt considerable talk of the valorization
scheme going through and prices in Brazil
art? much higher than In this country. It is
st til hoped In the trade that the good busi
ness sense of the Brazilians will govern and
that this scheme will not be perfected. But
if It .should be, there will certainly be a
tig temporary advance in all sorts of cof
fees until the Inevitable law of supply and
demand regulates tho selling price.
NEW BUTTER PRICES.
Front Stmt Satisfied With Advance in City
Creamery.
The advance In the butter quotation, made
by one of the city creameries yesterday, was
not generally followed, but most of them
will probably be up with It oon. The change
whs an unwelcome one for some of them, as
from their point of view It was not Justified.
The firm that made the advance, however,
saw their way clear to maintaining the new
price until the natural season for a higher
market, and therefore set the pace. Com
mission men on Front street were rather
pleased than otherwise, as It will enable
them to work off lower priced butter more
readily.
The egg market was dull and uninteresting.
Receipts were large and the denand slow.
Chickens dragged In spite of a small sup
ply. BERRY MARKET GOES TO PIECES.
Receipt Are Fax Too Large for the Lighter
Demaod.
The strawberry market was anything but
satisfactory yesterday. Today being a holi
day, a comparatively small supply would1
have been sufficient, but Instead of that ber
ries were dumped on the street from all quar
ters, and prices had to suffer. To make
matters worse, a large part of the receipts
were soft. A good part of the supply was
turned over : hawkers at prices ranging
from 11.2302 per orate. Borne overripe lots
were sold at 75 cants to $1. Hood River has
begun making1 carlot shipments to the East,
and the growers of that district are Inde
pendent of this market, only sending here such
fruit as will sot stand transportation.
Receipts of apricots were larger and the
price dropped to 12.25. Cherries were in
very good demand.
Vegetables were steady and unchanged, ex
cept hothouse lettuce and cucumbers, which
were quoted lower.
DURST STARTS FOB LONDON.
W1U Be Joined by Hoffman at Green River.
Asks Growers to VFrfte-.
M. H. Durst writes to The Oregon i an, un
der date of Alameda, May 26, that he would
leave that city on the 27th for London, being
Joined by Mr. Hoffman at Green River.'They
will sail from New York on the White Star
liner Celtic on June 1. Mr. Durst says:
"My address In London will be 68 Borough,
0. E. London, and I wish to ask through your
columns that every grower who has hops in
our shipment, and as many other growers as
will, write to me or to Mr. Hoffman once a
week during June and give us their Idea of
the actual conditions of the hop market and
crop prospect a I also hope growers will
continue to decline to contract at low prices.
On my return from London I hope to have a
good proposition to submit to Oregon hopgrow
ers." Mr. Durst' s letter continues:
"The entire shipment of Oregon hops is in
tact yet. I hope to And the market in Lon
don on our arrival In condition to take the
hops at good prices. In any event, we shall
do the best we can by them. To a certain ex
tent, the shipment has already done what
we claimed It would do. It has cleared the
surplus so that prices were advanced fully
3 cent per pound. The little spurt in the
market has also caused (rowers to discon
tinue contracting at low prices. This has
been a benefit.
"No one can say what the market will be
later on, but It. looks fairly good to me. The
reports from New. York State point to less
than a full crop. In England and on the
Continent, conditions do not favor a large
crop. The 1005 American crop was only 238,
000 bales, not 285,000 to 300,000 bales, as
many dealers Insisted was the case.
"If the Agricultural Department can ar
range to publish in November-December an
accurate statement not an estimate of the
actual number of bales of hops grown It will
do more to help growers secure proper prices
than perhaps any single thing which could
be done.'
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the leading cities of the
Northwest yesterday were:
Clearings. Balances.
Portland 72820 $ 72.257
Seattle l,27,O80 - 18.307
Tacoma oKy,3'- 77, Ml
Spokane ...... 712.5V7 80.851
PORTLAND QUOTATIONS.
Grain, Flour, Feed, Ete.
FLOUR Patents, $3.74.30 per barrel;
straight. ;t.4Uuia.76; clears, S3.35 & 8.50;
Valley, $3 40 60 3. 65; Dakota hard wheat, pat
ents, $,Y506; clears, $5; graham, $3.25
a. 75; whole wheat, $3.70&4; rye Hour, loca.1.
$."; Eastern, S5 y i.iii; corn meal, per bale,
l.0j2.2tt.
MILLSTUFFS Bran, city, $17; country,
18 per ton; middlings, $2o.MQ'2G; shorts,
city, $17.50; country, Sid 20 per ton; chop,
U. S. Mills, $17.50; Unseed dairy food. $18;
Acalfa meal, $18 per ton. .
WHEAT Club, 73c; bluestem, 75c; red, 71c;
Valley. 72c.
OATS No. 1 white feed. $30; gray, $29
per ton.
BARLEY Feed. $24 per ton; brewing. $24 9
24.50; rolled, $24.5025.50.
CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream, 00
pound sacks, $7 ; lower grades. $5.50 6.75;
oatmeal, steel cut, 50-pound sacks, $3 per
barrel; 10-pound sacks, $4.25 per bale; oat
meal (ground), 50-pound sacks, $7.50 per
barrel; 10-pound sacks, $4 per bale; split
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 eacks, $2.50 per bale.
HAY Valley timothy. No. 1, $12 13 per
ton; clover, $7.30(&8; cheat, $G7; grain
hay. $7 to 8; alfalfa. $13.
Vegetables, Fruits. Etc.
DOMESTIC FRU ITS Apples. $2.50 Q 3.50
per box; apiiuots. $2.25 per crate; oherriee,
$lt?1.40 per box; strawberries, BOc per
pound; gooueberriess Btj'ttc per pound.
TROPICAL, FRUITS Lemons, $4 35 per
box; oranges, navels. $3.50 per box; Mediter
ranean sweets, $3 if 3. 50; tangerines, '$1.85
per half box; grapefruit. $2.50(53.25; pine
apples, $4 & 4.50 per dozen; bananas, 5o per
pound.
FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes, 7'c
per dozen; beans, 10c; cabbage, $11.25
per 100; green com, 4050c doz; cucumner.
7c per dozen; lettuce, hothouse, 75c!h?l ;
onions, S3? 10c oer doaen ; neas. 3c;
peppers. 25ij4tie; radishes, 10c per doxen;
rhubarb, 3c per pound; spinach. OOc per box;
tomatoes, $2.50 per crate; Florida. $4.50;
parsley, 2Tc; quash, $1.50 per crate.
ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, SI 1.25
pr sack; carrots. 6575c per sack; beets,
80c (3 $1 per sack; garlic, 10tfl2ic per
pound.
ONIONS Bermuda, 4o per pound.
POTATOES Buying prices: Fancy graded
Burbanks. 60 05c per hundred: ordinary,
nominal; new California. 2c per pound.
DRIED FRUITS Apples, 14c per Dound;
apricots, 13 15c; peaches, 12 13c; pears,
lm Wc; Italian prunes, ?Sc; Califor
nia rigs, white, in sacks, 5jJtHc per pound;
blaok. 4 fft5c; bricks. 12-14-ounce packages,
75iJTS5c per box: Smyrna, 20c per pound;
dates, Persian, Gt&Ofec per pound.
RAISINS Seeded. 12 -ounce packages, 8J
8Vc; ld-ounce. l10a; loose muscatels,
2-crown, 6i47c; 3-crown, OTHo; 4
erown. 7$?7Hc; unbleached, seedless Sul
tanas, fl 7c; Thompson's fancy bleached, 10
fllc; London layers. 3-crown, whole boxes
of 20 pounds. $2; 2-crown, $1.75.
Butter, Ekzs, Poultry, Etc
BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream
ery. 2ui 21 Uc per pound. 5tate creameries :
Fancy creamery, 17Va20c; etore butter, 12
12 c.
EGGS Oregon ranch. llc -oer dozen.
CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, 12c;
Young America, 13c.
POULTRY Average old hens, 12-lflSt:.
mixed chickens. l'2g 12 He: broilers 17 18c i
roosters, 10c: drsed chickens, 13?F!4c; tur
kevs, live, 15518c; turkeys, dressed, choice,
sot 23c; geAe, live, per pound, 9rd0c; geese,
dressed, per pound, old. 10c: young. 12c;
ducks, o'id, 141 5o; young, 16?17c; pigeons,
$ 1 6 2 ; squabs. $2(q 3.
Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc,
HOPS Oregon, 1005. 10tffl2Uc
WOOL Eastern Oregon average best. IPtB
2t-ac: Valley, coarse. 2323Hc; fine, 24gf25e
per pound.
MOHAIR Choice, 2S30c per pound.
HIDES Dry : No. 1. 10 pounds and up,
per pound. IS a? 20c; dry kip, No. 1. 5 to 15
pound. lS21c per pound; dry salted bull
and stags, one-third less than dry flint;
culls, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored, mur
rain, hair-slipped, weatherbeaten or grubby,
2c to 3c per pound lees. Salted hides:
Steers, sound, 60 pounds and over, per
pound. lOiy 11c; steers, sound, 50 to 60
pounds, 10 g 11c per pound; steers, sound,
under 50 pounds, and cows, Otfi 10c per
pound; stags and bulls, sound, 7c per pound,
kip. sound. 15 to 30 pounds, 10c per pound;
veal, sound, 10 to 14 pounds, 11c per pound;
cslf, sound, under 10 pounds, 11 tf 12c per
pound; green (unsalted), lc per pound less;
culls, lc per pound less. Sheepskins: Shear
lings. No. 1 butchers' stock, each, 25 g 30c:
short wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each, 50
50c; 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, $1.50
(jr2.50; dry. each, according to size, $l1.50;
colts hides, each. 2350c. Goatskins: Com
mon, each. 15 (325c; Angora, with wool on,
each. OcfS1.50.
FURS No. 1 skins: Bearskins, as to size.
ea eh. $ 5 20 ; cubs, ee ch, $193; bad ger .
prime, each. 25'g50c: cat, wild, with head
perfect, 30duc; house cat. oibjuc; xox,
common srav. larsra prime, each. 50 S 70c;
red. each. $33; cross, each, $5i& 15; silver,
and black, each, $1009300; fishers, each.
s.r'fi-.R' ivn. eanh. 4. 50 6: mink, strictly
No. 1, each, according to sire. $13: mar
ten, dark r-iortnern. according io size anu
color, each, $10 15; pale pine, according to
size and color, each. $2-5004; rouskrat,
larsre. each. 12015c: skunk, each. 402000;
civet or pole cat. each, 5$ 15c; otter, for
large, prime skin, eacn, jonw; partner,
with head and ciaws perfect, each, $25;
raccoon for - crime larsre. each. 50ff'75c;
mountain wolf, with head perfect, each.
13.50 fi 5: Drains (coyote), eocii si; wolver
ine, each, $6 8 ; beaver, per skin, large.
$575; medium, Ja ; smaii, ni.iu; aits.
50 75e.
BEESWAX Good, clean and pure. 22
25c per pound.
TALLOW Prime, per pound, 4Hc; No.
2 and crease. 2 "a 3c.
CASCARA SAGE AD A (chlttam bark J
New. 2324c: o:d. zdjic per pouna.
GRAIN BAGS 0c.
Provisions and Canned Meats.
BACON Fancy breakfast, 20c per pound;
standard breakfast, latc; choice, 17 c;
English breakfast, 11 to 14 pounds, 16 be;
peach, 15nC.
HAMS 10 to 14 pounds. 14 c per pound;
14 to 16 pounds, 1414 c: IS to 20 pounds,
14 V. r- California oicnicL 10 c: cottaae,
10hC; shoulders, lOfeo; boiled, 22c; boiled
picnic. Doneiess, inc.
PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels. $10:
'U-barrels, $9.50; beef, barrels. $12; H -barrels,
$6.50.
6AUSAGE Ham, 13c per pound: minced
ham, 10c; Summer, choice ary. lfc; 00
logna. long, 7c: weinerwust. 10c; liver, oc;
Eork. 0(& 10c; headcheese, 6c; blood, 6c;
ologna sausage, link. 6c.
DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears,
dry salt, HHc; smoked. 12Hc; clear backs,
dry salt, llc; smoked. 12&c; clear bellies,
14 to 17 rounds average, dry aalt, 12c.
smoked, 13Hc; Oregon exports. 20 to 25
pounds average, dry salt, izc; smoKea, 13c;
Union bellies, 10 to 18 pounds average, none.
LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tierces,
Undo: tubs. 12c: 60s. 12c: 20s. 12ic: lOs.
120; 5s, 120. Standard pure; Tierces, 1094c;
mas, i ic ; d'js, 1 ic ; 11 -si c ; a. us, xic ; ua,
II c. Compound : Tierces, 7 c ; tubs, 7 c ;
OOs, 7c; 10s. fcc; 5s, Sc.
Groceries. Nuts. Etc.
COFFEE Mocha, 26g28o; Java, ordinary,
1822c; Costa Rica, fancy, 1820c; good,
16 & 18c; ordinary, 19 22c per pound ; Co
lumbia roast, cases. 100s. $14.75; 50s. $14.75;
Arbuckle, $16.26: Lion. $16.25.
RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, 5!f4c: South
ern Japan. $5.40c; head, 6.75c
8ALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tajls,
$1.75 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.40; 1
pound flats, $1.10; Alaska pink. 1-pound
talis. 80c; red. 1-pound tails, $1.25; sockeye,
1-pound tails, $1.70.
SUGAR Sack basis, 100 pounds: Cube,
55.40; powdered, $5.15; dry granulated,
$5.05; extra C. $4.60; golden C. $4.45; fruit
sugar, $5.05. Advances over sack basis as
follows: Barrels, 10c; -barrels. 25c: boxes,
OOc per 100 pounds. Terms: On remittances
within 15 days deduct c per pound; If later
than 15 davs and within 30 days, deduct c;
ugar. granulated. $4.85 per 100 pounds;
mante sugar, 15fJlSc per pound.
SALT California, $11 per ton, $1.60 per
bale; Liverpool. BOs, $17; 100s. $16.50; 200s,
$16: -pounds. 100s. $7; 50s, $7.50.
NUTS Walnuts, loc per pound by sack;
He extra for less than sack: Brazil nuts.
16c; filberts, lCc; pecans. Jumbos, 10c; extra
large, 17c; almonds, 14 Q15c: chestnuts,
Italian. 12 16c; Ohio. 20c; peanuts, raw,
7Ve per pound; roasted. 9c; Dlnenuts. 10
12c; hickory nuts, 78c; cocoanuts, 35
90c per dozen.
BEANS Small white. 4Uc; large white,
3Vjc; pink. 2c; bayou, 4"ac; Lima, Sc;
Mexican red, 4-ac.
Dressed Meats.
VEAL Dressed. 75 to 125 pounds, 6c; 125
to 150 pounds, 54c; 150 to 200 pounds, 5c;
200 pounds and up, 3hi4hc.
BEEF Dressed bulls, 3c per pound; cows,
4'&51.'ie: country steers. 56c.
MUTTON Dressed fancy, 7?9c pound;
ordinary, 56c; lambs, with pelt on. Sc.
PORK Dressed, 100 to 150 pounds, 8g9c;
150 to 200 pounds, 7Sc; 200 pounds and
up. 77c,
OUs.
TURPENTINE Cases. 91c per gallon.
COAL Cases, 19c per gallon; tanks, l2Hc
per gallon.
GASOLINE Stove, cases, 25 c; 72 test,
27c; 88 test. 35c; iron tanks. 19c.
WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7ic; 500-pound
lots. 8c; less than 500-pound lots, Sc. (In
25-pound tin palls, lc above keg price; 1 to
5-pound tin pail3, lc above keg price; I to
5-pound tin cans, 100 pounds per case, 2c
per pound above keg price.)
LINSEED Raw, in barrels. 48c: in cases,
pric; boiled, in barrels. 50c; in cases, 55c;
25-gallon lots, lc less.
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep and
Hogs.
v The following livestock prices were quoted
In the local market:
CATTLE Good steers, $44.50; second
cla.e, $3.7.V4; cows, gocd, $3a.25; fair to
medium. $2.5C3; calves, good. $3.504.5O.
SHEEP Good sheared sheep, $44.25;
lambs, $4.50&5.
HOGS Good. $77.26; light and feeders,
$6.5v((6.75.
EASTERN LIVESTOCK.
Prices Current at Chicago, Kansas City and
Omaha. '
CHICAGO, May 29. Cattle Receipts, 50O0;
market, steady. Stockers and feeders, $2.75
4.80; cows and heifers, $1.7535.35; calves.
$5.25(6.60; Texas fed steers, $44.60.
Hogs Receipts today, 22,000; tomorrow (es
timated), 29.0O0; market, slow and steady.
Mixed and butchers. $6.206.50; good- tp
choice heavy, $6.406.50; rough heavy, $6.20
6.30; light, $6.20(56.47; bulk of sales, $6.40
8.50.
Sheep Receipts, 20,000; martfet, strong.
Sheep, $4.7536.25; lambs. $5.406.70.
KANSAS CITY, May 29. Cattle Receipts,
9000; market, steady. Native steers, $4,253
5.55; native cows and heifers, $2.505; stockers
and feeders. $2.254.80; Western cows, $2.50
4; Western steers, $3.755.25; bulls, $2.50
5.25. '
Hogs Receipts, 18,000; market, steady.
Bulk of sales, $6.2n6.35; heavy, $3.306.42;
packers, $6.256-37&; pigs and lights, $5.4ud
6.27.
Sheep Receipts. 6000; market, steady.
Muttons $r(&6-25; lambs,' $67.45; range
wethers, $5&6; fed ewes, $4.75&6.15.
SOUTH OMAHA. May 29. Cattle Receipts,
5500; market, slow to steady. Native steers,
$4.2535.50; cows and heifers, $3.254.50; West
ern steers, $3.504.60; cannera, $23; stock
ers and feeders, $34.65 ; bulls. Bias's, etc, ,
$2.75(54.25.
Hogs Receipts, 15,000; market, 6c higher.
Heavy, $a27Vj6.35; mixed, $6. 27 Mi 30;
light. $56; bulk of sales, $6.27?6.30.
Sheep Receipts, 2500; market, steady.
Yearlings, $5.60i&8.25; wethers, $5.403; ewes,
$4.755.75; lambs, $6.256.35.
Alining Stocks.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29. The official
oloslng quotations for mining stocks today
were as follows:
Andes $.16
Heicher 18
Best &. Belcher 1.05
Buillon 25
Caledonia 46
Chollar 14
Confidence .70
Con, Cal. A V. 1.25
Con. Imperial. 1.00
Crown Point. . ' .06
Gould & Curry .27
Gray Eagle. . . .27
NEW YORK, May
Hale A Nor. $ 1.20
Mexican l.u
Occidental Con. .78
Ophir 4.70
Overman 15
Potosl 16
Savage 1.20
Sierra Nevada. .27
Silver Hill 90
Union Con 40
Yellow Jacket. .25
9. Closing Quotations:
Adams Con $ .25
Little Chief $ .05
Alice
.2-5
Ontario
2.20
4-50
.02
.13
1.00
.23
.30
2.00
Breece
Brunswick C. .
Comstock Tun.
Con. Cal. & V.
Horn Silver
Iron Silver
Leadville Con.
.30
.49
.21
1.25
2 00
6.50
.05
Ophir
Phoenix
Potosl
Savage
Sierra Nevada.
Small Hopes...
Standard
BOSTON, May
Adventure ..$ 6.
29. Closing Quotations!
75 Mont. C. & C$ 3.25
00 N. Butte.
250
Amalgamate 10S-12HOld Dominion
41.00
109.75
28.00
98.00
8.87
100.00
9.37
63.50
57.50
12.00
1225
7.50
7.00
135.00
Am. Zinc...
Osceola
Atlantic .
Parrot
Quincy
(Shannon
Tamarack ..
Bingham
Cal. & Hecla 6S5.00
Centennial .. 23.00
Cop. Range.
Daly West..
Franklin . . .
Granby
Green Con..
Isle Royals.
Mass. Mining
Michigan . . .
Mohawk . ...
02 H 'Trinity
.United Cop. .
87 H U. S. Mining.
50 u. S. Oil
Utah
no Victoria
75 Winona
5 (Wolverine ..
25 I
Dairy Produce la the East.
CHICAGO, May 29. On the Produce Ex
change today the butter market was firm;
creameries, 14 g 21c; dairies, IBS'?! Sc. Egps,
firm at mark, cases Included, 14U-5'15c; firsts,
15c; prime firsts, 16c; extras, 184c Cheese,
steady, 10llc
NEW YORK, May 29. Butter, firm; street
prices, extra creamery, 2l621c; official
prices, cieamery, common to extra, 14521 c;
Western fajtory, common 10 Arsis, 12 15c
Cheese and -eggs, unchanged.
CHOP NEWS IS GOOD
Sentiment in Chicago Wheat
Pit Is Bearish.
PRICES SHOW A DECLINE
Hwrvestins Under Way In Texas Un
der Favorable Conditions Bis
Yields Promised In Kansas
and Oklahoma.
CHICAGO, May 29. Sentiment In the
wheat pit was bearish all day, and local longs
were free sellers. At the opening the mar
ket was affected by reports that harvestlrjr
was under way In Texas under favorable
auspices and the clearing weather in the
Spring wheat territory also encouraged sell
lng. As trading progressed the May deliv
ery was subjected to heavy selling, pressure.
This caused a sharp break in the price of
May, which affected the more distant deliv
eries. In addition, several reports were re
ceived telling of favorable progress by the
new crop. The chief of these stated that the
crop in Couth era Kansas affd Oklahoma was
practically made and promised to be the
largest in several years. During the lat
hour, there was considerable covering by
shorts, who were influenced largely by the
strength shown by the prices of coarse grain
and a liberal decrease in the world's visible
supply. The prices1 rallied somewhat from
the low point, but the close was weak. July
closed c lower, at 82VjQ82c
The corn market was strong for the greater
part of the day. July opened a shade lower
to a shade higher, at 48$Hc, sold off to
4814c, and advanced to 49Vic The close was
9s c higher, at 48c
Because of numerous reports of damage by
drouth there was an active demand for oats.
July closed 4ig9c higher, at 34c.
Provisions were inclined to be weak. At the
close July pork was on 5c, lard was down
2c, and riba were a shade lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
May $ .8614 $ .8'iH $ -84 $ .84
July 83 .8:5-i(i .82 .82
September ... .81 .81 .80 .81
CORN.
May 50 . 50 .49 .40
July 48 .40 .48 .48
September ... .48 -10 .47 .48
OATS.
May 34 .34 .33 .34
July S34 .34 .33 .34
September ... .32 .32 .31 -32
MESS PORK.
May 16.30 16.35 16.25 16.35
Juiv 16.35 16.35 16.22 16.35
September ...16.30 16.30 16.17 16.30
LARD.
May 8.80 8.S0 8.80 8-80
July 8.85 8.87 8-85 8.85
September ... 9.00 9.00 8.92 9.U0
SHORT RIBS.
May 9.37 9.45 9.30 9.45
Julv 9.47 9.47 9.37 9.47
September ... 9.37 9.37 9.27 9.37
Cash Quotations were as follows:
Flour Easier.
"Wheat No. 2 Spring, S4SS6c; No. 3, 80
86c; No. 2 red, 9004c.
Com No. 2, 49?i50c; No. 2 yellow, 50c.
Oats No. 2, 34c; No. 2 white, 35S35e;
No. 3 white, 34345iC.
Rye No. 2. 61c.
Barley Good feeding, 42ig"43c; fair to choice
malting, 47(&"53c.
Flaxseed No. 1, $1.09; No. 1 Northwest
ern, $1.15.
Timothy seed Prime. $3.303. 35.
Clover Contract grade, $11.25.
6hort ribs sides Loose, $9.3559.45.
Mess pork Per barrel, $18.3016.35.
Lard Per 100 pounds. $8.82.
Short clear sldes Boxed, $.659.75.
Whisky Basis of high wines. $1.29.
Receirts. Shipments.
Flour, barrels 2.'Ukw 10,000
Wheat, bushels ' ft. 000 4,000
Corn, bushels 634.50 21O.3U0
Oats, bushels 294 -OUO 239,700
Rve. bushels 2.000
Barley, bushels 24,200 6,600
Grain and Produce at New York.
NEW YORK. May 29. Flour Receipts, 22,
10O barrels; exports. 1300 barrels. Steady,
but quiet.
Wheat Receipts, 25,000 bushels; spot,
steady; No. 2. red, 93c, nominal elevator;
No. 2 red, 93c, nominal elevator; No. 2
red, 95c, nominal f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 North
ern Duluth, 92c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 North
ern Manitoba, 94c f. o. b. afloat. Severe
declines occurred in wheat today from the
effects of liquidation and favorable European
crop news. Part of these were recovered later
on adverse Southwest crop newe, pronounced
strength in corn and covering ; yet the mar
ket closed $ilc net lower. May showed the
greatest loss. May closed at 90c; July,
68c; September, 83o.
Hops Easy; Pacific Coast, 1905 crop, 10
14c; 1904 crop, ll12c; olds, nomTnal.
Wool and petroleum Steady.
Minneapolis Wheat Market.'
MINNEAPOLIS. May 29. Wheat, ' May,
81c; July, 82c; September, 80c; No. 1
hard, 84c; No. 1 Northern, 83c; No. 2
Northern, 82 c.
- Wheat at Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, May 29. Wheat, July, 6s
6d; September, 6s 6d; December, 6s 6d.
Weather In England today, fine.
Wheat at T aroma.
TACOMA. May 29. Wheat, unchanged; ex
port, bluestem, 75c; club, 73c; red, 20c.
MONEY MOVES EASTWARD
TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER OF
$3,000,000 FKOM BAY CITY.
Languid Speculation In Stocks at
New York Reading and St.
Pan! Bid Up.
KEW TORE, May 29. Lacking yester
day's one-hour spurt of activity at the open
ing, today's atock market sank, to a mid
summer dullness of dealings. Absolute stag
nation ruled at times. The Interruption of
tomorrow's holiday was partly accountable for
the extremely languid Interest , In the mar
ket. The payment of $50,000,000 of Pennsyl
vania notes caused bo disturbance In the
money market, as the transaction was large
ly concluded' by the transfer of book accounts,
and the funds remain on deposit with the
banks. On Thursday, however, after the hol
iday interval, preparations will be made for
the monthly accounts, and these will De com
plicated by the payment of subscriptions for
new Chicago Northwestern stock, which
will call for some $16,287,000.
The most important development of the
day was the transfer by telegraph from San
Francisco of nearly J3.000.000. This Is the
first substantial evidence of the fulfillment
of the generally indulged hope that currency
would be remitted to New York immediately
from ttAt center wnen the resumption of
banking had demonstrated; the superabund
ance of the provision made for calls from
depovtora. A. loan of 11.000.000 was reported
to have been made also at the stock exchange
for account of one of the ban Francisco trust
companies, which was regarded as further
evidence of the relaxation of the strain on
the money situation at that point.
But this development was of less influence
i sentiment than it would have been had
not the rates for time money, and especially
for the longer i-erioda. shown an advancing
tendency. With money over the enl cf the
year quoted at SiSSH. there is a lack
of confidence in the permanency of ease in
money for day-to-day borrowings. The firm
ness of time loans la indicated rather by les
sened offerings than by Increased demand.
Prices were well maintained today la spite
of the light demand. This was largely due to
sympathy with one or two stooks which were
bid up at different times. Reading was still
the principal feature of the market, and late
in the day there was & desultory movement In
St. Paul, which was associated; with a favor
able view of crop prospects. The heavy in
roads upon Reading's net earnings for April
as a result of the shut-down of the coal mines
did not detract from the sireugth of teat
stock. A general drooping tendency had de
veloped, however, when the late movement of
St. Paul supplied the sustaining lnfiuenca
filled by Reading in the early part of the
day. Ihe late advances were well maintained,
and the closing was steady and dull.
Bonds were Irregular. Total sales, par val
ue, 2,213,000. United States bonltf were
unchanged on call.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing
Sales. High. Iow. bid.
Adams Express 24v
Amalgam. Copper. 22.900 lOSV lOTTi lv6
Am. Car & Found. 1,700 41 41 41
do preferred lolta
Amer. Cotton Oil. 200 31ft Sift 31
do preferred 90
American Etxpress.. ..... 222
Am. Hd. & L.U pf. 2"0 82 32 . 32
American Ice 4oO 61 vs 61 61ft
Amer. Linseed Oil ISft
do preferred . . ..... SS
Amer. Locomotive. 3,500 70V4 6Sft 6!
do preferred 114ft
Am. Smelt. & Ref. 10.900 15514 154ft 15414
do preferred 118ft
Am. Sugar Rcfln.. 2,200 137ft 13cii 138
Amer. Tobacco pfd. 100 H-SH 103s, 103
Anaconda Min. Co. 4.400 2tS8 25ft S87li
Atchison . 2.200 8ft 89ft 6V
do preferred 100 103 108 103
Atlantio Coast Line 000 140ft 140 140
Baltimore & Ohio. 1,100 107ft lo7ft 107ft
do preferred ..... . 94
Brook. Rap. Tran. 14.000 82 81 81ft
Canadian Pacific... 6O0 159ft 158ft 159
Cent, of N. Jersey 235
Central Leather 41
do preferred 1044
Chesapeake & Ohio 900 58 68ft 58ft
Chicago & Alton 28
do preferred 200 78 78 77
Chi. Ct. Western.. 900 19ft 19 19ft
Chi. & Northwest 203
Chi., Mil. & St. P. 16,900 170 168ft lMft
Chi. Term. & Tran 12
do preferred , ..... 2Sft
C. C, C. & St. L IKift
Colo. Fuel & Iron. 22,500 58 55ft 68
Colo. & Southern. 700 33ft 33ft 83ft
do 1st preferred.. 8y
do 2d preferred.. 200 47 47ft 47
Consolidated Gas.. 100 180 13 138
Corn Products 700 23 2251 22ft
do eferred 79ft
Delaw. & Hudson 1,200 213ft 212ft 212V4
Del., Lack. 4 W ' 645
Den. & Rio Grande 1,000 43 42 42
do preferred . , 8;i
Distillers' Securlt.. 8O0 64ft 63 63
Erie 20,50 ,48H 45ft 48
do 1st preferred.. 500 80ft 80 79?i
do 2d preferred.. 2,300 72 71ft 71 ,
General Electric . ." 107
Gt. Northern pfd. 400 804 S03ft 8o3
Hocking Valley .. 1,4I0 130ft 120 131
Illinois Central .... 4,500 ITS 175 178ft
International Paper 500 19 19ft 19ft
do preferred 100 85 ft 85 ft 85 ft
International Pump 20 55 ft 55 54ft
do preferred 100 88 ft 88 ft 87
Iowa Central . 7ft
do preferred 200 50 50ft 60ft
Kansas City South 20
do preferred 63
Louis. & Nashville 2.400 147 14flft 146ft
Manhattan L. ... ' -. 151
Metropol. St. Ry 114
Mexican Central .. 1.60O 22 ft 22 22
Minn. & St. Louis 1O0 71 71 70
M-. St. P. & S.S.M isr
do preferred 173 '
Missouri Pacific .. 800 94ft 93 94
Mo., Kan.. & Texas 1.200 S4ft 33 38ft
do preferred 68 ft
National Lead ... 1.100 77ft 76ft 76ft
Mex. Nt. R. R. pf 88ft
New York Central 2.9O0 139ft 138 138ft
N. Y.. Ont. & Wes. 1,800 51 51 51
Norfolk & Western 100 87ft 87ft 87ft
do preferred 90
North American .. 800 97ft 97 97
Northern Pacific .. 2,300 2ft 207ft 2l8ft
Pacific Mail 200 40 40 89
Pennsylvania 13.500 lfl4 133ft 133ft
People's Gas 30 B2 92ft 92
P.. C, C. & St. L. 1O0 84ft 84ft, 83ft
Pressed Steel Car. 1.400 61ft 60 . 61ft
do preferred 97 ft
Pullman Pal. Car 226
Reading 193.8O0 142ft 140 141ft
do 1st preferred.. 2i 92 91 90
do 2.1 preferred.. 100 97 97 95
Republic Steel 25
do preferred ; 300 103 fc 103 103
Rock Island Co... 2.000 25 25 25
do preferred 61ft
Schloss-ShefNeld 78ft
St. L. & S. F. 2 pf 44
St. Louis Southwea 21ft
do preferred.- 53ft
Southern Pacific .. 1.40O K,",ft 65 65ft
do preferred 400 110ft 119ft 119ft
Southern Railway. 2.40O 39ft 88ft 38ft
do preferred 200 09 99 99
Tenn. Coal & Iron 300 154 151ft 154
Texas & Pacific 32
Tel.. St. L. & Wes. 300 31 30ft 30
do preferred 100 50 RO 49
Union Pacific 20,800 149 148 14tfft
do preferred ..... 94
TJ. S. Express 108
U. S. R-alty 90
U. 6. Rubber 400 1 50 50ft
do preferred ' 109
U. S. Steel 6.400 41 40 40
do preferred 4.1O0 105 105 105
Vlrg.-Caro. Chem 40ft
do preferred 108
Wabash 600 21ft 20 20
do preferred v 40 48 49ft
Well.-Fargo Exp.. 400 270 270 270
Westlnghouse Elec. : 156
Western Union 92ft
Wheel. 4 L. Erie. 600 18ft 18 17
Wisconsin Central 25
do preferred ; ' 49ft
Total sales for the day. 429,900 shares.
BONDS.
NEW YORK. May 29. Closing quotations:
U. S. ref. 2. reg.l03ft
do coupon 103 Vj
U. S. 3s reg 102
D. & R. a: 4s. . .100
N. Y. C. G. 3fts. 98ft
Nor. Pacific 8s.. 7nft
Nor. Pacific 4s.. 103
do coupon. ... 102
V. S. new 4s reg.l28i 'so. Pacific 4s... 93
do coupon 128IUnlon Pacific 4s. 104 ft
U. S. old 4s reg.lOSft'Wls. Central 4s.. 91ft
do coupon I03ft-Jap. 6s. 2d ser... 8ft
Atchison Adj. 4s 94, Jap. 4fts. cer. ... 94
Stocks at London.
LONDON, May 29. Consols for money,
89 11-16; consols for account, 89 11-16.
Anaconda 13 Norfolk 4 West. 92ft
Atchison'...-.... 92ft do preferred... 94
do preferred. .106 ft 'Ontario & West. 53ft
Baltimore & O. .111 ft IPennsylvanla ... 69ft
Can. Pacific 164ft Rand Mines 6ft
Chea. & Ohio... 60 (Reading 73
C. Gt. Western. 19 do 1st pref 47
CI M. ft St. P.. 173 ft do 2d pref 49
De Beers 17 So. Railway 39 ft
D. & R. Grande. 44ft! do preferred. -.103
do preferred.. 80 So. Pacific 67
Erie 47 Cnion Pacific 153
do 1st pref.... 82ft do preferred... 98
do 2d pref 73 U. 6. Steel 42ft
Illinois Central. 180ft- do pref erred... 108
Louis, ft Nash. .151 ft Wabash 21
Mo.. Kas. & T.. 35fc do preferred... 50ft
N. Y. Central. ..143 ft ISpanlsh Fours... 93
Money. Exchange. Etc
NEW TORK, May 29. Prime mercantile
paper, 56ft per cent.
Sterling "exchange, firm, at $4. 85ft for de
mand and at $4.82 for 60-day bills. Posted
rates, $4.83 and $4.86:. commercial bills,
$4.81.
Money on call, steady, 2ft4 per cent; rul
ing rate, 4; closing bid, 2; offered at 2ft
per cent. Time loans, firmer) 60 days,- 4
per cent; 90 days. 4QS per cent; six months,
5 per cent.
Bar silver, 6Tc
Mexican dollar, 62c . .
- Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds,
Irregular. ...
LONDON, May 29. Bar silver, quiet, Slftd
per ounce. Money, 3ft3 per cent. Dis
count rate, " short bills, 3 per cent; three
months' bills, 3ftg3 8-16 per cent.
Daily Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, May 29. Today's state
ment of the Treasury balances In the general
fund shows:
Available cash balance $1M,451.280
Gold coin and bullion 75.502.601
Gold certificates 44,252,760
Metal Markets.
NEW TORK. May 29. The tin market
was higher in London, recovering the loss of
the previous day -with spot and futures both
quoted at 186. The local market was firm
in consequence i.nd closed at 40.50341c.
. Copper advanced 10s in London, to 85 15s
for spot and 85 2s 6d for futures. Locally
the market was unchanged with Lake quoted
at 18.7519o; electrolytlo at 18.37ft18.75c;
casting. 18.2518.37150.
Lead was unchanged at 6.715.95o In the
local market. In London it was a shade
lower at 18 15s.
Spelter was unchanged at 27 10s 1b Lon
don and at S.S5g5.95c locally.
Iron was higher In the English market
with standard foundry quoted at 49s 9d and
Cleveland! warrant at 49s lOftd. Locally
No. 1 foundry Northern Is quoted at $18.75
19; No. 2 foundry Northern and No. 1 foundry
Southern, $18.25-318.60; No. .2 foundry
Soothern at $17.75818.
Exchanges Will Close Today.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29. Tomorrow be
ing Memorial day, all exchanges will be
closed.
Heazelton and Company
Head office 02-S03-804-804a and 805 Kohl Bids, San Francisco, CaU
Underwriters of California (Tax-exempt) Publlo Service Corpo
ratios Bonds.
Offer for thirty days a limited amount of high-class Bonds on a
7
Interest basis; Union Trust Co., San Francisco. Trustee.
All securities placed by this firm are uninjured by San Fran
cisco disaster.
References: San Francisco and Portland Banks on application.
Room 1, Columbian Building, Third and Oak Streets, Portland
PR1GERAHGEL0WEH
Much Heavy Wool Offered at
Pendleton Yesterday.
DAY'S SALES IN DETAIL
Clips Tet Unsold in That Section
Will Be Disposed of at Private
Sale Improved Tone in
Boston Market.
PENDLETON. Or., May 29. (Special.) To
day tho second wool sale for this season has
been in progress here, and most of th-s cl:ps
that were withheld at the former sale have
been sold. The prices paid have ranged lower
than those of last week. However, in some
Instances, at least, the owners were offered
more today than the rejected prices at the
former sale. That the general prices today
would be lower than those of the first sale
was Inevitable, because much of the wool
withheld was heavy.
The sale opened this morning r.t the Inde
pendent warehouse, where several clips were
stored. After they had been dlsposd of the
crowd moved to the Furnish warehouse. Dan
P. Smythe. secretary of the Woolgrowers" I As
sociation, received the bids, while E. W.
Brigham. buyer for Whitman, Farnsworth ft
Thayer, represented the buyers In selecting
the eamples. The following Is a list of to
days' sales in detail:
R. A. Jackson, 99,638 pounds, sold to E. T.
Judd & Boot Company, for 18 cents.
G. F. Jackson, 87,037 pounds, sold to S.
F.oshland & Co., for 17ft cents.
Mallahan & Byrne. 17,806 pounds, sold to
Botany Worsted Mills for 18ft cents.
George E. Adams. 14,690 pounds, sold to
E. Y. Judd ft Root Company, for 18 cents.
A. H. Sunderman, 19,207 pounds, sold to
E. T. Judd ft Root Company, for 14 cents.
A. A. Cole, 107 sacks, sold to J. Sheuer
man, for 20 cents.
Pat Doherty, 190 sacks, sold to Botany
Worsted Mills, for 19 cents.
Samuel Warner's clip, sold to J. Sheuerman
for 20 ft cents.
Rust Bros.' clip, sold to Whitman, Farns
worth ft Thayer, for 20ft cents.
U. F. Wagner's clip, sold to J. Bheuerman,
for 19 cents.
Luhr's and Pomeroy'a clip, sold S. Kosh
land ft Co., for 20ft cents.
Fields & Mulky's clip, sold S. Koshland ft
Co.. for 20ft and 20 cents.
While there are several clips yet unsold,
it is said they will be disposed of at private
sale, and no further sales days will be held
here. The clip of K. G. Warner was sold a
few days after it was withdrawn at the other
sales day.
BIG MONTANA WOOL CLIP SOLD.
Boston Firm Pays 25 Cents a Pound for
More Than 1,000,600 Pounds.
GREAT FALLS. Mont. May 29. The
largest wool clip in the state was sold here
today for 25 cents per pound. The clip la
that of J. B. Long ft Co., and will be from
160,000 sheep, amounting to about 1,250,000
pounds. A Boston firm was the purchaser.
Last year this clip sold for 23 ft cents.
BETTER TONE AT BOSTON.
Eastern Dealers Are Watching the Western
Sales. .
BOSTON. May 29. The wool market is
dull, though with a better tone in evidence.
Most of the trading is In the nature of clean
ing up sales, and generally of small lots.
Great interest la centered in the Western pri
mary markets. Some ijales of foreign wools
have taken place, these being in fine merinos
and crossbreds. Pulled wools are In fair call,
"A" supers moving steadily at 6064c; "B"
supers sell at 6&g56c. Both old and new ter
ritories stock Is being bought. - Territory
quotations follow:
Idaho Fine. 22?23c; heavy fine, 1920o-.
fine medium, 22&23c; medium, 26g27c; low
medium. 26fi27c.
Wyoming Fine, 21B22C; heavy fine, lf?
20c; fine m-dium. 22Q23C; medium, 2ftf27c;
low medium, 26ti27c.
Utah and Nevada Fine, 2223c; heavy
fine. 1920c; fine medium. 22$j23c; medium,
269270; low medium, 26ff27c.
Montana Fine ctaoioe, 24,$25c; fine average,
23S-24c: fine medium, choice, 2425c; aver
age, 23T24c; staple, 275-28c; medium choice,
276280.
Wool at St. Loula.
6T. LOUIS. May 29. Wool, steady: medium
gradea combing and clothing, 2530c; light
fine, 22S26ftc; heavy fine, 1SiS20c: .tub
washed. 33039 ftc
SAX FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS.
Priees Paid' for Produce In the Bar City
Markets.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29. FRUITS
Strawberries, fVS9c; apples, $1.6o2.25: or
anges, $1. 50-3-3. 50; lemons, $1R2.50; Mexican
limes. $4.25tg5: bananas, $1&2; pineapples,
$26 3.
VEGETABLES Asparagus. $1.5033; green
peas, 90cg$l; rhubarb, SOUOc; string beans,
$1.50g8: tomatoes, $2.75; cucumbers, $1.25
1.90;. potatoes, new, $1.10; Oregon, $1.10;
onions, 75cig31.
POULTRY Old roosters, $3&4; young
roosters, $59; fryers, $3.5094.50; hens, $4
6.50; pigeons, old, $1; pigeons, young, $1.25;
broilers. $1.503.
BEANS Large white, $2.3592.70; small
white. $383.50; Lima, $4.5O4.70; pink, $1.85
62.
BUTTER Creameries, extra, 18o; seconds,
16c.
EGGS Ranch, 18c; store, 16 17c.
CHEESE Young America, 10c; Eastern,
16c.
FLOUR Family extras, $4.46; bakers ex
tras. $4,403-4.60: Oregon and Washington,
$3.904.25.
WHEAT Shipping, $1.35S1.37ft; milling,
$l.S7ft1.40.
BARLEY Feed, $1S1-I7ft; brewing, nom
inal. CORN Yellow. $1.40.
OATS Red-, $1.3531.65; white, $1.803I.7S;
black, nominal.
HAY Wheat, $143'17.50; wheat and oats,
$12.60616.50: oats, tame, $12.5014.50; bar
ley, nominal; alfalfa, $711; stock, $78.
MILLFEED Rolled barley. $28.5CKS2T.50;
mixed feed, $21523.
RECEIPTS Flour. 6064 barrels; wheat. 135
centals; barley, 4071 centals; onions, 140
sacks; middlings. 40 sacks; hay, IfeO tons1;
wool, 54 bales; oats, 738 centals; beans, 200
sacks; potatoes, 990 sacks.
Coffee and Sugar.
NEW YORK, . May 29. Coffee futures
closed steady, at a net adavnee of ftfflO
points. Sales were reported of about 33.250
bags, including July, at a 05c; September.
625c: December, 6.45c; January. ..Hi-a6.5.V:
March. .7026.75c; spot Rio, No. 7, 7c;
mild, .steady.
Sugar Raw, Ana; fair reflnisg. 2 lS-ISc;
centrifugal. 96 test, 8 15-32c; molasses sugsr.
2 11-lSc. Refined, steady: crushed, $5.30;
powdered, $4.70; granulated. $4.60.
Heavy Rain In Palouse.
COLFAX, Wash.. May 29. One of the finest
rains of the season haa been steadily falling
throughout the Palouse country for the last
six hours, and from the appearance of the
sky it will probably continue for as many
hours longer.
The rain is a godsend to the Palouse coun
try, as it was needing rain, and the light
showers that have fallen the past few days
were doing but little good in tho vlotntty of
Colfax. A soaking rain now means an assur
ance of a good crop of Fall grain, without
requiring any more rain to mature It. The
Spring grain was not needing rain so badly,
yet It was beginning to show effects of
drouth.
Dried Fruit at New Tork.
NEW YORK, May 29. The market for
evaporated apples Is unchanged, with strict
ly prime quoted at Ho: choice, llftffllftc;
fancy, 11 gl2c.
Prunes for future shipment are firmer in
tone, but the spot market la unchanged, with
quotations ranging from 7ftc to 8c, accord
ing to grade.
Apricots are sparingly offered for future
shipment and are very scarce on spot. Choice
are quoted at 12ftc; extra cboloe, 12ft$fl3c,
and fan-y, at 1414ftc.
Peaches are firm with choice quoted at 11c;
extra choice. llftS'llftc; fancy, llisri2c:
extra fancy, 12312ftc
Raisins are quiet and unchanged.
Slump In Cotton Markets.
NEW YORK May 29. There was active
liquidation in the cotton market during to
day's session, chi;fly by parties long on the
old-crop months, and It was reported that
the bull clique which has been supporting
these positions was unloading all its holdings.
At any rate. May broke about 45 points from
the closing prices of yesterday, closing at
10.85c, and July sold at 10.82c, or 26 points
net lower. Later positions were relatively
firm, and about 6 to 8 points net higher.
Futures closed steady; May. 11.02c: June
and July. 10.80c; August, 10.71c: September,
10.67c; October, 10.62c; November. 10.51c;
December, 10.62c; January and February,
10.58c; March. 10.66c.
Changes In Available Supplies.
NEW YORK, May 29. Special cable snd
telegraphic communications received- by
Bradstreet's show the following changes in
available supplies, as compared with pre
vious account:
Wheat United States and Canada, east of
ihe Rockies, decreased 3.273.000 bushels; afloat
for and In Europe, Increased 200,000 bushels.
Total supply, decreased 8,073.000 bushels.
Corn United States and Canada, east of
the Rockies, Increased 915,000 bushels.
Oats United States and Canada, east of
the Rockies, decreased 1.838.000 bushels.
Sues Wife for Deed to Property.
Frederick F. Bmlth has sued his wife,
Frances D. Smith, In the State Circuit
Court, to compel her to execute a deed
to him for property In Mayor Gates' Addi.
tion. valued at $1900. Thay were married
In 1S92, and three years before the mar
riage Mr. Smith alleges he purchased the
property, paying Installments amounting
to $1500. At the time of the final pay
ment two years after marriage, he avers
he entrusted the morwy to his wife, and
she procured the deed In her own name.
When he objected, Mrs. Smith said: "That
will tie all right, Fred: I will hold the
title for you; we are husband and wife,
nnd you can trust me." Mr. Smith saya
they have no children, and his wife has
persistently declined to deed him the
property.
Former Society Blan Attached. ,
A writ of attachment was issued yester
day against Fred M. Gilmore, formerly
a well-known Portland society man, and
placed In the hands of the Sheriff for
service. Property belonging to Mr. Gil
more In the hands of James Laldlaw &
Co. was garnisheed. Gilmore for several
yearn was employed by this Arm. Two
years ago he left Portland, going to Cali
fornia, and has not since returned. Two
weeks ago J. Ernest Laldlaw filed a suit
against Gilmore in the State Circuit Court
to recover $570, Including interest due on
a note executed in February, 1900, in fa
vor of Jameg Laldlaw & Co. for value re
ceived. The original amount was $431.
Only two payments were made on the
note, one of $19.60 and the other of $3.75.
Sentenced to County Jail. -
J. W. Bell, convicted recently of unlaw
ful cohabitation with Mrs. Palmateer, '
was sentenced by Judge Frazer yesterday
to imprisonment In the county jail. Sev
eral months ago he was paroled upon his
agreement to leave the woman, but he
did not keep his promise, and he was
again arrested. Bell Is a longshoreman.
Mrs. Palmateer has a husband, from
whom she has separated. Her children
were turned over to the Boys' and Girls'
Aid Society except the youngest, a baby,
which she was allowed to retain.
File Incorporation- Papers.
Articles of Incorporation of the Sketch
Publication Company were filed yesterday
In the County Clerk's office, by Arthur
A. Greene, Murray Wade and C. M. Idle
man; capital stock, $5000. The enterprise,
business and pursuit of the corporation la
to own, publlBh and circulate newspapers
and perlodicaliv do all kinds of printing,
lithographing and half-tone engraving
work. etc.
Suit the people, because they are tired
Of bitter doses, with the pain and griping
that usually follow.' Carter's Little Liver
Pills. One pill a dose.
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