THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY. JTJXY 20, 1906. 15 WOOLS QUIET DOWN Prices, as Lately Reduced, Are Being Maintained. DEADLOCK IN WYOMING Boston Market Is in Good Condition, Notwithstanding the Decline at London Heavy Movement in Local Produce. WOOL Orefon market becomes quieter. WHEAT CaUfornta crop larger than expected. FRUIT Heavy local receipts. VEOKTABL.ES Front street supply smalt. CHEESE Market advances half cent. BUTTER Prices are unchanged. EGGS Receipts do not clean up. POULTRY More chickens could be sold. MEATS Veal in better demand. The wool market In this state has shown less activity In the past week, but the prices, as recently reduced, have been maintained. All the large public sales have been held, but a few small pool sales are scheduled for later dates and a considerable quantity of wool re mains to be disposed of at private sale. The Valley Is well cleaned up. In Western Idaho, some late transactions are reported at 14 ' s to 10 cents. Operations are at a standstill In Wyoming, growers still asking prices at which Boston dealers would be glad to sell the wools on that market. About 1,000,000 pounds were recently sold at different points In New Mexico, at prices ranging from 16 to 20 Vic. Sales in Montana are not being made as rapidly as growers anticipated, and about as much wool has been withdrawn as sold, on account of the bide being too low for the shreepmen. Some 850,000 pounds were offered for sale at Glendlve, but only one-half of the quantity put up was taken, at prices ranging from 21 to 23 c, or about 68 to 70c, clean. Buyers, as a rule, do not seem dis posed to pay the high prices demanded by ft rowers, but on the contrary, are waiting until reasonable figures will be listened to. As a consequence, several sales have been posLponed, notably those at Great Falls and Billings. No evil effect appears to have resulted in the Eastern market on account of the easier position of the London market, for, accord ing to the Boston Commercial Bulletin, "ad mitting the decline reported to have taken place at the auctions, there are no wools there that could be. brought Into this country to compete In price with similar grades of the domestic clfcp." The Bulletin thus reviews the situation: It is the opinion of well-versed merchants that we now have the lowest prices that will rule for the next three months, although advances, which will likely be made, will be but slight, and not sufficient to warrant dealers In carrying extremely high priced wools. This feeling of not being able to obtain prices which would show a profit. Is leading the trade to act conservatively in their purchases of the present clip. The high point of the market with tight money and increased expenses all contribute to the con servatism. The new wools here are being firmly held, and transactions follow only when full prices are paid. And why should dealers make con cessions from current rates, when Europe and the West are so consistently high? VU wed from all rides, there seems to be no cause for a recession from the present strong position of the market, except the possibility of a loss of confidence In general business. The country Is prosperous and the mills are well employed, as shown by their Inability to get enough operatives to turn out the pro duction called for. ADVANCE IN CREESE. Stronjt Outside Demand Sends lp Prices. Poultry Mtirkt-f 1 inu. The cheese market continues to harden, and another half-cent advance to noted in local prices. The strength Is due to the heavy buying at the factories for Seattle and San Francisco account. Orders are also In from 6crameato and other Southern cities Not much storing Is being done here. Butter holds Its own with some of the city creameries quoting the murket weak and others as steady. A shipment of Coos Bay butter arrived yesterday and was held at 2t cents. Eggs are slow sale, and although receipts are not heavy, they do not clean up readily. A Front-street firm thus reviews the poultry situation; Market has been very firm all week for chickens, turkeys, etc., and we do not get nearly all wc nesd. This Is especially true as to the matter of large Springs and good hens. We quote hens at 13c and Springs at ITc for fancy. Ducks are not selling very well at 12Vjfi,13c. and geese are in rather poor demand at 810c Turkey bens are In good demand at 15tflSo. and fine young turkeys would sell at a very fancy price 20 23c. Don't crowd coops too much, and be sure that there Is plenty of ventilation. There has been great fatality In some of the coops that arrived In the hot spell, and this may be avoided by using care (n the matter. Country storekeepers will do well to encour age their patrons to raise more poultry this market needs more these days than it can get, and Is constantly growing. HOPGROWERS FIRM. Dealers Find It Difficult to Make Contracts at Advanced Price. There were no new features of interest in the hop market yesterday. Dealers reported that It was difficult to sogure contracts, as growers' views have been lifted by the recent advance. Up to 12 cents Is known to have been paid for 180J hops and probably a frac tion more. The fact that 13 cents had been offered at McMlnnvllle was confirmed. The offer was made by Walter Miller, a buyer for Joe Harris, of Salem. It was also reported that 13 cents was offered at Woodtourn. The London Standard, of July 7, said of the English crop: During the past week. In spite of the more genial weather prevailing, the nights have been unseasonably cold and altogether re ports from the plantations are not so satis factory as they were. The heavy attack of fly-blight In many districts has been too much for the bine, in spite of constant washing, and there are signs that a considerable proportion of the acreage will be sble to produce only a very" small crop. Continental reports are also unsatisfactory, the weather conditions there favoring a continuance of the blight. FRUIT RECEIPTS LARGE. Carload of Apricots tomes From Wenatcbee. Vegetable Are Searee. Yesterday's fruit arrivals Included two ears of watermelons, four of bananas and one each of cantaloupe and apricots. The latter came from Wenatchee, and sold at $1-2&C $1,115 a crate. Ripe bananas are scarce, ye terday's receipts being In green condition. Garden truck is in very light supply and firm prices are ruling. Cabbage is particu larly scarce, as the local gardeners' supply ts exhausted, but a car from California will b due Jn a. fw dayp. Tomatoes are also scarce and these on the market sell at the wide ranee of $1.25 to 8. A car of red onions was received yesterday. CALIFORNIA GRAIN CROPS. LARGE. "Wheat and Barley Will Run 15 to 20 Per Cent Above Early Estimates. C. E. Curry, manager of the Northwestern Warehouse Company, who returned from San Francisco yesterday, report that crop con ditions) In that state are exoellent. The yield of both wheat and barley will be from 15 to 20 per cent larger than was estimated earlier In the season. Some very fine wheat Is arriving- at San Francisco, says Mr. Curry, which tests 63 and 64 pounds to the bushel. In view of the large crop, California will re quire only a small quanalty of Northern wheat this season for mixing purpose The local market continues slow. Dressed Meats Sell Better. The cooler weather has stimulated the de mand for dressed meats, and good fancy veal now sells readily at 8 cents. There 1 a good inquiry for light and medium hogs at 8Vi cents, but large sizes of both animals do not move so well. YAMHILL GROTJERS ARE HOLDING. Rumors That as High as 14 Cents Has Been Offered on Hop Contracts. M'MINNVILLE. Or.. July 19. (Special. The price of bops in Yamhill County is go ing up. Although the highest contract yet written calls for ISJft cents, the growers are refusing 13 cents here today. A number of offers have been made at that price, but growers expect the price to go still higher. It Is rumored today that 14 cents had been offered, but it has not been definitely stated. The growers In Yamhill County are in clined to hold oft their contracts, expecting the price to go up. The report of only a lfalf crop in England had much to do with this tendency. The total crop in yamhill will be about one-fourth larger than last year, but greatly superior in quality. John B. Fletcher says: "The hop condition looks fina, better than ever before. The yield promises 1500 per acre." Fletcher nad choice hops last year and will get the same choice grade from this year's yield. He has 40 acres in hops and will get about 20,000 pounds. The yards this year are better taken care of than any previous year. The bines are comparatively free from vermin except a very small per cent. The growers of Yam hill are striving more for quality than quan tity and the hops will range from choice io prime. The average will bo the prime and very few of lower grade are expected. Hop Contracts in Clackamas. OREGON CITY, Or.. July 10. (Special.) Four Clackamas County hopgrowers have entered Into agreements to sell their 1006 crop to buyers in consideration of an ad vance of 7 cents that has been paid for the expenses of harvesting the crop, the balance of the purchase price to be paid at the time the hops are delivered In September. R. M. Gatewood. of Portland, U the purchasing agent in three of the cases, the growers be ing F. Irish, 4 acres; W. O. Dickerson. 14 acres, and J. R. and Evan Lewis, 14 acres. Fred Kamrath, George and Arthur Staben agree to deliver for the same consideration their crop from 14 acres to C5ar.es S. May & Co., of New York. The agreements, which are the first Instruments involving this year's hop crop in Clackamas County, were recorded at the Courthouse this morning. Hops Contracted for 12 Cents. SALEM, Or., July 19. (SpeclaL ) About 1000 bales of hops were contracted by Salem dealers today at 12 cents. The contract market is very active and dealers are travel ing all the time hunting growers who want to sell. The most active buyers are Lach- mund & Co. and Joseph Harris. Others making contracts are Ed Herren and Kola Nets. There nave been rumors today of 13-cent contracts having been made, but they have not been confirmed. It Is known, however, that one offer of 12 cents was made and refused. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the leading cities of the Northwest yesterday were: Clearings. Balances. Portland $ 828,985 S 92,707 Seattle - 1,695.423 379,167 Tacoma 676,062 84.506 Spokane 622, 346 40, 773 PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain, Flour. Feed, Etc. FLOUR Patents, $4.10 per barrel; straights, $3.45: clears. S3. 25 3. 40; Valley, $3.50 3.65; Dakota hard wheat, patents, $5.405.J0; clears, $4.25; graham, $3.50; whole wheat, $3.75; rye flour, local, $5; Eastern, $5.40; cornmeal, per bale, $1.90O 2.29. MILLSTUFFS Bran, city, $17; country, $18 per ton; middlings, $25.50(326; shorts, city, $18; country, $19 per ton; chop, U. S. Mills. $17.50: linseed dairy food. $18: Acalfa meal, $18 per ton. WHEAT Club. 71c; bluestem, 73c; red, 69c; OATS--No. 1 white feed, $32; gray, $31 per ton. BARLEY Feed, $23 75 per ton; brewing, $24; rolled. $24 5025.50. RYE $1.50 per cwt. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream, 90 pound sacks. $7; tower grades. $5.506.75; 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 sacks. $2.50 per bale. HAY Valley timothy. No. 1. $11 12.50 per ton ; clover, $8.50 9 ; cheat, $6.50 & 1 ; grain hay, $73S; alfalfa, $11. Vegetables. Fruits, Etc. DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, $1.502.25 per box; apricots, $1.25S1.3S: cherries, e&10c per pound; currants. 9(jl0c; figs, Dlack. $2; grapes, $1,756-2 per box of 20 pounds; peaches, 75c $1.10; pears. $2.54?2.50; plums, $101.25; Lo gan berries, ft tf 1.46 per crate; raspDemek, $1.4001.50; blackberries, 6c; gooseberries, 8c per pound. MELONS Caataloupes, $33.25 per crate; watermelons, 2iff24c per pound. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $507 per box; oranges. Mediterranean sweets, $4.50; Valenclas, $4.505; navels, $4.5004.75; grapefruit. $404.50, pineapples, $304 per dozen ; bananas, 5 0 5 V c per pound ; limes, 75c per 100. FRESH VEGETABLES Beans. 5 07c; cabbage. l02c per pound: corn. 25035c per dozen; cucumbers, hothouse. 30050c per dozen; field. 75c0$l per box; egg olant. 35a per pound; lettuce, head, 25c per dozen; onions, 1O012HC per dozen; peas. 405c, bell peppers. 12H015c: radishes. 1015c per dozen: rhubarb. 202Hc per pound; spinach. 2 08c per pound ; tomatoes. $1.2503 per box ; hothouse, $2.5003.50; parsley, 25c; squash, $101.25 per crate. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. 9Oc0$l per sack; carrots, $101.25 per sack; beets. $1.2501.50 per sack, garlic. lO012c per pound. ONIONS New red, 101 He per pound; new yellow. 1 02c per pound. POTATOES Buying prices: Fancy grades old Burbanke, 40050c per sack: ordinary, nom inal; new potatoes. 5cfi$1.60. DRIED FRUITS Apples. 14e per pound; apricots, 13015c; peaches. 124 0130; pears, HS14c; Italian prunes. 54 Sc; California figs, white. In sacks. 5 06 He per pound; black. 405c; bricks. 12014-ounce packages, 75 0 85c per box; Smyrna. 20c per pound, dates. Persian. OftfiHc per pound. RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounce packages. 8 0 8Hc; 16-ounce. 9H0lOc; loose muscatels, 2-crown, 6H 07c; 3-crown. 8. 07c; 4 crown, 7 07 He : unbleached, seedless Sul tanas, 607c; Thompson's fancy bleached. 10 0 1 lc ; London layers, 3-crown. whole boxes of 20 pounds, $2; 2-crown, $1.75. Butter, Egge, Poultry, Etc. BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream cry, 21 He per pound. Stats creameries: Fancy creamery. IT1- 020c; store butter, 13ffl4Hc EGGS Oregon ranch, 21022c per dozen; Eastern. 20021c. CHEESE Oregon full cream twine, 130 134c; Young America, 14014H- POULTRY Average old bens. 12V-013c; mixed chickens. 11 H012c: fryers. 16017c ; broilers, 15016Hc; roosters, 9010c; dressed chfckenS. 14915c; turkeys, live, 1517c; turkeys, dressed, choice. 17 22 c ; geese, live, per pound. Sf?&Wc; ducks. 1213c; pigeons, $11.50, squabs, $1.75 2. Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc. HOPS Oregon, 1905, nominal, ll12c; olds 8c: 1906 contracts. 12613c per pound. WOOL Eastern Oregon average best, X&9 23Hc; Valley, coarse. 22HQ23c; fine. 24c per pound. MOHAIR Choice. 2830c per pound. HIDES Dry: No. 1. 18 pounds and up, per pound, 1820c; dry kip. No. L 5 to 15 pounds, 182lc 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 P'-r pound less. Salted hides: Steers, sound. 60 pounds and over, per pound, 10 9 11c; steers, sound, 50 to 60 pounds, 10 1 lc per pound ; steers, sound, under 50 pounds, and cows, 9 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; calf. BQund, under 10 pounds, 11 12c per pound: green (unsaltedj. lc per pound less; veals, lc per pound less. Sheepskins: Shear lings, No. 1 butchers stock, each, 25930c; short wool. No. 1 butchers stock, each, 50 0 60c ; medium wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each. $1.252; murrain pelts, from 10 to 20 per cent less, or 15 16c per pound. Horse hides: Salted, each, according to size, $1.50 2.50; dry. each, according to size. $11.50; colts' hides, each, 2550c. Goatskins: Com mon, each, 15 25c, Angora, with wool on, each, 30c$1.5O. FURS No. 1 skins: Bearskins, as to size, each. $520: cubs, each. $13; badger, prime, each. 23 50c; cat. wild, with head perfect, 3050c; house cat, 520c; fox, common gray large prime, each. 5070c; red, each. $3&5, cross, each, $515; silver and black, each. $10000; fishers, each, $53S; lynx, each. $4.506; mink, strictly No. 1, each, according to size. $1 3 ; mar ten, dark Northern, according to size and color, each, $1015; pale pine, according to size and color, each, $2.50 4 ; muskrat, large, each, 12 15c; skunk, each. 40(g) 60c; civet or pole cat, each, 5 15c; otter, large, prime skin, each, $0g10; panther with head and claws perfect, each, $2655; raccoon, prime large, each. 5075c; mountain wolf, with head perfect, each. $3.50 5; prairie (coyote). 60c $1 ; wolverine, each, $6S8; beaver, per skin, large, $5 6; medium, $3 7; small, $11.50; kits. 5075c. BEESWAX Good, clean and pure, 22 & 25c per pound. TALLOW Prime, per pound, 444c; No. 2 and grease, 23c. CASCARA SAGRADA (chittam bark) New. 22Vzc per pound: 1904 and 1905, 3c In small lots. 3H4c in carlots. GRAIN BAGS 10c apiece. Groceries. Nuts, Etc. RICE Imperial Japan No. l, 5Hc; South ern Japan, 5.40c; head. 6-75c. COFFEE Mocha, 262Sc; Java, ordinary, 18 0 22c; Costa Rica, fancy, 18 020c; good, 16018c; ordinary. 19022c per pound; Co lumbia roast, cases, 100s, $14.75; 50s, $14.75; Arbuckle. $16.25; Lion. $14.75. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound talis, $1.75 per dozen; 2-pound tails. $2.40. 1-pound flats. $1.10UAlaska pink. 1-pound talis. 90c; red, 1-pound tails, $1.25; sockeye, 1-pound tails. $1.70. SUGAR Sack basis. 100 pounds: Cube, $5.40; 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; H-barrels, 25c, boxes. 50c per 100 pounds. Terms: On remittances within 15 days deduct Me per pound; if later than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct He. Sugar, granulated. $4.85 per 100 pounds; maple sugar. 15 018c per pound. NUTS Walnuts, 15c per pound by sack; c extra for less than sack ; Brazil nuts, iSc; filberts, 16c; pecans, jumbos. 16c; extra large. 17c; almonds, 14 15c, chestnuts, Italian. 12 016c; Ohio, 20c; peanuts, raw, 7Hc per pound; roasted, 9c; pinenuts, 100 12c; hictory nuts, 7H08c; cocoanuts, 350 90c per dozen. SALT California dairy, $11 per ton; Imi tation Liverpool, $12 per ton ; half -ground, 100s. $9; 50s. $9.50, lump Liverpool, $17.50. BEANS Small white, 4Hc; large white, 4c; pink, 2c; bayou, 4c; Lima, 5c; Mexican red, 4c. Oil,. TURPENTINE Cases, 81c per gallon. COAL Cases. 10c per gallon; tanks, 12 Wc par gallon. WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7c; 500-pound lots, 8c; less than 500-pound lots, Sc. (In 25-pound tin palls, lc above keg price; 1 to 5-pound tin pails, lc above keg price; 1 to 5-pound tin cans, 100 pounds per case, 2 Ho per pound above keg price.) GASOLINE Stove, cases, 24t2c; T2 test, 27 He; 88 test, 35c; iron tanks, 19c. LINSEED Raw, in barrels, 47c; In cases, 53c; boiled, in barrels, 50c; in cases, 55c; 25-gallon lots, lc less. Provision, and Canned Meat,. , BACON Fancy breakfast. 20c per pound; standard breakfast, 18c; choice, 17c; English. 11 to 14 pounds, 16c; peach. 15c. HAMS 10 to 14 pounds, 16c per pound; 14 to 16 pounds. 15Hc; 18 to 20 pounds, 15Hc; California (picnlcj. 12c; cottage, none; shoulder. -11jac; boiled. 23c; boiled picnic, boneless. 18c. PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels. $21; i4-barrels, Sll; beef, barrels, ill; 14-barrels, ,6.00. SAUSAGE! Ham. 13c per pound; minced ham. 10c; Summer, choice dry. 17Hc; bo logna, long, 7c; weinerwurst. 10c; liver, 6c; pork, 910c; headcheese, 6c; blood, 6c; bologna sausage, link, 4ttc DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt, llc; smoked, 1294c; clear backs, dry salt. HHc; smoked. 12Hc; clear bellies, 14 to 17 pounds average, dry salt. 13c; smoked, 14V-C: Oregon exports, 20 to 25 pounds average, dry salt 12c, smoked 13c; Union bellies. 10 to IS pounds average, none. LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered; Tierces lli4c tubs. HHc; 50s. 1144c; 20s, I13ic; 10s 12c; 5s, 12 He. Standard pure: Tierces, 10c; tubs. lOHc; 50s, 10Hc; 20s, lOXc; 10s. 11c; 5b. 11 He Compound: Tierces, 7Hc; tube. 7c; BOB, 714c; 10s, 8V4c; 6s, 8Hc Dressed Meats. VEAL Dressed. 75 to 125 pounds, 78c; 125 to 50 pounds, 7c i 150 to 200 pounds, 6c; 200 pounds and up, 5H6c. BEEF Dressed bulls, 3c per pound; cows, 4H5Hc; country steers, 5Gc. MUTTON Dressed fancy, 78c per pound; ordinary, 56c; lambs, fancy, SO 8 He. PORK Dressed. 100 to 180 pounds. S 8Hc; 150 to 200 pounds, 7H8c; 200 pounds and up. 77c LIVESTOCK MARKET. Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. The following livestock prices were quoted In the local markets yesterday: CATTLE Best steers, $3.75 3.85; me dium. $3.253.50; cows, $2.75, second-grade cows. $2.25; bulls. $1.502; calves. $44.50. SHEEP Clipped. $4; lambs. $5. HOGS $77.25; light. $0.506.75. EASTERN IXVESTOCK. Prices Current at Chicago. Kansas City and Omaha. CHICAGO, July 10. Cattle Receipts, 5500. Market, strong to 10c higher. Beeves, $4.10 4"; 8tockers and feeders, $2.6054.40; cows and heifers, $1.255.30; calves, $4.756.75. Hogs Receipts today, 18,000; estimated to morrow, 16,000. Market, strong to shade higher. Mixed and butchers, $6.456.85; good to choice heavy. $6.556.S5; rough heavy, $6.15 6.45; light, $.456.85; bulk of sales, $6.00 6.80; pigs, $5.706.65. gne,p Receipts, 12,000. Market, 5010c lower. Sheep. $3.1005.80; lambs, $4.7507.85. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. July 19. Cattle Re ceipts, 4000. Market, strong to 10c higher. Native steers, $4.0036.25; stockers and feed ers, $2.5004.60; 'Western cows, $2.5004.50: Western steers. $3.7506.00; bulls, $2.5004.00; calves, $2.5006.25. Hogs Receipts, 7000. Market, steady to strong. Bulk of sales, $6.57H06.65; heavy, $6.6006.65; packers, $6.57H06.65; pigs and light, $5.6006.65. sheep Receipts. 4000. Market, weak to 10c lower. Muttons. $4.5006.00; lambs, $5.50 7.60; range wethers, $5.0006.15; fed ewes, $4.25 05.40. SOUTH OMAHA, Neb.. July 19. Cattle Receipts, 2500. Market, active to 10c higher. Native steers, $4.5006.85; cows and heifers, $3.0004.40: Western steers, $3.5004.85; Texas steers. $2.753.75; cannere, $1.252.85: stock ers and feeders. $3.0004.25; calves, $2.75 5.75: bulls, stags, etc, $2.2504.25. Hogs Receipts, 10,000. Market, steady. Heavy. $6.4006.60; mixed, $6.4506.50; light, $6.4506.55: pigs, $5.2008.25; bulk of sales. $6.4506. 52H. Sheerj Receipts. 2500. Market, slow to steady. Yearlings. $5.5006.15: wethers. $5.00 05.40; ewes, $4.5005.25: Iambs, $6.2507.25. Dairy Produce in the East. CHICAGO. July 19. On the Produce Ex change today the butter market was steady. Creameries. 15019c; dairies, 1517c. Eggs Steady at mark, cases Included, 12 015c. firsts, 15c; prime firsts. 16c: extras 18 He Cheese Steady, llUc NEW YORK, July 19. Butter, cheese and eggs, unchanged. Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. July 19. Wool Steady. Medium grades, combing and clothing. 24028c: light line, iovn.-, nsj uue, ngnc; lUD wasnea, 3203SC. RUST IS NOT SQ BAD Reports of Great Damage in Northwest Are Denied. CHICAGO MARKET WEAKENS Profit Taking Brings About a Quick Decline in Wheat Prices and Most of the Early Gain Is Lost. CHICAGO. July 19. Wheat early in the day was decidedly strong on an active demand by shorts and commission houses, based upon fresh report from Minneapolis of additional instances where black rust had been found in the Spring wheat crop. A eharp rise In the price of wheat at Minneapolis apparently, sub stantiated these advices. Reports were re ceived claiming that several provinces In Southern Russia had experienced a total fail ure of the crop. Late In the day denials came from the Northwest that any great amount of damage had been done by rust. This caused considerable profit-taking and a sharp break in prices at Minneapolis brought about a quick decline here. The market closed weak, although part of the early gain was retained. September opened H0c to 91c higher at 78 to 78 c, advanced to 79Hc and then declined to 7878Hc The close was up He to 44c at 7894c Ths early bulge in wheat strengthened the corn market, but later the market weakened on realizing sales. The market closed near the lowest point of the day. September opened 0c higher at 62H52Vic, sold off to 61c and closed c lower at 51c The oats market broke sharply about mid day. Reports were received that the recent damage reports had been greatly exaggerated and this caused heavy sales by large holders September opened Hc to 44c higher at 34j4c to 35c, declined to -33Hc and closed 74c to lc off at 83H c. Provisions were quiet. A feature of trading was an advance of 50 centB In the price of July pork, the upturn being caused by the buying of shorts. A firm market for live hogs caused a bullish sentiment in stovisions At the close September pork was up 15c at $17.80. Lard was off 7c at $8.97, and ribs. were 67c lower at $9.35. WHEAT. Open. High. July $ .78 $ .78 September ... .78 .79 December 81 .81 Low. $ .77 78 .80 Close. .80 CORN. July September May .51 .57 .51 .51 .48 .36 -33 .34 Vi .36 .51 .52 V .491 .52 .49 51 .48 H OATS. July September December May 37 .35 .35 .37 .37 .35 .35 37 36 .33 MESS PORK. July 19.55 19.90 19.55 19.50 September ...17.50 17.75 17.50 17.60 LARD. 8.87 8.87 8.87 8.87 9.05 9.07 8.97 8.97 9.10 9.12 9.05 9.05 SHORT RIBS. 9.42 9.42 9.35 9.35 9.42 9.45 9.35 9.35 9,20 9.22 9.12 9.15 September October . . Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Steady. Wheat No. 2 Spring, 79080c; No. 8. 75 78c; No. 2 red. 7979c. Com No. 2. 51c: No. 2 yellow, 52c. Oats No. 2, 36c; No. 2 white, 39c; No. 3 white, 3539c. Rye No. 2. 56c. Barley Good feeding, 40c; fair to choree malting, 43050c. Flaxseed No. 1, $1.06; No. 1 Northwest ern, $1.10. Timothy seed Prime. $4.25. Clover Contract grades, $11,25. Short ribs, sides Loose, $9.309.36. Mess pork Per barrel, $19.90. Lard Per 100 pounds, $8.87. Short clear sides Boxed. $9.629.75. Whisky Basis of high wines, $1.29. ReoelDts. Shipment?. TTlr.,, hflrr.ln 20.500 21.500 Wheat, bushels oo.uvu nnm hiiah.la 295.900 42.1.300 Oats bushels 141. uw loi.wv TJv. liiihels 6.50 Barley, bushels 6,600 1.100 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. July 19. 'Flour Receipts. 11.500 barrels. Exports, 7100 barrels. Steady with moderate inquiry. Wheat Receipts, 20,000 bushels. Spot steady. No. 2 red, 83c elevator and 84c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 88 f. o. b. afloat. Starting out with a strong ad vance on bullish Russian crop news and from the Nerthwest, wheat gradually weakened un der profit-taking. The afternoon market was quite heavy In response to denials of rust dam age and liquidation, closing only c net high er. May closed 88c; July closed 84c; Sep- terrfber closed 84c, and December at 86c. Hops and Hides Steady. Wool Quiet. European Grain Markets. LIVERPOOL, July 19. Wheat July, 6s 8d.; September, 6s 7d; December, 6s 8d. Weather fine and warmer. LONDON, July 19. Cargoes dull at Stt de cline. Walla Walla and California prompt shipment,' 3s 3d. English and French country markets, quiet but steady. Grain at San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO. July 19. Wheat, quiet; barley, steady. Spot quotations Wheat: Shipping, $1.30 1.32: milling, $1.32 1.45. Barley: Feed. 9394c; brewing, $11.02. Oats: Red, $1.1501.40. Call-board sales Wheat, December $1.30 asked; corn, large yellow, $1.32 1.45. Minneapolis Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS, July 19. Wheats-July, 77c: September, 77c; December, 78c; May, 82c; No. 1 hard, 80c; No. 1 North ern, 79 c; No. 2 Northern, 78c. Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA. July 19. Wheat Unchanged. Export, bluestem. 73o; club, 71c; red, 68c SMALL INTEREST SHOWN RECORD FOR DTTLIjNESS AP PROACHED IN STOCK MARKET. No Mfe to Trading Until Amalga mated Dividend Is Announced. Foreign Markets Heavy. NEW YORK, July 19. The year's record for dullness was approached in today's busi ness at the Stock Exchange. The tedious fluctuations represented nothing but the shift ing operations -of a handful of room-traders, and were not sufficient to effect any appreci able movement. Very few of the active stocks moved as widely as a point from last night's level. In terest In the market seemed entirely dormant until the share rise at the iast, when the market held firm on the Amalgamated divi dend announcement. No less than three meetings of corporation directors were scheduled for the day, to which Importance had been attached, and upon which speculative hopes had been based or professed. It was early announced that the St, Paul meeting could not be held, owing to the In ability to secure a quorum of the directors. It had been predicted that the long-expected financial plan for the construction of the Pa cific Coast extension would he considered at this) meeting, and an official announcement prepared. The market received the report of the abandonment of the meeting without a ripple. Special effort had been mads to drum up a quorum of Union Paciflo dlrsctors. but they attended only to routine matters and left the decision of the next dividend m the hands of the executive committee. Confident assertions had preceded the meeting that a large extra disbursement would bo made out of the proceeds of sales of the company's holdings of Great Northern preferred and Northern Pacific stock. The day of a dividend announcement on Amalgamated Copper is attended with more speculative excitement in periods of activity n the market than almost any other event. Predictions had been made of probable action ranging all the way from a passing of ths dividend to an increase to an 8 per cent rate. The stock sagged lazily on the announcement of the retention of the last dividend of 1 4er cent, and per cent extra for the quar terly period. Foreign markets continued dull under the weight of the discouraging outlook in Russia, and It was reported that the London market was affected by supposed liquidation on ac count of the Beit estate. A report came from Chicago that railroad companies were borrow ing heavily from banks there Into March next at 5 to 6 per cent to peetpone offerings of securities in the present unfavorable market. The outcome of tomorrow's offering of $30, OO0.000 of Panama Canal bonds and the com pletion of the repayment of $10,000,000 of Government deposits which have been recalled is awaited with Interest. Bonds were Irregular. Total sales, par value, $1,377,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing bales. Ulan. Low. Bid Adams Express . 24u 96 34 100 29 90 220 28 63 17 38 70 112 1 115 129 99 235 87 99 136 118 92 73 158 220 Amalg. Copper 48.2UO 96 94 Am. car & Fdy... 1,900 34 33 do. preterred Am. Cotton Oil.. 1.000 29 29 do. preferred . . Am. Express Am. Hd. & Lr Am. Ice Securities. 4.600 64 63 Am. Linseed Oil do. preferred Am. Locomotive 5,000 70 69 do. preferred . Am. Smelt. & Ref. 6.20O 144 143 115 129 99 233 86 09 136 115 '73 159 K do. preferred 2uo 115 Am. Sugar Ref 000 129 Am. Tobacco, pfd. . 1,100 100 Anaconda Mng. Co. 23,300 236 Atchison 3,100 87 ao. preterred .... 2UO uu'A Atlantic Coast Line 200 136 Baltimore & Ohio.. 4,600 117 do. preferred Brook. Rapid Tran. 1.100 73H Canadian Pacinc .. 200 159 central or jn. j loo 'zzz 22 Central Leather .. 400 35 35H 35 do. preferred 100 Chesok. & Ohio 900 5544 5514 6514 Chicago GL West.. 200 16 16 16 l. nicago s n. W. . . 200 195 195 196 Chi., Mil. & St. P. 17,300 176 174 175 Chi. Ter. Se Trans 12 do. preferred 26 C. C, C. & St. L. 200 92 91 92 colo. .Fuel & Iron. 6,000 48 47 48 Colo. & Southern.. 800 33 33 33 do. 1st preferred 67 do. 2d preferred 47 Consolidated Gas .. 200 138 138 138 Corn Products 19 do. preferred 76 Dei. & Hudson 400 208 207 208 Del., Lack. & West 100 495 495 485 Denver & Rio G. . 300 39 37 39 do. preferred 83 Dlst. Securities . . . Erie do. 1st preferred. do. 2d preferred. . General Electric . . Gt. Northern, pfd.. Hocking Valley . . . Illinois Central ... Int. Paper ...4 do. preferred .... Int. Pump do, preferred .... Int. Met do. preferred .... Iowa Central do preferred K. C. Southern .... do. preferred . . Louis. & Nash Mexican Central . . Minn. & St. Louis. 56 40 161 288 134 176 17 48 40 82 35 75 25 50 23 1i 50 143 20 63 152 169 90 M. St. P. &. S.S.M do. preferred Missouri Paciflo .. 400 90 90 31 Mo., Kan. & Tex.. 800 3:1 31 do. preferred 66 National Lead 40 73 72 7: Nat. R. R. of Mex. N. Y. Central N. Y., Ont. Sz W.. Norfolk & Western do. preferred .... North American . . Northern Pacific . . Pacific Mall Pennsylvania People's Gas P., C. C. & St. L,. Pressed Steel Car. do. preferred .... Pull. Palace Car. . . Reading do. 1st preferred. do. 2d preferred.. Republic Steel .... do. preferred .... Rock Island Co. do. preferred .... Schloss Sheffield . . Et. L. & S. F. St. Louis S. W do. preferred .... Southern Pacific .. do. preferred .... Southern Railway . do. preferred .... Tenn. Coal & Iron. Texas & Pacific... Tol., St. L. & W. . do. preferred .... 200 2.100 700 2.200 3U 132 47 87 30 131 40 86 Ml 132 47 87 90 92 199 34 125 89 77 45 96 221 120 90 90 24 94 23 61 71 41 21 50 68 116 34 97 147 30 27 45 144 93 118 75 40 105 34 102 34 107 19 276 150 91 17 23 44 300 56 56 7,500 40 39 400 77 76 200 68 68 "766 289' 288" "366 177" iri" 100 17 17 "466 42" "46" ' '466 '35 '.35 600 75 74 200 26 25 400 51 50 "966 '56 50" 2,800 143 142 40O 19 19 200 65 65 3.900 199 197 1,100 34 33 10,200 126 124 500 89 89 ""800 "45 ' 38,300 121" iia ""ioo '24 '24 200 95 94 900 23 23 200 61 60 300 71 70 24,300 69 66 400 117 117 1,000 34 33 200 98 97 1,200 147 145 100 30 30 BOO 27 27 27,500 45 45 43,200 144 142 "166 75" '75 200 40 38 200 106 105 23.600 34 33 5,500 102 101 do. preferred U. S. Express. TJ. S. Realty. U. & Rubber. do. preferred V. S. Steel ... do. preferred Va. Car. Chemical. . do. preferred Wabash do. preferred ... Wells Fargo Bx. . Wpstinghouse Elec 100 10O 153 91 153 91 Western Union Wheeling & L. E Wis. Central do. preferred .... 1.000 Total sales for the day, 44 44 342,500 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. July 19. Closing quotations: U. S. ref. 2s reg.l03ID. & R. G. 4s . .101 do coupon 103!N. Y. C. G. 3s. 96 U. S. 3s reg 102!Nor. Pacific Ss. . 77 do coupon 103 Nor. Pacific 4s.. 104 U. S. new 4s reg. 128 So. Pacific 4s... 91 do coupon 129!Union Pacific 4s. 103 U. S. old 4s reg. 103 'Wis. Central 4s. 89H do coupon 103 IJap. 6s, 2d ser.. 98 Atchison Adj. 4s 94 '4 Jap. 4Hs, cer... 94 Stocks at London. LONDON, July 19. Consols for money. 87; consols for account. 87 11-16. Anaconda 12 Norfolk & West. 89 Atchison 89 do preferred... 94 do preferred. .103 Ontario & West. 47 Baltimore & O. .119 Pennsylvania ... 64 Can. Pacific. ... 163 Rand Mines 5 Ches. & Ohio... 56Readlng 61 C. Gt. Western. 17 do 1st pref 46 C, M. A St. P. .180 do 2d pref.... 45 De Beers 17 So. Railway 84 D. 4- R. Grande. 40! do preferred. ..102 do preferred. . 87 ISo. Pacific 69 Erie 40Unlon Pacific 147 do 1st pref.... 79 do preferred... 97 do 2d pref 70!tJ. S. Steel 35 H Illinois Central . 180 I do pref erred... 104 Louis. & Nash.. 146 IWabash 20 Mo.. Kas. & T. . 32 do preferred... 46 N. Y. Central.-. .135 iSpanlsh Fours... 92 Money. Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK, July 19. Money on call, steady. 2 per cent; ruling rate, 2 per cent, closing bid, 2 per cent; offered, 2 per cent. Time loans. Irregular; 60 days, 4 per cent: 90 days. 4 per cent; six months, 5 05 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 50 5 per cent. Sterling exchange steady at $4.8450 4.8455 for demand and at $4.817004.8175 for 60-day bills. Posted rates, $4.82 4.85. Commercial bills, $4.81. Bar sliver, 65 c. Mexican dollars. 50c. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, Irregular. LONDON. July 19. Bar silver, steady, 30 3-lGd per ounce. Monej', 102 per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for short bills Is 3 per cent; the rate of discount In the open market for three-months' bills Is 3 per cent- SAN FRANCISCO. July 19. Silver bars, 65Hc; Mexican dollars, 52c. Sight drafts, 2Hc: telegraph drafts, 5c. Sterling on Lon don, 60 days. $4.82; sight, $4.84. Daily Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. July 19. Today's state ment of the Treasury balances in the gen eral fund shows: Available cash balance $171,556,770 Gold coin and bullion 95.406.715 Gold certificates 40,363.370 Metal Markets. NEW YORK, July 19. The London tin mar ket was 10s higher on spot, which closed at 167 2s 6d, but futures were unchanged at 166 10s. Locally, the market was steady DOWNING-HOPKINS CO. Established 1893 STOCKS, BONDS, QRAIIN Bought and sold for cash and on margin. Private Wires ROOM 4, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Phone Main 37 and about 7 points higher, with spot quoted at 38.25036.50c Copper was higher la the London market, with spot quoted at 80 17s 6d and futures at 90 2s 6d Locally, the market was reported dull and more or less nominal. Lake is quoted at 18.37018.75c: electrolytic, 18.00 18.50c. and casting, 17.7o18.00c Jad was unchanged at 5.75c In the local market and at 16 16s In the London market. Spelter wss also unchanged In both markets, closing at 26 17s In London and at 5.95 6.00c locally. Iron was unchanged both locally and In the English market. SAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS. Prices Paid for Products in the Bay City Markets. BAN FRANCISCO. July 19. The following prices were quoted In the produce market to day: FRUITS Apples, choice. $1.55; common. 50c; bananas. 75c0$1.75; Mexican limes. $7 8; California lemons, choice, $4.75; common, $2.50; oranges, navels, $2.504; pineapples, $1.5004. VEGETABLES Cucumbers, 50c; garlic, 4 5c; green peas, $101.25, string beans, 1 2c; asparagus. $1.2501.75; tomatoes, $102; egg plant, $1.25. EGGS Store, 18019c; fancy ranch. 21c POULTRY Roosters, old. $607.50; do young. $5 6; broilers, small, nominal; broil ers, large, $22.50; fryers, $3 0 3.50, hens, $3.50 04. BUTTER Fancy creamery. 21c; creamery seconds, 19c; fancy dairy, 20c; dairy seconds, 18 He; pickled, lGH17c CHEESE Young America, 19c; Eastern, 16 He; Western, 15c. WOOL Fall Humboldt and Mendocino. 16 18c; mountain. 9llc; South Plains and San Joaquln 9 11c. MILL.'STUFFS Bran, $19.5021, mid dlings. V26029. HAY Wheat. $17 18; wheat and oats, $1216; barley. $74fl0; alfalfa. $10012; stock. $7 08; straw, 30o5c per bale. RECEIPTS Flour. 22,492 quarter sacks; wheat, 1699 centals; barley, 12.532 centals; oat, y52 centals; beans. 268 sacks; corn, 170 centals; potatoes, 2715 sacks; bran, 566 sacks; middlings. 415 sacks; hay, 365 tons; wool. 75 bales; hides 1453. Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO, July 19. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alpha Con $ Andes Belcher Best & Belcher Bullion Caledonia .... Challenge Con. Chollar Confidence . . . Con. Cai. & V. Crown Point.. Exchequer . -Gould & Curry Justice $ .04 Kentucky Con. .02 Mexican 12 Occidental Con. .74 Ophir 3.45 Overman 12 Potosi 11 Savage 71 Scorpion 07 Seg. Belcher... .04 Sierra Nevada. .20 Silver Hill 81 lUnlon Con 25 (Utah Con 05 Yellow Jacket. .10 Hale & Nor. , Julia 0 NEW YORK. July 19. Closing quotations: Adams Con $ .20 Alice 3.00 Breece 25 Brunswick C. .30 Comstock Tun. .14 Con. Cal. & V. .90 Horn Silver. . . 2.05 Iron Sliver. . . . 5.25 Leadvllle Con. .03 Little Chief $ .05 Ontario 2.30 Ophir 3.40 Phoenix 02 IPotosl 13 ISavage 70 Sierra Nevada. .20 Small Hopes. . . .30 standard 2.30 BOSTON. July 19. Adventure ..$ 5.00 Allouez 31.50 Amalgamatd 90.50 Am. Zinc. ... 8.50 Atlantic .... 13.50 Bingham ... 27.00 Cai. & Hecla 680.00 Centennial .. J0o0 Cop. Range.. 69.50 Daly West. . 15.00 Franklin . . . 15.50 Granby 10.75 Greene ' 98.00 Isle Royale. 10.00 Mass. Mining 7.00 Michigan . . . 11.50 -Closing quotations: IMont. C. & C.$ 2.25 N. Butte. S4 50 Old Dominion jUsccola farrot iQuincy Shannon .... Tamarack . . i Trinity U. S. Mining. U. S. Oil.... ll'tah Victoria .... Winona ..... iWolverlne . . ! Mohawk .... 37.00 101.00 24.50 84.50 9.12 93.00 8.00 53.50 9.50 53.75 6.12H 4.87H 136.UU 60.25 Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK, July 19. No change Is re ported In the market for evaporated apples Prime, llHHc; choice. ll011c. and fancy, 12c Prunes remain unchanged on spot, with quotations ranging from 7c to 8o, accord ing to grade. Apricots are held above buyere' views and business consequently is light. Holders are firm, however, and prices are well maintained. Choice, 13c; extra choice, 13c, and fancy, 14014c Peaches are quiet and firm. Choice, 10c; extra choice. llV4llc; fancyv ll012c and extra fancy, 1212c. Raisins are unchanged with seeded quoted at 67c; loose muscatels, 67c, and London layers, $1.65. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, July 19. The market for cof fee futures closed steady at a net advance of 5015 points. Sales were 26,000 bags. In cluding: August 8.25c; September 6.306.35c; December. 6.60.65c; Februar- 6.76c; March, 6.85c; May, 7.00c, and June, 7.05c. Spot Rio, steady; No. 7, 7c. Sugar Raw, steady; fair refining, 3 7-32C centrifugal. 96 test, 3 23-32c; molasses sugar, 2 31-32c. Refined, quiet; crushed. $5.40; pow dered, $4.80; granulated, $4.70. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, July 19. The cotton market closed weak and unsettled with last prices at the lowest level of the day. July, 10.15c August, 10.20c, September, 10.30c; October, 10,38c; November, 10.40c; December, 10.47c; January, 10.51c; February, 10.52c; March, 10.63c Amalgamated Declares Dividend. NEW YORK, July 19. The directors of the Amalgamated Copper Company declared a quarterly dividend of 1 per cent and of 1 per cent as an extra dividend. This Is the same as that declared for the last pre vious quarter. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Marriage Licenses. RUSSELL-KERN E. F. Russell, North Bend, Or., 80; PIcciola Kern, 22. BROWN-M'PHERSON -W. E. Brown, 49 Edla F. McPherson. 49. OETZEN-BEATRICE Ernest A. Oetzen Lounett Beatrice. 22. 24 LEONE-HENNEBERGER Henry M. Leone Chicago. 111., 35; lrginla Henneberger, New York, 26. Births. CAUTHORN At Portland Maternity Hos pital. July 18, to the wife of Bradford E Cauthorn, a daughter. FAY At Portland Maternity Hospital, July 9. to the wife of Edward J. Fay, a daughter HARRADON At 1091 Thurman street. July 8 to the wife of A. M. Harradon, a daughter. HOYT At Portland Maternity Hospital July 8, to the wife of Perclval G. Hoyt, son. ROSSI At Fulton, July 4, to the wife of Andrew Rossi, a son. ROWAN At Portland Maternity Hospital, July 14, to the wife of Devon H. Rowan, a daughter. SCHMID At Portland Maternity Hospital. July 16, to the wife of John Schmld, a daughter. SMITH At Portland Maternity Hospital, July 3, to the wife of Jay C. Smith, a son. WINGATB At Portland Maternity Hospital. July 5. to the wife of E. M. Wlngate, a daughter. Deaths. BOBBLEVICH At CryBtal Springs Station. July IS, Nicholas Bobblevich, a native of Russia, aged 35 years. SORENSON At Salem, July 18, Mra Eliza Sorenson, a native of Norway, aged 67 years, 9 months, 11 days. Remains brought here for interment. UNKNOWN MAN On railroad track at 20 mlle post, an unknown man, aged about 35 years. Building Permits. J. N. ATTBRBURI Two-story frame dwell- lng. Dekum street, between Rodney and Cleve land. $2500. J. H. MORSE Two-story frame dwelling. East Morrison street, between East Thirty - seventh and East Thirty-eighth. $1800. J. T. KERRIGAN Two-story frame dwell ing, Broadway street, between East Thirteenth and East Fourteenth, $2500. W. W. MORDS-TES Two-story frame dwell ing, Hawthorne avenue, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth. $1900. MISS GOODMAN Two-story frame dwelling. Lincoln street. between Washington and Everett, $2000. B. W. RASMUSSEN Two-story frame dwell ing. East Twenty-elghth and Morrison streets. $2000. HOP LEE Repair of store. Third street. between Ash and Pine, $150. A. H. MORRILL Repair of Btore, Madison street, near Front, $450. WILLAMETTE IRON & STEEL WORKS Excavation for shop. Front and Hall streets. $2000. W. B. WOOLFOLK One-story frame dwell ing. Florida street, between Wisconsin and Virginia, $500. OWENS Two-story frame dwelling. Tenth and Clifton streets. $1700. OSCAR ANDERSON Two-story frame dwelling. East Alder street, between East Thirty-fifth and East Thirty-sixth, $1950. CHARLES F. KINNEY Two-story frame dwelling. East Salmon street, between Twenty fourth and Twenty-fifth. $1950. MISS EMMA WARD One-story frame dwell ing. East Hoyt street, between Bast Fiftieth and East Fifty-first. $200. Keal Estate Transfers. Sarah J. and Lewis M. Parrish to Sena Strain, 1.1 acres on Patton Road X 3...00 Fred and Louisa Ncwbauer to Mrs. riattie Fisher, part of lot 4. block 11. Caruthers' Addition to Port land 2,800 Maud and Belle Alnsworth to Viola May Cm, lots 1 and 2. block 15. Goldsmith's Addition tn Portland. 7,500 Frederick 3. and Martha A. Vande- marr to George W. Gordon, lots 5 and 6, block 7, Lincoln Park Annex 2.000 Estate of Henry J. Corbett to Mary Arouckle. lots 3 and 4. block 1, being part of east half of block O. 6,000 M. L. and May W. Holbrook to Mer chants' Investment sr Trust Co., land In T. 1 N.. R. 1 W., 14.33 acres; lots 11, 12, 13 and 14. and fractional blocks 12 and 13 In James Johns' Addition to St. Johns, excepting certain land owned bv Portlarffl Woolen Mills. 43.000 William M. and Mary A. Ladd to Edward Boyce and wife, land in block 7, Johnson's Addition to Portland 15 oon William R. and Ida M. Wlnans to Rasmus P. Rasmussen. lots 7 and 8. block 23. Alblna 1,050 1,500 1.20O 1,600 1.625 1.450 1.650 E. B. and Alma A. Holmes and J. P. and Louisa M. Menefee to A. L. Schnack, lots 12 to 24. Inclusive, block 3. Albion Addition to Alhlna. Minnie M. and M. E. Lee to Gustav FrlBwold, east half lots 7 and 8. block 260. Holladay's Addition to East Portland E. G. and Emma Eaton to A. A. Baker. 2 acres in Witten D. L. C. The Flrland Company to William H. and Jessie E. Vose, lots S and 9. block 18, Flrland The Northern Counties Investment Company to Cora McRae. westerly ly 25 feet of lot 1. block 200, City of Portland O. W. and Elizabeth Olson to Will iam H. Fayle, east half of lots 5 and 6. block 326. Hawthorne Park, East Portland Frank and Rachael ' Bode to F. M. Stokes, lot 5. block 201, East Portland 2,600 Total, Including smaller transfers .$110,483 JUDGE MAKES SUBTERFUGE Said Railroad Could Give Rebates and Be Within the Law. MILWAUKEE. Wis., July 19. J. G. Albright, general agent in Wisconsin for the Union Central Life Insurance Company of Ohio, who appeared be fore the Wisconsin Legislative Insur ance Investigating Committee, today produced correspondence of a sensa tional character between bis company and a Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge, In which the latter tried to obtain a rebate and offered the company a plan for a subterfuge under which the Judge believed the rebate could be given and still come within the pale of the law. Mr. Albright said if even Supreme Court Judges were willing t'o offer subterfuge plans by which they could obtain rebates, he thought there was little wonder that the rank and file of the public accepts rebates where It can obtain them. The name of the Judge with whom the correspondence was had in October, 1902, was not made public. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, July 19. Maximum tempera ture, 82 deg. ; minimum. 58. River reading at 8 A. M., 9.8 feet; change In 24 hours, rlss of 0.1 of a foot. Total precipitation, 5 P. M. to 5 P. M., none; total since September 1, 1905, 38.70 Inches; normal, 46.16 inches; de ficiency, 7.46 inches. Total sunshine July 18, 1906, 8 hours and 6 minutes; possible, 15 hours and 18 minutes. Barometer read ing (reduced to sea-level) at 5 P. M 29.91. PACIFIC COAST WEATHER. S S I 3 a t STATION. Baker City Bismarck Boise Eureka Helena Kamloops, B. C. . North Head Pocatello Portland Red Bluff Roseburg Sacramento Salt Lake City San Francisco.... Spokane Seattle 86'0.00 90 0.00 92'0.00 6NW Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear 4 SE 8 0 NW W NW 0.00 0.00 0.00 10 Pt. Cldy. Pt. Cldy. Pt. Cldy. 5810.00 26 NW 0.00 12W 12 NW 4 SE 6N 10IS 12N 18 W 16 W 6iW 10'SW 4W 0.00 Clear Clear Clear 0.00 O.00 88 0.00 92U00 60 0.00 Clear Clear Cloudy Clear 98 0.00 0.00 70 Clear Tatoosh Island. I 58 0.00 Cloudy Clear Valla Walla I 94 0.00 O WEATHER CONDITIONS. Fair weather continues In the Pacific States, except along the coast from Caps Flattery to San Francisco, where It Is gener ally cloudy or foggy. The temperatures have remained nearly stationary. The Indications are for fair weather In this district Friday with nearly stationary temperatures, except In the Sound Country, where it will be warmer. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for 28 hours ending at midnight, July 20: Portland and vicinity Fair and continued warm. Northwest winds. Western Oregon Fair and continued warm. Northwest winds. Western Washington Fair, warmer in In terior. Northwest winds. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and Idaho Fair and continued warm. EDWARD A. BEALS. District Forecaster. Dogeaters Are to Go Home. WASHINGTON, July 19. The Bureau of Insular Affairs has completed arrange ments for sending back to their native land the Igorrotes who have been exhib iting at fairs and other places of amuse ment about the country since the close of the St. Louis Exposition. F. F. Ba ker, a law clerk of the Insular Bureau, will leave Chicago Saturday for San Francisco and sail on the 25th for the Philippines with his charges.