THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1906.
15
HO EXPORT TRADE
Nearly All the Wheat Bought
on Milling Account.
FARMERS SLOW SELLERS
Japanese Flour Inqulrtes at Re
el uoed Prices Weekly AVheat
Statistics Rumors In the
Hop Market.
WHEJAT No export trade yet.
FLOUR Japanese bids too low.
HOPS Rumor o 22-cent sale.
FRUIT Infected pears and crab
app'es condemned.
COUNTRY PRODUCE Local prices
unchanged.
The week did not open us with much ac
tivity in the wheat market. Exporters as
sert that the prices that have been paid by
millers,, both in the interior and at tide
water, are too far above the foreign basis
to enable them to operate. .Consequently
nearly all the trading that has been done
lately aas been on milling account. Kxport
prices here for club wheat are 67 to 68
cents track and for bluestem, 70 to 71 cents.
As millers have paid over these figures, they
nave naturally got the wheat, and until
their wants are satisfied the movement will
not be general. There appear to be already
Indications of a subsidence of the milling
demand. Very few large lots have been sold
yet, and until the harvest is completed far
mers will not be free sellers.
The export flour market is again slower.
What few sales have been made lately have
been on Japanese account, but the buyers
on that side have lower Ideas than ever
now. There was a good Inquiry for flour
for August shipment, but the orders could
not all be filled, owing to the lack of sup
plies. The Japanese, "however, are not so
eager to buy for September shipment. There
are some Indications that they may come
Into the markat later at better prices than
they are now offering.
The weekly wheat statistics, of the Mer
chants' Exchange follow:
bage. 1T2c per pound; celery, 85cIl per
dozen; corn, 15ST20C per dozen; cucumbers,
hothouse, 25c per dozen; field, 40fc ttoc per
box; egg plant, 10c per pound; lettuce, head,
25c pei dozen; onions, logli'e per dozen;
Peas. 4185c; bell peppers, lil'tSISc; radishes.
IOiISc per dozen; rhubarb. 2m2b Per pound;
splnacr. 23c per pound; tomatoes, euc
PT box; hothouse, 2; parsley. 25c; squaoh,
111.25 per crate.
HOOT VEGETABLES Turnips, ftOcgtl per
sack; carrots, $lgl.25 per sack; beets, $1,269
1.50 per sack; garlic, 10ffl2c per pound.
ONIONti New. liSlVaa per pound.
POTATOES Buying price; Oregon Bur
banks. 70&75c: ewi-et potatoes, 4Hc per
pound.
DRIED FRUITS Apples, He per pound;
apricots, 15!gmV.o; peaches, 12iS13c; pears,
lmiBlic; Italian prunes. 6H?; California
fUs, white, in cacks. 6tj!4c per pound; black,
i5c: bricks. 12'H-ounce packages, 75S5e
per box; Smyrna. 2uc pound; dates, Persian,
86c per pound.
RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounce package, Sty
8V,c: lS-ounce. bVsSloc: loose muscatels. 2
crown, 6"-.87c; 3-crown. 6407Vic; 4-crown.
7--7Vjc: unbleached, seedlees Sultanas, Witc;
Thompson's fancy bleached, lollc; London
layers, 3-crown, whole boxes of 20 pounds, -;
2-crown. $1.75.
Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc.
FLOUR Patents. $3.54.1o per barrel;
straights, J3.10S3.60; clears. X3.10H3.25;
Valley, sg.5o4i3.6u; Dakota and hard wheat,
patenw. K65.0; clears. 14. 10 4. 25; graham,
3.5o: whole wheat, 3.75; rye (lour, local, 5;
Eastern, S5G5.25; cornmeal, per bale, 1.9o
2. I'll.
MILLSTUFFS Bran, city. $16; country.
$17 per ton; middlings, $25S'26; shorts, city,
$17: country, IS per ton; chop, U. S. Mills,
$15.50; linseed dairy food, $18; Acalfa meal,
$16 per ton.
WHEAT Club. 67S66c; bluestem, 7C371c;
valley. 71c; red. 64iSiitic.
OATS No. 1 white. $22fi22.50; gray, $20
21.
BARLEY Feed. $20 per ton; brewing.
$22.60; rolled, $23324.
RYE $1.30 per cwt.
CORN Whole. 26: cracked. $27 per ton.
CEREAL FOODS Rolled oatd, cream, 90
pound sacks. $7; lower grades, $5.50'fr6.76;
oatmeal, steel cut, 5o-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; paatry flour, 10-pound
aoks, $2.50 per bale.
HAT Valley timothy. No. 1. $11012 50 per
ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $16; clover, $7
7.54); cheat, $6.50: grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $lu;
vetch hay, $7a7.50.
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc.
BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream
ery. 24??26c, per pound. State creameries:
Fancy creamery, 22Vi&25c; store butter, 15
15Hc.
EGGS Oregon ranch, 21V422c per dozen;
Eastern. 20(&21c.
CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, 13
18V$c: Young America, 14ff"14Hc
POULTRY Average old hens. 13c; mixed
chickens, 12t4'513c; Springs. WHSl: old
roosters, 10c; dressed chickens, 14f?15c;
turkeye. live, 16?22c; turkeys, dresBed. choice,
20G22'4c; geese, live, per pound, SlOc; ducks,
116 13c; pigeons, $1$1.50; squabs, $23
Groceries, Nuts, Etc.
RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, 5Vic; ttobtfc
ern Jaiian, 5.40c: head. 6.75c.
COFFEE? Mocha, 26a28c; Java, ordinary.
lR22c; Costa Rica, fancy. lRT20c; good, ltm
18c; ordinary, 19S22c per pound; Columbia
roast Chses, 100s, $14.75; 508, $14.75; Ar
buckle, $1'..25; Lion. $15.25.
SALMON Columbia River, 1 pound tails.
$1.75 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.40: 1-pound
fiats, $1.10; Alaska pink. 1-pound tails, 60c;
red. lpound 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 (J, 4.tw; golden c, $4.45; fruit sugar.
olOe; headcheese, 6c; blood, 6c; bologna
eauage, link. 41?c.
DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears,
dry salt. 12c; smoked, 13o; clear backs, dry
salt. 12c: smoked, 13c: clear bellies, 14 to 17
pounds, average, dry salt, 14c; smoked. 15c;
Oregon exports, 20 to 25 pounds average, dry
salt. 12'4c; smoked, 13V4c; Union bellies. 10
to 18 pounds average, none.
LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tierces,
mc; tubs, 12c; 50s. 12c; 2"s, 12Vic; 10s,
12'ic; 5s. 12c. Standard Pure: Tleroes,
10c; tubs, 11c; 60s. 11c: 20s. llVic 10s,
HHc: 5s. lTK,c. Compound: Tierces. 7Vic;
tubs, 74c: 60s, 7ic; 10s, 814c; 5s, SVic.
AMERICAN VISIBLE SUPPLY.
August 20, 31.W9,noo 226.0O0
August 21, 1!5 13.722.O0O 177.000
August 21, 1004 12.558.0h0 to.OOO
August 17, 1!03 12.438,000 682.000
August IS, 19i2 20.264.000 1.509.000
August' 19. 1901 2(5.770.000 1. 419.0O0
August 20, 1900 49.761.014) l.M.I.OOO
August 21, 1S99 36.078.000 178.000
August 22. 1S98 B,8u0,000 1,047,000
Increase.
QUANTITIES ON PASSAGE.
Week Week Week
ending ending ending
Aug. 18. Aug. 11. Aug. 19. '05.
For bus. bus. bus.
United Kingdom 19.600.000 20.720.000 18.S2O.0O0
Continent 8,240.000 7.120,000 12.720.000
Totals 27;840.000 27,840,000 31,040,000
WORLD'S SHIPMENTS, PRINCIPAL EXPORTING COUNTRIES.
Week Week Week "
ending ending ending
Aug. 18. Aug. 11. Aug. 18,'0o.
bus. bus. bus.
United States and Canada 2.82S.OO0 2,23.0no 1.067.000
Argentine . 806,000 1,376.000 1,760.000
Australia 312.0O0 144.000
Danublan ports 1.640.000 720 000 1 376 000
Russia 1,360.000 1.120.000. 2.472.0O0
India 840.000 1,448.000 800.000
Totals . 7,524,000 7,239,000 7,619.000
HOP MARKET QUIET.
fnconflnned Rumor of 22-Crnt Purchase at
Aurora.
The only news of Interest In the hop mar-
ket yesterday was a rumor that came down
from Aurora that Ed C Herren, of that
place, had bought the' Caruthers crop at
22 cents. The rumor was not confirmed. So
far as could be learned, none of the Port
land dealers made purchases during the day.
The following dispatch shows the- feeling
In the Salem trade:
"Salem, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.) Both
growers and dealers look for continued ad
vances In the hop market this week, with
a possible rise of 5 cents, as compared with
a rise of 3 cents last week. Cable advices
from London last night conveyed the Infor
mation that the Nuremberg market is
strong and advancing, while the English
market is firm and weather conditions un
favorable. In Oregon, growers and dealers
are beginning to appreciate the effect of the
continued dry weather upon the hill yards,
and the estimate of the total crop snow
diminishing figures.
That Klrkpatrlck, of Dallas, has offered
22 cents was confirmed today from several
sources, and one grower was offered this
price as long ago as last Thursday. There
are no Salem dealers with 22-cent orders.
"It is the general opinion that since the
20-cent mark has been passed there will not
be many sales until the market reaches 25,
though It Is remarked that some holders
may thick It Is time to sklddo when 23 Is
offered. A drop of a few cents would un
doubtedly cause a stampede to sell."
INFECTED FRUIT CONDEMNED.
Pears and Crabapples Found with San Joe
Scale.
Fruit Inspector Delch yesterday condemned
on Front street six 60-pound boxes of pears
shipped in from The Dalles. Five boxes, of
pears and five of crabapples. which a Mount
Tabor woman was trying to sell on the
street, were also condemned. All were In
fected with San Jose Scale.
Among the day's heavy arrivals were two
cars of cantaloupes, one of sweet potatoes,
four of watermelons and one of Elberta and
Susquehanna peaches. The latter were
quoted at $1.10. California - grapes were
plentiful and held steady. Good Bartlett
pears were scarce. A shipment of straw
berries was received from Maygers.
Country Produce Unchanged.
The market for country produce was not
fairly opened yesterday. Hardly any poul
try was received yeste zbm bzm zbm ibm zb
try was received during the day.
Eggs were in steady demand. Butter was
unchanged,
PORTLAND QUOTATIONS.
Vegetables, Fruits, Etc.
DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, common, flo
75c per box; fancy. $1 25'a2; apricots. 11. 25
1.35; grapes, $lptl.75 per crate; peaches. $1(9
1.10; pears, $1.75; plums, fancy, 50750 per
box; common, 60ft75c; blackberries, 0(y-tJc per
pound; crab apple". 75c per box.
MELONS Cantaloupes, $1.752 per crate;
watermelons. 11 lc per pound.
TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. . $506.50 per
box: oranges, Valencies. $4.50ii5; grapefruit,
f l4.50; pineapples, $3jj per dozen; bananas,
tc per pound.
RESH VEGETABLES Beans, 6-970; cab-
$5.05; P. C, $4.95; C. C, $4.95. Advance sales
over sack basis as follows: Barrels. 10c; half
barrel. 25c; boxes. 50c per 100 pounds. Terms:
On remittances within 15 days deduct 14c per
pound; If later than 15 days and within 30
days, deduct He. Beet sugar. $4.75 per 100
pounds: maple sugar, 15:318c per pound.
NUTS Walnuts, 15Vc per pound by sack;
V4C extra for less than sack: Brazil nuts. 16c;
filberts. 16c: pecans. Jumbos, 16c; extra large,
17c; almonds, 14Mf15c; chestnuts, Italian,
2Ai3i6c; Ohio, 2oc; peanuts, raw, Tjc per
pound; roasted. 9c; plnenuts. 10.12c; hickory
nut. THfi8e; cocoanuts, 35900 per dozen.
SALT California dairy, $11 per ton; imita
tion Liverpool, $12 per ton; half-ground, 100s,
$0; Ms, $9.50; lump Liverpool. $17.50.
BEANS Small white. 4He; large white,
4VJC: pink, 2c; bayou, c; Lima, 6fcc;
Mexicans, red, 4c.
Hope, Wool, Hides, Etc
HOPS 1006 contracts 18320c per pound;
1005, nominal; 1904, nominal.
WOOL Eastern Oregon average best, 159
Iftc per pounds, according to shrinkage; Val
ley. 20S22C, according to fineness.
MOHAIR Choice, 2830c per pound.
HIDES Dry: No. 1. 16 pounds and up, per
pound. 18620c; dry kip. No. 1, 6-to 15 pounds,
1&S21C per pound; dry ealted bull and stags,
one-third lees than dry flint; culls, moth
eaten, badly cut. scored murrain, hair
slipped, weather-beaten or grubby, 2c to 3c
per pound less. Salted hides: Steers, sound,
60 pounds and over, per pound. 10llc; steers,
eound, 50 to 60 pounds, lOiSllo per pound;
steers, sound, under 60 pounds, and cows,
8510c per pound; stags and bulla, sound, 7c
per pound; kip. sound, 15 to 30 pounds, loc
per pound; veal, sound, 10 to 14 pounds, 11c
per pound: calf, sound, under 10 pounds, ll
12c per pound; green (unealted). lc per pound
less; veale, lc per pound lees. Sheepskins:
Shearlings, No. 1 butchers' stock, each, 25
SOc; short wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each,
6offi6oc; medium wool, No. 1 butchers' stock,
each, 1.2.V'(i2; murrain pelte, from 10 to 20
per oent less, or lS'Sfloc per pound. Home
hides: Salted, each, according to size, $1$1.50;
colts, hides, each. 2550c. Goatskins: Com
mon, each, 15g25c; Angora, with wool on,
each. 30c5$1.50.
FURS No. 1 skins: Bearskins, as to size,
each, $."W20; cubs, each; $13; badger, prime,
each. 233 50c; cat, wild, with head perfect,
aosioOe; house cat, 6ift2oc; fox, common gray,
large prime, each. 5uS?70c; red, each, $305;
cross, each. $5915: silver and black, each,
$10067300; ftahers. each, $5ig8; lynx each,
$4.50:(i6; mink, strictly No. 1. each, according
to size, $13; marten, dark Northern, accord
ing to size and color, each. $1016; pale pine,
according to size and color, each $2 50SV
mufkrat, large, each, 1215c; skunk, each.
4ofi0c: civet or polecat, each. 5S15c; otter,
larfte, prime skin, each, $6,810: panther with
head and claws perfect, each. $2g5; raccoon,
prime large, each. 50!f?75c,- mountain, wolf
with head perfect, each. $3.605; prairie
(coyote), 60CR-S1; wolverine, each. $tM?S
beaver, per skin. large. $56; medium, $3477
small. JW1.50: kits. 50ffi75c.
BEESWAX Good, clean and pure, 22 25c
per pound.
TALLOW -Prime, per pound. 4(J4Uc: No. 2
and grease, d.lc.
CASCARA SAGRADA Cchlttam bark) New.
22Vjc per pound: 1004 and 1908, 8c In small
lot?. 3&4c In car lots.
GRAIN BAGS 85(,04c each.
Oils.
TURPENTINE Cases, 81c per gallon.
COAL Cases, 19c per gallon; tanks, 12Uc
per vallon.
GASOIJS'E Stove, cases, 24t4c; 72 test
27M,c: 88 test. 35c; iron tanks. 10c.
WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 70 : 500-pound
lots. 8c; leas than 500-pound lots, fH4c. fin 25
pound tin pails, lc above keg price; 1 to 5
pound tin cans, 100 pounds per case, 2tc per
pound above keg price.)
LINSEED Raw, In barrels, 47c; in cases,
53c; boiled. In barrels. 60c; in cases, 55c;
25-gallon lots, lo less.
Provisions and Canned Meats.
BACON Fancy breakfast, 21c per pound;
standard breakfast, 19c; choice. 18c; English,
11 to 14 pounds, 17c: peach. 16c.
HAMS 10 to 14 pounds. 17c per pound: 14
to 16 pounds, 17c; 18 to 20 pounds, 16c: Cali
fornia (picnic). '13c: cottage, none: shoulders.
12Uc: b-Mled, 25c: boiled picnic, boneless, 20c.
PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels. $21; half
barrels, $11; beef, barrels, $11; half barrels.
$6.
SAUSAGE Ham, 13c per pound; minced
ham, 10c; Summer, choice dry, 17c: bologna,
long, 7c; m-elnerwurst, 10c: liver, 6c; pork.
Dressed Meats.
VEAL Dressed, 75 to 125 pounds. 7t?8c;
125 to 50 pounds. 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 60;
200 pounds and up, 5tc.
BEEF Dressed bulls, 3c per pound; cows,
4t.5Hc; country steers. 56c.
MUTTON Dressed fancy. 7f8o per pound;
ordinary, 5c; lambs, fancy, 858Vic
PORK Dremed. 100 to ISO pounds. 8?R4c;
150 to 200 pounds, 7H8c; 200 pounds" and
up, 77i4c
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
Prices Current Locally on Cattle. Sheep and
I Hogs.
The following livestock prices were quoted
In the local market yeeterday:
CATTLE Best steers. $3.5033.65; medium.
$3R3.25; cows, $2.252.50; second-grade cows,
$1.502: bulls, $1.502; calves. $4g4.50.
SHEEP Best sheared, $454.25; lambs, $5.
HOGS Best, $7.25g.7.50: light, $6.757.
EASTERN LIVESTOCK.
Prices Current at Kansas City, Chicago and
Omaha
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 20. Cattle Re
celpts. 13,000; market, steady; native steers,
$4tfd.25; native cows and heifers, $25:
stockers and feeders, $2.504.60; Western
cows, $2$4.25; Western steers, $3,502 B8.10;
bulls, $2ff3.25; calves, $2.50f5.75.
Hogs Receipts. 5000; market, 610c higher;
,bulk of rales, $.15'S6.30: heavy, $8.10(38-20:
packers, $6.15(36.30; pigs -and lights, $6'0)
$6.32.
Sheep Receipts, 6000; market, steady; mut
tons, $4.5Kg5.50; lambs, $Vg7.50; range
wethers, $4.506; fed ewes, $4.255.50.
SOUTH OMAHA, Aug. 20. Cattle Re
ceipts, 5000; market, steady to strong; native
steers, $4.256.25: cows and heifers, $34.75;
Western steers, $3.2555 5 25; cows and heifers,
$2.253.85; canners, $1. 502.50; stockers and
feeders, $2.754.40; calves, $35.75; bulls,
stags, etc., $2-g4.
Hogs Receipts, 3500: market, 5c higher:
heavy, $3.80(60.10; mixed, $5.855.95; light.
$0.106.25; pigs, $5g0; bulk of sales, $5.uo
6.10.
Sheep Receipts, 16,000; . market, strong;
yearlings, $5.256.10; wethers, $4.50&5.25;
ewes, $4g5; lambs, $C.25S7.50.
CHICAGO. A'ug. 20. Cattle Receipts.
26,000; steady to strong; beeves, $3.0OS8.7.V.
stockers and feeders. $2.50lg.4.40; heifers, $1.35
(B5.25; calves, $57; Western steers, $3.75
6.25.
Hogs Receipts today. 30,000: 10c higher;
mixed and butchers, $5.95fi6.52Mi : good to
choice heavy, $6.05-36.47 : rough heavy, $5.75
65.95; light, $0.55: pigs, $5.6036.25; bulk
of sales, $0.15S6.45.
Sheep Receipts, 22.000; strong; sheep, $3.25
C5.40; lambs, $4. 75c 8.
BAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS.
Prices Paid for Products in the Bay City
Markets.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. The following
prices were quoted in the produce market to
day: FRUIT Apples, choice. 90c; common, 25c;
bananas, 75cg$1.60; Mexican limes. $636.50;
California lemons, choice. $4.50: common, $3;
oranges, navel, $1. 75(54; plneapnlesv $1.50ffJ'
2.60.
VEGETABLES Cucumbers. 25(950c; gantic,
2?2c; green peas, 3c; string beans. 23Vjc;
tomatoes. 75cfi$1.25; egg plant, 5035c; okra,
500c.
EGGS Store, lSfJ25c; fancy ranch. 28c.
POTATOES Early Rose. 708oc; River Bur
banks, 50(gS5c; Salinas Burbanks, -. $1.35;
sweets. 3c; Oregon burbanks, 75iS85e.
POULTRY Roosters, old. $66.50; young
roosters. $6fi7; broilers, small, $22.50; broil
ers, large, $23; fryers, $34; hens, $4.50S?.
BUTTER Fancy creamery, 26c; creamery
seconds. 21c; fancy dairy, 23c: dairy seconds,
19c; pickled. 17S18c.
CHEESE Young America. llS12V4c;
Eastern. 16c; Western. 15c.
WOOL Fall. Humboldt and Mendocino, 16
18c; mountain, 8311c; South Plains and San
Joarquln. Ofcllc.
MILLSTUFFS Bran, $20g22; middlings,
$20?30.
HAY Wheat. ' $1217.50: wheat and oats,
lnrl2; barley. $7(gl0: alfalfa, $7(ff8; stock,
$7(ffS; strRW, 30J)50c per bale.
RECEIPTS Flour. 40.079 quarter sacks;
wheat, 9028 centals; barley. 11.939 centals:
oats, 3729 centals; beans, 4282 sacks; corn, 48S
centals; potatoes, 3300 sacks; bran, 4530 sacks;
middlings. 1756 eacks; hay, 1074 tons; wool,
47 bales; hlles. 200.
Mining Stocks.
san francisco; Aug. 20. The official
closing quotations for mining stocks today
were as follows:
Alta $ 0.06
Alpha con 08
Andes 14. 00
Belcher 28
Best & Belcher .75
Bullion 2.1
Caledonia 28
Chal. Con 15
Chollar 13
Con. Cal. & Va. 1.05
Confidence 04
Con. Imperial. .01
Crown Point.. .01
Eureka Con. ... 8.50
Exchequer . . . .45
Gould & Gurrle .14
Hale & Norc. 1.10
Julia 06
Justice 04
NEW YORK, Aug.
Adams Con. .$ .20
Ky. Con. . .. .".$ .04
iMexlcan 6.15
Occident. Con. .82
lOphir 3.85
(Overman 12
fotosl 14
Savage 1.05
Scorpion . 08
laag. Belcner . . .05
'Sierra Nevada. .27
Sllver Hill 81
Standard ..... 1.25
Union Con 57
Utah Con 05
I Yellow Jacket. .10
jSt. Louis 05
(Brunswick 03
Savage 03
Alice
Breece
Brunswick Cn.
Comstock Tun.
Con. Cal. & Va.
Horn Sliver . .
Iron Silver . . .
Leadvllle Con.
2.05
.20
.30
.16
.92
1.75
5.00
.03
20. Closing quotations;
Little Chief . ..$ .05
I-i-'niario
Ophlr
Phoenix
rotosi
Savage
iStandard
mali Hopes . .
sierra Nevada.
i.75
3.50
.02
.14
1.00
1.50
.30
.20
BOSTON. Aug. 20. Closing quotations:
Adventure . .$ 6.50 jMon. C. & C. $ 2 50
Allouez 3S.00 Old Dominion 41.25
Amaigamatu luo.oo-ji .usceola .... 111.25
Atlantic ... 14.50
Cal. A Hecla. 720.00
Bingham
Centennial . .
Cop. Range.
Daly-West ..
Franklin . . .
Granby ....
Isle Royale..
Mass. Mln. .
Michigan . . ,
Alonawk ....
32.25
26.50
78.00
16.75
18.25
12.12
21.00
8.75
13.75
62.25
Parrot
Quincy
shannon ....
Tamarack
Trinity .....
United Cop...
U. S. Mining
U. S. Oil.....
Utah
Victoria ....
Winona .....
Wolverine . .
27.00
91.00
B 62
90.50
9.00
64.00
81.00
10.00
60.75
7.50
7.75
152.00
Metal Markets.
NEW TORK. Aug. 20. There was a sharp
advance in. the London tin market, with
spot closing ac fl82 15s and futures at 183
2s ed. Locally, the market was quiet, but
'higher, with quotations ranging from about
41.30 to 41.62 c. the inside prices being
practically nominal.
Copper was higher In London, with both
spot and futures closing at 84 15a Lo
cally, the market was firm in tone and
prices were held a shade higher. Lake cop
per Is quiet at 18.75c; electrolytic. 18.50c;
casting, 18.25c on spot and It 'is said the
lake for near-by shipment Is held up around
18.87 19c.
Lead was quiet at 5.75c In the local mar
ket. It was a shade higher in London clos
ing at 17 2s 6d.
Spelter was 5s higher In London at 27.
Locally. It was unchanged at 6.j0c.
Iron was 6d higher at 53s 6d for standard
foundry and at 53s 9d for Cleveland war
rants in the English market. Locally, the
market was firm and-unchanged.
Dairy Produce In the East.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. On the Produce Ex
change today the butter market was strong.
Creameries. 1922c: dairies, 17 20c.
Eggs Steady at mark, cases Included, 14
14c; firsts, 16c; prime firsts, 18c- ex
tras. 20 c.
Cheese Strong. 11 13c.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. Butter Steady to
Arm; Western factory, common, to firsts,
1417c; Western imitation creamery,
extras, 1919c; do firsts. 1718c.
Cheese Strong; state full creamery, large
fancy. 12 c.
Eggs Firm: Western firsts, 18 019c
seconds. 16 18c.
FLIGHT IS RESUMED
Stock Prices Continue to Soar
Upward.
MARKET IS VERY ACTIVE
Wool at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 20. Wool, steady: Terri
tory and Western mediums, 223j28c; fine me
dium, 1620c; fine, 1417c
Interest Again Centers In Union and
Southern Pacific Pennsylvania
and Reading Later Come
to the Front.
, NEW YORK. Aug. 20. With trading in
enormous volume, sales aggregating 2,900,000
shares, last week's upward movement in the
stock market was resumed today. Through
out the session the market was extremely
active, the tape being from five to ten minutes
behind time in recording transactions. The
tone was generally strong, although heavy
profit-taking in certain Issues, notably the
Harrlman stocks, caused some irregularity.
The greater- part of the day's operations was
of a professional character. In spite of at
tempts to create a contrary impression. As a
matter of tact, the wild character of the
trading was in Itself sufficient to keep the
public out of the market.
From he outset Interest centered around
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, whioh led
last week's remarkable movement. Both of
these Issues had a "wide" opening. Southern
Pacific soon advancing to a high record figure.
There were heavy Initial transactions in sev
eral other Issues, Including Amalgamated Cop
per. Commission houses reported a large ac
cumulation of buying orders from out of town.
The action of the Harrlman directors last
week was still the principal subject of dis
cussion, and comment thereon was, if any
thing, increasingly bitter. With Atchison sell
ing at the highest price In its history. It was
early remembered that the dividend on this
stock would soon be increased. Later, when
Pennsylvania and Reading began to lead the
market movement, rumor dealt In the same
way with them. While no definite news de
veloped on these points, it is clear from the
long chain of recent events that the interests
which control the destinies of the great rail
way and industrial enterprises of the country
are supremely confident as to conditions for
some time to come.
With the passing days, lees is heard as to
the possibility of a money stringency In con
nection w.th the movements of the crops. How
ever, money both on time and call manifested
a hardening tendency today, -numerous over
year loans being reported at 6 per cent, while
call money lent In considerable amounts at 4
per cent, advancing to 5 per cent before the
close. Advices from London suggested an ab
sence of any urgent demand for gold by this
market. A large consignment of the metal
reserved at that center from South Africa was
reported to have been taken by Russian
bankers.
There was the usual optimistic reports from
the traffic managers of the railway systems,
some of them forecasting a year or more f
record ' tonnage. Briefly, there seems to be
nothing in the history of American railroading
to compare with the prevailing demand for
transportation.
As for xrops. weather conditions were all
favorable to further Improvement, Indications
pointing to bumper yields In everything ex
cept oats.
In the late Be anion of the market, the move
ment shifted to other issues, such as the Hill
stocks, St. Paul, Illinois Central, Sugar and
Brooklyn Transit. The spurt In these Issues
was probably designed to cover further realis
ing for profits elsewhere and the swift pace
of the early day was maintained with but
slight diminution.
The flurry in call money Just before the
close precipitated some heavy selling. Union
Pacific making a net loss and the remainder
of the active list selling from 1 to 8 points
below the day's best figures.
Opinions as to London's participation in this
market differed, early reports telling of proftt
taklnjr sales, while later It was declared that
the day's business showed purchases on bal
ances. The strength of the copper stocks here
was doubtless a reflection in part of the higher
prices quoted for the metal in London.
In addition to the stocks named, new high
records were made by St. Paul preferred and
Chesapeake & Ohio. The subtreasury at the
close of business today reported payments ag
gregating $23. 00.000 for account of the new
Panama bonds. ,
Sales of bonds for the day were in keeping
with the heavy business in stocks, amounting
to $4,745,000. United States bonds were all
unchanged on call.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.'
Closing
Bid.
260
low 14
41
lw-4
32-14
91
245
30
76
2014
V
7o
112
163
118
140',,
101
267
10
lol
'147
ll:
02
78 li
170
225
391,
103
63
111
210
1B24
13
31
l74
58
37
70
61
138
18 IS
77
224
520
45
87
62
46
78
71
170
S08
l-'7
17514
1U
Adams Express . .
Amalg. Copper ...
Am. Car & Fdy..
do. preferred
Am. Cotton Oil....
do. preferred
American Express.
Am. Hd. & Lr.,pfd.
American Ice
Am. Llneeed Oil
do. preferred
Am. Locomotive . .
do. preferred
Sales. High. Low.
229.600
4,2o0
100
1,300
100
3oO
12.80O
300
400
10,000
400
111
41
101
33
100
40
lol
32
244
o
76-V,
2u-
43
70
113 ,
l5Si
lie
105
80
171
Am. Smelt. & Ref. 103,400
do. preferred . 8O0
Am. Sugar Ref.... 82.7O0
Am. Tobacco., pfd, 1.300 01
Anaconda Mng. Co. 46.2O0 26u
ALmsun 11,000
do. preferred . 2,800
Atlantic Coast Line 6,000
Baltimore & Ohio. . 19.5O0
do. preferred .".
Brook. Rapid Tran. 29,2i0
Canadian Pacific .. .6,600
Central of N. J
Central Leather .. 2,600 39
uu. preierrea .... oi
Chespk. & Ohio.... 12.000
Chi. Urt. Western. 6.600
Chicago & N. W.. 1,000 212
Chi., Mil. & St. P.. 78,200 103
Chi. Term. & Tran
do. preferred .... 200
C, C, C. & St. L. I.40O
Colo. Fuel ; Iron. 81.600
Colo. & Southern.. 4.3tK
do. 1st preferred.
do. 2d preferred . .
Consolidated Gas ..
Corn Products ....
do. preferred ....
Del. & Hudson ... .
Del., Lack. & West.
Denver & Rio a... 13,800
do. preferred .... 200
Dlst. Securities ... 6.800
Erie 61.800
do. 1st preferred. 2.4O0
do. 2d preferred.. 2.10O
General Electric . . 3.3O0
Grt. Northern, pfd. 22.5O0
Hocking Valley
Illinois Central ... 2.600
International Paper 200
244
30
76
20
43
0
113
162
118
138
101
265
101 ' 100
147 -Si 146-H.
11U 118
78
170
10314
63
10
33
9S
60
38--)
70
62
140
19
"b'ooo 22s"
100 520
45T4
87
63
461?
78
809
80O
L2oO
300
600
178
19
3Q
lf?-4
6204
19
21'
1874
"32"
66
68
87
70
61 V
140
19
22314
620
62
45
7SH
72
170
305
175
Itf
do. preferred ! g4
62
81
00
151
22
71
157
International Pump 1,300 52
do. preierrea ....
Int. Met 4,700 SS
do. preferred .... 1,100 78
Iowa Central 1,200 29
do. preferred . 4. in ' rvai
K. C. Southern.... 4,000
do. preferred .... 600
Louis. & Nash 81,300
Mexican Central .. 1.100
Minn. & St. Louis. 3i0
M., St. P. A S.S.M. 600
do. preferred .... 100 1 73
Missouri Pacific ... 67.500 loo
Mo.. Kan. & Tex.. 14.6K) 37
do. preferred 8.2O0 724
National Lead 11.7O0 82
N.K.R. of Mex.,pfd. 2.200 42
N. Y. Central..... 21.5(K 146
N. Y. Ont. & W... 4,300 494
Norfolk & West... 6.400 94
do. preferred ....
North American .. 1.000 95
Northern Pacific .. 84.900 215
Facltlc Man 1,000 41
c...,..t...,i. ITT -tno urti.r
People's Gas 300
P.. C. C. & St. L. . lOO
Pressed Steel Car.. 4.0OO
do. preferred .... 100
Pull. Palace Car.. 100
Reading 278.200
do. 1st preferred
do. 2d preferred
Republic Steel 6.700
do. preferred .... 9.2O0
Rock Island Co 101, 5O0
do. preferred 6.700
Schloss Sheffield .. 6.800
60
'36
78
28
62
30
68
148
21
70
154
173
97
36
71
81
41
144
93 Vi
H6
v i
83
55
90
237 V.
14
30
101
2014
, 6S
St.L & S.F.,24 pfd. 2.700
St. Louis 8. W.... 1,300
do. preferred .... 5O0
Southern Pacific . .222.500
do. preferred .... 3O0
Southern Ry 4.00O
do. preferred .... 100
Tenn. Coal & Iron. 200
Texas & Pacific... 7.700
Tel., St. L. & West. 1.900
do. preferred .... ,30O
81
48
27
58
42
118
39
loo
161
85
36
64
94
209
40
14414
fM
83
64
99
237
139
29
100
27
68 3
79
45
24
57
90
118
3H
lOO
160
34
32
eiii
60 V
84
37
78
29
' 52
80
59
151
21
69
156
109
99
3
71
811i
1
145
48
93
91
94
212
40
144
90
81
54
118
237
142 Ti
92
94
29
100
28
67
80
47
24
57
911,
118
39
99
160
35
35
64
Union Pacific 201,000
do. preferred
U. S. Express
U. S. Realty
U. S. Rubber - 2.600
do. preferred
U. S. Steel 232.100
do. preferred 41.400
Va. Car. Chemical. . 900
do. preferred
Wabash 8.900
do. preferred 4,300
Wells Fargo Ex
Wcatlnghouse Elec
Western Union
Wheeling &. L. E.. 600
Wis. Central 1.4O0
do. preferred 1.400
Total sales for the day.
185 182 182
94
124
76
47 47 47
107
46 44 45
lo9 lo7 107
39 38 38
1"M
21
47
3oo
152
Ul
18
26
61
21
48
20
47
18 18
26 26
51 61
2,900.000 shares.
BONDS.
Aug. 20. Closing quota-
NEW YORK,
tions:
TJ. S. ref. 2s reg.104 Den. & R. Or. 4s 99
do coupon 104 N. Y. C. gn. 3M.s. 93
VS. S. 3s reg 103 iNorthern Pac. Ss 76
do coupon lo3 do 4s " 103
TJ. S. new 4s reg. 129 Southern Pac. 4s 91
do coupon 129!unlon Pac. 4s. ..103
U. S. old 4s reg.lOSVWIscon. Cent. 4s. 89
do coupon. ... 103- 'Jan. 6s. 2d series 99
Atch. Adjust. 4s 95 li ! Japanese 4s... 92
Stocks at London.
LONDON, Aug. 20. Consols for money,
E2 9-16; consols for account, 87.
Anaconda 13N. Y. Central ... 149
Atchison 103 Norfolk &. Wes.. 97
do preferred. .104 do preferred... 95
Bait. 4; Ohlo...l23Ontarlo & Wes. 50
Can. Pacific. ... .175 (Pennsylvania ... 75
Ches. & Ohio... 65Rand Mines 6
Chi. Gt. West.. 19;Reading T2
C. M. & St. P. .195 .Southern Ry 40
De Beers 18 I do preferred. . 103
Den. & R. G. 4i;Southern Pac... 94
do preferred.. 89jUnlon Pacific 189
Erie -47 do preferred.. 98
do 1st pfd SOlt'L'. S. Steel 46
do 2d pfd.... 74 J do preferred. .11 1
Illinois Central. 181 Wabash 21
Louis. & Nash.. 154 14 1 do preferred.. 49
M., K. & Texas 38jSpanish 4s . 92
' PORTLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.
Sales and Prices Offered and Asked on the
Local Board.
Business was more active at the Stock
Exchange yesterday than any day since the
Exchange opened. Six thousand shares of
mining, stock were disposed of. Official
prices follow:
Bank stocks-
Bid.
Bank of California $382.00
Merchants' National...
Oregon Trust & Sav'gs
U. S. National 200.00
Port. Trust Co. of Or
Bank. & Lumbermen's
Miscellaneous stocks
Lesser Mfg. Co 156.00
Campbell's Gas Burner ......
Union Oil 205.00
Associated OH 37.50
Alaska Packers' Ass'n 56.50
Pacific States Tel. Co
Home. Tel. Co
Puget Sound Tel. Co...
Oregon Life Ins. Co
J. C. Lee Co
Merlin Townslte Co 20
Nicola Coal & Coke Co. .02
International Coal Co.. .65
Cement Products Co
Mining stocks
Alaska Petroleum A
Coal Co
Alaska Pioneer
Standard Con
Oregon Securities ....
Snowstorm
Lees Creek Gold Mines
Tacoma Steel
Gallce Con
Gallaher M. & M
Golden Rule Con
Bullfrog Terrible T
Galconda 04
North Falrview M. Co
Le Roy
Hiawatha
Cascadia
Hecla
Rambler Cariboo ..
Dixie Meadows
Sugar stocks
Hawaiian Com
Honokea . . .
Hutchinson
Makawell
Onomea
Paauhau
Union . .
Sales 3000 shares Oregon Securities at 6
1000 shares Dixie Meadows at 5; 4000 shares
Cascadia M. & D. at 16; 1000 Alaska Pack
ers' Association at 58.
.13
.47
11
.06
2.10
.01
.10
.16
3.20
.45
.05
.86
.13
.14
.36
.81
.18
.47
Asked.
$ 175.00
175.00
120.00
102.00
6.00
211.00
93.00
55.O0
50.00
1,000.00
150.00
.25
.03
.67
.40
.17
.57
.12
.08
2.30
.01
.14
.04
.06
.01
.05
.05
.06
.02
.02
16
8.30
.50.
.10
.87
.36
.32
.20
0 Bank Clearings.
Bsnk clearings of the leading cities of the
Northwest yesterday were as follows:
Portland $1,307,584 $ 9S.2i
Seattle 1.689.320 314.503
Tacoma 669.348 37.548
Spokane 944,481 55,751
Money. Exchange, Etc
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. Money on call,
firm. 35 per cent; ruling rate, 4 per
cent; closing bid,. 4; offered, 5 per cent.
Time loans very strong, 60 days, 6; 90 days,
5; six months, 6 per cent. Prime mercan
tile paper, 5 6 per cent. ,
Sterling exchange heavy, with actual bus
iness In hankers bills at $4.6465 for demand,
and at $4 8170-5 4 8175 for 60-day bills:
posted rates. $4 82 and $4.85; commer
cial bills, $4.81.
Bar silver, 66 c.
Mexican dollars, 51c
Bonds Government, steady; railroads,
firm.
LONDON, Aug. 20. Bar silver, steady,
30 d per ounce.
Money, 2 per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market
tor short bills Is 3 1-16 3 per cent; do
for three months' bills. 8 3 3-16 per cenc
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. Silver bars,
66 c.
Mexican dollars. 62 c.
Drafts Sight, 2c:- telegraph. 5c.
Sterling on London Sixty days, $4.S2;
do sight, $4.85.
Daily Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Today's state
ment of the Treasury balances In the general
fund shows: ' "
Available cash balances $168,082,609
Gold coin and bullion 112,794.686
Gold certificates 36,550,560
DOWNING-HOPKINS CO.
Dried Fruit at New York.
NE WYORK, Aug. 20. The market for
evaporated apples Is quiet on spot, but little
business is reported in futures. Prime, 11(9
llc; choice, llllc; fancy. 12c.
Prunes are steadier on the Coast. The local
spot market Is unchanged, with California 70s
to 40s quoted at 7fa8c; Oregon 40s to 20a
at 78o.
Apricots held Arm at recent prices with
supplies in small compass. Choice, 15c;
extra choice, 16c; fancy, 17c; extra fancy,
18320c.
Peaches unchanged. Choice, 10llc; extra
choice, 1111c; fancy, 1112c; extra fancy.
12S'12 o.
Raisins are steady at recent prices.
Coffee and Sugar.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Coffee futures
closed steady, net unchanged to 5 points
lower. Sales for the day were reported of
50,250 bags. Including September. 6.90 9
6.95c; October, 7c; December, 7.107.15c;
March, 7.257S0c: May. 7.357.0c; July.
7.60c. Spot Rio, quiet; mild, steady.
Sugar Raw, firm; fair refining. 8c: cen
trifugal, 96 test, 33 29-32c; molasses su
gar, 3 1-16 S3 c. Refined, steady.
S
New York Cotton Market.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. Cotton futures closed
steady; August, 8.76c; September, 8.86c; Oc
tober, 9.04c: November, 9.09c; December,
8.13c; January, 9.23o: February, 9.29c; March,
9.32c; April, 9.84c; May, 9.37c.
Elgin Butter Market.
ELGIN, 111., Aug. 20 Butter Firm at
23c a pound. Sales for the week, 748,300
pounds.
Hops at London.
LIVERPOOL. Aug. 20. Hops In London,
Pacific Coast, Arm. 3 10s4, 15s.
Beflned OH Lower.
CLEVELAND. Aug. 20. Refined oil again
declined c per gallon today.
Bridgebullders Hurt in Fall.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Aug. 20. (Special.)
J. Taylor and John Toby, bridgebulld
ers In the employ of the Northern Pa
cific, fell from their structure here to
day, sustaining serious Injuries. Both
men were at work on the railroad bridge
over the Hoqulam River, when Taylor
lost his balance, but managed to eatch
himself. Tony went to his aswlstance
and while attempting to get him safe
on the bridge lost his own balance, both
men falling a. distance of 20 feet, strik
ing on a raft of logs.
Established 1893
BROKERS
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN
Bought and sold for cash and on margin.
Private Wires ROOM 4, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Phone Main 37
WHEATUPONEGENT
Sentiment Turns Bullish in the
Chicago Market.
AFTER AN EASY OPENING
Yield of Spring Grain Cut Down by
Excessive Heat Sharp Decrease
in Receipts Advance at
Kansas City.
CHICAGO. Aug. 20. Strength in the wheat
market developed today after trading was well
under way. Efcrly in the session, sentiment
was quite bearish because of lower cables,
fair weather In the United States and an In
crease in the world's movement. Toward the
middle of the session, some butlleh dispatches
were received, one of which estimated that the
yield of Spring wheat would be reduced 5
to 10 bushels per acre because of excessive
heat. These advices started lively bidding by
shorts, but the demand met with only small
offerings. The result was a rapid advance in
prices. The change In sentiment was atded by
an advance of fe&lc in the price of cash
wheat at Kansas City. Another feature that
favored the bulls was a reduction of 20 per
cent In primary receipts compared with those
of the corresponding day a year ago. The
market closed strong with prices almost at the
highest point of the day. September opened
lower at 6eST4c sold off to BOftc
and then advanced to 71(g71,c. Tha close
was 31c higher at 71ttSJ71i4c.
Increased receipts and ideal weather for the
rapid development of the new crop caused
weakness in the corn market early in the ses
sion. September closed at 48c, unchanged
from Saturday.
After an easier start the oats market de
veloped a strong undertone on covering by
shorts. September closed c up at 29?ac.
Despite a 10-cent advance In the price of
live hogs, the provision market was inclined
to weakness early In the day. At the close
September pork was up oc.jlard was 2'aoo
higher and ribs were 12V4c higher.
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
September ... .68 f .7) X I .71 Vi
December 73 .74 .72:lt .74 1,4
May 77 .78 .76 .78V-j
CORN.
September ... .47 W, .48Vi .47'i .48
December 4.1Vj .44 .44'i
May 44V .4SVa .44 .4&
OATS.
September ... .2vt .20T, .29Vi ,2fH
December R0 ,31H .SOlj, .:!1
May 33 .33Vi .32 .33V
MESS PORK. .
September 17.05
January 13.60 13.57Vi 13.47Vj 13.S7V4
LARD.
September ...8.R5 8 70 8 R2V4 8 R7V4
October 8.72V4 8 75 S.tVJUj S.tts
November .... 8.47V 8.55 8.47V, 8.55
January ...... 7.85 7.0214 7.b2Va . 7.2V4
SHORT RIBS.
September ... 8.00 Y00 8 82V4 8.00
October 8.70 8 75 8.67M. 8.75
January 7.17V4 7.27V4 7.16 7.27 V4
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour Steady.
Wheat Mo. 2 Spring. 75c; No. 3, T274o;
No. 2 red, 6937040.-
Corn No. 2, 4!Hi4t!tic; No. 2 yellow. Me.
Oats No. 2, 2'8g31c; No. 2 white, 29V45J
31V4c; No. 3 white, 20Vj,'831c.
Rye No. 2. 66c.
Barley Fair to choice malting, 42'ff.'lc.
Flaxseed No. 1, 11; No. 1 Northwestern,
I1.11V4.
Short ribs, sides Loose. tS.iKi-gD.
Mess pork Per barrel. 117.05.
Lard Per 100 pounds. $8. BOH.
Short clear sides Boxed, $9.25M.S7V4.
Whisky Basis of high wines. 31.29.
Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, barrels 21. .mo 10.4'K)
Wheat, bushols 21f.2 110, OK)
Corn, bushels 147. 8CO 177. 7cn)
Oats, bushels 4ft.5 50,700
Rye. bushels 3,oriO
Barley, bushels, 27.500
Grain and Produce at New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20 Flour Receipts.
23.300 barrels; exports, 10.700 barrels; mar
ket, steady and unchanged.
Wheat Receipts. 179.800 bushels; exports,
512,500 bushels. Spot, Arm. No. 2 red,
77 Vic elevator; No. 2 red, 70c f. o. b. afloat;
No. 1 Northern -Duluth, 86c f. o. b. afloat;
No. 2 hard Winter. 19c f. o. b. afloai.
From a weak opening. Induced by bearish
cables, favorable weather news and big
world's shipments, wheat had a strong re
covery on a scare of shorts. Prices rose
over a cent per bushel, owing to reports of
poor Spring -wheat yields and big clear
ances, closing Tilc higher. May closed
S4V4c; September closed 784c; December
closed 81 Sc.
Hops and hides -Steady.
Wool Firm.
Grain at San Francisco.
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. Wheat, easy;
barley, steady.
Spot quotations:
Wheat Shipping. 1.301.32V4 : milling,
1 1.32 V4 1.45.
Barley Feed, S 1.00 SJ 1.06 14 ; brewing,
11.07 Vi 1.12 V.
Oats Red. 31.18 1.40.
Call-board sales:
Wheat Deceraber, 31.27.
Barley December, 99c
Corn Large yllow, tl.401.42Vi.
Visible Supply of Grain.
NE) WYORK, Aug. 20. The visible supply
of grain Saturday, August 18, as complied by
the New York Produce Exchange, was as
follows:
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Rye
Barley
Increase.
Bushels.
. .31.949.oo0
2.710
. . 4.410.0OO
. . 1.359.0OO
. . 869,000
Decrease.
226,000
875.OO0
147,000
47,On0
24H.OUO
Minneapolis Wheat Market.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 20. Wheat Septem
ber. 71Vic; December, 72jj73c; May, 77c;
cash. No. 1 hard, 72j77V4c; No. 1 Northern,
76c: No. 2 Northern, 76c; No, 3 Northern,
Tl71c.
European Grain Markets.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 20. Wheat Septem
ber. 6s IVid; December. 6a 8Vc; March,
nominal. 0
Weather fair, but cloudy.
Wheat at Tacoma.
TACOMA, Aug. 20. Wheat, unchanged;
export, bluestem, 70c; club, 6Sc; red, 60c.
Repartee From Parrot Land.
Richard Lew Dawson, In National Mag
azine. I have read many wonderful stories of
the sagacity of parrots in making apt
and witty remarks and responses to what
they eee and hear: but I supposed them
to be the invention of Ingenious writers,
as most parrots that I have seen confined
their talents to squawking and the enun
ciation of such wise sayings as "Polly
wants a-cracker."
But a family In Indianapolis owned a
green Mexican parrot of exceptional slse
whose accomplishments eclipsed all the
romances I had ever read of his kind.
I used to devote a good many hours to
hearing this bird's entertainments.
He spelled his name with variations Irs
this wise: "M-e-x-Mex! Hello, Mexy'
Hello, Mexico!" He counted "1-2-3-4-5-i-Tr-r-!"
A boy passed the house driving a carl,
and he called: "Let me ride, boy!" Now
and then he would outrageously betray
the privacy of the home by repeating the
conversation, of a lady visitor with his
mit tress, somewhat in this fashion:
"Good morning, good morning! Why, Mrs.
Brown, he-he-he! Come In, how-de-do-ah!
Why, there's the baby, bless her lit
tle hert how sweet he Is looking my
my! Yes. yes!" (Here he gave the sound
of kissing.) "Tra-la-la! Nice baby, yes,
pretty darling! Ha-ha-he-he-he-ah! O,
had a splendid time, you ought to have
been with us such fun I never had In
all my life! No. hubby couldn't go, ha
ha! Elegant black mustache, danced all
night, ha-ha-he-ah! Cut bias, olive rib
bon, perfectly lovely, ha-ha-ba! Hello,
Mexy! Pretty bird! Sing for me, Mexy
aw, won't Folly sing? Squawk-squawk
tr-r-r!"
But Polly could sing, too, and would
break Into "Annie Rooney" In almost
per style, except !n pronouncing the
nnme "Onnle." then would wind it up
with a whistle. Sometimes he gave a
spelling song: "A-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-l-j-k-ell-um-n-o-p
curiositee-u-v-w-x-y-s ha-ha-ha."
But his crowning effort was
the rendition of "Rock of Ages." a little
out of tune In places, and he never could
catch the high note: "Rock of a-ges,
cleft for me, let me HIDE squawk,
squawk, tr-r-r!" flying Into a fury at his
limitations, then grumbling awhile about
"old rotten tomatoes for supper poor
Polly!" and subsiding Into a gloomy
Hence.
THE LOST TEN TRIBES.
An "Attempt to Identify Them After
Their Exile.
New York Tribune.
In the Fourth Book of Ezra (xlil:39-45J
It Is declared that the Ten Tribes of Is
rael were carried by Hosea, King in the
time of Shalmaneser, to the Euphrates,
at the narrow passage of the river,
whence they went on a Journey of a year
and a half to a place called Arzareth.
This was about 721 B. C. According to
the Haggadio (Talmud) tradition, the Ten
Tribes were divided into three groups, one
on this side of the River Sambatlon, an
other on the opposite side, and the third
in the neighborhood of Daphne, near An
tloch. Josephus (Antiquities xl:52) be
lieved, In fact, triat In his day they dwelt
In large multltudos somewhere beyond tha
Euphrates, in Arzareth. according to the
author of II Esdra, xill:45. In the ninth
century Eldad Ben Mahll Ha Daln came
forward, claiming to give specific delails
of the contemporary existence of Ten
Tribes and of their location at that time.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher were In
Havilah; Zebulun and Reuben In the
mountains of Paran; Ephraim and half of
Manasseh In South Arabia; Simeon and
the other half of Manasseh In the land of
the Chazars (7)
According to him, therefore, the Ten
Tribes were settled In parts of Southern
Arabia or perhaps Abyssinia, in conform
ity with the identification of Havilah. The
Imagination of Christian writers has
sought them in the neighborhood of their
last recorded habitation; Jewish features
have been traced In the Afghans, who
even nowadays call themselves "children
of Israel." AccorrHng to their tradition,
the Jews had settled on Mount Takht-1-Sulelman
(the seat of Solomon), long be
fore the advent of Mahometanlsm, and a
great part of the Afghans are naid to
have gone by the name of Yusufzais, I. e.,
the descendants of Joseph from time Im
memorial. Besides, numerous very old
customs point to Jewish origin, as the
commandment to marry the widow of
one's deceased brother, and stoning as a
death penalty. Rumors are heard to this
day of a Jewish colony at the foot of the
Himalayas. The black Jews of Malabar
claim affinity with them. Elaborate at
tempts have been made to Identify them
with the Tartars (G. Fletcher. "Israel Re
dux," London, 1677). and more recently
with the Nestorians (Grant's "Xestortnn,"
New York, 1849), and In the 17th century
with the Indians of America.
A considerable number of persons in
Britain and America, the Anglo-Israelites,
hold that the English are the lost Ten
Tribes of Iwrael. They were even Identi
fied with the Australian Indians. One of
the latest and most curious offshoots of
the theory is that which identifies the
Shindal, or holy class, of Japan as the de
scendants of the last Ten Tribes. This
was advocated by N. McLeod In his "Epit
ome of the Ancient History of Japan"
(Toklo. 187!)). He calls attention to a point
of agreement .between the two namely,
the fact that the first known King of
Japan was Osee, 730 B. C. In addition to
this, McLeod points out that the Shinto
temple Is divided Into a holy and a moat
holy place, that the priests wear linen
dress, etc., like the Jewish priests of old.
and that the ancient temple Instruments
are used In the Shinto temple. In addi
tion to this, McLeod points out the Jew
ish appearance of some Japanese and sup
plements his "Epitome" with a volume of
Illustrations depicting among other things
the supposed rafts on which the Israelites
crossed, via SaRhallen, to Japan, and
their supposed order of march. M. Hughes
Le Roux, the well known French author,
who recently published an article In sup
port of the Judea-Japanese theory, shows
also that it Is In perfect accord with Jap
anese legend and tradition. History, how
ever, bears no witness of the distinct ex
istence of the lost tribes.
Burning on IiOgged-Off Lands.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) A serious fire has been burning
on the logged-oft lands of the Eastern
Railway and Lumber Company, direct
ly east of Centralla and the company's
mill. Saturday the Are burnerJ some
bridges on a wagon road east of Cen
tralla. The fire Is now headed southeast
and there la still danger of It getting
Into valuable timber.
Symons Begins New Foundry.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) The foundation for the new J. P.
Symons foundry building has been laid
and the new structure will soon be built
for the new foundry. Several months
ago the foundry building was almost
destroyed by -fire.
Anyone can take Carter's Little Liver
PilU;. they are so very small. No trouble
to swallow. No pain or griping after
taking.
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