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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1906)
THE MORNING OREGOIVIAX. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1906. 13 SUGAR IS UP AGAIN Ten-Cent Advance in Pacific Coast Markets. CONDITIONS VERY STRONG Higher Prices Are Anticipated by the Trade Light Receipts of Fresh Fruit Eastern Poultry on Sale. SUGAR Ten-cent advance in.Coa.at prices. FRUIT Eaatern view of Hood River apple deal. POTATOES Scarcer and firmer. POULTRY Eastern frozen goods received. EGGS Firm and unchanged. BUTTER City creamery prices nearly uniform. CANNED GOOM Advance ex pected In canned fruits. Another advance of 10 cents In all grades of refined sugar occurred yesterday. The rise In prices was not unexpected In view of the condition of the market. Buying; has been heavy since the 20-cent advanc "Wednes day, and the retailers who did not lay In a. large supply are now kicking themselves. This latest advance will no doubt BtlU further stimulate the demand. Those wholesalers who had stocked up heavily some time ago axe more than satisfied now with their fore sight. The Eastern sugar market remains In an exceedingly strong position. Private wire yes terday Indicated that raw sugars would ad vance still farther and this will necessarily mean an advance In the refined product. Lo cal conditions on the Coast appear also to have played an Important part In the upward movement. The California & Hawaiian Re finery, by reason of the heavy demand upon Its output, has. It Is said, been compelled to turn down orders. The Spreckela refinery took advantage of this condition of affaire and when the Eastern market advanced, raised the Coast price, the other company keeping pace with Its quotations. HOOD RIVER AFPLE 8ALB&. View Taken by an Eastern Trade Paper of the Recent Deal. The Eastern apple trade is either Jealous of the commanding position assumed In the market by Oregon fruit, especially Hood River apples, or does not believe that the high prices that were, reported recently were actually paid. A New York die patch in the Chicago Fruit and Produce News says: "It la under stood that the price at which E. P. Loomts contracted the Spltzenburgs from the Hood River Applegrowcrs' Union was $2.25?2.50 per box. For the Xewtown Pippins the price was 422.25. In the 60 odd cars which the union will ship there will be a number of cars of the various varieties. Mr. Loomls as well as George Rae. of Rae & Hatfield, were on the ground when the contract was made." t Commenting on the sale, the paper say a: As atated ele where E. P. Looml & Co. have secured the Hood River apples. Mr. Loomls had this contract In 19o2 and it was dWastroua. In the past two years Hood River has been boomed and many growers have gone 'there and bought apple land. The story reaches thi city that Willis Van Horn, of Buffalo, early in the season, bought 20J0 boxts of apples in Hood River. His brother is there working a land deal. Anyone can pur chase two barrels of Just as good fruit either in New xork or the Middle west for the eame price that Van Horn paid for a box. It is said that Van Horn three years ago bought a large quantity of land in the nelghbrhood of Hood River which was aet into orchards and which at the present time he Is selling at a profit of $5K per aare, so that it does not matter to Van Horn If he lose $2000 to $3000 on his apple deal if he can make $20,000 on hie land deal. EASTERN POULTRY BROUGHT IN. Scarcity of Home Stock Cause Resort to -' Frozen Goods. A shipment of Eastern frozen poultry waa brought In yesterday to tide the retail trade .over until local receipts should Increase. The supply of live birds on Front street waa small and firmer prices were easily realized. No change waa reported in the egg market. Stocks of fresh ranch egge were small, but fresh Eastern eggs were plentiful. The butter market Is firmly on a 30-cent baala now, as two more of the city creameries have advanced to that price. On Front street the well-established brands are quoted at 27 to 80 cents with the supply limited, thouch some 25-cent butter la still available. v FAIR TBADK IN FRUIT. potatoes In Light Supply and Quoted Higher. Onions Firm. Trade in the fruit line was fair yesterday. Stocks were not heavy and prices were gen erally well maintained. Peaches were particu larly scarce. Two cars of California Salways are due tonight or Monday. Grapes sold only fairly well. Except casabas, all kinds of melons were a drug, as was to be expected with the unsettled weather. The local supply of potatoes has become small and prices have stiffened up in conse- - quence. The scarcity Is the result of the rain which has prevented digging. The market Is expected to ease off when shipments are re sumed In volume. The onion market Is also firmer. Canned Fruits Will Be Strong. Several lines of canned goods promise to be exceedingly short this Winter. From the in quiries already made It Is certain there will be an unusually strong demand for most de icrlptlons of canned fruits and dried fruits as well. This increased demand is attributed in large part to the railroad construction work that is going on In the West. As supplies In tome lines are none too Jicavy to start with, a number of material advances in prices are looked for. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the leading cities of the 'Northwest yesterday were: Clearing. Balances. Portland l.0Trt,811 $115..V5 Seattle 1.WW.I29 SW...W4 Tarn ma M 7.372 87.87r Spokane 7l5.G44 7u,W PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain, Flour, Feed. Etc FLOUR Patents, $3.904.10. per barrel; Straights, $3.1003.00: clears. $3.103 25 Valley, $3.40 ft 3.60; Dakota and "hard wheat, patents. $5 5.00; clears. $4. 10 4. 25. gra ham $3.50; whole wheat. $3.75: rye flour, local' $5; Eastern. $55.23; cornmeaL per bale.$l tK2 29. WHEAT Club. 2c; bluestem. 65c: Val 1 e v . 6.' ra OHc ; re d, 50f . OATS No. 1 white. $23924; gray, $2122. per ton. BARLEY Feed. $2021 per ton. brewing, $21.oft--i22; rolled, $U2. RYE $1-33 per cwt. CORN Whole, 27: cracked. $28 per ton. MILLSTl'FFS Bran. ctty. $14.30; coun try $15.50 per ton; mldrtllnirs, $24; shorts, ctty, $1H; country, $17 per ton; chop, u. S. Mlils, $l.vr0; linseed dairy food, $18; Aca'a meal. $18 per ton. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream, 90 pound sacks, $7; lower grades, $550(96.73; oatmeal, steel cut. AO-pound sacks. $3 per barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4.25 per bale; oat meal (ground), 60-pound sacks. $7.50 per barrel: 10-pound sacks, $4 per bale; split peas $3 per 100-pound sacks; 25-pound boxes. $1.40;pearl barley. $4.23 per 100 pounds: 25 pound boxes, $1.25 per box; pastry flour, 10-pound sacks. $2.50 per bale. HAY Valley timothy. No. 1. $10 11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy. $1214, clover, $77.50; cheat, $77 30; grain nay, $7; alfalfa. $10; vetch hay. $7 S 7.50. Vegetables, Fruits. Etc DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, common. 23 50c per box; fancy, 75c $1.50; grapes, U0c$1.60 per crate; Concords, 25c per basket; peaches, 75c$l; pears, 25c3$1.25; plums, fancy, 25 73c per box; common, 50 75c; blackberries, 5 0c per pound; crab apples, $141.25 per box. MELONS Cantaloupes, 60c(g$1.2o crate; watermelons, 4lc per poumi casabas, $2.50 per dozen. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, $5 (ff 50 per box; oranges, Valenclas, $4.505; grape fruit, $4 4.50; pineapples, $34 per dozen; bananas, 5c per pound. FREriH VEGETABLES Beans, 67c; cabbage, 1Q2c per pound: cauliflower, 73c $ 1 per dozen ; celery, uuc per dozen ; corn, 12Hc per dozen; cucumbers, 15c per dozen ; egg plant, 10c per pound ; lettuce, head. 25c per dozen: onions. 10t?12c per dozen; peas, 4 3? 5c; bell peppers, 12Vi&15c; radishes, 10315o per dozen; spinach, 23c per pound; tomatoes, SOt&ttOc per box; hot house, $2; parsley, ' 25c; sprouts, be per pound, squash, $l& l.2o per crate. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, 90c $1 per sack; carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets, $1.251.50 per sack; garlic, 104fl2o per pound. ONIONS New, per pound. POTATOES Buying prices: Oregon Bur banks, 80 90c; sweet potatoes, 2Vao pound. DRIED FRUITS Apples, 14c per pouna; apricots. 15Siyc; peaches, 1213o; pears, llH&Hc; Italian prunes. 5VSc; California figs, white, In sacks, A&6Vc per pound; black, 4&5c; bricks, 1214-ounce packages, T58oe per box; Smyrna. 20c pound; dales, Persian, &6o per pound, RAISINS Seeded, 12-ounce packages, 89 8c; 16-ounce, 9gl0c; loose muscatels, 2 crown, tifcTc; 3-crown, 67Vc; 4-crown, 7fer76c; unbleached, seedless Sultanas, 6ft7c; Thompson's fancy bleached, lu&llc; London layers, 3-crown, whole boxes of 20 pounds, $2; 2-crown. $1.76. Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Eta. BUTTER City creameries: Extra creamery, 27t&30c per pound. State creameries: Fancy creamery, 25&3oc; store butter, 1515c. EGGS Oregon ranch. 28H27c per dosen; Eastern, 24 & 25c. CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, 14c; Young America, 15c. POULTRY Average old hens. 14c; mixed chickens 136 13 He; Spring, 14315c, old roosters, 9 10c; dressed chickens, 14 15c; turkeys, live 16&21c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 21fe22c; geese, live, per pound, 10c; ducks, 13 15c, pigeons, $1 1.50; squabs, $2 3. sr Groceries, Nuts, Etc RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, 5o; South ern Japan, 6.4Ut:; head, 6.75c. CO F FEB Mocha, 2ti628c; Java, ordinary, 18 Q22c; Costs Rica, fancy, 16&2oc; good, lVj lbc; ordinary. lu22c per pound; Columbia roast, cases, 100s, $15; do. $15.25; Arbuckle, $17.25; Lion, $16.75. 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, 9oc: red, 1-pound tails, $1.25; sockeye, 1-pound talis, $1.70. SUGAR Sack basis. 100 pounds: Cube. $5.20; powdered, $5.45; dry granulated, $3.35; extra C, $4.90; golden C, $4.75; fruit sugar, $5.35; P. C, $5.25; C. C, $5.25. Advance bales over sack basis as follows: Barrels, luc; half barrels, 25c; boxes. 5oc per 100 pounds. Terms: On remittances within 16 days deduct per pound; If later than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct Ho. Beet sugar, $5.05 per luO pounds; maple sugar, IStftltto per pound. NUTS Walnuts. 12(135 per pound by sack ; Brazil nuts. 16c ; filberts, 16c; pecans. Jumbos, lttc; extra large, 17c; almonds, 14U lBc; chestnuts. Italian, 12,316c; Ohio, 20c; peanuts, raw, 7c per pound: roasted, 9c; plnenuts, 10f 12c; hickory nuts, 75 Sc; co coanuts, 35$B0c per dozen. SALT California dairy, $11 per ton; Imita tion Liverpool, $12 per ton; half-ground, loos, $9; &Oe. $9.50; lump Liverpool, $17.60. BEANS Small white, 4c; large white, 4c; pink, 2c; bayou, 4&c; Lima, tc; Mexicans, red. 4 Vic. HONEY Fancy, $3.25 per box Provisions and Canned Meats. BACON Fancy breakfast. 2lc per pound; standard breakfast, 19c; choice, ISc; English, 11 to 14 pounds, 17c; peach, 16c. HAMS 10 to 14 pounds, lMic per pound; 14 to 16 pounds, 16Vc; 18 to 20 pounds, 16Vc; California (picnic), 13c; cottage, none; shoul ders, 12 hue; boiled, 26c; boiled picnic, bone less. 20c. PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels, $21; half barrels. $11; beef, barrels, $11; half barrel, $0.00. SAUSAGES Ham, 13o per pound; minced bam. luc; Summer, choice dry, 17Vc; bologna, long. 7c ; weinerwurst. 10c ; liver, 6c ; pork, 9 10c; headcheese, 6c; blood, 6c; bologna sausage, link, 4&c. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt, 12c; smoked, 13c; clear backs, dry salt, llc; smoked. 12c; clear bellies, 14 to 17 pounds, average, dry salt. 14c; smoked, 15c; Oregon exports, 20 to 25 pounds average, dry salt, lSHc smoked, 14Vac; Union bellies, 10 to 18 pounds average, none. LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tierces, llc; tubs, 12ti; 60s. 12o. 20a, 12H; 10s. 12o-,j 6s. 12 c. Standard pure: Tierces. Ivqj tubs, 11c; &Os. lie; 20s, 11 fcc; 10s, HVc; &s, lc. Compound: Tierces, 7 Vic; tubs, 794c; 60s, 7c; 10s, 8c; 5s, 6fcc. Dressed Meats. VEAL Dressed, 75 to 125 pounds. vg8c; 126 to 150 pounds, 7c: 150 to 200 poufcls, 6c; 200 pounds and up, 5tic BEEF Dressed bulla. 3c per pound; cows, 4VHioV2c; country steers. 6 60. MUTTON Dressed fancy, 78c per pound; ordinary, 6'gOc; lambs, fancy, 88c. PORK Dressed, 100 to 130 pounds, 8 8 Vie; 150 to 200 pounds. 7Sc; 200 pounds and up, 77&c. - Hops, Wool, Hides. Etc. HOPS 1906 contracts, 1720c per pound: 1905. nominal; 1004, nominal. WOOL Eastern Oregon average best, 15 19c per pound, according to shrinkage; Valley, 2ofti2i:c, according to fineness. MOHAIR Choice, 26'c30c per pound. HIDES Dry: No. 1, 16 pounds and up, per pound, 18620c; dry kip. No. 1, 6 to 15 pounds, 16 21o per pound; dry salted bull and stags, one-third less than dry flint; culls, moth eaten, badly cut, scored, murrain, halr-cilpped. weather-beaten or grubby. 2c to 3c per pound le&s. Salted hides: Steers, sound. tUi pounds and over, per pound. 10 11c; steers, sound. CO to 60 pounds, 10llo per pound; steers, sound, under 60 pounds, and cows, 9l0c per Sound; stags and bulla, sound, 7c per pound; lp, sound, 15 to 30 pounds, 10c per pound; veal, sound,' 10 to 14 pounds. 11c per pound; calf, sound, under 10 pounds. 11 12a per pound; green (unsalted), lc per pound less; veals, lc per pound lees. Sheepskins: Shear lines. No. 1 butchers' stock, each. 23fl30c: short wool. No. 1 butchers stock, each, 6t 60c: medium wool. No. 1 butchers stock, each, $1.25jj 2; murrain pelts, from 10 to 20 per cent ie, or income per pouna. tiorseniaes: Salted, each, according; to size, $11.60: colts- hides, each, 25& 50c. Goatskins : Common, each, 15 25c; Angora, with wool on, each, 3ocg$1.50. FURS No. 1 skins: Bearskins, as to size, each, $320; cubs, each, $13: badser, prime. eacn, xaoc; cat, wiia, witn neaa perrect, 807 60c ; house cat. 520c; fox, common gray, large prime, each, &070c; red, each, $35; cross, each, $5 15; sliver and black, each, $Uo?300; fishers, each, $3(&8; lynx, each, $4.66; mink,, strictly No. 1, each, according to size, $13; marten, dark Northern, accord ing to size and color, each, $1015; pale pine, according to size and color, each, $2.5004; muskrat. large, each. 1215c; skunk, each. 40 60c; civet or polecat, each. 515c, otter, large, prime skin, each, $0 10 ; panther with head and claws perfect, each, $25; raccoon, prime large, each. 50?3'75c; mountain wolf, with head perfect, eaah, $3.606; prairie (coyote), 60c! $1 ; wolverine, each, $6-38: beaver, per skin, large, $nff6; medium, $37; small, $11.50; kits, 60-376C. BEESWAX Good, clean and pure, 2325e per pound. TALLOW Prime, per pound, 44Hc; No. 2 and arrease. 2 3c. CASCARA SAGRADA fehlttam bark) New. ' SVa4c per pound; lft04 and 1905 4Bc. GRAIN BAGS 8V9c each. Oil. v TURPENTINE Cm. 81c per xallon. COAb-Cawn 19o par galion: tank,, 1214a per Ballon. m fliriT IvIr .. .a . . S?c; Iron tanks. 26c. WMliM Lr. A D Ton lot,, 7c: 600-pounl lot,. 8c; lesa than 600-pound Iota, 84c (l 25 pound tin palla. lc above- keg price; 1 to 6 pound tin cans, 100 pounda per caae. 2e per pound above keg- price.) ' "al ' r lie; in cases. 83c: boiled, in barrel,. 60c; In caaea, 55c; 250-rallon lota, lc less. ' 7 ,KE-,''lrs ,,LaM -I9c "er llon: tanks. 12Vc per callon. Dried Fruit Rt w Tork. NEW York. Sept. 14. The market for evaporated apples shows no material ehanaa and Interior holders are said to be rather eaay In their views. Old crop supplies are quoted at lOipllc. according to grade. New-crop ap ples In cases are quoted at 6H3?8c, In bairn at (Wic. Prunes are quiet but firm, with quotations ranging from 7c for 60-70s to 8Hc, according to grade. Apricots are unchanged, with choice quoted at lflc; extra choice. 17c; fancy. 1820c. Peaches are sparingly offered, with choice quoted at 10ijfllc: extra choice, llc; fancy. llS12c; extra fancy, 120120. Dairy Produce in the East. CHICAGO. Sept. 14. On the Produce Ex change 'today the better market was steady. Creamerfea. 19Jf24c: dallies, lT(920V,e. Eggs Firm at mark, cases Included, 1217c; firsts. 19c; prime firsts. 20ViC, ex tras, 23c. Cheese Steady, 11 812HO. NEVER SO URGE Volume of Trade Continues Beyond Precedent. DISTRIBUTION IS HEAVY Buyers Preparing for Needs Well Into the Future Commodity Prices Average 4 Per Cent . Above Last Year. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. R. Q. Dun 4 Co.'a weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: The volume of trade continues beyond precedent for the period, the end of the vacation season restoring normal forces In most occupations, and there are no impor tant labor struggles to handicap progress. Autumn distribution Is very heavy, traders aa a rule preparing for needs well Into the future, while mercantile collections are quite as prompt as could be expected in view of the light money market. There Is some un certainty In primary markets for cotton goods, owing to the expectation of lower pricea in response to cheaper raw material, but as yet no concessions are offered. De mand for woolen fabrics is also somewhat Irregular, although fancy worsteds are with drawn because of well-sold condition and other leading Industries report great activ ity and strength. The pricea of commodities rose during August In the aggregate, dairy and grain products supplying most of the advance, Dun's Index number on September 1 being 1 104,287, against $102,983 a month previous. Compared with the position a year ago, the advance is 4 per cent. Railway earnings for the first week of Sep tember exceeded the figures of 109 by 7.9 per cent. Commercial failures this week In the United States, aa reported by It. Q. Dun Co., are 174, against 173 last week. 170 the preceding week and 194 the corresponding week last year. Failures in Canada num ber 20, against S last week, 14 the preceding week and 29 last year. Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear ings at the principal cities for the week ended September 13, with the percentage of increase and decrease, as compared with the corre sponding week last year: - P.C. P.C. Inc. dec. New York $2, 092,337,22 10.7 Chicago t. 2i8,2"S.4T 8.2 .... Boaton' 149.4S7.091 4.7 .... Philadelphia 153.7a.l4 20.8 St. Louis 69.08S.132 b.6 Pittsburg 4&.lo4,oS)5 3.0 San Francisco 40.036,972 3.0 Baltimore 23,0U2,9o8 8.6 Cincinnati 23,172.250 3.T Kansas City 28,100,785 8.2 New Orleans 10,411. 834 20.9 Minneapolis 20,365,480 13.0 Cleveland 10,640,201 7.7 .... Louisville 11.411,0u6 7.2 .... Detroit 11.934,175 8.2 Ixi8 Angeles 10.04o.045 5.0 .... Omaha 10.32d.053 1'.9 .... Milwaukee 9.800,508 23.5 .... Providence 6,421,OuO 2 Buffalo 7,667,729 16.6 Indianapolis 7.471,475 5.0 .... St. Paul 8.027.058 82.9 Denver 6,977.972 .4 .... Seattle 11.248,030 S4.5 Memphis 3,384.6:13 S.S Fort Worth 8,398,660 8.3 .... Richmond 6,370,643 81.9 Columbus 6. 649.000 10.2 .... Washington 4.857.812 10.8 .... St. Joseph 4,510,450 9.5 .... Savannah 5.137,908 s 28.T Portland, Or. .... 6,717.221 25.9 .... Albany ' 6,358,185 12.3 Salt Lake City 4.046,985 30.7 .... Toledo. O. 4.675.03O 18.7 Rochester 8,671, 2S5 16. 2- .... Atlanta 4,135,439 11.0 .... Tacoma 4,108,172 15.4 .... Spokane, Wash. 4,813,189 34.1 .... Hartford 3,676.54 27.6 .... Nashville 8.406.827 17.2 Peoria 3.051,948 .... 1U.2 Des Moines 2.93,234 3.5 .... New Haven 2.193,319 6 Grand Rapids 2,210,6u9 2.6 Norfolk 2,044,222 18.4 .... Augusta. Ga 1,486,453 29.9 Springfield, Mass. ... 1,947,023 10.8 .... Portland. Me 1,977,567 8.8 Dayton 1,771,752 8.4 Sioux City 1.832,959 12.4 Evansvllle ' 1.828.292 19.8 .... Birmingham 1.702.8H9 11.0 .... Worcester 1.423,393 8.5 Syracuse 1.635.568 .9 Charleston, S. C. . 1.123,515 .... 13.4 Lincoln, Neb 1.115,353 Mobile. Ala. 1,523,536 34.0 .... Erie 649.957 20.2 .... Knoxville 1,437,369 12.3 .... Jacksonville, Fla, ... 1.402,037 32.0 .. Wilmington, Del 1,128,162 . . .3 2 Wichita 1.292,896 27.7 .. . Wllkesbarre 1.0SO.698 6.1 .... Chattanooga 1.321.155 38.3 Davenport 937,109 8.6 Little Rock 1.0U8.9S1 24.1 .. Kalamaxoo, Mich. ... 1,018,914 25 0 ... Topeka 951,555 65.3 .... Wheeling. W. Va.... I,2u7,208 40.0 Macon 013.971 1.7 Springfield, III 890.914 17 9 Fall River 878.517 12.0 rifM 67S.377 -23.1 Lexington 620,250 .7 . Fargo. N. D 496.603 21.2 . . .'. New Bedford - 671,078 7 6 loungstown 643.625 4 2 .. Dkr?! VV,; 708.000 61.9 Rockford, 111 553,410 1.1 .... Cedar Rapids, la. ... 6S0.213 3 8 . Canton. 0 472.706 aio Blnghamton 472 700 3 5 Chester, Pa 493.593 17.6 Lwe'' 617,480 6.1 .... Oreensburg. Pa 6S0.598 37 4 Bloomlngton, 111. ... 386.127 .... ii'i Springfield. 0 417 238 4 0 ?,ulnt2Jm 428.646 3i!o Mansfield, 0 391.403 13.3 .. Decatur. Ill 341,007 13.2 Sioux Falls. S. D. ... 443. 703 8.8 . Jacksonville. I1L .. 206 572 6 6 Fremont. Neb 844.350 62' 2 South Bend, Ind. ..... 4n8,554 . Houston 23.on7 1V7 o'i "" Galveston 13.511.000 12 0 "" Fort Wayne 763,476 Totals. U. B 1.1 lift 07ft ot 00 t Outside N. Y. City... 1,020.638!049 fl!l CANADA Calgary. Albert $ 1,111,817 Montreal 82.881,219 29.9 .. . Toronto 21.601.218 3.7 . Winnipeg 10.480,814 59.0 ... Ottawa 2.513,733 T Halifax 2.180.828 11.6 .... Vancouver. 8. C. 2.950 07.1 7 a Quebec 1. 1,702,850 2.2 Hamilton 1.019.644 82.6 .... St. John, X. B 1, 405.911 31.5 .... London, Ont 1.148.04O 25 7 .. Victoria. B. C 961,223 .... -8.3 Edmonton, Alberta .. 761,573 Totals, Canada $ 79,488,355 22.0 Balances paid in cash. ALt REPORTS EXCOtRAGIXO. September, , Like August, Scoring Heavy Gains Over Last Year. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. Bradstreet's tomor row will say; Trade, crop and Industrial reports are still almost uniformly favorable. September, like August, appears to he scoring heavy gains over the corresponding month a year ago. Official crop reports confirm previous publlo and private advices of very large, If not record, yields, .but price and traffic conditions are a bar to free movement. Car shortages are no longer subjects of speculation, but aro an accomplished fact, and terminal facilities are also unequal to the strain. Money is rather easy, especially at the East, where large gold Imports on special terms have weakened rates. , - Prices of staples show great strength, all things considered, and are In fact at the high est level yet touched. All In all, the situation is in a high degree encouraging, though It Is worth noting that later advices from Europe do not point to as large an outlet aa waa earlier expected for our surplus supplies of grain. Business failures for the week ending ' Sep tember 13 number 104. against 121 last week and 138 In the like week of 1906. Canadian failures for the week number 17, as against 14 last week and 32 in the corresponding week last year. Wheat, including flour, exports from the United States and Canada for the week end ing September 13 aggregated 4.953,215 bushels, against 1,082,404 Ibis week last year. For , the past 11 weeks of the fiscal year the ex ports are 30,625,846, against 11,783.375 in 1905. THE LIVESTOCK MARKETS. Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. The following livestock prices were quoted in the local market yesterday; CATTLE Beat steers, S3.S53.50; me dium, S33.25: cows, S2.502.65; second grade cows, 24j2.25; bulls, $1.50 2; calves, 4(4.50. SHEEP Best sheared, 4T4.25; lambs, 84.76 5. HOGS Best. 89.78; light. $696.50; stock hogs, $6. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Pricea Cnirent at Kansas City, Chicago, and Omaha. KANSAS CITY, Septl 14. Cattle Re ceipts, 2000; market steady. Native steers, $46.40; native cowa and heifers, 1.75 9 5.00; stockers and feeders. 2.904.5O; Western cows, $23.75, Western steers, $3. 40 5.25; bulls, $263.10; calves, $3 6.25. Hogs Receipts, 5000; market strong. Bulk of sales. S6.10ig6.30; heavy, $66.20; packers, f 6.1098.30; pigs and lights, 860 6.40. Sheep Receipts, 4000; market steady. Muttons, $4.7585.60; lambs, $5.5O7.50: range wethers, $5 6 380; fed ewes, $4.50(9 S.40. SOUTH OMAHA, Sept. 14. Cattle Re ceipts, 4000, market steady to strong. Na tive steers, C4.40&6.8O; native cows and heifers. $2.504.50; Western steers. $3.25 5.25; canners, $1.2692.40; stockers and feeders, $2.754.50; calves, $34J5T5; bulls, stags, etc., $1.768.75. Hogs Receipts, 6000; market strong to 5c higher; heavy, $5.8096.10; mixed. $5.95 6.05; light. $6.1096.30; pigs. $5 5.75; bulk of tales, $5.95 98.10. Sheep Receipts.. 6000; market steady. Yearlings, $5.5096.15: wethers, $595.50; ewes, $4.5093.25: lambs, $6.5097.60. CHICAGO, Sept. 14. Cattle Receipts, 8000; market steady to atrong. Beeves, $3.8096.95; stockers and feeders, $2,609 4.45; heifers. $1.6095.15; calves, $68; Western steers, $3.65 5.30. Hogs Receipts, 16,000; market 10c high er. Mixed and butchers, $096.02 hi; good to choice heavy, $6.208.65; rough heavy, $5.65 9 5.90; light. $6.15 9 6.67 6 : pigs, $5.60 96.25; bulk of sales, $6.0596.40. Sheep Receipts. 7500; market steady. Sheep, $3.75 95.05; lambs, $598. SAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS. Prices Paid for Products la the Bay City ' Markets. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14. The follow ing prices were quoted In the produce mar ket today: FRUIT Apples, choice, $1, common, 35c; bananas, $1.50 9 3.60; Mexican limes, $596; California lemons, choice, $6; common, $4; oranges, navels, $1.7594; plneapplea, $1,609 2.50. VEGETABLES Cucumbers, 15 50c; gar lic, 293c; green peas, Stt95c; string beans, 895c; tomatoes, 25940c; egg plant, 25940c; okra, 50 9 60c. EGGS Store, 18 9 25c; fancy ranch. 41c; Eastern. 18924c. POTATOES Early Rose. 7080c; River Burbanks, 63c 6$ 1.10; Salinas Burbanks. $1.5091.60; sweets. 1 2c; Oregon Bur banks. 759 850. POULTRY Roosters, old, $3.5094: young roosters.. $597.50; broilers, small. $2,509 8.50; broilers, large, $3.5094; fryers, $4 95; hens, $4.50 9 6.50; ducks, young. $395. BUTTER Fancy creamery, 26Hc; cream ery seconds, 21c; fancy dairy, 24 Vic; dairy seconds, 20c; pickled, 18919c. WOOL Fall, Humboldt and Mendocino, 18SlSc; mountain, 9911c; South Plains and San Joaquin, 0 911c. CHEESE Young America. 12 He; Eastern, 16 He: Western. 15c . MILLSTUFFS Bran, $17.50; middlings, $24 9 28. HAY Wheat. $13917.50; wheat and oats. $10914: barley, nominal; alfalfa, $7910.50; stock, $6 9 7 50; straw, 35 960c per bale. FLOUR California family extras. $4,65 9 S.10; bakers' extras, $4.30 94.60; Oregon and Washington, $3.7594.25. RECEIPTS Flour. 9751 quarter sacks; wheat. 496 centals; barley, 1889 centalsT oats, 806 centals; beans, 63 sacks; corn, 90 centals; potatoes. 4504 sacks; bran, 252 sacks; middlings, 190 sacks; hay, 618 tons; wool, 81 bales: hides, 663. Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 14. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alpha Con....! Belcher Best & Belcher Bullion Caledonia .... Challenge Con. Chollar Confidence .... Con. Cal. & V. Con. Imperial. Crown Point.. Exchequer .... Gould & Curry Hale A Nor. . . Julia .05 .18 .84 .15 .23 .10 .09 ' .50 .85 .01 .05 .47 .17 .95 .09 Justice Kentucky Con. $ .03 .04 .05 .69 .78 2.80 .09 .99 .06 .01 .32 .79 .38 .04 .18 Lady Wash. C. Mexican Occidental Con. Ophlr Overman Savage Scorpion 8 eg. Belcher. . . Sierra Nevada. Silver Hill Union -Con Utah Con Yellow Jacket. NEW YORK, Adams Con. .. Alice Sept. $ .20 2.73 .20 .30 ' .17 .80 14. Closing quotations: ILittle Chief. ...$ .05 Ontario 2.75 (Ophir , 3.50 IPotosl 10 ;Savage 90 jSierra Nevada. .23 jSmall Hopes... 8.00 .Standard 1.80 Breece Brunswick C. Comstock Tun. Con. Cal. & V. Horn Silver... Iron Silver. . . . Leadvllle Con. 1.80 5.00 .08 BOSTON. Sept. 14 Closing quotations: Adventure ..$ 6.25 Allouez 37.50 IMont. C. st C.$ 2.75 Oia Dominion 47.37 U Amalgamatd 112 62 Atlantic ..... 12.O0 Bingham ... 32.50 I Cal. & Hecla 765.00 Centennial .. 27.75 Cop. Range. 79.12 Daly West. . . 16.25 Franklin .. 21.021 Granby , 12.00 osceoia Parrot Qulncy JShannon .... jTamarack . . iTrlnity 120.25 27.23 91.00 8.75 99.00 70.87 63.75 62.00 9.50 63.62 7.00 T62 150.00 United Cop.. ,V. B. Mining. U. S. Oil Utah I Victoria .... IWlnona ..... Wolverine . . Greene Con. 25.50 Isle Royale. 63.00 Mass. Mining 9.00 Mlchiga- ... 14.00 Mohawk 64.00 Metal Markets. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. There was a sharp decline in the London tin market, with spot cloelti: at 186 8d and futurea at 182. Lo cally, the market was easy, with spot quoted at 89.65940c, the Inside price bid. Copper was Irregular in the London mar ket, with spot and futures both closing at 86 17s 6d. Locally, the .market' was Arm, with Lake quoted at 19919.25c; electrolytic, 18.8719.12c: casting. 18.62918.87c. Lead was 2s 6d higher at 18 10s In the Lon don market. Locally, no change was reported, with quotations ranging from 6.7596c, ac cording to delivery. Spelter was firm at 6.1696.25o in the local market. The price was unchanged at 27 12s 6d In London. Iron was lower in the English market, with standard foundry quoted 64s Id and Cleve land warrants at 64s 7d. Locally, iron was unchanged. , Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. Coffee futures cloned steady at a net advance of 5915 points. 8ales, 42.250 bags. Including October at 6.889.45c; December. 6.60iff6.60c; January, 6.60c; March, 6.7096 85c: May, 6.807e: July, 6.9597.10c. Spot Rio, quiet; No. 7 Invoice, 8c; mild, steady. Sugar Raw, Arm; fair refining. 83e; centrifugal. 96 test, 4c; molasses sugar, 8 93&c. Refined, firm. Will Net Permit Gold Shipment. PARIS. Sept. 14. Rumors that the Bank of France had agreed to permit the export of $18,000,000 in gold for the relief of the New York money market having carried disquiet on the Bourse, a semi-official statement In behalf of the bank, denying the rumors, Is made. r' National City's Engagements. NEW YORK. Sept. 14. The National City Bank today announced that it has engaged $1,775,000 in gold for Import from Paris, Sydney and Buenos Ay res. This makes the National City Bank engagement of gold on the movement this month $18,822,000. Wool at St. Louis. T flfTC Canr 1st TL'nnl J CI 1 . UVI.101 sjj. .as. vvwui, Oltauj, IHC- dllim grade, combing and clothing, 23fff28e; 1 1- a. s) . 1 OK OO- k.iv As. 1 a a 0. . . i washed, 2$ 38c IN FAVOR OF BULLS All Factors Tend Toward Higher Wheat Prices. ADVANCES AT CHICAGO Argentine Shipments Fall Off Fam. - Ine Area In Russia Increases. - Light Movement In the Northwest. CHICAGO, Sept. 14. Sentiment In the wheat pit waa bullish throughout the day. The shipments from Argentine were reported as being lesa than one-fourth of those of last week and one-sixth of those for the same time last year. Reports from England were that the Russian area In which famine pre vails Is Increasing. Receipts In the North west were reported light and are now. from August 1 to date, over 1700 cars less than for the same period last year. Dispatches from the Southwest were to the effect that good wheat is scarce and that there is barely enough to supply the milling demand. In addition to these influences cash wheat was strong both at Minneapolis and Kansas City. December opened H9Uc higher at 73c. sold between 72?t73c and 73fcc and closed firm and 19tc higher at 13c The corn market today was dull and prices kept within a narrow range. December opened unchanged at 42 c. Bold between 42c and 42 "o and closed He down at 42 c. There was much realising today in the oats market and prices were somewhat de pressed. Trading waa light. December oats opened Me higher at 82Ts9 83c, sold be tween 32 4 c and 33c and closed Hfco lower at 82 H 9 32 He. Provisions were strong and active for the greater part of the day and the list was higher throuehout. At the close January pork was up 12 $c, lard waa up 2Ho and ribs were Be higher. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. September ...$ .70',, $ .fov; $ .711 $ .71 Vi December 73 .735 .T24 -TS4 May 77Vs .77 .77 .17b CORN. September ... .47H .47 .47 .47ti December 42 .42'i .42 .42 May 43 .43 .434 .43 OATS. September .... .32 .32 .32 .22 December 33 .33 .32" .32 May 34 .84 .84 .34 MESS PORK. September ...17.00 17.0O 16.974 10.97 January 12.97 13.06 12.97 13.05 LARD. September 8.87 8.87 8.87 8.87 October 8.87 8.90 8.85 8.87 November 8.55 8.55 8.52 8.55 January 7.75 7.77 7.72 7.75 SHORT RIBS. September ... 9.00 .00 8 95 J.00 October 8.60 8.60 8.52 8.56 January 7.00 7.02 6.97 7.02 Cash quotations were as follows: . Flour Steady. Wheat No. 2 Spring. 74ff79e; No. 8, 69 75c; No. 2 red, 70;9710. Corn No. 2, 48c: No. 2 yellows 48c. Oats No. 2. S2c; No. 2 white. 33934c; N6. 3 white. 30i933c. Rye No. 2. 58c. Barley Fair to choice malting, 435510. Flaxseed No. 1, $1.04; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.09. Timothy seed Prime. $4. Clover Contract grades, $12. Short ribs sides Loose, $8.9099. Mess pork Per barrel, $17. Lard Per 100 pounds, $8.90. Short clear sides Boxed, $8.7598.87. Whisky Basis of high wines, $1.29. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 25,700 21.100 Wheat, bushels 80.000 10,700 Corn, bushels ' 610.8O0 844.0110 Oats, bujhels 318.0OO 167.100 Rye. bushels 7,000 2.01)0 Barley, bushels 29.700 , 11,800 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. Flour Receipts. 25. 000 barrels; exports, 17,485 barrels. Market, firm, with fair trade. Wheat Receipts, 56,600 bushels: exports, 70. 600 bushels; sales, 2.100.0O0 futures. Spot, firm; No. 2 red, 76ic elevator; No. 2 red, 78c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 82o f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard Winter, 80o f. o. b. afloat. Bull sentiment predominated In today"s wheat market, and at one time It was o net higher, reflecting small Ar gentine shipments, Russian famine news, large clearances and commission-house buying. It closed H9c net higher, being eased slightly In the last half hour. May closed 83c; September, 77c; December, S0e. Hides, hops and wool Steady. Grain at San' Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 14. Wheat and barley, steady. Spot quotations Wheat: Shipping, $1.27 91.30; milling. $1.30 91.40. Barley: Feed, $191.05; brewing. $1.0391.10. Oats: Red. $1.1591.45; white, $1.8591.45. Call-board ' sales Wheat, December, $1.22, barley. December, 99 c; corn, large yellow, $1.409142. European Grain Markets. LONDON. Sept. 14. Cargoes Pacific Coast, prompt shipment. 29s 3d. English country markets, steady; French, quiet. LIVERPOOL. Sept. 14. Wheat Septem ber, 6s 6d; December, 6s 2d; March, nominal. The weather In England today Is threat ening. Minneapolis Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 14. Wheat Sep tember, 70c; December, 729?2c: May, 76976c; No. 1 hard. 75c; No. 1 North ern. 74 c; No. 2 Northern, 73c; No. 3 Northern, 71c. Wheat at Tacoma. x TACOMA, Sept. 14. Wheat, lo higher; blue stem, 67c; club, 64c; red. 61c. ACTIVE BUYING OF THE STOCK FOR POOIi ACCOUNT. Strength of the General lilst Is Spotty and Flurry in Money Makes Irregular Closing. NEW YORK. Sept. 14. Operations on the long side of the stock market were resumed In sufficient volume today to effect a turn from the downward course of prices in pro gress yesterday. The day's strength waa spotty, strength at one point contrasting with heaviness at others in the process of maneuv ering to take profit. Tb principal operations centered' in the coalers, especially in Reading. Much of the activity In that stock was attributed to a long-standing pool. Rumors were revived by the reports of an intended divestment of own ership of coal properties by the railroad com panies. This report has appeared at Inter vals ever since the publication of a Judicial decision which seemed to indicate the ille gality of the present ownership of the means of production of the material transported and has been regarded aa favorable to the coalers. Details were not forthcoming of the plan, but the speculative assumption was that large profits would accrue to the railroad companies from the proceeds of the new arrangement. Other stocks which were notably strong had Via Billings to Kansas City and St. Louis Two thro' trains run every day in the year. Standard sleepers, tourist sleepers and reclin ing chair cars thro' ! , To most points East and Southeast, these thro cars save time and money- Low Round-Trip Rates to Buffalo Oct. 5 and 6 to New Orleans Oct 7 and 8 For detailed Information send a postal to IK; wswt mm illlllJlIlISiill special causes assigned. There were some conspicuous groups In the line of advancing prices and some recent leaders were held back throughout the day. The 5 per cent dividend came off the price of Union Pacific and In stead of attracting demand, there seemed to be selling by those who had held only until the dividend should accrue to them. The Increase in cash for the week was est!', mated to be in the neighborhood of tl6.000.000. The Subtreaaury operations Include the pay ments of recent gold engagements abroad ex cept today's payment of $1,775,000. which brings the total payments on that account for the week up to 118.659,000. But receipts of revenue payments, telegraphic transfers to Interior points and other routine Subtreasury operations leave the payments by that insti tution to the banks at only 115.029,000. There is a small offset to this gain ih the movement on balance by express to the interior, which is estimated at but a few hundred thousand dollars, tcompared with over 5,000,000 last week. This relaxation in the Interior demand for currency contributes much to the prom ised strength of tomorrow's bank statement. The further advance in the sterling exchange rate today decreased the command by New York gold In London. A late flurry in money was attributed to the preparation for some large dividend pay ments due tomorrow, the principal of which is the $0,000,000 payable to Standard Oil stock holders. This proved a restraint on any sym pathetic response to the buoyant upshoot in Heading and made an irregular closing. Bonds were heavy. . Total sales, par value, $2,060,000. United States bonds were all un changed on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. bid. Adams Express 275 Amalgam. Copper. .102,800 113" 112 112 Am. Car & Foundry 1,000 411 4o 40 do preferred 300 lOoVi 1001 90 , Amer. Cotton Oil.. 15,4o0 86 35 85"i do preferred ..... i American Express. .... Am. Hd. & Lt. pt American Ice .... 6,900 87 Amer. Linseed Oil 250 28 86 Krt'4 l do preferred . 40 Amer. Locomotive. 4,200 72ii 71 Ti do preferred 112 14, Am. Smelt. & Ref. 38,600 157 V, 155 lf66 do preferred ; ll1 Am. Sugar Refining 800 137 138 1:" Amer. Tobacco pfd 1151 Am. Sugar Refln.. 800 137 136"4 130 va Amer. Tobacco pfd. ? 100 Anaconda Mln. Co. 13,400 283Vi 2S1 Atchison 28,400 Hi8 l(!8s 108 do preferred 4o0 101 VHyv, loovj Atlantic Coast Line. 200 140 14 145 143 Baltimore s Ohio. 44,600 122. 110 121 is do preferred 93 Brook. Rap. Tran. 10.500 80 70 8u Canadian Pacific.. . SCO 177 177 177 Cent, of N. Jersey. 3(i0 231 230 230 Central Leather .. 800 40 38 30 do preferred lol Chesapeake & Ohio 1,600 64 63 03 Chi Gt. Western 17 Chi. & Northwest. 600 211 210 210 Chi., Mil. & St. P. 23,800 178 170 177 Chi. Term. & Tran 11 do preferred 27 C C. C. & St. L. 82 Colo. Fuel & Iron. 8.200 B7i 50 60 Ji Colo. & Southern.. 700 30 39 36 do 1st- preferred . . ..... 67 do 2d preferred.. 400 49 49 48i Consolidated Gaa .. 2,600 140 140 13H Corn Products 18 do preferred.,... 100 78 77 76 Delaw. & Hudson..- 11.500 225 216 223 Del., Lack. 4 Wes 520 Den. & RIO Grande 400 44 43 43 do preferred..'. 85 Distillers' Securit.. 39.600 60 64tj Erie 41.200 4S 4 48 do 1st preferred.. 500 77 77 77 do 2d preferred.. 1.000 71 71 71 Gt. Northern pfd.. 3,500 338 336 SHOi General Electric 113 Hocking Valley 127 Illinois Central ... 1X 172 172 171 Int. Met 800 38 38 38 do preferred..... 100 77 77 78 International Paper 17 do preferred 100 80 804 81 International Pump 40 do preferred 85 Iowa Central 900 . 30 20 80 do preferred 7O0 61 60 51 Kansas City South 2 do preferred COO 69 68 68 Louis & Nashville 7.300 150 149 150 Mexican Central 20 Minn. A St. Louis. 200 75 74 74 M.. St. P. & S.S.M. 100 152 152 152 do preferred 165 Missouri PaclBc . . 11.7O0 00 08 00 Mo.. Kan. & Texas 700 35 35 35 do preferred 7O0 70 70 7o National Lead 6,800 80 79 7!t Mex. Nt. R. R. pf. loo 46 46 45 New York Central. 11. Hon 144 143 143 N Y., Ont. A Wes. 4,100 61 60 51 Norfolk & Western 3,200 94 84 93 do preferred 90 Northern Pacific .. 4.300 217 216 210 North American . 10O 91 91 01 Pacific Mail 700 3 38 39 Pennsylvania 84, POO 143 141 143 People's Gas .... 400 80 00 89 P.. C C. Sc St. L. .: 84 Pressed Steel I Car. 800 64 83 63 do preferred 97 Pullman Pal. Car. 10 249 240 249 Reading 591.400 149 142 14S do 1st preferred ..... R9 do 2d preferred.. ROO 95 ns io Republic Steel ... S.700 37 Rfi 37 do preferred 11,400 103 102 lo2 Rock Inland Co... 8.700 27 27 27 do preferred 40O 60 66 5 Rubber Ooorts pfd 100 Schloss-Sheffleld . . 700 79 7.8 7H St. L. & S. F. 2 pf. 2O0 44 44 4 1 St. Louis Southwes. O0 25 25 2r,ii do preferred 600 62 r.2 02 Southern Pacific .. 3. son 94 9.114 jvj do preferred 2X 118 118 117 Southern Railway.. 4.70") 88 38 38 do preferred ln T. . St. L. W 500 33 S3 .T'V. do preferred 800 65 55 ."5 Tenn. Coal A Iron 154 Texas Pacific.... 6.1O0 30 36 3rt ijnion rannr ....iui.iit IV 1 do preferred 300 93 93 02 IT. S. Express.... 130 V. S. Realty 1.000 79 78 78 U. S. Rubber 11. 7O0 66 63 64' do preferred I.8OO 111 111 lloii U. S. Steel 88.300 46 45 46 do preferred 2.800 lOR-i loftst lORKi Vlrg.-Caro. Chem.. 1.500 41 40 40 do preferred 110 Wabash : 400 20 19 19 do preferred 2O0 45 45Ui 454i "Wells-Fargo Bxp zfto Vestlnghouse Blec lfti "Western Union ... 600 80 80 914 TV heel. L. P!e ja "Wisconsin Central 24 do preferred 200 61 60 fio Total sales for the day, 1,430.500 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. dosing quotations: U. S. ref. 2s reg.105 'n. & R. a. 4s... 100 do coupon. ... 103 'N. Y. C fl. 3s. 92 tJ. 8. 3s reg 1034'Nor. Taclflc 3s.. 75 do coupon 103'Nor. Pacific 4s.. 103 U. S. new 4s reg. 131 ISo. Pacific 4s... 91 do coupon 131 !fnlon Pacific 4s. 102 U.S. bid 4s reg.l02Wls. Central 4s.. 89 do coupon 103(Jap. 6s. 2d ser...loo Atchison Adj. 4s 86 IJap. 4s, cer. . . 91 Storks at London. LONDON, Sept. 14. Consols for money, .86: consols for account 8(1. Anaconda 14lN. Y. Central. ...149 Atchison 112jNorfolk & West 97 do preferred . . 105 do preferred . m Baltimore & O. . 125 'Ontario & West. 51 R. W. Fotter, Ticket Ag-ent, C, B. & Q. Ry., 100 Third Street, Portland. Can. Pacific Ches. & Ohio... C. Gt. Western. C. M. & St. P. . De Beers D. & R. Grande, do preferred.. Erie . do 1st pref . ... do 2d pref. . . . Illinois Central. Louis, sc Nash. . Mo., Kas. & T. . 183 65 19 183 1T 45 89 50 80 78 179 155 39 I Pennsylvania . 'Hand Mines. ... 'Reading So. Railway... do preferred. 'Unio- Pacific. . I do preferred. ISO. Pacific U. -S. Steel i do preferred. Wabash da preferred. Spanish Fours. .. T3 .. 6 . . 74 ..39 ..103 ..195 .. 96 . . 94 .. 47 ..110 .. 21 .. 47 .94 Money, Exchange. Etc. NEW .YORK, Sept. 14. Money on call strong, 49 per cent; ruling Tate. 4 per cent; closing bid. 6 per cent, offered at 8 per cent. Time loans, easier; 60 and 90 days, 6 per cent; six months, 66 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 67 per cent. Sterling exchange firm, with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at $4.83904.8395 for demand and at 4.8O204.S025 for 60-day bills'. Posted rates, $4.81(84.81 and $4.84. Commercial bills, $4.79. Bar silver, 67 c. Mexican dollars, 52 c. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, heavy. " LONDON. Sept. 14. Bar silver, steady, 31 7-16d per ounce. Money, 3(8 3 per cent. The rate of discount In the open market for short and three-months' bills is 4 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 14. Silver tars, 67c. Mexican dollars. 54c. Sight drafts, 2 He; telegraph drafts, 5c. Sterling on Lon don, 60 days, $4.84; sight. $4.80. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. Today's state ment of the Treasury balances in the gen eral fund shows: Available cash balance $211,595,913 Gold coin and bullion 112.9SO.37S Gold certificates 41,635,200 PORTLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. galea and Prices Bid and Asked on the Local Board. Sales on the Stock Exchange yesterday were 1000 shares Alaska Packers at 55. Offi cial prices follow: Bank Stocks Bid. Asked. Bank of California 302 Merchants' National 122 Oregon Trust & Savings 135 United States National 200 Portland Trust Company 120 Bankers' & Lumbermen's 101 Equitable Savings 98 Miscellaneous Stocks Lesser Manufacturing 190 Campbell's Gaa Burner....... 5 Union Oil '. 201 206 Alaska Packers 54 57 Associated Oil 38 89 Pacific States Telephone 99 Home Telephone ..... 60 Puget Sound Telephone 50 Oregon Life Insurance 1000 Cement Products 40 Empire Contracting Company. 110 ...... J. C. Lee Company 150 O. R. & N. Ry. 4s P9 101 Merlin Townslte 20 ' Nicola Coal 3 International Coal 63 60 Mining Stocks Pacific Metal Extraction. ... ' 25 Alaska Petroleum ..... 17 Alaska Pioneer 47 52 Standard Con 11 12 Oregon Securities 5 6 Snowstorm 195 225 Lee's Creek Gold 1 1 Tacoma Steel 9 12 Oalice Con 4 Gallaher 7. 4 6 Golden Rule Con 2 Bullfrog Terrible 4 Golconda 3 4 North Fairvlew 8 Le Roy . 2 Hiawatha .., 1 2 Cascadia 20 Lucky Boy - 20 Hecla 335 Rambler Cariboo 34 38 Dixie Meadows 2 ..... Great Northern............. 6 ..... Mountain View 22 . Blue River Gold 0 10 Garvin Cyanide 85 Sugar Stocks Hawaiian Com 86 Honokea " 13 14 Hutchinson 14 15 Makaweli 36 Onomea 34 35 Paauhau 18 19 Union 49 , YOUNG GIRL NOT FIREBUG Costs Are Taxed Against Prosecuting Witness In Montesano Case. ELMA. Wash.. Sept. 14. (Special.) Silvia Winders was glveen a hearing here today before Judge Porter on a charge of burning a barn belonging to Edward Lambert on his farm south of town. The defendant is 13 years old and the daugh ter of Abner Winders a road supervisor. Lambert, sometime ago, made a vicious attack on Prosecuting Attorney Bonner in the newspapers for not prosecuting the case sooner and appealed to the Attorney General. The hearing today attracted a great deal of attention and resulted in exon erating the prosecuting attorney from any blame for not trying the case earlier. Costs were taxed against Lambert. Public sentiment upholds Bonner in the matter. W. H. Abel, of Montesano, de fended the girl. No incriminating evid ence was produced at the trial. Cannot Pocket Part of Fee. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Sept. 14. (Special.) In answer to an inquiry received from the County Clerk of Chehalls County. Attorney-General J. D. Atkinson advises him that notwithstanding the fact that the new Federal naturalization laws au thorize clerks of courts having Jurisdic tion to retain one-half of the fees col lected by them in siinh proceedings. County Clerks In the State of Washing ton must turn all such fees Into the County Treasury. Tax Collector Has the Option. OLYMPIA. Wash., Sept. 14. (Special.) The Supreme Court declares that a County Treasurer has the option of pro ceeding against the person or the prop erty in an action for the collection of delinquent taxes, and the Spokane case of the County of Spokane and E. K. Erwin ' as Treasurer, respondent vs. George M. Adams ' as receiver of the Nelson Drygooda Company, appellants, la affirmed.