17 THE 3IORXING OREGOXIAN, TIITJIISDAY. AUGUST 19, 1909. WHEAT IS HIGHER Local Market Advances 1 Cent All Around. FOREIGN TRADE MAKES UP Active - Operations In the Interior Are Expected as Soon as Harvest ing Is Finished Oats Market Is Uncertain. Th wheat market was stronger yester day than It ha been for om tlm part and local prices hav bean advanced one cent ail around. Buyer are now offering 4 cant for blateiu and S9 cents for club. There la now aome foreign demand for wheat, or rather more disposition on the part of the trade on the other atde to do buaineaa. Th local exporters, however, ao far aa can ba learned, have not bought rnnoh yet. aad have hut little to offer, but with a rvrtTal of the demand. It la likely that operation In the oountry will become more active in the Immediate future. The Zjosdoa ca&fca of the llerclsant Exahang yesterday quoted a firmer tssdlng m the cargo market, but with alow Inquiry. Walla Walla eargoee for shipment were still quoted nominal at 89a. The apeculatlv market at Liverpool advanced and there were alas seine In the East. The flour trade continues quiet with, ex port grades aa last quoted. The Alblna mill will be started up about September 1, or aa soon as It can rt a sufficient supply of wheat. There Is not much business passing In the oats market yet Kew oats are coming In slowly and the price has hardly been es tablished, though Beptember deliver- Is quoted at 1 27.503229.&0 per ton. The general opinion seems to be Inclined toward rhe bear elds of the markst now In view of an expected bumper crop. A large yield Is as sured In the Valley and a big crop haa been anticipated east of the mountains, but Just how large it wilt be there remains to be seen. It la said that some of the threshing return from the Palousa do not bear out the early promises of a heavy yield. In view of the uncertainty as to the final out come, the trade Is not disposed to operate freely yet. The consumption of oats in the ' Northwest this year should be much heavier than last year, owing to the railroad build ing and the Increase In general construc tion work. Last year consumption was less than normal, yet the crop was completely cleaned up. and at very high prices. The Indications, therefore, are for a very active cats market thl season. The Government Is advertising for bids frir 10.000 tons of old -crop oats snd 10,000 tnns of old-crop hay for shipment to the Philippines. The bids will be opened here on September 18. It Is probable all the tlds will be on new-crop products. Loral receipts. In cars, were reported by the Merchants Exchange aa follows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay llonrtay HI 2 1. 1 S Tu'itr .' 21 4 0 Wednesday .... i-i 2 S 6 15 Year aso e.l S 2 1 1R Total lut week tH 10 14 93 HOP TART REPORTS CCVn iCTTNO. . Trading ta the Loral Market Conditions to Europe. Reports from the Valley hopyarda yesterday were conflicting. In some section the lice were said to have almost disappeared, while In other parts there was still mors or- less vermin. There ws aothtng doing In the market and It Is aot likely there will be much, business until the harvest la over. Picking Is under way In California and It Is probable there will soon be reports of sale of hops In the4 bale la that state. A London oabla received yesterday re ported the crop prospect In Esglaod as somewhat better and estimated the yield at 240,000 ovt, as compared with a pre vious estimate of 230.000 est London hop trade circular, bearing datea of August s and 4. aald in pert: , Wild. Neame Co., London The condi tion of the plantations Is becoming very serious. Despite all enTorta rt appears to be Impossible to check the fresh attack of vermin. . Our market la very atrong and prices have advanced appreciably. W. H. 1L La May The market haa again advanced. - Crop prospect ara worse. Manger at Henley Tnere 1 a good de mand and prices have a strong upward tendency. Many growers decline to offer In face of the gloomy and unsatisfactory oat look. Exchange and Hop Warehouses There is still a fair amount of business passing, and a few good lota have been cleared off the znasUcet lately at Increased rates. Owing to ths unfavorable plantation report the small rise ltB price Is well maintained, the market ahowlng an upward tendency. Adolf Heller write from Prague under date of August : ' The past wsek brought th Continent changeable weather, after two hot days with very cold nights we had rain and high winds. This sort of weather, needles to eayerannot Improve the hops and even the well-grown yarda are suffering under this ungenlal weather In so far as burr 1 not n plentiful as It ought to be. A the hops are in burr now everywhere wa want settled weather to develop the hops. As far as the Continent is concerned. Saas la the most favored of the large districts, but even there one-third of the last year's crop' la considered the possible, maximum. With ex ception of ths Holledelu. where about one third of last year's quantity may be grown, all 'other German districts promise very little Indeed. Baden will have a total failure. Wurtemberg and Alsace the short est crop since 1S93. There was a very large business In lftOK heps at considerably rising prices. No useful hops can be bought now under 50 to 60 marks. Baas hops were paid from 70 to 85 kronen. A few parcels of 1909 earlles were sold In Nuremberg at 125 marks the AO kilos, but now higher prices are asked for. There are only a very few early hops this year and. the first 5-kilo parcel arrived fully three weeks later on the market than 1908. I-KFS1I RANCH FX; OS ARB FIRM. Storage Stock Is Plentiful and Move Slowly. Fresh ranch eggs were quoted, firm at 25 gents yesterday. The demand for them was , good, and the supply wa small. Storage eggs were plentiful and slow. ( There was an actrve Inquiry for poultry, of which receipt were Bght. Chickens were firm. With the beginning of hop-picking the latter pert of next week, receipts will commence to fall off sharply- The regular shipment of cheeee cam in from Tillamook yestsrday. and was about half ths size of the usual shipments. Price were very firm. There was no change In the butter mar ket. City creameries quoted prlcea strong, but a good deal of ontslde butter was of fered cn Front street. TRADE BOOMINO IN FRCTT MARKET Not Half Enough P"fcchre Can Be Secured. Potatoes) In Lighter Supply. Tha hot weather is responsible for th boom In th fruit market, and tha volume of trade Is only limited by th available supply. Almost everything was-eleaned up last night. Peaches were In strongest demand, but not half enough were received. Tha mar ket waa very firm at tl for anything good. Several cars of watermelon and canta loupe came In. and they moved readily, especially tha melon jliscaf grapes werw la demand at ftsvM Li, and malagas aold at 11.23. There were no Tokays, but half a ear of them Is about due. A mixed car of Malaga grape and peaches arrived from California. The street waa lightly supplied with po tatoes, which were quoted firm at 1 a sack. Oood ehlpments of potatoes ars being made to the Desohatea. vrreton Expect Many Potatoes. WESTON'. Or., Aug. 18. (Special.) Th Weston country will produce a larger crop of potatoes this year than ever before., The acreage haa been increasing each year, and It Is estimated that 10OO acres are now In potatoes In the region tributary to Weston. The prospect op the mountain Is very prom ising, and better than in the lowland dis trict. A general average of about sacks pair acre Is expected. Bank Clearing. Clearings of the North-western cities yes terday were aa follows. Clearings. Portland .1.166. Seattle L7so,2Tl Tucoma 8t4.123 Spokane 63S,5U Balances. 280.234 43.144 102,TiJ PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain. Flour. Feed. Etc WHEAT Track prices: New crop, blue stem, Wc: club, 8c; red Russian. ISle; Val ley. fo; Turkey red. 8c: 40-fold. c. FLOUR Patents, S6.23 per barrel! straights. 15.30; exports, new, 14.10; Valley. S5.S0; graham. 5.6v; whole wbea. quarters. I5.S0. , BARLEY Feed. $23 50326; brewing. 126. 'a 27 per ton. OATS Beptember. $27.60C28.&0 per Jon. CORN Whole IDA; cracked. $37 per ton. MILLSTCFFS Bran. $20 per ton; mid dlings. $33; shorts. $2932; chop, $22q29; rolled barley, ,32 504,33.50. HAT New crop: Timothy) Willamette Valley $12 918 per ton; Eastern Oregon, UTeii; mixed. $13.50 ia.90; alfalfa. $13.30; clover. $11913; cheat, $1314 60. ORA-IN BAOS 6!o each. Dairy and Country Produce, BUTTER City creamery, extras. 81Hc; fancy outside creamery, 17 HI? 31 Vic per pound; store. 21 W 22c (Butter fat pricea average lVsc per pound under regular but tor prices.) EGOS Oregon ranch. candled. xiQ 28o per doreru POULTRY Hens. 15lo: Springs. 15H ?lo; roosters, sjjloc; ducks, young. 1JH 13c; geese, young, 10911c; turkeys, 20c; squabs. $1.75 2 per dozan. CHEESE Full cream twins, 1791TVic per pound: young Americas, 1S918VbC PORK Fancy, llllHc per pound. VEAL Extra, Vs S 10o per pound. Vegetable and Fruits. FRESH FRUITS Apples, new. $123 per box; pears. $1.502 per box; peaches, 7oc(rl per crabe; cantaloupes. $1.503.60 per crate: plums, .VlftToc per box; water melons'. l'SlV.c per pound; grapes, 75c4il.50; blackberru-s. $1.50gl,5 per crate; caeabas, $1.50 per dozen. POTATOES Oregon, 75c nil per sack; sweet potatoes. 1c per pound. SACK VEGETABLES Turnips. $111.53 per sack; carrots, f 1.23 01. 30; beets. $1.50. TROPICAL FRUITS Valenclas. $3 9.1.50: lemons. fancy. $0.5007; choice. grapefruit, $3 per box; bananas, 5i?3Vio per pound: pineapples, $1.752 per dozen. ONIONS New. 1. ii per sack. VEGETABLES Beans. 4ft5c; cabbage I CI "4c per pound; cauliflower. 4ucigl per dozen; celery. SOcgSl per dozen; corn, 15,20c per dozen: cucumbers, ltnij&c per dozen; eggplant. 86"l0c per pound; onions, lzHv'lSo per dosen; parsley, $io per dozen; peas, 7o per pound! peopers, 5(10o per pound; radishes. 15c per dozen; spinach, 6c per pound; squash. 6c; tomatoes, 75c0$l. Groceries, Dried Frnlts, Ete. DRIED FRUIT Apples, 0c per pound; psaches, 7H4Sc; prunes, Italians, 6KO oc; prunes. French, 46c; currants, un washed, cases. 140; currants, washed, cases. 10c; figs, white fancy, 50-lb. boxes. t!We; dates, 7St0THc SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tails, $2 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.00; 1-pound flats. $2.10tt; Alaska pink. 1-pourrfi tails. Prtc: red, 1-pound tails, $1.43; sockeyes. 1-pound tails, $2. COFFEE Mocha. 2432SC: Java, orainary, 17'IWc; Costa Rica, fancy, IStfiOc; good, ltfaisc; ordinary, 12C16o per pound. NUT-T-vValnuts, 12013c per pound by sack; Brazil nuts, lc; filberts,' 13c; pea nuts. 7c; almonds, 1.1 Uc; chestnuts, Ital ian, llo; peanuts, raw, 6c; plnenuts, 100 12e: hickory nuta. 10c; coeoanuts, 0c per dozes. SUGAR Granulated. $5 78: extra C, $5 83; golden C $3t3: fruit and berry sugar, $5 85; Honolulu plantation, fine grain, $6.25; cubes (barren. $0.40; powdered (barrel), $4.10. Terms, on remittances within 13 days, deduct c per pound; if later than 16 days and within SO days, deduct He per pound Maple sugar, lB18c per pound. SALT Granulated. $13 per ton. $1.90 per bale; half ground, 100s, $T.30 per ton; 50 $3 per ton. BEANS Small white. Tttc; large white. c; Lima, 6 "4c; bayou, Stto; red kidney, Mo; pink, 4fco. ProvWkms. BACO? Fancy, 23c per pound; standard, 21c; choice, 20c; English, 18919c DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt. 14o: smoked. 15c; short clear backa, heavy dry salted. 14c; smoked. 15c; Oregon exports dry salted. 13e; smoked, 16c HAMS 8 to 10 pounds. 17c; 14 to 16 pounds. 17c; 18 to 20 pounds, 17c; bams, skinned. 17c; plcnlos, 12c; cottage roll. 13c; boiled hams, 23m24Hc; boiled picnics. 20c LARD Kettle rendered, 16s, 16Ho; fis, 14Hc; standard pure: 10a 10 o; Ss. Uc; choice. 10s. 14Hc: Ba, 14c Compound. 10s. 9o; 3s. Hc. SMOKED BEEF Beef tongues. each. 60c; dried beef sets. 19c; dried beef out sides. 17c; dried beef Insldes, 21c; dried beef knuckles, 20c PICKLED GOODS Barrels: Pigs feet. $13; regular tripe, $10; honeycomb tripe, $12; pigs' tongues. $19.50. PORTLASfD LIVESTOCK MARKET. Price Quoted Locally on Cattle. Sheep and Hogs. Except sheep, livestock receipts yesterday were not very heavy. The demand waa strong tor good grade atock. which moved acttveiy. Some fancy lambs were received which brought 10 cen:s better than the pre vious quotation, Otherwise prices were un changed. Receipts for the day were 228 cat tle. 1652 sheep and lambs and 60 hogs. ' Late sales at the yard Included 17 steers averaging 976 pound a at $3.85; 600 lambs averaging 74 pounds, at $6.60; 20 steers aver aglag 10&2 pounds, at $4.60: 1 bull weighing 1400 pounds, at $2.26-6 steers averaging 1092 pounds, at $4.25; 28 cow averaging 921 pounds, at $3.50; 1 steer weighing 1000 pounds, at $4.60; 2 calves averaging 175 pounds, at $3.50; 23 steer averaging 994 pounds, at $4.40: 4 bull averaging 1450 pounds, at $2.25; 3 cows averaging 130 pounds, at $3.25; 3 steers averaging 826 pounds, at $3.25. Local prices quoted yesterday war aa fol-. lows: ' CATTLE Steers, top, It. BO 4.60; fair to good, $4$4.25; common, $:i.754; cows, top. $3.50fe3.tt5; fair to good. $;;&3.25; com mon to medXim. $2.IS0S2.75: calves, top. $3 03.3O: heavy. :li0'ir4: bulls and stags, $27315 3.25; common, $2ffi2.25. SHEEP Top wethers, $4; fair to good, $8.6uj3.7&; ewes. He less on all grades; year lings, best. $4: fair to good, $3.503.7S; Spring lemba, $6.255.60. HOGS Best. 18 759: fair to good, $8 $.60; stackers, $7; China fata, $(.767. Bnsjtern Livestock Mnrketa. SOUTH OMAHA. Aug. 18. Cattle Receipts, 14X; market, loc higher. Western steers, $4.50S75: Texas steers. $3fl5; range cows and belters. C2.7&?f4.23; canners. $282 86: stockers and feeders, $2.7tvg-4 2Tr; calves, $3.23 e.30: bulls and stags, $2.7364.7o. Hogs Receipts, 64u0; market, 6o higher for lights: heavy steady. Heavy, $7.ioaT80; mixed. $7.65ffT.flB; light, $7.157.95; pigs, $a.26T.2n; bulk of sales $7.K'67.SO. Sheep Recetrts. 22,000; market. steady. Tearilngs. $4 wethers, $5.2Cj.60: lamb, $6.T54'7.75. Mew York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Aug. 18. Cotton futures closed easy: August. 12.81c; September, 12.20c; October and November. 12. 4c; De cember, 12.23c: January, 12 22c; February, 12.21c: March. 12.24c; April. 12.22c and May, 12.2.V-. Spot cotton closed quiet: mid dling uplands. 12 80c; middling gulf. 13.05c Wheat at Seattle! ' PRATTLE. Aug. 18. Export wheat, no milling quotations, steady. Bluestem, 92c; club, 87ec; red, SSc; receipt, none. ' wool at St. Loots. BT. LOUTS. Aug. 18. Wool Unchanged. Territory snd Western mediums, 23-23c; fine medtoims, 226S4c; fine. 13lc. , Wheat at Taconw. TACOMA. Atnr. 18 Wheat Bluestem, 92c; club and red Fife. 876SSc; red Russian, 86c. Flaxseed at Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. lis, Fls siosed at atir GAINS WIPED OUT Stocks Decline and Selling Is Enormous. MORE HARRIMAN RUMORS Union Pacific Comrrron Drops Five Points and the Preferred Stock Over Three Point Effect of Crop Damage Itoports. NEW YORK, Aug. IS. The stock market today continued its reactionary and con fusing course. There was the usual back ing and filling during the early session, but -In th afternoon virtually the entire tlve list took a lower dip. which wiped out all early gain. Again It was the Harrlmsm Issues tnal bore the brunt of the attack. In spite of the bullish rumors on New York Central and revival of the Paris listing rumor on United States Steel, the market turned and In the lata session became duller and more Irregular. It waa regarded as somewhat significant that tha list wa most unsettled Immediately upon tha publication of a series of dlrpatchea and statement, official and unofficial, concerning the health of Mr. Haniman. Report of serious harm to th crop in North Dakota from heavy rains were not without Influence upon stook. Advices 'from Missouri and Kansas as to crop con ditions wers of a more favoraoi cni., but Nebraska dispatches continued discour aging. , , . The most aggressive selling and lowest price came in ths final half hour. Union Paclflo waa than about five points below its top price of the. morning, and the preferred stock over three points, while New York Central. Reading. Atchison, Great Northern preferred. Great Northern Ore Certificate, Chicago 4 Northwestern, Pennsylvania, the Steel Issues, Amalgamated Copper. Consoli dated 3ass. People's Gas and a score of less prominent Issues were lower by one to four PLouisvllle A Naah villa wnd Canadian Pa cific were about the only stocks to hold their early gains. The selling was In enormous volume and numerous "stop-loss orders were uncovered. Time money was again atrong with an especial demand for four and five montna loans at 4 per cent. More gold exporta to South America are impending, while ship ments of $3,000,000 gold to Japan ara scheduled for the coming month. The feature of the bond market was the activity of Union Pacific convertible 4, In which dealings were again very heavy, with a net loss for the day sf Vi points. Bonds wera steady. Total sales, par value, $3,090,- CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Bales. High. Low. Bid. Allis Chalmers pf 400 MM. M imf Conner .... 29.000 86 M 844 46 44 84 66 73 4! 83 16 tu 100 116 131 140 101 38 48 119 104 138 118 93 31 79 188 39 1U9 810 81 66 - 2 196 167 74 46 64 1 80 142 23 193 49 87 38 96 Am Agricultural Am Beet Sugar.. 6.500 461 44 Am Can pf 2.4-.0 84 -84 Am rr A Foun. 2.800 67 86 Am Cotton Oil oo 14 800 60l 4'4 8O0 84 SSi-i 400 16 16 1.100 64 64 Am Hd Lt pf. Ara Ice Securt.... Am Linseed Oil.. Am Locomotive . . Am Emelt A Ref,. do preferred A m Sugar Ref.... Am Tel A Tel Am Tobacco pf . . Am Woolen Anaconda, Mln Co. Atchison do preferred .... Atl Coast Line... Bait St Ohio do preferred 600 132 2,000 141H 20 101 2"0 38 i l.BOO 49 44.TOO 12 6"0 104 1.700 "141 4.8U0 119 181 140 101 88 48 4j 119 104 133 118 'si , 79 -18f4 39 109 'si 6 2 196 167. 'is" 64 82 80 142 23 193 49 ' 87 " 34 SA 64 44 Bethlefcem citeel 100 31 80', v Brook Rap Tran. T."0 Canadian Pacific . 1.OO0 lVs 4.SOO 40 800 109 Central Leather., do preferred . . Central of N J. Ches s Ohio Chicago A Alton. 12.600 300 J.BOO 300 31,100 'tp6 83 H 67 Hi 3 lOiUj 160'j 45 64 Vi 82 so 145 23 , 193 60 87 38 37 66 44 Chicago Gt West Chicago A N W. C, M A St Paul. C. C, C Bt L. . Colo Fuel A Iron. Colo A Southern... 100 loO 2"0 8.300 WO 600 1,000 200 do 1st preferred, do 2d preferred. Consolidated Gas.. Corn Products ... Del A Hudson .. D A R Grande ... do preferred nistllllera' Securl.. 1O6O0 Erie .'. . 1. 1P0 do 1st preferred. 400 do 2d preferred. 400 64 43 General Electric. 1.100 109 168 168 Gt Northern Df 6,100 166 1645 164 83 157 14 46 88 21 17 40 81 48 74 159 62 143 74 Gt Northern Ore.. $.800 86 82 Illinois Central ... 1.000 150 167 14 46 '22" 17 40 81 48 74 168 63 143 74 Interborough Met.. 1.9)0 10 . do preferred ... 6,800 48 Inter Harvester Inter-Marina pf .. 100 22 Int Paper . 4o n ! Tint Pump 200 40 Iowa Central .... iwi K C Southern ... 27,600 6i do preferred ... 6.S0O 75 Louis A Nashville 4.200 160 Minn A St Louis. 3no 50 M 8t P A S M. TOO 144 Missouri Pacific, 2.200 75 Mo K'sn JL- Tins 4.600 42 42 41 do preferred '4 National Hlscuit .. . i"o ivi xv iws National Lead ... 4.800 Mex Nat Ry 1st pf 600 N Y Central 66.000 N Y, Ont A West. 1,800 Norfolk A West. 900 North American. . . 6O0 93 63 147 50 95 84 158 91 91 62 144 49 94 83 166 82 141 117 91 49 40 161 37 106 40 78 '64 26 66 84 136 32 63 144 49 94 84 16K 32 140 116 92 50 50 11 87 106 K 79 65 27 Northern Pacific... Peclfis Mall Pennsylvania People's Gas . . . 1.100 1.700 S3 1.SO0 142 4,500 118 P. C C or 8t 1. . . Pressed Steel Car. 100 92 2200 2.400 60 61 166 Ry Steel Spring. - Reading Republlo Steel ..101.900 2.7O0 do preferred 1.600 107 Rock Island Co.. 14,300 do preferred ... 4.900 St L & F 2 pf . 6O0 41 76 6 27 St L Southwestern 200 do preferred Sloss-SheffleU .... Southern Paclflo . Southern Railway do preferred . . . 600 85 82.2O0 138 86 134 32 -72 38 35 62 70 210 110 82 63 78 " 48 20 64 6 86 74 "ee" B 600 300 700 2,800 SoO 700 32 73 38 36 62 Tenn Copper 38 35 61 70 211 110 82 63 76 126 50 48 20 64 6 85 74 7 Texas A Pacific. Tol. St L A West. do preferred Union Pacific do preferred U S ReaJty . U 8 Rubber . U S 6teel . , . . 71 ...196.100 211 ... 17,200 118 600 ... 17,500 ...193,600 83 66 78 do preferred ... Utah Copper .... Va-Cs.ro Chemical. Wafeash do preferred . . . Weetern Md Westlnghouss Eleo Western Union . Wheel A L Erie.. Wisconsin Central. 600 62 900 48 1.200 21 40,800 66 SOO 6 800 86 200 74 '"ioo "ee" 66 Total sale for tha day. 1,072,100 share. . BONDS. , NEW YORK, Aug. 18. Closing Quotations: U. B. Tit. 2s reg,100N T CO 8s. .'. 9T do coupon loo N'orth paclfls 3s. 74 H. 9 I reg 101 (North Pacific 4s. 103 do coupon. .. .101 .Union Paclflo 4s. 103 U S new 4s reg.114 Wlscon Cent 4s. 93 do coupon. .. .118 'Japanese 4s..... 86 D A R G 4s 9T Stocks at London. e LONDON. Aug. i Consols for money, 84 6-16; do foT account, 84. Amal popper... 88 Mo. K A T 43T4 Anaconda .lot '.N. y. central. .. io-s .123 Norfolk- A West. 97 .1071 do pref 91 .121 Ont A West 51 .191 Pennsylvania ...73 . S."!Rand Mlnea 9 Atchison .... do pref. . . . Bait A Ohio. Can Pacific. Che A Ohio Chi Grt West... 3 Reading . 84 C. M. A S. P 184 Southern Ry.. 33 De Beers 13 do pref 74 D A R G 61 Southern Pacific. 141 do prer. ...... vu union jr-acino. .zia E,rie oo I ao orer. no do 1st pf 56 U. S. Steel .-80 do 2d pi 43 j ao pret.. Grand Trunk, 24 1 Wabash ... Ill Central 164 I do pref.., L, A K lQ4Spanlsh 4s 129 21 67 96 Money, Exchange, Etc YOR 67. Aug. 18 Money on,- oalU steady. 3C2 per cent; ruling rate. 2; losing bid. 2H : oWered at 2. Tim. loan, atrong and fairly active: 80 days. 23 per cent; 90 days. 3 S3 per cent, and six montha 4 per cent. Prime mercantile pa- erit.rcna'n".1- steady with actual business In bankers' bills. $4 6510 for 60-day bills, and at $4.8005 for demand; commer cial bills. $4.86. Bar silver, 51c. Mexican dollars. 440. . ,, Government bonds steady; railroads Ir regular. . BAN FRANCISCO. Aug. IS Sterling on London. 00 days. $4.86; do sight. $4.66 . . Sliver bars. 51c. -Mexican dollars. 45c Drafts Sight. 2 c; telegraph. 5c. LONDON. Aug. 18 Bar silver steady. 23 d per ounce. ' Money. t per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for short bills Is lfcl per cent. The rate of discount In the open market for three-months bills ,ls 1 per cent. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Aug. lS-The condition of the Treasury at the beginning of business todav-was as follows: Trtt funds Gold coin $855,671,869 Silver dollars , 487.110.0(H) Silver dollars of 1890 4.139.000 Silver certllicates outstanding 48i. 110,000 General fund Standard silver dollar In general fund .7 4.926.139 Current liabilities $ 9,20.262 Working balance in Treasury offices' 31,682,459 In banks to credit of Treasurer oi United Sts 89.736.792 Subsidiary silver coin Minor coins .;, Total balances In general fund. . . 26.143.508 2.097.855 100,276,454 EGGS ARE LESS SEATTLE RECEIVING HEAVY SHIPMENTS FROM OREGON. s New Flour Pricea Will Be Issued September 1 Wheat Re- celpts Increasing. SEATTLE!, Wash., Aug. la-Speclal.) A big slump In tha selling price of patent flour la looked for here about September 1, when the new prices will be Dut out by millers. The new prices would Be Issued now, only for the fact that the trade would insist on old stocks at new prices, which millers say is impossible. - While the demand for export flour is reported better here then in a year, particularly from Hongkong.Shanghal millers grinding Manchuria wheat are cutting into the trad considerably. Wheat receipt today totaled 16 cars, against 10 for the same data fast year. Today's receipts ara th heaviest of the season. The feature of the trade In fruit was the continued slump of cantaloupes. The price went as low as $1 on some stock and few sold above $225. Peaches held steady around ths dollar mark. Aprleota are all gone. Tomatoes ere commencing to drag. Watermelons , were scarce, but the trad de mand was so well supplied yesterday that today's demand was light. , Esss were not as firm,' owing to heavy shipments of fresh stock from Oregon. Al though 87 cent Is the exchange price, sales were made as low as 86. Butter was firm. dus largely to Alaska requirement. Cheese was steady to firm. Poultry dragged. QUOTATIONS AT BAN FRANCISCO. Prices Paid for Produce In th Bay City Markett SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18. The follow ing prices were quoted In ths produce mar ket today . Mlllstuffsr-Bran, $28.5030; middlings. $36.30$37.50. . Vegetables Hothouse cucumbers, 88W03C, strlns beans. l3c: tomatoes, 75c $1-2d; garlic, 3to6c; green peas, 7608,1.50; egg plant, 50 n foe. u,t B-ancv creamery. SOc: creamery seconds. 23c; fancy dairy, 26c; dairy sec onds, 24c. , .Poultry ttoostera, oiu. e.jvu $8 50(3 10; broilers, small. $2.3035O, large S.25 9 3-5 1 fryers. 5.50.60; hens, $4 50ig9: ducks, old, $56; young. J68. Eggs Store, 33c: fancy ranch, 37c. Ctieese New, liSP10c; young, Americas, 16V16C Hav Wheat. 16M8.50; wheat and oats, $1316,60; alfalfa, $I0&13; stock, -!.ii; Dar- ley, $i213; straw, pr oaie. uvra-.u. Fruits Apples, bii, ... 30c: bananas, 75cW$2.60; limes, $5; lemons, choice. $4; commons. $1.60; pine apples. $1.602 50. Hops Contracts, 190S, 13 21c - -(Potatoes Sweet, $2 40ir2.6O. i,rvi,,r. .telour. 7286 Quarter sacks; wheat. 9.16 centals; barley. 4030 centals; corn, 60 cen tals- potatoes, 5o2 sacKs; Dran, noo r", middlings. 462 sacks; hay, 381 tons; wool, 90 bales; hides, 716. Meter Market. U NEW YORK, Aug. 18. The market for tin was firm today on me aavanco in imuuvu u after ths call there was a sale or wni September at so.ioc. closing prices unuw . Spot and August, 29.9730.07c; -September aad October. 30130.200; December, 30.10 SO 40a. The London market closed steady, with spot quoted at 18u, 7s 6d and futures at 137 12s 6d. The market for standard copper wo m-;w with sale of only 25 tons lor uecemDer un livery at 13c reported on tneiisew lora meisi c-vhonva Clowine- tiricee. follow: Spot, 12 64i 12.85o: August. 12.60S-12.S5c; Septem ber I2.6i12.8r-c; Ootober, 12.uog'12.Roc; No vember, 12. 6512. 90c; December. 13813.020. In the London market copper was firm at 59 12 6J- for spot and at too us oa tor mmna. tcllv Lake was Quoted at 18.12S'13.37o, electro'lytio at 1313.12o and casting at 12-7612.S7o. i -an rlnil teadv at 4.SMS4.40C for New York spot delivered and at 4.25a bid for East St. Leuls. Sale after the call were 200,000 pounds September at 4.4no ana zuv.wv pounuu October at 4.47c. both at Jes lora. ion don closed at 12 ls. . Spelter was quiet ana entirely nominal ur Kew York, with spot quoted at 6.60c bid, East Bt. Louis. The London market was un changed at 22. . The English Iron market wa higher at 60s 7d for Cleveland warrant. No further change -was reported locally. . Coffee) and Sugar. NEW YORK, Aug. 18. Coffee futures closed steady, net 14 points lower to 8 points higher. Part of the balances were switching, with the total sales aggregating 80.750 bags. August sold at 8.80c; Septem ber, esg'e.COo: . December, 5.23 i 5.30c; March. 8.85c Spot quiet; No. T Rio, T 7c: Santos No. 4, 89c; mild quiet Cordova, 8 Iff 12c. Sugar Raw firm: fair refining, 8.60&8.61; centrifugal. 96 test, 4J6'llc. Molasses su fear. 8.333.S8c;. refined steady: crushed. $5.63; powdered, $6.06 .granulated. $4.95; molasses firm. Eastern Mining; Stocks. BOSTON, Aug, 18. Closing quotations: Adventure 7'Mont C A C SO Allouex 46 Nevada 24 Amalgamated .."84 old Dominion... 60 Aria Qom 43Osceola 145 Atlantla 10 Parrot 32 Butte Coal 25,Qulncy 92 Oal A Aria 106 Shannon ., 15 Cal A Hecla 680 Centennial 33 Tamarack 69 United Copper... 10 Copper Range. . 82 V. S. Mining.... 64 Daly West 8 U. S. Oil 36 Franklin 16 Utah 4 Granby 102 Victoria 4 Greene Cananea 9J Winona 6 Wolverine 1B6 North Butte..., 86 Isle - Royale 27 Mass Mining. ... 7 Michigan 7 Dried Fruit a New York. NEW YORK. Aug. 18. Evaporated ap ples quiet: fancy. 89c: choice, 88e; prime. 77c; common to fair, 5'36e. Prunes unchanged; California, 2llc; Oregon, 6 9c Apricots dull: choice. 10i!&10c; extra choice, 10ei0e; fancy, ll13c. v Peaches unchanged; choice, 58c; extra choice. 8 6c; fancy. 7Sc. Raisins' dull. Loose Muscatels. S 4c; choice to fancy seeded. 4 6c: seedless, 86o; London layers, $1.13ffl.20. Dairy Produce In th East. CHICAGO, Aug. 18. Butter Steady. Creameries. 23g26c; dairies, 20g28c. Eggs, steady. Receipts. 69" cases. At mark, cases Included, 18c; firsts. 20c; prime firsts, 21c. Cheese Strong. Daisies. 15S'15c: Twins. 14U.S-14c; voung Americas, 15S'15e; long horns, 1516o. NEW YORK, Aug. 18,-Butter Firm, Cheese Steady, unchanged. Eggs Irregular. v THREE-GENT BULGE Stampede Among Shorts in .Chicago Wheat Pit. CROP DAMAGE REPORTS Hot Wfeather Said to Hare Injured the North Dakota Crop to the Extent of Tweny-flT Million Bushels. CHICAGO. Aug. 15. A stampede among the shorts Ire the wheat pit today forced the price of the September delivery nearly 8 cents above the low point of the session. Congestion In th September delivery was the feartur of trading. This condition of affairs was largely responsible tor an ad vance of 2c in the price of the September option and for a bulge of llc to lo in the more deferred months, although fresh crop damage reports from th Northwest helped along the advance. , A report from Minneapolis, claiming that the recent hot weather In the Northwest had damaged the wheat crop of North Da kota to tha extent of 26,000,000 bushels, was another source of anxiety to the shorts. The market was also bulltshly affected by an advance of d to Id In Liverpool and by a fresh advance In corn price. During th day the September delivery ranged between 99o and $1.02. while December sold be tween 0896c and 98o. The olose was active and strong with September at $1.02 1.02. and December at 9898c - Continued dry weather In the corn belt stimulated activity In the corn market and caused sharp bulges In the price of all de liveries. Numerous reports of crop damage were received, the greater part of which referred to the crop. in Kansas. Final quo tations wera up lc to lc. Oats were affected by the advance in wheat and corn, aentlment In the pit being bullish th entire session. Ths class was strong at net gala of c to c. Provisions were strong all day. Prices at the close were 8 to 23c higher. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Low. $ . .6 1.00 Close. $1.01 .98 1-01 . .57 .6 Sept. Dec. May. Sept. May. Dec. $1.04 $1.02 .99 -US' 1.00 1.01 - CORTN. ".66 . .87 .68 .61 . -66 OATS. .58 39 .38 .88 .40 .41 .65 .57 .55 .89 .3 .40 Sept. Dec. . May. .38 .38 .40JJ MESS PORK. 21.46. 21.90 11.$$ $1.75 17.55 Sept Jan. , LARD. . 11 71 11.85 11.72 . 11.62 11 80 11.62 , 10.25 10.27 10.22 SHORT RIBS. 11.85 11.80 10.25 Sept Oct. Jan. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour 20 cents higher. ,.. Barley Feed or mixing. 49Q?50o, fair to choice malting. 59i?6oo Flax seed No. 1 Southwestern, $1.$7; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.46. Timothy seed $3.80. Clover 111.70. Pork Mess, per barrel, $21.76 (6923. Lard Per 100 pounds, $1190. Grain statistics: Total clearancea of wheat and flour wens equal to 109,000 bushels. Primary reoeipts were 787.000 bushels compared with 733,000 bushels the corresponding day a year ago. Estimated receipts for tomorrow: What, 8S cars- corn. 207 cars; oats, 234 cars; hogs. 16.000 head. Receipts. ... 45.700 ...277.200 . . .413,800 .. .468,800 ... 6.000 ... 27,000 Shipments. 39,300 444.700 ,167.200 423,500 S',766 Flour, barrels Wheat, bushels.... Corn, bushels...... Oats, bushel Rye, bushels........ Barley, bushels.... Oram and Produce at New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 18 Flour Receipts. 27,900; exports. 6887; held higher, with a better demand. Wheat Receipts. 28.600; spot strong: No. 2 red. new. $1.10 nominal elevator, and $1.13 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Du luth. old. $1.44 f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard Winter, new. $1.16 nominal f. o b. afloat. The wheat trade was more"-or less excited today over renewed bullish crop advices from the Northwest and evidences of con gestion in September at Chicago. Prices advanced 2 cents on heavy buying, but final ly reacted a little, closing unsettled at 1 1 net rise. Beptember closed $1.10; December. $1.06; May. $1.08. Hops Quiet. Hides Quiet. Wool and petroleum Steady. Grain at San Francisco. SAN" FRANCISCO, Aug. 18. Woaat. steady; barley, easy. Spot quotation: Wheat hipping, $1.830 1.87 per cental: milling. $1.86 ner cental. Barley Feed. $1.371.40 per cental; brew ing. $1.421.45 per cental. . . i QtvrrA on i-n t 1 white. nominal; bleck, $2.602.75 per cental. all ooaroi sales: irwj vcmiroii.i per cental. Corn Large yellow. $1.763'1.8S par cental. European Grain Markets. LONDON. Aug. 18. Cargoes, a firmer feel ing, but with slow Inquiry. Walla Walla, for shipment, nominal. 89s. EnglLsh country markets quiet; French coun try, market, quiet. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 18. Wheat September, 8s 3d; December, 7 8d; March, 7s 8d. Weather showery. HARTJMAN & THOMPSON BAKKBES r CHAMBER OP COMMERCE issue travellers' checks, payable everywhere. For eign exchange bought and sold at attractive rates at all times. UnKmUfS Pmonol Lidbaitj lliaajsum In- m awisfSwjessaTJsr TRAVELERS' GLIDE). IrFTHKYONLYKSwll troT,' back""'" friend about his trip by the S. S. Mariposa: "I want so to tell you that this ship is up to,. It not better than, any ship I have ever known, and other passengers aald the same. 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