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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1900)
.TaS"- -" '.'! m 23 TB SUNDAY OREGONTAN, PORTLAND, 'ATOIE 15, 1900. ipw" ftr- ft. ii '?' i COMMERCIAL AND ' Business thus far for the month of April has been very satisfactory, and In -ol-ume has exceeded that of a correspond ing period last year. There was eome ac tivity In wheat early In the week, but a protracted holiday In Europe left matters rather quiet toward the close. In the produce markets, there were some soft spots, 'but'prlcca on -the whole were well maintained, and In poultry there was moro firmness than has1 been In evidence for several weeks, the 'demand lor Sunday being greater than the supply. The egg market firmed up as 'usual on the op proach'Of Easter, but yesterday stocks be- gan accumulating faster than, they could be disposed of, and there will probably ba a decline early In the coming week. The early Spring has furnished so much grans for cattle that butter has been pouring tn at. a. rate entirely out al .keeping with the demand, and yesterday there were tons of fancy creamery offering at 40 cents per roll, with offers to shade even that .figure on .round lots. Some of the fancy selects are still held at 45 cents, but they form such a small part of the total, re 'celpts here that the price cannot be re garded as an Index of the actual situa tion. A very choice lot of upland Burbank po tatoes were eold yesterday at GO cents, but this Is about 10 or 15 cents above tbc market foi ordinary choice stock, and common spuds arc plentiful at 30 and 40 cents. Onions are up to the highest point reached In years. In fact they are so high that on accurate quotation Is ex tremely difficult, and yesterday the for tunate owner of a few sacks could have secured most any price that was asked. Bales have been made at H and tS per cack. and In San Francisco the price has touched S per sack for Australian on ions. Thcee prices will be short lived, however, as new onions will soon be In the market and will cate the -strained sit uation. Wool is getting under way slowly, but ' the 'clip Is progressing In good shape, and Jhao never been excelled in quality and quantity. Mohair Is very dull, with fur ther weakness reported In the Eastern markets, and It Is feared that the high price of the season has been passed. There la nothing doing in hops, except an oc casional sale at low prices. "WHEAT Light tonnage arrivals, and a "steady" selling movement, even on a restricted scale, have resulted In piling up some pretty large stocks of wheat at tide water. This has had the effect ot making exporters moro Indifferent about doing business without they can secure wheat on an export basis. There has been nothing doing for the past two days, but earlier In the week there were a few Jots changed hands at about C5 cents for No. 1. wlfh the usual reports of 1 cent more being pa'd for epecial lots wanted for a particular purpose. These prices do not fit well with the rates paid for spot or near-by jhlps during the week, and, for this reason, cannot be said to represent the export value of the cereal. which Is somewhere about 3 .to 54 cents. There Is more of a disposition to sell than was noticeable even when prices were higher, and as the prospects all point to a record-breaking crop, this selling move ment may bo accelerated as the end of the season approaches. There Is little new In the freight situa tion, owners' Ideas still preventing much business being done. San Francisco Is paying 40 shillings for new-crop ships, and 41s 3d for spot or near-by tonnage, and with such rates In the Bay city, It is difficult to do anything better this season, as both ports are drawing ballast tonnage from the' same localities. The wheat sit uation In California Is thus set forth by the San Francisco Commercial News: Farmers show less disposition to hold " their wheat: there Is plenty of It left, and the" next six weeks are expected to bring out a large amount. The condition In California is even tetter than at the time of last review. In the Sacramento Val ley the heaviest yield for 10 years 's ex pected. Slight rains have fallen In South ern California, but the situation Is, ns yet. little relieved; not much, except feed and hay. Is expected from the fields. Ex ports show a decided falllrg off; so far this season 4,S94,CC7 centals nave been chipped Under date of March 17, Oeorgo Broom hall discusses the American and foreign situation as follows: The general trend of the market dur ing the past week has been downward, and the tone today Is on .the cosy side, after some Improvement yesterday. In America, the weakness has been much moro pronounced than in this country, which Is but natural, seeing that holders on the other e'do continue to nurse their wheat. Increasing an already big visible supply at a time w hen it Is usual to look for a steady decrease of the quantities In store. The holding policy of the Ameri cans Is also the Indirect cause of the con tinued email Imports Into the United King dom and the consequent continuous Shrink rng of our port stocks, which latter fac tor. ls..andihas,.becn a fairly good conn-lerpaiee-f or Mieiiprevalllng weakness It America. - " We referred to this matter of small United Kingdom Imports and decreasing stocks last week, also to the diversion ol Argentine "orders" cargoes to the Conti nent from Las Palmas and St. Vincent. These diversions have been fairly fret qucnt during the past fortnight, and If the rato be maintained during the re mainder of the season, it will be neces sary for us to revise the basis, according to which we have apportioned these "or ders" cargoes between the United King dom and Continent when compiling our weekly statistics of shipments and passage quantities. Reckoning from the beginning of the season, that Is, the 1st of January last, the Continent has certainly taken no moro than we allowed for, but. as already said, tho diversions during the past fortnight have rather exceeded our expectations. It Is no matter of surprise that Continental Importers should take plate wheat freely, for so long as North American wheat Is held back, there would seem to be little or nothing else that the Western countries, can buy. Roumanian wheat Is not to. bo had, and .practically all that Russia can spare Is needed In the' Mediterranean. The general crop situation does not im prove. The weather has continued very wintry, both In Western, Europe and the United States, retarding vegetation and causing further hindrance to Spring field work and seeding. No doubt a week or two of genial weather would soon effect an alteration, but at present cold winds, snow and frost are imparting decidedly somber coloring to crop reporters' views. Tho American and French crops have been most In evidence lately (they arc well entitled to be by their importance), and although it can hardly be said that there Is any very fresh news, yet earlier complaints have been reiterated more or lees strongly. It Is asserted that the next French harvest Is bound to be smaller than either of the two previous ones, ow ing to the fact that heavy yielding Winter varieties have had to be replaced by Spring sorts, but It might well be that and still give a liberal yield. Russia is, as usual, an uncertain quantity. We have had rather strong complaints from the Azoff and the Crimea, but better from Odessa and the Interior. The part played by Argentina In fur nishing .Europe's foreign wheat supplies during the last few weeks Is one of the most Interesting features of the situation,. Argulng'from what has happened In other. Tears, It. would perhaps -be reasonable-1 I h. v -oL. jwuLs " -ill rffflflsssTs"Bfftf -g- -A-'?lhrf1r''""i--iya--A-- i&z-' '-'Wyiilf-' r ,.- v ,-fi -v. Tl ?mjk, , ljt , 4s)4lfcSuVsj 1 r"iik,Mi'itifff'yf FINANCIAL NEWS say that the movement cannot continue on such a large scale, and. Indeed If tho surplus available Is r.o" larger than last season. It Is obvious that the abnormally heavy quantity reported last Friday can not be repeated fir many consecutlvu f weeks, but, presuming that the 8,000,003 quartern or thereabouts, of surplus De eent away at the rate of 250,000 to 300,000 quar ters per week. It Is easy to see that tne movement may continue until the Sum mer Is -well advanced. Such a weekly con tribution would .probably not be fduhd bur densome, supposing North American wheats were nofraore freely offered than has been the case recently, but It re mains to be seen what holders In the United States will do. On the ether hand, we know that the holding policy has been In great" favor, and the recent crop news may have rendered It still more popular. but then there are great quantities of wheat In warehouses and stack yards', as Is only natural, and It Is only natural that there should bemare desire to qu't with the approach of a frertj harvest It Is precisely the prospect for this same coming harvest which will determine the attitude of those who have the selling ot reserves from former harvests. "Weekly Dank Clearing. The bank clearings for th principal cities of the Northwest for the week endlnc Saturday. April 14, were as follows: Portland. Seattle. Taxoma. Monday - IO7iS 444.411) X isn.au: Tuesday 3T4.404 411,837 IG&BUl Wednesday .... 3M.422 331.777 SU2.7O0 Thursday s4 ros awi ias.101 Friday 344.714 3C0J)M lUITSl Saturday 234.7C9 -31.M7 170,310 Totals 11,023,043 $3,105,913 J.1.O70.8G4 The clearings for the- correspoodlna; weeks In former years were a follows: Portland. fUattlo. Tacoma. 1WO S1.G33.112 tl.35,A3 St.Ul.770 1KM 1.M4.K77 l.efntSOO M01.347 1837 823.212 U,2S4 3C5.3G0 Dank Clearings. Exchanges. Balance. Portland .. Taeonu. ... Seattle- .... Spofcane ... .SS34.7KI 112.181 170,310 asaIs')4 120.2M 4S.2C4. 70.424 7,714 PORTLAND MARKETS. Crnln. Floor. Etc. Wheat-Walla Walla. S4QS5c; Valley. 539 Sic; bluestem. SG?S7c per bushel. riour Best grades. S2 7083; graham. 2 SO; superfine. S2 10 per barrel. Oats-White. 328:6c; gray. 33S34c; stained. 2030c per bushel. Barley-Feed. (14814 60: brewing. J17617 SI per ton. IHUstutta Bran. S12913 per ton: middling. I1SO10; short. S13913; chop. 14. Hay Timothy. 1310; rioter. $707 60: Ore. con wild hay. $637 per ton. Hotter, Ebbs, Poultry, Etc. Butter Weak; fancy creamery. 40815c per roll: dairy. 3(K?3Sc; store. 23g324c per rolL HrRK Easier. 12c per dozen for Oregon. Poultry-Chickens, mixed. $465 SO; hens. tG 7; ducks. $3 SO O 0 60; gitte, $0 50 8 per dozen; turkeys. Ue. ll(?12tc; dressed. 140 10c per pounds Cheese Full cream, twins. 12U813c; Touni America. 14c per pound. Veiretnule-s, Pro It, Etc. Vegetables Parsnips. e075c: carrots. EOc; tumlps, 00375c; onions, S4?3; cabbage, 90c SI per cental; potatoes. 30350c per sack; sweet potatoes. 2H3c; peas. 4HS5c; beans. 10 -i712c: asparagus, 4S5cr new potatoes, 2(J2Hc per pound. Fruit Lemons. $2 S04J3; cranes, $233 per boi for navels. $1 6002 for seedlings; tangerines. $1 75; Japanese oranies. 7Scfi$l SO per box; pineapple;, $4 6030 per dozen: bananar, $2 54 3 per bunch; Persian dates, 7U3SC per pound, apples. $131 SO; pears, 7Sc3$l 23 per bx. Dried fruit Apples, evaporated. 7CSC pi pound, sun-dried, sacks or boxes. 435c; pears, sun and evaporated. SJCc: plums, pltlcss. 43 SHc: prunes. Italian. 3K3SHe; aller. extri choice. 8 6c: flss, Smyrna, 22ttc: California black. S3Ce; do white. 10c per pound. ' Groceries, Xtits, Etc. - - CofTee Mocha. 23028c: Java, fancy. 2C822c; Java. rood. 20924c. Java, ordinary. lSiTCuc; Costa Rica, fancy. l&$20c: do good. lCSlSc; de ordinary. 10312c per pound; Columbia, roast. $12 TS; Arbuckle's. $13 23; Lion. $12 75 pet case. Sugar Cube. $5 82tt; crushed. $3 2Vi: pow. dered. $3 2H: dry granulated, cane. $3 S2H, beet. $5 22H: extra C; $4 S2H; golden C $4 .1 net; hair barrels. Vic more than barrels: maplt sugar. 15310c per pound. BeansSmall white, 3&c; bayou. 4c; Lima, U per pbund. Salmon Columbia river. 1-pound tails. $10 1 60; 2 - pound tails, $232 SO; fancy. 1-pouni! fiats. $1 CSQ1 73; K-Pound fancy fiats. SMJ-JJc; Alaska. 1-pound tails. $1 2031 3U; 2-pound tails, $1 0032 23. Grain bags Calcutta. $707 10 per 100 tot pot. $0 SOQO CZVi tor July-August. Nuts Peanuts, S4G7c per pound for raw. 10c fcr roasted; cocoanuts. 90c per dozen; walnut 10311c per pound: pine nuts. 15c; hlckery nuts. 7c: chestnuts, l&c; Brazil, lie: Alberts. 15c. fancy pecans. 12314c; almonds. 15 0 ITHc pet pound. Coal oil Cases, 21 He per gallon; ban-els. 17Hc: tanks. lSHc Itlce Zsland. OVic; Japan. SKc: New Orleans. 4U35&:. fancy head. $787 SO per sack. Stent anil Provisions. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewea $43-4 23; dresned. 7Q7Hc per pound; sprint lambs. (202 SO each. Hers Gross, choice heavy. $5; light. $4 SO. dressed, SQCHc per pound. Veal Larse. CHOTHe per pound: small, f esHc Beef Gross, top steers. $484 60; cows. $3 SI C4. dressed beef." C$i37c per pound Provisions Portland pack (Shield brand): Hams, smoked, are quoted at 13He per pound picnic hsms. OHc per pound; breakfast bacoa 13Uc: bacon, Slic: backs. Hc; dry salt sldss. Se; dried beef. ITHc per pound; lard. 6-poun4 palls. 10c: 10 - pound palls. Hc; 60s, 9-V tlerres. lc per pound. Eastern pack (Ham mond's): Hams, large. 13c; medium. 13Vc. small. i:ic; picnic hams, OVic: shoulders, OVsc: breakfast bacon. 12Kc; dry salt sides. SViStfec; bacon aides. 081014c; backs. 10c: butts, 8c; lard, purs leaf, kettle rendered. 6s, lOVlc; IBs, I0a Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc Hops CCSc per pound. Wool Valley. 12 13c for coarse. lOSlsc fot best; Kaftcrn Oregon. 10315c; mohair, 2G32c per pound. ' Sheepskins Sbearllnrs. 15920c; short-wool. 21 C3Ic; medium-wool. 30830c; long-wool, C0c3$l each. .Pelts Dear skins, each, as to size. $3313; cubs. each. $103; badger, each, COc: wildcat. 23375c; housecat, 5023c: fox. common giar. CULUSON&CO. Stock, Grain and Provision BROKERS Direct Wres to New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade 214-215 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oregon 40ctKl: do red. f 1 7S4J3 SO: do cross. fz 609: lynx. 12434 60: xnlrX 46c8l 73; marten, oar Northern. SS10; do pale, pine, (204; musk, rat. &912e. skunk. SOfrSOc; otter (land). 4 S; panther, with bead and claws perfect. I1S3; raccoon. 25$0c: wolf, mountain, with head perfect, 3 SO O 3: wolrerlne, K COSti; beaver, per skin. Urge. $S8T; do medium, pel kin. tigs; do small, per skin. S102; do kits; per akin, X183. Tallow SSSHc; No. 2 and grtaa. 3HS4s pet pound. Hides Dry bides. No. 1. IS poondi and up ward. lSCriSHc; dry kip. No. 1. 5 to 18 pounds, ISO per pound; dry calf. No. 1. under S pounds. 13310c; dry salted, one-third less than drj filet; salted hides, sound steers, CO "pounds aa4 ever. EViCte; da 60 to 00 pounds. SSSttc; it under 60 pounds and cows, ThCSc: kip. 13 'to 34 pounds. 7KSSc: do real. 10 to 14 pounds. IKe; do calf, under 10 pounda, 74c; green (unsaltedl lo per pound lest; culls (bulla, sties, motto eaten, badly cut. scored hair slipped, weather beaten or grubby), one-third leas. TUB PltAIX MARKETS. t Prices for Cereals In European and American Ports. SAN FRANCISCO. April It. Wheat and barley quiet, both on and off call. Oats, quiet. Spot quotations .were: Flour-Shipping No. 1. Mc; choice, 9SH; milling ss;n 0L Barley Feed, 70073; brewing, S03$Z"j. OatsGray Oregon. Jl 07Ol HH: milling Jl 1501 17H; red. SOcGU 15. Call board sales Wheat Quiet. May, 3614c: cash. -9Gic Barley No sales. Coni, large yellow, Jl 1031 15. Chtcnsro Grain nun Produce. CHICAGO, April It May wheat .opened 36VzC depressed from Thursday at CgVc to CCc; advanced to rcvte.. at which prtea It clcsed. unchanged from Thursday. In stead of the stop-loss selling; which many had looked for at this point, commission houses were able to produce many buy ing orders which had been lying around for weeks. Under this stimulus, and the strength of corn and provisions, together with a mild reiteration of the damage re ports m Trance, tho advance took place without a material setback. Considering the closing of many markets and the cur tailment of nows, the session-was fairly active. -Monday's statistics are expected to be bullish rather than bcniish. but not strikingly so. The early loss was due principally to the fine weather. The corrt. market opened easier. May Hcfjyc lower at ISHcCCSc to 2Sc33SHc The influences wcro purely local, thero be ing nothing In the way of news to stimu late the market, and the shipping business was unimportant. May closed strong, ic?V4c over Thursday, at 33Vlc Oats were quiet and the range nar row. Mny closed Uc63sc under Thursday. Tho holidays in other markets curtailed buslncs. There was not a soft spot in the pro vision market. Hogs were decidedly high er at tno yards, forming the chief bull Influence. There was profit taking, but such sales were readily-absorbed at.nearly all times. Tho buying of lard was a feature. May pork closed 20c up; May lard, 27tc Improved, and May ribs, 22Kc better. Tho leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Opened. Highest. Lowest. Closed. April .... ...... ....... ........ $0G4V y ay - ;oix $0 r!H $0 0.1 cnv, July (17s; cru or; irr September ... CSV4 CSV4 0aV4 CSV4 . conx. pni '7 Mar ?.V4 30 3S4 39J Julr 33H 40 sai, .iovi September ... 40Vi 41 4oVi 41 OATS. Mar S4V StVi 24 24 Julr 24 SiU, Z3JL 21 September ... 23V4 23H 23V4 2JV4 MESS POItK. Mur 12f0 1203 I2SO 12S7H Julr 1292H 13 15 1292Vs 13 03 LARD. Mar 7 10 732V5 7 10 7 274 Julr 715 742V 713 7 33 .September ...7 25 7 50 7 23" 7 43 SHORT RIBS. ' Mar T22VJ 7 25 710 7 224 July ...j 705 723 703 722S September ... 7 12V4 7 22V4 7 12V4 7 20 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, slow Winter patent. $3 C033 70; straights. $3 9533 45; clears. $3 70Q3; Spring spocIaJsr $3 M; patents. 1033 43; straights, $3 0033: bakers'. $152 43; No. 3 Spring wheat. G4cSC4i; No. 2 red, 3Vc: No. 3 con 3Sc; No. 2 oats, 214325Hc; N.o. 2 white, 2ScC3SVtc; No. 3 white. 2CV4c3 i.c: no. z rye. ice: no. 2 barley, 4Icc; No. 1 flaxseed. $1 73; prime timothy s:eJ, $2 40; mess poik. per bbl., $12 3Jffl2 33; lard, per 100 pounds, $7 1037 27V4; short ribs .sides, loose, $7 1037 40; dry salted shoulders, boxed, $5 7536 $7; short clear sides, boxed. $7 3037 40; rhlsky. distillers' finished goods, per gal.. $! ZH; sugar, rut, loaf, $C 00; granulated. $3 44. Receipts. Shipments. ... 43 000 S1.O00 ... U3.000 17S,J.) ...019.000 401.000 ...303.000 4SU.OU0 ... 16.000 13.000 Flour, barrels Wheat, bushels Corn, bushels Oats, bushels JUo. bushels ., t.ari?r. Dusneis cs.iMO :c-oo On th produce exchange today the but ter market was firm. Creamery. ItcQlSc; dairy. 13cS16c; cheese, firm. 12c13c; eggs, steady, fresh, llVc. Xeiv York Grain and Produce. NEW YORK. Aprll.ll. Flour: Receipts. 48,170 barrels; exports, 17.000 barrels. Mar ket llrmly held, but quiet. Minnesota patent, $3 70&3 6; "winter straights. $3 431 3 55. Wheat-: Receipts, 94.350 bushels; ex ports, 3S2,000 bushels; spot strong; No. 3 red, SOTic f. o. b., 77JBc, elevator: options weaker for a time after the opening, through Southwest selling, but later fully recovered In sympathy with corn and pro visions; shorts were good buyers on the rise; the holiday abroad checked foreign trade, and export business closed firm at hie advance on May to Uc decline on late months: May. TJJic; July, 73Hc; September. 74c Wool dull. Hops steady. SAX FRAJVCISCO MARKETS. Produce nnd Fruit tluotatlons From tHe Hny City. SAN FRANCISCO. April 14. Wool Spring Nevada, K15c; Eastern Orejon, 12 eiCc; Valley Oregon. 20S22c Fall North ern Mountain. 1012c; Mountain. 8310c: Plains, SSlOc; Humboldt & Mendocino, 119 15c- Hops 1S99 crop, 11013c Millstuffs Middlings, $1703); bran, fllQ 13 per ton. Hay Wheat. $Oglo; wheat and oat. 60 9: best barley. $307; alfalfa, $3 50; stock, $55 50; compressed wheat, $709 50 per tdn; straw, wff-lOc per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, G03S5c; River Rur banks. 40863c; Oregon Burbanks. tOQSjc per cental; sweet potatoes, $2 2532 40 per cental. Vegetables Sllvcrskln onions, JCSS per cental: garlic iW&IhZc: green peas, $1 50 1 75 per sack; string beans, 5Q7c; dried okra, 33Vjc per pound: asparagus, 73c$l 75 per box; egg plant. 5510c; per pound. Apples Choice. $1 25; common, 50c Citrus fruits Oranges, navels, $1 E0fT3 t0; Mexican limes. $4 5055: common California lemons, $1 23Q1 50; do choice, $1 25?1 60 per box. Panamas $1 2503 23 per bunch. Butter Fancy creamery. "lSHQWc: do seconds. 16c; fancy dairy, lSHc; do sec onds. 13313c per pound. Cheese California, new. 70Sc: 'Young America, 89SHc; Eastern, 16HS17C per pound. -Eggs Store, 13914c; fancy ranch, 14Vi lCc per dozen. Poultry Turkey gobblers, lOBUc; do hens, 12313c per pound: od rooster?, $3 508 4 per dozen: young roosters, 6Q6 E0: small trollors.. $3 50Q3 50: large broilers, .$484 5); fryers, $3G: henp. $i6 &o per dozen; g:e!e, $332 5 per pair. r Recelpta Flour, 37JC0 quarter sacks; do Oregon, JS40 quarter sacks; wheat, C4 950 centals: barley. 17,053 centals; osts, 1733 centals; beans, 8S3 sacks; corn. 1075 cent&'s; potatoes. 2471 sacks; bran. 1700 sacks; mid dlings, 65, sacks; hay, 50) sacks; wool, 400 bales; hides, C53. Eastern Livestock. , CHICAGO. April . Cattle Receipts, 100; nominally steady: .natives, good te nrlme steers. SSQS-90: -poor to medium. HlOfiK; selected feeders, ?4 -30Q4 W; mixed .stockers, U40JS0; cows. $5&t'50; heifers. $3 1064 06: .canners. $292 0: nulla $3 704 35; carves, $4 &07 25; Texas feed ers. $4Si!5; Texas- bulls, $3 253$. 75. J." Hogs Receipts- today. 07.000; estimated Monday. 23,000; left over, 2500 -Generally 5O10c higher; top; $5 SO; mixed and butch ers'. $4 50Q4 75; good to choice heavy, J5 6OS5S0; rough heavy, $5 4SS55; light, H UH8S 65: bulk of sales, $5 GCQ5 3. Bheep Receipts, '1500. Sheep and lambs generally steady. Good to choice weth ers, $$36 50; fair to choice mixed, $5 403 6; Western sheep. $6C 40: yearlings. $50 6): native lambs, $S S037,.50; Western Iambs, $&37 50. , . ,r OMAHA. April . Cattle Receipts. 400 head: market, steady; native beef steers. $4 20S5 25: cows and heifers. $3 4034 50: canners. $2 1533 SO; stockers and fecdera. $3 7&S5 10; calves, $307; bulls and stag, $3 7503 SO. . 'v ' vj " Hogs Receipts, 7300 hen3:- market, TVSiTlOc hlgherr 'heavy, $5 SOBS 55: mixed. $S 4-HCS S0r llgUt. $5 4035 50; bulk of sales; 4iQa ou. Sheep Receipts. 100; market, steady; fair to xholce natives. $S'S53& 33; fair to choice Westerns. "$5 C03S 20: common And choice sheep, (4 6005 a; lambs, $5373. KANSAS CITY. April 14. Cattle Re ceipts, 100: market, unchanged r Texas steers, $3 5034 75; native steers. $4 50g5 40; native cows snd heifers, $3 4034 63; atpek ers and .feeders; $3 703ft " l -"" Hogs Receipts. 5009; market, strong tp 10c higher: bulk of sales, $S 40Ji5 3I:; heavy. $5 4535 00; packers. $14035 3?: mixed. $5 3335 40: lights. $5 1535 40; york ere. $S SSGS 40: pigs. $3 1(J35 M. Sheep Receipts. 1000: market, strong: lambs, 1597 30; muttons, $3 3033 CO. Coffee nnd 8us;nr. NEW. YORK. April 14.-Spot Rio nomi nal; No. 7 Invoice. TTicrNo. 7 jobbing; SHc: mjld. steady: Cordova, SViSHc, Sugar Raw firm: fair refining," 4c: centrifugal., SS test, 4V4c: refined firm; granulated. 5.15c;. cut loaf. 5.C0C The Metal Markets. NEW YORK. April 14. The firm that fixes the price formlners and smelters, Quotes lead at $4 45 at the. close. . ' SAN FRANCISCO. April 14. Bar silver, E5ic 1 Moner, Exchange, Etc. HAN FRANCISCO, April ll.-Sterllng'on London. 60 days. $4 S4;: sterling on Lon don, sight, $4 S6V$. Silver bars, 5Sic: Mex ican dollars, 4SV5349C Drafts, sight. 17Hc: telegraph, 10c LITTLE DEMAND FOR WOOL. Manufacturers Expected to Enter the Market Shortly. While the wool market does no( show any evidence of Increased weakness., the absence of demand Is more In evidence than ever, says tho New York Journal of Commerce. Whllo manufacturers are keeping In close touch with the market, and should there be any serious decline ' would enter the market very speedily, the latter are playing a waiting game, Their present attitude seems almost llko a con certed effort to bear the, market. So fat this has not been universally successful, but If the present dullness continues much longer this result may be accomplished. Holders have predicted for the last month and a half at least that manufacturers could not remain out of the market much longer, but It Is -evident that the stocks on hand have been larger than was gen erally supposed, tl Is common report now, however, that some of the less Important mills havo about come to the end of their supplies and that It will not be many weeks before they are obliged to enter the market. Some of the larger mills am bet ter situated, having bought heavily before the first of the year, with deliveries ex tending over a long period. The American Woolen Company has not been & factor In the buying for some. time. It Is thought that should the latter commence purchas Ing 'It would send the market up and would cause general purchasing. The mar ket Is In a sensitive condition, and could be easily Influenced In ethcr an upward ar downward direction. Thero are thoso who are In need pf ready money or who havo more stock than they care to hold who oro making some extra Inducements to purchasers, but there can be said to be no general decline from the prices o'f the last fortnight. The demand for domestic has centered about pulled and Texas, some small sales In both being recorded. R wools can be had as low ns 45 cents, but this Is not the best quality. Report! from Texas state that shearing has ad vanced materially over tho most of the state, but no advices regarding qualltl have yet come to hand.. Shearing Is sub stantially completed In Southern Califor nia and Is about commencing In some ot the territories. RCSTRICiTVG HOP rRODCCTIOX. Ontpnt Lost Year Was In Excess of llresvcrs' Demands. A movement has been started In Sacra mento looking toward a restriction of the hop crop ot 1900 within reasonable bodnds. George C. Brewer, a Sacramento hop grower. Is sending a circular. letter to a large nu,mber of people In the hop (terri tory 'of the Pacific Coast and New York, asking them to co-operate with this In view. Extracts from his letter are as fol lows: ' "The hopgrowfng Industry has not been profitable for many years because of over production. Brewing business cannot keep pace with the Increased ncreoge In hop. The amount of beer manufactured In 1S99 was 3G.5SO.000 barrels, which at 1 pound of hops to the barrel, required 203.200 bales of ISO pounds each. We grew in Washing ton 35.000 bales, Oregon 80,000, California 5G.0G0. New York 70.000, or a total In the United States of 211.000. Add to that 23.001 Imported bales, and e have an nKgregate of 2C6.000 bales. Substract the 203.200 bales, consumed and "this Ieavep a surplus of 63, 000 bales. England will take but abojf half this surplus and wo shall havo 25,001 or 30,000 to carry over Into 1900 crop year. "Now, If convinced that overproduction Is the trouble. It Is within the power of the growirs to prevent producing too many hops Allow" the 1900 "acreage to stand, and when within JO days of ma turity, should it be shown by the growers informing one another that there is to bo an overproduction, go Into your neighbor's yard, and he Into yours, or oher agreed manner, and cut down or destroy enough vines to equal tho anticipated surplus, with only enough hops for conjump.tion. ine efforts of dealers to get the best, 'and the natural, stubbornness of growers will sirve to advance prices ' so as to mako hopgrowlng profitable; If RiuIc,allon are for a crop only enough for requirements, nothing to be destroyed. It Is not a diffi cult matter to obtain the necessary in formation from the growers In the differ ent states. If this plan Is systematical! J , carried out It will solve the labor ques tion, the surplus, low prices, and make the growing of hops a pleasant and profit able Industry." DtTorce a State Question Elizabeth Cady Stanton In the Xorth American Review., r 'Questions Involved In marriage and di vorce should be. In the churches, matters of doctrinal teaching and discipline, only! and. after having discussed, for tenturles the question as to what the Bhle teaches concerning divorce, ' without arriving at any settled conclusion, they, should agree j aomcwnai among memsciyea aeiure lucj attempt to dictate state le'gttlatlon on'the subject. It simplifies this question to ellm Inatd the pretensions of the church And tho Bible as to its regulation.' As the Bible sanctions divorce and polygamy, in the nractlce of the chosen peoplo. and. If. 'full of contradictions, and the cation law has been pllablo -la. the hands of ecdf s. astlcs, enforced or set aside at the behest of kings and nobles,' It would simplify the 'discussion to continent wholly to the;drU ;aw, rcardlh; (Uvorco U a stale que. J tien. HONEY MORE PLENTIFUL BAMCERS AJf DBfTSIXESS MEX SAT ISFIED with tub srniATiojr. Remittances From Outside Hanks Shorn an Improvement Xeve- Yorlc Banks Increase Tkelr Reserve. Money continues cheap in Portland, and tho credit 'of merchants, always good. Is Increasing, as they show a disposition to enlarge the field for their operations. Portland's well-known- conservatism, which comes to her aid Invariably In hard times, never prevents her business men from taking advantage o'f prosperity and building up their business in a permanent manner. Remittances from outside -banks show that business Is Improving In the Interior. The wool movement has not yet begun, but there Is still a considerable amount of grain coming down from Eastern Ore gon. The Interest in mines Is on the In crease, and p'romlses to become an Im portant factor In the local financial situa tion. Tho local financial situation Is highly pleasing to bankers and business men. There Is an Increasing demand for money and a dlsposltlons-to Invest funds which have been housed for several years In en terprises which promise substantial re turns. Merchants are no longer afraid to, reach out after trade, even If they must do so at same expense, and they are con stantly extendlng'thelr field of operations. To do this they deed money, and the banks are willing to let them have It. Tho banks, for the first time In a number of years, are willing to assume the natural business risk. They are, taking no long chances, but they do not consider It nec essary tor the protection ot their own business and that of" their customers to know beyond a shadow of a doubt Just 'when and how their loans are going to 6e, repaid. " XEW YOniC FIXANCES. Dank Statement Shows nn Expansion of Six Millions In Lonns. NEW YORK. April 14. The Financier says: The statement of the Associated Banki of New York City for the wek ending April 11 Is moro In accord with known facts regarding current operations than the exhibit ot a week ago. The heavy gains In cash, due to Treasury disburse ments, are reflected In the Increase of 16.0u0.000 specie and legal tenders, although the detailed statement of Individual Insti tutions ehows that this money, for the most part, has been absorbed by one or 'two- larger institutions. Tho expansion of $3,105,200 In loans Is only moderate, con sidering the activity In speculation and tho borrowing In this market on hypoth ecated securities, and on sterling. The deposit account rAso $11,832,1)00 as the result of the cash and loan Increases, and this explains whv In the face of a cash gain of over $6,000,000. the surplus reserve Is only about $3,000,000 higher than a week ago. National bank circulation shows a steady expansion, and the 'total notes of the banks outstanding now reach $21,029. KXX It Is quite probable that tho full limit has, not been reached In this respect and that a henvy Increase will be made before six months elapse. The prospects at present favor a con tinued easy market, and this. In return. Invites attention to the sharp advance in sterling exchange, the probability of which was hinted at In this analysis two weeks ago. No gold has been forwarded to Europe, but by an Indirect operation South America has drawn on the United States In liquidation of an English debt. Tho closing of Important stock exchanges hero and abroad for two days last Week of course deferred developments that might otherwise have come to a head, but some bankers figure that the rise In sterling will not Justify exports until a figure of $1 S3 is reached. The outlook as re?p$cts gold shipments is not creating apprehension. On the contrary, banking Interests are in different, and point out that if actual ex ports follow, the incident will merely re veal the financial strength of tho United States. During the week Just ended money was drawn from New York banks, and domestic exchange Is at a discount In many cities, whero It ruled at a decided premium only two weeks ago. The bank statement Is as follows: Increase. Surplus reservo ...J 3 015.473 ... G.l'.G.Z'O ... 5,S7.:0) ... 51M0O ... 11.S12.9jO ... 455.300 j In excess Ijoans ... ....' Specie .......' Legal tenders ..... "Deposits. ..... ... .' Circulation The banks now hold $10,930, of theTcquIrementB ot 25 per cent. Points Abont Speakers. Gentleman's Magazine. The Right Hon. William 'Court Gully. Speaker pf the House of Commons, brings up the rear of a long and dignified proces sion. As nearly as can "be ascertained, he Is the USth of his line, a line which has continued unbroken, for mpre tnan uju year?. It was 100 years earlier still that the Com-nora were first summoned, and they had their leader or "prolocutor," but It was Sir Thomas Hungerford. In 1377. who first received the designation of "Parlour." or "Speaker." In early" times the tenure of the olfice was very brief and uncertain. From 1413 to 1416 there were seven speakers, and altogether there were fifty-two changes In the course of the fifteenth century, farty-four different namea appearing on the Hrt. In tho fol lowing century the ofilce had become more L stable, and thero were but twenty-nve qhanges. In Uie seventeentn century too speakership changed hands twenty-eight times; but after iMa we come to a much moro settled period. From 1700 to 1S0O thoro were but twelve speakers. Mr Orsj low alone occupying the chair for Just one third of the century. Tho present century will show a still further extension In the average tenuro of office, for the chair has had but nine occupants. There have, of course, been frequent, re-eieciiu, uu there has been no instance since that ot Sir John Trevor In 16S3 of a speaker being re-elected after an Interval. i a The Soldier and Obedience. Sir Henry Brackenbury, R. A., In tho Journal of the Military Service Instl- . tutlon. Once, when I was Military Attache In Paris. I was holding a conversation with Gambetta, and he said to me, "In theM days thero are only two things which a soldier need know; ne must Know now to march, -and he must know how to j&ooU" I said, "I -beg your pardon. Excel lency, there Is a third thing, which you have forgotten," "What Is that?" said he. And I replied. "Ho oust know how to obey." It Is not enough to know how to mnrch- It Is not enough to know how to tshoot; thero must In addition, be fire dis cipline, and that lire discipline comes oi the soldier's knowing how to obey to obey not merely with blind,, obedience, but with an obedience which comes from faith, faith In the officers, faith in their Justice, faith In their knowledge, faith in their skill and faith In their being the soldier's true friend. In this, I must say, I do not think the British Army hos any reason to fear that it Is behind any other army in tho world. t B Censna Enumerator., PORTLAND, April li. (To the Editor.)- Would youTilease state what steps to take or to whom a person wllL have to apjlj for'porltton of census enumeratof ? Write to George F. Telfer. Census Su pervisor. 318 Chamber of Commerce build ing, aqluk for a blank application. lgjstemi Downing, Hopkins & Co. Chicago Board of Trade New York Stock Exchange Brokers Continuous market quotations at principal centers of trade received over ouy own wires. Branch offices at Seattle. Tacomo, Spokane, Walla Walla. Colfax. Wash., Vancouver and Victoria, B. C. Room 4, Ground Floor, Chimber of CAPE. NOME S. S. GEO. W- ELDER, S. S. NOME CITY S. S. DESPATCH Theabpvc first-class steamers will sail every 10 days during the season for Cape Nome, York and St Michael and Yukon river points. First Sailing, May 15. FOR RATES A?TO INFORMATION AITXT TP CALIFORNIA & OREGON COAST S. S. CO. F. P. BAUMGARTNER, 233 Washlnnton St. W. A. Blltcnell A Co, General Agents, San Francisco. Pacific Coast Cape Nome Gold Fields! rnn new PAUiTiAf. steel steamship IssPl thC "Senator" uill soil from San Francbco. May 14. Seattle, May 19. Subsequent trip will be from Sealllo direct, namely: June 21. July 21 and August 20. Tbe "Senator" has a coraclty of 2300 tons. Iter second cabin anl steerage accemmoeaKoas) are superior to (he flrsl-clsM accommodations of mwt of the steamers advertised tor None. , The Pacific Coast Sleamrttp Co. has ben ronn.lrg Its steamers to Alaska winter and suta met for 25 rears, and Is the pioneer Pacltle Coast line. Seattle freleht and passencer rates iM ply from Portland. For farther information Inquire of GOODALU PERKINS A CO.. General AsenU. JO Market. San Francisco, cr N. P03TON. Agent. 2U Washlneioa st Portland, Or.j THE 35TH VOLUNTEERS Tiinm. nnconD sincc i.cavi.(s VANCOUVER. U-ViX f.VI.1. Some Hot risrhtlnsr. Abont -Snn Ialdro -Hon' the Capture of San MIxuel , AVas Effected. WASHINGTON. April 11. Next to the Second Oregon Voluntcors, the people of Oregon probably have manifested more ' Interest in the Thirty-fifth Volunteer Reg- iiueui limn xnj iiutk ji.o jci nunc iu niu Philippines. At that groat distance, tho movements of the regiment have b-cn hard tb follow, especially a3 the Inform ation has come in In sxall batches, nnd disconnected. S. A. Dtummond. of that regiment, wrote a letter to the editor of the Manlld Freedom, dated at Balluag. on February 5. which contains an Inter esting review ot tho ilolnss of the Thirty fifth from the tirao It landed at Manl'a up to the date of his writing. The letter' In question Is as follows: "There has been but little mention mado of the Thirty-fifth t'nUed States Volun teer Infantry, since landing In the Phi lp plnes. I do not wish to boast of what the Thirty-fifth Is or what It has done, but a short sketch of the regiment may be of Interest to our readers. Tho regi ment was organized at Vancouver Bar racks, Washington by Colonel Pltunmer. who Is still In command. The regiment Is made up mostly of Western men from California. Washington. Oregon. Arizona, tho Dakotas. Idaho, and Montana, and a more healthy body of men was never enlisted In so short a time as the 1172 men who composed the reglmor.t. "In proof of this statement It is only necessary to refer to the death rate dur ing the seven months the regiment has been In existence. There have been only four deaths from disease, two tulcide3, one shot by lnsurrcctcs, one accidentally shot, and one by eating poisoned meat. This Is certainly a most 8.-lerdld showing under the most faorab!c conditions, but when a change of climate, from a tem perate to a tropical. Is made and when a complete change Is made In the modo of life, then we are surpnscd at such a remarkably low death rate. "It Is true there has been considerable sickness among the men. but no great amount of corlous I.Iness. There h.io been a few cases ot tph3id fever, consid erable malaria, some dysentery and one cate of smallpox. The sma.1 percentage of sickness among the men can only be attributed to the apl ndld phyblc.il condi tion of the men. The regiment left Van couver on the Id of October, boarded the transports Rio de Janeiro and Sikh at Portland, and on the evening of the 4th started on Its long Journey, arriving at Honolulu on the 13th. whero we anchored. The vessels coaled here and took on pro visions, and on the morning of the ISth both started for tho Philippines, and I on the 6th of November the Bay of Manila was reached without any mishap. The en.Iro trip was a mos; p easant one. The waters of the Pacific were perhap never more peaceful than during this trip. On tho morning of the 8th of November the regiment was ordered ashore, and In less than an hour we were on tho train that convoyed us to San Fernando. AVe wentInto quartera here for tho. night. In the morning, after eating a light break fast, we loaded our stores onto bu'l carts aftd started north. The rain was coming down In torrents and the roads were the worst the waiter over traveled over. At times we were wading In mud and water up to our knees. At night we wero at 'Arayat. a distance of IS miles. A wetter, muddler, and moro exhausted lot ot men no one ever saw. Wo were" domiciled In a large vacant building for the night. The accommodations were not first-class. but no one was heard to complain, and all, were soon wrapped In sweet slumber and knew nothing of the world until re veille sounded In the morning. Here we remained till the afternoon, when wo again, started through rain and mud. reaching Rio Chico at dark. Here we pitched our shelter tents, spread our ponches on the wet ground, covered our selves with wet blankets and slept the sleep of the Innocent. Here a part of A Company remained for a few dajs. and tho remainder proceeded north to Camp Lincoln, and were stationed there. "On our way to that place we had to ford ono of the streams with which thU part of tho Island abounds. It was an amusing cght to sse the men. In the water up to their waists, and some of small stature were almost forced to swim. The platoon stationed there was under command of Lieutenant Chappc Iear, who Is every Inch a soldier. Soon outposts were established and actual iuty on tho firing-line begun. Ono night while there the enemy was thought to bo advancing 'on one of the outposts, and after tho usual command, 'Halt." was given, the guard commenced firing, and In less time than It takxes to tell It. tho Lieutenant had his men out in lino of skirmishers In pursuit ot tho enemy, s l Commtrci. Bolh Telephones. 3 Steamship Co. which either mado a hasty retreat or was an apparition. "'We were soon Joined by the rest of tho company and proceeded to Cabio, from thence to San Isldro, which place was mado the headquarters of the regiment for a time. From this point companies and detachments, of companies were sent to different towns to garrlfon them. Con siderable resistance was encountered ail along the line, and several were In tha skirmishes engaged In. The first man to lose hlii life In one of these engagements was Trlvate Langford, of E Company, and Private Price, of the same company, was either klled or captured. As no traca of him has been found since the engage ment. It is supposed that be wa3 captured. F Company, under command of captain prc:s(:ott ttj.0 and -if-control. notol for nls courago had one of the hottest engagements, north of San Isldro. tnac has taken place on the Islands for soma time. As they were proceeding north they nere Hanked and tired upon by the ?jemy luit as they were crosMig a river. Tli enemy outnuml.cred our forces four to and they hud a decided adiantJigo. yet forces were ir,ual to the emergency i Cnntalu Pres-cott and Lieutenant Ch; peiear leid our men on to victory. Th. weru und.r heavy fire at times for f days. Three ot our men were wound-d,- -i and sorno of our carta, pots, pan and cooking utensils were shot to smithereens. The loss of the enemy was a number killed and wounded, several gun?, ammu nition and stores captured. Major Short reiclved a roving commission, and a de tachment of 100 picked men were given him. Ha had his men scoutl all over the northern part of the Island, endured many hardships and accomplished a great amount of good by locating the enemy nnd driving them farther Into the moun tains. "On one occasion, when in the vicinity of San Minuel. setting the lay of tha land and locating thu outposts of tha enemy, thej ran Into a large number of Insurrectos, who opened tire upon therm Just ns they were crossing a stream over n bamboo pole. They were completely taken by smrprlse by the enemy, who outnumbered them 10 to 1, and had It not been for tho undaunted courage ot th Major and hl: men the whole party would, havo cither be.n killed or captured. They got out of their difficulty with only one woundid. "Tho whole regiment was ordered to re port at headquarters" at San Iridro to pre pare to make nn attack on San Miguel, one of the strongholds of the enemy. On tho 11th of Dtcember Com;any A. which had been etatlom-d at Cablo for a few days, proceeded to San Isldro. On their way up a gang ot Insurrectos was en countered, and after a brief engagement no trace of the enemy could be seen. They had. as it were, taken vrlngs and flown away. On the morning of the 12th of De rrmTMr the regiment at 4 o'clock started on it9 march against San Miguel. Tha march of 16 miles was made with rapidity. When within four miles, of the city w wcro attacked by the enemy, at the sama place nnd In the same manner as Major Short and his scouts had tecn attacked a few dajs previous. Just as the. advar.c guard were crossing the river, the enem commenced firing upon our forces. "Our men were under rlre all the tim while they were crossing the river, ona by one. yet not one of them wai even wonnded. Once over, the regiment waa scon formed Into lines of skirmishers, and they were soon sending volley after vol ley Into tho enemy's ranks, and our men kept udvancirg upon the enemy, all tha time sending heavy volleys after the has tlly-retrcatlng foe. It was reported thai several Insurrectos were killed, but noth ing authentic could be learned, except It Is known that one rebel was mortally wounded. From this point we marched) Into tho town without further rcsistanco to And. when we arrived, that at least 2000 Insurrectos had taken their flight from the beautiful city and stronghold, "A part of the Thlrtj -fifth was left at Saa Miguel to garrison the place, and the flrst battalion came to Baliuag and relieved the Third Infantry. Headquar tcrs were soon established here, and tho town Is being garrisoned by this battal ion. While the Thirty-fifth has not dono much actual fighting, they have seen con siderable service. Many a weary mile, through the rain, and over muddy roads, have they marched, and at times on short rations, because It was Impossible to get over the roads with the bull-carts which was the only means of transporting pro vlslors to places where we had to so. "The better clement among rba native speak In tho highest terms of the. conduct of this regiment, and when an enemy ba nothing but good to say of a regiment It is safe to wager that It i3 all fight. Tha First Battalion has been In quarters at Balluag since .December 14. and during that time has captured over half a hun dred Insurrectos, among whom were sev cral officers and come 25 or 30 guns, soma ammunition and a corslderable amount of stores; 1ms given to the city a splen did municipal government; changed tha ..it- frnm nn. of filth and dtrt and dis ease to one ot the most healthy and cleanly on the Island; established a mili tary postofilco. and In the near futura Balluag can boast of a good school sys tem, wherein the English branches win ba taught, and which will enable all to ob tain a common-school education at to public expecec it