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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1900)
THE SUNDAY OHEGOAN, POHTLAD, JULY 8, 1900. 23 COMMERCIAL AMD The brealc In the week's business caused, by the National- holiday, as usual, slight ly disarranged matters In the commercial world, but trade picked up Thursday morning about where it left oft -Tuesday eVenlner. and held mod to th rlnso nf lbusiness "last evening, fiarvestlng is at i xuu swing an over the Northwest, and this .has had aqule.tlng effect ontho wheat market, as, farmers are all so busy with, their work on the farms that they have no time to arrange for the disposal of the big crop which Is now conlmjr on, or the Hberaf surplus which they are holding over. The season .has Progessed to a stage whoro contracts are being made for the coming hop crop. TJae price is lower -than the contracting price at this time last year, ranging from & to SJi cents -per pound. If there is a good crop and it is secured In perfect condition, these figures will leave a fair anargin of profit for the expense of grow ing Early Oregon peaches, apricots, plums, tfc, are now coming in quite plentifully, and sesterday there were liberal re ceipts of Oregon cucumbers from The Dalles. New potatoes are so plentiful that tjery have about driven the Cali fornia,, stock from the market. They arc -seIHr,g at 50 cents per sack, and the denand is jiretty well- supplied, even at tbAt -low figure. There was a grand Pump-in the poultry market just before the Fourth, but prices recovered materi ally Immediately after that day. the big Crowd in town apparently using up all of the stocks which hadjbeen laid In by the restaurants and hotels. Eggs and butter are holding fairly steady with ro accumulation of stocks, but not much Judication of an advance on account of the ruling prices in Eastern and San 3?Yancisco markets. In the grocery .mar ket there was a 10-cent advance in sugar early in the wfok, and package coffee Is naif a cent higher. VltBAT. There has' been a wobbling inarket and a very light movement in "Wheat during the past week, with trans actions m the aggregate of very small 'proportions. The Chicago market Has Trop"ped back about 10 cents "from "the highest point reached, and at times seemed very unsteady even at tjie low est figure reached since the reaction. Argentine shipments were again upwards of 2.W&.OW bushels of wheat for the week, ftind the European buyers seem to be able Xo secure all of the supplies needed with out becoming so alarmingly bullish in .their views as are the Chicago operators 21 the Pacific Northwest, a magnificent fcrop is coming along In the finest pos sible condition, and quality and quantity will both be well up to the xecord. A carload of new wheat is due this morning from east of the mountains, and 2iod there been -any striving for a record, It could have reached here a week earlier. In fhd 'Valley there has been a'won jderful improvement in the condition of the crop, and the Spring grain now prom ises to make a pretty fair crop after all, with the Winter wheat by no means, a total failure. Prices during the week. tere to a large extent nominal, and cov ered a narrow range. "Walla "Walla was generally quoted at E6 and 67 cents, and "Valley about the same, with biuesten nominal at 59 and CO cents. These prices "will not dislodge very much wheat, but b long as tonnage continues scarce, "buy ers are not making much effort to buy ftyheat, all of their tonnage, engagements being well cpvered clear into September, and beyond. Freights are ilrm, but-inac-lveno 'he'tf-'fengagements being 'reported lor several days'. If tnere should be anv-thlng like .& free selling movement of the new crop, a blockada at tide water even with largely increased warehouse facilities would be inevitable.. The situation in California is thus re viewed by the San Francisco Commercial TXews: In our. own state the prospects continue Sobd, although not as bright as a year ago. A .decrease In the acreage of the Sacramento Valley Is reported; the quality of the grain is excelfent. but the quantity not much above the average. Conditions in the San Joaquin Valley are excellent. In the vicinity of tne Bay and long the Coast the yield will probably ie below the average. The local market remains quiet with values fairly steady. PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain, Flour, Etc. "VTheat TCaila Walla, nominal, 50iS7c; Val ley. 5df!57c: bluestem, CS59c per bushel. mour Beat grades, $2 95 3 20; graham. ? 76 per barrel. "XJats White. 3485c; gray, 32S3c per bushel. Barley Fe4, $1415: brewing. $10 per ton. Mlllstuffs Bran, S12 50 per tori; middlings. lar-shorts, S13; chop, $M, Hay Timothy. $10011; clover. 177 50; Ore Son rlJd hay. $07 per ton. Batter, Eyes, Poultry, Etc. Butter Fancy creamery. S340cv store, 25s per roll. n v , Eggs lGc 'per Qofccn. " Poultrj Chickens, mixed, S33 50 per doz en, hens, $i4 50; Springs. S23 50; ducks, $3 4: geese, ?45 per abzen - Cheese Full cream, twins, 12H013c; Tounj America, Ho per pound. - Yesretnbles, Fruit, Etc." Vegetables Parsnips, It; " carrots, 75cJJl; .turnips. 75c per sack; onions, XI 25 let red. ?1 50 for sllverskins; cabbage, SI 50 per cental; potatoes, M350c per sack lor old, 50c lor hew, peas, 34p; beans, 89c; asparagus, & '5c, cucumbers, $1 per box. Fruits-Lemons. $3 754; oranges, S44 25 jr box for late Valenclaa; pineapples, 14 60SO per dozen? bananas, 2 503 per bunch; Per sian dates. 7sSc; strawberries, 50c per pound, peaches. 0075c per box; cherries, 27c per pound; apricots, 50S5;; apples, $11 25 per box, raspberries, 5Go per pound. Dried fruit Applea, evaporated, 78c per pound: sun-dried, sacks or boxes, iQOc; pears, un and evaporated, 508c; plum, pit lew, 40 Ac; prunes, Italian. SHgSifcc; slier. extra choice, 5 6c; flgi, Smyrna, 22&c; California black. CGc; do white, 10c per pound. Groceries, .tuts, Etc. Coffee Mocha, 23323c; Java, fancy. 20332c; Java, good. 20Mc; Jaa, ordinary. lS320o; Costa Rica, fancy. lS02Oc; do good, lGQISc; do ordinary, 10O12c per pound; Columbia, roast, (13 63; Arbucklo's. ?14 63; Lion, 813 63 per case. 8ugar Cube,' SG 10; crushed, $0 10; pow flered, 50 10; dry granulated, $5 00; extra C, (5 10; golden C, $5 net; half barrels, Vic more than- barrels; maple sugar, 15lGc per pound. Bekn Small -white. 3&c; bayou, c: Lima, 60 per pound. Salmon Columbia River. 1-pound tails, XI 23 OX CL 2-pound tails, $22 60; fancy. 1-pound fiats, XI G31 75; -pound fancy 'flats, S5$5c; Alaska, 1-pound tails, XI 201 30; 2-pound tails, $1 002 25. "'rain bags Calcutta. SO 376 per 100fprspot. Xuta-Peanuts. ft57c per pound for raxr. lOo or roasted; cocoanutt, 90c per dozen; walnuts, 10QUc per pound, pice nuts, .13c: biokory nuts, "7c; chestnuts, 15c; Brazil, Uc;- Alberts. 3Cc; fancy pecans. 1214c; almonds, 1517J4o per pound. Coal oil Caws, 21Hc per gallon; barrela. 1746: tanker 15c " Rice Island, 654c; Japan, 6,c; New Orleans, 14QS4c; fancy head. WQ7 BO peroack. , Meat and Provisions. Mutton Gross, Best sheep, wethers and ewes, sheared. $3 503 75; dressed, 77$$o per pound. Spring lambs. 5G54c per pound gross. Hogs fJross, choice neary, X5; light, 44 53; dressed, 5&6c per pound. ,. Veal Large, CV4S"TJic per pound; small., SO 8i5c .v iv m 1 ) Beef Oross. top steers, '544 50:vcows S3 50 &i, dreescd bcef-5i75io per'pouna.-'"" -' w- .- ,v , FINANCIAL NEWS -, Provisions Portland pack. (Shield brandl' Hanxs. emoked. are quoted at 13c per pound; picnic hams, 0c per pound, breakfast bacon. I2&C. bacon, 8Hc; batfki: SJic-, dry wilt eldes, BT4c; dried beef.' ITHo Per poilhd, lard, fi-'poond palkj. 10c; 10 -pound' palls, 8c; 0a, 4c; tierces, 0!4c per pound. JCasttrn pacjc (Ham mnd's)ir Hams, largo, -12&C. medium, 13c; ctnftll, 13c; picnic, name. -9Hc, shoulders. 0V&; breakfast bacon. 12iC rj" salt sides. 6V5 Q!Xc: bacon eido. OJtGijtk); backs, ojic; butts, Dq; iardt. pure leaf, kettle rendered. 3s. 10c; 105,1034c. " ' ' Hops, TV'ool, Hide; Etc. Jknps 20Sc pr pomd. Wool Valley, 1213c for coarse, 15C16o for best; Eastern Oregon. 10315c; mohair, 25c per pound. 1 Sheepskins Shearlings. 15&20c: short-wool, 23 C36c; medium-wool. SOJTSOc; long-Vool, eOcGSi each. Pelts Bear skins, each, as to size. S&013; cubs, each. X1C3; badger, each, 50c; wildcat, 25(f75e;, bouse cat, 525c; fox, common gray, 0eSl; do red, 1 753 60; do crooB. 1 50; lynx. S2C4 60; mink. 40c5?Sl 78; marten, dark Northern. (5910; do pale, pine. S2C. musk rat. 812c; kunk. BOSSOc; otter (land), S4 OS. panther, with bead and claws perfect, Sl3; raccoon. 23C80c; wolf, mounuin. with bead perfect. S3 50 Q 5; wolverine. 12 5096; beaver, per skin, large. S03T; do medium, per skin, S4$G: do small, per skin. XI 02; do kits, per skin. $13. Tallow 6G54c; No. 3 and grease. a$4e per pound. Hides Dry hides. No. 1, 16 pounds end ap ward. 1415c. dry kip. No. 1, 5 to 10 pounds, IBo per pound; dry calf. No. 1. under 5 pounds, 1516c. dry salted, one-third less than dry nlnt; salted hides, sound steers, 00 pounds and bver. 7eSc; do 50 to 60 pounds, 7Ve; do un der" 50 pounds and cows, 7c; kip, 13 to 30 pounds. 7$8c. do veaL 10 to 14 pounds. 7He; do calf, under 10 pounds. 7J6c. green unsalted). lo per pound leas; culls (bull, stags, moth eaten, badly cut, scored hair slipped, weather beatlen pr grubby), one-third lees. NEW YORK STOCKS AXD BOXDS. Closing Prices of the Principal "Wall-Street Securities. BONDS. U. S 2s, ref. rg103 jAtchison adj. 4s.. G$ do coupon 103 Gen. Electric 6s. .114 do 2s, reg......i00 iN. T. Cent. Ists...l03 do 3s, reg 10a1.? North. Paclfle Js.. 03 do coupon lOOi- do 4s JOIV do new 4s, g..lS4 Oregon Nav. Ists.lOT do coupon 134 J do 4s 101 do old 4s. reg...H4?i,i Oregon S. L. Gs...l29 do coupon 1145J1 do con. 6s 111 do 5s, reg HSWiRio Or. West, lsts SWA ? JiVon H3Vi St. Taul consols.,.100 2,8t 9h, 3-63S123 JSt. P. a & P. lstsilC C A N.W. con. 7sl4ttfci do 6s ,.1184 do S. F. deb. 5s 110 .Union Pacific 4s.-104 D. 4R O. lsts.-102 Iwis. Cent. lsU. 87 d0 07jSouthern Pacific 4s 78 When issued. STOCKS. The total eales of stocks today were 84,700 shares The closing quotations were: Atchison 24!i,Un!on Pac pref.,,. 72 d prof 71 JWsbash ....4.. 0 Bait. & Ohio 73 do pref i&? Can. PaciHo 88 Wheel. & L. E...-. 8 Can. Southern .. 48- i do 2d pref 22 Ches. i Ohio 23Wis. Central 13' Si?.1- 9,r- .WSstern- lOiiP- G. C. & St. L . 6S Si" ft - ,QV "HUW.Thlrd Avenue ....110 Chi.. Ihd. & L.... 22l EXPRESS CO.'S. do pret 31 lAdanfa I.iij ChL & East. III. 07 American 150 Chicago & N. W..158 (United States aG Chi. B, X & P...105iWells-Fargo ..... .122 C.. C. C. & St. L. 574ir MISCELLANEOUS Colo. Southern ... 0 Amer. Cotton OH.. 3311 dp l pref 15iAmer. Malting. ... 3 Del, & Hudson. ...110 Del.. Lack. & W..175 . - - JZ... Amer. Smelt. & R. 3aC Denver & Rio Qr. 17 ao prer ...4.... 87 Amer Spirits .... l do nref 17 ao prei 05 Erie 10V, do 1st pref 321 Amer. Steel Hoop. 20 ureal onn prcz.100 Hocking Coal .... 13 uu prci ......... 07 Amer. Steel &. W. 32 do pref 72 Amer. Tin Plate.. 20 do pref 74 Amer. Tobaeen ... or& riaciLins valley .. 34 Illinois Central ..115 Io-m Central .... 18 do pref 48 Kan. C. P. & G.. 14 do pref 125 Anaconda Mln. Co. 38 Brooklyn R, T 55 Colo. Fuel & Iron. 32 Cont. Tobacco ... 24 do pref 77 Federal Steel 82 do pref ;.. 65 Gen. Electrio 120 Glucose Sugar .... 40?1 . do pref 00 Int, Paper 21 do pref C3 La Clede Gas 70 National Biscuit .. 23 do pref 83 National Lead ... 10 20 88 do pref t...... Lake Shore ,.... Louis. & Nash.. Manhattan El .. Met. St. Ry Mex. Central ... ..200 71 - 87 ..14U 1254 Minn. & St. Louis 4DH uu prei ........ fcy Missouri Paclfle .. 404 Mobile & Ohio.... 85! L. K. &T Wk' do nref ai New Jersey CenU.120 .ow xwr v-oni...ii;4 iMorroiK & West aiv. uo prei ........ 77 ao pref 93 Northern Pacine.. KnuiKatlnnnl Rl 24 R1U ao prei ,qh ao pret .Ontario & West 153ijN..T; Air Brakeu.133 O. R. & N 42 do pref 70 Pennsylvania ....127 Paclfle Coast .... 61 do 1st nref 8S Reading: iau do 2d Dref (VI do 1st pref cs,! Pacific Mall 20 ao za pret 23 iPeoDles Gas Rio Gr. Western.. 5DU Pressed Stsel Car. 44U do pref 83 I do pref 72 0) Pullman Pal. Csr.179 65 (Stand. Ropo .T.. 5 32Sugar Hc St. Louis & a do 1st pref. Fr. do 2d pref St. Louis & S W. vi ao prer 115 do pref 24 Teqn. Coal & Iron. OS St. Paul HOTi U. S. Leather. 8 do pref 170 SU Paul & 0 110 Southern Paclfle. 31 Southern Ry 10 do pref 60 do pret U. S. Rubber do pref Western Union ... Republic Iron & S 63 24 01 SO 11 Texas & raciflc. 14 Union Paclfle ... 50 Offered. do pref 64 THE GRAIX MAHICETS. Prices for Cerenls in European and j, American Ports. SANT FRANCISCO, July 7. Wheat to day, both on and off call, barely Inactive for. futures, and firm for spot. Oats strong. Spot quotations were: "Wheat Shipping:. No. 1, 11 05; choice, Jl 05; milllnsr, $1 101 14. Barley Feed TOrtSc: brewing. 7578c. Oats Mlllinff. $iaOl 15; gray. Oregon, O. 071 JO;' red. 'SI 051.15. '. , . "Wheat steady, December,, si 16 ;t cash. " Barley, inactive; December. 74. Corhjlarg-e yellow. Si 151 17. Chlcmro Grain and Prodnce. CHICAGO, July 7. When the wheat market started today's business, among other things in consideration were good rains in the Northwest. As to whether these rains would resuscitate the perish ing crop In the portions of that section where the Spring wheat is not now num bered with the dead, was a matter of controversy. The opinion that it would do some good caused a considerable drop at the opening, which was at 79i7S54c for August. In the meanwhile. Liverpool was resting after a day's work, ld over the previous session, and later there appeared statistics showing a small batch of re ceipts at the big markets. The trade changed its views for a moment after dl- WATCH! CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET "ITS BOOMING 1 CROP CONDITIONS WORST EfcR -SEE- - . ; . Second-Floors - . . - ; -Chamber of Co'mmcrce A . 'Mfi"F&ftes CILLISONMO. gesting the situation, and went up to 80Hc That was" as high as the market got. The rains, together "with some messages of a cheering sort from the Spring wheat country, animated the trade Into selling of various sorts, and under this pressure August slid off to 78c An English cable prophesying that smaller world's ship ments would be shown in Monday's re port, together with a lighter Southwestern movement, as shown by receipts caused a reaction from the bottom to TSTJc, but some of this was lost, and the- closo was easy, August closing c under yester day at TSc. Corn sold off on the prediction of rain for Kansas and Nebraska, where hot weat,ner and scorching wlpds have been litfldlng forth. The market rose a bit from the bottom on some buying by West ern Interests. Trade was rather active. August closed Vc down. Oats were steady without any particu lar trade. August closed J4c up. Provlclons were dull and easy, partly with tho cereals, but mostly on the let ting out of long stuff. Hog receipts were light, and there was a fairly good scattering demand through the commission houses. September pork closed 10??12c under yesterday, lard 2 5c lower, and ribs 5i7c depressed. The. leading features ranged as follows: WHEAT. Opening:. Ulrhest. Lowest. Close. July SOTR SO 70 SO 78 SO 78 August 705 soft September ... 80 81 CORN. July 41 431 August -44 44"5$ 70 705 SO 01 4TS 43M DCpiCIUDCr 44 44 OATS. 23 23-A 24 24 24 24 MESS TORIC 2 CO 12 00 J.nly Au jrust .. September 23 24 24 12 BO 12 67 July 12 CO 12 02 0 75 C83 0 87 September ...12 82 12 85 LARD. July 680 080 September ... 6 02 6 02 October 0 85 6 03 SHORT RIBS. July 705 705 September ... 7 05 7 07 673 0S7 600 0 05 0 05 0 97 6 07 "Flour Quiet and steady, around S4 75 i S3 for standard patents. Spring Wheat No. 3, 72e; red No. 2, 815ic Corn. No. 2, 43ftc: yellow. No. 2. 4354 fM3Tic Oats, No. 2. 2424c: No. 2, white, 26S?2Sc: No. 3, white. 2326c Barley, fair to choice malting. 43.043c. No. 1 flax seed. SI SO; No. 1 Northwestern, $1 SO. Prime timothy seed. T3 10. Mess pork, per barrel, Sll 45012 CO. Lard, per 100 pounds. $6 CTfC 85. Short ribs sides, loose. $S 85 7 15. Dry salted, shoulders, boxed. $& 757. Short clear sides, boxed, $7 S57 45. Whis ky, basis of high wines. SI 23. Sugars, cut -loaf unchanged. Clovfer, contract grade, JS. On tho Produce Exchango today the butter market was steady, creamery 15$ 19c; dairy, 1417c Che-se. Arm, 9& 10c Eggs, steady, fresh, lOVtc ' Receipts. Shlnm'ts Flour, barrels . ..... JJ3.000 15,000 Wheat, bushels ...111.000 04.000 Corn, bushels CTO.OOO 318.000 300,000 Oats, burhrls .. Rye. bushels ... Barley, bushels 470 000 2.000 17.000 5.000 New York Grain and Produce. NEW YORK. July 7. Flour Receipts, 11,520" barrels; exports, 14.141 barrels. Mar ket unchanged, 510c lower; Minnesota patent, 34 5005 00; Winter straights, $3 SO 04 JO. Wheat Receipts, 61.725 bushels..: export 23,950 bushels. Spot, weaker; No. 2 red, STs&e f.o.b.; options, 84?4o elevators. Options at first were rather firm on higher English cables and foreign buying bt(t quickry declined under free liquida tions, rains In the Northwest and with drawal of early pupport. Closed weak at iHc net dccllno; July closed 85c Hops Quiet. European Grain Markets. LONDON. Ju5y 7. Wliexit cargoes on p&soage quiet and hardly any demand. English country markets quiet. LIVERPOOL, July 7. Wheat,. Arm; No. 1 otandard California. Cs 5d; wheat and 'flour in Paris quiet; French country mar kets quiet. SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS. SANI FRANCISCO, July 7,-Spring isovaaa, I3l5c; Eastern Oregon, ID 15e: Vallev Owmti. lRotf?S0: "Northern lambs, 10312c; mountain lambs, 8 &ivc; oan jouqum piams, 4jiwc; Jiura boldt and Medoclno, 13cS14c Hops Cron of 199. Ilcffi!l2c. Mlllstuffs Middlings, S17Q20; bran. iz bvtfii w per ton. Hay Wheat, J710; wheat and oat, $6 5029 50: best harlv. S7? nlfnlfa K7. stock, S55 50; compressed wheat, S7 50 iu j per ton; straw, 2540c per bale. Potatoes River Burbanks, 35c63c: Oregon Burbanks. C5oS0c per rental; new potatoes, 4O3C0c Vegetables Onions. 90e(ffSt 10 nT- on tal; garlic, 2Hf3iic; green peas, 22iC per pound; string beans, l2c; dried okra, 32c per pound; asparagus, SI 60 to per Dox; egg piant, smoc per pound; cucumbers, 2550c per box. Citrus fruit Oranges, navals, S2 50; Mexican limes. S44 50; common Califor nia lemons, $1 231 50; choice, S2g2 50 per box. Bananas si 6033 per bunch. . Butter Fancy creamerj, 19c; do sec onds, 18lSe; fancy dairy. 1717V4c; do Beconds, 15lHc. rf Cheese California, new, 89c per .pound; Young America, 9Qa0c; Eastern. iei7o. Eggs Store, 1314c; fancy ranch, 17c; .Eastern, 1515o per dozen. ? Poultry-Turkeys, gobblers, &S10c; do hehs, lOgilc per pound; old roosters, 43 50S4 per dozen: vounsr fnontitm ti w ,5 60; small broilers, S2g2 23; large do. owi iryers, ww; hens, S4470 per dozen; sse, Sii 25 per pair. ' Receipts Flour, quarter sacks, 74,699; Ortgon, 2900; do Port Costa, 2938; oats centals, 1C8S; beans, sacks. S07; middlings' sacks, 575; wool, bales, 171; whfeat, cen tals. 80,723; barley, centals, 14,235; do Oregon, 720; potatoes, sacks, 3555; bran, feacks, 2210; do Washington. 1700 tons; hay, 461 tons; hides, N. O., ISO. IRON AND STEEL, Recent Conference Wai for Xnrpoao of Supporting Prices. NEW YORK, July 7.-Pre3ldent Gary, of the Federal Steel Company, made the fol lowing statement today in reference to tho recent conference among the iron and ttttel men: "The presidents of the eteel com panie& and Iron producers have generally been in consultation with regard; to trade conditions. Go far &a I Intmr thT k- liot been, and there is no question of a. ojsaEroexnent oetween them. No decision has been made concerning Uny definite plan for the reduction or maintenance of prices. There lo a feeling that the price of producte has about reached bottom." President Gary was asked about the statement published in a trade journal to the effect that some 20 blast firmacea with a total producing capacity of 700,000 tons had'clooed during June. He knew of only 13 or 13 furnaces that had" closed during that month but he thought that perhapo ft score of others would not nMr. operate in ordinary times. it was stated in steel and iron circles her today that the trade haa declined considerably recently and that tho meet ing hcCd here- was for tho purpose of reaching an, agreement to support prices' in spite of. the lack of demand if pos sible. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. CHICAGO, July 7.-Cattle Recelota. ' 200. Nominally steady; good to prlmoi steers. 5 io5 7o; poor- to medium, $4 e 5 10; selected feeders, $3 855? 83; mixed stockers. S2 6033 75; cows, S2 9084 40: heif ers, S3Q8; canncrs. S22 75; bulls, SMOgi, 4 CO; natives, H 506 50; Texas-fed steers,. S4 4005 20; grass steers, S3CS&4-2S; bulls,, SzeO$335. 5 Bogs Receipts today, 14,000; Monday.i 35,000, estimated: left over, 3000. Shade lower, closed strong, good clearance V top, good to choice heavy, fc 035 45; rough neavy. & u3 i&. light, S3 1035 45; bulk Of sales. S3 305 37. Rhvrv ."Rw!ntii 550ft Kin nnA Inmht steady; medium to choice wethers, 5415 I m- cfj, iii.r 10 cjio:co miicu, a xy-i xo; Western sheep, S44 75; natlvo lambs. H a3 m; western iambs, S5K6 10. London Wool Sales, LONDON, July 7. At the wool sales today 7923 bales were offered, which In cluded a good selection of good greasy stock at occasionally higher prices. Crossbreds were In strong demand at full rates, coarse goods selling at prices prevailing ut the last- sale, owing to American and home demand, and greasy wool was bought in.- .Coffee mid Subtsjt'. ' . NEW YORK. July .7. CofteorOpugris cloatd steady, with prleeei5 points higher, ealesv 2350 bsgsu Including Juy, 17 800 7.S5; September, 37 85S8 Q0j October; $8 DO &C5. Spot, Rio, stead; , miid, quiet; Cordova, 913r5c Sugar Raw, strong; fair refining, 4iic; centrifugal, 9J test, 4; rcilnod, firm; granulated, SS 90; cut loaf, S3 30. GE0RGIE AKD J. HAM. A. Typical Interview "With, the Statesman at Kaunas City. Chicago Times-Herald. KANSAS CITY, July l.-Paw took me along this morning wen he started out to Mingje with tho masses. Nearly all tho masses were In the Bar rooms and around the slot maahcans. When we got the chance Paw spent fifty Bents at one of the masheans. "There. George," he says, "I hopo you Notust what1 happened. X thot it would teach you a good lesson in life. The slot mashean is like the munny Power, when tho plain peeple keep putting in their hard urned nickels And don't get enny thlng back. X wouldn't of done It if it wasn't that I wanted to let you see how foolish It Is for a purson to think they can." , By that time eumbuddy. else put in a nickel and Got ten siggcrs. "Confound the lucki" Paw aed, "If I would of tride It wunst naore' I would of won." , Then wo mingled wlth some more mass es", and pritty Soon paw says: "Liook Georgle," and pointed at a llttlo man with a xedd shurt on and a murry twinkle that you Could notus quite often Behind his whlskeps that were, strugglen for the mastery. "That man," paw says, "Is J. Hamble tun Xewis. Let's get up closter, becoz as Seezer sed when he stood beside Na poleyun's toom, when shall we ever look on ennythlng like him again In this Life?" Then him and paw shook hands and Got to talking about taking the peeple's burth rite Away from Wall street and giving it Back to them with a tagg on bo they wouldn't ever lose It again. "At last." he says to paw? 'tho time has nearly came when wo have a guven ment of the peeple by the people and for the peeple again. "What could bo a better time then now for the nalshun to have a new burth? We are going to have a new Docloralshun of Independence on the gloreyus Fourth, every man Zi nun crowned king, With no Dick taller to tell us how furr we can go and. whore we must stop." ; "What do you think they are going to do at the convennshun," paw ast. "I dunno," Ham told him. "X wanted Croaker to tell me After breekfast, but he wouldn't. Ho ot to let me be run ning malt tho, becoz I want to save the peeplo from -the Millinery clap-traps they are walking Into. "I'm from the brodd Peslflck and. they ot to nommunato me becoz- the peeplo out on the ooast are getting led -Astray. Trade is coming In from the Flllapeens and'we must have a man on tho coas to edgeyoticate the masses Against this evlt. "That's my strong point. With Bryan in this part of the country ' teaching the farmers what a turrable calammutty It is b have munny cnuff to go to Yourep and mebby get drowried Before they Are haft over or fall offen ah Alp and get killed, and me orr the coast showing them the "grate rong Of getting so mutch Welth In the house that Robbers mltd come nt rate and flea when no man pursewefth the nalshun would yet he saved. "Point at m whenever you, see enny buddy and tell Them who I am." Then paw says: "Come on. Let's Go and tawk to Croaker about, it." When we got upstairs paw nocked At a door and a man that looks like Our bull pupp when he has a holt of the other dog by the front lalg stuck His hed. out. "This is Mr. Croaker, ain't it,'.' paw said Kind of trtmbly like. "I new you by your plckture. I am. One of the plain people mingling with tho masses and I thot 1 would come Up and tawk to you a little about It. "The time is here when Ihe tolling mlllyuns ar.o going to take the crown of thorns offen their brow and hang it qn the Bed post. 3alvalshun and Wlllyum J. Bryan aro cumming hand In hand with the struggling masses behind them "Say," the. man that looked like a bull dawg sed, spltten past' paw out in the 'ball, "you botttfr go and huntu'jTowne. Ho ain't Birxy and mlto want sumbuddy to tawk to," GEORGIE. ' ' ,, Doer Stnmjis in Demarifl;; ' London Mall. There Is a big boom in South 'African" stamps. The .war has enchanced their value and has enormously Increased tho, demand for them. Several dealers who a Daily Mall representative consulted yes terday agreed, that there had never been such a rush on South African issues. Mr. F. R. Ginn, of the Strand, said: "The great demand Just now Is for Free State "when he entered Bloemfonteln and eon- vertea with the letters V. R, I.' stamped, upon them in black. They are rare at present, for the curious reason that most of them wera lost In the Mexican. "The soldiers of Bloemfonteln bought them up as soon as they were issued, and were sending them to friends in England. There wero ail sorts, from the half-penny up to five shilling stamps. I have sold one of the latter, unused, for 5. The 'Erie Pence Ornnje VriJ Stoat converted into a V. TU L 2d' fetches 7s 6d. Possibly these stamps will soon be worth as many pounds. "So far no Mafeking stamps havo got on to tho market, but they will fetch high prices when they come here. The V. R. L Free Staters' are in huge demand, and so will the converted Transvaalers be when Lord Roberts Issues them. "A completo set of Transvaal stamps would cost over 1000, for a great variety has been Issued. Th Free State, on the other hand, has kept much in iho same groove ell along." Some of the old Transvaal stamps of tho British regime of 1B77-S0, and of the First republic now fetch from 20 to 50. 1' More Than Bargained For. "Before I give my answer." said the careful parent, "I would like to ask a question Can you support a family-?" 1 can, sir," replied the trembling suit or. "That settles It Tske her at once njy boy. Her mother and myself will roovo in as soon as you set up housekeeping." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Civic Enthusiasm. Uncle Jedediah I jest got another letter from soma fellers in New York tellin' ins that it I would come 'to ths city they'd slvo me 53000 of rood paper moner ttr only tSOO of my old cash. Uncle Hexeklah H'myl Beats the dickens hoK hard they're weiin' ter make.New York tho financial cen ter of the w&rla ! BrcoWj-n -LUe.- .. - .v,, . OREGON'S WAR CLAIMS PAYMENTS DY STATE IN ORRER TQ MAKE UP FEDERAIi DEFICIENCY. Not to Re Compared, With, hc .Ordi nary Bonnty Allowances of Other Sta.tesStcTrart,s- tatemf,nt. The speech of Senator Stewart on the war claims .of the .states of Nevada, Ore gon and California, whicK was"'iitena.0d merely to support the provision for the jyment of thetNvada.caUns.tbrow3 considerable "h on the' history 'arid standing of these old claims, and a por tion -given up to. -the Oregon .claim alone, gives. In a brief "waj; the complete st,ory from the beginning to the present time. In his speech, Senator Stewart said in part: , , "A peculiar condition arose on the Pa cific Coast which did not exist elsewhere. The United- States, for; more than 11 years preceding the outbreak f the Re bellion, paid the army operating on the Pacific fully twice as much as was paid to the soldiers In the Atlantic states, for the reason that the expense of living on the Pacific Coast was more than dou dle the expense ortlvlng in the Atlantic states. "On the 23d of September, 1S50, the fol lowing provision was Inserted In the Ar my appropriation bill: For ejetra pay to the comnllsioned officers ana enlisted men of the Armjr of the United SUtes. Benin? In Oregon, ot California, $323, 834. on the followins basis, to-wlt: That there shall b allowed to each commissioned officer as aforesaid. Trbllnt serving as aforesaid, a per diem, in addition to their regular pay and allowances of $2 each; and to each enlisted man as aforesaid, whilst serving as af OTCsald, & per diem. In addition to their present pay and allowances, equal to the pay proper of each as established by existing laws. sold, extra, pay of tho enlisted men to be retained until honorably discharged. Thtr; additional pay to continue until tha 1st of March, 1S32, or until otherwise provided. "Under these acts it was the estab-v llshed policy of the ,Govcrnment to make extra allowance to the officers and men amounting to fully double the amount paid in the Atlantic states. By some strange freak of fortune, probably acci dental, a provision crept into the act of August 3, 1S51. reorganizing the Army, which changed tho whole policy ot the Government with regard to officers and soldiers serving on the "Paclflo Coast. Tho ninth (section of that act read3 as fol lows: That tho three months' extra pay allowed by the act of the 5th of July, 1833, for re cnllstments under certain conditions, tho boun ty manted by the act of the 17th of June, 1830, for enlistments at remote, and distant sta tions, and the premium, now paid, for bring ing accepted recruits to the rendezvous, be, and they are hereby, abolished. "This legislation repealed all laws al lowing extra pay on the- Pacific, and placed the" Government in an unfortunate position. Ab the Civil War progressed., the forces of the Confederate states In vaded New Mexico and Arizona, and through their agency 'the Indians wore inspired to cut off overland mail commu nication. In the meantime greenbacks had fallen from 40 to CO lior cejht qn the dollar. A soldier on the Paclfle. Coast re ceiving hl3 pay In greenbacks was com pelled to conv6rt It into coin, which re duced tho amount to less than- 3S" per month. Plenty of men were ready to enlist in the cause of their country, but they could not with $$ a month supply themselves with, those necessaries .which a soldier serving in that country must have, and of course nothing was left for their mmlles. Bounties for Soldiers. "The States of California and Oregon, and the Territory of Nevada were not be hind any other section of the country In paying bounties to soldiers and In con tributing to the sanitary fund. None of the Pacific states ever dreamed of de manding a dpllar to be refunded from the General Government for- bounties paid or for any othor patriotic contri butions. Still it Is contended that It Cal ifornia, Oregon and Nevada are paid for the advances" which Th"eyxmaffe tor put "soldiers In the field, the other states, must be paid for donations and'bountles. This Is the only argument adduced against the claim, and It Is contended in' another place that If California, Oregon and Nevada are paid, as the other state have been paid, for the money advanqed to equip soldiers and put them In the field, tho other states which havo already received their money for their legitimnto advances will come forward and demand to havo refunded all tho money they have paid for bounties and donations. Such contention Is without merit and extremely unjust to the Pacific states. "In 180S an 'omnibus 'bill,' providing for tho payment of Southern claims, French spoliation claims, etc. was en acted Into law. As the bill passed the Senate it contained the claims of Cali fornia, Oregon and Nevada without op position. But the fate of the measure was very different In the House. An objection came in that body from a most unexpected source. Although I am not at liberty to discuss the conduct of .mem bers .in the other house, still I'rnay al lude to- matters .which have -gopo into history. The opposition of Mr. Loud, of California, defeated tho claims of Cali fornia, Oregon and Nevada on tho 'omni bus bill . "How any one could hav$o asserted that tho claims of the Pacific .states wore for .bounties and their- payment would bo a precedent for refunding all the bounties paid by other states Is incomprehensi ble. Certainly, any one reading the -reports J .tne. War Claims Examiners and the numerous reports of the -committees Of both Houses of Congress would .have. been informed as to tho nature of these claims. " Circumstances in Oregon. "The circumstances and exigencies that led to tho enactment of the above-cited law, and to the expenditures Incurred un der its provisions were substantially the same as those which brought about the adoption of similar relief measures In California and Nevada, It must have been patent to every ono fully acquainted with the circumstances of the case that the volunteers that had been raised in Oregon at this time (October 24. 1S04), consisting only of the seven companies of the First Oregon Cavalry, and the Independent detachment of four months' men, a majority ot .whom had. then near ly completed their term, had been -greatly underpaid, considering tho nature -ot the service performed by them and tho cur rent rate of salaries and wages realized, in other pursuits of life, "At the tlmo of the enrollment and mus ter la of the First Oregon Cavalry, and, Up to the latter part of 1562, tho Gov ernment paid those of Its troops in the Department ot the Pacific, that were paid at all. in specie; hut as often happened, during the war, a number of tho compa nies ot the regiment named occupying re mote stations, remained unpaid for a long time, and were finally paid in Treasury notes, some of the members having moro than a year's pay due them. "During the remainder of the War tho Government paid Its rpops in tho De-. partnient of tho Pacific, as elsewhere. In greenbacks. Major C. Sn Drew, First Or egon Cavalry, in a letter to-his depart ment commander dated March 4, 1S63, called attention to the fact that at his station (Camp Baker) Treasury notes were worth not more than 50 or 53 cents per dollar: that each officer and soldier of his, command was serving for less than half pay, and had done' so, some of them, for 18 months prst; that while capital protected itself from 4oss and perhaps realised better profits than under the old and better system of payment 'in coin, the soldier did not have that pow er, and if paid In notes must necessarily receipt In full for what is equivalent to him- of half pay or less for the service he has rendered, and must continue to fulfill .hla part ot tho contract' with tho Downing,, Hopkins & Co Chicago Board of Trade New York' Stock Exchange Room 4, Ground Floor BOTH TEtHPnOXES , v t ..-'-'Wf .i,' t "-"' . m I 7 a Ft... - '; - i ii'.'. First; Class $35:00 " : - - "W ' ...S & DESPATCH"- Sails on Her Second Trip This Is the only exclusive livestock steamer in the Nome trade, Bookings no;y being made. ' : , 1 .w v rort RATES AXD IX5onaiAT105 AFFXr Te CALIFORNIA & OREGON COAST S. SiCO. T. P. BAUMGARTNER, 4acnt 255, Washinatoa 3t TV. A. Mitchell A Co.. General Acenti. Snn Francisco, f Pacific Coast For THE NEW PAUITIAL IK "Senator" will sail froa Settle anJ Tacoan to or about Jjly 8, AajuU 6 Sjjtembrr 6. The Senator, sailing August 0, tvlll make an excursion trip. ia the Inland paisagp, and after landlpg at Noma vrlll .continue north through the Behrlng-' Straits, past East Capo, on tho Siberian Coast, ocdeslns the Arctic Clrfcle, pasitng into tho Arctic Ocean. The "Senator" has a capacity of 2."i0 ton., llr src&nd cabin and steerage aerornmcxlatlon ere superior to the first-class accommodations of most of the steamers advertised for Nome. Tie Pacific Coast Steamship Co. has been running Its steamTJ to Alaska winter and wmv rrer for 25 years, and la the pioneer Pacific toast line. Seattle frelrht and pastenser, rates ap ply from Portland. For further Information Inquire of GOODALL. PERKINS & CO.. General Affents. 10 Market. San Franctaco. or X. POSTON. Asent. 2-I-Ua"hlnRton t. Portland. Or Government for the same reduced rate of pay until his period of service shall have terminated: and that good men vrlll not enilst for $6 or $7 a month while $13 Is the regular pay, and, moreover, belnff realized by every soldier in every other department than the Paclfle "In forwarding this letter to the Adjutant-General United States Army, the de partment commander remarked that the embarrassments enumerated In the Ma jor's communication were common to all tho troops in the department, and he therefore asked the serious consideration of the Gcneral-In-Chlef and tho" "ft at De partment to this subject. Some months later (August IS, 1S83), General Alvord, while reporting to the department com mander the location of a new military post at Fort Boise, referred to the diffi culties encountered by tho garrison chargod with tho duty of establishing It, as follows: Some difficulty is experienced in building the post In consequenco of the low rates of legal tender notes. In that country they bear merely nominal value The depreciation of tho Gov ernment currency not only embarrasses the Quartermaster's Department, but also tends greatly to dlsaffect the men. The differences between their pay and the promises heW eut by the richest mines, perhaps, on the Coast, the proximity of which mokes them all tho wore tempting. Is so great that many deser tions occur. Bad ltoadi Makes Good Roads. "About the same tlmo, (September 1. 1SG3), the Adjutant-General of the state complained of the Inadequacy of the sol diers' pay, resulting from the deprecia tion of the paper qurrency with which they were paid. Referring to the fact that after the expiration of eight months from the date of the requisition of tho United States miliary authorities for six Additional companies for the First Ore gon Cavalry but one had been raised, he said: And yet we are not prepared to iay that it Is for the want of patriotism on the part of tho peoplo of Oregon, but from other causes, partly from the deficiency In tho pay of the volunteer !n comparison with the wages given In the civil pursuits ot life, as well as with tho nature of tho currency with which they aro pajd. ths depredation of which renders It hajrilly possible for the soldier to enlist from any other motive sae pure patriotism. And I would here suggest that the. attention Of our 1eglslaturo be called to this defect, and that additional pay. cither In land, money or something else, be allowed to those who have volunteered. Justlco demands that' this should be done. "In enacting the relief law of Octobor 24, 1861. It Is fair to presume that the Legislature was largely Influenced by the .following .statements and recommenda tions of the Governor, contained In his annual message dated September 15, 1861: The Snoko and ether tribes of Indians In Eastern Oregon have beon hostile and con- hstantly committing depredations. The regi ment-haa spent two1 Summers on the pL&rris. furnishing protection to-the. Immigration oad to the trade, and "travel in that regipn of the country. During the past Summer the regiment has traveled over 1200 miles, and the officers and men aro etlll out on duty. Tho officers andi jnoit. If, not all. the men joined the .regiment through patriotic moth e. and. while some of tho time' they have ben traveling "over rich gokl Acids, where laborers wages are from 3 to $G per day. there hac been very few desertions, and .tbat, too. while they mere being paid in depreciated currency, making their wages only about ?5 per month. A great many of theso men have no pecun iary interest in kocplng open -the It pes of travel, protecting mining districts and mer chants and traders. Tho benefit of their serv ice thus inures to the benefit of others, be should help tbceo faithful soldiers inbcarlng these . burdens. Oregon, in proportion to her population and wealth, has paid far less than! other states for military purposes. California pays 'her volunteers $3 per month extra in coin. It would be but an act of simple jus tice forthis stats to make good td the mem bers of "this regiment tholr losses By depre ciated currency. "It la to be rioted hero that while tho officers and men who became the bene ficiaries of this law had been paid In a depreciated currency, which in Oregon does not appear to have had more than two-thirds of the purchasing power it had in the East, the. Government provid ed them with clothing, subsistence, shel ter, and all their absolutely necessary wants. On the other hand. It Is to, bo. borne In mind that tlje Legislature must have been awaro of tho fact noted, and that It granted the extra, compensation from a sense of Justice and without any purpose calculated to benefit tho state at large, such as might bo reasonably In ferred from the granting of bounties to 'men who should hereafter enlist. As has been already mentioned, the terms, of tjie, Oregon Volunteers were drawing to a closo and the benefits- ot tho law ware restricted to. the Volunteers 'rateed, and did not therefore lncludo those 'to be raised." One Hundred Millions of Dividends. Boston Transcript." ' The semi-annual disbursements on ac count of intorest ahd dividend payments oh bonds and stocks of marKet or'dtlier public promlrience are the largest in tho history of the country, amounting to $105, 500.000, which Is $11,090,000 more than such, disbursements a year ago, and 53,000.000 more than January's large total. Com pared "with five years ago, the increase is J33.000.C00 or 50 per cent. These figures aro eloquent of tho groat strides which our country's business: has mado Einco.tUo Chamber of-Commerce JT ,- . Second. Class $25,0 on or About July 20, 1900 " Steamship Co, . ,, STEEL STEAMSHIP era of financial panic and commercial un rest of four years since. No less thnn JR.OCO.OOO.OOO par value of stocks and bonds pay Interest and dividends this month a total . falrjy staggering In the effort to grasp its meaning. In addition, there Is $5,000,000 Interest oil Government ""Hoftda payable this month, making over 5110.00Q. C00 In all to be disbursed. And there Is no sign of money market stringency either, a unique copd.Uloj Generally the preparation for tho dis bursement of these grpat sums strains tho loan market, and wo frequently have seen abnormally high rates fbr mony on the Stock Exchange Just beforo and djjrlng the semi-annual settlements, but today call money in New York Is In plentiful supply and quoted atl per cent., Thero are ample evidences of prosperity if ono wishes to see them, evpn though this week Is to be devoted to more or less talk of calamity at Kansas City In the effort to discredit tho nnaricial legislation which has been so potent a factor In re-establishing confidence. America's Yonntrent Incenne. Little Pearl Landers Is only 16 years old, but she Is plajing prominent -parts In San Francisco and throughout the "West. She Is the' youngest actress on. tho American stage who wiecesiTfully essays adult parts. She Is a natlvo of Portland, Or., tha some town from which Miss B&ncba Bates cornea.. T 2dlsa Landers has been on the stago flvta years, having made her debut wherx 10 yearn old in "Little Lord 'Fauntle roy." Sl,nco that tlmo she Has played oven 60 parts In nearly as many plays, scoring- her first marked success as Dot In "The Ildnlght Bell." the same 'im personation that brought Miss May Adams Into notice, ' She haa also played PIpJc "In "Cumberland, 'Cl," Jorfe In "The Head Of the Family." Jo;le In "The .Sena tor," Annette In "The Sporting Duchess," Phyllis Vabiter in "The JUt," BeS3 ih "The Charity Ball" and Annie In "The Princess and the Butterfly." Pearl Landers 'Is a beautiful girl, r well developed for her age. Her head. la '& maflj of golden hair, her manner quiet and wlntomo.- Yot she is full of animal spirits, can danca, fence, ride a blcyclo or horse, play tho banjo and piano. -.New York World. . Whistle Sixty-Five Mile Long. An odd Incident occurred pn the Chi cago & Northwestern Railway recently at Highland Park, in. As the engineer of the train which reaches Milwaukee at 11 o'clock, blew the whistle the vnlvo broke, and he was unable to shut off th' steam from the nolsemaker. From Highland, .Park to Milwaukee, a distance of about 05 miles, there "Ras not a moment when the whistle was not sounding -full Strength. If eouhl bd heard lor .miles away aH tfto'traln'-came -on in a-long, conUnu6usi?frillBDand, and at every city and vlllhge people ran ?o the' doors fo leant what wa happen ing. While the whistle' was blowing ths fireman was straining every" nerve to keep he steam up to the running point, and succeeded In bringing the train Into the station. CRIPPLE CREEK ILLUSTRATED! A great v olumc. JUST OUT. Nearly 100 .pho-to-engraVlngs of gold raining scenes: also cor rect map. Gives sketches of every mine and mill, ore produced, dividends, etc " AB3C LUTKL.Y DISINTERESTED. The edition cost $1,000 00 to issue. 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