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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1904)
THE SUNDAY OREGOKIAIS, PORTLAND, PEBRUAHY 25, 1904. : 15 NOT READY FOR WAR Foreign Markets Had Not Prepared Adequately. TROUBLED- PAST WEEK Collapse i IrT Russian Bonds Involved Forced Liquidation of American Securities, for Which There Is a Readier Market. NEW YORK. Feb. 27. Today's stock mar ket was almost Idle and the drift of prices was listlesa -In the extreme and totally In significant. Yesterday's setback to the rally which occurred on Thursday discouraged the traders from attempting to move prices, and today's trading Indicated that the market Is awaiting some new development "to give an Initiative to prices. The fact that another decision day of the Supreme Court Is im minent, with a decision In the Northern' Se curities case possibly to be "handed down, aggravated the dullness. The beginning of the Paris stock market settlement is another motive for a waiting attitude In the securities market. The Lon don market was practically stagnant In re sponse to this Influence. Pennsylvania's re f ponfe to' the annual report was an advance of and Reading closed unchanged. In spite of the heavy decrease In the net earnings for January. The bank statement revealed a larger gain In cash than Indicated by the preliminary estimates, but speculative senti ment would be more encouraged were there evidence of a more active use of money In business. The decrease In loans was net clearly explained, unless by a report that some of -the Clearlng-House Banks have Inti mated to trust companies their disinclination to carry heavy deposits at 2 per cent. The market closed almost stagnant, but easy and at small lorees. Total sales of bonds, par value, $110,000. The tone of the stock market during the week has been hesitating and , irregular, Thursday's, sharp recovery serving to bring prices back almost exactly to where they left off Saturday last. Conditions affecting values have not perceptibly changed, the In fluences which have depressed prices remain ing in force. The market, however, has shown signs of being oversold, and the day--to-day traders have been keenly alive to the signs that the decline In prices had reached a point sufficient to offset the - con ditions which brought It about. The bor rowing demand for stocks on the Stock Ex change showed the building up of a con siderable short Interest where demand to cover contracts might be relied upon to effect a rally In prices whenever conclusive evidence should appear that the genuine sell ing had decreased co far as to promise no hope for a 'further decline. The foreign situation has had a dominating Influence upon the domestic stock market, and the troubled markets have kept alive the depression here,. It Is clear that the for eign stock markets "had not prepared them selves adequately for the outbreak of hos tilities between Russia and Japan, the Con tinental bourses especially showing that strong hope vas felt, up to the outbreak of hos tilities, that a peaceful outcome would be secured. The violent decline In the Russian Industrial and government securities, which are held In a great volume by France and Germany, involved heavy losses and forced liquidation In other securities for which there was a readier market. Conspicuous In this class are American securities and the amount cf these which have come home to be sold only refuted the contention that foreign mar kets had been stripped- dT American secur ities during the boom of the lost few years. The week's failures In foreign banking cir cle and the money requirements to be met have affected the local market for exchange and have helped to llf, t toward the. gold cxpo-t point. Rumors, have'boen current that the Russian government was preparing to draw down its heavy balances with some of the great banks of Western Europe. The dread of entanglement of other powers in the Far Eastern quarter o: in the Balkans has been an additional disturbing clement In all cf the world's markets, and has been an im portant influence on the wheat market. The nervous condition of our stock market Tuesday, while the Supreme Court was In sea.-. on, and the possibility that a decision In the Northern Securities case was hanging ever the market, was a proof of the unsettling Influence which the market still has and the likelihood of recurring nervousness on ea h decision day of tho court until the case is Anally disposed of. It is evident that tho decision, when handed down, whatever It may be will relieve the market from one repres sive influence. The declining tendenoy of railroad earnings has continued and the stock market Is In clined to wait for better weather conditions far proof of the contention that enow bloek a3es and extrome cold weather are responsible for ali the decreases. The progress of tho war over grain rates, both on Western lines and on the trunk lines, causes anxiety over future traflic The bitterness of the competitl U:n for future contracts throws omo doubts upon the claims of railroad officials of con fidence In the maintenance of the volume of traffic. The market Is considering the necessity of an adjustment also to a possible great strike In the soft coal regions owing to the radical difference disclosed In the claims of the min ers for an Increase In wages and the opera tors for the necessity of a reduction. Honey on call Is extremely easy, largely owing to tho almost stagnant stock specula tion, but offerings of time loans have been lees abundant. The languid demand for money outside of corporation and railroad borrowing and the tailing off In the vol ume of bank clearings are regarded with ymc misgivings as poselblo Indications of de- eased business activity. The prospect of delay In the settlement of the Panama canal payments will disarrange 1 "jns already"' effected for an early com Ilrtion of that operation, but has causedno fear of embarrassment thus far. The continued lack of moisture In the 6ci::hweetern wheat belt has been a subject cf attention, but without appreciable effect thus far en prices of stocks. Tho bond market has been dull and Ir regular. In sympathy with stocks. United States bonds were unchanged on call. 'EW YORK BANK STATEMENT. fnexpectcd Gain In Cnhh Is Shown by Of ficial Statement. NEW YORK. Feb. 27. The Financier says: Ore festur of the official statement of the New York Associated Banks last week was tfc gain of $4,427,3KK) In cash, an amount $73 GOO greater than that which was estl-ra;-d from the traceable movements of r-.jney during th? week and tho total hold it are now the highest ever reported. An other feature was the high record toz. specie r :dings by the banks, these being over 51 000.000 larger than the highest previous ar.-.-'unt, which was J105.S90.400 on Febru a:j 9, 1801; still another feature was the new high record for the year in surplus reserve. The discrepancy between the increase In cash, as officially reported and that which was estimated, -was probably due to the aerag- for one day of a transfer hitherto cf $023,000 sold from San Francisco on Fri day and also to a return of some of the xncney which was sent to Baltimore a fort r'.ght ago, which return movement was un corded In the estimates. The deposits were decreased by the comparatively small sum of ?103.200 and the required reserve was thereby reduced by $26,300; this amount, added to the Increase In cash, made $4,C -COO as the sain In surplus reserve, to 'lie'. 150 200. Computed upon the basis of depos its less those of $3S.7tn.tK0 public funds, the surplus is f41.S40.C75. It is noteworthy that the Government deposits Increased dur ing the week by $704,400. making $l.S6S.Uoa since the first week In February, reflecting the concentration in the specially designated cposiianes ai isow xorK or deposits which riave already been withdrawn fmm -... Institutions in anticipation of the call for the eurrenaor oi per cent, or the public funds. Loans decreased S4.228.700 lut ir.u m-i. Ing a reduction ot JO.SCO.SOO In the fort night. Indicating the light inquiry rorstoclc exchange requirements 'and the 'partial sat- Isfaction of the demand .irom syndlertiiand corporation borrowers. The circulation" de creased $332,200. Thef'staienlent showed a good proof, the sum of the decrease, .in, loans and In deposits being $282,400 Jess- than the increase in cash. The dally average of clearings for the five days was $178,000,000, or the same aa"for the six days of the previous week; the clearings on Saturday, reflecting Friday's business,' were $170.S53,Q17. or below the average when the statement was made upon rising aver ages for cash and. therefore, this week's re turn should show an Increase In this Item,. But with the inquiry for loans, smelly as It is now and is likely to be'jn the near future increases in cash tend to Intensify the mone tary congestion. Comparisons of changes In loans show that six banks reduced this Item by $2,300,000 net; the cash In eight banks increased by $3,900,000 net. The statement of average of the Clearing House banks of this city for the five days of this week shows; Decrease. Loans ? 000,209.100 S 4,229.700 Deposits 1.027.020.400 105.200 Circulation 40.219.300 332.300 Legal tenders 717,718.000 CS2.300 Specie 217.351.700 SS.OOO Reserve 289,130,300 4.617,300 Reserve required.. 25tf.6S0.100 20,300 Surplus -.. 32.180.200 '4.643.000 Ex-U.,8. deposits.. 41.840,675 '1,634,700 Increase. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Sales. High. Low. Close. 5.400 t C4H 64 8!k 3,300 T4 74 74S ,T. bis 200 1134 113H l"Sa . : 154 200 30 30 30 34 Atchison .... do preferred Baltimore &. Ohio... do preferred Canadian Pacific y... Central of N. J Chesapeake & Ohio. Chicago Sz Alton.... do preferred ChL Gt. Western.... 81 162 13$ 173 S 18 300 14 Ha vmcsKu . .... ..... - - - - Chi.. MIL & St. Paul 3.100 13S 138 liW JJjCiUiCU... Chi. Term. & Train An nwfrTTH 200 100 !4 19 014 19 C, C, C. & SU I.. . Colorado aoutnern .. do 1st preferred do 2d preferred ?4lAwaK &l Hudson. 100 1 15 15 53 o 155 264 18 C5? "ioo "22 GOO 155T 155 Del.. Lack. & West. . Denver & Rio Grande 400 19 18 do preferred.. .. 7,600 700 22 61 224 01 02 3S do 2d oreferred - Hocking Valley do preferred.. Illinois Central Iowa Central ....... do nreferred 100 80 100 12J 100 18 100 33 80 79 126 12tf!l 18 18 33 33 10 Kan. City Southern. . do preferred Louisville & Nashv.. Manhattan L Metron. fipnurltiM . . , 31 500 101 101 101 200 141 141 141 81 111-4 Metropolitan St. Ry. . .Minn. & st. l. M.. St. P. & S. S. M. do preferred - 58 59 117 3 35VJ 100 58 87 5S "87 Missouri -Pacific 2,000 M.. K. & T. ao preierrea.. ,. Ix Vntinnnl nM 34 New York Central... 1.000 114 113 113 do preferred S5 Ontario & Western 10 Pennsylvania 2,000 112 112 112U p.. c. rr jc- St. tv Reading 1,000 39 39 39 76 55 20 59'4 41 13 29 43U 3& 22 33 32 73U SG 3$ ao jsi prererrea do 2d nreferw! Rock Island Co...... do preferred St. L. & S. F. 2d pf. St. Louis S. W. 4,900 COO 100 "io6 2,000 50tf- 2014 GO 41 '28 43Vi 18. 20 59 41 "i 4314 18 do preferred....... Southern Pacific Southern Railway .. do preferred....... Texas & Pacific Toledo,' St. L. & W. co preierrea Union Pacific 100 32 "l7 33 39 32 73Vi ',300 do preferred Wabash .., do preferred Wheeling & L. E Wisconsin Central .. do preferred Express companies Adams American United States Wells-Fargo ........ 200 500 17 33 100 200 17 39 220 185 100 200 jiiBceuar.eous Amalgamated Copper 8,700 40 4014 Am. Car & Foundry 4C 18 67 2S 88 3 9 -26 22 78 4UU 89 123 C2 39 ao preferred Amer. Cotton OH... do preferred American Ice do preferred Amer. Linseed OH. do preferred...... Amer. Locomotive.. 100 29 29 300 200 8 31 "22' 47 8 31 1.000 2211 do preicrred. ...... ...... Amer. Smelt. & Ref. 200 do preferred........ Amer. Sugar Refining 700 12414 124 Aiiaranaa Alining wo. zan Brooklyn R. Transit 3,500 Colorado Fuel & Iron 05 G3 37. 39 Consolidated Gas ... 200 18051 189 1S9 corn Products .... ig do preferred....... ...... ..... C3 JJlstlllers- Securities. 100 23 23 23 oeneral Electric International Paper.. ..' do preferred '.I International Pump do preferred National Lead '158 33 '1 a 24 2 C7 2d3 7 42 19 2 77 10 f 155 87 North American . Pacific Mail Pressed Steel Car. .. 1,600 do nreferrivd Pullman Palace Car Republic Steel .... do preferred , 200 100 41 hud dc r uooas do preferred Tenn. Coal & Iron V. S. Leather ,. do preferred..... U. S. Steel 1.000 dO T)TrtTTfA K IVWl 1055 10 55V, 55U wesungnouse Elec Western Union .... 1W 1SS 15S 200 87 87W Total sales for the day. 94.000 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. Feb. 27. Closing quotations: U. S. ref. 2s rg.104 C. & NW. C 7s. 120 U do coupon. .. .105 U. S. 3s reg. ..106 do coupon 106 "U. S. nw 4s rg.132 do coupen. . . .132 V. S. old 4s reg.l004 do coupon . . .107 Atchison Adj. 4s SU D. & R. G. 4s.. 97 N. Y. Cent. lsts. GU Nor. Pacific 3s. . 70 Nor. TjLflfir 1, inoii So. Pacific 4s. ..88 Union Pacific 4s. 102 "is. uenu 4s... SO Stocks In London. LONDON. Feb. 27. Consols for money, 8C; consols for account, S6 7-16C" Anaconda ..... 3 U Nor. & Western. 57 do nrf(.rr1 fifi Atchison 66 do preferred.. 91 Cnt. & Western. 20 Pennsylvania ... 57 Rand Mints S Reading 20 Bait. & Ohio.. . 7C Can. Pacific 113 Ches. & Ohio... 30 C G. West 45 C. M. & St. P. 142 DcBeers 19 D. & R. G ipi; do preferred.. C7 do 1st pref. .. 39 do 2d nrsf c So. Railway..... 19 I do nwfrrMl CI ISo. Pacific ..." I 44 enc 23 do 1st pref... C3J do preferred" 90 Illinois Control i-n Louis & Nash. .104 M.. K. & Tex.. 13 N. Y. Central. .117 uo prererred.. 36 Wabash isi do preferred.. 34 Bank Clearings. The bank clearings of the leading cities of the Northwest yesterday were as follows: . Clearlnrs. Balances. Seattle 539.952 P6 133 Taooma SO8.315 24 721 Spokane 3G7.WM 2M42 Clearings of Portland, Seattle and Tacoraa for the week were: . Portland. Seattle. Tacoma. Monday Tuesday $ CSC. 90S $ 709.000 s'Vn.MB Wednesday .... 529,309 727.789 416.S34 Thursday 502.964 018.008 S11.5S7 Friday 429.892 C22.C79 340 41 Saturday 382.303 539.952 30S.5I3 Totals $2,311,466 f3.21S.-71S 51.79S.780 Clearings for the corresponding week In for mer years were: Pertl and. Seattle. Taooms, 1S00 11.C1S.061 $1,000,824 $ 670.228 1.S96.0G4 2.246.6S0 834 440 1P1 1.S09.628 2.361.792 870.959 10K 2.69U1CS 3.322.752 1.1 IS. 100 103 2.7S2.834 3.409,972 1.749.282 Money, Exchange, Etc NEW YORK, Feb. 27. Money oa call, nominal, no loans. Time, loans, steady; 60 days, 3 per cent: 90 days, 3 per cent;' six months. 494 per cent. Prime mercan tile paper, 4 5 per cent. Sterling exchange, firm, -with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at $4.8673 far demand and at $4.S373 for 60-day bills; posted rates. ?4.S44.S4 and ?4.S7S'4.S7: commercial bills. $4.83 4.83. Bar silver. 5Sc. Mexican dollars, 46c Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds. Irregular. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 27. Sliver bars. 38 c; Mexican dollars, nominal; drafts, sight, 13; telegraph, 17. Sterling on Lon don. CO days, $4.84; sight, $4.S7. f f ..o-(i , , 1XJNDON, Feb. 27. Bar silver, ' steady. 23 d per ounce; money, 3 per cent. The "rate ; discount in the open market for-'sliprt- bUW is 3 3-16 per cent; the rate of discount in Ihe "open market for three raontlis bills is32IC",Ter cent. ' ' Dally Treasury Statement. -WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Today's state ment of the Treasury shows: Available cash balances $223,853,190 Gold 102,604,010 PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain. Flepr, Feed, Etc The break la the 'Chicago wheat' market and the lower 'cables lmnartl an Mtv timS to the local market yesterday, bat did not interrupt me traae with the East, which looks now as If it would assume large pro portions. Valley flour Is- quoted 10 cents a barrel higher and a general advance In the Hour list will probably be announced early In the week. Barley is firm at former quota tions. Oats are stiffly held bv much so that there is fear -that the Govern ment's proposed order may go to the Sound, where oats can now be bought cheaper. WHEAT Walla Walla, 78c; bluestem. 53c: Valley. 82c. BAKLJ2Y Feed, $21022 per ton; brewing. $22; rolled, $23. FLOUR Valley. $3.7503.85 per barrel; hard wheat straights, $3.9064.10: clears, $3.55Q,3.75; hard wheat patents. J4.204.50; Dakota - hard' wheat. $4.9085.50; graham. $2.75; wholo wheat. $4; rye flour. $t.504.75. OATS-N3. 1 white. $L17jl.20; gray. $L10 61.15 per cental. MILL STUFFS Bran, $18.50019 per ton; middlings. $26: shorts, $19.50 20; chop. U. S. Mills. $18; Unseed, dairy food, $19. HAY Timothy. $15017 per ton; clover. $11018; grain, $12013: cheat. $12013. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 00 pound sacks. $x25; lower grades. $3.25 O 5.50; bales, cream, $3.40; other grades. $3; oatmeal, steel-cut, 50-pound sacks. $7.00 per barrel; 10-pound sacks, $4 per bale; oat meal (ground), 50-pound sacks, $7 per bar rel; 10-pound sacks, $3.75 per bale; spilt peas. $4.S0 per 100-pound sack; 25-pound boxes, $1.25; pearl barley, $4 per 100 pounds; 25-pound boxes. $1.25 per box; pastry flour. 10-pound sacks, $2.50 per bale. Vegetables, Fruit, Etc The last straight car of sweets this season arrived yesterday. A car of mixed vegetables Is due Monday, and th steamer lot Tues day. A car of celery and caulUower and one or two cars of bananas are also due Tuesday. Private advices from San Francisco are to the effect that the excessive rains have made the shipping of truck difficult, but after the weather settles It Is expected a larger quantity will "be sent North and prices will otherwise be lower. VEGETABLES Turnips, SOc per sack; car rots. SOc; beets. $1; parsnips. $1; cabbage. 1 02c; red cabbage, 2c; sprouts, 7c; lettuce, nead, 25040c per dozen: hothouse. $2 per box; parsley, per dozen, 25c; tomatoes, $1.50 2 per crate: cauliflower. 75c0$l per dozen; egg plant, $L60 per box; celery. C3075c per dozen; squash, lc per pound; artichokes, 75c tfi$l per dozen; cucumbers, $1.7502.25 per dozen. ONIONS Yellow Danvers. $22.50 per sack, grower's price. HONm iJUJ.du per case. POTATOES Fancy. 9Oc0$1.35 per cental; common. 75090c growers' price; sweets, 2lic In sacks; 2c crated. RAISINS Loose Muscatel. 4-crown. 7c; 3-layer Muscatel raisins, 7c; unbleached, seedless Sultans, 6c; London layers, 3 crown, whole boxes of 20' pounds, $L85; 2 crown, $1.75. DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, fancy Bald wins and Spltxenbergs. $1.5002.25 per box: choice. $101.50; cooking. 75c; cranberries. $10 011 per "barrel. DRjiD rxtuITS Apples, evaporated. 4 06c per pound; sundrled, sacks or boxes. 4c; apricots. 901Oc; peaches. 67c; pears, 9 11c; prunes, Italian. 47c; French, 205c; figs. California blacks. Oc: do white, 7c; Smyrna, 20c; Fard dates, $1.50: plum's, pitted. 6c.- TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, fancy. $30 3.50: choice. $2.5002.75 per box: oranges, navels, $1.5002.75: tangerines, $1.23 per box: grapefruit; $2.5903 per box: bananas. 54JCc per pound; pineapples, $3,7501 per dozen. Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc Receipts of poultry were small and the market cleaned up bare. Not so many eggs came la. but that, did not help the situa tion, and slow local buying cauzed a fur ther drop. Butter 'was weak and unchanged. BUTTER Sweet cream butter, 32c per pound: fancy creamery, 2703Oc; choice cream ery. 25c; dairy and store, nominal. BUTTER FAT Sweet cream, 31c. sour cream, 29c FOULTRY Chickens, mixed, 1213epcr pound; springs, small. 1415c; hens, IB 13 c; turkeys, live, 15016c per pound; dressed. 18020c: ducks. $809 per dozen; geese, live, Sc per pound. CHEESE Full- cream, twins, 14c; Young America, 13c EGGS Oregon ranch, 20021c Groceries, Nuts, Etc RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, 5c; No. 2, 4c; Carolina head. 6c: broken head. 4c COFFEE Mocha 2602Sc: Java, fancy, 260 22c; Java, good, 20024c; Java, ordinary, 16 20c; Costa Rica, fancy. 18020c: Costa Rica, good, 16018c; Costa Rica, ordinary, 10012c per pound; Columbia roast, cases. 100s. $l2.5u 60s. $12.75: Arbuckle, $13.25; Lion. $13.25. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound talis $1.65 per dozen; 2-pound tails. $2.40; fancy 1-pound flats, $1.80; -pound flats. $1.10; Alaska pink, 1-pound talis, 75c; red, 1-pound tails, $1.20; sockeyes, 1-pound talis, $L5t); 1-nound fiats. SI. CO. x SUGAR Sack basis, per 100 pounds: Cube, o. iu; jkj wuereu, d.m; ary granuiatea, K.45; extra C, $4.95; golden C, $4.85: advances over sack basis as follows: Barrels, 10cr half barrels. 25c; boxes. 00c per 100 pounds. (Terms: On remittances within 15 days, de duct c per pound: If later than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct c per pound; no dis count after 30 daye.) Beet sugar, granulated, $5.23 per 100 pounds; maple sugar, 15016s per pound. NUTS Walnuts, 16c per pound by sack, lc extra for less than sacks; Brazil nuts. 15c; filberts, 15c; pecans. Jumbos, 15c; extra large, 14c; almonds, L X. L.. 14c; ne plus ultras. 15c: nonpareils. 13c: chestnuts. Ital ian, 15c: Ohio, $4.50 per 25-pound drum; pea nuts, raw, 6c per pound; roasted, 809c; pine nuts. 1012c: hickory nuts, 7c; cocoanuts, S5f90c per dozen. SALT Bales, $2: fine, 50s. 33c; 100s, C5c; Liverpool. 50?. 50c: 100s. 9Sc; 224s. $1.00; half-ground. 100s, $6.50; 60s. $7. BEANS Small white. 3c; large white, 3c; pink, 3c; bayou. 3c; Lima, 4c. Meals and Provisions. BEEF Dressed, 507c per pound. MUTTON Dressed, 67c: lambs. 8c VEAL Dressed, small. 809c; large, 607c lORK Dressed, 707c HAMS Ten to 14 pounds. 13c per pound; 14 to 16 pounds. 13c per pound; 18 to 20 pounds. 13c: California (picnic). 8c: cottage hams. 0c; shoulders. 10c: boiled hams. 20c; boiled picnic hams, boneless, 14c BACON Fancy breakfast. 17c: standard breakfast, 16c; choice. 15Ck- English breakfast bacon. 11 to 14 pounds. 14c SAUSAGE Portland ham. 13c per pound; minced ham. 10c; Summer, choice dry. 17c; bologna, long. 6c; welnerwurst. 8c: liver, 5c; pork, 10c; blood, 5c; headcheese, 5c; bologna sausage, link. 5c. DRY SALT MEATS Regular short clears, 10011c smoked; clear backs 10c; salt. He smoked: Oregon exports. 0. tc 25 pounds, average. 11c dry; dry salt. 12c; smoked Union butts. 30 to 18 pounds, average. Sc; dry salt, 0c smoked. PICKLED GOODS Pickled pigs' feet, -bar-rels, $5.50; -barrels. $3; 15-pound kit. $1.35; pickled tripe, -barrels. $5; -barrels. $2.73; 15-pound kit. $1.25; pickled pigs'- tongues. -barrels. $6; -barrels. $3: 15-pound kit. $1.25; Pickled lambs' tongues, -barrels, $8.25; -barrels. $4.73; 15-pound kit. $2.25. LARD Kettle rendered: Tierces. lOHc; tubs, 10'ic: 50a. 10c; 20s. lie; 10s. llc; 5. llc Standard pure: Tierces. c: tubs. STtc; 50. Pe; 20s. 10c; 10s. 10ic; 5a. 10c Compound: Tierces, 7c; tubs. 7c; 60s. 7c Oils. GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cases, 24c; Iron barrels. ISc; 86 degrees gasoline, cases, 32c; iron barrels or drums. 2Cc LEAD Pioneer, Collier and Atlantic white and red lead in lots of 500 pounds or more. 6c: less than 500 pounds. 7c COAL OIL Pearl or astral .oil. cases 23c per gallon; water white oil. Iron barrels. lCc; wood barrels, none; eocene oil. cases. 23s; claine oil. cases. 2Sc; extra star, cases, 26c; headlight oil, 173 degrees, cases. 25c; iron barrels. lSc. (Washington state test burn ing oils, except headlight, c per gallon higher.) BBN'ZINS Sixty-three degrees, cases, 22c; Iron barrels. 15c. LINSEED OIL Pare raw. In barrels. 47c; genuine kettle-boiled In barrels. 49c: pure raw oil In cases. 52c: genuine kettle-boiled. In cases. 54 c; lots of 250 gallons, lc less per gallon. TURPENTINE In cases, SSc; wood barrels. S4c; Iron barrels and drums, E2c; 10-casa lots, S7c Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc HOPS Choice, 25fj26c per pound; prime. 24 WOOL Valley. 17lSe; Eastern Oregsn. 12 15o: mohair. 32035c HIDES Dry hides No. 1. 16 pounds and up. 15015c per pound; dry kip No. 1. 5 to 16 pounds. 12c; dry calf No. 1, under 5 pound;. 16c; dry raited, bulla and stags, one-third less than dry flint; salted hides, steers, sound. On pounds and over. S06c; 50 to CO pounds 70 Sc; under 50 pounds and cows. 607c; s'tags and bulls, sound. 404c; Jclp. sound, 15 to 20 pounds, 7c: under 10 pounds Sc; green lun salted). lc per pound less; culls, lc per pound less; horse hides, salted, each $1.5002; dry. each. $101.50: colts bides, each 25 g 50c; goat skins, common, each, 10015c; Angora,, with wsol on 25c0$l. TALLOW Prime.- per pound. 40Scj No. '2 and crease. 203c SLUiilP IN WHEAT. PRICES BREAK AT CHICAGO-COMES JUST BEFORE THE CLOSE. Heavy Selling by Armour Sends Prices Dovn Near the. Dollar Mark Other Products, Lower. CHICAGO, Feb. 27. The bis slump, In wheat came shortly before the -close- The opening, was weak on lower cables, both EaglUa-and Continental markets showing losses. May was c lower to jc higher, at $l.O40LO5t and July was off 6c, at O509Cc During the first few minutes of trading the leading long Interest was an open seller of the May deliv ery. Local professionals also took the selling side. In consequence.- May declined' to $1.04, but the July option. held comparatively steady around 96c, after touching 96c early In . th trading. A noticeable feature In the early situation was the absence of any Influential buying. The seemlnr reason was that most of the large- traders were- -disposed 'to await, developments over Sunday. As the session was n earing the close there was a sudden break on spectacular selling In May. The heavy orders were generally supposed to be for the account' of tha prlaclpal Iong. The general selling movement thus eud-v denly inaugurated resulted quickly In a severe slump In the price of the May option. From around $L03, May declined to $1.01. Many stop-loss orders came out, accelerating the de- cllne. On &. partial cesiallon of the selling, a large portion of tha loss was recovered within the last few minutes of trading. Closing fig ures on, May showed a net loss for the clay of lc, at $1.03X- July was down c. at 00c Lower cables- and weakness in wheat caused an easier feeling In corn. May closed c lower, at 5Gc July closed a shade lower, at M055c, ' The feature In oats was the comparative strength of the market In the face of the weakness In wheat. May closed c lower, at 45c July- closed c lower, at 41c In provisions trading centered in pork. Lo- cal packers, were the principal, buyers. There was liberal llquldaUon of May pork late In the session. .May pork -closed at a loss of 27c, lard was off 7c. and rlb3 were down -Be The leading futures ranged as. follows: WHEAT. Ooen. Hlch. Low. Close May July (old) . July (new) Sept. (old) ..$104 $f05 $101 .$103. 96 97 95 06 WW 01 96 07 03 00 .tw. CORN. February May .... July .... 63 50 55 66 55 57 55 56 55 OATS. February May .... July .... 2 43 41 45 43 41 42' 45 41 MESS PORK. May 16 23 1637 16 05 3012 July 16 42 10 42 16 07 1010 .. LARD. May 8 03 8 07 July j. 817 8 22 SHORT RIBS. May 8 02 8 05 July 8 07 S10 ' S02 -815 ' 8 02 813 705 SC5 7 07 8 07 Cash quotations were as follows; Flour Steady; Winter patents, "$5.1065-26; straights, $4.&05; .Spring- patents'. $.Sq?5,20; straights. $4.40T4.70; bakers. $X50g4.20. Wheat No. 2 Spring, 97cQ$L04; I?o. 3, 00c 6$1.02: No. 2 red. $1.001.07. Com No. 3, 53c; No. 2 yellow, 64c Oats No. 2, 42Q43c: No. 3 white, 439 45c ! ' i v A Barley Good feeding, 4143c; fairs to-Choice malting. 4Sg5Sc. -: i " 'Flaxseed No. 1, $1.12; No.'l-Corthwestera, $1.18. .-,--: , Mess pork Per barrel.-$16316.15. Lard Per 100 pounds, $77587.S-. . Short ribs sides Loose, $7.757.M. Short clear sides Boxed, $7.876S1 ' ' Clover Contract grade, $11.23. Flour, . barrels Wheat, bushels . Com, bushels ... Oats, bushels ... Rye. bushels ..v; Barley, bushels . 22.006 17,300 110,400 164.S0O 1,406 - 0,31X1 .-Grain and Produce at-Nw York. NEW TORK. Feb. 27. Flours-Receipts. 17, 677 harrcls; exports, 4600 barrels. Market quiet but firm. Minnesota patents, &.20Q5.70; Minnesota bakers, $4.20g,-L70; Winter stents, $5.20C.OO; Winter straights. 5$3.25: Winter extras. $3.004. 't . Wheat Receipts, 16,574 .bushels; ipot quiet; No. 2 red. $1.09 elevator" ondj $1.10 i. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, .51J09' f.'o. b. afloat. Options were irregular QiroUgHout the day. and closed steady at c ne!' Tower. May closed $1.05r July, '$1.01 September,. Jc. Hops Firm; Pacific Coasti 1903 crop, 27634c' 1902. 24627c; olds. 10$15c-"; ".: Butter Firm; fresh creamery, i7g26cr state' dairy, 14622c " Eggs Lower, but steady; Western firsts, 2lc'.- Hldes Firm; California, 21 to 25 pounds, 19c Wool Firm; domestic' fleece. "S'S'Jit. Grain at Sari Francisco.'' ' "-' - SAN FRANCISCO. Feb, .27. Wheat easier." Oats easier. Barley -steady. Spot quotations . r Wheat Shipping. $1.21L32; . milling, $1.4501.57. Barley Feed, $1.1001.11; brewing, $1.17 61.20. Oats Red. $1.3061.35;,. white. $1.2761.40. Call board sales Wheat Easier; May, $1.47. Barley Stcady;(May, $1.08. Com Large yellow, $1.336L40; December, $L41; cash. $1.42." . ' ' European Grain iTarltets. LONDON, Feb. 27. Wheat cargoes on pass age, buyers Indifferent. English country mar kets firm. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 27. Wheat firm. . May wheat. 6s 0d; July, 6s 9d.. Wheat and flour In Paris weak. French, country markets quieter. 4Vneat at Tacoma. TACOMA, Feb. 27. Wheat Unchanged; blue stem, S4c; clubv79c Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 27. The official closing quotations for mining stocks "today were as follows: Alta Andes ... Belchor .. .$ .0 . .4: Hale & Norcross.$ ,9S; Justice .CO Mexican Occidental Con. ODhlr - L75 .82 4.70, .31 .16 .55 -i07 ..52 .05 Best & Belcher.. 2.0? Bullion 11 Caledonia l.lOiOvcrman ...... Challenge Con.. .32 Che.llar .19! Potest Savage Confidence ..... l.lOiSeji Belcher.. Con.. Cal. & Vs. 1.6013'tiRa. Nevada. Sliver Hill Crown Point 23 Exchequer 15 Gould &. Curry.. .4lj Union Con 85 Utah Con .21 Yellow -Jacket. .. '.40 NEW YORK. Feb. Closing quotations: Adams Con $ .10 Ontario ....-.....$4.30 Allco 12 0ph!r t 4.50 Comstock Tunnel .06 Phoenix ,oj Con., CaL & Va. 1.50 Potosl 14 Horn Silver 1.20Pavagc .. 35 Iron Silver 1.50 Sierra Nevada...' .43 Leadvllle Ccn... .02SmaH Hopes 20 Little Chief .07S.ta3jdard 2.50 BOSTON. Feb. 27. Closing quotations: Adventure 2.00Miehigan" $ 4.30 Alloucs 3.30 Mohawk" 4.73 Amalgamated. 46.1'ijOld Dominion.. 10 00 Am. Zinc... 7.50Osceola .54.00 Atlantic .... t:.0Oianvt ....... Bingham lO.OOJQulncy CaL & Hecla. 450.fK)l$hannon Centennial ... 160lTamarack .... Copper Range. 3S.12Trinity Daly West.... 34.00IU. 5. Mining.. S0.00 7.73 .93.00 4.H2 20.00 S.75 32.25 3,00 5.00 71.00 Dominion Coal 54 Ou'C S: Oil Franklin 5.wiutah .... C4.00jVIetorU . 7.WlWInona . 33.12Wo!verine Grancy Isle ltoyale . Mass. Mining Dried Fruit at Xertv York. NEW YORK. Feb. 27 The market for evaporated apples Is quiet and steady. Com mons are quoted at 4-03C. prime 33$jc choice 5CCc and fancy C67c Prunes are firm. Prices range from 3c to 6, according to. grade. Ajsricots are- In very light. supply and rule firm. Chblce are -quoted at 0-10c; extra choice, 10616c and fancy, 12 15c Peaches are firm; chblceVare -.quoted- at 77c; -extra- .choicer. :-75ie5c': anil fancy, 0610c ."23jj2 Downing, Hopkins &Co. EstebMsfee4 1535. WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4. Ground Floor POTATOES SELL SLOWER FAIR PRICES REALIZED FOR ORE 4 GONS AT SAN FRANCISCO. Floods In Sacramento Valley May Force More Rivers on the Market. SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 27. (Special.) Po tatoes ' "are quieter. Sales of Burbanks brought by the Oregon were" slower than expected, . but fair prices " were realized, the .range .beingfrom Slt25 to $1.45 oa the wharf. .River potatoes arc In larger .supply' and easier at $1 to $1.15. Floods In Sacramento River districts may force larger quantities here next week: New potatoes are In mod erate supply,' ijut the demand Is light. The market Is bare of swecta. but a carload Is due Monday. Onions were deleter and about steady. Several hundred sacks of Ore gon sold on the dock thus far at $2.65 for fancy and $2.50 for off grade. Garden vegetables- 'were easier. The first green peas of tho season from across the 'bay arrived and . sold at a. premium. Ab paragus and .rhubarb were la moderate sup ply. - .... . Citrus fruits, bananas and apples, ' were fairly active-- al previous prides. A carload of. Oregon- "Ben Davis apples, unwrapped. Is Selling at $1.23 for four-tier 'and $1 for fuor and a half tlerl Jobbing , orders for all lines of cured" fruits are coming In mom freely, but excepting prunes and raisins stocks are small and well concentrated, and choice gooda are hard to obtain. Apricots are slightly higher. , Recent rains Insure a good crop of 'fruits, should nothing unfavorable happen. The grain market was quiet, with prices easier except. for oats,. Flour was firm, but quieter. Tho . Chip a .steamer took compara tively small shipments. Hay and feed were Steady. - , Butter and egga were lower, under heavy receipts. Ciieese was weak. Receipts. 54,000 pounds - butter; 16,000 pounds cheese, 43.000 dozen eggs. , VEGETABLES Garlic. 566c; green peas, &6"c; .string beana, fi12c: asparagus: 10ft .25c; tomatoes, 75c6$1.50; egg plant. 20630c POULTRY Turkey gobblers. l5lXc; roost ers, bldj $5.5066: do young. $U507.00r "broil ers small. $464:30; do large, $4.5065 i fryers, $5.5066; hens. $567; ducks, old.'' $666.50; do young,. $0.5067150. BUTTER Fancy creamery, 24c; creamery seconds. 21cr- -fancy dairy, 21c; dairy sec onds. 28c EGGS-rSlore. 17618c; fancy ranch. 21c WOOL Lambs. 0610c HOPS 27630c MILLSTUFFS Bran. $20621; middlings. $20 623. HAY Wheat. $16618.50; wheat and oats, $16618; barley, nominal; alfalfa. $13614; clover. $13614.50; straw, choice. 60675c FRUIT Apples, choice. $1; do common. 40c; bananas. $12.C0; Mexican limes, - $666.50; California lemons, choice. $2.50; do. common, 75c; oraages, navek?. 50c6$2; pineapples. $1.50 62.50. POTATOES River Burbanks. $161.15; Sa linas Burbanks. $1.4061.C3; sweets. $2,256 2.33; Oregon Burbanks. $1.2061.50. CHEESE Young America, 11611c; East-era.- 15tf 16c ..." . - RECEIPTS Flour, 23.400 . quarter sacks; wheat, 14,490 centals; barley. 7200 centals; oats, 51Q0 centals; beans, SOD sacks; com, 700 centals; potatoes, 6200 sacks; bran. 13.700 sacks; middlings. 2000 sacks; hay, 453 tons: hides. 953. LIVESTOCK MARKETS. Trices at .. Portland Union Stockyards Yesterday; ' -Receipts at the Portland- Tlnlon Stockyards yesterday vert 8S cattle. 190 hogs and 702 sheep. The following prices were quoted at the yards: CATTLE Best steers,' $1.73; medium, $4; cows, $3.5063.73. HOGS Best large. "fat hogs. $5.75; medium large hogs,. $5. SHEEP Best Eastern Oregon wcthors, $4.25 64.50; mixed Valley sheep. $3.5064.23. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Chicago,. Omaha and - Kansas City. CHICAGO. Feb. 27. Cattle Receipts, 300. Market nominal. Good to prime steers. $4.90 65.T3: poor to medium. $3.5064.60; stockers and feeders. $2.5064.20; cows. $1.3064; heif ers. $264,50; cannegt. $L5062.40; bulbs, $26 4; cilves, $3.5067; Texas fed .steers. $164.60. Hogs Receipts today. 20,000; Monday. 50. 000. ' Market slow and steady. Mixed and butchers, $5.2565.73;' good to choice heavy, $3.7065.0': rough heavy, $3.4065.65; light, $5.2065.55; -bulk of sales, $5".40f5.70. Sheep Receipts; 1000". " Sheep and lamby strong; Good to choico wethers. $4.2564.60; fair to choice mixed. $3.6564.25; Western sheep, $4.2564-75; native lambs, $4.5060; Western lambs. $4.3566.15. SOUTH OMAHA. Feb. 27,-Cattl.e Receipts. 1000. Market unchanged. Native, steers. $3.23 65; stockers and feeders, $264; calves, $3 60.25. Hogs Receipts. 10,500. Market lower. Heavy, $3.4565.35; mixed. $5.355.45; light; $5,156 5:40; pigs, $464.75; bulk or sales. $5.3365.43. .Sheep Receipts. COO. Market steady. West erns. $4.0065.23; wethers. $46-4.40; ewes. $3.23 4.15; . common and 6tocker3, $2.7564.75; lambs. $566.10. KANSAS CITY. Feb. 27. Cattle Receipts, 3000. Market unchanged. Native steers. $3.60 65.15; stockers and feeders, $364.25; Western steers. $3.5064.50; Western cows, $263.50. Hogs Receipts, 4000. Market eteady to strong. Bulk of sales. $5.2065.55; heavy, $5.40 60.60; packers. $5.3065.40; pigs and lights, $4.3065.30. . Sheep Receipts., none. Market nominally steady. Coffee and Sagar. NEW YORK. Feb. 27. Coffee futures closed steady at a decline, of 15625 points. Sales, 35,000 bags. Including March, 3.30 5.50ci May, 5.553.7.Qc; July. 5.S360c; Sep tember, "6.0560.25c; December, 6.30c Spot Blo, steady; No. 7 Invoice, 6 ll-IOc; mild, steady: Cordova, "l013c Sugar Raw, firm; fair refining, 2c; cen trifugal 96 test, 3c; molasses sugar, 2c; refined, firm; No. 0, $4.10; No. 7, $4.05; No. 8. $4; No. 9. $3:03; No. 10. $3.90; No. 11, $3.83; No. 12. $3.S0; No. 13, $3.73; No. 14, $3.70.- Confectioners A, ' $4.35; mould A, $4.85; cut leaf, $5.20; crushed, $5.20; pow dered, $4.60; granulated. $4.50; cubes, $4.75. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Feb. 27. There was only a moderate business reported In' the local mar ket for metals today with prices continuing steady at yesterday's basis, with the excep tion of tin, which ruled- rather easy at 27.73 62S.12c for spot. Copper was quiet at 12:50 g 12.75c for lake and 12.37 12.67c for electrolytic and casting. Spelter, firm; spot. 5.1065.15c Lead, 4.5064.00c Iron ruled quiet and nominally unchanged. Dairy Produce at Chicago. CHICAGO. Feb. 27. On the Produce Ex change today the butter market was firm. Creameries. 14626c; dairies, 13622c Eggci weaker; lS619c Cheese, firm; 10611c New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Feb. 27. The cotton ma-vt closed. steady with prices S 10 points higher. February; nominal; March, 14.4Sc; April, -13.67c;r-JIay. Mlcj June. 14.78c; July. 14.7Sc: August, 14.27c; September. 12.Slc; Chamber of Commerce October, li:iJ3c Spot cotton, closed quiet; middling uplands. 15.10c; do Gulf, 13.25c No sales. Impgrts and Exports. NEW YORK. Feb. 27. Total Imports of dry . goods and general merchandise at the Port of New York for the week ending to day were valued at $15,177,753. Exports of specie from New York for the week were $1,179,376 silver and $65,622 gold. Imports of specie at New York during th week were $17,664 gold and $449 la silver. Hop Contracts Filed. , SALEM. Feb. 27. (Special.) Hop con tracts were filed here today as follows: Louis Eppcrs to T. A. Llveslay & Co., 10,000 pounds at 15 cents. David Pottorft to T. A. Llveslay & Co., chattel mortgage on 6000 pounds. A. J. Cona to T. A. Llveslay & Co., chattel mortgage on 8000 pounds. Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 27. Wool, nominal; ter ritory and Western medium. 15610c; fine me dium. 15617c; fine. 156iec . New Corporations Formed. SALEM, Feb.' 27. (.Special.) Articles of Incorporation -were filed In the office of Secretary of State Dunbar this week, as follows: Hood River. Development Company. Ho3d River; $50,000; Joseph F. Batchel der, Henry E. Dosch, George T. Prather. Oregon Sand. Lime and Brick. Com pany, Baker City; $25,000; Louis Som mer, E. E. Angell, 1L F. Bennett, Wil liam Bennett. 1 - Huntley Brothers Company, stationery, Oregon City; $25,000; William. A. Hunt ley, Clyde G. "Huntley, Harry A. Draper. Condon Milling Company, Condon; $25. 000; W. N. Brown, Maggie K. Brown, G. J. Brown. Blue Bucket Gold Mining Company, La Grande; $50,000; J. C. Smltht, T. S. TIH son. M. D. F. Andrews. . Bennett-Antcrson Company, printing. Portland; $10,000; E. F. Bennett. I. M. Bennett. A. S. Anterson. . Vcrstng-Gor Brick Company, JPortlahd; $25,000; G. W. Yerstug. Marlon Verstug, Angus Gor. . . Munroe Land Company, Portland; 51000; F. F. Freeman, J. C. Veazle, Iva M. Hodges. Wilderman Free Gold Extracting Com pany, Portland; $2000; G. W. Wilderman. J. M. Leezer, George P. Lent. . St. Johns Shipbuilding Company, Port land; $10,000; John Maxwell, Edwin G. McKay, George J. Cameron. Twin Rocks Gold Mining & Milling Company, Corvallls; $1,500,000; Lewl3 Hartley. -Wallace Hartley, W. B. Hartley. Llewellyn Telephone Company, Llewel lyn; $400; Eli Perkins, H. A. Bower, Otto Petzold. . Umpqua Water, Light & Power Com pany, Roscburg; $100,000; Fred J. Blake lev. T. R. Sheridan. Dexter Rice. FREE DAILY QUOTATIONS ALL STOCKS TRADED IN ON THE MINING ZXCHANGE IN NEW YORK. SHEET MAILED REGULARLY ON REQUEST. Special Prices Marconi, De Forest, PARA RUBBER, and all unlisted stocks. 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CHICKSSTCR'S ENGLISH OrlfiaAl nad (lair Cnntn SAFE. AjiMliiu. La4Ux.uk Drant for CHICHESTER'S IwiGLISH. In RED ud Gold urtalUe boxu. Iti vius fclurlMxra. Take ao 0U101-. Scrota iascerqns nttitatoa ontl lailta. Uaa. Ba j f jomr Drotflrt. or KOd 4o-la uati ter Particulars, TeaUsaoalaU ud " Relief Tar Ladle," n Uar, by re turn asall. 1 0.QOO TMU&aolaU. SoilbT iBDnuiN. ChlelieatcrOhemlealCek, Kastlea tkla sir. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. COLUMBIA RIVER SCENERY (0fc PORTLAND to THE DALLES R Regulator Line Steamers DA1L7 ( E1GEPT SOKCAT) 7 A. H. DIRECT UfiE Ur Maffett's, St Hsrlla's ini Codas' H3 Sprinss. Connecting at Ly'p, Wash., with Colum bia RlTcr & Northern Ry. Co. for Golden dale and Klickitat Valley points. T.r.inr foot of Alder street, phone Mala 014. S. M'DOXALD. Axest. For South - Eastern Alaska LEAVE KEATTT.P a Kt rteamships COTTAGE CITT or VALENCIA. February 12, 19. 28 and March 4, 11. IS, TJS. rftcainrs connect at aaa Francisco with company's steamers for ports in Cali fornia. Mexico and Hum boldt Bar. For further in formation obtain folder. ........ IU UULOKI steamers or sailing dates. TICKET OFFICES. Portland 249 Washington st. Seattle 113 James st. and Dodc San Francisco....... ,-.10 Market at. C- D. DUN ANN. Gen. Pass.' Agt, 00 Market st-. San iranclsco. rtrin 1 XKAYJSLXKS- 6UIDX SHGip- Line a Union Pacific 3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY Through Pullman standard and tourist oleep tax cars dally to Omaha, Chicago. Spokane; tourist sleeping-car dally to Kansas City; through Pullman tourist sleeping-car (persoa ally conducted) weekly to Chicago, Kansas City. Reclining cbslr cars (seats free) ta the East dally. UNION DEPOT. Leaves. Arrtrea. CHICAGO-PORTLAND 0:15 A. M. 5:2i P. M EPECLVL for tha East Dally Dally. tlx Huntington. SPOKANE FLYER. 7:45 P.M. 3:00 A. if, fcr Eastern Waahlnx- Dally. Dally, ton. Walla WsUa. Lew Iston, Goeur dAlent and Great Northern points. ATLANTIC EXPRESS 3:15 P. M. 9-00 A. M. tor the Eait via. Hunt. Dally. Dallr. ington. OCEAN AND 1UV1M1 SCHEDULE. FOl: SAN FRAN- 3:0U P. M. 5:00 P. M, CISCO. S. S. Geo. W. yrora Elder. Fab. 6, ItS. 20- Alula S. S. Columbia. Feb. Dock. 1. 11. 21. FOR ASTORIA and s.tM P. M." iXO P. M way polnu. connecting Dally. Dally, with, steamer for II- except except kaco and North Beach, iurJay. Sunday.' steamer Hassalo. Ash Saturday ureet dock. lu:oO p. M i'UK DAUOS. utc- .:00 A.M. 3:30 P.M. gon City and Yamhill oaUy DaUy . River points steamers -xceot except Modoc and Elmore, iuaaky. Sunday. Asb-streat dock iwater Cr.). FOR LBWISTON . M boUt Idaho and way polnu. 'n.fc 5 :0O P. M. trom Rlpaxia. Waab.. elephone Mala T12. l'OltXLANU t ASIATIC t1 COAU'ANV. " For Tokobamx and Hung Kong, calling at Kobe. Nagasaki and Shanghai, taxing frelga; via connecting steamers for Manlli, ' Port Arthur and Vladivostok. Ior rates and full Information call on 07 addrn ofnclala or agents of O. R. t N. Co. EAST via SOUTH Union Depot. OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS, for Salem. Rose burg. Ashland, Sac 7:45 A. M. ramento, u g a e n. San Francisco. Mo- Jave. Los Angeles, W faso. .New Or leans and the East. Morning train con nects at Woodburn S0 A. M. 7.-O0P. M. (dally except Sun lay) with train for Mount Angel. Sll- verton. Browns ville. Springfield, Wendllng and Na tron. 4:00 P. y Albany passenger connects at Wood- 10:10 A. M. burn with Mt. Angel and buverton locai. ':30 A. M. Corvallls passenger. 5;50 P. M. i!-:00 P. M. Isberldan passenger. i 13:25 A. M. Daily. UDally. except Sunday. PORTLAND-OSWEGO SUBURBAN SERVICE AND TAMHILL DIVISION. Leave Portland dairy for Oswego at 7:30 A. M., 12:60. 2:05. 35. 5:20. 6:25. 8:30, 10:10 P. M. Dally, except Sunday, 5:30. Q:30. 8:35, 10:25 A. 3L. 4:00. 110 P. M. Sunday, only. 0 A. M. Returning from Oswego, arrive Portland daily 8:30 A- M.. 1:55, 3:05. 45. 6:15. 7:35; 0:55. 11:10 P. M. Dally, except Sunday, 6:25. 7:20, 9:30. 10:20. 11:45 A. M. Except Monday. 12:23 A. M. Sunday only, 10:00 A. M. Leave from same depot for Dallas and Inter mediate points daily except Sunday, 4:00 P. M, Arrive Portland. 10:20 A. M. The Independence-Monmouth motor- line oper ates daily to Monmouth and Alrlle. connecting with S. P. Co.'s trains at Dallas and Inde pendence. ' First-class fare from Portland to Sacramento and San Francisco, $20; berth, S3. Second-class fare, 15; zecond-class berth, $2.50. Tickets to Eastern po!nl3 and Europe. Also Japan. China. Honolulu and Australia. CITY TICKET OFFICE, corner Third and Washington streets. Phone Main 712. TIME CARD OF TRAINS PORTLAND Depart. Arrive. Puget Sound Limited for Tacoma. Seattle. Olympla, -.s South Bend and Gray's Harbor points 8:30 am 5:30 pm North Coast Limited for Tacoma. Seattle. Spokane. Butte, St. Paul. New York, Boston and all points East and South east 3:00pm 7:00am Twin City Express, for Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane. Helena, SU Paul. Minne apolis. Chicago. New York, Boston and all points East and South east 11:45 pm 7:00 pra Puget Sound-Kansas Clty St. Louis .Special, for Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane, Butte, Billings, Denver, Omaha. Kansas City. St. Louis and all points East and Southeast 8:30 am 7:00 am All trains dally except on South Bend aT rx CHARLTON. Assistant General Pas senger Agent, 255 Morrison st., corner Third. Portland. Or. Ticket Office 122 Third St. Phene 65) 2 TRANSCONTINENTAL O TRAINS DAILY d, Direct connection via Seattle or Spokane. Tor tickets, rates and fall information call on or addrcs3 H. Dickson, 0. T. Portland, Or. JAPAN'- AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP IYO MARU For Japan, China and all Asiatic points, will leave Seattle ABOUT MARCH 9th. Astoria Sc Columbia River Railroad Co. 1 yjxnzt -i i jT6REATQRTHRH Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives. Daily. For Maygers. Rainier, Daily;. Clatskaale, Westport, Clifton, Astoria. War- ' 8:00 A. II. ronton, FlaVel, Ham- 11:10 A.M. tnond. Fort Stevens. Gearhart Park. Sea- , 9 side, Astoria and Sea shore. ' Express Dally. 7:00 P.M. Astoria Express. 0:40 'P. M. Dally. C A. STEWART, J. C. MAYO, Comm'l Agt.. 24S Alder st. O. F. & P; A. Phone Main OOtS.