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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1904)
13 THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER IS, 1904. HOP PRICES STAND Market Holds Its Own Despite Attacks by "B ears, SLUMP LESS THAN EXPECTED Steadiness Shown by Holders Prom ises to Carry Values Unaltered Through the Critical Period Conditions in the East. Aside from the frequent Inquiries from the East, which have not, however, resulted In business, the hop market has undergone no change this week. The presence of buying or ders, even at a lower figure than previous. has had the effect of giving a better tone to the situation, but the most encouraging fea ture by far ha been the fact that the slump has not been more marked. Many dealers looked for price to break to the 25 -cent level. but an casing off of only 2 cents represent the total decline from the top price as a re sult of the bears' campaign. That they did not succeed In hammering the market down further shows that the growers' have pre wrved a eteady front and is the best Indlca Hon that the crisis In the market will be passed without serious depreciation of values. Nearly all the hops' that changed hands In it past fortnight were held by dealers who from business reasons found it expedient to let go. Supplies In farmers' hands remain r radically as they were on the first of the month. It is conceded, however, that the next two weeks will be the most trying- time, as past experience has shown that there has always been more or less pressure to sell Just before the close of the year. If any growers In this slate are forced t sell for financial reasons. It can only be at the sacrifice of values. . Most of the holders, however, are understood to be well able to carry themselves through and It Is believed that New Tear's will seo prac tically the same prices 'as are nowquoted. This will hardly result otherwise than in material advance when the market resumes Its activity in January. ' Below is given a resume of the conditions In the East and some advice to Oregon hop k rowers by a well-known New York dealer whs was In this state earlier In the season: Oneida. N. Y.. Dec 10. (To the Editor.) 1 arrived In New York City December 1. Had a fine trip all the way around. I And somo less doing in the hop market than when I loft Portland. However, the tone of the market Is decidedly strong and dealers are looking for much higher prices than have yet been asked. There are only 5000 bales left In llrst hands in the state and very few in speculators' hands. It Is now generally conceded by dealers here that all the early estimates on the New York state crop were too high and the consensus of opinion now la that New York State did not have to exceed CO.000 bales In JSXM. The consumption of hops In America 04.000 bales a year of 185 pounds to the bale. We have already exported 50.500 bales of the lOOt crop. "vVe will allow most liberal cell males all around, us follows: Allowing New York State 60.000 bales. Call fornla 60,000 bales, Oregon 80.000 bales and "Washington 35.000 bale, which aggregates 235.000 bales, and taking the 59,500 bales al ready exported only leaves 175.500 bales for our own consumption, a shortage of 28,500 bales now providing we don't ship another bale. And all late English reports say they have plenty of room there for several thousand more American balrs, and will have to nave them. So here Is the whole thing In a nutshell, and If the Coast growers holding hop 'now will only stand together for a few months longer, they are bound to get very much higher prices than those now ruling. They have everything to gain and nothing to lote. I feel very friendly toward the Oregon and Washington growers, and hope they will take Advantage of the opportunity now before them and not offer their goods at any price, but await developments which are sure to follow. Most of our brewers aro carrying very light stocks and will have to buy heavily before March. I now look for eomo Improvement In the market In January. "My advices to you all the Fall have developed most satisfactory, and I hope you will now take advantage of the situation and keep your goods out of the market. To make a healthy market it must have Its reactions; it cannot continue to bound up without some plight setback. There Is a ready demand hero for states at 30ff35 cents. B. J. SMITH. Eugene Growers Out of Market. EUGENE. Or., Doc 17. (Special.) While the hop market Is attracting attention throughout the Northwest, there is nothing at all doing here About 1400 Dales are said to be held in this vicinity by growers, but there 1 no anxiety exhibited by them, and they are not trying to push them Into the market. Buyers are few, and their offers of 28 and 20 cents are not listened to In the least, and no business Is being done. Hold ers express confldenco that they will get bet ter offers than any they have received. New York Hop Quotations. NEW YORK. Dec. 17. Hops Quiet; state common to choice, 1904 crop, 29 32c; 1903 crop. 30 53c; olds, 14c Pacific Coast. 1904 crop, 29'30c; 1903, 3033c; olds. 14 17c PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain. Tlour, Teed, Etc Trading In the local wheat market continues quiet and dealers expect that but little more will be done this month. There Is apparently no inducement to either buy or sell at present. WHEAT Export values, Walla Walla, file; bluestem. 85c; milling. Walla Walla. S5c; blue stem, SSffOOc; Valley. 87c; Eastern basis. BARLi. J: Feed, rt per tun; rolled, $23.50 OATS No. 1 whlU, $L301.32; gray. L.saox-4u per ceniau FLOUR Patents. $4.0504.65 ser barrel: straights. $4.30 4.45; clears, $3.8594; Val ley, tt.iugpt-zo; jjaKota nara wheat. $9,509 7.50; Graham. $3.5004: whole wheat. HQ 4.2:; ry flour, local. $4.50; Eastern, $sc D.1U. MILLSTUFFS Bran. $19 per ton; mid dllnge. $25; shorts. $21; chops. U. S. Mills, RIB; Unseed dairy food, $18; linseed ollmeal. ittc per poena. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 90 pound sacks. $6.75: lower grades. $5,750 0.25 1. oatmeal, steel cut. 50-pound sacks, $S per barrel: 10-pound, sacks. $4.25 per bale: oatmeal (ground), 50-pound sacks, $7.50 per barrel; io-pouna sacra, per oaie; spilt peas, $4.50 per 100-pound sack; 25-pound boxes, $1.25; pearl barley, $1 per 100 pounds; 25-pound boxes, $1.23 per box; pastry flour. io-pouna sacks, $z.&v per pate. HAT Timothy. $1410 per ton; clover. $12913; grain. $12013; cheat. $i2g;i3. Vegetables. Fruit. Etc Business was decidedly slack in fresh pro duce yesterday. Supplies were ample and the assortment varied, but retailers had done most of their buying on the day before The holi day trade 1 expected to open up briskly Monday. VEGETABLES Turnips. 31 per sack: car- rota, $1; beets, $1.25; parsnips, $1.23; cab- sage. ic; lettuce. neaa, l&c per cozen; paraey, -uc aosen: tomatoes, ji.za pt crate: cauliflower. $1 per dozen: egg plant. 10615c per pouna; celery. 5070c per dor.; cu cumbers, ivuioc per jaozen: peas, ey be per pouna; oeaun, grcca. c; wax. c: pumpkins. ipic per puunu, peppers, oc per pouna. ONIONS New, $22.15. buyers' prices. HONEY $3&3.25 per case. common. COS 65c. buyers price; Merced aweets. 1MK1HC (layer Muscatel raisins. 7c; nnbleacbed ee&lesa bUitanas, oc; ianacn layers. J-crown, whole boxes of 20 pounds. $L85; S-crown. $1-70. DRIED FRUIT Apples, evaporated. 69 Sc par pound; sundrled, sacks or boxes. Bone; apricots. 10011a: peaches. 9910c; pears, aone; prunes. Italians, 45c; Frsnch, 5S4c; ngs, California blacks, 6c; d white, none; Smyrna, 20c: Fara dates. 6c; plums, pitted, Cc. DOMESTIC FKUITS Apples, rancy. 1.50; clean. 75c; wormy, 2550c per box; ngs. X5c6J5ou per dux; crapes, uau fornla. 2l.25fi1.65: pears, pound. ?5cSl; cranberries. ?a.50Sll per barrel; persimmons. zi.25 per box. TROPICA!. FRUITS Lemons, fancy. $33 3.75; choice. 12.75 per box; oranges, new na vels. I2.50ff2.75: mandarins. 0070c per box; tangerines. l..l3- per dox; gnipeirvu, 3.50 per box; bananas, 525l,4c per pound; pomegranates, $2.25 per box. Butter. Eccs. I'onltrj. Etc In spite of good receipts, nearly all the poultry on Front street cleaned up early In the day Arrivals of Oregon eggs were better, but the demand took all offerings at firm prices. Butter was unchanged. The tone of this market is weak. EGGS Oregon ranch, 3232V4c; Eastern. 25c. CHEESE .full cream twins. 13ai5c: Younff America. 12fl5VzC liLi'i'J tH City creameries: Extra cream ery, 30c per pound; rancy creamery, 22H 26c. State creameries: Fancy creamery. 259 "Ac: California, fancy, creamery. -2526c: store butter. 12314c. POULTRY Hens, lieilfcc: old hena. 10O lOHc; mixed chickens. O&D&c: old roosters. thiUbc: do young, eeiuc: springs, iv, to 2-pound, 0lt&llc; broilers, 1 to lV4-pound, 12t413c; dressed chickens, ll12c; turkeys, live. Spring. 1617c; do dressed, ISSJ'l&c; do choice. 2021c; geeae. live, SgOc; do dressed. 104i'12Vic: ducks, old. StJS(j.50: do young, as to size, $7 8; pigeons. S1L25. GAME wild gece. ii&z.zu: aianara aucKs, $2.5033; IVldgeon. $202.50; Teal. 51.5022. Hods. Wool. Hides. Etc HOPS Choice. 28S30c; prime. 27025c per pound. tVOOLr valley, iv3vc per pouna; Asvcra Oregon, i017c; mohair. 25&20a per pound tor choice. HIDES Dry hides. No. L 16 pounds and up. 15Q1&HC per pound: dry kip. No. L 5 to 10 pounds. 12c; dry calf. No. 1, under 6 pounds, 16c; dry. salted bulls and stags, one-thl.-d lesi h.n iirv flint: salted hid os. steersi sound. 7 3 pounds and over. 6tHc; & to 60 pounds. 7 (J tic, under 50 pounds and cows. 6Vi7c; stagi and bulla, sound, 4cHy&', kip, sound, 16 to 20 nnitnc "?(- under 10 nounda. 8s: irreen fun- tatted)' c oer oound lees: culls, lc per wound: horse hides, salted, 51.&0CJ2 each; dry. J1Q l.&O each; coits- maes, ;oc eacn; goaisaina, common. 10315c acb; Angora, with wool on, 25cJL TALLOW Prima, per pound. Q5c; No. 1 and grease, 2HS3a. Groceries. Nuts, Etc. COFFEE Mocha. 26028c: Java, ordinary. 10020c; Costa Rica, fancy. 1820c; good. 10018c: ordinary. 10 & 12c per pound; Co lumbia roast, cases. 100b. $13; 50s. J 13:25; Arbuckle. 515.38: Lion. $15.38. RICE Imperial Japan, No. 1, &S.37&; South ern Japan. 93.50; Carolina, 4?i&Cc; broken head. 2 "Sic SALMON Columbia River. 1-pound tallr J 1.75 per d.zen; 2-pound tails. $2.10; 1-pouC flat. $1.85; fancy 1-pound fiats, jl.SO; im pound flats, $1.10; Alaska pink. 1-pound tails. S5c; red, 1-pound tails, $1.45; cockeyes, ' 1 pound tails, $1.75; 1-pound flats. $1.85. SUGAR Sack basis. 100 pounds: Cubs, $6.50; powdered. $6.25; dry granulated. $6.15; extra C. $5.65; golden C 95.55; fruit sugar, $6.15; advance over sack basis as fol lows: Barrels. 10c: half barrels, 25c; boxes, 50c per 100 pounds. (Terms: On remittance within 15 days, deduct Mc per pound; If later than 15 days and within SO days, de duct He per pound; no discount after 30 days.) Beet sugar granulated, $6.05 per 100 pounds; maple sugar. 15 18c per pound. SALT California. $8.50 per ton; $L30 per bale; Liverpool. 60a, $15.50; 100s. $10; Swt, $14.50: bait-ground. 100s, $5.25; 50a. $5.75. NUTS Walnuts. 13c per pound by sack, lc extra for less than sack; Brazil nuts. 15c; Alberts. 14c; pecans. Jumbos. 14c; extra large, 15c; almonds. 1. X. L.. 10;q; chestnuts, Italians, 15c; Ohio. $4.50 per 25-pound drum; peanuts, raw. 7Vic per pound; roasted. 9c; pinenuts. 1012fec; hickory nuts. 7c; cocoa nuts. 855J90c per dozen. BEANS Small white. Do: large white. SJjc; pink. 3cy bayou. 3Hc; Lima, 5Uc Meats znd Provisions. REEF Dreeejed itiCc per pound. MUTTON Dressed. 4&5J4e per pound; lambs, CViGCc per pound. HAMS Ten to 14 pounds, 12?lc per pound: 14 to 16 pounds. 12c; 18 to 20 pounds. 12ic: California (picnic), 8c cottage hams, 9 lie; shoulders, 9c; boiled bam, 21c; boiled picnic ham. bonelestf, 14c VEAL Drcteed, 100 to 125. 77c per pound; 125 to 200. 5Q6c; 200 and up. 3;4c. PORK Dressed, loo to 150. CQ6c per pound; 150 and up, 5S6c. BACON Fancy breakfast. 18c per pound; standard breakfast. 17c; choice, 15c; Eng lish breakfast, 11 to 14 pounds. 14c; peach ba con. 13c . SAUSAGE Portland ham, 12c per pound; minced ham. 10c; Summer, choice dry. 17Hc; bologna, long. 6c; weinerwurst, 8s; liver, 6c; pork, 9c; blood. 5c; headcheese, 12c; bo logna sausage, link. 4c DRY-SALTED MEATS Regular short clears. 10c salt, 11c smoked; clear backs, fifric salt, 10&C smoked; Oregon export, 20 to 25 pounds, average. 10c ealt. 11 c smoked; Union butu. 10 to is pounas. average, oc salt, uc smoked. PICKLED GOODS Pickled nigs' leet. -har. relf. $5; -barrels. $2.75; 15-pound kit, $1.23; pickled tripe, -barrels. $5; U-barrels, $2.75; 15-pound kit. $1.25: pickled pigs' tongues. r barrels. $6; U-barrels, $3; 15-pound kit. $1.50; pickled lamna" tongues, -narreis. $s; -barrels. $5.50; 15-pound kits. $2.75. LARD Kettle-rendered: Tierces. SVic: tubs. 10c: 50s, 10c; 20s. 10c; 10s. 10c; 5s. 104 c Standard pure: Tierces, 9c; tubs. 9'Ac; 60s, BUc: 20s. 9Sc: 10s. Uuc: 5a. OUc. Compound: Tierces, ow, tups, o,c; wi, ci ius. 7Hc; w, c. ' on. GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cases. 24o: lroa barrels, 18c; Sd degrees gasoline, cases, fc-c; Iron barrels or drums. 26c COAL OIL Cases, 21 w. iron parrels, loc; wood barrels, none; 63 degrees, cases. 22c: barrels. 18c Washington State test burning oils, except headlight. c per gallon higher. LINSEED OIL Haw. barrels. &4c; cases, dc Boiled: Barrels. 50c; cases, 61c. One cent lesj In 250-rail cn lota. TURPENTINE Cases. 85o: barrels. Sic WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7fcc; CvO-pousd, Ic; less than 500-pound lata. Sc. LIVESTOCK MARKET. Prices at Portland Union Stockyards Yes terdXy. Receipts at the Portland Union Stockyards yesterday were 150 cattle, 60 sheep and 165 hogs. The. following prices were quoted at the -yards: CATTLE Best steers,- $3.253.50; medium $2.754f3; cows. 52&2.50. HOGS Best large, fat hogs, $5.25; light hogs, $4.2534.75. SHEEP Best Eastern Oregon and Valley, $3.25S.r0; lambs, $3.25. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current Ln Chicago, Kansas City and Omaha. SOUTH OMAHA. Dec 17. -Cattle Receipts, 400. Market nominally steady. Native steers, $3.2534.25; cows and heifers, $2.5023.90 Western steers, $2.90?-1.70: Texas steers. $2.75 03.75; cows and heifers, $2.3008.30; canners. $1.5092.25; stock era and feeders. 52.5Off3.S0 calves, $205.25: bulls, stags, etc., $L25&3.75. Hogs Receipts, 6500. Market" 5c higher, Heavy. $4.40&4.50; mixed, $4.4264.43; light, $4.454.50; pigs. $434.40; bulk of sales, $4.4234.45. Sheep Receipts, 2200. Market unchanged CHICAGO. Dec 17. Cattle Receipts, 400. Market eteady. Good to prime steers, $6$7 poor to medium, $3.7555.75; stockcrs and teed' era, $2.1034.15; cows, $104.10; heifers, $1.75 5; canners, $132.50; bulls, $24; calves, $3.5037. Hogs-iRecelpts today, 19,000; Monday, 45, 000. Market steady. Mixed and butchers, Sl.35i34.65: irood to choice heavy. S1.55S4.57U rough heavy. $4.354.45; light. $1.3034.55 bulk of sales, $4.5034.60. Sheep Receipts. 3000 Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice wethers, $4.4035.25 fair to choice mixed, $3.6034.60; Western sheep, $435.50; native lambs, $537.15; West ern lambs, $536.75. KANSAS CITY. Dec 17. Cattle Receipts, 150. Market unchanged. Hogs Receipts, 3000; 5c. higher. Bulk of sales, $4.3534.60; heavy. $4.5534.65; packers, $4.4534.00; pigs and lights. $3.4034.50. Sheep No receipts. Market nominally steady. SEATTLE PRODUCE MARKETS. Jobbing Qu(t?.tIons of the Paget Sound city. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 17. (Special.) The following are today's produce quotations In this city: WHEAT Club, S9c; bluestem. 91c OATS White, per ton, $2S329; gray, per ton, 26(f26. BARLEY Feed, per ton, $23$24. HAY Timothy, per ton, $1920; clover. per ton. $14g15; grain, per ton, $14 15. POTATOES Fancy, "per ton, $203'22 ONIONS Fancy, per cwL. .$2.2502.50. BUTTER Fancy creamery. 3032c ranch. 20630c. EGGS Best ranch, per dozen, 373Sc APPLES Fancy, per box, $ 101.23. Imports and Exports. NEW YORK. Dec 17. Total imports of dry goods and general merchandise at the port of New York for tho week ending today were valued at $13,733,493. Exports from New York for the week were $1,798,312 gold, and $838,530 slh-er. Imports of specie at New York during the" week were $8038 sUvar and $60S,S77 gold. BREAK IN AMALGAMATED TAKES ENTIRE STOCK WITH IT. DOWN Heavy Selling of Leather on nouncement of Proposed Reorganization. An- NEW YORK. Dec 17. The stock market gave evidence of further strength and growth of confidence today, but when Amalgamated Copper began to run .down hill In the final transactions, the whole market promptly re sponded, thus demonstrating the Influence still held In the market by that stock and by the operations that have recently centered in lt. The closing was in. consequence wtek, the most conspicuous strength of the day being shown by the United States Steel stocks re garding which there were many reports cur rent of an Intended resumption of speculative operations for a rise- as well as large orders for steel rails and other products. An announcement of a proposed reorganiza tion of the United States Leather Company was the signal for some heavy selling of those stocks, which seemed to indicate dissatisfac tion with the plan on the part of the stock holders. The weakness of its shares had some sentimental effect, on the general list and the higher tendency with which the market opened was not resumed until support was offered to the leather stocks. The final selling move ment left many stocks below last night. The movement was narrow throughout, except in special stocks for the most part not of first Importance. Tho $22,000,000 loan contraction disclosed by the bank statement was the result of the stock market liquidation in the latter part .of last week and the first part of this week. The nominal change In the cash Item was about as expected. The raising of the surplus re serve item by over $5,000,000 to above the figure of the corresponding week for two years.past need not be a matter of Indifference wltVtpld exports in progress and the end-year rraulr'-mcnts approaching. . But the extreme ase tf the present money market leads to either way. It was after the appearance of the s atement that prices began to droop. Sterling exchange was strong and rose 23 points. Total sales of bonds, par value, 2.030,000. The opening of the week gave every ap pearance of a renewal of stock market de moralization as acute as that of Thursday of last week. In fact, the closing prices on Monday were far below the closing on the preceding Thursday, owing to the entire lack of resiliency In the market. There were some stocks which were lower than the low est of the preceding Thursday In the opening break on Tuesday of this week. But at that level perfect support was accorded the market by measures concerted among the great finan cial Interests to save the market from dis aster. Large attention has been centered in the financial district on the lurid proclamation and counter proclamations Incident to the conduct of the campaign 'which has extended Into foreign stock markets. The facetious opinions which were professed of. this episode in the market d!a not wholly conceal the anxiety which It caused. Meantime, there was no change In the tenor of the news affect ing values of properties and the uninter rupted progress of the Improvement In con ditions. The recovery of the foreign exchange rate to the 'level permitting gold exports was without apparent effect on the money market, which would be the direct channol to the effect on the stock -market. The foreign trade for No vember, results of which were reported through the Government agency during the week, is regarded as adequate explanation of the movement. The excess value of merchandise exports for November proves to be less than for the preceding year by over f20,000,000. But this showing la due almost -wholly to changes In the Import showing, notwithstand ing the notable fall in value of exports of bread stuffs and of cotton. Tho value of Im ports reached $93,157,656, which is close to the maximum for any month and compares with a total of $77,000,000 In November of last year, which was the smallest for any month In over two years past. Bonds have moved In sympathy with stocks. United States bonds are unchanged on call for ths week. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. bid. Atrhtmn 9.600 b5 JSSti do preferred boo lira ltr-ft Baltimore & Ohio.... 14.400 101 100 lWft do preferred Canadian Pacific 2,600 131 1S0H 130ft Central of J iw iwjs ji Chesapeake & Ohio.. 2.000 4oii. 4a 4B Chicago & Alton 800 43 42 42 do preferred IB Chi. Great Western.. 7.000 23 1.600 207 22 22 Chi. & Northwestern. 204 20i! Chi., Mil. & St. Paul. 0,b00 170 160Ji 160 nfif fM 1Q1 ie do preierrcd Chi. Term. & Trans.. 100 2,600 500 400 12 12 12 do preferred ....... 21 90 31 00 22fc, 21 C. C. C. &. St. L-... 0 Colorado boutnern .. do 1st preferred.... do 2d preferred Delaware & Hudson. Del.. Lack. & West.. 22 07 35 165 185 330 600 186 D. & R. G. pfd... Eric do 1st preferred. do. 2d preferred.. Hocking Valley . do preferred .... Illinois Central .. Iowa Central 00 8S4 37 75 56 SS 88 37 36 74 74 . 19,200 . 1.900 900 800 100 55 55 91 92 OO 81 92 92 . 6,500 155 154 154 600 29 29 23 do preferred Kan. City Southern.. 800 294 29 do preferred 400 54 53 B5i 29 53 Louisville & Jiashv.. I4iji nw HU Manhattan L. 400 164 163?i 163i Metrop. Securities - Metropolitan St. Ry.. 1.900 121 120 120 Mexican Central . W Si' 21i Xltt Minn. & St. Louis... M-, St. P. & S. S. M. do preferred Mlsourl Pacific Mo., Kan. & Texas.. do preferred National of Mex. pfd. New York Central... Norfolk &. Western.. do preferred 300 64 63 63 200 bU SU'A 2 100 146 146. 140 6.700 108 107& 107 1,100 31 31 31 1.100 63 100 40 7,400 141 2.000 784 63i 63s 40 40 139 140 77 78 2 43 43 1304, 136 Ontario & AVestem Pennsylvania P.. C. C. & St. L.. Reading 1.400 44 23,400 137 76 10,800 79 7S 78 do 1st preicrrea do 2d preferred..... 100 82 Rock Island Co 15.900 33)1 82 33 82 33 do preferred 83 St. L. & S. F. 2d pfd. 400 67 67 67 El. L. souinwesiern. w do preferred 400 5S 67 23 57 Southern Pacific .... 11.800 63i 62 62 118 34 do preferred 2.600 118 118 5.200 32 34 700 88 96 1,500 85 34 Southern Railway ... do preferred Texas & Pacific Toledo. St. L. & W.. BtfV. 34 200 S6 36 do nref erred 200 54 54 63 Union Pacific 28,600 111 110 110 ao prererrea va Wabash 1.00 22 22 22 do preferred 600 44 43 434 Wheeling & L. Erie 18 Wisocnsln Central .. 300 21 21 do preferred 500 45 44?4 21 43 Express companies- Adams American United Stataes Wella-Fargo 238 100 2094 2094 208 118 139 Miscellaneous Amalgamated Copper 35.100 69 " 67 Amcr. Car & Foundry 2.600 35 33 do preferred 3.200 92 92 American Cotton Oil American Ice 2.200 8 7 67 33 JWU. 33- silt do preferred 600 39 39 SS American Linseed Oil 10 'do preferred - 30 American Locomotive 1.P00 33 33 33 do preferred 1.000 102 102 1021 Amer. Sm. & Refining 1,700 S0 80 70 oo-preierrea ...... .w ujk jj Amer. Sugar Refining 3.000 142 f 140 140 Anaconda iiaius vj. juv i Brooklyn R. Transit. 10,400 61 894 50J4 Colorado Fuel & Iron 3.400 40 46 4 Consolidated Gas 1,000 202 201 201 Com Products do preferred Distillers' Securities. General Electric v.. . International Paper.. do preferred International Pump.. do preferred National Lead North American .... Pacific Mall People's Gas Prewed Steel Car.... do preferred Pullman Palace Car. Republic Steel do preferred ....... Rubber Goods d preferred. ..... - 200 76 78 700 33 37 11,000 186 185 1.800 24 24 100 77Vi T74 200 40 40 ""lOO 23 23 000 101 101 78 37 186 24 771 30 85; 300 44i 44 800 10654 106 44 106 1.100 39 lOO"" 90 100 233 1.400 16 900 68 100 27 3U 90 233 16 esu at Tenn. Coal &,'Jron..V 1,700 70 U. S. leather.,.. 123.200 101 do preferred Jl... Xh S. Realty 12.200 102 101 U. S. Rubber 800 do'pref erred 300 U. S. Steel 71.500 do preferred 72,600 32 32 93 93 30 29 W t 81 32 92 29 IH eg 233 1554 68 27 72 71 16 131 Westlnghouse Elec. 2.600 165 181 'Si Western Union loo ihh sm Total sales for the day. 654,700 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. Dec 17. Closlnr Quotations: U. S. ref. 2s reg.l04H C. & N. W; C. 78.129 do coupon ...1044 D. & R. G. 4S..102U UVS. 3s reg 104 N. Y. Cent- Ists.lOIJi do coupon ...104H Nor. Pacific 3s v. 73 H do' 4s ... .....105 So. Pacific 4s. 93 Union Pacific 4s.l06 Wis. 'Central 4s. '02 U. 8. new 4s reg.l30i do coupon ...131 U. S. old 4s reg. 103?i do coupon ...1064 Atchison Ad J 4s. 04 U Stocks at London. LONDON, Dec 17. Consols for money. BSU; consols for account, 83. Anaconda ..... 5iNor. & Western- 80 Atchison . 87T4 do preferred 95 do preferred Bait: a. Ohio , Can. Pacific Ches. &. Ohio ..f03 ...103 ...134 ... 49K Onr. & Western 45 70 11 40 45 Pennsylvania . . Rand Mines Reading C Gt. Western. 23U do 1st pref .. do 2d pref . So. Railway ... do preferred . C., M. & St. P.. 174 DeBesrs IS 31 90 38 77 D. & R. G... do preferred. Erie .'. do 1st pref .. do 2d pref .. .- 08 ..113 So. Pacific ... Union Pacific do preferred 07 56 U. S. Steel 30 do preferred .. 04 Illinois Central. 158 L. & N. ... M.. K. & T 143Wabash 22 32 I do preferred ..45 N. Y. Central... 142 Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK. Dec 17. Money on call, nom inal; no loans. Time loans, easy; 60 days, 00 days and six months. 3S3?i per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 434 per cent. Sterling exchange strong, with actual busi ness In bankers' bills at $4.8750 for demand and $4.848034.8155 for 60-day bills. Posted rates, $4.8534.8S. Commercial bills, 34.84 4.64. - Bar silver. 6034c Mexlcan dollars, 4SUc Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, firm. SaN FRANCISCO, Dec 17. Silver - bars, 6034c: Mexican dollars, 50351c Sight drafts, par; telegraph drafts, 2c. Sterling on Lon don, 60 days $4.844: lRt, $4.fl7Si. LONDON, Dec 17. Bar silver, steady, 28 1-1 Ol per ounce: money, 22V1 per cent. The rate of discount ln the open market for short bills Is 2 13-1632 per cent: the rate of discount In the ppen market for three-months' bills Is 232 15-16 per cent. Bank Clearings. The clearings of the leading cities of the Northwest 3'esterday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland $574,941 $112,374 Seattle ts,u io.ioo Tacoma oo3.joj . Spokane 668,182 279,306 The clearings of Portland.x Seattle and Ta coma for the week were: Portland. Seattle. $ 822.U34 1,103.733 Tacoma. $ 602.178 Monday $ 910.894 Tuesday 957.010 Wednesday. . . 673.028 533.077 938.4B1 5S5.402 529.143 530.431 Thursday 632,210 709.417 Friday ooi.oo Saturday 674,911 653.153 6S4.91B 603.205 Totals $4.369.737 $4,912,344 $3,284,380 week ln Clearings for the corresponding former years were: Portland Seattle. $2,102,210 2.186.497 2.972.258 . 4.382.00S 4.134.382 Tacoma. 1899... . ...$2,136,131 ... 2.645.323 3.544.239 ... ,3.438,681 ... 3.625.516 $1,077,819 1.162.459 1900 1901 1902 1903 1.168.716 2.132,138 2,070,884 NEW YORK BAI5K STATEMENT. Shows Continuance of Loan Liquidation and Deposit Shrinkage. NEW YORK. Dec 17. The Financier says The statement of the New York clearing house banks for the current week is note worthy as marking a continuance of the loan liquidation and deposit shrinkage, both im periling the Increase ln the surplus reserve without the addition of actual cash. The esti mated movement of money last week showed a loss or little, If any, cash, but the statement of averages revealed a decrease of almost $300,000,000. Loans contracted $22,031,700. an unusual figure, and deposits fell off $21,922,500. The loss In the latter, of course, made the re quirements of cash which the banks hold as a reserve on deposits much smaller, and this explains the increase of $3,181,425 In excess reserve, that item now standing at $14,546,625, tho highest reached since the closing of Octo ber. In the period named, however, . specie and legal tenders held by the banks have' de creased about $29,000,000, while surplus re serves have fallen off only $2,250,000. This rather anomalous movement Is accounted for by the decrease of $108,000,000 ln deposits and $82,000,000 ln loans. Just what portion of these decreases Is to be accounted for by actual liquidation and what portion by shift ing of loans to trust companies is uncertain, but that a large percentage is to bo attrib uted to such shifting is not to be denied, par ticularly since the stock market has been active during much of the time. s In the current statement it Is noticeable that operations of the larger banks go to make up many of the more Important decreases. Prob ably liquidation In the market will be urged as a reason for the falling off of the totals, but other forces must have been at work also. It Is Interesting commentary on the situa tion to note that the deposits of the clearing-house banks are now lower than at any time within eight months, while not since June 25 last, or, roughly, ln six months, have loans been as small as reached npw. This Indicates either that heavy borrowings earlier In the season have been liquidated, or transferred to other institutions. The more re cent stock market activity remains, on the face of this showing, almost wholly unaffected, so far as loans are concerned. The New York banks have been drawing cash steadily from the Interior for a number of weeks and thero la nothing that foreshadows a change ln this respect. The statement of averages of the clearing house banks of this city for the week shows: Decrease. Loans Deposits Circulation $1,060,075,700 $22,031,700 21.922.500 246.400 523.300 822.500 299,200 . 1,096.117,500 42.7B0.0W Legal tenders Specie Reserve .7 Reserve required.... Surplus Ex-U. S. deposits.. Increase. 77.433,400 211.142.600 2SS.576.000 274.029.375 14.546.625 20.302.150 5.181,425 5,160,450 Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 17. Official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Andes $ .SOlJustlce $ .09 Belcher 19 Mexican ... .... Occidental Con.. Ophlr Overman , L15 Best. & Belcher. 1.00 .18 Bullion .24 3.35 Caledonia Challenge Con... Chollar ... . . . . Confidence ... . Con- Cal. & Vo. Crown Point ... Exchequer .43 .211 .22 .15 .08 Potosl Savage Seg. Belcher ... Sierra Nevada .. Silver Hill .14 OA .03 L60 .13 .43 . .38 .52 .4 Union Con Gould & Curry - 19Utah Con. .01 Hale & Norcross l.OOiYellow Jacket .15 NEW YORK, Dec 17. Closing quotations: Adams Con. . . . Alice Breece Brunswick Con.. Corns rock Tun... Con. Cal. & Vs., Horn Silver Iron Silver Leadvllle Con... $ .20 .60 .10 .12 Little Chief Ontario . . . Ophlr ... . Phoenix . . . ...$ .05 ... 3.50 ... 3.20 ... .08 OS Potosl ... .14 1.60Savagc 1.55S!erra Nevada 22 .42 1.90 Small Hopes .20 .0! Standard . . . 1.60 BOSTON, Dec. 17. Closing quotations: Adventure ...$ 5.75 Mohawk ..... $ 50.30 4.88 AUouez 18.00 Mont. C. & C-. Amalgamated. 66.75 Old Dominion. 23.75 Am. Zlpc 12.50 Atlantic 16.50 Osceola , Parrot , Qulncy , Shannon 02.50 96.50 Bingham .... 34.63 105.00 Cal. & Hecla.. 643.00 0.50 Centennial ... 25.50 Copper Range. 06.50 Tamarack Trinity 118.00 10.73 Daly West.... 125.00! U. S. Mining., Utah 24.30 Dominion Coal 66.00 42.2 Franklin 11.00 Grancy 5.00 Isle Royals .. 2.50 Mass. Mining. 8.75 Victoria 4.23 Winona Wolverine 12.13 105.00 'ew York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Dec 17. Cotton futures opened firm at an advance of 8314 points. and closed with prices well up to the initial figures. December. 7.56c; January. 7.51c; March, 7.80c; April, 7.87c; May, 7.93c; June. 7.99c; July, 8.04c; August, 8.03c; October 7.9Sc. Spot closed quiet. Middling uplands, 8.05c; middling Gulf, 8.35c Sales, none. Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Dec 17. Wool Steady. Medium grades combing and clothing. 23329c: light. fine. 18322c; heavy, fine, 14516c; 'tub washed. 27341c, EXCITEMENT IN BITTER SAN FRANCISCO PRICES. ADVANCES South Drawing Too Heavily on North ' ern Territory Concerted 1 Action Taken by Wholesalers. SAN" FRANCISCO, Gal.. Dec 17. (Special.) The local butter market Is excited and high er. Owing to the drouth ln Southern Cali fornia, Los Angeles Is drawing so heavily on the producing sections tributary to San Fran cisco and offering such premiums for the; ! here are forced to protect themselves. Con- twieu ftcuuii was laxen ai a meeting ui mi principal wholesalers this afternoon and the selling price of creamery extra was raised- to 25 cents, which figure will be maintained next week. Other grades of butter are tend ing up In proportion. Cheese was generally easy. Eggs were firm. Receipts. 42.000 pounds of butter, 15,00 pounds of cheese, 15,000 dozen eggs. Grain speculation was dull and no sales of options were made today, with wheat steady. , Barley was stronger, with $1.13 bid for De cember and $1.134 for choice spot feed. Some dealers assert that the stiffness of the market will check the Oriental demand, which was a featuro of the barley trade this week. Oats were Ann. Hay shows steadiness. Trade In fresh fruits Is increasing as the holidays approach. Choice apples and oranges are now bringing steadier prices. Tropical varieties are In ample supply. Dried fruits are dull as usual' at this time with prlcea firmly held. Nuts are in good demand and firm. Fancy potatoes are selling readily at sus tained prices. Stocks of ordinary Burbanks are liberal, buP a steadier tone la noted. Onions are firm, but less active. Hops are steady. VEGETABLES Garlic, 436c: green peas, 437c; string beans, 410c; tomatoes, $11.50; egg plant, 5S9c POULTRY Turkey gobblers. 18320c; roost ers, old, $434.50; do young, $505.50; broilers, $4.50; hens. $535.50; ducks, old. $53J; do young. $i53S. CHEESE Young America. 1112c; East ern, 1315c ' BUTTER Fancy creamery. 25c; creamery seconds, 20c; fancy dairy, 19c; dairy seconds, 17c EGGS Store, 27 330c; fancy ranch, 40c. ;OOL Lambs'. 16318c. HAY Wheat, $10gl4; wheat and oats. $10 12.50; barley. $9310; alfalfa. $gll; clover, $738; stock, $57; straw. 40363c. MILLFEED Bran, $18ffl9; middlings, $258 23. HOPS 1904. 26329c FRUIT Apples, choice, $1.25; do. common. 60c; bananas,' $133; Mexican limes. $4; Call fornla lemons, choice, $2.75; do common, $1; oranges, navels, $12; pineapples. $1.5023.50. POTATOES Early Rose, $1.2031.20: River Burbanks. 40380c; Rlycr reds, CO65c; Sa linas Burbanks. $131.50; sweets, 403 5c; Ore gon Burbanks, 85c$1.10. RECEIPTS Flour, 1700 quarter sacks; bar Icy. 1625 centals: wheat. 1518 centals; oats. 529 centals; beans. 3773 sacks; corn, 4260 centals; potatoes, 4677 sacksV middlings. 975 sacks; bay, 230 tons; wool, 64 bales; Hides, 441. UNDERTONE IS WEAK. Bearish Sentiment Prevails in the Chicago Wheat Pit. CHICAGO, Dec 17. A weak undertone pre vailed In the wheat market from the start. As a result of lower cables and because of Improved weather conditions southwest, there was general selling at the opening. Re ceipts A the Northwest were liberal and this contributed to tho 'bearish -sentiment. Initial quotations on May were down ic to c at $1.10431.1L There was little support until May had dropped to $1.1031.10. Prices hov ered around this point the greater part of the day wlthonly a moderate volume of business. News from the Northwest was less bullish than of late, the demand for cash wheat at Mln neapolts being reported much lighter. Pros pects of a large increase ln the visible supply did not tend to encourage bull enthusiasm. feature of the trading was covering by 6horts In the December option. The result was slight net advance ln the price of that deliv ery. Distant deliveries benefited to some ex tent by the comparative firmness of December, but the general undertone at the close was weak. Final quotations on May were 4c lower at $1.10. The com market was without special fea ture. May closed ,3c lower at 43c. Trading ln oats was extremely dull. May closed unchanged at 31U631?4c Provisions were easy on a lack of support from packers. Trading was very quiet. May pork closed 10c lower, lard was down 5c and ribs 587c lower. The leading futures ranged as follows WHEATv Open. High. Low. Close. $L08i $1.09 1.10 1.10 .08 .9S?s .45 .43 .43 .45 .45 -.454 .20 .20 .31 .31 .31 .31 12.47 12.47 12.82 12.83 6.80 6.80 7.07 7.07 6.42 6.45 6.72 -6.75 December ....$1.04 $1.10 May 1.104 1.11 July 93 .95 CORN. December 45 .45 May 45 .45 July 45 .45 OATS. December- 29 .20 May July 31U .31 .. .31 .81 MESS PORK, ..12.55 12.55 ..12.02 12.95 LARD. .. 6.S5 0.85 .. 7.10 7.12 SHORT RIBS. .. 6.47 8.47 January . May January May ... January May 0.77 6.72 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Steady: Winter patents, $4.5036: do straights. $4.8033; Spring patents, $4.9035.50 do straights, $4.8034.90; bakers'. 33.1033.80. Wheat No. 2 Spring. $1.0SI.14; 4o.-3. 93c $1.10; No. 2 red, $1.1231.14. Corn No. 2, 45Q46c; No. 2 yellow, 45310c. Oats No. 2, 29c; No. 3 white, 30330ic Rye No. 2. 73074c. Barley Good feeding, 3733Sc; fair to choice malting, 41348c. Flaxseed No. 1, $1.18; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.20. Timothy seed Prime, $2.72. Mess pork Per barrel, $11.25311.57. Lard Per 100 pounds $8.75. Short ribs sides Loose. $0.25g6.50. Short clear sides Boxed, $8.6236.75. Clover Contract grade, $12.75. Receipts. Shipments, Flour, barrels Wheat, bushels Corn, bushels Oats, bushels . 18,400 5.700 03.000 .521.000 755.400 - 2.000 40.400 299,200 14,400 4.400 Rye. bushels Barley, bushels 70,800 16.600 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK, Dec 17. Flour Receipts. 1 600 -barrels; exports, 7500 barrels. Quieter. but not quotably lower. Minnesota patents, $5.9536.10; Minnesota bakers, $6.-0S6.75; Win ter patents, $5.5035.85; Winter straights. $5.25 65.40; Winter patnt extras, $3.253.30c Winter low grades, $3.4534.10. Wheat Receipts. 15.000 bushels. Spot easy No. 2 red, nominal elevator and $1.16 f . o. b, afloat: No. 1 Northern Daluth. $1.22 f. afloat; No. 1 hard Manitoba, nominal f. a afloat. A sharp break occurred In wheat to day, resulting fro'm liberal Northwest receipts, poor cables, weak outside markets and good snows in the West. The market closed U3Xc net lower. May closed $1.12. July closed $1.02H. December closed $1.16. Hides Quiet. California. 21325 pounds, 19c Toxas dry, 24330 pounds, 24c. Wool Firm. Domestic fleece. 32335c. Petroleum Steady. Grain at San Fran Cisco. . SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 17. Wheat and bar ley, inactive. Spot quotations Wheat: Shipping, $1,450 1.50; milling. $1.3231,65, Barley: Feed $1.1131.134; brewing, $1.1531.17. Oats Red. $1.27Cfl.50: white. $1.4231.51; black, $1.2731.62. Call-board sales Wheat. May, $1.44 ' bid December, $1.44 asked. Barley, December, $1.13 bid; May. $1.084 bid. Corn, large yellow, $1.3031.-10. European Grain Markets. - lu.nuua. j-ec u. wneat cargoes on passage, quiet and steady; English country markets dull. Imports wheat into United Kingdom, 962, 000 quarters; flour, 150.000 barrels. LIVERPOOL, Dec IT. Wheat oulst Downing, Hopkins & Co. Established 1893 WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4, Ground oor March, 7s 2d; May. 7s 2d; wheat and flour in Paris, steady; French country mar kets, steady: weather in England, 'overcast. Wheat at Tacomal TACOMA. Dec 17. Wheat, unchanged; bluestem, SSc; club, 85. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. Dec 17. Important support was evidently making for coffee futures today. The close was firm at . a net gain of -510 points. Sales were reported" of 138.000 bags. Including: January, 7.357.45c; March, 7.65 75c: May. 7.953c; July, 8.038.15c; Sep tember. 8538.S5c: November. 8.50c Spot Rio, steady; No. 7 Invoice. 8c; mild, firm; Cordova, 10313c Sugar Raw, firm; fair refining, 4c; centri fugal 96 test, 4c. Molasses sugar, 4c Refined, firm; No. 6. 5.05c; No. 7, 5c: No. 8, 00c; No. 9. 4.85c; No. 10. 4.80c; No. 11. 70c; No. 12. 4.60c; No. 13, 4.35c; No. 14. 60c; confectioners' A, 5.50c; mold A. 6c; cut loaf 6.33c; crushed, 6.35c; powdered. 75c; granulated, 5. 65c; cubes, 5.70c. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK, Dec 17. The market for evaporated apples continues quiet. Common are quoted at 34c; prime, 44c; choice, 55c; fancy, 66c. Prunes show no change either as to gen eral conditions or ln pojnt of quotation. which range from 2c to 6c for California grades with Oregon varieties ranging up to 4c for the larger sizes. Peaches, quiet, with choice at 9c; extra choice. 10 011c. and fancy. ll12c. Apricots are firm on small offerings; choice, 10c; extra choice, 10 11c, and fancy, 11 15c. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Dec 17. Local metals were dull today without reflecting any change in general tone or price from last reports. Iron showed a firm undertone with quota tions unchanged. Copper, dull and nominal, with official quotations as follows: Lako, 14,37 315.12c; electrolytic, 14.7515c; casting, 14.50 14.75c. Tin, spot. 29.25 29.60c Lead, 4.60 4.70c. Spelter, 5.755.S7c Dairy Produce In tho East. CHICAGO. Dec. 17. On the produce ex change today the butter market was steady, Creameries. 16326c: dairies. 16322c. Eggs Lower at mark. 19323c. Cheese Steady, 11 12c. NEW YORK. Dec. 17. Butter weak. Extra creamery, 26g26c; common to extra, 1216c dairy, 1524c Cheese Unchanged. Egge Weak. LIST OF CHKISTHAS BOOKS. Library Posts Bulletin Recent Ac cessions to the Shelves. Posted at the library there is a good Christmas list which will be of interest to old and young and particularly to teachers. The new accessions follow Bibliography. Wegelln. Oscar, comn. Early American poetry K010.811 W411 Child Study and Ethics. Hall. G. S. Adolescence 150 U176 Altgeld. J. P. Cost of something-for notb ins 170 A460 Sociology. Henderson, C. R. Social settlements. 331 H406 Madison. James. Writings of James Mad ison, v. 3 303 M182 Thwlng, C. F. College woman 373 T548 Zoology. Bullen, F. T. Denizens of the deep. 500 B93 , Useful Arts. O'Connor, W. D. Heroes of the storm. 614.8 018 u. S. Patent office. Decisions of the com mlssloner of patents for the years 1869 71 R608 U5S Fine Arts and Amusements. Church. S. R. Baseball, v. ). R797 C562 Murray, a. S. Sculptures of the Parthe non 733 MUSIS Paret, J. P. Lawn tennis, to which is added a chapter on la crosse by w. H. Maddren 790 P223 Literature. Dodgson, C. L. Hunting of the snark and other poems and verses by Lewis Car roll: 111. by Peter Newell 821 D843 Dorr, J. W, Babylon OSll D710 Lowell, J. R. Early prose writings 814 L915e Lucas, E. V., comp, Book of verses for children -.il.OS L033 Perry, Blss. Amateur spirit 814 P402 Phillips, Stephen. Sin of David... 822 P563a (Description .nd Travel. DuChaillu, P. B. Land of the long night. C 914.71 DS20 Fairbanks, H. W. Western United States: a geographical reader 010.7 F164 Lewis. Meriwether, and Clark, William. Original Journals of tho Lewis and Clark expedition. 1804-1806; ed. by R. G- Thwaltes, v. 1 R917.8 L673 MacCoun, Townsend. Historical geogra phy of tho United States R911 M131 Renan, J. E. Letters from the Holy Land 914.5 R393 History. Blgelow, Poultney. History of the Ger- man struggle for liberty, v. 3.. 943.06 B302 Morlce. A. G. History of the nor.thern Interior of British Columbia, formerly New Caledonia, 1660-1880 071.1 M834 Sanborn, F. S. New Hampshire. .974.2 S19S Fiction. Dillon, Mrs. Mao. Rose of old St. Louis, DZ Kipling. Rudyard. Traffics and discov 9r eries . K57t Rlis, J. A. Is there a Santa Claus?. . .R5721 Books for Children. Bunyan, John. Pilgrim's progress: ill. by George Wooliscroft, Frederick and Louis Rhead -' jRB942p Hawthorne. Nathaniel. Wonder book; ill. by Walter Crane JR933 H399w White, Mary and Sara. Book of children's parties J793 W5S3 CB0WN PKDTCE TO WED. Luiz Felippe Has Won Hand of Granddaughter of King Edward. LISBON, Dec. 17. The "Diaro de Notl cias." which is considered the official or gan. Its chief editor beine a member of the Ministry, publishes the following, un der the heading of "Marriage of the Prince Royal." "The trousseau and other preparations for the separate establishment of His Royal Highness, Prince Luiz Pilippe, are far advanced. There appears to be no doubt that a marriage is to take place between the Prince and a granddaughter of the King of England. . "It is said that the present visit of their majesties to London is connected with tho proposed marriage, which Is to take place two years hence, after his royal highness' 19th birthday." This Idea has quite taken root here. FUGITIVES KNOW FATE SOON British Court Will Pass on Greene Gaynor Case Tomorrow. LONDON, Dec 17. The Privy Coun cil, which yesterday began hearing the appeal of the United States against the decision of the Justice of the Crown at Quebec in the case of Green and Gay nor, adjourned at the conclusion of ar guments today. Judgment will be ren dered December 19. - Donald McMaster, Iv. C., of Montreal, concluded his argument jn bohalf of tjie "United States today, and was fol lowed by Herbert H. Asquith, former Home Secretary, representing the two respondents. Mr. Asquith contended Chamber of Commerce there was no ground for the interven tion ol the Privy Council. The most their Lordships could do was to express an abstract opinion on the case. Mr. Asquith complained of the form In which the American Government had presented the case. It seemed to him highly improper. He read a paragraph in the American printed case, ' com mencing: "Whether the Judge in the discharge of his duty,'- and ending. Nor indeed do they think It necessary to do so." Mr. Asquith said he "considered it was a serious matter that suggestions of this kind should be made in a printed document in a legal Inquiry of this description. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Salisbury. concurred, saying: "The suggestion contained in that extract Is absolutely Irrelevant to the question of legality. must deprecate the introduction of such matters into the appellant's case. They cannot affect our judgment on It3 merits." Bled to Death on Street. EUGENE. Or., Dec. 17. (Special.) Charles Savage, a young man about 24 years old, who has been engaged carry ing the malls from the postomce to the trains, died suddenly and in a startling manner on tho streets, about 8 o'clock; this evening. He was Just leaving the postofflce when he was taken with a se vere hemorrhage. His condition was at once noticed by passersby, who started: to take him to Linn's drug store, just around the corner, but before they could get the young man to the drug store he had expired. It is not known that he was ever before afflicted with hemor rhage. Mrs. Young Lucy, I'm afraid I marrlad. the wrong man. Mrs. Elder Don't let that disturb you. dear; every woman who mar ries does that. Boston Transcript. o 0HMISS1 GRAIN and STOCK BROKERS We Charge No Interest for Carrying Long Stock Genera! Office lo MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. . K. Allien, Correspondent. Boom S, O round Floor, Chamber of Commerce. 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