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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1905)
f THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBBUABY 19, 19Q3. 16 UNION PACIFIC UP Sharp Advance in the Stock on Large Dealings. SUSTAINS REST OF MARKET Northern Securities and Great North jrn Preferred Also Move Upward Brisk Buying for For- eign Account. NEW TORK. Feb. 18. Union Pacific ex tended its remarkable advance today on large dealings and served as a moderately sustain ing Influence for the rest of the stock market. Itn rise to 12S added nearly three points to its previous record on this movement, and Northern Securities on the curb and Great Northern preferred on the exchange kept It company. Buying for foreign account was an Important element in the movement. It was believed that the small effect on foreign mar kets of the tragedy In Russia prompted buying of stocks, but the demand for the Northern Securities group' was more adequately ex plained by the knowledge that favorable state ments of the earnings of the constituent com panies were published in London this after noon. Southern Pacific and St. Paul made moderate responses to Union Pacific, but there .was not much In the market otherwise outside of specialties. Stocks connected with the leading industries were strong and there were rumors of plans for combination. The discussion of a possible ctrikc or the New I lav en firemen -was an In fluence in the market. There was a special movement Jn Chicago Great Western and rumors were current of a probable absorption of thla property in the interest of larger com peting systems. The bank statement was more favorable than expected, the contraction in the loan item coming as a surprise. The de cline in the cash reserves also was hardly as largo as anticipated. Union Pacific closed buoyantly, but some pressure at pthor points tnadc the general closing Irregular. Total eales of bonds, par value, $830,000. The occasional strength shown by stocks this week has been most marked in special Blocks and has been maintained with reac tions at times, and with steady realization in eome stocks at all times. The realizing was in stocks that have enjoyed wide advances in the previous trading and the selling repre sented profit-taking. The strength in Individual canes, while it did not carry the whole mar ket with it. was efficacious in supporting prices. The result has been an appearance of strength In the whole market. The volume of the trading has fallen off to some extent and the speculative spirit has been somewhat restrained. Industrials, and especially those of a lower grade, have been conspicuous in the week's trading, and have moved without public knowledge of developments to account for their ection in most cases. Kumors of proposed dividend declarations on stocks which at pres ent receive no disbursements have played a prominent part in the speculative influences. Low-priced railroad stocks which receive no dividends have harcd in tbc movement, while the higher-priced stocks, which were long and active and strong, were held at narrow fluc tuations. Union Pacific was a prominent ex ception an exception which was of notable effect in keeping up the tone of the whole list.- The driving in of a short Interest was an influence on the price and was a factor in the failure of a stock exchange house. But rumors of the benefits to accrue to the com pany after the distribution of Northern Se curities assets continued to play a potent part. .The ample resources offered in the money market supplied the means for operating on easy terms and the cessation of the foreign demand for our gold was the Immediate de velopment of most influence on money. The favoring Unfluenccs from abroad have included the peaccVumora. which have been current in every capital of the old world, and which have been reflected in a movement of Government (securities more impressive than any since the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan. Wall xtret haji elven a share of its atten tion to affairs at "Washington and has beenx Bncllned to interpret events there In their pos sible bearing on the prospects for railroad rate legislation. Thus the friction between the President and the Senate has been consid ered as a possible obstacle to the passage ot railroad rate legislation and has had some effect on the demand for stocks in that view. Shifting- views of the outlook of this Ques tion and the investigation by the Department of Commcrco of the Standard Oil Company wore minor influences during- the week. The dispute over tho control of the Equitable Life Assurance Society has been followed with In terest throughout the financial world. The patching up of the difficult Is regarded with relief. Tho tone of bonds has been firm. United States new la advanced & per cent on call on the week. STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. bid. Atchison .". 2.200 87 S7!,i 87 do preferred 700 102 101? 101 'Atlantic Coast Line.. 121 Baltimore & Ohio.... 0.S00 104& 103 10 do preferred 87 Canadian Pacific .... 3.000 137& 136 lSTJi Central Of N. J 600 200 109 1&9 Chesapeake & Ohio.. 000 50 &0& 60 Chicago &-Alton 41 do Dref erred - 80 Chi. Great "Western. . 17,000 24W 23& 24 Chi. & Northwestern. SOO 237VI 230 237 Chi., Mil. & St. Paul Chi. Term. & Trans.. 4,200 170 170 XiWi 100 18 18 18 do preierred -no s C C-, C. & St. It.... 700 00 Colorado & Southern. 800 20 do 1st preferred.... 200 U3 do 2d preferred 100 37 Delaware & Hudson. 800 192 Del., Lack. & "Wert Denver & Rio Grande do preferred 100 88 Erin .. 18.700 4 do 1st preferred.... 400 S0 34 34 96 00 20 63 37 191 37 191 355 32 87 44ft 79 88 44 80 do 2d preferred l.w nn 64 4 Hocking Valley 00 do preferred 91 Illinois Central Iowa Central do preferred ....... Kan. dty Southern. do preferred ....... "Louisville & Nosh v.. Manhattan L. Metrop. Securities... Metrojolltan St. By.. Mexican Central Minn. & St. Louis... M.. St. P. Si S. S. M. 1.200 1LS L7 157 29 55 32 31 07 67 137 137 172 173 81 81 321 121 22 22 58' 100 32 2,000 08 1,500 138 600 173 400 81 2.800 122 1.000 22 105 Missouri Pacific .... Mo.'. Kan. & Texas.. do preferred National Mex. pfd. . New York Central... N. Y.. Ont. & West Norfolk & Western.. do preferred Pennsylvania P.. C. c. & St. L.... . Reading do 1st preferred.... do 2d preferred.... Bock Island Co do preferred fit. L. & S. F. 2d pfd. St. L. Southwestern.. do preferred Southern Pacific do preferred . . . Southern Railway .., do preforred Trxun Pacific Toledo. St. L. & W.. do preferred TJnlou Pacific , do preferred "Wabash do preferred ,. "Wheeling & L. Erie. "Wisconsin Central .. do preferred Ksprcsa companies Adams American .... 31 64 41 147 51 t3 02 139 81 04 03 00 34 81 70 20 63 J8 34 97 30 128 991 19 24 53 245 237 "United States 200 133 132 "Wells-Fargo 245 Miscellaneous Amalgamated Copper 5,400 74 73 74 Amer. Car & Foundry 600 34 Zi 34 do preferred S3"A American Cotton Oil. 3,600 36 35 355; do preferred . 85 American lea a do preferred , 400 39 39 39 American Linseed OU T100 16 16 16 do preferred ay American Locomotive 4,700 41 40 40 do preferred 100 111 nVi 111 Amer. Sm. & Refining 12,600 RS 87 8S uw. jircicrrco ....... ouv noli US Amer. Sugar Refining 1,400 144 143' Am. Tobacco pf. cert. 1,600 98 07 Anaconda Mining Co. 117 143 07 100 2U Brooklyn Tt. Transit. 2,400 Colorado Fuel & Iron 5.300 Consolidated Gas ... 4,000 Com Products 1,000 do preferred 100 Distillers' Securities. 700 112 62 31 50 50 204 20314 204; 20 20 20 77 77 77 38 3S 38 000 105 105 2.666 1 07 100 1,700 31 31 400 65 64 "766 147 147 20.000 51 60 2.000 83 82 17100 139 130 24,6o6 04 03 "b'.OOO 35 34 100 70 7014 "i'.soo 63 eV" 6S.000 6S 65 200 120 120 1.600 34 34 266 30 30vi 400 3G 30 100 55 55 16.700 128 126 .000 100 09 400 Vtt "46 300 19 10 300 24 24 700 53 53 General Electric .... 300 1ST ISOfc 188 lnternat onal Paper .1 ZIVs do preferred 774 International Pump. ..... 38 do preferred ....... SO National Lead 10,100 37 34 36 North American 102 Pacific Mail 100 4T 45 47 People's Gas 1,200 107 106 10C Pressed Steel Car.... 700 87 S7 37 do preferred 200 8S 83 87 i-Diiman i-aiace jar. ic -'43": -M.iwj Republic Steel 000 18 IS 17 500 70 75 75 floo 2G 2i -joy do preferred Rubber Goods do preferred - Tenn. Coal & Iron... "U. S. Leather do preferred U. S. Realty U. S. Rubber do preferred ....... U. S. Steel 200 2,500 07 9 sc 81 12 305 00 43 114 31 04 81 12vi SOV'i 400 .2.000 103 105$ iHfl I0 83 2.790 43 SOO 115 23,400 824 43 114 31 1 do preferred.. 7,300 JM5 A h. -Carol inn Chemical 700 ssu. S3 do preferred 200 loo loou loaw Westlnghouae ECec 78 "Western Union 200 93 83 03 Total sales for the day, 520,400 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. Feb. 18. Closing quotations: U. S. ref. 2s rcg.104 do coupon t..l01 U. S. 3s reg.-...103 do coupon ...103 U. a new 4s reg.131 Atchison AdJ 4s. 07 D. & R. G. 4s. .101 N. T. Cent. lsts. 09 Nor. Pacific 3s. 77 do 4s 103 So. Pacific 4s... 06 Union Pacific 4s. 108 Wis. Central 4s. 04 do coupon ....131 U. S. old 4s reg.105 do coupon ...105 Stocks at London. LONDON, Feb. 18. Consols for money, 00 U; consols for account, 00 5-40. Anaconda 5 Atchison S9 Nor. & Western. 85 do pref e red .. 94 do preferred. .10j Ont- & "Western. 52 Bait. & Ohio... 100 Pennsylvania .. 71 Rand Mines .... 10 Reading 48 do 1st 3ref ... 47 do 2d pref ... 46 So. Railway ... 35 do preferred ..100 So. Pacific 08 Can. Pacific ...140 Clies. & Ohio.. 51 C GU "Western. 24 C M. & St. F.180U DcBeers 18 D. & R. G 33 do preferred . 80 Erie ... .. 45 do 1st pr"f .. Slj do 2d pref ... 00 Illinois CentraT..lCl- L. & N 141 M., K. & T.... 32 N. T. Central.. 131 Union Pacific ..120 do preferred ..100 U. a Steel 33 do preferred ..07 Wabash 23 do preferred .. 47 Money, Exchange, Etc NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Money on call, nom inal; no loans. Time loans, steady; 60 and 00 days, 8 per cent; Six months, 33 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 34 per cent. Sterling' exchange steady, with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at $4.8755 to $4.6760 for demand, 'and at $4.6530 for GO days. Posted rates. $4.86 and $4.8S. Commercial bills, ?4.844.S5. Bar sliver, 61c Mexican dollars, 47c. Government bonds, easy; railroad bonds, steady. LONDON, Feb. la Bar silver, steady, 2Sll-16d per ounce. Money. 23 per cent. The rate of discount In the open market for short bills la 2 per cent; the rate of discount in, the open market for three-months bills is 22 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 18. Silver bars. 61c; Mexican dollars, 50c Sight drafts, 10c; telegraph drafts, 12c Sterling on London," 60 days. $4.86; sight, $4.8S. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the leading cities of tho Northwest yesterday were as follows: Clearings. ...$733,500 ... 669,213 435,276 ... 413,323 Balances. $383,808 132.893 40,079 66,882 Portland Seattle .. Tacoma . Spokane Clearings 'of Portland, Seattle and Tacoma for the week were: Portland. Seattle. Tacoma. (Holiday) $ 627,493 678.4S 441.052 448.SS4 435.276 Monday .... Tuesday ... "Wednesday.. Thursday .. Friday Saturday ... Total $ 842.110 $ S08.875 562,543 558.300 627,626 741.530 733.500 743,212 795.684 673.440 782.255 669,213 .$4,065,015 $4,474,670 $2,531,191 Clearings for the corresponding week in for mcr years were: Portland. Seattle. 1.631.0t8 1,092.055 2,729.000 3,008,376 3.305.11T Tacoma. $ 704.000 045.481 1.040.200 1.833,810 1.035.481 1900 $1,791.04 1901 1.013,717 1002 2.837.425 1903 3.278. 886 1004 3,078.678 Dully Treasury Statement, WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. Today's statement of the Treasury balances In the general fund shows: Available cash balance. Gold .$129,567,085 . 60.537.S63 NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT. Important Contraction In Loans Is Shown Exports to Cuba Ceased. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. The Financier says this week: One notable feature of the official statement of the New York associated banks this week was a fairly Important contraction in loans for the first time since the beginning of the year. This may reflect 1 eductions In loans which were made advisable because of tho low reserve percentages of some of the banks and possibly It may Indicate that syndicate requirements which hitherto have largely con tributed to loan expansion, have for the pres ent at least been satisfied. The reduction in the cash reserve very nearly corresponded with the average amount of $8,750,000 shipped during the week to Cuba and to Argentina. The ending of this movement to Cuba, the week's exports having fully completed pay ments on account of the loan which was nego tiated last year, will give opportunity for the banks hereafter to accumulate cash through the interbank movement and also through re ceipts of new gold. Though the surplus Is low. indeed the smallest of the year, there seems to be an abundance of loanable funds In the market, judging from the call loan rate. Moreover, as above noted, exports to Cuba have ceased and there seems to bo little probability that those to Europe will be Im mediately resumed. The movement hither of money from the Interior Is likely to be smaller in the near future because of the preparations for the planting season, but the moderate fcttri f rnm Rnitro will ilnnhtlran mnr than offset any unfavorable results of eub- ircasury operations; unereiore a grauu&i aug mentation In surplus may be expected. The statement ot averages of the clearing house banks of this city for the five days of this week show: Decrease. Loans $1,136,012,100 1.102.555,000 42.S52.100 86.380.600 22ri.053.800 307,243.400 29S,138,075 0.204.425 $ a 094,003 10.416,400 Deposits Circulation Legal tenders Specie Reserve Reserve required.... Surplus Ex-U. S. deposits... 173.W0 2.S10.400 1.017.200 4,436,600 2,604.100 1. 832. 500 14.37,550 1.874.900 PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc. "Wheat prices have a very Arm tone, but there Is hardly anything doing in this market. Oats, barley and hay arc also quiet. Flour quotations are expected to advance shortly. "WHEAT "Walla Walla. SSc; bluestem, 95c: Valley. 87c per bushel, FLOUR Patents, S4.60S4.85 per barrel; straights. $4.8054.45; clears, X3.854; Valley, $4.1064.25; Dakota hard wheat. $U.50&7.60: Graham, $3.5034; whole wheat, $404.25; rye flour. local. o; eastern, youz.iv. cornmeal. per case, si.yj. BARLEY Feed. $23 per ton: rolled. $24625. OATS No. 1 white. $l.351.40; gray, $1.40 I.43 per cental. MILLSTUFFS Bran. $19 ner ton: mlddllncs. $25; .shorts. $21: chops. U. S. Mills. $19; linseed dairy roods, linseca ouraeai. car lots. $20 per ton: less tnan car tots, tju per ton. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 00 pounds sacks. $6.73; lower grade, $5C.25; oat. meal, steel cut, 50-pound sacks, $8 per barrel; 10-pound Backs, $4.25 per bale; oatmeal (ground). 50-pound sacks. $7.50 per barrel: 10 round sacks. $4 per bale: split oeas. $4 ner 100-pound sack; 25-pound boxes. $1.1C; pearl caney, 4 per iw pounos; za-pouna Boxes, $1.25 per box; pastry flour, 10-pound sacks, 2.50 ner bale. 1 T AY Timothy, $14C16 per ton; clover, $110 12; grain. $11012; cheat. $12313. Butter, Eggs, ronllry, Etc. Thero is no egg market, strictly speaking. Receipts continue heavy, but there Is no local or shipping demand. Poultry of all kinds cleaned up well yesterday. There was no change In butter. EGGS Oregon ranch. 23c nor dozen. BUTTER Citv creameries: Extra creamery. 32c per pound: fancy creamery. 2530c State creameries: Fancy creamery, 2732c; store uuuer, jj(jn&c; cauiornia rancy creamery, 27c CHEESE Full cream twine. 1314c; Young Aincncas, H(jfioC POULTRY Fanev hen. 13Ufl14? oM 1218c: mixed chickens, 12C12c; old roost- era jwrivitc; ao young. 3iizc: Springs, 1 lo 2-pound. 15918c; broilers. 1 to 1-pound, 21g22c: dressed chickens, 14?14c: turkeys. amc, ioki.c: do dressed, poor. 17918a; do vuuiwv, -wibc; geese, live, &36c; geese. dressed, 11912c; ducks, old, $5.5089: do young. as 10 size, jygo.ov; pigeons, xiqi.3; squam, $282.50. GAME "Wild reese. $464.50: mallard ducks. $3SS.50: widgeon, $1.75tf2; teal. $1.50S1.75; snipe, idctjl. Vegetables, Fruit. Etc. Two cars of bananas In fine condition and a car of mixed vegetables arrived yesterday. The latter cleaned up well. Oranges ire firm and about 15 cents higher. Local stocks are small and few are in transit. Lemons are also Arm. Celery is advancing under a limited supply. VEGETABLES Turnlns. $1 per sack; car rots, $1; beets, $1.23; parsnips, $1.50; cabbage, California. lc; lettuce, head, 30c per dozen; parsley. 25c aozen; tomatoes. $2.25 per crate; cauliflower. $2 per crate; egg plant, 10815a per pound; celery. $3g3.50 per crate; peas, 10c per pound; peppers, 25c per pound; sprouts, 0c. OMO.N5-Fancy, $2.09.40, nuying price. POTATOES Oregon xancr. 70S75c: com mon, 604f65c buyers' price; Merced sweets, 1 Clic; sew uaiirornia, 3c per pound. RAISINS Loose Muscatels. 4 -crown. 7c: 6-layer Muscatel raisins. 7c; unbleached seed lees Sultanas, 6c; London layers, S-crown, whole boxes of 20 pounds, $1.85; 2-crown. $1.73. DRIED FRUIT Apples, cvaporaiea, ouoc; per pound: eundtied. sacks or boxes, none; apricots; 10811c; peaches. 010c; pears, none; prunes, Italians, 495c; French, 23c; fig:. California blacks. 5c; do white, none; Smyr na. 20c; Fard dates, Uc; plums, pitted, 0c DOMESTIC FKUIT&-Apples, 4-uer iaia wins, J1.2X; SplUenbergs, $1.7532; cooking, 75 (jOuc; &gs, S5c$$2.50 per box; cranberries. $12.50 per barrel. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, fancy. $2.75 C.75; choice. $2.75 per box; oranges, standard, $1.4562; fancy. $292.20; mandarins, G065o per oox; tangerines. 51.003- per oox; grie rrult. $7503 per box; bananas. 6?5c per pound. Meats and Provisions. BEEF Dressed, bulls. 3&4c: corns. 3S5c; country steers. 4tr5c. MUTTON Dressed, tJffic per pouna. VEAL Dressed. 100 to 12a. 88c per pound; 125 to 200.'5S6c; 200 and up, 45c irOKX. ureascu, jiw to low. 1 a 1 yic per pouna; 150 and up. 7c HAMS Ten to 14 pounds. 12c per pound; 14 to 1U pound. 12c; 18 lo 20 pounds, 12c; California (picnic;. sc; cottage nams, vc; shoulders, 8c; boiled ham, 2oc; boiled picnic ham. boneless. 14c. BACON Fancy breakfast. 16c per pound; standard breakfast, 14c; choice. 15c; English breakfast. 11 to 14 pounds, 13c; peach bacon, uc. pork. 0c; blood. 5c; headebeesa, 12c; bologna sausage, link, 4c. DRY SALTED MEATS Regular short clears. 9c salt. 10c smoked; clear backs. 0c salt, 10c smoked: Oregon export. 20 to 25 pounds, average, 10c; salt. llc smoked; clears, 9c ua.iu iuc smoked ; clear fcacocj, uc; union butts, 10 to 18 pounds, average, Sc salt, 0c smoked. PICKLED GOODS-Plekled pigs' feet, -bar-rels, $5; -barrels, $2.73; 15-pound kit, $1.25; pickled tripe, -barrels. $5; -barrels, $2.75; 15-pound kit. $1.25; pickled pigs' tongues, -barrels. $0; -barrels. $3; 15-pound kits, 1.50; pickled lambs tongues, -barrels, $9; -barrels, $5.50; 15-pound kits. $2.75. LARD Kettle-rendered: Tierces, 0c; tubs, &c: 60s. c; 20c, 0?Jc; 10s. 10c; 6s. 10o Standard pure: Tierces. Sc; tubs, 8c; 50c; 8c; 20s, 0c; 10s, 9c; 5, 9c Compound: Tierces, 6c; tubs, 6c; 60s, 6c; 10s, 7o; 6s, 7c. Groceries, Nuts, Etc. COFFEE Mocha, 28ff2Sc; Java, ordinary. 10 020c; Costa Rica, fancy. 18620c; good, IB 18c; ordinary. 1 01? 12c per pound; Columbia roast, caiea, 100s. $13.50? 60s. $14; Arbuckle, $15.58; Lion. $16.58. RICE Imperial Japan. No. 1. $5.37; South ern Japan, $3.50; Carolina, 46c; brokenhead, 'SALMON Columbia River. 1-pound tails, $1.75 ptr dozen; 2-pounds tails, $2.40; 1-pound flats. $1.85; fancy, ll-pound fiats. $1.80: -pound flats. $1.10; Alaska pink. 1-pound tails. SSc; red, 1-pound tails, $1.45; sockeyes, 1-pound tals. $1.65. SUGAR Sack basis, 100 pounds: Cube, $6.40; powdered, $6.15; dry granulated, $8.05; extra C, $5.55; golden C, -$5.45; fruit sugar, $6.05, ad vance over sack basis as fololws: Barrels, 10c; half-barrets, 25c; boxes, 50c per 100 pounds. (Terms: On remittance within 15 days, deduct c per pound; if later than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct c per pound; no discount after 30 days.) Best sugar granulated, $5.85 per 100 pounds; maple sugar, 15lSc per pound. SALT California, $10 per ton. $1.33 per bale, Liverpool, 60s. $15.50; 100s, $16: 200s, $150; half ground. 100s. $5.25; Z0b. $j.75. NUTS Walnuts, 13c per pound by sack, lc extra for less than sack: Brazil nuts. 15c; fil berts, 14c; pecans. Jumbos.. 14c; extra large. 15c; almonds, L X. L., 16c: chestnuts, Ital ians. 15c; Ohio, $4.50 per 25-pound drum; pea nuts, raw, 7c per pound; roasted, 0c; pine nuts. I0312c; hickory nuts, 7c; cocoanuts, 85&00c per dozen. BEANS Small white. 3c; large white, 3c; pink. 8c; bayou. 3c; Lima. fie. . Oils. GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cases, 23c; iron barrels. 17c; 80 deg. gasoline, cases, 32c; iron barrels or drums, 26c. COAL OIL Cases, 21c; Iron barrels. 15c; wood barrels, none; 63 deg.. cases. 22c; Iron barrels, 13c; Washington State test burning oils, except headlight, c per gallon higher. LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels. 56c; cases, 01c. Boiled: Barrels, 6S0; cases. C3c; lc less In 230 gallon lots. TURPENTINE Cases, 85c; barrels, 81c "WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7c; 500-pound lots. 7c; less than 500-pound lots. 8c Bops, Wool, nides. Etc HOPS Choice, 2526c per pound. "WOOL Valley, 10620c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 12Sfl7c; mohair, 2526c per pound for choice. HIDES Dry hides. No. 1, 16 pounds and up, 1315c per pound: dry kip. No. 1. 5 to 10 pounds. 12c; dry calf. No. 1. under 5 pounds, 10c; dry salted bulls and stags, one-third less than dry flint; salted hides, steers, sound, 7 8c, under 50 pounds and cows, 67c: stags and bulls, sound. 4&4c; kip. sound, 15 to 20 pounds, 7c: under 10 pounds 8c; green (un salted). lc per pound less; culls, lc per pound; horse hides, salted, $1.5062 each; dry. $11.60 each; colts' hides. 2550c each; goatskins, common, 10315c each; Angora, with wool on. 25c9$l. TALLOW Prime, per pound. 45c; No. 1 and grease, 2Sc. Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18. Official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Andes ... $ .27 Belcher 14 Best & Belcher. L10 Justice .$ .10 . 2.03 . .90 Mexican Occidental Con. Onhlr ... Bullion 31 Caledonia Challenge Con.. Chollar Con. CaL & Va.. Con. Imnerlal . . .001 Overman . . .20iPotosi .21 Savago 2.051 Seg. Belcher .. .OllSlcrra Nevada . Crown Point . Exchequer SSIUnlon Con Gould & Curry . .lOIUtah Con Hole & Norcross 1.40Yellow Jacket . NEW YORK, Feb, Adams Con $ . 18. Closing quotations: ,201 Little Chief .$ .03 . 3.73 Alice Breece . Brunswick Con.. Comstock Tun.. . Con. Cal. &. Va.. 1 iSiOntario ... .. 25lOphlr .OOlPhoenlx 09Potosi .OSlS&vflPA . 7.00 . .09 . .07 . .30 Horn Sll-er .... l, . .45 Iron Silver ... Leadvllie Con. OOfSmall Hopes . .031 Standard ... . . .25 . 1.60 BOSTON, Feb. Adventure ...$ Allouez Amalgamated . Atlantic Blnsham ..... 18. Closing quotations: C.73 Mohawk t ru 00 20.00 mom. c. & c. 44.00 26.30 74.00 60.00 Old Dominion. Osceola ....... 02.30 32.73 iParrot 28.00 Cat. & Hecla.. Centennial . . . Copper Range. Daly West . . .. Dominion Coal Franklin Granby Isle Royal e ... Mans. Mining. Michigan .... 693.00 Qulncy Shannon 107.00 19.30 70.50 17.73 13 Tamarack 131. ,25 Trinity 11.00 24.63 9.SS 42.00 3.00 65.00 10.S8U! S. Oil U. 5. Mining... ;.oo Utah 25.50 IVictoria 12.88 14.83 Winona Wolverine .... 110.00 Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Feb. 18. Tho market for evaporated apples shows Arm. Common, 45c; choice. 66c; fancy, 7c, and prime, 56c! Prunes are said to be in Improved demand, but rarely In Jobbing lots. Quotations still range from 2?3c, according to grade. Apricots, firm. Choice, 10J10c; extra clwlce, ll12c; fancy. Ilei5a Peaches are in Jobbing demand with choice held at 0t?10c. extra choice at 1010c and fancy at ll12c Raisins are sAld to bo showing some Im provement, Loose Muscatels are quoted at 4eoc. London layers from $1.05gl.l2 and seeded raisins. 56c. Imports and Exports. NEW YORK. Feb. 18. Total Imports of merchandise and dry good a at the port of New York for" tho week ending today were $17,-. 743.633. Total Imports. of specie At the port of New York for the week ended today -were $5133 silver and $78,641 gold. Total exports of specie from the port of New York for the week ending today were $53,151 silver and $084,000 gold. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Feb. 18. The metal markets were quiet with no fresh feature. Copper Is held 15.50c for lake. 15.3715.50c for elec trolytic and 1515.25c for casting. Tin Is rather unsettled at the moment -with quota tions ranging from 2S.S7Q2S.95c Lead, 4.45 t?4.G0c Spelter, 6.10$8.20c Iron, 'firm, un LOWER PRICES ABROAD HAVE WEAKENING INFLUENCE ON CHICAGO .WHEAT MARKET X May Delivery Is Freely Offered, but Meets With Little Demand Trading "at Close Narrow. CHICAGO. Feb. IS. Weakness in the wheat market developed Immediately after tho open ing. Initial quotations showed some loss. The May delivery aisumed supremacy In tho pit. trading in that option early In the day being extremely heavy. At the start, sellers filled the pit, but offerings met with little demand. The market was Influenced considerably by the weakness of foreign grain markets. Lower prices abroad were said to be due to tho enor mous increase in shipments from Australia. During the latter part of the session trading narrowed down to small transactions. May closed rather weak. 6c lower at $1.19? 1.19. July closed c lower at $1.01. Warmer weather and weakness of wheat created an easy undertone In the corn market. May closed c up at 46c Oats, easier. May closed off Sc at 3030c Provisions were exceedingly light. At the close May pork was up 2c. lard was un changed and ribs were up 2c. The lcadln gfuturcs ranged as follows: WHEAT. Oocn. nigh. Low. Close. May $1.19 $1.10 $1.18 $L19 July 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01 September 92 .93 .92 ,92 CORN. February .43 .46 May .40 .46 .47 .47 .47 .47 . OATS. .46 July July 46 47 47 - Al-fy February .30 .30 .30 29 May , .30 .30 .29 .31 .30 20 .30 30 .29 July September MESS PORK. 12.85 12.85 , 12.05 12.07 LARD. 6.92 0.02 7.02 7.05 May July 12.82 12.95 12.85 12.05 May ., 6.00 7.02 6.82 6.07 6.02 7.02 July . .SHORT RIBS. May 6.82 6.85 July 6.07 6.07 6.85 0.07 Cash quotations were as follorrs: Flour Winter patents, $5Q5.20; straights, $4.80g5; Spring patents, $55.40; straights, S4.60&4.90; bakers', $2.6033.80. Wheat No. 2 Spring, S1.151.20; No. 3, $1.08 61.18; No. 2 red. $1.18gl.20. Corn No. 2. ,44c; No. 2 yellow, 44c Oats No. 2, 30c; No. 2 wh!ivr32g33c; No. 3 white. 3132c. Rye No. 2, 73&77c. Barley Good feeding, SSc; fair to choice malting, 4246c. Flaxseed No. 1, $1.11; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.25. Timothy seed Prime. $2.00. Mess pork Per barrel, $12.6512.70. Ixrd Per 100 pounds, $8.726.75. Short ribs sides Loose, $0.620.75. eiover Contract grade, $12.50. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 02.000 83.000 Wheat, bushels 8,000 7.000 Corn, bushels 82.500 112.400 Oats, bushels 76,000 Rye. bushels Barley, bushels 33,300 02,600 1,000 13,000 Grain asd Produce at New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Flour-Receipts, 10, 400 barrels; exports, 6925 barrels. Firm but dull. Minnesota patents, $836.40; Minnesota bakers. $4.3004.65; Winter patents. $5.505.65; Winter straights. $5.305.45; Winter extras, $3.65e4.30; Winter low grades. $3.454.10. Wheat Receipts. 12.700 bushels. Spot, firm; No. 2 red, nominal elevator; No. 2 red. $1.24 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth. $1.27 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 hard Manitoba, $1.12 f. o. b. afloat. The opening was quiet here. but active West Locally there was little change all the morning except for a rally towards noon on covering, which closed the market partly c higher. May closed at $1.17, July closed at $1.03 and September at 05c , Hops Easy. State common to choice 1004. 28C32c; 1003. 2730c; olds. 11013c Pacific Coast 1004. 23331c; 1903. 2G29c: olds. ll13c Hides Quiet. Galveston. 2025 pounds. 18c; California, 21625 pounds, 10c; Texas dry. 24 30 pounds. 14c Wool Finn. Domestic fleece, 32J45c. Grain at Saa Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. ia Wheat and bar ley, strong. Spot quotations Wheat: Shipping, $1.50 1.65; milling. $1.5591.65. Barley: Feed. $1.20 01.22; brewing. $1.2201.25. Oats: Red. $1.4061.55; white. $1.421.S7; black. $1.33 01.85. Call-board sales Wheat: May, $1.48 asked; December, $1.28. Barley: May, $1.21; De cember, S0c. Corn, large yellow, $1.27 1.32. Wheat at Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. Feb. 18. Wheat March. ld; May. 6s lld; July, 6a lld. Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA. Feb. 18. Wheat. 1 cent lower for club at 56c; bluestem, unchanged, 93c LIVESTOCK MARKET. Prices Q ao ted at Fortlaad Ualoa Stockyards Yesterday. Receipts at the Portland Union Stockyards yesterday were 75 cattle, 05 sheep and 25 horses. The following prices were quoted at the yards: ' CATTLE Best Eastern Oregon steers, $4 4.23: cows and heifers. $333.25. - HOGS Best largs, fat hogs, $8.50; black and China fat, $5.5085.75. SHEEP Best Eastern Oregon and Valley, $4.2504.30. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago. SOUTH OMAHA, Feb. IS. Cattle Receipts, 300; market, slow. Native eteers, $3.25tf5.50; cows and heifers, $2.7564; canners, $1.75 2.60; stackers and feeders, $2.504; calves, $2.7565.75; bulls, stags, etc., $1.8063.73. Hogs Receipts, 7500; market. 10c lower. Heavy. $4.704.75; mixed, $4.GO4.85; light. $4.5064.55; pigs. $3.7564.40; bulk of sales, 54.6264.70., Sheep Receipts. 1800: market, steady. West ern yearling. $5.7566.75: wethers, $565.75; ewes. $5.7565.80; lambs. $0,506-7.00. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Cattle Receipts, SOO; market, steady. Good to prime steers. $5,606 6.10; poor to medium, $3.8065.45; stockera and feeders. $2.4064.30; cow3. $1.2564.50; heifers. $265; canners. $1.3562.63; bulls, $264; calves. $3.5068.50. Hogs Receipts today. 27,000; Monday, 42.000; market, steady. Mixed and butchers, $4,706 4.95; good to choice heavy, $4.0563; rough heavy, $4.6564.75; light, $4.6564.65; bulk ot eales. $4.S064.00. Sheep Receipts. 3000; sheep and lambs. steady. Good to choice wethers. $5.C566.10; fair to choice mixed. $4.5065.50; Western sheep, $4.7566.10; native lambs, $5.1568.15; Western iambs. $5.7568.13. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 18. Cattle Receipt. 1000; market, steady and unchanged. Native steers, $3.7565.70; stock ers and feeders, $2,756 4.25; bulls. $263.75; calves, $37; Western steers. $3.7565.25; do. cows. $264. Hogs Receipts, 5000; market, weak to 6c lower. Bulk of salea. $4.7064.00; heavy. $4.85 64.05; packers, $4.75$4.00; pigs and lights. $3.0064.89. Sheep Receipts, 1000; market, steady. Mut tons, $4.9065.00; lambs, $767.00; range weth ers, $3.2386-90; fed ewes, $2.9035.50. Dairy Produce la the East. CHICAGO. Feb. 18. On the produce ex change today the butter market was Arm. Creameries, 23632c; dairies, 23620c Eggs Easier at mark, cases included. 23 20c; firsts, 20c; prime firsts, 31c; extras. 33c Cheese-Firm. 12813c NEW YORK. Feb. 18. Butter Strong. Creamery, common to extra. 27634c; do held, 25632c 1 Cheese and eggs Strong and unchanged. Csffea and Sugar. NEW. YORK. Feb. IS. The market for cof fee futcres opened steady at an advance of 5610 points in lino with steady European and Brazilian cables and rather smaller Brazilian receipts. There did not appear to be any active demand, but comparatively little was for sale. Sales, 21.000 bags. Including: March. 7c; May, 7.25c; July. 7.45c: September, 7.70c: October, .S0c; December. 7.80c Spot Rio. quiet; No. . Sc; mild, quiet; Cordova. 10613c Sugar Raw, firm; fair refining. 4 7-1664c: centrifugal. 00 test. 4 13-1065c Molaises sugar, 3-lC64e; refined. Arm; crushed. $8.75; powdered. $6.15; granulated, $6.03. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Feb. IS. Cotton futures closed active, a point or two below the high mark of points gained for March and 1213 for other months. February. 7.S3c: March. 7.84c: April. 7.6Sc; May and June. 7.68c; July. 7.70c; Au gust, 7.73c; September, 7.74c. . Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Ph leWnnt. MtMriv. Trrl-: tory and Western mediums. 2162SrT fine me- mum, iitj-ioc; nne, luyiic EGGS. Their Many Varieties and Exceed ingly Devious Ways. Collier's Weekly. We can't remember whether there lias been an editorial on eggs before or not. It is a subject that Is constantly in mind, as we ' always eat two for breakfast and sometimes three, and this without fear or Horace and Pope, who call boiled, eggs vulgar. The news point, however, which gives occasion to this lubrication. Is that eggs entirely above reproach now sell in some localities as high as 55 cents a dozen. Such prices are received only for eggs which are guaranteed to be "fresh gath ered white selected." Several cents less is paid for "fresh gathered extra mixed," which is the technical name among deal ers for what ordinarily goes undej- the name of plain "fresh." Many of Us in cities buy for little over a third of tho top price by eating eggs which were laid last Summer and are kept sound all Winter by the mysteries of modern science. The annual egg crop, according to the Secretary of Agriculture, is 1.666,000,000, of which a large part goes to storage stock. That seems to be a good many for each of us. There is now an egff cure, or rather yolk cure, for the treatment of anaemia, indigestion and other ills. It exists in the strict form, where the egg's yolk Is the only fatty substance which can pass tho censor, and In various mouificatlons. A hen has been reported from Pennsyl vania as laying an average of two a. day. If the rumor can be confirmed we shall use our Influence in Washington to have her suitably rewarded. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND R B MflVr. flilnrn ;D Erdlich. N Y E J Rothchlld. Chgo J V Reed. N Y A B Thomas. N Y R LIndenberger. Asto R A Jordan and wife, San Francisco J T McChesney. Ev erett E R Huddleson. Rochester J R Meyer. S F T A Jackson and wf. New York P R Garretson. Spok W H Fairbanks. War ren. Mass C D Perkins, Warren, Mass F Lerbe, St Louis T L Johnson. Milw Mrs J Payne. St L Mr & Mrs H P Scott, Wilmington, Del Master Scott and maid. Wilmington H P Scott. Jr. do Mr and Mrs O Now- W G Cook. N Y It Sllverthnn. N T T Buford. Sfc Lonla C Herbert, N Y id T Llsberger. S F Mr and Mrs W A Slover. N Y Mr and Mrs H W Roberts. Seattlo J Schriner and wf, St Louis , jC L Barnett, Wis IJ A Seghers and wf, D J Moore. Seaside E U Lyon. Mpls E A Newhaus, Jr, Chicago A A White. St Paul L W Norman. St L Mr and Mrs C H Lankln. Colfax C R Bunting and wf, Victoria. B C IB Pollak. Chgo G Kraus, N Y W T Hughes, N Y G M Roweli. Chlcaeo land. Wilmington J K Pratt. Chlcaeo .miss wowiand. do Master Nowland. do Miss Hawkins. do Miss Craven. Salem, S M Bostlck. Wash ington. D C A. Elston. S F R Bernhardv. S F A J Albriye. Spokane Miss J Craven, Sa- Jem. N J A C Gray, Wllmlng ton, Del Miss H Fanning, N Iti bteinan. s jf F J Archer. N Y R L Falrchild. N Y S V Pelser, S F G W Simon. Seattle E A Evans. 3 F J F Hlncklc- Pittsbg W T Robinson. Ana- N P Bond. Baltimore jar s& Airs n o Fan nlng. N Y J W Palmer. R.nfl cortes L E Boukofsky. Louisville Miss M Maurey. DIl- jey, ur Mrs K H Bates, city T L Elliott. Louisville F L Batchelder. Seatt THE PERKINS R R DePoe. ToledoJ H Bergen, Seattle u jc iognui, ror uro Chas Fllnn. Nowburg J F Brallier St Johns Mrs Beriten. Seattln A W Sharrod. Bickel- ! ton F A Hart. Pla2a, Or J L Henderson, H Rv S M LeCone Tncnmo tt i Davidson, do F A McKunnp. An F B Tlchenor, Albany J L Mageo, Idaho Mrs Magee. Idaho Mrs Sorenson. S F J W Thompson. S Fj J P llanlon. Omaha : K Clark. Chicago I Harry Ollln. city Chester Moorf. city Lewis Straub. Kelso Mrs Straub. Kelso E Klndorf. Kalama i Mrs Klndorf. Kalama J Lane. lone D L Heldritter. N J Mrs Heldritter, do T H Benton. do Mrs Johnson. S F Henry Blackman. Hep Miss O Hoff, Salem 3 B Herman, do Mrs Herman, do Mrs Lang wood and son, Salem T E Hills, Ashland Sarah Smith. Wal W IThOs Rllev. St Paul W A Wann. Eugene Harry White. Seattle C E Goutz. Eima E J Van Duyn. Tygh Valley 'A L Bratton, San Fr J Williams. Snokana C W Henderson. 100S Mrs H B Campbell. W E Wilson. Sumntr Missoula, Mont liiatt Schuler, Seattlo Milton Moore. DurkeetDr L A Robinson Glenwood Snm Prtln P P Olds, Lafayette Mrs Olds. do E P Weir. Arlington Kate Callahan, Scapp C Huley. do Mr Hnl,v. iln C L Ronald. Alma Emma Langhen. Chg Mrs Henry Blackman Heppner Mrs E Cohn. Boise Phil Cohn. Heppner Mrs Cohn. do MIsa Cohn An C A Palmer, B VelliMrs Cohn w e Miller, Antelop A A Jayne. Hood Rv C C Kinney, Wasco J Bowerman. Condon Mrs Bowerman, do E Hofer. Salem N Whealdon. T Dalls W H Lanri. Detroit lOHvo Blackman do Dr H Medcmach. Chg rieuio E Marvel. Monmouth M M Fouts. Davton (E S Talbott and son, Amity S S Somervllle. Napav C II Bromilad. Iowa I J Mossman. S Paillt.T -T Thnrttnn " a,... D C McHarg. SeattllMrs Brown Corvallls airs airoup. iveiso imiss Brown, Corvallls Miss Rowland. KelsoChas Kane, Gresham H M Shafcr. Cheney H B Allen. Cripple Ck THE IMPERIAL W S Lounghoug and wife. Roseburg O P Coshow and wf, Roseburg 1 J S Cooper and wf. C R Farrar. New Trk Geo E Johnson. DUas E J Reynolds, do Sis Llnman. S V R H James. Salem independence A Hueston. Iowa W G Cole. Pendleton'J H Dunlao. Cased P H Flynn. city ;Mrs Bagley. HUlsboro .uaura Stewart, seat.t js Creech. Aberdeen W M Yates and wf, Hood River F V WaJdrff. Cnlfar W F Matlock. Pendlt L v Darling. Condon Dr K Morlyama, Wasco W D Simpson, N P A B Cordley, Corval A L Kinsley, Corval A Summerfield, Seat Dr H C Epley and wife. Salem J S Gray and fam. T A Hudson. T Dalles J E Rand, Hood Rvr John Herblnger, Canyon Citv Mrs S A Lowell. Pendl Miss Lowell, Pendltn A H Oriirslv. San Frn J w Hartley. Eugen Raleich Roonev. Eti: Gardiner J O Turner. Salem IW T Smith. Sheridan Miss Ethel Harris, do J A Laycock and wf, Salem J F Powell, Monmth J Wing, Salem A L Brown. Salem H G Van Dusen. Asto Miss Grace Craven, Brledwell D H Jackson. Ashlan A Popple, city D A Tyson. Butte Susan DInsmore, Eug Nora Conyers. Clatskn tennis Walt. Snlrm. IP Byrne. Salem w w Travllllon. Baker Citv J E Godfrey, Salem John MInto. Salem H u Kemp, Eugeno C M S"eek. Spokane F W TIsdalo Tnl.d. E O McDonnell. St PI E J Gunthe. Seattle C W Hodson. city THE SCOTT. W F May. St Paul:Wm H Payne. St II G Cosprary. city JC Gran, St Paul C II Tlchenor. city (Miss D Nash. S F L" u xnompson. city Lt stokes, s F W C Hayden, St PI C P Hart and wife. St Paul Mrs C McMurran, Denver Jas Johnson. St Paul C F Butterfleld. Seat H L Carter, N J G H Morgan. do C P Healey. city J H Hennessy, St L IW F Kennev. San Wr? John Steel, San Fran H M Brvant. TTrnnn, j T Thompson. T Dll J x Morgan and wf. (OISC 'Capt Haupt and wf, st I'aul A E Benton, S F x ivenney, S F Tacoma Hotel. Tacoas. American plan. Bates. S3 and up. Hotel DoHHelly, Tseena. First-class restaurant in connection. Gay boy I guess my wife expects callers to day. "What makes you think so?" "She be gan, the day by making ths houso unfit for anyone to lire tn." Lira. Downing, Hopkins &Co. Established 1893 WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4, Ground Floor STORMS CURTAIL BUYING DISTRIBUTION OF CURED FRUITS INTERFERED WITH. Less Interest Manifested in Prunes Than in Other Lines San Francisco Wheat Inactive. SAN FRANCISCO. CaL. Feb. IS. (Special) Distribution of California cured fruits is still Interfered with and business curtailed by severe weather In the East, but the mar ket, especially for apricots and peaches, re mains firm, owing to small stocks and con fidence among holders. Less Interest Is man ifested In prunes than In other lines. The raisin market is at a standstill, although an Improved feeling is noted in seeded. Hold ers show no anxiety as stocks are moderate. Crop prospects are brilliant and an unusu ally heavy yield of California cured fruits Is exoccted this year. The local wheat market was inactive with spot steady on small stocks and futures weaker on the favorable crop outlook and decline In Chicago. Barley was firmer un der good speculative and cash demand. Re ceipts were light, but a rumor was cur rent that the barley on the Brlnkburn", now returning here from the, North, will be thrown on the market. Oats were quiet and steady. Rye was firm. Corn was higher. Hay was dull and lower. Bright weather caused more movement in fresh- fruits, but prices showed no change except orr fancy grape fruit, which was 50 cents higher. It i3 expected that eight car loads of oranges will be offered at Monday's auction. Fancy potatoes were Arm and lower grades easy. Oregon potatoes arrived by the Columbia are not yet on sale. Fancy onions are strong at full prices. Butter was steady. Cheese was higher. Eggs were steady. Receipts, 53.000 pounds butter; -1500 pounds cheese; 4.100 dozen eggs. VEGETABLES Garlic. 810c; .green peas, 58c, string beans. I0I5c; tomatoes. $1 1.75; egff plant. 10 12 lie POULTRY Turkey gobblers, lS21c; roosters, old. S503.5O; do young. S0.507: small. $3 3.50; large, S44.50; fryers, S5.30 06; hens. S50.S0; ducks, old, $53-0; do young, S67. CHEESE Young America. 11 12c; Eastern. 14 15c. BUTTER Fancy creamery. 2Cc; creamery seconds. 22c; fancy dairy, 34c; dairy sec onds. 22c EGGS Store, 2022c; fancy ranch, 23c. WOOL Lambs. lG18c. HAY Wheat. $10 13.30; wheat and oats, $1013; barley, S010; alfalfa, S10.S0; clover. $70; stocks. S37; straw. 4050c MILLFEED Bran. J2122; middlings. 32629. HOPS 1004, 2527c FRUIT Apples, choice. 31.75; do com mon, 50c; bananas. 7oc52.30; Mexican limes. S33.30; California lemons, choice. $2.30; do common. SI; oranges, navels, 75c J1.75; pineapples. 32 3.30. POTATOES Early Rose, $1.23 1.50; Riv er Burbanks. 7505c; River reds, C070c; Salinas Burbanks. $1L10; sweets. 73c31; Oregon Burbanks. $11.25. RECEIPTS Flour, 28,268 quarter sacks; wheat, 1000 centals: barley. 0017 centals; beans. 723 sacks; corn, 500 centals; pota toes, 2273 sacks; bran. C03 sacks; middlings, 675 sacks; hay, 370 tons; wool, 61 bales; 3947 hidos. m HOPE FOE EECLPROCITY Tinkering With Hay-Bond Treaty- Shows It Is Impossible. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 18. It has been demonstrated very thoroughly that tho tariff cannot bo regulated by making treaties under the provisions o the Dingley law, or by any other law. Reciprocity Is a failure, so far as changing the tariff lawa is concerned There never was an example that brought this matter Into such prominence as the recent Hay-Bond treaty, when It was found that the amendments were all made In the Interest of certain concerns or sec tlons. Newfoundland does not take a great many United States products, and It has its tariff on all products entering tho island. When "the treaty was made, the adjustments were upon lines which were deemed fair and equitable to both the United States and to the Island. Then lt was found that the fishing Inter ests of Massachusetts and Maine would be endangered, and that fish from New foundland would interfere somewhat with the fisheries of Gloucester. Mass., and the fishermen of the Pine Tree State. Conse quently the Massachusetts men and the Maine men were up In arms against it. and held lt up for a long time. This resulted In an adjustment which did not Interfere with either Massachu setts or Maine, but allowed the Massa chusetts and Maine fishermen to secure bait and other provisions in the harbors of Newfoundland, a privilege not now granted, because Newfoundland fish are not allowed to come into the United States. More than this, Newfoundland al lowed all of the machinery used in mining coal to he Imported free, and the amend ment to tho treaty made by the commit tee, with tho consent of those who had heretofore opposed It, provided that coal mined in Newfoundland should come into the United States free of duty. It was Buspected that this was a joker", and it was Intimated that somebody in the United States had gained possession of the Newfoundland coal mines, had se cured the free entry of all mining machinery,- and would make a big profit by send ing Newfoundland coal Into the United States. "When this matter was brought Into the Senate, the treaty was promptly amended by striking out everything re lating to the free entry of coal. Of course, it was not to be expected that the men who represented coal-producing states would allow even the Island of Newfoundland to enter Into competition with them. As the treaty originally stood, certain agricultural articles were admitted with a duty, flour being one of them. Senator Nelson, o Minnesota, represents a flour producing state, and insisted on and se cured an amendment admitting flour to Newfoundland free of duty. Nothing was offered in return for this concession, no other state gave up anything. The result Is that this was simply trying to forco Newfoundland on this particular feature. Taking lt all in all, the Hay-Bond treaty was stripped of every vestige of advan tage to Newfoundland, and every possible advantage was given to the United States. No self-respecting community could ac cept the treaty In Its present form, and It will not be accepted by Newfoundland if It ever should pass the United States Sen ate. The Island of Newfoundland does not offer many instances of serious competi tion with the United States. Yet it is ob served that a treaty which was Intended to establish better commercial relations between that Island and the United States is so hedged about by -protected Interests that It cannot ic passed. No Senator will give up anything that would injure Ms state, and yet each one Insists on every thing for his section. Reciprocity as a means of tariff reduction or tariff revision has become a by-vord and a myth. Trjlo Caught In Olympia. OLYMPIA, "Wash., Feb. 18.-(Special.) Chamber of Commerce The Olympia police have arrested Otto nocKenson. an. juaine and Mrs. Maude Morrison, who are wanted In "PonrtlPtnn for obtaining money under false pre tenses. The woman also coes under tho names of Mrs. Hockenson and o Mrs. Baine. The trio was taken back to Pen dleton today. DALLY CITY STATISTICS. Marriage Licenses. Clifford B. Hermann. 25. Clataon Countvr Audfay Anna Waller. 23. George Grlswold, 56, Salem; Maybell Atkins. 48. L. "W. Darling. 40. Condon; Elisabeth Sedg wick, 30. John Alfred Peterson, 21; Hulda Peterson. IS. Carl August Anderson. 46: Nellie Anderson. 35. Albert VT. Scott, 26; Cynthia J. Patterson, 2a Births. February 11. to the wife ot George C. John son, .408 Taggart, a son. February 6, to the wife of Jan A. Swank. 650 East Alder, a daughter. February 10. to tho wife, of Ansclmo Bossi, 703 East Twenty-Blxth, a daughter. February H. to the wife ot N. M. Petersen. Sll East Thirtieth, a son. Deaths. February 14, Joseph Florebello, aged 2S years, 6884 Fifth. Interment Lono Fir Cemetery. February 15. George Free, aged 4-t years. 9 months and 25 days, 206 Occidental. Inter ment Lone Fir Cemetery. February 15, Oscar O. Benson, aged 54 years, 5 months and 20 days, North Pacific Sanita rium. Interment Rlverview Cemetery. February 14, Marshall A. Bates, aged 5S years. Imperial Hotel. Interment Crematorium. February 10. Loo Blck (Chinese), aged 46 years, St. VIncent'a Hospital. Interment Lone Fir Cemetery. February 16, Gerhard August Renken. aged 4 yearn, 8 months and 35 days, 619 Kelly. Interment Lone Fir Cemetery. Contagions Diseases. Diphtheria. Kerwin "Woelfer. aged 3 years, 330 Russell; case malignant. Typhoid, Edith Hamlllnan, 213ft Fourth; caso mild. Scarlet fever, Delle Galligan. aged 6 years, 20 East Sixteenth North; case mild. Measles, Elsa Zimmerman, aged 7 years, 822 Missouri; case mild. Measlv "Walter Russ, aged 6 years, Michigan avenue; caso mild. Real Estate Transfers. I. B. Kaufrman to B. M. Lombard. lot 3. block 7. "Wild Rose Addition.. P. A. Preston et al.. to S. L. Rldgewav, lot 4, block 11, Cook's Addition Henry E. Baker to O. Johannessen. east from block 3, Sullivan's Addi tion Oren S. Dwier and wifo to L. R. Satter white, lots 11 and 12. block 21, Mt. Tabor Villa Addition Frank Merrill and wife to J. S. Bow Ien. lots 14 and 15. block 60. Univer sity Park T. G. and T. Company to H. Repp, lot 10. block 4. North Irvlngton A. "W. Lambert and wife to J. H. Cooke, lota 6 and 7. block 2, subdivision lot "M." if. Patton's Tract V. M. Preston et al.. to P. A. Preston, lots 3 and 4. block 18, Tlbbett's Addi tion Elizabeth Derby to Oak Park Land Com pany, lot 2, block 262. Ho!ladaya Ad dition Emella Madner and husband to J. W. Herron. lots 21 and 22. block 7. Brain ard Addition Bernhard Hagedorn and wife to "W. J. Burden, lots 1-11 Inclusive, block 3. Miriam Bernhard Hagedorn and wife to R, J. Ritchie, lots 9 and 10. block 1. Miriam George IV. Brown to H. Troxel, lot 21. block 6. Laurelwood Alice Ensrlert to A. "Wachllne. lots 10 and 23-26 Inclusive, block 2. Wheatland Addition No. 2 B. Hagedorn and wife to G. H. Hall, lots f and 10. block 2. Miriam Same to "W. R. FIgg. Iota 5 and 6, block 1. Miriam Same to W. Wellman. lots 11 and 12. block 1. Miriam Same to W. F. Mark, lots 5 and 6, block 2. Miriam A. J. Vandever and wife to C. Reber, 10 acres section 31. T. IN.. R. 4 E.. "W. C. Llchtenthaler and wife to O. J. Kraemer. lots 5-12 Inclusive, block 14. west 36.05 feet lots 4 and 13. block 14. North Portland F. M. Llchtenthaler to same, same.... Mary Berry, executrix, et al.. to O. L. Roe, et al.. lot 10. block 46. Sunny side ,. H. "W. Mitchell, trustee, et al to F. I. McKenna. lots 10. 11 and 12, block 16. Riverside Addition Oregon Co. to J. Schlffew, lot 8, block 3. Henry's Addition Aaloys Harold to L, McKenna, lots 19 and 20, block 10. Goodmomlng Addi tion ,-. Sheriff to J. J. Fitzgerald. lot 10, block 2. Cloverdale Addition S. J. Wagner aiid husband to A. C. Wagner et al.. Jlot 13. block 1. Albion Addition 1 1 500 1 275 525 10 1 1.130 100 330 1.130 1,200 1.100 1.525 500 2.728 1,365 500 500 The Nation's Soul. President Roosevelt to Poet Mistral. Factories and railroads are good up to a certain point, but courage and endur ance, lovo of wife and child, love of home and country, love of lover for sweetheart, love of beauty In man's work and in na ture, love and emulation of daring and lofty endeavor are the homely work-a-day virtues and heroic virtues. These are better still, and if they are lacking no pl!ed-up riches, no roaring, clanging in dustrialism, no feverish and many-sided activity shall avail, either individual or naton. I do not undervalue these things of a nation's body. Ionly desire that they shall not make us forget that besides theh nation's body there Is also the na tion's soul. OP" E OMMiSSION GRAIN and STOCK BROKERS We Charge No Interest for Carying Long Stocks. GENERAL OFFICES: N. Y. Life Bid:., Minneapolis, Minn. E. K. ALDEN, Correspondent, Room 2. Ground Floor. Chamber of Commerce. N. B. We will send you our daily Market Letter on request. $52,000 A TON Is what Is being producetf from properties near us In the new gold camp of Goldfteld. New, the most wonderful gold camp of mod ern times; property located in richest sec tion, close to biggest dlYldend-paying mines; present price only 2c share: easy payments; good bank references; clear title; active work In progress. Don't delay, as price of shares may be advanced any time without notice. GOLD FIELD GOLDEN DREAM MINES CO., 110 Temple Court. Denver. Colo. S Is the value ot gold ore recently uncovered In a mine within a few hundred feet of our property in Gold field, Nov. We own 40 acres In Goldfteld and Tonopah. in richest section: mineral ledges outcropping: active work in progress; first allotment stock. 5c share; good bank references; easy payments, prospectus free; first allotment shares lim ited; no time to lose. GOLDFIELD INDE PENDENCE GOLD MINES CO., 833 Mack block. Denver. Colo.