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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1907)
THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBER 15, 190T. 9 BEST HOPS 8 CENTS Some Business Doing in Ore gon and Washington. BUYERS IN THE MARKET Foreign Trade Awaiting tire Com pletion of the World's Harvest Before Beginning Operations. Car Shortage. Already Felt. The hop market displays a fair amount of 'activity, considering trat picking is till under way and that only a portion" of the crop has been .baled so far. The character of the buying, however. Indi cates that there are only a limited nun ber of Eastern orders here yet. The'ex port market has no., fairly opened. Sales have been made in the past two days at 7 to 8 cents, the latter price be ing paid for the choicest offerings. Among the buyers are said to be Catlin & Linn, and T. A. Llvesley & Company, of Salem; Klaber, Wolf & Netter and A. J. Ray & Bon, of Portland, and Ralph Williams, of Dallas. A little business Is being done In fuggles, C. L. Fltchard, of Independence, yesterday buying two lota, those of Fred Eloper and J. South, at 7 cents. Picking will probably be finished in this state by the end of the week and then a more definite u ca of the size of the crop can be formed. At present most of the dealers' estimates range from 110,000 to 120,000 bales. The harvest In Western Washington was Interrupted by a hard rain storm in the middle of the week, but It caused nd damage and picking has since been resumed. Western Washington hops are being sold at the same prices as Ore'gons. The quality of the crop there Is better than It has been for several seasons. There Is no red spider and little or no mold is perceptible. A number of cabU i were received yes terday, but they noted no change in crop or market conditions abroad. Buyers, both in England and on the -Continent, appear to be disinterested and are wait ing until the world's crop is harvested before beginning active operations. Brew ers are looking for a low market and while they have reserve Btocks the pros pects are that they will not buy large blocks as has been the case in some sea sons past. The future of the market is difficult to forecast, but it is evident that for the present the only demand will be for the best grades. If the output of choice Ore gons has been over-sold by dealers, as some in the trade believe, there may later be a pressure to secure this qual ity, which will cause come improvement in values. While the available American supply of all growths, old and new. Is figured to be some 70,000 bales less than it was one year ago, the fact that a large surplus of the 1906 crop is being carried over, most of it ,in growers' hands, is one of the worst features of the market. There are -urge consign ments of Oregon . and other Coast hops of the 1906 crop now in London, which are being peddled about and cannot find , buyers. What is bothering tne trade at the pres ent time more than anything else Is the car situation. As it looks now, the car shortage will be even worse than It was last year. Orders have been placed by dealers for cars for Borne time and there Is no telling when they will get them. A car famine can only have an adverse effect on the market. When hops are Bought, the business Is usually done on orders and consumers expect prompt shipment. If hops cannot be shipped promptly It frequently means a cancel lation of orders here; in other words, the placing of the business in some other state where desirable quality can be se cured and transportation is assured. Sev eral instances of this kind occurred last year. The latest circulars of the English hop trade received by mall follow: Views concerning the weight of the pew crop are materially narrowing. The promise of a good average yield has been adversely affected by continued cool weather, the Qoldlnga suffering particularly. It Is still a matter of conjecture as to what the difference between burr prospects and matured hops' will be, but appearances now point to a heavy percentage. The market continues dull, without any change In values Manager & Henley, London. The warmer weather of the past few days Is assisting the development of the hops. Trade continues Inactive. Wild, iNeame & Co., London. Trade on this market remains in a very lifeless condition, the prospect of a full average crop tending to make con sumers Indifferent. The plantations con tinue to make fairly good progress de spite ungenial weather, but more warmth and sunshine are required to develop and ripen the hops and to check the spread of mould, of which there are indications In some gardens. J. H. Meredith & Co., Worcester. There Is a little more Inquiry for 1906 hops. The crop still continues' to pro gress very slowly, especially in the Gold lng grounds of East and Mid Kent where many are still In the burr stage. This Is causing the growers considerable anxiety, some are doubtful whether they will ever get out Into hop, and others ear tho cones will be the smallest ever picked. The Fugglea on the clays are now well out In hop, but they,, like the Goldings, will be smaller than usual, but we think all will be rich In lupulln. The agricultural returns just Issued show that the acreage under hops is reduced by 1784 acres, leaving only 44,938 acres, which means a further knocking out of English labor. How much longer will labor be content to see the bread taken out of Its mouth by the foreigner? W. H. & H. LeMay, London. The dull and cool weather of the past week has not favored the proper develop ment of the hops In England. Quality will probably suffer, and unless we get a speedy change to fine and warm wea ther the outlook may be serious. The harvest bids fair to be considerably later than usual. Foreign prospects continue fairly good, although the growth is also kept back by the low temperature. The market remains firm, with but small in quiry, and choice hops of last year's growth ar extremely scarce. Cattley, Gridley & Co., London. IIENS ARE A SCARCE ARTICLE. ' Front Street Clamoring for Them, but Farmers Hold Them Back, There is a strong demand on Front street for hens, very fe.v of which are coming In from the country. Farmers are evidently holding back their hens' for the egg supply. Spring chickens are quits numerous and in the absence of hens, are readily taken up. There is also some Inquiry for ducks and geese. Fresh eggs continue scarce with most .sales at 30 cents. ' Eastern eggs are quoted at 27(g'2T cents and Oregon storage around 26 cents. Soma buyers are complaining of mixed eggs. The butter market bad no velopments. It was quoted weak in soma quarters and steady In others. Cheese was steady at former Quotations. AIX KINDS OF FRUIT SELLS WELL. Salway Peaches Will Be en the Marks Within a Week. Trading was exceedingly lively in the fruit market yesterday and stocks were well cleaned up by night. Grapes sold readily at the previous day's prices, Malagas and Tokays bringing J1.2S for the best, while sweet waters, blacks and Muscats sold lower, some shipments from up the Columbia going at 40fi0e. A oar of fine Malagas came In during the day. Crawford peach reeipts were light and storage stocks were drawn upon. Sal way's will be in in a week and will last for a fortnight. CAB SHORTAGE WORRIES WHEAT MEW. One Exporter Has Had Only Four Cars Ag-ainst SO This Time Last Tear. The car question is the one uppermost In the minds of wheat merchants Just now. Because of the shortage and poor outlook for the future, business is being much restricted and prices do not ex pand as they otherwise would In the face of advancing markets elsewhere. As comparing the situation now with a year ago one of the leading exporters said yesterday that by the middle of Septem ber last year he had received B0 cars of wheat from the Interior, while since the present season opened he ' has received only four. Local quotations were unchanged yes terday, club being quoted at 2 cents and bluestem at 84 cents. PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain. Flour, Feed, Ftc MILLSTUFFS Bran. city. $16; country, $17 per ton; middlings, $24.60 25.50; shorts, city, $17. SO; county. $18.90 per ton; chop, $lo(216 per ton. WHEAT Club. 82o; bluestem. 84a; Val ley, 82c; red. 80c. CATS (New crop) Producers' prices; No. 1 white, $23.50024; gray, $23023.60. FLOUR Patent. $4.80; straight, $4.25; clears. $4.25; Valley. 4.804.40: -Graham flour, $404-60; whole wheat flour, $4,253 4.75- ' - BARLET (New crop) Feed, $28i23.60 per ton; brewing, tJ4.6024.75t rolled. $24.60 25.60. CEREAL FOODS -Rolled eats, cream. 00--pound sacks. $7; lower grades. $B.506.50 oatmeal, steel-cut, 45-pound sacks, $8 per barrel; 9-pound sacks, $4.28 per bale; oat meal, (ground), 45-pound sacks, $7.60 per barrel; 9-pound sacks. $4 per bale; split peat, per 1O0 pounds, $4.25 4. SO; pearl bar ley, $104.60 per 100 pounds; pastry flour, 10-ponnd sacks, $2.80 per bale. CORN Whole, $2980; eracked, $30.50 HAT Valley timothy. No. 1, $17018 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $1920; clover, $11; cheat, $11; grain ilay, $11012; alfalfa, $12013. Vegetables, Fruits, Ete. DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, $101.50 per box; cantaloupes. $1.2501.60 per crate; peaches, 75c0$l per crate; prunes, 800750 per crate; watermelons, 101tto per pound: plums, BO 75c per box: pears, 75c 0 $1.23 per box; (Trapes, 40cJ1.25 per crate; ca sabas, $2.25 per dozen. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $8a7B9 per box; oranges, Valenolas, $8.7504.75; grape-fruit. $404.60; bananas. Bo per pound, orated. 5 He. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. $1.25 per sack; carrots, $1.25 per sack; beets, $1.25 per sack; garlic, 8c per pound. FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes. 80 75o per dozen; cabbage, lVlo per pound: celery, 75c0$l per dozen; corn, $101. BO per sack; cucumbers, 100150 per dozen: eng plant, $101.50 per crate; lettuce, hothouse, 75c0$l per box; okra, 10013c pound; onions, 150200 dozen; parsley, 20o per dozen; peppers, 801Oo per pound; pump kins, mlo per pound; radishes. 20O per dozen; spinach, 6o per pound; squash, 50o$l per box; tomatoes, 4050o per box; sweet potatoes, 2o per pound. ONIONS $202.25 per hundred. DRIED FRUITS Apples. 8o per pound; apricots, 16019c; peaches, llJTlSo; pears, 11 14c; Italian prunes, 26c; California figs, white, in sacks, 686Hc per pound; black, 4tt5o; bricks, 73$2.23 per box; Smyrna, 18tt20o per pound: dates. Persian. 6V.7o per pound. POTATOES New, $1 per hundred. Butter, Eggs. Poultry, Ete. BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream ery, 85c per pound. State creameries: Fancy creamery. 80085c; store butter, 2228o. CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, 169 1614o; Young America, 17 017 Ho per pound. VEAL 78 to 128 pounds, 88Hc; 128 to 160 pounds, ficj 150 to 200 pounds. 6 To. PORK Block, 78 to 180 pounds, 80801 packers, 7 08a POULTRY Average old hens. 14 014 Ho; mixed chickens, 1818c: Spring chickens 1818Hc; old roosters, 89o; dressed chick ens, 16017c; turkeys, live. 1516o; turkeys, dressed, choice, nominal; geese, live, per pound, 809c; ducks, 14o; pigeons. $10LSO; squabs, $203. EGGS Fresh ranch, candled, 90300 per dozen. Groceries, Nuts, Etc RICPJ Imperial Japan, No. 1. 6Uo Couth em Japan, 644 06c; head, 7Hc. COFFEE Mocha, 24028c; Java, ordinary, 17T20c; Costa Rica, fancy. 1802Oo; good. 16 18o; ordinary, 12016o per pound. Columbia roast, cases. 100s, $14.60 : 60s. $14.76; Ar buckle, $18.60: Lloa. $15.78. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tails, $2 per dozen; 2-pound talis, $2.95; Impound flats, $2.10; Alaska, pink. 1-pound tails. 95o; red 1-pound tails, $1.66; sockeyea, 1 pound tails, $1.1)0. SUGAR Ssck basis, 100 pounds. cube. $6.0214: powdered, $5.87H; granulated, $5.77 H: extra C. $5.27tt: golden C. $5.17 H; fruit sugar. $3.7714; berry, $5.77H: XXX $3.07: beet sugar. $5.67. Advance sales over sack basis as follows: Barrels, 10c; barrels, 25o; boxes, 60a per 100 pounds. Terms: On remittances within 15 days de duct ?4o per pound: if later than 13 days and within SO days, deduot He; maple sugar, 15018o per pound. NUTS Walnuts, 1602Oo per pound by sack; Brazil nuts, 19c; filberts, 16c; pecans, jumbos, 23o; extra large, 21c; almoads, I81f 20o; chestnuts, Ohio. 17Hc; Italian, 14 16c; peanuts, raw, 608t6o per pound; roasted. 10c; plnenuts, 10012c; hlokory nuts, 10c; coooanuts, 850900 per dozen. SALT Granulated, $17.60 per ton; $2.28 per bale; half ground, 100s, $12.60 per ton; 60s. $18 per ton. B ELANS Small white. 8c; large white, Shio; pink, 8Ho; bayou, Bot Lima. 6al Mexloan red, 4o, HONEY Fancy. $3.2603.60 per box. Hops, Wool. Hides. Etc HOPS 1907 Fuggles, 6ft 07o per pound; 1907 clusters. 708a; olds, 405c WOOL. Eastern Oregon, average best, 16 022o per pound, according to shrinkage; Valley, 200 22c, according to fineness. MOHAIR Choice, 290 30o per pound. CASCARA BARK Old. 7c. la ton lots; new, 607o per pound. HIDES -Dry, No. L 19 pounds and up. 18o per pound; dry kip. No. 1, 6 to 18 pounds, lBo per pound; dry calf; No. i, under 5 pounds, 20c; dry salted, bulls and stags, one-third less than dry flint; culls, moth-eaten, badly cut. scored, murrain, hair-slipped, weather-beaten or grubby, 20 8e per pound less; salted steers, sound, 80 pounds and over, 6o pound: steers, sound, 60 to 60 pounds, 809o pound; steers, sound, under 50 pounds, and cows, 809o pound; stags and bulls, sound. 6H06o pound; kip, sound. 15 to 80 pounds. B09o pound; veal, sound, under 10 pounds, 11c; calf, sound, under 10 pounds, 110 12o pound; green (un salted). lo pound less; culls, la pound lesai FURS Bearskins, as to size, No. 1, $30 20 oaoh; oubs, $103 each; badger, prime, 250600 each; cat, wild, with head perfect, 800 50c; cat, house, 5 0 20c; fox. common gray, large prime. 6O07Oo eaoh; red. $305 each; cross, $5018 each; silver and black. $100 0 800 each; fishers, $508 each; lynx, $4.5006 each; mink, strictly No. 1, accord ing to size. $108 each; marten, dark north ern. according to size and color, $10018 each; pale, pine, according to size and color. $2.5004 each; muskrat. large, 12015O each; skunk. 80040c each; elvet or pole cat, 8015a each; otter, for large, prime skins, $6010 each; panther, with head and claws perfect. $205 each; raocoon, for prime, large. 50075c each; wolf, mountain, with head perfect. $3.5008 each; prairie (ooyote), 60c 1.00 each; wolverine, $608 each. i Provisions and Canned Meats. BACON Fancy breakfast, 22c pound; standard breakfast, 19c; choice, 18Ho; English, 11 to 14 pounds, lotto; peach, 16 o. HAMS 10 to 11 pounds, 16o pound; 14 to 16 pounds, lotto: 18 to 20 pounds, 15He; picnics, llo; cottage, 18o; shoulders, 12c; boiled. 23a SAUSAGE Bologna, long. Sot links. THo. BARRELED GOODS Pork, barrels. $20; half-barrels, $11; beef, barrels, $10; half barrels, $8.30. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clear dry salt. 12oj smoked, 18o: clear backs, dry salt, 12o; smoked, 18o: clear bellies, 14 to 17 pounds average, dry salt, none; smoked, none; Oregon exports, dry salt, 13c; smoked, 14c LARD Kettle rendered: Tierces. 12 Ho: tubs. 12?ic; 60s. 124o; 20s. 12ol 10s, 13Hc; 6b, 18c; 8s. 13Ha Standard pure: Tierces, 11c; tubs, llfco: 60s. llttoi 20. Ufco; 10s, 11 Hot Be, llo. Compound! Tierces, Bo; tubs, frfco. 80s, sfce 20. 5ol 10s. Axial is. aitat NEW Steel Stocks Slump Sharply in New York Market. SELLING IS VERY ' HEAVY Affected Sympathetically by the Break In Coppers Railway List ' Again Resents the Depress- ' lng Influences. NEW YORK, Sept. 14, The disordered conditions In the metal markets were the dominating influence again In the - stock market and defeated - any tendency to ward Improvement prompted by other considerations. The distinction was marked again between the railway list and the metals, the former being mod erately affected by the depression In the latter and showing some disposition to rally at the last. The feature of the day's market was the heavy liquidation in the United States Steel stocks, both classes falling to new low levels for the year, the common stock selling at ZVA and the preferred stock at 90. Evidently, the speculative as sumption was that the conditions that overcome the copper trade might develop in the Iron and steel trade. No news was forthcoming to Indicate any fresh changes in the Iron and steel trade. An effect was felt from the publication of a report from Pittsburg that the pro ducers H3f iron had determined to meet any falling oft In demand with a' curtail ment of production. Reports that the United Metals Com pany, the selling agency for the Amalga mated Copper Company, had cut its prioe of electrolytlo copper to 19o were an effective instrument in the hands of the bear party. The principal product of Amalgamated Copper is not lake, but electrolytlo copper. The copper stocks were not so acutely depressed as yester day, neither Amalgamated Copper nor American smelting selling at yesterday's low figures. Sentiment continued de spondent, however. The undertone of the market remained weak in spite of some feverish rallies In the closing dealings. - Bonds were Irregular. Total sales, par value, $1,186,000, United States 2s registered an advance of and the coupons per cent on call during the week. The range of stock prices at New York,' as reported by private wire to the Overbeok Cooke Company, of this- city, follows: Amal. Copper, a. . . . . Amor. Car. & F- o. . do preferred ...... Amer. Loco., com. . . Amer. Bugar, com... Amer. Smelt., com... do preferred Anaconda Mining Co. Amer. "Woolen, com.. Atchison, com. ..... do preferred Brooklyn Rapid Tr.. Canadian Paclflo, a.. Central Leather, o. . do preferred Chi. & Gt. W, c C M. & Bt. F Chicago & N. c. Chesapeake & Ohio... Colo. Fuel & Iron, c Colo. Southern, com.. do 2d preferred do 1st preferred. . . Delaware & Hudson. Denver & Rio G.. o. . do preferred Erie, common ....... Great Northern, pfdl Illinois Central Louisville dt Nash... Manhattan Ry Mexican Cen. Ry.... M., SC & T. . com..... Distillers Ore Lands ........... Vlr. Chemical M.. K. T.. pfd Missouri Paclno ..... National Lead ....... N. Y. Central ei- 88 62 '89 69 87 60 92 it 61 63 112 90 9714 89 2 S3 45 63 50. 112 Ill 110 09 97 39 22 80 45 68 97 86 21 86 44 oa ',4 96 87 21 85 90 44 165 82 9 118 148 83 22 23 41 61 166 166 105 9 120 9 9 118 120 84 23 24 84 23 24 88 22 23 155H 186 188 23 154 28 23 66 20 20 "4 20 125 12754 127 187 108 108 108 114 16 83 "63 19 64 68 48 Vi 17 85 62 63 '64 6H 47 105H 70 17 85 84 64 69 47 17 85 6S 'e4" . 69 46 W4 68 105 104 N. T.. Ont. A West, ci 70 69 78 69 127 H 24 M. ao preierrea . . . . North American . Northern Pacific, com 120 23 120 129 25 120 127 fin. Mall B. H. Co.... Pennsylvania Ry People's G L. gc CL. . Pressed Steel Car. e. do preferred ....... Reading, common ... do 2d preferred.... do 1st preferred.... Republic I. & S o. .. do preferred . . Rook Island, com.... do nreferred , 24 119 119 88 27 83 93 77 76 21 73 19 44 , 37 62 84 110 15 65 27 20 49 12 29 86 ' 27 90 11 20 76 27 94 27 95 2T '24" i9 45 87 22" SO 45 87 21H 19 44 87 Bt. L & a F.. 2d pfd, ao XBt preierrea... South. Paclflo. com. . do preferred Bouth. Railway, com. do preferred ...... Texas & Paclflo Tol., 8t. L. a W, o... do rref erred ...... Union Pacific, com., U. 8- Rubber, com. . do nreferred. 85 110H 15 85 110 16 8414 110 16 5 i 47 128 29 28 47 129 29 25 49 127 29 U. S. Steal Co.. com... 93 11 29 94 ia 27 90 11 do preferred . . ... Wabash, common . do preferred Western Union Tel. Total sales, 867.700 shares. Money. Exchange, Eta. NEW TORE. Sept. 14 Money on call. nominal. Time loans easier and very dull; 60 days, B6 per centi 90 days, B6 per cent; six months, 6 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 6 7 per cent. Bterllng exohange. steady, with actual business In bankers' bills at $4.864094.8848 tor demand and at 4.81704.81SO for 00 day bill. Commercial bills. (4.81 4.82. Bar sllvr, 67 o. Mexican dollars, 62 o. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds. Irregular. LONDON, Sept. 14. Consols, 82 8-16a; silver, 816-191 bank rate, 4 per cent. NEW TOKK WKKHX.Y BANK STATEMENT Bmall Decrease Is Shown In the Surplus Beserve. Xnsrw YORK. Bept. 14. The statement of clearing bouse banks for the week shows that the hanks hold 26,918.700 more than the legal requirements of reserve. This is a deorease of 1403,950 as compared with last week. The statement follows: Decrease. 876.000 1.632,600 172.2O0 645.700 L047.4O0 801.800 46S.1BO 453.650 217.250 Loans . . M. . Deposits . .11,088.972,200 U44,852,4K 80.649.200 69,221.900 . 198.909.900 Circulation Legal tenders Specie ............. Reserve Reserve require ments .., ...SM. Surplus Ex. U. a deposits 26S.131.800 261.219,100 8.918,700 14.436,860 Increase. Bank Clearing. Bank clearings of Northwestern cities yesterday were aa follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland-, .......81,197,812 I8S.885 Tacoma 7 SO, 19-7 21.446 Clearings for the past week and corre sponding week in former years were: Portland. Seattle. Tacoma. 190T 1B06 1908 1904 1903 1902 1901 8,2S9.959 810.840.896 $4,958,172 8.646.708 11.342.783 8,988.970 8.B27.435 2.207,469 ....6,281.671 4,917,022 .... 8.646.130 ..... 8,118.159 ..... 2.768.028 6,901.899 6,286,011 4.001,663 4,706,376 8,460,493 1.842.714 1,441.293 1.073,303 rOBTUSD LIVESTOCK MARKETT. Price 47nrenl Locally on Cattle. Sheep and Hogs. The firmness In the hog market resulted in an advance of 60- cents In the beBt grades yesterday. Other livestock was un changed in price. Receipts were 279 sheep. The following prices were current in the local market: CATTLE Beat steers, (8.T6944 medium, ClUUO&AOi ra $2.66 2.86 fair to mo- dlum cows, 2202.25; .bulls, 22.60: calves, 45. - 6HEBP Good sheared. I4.23O4.50; lambs, I4S4.7S. HOGS Best, 26.609 T: lights, fats fcnd feeders, $5 5.60. Eastern livestock Market. CHICAGO. Sept. 14. Cattle Receipts, 800: market, steady; beeves, J40T.6O; cows. $L25B.60; Texas steers, $3.76 5; calve. $68; Western cattle, "4J6; atockers and feeders, $2.60 8. Hogs Receipts, estimated about 12,000 1 market steady; light, $6.25e.62; mixed, $5.606.60; heavy, $3.856.76; rough, $5.88 6.83; pigs, $5.60 6.40; bulk of sales, $3.73 6.18. Sheep Receipts, estimated about 2300; market, steady; natives. $3.76 6.80; West erns, $3.76B.8S; yearlings. $6.506.40 lambs, $57.60; Westerns, $8T Metal Markets. NH1W TOKK. Sept. 14. The market for metals was generally unchanged in the ab sence of oables. Copper continued weak ana unsettled. Lead and eperter showed no fresn fea tures. NEW YORK. Bept. 14. The United Met als Selling Company announced today that It had reduced its price of electrolytlo cop per from 18 to 16 cents per pound. The company aats as selling agent ' for the Amalgamated Copper Company. ' New York Cotton Market. NEW TORE, Sept. 14. Cotton futures closed easy. Closing bids: September, 11.43o; Ootober. 11.62o; No vember, 11.67o; December, 11.59a; January, 11.66c; February, lL70o; March, lL,77o; April, 11.81a; May, ll.SSo. Spot closed quiet, 20 points lowert middling uplands, 12.80; middling Gulf, 12.860. No sales. Bugar and Cdffea, NBW YORK. Sept. 14. Bugar Baw, steady; fair refining, 8.42oi centrifugal. 90 test. 8.94o; molasses sugar. 8.06c. Refined, steady; crushed. $5.07; powdered, $5.10; granulated, $5.00. " Coffee Quiet 1 No. T Bio, 6oj No, Santos, 8a. Molasses eteady; New Orleans. 87 880. Dried Xrnlt a New Torn. NETW "YORK, Sept. 14. Th market for' evaporated apples oontlnued firm with fanoy quoted at 10c; choice, 99o; prime, 9o; eommon to fair, 78o. Prunes are unohanged. Apricots and peaches oontlnued steady at recent prlcea Coffee Future. NK1W TORE, Sept. 14. Coffee futures closed net unchanged to 1 point higher; sales were reported of 19,000 bags. Includ ing September at 6.855.90o; December, 6.053 O.lOo; March, 6.25o; May, 6.80 8.85a; July. 6.40a Spot coffee, quiet; No. 7 Rio, 6o: No. 4 Santos, 80; mild ooCCse. dull I Cordova, 8 12 a. Imports and Exports. NH1W YORK, Bept. 14. Imports ef specie at the port of New York for the week end ing today were $262,481 silver, and $165,761 gold. Exports of specie for the week were $uO,000 gold and $1,601,798 silver. . Wool at St, Louis. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 14. Wool, steadyf territory and Western mediums, 2026o; fine medium, 1923o; fine. 1720o. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Births. SMITH At 617 University street, September 6, to the wife of Percy Smith, a daughter. Marriages. COSTELLO-FBDERSPIEL Martin Costello, 29; Marglet Anna Federsplel, 22 LORENZ-HONSCHEL William Lo renz, 29; Rose Honschel, 22. YOUNG-MYERS A. F. Young.Goosa berry, Or., 29: Cecil A. Myers, 25. BAIER-CUSACK Anton J. Baler, 88; Theresa M. Cusack, 80. GERRITZ-JONES John Gerrits, 22; Cora Jones, 19. BLOCK-YOUNG "Walter E. Block. 27; Edith Young, 21. TJRLIN-BROWN Charles Stanley Urlln, Spokane, Wash., 27; Lai a Dotson Brrfwn. 27. PEZOLDT-DOPPEN Edward W. Pe oldt. 31; Rose L. Doppen, 18. BARLOW-BERG Jake Barlow, 80j Anna Berg, 20. CHAM Bit ID AU - DA6SOULT L. A. Chambreau, 37; Alma J. Dussault, 21. BEIRDMAN - S PRAGUE Roy . W. Beirdman, 26; Catherine Sprague, IB. PRETTYMAN-KECHLEN Donald Merrill Prettyman, Rockwood, 19; Min nie Kechlen, 18. CLARK -CLERKIN H. a Clark, Camas, 21: Gertrude C. Clerkin, 18. GEOH3-FOX M. Grohs, 21; Tracy Fox, 16. Deaths. GRAT At Good Samaritan Hospital, September 10, William R. Gray, native of Canada, aged 76 years, 4 months, 21 days. SORENSON At 1487 East Harrison street, September IS, Alma Sorenson, native of Oregon, aged 11 months, 12 days. McDOWELL At Baby Home. Sep tember 12, Ruth McDowell, native of Oregon, aged 7 months, 27 days. TRIMM At Hotel Rheinpfala, Sep tember 11, Joseph Trimm, age and na tivity unknown. DILLEY jft 27S McPherson street. September 12, Eliza Dilley, native of Pennsylvania, aged 86 years, 11 months and 3 days. KINDEL At St. John, September 11, Joseph Kindel. native of Michigan, aged 23 years, 1 month, 23 days. ROMIG At St. Vincent's Hospital, September 13, Mary Romig, native of Michigan, aged 64 years. O'BRIEN At St. Vinoenfs Hospital September 13, James O'Brien, native of Ireland, aged 60 years. Building Permits. H. CLAUSENIUS To alter and repair a one-tory frame building on Thir teenth street, between Market and Montgomery streets. $200. CORBETT ESTATE To alter and repair a six-story brick building on Third street, between Oak and Pine: $10,000. J. K. TUERCK To alter and repair a two-story frame building on Ninth, corner Davis etreet; $50. E. O. COUSENS To erect a two story frame dwelling on Liberty street, near Castle street; $1600. MRS. L. MURPHY To erect a two story frame building on Halsey street, between East Third street and Union avenue; $4300. M. E. THOMPSON To erect four one-story frame buildings on Missis sippi avenue between Prescott and Blandena streets; $1200 each. T. O'SULLIVAN To alter and re pair a one-story frame building on Union avenue, corner Alberta street; $150. J. BOYDSTAN To erect a two-story frame building on East Tenth street, between Alberta and Wygant streets; $2000. J. BOYDSTAN To erect a two-etory frame building on Grand avenue, be tween Sheridan: and Prescott- streets; $2000. E. GOTTFRIED Z To erect a one story frame building on Durham street, corner Morton; $75. WEINHARD ESTATE To alter and repair a three-story brick building on Madison street, between Front street and Willamette River: $30. . MARGULIS & JONES To erect a one-story frame building on Flower street, between Corbett and Macadam streets; $1000. H. L. STANTON To ereot a one story frame building on Delaware street, between Klllingsworth avenue and Burton street, $1000. G. C. BURNS To erect a two-story frame building on Eleventh street, between- Montgomery and Mill streets, $1000. G. C. BURNS To alter and repair a two-story frame building on Mont gomery street, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets; $600. Articles of Incorporation. BAKER THEATER AMUSEMENT COMPANY-Jncorporators, George I Baker, Milton W. Seaman and John F. Logan; capital $20,000. Business, or ganize, manage, own and control theaters In Oregon, Washington, Call- fornla, Nevada, Idaho, Montana and Colorado. J. G. MACK & COMPANY. Incor porators, J. G. Mack, Maurice Alex ander and Mollle Mack; capital $100, 000. Business, dealers in carpets, fur niture, etc. FROST IN CANADA Stimulates Buying In Chicago , Wheat Market. PART OF LOSS REGAINED Active Export Business en the At lantic Seaboard Slump In the Corn Pit Other Prices Are Also Lower. CHICAGO, Sept 14. Cold weather in the Canadian Northwest caused strength today in the local wheat mar ket, December closing at a net gain of o. Corn was down c Oats were off o, and provisions were 10 20c lower. Wheat today recovered much of yes terday's loss on buying brought about by tho low temperatures prevailing over the wheat fields in Western Cana da. The Weather Bureau forecasted frost tonight for that section of the country, and this tended to stimulate the buying of wheat here. Reports from New York, which claimed that an active export business was being trans acted at the seaboard, were additional strengthening Influences. The sharp break In corn caused considerable profit taking at times, but prices held firm the greater part of the day. The close was firm. December opened io higher at 98o to 984,0, sold off to 97o, and then advanced to 88 o. The close was at 98 o. Tho corn market Was extremely weak during the entire session because of liberal realizing sales, which were based on the favorable weather. The close was weak. December opened unchanged to o lower at 680 to 6840, sold off to 66o and closed at B7o. Trading in oats was quiet and the market was Inclined to be weak, owing to the slump In corn. The market closed easy. Deoember opened un changed at 63o, sold between KlHo and 62U 52540, and closed at 62a. Provisions were dull and weak, th bearish feeling being due to the break in corn prices. At the close January pork was off 20o at $15.45. Lard was down 1012Ho at $8.62 8.65. Ribs were down lOo at $8.50. Cash prices were: Wheat No. 2 red, 95H95; No. S red, 9394M:0 No. 2 hard. 95o $1.00; No. 2 hard, 93Vi98c; No. 3 Northern, $1; No. 1 Northern, nominal. Corn No. 2, 62o; No. 8, 619i62o. Oats No ?, 48 51c, Barley Cash, 82 Sic Clover, timothy and flaxseed Nom inal. The ranee of prlei by the Overbeck A city, a follows: at Chloage as reported Cooks Company, bt this Sept. .... Deo. May .... Corn Sept. .... Dec May .... Oats Sept. .... Deo. .... .63 1.04 H .Mil 1.0414 .61 .r.s4 .69- .8314 .62 V4 .63 .98 .94 .8714 .98 1.03 Al.04 .69 .89 .66 .87 .67 .88 .62 . .82 .61 .62 .62- .63 .62T4 .52H .63 Mav , . . . Pork ...13.87 18.37 16.35 B1B.8S B16.4S ,.16.60 16.68 16.48 15.46 ... 9.05 9.05 9.00 9.00 .. 8.72 8.95 a 82 802 .. 8.47 8.RO 8 40 8.40 ... 8.60 8.60 8.R0 8.80 8.07 8.07 T.97 ' 8.00 Oct. .... Jan. Ribs Oct. Jan. .... Lard Sept. ... Oct. .... Jan. . ... . Grain and Produce at Ifew Tork. TE)W- TORK, Bept. 14. Flour Receipts, 18,000 barrels; exports, 8800 barrels. Quiet and unsettled. Minnesota patent, $63.60; Winter straights, 4.10S4.40; Minnesota ba kers, $a.76!r4.28; Winter extras, $3.1069.70: Winter patent, $4.250.85; Winter low grades, $8fl-3.60. Wheat Receipts, 19,000 bushels; exports, 161.800 bushels. Spot, Arm; No. 2 red. $1.08 elevator: No. 2 red, $1.04 f. o. b. afloat No. 1 Northern. Dulurh, $1.17 f . o. b. ad oat; No. 2 hard Winter, $1.04 f . o. b. afloat. Op tion opened, higher on steady cables, tem porarily weakened by a severe break In corn. but later fully recovered on cold weather news and a jump at Minneapolis. Final prloes were o net higher. September closed at $1.04; May. $1.103L11. closed $1.10. Hops Quiet; state, common to oholce, 1908, 1210o: 1905. 8SXiQ Paclflo Coast, 1906, B-jf&oi 1908. 86o. ' BlOes Quiet. Woo Slrmj domestlo fleece, X&SBSo. Suropean Grain Markets. UDJPOlt, Sept. 14. -Cargoes firmer. Cali fornia, prompt shipment, 88s 9d389g Walla Walla, prompt shipment, 88s 8d'33Sa ed. Liverpool wheat September dosed 13th. Ts ea; oiosea letn. 7s 7d; Deoember, closed 13th, 7s 10d; closed 14th, 7s 9k Grain at Bma Fiamotsca. SAW FRANCISCOi 6pt. 14. Wheat. De cember closed yesterday. $1.6; opened to day, $1.68; olosed. $US84. May, opened today, $1.63 bid. $1.64 asked; closed. $1.63 bid. $1.64 asked. Barley, Deoember opened today, $1.40. closed, $1.42 bid. $1.43 asked. May. opened today, $L44 closedj $L4S bid. Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA, Sept. 14. Wheat, nnohanged. Bluestem. 8oi club. 81oi red, a CONFLICT IN DECEMBER (Coatlnuad from Page L) and member of the Chamber of Deputies, the president of the company, set all the machinery of which he disposes In motion. In 24 hours a decree of expulsion was) issued against M. Marauet and hla Ptirtan partners, and they were promptly con veyed across me ironuer as undesirable foreigners." Hits Powerful Interests. " This was followed by AT. Clemenoeau's famous decree regulating gambling, which was destined to make establishments such as M. Marquet dreamed of lmnos- slble. But, unfortunately, it hit the hun dreds of casinos in Summer resorts. At these petlts ohevaux are played at the public tables and baccarat in the cercle prlve, the club attached to the establish. ment, at which a pretense Is made of confining the admission to members. The chief qualification for membership is to have money to lose. The casino levies a percentage on the money staked, and this is its chief source of revenue. Sup press the gambling, and 80 per cent of the oasinos would have to dose their doors. As the casinos, with their gardens, restaurants, concert-rooms, reading-rooms, theaters, etc.. are the center of life In the various watering-places, their closing would be a disaster. But this Is not all. These casinos have been built with money advanced by the Credit Fonder, the great French mort gage bank. This establishment holds mortgages to the extent of $60,000,000 on casino properties. As an empty casino is a vary poor security, the government has the Credit Fonder against its gambling decree, and next to the Banque de France the Credit Foncler is the most powerful financial corporation in tho country, and few governments would care to come into collision with it. The whole gambling system sounds very ImmoraL but the sum staked oa cetlta chsroana te newsr-largsj-434 -lavha tnaxi- DOWNING-HOPKINS CO- ESTABLISHES UN STOCKS, BONDS, Q&AIN sVmgbx assd sou fa cash and a sbsweIsw Private Wires ROOM 4. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Phone Main 37 mum stake allowed), so that the amount of damage done Is not very great. As people will gamble it is better that they should do it in establishments under proper control than betake themselves to shady tripota. Besides, petlts chevaux bring their own cure, as the chances are so much In favor of the bank in the long run the publlo is bound to lose, so that most people play to pass the time and not really with the true gambling In stinct. The assistance of a butcher had to be obtained during a bull fight held recently at Sommleres, near Nimes. The regular toreador was tossed and gored and tram pled by the animal, and when he was carried off three others in turn entered the arena, but failed to kill the bull. The animal was horribly mutilated, and ulti mately its condition roused the specta tors to protest against further torture. The bull was then lassoed and a butcher was summoned to end its agony. T DRIFTS OUT TO SEA MERRY nsHiira PARTY nar. ROWTiY ESCAPES DROWNTXO. Captain "Wellender, of 'th Newport Lifesavlng Station, to tho Res cue Just in Time. NEWPORT. Or, Sept 1. What nar rowly missed being a fatal termina tion to a salmon-trolling party, and the loss of five lives occurred last night, when a party of fishing enthu siasts, including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Houston, of Corvallis; Mr. and Mrs. Callahan and Professor Pernot, of Ore gon Agricultural College, went trolling for salmon in Professor Pernot's new gasoline launch, the Eddy. All went well with the fishers, who had proceeded to the mouth of the harbor, when the engine suddenly ceased to work. A strong tide was running, and the party was rapidly be ing carried out to sea. Its signals of distress were observed by Coastguards man Cover, of the Newport Lifesavlng Station, who notified Captain Wellen der, in Newport. Wellender got his boat ready and started in pursuit of the rapidly drifting launch. After a long chase, the derelict was Overhauled. A line was passed on board, and the Eddy was safely towed Into the har bor. The fishing party was badly fright ened by the experience. , MEDALS FROM THE PRESIDENT Men Who Saved Ijlves of Shlp wrecked Crew Rewarded. VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 14. Captain Charles Hackett, master of the Domin ion Government steamer Quadra, and Chief Officer MacDonald, of the same vessel, were presented with gold watches and chains, while Able Sea men J. C. Fisher, P. Roche, H. Cox and W. Evans received, gold medals, in recognition of the taking off of Cap tain Allison and the crew of nine men of the United States barkentine Co loma, dismasted and water-logged in a gale off Vancouver Island coast on December 7, 1906. The watches and medals are the gifts of the President of the United States on behalf of the United Ftates Government, through United States Consul A. E. Smith, of this city. The presentation was made by Hon. Will iam Templeman, Acting Minister of Marine and Fisheries of the Dominion Government, at the request of Presi dent Roosevelt. Minnie Patterson, wife of Lighthouse-Keeper Patterson, who in a heavy storm which felled great trees and made the trail almost impassable made her way to Bamfleld Creek, where tho Dominion Government steamer was anchored, will receive a handsome piece of silver plate. 800 Killed In Hakodate Explosion. vrnTORIA. B. C. Bept, 14. The steamer Shawmut, which arrived last nlgnt from Manila, via Japan and China, .s.i,n.i T-t H a- nwa ef thA crreat fire at Hakodate. The big conflagration originated in a soap luciury near mo Higashlgawa school, and spread with vrut i-nnlditv. . sweenlnsr away hun dreds of bamboo houses. During tho fire a powder magazine at Klshomaohl explodod. Three hundred lives were lost and 13,800 houses burned. RALEIGH MEN LAUGH LAST Killing of Pets Under Quarantine Order Was Only Formal. SAN FRANCISCO, 6ept- 18. (Special.) When the cruiser Raleigh arrived here the other day, the officers told with evi dent regret how the requirements of tho Federal quarantine law had necessitated the destruction of the cruiser's mascot, a flno goat that formerly belonged. to the crew of tho battleship Oregon and of two other pets, a dog and a rabbit. The blue jackets told of the elaborate funeral with which they had honored their pets and the executive officer pointed to the entry in the log recording the three deaths. The Cincinnati arrived here a few days later with a full menagerie. Captain Quln by having declined to order the slaughter of the ship's pets until the quarantine of ficials here said it would be necessary. The) quarantine officials said they were not interested, as the pets had dean bills of health. The Cincinnati's sailors began to put on airs and. whenever a Cincinnati liberty party met a crowd from the Ra leigh, the latter had to defend themselves against charges of having murdered their mascots for a mere order. The Raleigh's men stood the Jeers until the Cincinnati got underway for Mare Island. As Cap tain Qulnby's ship steamed past the Ra leigh, the Raleigh's men appeared on the forecastle-head holding up the goat, the dog and the rabbit. The death of the animals had been duly reported to the officer of the) deck, who had made the necessary note in the log. Ho had heard three splashes In the water, circumstantial substantiation of tho report manufactured for his benefit. The offi cers expressed their sorrow and the sail ors apparently grieved. Instead of throwing their pets over board, however, the Jackie a had cleared quarters for the three animals in the lower recesses of the fireroom and there the animals remained hidden until today. The quarantine officials are glad the sailors saved their pets and will take no action In the matter, as the law under which their execution was ordered applies only to animals born In the Philippines. The Chinese Minister of Finanoe is plan xrtna; reforms in the sllvtep suid ooppsr our. Baoy f ha Bmpirsy For Biliousness There h nothing so good as TAR KANT'S. It cleanses and refreshes the stomach, clears tho brain and restores the appetite. TARRANT'S Seltzer Aperient CRes. U. S. rat. Office) has been prescribed by physicians for 62 years. There's notbtng litt it at any price. A sparkling effervescent drink. Tastes like soda water. Children like it. At droggtiti 50. eat $1.00 or or mail from The Tarrant Co. 44 Bndson Street Hew York C. 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FARB From Portland, 1st - class, 10.00; 2d-class, $7.00, Including berth and meals. Inquire City Ticket Offioe, Third and Washington sts., or Oak-street Dook. PORTLAND AND PUGET SOtTND ROUTE S. S. "Redondo 9f Sailing from Couch-street dock, Portland, for Seattle, Tacoma, Everett and Belilng bam. September 23 at 6 P. M. FREIGHT Connecting: at Seattle for Nome, Golof nlnln, 6t. Michael, Chena and Fairbanks with steamers Pleiadee, Hyades, Lryra. Haok lnaw; Ohio. Echubaoh as Hamilton. General Asrents. Seattle, Wash. F. Pi Baumgartner, Ag-ent. Portland. Couch-street Dook. Phones: Main 61) Home A 4161. SAN" FRANCISCO PORTLAND B. 8 CO. ONLY direct steamers to Ban Franolsco. ONLY ateamers affording daylight rids down the Columbia. From Alnsworth Dock, Portland a A. M. B. 8. Panama Sept. 15, 27, Oct. 0, Ete. 5. 8. Coeta Rica Sept. II, Oct. 1, IS From Spear Bt., Ban Francisco, 11 A. M. B. B. Costa Rica. ..Sept. 15. 27. Oct. 9. Ete. 6. B. Panama Sept. tl, Oct t, U JAS. H. DEWSON. Agent. 248 Washington St.. Phones: Main 268. A 2681. Columbia River Scenery REGULATOR LINE STEAMERS. Dally service between Portland and The Dalles, except Sunday, leaving Portland at 7 A. M.. arriving about S P. M.. carrying freight and passenger. Splendid accommo dations for outfits and livestock. Dock foot of Alder sU. Portland; foot of Court St.. Ths Dalles. Phone Main 814, Portland. WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE Steamers Pomona and Orerona for Salem and way landings leave Taylor-street Dock 6:43 A. M. dally (except Sunday). Oregon City Transportation Company Phon Main 40. A 381. . FAST TMJE. SIR. CHAS. R. SPENCER Columbia River soenery. The only steam er making dally round trips. Cascade Locks, Stevenson. Carson's, Collins, White Salmon. Hood River. Leaves Washington-street dook T A. M. dally exoept a unciar;. returns -arriving y ortlanil i. 1, a r '.4va vk'. w m mm wr Draw!! for A llsmonil BraadA nd Uold IDrtalllcW. w 0