THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, APRIL. 5, I90S.
FIX GRAIN RULES
Cereal Men Meet at Board of
Trade Monday Morning.
BUY AND SELL ON SAMPLES
First Committee on Ora In, Flon r
and Feed Will Then He Named.
Active Bidding at tUr Produce
t all I'gz -rp Weaker.
The formal opening of the Kratn pit
of the Board of Trade will take place
at. 11 A. M. Monday, when buying anil
telling on sample will begin. Sample
takes Bru bring pn pared for the use
of the grain men ami" the entire local
trade will he r presented at Monday's
(.slnn. The rules that will gxiverri
business on th- board will then In:
drawn up and the first ffrain, flour and
j,,, committee will be named. Some
business was trail parted at the gra in
tnl yesterday and the attendance was
jrood.
A larg' erowd was present at the
prod in -e e Ail at noon, many of them
bMsines mn who attended for the
fli-Ft time. Offerings wi;re larger than
at any of the previous sessions and
bidding on eggs was brisk at times.
Part of the trading was done on out;
of-town account.
Among the visitors was X. D. Tower,
manager of the Bell-Tower Company,
Seattle. Mr. Tower Is a leading mem
ber of the Seattle Produee Exchange.
He says the organization of the Hoard
of Trade un its present lines Is the
best tiling that ever aappened to Port
land, and he was glad to see that the
merchants so well realized the fact.
In a short time, he said, things will be
working much more smoothly and a
vast amount of business ran be trans
acted on the board in a very short
spare of time. In Seattle the merchants
iind now that they cannot do without
their exchange.
The tone of the produce market, as
reported by the committees, follows:
Poultry, weaker feeling, hens lower,
eggs, mixed tone; veal, heavier arrivals,
market weaker, prices shaded to make
sales.
Transactions on the board were as
follows:
OfftTi t.i buy V euies cnndlod eggs,
track Portland; 2." cases CiifulUd enus. ltie.
track Portland; L"0 cases candled eegs, lo,
track Portlai.d; lo cams cuiiiik-d eRS IG'.vn
track i'-ntlitiid : 'M tiws strictly iaiicy full
rrt-uin cheese, 1'. 'ec; 50 tascs candled egn,
Hic
ofTere) to irU .13 boxes Wine-sap apples,
$1.50. any delivery; loo buxee Hoxbury It. ap-plt-s.
$1.50, delivery next wk; 10 caat-s
K iaiu c lie wo, ?fK5tt dozen; 10 boxes cream
brick ihirsf, ITV-jc: 10 cun'j limburgt-r chet.se,
lite; loo cased .e;t, $.Zt; 10 caees Cali
fornia fancy ereaiuory. -TVc; 25 casts Origun
extra fancy crtamery butter, 27 je : 1 ear
standard rolled hurley, $'.'5.75, track Portland;
1 ear No. 1 feed barley, $24, track Portland ;
Km boxes fancy evaporated Oregon apples,
fit. 7 '.. ; 2nt box-A fancy evaporated Orvjton
apples. 23?. 7 (4-.-: 5o cases cainiled esifs. ll:c;
lt ca.see candled ltPc; 2 tuLu Wis
consin Swiss, lN'.c; ."0 caus uunuled t-Rtis,
li'-'. Tuesday delivery: 5 boxes storage but
ter. 22e.
Fale.-il car No. 1 Teod barley. $23.75 f. o.
b. track: 1 cur alfalfa imal f. o. b.
trai-k; 5o eases candled e&u, PiUo f. o. b.
Portland: 2.1 cases candled epKs, h'Vic; 1')
cubes torat?e butter, 22c f, 0, b, track, sub
ject to Inspection.
SHORT SALMON PACK l'ROKAUI.K.
High Prices Are Looked For Ax a in This
HeaiMu.
In a 'published interview In the Kast,
Charles Corby, a leading- handler of
canned goods, who recently completed a
'tour ot the Pari tie Coast, said of the
salmon packing Industry:
"On the Columbia River the usual prep
arations aro being made for the, puck of
It IP. and conditions warrant the general
opinion expressed that the quantity will
not exceed the annual output of. the past
tlve years, a the supply of raw material
is now dependent principally upon the
product of the hatcheries. The 'demand for
high-grade Columbia Hiver chlnooks con
siderably exceeds the supply; and prices
whn named will. In all probability, rule
about the same as In 1P7.
"On Puget Sound preparations for a parK
have been very limited. It Is not expected
that more than nine out of t he 20 ean
ii'Ties will be placed in commission dur
ing tho coming season, ami the outfitting
for these is on the basis of about 00 per
cent f capacity, occasioned by the fart
that tills, Itcitig the third year of the cycle,
a short pack, particularly of sockeyes, Is
a foregone conclusion; in addition to
which tills is the off season for hump
backs, wlihMi only run biennially.
"In Alaska the situathm will be compli
cated to sonic extent by the refusal of
the fishermen to accept a reduction of
wages, necessitated, fo the packers claim,
by prices which have hitherto ruled on
the different grades of Alaska salmon,
which have precluded the possibility of the
canneries operating at a profit. At the
time I left the Coast a ..eadlooa, existed
between the preeminent canning interests
and the fishermen's union, which, if pot
settled In tho immediate future, yill ma
terially arreet the pack, which depends
upon the fishing fleet reaching the several
districts at the time of the opening of
tin- annual run of salmon.
"As to prices for the coming season, the
consensus of opinion seemed t- be that
standard red Alaska would not be less
than $1.20 per dozen, and there were those
anion ..-t the ramiers who freely predicted
that the opening would be. on the basis
of $t.2o, with medium reds, pinks aim
chums at proportionate prices."
AspAUACVS (ONSK1NMKNT KrXKIVfcD
llitty Arrival Front th South Ilrruk fhe
Market.
A small shipment of Oregon asparagus
was received from TVawrton yesterday.
hrst of the season, and sold at $1
per dozen. California asparagus was
plentiful. Southern shippers sending sup
plies here on consignment, and as a re
sult, prices declined. The last ear of
celery of the season was unloaded on the
street. A California wire reported an ad
anco in L,oi Angeles cabhago as a result
of thy strong demand. 1
iranses were tinner as a res-it of a
strong r tone in the Southern market.
Three cars of oranges were received.
Bl TTK.K WILL DKO lXK NKXT YVKKK
Low California Offer Have a IutWnr
Fffi-ct.
A weak tone prevails in the butter mar
ket and the prospects are for a sMiraI
decline' early in the week. Local supplies
are not heavy, but low California offers
have a depressing effect.
Eggs were In fair supply on Front
street. The Hoard of Trade quotation
was IGU'Hr cents and business on the
street was generally in this range.
Poultry receipts were moderate and the
market was about steady.
AdTBri In provUlonti.
A new provision price list will go into
effect Monday morning that will raise
quotations on most linos. Snioked hams
of all sizes and boiled hams will bo ad
vanced one cent : standard breakfast,
choice and K-nglish bacon, 't cent, and
keulc rendered and standard pure lard
Ji cent; cottage roll will be advanced 1
cent and exrort bellies iz cent.
PORTLAND QrOTATIONS.
Cntla, ?1ifr. FerL Etc
I LOL'K Patent. $4 7t; iUifilit, - 0;
clears, $:;.J0; Valley. $4.3," ; graham flour,
$ 4 whole wheal fluur, $4. 40; rye flour,
fo .
WHEAT Track rrlces. Board of Trade:
Club, 63c; biucsttm, fv"k-; VaJiey. S3c; red.
Sic
BARLEY Board of Trade: Feed. $24.50
per ton; brewing, $27 per ton; rolled, $27 ft
2$ p?r ton.
MILLcTCFFS Boar,! of Trad: Bran,
$2ti.3o per ton- middlings, $2i; shorts, city.
$26; country. $2tt; W -er ion; chop,' $21'S24 per
ton. ' i
OATS Board or Trade; No. 1 white,
$C'..."rt per. tou; irray, $2t per ton.
CEREAL FOODS Holle.l oats, cream. &0
pound ea-'ka, per barrel $7; lower -grades,
5 ojyo 50; oatmeal, -steed-cot, 45 -pound
sacks. $4 per barrel: 9-lb sack, $4 25 per
bale; split peas, per TOO pounds. $4.23 4.S0;
pearl barley. $4 50f 3 per 100 pounds; pastry
flour, 10-pound sacks.. $2 73 per bale; Caked
heat , $2 7." per com
CORN Whole. $33.50; cracked, $34.50.
HAY Board of Trade: Valley timothy. No.
1. $15 ton: ordinary. $12'i13: Eastern Oregon
timothy, $17; mixed. $ log 10.50; clover, $103
12; alfaifa, $12J?12.50.
Vegetables, Fruit. Etc
DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, $1.25 2.30
per box, according to quality; cranberries,
$Sd 11 pf-r barrel.
FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes. 75
9ei: per dozen; asparagus, SfiSo jxund;
btanc. 20c p-r. pound: cabbala. lf.. per
pound; eauliflower." f l ; celery, SHcftr I
per dozen: cucumber. 1.S0fri 2 per 'dozen;
eggplant, 20c per pound ; lettuce, head, 03c,
per dozen; hothouse, $1 ".J5(a-l-OO per box;
parsley, 2rc per dozen; peas, - 15c
per pound; peppers, 20c per pound;
radishes, 30c per dozen; rhubarb,
$2.50 per crate; spinach. 85c per crate;
Bproats, Uo per pound; squash, llc per
pound; tomatoes. Mfxh-an. crates, $2.75.
TKui'lCAli FRCITS Lemons. 2.733.50
per box ; oranges, navels. $2 2.75: srape
frutt, $U 50: bananas, o-Sc per lb.; crated,
5Ht'; pineapples. $45.50 per dozen; tan
terines, St. 50 per box.
ONIONS? Jobbing price, Oregons, $4.753
per hundred.
lltyOT VEGETABLES .Turnips. $1 per
eack; bt-ets, $1.25; pajrenlps, $1.25 per sack;
garlic, 15c per pound.
J'OTATOES Buying prices, 45 fS 55c per
hundred, delivered Portland; new California,
S$i-t per pound.
DRIED FRUITS Apples, 10c per pound,
peaches, 11 flc: prunes. Italian, 56c;
prunes. French. 3 3 5c; currants, unwashed,
cases, 64c; currants, washed, cases. 10c;
flfis. white, fancy, 00-pound boxem Gc
Dutter, Eggs, pooltry. Etc.
BUTTER Board of Trade: City creamer
ies, extras, 30c per pound; fancy, 27 c;
choice, 25c. Front street: State creameries,
fancy, 25 (ft 3(c; store butter, choice, 16 c.
CHEESE Board of Trade; Oregon full
cream twins, liP-jc per pound; cream brick,
20c; Swiss, 20c ; llmburger. 22 MjC pound.
POULTRY fancy hens. 14(5 Uc; mixed,
1 3c; MOMttre.' old, 8c; fryers, 2oc; broilers,
22Ufi2$e; turkeys, live, -loltc; drtsfcied,
choice, 10201'; gets, live, per pound, SiiK:;
oucks. lu'ij 17c;. pigeons, 75c(&$l; squabs,
$1.50'.t 2.
E;J.S Fresh ranch, loss off. Board o
Trtele quotation: lefilti'c per dozen.
VEAL Hoard of Traup; Extra, -fe'c; ordi
nary. i!":ry; heavy, tKi 7-.
I'OUK Board of Tirade; Fancy, 7Vfel⪼
ordinary, c ; large, 5 ra tic.
MUTTON Board of Trade: Fancy, 11c
per pound.
Hops, Wool, Hi ties. Etc
HOPS UH7, prime and choice. 43C
per pound; olds, It&lVfec per pound.
WOOL Eusu-rn Oregon, average best, 13
ltie yer pound, uccording to snrtnkage;
Valley, 14 Itic, according to qualiLy.
MOHAIR Choice, 200'c per. pound.
OAhLAliA bAKK Jc per pound.
HIDES Dry, lz&Lifec; dry calf. No. 1,
under 5 lbs., 14&lic; culls, 2c pur lb. less;
salted hides, 5c; salted calf, yc; green
iunsaltedj, lc per lb. less; culls, lc per
ib. less; sheep skins, sheurlings, No. 1
butchers' stock, eacU, "25teJOc; short wool.
No 1 butchers' stock, eucli, SOtytiOci me
dium wool, Nd. 1 butchers' stock, each. 75c
a $1.00, lunjj wool. N'b. 1 butchers' stock,
each, 11-25(1.50; horse hides, salted, eacu.
according to size, $2.00(6 2.50; dry, accord
lag to size, each, $1.00& 1.50; colt's hides,
each, 25i50c; foat skins, common, eaca,
1ju25c; Angoras, with wool on, each. 3ic9
$1 50.
FURS For No. I skins: Bear skins, as
to size. No. 1, each, $5.0O? 10.00; cubs,
each. $ 1 3 ; badger, prime, each. 25 f 50c;
cat, wild, with head perfect, 30 30c; house.
5i& 20c; fox. common gray, large pilme,
each, 4050c red. each, $3 (5: cross, each,
$5 15; silver and blactt. each. $loos
300; fishers, each, $5S; lynx. each. $4,509
0.00; mink, strictly No. 1. each, according
to size, $13; marten, dark northern, ac
cording to fclze and color, each. $ 10 13 ;
marten, pale, according to size and color,
each, $2.50 4 : muskra, large, each. 12
15o; skunk, each, ,'i0 f 40c; , civet .-or polecat,
each, 5 15c; otter, or rarge, prime skin,
each, $oJ0; panther, wltl head and claws
perfect, each. $23 raccoon, for prim
large, each 50 75c wolf, mountain, with
bead perfeet, each, $3.505.00; pralrl
(coyote), O0c$l. 00; . wolverine, each, $69
800.
Groceries. Nats. Etc.
RICE: Southern Japan, 5fcc; head,
Tc; i imperial japan, ttc.
COFFEE Mocha, 24&2Sc; Java, ordinary,
17r 20c; Costa Rica, fancy. IS 20c; good,
3C'(i ISc; ordinary, 125J 16c per pound. Columbia-
roast cases, 100s, $14.50; GOs, $14.75;
Arbuckle, $16.63; Lion. $15.15.
SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tal'.s.
$2 per- dozen; 2-pound talis. $2.!3; 1-pound
flats, $2.10; Alaska pink, 1-pound talis, 5c;
red. 1-pound talis, $1.45; sockeyes, 1-pound
tails. $2.
SUGAR Granulated, $.25; extra C, $5. 75;
pe Idea e. $5.tK; fr;t sugar, $0.25; berry.
$; 25; hf-et suar, $6.05; rule (barrels),
$ilO."; powdered (barrels), $0.5O. Terms: On
remittances within 15 days deduct lie per
pound; if later than 15 days, and within 30
days, deduct He per pound; Maple sugar,
15 G ISc per pound.
NUTS Walnuts, 16 & 18e per pound by
sack: lirazll nuts, 10c; Alberts 16c; pecans.
lo; almonds. 16'4(318c, chestnuts. Ohi x
25c; peanut a, raw, fl-ii (jfSVic per pound;
rousted. 10c; pinowuts, 10 12c; hickory
nuta, 10c; coeownuts. yoc per dozen.
SALT Granulated. $18 per ton; $.25
per balo; half ground. 100s. $13.00. par ton;
50s. $14 per ton.
BEANS ftnail white. 4ie; large white.
4 Vic; pintc, 4c; bayou. -ct Lima, 6a; Mexi
can red. 3 Tie.
HONEY Fancy, $3. 50 3. 75 per box.
Provisions and Canned! Meat.
BACON Fancy breukfast, 22c pound ;
standard t bieakfa.-t. ISr; elion e, 17c; Eng
Jifh, 11 t'o 14 pounds, 10o poun-t
HAMSlo tt. II p'-unds, 14c pound; 14
to 16 pound, iaV-c; 18 to 20 jiountl;, 1,'JV.c;
boil.!. ZU:
BARRELED GOODS Pork, barrels. $20;
ha If -barrels, $11.50; beef, barrels, $'d; half
barrels, $5.
DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears
dry su.lt. lO'ic; smoked, 11 'jc; short clear
backs, nry salt, lO'c; smoked. llc; Ore
g-.-u experts, bt.llieM, dry salt, 13c; emoked,
14c.
LARD Kettle rendered: Tierces. 12c;
tuV 12'ie: 5s. j.:ic; 2"S. 12c; 1l- i:-;
5s, LTic: 3s", l.'le. Standard purer Tierces,
ll'4c: tubs, llic; AOs, imc; 2tw, llc; His,
ll'-c; 5s, 11-fHC Compound; Tierces, 8e;
tubs. S-ic; 50s, 84 20s, SHc; 10s, 8c;
5. STic. -
Coal OH and Gaiiolln
KEriNED OILS Water white. Iron bar
rels. 1'iv.c: wood barrel, 14 c. ' I'earl oil.
fuses, ISc; h'ad liltt, iron tarrels. 12!ic:J
cats. lit'c: wood barrels, ltlfec. Kocen
cases. 2U-. pet'lal . u ., iron barreisx
He; wood harrt-ls. ISc Eiains, cases, 2Sc.
Kxtra star, cases, 21c.
UASOLIXE -V. M. and P. Naphtha. Iron
barrels. 1114c; cases, lO'-ic Ited Crown
Kasolinc, iroti barrels, ltl'ac; cases, 22 4 c.
Motor easoline, iron barrels, lrie: cases.
221fcc; Jt gasoline, iron barrels. SOc; eases.
37 He. No. 1 engine oisttllate, iron barrels.
(K-; cases, 16c.
IVes.li 1 lh and shell 1 u-h.
FRKSH FI.--H -Halibut, KrtTc; blatk cod.
So; biaik bass, per l'iind. 2': strirM.l bass,
l.'io; herring. oH.c: flounders, lie: cattish, llo;
jihrimp. lfc; perch, 7c sturgeon, 12i,c; Bea
trout, lHo: torn eod. l'X-; salmon, stlvergldea.
ftc: stee'hea-te, lie; Chinook. 1 f7l2Jc.
.CI.AMS IJttle neck, f2.oi per ba; rast)r
clams, $2 per box.
OYSTEItS Shoalwater Bay. per 'Rallon.
$2.-5; per sck. 4.iu; Tnke. Point. $1.6o per
V; Ol.snipia tl2t pounds), $6; Olympia, per
gallon, 2.25.
Bank Clearinjrs.
Clearings of the Northwefftem cities yea
terlay were as follows:
Clearing-.. Balance,
Portland tl."i'3 MO tlii" 0S9
alllf 1.2!t4 4iUi KVi. llli
TaMtia W4 47!i T5.I524
Spokane l,mH.l72 lt'.2.li47
Clearings of Portland, Seattle and Tacoma
for the pat week and correspon Jlcg week
In former years follow:
Portland. Prattle. Tacoma.
lik'S KM4.1U1 17.242.125 W,7"H.iC0
l!-'7 ;.3U 571 b.f54 3.67U II..
1!"6 , 4.72tl t.422.W3 3.S59.;7
l!'-5 4 2."4.427 5.5.l:4 2.t7,tf.'vj
1'4 3 475 ."41 3.5:t.l..V.7 I.ul2.!t7
llt t :i,5!l7.7t7 .1.H:i'.tt74 1 Mi y.i9
l!"'S 2.42s.tiPI 2. T.;4.. '- 1.2.V, 541
.v :.tt.WI 2.22 431 1.US3.CS3
New Vurk t otlon Iiuket.
XKW YoHK. Apiil 4 Cotton fuluies
c!md steaiiy. April, V ,Vy: May, f KSc : June,
P 72c: Juiv. n.7t : August. ft.iV.T 0.'lo,er.
I'tiic: December, 9.63c: Jiiuar ; JIarch,
.5c.
STOCKS
IRK T ME
Speculation Awaits Settle
ment of Erie Affair.
NO ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
Evidences ofLiqaldation In the Cop
per - Indnstrlals Steel . Issues
1'lrm Rally Near the End
Causes a Kirni Closing.
NEW YORK, April 4. Tho stock
market today did little more than
mark time, In acocrdance with the evi
dent purpose to refrain from any ex
tensive commitments in tho market
until the. situation of the Erie proolem
is cleared up by formal announcement.
No news was forthcoming; on that
important topic during the short stock
exchange session, but opinion was in
clined to look for the evidence of a
receivership. There was an impres
sion that the differences at issue con
cerned the terms to be made wita the
holders of the notef. maturing April 8,
and that some maneuvering for advan
tage in these terms was Involved in
the successive delays in announcing
the decision of the directors.
There was some sign in a few issues
of a little slow liquidation. estecla.llv
in the copper securities, but support
was accorded to the market and no
serious Inroads on prices resulted.
United States Steel was firm and the
resistance of this stock to pressure in
contrast with its heaviness during the
week had some sympathetic effect on
the selling list.
The weekly reviews of the mercan
tile agencies were scanned with inter
est, but presented no very enthusiastic
account of commercial conditions.
The late improvement in prices of
stocKs today followed an Intimation
that the bank statement might not show
so heavy cash gains as preliminary es
timates had Indicated. A good effect
was produced by the report of the
American Railway Association of a
lurtiier reduction in the number of
idle freight-cars, the total for March
18 falling to 297.042, a decrease of 17,
950 from the previous estimate on
March 4, and of 46,175 from February
5. when the number of idle freight
cars in the country reached the maxi
mum. Rumors of an Erie settlement
helped the . late rally and the firm
closing.
The cash gain disclosed by tho bank
statement was' smaller than, the pre
liminary estimate had shown, but the
discrepancy was less in the statement
of actual conditions on Friday night
than iri the statement of averages. The
loan expansion is attributed to ar
rangements for financing the quarterly
settlements on the first of the month.
Bonds were steady and dull. Total
sales, par value, $738,000. Cntted
States bonds were unchanged on cal!
for the week.
.'CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing
Sales. High. Low. Kid.
Adams Express , 177
Amal Copper 18.20 S)ii 5si
Am Car & Foun- 8i0 32 31 32-i
do preferred l'o.a
Am Cotton Oil 28
do preferred 5
Am Express VjQ
Am Hd & Lt pf 15
American lee ..... 144
Am Linseed Oil.. 100 7 7 7
do preferred 20
Am Locomotive... 2,CcO 43H 42'i VlUj
do preferred ... loo 91 ll'i 01
Am Smelt & Ref. 18,200 U7T, 6o 61
do preferred 14
Am Sugar Kef 3u0 124H 123 124
Am Tobacco ctfs K
Anaconda Mln. Co.- 2.500 47'i 37 37',
Atchwon l.Wsi - 74', ' 7:ti 744,
do preferred ... SOU Kti fc.Vs S5i,
Atl Coast Line... 1"U 71 'i "' 7u'i
Bait & Ohio hl 82'. 821, 82',
do dpreferred 85
Brook Rap Tran. 2,900 45a, 44 451i
Canadian Pacific.. 1.100 151 149, 150'j
Central of X J 125
Ches & Ohio TOO Soli SOU .lO'i
Chi Ot Western 5
Chicago & N W 14514
C, M A-St Paul.. 5,30O 115U lllili
Chi Tcr & Tran 5
do preferred 2o
C, C, C A St L 53;
Colo Fuel & Iron 2,2J 2.'IU 2-1 23 1,
Colo A Southern.. 7oil 251, . 24, 24-,
do 1st preferred. 54 54 54
-do 2d preferreel. 3i0 44,' 4414 44
Consolidated Cas.. 3.70O 118 115 118
Corn Products -
do preferred H3
Tlel 4t Hudson... 2t0 154 104 1 54'j
Del, Lack it- West 48,.
I) A R Orande... 300 111 '4 18 JS's
do preferred .51
Distillers' Securi.. 2i .H"i 31 . 3"i
Erie 5.200 I.V, 1.154 1S'4
do lHt preferred, 1.4oo :t2'-i 2U .'2'ii
do 2d preferred. 4i 21 lj 20 21 i
General Kleetric 128
Illinois Central .. loo 125 125 123,
Int Paper H S 8 8
do preferred tI ,
Int Pump -. IPO 22'4 22i 21 U,
do preferred
Iowa Central 1-
do preferred -4
K Of Southern -M
do preferred
Louis & Nashville. 2i) 7" .' '
Mexican Central.. 4UO 18, IM'.J 18T,
Vinn & St Louis 2i 24 24 24
M, St P A S S M. Sort 114 112 114
do preferred 1"8
Missouri Pacific... Ti 41 41 l, 41
Wo. Kan A Texas l.ouO 21 28 !, - ?4
do preterrea ' h
Natioiwl Lead ... 1.300 85 o4 64 J,
31 X Nat R R pf W"
N T Central l.HW ' ts '
N T Out A Went. loo ."2!, .".21,
Norfolk A Wertern !"0 63 3 63
do preferred J' J
North American.. . . J-"!
PaeitTC Mail 2S'3 -?8..
Pennsylvania l.uoi) I IjH na1
People's tias
P. C C A St Louis
Pressed Steel Car 2"0
8!)
7fl
do preferred ... .IV-3 . 1, ...
Pullman Pal Car. It-" lol J-.l 1..1
Readlus 4S.1K l.a'i l"2i MS
do 1st preferred. .
do 2d preferred ?-
-r.,,bllc Steel ... 4UO I'-'S I"
do preferred ... ' ,, V?
Rock Island Co.. iit0 I-';,
do preferred lo r
St L A S F 2 pf
St L Southwest
do preferred
".i. ' u.ifi 3 rxv 74 72S
2i'i
24 .
12
31
74
do preferred ... ...... ''iirJ
Southern Railway. 1 4IO l ' S 'jj
do preferred ... 6o 3 L
Texas A Pacine IJ's
Tol, St L A West. .... .. ..... 1"
da preferred .., 2tKj 41 J, ..Uj
fnion Pacific ... :u.2oO l''s l-i"S 1?4',
do preferred ' -
1; S Kxpress
U B Kes:ty
U S Rubber -
,i 4i0 8.1
40
21 f.
81
&1
tt c steel 25.4O0 K3H i-l M
do preferrid 'I:: "L!K M W OT
Va-Caro Chemical "JVi
do preferred
SO
loo lots lot, loH
loo 17H 1714
3o0
OlO 52 51,i 51
54
14
Wabash
do preferred
Wells-Fargo Ex...
Westiufhouse Elec
Wheel A I Erie.
Wisconsin Central.
j - .r.wj
Northern Pacific. ll..J IM 1M
Central Leather .. 5"? ' 2, ?
do preferred . . .- P ' 'l
Sloss-Sheffield ....
Gt Northern pf-. 1,2 yj i1
Inter Met ....... 1 ' " J
do preferred J"-
Utah Copper ... "O1 M
Total sales for the day. 219.600 shares.
. BONDS.
NEW YORK. April 4. Closing quotations:
t-'s ref. 2s reg.ln3 N TOO 3Vs.. 80
do coupon 1o4 North Paclltc 3.
V g 53 reg lt) North Pacific 4s. !,
do coupon. ... 107 IS.rulh pacific 4s. S5
V s- ne 4s reg.PJO1 Union Paiiic 4s. Pii
do cou7on. .. -122,i:Wiscon Cent. 4s. 82
Atchison adj. 4s fed 'Japanese 4a 77H
" Stocks sts London.
LONDON. April 4. Consols for money.
S7 3-lti: do for account, S7s.
Anaconda Tii X- Central. J 00. QO
Norflk A Wes
I do pref. . . .
lOnt A West. .
'Pennsylvania.
Rand Mines..
IReadlna . . .
65.50
83-OO
33.00
550
tSoulharn By..
! do pref
(South Pacific.
1S3.37H
3C00
74.874
'Union Pacific.
127 50
Erie. 14 874! do Dref
83.00
33.50
do 1st Df.. 32.00 iU. S. Steel...-
do 2d pf . . 20 00 I de pref
Grand Trunk 15 2!a 'Wabash
III Central. .. I2D OO I do pref
I. A N loo 00 'Spanish s...
Mo. K. A T. . 23.50 iAinai Copper
100.00
1000
18.00
us. go
59.75
Money, Kxchange. Kte.
NEW TORK, April 4. Money on call nom
inal: time loam?, dull and eaey; GO days, 3 per
cent; 90 days, 3yi'S3i per cent; six months,
4 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 4H'11! per cen.t.
Sterling exchange, steady, with actual busi
ness In bankers' bills at 4.8650sj4.S655 for
demand and at 4.8425S-4.8435 for 60-day
bills.
Commercial 'bills; 4.S374.84'.
Bar silver 55!je. t
Mexican dollars, 47c. , '
Government and railroad bonds, steady.
LONDON, April 4. Bar silver, dull at
25 7-ltid per ounce.
Money, 29214 per cent.. ;
The rate of discount in the open market for
short billp Is 2.a per cent; for thre months
bill, per cent. ,
S.fS FRANCISCO, April 4. Sliver bars.
BSNc.
Mexican dollars, 52c.
Drafts Sight, lOc; telegraph, 12'ic.
Sterling, 60 days. $4,835, sight. ft-8SU.
Jully Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, April 4. Today's state
ment of th treasury shows:
Available cash balance JS9 ;!!'-95I
Gold coin and bullion "
Gold certificates 2b,895,0
HOPS TO BE
UCRST MAKES PROPOSAL TO
OREGOX GROWERS.
Large Block, If Secured, Will Be
Disposed Of on the Lon- .
don Market.
Another largo consignment proposi
tion is being laid before the Oregon
hopgrowers by M. H. Durst, of Calif
ornia. Mr. Durst is trying to make
up a shipment of some 10,000 bales of
Oregon bops to be offered on the Ion
don market. His circular to growers
says:
"London wants 40,000 bales yet, but
just now the brewery Interests are so
taken up with' the license bill iri
Parliament that they won't buy hop
or anything else. This can't last al
ways. Inside of 90 days the London
trade will wake up and want hops. If
is for you to say whether you are
willing to hold your hops here and sell
them to the 'trade" for 1 to fi-centp
per pound, or whether you will come
into this proposition, join together and
ship your own hops and send thjee or
four of your bet and most reliable
hopgrowers back with the hops to Lon
don and have yourselves the chance to
make the 2 to 4-cent profits which the
'trade hopes to make off your hops."
Growers joining in the consignment
are promised a stiff advance at the
time the hops are shipped and are al
lowed to ' select one of tbelr number
tor every -2500 bales put in tho ship
ment to go with the hops to London
and see that everything Is all right.
The local hop market was very dulf
yesterday ana reporxs rrom oaiem were
of nothing doing. Contracting has also
decreased, though H. L. Hart has in
the last few days" eecured for Isaac
Pincus & Sons several hundred .bales
at 8 cents for one year terms.
The London Brewers' Journal, in its
latest issue, says of hop conditions in
England:
"Since our last report there has been a
fair inquiry chiefly for the inferior de
scriptions, of which supplies principally
consist. Business, however, has been de
pressed since .the introduction of the
licensing bill, and for the moment there
ip little business passing. The outlook,
however, is favorable to brewers, as a
large quantity of the 1907 crop is fitiil in
t he hands t growers. Arrivals from the
United States are also very considerable.
The "Hinnetonka arrived from New
York this week with 6452 bales. With
supplies, therefore, abnormally heavy,
and trado throughout tho country in an
unsatisfactory -condition, prices have been
allowed to recede, to a very unromuner
ative level. Fine qualities are most diffi
cult to obtain and realize firm rates, but
Inferior hops, of which the market Is In
undated, are to be had at remarkably
low quotations. This shading down in
quality, and consequent decline in prices
offering, have been marked characteristics
of the season. There are still large quan
tities of hops In the- States awaiting dis
posal. It Is calculated that when the
present crop was harvested in California
there was a surplus of 300,000 bales in sup
plies, including the quantity left over
from the crop of the previous year. Cur
rent prices arg below the cost of pro
duction in this country, as a very small
crop brings ded loss to growers, who are
further reducing their acreage under cul
tivation." Eastern Mininc Stocks.
NEW" TORK, April 4. Closing quotations:
Adams Con
Uttla Chief r
Ontario 2T.0
'OphJr 2.30
IpoLosi 4
'Savage 28
! Si err a Nevada. . 2!
mall Hopes. ... JS
'Standard t .. .140
Alice 1.-0
Hreet-c lO
Brunswick Con. 10
Copistouk Tun.. 2)
C. C. & Va r-i
Iron Silver 100
Leadvllle Con.. 0
BOSTON, April 4.
Adventura ..J l.r.O
Alloueg 24 M
Amalpamated TS .0
Atlantic I W
Bingham .. .1SS.1K)
Cal & Hela.63iul
Centennial . . 21.IM
Closing quotations:
Atchison .... 75 75
do pref . . . . 89. OO
Bait A Ohio. 84 75
Can Pacific. .154.50
Ches A Ohio. 31.50
Chi Grt West 5.25
C. M. A S. P. 119.50
le Beers 11.75
L A R a 19 25
do nref 52 75
Parrot 17.7."
'wuincy 2.00 .
Shannon 11.02
Tamarack ... 00.00
Trinity 13.73
n I ted Copper (V. 30
V. S. Mining. 37, 00
t'. S- Oil .12H
H'tah 2A.r0
'Victoria 3.0f)
iWInona f.0rt
'Wolverine . . . 125.00
Copper Ran so tiH27
Franklin .... 7 T.O
Granby 90.
Isle Royalc. .
Mass Mining.
Mtr.hlRHii
Mohawk ....
18.;
2..-.0
It.OO
4S.S0
'North Butte.. .VI. 75
'Butte Coal... 21.i;2'&
'Nevada 11.37
leal 4 Art. ..loooo
UrU Coin lT.'j
loreene Cfnanca 8.12f
Mont. C. & C.
75.00
Old Dominion
Osceola SZ.00
Orifd Fruit at New York.
NEW TORK, April 4. Evaporated ap
ples, quiet; fancy, VH??;tlc; choice. Sw
f'4e; prime, 7f7c, and common to fair,
34 ;'-
Prunes Steady. California, 4U&14c and
Oregons, frftlOe.
Apricots Unchanged. Choice, lSfi20c:
extra choice, 10?z21c: fancy, 20524c.
There Is a fair demand for peaches with
choice quoted at lOfalOc; extra choice.
ll'll1ic: fancy, ll15c, and extra fancy
at 13fZ14c
Raisins Dull and unchanged. Loose
muscatels, 5ti&4c; seeded raisins, 5g7Vj:
and London layers at H.65L75.
TELEGRAM FR0M LAWSON
Calls Attention to .Forthcoming An
nouncement of "Fair Finance."
BOSTON", Mass., April 4. (To the
Oregonlan, Portland, Or.) Kindly tell
your readers not to miss my Monday's
advertisement wherein I drive Fair
Finance plumb itraight at the heart
ot the Ftock Exchange. Wall street and
the System. Tell the U.OUO new-mada
Yukon stockholders they will know
more ahout their Investment and the
financial zoppers who tried to crimp It.
fi OH FORECAST
Wet Weather Promised and
Wheat Market Drops.
VERY WEAK AT CHICAGO
Reports From tJie Southwest Indi
cate Growing Crop Is In Good
Condition Corn Turns Strong,
but Oats Aro Easy.
CHICAGO, April 4. Sentiment In the
wheat pit was bearish all day. The of
ficial forecast again for wet weather
was the chief cause for the easier tone.
Crop reports from the Southwest for the
most part seemed to Indicate -that the
growing crop Is In good condition. The
market closed easy. May opened c to
higher at 92T4c to 9ac. sold off to 92c
and closed at 9292ic. .
Corn was weak at the opening, but a
strong tone developed at the last of the
session, and the market closed firm.
May opened He lower at 66c. sold off to
65c, ,and then advanced to 6634 c. The
close was at 66fci66ie.
Oats were weak , owing to favorable
weather In the Southwest for the new
crop; May opened unchanged at 53c,
sold off to 53c, and closed at &3c.
Provisions were weak "at the start,
but a steady tone developed later owing
to the strength of corn. At the close May
pork was up 5c, lard was 2ic lower and
ribs were 5s higher.
Leading futures ranged as follows;
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
May ( .m ? .! ? .02 .U2i
July ' .8
September .86:fi .80 -.6!4
- - CORN.
May Vi ..-. .004
July '.BHT4 .tU1;, ;.
SepU-.nVer ... '.37n .ftlVi .KV
. OATS.
May, old SS-TJ SrtYs .IB! .EiU
May, nw ... .52 .52 .: .51
July, old 47 -4T'i .4i;i .4
July, new 44i .44 .44 .44
. PORK.
May ...,.'....13.27 13.: 1.10 13.30
July : 13.65 13.70 13..-H1 J:l.65
September ...14 05 14.05 . 13.SW .. ' U.OO
LARD. .-.
May S..10 8.30 8.ST14 S.27H
July 8.50 ; ii..r.) 8-47 4 8.5514
Septambsr ... 8.72!4 8.72'i S.65 8.72!4
SHORT RIBS.
May 7.124 7 15 7 in 7.15
July ..... 7-40 7.5 7.35 7.45
September ... 7.62i 7.65 7.62 4 7(i5
Cash Quotations were aje follows:
Floui Steady. Winter patents 4.?P9 I SO;
straight, $44.60; Spring patents, 5.tfr3.20;
straights, f4.20-g4.5O;- baker's, $3.25f4.10.
'Wheat No 2 Spring. 1 .043 1.06: No.' 3,
94e!51.05; No.' 2 red. S2jie3e.
Corn No. 2, 65460; No. 2 yellow, 664c.
Oats iNo. 2. 024c; No. 3 white, 5H4igv4c.
. Rye 76tfi77c.
Barley Fair to choice malting, 75fi85c.
. Flax seed No. 1 Northwedtern, 11.18.
Timothy seed Prime, J4.60.
Clover Contract gardes 23.
Short ribs Sides, (loose), r..50i7.00.
Pork Mi. pr bbl., 13.12413.25.
1 Lard Per 100 U.S., 8.20.
Sides Short, clear, (boxed), $7.2337.50.
- Whisky Baeia of high wines, $1.35.
Receipts. , Shipments.
Flour, bbls 24.41.0 21.200
Wheat, bu 17,5o 3.5")
Corn, bu 214. 17o,lKiO
Oats. bu. ..' 2M.(Nrf 31t.3tio
Rye, bu 2. too 22.IHK)
Barley, bu 81.4O0 32,100
Grain and Produce at New York.
NEW TORK, April 4. Flour Receipts,
1S.600. Exports, 4S00. Dull and lower.
Minnesota patents. $3.235.63; Minnesota
bakers. $44054.90; Winter patents, $4.60
4.90: Winter low grades, $3.70ff4.05.
Wheat Receipts. 11.000. Exports, 55,100.
Spot, easy. No. 3 red 99vjc elevator and
997i f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth,
$1.12 f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard Winter.
$1.09t& f. o. b. afloat. Opening steadier on
a dry weather map. wheat reacted and
closed weak. July, 96vic.
Hops Pacific Coast, 1907 crop, 7SSc;
1906 crop, 35c.
Hides Steady. Bogota, 17c; Central
American, 17c.
Leather Quiet. Acid, 20-27o.
Wools Steady. Domestic fleece, 3134c.
Petrolium Steady.
Grain at Sun Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. Wheat Steady.
Barley Steady.
Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping, $1.60
1.624 per cental; milling, $l.)245'l.a74 per
cental.
Barley Feed, $1.3741.40 per cental; brew
ing, $1.45(gl.524 per cental.
Oats Red, $1,42481.55 per cental; white.
$1.5241.65 per cental; grays, $1.551.624
per cental.
Call board ealc.i: Barley May, $1,334 per
cental; December. $1.1734 1.184 per cental.
Corn Large yellow, $1.62 V'5 1-67 4 per cen
tal. European. Grain Markets,
LONDON, April 4. Cargoes, dull and In
active; no transactions. Walla Waila. prompt
shipment, 3d higher at 35s 6d; California,
prompt shipment, 6d higher at 36m. ,.
LIVERPOOL, April 4. Wheat May, 7s;
Ju!y, 7s 14d; September, 7s 4d.
English country markets, quiet. French
country markets, quiet.
Wheat Prospects In Canada.
WINNIPEG, April 4. Reports of seed
ing prospects from ail over Western
Canada, received here today, indicate
the outlook is unusually bright. Spring
wheat will start In 10 days. Winter
wheat in Alberta Is well advanced and
showing up green.
Minneapolis Wheat Market.
MINNEAPOLIS, April 4. Wheat-May,
$1.01; July, $1.01'1.014; No. 1 hard, $1.05;
No. 1 Northern. $1.03: No. 2 Northern,
$1.06; No. 3 Northern, 93'ie.
Wn.eut at Dalnth.
DULUTH, April 4. Wheat-No. 1 North
ern. $1,024; No. 2 Northern, 9S';c; May,
$1.00U: July, $1.0Ui.
Wheat at Tacoriia.
TACOMA. April 4. Wheat unchanged.
Bluestem, 84c; club, 82c; red, 80c.
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK MARKET.
Prices Quoted Locally on Cattle, Sheen and
Hogs.
The livestock market was strong all
around yesterday, as It has heen all week.
Continued light receipts and a keen de
mand for cattle and hogs cause prices
to have an upward tendency. Sheep,
lambs and calves are also In very fair
demand. Yesterday's receipts were 267
cattle.
According to the Baker City Democrat.
nine stock Inspectors are now busy with
the work of Inspecting the sheep of the
state and within a short time three or
four more deputies will be placed In the
field by Dr. MeCIure. Between now and
the middle of May every band of aheep
witnin tne state is to De inspected by
the Federal men and sheep found to be
scabby or exposed will be ordered dipped
at once. Already 200.000 head of sheep
have been inspected and out of that num
ber scab has been found but in two in
stances, according to Dr. McOiurp. One
of the cases occurred in a band in Lake
County, while the other one was found in
a band hi Malheur County. In view of
the general dipping required last Spring
OW
downingiopkins cp.
BROKERS
STOCKS --BONDS --GRAIN
Bourht and oId for cash and on mane In.
Private wires Rooms 201 to 204,
It la believed that little evidence of scab
will be found this Spring.
The following quotations were current
I on livestock In the local 'market yester-
Iday:
CATTIjE Best steer?, W.754M.S5; me
dium, t4.25(&4.75; common, $3.504; cows.
best, 3.7ra4.25; common, $3.25'S3.7d;
calves, J44.50.
SHEEP Best weathers, JtVfi6.3); ewes,
tS.S06; Spring Iambs, nominal.
HOGS Best, J&S6.23; medium, $5,7536;
feeders, $5,25$i5.75
Eastern Livestock Market.
KANSAS CITT, April 4. Cattle Receipts,
1400;- market, steady; .native steers, $5 253?
6.90; native cows and heifer. $36.40: stock
en. nnd feeder. $:1.5096.60; bulls. $3.5"'"3
8.25: calves. $3.5065.50: Western steers, $4.75
$6.75; Western uuws. $3.7.Vff5.50.
Hogs Receipts 5000; market, steady to 5c
hightr. Bulk of sales. $5.Sf5.90; heavv,
$5.8.Hi5.J5 ; packers and butrht-rs, $6.80-6.05;
lighto, $5.70'!5.S5; pics, $4.8tWi5.25.
Sheep Receipts, none; market, nominal,
OMAHA. April 4. Cattle Receipts,' 1O0;
market, unchanged.
Hogjf Receipts, 4O0O; market, 5H10c high
er. Heavy. $.Y703.80; mlxd. $3.70-pS.75;
llghta, $5. 565. 75; pigs, $4.5U35.25; bulk of
sale, $5.7(3 5.75.
tih-H-p Receipts. 7000: markft, steady.
Yearlings.' $6.757.50: wethers, $6&7; ewv.s,
$5.75KS.75: lambs, Tg.10.
CHICAGO, April 4. Cattle Receipts, 300:
market, . steady. Beeve, - $4.SO'?r7.30; cows
and heifers, $20; Texans. $4.4083.40; calves,
$4.7585.75: Westerns. 84.4v4io.80; stockers
and feeders. $3.25')5.30.
Hogs Recelp-.s, about 10,000: market,
strong to 5c higher. Lights. 5.8o36.20;
mixed. $5.8ti7.25; heavy, 5.SO(S.2.'; rough.
$5.Soi6.5; pigs, $1.73g'3.80; bulk of sales,
$6-O.Vh. IS.
Sheep Receipts. about 2000: market,
steady. Native. $4.756.80: Westerns. $53
6.80: yearlings. $6.257.40; lambs, $67.85;
Westerns, $6.2587.85.
QUOTATIONS AT SAX FRANCISCO.
Prices Paid for Produce In tne Bay City
. Market.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. The follow
ing prices were quoted In the produce mar
ket today: ., .
"Vegetables Garlic. 1520c: green peas, S
65c: string bean, 20c; asparagus, 60c;
tomatoes. $1.5S'2; eggplant. 10-a.l5c.
Poultry Roosters, old. $4&4.50; roosters,
young, $7(89: broilers, small. 2.50i3; broilers,
large. $354; fryers. $75iS; hens. $5f(?
$8.50; ducks, old, $4ff5; young, $57.
Butter Fancy creamery, 22c; ; creamery
seconds, 204c; fancy dairy. lc.
Eggs Store. 164c: fancy ranch. 17c.
Cheese New, 11'I14; Young Amer
ica. 1 2 it 1 :l 4 c .
Millstuffs Bran, $3032; middlings, $83
$36.
Wool Spring, Humboldt and Mendocino,
2022c; South Plains and San Joaquin, 5
75: lambs. 6S10-
Hops New. and eM crops, 1454c; con
tracts. Senile.
Hay Wheat. $13 18.50; wheat and oats,
$11 ill 6; alfalfa. $0914; stock, $7,0059:
straw, per bale, CSr-Soc.
Fruits Apples, choice, $1.75; common,
60c; bananas, 75c$:.50: Mexican limes,
$(V(ii.5o; California lemons. choice, $2.75;
common. $1; .oranges, navels, $1.255? 2.25;
pineapples. $1.50g 3.50.
Potatoes Early Rose. $1.3591 50: sweets
$2 304i3: Oregon Burbanks. Soctffl.10.
Receipts Flour, 10,560 quarter sacks;
wheat, 010 centals: barley. 3240 centals: po
tatoee, 1100 sacks; bran. 130 sacks; middlings.
200 sacks; hay, 390 tons; wool, 228 bales;
hides, 953.
Coffee and Sugar.
NEW TORK, April 4. Coffee futures
closed steady; net unchanged. Sales,
92CO baKS. including July, 5.75c; September,
5.83c; December, 5.90c; March. 5.93c. Spot
quiet; No. 7 Rio, 6c; No. 4 Santos, htgi
84c; mild, dull; Cordova. yytral3c.
Suyar Raw, easy; fair refining, 3.86c;
centrifugal, 96 test, 4.36c; molasses sugar,
3.61c. Refined, steady. No. 6, 5.00c; No.
7. 4.95c; No. S, 4.90c; No. 9. 4S3c; No. 10,
4.75c; No. 11, 4.70c; No. 12, 4.65c; No. 13,
4.60c; No. 14, 4.55. Confectioners "A," 5.20;
mould A, 5.75; cut loaf, 6.20; crushed,
6.10c; powdered, 5.50c; granulated, 5.40c;
cubes, 5.65c.
IHury Produee in tbo Es.rt.
CHICAGO, April 4. On the Produce Ex
change today the butter market was firm.
Creameries. 22Sj294c; dairies, 20tr20c.
Eggs Easy at mark, cases included. 14c;
firsts, 144c; prime firsts. 15c; extras, 16c.
Cheese Steady, 124J3134c.
NEW YORK, April 4 Butter Firm.
Creamery specials, 31c; extras, 304c; thirds
to firsts, 21(t24c; held common, specials, 21
629c; Western factory firsts, 204c.
Cheese Steady, unchanged.
Eggs Steady, unchanged.
Metal Markets.
NEW TORK, April 4. Metals were
quiet In the absence of cables and quota
tions wero as follows:
Tin Firm at 31.3011.12.200.
Copper Unsettled. Lake 12.8S413,124c;
electrolytic, 12.75ffl3.00c, and casting, 12.50
Jfl2.75c.
Lead Quiet and unchanged at 6.904.0Oc;
spelter, 4.601t4.70c.
Iron Unchanged.
Imports and Exports.
NBW TORK, April 4. Imports of mer
chandise and drygoods at the port of
New York for week ending March 26
were valued at $12,762,819.
Imports of specie at the port . of New
Tork for the week ending today were
$22,205 silver and $4S5,200 gold.
Exports of specie from the port of New
York for the week ending today were
$48,205 gold and $33,883 silver.
Wool at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, April 4. Wool, weak. Med
ium grades, combing and clothing, 1849
20c; light fine, 174; heavy line, 123 13c;
washed, 23330.
MONARCHISTS SURE TO WIN
Will Fix Portuguese Election to Shut
Out Republicans,
LISBON April 4. The Monarchists are
confident that the influence of the gov
ernment machinery on the governors and
prefects throughout the country will in
sure a strong Monarchist majority in the
Chamber of Deputies in the elections that
take place In Portugal tomorrow. They
have 'determined to limit the Republican
Deputies to 12. A total of 146 Deputies are
to be chosen.
The efforts of the secret police In in
vestigating the tragedy of February 1,
when King Carlos and the Crown Prince
were shot ' down, have developed ap
parently conclusive evidence that the
death of ex-Premier Franco was decreed
by a secret Republican society in spite of
the protests of the Republican leaders.
The editors of the newspapers who Insist
that the accomplices of Buissa, the man
who killed the King, be brought to jus
tice, are receiving letters threatening
them with death.
King Manuel has left the Mocessidadns
Palace only once since, the assassination 1
of his father and brother. This was when I
he drove In a closed carriage to the AJusa
Palace to visit his grandmother. Queen
Maria Pia.
BOUND TO COOKE BY LOVE
Floretta AVhaley Considers Herself
.Married to Him.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.-FIoretta
Wtaaley, who eloped with Jere Knode
Cooke, formerly pastor of St. George's
Church, Hempstead, L. I., in an inter-
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FIRST MORTGAGE
BONDS
Safe as Government.
FRANK ROBERTSON
Falling Bid?.,
Third nnd Vih. St.
view published in the Examiner today,
under the name of Floretta W. Balcom,
the name now taken by Cooke, says:
"My life since leaving Hempstead has
been happy. I feel that I am as truly
married to Mr. Balcom as though the cer
emony had- been performed before an
altar and by seven bishops. If I had not
loved Mr. Balcom I woulcf not have como
West with him, and I regard myself just
as truly bound to him as though tho
church had sanctioned our union. God
has surely joined us and no human agency
shall put us asunder. If Mrs. Cooke ever
obtains a divorce we will be married be
fore the law. ,
"I have no resentment against Mrs.
Cooke. She Is only the woman who mar
ried my husband before I did. She was
an obstacle in our way and we had to get
around her. We have done so, and the
only thing we could now ask of her is
that she should make it possible for us to
be married and ta ke our place In the
world as we would like to."
Mrs. Balcom, as she styles herself, says
there is no truth in the stories that they
had a hard time making a living. Balcom.
she says, is- an expert workman and
makes $4.50 a day. She says that when
her estate Is settled she will have be
tween $100.0.i0 and $150,000. .
TWO MANORS FOR SALE
Alluring Chance for Anplonianiac
With Money in Suffolk.
LONDON, April 4. (Special.) Do you
want to become the lord of a manor the
lord of two- manors, in fact?
For the sum of $425 you can attain this
dignified and ancient position, and be the
owner of six parishes in Suffolk, contain
ing some hundreds of acres. The two
manors are those of Brendhall and Was
colles, and with them go court rolls ex
tending back several centuries, and all
existing seigniorial rights.
Dr. Rouse, LL. D.. of Essex street.
Strand, who Is negotiating the sale of
the manors, says a lord of a manor has
many quaint rights, which have been
handed down for centuries. Including the
right to mine minerals, etc., within or
under the land occupied by his copy
holders. "The court rolls," said Dr. Rouse, "aro
really the title deeds of the copy-holder,
who holds the land during life, and at
the will of the lord of the manor, and he
cannot dig below the surface.
"Another quaint custom relates to what
Is called herlot. When a copy-holder
dies, his 'best live beast or best dead
good' goes to the lord of the manor.
There is a record of a famous raco
horse, worth $10,000, being seized as
herlot."
fiOG IS HIS MESSENGER
Parisian Wineshop -Keeper Teaches
Animal Vsefnl Tricks.
PARIS, April 4. (Special.) There (4
at least one dog-owner In Paris who
can boast that the tricks he has taught
his dog are useful ones. He is the
keeper of a wine and tobacco shop
in the Rue Galilee. His dog Dick, a
kind of fox terrier, has been taught to
carry wine and messages and to dis
tribute newspapers to customers. Ac
cording to his owner, the dog display
marvelous intelligence and love of
work. Early every morning Dick goes
up to the fifth floor to wake the ser
vants, then he waits to have a bundle
of newspapers strapped to his back,
which he carries to each subscriber,
and during the day he delivers wine,
which is also strapped to his back in
bottles, to any customer with whoso
name and address he has before been
made acquainted.
He thus goes as far as a quarter of
mile on various errands, and after
punctually carrying them out, returns
to his master, delighted to get cake
or a piece of sugar as his reward.
RAWHIDE
Nevada, the scene of the ureatest gold ex
citement ever known in the history of thi
country. Within three months It has pro wit
to a population estimated between Jm'Wm) and
12.K0, and hundreds of people coming- in
daily. Over 350 properties working. The
surface showinss are marvelous and almost
invariably the ore seems to increase in rich
ness with depth. Our special correspondent
is preparing a photo album of the city and
district of Hawhide Including topographical
map of Rawhide and a Mrdseye view ot
this rich mineral belt, which wa bellev in
the moat interesting and instrucfive pieca
of Nevada literature ever published. Photo
album and maps will be sent free upon ap
plication. RAWHIDE OKO CONS. MINKS CO.,
7 Merc-ptile Bids.. Denver. Colo.
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