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TJIK SOUAY OKEUU.lA. l'OKTLAM), MAY ."5. 1V1Z.
ALASKA DOCK WILL
IE
Olson & Mahoney Fleet Will
Discharge Merchandise
There for Present.
BRIDGE WORK HASTENED
ArransomriM I Udr rrmling Hr
moral of Kal- Tru of Harri
man Br Ida- Wtiieh Ifp
- .em- Iloai Pnncr.
Tnttl th fl tru of th lUrrl
B n hrlHjre. remove! venel of tho
ONon St Mahnny Steamship I'omp.ny
ni the K. J. fxxia-e Steamship Com
pany. ill -ll-chnrce all merchandise
brouaht from S.tn Francisco at the
AIatk4 v k and provision will be made
to rare for their cement carpoes at
m other point.
That information wa riven out yes
terday wftrr neurits of the two fleets
ha, plu.rd b.fore Hubert Wakerteld.
ho has the i-rtract for erecting the
bruise Mei, the prHlcumf nt murine
men WfMil-l fii'e with a continuation
ef the hich water condition that
micht prevent them from setting ves
sels past the obstruction.
la It a Horka lt la aape.
As the- O-W. R. V N is Interested
t.rr.ly in the triis;e ork anl Is
-troii of ru-hlnic Its completion
it bout S'l linon.il trouble with the
n.r.n interest., it whs oruVred that
Alaska dok be prepared for the recep
tion of merrhandl.te and tomorrow a
force of men will besln clear Ins; away
all debris. butMtnjr temporary walla
m here needed and maktnc such changes
as rr nece rv.
Merchandise usually is moved from
the ttorks within 24 hours after de
livery by t he vrssrl and as the Alci; ka
diwk Is fairly central. It Is not be
lieved that with the ve.Hs of hot h
f 'eet.H d;trharKin there a con Rest Ion
will rliv
In the Olson Mahnny line the
steamers Claremont. Westerner. Olson
ft- Muhony and .Markinaw are looker for
here in the next ten days and In the
same time the I todtre interest will
have t he t earner i t ray wood. North -!;
nd. SI. Helens. Tiverton and Yellow
stone. The (.JrHjwiKMl in to arrtv
Tti.'..j.iv ..nd will be the first carrier
t ii .-'-Iia rce nt an Alaska doi k berth
under the t mrorn ry plan.
Tra te He Ke moved Simhi.
Mr. WaketieM asKtired the steamship
airf-nts th.tt as noon as the const ruc
tion operations permit the false truss
r nuld be torn down, possibly by May
IS or 1H. The clearance between the
trills ami low mater l 115 feet and
wth the river at 1 feet, as at pres
ent, steamer? have under 10S feet.
When the trus Is remove! there will
be an additional clearance of 24 feet
or 133 feet at low :iter and about 129
fret at the staue prevailing.
(HtllKi: MA ICY LAN I) ICKPAIKKD
'rnl!rr Will "ome In i:re PotiTal
from Mre llantl.
ln the heels of assurance from Wash
ington that the cruiser Marylnnd will
be In Portland harbor during the Rose
Festival. It Is learned that orders have
been given for her to proceed to Mare
Inland, arriving May 11. to unrRrgo re
pairs, made' necessary through having
been struck recently by a torpedo dur
Init practice. After leaving Portland
the Maryland Is to engage In tests of
roal along the Northwest Coast and
will make a voyage to Alaska.
Maps and other data have hewn aent
to Captain J. M. Klllcott, her com
mander, showing the latest river ren
ditions, and It Is not believed that he
will ask for a pilot to accompany the
vessel here. The Maryland is 601 feet
long and her extreme breadth is 63 S
feet and her mean draft 2. 1 feet. Be
cause of her length she no douht will
be anchored below the Broadway
bridge, where tlierei Is deep water and
an abundance of space for her away
from the main channel, as It Is not de
sired to bring her through the bridges
pwlng to the construction work under
way.
NEW CHOP SHIPS CIIARTEKED
Ileal Ir j A Co. Take Two for Wheat
to 1'nltcd Kingdom.
Two new crop charters were cabled
Portland vesterday. the French bark
Kdnuard fetnllle and French ship
Thiers having been fixed by Hcatley A
Company, ly days are to begin Octo
ber 1. The Thiers is coming from New-eaatle-on-Tyne
with general cargo for
Baifour. Cuthrle & Company, while the
Kdouard Detallle is on th way from
Rotterdam with cargo consigned to
ileyer. Wilson & Company.
Two others have been taken, the
French bark Konrhamps to load at Ant
werp and the French bark Vlncftnnes
to load at Rotterdam, both for Meyer.
M'llson Company, but they will dis
charge at San FYanrlseo and probably
load there, though they have not been
fixed for the return voyage. The Hrit.
ten steamer Cape l;reton has been char
tered by Henry Lund & Company to
aarry cargo from Antwerp to Pacific
Coast ports and will load for the re
turn In the I.und line.
CHEST OF RISE IHE SOON
VA tlln met t- Faluns at Principal Sta
tion in Son Hi'.
In 2 hours ending yesterday morn
ing, the Willamette here gained little
and was reported at 10. feet. District
Forecaster Brals sld that the rise will
be checked slightly the first or this
week and he does not think that It will
rue up to exceed six inches and will
re-rnain at a stage of about II feet for
a ilar or two and begin to fall slightly.
The Snake was reportej fHlIlnar at
Lewiston and Rlparla and the Wlllam- j
cue is dropping ac t-::gene. HarrlsourK.
Albany and t-alem. with but a slight
rise at 'W ilsonvllte. As the flood stage
here Is IS fee, there Is little prospect
of trouble being met with and none
of the lower docks will he abandoned,
nnlesa a warmer spell should cause
srow o melt more generally In th
mountains.
NOTTIM.MAM CASE ItEVIEWED
Tort land Sf ne of Conference That
Kail- to Protf rVnitful.
There mas a conference beld yester
rl.i of men front San Francisco. Seat
tie and Portland In an effort to adjust
Insurance questions concerning the dls
niated schooner William Nottingham,
which has been In the river sipca Octo
T8er. foilowlnar her abandonment at sea.
hut ti:e delegates returned home last
FO
CARGOES
I nleht without an una.rstnndtns; having
. h..n reached.
I Charles A. Pax and Ira A. Campbell, I
of Fan Franrlaco. attended aa repre
sentatives of the firemen's) fund. Cap
tain A. S. fSlbba, of Seattle, surveyor
of the San Francisco Hoard of Marine
I'nderwrlters there, and Captain Frank
Walker, surveyor for the Globe Naviga
tion Company, owning the vessel, wltn
t;eorge F. Thorndyke. Interested In tha
company, atao came from Peat tie. ana
the visitors were Joined here by Cap
tain Albert Crowe, aurveyor in this
district for the San Francisco under
writers. Two trips were made jreeter
day to the Nottingham, which la lying
j at the public drydock. and sessions were
I eld at the ilullnoman Motel to dis
cuss various details In which the own
ers and underwriters do not agree. It
Is said that as the original speclflca
tlons for repalra did not approximate i
110.000, the underwriters will not rec
ognize the claim of the owners for
loss.
Marine Nolrs.
O pairs are to he completed to the
dredge Portland this Keek and sre
will resume digging in the Swan Island
channel. In a narrow place near the
I nlverslty mill. The dredge Columbia
will be ready for sen-Ice about Hay 17.
after being orerhauled. and Is to start
on the fill for the Portland Gas A Coke
Company, to be made at the site of Its
new plant south of the Government
moorings.
Arriving at San Francisco at 7:30
o'rlork yesterday morning, the steamer
Hose City, of the Rig Three"' fleet.
0TKAMFR 1XTELUGEXCB.
Doe te Arrive.
Name From. Dale.
Klamath San Francisco. In ' pert
leaver. ....... xan I'edro. .. . In port
Alliance. ...... Kureka Mar a
Frva atr. . . .('m ilar ilay 5
Fue K. F-tmora. Tillamook ... . May o
;o. W. Elder.. San IMego. . . May
Fear Sao Tedro. . . . May T
Falcon ran Francisco May lO
Roanoke San rl'o. . . . May 12
Roa- c ity sn Pedro.... May II
Isthmian Sallna t'rus. . . June 11
Srheduled te Depart.
Name '
For.
Date.
Mai
Alliance Rurek. . . .
Tale H. F for L. A. Msv "
Reaver . . Kan Pe.lro. . . . May T
Klamath .San Pdro.... May T
Harvard S. F I- A.. .Mav S
Oca. w. Fldr..Hrn IXrsa. . . .May a
Drvahvatfr. . . .fooa Pay Mar
Sue H. Klmore. Tillamook. ... May S
Hear San Pedro, ...May 12
Falcon San Francisco May 13
Roanoka San mgo. . . . Mar 15
Rose t'lty fnn Pedro. ... Mar 17
Isthmian Sallns Cms. . . J uus 13
e
completed the run from Portland in
4t hours, as she sailed from Port
land at o'clock Thursday morning.
Inder a new working schedule the
office of the San Francisco ft Portland
fleet on Alnsworth dock closed at 1
o clock yesterday afternoon, and that
rule will be followed each Saturday,
except when steamers are due from
California. The dellverv dock will re
main open until 3 o'clock.
Harry I. Beck. Inspector of the
Seventeenth Lighthouse District, ex
pects that light vessel No. 93. which
belongs on the Swiftsure Bank station,
will be returned there this week, after
having been drydocked and overhauled
at Seattle. Mr. Beck left for there yes
terday to Inspect the work.
Because It was thought there was
not sufficient water In front of the
special ways built at Supple s yard for
the construction of the new Govern
ment tug Geo. If. Mendell. that vessel
was not launched yesterday afternoon.
but may take the water Tuesday.
Carrying "50,000 feet of lumber for
Fan Pedro, the steamer Klamath cleared
yesterday and will sail Tuesday.
Captain Lofsted. master of the steam
er Alliance, reported by wireless yes
terday that at 11 A. M. the vessel passed
Yaqulna and he expected to arrive off
the river at 10 o'clock last night, reach
ing Portland today and sailing tomor
row evening;.
Bound for San Francisco, the steamer
Carlos sailed at I o'clock yesterday
afternoon from the Eastern & Western
mill, carrying a full lumber cargo and
fair passenger list. The steamer Coaster
sailed from LJnnton at the same hour.
To take on her coal supply, the Japa
nese tramp Europa Maru shifted yes-
terdsy afternoon from the Pacific Lum
ber A Manufacturing Company's berth
to the bunkers. Today she will go
through the bridges to Inman-Poulsen'a
to start working a lumber cargo for
China.
Towed by the tug Wallula. of the
Port of Portland fleet, the achooner
Virginia la to leave Kalama today for
the lower hrbor.
Through an agreement with the
South Coast Steamship Company, pas
sengers and cargo can be shipped from
Portland on ateamers of the North Pa
cific fleet and transshipped at San
Francisco for points on Monterey Bay,
vessels of the southern fleet touching
at Santa Crux. Moss Landing and Mon
terey. Custom-House Inspectors cruised as
far as St- Helens yesterday to ascertain
If river craft were obeying navigation
requirements.
Movement of Vessels.
PORTLA ND. tay 4. Arrlvrd Gasoline
ehiwiner Patsr. from Florence. Salted-
Steamer Carlos, for tn Francisco: steamer
Coaster, for Ban Francisco: British steamer
Clan Maclver. for MonKon.
Astoria. May 4. Condition at the mouth
of fhe river at ft P. M . smooth: wind, north
west. mllt-s: weather, cloudy. Arrived down
during tho night, schooner Irene. Arrived
at ft A. gasoline schooner Delia, from
Nestucca. Arrived at ft A. M. and left up at
11 A. M.. gasoline schooner Patsy, from
Florence. Sailed at 1I:3. P. M steamer
;'nrat Hubbard, for San periro. Salied at
2 : :;o p. M., schooner Balboa, for Valparaiso;
at .1 P. M.. steamer Tamplco. for San Fran
cisco via Puget abound: at 3:1. P. M.. Brit
ish steamer Clan Mactver. for Hongkong.
Sill-d last night, steamer Aur.lia. for San
Francisco.
s. Francisco. May A. Sailed at 2 A. M.,
steamer St. Helena, for Portland. Arrived at
! A. M., steamer Kose my: at A.
steamer Roanoke, from Portland. Arrived
t l M . ateamer IUar. from San Pedro.
Sailed at 2 P. steamer Asuncion: at 3
P. M.. steamer Johaa I'oulsen. for Port
land. Coos Bay. May 4. Sailed Steamer Break-war-
r. for Portland.
Yokohama. Mar 1. Sailed Norwegian
steamt r K sJa. for Portland.
Jueetistow n. May 4. Arrived French ship
JuNs t;mni'S. front Portland.
Tatooah. May 4. Paraed out. Norwegian
ste.tnier Hercules, from Seattle, for Port-let"1-
.
San Francisco. May 4. Arrived steamers
Red on do. from Cooa Hay: Daisy Mitchell,
from Grays Harbor; Roanoka. from Astoria;
fl,tmm City, from Portland; ?eorge Loomla,
from Seattle; Flneld. from Handon ; schoon
ers H. I1- Henrii&sen. from Kverett; May
fair, from Bandon. Sailed Steamers New
port. Aneon. Oceana Monarch, for Swansea;
St. Helens. f-r Astoria; Ilandon. for Han-
don: Coronado. Svea. for orays Harbor:
i.mirlnn. for Portland: clovernor. for Se
ttle; ship v nusjn r. r rjm, XOr tionoiuia-
Tides at Astoria Sunday.
High. ' 1-ow
17 A.
7 P.
M
M
8 5 feet :44 A. M... ai foot
. f.ei X I 7 P. M. 4.0 feat
Auto Accident Vletim Dies.
SEATTLE. Wash.. May 4. Miss Lean
Rice, aged 20. a seamstress, who was
pinned under a bis; automobile which
waa overturned while carrying- a Joy
ride partv early last Thursday, died
today. Ray H. Batchelder. the chauf
feur. Is In Jail charged with reckless
driving-
New Vera 4toa Market.
NEW TORK. May 4. Cotton futures
closed stiady. Plds: May. ll.Oftc: June.
II 12c: July. ll.ISc; August. 1131c: Sep
tember. 1126c: October. 11.S2C; November.
11 32c: Decsmbar, 11.40c; January and Feb
ruary. 1137c; Marsh. 11.44c
Spot rloeed quiet. 2rt points higher. Mld
up ands. II 5or; mid-gulf. 11.74c. No salea
MILLS BEAR WHEAT
Sound Buyers Bid Lower, but
Without Effect.
CALIFORNIA DEMAND GOOD
Order Prom the Sooth Are at
Price That Hold the Market
Steady Value Are Soar
ing in the KhM.
Tbe millers of the North Pacific Coast
markets are making a strong effort to get
the price of wheat down. Since th meet
ing at Seattle Wednesday tha Puget Sound
millers have been uniform In their bid
prices, which are (1 for club and ll.e.l
for bluestem. They have not succeeded
in getting the market down to thai level
however, aa the California millers are will
Ins. to pay about 3 cents better than these
figures. The little business that was pass
Ing yesterday wss solely on California ac
count and was at former quotations.
Country holders are not disposed to sell,
even at the best prices heretofore quoted,
snd speculator! are less ready to make con
cessions than thay were. The bulge at Chi
rago yesterday, due to discouraging crop
reports from the Southwest, and the ad
vances In the forelsn markets, aided In
steadying the tone of valuea here.
While In general the export flour mar
ket is quiet It is said new business has
bean placed since the first of the month
amounting to about 10.000 barrels. The
terms were not learned.- Patent flours are
steady to firm at the old quotations, with
no prospect of Immediate change In price,
though some of the Northern millers have
been agitating a movement for an advance.
Villi feed stocks sre large, but prices are
being maintained.
The quietness of the oats market snd tha
desire to realize on tha part of farmers In
some sections gives sn appesrsnce of esse
values, but city holders steadfastly re
fuse to sell under $10. Outside oats can
not be brought In and there are prac
tically no oats to be had east of the moun
tains. It Is a question whether tha avail
able stocks will be sufficient to carry
through the remainder of the season. In
some quarters predictlona are made
prices materially higher than those now
current.
Local receipts in cara were reported by
the Merchants Exchange as follows:
Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay
Monday
ttt 1 1 5 10
4 2 1 ;
14 : 4 7 .-.
10 t 3 2 -
9 ....
40 11 7 .1
31 4 II 1 4
1S3 10 .'.3 ! i
Irt 19 St IS .
Too its isi 2.37
,J1 42 Z103 tOS 2637
Tuesday
Wednesday ...
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Year ago
Total this we' It
Tear ago
fun to date.l!
Tear ago 1 1.2
TWO CARS OF BKRRIKS RIXEIVKI)
Market Is in Good Shape and Stork Cleans
Co Well.
Eleven hundred crates of strawberries
arrived from Florin yesterday, and
straight car came from Los Angeles. The
srtivals were tha heaviest of the season.
but the improved weather snd the good
ftaturday demand enabled dealers to mske
satisfactory cleanup. The Florins were
of much better quality than those here
tofore received. Jessies sold at 111 1.15
and Dollar berries at S1.7S a crate. Los An
geles berries ranged In price from 90 cents
to tl.lS a crate.
From now on strawberries will be th
principal feature of the fruit market. All
that Is required by buyers is good quality
and when this Is offered Portlsnd will
absorb a large quantity. The Oregon berry
crop Is some wsy off yet. owing to the
bsckward season. Sprlnghrnok advices are
that the berries In that section are about
half grown, but are making no progress
now. owing to the cool wet weather.
There was a fair trade In alt Unea of
vegetables at steady prices. Receipts were
small.
CHEESE MARKET DROPS ONE - CENT
Batter Firm With Shipping Demand in Ex
cess of Supply.
There will be a decline of one cent
pound In the local cheese market Monday
morning, putting the quotation on flats at
IS cants. The market at the close of the
weak was very well cleaned up. but a con
siderable shipment Is due from Tillamook
In the coming week. Values are gradually
getting down to the basis customary at
this time of year.
There was no change in the local butter
situation yeaterday. The demand for ship
ping account exoeeded the avallsble sup
ply and the market was, therefore, firm,
notwithstanding the low price quoted by
some of the city creameries. Certain of
these cmaotarles. whfch have put out a
quotation of 33 H cents on solid pack, re
fused to sell to Front-street Jobbers un
der 36 cents.
rOCLTRY PRICKS ARE SHADED
Dealers Cut Isolations in Order te Clean
Poultry prices sagged further at the
close of the week under large receipts.
Some of the dealers cleaned up their
chickens yesterday at 14 cents. There wss
a fair demand for young ducks at 20tf 20
cents, but old ducks could not be moved.
Dressed meats sold at unchanged prlcea.
but the undertone of tha market was easy.
fcgts were steady with the supply and
demand about equal.
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities
yesterday were as follows:
Clearings. Balances.
Portland l.M7.ow3 iTo.t.i7
Seattle I.sou.hoS h; i.-,s
Tacoma 7.Jl'a 7.1 4iri
Spokane tt.lH7 S47l
Clearings or Portland. Seattle, and -r-
coma for the past week and corresponding
wna
former years were:
Portland. Seattle.
Tacoma.
$4.J73.14
4.24-1.("'
.24".S41
4.574.1.14
4.1 Mis 04 6
4.78I.S.12
8.787.817
3.301. 3-.S
2.002.5O3
1.86-S.701
112
l"l 1
.. .$11.61o.2:i3
$11,704,008
D.tM7.11
. .. lo.247.OVI
. .. 8.505.7.17
. .. 3.P25 Si"t
. .. 7.717.o6
. .. ft.507.717
1". 2 1. 163
11.41D..14S
10.468.733
7.7o.6(;3
U.1..!).822
8.637.525
5.604.33S
4.01..to7
3.INU..1M
luo
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rOKTLAND MARKETS.
Grain. Flour, reed. Eta..
WHSAT Track prices: Bluestem. $106
fM.0; club. $1.(M4ri.i2: rsd Kusslan. $1:
Valley. $1.0161.02; 40-fold. $1.02.
MlL.f BTL'I'Kb' Bran. $24 par ton; shorts,
$26: middlings. $3L
FLOCK Patenta, $5.10 par barral:
Straights. $1.70; exports. $4.20; Valley, $5.10;
graham. $5.10; who! wheat. $.1.80.
COHN Whola, $30: crackad. $40 per ton.
HAY Timothy, $16017; alfalfa. tia..10(u
13: clovsr. $S.5U; oats and vetch. $ia3O011;
grain bay. $-
OATb No. 1 whits. $3BQ40 per ton.
Tes-etabtea aad Fnrlta.
TROPtCAl. fRCITS Orangea. 11 aval a
tS.tn-st.Z3: California grapefruit. $8.$OaS4:
Florida grapefruit. $3.739 700; Unions, $4 9
$ par box; plreapples. 6c per pound.
FRESH FBL'IT btrawberrlea. H4ce$1.73
per crate; cranberiiea. $8010 par barrel;
apples. $12."ti 3 per bog.
POl A'roKS Jobbing prices. TBurbanka
old. $1.3i per bandred: new California. 4
$ 5e ier pound.
ONIONS Bermuda. $2.232.30 per crate.
VEOKTABl.tl Arrlcbokes. 73tue per
dosaa; asparagus. California. $1.2502 per
ciate: beans. 22c; cabbage. 3034o pound;
raullflewar, 12.73 per crate: celery. $3 0$
per crate; cucumbers. $101.30 desea; egg-
plant. 2Hc per pound; head lettuce, $1.75 per
crate: hothouse lettuce. 7&c$l per box;
peas. 80 9c pound; pepperi, 25c pound: rad
lihes. 16$ 20c per dozen; rhubarb. 2QZc
per pound; spinach. 4ii 5c per pound; to
matoes, $4 &0 per box; garlic, ti10o per
pound.
SACK VEGETABLES Turnip. SI 01-10
fr sack; becia, 1.6'Ji rutabaga. HOLlft;
carrots. $L
Dairy and Country Prodnco.
Butter Oreson creamery butter: solid
D.ck. zaufiliOc oer Bound.
' EOGS Fresh uregon rancn. canaiea. 10
I ltr (luir; case count. 20fec
LHfcti-K uregon nafs, lc per pouna.
V-::K. Fancy. ltV a 11c pr pound.
"EAU Fancy, lofrllc per pound.
FOI LTKV Heni, 14'k1."c; Spring. H i
irc: broilers, 2.3c; ducks, young, jul'oc;
getrse. 11c; turkeys, live. 2Uc; drvsseu, Cc.
Staple Groceries.
SALMON Columbia River. l-ponid -alii.
II ift per dosen: a-pound tails. $3.9S; 1
pound flats, 42.40; Aiaaica pink. 1-pennd
talis. 31.35.
COFKtl F Roasted, In drums, 18 O 40
per pound.
NUTS Walnuts, 18lHo per pound:
tsrszll nuts. 1416e: illbarts. 34 (rise; a!
mondr. 17jJlc; pecans, lac: cocoanuts, eOc O
II per dosen; chestnuts, nc par pouad;
hickory nuts, 04 10c per pound.
HONE Y Choice. 13..& per case; strained
hor.fi, Joe per pound.
SALT Oranulated. (18 per ton; half
ground. luu. par con: bus. per to a.
MEANS Small white, 4 95c: larre white,
4ae; Urns, .wo; pink, txc; Mexican. 6si
bajou. ec
RICE No. 1 Japan. Be: cheaper grades.
4Vyftc; Southern head. B97a.
SUGAR Dry granulated. 1.05; fruit and
Lerr. 3ti.0u; Honolulu plantation, iu; beet,
t'.eo; extra C, So.65; powdered, barrets,
i'l.."": c-jbes, barrels, $i.T.
DRIED FRUITS Apples, 14e per pound
apricots. lBOlsSc; peaches. 120I4W
prunes. Italians. 10ttOiuc; silver. ISO!
figs, white and black, o'-a sTo, currants.
100 11c; raisins, loose. Muscatel,
!c; bleacbed Thompson. UKc; ua
bleached Sultanas. Swc; seeded. 7 4'l
Cates. Persian, te per pound: Fard, tLM
per eoa.
Provisions.
HA!8 All sixes. 170 18c: skinned. IT
tic; picnics. 12c; boiled. US'nc.
BACON Fancy. SifeW-dVic; choice, 20
4S 2 1 Sc.
DRY SALT MEATS Backs, dry salt. 11 H
tfl2Hc: backs, smoked. HH He; bellies, dry
salt, 13 Vic. bellies, smoked. iOc
I.AKD Tierce tasls. Choice. 12e: com
pound. 0c: leaf. 8-lb. palls, 3.5o per cane.
MISCEI.LANKOltj Pigs feet, kits. 1.3V.
sliced beef, utsides, g&l per case; dried beef,
instuea, 26o per pound; Summer sausage.
SHc; bologna, canvas back. 10c; mlncet.
ham. 12a
Bops. Wool and Hides.
HOPS 1811 crop. 3:icr::!tc: olds, nomi-
nal
1112 conttacts, gctg-itc.
MOHAIR Choice. 3,Liijc per pound.
WOOL, Eastern Oregon. lotrlT'c per
pound. according to shrinkage; Valley,
IS a 19c per pound.
PELTS Dry. 11c: lambs, salted, 780c;
liort-wool pelts. u.,485c; butcher belts. Jan.
take-off. 9sct3, 1.03; Feb. take-off. 51.10 9
1 10.
HIDES Salted bides 104 J 10 Vie per
pound: salted calf, -'iy21c; sailed kip, 119
12c; green bides. Hc: dry calf. 21o: Jry
hides, 18,1 lac; salted stags. 7o7o; greea
stags. efiHc.
CASCAUA Per nound. 8c
ClllAl.N BAHS In c ur lots. c.
LIVESTOCK PRICES GOOD
FA I It I, Y ACTIVFs WFKK AT POKT
IANI I'MOX KTOC'KYAims.
Trading: IJjrlil on the C losing Day
Two I.oiid of Steers Sold
at $6.70.
Afier fairly active wk In which valura
re well maintained thrftuphout the lint,
trading came to a quiet, clou at the sto--k-jard
yemerday. Only two loads of steers
were disposed of. Thev graded good to
chfre and t.rouKht $6.70.
Kecelpta Saturday were 172 cattle.
hOKfl and m iht'r-p,
Shippers were F. B. Ball. Bend, H cara of
rattle; Hugh Cummlnga, Halvey, 1 car of
nous, and L. c.. V est, Koeeburg. 2 cars of
sheep.
The day's vales were as follows:
WelphLprire.
24 steers !"-.'7 Jii 70
14 steers i2 t.7u
The range of prices at the srarda waa as
toiiows:
Cholcs steers
.$6.rO4?$7.-J0
Uood stsers 0.2o) tL4l
sledium steers 4 oo;i. 6.25
Choice cows S.iso'g' 6.2-5
Good cows b.M'ip 5.&0
iladium cows 4.70'4 S.00
t. noics calves H Air.v H.nj
Good heavy calves &04r H.;o
luiis 3..0'il O.00
Stass 6.35
Hun
I.lKht 8.0(19 8..-.0
Heavy I OOU . 7 j
TearllnKS 5.35 i.25
V ethers 5.tt 6. 5
Ewes 4.1H) J 6.2.7
I.ambs 4.rou 6 "
Eprlns lambs 6.00j 7.60
Keelpts and shipments or livestock at
North Portland for the month ending Aprt
ao. 1D1X and total from January 1 to date
follow:
Rerelpta.
RaMroads Cattle, elves. Hors. Sheep.
O.-W. R. at X. (K ) U.J38 102 3.2.VJ 3.7.14
O.W. H.4N. I.Vi io
Southern Pacific . 4:17 8 3.1. '.7 '7.402
S.. P. a 8 4 IS ... 60S 1,'fc'D
Northern Pacific. 7 ... .... , ....
Great Northern .. 3 ... .... ....
Boats ". . til 201
Driven In 44 2 M0
Total 7.4V2 10T A.17S 13.HS
Inc. for month. SI I 1,,'lltt ....
Dec. for month 2.12.7
Year to date 30.070 60S 33.4:l 6ti.2.-i2
Inc. for year 8,440 ....
Dec. for year 1.4.13 617 18.324
Av. weifht hogs 171 .
Shipments.
Railroads Cattle. Clvea. Hnss.
Sheep.
1.700
6:.i
"3A0
11.544
O.-W.K. !- I2.t
O.-W. K. N. . N) 2.1
34
1.14.1
111
IIS 4
Southern I'aclnc. 1 w
P. A H
102
22!t
31
4.K21
Northern Pacific..
Great Northern ..
Driven out
118
1S7
4.33
Total
.. 7.U42
6.710 14.255
Sources.
Cattle. Clvea. Hogs.
Ra'lroads
Sheep.
10.1 .'IS
Oregon ...
I.'l
loo
3.8(1
Idaho
2,716
51
17
26
1.300
8!4
Washington
Montana
Wyoming
tjh
1 to
101
California
1.409
Total
7.4.l I117 6.178 13.O06
Receipts for the week ending May 4 hae
been: Catlle, 157.3; calves.. 82; hogs, 1510;
heep, 48.11); horses. 2.1.
The cattle market haa hef-ti steady to
strong at a very high range of prices
hroughout the week. Sellers have been
predicting a higher market, but the larger
andlers of cattle in the Northwest as a
matter of protection have contracted enough-
uppllce to guarantee them against famine
ntll midsummer, and in some instances
later. When beef reaches a certain altitude
consumers take the matter in hand ami
buying falls off- Paying present prices for
cattle on a speculative basis is not consid
ered safe. Leading packers are of the opin
ion, except in rare Insatnces, that the mar
ket will not go higher.
The hog market advanced a dime during
the week. There was only a medium suppiy
and the offerings were snapped up eagerly
at the prevailing strong prices.
The sheep market was steady to strong at
the previous week's range of prices.
Chicago -Livestock Market.
CHICAGO. May 4. Cattle Receipts 200:
market slow and steady- beeves. $8.0O9O0;
Texas steers. $3.35 ' 7.35: Western steers,
$5.750 7.70; stockers and feeders. $4.25&
6 "; cows and heifers. $2. 55 u 7.73; calves.
$0 .'.Of 8.50.
Hogs Receipts 0OOO; market steady to
5c up; light. $7.13tf7.:; mixed. $7.25e
7.72: heavy. $7.257.75; rough. $7 2.V(j:
7.4.1: pigs. $4.75 u 0 80; bulk of sales. $7.50
0 7 65.
Sheep Receipts. 1000; market steadv;
native. $5,004- 8.23; western, $5.25l8.30:
yearlings. $6.50-0 0.10: lambs, native, $6.50
0 8.89: Weatern. $6.50010.40.
Omaha Livestock Market.
OMAHA. May 4. Cattle Receipts. 400;
market steady; native steers. $6.50(r8 50;
cows and heifers, $3.750 7.50: Western
steers. $4.7097.60; Texas steers. $4,504
6.50: range cows and heifers. $3.5o6.25;
canners. $3.00w4.30; stockers and feeders,
$4.00 7.2.1; calves. $4.00(0 7.73; bulls, stags,
etc.. $4.00116.50.
Hogs Receipts, 7800: market strong to
8c higher; heavy. $7.50fT7.7O: mixed. $7.83
"0-7 55: light. 17.25-B 7.O0; pigs, $6.003 7.23:
bulk of salea $7.35 07.40.
Sheep Receipts. 100; market slow, wesk;
yearlings. $7.7f8.75: wethers. $7.0ob.00;
ewes. ttfOOij 7.50; lambs. $000310.25.
BIG GAINS ABROAD
Stocks Soar in London but Not
in Wall Street.
NEW YORK PRICES DECLINE
Kvirience of Too Much Manipulation
and Ill-Advised Speculation.
Market at the Close Part
ly Reverses Itself.
NEW YORK. May 4. In the two hours
of today's session on the stock exchange
there was additional evidence that the
market continues to suffer from a surfeit
of manipulation and Ill-ad vised speculation.
Prices were irregular, falling to respond to
London's close, which showed record gains
fr our securities. Early dealings here were
light, but became more active later at the
expense of quoted values.
Reading and United States Steel were
airain the main objects of attention by
be Arm and signs of liquidation on long
stock were not lacking
Apparently the professional element was
indisposed to press its advantage of the
previous day, which conduced to general
recoveries. The closing was steady with
strength In Union Pacific. Lsehiirh Valley.
Canadian Pacific and special Issues.
The bank statement upset all calculations
a to the cash movement, the artual loss
tfJng slightly more than M,0O0.OfH), where
a Rain of as much had been expected. Ac
tual loans increased by over $tii,tXH.iMjo
with a decrease in the reserves of $0,40U.
0". In the main the statement was the
reflection of the uncertainty which at-s
tended the May 1 settlements In all parts
of the country.
Some reason for the recent rise in Amer
ican Beet Sugar was furnished by the com
pany's annual report, issued today, which
showed au Increase in the balance for divi
dends on the common stock much in excess
of the preceding year.
The bond market was easy. Total sales,
par value, aggregated 19S7.OO0. United
States coupons 3s advanced 3-8 and the
3n registered and Panama 3s coupon
declined per cent on call during the
week.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Open Hlgh I-ow ICIose
Amal. Copper Co i Ki
Am. Car & F.. com..) o!
Am. Can, com j 40
do preferred ,'111
51)
40
117
Am. cotton oil, com. DO
ill
sis,;
Am. I.oco., com j 42S) V i 4'J 42'.s
Am. i-uirHr, com 1 j j s t-' ,
Am. Smelt., com.-'....' M ." 'i VtS
do preferred !l7! 17 T,107H 107S
Am. Woolen, com. ..j , I S7 'i
Anaconda Mining Co. I 417, , 42m 41',' -'
Atchison, coin jlUO'i lll'i ,105? 1U5T
do Dreterred 1 ,loji
B. at O., com IM'i !10B !l(Si 'low
Iteet tiUK.ir 6' IDti oSi 7U
Hrooklyu Rapid Tr. . 0; MiV - "
Citnadian Pat. ., com . 2.".h2 ,2"t7
Central Leather,
2i?
do preferred . .
C. ft ti. W.. com
do preferred . .
C. M. & St. P...
C. & X. W.. com.
flSv
18i
ISVt IStt
35 Vi
!;i(7 vio8'
107
107
jl40"i
Chesapeake & Ohio..
Colo. Fuel & iron, c.
Colo, south., com....
do 2d preferred....
do 1st preferred...
Consolidated Gas ....
Corn Products, com..
do preferred
Delaware & Hudson..
Denver & Rio G., c...
do preferred ......
Erie, common
do 2d preferred....
do 1st preferred...
General Electric
Gt. North, ore lands..
Gt. North., pfd
7S
2SV4
784 77H
2fcl 27
1 r1m
2(
44
143 H
l5Va
14.: H 142
15H 15 IS
84
170 170 170 170
2
40
il4 35Vi 34 34
421
51H r.-iw 5s.i; r.:n
107' 1BH 17 1K
3014. 34
130i ,131 "si :131H 1131
Ice Securities
2:(V 24 23 23
Illinois Central 114 S .1! 6tt 114 1 1 0 S
Interurban M..t., c I 1ST! 1U j 19 a, 18
do urelerred Si 01 is l 00
Lehigh Valley lOtfjlHS 1 00 1 07 hi
Kansas City South... -il
Louisville 4- Nashville 1.1
ir.ti-j, 1074
M.. St. P. & S. S. M..
134
14H
13WV4 1404
St.. K. A T., com . . .
do preferred
Missouri Pacific
National Lead
Nevada Consolidated.
New York Central ..
28
41"
f.7
21U
2S
27-5,
27
(ill,
40-'4
40
201
.17
21H
1
118
HSi 117T 1181-.
K. Y".. Ont. West. 30
31 3T 38
Nor. A Western, com 11'- H
112V 111" 112).
North American ....I
Northern Pacific. eom ll84a:!l
P.rtll,. Unil S S Col
82
118 1184
32 l.
Pennsylvania Railway
!l23V123'A
123,12.;4
p. ti.. Lb Ac coke tjo.
Pressed Steel Car, c.
do preferred
Readlrg, com :.
do 2d pref.
do 1st prof.
Rep. Iron A Steel, c.
do preferred
Ro-k Island, com ...
35 " 35
108
344
34
U'M)
172
173
171
U72
10
DO
23
23
78 '4
27 S
23
23
55
64
78
do pren-rred
5.7
55
05
Pt.
& S. F.. 1st pf 64
04
64
Southern Pacific. com.llOH
109
110
Southern Railway,
2H)4
SK
73
28
73
28'
73'
do preferred .
Texas & Pacific
73;.
23
Tol.. St. L. A W.. com
14
do preferred
Union Pacific, com...
do preferred
U. S. Rubber, com ..
do preferred
U. S. Steel Co., com. .
do preferred
38
11!
1091k
1
f7
1S 100
1)1
(17
W DOS,
BVs 07
114
114
113 1113
(W
60
112
2
20 "4
M.
7514
08 68
112
112 112
T'tah Cfipper
02 4,
01
20
83
74
2 14
Virginia cnemicai ..
Wabash, com
do preferred
Western Union TeL..
Wesllnghouse Elec. .
Wisconsin Central, c.
61
52
8
20
26
r2
74
83
7S
54
Wheel'g A Lake Erie
7
Total sales fur the day. 441, S00 shares,
BONDS.
NEW TORK, May 4. Closing quotations:
U S ref 2s reg. . 100 "s : N X c gen 3s. 87
do coupon. ... 10O-J4 No racific 3s... !)
TI S 8s reg 102 v, No pacific 4s... o
do coupon 102 Tnlon Pacific 4S.10I
TI s new 4s reg. 114 1 Wis Central 4s.. 03
do coupon. .. .1 14 Japanese 4a .. 85J3
D i R U 4 8
Stocks at Boston.
BOSTON. May 4. Closing quotations:
Alloues 42 IMohawk 60
Amili Conner.. Nevaaa con 21
a Z I. Sm... 28 Nieissing Mines. 71
Arixona Com .. 35 tNorth Butte 26;"4
Cal Arizona., no ifa North UKa
Cal Hecla....4o !Old Dominion... 52
Centennial 21 Osceola 114
Cop Ran Con Co 57 icjulncy 87
K Butte Cop M. 12IShannon 1;
Franklin 12 .Superior ,
Glroux Con 54 Sup & Boa Min..
Oranliy Con ... 53 ITamarack
Greene Cansnes- 84 ilj 8 S R A M...
I Royalle (Cop) 26- do preferred...
v-err lake 2IUtah con
34
2
36
48
13
T ake Copper 39 R'tah Copper Co. 62
I.a Salle copper 6 Winona 5 B
Miami Copper... 24 44!Wllverlne ....100 A
Money, Kxcbange, Ktc.
NEW TORK. May 4. Money on call nom
inal. Time loans steady; sixty days. S'o.3
per cent.; 0 days. fa3 per cent, six
months. 3 per cent.
Close Prime mercantile paper, 4 to 4
per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, with sctusl bus
iness In bankers' bills at $4.84.25 for 60-day
bills and at $4.86.00 for demand.
Commercial bills. $4.S3.
Mexican dollars. 4Sc.
Government and railroad bonds easy.
liar silver $0c
LONDON. Msy 4. Bar silver quiet,
27 li-ldd per ounce. Money, 2 0 2 per
cent The rate of discount in the open
market for short bills Is i 1-14 per cent;
three months' bill, 8 1-1 per cent.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 4. Sterling on
London, 60 dsys. $4.84; do. sight. $4.87.
Silver bars. 60 c
Mexlcan dollars. nomlnaL
Drafts, sight par. telegraph 2c.
BAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET
Prices Quoted at the Bay City for Vege
table. Fruits, Etc.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. The follow
ing produce prlcea were current here to
day: Fruit Applee. choice. $1: common, 65c;
Mexican limes. $55.30; California lemons,
choice. $4; common, $1.25: navel oranges,
$1412.50; pineapples. $2.5003.50.
Butter Fancy creamery, nominal.
Eggs Store, nominal; fancy ranch, nom
inal. Cheese l&al5a
Vegetables Cucumbers. $Oc0$l: green
peas. $1.501.75; string beans. 1012c: as
paragus. $1.2501.50; tomatoes. nominal;
eggplant. 213 30.
Potatoes River Burbanks, $1.50'g 1.85;
sweets, $2.75 U 3; Oregon Burbanks. 3 1.75 9
Z.Z5.
Hay Wheat. .15.50 20: wheat and oats.
$14i;19; alfalfa. 3136-14.
Receipts Flour, 1032 quarter sacks:
wheat, 110 centers: barley, 8605 centals; oats.
440 centals; potatoes, 4035 sacks; middlings.
1U0 sacks; hay, tons.
Hops, Etc., at "Sew York.
New York. May 4. Hops steady. , State
common to choice 1B11, 33 52c; li10, nomi
nal; Pacific Coast lULl, 4U44c; auiu.
nominal.
Hides steady. Central American, 2-4 He;
Bogota. 24H25c4c.
Leather firm. Hemlock nrsts, .a.ic;
seconds, 2 4 6 20c; thirds, 2l&22c; rejects,
15c.
Petroleum steady. Reflned ew loric Bar
rels. S.tW; refined New York bulk. $.; Phil
adelphia barrels f$.60; Philadelphia bulk,
5.
Wool steady, uemostic xieece unio,
28 2ic
Turpentine steady. Machine Darreis, o-c
Metal Markets.
NEW YORK. May 4. The metal markets
were dull and practically nominal in the
absence of exchanges.
jake copner. 16 w & ibmc: electrolytic. 18
16c; casting, 15 43 1 Oik c
Tin l..oo w 4.1. oc.
Lead 4. 10 4.170.
Spelter 6.Si a 6.!K)c.
Antimony Cookson's, 8c.
Iron Unchanged.
RESERVES CUT
NEW YORK BANKS' EXCESS RE
DUCED FIVE MILLIONS.
Cash Los During the Week Is Ma-
. terial Loans Are Sharply
Increased.
NEW YORK, May 4. The statement of
rloartng-house banks for the week shows
that the banks held 16.r4.2."0 reserve in
excess of lega requirements. This Is a de
crease of $J,154.oOO in the proportionate cash
reserve, as compared with last week. The
statement follows:
Dailv averace.
J.;H."i.;;." 4.ioo
.l.vt.sno.niMi
s.yotio.iitirt
1. ."..".. m.i.niui
4S.lt5,0(lU
Increase.
tU.4:W.-M'rt
r,4o.ofH
7711. oort
14,71 ooo
S.IXKJ
Loans
specie
e?al tenderj. .
Net deposits. . . .
Circulation ....
Decrease.
Banks' cash reserve In vault. 387.aT.oo:
tmst companies' cash reserve, in vault. $7,
07;l.000; aKreale cash reserve. $4:1.".M.(im1 :
excess lawful reservo, H6.."49,-."0; decreaso,
4.'t,154.3lHi; trust companies' reserve with
clearing-house member? carn'lr,tr per ctMit
cash reserve. (W).:Hli5,oo0.
Actual condition:
Decrease.
Loans : JJ.0O7..177.000 I.'.:i..2.ono
Specie 34!i.r.44.ono :!.J77.oon
I.eBal tenders 74,14.000 Tsti.ooo
N'et deposlls l,87J,S."ifl,0' 4.77s,0(Ml
circulation 4S.05C.0im) SiT.Otio
Increase.
Banks cash reserve in vault. S"(;4.s"2.000:
rust companies' cash reserve in vault.
720.000; afrregato cash res'rve, JJlill.r'J.oOii;
excess lawful reserve, 14.27S,7."0 : decrease,
$-r. 100.300; trust companies' reserve with
clearing-house members carrying 2.1 per cent
cash reserve, f 00.924.000.
Summary of State Banks and Trust Com
panies in Greater New York, not reporting to
the New lork Clearing-House
Increase.
$.i.r.7."..:ioo
.14,li)0
1 14,500
12.50.1.000
Loans
Specie
Legal tenders. . .
Total deposits..
. . .-P(S:t7.704 700
Htf.2OU.30O
. ... 10.704. OnO
723.040.600
Decrease.
The Financier will say:
An expansion of 112,352.000 in the loan
account was the principal feature of the
weekly statement made by the New York
;iearlng-House Institutions, accompanied by
a loss of cash of over $4,000,000 instead of
the gain forecasted by the week's move
ment of currency. Deposits rose $4.77S.oo0
snd the Increased reserve requirements, add
ed to the loss in actual cash, caused a
fall of J.I. 400,300 in reserves held in ex
cess of legal requirements. leaving the
present surplus at $14,270.7.10. These fig
ures show the actual conamon.
In the statement of averaces. loans in
creased $12,438,000 and deposits $14,714,000
while cash showed a nominal loss of
$2;'.J.OO0.
The large expansion in loans is pronaniy
the result of arrangements made for taking
cara. of New York's $6.1.000.000 bond sale
next week, as well as financing connected
with the May 1 interest and disbursements,
and is Interesting also from the fact that
the increase comes after the banks had
contracted their loans, some J00.000.000,
during the month of April.
Grains at Ban Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Mav 4. Spot quota
tions Walla, $1.87 I.884I; red Russian,
11.87'X ftl-Mi : turkey red. $1.00 l.!)2 :
bluestem. 1.D03 1.1)2 : feed barley, $1.00'.
lOTli: hrwlna. S 1.0.1 ii 2.00 : white oats.
2.0752.12; bran. $2.0o'u 26..'iO ; middlings.
$32.00(9 33. CO; shorts. $20.50 r 30.50.
Call board sales; Wheat December, $1.06
per cental bid; $1.70 asked.
Barley December, fl.oo per cental; May.
$1.86 per cental bid, $1.02 asked.
Minneapolis Wheat Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. May 4. Close: Wheat
May. $1.13'!i; July. $1.14; September.
$1.07; cash. No. 1 hard. $1.17; No. 1
Northern. $1.16 4 (a 1.16 ; No. 2 Northern.
l.llei.l4: No. 3 wheat. $1.12 1.14.
Flax 2.lo.
Barley 70c & $1.30.
Corn No. 8 yellow, 76 77c.
Oats No. 3 white, 65ra55c.
Kye No. 2, 00c.
Bran In 100-pound sacks, $24u 24.50.
uropcan Grain Markets.
LONDON. Mav 4. Cargoes firm: quota
tions nominal In absence of business; Walla
"Walla for shipment at 40s.
Knglish country marxeta nrm.
French country markets easy.
LIVERPOOL, May 4. Wheat May,
lld; July. 7s 8d; October, 7s .
Weather cloudy.
Puget Sound Grain Market.
TACOMA. May 4. Wheat Bluestem, $1.06
SI. 07: fortyfold, $1.02; ciuo, i.u. ; reu
Russian. $1.
Car receipts wneat, 24: nay, six.
SEATTLE. Msv 4. Wheat Bluestem,
$1.06; fortyfold. $L00; club, fl; Ufa, $1;
red Russian, one.
Yesterday s car receipts wneat, m; nay.
10; flour, eight; oats, one.
Coffee and Sugar.
NEW TORK, May 4. Coffee futures
closed barely steady and from 10 to 13
points net lower. May. 13.30c; June, 13.44c;
July. 13.50c; August, i..o8c; -aeptemoer
13.65c; October and isovemoer. jo.o-tc; -ian-
uary, February, March and April, 13.62c.
Spot coffee quiet. -o. ( mo, hic; io.
4 Santos, 16c Mlia quiet; -ooraova iotji
18c nominal.
Raw sugar steaav. .viuscovaao o irai.
3.55c: centrifugal 6 teat. 4.0-c; molasses
S'J test, 3.30c Kenned sugar steady.
I Med Krolt at New York.
v-sw YORK. May 4. Evaporated annles
quiet and steady: spot, fancy, 1OSj10c;
choice. 64kcc; prime, 7tfSc
Prunea steaay: quotations ruiise nuiii tu
to Sc for Californlas up to 30-40s and 7c to
Sy'c for Oregons.
venchea active: choice, loeioaic; extra
choice, llHc: fancy. 11(b12o.
Chicago Produce Market.
CHICAGO. May 4. Butter Weak.
Creameries. SSSZiic; dairies. 23 (S 27c.
Kirira Keceiols zi.vs cases. steaay a.
mark, cases included, 17c; ordinary firsts.
16 c: firsts, Dliunc
cneese oieauj. umwim, lwiub.
1601c: Young Americas, liyilSiC;
long horns, 1816c.
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH. May 4. Turpentine firm.
48c; sales, 007: receipts, 255; shipments,
222: stocks, 19.880.
Kosin firm; sales. jB:t: receipts, S4();
shipments. 8S0; stocks, 48,0oi. Quote: B,
$0 25; D. $((.-50; E, F, G, H. I. $7.02: K,
7.05: M, f7.10; N, $7.15; WG, $7.20; "WW,
$7.25.
-London Wool bales.
LONDON. May 4. The second series of
the wool auction sales closed today with of
ferings of 10,014 bales. The selection was
quickly sold at unchanged prices.
Duluth Flax Market.
DULUTH, May 4. Close: Linseed. In
store. $2.1i; on traek and to arrive.
$2.1S; May. $2.17 bid; July. $2.13
asked.
Wool at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. May 4. Wool Steady. Ter
ritory and Western mediums. 16i'lSc; fins
mediums, 1517c; fine, lulao.
Down
1 INJURES CHOP
Alarming Reports From Kan
sas Wheat Fields.
CHICAGO MART RESP0.MD3
Closing Prices Show Gains L'p to
Nearly Two Cents Poor Show
ing Is Also Made by
Other Sections.
CHICAGO. May 4. Statements from ex
perts that crops had deteriorated rapidly
in Kansas led wheat traders today into a
lively buying movement. There also was
fear that the Government report next Tues
day would count against the bears. The
market closed steady at a net advance of
1 3-S8'lc to 14i'l 7-Sc.
Offerings of wheat were scanty, a fact
that made the market responsive to bu tni;
and eager for bullish news. It was sau!
that half the crop in the northwest part
of Kansas had been destroyed by wiudi-.
What wheat remained would not, according
to the reports, yield more than half tli"
normal average per acre. Oklahoma and
Missouri also were alleged to be makia :
a poortr snow-lng.
Nervousness about delay in planting h:i-l
much 10 do with an advance in corn.
Shorts competed, with longs, who thought
the decline had gone far enough.
Forecasts o cold weather strengthend
oats.
Purchasing for Kuropean account help''-l
the provision market keep stop with th
ascent of grain. Pork showed tho chief
increase in cost, 12. ft 15c.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Open.
...fl.K.
.. 1.1"."
. . 1.07
High. Low. Clos-.
41.16 Vk $1-15 fl.l-4
1.13 l.lo-T 1 l--'-v
!.(. l."7'-t l.s:
COU.V.
.so .70 SO',
77'- .;('- .77':
.75 -74'3 .'..i
AV. .03 4
OATS.
.57 .50 .',
.53- :1'-
.1H.: .43 -44 1 j
May
July
Sept.
May
Jlllv
Sept.
Dec.
Mav
Julv
Sept.
.70
-74S
.03
.43 .
ME
Mav
July
Sept.
IS 07 ' -10.30
l:i.4 1
. . . 10.20
. . . 10.40
tu.32
1O.50
LARD.
1!) .20
10.55
May
lulv
s.-pt.
Oct.
10 00
1 l.o7'
11 3"
11.37'.
.11.05
. 1 1.2.1
.11.37
11.10
11.30
1 1.37'
1 l.o.l
1 1.23
1132
SHORT RIBS.
Mav ;v-.v
juiv 10.4(1 10.4.7 10.37
Soot 10.62 lo7u 1.62
10.30
10 4..
10.00 Vt
Flour Steady. Winter patents. $4 .90 'a 5.50;
straights $4.2uvi4.!)5; Spring patents, $l.:.'.i
B.o; straights. ISO '3 1.D5 ; bakers, $1.10,;!
4..10.
Grain statistics:
Total clearances of wheat and flour were
equal to l:i2,uoo bushels. Primary receipts
were 272.0UU bushels, compared with 41.
000 bushels the corresponding day a year
ago. Estimated receipts for tomorrow:
Wheat, 30 Cars: corn. 107 cats; oats. 13.
i-arv: h.es. 34.QQO bend.
Preference for a cerlaii
thing moans that it has
made good that it takes
the lead for some reason.
The reason for the prefer
ence given bitulithic pav
ing is it is Si'fe sani
tary saves money. Insist
on bitulithic.
lull
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