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Newspaper Page TextBOAS' MOTHER BREAKS D0WI1 ESKIMO PEOPLE VISIT PORMIO . T HE -WORLD'S MARKETS .. : r: r " " ... 1 ' . 1 . ' : " " i T" " ' : . - , i - . T"-" - , WEAKER TONE III BUTTER JUKI ome Outside Makers Ai Shading; Tlieir Values in Order to Unload. TODATB MARKET FEATLRES. . Cranberry prices boosted. Ejrgs are selling lower. Chicken market is easy. . , Weakness pathers m Dutter. v Bananas sell at low prices. Regular hams are c down. Taking up medium hops. rreed meats still very firm. 1'otalo market Is quiet. . weakness Oatters in Butter. A slight Increase In supplies has been sufficient to cause a materially easier tone In the local butter situation. While as yet a steady to firm ton4s noted l" bUt known brand . those less familiar to buyers are rather hard to nTve and In number of lnatances prices are belns; shaded In order to in crease . business. Thefjct that last week was the first week for some time that cream supplies showed f? has caused a smaller moun .of-buying with the expectation that prices will Jo lower. The dullest is most noticea ble In the cheaper grades of storage stock, although thus far th movement of better class storage has been julte . '"There remains a very firm tone In the cheese market, , with, no change in . prices. A sjelllngXowsr. While a lance per cent of the sales of strictly fresh local eggs w"e made a hlarh as 42Vic yesterday, the -market Is easier today? with the result that r.o one who wants to pay 40c Is turned away. The Increase in supplies, while not liberal. Is growing, and for that reason the trade wants to move the . stock with all possible dispatch. Several more cars of eastern egg have arrived hare since last Saturday, .md the market Is staggering under the input. While prices In general have not been changed, some Of the dealers ' are shading their quotations In order to ' clean up before the price on local eggs C" oes so low that there will be no mar et here at all tor eastern stock at airy quotation. Sasy Tons in Chickens. No change in chicken prices is noted for the day,' but the market Is some what easier. Monday is always a poor dav for chickens, and for that reason arrivals are generally nominal, but they were good yesterday and today. While naon knows definitely what the week s supplies wiil amount to It is generally believed that the movement will be ex. Mremely heavy. - Onlv a fewcoops of txirkeys are com ing forward at the moment. Boost Cranberry Frloei. Some Front street handlers have put their cranberry prices up to til a barrel, or 15c pound. Others are charg ing from 114 to I14.S0, and say they are quite willing to unload at these fig ures. Another car is said to be due from the east, -Keg-olar Hams Are Half Cent Down. The new list of the Union Meat com : pany announces a general decline of c a pound In regular hams. There is a . drop of lo in short clear backs weighing from 16 to- 20 pounds, which puts the price at 12c for dry salt and 18c for smoked, the same figures as aaked for the lighter grade. Several changes in bacon prices are likewise an nounce'd. but the general range of that line is unchanged at 11 to 21 Ho a pound. .'. Dressed meats are still very firm and high, with supplies scarce. . Brief Motes of Front Street Trade. The bulk of the bananas which ar rived vesterdayi were rather ripe, and for quite a movement the trade cut the price as low as 4c a pound. Hawkers took most of the supplies. Potato market is quiet as tar as snip ping demand is concerned. There is still a demand for Early Rose for seed from the south, and some shipments are going forward. However, supplies of I mis x-aneiy are scarce, a cent is paiu - - and orierea. - A" number of transactions in medium V . hops are again . reported around 65V4e a pound. It is stated that Klaber, Wolf Netter company is taking on large . loads of this" quality In order to even up Its high priced purchases. Supplies In the hands of growers are rather light. Pineapple supplies are Increasing, but e-enerallv rood aualttv is noted, and for that reason demand Is liberal at former prices. j Oranae market Is firmer for large sixes, but prices are unchsnged. Better colors, too. Front . streets sells at the following prices. Those paid shippers are leas . regular commissions: Barter, Eggs and Tonnry, BUTTER Extra creamery, lie; fancy t2H Kfie: store. 20c. miTTBTR ipat Deliverr f. o. b. Port land Sweet cream. S5Ho: sour. ttHo per it. POULTRY Mixed chickens, 12 - . 141 . 1 J. t PAnstaea il S, M & ft I ll"lO. - -7J 'If' lot , iwomm, vru( 11c; fryers. 1213c; broilers. 1414Hc: geese. 8010c; turkeys! alive, 17 18c; Oressea, zu"Hc; spring; auris, 16c: - pigeons, squabs, 12.000 2.50 per . 10 dosen; old. (1.00; dressed poultry, 1 IX hlrher. CHEE6K Full cream, flats, triplets and daisies. lkHQlsc; toung Amn pans. UUOIie. EGGS Local best, 40c per dozen; eastern, 103c Bops. Wool aaf SMm. WOOL l0-W'illamette valley, lie. HOPS 10I crop, choice, 1Qio; prime to choice, 7 7 He; prime. 6 4 6 Vic; medium, (g"c id. . fiHEKPSKINS Shearing. 10011c each; rhort .wool. 26c 40c; medium wool. evc(yiuv gkco; iuui vvui, ivvv - ll.Za eacn. - vOHAITt 1S0S Nominal. llOlSe. TALLOW Prime, per lb. i4c; No. - an4 rreaae. ielUiL CHITTAM BARK Old. 4H06e; new. , 4He( lb, HIDES Dry hides, lie lie lb- green, 'Jc lb: bulls, green salt. 66e lb, ' kips, tQtc; calves, green, 1 20 13c per lb. " ' . . Oraia. near mad Hay. - BARLEY Feed, 121.60 21.71; rolled, 26r2; brewing. $27. WHEAT Buying price, new Track. Portland t:iuD. vie: binestem. ?c; fortyfold. B2c; red, c; wiuamette vai lev. aic MILLSTUFF8 Belling price Bran, mm ... . IJ1II AA. V. m m n chop, kli.02 00; alfeila meai. tll.tfO r per ton. irrrjirR SeTTIn rice Eastern Ore gon patent, $1.00; tralght. t4.06Oi.7C; port, ij.is; oaaers, i.hji.u; - val ley. t.6: graham. , 4.40; whole wheat. $4.16; rye. 6s. IS.60; bales, l.0. HAT Producere 1 price New tim othy. Willamette valley, "fancy, f 14.00 16.00; ordinary, $lf.68llt eaat - m Oregon, 111. 60; mixed. $11.OO01.O: rlover. lll.CO; grain. tlLOO; cheat, . lll.e; alfalfa, $121.60. OATS Producers price Track. Ko. 1 white. tJ60etl.60; gray. 121.(09 100. ' ; Traits ut Ttrtabiea, - FRESH FRUITS oranges, '' new ravels, ft.00as.26 per box; Japanese oranges 45o per hot; bananas, 6c per lb; lemons. J.25.09 boat grapefruit V 14 004 60; pineapples. Hawaiian, tl. 00 doa: pears, tl.25: grapea, fl.00Ol.t6; riuf-Kit'oemea. iuhc to; cranoemes, loralv f 11 61 bhl: eajitern. $1416 bbl.' ONIONS New Oregon. Il.l0ol.ll r 1"0; esrlic. 7H?e lb. ' AriLl.S Oood. liai: Boor Kal7S lr per box. . , . .. v POTATOFS New, - aelllng. $1.0O 1 li- buying for ahlpment per cwt, .j : ordinary. 75y Sue; sweet, j.itiv HoeJ buj tng, $1. VT.G?rrACt.ES Tumirs. new Oregon, WOOL IflARKET QUIET BUT IS QUITE STEADY The wool and hide market ahows a slight improvement in tone. Hides are a fractlpn v or two higher locally with the better feellnr diaDlaved In the east and abroad but wool Is stiff here though veiling at unchanged prices. The Boston market is thus reviewed by the Boston Fibre and Fabric: due to the absence of stock and partly to the fact that consumers have supplied their wants for the time being, although It Is known that many of the mills have riot covered on their heavy weight season and will be obliged to buy a considerable weight of wool later on. But the business which is being done BOOIfllllll TOIIE 1H LIVESTOCK Local Market Is Higher for Cattle land Hogs Steers Sell Today at $4.50. 4 . e Zdrestoek Market Booming. 4 4 The local livestock market is 4 4 booming and for the better class 4 4 of stock prices are working high- 4 4 er. As high as 14.50 has now 4 been obtained for select steers 4 e and $6.30 has been paid for corn 4 4 fed 'hogs. ' PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN. Hogs. Cattle. Sheep. Tuesday ...200 900 Monday 261 t6 ... Saturday 8 27 400 Fridav 11 212 Thursday 800 140 Wednesday auu u Portland Union Stockyards. Dec. 16. To the shipper and producer the live stock situation could scarcely be better than at this time. The forecast made of the market by The Journal re cently haa been fulfilled in every par ticular and today higher prices are in effect in the varlous lines. Great strength continues to be noted in the cattle situation and for one load of 2J steers weghing 28.606 pounds, $4.60 was paid during the paat 24 hours. This Is 25c above anything heretofore oaid in the yards the present season. although there has been considerable talk to the effect that $4.60 would be nhtalnable for something showing select quality. The market for all grades of cattle is allowing improvement uin in all lines jirices are. being held stiff. Bulls are selling up to iz.za. Arrivals are very small and do not more than half fill the demand now shown in the yards. Hogs Bell 6e ighe. One bunch of corn fed hogs from Med ford tipped the top of the market today and sold at f l.tir, or 6o higher than the extreme top for recent trading. Re ceipts of hogs for the day amounted to hut 200 head, and aa there has been a resumption of demand from northern packers many more head could be used and still no.t affect the great strength now shown. While there have recently been several drops in hog values in the east and mid dle west, the changes are not aereve enough to affect prices along the Pa cific coast. No sheep arrived for the 24 hours, hut Drevious arrivals readily broucht former quotations. The only setback of note In the sheep market Is noted tn lambs, and these are generally of poor quality. ' Today 100 goats and 20 horses were among the arrivals in the yards. A year ago today cattle and hogs were firm at unchanged prices. Today's arrivals In the yards compare 76cOtl: beets. HOI. 26: carrots. BOO tie sack; parsnips, 86c 1.00; cabbage, Il.504il.16: tomatoes. California. 11.76 2 per crate; beans, 12c; cauliflow er, f 1.00; peas, 12c; horserad ish. I8c lb; artichokes. 57Bc dos; freen onions, 15o per doa: peppers, bell, c: Chile ): head lettuce. 40o dos: hothouse, 78o$ftl box; radishes, 16o 3 or en Diincni.; ceiery, 4V4fsac; egg plant, lie lb. Groceries, STrnta, xte. SUGAR Cube. t6.86; powdered, tl.70; fruit or berry, 15.96; dry granulated. $6.66; conf. A, $6.16; extra B. $6.46; Golden Q, $5.76; D. yellow, $5.25; beet, granuated. $6.76; barrels, 15ci half bar rels, tOc; boxes. 66o adwane on sack basis. (Above prices axe St days net cash quotations SALT Coarse Half ground. 100s, II LOO per ton; 60s, til. 60; table, dairy, tos. iis.eor ids, sxs.vo; oai i.; Imported Liverpool, 60s. fto.OO; 100s, $11.00; 40s. $18,004 extra fine, barrels. 2s, 6s and 10s, $4.606.5w; Liverpool lump rock, f 20.50 per ton. k 1 1 : k imnenai janan nto. No. 2. SKe; New Orleans, bead, A1ax (): Creole. 6Uc HONEY New. 16o per IK COFFEE Packaae brands. tl.58, BEANS Small white, 16.21: large white. $4.60: pink. $3.85: bayou. $3.76; Lrimaa. Mexican reas. .o, Keats. TUm mm JWisiwua, fiVM, BACON, ETC. Portland pack (local hams, 10 to IS lbs, 14He per lb; breakfast bacon, l$21tte lb; picnics. lOe lb; cottage, roll. Ho lb; regular short clears, smoked. 18c lb; backs, heSjW smoked, 12c lb; light, smoked, 12c lb; bellies, smoked. 15c lb; picketed tone-uee, lOo each. DRESSED MEATS Front street Hogs, rancy. ?sc; ordinary, Tc; large, c; veal, extra, 9 He; ordinary, 9c:' heavy, 88Hc: mutton, fancy. 6fl7c: spring lamb. 77Hc lb. LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf, 10s. lie per iu; ts, 14 ho per lb; 69 it tins, lttte per lb; steam rendered, 10a, lie per lb; 6a. l$He per lb; compound, 10s, fe cer id. CLAMS HardshelL per bor. tt.40; raior clams, IJ.00 per box; lOo per doa. FISH Rock cod, foe-lb; flounders, (a nar lb: halibut. 7c oer lb: ' strlned base, lto per lb; catfish. lOo per lb; salmon, vc per id; nerrmgs. 6c nilUVll. X. finm m mi I - ' - . vv er lb; soles, 7o - per h; shrimp, fihi inn lua Mr id: oercn. ee ver 10; ismcoa. lOo per lb; lobsters, 26o per lb; fresb mackerel, ) per lb; crawfish, 303 per dozen; sturgeon ) per lb; black lb; black cod, -7 He per lb; crabs, $ ei.lt per aocen. OTSTRB8-Shoalwater Bar. oer aal- Inn. 13.60: r.er 100-lb sack. $6.00: Olrm- ?la, per gallon, $3.40: per 100-lb sack. tM9.S0: Eagle canned, tOe can, $7. oosen; eastern in sneiw i-io per v. ' ' ' Psiats, OoaL OO. ROPE Manila, tc; sisal. 7Mo lb. LLNSEED OIL Raw. bbla. 68c: cases. 14c: boiled, bbls. 10c: eases. 6fe a aal: lots of 160 gallons. le leas; oil caae tnal. 114 Inn. . BENZINE f( dea; caies. lto perl gai; iron ddis., iio per gai, , . WHITE LAD Ton loU. 7Vo per lb: 600-lb lots, le per lb; less lota, te per lb. ' . ..... , TURPENTINE la cases, II He per gal.- , WIRE NAILS Pres-wt basis. ft.SI. now consists mostly of small, scattering lots, few sales or more than iuu.uuj pounds each having been put through. Occasionally a good sired transaction Is reported, as in the caae of one house, which sold ail the Oregon wool which it had left, amounting to several hundred thousand pounds, and another house, which sold about 260,000 pounds of ter ritories; but the total sales of the past week will not exceed 4,000,000 pounds. The agitation on the tariff question Is having some effect on the trade, there being naturally a disposition to hold off until definite information is at hand which will indicate In a general way what is going td be done with wool and fabrics." with this day in recent years as fol lows: Hogs. Cattle.Sheep. 1908 ..... 200 100 1807 15 60 230 1908 89 77 300 1805 60 Yard's Bepresentatlve Prices. The following prices are representa tive of late transactions In the yards and Indicate the extent of the demand and the prices ruling on various grades. BTEEKS. Weight. Price. $4.60 4.86 4.00 4.10 Price. $2.76 3.00 Price. '$2.25 2.26 2.10 Price. $6.30 6.16 6.15 5.86 2t steers 23 steers 9 steers 61 steers ...28.605 ...24.900 ...10,460 ...68,900 Weight. . . .16.460 . .. 1,000 COWS. 18 cows 1 cow BULLS. Weight. .. 2,915 , .. 2,700 .. S.575 Weight. ...18,960 2 bulls 2 bulls 2 bulls. steer HOGS. 84 hogs -. 10 hoas . 94 hogs 18,436 74 pigs 11,966 SHEEP. tit sheep ,. 6,015 $4,00 14 lambs 10.160 4.60 Following Is the general range of values on stock running in the yards for late shipments: Hogs Best east of mountains, $4.26 6.80; ordinary. $66.10; blockers and china fats, $5.605.76; stockers and feeders, $5.00$ 5.60. Cattle Best steers, weighing 1200 pounds, t4.264.50; medium steers, $4.26; poor steers, $8.50; best cows,. $3.26; medium cows, $2.76; stags, $2.75 3 00; bulls. 22.25. Sheep Best wethers, $4.60 if? 4.76; or dinary wethers. $4.264.60; lambs . $4.50 4 75; straight ewes. $$.50; mixed lots, $4.00. Veal Choice young calves, $4,000 4.60; heavy and rough, $3.603.76. AFTER DECLII1E Chicago Wheat Starts Wrong but Closes With Slight Advance for Day. FINAL GOVERNMENT REPORT. Washington. D. C, Dec. 15. Final government report of 1908 grain crop: Spring wheat weight 67.3 pounds, win ter wheat 68.8 pounds; oants, 29.8 pounds; corn. 86.9 pounds. Spring wheat acreage, 17,208.000. Winter wheat acreage, 30,349,000; production 487,908,000 bushels. Oats acreage, 33.844,000; production, 80.176,000 bushels. Rye acreage. 1,948,000; production, 31, 161,000 bushels. Com acreage. 101,788,060; production, 3.668.661,000 bushels. CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. Open. Close. Dec 14. Gain. Deo. ...... 9U 1004 100 u Mar 104U insil n miKa iy July 97H 97 A 97 2 Chicago, Dee. 16. There was a sharp break In wheat values at the opening of the local market today but the loss waa regained later In the day and the various options closed with a slight ad vance over yesterday. Pressure to sell at the start of today's session came as a result of increasing bearishness of the entire foreign situa tion with continued depression of prices abroad. At Liverpool the market opened 4 A linnet -.'.. mrA a nA t n . i jet docline of d to & froiri Monday'r Af?p the tart ther wm a hort FrA;va. f- mamt here etood still, lwth nldea evidently trying to (tee WhAt t h iirhr iv a m cfMnsr r A a of the big longs sUirted to support the " BBrooivc way ana unaer pressure to cover the sharp declines of the nrtAnlTttV tl7Ara itlnlr lev European visible supply wheat ahows Sk ft AVAO A n 4 "V A AAA . I .. . this was not sufficient to cause any Chicaro atnrka nt eyrfn mUr., - -3- - ws ruu tv am iui' - Total bu. Inc. bu. Dec. bu Wheat 9,862.000 263,000 Corn 2,438,000 212.000 .. '" Ualm. m.-'-'j9?.-00?, 'i "MOO , ivQuuru-nerua toaay says Selling of wheat Mondav as ex- " ' ' ' " iuw mie gossip kM 'f outside longs and for the same 1 . . "V. V,1"1 "a so aggressive vfral Nebraska longs of over half a Jr . t m i"1 11 "ala y the best informed people that the bull lead ers nave made no change tn their posi tion, one of these leaders being quoted aH UVlllr tVtal A tmTmm mmmmm. ...!. fled with his position and the way the u.i. , .... . r. n w KviliB. r. RaS5t i 9.hlc,? orlcs furnished by W va lCV, at rg, .injng KU. : Open. 104 RECOVERY IDE High. Low. Close "I 104' 1C5HB 97 97SA CORN. t 1 61 B 6t 61 61 88 6114 61 A OATS. 62V S3 60 47 47 40 8914 3914 Mav . July . 97' 1 May . July . Sept Mar . 5 1 July . Sept, Jan. . . 40 .1670 .1605 . 915 . 940 PORK. 1671 1E7 1673 1607 912 937 May . 1613 LARD. 915 940 RIBS. 81T 847 I64O2 91S 985 8l5 843 Jan. . May . Jan. . 815 845 819 847 May . New York Cotton Market. Open. High. Low. Close. Januarv 867 647 847048 849063 866066 856&60 863&65 8(1063 861062 858661 841043 tSS&l? February March .. April ... Mav 166 866 855 871 873 865 June .......... July ' ....... 87 August .. 1, 861 September ... 872 861 862 " 868 - ... 659 841 fl 887 October , . . , 64-9 December ,. f 97 MISSOURI PilC. . HIT Br RAIDERS Securities in New York Suf fer From .Bearish Activ ity Some Recover. New Tork. Dec. 18. The stock mar ket did not show any signs of a bear outbreak at the opening, for general conditions were rather steady. Pres sure and intense pressure from the bears began to be shown soon after, with the result that some of the lead ing shares were down from 1 to 3 points from yesterday at one time dur ing the day. Missouri Pacific was tho first to receive a visit of the raiders. and this held that security down even at the closing. it closed z points under yesterday. - Amalgamate! copper was wean, witn net loss of one Dolnt from yesterday. while Anaconda lost only hi. Beading lost 1H Points, National Lead a simi lar amount, American Sugar i;" and Rock Island preferred 1, The steadiness of Steel shares today in the face of the break In other indus trials is said to be due to . the recent report The Steel company la now op erating 60 per cent of its capacity. The report of the Bteel corporation, which recently caused the securities of the company to reacn tneir nigneKi oint, shows assets 01 l,7SZ,iSi,S3. 'he outstanding bonds, preferred and common, stood tl.470,04,lll. an excess of assets over liabilities of 1311,283,223. which beipg an excess equal to bi a hnm nn the common stock. There Is an undivided surplus of 1122,652.109, and Improvements out of earnings 3180,000,000. and repairs oui 01 earn ings at $225,350,000, which Is a total of 1528.002.109. which represents actually $20,000,000 in the property out of earn ings in excess of the par value of the common stock. Ranee of New Tork prices, furnished by uowning-Mopwng t:o.: O o 4 DESCRIPTION. V) 9 a Rock . Island 23 35 89 67U 23 88 66. Erie Colo. Fuel . . Brooklyn . . . Oas 100 100 U. R Steel .. 53 do nfd 113 1114 Atchison 8814 Bait. & Ohio Can. Pac . . . 111 110 175 1304 129i 1764 Sugar Pennsylvania 131 Reading 141 120 160 183 85 121 142 83 146 47 67 139 120 So. fao St. Paul Nor. Pao . . . . 149 182 84 1201 Smelter N. Y. Cen. .. Nor. Pac. . . . Amal Grt. North. . Wabash, pfd. 142 45 66 C. c O. Metropolitan 31 804 Denver 37 Total sales, 1,020,(00 shares. Call loans closed at 4 per cent. News Gossip of Finance Portland Banks. Clearings today Year ago Gain today Balances today tl.27.265.0 905,484.64 A 381,780.96 158,139.00 48,799.89 Year ago Seattle Banks. Clearings today 1, 795,485. 00 148,052.00 $ 811.166.00 52,590.00 of 'England Balances today Tacoma Banks. Clearings today Balances today London. Dec 15. Bank rate is unchanged. s Consuls for money, 88 16-16; 'account, 84 3-16. . vnrir Dec. 14. Bar silver. 4814d: Mexican dollars, 46c. New York. Dec. 16. Government bonds: Date. Twos, registered... 1930 do coupon 1930 Threes, registered.. 1908 do couDon 1908 Bid. Ask. 108 104 104 104 101 100 101 10D 120 131 121 103 108 102 110 ..... Threes, small bonds .... Fours, registered... iz do coupon ivo Twos, Panama. do couDon Fours, Philippine Washlnaton. D. C. Deo. 15.Flnal lake. 1414c; electrolytic, 14 14ic; castings. 14H14o. Tin $29.00 29.37. Lead $4.2004.25. London, Dec. 15. Silver, 12 d. Washington, Dec. 15. The treasury statement today ahows: Receipts, $1, 025,827; disbursements, $1,730,000. PRODUCE IN SAN FRANCISCO Sari Francisco, Dec. IB. Eggs, per dozen California, fresh, including cases, extras, 44c;- firsts. 40c; seconds, 85c; thirds, 2yo; California storage, extras, 35c; firsts, 33 c; seconds, 36 c; east em storage, extras, 30c; firsts, 28c; seconds, 26c. . Butter, per pound California fresh, extras, 81c; firsts. 29c; seconds, 23c; thirds, too; pickled. No. 1, 28 c; stor age, California extras, 29c; packing No. 1, 41 He: ladles, extras. 23c. New cheese, per pound California flats; fancy, 14cj firsts, 14c; seconds, 11 o; California Young America, fancy, 16c; firsts, 16c; eastern. New York Cheddars, fancy, 17c; Oregon flats, fan cy, 14c; do Young America, fancy, 16 c; California storage, fancy flats, lie; Oregon flats, fancy, 14c; do Young America. 16c. Potatoes, per cental River whites (sacks), fancy. 760c: poor, 50 76c; Salinas Burbanks, $1.2501.60; Oregon Burbanks, tl. 1001.25; early rose (for seed), tl.261.30; sweet potatoes, per craie, i.:awi.ev; sacxs, MVUO. Onions, per sack 76686c. Oranges, per box Navels, standards. $1.26fcS; choice, $363.60; fancy, large sizes, tt 04;,. tangerines, crates,. $10 1.26; half orange boxes, $1.76 2; man- uennes, . per craie, oowsuc SAN FRANCISCO GRAIN MARKET San Francisco. Dec. 15. Merchants exchange quotations: Cash wheat Walla Walls, white. tl.67-: red Russian. $1.62: turkey red, tl.75 kluestem. tl.76. Future wheat May, . tl.76 bid; De cember, 11. qb. Cash barley Bright, $1.45; brewing, $1.50. . . -- '.. . Future barley May. $1.42. $1.42 asked: December, $1.401-41. Mlllstuffs Bran. $29 "middlings, $33; shorts, $32. oats White, tl.76 per cental. Eastern Livestock Market!. Chlcaao. Dec. IS Hoes. 23.000: cattle. tOOO; sheep, 30.000.' Hogs are steady. -Cattle ft teed v. Sheen strong, r c. .Kansas City., Dec. IS. lloa-s. 20.000: cattle. 11,000; Sheep, 8000. urnana. uec. j&. nogs, sooo: cattle, JQdO; sheep, 10,000. v COARSE GRAINS . MOVE HIGHER Both Barley and Oats Fu tures Advanced 2 l-2c a v Cental Here Today. Snow to Cover Wheat. 4 Oregon--Ralir' west, snow east 4 portion tonight; warmer. Wed- 4 nesday rain west, rain-or snow e east portion. Southerly winds 4 Increasing to freBh northwest 4 portion and to a fresh southerly e gtrte along the north coast. 4 Washington Rain tonight and 4 Wednesday; warmer, tonight. 4 Strong southerly gale along 4 coast, ffesh southerly winds in-. 4 terlor. , , ., 4 I dahqt--RaIn -tonight and Wed- e 4 nesday north portion; warmer, 4 tonight north portion, fair south 4 portion tonight. Wednesday rain 4p 4 or snow. Fresh southerly winds' 4 north portion. 4 4 BOARD OF TRADE RECEIPTS. Wheat. Flour. Barley. Oats. Hay. Cars. Sacks. Cars. Cars. Cars. Tues 26 v 1.600 2 ..' 6 Monday ..67 8,300 13- 1 .9 Sat 5 3,016 2 3 6 Friday ...36 2.000 7 3 II Thurs. . . .30 2,650 8 4 19 Wednes.. 34 7,000 7 4 10 Great strength is again shown In the coarse grain list here as a result'of the Improvement in California demand and prices. That the supplies of both oats and barley in the south are getting close to the exhaust point Is amply shown by the recent liberal purchased In this market for as early delivery as possible. On the Portland board of trade today the entire coarse grain list was quoted higher, although only one sale was re ported. The bidding for oats has been quite pronounced In the cash market fcr several days but now the futures are be ginning to show signs of returning: ac tivity. During today's session 67c was bid for December and $1.60 for January delivery, both of these prices being an advance of 2c a cental over previous figures. Holders are likewise asking the Same advance. During the day 100 tons of January-February oats were sold on the board at $32 a ton, . Barley market felt the Improvement In California prices today and on th Portland board of trade futures are o day being quoted at an advance of 2c a cental for December and Januarv, botB bid and ask figures being up a like sum. There is nothing, of Interest In the flour market Mlllfeeds are showing a slightly eas ier tone with some offering by outside mills here at a fractional decline, but local Institutions are firm In their views under press of scant holdings and a very good demand and are therefore holding out for former top figures. Board of trade prices today: CLUB WHEAT. Bid. Ask. December 90 91 January Bl 92 NO. 1 WHITE OATS. December... 157 160 January io 162 NO. 1 FEED BARLEY. December 135 137ii January 137 140 TRICE OF WHEAT IN AMERICAN 3IARKETS i :! i i Liverpool Wheat Market. Liverpool, Dec 15 Wheat: . Open. Close. December 7s 11 d 7s 11 d March -. 7s 7 d 7s 6id May 7s 6 d 7s 6d Building Permit. East Fifty-first street between Haw thorne and East Lincoln. D. Q. Hooger hyde, erect two story frame dwelling. $2000; Union avenue between Ivy and Cook, H. F. Krelger, erect two story fpum minim m.Jt CAnn. , - . Twelfth street between Bralnard and ChiilHwJlAt J V. mr mm m . ouiiugiiciu, .Efc li. Moore, erect one story frame dwelling. $1600; Wood ers Piano House, erect one and one half story frame dwelling. tt600; Wood AtrAr hrv.-oan Tkliwl I-. Tn . Vm -rrtM i- t! 111I1U 4BVI6U f UUllll. Hal I- ; " - -"v "dc, vieTi. vn ina on nmil wry frame dwelling, $1600; Wood v ""11 jiiiru una r ounn, fliers PlSnn HOII araif .e dwelling tl260T Jefferson' str'eet be! - v iiu r i yjni, r. rv. I-. R t and Mississippi. J. M. Plttinger erect dwerilng."$2000r feasT Twentieth .St between Onlnr r.ll.V ,2. J5lret . - x-v KvLwvji49n 1 wentv-R ith -. -- j using owei ing, 13450- Alberta" VV?,Utr.,?ftWeen Ma' " i-mrm. ,iizaoetn Welter erect one and one half story frame dwelling, $600; First street between Main and Madison, lessee, Morton r Mfc.r3?mf tw0 "tory br,ck nlckelodion. L3, i1 om" Ten oetween Killings worth and Sumner, Ed. Sheen, erect two me awe''lnK. $3000; Weldler street between East Fourteenth and East Fifteenth, D. Wolford, erect two story frame dwelling. 34500. . Eyes tested free at Xetzger's. Important. , lling our drummers' samples of toilet, manicure, shaving and travel ing cases, handbags, purses, writing cases, hand and triplicate mirrors, fane? boxes of writing paper, calendars, etc at greatly reduced prices. , SANBORN, VAIL A CO,, , 170 First St.. Portland. Or. Spectacles tl at Metxger'e. An Investment Snap. We have for sale one of the bgst pieces of property In the market. It Is -iuii quarter diock. iuvxioo, on which there Is a good two-story building. The price, tlt.OOO, Is good1 for a few days, only. V Investigate this at once. Fori particulars apply 10 partjen, . i60VS A RLE S K. HEXRT Ar RON'. Stark Street, . PortlandJ' Or. May. 4 Portland $ .90B 4 Chicago 1.05B 4 New York' 1.08 4 Kansas City 95 4 Winnipeg 97 4 St. Louis 1.02i 4 Minneapolis 104 4 Duluth 105 4 San Francisco 1.66 4 "December. Fpectacles tl at Metrr"e .YCnited Press Leased Wire.) ' San Francisco, Dec, 15.4-In the effort to place a . charge of murder against John Walter Wilson, who Is r held by the police under suspicion of having caused the death of Harry Boas by send ing him strychnine through the mail, the police had subpoenaed 50 witnesses to testify before Coroner T. B. W. Ice land when the Inquest began at 10:30 this morning. ' Mrs. Katherine Boas, mother of the dead man,- waa - the first witness. She had hardly begun the recital of her son's sudden death when ' she waa , overcome and the bearing was delayed for some time until she was sufficiently self possessed to resume. . With Mrs. Boas were her sons, Bmile, John' and -Martin, and their sister. Alma. Wilson, looking haggard and weak, was brought-to the Inquest room by de tectives. The police have as yet placed no charge against him, relying upon the coroner's verdict' for sufficient basis for a charge. Theodore Kytka. a handwriting expert, appeared with charts of handwriting shown In the letter that contained th poison that killed Boas and samples of handwriting from letters known to have been written by Wilson. This expert had already announced that the hand writing in all papers was that of the same person. - Martin C. Boas, brother of the victim, was the second witness. .He told of his suspicions that Wilson was responsible, for his brother's death and detailed con versations in which Wilson told of the business and -in one of which he alleged Wilson- claimed' to , have been admitted to partnership.' Boas then identified n number of specimens Of Wilson's hand- writing.- VILE LANGUAGE ? 7 CAUSES ARREST The suburb of Portsmouth has . been stirred up over the unseemly actions of the Johnson family, 1825 Druid street, consisting' of two sons and an aged mother. The young men have been annoying-women and girls, and their lan guage on the streets has brought many open windows down with a bang. ho numerous became the complaints that . Patrolman Wellbrook yesterday made an investigation which res J ted In- the arrest of one son. John Johnson. aged . 20 years. The other son, Joe, maae nis escape. John was sentenced to 30 days In jail In the police court todaje. He Is a revolting looking creat ure, and apparently unsound mentally. WARNS AGAINST THIEF ON WHEEL Look out for a natty vouna man in brown who rides a bicycle. His specialty Is robbing houses In the broad light of the afternoon. He takes only lewelrv and cash, and as he does not dispose of any of his plunder in Portland he has been giving the police much trouble. At the door of this jaunty young man is laid hiany of the robberies on the east side in the laat few weeks, where houses have been boldly entered during their owners' absence. He wears a brown suit and hat and tan shoes. He is -a good talker, and the officers have been warned that If questioned he trill make a most plausible explana tion. WIDOW7 'AND DAUGHTER ARE MORGAN'S HEIRS Emma R. Morgan and Ethel Morgan Davis, widow and daughter of the late J. J. Morgan, have filed his will for pro hate In the county court. Propertv valued at 320,000 la disposed of, the greater prt being in real estate. Lots at the corner of East Twelfth and Alder streets are given to the daughter and the remainder of the estate to the widow, there being no other heirs. Mor gan died on December 8. Ladd & Tilton Bank PORTLAND, OREGON EgUblished 1859. Oldest Bank on Capital fully paid - - - - $1,000,000.00 Surplus and undivided profits $500,000.09 OFFICERS V. M. Ladd. President. Edward Cookingham, Vice-Prea. W. H. Dunckley, Cashier. Interest paid on time deposits and savings accounts. Accounts ol banks, firms, corporations and individuals solicited. Travelers' checks for sale and drafts issued available tn all countries of Europe. fPp' . - - PORTLAND OREGON -IWM Our Invitation This bank invites the accounts of all persons who use discrimination in the selection of a bank through which to transact their banking business'. We offer absolute safety for funds? and our facilities are unexcelled. ' 7 Overbeck iS: Cooke Co. CosxnlssIOD Kerchaafs, Slocks, Condi, CoHoa, Grain, Els. . 216-217 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING Members Chicago Board of Trade, Correspondents of Logan & BrvtaV Chicago, New York. Boston. : , , Wt have the only private wire connecting: Portland with the cuter. exchanges, MEMBERS PORTLAND BOARD OF TRIADS. Fresh from the frozen tundras of northern Siberia, two complete settle ment of Eskimos arrived in Portland last night and will remain here for 10 days, before starting on a six months' showing tour of the eastern states. The entire outfit, consisting of 60 people with all the paraphernalia essential to life beyond the Arctic circle, 'will be transported to the fair grounds today where they will be Installed in Jthe Oriental building. The Eskimos were brought down front the northern country for exhibition pur poses at the Seattle fair,, and with them were brought two carloads 0 exhibits, -which will form a part of the show as it will be exhibited in the east and later at Alaska. Manager Tony Gorman, who will pilot the show on- the road, has been with the fat little brown-sklrined people for the past two months in southeastern Alaska, where the band has been getting used to. the balmy climate of, the Uni ted States. , LOCOMOTIVES ARE LOOTED BY THIEVES Engines standing on the sidetracks at away piecemeal by sneak thieves, accord ing to a report made by Patrolman Hen son to his captain, .Complaints have been made that not only have the lamps and wrenches been taken, but the brass work has been taken off several -en- -gines By the thieves. I offer for sale in lots to suit pur chaser high class bonds at a price'to net the investor Seven Per Cent T. S. McGrath 307 Lumber Exchange Portland, Oregon the Pacific Coast R. S. Howard Jr., Asst. Cashier. J. W. Ladd, Assistant Cashier. Walter M. Cook, Asst Cashier.