The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 31, 1904, Page 7

SHTLSSSFFSSS SHHSH SSS SHSOSISOLEDOSD | City Dads Play Politics With the City Water Funds MEMBERS OF FINANCE COMMITEE ENGAGED IN A GIGANTIC SCHEME TO JOB THE TAXPAYERS — MANIPULATIONS OF PUBLIC MONEY HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS Ia view of the claim made by Comptroller Riplinger and the Members of the fimance committee that not to exceed $52,400 has been diverted each year for the past 10 years from the water fund to the general fund, The Star this afternoon preseuts the figures in de- tail taken from the comptrolier’s report to show that approximately $37,000 has been diverted each year tn addition to the 500 for the past five years. It challenges the finance committee to show other wise, ‘The chamber of commerce is fo make an examination of the comptrolier’s books to learn if The Star's figures are not correct The $62,500 is supposed to be raised by general taxation, it being the annual interest on the $1,060,000 of bonds voted in 1890. The coun. etl has raised this amount by taxation as provided, but has used It for paying general expenses of the city, instead of the interest, using water department funds to pay the Interest. In this manner the re publican administrations have gotten the credit for keeping the tax levy low by muleting the water consumers. The finance committee owned up yesterday before the chamber of commerce committee to thus stealing $52,500 a year from at a larger amount has been dt is technically legal, but denies ththe water fund, a transaction that verted. PESESEE LEE EEE DERE EEO OEE ERE NEES bees THE RECORD FOR 1900, WATER FUND EXPENSES. (Page 36, City Comptroller's Annual Report, 1900) Transferred to general fund on account of advances for struction ter works system 6,000.00 ed for general fund—pay roll, house Bumbering (page 36) er) « » FUND EXPENS! 33.) Cedar river water system “ 785.41 Disbursed for water fund (page 34) .. $95,062.90 $14,974.42 1497442 Net total water fund dive 1900 ons $80,088.48 THE RECORD FOR 1901. WATER FUND EXPENSES (Page 39, City Comptroller's Annual Report, 1901.) Tranafers to general fund, reimbursing same, account advance made Cedar river water aystem and interest on water bonds 39) $is2 Disbursed for genera! fund GENERAL (page FUND (Page Cedar river water supply system Disbursed for water fund PENSES. $132,502.50 12,551.12 1901 Net total water fund diversions. $119,951.38 THE RECORD FOR 1902. WATER FUND EXPENSES. (Page 29, City Comptroller's Annual Report, 1902.) ‘Transfers to general fund, reimbursing same for advances made, account Cedar river Water supply system and Interest on water SETH S SO POOSESEL SOOO HHOPEDOIOD PEEL OSEOCOO ER EEDEEOEEOF bonds. ete $77,500.00 @ Disbersed for general fund, street, light in @ spection (page 38) : . 9.29 * GENERAL FUND DISBURSEMENTS. @ Cedar rtver water supply (page 35) ....... tee $ 37.47 © Disbursed for water fund (page 36) . 18,889.57 $77,759.29 $18.92 18,927.04 Net total water fund diversions, 1902 .,.. $58,822.25 THE RECORD FOR 1903. WATER FUND EXPENSES. (Page 42, City Comptroller's Annual Report, 1903.) Transfers to general fund for advances made sees seeeceeee rere sooeesGl15,000.00 Disbursed for general fund ‘ 41.06 GENERAL FUND PENSES. Disbursed for water fund (page 40) 915,119.49 $115,341.05 $15,119.49 15,119.49 $100,221.56 Net total water fund diversions, 1903 ... THE RECORD FOR 1904 UNREPORTED. SUMMARY SINCE 1900. Net diversions for 1900... on. TF jet diversions for 1901 119.951. 38 let diversions for 1902.. . 58,832.26 Net diversions for 1903... + 100,221.56 Total diversions for four years . woes $259,093.67 @ Average annual diversion. . $ 89,773.42 @ Average annual draft for general city expen: SPOS PSPS ES ESSE SES FSS OOSE SSS CES OESSESEE ESTEE EEO OOEROEEEOOEOE ODEO ESSE ESCO SEOOECEEEOOOOESS o coss of the $52,500 admitted by finance committee $37,223.42 Seerseee 90000000000006 wee Definite action towa: reduction of water rates {s to be taken by the council within two weeks Those crafty mem! who have been attempting to postpone the occasion as long as possible have concluded that the limit has been reached. They are not going to give the chamber of commerce committee and other citizens further opportunity to scrutinize the checkered financial record of the water department, which becomes more rotten the deeper it is probed Neither are the members of the finance committee going to appear before the chamber’s committee to explain proceedings that are in- scrutable to the taxpayers. Instead, according to several members of the council who believe they know something of what is going on behind the scenes, Chair- man Rude, of the finance committee, is planning a startling coup. Realizing that a reduction of water rates can be and must be made, Rude and the councilmen who are backing him have made a frame- up to outdo Daulton, the democrati first proposed a reduction of water rates and has fought steadily for it, by making @ more sweeping reduction even than Daulton propose In this man ner they will reap the laudations of the water conm that they were determined the democrat should not recetve only wil rates be reduced at least 20 or 25 per cent, but the schedule of prices will be manufactur will get a disproportionately large decrease in their rates. Rates charged where meters are . wed The council is going to make its reduction sooner than it want- member who mers Not completely rearranged so that the ed will be rev ‘The repairs to the steamab snarchitit’ of in bie ao Hefore the sightseers will be a 7) Mere hte en otenman!? | towed to board her ane will have U Uf ty Sina Gat chen ances © cleaned in order to prevent th Uf} YY > i ee en ee | dirt and coal dust, which of neces: | 1 °7 Wy ca aaice tees We tae ce sity falle about the decks of the! Yj Upp ; 3 EGH, Hongkong last summor, wil be made | Yeast. from being tracked into the Wy Myr ipa vale op at the ahipyarde of Moran Hiroe in| caving and staterooms. When the! MS Af - ee thin elty, on her arrivial ty Minnesota is finally thrown opea F/M W LLL | ‘The amount of money expended | the public the same precautions | OY goreges ” In the repairing of the veaset witt| Will be enforced to prevent toc | neuregate some $20,000, according to} @&AY people crowding the wharves} ie a rough eatormate as announced by |#t the same time. This is done| “sim . |® rough estomate as snncanced 07! sorely to prevent accident | WHEN H® TAKES HIS PEN IN WAND. Coca Wie daauemes wile on - oes | the ways will receive a new stern | ame, which was damaged e|? | While her damaged frame aid not | wsitate the vessels lying up, it secre So caaeuai se" laoeer ca INCREASED clals the company to aa entirely new frame, Th i rame _ 6: — jot the veasel was bent » at, | In th re y. P | (hy Geriece Mews Aar'a.) n the arrest of Frank W. Peter- Is ut her seaworthiness was in ne ee Applications for admission to the | way impal SUISAN, Cal, Dec. 31.—Southern | son and Frank Allen the police be-| different branches of the army and Tha vessel witt be tad up for | Pacific passenger No. 11, from Port- | | % : navy of the United Si for the some time while her improvements | land, due at San Francisco last | 'l*ve they have solved two crimes. | your of 1904 show a gratifying in are betng made night, but running as @ special, be |rno Aret is the robbery of H crease over the enlistments for the The officials of the company have |ing several hours behind time, ran | ¢ "TY | previous year. During the year not a# yet announced thelr inten-|into an open switch here early this| Thompson, a logger, in the Alki {about to end there have been 347 |tton of chartering another v jmorning, striking a gravel train on | saioon, iast Christmas night, and |enlistments, while during the year i THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDA @ns thoughtful enough to provide for for next year, but it waa ed to. The mmitte » reduction when it made finance ¢ out ite tax levy not its Intention to make the reduction until next spring. The un- expected activity of the chamber of commerce tn investigating the matter has caused a slight modi ficatic of the plans, Instead of waging for the chamber to show them that they can and should reduce rates, the members of the committee are going to got In and cut them gefore any more rottenness In exposed, They will give fe duced water rates to the c@psttimers #8 the city as yw Your's pr ent, accompanying tt with a little note to the effect that they are #0 glad that the condition of the water fund ts now such that rates They are now working like weavers in the dark to atistical subterfuge by which they will excuse them and explain how an be reduced the past neglect dolightful trick And it might be mentioned that the reduction of wa & subject that has been haunting the minds of th ons long before they began to prepare the tax levy for the com- The proj epublican committee prior to the last municipal the tion of pre selves for they have accomplished the rates ts far-seoing mor a0 t was discussed in the sanctum of the campaign. It that a redy Those who took the maintain were in ing your elty was inion of seme of the nh “statesmen water rates would be a good campaign slogan, opposite view~who thought it more expedient to present rates, using the profits to keep down general taxation the majority and carried the day, As a consequence the matter was kept quite Counciiman Daulton. paign and advocated a reduction of water rates, however, came out tn a circular in the cam- It is stated on good authority that the democratic city commit- tee went to Councilman Murphy, who was then a democrat, and asked him to Introduce an ordinance providing for the reduction Murphy « Kogle “play then opportune. psistently refused, as he did not want to make any ¢ to the gallories,” and the time for a change was not Shortly afterward Daulton introduced his ordinance, na and, although he claims that the democratic committee had nothing to do with it, it is safe to say they did not feel unkindly towards Daulton for his action, Daulton’s bill was not very carefully pre pared and the ordinan now under preparation by the finance com- mittee will probably be minutely and judiciously revised Water rates in this city are not low, even compared with cities that do not possess the advantages of a gravity system. nore some Coun. citman Daulton has learned this to a certainty by corresponding with other cities, Binghamton, N. Y., for instance, pumps its water to res idence consumers for cents a month, while the rate here is §0 cents, It anvears quite evident that the surplus earnings of the local partment have been used to defray other expenses of the govern ment so that the tax levy could be kept down. This has been done by making transfers from the water fund to the general fund, cover manipulations by lever artifices of bookkeeping. oy 0 an effort was made to pay back such loans in order to h fund intact, b nee that time the city financiers have reckless in this ation A member of the chamber of com nvestigating committee in discussing the matter this morn. ing said Aw a record of cunning jugglery and people during a period of 14 ye the manipula at the water department funds reminds of the Chadwick It would be arcely cfedible that men entrusted with important public respons! atu tion of the ane. bilities would so persistently and continuously hoodwink those who had trusted them not the records of the comptrolier's office fur- nish the all-sufficient tru O statement has ever been printed, nor have the people ever the amount of money that has been abstracted from the rnings of the water department to make political capital for the elty authorities. during the latter part of next w | Aa soon as she ts in readiness. | Work of overhauling the engines | fost be commenced in earnest. A [board and inspect the steamship | will be announced some time rtain amount of minor work has |been accomplished on the veasel while she was at the bunkers. take the Shawmut run scheduled The Shawmut for thy wit a atding. H. L. Petors, engineer on the pas | forced to foremo one trip to the! senger train was instantly killed Ortent, according to the date allot-| A number of passengers were ted her tly bruised % was reported this morning! Peters’ home is at Oakland among the shipping men of the city ———__--—_—— that the steamship Garonne would take the run for one trip. ERICKSON IN | | | SALES ARE INCREASING Real estate selling has started to Cor etor C. Bric 0 boom again, now that the holidays atsastoe C.J. Melakovn hae aot jten into some more trouble In Te are about over, in a way that prom-|sraging Second avenue, and it hey Accurate description of the two |pleased with the showing made by ises a good start for the new year. |‘oea not extricate himself by Mon-| tues that attempted to rob thelr |the Seattle office. When the office During the latter part of the week | 42\"the board of works ia liable tot Diace one early morning about @|was first instalied here, it was | two or thre sales | take his contract away from Mim. nd several |For two weeks Brickson haa bean junable to dump his dirt in. the southern part of the city, owing to there has that are of importance more are pending One lot on the #0 itheast corner of First avenue and Virginia street, : p owned by 8.8 Bailey. wan sold to|the fetueal of the Northern Patitt + psiaft vteell sthg rhe anise |Tallroad company to allow it to he ae et te ihe McGeaw & [dumped on its property. Work on a thm isage et iB Bg tmernt the regrade has consequently Jeg age i 2% and the Seattle Electric ebm: The thwest r of Spring ayers eg agua d |and Harvard was sold to 0. A. P. |Pany 14 unable to operate its @ymp Laferry for $10,000. This wan sold rire os Oe dh ag McGraw & Kittinger com [ing money, it is sald, on Ericknen's account Chairman Mallen, of the strbets LEAVES BUNKERS lommante and the board of works are attempting to straighten things out for Erickson so that the big TOMORROW steam shovel can do {ts share of the work once more. The steamship Minnesota, which has been lying at the Pacific coast bunkers for the past week, will to- morrow proceed to the regular docks of the Great Northern Steam ship company, at Smiths cove. The officials of the company nounced this morning that the ves sel would not be open to visitors tomorrow. The Minnesota has a considerable amount of coal yet to All Quiet at Folsom | (By Bortops News Ass'n) FOLSOM, Cal., Dec, 31.—The con an-|viets at prison are at work again ay. All excitement attendant of the incident of Thursday has sub sided. The officiale now find time for Investigation and it is probable discharge, and In addition to thie|some information leading to un there is a great deal of other work |earthing the entire plot will be to be done, which not be sne-/ gained today. Kelly and Queyada ‘ illy accomplished on visiting | the convicts so badly shot, are rest days. ing easy, but are not out of dan The officials farther stated that ger the days on which the public may Guard Jolly’s recovery ts certain MORE TROUBLE DEC. 31, 1904 BAIL IS DENIED NAN PATTERSON MUST STAY IN JAIL AND MUSBT FACE AN OTHER TRIAL | Hanford, who owns a building ad jacent to the alley, appeared bef the board of works this morning }and protested. He said the ment was covered with am inch of water, much to the inconvenience of the tenants thereof and that until the alley was graded the could not be drained Th informed him that they | the contractors what they doing during the last two montha, GUESTS AT THE THEATERS base This afternoon 114 little boys and «iris from Mother Ryther’a home (By Beripps News Ass'n.) the Orph home and the He for the Friendiess are having th NEW YORK, Dec May Ir-/time of their lives. They are th win, trosa, personally | @ucets of the Aloazar, the Orpheum Tombs yeaterday and left @) and the ¢ tral theaters at the Bat Nan Patterson. The an-|urday matine nt was made by the girl’s| Car fare for the 114 youngsters counsel that Mias Irwin had offered | was furnished gratin by Ce to furnish bull int the amount of| piethen, who was app > the Beattle Miectri | fatly refused to contribute trans NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—District | portation for the pleasure excursion Attorney Jerome said this morning: |of the little orphans, W. Murli Nan Patterson will be tried | who arranged the tr will round again, In the meantime no ball | the youn ers up af matinee » that they are safely t the wing of their IDENTIFIED John Olsen this afternoon identi fied James Brodies and Arthur Me Clellan as the two men who held him up a few days ago and robbed Will be accepted. This is final’’ NOT DONE YET protectors, Stirrat & Goetz, city contractors, were awarded the contract for grad ing the alley between Pike and Pine streets and First and Second YY the second is the attempted robbery | 1903 there were but 209, making an of the New York bakery, This af- | increase of 13% for the present year | ternoon the victims will endeavor to| The total applicants for admis identify the alleged hold-ups. | sion amounted to 732, but, owing to Thompson has already positively | their physicial condition, 386 men identiffhd one of the men arrested debarred. The month of De as the man with whom he done a two-step in the Alkt saloon, after which dance, he found his watch chain dangling from his vest pocket | number 55 were debarred. with the wateh gone. Besides this,| During the month of November money was missed. |there were 91 applications, 50 of Peterson says he is a cook and | which were rejected, as they were Allen claims to be a baker by | unable to pass the required examin- trade. Employes of the New York |ation. The officers in charge of the bakery turned over to the police am |jocal office say they are greatly 1904, holds the record, there being 100 applicants for admission to the service of Uncle Sam. Of this week ago. They were caugnt in the t, but allowed to go upon a satis- factory explanation of the matter | Afterwards the matter was reported | to the police, who have since been 4 trying to locate them. The credit |Iikely tend to obliterate all ques jof the catch goes to Patrolmen | tions of removing the local office. Bergstrom and Christenson, who} ‘The majority of the men apply have had Thompson in tow since|to artillery. although this Is the the day he was robbed and have | severest branch of the army. After j only been waiting for him to get |the artillery the men seem to favor sufficiently sober to {dentify the |the infantry and cavalry. Other men, who bave been watched since| branches do mot appear to be as the robbery occurred. popular. |thought the number of applications would not warrant the retaining of an office here. The increase shown, according to the statements of the officers in charge, will very DROWNED MAYOR IS ents of Renton were startled Renton, who investigated the case. Dr. Dickson reports that death was due to an epileptic fit, which evi- | dently overcame bim while he was| PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 31 jon his way to work. The man had | county grand jury has vo b | his body was found by his friends, The Hams, charged with malfeasance in who had started a search. He was/ office. The charges are based upon | 40 years of age. The remains will| the failure of the mayor to enforce | be buried at Renton. the laws in permitting gambling Major Seth W. at his William R. Frazer, of 1301 Tenth h, was held Clark, aged Ld | mily residence, | years, d avenue sou up and yi 17 Belmont avenue, this morning | robbed of $15 at 6 o'clock this morn- Jat 11:15 o'clock He leaves two | ing on the Grant street bridge. Two daughters, who are now tn Fair- robbers and a revolver figured in banks, Alaska. the hold-up. md ed an in- | en dead but a short while when | dictment against Mayor G. H. Wil- | DISAPPEARED Albert Simmons, the prosecuting witn@ in the case against Frank | Harbert, Kd Harbert and Harry | Adams, jointly accused of the crime | of eny from the person, ha® either been bought off, intimidate or spirited out of the city. The case has been set over for one weel while the police tempt to locate the missing Simmon Without | Simmons, the statee*ense must be | dismiased and all that | to be gained by the arrest of the men * being held is the fact that the license of the Mug saloon, a tend *bloin resort, will not be renewed It was not the intention of the |proprietor, Adams, also mismng since the robbery, to renew the jlicense, so the police had the ¢ perience without any direct Simmong at first declared his in tentions of staying with the is now generally believed that n called off and t m he has be will ultimately be mons is a British subject and ts be Heved t line at process of law can bring k against his will was robbed of $126 and be acrons t thin the He money was split up among five dif ferent persons. Evelyn Hilliard and J. F. Mack turned state's evidence The cane was investigated and the men arrested by Patrolman Tim Ryan and City Detective Adams, | who are somewhat crestfallen at the turn of affairs. No blame is at tached to the police, or even the avenues, but though two months | him of a watch and $1. The two | prosecuting attorney's office, Stm have elapsed since they were given | men were arrested last night and | mons is to be censured for his ac the job, they have not yet got to| today Olsen was notified, He im-|tions in leaving the state in the work with their serapers. Clarence | mediately identified the men. lurch = A load of 45,000 volts of electri y| will be turned into the new muntic- |!pal sub-station at Seventh and Yes- jler this evening. By that time it is | believed that the big feed wires that carry the power from Cedar falls tc jthis city will be connected up at Renton so that the current can be turned into the station. By Mon- day Superintendent Ross will prob- ably be able to illuminate the sub- station. Lighted up, it will make a | beautiful appearance at night. THE MARKETS Vegetables. Beans, dry, per owt, $8.25@275; Lima beans, $4.75@5.00; bepts, per @ 41.00; cabbage, 1@1\%e er, per doz, /ibe@$1.00; new, §¢; on yellow, , 20; parpity, per doz, peppers, California, $1.06 spinach, Afer crate, | $1.00; thrnips, sack, 7e@$1.00; rutabagaa, per sack, 7Seylettuce, hothouse, $1.50 @ 1.60; tom@foes, $1.00@ 1.50; celery, | per doz, 30/400; carrots, per sack, 50@65c; fe plant, per Ib, de: Yakima ‘potatoes, $22@28; " Cal- {fornia potatoes, —$17.50@ 18.00; | White River potatoes, $18.00; sweet | potatoes, in sacks, $1.65@1.85; par- nips, $1.00; waterc dozen bunchea, 26c; cucumbers, 75¢@ $1.26; radishes, per doz, 10c; pumpkins, | per Ib, le; squash, per Ib, le; arti- chokes, per doz, T5c Fruits. Persimmons, $1.25; bananas, |per bunch, $2.50@3; dates, per Ib. [6% @6c; figs, %-Ib bricks, $1.75; figs, 10-Ib cartoons, 60@75c; grape fruit, per box, $3.00; lemons, choice land fancy, | $2.50@3.00; orang seediing, $1.60@ 1.75; $2.25@2.50; oranges, Valenct @4; oranges, Jap, per bale 2] $1.35; pears, $1.00; apples, cooking, | 40@75c; apples, fancy, 75c@$1.26: cranberries, $9.50@10; — huckleber- ries, per Ib. 8c; quinces, per box, | $1.50; _pomegranat half orange |cases, $2.75; pineapples, per doz., $4.50; strawberries, per crate, Butter and Cheese. Oregon cheese, 13%c; Eastern, rning by finding the body lé4e; Washington cheese, 13c; cream of H. Porter, a miner, half sub- [brick cheese, 18c; butter, native merged in a pool of water. The creamery, eastern, in tubs, 24¢ death was reported to Acting Cor- seommrioattadtned oner Wiltsle by Dr. Dickson, of _ W. A. RYER & CO. GRAIN and STOCK BROKERS { fresh cooking, 4 Egos. Btrictly fresh ran nh, 36@06e; easte © ern, 146@ 28 itry. Ducks, dre 1j@ ike; geese, 4, 16@ bo; chickens, drenned, turkey y local dressed, Honey. California strained, ‘per tb, 3 ria honey, tp Oregon grape crew se lotm, $3,903 honey, Ya 2%e lifernta v 24-1 $5.60; Olympia, boxes, $4@ 4.26 Sugar, lon ©, sacks, $666; extra C, in wackm, $5.66; powdered, in Bare rein, $6.40; dry granulated, in sacks, in barrein, $6.66; beet maple sugar, 12c, Lew 40 if paid within 15 days. M Cown, beef, 6c; steers, 6%e; mute o 40%: pork, 8%; lamb, Bo; reamed veal, mall, 8@%c; live rabe Hams, Bacon and Lard, Hams, 12@1%c; bacon, breakfast, 13% @16%; bi wh Star, teres, 9%; lard” White Kose, $%c; lard, Wild Rose, 9% Nuts. Brazil, per tb. 14@14e; cocoanuts, per dozen, 80c: chestnuts, Malian, 12%c: chestnuts, Ohio, per tb. 16ef chestn California, ite: walnuts, English, 12¢; pecans, 183@14e; file berts, tc; black walnuts, bc; hicke ory nuts, 7c; butternut, fe; peme nuts, 6@10c; jumbos, 7c; Ale monds, 12%@1ic; California wale nuts, 12@ 1% Fish, Oysters, Ete. Bolen, 4c; black cod, te; ling crabs, $1@1.76; clams, 1 shipment, $1.00; claims, per sack, $1.75; oysters, Olympla, per sack, $5.60; open bulk. per gallon, $2.50; salmon, 7@%c; salmon ‘out, 16 skinned perch, be; shrimps, 8@10c; flounders fe: herrin fc; lobsters, 17%07 smelt, 6c; sturgeon, Se; black bass, je; halibut, 6@7c; perch, 4c; rock cod, Te Flour. Patent, per bbl $5.10; Minnesota Pillsbury, $8; Pillsbury’s Best, $85 standard Dakota, $6; Olympic, $4. lectric, $4.75; Holly, $4.76; Golden N west, $7 lectric Light, a ¥ Gold Medal, $6.75: T Whole wheat, 10s, per bale, $2.4 whole wheat flour, per bbL, $4.28; graham, per bbl, $4; graham, 108, bbi, $5; rye flour, 108 per bate, per bbl, $7.60; buckwheat, per bale rye meal, per bale, $2.60; buckwheat, bbl, $7; buckwheat, per n meal, 108, per bale, $2105 Os, per bbl. $4; yellow | . 108, per bale, $2.10; white |, 60s, $4: rolled onts, C. Co. $6. wheat Ibm, $2.20; farina, per DBI, farina, 10-1. sacks, pee hominy, large. per bbl hominy, small, 10%. bale, $2.6 : self-raising buckwheat, 36%8, case, pearl barley, 25-Ib. boxes, $4.50; pearl bart 100-%b. sacks, split peas, $4.60@5, popcorn, per $3.50; « ked wheat, per bale, $3, Feed. per ton, 9.60@ 22; 5 $31@32; dairy chop feed, per @ oll meal, per ton, 323, "beet chop, $25@28; whole corn, ton, 9 ae q 29; cracked corn, per ton, §: 3 feed corn meal, per ton, $29; shorts, $21@22. Hay. Oats, ton, Washington timothy, $19 @ alfalfa, $12.50@18; wheat] hay, $15: Eastern Washington dou. ble « $22; Puget Sound hay, $14.50@ 15. Poultry Food. Oyster shells, 1008, ton, $22; clam shells, 1008, $20; bone meal, 108m, $32; granulated bones, 100s, $32, Om 26s and 50s $2 per ton higher, Grain and Grass Seed. Red clover, prime, cwt, $14.60@18; alxike, cholee, $17; white clover, $18 @19; timothy, ‘per cwt, $678 | @5; orchard grass, $14: red top, 10: English rye grass, $8; Italianrye grass, $8; brome grass, $13; tall meadow oat grass, $15; blue grass, $11; pasture mixture, — uplands, $10@ 12. < CHICAGO MARKETS. 4 Reported for The Star by W. 112 Columbia street, by, Saturday, Dec. Wheat—May, 1145-8 to 1143-4, 111 3-8to1i3 1-2, 1143-8; July, 9878, 98 1-4, 98 3-4 to 98 7-8. Corn—May, 45 1-2, 45 1-8, 45 1-8 to 451-4; July, 45 5-8, 45 5-8. Oats—May, 315-8, 311-2, 82 to 315-8; July, 315-8, 315-8, 32 ork—Jany., 12.37 to 12.40, 1383, 12.31 to 12.40; May, 12.82, 12.72, 12.60. ————— NEW YORK STOCKS. Atchison, 881-8, 875-8, ST 5-8) Amalgamated Copper, 711-4, 692-4, : Baltimore @ Ohio, 1064-8, 1037-8, 106 Brooklyn Transit, 611- Pacifi Chicago 1-3, 237-8; L 1-8, 461-4; T. C @ Ty 8, 713-8; Eri TU-8 371-2; Man 165; Metropolits ~8, 1201 Leulsy = 140 1-4, 139 1-4, 139 1 Peopte’s -8, 1066-8; Pennsylvania, — 8, 138 1-4; Reading, 79 6-8, ; Rock Island co: . 36; Southern . 643-4: St. Paul, 5 “4 Suger, 1437-8, 142 Tnion Pacific, 114 1+ 113 1-4 i United States common, 29 3- 0; tes Steel preferred, 987 wee 2 7-8. Wheat—Liverpoot wheat and closed unchanged from - dya’s close. Trading was uncer during the first hour and the myle was subject to several dips @ early figur The undertone was firm and strength developed as an occasional piece of bullish news e in, and the market closed firm 3-4c° higher than yesterday’ se. There is no lack n s ¢ f demand, Cash buyers are active and eo the prices marked up equal to ful ‘The present level of prices is gugtl- fied, and we think is proven by the fact that ft has ben maintained for so long a time. It is an up market and looks like a purchase on @ny dips. w Delinitsab | PRIVATE WIRES | CONTINUOUS MARKETS. | 112 Columbia St. GROUND FLOOR Phon Sunset Main 1089; HALLER BLDG, Ind. 953.