The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 11, 1897, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1897. THE COMMERCIAL WORLD MARKETS 0r THE SUNMARY No change in Silver. Wheat weaker again. Barley also oft. Osts, Corn and Rye unchanged. Bran weak. Hay unchanged. Teans irregular Some cuanges in Rice. Onions easy. Potatoes unchanged. Fges very weak and dull. Butcer and Cheese unchanged. Jastern Pou try well cleaned up. urkers weak aud lower. Game in lighter re- No change in fruit. Walnuts weak aud lower. Provisious quiet and easy. Hides, Wool and Hops unchanged. Meais about the same. Seventeen fallures last week Decreased movement in Quicksilver. DEB: PUBLIC AND CASH. The followlng is a stalement of the public debt and the cash in the treasury of the United States & the close of business November 30: Interest- $847,.65.620: debt on whica iuter- mat 1, bearing debl est has ce ce riy, debi bearing o interss:, $381,195,125 Cates and (rewsury notes. offset by an equal fmount of cash in the treasury, $579,920,933; ag- regate of debi, §1,508,810.958 40. Compared ¥ .thihe statement issucd September 30. the fig- Ures show a decreass of certificates and (reasury amuunting 1o 556,020, and_au increase in regatedent of $1.569.595. 1he cash in the waure i the date mentioned was: Gold, $194, 084,260 35 silver, $507.656 382 80; paper. $10: 756,181 64: bonds mincr coin,fractional currenc: Sic) #3%,007,201 15; aggregaie, &8 46.409,076 04 ine Julunce {n'the lreasury October 31 was $207.756,099 71, and on November 30 $220,663,- 550 84 showing an Increase during the month of $12,907,460 13, WEEK’S FAILURES. note 1THE Mercantile Agency reports 17 sailures In the Pacific Coast States and Territories for the weex ending yesteraay, as compared with 19 for the previous week and 21 for the corre- eponding week of 1K96. The fatiures for the past Week are divided among the trades as follows: baker, 1 cigars and to- 2 groceries ng, 2 general stoes, tailor. . The Bradstre: uranis. 1 1p sters. 2 res! , 1 com. lum OUICKSILVER MOVEMENT, The recelpts of Quicksilver at this port during e first 11 months of the year were 16,037 flasks, zains 76 curing the same (ime in 1896. The exporis b were flusks valuea at $174,- 4UD, against 11,67 1 ~ £412, 398 in 1596, Tazoosh . Ln s ] Sanbfdf ’(.5)51”’;3 = & O Clear ® PartlyCloudy @ Cloudy ® Rain® Snow ISHADED AREAS SHOW PRECIPITATION DURING PAST 12 HOURS. Explanation. The arrow files with the wind. The top fgures station indica’e maximum temperature for the lays: those underneath it,if any, the amcunt of Fainfall, of melted snow in inches &nd hundredth during the past twelve hours. Isobars, or soll lines, connect poin's of equal air pressure; 1s0- iherms, or dotted lines, equal tempersture. The ‘word “high” means high barometric pressure and 18 usually accompanied by fair weather: “low” refers 1o low pressure, and is usually preceded apd accompunied by cloudv weather and rains “Lows” usially first appear on the Washington comst. When the pressurs is high in the interior and low slong the coast, and the isobars extend porth and south along the comst, rain is probable; but when the “low 1s inclosed with isobars of marked curvature, rain south of Oregon is improb. sble. Witha “high” in the vicinity of Idaho, and the pressure falling to the California coast, warmer wenther m be expecied in summer and colder Weatler in winter. The reverse of these conditions ‘will produce an opposite result. THE WEATHER BUREAU. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUTL- BUREAU, SAN FRANCISCO, De- UNITED STATES TURE. WEATHER cen.ber 10, 1897, 5 p. . The folowing are the rainfalls for the past twenty-four hours and the seasonal rainfalls to date as compared with those of the same date last season: Kureka 05, this season .00, last sea- 1466; red Bluft .00, this season 5.46, Inst season 5.79: Sacramento .00 this season 3.78, last season 4.72: San Francisco trace, this season 8.88, last season & Fresuo .00. this season 1.79, iast season 3.01: San Luis Obispo .00. this season 140, last season 4.70: Los Angeles .00 this season 2.48, last season 2.99; San Diego .04 this seaon 119, last se4300 2.08; Yuma.00, ihis season %1, last season 1.20. San Francisco data: Maximum temperature 56, minmum 50, mean 54 Weather Conditions and General Fore- casts. A storm continues central off the coast of Wash- 1-5ton: it has appsrently commenced to move eastward during the past twelve hours. Rain falllog along the coast us far south as Cape Men- do §n0: i is heavy in_Easiern Washington. The wind 18’ sontheast “from Cape Mendocino, and at son Fort Canby equals fitty miles per hour. Condi- tlons are iavoravle for refn ~aturday from ihe region of Santa Cruz and Stockion northward. Forecasts made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnignt. December 11, 1897% Northern Callfornia — Rain Saturday, except partly cloudy in exir-me sou:heast portion; brisk 10 hizh southeast wind: moderate gales on the northern coust. ~outnern (alifornia — Fair Saturday: fresh northerly wind Nevada. Saturday, with rain in extreme zorthwes: portion. Utah—Foir Saturday. Alizona—Feir ~aturday. Francisco and vicinity — Probably rain wind shif.ing to southeast and increas- ree. i report from Mount Tamalpais, taken au 5 P » —Partly clouds: wind southwest, 12 miles an hour; temperature, 46: msximum, 50. W. H. HAMMON, Local Forecust Ufficial. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. NEW YORK. Dec. 10.—To-day’s stock market was & rencwal of the contest belween the re- actionists and th= combined interests which nave embarked ou a bull campaizn. The bears are en- courage! by the evident siressunder which the bulls lubored y estarday in endeavoring to sustain values at wesk polots, and were prepared for Vigorous measures 10 break the mar er. Al though they had the advantage at the outset of lower quotatious from Iondon, the earliest dea's here showed advances, sugar leading. But that 8toCK. toge her with Mauhattan and the coslers, Was 500n weak -nea by liveral offerings to realize and the reaction 500u atacked the whole lfst. T!ere were very heavy dealings in Northern Pacific preferred. which has been sharply ad- vanced receatly on rumors of a Libera dividend 10 ve dec ared to-d Ihe action on the dividend was timed for about the hour of closing of the market, and the sireet was kept busy ail day with contradiclory rumors on the subject. One of these had it that action on the dividend would be post- poned al:ozether, and the resuiting decline it the slock uncovered stop-ioss orders, Covering of shorts in the final aealings, and the early informa- ticn of the deci Iun of the dirvc:ors Lo disburse the first dividend of 1 per cent caused a rally of nearly 2 point 15 the siocKk bul left n net loss of & fraction. ‘I he benrs made vizorous attacks on all of the 10Cks of the [0cal (0 porations, which have been recent'y sdvanced, the transit companies on talk that the underground rapid-tracsit plan was about 10 fail, and the gus companies 0.1 alleged in- surance of poiitical 1avoritism. These stocks all reacted from over 1 per cent aud up to 3 per cent. “Ibe stocks of the transiL company's recovered partly on the postponement of a decision on the underground plan. The break in this group, how- ever. broke the market and precipituted declines in ali the rest of the list. The leading stocks lost 1 per cent ur over and some as much as 2 per cent. ‘I he covering of shorts at the close . nd the rally tn local transit stocks reduced net 10sses in most 5 to fractions tocks of several Northern i ~ou:hwestern ratiroads were comparatively firm, und suew tie smallestlosses Uwion Pacific showed a tendency to rally, though it weskened somewhat later upon a denial of tne story that the reorganization Lad offered the Government the full amount of principal of iis ciaim for set- | ern receipts for_the week were 5,708,7 tlemen of the Kansas Pacific controversy. Bust ness through commission houses showed a large faliing off to-day,and sales for Loudon account coutlnued on quite a lurge scale. The general newsof the day and statement of rallroad earn- ings, which were favorable. were disresarded, and the course Of the market was due almost entirely 10 thie contet between professional .raders. The feature of the bond market was the decline of four points in the Kansas Pacific consols, due to the aporehension that the possibic purchase of the property by the Government mar debar the holders from & share in the Union Paclfic reorgan- ization plan. The demaud for high grade bonds continurd good, and a number of gains from 1 to 2 per cent was shown. The speculative bonds re- acted somewhat 1n sympathy with stocks. Total ales, $8,150.000. Uniied Siutes old 4's, registered, advanced to- dav 10 3/g bid, and the 5'8 to g bid. Total sales of stocks 343500 shares, Including Atchison preferred 13,250, C. & 0. 7838, Burlipg- ton 24,.05, L & N. 16,855, Machatian 22,570, Missouri Pacific 16,587, N. J. Central 7725, North: ern Pacific 4400, do preferred 39,715, Kock Island 18,040, St. Paul 25,910, Southern Railway pre- ferrea 12.481, American Tobacco 3892, Chicago G. W 17,752, People’s Gas 7920, Sugar 36.120, Western Union 3343. LONDON MARKETS, EW YOPRK. Dec. 10.—The Evening Post's London financial cablegram says: The stock markets here were flat to-day on al soris of vague and improbable rumors. A feature was the suurp fail of & pound in Anaconda copper. I hese shares are widely held here snd by the best people, s0 that the fall had a marked effect on all the markets. Telegrams from the Anaconda mines are said 1o report an untavorable output in the last two months and that engineers are com- ing overto make explanatfons. 1In the meantime 1 sm privately informed that the company has completed arcangements with its leading brokers here to sell an unpiaced balance of s hares. Other mines were algo flat in sympathy with the fall in Otwoman Bank shares, partly atirib- uted to sales by (hat bank under the new man- agement of shares long held Americans were irregular, but quite a good undertone. L.and X. was all bought agaiust options. Argentines were a fraciion lower, although the Rothscuild commit- tes report to-day was satistactory. It was de- cided to resume tull service of the 1586 loan in January next and to pay deferred interes: ou that can by March the market, however, was 100 uucomtoriable 10 be easily cheered to-day. DU W o S REVIEW OF TRADE. NEW YORK, Dec. 10. — R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade will say to-morro The opeilug of Congress, with the annual mes- sage and reports, has not discouraged business as some predicied but ail speculative markets are stronger than a week ago. The produ indus- tries, even in ihe season usua ly about tne dullest of thie year. as to new orders, met & definite Im- provement in demand for important products, presumably the frul. of a prevailing conviction that new business will beein to crowd the works after (he new year starts. The outward move- ment of wheat and other products continues so heavy that foreign exchanze has fallen three- quariers of acent, and instead of the exporis of gold which baye marked December in recent Fears, Imporis wouls come if gold were wanted Securities are adva ncing with reason in the | creased earnings of railways. $47,085,501 for November on reporting roads in the United States, 16 8 per cant larger than last year, and 5.9 Inrger than in 1 A striking comparison of five years show that in each of the last three months earniogs have been greater than in any previous year, with a larger lncrease in November than in Uctober or September. The sud ien rise in December wheat in ¢ hicago to $1 09 would do harm were 1t not based on avowed contracis Lo ship some millions of busnels to Europe. That fa and the continued demand in splté of such coutracts, has helped a rise of 13ac here. West- 1 busbeis, ngatnst 5,681,574 iast year, and Atiantic ex’ por.s, including flour, 4,612,517, agains: 2,975,651 las. year, and so great is the for-ign shorfage tha L€ 0utz0 OF COr. last yesr, fur greater than ever before, I+ egain exceece ! 3,315,086 for the weex, against 3,055.780 & vesr ago, with the near.y 1ceut higher ior ihe week. The repo thut the Wes.eri supp ies are running low is dis credited by receipts 1om farms. A strike in English mills is 10 longer threatened and the possibility vf one at Fall Kiver has iittle weignt. .5u demand for woolen goods has clearly im- proved aud more wool has just been purcha: abioal aud is being imported, the sales in domes- tic markets haviug beeu for the past week only 2 660,000 pounds at Busion, and in two weeks 11, 050'400 pourids at the three markets. While some grades have been soia largely at prices lower than & month 4go, GuOtALions are kenerally sustained. Tuere I8 more demand for irou aud steel vrod- ucts in preparation for raliway work, bridzes and buildings next year, and on contracts for export, inciuding our for & Government bridge In hol land, ochers 1or bridzes in Japan. with large ship- meais of various products to England and other conniries. Foreign coutracts for 40,000 tous of rails are pendiog. in and about New York bridgs and building contracis call for 25.000 tons, and Chicago works are figuring on numerous contirac.s for 5000 rai way cars. The formation of the AmeTican Ste: and Wire Company i expected to streng pr.ces and e some buyimg. While Bessen at $1u and gray forge at §9 15 are slightiy lo; At PLIsburg, prices are stronger at Chicago, inali quarters heavy business is exp-cted after the new year. A sale of lake copper. said (o be 10,000,000 1bs &t 11c, 50 strengthens ihe deniand that 810 87 1 bid, but (in and lead are very dull aud spelter a shade lower, while fulure contracts for tin plates have been made at $2 90 per hun- dred pounds. Failures for the first week of December were $2,617,240—manufacturing $759.420 and trading £1,781,070. Failures for the week have been 312 in the United States agalust 380 last year, and 29 in Canada against 43 last yesr. THE FINANCIAL SITUATION, NEW YORK, Dec. 10 —Bradstreet’s financtal review to.morrow will say: Public inerest i speculation has increased o some extent, but the activity and strengih of this week’s market were again largely due 1o professional manipulation. The President’s message, mcre pariicularly the part relating to Cuba, was favorably received by the street, and It is apparently conceded that the danger of unsettling agitation of ihe Cuban ques- tion in Congress has been materially lessened The leading operators who hava taken hold of the share market on the bul side are supported In ihelr atitude by the fncreasing activ- iy in bonds and the large investment demand at advancing figures, the movement hay- ing pow extended irom high-grade securities to the second-ciass of railroad mortgages Larze in- creases In railroad earnings continue to be one of ihe chief factors in the situation, and_rumors a-e current regarding the payment of dividends or their interes. by a number of companies. The anuouncement that quarterly dividends of 1 per centon ihe preferred shares of the reorgauizea Northern Pacitic Road had begun was fully ex- pected, and aided in gIVing currency 1o the maty repo ts of the same kind in regard to other cor- portions. It is true that early in the week the street hs one disappointment i regard 1o the extra dividena on_su:ar stock, which was not deciared. The general market. however, manifested & disposi- tion 10 cut loose from suzar, and was indeed some what inclined to disregard Other unfavorable tors. London has coniinued to sell sparingly in this market and the indications from Washing on seem to be that, despite tne careful treatment of the currency question by the President, there is little hope uf any legislation whatever by Congress on thissubj-ct. BRADSTELET'S REVIEW. NEW YORK, Dec. 10. will say: Mild weather throughout most of the couniry bas interfered to some extent with the distribution of winter-weight clothing and other sessonable goods and trade from first bands s quieter even iban last week. Jobbers and reiai - ers, however, report & steadily increasing. and in some regions very active business In holiday goods, grocerles and Kindred products. Keporis from the “outh continue &s a whole very good, with especially favorabie accounts from New Or- leans, Atianta, Nasoville and the Cencral South. Collections are as a rule very satisfactory in spite of the iow Drice for couton. Favorable re- po:is con.e from Chicago, Kausas City, St. Louis and St Paul. in the Central West and Norih- west, while the Pacfic Coast notes a heavy ln- crease in the trade, presen’ and contingent, based upon eniarged A askan demand. San Fraucisco Tepo:ts the wheat crop lraproved by recent rains, with conservative estimates pointiug to & yield of 575,000 Lons. General export trade on the coast is very heavy, The price situation 1s oue of sustained and even aggress.ve strengih. Wheat is nigher, parily on improved statl:tical position, but large!y 1o sym- pacny with the Chicago squeeze, which had sd- vanced prices 15c per bushel within u week in that marxet. A/l cersals have sympathized with whest. und coffee, copper, cotton, dairy products, leaf tobacco and raw susar are a0 among tue promiseut sisples which have been enhancea In value. The decreases have been few and slight, shadine at Pitisburg or svmpatbetic weakness and at oiher points on an immense pro- duction. General exports continue very large, though showing a failiug off from lust week’s total. Tocal xports of wheal und flour from (he CUniced States ud Carada this wees azgregate 6,005,658 bush- els. azanst 6,699.000 bushels last week, 4,225 V00 busuels in the week a year sgo, 2158000 tuseeis in 1895, 25.6,000 cushels in 1594 and 3.217.000 bashels 1 1883 Corn exports also show a falliug off, aggregating 3,068,000 bushels this week, asalust 4,585,000 bu'heis last week, 551,000 bushels ast year and 2,691,000 bushels i There were 292 business failures reported throughout the United ~tates as opposed 1o 250 last wees, 381 in the week a year ago, 313 in 1895 and 353 1n 1894 rank clearings for Canadian citles aggrega $26,543.290, a decrease of 1.8 per cent from iast week. buc an increase of 8 per ceut overa year ago. Bradstreet’s to-morrow. BOSTON WOOL MARKET. BOSTON, Dec. 10.—The Boston Commercial Bulletin will to-morrow say of the wool market: The mirket has ruled dull through the week. Meibourne is quo ed steady. Thesales of the week are 1,892,000 pounds domestic and 1,203.000 pounds foivign, agaiust 2,169,000 pound: domes- tle and 1,648,000 pounds toreign last week, and 1,164,000 pounds domesuic and S71.000 pounds foreign for ihe same week iast vear. The sales L0 date show @a increase of 88,177,000 pounds do- prices | { SUGAR—Sirong: falr refinfag, %c: centrl- | fugal. 86 test. 3 15-16c: refined. firmer; monid A, | 4:'standard A, 45%; confection A, 475 ent 1-af, 56%: crushed, 554: powdered, 5i4; granu mesiic and 126,948,000 pounds forelgn from the salesto the same dute 1 1895, NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. Closing Prices for Bonds and Eailway Shares. NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—Money on call eass at 1%@2%: Iast loan at2X: closed at 13;@2X: prime mercantile paper, S@d%: Sterhng ex- changze firm, with actual business in bankei bills L 4 b5Ys for demand and $4 ¥2lp@4 5254 for L b e P i e v @4 87: commercial bills, 34 ¥)34: silver cer lncates, 581s@5914c: bar silver, SHc: Mexican doilars, 4614C: Government bonds, sirong; State bouds, dull; rallroad bonds, strong. CLOSING STOCKS. onds— StPaul.......... 943 45;‘1‘:‘::?‘ . 18 Prererred... ... 142 Preferred . %97 (St Paul & Omaha. 7734 Baltimore & At Preferred ......151 Canada Pacific... 8Uba|Southern P 203 Cunada Southern.. 5554 Southern k: 93y | Central Pacific Preferred 126 Ches & Obio. Texas & vacific. . 1.1 Chicago & Alton. | U P,irat assme pd Chicagy, B&Q.... 973%|U PD & G - l‘hlcxoc . I, 62%n) Wabash.. .. Chicugo, Ind & L. 84| Preferred .......0 do do prefd. 31 | Wheel & L cCC& st L., | “Preferred......0 20 Preferred.... } xpress Companl-s— Del & Hudson Adams Ex.........156 DelL&W... | 2merican ¥. Gty Del & Rio G E Preferred. .. Erte. new... . = First vreferred 2234 Ft Wayne. Preferre Tasy | G Nor pfd. | am’u Spirits 8 Hocking Vai.. | Preferred 2 ] Jliinos Cent. . Am Tobacco. - 87 lake Erie & W | preferred.. Peoples Gas. Cons. Gas.. Com. Lable Co. Preferred. ... Lake Shore. ... Louis & Nasn Manbattan L | Col ¥ & 1ron. 2314 Met St Raflway. do do pre 70 Michigan Central.104 | Gen. Electric. 83 iliinois Steel £8 |ia clede Gas J4V4 | LeaG. ... 29 | do Minn &St L...... 1s% profid. Mobile & Ublo. pref'd.. Mo K &T 13| Nat. Lin OLL. a0 pref'd. .. 361 Uregon Imp. Co. N J Central 857 | Pacific Mall. .... 5 N Y Centrall ... 1073 Puliman Palace,..1721y N Y Chicago & Si L 13%4 | ~ilver Ceruficates. 581y do do 1st prefd. T ~tan Rope&Twine diyg do do 2d prefd. 3 141 Nor West. No Amer U No Pacific, , Preferred Ontario & W Ore R & Nav Ure Short Line. Pittsbu Reading Xock island St Louis & 8 F. 2013/ U S Leather. Preferred.. ... <leubber . referred | Preferred... [l 16334 Ti4|KI0G & Wstn.. .. 22 00 st preterred. 571y| Preterred........ 6§ do 2d preferred..— |StL & 5 W..ITl “q1g SUP, M & M., 3 | Preterrea.. "l 1018 C108ING BONDA. U S New 4s, reg...129 | N J Cent Gen 5s..11214 do’ do 4s coup..129 |North Carolina 6s. 126 dods, reg........1123;| Do 4s.. ...108 Gods coup.. ... 1145 | Northern Pac Isis 11814 reg........ 99 | Do, 3a........... 603 reg. 1345%| Do, 4s......00 10 Babg coup 11465 N Y C & S L ds1. 1061 District $605....10915 | Nor & W gs........ 122 Als Class A, 770105 ™ Northwest Consois 14414 Do, Class § 108 |" Do, debbs....... 11635 Do, Class « 100 |Oregon Nav 1sts. 116 Do, Currency.... 100 Do, 4s. Atchison 4s £93410'S Line 65 (F. Do, Adj 48 5715| Do, sscr. 981y Canada So. 1U6%3 O Imp 1sts 11013, Can Pac 1sts. — % "Do, bstr . a2ig Chgo Term 4514 Pacific 6s. o 10255 C& Ohio ds T4 Keading ds. bl SHED 4 10455 Rio G West, sia.. B3iq Den & B G 1sis.. 10M42|St L & I M Gen 53 S51g Den & K G 48 9015 St L& Eas: Tenn lsts. 110 F Gen 65119 St P consol 140 Erie Gen ds. Tlig(8 P C & Plsts. . 12114 FW&DIstsir.. 69 | Do, bs.... 11764 Gen Electric53... 99 |8 Carolina Nn-fnd. 14 GH&SAGs... 104 |Southerr Liv ba... 9ilg do do 2a 'ofd 100 ~tanRpe&Twineds 53 H & T Cent bs.. 112 |Tenn New Set 3s.. 9114 40 con 6s.. 105 |Tex Pac L& G 1sis b8 Twa C st i 95| Do,reg 2ds...... 30 | an P Contr. "l »5 |UP ists. L 1u2sg Kan P 1syDDyirl12 |UP D& Guif ista 51 la Nw Coosol 43..101 | Wab Ist bs........107%4 L&N Unids. £73%| Do, 2ds. LNl iissou 0022222007 West Shore 480011114 MK 1 6335 Va Centuries..... 683 Do, 4s. 5 NY Central Tity. E714| Do, aeferred. . | KsCity P&G1sts Gs— MINING STOCKS. Choliar s 37|ontano. s 250 Crown Fofai 10/ Ophir. 6) Con. Cal & 1 20| Piymouth. 03 Deadwood ... .0 100|Quicksilver 100 Gould & Carry 40/ " do pid €00 Hale & Norcross. 1 20| Sierra N 45 Homestake. £0 00/ ~tandard 150 Iron Sitver. 55| Union Con.. 20 Mexican. 23| Yellow Jacket 30 Loston. BOSTON. Dec. 10.—Atchison. 1314: Bell Tele- phone. 260: Chicago, Burlington ana Quincy, £75%: Mexican Central, 65: Oregon Short Aine 1915 San D.ego, — NEW YOKK GLAIN AND PRODUCE. NEW YORK, Dec. 10 —FLOUR—Recelpts, 21,- 330 bbis: exports, 31,760 Lbls. Less active, but nomivally stesay. WHEAT—Receints, 127,650 bushels: exports, 17,911 Spot weak. No. 2, red, 9875, Options opened easy under disappolnting cables, advanced sharply on a sqeeza of May shorts, but collapsed In the afiernoon owing 1o a general unloading and smail export demand, closing lower. Mav, 933,@9514c, closed 9375c; Do ember, 9734 @99Vkc. closed 9T HOP>— teacy: State, common to cholce, 18985 arop, 4@6c; 1896 crop, 6@e: 1897 crop, 15@18c: Pacific Const 1895 crop, 4@6c: 1896 crop, £@9c: 1897 crop. 15@L8c: London firm, £4 10s@£5. 1ol Quet: domestic tleece. 2i@31c; Texas, ot EYROLIUM—Nominal United elosed 655 METALS—Pigiron. warrants steads, $6 80 bid, $5 90 askea: Lake Copper. $10 8715 bid, 11 asked: Tin ‘easy. $13 65@13 70; ~pelter, un- changed 95@4 U5; Lead, quie, but_sieady, ¥3 621003 7215 The later ma:ket was called du.j a1 338U, bu fiim fixing the price for miners’ and smelters’ dew inds. COFFEE—Options closed barely steady: net un- changed o 5 polnts advance, sles 34,000 bags, inciuding December, $5 9U@5 99; March, $6@6 1 Spot Coftee—Ri1o. stendy. No. 7 invoice, B8gc: No. 7 jobbing. Tlgc: mild, quiet; Cordova, 5a@ 15c. iated, 5 11-16, cubes, 5 4.18. BUTTLE—Receipts. 4600: steady: Western mery, 14@24c: Elgus, 24c; factory, 113a@ cr c. £GGS—Recetp! 5100 packazes- steady: State and Penusyivani 1@25c; Western. 21@24c. Dried Fruits. NEW YORK. Dec. 10.—California dried fruits steads, k.vaporated apples. common, b@ic: prme wire trav, 734g8c: wood-dried prime, Blge: choice, Bloc, fa c, B@IYge. PRUNE~—5@5c B 1 APRICOTS—rioyal, 1@8 PRACHES P EASTERN 11V Yac: Moorpark, 9@11c. —Unpeeled, 7@10; peeled, 13g20¢ TOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—C ATTLE—Bee? steers soid at §4 35@5 50 as an extreme range, the bulk of the cattie bringing $3 SU@4 65. There werea few sales of hristmas catile ac $5 25@5 50, but com- varatively few sales were made above $475. Texas fed cactie sold at $3 6U@3 90, and Western fed caitle sold at a wide range. The stock- er and feeder trade was much smaller than usual and prices were irregnlarly low r with sales a: 83 )4 20. Butchers and canners sold «t $1 73@2 40, ‘ew bulls soli at §5 30, aud only a few calves weunt over $6 25 HOG~—Sales were largely at $3 25@3 35, lots selling at 83 371463 40, and coarse packers at $3 10@3 20. SHEEP—Sales of lambs ranged at $4@5 85, the buk of the jate transactions being at $5ab 70, with agood many lambs golng at $573@5 80 Yeariiugs sold ot $4 5U@4 75. ~heepsoid at $2 75 @300 1.7 interior to common, up to $4 15@4 50 for_heavy exports with prime lightwelght sheep prime beavy e pia—Cactle, 2500 P HKeceipts—Cattle, ; hogs, 34,000; eep, 19,000. > = Kansas City. KANEAS CITY. Dec 10.—CATTLE — Re- ceipts. 10.000. Market siow: barely steady: Texas steers, 35 15@3 60:1€xas cows, s2 40@2 tive sieers, $4 65G5: naive cows and $1_10@4 nefters stockers and feeders, $2 75@4 50, buile. $185@3 60. . HOGS—Keceipis, 18,000, higher. 83103 32 Market strong to 5c Bulk of sales. 85 271,@3 30: neavies packers, £3 20@3 35 mixed, $3 22 lights. $3 '15@3 30: yorkers, ‘$3 25 pigs, $3@3 221e EP—Recelpts, -000. Market firm. Lamobs, i muttons, $2 50@4 50. SH £3@5 40 Omaha. OMABA, Dec. 10.—CATTLE—Re Market steady to 10c higher. £3 70@4 80; Western cetots, 1100. Native beet steers, eers, $3 60@4 25: Texas steers, $3@3 60: Texas cows and heiters, $2 8@ 3 50: canners, $2 00@: 80: stockers and fecaers. 3 3084 13 calves $4G5 73; bulls, stags, etc. HUGS—Kecelpta. 6600. Market steady. Heavy, £3 05@3 20; mixea, $3 10a3 15; ngnt, §3 206 5 30: bulk of sales, $3 10@3 15. SHEEP—Recelpis. 100. Marke: steady. Fair 10 choice natives, §3 T5@4 70: fair to choice West- erns. $560@4 50; common and stock sheep, $3@4. lambs, $4@5 50. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—Wheat at the opening was & very uncertain quantity, It was geperally con- ceded that it was (0 the Interest of the bull clique 10 allow the December price to settle down to point where it would be less attractive for country holders to send all their whent of coutract grade to Chicago, but because this was palpabie many o.h ers expected a simliar course and there wasa weak market. The disappointment over poor re- #pon:e of Liverpool to the advance here bad some eflect on opening prices. The opening of Decem- ber wasdowuward, bat It very soon became sirong again and 10k only two skips in recovering trom 810614 to 81 08 1t opened at $1 07, or the same ficure s the close the day betre. 1t s0on became evidentthat the no: because of any manipuiaiion by the ciique, but in sy their efforts to keep it down. 1hey tried it again, however, late in the session and had more succese. Decem ber selling_on that cccasivn 4t £1 00. May was largely infinenced by the course of December. It opened b4c lower, at 9-15@9214c. Trade was very quiet for the firs forty miuutes, during which May kep! witnin the rauge of 9214c and 917 . AL the end of that time some few bu\ing orwrs ceme in together. the crowd in the meantime having got shurt,aud a rapid rise to 9314c occurred in co isequence. The bull turn thus given (o the market did not lastlong. 1t worked downward after that, not- withstauding some other bullisa items of legiti- mate market information. The ordinary m.rset Dews was principally of a bullish characier Liv- erpool advices confirmed those of the day before regardiug heavy rains in Argentine lhare will be practically no wheat to_ship from this years Austrailan crop and San Fraucisco reported the purchase for shipment to Cape town South Africa, of three cargoes of wheat, giving corzoboration 10 the news of a cou.lauation of last year's dearth in Australis Lhe Atautic port clearances in wheat and flonr were equal to 925,000 bushels. Continental mar- kets showed moderatestrength and slightly bigher prices. ‘The market became qu te weak towid the end Reports that wheat was belng started for Chicago from all over the West on account of bigh prices prevailing here were circuiated and made it very easy for the clique to keep the price December closed at 4 cents and May 1 cent decline. ‘Trading in corn was unimporiant thronghou and foliowed wheat, closin; ou.y Usc lower on_ the ay Ort: were firm and closed unchanged. Wiih the exception of pork there were almost no fluctustions in provisions. The close was At a siight decline. Trading was entirely professional The leading futures ranged as follows: grk'e went up ARTICLES. Open. | Highe Low. | Close Wheat No. 2— | Decemper .. 107 108 (108 (108 January 941n| 9534 941p| 9534 914 S| 91% 9iy 2534| 2514 NGy 2Nog iBigla 432154 35 | 14 oo Ya Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, firm; Winter patents, 4 70@4 90; Straights, $4 :0@ 440 Spring specials. §535: Spring patents. $4 4U@4 90: Stralghts, 84 30@4 60: Bakers', £360: No. 2, Spring wheat. 8v@5915c: No. 3 Spring Wheat 84@97c: No. ¥ Kea. $1 01@) 02; No. 2Corn. 26¢; No. % Oats. 2214c: No_ 2 White, 2514: Nu. 3 White, .o.b. No. 2 Rye. 46Lac: No. 2 Barley. £0 b, :63,@39¢: No, 3 —: No. 4. —: No. 1 Fiaxseea. $1 1113@1 15%5: Prime Timotny Seed. 82 6_15: Mess Pork 3 obl. #7 86@ 740: Lard. B 100 Ds $4 274@4 30: Short Rins sides (loose). $4 15@4 50: Dry Saited Shoulders 152144 82 (boxed). $475@5: Shor. Clear Sides (boxea), $4 45@4 65: Whisky, distillers’ finished £oods, per €al. $119: Sugar. cut loat, $5 89: granuiated. $5 24; standard A, — ARTICLES Receipts. | Shipments 13.000| %.000 263 00U | 94,000 325,00 | 302,000 369,000 1,000 70.000 61,000/ 26.0.0 he Butter mar- wes steady. Creamery, 15@28c: da'ry, 12@ 19c; cheese quiet, B@sbac: eggs firm, fresn, 2Uc. Wheat Movements. Recelpts. Shipm ents. Fushels. Citfon Busheis 460,590 Mianeapol Dututh . Kansas City, TIDEWATER. .. Boston .. ew York hiladelpnia. Baltimore . New Orien: 16,572, 198,814 186,226 TARIS FUTURES Dec. Jan. Flour — Opening 6245 €205 Closing . 6 50 10 Wheat—Opening 3050 1945 Closing... 00 Tils030 7 LIVERPOOL WHEAT FUTURES Dec. Mar Mav. Opening. 7615 7Bhg 7414 Closing. ... 74T 7475737 NEW YORK. Dec. 10.—The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bauk clearinge at the principal citses for the week ead-d Decem- ber 9, with the percentage of increase and de- crease, as compared with the corresponding week last year: Percentages. CIT1ES, Dec. New Y ork.. $899.526,094 Boston. 106,12 Chicago. . .7 Fniladelphia. . St Loul Pittsburg Baltmore.. . " San Francisco. Cluciona: Kausas Ci New Orieans, Minneapoiis. Detroft. Cieveland . Lonisvlle. Providence . Milwaukee | St Paui. Buftaio. . Omabi Indianapolis. Columbus, Uhio. .. Savannah . Denver. Atlanta [.01 “alt Lake City. Portiand. .. o2 oamar oo S0 b o Jacoma. Spokane Toledo . Ga veston Houston*. Totals U. &........ 51,352 205,351 Totais outside New 542,679,287 York Clty.. 10N OF CANADA. oM Montreal...... .-$12,901,554 q0ronto.......... . 1 81440.241 Winnipeg: 459,308 Haiifax. ceeienenes 1,249,270 Hamilton.... 792048 St John, N. B.. .. 670869 ......$26,643,200 n totals. CASH IN THE TREASURY. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—To-day's statement ©Of the condition ot the treasury shows: Availadl cash_balance, §:37,966,492: goid reserve, §158,. 549,774. iy b o NUKTHERN WH:Af MARKET, Oregon. PORTLAND Dec 10.—The FEnglish markets closed lower to-day and charters closed higher than hey have been for six years, and these two Important faciors in the locsl wheat market co.u- bned (0 infuse conside le we kne.s thercin Exporters made no change in quotatons. \ alia Walla 7814c: valley and bluc siem, 76G7614c Cleared—Norwegian bar< Ophelia jor Qu_6ns- town with 65,405 busheis wheat: British ship Bardowle for Queenstown with 129,205 bushels wheat. Washington. TACOMA, Dec. 10.—Wheat quiet; nominaliy unchanged. FORTLAN PORTLA XD, Dec. balances, $103,808 YORLL s BUSINESS. 10 —Exchanges, #329 658; N MARKETS. Loudon, LONDON, Dec. 10.—Conso's, 1131-16; silver, 26%d; French rentes. 103t 8714c. Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. Dec 10 — Wheat — Firm: No. 1 siandard California, S8s: cargoes off coast, nothing dolug td higner: carcoes on passage, seliers ac au advance, €d h gher: Eoglish country markets. steady; French couniry markets, firm; Liverpco! wheat, No. 1 Canfornia, 8s 1d@8s 414 wheat in Paris, quiet; flour in Parls, firm. COTTON= Upiunds. 3 3-16a. WHEAT. Ve Vi —Spot No. 2 Western winier firm, 7s 10d: No. 1red Northern spring firm, 7s 8a. CORN—~j 0. Ameri.an mixed sieady, 3s 2d; December s.ead,. 3x 2d; january, 3s 133d: Feb- roary steady, 3s I35 FLOUK—SL Louis fancy winter steady, 10s. 5 —— FXCHANGE AND BULLION. Sterling Fxchange, 60 days. = e Steriing Exchange, sight. - = 486 Sterling cables........" o New York Exchange, sight. - 10 New York k-xchange, lelegraphic. — i2g Fine Siiver, per ounce C s Mexican Lollars, - % !RODUCE MARKET VHEAT AND O1HER GEAINS. WHEAT—The flurry in Chicago belog over that market fell back, and this market followed suit. The forelgn markets were rather firmer. Tidewater quotations are as follows: 81 4114 for No. 1. &1 4214 for choice and §1 45@) 4733 B ctl for extra chioice for milltng. CALL FOARD EALES INFORMAL F1s610N—9:15 o'clock—Mav—4000 ctls. §1 3915, D-cember—2000, §1 42, SECOND “ESS10N — May 26,000 cils, $1 375% 8000, $1 3734 30,000. &1 3714, REGULAR ‘MORNING SESSToN—May—2000 cils, #13714: 16,000 $1 5T1g: 14,00, $1 373y AFTERNOON SESSION—M . 16,000 ctis, 31 37%; 12,000, $i 373,. December—4u0U, §1 41; 2000, £14035: 2000, $1 4074 BARLEY —The marset continues to weaken, as will be sean. Feed. B-1,@85c for dark to good and 8714@ *~834c forchoice: Chevalier, for seed, 81 50l c0: Erewing, $105@1 0714 tor No. 1 aud 90G85c B cu jor cars Cossi CALL FOARD SALES. INFORMAL FF¥E810: 9:15 o'ciock—No sales. 000 ct's, 82%2c: 10, REGULAE MORNING SESSION—December—2000 ctls, 8-c: 2000, 84ipc. AFTERNGON SESSIO: —May—2000 ctis. 8115c. OATS—Oftert negiec eu. except on job- blng accou . Feed, 81 15@1 20: rood to choice. $1 0735@1 1215; common, $1 02%@]1 0! Surprise, $1 ZU@] 3) B cti: Red, $1 30@1 4 Gray, 81 1234@1 1714: Milling, $1 0724@1 1214: Binck, for seed. 81 55@1 50. Ciipped Unts sell at $1 @ % ton over the raw product. CORN—Ofterings are iarger and the market con- tinues weak. ~mall Lound Yellow, 95c @ cil: Large Yellow. 85@92145c B cil; White, B73gc. RYF_$1@1 0215 P el BUCKW himai—Quoted at §1 20@135 # ctl. FLOUR A0 WMILLSTUFFS. FLOUR—Net cash prices are: Famlily extras. $4 55@4 65: Bukers' exiras. $4 3024 40 % bol. CORNMEAL K Feed Corn, $20 50@21: Cracked Corn, $21@22 ® ton. MILLSTUFFS—Prices in sacks are as follows, vsual discount to the trade: Grabam Fiour, 8o ¥ 100 ILs; Kye Flour, $250® 100: Rice Flour, 35 75: Cornmeal. $2 5: extra cream do, $3: Uatmeal, §3 50: Oat Groats, $4; Hominy, $5 10 kwheat Flour $5 25@3 50: Crack: Wheat, 83 25; Furina, $& 50; Whoie Wheat Fiour, £3 20: Kolled Uats (bbis). $5 70@5 90; in sacks, $375; Pean Bariey, $5; bpils Feas, $550; Green do, #4256 » 100 Ibs. HAY ANU FEEDSTUFFS. Bran was bought a littie cheaper yesterday, as there was a 10t on the wharf(hat had to be moved, but as this was merely temporary quotatious ace left as they were. There is no change in Hay. BRAN—$17 50318 50 ® ton. MIDDLINGS—#20 50@22 50 B ton. FEEDSTUFFS—RKoilea Bariey. $20@31 $ton; Ollcace Meal at the mill, #2¥ 50@29 50 ¥ ton: jobbing, $30: Cocoanut Cade. $19@20: Cottonseed Meal, $29@50 ® to HAY—\Wheat, §12@1450 ton: Wheat and Oat, $11@1350; Oat $10@l2: Barley. $10@l2: com- pressed, $12@14; Alfalfa, $5@9 bU; sl0CK, nomi- sal; Clover, $8G9 50 3 ton. ETKAW—30gai5¢ @ bale. BEANS AND SEEDS. The Bean m arket continues unsettled and quiet, and prices are liable to turn either way &t a mo- ment’s notice. BEANS—gayos. $2 35@2 50: Small Whites. 1 20@1 85: Large Whites. $110@l 25: Piuks. £145@1 60; Reds, $140@1 60: Blackeye $2: Ked Kidney. $175@2: lLimas. $. 60@1 70; But- ters, 81 40@1 50: Pea, §1 26@1 45. SEED>—Brown Mustard, $275@3 ® ctl: Mustard. 52 25@2 75 B cil: Fiax, §1 50@2: ed, :14@234c B b: Alaifa Gi4c; Kape, 2@ 43 Hemp, Sc: 1imothy, 5 'm«.u.u PEAS—Nlles, $1 25; Green, $1 20@1 40 cu FOTATOES, ONION . VEGETABLES. Onlons are easy at tue quotations. There s no chauge in Potaioes. . 103 Angeies Green Peas brought 5@6c and String Beans T@Sc B Ib: Green Peppers, 4@6c: Toma- @S 26 ¥ cnte; - umuer Squash, 115G | . 12igc @ B POTA [OlS—karly Kose, 40@50:; River Reds, | 35@A0c: iiver Burbanks 4U@G50c (P sac Oregon Burbanks. 50@70¢c: Salinas Burbanks 60 @lc; Sweet Poiatoes, 50@6Uc B cti for Rivers ana 65@s0c for Merced; new volunteer Fotaloes, a@ic & b ONIONS—g1 40@1 60: cut Onions, 75c@#l 25; Pickle Onions, 5U@75c ® sack. VEGET A BLES - Musarooms, (0@15¢ % b Mar- rowfat Squash, $5@10: Hubbard Squash. @ ton: Dried Peppers, 4@6c B Ib: Green veas, 3@bc B Ib: String Beaus, 5@bc. Dried : Cabbage, 60@7dc B Cul; Carrots. b @30c B suck; Lariic, 3¢ b: fomatoes, 25@60c W box. FOULThY NU GAME. Turkeys ace a drug at the low prices Other Poultry is unchauged. Kastern stock cleaned up. | Receipts 07 Game were lighter, but there was no | particular change in prices. FOULTRY— Live ;urkuy:. 11@12c for Gobblers and 11@ is weil | Zc B Hens dressed Turkeys. J1@13 Geese, ¥ pair, §1 26@1 50: Ducks, $3 b0@s 50: Heus, £3@4 50: Roosters. young, »3 50@4: ao, old, $350@4 # dozen: Fryers. 85 50; Broilers, £3 25 @3 50 for_iarge aud §2 50@3 25 for small: Figeons, $1 50@1 75 W doz for young and $1 1or ola. GAME—Quall, % doz. $1@) 25; Mallard. $2 50 @3: Canvashack, $5@6: Sprig, $1 50@2: Teal, $1@l 25 B doz: Widgeon, $1 25 B doz; Smaul | Duck, $1@! 30: Gray Geese, 32@z 60; White, | %1@) 50: Brant_$1 50; Honkers. §3 50@4 50: English Buipe. $175: Jack Suipe, $1: iiare. E1: Rubbits, $1 25@1 50 for Cottontalis and 75c@ #1 for small. BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. The Ege market continues very weak, and geli- €rs are making coucessions 10 work off stock. sut- ter and Cheese are unchauged. EUTTER— CrEaxeny—Fancy creameries, 26@27%ac: sec- onds, 24@25c ¥ I X DATEY—Choice (0 fancy, 250 ® I lower grades, 16@:2c. YICKLED—22@E24¢ P B FIRKIN—19@20c R In CREAMERY 1UB—2212@25%60 B b FEAsTERN—]12@] 3¢ for ladle-packed. 1 CHEESE—Choice miid new, 11@l2c § B: com- | mou to good, *@l0c: Cream Cheddar, 11@lze; Young America, 12@123ge: Oreson. 1035@ilc; Western, 1119@12c; Eastern, 1215@1334C B FGGS—Kancn kges, 25@. Oc ¥ doz: store kegs. 22@24c: Eastern. 26¢ B doz for fancy, 20@2214¢ for firsis and 16¢ *or seconds. ANDL (.ITRUS FRUITS, Stocks of Grapes continue to dwindle as the sea- son draws to & C.0sa, but prices do not improve. DECIDLOUS Apples are In good supp y. bu. stricily fancy stock Is fiim. Quinces are nardly worth quoiiug. Pears are duil. O:anges, Lemons and Limes rule dull and weak AL L0+ QUO_KLioL DECIDUOUS FRUITS— Strawberries, 3% chast for larga Cave Cod Cranverries, $8@950 B bbl; Jerseys, $5@H 5u; Loos Bay. $2 25@2 50 B box. Pears,” Winter Nelis, 50c@#1; common kinas, 25@50c B box. Apples. 25:0c B box for common. 50@75 for 200d 10 choice an: £1@1 25 for fancy =pltzen b-r . Lady Apples, $1 25@1 60 for iarge boxes. Quinces, 2:@30c # vox. Grapes. in boxes. 25@SCc for all kinds. Crates sell about 1Uc higher than Loxes, ersimmons. 25@50c @ box. CITRUS FRUITS—Navel Oranges are quot abieai 81 50@ 50 P box: Seedlings, 81@1 5 Mandarins. 70c@§1; Grapo Frolt, $3@4; Lem- ons. 75 @81 25 for common and §1 50@2 for good tochoice: Mexican Limes. §2@3 ® box: Califor- nia Limes. in small boxes, 25@30c: Bananas, 313 ¥ bunca: Pineappies. £2@3 » doa DEIED FRULTS, KAISINS, NUTS, ETC, | There 1s no change except a decline In Wa'n | which are weak und dull. i DKIED ¥hUITS—Quotations are as follow: Prunes, carioad lo's. s@ilgc tor 40-50's. 51p@ sy for 50-80's, 3@3Lyc 1or 60-70's, 2Lo@2%4k0 tor 70-50°s. 2@235¢ B I for §0-00°s and 1 iu@l%o for 90-100's; Peaches,5@5%4c ® I: fancy. 6la@ Tlgc; peeled, 10@131a; Apricots, 5@6c & B for Koyals and 7@Hiac 0r £00d 10 fancy Moorparks: evaporated Apples. t@634c; sun-dried, 33 @4 lgcs black Flgs 10 sacks, Z@3c: Plums. 315@41uc w 1 for pitted "and 1@llac for unjitted: bieached | Plums, b¢: Nectarines, 4@6C 3 B for prime to fancy : Pears, 2@5c tor quariers and 23a@6bge for balves. according to color, etc RAISINS—New Raisins, 214@3c for 2-crown, 4c for S-crown. be for a-crown, Glgc for Neediess | Eultanas aud §1 1U@ 115 for wondon layers. Dried Grapes 23;c. NUfS—Chesinuts are quofable at 8@l0c @ 1: Walnuts. 6@7c 9 1b for hard and 73, @50 B b for softshell; Aimonds, 3@ic for hardshell aad 9c for ppershel; FPeanuis i@do for kastarn and c for Cailfornia: Jiickory Nuts, 5@6c B b; Pe- cans, 9G100 B B: Fiibery, H@o e Brans N uts, $@Yc: Cocoanuts. $4 5U@S % 100. HON kY —New Comb. 1c for bright and-7@9c for lower grades; new water-white extracted, 4149 434c: light amber extracted, 35,@4¢ ® b EEESWAX-23@%bc B 1. FRUVISIONS. The market Is rather wenk than otherwise, though there s no chaage In price CUREL aikATS—Bacon, 8156 8 M for h ¢ tor iishi medium, 100 for - Igh:, 1070 for exira ugnt and 12¢ for snear-cured. ern ‘sugar-cured Hams, 10%5@11cs Hams, $@9%l5c # Ib: Mess Beet, 3850 ® bbi; exira mcss do, ¥9 50: famuy do, $11@12; sale P:lrrk; :l“e?‘ Ba: ;hln&xélll g‘l;lml Pork. £9 50, e . $16: mess $is s Beet. 1135@1315¢ B b > Srmmo LARD—_Lastern tierces quoted at 5140 % M for compound ana 6¢ for pure; paus, 7c: Califormia terces, 5 W B for compound and 6c for pure: balfbbis, 614c: 10-1 tins, 7¢; do o-1b, Tige. COTTOLEN E—~Tierces 5 @blge.” Packages fess than 500 Re—1. pails, 60 1n i case, 874es 5e D palls, 20 in & case, 834c: 5-1b pals, 12 in a case, .b“ 10-n Is. 61in & case, 8lgc: 50-1 tins, 1or 3ine cae fogo: wocden but 15 2 s bet s Y Lubs net, balf bbis, aboat 110 Ibs, T35c B ib o s HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL AND HOPS. £ HIDES AND SKINS—Culis and_brands gell 1c under sound stock. Heavy saited steers, 10@10%5¢ # B: medium, $c: light, Slo@dc: Cowhides, B1o@9c; Stags, OSlgc: sated Kip, 9c; salted Cair, 10@1ic B D: salted Veal 9c: drv Hides, 15@151ec: culls and brands, 12@12%4c¢: Gry Kip Veal. 14c: dry (alf, 1¥c: culls. iZc: Goatskins, 20@85¢c each: Kids, 5¢; Deerskins, good summe: € Ih: mediom, 20c: winier. 10¢; ~heepskins, sheariings. 15@2dc each: shori wool, 35@60 eachi madlum, 60@SU each: long wools S0c@SL e TALLOW—Xo. 1. rendered, s@81gc B b: N 2 *‘J’eo‘ refined, 5¢c; Grease, !021":: o0 o WOOL — Fall clip — Middle countles. free, 10@18c; do defective, 10@llic; San Joaquin, de- | Pickid Roll. ® roll —@45| | Musnrooms, B 1..15@30 fective. 7@9c B 1: do Lambs. 616@8c: Southern Mountain. 9@iZc: tree xon.nu?f 12@l4c B Ib: o, defective, 9@1lc; Humbolds and Mendocino, 15@15c B 1. HOPS—0id crop, 2@6c @ 1 _for poor to fair and 8@1luc for good: new crop. 10@ldc GENERAL M: LUHANDISE. BAGS—Calcutta Graln Bags, 18¢8 delivery, 555 @534,c: Wou. Eags, T@olc: Frui. owgs, SYAC 53¢ and 6c for the different sizes COAL—Wellington. »8 A ton: New Wellingion, $5; Souibfield Welilngton, 7 £0; Seattle, $3 50: Eryant. 36 50: Coos Bay. $4 75; Wallsend, $7 Cumberland, $14 50 B ton in bulk and $16 in sacks: Pennsylvania, Anthracite Egs, $15 & Welsh Anthracite, $:@12: Cannel. $2 B ton: Rock Springs, Castle Gate ana Pleasant Val- ley, 87 60 Coke, $131n bulk and $15 B ton in sks. KICE—Cuines« is higner and liuwsi an jower. Chinese mixed. §4@4 03 B ctl: No. 1. $4 40@4 50 ® ctl: extra No. 1, $5@5 20: Hawallan, 84 3754 $4 80@5 05 Rangoon, $4. SUGAE—The Western Sugar Refiiery Company Quotes, terms net cash: Cube and Crushed and Fine Crushed. 655c: Powdered, 6yge: Dry Granu- lated, 5%gc B Ib: Contectioners’ A, bbge: Magnolia A, bige. Extra (, 5c: Golden C. 47sc: Candy Granuiated, 55kc; California A, 514c; hali-barrels 4¢ more thau barrels. and boxés u¢ more SAN FRANCISCO MEAT Some cpoice 1arge Hogs are selling up to 334¢ and even 374c. but these sales are exceptioral, as Hogs aie weak. Beef, Mu.ton and Veal have not changed for a iong time. Who esaia rates for dressed stock from slaugh- terers are as follows. BEI.F—First_quallty, 615@7c; second do, 534@ 6c: third do. 4@5c B . VEAL—Largs 5@bc: small. 6@7 3 m MUTTON— Wethers. 6@7c; Lwes. 6@ b LA MB—Spring, 7@5c @ . PORK—Live Hogs, Shc @ Ib for large and 814 @3%sc for smali and $3ec for medium: soft nOgs 212@3c ® Ib; dressed do. b@bYgc. BECEIPTS OF 1KODUCE. MARKET. YOR 24 HOURS. Flour. qrsks.... 12.288] kegs, doz 5,340 Wheat. cul 48,534 Cheese, ctl 40 Bariey, ctls .., 435| Hides, no. 250 Qats, Or, ctls. 410 Pelis, ‘bdis.. 33 Beans. sks....... 2,865 Wine. gals. 64,70 «ye, clls.... ... 410| Brandy. gais. 4/600 Potatoes, sks.."0 4,130 Leather, rlis. 132 Onions. 8ks.._... 07| Sugac. bbis.....o 1,217 Middings, sks... 100 Chicory, bbis.. 10 Bran, sks. = 60| itnisins, boxas - 200 Hay. tons. - 291| Alfaita Seed, sk 146 Siraw, tons... 18| Broom Corn, bis. 18 Butter, eu: 131 FAMILY KETAIL MARKEL Egzs are considerably lower. cheaper. Pouitry. Game and Meats range about the same anout the same as last week. There Is no change worthy of note in Frults. summer Vegetables are comlug in freely from Los Angeles. Fish Is dearer, weath er, Following Is THE CALL'S regulac weekly retall price lisi: Butier s owing to the recent rough COAL—PFR TON. Cannet..... 1150@ —|Castle Gata. Wellingtoa. —@10 00| PleasantVal New Wei Southflela lingion. _@10 00, Wellingtoa EBeattle. 780@ 00 Bay. DAIRY FRODUCR wre. Butter, fancy, ¥ |Cheesa, Eastern. *quare........... 50@5D| Cheese, Swiss @0, roi........80@ — Common Eggs. d0. (004 .... ... .. 40@4d | R .. 30@3 5 #7250 Firkin. 8 b....... —@25| Honey, comb, B1b.12@15 Cheese, Cat... ... 16@20| co, extructed ... 5@LO MEATS—PER POUNN. Bacon.. ..........12@17 Pork, fresh 1213 Beet, cholce. ...... 12@15 Pork, salt.. 10@12 do, good.....”"] 8@10| Pork Chops. 12@15 Corned Beef....... 8@ — Round Steak..... 8@l0 Ham, Cal... -1316@ — | Sirloin Steak...120@ — do, Eastern.. 215! Porterhouse, do. .. 19@20 hud_ % 12@15 l’mokefl Beet... —@13 nton B@l0| Pork Sausages. ;20 Lamo 10@12| Veal. .. s U@L FOULTRY axn oAwr 6VU@ 60 Hare, each..... —@ 20 Quail, # doz...1 50@ — 508 6xjumiars. B or., 60 15 Canvasbacs,prl 00@ — 50@ 60Sprig, pepair — 40@ 50 lea. B pair. a0 - 8b@ 4|Widgeon. ® pr. 40 Turkeys, Bh.. 15@ 16Small Duck,#p = Ducks, each... 50@ 65 Wild Geese,9p - Geese, each... 1 25@1 75 linglish Suipe, Pigeons, Bpr.. 25@ 40| B doz........2 50@3 00 Rabblis, 8P¢.. —@ 4U|Jack >uipe,Bdl 25@l 50 FRUITS Axn NnTe Almonds. R B.....12@15 Limes, B doz.......10@ Apples. B 1., .10 5@ 5O0ranses. ® doz....15@25 Bananas, ¥ doz...15@20/ Pears. B 1 i@ % Cra nerries. B Qi 15@ —|Raising, B D..... 8@, Cocoanuts, each... 4@ 6 Stzawberries, Grapes W B....... 4@ 5 B drawer.. 25@ — Lemous, # G0z....20@25 Walnuts, # B.....15g — VEGETARLTS. Artichokes, Bdoz75@1 00 Driea Okra, B 1. 15@20 Beets, B doz........12@15Onlous, B B. 4@ 5 Beans, white Bib... 4@ 5 Peppers. dried ... —@ — Colored, B B.... 4@ 5| do. green. B b..10@1s Lima, ib.. 8@ 6 Yarsnips, B aoz....15@20 Cabbage, eacn. ... 5@l0 Potatoes, 3 b, 2@ 3 Canlifiowers, each. 5@10/ o, sweet.... . —@ 3 Celery, ® bunch... 5@ —|Radishes. 3dzbchs. 1012 Cress, ¥ dzbunchs. 20@25 Sage, B B. ... ....25@33 Garlic, 8 D...._.. 5@ — String Beans, B T 1012 Green' Peas, 8@1 [Thyme, B b 20@30 Lentils, ® . . 6@ bTurnips, ® doa. ... 15@2) Lettuce, @ doz. ... 15@25 Tomaes. # 9. 5@ 8 FISH—PIR PoTND. BAITACUAA. .1 1u.00e —@10/Shad. ... Carp. 5@ »Sea Bass. Codfish 8@10 Smelts. Flounaers. 6@ & Soles... """ —@10 ber 5@ & Skates, each....... 5@10 Haltbue . —@15 Sturgeon. SL10@)z Kingfisn 8@10 Tomcod <10@12 18@ — Clams, —g5u —@ — Do, bardsheil, X@lu| 100..... UNG —Crabs, each.. ... -12@15 Do. softsheli, B 4z 25@ L20@ —|Mussels, B q “10@12 12@15/0ysters, Cal. ® 100.40@ — Ealmon. smoj Balmon, fresh Bhrimp: B@10|D0, Eustern @ us. 2540 SIEAMEKS 210 SAIL BTEAM-R | WSTINArioN. | | rixe [Humboldt Bay | Drc 1 Plaz) | RumboldtBay | Dec Pler 3 | Newpor:...... | Dec vier 11 City Puebia| Vic & Pgt Snd | Dec 1 | Cods Bay Dec HumboldtHav | bec Saa Diego....|Dec & | voruana Dec I | Dec Pler 2 Alliance. .. - | Dec Pier 28 Chlikat | Dec Pler 13 Homer... " | Newport ... | Dec Pierll WellaWaiia | Vie & Pzt Dec Plec ) Santa itoss. |Ean Diezo.... |Dec Prori L City Para...| Panama.......| Dec PMSS City Peking|China & Japan Dec Columbia. . | rortiand Dec STEAMERS 10 ARKIVE, 1 FROM - | Poruana. . 11 : 1 Det Norte 11 Empire. 12 Homer | 12 12 San Diega, .. 12 Coos Ly ... © | Dec 12 Victoria & Paketsoana |..Dec 13 Comox. 14 14 i4 14 15 15 Portlana. .. 15 Humboldt Bay. 16 Colnmbia. Poriana. . 16 Banta Kosa. Sau Dego. 16 Mona.... Sedaey. 18 Cleveland. Puzet Sound . 16 Chinaand Jap 17 New port. 1 Humbolde ... 10T 18 | Tmatia. .70 | Victoria & Puges Souna 1% San Jos Panam 18 SUN. MOON AND 1IDE. TXNTTED TATES COAST AND GEODFPTIO SURVETY. T1Mrs AND Hetents oF HIGH AND Low WATERS AT FORT POINT. ENTRANCE TO SAN FRraNCISCO BAY. PUBLISHED BY OFFICIAL AUTHORITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. NoTE—The high and low waters occur atths City Front (Mission-street Wharf) about twenty- five minutes later than at Fort Polut: ihe heigh: 01 tige 1s the same at both places. December—1897 Saturda-, Decemuer 11. ..T.17| Moon rises 451] Moon sets | 00 0.2 P ~aca 1 i % NOTE—1In the above exposition of the tides tha carly morning tides are given in the left hand eolumn, and the successive tides of the day in tas order of occurrence a3 to time. The second tims column gives the second tide of the day. the third time column the third tide, and the last o righ: band columa gives the last tide of the day. except when tnere are but three tides as sometimes sccurs. The heights given are additions o tua soundings on the United States Coast Survey charts, except when a minus sign (—) precedes tha beight, and then the number givenls subtractivs from the depth given by the charts. The Time Ball — ERaNcH HYDROGRAPHIZ OFFice, U. S N, SAN FRANCISCO. Decemoer 10, 1897, The time ball on Teiegrapn HIill was aroppal exactly at noon to-day—L e., at noon of the 130:a wmeridiag, or exacily at 8P M, Greenwich time. W. S Huengs, Ajeutenant U. & N, io chargs NOTICE TO MARINEES. A branch of the United States Hydrographis § oOftice located in the Merchanty Exchanze i3 maintained in San Francisco for the benetit of mariners without regard (0 nationallty and free ol expense. Navigators are cordlaliy invited to Visit the office, where complete sets 0f charts and salllng directlons of the world are kept on hand or com- parison and reference, and the latest information can always be obtained regarding lights. dangers to navigation and all matiers of interest o ocem‘l& commerce. The tims ball ontoo of the bullding on Tele- graph HIll Is hoisted about noon. and s dropped at uoon, 120th meridian, by telegraphic signal recelved each day from the Uniced States Naval Ovservatory. st Mare lsiand Cal. A notice stating whethor tho fIme ball was dropped on time, Or giving the errar. If any, is published the sams day Dy the after-100n PAPECs &ua by 1he mOrning Papers the following dav. W. 8. HuGHEs, e ten minutes befors SHIPPING INTELL.GENCE, Arrived. FRIDAY, December 10. r Coos Bay. Hall. 74 hours from New- prAGrllfnll pass and mdse. to Goodall, Perkins & Co. Stmr Gipsy. Leland. 17 bours it m Moss Lauding, etc: produce. 1o Goodall. Perkins & Ca Stmr Progreso, Storrs. 115 hours from Seattle; 2700 tons conl, to P I Cornwall. 5 Simr roinu Arena. Hapsen. 12 nours from Mendocino, ets; pass and mdse, to Mendosino Lumber Co. Stmr Humboldt, Bonitield, 17 hours from Eureka: pass and mdse, to M Kalish & Co. Stmr Pomona, Cousine. i8 hours from Eurecs: Pass and mdse. to Goodail, Perkins & Co. Stmr Washtenaw, Crosscup, 132 hours frm Ta- coma: 4000 tous coal. to S P Co. Oakland directs Simr Coauille River. Johnson, 19 hours from For Bragg: 350 M 1t lumber, to Unlon Lumber Co. Schr Mary Dodge. Hansen, 156 days from Kahu- Iui: 2,43 bags sugar. to Alexander & Baldwin Echr Nettie Low. Low. 6 hours from Point Eeyes: 25 bxs ouiter! 1o 4§ H Newbauer & Co. Cleared. FRIDAY, December 10 Stmr Oregoo. Stephens, Astor a; O R & N Co. Er ship gAl'ulla Maud, Locke, Hul, G W Mo ear. Er ship Dominion, Meredith, Queenstown: G W McNear. Brig W G Irwin, Williams, Honolul Jonn D Spreckels & i ros Co. Brig Lurline. MacLeod, Kahulul; Haw Uomme;- cial an? Sugar Co. Scur Kate and Anna, Lutjens, sealing voys! Cnas Lutjens. Sailed FRIDAY, December 10. Stmr Santa Rosa. Alexander. San Diego. Stmr Protection. Krickson, Postiand. Lark Wilna. Siater. Senr Detender, Hellingson, Grays Harbor. Telograph POINT LOBOS December 10 -10 pu—Weatner cloudy; wind NE. velouty 13 mlles Bar very rough. Charters The Francesca Ciampa was chartered prior to arrival for wheat to kurope, 27s 6d. Toe Br stmr Algoa loads wheat at Tacoma for Europr, 315 3d: Nor bark Lmpera:or, same voyage, 23 6. Spoken: Nov 18—iat 3, 1ong 30 W, Brship British Yeo- mau, trom Chema nus, for Loadon. Oct 7—La. 56 S long 72 W, ship § P Hitchcock, irom New Yok, for San Francisco. Pe Poln. Arena—schr Barbara Hernster off Aibion River. Ail waell Sumrs Cleone, Navarro and Whitesboro Iylug oft the coast of Mendo:i10. Too rough to load. Miscelianeous Westher at Coos Bay is reugher to-day than ves- terdar. The bar isrough with a strong SE wind bowing. Thestmrs Homer, Arca:a and Empire are sulil barbound. . Domestic Port SAN PEDKU—Satled Dec 8-Sche Corona, for Tacoms. PONT BLAKELEY —Arrived Dec 10—Haw brk Diamond Head, from Honolulu PORT LOS ANGELE=—Arnived Dec 9—Haw stmr San Mateo, for Comox. TATOOSH- Passed D.c 10—Stmr Mackinaw, hence Dec 7, for Tacoma. Eastern Ports. PHILADELPHIA—Cleared Dec 9—Ship Reaper for San Francisco. Foreign Port. YAQUINA BAY—Barbound Dec 19—Stmr Sco- tla Weaiher very rough. POIT LOS ANGELE~—Arrived Dec 9—Haw S'me San A€o, iTo.u Comox. Dec 10—Stmr Min- €ola. from Comox. SAN PEDRO—Arrived Dec 10—Schr Nokomls, from Lot Ludlow; bark Coryphene, from Port Blakeley. ailed Dec 10—Simr Pasadens, for Eureka. TATCSH— Passed Dec 10—Br bark Marion Frazer, fiom Tecomu, for Quee.siown AN D1EGO—Arrived Dec 10—Schr Sequoia fm Tac ANAIMO—Arrived Dec 9 -Bark Kufus Wood, hence De- 3 CALDEKA—Arrived Oct — —Bktn Encore, frr, Valparaiso ALMOUTH—Arrived Dec 9—Br ship Celti. 1ircu. hence Aug 1d: Br ship Fails of Foyers, hence Auz 5 HONGKONG—Arrivea Dec $—Stmr Peru. hnce Nov & SANTA ROSALIA—Arrived Nov Clan Rob-risin, from Antwerp. WEST /0T arrivea bec 10—Brship Gifford, hence Juv ACAPULCO—Sailed Dec 9—Stme San Jose, for Sun Erancisco. Movements of Tran:-Atlantic Steamer: LIVERPOGL—Salled Dec 10—Stmr Nomadic, fr New York. QUEENSTOW lonis, for ; Oston. Importations. SANTA CRUZ—Per Gipsy—10 cs cheese, 1 roll carpet, 2 bxs utter, 51 roils leather, 18 bdls hides, 1 (hest toois, 15 bxs apples, 16 cs boities, 6 pkgs hou-ehold goods, 3U0 bbis lime. Moss Landiog =1 bx.buiter. iiuas—1 bbl wine. Wa souvlile—1 iron rinz, 398 empties, 433 sk wheal. o biis pelts. Blanco—215 sks potatoes. Moro Cojo—1902 <ks potatoss. Monterey—14 cs empties. NEWPORT— Per Coos Bay—5038 sks barley, 48 bxs oranzes, 2 bxs lemons, 72sks peanuts, 12 bxs dried fruit, 27 sks walnuts. East ~an Pedro—25 sks walnuis, 2 bxssoap, 6 bX: (0m=toes. ~an Pedro—1 Bbl wine, 4 cs wine, 2 cs brandy, 42 bales corn husks, 1cs'shoes, 1cs collars, 3 bules worl Hueneme—2 bxs dry goods. Ventura—1 €s honey, 295 sks walnuts. 19 sks almond pits. 54 bxs oranges. 109 bxs lemons, 1 bx ary coods. 599 sks co:n, 69 bdls hides, 3 bbis tat- 1ow. 7 udis peits Carpiniera— Sania Barbat lemons. Guv 0:a—2 bdls pelts, 17 sks crawfish, 1 bx but~ ter. Port Harfora—25 cs eggs, 15 bxs butter, 1 bx dry prunes, 86 bxs apples. YUCO§—2Z DX3 bulier, 6 seggs, 1pkg cast- Ings. 13 dressed caives, 1 bdl hides. San Siweou—20 bxs butter, 1 bdl hides, 1 pkg hams 22 dressed calves, 2 cs egss. MENDOCINO—Per Polnt Arena—2860 posts, 1 bx mdse, 24 M flumoer, 7 s<s abaiones, 1 bal m pelts. Point Arena—9 bxs butter, basket. EUREKA—Per Humboldt— 892 M shingles, 10 cs claer, 52,065 1t lumber, 100 sks potatoes. 660 bxs appies. b pkgs syrup, 1 csshocs, 47 bdis h' s, 4 jkgs mdse. 4 bxs prunes, 3 cs dry goous, 24 ship knees, 1cs hardware, 170l carpet, 2 veal, § pkgs exyress, 1 sk coin, 125 head cattle, 51 bxs fish, 32 bxs vutier. E'i. and E k R—Per Pomona—10 hhds 5 bxs fish, 169 bxs butter, 50 cs condensed milk, 8 bbls 1:6bxs apples, 1 ¢s 1iquors. 1 cs drugs 43 sks po- tatoes. Eureka—1 pkg chain, 1 cs dry goods, 782 M shingles, 3 pkgs plants 149 M it lumber, 1 sk cotn, 46 bxs buiter, 2 csleather, 2 bxs fish, 1 sk co.n. 3 pkes express. 72 doors. 1 crt sashes, 1 saddie, 218 oxs auples, 2bxs Looca, 2 bxs sking, 71 sks peas, g 3cs muse, 1 organ. Consignees. Per Gipsy—Norton, Teller & Co; H Cowel Dairymen’s Union: Kron Tanning Co; A V & Co: Dalton Bros: Bissinger & Co: Stuuffer & C H P Hanse i Arctic Uil Works: P A McDonald: Standard Ol Co: Thomas Lougnran: H Dutard; D L Bol man; Jackson Soda Co; Cal Bottling Co; W F ugwell: Lalian-Swiss Colony: Wolf & Son. Per Coos Bay - Newmark & Edwards: Minaker & Welbauks: Gray & Barbieri: L Scatena &Co: G M Vol<man: W C Price & Co: Dalton kros: B P Flint; Levi Stravss & Co: Martin, Feasler & Co; N H Hennng: Brigham Miil n: T Shirtand Collar Co: it Dutard; B P Flint; Porter Bros & Co; Sachs Bros: Dr A Mi he: D'odge, Sweeney & Co: Cressy, V & Co: Tillmann & Bendel: Levi, Spiezel & Co; A Levy & Co: Thos Denigan, Son & Co; Ged R i & Co: Moore, Fergnson &Uo: C E Whitney & ¢ ‘American Union Fish Co: A Paladini: S K \Weeka & Co; Iilmer, Bredhoft & Schuiz. Gets Bros& Cq Witzel & Buker; C E Whitney & Co: ~antord Bros Marshall & Relmers; Wheaton, 5reon & Co: Chas Jacoson & Co: H Kirchmana & Co: ILills Bros; A Wyss: Ross& Hewier:: Brigham, Hoppe& Co; D K ailison & Co: A Fall orton, Teller & Co; Weliman, Peck & Co: Russ, Early & Co: Goldstein & Co: Baker & Hamiiton: De Bernardl & Co: F Uni & Co: West-ru Jieat Co Cal Bouling Co: H W, deos ; Bissinger &Co; O B Smith & Co; H Meyer; hicago Brewery. er “Botnt Arcna—Stafidard Oll Co; Emporiums Mitchell & Goodall; Riss. Early & Co: Immel & Co: W B Sumner & Co.’ De n son & Feiling: Capt Er.ckson: Dr Gallison: Mendocino Lumber Co, Fer Humbo!di—Marshall, Teggart & Co: racific Lumber Co;_Labor Exchatze: heefe & Co: G w Burgess: D Keefe & Co: McDonough & Kanyon: G Bertl & Co: 1 W Roberts & Co: Rusy, Early & G Br ship Salled Dec 10—Stmr Cepha- sks walnuts. —22bd.s 5 sks oldcopper, 27 bxs 81 bxs apples, 1 OFFICE_DESKS. o 10 PER CENT Reduction for 30 days Get our prices before pur- chasing. OFFICE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. C. F. WEBER & CO. 300-306 POST STREKT, 8,F,, Coruer Stockion 2