The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1898, Page 31

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 189S. Story of Adolph Sutro’s HE passing of Adolph Sutro de- serves something more than a bare announcement of the fact 1d a memorandum of his life work. It fell to his lot to illus- rate the period in which he lived. a century ago he was one of the youths who cut Joose from n and home to seek his fortune 1 land where success meant riches, 1 failure hardship, privation, and death. There was no reason he should wander afield. His ther was a prosperous manufacturer Aix La Chapelle, in Rhenish Prus- he himself, at 18, was foreman of the factory. He was industrious and rt. A life of plodding. industry pretty certain to insure him an ple sufficiency in his old age. Yet took ship for the region of gold, e his instinct told him that mind v would tell. The boy want- s own feet. the age of 19, he landed ancisco and opened a cigar spered. But he had not alifornia to 1 ed to stand on hi In 184 at ive on the profits g ful wonde n_Nevada v the air He turned his to mon mounted a pack 1 rode to Washoe, where ore 500 to the ton, one-third gold ds silv was being dug shallow holes. camp had founded at the base of Mount on and a town which took the ginia City. Therein young ched his tent, and by dicker n mining locations and op ndise he scon became, one of the most sub: 1 the place. Far-sighted ob- vers remarked that that young Ger- man would get there. Indeed, in the argon of the camp, he soon had money a man in whose hands never idle, nor time thrown m E In 1861, long before the discov- away. WHEN HE KEPT ACIGAR STORE IN THE '50°s. ery of the great bonanzas, he set up a quartz mill on the Carson River, and he grew richer day by.day. But even then he realized that the great depth on the Comstock lode, 1se heat prevailing on the . would prove a bar to suc- ing unless the grade of the ed higher than could r¢ ona- cted. It cost more to hoist and pump the mines than ordi- 4 ore was worth. A plan mus devised to drain the lode into the if it was to be a perma profit. He spent anx sleepless nights poring over em, and at last he solved it. great bonanzas in the COMMERCIAL WORLD By John Bonner. Gould & Curry, Savage, Ophir, Hale & Norcross and Chollar were being ex- ploited and the rage for deeper work- ings was maddening. The only manwho had a practical plan for deep mining was Sutro. He proposed to drive 2 tunnel from a point in the flank of }qum Davidson, 20,485 feet from the Savage shaft, so as to strike that shaft at a point 1645 feet below the surface of the earth. Such a tunnel would not i»!\})' drain the Savage workings, but bein thy g connected by lateral drifts with Wworks of the other mines would them all and would serve as a horizontal outlet for the ore, which would save the cost of perpendicular sting. The plan was loudly applaud- ed by Ralston, Sharon, Mills and the Bank of California. A tunnel company formed in 1864, an act of incor- ration obtained from the Legislature Nevada in 1865, and a t closed with the mining companie: the payment of a royalty to the tunnel company of $2 a ton on all the ore ex- tracted after the opening of the tunnel. Thus far all wa plain sailing and Sutro was the king of the hour. But in 18 nd 1867, when he went round, hat in hand, to men of money for funds tor the erprise a chill had atmosphere. L tracted critic thought of being own business by a cconist pooh-poohed the scher :al men coyote hole. spirit of K of Cali- e who had been S support of the en- pronounced it impracti- s in human nature tc de- i ments as frauds. s little stone at id he w mad iber of th nan's soul was that opposition and calumny only called the tunnel Sutr had com: It e new rybody nour MINES erved him to more energetic work. He ut all his own money and the money his personal friends in the tunnel He stumped the State on be- of his scheme, pouring out a del of oratory in his broken i spoken: with his Teutor theugh he could not gome or California T o working miners in N ia and they took $50,000 of his stoc it some more in the th E nel on_Octobe 1 his hand he cros and there he ind others subscriptions enough ré the completion of the bore, 10t on the scale he had origin- s st d over to sland secured from *he McCal- undertaking was tremen- difficult. He had 20,485 feet to and at first his drills could not 100 feet a month, and even t a day. Three after the work began the temper at the end of the workings was 72 de- grees Fahrenheit; next year it ros degrees; in 1876, to 90 degrees; in 187 109 degrees. Man cannot labor long in such heat. The miners fell fainting at the drills, and had to be carried out [: into the open air. The mules refused to approach the cars. All the while Sutro himself, shirtless and gasp- ing, begrimed with dirt and smoke, and SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. No grain markets. ires last week. ow the usual gain. to China. a advanced. « rather casfer. Onlons firm. gus in increasing receipt. demoralized. ¥ apply and nges and Lemons dull. e in better Apples firm. C Limes higher again. Dried Fruits and Raisins neglected. Bacon advanced. Hams and Lard firm. Hides strong. Wool and Hops unchanged Another advance in Hogs. as before. No change in Coal. Cordage advanced %c. Decreased exports of produce. BANK CLEARINGS. Local bank cl 746, against $11,358,000 for the same wWeek last year. ST ATRY EXPORTS OF BARLEY. from this port in January Barley fro Bxports of Bariey 10, agatnst 144,- 1897. 144,800 ctls, valued at $162, 30 ctls at $16,300 in January, EXPORTS OF LUMBER. in January Exports of lumber from this port Wer: 1,310,000 feet, valued at $22,162, against 000 feet at $107,649 in January, 1897. EXPORTS OF SALMON. Exports of Salmon from this port in January were 15,633 cases and 1749 packages, valued at 1,000, against 6 s and 1955 packages at $262,900 in January A PARTIAL HOLIDAY. The lack of grain and kindred quotations | from the larger Eastern points yesterday was @ue to the observance of the day as a holiday, it being Lincoln’s birthda: TREASURE SHIPMENT. The City of Rio de Janiero took out a treas- ure list of $200,013, consisting of $54,208 in Mexi- n dollars, $606 in gold coin, $2500, in Chilean Sesos, $140,000 in silver bullion and 33600 in Peruvian soles. EXPORTS OF PRODUCE. Exports of Produce from this port by sea in January were $3,256,400, against $,118300 in January, 1897, the principal shipments being 5,000 to Great Britain, $655.600 to Japan, 900 to China, § to the Hawalian 367,500 to South Africa, $U4,S00 to 900 to Mexico and $178,500 to Cen- & 3 tral America. 205 THE WEEK'S FAILURES. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency reports 30 tatlures in the Facific Ccast States and Terri- torles for the week ending yesterday, as com- pared with 20 for the previous week and 31 for | the corresponding week of 1897. The fallures for the past week are divided among the trades as follows: Grocers, 7; bakery, 1; painter, 1 pouitry and game, 1; clothing and men’s fur- nishing goods, 2; hardware, 1; dry goods, 1; boots and shoes, 2; tool company, 1; comfec- Beet and Mutton | jearings last week were $14,023,- | clgars, 1; bazaar, 1; tionery, 1; wire works, 1; liquors, butcher, 1; livery, 1; hotel, 1; wines, 1 SR THE CLEARING-HOUSE. MEETING AND REPORT OF OPERATIONS IN 1897. At the annual meeting of the San Francisco Clearing-house, February §, the following offi- cers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi- dent, Thomas Brown; vice-president, H.Wads- ; secretary, J cKee. Clearing-house committee—Thomas Brown, cashier Bank California; Ign. Steinhart, manager Anglo-Californian Bank (limited); S. sident Firs tional Bank of H. M. J. McMichael, I North America; W. H. Crock- Crocker-Woolworth National n Franelsco; H. M. J. McMichael, secretary Clearing-house committee. Charles Sleeper was reappointed manager and J. T. Burke assistant manager. From the report of Manager Sleeper the fol- lowing figures are taken: | The clearings for the year were . For 159 were . ANNUAL 97 653,229,569 26 $67,559,543 65 due to the A _gain of The ‘apparent gain is principally. increase in the values of wheat over that of the preceding year, combined with a compari- son against clearings, a portion of which were produced during a period of Dusiness depres- sion that prevailed after the announcement in July, 1885, that the National Democratic party had declared for the unlimited free coinage of silver In their platform for the Presidential campalgn. The clearings by quarter year for 1597, 1896 18%. | $106,409,959 10/815 166,388,357 44 168 Quar. | 1895. 1st Totals .[$750,789,143 91/$683,220,599 26/$692,079,240 23 The balances in 1897 were 12.8 per cent of the clearings and amounted to $96,115,599 66 and were paid in United States gold coin. The average daily balance for 1367 -$315,133 11 . 297,668 38 was . For 18% was An_increase of .... $17,463 73 The members of the San Francisco Clearing- house are as follows: he Bank of California. Bank of British Columbia. Bank of British North America. Donohoe-Kelly Banking Company. First National Bank of San Fran- London and San Francisco Bank ). The San Francisco National Bank. | 15—The Anglo-Californian Bank (limited). | 16—Wells, Fargo & Co. | | 16—The Nevada National Bank of San Fran- &isco. 17~The London, Paris and American’ Bank | Qimited). 20—The Tallant Banking company. 2i—The Crocker-Woolworth National Bank of San Francisco. 2i—American Bank and Trust Company. The amount of clearings reported at New York after April, 1692, were iessened vz the establishment of the Stock Exchange .earing | house, which reduced the volume of checks re- quired in payment of stock sales, It is observable that the cleatings fell off in the third quarter of 1583 after the panic in June of that year to two-thirds of _their former volume and that they did not regain | an_ equal magnitude till the tnird and fourth quarters of 187, since the great advance in the Yalue of wheat, which brought wealth to the farmers, enabline them to largely pay off their debts to others. Also 1t is observable that the clearings were 10 (limited). ny agent | and 1855 are shown in the foilowing statement: | s { WHEN HE JOINED THE SUTR " TUNNEL WITH THE COMSTOCK | s o blistered with the hot mud which drop- ped from the roof of the tunnel, w foremost among the driil crews, chi ing on his men, and keeping up their with brave wory moment that was when the courage dramatic e fer- What a miners in the Savage heard the thump, thump of the workers in sponse from On July 8, a jagged hole ir and through the as a d fre rolled speechles power drills, the tunnel caught the sledges in_the mine! the re- and the a well placed blast tore n the > D ym sheol 10 feet of the miner: 3 The problem was solved. The foul air in the tunnel once threate phyxiation which rd of th utre like e tunnel, ragged and black » himself and breathless at the had more than ned Sutro's men with as- ot upw a whirl- wind through the Savage shaft, and the Savage water poured out of the tunnel like a mountain cataract. The other mines hastened to connect, and in a short while the main bore and its side level wer and their outflo in the billions of gallons. e had nearly reached ¢ more Sutro His stock, which no been for the smallest of the enterpr! $5,000,000. . On man of the hour. prudent banker accept as colla e w of r had teral over six mi. 1 long, counted expense was the loan, was now everywhere admitted to be property was enterpris He had He was as shrewd as he ing. through the shadow of the valley passed of Adolph Sutro, ex-Mavor of San Francisco and builder of the famous Sutro tunnel, was adjudged mentally incompetent by Superior Judge Belcher last week. His daughter, Dr. Emma Sutro-Merritt, who has been in constant professional atlendance on her father for many months past, was appointed guardian of his person and estate, her bonds being $100,000. Her two broth- ers and her sister, who reside in this city, became sureties on the bond. Mr. Sutro is 81 years old. The loss of hismental fac- ulties is attributed fto the weight of years, combined with the ef- Jects of two sirokes of apoplexy suffered within the past few months. disappointment and despair. He did not propose to repeat the journey. When his name was in every man’s mouth and operators were figuring on the millions which would fall into the lap of the fortunate holders of Sutro stock, he quickly sold out his shares and placed the proceeds in banks of undeubted solidity. That was twenty years ago, and Mr. Sutro was in the full hood. He had a wife and six children. What was he to do with the millions which had been won after so desperate a struggle? Rest and pleasure, Soft Sicilian days, and gay Parisian joys would have commended themselves to many men. Repose was not in Sutro’s instincts. His mind could not be idle. vigor of man- SUTRO HEIGHTS AND CLIFF HOUSE He formed far-reachirig shape. the empty land lans W first vague and shadowy, were turned over and over, until they took tangible hich, at His foresight taught him that which divides San Francisco from the ocean must event- ually be covered with buildings, and possess a value to which its market price afforded no clew. gan to buy this land. The San actual He be- Miguel Rancho passed into his hands, and was speedily followed by the Byfield tract, the Richmond addition, and blocks upon blocks in the vicinity of tHe Park, and the ocean, until he owned 2200 of the 13,000 acres of taxable property in the city. Most of this he owns still. Then he disclosed the public which, in the maturity of his dominated the desire for gain. spirit, powers, He set apart a fine tract for the affiliated col- leges of the University of cCall they would have been in use ifornia; to-day but for the self-importance and shilly- shallying and stupidity of the Board of Regents. with its magnificent view He laid out Sutro Heights over the ocean, to be the great show place of California, and threw them open to the public. of which does not exist anyw] He built a bath house, the like here in the East, and fed it with a perennial flow of water from the Pacific. He constructed an aquarium which, when it is completed, will contain specimens of all the fish that swim in our and a visit to which will be an tion in zoology. waters, educa- He built a railroad from the heart of the city to the ocean beach. Adjoining the Sutro Baths, he began the collection of objects of art, pictures, sculptures, tapestries and curios for the equipment of a museum. But the object which was nearest his heart was the foundation of a library which, while it should be useful for citizens generally, should be especially attractive to scholars and should help develop the higher thought and work of the Pacific Coast. For the acquisi- tion of this library he visited BEurope and purchased as a nucleus the most valuable works in the Sunderland Li- brary, the library of the Duke of Ham- ilton, that of the monastery of Bux- heim, and that ,of the Duke of Dahl- berg, which were sold at auction at the time. From the Royal State Li- brary at Munich, which had absorbed the collections of the confiscated mon- asteries of Bavaria, he bought over 4000 incunabula, probably the best col- lection in existence. When he left Eu- rope he intrusted the completion of the work to learned bibliophiles, who were instructed to spare no expense to ac- quire rare and valuable works; they have fulfilled their task admirably. Of the collection as it stands, An- drew T. White, now Embassador to Berlin, has said: “With considerable acquaintance among the libraries of the United States, I should rank this one already among the first four in value...* * * Every branch of science, literature and art is well rep- resented. Many of the works are of the costliest. Among them are num- bers of rare illuminated maunscripts, a very large collection of early printed works, especially of the Reformation and early renaissance periods, with over 30,000 volumes dating from the Civil wars, and Cromwellian period in England. Especially curious from a historical point of view is a collection which Mr. Sutro has made in Mexico, which will prove a mine for the coming investigator of Spanish-American civ- ilization. There is also.a very large mass of Hebrew manuscripts which will evidently some day reward investi- gators in Semitic history and litera- ture.” Professor Burr of Cornell wrote: “The Sutro Library is, I think, beyond all comparison the best collection in Anmerica, both as to numbers and as to the quality of the books of the fifteenth century, and I gravely doubt if it has any rival this side of the Atlantic for its literature of the sixteenth century. In travels 6f every age, in church his- tory, canon law and theology. in the history of all the sciences, especially the natural sciences, in curios of many sorts, its shelves are a golconda of treasures. The number of books in the library, exclusive of manuseripts, is at present about 230,000. Among them are the Par- liamentary documents and proceedings which Macaulay used in writing his history; the laws of England as com- piled by Lord Cairns, and a vast as- semblage of medical, botanical, geologi- cal, astronomical, mathematical and other scientific collections; among the manuscripts are many on parchment in the Hebrew, Greek, Latin and Arabian tongues. From the libraries which had be- longed to the German monasteries, and which were sold when the properties of those institutions were dispersed, Mr. Sutro acquired editions of early works which are now so rare as to be almost priceless. Such are books printed by Fust of Mainz, by Aldus of Venice, by 31 .?re_dl Juaaes_ses in Lite. Pannartz of Rome, and the contem- poraries. Few book dealers would agree to duplicate these ancient tomes. Of the Bible, the library contains 400 editions, including the ‘“Vinegar” Bible and the “Breeches” Bible of Geneva, of which only a few copies are known to exist. Another exceedingly rare publi- cation ‘is. a complete set of the Paris Moniteur. When San Francisco be- comes a seat of letters ‘and original research, the existence of this library will draw scholars to the coast from all parts of the country. It was the joy and delight of Mr. Sutro’s old age. He was never tired of talking about it, and of longing for the time when he could throw it open to the public, and, with his kindly face and beaming eye, wel- come the scholar to its alcoves to pro- secute the studies that would enable the Pacific Coast to contribute its mite to the sum of human knowledge. The mistake of Mr. Sutro’s life was permitting himself to be elected Mayor of the city. He was not equipped with the peculiar gifts which fit a man for municipal administration, nor was his temper calm and serene enough to en- dure the wearing friction of office. For nearly twenty years he had been suc- cessful in everything he tried; he was intolerant of opposition and irascible when he was thwarted. The good- humored ridicule which he drew on himself by his assaults on the octopus diverted public attention from his no- ble qualities and blinded people to his lofty merits. It exposed him to being called a demagogue by politicians of smail caliber. It led people who were quite incapable of understanding him to sneer at his noble schemes of public benevolence. If it had been his good fortune to preserve his intellectual powers a few years longer San Fran- cisco would have owed to his liberality university buildings that would have been an honor to the State, the finest library on this side of the rivers, a mu- seum which in itself would have at- tracted visitors to California from all parts of the world, a pleasure resort which is without a rival NHEN HE WAS MAYOR IN THE QA0's. Other men besides he have expend= ed their millions in erecting monu- ments which will preserve their names from cblivion, and, though their aim was rather personal gain than public service, they are still fairly entitled to gratitude because in promoting their own ends they ministered to the pros- perity of the people at large. Sutro, from the time he became a millionaire and the increase of his wealth became a matter of secondary importance, subordinated the pursuit of gain to his set purpose to take a place among the benefactors of humanity. He was glad to see his lots appreciate in value; but, as he walked over Sutro Heights and cast a wistful glance over the vast spaces of the ocean that rolled at his feet, his mind turned gladly from thoughts of real estate to revel in the jey that when he was gone generations would thank him for what he had done for them and theirs. lighter than usual in the third quarter of 189, due to the restriction in pusiness during the Presidential for the The balance aged about mpaign in that of silves ew York 12 HOURS ear, “a contest City have aver- | O Clear B Partly Cloudy ® Cloudy ® Rain® Snow SHADED AREAS SHOW PRECIPITATION, DURING PAST EXPLANATION. The arrow flies with the wind. The top fig- ures at sta for the day amount of rainfall temperature. , of meited snow and hundredths during the past twelve hours. Isobars, or solid lines, connect points of equal air pressure; isotherms, or dotted lines, equal The word “high’’ means r cent of the clearings in the ca on indicate maxlmum temiperature ; those underneath it, if any, the in inches: high barometric pressure and is usually accompanied by fair weather; o refers to low pres- sure and is usually preceded and accompanied “‘Lows” usually by cloudy weather first appear on the Washington coast. the pressure 1s high in the Interfor and and rains. When low along the coast, and the isobars extend north and south along the coast, rain is probable; * is inclosed with isobars of marked curvature, rain south of Oregon s im- but when the robable. daho, and the pressure falling to the “low" With a “high” in the vicinity of Cali- fornia coast, warmer weather may be expected in summer and colder weather in winter. The reverse of these conditions will produce an opposite result. . WEATHER REPORT. (120th Meridlan—Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, § p. m, The following are the seasonal rainfalls to date, as compared With those of the same date last season and rainfall during the past twenty-four hours: Stations— Eureka reka . Red Bluft Sacramento . San Francisco Past . 016 . 0.00 This 1. 24 hours. Season. Season. 21 32, 6.54 5.3 Last 16.75 San Luis Obispo . 15.25 Los Angeles . 11.42 San Diego . 0.00 3 7.95 Yuma . . 000 1.26 451 San Francisco temperature: Maximum, 64; minimum, #§; mean, 5 WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORECAST. The pressure still continues highest in South- ern Idaho and Northern A second area of high pressure appea )¢ approaci- ing the Northern California which will cause the weather to continue fair in Califor- nia during Sunday. Decidedly is_reported in Northern Forecasts made at San for thirty hours, ending midnight, February 13, 1898: Northern California—Fair Sunday, execept partly cloudy in north portion; light northerly Wwinds Southern California—Fair Sunday; ligh northerly to westerly wi Nevada—Partly cloudy Sunday. Utah—Partly cloudy Sunday; warmer. Ari ~Fair Sunday. n Francisco and vicinity—Fair Sunday; fresh north to west winds. Spectal report from Mt. Tamalpals, taken at 5 p. m.—Clear; wind north, 12 miies per hour; temperature, ; maximum, 62, W. H. HAMMON, Forecast Official. U EASTERN MARKETS. EASTERN LIVESTOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—CATTLE—Trading in cattie was of the usual Saturday character. The few offerings that came on the market were soon disposed of and trade was over at an early hour. Yesterday’'s prices ruled. Cholce and heavy enough cattle to meet the require- ments of exporters are now selling largely 10 15c higher than a week ago, and a few extra fancy beeves, such as were offered for the Christmas holiday trade, considerably above $5 50. HOGS—The market for hogs was strong, the supply belng quickly taken at an average ad- vanee of Gc on vesterday’s, figures. Sales were at an extreme range of $5 8034 073, chiefly at $3 95@4 02%, and the bulk of pigs sold at $3 65 @3 85. SHEEP—Most of the receipts of sheep and lambs to-day were consigned to local slaught- erers, and prices were largely nominal. Sheep £0ld ‘at 53 %@4 75 for the poorest lots to the best, chiefly at $4@4 50, rams bringing $3 25@ 360, yearlings, $4 50@5 20, lambs, $4 50G5 60. Receipts—Cattle, 500; Hogs, 14,000; Sheep, 15,000. DENVER. DENVER, Feb. 12.—-CATTLE-Receipts, 310. would probably sell Market steady. Beef steers, $3 {0@4 20; cows, §3773 65; stockers, $3 S0@4 405 fecders, = $3 T5@ 4 30; bulls, stags, etc., 3. HOGS—Receipts, 200. Market firm and be a!s el LLE ke $3 75@3 %0; mixed, $3 65 5 VY, 70. SHEEP—Recelpts, 400. Demand good; market firm. Muttons, $3 70@4 35. LONDON STOCKS. NEW YORK, Feb. 12—The Evening Post's London financial cablegram says: The stock markets here were featureless to-day, except for further rise in prices. Americans were well above the parity, professional support being strong. Gold was easier at 778 10%d. There was a further sharp rise in Uruguay securi- tles. Money was easier. LONDON WOOL MARKET. LONDON, Feb. 12.—There was a good in- quiry for wool during the week and the home trade and Continent secured parcels at un- changed rates. The arrivals of wool to, date for the next series of auctions number 140,- FOREIGN MARKETS. LONDON, Feb. 12.—Silver, 26d. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 12.—Wheat, strong; cargoes 1 Standard California, 37s 6d; No. off coast, more inquiry; cargoes on passage, sell- ers at an advance of 3d; Liverpool Wheat, No. 1 California, $s 3d; Wheat in Paris, steady, Flour in Parls, steady. CLOSE. WHEAT—Spot, strong; No. 1 red Northern spring, 88 2d. CORN—Spot, firm; American mixed new, 3s 4%d; do ol4 35 %d: futures steady; February, 3s 4d; March, 3s 2%d. FLOUR—St. Louis fancy winter, firm, 9s 8d, HOPS—At London, Pacific Coast, 153@£5 10s. PORTLAND'S BUSINESS. firm, £4 PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 12.—Exchanges, $180,- 114; balances, $46.14 NORTHERN WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND, Or., local market after several activity is again drifting, ume of busin everything mo\'l;\gm nary years woul time of year. Exporters have thelr full in hand and are now of business as it comes months although at a gait which Feb. 12—WHEAT—The of great the vol- ess s still large enough to keep in ordi- considered rapid for this business content to take care along without the frouble or risk attendant on reaching o far out_into the future, a fleet several weeks or months ah and instead of chartering and then scrambling for cargo with which to fill it, they buy what is cargo is got together secure offering and as fast as a a ship to carry it away. are quoting up to T4%o for Walla w’fififi‘.’":‘{?n Tills paying a cent better, Blue Stem and Valley, TTte. Cleared—Dan Ship ?upuer, Queenstown, 94,- hels wheat. mo WASHINGTON. TACOMA, Wash., Feb. but strong; TT%e. LOCAL MARKETS. 12.—WHEAT—Qulet No. 1 Club, 74%c; No. 1 Blue Stem, NOTE.—The Produce Exchange was not in sassion yesterday, hence quotations for Grain, Milistuffs, Feedstuffs, etc. are omitted. EXCHANGE AND BULLION. Sterling Exchange, sight Sterling gxg;mns! 60 Sterling Cables New York Exch: sight........ New York Exchange, telegraphic.. Fine Silver, per ounce. Mexican Dollars .. POTATOES, DN!SNE. VEGETABLES. Potatoes are rather easfer, but unchanged. The Onions from Australia were in poor con- ditton, but there are some good ones among them. Recelpts of Asparagus are steadily increas- ing. Rhubarb is com{nlnlan. b;‘lsyn‘ !:?e p:eéb. OTATOES—Early Rose. Gi@isc: River Reds, Bflgflflc; River Burbanks, 75GSic per sack; Ore- gon Burbanks, $1@1 10; Salinas Burbanks, $5c@ §1 121%; Petaluma Burbanks, 70@90c; Sweet Pota- toes, Merced; new Volunteer Potatoes, — ONIONS—$§2 50@2 5 2 90; cut onions, $2@2 VEGETABLES—Mushrooms, Marrowfat Squash, juash, $20; Dried P Okra, 15¢; Cabbage, 80c per ctl for Rivers and 75c@$1 for per 1b. gr ctl; Oregons, $2 75@ per- sacl per ctl; Carrots, 25 @c per sack: Garlic, 3@ile per 1b° Aspara- gus, 20@vc per Ib. Tos Angeles Green Peas, 10c; String Beans, —; Tomatoes, 50c@$1 Green Peppers, 25 17 bales, including 45,000 forwarded direct. The | per 1b; Summer ash, Sc; Egg Plant, imports _during ‘the week were: 25¢ per Ib; Hothouse Cucumbers, 50c@$l 25 per New South Wales, 10,074 Melbourns, 4374; | dogen, ERPTL, + gueen-lma:‘lmrflouth Australia, 400; New | EVAPORATED VEGETABLES— ealand, 6000; Cape of Good Hope 'and Natal, | Potatoes, sliced raw, 12c 1b In lots of 25 3400; elsewhere, 3123 bales. . Ibs; sliced desiccated, c; granulated raw, 13c; Onions, 60c; Carrots, old. 18c; mew, 1Sc; Cabbage, 30c; Sweet Potatoes, 30c; turnips, 2c; String Beans, 30c; Tomatoes, 50c. POULTRY AND GAME, The usual quantity of Eastern Poultry is announced for this week. Game was in better receipt and weaker consequence. Geese, however, did better. POULTRY—Live Turkeys, 10@lle for Gob- lers and 11@12c for Hens; dressed Turkeys, 13@Mc per 1b; Geese, per pair, $1 26@1 50; Gos- lings, $2@3; Ducks, i$4 50 for old and $4 50@6 for_young; . $3@4 0; Roosters, young, $4 50@s 50; Roosters, old, $3 23@3 50; Fryers, $5@5 30; Broilers, $5@5 50 for large and 33 50@4 50 for 'small; Pigeons, $1 T5@2 25 per dozen for young and $1 for old. GAME—"uall, n-- dozen, $1@12; Mallard, $3G3 50: Canvasback, $3@450; Sprig, $1 7@2; Teal, $150@2; Widgeon, $1@150; Small Ducks, T5c@31; Gray Geese, 3250; White, 75c@$l 25; Brant, $1 26@1 50; Honkers, $4; English Snipe, §2; Jack Snipe, $1; Hare, T5c@$1; Rabblits, $1@ 125 for Cottontalls and §1 for small. in Butter continues weak, and dealers are look- ing for a decline any day now. Eggs are much lower and demoralized, with still lower prices expected. BUTTER— Creamery—Fancy creameries, i - onds, 23@24c Fdinc . c. Dairy—Choice to Fancy, 21@38c; lower grades, 20% per 1b. o 2 7 astern Butter—Creamery, 21G22%c; ladle- packed, 15@17%c per Ib. Lo CHEBSE—Choice mild new, 10@1lc; common to good, $@%%c; Cream Cheddar, 10@lic; Young America, 11@1%; Western, 11@12c; furin % @12c; Eastern, EGGS_Ranch Eggs, 15@17c per dozen; store Eggs, 13@14c. DECIDUOUS AND CITRUS FRUITS. Fine Apples are firm at the mproved prices. Oranges and Lemons are dull. Limes are higher again, being very scarce. DECIDUOUS FRUITS— Cranberries, $7@8 per bbl, Apples, 40Gi50c per box for common, for. to _choice and §1 25@1 50 for fa RS RIS e Navel | Opaomeaney: 2%5; Seedlings, 300aSl; Mandarin for large and 65@75¢ for small boxes: Grape Frutt 2505 per box; Lemons, o for common and $1@1 75 for good to choice; Mexi- can Limes, $6@7: California Limes fn small boxes, 75c@$1; Bananas, $1 25@2 25 per bunch; Pinecapples, $8@4 per doz. DRIED FRUITS, NUTS, RAISINS, ETC. Dealers report a stagnant market at un- changed prices. DRIED FRUITS—Prunes, carload lots, 4% @inc for 40-50°s. IN@i%c for §0-i's, IK@INc for 60-10's, 24@3%c for 10-80's, 24 @%e Tor 8O- 90's, 1%@2%c for Y0-100's: Peaches. 3@ikc; tan- o, 8gocr pecled, 10misite; Apricots, Sg6e for Royals and 7@8c for xood to fancy Moorparks: evaporated Apples, 6%X@7%c; sun-drled, 4@sc; black’ Figs, in sacks, 2G2ie¢; Plums, 4%q4%c for pited and 1@1%c for unpitted; bleached Plums, §@s%c; Nectarines, for prime to fancy; Pears, 2%@4%c for quarters and S@s%o for halves, according to color, ete. RAISINS—26 for two-crown, 3@3ic for three- crown, 3%@ic for four-crown, bc for Seedless Sultanas, 34c for Seedless Muscatels and $1@ 110 for London layers; drled Grapes. 2%c. NUTS—Chestnuts are quotable at per 1b; Walnuts, 5@6c for hardshell and 6@7c for softshell; Almends, 21:@3ic for hardshell, & Tor softshell and 7@Sc for paper-shell; Peancr: 4@%c for Eastern and 4%c for California: Pecans, 6%@sc; Filberts, 84@10c; Brazil Nuts, c per 1b; Cocoanuts, $4 per 100. ONEY—New Comb, $@10c for bright and 5@ 7c for lower grades; new water white extract- ed, )cb%osc; ight amber extracted, 3%@4%c per 1b. t BEESWAX—23@2ic per Ib. PROVISIONS: The expected advance in Bacon has occur red. Bams are stiff, but no higher. Lard is firm. Dealers report business three times as heavy as last year at this time. CURED MEATS—Bacon, S per 1b for heavy, 9%c for light medium, 10ic for light, 1l for extra light and 12lc for sugar-cured; East- ern sugar-cured Hams, 10%@I1c; California Hams, 10c; Mess Beef, $9 per bbl; extra mess do. $10;, family do, $11@12; salt Pork, $9: extra prime Pork, $10; °extra clear, mess, $16; Smoked Beef, 11@12 per 1b. LARD—Eastern tlerces quoted at 5%c per 1b for compound and 6%c for pure: California_tierces, 5ic per 1b for compound ali-barrels, 6lc; 10-ib c. s, 6%@0%c: packages, less than 300-Ibs—1-1b pails, 60 In a case, §%e: 3-1b palls, 20 in a case, 8%c; 5-1b pails, 12 In a case, Sl alls, 6 in'a case, $ic; 50-1b tins,’ one or two in a case, 75%c; wooden ' buck- ets, 20 Ibs net, 7%c: fancy tubs, 80 Ibs net, T%c; half-bbls, about 110 Ibs, Tl%c per Ib. HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL AND HOPS. There is n3 -1 Hides are firm at the advance. change in Wool and Hops. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands sell lc under sound stock. Heavy salted steers. 10%@11c; medium, 9%c; light, 9@9%c; Cowhides Sasic; 'stags, 6gic; malted Kip, ‘10c; C Uo; dey Eitien, NQIBLesioulla and brands: 1515 @lic; dry Kip and Veal, 4@l6c; dry Calf, 13 20c: ' culls, 16@17c: Klids, 5@10c; Deerskins, good ‘summer, %@3$00 per Ib: medium, 20c; winter, 10c; Sheepskins, shearlings, 20@3c each; short Wwool, 40@70¢ each; medium, 70@%c; long wools, %0c@$1 30 each. TALLOW—No. 1 rendered, 3@3%c per 1b; No. 2, 2%5-:; refined, 5c; Grease, 2@2%c. L—Fall ciip—Middle countles—tree. 100 13c; do defective, 10@1lc; San Joaquin, defec- tive, ;. Southern Mountain, 9@llc; _free Northern, 12@1%c: do defective. 9@lic: Hum- boldt and Mendocino, 13@isc; Eastern 9@13¢: Valley Oregon, 16@1Sc. HOPS—O1d ;l.h‘ and 8 crop, 2@éc for poor to @10c for good; new crop, 11@15c per Ib. BAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET. Seven cars of Hoge sold at 4%c per Ib, which shows “a still higher ‘market. THere are no other changes to report. ‘Wholesale rates for dressed beef stock from slaughterers are as follows. BEEF—First _quality, 6lc; second do, %@ 60; third dos 4@c per ib. VEAL-] , 6@6%c; small, 7@Ti%e per Ib. HY‘;I‘TON—Wetherl. T@T4c; ewes, 6%@Tc per Ib. LAMB—Spring, I5c per Ib. FORR_Tove Hogs. "Pathine for tarze, 4@ 3%c for small and 2%@4c for medium: soft , 3@3%e; dressed do, 5%@5isc per Ib. GENERAL MERCHANDISE. BAGS—Calentta Grain Bags, 5%@5%c; Wool Bags, 27@30c; 1593 deltvery, San Quentin, % 30. COAL—Wellington is quotable at §10; New Wellington, §i0; Seattie, 50 Bryant, $6 50; Coos Bay, ;_ Cumberiand, 310 1 50 in sacks; Pennsylvania Anthacite Egg. ; Cannel, $10 per_ton; Rock Springs, Castle ate and Pleasant Valley, $7 60; Coke, §12 per ton in bulk and $14 in eacks. PETROLEUM, GASOLINE AND NAPH- THA—Coal Oil and Naphtha are 3c higher. Gasoline is 2c lower. The revised quotations are as foilows: Water White Coal Ofl, in bulk, 10%c per gal.; Pearl Oil, in cases, ‘16¢c; Astral do, 16c; Star do, 16c; Extra Star do, 20c; Elaine do, 2lc; Eocene do, 15c; Deodorlzed Stove Gasoline, in bulk, 11%c; do in cases, 17c; 63 dagree Naphthe. in bulk, 1lc: do in cases, 16c; 88 degree Gasoline, in bulk, 1Sc; do_in cases, 25c. 1) CORDACE—Prices have again been ad- vanced and are now 7ic per 1b for Manila and © for Sisal. "EUGAR—The Western Sugar Refinery Com. pany_quotes terms net Cube, Bnd Fine Crushed, 6%c; Powdered, 6%c; Granulated, s%c; Confectloners’ A 5%c: Mag- Candy Granulated, 5%c: California A, Szc per half barrel re barrels, and Tbs is %c more than boxes Jgc more. Goatskins, '20@37%c each; -