The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1898, Page 31

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1898 COMMERCIAL WORLD. SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. ‘ Silver lower. Clearings gain 50 per cent. | t Futures easier. Barley Futures frmer. | Corn and F dull. Bran lower and Middlings easy. No change in Hay. Beans firm and in demand. Potatoes weak and dull. Onions steady. Butter lower. Cheese and Eggs uqchanged. Gamo season closes to-mOTTOW. Oranges and Lemons firmer. Dried Fruits the same. Provisions still strong and active, No further advance in Hogs. Grain Bags nominal. BANK CLEARINGS. Local bank clearings last week were $12,714,- | ,193 for the same week last | 263, against year. O Clear ® Partly Cloudy ® Cloudy ® Fain® Snow| SHADED AREAS SHOW PRECIPITATION| JURING PAST/ i2 HOURS EXPLANATION. The arrow flies with the wind. The top fig- ures at n indi maximum temperature for the days: those und: erneath it, if any, the n of rainfall, of melted snow in inches nd hundredths during the past twelve hours. Isobars, or s connect points of equal air pressure or dotted lines, equal temperaty “high”’ means high barometri aecompanied rs to low pres- ceded and accompanied ars cHtend north rain is probable; n. with isobars of south of Oregon is im- in the vicinity of falling to the Cali- ther may be expected n' su The revers: oduce an opposite res Maximum temperature, AND GENERAL in has fallen to California favor: Gener fair Sunda Y} ernment is withdrawing its deposits‘and re- | Do 1st nret Do _pref | Do 24 pret 4IChi G W. | St Paul .. 12 {Haw Com Co Do pret ? CLOSING . BONDS, U S new 4s reg.. 14% |N Y Central Ists. 116% Do coup 124%| N JC Bs.. L% | 11133 | N_ Carolina 6s... 12 1 Do 4s. .. 103 2| Ng Pac Tst: 12| "Do 38 s coup ... 112 | Do 4s District 3.65s 18 INYC&S Ala class A, 8% | Nor & W 6s...... Do B 167" | Northwstrn con.. 12% Do C . 95 “Do deb 5s . Do Currency .. % |O Nav lsts . chison 4s O Nav 4s . well as in London at the low prices reached. As for the sharp falling of the bonds, a rise in the money rate is naturally coinci- dent with a fall in governments. .For another thing, the banks which. became ~depositories | for the Union Pacific payment to the Govern- | ment had to give the Government bonds-as | secprity, and the demand thus_created made reccrd prices for the bonds. Now the Go issuing the bonds to the banks, thus making them' available in the market. | Total sales of stock to-day. ‘aimounted | to_ 178,400 shares, including: Burlington, 13,705; ‘Louisville and Nashvilfe, 35%; Man- | hattan, 7975; Metropolitan Street Railway, 3%0; Reading preferred, 33%:; New York Central, 4045; Northern Pacific preferred, 7080; Rock | Island, 5500; St. Paul, 13,320; Tnion Pacific, $40; | | People’s Gas, 6695; American Sugar, 27,32 Leather preferred, 3832; Western Union, 5082 | CLOSING STOCKS. | Atchison . St & Om . b Do pref . * Do pret ... 15014 | Baltimore & Ohio 16 (SCP M & M 132 | Canada Pacific ... § |So Pacific .. 19 Canada Southern. 473 |So:Railway 8% Cent Pac . 12" | Do pref 288 | Ches & Ohio ... 20%|Texas & Pacific.. 10% | Chi & Alton. | Union Pac :...... 30% | Chi B & Q. UPD&G §% Chi & E Il 5413 | Wabash 6lg CCC&st 2%, Do pref 18 Do _pret .. 7 |Wheel & L'E.... 2% Del & Hudson....109 | Do pref Loy | Del L & W 10 | Expréss Companies— | Den & R G. 12 |Adams Ex L2 Do plef . 47% | American Ex . Erie (new) 1434 | United State: Do lst pref 39% | Wells Fargo ..... Ft Wayne 168 | Miscellaneous— | Gt Nor pre 154 A" Cot Oil | Hocking Val 6% Do pref | Tllinofs Cent . Lake Erie & W 100% | Amn Spirits 15% |- Do_pref 70" |Am Tobacco 191 Do pref 541 | People’'s G 1013 | Cons Gas 1823 4 Met St Ry. 1373 | Comn_Cable Mich Cent 106 |Col F- & Irol Minn & St L.. 26% | Do pref Do_lst oref 8¢ (Gen Electrs | Mo Pacific . 26% | Tllinois Steet | Mobile & Ohfo... 27is|Laclede Gas | MoK & T 1, |Lead .. | Do pret 36| Do pret | chi ma & L 7i% | Nat Lin Ol Do pref 273 [Or.Imp Co.. N J Central N Y Central N Y Chi & 8t L %" |Pacific Mail . 112% | Pullman Pal 12% | Silver Cert . Do 1st pref Stand R & T.. Do 24 pref Sugar Nor. West Do pref Amer Co T'C & Iron. | ; | | No Pacific .. U_S Leather . Do pref Do pref. . Ontario & W U'S Rubber . Or R & Nav | Do pret | Or Short Line 1% |W Union | Pittsburg . IC & N W | Reading Do pret : | " Do 1st pref StL &S W. Rock Island ... Do _nref . | | St Louis & S'F RG W.. o adj 4s 1 So 2ds . 5|0 S Line 6s tr. O S Line 5s°tr. “hicago Term 4s. 8% (O Imp 1Ists tr..., 109 C & Ohio Bs.. Do 5s {r . CH & D 4%s Pacific 6s.of D & R G 1sts... 105 |Reading 4s D&RGi4s...... 9 |RG W. lsts Tenn 1sts.. ¥6%|S L-& L. M:C 5 4s.. L& 5 | P C StPC &P Do 8. .-is Stand R & Tenn -new_ set |T &P LG : Do Rg. 2ds: 106 |Union Pac 1st B1%|UPD&G “|Wab 1st 5s : Do.2ds . | W Rhore s . { va Centuries . Do deferred:- . G “STOCKS. 30| Ontario. . 1¢| Ophir. F G e La-new cons 4s +L & N Uni 48 100 80 Deadw Gould Hale & Norers., Ho 2 Iron Stlver- . Mexican . Feb. 26,—Atchis C. B, and Q., 9% Oregon Short. Line, LONDON MARKET. 10! quiry swing DON, Feb. 2.—There was a’ &trong: In- during the week in the wool * trdde, ort. supplies Merins in the zlish manufacturers. A falr quan- was sold above the last rates. A disin: | clination among holders to sell prevents large | busine There was 4 stiong demand for | sheepskins and a quantity was sold. The ar- 370 |33 70@3 50;.bulk of sales, §3 55. Corn was well held, despite the weakness of wheat. May closed e lower. Oats were steady. May closed e lower. A large trade was done in provisions. Sell- ing was mostly by commission houses. At the close May pork was lic lower; May lard 2c Jower, and May ribs Sc_lower. The leading futures ranged as follows: Articles— Open. High. Low. Close: Wheat, No. 2— May 103 103% 101% 102% July si 89%F 88 8% Corn, No; 2— May 2% 2% 293 29% Ju 3% 81 305 0% September- . 32 2% 8% 38 2 264 5% - 24% 24% e Mess -Pork, per bbl— May 10 42 1055 1030 July 1050 10.52% 1035 TLard, per 100°1bs May 20 5% . 51T% July LY 532 525 Short Ribs, per 100 Ibs— May 507% July 515 Cash quotations wer Flour, -dull; Winter Patents, $4 8 Straits, 34 30@4 60; Spring Specials, $ 40@5 507 Spring _Patents, $4 70@5 10; Straits, $4 40@4 60: Bakers', $3 0@ 390; No. 2 Spring Wheat, 90@0tc; No. § Spring Wheat, '92%e; .No. 2 red, $101@1 02i4; No. Corn, 28%c; No, 2 Oats,' 25%c; No. 3 white, 7%@2M%e; No. 2 Rye, 48%c: No. 2 Barley, £ 0. 1) 324 @40c; No. 1 Flax Seed, §122; Prime I $2 90; Mess Pork, per bbl, ed, $10 30@10 35; Lard, e 100 1bs.,"-$5 17%; Short @5 25; Dry Salted Shoul- Short ‘Clear Sides (boxed), distillers’_finished good: Sugars, Cut, Loaf, $6 0 Ribs sides '(logse), ders (boxed), 43%@5 $5 25@5 40; Whisky, per gallon, $1 18}y Granulated, Flour, barrels . . 17,000 15,000 Wheat, bushels Corn, bushels Oats, bushels . Rye.’ bushels Barley, bushel " On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter market was firm: Creameries, 13@14%c; Dairle 11@17c;. Cheese, ‘qulet, .S@Sic; Eggs, weak; tresh, 12%@3c, 2 WHEAT MOVEMENTS. Recelpts. Shipmts. Citles— Bushels. Bushel Minneapolis ~114,840 Duluth . 22,931 Milwiukee . Chicago Toledo St. Louis . Detroft . Kansas City Totals Tidewater— Boston New York Philadelphia’ Baltimore .. New Orleans - Totals . = PARIS FUTURES. Wheat— Feb. Opening 0 Closing Flour— Opening . Closing LIVERPOOL WHEA' July 71% Sept. Opening . 6 6% Closing P EASTERN LIVESTOCK. CHICAGO, Feb. 26.—CATTLE—There was the usual Saturday small supply of cattle. Sales in all classes were at yesterday's range of prices. The market at present is in rather poor condi- tion and largé recelpts are not looked for next week. . HOGS—Receipts were light, but there was no improvement {n prices. Hogs sold at an ex- treme range of $3 S0@4 073, chiefly at 8 %@ 405; S £518 9% 3 50 for the poorest up to $4-50@4 60 for- choice flocks, not many going under $4, and yearling sheep brought $4 60@4 7o; lambs, $4 505 6. % Receipts—Cattle; 300; hogs, - 15,000; sheep, KANSAS CITY. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 2.—CATTLE—Receipts, 300. Market unchanged from yesterday. Only Tetail ‘trade. HOGS—Receipts, §000. Market steady - to strong. Bulk of $3 T6@3 95; heavies, 3 70@4;- packers, §3 mixed, '$3 65@3 95 @5 75; pigs, B@ SHEEP—Receipts, 10,000. Market firm; lambs, $3@5 40; muttons, $275@4 2. lights, $3 50G3.75; yorkers, 33 1350, TOMAHA. OMAHA, Feb. 26.—CATTLE—Receipts, T700. Market active ;- native beef ste o - $3 50@4 40; Texas_steers, $3@3s 70 and heifers, $3G | 3 §5; -canners, $2@2 80; stockers and feeders, | 53 50@+ 75; calves, $4@6; bulls and stags, 32 30@ 3500, Market 23%@5c higher: mixed, 38 80§3 §; light, $3 80 @3 85, - SHEEP—Receipts Market” lambs steady; fair to choice. natives, $3 0@ £70; fair to choice Westerns, $3 50@4 50; com- mon and stock sheep, $@+; lambs, $4G5 40. D VER. DENVER, Féb. 26.—CATTLE—Receipts, 100. Market. quiet but steady; beef steers, $3 25@ $2 75@3 70; Stockers and .feeders, 50, frelght paid to river; bulls, $2 %@ HOGS—Receipt v, $3 76@8 85, hea; Btrong; " HOGS—Receipts, 300. packers, $8 80@3 Market steady; light mixed, 33 75@3 80; heavy, SHEEP—No recelpts. FINANCIAL REVIEW. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—The Evening Post's . with occasional raln | rjvals to date. for the next serles aggregate 229,238 bales, of which 26,90 were forwarded | el dtrect. The .quantity forwarded direct shows | “Océasional rain | @ marked decrease and the amount avallable | win for séries wili probably not exceed 220,000 | , taken at | thirty-six sale of wool from the steamer Cro. | maximum, W. H. HAMMON, = Forecast Offictal. EASTERN MARKETS. NEW K MONEY MARKET. FORK MO! V. YORK, Feb. B 1 —Ciose—Money on call last lcan 2; prime mercan- 4 per cent; tual business in bankers’ bills +54% for demand posted rates, $4 S3@4 83ig commercial bills, 34 51%; 53%@56%c; bar silver, and e 4 . .registered and- coupon, 112; Pa- 108%. STOCK MARKET. Feb. 25.—The stock market was 1. without ‘decfdéd tone to-d The trivial in most cases and the up.and down within a narrow range.. London. buying gave a slight upward >tug at thé opening and then profit taking by yesterday's busers drove prices below last night's level. The close was above the lowest, by of prices was unsettied and conflicting in the final dealings, some stacks moving upward and others- downward . simultatigously - and appag- ently. without mapipulation. The whole of the trading ,was by -small room traders and large operators ‘weré apparently content.to stand by for the present and watch the course of things. Canadign Paeific ruled higher. Northern Pa- cific preferred was notably firm all da; The. bank stdtement was without particular t, as-the conditions disciosed had made mselves felt during the week. The heavy decrease in-loans indicates liquidation on the Stock Exchange; but probably does not fully measure it, as the loans which have been called have bees In part replaced-in time loans and commercial paper. chdnges w net . ‘market: mpv Prices of standard stocks are 1@6 points lower than a week ago. Declines in the specu- lative bond Issues a @3 per cent, Govern- ment bonds are 2 per cent lower, call money rates have riscn fgom 11,G3 per cent | and exc] nge has fallen to the gald import oint, n with §2,200.000 engdged for shipment or assage. This, ifi brief, in the financial situat fon from last Prices of stocks are considerably above the iow point of Thureday morning, when the downward- plunge took on panic conditions for-a time. The week’s drastic lquidation in the stock market’ was foreed by the marking D of call loans. because of the- threatening outlook \e Cuban question and with many ordars sell out. long stocks, these offerings pre- ated a decline thaf wiped out all’ mar- s and brought a torrent of stock.on an dy wedk market. From a technical stand- int - the -stiffening of money rates precipi- tatéd the- decline. The ‘higher money rates cre in turn due to withdrawals of currency from New- York banks for shipment to the Interfor. Competent expert muthorities differ s fo. whether this movement of money to the interior is to be attributed to the prepara- tlon” for the regular spring settiement, and is thus {0 mwot rezular business demands, or wh her It°is a cautious safeguarding by in- terfor ‘barks. against @ possible need growing out of political complicationis over. Cuba. As against the latter view it Is to be considered that interior banks are’ permitfed by law to tount as in thetr legal reserves a cerfain’ pro- portion money which is“on deposit in New York b s . designated’ as deposiiories, the ame as thowgh it were .in. their own vaults. Tt -is ‘also: true that there is an increasing amount . of ‘commericial paper-offering at in- tertor “financial centers. The London wmar- ket. his. persisted in buying American securi- ties . in the face of the violent decline in prices.. * Even” the. gold mevement to. New York, estimated all the way from $40,000,000 _tG-$50,000,000, has Dot put a stop to London buying of American securities, a result which - usually. follows. almost immediately. Large capitalists and corporate interests on the look- out: for-hargains-are credited with having ab- sorbed large ‘lings of stock in New York as sterilng exchange | and $4 81% for | stiver | Mexi- | net changes. were much mixed. The course | represents the | Coming on a market .poorly | marty be held at the Wool Exchange March 1. The sheepskin sales will be held March 8. CLOSING | which was wrecked at St. Michael, will Canadfan Pacific, $4's; Grand Trunk, T%. | Bar silver, quiet, 2 per ounce; Money, 2% | @2 per cent. it | NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE. | NEW YORK, Feb. 2 7er‘R—r<ec»|ms_4 | 3,432; exports, 22,634 barrels. Quiet and lower Minnesota . paten 25 30@6 55; do | $4 404 60; winter straits, $ 60@4 75; | do extras, $3 9G4 10; do low grades, $2 90@3. ‘WHEAT—Receipts, §9,700; exports, 1222. Spot easy; No. 2 red, $105%, f. o. b., afloat. Op- tions opened weak at %c decline and sold off State bonds, @ Tailroad | further under local liquidation, bearish home | ernment bonds, irregular; | and Indian crop news and absence of clique or | 124%; coupon, 120%; 4's, | other support, closing %@lc net lower. No. 2| coupon, 112; seconds, regis- | ;o pebruary closed at $1 04%; May, 95%@95%c, closed $8%c. | HOPS—Steady. . State common to choic | crop, 4@se; 189 crop, T@Yc; 1897 crop, 9 Pacific Coast. 18% crop, 4@fic; 15% crop, 8@l0c; 1897 erop, 17@1%c. WOOL-—Quiet. Fieece, 17%@2c; Texas, 18%@ | STROLEUM—Firm. | COPPER—Strong. Brokers', §i1 %. PIGIRON — Steady. - .Southern, §8 T5@11 25; northern, $10 50@12. | LEAD--Dull. Brokers’, $3 60. TIN—Plates steady. COFFEE—Options closed steady to § points net advance. Sales, 14,250 bags, in- | cluding March, $5 46@5 50; January, $. Spot | | Coffee—Ria, @ull; ‘No. 7-invoice, 6ic; No. 7 | Jobbing, 6%c; mild, steady; Cordova, T5@l5%c. | “SUGAR—Raw, steady; Talr refining, 3 11-l6c: | centrifugel, 96 tést, 4 3-i6c; réfinéd, quiet; mold | A, Si4c: standard A, 5Wc; confectloners’ A, bic; | cut loaf, 6%c; crushed, §%c; powdered, 5 7-I6c; | grenulgted, 6%c; cubes, 5 7-16c. BUTTER—Receipts, 3423 packages. Western creantery, 1414@20%c; Elgins, factory, 11Glic. | "EGGS'— Receipts, 5100 packages. _Steady; | | State and Pennsylvania, 15%@15%c; Western, | 16%c; Southern, M@l4ize. | DRIED FRUITS. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—California Dried | Frults steady: &specially firm in- evaporated apples. VAPORATED APPLES—Common, 5@7%c; | prime wire tray, Sisc; wood-dried,. prime, Sigc: | choice, $%@dc: fancy, $%@loc. | * PRUNES—3@8c. APRICOTS—Royal, 5@T34c: Moorpark, @i, | PEACHES—Unpeeled, 5@5¢; peeled, 13@2ic. { g CHICAGO MARKETS. 1 CHICAGO, Feb. 2%.—For a few moments | atter the start wheat compared with the weak- | ness 1t developed later, was fairly steady. | July started %c Jdower to %c higher at from s9i4c to 89%c, and May- e lower at $103. | Leiter's ‘brokers appeared to haver some sup- | porting orders in July ‘at the start, and for | this reasori that month showed steadiness when | May weakened badly. Trading in May was | very slight. There were a géod many more gelling orders than the limited demand could take care of, the result being a decline to $101%. The continued increasing production of contract wheat by the mixers apparently affected May. Liverpool was from %d to %d lower, and crop reports from California and India, especially from the latter country, ‘were very favorable. The weakness which developed in May soon was reflected in July. There was a good deal of selling out by people who have |'been ‘“‘talling” on the Leiter campaign, and | who had_ become discouraged by the recent | downward turn to the market and prices, -in | spite of the Leiter support, declined stepdily. At around 88%c for July the market hesitated for a time. A period of dullness and .narrow | fluctuations set in, but about bhalf an hour | Trom the close déveloped fresh tweakness. | Under renewed selling of longs, July getting | down to 8¥4e, and May, which had rallied to- $1 02, declining to $i01%. Shortly before the close Leiter's brokers again gave the mar- ket some support, this time in May, the buy- | ing_of a line of about 100,000 bushels being susficlent to cause a rally In that option to 51025, which was the closing price. This | rally “alse influenced July to a-limited extent, stopping the selling pressure, and starting a little covering, under which the price got back to 85%@38%e, where. it closed. unchanged Firm 20%4c London financial cablegram says: The stock merkets here were again better to-day, but still unsettled. Americans were bought less confidently to-day. Money rates have hardened on the further fall in New York exchange and the continued demand for | gold, ‘which raised the price of bars to Tis_$%d. | "Two 'Stock Exchange fallures were an- nced to-day, - owing to operations in and Trunks and Western Australian mines. It is rumored that the Chinese loan will be brought out here by England. This is {m- portant, if true, because it means a lock-up of money earlier than if-an outside bank did it. I also hear a report that the Greek .loan guaranteed by the powers may be a 21 per cent loan and issued at about 98, but I cannot confirm this. FOREIGN MARKETS, LONDON, Feb. 2.—Consols, 112 13-16; Sflver, 255 %d; French rentes, 103f Toc. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 26.—Wheat, dull; No. 1 Standard California wheat, 38s 34; cargoes oft coast, nothing doing; cargoes on passage, quieter; wheat in Parls, quiet;flour in Paris, u COTTON—Uplands, 3 15-32d. CLOSE. 5 WHEAT—No. 1 red northern spring, dull CORN—Spot American mixed, new, quiet, 3s 64d. Futures—March quiet, 3s 4%d. FLOUR—St. Louis fancy winter, steady, 10s, $OES Kt et iExcifaCotat et 4 (i 55. NORTHERN WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND, Feb. 26.—Wheat dull, quota- tions nominal; Walla Walla, 56@57c; valley and bluestem, 75@79¢ per bushel’ TACOMA, Feb. 2.—Wheat—No. 1 bluestem, 76@77c; No. 1 club, 3@ PORTLAND'S BUSINESS. PORTLAND, Feb. 26.—Exchanges, balances, $44,007. NEW YORK'S BUSINESS. $178,321; NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—The imports at the port of New York were: Gold, $135,262; silver, $52,91; dry goods and general merchandise, $9,938,124. The exports of epecle were: Gold, $57,210; silver, -§800,547. EXCHANGE AND BULLION. Sterling Exchange, sight.. #4844 Sterling Exchange, §0 day: 4 56 Sterling Cables . 158 New York Exchange, s 2 New York Exchange, telegraphic. 2214 Fine Silver, per ounce. L= i Mexican Dollars . % 46 WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS. WHEAT—Futures were weak, at a slight falling off. There was no material chahge in the spot market, but it was dull and weak. jdewater quotations are as follows: $1 4114 for Mot 417l for cholcs and £ 4@ 1'4734 per ctl for extra choice for milling. _ CALL BOARD SALES. formal Session—9:15 o'clock—May, 6000 ctls, 5 December—, 31 28%: 1660, 31 2934 ding_was light. however. Tireed, 81 0241 06 for dark to good and $1 07 for cholce; Brewing, $1 15G1 173% for No. 1 an $1 10@1 12% per ctl for dark Coast. CALL BOARD SALES. -nformal Session—9:15 o’clock—No_sales. nd Session—May—2000 ctls, 97%c; 16,000, 9Tc; 4000, 97%c; 2000, $7%c; 2000, 95c. | Regular Morning = Session — December—200 ctls, $tc. May—2000, 98c; 2000, 98%c; 2000, 95%c; 12,000, 98%c. “OATS—The market rules dull at unchanged rices. PFancy feed, $122%@1 % per ofl; to jui N ' g gl ‘g‘ milling, $1 20@1 25; black, ‘;O.I! 3 50. Clipped Oats sell at $1@2 per ton over the raw produet. CORN—The demand Is insignificant.and quo- tations are without variation. Receipts. Shipments. | Small round yellow, $110@1 T ctl; 1 yellow, 81 65@1 07%: W!‘llten.ofll‘)‘zsfllpew%~ Ay RYE—$1 0561 07% per cti. BUCKWHEAT—Nominal; none here. FLOUR AND MILLSTUFFS. FLOUR-Net cash prices are: Family extras, $4 655G+ 65; Bakers' extras, $4 30@4 40 per bbl. MILLSTUFFS—Prices in sacks are as fol- lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham Flour. 82 per 100 1bs: Rye Flour. $2 50 per 1005 Rice Flour, & 75; Cornmeal, §2 25: extra cream do, §3; Oatmeal, $5 §0; Oat Groats, $4: Hom- iny, $3 10@3 30; Buckwheat Fiour, $4; Cracked | Wheat, §3 50; Farina, $4 50: \/hole Wheat | Flour, $3 %: Rolled Dats (bbls), $5 25@5 6: In sacks, $5 05a5 45: Pear! Barley, §4; Split Peas, Ibs. $2 75; Green Peas, $4 25 per 1 HAY AND FEEDSTUFFS. The feeling in Hay 15 Soft. on aceount of the rain, but there is no decline. Bran is lower and Middlings are easy. BRAN-$17@18 per ton. MIDDLIN GS—S$1SG24 per ton. FEEDSTUFFS—Rolled Bariey, $24G25 per ton; Ofleake Meal at the mill, $25 5U@29 30; Jobbing, $30; Cocoanut Cake, §21 50@22 50; Cot- {onsced’ Meal, $28430 per ton; Corn Meal, $23 6 @24 50; Cracked Corn, §24g%; Chopped’ Feed, O (Ex-car in round lots)—Wheat, $17@19 per ton; Wheat and Oat, $16@1S; Oat, $1 50@ 16 50; Barley, $14@18; compressed, $16 50@18 50; Alfaifs, —§10° 5001 stock, $11@12; Clover, $11.50@13: Nevada Timothy, '$13 50@14 per ton. STRAW—35@4sc per bale. BEANS AND SEEDS. While there s no further change in Beans they are very firm, and are being bought up | in large quantitles by speculators. $2 90G3 05: Small | BEANS-—Bayos, Whites, | $155@1 65; Large Whites, $1 55@1 65; Pinks, | §2 60@2 75: Reds, $2@2 2; Blackeye, 32 40@2 507 | Butters, $1 40 @ 1 50; Limas, $: 15@2 25; Pea, $150601 55: Red Kidnays, $2 23@2 50 per ctl, | DS--Brown Mvstard, $2 75 @3 per ctl;Yel- low Mustard, §2@2 50; Flax, $2 35; Canary Seed, | 214@2%c per 1b; Alfalfa, 3@6e; Rape, 2@2%c: Hemp, 8c; Timothy, 5ic. DRIED PEAS—Niles, $1 40@1 €5; Green, $2@ 2705 per ctl: POTATOES, ONIONS, VEGETABLES. The Potato market 18 weak and dull at the | decline under heavy stocks. Onions and Vege- | tables are about the same, POTATOES—Early Rose, 85@Tic; River Reds, 45@aste; River Burbanks, S0l per sack: Ore” | | gon Burbanks, 55c@$i; Salinas Burbanks, | je@$1 10; Petaluma Burbanks, 50@6oc; Sweet | | Potatoes “oc per ctl for Rivers and 6sc@$l | for Merced, new Volunteer Potatoes — per Ib. ONIONS--§2 50@2 680 per ctl; Oregons, $2 65@ | 2 85; cut onions, $2@32 25 per sack. VEGETABLES—Asparagus, 10@%c per_ 1b; Rhubarb, 6@sc per. Mushrooms, 5@20c; Marrowfat Squash, $25@30 per ton; Dried Peppers, 6@1c | per Ib; Dried Okra, 15c; Cabbage, 60@75c per otl; Carrots, 25@50c per sack; Garlic, 3@i%c r 1b. P o Angeles Green Peas, 5@6c: String Beans, 10c; Tomatoes, $17125; Green Peppers, 20@2c | per 1b; Summer Squash, —; Egg Plant, 20c. | per 1b- Hothouse Cucumbers, 50c@Si per dozen. EVAPORATED VEGETABLES— Potatoes, sliced raw, 12c per 1b in lots of 25 Tbs; sliced desiccated, 16@1Sc; granulated raw, 13c: Onions, 60c; Carrots, ol 13c; new, 1Sc; Cabbage, 30c; Sweet -Potatoes, 30c; turnips, Zic; String Beans, 30c; Tomatoes, 50c. POULTRY AND GAME. 10c per 1b; Alameda Green Peas, 1b Pigeons are doing better. The usual amount of Eastern poultry 1s expected this week. To-morrow will be the last day of Quail and | Ducks in the Game market. POULTRY—Live Turkeys, $@l0c_for Gob- blers and S@idc for Hens; dressed Turkeys | T1@14c per 1b; Geese per palr, $12@1 50; Gos- | | links, $2 50@3; Ducks, $G5 for old and $ 0@ | 750 for young: Hens, $3 5004 Roosters, | young, $5 50@6 50; Roosters, old, $3 50@4; Fryers, 35.50G6; Broilers, $@5 50 for large and $3 500 150 for small; Pigeons, $2@2 2% per dozen for young and $12 for old. GAME-—Quail, per dozen. $1@12: Mallard. | §2 20@s: Canvasback, $2 50@3 5 rig, $125@ | $1 50; Teal, 31 25@1 50; Widgeon, Toc@$i: Small | Ducks, s0¢; Gray Geese, $130: White, 50c; | | Brant, 1; Honkers, $3; English Snipe, $2. Jack Snipe, §1; Hare, Toc@$l: Rabbits, $1@ 25 for Cottontails and $1 for small. BUTTER, CHEESE AND FGGS. The stores are steadily loading up with ac- | cumulating Butter and prices are lower, with | & further decline looked for during the- com- | ing week | There is mo further change in Cheese or | Eggs. BUTTE | Creamery—Fancy creameries, 22@23c; seconds, | e | | — Choice to fancy, 19@20c; second | grades, 1i@isc per b Eastern Butter — Creamery, 18@20c; ladle- packed, 15@17%sc per Ib CH: oice mild new, 10¢; common to | good, 8@9isc; Cream Cheddar, 10@llc; Young West: America, 10@11c; n, 11@i2c; Eastern, 12t @13t%c per 1b. EGGS—Ranch Eggs, 11%@13c per dozen; store Bggs, 11G11%e. DECIDUOUS AND CITRUS FRUITS. The Orange market continues to fmprove un- der lessening stocks and Lemons are also steadler. There is no change in Limes and Apples. DECIDUOUS FRUITS— | Apples, 40@i0c per box for common, 65@$t | for good'to choice and $1 2 for fancy. | CRANBERRIES—$7GS per bbl. | CITRUS FRUITS — Navel Oranges, $1 50@ 2 75; Seedlings, T5c@$1 80: Mandarins, $1@1 50 for large and 50@75c for small boxes; Grape Frult, 50c@$2 50 per box; Lemons, 7he@$l for com- mon and $1 26@2 for good to choice; Mexican Limes, $6; California Limes, in_small boxes, 60@toc; Bananas, $1 2542 25 per bunch; Pine- apples, $3@4 per dozen. DRIED FRUITS, NUTS, RAISINS, ETC. There was no further change yesterday. Trade was dull, as usual on Saturday. DRIED FRUITS—Prunes, carload lots, 44@ 4%c for 40-50's, 3@4%c for 50-60's, 3K@3Nc for s, 23 @3%c for T0-50's, 21,@2%e for 80- 90°s, 1%@2%c for %0-100's; Peaches, 24@ic; fancy, 41s@sc; peeled, 10@12%c: Apricots, 5@6c for Royals and 7@7%c for good to .ancy Moor- | | parks; Evaporated Apples, s%@7ic: sun- }ws«; Dlacit Figs, In sacks. C 2sise paried | 414@i%c_for pitted and 1@l%c for unpitted: | bleached Plume, 5@3kc: Nectarines. 4@e for prime _to fancy: Pears, 21 and 3Make for halves, acce s ding to color, ete. RAISINS—1%4@2% for two-crown, 3o for three: crown, 8%c for four-crown, 41’ for Seedless for quarters Sultazias, D% for, Seedles 110 for London layers; dried gray NUTS—Chestnuts are quotable gy 22 ; Walnuts, 5@c for hardshell and 6 softshell; Almonds, 25@3ite for hardshel] for sottshell and 7@sc for paper-ghel 2 4@stc for Eastern and 4ic Pecans, 6%@sc; Filberts, §i1 $Goc per 1b; Cocoanuts, $1 30 HONEY—New Comb, § 7o for lower grades; ne Muscatels and $1@ per s Peanuts, for Californla; 0c; Brazil Nuts, @10c for ‘bright” or bright and 5 w water white esieace ed, 4%@b5c; light amber extract . Y e 4 cted, 3% @4kc BEESWAX—23@2%c per . PROVISIONS. Lard 1s firm at the advance. The expe rise in Bacon and Hams still hangs fire, tnonen dealers say that this market s under. the parity of the Eastern markets, CURED MEATS—Bacon. S¢ per 1 for heavy, 9o for UEht medium, 10the. for lghe 1lc for extra MEht and 12ic for sugar-cubin: € 104@1lo; Califor- Eastern susianrc-w;;'l S0 nia Hams, 10c: Mess Beef, $9 per bbl; mess, do, $10; family do, $11@12; gful( Pote: 39; extra prime Pork, $I0; ' extra nlear, §18; mess, $16: Smoked Beef. 11@12¢ per the " ¢ LARD—Eastern tlerces quoted at bige per Ib for compound and Tc for pure; pafls, Txe; California tierces, 5%c per 1h for compound and Gic for_pure; half-barrels, 6%o; — 10-1b tins, 7i’c; do 5-Ib, fc COTTOLENE—Tierces. 6%@6%e; packages, case, §%e! less lhhn ;;3 rr-r‘—lc»:l:ev;&n. 60 in a 3-m palls, 20 In . $%c; 5-1b 3 case, $%c: 10-Ib pails, 6 in a f?u‘:;‘";%cl? é{')‘-lb tins, one or two in a case, Thc: whoden bucke. ets. 20 Tbs ner, Tic: fancy fubs, $0 The net, 150 halt-bbls, about 110 Ibs, Tic per . A HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL AND HOPS. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands sell 1¢ under souri stock. Heavy eal stocrs, 10%@11c; medium, 9isc; light, 9@95c; Cowh'des, 9@Y%c; stags, 6@6%c; salted Kip, 10c; wuslf, 1lc; dry Hides, 17@17%c; culls and bran Y giw dry Kip and Veal, 4@lsc; dry C‘}(, }54 ; culls, 16@17c; Goatskins, 20@37%e each; Kids, 5@l0c; Deerskins, good summer, 25@30c per Ib; medium, 20c; winter, 10c; Sheepskins, shearlings, 20G30c each; short ‘wool, 40 u'c::; medium, 70@%c; long wools, 90c! 30 cach. = TALLOW-—No. 1 rendered, 3@31, . 'all clip—] le_counti 3 130; do defective, W0@11c; San Tonqain: defoo ive, ; __Southern Mountain, 9@lic; free do defective, 9@11¢ Hum- Northern, 12@13c; Eastern Oregon, boldat.and Mendocino, 13@16c; $@13c; Valley Oregone 16@1sc. HOPS—01d crop, 2@6c for poor to fair and S@ 10 for good; mew crop, 11@14lsc per M. GENERAL MBRCHANDISE: Prices for Wool and Calcutta Bags are nomi- nal, as there I8 nothing doing. BAGS—Calcutta Grain Bags, nominal; Wool Bags, nominal; San Quentin, $5 30, : COAL—Wellington, $10 per ton; New Wel- lington, $10; Seattle, $8 50; Bryant, $6 50: C Bay, $ 75; Wallsend, $0: Scotch, $1 Cumber- land, $10 in bulk and 31150 in sacks; Pennsyl- vania Anthracite Egg, $15; Cannel, $i0 per ton; | ook, Springs. Castle Gate and Pleasant Val- $760; Coke, $12 per ton in bulk and. $id in’ sacks. - RICE—Chinese mixed, $4 No. 1 34 80; extra No. 50: Ha- :uuln $ 75; Japan, ¥ 90@5, n, $4@ 5. ] P Austes tormme et CAhy, Cube Sresnga quotes : e Crushea ind’ Fine Crushed. §ho; Powdered. 6%c; Dry, : Confectioners’ A, 5%c; Mag. 20G4 95 per ctl; 1, $5@5 i Rangoot Granulated, BK!‘E = lHa A, 5%c: Extra C, Flyc; Golden C, 5%c: Gandy Asromainted. S if, Per a A, § 1b; half barrels %c more than bltfll:fa boxes ic more. : * There was no further advance in Porknl-l and terday, and in fact the packers are beginning to rebel against the ruling prices, saying that they compel them to ask prices for . Pork that consumers will not pay. The other descriptions are unchanged. Wholesale rates for dressed stock from slaughterers are as follows: BEEF—First quality, 6%@ic; second do, §%@ 6c; third do, 4@Sc per Ib. _ . VEAL—Large, 6@6%c; small, 7@7%c per . MUTTON—Wethers, 'Ti@sie; Ewes, 1@7%c per . £ . LAMB—Spring, 12%c per Ib. PORK—Live Hogs, 4isc for large, 414@i%c for small and 4%c for medium; stock Hogs, 3@3%c; dressed Hogs, 6@7c per Ib. RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE. For Saturday, February 26. Flour, gr sks ... 22,385| Raisins bxs Wheat, ctls. . '243| Wine, gals Barley, ctls 1,815 | Brandy, gals Oats, ctls ........ 380|Leather, rolls fid Cheese, ctls 53| Quicksilver, fis 93 Butter, ctls 533| Hay, tons 441 Beans,' sks . 53| Straw, tons 13 Potatoes, sks 2,900 | Wool, " bales 16 Onions, . sks 45| Lime, bbls . 81 Bran, sks . 832|Eggs, doz 17,670 Middlings, sks .. 455 Pelts, bdls 90 Shorts, sks ...... 100/ Hides, no 437 OREGON. Oats, ctls . .3%0| Potatoes, sks 457 : EASTERN. Corn, " ctls i 2,000]. —_——————— THE STOCK MARKET. | The close of, the week found mining stocks lower than at the opening and dull. Local securities were active for Saturday and Hawafian Commercial sald briskly at $30 @30 50 and Oceanic Steamship sold up t6 § Thé Savage delinquent sale takes place: to- morrow. An officlal telegram from the Consolidated California and Virginia yesterday stated that the output of the mine last week amounted to 24 tons of ore, of the average assay value of $32 §7 per ton. The annual meeting of the Standard Con- solidated Mining Company will be held ‘on Monday. The Fox directors of the Hale & Norcross Mining Company have called an annual meet- ing of the stockholders for March 9. The Geary Street, Park and Ocein Rallroad Company will pay a monthly dividend of 50 cents to-morrow. The Marguerite Gold. Mining and Milling Company of Placer County has levied an as- sessment of 10 cents per share, delinquent | April 6. he Big Seven Mining Company of Montana has declared a dividend amounting to 33000, payable March 1. .The following Colorado mining companies will pay dividends March 1: Lillle Gold, Ic, or $3000; Victor, 23c, or $50,000; Raven, lc, or $15,- 000; Moon-Anchor, 2lsc, or §15,000, March 2. The Gold Coin Mining Company of Colorado paid a dividend of 1 cent per share, amount- | ing to $10,000, on the 25th. The directors of the Pacific Bank have de- clared a divideng of § per cent, payable on Monday, February 28. This bank went into liquidation in June, 1583, and this is the sev- enth dividend declared in the liquidation of its obligations to.deposito: STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE. SATURDAY, Feb. 26.—10:30 a. m. Bid. Ask. U S Bonds— 4s quar coup. Oakland Gas Pac Gas Imp 4s quar reg. Pac L Co 4s_quar new. SFG&E Miscellaneous— San Fran . Cal-st Cab 5s.115% — |Stockton Gas Cal El 6: 263 — Insurance— € C Wat 5s..101%103 Firem's Fnd. Dup-st ex e.. — s} | Bank Stocks— EL & P 6s..128 — |Anglo-Cal oo ¥ & Ch Ry 6s.119 — [Bank of Cal...26 — Geary-st R 5s. — 102 [Cal S D & T.. — 99 H C& 8 5%..105 — |First Nat - LALCo6s.— 100 (Lon P & A...132% —" Do gntd 6s..100 — |Mer Exchnge.. — 15 Market-st _6s..1204125% |Nev Nat B...152% — Do Ist M 5s.115%116% | Savings Banks— Nat Vin 6s 1st — 100 | Ger S & L..1625 1665 N C NgRy 7s.101%103% | Hum S & L.1050 1180 | N Ry Cal 6s..111% — |Mutual Sav. 35 40 N Ry Cal 65.102 — |S F Sav U.. 410 — NPCRR65.104% — |8&LSo.... — 100 N P C Ry 5s.100%f — |Security § B 250 — N Cal R & — |Unlon T Co 525 1050 Oak Gas &s. Street Railroad— Do 2 is California ....107% — Om Ry 6s. Geary = P & O 6s Market-st 4 P & Ch R Powell-st 6s. Oak S L & Presidio Reno WL&L Powder- | Sac ElecRy Califorpia |SF&NP 8 P of Ar 6s. S P Cai 6s SPC 1s cg & S P Br 6s. |8 v Wat 6 Ger Ld Wks S V Wat 4 Haw P1_Co. Stock Gas 6s.. H C & S Co. Water Hutch S P Co| Contra Costa.. 57 64 |Mer Ex Assn Marin Co 5 — [Nat Vin Co... Spring Val ..101%101% | Oceanic S C: Gas & Electric— Pac A F L Cent Gaslight. 9% — |Pac Bor Co MEL Co...... 4 14%|Par Paint Co. 7 — MORNING SESSION 65 Alaska_Packers’ Association.. 20 Giant Powder Con. 9 do do 50 do do .. 200 Hawalian Commercial & Sugar. 30 00 340 do do 100 do . do 150 do do 100 Hutchin 200 Market-s 0 Oceanic do 50 do 30 Pacific Gas Imp. 130 Spring Valley Water. $1000 S P of A Bonds $1000 S F & N P Ry Bonds. Street— 25 Oceanic Steamship Co, do do INVESTM b 10 10 Spring Valley Wates 30 do do 10 Market-street 200 Vigorit Powder, s 60. Street— 20 Glant Powder . 50 Hawailan C & S Co. Highest prices of stocks during the week. Name of Stock. T.|W.|T. | F.|S. Alpha . Alta . Andes .1 Belcher . Best & Beicher. Bullion Caledonia . Challenge Chollar . Con, Cal. & Va. Confidence . Crown Point . Gould & Curry Hale & Norcross Mexican Ophir ... Overman . Ocidental Potosi . Savage Seg. Belcher . Standard . Sierra Nevada . Union . Utah Yellow Jacket . MINING Following were the sales in the San Fran- cisco Stock Board yesterday:: Morning Session—9:30. des . 12| 50 Mexican 150 &on Cai ‘.. §7)200 Ophir T - *1 861900 Overma 100 Gould & Curry.. 191400 Potosi 200 Justice ... 411200000 4 43 100 Sierra. Following were the sales in the Pacific Stock Board yesterday: Morning Session—10:30. 18| 300 Ophir 251500 Overman 900 Union Con 0100 Utah SHgE 500 Yellow Jacket.. 26 CLOSING OUOTATIONS. SATURDAY, Feb. 2612 m. 03 04{Julia .. 02 08 18 1| Justice .. i 10 12| Kentuck 02 0 Bober 1. 2 26|Ledy Wash .o — .68 Best & Belchr. 38 39| Mexican 33 34 Benton .... . — 1§)0Occidental 188 — Builion o7 0s|Ophir . o n Caledonia . 33 10 Chollar . 37 20 Con. Cal & Va. 8 5 ChaMenge -..... 30 04 Con lflmDEl’lll . E i 8%‘-".“";5:@ M Bisiver wil C 3 . yndicate . Con New Yorl s fi lS‘!l.ndléd Exchequ ’nion Con’ Gflxsld‘k Curry. 19 21|Utah . Sole & Norers.1 30 15 Yellow Jacket. 25 26 ——————— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. Jacob Levi Sr. to Timothy L. Barker, lot on 5'line Fourteenth street, 100- W. of ‘Washing- W 50 by S 100, block 189, Oakland; $10. Timothy L. and Mary S. 'Barker to E. G. same, Oakland; $10. Vipsert. ‘Theodore Gler, same, Oak- ) E. G. DVInunt to O othy L. and Mary 5. Barker to Jacod Levi Sr., lot on SW corner Broadway and Ninth stheet, (8 10 by W. 180 bleck 8% Ouk- land; $1%na Sophie M. Snyder to Lottie E. Bewen, lot on § line Jones street, 380 W of Telegraph avenue, W 30 by S 100, being portion Corrected Map Jones Tract, Onkland: $10. - S. R. and Helen an Wyck to Clara Har- ris, ‘lot 3, block Boulevard Helghis, being a resubdivision of plats 4, 5, 7 to 13, of 33 acre tract, and plats 14, 15 and § of Watson Tract, East Oakland: $1660, ‘R. L. Potter'to Frank Van Wyck, same, quit- claim, deed, Bast Oakland: $5. q{'are Hamis to same, same, Fast Oakland: James W. Rowland. to Georglana de Rohan, lots 3 to 13, 22, 24, % and 25, block 65, lots 3, 4 and 5, block 86, lats 11 to 16, block S0, lot 3,5 to8, blogk 84 lots 3, 4, 11 pndz20, 77, Tract' B, Berkeley L. and'T. I. Association, Berkeley; also lots 15, 16 17, 21 and -22, block 33,” same; gift. RO LS e o Nellie ‘'Kershaw to William H. Roussel, lot on N lie of San Jose avenue, 100 E of Walnu: street, B 50 by N 130, Alaméda; $10. —_———— THE PENSION FRAUDS. The question of pension frapds con- tinues to attract the attention of the press, but there is not much evidence that Congressmen are greatly disturbed over the matter. That certain appli- cants for pensions are worried, how- ever, was shown last week by the com- | munication which the Weekly publish- ed: from' a: “bravel defender of the na- tion,”, whose sixty days’'-exertions as a guard at a rallroad junction in Mary- land made him deaf. The other day the World gave a list of cases in which disbarment and other penalties had been inflicted on pension-attorneys. They show how these pension sharks work. Some of them.rob the pensioner of most of his penslon,. relying some- times for the silence of: the latter on the frauds of which they have been joint- ly guilty. Others have forged signa- tures to applications and the names. of officials; manufactured false afiidavits; blackmailed dishanest, pensioners; . ob- tained pensions for unmarried women on the allegation that they were sol- diers’ widows; collected money on vouchers for soldiers who- were dead; and connived with examiners at false ratings. These are characteristic crimes of some of the men who have done most to make it necessary to ap- propriate this year $140,000,000 ¥or pen- sions. The New York Sun began print- ing the list of pensioners a few days ago. Within ‘a day it was discovered, by neighbors of an old soldier who was dead, his wife being also dead, that some one was still collecting his pen- sion. Could there be better evidence of the advantage of publishing these lists? —Harper’'s Weekly. —_—————— Rejane having captivated Berlin with ‘Madame Sans-Gene,” the Germans have discovered that Marshal Lefebre's wife was a German, daughter of the Wurtemberg Sergeant Danzel, and born at Hohenasperg. Lefebre married her when he was a mercenary at Stutt- gart. THE CALL C..LENDAR. February, 1898. 3 Fr.|s& Moon's Phases. 5 | Full Moon, —|——|— || Feb . S| Y[ 8| o)WY Tas Quarter| 1 Feb. 14. Few Moon, =@ NOTICE TO MARINERS. A branch of the United States Hydrographic Office, located in the Merchants’ Exchange, is maintained in San Francisco for the benefit of mariners without regard to nationality and free of expense. avigators are cordially invited to visit the office, where complete sets of charts and sail- ing .directions of the world are kept on hand for comparison and reference, and the latest information can always be obtained regarding lights, dangers to navigation and all matters of interest to ruan commerce. The time ball on top of the building on Tele- graph Hill is hoisted about ten minutes before noon and is dropped at noon, 120th meridian, by telegraphic signal received each day from the United States Naval Observatory at Mare Island, Cal. A notice stating whether the time ball was dropped on time or giving the error, if any, is published the same day by the afternoon papers, and by the morning papers the follow- ing day. W. S. HUGHES, Lieutenant, U. S. N. in charge. SUN, MOON AND TIDE. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Times and Heights of High and Low Waters at Fort Point. Entrance to San Francisco Bay. Published by Official Authority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point; the height of tide is the same at both places. FEBRUARY—1848. Sunday. February 2. Sun rises Sun sets. Moon sets. .. H § [ Ttme| oy Time ,em"l‘lme BlEw L w H W i S AR e T 2 5 461 12:05) 1 _5: 4.5] 1:08 L B w 2| 0: 36| 6:18 3 1 35| T:21 4f 2:2| 32| 8:17 6| 3:09] 3.1 9:08] NOTE.—In the above.exposition of the tides the early morning tides are given in the left hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as to time. The second time column gives the second tide of the day, the third time column the third tide, and the last or right hand column gl the last tide of the day, except when there are but three tides, a3 sometimes occurs. The heights iven are ‘additions to the soundings on the United States Coast Survey charts, except ‘when a minus sign (—) precedes the height and then the number glven is subtractive from the depth given by the charts. STEAMERS TO ARRIVE. STEAMER. | Willamette. President. . Empire. . Coos Bay . FROM Seattle. ... | Dur Feb 27 Feb 27 Feb 28 State of Cai.. Portiand.., San Diego. P € 0000 e STEAMERS TO SAIL. STEAMER. | DESTINATION| SAILS. | Prer. Samoa......| Humboldt..... [ Feb 2. 0 A%|Pler 8 Arcata. Coos Bay..... |Feb 27,10 Ay|Pier 18 North Fork| Humboldt....Feb 22, 9 a|Pler 2 Santa Rosa |San Diego....|Feb 28/11 3| Pler 11 Newport. .| Panama Feb 23,12 m|PM SS President. .| Yaquina-Bay.|Feb 28. 1 pw|Pler 3 Tillamook. | Alaska. <|Mar ns e L YValencia...| Alaska. Mar 1, 2 py|Pler § Coos Bav..|Newport. Mar 20 4 AM|Pler 11 State of Cai | Portiand. Mar 2,10 A |Pler 24 Walls Wila| Vic & P Sound [Mar 2. 10 AX |Pler 9 Weeott...... | Humbldt Bag. [Mar 2,9 Au|Pler 13 CityPeking| China&Japan'Mar 3, 1 px|PM SS Homer ... |Humboldt.... Mar 310 Av|Pier u San Diego.... |Mar 4.11 Ax|Pler 11 Mar 5, : Mar 6,10 AM| Pier 3 Mar 7. 4 PM. X THE TIME BALL. Branch Hydrographic Office, U. S. N., Mer- ;\:-nu' Exchange, San Francisco, February 6, 1598. The time ball on Telegraph Hill was dropped exactly at noon to-day—i. e., at noon of the 120th meridian, or at exactly 8 p. m.. Green- wich time. W. 8. HUGHES, Lieutenant, U. S. N.. in_cnarge. SHIPPING lN’l’EL‘LIGEN CE. ARRIVED. Saturday, February 2. Stmr Cleone, Walvig, 2¢ hours from Albion. CoBr stmr Wellington, Salmond, 4% days from mox. Stmr Santa Rosa, Alexander, 60% hours fm San Diego and way ports Bark Alden Besse, Potter, 21 days frm Hono- Tulu. “Schr Mermaid, Anderson, from sealing cruise. CLEARED. . Saturday, February %, Stmr North Fork, Bash, Bureka: Chas Nel- son. Stmr Santa Alexander, San Diego and way ports; Goodall, Perkins & Co._ SAILED. S Saturday, February 26. Stmr Bonita, Nicolson, San ’Pedro.. Stmr Columbla, Goodall, Astoria. . Stmr Crescent '\.tv,. Stockfleth, Hogquiam. | Stmr Point Arena, ‘Hansen, M ino. Bark inole, Taylor, Seattle, . Br bark Cloch, Mountt, Cape Town. Bktn Gardiner City, Masters, Grays Harbor. Schr Enterprise Engwersen. Schr Barbara T Jonsen, Fort Brags. Schr § Danlelson, Nelson, Schr Ploneer, lsen, Grays Harbor. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS—Feb 26, 10 p. m.— cloudy; wind, SE; velocity, 16 miles. CHARTERS. The R P Rithet and S C Allen load mdse for Honolulu. SPOKEN. Dec 14— — S 120 W, Br ship Sierra Estrells, from San Diego for Queenstown. Ne date—od 19 § 57 19 W, Br ship Verbena, from Portland for Queenstown. Deg 16—7 S 120 W, Br bark Inveresk, Oct 51 for Queenstown. MISCELLANEOUS. i LONDON, Feb 2—Br ship Cromdale, Hence Oct 2, grounded when entering port, but has since ‘got off and arrtved at Limerick; makes no water; must go into drydock. DOMESTIC PORTS. ASTORIA—Safled Feb 26—Stmr State of Call- fornia, for San Francisco. Feb 26—Schr Marie B Smith, for San Pedro. FI%UI EKA—Arrived, Feb 2—Stmr Homer, hne eb 25. SAN PEDRO—Sailed Feb 2—Bktn Willle R Hume, for San Francisco; schr Louife, for TUmpqua. SEATTLE—Artived “Feb' 25—Stmr_Cleveland, trom Dyea; stmr Excelsior, hence Feb 22; stmr Humboidt, 'hence Feb 22. FORT BRAGG—Sailed Feb 26—Stmr Coquille River, for San Francisco. TILLAMOOK—Sailed Feb 23—Schr Bella, for San Francisco. SAN. PEDRO—Snfled - Feb 26—Schr - Mabel hence. Fureka: [schr Jessie Minor, for Eu- T Lena Sv.asey, for Seattle. ASTORIA—sailed Feb '2—Br ship Indian Empire, for Queenstown; Br ship Roby, for Queenstown. Arrived Feb % —Br ship Orontes, from Sydney. ASTORTA—Saliled Feb 2%—Stmr Protection, for Seattle. . TATOOSH—Passed Feb 26—Ship Bohemta,fm Departure Bay for San Francisco. 3 CLALLAM BAY—€ailed Feb 2—Ship St Nicholas, from Departure Bay for San Fran- cisco, TATOOSH-Passed Feb 2_Bark B P Cheney, from Tacoma for San Francisco; Chil ba] tona, from Port Blakeley for Guayaquil. FR[';}EKA—Arrn'ed Feb 26—Schr John A, ho }Tgn’r LOS ANGELES—Sailed Feb 26—Tug Collis. CASPAR—Sailed Feb 26—Stmr Jewel, ‘for San Pedro. EASTERN PORT3. NEW YORK—Sailed Feb 26—Stmr Leelanaw, for Baltimore and San Franclsco. . FOREIGN PORTS. FALMOUTH—Arrived Feb 2—Ger - shi Flottbek, from Portland for Queenstown. ANTWERP—Sailed Feb 25—Br ship Alcldes, for San Francisco, and passed Dungeness Feb 25, FALMOUTH—Arrived Feb 25—Br bark Fors’ farshire, hence Sept 24. SANTOS—Salled Feb 4—Schr Stowell ‘Shers man, from Boston for San Franclsco. VICTORIA—Arrived . Feb 2—Br stmr Algos nia, from Java. TRA: TLANTIC STEAMERS. NEW YORK-—Sailed Feb 26—Stmr Massachue setts, for London; stmr Campania, for.Liver= poot; stmr Fuerst Bismarck, for Hamburg; stmr Ems, for Naples; stmr Amsterdam, for Rotterdam; stmr Prussia, for Hamburg; stmg Furnessia, for Glasgow. Arrived Feb 2—Stmr Rotterdam, from Rote terdam. SOUTHAMPTON—Sailed Feb 26 — Stmr St Paul, for New York. LIVERPOOL—Sailed Feb 26—Stmr Cevic, foe New York. Arrived Feb 2—Stmr Bovic, from New York. QUEENSTOWN-—Safled Feb 26—Stmr Penne land, for Philadelphia. - HAVRE—Sailed Feb 26—Stmr La Gascogne, for New York. BREMEN—Sailed Feb 26—Stmr Weimar, for New York. : ANTWERP—Arrived Feb 26—Stmr Switzer- 12nd, from Philadelphia. LIVERPOOL—Sailed Feb 26—Stmr Lucania, for New York. HAMBURG—Salled Feb 20—Stmr Phoenicla, for New York. GLASGOW—Arrived Feb 26—Stmr Siberian, from New York. 5 GRP—Salled Feb 26—Stmr Kensington, PECULATORS! My many past successes will now be increased due to some new important connections with inside interests which | have made. | am now prepared to offer unexcelled inside information 6n the Stock Market and investments of $100 and over through me wiil almost posi- tively make $1000 during the next sixty days. Those that want to ‘make quick profits should send remittances immediately. SAMUEL SCOTT, 8 Wall 8t., New York. OCEAN TRAVEL. PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. Steamers leave Broadway wharf, San Francisco: For Alaskan ports, 10 a..m., March 2, 7, 12, 17, 22,727, April 1. Transferred at Seaitle. For Alaskan ports (from Spear = street wharf), 10 a. m., March 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30. Transferred at Portland, Or. For Victoria, Vancouver (B. C.), Port Town- send, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes aml New Whatcom (Wash.), 10 a. m., March 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, and everv fifth day thereafter, connecting at Seattle with company’s steam- ers for Alaska and G. N. Ry., at Tacome with N. P. Ry., at Vancouver with C. P. Ry, For Kureka (Humboldt Bay), 10 1. m., March 3, 9, 15, 2, 27, and every sixth day thereafter. For Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Cayucos, Port Harford (San Luls Obispo), Gaviota, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Hucneme, San Pedro, East San Pedro (Los Angeles) and Newport, 9 a. m., March 2, 6, 10, 14, 14, 2, 2%, 30, and every fourth day thereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Mar- ford (San Luis Obispo), Santa Barbara, Port Los Angeles and Redondo (Los Angeles), 11 a. m., March 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, and every fourth day thereafter. For Ensenada, Magdalena Bay. San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Png, Santa Rosa- lia and Guaymas (Mex.), 10 a. m., March 8§, April 3, and 2d of each month thereafter. The company reserves the right to change without previous notice steamers, salling dates and_hours of sailing. TICKET OFFICE-Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery street. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen. Asgt: 10 Market street, San Francisco. THE 0. R. & N. CO. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS O PORTLAND From Spear-street Whart at 10 a. m. FARE £12 First Class Includigg Berth &8 Sccond Class ‘and Meals. SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS: Columbia. Feb. 26, Mar. 6, 14, 22, 30 State of Californi: ¥ Mar. 2, 10, 18, 26 First Clacs. Secong Class. St. Paul . 337 00 ' Chicago . $32 : .43 50 50 F. F. CONNOR, General Agent, 630 Market st GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Superintendents. . 8. ZEALANDIA, for HONOLULU only, Saturday, March 12, at 2 p. m. Speclal party MOANA @lpa Auckland for Sydhey 3 Wednesday, March 23, atZp m. - and CAPB CKELS & BROS. CO., Agents, T o 114 Montgomery street. Freight Office—327 Market st., San Francisco. ‘The S. S. Line to. COOLGARDIE, -Australia, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. salls via Honolulu and TOWN, South Africa. French Line to Havre. ny's Pler {new) 42 North Rfi;;:p:& of Morton st. Travelers by this line avoid both transit by h railway and the discomfort of crossing Bl mnel 1 a smail boat. New Yorl to Via Parls, first class $160; .March 5,10 a. m.- March 12, 10 2. m. March 19,10 a. m. March 26,10 a. m. LA B()U'ROOGNEi i i A{irll,L 10a. m. her particulars apply to o A. FORGET, Agent, No. 3, Bowling Green, New York. J. F. FUGAZI & CO., Agents, & Montgomery , San Francisco. STOCKTON STEAMERS Leave Picr No. 3. Wnn-nlhhigtou St., at 8 m. e * FREIGHT RE&IVED UP TO 5:30 P. M. ‘Accommodatione reserved By telephome. The only line selling through tickets and giv- ing through’ frefght rates to all points on the iroad. . Mo STRAMERS: T. C. WALKER, CITY OF STOCKTbN‘ MARY GARRATT, J. D, PETERS, | Telephoné Main 5. Cal. Nav. and Igpt. Co. For San Jose, Los Gatos & Santa Cruz Steamer Alviso leaves Pier 1 dally (Sundays excepted) at 10 a. m.; Alviso daily (Saturdays excepted) at 5 p. m. Freight and Passtngers, | Fare between San Francisco and Alviso, $0c: . to San Jow, Toc. Clay street, Pier 1. 41 North First street, San Jose. - FOR U. S. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEJO. . 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