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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1898 SRS THE CALL C.LENDAR. COMMERCIAL WORLD. SUMMARY. Stiver advanced. Wheat dull. Freights lower and weak. Barley rising more rapldly. Other Cereals unchanged, Fair demand for Flour. Another advance in Hay. No change in Feedstuffs. Beans and Seeds unchanged. Vegetables firm. Potatoes and Onlons unchanged. Butter and Eggs firmer. Cheese steady. Pouliry doing rather better. Peaches and Apricots damaged by frost. Citrus fruits as usual. Provistons very dull. Hides continued unsettled. Wool dead. Hops dull. No change in Meats. Hogs dull. Coal as before. Coffee in fair demand. Otls unchanged. Telegraphic exchange advanced. | 2 | EXPORTS OF BREADSTUFFS. xports of Flour from this port during the first elght months of the current crop vear w 547,112 barrels, against 805,000 during the same time in the preceding vear. Reducing this flour to @ Wheat basis and adding it to exported Vheat gives total exports of Wheat of 10,250,800 centels, valued at $16,332,- | 500, against 11,691,400 centals, at $14,947,500 for | the preceding year. MONDAY'S RAIN. The rain on Monday was as usual confined mainly to the northern coast, the fall in the San Joaquin being from nothing up to .13 at one point. The prospects for good crops are gotting pretty slim. THIS YEAR'S SALMON FLEET. The bak Electra is the first vessel to be dis- patched by the Alaska Packers' Association this season. She is loading at Fremont-street wharf for Prince Willlam Sound. This years fleet of the association consists of: Ship St. Nicholas, 1799 tons; ship Tacoma, 1738; ship Sterll 33; ship Oriental, 1638 ship Bohemia, 1633} ship’ Hecla, 1529; ship In- | diana, 1483; ship Santa Clara,” 1474; ship I vincible, 1460; ship Lilew Morse, ship George 'S ; ship Centennial, | : bark Me; Electra, 985; bark Willie R _Hume, 665; bark Will W Case, Schr Premfer, 308; ir Prosper, Antelope, 124; Schr reka, 124; Stmr 123; Stmr_Kadial Stmr Hattie Gage, Stmr_Afognak, 65; a Rohlfts, 65; Stmr Stmr Polar Bear, Lillian, 45; Stmr Orfental, Hecla, R. Hume, Ante- All the others Stmr Thistle, 102 & sertie mr lope and Burel are the property o O Clear ®-Partly Cloudy ® Cloudy ® Aain® Snow, SHADED AREAS SHOW PRECIPITATIO! DURING PAST 12 HOURS EXPLANATION. | The arrow flles with the wind. The top fig- ures at :tation indic-'e maximum temperature | for the days; those underneath it, If any, the amount of rainfall, of melted snow in inches and hundredths during the past twelve hours. 1sobars, or solid lines, connect points of equal &ir pressure; isotherms, or dotted lines, equal temperature. The word “high” means high barometric pressure and s usuzlly accompanied by falr weather: “low” refers to low pres- sure and is usuaily preceded and accompanied by cloudy weather and rains. '‘Lows’ usually | first appear on the Washington coast. When the pressure is high in the interfor and low elong the coast, and the isobars extend north and south along the coast, ran {s probable; | but when the “low’’ is inclosed with isobars of marked curvature, rain south of Oregon is im- | robable. With a “high” in the vicinity of | daho, and the pressure falling to the Call- | fornia coast, warmer weather may be expected | in summer and colder weather in winter. The | Teverse of these conditions will produce an | opposite result. WEATHER REPORT. r (120th Meridian—Pacific_Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, Maréh 15, 5 p. m. | Following are the rainfalls for ‘the past twenty-four hours and seasonal rainfalls to date, as compared with those of the same date | last season: i | Past This Last Stations— 24 hours. Season. Season. reka 0.4 27.99 0.00 0.00 0.04 5 Red Bluff 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 isco temperature: 1.65 Maximum, 5.31 i minimum, 41; mean, 45. | WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL | FORECASTS. | The pressure has risen rapidly during the past | 24 hours over Washington and Northern Ore- gon. It has falien generally over Central and Southern California and Arizona. The temperature has fallen over the greater portion of California and has risen slowly in Arizona. Elsewhere on the Pacific Coast it has | remained nearly stationary. Frost is reported this morning in the in- terior in California, and is lkely to occur again Wednesday morning. Showers have fallen near Fresno and rain is | ling in_Oregon st made at San Francisco for thirty ding midnight, March 16, 1898: hern California—Fair Wednesday; proba- y_heavy frost in the interfor Wednesday yrning; northerly winds. Southern California—Fair Wednesday; con- tinued cold weather; probably frost in exposed ; light northerly wind. ada—Falr Wednesday; continued cold | weather. Utah—Cloudy Wednesday; continued cold weather. Arizona—Unsettled Wednesday: colder. San Francisco and vicinity—Fair Wednesday; light frost in the morning: westerly winds. Special report from Mount Tamalpals taken at 5 p. m.—Partly cloudy: wind west. 12 miles | per hour; temperature. 33: maximum. 42 ALEXANDER MCcADIE, Local Forecast Official. EASTERN MARKETS. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. NEW YORK, March 15.—The movement of stock prices to-day was confused and the mar- ket very puzzling. Decidedly lower quotations for Americans in London caused an unsettied tone at the opening. Prices partly responded to the London Initiative, but did not go further than the London parity. A furlous buylng movement quickly developed, which lifted the level of the whole market strongly above last night’s closing. The buying was most con- spicuous in the local and industrial specialties, but there was a lack of strength in the rallway list, the grangers being especially strong. Heavy realizing met the advance and wiped out a large part of it when the first hour had expired. This was the most active period of the day’s trading. There then ensued a slow and laborious recovery, Which developed higher prices than the first spurt. ‘And yet this second advance also was wiped out in practically all Ccases except some of the specialties, and the day shows net losses in most of the standard stocks extending to a point or over in some cases. Thus almost the extreme range of the market was traversed four times guring the day. There was very little in the fews to ex- plain these conflicting movements. Wall street Opinion of the political outlook was on the surface less apprehensive. The movement of Spanish 4s in London and Paris, which partly | Pacific, 7250; Northern Pacific preferred, 18,13) Rock Island, 13,330; St. Paul, 62,750; Union Pa- | | cific, 670: American Tobacco. 10,%00; People's | Hocking_Val Do pref Illinois Central Amn Spirits Leke Erie & W.. 13%| Do pref .. Do pref .. 66 |Am Tobacco Lake Snore 184321 Do pref .. Louis & Nash 483 | People’s Gas Manhattan L 101 |Cons Gas .. Met St Ry 141% [Com _Cable’ Co Mich Cent 1015 {Col F & Iron.... 18% Minn & St L. 25 Do pref .. 78 Do 1st pref 80 |Gen Electric | Mo Pacific .. 24% |Tllinols Steel Mobile & Ohio .. 26 |Laclede Gas . Mo K & T 11 (Lead .. Do_pret 1% | Do pret . Chi Ind & L 7" [Nat Lin Ofi . Do pref 24 |10r Imp Co N ntral . 91% (Pacific Mall . N ‘entr: 109% | Pullman Pal . N Y Chi & St L, 12 Do 1st pref 63 Do 24 pref 30 Nor West . n | N 5% T C & Iron | No Pacific . 2113 | U_S Leather Do pref 603%| Do pref .. Ontario & W 14% |U_S Rubber Or R & Nav. 44 | Do pref Or Short Line . 28 |West Union Pittsburg . 188 IChi & N W. Reading ........ 16%| Do pref Do 1st pref 2855 |St L & § W Rock Island 83%| Do pref StL &S F 6% R G W Do 1st pref 5| Do pret Do 24 pref Cht G W st_Paul | Haw Com Co . Do adj 4s O S Line 58 tr Can So 2ds 105% |O Imp 1sts tr. Chi Term 4s. 81%| Do 5s tr .. C & Ohio 5s 116 | Pacific 6s of & C H & D 4%s.... 104% Reading 4s . D&RGIsts....110 | G W lsts |D&RG 4s.. 593 IS L & I M C 3s.. | simultaneously. | closing at 53, the Bank of France, advance, and there was heavy realizing be- sides, attributed to very powerful local market interests. A number of the industrial | stocks rose over 2 points and a number of the railroad stocks rose at one time and showed net advances of over a point. The retrogade movement of prices seems to be disassociated from any news of the day, as were the ad- | vances. Reallzing of profits offers the ouly ex- | planation. | Prices for foreign exchange moved to a lower | level to-day in spite of additional engagements of gold for imports. Besldes the engagement of gold for import from Europe to New York, a ! shipment of $2,000,000 was announced from Aus- | tralia for San Francisco. There was no easing of the local money rates In response to these movements. } The bond market was strong up to the clos- | ing, when prices eased off in sympathy with stocks. Total sales, $2,190.000. TUnited States new 4s advanced 1% and the 6s %, and the old 4s registered i bid. Total sales of stocks to-day were 425,100 | shares, Including: Atchison preferred, 7300; Chesapeake and Ohio, 3500; Burlington, 48,500; Erle preferred, 3100; Louisville and Nashville, | 10,100; Manhaftan, 35,570; Metropolitan Street Railway, 9173; Reading preferred, 3133; Missour! Pacific, 3680; Missour], Kansas and Texas pre- ferred, 6600; New York Central, 1 V. Gas, 10,920; General Electric, 5000; Sugar, 47, Western Union, 3450. CLOSING STOCKS. Atchison 1 [St P & Om........ 68 Do pref 24%| Do vref . 150 Baltimore 164 (St P M & M 1z Canada Pacific ... 81%/So Pacific 1% Canada Southe: 47" |So Raiway 78 Cent Pao 12 | Do pret 25% | Ches & Ohio 18% | Texas & Pacific.. 9% Chi & Alton 1474 |Unlon Paciflo .... 25 Chi B & Q. 39%|U P D & G...... 1% Chi & E D 53" |Wabash B 4 CCC &St L. 25%| Do pref DB Do pref .. Wheel & L B0 1% Do pref . . 9% Express Companles— Adams Ex ! American Ex United States ... |Wells Fargo ..... 114 Miscellaneous— A _Cot Ofl 4 Gt Nor pref Do pref BONDS. NIJ Cils . i3 | N_Carolina 6s Do _4s {No Pac ,i Do 3s Do 4s . NYC 118 (Nor & W 6s....... 1081 | Northwstrn con: 108% | Do deb 5s 106 |O Nav lsts 99 |O Nav 4s .. 88% (O S Line 6s tr ists . Do 58 coup . District 3.6 Ala class’ A Do B . Do C Do Currency Atchison 4s 105 [SL & SF G ésN 8% (St P Con East Tenn Ists.. Erie Gen 4s F W& D Ists tr. 6 (St PC & P 1sts Gen Elec 58 101%| Do 5s . G H & S A 6s.... 109 |So Ry s Do 2ds 104 |Stand R 6s H&TC 108% Tenn new set 3s. Do con 6s 106% |T & P L G Ists Jowa C lsts .... 98 | Do Rg 2ds . Kan P Con tr .. 100%!U P D & G lsts K Pac 1st DD tr. 131% | Wab 1st 58 La new cons 4s. | Do 2as . L&N s Missouri §s . W Shore 4s | Va Centuries MK & T 2ds.2] 58%| Do deferred Do’ 48 2oio 87 |U P pret N Y Central Ists Do 4s . M. STOCKS. Chollar 25 | Crown Pol 30 | Con Cal & Va. 08 Deadwood | Quicksilver o Gould & Curry 15| Do pref . Hale & Norcrs... 1 20|Sierra Nevs Homestake . 37 00) Standard Iron Silver . 38 |Union Con Mexican .. 28| Yellow Jacket . % ‘BOSTON. BOSTON, March 15.—Atchison, 11; Bell Tele- phone, 243; Burlington, 89%: Mexican Central, 5; Oregon Short Line, 28%; San Diego, —. LONDON MARKET. | NEW YORK, March 15.—The Evening Post's London financial cablegram says: In spite of Lord Salisbury’s illness the stock markets here opened better to-day, in the absence of further disturbing news, but on heavy selling | of Spanish and other stocks from Paris, all | the markets slumped. Americans at one time was very flat. There was no support from | arbitrage houses, and prices were below the New York level. Then two New York houses | turned around and bought, prices rallying Paris stopped selling with | the result that the bears hastened to scramble in, causing prices in all the markets to close at_the best. Spanish fours fluctuated between 52 and 53%, | Grand Trunk was better sympathy with Americans, and South Ameri- cans were better on the Paris markets, which | are still most unsettled and feverish, how- | ever. The suicide of a stock broker does not | indicate fresh flnancial trouble. | In spite of the heavy premium on gold by 1 understand shipments from Paris to New York still pay. There is an impression in good quarters that the Bank of England may raise the price of eagles on any further considerable withdrawals. The London market is 3%, and consequently the Bank of England monopolizes the discount business. LOSE. Canadian Pacific, 83%; Grand Trunk, 8; bar Sitvass apeady, 25%d per ounce. Money 2% per cen! NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. NEW YORK, March 15.—Considerable excite- ment prevailed on the wheat curb late this afternoon. Badly shaken by attacks made dur- ing the regular market sessions, the bull ele- ment lost entire control of the market after 2:15 o'clock, prices breaking to 98%c for May, against 9%c at the regular close and $1 00%. the highest for the day. There was no at- tempt made to check the demoralization of values. Wheat bought earlier in the day was hastily unloaded on the fast falling market, and bear traders, encouraged by reports that Leiter had sold 1,000,000 bushels of May wheat, hammered away’ at values with a vigor noi equaled since the middle of last week. At 4 o'clock the market was in a quieter mood, with prices a fraction up from the lowest, but still in a very unsettled condition. NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE. NEW YORK, March 15.—FLOUR—Racelipts, 34,474 barrels; exports, 17,521. Inactive, but fairly steady. WHEAT—Receipts, 115,675; exports, 28,257. Spot, easy; No. 2 red, $1043% f. 0. b. afloat to arrive, and $1 06% spot. Options opened firm on favorable Liverpool market news and was fur- ther advanced by builish Russian crop esti- mates, causing a scare among shorts. Subse- quent’ realizing, however, provoked a sh decline, notably in_ late ~deitvecies, whid closed c net lower agains: c ‘advan fn mear months. On the curbs bears again rdided the market and forced May off to 98%c. No. 2 red March, $1 (4% 105%; closed, $1 04%; May, 98%c@s1 00%: closed, 99%C. WOOL—Very dull. HOPS—Dull, PETROLEUM—Dull. METALS—AIl departments show neglect and the situation taken aitogether lacked special new feature. At the close to-day the Metal Ex- change cailed PIGIRON—Warrants dull, $6 75 bid and % 8 asked. LAKE COPPER—Very quiet, $11 §7% bid and $12_asked. ¢ TIN—Very quiet, with $14 20 bid and $14 30 asked. SPELTER—Quiet. $4 20 bid, $4 25 asked. LEAD—Dull, $8 70 bid, $3 75 asked. Lead was quoted $350 by the firm fixing fhe_settling recovered after an early decline, reflected a growth of similar opinion there. But this was probably derived in part from the strength of the New York market yesterday and this morn- ing. London seld freely here on the morning | 85%c. Articles— Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat March sess 101% May 04 104 | July 5% 85% Corn N | May 20% 30 July s 31 September 2% 3% Oats No. | May 26% 26% P2 T 80 980 85 98 05 5 07% | 5 515 00 502 02% 507l | market | Detrolt Wheat— May. Qpening 5930 | | Closing 9 Flour— a2 | Opening . | Closing LIVERPOOL March May. July. Sept. Dec, Opening ...7 10% % 7T1% 61 66y Closing % 71 67 664 | tle were sc: in | @ EVAPORATED APPLES—Common, 5@%c: | Medium coarse gflme wire tray, 814@8%c; wood dried, prime, 1%@8%c; choice,” % @dtac. | PRUNES—3%@sc. { APRICOTS—Royal, 5%@7c; Moorpark, 8% @ioc. PEACHES—Unpeeled, 6@%c; peeled, 12@16c. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. CHICAGO, March 15.—Wheat started a little | easler. Cables showed slight declines and Liv- erpool reported receipts considerably in excess of normal requirements. These were side is- sues, however, the main reason for the shad- ing of prices being the large additions to the contract stocks, a2bout 337,000 bushels being | added to the stock In two days. July opened | a shade lower at 86%@S6%c, and, while offer- ) | | | ings were plenty, the demand soon became so | strong that prices gradually advanced and the | market was strong for over two hours follow- ing. Besides the natural Inciination of traders | to play for a reaction after the recent sharp | decline in prices, strength shown by outside markets, especially in New York, had a tend- ency to drive shorts in, and the urgency of this class of buying indicated that the mar- ket had been rather oversold. Reports of con- | tinued drought and unpromising outlook in | California was a bull help. July advanced to | S$Sc. May received the usual support from | Leiter, although it-hardly needed it. There | as some short demand in this delivery, result- | ng in an advance to §105. After noon th market turned weak on Bradstreet's rep of the visible. Leiter's brokers, who had been bidding $1 04 for May. sold quite a lot of Il‘ when the price reached $105, and this fact | brought milllons of bushels of July on to the market. As the shorts had previously been pretty well filled up prices dropped like a shot | to $6l4c. The last few minutes of trading was | characterized by extreme nervousness and | weakness. WIith almost no support of conse- | quence July sank to §5%c and closed weak a May rested at §1 04 and September de- clined to 71%c, closing at Ti%ec. Corn was firm until late in the day, though | showing less animatibn than for some time. May closed @%c lower. Outs were stagnant. Prices declined near the close. May closed Xc lower. Light hog receipts made & rather firm pro- vision market during the morning. There was less pressure to sell, but when the break in grain came all the advanoe was lost, the clos- ing being rather easy. May pork closed 1;22 lower, May lard unchanged and May ribs 2 gher. The leading futures ranged as follows: Flour, dull; ng wheat, $2G%c; No. 3 spring wheat, 2 red, $101%@101%; No. 2 g ©o. 2 oats, %ec; No. 2 white, f. o. No. 3_white, f. o. b., 28%: : E 2 barley, f. 0. b., ; prime timothy seed, $2 85; $9 773,@9 S2%; lard, per 100 pork, per bbl, $5@5 026 short ribs sides (loose), $4 SO@ 510; dry salted shoulders (boxed), $4 75@5; short clear sides (boxed), $5 25@5 40; whisky, | finished _goods, per $118%; ut loaf, 5.85c; granulated, 5.38c. Articles— v et | Receipts. Shipments. | Fiour, bbls 64,000 30,000 | Wheat, bu 90,000 150,000 | Corn, bu 14,000 1,000 | 21,000 300,00 | 36,000 500 | §3,000 32,000 | nge to-day the Butter was creameries, 13@18%c; | dairies, 10%@16c. Cheese, quiet, S@S%c. EgEs, steady: fresh, 9ijc. WHEAT MOVEMENTS. Receipts. Shipments. Bushels. Bushels. Cities— Minneapolls Duluth .. Milwaukes . Chicago . Toledo St. Loufs . Kansas City Totals . Tidewater— Boston . New York Philadelphia Baltimore . New Orlean Totals EASTERN LIVESTOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, March 15. TTLE—Choice cat- ree and sales above $5 10 were ex- tremely few, the bulk of the steers selling at $4 3045 10. Stockers and feeders, $3 85@4 65; common lots, $3 35@3 75; canning cows, $2 30@ 3; calves were fairly active at lower prices; choice veal calves sold around $6 2. HOGS—Were stronger and 5c higher. Sales | were on a basis of $3 10@4 05, the bulk going at $3 853 73, SHEEP—Prices were steady and unchanged for sheep. Lambs, $4 20@5 45, few going below $5; sheep, §3 25@4 65, sales being largely at $4 25 | @i 55, with ewes going at $3 50@4 35; yearling sheep, $4 50G5. | Receipts—Cattle, 25,000; Hogs, 15,000; Sheep, | 15,000. KANSAS CITY. KANSAS CITY, March 15.—CATTLE—Re- | ceipts, 7500, - Best' grades steady, others slow. Texas steers, $3 50@4 30; native steers, $3 25@ | 5 45; native cows and helfers, $2 65@4 30; stock- ers and feeders, $3 20; bulls, §2 35@5 10. HOGS—Receipts, 12,00. 'Market steady to 5 lower. Bulk of sales, $3 65@3 80; heavies, $3 60 $8 60@3 80; mixed, $3 55@3 80, $3 45@3 orkers, $3 60@3 65; pigs, $3 2 CEP—Receipts, 4000. Market steady. | Lambs, $ 80@5 25; muttons, $3 25@4 60. OMAHA. OMAHA, March 15.—CATTLE—Receipts, 3500. Market steady to strong; native beef steers, 33 50@5 10; Western steers, $3 60@4 60; Texas steers, $3 10@3 75; cows and heifers, $3'10@4 15 %@3; stockers and feeders, $3 5@ calves, $4 25@6 75; bulls and stags, $2 50 @ HOGS—Receipts, 6500. Shade lower; heavy, $3 65@3 75; mixed, $3 65@3 70; light, $3 65@3 70; bulk of sales, $3 65@3 70. | SHEEP—Receipts, 3000. Market stronger; fair | to choice natives, §3 S0@4 80; Westerns, $3 60@4 60; common and stock sheep, | $3G3 90; lambs, $ 25@5 2. DENVER. packers, DENVER, March 15.—CATTLE—Receipts, 100. Market = steady; beef steers, $3 50@4 60 cows, $3@4: feeders, freight paid to river, $3 90 @4 60; stockers, freight pald to river, $4@4 70; bulls, stags, etc., $2@3. HOGS—Receipts, 400. Market 5S¢ lower, firm; light packers, _$3 70@3 75; mixed, $3 65@3 75; heavy, $8 60@3 70. SHEEP—Receipts, 200. Market firm; good fat muttons, $3 25@4 2; lambs, $1 25@5 20. BOSTON WOOL MARKET. BOSTON, March 15.—The lightest sales of the year is the record for the week’s wool market, but it is fairly strong. The dullness Is attributed to the disturbed conditions be- tween the United States and Spain. The range for territory wools will have to be quoted rather lower on the part of the market, al- though many dealers will not share their prices to any extent. For fine medium and | fine territories of good staple about 45@dsc scoured will cover the average of sales, with cholce staple parcels at 50@5c. Fleece wools hold fairly steady in the absence of demand, but sales are meager. Australian wools also show a slow sale, although the price s un- doubtedly held with more strength than any- thing on the list. Territory wools: Montana, fine medlum and fine, 16giSc; scoured, 46@4sc; staples, 50@5lc; Utah, Wyoming, etc., fine medium and fine, 16@17c; scoured, 45@47c; staple, Gc. Australlan: Scoured basis, combing super- fine, 70@72c: combing, good, 65@6Sc; combing average, 62G65c. AVAILABLE GRAIN SUPPLY. NEW YORK, March 15.—Special cable and telegraphic dispatches to Bradstreet's, cover- ing the principal points of accumulation, in- dicate the following changes in available sup- plies last Saturday, as compared with the preceding Saturday: Wheat—United States and Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains, decrease, 854,000 bushels; afloat for and in Burope, decrease, 400,000 bush: ¢ls; world’s supply. total decrease; 1,264,000 bushels. Corn—United States and Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains, Increase, 1,572,000 bushels. Oats—United States and Canada. east of the Rocky Mountains, decrease, 311,000 bushels. price for miners and smelters in the West. = ptions _opent L at un- cnzaged "H&? 57 gebine or cg'-w! a0t LONDON WOOL SALES. quiet, unchanged to nts net lower. Sales, 30750 bags, intluding: March, $ 10: May, 35 2, | LONDON, March 15.—The second series of Spot coffes—Rio, weak: No. 7 invoice, G%c; No. | the Colontal wool sales opened to-day with a 7 jobbing, 6%c. 'Mild, steady; Cordova, 84@léc. | full attendance of buyers. The offerings ag- SUGAR—Raw, quiet; fair refining, 3%c; cen- | gregated 10,321 bales and consisted of a varfed trifugal, 9 test, 4ihc; refined, quie gt i BUTTER_Receipts, 0026 backay Fiem; | oelettion. of ;- Australinns. small supply of Western creamery, 14@1%c; Elgins, 19; factory, | South African wools was offered, and was of 1N@e. £00d_quality. There was active competition EGGS—Receipts, 15,600 packages. Firm. | by the home trade. French buyers operated State and Pennsylvania, 10%@llc; Western, | freely and German buyers sparingly. The 10%c; Southern, 10%c. Amerlleln tnymennlhu buu':"m suitable parcels at uncl ~ _ rat Merinos DRIED FRUIT. Ehowed g i NEW YO! March 15.—Callfornia dried | fine scoured s0ld § per cent dearer. fruits, quiet but frm. | Fine cross higher. Sterling Exchange, sight.. — uay Sterling Exchange, 60 days. 4 841 Sterling Cables ... — 485k New York Exchange, sig - 124 | New York Exchange, telegr: — 171 Fine Stlver, per ounce L 65% Mexican Dollars - % | against 13,600 tons on | @115 for choice; Brewing, $1 20@1 25 for No. 1; | $115@1 173 for Dark Coast. | and expert account. | Rice Flour, tdir to cholce | @ grades frequently declined per cent, Whils Cape of Good Hope and Natal stock ruled 5 per cent dearer. The following are the sales in detail: mg::'cdswm Wales, 3600 bales; scoured, 1s : gres "y 11d. asy, 5 10d@1s 8a Queensiand. - 2100 bajes: SV iotoria, Cas red, 5%A@104, ctoria, 300 bales; scout 3 South Australia, 400 bales; scoured, $%d@1s scoured, 1s 3d; greasy, 85d. et Mistratia doo ‘pates; scoured, 1s 1%40 : greasy, 5%d %d. i New Fealuria, 3400 Baies: scouted, 4KaQ1s 1; greasy, 61d@10%d. Cape’ of (?onrd Hope and Natal, 800 bales; scoured, 10%,4@1s; greasy, 5%4@SA- Buenos Ayres, 100 beles; greasy, 5@7d. FOREIGN MARKETS. LONDON, March 15.—Consols, 111%; silver, 2%%d; French rentes, 103 82%c. LIVERPOOL, March 15.—Wheat, steady; No. 1 standard California wheat, 388 3d; cargoes Ooff coast, nothing doing; cargoes on passage, near positions in demand; English country mar- kets, quiet; French country markets, quiet and steady; Liverpool wheat, No. 1 California, ;:e:?i :hefl(;‘ in Paris, steady: flourLln Paris, ; Weather in Epgland, overcast COTTON—Uplands, 3 11-824. CLOSI WHIEAT—spot No. 2 red Western winter, d‘zj[(l")R 10d. —Futures, quiet; March, 3s Sid. FLOUR—St. Louls fancy winter, dull, %s 8. NORTHERN WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND, March 15.—The local wheat market is in such shape at the present time that it is difficult to make gn accirate quota- tion, exporters being governed entirely by their immediate needs. Those who do not need Wheat to flll tonnage engagements refuse to bid up and quote 74@75c &s & nominal price per bushel for Walla Walla. At the same time flachbetter peioea ars reported P for o lots of extra heavy wheat. Cleared—British ship Romanoff, for Queens- town, with 84,477 bushels whea ‘WASHINGTON. TACOMA, March 15.—There 18 & better feel- ing in the wheat market and prices are higher, but with a wide range. No. 1 club, 74@7éc; No. 1 bluestem, 7sc. PORTLAND'S BUSINESS. PORTLAND, March 15.—Exchanges, $197,231; balances, $26,%02. _ COTTON NEW YORK, March 15.—Cotton, quiet; mid- dling. 6ic. NEW ORLEANS, March 15.—Cotton, steady; middling, & 9-16c. LOCAL MARKETS. EXCHANGE AND BULLION. MARKET. WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS. WHEAT FREIGHTS—Are dull and weak at 28s 9d, usual options. The cnartered wheat fleet in port has a registered tonnage of 20,000, the same date last year; disengaged, 22,700 tons, against 94,000; on ;soe way to this port, 176,300 tons, against 193,- WHEAT—The market was weak owing to a slump at Chicago, but there was no decline ot any consequence. Trade continued dull. Tidewater quotations are as follows: ~$1:40@ 1 41% for No. 1, 31 42% for cholce and $1 45@1 50 per ctl for extra choice for milling. CALL BOARD SALES. Informal Session—8:15 o'clock—May—2000 ctls, $1 40%. Dacember—2000, $1 33%; 4000, $1 33 Second Session—December—2000 ctis, $1 33, Regular Morning _ Session—December—20,000 ctls, $1 33; 15,000, $1 32%. May—2000, $1 40%; 8000, $1 40y, Afternoon Session—May—2000 ctls, $1 40 2000, $1 40%; 5000, §1 40%. December—6000, $1 33; 10,- 000, $1'33%. BARLEY—Even the chronic bulls have about given up hopes of a good crop this season and values are accordingly rising. as will be seen by the advanced quotations. It is reported that as high as §1 28% has been paid for Brewing. Feed, $1 10g1 12 for dark to good and $1 13% CALL BOARD SALES. May—6000 ctls, December—4000, Informal Session—9:15 o'cl $1.06%; 2000, $1 09: 2000, $1 09 $815c; 6000, 9Sc: 6000, 98 Second Session-— $1.09%;_ 4006, $1 0 Regular Mor: $1.09; 4000, $1 08%. 9T%c: 2000, $Pyc. Affernoon Sessfon—No sales. OATS—Holders are firm enough, but buyers are not taking hold and trade is dull. Fancy Feed, $1 27 per ctl: good to choice, $115@1 17%;_ Surprise, : i gray, $1 17%2@1 20; 5 CORN—The market continues very slow at unchanged quotations. Small round vellow. $1 10@1 121 per ctl; large white, $1 05@1 10. ~May—4 98¢ ctls, 4000, yellow, $1 0541 07 RYE—Firm at $1 07% per ctl. DECIDUO! AND CITRUS FRUITS. Press and private reports from both Fresno and Tulare counties give accounts of severe gamage by frost on Mondsy mormirg, .the eaches and Apricots being almost wiped out in_some localitics. - Lo There is no change in the local markets worthy of note. DECIDUOUS FRUITS— Apples, 40GR0c per box for common, 65@90c for good'to cheice and $1@1 2% for fancy. . CITRUS FRUITS — Navel Oranges, $1 50@ 275; Seedlings, 75c@$1 50; Mandarins, $1G1 25 for large and 30@%5c for small boxes; Japanese Mandarins, $1G150; Grape Fruit, § 5063 per box: Lemons, 150@$1 for. common ‘and §1 350 175 tor good to choice; Mexican Limes, $; Cal ifornia Limes, in small boxes, 50c@$1; Banana: 1 25@2 25 per bunch; Pineapples, $3@¢ per ozen. DRIED FRUITS, NUTS, RAISINS, ETC. Everything on the list is dull and there l& nothing new except the damage to Peaches and Apricots 1n Fresno and Tulare counties by the recent frosts. DRIED FRUITS—Prunes, carload lots, 3%@ 4%c for 40-50's, 3K@3%c for 50-60's, 2% BI%c for 60-70's, 24@2%c for 70-80's, 1%@2Y%c for §0- 90's, 14@1%c for 90-100's; Peaches, 24@ic; fancy, 4%@ic; peeled, 10@12%c; Apricots, 5@éc for Rovals and 7@T3c for good to fancy Moor- rarks; Evaporated Apples, 6%@7%c; sun-dried, 4@ic; Black Figs, In sacks, 2@2%c; Plums, 4%@4%c for pitted and 1@lic for unpitted: bleached Plums, 3@5ic; Nectarines, 4@sc for prime to fancy! Pears, 2%@iisc for quarters and 3G5Y%c for halves, according to color, ete. RAISINS—1%@2c for two-crown, 3c for three. crown, 3%c for four-crown, 4%c for Seedless Suitanas, 2%c for Seedless Muscatels and $1@ 110 for London layers; dried grapes, d4c. NUTS—Chestnuts _are quotable at per I; Walnuts, 5@éc for hardshell and 6g7c_for goftshell; Almonds, 214@3t4e for hardshell, 5@6c for softshell and 7@sc for paper-shell; Peanuts, 4@5%e for Eastern and 4%c for_Callfornia; Pecans, 6%@Sc; Filberts, 81:@10c; Brazil Nuts, 8a8e per o Socoanuts, 84 5085 per 100, HONEY—New Comb, 8@10c for bright and 5@ 7e for lower grades; new water-white extract- ;gi’ l3;5@51:; light amber extracted, 3%@4i%c PROVISIONS. Stagnation is still the order of the day and prices are weak as a rule. CURED MEATS—Bacon, $%c per Ib for heavy, 9%c for light medium, 10%c for light, 1ic for extra light and 12i4c for sugar-cured; Fast- ern sugar-cured Hams, 10%@llc; California Hams, 10c; Mess Beef, $0 per bbl: extra mess do, §10; family do, $11@12; Salt Pork, $9; extra prime Pork, $10: extra ‘clear, §13; mess, 316; moked Beef, 11@12c per 1b. LARD—Eastern tlerces quoted at 5%c per 1b for compound and 7c for pure; pails, T%c: California tlerces, 5%c per Ib for compound and Glc for pure; haif-barrels, 6%c; 10-Ib tins, do 5-1b, Sc. 6%@6%c: packages, T%e; %OTTOLENE—T{&C:., less than 300 Ibs—1-Ib palls, 60 in a case, 8%c; 3-1b pails, 20 in a case, 8%c; 5-1b pails, 12 {n a case, §%c; 10-Ib pails, 6 in a case, 8%c: 50-1b tins, 1 or 2 in a case, 7%c; wooden buckets. 20 Ibs net, 7%c;: fancy tubs, $0 Ibs net, 7%c; half- bbls, about 110 Ibs, Tic per Ib. HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL AND HOPS. Wool is dead {n the East and this situation is about as dull as it can be. There is no life to the Hop miarket. Hides are still unsettled, and as far as Prices are concerned it is go-as-you- please between the different dealers, each one having his own price list. The tendency is downward. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands sell lc_under sound stock. Heavy salted steers, 10@10%c; medium, 9@9%%c; light, 9c; Cowhides, Sc; stags, 6c; saited Kip, 10c; Calf, llej dry Hides, 16@17c; culls and btands, 13@13%c; dry Kip and Veal, 1315@14%c; dry Calf, 17%@19%c; culls, 16; Goatskins, 30@37%c each; Kids, 5@10c Deerskins, good summer, 25@30c per Ib; me- dium, 20c winter, 10c; Sheepskins, shearlings, 20930c each: short wool, 40 70c each; medium, 70@%c; long wools, %0c@$1 30 each. TALLOW—No. 1 rendered, 3@3%c per 1b; No. 2, 2@2%c; refined, 5c: Grease, 2@2Vc. WOOL—Fall clip—San Joaquin, defective, 7@ Sc: Southern Mountain, 9 tree Northern, 12 @13c; do, @efectiv 1c per Ib. HOPS—0ld crop, 2@6c for poor to fair and 8@ 10c for good; new crop, 11 lic per Ib. GENERAL MERCHANDISE. BAGS—Calcutta Grain Bags, nominal Bags, nominal; San Quentin, $5 30. COAL—Wellington, $10 per ton; New Welling- ton, §10; Seattle. $ 50; Bryant, $6 50; Coos Bay, $5 50: Wallsend, $3; Scotch, $10; Cumberland, $10 in bulk and $11350 in sacks; Pennsylvania An- thracite Egg, $15; Cannel, $10 per ton; Rock Springs, Castle Gate and Pleasant Valley, $760; Coke, $12 per ton in bulk and $14 in sacks. CORDAGE—Prices are as follows: Manila— 1i-inch, T%c; 12-thread, 8ic; 6 and § thread, §%c; bale rope, T%@S%C. Sisal—1i-inch, 6%c; Wool %i;mread, T%c; 6 and 9 thread, 7%c; bale rope, Seh “S¥SED FRUITS Black Cherries_quotable at $1 25@150; White Cherries, $1 25@1 Peaches and Pears, 90c@$1 10; Apricots, 60@90c. CANNED _VEGETABLES—Peas, i0c@$l 25 Tomatoes, COFFEE—We quote: Costa Rica, 17@17%c for prime washed; 1414@15c for good washed: 17%@ 1Se-for good to prime washed peaberry; 16%@1Iic for good peaberry: 14@l6c for good to prime; 12 | BUCKWHEAT—$1 75@1 8 per ctl. FLOUR AND MILLSTUFFS. The millers report a falr demand on local FLOUR—Net cash prices are: Family extras, | $4 £5@4 65; Bakers' extras, $4 30@4 40 per barrel. | MILLSTUFFS—Prices in_sacks are as fol- lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham | Flour, $3 per 100 Ibs; Rye Flour, $2'30 per 100; | 5: Cornmeal, §2 25; extra cream « Cornmeal, '$3 tmeal, $350; Oat Groats, $t Hominy, ' $3 1042 30; Buckwheat Flour, $: | Cracked Wheat, $350; Farnia, $50; Whole | ‘Wheat Flour, $ Rolled Oats (barrels), $5 25 @s 65 in sacks, $5 05@5 45; Pearl Barley, $i Split Peas, $3 75; Green Peas, $4 25 per 100 Ibs. | HAY AND FEEDSTUFFS. It rained a little here and there on Monday, but not enough to do any material good in the dry districts, and Hay went up again, with sales on the outside in a small way over the top quotations. Still higher prices will prob- ably rule from now on. Feedstuffs range the same, though Rolled Barley is advancing. BRAN—$16G16 50 per ton. MIDDLINGS—$18@22 50 per ton. FEEDSTUFFS—Rolled Barley, $24@2% per ton; Ollcake Meal at the mill, $28 50@29 50; Jobbing, $30: Cocoanut Cake, $2150@22 50; Cot- tonseed’ Meal, $25G30 per ton; Cornmeal, $23@ g;fi(j);acked Corn, $23 50@24 50; Chopped Feed, HAY—(Ex-car in round lots)—Wheat, $17 0@ 2150 per ton; Wheat and Oat, $17G21; Oat, $16 | @18; Barley, $14G17; compressed, $17 50@20; Al- falfa, $9 50@11 50; stock, $12@13; Clover, $13 50. STRAW—3@43¢ per bale. BEANS AND SEEDS. Beans continue dull at the recently revised prices. There is no change in Seeds. BEANS—Bayos, $280@2 %; Small Whites, $1 501 60 . Whites, $1 50@155; Pinks, $2 25@2 50; Reds, sz@g 25; Blackeye, $2 40@2 50; Butters, $1 40@1'60; Limas, $2G2 15; Pea, $1 40 Red Kidneys, §2 25@2 50 per ctl. SEEDS—Brown Mustard, $275@3 per ctl; Yellow Mustard, $2@2 50; Flax, ; Canary Seed, 24@2%c per 1b; Alfalfa, 3@6c; Rape, 2@2%c; Hemp, 3c; Timothy, 5%c. DRIED PEAS—Niles, $1 40@1 65; Green, $1 60 @1 90 per ctl. 5 POTATOES, ONIONS AND VEGETABLES. Potatoes and Onions are quiet and unchanged. Vegetables are generally firm and in moderate receipt. POTATOES—Early Rose, 65@7c; River Reds, B0@60c; River Burbanks, 60@75c per sack; Ore- gon Burbanks, 6@%c; Salinas Burbanks are out; Petaluma Burbanks, 55@7oc; Sweet Pota- toes, 2@30c per ctl for Rivers and 85c@$1 for Merced; new Potatoes, 3¢ per Ib. ONIONS—31 T5g2 50 per ctl; Oregon, S$1 75 250; Australian, §2 80g3; cut Onions, $1g1 per ‘sack. V] 'ABLES—Receipts were 287 boxes As- paragus, 346 boxes Rhubarb and 200 sks Peas. Asparagus, $@sc per Ib for fancy, 5@7c for No. 1 and 3@4c for No. 2; Rhubarb, 5lc@ $125 per box; Alameda Green Peas, 3@ic per : Mushrooms, 4@ioc; Marrowfat Squash, $2§ @30 per ton; Dried Peppers, 6@7c per 1b; Dried Okra, 15c; Cabbage, 60@T5c per ctl; Carrots, 25 @60c per sack; Garlic, 3@4%4c per . Los Angeles String Beans, ——: Tomatoes, $1@i 50; Green Peppers, — per Ib; Summer Squash, —; Egg_Plant, — per Ib; Cucum- bers, H0c@s1’ per dozen. EVAPORATED VEGETABLES— Potatoes, sliced raw, 12c per Ib in lots of 25 1bs; sliced dessicated, 16@1Sc; granulated raw, 13ci Onlons, 6lc; Carrots, old, 13c; new, 1Sc: Cabbage, 3ic; Sweet Potatoes, 30c; Turnips, 2c; String: Beans, S0c; Tomatoes, 50c. POULTRY AND GAME. Young stock is selling fairly well at about the same prices. Otherwise there is nothing new. POULTRY—Live Turkeys, $@10c for Gob- blers and 10@ile for Hens; dreued‘l'l;;gen 12@Ue .. Geese, per pair, 175 (R N mfif::uos for' old and 6 5008 1 3 3 ; O e e g G T Lor large, % 30G ers, 50; Broflers, $5@% 50 450 for small; Figsons, 52@2 25 per for young and §1 25@1 50 for old. . GAME—Nominal. BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. Butter and Eggs are both firmer and the lat- ter show signs of advancing under A good demand. There is no change in Cheese. Re- ceipts of Butter are rather under the demand at_present, though there s no 'TTER— Cd‘.mm"een‘rrt‘-ncymm 1T%@18%c; sec- on 3 Dllry—‘fgfige wn’mwy, 15@16c; second grades, . Eactarn UhuftensCreamery, 16@i8%e; ladle- ced, 1 . B bl hcnie Tild new, Sc: common to good, ] 3 Yo ane ‘Eggn, 13@12%c per dozen; store Egss, @12ic for good current mixed with black beans; 9:4@1dc for fair; 5%@sc for common to ordinary. sSalvador, 14@15c for good to prime washed; 12@13%c for fair washed; 15@16ic for g0od to prime washed peaberry; 913@10¢ nomi- nal for superior unwashed; S@8%c for good green unwashed; 12g1%%c for good to prime unwashed peaberry. Nicaragua, $@l0c for good to superior unwashed; 12@i2igc for good un- | washed peaberry. Guatemala and Mexican, | 16%@Is%e for prime to fancy washed: 4@l6c | for good to strictly good washed; 12@isisc for | fair washed; 7@lc for medium; 5@6%c for | common to ordinary; 16%@1Sc for good to prime washed peaberry: 12@12%c for good un- washed peaberry; $%@l0c for good to superior unwashed. PACIFIC CODFISH—Bundles, per Ib, 3%c; cases, selected, per Ib, 4%c; cases, imitation Eastern, per ib, 4%c: boneless, per Ib, 5c: strips, Norway. per Ib, 5%c; strips, Narrow Gauge, per Ib, 3%c; strips, Silver King, per ib, Si4c; blocks, Clipper, per Ib, 5c¢; blocks, Orl- per Ib, 5%c: blocks, Seabright, per b, 6%c; ‘tablets, Crown Brand, per Ib, Tite; mid- dles, Golden State, per Ib, $%c: middles, White Seal, per dozen, S%c; desiccated, Gllt Edge, per dozen, s0c; pickled cod, barrels, each $8; pickled | cod, alf barrels, each’$4 50 OIL—California Castor Oll, cases, No. 1, %c; | barrels, %c per gallon (manufacturers’ rates): Linseed Oll, in barrels, bolled, 53c; do raw, 5ic; cases, ¢ more; Lard Oil, extra winter strained, barrels, 55c; No. 1, 45c; cases, 5¢ more; China Nut, 47@sSc _per gallon: Neatsfoot Oil, barrels, 80c: cases, 65c; No. 1, barrels, 50c; cases, Sic: Sperm, crude, 60c; natural white, 80c; bleached do, S5¢; Whale OIl, natura] white, 40c; bleached do, 45¢; Pacific and house colors, 31 25@1 35 per gallon; colors, $2@2 25 per gallon. PETROLEUM, GASOLINE AND NAPH- THA—Water White Coal Oil, in bulk, 1lc per gallon; Pearl Oil, in cases, 17c; Astral do, 17c: Star do, 17c: Extra Star do, 2lc; Elaine do, '22¢; Eocene do, 19c: Deodorized Stove Gaso- line, in bulk, 12c; do in cases, 17%c; 63 degree Naphtha, in bulk, 1l%c; do in cases, 18%c: 56 degree Gasoline, in bulk, 20c; do in cases, 25c. WHITE LEAD—Quoted at 6@7c per Ib. TURPENTINE—In cases, 57c: in iron barrels, 52; In wooden barrels, 54 per gallon. LUCOL—Boiled, barrels, 43c; do cases, 48c; raw, barrels, 4lc: do cases. 46c per gallon. CANDLES—Standard Ol Company quotes: Electric Light, 6s, 16 0z., T%c; M4 oz., 64c; 12 oz., b%c; 10 oz., 4lc. Paraffine Wax Candles— 1s,'2s, ds, 6s and 12s, white, T%c: colored, S%c. QUICKSILVER—For export, $36, and for local use, 340 per flask. LEATHER—Harness, heavy, 30@35c per Ib; do medium, 28c: do’ light.” 26@27c; rough medtum, 28¢; do light, 26@27c; rough Leather, 2223c: Kips, $40G45 per dozen: Calf. %0c@$1 per ib; rough spiits, 7@8c; belt-knife spiits, 10@12c; Collar Leather, black, 10@12¢ per foot; do rus- set, 10@12c; Skirting Leather, 30@35c per Ib. SUGAR—The Western Sugar Refinery Com- pany_quotes terms net cash: Cube Crushed and Fine Crushed, 6%c: Powdered, §c; Dry Granulated, 5%c: Confectioners’ A,'S%e; Mag- nolia A. 5%c: Extra C, S%e: Golden C, 5c; Candy Granulated, 5%c; California A, 5%c per Ib; half barrels i4c more than barrels, and boxes e more. G SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET. Dealers are obliged to pay the top figure for £00d Hogs, though they say they cannot pay it and come out even on dressed stock at the There is no change in Beef and Mutton. Wholesale rates for dressed stock from slaughterers are a8 follows: BEEF—_First quality, 8%@7c; second quality, 5%@6c: third quality. 4@5c per 1b. VEAL—Large, 6@6%c; small, 7@7%¢c per 1b. MUTTON—Wethers, Sc: Ewes, $%@Jc per Ib. LAMB—Spring. 10@1ic per 1b. PORK—Live Hogs, 4%c for large, 4%@dlsc for small and 4%@4%c for medlum; stock Hogs, 3@3%e; dressed Hogs, 6@7c per Ib. ‘WOOD, LUMBER, ETC. quotations. POSTS—8@10c each for No. 1 and 5%4@éc for No. 2; Redwood, $5 per cord; Oak, rough, $§ 50; peeled, $9; Pine, $5 5. LUMBER—Retall prices are nominally as follows: Pine, ordinary sizes, $11@14 for No. 1 and $9 50@11 for No. 2; extra sizes higher. Red- ‘wood—$14@17 for No. 1 and $11@12 50 for No. 2; Lath, 4 feet, $1 70@1 80; Pickets, $16; Shingles, $125 for common and §2 % for fancy; Rustic, $19G21; Shakes, $5. RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE. For Tuesday, Margh 15. Flour, qr sks ... 2,230|Middlings, sks .. 200 Barley, ctls . 935| Alfalfa seed, sks. 41 Corn, ctls 1,200 Lime, bbls 81 Butter, ctls . 353| Pelts, bdls 285 Cheese, ctls . 20| Hops, bales 0 Tallow, ctls 150| Raisins, bxs . 20 Potatoss, ctls ... 1,662(Hides, Do 1,088 454| Eggs, doz .. 19,080 975 | Leather, rol 94 1,575/ Wine, gals 75,130 THE STOCK MARKET. A reported strike in Chollar sent that stock up somewhat and Potosi advanced in sympathy. Occidental was a few cents better again. Hale & Norcross was weaker under a rumored court On the Bond Exchange the sugar stocks ruled firm, as will be seen. Oceanic Steamship was also firm and tending uj The London, Paris an: a dividend of $3 20 per share yesterday. the board 130 was bid for the stock. The delinquency in office of the Central Eu- reka assessment of 13 cents per share has been pol!pg‘nd to April 9, and the day of sale to May The San Francisco Gas and Electric Com- pany will pay the regular monthly dividend of 50 _cents per share on. April 1. The directors of the American Sugar Refin- ing Company have declared regular quarterly dividends of 3 per cent on the common and 1% per cent on the preferred stock, payable on April 2. The Hutchinson Plantation dividend of 40c per share will be pald on the 2ist. Interest will be due and payable on and after April 1 on the following bonds listed at the Stock and Bond Exchange: U. S. 4s, quar- terly; California Electric Light 6s, gquarterly: Hawallan Commeércial and Sugar.5is, semi- annual; Northern Rallway of California s, semi-annual; Omnibus Cable Railway 6s, semi- annual; Southern Pacific Railroad of Califor- nia 6s, semi-annual, and Southern Pacific Branch Railway of California 6s, semi-annual. The Homestake Mining Company of South Dakota will pay the regular monthly dividend ‘of 25 cents per share on March 2. The Homestake Mining Company of Utah has levied an assessment of 1 cent per share, amounting to $2500. = The Sacramento Mining Company of Utah | has declared a_dividend of % cent per share, amounting to $5000, payable March 31. STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE. TUESDAY, March 15—2 p. m. Did. Ask. Bid. Ask. U § Bonds— Oakland Gas.. 50 48 quar coup..11z Pac Gas Imp. American Bank pcllg 4s quar reg..il0 — |Pac L Co 4s quar new..121% — (S F G & Miscellaneous— San Fran Stock Gas. Insurancl— Firem's Fund.195 Bank Stocks— Anglo-cal 63 1 67 Bank of Cal..24733249 Cal 8§ D & Ta — 104% First lat ....200 — Lon P & A...130 Mer Exchnge. Nev Nat B...155 Savings Danks— Ger S & L..1625 1665 Hum S & L.1050 1160 N Mutual Sav. N N N N Union T Oak Street Railroad— on Galitornia ....108 — eary = P Marke! 52 52% Presidio 6 8% Powder— California ....110 — E Dynamite .. 86 92% Giant Con Co. 4214 42% Vigorit 3% 3% Miscel us— Al Pac Assn.. — 99 Ger Ld Wks..100 150 |Hana P_Co. - |H C & S Co.. 30% 30% utch 8§ P Co. 45% 45% Mer Ex Assn. 90 Contra Costa.. — 6 |Nat Vin Co... — T | Marin Co . 80 — |Oceanic 8 Co. 58 58% Spring Val ...101%101% | Pac A F L.. 1% — | Gas & Tlectrie— Pac Bor Co... 9Tt — | Cent Gaslight. %% — |Par Paint Co. 7 — M E L Co..... 13% 1% ! Morning Sesslon. | 25 Spring Valley Water 101 123 | % do do 101 00 130 do do 100 87% | 30 Hutchinson § P Co. 500 | 50 Market-street Railway 53 00 50 Giant Powder Con.. 42 00 Street— 10 Hutchinson § P Co.. 50 Afternoon Session. 50 Mutual_Electric Light 50 Glant Powder Con % do do 35 do do 52000 S F & N P Ry Bonds, 25 Hutchinson S P Co. 9% do do .. 500 Vigorit Powder 25 Oceanic Steamship Co 125 do _do s ..v... 5 Spring Valley Water 6 do, do .. 10 do do s 5. 25 Hawailan Commercial & Bugar: Street— 25 Oakland Gas $5000 Northern Ry of Cal §s Bonds, INVESTMENT BOARD. Morning Session. 30 Spring Valley Water . 445 Central Light & Power. 50 do do 50 Hawallan Commercial & Sugar. 5 California Safe Deposit . $3000 Spring_ Valley Water 4 $5000 Market-street 5s 10 Contra Costa Water Street— 50 Spring Vailey Water 20 Market-street Afternoon Session. 50 Glant Powder do BER2B0w 88y g8 Py 3 §S 238 am swasanss Street— 10 Spring Valley Water 100 Central Light & Power. MINING SALES. Following were the sales in the San Fran- cisco Stock Board yesterday: Morning Session. s 200 Andes .. . 091100 Mexican .. 31 330 Best & Belcher 30200 Occidental 215 2055 2 31|200 Potost . 43 400 Buiifon . 00 42 200 Chollar 39 00 2 10 100 2| 50 - 35 50 Goula & Curry. 1 Afternoon Session. 50 Best & .Belcher 31200 Ophir 44| 300 Chollar .. 51/700 Potos . 42 250 Hale & Norcrs..1 40(100 Savage 2% | 5 25200 Utah .. 10 200 Oceidental . 20 Following were the sales in the Pacific Stock Board yesterday: & Morning Session. 500 Alpha 08]200 Crown Point .. 14 600 Alta 17300 Gould & Curry. 19 300 . 16|160 Hale & Norcrs..1 40 800 . 11/100 1 30 300 Belches . 25/100 125 . . 24/ 900 Mexican 3t t & Belcher 31(300 Overman 12 - . 301300 .. 11 300 Bullion . 200 Potos! . 33 400 Chollar 700 40 300 . 41 39 25 12 .- 31 700 Andes 32 200 Belcher 41 150 Best & 43 200 Bullion 4“4 300 . 45 % 24 05 50400 Sierra Nev 7% 55500 Union Con 85 56| 200 Utah 10 19 CLOSING QUOTATIONS. | TUESDAY, March 154 p. m. Bid. Ask. Bld.Ask. Alpha 07 o — Alta 16 17 - 3 Andes 10 1f 02 o4 Belcher 24 25! - Benton . - B8 31 32 Best & 30 3 20 — Bullion 12 130 “ 6 Caledoni: 30 31 1 12 Chollar . 550 56 “ 4 Con_Cal % T 25 2 Challenge % 29 05 06 Confidence 6 7 06— Con Imperial - 0 05110 Crown Point 12 14|Silver Hill 0z 03 Con New York. — 03|Syndicate . 0 — Eurcka Con ... — 2|Standard 0 — Exchequer .. 06 07 Unlon Con 3% 36 Gould & Curi 19 20| Utah 10 1 Yellow %5 27 Hale & Norcrs.1 40 1 45 ! ASSESSMENTS PENDING. Delingnt COMPANY. | No. [ in the | Day of [Amt. Board. | ~Sale. | Overman. 7 |..Feb 2|..Mar 23| 05 Alpha Con. 2 | Mar 4. Mar 29| 0 Potosi © |"Mar s/l Apr 4| W Crown Polnt. 7 CApri| 10 Ophir... % i CApr 18 25 Con. Imperial 4@ CApr %] 01 Andes. 45 CApr 2| 05 Best & Beicher...| 64 IMay 3| Con. Cal. & Va. 1 May 3| 2 Hale & Noreross. | 114 CMay 3| 10 Ocefdental... . £ May il 10 APPROPRIATE USE OF LACE. There is a discretion in the selection and use of laces wherein one may show refined taste and good judgment. Cer- tain kinds are befitting certain. occa- sions, certain fabrics, certain seasons and certain uses. There are laces for morning and evening, for indoor and outdoor costumes, for wraps and bon- nets, for lingerie and muslins, silks and velvets, for youth, maturity and age. Transparent, filimy laces or heavy ones are to be used accordingly, as full or flat decoration is desired. For some purposes machine lace is to be pre- ferred to the hand-wrought article. To consider it more durable, however, is a mistake.—Orlena L. Shackleford in March Woman’s Home Companion. —_——————— | Unitea States Rats abound on the Scilly Islands near the seashore. At low tide crabs drift into the underground avenues leading to the rat holes and the gnaw off their legs to prevent their es- cape, A TIME BALL. TH] ch Hydrographic Office. U. 8. B:}I‘:Bt!' yExchange, San Francisco, 15, 1898. 1 ball on Telegraph Hill was dropped exnntis Tt Moon_ fo-day—i. e._at noon of the 120th meridian. or exactly § p. m.. Green= wieh time. W. §."HUGHES, Lieutenant, U. S. N., In charge. . Mer- March NOTICE TO MARINERS. A branch of the United States Hydrographie Office, located in the Merchants' Exchange, maintained in San Francisco for the benefit of mariners without regard to nationality and free of expense. i fally invited to visit the Navigators are cord 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 ocean 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, i8 published the same dav by the afternoon papers, and by the morning papers the follow= ing day. W. S. HUGHES, N. Lieutenant, U. in charge. SUN, MOON AND TIDE. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Times and Helghts of High and Low Waters at_Fort Point, Entrance to San Francisco Bay. Published by Official Aus thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur ay the city front (Mission-street wharf) abou twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point] the helght of tide is the same at both places. MARCH—1s85. Wednesday, March I % Bun cets. Moon rise: = E!Tlme’yee‘|T‘me’ne‘|'fime’g“' Timelp, BiEwl Wl e wl L wl 16| 58| 5.2 1:00] —03| 823 &5l 0 LW H L W H W 0:5 Al 2| 1:58/ —0.3] 9:05| 4.8 18] 1:8] 2 247l 2| 9:2f 81 " 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 ‘gives the last tide of the day, except when there are but three tides, as sometimes occurs. The heights | given are ‘additions to the soundings on the Coast Survey charts, except when a minus sign (—) precedes the height and then the number given Is subtractive from the depth given by the charts. e STEAMERS TO ARRIVE. SIEAMER | FrOM | Duw - [Mar 18 Mar 16 . |Mar 17 *|Mar 17 - |Mar 17 San Diego. i Mar 18 Umatilla Vietoria & Puet Sna. .... |Mar 18 Arcata. Coos Bay Mar 18 Homer. - |Humbodle Mar 19 Burma . Nanaimo Mar 20 | Mackinaw. Tacoma. Mar 20 Valencia ..|Alaska. .. Mar 20 Crescent City.. | Crescent Citv. Mar 20 North FOrk.. ... | tumooids. Mar 20 Columoia. . | Portiana Mar 20 Bristol. * | Departure Bay Mar 20 Felgic. .|China and Japan Mar 22 Santa Rosa..... |San Diego.. . Mar 32 Colon -|Panama Mar 23 Vietoris and Puget Sound | Mar 28 STEAMERS TO SAIL. STEAMER | DESTINATION| SAILS. | PR Sant Rosa|San Diego....|Mar 16, 1L Am|Pier 11 Fulton. ... |Alaska .|Mar 16,10 AM|Pler 20 Walla Wila| Vie& P Mar 17. 10 AM | Pler 9 Coos Bay..|Newport. Mar 18, 9 AM|Pler 1L State of Cal | Portland. Mar 18, 10 aM|Pler 24 CitySydney |Panama. Mar 18, 12 88 Humbldt Mar 13 13 i 3 [ br e Portlana...... |Mar 24 China&Japan. | Mar 8 Australia.....|Mar 33, 3 Py|Pler 7 North Fork | Humbold 2 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. AmRiveD, L} Tuesday, Marsh 15. Stmr New England, Small, 80 days from Boston, bound for Vancouver; put into San Francisco for fuel. U S stmr Richard Rush, Roberts, from a rufse Stmr Whitesboro, Johnson, 14 hours from Greenwood. Stmr Santa Cruz, Gielow, 13 hours from Moss Landing. Stmr Jewel, Madsen, 19 hours from Caspar, Bktn S N Castle, Hubbard, 19 days from Honolulu. e Schr Mary Etta, Nyman, 12 hours from Fisks Mill Schr Czar, Hutman, 28 days from San Blas. CLEARED. Tuesday, March 15 Br stmr Wellington, Salmond, Nanalmo; R Dunsmuir Sons Co. SwDAL, st ek, McGregor, whalings , Blum 0. Stmr Homer, Jessen, Eureka; Goodall, Perk- ins & Co. "8 San Diegos Stmr_Santa Rosa, Good, Perkins & Co. Wainright, Queenstown, G SAILED. Br ' ship Speke, W McNear. Tuesday, March 15. U S smtr Richard Rush, Roberts, cruise. Whal stmr Karluk, McGregor, whaling. Br stmr Wellington, Salmond, Nanaimo. Stmr North Fork, Bash, Eureka. Stmr Homer, Jessen, Bureka., . Stmr Gipsy, Leland, Santa Cfuz. Bark Elecira, Feferson, Prince William Sound. Echr Western Home, Nilason, Coos Bay. r 03 _Umpqua. Sehr W ¥ Jewett, Johnson, Unalaska. Schr Jennie Thelin, Hansen, Grays Harbor. Schr Ralph J Long, Gruggle, Astoria. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, March 15—10 p. m.—Weather clear; wind, W; velocity, 12 miles per hour. CHARTERS. The W H Dimond loads mdse for Honolulu. The Conway loads wheat at Seattle for Eu- rope, 3s 9d; Orontes, wheat at Portland for Europe, 375 6d. Alexander, s Per schr Czar—March 12—About 150 miles west of Polnt Sur Br sealing schr Penslope. ¥ New York, for San Francisco. F DOMESTIC PORTS. Whitesboro, for San Francisco. NEWPORT—Arrived March 15—Schr Bertha FORT BRAGG—Sailed March 15—Schr C H Merchant, —. Yosemite, from Seattle. TACOMA — Sailed March 15 — Schr Golden TATOOSH—Passed March 15—Stmr Washte- naw, from Tacoma, for San Francisco. d Head, for Honolulu. D EDRO—_Arrived March 15—Bktn Uncle SAN DIEGO—Arrived March 15—Schr Hal- cyon, from Eureka. PORTS. BORDEAUX — Arrived Feb 22 — Nor stmr Florida, from Oregon. Glade, hence Oct 24, H o ife_Saliea March 13—Br bark Banft- COLON—Sailed March 12—Stmr Finance, for New York. Sept 15, for Hull. ux‘:d;\l;y‘ h!n;:(eAsT:Arrlved March 14—Br stmr . from Tacoma. I RPOOL—Arrived March 14—Ger SYDNEY—Arrived March 12—Br stmr Warri- moo, from Vancouver. lia, from San Diego. B I TINGTON, N %-Sailed March 12-Br YOKOHAMA—Sailed March 13—Br stmr Mo- ‘Arrived March 15—Br stmr Empress of China. from_Vancouver. Forthbank, from Gerigenti, for Oregon. QUEENSTOWN—Arrived March 15—Br ship hence Nov 4; Br ship Pinmore, hence Oct 27. Nor bark Stjorn, form Seattle; Ital ship Sal- DUNKIRK — Arrived March 15—Ger. ‘Willkommen, from Oregon; Br bark St Orego: NEW YORK — Safled March I5—Stmi b ser Wilhelm der Grosse, | for Bremen: s BOULSGNE_Arr 158 rrived March from New York. e Ry SPOKEN. Feb 14—Lat 25 S, long 43 ship Aryan, fa GREENWOOD — Saliled March 14 — « Stmr Dolbeer, from Eureka. PORT BLAKELEY—Arrived March 15—Schr Shore, for Adclaide. CLALLAM BAY — Sailed March 15—Bark John, from Eureka. FOREIGN P LEETWOOD—Arrived March 14—Ger ship shire, for Esquimalt. ISLE OF WIGHT—Passed March 14—Br brk PAL! Flottbek, from Oregon. Ay QUEENSTOWN—Arrived March 14—Br ship stmr Miowera, for Vancouver. gul, for Tacoma. CAPE SPARTEL—Passed March 15—Br ship James Kerr, hence Oct 13; Br bark Moel Eflian vatore Ciamj hence Nov 4. gryfe, from . % ) TRANS-ATLANTIC STEAMEKS. Cb:;fcv for Liverpool; stmr Penihsula, for Lis- Arrived March 15—Stmr Pennsylvania, from Havel, from New Torp o0 Merch 15—Stms

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