The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1898, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1898 showed steadiness. The weather news was NORTHERN WHEAT MARKET. softshell: Almonds, 2%@3%c for hardshell, 5@6c | Belcher for softshell and T@sc for paper-shell; Peanuts, | Benton Com Mexican mariners without regard to nationality and maintained in San Francisco for the benefit of COMMERCIAL WORLD. S velopments fn the Cuban situation. There is L S R e &' temptation. for @ bull clique "o force up rices and compel the shorts cover. e Heavy frost throughout the Btate. EHort of the bulls to-day was only moderate Stiver higher. in inducing covering, but they did discourage Wheat and Barley futures lower. i {unhel;' Bll;lofl sem:\g Blldllwlcfi.o‘:‘flll]‘l;dmpeflc‘elz . rom declines running up to a p ver Gais ister. Eornoend IBAs Sul many prominent stocks. The market closed with one of these rallies In force, so that the but no higher. net changes are for the most part Insignificant ind Seeds dull, and Beans weaker. and there is @ falr sprinkling of gains. The abl lower. industrial specialties continued to be the chief S abputidns aame sufferers from depression. The railroad list at previous prices. | cific stocks and Union Pacific preferred showed | rket broke. | not a little firmness. and Limes dull. | The money market seems to be waiting on the Dried Fruit motionless. | cuban question equally with stocks. Bankers = S e | are loth to put out money in time loans. al- | No HDproven hafigea | though the available supply with the replen- | Wool, Hides and Hops unchanged. | 1shment of the gold imports is sald to be quite More Strawberries arrived large. To-day's falling in exchange and the Shipment of $150, to the apprehension over the future rather than OF GROCERIES. | to_present actual demands for money. AMEOR The bond market continued to lack anima- tion, trading being confined to a few specu- against 41,332,400; &' and the 5's 1% bid, There were sales of %0; tea, 457,900 | the new 4's coupon at 120, the bid price. % ibs, against| Total sales of stocks to-day were 28,000 shares, including: Burlington, 34,34 and Nashville, 4305; Manhattan, 21 | politan, 15,888; New York Central, North- ern Pacific, 3505; _do preferred, ' 10,975; Rock Island, $220; St.’ Paul, 25.980; Union Pacifle, |.17,820;" Tobacco, 12,185; People’s Gas, 10,315 ’ American Sugar, 66,293, CLOSING STOCKS. Atchison . 10%|St P & Om | "o pret .1l 28%| Do pret L P paitimore & OKi6 187 |SU M & . 189 8 s | Canada Pacific .. So Pacific . - $32480.810 $419.66L105 | Gongga Southern. 45%|So Railway The exports for the current fiscal year show | Cent Pac . a increase of $78,37 8 over the correspond- | Ches & Ohio . eriod on the previous fiscal vear, while | Chi & Alton . {mports show a decrease of $25,806425, so | Chi B & Q. the % in favor of the United States | Chi & E 1ii. foreign trade for the first two-thirds of | C C C & St L. Do pref al year is $107,178,286. | Do _pref ... 82 |Wheel & L | Del & Hudson'..% 106%, Do pref .. FLOUR AND GRAIN EXPORTS. |Del L & W...... 145 | Express Companies— [ Den & R G.I1 10k |Adams Bx o Exports of Flour and Grain from the United | Do pre: . 42% | American Ex . : | Erle (new) " 124 |United_States Stat first elght months of the fiscal | B 1 pret Wells rargo Ft Wayne . Miscellaneous— 1897-98. | Gt wor pref A _Cot O11 | Hocking _Val 4| Do pret Tilinois_Cent 4 [Amn Spirits . Lake Erie & Do_pref .. Am Tobaceo . Do pref Louls & i Manhattan L . Met St Ry Micn Cent The China took out a treasure list of $150,- | Minn & St consisting of $1 in Mexican dollars, | o0 15t pref - People’s Gas . Cons Gas »m_Cable F & Iron.. TREASURE SHIPME! in gold coin, $135,000 In silver bullion and | Mobile & Ohio b in Peruvian soles. Mo K & T. Do_pret 3 at Lin Ol r Imp Co . Pacific Mail Chi Ind & L. Do pref N J Central Y Central Pullman_ Pal . Y Chi & St'L: Silver Cert Do Ist pref . Stand R & T Do 2d pref Sugar ..... Nor West Do pref o Amer C T C & Iro No Pacific . U S Leather ... Do pref ... Do pret Ontario & W....] |U_S Rubber R & Nav.... 41%| Do pref nort Line ... West Union | g caN Reading Do pret | “Do st pre e Rock Island StL &S F, | Bo st pref’. | Do zd pret . St Paul .. Do pret . R Chi G_W.. Haw Com | BONDS. | U S new 4s reg.. | Do coup . Z |US4s . | "Do coup . | Do 2ds . U S s reg | coup No Pac 1sts Do 3s Do District 3658 | Ala class A | Do B Do C Do Currency Atchison 43 Do adj is . | Can =0 2ds. . O Imp 1sts tr. Chi Term 4s. . 81%| Do 5s tr .. | C & Onio 5s..2.0 114 | Pacific 6s of 9%. CH & D 4%s.... ‘IN%‘Rmdan 4s . D & R G 1sts.... 10813 |R G W lsts. |D&ERG4s ... 89 [SL &IMGC5s. 88% Bast Tenn 1sid 15 (ST & ST G 6l 110 rie Gen 4s ..... 4 |St Con ... 9 O Clear ® Partly. C/oudy EW & Dists'tr. 63 Sc P C & Plsis 18 yen Elec §s . . 101 Do §s . ® C‘/aua’y@ Bain® Snow, GH&S A 65....102 [So Ry 58 . | Do 2ds . 1108 (Stand R & T .. 51 SHADED AREAS SHOW PRECIPITATION |H & T C 5s...... 109 |Tenn new set 3s.. § SURING PAST 12 HQURS | “Do con 6s . T & P L G 1sts.. 9 | Towa C 1sts | Do Rg 2ds ... 3 Kan P Con tr. UPD& G Ists. 52 K Pac 1st DD tr. ‘Wab 1st 5s La new cons 4s .. 101 | Do _2ds EXPLANATION. L & N Uni 4s.... 86 |W Shore 4s The arrow flles with the wind. The top fig- | Missouri 6s 1100 |Va Centurles . ures at :tation indicite maximum temperature M K & T 2ds. Do deferred 3 Tor the days; thoee underneatn it it any, the | Do is U P pret 485 amount of rainfall, of melted snow in inches [ N Y Central Do ds . %0 end hundredths during the past twelve hours. STOCKS. Ieobars, or solid lines, connect points of equal | Chollar Ontario 250 uir pressure: isotherms, or dotted lines, equal | Crown Point Ophir 2 temperature. The word “high’” means high | Con Cal & Va. Plymouth . o7 barometric pressure an clly accompanted | Deadwood 'Quicksilver . 100 refers to low pres- | Gould & Do pref . v preceded and accompanied el CE and Teina. T sy forra, Nevada.., 140 o the Washington coast. When 5 9| Uaton Con % 2] n the interfor an low 3 A o{ oo s and the isobars e‘xl,hnfl north | Mexican i = fi‘&”‘)w DEcecs 20 the coast, rain is probable; Bat waen t e ) BOSTON marked cur re, rain south of Oregon is im- BOSTON, March 23. Topeka and robable. h ‘high’” in the vicinity of | Santa Fe, 10 Bell Telephone, 244: Cincinnati, daho, and the pressure falllng to the Call- | Burlington and Quincy, $814; Mexican Central, fornia coast, warmer weather may be expected | 5; Oregon Short Line, 35; Boston and Montana, in summer and colder weather in winter. The %4; Butte and Boston, 20%. Teverse of these conditions Wil produce am | S = cpposite result. NEW SECURITIES LISTED. WEATHE ORT. | NEW YORK, March 23.—The committee on he stock list of the New York Stock Exch an—Pacific Time. Is s n e oh3e % p. m. | has listed the following securities: Northern s RANCIe T ific Railway Company, $863,500 additional Following are the rainfalls for the past| " mgying total listed $55062.000: Spokane twenty-four hours and seasonal rainfalls 10 | fails and Morthern Ratlway Corany, S erea date, h those of the same date | first mortgase 6 per cent bonds; Union Pacific last seas | Rallroad Company, $13,000,000 first mortgage 4 Past This Last | per cent bonds, making the total listed $54.235,- 24 hours. Scason. Season. | 000, and $15,750,000 preferred stock, making the 0 28.% 43.09 | total listed $75,000,000. 0 12 2.71 = nto 0 1581 LONDON MARKET. wncisco . 0 20.56 — ¢ 0 9.97 NEW YORK, March 23.—The Evening Post's hispo 0 2011 London financial cablegram says: The stock = 1185 | markets here remain stagnant and dull, being 3 : " 1% | entirely dominated by the Cuban question. The perature: Maximum, 60; feature to-day was the sharp drop In Spanish 45 They opened at 53%, touched 63 and closed BT CONDT ND GENERAL | at ©3%. It Is still believed here that New York N traders are dealing in them. Americans gav 4 R 5 way in sympathy with the New York lead sure ls falling rapidly over Wash- | Stock is not really pressed for sale here, but il Vancouver Island, | A storm of some | (here are fair realizations from the Continent o ] O T Iy aRCOUVEr | The close was better on New York support. It o hould it (r’\')l is believed that the Chinese loan has been only Gna extend Taelt souinaALd along the Orcpen | About half applied for here. It is quoted at and extend it thward alor > discount on 3 e e e e Tebortion | “In the allotment of English treasury bills a o to-day nearly £2,000,000 was taken In twelve Columbia_ River or 4. A E e e g iward: An | months bills at 2'3-16 per cent. mean, risen decidedly in Ne- CLOSE. in the country east of the canadian Pacific, §3%; Grand Trunk, T%: In the great valleys of Cali- | Bar Silver, steady, 26 per ounce; Money, 2@ ure Is about normal 21 per cent. 1 velocities are reported: e 2 ‘miles per hour from the south; | NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE. o e at San Francisco for thirty | NEW YORK, March 2.—FLOUR—Recelpts, Thuredass showers ih extreme morthom noss | dull and nominally lower to sell. - winds. WHEAT — Receipts, §7,350 bushels; spot ‘alifornia—Fair Thursday; westerly | weak; No. 2 red, $1 04 £. 0. b. afloat to arrive. Options opened steadier at %@%c advance on ~ Cloudy in northwestern portion | further covering, but through predictions of fair in southeastern portion. | warmer weather drifted gradually Into weak- ioudy Thursday; warmer in northern | mess. Liquidation was the afternoon feature, particularly in late deliveries, which lost r Thursday. 1%@1%c, against e decline on near months. 0 and vicinity—Increasing cloud- | A good export demand and better late cables v: unsettied Thursday night; had little influence. No. 2 red March, $1 03w changing to southwesterly, 104, closed $103; May, 99 15-16@51 013, m Mount Tamalpals, taken closed, §1 ar; wind northwest, 12 miles per ~ HOPS—Steady: common to choice State, 1895 crop, 4@6c; do 1896 crop, 7@9c; do 1897 crop, 17@ crop. i@6e; do 189 crop, ats p. m. hour; temperature, 50: maximum, & CANDER McADIE, | 185 Pacific Coast, 18 al Forecast Official. | 8@10c; do 1897 crop, 17 WOOL—Quiet. | PETROLEUM—Dull. PASTERN MARKETS, NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. METALS—-Although quiet the market shows | a disposition to do better. According to the | Metal Exchange pigiron warrants are quiet at | PrARE COPPER Cnchanged at si1 8 —Uncl al T NEW YORK, March 23.—Money on call easy, | and $12 asked. . HETa 11 1%@2 per cent: last loan, 2 per cent; closed, 8| TIN—Firm at $14 35 bid and $14 40 asked. per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 44G5% per | SEIITL dicanl ae 4 o D hid and $377% cent. Sterling exchange weak, with actual | aeked. The firm that fixes the selling price business in bankers' bills at $4 83%%4 §3% for | for miners and smelters quotes lead at $3 50. demand and at §4 §1% for sixty days: posted | COFFEE—Options opened barely steady, with Commer- | prices Tates, $4 52G4 821 and $1 S3@4 35! 0 points lower; closed quiet, with clal bills, §i 8. Silver certificates, 56@36%c. | prices 5@10 points lower. Sales, 13,250 bags, in- Bar silver, 56c. Mexican dollars, 45¢. Govern- | cluding May, 4.95@bc. Spot Rio, weak; No. 7 ment bonds, weak. S e bonds, dull. Rail- | invoice, 5%c; jobbing, 6c; mild, quiet; Cor- road bonds, weak. | dova, Sy@ibe. J! 5 = | 'SUGAR—Raw, quiet, falr refining, 3ic; cen- NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. | trifugal, 9 test, dc; refined. quiet. = E .| 'NEW YORK, March 25, _BUTTER—Receipts, NEW YORK, March 23.—The doubt over the | 742 packages.' Market firm; Western cream- outcome of the Cuban controversy between the | €T3 15G13c: Blgins, \ct factory. 12@1sc United States and Spain was a depressing in- fl,f;,"f“sf;efidp&nn,gmm.{'%‘%fi;% M fluence in the local stock market to-day, as it | ern, 10%sc. was in every market for securities in the world, In Paris the weakness of Spanish {'s affected DRIED FRUITS. all other securities by sympathy and the same | NEW YORK, March 23.—Callfornia Dried L & | Fruits quiet. Influence weakened the markets in London and | FRUS ARG o 4 pprEs — Common, s@sc; Berlin, the heaviness of American raflroad se- 5 : curities belng an additional factor at the latter | Biasite: whols, Saater taney. Sidgose. e two centers. On the local exchange there was s§>m_mlzs—wmmc. s a welldefined bull party, whose operations | | APRICOTS—Royal, 5%@7c; Moorpark, 8% were attended with more or less success, thu c. Subtracting very materfally from the sum of | PEACHES—Unpeeled, 5@c; peeled, 12@tsc. the depression. The motive publicly avowed CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. by this buil party for its attitude is that prices L Z are lower than are warranted by intrinsic| CHICAGO, March 23.—At the opening and values and by the political outiook. But it is | for a short time after Wheat showed strength. doubtless Influenced also by the technical eon- | Low temperatures were reported from all parts dition of the market, which is full of short | of the winter Wheat country, and California contracts walting to be covered on the ex- | reported another hard frost last night, with pected slump on and anticipated declsive de- | considerable injury. The English markets all was pretty well sustained and the Northern Pa- | to China. renewed engagements of gold may be put down | orts of staple Groceries at this port dur- | jotive jssues. The tone was weak. Total | first two months of the year Were a8 | gles, $1.465,000. United States new 4's regis- | h the same period last | tered declined 13%. do coupon 1%, and the old Louisville | 25; Metro- | the factor, and there was enough demand from shorts at the opening to start July about %c higher at 86@Sé%c, and May %c higher at $106%. The latter delivery was very dull most of the sessfon. The opening prices in July proved to be the highest of the day. Up to about noon the market was in a state ot duliness bordering on stagnation. Only a narrow scalping trade was done in this time, and traders were evidently stull inclined to keep out of the market until the Spanish ques- | tion was settled one way or another. Prices kept within a narrow range, with the general tendency downward, July declining to 85%c and May to'§1 06%. After the noon hour July advanced under moderate buyving to S%c. There it met a lot of selling against calls with more or less gen- gral realizing and the price dropped to Satge. The decline was so quick that it brought out a good, many stop loss orders, and the market declined with scarcely any support to Séc for July. May, too, had to contend with a lot of selling late in the day, and declined to $104. A slight improvement occurred just be- | fore the close, July getting to $#%c and May to $1 04%. Those were the final figures. Sympathy with Wheat and prospects of bet- ter weather in the West were the influences in Corn. May closed %@%c lower. Oats were dull and weak. May closed %@ %c lower. Provisions were exceptionally dull and prin- | cipally for this reason weak. There was aiso some selling by pit professionals. May pork closed 173c lower and May lard and ribs be | lower. ranged as follows: Open. High. Low. Close, 23% 23 bl— 98 985 97 9 98T 98T% 9TTH 9 510 510 505 8 515 6515 612% 512% 502 505 500 500 507% 510 505 505 | St. Louis . 200 | feeders, | good lambs, $4 S0 Cash_quotations were as follows: Flour, dull; No. 3 spring Wheat, 9c; No. 2 red, $101%; No. 2 Corn, 28%c; No. 2 Oats, 2%c; No. 2 white, f. o. 'b., 29%@3lc; No. 3 white, £ o. 28@29%c: No. 2 Rye, 43 0. 2 Bar- ley, f. 0. b., 34@i2c; No. 1 Flaxseed, $117%; Prime Timothy Seed, $2 85@2 %0: Mess Pork, per barrel, $9 70@9 75; Lard, per 100 pounds, $5@ 5 021: Short Rib Sides, loose, $4 85@5 10; Dry Short Clear Salted Shoulders, boxed, 4%@: distillers’ fin- Sides, boxed, $ 25@5 40; Whisk; ished’goods, per gallon, $1 19%. Articles— Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 46,000 | Wheat, bushels 169,000 Corn, bushels . 244,000 Oats, bushels . 293,000 Rye, bushels - 9. TEH Barley, bushels 4 36,000 On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter market was steady; creameries, 13@1Sc; dalries, 10ie@ifc. Cheese, quiet; 8@Sic. Eggs, firm; fresh, 9ijc. WHEAT MOVEMENTS. Receipts. Shipments, | Cities— Bushels. Bushels. Minneapolis 18,460 | Duluth .. 4167 Milwaukee 1,300 Chicago . 165,662 Toledo . 3 Detroit Kansas Totals . Tidewater— Boston .. New York Philadelphia Baltimore . New Orleans Galveston . Totals . 190,415 PARIS FUTURES. Wheat— March. Opening .63 15 Closing . .63 35 Flour— Opening . 23 90 2770 Clostng .28 95 2780 LIVERPOOL WHEAT FUTURES. March. May. July. Sept. Dec. 9% 75 7% 66% 664 6 TR T1% 67 6 6% EASTERN LIVESTOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, March 23.—CATTLE—The market for cattle was weak and about 10c lower from the start. Sales were on a basis of $3 80@4 for the commonest lots of dressed beef steers up to $5@5 75 for choice to extra shipping cattle, the bulk golng at $4 35@5 10; stockers and feed- ers, $ 20@4 60; calves, 35 To@6 40. HOGS—Were steady. Common, $3 80@8 85; best, $4@4 05; bulk of sales, $3 90@4. SHEEP—Sheep and lambs stronger and lambs averaged l0c_higher with an active demand. Sheep, $4@4 75; vearlings, $4 50@h; lambs, $1 50 @5 60, few going lower than $5 3. Receipts—Cattle, 16,000; Hogs, 23,000; Sheep, 16,000. KANSAS CITY. KANSAS CITY, March 23—CATTLE—Re- ceipts, 5450. Market prices uneven, heavy steers and light butcher grades selling steady, while medium cattle were 5@loc lower. Sales wera at $3 90@5 05, largely $4 15@4 90; Texas steers, easler, $3 75@4 30; native cows and heifers, ac- tive, 32 50@4 55, closing weak: stockers and steady, $3 50@5 40; buils, quiet, $2 50 Opening . Closing @3 50. HOGS—Receipts, 12,400. Prices ‘uneven, pigs selling strong at $3 25@3 65% bulk of sales, $3 65@3 80; heavy, $3 T0@3 9; packers, $3 0@ & mixed, 33 093 %; lights, steady to weak. @3 5. SHEEP—Receipts, 2550. Market 10c highes than a week ago; lambs, $@5 30; muttons, $3 7 @4 50. OMAHA. OMAHA, March 25.—CATTLE—Receipts, 3000. | Quality common: beeves weak to 10c_lower: Cows and stock cattle strong: beeves, $3 005! cows, $2@3 90; helfers, $3@4 20. Y Receipts, 300. Market active: heav- ifght and mixed $3 72@3 7. 1000 Active and stead: Western sheep, $@4 50. DENVER. DENVER, March 23 —CATTLE—Recelpts, 1060. Market steady to firm; beef steers, $3@ 440) cows, 33 25@4; feeders, freight paid to river, $4@4 60; stockers. frelght paid, $4@s; bulls, stags, ete.. $2 2@3 25. —Receipts, 300. Market steady; light ._§3 803 85; mixed, $ 5@ 80; heavy, E P_Receipts, none. Market steady; Bood fat muttons, $3@4 2; lambs, $4 20@5 20. BOSTON WOOL MARKET. BOSTON, March 23.—The American Wool and Cotton Reporter Wwill say to-morrow of the Wool market: The volume of sales has been a trifle heavier than the week previous. Taking the market as a whole, a_duller situation can hardly be to all activity. The manufacturers do not want Wool except in reasonably small lots for the purpose of piecing out their present hold- ings. The principal factors which are in- fluencing the market at present may perhaps be reduced to three. First, of course, is the war scare. A second and very important factor is the presence here still of a considerable amount of cheap last year's Wool. Until this is all cleaned up there can be no guarantee that prices will be fully maintained. A third factor is cancellation of orders for finished roduct. The extent of this evil will perhaps | appreciated when we state one mill had one order for $40,000 canceled. All that can be said about prices is that there is not enough of a market to make prices. Quotations are nominally unchanged, but a market so dull as the present is bound to sag of its own weight. Concessions are made and sporadic cases of unusually low quotations are encountered. Most dealers in carpet Wools have done no business to speak of, but in cer- tain quarters there have been large sales. Prices are as well maintained on carpet Wools as on anything in the list. The sales of the week in Boston amount to §51,000 pounds domestic and 448,000 pounds for- elgn, making a total of 1,299,000 pounds, against @ total of 1407,000 for the previous week and a total of 12,673,000 pounds for the correspond- ing week last year. LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDON, March 23.—At the Wool auction sales to-day 14,192 bales were offered and con- sisted of a good selection. The French and German buyers purchased large quantities of medium good Queensland merino and also com- peted with the home trade for fine greasy, the former being in the majority. The attendance was good. The series is scheduled to close April 4. Following are the sales in detail: New South Wales, 5900 bales; scoured 9%d@ | 1s 6d; greasy, 5@1d. ‘Queensland, 1100 bales; scoured, 9d@ls 5d; greasy, T%@%%d. Victoria, 4400 bales; scoured, T%d@ls 7i4a; greasy, 6d@ls 6%d. Sgutdh Australia, 100 bales; scoured, 1s 3d@ 1s_3%5d. Cape of Good Hope and Natal scoured, 8%d@ls 6d; greasy, 5@8d. New Zealand, 1200 bales; greasy, Gmd, bales; FOREIGN MARKETS. LONDON, March 23.—Consols, 111 13-16; sil- ver, 26d; French rentes, 103f 33c. LIVERPOOL, March %.—Wheat, dull; No. 1 standard Callfornia wheat, 38s; cargoes of Walla Walla wheat, 34s; cargoes off coast, very little doing; cargoes on passage, nomi- nal, unchanged; English country markets, gen- erally 64 cheaper; French country markets, quiet; Liverpool ' wheat, No. 1 California, 7s 9a@is 10a; wheat in Paris, firm; flour in Paris, firm. COTTON—Uplands, 3 11-32d. CLOSING. WHEAT—Spot No. 1 red north auty, To AT arh csorihe CORN—Futures steady; May, 3s. 2%d; July, 2%d. HOPS AT -LONDON—Pacific Coast, steady, £4Q£4 108, i PORTLAND, Or., March 23.—WHEAT—Walla valley and blue stem, 78c per WASHINGTON. TACOMA, Wash., March 23.—Wheat strong, but unchanged; No. 1 club, %@76c: No. 1 blue stem, T8@TSe. 3% PORTLAND'S BUSINESS. PORTLAND, Or., March 23.—Exchanges, $221,789; balances, $35,533. COTTON MARKET. NEW ORLEANS, March 23.—Cotton, easy; middling, 5%c. NEW YORK, March 23.—Cotton, quiet; mid- dling, § 1-16c. CASH IN THE TREASURT. Walla, 75@7 bushel. WASHINGTON, March 23.—To-day’s state- ment of the condition of the treasury shows: Avallable cash balance, $224,342,31; gold re- serve, $172,004,265. LOCAL MARKETS. EXCHANGE AND BULLION. Sterling Exchange, sight. . Jisra Sterling Exchange, 80 days i Sterling Cables. 2 New York Excha g n Fine Silver, per ouncs o Mexican Dollars. .. £ WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS. WHEAT—Previous prices were nominally | quoted for shipping, with no business reported. Futures declined, because somebody or other thought it looked like rain, but there was a subsequent recovery. Tidewater quotations are as follows: $i 421 @143% for No. 1, $1 45@1 46% for choice and $1474@1 50 per cfl for extra cholce for mill- ing. CALL BOARD SALES. Informal Session—9:15 o' clock—May—4000 ctls, $1 46. December—18,000, $1 36%; 20,000, $188%. Second Session—December—o0,000' ctls, $1 36% 12,000, §136%; 6000, $1 36%. May—2000, $145%; 4000, $1 45%; 4000, $1 46. Regular Morning Session—May—26,000 ctls, $145%; 10,000, $1 45; 14,000, 31 45%; 10,000, $1 5% 16,000, $1 45%. ~December—12,000, $1 35%; 10,000, $1'36; 8000, $1 35%. Afternoon Session — December — 2000 ctls, $1 36%; 4000, $1 36; 2000, $136%; 6000, $1 36%; | 16,000, '$1 37: 12,000, $1 37%; 4000, '$1 3736 18,000, 5 12,000, $1 37%. May—6000, §1 48%; 8000, $1 4619 2000, $1 46%; 4000, $1 46%. BARLEY—On 'change yesterday morning, though the sky was clear all over the State, the wind was northerly and falr weather was predicted for the next day or two, somebody said he thought it looked like rain and the whole crowd jumped in to sell. The decline in futures will be seen below. Spot values were sustained, but there were no buyers. In the afternoon futures recovered Feed, §1173%@1 22%%; Brewing, nominal. CALL BOARD SALES. Informal Session—9:15 o’ clock—December—10,- 000, $1 18%; 2000, $115% 00 ctls, $1173%; 2000, Y; 6000, §117. December—2000, $1 11; 14,000, $1 11%; 2000, §1 113%; 2000, $1 11%. Regular ' Morning _Session—December—14,000 ctls, $111; 16,000, S111%; 6000, $1 10%. May— 2000, $1 15%; 4000, $1 16. Afternoon Session—Ma: $11734; 2000, $1 Decembe; 4000, 31 13%. OATS—There was less activity yesterday at | unchanged prices. Fancy Feed, §1 32% per ctl: good to choice, | 1 $125@130; common, _ $1 1; Surprise, | 81 27%@1 35 $1.20@1 22%; milling, 2%@1 27% per CORN—No change whatever to report. Small round yellow, $1 10@1 12 per ctl; large vellow, $1064@1 10; white, $1 10@1 12%. RYFE—$1 10 per ctl. BUCKWHEAT—S$1 75a1 D MILLSTUFFS. 5 per ctl. Family extras, @4 6) per barrel. FLOUR—Net cash prices a: $4 75@4 S5; Bakers' extras, $4 5 MILLSTUFFS—Prices in sacks are as fol- | lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham | Flour, $3 per 100 Ibs; Rye Flour, $2 50 per 100; | $2 25; extra cream | Rice Flour, $5 75: Cornmeal Cornmeal, '$3; Oatmeal, $3 50 Oat Groats, $4; Hominy, '$3 10g3 30; = Buckwheat Flour, ' $; | Cracked Wheat, 33 50: Farina, $4 Wheat Flour, $3 25; Rolled Oats (barrels), @5 65; In sacks, $5 05@5 45: Pearl Barley, § Split Peas, $3 75; Green Peas, $4 25 per 100 Ibs. HAY AND FEEDSTUFFS. Hay was stiif, but there was no further ad- vance. Feedstuffs ranged the same. BRAN—$16@15 50_per ton. FEEDSTUFFS—Rolled _Barley, ton; Oilcake Meal at the mill, jobbing, $30; Cocoanut Cake, $2150@22 50; Cof tonseed Meal, $28@30 per ton; Cornmeal, $23@ | 24; Cracked Corn, $23 50@24 50; Chopped Feed, | $1TG1S. HAY—(Ex-car in round lots)—Wheat, usfizz‘l per ton: Wheat and Oat, $18@22: Oat,’ $17 0@ 19 50; Barley, JITQ10; compressed Wheat, $iog 22; compressed Oat. stock, $12@13; Clover, $13@l. STRAW—8@46c per bale. BEANS AND SEEDS. Dullness still characterizes this market and | | Beans are weaker. Bayos, $2 75@2 90; Small Whites, | BEAD Large Whites, §1 4001 55 32 25@2 40; Reds, $2G2 25; Blac Butters, 51 40@1 60; Limas, $2@: @1 5; Red Kidneys, $1 85@2 per ctl. SEEDSBrown Mustard, $2 6G3 per ctl; Yellow_Mustard, $2@2 5 Seed, 2ygzkc per Ibi Alfalfa 3G5 $1 Pinks, Rape, 2@2%c: Hemp, 3c; Timothy, 5lkc. DRIED PEAS—Niles, $1 40@1 65; Green, $1 60 @1 90 per ctl. POTATOES, ONIONS AND VEGETABLES. Asparagus now sells by the box, and prices | are lower under heavier recelpts. Peas, Rhu- barb and New Potatoes are also off. POTATOES—Early Rose, 50@70c; River Reds, 50@60c; River Burbanks, 50@6sc per sack: Ore: gon Burbanks, 50@ssc: Petaluma Burbanks, §0@65c; Sweet Potatoes, Toc@$l for Merced; new Potatoes, 2@2%c per. 1b. ONIONS—Si 230 per ctl; cut onions, $1@ 125 per saci VEGETABLES—Receipts were, paragus, 403 boxes Rhubarb and ; Asparagus, 5@6c per Ib for fancy, $1 50@2 per box for No.'1 and $1@1 25 for No. 2; Rhubarb, 50c@$1 per box: Alameda Green Peas, $21.@3c per Ib: Dried Peppers, 6@Tc per Ib: Dried Okra, | 1234c; Cabbage, 60@75c per ctl; Carrots, 2@§0c per sack; Garlic, 5@5%c per Ib; Cucumbers, 50c @31 per dozen. EVAPORATED VEGETABLES— Potatoes, sliced raw, 12c per 1b in lots of 25 Ibs; sliced dessicated, 16@1Sc: granulated raw, 13c; Onions, 60c; Carrots, old, 13c; new, I Cabbage, 30c; Sweet Potatoes, 30c; Turnips, 2c; String Beans, 30c; Tomatoes, 6oc. POULTRY AND GAME. Another car of Eastern was received late in the day. Local stock shows no change worthy | of note. imagined. The Cuban crisis has put an end | POULTRY—Live Turkeys, 10@llc for Gob- blers and 12@13c_for Hens; dressed Turkey: 12GUc per Ib; Geese, per palr, $1 @175 Goslings, $2 50@3; Ducks, $4@5 'for old and $1G9 for young: 'Hens, §3 50; _Roosters, voung. $6 5047 50; Roosters, old, 33 50@4; Fry. ers, $6@6 50; Broilers, $ 50@8 for large, $3 0@ 450 for small; Pigeons, $2a2 2 per dozen for young and $1 25@1 50 for old. GAME—Nominal. BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. Barring an advance in store Eggs, which are scarce and wanted, there was no change in anything. Butter IS rather easy again. BUTTER— Creamery—Fancy creamerles, 18@l%c; sec- | onds, 161 Dairy — Cholce to fancy, 16@17c; second grades, 14@lic per Ib. Eastérn Butter—Imifation creamery, 16@16l%c; ladle-packed, 15@iéc per 1b. CHEESE—Chojce mild new, 9@10c; common to good. Th@sie; Cream Cheddar, 10@llc: Young America, 10@llc; Western, 11@12; East- ern, 1214@13ke per M. EGGS—Ranch Eggs, 12%@14c per dozen; store Eggs, 12%4@13c. DECIDUOUS AND CITRUS FRUITS. Some idea of the cold weather now being experienced throughout the State may be gained by a perusal of the following temper- atures taken at 7 o'clock vesterday morning, fifty minutes after sunrise: Vacaville, 35: Win- | 300 .. . | 500 Crown Point 100 Gould & Curry.. 20 ters, 3%; Sulsun, 29; Martinez, 32; El Verano, 32; ‘Santa Rosa, 30; Napa, 28; Stockton, 24 Sacramento, 34; Chico, 33; Gilroy, 27; San Joge 36; Hanford, 35; Tulare, 33; Los Angeles, 35 These figures teil the story of the frost. Oranges are depressed and much lower, over 9000 boxes having been received during the past two days. At the auction the following sales were made: Navels, $105@1 65_for choice, 60c @31 10 for standards; Lemons, 50@55c. DECIDUOUS FRUITS— Apples, 40@50c per box for common, Toe@$L for good to choice and $1 25@1 40 for fancy. CITRUS FRUITS—Navel Oranges, $1 %@ 2 25; Seedlings, 50c@$1 %5: Mandarins, $1@1 50 for large and #@75c for small boxes: Lemons, 50@75c for common and $1@1 50 for good to choice; Mexican Limes, $ 50; California Limes, in small boxes, 40@60c; Bananas, $1 25@2 25 per bunch; Pineapples, $3@4 per dozen. DRIED FRUITS, NUTS, RAISINS, ETC. There is nothing doing and values are nomi- nal. DRIED FRUITS—Prunes, carload lots, 3%@ 4%c for 40-50's, 3@3%c for -60s, 2H@dc for 60-10's, 21, @2%c for 70-80's, 1%@2%c for 90's, 14@1%c for 90-100's; Peaches, 2L@ic; fancy, 4%@sc; peeled, 10@12%c; Apricots, 5@6c for Royals and 7@7%c for good to fancy Moor- parks; Bvaporated Apples, 0X@Tic; sundried, @5e: ' Black Figs, In sacks, 2@2%c; Plums #%@4%c for pitted and 1@lisc for unpitted bleached Plums, 5@i%ec; Nectarines, 4@sc for prime to fancy; Pears, 2%@4%c for quarters and 3@3%e for halves, according to color, etc. RAISINS—134@2¢ for two-crown, 3¢ for three- crown, 3izc for four-crown, 4%c for Seedless Sultanas, 2% Seedless Muscatels and $1@ 4@5%sc for Eastern and 4ic Pecans, §14@sc: Filberts, $13@l0c; Brazil Nuts, | Bullion 8@dc per T Cocoanuts. $4 50@h HONEY—Comb, §@lic for bright and 5@7c | Con Cal & Vi for _California; | Best & Belchr. for lower grades; water-white extracted, 4 Challenge Con. Sc; light amber extracted, 3%@4%c per Ib. . & PROVISIONS. CURED MEATS—Bacon, S%c per 1b for | Eureka Con :x‘envry, $%c for light medium, 10%c for light, | Exchequer ... c for extra light and 12%c for sugar-cured; 7 g 40| Yellow Jacke Eastern sugar-cured Hams, 10%@1lc: Califor. | 1iiie & Norcrs-180 1 | Yellow Jacket. nia Hams, 10c; Mess Beef. $9 per bbl; extra = mess do, $10; family do, $1i@12; Salt_Pork, $9; §iira, prime 'Pork, $10; extra clear, #i5; mess, e per Ib. LARD—Eastern 'tierces quoted at 5%c per Ib 7e for pure; pails, for compound and case, §%c; 10-1b pall TALLOW, WOOL AND HOPS. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and_brands sell about Ic under the quotations. dry Kip and Veal shear- 20c; W 3 o e o “oach; | Max sold me a sirloin steak, threw it | 20@30c_each; TALLOW— slaughterers are as follows: nrzyail‘:;u gufi}lsy.‘fi‘g)@h: -lehcund quality, | cheated. But if we want to beat you p i nwé%c;n:;mf 7GT%c per 1b, | OUt Of & pound or two for the boss we | Sc; Ewes, sie@dc per lb. | throw the meat on the scales like this, | MUTTON—Wethers, LAMB—Spring, 10G PORK—Live Hogs, 1s = | for Camall and As for e staoe Hogs, | Pan with the little finger, which you | 3@3%c; dressed Hogs, 6@6ic. GENERAL MERCHANDISE. BAGS—Calcutta Grain Bags, nominal; Wool [ and calling out the price. Ninety-nine Bags, nominal; San Quentin, $5 30. COAL—Wellington, $10 per ton; $5 50; Wallsend, $7 5 $10 in bulk and $11 2000 ctls, $118; 2000, | ay- | 4000, $112%; 8000, §113; 4ooo, | Klour, ar sks Barley, ctis Straw, tons Quicksilver; fisk. Butter, ctls Onions, sks ' 67| Raisins, bxs THE STOCK MARKET. Mining stocks were weaker yesterday, and | formed me, “I use this little pair. See | the best figure for Sierra Nevada was $1 50, | how quick and active they are? Light- | against §170 for the preceding day. The de- | ning! Now you know all about the cline in the other stocks was less marked. The Crown Point assessment falls delinquent | on this pair, even after what I've told in board to-day. The annual, mesting of the Tallant Ranking |ooes. to the leftinstéad of to the right. ity has | That beats anything you ever saw. Bene- | Not a man living can tell how much a | William C. Murdoch, Thomas W. Wells, | stenk weighs unless he's dead on. We Mur- | had these made to order, but I think Willlam C. Murdoch, < Vi uR°R: | there's a firm selling 'em to the trade Company has been called for April 8. The Bank of Commerce of this cl | elected the following directors: S. A. Hornlein, J. A. Requa and R. B. The officers are: C. S. Benedict, B. Murdoch, cashier. STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY, March 23—2 p. m. Bid. Ask. T T 8% PROPER WAY TO COOK EGGS. | vice-president; U S Bonds— 4s quar coup. 4s quar reg. 4s_quar new. Miscellaneous— Gal-st Cab Ss.114%116 Oakland Gas.. 44 Pac Gas Imp. Alralfa, $1EL: | N e Firem's Fund.105 Lon P & A. Mer Exchan; Nev Nat B. Savings Banks— Ser S & L..1625 Flax, $235; Canary | Union T Co.1 Street Railroad— P & Ch Ry 6s.108 | Powell-st 6s . Reno WL&L. .1 Sac ElecRybs. SF &N P os. — Giant Con Co. 42 Miscellaneous— 2 [Al Pac Assn Ger Ld_ Wks..100 - 2232 22;& overdone. 0 — womm ] 8V Wat 6s 8 V Wat 48 | Stock Gas 6 9 sacks Peas. | H C & S Co. Hutch S P Co. Mer Ex Assn. Nat Vin Co... Oceanic § Co. Pac A F L. Pac Bor Co... 97% — Par Paint Co. Contra Costa. Spring_Val. Gas & Electric— Cent Gaslight. Morning Session. 5 Hutchinson S P Co. BBEN S F Gas & Electric Co 30 Oceanic_Steamship Co 5 Spring Valley Water | 385 Hawailan Commercial z w B8BBLLY 50 Vigorit Powder Afiernoon Session. §0 Giant Powder Con $1000 S P of A Bon: 45 Spring Valley Water 120 Oceanic Steamship Co 100 Hutchinson S P Co. 105 Hawallan Commercial & Sugar. INVESTMENT BOARD. Morning Session. 208 F Gas & Electric, s 30. 30 Spring Valley Water . 10 Oceanic Steamship Co, s 10. 100 Hutchinson § P Co........ Afternoon Session. 70 Hutchinson S P Co Market-street Vigorit Powder 40 Hutchinson § P 10 Spring Valley MINING STOCKS. 3 14| the city front (Mission-street wharf) ahout | 3 25 | twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point; | 1200 Sierra Nevada..143 | the hefght of tide is the same at both places. = | 1100 Union Con .. Afternoon Session. 1500 Gould & Curry. 400 Union C = MARCH- 1595, g ‘Thursday. Mareh 24 | 100 Belcher | 300 Chollar 200 Crown P Following were the sales in the Paclfic Stock Board yesterday: 39 | Sun rises 500 Overman 400 Best & Belcher 500 Sierra Nevada. 550 800 Gould & Curry. £ 03] 26 2 25 2 0 LW 31/ 0:14| 88| 5:39 43 ]l 120 22 sl h 900 Yellow ~Jacket. ‘Afternoon Session. 33 4 39 | second time column gives the second tide of 07 39 | three tides, as sometimes occurs. The heights | 260 Tnlon Con 300 Yellow Jacket.. FEERARs AN 40 29 | United States Coast Survey charts. ex 8 CLOSING QUOTATIONS. WEDNESDAY, March 23— p. m. Bid.Aslg. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Gfil A branch of the United States Hydrographlc -0 the Merchant Kentuck Lady Wash 2 25 |Occidental .. 32 {Ophir . Overman .. 10 Clollar 48| Potosi 50 |Savage 25 |Seg Belcher .. Gonfidence — |Seorpion 01 [Sierra Nevada.1 14 |Silver Hill . 02 |Syndicate LRE| R32| 28824818 Con Imperias . Crown Point Con New .ork. ARNE-A -1 -4 URsg| 3533882288 25|Standard 06|Union Con . Gould & Curry. 19{Utah .. o o —————————— Builders Contracts. | Weinstock, Lubin & Co. (owners) with W. | Veitch & Bro. (contractors), architects Pis- | THe: | sis & Moore. Fixtures, counters, cases, tables, California_tierces, 5ic per Ib for compound | etc., for first story in building on NW line of 2c for pure; halt-barrels, 6%c: 10-Ib tins, | Market street, 52.1% NE of Golden Gate ave- COTTOLENE—Tierces, | less than 300 Ibs—1-ib pails, 60 in a case, S%c: | 3-1b palls, 20 in a case, $%c; 5-Ib pails, 12 in a 6 in'a case, 8%c: 50-Ib | THE BUTCHER AND HIS SCALES. 1902 In o case, Ve weoden pucketx. % ancy tubs, s net, bbls. about 110 1b, ke nue, SW 52:1%, W 29:4%, N 157:6, B %, S 50, | Dackages, | W 35, § 25, W 13, S 25, W 2! —_—————— ; halt- | The time is near at hand when people will take their own private scales to market. The amount of cheating done | in a day is monstrous, the principal of- | Prices of all descriptions were undisturbed | fenders being the butchers. Spring | scales are in general ‘use all over the Heavy salted | City, with circular indexes and a re- e i jogc: g %c:"c?ovz» volving hand to point out the pounds. Je; stags, dc; salted Kip, 93c; Calf, i | These “weapons of fraud" are invari- 3, 16@16%c; culis 2 3 : a QS0 l.;'fl,z,:l},';‘f‘:";’t;d%afi@fific@Iably hung between the wall and the ulla; dne; Goataking, 0getc eachi Kk, 3 ns, good summer, per Ib, 100:" Sheepskins, between them and the customer. short’ wool, : long wools, S0c@$1 30 each. it refined, ber Grease, Sgtie - O | it weighed. I saw the hand fly to five WOOL—-Fall_clip—San Joaquin, defective, 7@ | and a quarter pounds, and said it was °;§ri,»,§2“'.§"“}i ?lmlllnlnlr:'. ;mlc; (lree Northern, | more than I wanted. “Look again,” he ; do, defective, @11 b. | HOPS—014 crop, z“mc@,m_c oor o fair and 5@ | Pe8ged. The scales indicated four 10c for good; new crop, 11@lic per lb. SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET. stock from | half pounds,” he explained. butcher, so that he can place himself on the scales and asked me how much pounds. “Look once more.” Three and | a half. “How is it done?” I inquired. ‘“This steak weighs exactly three and a Leave | the scales at rest and you can't be turn our backs to you, press down the can’t see, hold the indicator for a sec- ond where we want it, and then let it fly back, instantly taking off the meat people in 100 will never question the ew Welllng- | correctness of the weight, because they eattle, 36 50 s‘z;{::l'usofi-wc:u?:;‘c!nfi:g' think they have seen the weighing with in sacks; Pennsylvania | their own eyes, and feel sure the butch- én(‘hrm-n(g rirg,cm; m:lm;f‘l. $10 AT ;azo&k er ain’t smart enough to cheat 'em.” | 8prings, Castle Gate anc easant Valley, g b | Coke, $i2 per ton in bulk and $14 in sacks. BHpCeseshonone PIuIOce It man| SUGAR—The Western Sugar Refinery Com- | pany quotes terms net cash: | and Fine Crushed, 6%c; Powdered, 6%c; (}rfinulaled_ E%CE; Confclcllnnprs' A, 5%c | nolia_A, Bic; Extra C, oie; Candy Granuiated, 5%c: California A, 5%c per | tHTOW an extra piece of fat in with | Tb; half barrels ic more than barrels, and boxes c more. . RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE. For Wednesday, March 23. Middlings, sks .. catches you?’ I asked Max, Cube Crushed “Oh, that's all right,” said this frank | Dry | German. “We don’t mind that. We Mag- | apologize and lay it on the scales, | his steak and take out a bone, and so forth, to get him on our side.” A woman entered and ordered a steak. ‘““How thick, madame?” She showed him. It was cut, the flank end 840 | dressed down and nestled up against | 0| the tenderloin. On the scales it was | 263 | thrown with a hasty, careless motion; | 13 | the little finger dfd its fine work and | 24 | Max called out, quickly reaching for.| paper in which to wrap it, “Forty cents, ma’am.” She paid without protest, took the bundle and departed, Max winking at me in high glee. “Couldn’t cheat | her,” he chuckled. In Max’'s shop were three pairs of scales. “If I want to do a safe two or | three pound job for the boss,” he in- cheatin’, but I can fool you right now you. Then, again, you see, the hand generally, carrying ‘em in stock. They | shouldn’t do that. It looks like stand- | ing in with fraud, don’'t it? I wouldn’t| do it.”—New York Press. | The best way to “boil” an egg is to| 9% 9% | never boil it! Put a quart of water in 3% 3 | a covered saucepan on the stove, and when it boils furiously, lower into it gently four eggs; remove the saucepan | immediately to a table, and allow it to stand (covered) seven minutes if the | eggs are not more than a day old, | eight or nine minutes if a week old:\ take them out and they are perfect, a | soft, even, yet firm jelly throughout. ‘ To Poach—Have a rather deep spider | nearly full of salted water just below | the boiling point; break the eggs in a | saucer and slide them gently into the | water; when they have slowly jellied, take them up carefully (to buttered toast slices, if desired), trimming lhe‘ edges and seasoning lightly with salt | and pepver. = To facilitate the taking | up (for which a pancake-turner is bet- | ter than a skimmer) pour off most of | the water with care. | To Fry—If not to be served with ba-| 4% | con (when, of course, the bacon fat 3% | would be used), fry in good butter, and when the part next the pan is cooked | stand the pan on the upper grating of | the oven to finish, that no part may be To “Hard Boil”—Keep in water just below the boiling point for half arn hour.—Ella Morris Kretschmar in March Woman's Home Companion. ——————— A good story is told about Lord Mor- ris. He and Lady Aberdeen once met at a garden party in Dublin during Lord Aberdeen’s viceroyalty. “I sup- pose,” said her ladyship, “there are not any home rulers here, Lord Morris?” “Only your ladyship and the waiters,” answered his lordship with a sweet smile and-a polite bow. ——————————— GIVE SIGSBEE ANOTHER SHIP. Captain Sigsbee of the Maine is a typi- cal American naval commander, cool, re- sourceful, self-possessed and level-headed. By his conduct on that terrible night in Havana harbor, and by his words and ac- tions since the catastrophe in which he himself to the American people. He should have another ship. bigger and bet- ter even than the aine.—Cincinnati Tribune. THE CALL C. .ENDAR. March, 15%. J I | 71| 2|3 | 4| s |z Fui Moon. | —|———|—|— Mar 8. | | —|—|—|—|qg Last Quarter| 1314 (15|16 (17|18 |19 Mar. 14 Su.|Mo|Tu.|We |Th.|Fr. sa | Moon's ani "nriu Quarter el | Mar. 2. Francisco Bay. Published by Official Au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at Sun sets. Moon sets - BiH W 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 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 iven are ‘additions to the soundings on the when a minus sign (—) precedes the height | and then the number given 1s subtractive from | the depth given by the charts. The plane of reference is the mean of the lower low waters. was the central figure, he has endeared | SUN, MOON AND TIDE. | Westport, New free of expense. | "'Navigators are cordially Invited to visit the . ‘Wwhere complete sets of charts and sal f-s:nmr:cuons ©of the world are kept on hand for comparison and reference, and the latest lights, dangers to navigation and all matters of Interest to ocean commerce. “The time ball on top of the building on Tele- sraph Hill is hoisted about ten minutes before hoon and is dropped at noon, 120th meridlan, by telegraphic signal received each day from the United States Naval Observatory at Mare Island, Cal. AN, ioa stating whether the time ball was dropped on time cr giving the error, if any, 18 published the same dav by the’ afternoon papers, and by the ‘morning papers the follow= ing day. W. S. HUGHES, Lieutenant, U. S. N.. in charge. ‘ information can always be obtained regarding | THE TIME BALL. Branch Hydrographic Office. U. 8. N., Mer- ;,"‘;‘;;? Exchange, San Francisco, March The time ball on Telegraph Hill was dropped :;:(;(l)’ at.noon m-dny—l.]e..qa( ns‘nn g&e:lga meridian. or exactlv 8 p. ., G - wich tlm:{ % W. S. HUGHES, Lieutenant, U. S. N., in charge. STEAMERS TO ARRIVE. STEAMER | Fron 1 Dom Valencia .. [Alaska... -.oioocoocoooe [MAr 24 City Puebia.. " |Victoria and Puget Sound |Mar 24 Coos Bay . wport. - |Mar 24 State of Cai... |Poruana Mar 24 Homer...... ... |Humbodlt. - [Mar 25 Willamette. | |Seattle....... .. *[Mar 25 | Wellington..... | Departure Bay. - | Mar 25 Coos Bay Mar 25 San ego. . | Mar 26 |Coos Bay. | Mar 28 | Humboldt. .| Mar 2¢ Washtenaw.."" | Tacoma. Mar 37 Progreso - | Seattle 2 .. [Mar 233 Walla Wala..." | Victoria and Puget Sna... | Mar 22 Coumoia. Port:and. Mar 23 North Forg.'." | sumbolat Mar 23 Weeott. Humboldt. .| Mar 20 | San Blas Panama.... .|Mar 29 Peru.. China and Japan, .| Mar 29 Titania. Nanaimo Mar 20 Humbold:. Alaska Mar 30 Santa Rosa._.. [San Diego.. Mar 3 Zealandia Honolulu Mar 8| STEAMERS TO SAIL. STEAMER. | DESTINATION| SAILS. | PIER. Sanw Rosa|San Diego._ 2011 an|Prer 1 Weeott. 24, 9% Am|Pler 13 Valencia 25, 3PM...... = Coos Bay.. 4 aw | Bler il State of Cai A 10 Ay | Plor 24 City Puebla | Vie & Per Sna 10 Av | Pler 9 Homer .. 10 Ay | Pler 9 Arcata 10 Am|Pier 13 Pomona. il ax Pler 11 Colon 1w PM SS Samoa. i TR Coinmbia_ | Portlana 30,10 A | Pler 34 Nortn Fork | Humboidt. 519 AM|Prer 2 ———————— SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Wednesday, March 23. Stmr Coquille River, Johnson, 17 hours frm Fort Bragg, bound south; put in to land pass and take on fuel. Stmr Cleone, Walvig, 16 hours from Albion. Stmr Colon, Mackinnon, 22% days from Panama. Schr Newark, Beck, 17 hours from Bowens Landing. CLEARED. Wednesday, March 23. Haw stmr China, Seabury, Hongkong and Yokohama; P M § § Co. Br stmr Moana, Carey, Sydney and Hono- lulu; J D Spreckeis & Bros Co. Aus stmr Burma, Mikulicich, Nanaimo; John Rosenfeld’'s Sons. Stmr Dirigo, Levinson, Seattla and Dyea; Alaska Yukon Transportation Co. Stmr Santa Rosa, Alexander, San Diego; Goodall, Perkins & Co. Stmr Santa Cruz, Glelow, San Diego; Good- all, Perkins & Co. Ship Geo Skolfield, Marshall, Labasha Bay; Alaska Packers' Assn. SAILED. Tuesday, March 22. Stmr Newsboy, Ellefsen, Usal. Wednesday, March 23. Stmr Mackinaw, Littlefield, Tacoma. Stmr North Fork, Bash, Eureka. Haw stmr China, Seabury, Yokohama and Hongkong via Honolulu. tmr Dirigo, Levinson, Seattle and Dyea. Stmr Alcazar, Gunderson. ‘Aus stmr Burma, Mikulicich, Nanaimo. i Ship Eclipse, Peterson, Departure Bay. Bark Gatherer, Slater, Tacoma. Bark Aureola,’ Hughes. Bktn Monitor, Turloff, Grays Harbor. Sehr Occidental, Brandt, Grays Harbor. Schr Five Brothers, Jensen, Bihlers Point. Schr Jennie Stella, Krebs, Grays Harbor. Schr Ocean Spray, Sorensen, Iversens Lande ng. Schr J G Wall, Bjornstrom. Schr Mary Buhne, Weber, Tillamook. Schr San Buenaventura, Larnkilde, Grays Harbor. Schr Parkersburg, Nielsen, Coquille River. Schr Ida Schnauer, Nielsen, Fort Bragg. Schr Joseph Russ, Petersen, Olympla. Schr Edward Parke, Johnson. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS—Mar 23, 10 p. m.—Weather hazy; wind W; velocity 8 miles. CHARTERS. The Bktn Addenda loads mdss for Vladivo- stok; ship Ccharmer, mdse for New York. The Kenilworth loads sugar at Hilo for New York; Oregon, lumber on the Sound for Ade laide, £1s 3d. 4 SPOKEN. Mar 64 N 31 W, Br ship Ben Avon, from | Oregon for Queenstown. Jan 22—22 S, Br ship Loch Linnho, hence Nov 6 for Mistley. Mar 1843 N 14 W, Br ship Falls of Halla~ dhle, hence Oct 12 for Queenstown. Feb 22—No lat, etc, Br ship Ochtertyre, frm Oregon_ for_Queenstown. Mar 2135 51 N 128 54 W. ship Wm J Rotch, hence Mar 14 for Port Townsend. DOMESTIC PORTS. FORT BRAGG—Sailed Mar 23—Stmr Coquille River, for San Francisco. POINT LOBOS—Passed Mar 23 at 1:5 p m— Haw stmr San Mateo, from Comoz for Port | Los Angeles. | “SAN DIEGO—Sailde Mar 22—Nor stmr Peter | Jebsen, for Nanaimo; schr Sequofa, for Vic- oria. | ©°680s BAY_Sailed Mar 23—Schr Wing and | Wing, for San Francieco. | SAN PEDRO—Sailed Mar 22—Schr_ Ethel | Zane, for Port Townsend; schr Serena Thayer, | for Fureka; schr Maria E Smith, for Puget Sound: Bktn Uncle John, for Eureka. | " Arrived Mar 23—Stmr Jewel, from Caspar. | SEATTLE—Sailed Mar 2—Stmr Navarro, for | Dyea. | PFSRT BRAGGSalled Mar 23—Schr Barbara | Hernster, for San Francisco. | “PORT LOS ANGELES—Salled Mar 23—Stmr Mineola, for Comox: stmr Whitesboro. | "EURBKA—Arrived Mar 2—Stmr Samoa, ho r 923 " M%EATTLE*.-\"“’G(‘ Mar 23—Jap stmr Kinshu | Maru, from Yokohama; Br bark Falkirk, from | Victorta: bark Colorado, from Dyea. | Norte, for Dyea: stmr Rival, for Orca; Jap | stmr Kagoshima Maru, for Yokohama. NEWPORT—Arrived Mar_23—Stmr Laguna. | POINT REYES—Passed Mar 23—Haw stmr San Mateo, from Comox for Port Los Angeles. | “SEATTLE—Sailed Mar 22—Bark Rufus B Waod. for San Francisco. | _BOWENS LANT\INPTSAHM Mar 22-Schr | Newark. for San Francisco. | Oy s HARBOR-Arrived Mar 13—Schr | Twilight, hence Feb 2. 2—Schr C T Hill. i hence Mar 1. Sailed Mar 23—Schr Wawona, for Santa Ro- lia. S EUREKA—Arrived Mar 23—Stmr Homer. he 2. M AT BRAGG—Arrived Mar 2-Schr Bar- bara Hernster, hence Mar 20. EASTERN PORTS. | NEW YORK-—Sailed Mar 22—Stmr Finance, | for Colon. i FOREIGN PORTS. HONOLULU—Arrived Mar 6—Ship Iroquois, hence Feb 16; bktn John Smith. rrom Kahulul | 7—Schr Robert Searles, from Newcastle, NSW- schr Albert Meyer, from Port Gamble. 10—Br | ship Western Monarch, from Liverpool: U S | stmr Bennineton, from crurse. 11—Bktn Irm- pard. hence Feb 22 13—Schr Wm Bowden, frm Zealand. 15—Haw stmr Aztec, from Knbe: Br stmr Belgic. from Yokohama; um;rela smle; fio‘au;! .m:r G}e[?d;uc Surlvzm | bktn Klikitat. from Port Gamble. : mes and Heights of gh and Low | a §—Haw stmr China, for San Fran- LEoanie i, e Sk 5 T G0 Sran Waters at_Fort_Point, Entrance to San | ssen. 6 fark Athrt. 10 Morning Session. efsco. 9—Bark Albert, for San Franeisco. 10— Haw bark Mauna Ala. for San Francisco. 13— Schr Olga, for Kahului. 15—Schr Inca. for San Francisco. To sail Mar 16—Bktn Planter. for San Francisco: shin S P Hitcheock, for New York: 17 S stmr Baltimore. for tarset practice. KAHULUI—Arrived Mar 9—Schr Jennia } Wand, from Panama. Safled Mar 12—PBkin Sharpshooter, for San Francisco. KAHULUI—Sailed Mar 13—Schr Jennie ‘Wand. for San Francisco. MAHUKONA—Arrived Mar 5—Schr Emma Clavdina. from Gravs Harbor. COMOX—Salled Mar 21—Br stmr Wellington, for San Francisco. < SLIGO—Arrived Mar 10—Br bark Forfarshire, ‘hence Sent 24 TIVERPOOL—Arrived Mar 22—Ttal ship Sal- vatore Ciampa. hence Nov 4. & PRAWLY POINT_Passed Mar 22—Br ship Bothwell. hence Oct 1. TUSKAR—Passed Mar 21—Br shin Clan Mac- farlane. from Liverpocl for San Francisco. NEWCASTLE., NSW—Sailed Mar 22—Schr Lizzie Vance, for San Francisco. COLON—Arrived Mar 22—Stmr Advance, frm New York SYDNEY—Arrived Mar 22-Stmr Mariposa, e RTF A Pacsed Mar 15 —Pass: ar 15-Ger bark Marco Polo. from Licceta, for San Franeisco. YOKOHAMA—Sailed Mar 21—Br stmr Olym- | pia, for Oregon. TRANS-ATLANTIC STEAMERS. NEW YORK—Arrived Mar 23St York, from Southampton: stmr Majestie, 'N“:m* BN TGN Safien Mar Bsane e, TEENSTOWN- Safled M lonia. for Boston, T A Arrived Mar 23—Stmr Penniand, from Liver- pool. LIVERPOOL—Sa YERY fled Mar 23—Stmr Cufie.for BALTIMORE—Sailed Mar 23—Stmr Dresden, Office, located in for_Bremen. 'W—Arrived Mar 23—Stmr Ethiopla, GLASGO! ts’ Exchange, i-le New York.