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reral Fund shall be paild, as in n' herelnafter provided, all p s of the various depart- »f the City and County, except s as are by this Charter of the Funds specifically e payment of such ex- | 3 he six months ending on | rtieth day of June, in the year n hundred, each d every of| spartme shall expend the| t ap ‘to each of themgyby | f Supervisors of the existing ity nuch of said moneys Roard of Supervisors t of Public Streets, | ha Square ¥orithe fiscal | on said thirtieth day of| nineteer hundred, as unexpended at the time irter ‘takes -effect, shall be ex- six months by the ic- Works in the opera- | deépartment committed to | All the expenses of the City | which are not to be paid out | ha]l be paid during | out of the General| ild the moneys set apart| of Supervisors of the ex- | pality to any derur:mentl County become or be t‘mfl ddrln" said six ! pees ter have no vided for it durk then in each such c: the shall be paid out of d, notwithstanding 0 in sections six and | « h’\},tflx T of Article IIT of this | ions asmayaccrueto money X months shall be paid seneral Fund. The existing ty mentioned in this section | unicipality of the City n Francisco, and the | which are to be trans- as in this section provided are d existing municipality. All il of said existing municipality tioned in this section, and thorized by law, shall be d in the treas: until the ne- their continuance ceases. When the necessity for any Fund of the City and istence at the time this es effect -has ceased to ex- | a balance remains in_ such e Supervisors shall so declare ance, and upon such declara- balance shall be forthwith erred to the Gereral Fund. SCHEDULE. d th q {our prices and productions. SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. Stiver unchanged. Wheat and Bariey about the same. Better demand for Oats and Rye. No change in Corn. Bran higher. Hay steady. ?‘ome slight changes in Beans. otatoes and Onlons unchanged. Green Peas lower. Butter, Cheese and Eggs steady. Poultry sells well. Fresh Fruit about the same. grx‘eg Pe-clhu and Apricots dolng better. ried Apples weake: s 7. Prunes in Improved No charge in Provistons. Hides quiet. Hops dull. No call for Wool. Hogs lower again. changed. Beet and Mutton un- | | Spanish Government had, on the contrary, re- | fused the demands of the United States. 'The | consequences seemed | the whole question would be submitted to C: | T abandonment o diplomacy and an cariy Coal tn ample supply. Rice higher. Increased Customs collections. Finencial quotations unaltered. WHAT THE FRI ‘CH WANT FROM US. United States Consul Joseph L. Brittain, writing from Nantes, Frauce, to the State De- partment, says: “Apples, sliced and dried Wwithout removing the seeds or skins, find a "rvod! market. Many of them come from Cali- fornia and are sold at a profit. The Eastern and Middle States could certainly frult by slow freight via St good advantage. A erican productions known here are Singer and Home sewing m: chines, prunes and apricots arolina rice and petroleum. people would, I think, w our products’ it they knew anything about | them. Several French dealers have called at this consulate lately, seeking information as ta THE WEEK'S FAILURES. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency reports 29 failures in the Pacific Coast States and Terri- | tories for the week ending yesterday as com- pared with 16 for the previous week and 18 for corresponding week of 1897. The fatlures | for the past week are divided among the trades as foliows: 1 v otles, 3 tajior. & wen- eral stores, 1 clothing, 1 er and com- mission coflee 1 wire worlu 1 woolen mill, 3 grocers, 1 plumber, 1 fancy mdl. 1 machine works, ‘1 clothing,” 1 mlnln{ restaurant, 1! hotel, 1 butcher, 3 liquors, 1 printer, 1 dalry, 1 machinist,” 1 boots and shoes. 1 orchardist, STOCKS OF GRAIN. [ Produce Exchange Grain Inspecor Steller re- |in London improved before the opening | 2nd ady: | cailing of a moderate amount of loans by the | fering and the ports stocks of grain in warehouse April 1 as | follows, in tons: Marchl Apdli 1 Wheat, Port Costa. 25,985 | Wheat, ‘0 28,941 ‘Wheat, S: 2, 9,435 408 4.3 2145 fi This Charter shall be published for‘ y-dayvs in The San Francisco Call Report, daily news- crculction in the n Francisco, and h publlu.tx:m viz.: on Thurs- the twenty-sixth day of May, in vear one thousand eight hundred ght, it shall be submitted alified electors of said City nty of San Francisco, at a spe- tion which shall be held on that for the sole purpose of voting upon adoption of the same; and if a ma- y. of the qualified electors of said and County voting at said election y_the same it shall 'be sub- the Legislature of the State for its approval or rejec- lature shall approve same, it-shall-take effect and be in T except :as -hereinafter otherwise vided, on and after the hour of noon the first Monday after the first day January in: the year nineteen hun- d, and shall thereupon become the arter ‘and organic law of the City 1 County of San Francisco, and shall ersede the existing Charter of said | and €ounty, and all, amendments | Cit; thereof,.and all laws inconsistent with this Charter. The: form--of ballots at sail election | shall bé as follows: FOR THE NEW:CHARTER, YES. FOR THE NEW CHARTER, NO. For the -sole purposes of the election of the officers directed in this Charter | 0. be elected by the people, this Char- | hall take effect on.and after its al by ‘the Legislature, and the of such officers shall be man- | aged, conducted and controlled by the | Board- of mmissioners - in | a County in office t the time of such election. "And for the sole other purpose of the | r elected under this Charter mak- the appointments provided in this harter to be made by him, and of the | alification’. of the persons so ap- nted, this Charter shall take effect the first day of December, in the ear one thousand eight hundred and | ty-nine. BE IT OWN, That the City and n Franclsco. contajning a ! pulation of more than two hundred} ousand i:ihabitants, on the twent: nth day of December, in the yi e thousand eight hundred “and ety-seven, and under and in ac- dance with the provisions of Sec- | on 8, of Article XI, of the Constitu- on of this State, did elect the under- gned a Board of Fifteen Freeholders. prepare and propose a Charter for | d:City and County; and we, the mbers of said Board, in pursuance such: provisions of the Constitution, dwithin a period of ninety days er-such election, have prepared and propose the foregoing, signed in duplicate, as and for the Charter for said City and County of San Fran- cisco. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hcreunto set our hands in duplicate, this twenty-fifth day of March, in the | year one thousand eight hundred and | ninety-eight. JOSEPH BRITTON. President. JEROME A. ANDERSON, . JAMES BUTLER, H. N. CLEMENT, A. COMTE, Jr., ALFRED CRIDGE, L. R. ELLERT. ISIDOR GUTTE, P."H. McCARTHY, JOHN NIGHTINGALE, Il‘-. JOHN C. NOBMANN, JOSEPH O’CONNOR, LIPPMANN SACHS, EDWARD R. TAYLOK, A. W. THOMPSON. At!e=( J.'RICH'D FREUD, Secretary. County of S po ar THE CALL CALENDAR. April, 159, ROBBED A BONDED CAR. James Harvey,Alias “St. Louis Red,” to Be Taken to Placer County for Trial. James Harvey, alias James Blakeley, Louis Red,” was booked at the Prison yesterday en route to Placer where he will be tried on a Sheriff W. C. Harvey was arrested last Tuesday in by Detective Lewin of the acitic Company. He and George alias “Slim" and Joe Davenport, . broke into a bonded car on the rn Pacific about two months ago ole over $1000 worth of goods, prin. clothing and gloves. They sald ing. to farmers in Placer and T counties, and the gloves were sent ity, where they were recovered Ryan and and Detectives robbers left the train at Au- tried As burn, Placer County, Harvey will be theré for the crimé. £ | first appear | and south along the coast, ) tons Oats, tons Corn and 147 tons Bran. CUSTOMS COLLEC’HO\S Customs collections in this district In March were 3443770, agalnst $539,300 in March, For the first three months of the year they were $1,456,157, against §1 353,600 for the same time last year. RECEIPTS OF ISLAND SUGAR. Receipts of Island Sugar at this port In March were 34, 659, 400 pounds. TG "h'“#:i‘ I O Clear @ Partly Cloudy © Cloudy ® Rain® Snow SHADED AREAS SHOW PREC L DURING PAST 2 HOURS EXPLANATION. | The arrow flies with the wind. The top fig- | ures at station indicate minimum temperature | for the d: those underneath it, if any, the amount of rainfall or of meited snow in inches and hundredths during the past twelve hours. Isobars, or sulid lines, cqnnect points of equal air pressure; isotherms, or dotted lines, equal temperature. The word “high” means high | barometric pressure and is usuaily accompanied by falr weather; ‘low’’ refers to low pres- | sure. and is usuaily preceded and accompanied by cloudy weather and rains. “‘Lows” usually on the Washington coast. When the pressure is high in the interior and low along the coast, and the isobars extend north | rain is probabie; but when the “low” Is inclosed with isobars of marked curyature, rain south of Oregon is im- Probable. With & “high” in the vicinity of Idaho, and the pressure falling to the Cali- fornia coast, warmer weather may be expected in summer and colder weather in winter. The | reverse of these conditions will produce an opposite resuit. ’ | Ie WEATHER REPORT. (120th Meridian—Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 1, 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 seasaon: Past This Last Stations— 3 hours. Season. Senfm Eureka 08 Red Bluff . Sacramento . San Francisco Fresno .. San Luls Obispo. Los Angeles San Diego Yuma ... .61 08 .59 58 1 95 .26 .10 -6 P minimum, mean, 9. WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORECAST. The pressure has fallen rapidly over Mon- tana, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada. An area of low pressure is developing over Southeastern California and_Arizona. An area of high pres- sure overlies the northern Pacific Coast. The temperature has fallen rapldly over Ore- gon, Fastarn Washington and the northern fion of the Sacramento Valley. It has o Sfontana Wyoming and Northern Utah. Conditions are favorable for much colder sweather, with occasional showers, in California turday. The following maximum wind velocities are reported: Eureka, 2 miles per hour from the noplzhwest San Francisco, 3, west; C:mnl City, 36, west. fallen from Eureka northward. R San Francisco Tor thirty di midnight, Ap m{'fixfigm"“cmfomn-mnndy and unsettled occasional showers on_th northern coast; “eoider in the San Joaquin Val- ley. Zouthern California—Cloud: weather Saturday; coolef in ¢ terly wind. ';-'e: : —Clous Elturdu Artzona—Cloudy -nd \mmlled ‘weather Satur- Ttah—Cloudy day.- Franciseo_and vicinity—Cloudy and un- settled weather Saturday. with occasional Hght D T T o Mount Tamatoats, S T Clear: wind west, EX s at 5 D 3 fllflm it “mnmmsn MeADIE, weather - Sati unsettled lmeflor' fresh NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. NEeW YORK, Arril 1—The process which went on in the stock market to-day was a crumbling ands disintegration of prices. There was a large and influential party in the ex- change who manifested their confidence in a peaceful settlement between the United States and Spain and who increased values of securi- ties by determined support of prices all through the early dealings. The buying by this ele- ment during the morning hours was very largs, but prices kept slipping down weight of the growing heavy to carry and the doned In the afterncon when & heavy lquidation was in full force. 520 258 arch were 7231 tons Barley, 1310 | | markets were feverish to-day, pending develop- {ment of the American-Spanish controversy. | | Having Interviewed leading men and omer‘ | indiscriminately. This movement was assisted | yesterday they closed at 50%. ble nlllu at the close indfcated that some part the day's decline was due to shert nmn'. but the recoveries from the lowsst Wwere very small and net losses on the day run from 2 fo over § points in the active stocks. The ground for the early confidence by some gperators that war Would be averted was rouded In some mystery, It seems to have been founded on the inference that interest on ! the Spanish ds, which was paid to-day, in spite of recent doubts whether the money would be forthcoming, was advanced by the Rothschilds, and thag the advance was based on knowledge that the Spanish Government Wwould maie @ peaceable settlement of the de- mands of the United States. But as the day afivanced the fact took more and more definite shape on the news from Washington that the i necessarily to be that gress for settlement. This was felt to im resort to force. All the indications usually re- garded as trustworthy as'to political develo ments were very contradictory in the earl | trading. American securities aiter open: our anced quite violently after trading had commenced in New York. This early weak- ness was in spite of the fact that early advices from Madrid were rather optimistic. Span- ish 4s,” which were traded In ex-coupon, fell 3 points in London before the rally set in, then recovered 1%, apparently on the early strength shown by the New York stock market. This | [ early strength here rallied prices several times to or near last night's level and it was not until the afternocon that the market took on its decisive tone of weakness. A significant feature of the day was the marking up of call loans to § per cent. This was Que to the New York banks. But the shifting of hess loans developed a small amount of momey of- arp stiffening in rates was the consequence. Exchange rates responded to th of money by a fractional decline, dv.y s Qnsafimflnl of gold for imy The growth of d e umngtou accougt, as the day was - casential factor th the Jats break m the stock market. Bonds were not so active as stocks, but the volume of liquidation increased as the day e hardenk though lhe rt was only lelll!l( far i progressed and some sharp met losses are hown. Total sales, S Government bonds” were ‘weak throughout. - The new s coupon fell 2y, do registered 2, the old s reg- istered and the 5s % in the bid price. There were sales of the new 4s coupon at 121, a deciine of 1% from last night’s bid price, Total sales of stocks to-day were 701, shares, inciuding: Atchison ferred m, Burlington 56,288, Louisville and Nashviile 16.- 585, Manhattan 39,800 Metropolitan 15,280, Mis- sourl Paclfic 4460, New York Central 8350, Northern Pacific 549, do preferred 23,788, Rock Isiand 16,420, St. Paul 68,7 TUnion Pacific 3,- | Peoy s Gas 10,22, Sugar | — nton | 17,300, Western CLOSING STOCKS. 4% 1% | 8 | 4T | b ! Baltimore & Ohio Canada Pacific .. Canada Southern. £ 5% Express Comneme-— Adams Ex American Ex United States Wells Fargo Erle (new) Do _ist pr Ft Wayme Gt Nor pref Hocking Val Iilinols_Cent Lake Erie & Do pret Lake Shore Louis & Nash Manhattan L Met St Ry People's Gas Cons Gas . Mich Cent pret . % Gen Electric Bty Illinola Steel a7 Gas N Y Central . N YChi &S L. Do 1st pref s = i 1% LT 23 | U | 0% | Ha U O L oaa | Or Short Line..ll 23 | W | Pittsburg .18 IC Reading R Do lst pref . |st El CLOSING BONDS. USne'hrex N JCis... N Carolfne w Do is Do 3s coup District 3.8 Ala class A Do B Chi Term 4s....... Do 5s tr . C& mlg’Pumc 6s of CH . 104% | Reading 4s D& s D & East i Erie | FW | Gen Elec s | GHE&S Do 2ds H&TC Do cop. : Iowa C'1sts | Kan P Con tr. K ist D D t }A e EE 300 | 74 0 | 100} Do pret 200 | ale & Norc | Sterra N 200 | Homestake standard . 160 | Iron Silver Union Con 50 | Mexican %5 | BOSTON, April 1L—Atchison, 11%; Bell Tela- phome, 367; Burlington. 36i; iexlcan Central, ; Oregon Short l 29 uormon' MARKET. NEW YORK, April 1.—The Evening Post's London financial cablegram says: The stock financial houses here, I find that the consensus of opinion favors an amicable ssttlement. The bellef here fs that President McKinley so framed the dispatch to Spain so that, while thoroughly preserving American dignity, Span- ish pride was fully considered. Weak bulls of Americans, however, were unable to stand the tension on their nerves and flung away stocks by a sharp fall In Spanish 4s to 49, although . This drop must not be connected solely with the strained rela- tions with the United States, but as a result of the forced sales from Paris alluded to in these dispatches yesterday, and which bave mow probably ceased. hern Pacific was excep- Eonally boughc hy Gemuny The other mar- kets were dull and featureless, except Brami which were flat. rse was di during the period 3 sememam. CLOSING. LIVERPOOL, April 1—Close: CORN—April, steady, 3s 2% . steady, e, ‘sd a7, ! ll 2%4; July, Canadian Pacific, 83%; Bar Silver, qulet, 25 11-16d per ounce; money, 2% per cent. NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE. NEW YORK, April 1—FLOUR—Receipts, 15,- 171; exports, 10,576. Dull, but steady. WHEAT—Receipts, 57,3%0; exports, 15,059, Spot, firm; No. 2 red, $1 01% £. o. b. afloat. Op- tions opened firmer on smaller Northwest re- ceipts and general covering . Bubsequent fur- ther advances were based on active export me-.meluebem‘vmnmmmem Speculation, however, was restrict al d.yhy'!n.ll onal war rumors. No.!"d May, C. $8ie. %?)OLflmy' in the local market to-day, bld in several Instances showing a material decline, although asking prices about the same. At the close the Metal Exchange called: PIG IRON—W!II"BK dull, easy, with $6 60 bid d 50 ask U COPPRR-Quiet, with §11 % bid ana LAK: let, with $14 30 bid and asked. R Firm, with 3 5 bid and ho% LEAD—Dull, with $3 70 bid and 3 80 asked. The fi that fixes the settll: for smelt- g-m‘n'?-mmnnmwm Quotes 1608 at co'mz-—ovu ‘hnund;o pohn- nldur ‘fi'& ‘ " 2 e S as flm% iy AR—Ra o eei‘t’l?mnl ‘é hc. m-a. -m-.‘ 14 305 Hete lllu_l-u,lr-.m | gull; o | 88 5085 10; THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1898. COMMERCIAL WORLD. and muflnfllu 10%c; Westerns, 10c; South- Calitornia Dried Fruits: Apples, firm; other fruits steady. i wire tray, eie; wood arl "&:E mome Sh@sie: fancy, 3@10c. = @l0c. PEACHES—UHDQ:]AH!‘ 5@8c; peeled, 11@Mc. CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. DRIED FRUIT. BVAPORATED AP unrcmm 5%@Te; Moorpark, §% CHICAGO, ‘April 1—Wheat opened firm at prices unchanged to %c higher than yester- | day’s closing figures and in the course of the first hour's trading made a further advance of nearly 3%c. During this time the volume of business was considerably heavier than of late. The strength was principally due to the state- ment of Joseph Leiter that he had disposed of 2,500,000 bushels of cash wheat Monday last for export. This indication of an urgent demand for wheat from abroad tended to make shorts uneasy. In addition to that, however, the New York stock market had recovered an opening decline before trading commenced here. An- other bull help was the big falling oft in A gentine shipments since last week. was up XG@%d at the opening. Undrr a demand from shorts and some lnve-trnent buy- ing, July, which had opened at s24 g8 S cad 1> Bite. There It met reslssing sales and a siow decllg ensued. ihe price nna.uy etting back to und which flc\lm heing o acinesiime: " After the moon hour et began to show the effect of the dis- turbing nature of the mews from Washington, and the weakening of stocks and selling, which had been light and scattered up to that time, increased in volum®, many of the el.rly buyers putting their lines on the market The Nauidation, however, only resuites. knocking down the price fo S24go. About this time talk of further heavy cash were circulated on the floor. Beslw (he heavy Sales reported early Leiter had ances of 150,000 bushels offered by cable day afterncon, 100,000 for New York 3 0 for domestic milling. Other sales of 200,- 000 bushels were reported for ex) yester- and 1 The markably heavy cash sales caused seiling to | g gtop very suddenly late In the session and drove a many shorts to cover, e Sooiicaty Strong towasd the closs even May, up to that time almost at a sta sharing 1o the firmness July railied to su and closed at 82%@S3c. nnnd rom $1 04 1o 51 W4 and closed at Fx 1y steady at Corn was very slow and about yesterday's fieures. May closed chan; Oa!s! were quiet, selling being prineipally in the way of realizing. May closed Yc mAt 0 e Provisions early were very strong. opening, however, short selilng and realizing The mar- was too heavy for the market to stand up un- | der and prices gradually declined. The mar- ket closed rather easy at inside figures. May Tk closed Txc lower, May lard 23%c lower and Koy ribs se tower. The leading futures ranged as follows: Articles— Open. High. Low. Close. W heat No. 2— ‘s ot X 2944 8% 2 30 208 30% 312 ll% 313 7 25 E‘ 2% fl% § 75 9352 952% | 982 960 Ses 515 5 507 2% 5 2}“ 5 ;!.5.% 512% 505 505 520 513% 512% Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, No. 3 spring_wheat, 38@%lc; No. 2 red, | §1 W%@1 01\5 \a 1 corn, 29¢; No. 2 oats, 2c; N hit . 29@30c; No. 3 white, £ o. Gty e e L tic! No. 1 flaxseed, §1 16%@1 1S; prime timothy seed, $2 80; mess pork, per bbl. § 5@ lard. pér 100 Toe, 6 05; ahort ribe sides $4'85@5 25; dry salted shoulders (boxed), S0 H Fanore Clear sides (boxed), % 300 5 40: whisky, distillers’ finished goods, per gal, Articles— Recelpts. Shipments. | Flour, bbls . 13,000 45,000 | Wheat, bush 157,000 Corn, bush 073,000 Oats, h 3 Rye, bush | Barley, bush On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter | market was firm; creameries, 13@1%; dairies, | | 11@17e. Cheese, quiet, S@SiC. Fegss, steady; fresh, 9c. gy WHEAT MOVEMENTS., Receipts. Shipments. Cities— Bushels. Bushels. Minneapolis 18,500 i 30, pren 39, 500 000 511 00 836 775 059 853 000 000 300 997 265 5 | 8e s L s2f * EASTERN LIVESTOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, April 1—CATTLE—Only about | 2500 head of cattle were received to-day and sales were at low prices. Sales were at an ex- treme range of $3 §0@5 50 for beef steers, the | greater part going for $4 40G5 10; stockers and feeders, $3 3504 65; calves were stronger, a few selling within 10 of §7. OGS—Were strong and 5o higher. Sales | largely Sgs s, poorest selling at $3 M end prime heavy at $. SHEEP AND. > LAMBS—Strong; i §ood demand, Sheep, §3 5G4+ T, .a, shorn going at $3 5@+ 30, and | unshorn chiefly $4 5G4 10; yearling sheep, # 70 10; lambs, active at $4 50@5 05 for shorn and 8 for wooled. Fecelp(s—cnule 2500; Hogs, 19,000; KANSAS CITY. Sheep, KANSAS CITY, April L.—CATTLE—Receipts, 4100. Market active, unchangs native fed steers, $4 10@5 10; Westerns, 5@4 75: cows 33 and Reifers, §2 50G4 50, stockers and feeders, $3 5085 05, HOGS—Recelpts, 9200. Market steady; bulk of of sales, §3 50a3 0; heavies, 3 65@3 To; medium and paikers, 3 g3 s, mized, §8 6503 67 lighte, 38 30@3 65; plgs, $3 253 5. EP_Kecelpts, 170, Sheep active and Western lambs predominated; cholce, £ 4045 65; stock grades, ¥ 155 for cifpped to choice wool lots; spring lambs, $3. OMAHA. OMAHA, Aprll 1.—CATTLEReceipts, 150. Market active, stronger; native beef steers, Western Sicérs, 10 0G4 9 Texad | steers, 8 5584 25; cows and Beifers, 3320G4 2) cannces, 12 5G3; stociers and feeders, 8 15G5; bulls lnd lul e Besvy, B 608 1 n ‘?;i'irfiéféf SIS 3 mix : uxnwmeu‘v. mg’ozm $3 60@3 5. SHEEP—Receipts,. 3%00. lem uecdy. (.Jr to chibice nattves, ! 1 5G4 55 i falr to“cho esterns, §3 #0460 cmnnm nactah 1354 lambe, ¥ NG . - DENVER. DENVER. Apell 1 —CATTLE Recel Marher steady . beef stee ,f“;”,,' i, feeders, trelght T o stockers, frei a,” $4@4 10; mll-, mn. ey $2 HOGS—Receipts, 30. Market steady; R a3 1; mixed, 3 80@3 6735, gfl‘ 005 Receipts, 50, Market, st fat muttons, 33 50@+ 50; lambs, am.h_ FOREIGN MARKETS. LONDON, April 1.—Consols, 11%; 25 11-16d; French rentes, 103f 20c. LIVERPOOL, Apfll“':'—-When firm; cargoes off_coast, nothing doi on passage, ominaL unchanged: ERElish ¢ country markets. nlu, m country markets, firm; wheat in steady; four in Parls, steady; weather an, ON—Uplands, 3 T-162. LONDON WOOL MARKET. silver, LONDON, April 1.—The present serfes of the Colontal Wool sales ciosed to-day, with a small number of buyers present. The offerings aggre- gated 12,54 bales and consisted of a good se- lection. Prices were well maintained. The bidding was brisk, with medium and faulty selling quickly to the Continent. During the tail: Niw South Wales, 100 bales: scoured, $14d@ greasy, 10d. * “‘M'l&‘d& scoured, 1s 1%d@1s 6d; Q etirias G0 bales: greasy, SY@IN South Australia, 200 bales; greasy, 7 New ' Zealand, ') bales;’ scoured _. cape of %oed Hope and Ni bales; e 1 scoured, Si4d@ls 2d; greasy, § 103% EERTEGR a R lew of the rwon- that there be only about a quarts CASH IN THE TREASURY. “April 1—To-day's state- ment of the condition of the Treasury shows: Avallable cash balance, $226,166,843; gold re- serve, $174,584,135. CCYI'I'ON MARKET. - | NEW ORLEANS, April 1L—Cotton, steady; middling, 5 $-16c. PDRTLAh D'S BUSINESS. PORTLAND, April l1.—Exchanges, $315,269; balances, $73,348. NORTEE’BN_WBEAT MARKET. PORTLAND, April 1—There is no change in the local wheat market, except that buyers are still taking everything that is offered at top quotations, and onally for extra cholos Tots, BISAIng up ope Or £ cents Sbov present export values, which are e for Walla d 78GT3c for vaile- and bluestem. ‘WASHINGTON. L | stem, T9%@s0%e. BANK CLEARINGS. NEW YORK, April 1L—The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear- ings at eighty-eight cities for the week end- | ed March 31, with the percentage of increas: and decrease, as compared with the oorres- ponding week last year: - g —Percen ‘5:«:— 3! i 2 3 685,205,750 = 83,08%,200 : 39,530,922 S 60,262,075 5 t. Louis. 23,852,424 3 hicabure 151008, 314 : Baltimore 14:3%6.638 2 | San_ Francisco 13,780,073 : Cincinnat . 11,643,650 g Kansas City 10,657,923 5 New Orleans 7,712,069 Minneapolis 6,507,981 Detroit . 5,591 Cleveland 8,507, Louisville 5,999 Providence 3,531, Milwaukee 44 3 3 5, 4 Indianapolis Columbus, O i 8 2 3 35828 e e 0 i\;lulh!;llle Catres Viimington, Del Fall River . Seranton . Grand Raj Augusta, | Lowell | Dayton, | Seattle | Tacoma Spokane Sioux City New Bedford Knoxville, Tenn Topeka . Birmingham | Wichita .. Binghamton ments, | Lincoln Lexington, Ky | Jacksonville, Fla amazoo | Rockford, Tt | Canten, O | Springfield, \Smux Falls, S. D. | Hastings, Neb . Fremont, Neb | { Toledo. . | Galveston | Youngstown { Macon .. Evansville . Helena . Totals, U. S. Totals' outsid York Montreal . Torouto | Winnipeg | Halifax | Hamilton St. John, ! | 22,196,416 BRADSTREET'S- REVIEW. row will say: A week of rather quieter trade and smaller distribution, due to easily expl | able causes, closes a quarter which has b | eminently satisfactory to nearly all branches of trade and productive of an unprecedented | | business in many favored lines. The heavy for- eign demand for our products, movement in most lines, are evidenced by the heavily increased bank clearings reported for the first three months of 188, of failures and of liabilities involved, smaller than in the cor- responding period for four yvears past. Cur- rent demand and the distribution at the East | have been interfered with by the uncertaintles | growing out of our unsettled foreign relations. | This has been particularly manifest in a most | pronounced indisposition on the part of buy- | ers to anticipate future wants, and some can- | cellations of orders for woolen goods are at- tributed directly to this cause. Evidence is not lacking, however, that the stimulation to the woolen goods industry growing out of tariff changes last year is responsibie In some meas- or the unreadiness of manufacturers to o ahead as confidently now as they did & Little or no improvement Is foun | the coarse cotton ufoodl trade and prices for cloths have marks in prices of e tor regular here 13 & rather more quiet condition as re- gards new demand for iron and steel at most markets, and some shading in quotations is claimed,’ but the business doing IS on an im- Good weather at the South fa- planting season, but business based upon this has not been of such a vol- ume as to make up for the quieting demand noted at a number of coast cities and at rive: points, where high_water is limiting business |t some extent. Export trade at New Or- | leans is reported checked by Increased freight insurance rates, growing out of the present unsettled foreign situation. Freight rates are reported weaker on the Pacific Coast and trade is_rather quieter at most cities. ‘The outiook is for a_very heavy crop of wheat in the State of Washington this year. | Boat building and fron manufacturing re- ported active in the Pacific Northwest. The price situation is, on the Whole, quite en- couraging this week, oats, flour, print cloths and hides being the most nrominent among decreases mentioned, while wheat, co lard, coffee, cotton and sugar are higher a the list of staples unchanged in price appears the most numerous. of wheat (flour, tncluded) mhamller than lfll’ some weeks past, but are much larger eorrabondlnxml::log; hol(.' previous mun( shel against $06,000 pushels last week: 2.464.645 bushels in mu ‘week of last —ear: 1,693,937 bushels in 15%; 2,553,933 bushels in 1395, and 2,775,150 bushels in Fallure records, as above intimated, bear withess to the. satistactory. conditions "ruling in commercial lines this vear in a total for the quarter of ts, invoiving lia- bilities of mmm a decrease in number from a yei.r of 13 per cent and from two ‘oer. cent. while as Fegaras | Piiities th mere is a falling off from last year of 30 per cent. and as compared with 1896 of over 42 mer ce I'lfl\lr!l in the Dominfon of Canada the guarter of 188 number n!» with uabmuu of $3,800.000, a decrease per cent in number nnd 20 per cent i.n lhbfllflel from one year DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE. NEW YORK, April 1—R. G. Dun & Co. Weekly Review of Trade will e In spite of foreign conditions since the de- struction of the Maine, February 15, failures in three months are smaller than In the first quarter of any year since 1885; the ratlo of i ’Esls%%& i TACOMA, April 1—Wheat firm and un- | changed. No. 1 club, 76%@7%e; No. 1 blue- | | 5| NEW YORK, April 1—Bradstreet's to-mor- | particularly | | agricultural staples and the active domestic | | the quarter and the effect on the commercial | | mortality I8 favorably reflected in a total, for | ionds 1501"40 '8 | “Dairy — ch New York and which gold is there is small The outgo of fts continues, ~ Atlantic FEiees = or the week, against 2,186,37¢ last year, s e sants speculative movement at the West have been less lnnmmnl than this heavy and continued buying .nd< Western receipts begin &5 tall ot G 1 lies were no longer uniimited. Wheat has lined ’"i‘,my but corn hl.s advanced Ko for the week, and no one imagines that for- | eign troubles ‘can check the outgo. Cotton has | advanced %c because of the idea that the pro- | duction may be reduced, although receipts | from plantations thus far have been greater by | *} 800,000 bales than in 159 from the largest crop ever raised, and while the mills are now ail active the consumption does not exceed the maximum. The smallest sales of wool for | many years are reported at Boston, and at lh! thres chier markes sales have bees only 1.466,- | 500 pounds for the week and about & Acth of | last year's for the quarter. The stocks held by manufacturers have evidently been much | | greater than anybody supposed, and they are | | not yet buying, after several months of wait- | ing. nor showing any disposition to buy, though | nearly all their works are running full. The | iron and steel market shows no decrease, for, | with works fully employed, and some eddi | tional works put into operation for Govern- | ment purposes, pig is not lower anywhere, and cause of an agreement by valley producers, | while without agreement of Mesaba mines | the purc of ore at Cleveland were over a milllon tons for the week Billets are still scarce and sheet bars in de. \m-na though wire rods are ..wer and wire | Dails ‘are weaker in spite of the fmperfect com- | ‘hlmuon of makers. Other prices for manu- | ured products are unchanged, _although | ‘nll: are a shade stronger, with a Russian | order pending for 35,000 tons to complete the | Pacific Railway: plates are in very heavy de- | | mand, for cars and 4000 for other use at | Pittsburg, with 10,000 more originating Chicago, add structural orders cover 4200 tons for buildings at the East wm- 1000 more at | | Pittsburg and manv at Chi | Failures for the week have béen 220 In_the United States against 20 last year, and In Canada 77, against 42 last year. LOCAL MARK MARKETS. EXCHANGE AND BULLION. Sterling Exchange, sight .. — Hux| Sterling Exchange, 6 days L= aseg| | Sterling Cables .- 4ssis York Exchange, sieh 2% | New Tork Bxchange, telegraptife;s <= 5 | Fine Silver, per ounce. e 4% | | Mexican Dollars - kg WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS. WHEAT—The Iredale takes for Caps Town 54,544 ctls, valued at $34,500; Dunnerdale, for London, 4195 ctls, at $6500. Prices were undisturbed and trading was very dull on call. Tidewater quotations are as follows: §1 for No. .1 $1473% for choice and $150@155 per ctl for choice for milling." | CALL BOARD SALES. Informal Session—3:15 o’clock—No sales, Second Session—December—12,000 ctls, $1 40%. S December—oo) ctis, 1 3I%; 2000, $139%; hi, e t of 17,101 “cls b ment o t] alued at $21, mplo London. = Trade was qnlet and rlm showed no change | worthy of note. 2 Feed, $1 aon 20; Brewing nominal at $125 | | 3 CALL BOARD SALES. Informal Session—9:15 o' clock—December.-4000 Sl 31 13% 400, S130%; 000, $1 1% May— | o a0 il ‘ lnezuxa.- Morning Session—December—00 ctls, | fternoon Session — T — 2000 ctls, | sTo e, 6 8. s $119% o OATS Dealers report & gosd consumptive de- mand at steady prices. Fancy Feed, $1 321@1 35 per ectl: |¥ RYE—$1 175%@1 BUCKW] H’EAQT—SX fi’cfl FLOUR AND MILLSTUFFS. per ctl. |, MILLSTUFFS—Prices in sacks are as fol- | lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham | | Flour, $3 per 100 Ibs; Rve Flour, $2 50 per 100; | Rice Flour, $ 75; Cornmeal, $2 2 | Cornmeal, $3: Oatmeal, $3 50: Oat Groats, §4; | Hominy, $3 10@3 30: Buckwheat Flour, $4: Cracked Wheat, 50; Farina, ; Whole VWheat Flour, § 2- Roiled Oats (barrels), 25 | @5 6: in sacks, Pearl Barley, 34; | Split Peas, $3 75; Green Peas, $ 2 per 100 Ibs. HAY AND FEEDSTUFFS. Bran has again advanced. Middlings show | no further change. Hay is steady at the oid | quotations. BRAN—$I8 5019 per ton. MIDDLINGS—$22@24 50. = FEEDSTUFFS—Roiled Barley, $25 ton; Oflcake Meal at the mill, $28 50429 50; Jjobbing, $30; Cocoanut Cake, $21 50§22 50; Cot- tonseed Meal, $23@30 per ton: Cornmeal, $23@ #; Cracked Corn, §23 50g24 50; Chopped Feed, AY_(Ex-car In round lots)-Wheat, h ‘Wheat and Oat, $1! * 50; Barley r?s'ed Wheat, | l’lfifil& Alfalfa, $11Q13; stock. meu Clover, $13@14. STRAW-—35@45c per bale. BEANS AND SEEDS. extra cream | Several minor changes in Beans are seen. | An improved demand for whites and pinks is | noted. BEANS—Bayos, $2 5@2? %; Small 81 65a1 Large ~ ‘nites. $1 40@1 | 82 4062 50; Reds, $2 35: Blackeye, ‘Bu!te llmlfl)uu L | Whites, | 55; Pinks, !2400260’ TS, 2 @ $3°10G2 15; Pea, 4T 55 Red Kidnevs, 262 55 per etl EEDS-—-Brown Mustard, per ectl; | | Yellow Mustard, §2@2 507 Flax, §235; Canary | | Seed, 244 ger Ib: Amlu. 3@éc; Rape, | | 2@2%c: Hemp. 3c: R TEn PEAS Nilcs, 8 g1 85; Green, $1 75 @2 per ctl. POTATOES, ONIONS AND VEGETABLES. There was no particular change In anything, | except Peas, which were lower. i POTATOES—Early Rose, 50@8ic; River Reds, $0asc; River Burbanks, ©1G6lc per sack: Ore. | gon Burbanks, 50@%0c: Petaluma Burbanks, 5 ioc, Suwest Potatoes. TSGGi Tor Mereed: hewy tatoes, 134@24c m Ib. ONION: 302 75; common, §1 759 per olce, $2 225 per cti: cut Onions. VEGETABLES Receipts pu-uus lfl ul 75 Jfor, fancy, 31 8063 for No. 3" Rhu- All.m—‘rgl', Greeln Pea s, 6870 perit; ted hass, NGTSS per ctl; Carrots n&" sack: Garlle, 5@5%c per e oag o g EVAPORATED VEGETABLES— Potatoes, sliced, raw, 12¢ per Ib in lots of 25 1bs; sliced’ desiccated, ‘16G1Sc: granulated raw, 13: Onmlons, Gic: Carrots, old, 13c; mew, 1Sc: Cabbage, 3c; Sweet Potatoes, 30c; Turn Zc; String Beans, 30c; Tomatoes, Soc. POULTRY AND GAME. Arrivals are selling off well, as the market is bare of Eastern. POULTRY—Ltve 1011c for Gob- Dless and 13gife for Hens: drested Turkers. 12@15¢ per Ii 51 i Gos- e, Bha cii'«q:. for ol ana 1@ £50 for )‘0\1 3384 ters, youns. | $7 50@8 50 Roonefl. old, $8 25G4; m&‘u or ;s % o TE84s .Cwnm- @1 smnm ¥ st tor large. 5 dozen for Bex so tor b o o o BUTTER, mims AND EGas, T:erehiu no :;ueuhr change to report. all kinds i St ly. Eastern Eggs | torday are offering at 15%@1te. D oent BLTT ery—Fancy cnlmcflu. 18@1%c; sec- olce to .fancy, 18@1Sc; second e e érn Butter—Imitation ladie-packed, 15@16¢ per 1b. | "CHEESE—Cholce mild new, $@8%c; to good, flgg@m: Cheddar, 10@llc; | Young America, 10@lle; Western, : 1. 134G per Eggs, B@c. e e DECIDUOUS AND CITRUS FRUITS. All kinds remain about as previously quoted. DECIDUOUS FRUITS— iml::erflu. tx:reib‘: per drawer. po ! oo ...w,..,,w gfnd to choice gl RUS FRLITS—RIVH | at Pittsburg a shade higher for Bessemer, be- | THe | case, $ic; 10-Ib palls, § in a case, | tins, 1 or 2 in a case, TSe: wooden buckets, 0 Lo r(éd. Plums, WE ; Amfl su Black Figs, in sacks, ' 2@2%e; 4Mc for pitted and 1@1lc for unpitted: jeached Plums, 5@5%c; 'Necl.‘;cnnu for Pears, 25364 for quarters halves, according to colot, eic. mxnxs—im for two-crown, 3c for three- v e for four-crown, 4lic for Seedless ultanas, 2%4c for Seedless Muscatels and 31 1 10 for London layers: dried grapes, 2ic. NUTS—Chestouts are quotable at Sc per Ib; Walnuts, 5@éc for hardshell and Sate tox softshell: Almonds, 21:@3%c for hards! and 7@8c for paper-: nheu. . dgsic for Bastern and fic for Califoral Pecans, Filberts, xumuk ruu Nuts, per ib; Cocoanuts, $ 0G5 per I HOREY- Comb, S@lic for brignt and s@te for lower grades; water-white extracted, 5@ 1ight amber extracted, 3%@4ic per Ib. PROVISIONS, There is no improvement in the situation. CURED MEATS—Bacon, S$4c per Ib for | heavy, S%c for light medium, 10%c for light, 1le for extra light and 12%c for sugar-cured: Eastern sugar-cured Hams, 10%@lic; Califor- nia Hams, l0c; Mess Beef, 3 per bbl: extra Mess Beef, $10; Family Beef, $11G12; Salt Pork, $5: extra prime Pork, §10; extra ciear, §18; mess, $16; Smoked Beef, 1@12C per,ib. LARD—Eastern tierces quoted at 5%c per Ib tor compound and 7c for pure; pails, 7T¥e: California tlerces, 5%c per Ib ‘for compound and e for pure; half barrels, 6%c; 10-1b tins, Ti4c: 5-1b tins, 'OTTOLENE—Tlerces,” 6%@6%c: packages, less than 300 Ibs—1-Tb pails, 8 in a case, S%e: 3-1b pails, 20 B in a case, $%c; 5-1b pails, 2 In a 50-1b Ibs net, T%c: fancy tubs, S0 Ibs net, 7%c; half barrels, about 110 Ibs, Tic per Ib. HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL. AND HOPS. There is no call whatever for Wool and the arrivals of spring clip are neglected. Hops are dull and Hides quiet. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls lnd brands sell about lc under the quotations. Heavy salted steers, 10c; medium, 9@9ic: light, Se: Cow- hides, Sc; stags, 6c; salted Kip, diec; Calf, 10c~ dry Hides, 16@16%c; culls and brands, 13@13 dry Kip and Veal, 133@14%c; dry Calf, l‘lM culls, 16c; Goatskins, 30@3ic each: Kids, Deerskins, good summer, %5@3lc_per Ib, 20c; winter, lic; Sheepskins, shear- lings, 20@30c each; short wool, 40G7c medium, 70G%0c; long wools, %0cGS1 3 each. —No. 1 rendered, zfizk,c per Ib: No. 2, 2@2% refined, 5c: Grease, 2G2% WOOL-Fall clip—Sani Joaguin, defective, 76 c; Southern Mountain, S@llc: free Northern, umac Northern, defective, 3@1lc per Ib. - 1896 crop, 2@6e for poor to falr and smoe for good; 1897 crop, 11Glic per Ib. SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET. Hogs continue very weak and dealers are steadlly reducing their bids. There is ne change in Beef and Mutton. Wholesale rates for dressed nock from slaughterers are as follows BEEF—First quality, 643" S$5@6c; third quality, 4gec per 1b. Large, 6golic; small. 7Q74e per b, = Wethers, fc: Ewes, 84@%c per second quality, LAMB—Spri: PORK—Live D R stock Hos!. flt@zc. dressed Hon GENERAL xmncfl.mmxsn BAGS—Calcutta Grain Bags, nominal; Wool Bags, nominal; San Quentin, $5 . COAL—Wellington, $10 per ton; New Wemn.. ton, $19; Seattle, $6 Bryant, $6 50; Coos Bay, 07 Wallsend, 3 50; Scotch, $10; Camberiand, $10 in bulk and $11 50 in sacks; Pennsylvania Anthracite Egg, $15; Cannel, $10. per ton; Rock Springs, Castle’ Gate and Pleasint Valley, $9; - Coke, $i2 per ton in bulk and $l4 in sacks. Harrison's circular says: ‘During the week there have been the following deiiveries of oal, viz.: Four from Washington. 10,635 tons: m, 1015 tons; 3 from British Co- | Tumbia, 10,55 tons: total, 22,32 tons. Although the arrivais are light, still there is no appar- | ent shortage; in fact, there is an accumula- tion of domestic coals, as some of.the yards will show. This is partially attributable to the advanced prices and partially to a cessation of frosts and rain, which necessarily dimin- ishes house consumption to a very apprechblo extent. Although several of our coal carri have already been transferred to the o rade the steamers make good the deficiency, plies will be bountiful enough. tober our stocks will become more depleted for want of tonnage; but not for a sufficlent time to affect values. 2 “‘Australia_will become a potent factor in establishing prices later on. ' There are now arters of coal vessels already reported from Newcastle and Sydney,.with a carmying ca- pacity of about 156.000 tons. This is a liberal list of engagements, considering “our -present outlook, to furnish these vessels outward car- £oes of grain on their arrival here. There was a delivery of 1250 tons of Comox coke this week. With recent improvements in their ovens their products now ,Show a marked improve- ment over last y o 44 LGB 1s higher all uuund Chinese mixed, Hmihperc:l No. 1, § $; extra No. 1, $5 10@5 50, wall m.&.s apan, $ 5@5 4; Rangoo N SUGAR The Western Sugar Refinery Com- pany_quotes terms mnet cash: Cube Crushed and Fine Crushed, 6%c; Powdered sx.c. Dry Granulated, 5%c; Confectiono-<' nolia A, 54c; E: ', Candy Granulated, s%c: Callfornia A, 5%¢ per Ib; half barrels, e more than barrels, and boxes e mo RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE. s | For Ffida) Apetl L Flour, qr sks 2.700 44,050 15,000 pitd 208 50 2 43 ) 52 Midditngs, sis . 55 Quicksilver, n.k 142 | Lumber, ft .....210,000 Raisins, bxs .... 1400 OREGON. Flour, qr sks ... 15,120| Potatoes, sks ... 4.224 Wheat, ctls ..... 10| ks 1.800 Oats, ctls 5 S | Barley, ctls ... Wool, bales . —_—— FAMILY RETAIL MARKET. Eggs are dearer, but Butter and Cheese show no changes. Meats and Poultry sell about as last week. Strawberries are added to the list of fruits, but they are dear as yet, and in light recelpt. The Summer Vegetables are in average sup- ply and selling at average prices for this time of the year. Following is The Call's regular weekly retall price 1m. Wellington . New Welling- e Frvers, sach.. Brollers, mh. = 15| Oranges, doz. filpn,}fel‘ b. 5| Raisins, Ib. 19 Bananas, doz. 20, doz. Strawberries, pr bemon:, basiet . .p Limes, doz..