The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1898, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1898. COMMERCIAL WORLD. SUMMARY. Stiver lower. Wheat and Barley higher. Flour very firm. Oats, Corn and Rye unchanged. The top price for Hay shaded. Anothe dv: Beans firm. Rice rather high Potatoes and Onions unchanged. Asparagus higher. Butter weak and Eggs lower. Poultry about the same. More small Cherries arrived. Oranges firm. Limes dull Prunes in good demand and rather higher. Apricots quieter. Honey sells well. No change {n Provi fons. Wool, Hops and Hides dull. Beet steady. Mutton easy and Lamb lower. No change in Hogs Thirteen failures last week. NEW YORK IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. ¥ goods and merchandise at | New York for the week g April 9 were valued at $10 against $,312,015 for the | preceding in’ the corre- | sponding wee $125,2 correspon THE WEEK'S FAILURES. 1g period of last year. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency reports 13 fallures in the Pacific Coast States and Terri- tories for the week ending yesterday, as com- pared with 21 for the previous week and 13 for the corresponding week of 1587. The failures for the past week are divided among the trades as follows: 1 furniture, 1 livery, 2 com- mission, 1 groceries and notions, 1 transporta- | tion, 2 carpenter and builders, 1 hotel and sa- | loon, 1 jeweler, 1 blacksmith, 1 plumber, 1| general store. SUGAR IMPORTS. | into the United States s raw and 3,284,- | against 280,1 Ths over 16 degrees for the same The n: nt for the first nths of the fiscal year compares as l!" Y| : ki BN O Clear @ Partly Cloudy ® Cloudy ® Rain® Snow ISHADED AREAS SHOW PRECIPITATION| DURING PAST I2 HOURS XPLANATION. | The arrow flies with the wind. The top fig- | ures at station indicate minimum temperature | for the days; those underneath if any, the | rainfall or of melted snow in inches ring the ,ast twelve hours. connect points of cquai ure; isotnerms, or dotted lines, equal ure. The word ‘“high” means high barometric pressure and is usually accompanied by falr weather; ‘“‘low’ refers to 10w pres- sure and is usuaily preceded and accompanied by cloudy weather and rains. ‘‘Lows’ usually first appear on the Washington ~oast. When the pressure is high in the interior and low along the coast, and the isobars extend north | and sout 8 , rain s probable; but when the “low' is inclosed with ked curvature, rain probable. With a “hizh” {n the vic.nit daho, and the pressure falling to the Cali- fornia co: warmer weather may be expected in summer and colder weather in winter. The | reverse of these conditions will procuce an opposite resuit. WEATH (120th Mert R REPORT. Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 22, 5 p. m. Following are the rainfalls for the past twenty-four hours and seasonal rainfalls to date, as compared with those of the same date | last season: n. Past This Last Stations— 2 hours. Season. Season, | Eureka _. 0 3117 48.73 | Red Blufl 0 1230 2013 | Sacrament 0 8 17.26 | San Francis 0 7. 22.60 | Fresno ... &0 4 10.52 | San Luis Obispo. . 9 6.05 20.71 Los Angeles ] 5.26 16.74 | San DI 0 48 11 Yuma ..... 0 1.66 5.35 San Francisco serature: Maximum, 63; minimum, 49; mean, & WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORECASTS. The sure has risen rapidly during the | past © hours over Washington and Van- | couver Island. An area of h pressure is ap- rently moving In on the northern Pacific | p he temperature has risen slowly over the ire country west of the Rocky Mountains. In the great vallevs of California the tempera- tures are from § to 10 degrees above the nor- | ma Light rain has fallen over Orezon and Wash- ington. The following maximum wind it'es ars reported: Tatoosh Island, 23 miles per hour from the southwest; Portland, 3 south: Idahs Falls, 28 south. casts made at San Franclseo for thirty hours, ending midnight, April 23, 1898: rthern California—Fair Saturday; contin- rm weather; northerly winds in the in- ; westerly winds on the const. Southern California—Fair Saturday; wester- 1y _winds. -Fair Saturday. ir Saturday. Arizona—Fair Saturday. San Francisco and vicinity—Falr Saturday; northerly winds. Special report from Mount Tamalpals, taken at 6 p. m—Clear; wind north, 10 miles per hour; temperature, 65: maximum, 67 degrees, ALEXANDER McADIE, Local Foreeast Official. e EASTERN MARKETS. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. NEW YORK, April 22.—When New York operators in securities got down to Wall street this morning they found cable reports irom London indicating @ somewhat feverish ac- tivity in the speculation In Americans, with a tendency to rebound from yesterday's depres- sion. Cable inquiries from the other side In- dicated an eager anxlety there to know what tack Wall street would take. This was suffi- clent to admonish the bears who sold in yes- terday afternoon’s slump to cover their con- tracts. The covering of the shorts was coupied ‘with some buying for London account. The re- sult was very sharp advances all around. This advance was almost lost at one time during the morning, but in the late afternoon the buylng was renewed, carrying prices to the highest of the day, wth only a slight reaction at the close. The net result shows rather more than half of yesterday’s losses retrieved. The market was highly speculative all day, and the favorite stocks were the highly volatila specialties, such as Tobacco, which was exceel- ingly erratic all day, and very active, and Sugar. In the raflroad list the grangers and the internatiorals led in the trading. The conditions in the world's money markets had a salient effect on the security market. The mainspring of the money market's uotion Was the increased demand of banks in the interior for funds, Chicago exchange on New York rising to ‘par. This had the effect of relax- ing the New York demand on London for gold coRARIBIT: w-du,\". ence no gol was engaged There was a curious story current in Wall street that some of the operators in Amer- can stocks had been buying Spanish vonds as & hedge, on the theory that if Americans wen! down the Spanish bonds would £0 up, as ll: the case of & Spanish naval victory. [xpected event of early American | closed profit on Americans, it was argued, would more than wipe out the loss on the Spanish bonds. The bond market was not as active as that for etocks, and prices held only about steady. Total sales, $525,000. United States' new d4s, registered, declined %: do coupon, %, and the old 4s, registered, 3% in the bid price, Others were unchanged. Total sales of stocks to-day were 237,500, in- cluding: Burlington, 31,6 Loutsville "and Nashville, 5 Manhattan, 7150; Metropolitan Street Railway, 4l 4120; Northern Pacific, 3 Rock Island, 3§ Paul, '28,562; Unfon Pacific pre- ferred, 17,420; American Tobacco, 51,765; Peo- ple’s Gas, 9202; Sugar, 34,905. CLOSING STOCKS. Atchtson . 10% St P & Om, Do jret . 24| Do pret Baltimore & Ohlo 13% St P M & M Canada Pacific .. 74 |So Pacifio Canada Southern. 43%|So Railway Cent Pacific . Do pret |Texas & Pacific |Union Pactfic UPD&G. |Wabash . D pr |Wheel & L'E Do pret Express Adams Ex . American ited States Wells Fargo . Miscellaneous— A_Cot Ol Ches & Ohio Chi & Alton.. Do pref Amn Spirits .. Do_pret Do ‘pret ........ Am Tobacco . Lake Shore 218 |" Do pref Louls & Nash... 4% People’s Gas . ihattan L . 2%, |Cons Gas Met St Ry . 135% |Com_Cable Co. Mich Cent L 100%|Col F & Iron. 16 Minn & 6t L. 28%| Do pref .. 90 Do_lst pref .... 18 |Gen Electric . 504 Mo_Pacific 25% [Tllinois Steel . Mobile & Ohio... 24 |Laclede Gas ..... 40% Mo K & T. 10 (Lead .. 28 Do ret . 30%| Do_pret £ Chi Ind & L. 7" Nat Lin Ofi 1 Do pref 24 |Or Imp Co N J_ Central Pacific Mail Y X Do Central Chi & pref 4| Pullman Pal 2 Silver Cert Do pref Ontario ‘e Or R & 1 3 Or Short Line.... Pittsburg . Reading Do st pref | Rock Istand E St L&SF Do pret Do st pref Niont G W Do 2d pref % |RG W 8t Paul .. S| Do Do pret 140 Haw C | CLOSING 8OND; U S new 48 reg.. 117%|N_Carolina 6s.... 120 Do coup ........ Do s i U S 4s ) Pac 1sts . Do coup | Do 3 % Do % Dojsan e T a08 U_S 3s reg... Y C & § Ls. 100 Do 5s coup Nor & W 6s..... 118 District 3.63s orthwstrn cons. 141% Ala ¢ Do s > de B Do ,C O Nav 4s .. 90t Do “urre O § Line s tr.... 118 Atchison 4s . O S Line 5s tr.... 97 Do adj 4s O Imp Ists tr.... 104 Can So 2ds Do 58 tr .. 5 Chi Term 4s Pacific 6s of C & Ohio Reading ‘s CH&D#4 R G W 1sts D & R G Ists StL&IM D&RG4s..... StL&S F G 6 st Tenn P Con t PC & P lsts |Gmo ez 5 So Ry 58 s Stand R & T 6s.. |Tenn new set 3s.. |IT P L G 1sts. Do Rg 2ds . 1sts.. Do con 6s Towa C lsts UPD&G lsta.. La new cons 4s Wab 1st 58 3 L & N Uni 4s. Do 2ds . Miseouri 6s |W Shore 48 MK&T 2 Va Centuries | Do deferred U_P pref Do 4s STOCKS Ontario 2 50 Ophir @ Con Cal & ‘l'\,\'mr\ul . 12 Deadwood . | Quicksilver 100 Gould & Curry.. 9| Do pref ... 200 | Hale & Norcross. 45 Sierra nevada 7 | Homestake . 37 00| Standard 155 Iron Silver . 43/ Union Con 20 Mexican 10 Yellow Jacket . 10 BOSTON. BOSTON, April 22—Atchison, 10%: Bell Tel- ephone, 245; Burlington, §3%; Mexican Central, 4%; Oregon Short Line, 26. LONDON MARKET. NEW YORK, . oril 22—The Evening Post's London financial cablegram says: The stock markets here opened flat to-day on war con- ditions, and then recovered on covering by the bears and a certain amount of genuine buy- | ing here and from Paris. Spanish fours and Americans led in the recovery, but both closed un”-- the best. patches the condition of the London markets favors stagnation rather than heavy selling, @s a result of the war, but on the other hand | 18 now ex- no immediate material recovery pected, but Instead a gradual dwindling of prices. Gold is in less demand for New York at 77s 10%d, but eagles left the Bank of England to- da». The Paris ~-urse was distinctly better on the London lead. but the financial outlook there is gloomy. Whether France will assist Spain financially is much discussed. CLOSING. Canadian Pacific, 77; Grand Trunk, T%: bar eilver, little inquiry, 25%d per ounce. Money, 2@21 per cent LONDON, Apri. Spanish fours closed on the Stock Exchange at 32%. PARIS, April 22.—Spanish fours closed on the Bourse at 23 13-16, & net loss of %. MADRID, April 22 —Spanish fours closed to- day at 56.75, as compared with 55 vesterday. Gold was quoted at NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE. NEW YORK, April 22.—FLOUR—Receipts, 11,335 barrels; exports, 30,584 barrels. Strong and higher on a fair jobbing trade; Minnesota bakers', $4 25@4 65; winter patents, $4 90@5 40; winter straits, $4 70@4 85; winter extras, $3 5@ 4 15 winter low grades, $2 %0@3. WHEAT—Receipts, 162,500 bushels; exports, 177,777 bushels. Spot market firm; No. 2 red, $113% f. o. b. afloat. Options opened strong | and active on continued war talk and sensa- tionally higher Liverpool cables. Subsequently developments were bearish, particularly on late months, which were sold on fine crop news, and @1ic lower. A squeeze in May shorts left that option finally 14c net higher; No. 2 : @1 11%, closed $1 1. WOOL—Quiet. PETROLEUM—Easy. METALE—The geneéral tendency of the Metal market is toward a higher level of values, some departments to-day reporting positive strength in increased demand At the close the Metal Exchange called: PIGIRON—Warrants very dull, with $6 60 bid and 6 70 asked. LAKE COPPER—FIrm, with $12 bid and $12 2% asked. TIN—Higher for spot, and $14 50 bid and $14 60 asked. SPELTER—Quiet, $4 15 bld and $4 25 asked. LEBEAD—Steady, $3 57% bld and $3 62% asked. Lead was quoted at $3 50 by the firm naming the settling price for the miners and smelters in the West. COFFEE-—Options opened steady, with prices unchanged to 10 points lower: closed steady, with e;\rk'(‘s unchanged to 5 points lower. Sales, 2500 bags, including April, 5.80c; M 5.70¢. Spot Rlo, quiet; 0. 7 involce, 6% N : § Jobbing, T%c: mild, steady: Cordova, Si@i5e. SUGAR—Raw, strong, held higher: fair re- fining, 8 11-16c: centrifugal, 9 test, 4%c. BUTTER—Recelpts, 2691 packages. Steady; 1“3; o;n cteamery, 15@18c; Elgins, 18¢c; factory, St EGGS—Recelpts, 11120 packages. Steady; Western, 11%@11%c; Southern. 10@10%c. DRIED FRUIT. NEW YORK, April Fruits—Apples steady and EVAPORAT!I 5@Tisc; prime wire tra: dried prime, 8ijc} cholce, 814c; fancy, PRUNES_3%@7%c. W APRICOTS—Royal, 6%@Te; Moorpark, $4@ c. . PEACHES—Unpeeled, 5@Sc; peeled, 12@l4c. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. CHICAGO, April 22.—An excited Liverpool wheat market, with the May future there up equal to about 4%c a bushel, started this market to-day on a momentary rampage. The actual Inauguration of warlike measures look- Ing to the reduction of Havana was the im- pelling cause of the excitement at Liverpool and the opening burst of buying enthusiasm here. The elements of an excited bulge in Chicago were lacking, however; the heavy lo- cal short sellers had covered on the previous day’s advance and on the opening advance of 3%@%e in July they were ready to put out fresh shorts. The first trades In July were over a range of from S9%c to %0c, most of the trade at the lower figures, and only a very few succeeded in gettiig %0c. The decline that fol. lowed carried the price down to Ss™e, but tnat roved the rallving polnt for a resh advance ew York reported all offers cabled the other side the night before accepted. The demang from country millers for No. 1 northem spring wheat was urgent at 2 over the price pald here vesterday, but Lelter's broker in sample market said he refused all bids. Spot wheat at Liverpool closed 24 higher for Call- fornia and 1Gi%d higher for futures. But Cud- ahy brokers were persistent sellers of Septem- Ia the | ber and December, presumably on fine crop prospects, a3d on the advance in ocean rates, As Indicated in previous dls- | the crowd began to belleve that war was bound to affect grain prices on this side adversely. They accordingly sold Jul: 88%c, closing 85%@88ic. y, which declined to May opened 1c high- er at $113, advanced to and closed at 81 14%. An active business was done in corn. Firm- ness at Liverpool and large ex market for a time, but the adva Tuly closed unchanged from near the end. vesterday. ports held the nee was lost Oats covered a narrow range, but held firm, closing unchanged. Provisions acted similarly kets. Opening prices were to the grain mar- the nighest of the day, at a slight advance on yesterday's closing prices. The final prices to-da were at the fol- lowing losses, compared with those the day be- fore: July pork, l5¢; lard, ; ribs, 15%c. The leading futures ranged as follows: Articles— Open. Wheat, No. 3— l | Oat: |'R; High. Low. Close. bl 112 114 ] W lER sy sng S 8L 1 813 13, 804 80% 32 32% 82 32% N 33ty 30y Ml M 3434 mg 243 10 85 1113% 550 5 60 570 5 421 5 5214 5 60 " Cast otations _were as_follows: Flour, ctron, Senerally 200 higher per barrel; No. $1 No. 2 red, $1 3@1 18% spring’ Wheat, 1 05 No. 8 Barley, {2a50c Prime Tmothy 27161 . 2 Oats, No. Seed, $2 Rib Sides, loose, $5 25 ers. boxed, per gallon, $1 20. No. 2 white, ite, 291,@30%c; No. s Ne 1 Plaxsecd, 1 Ia1 30: ; $2 05 Beas Pork 1, $10 95@11; Laxd, T pounds, Ri S B 60; Dry Salted Should- 4%, @5c; Short Clear Sides, 443 | 55 60@6 70; Whisky, distillers’ finished goods, No. 3 spring Wheat, 8%c@ i No- 2 corn 224 e 2 rye e oL 4 T bar- ; Short ‘boxed, Articles— Flour, barrels Wheat, bushels Corn, bushels . bushels e, bushels . Barley, bushels o Recelpts. Shipmenta. 8,000 1«.% 752000 On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter market was steady: creameries, 13@17c; dalries, Eggs, fresh, changed. steady; 10%c. Cheese, un: WHEAT MOVEMENTS. Recelpts. Shipments. | Bushels. Bushels. Minneapolts Duluth Milwaukee Chiccxo Toledo . St. Loufs . Detroft .. Kansas City ... Totals ... Tidewater— Boston . New York Philadelphia Baltimore . New Orleans. Galveston . PARIS FUTU! Wheat— Opening Closing Opening Closing 416,781 mm RES. April May. B4 45 84 30 <64 80 6T -30 75 3010 -31 00 30 45 LIVERPOOL WHEAT FUTURES. July. Sent. Dec Opening 81 73% 611% Closing § % 73% 611 K MARKET. EASTERN LIVESTOC CHICAGO, April 22.—CATTLE—The demand for cattle was fair steady. do, $4 20G4 50; fair to Extra choice steers, medium $4 15@4 65 and prices held barely $5 25@5 40; cholce stockers, $8 65@4 75; cows and helfers, $2G3 9; calves, $3 T6@8. HOGS—Were active at an advanceof 6c. Sales ranged at $3 S0G4 15; heavies, | $3 90@4: pigs, §3 4083 S0. | . 33 90@4 90; lights, was dull. Prices sold at $4G4 §5; : sheep, §3 50@4 25, & few choice Receipts — Cattle, 2500; hogs, 25,000; sheep, SHEEP—Trade in sheep held steady. Shorn lambs wooled, $5 bringing $4 50@4 70. 8000, OMAHA. OMAHA, April 22 market 5zl0c lower; cow slow. Native beef steers, steers, $3 50@4 20; cows and canners, $2 25 g; calves, $4 50@6 50; bulls, 3 385. SHEEP—Receints, 1400; market 5@10c higher. stuff weak, trade $3 80@4 80; Texas heifers, $3 254 25; stockers and feeders, y. 30@ San Francisco o | Cineinnati . 1.1 {ansas City 5 ew Orleans . 5 CATTLE—Recelpts, 2400; | stags, etc., 32 500 | Fair to choice natives, $3 80@4 80; falr to cholce Westerns, §3 604 70 $3@4; lambs, $ %5ma 50. KANSAS Cr KANSAS CITY, April celpts, 3300. Market active and tives, $3 70@3 80; Western- $2 504 65, bulls, $3@4 15. 00, @3 % SHEEP—Recelpts, 3000. for wooled lot: lambs, $@5 2 M: heavies, $3 lights,’ $3 601 common and stock sheep, TY. 22.—CATTLE—Re- strong; na- 8 50@3 60; cows including Westerns, arket 5@10c higher; 4; mixed 3826 Muttons, # 15g4 75 shorn sheep, $3 954 10; wooled BOSTON WOOL MARKET. BOSTON, April 22.—The Boston Commerctal Bulletin wiil say to-morrow of the wool mar- ket: The market continues flat. There have been two arrivals of carpet wools from Ro- sarfo for manufacturers. T! he big demand for woolens for any purpose has not set in, and the announcement of a cotto eral Miles will not be a present surprise. on uniform by Gen- The largest transaction was a sale of 4000 pounds of Australian lamb's to a high rate of money puts a stopper sactions. knitting mill. The on tran- The sales of the week are 417,000 pounds do- mestic and 212,000 pounds forelgn, against 225, 000 pounds ds estic and 385,200 pounds foreign last week, and 2.485.000 pounds domestic and 3,010,000 pounds foreign for the same week last year. The sales to date show an | 911 pounds domestic and 44, increase of 40,411,- ,350,100 pounds for- eign from the sales to the same date in 1595 The receipts to date show an Increase of 33,- 867 bales domestic and 195,463 bales forelgn. FOREIGN MARKETS. LONDON, April 22—Consols, 109 13-16; Sflver, %d; French Rentes, 101f 72%c. LIVERPOOL, April 22.—Wheat, firm; No. 1 standard California Wheat, 41s 34, January shipment: cargoes off coast, operators; vance, 1s higher; English . sellers indifferent cargoes on passage, sellers at ad- country markets, strong: French country markets, firm; Wheat in Paris, firm: Flour in Parf 18, firm. COTTON—Uplands, 3 21-32d. CLOSING. WHEAT—Spot No. firm, 8s 6d. CORN—Spot 3s 915d; April. quiet, 3s 93 July, dulet, ds o%d. FLO Note—Flour charges. c. 1. f. basis. NORTH PORTLAND, April 22.—TI quotations. American mixed new, i May, quiet, 3s g UR—Et. Louls fancy winter, firm, 10s 8d. covering The previous quotations were on a 2 red Western winter, firm, Liverpool N WHEAT MARKET. he firmness in the European wheat market Is temporarily lost sight of by the remarkabl. Francisco, and nearly all t been made during the pasf on the basis of San Franclsco prices. ters are sure to quote much above Walla Walla, and $Sc to 90c e advance in San he sales that have t week have been Expor- 87c for for valley and blue- stem, but San Francisco buyers and millers are reported to be uree. The best grades of up 2 cents to-dav. “Ing a cent above these fig- flour were marked Cleared—German ship Nomia for Queenstown Wwith 115,649 bushels wheat. WASHINGTON. TACOMA, April 22.—Wheat strong; No. 1 club, $8@sdc; No. 1 bluestem, 91@92c. LONDON WOOL MARKET. LONDON, April 22.—The sale of Cape of Good Hope and Natal sheepskins were held to- day. The number of skins of which 173,300 were sold. offered was 184,538, The quality was poor and prices realized were par to %d below the last sales. COTTON MARKET. NEW ORLEANS, April 22.—COTTON—Quiet; middling, 5 13-16c. NEW YORK, April 22.—COTTON—Dull; mid- ling, 6 7-16c. CASH IN THE TREASURY. WASHINGTON, April 22.—Treasury state- ment: Available cash balance, $219,601,919; gold reserve, $181,912,280. PORTLAND'S BUSINESS, PORTLAND, April 22.—Exchanges, balances, 98,400. DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE. NEW YORK, April 22—R. G. Dun & C. ‘Weekly Review of Trade will say to-morrow: The war is no longer to be avoided, and busi- ness 8 somewhat contracted by bankers' ap- prehensions. There is no excuse except nerv- ousness for declines in railway stocks when carnings have been 14.3 per cent larger than last vear for the first half of April and 4.8 per cent larger than 1802, Rage east bound. trm Chi ceit rgerthan 1k with rallway ton. 6600; market 10c higher; ;. $3 §T4@3 90; mixeq, m 3 85; light, $3 803 82%; bulk of sales, $3 | | Hastings, Neb. Fremont, Neb. Davenport Toledo | *Galve cago about 10 per | canceled orders has Neither are olegring- | to 7 p'romt.en oo house transactions gloomy. The week’s pay- | are sald to have shut down, and the evil of ments were 33.6 per cent larger than last year, and 6.3 per cent larger than 1892. In no aspect can the wheat market be con- sidered withcut finding just occasion for a 'l material advance In prices, which has been 7.26 per cent for the week. The exports from the ‘Atlantic Coast ports have been 3,104.30 bushels (flour included), against 1,190,382 last year, and from Pacific Coast points 436,68 bushels, against 03,230 last vear, making for the thrée weeks of April 835,432 bushels from Atlantic ports, against 3,588,170 bushels last year, and from Pacific ports 2,520,628 bushels, against 712,571 for the same weeks last year. The exports of corn during the same three weeks have been 11,340,188 bushels, against 10,- 221,161 bushels last 'vear, which is strong evi- dence that the demand for wheat is in no sense fictitious. With 40,000 tors Bessemer iron sold at Pittsburg for §10 40, and with deal- ings in gray forge unchanged, and sales of 30,- 000 tons to car wheel makers alone at Chicago and 10,000 tons at Eastern works of Pennsyl- vania, with some at the South for pipe manu- facturers, the enormous production does not diminish and the demand for finished products includes contracts for 3000 tons In the build- ing of two merchant ships, with many cthercon- tracts In sight to replace vessels bought by the Government: for two new plers at Key West, 5000 tons: for the Chicazo Postoffice, 9000 tons: for the Harrisburg capitol, 2800 tons: for car bullding, including one of 3000 tons at Pitts- burg; one for a Government building at Port- land, Or., 1000 tons; for track elevation at Chicago, 2700 tons: for plates at Chicago, in- cluding one for 2000 tons; for 40,000 tons ralls to the Maryland Steel Company, 30,.0 to be shipped to Siberla and 10,000 to the Orlent, and “for 7000 tons to a Pittsburg concern for Quito, with many structural and implement contracts of minor fmportance. No decrease in prices appears and the production continues practically unchanged at the highest point ever known, although in Fastern markets the output s considered somewhat.in excess of supply. Copper is stronger, with heavy de- mand for consumption. In woolens the heavy cancellations recently reported prove to be in large measure requests for deferred deliv- eries, but a better demand has been seen dur- ing the past week in some quarters, on account of larxe Government orders. Failures for the week have been 204 in the United States, againat 215 last year, and 29 in Canada, against 21 last year. BANK CLEARINGS. NEW YORK, April 22.—The following table, complled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear- ings at eighty-nine cities for the week ended April 21, with the percentage of Increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year: Per Cent. Inc. Dec. New York . .$ 637.0703% 2.6 . Boston . 3,178,889 20.0 Chicago .. 4.7 Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburg. Baltimore 22 Minneapolis . 5 Detroft . Cleveland . Louisville . Providence Milwaukee St. Paul Buffalo Omaha . Indianapolis Columbus, O. Savannah Denver . Hartford Richmond Memphis . Washington Peoria. Rochester New Haven . Worcester Atlanta . Salt Lake Cit ringfield, M Fort Worth Portlan e BN 9 3 s 4 ) 0 ) 3 9 3, 0 8 Norfolk Syracuse . Des Moines Nashville Wimingtor Fall River Scranton . Grand Rap! Augusta, Ga. Lowell Dayton, Seattle Tacoma . Spokane Sloux City . New Bedford Knoxville, Tenn. Topeka . Birmingham . Wichita .. Binghamton Lincoln . Lexington. 'Ky. Jacksonville, Fla. Kalamazoo . Akron_ .. Bay City Chattancoga . Roclford, IIl 0. 1.3 oux Falls, S, D, Youngstown Macon 00,000 Evansvili . 869,521 **Helena .. 640,358 Totals, United States . $LI13,00478 194 ... Totals _outside New York 476,024,400 15.2 DOMINION OF CANADA. Montreal 12263517 811 Toronto ¥ Winnipeg 21 Halifax Hamilton St. John, N. 3 .8 24,437,202 * Not included In totals because contalning other {tems than clearings. ** Not included in totals because of no comparison for last year. BRADSTREET'S REVIEW. NEW YORK, April 22.—~Bradstreet's to-mor- row will say: General trade and speculation this week have exhibited most of the charac- teristics which have become popularly asso- clated with the near approach of hostilitles. While there is reported a further quieting of distributive trade in some lines at the East and South, traceable almost directly to antici- pated warlke conditions, there Is a lack of regularity, even in the reports from those cen- ters which serve to show that, now that the uncertainty so long prevafling has been dis- pelled, trade conditions are being shaped to the new order of things. There I8 consequent- Iy greater increased activity in many special lines at the seaboard, accompanied by excited markets and heavy price advances. While trade in the interior sympathizes to a certain extent with this price movement, there Is still & percentibly good trade reported entirely out- #ide of this, which serves to prove that the prospect of war has not had nearly as much effect inland as it had on the coast. In commercial lines this week much interest and activity has been manifested In the epecu- lative and ‘actual demand for leading staples, such as wheat, corn, oats, flour, coffee, sugar, most pork products’ and cotton. A reflection of this active demand, which had its rise, &0 far as wheat and cotton are concerned, among foreign buyers, who wish to anticipate any possible interruption of supplles is found in the movement of prices, which for the first time for many weeks past shows a general up- ward tendency. The advance in coffee, sugar and rice are di- rectly traceable to war influences, marking, as they do, either a desire on the part of the domestic buyers to protect themselves agalnst any possible interruption of supplies or the anticipated levy of taxes to mest the in- creased outlaye of the Government. Careful search among the quotations -for staple pro- ducts fafls to reveal any fmportant declines in prices outside of a fractfonal marking down of steel billets at some markets. The check to export trade at some ports, notably at the South, is reflected in tem: porarily smaller shipments of wheat, corn and flour. The total shipments of wheat (flour included) this week aggregate 3,223,108 bush- els. against 4,525,302 bushels last weelk: 1,054,- 668 bushels In this week n year azo: 128,000 bushels in 1896; 2,431,000 bushels in 1805, and 2,- 721,000 bushels i 1534, There were 224 business faflures in the United States this week, against 215 last week: 216 in this week a year ago; 240 In 18%, and 223 in_ 1805, Business faflures In Canada for the week number 15 against 27 last week: 22 in this week & year ago; 97 in 1895, and 82 in 189, FINANCIAL REVIEW. NEW YORK, April 22.—Bradstreet's Re- view to-morrow will say: Bradstreet's has for some time past not .hesitated to polnt out the unfavorable effects of the prevailing uncertainty as -to our foreign relations upon the general business of the country. There has been some disposition anparent of late, how- ever, to attribute considerable more of the fear of impending hostilities than seems proper. Re- ports have been given in the press of a large volume of cancellations in different lines of trade, all due, it is claimed, to the fear of strained relations. Special and widespread in- quiry fails to show anything like the reported Yolume of cancellations in different kinds of trade at various citles, with the sdle exception of the woolen goods industry. And even here the cause of the depression, while primarily given as distirbed condition of our foreign re- ations, has been by some observers attributed, and we believe to some extent properly, to the natural reaction following the activity which was a_feature of woolen manufacturing a year ago. These cancellations were reported as sald to have come cL fly from wholesale clothi; manufacturers, and the percentage given o placed as high as 50 | The market, in spite of the very belligerent as- | Rice Flour, | Split Peas, $4 25; Green Peas, $4 50 per 100 Ibs. A number of mills, -Amahubmnqhn@atoruum overstocking is thought to have been largely averted. Careful inquiry while showing a considerable portion of the cancellations to have been due to the prospect of war, would indicate that fully 50 per cent of them have been due to clothing houses giving larger orders than they really required in the hope that the market would continue to advance. As the market, however, has disappointed them the orders " have been simply canceied and the above reasons have been assigned. BRADSTREET'S FINANCIAL REVIEW. NEW YORK, April 22.—Bradstreet's Finan- clal Review to-morrow will say: On the whole the speculative world has re- cefved the serious developments of the present week with calmness. The long preparation through which the stock market here has passed In the last two months and the fact that weak bull accounts have been reduced to & minimum by the preceding liquidation, ac- count in a large measure for this fact. The trading contingent here, who took entire charge of the market in the complete absence of any public interest, seemed very nervous and they were very prompt Contractors on any rumors indicating that Spain would withdraw from her position or that the fourse of action t by Congress might be delayed. mapped Pect ol ailuirs, nad several such raiies. m.n- gled with its waiting and dullness in the early days of the week, and London's free offéy- ings seemed to be well absorbed. It might be noted, however, that railroad bonds, in which there has been no speculation and no short interest, were relatively higher than the stock | market, the course of which was influenced by those circumstances. LOCAL MARKETS. EXCHANGE AND BULLION. Sterling Exchange, sight. — us Sterling Exchange, 60 days. — asey Sterling Caples ... — 4% New York Exchangs, sight - 15 New York Exchange. telegraphic.. — 17% Fine Silver, per ounce . e Bodg Mexican Dollars oo 4 465 WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS. WHEAT—Prices advanced sharply, both on and off call, as will be seen. The shippers are huytig May at §170, which fixes the price of shipping grades, as May Is now practically spot. The forefgn markets are much higher. The actual outbreak of war tends to harden the market materfally, and the dry weather does the rest. The millers are hard up for supplies, and are gladly paying the top quota- ticn, and are drawing on Washington and Ore- gon for stock. Tidewater quotations are as follows: $1 67% @170 for No. 1, $1 723 for choce and $1 T5@1 80 per ctl for extfa choice for milling. CALL BOARD SALES. Informal session — 9:15 o'clock — December— 10,0 cus, $1 6o: 10,000, $1 64; 15,000, §1 64w; 82,- & May—4000, $1 695 2000, '$1 69%. session—December—2000 _ctls, 10,000, $1 65 , $1 63%; 16,000, $165%; 32,000, $1 86; 2000, 31 68%. May—2000, $1 71. Regular’ morning__session—December—38, 000 g;lg,“n 65; 2000, $165%. May—4000, $1 70; 2000, T0%. Afternoon session — December — 6000 ctls, $163%e; 2000, $1 65%; 12,000, $1 66; 30,000, $1 66%. May—2000, §1 70%. BARLEY—The market was rather higher, but trade was _dull. Feed, $1 3)@1 37%; Brewing, nominal. CALL BOARD SALES. session o'clock — December— 4000, $1 36. December—4009 ctls, $1 36%. morning session—December—12,000 Fecond 2000, $1 66%; 4000, $1 66%; Informal 2000 ctls, $1 36% Second’ session. fancy; crown, shell; cans, 6 THe: b-1 Ibs net, 13c; No. 2, are Wholes Ragular 00, $1 36%; 8000, $1 35; 2000, $1 35%%. | ston — December — 2000 ctls, | & i 4000, $1 35%. OATS—The market shows no change worthy | of note, being dull. Fancy Feed, $14215@1 45 per ctl; good to | choice, $1 371,@1 42%: common, $1 30@1 35; Sur- . '$1 451 50; gray, $132%@137%; milling, $1 35@1 42% per ctl | CORN—Quotations continue nominal, owing | to the decline expected when the cheaper Corn | begins to arrive from the East. Small round vellow, $1 15G1 20 per ctl; large yellow. $1 101 15: white, $1 16@1 17%. RYE—$1 35@1 314 mer ctl. BUCKWHEAT—$1 $0@2 10 per otl. FLOUR AND MILLSTUFFS. Another advance in Flour may be expected at any moment, as wheat has gone up egain. FLOUR—Family Extras, $ 50@5 60; Bakers® Extras, $5 2%5@5 35 per bbl. MILLSTUFFS Prices in sacks are as fol- lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham Flour, $3 per 100 Ibs; Rye Flour, $2 75 per 100; 36: Cornmeal, $250; extra cream Cornmeal, $3 25; Oatmeal, $4; Oat Groats, $4 25; | Hominy, 33 25@3 50; Buckwheat Flour, $@4 25; Cracked Wheat, $3 75; Farina, $ 75; Whole | Wheat Flour, $3 2i; Rolled Oats (barrels), $5 @6 20; in sacks, 35 60@6; Pearl Barley, $4 HAY AND FEEDSTUIFS. Buyers, by persistent holding off, have suc- ceeded in breaking the price for fancy wheat Hay 50c, but the other grades, though weak, are still’ quoted as before, | Straw has again advanced. There s chanee in_Bran and Middlings. BRAN—$21G21 50 per ton. MIDDLI $23@25 50 per ton. FEEDSTUFFS—Rolled Barley. $30 per ton; | Oflcake Meal at the mill, 30; jobbing, | $32G32 50; Cocoanut Cake, Cottonseed | Meal, $23@30 per ton; Cornmeal, Cracked Corn, §24@25. | HAY—(Ex-car in round lots)—Wheat, $23@ | 20 50; Wheat and Oat. $21 at, $90023: | Barley, nominal; compressed Wheat, $22@25 compressed Oat, $20@22 50; Alfalfa, $14@16; Clover, nominal; Oregon Timothy, $M4@I. STRAW—$5@tlc per bale. BEANS AND SEEDS. Beans are very firm and another advance 1s not unlikely In some descriptions. Bayos, $2 90G3; Small Whites, $1 60@ n; Large Whites. $1 6@l 7; Pinks, §2 250 2 65; Reds, @2 35; Blackeye, nominal; But- 160; Limas, $2 40@2 50; Pea, 1 6@ idneys, §2 95@2 35 per ctl. SEEDS—Brown Mustard, $2 25@3 50 per ctl; Yellow Mustard, §3 15@3 25; Flax. §2 2%; Canary Seed, 2%@2%c per Ib; Alfalfa, 3@6c; Rape, 24@ 9%c; Hemp, 2%@3c; Timothy, s@d%c. DRIED PEAS—Nlles, §1 75@2; Green, $1 80@ 210 per ctl. POTATOES, ONIONS AND VEGETABLES. An advance In Asparagus was about the only change worthy of note. All other kinds were in good supply. : String Beans brought 10@15c per Ib and Green Peppers 10G Tic. POTATOES—Early Rose, 30@5c; River Reds, 50@60c; River Burbanks, f0@80c per sack; Ore- gon Burbanks, 56@Sic: Petaluma Burbanks, 50 @0c per sack; Sweet Potatoes, $12 for Mer- ced; new Potatoes, ¥@2c per Ib. ONTONS—Cholce, §2 50@2 70; cut Onlons, $1 50 @2 .25 per ctl. VEGETABLES—Receipts were 607 boxes As- paragus, 451 hoxes Rhubarb and 726 sacks Peas. Asparagus, $2G2 25 for extra large; $1 50@1 75 er box for No. 1, T6c@$1 25 for No. 2; Rhubarb, @30 per box for small to good and 60@T5e for extra choice; Green Peas, Tc@3l 25 per sack; Dried Peppers, 6@7c per Ib; Dried Okra, 12ic} Cabbage, 65@7c per ctl; Carrots, 25@lc per sack: Cucumbers, 40c@$1 per dozen; Mexican Tomatces, repack, $1@1 75 per box. EVAPORATED VEGETABLES— Potatoes, sliced, raw, 12¢ per Ib in lots of 25 Ibs; sliced desiccated, 16@iSc: granulated raw, 13c; Onlons, 60c; Carrots, old, 13c; new, 18c: Cabbage, 30c; Sweet Potatoes, 3 Turnips, %c; String Beans, 30c; Tomatfoes, G0c. POULTRY AND GAME. A car of Fastern sold at 1lc for Turkeys, $550 tor Ducks, $12 for Geese, $ 50@6 for Hens, $§ for voung Roosters, $430 for old Roosters and $6 60 for Fryers, There was no change of any consequence in local stock. POULTRY—Live Turkeys, 10@1% for Gob- blers and 11@i2%ec for Hens; Geese, per palr, $1@1 2: Goslings, §175@2 25; Ducks, 3 50@4 50 for old and $ 50G7 for young: Hens, $3 50@ 4 50; Roosters, young, $7@S 50; Roostérs, old, $4@4 50; Fryers. $6@6 70; Broflers, $4 50@5 50 for large, $2 253 50 for small; Pigeons, $1 50@1 75 per dozen for young and '$1 @1 50 for old. GAME-Nominal. BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. There is no decline in Butter, but it is wealk, for the reasons given yesterday. Eggs are o off and dull. There is no change in Cheese. BUTTER— Creamery—Fancy creamerles, 2Ic; 19q20c. airy — Cholce to fancy, grades, 15@17%c per Ib. Eastern Butter—Imitation creamery, 16@17c; ladle-packed, 13@16c per 1b; Eastern Elgin tub, to arrive, 18c. CHEESE—Choice mild new, 10c; common to good, Ti@c: Cream Cheddar, 10@lle; Young America, 10@11c; Western, 11@12c; East- ern, 121@13%c per 1b. EGGS—Ranch Eggs, 12%4@13%c per dozen; store Eggs, 1114@12c; Eastern, nominal. DECIDUOUS AND CITRUS FRUITS, seconds, 18@20c; common Several boxes of Cherries came In and sold at $1 per box. A fancy Navel Orange will bring the top quotation, as the Orange market Is firm. Strawberries continue to bring the prices, ra- ceipts being light. DECIDUOUS gl‘{cxrs—a 5 rawberries, 0@ rawer for large Toc@$ for small berries. ana Apples, 40@bic per box for common, T5c@$i for oo to choica and $1 %5@1 50 for fancy. CITRUS FRUITS—Navel Oran $1 50@3; Seedlings, 75c@$125; Lemons, 50c@$l for com- mon and 31 25G2 2 for good to choice; Mexican Limes, $ 50@4; California_Limes, in smail boxes, 40@50c; Bananas, $1 2@2 per bunch; Pineapples, $3@4 per dozep. DRIED FRUITS, NUTS, RAISINS, ETC. Prunes are now selling better than anything clse on the list, and prices are .somewhat higher. Apricots are weak, as the speculative for halves, ac RAISINS—13@2c for two-crown, 3c for three- 3%c for four-crown, Sultanas, 2%c for Seedless Muscatels and $1@ 110 for London layers; dried Grapes, 2%c. NUTS—Chestnuts are quotable at Sc per Ib: ‘Walnuts, 3@4c for hardshell and 4@éc for soft- Almonds, softshell, 4@5%c for Eastern and 4kc for California: Pe- 8@ per. LARD. for compound and California tierces, 5tc and 6%e for pure; half barrels, 6%c; 10-Ib tins, ‘OTTOLE less than 300 Ibs—1-1b pails, 6 in a case, §%e: 8-1b palls, 20 in a case, 8%c; 5-1b pails, 12 in a | case, §%c; 10-1b padls, tins, 1 or 2 in & case, T8%c. Tic; fancy tubs, bbls, about 110 ibs, 7%c per Ib. HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL AND HOPS. These markets continue dull and weak. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands sell about lc under the quotations. steers, 10c; medtum 8%@9c; light, 8%c, Cow- | Orizaba. .. hides, $%4@9%; Stags, 5c; saited Kip, Sc; Calf, | Willametts... 10c; dry Hides, 15@16c; cuils and brands, 12@ | dry Kip and Veal, 18@19¢; culls, 16@17c; Goatskins, 30@37%c eac! Kids, 5@10c; Deerskins per ib; medium, 20c; winter, 2 WOOL—Fall clip—San Joaquin, defective, 7@ | CleV 9c: Southern Mountain, 9@1lc; free Northern, | 12@13c; Northern, defective, 9@1lc per M. | HOPS—1806 crop, 2@fe for 8@10c for good; 1597 crop, 11@l4c per b. SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET. Mutton and Lamb are weak, and the latter shaded again. Hogs are falrly active. There is no change in Beef. 546 ding t Pears, 3@4c 82@Ic for % @8c; Filberts, Honey still meets with a good demand. DRIED FRUITS—Prunes, carload lots, 4@4ic for 40-50's, 3@ho for 50-80's, 334 for 6-70% 2%@3c for 10-80's, 2@2igc’ for S0-3) &, 1%7F 2¢ for 90-100 eaches, 3@sc; y, 8% @Sc; peeled, 10g12%c; Apricots, 5@6%c for Roy- als and 7@Sc for good to tfancy loorparks Evaporated Apples, 6%@7c; sun-dried, A45c.: Black Figs, in sacks, 2@2%c; Plums, 4%@4%c for pitted and 1@l%c for unpitted; bleached Plums, 5@5%c; Nectarines, 4@sc for prime to for quarters and 3@5¥%c o color, ete 4i4¢ for Seedless for hardshell, paper-shell; 6@7c for Peanuts, §34@10c; Brazil Nuts, b; Cocoanuts, $4 50@5 per 100. HONEY—Comb, 9@10c for lower grades; water-white extracted, 5 6e; light amber extracted. 4%@5%c per Ib. BEESWAX—24@26c per for bright and erg?a @ PROVISIONS, nia Hams, 10c; Mess Mess Beef, $10; Family $9; extra prime Pork, mess, $16 7c b tins, Sc. Tierces, There Is & falr outward movement of goods | at the old prices. | CURED MEATS—Bacon, heavy, 9%c for light medium, lic for extra light and 12%c for sugar-cured; | Eastern sugar-cured Hams, 9%c per 1Ib for | 10%¢ for light, | 10%@11c; Califor- | Beer, $9 per bbl; extra Beef, $11@12; Salt Pork, $10; extra clear, $13; moked Beef, 11@12c per Ib. Castern tierces quoted at Sige per Ib for pure; pails, TXc: | ver 1b for compound | 6%@6%e; packages, 6 in a case, 8c; 50-1b | wooden buckets, 20 1bs net, 7%c; half g0 ) @2%c; refined, sale rates for slaughterers are as follows: 2 BEEF—First quality, 6%c; second quality, S%@éc; third quality, 4@ic per Ib. VEAL—Large, S@tc; small, 6%@c per M. MUTTON—Wethers, 8c@ic; LAMB—Spring, $%@ic per Ib. PORK—Live Hogs, 3%@3%c for large and 4@ 4%e for medium; stock Hogs, 2@2%c; dressed Hogs, 5%@she. GENERAL MERCHANDISE. BAGS—Calcutta Grain Bags, nominal; Wool Bags, nominal; San Quentin, $5 30. rendered, 3@3%c 2c. Heavy salted 16@16%c; dry Cal good summer, 25@30c | 10c; Sheepsk! shearlings, 20@2bc_each; short wool, 10@60c each; medium, 60@S0c; long wool, $0c@$l 20 | each. | TALLOW—No. 1 per 1b; | Sc; Grease, oor to fair and | dressed stock from Ewes, Sc per Ib, | COAL—Wellineton $8 pe- ton; New Welling- | ton, $8; Southfield Wellington, $7 50; Seattls, | Columbia. $6; Bryant, $7 50; C $6; Coos umberiand, Bay, $ 50; Wallsend, $10 25 in bulk and $11 50 Claveland..|P in sacks; Pennsylvania ~Anthracite Exg, $14; Cannel, §10 per ton; Rock Springs, Castle Gate and Pleasant Vall, bulk and $14 In sacks. 39; Coke, RICE—Quotations are still firmer. mixed, $4 50 per ctl; No. $12 per ton In Chinese 1 $4 85@4 90; extra No. 1, $ 15@5 50; Hawallan, 35 5045 624; Ja- | pan, $4 50G6. $5 40@Wo 60; Rangoon, $ 7, Louisiana, | SUGAR—The Western Sugar Refinery Com- pany quotes terms net cash: and Fing Granulated, 5%c; Confectioners’ A,’5%c; Mag- 5%c; Extra C, 5%c: Golden C, Candy Graoulated 5%c; Calffornia A, 5lc per barrels %c more than barrels, nolia A, b half e Crushed, 6% boxes ¢ more. Flonr, ar sks Wheat, ctls RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE. For Friday, April 22. 7,903 | H; Barley, ctls 6,190 | Eggs, 'doz Rye, ~ctls 80| Wine, gals | Butter, ctis 336| Hops, bales 30 Cheese, ctls . 98| Wool, bales B14 Tallow, ctls ..... 338|Hides, no . 553 | Beans, sks . . 50| Lime, bbls 81 | Potatoes, sks ... 820|Quicksilver, u3 | Onfons, ‘sks ..... 310(Pelts, bdls ... B85 Alfalfa seed, sks. 150 OREGON. Wheat, ctls 810/ Oats, ctls . 500 | Barle; ctis 2, Potatoes, sk a8 | WASHINGTON. Cube Crushed Powdered, 6%c; Dry 4c and tons . 170 | Strat, tons Flour, qr sks 9,726| Bran, sks .. Wheat, “ctls 1,510/Shorts, sks | Barley, ctls 465| Millfeed, sks 185 | Oats, ctls ....... 4.25 EASTERN, Corn, ctls . 1,600 . There kets. Meats and Poultry range about the same as | last week. Fish is plentiful. A few Cherries have appeared, but they are s no change —— T | FAMILY RETAIL MARKET. in Butter and Eggs, though both are weak in the wholesale mar. | 1 published the same day by the afternoon papers and by the morning papers the follow- ing day W. 8. HUGHES, Lieutenant, U, in charge. ! SUN, MOON AND TIDE. United States Coast and Gendetic Survey. Times and ieights of High and Low Waters at Tort Point, Entrance to San Francisco Bav Published by orficial au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) ahout | twenty-five minutes lat than at Fort Point; | the helght of tide s the same at both places, APRIL = Sarurday, April 25, | Sun rises g = 2 5 | Sun sets 850 Moon seis. 9:54 . 3 ! 1 | | B[ Ttme roq, [Time| gy Time gy |Timo g, w/H W L Wi 1 ‘L W 23 U:HI] 2 24| 0:3)] 3 25| 0| 4 8l 1s 5 @ NOTE—In the above exposition of the tid the early morning tides are given in the left hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurren to time. The second time column gives the second tide of the day, the third time column the third tide, and the last or right hand column gives the last tide of the day. except when there are but three tides, as some‘imes occurs. The heights fiven are additions to tae soundings on the nited States Coast Survey charts, except when a minus sign (—) precedes the height, and then the number given iz subtractive from the depth given by the charts. The plane of reference is the mean ¢ - lower low waters. STEAMEKRS TO ARRIVE. STEAMER | FroM Wellington Devarture Bay Nortn Fori Humbolide Santa Ro fan Diero. Humbold .| Alnska AliceBlanchard | Seattle Humbold: Seatle. Progreso .|Seattle . Creecent City. | Crescent Orego1 .. ......| Portlana Coos Bay . |Newpors Zealandia . «Honoinlu Weeott Humboldt Titania....." . [Nanaimo. Washtenaw.... | Tacoma.. Pomona . San Diego.. ... ... WallaWalia... | Vietoria & Puget Sound and ......[Seattle. Valencia Alaska Coumoia. ... | Portiana. Arcata. Coos Bay. Burma . Nanaimo Homer... .|Humboldt.... . Gaelle. .".{China ana’ Japan. Apr 20 Acapulco. .. ... | Panama |Apr29 STEAMERS TO SAIL. BTEAMER | DESTINATION| SAILS. | PUAR Arcata.... |Coos Hav.... |Apr 2. bpa|Pier It Homer.... |Humbold: ... |Apr 23. 8 Aw|Pler 11 $tate of Cal | POrtland....... |Apr 24. 10 Ax|Pler 13 Humboldt. |Alaska. ...... ADr 25, ......| 2 Sants Kosa| an Diozo . [Apr 26, 11 Ax| i ABlanchrd | Yaquina Bay. [Apr 2. 8 Py | Pler 13 Samoa. Humboldt.... |Apr 25, 3PM|... .... Venus China &Japan|Apr 2. 1 py|PM S§ City Puebla | Vie & Pet Sna [Apr 26. 10 AM |Pler 3 Nortn Fork |Humboldt ... |apr 26. 9 A% |Pier 2 Orizaba.. .. Humboldz ... [Apr 26. 10 AM|Pler & Oregon ... [Portlana Apr 2710 Ax|Pler 12 Coos Bav..|Newpor Apr 270 9 am|Pier 1L Newport...|Panama ...... |Apr 2812 3|P M SS Wecott....... | Humboudt. 23, 9AM|Ples Ls Pomona.... |San Diego.. 11 Ax|Pler 11 10 AM | Pler 12 >nina& Japan|Apr 80, 1Ppu'PM 88 uget 8 30, . B e e e e e THE TIME BALL. City of Rio | Branch Hydrographic Office, U. S. N., Mer- chants’ Exchange, San Francisco ~ April 22, 1898. “’he ume ball on Telegraph Hill was dropped exactly at noon to-day—I. e., at noon of ths 120th meridian, or exactly § p. m.. Greenwich time. J. T. McMILLAN, Assistant in charge. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Friday, April 22. Stmr City of Puebla, Jepsen, 58 hours from Victoria_and Puget Sound ports. Stmr George Loomis, Bridgett, 33 hours from Ventura, Stmr Roanoke, Kidston, 51 days from Balti- maore. Stmr Empire, Bay. Schr Mary Btta, Nyman, 18 hours from Bow- Nelson, 5 hours from Coos | ens Landing. Schr Nellie Coleman, Ross, 150 days from Boston. Schr Monterey, Beck, 18 hours from Bowens Landing. Up river direct. nogEr Chilena, Madsen, 9 hours from Fort 088, Schr Ralph J Long, Gruggle, § days from Portland. CLEARED. Friday, April 22 Stmr Homer, Jessen, ~--~ Pedro; Goodall, Perkins & Co. Ship Charmer, Holmes, New York; John Ro- senfeld’s Sons. Br bark Dominlon, end; master. chr W F Witzemann, Olsen, Unalaska; Alaska Commercial Exploration Compan-. SAILED. Berquist, Port Towns- Friday, April 22. U 8§ stmr Monadnock, Whiting, Port Ange- Stmr Whitesboro, Johnson. Stmr Gipsy, Leland. Santa Cruz. Schr Gem, Nelson, Coos Bay. Schr' Bender Brothers, Wetzel, Bihlers Point. TELRGRAPHIC. small and green. Strawberries are not coming e il 22 10 in very freely. Vegetables are In £00d subply: | neno, wind aew valies 20 miea " cother Following is The Call's regular weekly retatj | "22¥+ s 2 price list: CHARTERS. Coal, .per ton— . The Lucile loads coal at Seattle for this Cannel ......$—@12 0|Castle Gate..11 0@ — | port; Coloma. lumber at New Whatcom for Wellington . —@10 00| Pleasant Vi.11 00 Guaiquil, 50s; Helen N Kimball, lumber at New Welling- Southfield Grays Harbor for Apla; Nor stmr Urd, steel TG0 00 Wellington —@ 950 | re..ls at Tacoma, for Kobe. Dairy Butter, fancy. pér | Meats, Bacon .. Beef, ch Do, good. Corned Beef Ham, Cal . Lard . Mutton . Spring Lamb. Poultry and Game— Hens, fia}:h“{ e SIH‘ Younz Roost- | ers, each... 6@ 0ld ' Roosters, | each ......... 0@ — Fryers, each.. 6@ — Brotlers, cach. 0@ 60 Fruits and Nuts— Almonds, Ib.......12@15 Apples, ib. 5 Bananas, Lemons, doz Limes, doz. Vegetables— Asparagus, 1b.... 5@ 8 Artichokes, doz..15@2 Beets, doz . 12 Beans, white, Ib.. 4 Colored, 1 Lim Cabbage, Cauliflowers, each 5@10 Celery, bunch Cress, doz behs... Cucumbers, dz.60c@1 8 00@ —| Produce, etc.— r pound— ‘5 12@17| 2@15 oice. 15 = 5 1b. each. Tb. . 5@10 |Ranch Eggs, 61 P ‘00s Bay. —@1m| Common Eggs....15g— | 2@15 10@— % G— Turkeys, pr b | Ducks, “each .. % 1 Geese, each Pigeons, Rabbits, Hare, each Oranges, doz Raisins,” Ib. Stawberries, basket e Walnuts, 1b. Dried Ok; Onlons, e > Peppers, dried Potatoes, 1b, Do Sweet . arsnips, doz. Rhubart, 1h Radishes, dz bl Sage, . String Bean o8 {Thyme, 1b. Green Peas, . <g@§E;I-‘urnle,":i Lentlls, . 6@ omat Lettuce, doz.......1642% oes, Ib...... 015 Fish, per pound— Barracuda. ........10G—|Shrimps SR Car, 5@ 8| Shad - Codish . @10 | Sea Bass w Flounders 5@ S | Smelts e Herring —@— | Soles iy 25 Halibut @15 | Skates, ! Kingfish . Tomeoa e Mackerel "1... Clams, gai. o= Do Horse. Perch Pompano . Rockfish Salmon, Salmon, smoked. fresh. @50 | 100.4050 | -10@15 | Do hardshali; rabs, each softshel Mussels, qt. THE CALL CALENDAR. | April, 1898. A branch of the Office, office, informat noon by teleg: the Unit Island, Ci A no | Peking, for San SPOKEN. Per Roanoke—April 5—Lat 15 14 S, long 77 28 | W, U S stmr Oregon, hence March 19. April 5—Lat 37 S, long 21 W, Br ship Indian Honey, Ei.pire, from Oregon, for Quéenstown, ib | “April'13—Lat 34 N, long 41 30 W, Br bark Do, Earl of Dunraven, from Tacoma, for Queens- | town. : DOMESTIC PORTS. Pork, fresh 1215 | _GRAYS HARBOR—Salled April 18—Schr John Pork, salt. 10012 | E_Miller. for Redondo: schr Occldental, for Ventura. SEATTLE—Arrived April 22—-Stmr Brixham, from Dyea. ASTORIA—Arrived April 22—Schr Salvator, | nence April 14, MENDOCINO—Arrived April 22—Schr S Dan- felson, hence April 17. ALBION—Safled April 22—Stmr Cleone, San Francisco. TACOMA—Sailed April 22—Stmr Del Norte, for Dyea; stmr Washtenaw and ship Colum- bia, for San Francisco. SAN PEDRO—Arrived April 22—Schr Spar- ow, from Eureka. EUREKA—Arrived April 22—Stmr Hueneme, hence April 21. NEWPORT — Arrived April 22—Bktn Uncle for | John, from Eureka. Safled April — Stmr Alcatraz, for —. EUREKA—Safled April 22—Stmr North Fork for San Francis PORT LUDLOW—Sailed April 22—Schr An- ! nle M Campbell, for Honolulu. SAN PEDRO—Arrived April 22—Stmr Samoa, hence April 18. Sailed April Schr Eliza Miller, for Eu- | reka. E FORT BRAGG—Arrived April 22—Stmr Co- quille River, hence April 21 Sailed April 21—Stmr Fulton, for —. _-ARDY CREEK—Arrived ' April 21—Schr Barbara Hernster, hence April 20. EASTERN PORTS. TMORE—Arrived April 2 from New York, FOREIGN PORTS. COLON—Arrived April 20—Stmr Finance, fm New York. N IVERPOOL—Amived April le, hence Nov 6. A Y AMA - Safled_Aprll 20—Stmr Clty of | " April —Ship Cyrus BALT! to load for San Wakefield, Francisco. 21—Br ship TOWN 21—-Br bark Guescli; for Hamburg. i HONOLULU—Arrived March 31—Brig W G Irwin, hence March 1. April 3_Haw bark Diumond Head, from Port Blakeley. April & Bktn Jane L Stanford, from Newcastle, NS\ Whal bark Andrew Hicks, hence March 20! April 6—Ship A J Fuller, from New York; bktn W Dimond,, hence March 2. = April $—Br stmr Belgle, hence April 2. April 13—Br stmr Braemar, from Yokohama: Haw stmr Zealan- dia, hence April 6; stmr City of Rio de Janeiro from Yokohama. April 1i—Schr Aloha, hence March 17; Br stmr Warrimoo, from Sydney Sailed March 30—Ship Henry B Hyde, for New York: Haw stmr China, for Yokohama, 112 Full Moon, Br stmr Moana, tor Sydney: stmr Alameda, for —|—|—|© "% San Francisco; bktn Klikitat, for Port Gam- L PR ble; schr Robert Searles for San Francisco, —|—[(@Lost Quarter | | N lh 31Br stmr Cape Otway, for Victoria. Bl Aprit 1. April 4-Bark Alden Besse for San Francisco, o April 5-Whal bark Andrew Hicks. cruise: Ger == = 2 n cks, cruise; Gi A New Moo, | | ark H Hackfeld, for San Francisco: bktn Trme April 2. 5 —|—|3C__APT® || gard, for San Francisco. April 7—Brig Wm G B |’F\rstmmrwr. Irwin, for Sam, Francisco. April 9—Br stmr ! April 28 Belgic, for Yokohama. April 10—Bktn John e = Smith, for San Francisco. April 11—Bark Fres- NOTICE TO MARINERS. no, for Port Townsend. April 12—Bark Mohi- TS to navl ce ‘stating whet ou time or giving the United States Hydrographic | located in the Merchants' | maintained in San cisco for the benefit of mariners without to nationality and free of expense. % i Navigators are cordfally invited to visit the | Where complete sets of charts and sail- | Ing directions of the world are kept on hand for comparison and reference, and the litest fon can always be optained regarding lights, dange of_Interest to ocean commerce. The time ball on top of the building on Tele- graph Hill is hoisted about ten minutes before and 1s dropped at noon, 120th meridian, raphl signal received each day from States Naval Observatory at Mare Exchange, is | igation and all matters ther the time ball was error, if any, is | can, for San Francisco. April 14—Br stmr Braemar. for Portland KAHULUI—Arrived April 5—Ship Luzon, frm Shanghal. March 30—Schr Ottilie Fjord, from Hilo. 3 Sailed April $—Brig Lurline, for ‘San Fran- cisco: schr Ottille Fjord, for —. April 2—Bktn Mary Winkelman, for San Francisco. HILO—Arrived ' April _1—Schr Aloha. hence March 17. March 30—Ship Geo Stetson, from Or. gon. Sailed April 8—Bark Charles B Kenny, for San Francisco. g HOLOIPU—Salled March 29—Schr Repeat, for San Francisco. HONOLULU—To sail April 2—U S stmr Bal- timore, from Honolulu. 3 ACAPULCO—Sailed April 21—Stmr Acapuico, for San Francisco. PANAMA—Sailed April 20—Stmr San Jose, for San Francisco. v