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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1898 COMMERCIAL WORLD. SUMMARY. Silver unchanged. Wheat lower. Barley quiet. Other cereals unchanged. Hay steady. Bran weak. Reans firm, but quiet. Neatsfoot Oil higher. I \ i \ { n Potatoes higher. tables unchanged. New Onlons lower. Butter, Cheese and Eggs steady. Hens glut the market. Strawberries slow. s unchanged. E Bacon firm. Hides and Hops unchanged. | Mutton weak. arket in good shape. Thirteen Fallures last week. THE WEEK'S FAILURES. | e Bradstreet Mercantile Agency reports 13 Pacific Coast States and Terrj- pared with 20 for the previous Hocking Valley... 6%| Do 2% Illinofs Central .. 103% |Amn Spirits . % Lake Erfe & W... 15% 2744 | Do _pref . Cny 10% | Lake' Shore ...... 18§ us” | Louis & Nash. .. 54 9% Manhattan L ... 103% 191% Met St Ry........ 181 180 | Mich Central .... 104% 2% Minn & St L.... 2% 90 | Do_1st yref . 84 383 | Mo Pacific 3314 Tilinois Steel 50 | 25 |Laclede Gas 46 | 1 |Lead 323 | Do _pi 105" | Nat Lin Of 1 Or Imp Co 29 | 94 | Pacific Mal 283 14| Puliman Pal 180% Chi & § 12% I Silver cert . 6% Ist pref 6 |Stand R & T 5 23 pref 32 |Sugar . 131% Nor West 14 | Do pret b1t o Amer C 5%|T C & Iron 2514 No_Pacific 26% |U_S. Leather 7% Do pref . 85%| Do pref . 63% Ontarlo & W 15 |U_S Rubber 18t |or R & Nav. 49 | Do pret 0% Or Short Line 20 [West Union 893 Pittsburg . 188 IC & N W 124% Reading 18| Do ref . 170 14%/St L & S W 43 9| Do pret 10% | st 4R G W 28" | Do 60 | Do pref 88 Do 24 2% ichi G W . 4% | st_Paul .......... 9 |Haw Com Co 1" | Do pret ... 14 |U P Common 231 | CLOSING BONDS. | | U_S new 4s reg.. 123%|N_Carolina 6s.... 122 Do coup . D13y 102 U S 45 1109 for the corresponding week of ures for the p: week are di- e trades g folows: 3 sajoons, Ui Ning company, 1 har- hotel, 1 cigart 1 ma- | | | | | | | WY ‘ O Clear ® Partly Cloudy { ® Cloudy ® Rain® Snow l EMBREAS SHOW PRECIPITATION| | sn:s:nue PAST 12 HOURS | EXPLANATION. 1 The arrow flles with the wind. The top flg- ures at station indicate minimum temperature for the days; those underneath it, if any, the amount of rainfall or of melted snow in inches and hundredths during the last twelve hours. Isobars, or solid lines, connect points of equal air pressure; isotherms, or dotted lines, equal temperature. The word ‘high” means high barometric pressure and is usually accompanied by fair weather; ‘low’’ refers to low pres- sure and is usually preceded and accompanied by cloudy weather and rains. ‘‘Lows’ usually | first appear on the Washington coast. When the pressure is high in the interior and low along the coast, and the isobars extend north | and south along the coast, rain is probable; | but when the ‘“low’’ is inclosed with isobars of marked curvature, rain south of Oregon is im- probable. With a ‘‘high” in the vicinity of Jdaho, 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 result. WEATHER REPORT. (120th Meridian—Pact! Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, May 13, 5 p. m. Following are the maximum temperatures re- | ported to-day from weather bureau stations in | California: Pureka, 52; Fresno, Bluff, 74; Independence, T San Diexo, Sacramento, 60; San Luis Obispo, 60; Yuma, San Fra: o temperature: Maximum, b minimum, 48; mean, 50. WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORI TS. 1 The pressure is generally low over the Pa- cific Slope. In the past twenty-four hours it | has fallen rapidly over the extreme northern portion of the Coast. An extensive low now | overlies Arizona, Utah, Nevada and uorth- | westward to the Washington coast. The temperature has fallen over Northern | Utah, Northern Nevada and Southern Oregon. | Thorughout California the temperatures are generail. degrees or more below the normal. | Conditions are more favorable for scattered | showers over the Pacific Slope than they have been for some time previous. A maximum wind velocity of 26 miles per | hour from the east is reported at Tatoosh Island. Heavy rain has fallen at Helena and | light showers have occurred in California, Ne- | vada and Utah. Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight, May 14, 1898: Northern Ci y and unsettled with light showers early morning; fresh southwesterly winds. California—Cloudy Saturday; fresh 72; Los Angeles, 70; Red | 62; weather Saturd; Saturda: Saturday; showers early | morning. Utah—Cloudy and unsettled weather Satur- | day, with light showers. | Arizona—Cloudy aturday, with showers | early Saturday morning. San Francisco and vicinity with showers early Saturday morning; southwesterly wind. Special report from Mount Tamalpals, taken | at 5 p. mr—Dense fog; wind west, 12 miles per | hour; temperature, 41 maximum, 4. ALEXANDER McADIE, Local Forecast Offictal. EASTERN MARKETS. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. -Cloudy Saturday, light | NEW YORK, May 13.—To-day’s stock mar- ket continued in much the same unsettled state | as was the case yesterday. Early depression | was reflected from London, where the profes- sionals were selling American stocks on a ru- mor that the Spanish fleet was off Sandy Hook. | The improbable character of this report gives | an explanation to a decline which was ob- | viously due to bear pressure. Apparently | there was a disposition also on the part of the leaders of the bull element to stand by and see a test of the market strength. The recent large and sustained advance, it was thought, had invited large buying on light margins by the purely speculative element. This class of holdings is a weakness for a bull movement on account of its inability to hold stocks through any decline. Occasional reactions of sufficient dimension to force the liquidation of such ac- counts are therefore considered healthful in any bull movement. The day’s market did not indi- cate that the volume of such accounts was very | large. In spite of a vigorous drive by the bears, apparently acquiesced in by the bulls, which resulted at one time in declines running from 1 to 3 points, there was no very large volume of stock dislodged and the bears has- tened to cover. Some very large financial inter- | ests are credited with having taken profitson the recent rise and with being willing to see a re- action for the purpose of getting a gain. Com- mission house buying in the early dealings was large and was quite effective in offsetting the large selling for-London account. But offer- 4ngs were no more than absorbed without car- | rying prices above vesterday's level. After | the market had thus been tested business fell | Into dullness and assumed a walting attitude. Net changes on the day are extremely narrow and are for the most part losses. The bond market was quiet outside a few speculative issues and the tone was rather heavy. Total sales, $2,600,000. TUnited States new 4s declined ¥e, old 4s reg- istered, % iIn the bid price. There were sales of the old 4s registered at a gain of %4 over the last sale. Total sales of stocks to-day were 347,600 shares, including: 17,000 Atchison preferred, 16,300 Burlington, 14,200 Louisville and Nash- ville, 18,000 Manhattan, 5200 Metropolitan Street Railway, 5600 Missouri Pacific, 4300 New York Central, 5700 Northern Pacific, 6025 do preferred, 37,500 St. Paul, 2,900 Union Pacific preferred, 14,80 U. P., D, & G., 3,700 Ameri- can Tobacco, 8100 Chicago Great Western, 13, People's Gas, 90,400 General Electrics” 35,400 American Sugar. " CLOSING STOCKS. | Chi Term 48 Do Rz 2ds Towa C 9 [UPD & | La_new cons 100 |Wab 1st 5s L & N Uni 4 88%| Do 2ds . | net gain of | closed 1214c lower, July ¢ off and other months | on & small scale. PIGIRON_Warrants wers officlally ~called | steady, with $8 65 bid and $6 90 asked. Atchison . 12%(St P & Om. I Do pref ........ 31%| Do pref . 150 Baltimore & Ohio 15%(St P M & M...10 134 Canada Pacific .. 83%(So Pacific . Canada Southern. 51%|So Rallway . Central Pacific .. 12| Do pref . Ches & Ohio..... 21%|Texas & Pacifio.. 1 Chi & © 155 | Union Pacifio . % Chi B & Qu.coos 9%|U P D & Guooills Cht & = I0l........ 0 |Wabash .. G cC & stLll 31%| Do pref Do pref . 50 |Wheel & L'E ge: f iluauon. 109 EO pref . o 31 e W xpress . Companies— Den & R G Adams Ex .. 9 Do pref . American Ex . Erie (new) . United States . Do _1st pref . 1| Wells Fargo Ft Wayne ........ Miscellaneous— Gt Nor pref ..... 61%/A” Cot Ol ... 2 L'c-‘-n ol D10% <% D1y Sy District 3.658 Ala class A. Do B Do Atchison 4s . Do adj 4s Can So 2ds C & Ohlo 5s 3, R G 1sts. StL&IMC StL&SF G 6s T&P LG lst Missourt 6s 100 (W Shore ds.. MK&T 2d 6214 |Va Centuries ... 6§ Do 4s Do deferred 5% N ¥ Cent % |U P rref 50% N J C 8. U P 4s 93 STOCKS. Chollar Ontarlo Crown Point . Ophir . Con Cal & Va. Deadwood Plymou Quicksilver Gould & Curry.... Do pref Hale & Noreross. 75 Sierra Nevada | Homestake ....... 40 00| Standard Iron Sflver 45| Union Con Mexican 05| Yellow Jack BOSTON BOSTON, May 13.—Atchison, 12; Bell Tele- | phone, 260, Burlington, 9§%: Mexican Central, 5; Oregon Short Line, 31%. LONDO! NEW YORK, May 13.—The Evening Post's | London financial cablegram says: The stock markets here opened flat to-day on the news spreading of Lord Salisbury’'s gloomy speech regarding the West African situation, re- ported to have been made by him at a private banquet of bankers. Subsequently prices rallied | on the good tone of the Paris Bourse, the re- | ported American victories and the belicf that the new Spanish Cabinet is more peacefully inclined. ;Lmtr((‘ans closed dull again, | ever. Kaffirs were dull on President Kruger's inauguration. Money was easier on the release of about £500,000 in Japanese money. More will be re- | leased s —Spanish 4s closed at 3i%, | PARI 86%c: Grand Trunk, 8%. Bar silver, steady, a net gain of 5-16. 5 LONDON, May 13.—Cahadian Pacific, 26%d. 3@3% per cent fay i3.—Spanish 4s closed 34%, a MARKET. NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE. EW YORK, May 13.—FLOUR—Receipts, 20,800; exports, 20,004 barrels. Basier and a shade off on choice spring and winter wheat flours. Minnesota patents, $5 75; winter pat- ents, $6 76@7 25; winter stralts, $4 3@6 60. WHBAT—Recelpts, 165,570; exports, 147,080 | bushels. Spot, weak: No. 2 red, $150 f. 0. b. afloat to arrive, nominal. Options opened weak, with Liverpool and continued so all day. Depressing Influences were heavy spring wheat | Teceipts, bearish crop news, reported big In- dian shipments and July liquidation. May 14@2c lower; No. 2 red May, $1 50@1 60; closed, | $1 50%; July, $1 12%@1 15%; closed, $1 12%. HOPS—Steady. WOOL—Quiet. METAL—The feeling in the metal market | was generally steady, with business conducted At the close: LAKE COPPER—Was unchanged, with $12 bid and $12 15 asked. TIN—Quiet, with $i4 50 the flat quotation, SPELTER-Steady, with $ 15 bid, $425 asked. LEAD—Steady, Wwith $365 bid and 33 67% asked. The firm fixing the settling price for miners and_smelters in the West continue to quote lead $3 50. COFFEE—Options closed_steady, with prices 5@10 points lower. Sales, 5250 bags, including: | July, $570; September, $5 75; December, $5 85 | @5 %; January, $5 9; April,’ $6. Spot coffee— duil; No. 7 involce, ¢%c; No. T jobbing, Mila, quiet; Cordova, §4@lsic. 3AR—Raw, firm at advance. ~Fair refin- ing, $%c; centrifugal, 9 test, 4%c. Refined, strong, tending upward. PETROLEUM—Easy. BUTTER—Receipts, 4228 packages, weak: Western creamery, 14@16%c; Elgins, 18%c; fac- tory, 13@ldc. EGGS—Receipts, 10,200 packages; steady; State and Pennsylvania, 10%@lic; Southern, 10c. DRIED FRUIT. o NEW YORK, May 18.—California dried fruits rm. EVAPORATED APPLES—Common, B%@Sc prime wire tray, 9¢; wood dried, prime, 3@9%c; choice, 9@9%c; fancy, $%@10c. PRUNES—4@8%0. APRICOTS—Royal, 8@10c; Moorpark, 10@12c. PEACHES Unpeeled, 5@8c; peeled, 13@idc. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. CHICAGO, May 13.—Wheat opened weak at from 1%@3%c lower for July than it closed yes- terday, opening trades in that delivery being over a range of from $1 05@1 06%. May opened weak at $1 50, & decline of Lic over night. Sep- tember dropped from %@lc a bushel at the start, the first transactions being from 89%@ s95c. Before any recovery from the opening bearishness was percelvable July sold down to $104% and September to $5%c. The Liverpool market was remarkably steady, showing only about 1d loss at the start, in the face of ye terday's break in this market. Shorts were extremely nervous. Pit trading was small, and | although professionals ventured to put out | short lines they ran to cover on the slightest | sign of strength in the market. July, after | touching $1 04%, rallied spasmodically to $1 07, but slid off wnen the demand from shorts failed. Closing cables showed Increased bull weariness abroad with declines of 2%@3%d at Liverpool, 1%@2%c at Paris and 1%c at Ant- werp. Reports of harvesting from Texas and a probable early cut further north reassured short sellers. July dropped listlessly to $1 04, closing at $i04% bid, a net loss of 4c. May, which sterted at $1 50, rallied to $1 65 on Leiter support, but eased off near the ned to $1 45 and closed ‘at $150 gellers, a net loss of lic. Ex- porters reported no sales. September started %@l lower at 89%@89%c, sold off to 87%c, clos- ing 2%c net lower at 88%c sellers. Corn’ was for sale in large chunks from start to finish. Concessions were made at the open- ing of ic. A slight rally followed, but re- newed liguidation forced the price off again. Forejgners were reported as resellers of Corn bought for yar shipment. July closed with & met loss of %c. Only a moderate busitness was transacted in the Oat market. An easy feeling preyailed, with May longs anxipus to sell. July closed with @ net 10ss of e and May 1%¢ lower. The disposition of Provision traders was to take profits on strong &pots in the market. The lowest prices were prevailing at the olose. The opening was weak at from 10@%0c decline in July pork, 2%@c in lard and 2u@sc in July ribs. The close was 4c lower for July pork and 5c net lower for July lard and ribs. The leading futures ranged as follows: Open. High. Low. Close. | Articles— Wheat, No. 2— 15 148 180 100 101 104 89% &7 w‘Z 81 4 843 %% 35 A A % K 6% 31 30 27 o 24 u % 1 1 0 1217% 1 i& CEOM Short Ribs, pe- 100 Ibs— September . 670 680 6& 660 September . 8% S1 8nt otations were as follows: mmnmnhn:;“m | cut | 5.25c. | mand. |4 50 3 and forelgn demand; No. 2 No. 3 spring wheat, $1 12@1 @i 47: No. 2 corn, Huggc No. 2 oats, man No. 2 white, 34@34%c; No. 8 white, 32%@33 No. 2 rye, 68c; No. 2 barley, 43%@63c; flaxseed, $139; prime timothy seed, §2 60@2 mess %, per bbl, $11 50@11 60; lard, per 100 ToE. 38 5006 80; short ribs sides (loose), 35 95 6.40; dry salfed shoulders (boxed), $5G% short, clear sides (boxed). wt_oja% 36 waisk distillers’ finished goods, per g ars, loaf, 5.88c; granulated, 56.2507 tandard A: ts. Shipments. 6,300 Articles— Fiour, bbls . Wheat, bush . Corn, bush . Oats, bush Rye,” bush Barley. bush . On the Produce Exchange to- market was steady; creamery, 13@léc; dairies, 12@lic. Eggs weak; fresh, 9%c. Cheese dull, unchanged. WHEAT MOVEMENTS. Receipts. Bushels. Recelp! 112,800 Shipments. Bushels. 60,830 Minneapolts Dulutho: Milwaukes Chicago Toledo St. Louts Detroit .. Kansas City. Totate. oo, & cooieet . Tidewater— Boston, New York Philadelphia Baltimore . New Orlean Galveston . Totals .. PARIS FUTURES. Wheat— Opening . Closing Flour— Opening . Closing LIVERPOOL WHEAT FUTURES. May. July. Sept. Opening : 1 § 2% Closing 1 109% 81% EASTERN LIVESTOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, May 13—CATTLE—Were in good demand to-day at an advance of 5@10c. Beef cattle, $3 0@3 9, mostly $3 20@8 25; exporters, | 34 60@4 65; stockers and feeders, $8 90@4 85; cows and bhelfers, §2 To@4 65; calves, 36 50@ 6 75. HOGS—Advanced 5@10c on continued good de- Prime heavy sold at $4 65, the highest price since 18%. The bulk went at $ 354 60; common to good, $4 10@4 30; good to choice, $4 354 45. SHEEP—Ruled steady on fairly active de- mand. Shorn sheep, §3 25@4 25; yearlings, $4 35 clipped lambs, $3 70@4 2; wooled, $5@ Recelpts—Cattle, 2000; hogs, sheep, 3000. OMAHA. May 18 —CATTLE—Receip! r; native beef steers, $3 90@ 4 75; Western steers, $3 60@4 85; cows and helf- 1500. ers $3 25a4 20; stockers and feeders, $3 80@ 4~ bulls, stags, etc.. $2 0@3 70. HOGS—Recelpts, 7700; market 5@10c_higher: cy, $ 35@4 45mmixed, $4 30@4 35; light, $4 304 40: bulk of sales, $4 30@4 3. “Receipts, 1500; market strong. Fair ce natives, $8 75@4 30; falr to choice Westerns, §3 60@4 20; lambs, $4 25@5 35. KANSAS CITY. KANSAS CITY, May 13—CATTLE—Receipts, official, 2100. Market active, 5@l0c higher: na- tive steers, $4 25@4 %5, mainly, $4 304 65; stockers and feeders, $3'90@5 60; cows, $3 25@4; heifers, $3 75@4 65. HOGS—Receipts, 15,600. Market active and 10c_higher; bulk of sales, $4@4 55; pigs, $3@4. SHEEP-Receipts, official, 1000. Market ac- tive and steady; sales, $3 10@5 20 for Colo- rado wool lambs, $4 504 65 for clipped, $4@5 for natives; muttons, $4@4 50. DENVER. DENVER, May 13.—CATTLE—Receipts, 600; market quiet but steady. Beef steers, $3 50@ 420; cows, $3@3 80. Feeders, freight paid to river, $1G4 40; stockers freight paid, UG &; bulls, stags, etc., $2 25 : Market 15c higher; HOGS—Receipts, 100. light packers, $4 3004 mixed, $4 26@4 40; market unchanged. heavy, $4 20@4 30. SHEEP—Receipts, none: MARKET. BOSTON, May 13.—The Boston Commercial Bulletin will say to-morrow of the wool mar- ket: Under the demand encouraged by Gov- ernment contracts, coupled with the necessi- ties of a few mills for fine staple stock, the market in domestic wools has experienced con- siderable activity this week. The bulk of the trade, however, as last week, comprises transactions in wool suitable for the demands of the moment, and this fact, there- fore, gives little encouragement to the dealer who is looking for better business in the re- establishment upon norma! lnes of the ordi- nary trade. Nevertheless a distinctly better feeling is prevalent throughout and although dealers recognize the necessity for maintaining their. prices at all costs for some little time to come, they are now doing BOSTON WOOL s0 with better grace and with more assurance | than hitherto. The sales of the week are: 1,197,000 pounds domestic and 425,000 pounde foreign, against 745,000 pounds domestic and 265,000 pounds for- elgn last week, and 963,000 pounds domestic and 2,596,000 pounds foreign for the same week last year. FOREIGN MARKETS. LONDON, May 13.—Coneols, 111 1-16; 25%d; French rentes, 102 92%o. LIVERPOOL, May 13.—Wheat, dull; No. 1 Standard California, 53s 6d; cargoes Walla Walla Wheat, 435 6d; cargoes off coast, buyers and sellers apart; cargoes on passage, quiet and steady; English country markets, quieter; Sitver, French country markets, dull; Wheat In Paris, easy; Flour in Paris, casy. COTTON—Uplands, 3 9-16d. CLOSING. WHEAT—Spot No. 2 red Western winter stocks exhausted. Futures closed steady; May, 11s 2d; July, 10s 9%d; September, 8s 11%4. CORN-—Spot_American mixed, quiet, 38 11%d; May, steady, 8s 114; July, steady, 3s 103%d. NORTHERN WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND, Mav 13.—Most of the wheat buyers announced to-day that they were tem- porarily out of the market. Those who wers risking quotations gave out 93 to 850 for Walla Walla and a cent or two mors for valley. Blugstem Is becoming scarce, and ia in demand by, the millers at 980 to 5. Cleared—British ship Deocan for Queens- town with 119,39 bushels wheat. WASHINGTON. \ TACOMA, May 13.—Abgolutely no wheat market here to-day—yesterdgy’s quotations o $1°0 Tor bluestem and §1 06 for club are prices Which would prevaoil if any sales were made. COTTON MARKET. NEW YORK, May 18.—COTTON—Quiet; mid- diing, 6%c. NEW ORLEANS, May 13.—COTTON—Quiet; middling, 5 11-16c. CASH IN THE TREASURY. WASHINGTON, May 18.—To-day’'s statement of the condition of the Treasury shows: Awvail- able cash balance, $208,001,571; jold reserve, $178,506,475. % PORTLAND'S BUSINESS. PORTLAND, May 18.—Exchanges, $311,147; balances, $28,613. FINANCIAL REVIEW. NEW YORK, May 13.—Bradstreet's Finan- clal Review to-morrow will say: In the main Wall street has devoted the present week to an active bullish speculation, based on the naval victory at Manila and the expectation of other successes, as well as on the evidences of Spain’s financial and military weakness and the bellef that the war will be soon decided, even if peace 16 not at once assured. The ex- clted speculation In grain and the high quo- fatians secorded for “wheat' were also’ bullish factors, mainly because, in conjunction with the prospect of another large wheat crop, the prices apparently insure a very _lepermll sea- £on to the Western railroads. The stock mar- ket was not, however, without spells of hesita- tion, or even of slight reaction. London was also’ a rather pronounced seller of stocks on the advance, professional interests there dis- posing of comsiderable amounts which were ught on the declines in March and April. United States offerings were, however, well taken and the volume of transactions, includ- ing as they did heavy buying orders’through commission houses, indicates that. the public interest in ulation has revived. The passage of stocks from strong Into weak hands was, however, a feature, and its natural con- sequence was that toward the end of the week the market to be overbought and had & disposition to rest in the absence of further favorable news and to wait for developments in connection with the campaign against Cuba and Porto Rico. This naturally provoked some realizing by professionals, as well ss bearis] activity by the traders. There was more or less pool manipulation seen in the market, and some of the sepcialties were the objects of revived activity of an artificlal origin. ¢ BRADSTREET'S REVIEW. NEW YORK, May 13.—Bradstreet’s to-mor- row will say: ‘Business gains rather than loses in attract- iveness as spring advances. While the favor- able situation in cereals is the mainspring of the improvement manifesting itself in many sections of the country there are other causes combining therewith to make the outlook for buyers for the current season a flattering one. Following the rapid advances in the prices of ‘wheat, which apparently culminated for the time being -early in the current week in a quotation for cash wheat unequaled, with -one mingle exception, and that oaly for a very, short the market, | | | Lincaln .. | Evansville, Ind. riod of time, for twenty-five years Biere nts come o hull et ihe. reaction From the abnormally high prices, caused by the squeeze in the May delivery, which, however, has left prices far above quotations for at least ten years back. Telegraphic and cable advices to Bradstreet's only accentuate the well-known bullish nature of the im- mediate wheat situation, while on the other hand, owing to the generally admitted good g:’opt:‘nuullgn. particularly in r.mlf and '%argur untries, the'outlook appears to favor some- What lower. prices than ihose now ruling for next season’s yleld, although above the aver- | past age of those ruling for the six years. With the Quietln‘n‘dwn of interest in wheat there has come a partial shifting of specula- tive interest to other grains, particularly corn and oats and many classes of provisions, with advances in nearly all those liges. A rather more confident feeling seems to per- vade the iron trade, which ls reflected in frac. tional advances for leading oal steel. Features of the week are very heavy sales of pigiron at many markets, but it is again claimed that stocks have begun to accu- mulate at some points as a result of the con- tinued enormous production, which is placed at 1,000,000 tons per month. Perhaps one of the most interesting features of the week, and one especially acceptable because of the hith erto very depressed conditions prevalling. is the reported slight improvement and in tone of the wool market at several cen- ters. The price situation is still one of great strength, but particularly so In food products, which are, with few exceptions, notably coftee and sugar, higher on the week Wheat exports were larger this week, aggre- gating 3.682,543 bushels. ainst a total last week (corrected) of 2,923,775 bushels. and com- paring with 2,183,000 bushels in this week a year ago, 1,903,000 bushels In 18%6; 2.3 els in 1865 and 2,420,000 bushels in 1 Business faflures in the United a slight gain for the week, numbering 260, against 240 last week, %1 in this week a year 2go, 265 in 1895 and 210 in 1895 Failures in the Dominion of Canada this week number 25, agalnst 22 last week and 31 in the week a vear ago. BANK CLEARINGS. NEW YORK, May 13.—The following table, complled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear- ings at elghty-nine citfes for the week ended | May 12, with the percentage of incroase and decrease, as compared with the corresponding week last year: Per Cent. Inc. Dec. New York . 835,962,942 50.4 Boston 109,715,620 9.7 Chicago 122,137,289 3.8 Philadelphia 65,549,810 2.2 St. Louis 30,184,301 3.4 Pittsburg 17,440,136 10.2 Baltimore 15,392,428 40 San Francisco 17.8 Cincinnati . 8.2 Kansas City 6.5 New Orleans 8.0 Minneapolis 92.3 Detroit 1.1 Cleveland . 3.7 Louisville . z 21.6 Providence 4,584, Milwaukee 5,429,462 18.5 St. Paul . 4,095,188 42.9 Buffalo 2.3 Omaha. . 36.1 Indianapolis 92.9 Columbus, O. 52.3 Savannah’ . Denver . Hartford Richmond . Memphis Washingto Peoria . Rochester . New Haven . Worcester . Atlanta .. Salt Lake City.. . Springfield, Mass. . Fort Worth . 3 Portland, Me, Portland, Or. e GLoiiiomn bRoRicea 15 : #eBaen Syracuse Des Moin Nashville Wilmingto Fall River Scranton . Grand Ra Augusta, Ga. Lowell . Dayton, Seattle Tacoma Spokane . Sioux _City New Bedford . Knoxville, Tenn. Topeka Birmingham Wichita . Binghamiton . Lexington, K. Jacksonviile, Fla. Kalamazoo Akron . Bay City Chattanooga Rockford, Il Canton, O. Springfield, O’ argo, N. D. . Stoux Falls, 8. D.. Hastings, Neb. e Fremont, Neb. Davenport . Toledo Galveston . Houston . Youngstown . Macon, Ga. Helena, Mont.. Totals, States $1,378,016,748 Totals _ outside 542,053,086 United New York DOMINION OF CANAD. 13,659,793 Montreal Toronto . Winnipeg Halifax Hamlto St. John, Totals . DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE. NEW YORK, May 13—R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade to-morrow will say: Hostlilities have lasted long enough to kill many predictions but few Americans. The Buropean notion that the United States would begin by having & bad half hour, the theorist notion that ‘“everybody knows must follow the outbreak of war’ mercial buyers notion that everybody would be ready to sell everything cheap If war cams the notion that it would pay to hoard mone untll the emergency had passed have all been made laughable already. The only panic was when money lenders were wondering what im- possibilities the future might have In store for them. The only hindrance to industry has been due to waiting of buyers who looked for lower prices. Nothing disheartening can be seen in the in- dustrial situation, except the closing of some cotton mills owing to overproduction and the fall of print cloths to 187 cents. Cotton has not risen above 6.87c and many stories of re- duced acreage are current, as & year ago, but they do not welgh much in view of the actual recelpts of 10,500,000 bales. The sales of wool have been only 4,005,000 pounds at the chief markets for two weeks, against 14,530,400 pounds last year, and 11,216,750 pounds in 1§62, but prices aré somewhat more firm and there is more demand for goods apart from the large ‘Government orders. The demand for boots and shoes, having passed all records in recent months, has abated and yet many orders are coming for ward and just at the point where there is gen- eral change from one season to another. Leather is rising, with no active demand and hides at Chicago have advanced about 4 per cent in spite of the fact that cattle slaughter- ed at the four chief Western markets this year are considerably more than in any other one year except in 1891 and 15M. The output of pigiron, 243,440 tons weekly. May 1, 233,339 April 1, shows practically no change, ex- cepting the {ncrease or 856 tons weekly in char- coal iron. Deducting the unsold stocks, which increased tn April 23,516 tons, the spparent con- sumption in that month was 32,650 tons dally, against 72,350 tons dally during the previous four months. This general expectation of ex- penaing demand holds prices steady for ‘ail finished products of iron and steel, and at con- siderable less of Bessemer DIg: It is 10 cents higher at Pittsburg, with other quotations there, at Chicago and at Philadelphia prac- tically unchanged. Government orders are heavy and yet cover but little of the con- sumption, though they g0 far to cause the overcrowding of shipyards and plate mills, but higher_prices for wheat huve brought enor- mous demand for agricultural implements and also for locomotives and cars, while very many buildings in Western towns and orders for many raiiroad and other bridges, for canal improvements at Chicago and for 2000 tons steel rails at the Bast, make up a heavy vol- ume. Money is easier since the policy of contrac- tion has ceased, and only 1.700,000 went to the interior during the week, while the new loans of the chief banks averaged 4 per cent of the total to commercial interests as against 25 per cent one week ago and 16 per cent two weeks ago, with rates much lower than were quite recently refused. The Government s paying gold over the counter largely, because it needs Totes more than coin, and §7,000.00 gold has been ordered during the week, $2,500,000 trom Austraiia, making $75,363,350 ordered, of which about $11,000,000 has yet to come. Fallures for the week of May have been 978,950, against 33,995,894 last year and $4,13,- in 1896 manufacturing, $L44127, against $1,045,5%6 last year. 3 Fallures for the week have been 24 in the United States, against 264 last year, and 24 in Canada, against 31 last year. LOCAL MARKETS. Lirreel - §3§=:§§ against | 60-70'8, 3% wr3%c for 70-80's, 2%@3c for 80-90's, 2% 90-100's; Peaches, 3@bc; fancy, 5%@ | States show | kes of iron and | | tn inquiry | 000 bush: | ! and quotations were lower, both on and off call. There was a marked decrease In sales. Spot Wheat was nominal at the following uotations: Shipping, 1 Ti%; milling, Bio1 55 per s §1 PO T CALL BOARD SALES. Informal Session—: o'clock — December— 40,000 ctls, $1 70; 16,000, §1 6% 14,000, $1 69%. Second session—Decémber—20,000 ctls, $1 69%. ufimflufiswfwm% session — December 16, s e el Afternoon session—December—2000 ctls, $1 \m.!%n. L &go,”x’x 6914; 42,000, $1 69% S oy %; 26,000, $1 70; 2000, $1 70%; JoDARLEY—The market Is dull and festure- Exports from this port thus far this year are | 452,000 ctls. valued at $581,130, against 42,350 ‘ctl;!. at $520,150 for the same time last year. Feed, 31 21,41 35: Drewing. $1 40. CALL BOARD SALES. Informal session—9:15 o'clock—December—13,~ 000 ctls, $1 31: 2000, $1 30%. Second session—No sales. A Ermison seaures, SR SRS . 51 30% 8session—December ctls, §1 H 2000, $1 31: 2000, $1 30%: 2000, $1 30%: 6000, §1 3034 OATS—Fair local jobbing trade at unchanged prices. ancy Feed, $142%@145 per ctl; good to cholce.” $1 @1 40; common, '$1 30@1 325 Sur- prise. "$1 45@150; o S a1 i ger e $1 32%@1 37%; milling, | 10c; Hides, 16@16c; culls and brands, 1c: 3‘;', KIp -.wflwvn 16%c; dry 1 4 19¢; culls, 16@17c: Goatskins, 30@37%c eavh: ‘i{?fln '5@10c; Deerskins, good summer, 2%5@30c hearlings, 20@25c each; short wool, ach: medium, @0@80c; long wool, mcn% TALLOW-—No. 1 rendered, 3@3%c per Ib; No. 2, 2 2ic; refined, 414@4%~: Grease, 2c. So3 Bothern Mountain, 9@1lc; free Northern, 1 n8e. SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET. per Ib; medium, 20c; winter, 10c; Sheepskins, each. 4 | “WOOL—Fall_clip—San Joaquin, defective, 7@ HOPS—1897 crop, 9@12%c per Ib. Hogs are firm at the improved gquotations. Mutton and Lamb are weak. Beef Is steady. Wholesale rates for .dressed stock from slaughterers are as_ follows: | BERF—First quality, 6c: second quality, | 5%ec; third quality, 4@sc per Ib. VEAL—Large, @ic; small, 5@6c_per Ib. MUTTON_ "hxe@ri‘sihsc: Dwes, T07%0 per 1b. LaMB—Spring, 4c per lh. PORK—Live Hogs, 3%c _for large and 4@i%c for medium; stock Hogs, 2@2ic; dressed Hogs, 5%@0%e. GENERAL MERCHANDISE. BAGSCalcutta Grain Bags. nominal; Wool ags, nominal; San Quentin, $ 30. COAL—Wellington, $8 per ton; New Welling- CORN—Tt Is said that freight rates are soon | ton, $8: Southfleld Wellington, $730: Seattle, to be put back to where they were before the recent reduction. and this may have some effect on the market. Prices.show no change. amh\lllornund yellow, § 0 utel FLU0110 ver Tl rctl. @1 85 per ctl. FLOUR AND MILLSTUFFS. FLOUR—Family Extras, $6@6 10; Bakers' Ex- tras, 35 75@5 S5 per bbl. MILLSTUFFS—Prices in sacks are as fol- lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham Flour, $3 per 100 1bs; Rye Flour, §275 per 100; Rice Flour, $8; Cornmeal, $250; extra cream Cornmeal, $3 35 Oatmeal, $; Oaf Groats Hominy, '$3 2@3 50; Buckwheat Flour, Cracked Wheat,, §37: Farina, $475: Whole Wheat Flour, $325; Roiled Oats’ (barrels), 3 80 6 20; 1in $5 60@6: Pearl Barley, $475; Pt Peas, $4 25; Green Peas, $4 50 per 100 Ibs. HAY AND FEEDSTUFFS. Arrivals of outside Hay continue to fall off, those yesterday being only 30 tons, Oregon. imports from the north and the territories paid the shippers. The market was stead and un- changed. and sold at the usual price of $20 per ton. Bran is weak, and dealers say that they can buy under the quotations. Consumers have been feeding corn lately, as belng cheaper. BRAN—$20021 per ton. MIDDLIN GS—328 5025 per ton. FEEDSTUFFS—Rolled Barley, $29 per ton; Oficake Meal at the mill, $31@31 50; jobbing, $32@32 50: Cocoanut Cake, $24@25; Meal, $25@30 per ton; Cornmeal, $24 50; Crack- ed Corn, $25. per cti; iarge yel- | | | liveries are somewhat below the amounts ws $6; Bryant, § os Bay, $5; Wallsend, Cumberland, $10 25 in bulk and $11 50 in sack Pennsylvania Anthracite Esg, $14; Cannel, $10 per ton; Rock Sprinss, Castle Gate and Pleas- ant Vailey, §9; Coke, §12 per ton in bulk and $14 In sacks. Harrison's circular says: “‘During the week there have been three arrivals from Washing- ton with 9100 tons of coal; three from British Columbia, 741 tons; one from Oregon, 60) tons; one from Baltimore, 1600 tons; one from Aus- tralia, 1556 tons; total 21387 tons. The d have consumed, as our reserve is being re- duced by the coaling of the navy, and within the next ten days several large steamers will replenish their fuel prior to starting for M nila, hence our stocks in yard will become m: terially diminished by June 1. Prices are nof disturbed this week, rullng about the same as last week; domestic grades remain unchanged. If the Government should charter several more of our large steamers to send away from the Caast, it would naturally cause an advance in coal frelghts from the North, which of course Three cars of new Wheat came in | Must advance. would be added to the present selling prices. all from | Furthermore, if Admiral Dewey's fleet should | It is doubtful whether these recent | be retamed at Manila for four to six months (which is more than probable), the shipments of coal from here must be large, and prices | work attached to the shape that coal may as- Cottonseed | ¥ | cheap forelgn fuel ca: sume during 1898; higu prices are assured, no reach us, as we have no return wheat freights to offer. ' Coal freights from Australia have advanced 4 shillings per ton within thirty days.” RICE—Chinese mixed, $4 60@4 65 per ctl: No. $5@5 05; extre No. 1, $5 20@5 60; Hawalian, ;Yag»?g, $5 5@6; Rangoon, $4 75; Louisiana, NEAT'S FOOT OIL—Is higher at 65c for pure Hay —{Feocar in round lots)—Wheat, $§21@ | 80d 3¢ for No. 1 in barrels; cases, 5 more. 24 60; Wheat and Oat, $20@23 Oat, ,;sfm?;‘ SUGAR—The Western Sugar Hefining Com- Barl none; compressed Wheat, $21@24; com- | PANY quotes, terms net cash: Cube, Crushed pressed Ot $18@30: - altalta. - §13G14; Clover, | and_Fine Crushed, 7c: Powdered, 6%c: Dry nominal; Timothy, $16@18. Granulated, 5%c; Confectioners’ A, 5%c; Mag- STRAW— nolia A, 5ifc: Extra C, S%e; Golden C, 5kc: c@@$1 05 per bal BEANS AND SEEDS. There is not much doing in Beans at the mo- | ment, though the market Is quoted firm. | 8e; | per 1b; | 0la and 33 50@5 |& BEANS—Bayos, $2 90@3: Small Whites, Large Whites, $2@2 0: $2 75@2 85; Blackeye, $3 50; Butters, ; Limas, $8 15; Ped, $2@2 15; Red Kid neys, §2 65@2 75 per cit. SEEDS—Brown Mustard, $2 25@2 50 per ctl $2 05 Yellow Mustard, $3 15@3 25; Flax, $2 25; Canary | Ry 'ctls Seed, 214@2%c per Ib; Alfalfa, 3@6c; Rape, 24@ | Bucter. et 2%c; Hemp, 2% Timothy, 5@5%e. DRIED PEAS—Niles, §1 75@2; Green, $1 9@ | Cheese, otls . 225 per ctl. POTATOES, fos Angeles String Beans, S@c per ;| Bran, sks .. Green Peppers, lic: Tomatoes, $150@175 per box. Oregon Potatoes are doing better. New Onions and Potatoes are weaker. bers are coming in small and poor. Beans are firm. POTATOES_River Reds, 40@30c; River Bur- Peas and banks, 50@85c per sack; Oregon Burbanks, 60c@ taluma Burbanks, 50@65c per sack; new per b. ralian, jobbing at $4@4 50; new, 1: P Potatoes, 1@2 NIONS—. c per ctl. GETABLES—Recelpts were 456 boxes As- paragus, 377 boxes Rhubarb and 355 sacks Peas. Asparagus, $2@2 25 per box for No. 1, 65¢@$1 25 for small: Rhubarb, 40@60c per box for small to good and G5@75¢ Marysville Cucum- | | | Pinks, 32 65@ | p ONIONS AND VEGETABLES. | Potatotes, sks . | | ™; half barrels iec more than barrels, and boxes 3%c more. RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE. For Friday, May 13. our, qr sks . 8,338 Middlings, sks .. 260 Wheat, ctls . 5,775| Eggs, doz . 20,340 | Barley, ctls . 90| Lime, bbls . 81 Oats, ctls 750| Wine, gals ...... 22,100 Corn, ctls . 3.200| Hay, ' tons s s 1,070| Straw, tons . 468|Sugar, sks . . Tallow, ctls 21| Leather, -olis ... 94| Lumber, ft . . Beans, sks . 17!'Wool, bales 1,514/ Pel Onions, sks . £00| Hids 1,4051 OREGON. | Flour, qr sks ... 18,042|Shorts, sks .. Wheat, ctls ..... 12,610/ Barley, ctls Oats, ctls 1345 Potatoes, 3 Hay, tons 30| Midalings, sks .. Bran, sks 3,751 | | | for extra large; $150@1 75 | for extra choice; Green Peas, $1@1 50 per sack; | 2%c per Ib; String Beans, 6@ Horse Beans, 25@30c per sack; Summer Squash, — per_lb; Dried Peppers, 6@ic Dried Okra. 12ic: Cabbage, 65@75c per ctl: Carrots, 30@s0c per sack; Cucumbers, 40c@$1 per dozen; Marysville Cucumbers, $1 50 @1 75 per box: Mexican Tomatoes, $150@1 75 per box: new Garlic, 6@3c per 1b. EVAPORATED VEGETABLES— Potatoes sliced, raw, 12c per 1> in lots of 25 Garden Peas, | Tbs; gliced desiccated, 16@18c; granulated raw, | 13c; Onfons. 60c; Carrots, old, 13c; new, 18c; Cabbage, 30c; Sweet Potatoes, 30c; Turnips, %c; String Beans, 30c; Tomatoes, 50c. POULTRY AND GAME. | The market is glutted with Hens, which are | unsalable. There {s still a large line of East- ern on hand. POULTRY—Live Turkeys, blers and 10@12c for Hens; $1G1 %; Goslings, $1 %5@1 7 for young: Roosters, young, $7 50@9; Roosters, old, §3 500 3 75; Fryers, $6@7; Brollers, $4 50@5 50 for large, 10@12c for Gob- Geese, per pair, Ducks, $3@4 for Hens, $2 50~3 50: | $2 50@4 for small; Pigeons, $150@1 7 per dozen | for young and $1 25@1 50 for old. GAME—Nominal. BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. All descriptions remain unchanged. Butter and Cheese are steady and Eggs are firm. BUTTER— Creamery — Fancy creameries, 2lc; seconds, | 20c. Dairy—Choice to fancy, 18@2c; common grades, 16@17i4c per 1b. Tastérn Butter — Imitation creamery, 16@ 16i4c; ladle-packed, 15@16c per Ib; Eastern Elgin tub, 18718%e. CHEESE—Cholce mild new, 9@9%c; common to good, TW%@S%c; Cream Cheddar, Young America, 10@1ic; Western, 11@i2c; Fast- ern, 121.@13%c_per M. EGGS—Ranch Eggs, store Eggs, 12@13c; DECIDUOUS AND CITRUS FRUITS. Cherrles and Strawberrles are the leading fruits now, and both are in good supply and slow of sale. Apricots are not wanted, being too small. Apples are firm and in reduced sup- 1y. P ¥here is no particular change in citrus fruits. DECIDUOUS FRUITS— Recelpts were 862 chests of Strawberries and 568 boxes of Cherries. Strawberries, $2@3 per chest for large and $2 50@4 for small es In baskets, and $@5 for loose. White Cherries, 20@50c per box; red, 85@50c; black, 50c@$l. Apricots, 75c@$1 25 per box and — per crate. Gooseberries, 2%@3c per Ib. Blackberries, none in. Newcastle Raspberries, $2 50 per crate. Apples, 40@50c per box for common, T6c@$l for good to choice and $1 25@1 50 for fancy, CITRUS FRUITS—Navel Oranges, $1 25@2 25; Seedlings, 40c@$1; Lemons, 50c@$l for common and §1 26@2 25 for good to cholce; Mexican Limes, $: California Limes, in_small boxes, 40@50c; Bananas, $125@2 per bunch; Pine- apples, $3@4 per dozen. DRIED FRUITS, NUTS, RAISINS, ETC. Business is confined to small jobbing sales at | unchanged prices. DRIED FRUITS—Prunes carload lots, %@ 6 for 40-50's, 4%@4%c for 50-60's, 3 @ic for o for oot 10@12c; ADFicots, @S for Roy: als and 7@Sc for good to fancy Moosparks; Evaporated Apples, 64%@7c; sun-dried, 4@Sc; Black Figs in sacks, 2g2%c; Plums, i4@i%c for pitted and 1%@1%c for unpitted; bleached Plums, 5@5%c; Nectarines, 4@5c for prime to fancy; Pears, 2%@i%c for quarters and 3@5%e for halves, atcording to color, etc. RAISINS—1%@2c for two-crown, 3c for three- crown, 8%c for four-crown, 43¢ for Seedless Sultarias, 2%c for Seedless Muscatels and $1Q 110 for London layers; dried Grapes, 2ic. NUTS—Chestnuts_are quotable at Sc per Ib; ‘Walnuts, 3@4c for hardshell and 4@6c for soft- shell; Almonds, 3@4c for hardshell, 6@7c for softshell, Sie@9c for paper-shell; Peanuts, 4@ bl%c for Dastern and 4%c for California; Pe- cans, 8c; Filberts, §%@10c; Brazil Nuts, 8@9c’ per 1b; Cocoanuts, '$4 100. T eraden; matcr-white ektracted, S0 for lower water-white ex 6c; light amber extracted, 4%@5%c per Ib. BEESWAX—24@26e per Ib._ PROVISIONS. Lard has again advanced. Bacon is very firm. Hams are uncv;:;ed. s CURED MEATS—Bacon, per Ib for heavy, 9%c for light medium, 104c for light, 10%c forextra light and 12@124c for sugar cured: Eastern sugar _cured Hams, 104@1lc: Califor. nia Hams, b4@loc; Mess Bee, 310 50 per bbl; extra Mess Beef, $11; Family' Beef, $12; Salt Pork, $9; extra prime Pork, $10; extra clear, $7G17 60; mess, $15: ‘Smokeu’ Beef, 13@12%c per 1 LARD—Eastern, tierces quoted at 6c per b ahd_Sc for pure; Dalls, Sc: e, 5@5ke per Ib for compound and 7 for pure; Ball barrels, Tgo; 10-lp t c: G- . LENE — Tierces, %m: less than 300 1bs—1-Ib pails, 6 ina case, 1b pails, 3-1b pails, 20 in a case, ug; 5-) case, $40;_ 10-1b pails, 8 in'a Stho: e = ; wooden buckets, 1bs balt tins, 1 or 2 in a case, net, T%c; b ; 1 Sune Dorrets: about H0 Tos, T%e per 1. HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL AND HOPS. All descriptions remain as previously quoted, with a dull market. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands sell about lc under the quotations. Heavy saited steers, 10c; medium, 8%@dc; light, $%c; Covw- hides, 8%@dc; Staga, 5c; salted Kip, 9c; Calf, California, ti 10@11c; | 13@4%c per dozen; | Eggs, 16c. Candy Granulated, 6c; Callfornia A, 5%c per ‘WASHINGTON. Oats, ctls . 7.115| Flour, qr sks ... 6,272 Middlings, 400 Wheat, ctls ..... 4,700 EASTERN. Corn, ctls .. FAMILY RETAIL MARKET. Butter and Fggs are dearer. Meats and Fish are about the same as last week. Poultry is in large supply and severol kinds are cheaper. The Summer Fruits and Vegetables are steadily making more show. Strawberries and Cherries are the leading sorts at the moment. Following s The Call’s regular weekly retail There 1s considerable guess | the mean of the lower low waters. reference BTEAMERS TO ARRIVE. W_—hmlj_fi Homer. . | Humbolde May 15 Mackinaw. Brpire May 17 Morgan Ctty £ May 18 Tillamook...... |Copper River. = Ortzaba Humbolat May 13 Starbuck_....... Panama. May 13 State of Cal.... | Poruana - | Mas 20 Coos Bav . Newpors . . :‘f;y = Wihamette. .. |Seattle ...~ May 13 Wellington Devparture Bay. lay 20 Nortn Fork. Humpolde . %ny = Arcati.. Coos Bay Joay 20 Pomona Mayn Qoages Gits May 21 Crescens City.. | Crescent V. Orezon Portland May 22 TEAMERS TO SAIL STPAMEI | DERTINATION] SAIA | PIER | Fuifon ....|Oregon Ports | M Aw|Pler 3 | Norin Fork | Humboldt ... | 9 As|Pler % | Onzaba.. .. | Humboldt 0 an | Pler & Oregon ... | Portlant 0 A)(|P|er 1 Pomu San Dieg 1AM |Pler 11 Arcatu. .. |Coos Hav. 10 A0 | Plor Lt ABlancnrd | Yaquina Bay. May 16. 5 PM|Pler 13 Walla Wila | Vie & Pxt Sud | May 16. 10 A | Pler Curacao ... | Mexico. May I7. 10 Ax|Pler 11 Semator.... |Puget Sound .| May 17, 10 Am[Pler 8, | Homer Newport.....|May 17. 9 Aw|Pler 11 Chlikat ... | Humbolds.... | May 7. 2 Pu|pier 18 Columbia.. [Portlana. ....|May 18.10 Ax|Pler 12 | San Jose. | Panama. May 15,1z M|PM Mariposa..|Sydney. May 15, 2 Pu|Pler Santa Rosa|san Diego ... May 1911 A | Pler 11 Samoa. ... | Humboldt. ... [May 1810 AM|.... ceee Coos sav.. |Newport...... | May 2L 9 A |Pier Umatilla. .| Vie & Pgt Sna|May 21. 10 A (Pler State of Oni | Portland. May 20 10 x| Pler 12 NOTICE TO MARINERS. | A branch of the United States Hydrographie | Office, located in the Merchants’ Exchange, maintained in San Francisco for the beneflt of | mariners without regard to nationality and | free of expense. | " Xavigators are cordially invited to visit th office, where complete sets of charts and sa | tng directions of the world are kept on hand for comparison and reference, and the latest information can always be obtalned regarding lights, dangers to navigation and all matters of interest to ocean commerce, The timeball on top of the bullding on Tele- | graph HIIl is holsted about ten minutes befors noon, and is dropped at noon, 120th meridian, by telegraphic signal received each day from the United States Naval Observatory at Mare Island, Cal. A notice stating whether the time ball was dropped on time or giving the error. If any, is published the same day by the affernoon pa- pers and by the morning_papers the following day. 3. T. McMILLAN. Assistant in Charge THE TIME BALL. Branch Hydrographio Office, U. S. N., Mer- chants’ Exchange, San Francisco, May 13, 1868 | The time ball on Telegraph HIll was dropped | exactly at noon to-day—i. e., at noon of the 120th meridian, or exactly 8 p. m.. Greenwich C. P. WELCH, Ensign, U. S. N., In charge. | time. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. S SRR T e TR ARRIVED. Friday, May 18. | _Tug Columbla, Magee, 48 hours from Coos Bay with stmr Brunswick in tow. r Brunswick (new), Larsen, 48 hours from | Coos Bay in tow of tug Columbia. | _Stmr Crescent City, Stockfieth, 34 hours from Crescent City. JuStmr Portiand, Lindquist, 10 days from Una- aska. | _Stmr Point Arena, Hansen, 14 hours from | Mendocino. ‘Ds"nr Pomona, Debney, 60 hours from San fego. | _Stmr Oregon, Stephens, 3 days from Portland via Astoria 50 hours. | Stmr Arcata, Reed, 46 hours from Coos Bay. | | via Port Orford 40 hours. | _Stmr Elihu Thomson, Garlick, 88 days from | Baltimore. Stmr Fulton, Melntyre, 5 hours from New- ort. | PEimr Jewel, Madsen, 5 hours from San Pe- dro. Br ship Ben Dearg, Peattl | Hamburg. via Antwerp 148 da: | “Ship Roanoke, Thompson, 140 days from New York. | "Schr Charles E Falk, Anderson, 5 days from Grays Harbor. Schr La Chilena, Madsen, 8 hours from Fort 185 days from price list: Ross. Coal, per ton— piche Gotoma, ‘Dedrick, & days from Coos Cannel ...... 12 00) Castle Gate.11 | P e Silingica 10 o0 Hleatanc ¥ ué‘?@ iichr Eive Brothers, Jensen, 24 hours from New elling- Southfiel = e B0 | CooBes o =g 08 ‘ e Fiitay, May 1R cattle ...... 00s Bay.... 750 . May 13. Dairy Produce, ete.— g | _Stmr Orizaba, Parsons, Eureka; Goodall, Butter, fancy T Sommon - | Perkins & Co. square .. :l P wass Ranch o Stmr' North Fork, Bash, Eureka: Charles <on. g Honey:-Comby per o | Hark Mermald, Wicks, Kotzebue Sound; Nar- Cheese, Cal . 10 PO a@is | amansett Mining, Trading and Transportation Cheese, Eastern..15@20| Do, extracted... s@10 | Co- Cheese, ‘Swiss - SAILED. e Meats, per pound— Friday, May Bacon 12@17| Pork, fresh 1215 | Stmr Coos Bay, Hall, San Pedro. Beet, c 2@15| Pork, salt 10g12 | Schr Lettitia, Wilson, Coos Bay. Do, good @10| Pork’ Chops 1215 | Schr Peerless, Johnson, Tacoma. Corned Beef Round Steak ... 10@— | Sechr Alcalde, Lv;nx'enémxsm.tc?yu Harbor. Ham, Cal rioin Steak Stmr Gipsy, Leland, Santa Cruz, Do, Easte: Porterhouse. a6 15 Shr Glendale, Johnison, Grays Harbor. | Lard . 5[ Smoked. Beet Schr Chas Hanson, Dannevig, Kotzebue Mutton 'ork Sausages — Sound. Spring | Veal el 125%? | "' Schr Nellie G Thurston, Douse, St. Michael. Poultry and Game— Sehr Nettle Low, Low, Fofit Reyes. | f Frti ttle ps. Pederson, chael. Ena each 60 Turkevs, pr . 18@ 17| Scnr Mary C, Campbell, Bodega. ors, "each 5@ 9| Geese, each . 1 20b; sg| Schr I B Leeds, Nielsen, St Michael Off . Roostars, | Grenoneach ;-1 52 00 | Schr ‘Dora’ Bluhm. Jorgenson, St Michael. h ......... 40@ 50| Rabbits, pair.—a TELEGRAPHIC. Frocrs, ‘each... 6@ 15| Hare, each ..—@ 2% | POINT LOBOS, May 13, 10 p. m.—Weather, Broilers, each. 40@ foggy: wind, SW; velocity, 12 miles. Fruits and fluts— Apricots, per Ib...10@12( Limes, doz. ‘Almonds, 1b ......12¢15| Oranges, doz Apples, Ib ........ 5@ Sl Raisins,’ 1b 115@20) Strawberries, pr 8@15| drawer .. @40 , ... 5@ 6| Walnuts, b doz ....20@25 Vegetables— Asparagus, . 4@ §| Dried Okra, Ib. Artichokes, 115@25| Onions. 1b .. Beets, doz ......12@15| Peppers, green. Beans, white, 1b.. 4@ 5| Potatoes, 1b Colored, Ib .... 4@ | Do Sweet Lima, Ib ........ 5@ 6| Parsnips, doz Cabbage, each .. 5@10| Rhubarb, 1b ... 4@ 5 Caulifiowers, each 5@10| Radishes, dz behs.10a12 Celery, bunch ... 5@—|Sage, 1b .. @35 Gress. doz beh: 2| String Beans, ..10@13 CGucumbers, dz.50c@1 25| Thyme, 1b ........20a30 Green Peas, Ib.... 3@ 5| Turnips, doz ....15@20 Lentils, Ib . . 64 8| Tomatoes, b ....10@15 Lettuce, doz ....15@25 Fish, per pound— Barracuda - Shrimps Carp . * @ §|Shad s Coafish . . 5@10| Sea Bass 10 Flounders . 6@ 8| Smelts g2 Herring . Z Soles 8@10 Halibut .. 10@12| Skates, ‘each 5@10 Kingiish —@10| Tomeod ... 106— Mackerel 120—|Clams, gal —@n Do, Horse -..... Do, hardshell, 100404250 Perch Crabs, each .. Pompano . Do_softshell, Rockfish . Mussels, qt'......10913 Salmon, b Opysters,’ Cal, X = 100. Eastern, doz. 35@40 Salmon, fresh Pens to the number of 3,500,000 are us thm;ghout the world every day in ?fifl week. THE CALL CALENDAR. May, 1898. Su.[Mo|Ta.|We |Th. |Fr. [Sa. | Moon's Phases. 8| 4 Full Mooa. May 5. Last Quarter May 12. New Moou, May 20. ’P\rn Quarter. May 2. SUN, MOON AND TIDE. United States Coast and Geodetis Survey. Times and Heights of High and Low Waters at_Fort Point, Entrance to San Francisco Bay. Published by official au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE.—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point; the height of tide is the same at both places. MAY 1898 Saturday, May 14. CHARTERS. The S C Allen loads mdse for Honolulu. The Flecha loads lumber at Tacoma for Val- paraiso on owners’ account; Hesper, lumber on | the Sound for Sydney, 41s 3d: ‘Whitgift, lum- ber at Portland for Viadivostok, £4000. SPOKEN. Per U S str Bear—In Unimak Pass April 20— Bktn Fremont, hence April §. April — —Lat 29 S. long 43 W, Br ship Alci- nous, from Androssan, for San Francisco. Per Roanoke—May 7—Lat 3 20 N, long 138 48 W, Br ship Dunboyne, from Liverpool, for Van- ver. “Per Elihu Thomson—April 10 in the straits, the schr Frank Ratcliff, from Gloucester, for San Francisco. Wished to be reported all well. MEMORANDUM. Per stmr Portland from Unalaska—May 4 in lat 5 15 N, long 161 30 W, met small steamer (fwo masted) going westward, probably a can- upply boat. Ry SUPPY ISCELLANEOUS.. LONDON, May 12—Tientsin sables that the Br stmr Amarapoora, previously reported, is ashore at South Promontory. After compart- ment leaking; machinery intact; falr prospects Ivage. of salvegs: L omEsTIC PoR-rs.B o UNALASKA—Arrived April 18—Br stmr Bris- | tol, from Comox. A%rils 22—Stmr Portland, | hence April 9. April tmr Francis Cutting, hence April 7. April 26—Stmr Alexander, hence March 31. April Zi—Schr H C Wright, hence h 13, Maiea April 20—Stmr Alexander, for Petro- paulovski. W F Jewett, hence Arrived April 20—Schr W T el h 15; stmr Sunol, "%W;:NS’ LANMPlN(;,‘—A"h’ May 12—Sche M ProW-Salied May 13—Bktn Kii- u. R AEIAL To sal about May 6-Br stme Bristol, for Comox; stmr Sunol, for Beattle. VENTURA—Arrived May tmr George Loomis, hence May 12 FUREKA-Arrived May 13—Stmr Samoa, hng May 12 rrived May 13—Stmr Grace Dollar, schr Edward Parke, hence May 1L GREEN\VOOD—SB":: May 13—Stmr Whi eco. tes- o) X bo{*“o'r{"rrnsrfl(‘iinscnned May 13—Stmr Coquille last tide of the day, thres tides, as lven are additions " Fi 1sco. River, o % iled May 12—Schr Jennie Wand, 18 . for S B Sailed May 12—Stmr Valencis, for Copper River. A fiy 12—Stmr Humboldt, from Dyea. Arrived May 1 S0rt May 3-Brig Courtney For to_sall May 12 for Puget Sound. AN DiEGO-Sailed May 13—Nor stmr Peter Ni mo. Jebeen, Kor N Yitied May 13—Stmr Cleveland, for aun Francisco; stmr Tillamook, for Orea for Safational City and stmr Dirlgo, for —. I REKA-Salled ilay 13—Schr Lillebonne, ESRY DS ANGELES—Arrived May 12—Stme from — Alfi#r‘t;hu—sauea May 18—Schr Viking, for isco. S EROE 1y ome Allane, from St ot FOTEIGN PORTS. AUCKLAND—Arrived May 13—Stmr Ala- meda, hence April 21. COMOX—Arrived May 13—Stmr Bristol, from lask U ELAIDE_Arrived May 12—Br bark Na- tuna, hence Feb 16. EDDYSTONE —Passed May 13—Br ship Mat- terhorn, from Shields, for San Francisco. FALMOUTH—Passed May 12—Br bark Whine latter, from Seattle. HONGKONG — Arrived May 11—Stmr Peru, hence April 12; Br stmr Empress of India, frm Vancouver, 7 ST. NAZAIRE—Arrived May 10—Fr bark Jeanne d'Arc, hence Jan 7. VALPARAISO—Sailed May 9—Schr Thomas B Bayard, for San Francisco. TRANS-ATLANTIC STEAMERS. LIVERPOOL—Salled May 18—Stmr Georglo, for New York. BALTIMORESafled May 13-Stmr Scotta, for Hamburg. QUEENSTOWN—Arrived May 18—Stmr Lu- cania, from New York. GENOA—Arrived May 13—Stmr Kalser Wil- helm II, from New York. AL o May IR At ey v 80U N—Arrived May 13—Stmr Ber- Un, ‘trom New York.