The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 31, 1899, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1899. [INANGIAL SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. No change in Exchange and Silver. 1" heat dull and lower again. Barley quiet. Oats firm. Corn and Rye as previously guoted. {nother advance in Hay. No change in Feedstuffs. Beans quiet but firm at previous prices. Potatoes and Vegetables about the same. Butter lower agan and weak. Eggs and Cheese unchanged. Five cars of Eastern Poultry arrived. Game lower under larger receipts. Oranges coming in from various points. Lemons quiet and rather lower. Limes unchanged The last rain expected to finish Grapes. Dried Fruits veported in good demand and firs:. Nothing new in Provisions. Veat market undisturbed. Some kinds of Coal higher. Charters. cess loads salmon at Vie- Two _Brothers, coal ta Oregon Rallway & Nav prefd Pennsylvania . Reading Reading 1st prefd Reading 24 prefd Rio Grande Western Rio Grande Western prefd St Louls & San Fran.. s Louis & San Fran lst prefd Louis & San Fran 2d prefd. Louts Southw Louis Southw aul... St Paul prefd...... £t Paul & Omaha outhern Rallway Southern Pacific Southern Railway’ Texas & Pacific. Union Pacific . Union Pacific pre foria for Li 8nd coke at Wheeling & Wheeling & 0,18 perature, oNs GENERAL AND erican Smeiting Smelting & Ref Spirits el Spirits prefd Steel Hoop eel Hoop prefd eel & W eel & W Tin Plate ...... Tin Plate prefd Tobacco -.... 12 Tobacco prefd 144 a Mining Co. C4ay Iyn Rapid 1 8§53 ado Fuel Bis ntinental nal Paper p : lede Gas ........ nal Biscuit . nal Biscult pre: refd k Air Brake ican . Pacific Coast Market. ntrary to be advance Pullman Palace Car andard Rope & Tw ine.. tates Leath States Rubber........ Rubber prefd..... Republic Iron & Steel prefd P CC & St Louts total sales. CLOSING BONDS, MK&T 2s MEK&Tds.. N Y Cent ist J C gen orth Car orth Car 4s Pacific 1sts Pacific 3 Pactfic 4s YCasL & W con ds.. & W gen 6s 2 reg. 3s reg 3s coup...... new 4s reg.. new 4s coup Or Nav 4s Or S L 6s 4 Or S L con Reading Gen 4 R G W lsts SL&IMcon S L & S F Gen 6 St_Paul conols.. S P C &P lsts S PC& P Rallway &s.. 3% Stan R & T 6s. 71y Tenn new set s 9 |Texas & P Ists. 115 |Texas & P 2ds 110 (Union Pac 4s. 103%(Wabash 1Ists Wabash ore E t 1sts 21{|Va Centuries 106 (Va Deferred 1 Cola Southern )| Quicksilver 28 “Do preferred 25 Sierra Nevada. -85 0 Standard . Sould & Curry Hale & Norcross. Homestake . arket for November 1 et opi upon the money Domtnion Do prefd Bonds— Atch T & St Fe. Do prefd..... with stocks, but | American Sugar. Atchison 4 ot entirely wiped out | Do prefd.... Mining Shares— Total sales, par value, | Bell Telephone. Adventure ... [ Boston & Albany. Allouez Min Co.... 41 ered) advanced Y, and | Boston Elevated. Atlantic Boston & Mont.. Boston & Maine.... 133% Calumet & Hecla. price. 203 Centennial 12) |Franklin . 12134 Humboldt 138 Osceola £4% Parrot 8% Quincy . 13% St Fe Copper. ony 106 'Tamarack . 0ld Dominion. 29 |Winona .. Rubber . 45y Wolverines Union Pacific. 47% Utah ... | Union Land. 3% New York Money Market. NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—Money on call, firm, at 6G30 per cent; last loan, 20 per cent; Prime Mercantile Paper. 5@5% per cent; Sterling Ex- hapge, easler, with actual business In bankers' bills at $4 86%@4 86% for demand and at ¥ 83y for sixty days; Posted Rates, $4 44 41 and Delaware Lac Denver & R Denver & ¥ $4 S3G4 88%3; Commercial Bills, $4 §2%; Stiver Certificates, 68G5%%c; Bar Silver, 5Sc; Mexica Dollars, 4i%e. vernment Bonds, ~strong: | State Bonds, inactive; Railroad Bonds, firm. London Market. rtiser's London financial cablegram say at the top on the reports of the fighting at Ladyemith. Consols held firm. = The American department was conspicuous, | belng quite active and prices advancing rap. idly on almost any bid. There was some pub- {lic buying. Berlin was a free purchaser. The | end of the session saw prices at the best of the day. The chief incentive was the belief that the money corner had been turned. Fa- vorites were Loulsville and Nashville, Atch. fson preferred and Southern preferred. | Spanish ¢'s reached 61%, Tintos were 47% and Metropc Mexican Central .. its & St Louls § A“:;COBGI.I ";‘l. - The Bank land bought £20,000 2 | Gotan ot S oo Lot R20.00. el n 1 % | taken for an unmentioned destination. There 64 | was some Continental and In demand, 3 not suppiled. — i Money was eagy and long Dbills wers freely The markets here were cbeerful In tone, closing | | Atchison, | n offered, rendering them weakish in tone. Bar silver, 26 11-16d per ounce. CLOSING. Canadian Pacific, $%; Union Pacific pre- ferred, 80; Northern Pacific preferred, 78%: 23%; Grand Trunk, 7%; Anaconda, ’ New York Grain and Produce. r—t NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—FLOUR—Receipts, 80,000 barrels; exports, 20,200; sales, 8600 pack- ages. Ruled about quiet and steady at former prices, closing a shade lower for the higher grades. WHEAT—Recelpts, 167.725 bushels; exports, sales, 1,855,000 futures, 240,000 spot. Spot, m; No. 2 red, Tolgc f. o. b. afloat spot; No. 1 Northern Duluth, #%¢ f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 red, 73%c elevator. Options opened dull at ¢ decline under local selling in the absence of | outside support and further declined &-16c fol- lowing bearish advices from Argentine. Later the market rallied partially on the visible sup- ply Increase being less than expected. The market closed steady at c net decline. May 8@7s%o, closed Ts%c; December, T8¥c. HOPS—Quiet, HIDES—Firm. WOOL—Quiet. METALS—The local market econtinues. to show pronounced weakness and apathy. Tin | and spelter were lower at the close, partially in sympathy with a decline abroad and par- | tially on account of freer offerings, with buy- ers scarce. At the close the Metal Exchange called: —Warrants very dull at $17@IS. | PPER—Quiet at $17 0. Zasy at $§31 nominal. | AD—Quiet, $ 573 bid and $4 6215 asked. skers' price for lead is $4 40 and for cop- 50. TER—Weak, with sellers at $ 10. Options closed firm at 10320 points 19,000 including: Novem- cember, $5 15@5 January, $5 15 ch, $535; ; June, | $5 65; August, $ September, Spotcoffea—Rio, firmer: No. 7 involce, 7 jobbing, 6%c; mild, firmer; Cor- | SR @1%eC. st AR—Raw, firm; fair refining, 3 13-16c | : centrifugal, 9 test, 4 5-16c bid; molasse 1 packages. ; June do, Western factory, West- 5334 packages. Dull. 14@18c. Dried Fruit in New York. fornia dried fruit firm, PPL Common, Choice, $%4@Stc Moorpark, unpeeled, | Chicago Grain Market. @ CHICAGO, Oct. 30.—Wheat opened in a tame and spiritless manner and throughout the ses- »n almost an entire lack of interest was evi- dent. There was nothing in the situation to rage either buying or selling and prices slowly but steadily depreciated owing malinly to lack of sympathetic support. The market | de above put figure until the the range being only %c. | covering a few shorts started a rally and the market closed barely December opened a shade lower at | G sold sparingly at 70e, declined to %c and closed with buyers at 69%@70c. Chi- cago received 274 cars. The vistble supply Increased 1,006,000 bushels, which though nearly 1,000,000 bushels less than expec was_enough to exert a ht bearish influence. World's shipments to srope during the week were 7,864,000 bushel against £475,000 bushels the same week last | vear, but still about 500,000 bushels in excess | cember—e00 European weekly requirements. Atlantic | port clearances of wheat and flour equaled 160,000 bushels. Cash demand here was very | slow. Corn was active but rather steady. A poor cash demand coupled with heavy receipts and predictions of an Increased movement in the to perfect weather encour- .~ under which the market ed until near the close when a ¥ took place on covering. De- 1 at 3%c. ing demand and buying by ele- erests steadied Oats. Speculative light throughout the session. De- e, | hortage in January Pork and ng by packers strengthened Pro- ¥, but on the bulge liquidation be- and the gain was nearly all lost. ary Pork closed 5c higher; Lard and Ribs anged e leading futu ranged as follows: Open. High. Low. Close. | s ee s ) 0 N kEEY ¢ 31y a1y secember . 5 3 Mas 4 21 | Oats N Decemt 223, 2% 2% My ol i i J MY Erir S T Mess Pork, per barrel— i | Decembe: A s15 sy January S a6y 97 | Lard, ver 1 pounds— | December 520 5oy January s 537 540 | i AL { Dacember Ja ¥ £ qulet an : No. 3 spring_whea! No. 2 oat G2%e; No, 2 rye, 0. 1 flaxseed, $1 2 hy seed, $2 20G2 <s pork, per | '3 prime timc barrel, $7 &@8 lard, per 3512 i sides’ (loose), $4 (boxes), $5 sides ® sugars, cut | : granulated, Wheat, bushels . Corn, busheis . Oats, bushels Rye, bush Barley, bushels . 110,000 On the Produce Exchange t market_was weak; creames @lbc. Ess. strong; fresh, 17c. creams, 11%@12%c. —d Foreign Futures. ay the butter Che | | LIVERPOOL. - | | TWheat— Dec. Mar. May. Opening 61 €% Closing 6% (R TWheat— Oct. Jan.-Apr. | Opening 1555 Closing - 1865 Flour— Opening 50 220 Closing SUuB % % e California Fruit Sales. ! e | | { | | | ot | day was unequal to the requirements of the NEW YORK. Oct. 30.—The Commercial Ad- | | to a trifie higher. CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—Porter Bros. Co.'s sales California Fruft to-day: Grapes—Tokay 35 half crate and §240G3 double crate, Cornichons. $13061# half crate, $320 doubl ssorted, $1 40 half crate. NEW ~ YORK. Oct. 30.—Porter €ales of California Fruit: Bros. Co.’s Grapes—Verdeliss, S0c@$1 35 half crate: Tokays, §115@250: Mus- cats. $1@1350; Cornichons, $15" _ Plums—Coe’ Late Red, 70c haif crate. Pear: inter Mellts, | $142 20 box; Easter Beurre, $2 _.; Glout Mor- | ceau, §120@1 W; P. Barry, 8c. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO, Oct. 30.—The supply of cattle to. trade, and prices for good lots were stronger Good to fancy grades sold at $5 5086 75; common to medium, $4 %@5 43; stockers and feeders, $2 70@4 75 cows, heifers and bulls, $2@5 35; Texas, $3 50G4 75: calves, $@5 5. HOGS—There was a vigorous demand for hogs and_the market ruled strong to a shade higher. Fair to prime lots brought $4 22 4 42%; heavy packers. 33 S0@4 20; mixed, $4 13 | 4 324 butchers. $4 1504 40; lightwelghts, $4 1 435 pigs, $350G4 5. SHEEP—Buyers of sheep and lambs took hold so freely that the supply was soon ex- hausted and prices advanced from 15G2c. Western range sheep sold at $3 60@4 50; natives, $2@4 75, and a few fancy lots were disposed of privately at bid prices.” Range lambs brought § 80G5 55; natives, #4655, and prime flocks, £ T R 17,500; 000; i« wiam.-cnuq hogs, 35, sheep, . | Fine Silver, per ou | $1158 1A | this season. being % sacks for Visible Gram Supply. NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—The statement of the visible supply of grain in store and afloat on Saturday, October 2, as compiled by the New York Produce Exchange, is &s follows: ‘Wheat—49,562,000_ bushels: increase, 1,007,000 bushels. Corn—13,716,000 ‘bushels: decrease, 3§’ 000 bushels. Oats'4,613,000 bushels; increase, 171000 bushels. Rye—1,093,000 bushels; increase, 0,000 bushels. Barley—2,576,000 bushels; in- crease, 366,000 bushels. Cash in the Treasury. ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—To-day’s statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Avall- bl h bal Y H d able cash balance, §203,7547%4; gold reserve Foreign Markets. LONDON, Oct. 30.—Consols, 104%: silver, 2 11-164; wheat cargoes off coast, nothing do- Ing; cargoes of passage, nominal, unchanged; English _country markets, quiet; Import into United Kingdom, wheat, 302,000: import into United Kingdom, flour, 289,000, wheat and flour on passage to United Kingdom, 1,930,600; wheat and flour on passage to Continent, 1,370,000 LIVERPOOL, Oct. 30.—Wheat, dull; wheat in Parls, weak; flour in French country markets, dull COTTON—Uplands, 4 1- CLOSING. CORN—Futures—Steady; November, 85 €%d; December, 33 7%d; January, 3s 7d. WHEAT—Spot, dull. Futures—Quiet; Decem- ber, 58 11d; March, fs %d; May, 65 %d. Portland’s Business. Paris, weak; a. PORTLAND, Or.,, Oct. 30.—Clearings, $420,- 112; balances, $47,676. Northern W heat Market. OREGON. PORTLAND, Oct. 30.—There was a dull ‘Wheat market to-day. Receipts continue heavy. Walla Walla was quoted at 5@ c, but few caring to venture on the latter quotation; Val- ley, nominally §6@37c, with no speclal demand. WASHINGTON. TACOMA, Oct. $0.—Wheat—Club, 55%o0; Blue Stem, §73%c. - s LOCAL MARKETS. —- Exchange and Bullion. Sterling Excharge, sixty days. = $4 84 Sterling Exchange, sight 488 Sterling_Cable 459 New York Exchange, sight New York Exchange, telegraphic Mexican Dolla Wheat and Other Grains. WHEAT—The market continues in the dumps, being dull, with a further decline in spot grain. Chicago declined, with small transactions. | The demand was slack and chiefly to fill shorts. dation, and the Southwest the Northwest farmers visible supply Increased the amount on passage There was . Th bt milling, CALL BOARD SAL o'clock—December— Informal _ Sessio - 12,000 ctls, $1 0815 2,000, $115%. Second Sesslon-—M ctls, $1 May—4000 ctls, Regular Decemt Afternoon Session—May $1 08" BARLEY—Dulln, market, and quot is_nothing doing characterizes the w no change. There Cheval Seo Regular Morning 1 Afternoon Session—No “There was a fal lemand, at firm and White. $1 10@1 30; Black, 97%2c@ Yellow, $165@1 07%; d, $102G1 05 per ctl. $3 6033 75, 50; Oregon end Washington, §340@350 per barrel for extra, $3 2@3 40 for bakers, and $2 25G3 for su- perfine. MILLSTUFFS—Pri.ces in sacks are as fol- lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham Flour, $3 25 per 100 Ibs; Rye Flour, $2 75; Rye Meal, $2 50; Rice Flour, §7; Cornmeal, $2 5 tra Cream Corn Meal, $3 25; Oatmeal, | Oat Groats, $30; Hominy, $325@3 o wheat Flour, $4@4 Cracked Wheat, $3 7; Fari 4 50; W eat Flour, $3 50; Rolied Oats_(barrels), $6 05@6 45: In sacks, $5 35@$ Pearl Barley, 5 $5 per 100 Ibs. Hay and Feedstuffs. The scarcity of dry Hay is beginning to be serfously felt, and the expected advance has occurred. Damaged Hay continues to sell at a pronounced discount. Feedstufs stand as previouely quoted. V@18 per ton. 20 50 per ton. d arley, $18 50@19 per tll, §26G27; jobbing, $3@21; Cornmeal ixed Feed, nut C ke, 5. 3 . $28 ton. for common to good : Wheat and Oat, 5750 . $5@7; Island Barl heat and $10@10 Z STRAW—30@40c per bale. Beans and Seeds. Quotations for Beans have been station- ary for several da though dealers still report t he feeling fi Any further advance depends w y on the demand from now on. : 30g% 10 Pinks. §2 5@ : Blackeye, $30; But- 4 ©0@s: Pea, $275@3; Red 0 per ctl. SEEDS—Brown Mustard, 3@3%c; Yellow Mustard, 4@4tc: Flax, nominal: Canary, 3ic per Ib for California and 4c for Eastern; nominal; Rape, 2%@3c; Hemp, 4@4%c; v, 4@4lsc. PEAS—Niles, $135@1 50; Green, $1 75 @185 per ctl. Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables. Everything under this head stands about the same, supplieg being up to the average for t. time of the year. POTATO! River Reds, 55@65c; Burbanks, 40 per cti; Sglinas Burbanks, $1@1 25; Oregon Jurbanks, Tie@@$1; Sweet Potatoes, 75 for Riv- b | ers and $110 for Merced. ONIONS—§0a75e per ctl. VEGETABLES — Green' Peas, 4 per b String Beans, 2u@5c; Lima Beans, 5@6c bbage, Slc: Tomatoes, 10g3sc; Egg Plant, s0c: Dried Okra, 12%c per ib 230" Green Peppers, 33G75c per box: Carrots, 30740c per sack; Cucumbers, 50465 Marrowfat | Squash, $$@10 per ton; Mushrooms, —G@— per 1b. Poultry mz?l_aame. The week started in with five cars of Eastern, with more to come. Sales were made at $@ 0 for Hens, $4@4 30 for young Roosters, $4 50 for old do, $3 50@4 50 for Fryers and $2 5 for rotlers. Arrivals of Game were the heaviest thus far the morning Quotations were lower for most descrip- OULTRY—Live Turkeys, 13@ldc for Gob- blers and 13@l4c for Hens: Young Turkeys, 15@ Geese, per pair, $1 50@1 Goslings, §150@ Ducks, $4@4 50 for old and $4 50@6 for young: Hens, $4@5: Young Roosters. $3 253 50 Old Roosters, $4G4 50: Fryers, 33@3 25; Broilers, G325 for large, $3@325 for smail: Pigeo @3 Der dozen ‘for ‘ol and §INOLT Sova GAME—Quail, $1 75@2; Mallard, $5@ vasback, $5@S: Sprig. 32 50@3; Teal. §2 idgeon, $2@2 50; Small Duck, $2: Doves, per. dozen: Hare. $1 30: Rabbits, $§1 758 alone. for Can- a3, Geese, $3@4; Whits, §1350: Hrant. $1 3092 English Snipe, §2 50 per dozen; Jack Snipe, $1 2501 5. | Butter, Cheese and Eggs. Another decline in Butter is noted and the market is still tending downward. Eggs are easy, but no lower. Cheese shows no change. BUTTER— z_frea.mery—l-'mcy Creamery, 25@2¢c; seconds, o, iry—Fancy, 25@2; good to cholce, 24c; =tcre, nominal. Dickled roll, 22@24c; firkin, 21@22%c; cream- ery tub. 20u@2dc. Fastern—1i@isc for ladle packed and Zc for Elgin: Oregon ladle, 17@13c per 1b. CHEESE—Choice mild new, 1lic: old. 10%@ uc; Youne America llic: Eastern. M@lsc at 25@32izc for store and 3T4Q 40c per dozen for ranch; Eastern 28@30c for ulm&d-, 2%@2T%c for No. 1 and 20§2%c for secon Deciduous and Citrus Fruits. ‘The last rain will probably put the fi_ishing touch to Grapes. They are wet and moldy mll ..“ulmwflh oting. lelons are no qu The Orange season ls commencing. A box of Red, | Split Peus, $4 80; Green Peas, | small White, $255 | Navels from Porterville brought $5@550 and gome from Oroville $4 0. Panama Oranges are offering. Lemons are lower again and weak. Limes are unchanged. | Strawberries arrived some hours late and were not sold. DECIDUOUS FRUITS— Apples, 35@65c per box for common: T5c@$1 for good to choice and $1 2%5@1 50 for fancy. BERRIES—Blackberries, per chest: Starwberries, —— per chest for small and — for large berries; Raspberries, $@6 per chest; Huckleberries, 6@7c per Ib: Wisconsin Cranberries. 3¢ 50@7 50 per hbi: Capa Cod Cran- berrles, §7 50G8; Coos Bay Cranberries, $6 50 per barrel and $2 per box. Grapes, 203 for Black, 25@40c for Muscat, 25@%e for Tokay; 30@40c for Cornichon: crates sell 10@15c higher; Wine Grapes, $4G27 per ton for Zinfandel, '$20@24 for other black and $i8@22 for White; second crop Zinfandel, §22@ 2. Pomegranates, §0@75c per box. Pears, i0c@S1 60 per box. . Oninces. Tof$1 ner hox. CITRUS FRUITS—Panama Oranges, $3@3 50 per 100; Lemons, T5c@$1 50 for common and $§2: 3 50 for good to choice: Mexican Limes, $4@4 30; Callfornia Limes, —: Bananas, §1 5082 50 per bunch; Pineapples, $1G2 50 per dozen. Dried Fruits, Nuts, Raisins. Dealers report & good movement In all de- scriptions at unchanged prices. DRIED FRUITS—Prunes, in sacks, 4%c for 40-50s, 4c for 50-60s, 3%c for 60. 3%e for 70-50s, ‘3¢ for 80-90s and 2%c for 9-100s; Apricots, 11@13c for Royals, 123s@ifc for Moorparks and 12@l4c for Blenheims; Peaches, 6 for Standards, 6%@7e for choice and 71 @sc for fancy; peeled Peaches, 11@13c; Evapo- rated Apples, 6@Thic: Sun-dried, 4@3c per Ib; Nectarines, 7%@Sc per Ib for red and S@ic for white; Fears, 6%@sc for quarters and S@loe for halves; Black Figs, 3@4c; White Figs, 6asic; Plums, 6@6%c for pitted and 1%@2%c for un: ftted. P RAISINS—Bleached Thompson's—Fancy, per Ib, 10c; choice, Sc: standard, Sc: prime, 6o: un- bleachéd Thompson's, per 1b, 6c. Sultanas— Fancy, per Ib, 8%e; choice, Tic: standard, 6ige; prime, Sc; unbleached Sultanas, 5c; Seedless, 50-1b boxes, ¢, 2-crown loose Muscatels, 5ic: 3-crown, 6%c: 4-crown, 7c; London Layers, 2-crown, $150 per box; 3-crown, $1 #0. Fancy Clusters, $2; Dehesa, $250: Imperial, $3. All prices are f. 0. b. at common shipping points in_California. NUTS—Chestnuts, 16c; Walnuts, 8@% for standards, and 9%@10c for softshell; Al- monds, 10%@12%c for paper-shell, $@ldc for soft and 4@5c for hard-shell; Peanuts, 5%@6%c and 5c for California; Brazil 4@9c; Filberts, 11G11%c; Pecans, 712@ anuts, $4 50@5. TY—Comb, 1lic for bright and 10%e for light amber; water white extracted, 7i4@7%c; light amber extracted, 81:@7c; dark, 5ie per b, BEESWAX—24@26c per Ib. Provisions. CURED MEATS—Bacon, % per Ib for heavy, 81@10c for light medium, 113c for light, 13c for extra light and 13%c for sugar-cured; Eastern sugar-cured Hams, lic: California Hams, 133« Mess Beef, $11 per bbl; extra Mess, $12 5l Family, $13; extra Prime Pork, $12 extra clear, §16 50; mess, $15 Smoked Beef, 12¢ per Ib. LARD—Tierces quoted at 6@f%c per Ib for compound and Tic for pure: half barrels, pure, Sc: 10-1b tins, $%c: 5-1b tins. Sc. COTTCLENE—Tierces, %c per Ib. | Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. %4 HIDES AND SKIM | about 1c under | eteers, 11@11 * hides, 9%;@10c; | 93%e: Calf, 10c; Dy —Culls and brands sell quotations. Heavy salted : medium, 10%: Hght, Sic; Cow- tags, 4 ited Kip, y_Hides, sound, brands, 13c; Dry Kip and Veal Dry Calf, 17@lsc; Sheepskins, yearling: 2300 ch; short Wool, 35@60c each; medium, 70@ long Wool, %0c@$l 10 each: Horse Hides, for large and $1 25@1 30 for small; 0. 1 rendered, 5%@5%c per lb; refined, —; grease, 3ic. @%: South- 710c; Middle C : Humboldt docino, 15@: regon. 11@15c; Mountain, | 11¢ per 1b. | HOPS—t@i2c per Ib San Francisco Meat Market. Prices stand the same. BEE i4c per 1b for Steers and §4@7c for Cows. | VEAL—7@10c per Ib. | MUTTON—Wethers, | | T%@8c; Ewes, 1@THe per 1b. LAMB—Spring, 7%@8%c per Ib. PORK —Live Hogs, 5 for small, for medium and 5g5kc for lan and Feeders, 5c; dressed Hogs, F%@5%e stock Hogs 8158, General Merchandise. { _BAGS—Calcutta Grain Bags, 7@74c: Wool | Bags, 28@30c: Fruit Bags, 6c, 64c and 6%ec for | the three grades ot white and Tisc for bleached Jute | COAL—The market Is very strong and some W ton, $8 per ton; | descriptions are higher. ew Wellington, $5; Southfield Wellington, Seattle, $6; Bryant, $6; Coos B send, $8: Scotch, Cumberland, $3 75 in in sacks; Pennsylvania A thracite Egg, Cannel, $8 0 per ton: Roc Springs and Castle Gate. $9 60; Coke, $13 per | ton in bulk and $15 In sacks. | SUGAR—The Western Sugar Refining Com. pany quotes. terms net cash, In 100-Ib bag: Gered,’ 5%c; Candy Granulated, Dry Granu- lated, 4%c; Confectioners’ A, 4 California A, —, Magnolia A, {isc; Extra C, #%c; Golden T 4c; barrels, 1-16c more: half barrels, Xc | more; boxes, lic more; 50-1b bags, 4c more. | No order taken for less than 75 barrels or its | equivalent. Dominces, half barrels, 5%c; boxes, | B%c per Ib. | Receipts of Produce. N i FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 20. | Flour, qr Shorts, sks . | Wheat, ctis )iBrandy, gals . Barley, ctls Wine, gals Oats, ctls . Wool, bags . Butter, ctls . ugar, bbls Quicksilver, fisks. Leather, rolis Eggs, doz Raisins, bxs Alfalfa, ks [ OREGON, | Oats, ctis ... 740 | WASHINGTON. Flour, qr sks.....10,120 Nheat, ctls .. 860 e s | THE STOCK MARKET. ‘ ‘ - - There was & good business in securities on both sessions of the Bond Exchange. The principal activity was in Giant Powder, which £0ld at $53 50@84 6215, Oceanic Steamship sold lup to $89121; and Contra Costa Water to $71 §7%. A dividend of §0 cents per share was paid pany. | “The Le Roi Mining Company of Rossland, | B. C., has declared its first dividend since | the mine passed from Spokane ownership. The dividend is 5 shillings per share or £2,000, to be paid November 7. It is also reported from | London that the company expects to pay divi- | dends monthly in the future. | The monthly report of the Alaska Tread- | well mine, rendered October 27, shows 540 | stamps crushed 35,407 tons of & vaiue of $65,64, with a saving of 1083 tons sulphurets of value of $30 The ore averaged $1S3 per ton. Gross receipts for the month were $107,- and expenses $36,500. The fourth quarterly dividend of the company was paid October 25, making $300,000 given to stockholders since January 1. 'The dividends are 3% cents per share quarterly. { i STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE. | MONDAY, Oct. 29, 2 p. m. | Bid.Ask.| U S Bonds— Mutual El Co. 4s quar coup. OGL&H 4s quar reg. — | 4= quar new 1814 Pac Lig! 3s quar coup.. — WS SF G & E | Miscellaneous— { Cal-st Cab 5s.117% — ' Stockten Gas. | € C Wat 3s...108 109%! " Insurance— | Ed L & P 6130 —"Firem's Fund.220 — | 1 Ry 6s.115 — | Bank Stocks— i st R 5. — % [Anglo-Cal ... & _ & S 5%s..107% — 'Bank of Cal.. 407 — o ek e 0 — rst Natiol - gtnd 6.9 — LonPaA 1% N33 R = < {Nev Nat Bk...183 Market-st 8s.. — 120 | Savings Bankl} o Dolst M3s..118 — (GerS & L..108 _ NCNGR1s.12 — |Hum S & L..1050 1169 Rof Cal 6s.il4 — |Mut Sav Bx... 19 |NRotCalss13 — IS F INPCRR6s.165 108 Sav & L S0 PCRRGSI0T 18 [Sec Sav Bk, 310 N Cal RR sl — {Union T Co..i400 1440 OGL&H3s.18 119 | Street Rallroads— Dak Tran 6s...112 113 |Caltfornia Om C Ry 66...12% — |Geary . P & Cl Ry 65..107 108 |Market. Pk & O Ry 6s.115 Oak S L & Powell-st R 6s — Presidio Sac El G&R3s. — Powd SF & N P 5s.143 SF&S § Ry of SPof A 8 P C és SPCés S PC és SPCis S P Br . S ¥ Wat BV Wat | yesterday by the Geary-street Railroad Com- | 8 V Wis(3dm).101% — |Onomea S Co. 38% 39 Stktn Gas 6s.. — Paauhau S Co. 35% 3§ Water Stocks— Miscellaneous— Contra Costa.. 1% 72%|Al Pack Assn.118%119% Marin County. 50 Mer Ex Assn.. — 100 Spring Valley.101%101% |Oceanic S Co.. 891 90% Gas and Electric— |Pac A F A 1% — Zent Gas Co. Cent L & P Equit G L Co. Pac C Bor Co.l4 8% — 88 5% % Morning Session. Board— B Contra Costa Water. 5 Contra Costa Water. 5 Giant Powder Con, 6 Hana Plantation Co. 50 Hanokaa, cash ... 100 Hutchinson S P Co. 5 Oceanic S S Co. 2 Oceanic S § Co. 15 Oceanic S § Co. 20 Paahau § P Co. 20§ F Gas & Electric Co. 10 § V Water... 100 Vigorit Powder $000 S V 4 per cent bonds, 24 mortgage.. Street— 5 Hanokaa § Co. 100 Onomea Sugar 200 Paauhau S P Co. $5000 California-street $1000 S P Branch Ry 6 per cent bonds $10,000 S V 6 per cent bonds. Afternoon Sessio 12 Bank of California 8 Contra_Costa Water. 25 Glant 100 Gtant Par Paint Co.. Powder Con 20 Giant' Powder Con, § 9. 20 1 20 2 Giant Giant Giant Glant Powder Con. 8 %0 Powder Con. Powader Con Powder Con Powder Con Powder Con Powder Con Plantation Co. Plantation Co. Hana Plantation Co. 100 Hana Plantation Co, § 8. Honokaa 8 C Hutchinson S 10 Mutual Electric L $1009 Omnibus Cable bonds $5000 SF & S J V bonds Street— $15.000 S V 4 per cent bonds, 24 mortgage.104 00 SAN FRANCISCO STOCK AND EXCHANGE BOARD. | Morning Session. Board— 20 Contra Costa Water. 3 Contra Costa Water. 50 Equitable Gas 10 Paauhau Sugar Co. 10 S V Water. 100 Vigorit Powder 100 25 Equitable Gas Giant Powder 30 Paauhau Sugar Co. 15 § V Water 150 Vigorit Powder CALIFORNIA OIL EXCHANGE. Morning Session. ‘Board— 100 Tidal Wave . 295 300 Tidal Wave . 300 100 San Joaquin O & D Co. 100 100 Northfield B 100 Equitable 105 100 Equitable 110 50 Buckhorn Oil & T Co. 425 100 Barker Ranch Ofl Ct 105 | 150 Century Oil Co Century Oil Cox Duguesne Ol Co.. Strect— Barker Ranch Oil Co. New Hope Oil C OIL EXCHANGE. PRODUCERS Morning Session. Board— ofl Co { 610 Home Ol Co, | i | | \ | 400 Andes 08| 300 Mexican . 160 Belcher . 30| 700 Mexican 200 Best & Belcher 47| 200 Ophir . 300 Chollar - 26| 600 Potost . 200 Chollar 2 500 Potost . 50 Con Cal & Va.160| 100 Savage . 260 Cal & Val 00 Savage . | 32 500 Union Con . | MINING STOCKS. Following were the sales the S ? mining stocks in Francisco Stock Exchange Board yes- 4 600 Sierra Nevada.. 35 190 Unton Con . 20 Afternoon Session. Hzale & Norers 100 Justice ......... 04 Following were the sales of mining stocks | the Pacific Stock Exchange Board yesterday: Morning Session. 200 Belcher 32| 200 Ophir . 7 200 Belcher - 31/ 200 Overman 15 600 Con Cal & Va.165 400 Potosi . 35 0 Crown Point... 14/ 200 Savage 13 700 Crown Point... 13 200 Sierra 50 | 300 Gould & Curry 21/ 200 Slerra Nevada. 48 200 Justice 04 Afternoon Session. 100 Andes 08/ 90 Con Cal & Va155 400 Belcher 30 200 Gphir 70 260 Bullion 7' 300 Potost . 33| 200 Caledonta 300 Con Cal & 54 ol 100 Unfon Con .... 31| CLOSING QUOTATIONS. | = \ MONDAY, Oct. 30—4 p. m. i | | Bid.Ask. Bid.Ask. Alpha . — 04 Kentuck . - Alta . 02 04'Lady Wasn ... — 02 Andes _ 07 0S Mexican 20 21 Belcher . 23 30|Occidental .. 14 16| | Best & @elcher 46 47/0phir .......0.0.0 68 69 | | Bullion .. 67 68 Overman .. 12 Caledonia 50 a2 34| Chollar 17 18| Challenge 2 —i Confidence o1 03| Con Cal & Va.130 erra Nevada. 45 46 Con Imperfal... — Iver Hill 02| Crown Point... 11 13 Standard = Exchequer ..... — 02 St Louis . o6 Gould & Curry 30 ndicate — 05 Hale & Norcrs 30 31 Union Con 30 | Julia . 01 02/ Utah .. 08 Justice 03 05 Yellow Jacke! | 7 Steamer. | Samoa. | City of Panama Acapulco. | Luella Humboldt | Flintshi Yokohama | Gerona China . Cogquille Titania . | Curacao | Areata | Homer Albion Aloha State of Empire - Weeott Orizaba . 9 1tk e e Point Arena....|Point Arena. Portiand . St. Michael 2| South Portlard. |Coos Bay. 2 Grace Dollar....|Grays Harbor. 2] Walla Waliz..Victoria & Pu 3 Washtenaw Tacoma 3 Pomona a2 Santa Ros 3 Mackinaw ‘ Bristol 51 Coos Bay 5 Newburg 5 Columbla 5 l | bank, hence June 3, | hence Oet 8 AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALE! o @ O In OND SALE STABLE, o;z_;; fV.ISSION STREET, THIS DAY. TUESDAY, Oct. 31, at 11 o'clock, 1 will sell 40 head of choice young Horses direct from the country. 1 will be pleased to show the above stock in harness any time up to day of sale. S. WATKINS, Auctioneer. AUCTION SALE =N o) b= 1‘00 Head of Horses, Which Must Be Sold Without Reserve, Comprising 3 ) TROTTERS, S. CARRIAGE HORSES, table for All Kinds of Work. The Property of DAN McCARTY. At 10 a. m., STANDARD BR ROADST And many othe: TEURSDAY.. Nov. 2, 1899 At Corner FIFTEENTH and VALENCIA STS. Horses now on_premises. Pedigrees fur- nished at sale. S. WATKINS, Auctioneer. ] twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point; the height of tide is the same at both places. DAY, OCTOBER 31 Sun rises. | 4 3.4 9| 7 TE—In the above exposition of the tides the zarly morning tides are given in the left | band column and the successive tides of ths day in the order of occurrence ag 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 bu. three tides, as sometimes occurs. The heights given are in addition to the soundings on the United States Coast Survey charts, except when a minus sign (—) precedes the height, and then the number given is subtracted from the depth given by the charts. The plane of reference is the mean of the lower low waters. T A T R S SR Shipping Intelligence. e ARRIVED. Sunday, October 2. Stmr City of Para, Porter, §% days from Acapulco. Monday, October 0. Stmr South Coast, Olsen, 32 hours from Ven- mr Bertha, Thomas, — days from St Michael. mr Gipsy, Leland, 3 hours from Moss 'x:mr'aum, Lundquist, 42 hours from San Sedro. ar Alcazar, Gunderson, 49 hours from San r Crescent City Stockfleth, 41 hours from Thwing, 18 hours from Fort Schr Barbara Hernster, Anfindsen, from Alblon. Schr Mary C, Matsen, 22 hours from Bodega. CLEARED. Monday, October 30. tmr Coos Bay, Glelow, San Pedro; Goodall, Perkins & Co. Stmr Miami, Ril eattle; Pacific Coast Co. 2 hours Br ship Cambrian Hills, Evans, Cape Town; Balfour, Guthrie & Co. AILED. * Mondar, October 0. Stmr Columbia, Doran, Astoria. Stmr Laguna, Ericsson, — Stmr Cleone, Walvig, —. Stmr South Coast, Olsen, —. Stmr Progreso, Monroe, Seattle. Stmr Santa Cruz, Hinkle, —. Schr Lila and Mattie, Lindbridgs, — Schr Gem, Nelson, Coos Bay. Schr John G North, Austin, Honofpu. Schr Robert Hind, Hellingsen, Nanaimo, Schr Seven § Rasmusesn, —. RETUR! D. Monday, October 8. Schr Gem, hence this afternoon for Coos Bay, returned on account of carrying away top- mast off the heads. SPOK lon 25 for 1 MISCELLAY 3 LONDON, Oct 25—Br bark Lakamba, pre- viously reported, has been towed back to Ant- werp. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, Oet 30, 10 p m—Weather cloudy; wind west, velocity 8 miles. DOMESTIC PORTS. PORT HADLOCK—Arrived Oct 8—Bktn Re- triever, from San Pedro. FORT BRAGG—Arrived Oct 30—Stmr Noyo, hence Oct COOS B. Artived Oct 29—Bktn Gardiner City, hence Oct 22. Sailed Oct 30—Stmr Arcata, for San Fran- te Oct 23, 1at 50 22 N W—Br ship Cedar- | etsco. OLYMPIA—Arrived Oct 20—Schr Joseph Russ, PORT TO' ert Searles, froi slow, from Hono} SEATTLE—. d Oct 20—Stmr Crarina, ce Oct I25: U S stmr Commodore Perry, from ichael. EUREKA—Arrived Oct 29—Stmr Pasadena, from San Pedro. Sailed Oct 30—Schr Sacramento, for San Fran- stmr Lue for San Francisco; stmr for Portland; stmr San Pedro, for San s 'ENTURA—Arrived Oct 30—Stmr Rival, from Redondo; stmr George Loomis, hence Oct 2. Safled Oct 30—Stmr George Loomis, for San Francisco. ASTORIA—Satled Oct 30—U § stmr Hugh Mc- Cullough_and stmrs State of California and Brunswick, for San Francisco. PEDRO—Sailed Oct 30—Schr Lizzle Vance, for Enreka. Arrived Oct 20—Schr Fanny Adele, from Grays Harbor: schr L . trom Umpqua. AYS HARBOR—Sailed Oct 30—Schrs Mary Roy Somers, Henry Wilson and Letti- San F ved Oct 30—Stmr National City, DIEGO—Sailed Oct 30—U S stmr Mar- SOUTH BEND—Arrived Oct 30—Schr Webd- foot, hence Oct 4. FOREIGN PORTS. ANTWERP—Sailed Oct 2/—Br ship Dowan for San Francisco. NILA—Arrived Oct 30—Br stmr Glenogle, Oct 1. hen f“‘(‘,\STLE Eng—Salled Oct 233—Br ship Lord Templeton, for San Francisco. SANTA ROSALIA—Arrived prior to Aug 30— od, from Cowichan. N iled Oct 23—Stmr Alameda, for San Francis VICTORIA—Arrived Oct 30—Ger ship Corio- lanus, from Parama. TRANS-ATLANTIC STEAMERS. CHERBOURG—Sailed Oct 0—Stmr Katser Frederichs, from Hamburg and Southampton, for New York. ANTWERP—Arrived Oct 30—Stmr Western- land, from New York. YOKOHAMA—Sailed Oct 30—Stmr Monmouth- shire, from Hongkong, for Portland, Or. D—Sailed’ Oct 30—Stmr Alameda. SEND—Satled Oct 30—Schr Rob- for —; schr Win- u, for —. cisc for San Fi AMSTER! endam, from Branch Hydrographic Office, U. & N., Mer- chants' Exchange, San Francisco, Cal., October 20, 159, The time ball cn the tower of the new Ferry building was dropped at exactly noon to-day— i. e, at noon of the 120th meridian, or at § o'clock p. m., Greenwich time. C. G. CALKINS, Lieutenant Commander, U. S. N, in charge. Sun, Moon and Tide. ' -— Tnited States Coast and Geodetic Survey— Times elghts of Hizh and Low Waters at_Fcrt Point, entwace 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 | TO SAIL. — Steamer. | Destination. Sails. _l Pier._ | Ccppered His Neighbors. $am/Pier 11 | There lives in the vicinity of Columbus, 2pmipier g[ Ohio, a rich farmer who is so contra Moana .. 10 pmibier ;| that he coppers whatever his nelghbo: H'k'x Maru. 1pm PMSs | may do. Recently, as Victor Smith telis gxmon }l)am Emr 2 (ge story, the latter got together d e te 1am Pier 11 | ggreed that their lands must be posted 0 S P oo - 2pmiPler 13| if" they expected to have a quail or a Coquille v 3, 5pm| .. | squirrel, a 'passum or a coon left Queen ......[Vic & Pgt Sd.|Nov. 3, 10 am|Pler 9 county. Accordingly it was done. State of Cal Portiand. Nov. 4, 10 am Pier 2¢ | painted in gory letters suddenly St Orizaba .....Newport. ;A Pier 11 | the sportsmen in the face, and guns N Point Arena Point Arena. . 4, 2pmiPler 2| fishing tackle dropped thirty points in Santa Rosa. San Diego.. 6, 11 am|Pier 11 | the market. The contrary man de d | that he would not post his land, and, In direct op) tion to his neighbor, set up a score of these signs about his 50 acres of rich bottom on the banks of the Olen- tangy Shoot and Fish All You Please on this Land, and when the Horn Blows Come to Dinner. He is the most popular man in the county, and the hunters and fishermen have offered him any office that may be at the present or future disposal of the electorate. —————— “When you told me that you were going to play golf.” said the young husband bj terly=*1 had no idea that you intended 19 be absent evenings as well as afternoons.” His wife was very justly indignant at his lack of foresight. *‘You should have remembered,” she replied reproachfull that evenings are the only time we have to talk over the game.”—Life. Y