The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 4, 1900, Page 31

FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1900. 81 SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. lver and financial quotations k clearings show o slight Good trading in local securities. " ber trade in satisfactory condition. eat and Barley about as before. Oats and mixed Corn firm. Rye remains dull. Lum Hay weak under large receipt w Jersey Central ET 3 New York Central mfi Norfolk & Western n Norfolk & Western prefd. . T4 .:vor::em Pacific... 52y Northern Pacific pretd 74 unchanged. Ontario & Western, P Oregon Railw: Oregon Ratlw loss from last year. Pennsylvania Reading ... 1'3"‘». Beading st pref 583 Reading 4 prefd. .8 Rio Grande Western. 58 Rio Grande Western D £ St Louls & San Fran 10% > St Louis & San Fran sy st 3 St St St P & San Fran 34 pref Louis Southwestern Louls Soutbwestern 's and the rain. Nothing doing in Beans and Seeds. aug;:;xp&'?fi' e Potatoes weak and dull. Onions steady. _Séfi'i::% f‘x}?“‘mm slia. Butter, Eggs and Cheese in liberal supply and weak. E:EE g-'i?:?f ;ma '3: Poultry market cleaned up. Game nominal. Wabash jreid i ¥ Wheeling & Lake En 105 Oranges in fair supply and unchanged. Lemons quiet and easy. Fresh Limes expected to-morrow. Dried Fruit meglected and non Provisions very dull at the ol Hides weak, with accumulating stocks. Meat market as previously quoted. Wheeling & Lake Erie 2d prefd. ‘Wisconsin Central Express Comp: Adams American . United States. Wells, Fargo & Miscellaneous— minal. d prices. 80 g & Refining. Refining prefd Am Smelting American Charters. potbe May Fiint loads coal at Seattle for this Bank Clearings. Assistant Treasurer of the States st Sen Francisco, reports cash Pebruary 35 as follows: 820,861 00 50,308 energy. Ex- excitement ern lo- Weather Report. 29th Meridtan—Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, March 35 p. m The g are the seasonal rainfalls to @ate, as compared with those of the same date jast season, and rainfalls in last twenty-four AFB/BENG owaBuall CONDITI FORECAST. ressure has risen steadily over Tearly intry west of the Rocky Mountains. ion over Oregon and Waehington Tably move wiowly southeastward weather with rain is reported from rth of the Tehachapi. ve also ooccurred at Los Angeles, ons are favorabie for more showe: section Sunday. temperature has fallen 10 degrees at Sac- end 16 Gegrees at Carson City, and w is reported in the Sierras. wing maximum wind velocities are Portiand, 2 miles an _hour, from the southwest; Winnemucca . 26, west; Ben . ic st San Francisco for thirty idnight March 4: California—Cloudy, WEATHER southerly Californis—Cloudy, unsettied ‘with showers; freeh southeast- much colder. For Artzona—Cloudy Sunday, with occasional showers. For Sen Francisco and wea Sunday, with showers; brisk southerly winds Eoutheast storm sign: the cosst morth of Point Reyes. High southerly winde are blowing from Point Conception north, and & heavy southwest sea will probably pre- vail Eundsy and Monday. Fastbound travelers are warned to gnow by the central and northern routes, with Jow temperatures east of the Rocky Mountains. ALEXANDER G. McADIE. Forecast Official. EASTERN MARKETS. | New York Stock Market. NEW YORK, March 3.—The feature of the @tock market was the disturbed condition of mind manifested by the bears, whose demands for stock to cover short contracts worked some violent recoverfes in the industrial and specialty departments of the market. This in- | flT::u was first evident in Third Avenue, | unsettled | vieinity—Unsettled | are displayed along | |12 the bid price of raw sugars, thus widening the gap between the cost of raw and refined | sugars, was an influence. The movemeni in | tocks had a sympathetic influence upon ustrials, and there were general re- 1 the opening weakness during the A period of dullness and heaviness waiting for the bank state- the publication of that stat + displayed increasing anima- close, which was | in | of the buying was on | bad news i ,_in fact, Bot Receipts of cash rior were larger than anticipated cash corresponding on, € formidable as $9,621 » in Wall expansion will fingr| market. So long t 2G2% per cent there| acute alarm over the money mar- | 6,68 610 1,68 Anaconda Brookiyn F Colorad baceo. acce prefd . e top and with net gains Par: loan expas was o as the fee: much of t & gu: as call Kk ret onal Lead pretd et this week has been torn| """ ences of violent con- B rent gToupe of stocks, causes. There have ie departments of In specialties, including_the operating the New and there have been road stocks, based on g3 reported. th of rallroads has at times fall in the industrials, and at mes the sudden breaks in the indu unsettied the whole market a drag on the movement in t er the gains, on the one ha: 2 the other, have been fuily 2 s impossible to determine the dency of the market or to & how far the apathy of the public & ks would be changed if the mar- feved from the special disturbing The disturbing element as sold over 7m i t Saturday’s closing 1& Leather s Leather Reput r PCC & St Louls Shares =o! points lower than CLOSING BONDS. rresponding perfod | U § 2s registered MEKG&T ds.. . 61 ¥ Such a development in a stock | U S 3e registered N Y Central ists..} #ely beld and regarded as a safe in- | U S 3s coupon N J Cent gen Bs....1 y has ‘an inevitable effect on | U € new 4s reg. North Carolina-és..1; urities, however peculiar to jtself | U § new s coup..is7i North Carolina 4s..105 the clrcums: - affected it. | U § old 4s reg. Northern Pac 3s... 6% vere old rival osities be< | U S old 4s o N d and powerful epeculative interests, | U § 5s reg: isfortunes of the stock afforded an | U S 58 coupc ty to graufy. The long standing con- | Dist of Col 3 for centralized control of the New York | Atchison ge | public utilities was also imvolved, not only the movements of that group but through sym- pathetic connections of other stocks. There has been furious speculaiion in the | Ches | certificates of the sugar refining .| C & based cn ambiguous utterances of the presi- | C & dent of the company that he should oppose | Chic the payment of dividends uniess the company | Denv earned them. This riddie will not be solved | Denver & R G 4s... {for the public until after the directors have E T Va & Ga lsts acted on the dividend next Weduesday, whep = Erie general 4s.. | epectuiators wili be able to foot up their gains | Ft W & D C st | or their losses. The iron and steel stocks have Gen Electric s {aiso been a disturbing Influence hout any G H& S A y clear explanation being gives of the lar GH&S A 2s.. seiling of them. One current but mot ve: H & Tex Cent 5e plausible explanation is that the earnings H & T C cons 6s these companies are proving so large that lowa Central Ists.. | effective competition is invited and is being K C P & G lats pec ol La new consol & T ports of authorities in the trade, show- L & N unified 4s « 2 . Bou Pacific 4s. mers still baiting over the | Sou Pacific ds 10 68,1273 14 Short Line S L cons 5s StL & I M cons $s.11i St L & S F gen 6s.120 t Paul consols..... Paul C & P £t Paul C & P 3s. Southern Ry 5.... Standard R & T 68 Tenn new set 3s Tex & Pacific lat Tex & Pacific 2ds. Union Pacific 4s.. Wabash lsts 2 future contracts for material, ob- ¥ with the expectation that prices will STOCKS. | g0 lower, seems & more rational explanation. | Chollar 25/ Ontarlo . These disturbing infiuences have parily of- Crown Pof 10 Ophir .. 3 | et but have not whclly prevented the effect Con Cal & V 1 40 Plymouth . . a8 of the extraondinary earnings reported by Deadwood ... 55 Quicksilver . L1m nany of the great railroads for January. It Gould & Curry..... 11 Do prefd LT5% is feared that the prices of material would so Hale & Norcross.. 37 Swerra Nevada..... 32 far extend the cost of operation and repairs | Homestake . Standard .. . 280 on the railroads that their net earnings would = Iron Siiver. Union Con . 1 fail to be benefited by the large Increased Mexican . 20 Yellow Jacket 5 gross earnings. The statements published BOSTON STOCKS AND BONDS. ng the week effectually refute this sup- | Money— Union Pacific...... 4% position. | Call loans Union Land. Even where the actual cost of operating has | Time loans. 3 West End.. greatly increased, the raito of operating ex- | Stocke— Westgh Eieo. penses to gross is so far reduced as to leave | Atch Top & 8 F.. 22 Bonds— k me increases in nmet earnings. St. Paul | Do prefd. . 653 Atchison ds......... is an_exception, owing, it is explained, to ex- | Am Sugar. 017 N E Gas & Coke 68 70% ary improvements charged to ex- Do prefd. Mining Shares— Taking the most striking examples, | Bell Tel. Adventure .. Pennsylvania system of lines, di- | Boston & Albany..2 east and west of Pittsburg, . Boston Elevated. January 73 per cent in net earnings | Boston & Maine. Chi Bur & Q Allouez Mng Co. ‘Amal Copper. Atantic ... Boston & AMont. great £ s in over last year; Atchison, 8 per cent; Read- .1 $ per cent; Erie, #; Wabash, 42, and | Dominion Coal..... 425 Butte & Bostor lehigh Vealley, 143 per cent. | _Do prefd... -1 Calumet & Hecl: The balance of earnings after deducting the | Federal Steel.. .. 51%/Centennlal | month's proportion of fixed charges was in-| Do prefd - 72% Franklin creased over tenfold by the Cleveland, Cin- | General Eleo.......135 | Osceola 1, Chicago and 6t Louis Rallway and | Do prefd. 13 Parrot . _ per cent by Burlington. Wall streets Mexican Cent...... 1% Quincy ............ sm over the explanation that the re- Mich Tel... 100 ° Santa Fe Copper.. cus toan expansions by New York | N E Gas & Coke.. 1814 Tamarack . By banks has been taken out to meet commer- Old Colony ........207 ' TUtah Mining -y cial demands has been justified by the news | Old Dominfon .... 18 [Winona ... of the week. Special transac- | Rubber 18 Wolvertnes . developm t ave become known which account for notably the anticipatory payments ral Pacific of a $3,000.000 note to the rument, the taking up by New York ts of & loan to a Russian railroad Associated Banks’ Statement. guaranteed by the Russian Government, sald | U\r A{’ro to $25,000,000, :ndh the W‘;‘;‘ of | G which are by the terms of the loan to be ex- | e e e e o ance ‘bocrowings | NEW YORK, March 3.—The New York Fin- nterfor banke for the purchase of Govern- | ancler says this week: A decrease of $6,037,000 ts bonds, with & view of taking out ad- | in the surplus reserve of the clearing-house &l note circulation under the provisions | hanks of New York City for the current week new refunding law when it is enacted. | yoq raquced the excess cash holdings to $13,641,- The feature of the statement is the been increased some $2,47.48. The British | month. esses in South Africa have resulted in | continued rise in loans. The Increase for the uring of stocks in New York for London ac- | week in that item has been $9,621,000. One | gount, which, coupled with the urgent foreln ;. ey ago the total was-3§55,000,000 lower than | demand for cotton at the high price prevall- | ing, has depressed the rate for sterling ex. | BOW reported. This exceeds last year's record change so that gold imports are considered | Very materially, although the incentive which | within measurable distance. These consider- | brought about the 1889 expansion is lacking | atlons must explain the comparative equanim- | now. The explanation for the rapid increase |ty with which Wall street contemplates the | 1. loan commitments lies in the heavy volume T I T e anie. "SEU8 T~ | of commercial business which-the country is ket for raliroad bonds has shown decreased | doing. Lately there has appeared another fac- movement has been irregular. United States | tor—the absorption of Government bonds by | new 46 advanced -3 and the old 4s and new 4s | banks—and this accounts in part for the con- 135 per cent in the bid price. | tinued addition to the loan item. The banks | NEW YORK STOCK LIST. | are still losing cash to the treasury. The state- It roary [ | ment reveals a decrease of 3$4,507.000 in specle, Stocks— Bla® §767,400 for the week. This is & little less than Atchison ... 4 | had been expected, as the treasury had drawn Atchison prefd. more than that during the week. The Inference | 18 that the banks gained, rather than lost, on Simatien Pacine it interior account. The Increase of 35,060,400 tn Canada Southern 4% deposits was much below the average expan- Chesapeake & Ohio. 2543 | sion over the past few weeks, and requirements Chicego Great Western. T3; | for additional reserve were not as heavy as has Chicago Burlington & 123% been the case from week to week since the be- Chicago Ind & Louisville. 3% | ginning of February. As it s, the lessened ex- Chicago Ind & Louisvilie 53 © | cess reserve for the past six days Is due almost Chicago & Eastern Iilinots. §1; | entirely to lost of cash from banks, the de- Chicago & Northwestern. 158 | posit Increase being responsible for only three- Chi Rock Island & 107 | quarters of a million of the total. Viewed as €CC & St Lou "% | & whole the exhibit of the banks is not as un- Colorado Southern 6" | favorable as had been anticipated, but it cer- Calorado Southern ist pref s | tainly favors the prediction that ‘money rates Colorado Southern 24 prefd 6 | are now about as Jow as they will be for some sinzars & Heden, U U | ke o oo T mener it i s mediate fu S e <1800 | Tmount which the banks will lose &5 the freas: Denver & Rio Grande prefd © 71 |ury, and the passage of the refunding bill may ' 2 ? 1313 | aiso complicate matters temporarily. The banks Erie lst prefd o 37" | are still adding to their circulation and the to- Great Northern prefd. ...156 -;-l is n&: in -;::- of any amount reported £ 5 e ing Valley. . Iliinois_Central. 1z London Market. Iowa Central.... . ST i Towa Central . L any © Kansas City Pittsburg & Guif... .. NEW YORK, March 3.—The Commercial Ad- 100 Lake Erie & Western...... . vertiser's London financlal cablegram says: . Lake Erie & Western prefd. £31 ““The markets here were lethargic and heavy 5 AN S % | to-day on the earnings of the bud- o Limpane & SI% | .0t statement. Consols were 1-18 down and B 2% | heavy. Fresh taxation is on LIB Nempouas & 5% | beer and tobacco. Americans were depressed [ i) 3 §7i4 | i Bas miver, Sieady, 2744 per ounce. e e e v S oy 3 ! New York Grain and Produce. - NEW YORK, March &.—FLOUR—Receipts, 18,718 barrels; exports, #1,245 barrels; market quieter, but firm. Minnesota patents, §370G 330; Minnesota bakers', $250G8 (5; winter pat- ents, $3 6003 65; winter straights, $340@s 50; inter exiras, ' 60g% 90; winter fow grades, uwusfir—mupu. 41,600 bushels; exports, Spot—Strong; No. 3 red Ta%c el evator, T4% | opened firm on_ higher cables, and with an en- | ergetic demand from shorts’ attained positive | strength later in the day. Damage reports from | France exerted considerable influence. The e e £ ol 7t Sy Sy rel c, clos 3 | closea ‘mtxc; July clesed 72%c; September closed T25e. HO! utet. State, common to choice, 1896 erep, 6o: 188 €op, 1% 1589 crop, 13@13c. Pa- cific Coast, 1895 crop, 4@Sc; 1598 crop, 7@9c; 1899 crop, Iaguic. | "HIDES Firm. Galveston, 20 to 25 pounds, | 19%ec; California, 21 to 25 pounds, 213c; Texas | dry, 24 to 30 pounds, 15c. WOOL—Steady. ~Domestic fleece, 23@28c; 510 Texas, 15@18c. COFFEE—Options closed steady at ints pet advance. Total sales, 33,250 bags, ncluding: May, $665 Julp %8 Aueust $6 70; September,’ 35 76@6 83; October, $680; De. cember, 88 55@7. Spot Coffee—Rio, steady; No. 7 invoice, nominal, 8 3-16c; 7 jobbing, 8 11-16c. Mild—Quiet; Cordova, $4#@l4c. SUGAR—Raw, barely steady; Refined, quiet. BUTTER—Receipt: 1702 packages; market strong. June creamery, 15G2c; Western cream- | ery, 20@25¢c; factory, 17@l%c. EGGS — Receipts, T packages: | steady. Teater | at mark, 15@16c. DRIED FRUITS. NEW YORK, March 3.—The market for eva- porated apples ruled quiet, without material change In prices; country advices about as ex- pected. California dried fruits were dull and qulet. STATE EVAPORATED APPLES—Common, 5@sc. RIME DRIBD PRUNES—8%g7c per pound. APRICOTS—Royal, 13@lfc: Moorpark, 5@ 18¢. PEACHES—Peeled, 15g2c; unpeeled, T14@9. Chicago Grain Market. n the wheat pit bull- Z, market CHICAGO, March ness of Liverpool and further encouraged by | the strength of Parls and reports of a severe | trost in France. Thers was considerable pes- ages. The report of Statisticlan Snow making farmers’ holdings of wheat 40,000,000 bushels less than a year ago was also an incentive to | buyers, who in some instances overlooked the in reserve is the largest since 1584 With this encouragement and backed by reports of 300, 000 bushels cash business done here yesterday | shorts hurried to cover. Northwest were also buyers here and the trade generally became animated. shade up at 65%@5Sic, touched &5%c, and then | rallfed to €5%@6sc. The bulge was met by profit-taking sales, which caused a break to 54sc, but the market rallied quickly. May ascended to 66g66ic, and closed strong, %o to Sc_over yesterday at 85%@6sc. Corn was heavy. Country offerings were a bit freer from some sections. The estimate of | Statistictan Snow making reserves of corn Isl, 000,000 bushels over last year had a depressing effect. Longs liquidated throughout the ses- sion. May closed weak, %C to e lower at 43 c. Onts were Darily stoady, the weakness of corn having a depressing effect. The market to-day was a small one. Cash ocats have im- proved %c to 34c over May this week. clgsed unchanged st 23%G2%e. ro May ns enjoyed a, fair trade and held The corn weakness was felt somewhat, but as packers were fair buyers and offerings were not large the price did not suffer. May | pork closed ¢ up, May lard unchanged and May ribs o shade higher. The leading futures ranged as follows: Articles— Wheat No. #— % My u% 6% 6% 6 [ o6 67 G i AT HH M mn M uy uy September .. BK B P4 Oats No. 3— o Zomomom uly ; * Mess Pork, per barrsi— | May . 2 % | | July .. 0 | . Lard, per | May . % July Sh | May July timotny seed, §2 %0; mess pork, per barre 10 55; | per pounds, ehort rflx sides (loose), $5 shoulders (boxed), 6%@64#c; short clear sides (boxed), $5 9506 05; Whisky, distillers’ finished $5 1214G5 17 3% | goods, per gallon, $1 24. Sugars—Cut loaf, 6.0c; granulated, 5.40c. Articles— Fiour, barrel: Wheat, bushels ..... Corn, bushel: Oats, bushels . Rye. bushels Barley, bushels On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was strong; creamery, 18@2{c; dairy, . Eggs, firm 16G21c. Cheese, 12@13c. Chicago Livestock Market. | CHICAGO, Msarch 3—CATTLE—Receipts, | 500; nominally steady. Native good to prime | steers, $5@6; poor to medium, $@4 50; selected cows, $4G4 25; heifers, 33 1034 @i i, 1 g2 & Feon P o0, ‘Texas fed steers, 8 8004 %0; Texas bulls; 3 2098 5. HOGS—Receipts _to-day, 18,000; to-morrow, 123,000 estimated: 1500 left over. Closed easier. | Mixed and butchers, $4 654 %0; good to cholce 10; canners, 3225 $5@8. Texans— | h 92%: rough heavy, $4 65@475; | Hehe” ar- Tower, $4 60G4 82%; bulk of | eales, $4 7G4 86. EP-—Receipts, 2000. Sheep and lambs Ilglnflsy. Good to cholce wethers, §5 60@¢; fair o choice mixed. %7505 W: Weatern sheey. 3530 | @5 30: yeariings, 366 80: native lambs. I“\v«u’ Teceh tile, 41,200; hogs, 143,000 sheep, 61,000. tmports and Exports at New York. NEW YORK, March 3.—The imports of dry goods and merchandise &t the port of New York for this week were valued at §13,124,957; | B e i Bl o SR o T wors PLOMSY n sliver Dars” and coin and Condition of Treasury. WASHINGTON, March 8.—To-day’s state- ment of the condition of the treasury shows: Avatlable gx“fl.m $295,993,240; gold re- | serve, New York Metal Market. NEW YORK, March 8.—Ths brokers' price for lead was $4 45 and for copper $16 25. London Wool Sales. LONDON, March §.—The arrivals of wool for the third series of wool auction sales sched- uled to open on May 8th amount to 25,859 bales. Foreign Markets. LONDON, March 3. 1004@100%. §11- ver, 27%d. French 102 %e@i0zt 3oe. Wheat cargoes of comst, nothing doing: car- Eargoes No. 1 Callfornia, 29 50, Eag: LIVERPOOL)’ 5 i 0. b. afioat in store. Options | Western at mark, 16@16%¢; Southern | ish feeling was awakened early by the firm- | semistic talk concerning domestic crop dam- | fact that, last year excepted, the quantity now | Forelgners and the | Open. High. Low. Close. | Cash quotations r— . 3 Quiet, Winter—Patents, §3 0 straights, | §3.35; JTEe e Backers, :f‘s:‘;‘"nuu:?. S eshes i g B seRie PRl | aomindl Lima, B 505 51 P, 8 %o @ fed 3; bakers, 3242 40. No. 3 spring wheat, 64@ | SNOETS YLI 00 Mustard, nominal; el Shgey Not 2 red, Erugiinio X . _,M%fifii"fl,m c: Flax, '$190G2 20 Canaty, 0. 3 oats, @23%c; No. i | 3sc per Ib for ifornia and 4c for Eastern. 2 barley, 3§gd9c; No. 1 flaxseed, 31 | ¥ BeT Chitc: Rape, 24G3c; Hemp, 4Ginc: 0@5 95; dry salted | feeders, “$3 15@4 70; mixed stockers, $3 403 %0: | '300; market, steady: receipts for the | Western win- i B S%a; , B8 3 %"_‘E‘? March, 8s 9%d; May, fl: $%4; old, d. Futures, dull; May, 38 %d: July, 3s T4a. HOPS—At London (Pacific Coast), dull, £3 Cs@£3 15s. Portland’s Business. PORTLAND, Or., March §.—Clearings, $257.- €33; balances, $50,565. | Northern Wheat Market. OREGON. PORTLAND, March 3—Wheat — Weaker; ‘Walla Mve“n.' 52@53%¢; vajley, 51G62; blue- | stem, Sde. WASHINGTON. | TACOMA, March 3—Wheat—Quiet and un- | changed; biuestem, 68¢; club, bic; both for ex- | port. i —_—— e L LOCAL MARKETS. e VExthangz > and Bullion. | Sterling Fxchange, sixty days.... | Sterling Exchange, sight. = | Sterling Cables . | New York Exchange, sight...... | New York Exchange, telegraphio | Fine Stiver, per ounce. | Mexican Dollars Wheat and Other Grains. | WHEAT—The Marie takes for Cork #1040 ctls, valued at $65,500; Merioneth, for Cork, 46,745 ctls, at $6,679. Exports from this | 1,043,576 ctls, valued gHIIII port in February were t $1,042,928, maki: | exports thus far this crop year of 3,560,578 ctls, | valued at $3,691.91 | _Chicago was firmer on better forelgn advices. Paris was higher and Beerbohm reported savere | trosts in France, which caused renewed anxie- | ty. Subsequently the market weakened on | | world's shipments of 5,000,000 bushels and & large increase on passage. There was & good | cash demand, but the bears resold. | ‘S‘pa'tn Wheat—Shipping, 95G%7%c; milling, | s8%c i CALL BOARD SALES. 7 De- | cember—14,000, $1 04%4: 2000, $1 04%. Second _Bession—December—2000 0434, May—4000, $TXc: 14,000, 9THhe. L The marke: contiaues Sat and un- Chevalier, nominal. | CALL BOARD SALES. Regular Morning Session—No sales. DA salcs are now fair at firm ana un- in i 15%: Black, $c@$1 5. P OORR Mbied is frmer. are unchanged. Eastern White is quoted at 8¢ | o] and Eastern Yellow at $1G102%; mixed, ! "The local market was dull and mot mate- Informal Session—May—2000 ctls, " ctls, $105%. | May—16,000, 97%c; 4000, 9T%e. 5@7T%e for No. 1 and mfwol' Informal Session—8:15 o'clock—No sales. changed quotations. o | isily cbanged. | 97%0; 2000, STigc; $000, 9T¥c: 10 Regular Morning Session—December—4000 ctls, grades; Brewing and Shipping grades, S0@8Tiac; | Second Session—No sales. White, $110@1 30; Red. $5c@81 17%: Other descriptions r | $1G1 05 per ctl. | ?;gn;—‘fi 441 0234 ver ctl. Flour and Millstuffs. FLOUR—California famlly extras, $3 80@3 75; usual terms: hakers' extras, $3 4083 50; Oregon and Washington, §2 75G8 per barrel. MILLSTUFFS—Prices in sacks are as fol- lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham Flocr. §3 25 per 100 Ibs: Rys Flour, §275; Rye | Meat, §26; Rice Flour, §7; Corn Meal, 2 50; Oat Groats, 3 80; Hominy, $125835: Bu by -“fifl:t)fle“ st Fiour’ | Y o 725; in sacks, $ | %‘."’,;fl,f’{;‘:,,‘,?,.‘;"‘ Split Peas, §5; Green Peas, | | § 50 per 100 1bs. ' Hay and Feedstuffs. | Hay was weak again under Ifberal receipts t Feedstuffs were un- | i Bk WHEAT Nominal { ! and the ralny weather. changed. s N—$12g12 per ton. | ERANNEE X6 per ton. | PEPDSTUFFS—Rolled Barley, $15G17 per | ton Oflcake Meal at the mill. $%6@27: Jobbing, | 427 50@28; Cocoanut Cake, $20@21; Corn Meal, | $3g23 50; Cracked Corn, §23 5024 Mixed Feed, | | §1290; Cottonseed Meal, 328 per ton. | {95 = Wheat, $1@8 for common_to good; 3950 for choice and occasionally §10; Wheat and 5 50@9; Oat, $6@S; Barley, $5@7; Alfalfa, | 50 per ton. STRAW_2@id0c per bale. t Beans and Seeds. | | “There 1s nothing golng on to change quota- | S tions one way or the other. EEANSBavos, § 25G3 35: small White, 8320 | i . 4G@4%C. Timothys (8138 Nues. 11 9001 %: Grees, u s | @2 5 per ctl. i Potatoes, Onions and Vegetabies. Potatoes are dull, weak and unchanged On- ions are steady, with moderate supplies. Vegetables show little change, supplies being | le for all needs. | A TATOESEarly Rose, T6@8ic; River Reds, | 7@sc; Burbanks, 40@6C per sack: Oregon | Burbanks, €5c@8l; Sweet Potatoes, §12 for | | River and §2 for Merced; New Potatoes, 214@ | '“}fiflONB—Oruonl. $175G2 per ctl; Nevadas, 2 2. 1 teEGETAHLEB—HGIhM Cucumbers, TSc per dozen; Rhubarb, §@7c per Ib; Alp%‘} Gltc; Green Peas, 3G5c per Ib; String t to i es. 1?:,3; Drga Okra, 12%c per I1b; Garl®, 2%4@fu%c: | Green Pzps%e‘r&hgm Los g‘#;s‘: wm;kpfld pers, ; Carrots, ber sack: Los | e s’ Susnmer Squash, $1 per box; Marrows fat Squash, $15 per ton. Pwltm Game. Five cars of Eastern are announced for the next three days. The market is cleaned up of stock. The little Game coming !n is POULTRY—Live Turkeys, 1 and 13G14c for Hens; Dressed eye, 12Gldc: Geese, per pair, $i75@2; Goslings, 32 50@3; Ducks, $4G5 for 0ld and $4@ for young: Hens, | 5 50; Young Roosters, 3; Old Roost- | ers, $4 50@5; rrgn. $5 50@6: Brollers, $5@5 50 | | for large and 33 50@4 50 for small; Pigeons. [§15G150 yer dozen for old and 2250 for | 3 | S GANE_Hare, $125: Rabbits, 1001 7; Gray | Geese, $250; 'White, $1: Brant, §12017; Horkers, 3 0@4 ver dozen. Butter, Eggumd Cheese. Supplies of Butter, Cheese and Eggs are large, and receipts of the latter are heavy. | Prices for all descriptions remain unchanged. BUTTER— Creamery—Fancy creamery, 2lc; seconds, 13 apm LT IO d (o s, e CHEES olce mild new, S um: Young America, Ilb Eastern, H %@ Western, 13@1ic per Eocs—%uma at 11@12 for store and 1I%@ 13%c per do: 11 for Gobblers zen for ranch. Deciduous and Citrus Fruits. { Stocks of Oranges are liberal, and the market RUS_FRUITS—Navel r box; Seedlings. 15cGSi ; Lemons, $0 for commor 291 or good to cholce; Mexican Limes, nominal; California Limes, $0gTc; Bananas pun-co by es, $3 50G4 per dozen. Dried Fruits, Nuts and Raisins. ey & sw-\ still prevails, and quotations run along Rbout the same. DRIED FRUITS—Prunes, in.sacks. 4@4%c for ‘Wheat, ctls . 233,707 Brandy, gals .. Barley, ctls . 12,450 Wine, gals Oats, Or, ctls. 380 Peits, bdl Oats, ctls 710 Hides, no Corn, East, 1,200 Leather, rolls Rye, ctis 7% Paper, reams Cheese, ctls .... 67/ Lime, bbls Butter, ctls . 433 Straw, tons . | Tallow, etis .. 10/ Hay, tons Potatoes, sks 2,650 | Quicksilver, Onilons, sks H‘Hom. bales Bran, sks . 1500 Eggs, doz - Middlings, | and Se for California: Brazil Nuts, e :‘-&:’mflk: Pecans, N@ise: '—Com! 115 To Habt. aberss weter whlte. auracd He: lght amber THOTHe; dark, Der W AX—24@36c per Ib. Dealers are complatning of the dullness of the market. Prices, however, are maintained. CURED MEATS—Bacon. 9%c per Ib for heavy, 10¢ for light medium, llc for light, 12c for extra light and 13%4c for sugar-cured; East- ern_sugar-cured 13g13%¢c; California nominal; Mess , $12 per_bbl; extra ess, $13; Family, §14; extra Prime Pork, §14 50; extra clear, §17; Mess, $18; smoked Beef. llc W e LARD—Tierces at 6%@Tc per b for compound and Se for : half-barrels, pure. S4¢; 10-1b tins, $%c; §-Ib tins, Sc. COTTOLENE Tierces, Ta@%i4c per Ib; 10-b tins, Sgc. Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. Hides are demoralized at the decline already | noted, and stocks are accumulating. HIDES AND SKINSCulls and brands sell about 1c under quotations. Heavy salted steers. 10%@1ic; Medium, $%@10c; light, $35@1! hides. Sigc; Stags Tc; Salted Kip, Sic: Calf, $4010c; Dry Hides, sound, 1Sc: culls and AT S e A R e A long ‘ool each; [orse es, 275 for large and T5c@$1 75 for small; cmu.sb’g o TALLOW o, 1 rendered, 5GSiac per ib; No. I v £ el Fall ciip, 3@10c; South- c: Miadle County. HG1S ern. Miadle Sounty, 1iguc; Humboldt 16c; Valley Oregon. ; Northern Mountain, | free, 11@14c; Northern Mountain, defective, I iyt 0y = s HOPS—T@1ic per Ib. San Frana'.vfl{mt Market. All descriptions are unchanged, and supplies are sufficlent. BEEF—6%@7c per b for fair to cholce. VEAL—$@S%e¢ per Ib. MUTTON—Wethers, 8@S%c; ewes, 1 LAMB—Spring, 10c per Ib. . PORK—Live Hogs, & for small and medium and i4@s%c for large: stock Hogs and feed- ers, 5% G3%c; dressed Hogs, T@5%c. General Merchandise. BAGS—San Quentin Bags, 15 &: Calcutta Grain Bags, 6%@6%c; Wool Bags, B%@3%c; Fleece Twine, Tie. COAL—Wellington, §8 per ton; new Welling- ton, $§; Southfield Wellington, §750; Seattle, $650; Bryant, $650; Coos Bay, $530; Wallsend, $8; Co-opgrative Wallsend, $3; Scoteli, —; Cum- beriand, 312 sylvania Antbracite Egg. $13; Cannel, $11 per ton: Coke, 315 per ton in bulk and §17 in sacks. SUGAR—The Western Sugar Refining Com- | pany quotes, terms net cash. in 1@-1b bage: Cubes, A Crushed and Fine Crushed, 5%c; Pow~ dered, S%c; Candy Granulated, Sxc; Gran. ulaty Confectioners’ A, $%¢; Magnolia A, #%¢; Extra C, #%¢; Golden'C, 434c; barrels, | i-16c mere; half-barrels, %c more: boxes, izt more; 50-1b bags, 3¢ more. No crders taken for jess than 75 barrels or its equivaient. Dominos, half-barrels, 5%c; boxes, 64c per Ib. e Receipts of Produce. FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 1. Flour, qr sks ... 15,100 Mustard, sks THE STOCK MARKET. Business in securities was very good for Sat- | urday and the tone was strong. The sugar stocks were generally firm and Glant Powder was higher at 363 5G9 25. There was nothing new in the ofl stocks. The Honokaa Sugar Company is now paying a dividend of 2Sc. For the month previous dividends were 3¢ per share. Interest on. the followiag bonds 1s now pay- able: Sales of bonds on the far this year amount to $763,000, against $1.424,- | 400 during the same time last year. The sal of stocks amount to 79,425 shares, against STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE. SATURDAY, March 3—I2 m. Ask. T San Franciaco. |Stockton Gas.. 12 EdL &P 6s..129 | _Insurance— F & Cl Ry 6s..113 |Firem's Fund.228 — Geary-st R 55. — 9 | Bank Stocks— ESEemeE S joerip lle o LA 208 105% Cal S D & T. LA = First Nationl. 250 35 Do Lon P& A...138 — Do |Merchants’ Ex 4 — LA Nev Nat B = — Market. Vi Do |Ger S & L.. - NC Hum S & L. st NR Mut Sav Bk o Do ¢ § F sav U. = nECEELES e afe W S N CRRG. 108 — |Union T Co = Dak GL&H Ssill — | Btreet Railroads— Oak Tran 8s...112 — |California 15123 Oak W Co 58..105 — ‘Ice-ry-n vozeee 50— e e B O B LA e o W E & C1 Ry fa..100% — " |Presidlo Px & O Ryés. — — Powell-st R és.1T — Sac L G&R Ss. — 100 SF &8IV fs. 11T — § Ry of Cal 65,18 100 ugar Stocks— SPof A 6.1l — |Hana S P Co. 8% £ P C 6s(1905).110 111 Haw C & S Co 84 Do (1906).....113 113 Honokaa S Co. 29% Do 9 — '— |Huteh S P Co, 3% Do 1st — — |Kilauea S Co. 1§ SP an | Makaweli S Co 6% sV 14 18 |Onomes 8 Co. T4 Do 1% — |Paaubau S Co. 27 SV W 4s(3dm)10z Miscellaneous— Stktn Gas fs.. — — Al Pack Assn 1 Water Stocks— E 2 1T 7 it 1 Giant Fowaer Con: © Giant Powder Con, s ¥.... 130 Honokaa 8 Co. BEfa ssonunsuscanssasiinssesd ESH BZAACHANSEIIHULIUBANSUAS in bulk and $13 50 in sacks; Pean. | AUCTION SALES AUCTION! AUCTION! AUCTION! WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY .... .MARCH TTH BY CATALOGUE. At 11 O'clock A. M., on Premises, 516-58 WASHINGTON STREET. BOARD OF HEALTH DEP'T. Sir: A proper fumigation having been made of the quartermasters’ supplies, tents, etc., at 518 Washington st., you are at liberty to pro A. P. O'BRIEN, Health Otficer. GOVERNMENT SALE! Sale consisting of 300 Tents: 6000 Curtains and Nets: 800 Duck and Drill Mattress Covers: | 1000 Sieeping Bags: 600 Pillows: 4000 Shelter | Tents; 500 German Siiver Band Instruments, Bass id Snare Drums: 100 Filters: 50 Galvan- ized Water Buckets: 500 Assorted Shovels, ete. Contractors, Klondikers. resort-keepers, camp- ers, hotels, steamboats, sallmakers, tent and awning makers, attention called to this sale. ceed with the sale. NEW YORK AUCTION CO.. Auctioneers. 200 Chollar . 29 300 Savage " 250 Chollar 3 500 Savage 5 30 Crown P 35 20 Sierra = 800 Crown Point... 14 30 Yellow Jacket.. 2 206 Justice ] CLOSING QUOTATIONS. SATURDAY, March 3, 12 m. Bid Ask. Bid Ask. Alpha o o @ @ Alta % o7 a3 — Andes 2 B u s Beichel s B 17 Best & Belcher 33 39 s » Bullicn - ® % | Caledonta® 0 — » 0 | Choltar . 5 » B8 | Challenge ‘Con. 35 2 - a | Confidence ..... $3 a @ | Con Cal & V1451350 Sierra Nevada. 33 3 Con Imperfal... — 02 Stiver Hill...... 06 Con New York. — 04 St Louts . 0. — Crown Point.... 15 1§ Standard . =280 Exchequer 02 04 Syndicate .l & — | Gould & Curry. 15 18 Union Coa ..... 24 2% | Hale & Norors. 3 34 Utah ... s | Juiia . — 02 Yellow Jacket.. 15 2 Justice . o1 08 —_— Time Ball. Branch Hydrographie Office, U. S. M., Mer- chants’ Exchange, San Francisco, Cal., March 3, 1900 The time ball oo the tower of the new Farry | butiding was dropped at exactly noon at noom of t Sun, Moon and Tide. S —— -4 | United States Coast and Geodetic Survey— Times and Heights of High azd Low Waters at_Fort Polnt. 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 bot! SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2 15 1259 (H W i3 NOTE—In the above exposition of the tides the early morning tides are given in the left band column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as 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 Jast tide of the day, except when there are but | 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 (=) Drecedes 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. _— S Steamer Maovements. TO ARRIVE. Steamer. | From. | Due. | Leander .. .{Kotchinotzu Mar. 4 | Pomona . San Dieso. Mar. & E._Thompaca Mar. 4 | Strathgyle - | .. Mar. | Mar. 1 Mar. +es- . Mar. | A. Blanchard Mar. | Caarina . Mar. | Portiana " Mar. | South_Portiand.) Mar. | Coos Bay . Mar. Solumbia .. Mar. | Aberdeen . Mar. | Senator . ‘Mar. § Samos. Mar. 7 San Jose. Mar. 1 Corona Mar. 8 City of Mar. Point Arena. Mar. 8 Arecata Mar. 3 | S et 3 lari h ! Mar. 9 Mar. 10 Mar. 10 Mar. 10 11 Mar. 11 Gael ana Japaz. Rasi lie China Jt . Geo. W. Eider. /Portland Mar. 16 . TO SAIL. Steamer: | Destination. | Safls. | Pler. Bonfta ..... X Pler 11 State of w{mum Pler % Orizaba ... Humboi Pler 3 | Gr. Dollar.. Grays Harbor Mar. g Aloha ....../Crescent City. [ Mar. | Pler Pomons ... San Diego..... Mar. Pler North_Fork Humboldt. 4 Pler Am. Maru. China &Japan Mar® i Waila Wali(Vie & Pgt Sd.|Mar. K B a8 ustralia .. Honolulu. San Padro”, Humbolds. LU weblEleinsnBretluante BHaBEBRERNEREEERNRES BREEEEeemmansnapmpmmss Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Ma: Mar. . Mar. Mar. Mar. 3 § - 3 8 # e Shipping Intelligence. MEEE—— 4 ARRIVED. Saturday, March & Stmr Walla Walla, Thomas, 66% hours from | Vo "Rival, Johnson, T3 hours from Willape Stmr Stmr Stmr Cleone, Madten —. Er stas Bammohs. Vial Chemainus. gummm Schr Czar, Hutman, Mazatlan. -l'arl-!I-r-.J«—,fi-- g5 W “%. ‘etzel, Coquille River. Continued on Page Thirty. /