The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1900, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1900. NEWs < lver continues to advance slowly. Exchange 14 heat and Barley futures weaker. Corn and Rye unchanged C 1l ana lower. No fwriher change m Hay and Fecdstuffs. Beans and Seeds nominal. dtter weak and dull. Poultry in large supply and weak. Mountain Quail come into season to-day. Fresh Fruits show no new features. rices for mew Prumes promised for to-day. ions as previously quoted. Hides and Hops quiet and unchanged. Vothing new in the Meat market. Provis ings continue to lead last year. Onions and Vegetables in free supply and quiet. Cheese easy. Eggs firm. unchanged. | | | Brea our - pro theirs, and o the same time for that metal, special indu trom calling home dered_inev loan to ric ducts._continue produ sads: lumber from mers account; x, B.( there t Wheat and Barley Shipment. and old 4 < new 4s adv a YORK gland, hange Sale reat W Augus! tons i & 1 & um temperature, | . | » ! AND GENERAL | = over Wash i bas aisy ¢ 3 wea Southy B hours . t & in » . norta- 3 d unsettled | .. - he interior; 1= 1 M- seellaneot | American Cot aay. —Cloudy Saturda; fog. ANDER G. McA Forecast PR < Boeg American ‘American Amer] American American American American American Stock Market. 31 America Anaconda ) Arocklyn R Except for some Sugar and People’s Gas | = t forsign banks. As forelgners' needs for Bur & Sauthwestern prefd m OfL an- Cotton Ofl pr & Tron Tobaceo Tob: greater than ours for ion of gold makes us at the availabie source of supply is felt the pressure of | 1 ment to American creditors to re- > their foreign balances. itable that China must meet demands for war can ftal is- expected | san. -The home- several men {nflu- | overators that - th off its lethargy, but it been practically par- fon _of occasional de- ds.” U. S. refunding 2s, s declined 3 in the bid anced i, per cent. OCK LIST. Closing Bid Western Quiney Loutsville Fran 24 prefd western ... acco prefd . ca. < Ta : - ugar prefd . nal Paper e 1 Paper prefd .. the 3 Jaclede Ges Keners . al Biscr azx i those al Bisc : Pacific, Lead ...... x 1 Okio. 4 Lead prefd 1 K i N g filus- Steel . minds | this Alr ucific C Pac People’s Pressed ullman Palace tandard Rope t equally in- | . and was » advence of “nited St P C C & St Louis 122,060 Shares sold. | U8 2¢ ret. whe: issued rog.. rren of incident. To- Inited Staes old 109 S - 0 Pew » 4 Manxwr. | Do Ry om0 s Indifferent | 130 oid 45 TeE. o A14% About midweek | Do 14, | Do 11 Do 5 Dist of Col 3.65 Atchigon gen 4 Do adj 4e. Canada So 2ds Ches & Ohlo 48 Do 5 Chi & X con 7s. Do S F deb 3s Chicago term 4 Colorado S0 4s. D& R G ists Do 4= Erle gen T W& DC lsts. Gen Electric s Iowa Cent ists L & X uni 4. MK & T 24s. 11234 122 1005 an a recovering The determined ab- | taking any part in | uses some gloomy forebod- | Al traders that the There is no doubt of new capital last oyed to push up prices is o enable pro- ely and the subse- stocks made a costly large speculative contingent « confidence of the general pub- ¢ securities. However, it is of time when the ch has been large in the last few years, high clase securities. 95 6 72 Owing to the present disparity of money rates Money— bere and abroad and the continuing foreign de- | Call loans. nd our merchandise prodacts, there is | Time loan: L3a% obstacle to the ent of the interna- | Stocks— . onal trade bal [ In fact, the ten- | Atch T & St Fe... 2§ dency 5 to still furiher extend the forelgn| Do prefd.. crecits by exports of goid as & purchesed com- | American Sugsr...118¢ Wodily 1o cover the reserve requirements of Do prefd.. 116 Steel prefd Pressed Steel Car prefd . es Leather . d States Leather prefd. ted States Rubber .. : United States Rubber prefd ..... Western Union ...... Republic Iron & Steel Republic Iron & Steel Co CLOSING BONDS. 02% | Tex & Pac lst 5% Va centuries. & BOSTON STOCKS AND BONDS. 104 | Brake . r Car . & Twine Do s J C gen . Pacific 3s. Do 4. INYC&StLa. IN & W con 4s Or Nav 1sts. 1" Do 4s.. or S Do cen Be.. {Reading gen 4 R G W 1st: St L & I M con bs.111% | St L & S F gen 6s.121 | St Paul cons 5" { -108% IStand R & T 6s... 67 |, Do 2ds. iU Pacific 4s. 1014 Dominion, | Rubber _.... {Union _pPacific. | West End.. | Westinghse Eiec. Bonds— Atchison ds.. IN'E Gas & C Boston & Albany..248 | Adventure ... 3% Boston Elevated...1i8 |Allouez Min Co... 1% | Boston & Maine...188 | Amale Copper. X Chi B & Q. 124% | Boston & Moni, Dominion Coal..... 42 | Calumet & Hecla. Do prefd 110 | Centennial Federal Steel. Franklin Do prefd {Humbaldt ., Fitchburg prefd. 1133 | Osceola. . Gen Electric 133% | Parrot - 42 Do prefd. 139 Quincy -+ 140. Ed Elec I Sta LoA% Mexican . Cent; Tamarack 218 Mich Telephone. Utah Minin Bt E Gas & Coke.. 12%| Winona 3 { Old Colony ... Welverine: 1 { Providence | Springfisla, O, : Montreal .. | speculative stock market. shows the utisr abe- | was further restricted this week by the fact | on | entiy | week were, | ket to prevent an undue decline and a with ! have certainly retained more earnest ‘attention % | attended | row will say: i jobbers particularly, | business and dormant speculation, are very Bell Telephone.....14214) Mining Shares— STOCKS. Ontario Ophir Piymouth ..., Quicksilver . Con Cal & Va. Deadwood Gould & Curry. Do prefd. Hale & Norcross. Sierra Nevada Homestake . Standard Iron Silver.. Union Con..... | spring. The mistory o the stump ama ratiy in the finished material market is, however, being repeated In” the pig iron trade. Pro: ducers are apparently so anxious to have a supply of orders on hand this fall that they arc rendily selling their production ahead at ' relatively low quotations, some of these in fact being at bottom rates. On the' other hand an offer of an order for 15,000 tons for mext vears delivery has been rejected, the claim being that present quotations are too low and will be exceeded in a month or so. Fxport inquiry for all classes of material is and has been §0od. Bars, shapes and plates note good do- mestic and export Inquiry and are firmer at the East and $1 to §2 higher at Chicago. South- ern fron stocks of higher grades are reported oversold at Birmingham. . To disappointing foreign:: advices and the backward state of the sprinzs demand for cot- ton goods are to be attributed the shading in raw cotton this week. The spring season in men's wear woolens, has.'been rather disap- 50-far,: whilé the ‘jobbing demand for Jte favorable... Manufacturers enouzh raw. wool to cover orders for goods and .prices are. weak ‘at the lowest point reactied. Wheat, - including-: flour, - shipments for the week aggregate 3,248,313 bushels, against 2,69, 168 bushels last week; 3.613.43 bushels in the corresponding week of 1843 3,687,040 ‘bushels in 1598, 6,268,247 bushels in. 1867 and 3,369,862 bushels lnF)!%, ey e rom July 1 to ddte this seasom wheal - DOFL nre. 26,088 151, bushels, - against 3,132,337 bushels: last season ‘and 2.583,302 bushels -In 1868-4 adlures aggregate 165 2ot the . week, as against 135. last. week, 131 in this. week a year g0, 164 in 1898, 198 in’ 1897 and 154 in 1830 Canadlan faflures number 3%, against 29 last week and 25 this week a year ago. Duw’s Review of Trade. NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows. the bank cléar- ings at principal citles for the week ended Au- gust 30, 1300, with the percentage of increase and decrease, as compared with the corres- ponding week last year: Percentages. Dec. 0. £ 319 Amount. $630,152,054 Inc. Philadelp] St. Louls. Pittsburg Baltimore .. fan Franciscs. 210 Minn; Detroit . Cleveland Louisville is . 143 Milwaukee St. Paul Buffalo Omaha ... Indianapolis Columbus, O. vannah . ver ... Hartford ... Richmond . Memphis . Washington . Peoria -. Rochester Have: orcester. ... Springfield, Mass. Worth | Los 4 Norfol Syt 5 9. 4 10:6°] | Dayton, Seattle. . Spokane .81 Sioux City. 22 w Bedford 3.0 Knoxville, Tenn Topcka .. Birmingham . Wichita ,. Binghamton Lexington. Ky Jacksonville, Fia Kalamazoo Akron Chattanooga Rockford, 11l Canton. O argo, N. D, : Sioux Falls, 8. D. 265,907 L4 123,873 321,422 Totals, 1. §. Tatals ontside N DOMINION OF CA $11,518,43¢ Toronto Winnipeg Halifax Hamilton . St. John, N B.... 134 Vancouver 45 Victoria 8.4 Totals Tsmmzin Bradstreet’s Financial Review. I — NEW YORK, Aug. 3L.—Bradstreet's Finan- - ctal Review. to-morrow will say: W ile the scnce of publie interest, it also preseuts fur- trer evidence of a scarcity ‘of floating supplies of securities and of a decided indisposition to decline under pressure from - bear operators. The volume of business is st!ll very small and | that the Stock Exchange holiday fncludes to- @ay as well as Monday. It is, however, n ticed that this fact led fo some evenins p of contracts by the traders and that the siort | | coverings from such sources probably exceeded the selling of long stock. At any rate (he | market, after showing a rather weak tone «n { last Monday and relapsing into total dullness | on:Tuesday, was on the whole steady to strong | Wednesday. and Thursday, but showed & heavy tendency with decided dullness on Fri day. The Chinese complications have appar- | passed: into the background, although | Loth London and our own speculative markets | &re watching the attitude. of the powers to- ward each other with close attention. The in- fluénces in this c ection at the end of the however, considered as more fa- vorable. London, however, also very dull and its dealings on the New York market wera | on-a trifling scale, its purchases being a. little | larger than its sales. The easing of London's | money rates, caused by the receipts within a | fortnight of $20,000,000 in gold by the Bank of gland, has been checked by the bank, which | 0 be faking funds from the open mar- | drawal of specle to the Continent. | The hs ing. of di rden urt there las been held to indi- | cate that further gold shipments may be made from this side. This did not apparently pro- | duce any fmpression:oh the stock market and | money continues too easy to cause any serious | misgivings on this score. Domestic politics | | this week on the part of th There has been much digcussion as to the chances that the progress of the Presidential contest may be a break in prices. It is also recog. nized that the holding aloof of the public from | the market is in part due to a feeling of this kind, or, as some put it, to a tendency on the part of capital to wait for such a decline | in order to acquire stocks on favorable terms. — Bradstreet's on Trade. street. — NEW YORK, Avg. 31.—Bradstreet's to-mor- Distributive trade, that from increases as the vaca- tion season ‘Wwanes. Reports from leading | Western centers are more favorable and a large agzregate of business in dry goods, cloth ing, shoes, hats and hardware are features noted this week. The fron and steel trade, too, notes a decided gain in tone and volume of sales, though prices, except in a few instances, harden but slowly. Clearings, reflecting past small, but railroad earnings, reflecting the really heavy actual movement into consump- tion. maintain their old gains. Relatively the most quiet and Jeast satisfactory conditions rule in the primary textile markets of the East, reflecting the backward state of next spring’s business. Corn crop advices are viewed as rather better because of the ending of the late dry hot spell at the West. Cotton crop conditions are still, however, only par- tially defined and leading State authorities arc quoted as predicting a short crop. The stead- iness of staple prices is a feature in the pres- ent quietness of trade. Among the metals copper is firm on the com- bination, while tin is lower after a little spurt. In the volume of business doing the lron trade compares favorably with recent weeks and months and the tone of trade is certainly more cheerful than at any time since the break last | Pacific, s | Mexican Yellow Jacket.. 5 - % | % 3 NEW YORK, Aug. $L.—R. G. Dun & Co’s Bank Clearings. Weekly Review of Trade to-morrow will say: # * Conimerctal fallures during August were 735 in number, with liabilities of $7,323,903; manu- facturing were 174, for §2,045,607; trading 519, for $3,585,667, and other commerclal 62, for $782,- 620, There were only two banks, with labili- ties of $146.000. This ts the best monthly state- ment for 1900 thus far. but shows an increase over the corresponding month In the two pre- ceding. years. Steel mills in_the Cumberland district and-some in Indiana have shut down, throwing many hands out. but part of these will be transferred to other departments of the new crucible steel corapany. Otherwise the working force is increasing and the hope s | expressed of an adjustment with the anthracite coal miners. Reading (ompany miners. are said to be opposed to a strike and some others are in the same position. Another important influence of the week has been favorablc weather for the development of corn. over the greater part of the surplus corn States, though heavy rafns in the spring wheat region have retarded. harvesting. The cotton movement 8 slow of late, but weather conditions average better except In the Carolinas. Price changes are small. Steady {mprovement s seen in_the fron mar- ket It is not marked by large advances, but wherever change occurs it is in the right di- rection. 1t is claimed by some authorities that orders currently booked aggregate more than production and shipments. Special concesslons to secure prospective business are withdrawn and buyers scek contracts for prompt deliyery. In some lines mills are actively employed with orders for months ahead and contracts running to June were placed this week. ~Sales of fron bars were made at $1 40 and $18 is quoted for Bessemer pig fron at Pittsburg. . Western stovi manufacturers have been buying freely and more - bridge buflders signed contracts for structural material. Merchant steel advanced on ‘increased orders, while domestic purchases of cotton ties were arge, aithough rather late. Copper exports averar: million pounds - a day. and the market is in strong position. . Iron ore handlers have.made trouble at Cleveland and the industry will be embarrassed by delay in unloading vessels. Further Tredu-tion -is { shown in the output at the Connellsvilie. coke ovens. 1t 'Is not possible to’ report progress in' the boot and shoe {ndustry, unless it can be’con- sidered encouraging that continued inactivity at _the shops must in’time reduce :stocks to a point. where crders will mean resumption ‘of operations. Trade is generally quist at both cotton and woolen mills;: The only manufacturers. sho ing -intérest in wool at Boston are those with Government contracts that —must be - filled promptly. - Prices of wool are.unchanged and.| ders have not lost any of their confidence. | | Sales at the three chief Eastern markets were only 4,224,700 pounds, against 5,062,500 pounds in the previous weel and’6.325,700 a year ago. London Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—The Commercial Ad- wvertiser's London financial cablegram says: ‘‘Business in the markets here to-day was not increased, but the tone was harder on the idea that the last stage of the war in the Trans- vaal s close at hand. -The settlement of the ‘Welsh railway strike was also a favorable in- | fluence. The bank bought £21,000 In gold bars and received £21.,000 from India. “‘Discount rates were down and the bank is expected. to sustain. them by borrowing to- morrcw.”” g CLOSING. Aug. 3L—Atchison, 23%c; Canadian Union Pacific ferred, 6%: ific - preferred, 73; Grand - Trunk, LoNDON, Northern- P: g 6%, Apaconda, 9%. Bar-silver, stéady, 28 7-16d per ounce. . Money, ¢ por cont. New York Money Market. YORK, Aug. 31—Money on call steady Wf1%. per eent; prime mercantile paper, per cent.. Sterling exchange steady, with | actual business in bankers' bills at $4 §i% for demand “and at 34 84% for sixty days; posted rates, $4 £5 and $4 88%: commercial bills, $4 83% | @4.54. . Bar- silver, 61%c. Silver certificates, BHL@s2IGC. exican _ dollars, 48%c. - Bonds— Government,” weak; State, inactive; railroaq; irregular. Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, Aug. 81.—To-day’s statement of the ‘treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve, shows: Available cash balance, $138,71L,485; gold, $68, 798,923, z 5 - Shipment of Silver. NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—The steamship Um- bria, safling for Furope to-morrow, will take out. 321,600 ounces of silver. B * New York Grain and Produce #* —% NEW YORK, Aug. 3L.—FLOUR—Receipts, 28,523 barrels; exports, 15,766 - barrels; sales, 8050 packages; less active owling to break in srain. WHEAT—Receipts, 107,575 bushels; no ex- ports; sales, 3475000 bushels: futures; spot, [ weak} red, §0%c £. o. b. afloat; No. 2 red, 8%c elevatorj No. 1 Northern Duluth, 83%c f. o. b. afloat: No. 1 hard Duluth, §7c f. o. b. afloat. Options steady, -but drifted into weak- ness that lasted all day, the close being %@%c net lower. Selling was influenced by absence of rains in the Northwest, lower cables, weak- ness at St. Louis and Minneapolis; May closed Y%e; September, T9H@S0 1-16c, ciosed at October; 79%,@80%c, closed at 79%c; De- cember, 51 3. 4c, closed at 8lic. COFFEE—Spot Rio, firm; No. 7 Invoire, 84c; mild, Cordova, 9%@idc. Futures closed stead) 4 points net lower; total sales, 1825 bags, including September, $7 30; October, 37 35; ember, §7 45; Decemiber, $7 50@7 5o} March, $7 65@7 70; May, $7 @7 80. SUG aw, firm; fair refining, 4%c: cen- trifugal, % test, 4%c; molasses sugar, 4c; re- fined, firm. BUTTER—Recelpts, 3379 packages; barely steady: creamery, 18@22c; factory, M@lic. EGGE—Recelpts, 7610 packages: firm; Western regular packed, at mark, 10@is%c; Western, loss off, 16i@17i%e. DRIED FRUITS. The market for evaporated apples ruled rather quiet, but about steady at unchanged prices. State common, 3@ic; prime, 43,@blc; choice, 5%4@6e: fancy. 5% California dried fruits ruled quiet; prunes were quoted at 333G per pound, as to size and quality. APRICOTS—Royal, 11@14c; Moorpark, 15@17c PEACHES—Peeled, 14@18c; unpeeled, 6@c. New York Metal Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—The iron and steel markets were weak and unsettled. Business was dull all around. Copper in London was 3s 6d higher, but dull and unchanged at $16 6213 here. Tin advanced some 35 to 50 points in the local market In sympathy with a rise of £1 5% abroad and closed firmer in tone at $31 5032 25. Lead ruled dull at $4 3% and spelter was weak owing to easler cables, clos- Ing weak at $4 0735@4 12'¢. The brokers’ price for lead was $4 and for copper $16 75. Chicago Grain Market. CHICAGO, Aug. 31L—Wheat was quiet throughout the day. Liverpool was easy and Argentine shipments, §94,000 bushels, compared With $03,000 bushels the previous week. This condition of affairs, combined with somewhat better harvesting weather in the spring wheat territory, coaxed traders to the selling side. September opened at 74’ 4%c and sold off to T43ic. At this point St. is claimed some ex- port sales and this, together with a moderate amount sold here, was of sufficient promise to influence a fair amount of buying. under which September rallled 10 74%c. As these sales were | | | | California, 6s 4%d@6s 5d. not, so far as the trade knew, followed by others, support of the bulge melted away: long stuff in moderate quantities came out and the | market sagged, September dropping to 73% and closing weak %c lower at Tde. Sentiment in corn was rather bearish all day | and prices easier. Cables were lower, the | weather favorable and a bumper crop predicted | from Towa. September closed c under yester- day at 3%%c. Liquidation of September for deferred futures in oate was general. September closed %@%c down at 21%c. Provisions were moderately active and firm on a good cash business and the expectation of a bullish stock statement to-morrow. The best demand was for lard and ribs, and these held strong, but pork eased off after the bulge. September pork closed ic under yesterday, lard 5@T%e higher and ribs unchanged. ‘The leading futures ranged as follows: Articles— Open. High. Low. Close. | Wheat No. 3— August .. e T4% September . 4% T4% October e g Corn No, 2— August 0y a0y g'-m.;;nber 5 30% 405 ctober Oats No. » i August 213% 213 September . A% 0% October 2. - 2 Mess P barrel— September 11 00. 11073 October 11 10 11 17% January 1n3% Lard, per 100 September . 675 October 38 675 683% January 6 571 6 6214 Short R 100 pounds— September 70% 715 October ...... T02% 710 January 592% 600 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, quiet and unchanged; No. 3 Wwheat. | 72@73%c; _No. 2 red, TIGI7ic; No. corn, 0%c; No. 2 vellow, 4)%c; No. 2 oats, 20%@21%c; No. 2 white, 24%c; No. 3 white, 2% @2Y%c; No. 2 rye, 5lc; good teeding barley, 3§ @39%c: fair to’ choice malting, 45@47c; No. 1 flax scet, $141: No. 1’ Northwestern, $T42; pr! 3 ; mess . _per barrel, $10 S5@11; lard, per 100 pounds, $ 1344 675, short ribs sides (loose), $7@7 30; dry sait- | ed shoulders (boxed). §8@6%c; short clear | sides (boxed), §7 50@7 60; whisky, basis of hign Wines, $1 24%: & ¢ loat, hanged; | Tlover, Contract mrads, 5 Bow. | orrneed: Articles— Recelpts. Shipments. Flour, barrels e 1300 12000 Wheat, bushels “ii347 000 178,000 Corn, bushels 158,000 63,000 Oa bushels 29,000 425,000 Rye, bushels 81000 g Barley, bushels . 18,000 On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter market was firm. Creameries, 181@21%c; Dal- rles. 14@1Sc. Cheese, steady, 10%@11%e. fresh, firm; 103%@14c. Foreign Futures. B R S LIVERPOOL. Wheat— Dec. Opening - . Fen Closing .2 Wheat— Opening Closing. . 1970 Flour— Opening . 25 45 Closing . 240, * California Fruit Sales. * Brothérs Com- *- CHICAGO, Aug. 31.:—Porter pany: sold California -frult to-day" as -follow: Pears—Bartlett, S5c@$1 75 per box and 60c@$t 05 | per. half box; Beurre: Clairgeau, $115 per hox; | Summer - Seckles, . §d¢. - Grapes—Toka: 225 per single crate; Clisters, §2 2572 cat, “§1 60@2 €0; assorted, $19 Hungarian, $1 054130, Peac! te - Craw- ford, 80450 per box. = Plums—Kelsey, $c@$L 30 per._single. crate; Columbia, “85c. NEW YORK, Aug. 31 Porter. Brotheérs Com- pany sold California frul to-day as follows: Pears—Bartlett, $1 5@2 45" per box; -Beurre Hardy, $1 30@135; Beurre Clairgeau; $1-50@1 5; | Summer. Seckles, 85c per- half ~box. Prunes— | Gros, §0c. - per gle - crate; -Silver; 4@70c. Grapes—Toka: $1 50G2 05 - per . single crate. Plums—Kelsey, 85c¢ per single crate. NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.—Earl Fruit Company sales of ‘California fruit: Grapes—Tokays, §1.55 @2 15 single crates. - Pears—Beurre Hardy, $1 1) @1 % box; Bartletts, $1 502 4. Peaches—Sal- ‘ways, S5c@$1 10 box: Albright Cling, average §1 Orange Cling, %0c@$1; Susquehanna, $5c@$1 25. Plums—Kelsey Japans, 75c@$2 single -crates; Diamond, -65g90c. - Prunes—Gros, 35c@$1 10 sin< | glo- crates; Silver, $0c@$1 10; Germans, 30c@3l; Fallenberg. 43@80c; -Italians, ~§5@75c. -Nine ‘ears fruit sold to-day. CHICAGO, Aug. 31.—Earl: Fruit Company sales. of California fruit: - Pears—Bartletts, $1 30@1 75 box, .- Plums, Robe:.de Sargent, 60@ ¢ sirgle crates. Prunes—Germans, 45@Sic single - crates: Silver, 60@Sic. Thirteen cars fruit _sold. LONDON, Aug. 31.—Earl Fruit - Company sales of California fruit: *Pears—RBartletts, 9@ 96c, two-fifth boxes. ~ Plums—Eureka, average $1 32 single-crates; Kelsey Japans, $§1 S0@2 40; Magnum Bonum, $4c@$l 20. Prunes—Silver, %0c @$1 32 single crates; Gros, 26c@S$L 14 Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO, Aug. 31L—CATTLE-—Reeipts, 2000, including 500 Westerns and 100 Texans; gen- erally steady; Western rangers strong; natives, good to prime steers, $5 6546 10; poor to medium, $4 60G5 60; relected feeders, firm at $4@4 75; mixed stockers, slow at $3 25@3 @ cows, '§3 0G4 50; helfers, $3@5: canners, $2¢ 2 70; ‘bulls, $2 60@1 G0; calves, $3GS; Texas fe stecrs, $4 25i5; grass steers,” §3 25@4 20; bulls, $2 50@3.40. HOGS—Receipts, 15,000; to-morrow, 14,000, ‘es- timate left over, 2500; good heav: ec to 5¢ higher; others steady; top, $5 & mixed and butchers, $ 95@5 40; g0od to choice heavy, $52 5 40; rough heavy, 34 80@4 %; light, $ 05@5 45; bulk of sales, $5 1085 30. SHEEP—Receipts, 7000; weak: lamibs mostly 10c lower; good. to choice wethers, 33 60@3 83: fair to cholce mixed, $3 403 63; Western sheep, $3 $5@8 80; Texas _sheep, 32 5033 40; - native lambs, $4 25@5 75; Western lambs, $4@5 5. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—Futures for cotton opened 1 to 5 points higher on strong cables, but ruled exceptionally quiet with subsequent varfations generally confined to a narrow range. The exception was September, which inherited | special strength from the August deal and ad- vanced 14 points, subsequently losing 3 points of this gain. The latest crop intelligence was particularly bearish this afterncon and the market here closed barely steady at a net ad- vance of 1 point to a decline of 2 points. Sep- tember excepted, advancing 11 points. Portland’s Business. PORTLAND, Aug. 31.—Clearings, $219,309; balances, $34,696. Northern Wheat Market. OREGON. PORTLAND, Aug. 31L—WHEAT—Steady at 56@tic for Walla Wallay 57 for Valley, 59@60c for Bluestem. WASHINGTON. TACOMA, Aug. 81.—Wheat half a cent lower. Bluestem, 59¢; Club, 56c, both for export. Foreign Markets. LONDON, Aug. 31.—Consols, 98 7:16; stlver, 25 7-16d; French rentes, 101 ic; wheat cargoes on passage, rather easier; No. 1 standard Cali- fornia, 31s 6d; Walla Walla, 26s 9d; English country markets, steady. g LIVERPOOL, Aug. 3. —Wheat, quiet: No. 1! standard California, 6s 4%%d@6s 50; wheat in Paris, dul ; flour in Paris, quiet; French coun- try markets, steady. COTTON—Uplands, 5 23-324. CLOSING. WHEAT—Spot, steady; No.- 2 red Western, 6s 3%d; No. 1 Northern spring, 6s 3%4d; No. 1 Futures, steady; September, 6s 1ad: December, 6s 2%d. CORN—Spot, steady; American mixed new, 4s 5d; do old, 4s 2i¢d. 'Futures, quiet; Septem: hil:,, 4s 1%d; October, 4s 1%d; November, 4s 1%d. | | i | & o * o4 Exchange and Bullion. Sterling Exchange, &0 days. . $4 85 | ‘Sterling Exchange, sight . - 48815 Sterling Cables .. - 4 891y New York Exchange, sight.. - 3 New York Exchange. telegraphle — 07y | Fine Silver, per ounce.. - 6% Mexican Dollars, nominal 4 4 Wheat and Other Grains. WHEAT—Liverpool was easy and Paris and New York lower. Chicago was depressed under adverse cables. The demand was light and there was local selling. Speculation was dull, | but the seaboard reported a good export de- mand. Argentine shipments were nearl - mnmme%“ 4 ! e ¥ 1,000, i slient deciine th fotares Th0 ¥ s msplz: Wheat—Shipping, $1 05; Milling, $1 074 Intormal Seasionitth sroiach 15 o'clock — 18,000 ctia, $1°10%: 10,000, 31 20545 4000, S B0 i $1 10@1 20; Gray, $1 1041 Black, for feed, | $1 10@1 15; for seed, $1 15@1 20 per ctl. CORN—AIl descriptions are quoted at $1 25@ 130 _per ctl, without distincticn. 4 375, usual terms; Bakers' Extras, $3 402 50; | for family and $3 153 50 for bakers'; Eastern, | | five ‘thus far this week. { 80c@$1 for good to choice: Crabarples, lc per | | would surely be fixed to-day. | Evaporated Apples, 4000, $1 10%. Regular Morning Session — December—16,000 ctls, $1 10%; 16,000, $1 10; May—4000, §1 15. Afterncon Session—December—2060 ctls, $1 10; 2000, 81 16%: May—2009, $1 15. BARLEY—A slight decline in futures was the only change. Feed, 722@%c for No. 1 and 65@70c for oft grades; Brewing and Shippifg grades, %@ §214c; Chevalier, nominal. CALL BOARD SALES. Informal Session—No sales. Second Session—No sales. Tfieg-uln Morning Session—December—4000 ctls, Shec. Afternoon Session—No sales. OATS—The tone of the markst has changed. Offerings are now in excess of the demand and prices have declined slightly all around. The demand has faglen off to nothing. White, §1 1371 30; Surprise, $1 3561 40; Bad, | | BBI: extra Mess, $13: Family. $i4: extra Pri Pork. 315 30: extra clear, $19; Mess, 7 Smoked Beef, 12u@lic per Ib LARD—Tierces quoted at 7c per 1b for com- pound and %¢ for pure: half-barrels, pure, 3 RYE—§71:@80c _per ctl BUCKWHEAT—Nominal. Flour and Millstuffs. FLOUR—California Famtly Extras, 33 0@ Oregon and Washington, 32 75@3 10 per barrel | 4 TGS per barrel. MILLSTUFFS—Prices in sacks are as fol- lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham Flour, §3 per 100 Ibs: Rye Flour, $2 75; R: Meal, $2 £0; Rice Flour, $7; Corn Meal, $2 7 extra cream do, §3 50; Oat Groats, $4 50; Ho: iny, $3 50@3 Buckwheat Flour, 4 25; Cracked Wheat, §330; Farina, 4 §0: Whole Wheat Flo 25; Rolled Oats (barrels), 3 7 $§ 75@7; Pearl Barley. $; | Green Peas, $5 50 per 100 lbs. Hay and Feedstuffs. There is no further change to report in any- thing. - Receipts of Hay are running lighter again. BRAN-$12 50@13 50 per ton. MIDDLINGS—$16@19 per ton. FEEDSTUFFS—Rolled - Barley, $18@17 50 per ten; Oflcake Meal at the mill, §26@27; jobbing. $27 50@28; Cocoanut Cake, $20@21: Corn Meal, $28 50 Cracked Corn, $27; Mixed Feed, $13 f0@14. HAY — Volunteer, $450G7; Wheat, $10g12; Wheat and Oat, $3 50@11 50; Oat, $3@10; Clover, $4@6; Alfalfa, $6@7 50; Barley, $6 50@S 30 per ton. STRAW—30G373%c per bal Beans and Seeds. BEANS — Bayos, $2 50@2 75; Small White, nominal; Large White, nominal; Pink, $2 259 2.7 3 25@3 Blackeye, $350; Lima, givk@ Pea, $2 50@3 70; Red Kldneys, §3 5@ SEEDS — Brown Mustard, nominal: Yellow | Mustard. dc; Flax,” $232 200 Canary. 3%e per | 1k for Californfa dAnd 4c for Eastern: Alfalfa. | neminal; - Rape, . 2%4@ Hemp, 4@i%c; Tim- othy, - d@4kc DRIED PEAS—Nlles, nominal; Green, §2 2@ 230 per ctl; Blackeye, $2. AUCTION SALES ® EMIL COMN, AUCTIONEER, Will sell TO-DAY (Saturday). at 11 o'clock a. m. at 10B Eighth st., near Mission, the almost new oak furnishings of flat § rooms, in- cluding carpets, bedding and bed linen and other goods too mumerous to mention: just like new. EMIL COHN, Auctioneer. AUCTION SALE! MONDAY, September 3, 1600, at 11 a. m.—6 head of splendid horses, suitable for any all purposes. All well . drafthorses. the HO! in bus A 10-Ib_tins, 95e Fac. iy COTTCLEN arrel, $%c: three half barrel: $%e: two tierces Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. All goods undér this head are unchanged featureless. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls: and brands ana about ¢ under quotations, Heav e Steers, 3@, Cowhides. 9¢; Dry Hid sound, Calf, 15c; culls and brands, Shearlings. Zu@3c each; eh each; medium, 60@s0c; long Wool, for medium, $§1 for small and Horse Hides, dry. §1 r large. $1 dum, 31 for small and 25@S0e for col skins—Summer or red skins, Jc; fall dium skins, 30c: winter or thin skin skins—Prime Angoras, large and = d. 4@4%c per Ib: quotable as follow @16c; Northern, defe free, 14@l6c; M rthern, free, 1! Me; Middle Cow ty. defective, uthern Mou monthe, 11512 2 Mountain, free. months’. 16612 Southern Mountain, defective, 7.m 1c; Humboldt and Mendocino, 16@1ic;’ Nevada, 13@1sc per Ib. Fall Clip—San Joaquin, 6%@Sc; do Lambs’, $@Sc; Middle County, 9@llc 1b. HOPS—Old, nominal at @llc per Ib: new, 106 San Francisco Meat Market. BEEF-—5@6c per Ib for falr to choice. VEAL— Large, 7@Sc;: small. $5:39 MUTTON—Wethers, T%GSc; ewes, | pound. LAMB-Spring, S1a@fc. per 1b. PORK-—Live Hogs for_small, 3 medium and large and feeders, 4 Hogs, S@sise. Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables. River Sweets-are somewhat firmer, as stocks | are lighter. Onions continue easy. Vegetables | are unchanged. POTATOES—Garnet Chiles, 50c; Early Rose, | Burbanks, - 30@60c " for . Rivers and Te@dse per_ctl for Salinas; Sweets, $1G1 25 for Rivers and $1.50 for Merced: ONIONS — Yellow, 50G6c per ctl; ©Onions, -iaTse. VEGETABLES—Green Corn, - 75¢G$1 25 per sack, T5c$l per crate for Berkeley and $ 2@ 174 for ‘Alameda;: Green. Peas, 2} String Beans, '1%@2%o0; Lima: 40@50c; Tomatoes, River, 20635¢c; Bay, 304240c Egg Plant, 50G65c. per box; Green Okra, 3545 Green - Pepyers,. 30@a0c per: box for Chill and 40 | @s0e for- Bell; Dried Peppers, S@10c: Carrots, 25 | @3¢ per sack: Summer Squash, 35@40c for Ala- Cacumbers, 15@%e for Alameda; Pickles, 5 per otl for No. 1 and 50@Tse for No. 2: Garlic, Ta3¢ per Ib: Marrowfat Squash, $120 15; Pumpkins, §20 per to: Poultry and Game. ‘Another car came in from the East, making As supplies of local | Poultry. are large. the market continues weak. | Pickle | Eastern Hens sold at $§ 50@6. POULTRY=Live Turkeys, 9@lic. for Gob- blers and 10@12c for Henz: Geese, per pair, §1 25 @1 50; Goslings, 31 5041 75; Ducks, 4. for old and $3@4 for young; Hens, §3 50@4 30; Young | Roosters, $4@4 50; Old Roosters, ‘§3 50@4; Fry- | ers; $3 Brolers, $3 for large and $1 1@ 2.50 for small; Pigeons, $1 50@l 75 per dozenm | for old and $1 50@1 75 for Squabs. L} GAME—Doves, 60@é5c_per dozen; _Cottontail Rabbits, §1 30; Brush Rabbits, 75c@$l; Hare, $131 %0 Butter, Cheese and Eggs. Retallers are buying Eggs akead for the Na- | tive: Sons' celebration next week and -prices | continue to tmprove under this demand. Butter is weak: and dull at the decline al- ready noted and supplies are large.. There Is Do change in Cheese, ‘but the market is dull | and easy. BUTTER Cre: highe 2ie. Dairy—Fancy, 21¢; good. to - cholce, 13g20c; common, 15@15c. Creamery. tub—20G22%c per Ib. Pickled roll—19@" Firkin—18@19c. CHEESE—New, Youns . America, - 10g10%c; Western, ‘10@12¢ per Ib. Sc: 1 10c: ol <: T Basterns 1aatie; EGGS—Quoted at 17@20c for store and 23@ | 27c per dozen for ranch; Eastern, 18@1%. Deciduous and Citrus Fruits. Peaches continue weak, with free supplies. | Fine Pears are still firm and the canners are | taking Buerre Hardy and other varieties in lieu of Bartletts, the latter being scarce. Other tree fruits stand about the same. Grapes are in good supply and slow at the quotations. Berries are weaker. Melons continue in ample supply for the de- mand, and prices show little variation. Lemons are still dull and plentiful. The Panama steamer is fo with _ freah Mexican mes. Muscat and Tokay Wine Grapes are on the | market, but no price has yet been fixed. DECIDUOUS FRUITS— APPLES—2%@36c per box for common and | emall box znd 6lc per large box. i PEARS—Bartletts, 5@Sic in boxes and $15@ # per ton in bulk: other varietles, 2850 per | ox. QUINCES—30G50c per box. | STRAWBERRIES—$3@5 per chest for large and $@$ for small berrie: BLACKBERRIES—3$2@5 per chest. RASPBERRIES—$547 per ctl. HUCKLEBERRIES—3@dc per 1b. FIGS—%c for single and 0@50c for double layer boxes. POMEGRANATES—75¢@$1 per box. NECTARINES—Red, Toc per crat PLUMS—20@40c_per box and crate; in bulk, 0G15 per ton; Prunes, 30@50c per crate; Egg jums, $12@15 per ton. PEACHES—35@50c_per box; in bulk, $15§25 per ton for freestones and $15@%5 for clings; | Mountain Peaches, 40@blc per box. —Muscats, 25@60c per crate; 90c per crate; veetwater, 33@i0c; 3 c; Tokay, 35@i0c; Isabella, Ts@0c: Wine Grapes, $22423 per ton for Zinfandel. < MELO! fifggmmen. l?’&%&c per cr:e; Canta- ou c@$1 per crate: Watermelons, 3 With extra 1arge at $5G30 per 100 T © O CITRUS FRUITS—Lemons, $1 35@2 for com- mon and $2 30@3 for good to choice; Mexican —: Bananas, $1@2 per bunch; Pine- $150G3 % per dozen. Dried Fruits, Nuts and Raisins. It was sald vesterday that the Prune prices | It is to be hoped that this is so. It was also reported that the arading thus far In the Santa Clara Valley | Shows a great preponderance of small Prunecc | In fact. the sizes will probably run smaller than ever before. The same reports come. froe | all important sections in the State. This con. dition will cut down the gross vield very sharp- Iy, as a loss in size means a loss ni weight here is no change to report in anything. The market. though dull, is by no means weak, and uyers have to pay the same pri good Peaches and Apricots. e I NEW CROP—Prunes, nominal: Apricots, %2 Moorparks. Seed- Sic for Royals and 10@l3c for 4 A 5@6c; sun-dried, Peaches, :%4@%c for standard, s&dm choice and 7GSc for fancy; rs, Plums, e rines, 5 1b, 10c, choice, 9¢; standard. Se; prime, bleachéd Thompson's, | per Ib. - 6o uitea Fancy, per Ib., Sc: cholce. Ti4e; standard, Biec: prime. 5c; unbleached Sultanas, 3c; Secdless. %-1b boxes, 5¢; 2-crown loose Muscatels, 5lc; S-crown, f%e: d-crown, 7e; London Layers, 2. crown. $1 20 per box; 3-crown, $160. Fancy Clusters, §2; Dehesa, §2 50; Imperial, $3. Al f:’:l.}'::?rnr{h? b. at common shipping points in NUTS—Walnuts, 5@10%c for standards @11c for softshelis: . new Almonde 1@ 5 for paper shell, 5%@10c for soft and 6@ic for hard shell: Peanuts, 5@6isc for Eastern and 5@6c for California; Brazil Nuts, 11@12%e; Fil- 5’“’"- 12@13c; Pecans, 11G1c; Cocoanuts, $3 3 HONEY- for un- | mel,"$11 per & I to | Butter, per sar.. 854 @s%e for COAL—Wellin; 9 e Egg, $14; 16 per ton. in b a sacks: 2060" 1bs, s §5 43 in [ brand. Harrison’s eircu a have been. five arrivals ton,: with 13960 to Tumbia, 12 tons;’ two tons. This ments for th tons delivered wit 4 Wwe. can keep up. this average there will be enabled to put away a reserve in our yards f future winter demand. Prices are ste imoorters are net anxious sellers and sured that present quotations will assuredly t sustained, ~ Frélght rates from .Australia aro firm. and coal has been further a early loading: as a matter of fact, some popu- lar grades cannot be had for several months, as the collierfes have been largely oversold Only outside brands are procurable for loading this year, and they are held at an advance of fully two shillings per ton. Every vessel arriv ing In Australia now ust wait at least sixty days to secure her cargo, and for two or th of the leading brands, fully four months. Ci is at present the commanding article in ev market of the world. Assuredly ““Coal is King The. present status of the fuel market in Ene- land is becoming more serious: it is alarming. as It 1s weakening the backbone of the kine dom. When coal must be imported into Great Britain the blow to. manufacturing s @ most serious one. SUGAR—The Western Sugar Refining Com- pany quotes, per n _in bags: Cubes, &, Crushed and Fine Crushed, §soc: Powdered. : Candy Granulated, : Dry Granulated, 6.30c; Confectioners’ A, 6.30c; Magmoila A, 5.90c: Exira C, 5.%¢; Golden C; 5.70e:. barrels, 1o more; half-barrels, %5c_more; boxes, 5o more; 50-1b ‘bags, 10¢_more, - No orders taken for | than barrels. or- its equivalent. Domi: half-barrels, 7.06c: Boxes, 7.30¢ per Ib Receipts of Produce. FOR FRIDAY. AUGUST SL. 1 Flour, ‘qr sks. 1.M3|Sugar, ske-...... 39 Wheat, ctls ..... 65,117 Léathier, rol 1 Barley, ctls etls etls Butter. ‘etls Tailow, ‘ctls Corn, - ctls- . Potatoes, s Bran. - sks Miadiings. Onions, sks 1,6 OREGON. Flour,: qF sks.:... - §11 WASHINGTON. Flour, qr sks .. 738 ———— The Glant Powder Co. has declared Dividend No. 21 of geventy-five cents per share. ¥ —_— Family Retail Market. = | Butter is cheaper. Eggs and Cheese show no further change. Meats are as before quoted. Poultry con ues cheap and plentiful. The season for Mou tain Quail begins to-day. There is nothing mew in Fruits and Vege- tables, both being plentiful and cheap. * Coal, per ton— Cannel . $—@13 00 Southfleld Wellingt: —@11 0| Wellington —@11 ¥ Seattle . 9 00— Coos Bay. > Dairy P anch Egge, per, tozen 23 i R: Do, per roll | Cheese, Cal Cheese, Easf Cheese, Swi: Common Eggs Meats, per Ib— Mutton . Spring Lamb. Pork, fresh. Hens, each... Young Roosters, each .. - AT Old Roosters, ea.—r Fryers, each Broilers, each ‘Turkeys, per Ib. Fruits and Nuts— . Almonds, per Ib..15@— Limes, ‘Avples ... 4@ 3 Lemons, fanas, dozen Blackberries, dr..35Gi0| Plums. Tal le e 5 ces, Cantaloupes. each 313! Ralstns, per Ib. ... § Figs, per Ib. 5@ $ Raspberries, dr.m’L.fiV! Grapes, per Ib. 6 Peacnes, per Ib i Watermelons, ea. tra wberrie: per Nutmeg M drawer 5240 each —@ 5 Walnuts, DoF Ib..1oG— Oranges z. )— Vegetables— Artichokes, doz. I per 1b. Beets, doz. 12@15 Okra, green pr 1b. 3@ 6 Peppers, green, Ib 1) 5 Potatoes. per ib.. 3@ Lima. per Ib.. § Sweet Potatoes Cabbage, each.... 3@10 Parsnips, per doz. 5@ Cauliflowers, each @10 Radidhes, dz be Celery, bunch. Gi— Sage, doz bnchs. Cress, doz buchs 202 String Beans. | Cucumbers, pr dz. 10— Summer Squash, Egg Plant, 1b. per Ib. Green Corn, d0z..108%0! Thyme, per Ib. Green Peas, Ib.... 5@ 6 Turnips, per doz per doz.15G— | Tomatoes, pex Ib. Beans, white, . Colored, per Ib ...12@— Shad 8210 Sea B: 2G@— Smelts —Comb. 13@Mc for bright and fi FR@Ne. c_for light amber; water white, ;’A ol llfix amber, extracted, + dark, Efi‘x— 24@26c per 1b. Provisions. CURED MEATS—Bacon, heavy. 1le for light medium, for extra ifght and e for ern sugar-cured Hams, l3c; ! L= Reckiish —@10| Mussels, quart 3 mmo. Oysters, Cal, 100 Do, smoked.....—@15| Do Eastern, do: Shrimps. s@10/ THE STOCK MARKET. The only change worthy of note on the morn- Continued on Page Thirteen.