The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 20, 1903, Page 11

T HE SAN FRANCISCO .CALL FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1903 ] Shipment rather easier. SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. ocal stocks and bonds still quict and featureless. ' York stock market quieter, but firm. lower. Sixty-day Sterling Exchange firmer. f $31.823 in specie to Hongkong. IWheat casy and featureless. Barley quiet and steady. Corn and Rye continue inactive. sand Seeds quict at previous quotations. Cheese weak. ! firm, Hops weak and Hides as before quoted. Sheep and Hogs still in light supply and firm. fatocs and Onions unchanged. Vegetables in liberal supply. irst car of Rhubarb for the season shipped East. oultry and Game in moderate reccipt and steady. Cash qmnwn’: "z" as h‘!‘;".: 1&%!\ dull and easy; No. 2 spring wl oc; No. 3, 69@T6c; No. 2 Nd,n‘fi%m ¢; No, 2 corn, 42%c; No. 2 g‘ellu'. fl#u; No. 2 33%.¢; No. § white, Ye; No. 2 rye, 40%c; Bood feeding barley, 42c: fair to choice malt- ing, ; No. 1 flaxseed, $111; No. 1 northwestern, $1 13: mess pork, per bbi, 17 8714@18; lard, per 100 Ibs, $8 90@10; short Hoa sidag (lsose), 88 mo 80; ‘dry salted shoul- ders (boxed), $§ 87 short clear sides (boxed), $10 37%@10 50; whisky, basis of high wines, $1 30; clover, contract grade, $12 25. Articles— Recelpts. Shipment Fiour, barrels. 39000 . Wheat, bushels . 35,000 9,000 166,000 285,000 206,000 229,000 12,000 4,000 82,000 2, On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was easler. Creamerles, 18@2Sc: dal- ries, 14@24c. . EgEs, steady, 13@lic. Cheese, steady, 13@13%c. ° — ¥ B33 b 10444 Pacific Coast . i Pacific Mail ..... 38%% | People's Gas i 1033, | Pressed Steel Car.. 1% | Pressed 8 Car pfd. 951 | Pullman Pal Car.. 221 | Republic Steel ... 20 Republic Steel pfd. it Sugar ... .. = 1263, | Tenn Coal & Iron.. 86% | Union Bag & P Co. 123 |U B &P Co pta.. s U § Leather ..... 12% U 8 Leather pfd.. 91 U 8 Rubber 15% 2 U S Rubber 52 Eggs as before. | U S Steer - 87 | U 8 Steel pi 87 | Western Union 5% Amer Loco R Amer Loco 94 04 Total sales . ,Afl)l,hflé NEW YORK BONDS. Manhattan 4s ...108 Ming & 8L 4a107 tabl g nn ¥ Apples from Oregon and Idaho selling very well. | o sins. il M E S T 0 X 8 | Doo reg.. |_Doprd ... Large Oranges wanted for shipment to Honolulu. | Boooup ... 003N Y Cen gh 83ke.108 Do coup -103_ Northern Pac 4s.102% sh i mind. ] - o o a0 00K Inor? &7 W com 4-'1‘3%55 ¥ s A 1b]; howe by night; fre: easter] . # s Nor! % The Hay Market. | Pomeinly showers UEXANDER G. MCADIE, | Balt & Ohlo 4s..102 " (Reading gen du... 96% i i | Forecast Otfcial. |- Do 3¢ ... 63 |StL&T M con 114 Sumers & Co. say of the Hay market | St Doy e 0B D e Nothing new concerning the market can be . * | Cntral ot n Ba 10k Do Sa oh: 28 r matters continue un Do 1st inc . 78 |San A & A . 8314 ence to < rese | Ches & Ohio 434¢.104 (Eouthe Pac _4s. 90 e vt EASTERN MARKETS. | |ches 2 onie (5102, Jgouibern Eno e 20 ve, for shipments are being > |C B & Q new l!. 9343 |Texas & Pac 1sts.115 DI §1 2o stveac | C M&St P en dsll0%iTol St L & W ds. T1% | twise are Increasing, | § C & N W con 7s.131% Union Paclfic 4s.102% a continuance of this New York Stock Market. |cR1&Pis | " Do conv 4 M-‘ yet n\ \ox\ ittle ‘l:i\i.: CC&St L gen ‘“'flblgh Ists ... the ent de’is | NEW YORK, March 19.—Uncommon interes: | (o & Soutt 35, 8011 Do aop B receipts. makes | was attached to to-day’s stock market move- | Denver & R G 4s. 081, |West Shore 4s R - ments because of the previous day's movement | Erie prior lien 4s. 97 |W & L Erle 4 e in Southern Pacific. There were fears of a | Do &en 4s ... 83%|Wisconsin Cen 4 for t which has made rat past week or two, d from present 1d be an immense crop of e season will was last year ama Canal Payment. EXPECTED TO DISTURB THE MARKE BEING ALREADY DISCOUNTED. r of Henry Clews says N itions have at last had their efre. e k market, and the situation working out its own cure by natural Liguidation has been se- neified by rge sums supy in financ 1 recet severai ng in its this year payments must rding to custom. It T of $40.000, al. In all be- treasury wit s held by t $71.000,000 > money marke this $30,000,000 or § able, when released aris banks and there ¥ market. or if in rrs might find it uge the funds in transaction is ance in this will prob Such oper- bank- operations = against ex- ¥ unpleasant feature dy absorp ustoms rec ement tue e more or less scarce th April at least »ugh besides the re ng trust company re Credit months, is IWeather Report. N an—Pacific Time) ¥F March 19.- m - win seasonal rainfalls pared with those of same date la and fall in last 24 hours Last % 24 he he following maxi eratures are repor Kar City Boston neinnat hilade Yo ' phia 66-40 8t THE Louis 56-30 New Orleans COAST RECORD. E GF 2 2 z z g &= S . = §E z E s 25 g £ 3 38 2 -3 £ : H H > H E T r 18 46 18 Clear 36 36 40 W Cloudy i2 62 36 W _ Cloudy . 30.02 40 16 NW Pt Cldy . 30.12 54 25 E Cloudy 06 w8 i2 W Cloudy ¢ 50 3 Cloudy 58 Clear . 1 Pt Cldy 4 Pt Clay . i Clear Foint_Reyes 10 60 46 Cloudy .00 Red Bluff 13 62 v Pt Cldy .00 Boseburg 16 i NW Cisar .00 Sac 4 NE Cloudy .00 Salt Lak: 26 W Pt Cldy .T . Francis 6 N Cioudy .00 % L Oblspe 42 W Cioudy . Fan Diego 44 NW Cloudys Seattle 28 NW Clear @pokane 24 EW Ciear Tatoosh 4 NE Clear “Walla Walla. 30 30 NW Clear Winnemucca 30.26 42 20 NE Clear Yume 0.08 72 38 NW Clear WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORECAST: - The pressure has risen steadily over the Kocky Mountain region. There are as yet no indications of a disturbance at sea, but there * has been a maerked increase in cloudiness along the coast of California . The temperature has risen slowly on the . Pacific Coast with maximum temperatures be- tween sixty and seventy degrees. In the great Valley of California normal conditions pre- bond market responded sharply in spots Pri Soits el 8 i) ok o the o cculative 3 >rime merc: . 6 D 5 Sen par-vatue. SLaToom mrer TOUl| ol Cxhange Srong, Win webal busi | United States bonds were ness in bankers' bills a 5@+ 57 or | the Jast catl - Cond® Were all unchanged on | G50, 10 and st $4 63.06@4 84 for sixty-day | 0 trad! Sa c] . | Dbills. 1 povo lrading in San Francisco Street Railway | "biyeq rates, $4 84% and $4 88, e Commercial bills—$4 83%,@4 84%. NEW YORK STOCK LIST. | Bar silver, 48%c. Stocks— Open. Low. Close. | Mexican dollars, 39c. Atchison e 36,600 e $3 | Government bonds, steady; State bonds, in- { Atchison pfa ... 900 3 | active; railroad bonds, firm. Balto & Ohio . 24,6060 | i SR . o & O pfrd.. - ¥ | * ko, nadian Pacific.. 6,900 | | FAW & D C Ists.111 | Hocking Val 414s.107% | Rock Island.4s... 86 Con Tob 4s .. C F & I con bs. Pa con 3%s . NEW YORK MINING STOCKS. corner’’ or some, other awkward development nd trading in the first dealings were cautious. Southern Pacific shares fluctuated violently at the outset. selling up to 653, the highest point recorded | Adams in some months, and almost as sud- Con |Little Chiet o8 denly sold down to 66. Later, when it be- | Alice . 3 {Ontario came apparent that there was no cause for | Breece ... 30 |Ophir ... alarm, the list steadied all around and showed | Brunswick Con.. 01% Phoenix . general improvement up to the last hour, when | Comstock Tun 04 Il-‘amsl . realizing forced prices in the more active is- | Con Cal & Va..2 00 |Savage sves down to & low level. Covering by the | Horn Silver ....1 25 |Slerra Nevad short interest was on an extensive scale, es- | Iron Silver ....1 05 |Small Hopes . pecially in Southern Pacific and other 'pool | Leadville Con 03 |Standard ... . iseues.” Louisville and Nashville exhibited | BOSTON STOCKS AND BONDS. much strength in the early dealings, on de- | mand that was attr he W, : | amoneyC- rens 0108 Ungent. . There was. atac. geod’ Dugine ot | Chll loans ik bl R Atchison during the early session. With the | Time loans .....5}@0) ‘Mining—= ™ exception of St. Paul and Unlon Pacific, which | , BO i v FURcied prossire. the . tnternational | socks | fLcHison ds .o..-100 | Amalgamated ¢pened generally above the late London quota- | T Raifroade™ o |Bingnamel o G | Higher prices were reflected in Sugar, Ten- | Atchison 3 ) e st =P nessee Coal, Corn products and Rock isiand, | - Do pfd ettt ot Boston & Albany.238 ~Copper Range . Boston & Maime.186% Dominion Coal . Boston Elevated..147% Franklin but attempts to advance Amaigamated Copper et with little success. On the whole, a much er feeling was shown i speculative cir- | changed as ‘to prices. | ket opened quiet and stead: Foreign Futures. * E —% LIVERPOOL, March. May. July. « Nom. 6 17 61 . Nom. 6 17,2 8 1% 'ARIS. March. 5 b Hol‘fiu 3 May-Aug. New York Metal Market. NEW YORK, March 19.—The London tin market declined £3 78 3d to-day, spot closing there at £133 5s 1d and futures at £133 15s. T break abgad was responded to in the New York market, which was very wealk, with spot quoted at $29 50@29 60. The decline in both markets was sald to be the result of realization by speculative holders, who were attracted by profits accruinz from the recent advances. the New . York Metal Exchange of five tons for April delivery at $20 and five tons at $20 10 Exports of copper are running light so far for the month, being 50 per cent under last year. The London market to-day reported a decline of 7s €d, spot there closing at £68 Bs and futures at £66 10s. But the New York market remains dull and nominally un- Standard Is quoted at $14; lake and electrolytic, §$14 75@15; casting, $14 30@15. Lead was firm here and unchanged at $4 67%, while In London it declined 2s 64 to £13 10s. Spelter_ advanced 10s in London to £24 and galned 25 points locally, closing at $5 75, Iron closed at 56s 7d in Glasgow and 53s in Middlesboro. Locally iron was quiet. 1 foundry (northern) is quoted at $24G24 5 No. 2 foundry (northern), $22G22 50; No. foundry (southern) znd No. 1 foundry (sout! grm. soft, $23 50G24 50. g Warrants are nom nal. New YorLTE olt;n Market. NEW YORK, March 19.—The cotton mar- 2t an advance of 2@3_points, and closed firm at a net gain of 6@18 points. Eastern Livestock Market. CHICAGO. CHICAGO, March 19.—CATTLE—Recelpt. 7500; steady; good to prime steers, $5 10G5 T poor to medium. $3 60@4 70; stockers and feeders, $2 T6@4 85; cows, $1 50@4 60; heifer: due to the improvement in the financial | N ¥ N H & H..212 [Isle Royale situation. The undertone of the market was | Fitchburg pfd ..140 Mohawk ... fairly firm though trading was in moderate LUnion Pacific ... 04 (014 Domi Votume. No material chinge was shown i | Mexican Centrail 251 Osceola . the early afternoon conditions, aithough the | Miscellancous' — iBarrot . ket was lower in Spots 8s & result of | American Sugar.137y|Quiney ... t taking. The strength of Missouri Pa- | Do pfd .. -1211; Santa op] i Amer Tel & Tel.164% Tamarack . - seemed to come from buying by Gould brokers. Th Pacifi> cared | Dom I & Steel... 35 |Trinity ; it by the activity in Southern Pa. | Mass Electric ... 341 /Utah .. There was a slightly wider distribution ‘_r:;fegf;l,n-xi; ‘a “Ilrl:u;: business e late sessio es 5 “108% Wino; usiness in the late session and the West- | United Fr 37" (Wolverine erners were again active in some of their ulative favorites. Throughout the day in terest continued to center in Southern Pacific, LONDON CLOSING STOCKS. Cons for money.. Norfolk & West. which *d in to the extent of over ' (ong for account. Do pfd .. 95.000 sk losing at almost the lowest | snaconda . I 615 Ontarlo & West. 3 price of the day with a net loss of 21, points. | atchison . 841¢ Pennsylvanta . Union Pacific was next to Southern Pacific in Do pfd 100% Reading but made a net gain of 1 e late afternoon rumors had c had turned its holdings stock over to the Oregon A number of stocks made ma on the day, these including the Balt & Ohlo .... 9513 Do l1st pfd . Canadian_Pacific.132% | Do 24 pfd Ches & Ohlo . 477 Southern Ry . Chicago G W ... 25 Do pfd . Chi Mil & St P..174 Southern Pacific Denver & R G... 38% Union Pacific that Un uthern Pacific Line Pacific Mall, No Do prd . 8% Do pta el’ and New Yor] o Ry o . 8374 |U S Steel . | Hartford. Following the reaction | Do lst pid .... 60%| Do pfd he closed comparatively dull and easy. | Do 2 pfd . ... B6% Wabash - The local financial situation shows improve- | puinoie® Central..14313| Do pfd nt. the banks Josing thus fer this week only | [ouls & Nash....12413|De Beers %,000. There was another advance In ster- | s Kan & Tex.. 20% |Rands 8¢ because of the easier money con- N o4 1, d increased demand. for remittances | ~ Y \Central ““) riers. The rise amounted to 10 Bar silver, uncertain, 31 3 compared with y-sterday's closing | Money, 313@3% per cent.” The rate of Al most of the business belng done af | count in the open market for short bills $4 57.25 for demand. The sunply of bills was 3% ber cent, and for three months’ bil small and the general outiook for the ex- | 5% Der cent. change market was stronger, this condition be.- | ing modified. however, by the possiblility of occasional weakress caused By the sudden rise in the money rate. Time money was offerel in abundance at 5, but the demand was light The prevailing rate for call loans was 5% per cent, though in the late afternoon there was a flurry which carried the price to 7% per cent, closing at 6 per cent The New York Money Market. | NEW YORK, March 19.—Close: Money on call, firm, B@7 per cent, closing offered at & per cent. Time money, steady; sixty days, ninety days and six months, 51%@5% per cent. nada Southern. Ohto 510 E New York Grain and Produce. 2,800 | 100 I * = = % 2,400 - . | NEW YORK, March 19.—FLOUR—Receipts, Cbl & G W Bptd. 200 | 50,989 barrels; exports, 17,507 barrels. - Steady, Chicago & N W... 1,500 | with considerable demand. A b 2 B e A WHEAT—Receipts, 52,250 bushels; exports, e ki | 25,463. Spot, steady; No. 2 red, T9%c elevator olo Southern .... and 80%c f. o. b, afloat; No. 1 Northern Du- Colo So 1st pfd... ..... | luth, 87%c f. 0. b. afloat; No. 1 hard Manitoba, Colo So 24 pfd 400 88izc £ o. b. afloat. Options were steady all Del & Hudson D800 | the forenoon on a moderate cold weather scare, | Del Lack & W... “u... | supplemented by steady cables and small re- “100 vall There has been no rain west of Utah. Forecas: made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight, March 20: rihern California—-Cloudy Friday, possibly showers Ly night; light easterly winds. Bouthern California—Cloudy Friday; light Bortherly winds changing to westerly. . ‘ada—Fair Friday: warmer. ®an Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy Friday, | Denver & Rio G . , | ceipts. The afterncon market was dull with- Denver & R G pfd. 300 | out much change, closing Y%c net lower and | Erie ¥ 21, 4 | steady. March closed ¥28c: May, 79@79 5-16c, | EBrie ist pfd ciosed T0%c: July, T6W@i6%c, Cclosed T6%c; | Erie 24 pfd . September, i5@Tbi4c, closed 78c. Great Nor pfd HOPS—Quie Hocking Valley . HIDES i, Hocking Val pfd ot e 4 oS, COFFEE—Spot, quiet. Futures closed steady o ey at unchanged prices. Sales, 14,250 bags, in- s owme | cluding: March, 4.35c; April, 4.30c: 'May, £ C Ronthiss L{!u:; .‘n-’u 4.50@4.55c; September, 4.45c; Oc- A : | tober, 4.75c. PRy SUGAR—Raw, steady; refined, steady. ake E & W 4 DRIED FRUITS, ulsville & sh EVAPORATED APPLES—8how a somewhat Manhattan L . easier tone owing to quiet demand, rather Metropolitan St F more pressure to sell. Common, 5@8c; choice, Mexican Central 81@6lc; fancy, 5@Tic. Mexican Nation: | SPOT PRUNES—Dull and offers are reported Minn & St Louis,. | below current quotations on certaln _ sizes Ay S iongy Prices range from 3W@7lc for all grades g e | APRICOTS—Attracted fair demand and are B R steadily held at T3@10%c in boxes and 750 2 Central 4 EACHES PEACHES—Are quiet. Peeled are quoted at S 12@18c; unpeeled, 6@10c. Nor & West pfd.. 3 Ontario & Western s R T o e e Pennsylvania 5 . | Reading - Chicago Grain and Produce. Reading 1st Dldd . v Reading 24 pfd. .. % Rock Island ... |- = * v oS CHICAGO, March 19.—Wheat ruled dull and L& 8 F lst pfd 8 the volume of business was small and largely ST, &S F 24 pd § 70 local. Opening prices were steady on -firm St Louis 8 W 600 259 25 % , May being unchanged to l4c lower St Lonis 8 W 57% Bi7 |t T4%@74ic. Early In the day there was St Paul 1687 170% | considerable buy/ng on prospects of cold weath- 8t Paul ... 189 |er. May advanced to T4%c on the strength of Southern Pacifi a5 65% | the promised colder weat , but later on re- Southern Rallway 331, | ports of larger Argentine shipments than had Southern Ry pfd o5 25 been previously estimated the market eased Texas & Pacific 38% 8% | off again, May selling down to T4lge. During Tol St L & W. 26" 26" |the last hour there were little changes in To! €t L & W prd. 400 43 43 44 prices and May closed % c lower at T4%e. Unicn Pacific . MR 831 94 There was little of interest In the trading Union Pacific pfd $0% 91 |in corn and the volume of business was small. Wabash ... . 288 2814 | The tone was strong on higher cables. May. Wabash ptd 497, Boig | closed a shade higher at 44@4ilgc. W & Lake Erie. . 231, | Oats ruled dull. May closed a shade lower W & L Erie 24 ptd By, | at 543 @34%c. Wisconsin Central.. 26 26 Provisions opened firm on a strong hog mar- Wisconsin Cen pfd. 50" 39% | ket, but inter eased off with the weaker tone Express Col in the grain pits. In the latter half of the Adams ... ... session a fair demand developed. The close American ... was strong with May pork up 13c, lard 12i4c United States higher and ribs were 10@12%c better. Wells-Fargo . The leading futures ranged as follows: Au-..xni':nw 26,100 sles. Open. High. Low. Close. Am Car & Found e i A 3 Am Car & ¥ ptd & T kit e Am Linseed Ol o Am in 4“ Am Smelt ... i b fia Am Smelt & R pfd 43% ua 43 8434 36? 34 br JOUK T 39 a% 17 71% 18 00 1686 17 16°62% 17, Internat Paper Internat Paper pfd 990 1000 7 50; Western lambs, $5 50G $2 25@4 75; carners, $1 50@2 75; bulls, $2 4 25; calves, $3 5046 T5; Texas fed steers, . 20,000;to-morrow, ; left over, 4000; average, 5@10c high closed’ easy; mixed and butchers, 5 lsg7 good to choice ST 40@7 50; 1iht, $6 9 sheep, bulk, § 40, SHEEP--Receipts, 8000; lambs, higher; good to choice wethers, 6 25; fair to c mixed, $4 50@5 4 ern sheep, $5 25@( 60; strong; ST. JOSEPH. Mo., ST. JOSEPH, March 19.—CATTLE— 3 | Receipts, 2000; steady to 10c lower; cows and heifers, steady to 10c lower; natives, $3 S6@ 5 25; cows and heifers, $2 25@4 40; stockers and feeders, $3 35@4 65, HOGS—Receipts, 5000; steady to 5c highe: pigs. steady: light and light mixed, §7 05@ SHEEP—Recelpts, 1300; strong to 20c higher. St. Louis Wool Market. ST. LOUIS, March 19.—Wool, quiet: medium &rades and combings, 16@16%:c; light fine, @18c; heavy fine, 10@13%c; tub washed, @29¢c. London Wool Sales. LONDON, wool auction sale to-day numbered 15,245 bales, including a full supply of merinos. The latter were in keen demand and a few fine lots were taken by American purchasers. Coarse cross-breds were decidedly firmer on French demand. American huyers secured good lines of three-quartered greasy Lincolns. 19 Northern Business. SEATTLE. March 19.—Clearings, balances, $08,602. TACO] arch balances, PORTLAN 83, $604,540; $360,011; arch 10.—Clearings, $430,197; March 19. $367,612; 19.—Clearings, i), Clearings, Northern Wheat Market. OREGON, PORTLAND, March 5. —Wheat—Walla, Walla, Tic; bluestem, S3@84c: valley, TSc. WASHINGTON TACOMA, March 19.—Wheat—Two cents lower; bluestem, 82c; club, Tic. Foreign Markets. LONDON, March_ 10.—Consols, 9114@01% stiver, 22 8-16d; French rentes, 99@H0C; cargoes on ssage, quiet and steady: Walla Walla, 29s ; English country markets, quiet but steady. LIVERPOOL, March 19.—Wheat, firm: No. 1 siandard California, 6s 9d@€s 91:d; wheat in Paris, holiday: French country markets, steady, advance 50c; weather in England, clondy. COTTON—Uplands, 5.34d. » IS LOCAL MARKETS * Exchange and Bullion. The Coptic took out a treasure list of $31,823, consisting of $1983 in Mexican dollars, $5840 In gold coin and $24,000 in silver bullion, all for Hongkong. Sixty di sterling exchange higher, and Sfiver is 1c lows Sterling Exchange, sixty days.. — $4 S48 Sterling Exchange, siglt =1eme Sterling Cables ........ SRR § - New York Exchange, sight 95 1oy New York Exchange, felegraphic — 5 Silver, per ounce .. sl i8Sy Mexican dollars, nominal - 3 @ a8i Wheat and Other Grains. WHEAT—News continues scarce, the ma Kets being quiet all over the world. Broom. hall cables that offerings of Indian Wheat for April shipment are Increasing at Liverpool. There 16 also talk that Argentine shipments will be larger than heretofore expected. Chicago was weak. With speculation small and local, Kansas City reported 225,000 bush- els worked for Mexico. "Mhere was nothing new in this market. CASH wn"fa'nh. . No. 1, 81 373 North ub, §1 4091 42 ; Milling, :ll 1 60 per mEL! Sersion 9 to 1 n' . m fi"g& s A o 120% 121% 121% 1214 2 p. m. session, Open. High. Tow. Close. e sop 190 BB hld%l 30% Asked. May e e RE 1y BARLEY- There was not much new except that o sale g00d brewing for shipment e e hporiad. e o oat 8t 1iEh and rutures were dull . CASH BARLEY. lfl: 1 161 : Brewing and Shipping ;I " Feed, §1 8 1 20; Chevaller, for seed, $1 60 F alr to_cholce. FUTURES. . Session 9 to 11:30 a. m. a 087 bid. Ww.hm 2 p, m, session, OATS—The market continues dull, weak and ite, $1 25@1 82%; Black, $1 17%@1 25: - No sales. Sales were reported on | P} March 19.—The offerings at the | Red, $1 224@1 30 for common to cholce and $1 mf‘ for ,’my: Gray, nominal. CORN—Dealers contihue to quote a dull and Jeak market, with plenty of Western stock ere. ‘Westerr. (sacked), $1 20@1 25 for Yellow, $1 20g1 25 for White and $1 15@1 20 for mix- ed; California, large Yellow, $1 40 down, £ cording io ss; small round do, $1 160: White. $1 30, Egyptian, $1 40@1 45 for White and $1 20@1 2214 for Brown. RYE—$1 10@1 15 per ct BUCKWHEAT—Nominal at §1 75G2 10 per cental. Flour and Millstuffs. FLOUR—California Family Extras, $4 409 4 65, usual terms; Bakers' Extras, $4 30@4 40: Oregon and Washington, $3 70@4 per bbl for Family and $3 7024 20 for Bakers'. MILLSTUFFS—Prices in _packages are as follows: Graham Flour, : Rye Flour, $3; Rye Me ; | §6 50; Coi , $3; extra cream do, 5; Oat Groats, $4 50;: Hominy, $3 75@4; Buck- wheat _ Flour, 25@+ 50; Cracked ' Wheat, $3 50; Farina, $4 25; Whole Wheat Flour, $3 50: Rolled Oats. barrels, $7@9: in_sacks, $6 50 50; Peari Barley, $6; Split Peas, 'boxes, 6 50; Green Peas, §5 per 100 lbs. Hay and Feedstuffs. Prices for everything remained the same. The market is absorbing Wednesday's heavy receipts of Bran and Shorts from the north, and the Hay market is In very fair shape for sellers, as will be seen in the first column. BRAN—$21G21 50 per ton, MIDDLINGS—$27@28 50 per ton. FEEDSTUFFS—Rolled Barley. $25 per ton; Oflcake Meal at the mill, $25@35 50; jobbing. 26 50: Cocoanut Cake, $21@22; Corn Meal, 1 Cracked Corn, $30 60@31 50; Mixed Feed, $15 50@10 50: Cottonseed Meal, $26 50, HAY—Wheat, $12 50@13, with sales of extra fine at $13 50@14; Wheat and Oat, $11 50@13; Red and Black Oat, $11@12 50; Barley, $10@ 11 50; Stock, $10; Alfalfa, $10@12.per ton. STRAW—40G55¢ per bale. Beans and Seeds. There s nothing new to report. Beans are qulet. Canary Seed is firm at the recent ad-! vance. BEANS—Baycs, $2 80@3: Pea, $3 50: small ‘White, $3 1. 35; large White, $3@3 25; Pink, $2 5072 75; Red, $2 75@3; Lima, $4 15@4 25 Red Kidneys, $1 50@4 70; Blackeye, $3 50G3 65 SEEDS—Brown Mustard, $3; Yellow Mus- | tard, $3; Flax, $2@2 10; Canary, 6%c for East- ern; Alfalfa,” 13@l4c: 'Rape, ~1%@216c; Tim- othy, 6c; Hemp, 3% @314c per Ib; Millet, 31,6 4c; Broom Corn Seed, $14G16 per ton. DRIED PEAS—Niles, $2 50; Green, $1 75@ 2 25 per ctlL Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables. 0l Potatoes were unchanged, and except for the best grades of table Burbanks the mar- ket was very dull. Seven sacks of new Poln-‘ toes came in and met with quick sale. Fancy ) Onions were in limited supply and firm at pre- | vious prices. Common stock continued dull. | Receipts of Ruubarb were 680 boxes, and | there were between 300 and 400 boxes carrled | over from the preceding day. There were & few ales reported early In the morning at $1 50 per box, but the market was weak during the s&reater part of the day and most of the sales were within the gquoted range. There were several hundred boxes.on hand at the close. Eighty-one boxes of Asparagus came in and sold off well at steady prices. Changes in other Vegetables were slight. Some frost-bit- | ten Peas from dLos Angeles sold below the | quotations. The Mexican Tomatoes that ar- | rived by steamer on the preceding day were | poor and in bad condition. There were no | =ales reported, and they will have to be re- | packed. A small quantity. of Green Peppers | from Los Angeles sold at 50c per pound. H The first car‘of Rhubarb to be shipped Em} this year went out yesterday from San Lor- enzo. POTATOES-—New Potatoes, 8lic per Ib; | old Burbanks from the river, 37%@50c per cti; | Oregon. do, 65@90c; River Re 30@35c per | ctl; Early Rose, for seed, $1@1 15 per ctl; Gar- net Chiles from Oregon, T5@S5c per ctl; Sweel Potatoes from Merced, jobbing at $1 65 per ctl. ONITONS—75@S0c per ctl for fage: 60c for lower grades; Green omons, | Rhubarb, 85c@$1 25 per box; Green Peas, 5@7c per 1b for Los Angeles and 7@Sc for bay; | String Beans, 12%@15c per I1b; Wax, 10@15¢ per 1b: Cabbage §1 per ctl; Hothouse Cucum- bere, $1@2 per dozen; Tomatoes from Los An- geles. $2 25@2 50 per crate; Garlle, 2@3c per | Dried sPeppers, 6@Sc per Ib errolrlnt] Squash, $25@30 per ton; Hubbard, $25; Mush- | rooms, 10@15c per I I Poultry and Game. i Recelpts of domestic Poultry were moder- ate and the market continued firm for all de- | scriptions, particularly young stock. Hens and | 0ld Roostérs, which had been dull, were firmer, | | owing to the absence of Western stock. A car of Western is expected for to-day’s market. Game was in light receipt and cleaned up read- i | 1ly. _Some kinds were higher. i | . POULTRY—Live Turkeys, 15@17c per Ib Geese, per pair. $2G3 50; Goslings, $5g2 50 | | Ducks, $5@6 per dozen for old and $6@8 for | young: Hens, $5@6; 7 50; old Roosters, $5@5 50: Fryers, $6@6 50; young Roosters, $6 50@ | Brotlers, $5 50a6 for large, $5@5 50 for small; Pigeons, §1 50@1 75 per dozen for old and $2 50 @2 75 for Squabs, GAME—Hare. $1 25@1 50 per dozen; Cotton- tail Rabbits, $1 50@1 75; Brush Rabbits, $1; | Gray Geese.'$3; White Geese, $1G1 50; Brant, | $1@l 75; Honkers, $3@4; English Snipe, $3@ | 3 50; Robins, 7c. i Butter, Cheese and Eggs. The Butter market is again showing weak- ness under heavy receipts. There is soms shipping to the morth, as already mentioned, but it is not heavy, and dealers are dis- posed to sell while prices are at their pres- ent_satisfactory level. The weakness in Cheese continues and some | dealers are quoting 1214c as the top of the market. Receipts are Jarger. Eggs remain about ‘the same. Some in- ferior ranch stock, culled in selecting, is seil- ing down to but it is hardly quotable. Good ranch Eggs are going off very well at the quotations which have ruled for some da and there is no accumulation of stock, dealers are storing what they cannot_sel Receipts werc 61,100 Ibs Butter, 2070 cases Eggs and 65,500 Ihs Cheese. BUTTER—Creamery, first hands, _24@25c per I1b: Dairy, 22@23c: store Butter, 17@20c. CHEESE—New, 1213@13c for choice mid and 12c for seconds; Young America, 13@13%¢; Eastern, 17@17%c; Western, 16%@17c per Ib. EGGS—Ranch, '14@i5c; store. 13%4@ldc; cold storage Western Eggs, nominal. Deciduous and Citrus Fruits. | | | The local demand for Oranges was nothing extra, but the large sizes of fancy Navels were in demand for shipment to Honolulu and such stock found ready sale at the premium | over the quotatious, The ordinary run of | Navels were in moderate supply and un- changed. Stocks of Seedlings were light, but | the demand was likewise and prices were easy. Standard Navels were still Welk‘!h.‘ with supplies large. There will be only one auction sale of Oranges to-day. The old company will sell six cars. The recent ar- | rivals of Mexican Limes and Pineapples moved | freely at the previously quoted prices. Lemons, | Grape Fruit and Bananas were offering freely at unchanged rates. Choice large Tangerines | found ready sale at top rates, but small offer. ings moved slowly. | Ben Davis Appies from Idaho and Oregon | were in brisk demand and cleaned up well. | The two cars that were expected did mot ar- rive, but were close at hand. Fancy Newton Pippins, Bellfiowers and Spitzenbergs from cold storage were in fair request at full fig- : ures. Offerings .of common stock were light and met with little inquiry. APPLES—66@S0c for common, $1@1 25 for | cholce and $1 50@1 75 for fancy. CITRUS FRUITS—Fancy Navel $1 75@2 25 er); cholce, Oranges, box (with some specials high- | ($1, 0L 75; standard, T5cQ81 15 Seedlin @$1 25; 'Tangerines. uarter boxes and $1G1 50 for Temons, _73cs81 for standard, and $2G2 50 for fancy: 3 2 50; Mexican Limes, $1@4 50; Bananas, 50’ per bunch for New Orleans and 1 75 for Hawailan; Pineapples, $3@+ per | cholce 1 17 1 dozen. Dried Fruits, Nuts and Rai.n'ns.. FRUITS—Apricots, 5%@Sc for Royals and | 814@13¢ for Moorparks; Evaporated Apples, 3% @5%c; sun-dried, 3@3%c; Peaches, 44@7ic; Pears, 3%4@4%c for quarters and 5@10c for balves: Nectarines, 4 6c for white; Plums, for pitted and 1@1l4c for unpitted; Figs, for black and for white. RUNES—1902 crop, 2'?.2*:: for the four sizes, with %@1%c premiuza for the large sizes. RAISINS—1902 crop are quoted as follows: 2-crown loose Muscatels, 50-1b boxes, Blic per Ib: S¥g; 4-crown, de; Seediess. ioose Muscatels, Bc: Seedless Sultanas. Oc> Seedless Thompsons, 5lec: 2-crown 1b boxes, $1 5 London Layers, 20- 40per box, 3-crown, $1 50; 4-crown fancy clusters, 20-1b boxes, $2; 5-crown Dehe- sas, 20-1b boxes, §2 50; 6-crown Imperials, 20-1b boxes, $3; , £. 0. b. Fresno, fancy, 1-lb Catons, Tc: cbolce, Tc. NUTS—Wainuts, No. 1 softshell, 12! ; o) 2 gio@lie; No. 1 bardshell, 1igilife: p: A %@i0e; e bt i c for Ne Plus Ultra ; Peanuts, 5@7c for @lic for 1 X na sa8%e for 12%c; Pecans, 11@13c: Cocoanuts, (ONEY—Comb, nrum for bright, 1lac for light amber and 10c for dark: water white extracted, ; light amber extracted, 5% 0% sk, i‘fim»-rll. The Chicago market was higher, with the | dons. packers giving it more eupport. This mar- ket was quiet and featureless. CURED MEATS—Bacon, 12%e¢ per Ib for heavy, 13c for light medium. 141@15c for light, 131:@16c for extra light, 16%@17c for susar cured and 1734@1Sc for extra sugar cured; Eastern sugar cured Hams, uao Bc; | California Hams, 13%@14c; Mess Beef, $11 508 | 12 per bbl; extra Mess, $12@12 50; Family, | l $13 50@14; prime Mess' Pork, $14 50; extra | clear, Mess, $18; Dry Salted Pork, 12%c; | Pig Pork, $28; Pigs’ Feet, $5; Smoked Beet, | 16c per 1. | LARD—Tierces quoted at 8%ec per Ib for compound and 12¢ for pure: half barrels 12%c; 10-1b tins, 12%c; 5-1b tins, 1274 tins, 18c. COTTOLENE—One half barrel, 10%4c; three half barrels, 10c; one tierce, 974¢; two tlerces, 9%c; 5 tierces, 9%c per Ib. Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. All markets under this head remain un- changed. Hops are weak and quiet, with growers more disposed to sell, Wool rules firm, and Hides are steady for dry and weak for wet salted, with good supplies of the latter description. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands seil about 1%c under quotations. Heavy Salted | Steers, 10c; medium, ¥c: light, Sige: cow | Hides, 83: for heavy and Siec for light; Stags | 7c; Salted Kip, 8%c: Salted Veal 10c: Salted | , 10%¢; dry Hides, 17c; Culls, 16c; dry | 13%ei dry Calt! loei Culle, 17@isc | Shee ins, shearlings, 25@30c each; short ootr 4 cach; ~medium, 65G90c: lons wool, 90c@S1 50 each; Horse Hides, salt, $i| for jarge and $2 50 ‘for medium, ‘$1@2 for | emall and 50c for Colts; Horse Hides, dry, | $1 75 for lng:. $1 B0 for medium, $1G1 25 for small and for Colts; Buck Skins—Dry | Mexican, 32%c; dry salted Mexican, 25¢; dry | Central American, 32ge. Angoras, 16¢; large and smooth. 80c; mediur, TALLOW—No. 1 rendered, 5%4@6c per Ib; No. 2, w grease, 3 i ‘'WOO! otations for new spring clip are as follows: San Joaquin free, 11@13c; do, de- tective, HOPS—: San Francisco Meat Market. Quotations for all descriptions remain un- changed. Beef and Mutton are firm and Hogs continue in very light receipt, with a strong market. DRESSED MEATS. Wholesale rates from slaughterers to dealers are as follows BEEF—7@Sc for Steers and 6%@T7c per b tor_Cows. VEAL—Large, 8%@9c; small, 9310c per ib. MUTTON—Wethers, 11@11%¢: Ewes, 10%8 11c per b, lbLAMFSprlng_ 13@15¢c; yearlings, 12%4e per | PORK—Dressed Hogs, 9@1llc per Ib. LIVESTOCK MARKET. The following quotations are for good, sound Livestock. delivered in San Francisco, less 50 per cent shrinkage for Cattle: CATTLE—Steers, §14@fc: Cows and Hetfers, T14c: thin Cows, 4 Ty 1b. CAL S—4@0%c per Ib (gross weight). SHEEP—Wethers, 44@4%¢; per 1b (gross weight). LAMBS—Yearlings, Sc per Ib. - H@GS—Live Hogs, 160 Ibs and up, T4 @T%c; | under 160 Ibs, ‘%me; Feeders, m‘gfl%c, | Sows, 20 per cent off; Hoars, 50 per cent off. and Stags, 40 per cent off from above quota General Merchandise. | Contra Costa 62 621 Port Costa.. 84 66 Goat Skins—Prime | | WATER STOCKS, Marin Co.... 65 Spring Val.. 86% 87 GAS AND ELECTRIC. Cent L & P. 3% Eqt G L Co. 4 Mutual E L — 0GL&H — Pac G Imp. 30% 40 Pac L Co.. 56% 38 | TRUSTEES" CERTIFICATES. SF G & E 5% 38 INSURANCE. Firem’'s Fnd.310 5 BANKS. Am Nationl125 — Lon P & A.163 Anglo-Cal .. 99 1024 Mer Tr Co..30 Bank of Cal.499 — Merch Ex .. 54 8 F Nationl. — Cal Safe Dp.137'% — First Nationl — SAVIN Ger 8 & L2125 Humboldt . STREET RAILROADS. 196 20214 Presidio 3 POWDER. 6 — |Vigorit ..... 3 3 SUGAR. 414 4% Kilauea 47 4875 | Makawell Honokaa 14% 15 [Onomea Hutchinson . 161, 16% [Paauhau MISCELLANEOUS. Alaska Pack.151% — (Oceanic § Co 14 15 Cal Fruit Co. 92 — (Pac A F A - Cal Wine As.105 108 (Pac C Borx. 160 — Morning Session. Board— 65 Alacka Packers' Ass'n . -151 8 $1000 Hawatian C & S Co 5s L9 § Giant Powder Con s 90. . 67 00 25 Makawell ..... . LT 10 Paauhau § P Co. . 1828 25 S F Gas & Elec Co. Street— $1800 U S 3a (coup). 108 00 Afternoo Board— 63 Alaska Packe: a3 18 30 Contra Costa W 10 Contra Costa Water . $1000 Hawatian S & P Co bs.. 10 Honokaa Co . $4000 Northern Ry 10 Oceanic S S 5 Oceanic § S Co 85 Pacific Gas Imp 50 8§ F Gas & Elec Co. 108 F Gas & Elee Co. 20 8 V Water ca 58 V Water .. Board— $2000 N P C R R & )0 Oakland Tram 5000 Pacific Ele CALIFORNIA STOCK AND OIL EXCHANGE, City and County Bank . Cypress Lawn Imp Co . o0 o 50 W BAGS—Grain Bags, 0%@6c for June-July delivery; San Quentin, 5.55c; Wool Bags, 32@ | 35¢; Fleece Twine, T%@Sc. COAL—Wellington, $S per ton; Southfield Wellington, $5; Seattle, $6 5 Bryant, $6 50; Rosiyn, $7; Coos Bay, $5 50; Greta, $7; Walis- end, $6 50; Co-operative Wallsend, $6 50: Rich- | §7 50; Cumberland, $12 'in buik and $13 25 in sacks; Welsh Anthracite Egg, $13; | Welsh Lump, $11 50; Cannel, $8 50 per ton: Scotch_Splint, $7 30; Coke. $15 per ton In bulk and $17 in_sacks; Rocky Mountain descriptions, $8 45 per 2000 Ibs and $S 50 per tom, according to brand. OIL—Linseed, 5Cc for bolled and G4c for raw in barrels; cases, 5¢ more; California Castor Oil, in cases, No. 1, 70c; pure, §1 18; Lucol, 50c | for bolled and 48c for raw in barrels; Lard Oll, ot {#Xtra winter strained, barrels. §1: cases. $1 05 | VEGETABLES _Asparagus, 10@15¢ per_Ib: | i bareln” 100 categ Borr spomnt poasioot | Whale Otl, natural White, 50@53c per galion: | Fish O, in barrels, 45c; cases. 50c; Cocoanut Oil, in barrels, 63%c for Ceylon and 583c for | Australia, " | COAL OIL—Water White Coal Oil, fn bulk, | 10cs Pearl Ofl, in cases, 221jc; Astral, 2214c; Star, 22%c: Extra Star. 25%c: Elaine, 27ic: Eocene, 24i4c; deodorized Stove Gasoline, in bulk, 17¢; in cases, 28i4¢; do, 72 degrees, in | bulk, 18iic; In cases, 25c; {Benzine, in bulk, | 16c; In cases, 22 $6-degree Gasoline, in | bulk, 2tc; in cases, 37%4e. TURPENTINE—38c per gallon In cases and 82 in drums and iron_barrels. D WHITE LEAD-Red Lead, 6@ i White Lead, 6@6%c, according to —The Western Sugar Refining Com- pany quotes as follows, per Ib, In 100-lb bags: Cubes, A Crushed and Fine Crushed, 5.25¢; powdered, 5.10c; Candy Granulated, 5.10c; Dry Granulated, fine, b5c; Granulated, coarse, Be: Fruit Granulated, Sc; Beet Granulated (100-1b bags only), 4.90c;: Confectioners’ A, be: Magnolia A, 4.60c; Extra C, 4.50c; Golden C, 4.40c; “'D,” 4.30c; barrels, 10c more; half-bar- rels, 25c more; boxes, 50c more; 50-1b bags, 10c more for all kinds. Tablets—Half-barrels, | 5.50c; boxes, 5.75c per 1b. No orders taken for less than 75 barrels or its equivalent, chei;ts of Produce. FOR THU Flour, qr sks DAY, MARCH 19. . 12,147| Hay, tons Wheat, ctls 70| Wool, bales | Barley, ctls .... 5,360 Screenings, sks i Corn, ctls 140 Lime, Wls . | Rye, ctis . 1,270/ Hides, No. 285 Corn Meal (East) | Leather, roois . 56 ctls. 1,216 Brandy, gals .. 1,000 Beans, 16| Chicory, bbls 50 | Potatoes, sks... 635 Wine, gals .... 61,450 | Onions, sks 16 Tallow, ctls . 2 | Bran, 'sk: 1 1315 Peits, ‘bdls . 120 | Midaiing: 280 Quicksilver, fiks 7 | WASHINGTO! Flour, qr sks... 200 Bran, sks ...... 1,018 | Potatoes, sks 830 5 —_— * —— STOCK MARKET. - * Local securities were very dull on the morn- ing session and quotations showed no change worthy of note. Thers was more activity in the oil stocks at about previous prices. In the afternoon the gas stocks were firm, with Pacific Gas selling up to $39 25 and Gas and Electric to $57 62!3. Spring Valley Water sold up to $87. The Merchants’ Exchange Bank of San Fran- clsco, in liquidation, has declared a dividend of $6 per share, payable March 23. Including this dividend $08 per share will have been re- | turned to the stockholders om the original | shares of $100 par value each. The Sferra | | Lumber Company, an asset of the Merchants' | Exchange Bank, has declared a dividend of | $1 10 per share, payable March 23. The stock- | holders of the Merchants' Exchange Bank have | voted to diminish the capital stock from fts present amount of $5,000,000, divided into | 50.000 shares of the par valus of $100 per | share. to $33,015, divided into 13,208 shares of he par value of $2 50 per share. This is one of the proceedings in the matter of winding up the affairs of the institution. The stock. | holders of the Sierra Lumber Company hav voted to diminish the cupital stock from its present amount of _$10,000,000,, divided into | 00,000 shares of the par valué of $100 per | are, to $250.000, divided into 100,000 shares | of the par vaiue of $2 50 per share. Oakland s, Light and Heat mpany pald on the 16th sem!-annual interest to the amount | ¢ $25,000 on its 5 per cent bonds of 1916. { The Stock and Bond Exchange b the application of the Los Angeles Electric | Company for the listing of $500,000 of the | company's first mortgage 5 per cent bonds, due | January 1, 1928, and secured by a trust mort- | age to the Union Trust Company on all the | property owned by the company. The Los An- | geles Lighting Comipany guarantees payment of the bonds and interest. Coupons are pay- | able semi-annually on January 1 and July 1. The Pacific Coast Borax Company will pay the_usual monthly dividend of $1 per share on March 29. . STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE. THURSDAY, March 192 p. m. UNITED STATES BONDS. Bid. Asked. 4s qr cnup..llfl‘!‘.llot 4s 4s ar reg ..108131001 35 qr coup..108 108 MISCELLANEOUS BONDS, et o >?S’:E;=S’o | 2 107 T ID“ Ew?? N R on RVAOY FOFRq D22ALLZ fzLeteh } ok g Stocks— Bd. Asked. Abby Land & Improvement.. 1 10 1 25 Alameda Sugar L2100 35 o0 American Biscnit . e 5 00 ‘American District Tel e 10 00 Bay Counties Power .. LT 90 00 Cal Central Gas & Elec.... §5 00 30 00 Cal Cotton Mills . 80 00 ive al Jockey Club . b 110 00 “al Powder . > s al Shipping Co. . 35 00 Cal Title Ins & Trust ‘130 Y Central Bank of Oakland.... 85 8000 Chutes Company - @ 9 00 L] Eastern Dynamite ... Ewa Sugar Plantation . Four Oil . Gas Consumers’ Hanford Oil . Home Ol s Honolulu Sugar . Imperial Oil ... Kern Ol ..... London and § F B Monte Cristo Ofl Mercantile Trust N vn Cal Pow ational Bank Assn North Shore Railroad - e Oil City Petroleum US| Orpheum Company . 15 00 Peerless Ofl .... . 15 50 Pacific States Tel & Tel. Paraffine Pamt 30 00 Postal Device & Imp . Reed Crude Oil S F Drydock San Joaquin Off . Sausalito Land & Ferry. Sperry Flour Company ..... 22 00 Standard Electric . ik 20 00 Sterling Ofl . L 230 3 40 Thirty-three Ol . C 900 9 3715 Twenty-éight Oil L 380 3 60 Truckee Electric D14 50 15 00 Union Ofl -.... - 68 00 Union Sugar . . 20 00 United Petroleum . 118 % United Gas & Electric Western Fish Co West Shore Ol SALES. Morning Session. Board— 11000 Independence OfI .. 7900 Ofl City Petroleum . 2060 Ofl City Petroleum, 40 Imperial Ofl . 100 Twenty-eight Of 100 Twenty-eight Oil, 1000 Superior Oil, b 30. 50 Chutes Co. Street— 9000 Oil City Petroleum. 1000 Oil City Petroleum, s 30. 200 Twenty-eight Oil, b 60. Afterncon Session. Board— ' 200 S F & McKittriek, Ofl 1000 Sovereign Ofl . 2000 Oil City Petroleum, b 30. 560 Oil City Petroleum . 150 Twenty-eight Ofl . 100 Semator Ofl 15 Peerless Oil 50 Equitable Gi MINING STOCKS. Following wars the sales on the San Fran- clseo Stock and Exchange Board yesterday: Morning Session. ® 0l 13 82 31 o 40 50 o 50 n 31 45 500 Andes . 4 500 Hale & Nor.. 4 200 Challeng 300 Kentuck 04 100 Caledonia 100 Mexican ....1 55 100 Chollar 3| 100 Oceldental ... 4 600 Chollar 500 Stiver HNI .. 65 1100 Chollar 500 Utah 2% 700 Con N Y. 300 Utan F) 200 Gould 500 Andes . @ 200 Belcher E 100 Caledont 0 200 Justice 34 100 Occident: 83 100 Occidental 32 100 Ophir 5 100 Overman The following ware the sales on the Pacifio Stock Exchange yesterda: Morning Sesston. 500 Chollar . 45 58 300 Choliar : 48 57 200 C C & Va...2 121 200 Savage . £ 300 Gould & Cur. 41| 100 Union Con.i 22} 100 Mexican . 3 ...1 52% | 300 Utah ..... 100 Oceidental 4 Afternoon Seselon. 400 Belcher . 62| 200 Gould & Cur. 400 Bullion . 08 300 Just - 200 Caledonia .2 50! 300 Justice . 200 Caiedonia .2 4! 300 Overman . 300 Chollar 245 300 Bavage . 700 Chollar 44} 100 Silver HiIll . 1210/ 400 Union Con. .1 04 200 Union Con . 42| 300 ¥ Jacket. 200 C C & Va 500 Con Imperiai. 300 Crown Point. CLOSING QUOTATIONS, BId. Askc. | . 08 08Tulla ... 07 09| Justice . 23 24| Kentuck Belch.2 30 Idental a . 08 10| Ophir . '2 40 2 45| Overman . 60 61| Potosi . L2056 2 10 Seg 04 05 Sierra Neva 10| Sitver Hill 42 St Louis Cori_Imperial. Con New York 08 .Crown Point.. 40 Fureka Con . da . - Riparian Suit Argued. The riparian rights suit of John Ander- | son and others against Henry Bassman il and others was argued yesterday in the United States Circuit Court before United States Circuit Judge Morrow. D. W. Vir- gin spoke for the complainants and Rich- ard 8. Miner for the defendants. The ar- gument will be resumed this morning. The complainants reside in Douglas County, Nevada, and the defendants in Alpine County, California. The complain- ants ask for a judgment of the court de- claring them the owners of a certain quun- 4ity of the waters of the west fork of the Carson River by prior appropriation, and that the defendants be enjoined from di- verting or obstructing the flow of the waters of the river. ——————— Petitions in Insolvency. Petitions in insolvency were filed in the United States District Court yesterday as follows: F. L. Quinn, paiuter, San Francisco, labilities $2086, no assets; John Fitzgerald, mechanic, San Francisce, Ha- bilities $799 81, no assets.