The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 4, 1903, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1908, SUMMARY OF THE MARKET. k clearings show the usual gain. stocks dull and not materially changed.- al gas stocks continue to improve in this market. ; Exchange unchanged. s another fractional advance. yuotations here or in the East. and Eggs quiet at previous prices. wtinue dull and featureless. m higher, with large stock scarce. d weakening up north. ms and Vegetables plentiful. or cuts down the'demand for Poultry and Game. in good supply and fair demand. | ©f the condition of the crop, but the cornered | condition of the staple leaves little room for Just inferences of crop conditions from the price movement. The fimprovement in the condition of the crop since the last report was rooeived with satisfaction Neither this influence 4 anything but prices The bank statement was without appreciable influence, ait Fourth of July Holidays. ges of the country being there were but few Quota- the New York stock mar- business anywhere in nor any other a trivial movement of PR Bank S C ugh the showing was a weak Clearings. The increase in the loan averages of 4 300 was moderate, In view of the heavy operations of the tu o e fisc: = ety apk clearings during the past Week | tho decrease of §4,5 uf:éhgu:lr.‘ra:finfi' :’:: " showed' s gairt of $5,050.433 over the corre- |a disappointment. OFf this §5,012,000 went to & week of last r, being $28.450,858, | the Sub-Treasury, the operations of that in- 22,461,425 in 19 stitution having fafled to reflect the Govern- A et ment interest disburse: ernal Revenue Collections nts until to-day, se of § been large ship- , Cincinnat: g the wek features in the markel Hocking Valley was ex- by the oificial announcement of the of 105 for the pooled common stock, a majority of issue, with no pi vision made for the minority stockholders. The majority stockhoiders at one time cherlshed the hove of a guarantee of 413 or 5 per ce dividends. The announcement of an ad ced rate charges was folowed by a fall it had & debt at the Clearing- it aring There are said f mone: ‘ecHections of internal in san The "rancisco’ Auring the month of June were as revenue lows { expre; of 3 points in United States Expre: Demand for remittance by to-mOrrow’s steamers advanced the rate of sterling ex- d figures of the week's exports of oW a decrease of seyeral hundred bushels. The dull, sagging move- ment of the early part of the day gave place : a hardening tendency at the last - and : e I e 1 oL o Juns | Prought the ievel of prices for the principal - a fraction above last night and the ciosing was fi he bond market was dull and 1 sales, par wglue, $1,900,000. There was some SUITing of epeculative in- terest in stocks -early in the week which hopes of an awakening market for , but proved unfounded, and the level S0 were $1 085, against $1,413,016 during e sam< weriod last year. irregular. Weather Report. h Meridian—Pacific Time.) ck. When the price advanced on Monday the whole market was benefited It was con- sidered of the best augury for the money mar- veiop o Wwho bought stocks efirly in expectation of it have afain withdrawn from the market. Whatever may be the cause of the apathetic | market for stocks, it is evident that it is not removed by -the passage of the semi-annual settlements and the completion of Penn: 4 stock subscriptions as was hoped. It Is robable that the present easy condition of the money market has not entirely relieved ap- prehension that the autumn requirements will demand all the resources available. CAST. over the Pacific slope rn Washington, where | en over the Western | and risen over the remainder | shows loans and discounts of all the national here has also been a | banks on June 9 to be $193,186,119 larger rature throughout Ne- | than on July 16 last year. In the same per- Washingeon and Idahe. iod specific holdings by the banks have fallen g gk the vicinity | Off $16,147.590 and legal tenders $1,261,463, » Saturday and warmer in the | The percentage of legal reserves on June § was 2208 as against 2233 per cent on July | > Frn‘nclsco for thirty a—Fair Saturday; cooler t and warmer in the in- nd ir Saturday; warmer; last year. The Treasury Department's statement of money In circulation in the coun- try exclusive of holdings In the Treasury on July 1 shows an increase of $129,378,852 since July 1 of last year. The decrease for the same period in the cash reserves of the banks | argues an extraordinary growth in the de- mands of the circulation and is a convincing warmer Saturday. d vichlty raay; | cVidgpce of the high activity of business. But Brisk weet winds in the otearnearurdey; | i des nog indicate an Amprovement in the R I e - banking situation. The conclusion is drawn that the banks have had to take over enormous loans from foreign lenders to whom they have been paid durnig the prolonged period of liqui- dation in the securities market. The appoint- ment of & receiver for the United States Ship- building Company and the developments In the . | courts regarding that organization and the Temporarily in Charge. ruit.and W eather Bulletin. or £he twenty-four hours ending 5 p. m.. fth_meria San Francisco, July 3 minor industrial combi; deep impression throughdut the financial world and have awakened a spirit of dlstrust against the whole of that class of securitiems The iron market is closely scanned for indications of the basis for the coming year's business and for light on its volume. A good impression is caused by reports of large orders placed for steel rafls and the sudden,marking up of United States Steel preferred on Tuesday was regarded hopefully as a possible heralding of a demand for securities of this class. The price to which this stock was lifted is that at which subgcriptions were offered to the em- ployes of the corporation and its halt at that point caused a surmise that it was sought to establish this level to relieve possible dissatis- faction among holders in the ranks of em- ployes. The very large earnings shown' by the anthracite coal carriers for May gave them @ firm tone in the market and made them fa- vorites in the abortive upward movement. Net earnings for May in other territory refiected such large encroachments by operating ex- penses as to deprive them of stimulating in- wupny wnaru | g IPAIPUNY_pun ETATIONS. samymasdmay, uy up “oveneeripma 30 Koot than usuaily subject to hazards of frost. The doubt over the outcome of the crops and the - WEATHER AND CROP CONDITION unsettled labor conditions 2 the svound for . Rel - Bt i | Nuence upon prices. The stock market Is keen- -~ Riverside- | 1y attentive to the crop news, as a matter of Sarramentd | course, The highty speculative conditions in Ban Diegd | the cereal and cotton markets make the de- “Ban Francisco. | ductions to be drawn from price movements Sax Jose- .. B | unusually confusing. The existence of & cot- S::L.. Obispo 50 | ton corner is a cause of uneasiness over a ta’ Maria .. 82 50 | possible speculative collapse. Any good effect Senfa Rosa 0 e | of tavorable reports of the corn crop is met by st :-l’. :‘:' f‘]' the probability that its final stages will be more v 5 7 { | | . - Hauford—Fine outlook for grapes and | @0 appreciable spirit of skepticlsm over the peaifies; prunes fair; pears poor. | tuture, which helps to keep the demand for se- Faverside General Meeting citrus growers | curities at a low level. “t y, to. discuss black scale problem. The investment demand for bonds, usual at 2 fister—Hot weather ripening the fruit | the periods-of disbursement of dividends and interest, has been present in only moderate degree. ' The point is made that labor troubles | have resulted in large withdrawals of savings | banks deposits and diminished the demand | from those Institutions for investment. United States 2= coupon, the 3s registered Livermore—Barley threshing beginning Goluse . North wind yesterday Gid much | and the s advanced % per cent and the oid 4a lumage ‘to wheat barley apricots and pears. | 1 per cent as com) with the closing call King City—Grain along coast will soon be | of last week. ready for rvest, Stockton—Receni heavy winds have done NEW YORK STOCK LIST. great dwmage to peach and pear crop. | Stocks— Low. Close. . ta Rosa—Crop threatened by morth wihd, | Atchison ... 671 6T% < Napa—Little damage to fruit by morth wind | Atchison pfd. 2% 924 “ioverdale— Almonds filled out well Baltimore & Ohlo. . 85% 86 B GEORGE H. WILLSON, | Bait & Ohio pfd. sane 9 . -7 Section Director. | Canadian Pacific. .. 123% 124 B \ Central of N J.... £sos Cherapeake & Ohio. 8% 413 ~. 3 r “hicago & Alton... EASTERN MARKETS. | |ch e oo &Y 6 —— e & | Chicago Great West 1 10 *e 3] 7 Citcsgo & W 6 o - “hicago N . " New.York Stock Market. it “Term & Trane. i - ::h"n[u z : T pl‘d 4 YEW YORK, July 3.—Many members of the | ©- ©. : Bt_Louls o . Stosk Exohange who had petitioned the board | Colorado Southern, 173% of goyernors to make to-day & holiday ignorea | C010 Bolth lat pfd o8 the sesion and went out of town. ang- | Dolo South 38 ped. . 27% ful .of members who attended the session | Delaware & Hudson 118% ctrgded wmong (hemselves almost exclusively | Dela. Lack & West 262 @ there was scarcely an echo of the outside | Denver & Rio G. 28 world in tMe board room. As a consequence | Den & Rio G pfd. 1 to-gay's dealings fell below 200,000 shares 1o | Erie . a8 2 mew low jevel of activity for the year, The | Erie lst - 6T fhet that the grain and provielon markets were 6% increased the apathy 170 T, b me progress of crops. Whatever speculative interest 1334 wa% diverted from the field seemed to go Into 27 the cotton market, which divides with it at 16 present the chief ‘sprculative interest. There 23 was feverish activity in the cotton market over 43 the publicetion of the Government's 1 in the stock mar- | SAN FRANCISC, July 3—5 p. m. fell away to the low level again - -~ > > = | week, with a sagging teddency of COAST RECORD, to ‘the almost total lack of D increased animation with = ] = | the market started off on Monday was largely £ 35 83 =& due to the good impression caused by the out- H e I8 the Pennsylvania etock sub- g s s K, It was feared that some z §5s58 &~ | ort__had been given the | H 328 H k during the subscription perfod and that e : 3 | with the closed subscription and this support £ < hdrawn there would be a further fall in the 00| ket also that this great operation had been 00 | carried through with scarcely a ripple. With 00190 per cent of the subscrivtions paid in full, 00| instead of only the 50 per cent installment of 01 bscriptions calied for, the requirement -00 | upon the money market amounted to $81,000 00| 000. The fact that eo strong a proportion 00 | the subscribers availed themselves of the | --. | privilege of deferred payments was regarded 00 ' as @ striking evidence of unexpected resources 00 in the money market. The official assurances Tr. | given that the Pennsylvania's $40,000,000 loan | 00 | would be repald at maturity in the second and 00 | third weeks of July instead of belng extended o lege promised further relief 00 situation. The action of the 00 | rket over the turn of the fiscal year 200 | fafled to devclop any signs of a squeeze. So )0 | far as the fears of a squeeze In money had G of stocks frotn coming into ent seemed removed. But | 200 ks has failed to de The con- | Oregon and Washington and risen | tinued high level of bank loans after the ex- t of the Rocky Mountains tensive liquidation which has occurred makes erature has falien in the vicinity |a deep impression. The Comptroller's report | plans for the reorganization of some of the | tions have caused a | ? 7 7 Fall River 74198 ... 153 Little Rock 88154 188 Knoxville 1,089,830 Macon g 538,000 Wilkesbarre ..... 1,008,920 Akron . 738,100 Springeld, 819,711 Wheeling, W. V 651,222 Wichita . 733,462 Youngstown 784,081 Helena . 728,717 Lexington 408,074 Chattanooga. . 722,717 424354 alamazoo ...... i Manhattan L...... 400 137 136% 136% | Fargo N. D. 408214 Metropolitan St Ry 400 123 122 122 | Canton, O. 552,000 Minn & St Louls.. S e Jacksonvilie. 346,427 Missour! Pacific. ... Greensburg, pery | Mis, Kan & Texas. Rockford, TII 413,571 | M K & T pd.... pringfield, O. 407,776 | Nt1 R R of Mexico. Binghamton 317900 Ntl RR of Mex prd. Chester. Pa. 628,084 New York Central. Bloomington, 371,454 | Norfolk & Western Quiney TIL . 338,248 Nor & West ptd.. Soux Falls, 'S D. 215,784 Ontario & Western .‘Y‘lk-nemi'flo. o “Iggm Pennsylvania . Jacksonville, 197,05 P, C, C & St L. mont, Nebr. i Reading ..... S*Utiea Z.E%.flll Reading 1st ptd s*Decatur, Tii ... 2,700,960 Reading 2d pfd.... ***Houston 12,927,555 | Rock Isiand Co.... ssGalveston . 6,760 do Rock Island Co pfd Charleston 890945 SL&ST int il Totals, U, S.. ¥2.430,511,35 St 3 K 3 3 3 185 SLAS T2 Outside N. Y.. 916,977,636 |8t Lonis 8 W..,.. Il c,\‘:z_[.\g.w e | St Louls 8 W prd. 100 | Montreal g .5 |8t Paul.......000 6420 % | Toronto 12863294 1.9 St Pi | Winnt; 3887541 290.7 | St Paul pfd peg 4 Southern Pacific. .. Halifax - 1521154 6.5 | Southern Rafiway. . Ottawa . 58 16.4 | Southern Ry prd. Vaneouver, B C k. Texas & Pacific Quebec T. St L & W | Hamiiton ", L& W pt 1 | 8t Jobn, N'B on Pacific. . R1% R0y St | Vietoria. B.°C. Union Pacific p s8% se% g8 | **London ... Waba B 241, o [Wabash pid; 1 Sog 3% Zy HE| Totals Camada. $2700.38 7.9 | Wheel & Lake Erle ..... 2aip savein e | DO - i e e 100 42 42 42% | Nt included In totals because containing | Express Companies— Adams ... 5 merican Uniteq_States | Wells-Fargo . Miscellaneous— !Amll Copper . 9.300 |AmCar & F ...... 500 | Am Car & F pfd.. 100 Am Lin Ofl .. % Am Lin Ofl pfd | Am Locomotive | Am Locomo pfd.. Am S & Refin . . Refin ptd. 180 | Am Sugar Refin... 1,500 Ana Mining Co 100 Bkiyn Rapid 7,690 Colo Fuel & Col & Hock Consolidated | Generai Electric | Interna Paper .. . Inter Paper pfd... Interna Pump .... Interna Pump pfd. National Biscuit .. National Lead . North American Pacific Mail People’s Gas | Presseq S Car Pressed § Car pfd. 250 | Pullman Pal Car. 235 | Republic Steel 100 Republic Steel pfd. 165 Rubber Goods .... ..... | Rubber Goods pfd. 200 Tenn Coal & Iron. 200 U S Leather .. 700 U S Leather pfd. 600 { U S Rubber . U S Rubber pfd | U 8 Steel ... U S Steel pfd.. Western Union 8413 Total shares ....166,100 NITED RAILROADS OF | ([ NEW | san Fra SAN FRANCISCO. YORK, July 3.—United Railroads of ncisco bond transactions: 30,000 at 77. | LONDON CLOSING STOCKS. 92% Norfolk & Wes 92 9-18 Nor & W pid. . 4% |Ontario & W 6912 Penneyivania | Cons for money.. | Cons for acct. | Anaconda Atchison .. ‘Atchison ‘pfa.. ... 95i | Reading ... i L::ll & Ohio. UT*&I‘(QMM. 1st pf Canadian Pacific.126% | Reading 2d pfd Ches & Ohio. 49, |Southern Rallway. Chgo G Westn.... 19% Southern Ry pfd.. 90 C M & St P.... 8413|Southern Pacific.. 008 | Det & Rio Gr..". 26K/ Unton Pacific. ... s3% D&R prd. - 854 |Union Pac pf 901y > U 8 Steel. 307 Erie 1st ptd. U B Steel 83 2d pra Wabash 241 1liinois C Wabash pta . Ay Louls & Nash. 14(De Beers L 204 s ‘ex. 21%|Rands .. : | N"Y Central.....131 * il Bar silver, firm, 24 134@2 per cent | open market fox | for three mont! 7-16d per ounce. Money, y.“r’fu’.?n‘“n"'zfl"°°""‘ in the 01 s 1s 214 per cent, and bilis 2},@2% per cent. Ax:ociaged Banks’ Statement. | NEW YORK, July 3.—The stateme: | averages of the Clearing-house banks of thie city for the five business days of this week shows: Loans, $917,444.200; increase, $3,907.- 300. Deposits,’ $903,502,000; increase, $17: Circulation, $43,909.100: decrease, = $17 Legal tenders $75,048,800; decrease. Specle. _$159,302%00; decrease, $4,467.900. R serve, $234.350,900: decrease, $4,502,900. R. serve required, $225,073,225. " Increase, $43,275. Burplus, $8377,675; decrease, $4.546,175. Ex- United States 'deposit, $17,693,475; decrease, #4,536,050 o Financier says: The officlal statement of the New York associated banks last week was surprisingly unfavorable. for though a | loss of cash was expected. the decrease was | much larger than was anticipated. The other notable feature was the change in deposits, which falled to reflect the net amount result: ing from the loss of cash and the increase in loans. The statement showed a decrease of $4.502,900 in cash, of which $4,467,800 con- sisted of specle. "The required reserve was augmented $43,275 through an increase of $173,100 in deposits. Adding the Increased re- | serve in the requirement to the $4,502,900 loss | of cash makes $4.546,175 as the decrease in | surplus reserve, which item now stands at $8,- 837,675. Calculated on the basis of deposits less those of $37,263.200 of public funds, the surplus reserve i $17,003,475. The loans were increased $3,007,300 as the result of loaning | early in the week of funds deposited in an- ticipation of the payment of dividends. The loss of $4.502,000 cash and the increase of $3.007,300 in loans called for a reduction of $505,600 in deposits. whereas above noted these were increased $173,100; therefore, the state- ment was technically out of proof. The cir- culation decreased $i79,500. The loans of the banks were in excess of deposits by $13,551, 300: in the previous week this excess was $10,027,100. The dally average of clearings last week $274,000,000, " against $188,- 000,000 in this week ending June 27; the in- crease was due to the operations incident to | the semi-annual settlements. The condition e- = doubtless better at the end of the week than was shown by the statement, for the dis- burseints by the Sub-Treasury for interest were vy “on Friday. Comparisons of changes in’ the items of loans show a net in- crease by six banks of $1,700,000; one institu- tion increased this item 'by $4,500,000. The changes in apecie shaw a net loss of $2.700,- . One bank made the surprising gain of $6,900,000. Bank Clearings. B | of the banks as regards cash reserve was | other items than clearings. New York Grain and Produce. NEW_YORK_ July 3.—HOPS—Dull, HIDES—Steady. WOOL—Firm, PETROLEUM—Steady. DRIED FRUITS. ORATED APPLES—The auret M bat atiractive, frut is held s in some instances prices above qum/n(lmu are asked. Common are quoted 4@5'ec; prime, Blge: choice, 6c; fancy, 66@Tiac. PRUNES—Spot pruncs continue in fair de- mand and* are about :‘; steady prices, ranging T r all les. froAn;l?b.ifié‘ngfiP—Aflrsgl a moderate l?}fis )11nd | rule steady. wl(h,r{\;flce quoted at 7%@S%c and fancy at 10@12%c. CHES—Are without special feature, be- ins Fairly ateady at 1@7%c for choice and_ab 8@10%c for fancy. New York Metal Market. ly 3.—Copper declined about } apot closing at £56 78 llfl s at £56. . Lacally copper was qu and e ged, with lake and _electrolytic Quoted at $14 26@14 60 and casting at $14. "Pin dectined 2 6d on spot in London, closing there at £126 17s 64 for that dellv while futures were unchaned at £123 17s &d. I local market was quiet at $27 ST%@G28 1244, Lead declined 12 34 in London to ]::2!; 135 94. - lead was unchanged af : msc;:fier was unchanged in London at 9‘20 be, and was unchanged here at $6 12%@0 25 Tron closed at 62s 3d In Glasgow and at is 6d in Middlesboro. Locally lron was quiet an Uhchanged. No. 1 foundry Northern was Quoted at $10 50920: No. 2 foundry Northern, 915 '50@19: No. 1 foundry Southern and No. | foundry Southern soft, $19@19 50. Imports at New York. —Total importatione of Yew rehandise and dry goods at the port of Ne Fork for this week were valued at $9.5; 310, o ta of specle a A T e week were $77,740 ailver and $149.- 110 gold. Total exports of specie from the port Bt New York for this week were $3000 gold and $462,245 stlver. New York Cotton Market. JEW YORK, July 8.—The cotton market | opaned stealy at ‘a decline of 11 points to an | advance of 2 points and closed barely steady | net 16 to 28 points lower. N Eastern Livestock Market. CHICAGO. CHICAGO, July 3.—CATTLE — Recelpts, 2000. Very slow. Good to prime steers, $4 00 @b 30: poor to medium, $4@4 75; stockers and feeders, $2 T5@4 00; cows, $1 50@4; helfers, $2G4 60; canners, $1 50@2 75; bulls, $2@4; calves. $2 25@6; Texas fed steers, $3 40. HOGS—Receipts to-day, 16,000; Monday, 30,- 000; left over, 2000; 10@15¢ lower, closing dull. Mixed and butchers, $5 75@5 85; good to choice heavy, $0 65@5 7i rough heavy, $5 40@5 60; | light, '$6 705 90: bulk of sales, $5 65@5 80. | 'SHEEP—Receipts, 5000, Sheep, slow; lambs, | slow. “Good to cholce wethers, $3 T5@+ 25; falr | to choice mixed, $3@3 ‘Western sheep, $2 50 @4 15; native lambs, $4@6 25. Northern Wheat Market. WASHINGTON, TACOMA, July 3. — Wheat — Unchanged, Bluestem, 82¢; Club, 7c. —_— & | LOCAL MARKETS., | L e NOTE.—The Grain Exchange having ad- jouPned over the Fourth there are no quota- tions for grain, millstuffs, etc. NEW YORK, Jul £1 in London, wit NEW YORK, July 3 Exchange and Bullion. | sterling Exchange, sixty days.. — $4 85% | Sterling Exchange, sight — a8 | Sterling Exchange, cabl Zia® New York Exchange, sight = 0235 New York Exchange,telegraphic — 23 Silver, per ounce . b 53 Mexican Dollars, nominal .... — 41 Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables. Some of the river boats arrived late and the Potato market was slenderly supplied in the early morning and continued firm. An easier feeling prevailed later in the day as the be- lated boats brought heavy supplies and dealers were anxious to cles up before the holidays. Old Burbanks were steady and ~unchanged. Onions_continued easy with supplies plentiful, Vege=bles arrived freely and prices of several | descriptions were lower under heavy receipts, Asparagus and Summer Squash cleaned up weli | And were the only firm articles on the list. | Tomatoes in large open boxes were steady in | the morning, but the late boats from the river | brought heavy supplies and prices receded until $1°56 per box was the ruling price. Tomatoes in small boxes from Vacaville and elsewhere dragged at easy rates. Green Peppers, Okra and Exg Plant were in tree supply and ‘easler. Po'rA;m%soTNa;". '}z )5]01](. ;m-dc;lx % White. §1 or” Early Rose an 140 for Garnet Chiles; old Burbanks from Oregon, $1 50@1 75 per ctl. ONIONS—Red, 35@40c per sack; Silverskins, Se ver ctl. NEW YORK. July 3.—The foll 'GETABLES—Green Corn, T 1 25 per complled by nna.‘a'r:et_ shows the‘y:l‘:{ 3:}':: sack; crates from Alameda, ;1“7%2; from ings at the gflndp‘l cities for the week ended | Antloch, 76c@$1: Alrll'll\l 2 25@2 50 per July 2. with the percentage of Increase and box for extra fanc 1 75@2 for No. 1 and $1 decrease as compared with the corresponding | @1 25 for No. 2: Green Feas, 24@dc per 1b; Week last year: String Beans, 3@5c per Ib; Wax, 3@be; Toma- Percentage. | toes, Sc 6F small boxes and $1 50 for Cities— Amount Ine. " Dec. | large boxes from the river: Summer Squash, *New York SL51B533763 ... " | 2030 per box for Vacaville and T5oa81 for *Chicago 7 119920.516 bay; Cabbage, 75¢ per ctl; Carrots, 60@75c per *Boston . . 393,965 sacl Cucumbers, 50c per box for Marys- *Philadelphia - 4 61 ville and $1@1 50 for bay; Garlic, 2@3c per 1b; *St. Louls . 44,774,108 Dried Peppers, Sc per Ib; Green Peppers, 5@ Pittsburg . 50,319, 648 10c per Ib for Chile and 4@tc for Bell; Green *San Francisco .. 29,642,650 Okra, 20c per Ib; Egg Plant, 10@15c per Ib. Cinclnmaty 2111 Busasose Kineas City T IARTBOT B Poultry and Game. Cleveland s . }za‘fl.m g; *Minneapol . 3,964, . sNew Orleans .... 18745170 8.1 R U o £ |7 9 | the ‘week rather easy. Receipts, ~ however, R i R R isdex © | hot "auotably lower. Prices of Hare and Rabe tovitahes W 2 bits were largely nominal, & large portion of SRaLD X aane: the receipts being in bad order and the demand e Baul Lo RaAN being iight owing to the warm weather. Ddishanolls - ] POULTRY Live Turkeys, nominal; Geese, Los Angeles . 5,024,588 ir, $1@1 50; Goslings, $1@1 50; Ducks, *8t. Joseph . 33,513 $85004 50 per_dozen for old and $4 Tor Danver - SanaL young: Hens, $4 : young Roosters, $5 Richmond e A 1S Herects, 4500 80, Frog : Soattie 2430 Trotlers, '$3 5044 for large and of e o8 a%0 small; bigeons, $1,8081 75 per dozen for old i 2973386 L 5 ;‘!:‘;.mfl‘: A : 112,708 H%KTE—-R.DNK., $1 25@1 50 per dozen; It S PR 3 3 tPortiand Or..... * 3302700 Butter, Cheese and Eggs. Fort Wort T 38 R Peorla . 2535971 Dullness continues to prevail in these mar- Hartford 3,101,127 kets, and Butter and Eggs are ll“gglh, as ‘Rochester 3.461565 usual just before the Fourth. At the same Atianta 1,005,356 time the hot spell renders real hard, sweet But. Des Moin 1As0 22 ter more o less firm, though there 1s no scaro- New Haven 1,959,507 ity of it, and In fact there I8 a disposition to 2,499,385 exaggerate the influence of the 1,904,130 gn the goode Peraenal T54oat0 i | Eamt Shere was firm 340 1.8 t.%m > | without straining the market any. = In fact, 1,505.900 there are so many people out of town that with /665, Would orot i) 1,681,611 Some dealers are reporting a rather better 2088 movement In Eggs, as recelpts have been de- 1.705.512 creasing of late, but the market is quiet at H-" a':;n Cheese 1 steady at ancha prices, with | . st hands, 2314@24e; dairy, 22@23c; store Butter, 17@20c; Eastern ladle-packed, i CHEESE—-New, 11%@12c: Young America, 12%@13c; Eastern, 16%@l7c; Western, 12%c per_nound. EGGS—Ranch, 18@19¢c, with large white se- lected bringing '20c; store, 15@16c; Eastern, 16%@18c per dozen. Deciduous and Citrus Fruits. The local demand for fruits was only fairly steady, as is usually the case on Friday, and there Was not much doing in the snipping line. The fruit boats from the river arrived too late for the regular trade and prices of Peaches, Apricots, Plums and Prunes were easier In consequence. A large portion of the receipts from the river section were still on hand at the close. Receipts of Cherrles were light and good sound stock cleaned up quickly at firmer rates. The receipts included some poor and soft stock, which sold at less than the guoted prices. Figs were in heavy receipt and only the best stock received any attention. Apples were abundant and cholcs, well-packed stock alone was firm. Bartiett Pears appeared from the river and sold at $1 50 per small box, when choice. A quantity of windfalls was re- ceived, but were too poor to invite custom. Other varieties of Pears, such as Lawsons and Madelines, moved slowly. ~ Watermelons and Cantaloupes from ° Coachella ~ met with a steady demand owing to the warm_weather and were pretty well cleaned up. No fresh stock came in. Berries and Cur; rants were easy at previous prices, receipts of all descriptions being ample. The canners were buying Loganberries at the bottom quotation and secured some Currants at $1 7o per chest. There was no auction sale of Oranges held yesterday and it is not likely that there will be any more sales this seasgn. The Citrus market was generally easy. @Fancy Lemons were in fair request, but everything else was dull. Reports from several interior countles say that the fruit crops have been badly damaged by disastrous hot wind storms. In some sec- tions the crops were almost totally destroyed. Bartlett Pears, Peaches and Apricots are said to_have suffered most. STRAWBERRIES—$4@7 per chest for Long- worths and $2G3 for the larger varietles. RASPBERRIES—$4@6 per chest. LOGANBERRIES—$1 50 per chest, BLACKBERRIES—$2 50@3 50 per che: CURRANTS- 2474 per chest. APPLES—35c@$1 25 per box and 25@30c per basket; Crabappies, 50@75c per box. PEARS—30@40c for small boxes and T5c¢@$1 for large. * FIGS—Black, 35G50c for single-layer and 50@SL for double-layer drawers; white, 50c for singl® layer drawers. PLUMS—Cherry Plums, 20@25c per drawer | ana 40@30c for large boxes; other Plums. 40@ )c per box or crate. PRUNES—30@75c per crate. CHERRIES—Black, 50#75c per box and 5@ { Te per 1b in bulk; Royal Anne, 60@80c per box; 5@61yc per 1b in bul APRICOTS —30GT5¢ per box or crate; bask- ets from the river, 25@40c; in bulk, $20@30 per ton. PEACHES—50@65c for small boxes: baskets, from the river, 40@60c; large open boxes, T0¢ 1. @ ir1L.ONS —Cantaloupes from Coachella, $2 50 @3 50 per crate; Watermelons, 12%@40¢_each. GRAPES—Seedle: Sultana from Yuma, 1 : Oranges 50@1 75 per crate. CITRUS FRUITS—Quotations for and Lemons are for sound repacked stock only. Fancy Navel Oranges, $1 T6@2 per dox; choice. $1 25@1 50; standards, 50c@$1; Valencias, $1 2 60; Lemons, T5c@$1 for standard, $1 25@1 for choice and $2G2 50 for fancy; Grape Frult. $1@1 26; Mexican Limes, $5 0U@6: Bananas, $1 75@2'75 per bunch for Central American and 75cG# 50 for Hawailan; Pineapples, $2@3 per dozen. Dried Fruits, Nuts, Raisins, Honey FRUITS—New Apricots, 7@8c: old Apri- cots, 614@7%c for Royal and 7@% for ordinary Moorparks; Evaporated Ap- ples, O%c; sun dried, 3@dc; Peaches, 4@5%c; Pearsd igie tor quarters and S@bie for hal Nectarines, 4@8c for whit lums, 4@ 6c for pitted and 1@1%c for unpitted; Figs, 3% @4 tor black and 4@5c_for white. PRUNES—1902 crop, 2%@2%c for the four sizes, with 1@lc premium for the large siz RATSINS—1802 crop are quoted as follows 2-crown loose_Muscatels, 50-Ib boxes. 53c per 1“ib; 8-crown, 5%c: 4-crown, 6¢c; Seedless, loose Muscatels, Bc; Seedless Sultanas, bc; Seedless ‘ons, Blc; 2-crown London Layers, 20- $1 n ‘per box; 8-crown, $1 50; crown fancy clusters, 20-1b boxes, $2; 2-crown Dehesas, 20-1b boxes, $2 50; 6-crown Imperials, 20-1b boxes, $3; Seeded, f. 0. b. Fresno, fancy, 1-Ib_cartons, T%c; choice,” Tlc. NUTS—-Walnuts, No. 1 softshell, u:zgl No. 2, 10%@11%c; No. 1 hardshell, 11%@12 No. 2, 10g10%c; Almonds, 1lc for Nonpareil 10%@itc for I X L, 10@10%c for Ne Plus Ul- tra and 8@S%c for Languedoc; Peanuts, 5@ic for ‘Eastern; Pecans, 11@i3c; Coccanuts, "}?3?12'—0“1:!’. 12@13%¢ for bright, 11%ec for light amber and 10c for dark: water white gxiracted. 6GTle; light amber extracted, 6%G €c; dark, 4@43e. BEESWAX—20@2Sc per 1b. Provisions. The market is dull and prices show change. ) MEATS—Bacon, 1234c per Ib for hes";ly‘.ll%cbfor 1ight medium, 15¢ for nsm, 15%¢ for extra light, 17%c for sugar-cured and 1dc for extra sugar-cured; Eastern sugar-cured Hames, 16c; California_ Hams, 14@1l43c; Mess Beet. " $11 B0@12_per bbl; extra Mess, $12g 15 50; Family, $18 50; prime Mess Pork, $16; extra clear, §26; Mess, $18; Dry Salted Pork, 13%4c; Pig Pork, $28; Pigs' Feet, §5 25; Smoked Beef, 15c per 1b. LARD--Tlerces pound and 10% @1 ure, 11%c; 10-1b tins, g—lh tins, 12¢c. % COTTOLENE—One-half barrel, 9%c; three half barrels, 9%c; one tierce, 9%c; two tierces, 93gc; five tierces, 0%c per Ib. Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. no uoted at Sc per b for Eom- 3e %or ‘pure’ hait barrer 11%c; 61b tins, 11%ec} ws of importance under this head somes n{':a’m:e)’orth Yakima, Wash., in a dis- vhi says: “fi?z"u‘ re]caoned that the Moxee Company has sold 107 morg bales of hops at 20 centd per pound. This company had its product in the ol that was formed here in May toward se- Ruring better prices, and the break is looked pon significantly by the Wuyers. The price ked by the grower is at least 25 cents, and Row that the middle of the summer is here, And the prospects are not bright for getting over 20 cents, some of the growers feel like giving in."” P HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands seil 1o under quotations. Heavy salted S c; medium, 9%c; light, 83c; Cow c for heavy 8lc for light; tags. 7o Salted Kip, 8%c: Salted Veal, 916 ooy Salted Calf, 10%c; dry Hides, 17¢; dry Calt, 10c; Sheepskins, shearlings, 0c cach: short wool, each; m dium, 7 : long wool, ‘$1@1 50 each; Horse alum, TOG0% Lor large and §2 50 for medlum, les. Small and 50c for Colts; Horse Hides, 3 75 for large and $1 50 for medtum, $t "98 for small and 50c for Colts. Buck Sking ZDry Mexican, 3‘~‘|‘b 5 da?c"md: lsl;lflc fiul: Amer! . Goat Skins—Prime dry Central AR e and smooth, G0c; médium, » a 2 ry, @1 %c: grease, S@dc. otations {Gr epring clip are as Humboldt and Mendocino, 1 Toothili, free, 13@16c; do, defective, 11@13 Rorthern, 14@18c, according to condition; Ne- Yada, 12@1bc; San Joaquin, free, 11@13c; do, Sefective, 9@ilc per Ib; Southern, 9@llc; Vai- Sy Oregon, fine, 17@18¢; do, medium, 16@17c; do, coarse, 16@16e; do. Lambs’, 15¢c per d. HOPS—18@20c per Ib. poun; Meat Market. Jarge Hogs are quoted a fractio mfl:’r‘ peing rather scarce again. There are D any small Hogs coming in. Other Meats ed. : are unchanBCL o pesED MEATS. ‘Wholesale rates from slaughterers to dealers follows: AT REF 01 @T%e for Steersand 5%@6%e per follows: 1b_for Cows. L—] , 7@8c; emall, 9@9%c per Ib. VEATON—Wethers, ' 8@9c; Ewes, 8G51c; per Ib. ” AMB—Spring, 10@10%c per 1b. FORK—Dressed Hogs, 816@0%c per . LIVESTOCK MARKET. following quotations are for good, sound lerg:loek. delivered in San Francisco, less 50 MBS —Spring, $2 K3 head. LS Live Hoss, 140 to 200 The, 6@6kc: under 140 lbs, 5la@bc; Sows, 20 per cent oft; Boars, 50 per cent off, and Stags, 40 per cent oft trom above quotations. General Merchandise. m;/%c: Quent; ; Fleece Twine, 7 8¢ llld?“a‘:or m;n; new Welling- BAGS—Grain 550; Wool Bags, :e; Cotton mrnm Bags, 6%e, AL Wellington, §8 ton, $8; $0: FAMILY RETAIL MARKET]| — * Eggs ate cheaper, but the other dairy products remain unchanged. Meats, Poultry and Fish remain abont the same. The Fruit and Veretable markets continue well supplied with all seasonal varieties at the prices which usually prevail at this time of the year. COAL, PER TON— Wellington ..$—@10 Seattle ... '3 B0/ we Wellington $—@10 00 Roslyn . 9 00/Coos Bay. 1% Richmond ...$—@ 9 50|Greta 9 00 BDAIRY PRODUCE, ETC.— itter, choice, 8q5@55/Common Eggs. .. —@20 Do good ... 356040 Ranch Egxs. ..22%4a23 Cheese, Cal . | Honey, comb, pej < Cheese, Eastern..20@25| pound .. -15@20 Cheese, Swiss ...25g35 Do extracted... S@10 MEATS, PER POUND— -15G22 Pork Sausage 18918 Smoked Beet The San Francisco Butchers' Protective As- ve following retail prices for . 12%@15 & Roast Beef ...... 10@18/Hindqrtr Lamb..18@20 Tenderloin Steak.15@1S Foreqrtr Mutton.. 8@10 Forterhse, do.1714@2215 Leg Mutton....12%@15 Sirloin Steak..1215@15 Mutton Chops..1213@18 Round Steak...10@12%|Mutton Stew ... @10 Beef Stew .....—@10/Roast Veal .....12@20 Corned Beef .... 8@10|Veal Cutlets ...15@20 Soup Bones .... gg~ Veal Stew ....1214%15 Soup Meat - 5@10(Roast Fork....1213@18 Lamb Chops ;—@20|Pork Chops -15@18 ForegrtrLamb 1215@15) Hens, ach Young Roosters, Apricots, per Ib. Alligtr Pears, 8 Grape Fruit. doz 50@$1 /20830 Lemons. dosen. .. 15G25 ‘Almonds J:gzni anberrie: Apples . . 8) Irawer . 20825 Blackberris dr.—@25 Nutmeg Mins,ea. 10915 Cranberries, qt..—@25 Oranges, doz.....20@50 Cherries, per Ib. 8@10 Plums b . 60— Currants, pr drw.40@50 Peaches, per Ib. S@10 Pecans .. .—@20 Pears, per b .. 5 Brazil Nuts .20@— 'Pineapples, ea... 50 Bananas, doz Chestnuts -—@30| Raisins, per 1b.. 5@15 .....15@20 Raspberries, drw40@50 Cocoanuts, "each.—@10 Strawberries, per. Dried Figs, pr 1b—@10 _drawer .......35@30 Fresh Figs, pr 1b—@10 Tangerines. doz..15G20 Grapes. 1b' .....40@— Walnuts, per Ib.156 Gooseberries ... 8(10| Watermélons, ea.50@60 Limes, dozen . —@15) VEGETABLES— Artichokes, doz Asparagus. 1b Beets, dozen ....100—|Okra, dried, Beans, white, 1b. 5@— |Okra, green Colored. per 1b 5@— [Potatoes,. new,ib214@ 3 Dried Lima, Ib.. 6@ 8|Potatoes. per 1b.—@ Cabbage, each .. 5@10|Parsnips. per dz.15@20 Celery, head 5@10 Rhubarb, 1b .... 5@ 6 Cress, dz bunch.15@- Radishes,dz bchs15@20 Cucumbers, dz .—@25|Sage, dz bunches25@ — Garlie . —@ 6 Btring Beans,Ib1212@15 Green Corn, doz.30@40 Summer Squash. Green Peppers,1b10@15 per 1b ........ 3@ § Dried Peppers ..10825 Sprouts, per 1b.—@— Egg Plant —a25 Spinach, per I1b.—@ 5 Green Peas. 1b... 6@ 8 Thyme.dz bnchs.25@10 Lettuce, per doz.18@20 Turnips, per dz—@15 Leeks,dz bunchs. 15@20 Tomatoes, 1b ...15@— Lima Beans. 1b.—@15 FISH— Barracouta. .—@15|Sea Bas: W@1215 | Smelts 1215 | Soles 1213 |Skates, -10G— | Squid 20@30 | Mushrooms. b ..—@75 Halibut Herring . Mackerel . Do horse Rockfish 15@15 Whitefish . @25 Clam, Do hardshell,ib S@10 Mussels, quart. Oysters Cal. 10040630 Do Eastern,dz.30@40 13c; in cases, 19%¢; bulk, 21c; in cases, 27%c. TURPENTINE—70c per gallon in cases and 64c in drums and iron barrels. RED AND WHITE LEAD—Red Lead. 6@ 63c per Ib; White Lead, 6@6lc, according t: 86-degree Gasoline, in quantity. A SUGAR—The Western Sugar Refining Com. pany quotes as follows,’ per Ib, in 100-Ib bag. Cubes, A Crushed and Fine Crushed, 5.60c: Powdered. 5.50c; Candy Granulated, 5.30c; Dry Granulated, fine, 5.40c; Dry Granulated, coarse, 5.40c; Fruit Granulat 40c; Beet Granulated (100-1b_ bags only), ; Confectioners’ A 5.40c; Magnolia A, ‘5c; Fxira C, 4.90c; Golden C, 4.80c; “D,” ‘4.70c; barrels, i0c more; hait barrels, 25¢ more; boxes, 50c more; 50-1b bags, 10c more for all kinds. 'Tablets—Half barrels, 5.90c; boxes, 6.15c per Ib. No orders taken for less than 75 barrels or its equivalent. Receipts of Produce. FOR FRIDAY, JULY 3. Flour, qr sks... 15,108 Wool, sks 153 Wheat, ctis . 915(Shorts, sks . 2 Barley, ctls .... 7.380Screenings, sks. 200 Oats, ctls ...... | Tallow, ectls . an Bean: 86(Sugar, ‘ctls . 300 Corn, ' ctls 155/ Pelts, ‘no. 056 Potatoes, sks 2,060(Hides, no 300 Onions, ” 530 Leather, roils. 62 Bran, sks 2,010/ Wine, gals 750 Midditngs, | 410Chicory, bbi 50 Hay, tons . 631| Paper, ream: 951 Straw, tons . 39 — | STOCK MARKET. | — The xas stocks continued to advance on the street yesterday, Gas and Electric rising from $67 50 to $70, the sales being at $60@70 ana the certificates at $69 50. There were sales of Mutual Electric at §7 50. Spring ley Water sold at $87 25@87 50. The Yellowstone Gold Mining and Milling Company of Trinity County has declared a quarterly dividend of 5 per cent, payable Sep- tember 1. The California Street Cable Railroad Com- y will pay a regular monthly dividend of 5_cents per share on July 8. Semi-annual interest will be payable on_the 6 per cent bonds of the Oakland Transit Com- pany on July 7. The United Railways Investment Company of San Francisco pald a dividend of 1% per cent on the preferred stock yesterday. ——— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. Raymand L. or Raymond L. and Olla Ber- nier to Emily 1. Russell (widow), lot on NW corner of Twenty-first and West streets, W 100 by N 50, lot 10, block J, Curtls & Williams Tract, Oakland; $10. Hermann Meese Sr., Henry Stut and Henry Evers Sr. (executors of the estate of John Schumacher) to Sol Kahn, all interest in lot on W line of Myrtle street, 114:6 N of West Twelfth (since widening to S0 feet), N 60 by W 125, lot 10 and portion of lot 9, map of plan of_subdivision of block 570, Oakland; 3 Henry and Jeanie D. East to Ida E. Mat- thews, lot on S line of Eighteenth street, 32143 W of San Pablo avenue, .43, SE 41.06, etc., N 89.67, lot 32, and W 16,60" reet of ot 31," Johnson “Tract, Oakiand; Margaretta M. Hunt to Bessie R. Elliott (minor), lot beginning at a point 140 E and at right angle from point 129 N along E line of Telegraph avenue from Intersection of said line of sald avenue with N line of Bay or Twenty- sixth street, thence N 6 by E 10, Oakland; $1. Edson F.'and John Charles Adams and Julia P. A. Prather to Louise B. Milwain, Iot begin- ning ‘at a point from which most § corner of land formerly conveyed to A. 8. Larkey, 8574 401, bears NW 346.93 distant, thence SE by NE 50, portion of plat 21, map of Ranch: . and D. Peraita, Oakland; §10. William M. Butfers Jr. to Emma C, Searles, | lot on S line of Santa Fe avenue, 201.15 — from W line of San Pablo_avenue, W 106 by W 80, lot 66, map No. 2, Willam M. Butters tract,” Oakland: $10. Caivin A. Shaw to Edward A. Kiein, lot on SW corner of East Twenty-first street and Eighth avenue, S 50 by W 99:6, subject to mortgage of $300, East Oakland: $10. George and Carrie R. Sterfing to Realty Syndicate. lot on SW line of Sunnyside avenue, 306.73 NW of Oakland avenue, NW 80 by SW . lots 7 to 0. block C, Sather Tract, Oakland v . Emerett L. and S. J. Anderson to Stephen T; Gage, lot begluning at a point on W line of public street 60 feet wide, mentioned in deed to J. E. Barrows, 362 D. 136, distant 156 N from N line of Bancroft way, thence portion of piat 71, Kelleraberger's Ma on of pl ellors) s o oL berger’. ease to Benja 1908, Murray Town- hi 0, % cmn‘-lm Charles Tichner to Frank H. Gra- ham, lot on NW corner of Eighth and Allcs Dlock 6. Kellersberser's map. Oakiand; $10. Frank' H. Graham to 4 W H. E._ Miller, same, Harlow P, - 5@ 8 Onlons. per Ib.. 1@ 3 | 1b.—@25 | gallon '. .50a@— | @125 | W 466, S| mcl and Wallace | 11 AUCTION SALES | | _AUCTION SALE at U 108 STOCKYARD, | 13TH and HARRISON. Julv 8, 1903. 80 head horses, broke and unbroke; weight from 900 | to 1400; no reser Fifteenth street, 225 NW of Twenty-third ave- | nue, NW g2: alley- way 15 feet wide, NE 33_ete. SW 170, to_beginning. East Oakland Oakland Bufiding and Lodn Association to | Andrew Petersen, lot on NW line of Kennedy stree 320 SW of Railroad avenue, NW 11160, SW 30, SE 90.11, E 2839, NE 1144, block A. map blocks A and B. portion K nmdx ‘Tract S of Railroad avenue: t Oakland: §$1350. | __B. Kelsey (single) to Anson S. Biake, lot on | E line of Second street, 100 § of University | avenue, S 50 by E 133, lot 18, block 93, map of Tract B, Berkeley Land ana Town Improve- ment Association, Berkeley: $10. Anita S. Blake and Anson S. Blake (and as | attorney) to Peter Hansen, same, quitclaim deed, Berkeley; $1. Daniel and Harrfet N. Fairbanks to H. H. Buhring, lot on N line of Haste street, 80 W of Ellsworth, W by N 70, portion of lot 3, block 4, property of College Homestead Asso- clation, Berkeley; $1! Rosa M. Shattuck Wi Julia A. Bettys (wife of L. L., lot on N Mpe of Bancroft way, 22017 W of Milvia street, W 50 by N 134.64, lot 24, and portion of lot 23, block 5. map of Shattuck Tract 2, Berkeley: $1250. Honore and Marie E. Blais to Andrew Peter- sen_lot 6, block E, Latham Terrace, Brooklyn Township: $10. Maggie Guldner to Nellie Bauer_(wife of Ja- cob), 1ot on N line of Mountain View avenue, 100 W of Hillside street, W 100 by N 150, lots 82 and 83, block 34. map of resubdivision of block 34, Warner Tract, Brooklyn Townshi) also lot on NW corner of Mountain View ave- nue and Hillside street, W 100 by N 150, lots 80 and 81, block 34, same map, Brooklyn Township; '$10. Alexandria and Lydia Granger to Jennte E. Hatch, lot on E line of Fruitvale avenue. 551.85°S of its intersection with S ltne of eld county road from Oakland to San Leandro, B 130 by S 49, lot 13, map of Henry & Philiips . Brooklyn Township; $10. Michael A. and Margaret A. Mclnnis to Ferdinand Fricke, lot on W line of Dimond avenue, 575 N of Hopkins street, N 50, W 135 to center line of Sausal Creek, thence § along same to point in line parallel to and distant 515 N from said N line of Hopkins street, B 110 to beginning, lot 16, biock A, Dimond Tract, Friutvale, Brooklyn Township: $10. Joseph Westali to Willlam H. Husband, lots 23 to 29, block B, map of Laurel Grove Park Tract, - Brooklyn Township: $10. |~ Josiah and Amelia B. Tomlinson to same, lots 17 to 20_ block B, same map, Brooklyn Township; $10. E. F. Loud to Mary S. Haight, lot on NW corner of Encinal avenue and Lafayette street, 8 by W 108, block 5, Bartlett Tract, Al 10. y L. Loud (wite of E. Alameda quitclaim deed; $1 Willlam Fordham to Timothy Pardes Mep~ F.) to same, same, bam, lot on W line of Oak street, 100 N of N 50:2 by W 50, being N part of lot 9 in block 39, lands adjacent to | Encinal, Alameda; $10. oy Wily Way of the Chinaman. Some time ago a squad of Manhattan police raided a fantan game in China- {town. Eleven Chinamen were captured and kept in a third-story front room in | charge of Detective Drennan until the pa- trol wagon came for them. While they were walting for the wagon one of the prisoners said to Drennan: fe got to go. Me got velly important engagement.” “I suppose so,” said the detective, “but you've got a more Important engagement at _the police station.” | The Chinaman begged like a good fel- | low, but Drennan was obdurate. “Me give you five dollals if you let me the prisoner finally whispered. | “No use, John. Even if I let you out of | the room,” said the detective, ““the police | would caeh you at the lower door. They { | | | | | | ‘, Pacific avenue, | | | | | | | | go are guarding that.” As quick as a flash the Chinaman an- swered: “That's allee light. You let me out, me go upstairs, get out on roof and go down other bullding. Police no catchee me.” Can’t do it, John,” Drennan persisted. “They've got you prisoners all counted. If I turn over only ten I'll have troubles of my own.” “Me fix that,” the Chinaman answered, without a moment’s hesitation. 'Me go to window, call a Chinaman friend up from street. When he come to this door you pull him in and I run out. See? You have eleven plisoners allee same, and po- lice can’t tell one Chinaman from other.”™ But notwithstanding his cunning, John had to go to the station, and his “velly important engagement” was broken.— Brooklyn Eagle. e aaae————————— ADVERTISEMENTS. STATEMENT ——OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS =—OF THE—— CONNECTICUT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CON- necticut, on the 3lst day of December, | A. D_ 1902 and for the year ending on that | day, as made by the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pursuant to the pro- visions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per biank furnished by the Commissloner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, pald up in Cash .. .$1,000,000 00 ASSETS, Real Estate owned by Company.. $146,950 00 Loans on Bonds and Mortgages.. 1,345,050 00 | Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company. Cash in Company’s Offic: Cash in Banks . Premiums in due Course of tion Bills vable, taken for Fire and Marine Risks 4,454 88 Total Assets .... LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpald...... $36,561 30 Losses in Process of Adjustmeni : > In Suspense ........... eeere 145,028 68 Losses resisted_ including expenses 29,380 48 | Gross premiums on Fire Risks, | running ome year or less, $1,717,~ 022 01; re-insurance 50 per cent. 868,511 00 Gross premiums on Fire Risks, running more than one year, re-insurance pro $2,680,394 rata . Total Liabilities .. INCOME. Net cash actually received for Fire | _ premiums . . $2,603,204 28 | Recetved for int Mortgages . 62,066 20 Recelved for inte on Bonds Stocks, Loans, and frorh all other sources Received for Rents Received for profit on Total Income .. EXPENDITURES. 103,007 38 5.874 30 8,948 91 | Net amount for_Fire Losses | (necluding 847 73, losses of | _previous years) . -$1,411.630 65 Dividends to Stockhol - 100,000 00 Paid or allowed for Commission or i v 552,020 74 i 174,435 43 All other payments and S b et i -ier giatadteaie e 177,562 00 Total Expenditures .seseye...$2,505,500 60 Fire. Losses incurred during the year...$1,363,557 50 Risks and Premiums.|Fire Risks.| Premiums.