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

THE SAN FBANCIS(‘O‘CALL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. cdstufis firm. reak. stocks open the week several points lower. ks and Bonds continue inactive. es another sharp advance. Exchange unchanged.- 1V heat steady, but futures weak. Barley the reverse. weak wnder large arrvivals. Hay steady, Beans firm and colored 1w Corn also weak. ith ample receipts. 1stern Potato crop cut down by rot and blight. Ruticr firm, Cheese weak and ranch Eggs still higher. ther less demand for Dried Fruits. Provisions quict, woith Hams, Bacon end Lard Ysc lower. Hogs again lo wer, with liberal arrivals. Raisin Association anmounces netw quotations. Stamdard Oil Company quotes nezw prices for Candles. Plenty of Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables offering. * Not Poultry and Game in moderate receipt. much change in Fresh Fruits soiong = | more failures seem to be due to the sams | causes which have nec Government Fruit Crop Report. United States De. Crop . ‘Washington, D. C., n Agricultu «#k ended October 5 The combined prevalence of and rot thr the Northe ~werially vield es New England—Melons #nd tomatoes poor. ne eecured: gTapes quality ex- n average. tin, to blight 1 States has these vege kers, no serious injury h Apples plentitul locally. gathering and shipping in ts coloring short ;. quality in- in some sections good; in @aropping dropped badly. light crop p light; fruit gefective: excellent; late mow ripening. Few peaches, pears or plum few counties. se dropping; sugar beets harvested; erop light yields, This season 00 00 CONDITIONS AN FORECAST. has been but little change in pressure past twenty-four hours over the of the country. A moderate de- forming over the valley of the may result in unsettled weather tains in the southern part of the THER s continued warm in the in- conditions have been excellent fur industry. Along the coast there has fall of sbout 10 degrees from Los An- Sam Francisco i reported from the Farallones to Eu- s fallen west of the Rocky Moun.- made at San Francisco for thirty g midnight, October 20: wihern California—Tuesday fair, except 4y aiong the coast; DOt 80 Warm in the in- ght northerly winds inland, brisk west i with fog on the coast. California—Cloudy, cooler Tuesday: settled weather in the mountains: Francigco and vicin warm; light norther winds, chang! ot o brisk westerly. with fog in the morning and H A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. * night EASTERN MARKETS. A ! * New York Stock Market. NEW YORK, Oct, 19.—Clouds of apprehen- gathered over the stock market again day and the prices of practically all of prominent mctive stocks were impaired 2 to 4 points before the selling was hedked. The appointment of receivers for two alitmore trust companies was the impelling use of the selling. Weakness was in evi- ~#ce from the opening and, in fact, before 1, London sending a decidedly lower range prices as a result of the early trading It is probable that the weakness of ericant in London also emanated from Bal- s one of the embarrassed companies ic_efforts to secure s loan in London this thus offering that center advance knowl- 4 of the trouble. london also re- wid_apprenension over the war cloud in the East and rumors came over cables that « trouble at last week's settlement, which < tided over, was Ilkely to crop out again. dow sales in New York as a consequence heavy being estimated as high as 60,600 wres. How far the Baitimore troubles were rectly vesponsible for the foreing of stocks s uot very clear, but the special weakness «ome of the Southern stocks indicated seil- & from that quarter. The sentimental effect e fallures wis also strong and put a stop tirely to the hopes of better prices aroused v iast week’'s sharp rally in the stock market. derable That rally having driven & nierest to cover, ieft the market deprived of rome potential ‘support and make it more uinerable 10 selling. The line of division “hich begen to develop iast week between the railroad stocks and the industrials was also _obliterated. The leading rajlroad stocks suf- fered fifily @s severely as the industrials, as shown by the declines of 2 to 3% made by Faltimore and Ohio, Southern Rallway prefer- <. Jilinois Centrai, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific. The only prom- inent industrizls which suffered to as large &n cxtent are United Staies Steel preferred, e tri, s Eiectric, Clectric and Vestinghouse the last named dropping § points. The Baltl: light: | picking progressing | por. tories—Apples SR 2 3 ' 3 GENERAL | & | Republic part of the prol market, motion and un: the sacurities of w | present state of th iation disclosed by the drawi: | causes It is & res ences ver-commitments in the pro- ‘writing of new enterprises, hich have no market in the e money market. The reve the Baltimore failures ng of uncomfortable infer- markable fact also that up 10 to-day the enormous shrinkage in the valus of securities and { Which have been the urgent requirements met in liquidation has not caused a single failure in the banking and trust company wo | were published as Baltimere troubles avail to cheer the | ket. There was a after fa increased violence and only elightly rid. Reassuring statements to the limited field of the . but these did not much sentiment in the stock mar- midday pause in the decline the completion of the London seliing. But the announcement of the second Baltimore re caused a renewal of the decline with and the closing was heavy above the lowest. Iilinois | Central made a spasmodic recovery of 1% The bond market yielded in sympathy wi #tocks after some early resistance. Total sale par value, $4.410.000, United Stafes bonds were all unchanged on the last call NEW YO Stocks— | Atchison . Atchison pfd | Balt & Ohio | Balt & Ohio pfd .. Canadtan Pacific entral of N J Ohio jc & Alton pfd e & Gt Wi & G West B ptd Chicago & N W hic T & Trans hic T & T ptd v olo Southern Del Denver Den & Rio Gr pfd Lack & West Erie 1st pfd | Erie 24 ptd | Gt Northern pfd | Hocking Valley | Hocking Val | Tiinots lowa Central Central | Towa Central prd . |k ¢ K C Southern pfd | Louisv & Nashv Manhattan L .. Metropol Street R | Minn & St Louis | Missouri Paeific | Mo, M. K & T pfd Southern Y Central . Jor & Western & West pfd . & Western Rock Island pfd Tows & 8 F . L & § F 1st pf | Wabash ..... Wabash pfd Wisconsin Central. | Pxpress Compant Adams P | American ..., United States ls Fargo Miscellaneous— Amal Copper .. Amer Car & Fou | Wel { iAmer Loco . 1 Amer Loco pfd | | | | { Amer Smelt & Ref. Amer § & Ref pfd Amer Sugar Ref.. Anaconda Min Co. Brooklyn Rap Tran 8,400 Colo Fuel & Iron. Col & Hocking Coal Consolidated Gas. General Electric. | Tnter 1 } Inter Pu | Inter prd. | National Biscuit Pacific Mail People's Gas Presscd Steel Car. | Pressed Steel C prd | Pullman Pal Car. Republic Steel . Steel pfd Rubber Goods . | Tenn Coal & Iron. U 8 Leather . 17 & Rubber . U S Rubber pfd U S Steel . g »s !U ] I an 3 & St Louls & Rio Gr. pra Kans & Texas f Mex pfd St L & 8§ F_ 2d ptd St Louits 8 W .... 100 St Louis 8 W ptd _ 300 St Paul ...... 28,650 £t Paul pfd ... Southern Pacific Southern Raflway. South Railway pfd 1,650 Texas & Pacific .. 1,100 Tol, St L & West. 100 T. 8 L | Unton Paeific $ | Union Pacific - Wheel & Lake Erie Rubber Goods pfd. U § Leather pfd.. | _Total shares sold.7 | UNITED RAILROADS OF SAN FRANCISCO, | NEW YORK. Oct. 19.—United Rail £an Francisco bond transactions: ot o 20,000 at 76%: 5600 at 76%: 15,000 p iiuaxa JRK STOCK LIST. Sales 100 1.100 100 1,400 100 49,850 1,600 1.600 2,500 fes— . 1,100 200 400 bt 811 £ 5s..120 4 . . . __%I’lr. 9014 Gen 4s.. 9 ng St L &I Mc sslio 8 R StL & S F g 4s. 81 &t Louis S W 1sts a3t Alr L 4s 67 . N6 2y Tex & Pac lsts.115 o 2R3 q FRRE : gg % | lowed was as sudden as the rally. BOSTON STOCKS AND BONDS. Money— Mininz— " Call loans ls‘ Adventure Time loans . | Allouez Bonds-— Amalgamat Atchison 4s -- 8814 Daly West |Bingham ... .21 64 |Calume: & Hecla.430 g‘;%:cgmenm-l o ... 16K Copper Range ... 43 Dominion Coal .. 66 Frankiin ... .... 1% k5 |Isle Royale . By Fitchburg fd ..135 |Mohawk ... 3315 Union Pactfic 69% Old Dominion 8iy Mexican Central.. 9% KR 3524 Miscellaneous— (Parrot American Sugar..110 |Quincy ... Do pfd 11833 iSanta Fe | Amer Te! & Tel.121% Tamurack 5 Dom I & Steel... 833 Trinity 37 | General Electric 141 United States | United Fruit 25.- 4 U8 Siaet 614 Westinghse com b | LONDON CLOSING STOCKS. | Con for money.88 7-16)N Y Central 3 | Con for acconnt.88 7-18/ Norf & Western. 51% Anaconda Do pfd 4 Atchison . Ontario & West. . Pennsyivania . 514 Rand Mines . 22 30% Canadian Paecific. 1. Ches & Obin Chicago G W 4% Chi Mil & St P. 1411 DeBeers Bar sliver, strong, 284 per ounce Money, 1%@2 per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for short bills Is 3% @3 per cent, and for three months’ bills is 3 9-16@3% per cent. New York vErm'n and Produce. NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—FLOUR—Receipts, 16,257 barrels; exports, 25,403 barrels; quieter, but etill Airmiy held; Mipnesota bakers, $3 752 4 10. WHEAT--Receipte, 67,750 bushels; exports, 57,500 bushels; spot, easy; No. 2 red, S53c f. 6. b. elevator and 8614c f. 0. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 91%¢c f. o. b. afi~at; No. hard Manitoba, nominal f. o. b. aficat. Op- tions displayed early depression because of lower cables. big Russian shipments and mod- erate unloading. At noon, however, they turned strong, led by a scare of December shorts and thereafter ruled firm, heiped by { light interfor receipts until near the cloge, | when a bear attack broke prices. They wera finally %@7gc lower. May, 83 5-16@S4e, closed | at 8§3%c; December, 88 1-16@874c, closed at s63c. HOPS—Quiet HIDES—Steady. WOOL—Firm. PETROLEUM—Firm. BUGAR—Raw, steady; refined, steady. COFFEE—Spot Rio, quiet; No. 7 invoice, Sc: mild, steady; Cordova, T%@12c. Futures ciosed steady, H@10 points higher: tctal sales, | 48000 bags, 'including December,’ 5.10@3.20c; May, 5.50@5.80c; July, 5.00a5.75c; Septem: ber, ' 5.80@5.85c. i DRIED FRUITS, EVAPORATED APPLES The market is quiet. Futures are firmly held, makers asking from 5%@6c for prime, but spot supplies are in jight demand, the market ruling rather | | easier. Common are quoted at 4@3c: prime, | 5 choice, 6@6lgc; fancy, 6%@7c Quiet_at recent quotations, rang- ing from APRICO’ | at @Htac: extra choice at 10@10%c, to Tc for all grades -Remain firm; choice are quoted | and fanc: S—-Quiet and steady; cl 74 @T%c; extra choice at fancy at 91,@10%c. Chicago Grain Market. CHICAGO, Oct. unsettled and the 19.—Wheat was volume of busine: fairly | large. Opening prices were easier, due to lawcr cables and the large world's shipments. with Russia still showing up strongly in contribu- ting to the general supply. Weather ti:roukh out the West and Northwest was also o a favorable character and induced much selling Rumors of impending trouble in Wall stree had some influence early in the day and sur rounded by all these bearish advances Decom- | ber opened at % @%c lower at 80%c to S0, and prices held around the opening figuras until | noon, when a sharp upturn occurr»d on heavy | buying of December by a promiaent local kuli, | which induced shorts to cover. With ligh offerings the price started upward and Deccm- ber sold up to 81%c, but at that figure offer- inge beeame iiberal and the decline which fol- On the | general selling December declined to S0lsc and | | the close was at 80%@80%c, a loss of X@ic for the day. Corn ruled weak under heavy selling by commission houses and provision people. cember closed with a loss of 1@1%c at 431, 43%c. ‘Weakness in wheat and corn, together with | increased receints and good weather for the | | movement, caused lower prices in oats. De- | | cember closed down 1@1%c at 34%@34%e. | | " Liquidation in October lard was the feature | in the trading in provisions and, with only a | | small support from brokers, the market ruled | Weak. Heavy receipts of hogs, with a decline of from 10c to 20c in_prices at the yards, were | early bear factors. January pork closed 121gc lower, lard was off 20c, while ribs were down .. | e leading futures ranged as follo High. Low. 81% 803, 80% % Close. 801, 9% 439 4314 421 Articles— _Open. Wheat No. 2— 80! 348 it 363y 00 734 871 May B36% Mess pork, per barrel— 11871 B May ... Short Ribs, October January quotations were No. 3 wheat, T0%@83c; corn, 43%c; , 34%@34Tc: No. 3 white, 140; No. 2 rye, 56@bic; good feeding bar- | ley, 43GdSc: fair to_choice malting, 4#4@5ic; | No. 1" flax 'seed. 95¢; No. 1 Norfhwestern, | 81700%; prime timothy’ seed, $3 05; mese pork, | per barrel, $11@11 2715; lard, per 100 pounds, $6 20@6 25; short ribs sides (loose), $7 25@ 760; dry salted shoulders (boxed), $8 124,@ 8 25: short clear sides (boxed), $7 75@8; whis- i. ky, basie of high wines, $1 25; clover, contract grade, $12. Articles. ents. | Teceipts. Shipm, Flour, barrels .. 20,500 Wheat, bushels Corn, bushels Oats, bushels Rye, bushels . | Barley, bushels On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter market was steady. Creamery, 151@20%c; Daliry, 14@18c. Eggs, firm, 18@19%c; Cheese, easler, 10%@11%e. i Foreign Futures. LIVERPOOL. Oct. Dec. Opening . Nominal 6 5% T R A R R [X3N Wheat— Oet. Jan.-Apl. Opening . 21 30 20 95 | Closing 21 20 20 956 Flour- Opening 30 45 28 20 Closing 31 20 28 20 FEastern Livestock Market. CHICAGO. CHICAGO, Oct. 19, —CATTLE—Receipts, 35,000, including 500 Texans and 5000 Westerns; slow, mostly 10c lower; good to prime gteors 0@% 05; poor to medium, $3 =Wl‘m; Stock- 5 40; 35@2 45; bulls, 35; Texas fed stecrs, 7 5 tern eteers, 0. g HOGE- Receipts to-day, 37.000; to-morrow, 15,000: 15c to 20c lower; mixed and butchers' 5 4‘0‘?5"15: [ood‘ to ehc'dl;e Y;n\-y. $5 4065 G0, rou; eavy, 90@5 35; light, 2515 75 bulk of Wales, & 255 40, 55 5000; sheep and lambs, 6 300 lowers Kook 1 shoics weliis 10; fair to cholce mixed, $2G3; West- ke lambs, £3 20 I New York Metal Market. NEW YORK. Oct. 10.—Tin declined 5s in London to £115 7s €a for spot and £115 for- balances, $63,052. | 1o choice. futures. Locally, however, tin was higher and steady, closing at $25 75@26. Copper declined 18 6d to £54 11s 3d for spot and £54 6s 3d for futures in the English mar- ket. Locally copper remained quiet and nom. inally unchanged. Lake is quoted at $13@ 13 12%; electrolytic, §13; casting. $12 eng Tead was unchanged at $4 50 in New York and at £11 in London. S Speiter was steady at $6 in New York, but gained 6s 3d In London, where it closed at £20 7s 64, Tron closed at 50s in Glasgow and at 43s 41,0 in Middlesboro. Locally iron was un- changed. No. 1 foundry, Northerr, is quoted at $16@16 50. No. 2. foundry, Northerr. SI>® 16; No. 1 foundry, Southern, soft, $15@15 50. Visible Grain Supply. NET YORK, Oct. 19.—The visible supply of grain Saturday, October 17, as compiled by the New York Produce Exchange, is as fol- s Bushels. Increass. | Wheat . 22,275,000 1,427,000 Corn . £.412,000 14,000 Oats T.RED,000 1,418,000 Barley ..eoven - 4489,000 '830,000 St. Louis Wool Market. ST, LOUIS, Oct. 10.—Wool, dull and un- changed: medium grades, combing and cloth- ing, 17@21%c; light, fine, 18@174c; heavy, fins, 12@14%2c; tub washed, 20@30c. New YVork Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Oct. 19. The cotton closed at practically the lowest of the or at a net loss of 10@22 points Northern Business. SEATTLE, C;St 19.—Clearings, $723,049; balances, $114,422. TACOMA, Oct. 10.—Clearings, $438,632; PORTLAND, Oct. 19.—Clearings, $861,364; alanc 97,607 h’;’:i"r.;('hfi' Oct. 19.—Clearings, $434,496; balances, §24,954 Northern Wheat Market. OEGON. PORTLAND, Oct. 19— Wheat—Walla Wal- la, 74c; Bluestem, 78c; Valley, T7c. : WASHINGTON. TACOMA, Oct. 19.— Wheat—%@%c higher; Bluestem, £lc; Club, 78c. * L | LOCAL MARKETS. | - * Exchange and Bullion. Silver made another sharp advance. Ex- change rates remained as before, Sterling Exchange, eixty days.. — '432 Sterling Exchange, sight . S0 T4 sehg Sterling Exchange, cables — 48T New York Exchange, Sight ..... — 0Tl New York Exchange, telestaphlc — 10 Stiver, per ounce. S f 3;% Mexican Dollars Wheat and Other Grains. WHEAT—The forelgn markets remained un- hanged. The world's shipments for the week Nereras follows, in quarters: Russian, 545,000 Danubian, 206,000; Argentine, 2000; Indian, 149,000, The American visible supply increased 1,- 379,000 bushels. This market was steady for cash grain and. weak for futures. The former was in very Tair demand, with §1 40 bid for Port Costa de- livery CASH WHEAT. California Club, §1 40@1 45;' California White Australian, $1 50@1 55; Northern Club, $1 4081 42%; Northern Blue Stem, §1 50@1 55; Oregon Valley, §1 40@1 45 per ctl. FUTURES. Sesston 9 to 11:30 a. m. Open. High. Low. Close. omber ...$1 4015 $1 41% $1 40 Qx:r)mh ity L1 40% 1 40% 2 p. m. Session. Open. _ High. _TLow. _Close. May .. $1 30% “$1 403 §1 40% §1 403 December 1401 1 40% 1 4013 1 40% BARLEY— Receipts were liberal and the cash grain was weak, but there was no decline. Futures were firm. CASH BARLEY. Feed, $1 1214@1 15; Shipping and Brewing, $1 17151 22%4: Chevalier, §1 20@1 45 for fair Session 9 to 11:30 a. m. December—$1 1 2 4x m. Session. No sales. OATS—There were large receipts yesterday nd the market was quoted weak in conse- uence, with holders willing to make conces- sions 10 effect sales, actual decline. The demand was very fair. White, $1 20@1 32%s; Black, 31 40@l 60; Red, $1 20@1 25 for feed and $125@1 33 for seed; Gray, $1 22%@1 27% per ctl CORN—Previous prices rule, with a quiet and weak market. Western, sacked, $1 32% for Yellow, $1 32% | for White and $1 30 for mixed; California lars. Yeliow, $1 55@1 40; small round do, nomina White, §1 35G1 40 per ctl. RYE—$1 25@1 30 per ctl. BUCKWHEAT—$2 26@2 50 Flour and Millstuffs. FLOUR—California Family Extras, 4 85, usual terms; Bakers' Extras, $4 60; Oregon and Washington, $3 90G4 20 per bbi for Family and $3 90@4 40 for Bakers MILLSTUFFS—Prices In packages follows: Graham Flour, $3 20 per 100 b ver ctl. $4 600 Ry § Flour, $3 25; Rye Meal, $3; Rice Flour, $7. Corn ' Meal,” $3 25; extra cream do ., $4; Oat Groats, $4 50;° Hominy, $4@4 25: Buckwheat Flour, $4 50@4 75; Cracked Wheat, $3 75; Fa- rina, $4 50; Whole Wheat Flour, $3 50; Rolled Oats, bbls, $7 25@S 60; in sacks, $6 16@8 10; Pearl Bariey, $6; Split Peas, boxes, §7; Green Peas, $5 50 per 100 lbs. Hay and Feedstuffs. The markets under this head remain as be- fore. Feedstuffs rule firm and Hay is fairly steady, with receipts ample for all needs. BKAN—$21 50@zs per ton. MIDDLINGS—$27@28 50 per ton. SHORTS—$21 50@23 per ton. FEEDSTUFFS—Rolled Barley, $24@25 per tor.: Ollcake Meal at the mill, $20926 50; job- bing, $27@27 50; Cocoanut Cake, $21@22; Corn Meal, $32 50@33; Cracked Corn, $33@33 Mixed Feed, $22 50@23 50; Horse Beans, $28@: $13@16, with sales of extra at $16 50: Wheat and Oat, $12 60@ 16 50; Oat, $12 60@14 50; Wild Oat. $11 50w 12 80; Bariey, $10@12 50; Stock, $9@10; Alfai- fe, $10@11 50 per ton. STRAW—40G65c per bale. Beans and Seeds. White Beans continue firm and in demand for shipment, while colored are weak and quiet. The quotations below represent whart sales, but higher prices are charged buyers for overland shipment, to cover cost of re- cleaning. Limas are still lower, as the crop is turning out large. ANS—Bayos, $2 30@2 40; Pea, 26; B S0, amall White, $3@3 2 ® White, 82 56@2 80: Pink, $2 35@2 40; Red, a, $3; Red Kidness, $4 mg:.s ns, 2 3; Lim 12 iye, 435002 65 Der ctls Horse 1 5 SkkUS—Brown Mustard, Mustard, 65; Flax, $1 5@3e for Eastern: 12@13c; ~Rape, Masis: Timoty, @oic; Hemp, 31 Gatse per 1b; Millet, 3@3%c: Broom Corn Seed, $20@ 23 per ton. DRIED Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables. 1; Yellow nominal 70@1 80; Canary, "PEAS—Green, $1 80G2 per ctl. The Potato blight or rot in the northern tier ates has vxurl-lly rfl::: dg:n"ghe :mp and of 1903, acco e American is estimated at 244,000,000 bush- 30,000,000 bushels iess than last * 4 e market Is overloaded with ordinary st Darticularly * river Burbanks, which move slowly. Salinas Burbanks are in fair re- Quest for local use and steady. Sweet Poia- toes were easler under liberal receipts, two cars being received from Mercad. Onions were unchanged and easy with offerings lar I Geceipts of vegetables were light. but ket was well supplied with ‘carried- e "ifock. which arrived late on Saturday. Trade was fairly active and prices had but Jittle variation. The canners were in the mai- ket for Tomatoes and secured quite a quantity A roania. (rom the rive T, 50 3 S-Hmt&nr_hnnu. §1 25@1 45 per 1 Burbanks, T3@90C ber otl; Ri O cet Potatoes, $1 25 60@7se per ctl 1 ONIONS—60@T0c per ctl. VEGETABLES — Green Corn, T5c@8$1 25 pef per_ lb: !trf:‘ %c: Lima per. Cab- 506750 for Bell: Green Okra, B or Bell: g Plant, -00@b0¢ box: Marrowfat and TR e Kauaeh, $1081 AR per ton. ‘Poultry and Game. Two cars of Wi Poultry, including one that came in last rsday, were on sale and moved off fairly well at steady prices. Cali- jan was in light receipt and dregged at orn char. rates. b e me were moderate, and. - . ‘tact that the operation of the igam T hampered the trade in Wild Ducke, ool = though there was no | 1903. sound stock met with prompt sale. A large portion of the receipts came to hand tainted, owing ) the hot weather in the integjor, and had to be sold below the quotations or dumped. POULTRY—Live Turkeys. e per Ib for young and_ 14@lic for old: o §1 75@2; Goslings, 25: Ducks, r dozen for old and $5G6 young: ens. $550@6 _for large and $4 3085 for small; young Roosters, $4 50@5; old Roosters, $4 5; .Fryers, 50@4; Brollers, $3@ 3 50 for large and $2 50@3 for small; Pigeons, $1 ver dozen for old and $2@2 25 for Squabs. GAME—Mallard Ducks, $6 per dozen; Can- 7 50; Sprig, $4@4 50; Teal. $2 50; Widgeon, §3: Spoonbills, 50; small’ Ducks, 82@2 50; Gray Geese, ; Brant, $2 50; English ' Snipe, $3 50; common Snipe, $1 30 Wild Doves, §1 25; Rabbits, $1 75 for Cotton. tails and §1 25 for Brush; Hare, §1 25. Butter, Cheese and Eggs. Butter opened the week in satistactory con- ditfon for sellers, and the different houses re- ported the goods moving outward easily at the improved prices. Receipts, however, were largs and included lberal lines from Oregon and Humboldt. Most dealers continue to report a weak and lberally supplied Cheege market, and soms are shading the quotations to sell. Eggs continue to creep up under an extreme scarcity of fine ranch. and some sales at 52c were reported vesterday. with the market prac- tically cleaned up. Thik famine in ranch Egss i8 a great thing for cold-storage and Eastern | goods, which are moving off briskly. Receipts _were 47.600 Ibs Butter, 535 cases and 22,400 1bs Cheese BUTTEK—Creamery, 28@20c for extras and 26@27c for seconds; dairy, 21@24c; store Butter, 1732@10c; cold storage, 24@25c; Eastern, 220 mcfig}:g’iz 12%c f 1 —12%c for good flats, 13@13%¢ for cholle mila new axd 1D ToF ey eioten Young Americ; @1l4c; Eastern, 15%@ 1G3;c; Western, 14@15c per: Ib. EGGS—Ranch, 47%@51c; store, nominal; cold storage, 30c; Eastern, 22@28c per dozen, 1 Deciduous and Citrus Fruits. Loeal trade in fruits was rather quiet, but as receipts were light there were no great changes in price. Apples, which were in free supply, continued to move freely, There was | a limited demand for the Spitzenberg and Bald- | win varieties at $1 25 per box, but for other | varieties the top quotation was an extreme figure. Fancy Winter Nellls Pears were in brick demand for storage purposes and cleaned | | up well at steady rates. Small shipments of | | Parsimmeons were received and met with prompt sale at good figures. Pomagranates and Quinces were steady and unchanged. - Thers were not enough Figs offering for a quotation. Table Grapes and Melons were in ample supply and | steady, as the warm weather stimulated tha | demand. Prices of large open boxes had a wide | range as to variety and quality. Fancy Muscat #old readily at the top rate, while Tokay which were the most plentiful, wers slow at 75c@$1. The demand for Wine Grapes con- tinued ‘slack and the market was very much depressed. Receipts were liberal and included much poor and leaking stock, which would be hard to dispose of even under more favorable conditions. | There were moderate receipts of Strawber- | ries and Raspberries, which arrived ly time for the regular trade and cleaned up well | at higher rates. Huckleberries were well | cleaned up and firm. Citrus and Tropical | fruits had no_change worthy of note. STRAWBERRIES—Longworths, per chest; large berries, $2@3 for Malindas and | $4@5 for the other varietles. RASPRERRIES—$5@6. RASPRERRIES—$5G6 per chest. CRANBERRIES—Cape Cod, $0 50 per bbl; Coos Bay, §2 50@3 per box. APPLES—90c@$1 per box for fancy, 50@ Sbe for good to choice and 25@40c for com- mon. PEARS—Bartietts, nominal; winter varie- tles, #0@T5c_per box for common and $1@l <5 for Winter Nellis. i —40@60c per box. F16G: 'ominal. 3 POMEGRANATES—50@75c for small boxes and $2@2 50 for large. PERSIMMONS—$1@1 25 per bos. GRAPES—Isabella, 50@6c per crate: other varieties, 25@10c for small boxes, 50@65c for crates and 75c@$L 50 for large open boxes; | ‘Wine Grapes, $15@%1 pex'“:t»? for Z“iniandel | Vhite and $14@16 for Mission; , $15G16 per ton. MELONS—Cantaloupes, $1@1 50 per crate; Nutmeg Melons, 50@85¢ per box; Watermelons, ch. RUS FRUITS—Oranges, $2 50@2 76 fo: fancy Valencias, §2G2 25 for choice and $1@ | 150 for standard; lemons. $1@3 per box; Grape Fruit, $1 5042 50; Mexican Limes, $4@ { 4 50; Bananas, $1@1 75 per bunch for Ha- walian and $2@3 for Central American; Pine- apples, $§2G2 50 per dozen. Dried Fruits,Nuts, Raisins, Honey The local trade report a fair demand for Fruits, though it is bardly as brisk as it was Prices remaip as before. tion has issued a new list and marked down loose and layers and marked | up sesded, as per quotations below. i ricots, 7@9%ec for Royals and | Moorparks; Ivaporated Apples, | ; sun-dried, 3%@dc; Pears, 6@10c; Nectarines, 4 | 4@4%%° in_boxes, black, 414 | 6G%e per 1b. PRUNES—1903 crop, 2%@3%c for the four sizes. RAISINS—F. o. b. prices, Fresno, for 1003 crop: 50-1b_hoxes—Loose Muscatel, 2 5lic per 1b; 3-crown, 5%c; 4-crown, 61 Jess Muscatels, 4%c; do floated, 41c; unbleach- | ed Sultanas, 4%c; Thompson's Seedless, Slgc. London Layers- . §1 25; 3-crown, $1 35 4-crown clusters, $2; b-crown Dehesas, $2 50 | 6-crown Imperiais, §: 5@20c each. Pesches, o@7c; Yoc; Fixs, white, Plums,’ pitted, Sc per Ib; do 3-crown, b¥%e 414c; Pacific do, 3%¢; Oriental 2 Raisins, _16- packages, fancy, “8c per Ib cholce, T%c; 12-0z. packages, fancy, 6%c: cholce, 6%c; In bulk, fancy, 7%c; choice, T%c. | NUTS—Walnuts, No. 1 softsheil, lz¥c; No. 2, 1l%c; No. 1 hardshell, 13c; No. 2, 1llc; Almonds, 1lc for Nonparelis, 10ic¢ for 1 X L, 10%c for Ne Plus Ultras and 8%c for Langue doc: Peanuts, 6@7c for Eastern; Fecans, 11@ 13c; Cocoanuts, $4 50@5; California Chestnuts, 10@15c per Ib. olozloNEY——Comh, aew, 1214@l4c for white and v@llc for amber; new water white ex- tracted, 5%@6%c: light amber extracted, Sc; dark, 33%@4%c. » BEESWAX—27@20¢. Provisions. The week opened with a_reduction of e in Hams, Bacon and Lard. The market is quiet and weak at the decline, with Hams and Lard er than Bacon. i T hicago market was lower and dragging. | CURED MEATS—Bacon, 12c per b for heavy, 12%e for light medium, lic for light, 150 for extra light, 1Sc for sugar-cured and 1be for extra susar-cured; isastern sugar- cured Hams, 15%c: California Hams, 143c; Mess Beef, $11 50 per bbl: extra Mess, $i2@12 50; Family, $13@13 prime Mess Pork, $19: extra clear. $25; Mess, $20; Dry Saltea Pork, 12%c; Pig Pork, $28; Pigs’ Feet, $5 25; Smoked Beef, 15c per Ib. 'LARD—Tierces aquoted at 7%c per Ib for compound and 9@9%c for pure; half barrels, pure, 97sc; 10-1b tins, 9%@10c; 5-Ib tins, 10%@ T014¢; 3-1b_tins, 104@103%c. STTOLENE--One halt barrel, 9%c: three e, 9%3c; one tlerce, 9%c; two tlerces, tierces,” 9%c per Ib. Hrety Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. 6 AND SKINS Culls and brand oo A quotations. | deavy Salted medium, 8%c: light, and Sc i3 5 SR 420 o ides, dry, $1 70 for lar or me- lu‘lum. si@l 26 for s and 50c for Colts, kine—Dry Mexican, 32c; dry sal g:i‘x‘c-s ; dry Central American, a‘z’e‘ large siirme and 2 ., Pl lip—San Joacuin Lamb, LV Ogl e "County, 11@12¢; Northern: Freg. 4 Northern Defective, 10@11c; = Hum: gfl:‘:’iha Hendocmo‘efl.lk; Nevada, 13@15c; b fine, 18@19¢c; Oregon, medtum, 17¢ ,,,'a'au 20@23¢ ver Ib for California and 209 2 for Oregon. Mecat Market. e a fl'fll.‘u:"\ lower again, as artloge A1 % Coming in. Othar descriptjons remain about as before. ocr DRESSED MEATS. Wholesals vates from slaghterers to dealers are as follows: Hogs BEEF—6@ic for Steers and 5@6c per 1p for Cows. . AL—Large, 0@7c; small, per I N TON S Wethers, |T4@SC: Ewes, ,.3';,‘, per pound. LAMB—9@10c per pound. —Dressed Hogs, 84@94c i FORK- 2 Fer pound. The following quotations are for good, sound tock, ive in San Fran Livestoc ., det ered in San Francisco. ‘less 50 |Twenty-elght . iy HOGS—Live g o oft ‘quotat] General Merchandise. S§—Grain c; San COAL—We 8 , $8: Seattle, 36 50; lington, 33, Ses No. 1, 70c; Bakers’ for botled and 42 for raw I extra winter strained, de in 10&3::&1&,m Gasolin TURP! T4c in drums and iron RED AND. WHITE LEAD —Red Lea 7c per ib; White Lead, 6%@Tc, uantity. VSUGAR—The West ern_Sugar pany quotes as follows, per A Crushed and Powdered, 5.70c; Ca grlnlllltld. lated (100-1b bags only). ; Magnolla A, 5. C, Be; “D," 4.90¢ 1b._in Fine Crus| Fird i i g st e 3 8 k] 6%Q to Refining Com- 100-1b 2 taken fop less than seventy-five barrels or its equivalent. CANDLES—The Standard Ofl Company quotes new prices as follows: Electric Light, &@11c per set: Granite Mining, S14@11%c; Par- affine Wax, 10%@11%e: adiant Paraffine Weax, T%@10c. Receipts of Produce. FOR MONDAY. OCT. 19. qr sks ..25581 5415 Flour, Wheat, ctls Raisins, bxs . £00| Hops, bales 5 Quicksiiver, fisks 90|Si 20 olls 163/ Hay, tons . 80 ...58.000/ Broom corn, 317 OREGON. Flour, qr ski 5,458 Bran. sks ...... 3,200 Wheat, ctls 1.400| Middiings. ~sks.. 1510 Rarley, etls .... B30 Shorts, ska 1250 Oats, ctls . 3,060/ Feed, sks . 008 | ugar, e e s STOCK MARKET. ctls bales . *— * Business continued very dull on the local exchanges and prices showed no changes wor- thy of note. The Central Ol Company declared s divi- dend of 2 per cent last week, Stock and Bond Exchange. MONDAY, Oct. 10—2 p. m. UNITED STATES BONDS. Bid. Ask. 1014 104 1024 101 130 116% Do gtd Bs.1 LAP icm 58 — Mkt-st C 6s.118 Do lem 5&. — 02%106%/ 10813} NRR of Be Cés AR 27 — I8 112% 12015} WATER Contra Costa 39 45 Marin Co . 61 GAS AND €ent L & P. 3% — 15 11 (53 Mutual B L. 10 Pac G Imp.. — 'ac Lighting 55 ac B G & K — TRUSTEES' CERTIFICATES. SFG&E 6 1IN SL'SAN CE. Firem’'s Fnd.325 4s ar new ... — — |88 qr coup .. MISCELLANEOUS BONDS. > , Do 45 3dm. |Stkn G&E fs 98 UG & STOCKS. Port Costa.. — Sp VW Co 30% ELECTRIC, Bld.Ask. (1905)Sr A.1021, — A905)Sr B, 1108 11045 E be. — 0% Bank of Cai — 485 |Meren Bx . = Cal Safe Dp. — 160 |S F Nationl. — — First Nationl — — 5, SAVINGS BANKS. Ger S & L. — Sav & L Soc 90 110 Hum S & L. Sec Say Bk.400 500 | Mutual Sav. — Union T Co. — — S F Sav U.600 — STREET RAILROADS. California ~— 205 |Presidio 41 Geary . — 80 POWDER. Glant ....... 88 67%/Vigorit ..... — § SUGAR. Hana P Co. — 750 Kilauea $C. — 6 Hawailan C. 44 4615 Makawell C. 21 22 Honokaa § C 12% 13 (Onomea S C. 82 3215 Hutch 8 P C 9% 10%|Paauhau 8 C 15% 16 MISCELLANEOUS. Alaska Pack. — 156 |Oceanic 8 C — 259 Fruit As 933 — |Pac A F A. 2% — Cal Wine As — 98 [Pac C Borx.167 @ — Morning Session. Board— 20 Hutchinson 8 P Co ... 55 S F Gas & Electric Co Afternoon Session. Board— 70 Hutchinson 8 P Co ... $5000 S P of Arizona (1900) Street— 10 8 F Gas & Electric Co . $1000 S V 4 per cent bonds (24 mq ). CaliforniaStock and OilExchange Ol Stocks— Alma Apollo . P Associated Trust Cert California Standard Carlbol ...... .eo Central Point Co Chicago Crude Claremont Ofl City Petroleum Peerless . . Senator . Sovereign . Sterling ... Superior . Thirty-three Toltee .... ‘West Shore . ‘Miscellaneous— Abby Land & Improvement. ‘Alameda Sugar American Biscuit . American District Tel Cal Gas & Electric California Cotton Mills California Jockey Club California Shipping Co. Cal Title Ins & Trust.. Central Bank of Oakland. Chutes Company ... Cypress Lawn Imp Co. Fischer's Theater .. . Gas Consumers’ Association. Honolulu Sugar . Northern Cal_Power . North Shore Ratlroad 38483 : 8 Bid. - 5: 88 B 8 % g3238! 32 g% I 11 AUCTION SALES P GRAND n AUCTION SAL ot ALL-PURPOSE HORSES. 40 head, fine horses are all sound, well ken and suitable for any kind of work. takes place next WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. % Commencing at T:45. Occidental Horse Exchange, 246 Third St near Folsom.. G. LAYNG, Livestock Auctioneer. salesyard Tuesday. L. H. BURD, Auctioneer ——WILL SELL—— TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 11 A. M, THE ELEGANT New Furniture and Piano of residence, 1522 McALLISTER ST. Lo BURD, Auctioneer. DON'T FORGET THE BIG AUCTION SALE of horses, wagons, carts. buggies, sur- reys and milk wagons and all kinds of single and double harness: also 1 fine_driving don- 'y, cart and harness. TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 11 . m., 1140 Folsom st. AUCTION SALE AT ARCADE HORSH MARKET, 327 SIXTH ST, WEDNESDAY, October 21, at 11 a. m. By order of J. How- ard Mitchell of Yolo County, T will sell 40 good young horses. To be sold without limit or re- serve. JOHN J. DOYLE, Auctioneer. 30 Monte Cristo Ofl . tree 4000 Independence Ofl (cash) . Afternoon Session. Board— 100 Home O11 (b 30) . 1000 Independence Ofl (s 30) 2000 Independence Oil (b 9% Mining Stocks. BE3 SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE. The following were the sales on the Sam Francisco Stock and Exchange Board yester- day: Morning Session. 500 Andes | 100 Best & 200 Caledonia 100 Chollar | 200 Union Con Session. 1100 Alpha ... 100 Savage 24 200 Gould 100 Sierra Nev... 49 2000 Julia ... 100 Siiver Hill .. 62 300 Ocetdental 22| 300 Unton Con .. 100 Overman PACIFIC STOCK EXCHANGE. The following were the sales on the Pacifie Stock Exchange yesterda: Morning Sesston. 200 Andes . 24) 100 Mexican ...1 0213 300 Belcher . 12 500 Builion 11| 200 4~ 300 Crown P_.... 17| 200 Union Con .. 60 100 Hale & Nor.. 55| 200 Yellow J 0 $00 Julla | Session. 300 Andes 100 Mexican ...1 0% 300 Belcher < 500 Overman 800 Chal Con ... 30/ 500 Overman 24 100 C C & Va.l 273 200 Eierra Nev 48 300 Crown P . 17| 50 Silver Hill 62 200 Exchequer ... 18| 100 Yellow J an 100 Hale & Nor.. 58 300 Yellow J . 4 TONOPAH MINING EXCHANGE. The following were the sales on the San Francisco and Tonopah Mining Exchange yes- terday: Morning Session. 300 North Star.... $1/ 100 North Star Afternoon Session. 6000 Esperanza. .... 01] 400 Oriole 1000 Esperanza ... 02| 100 Pine Grov 300 MacNamara . 18| 200 Pine Grove 500 Mont Ton..... 93| 100 Ton & Cal .. 200 Mont Ton 90/ 200 Ton N Star... CLOSING QUOTATIONS. MONDAY, Oct. 19—4 p. m. Bid. Asi. Tulia 0T 08 Justice % 08 Kentuck ..... 01 02 /K Graessler..1 70 1 75 Mexican 100105 13 Dccidental 23 2¢ hir . 145130 iOverman 20 22 Potosi . 2 =n Savage . % 30/Scorpion [ Seg Belcher . 04 06 Con N 0 10 —[Sierra Nev... 48 48 Crown Point. 16 17Silver Hill .. 6 & Eureka ...... — 0[St Louis . 3B == Exchequer ... 15 18|Syndicate ... — 08 Gould & Cur. 16 18|Union Con .. B9 60 Hale & Nor.. 55 Utah ... W 2 Lady Wash... 08 Odl¥ellow Jacket 40 41 TONOPAH MINES. i [ . — 17|Ton Belmont . 901 00 e L0 @Fe&cal —_ 24 L= Tonopah —7 MacNamara . 14 N Star.. 31 32 Mizpah Exten 10 Ton Midway . 28 38 Montana Ton. 94 Ton & S B - 14 Eric H. Leroy Convicted of Cruelty to a Minor Child and of Vagrancy. Eric H. Leroy was convicted by Police Judge Mogan yesterday of crueity to a minor child and of vagrancy. He was sentenced to serve six months in the County Jail on each charge, making one year altogether. The evidence showed that Leroy was a worthless character and had been living for months off the money and food he re- ceived from Mrs. Kittie Brown, 204} Eddy street, and a woman who called hersgif his wife and works in a restaurant on Taylor street. Leroy said he was mar- ried to this woman in this city six years ago, but she said they were married in Los Angeles, although she did not know who married them or where they were married In that city. Leroy was accused of suspending Elmer Brown, 7 years of age, by the ears out of a second-story window of 204% Eddy street. It was shown also that he had frequently beaten and kicked the three other children of Mrs. Brown. He had only earned $50 this year and was in a constant state of inebriation. The Judge warned Mrs. Brown that if she did not associate with respectable people in future her children would be taken from her and Officer McMurray of the California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was instructed to keep track of he) Colored ‘When the case of Muldoon McDonald, the conqueror of “Toothpick™ Kelly, pu- gilist. was called in Judge Dunne's court yesterday it was dismissed on motior of the District Attorney for the lack of suf- ficient evidence to convict. Edward Miller and McDonald were arrested on a chargs of robbing Joseph Bird, a colored man, at Pacific and Montgomery streets, on s morning of June 18, Miller was tried about two weeks ago and the jury acquit- ted him. Bird left the city after the pre- liminary examination of the defendants and the police have been unable to lo- cate him. —_————————— Suit on a Note. M. C. Turner, as trustee of the estate of E. W. Curry, bankrupt, filed suit in the ‘nited States District Court yesterday against G. W. Fisher, the Puget Sound TLumber Company and others to recover $1500 on a promissory note, with interest and costs. Petty Thief to Serve a Year. ‘Willlam Fowler was convicted by Police Judge Mogan yesterday of two charges of petty larceny and sentenced to serve six months in tHe County Jail on each charge. He entered the rcoms of two women at 328 Third strect and stole an alarm clock from one and a pair of shoes from the other.