The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1904, Page 13

SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. g stocks fractionally weaker. Cotton higher. K n'm'l Stocks and Bonds continue inaciive. Silver 3ic lower. Exchange rates not materially changed. A¥rival of £200.000 in British gold from Sydney. Deric brings from Japan 400,000 gold yen. ,H’M s Wheat crop comtinues to shrink and prices to rise. Barley still higher, with acttve buying in the country. Oats very firm, but not active iocally. -€orn and Rye steadily held, but quict. “Hay in large receipt and weak. stuffs firm. Nof much variation in Beans and Sceds. ‘0 tars of Western Poultry in. Game steady. -Potatoes and Onions quict and weck. Vegetables plentiful. Good shipping Fruit m demand for Puget Sound. o Butier and Eggs firm and the former higher. "Pfotmmmv sluggish in all markets. 2 Shcc;' and Lambs coming in freely from Nevada. "Coffee crop reported poor in quality. Forecat made bours ending midnight, August 9: Northern California — Cioudy - €OFFEE TRADE. Quo'm- of the New Crop Said to Tuesday, erly winds Southern California-— Cloudy Tuesday, Be Poor. thunderstorms in the mountal pombly light showers along the coast, southwest | winds H(nr} Nordlinger & Co, evada — Thunder storms Tuesday, brisk | [ westerly"wind 5! San Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy Tuesday, he_pew coep. s aeescally | possibly sorinkles in the morning: light The report comes from & | south winds, chansing to brisk westerly. lons that the beans are A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. of amall size, and good roasting | curred during the ew crop season that | Fruit nm;H heat Bulletin. For the 24 hours ending & the quaifty- was described as inferior, but later | p. m., 120th me- - ¥ 2 more or less| ridian time, San Francisco, Aug. 4, I the recent offerings | —— - however, were of undescribed or ] £iE o z qualities, and ihere is as yet ka5 § OB (3 f a change for the 585 2 s g2 y seems to be SiES® . o D Tun of the ¢ 35358 R z= is the case, it would cer ETATIONS. 83 2 is crop. Our estimate of e 5 2 S and Santos has not been T T U S £5 flees are appreciating In S¥y TR R : . demand, a consi 3 . : : paid for same. The o & : i ¢ commercial grades { Colua % (e ] poks <8 H anford . Clear .00 to =du. | Hollister Pr.Cldy .00 take holg | IPdependence Cloudy .00 ntuaily con- | FiE City Clear Tr. y Livermore Clear .00 19045 Rio crop | L% Anseles K al consumption e lited States alone ex- pews- vonstare: wit | requirements - For this reason | r the Santos market | in order to fill | large roasters is re- 1 purchasing in a large ket ng the past fort- Eanta Rosa.. Stockton . | Witiows fle we entertain the s Wil prevall hiee that much | inclined on Grape and pear picking has com- | ct that the pro- | mex Prunes ripening rapidly ufficlent for | Willows—Pears about half a crop. world. Statements | Stockton—Mulr and Ofange cling peaches | | the unfavorable | very wormy and gummy in sections. June Jor picking | Napa—Continued cold bad for grape crop. favorable for the | Newman—Cenditions the same, and it is claimed that 1 turn out to be & large one. too early for the seri any such proposition. The entered their blossoming period | fowering which ean be ex- | sprinkle rain this morning; | ely \mwma\or grapes light and & iy crop. Grape crop excel- Hollister- crop freestones medium. begin 1o har; Peach c st _them socn. nning in full operation; A. G. McADIE. present time % * i Gr in July. | EASTERN MARKETS. | ex; ade in July was very ¥ 5 5 T ments were as follows EAT. New York Money Market. Values. NEW YORK, Aug. S.—Money on call easy; $15,124 | highest, 1 per cent; lowest, % rulmg rate, 3 IH:IIX\V an, 1; closing bid, offered, 1. Time ¢ ‘and very dull; sixty and ninety er cent; six months, 3%. _Prime paper. 4@41; per cent. Sterling with actual business in bankers' ‘at $4 58 for demand and at for iay - biiks. - Paeea0 rates, and. $4 S8%@4 89, Commercial bills, . %. Bar silver, 58} Mexican dollar: | 45%c. Bonds— svernments, steady; rallroad 16 | irregular. New York Stock Market. NEW Tot Suly, 1 YORK, Aug. 8 —Stocks proved un- there able 1o withstand the effect of the ; be: ble 1o e effect o snall wheat gkl o tbe the Hawalian | market fo-day, although there: was sturdy ards, reistance early. Danger of a rupture of the [ steel billet pool and an open market for s z finished steel products was another shadow | Wheat Crop | upon the market and its effect upon United | States Steel preferred gave it a strong sym- | pathetic influence on the whole list. In face | of the flood of damage reports that poured | into Wall street from the Northwest and the wheat market of the country and of the sen- | sational jump in the price of wheat the early firmness “of the grain carriers gave way in the latter part of the day under rather free | offerings. The influence of one or two strong crop of Eu- mpared with R3T.000, 000 ropt 1,68 858,000,000 Bushels in 600 bumhets 180 this ia YEAT: | spots in the ‘trading had meantime passed ¢ the Engiish | Way. Sugar rose with sustaining effect on . the list from the belief that a large fruit crop would make a large demand from the canning industries. Metropolitan Street Rail- way's advance was due to the often revived rumors of a combination with the inter- borough rapid transit. The cancellation of | the engagement of $2,500,000 goid for ship- ment to London was of some sentimental bene- |fit. The weakness of the iron and steel W('allm' /\c[mrf (190th Meridian—Pacific Time.) | stocks was traceable to the accusation made S BAN PEANCIROD, Mk S5 p m. |A%ainst the Republic Iron and Steel Company SEe CSAR e By T of converting iron into steel billets for the T foliowing maximum and minimum tem- | Pittsburk Stecl Company At prices that made s 4 for previous day: | the operation equivalent to a cut of $i per oeton_-. | N ton in the pool's price for ‘steel billets. Re- .Cincinnat 4 84-60] Philadelphia ports of speclal meetings of the steel pool to »J-rk-fln“”w B8-72 Washington be held this week to consider the situation and St. Lbuis, 78-58| New York assertions that disruption of the poole and an SAN FRANCISCO 58-52 oven market for steel products ‘would result D 2 = ght a pressure upon Uni 2 THE COAST RECORD, preferred which cost 1o almost & love of L3 < e = = | Pointe. Weekly tratfic reviews by railroad [; a z T | officials were of a favorable and hopeful tenor 3 23 % Z |and the later recovery in the stock market = £ . S & |reflected a cheerful undertone in the specula- ETATIONS. 2 =5 58 £ | tion. The closing, however, was heavy. g E ¥ 5 s ¥ E | jabonds were irregular. ' Total sales, par S 3 3 £ | value, $2,223,000 2 : £ | Unitea Etates honds were unchanaed oo call, 3 2 NEW YORK STOCK LIST. Stocks— Sales. High. Low. Close. Clear .00 | Atchison 20,500 78% kis Cloudy .0C | Atchison pfa... . 200 96 Cloudy 00 | Baltimore & Ohio 84 -m.r .00 | Balt & Ohio ptd. Foggy .00 dian Pacific. Cloudy 1.16 of New Jersey. ... 1o Clear .00 | Chesapeake & Ohio. 300 3¢ Cloudy .00 | Chicego & Alton... 3,200 1 = Angeles. 29 EW Clear 00| Chi & Alton pfd 4 8014 ' Tamalpais.20.93 W Pt.Cldy .00 | Chi Great Western. 1,000 14% . Head..30. Ciopdy .06 | Chicago & 200 178 Pt.Cldy .00 | Chi. Mil & St Paul. 18,500 147% Fogey .00(C, M & St P pfd 1784 Clear * 00 | Chi Term & Tran: Ciear 00| Chi T & T pfa. Clear ~ 00 | C. €, C & St Louis. r .00 | Colorado Southern. 300 * Lake. 3 Pt.Cldy .00 | Colo South 1st pfd. Safl 'l",mflm Sasi k. Obispo. Ban "Diego Krarlie -Epokane ll: 23 § ‘1 Wedu \‘mnqnueu .20 Yoma .......200 T 10 S sapanEE suasias uflia::sa:. = 5 [ #it THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL M K & Toprd.... 2 §u R e 3000 42 41y ew York Central 1,000 1i mm Norfolk & Western Boo 61! Nor & West pfd. - “ * omnflol & Wulem 311, 30% vania . ¥ ', P, C, C & St Lo 3" ““ Reading Reading 1 Reading 24 pfd Rock Island Co. Rock Island Co pfd 1,800 65 EtL & SF 24 h(d . 57 St Louis 8§ W.... 14 St Louls S W pfd. 35 Southern Paci 49 Southern Railway. 25 Southern Ry pfd 90 Texas & Pacific. 21! T, StL&W. 2 T, St L & W pfd. 38 Union Pacific. 95 Union Pacific ptd. 03’ Wabash .. 163 Wabash pfd. 5% Wheeling & L E. Wisconsin Central. 16% Wisconsin Cen ptd. ... Exnress Lomnl.nlu— Adams ... : Ameries - Urited States Wells-Fargo Miscellaneou: at San Francisco for thirty | | thunder storms in the mountains, fresh south- | | Pacific y | Pecpie’s Gas . | Presged Steel Car | P'e*d S Car pfe | Republic Steel NEW YORK . 8.—No b - | & @7 G oW YORK. Aus. 8—No bond . transa | e B fotlows: | AMERICAN CAN COMPANY. Cosn. . USE, 20 O Common bid 4%, asked 413; preferred bid 00% 1025 o Sl September, new. 98 101 NEW YORK BONDS. December 1 00% | U S ref 2s reg..1045 & N unified 48.100% | May 101% Do coupon 04 5.103% | Corn, Do 3s reg 6213 « August 5 531 Do coupon 14% | September ... b4 53% Do new 4s reg.13l |M . 86i4 | December .. 51 5014 Do coupon 131% 13, K & Texas 4s. 4% | Oats, No. 2 Do old 4s reg.106% " Do 2ds K14 September .. 33Y% Do coupon ....106% k _of Mex December ... 3414 Atch gen 4s.. ®en 3 ba: May .. 36% Do adj 4s... gen Bs Y Mess Atlantic C L 45, 8 15 105% September 1230 1248 | Balt & Ohto 4s.. PN October .. . 1230 12 50 Do 3ls . % ) con 45.101% | " Lard, ver 100 Ibe Central ot Ga bs. 1081 ds & partic. 98l | september ... 670 Do 1st inc.. Pa conv % October ... 6 cs & Ohio 4155, u»n.. Reading gen " ia Short ribs, i & Alton 33gs. STES 5 on se 1109 September 760 B & Qnew 4s. 97%1S L & § F (g 48 818 | October 756 M & SP en 45100 Louls SW lsts. 9814 2 — C & NW con 7s.128%| scaboard A L 4s S 2 b €. BT & Pac 4s. Py 4s... Cash Grain and Provisions. S0 $ol e Railway 55, White Adriatic figs maturing nice- | | Hock Val 4%s. Amalgam Copper.. 9,100 52% Am Car & Found. 200 19% Am Car & F pfd. 300 79 Am Cotton Ofl . 400 34% Am Cot Ol pfd . 00 90 Am Ice . . B aee | Am Ice pra 300 278 Am Linseed Ol . 600 11 10 Am Lin Ol pfd . T Am Locomotive . Am Logomo ptd . Am Srflelt & Ref Am Smelt & R p Am Sugar Ref. Araconda Min Brooklyn Rap Tr: Jolo Fuel & Iron.. Consolidated Gas. Corn Products. . Corn Products pfd. Distillers’ Secu ... | General Electric ll‘lrrnfit Paper Internat Paper pfd. Internat Pump .... Internat Pump prd. National Lead . North American . Mait Pull Republic Steel pfd. Rubber Goods .... Rubber Goods pfd. Tenn Coal & Iron U £ Leather ... 200 U § Leather pfd. 600 U S Realty 600 U S Rubber 300 Rubber pfd 200 ol TA% U § Steel .. “ 1215 113 U € Steel pfa ..... 31,300 501 BS Westinghse 100 159 159 Western Union 200 89 80 Total sales v °.C & SLen BN o 74151 Tol St L Cons Tobacco 4s. 631 Union Pacific 4s. olo & So 4s.... 83| Do conv 4s... Colo Fuel & 1... 721U § Steel 2d bs . Den & Rio G 4=.1001;| Wabash lsts Erfe prior lien 4s. 99 Do deb B Do gen 4s ..... 85%|W & L F W & D C 1sts. 1031 Wis Cent; 108§ NEW YORK MINING STOCKS. Adams Con . 80lLittle Chief . K Alice 35 Ompario Breece 10, Ophir Bruns Con . 15| Phoenix Com Tunnel 03 Potosi . Con Cal & Va... 1 10/Savage ... Horn fiver 1 50iSterra. Nevada Iron Silver 1 50/ Small Hopes Lesdville Con . Money— Call loans .. Time loans Bonds— [Westing Common. Atchison 4s .....101%| Mining— Do adj 4s...... 94la| Adventure Mex Central 4s... 621! Allouez Railroads— |Amal. Conper Atchison 5 Amer Do pfd 9815| Atlantic Boston & Alban Boston & Maine. Boston Blev Fitchburg pfd. 248 | Bingham .. 150 1Calumet & 1491 Centennial Franklin . 95% | Granicy {isle Royale . Amer Arge Chem. Do pfd ... Amer Preu Tul i Amer Fugnr “131% | Mont Coal & Co Do p 131 |0id Dominion Amer T & T no‘&c- ceola . Amer Woolen , Do pfd ...... T ‘()u(m‘s . Dom Iron & S. 8% | Shannon Ed Elect”Illum..252 | Tamarack Gen Electric . 102 ‘Trlllhs . Mass Electric. ww S Mining . Do ptd U s 04l Mass Gas e [Utan 501) Winona 30141 Wolverine Un Shoe M:ivn Do ptd London Closing Stocks. Cons money....88 516N ¥ Central. Do acct 88 7-16/Nor & Western Anaconda 3%| Do nfd Atchison 80%|0nt & Western Do pfd 89 | Pennsylvania 873 Rand Mines Can ‘Pacific 128% | Reading Ches & Ohlo ... 35%| Do Ist pid Chi Great West.. 15 Do 2d pfd . gh( lfll & fit P"fl%{Sn Rlllwly vee e Bees 18 22% S0 Plclllc i 3% Unton Pacific”. Do 25% | nfd €5 (U 8 Steel. 38141 Do nfd T Central ......18734 Wabash . Loufs & Nash... 12047 Do ntd M. K & Texas... 19%|Spanish 4s . Bar silver—Dull 26 13-16d4 r ouncc Money—2% @3 per cent. s The rate of short bills is months bills 2 27%@3 %@ per cent-and per cent. for 1015 Tex & Pap Tota.: & Wosis iscount in’ the open market for 41% H na 613% 88 308, m% l 104 E 2% 20 fl lfl“ sue | lfifl 21% pit Who have been' scoffing at the increasing | advices of rust encroachments Were soon in | and _carried the price of | were bearish features in the foreizn markets, and -mmm, 162 19 T4 31 i % | NITED RAILROADS OF SAN FRANCISCO. 2 i hree C ondilion—l;f—tfi—rnasury. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—To-day's statement of the treasury balances in the general exclusive of the $150,000.000 gold the division of redembtion, cash balance, $151,008, hm& gold reserve hows avaiable 831; gold, $44,313,615. i New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—Cotton futures opened firm; Au‘ull. 9.98¢; Eeptember 0 72¢c; December, 9.60c; Janu 76 bid: l‘l’ 9.80c bid. advance; lllddllnl upllndl s, 10.10c. Sales, Octol ber, ary, 9.72¢; nng Bpot qulet New York Grain and Prodm:e. NEW YORK, Aug. 8. rrels barrels; . —FLOUR—Recei 4300 mfl ,n | that appeared to o i in some sections. 6.75; AR—R&W. firm; fair MIIII. cvntrlru‘ul 96 (!l'. 4 1-16¢c; molasses 8 B-18c; refined, March, 6.90@7.05¢; April, Te; 3 9-16¢c; sugar, UTTER — swsdy. common to extra, 13@ i ‘l;:yuomtm APPLES — Firm. holders of old fr e e 12 @uster fancy, 1 O R e tiva put " steady, t. Choice, for | shipments, but quiet PO’ Na extra choice, 10 @‘lfl‘/nc fancy, P}ACH U‘ how no change. held at T@7%c; 9%@10c. Demand lies are holding up well and ol uits lhow no disposition to 4G4%0C; nnm. 5% Guotattons some demand for R nmmc. Choice are exlrl choice, T%@8c; fancy, New qu_k Metal Market. NEW YORK, Aug. _The London tin mar- 5. ket was a shade lower, closing £121 for spot and £122 7s 6d for futures. Eocally the mar- ket wmpnmm with the English dectine and closed at $26 70@26 95. per was unehlnl"“ ‘l‘:nmo wuiet. Lake, $12 s oappeETwes quist, | electrolytic, §12 12 50. Ia 426 in tl closed sl 1 market, t 211 135s. tly lower losing at T futures. 75; casting, $12 25@ unchanged at was ‘wt and o iy o lam‘i:nmlot Iter “wa# unchanged at £12 hl London and £4 85G4 95 in the locs Iron was unchansed a o B in" Middiesborough. 1 tron 'll unchanged. led(n Glasgow Chicago Board of Trade. | ———% | Future Grain and Provisions. CHICAGO, Au cal as to-day's the last week According. to private dispatches Northwest has apparently affected by the deadly rust. loss of the entire crop, Report Sentember strong with a gain of %@ Tisc to 97%c, went to $1 00 sion o oper: s wheat, §.—Nothing quite #o radi- rise in values following | been more or s indicate while the percentage of | damage in fleld atter fleld was described as | 'Qx"eelalely heavy. which to K@ac, in succes- f leaps with but momentary pauses when | uu holders, satisfied with their profits, realized. | Many such seliers, however, and bears in the | big rush for grain, September to §1 0i%. Ther: | #howed the world's shipments to exceed esti- | mates by over 1,000,000 bushels, news was overlooked in the genel oss traders. toward salés on a large scale, réactien to 993:c, ! buying crazé on arain September closing strong at §1 01. Corn was strong, chiefly fluence of wheat up at 52%e o 52%e before being checked by s:1ling orders by reports of excellent progress of but the | checked the advance temporarily and caused a but final figures showed lh¢| in nearly full such ral fright Realizing = close, force, owing to the in- eptember opened e to lge and_advanced to 53ike . Induced the crop The close was at a fecession frém th: high point, but the tone was firm. Oats were steady at the start, with Septel ber %c lower to Yc higher. “With the up-, turn in the other nit tember advanced ! to 331c, but lost so realizing sales. The close was firm at Provisions were easy | slight change from yesterday closing prites. The market was inactive. Closinz prices showed S:ptember pork unchanged at $12 45. | Lard was unchanged at 85 7il. Ribs showed Aug, "Flour, CHICAGO, a3t 04 “No. 2 ) mallm( A5G BUC Northwestern, $1 $2 8042 90; mess lard, per 100 Ib: 3 312 $6 70@6 "'“l " timoth les showing §.~Cash quotations were | 0. 2 spring_ wheat, red, §1 01 sced, 4012 45; short ribs | Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 8.—CATTLE — R.. celpts, §000. Steady. Native steers. $1@6 13 native dows and helfers, $175@5 15; stockers and feeders, $2 254 50; bulls, 32 25@3 75 calves, §2 5004 Western cows, $1 753 5. i0; Western steers, $3 75@4 75 Hofls-—Receum. 4000. Strong to 5c higher. Bulk, $5 15Gb 45; heavy, $5 1065 25; pack 1688 307 bign and. Nihts. $508 0" <" usgg‘tc; — Il«'gl.plu,s m“” Steady. Muttons, | ; lam BRI To; ewen §aga Ty, ranke wethers, | o« Omaha. . OMAHA, Nebr, Aug. S8.—CATTLE—R celpts, 2000, Bext” steady, others. lower. Ae- tive steers, $3 75@5 95; cows and helfers, $2 75 350; cows ‘and | @4 50; Texas steers, helférs, xzex 50; canners, $1 stocl 50@3 85; calves, $2 7505 B 0 hu;g £5@5 10 :‘lled, Dll!. p mo Stndy $3 C5@4 20; wethers, /3 25; common and stpcl 3 40; lambs, M'l 90. ers and bum and Active, Bc $5 o&n 10; ll(nt. u o Wmern kers, uo I Miscellaneous Markets. —— Foreign Futures. Dec. 611 6 11 Noy.-Feb. 22 75 2270 29 90 20 90 St. Louis Wool Market. ST. wu‘r‘satu 5 Wool firm, with & : oo d. combing 15§ 16c; m‘,‘f.;.l‘:-’i[ 'a".’u‘«."“ and heavy" TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1904. "'m Walla, T1@72c; lllllan—'Wl'V aie: o674 biae 76@7T7c; valle: .‘“ o WASBINGM 'mcou A8 8.—Wheat—Steady, changed. Biuestem, 75c; elub, 70c. LOCAL MARKETS. | S —_—— % Exchange and Bullion. Silver was 4c lower. The Ventura brought up from Sydney £200,- 000 English soverelgns for the Anglo-Califor- nian Bank. The Doric_brought from Japan 400,000 gold yen for the Iuternational Banking Corporation. LOCAL. Sterling Exchange, sixty days. — $4 85 Sterling Exchange, sight — 4 88 St ? Exchange, cables. — 4 80% ork Exchange, sight. g * 10 New York Exchange, telegraphic. — “k Silver. per ounce . B Mexican Dollars, 48 @ 48% INTERNATIONAL. New York on Mexico Berlin on_Landon. Paris on London Wheat qnd Other Grams. WHEAT—The forelgn markets were quiet and rather easy. The world's sfilpments for week were as follows, In quarters: Rus- -tn 184,000; Danubian, 51,000; Argentine, 156,000; Indian, 183,000; Australian, €9,000. Chicago ran from 97%c up to $1 01% on continued bad crop reports, though the North- west, which bought heavily last week, turned squarely around and eold on the swell. Snow | issued a very bullish report, l The Chicago letter of R. Brent Mitchell said “It was a broad, active market and closed very nervous at the top prices af the day. Tho | element of strength was the increasing reports of camage to the new spring Wheat crop. | These seemed to. be steadily covering larger territory and the percentage of loss as -nlh‘ mated in current reports continues to Increas There were some reports of frost, -but we Inclined to think this Was & minor influence | and unimportant. The New York markets led | i | the advance and the other markets tnllawod Foreign markets were about unchanged. o ot like o get sengational and. there is also, of courge, a great fendency to exagge: tion In these times. The situation, however, seems an unusual and critical onme.’ After so | great an advance it is a foregone conclusion | that much nervousness will result, but on the | present outlook and present tendency of news from the Northwest we can only advise buy- | ing Wheat on sharp 4 S this marLer utoresnadvanced 2c on the morning session, though the market did not fully respond to the Chicago advance, and sales were not heavy. The cash grain was quiet, with buyers indifferent, CASH WHEAT. ! W California Club, $1 afl,fil 42%; c:uromu. te Australian, '$1 55@1 57%; Northern Clu 2 p. m. Session, December—$1 46%. | BARLEY—In spite of heavy receipts of over | 120,000 ctls both cash grain and futures were higher, with a number of large sales in the sample market. The strength in futures was due to the general fesling of bullishness, heavy buying in the interior, and the rising tendency in Oats, which have now got so high that Barley is being taken for feed in preference. CASH BARLEY. Feed, $1 07 @1 10;. new Brewing and Ship- $13T%@1 42%; Norlhern Bluestem, $1 -‘AQ | 155 per ctl 1 FUTURES. | Session 9 to 11:30 a. m. Open. High. TLow. | December ...$1 47 $1 47 $1 46'% ll 46 ping, $1 1215@1 1712 Chevalier, $1 1734@1 30 | per ctl, 1 FUTURES. 1 Session 9 to 11:30 a. m. | Open. High. Low. Close. | | December ...51 091 $1 10 $1 08% $1 09i5 | z A Su-lon . Close. December .. $108% $1 0% $1 Chis §1 0% ! OATS—The market continues very firm, with sales of Red for seed at a slight andvance. | The local demand is not active at the cur- rent high prices, however, though there is good buying for seed in the country, White, $1 40@1 45; Surprise. ~$1 45@1 50; Red, $1 2714@1 35 for feed and $i 35@1 421, for seed; Black, $1 25@1 30 for feed and $1 35@ 1 40 for seed CORN—Dealers continue to report a qulet | and_featureless market Western sacked, $1 47%@1 55 for Yellow and 5@1 50 for mud California $1 50@1 57%; small round do, | White. nominal: Egyptian, $130@ i a §125%1 30 for Brown. — $175@2 per ctl. | FElour and Millstuffs. FLOGR—California_Family Extras $160@ 4 90, usual terms; Bakers' Extras, $4 50@4 80; Oregon and Washington, jobbing at $3 S5@4 25 er bbi. H ulLLsTL'FFs—Pflcu in_packages are follows: Flour, $350 per 100 I Rye Flour‘ ‘.{W Rye Neal. §3 25, Rice Flour, Corn Meal, $3350: extra cream do, $4 25 Oat Groats, $4 50; Hominy, $4@423: Buck- 95 widex (loose). $7 5067 65: short clear sides S0a 20 Thexed), $8a% 25 whisky, basis of high wines, | Bocat, F';‘}"’ A \v%.fike%l:x:“‘fi % Us 8125 clover, contract rr‘-"' $11 50. Rolled Oats, bbls, $7 25@$ 60; in sacks, :3160 13 Articles. Receipts. Shipments. g1, Pearl Barley, w Splll Peas, boxes, §7; | 17, Flour, bbls iad 11.3%0 Greén Peas, $530 per 100 ibs. 17 ' Wheat; bu B H 4 Corn, bu © 264000 1 5 oats, bu 501,200 Hay and Fecdstuffs. Rye, bu .. 1? (m e e 3 Rers o AL, Arrivals of Hay were 1502 tons and the | market continued soft, though quotations were | | Butter, Cheese and Eggs. | no lower. Feedstuffs rematned about as before. 196% | s | "BRAN 521022 per ton. ! “.',‘(’,g CHICAGO, Aug. 8-On the Produce Ex-| g‘}"gg}rflsh_‘;“;a'n‘fi? fan fon. 787 | change to-diy the butter market was stady: | SHORIS$21@2perton == ., by creameries, 13@17c dairies, l"ill'h‘ F!‘l‘ per ton: Ollclke Meal at the miil, $31 50652 50; 75c | steady, 1214@16%c. Cheese steady, T @Slc. Cocoanut Cake, $22@23: Corn 80 | s - . . 1, wo‘%&;ufikw f;;:n $31@42; a o Mixed Feed, orse Beans. 10640 i1 | | CATTLE, SHEEP AND HOGS. | |jpe<ion: Bréom Corn Feed 8% !‘ 2 a | HAY-Wheat, $oa11, m. 15015 ¢ % tor e ‘2.'» | i wm; 0 ‘ t, :g@n Oat, $7 i 5 - | ’ 1 ley an . _$T@o ‘olunleer \w 1 Chicago. ‘ : stable, $7@9 50; stock, $650@7 50; 5 | CHICAGO, Aug. 8.—CATTLE— R«-xpu 19,- | Cl 5063.» Alfalfa, $7@10 50 per ton. ' 000. Slow. 'Good to prime steers, $5 25@6 25; | STRAW—00G10¢ per bale. 49'5 ?oflr to modmm $4@5; fiwck;zr"fi u2nd feeders, | 7. $2G4; cows, §1 26G4; heifers, $2G+4 25; canners, 2B 8 i/ buils, S24; "caives, 52 50@5 50; | Beans and Seeds. o { a"" ,000. 2;‘:?;’24 ot buten” | ‘e The situation remains about as before, the 42 ors, $5620@5 35; good to choice heavy, $525@ | only change being a weakening in Pinks owing 13, | B30 rough héavy, $480a5 10; 1ighi, 3535 to the approach of the new crop, w21 | 5 60; bulk of sales, $5 20@5 45. | BEANS—Bayos, §2 40G2 55; Pea, $3; But. 23" | m“z“"—““”? e ethoce? $5d ambs. ! ters, §3; small White, 82 2563 05; large White. -~ ady. Good to choice wethers, $3 53G4 $2 4002 55, Pink 360 Red falr to choice mixed, $3@4 75; Western et R L ] @4 10: native lambs, $4G6 10; Westord | Bimaeyes, 43 1002 25 ver Stir Harse’ Soacy | 1amve, $o@e. $115as, il e SEEDS—Brown Mustard, none here: Yellow Mustard, §3 25; Flax, §1 0032 7e; Alfalfa, 15@15%¢c; Rape. 1%Q2%c; Timo. | thy, 5%c; Hemp, @3%c per Ib; Millet, 214 as%c; ‘Broom Corn Seed, 1 per ton! DRIED PEAS—Green Peas, $3 per ctl. Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables. Canary, 6%@ | The market for new white Potatoes was quiet and weak at easier prices. Supplies were far in excess of the demand, as nearly | lll of Bltu y's belated arrivals were still | hand fresh receipts were unusually | h-n.vy SWQG! Potatoes from Coachella were ofleriog st 6cand & fox small lots from Mer- 3%c per pound. Onions continued rices were no lower. vals of Tomatoes were lighter than Mll.l -l?ek fll? a little better, with occasional sales of small parcels reported at we per box. Offerings of Lima Beans wera of poor quality and met with Shle 2t She ravigusly auoted rates. The other vegetables were in free supply and generally 'ATOES—New Burbanks from the river, &efil 15 ptr ctl in -ch Ind ‘101 25 per Salinas u 50@1 65 per ctl; Wi Bobe vy Garnet Chiles, ONIONS—SHvenklnl. $1 10G1 25 per m. GETA Corn crates from Mamed. no“}” rm meda, Green Peas, 1@3c n | and_ Watermelons were ] chll\lM @15 _per ton | 85@5o | Central But!er, Cheese and Eggs. 2 i The wuk opened ,with Butter firm and well cleaned up as far as the finest creameries were concerned, with some houses quoting over the top price below. There is a disposition among some firms to get the market up higher than the conditions warrant in order that it will then break and drop back to where they con- sider it ought to be, These dealers are rush- ing the quotations up for all they are worth and are trying to force the more conservative houses to follow them. It appears, however, that the public are going to have something to say about the price of Butter before long. Kireaty several Javge recailers report that the people at large are leaving the high-priced creameries and looking about for something cheaper. In the meantime BEastern Butter is being drawn out of store, cut up into squares and thus sold to the public. Cheese continues quiet and unc! Eggs are showing signs of more steadiness and choice fresh ranch are now in lighter sup- ply and firm. There are a good many medium and lower grade Eggs and stale ranch still on a m., at J. B. HORAN'S 13 AUCTION SALES = = FS SIXTY HORSES FOR SALE By order of 1. V. Button, I will sell at Pub- lic Auction. SIXTY HORSES, broken and u: bvu:u.veumwmm 1000 to 1400 Ibs. These horses are known as the double-square horses and are the best all-purpose horses ever of- fered for sale at public au Sale takes place THURSDAY, Aug. 11, at 11 YARD, cor. Tenth and Bryant sts. Horses can be seen at yards from Tuesday morning until day of sale. S. WATKINS, Auctioneer. the imnarket, however and they are moving sluggishly. ~Receipts are still falling off, as will be seen. BIG AUCTION TUESDAY, A 9, 11 Receipts were 65,900 Ibs Butter, 706 cases a. m.. at 1140 Folsom st., Eggs_and_ 7700 Ibs Cheese. horees, 3 rubber tire r\lmbou'.l.lm 1 BUTTER_Creamery at first hands, 2 24c tof | ony. 30 mets harness. and a lafge sssortment extras and 23c for firsts; dairy. sto! wagons, carts, surreys and buggies. WM. Buttbr, 14@16c; Eastern s, m:..czoc cLovcm “Auctioneer. !:uurn lldle vlck.d 14@15%¢ per Ib. [E—9@9%ec for choice mild new and m%c lur lower nlde Young Americas, 119 113¢; Eastern, 10@15c; Utah, 12¢ per Ib. EGGS—Ranch, uozgc for choice and 21@23 for fair to good; store, 19@2ic; Fastern, 20@ 22%c for firsts and 18%@1% for seconds. Deciduous and Citrus Fryits. s wers Small tree fruits in shipping pack: in good request for shipment on the steamer leaving for Puget Sound ports and the best lots of Peaches. Plums, Prunes, Pears and Apples met with prompt sale for that pur- pose at good figures, Local trade, however, was quiet, ‘as usual on Monday, and there was an abundance of second quality fruit to be had at easy rates. A few small lots of Strawberry Freestone Peaches from Coloma met with prompt sale at per box. while yellow ; Crawfords from the same section brought 63c per box, The canmbrs were offering $25@30 per ton for other Peaches, but were unable to procure any great quantity, as receipts of large boxes were light and were pretty weil cleaned up by the regular trade at better prices. Wrapped Bartiett Pears were pienti- ful, but ruled firm and bubk stock was steady, with the canners purchasing freely. There were not many Plums sold for canning ac- | count, as buyers and sellers were apart in thelr views. The Apple market was reported steady and prices had an upward tendency. Some fancy Gravensteins in 4-tler boxes were firmly held at $1 50 per box. but no sales were reported at that figure, Offerings of Figs con- sisted almost entirely of carrled-over stock. which_sold at lower rates, Nutmeg Melon: in free supply and weak, while Cantaloupes were steady and un- Grapes continued to drag and Ber- ries had but little change. STRAWBERRIES— —— per chest for Long- worths, $4@6 for Alviso Berries and $3@5 for the larger varieties. BLACKBERRIES —$2@3 per chest. RASPEERRIES—$8@12 per chest. HUCKLEBERRIES—1lc per Ib. APRICOTS— Nominal, APPLES—$1@1 25 per box for fancy, 25c@$1 | for choice ana 35@60c for comman: Crab Ap- ples. B0@60c for small boxes and $I for large. —Bartlert. 85¢@$1 15 per box for No. i@40c for No. 2; to canners, $25@30 per boxes, 35@60c: carrlers. 50@65c: open boxes, ——: lug_ boxes, 75c@S$1. | PLUMS AND PRUN @ per crate | and 25@10c per small box; Plums in bulk, $7 50 m, PEACHES—Small NECTARINES—75@90c per crate for red and 50c for white. FIGS—T5@S3c_per box. MELONS—Cantaloupes, $1@1 50 per crat Nutmeg Melons, 30@é0c per box; Watermelons, $5@25 per hundred. GRAPES—Seedless, 50@75c_per small box or crate and 65@75c for ppen boxes: Muscat, 60@ Toc per crate; Black. 60@75¢c; Fontainebleau, (‘lTRLS FRUITS—Oranges. $1 50@2 50 bow Tor Valenclas and $1 25@1 50 for Mediter- ranean Sweets; Lemons, $2 25@2 75 for fancy, $150@) 75 for choice and $1@1 25 for stand- ard; Mexfcan Limes. $4@4 50 per case: Ba- Panas, $1 50@3 per bunch for Central Ameri- can and T5c@$1 50 for Hawallan; Pineapples, $1 50@2 50 per dozen. i Dried Fruits,Nuts,Raisins,Honey. FRUITS- Peaches, 51 crop—Apricots, T1@9%c; Pears, 6@0%e: Figs, | Eorowa: brichs sc: 3-crowr. Sbe: 4-crown, | 83c; 6-crown, bulk white, 3%@3i4c; black, | .00 erop—Evaporated Apples, C1@1%4e per | O UNES 1908 crop, 1%@2%e for the four sizes. RAISINS—Assoclation f. o. b. prices Fresno (subject. fo change without motice) are as fol- lor 50-1b boxes—Loose Muscatels, 3-crown, 2%c; Malaga, loose, 3-crown, mc; 2-crown, 2%c: seedléss Sultanas, Se: seediess Muscatels, 2ijc; Seeded Ralsins, 16-oz . fancy, 4lgc: choice, 4c; 12-0z cartons, 3%c per Ib. 1 softshell, 13%@1de 1 hardshell, 13@13% e . 134 @13%¢ for new Nonpareiis, 12%@12%c for T X L. 13@12%c for Ne Plus Ultra; Peanuts, 6@7c for Eastern; Pe- -crown, $4 50@5. 1% for white and 10@ | water white extracted. 5%4@ light amber extracted, 5@6c; dark, 342@ 4%e, BEESWAX— / 1lc for amber; 8o @29c per Ib. Provisions. Sluggish markets are reported from all points. Brokers' wircs frong Chicago yester- day said: “The strength in grain rather con- tributed to the steadiness, but the character of buying does not improve and the action of the market is not encouraging. It is very dull and the trading altogether featureless.” CUR! 5D MEATS—Bacon. 10c per Ib for heavy, 1lc for light medium, 13c for lght, l4c for extra light and 1ic for cured; Eastern sugar-cured Hams, fornia. Hams, 13c: Mess Beel. $10@10 %0 bbl: extra Mess, $11@1150; Family, $12G12 50, prime Mese Pork. $1450: extra clear, $21; Mess, $17 50: Dry_Salted Pork. 94¢: Pig Pork, §21: Pigs’ Feet, $5; Smoked Beef, lic per Ib. LARD—Tlerces quoted at 6lajc r b for compound and 9%c for pure; 1f-barrels, pure. 9%c; 10-1b tins, 10%4c; 5-1b tins, 10%c: 3-1b tins, 10%c. COTTOLENE—One half barrel, §%c; three hal? barrels. Slc: one tierce, SHé: two terces, 8c; five tierces, 7%c per Ib. Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands sell about %@lc under quotations. Heavy salted eers, : medium, 9c: light, Slge: Cow Hides. 8GSte for heavy and Sasic for ngnt: Stags, Ge: Salted Kip, Oc: Salted Veal. g-negc it dler Joc; dry B, 150 ry Cal shear! lings. 25g400 cach; short Wool, 0G65c each: medtum, 2 1ong. Wool, '$131 50: Horse Hides" say $2 75 for large and $2@2 50 for medium, 8125 @1 73 for small and 50c for Colts: Horse H Ty "' T5 Tor iarwe and $1 50 for medtem. $1 1 25 for amall and 50c for Coits. * Buck Skins— Dry Mexican, 30c; dry saited Mexican, 25¢; dry American, Y. Goat Skins— Prime Angoras, 75c: extra large do, $125; large and smooth, 50c; medium. 3%¢; small, 20c. TALLOW-—No. 1 rendered, 4@4%c per Ib; No. 2. 3%e: grease_ 212@3c. WOOL—Spring_Clip—Humboldt and Mendo- Staa 11010c; Ran _Josquin. gnd _Sosthersy 18 10@12c; do 7 _months’, 9@llc per lb; l(lddle ‘Counties, 13@17c for free and 1”1& for defective; Northern, 16@18c for free and 14@16c for defective; Nevada, 13@16c, accord- ing to condition. 3¢ per Ib for Cali- HOPS—Nominal at 25@27° fornia, 1903. Contracts for 1904 crop are quoted at 17@2lc. Meat Market. Prices remain as quoted at the closs of the week, with the exception of the less desirable grades of Beef and Mutton, which are lower. Top prices remaln as: before. tinues to send in liberal Ilnel of Sheep and Lambs, There is nothing new in Hogs. DRESSED MEATS. ‘Wholesale rates from slaughterers to dealers are as follows BEEF- 150 for Steers and 4@5c per Ib for Cows. rge, 5@7c; small. 7@Sc per Ib. lfl]};l’TON——Welhm T@Sc; Ewes, 684@7c D‘!‘ MB—8@0%c PORK—DN.QG HOII. 6%4@S%4c per I LIVESTOCK MARKET. The following qm-um are for good, sound Livestock delivered in it shris for Cartle Hopent = nnt" AT lmm- Bih Cows, c: Cows and per I, General Merchandise. . uu—ar-l-ha-.!l VT, oot Facs' | Anglo-Cal .. D AUCTION SALE—WEDNESDAY, 10, at 11 a m., ' ung horses weighing from 1050 to 1300 Ibs; also & number of heavy draft horses, 5 sets of double wagon harness, bms wagons, etc. JOHN J. DOYLE, Auctioneer. £ Cheap--Must Be Sold 2= Carload of gentle, broke workhorses from McCloud River lumber camp at FRED H. CHASE & CO._ 1732 Market st., 8. F. tain descriptions, $11 45 per 2000 Ibs and $1230 per long ton, according tobrand. OTLS—Quotations are for barrels; for cases Linseed, 57c per gallon for bojled and B3¢ for raw; Castor Ofl, in cases, No. 1, 70c; Bakers' AA, cases, $1 10@1 12; Lucol, Sdc for boiled and 48c for raw; Ckina Nut, cases, @5@S0c per gallon: Cocoanut Ofl, in barrels, 88c for Ceylon and S5c for Australian; extra bleached winter Sperm Ofl, 68c: natural winter Sperm Ofl, @3c: extra bleached winter Whale Oil, 57c; natural Whale Oil, 52c: extra ‘winter strained Lard Ofl, 75¢: No. 1 Lard Ol 6%c: pure Neatsfoot Oil, 73c; No. 1 Neatsfoot Ofl, ; light Herring Ofl, 42c; dark Herring Ofl, ; Salmon Oil, 34c; boiled Fish Ofl, 37c: raw s Oll, 35c; bolled Paint Ofl, 33c; on, 31! COAL' OIL—Water White Coal Ofl, In bulk, Pearl Ofl in cases. 19%c: Astral, 19e: Star, 19%c; Extra Star, 2ic: Elaine, 26¢; cene, 2jc; Deodorized Stove Gasoline, in bulk, 16¢; in cases, 2234c; Benazine. in bulk, 13c; 1 cases, 19%c; 86-degree Gasoline, in bulk, 28c; in_cases, ile. TURPENTINE—Slc per gallon in cases and TBe é‘;)dru,r. and iron barrels. WHITE LEAD—Red Lead, T4@ T%c per 1b; White Lead, 7%@7%¢, according to quantity. SUGAR—The Western Sugar Refining Com. pany quotes as follows, per b, in 100-1b bags Cubes, A Crushed and Fine Crushed, 8.15¢; Powdered, 6 Candy Granulated, 6c; Dry Granulated, fine, 5.90c: Granulated, coarse, 5.90c; Fruit Granulated, 6c; Beet lated (100-1b bags only). A, 5.90c; Magnoli Golden C._5.30c; * half barrels. 25¢ more; bags, 10c more for ail kinds barrels, 6.40c: boxes, 6.80c; Dominos, 8.80c per Ib. No orders taken for less than seventy-five barreils or its equivalent. QUICKSILVER—Is weak at $41 50@42 50 for local use and $41@4L 50 per flask for export Receipts of Produce. FOR MONDAY, AUGUST & qr sks... 3 Flour, Wheat, ctls Barley, ctls Oats_ ctls Corn, ctis . Beans, sks . Potatoes, sks Onions, sks Bran, sks 427 Leather. rolls 8,317| Lime, bbis 304 Wine, gais 105 "56/ Quickstiver, i OREGON. Flour, qr sks 0! Middlings sks .. 18 ‘Wheat, ctls 6. Shorts. 251 WASHINGTON, ‘Wheat, ctls 9,601 » STOCK MARKET. | -- . Business Quiet and Featureless All Along the Line. Trading was extremely light on the Stock and Bond Exchange and quotations showed no particular change. The mining and oil stocks were also dull, with a lower range in the ‘Tonopahs. Ex-dividend yesterday: D!"l-l-ll on 1 cent: Kern (new) Oifl, 507 cents; the Ml Valley and Mount Tamalpals Scenic Rallway Company, a regular quarterly d!vldmd of §1 Late mining assessments— Ul Con.. 5 cents, _delinquegt September 10; Con. New York, 5°'cents, delinquent September 13. STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE. MONDAY, Aug. 82 p. m. UNITED STATES BONDS. Bid. Ask. Bid. 4s qr coup..1064106% 4s qr ep new.131 131 48 qr reg...106%,106%/3s qr coup...106 108! MISCELLANEOUS BONDS. Ala A W 5s. — Oak T Co Gs. IlB‘é!"H B Ss. 70 10 1121. Ask. {Om Cable 6s.121 |Pac G !m":l 02% 9514 | Powell-st_6s. 114 |Sac EG&RS5s. 993,1001; SF & SIVIelTRUTY 6s.. Marin Co... — 60 |S V Wat Co. 367 37% GAS AND ELECTRIC. Cent L & P. 3% 3% 61% Mutual B L. — 514 Pac L Co... INSURANCE. Firem’s Fnd. — 340 | BANK STOCKS, Am Ntl Bk..125 130 85 87 Bank of Cal.420 Cal Safe Dp. — 150 First Nationl — s:wl»ms BANKS. Ger 8.8 1.2280 250 |Sav & L So. — 108 s & Sec Sav Bk.375 405 Mutual Sav.102%4105 |Union T Co.. — — F Sav U.600 625 | STREET RAILROADS, Californis .. — 200 'P—nflto a Geary ...... -_— POWDER. Giant ...... 80% O1%|Vigorit cceea == & SUGAR. Hana P Co. — 20c |Kilauea § 4 Hawalian C. 52% — |Makawell 2% Honckaa § C 11% 12 |Cnemes 8 - Hutch SPC 8% 9 |Prauhau 8 3% M EOUS. Alaska P A.128 1271/ Oceanic S 4% F C A. — 100 |Pae Aux . Cal Wine A. — 88 |Pac C Borx. = MV& MTm.100 — | Morning Session. 5 Hawailan Coml & 95 Spring Valley Water Co. $9,000 Sac Elec Gas & Ry § per cent.. 99 75 Afternoon Session. Wi f;amg;