The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1906, Page 53

Wall-street stocks several points lower. SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. Cotton steady. ocal stocks and bonds exhibit no striking features. S ran and Shorts advanced. 1 Beans quieter. 1 Fran ¢ rates about as before. heat gnd Barley fytures somewhat higher. é caned Hops firmiy Internal Revenue Collections. January 4,400/ 800 200| Met 1,000 Mexica Minn & ptd . M Bt P&S 8 M 45| National Biscult. Do ptd .. 1,200 Banking Persomal. Bank Clearings. | EASTER. ) n light demand and wweak. Oranges up g8 i large supply and weak. in moderate and w! he Hides selling very well. t Hogs scarce and very firm. firm. Hay rather lower and dull. Other Beans firm. grades of Butter higher. r slightly lower. strong, with Peaches doing better. Onions quiet. Game unchanged.+ Limes Wool dull. t the local Clearing-house dur- emounted to $89,600,- 3 hael, who bas been for n Pra ) maba . <108 Lds. 21.000 | Penn -.|Pacific Coast | Bo st pia. . Do 24 pfd 500) Paclfic Ml.kl . ‘R Co .OO'Peobll. Gas CC & St L. sco bank clearings show an increase of $6,000,000. ver and Exchan Oats and Corn un- well < "50% | "60% {10834 107 (1877138 { | o3| 0ax 10 1100310135 | 4,400 Republic § & IL| | 34 fz& 800| Do pfd .. 08 {10733 1108 -.|Rubber Goods veess| 881 40 . | Do prd . L..ia00 fr02 1,000 Sloss Shetrield Col 90 | 89 | 80 [ 80% condans] DO P | reee.j108 (125 Sngeip—— StL 8F 1st pf 68 I'nl MARKETS. 2700/ Do 24 pra.....| 4934 50 4005t L &8 W 2 uii B < 400( Do prd ...... 7 7 New Yeork Momey Market, 16,500 \:Vuthcfl‘ Paci 6T%| 677 Do pfd .... ... 118 [118% 10,000/Southern K| do%, ol @ 100, Do pfd . 101% 101 102 Standard Ofl 680 (604 New York Stock List. Hu & Co., 490 California street, | Y & Do o Do ptd Do pfd Do coupon. Do 3s res. Do coupon. Do oid 4= reg.. Colo Ind Be, Do b=, ser B... Colp Midland 4s. Colo & So 4s. Cuba B5s . Den & Rio G Do gen 48 ... Hock Val 4%s...1 Japan 6s ... f14 42 & Bt L. {108 lms 104% 107 12 -7 EW. Adams Con . 25! Little Chief. Alice 3 50! Ontario Breece . Ophtr Bruns Con 4 Phoenix . Com Tunnel . Con Va Min Co. Horn Silver iron Silver . Leadville Con Money— Call loans . Time loans. | 2 Atchison 4s . Do adj 4s. 1. = 9% 20% X'l"l' * ¥ 0 Rallroads— Atchison . Do pfd.. ston Elev Mex Central NY.NH& 410 4135 42 15| 46%| 6% 7 95, Do United Fruit . Un Shoe Mach. d. Do for ucet. Anaconda '5‘"4 Atchison - 17 3674 70%5| 70%| 71 ‘m" ‘luntted Copper RRof 8 1800| Do pra .. | U 8 ret 25 res. :\tl BrooklynRT ¢ 4s. 98 Central of Ga bs.114 3 811 S s lg“‘ L b‘n s.. b o A 2% 45,1001 Dist Securities 5s 86: Erle prior Jien 48101 | 08 3 .1r0§ 4 50 Mex Central 4s. ‘Nfl\a Boston & Aibany.254 | Copper Boston & Maine 17414 Daly West 24% Franklin .201 Unica Pacific ..154% Isle Royaie Miccellaneous— ,uu- Mining " Amer Arge Chem 31 | Michigan Do pfd. 99 | Mohawk . Amer Pneu Tub Mont Coal pld. 139 Amer T(l & Tel. 13% Osceola. % 19 ,m 18 Sons raoney. .80 3-18/ F. T2 2 512,500—Total shares sold. New York Bonds. | Japan €s, 24 ser.100 Do 4 cert.,.. b b Do conv 4s | Wabash 1sts . 10l 2 15 Sierra Nevad Savage all Hoy o Standard ... dventure . | Aliouez .. Range Dom Coal . | Granby - | 0ld Dominion arrot ,Qumcy | Shannon | Tamarack . Trinity .. {"asy | aan 4, Union Pacific 4s. .11 Wis Central dn.. 98 New York Mining Stocks. | North Butte . S Steel 24 Ba. % Boxton B!oc‘n lld Bonds. .:O"/.l\\outn( Common. 8t :3833 L gss 72,700/ Steel Cor...| 45 |44 29.700! Do ptd . 12 1113 l1% a2 8,900/ Va-Car Chem Col 40 | 4551 48%;1 40 1,200/ Do pfd .......'115 uua e ’us 100/Wabash . |2 100{ Do pfd . | | 5% 45141 b - Do deb Bs rm Fargo E*x‘ 1235 ern Union .| 98151 884! 931 ghouse 173 a7 21 ‘.4]‘ 205! 201 | 201 | B8%| B9%4 l!&'- 888k % | ” Take and eloctrolytic copper were nomi for skort bills 5 8% ratiort bllls iy 3% e it Ll S0k Uires per cent. New York Bank Statement. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—The statement of the clearing-house banks for the week shows that the banks hold fll 127,625 over the legal re- Quirements. This is a decrease $4,702,225 over last week. The statement follow: Loans $1,057,365,700, increase §16,251, posits $1,081,408,100, increase $14,250,500 culation $51, 97&4)00 decrease 800, tenders $83,086,300, decroase $615,300; $162,492,100, decrease reservi 83,572, 2 Sta . s e New York Grlll and Produce. 2w TORK, Feb, S_FLOUR- Hecsipis, 00 barrols; éxports. 2000 barrels. Dull, bui lu-u!y Minnesota patents, $4 50@4 60 $3 60@3 90; winter patents, N 10@4 40; | ;lanizr extras, §2 75@3 25; uo low grades, $2 [ WHEAT—Recelpte, 62,000 bushels; exports, 51,800 bushels. Spot, firm; No. 2 red, 8% ele- vator; No. 2 red, 93%e f. o. b, afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 95%c Lo b afloat. Tre opening in wheat was lower in response to bearish foreign nows, bil! lh. market immedi- ately raliled and for the balance of the fore- noon was strong, governed by unfavorable crop news from the West, closing %@%g net higher. May, 89 11-1690%0, closed 90%c; July, £8% GEO%c, closed at 89%c; s-pumm, &G Fare dlasca STae. HOPS—Steady. State, common to choice, 1006 crop, 12G17c; 1904 crop, 8@l3c; olds, 5@ Pacific Coast, 1905 crop, 10@14c; 1904 crop, wuc olde, B@6e. HIDES—Pirm. California, 21 to 25 pounds, 2le. ‘WOOL~Quiet. Domeetic_fieece, @@8{- PETROLEUM—Steady. New York, $7 60; Philadelphia and Baltimore, $7 55; do, in bulk, $4 65. COFFEE—Futures closed barely steady at an advance of 5@15 points, Sales, 189,000 bags, including: February, 6.06G7.08c; March, 7@ ; April, 7.10c; y, T.40c; September, 755@7 7de: 7.80c; January ; No. l'lzlrholce 8lge; mnd steady; Cordova, #%@ | 128c. | “BUGAR—Raw, quiet; fair refining, 2 15-16@ 96 test, 37-16@8%c. molasses c: Tefined, steady: No. 6, 7, 4.160; No. 8, £100; No.'9, 4.05¢ No. 10, 4¢; No. 11, 8.95c; No. 12, 3.90c; |13, 3.880; No. 14, 8.86c; confectioners’ A, 4.55c; mold A, 5.05c; out loaf, 5.40c; crushed, 5.40c: powdered, 4.80c; granulated, 4.700; cubes, 4.95c. BUTTER—Unchani | CHEBSE_Unchanged. BGGS—Firmer. Western firsts, 18%c; seconds, 17@18c. i DRIED FRUITS. EVAPORATED APPLES—The market is quiet, demand showing very little improvement. | Stocks are well held, however, and prices are | firm, with chotce guoted, &t T4g6e; nearly nrlmr. $34g0c; prime, 9%@8%e; chofce, 10c; PRUNES—Are in good demand on spot, with Iquommm Srm at 47@Sc, according to grade. | T APRICOTS—Also are In rair demand and | firmly held, with chofce quoted at 10@10%c; 4 extra choice. 10%@10%c; fancy, 11@12c. | PEACHES—Are unchanged, ~with extra cholce quoted at 10c; fancy, 10%@llc; extra | taney, 114@13c. | "RATSINS -Are quist. Loose Muscatél are quoted Bt 5% @6%c; seeded ralsins, SH@THe: London layers, $160. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Feb, 3.—The bearish week-end statistics outweighed any influence the Census estimate of unginned cotton might have had | With Liverpool and that market was about | £7 lower than due. The bearish feature of | statistics was found in spinners’ takings of 221,000 bales, against about 343,000 for the | samo week last year. Tukings for the full sea- | son, however, show up very bullishly, and, ac- cording tc New York Cotton Exchange figures, { are 5,834,355 bales. This is at the rate of more than 18,700,000 for the fun season. Futures opened steady. March, 10.84c; May, | 11c; July, 1L1lc; August, 10.95¢; September, | 10.50¢; October, 10.40c. |~ Futires closed barely steady. February, | 10.76c; Mareh, 10.01c; April, 1ic; May. Il1ic; | June, 11.14c; August, 11.07c; Sepfember, 10.55c; October, 10.40c; November, Spot cotton closed steady. “ifaing uptanas, 1150 Smidditng gt 11300, No sates. New York Metal Market. NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—The metal markets were quiet, with prices unchanged in the ab- sence of English cables. Tin was quoted at $36 Sc; centrifugal, do at_18@I8 50, and casting at $18. Lead was quiet at $6 62%@5 80 and at $6 10g6 20. Iron was reported steady and unchangy Exports and Imports. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Total imports of mer- chandise and dry £0ods at the port of New York for the week ending to-day were valued at $16,063,076. Total imports of specie were $14.213 siiver, and $22,991 gold. Total ex- ports of specie were $1,676,209 stlver, and $17,875 gold. Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—To-day's state- ment of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $160,000,000 gold re- serve, shows: Avallable cash balance, §145,- 985, gold coin and _bullion, $77,377,410; old certificates, $36,765,570. New Orleams Cotton Market. | NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 8. —COTTON—Steady, Middling, 10%c. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. Future Gnl-—-:l Provisions. CHICAGO, Feb. 3. in the wheat market Geveioped toward the end of the first hour. At the immediate opening the market was somewhat weak and Initial quotations on ay were a shade to %@%e lower at Si%c to . Factors contributing to the easler tone were liberal shipments from A ia and mild | weather in the winter wheat belt of the United States. As the sesslon passed trading increased in volume, shorts, commission housés and cash buyers entering freely. The selling was chiefly by longs. Responding to the emand, Drices advanced siesdily. Later in the day & report was recelved from Kansas City to the effect that the crop in Burton County, Kaneas, had been damaged 20 per cent by the unsea’ sonable weather in the last month. Other ro- rts of damage came from Missouri and Bouthern Iliinots, An Otfielal forecast of much colder weather to-morrow and 2 report of | blizzard in North Dakota which might trpor | rarily check ibe movement of grain cauted ip- creased ty among the shorts. markec glosed stcong, with May %6 nigher et 5% Y. Despite heavy preliminary receipts the corn market was firm for the greater part of the day ‘? tymfinhy with wheat. May closed up c at gu- held nmns May closed %c up at 30% O Arsding In provistons was exceedingly active and the market showed unusual strength. At | the close May pork was up 32igc, lard 7 Bigher and ribe weré 17p¢ Blgtie & T e The leading futures ranged as foll Open. Hi Tow. *Clos 7 92 I8 ot ribe, ner mo bs.— b A h o aou:z TUg iuy ' Cash Grain snd Provisions. CHICAGO, Feb. 3. quotations were PI Wwinter patents, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1906 M%‘mw lntbl'l. n?uv- Jlam, suboues‘ pes ol ..Ei‘u% HOGS—R lpl! To-day, 14.1!)0 . et Toe higher. Mixed and. butoh: i G S R VY. (L3 B e Teseipts, ghw ;:‘.mfl) yearlings, $5 H0@6 50; lam o Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 8 —CATTLE—Receipts, 1000. Market unchanged. HOGS—Receipts, 400, Market some high Bulk of sales, 673%4; heavy, Paricoms, "3 608 700 plks and “ete, 41 500 steady. SHEEP—Receipts, Market Motions, §1 0G0 15, lambs, $5 530G, Omaha. OMAH. ypbr, Feb. celpts, 1300 unchanged. HOGS—Tecelpts, 8500. Market 5@100 higher. Heavy, $55212@5 60; mixed, %fl 62 light, "$5 45@5 65; pigs, $475@535; bulk of eales, $5 052 57%. SHERP - Hocelpts, 100, 3. —CATTLB—Re- Yearlings, $5 65G6; wethers, 55 4085 00F ewen, $4@5 10; Jambs, $6 75@T. MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS. St. Louls Woeol Market. ST. LOUK Feb. 3.—WOOL—Steady. Terri- tory amd westcrn mediums, combing and cloth- ing. 26@i0c; light fine, 2°42Ge: heavy fine, 19G21c; tub-washed, Si@dlige, Northern Business. PORTLAND, Feb. 8.—Clearings, $606,520; balances, $7 TACOMA E‘eb 3.—Clearings, $672,711; bal- ances, $62, SPOKA\E ‘Feb, 3.—Clearings, $548,524; bal- ances, $60,156. TTLE, Feb. 3.—Clearings, $1,658,806: balances, §$205,086. g Northern Wheat Market. OREGON., PORTLAND, Feb. heat—Club, 69 T0%hcs. Waestoin, T0I@TZe; Teds 61M08c: Al ley, i3c. “ ASHINGTON. MA, wtern B0 club\ LOCAL MARKETS, Exéltl't lld Bulllon. LOCA] Sterling Exchange, amy days. Sterling Exchange, sight Sterling Exchange, cables New York Exchange, New York Exchange, S Stlver, per ounce. Mexican Dollars . INTERNATION New York on Parls. . New York on Mexieo . Paris on London. Berlin on London. F Wheat and Other Grains. “}f:KT Thiz market for futures followed up, but the cash graln was quiet and A Chicago wire said: “‘Elevators throughout the Northwest are full to overflowing Wwith Wheat and mil- lons of bushels are now the hands of farmers and country elevators await- ing_shipment. Millers will soon be swamped with Wheat. North Dakota farmers hold an especially large lot and they not only fear Argentine shipments will be of enormoug pro- portiors, but they will haye to figure on get- ting their Wheat out before tax time rolls around. The Northwest Flour demand fa at a standstill and cash Wheat 5 a drug on the market. «"A=B wum‘r Calitornta C %: California P iy R w/igx (bia: lower grades ot Callfornia \~ heat, 30; Nonhem Club, spot, 3718 \or'lmrn Bluestem, 1 a%: e thekn et §1 900 - FUTURES, Session © to 11:30 a. m. Opn. High. Low. Clo May—No sales: 51 35_asked, December—No sales; $1 29 bid, §1 293 asked. BARLEY—Futures were rather firmer ves- terday, but the cash grain ‘was duil and un- changed. CASH BARLBY. Fesd, $1 17%@1 18% for comiion and §ize 1215 for good to ‘Cholee; Brewing, $1 250 1a0%: Chevaller. §1 20G1 * FUTURES. Smmn 9 m u ao e m. No sal n zov, bld 01 5 scoa” May—No sales; e December . % 9% OATE—The nmnlon mmun- as before, sup- plies belng ample and the demand quiet. Red, $1 556@1 70 for cholce secd, $1 40@1 50 for Talr (o e dndimnd: 1,65 fue commn:. B mu.n. $1 501 85 for good to choice for down to $1 35 for ordinary feed; White, ll los 1 65; Surprise, $1 60G1 65; Grays, $1 57%. l €5 per ctl. CORN—The market yesterday was inactive as_usual and guotations showed mo o Western sacked, $1 22%@1 25 for Yeliow ant Bhive ‘and $1 20G1 S5, for Mised; Call: fornia large Tellow, nominal; small round do, $1 55; White, nominal; 17413% for White 'and $1 25@i RYE—$1 4214@1 52% per ctl. BUCKWHEAT—$1 501 75 per ctl. Flour and Farinuceous uood-. FLOUR—California Family Exti 4 80G 810, usual terms; Bakers' Extras Fogs Oresan. ana Washington, §3 7G4 25 per bol. R I ACEOUS GOODS - Prias in ,m.: are ‘as follows: Orsham Flour. §5 30 0 Ry manr. $3 : Rye $8: i Meal il 75 Jo¥ Aein, 34°50@ 1 16; ut Gronts, $4 18: Buckwheat Flour, $4 50 Cracked Wheat, $3 75; Farina, $4 50; ‘Wheat Flour. $3 80; Roiled Oats. bbls, in sacks, $6 50G7 50; Pearl Barley. 6 $5 80; Green Peas, §5 00 per $7@s: Bplit’ Peas, boxes, 100 1bs. Hay and Feedstuffs. Bran and Shorts are higher and firm. Hay 1s quoted very dull by dealers, with the market slightly lower. Yesterday's receipts 1200 tons, ineluding 93 cars. The medium o8 are relatively weaker than the others. The circular of Scott & Magner says: “The demand for Hay has not kept well as anticl) and swith the iacreased arrivals a lttle duller feeliug has been de- veloped along the whole line. For the last two days perticularly things have been a shade caster, though prices cannot be quoted any lower. There has considerable Hay come in to the market, but it has consisted mainly of the No. 1 qualities of Wheat I 1d_Wheat and Oat Hay. There 1s comparati ll’ little of the poorer classes and particularly light Eriiveis ot fancy. “Altalta. qrrivals have heen conid- erably heavier lately and this article, there- fore. is somewhat weaker. The San Jo-qulll Valley has been supplying us with consi able of late, the Ha; Ay, being of very good qual- Mowever, all that has been arriving has into vse. The market on Straw 1s a little better. Ar- rivals have been p-mcuurfy Tight, while the demand has ben i on. EIDDLINGS—”UM ptr t Articles— . w., Close, 000 s5% mA% sp s el §le ln Fio 447 14 44 . b, S v/ :x.x.olk L o i A 45% | ton; Broom X a :u)% 301 307 | Meal, carload $22; jobbing, fl?&*""“ S 2w it 14 7215 14 CHEBANE 4% 780 1 Th imYINe heavy goods i 'w-re aflrl- were SR Beans rule ’ b i talx ogund';" 3L ATk Butt 50! Woite, & 35 3 thc d-land TB!—I-IV. t, tor large fi?flm?uos- Hare, $2; Cononun a.nuu, $2 bu; Brush Kabbits, §150. Butter, Cheese and Eggs. For Sat quite active on the flehwmmth mmunl’u in all descrip- tions. Fresh Bastern Butter was lo higher light ana the demand good. 'e‘i‘hl b‘vR‘? ranch ufl‘m:lorc ceipts fell off again, were. u.rdl;v 1In - Cheese flats remained unchal eady, but Young Americas were Salea on the exchange wi Bittern20 half boxes California fresh ex- tras. 81c; for the same, buyer 1, 30c was bid, 813c asked; for cold storage extras, 25%c bid, %Ekcv-—u Callfornia_selectsd _ranch, 2015 ouses ’ue' Tor fata, oo was pid. e Caniforsla fancy new flats, o was bid, 14 o asked; for new Young Americas, 14¢ bid, 14lgc ask Recelpts 'lre 24,300 Ibs Butter, 5400 lbs Cheese and 657 cases Egas. DAIRY Excmut:_?oxomclu‘ QUOTA- (Note—The Exchange gquotations represent whol-ule prices as established by sales, bids and offers on the Exchange. Prices for Butter and Fggs on the street are governed by the Exchange quotations, but generally range B 311¢ igher, owing to the miscella nea\u sharacter of the business. UTTER—Fresh—California extras, 3lo, mdy. firsts, 28c, steady; %0, steady; Eastern extras, 2dec, firm; firsts, 20c. Eastern Ladles—Extras, 20c; firsts, 19¢. Stor- age goods—California extras, firm; firsts, 25c; Eastern extras, 26c, fum; firsts, 26c. Ladles—Extras, 20c, steady; firste, 193¢, steady; packing 19¢; ‘steady. EGGS — Fresh California lected, 27¢, seconds. nominal} 2l¢c, firm: firsts, 19, firm. CHEESE—California steady; firsts, 18¢c, steady, Young Americas, fancy, 14%c, 6t firats, 140, weak; seconds, 13c. Bastern—Fan- 1c, firm; Western, 14G14¥c. Storage California, nominai; Young Americas, num.aal; Eastern, fancy, 15c, steady. Deciduous and Citrus Frufts. ‘With stocks comparatively light and the usual week-end buying in progress, the Orange matke: remained firm for good fruit, with the iarge sizes of Navels readily. commanding full figures. Receipts here have been light of late and are likely to contimue so for some time. as shipments are being divertsd to Bastern markets, which are very firm. There were no supplies available for the auction company yesterday and, as therc were none reported rolling this way, the promoters were doubtful whether a sale would be held to-morrow. The other Citrus fruits were reported firm at the old prices, Quotations for Mexican Limes were iargely hominal, stocks being practically cleaned up. A little better movement was re- ported in Apples, but there was no improve- ment in prices, supplies being well up to re- quirements. Pineayples and Bananas were plentiful and easy for geperal offerin APPLES—$1 per tox for fancy, TS @$1 25 for choice and 50@75c for common. CITRUS AND TROPICAL FRUITS—Or- anges: Navels, $2 50§38 per box _for faney, §1 762 50 Lor ‘eHolce.and §1 20@1 35 for stands aras; ings, $1@125; Tangerines, e $1 50 Ltmons. T5e@$2 25 unpe Fruit, §1 @ ) Maxican Limes. 50 case: na Wailan, 150@§1 B0 per bunch: Central Ainerican, $1 T08 per. bunch; Pineapples, $2@3 per dozen for Hawailan and $1 5093 for Mexican. Dried Fruits, Nuts, Raising and Honey. Fancy Peaches show a slight advance. Other- wise all quotations remain as befcre. The market for all Fruits rules firm. FRUITS—Apricots, Wflc for Raoyals and i aches, 8Yc for -tud- ‘N‘ for extra cholee a tnes. TH@Soe Lor hite and Th@THe for Ked: Elums, pitied. Gisgiise for Black, @9 for Red and 7@9¢ for Yellow: Bvaporated Apples, $g¥ c H'l boxes, m. tor choice, B5¢ for extra m for uen;y bulk white, z!fieh e b 4 ans—aame basis for the four 160 100) and 4%4c baeis for the large and -lnll RA!!IN!—E‘. oice Beeded, 6@6ige: Seeded s-'edlln Muscatels, 4% @5c; fancy Seceded, A@6%c: rd loose Musca- tels, K@Glc; Standard seedless Muscateis, 8% @A4%c; 2-crown London layer raisins, 20s, st yer box; 3-crown London layer Raieins, 20s, $1 30 per box: é-crown fancy clusters, 208, u ki F box; S-crown Dehesa clusters, §2 i n tmperial clusters, 20s, §3 50 Imonds: Nonj Ne Pl Ulé.r!. < b. l! @15¢ for white and 1 'lt:l" ‘white extracted, I!fi e per. Provisions. The week closed with the market dull and ureless teat 5. CURED MEATS—Bacon, 1ile per Ib for heavy, 3o for lght medium. 13} e for it, T g v e lln. ne; Bastern flltlrvcmd Hams, 1 Calitornia Hams, 124@123c; Mess 2R bbl: extra Mess, $10: ?o Pork, $14; extra clear, HT W. Plt Pork. $22; Pigs’ LARD— quoted at 8%c per Ib for California_compound, 1’1‘% for Eastern com- pound and 9%c for half barrels, pure, 10c; 10-1b tine. tins, 10 cong‘r.mn—ono half barrel, u!ic. barrels, 8§c; one tierce, l%c. e e Naoe $iko por B Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. held, with growers not The New York and Europcan markets sre also firm. “Wool and Hides no further_change, former being dull and the latter”in good |~ mand, with no accumulation of stock HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands sell about %@lc under quotations. Heavy s-md Steers, 13c; medium, 12¢; i w Hides, tarrels. Dominas, 8.20¢ per lmn'-f:%" or Shdatngs, sks. Hay, tons Straw, tons Hops, ' bales Business of a Saturday The feature on the Stock chas the $100, bonds at $98 75. Alaska Packers higher, at Costa Water higher. $44 Sugar had a lower bid of $27 amount bei nothing new of a ex-dividen The - outnut ol ‘the Ophir amount $41 58 per ton. year 1 SATURDAY. 4s qr coup..103 Ask. 104 € o Seib tins, 10%¢: i 3 Ok T Con Ss.1113% — fe — — O W gtd 5= ”» CPC 5¢.108%100 | Oceanic § 5s €2% — C G 5s.108% — | Om Cable 6a.121% — CalG&Eg [ Pac G Im 4s 88 90 m & ct 89 98% 99 P E Ry 5s..112%113% Cal-st C §u.108% — th L&P 58.1005,101% CL‘W“]‘.XN@INK P& CHWWT — Do g mghe 94% — |P & O R 65.113% — Ed P s, — — jmdbn 6a. — 114% F & C H 6s.116% — 108 1083 Geary-st bs. — 80 | o chsn}w -1 — Hon R T 81081 — | LA Flec 5s.102 — | LAG &EI5s.101%5108 L o it LAL gt . LAP 1lcmbe.112% — LAP C 0s l!%v Mki-st C 6s. (1315 — Do lcmbs.1161 — MV& MTS«.\DG*— NR of C 6s.lul% — Do 3s ....1L — NPCR 0T N C Ry NCPC O GL&H Ok T Co Do Bs . There w: consequen: in the mln!§ ‘mooks. | Central Eureka w i Pt SRR THE STOCK MARKET. Character om All the Boards. and Bond Ex- business of esterday wa: M Spring Valley Water 4 per cent T, “Stocks r:ol;;l‘nud quiet with 50. Giant Pow- der was ex-dividend of 50c under the rule, and regular quarterly interest at the rate of §1 50 per counon was pald on the 6 per cent bonds of the Edison Light and Power Company, the mine wesk ed to 66 mining carioads of ore as- saying $98 per ton and 70 carloads assaying The Hamburg-American Steamship Wllwn! has declared a dividend of 11 per cent the past vear, against 9 per cent pald for tha STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE. Feb. 312 m. UNITED STATES BONDS. su. Ask. wu 108% 48 ar cp m 08% 3¢ ar to\tb NEOUS BONDS. ¢ AR, Hawaifan € 8% Onomes S C. 313 30 H sC11 — S C 19% 20 Huteh SP C 13% 143 Unlon 8 Co. e s i pool... = i 50 50 51 50 52 50 0 4 50 43 50, 14 00 i &y 110 00 108 50 10 28 28 % 50 » 11 00 2 37 8 Bid. Ask. Bid. Ask Bay CPC G100, 108 | SE Gamagetm B L Wat 6s.112% — |SF & NP 55,1104 — Cal NW Seil2t — (S PC R is 00 — MO War 85003101 | St Bi ve 90 G2y O T Con 5s.1 l; m,.‘ltdhh.~ 100 SF Drak be1l0 116%! Ay s Co. Hono_new Ala L — ono. - &} &l s 59% = 7| Mat Nay otz o C Jockey Cl. — 150 | N Cal P Co. 16% 17 ‘Chutes Co.. — 4 |Orpheum Co. — 20 L fmp. — 6 [PacC Cas ColdT — 92 93 |Pac Sur Co. — 120 i O A 20k, BoR WIS = 18 Homo T Oy = 38| Truek Bleet. 1 = Do oa pl. — 33 % @ g i AUCTION SALES £ OWING to the retiying of MR W. B from business we will sell gt public auction the entire conients of his ly ap- pointed stable, the “ST. LAWRENCE,” 423 Post st., San Francisco. At this sale wiil be offered 24 head of spien- did horses, inc.uding work stock, driving horses and carriage teams; vehicles of expensive man- ufacture Including six-seaters, four-in-hands, victorfus, 12-passenger wagonette, rockaways, traps, business and road buggles; considerable high-class harnese, robes, blankets, whips and office fixtures. No reserve or limit and ne outside stock offered. Sale takes place THURSDAY, February 15, At 11:00 m. IRA BARKER DALZIEL, Manager, 805 Goiden Gate ave. HORD & SMITH, Auctloneers. Send for catalozue. Horses, vehicles, etc., ary 1L HORSES Just received 2 cars of those nice, gentle, Broke Utah Horses 1908, on exhibition Febru= welghing from 1100 to (T¢0 pounds. If you WaBg a good call and see them at STUART'S HORSE MARKET, 25 TEHAMA STREET. 2 o T Cl at 1140 out at auction, February 6, 11 a. m., LSOM ST., of the contents of stabla of 50 HORSES and MARES, 60 Wagons, Bug~ sles and Harness. WILLIAM CLOUGH, Auctioneer. = b JUST ARRIVED—A fine lot of young horses, from 1200 to 1700 pounds, to be seen at the International Horse Market. Twelfth and Har- €. G. BRYANT, proprieto Board yesterday: Comstocks. 15, 300 Con Va M. 15| 100 Exchequer 12 100 Ophir 11} 300 Utan . 19| 200 Yellow | 12 m. Intormal Session—Comstocks. 200 Andes 18 300 Hale & Nove. h 500 Mextcan 15! 200 Ophir . 2 100 gohir tosi nt 200 Sterra. 25, 100 Sierra. 800 Gould & Cur. 17, 500 Union Con.. 35 CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Bid Ask. Bid. Ask. 05 07 Gould & Cur. 18 18 02 08 Hale & Noro. 95 9T 16 17| Justice 0z o4 14 Julla . [ 15 1 25 Kentuck s — 01! Lady Wash T — 07| Mexican 20 ~ 01/ Oceidental 92 99 24 45 19 11 120 1 I 3 0 10 Silver Hill. 3 02 04l Syndicate ... 11 @8 08 Union Con... 33 6 Eureka Con. !EIO’I Utah 5 % 09 Pxchequer 32 Yellow Jacket 09 104 TONOPAH AND GOLDFIFLD STOCKS. Morning Session. 13i3000 7 Butler Bx. 10, 1000 Jumbo M Co.l 08} 2500 Kendall 03 5000 Kendall, 08’ 2000 Kendall, 04/1600 Laguna 031000 Lige Harr B,S?S’ FEEEH 5 LR R PER Dixta Eclipse 17,000 Empire 2000 Empire, 3000 Empire, 4000 Empire, 6000 Bureka 1000 Gold Bar 1000 G Bar Annex 20 4500 G Anchor.. 30 1000 Golden Terra 17 1000 Goldén Terra 27| 2000 Steinway 2 3000 G Blmont.s10 25 Do, l ” 23 4500 Gold Wedge. w St Tves 10 4000 Great d.. 24 2000 Sunny 08 1000 Great Westrn 04| 300 Ton Blme..l STl Will They Go Higher ? THE FEINANCIAL Wi sample copy free—will help you solve the above puzaling questions. This paper has been remarkably accurate in the past in forecasting the tenden=- cles of the market. Its opiniond are neither sanguine nor pessi- mistic, but conservative and based on faets and careful rea~ soning. Its readers who have taken advantage of its Hints to Investors In the past must have made considerable money. It forecasfed the rise in Read- ing, Amalgamated Copper, Union Pacific, Atchison, Steel and many other stocks, which have since advanced many points. The FINANCTAL WORLD not only ecovers the stock market theroughly, but alse gives hon- est and unbiased opinions upon the many investment proposi- tions that are before the public, on” small investor who is interest- ed in that kind of investments, particularly the kind that promises big returns for his meoney, should by all means send for a free copy of the FI- NANCIAL WORLD before in- vesting. It is ap. aggressive foe of the many fake financial swindles and get-rich-quick sconcerns that are now operat- ing, exposing them constantiy protecting its readers from ped and plundered by* & literature of those le! ‘ing to investments are answer- ed No matter