The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1906, Page 13

F | 3;,}?&3’_’;*" nnchanged; m-q, 15%e. New York Metal Market. )\EW YORK, Aug. 16.—'}";: lan'danlfln mar- with ) closing at B Te 60 ‘and futures at £180 29 64, The Tocal firm on spot, howerer, New York Stocks generally higher. ATl local Min Iver Liberal Choice grades of Hay R iltry Butte EASTERN MARKETS. New York Mo FW YORK, Aug 4 per cent g b.1 3, offered »ens, strong; 60 % lars, 5@5% se: Prime Sierling exchange and at New York Stock Market. Today's stock market overwhelming proportions of the NEW YORK, Aug de up In 4 bids for ninety ted States new 4s advanced % New York Stock List. S0k Afsms Express €.C. C & St Loul Colo Fuel & Iron Do _prd Distillers’ Secs Frie ptd ral Elertric Tiocking Valles Nutional Lead ¥t R R Mex pfd.. New York Oentral N Y. Ont & West rfolk & Western Pt-:.»lr'a P. C. C P Read ing Do ist ptd Do 24 ptd ¢ Eteel Republh Dp ntd Rock 1etand Co Do ptd St L & S F 22 pra §1 L Southwestern Do ptd Senthern Rellway. Tony Soal & iron. Tesue & Pacific Tol. Bt L & W Do ptd on Pacific - Wabssh Do ptd Wells-Fargo Westinghouse Kilec. Western Unlon ... v\nmsn: &L E Wiseonsin Centrai 4 Do ptd Northern Pacific Central Leather Do ptd ...... 'SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. Cotton lower. s now extremely active and rising. Exchange unchanged. 3% @4 per cent. Wheat and Barley futures lower. Yc higher I Money, Cash Barley firm. arrivals of Bran and Shorts from the north. in excellent demand. rerous fluctuations in the local Bean market. Jags inactive at lower quotations. es and Ogions in light receipt and firm. rket promptly cleaned up at full figures. and Cheese slightly higher and firm. Fresh Fruits generally in abundant supply and selling well. Eggs steady. irther variation in Fresh or Cured Meats. |Inter Metal . Total shares sold New York Bonds. ref 2 reg..104% Japan Os 24 ser. 99 fu;“ Tepan éa cect ... % .1103%) Do 24 series reg 103K L & N unified 4s.101 103% (Man eon gold rog120% Mex Central & at $4.8470@4.8475 for TT\annn & St sted rates, $4.821@4.53 a mmerciel bille = “ “"‘ oom $eSI% @481 wican dollars, {Nor Pacific 4s. ument bonde strong: railrosd bonds BT cv ds 833 3 W eon 4510035 56%/0°5 Fine. reag e |Pa conv 38 {Keading gen 4s. . | |S T &1 M con 5u114% S F fg 48 821 t L 8 W con 45 761 AL 4s 8TH - 96% | - 90y Taasy 1187 n&QnH i & ser A 75% 'So Raflway BSs. 7215 |Tex & Pac 1sts. St L & W 4a % |Union_ Pacific 45 14U S Steel 24 5s.. of these raiiroad proper- 11 \4\31 s of all wuro« traders seeking & rvmu( om 0™ | sanvary . of this was helped to of the transactions @ vers confdently that an jncrease Tnion Pacific had been deter “dividends payments were to be , the rearly rate for st commonly assnmed at 4 ning to a higher current supposition that 1 thexe properties was also coming developme: of that propet in exchange for the stock or contempia York Mining Stocks. 20/Little Chief . . 2.75 | October was & ontrol n the movement of Boston Stock: railroad stocks. - e ‘. i giin g they moved up to their pre xnv»u.. Atlantie |Butte Coslifton 1005 Colomet & Boston & Albany.247 Pere \(,.”u»m X Chem 24%| [Mchawk 22 Dt lnn)&(‘flkp |Nev: v accommodation |01a Dominion ", A Tel lusg f)scno a to 5 per cent -m,.‘n.ue«x Copper Do pfd 106% W frona Westing Gommon. 2 COPPER STOCKS. 15.—The Coppers Alvidend mam rule @rm . with a close s working up and tnton "as gone up 4 to G points In the Lonflon Closing Stocks. ..88 1-16]M, K & Texas . SSKIN Y Central . 13% 1 \M’ k “!H"rn . -:103% | Pennsylvania .l% Rnnd Mines A oo, Mil & St P. lu.’w, Do prd Y Gfi‘i Union l‘ucmc . Do ptd 14 %! Epnnlrh I! ]('xr silver—Firm: 20%d per ounce. Money—21 @3 1-16 per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for is 3116 per cent and for three|fl: " bills 3% per cent. Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Todsy’s statement of the treasury balances shows: Avallable cash 23 and_ bullion, $108,689,607; gold certificates, $40,075,520. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORKE, Aug. Liverpool seems & Ro Grande Paper yesterday in order | market broke rapidly. nl Line. Ciome. | Ot 38 P & 53383 ot e st P — 2333 2 5 NEW ORLEANE, fet. Louis RSg A s New York Graln and Produce. 15.—~FLOUR—Receipts, gm0, Dull and ensier 440 do bakery, by o NEW YDBI(. Aug. \man Palece r-r‘ ports. Midhesotn patents, .50 gu 50: wrinter patents, 116,000 bushels: 000 ln.’tfinm* l?d btsooo\-pox, 3 . e elevator; No. Mo, 1. Northern balances, $127,f 2 hard winter, g"« \724“) nm #oug: guEageiey # |iog trom a besrist Kanass crop estimate, e offerings and liquid- %anc “c‘ het | Stiver ‘“"‘?.3" FRESERE F, reased coun The market tlnud 4 heavy at e 00 IR Australin by the e m"" lalu:hf local National, ~ $1.260,000; Ld., fiw. ; Bank of ,000. &> NEW YOII( Avg. 15, ~Coffée tutures closed steady, net unchanged to 5 mlltl Imn for the day were -3:;'”‘. h )hg New York \o 7 llvolct, , steady; | Sllver, per entrifu- 50G fia InL aua.‘"‘m -ngn, .a%c Dm EVAPOIA'I'FD APPLE'—TH. market shows ture. continue fa- l’ C “;Al:nfl:l&;u:lndmbffi- B " 1 Apot “mazker s unchanged; cholce, 10%@11e; | the Wheat Srop 91,000,000 bikbels: | Pt aski with lake quoted slgi:m,m .50, be London m: fatures at 83 B | smot austed at 35 £17 in Londom. CHICAGO, Aug. opened en | creased depression ber lower, at 704 %c ub, at 48%c. N’l 9% 0% |- &1 4 | se | Lard, pe | September | Octaber | November January ‘ Short Ribs 05 | September . 3. 1" ‘lnunll’)' . 35 | follows: _Flaur, P30 | seed, $1.07 ribs ' sides. (loose), 2043 | barrel, $17.20: lara, * 387 | clear &ides (hoxed), 133 |of high wines, $1.20. 30a | Articles— 1914 | Flour, barrels . | Wheat. bushels Corn, bushels . | Onts. bushels . Rye. bushels Barler, bushels . dafries. | 83.9 | ers and feeders. 4 calves, $5@7T. 6.22%: good heavy, bulk, $5.90¢ 8! ter est, ing, 2ic. Tty n ; brick cream, 1.40; Burbanks, $1. b? 3.25; do lmtll vhke )‘n e arvanza eye, $4.50; Gi had =4 5 = 3 8 a E > TACOMA, Aug. SEATTLE, A“l ances. ot e v 15 er) change, &ix segfi? Bterling nge, sight. Ster] New York Mexican Dolhn oxtea choice. 11@11%c; fancy, 11@12c; extra easier agaln, market continued very owing to light supplies and prices more or oominal, with $41.50 bld for spot and $41. wp T, was unchanged in_the local market, t $15.6215 @18.75 d_casting, $18@18.25. ket was unchanged to a $hade lower, with spot quoted at £55 10s and Spelter was ”l M Jower, at £26 13s, {g"m but remained unchanged locally at $6@ | Lead was unchanged in both markets, with in the local market and at Tron was b by - Oats and Corn dull. |ars clostng T 1 e R st ndsrd, foun, 538 1%d. Locaily the market was frm At the advance reported yesterd: CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. Future Grain and Provisions. 15.—Despite rains 1 finnesota the wheat As trading progressed, the wenk- and_before the end of the Dakotas and M ness became prononnten of the session prices had reached A Dew low- record mark for the season. market was influenced by the KIN port, which claimed that this year's yield of Wheat in that State would be the second largest on record. Later reports from the Northwest, stating that the movement of .new spring wheat would soon Glosed s-:nk at nmon the lowest point of the nnchanged to a shade lo-er at’ 1nuonc. 80ld up to 7T1%c and then declined to 70 Flnnl quotations were % @%c Reports that eonmry acceptances were increas ing Ted to the moderate realization in September m“ corn and resulted in decided weakness, Oats ruled quiet 4s. % unchanged at l‘fir.n:nl:eo-l; to 3 lfiV- at_the lowest point. : ariberal r‘v’:‘:lpt:n;y‘t“llve hogs bad a weakening a3 8 Toxae 4-“‘“% { bu the market ‘soon overeame s etires A ruled firm the last balf of the day. demand by shorts caused a fllt ldvlnce In 20e, P S@T lgr ut $8.0734, eading futures r-nm o ‘tollows: . High. Low. tember opened T8¢ and closed 1 765 l'e,rrle P Digher, a ammn B9 per 100 un- * mmm mamme _on % AT% T.22% 11 Cash Grain and Provisions. 8| CHICAGO. Aug. 15.—Cash quotations were as arely steadv: No. 3 & 0! No. 2 white, 82%c: 3 @35c: No. 2 rye, 5Se: good feedinz barley. 358G 40c; falr to choice malting. 42@48c 1 mnwntem, 31 1 88 216 @9.25; whisky, basls RMQ(p(l Shlpmnul! 00| $1 per ton Butter, Eggs and Cheese. CHICAGO, Ang. 15.—On the Prodnce Exchange today the butter market was firm. Creameries, T t rets 14@16e, prime firsts Cheese, strong, 11%@ 1" | mark, cases included. - o2l |16%c. extras 18@20%c. | Eastern Livestock Market. Al CHICAGO. CHICAGO, Aug. 17.000: “market steads to 10e_higher. @6.75; cows and Ixogvrl $1.15@5.25; Stock- 15.—CATTLE—Receipts, HOGS—Receipts, 92.000: steady: etimated to- © 944 | mormow, 23,000, Mixed' aiud buichers:, VY, 15; $5.50@5.70; u:m, Kv.m@ .o, plgs, §5.20@ HEEP—] N‘an!l lflm steady. Sheep, $3.25 @5.30; lambs, $4.60@ | Los Angeles Market. eood eftect, | LOS ANGELES. Aug. of hot weather which rednced the demand and a more than abundant supply of vegetabies and other perishab’e commodities caused a rather unsteady produce merket today. In garden truck there was a decided tendency to lower prices, and toward the close of the trade period market % | quotations were not maintained. The demand ii | for egzs was such that only a small ig | of the offerings were taken, price is_expected before the end of the week 5, | unless recejpte fall off in order to afford op- 14 | portunity to dispose of the supply on hand. But- 2 4 15.—The combination A cheese excited not the slightost Inte prices remained unchanged. an unseasouable quantity of berries among the recelpts and & consequent decline in prices. To- ; | matoes are not in demand. Grapes are arriving { |1n increascd quantities and prices are anything :_butter. 2795 Ibs: 660 ke prices: Eggs—Loc ofth i ranch, candled, 18c: fresh East: 26c. Butter—Loeal creamery, fancy, 073c; valley ereamery, fancy, B5@>57%c; coast creamery, fan- : const creamery, eholce, 4B@4T3c; cook- Gneess—Northern tresh. 14 17¢; anchor. Young hand, 10c; Fastorn. ingle, 15%@ 10e; Enstern, 15¢; Eastern cheddars. 10c: m '10@161¢; Eastern dafa- ed. 28c: Swiss, domeatis, 20c l5c anchor, large, tatoes—New Early Rose Northern, $1.35 50@1.65; cholee, 01 ns@: 40. Onlons—Yellow Dapvers, $1.50. 15.—The market bad a Belnv——t\n) nnk No. 1. $2.40; todey, prices reaching now low Ilml No. 1, $8 hington N to be on the tol gan after a period of hesitancy following t! decline. Spots there dropped 7 polpts more to- pound. day, which makes a decline of about a cent a | Honer—(Pound) Comb. vpm,md in lh! 1ast two weeks. There was heavy | 15¢; Jight amber. pot interests this morning to bedge e movement is early in Texas and Houston. Receipts at New Orleans are the larg- rd. New York Commerclal says: T | been advertised o day in advance that the cotton market was to be sdvanced | to run out the shorts. The tip was that L was to be ignored and the advance forced a Liverpool closed. Yesterday morning lflw 8.75; hlafl Joter_white 1 phite, 0@ovc; light e, 5 MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS. Foreign Futures. ol LIVERPOOL. it looked Lo §§§ E ‘Wool Market. d a% _hXhm_.&'dmmfi'x! ht s, H e, l!fifie ng.b ‘washed, 330383? ¥ Northern Wheat Market. 0] GON, PORTLAND, Aug. 15.—Wheat—Club, 68@60c; Liug stem, T0@1ic; red, 00@67e; valley, it e WAEHI;%TOX t—One cent lower. Export, blue stem, 70c; club, 88c; mm'er Northern Business. 15.—Clearings, $3.40 B3 do stcaghis, “I:F(ixfi. Anx. 15.—Clearings, uw,m bal- IPOKANE. Aug. 15.—Clearings, $660,313; bal- 15.—Clearings, $39. 'D Aug. RTLAN P LOCAL MARKETS. Exchange and Bullion, | _coin brought up ul»l‘m\nndn Bank, u. w-lu (or- m'l.'mu'xoxu pot omed 13 Juze, wh- the whe 0. The A Government 'm cated szowoood?a-n-x- 76, n(m enr. Corn condition 88, 2 o 307 iy, e, Too dond R Al WHEAT, c-urmla Glnb :1 302!1‘, Cflflmh wmh tralian, cammu 1.10@1 Lazy; rfhern@Blum!m. $1. uuwm Fu @1.40 for new; N @135 per ctl. 'UTURES. 10 to 11:30 o'clock Session. December—$1.27% bid, $1.27% asked. BARLEY--While the local Spot market con- tinues quiet and featureless, all handlers are Mpotig, an ectlve market in the interfor, buyers are bidding up to $1.121%. San Francisco equivalent, for brewing aud '”fl"“‘ grades, without calling out much gra Bordens Toaeut vamcen “thelr: askiag. price” 9 $1.15, as already mentioned, without, however, etting it thus far. & Th:gf are now a number of offerings of Cheva- lier on Change and there is quite a demand for standard grades. but th 1re hard to find, as the crop of Chevaller is light this year. Tnferior grades can be had without difficulty, b t wanted. ut they are not wanted . oy Good to chnm Feed, _spot. 021@ ipping, $1.10@112% por cfl: Cheva- lflfi?psglor poor to common and $1.30@ for chojee. UTURES. 10 to 11:30 o'clack Session. Open, High, Low. Close. December ... 95% 98% OATS _Receipts continue moderate and prices show no varfation. ood'to ‘chioice’ Red, $130@L40; common to tair, $1.15@1.25; Blacks are nominal. RN-—The quotations show no change and all_conditions remaln as heretofore, California, $1. 55%1 60 tm' small round yellow; Western mixed,$1. Y ; !encw. u 42%@ 1.45; White, $1.42%. B4 per ath RYE—$1.30 per ctl. Flour and Farinaceous FLOUR—Calitornia__ Family Extras, §4. 510, usunl terms: Bakers' Extras, $4.40@4.7 Oregon and Washington, $3.96@4 per barrel. um\nrrm's 00DS—Prices in_packages | argw, as follows: Graham Flour, $3.25 53° 100 e 20, Flour, 8. 75; Rye Meal, $3.50; $8: Com Mesl, $275; extfa Cream do. 1757 Out Monl. $4.50@3.75; OAE Groats, $4.15; Hom!nx, $3.75G4; < Buckwhéat Flour, 350G 4.75; Cracked Wheat, $3.76; Farina, ~$4.50 Whole Wheat Flour, $3.50: Rolled Oats, bbls, $7@8; 1in sacks, $6.50¢ @1 ed Wheat bbls, $4.60; In sacks, $4.10; Pearl Barley, 306; ssou l’en, boxes, §5.50; Green Peas, $5.50 per pounds. Hay and Feedstuffs. Of the 504 tons in vesterday only 16 cars were received. There I8 now some very good Hay coming in by water. Choice rules very frm and a growing feature of the market is the disposition of a number of burers, who have always before used nothing but No. 2 grades, to try to contract for choice. The circnlar of Somers & Co. says: “Hay receipts for the week just ending show Tncreast over the total for last_week— 4130° tons—in _comparison Wwit] . With the excoption of one day, arriva Thaye: baen \ght by rail, so that the market 18 becoming more and more firmly established on the Hay wharf. ar % | The natural market is in the Hay yards, for, as long as track room Is available,” deliveries oan De taken wish but little- trouble. At the wharf but very few schooners can discharge at one time, so that sales are not easily or torily condueted there. Every one’ seems to have realized, however, that we must make the most of the situstion, so We manage to secure sufficient quantities to meet the demand by water transportation. ““There i¢ no change of any consequence to be reported in the local situation, except that we note a growing tendency for all buyers to demand choice grade goods, which s naturally hurting the sale of ma( Do v-rlefi: of which e uite a quantity this sea e bhont tha countrs there is but Httle TI0% | ot interest fo be reported. ~Considerable Hay has changed hands within the past few weeks. €0 that perhaps 50 per cent of the erop has now been sold. There seems to no excite- ment on the part of bnyers, but they are du- alls going eround and picking up the better l( ‘s difficult to give an exact report of quotations here, for the market shows no sta- bility. A day of light recelpts, means high prices for choice grades and a following day of heavy recelpts often means. a_weakening of n_the whole we can report no material change from the figures given a week € ver 12.600 sacks of Bran and Shorts came m| in from Washington yesterday. The market for these Feedstufts continnes easy, with quotations er ton. X@’m per ton. 8 per ton. %“I-!Fnsrlr-‘s‘s@aoned Barles 7 $23.50@24.50; | Mixed Feed. $23@24: Oflcake Meal in 5-ton lots, 7.50; Jobbing, $38 per ton; Cocoanut Cake T i1 2t milta, $23 th 10 ana $28.80 in & ton 1ou Jjobbing $24; Corn Meal, 50; cruked $32; Horse Beans, noml ‘Broom e«l 90¢ per ctl: Alfalfa Meal, carload lo(l. $19.50; jobbing, $20 ‘per ton; Mealfalfa, $19.50 in car lots and $20 in smaller quantities. HAY—Cholce | rvhen 'ne,weflso en TX: stock. STRA —400000 ‘per bale. Beans Quite a number of changes in Beans will be nofed. Bayos, Limas and small White are Jower, while large White and Pinks are higher, the Intter belng particularly frm. Blackeyes are nominal, there being hardly any B e e onr $8.2300.50: 3. 50 all White. $3@3.2 Terge Snite, ¥ 5‘1@% ';lnlnk $2. 1502 o Hed Teea, 1503 Ltml. 0@3. Kldneys, $4.25; ckeye, nominal; Butter, "nominal. B e DS—Brown Mustard, $3.15@8; Yellw Mustard, 3.'426@310' Flaxseed, $3.50; Canaj fl@BV,c Alfalfa, 123e; Rape, 1% @dc Tlmothy. Hemp, 5@5\3&‘ per 1b; Millet, 3%c; Broo: Gorn Seed, $20@21 r ton. DRIED PEA! \lle'. nominal; Green Peas, $2.50@2.75 per etl. Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables. Recelpts of Potatoes and Onlons continued light, and while thi was 1o advance in prices the market led very firm, the days’ arrivals, particularly of the former, being barely sufficlent to balance ordinary local requirements. In the vegetable line String and Wax Means were the only scarce articles, all the other de- scrlptions belng 1n free supply and weak. POTATOES—Per ctl:_ River Whites, 5@ $1; Ea rl Does peniins -383|;|sm Burbanks, H0ct 10' weet atoes, ¢ per 1b. QIO 85@890c. NS—Yellow, per ctl, VEGETABLES—Green Corn, crates, umm 2@"1& 1b; Beuu. 3 sacks, 50c@$l; Green Pea String Beans, 21@3c per er 1b; Lima Beans, bfl‘le Jwr lb. Tomatoes, 0@50¢ per box for mer snd 8@t lot Jayi Oueumbers, 30@50e box; Summer 25@40¢ A box; Gnruc. 2%@&- per lb (hb— bage, 50@60¢ per ctl: doc_per doz rots, 50c |nr sack; ann ps, 50c per Green Okra, 50@65c per.box: Egg Plant, qod e per box: Green Peppers, 0@00c per box fof Bcll and 85@050c for Chile. Poultry and Game. All kinds of Poultry met with a good eal and early arrivals were quickly closed ont o well maintained prices. e receipts from the Petaluma reglon came to hand very late and ld to_be held over. OULTRY_ per “dosen: Hens, $5.5086.50 for luru and $4.50G5 fnr small: old Roosts .50; _young we 50 1« -m :;ndwfli gotormmnll !;lr:e g:u % !l “fi ' ’ al 1.50; Ducks, ‘560. %ufl. $1.25@1.50 per ar. P GAME_Per dozen: Hare, $1.30; Cottontall Rabbits, $2. Butter, Cheese and Eggs. Receipts of all three de ptions were remark- ably light yesterday, and, a8 Was foreshadowed in ‘the last morlt}. portion of the ar- Hull of Butter showed the effects of the hot being sof! ble. The result good_ ex- cept Cllllotnh fresh -elecwl, WMeh mll nued to_accumulate. Sales on the Exchange were as follows: Butter—30 half-boxes fresh creamery extras at_261¢. h &“—% Wl e ol at 113ge meelnh wen 5700 Ibs Butter, 7300 1 The fol are the officlal quotations cxtablished by:_axmdn and offers on the am" of_the Dairy Excl vmnzrrun creamery extras, 26lc 17l storage Butter, firm at 24c for extras and 223e for_ O Gallfornts, new fats, 11%c r 1b, m‘-.uy!. df”fit 10%e, mflr. u .‘m’rku aeys ) ,'“‘}z,“ %e. Easter steady; “hBad % -utnmf. 8 fro selcted, 250 firm; anu, 25¢, bmdl' m- {J}&’l( fornia mnle ul-cted. d" Hay a5 o m’ for A oe Tor_mecands. “M”' _____.- Deciduous and Cltrus Fruits, The frutt market was sl badly umem“:'nh g e been Theia" rer from ing dny, wers and Bond bs | continued Light. ruu Vall boxes. 25@ bmm-. 50c@$1; baskets, uswc Piiims. per. tond $1020. RINES—T5¢@§1 per box or crate for red and 4067& for white. FIGS—65c@$1.25 bo. GRA ;l.u hp:xu and crates; Museats, $1@1.25; geedless, S5c u.zl: other varietles, B0c@$1: large boxa. INS—Cantal "10 crate; Nu Melons, fl X Wllemtlunl % | $2.50@3 per dozen e large and $1.50@2 for CITBUS FRUITS—Per box: Valencia Oranges. $3.50@4: $4@5 for | fancy, $3@3.50 for- cholce “amd " $1. ufiz for standard; Grape hntonm Limes. $6@6.30: bunch for Hawafians and $2.50@3.25 for Central American; Pineapples, $3@5 per dozen. Dried Fruits and Raisins. Late mall reports from New York say: o ing seems to indicate.a very strong tone, with “an upward tendency in some cases. Prunes especially are firm, and it J8 more diffi- cult to buy Santa Clara stock for October ship- ment on a 2¢ basis even in packers' assort- ments, which are covered by 60s to 90s, inclu- sive. ' Buyers would meet that basls on their OWn assortments, which include 40s and 50s, but do mot seem to be interested in any othet proposition involving the payment of a higher price. Nor are they interesting in offerings of assortments containing the larger sizes for No- vember shipment on a 2¢ f. o. b. bag basis. Peaches are quiet, but Inelined to firmness, with the more general f. o. b. quotation on cholce. Apricots are gniet and without further change. Raisins are without animation at present, re- cent purchases seeming to have satisfled the requitements of buyers for the time, but the market for both spot and future goods re- ::.:21' firm under the conditions heretofore FRUITS—Apricots, 14@16c per Ib; Evap- ornnd A&ph- spot, 81%@10c; Peaches, S@llc; Pears, i Nectarines, White #nd_ Red, O%HVm Figs, White, 2% @dc: pitted Plums 7 c: Prunes, 02!62 for future delive rop—Seed SINS—1906 Muscatels, tc, 4 s 's";a 5o ma 2,8 Sultabas: G Thompson Seedless, 3 Dleachod’ and SGTIC for - bleached: clusters, 6-crown, $2.050; Dehesa, clusters, 5. crown, $2; fancy clusters, 4-crown, $1.50; Lon- g&n Layers, 3-crown, $1; London Layers, 2-crown, NDTS_1008 crop—Almonds. Nonparefl, 16c: I. . 10¢; Ne Plus Ultra, 1414c; Drakes, 12%e¢; ocs, 12¢, and Golden State, 11%¢ per Ib. Provisions. All quotations are: wnchsnged, with a . con- tinued firm market. CURED MEATS—Bacon. 14%e per b for beavy, 14%c for light delllm. 15%: for ”Khl 16¢ for extra ”Kh' and 22 % 8¢ for sug: Dry Sait Sides, 13e; ellies, 1314 E ern Su’ —cnud Hams, 17% flc California Hame, 10c Mess Becr $0' per bl extra. Mons, $9.50; Family, ]10. prime lle!s Pork, $16. extra clear, $23;: Mess, $19; Plg Pork, $26; Plfi Feet. $5; Smoked Beef, 14¢ per ib. RDiierces quoted at Tiae for Caittornta compound, 8c for Fastern compound and 11%e ffll‘ Dlll‘! hllfb pure, 12¢: 10-1b tins, : 5-1b tins, 1284¢; 3-1b tins, 12%e. CO"OLE\F—OHQ 1f barre 9%c; three balf barrels, 9%c; one tlerce, B‘fic. two tlerces, 9%c; five tlerces, 9%ec. Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. HIDES—Culls and_brands sell about under quotations. Heayy Salted Steers, medium, 12¢; light, 12e; Id helvy and 12¢ for ll’h Kip, 13¢; Salted Veal, 141 gzc dry " Hides, 22%c; dry Kip. 20c; dry Calf, Bheeplklnn shearings, 20@40c _each Wool, 71«: each; madium, 90c@$1.1 Wool, 2; Horse Hides.' salt, $3@3.2 Tarie’ and $375 or medtin. $235 Tor Ghnly s 50c for Colts; Horse Hides, dry, $2@2.25 for large and $150@1.75 for mediim, $123 for small and 50c for Colts. BuckskingDry Mexi- can, 85¢c; dry salted Mexican, 26¢; dry Central American, 873c. ~ Goatskins—Prime = Angoras, 5¢; extra large do, §1.25; iarge, 55¢; medium, 50c: small, 85c. TALLOW_-No. 1 rendered. 4% @ste in, b o ) ans anq drums, e less; % @ie e 0L Xuting Cltp—San Joaquin and South: $0eq12@ 160, Northern, 18G20e; Humboldt and Mendocino, 2:;5@ cj Miadle County, 16@19c; Nevada, 17 HOPS—1 @wc tur 1905 and 15@17 for 1906 Meat Market. DRESSED MEATS. Wholesale rates, per pound, from slaughterers to_dealers, are as follows BEEF—4%@>5%e for steers and 4@Sc for 5. VEAL—6@6%ec for large and S@dc for small. 3 H%flO\—sl/,fiDc for Wethers and S@S%c for LAMBS 0 % 5 DRESSED HOGS ok @lic. The follow it B b, a e follow uotations are for soun: 1lvestock ll?ll'n:res in San Francisco, less 50 per cent shrinkage for Cattle: CATTLE—Steers, 6%¢ per 1b for No. 1 and 6 Phic for No. 2i Cows and Helters, Be: No. 2 Cows, 4l4e; thin Cows, de CALVES 4’ @ise ver 1b for light, 3%@de tm medlum @: ;ze for heavy r:mn weight). KGH‘C per 1b; Ewes, 4c etherl. Hoo &uo oS30 nn We per | 1wy 1hs and under, 'mo'ua 250 1 ’I c‘ Boars 50 per’ cent. 5- ‘per “cent. and Soms 10030 percent of trom above. quotations. General Merchandise. BAGS—Grain Bags are lower and dnll at D%@D%C,F‘Vnol Bll!..,u%c for 3-1b and 43¢ 28, COAL—Wellington, $7.50 per ton; New Wellington, ~$7.80; Seattle, 36: rynnt. . 36; Beaver Hill, $5.50; Roslyn, $7; Coos $5.50 Richmond, $7. Cumberland, lu ln "Btk and $15.25 In sacks: Cannel, $9 per ton; Coke, $11.50 g\s et ‘ton I DIk And. $15 In sacks: Rocky untain descriptions, $13.50 per sbort tom, —Quounou are for barrels; for cases add’ Be; Linseed, 40c per gallon for bolled and 47c for raw; fi e n cases, No. 1, Toe; ers’ AA," cases, $1.24, Lucol,_ Sde_ for bolled and 48c for raw; China Nut, cases, S5@ 90c per gallon: Cocoanut Ofl, in 'barrels, 5se for Ceylon and 55c for Australlan; extra bleached wlnter Sperm Ofl, 65¢; natural winter—Sperm Goc; extra bleached winter Whale OLl, S0¢: natiral Whale . Of, 55e; . extra. wipter | 2000 & strained Lard Ofl, 8c; No. 1’ Lard Ofl, 6Sc; Pure Neatsfoot Ofl, 75¢; No. 1 Neatsfoot OII, §rshe; Hertlng Qi1 ic; Simon O, 3ic; bolled int_Of1, o o e’ GASOLINE. BTC —Water White Coal Oil, in bylk, 103%e¢; Pearl Oil, in cases, 17e: Astral, ch Star, 17¢; Extra Star, 20c: ch- Stove Gasoline, in 24c; Motor Gasoline, In 24c; No. 1 Engine Dis- o‘ 2 do, 6l4e: il i3 bulk, 11tpe; in o tillate, iron ‘barrels or drums, cases, 6ic more; Benzine, in 12%c; in cnel, g:: Mdum Gasoline, 1o bulk, 30c; in TURPENTINE—SBe fer_gallon tn cases and 7ig in drums and fron barrels RED AND WHITE LEAD—Red Lead, 8@8%c per Tt White Lead, S@S3c, according to auen: t §0GAR_The quotation for Beet Granulated bas been dropped. The Western Sugar Refining Company quotes net cash: Cubes A, Crushed and Fine Crushed, 4.80c; Powdered, 4.65c; Candy Granulated, 4.65c; Fine, Fruit and Conrse Granu- lated, 4.55¢; Beet Granulated (100-1b bags mm, Gontectioners' A, 4:55c:, Mugnolta A, D, H6 K Crrstal Dominos, 1.55¢: Tablets, "hate: bbls, 5.06c; boxes, 5.30c per Ib. Barrels and Eob bags’ 10¢, half-bbls 25c ana boxes 3oe more per 100 1bs for All grades. No order taken for less than 75 barrels or its equivalent. Receipts of Produce. FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15. Ilour, qr sks. 2,988 Fecd, sks " 5 Wheat, etls 7,040 (Leathier, rolls . 38 Berley, ctls 1,904 Tatlow, ctls 7 Oats,” ctix 490/ Hides, 203 Beavs, ks ..... 110 860 1975 ,014 6 100 432 1780 Flonr, qr sks. 7,660 Wheat, ctls 4,960 THE STOCK MARKET. All Mining Stocks Now Very Sm-; and Rising, There was rather more animation on the Stock Exchange yesterday, though tndln( Water was the active stock, there being quite a Jlist of sales at Tiére was some trading”iv the sugnre at stea flm prices. There o bld of Telepboue and a Tower bid o $40.25 for "y sooctatod O The Dull movement wii wiich s deen on o e 2 Tonopabs for sor past, and which has DesaTele foature of locn stock trading, has ap- parently extended to the Comstocks, for they, were higher yesterday amd very strong at advance., The Southern Nevadas showed no of and Mohawk sold up to $3.90, while a pumber of others scored advances more or less marked. Sales in this group continued | 3000 "fin‘"&'fl Francisco and Eel River Transporta- | o0 has levied n;;u-amem of $10 per Ha plsat e 01l Sividead Ia the same 8 per cent)” as ‘declared this time laxt rear. the dividends amount "‘&‘n!'“mm 3 the W!l-hcl have declared the usual annual dividend of 2 per cent per share), p-nblc September 1 to m of weufl August 22. STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE. A\ J ml‘. Aug. 15—10:30 a. m. o oy 1003 UITS — Bananas, $1@2 per i Cent L & P. 2% — [Pac L Co... 8 90 Martel Powr. — — |Sthkn G & E. — — Mutual E L. 13 13% Firem's Fnd. — 5 | $3.000 United R R of 8 California !(.‘ and Oil Exchange. 1000 Associated ... 100 Mexican 100 Gould_ % Cnr. 08, 800 Con Va M Co. 88 100 Belcher ..... . 20 700 Hale & Nore.1.00) 50 Tn Nevs5.18. ll“'m Dll:;ondlpld 500 Gold Anchor.. 7000 Cssh Boy .. 1000 Grent Westrn, 04/ 15M Grt Bend Ex. 16 1000 G Crown, si0 13| 200 Grt Bend Ex. 15 1000 Red Top ....1.65(5600 Orlg Bullfrg. T 300 Bulifrog Bifrg Dalsy, .. 2000 Bifrg BelmSnt 3000 100 Goldfield, b 90 5000 ivl Humphrey 1000 .. 1000 Silver King .. 1500 Fairvw Eagle. 1000 Silver Pick .. 1000 Homestk, s30 2000 2000 Com Frac, b30 1000 \lltNl.m.\n 5000 MacNamara (@ PO o Batis S 1 e S P B R 6x13 138 S V Wat 65102 — Do Do Do itkn UG lYus SL #%s. — — WATER STOCKS. Contra Conln 57 58 |Port Costa o Merin Co .. = |s"V Wat co. 20% — GAS AND ELECTRIC. INSURANCE. BANK STOCKS. Am Ntl Bk118 — |Lon. P & A.130 160 Anglo-Cal .. 82§ — ider Trust ..213% Bank of Cal362 — [Merch Ex . Gol Bate Dp130 140 |8 F Nuticual. - First Natnl.. 300 sAVl NGS BANKS. Oers&LGom SlvlL&llM - Hum 8 knou See Say Mutoal Sav.. — |Cnion T (‘nm 3100 8 F Sav U.m'nt, — STREET RAILROADS. Californla Presidio ..... 17 — Geary | POWDER. Giant Con... 9% S0%]| SUGAR. Hawatlan C. 983 67 (Onomes & C. 31% Honokaa S C Peaubau S C. 137 10 Huteh S P c uu, 14%|Union 8 Co.. 48 Kilanea § €. Do pool .. 48 — Makawell C. 35 36 MISCELLANEOUS. Alaska P A, — u Oceanic 8 Co. — Asso_Ofl Co. 40% 41 Cal F O A 9613100 |Pac Borax.152 Cal Wine A. 7413 75 |Pac 8 Tel Co 91 »— MVE MtTm.165 Pac Aux F A 1% 2 SALES. Morning Sessfon. 94 8 V;‘l.wgvt Co. It i alley Water !‘mc‘:lm(f & MUC.IGII.BIGM Street— 5 Bank of California 15 Hawalion Coml & 540 Honokaa Sugar Co 100 Hutchinson 4 C . id. Ask. Bid. Ask. Ario O Stk 38 39|0vama . z Do honds.87.50 —|Peerless 7.00 Home .. = 34lPittsburg L= Tndependence. — 10|West Shore ..1.30 — SALES. Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE. Following were the sales on the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board yesterday: Morning Session. 200 Mesiean - 811000 Yellow Jacket. 13 500 Mexiean . 68| 500 Justice 700 Mesican £00 Caledunt % 400 Mextcan 300 Silver HlI &2 tean 200 Challenize 12 500 Andes o8 200 Best & Beich. 72 TONOPAH AND GOLDFIELD STOCKS. Morning Session. 49 . 88 S8 58 616000 Com Fraction. 89 % 2718 3.80| 5 38| 08 47 46! 48] 57, 56| 56/2000 Sunset . 57| 500 Gold Sceptre.. 46 171009 Mentg M, 55 48 08/2000 M Mt. 46 7000 Adams, b 90.. 09/2500 Yankee Girl 13 1000 Silver Pick .. b3 . b 90. 16 2600 Sihver Pick .. 52/1000 Man Con, & 10.1.230 2000 Silver Pick .. 01| 500 Man Con, b80.1.25 1000 Silver Pick .. 54/3000 Man M 11 2000 Sflver Fick .. 51/1000 Syl Humphrey. 23 50| 22 &1 1 21/ [ 03 08|14 o7 62/ 14! 07} 10| 27} 481 06| Mayflower Ex. n Min é Great Bend .. Mont_Bullfrog Nat Bank ... 2IRREE: 3‘85:3:‘-8&55888532;5‘6;383 OAKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. OAKLAND, A 15.. —-Olly m]: sion of the Oakl Imn was held today owing I’l the m“ building. Following were the sales: £8LLFIIGF RIS EEEBERY! F. Munster and A. Olmo, property owners in the vicinity of the Gray Brothers’ quarry at Vallejo and Mont- gomery streets, ymndny swore to complaints lwm t firm. charging it with violating the city ordinance by blasting within the city limits. Olmo declares that Gray Brothers have al- ready blasted a quarter of his property away. Contraet Laborers ‘nhl-i. Twenty Mexicans brought to this port by the steamship San Jose and twenty‘-afow by the Aztec were deported yesterday by United lmmlxmt Commissioner ere adjudged contract uboufi | AUCTION SALES AUCTION. Having to vacate premises I will sell at Anction 25 Head of Horses, Wagons, Dump Carts, Harness, Etc. —‘lrfi-&x&-lmumn- Comrhstulflm Sts., S.F., Thursday, Aug. 16, at 11 2. m. W. HIGGINBOTTOM, Anction WILL REGONSTRUGT BIG BUILDINGS. Application for a bullding permit was flled yesterday by the Merchants' Exchange, which wants to reconstruct its big bullding at the cormer of Call- fornia and Leidesdorff streets at a cost of §700,000, Wells, Fargo & Co. applied for a permit to add two stories to its building at the northeast corner of Mission and Second streets at a cost of $100,000. Other applications were as follows: Julius Gall. Jackson street, near Kearny, $13,000; Oceanic Improvement Company, corner of Geary and Polk streets, $40,000; Wieland Brewing Com- gnny. Second street, near Folsom. near M; ¥ E. Wal Ecker and Market $14,000; C. C. Larsen, Eddy street, near Glasgow, $19.500; A. E. Broyer, Guer- venteenth streets, $14,400; Georg uller, California street and Slxth avenue, $30,730; Lowise McElroy, McAllister street, near Gough, $12,832; §. and R. V. Hyman, Hoff avenue and Sixteenth street, $30,000; Vermont Mar- ble Company, 244 Brannan street, $33,- 3 rge S. Fife, Lake street and Fifth avenue, $12,000; G. H. Umb- .. Montgomery street, near Post, $30,000. The Board of Works will ask the Board of Supervisors to allow $10,000 ' for four additional buflding inspectors and an assistant to Chief Building In- spector Horgan owing to the immense incréase in applications for building permits. Horgan Is compelled to work unt{l past midnight to pass on the plans of new buildings. The request is deemed a reasonable one In view of the fact that more than $5000 month- 1y is collected for fees and turned over to the unapportioned fee fund. —_— WILL CLEAR LOTS FOR THE NEW FIRE ENGINE HOUSES Works Board Requests Supervisors to Provide Funds to Inerease Wages The Board of Works directed Deputy A. J. Donovan yesterday to make an estimate of the cost of removing the debris from sidewalks in front lots belonging to the Fire Department. It is proposed to clean out the lots preparatory to rebuilding fire engine houses thereon. The board ordered the Ransome Com- pany to remove the bunkers on Howard street, below Third. A previous notice has been disregarded, and if the second is ignored the board will remove the bunkers on its own account. The bunkers on Battery and Union streets will be allowed to remain temporarily. The board ordered sewers on Seven- teenth, Eighteentn gnd Nineteenth streets, between Folsom and Guerrero, 05 |to be repaired after the City Engineer makes an estimate of the cost. The petition of lumber dealers that 48 /the dumping of debris in Channel street be prohibited was referred to 80 |the Harbor Commissioners. The board will ask the Supervisors for $8000 out of the bond issue to build a pile foundation for the proposed Seventh-street sewer. Bookkeeper Levy furnished an es- timate that it will require $13.475 to meet the increase in the wages of skilled laber in the city’s employ, as submitted by the Building Trades Council. The Supervisors will be asked to \Bravigs the additional funds. joard approved the specifica- uon- 4¢of the City Engineer for the buildhg of the Ingleside boulevard from Ocean avenue to the county lime. The board agreed to comply with the request of the United Railroads that Third street be kept clean if the cor- poration will put othér streets, such as Sutter, Hayes and Sacramento, in good condition. ‘The board detalled Charles Boxtonm to supervise the removal of debris from all public bulldings. — e City Attorney Burke yesterday re- quested the Board of Supervisors to furnish him with plats and descriptions of the property owned by the city in order that he may be ready to defend any adverse suits brought to quiet title under. the McEnerney act. Burke also advised the Supervisors to pay $12,000 to the owners of the property at the corner of Pine street and Quiney place, formiig part of St Mary's Square. ubeRRICIEREUS S b S Returns Verdiet of Sulcide. A Coroner's jury yesterday held an inquest in the case of Major Willlam B. Schofleld, who shot himself August 6 and found a verdict of sulcide. The jury also found that John Hill, who was killed by a Sixteenth street car came to his death through his own carelessness. The jury held that the killing of John R. Davis by a Devisa- dero street car on August § was an unavoidable accident. R Says Husband Neglects Family. Mrs. Mary Lohse of 429 Oak street yesterday swore to a complaint charg- ing her husband, Fred Lohse, with neglecting her and their three minor children. The woman declares her hus- band i1s a teamster and is making 36 a day, but refuses to supply her with the needs of life. e——————————— HIGH-GRADE BONDS Negotiable in All Principal Markets. YIELD 4 TO 5 PER CENT. List On Appliestion. N. W. HALSEY & CO. Stocks and Bonds, Member Stock and Bond Eschange. 438 Q.hu Phone Temporary 315