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11 THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1900. COMMERCIAL AND The slack movement of -wheat, and sen- erally depressed state of the market, con- : tinue to be unpleasant factors In the trade situation, although In comparison : Trfth last year, the showing for the ilrst -week in March is an excellent one. The absence of cold weather during the winter has -naturally affected prices of feed, and farm produce is showing weakness in prices earlier than usual Potatoes, after J several weeks of decided strength, are at ' last on the down grade, with poor pros- j pects for an immediate pause in the de- r I llnA T-.rrtra dorllnod to n. nnlnt whow the , consumption was largely Increased, and as this shortened the demand for meats, veal and pork have declined. Oats and uu-iio oucni w ouu. uib cami " , wheat, and both are Inactive, at nomi- . ' ., n , , ,. I rial quotations. Onions are oasier. with j less demand for shipping , In fruits, the market is well supplied ..u , , a, a k... , 1 stock is. not too plentiful. Oranges and ' bananas are plentiful, although the latter have been rather scarce until early this week. The California steamers are now bringing up early vegetables, and prices are quite reasonable for the season. In groceries, there Is considerable firmness in most lines, but prices show but little change. Sugar" declined an eighth of a cent all around Tuesday, but there are no other changes of much Importance. "WHEAT The wheat market for the past fortnight has been a most uninterest ing subject, and the term "buyers and sellers apart" was never more appropri ate than at the present time. By the end of the week there will be but a single ship In the river unfinished, and the cargo for that lone ship is all on the dock. The i foreign market remains practically un changed, and shipowners will make no ! concessions. This makes it almost Impos sible to do "business, as farmers will not accept present prices, only in a limited way. The flour trade continues moder ately active, and millers, of course, have the call on the wheat which is offering, cs they are in a position to get slightly more out of the cereal than can be realized by the exporters. With so much indifference on the part of the dealers, coupled with the independence of both farmers and shipowners, accurate quotations are not easily obtained. "Walla "Walla is quoted at 51 to 52 cents, and Val ley about the same, with Bluestem nom inally 51 and 55 cents. "Very little wheat can be secured at these figures, and little is wanted. Without a disengaged ship anywhere on the Coast line of over 2000 miles, and nothing offering earlier than June loading, it is a difficult matter to hammer down freights sufficiently to en able higher prices to be paid, no matter how bright the outlook might be for better prices later on. Up to date crop prospects in the Northwest are as good, if not better than they have ever been on a correspond ing date. This, of course, applies only to "Winter wheat, as there is a possibility that some farmers, disgusted with the prevail ing low prices may not put in Spring grain. The amount of land that will thus be permitted to lie idle will be but small In any event, and if the prospects for the "Winter wheat continue good, any loss in Shis direction will be largely made up by a gain In "Winter wheat output. The Euro pean situation is thus reviewed by the Liverpool Corn Trade News: Formers who are flock masters have no special cause to complain, excepting at the low price of their products, and the ihigh price of their necessities. The crops in most localities are protected from the frost by a good snow covering, and injury from this cause, where they are exposed, is not likely to be serious. The tone of the market remains somewhat uncertain, with a disposition toward heaviness, which can only be counteracted by constant stim ulants in the shape of crop and plague scares, political anxieties, etc The ma jority of the leading merchants in Liver pool appear to be acting on the belief that with port stocks still almost double the size of those existing a year ago, and with the new Australian and Argentine crops Just ready- for market, combined with large unsold surpluses in Russia and America, especially upon the Pacific Coast, prices presently will only be sus tained with difficulty, and that as soon as we get mild weather and large weekly shipments from the Souticm Hemisphere, there will be a decided drop from the pres ent level of prices. On the other side, a number argue that the position is inherently strong, for the price of wheat has not advanced as the price of almost every other article of com merce has. They point to the damaged state of the French crop, md the probability that the present severe weather may injure our own crop. The loss, too, of the Indian crop is a factor, which it is thought will not be Inoperative in the early Summer, when native supplies are becoming small er. This loss of cheap Indian wheat will more than offseVany eff&Vk?lTplentiful supply of Argentine and Australian wheat may have, and, . moreover. It is by no means certain that supplies of these qual ities will be as liberal as expected. For these and other considerations, it is ar gued that prices will be easily maintained at the present level, and quite possibly enhanced materially before long. Between these conflicting opinions, the trade as a whole, seems at a loss. There is no deny ing the fact that the supplies in sight in many quarters are far larger than was the case either ono or two years ago. The world's visible for the past eight years, on February 1, was as follows: Year. Qrs. Year. Qrs. 1&00 25.lo0.000 1S96 2G.UUO.000 1 19,400.000 1895 2S,bOO,000 1S98 20.0o0.000 1894 30.000,000 1S97 t2,4O3,0u0 USi 30.000,003 The same authority sums up the crop prospects in the principal countries on February 1 as follows: 1000. 1S9S. Doubtful Good Mostly good Good Doubtful Doubtful France America Russia United Kingdom.. Roumanla India Austria-Hungary Italy , Germany Spain Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Gooa Famine Good Good Damage feared Good VEGETABLES Early vegetables from California are now coining to hand by each steamer. New potatoes from the Bay City were on the streets yesterday, and sold at 2k cents per pound. As usual with the flr6t arrivals, the stock was very watery, and the demand was limited. Asparagus Is becoming plentiful, and was selling yesterday at 12 cents per pound. Beans were held at 10 and 12 cents, and peas at 6 cents, with some very fine hot house cucumbers offering at $2 per dozen. Hothouse lettuce from near-by gardens is plentiful at reasonable figures, and radishes and onions are also plentiful. Old onions are a shade weaker, on account of a lessening demand for shipment, but fancy stock Is still selling at 2 cents per pound. The badly, cents, result which market for potatoes has broken and best Burbanks are slow at Co This weakness in prices is the of the constant eavy shipments have been going south by every steamer. San Francisco buyers, early In the season fearing a repetition of last scason'8 biff advance, boufct heavily, and FINANCIAL NEWS stocked up earlier than usual, and as the receipts continued to pour In, the market that was previously unsupplled soon filled up, and the prices fell away. There la considerable poor stock offprint, and sales of most of the spuds raised on bottom lands are around 50 cents per sack, BUTTER-A temporary weakness In the butter market, due to the presence of too much California stock In the market, seems to have vanished, and some of the dealers who were obliged to reduce fancy creamery to 50 cents In order to clean it i . .. u-. tA Vktf . TX runts. I. e l""' l"c J""-c "" " . This price Is obtained this week for the se lects, which have an established trade, but there is plenty of very good cream er butter obtainable at 45 and 50 cents. . . , - . , . .- . A -IS euu J" " , J store at 25 to 32U cents. There Is but comj Franclsco now and VIously recelved have , . .. een preuy wen cieuiieu uR EGGS The egg market has firmed up a trifle from the lowest point reached, and yesterday they were steady at 11 cents. As soon as the price fell to a point where they could be retailed at 12"4 cents per dozen, the demand Increased very rapidly, and yesterday there was a call from .out side points for round lots. "While It Is hardly probable that there will be much of an advance over the present quotation, no decline is looked for, until after Lent. All of the old Eastern eggs have been worked off, and prices are too high In the Chicago market to admit of fresh stock being shipped "West at the present time. The San Francisco market is also a shade stronger. POULTRY Choice old hens and large mixed coops of chickens sell at better prices than last week, the former occa sionally bringing ?5 50 per dozen, with or dinary stock selling at $3 50 and $4 per dozen. The demand for ducks and geese is very slack at the present time, and quotations are nominal at $5 to $5 for ducks, and $6 50 and $S per dozen for geese. Turkeys quiet at 10 and 12 cents live, and 1214 and 15 cents dressed. Banlc Clctirlnffs. Exchanges. Portland $287,059 Seattle 227.432 Spokane 104.370 Taeoma 142.110 Balances. $43,571 01.732 8.21)2 23,700 PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain, Flour, Etc. "Wheat Walla Walla. Sl52c; Valley, Cl 52c; bluertem, 5465c per bushel. Flour Beat grades, ?2 7033; graham, $2 50; superfine, $2 10 per barrel. Oats White. 3530c; gray, 33034c; stained, 2930c per bushel. Barley Feed, ?14(g15; brewing, f 1717 60 per ton. Mlllstuffs Bran. $1213 per ton; middlings, S1SS10; shorts, $1315; chop. $14. Hay Timothy. ?010; clover, ?707 CO; Ore gon wild hay, $ 037 per ton. Vegetables, Fruit, Etc. Vegetables Parsnips, ?1; carrots, 1; turnips, 00c; onions, $1 C0QC 25 per cental; cabbage, DOcSTSl per cental; potatoes, 50C5c per sack; eweet potatoes. 2ff2?ic; peas, fl&c; beans. 10c; asparagus, 12c; new potatoes, 3c per pound. Fruit Lemons, ?2 603; oranges, $2 7503 per box for navels, $2 for eedltngs; tangerlneu, $1 75; Japanee oranges. 75c?l DO per box; pineapples, $4 GOrO per dozen; bananas, $2 50 3 per bunch; Persian dates. 7gSc per pound; apples, f 11 60; pears, 75c$l 25 per box. Dried fruit Apples, evaporated. 70Sc per pound; sun-dried, sacks or boxee, 4gOc; pears, sun and evaporated. 5&flc; plums, pltlesa, A& 5c; prunes. Italian, 8&3c; silver, extra choice, 6 6c; figs, Smyrna. 22V4c; California black, 5c; do white, 10 Vr pound. Butter, Esrgrs, Poultry, Etc. Butter Fancy creamery, 50 3 55c; seconds. 4245c; dairy, 3037c; store, 25S32Jic per roll. Eggs lie per doten for Oregon. Poultry Chickens; mixed, $3 5004 60; hen. 54 5003 50; ducks. $506; geese, $0 5008 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10011c; dressed. 12015c per pound. Game Mallard ducks, ?3; widgeon, $1 5002; teal. $101 50 per dozen. . Cheese Full cream, twins, 1201Sc; Toung America, 14c per pound. Groceries, Xutt, Etc. CofTee Mocha, 2302Sc; Java, fancy, 20032c; Java, good, 20024c; Java, ordinary, lSg20c; Costa Rica, fancy, 18020c; do good. 10018c; do ordinary. 10012c per pound; Columbia, roast, $12 75 per case; Arbuckle's. $14 25; Lion, $12 75. Sugar Cube, $5 72; crushed, $3 7214: pow dered, $5 72; dry granulated, cane. $5 22Ji; beet. $5 12; extra C. $4 72Vi: golden C. $4 00 net: half barrels, ric more than barrels; maple sugar. 1501Cc per pound. Beano Small white, 3c; bayou, 4c; Luna, Gc per pound. Salmon Columbia river. 1-pound tails, $10 150; 2 -pound tails, $202 50; fancy. 1-pound flats, $1 C501 75; -pound fancy flats, 85005c; Alaska, 1-pound tails, $1 2001 30; 2-pound tails, $1 00Q2 25. Grain bags-Calcutta. $707 10 pr 100 for spot, $0 5000 C2& for July-August. Nut Peanuts. C07c per pound for raw, 10c for roasted; cocoanuta, 00c per dozen; walnuts, 10011c per pound; pine nuts, 15c; hickory nuts, 7c; chestnuts. 15c; Brazil, lie; Alberts, 15c; fancy pecans, 1214c; almonds, 15 0 17c pet pound. Coal oil Coses, 21VJc per gallon; barrels, 17&c: tanks. 15Vc Rice Island. 6c: Japan, 5Uic: Kew Orleans. 4VjS3c: fancy head. $707 60 per sack. Meat and ProvlMlonn. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, $404 25; dressed, 77V&c per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy. $5; light, $4 DO; dreesed, 50tiitc per pound. Beef Gross, top steers, $404 50; cows, $3 CO 64; dressed beef, CVj07ic per pound. Veal Large. C&7Uc per pound; small. S0Oc, Provisions Portland pack Shield brand): Hams, emoked. are quoted at 13c per pound; picnic hams, 0c per pound; breakfast bacon. 13c; bacon, 0c; backs, 9c; dry salt sides, S!c; dried beef, 17c per pound; lard, 5-pound palls. 10c; 10 - pound palls. $Jtc; 50s, 9c; tierw, OJSc per pound. Eartern pack (Ham mond's): Hams, large. 13c; medium. 13Hc; small, 13&c; picnic hams. 9VC; shoulders. Obc; breakfast bacon. 1294c; do salt sides. 8li0flVc; bacon sides. DSlOp; backs. 10c: butts, Sc; lard, puro leaf, kettle rendered, 5a. lOVic; 10s, lOXc Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc Hops 3ffSc per pound. "Wool Valley. 12013c for coanx. 13020c for best; Eastern Oregon, 8014c; moha'j, 27030c per pound. Sheeppklne Shearlings, 15020c; short-wool. 25 35c; medium-wool. 30050c; long-wool, 6Oc0$l each. Pelts Bear skins, each, as to size. $5015; cubs, each, $105; badger, each, 10014c; wild cat. 25040c; housecat, 5 10c; fox. common gray. 40000c; do red. $1 2501 75; do cross, $2 50 G: lynx, $1 5002 50; mink, 30c$l 25; mar ten, dark Northern. $40S; do pale. pine. $1 25 3; muskrat. 812c: skunk. 25040c; otter (land), $400; panther, with head and claws per fect. $103; raccoon. 250GOr; wolf, mountain, with head perfect, $3 5005; wolverine. $2 5005; beaver, per skin, large, $007; do medium, per ekln. $405; do small, per skin, $102; do kits, per skin. COc0$l. Tallow 5Q3tc; No. 2 and grease, 304c pet pound. Hides Dry hides. No. 1. 1C pounds and up ward. 150"15c; dry kip, No. 1. C to 16 pounds, 15c per pound; dry calf. No. 1, under 5 pounds. 15010c; dry salted, one-third lw than dry flint: salted hides, sound steers. CO pounds and over. 80Oc; do 50 to 00 pounds. S0S"jc; do under 50 pounds and cows. 708c; kip, 13 to 33 pounds, 7Uj08c; do -veal, 10 to 14 pounds. 7Cc; do calf, under 10 poundp, 7&c; green (unsalted). lc per pound less; culls (bulls, stags, moth eaten, badly cut. scored hair .flipped, weather beaten or grubby), one-third less. SEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Stringency In Money Matters Canscd a Very Llccht Business. KRW TCiTVK. March 7. Professional becx j operators suspended their campaign for e. de- cllne In the stock-market today. The hull con tingent, on the other hand, was hindered by the continually lncrcarlr.g closer conditions In the money market and by the determined In difference of the outside public In consequence, dealings on the exchacge approached the point of stagnation, and the movement of prices was entirely without significance. Attention among money-lendcm and capitalists, as well as among stock operators. Is devoted to the probable ef fects of the currency bill when It shall become operative. As to the volume of expansion of the currency, opinion is agreed that additional note Issues will be made at once up to the par value of the bonds at present on deposit to secure circulation, which Is slightly over $240, 000.000. The 10 per cent Increase thus Indi cated will be $24,000,000. As to the extent be yond this to which the expansion Is likely to proceed, all Is conjecture, and opinion Is ex ceedingly varied. On the present National bank capitalization, which amounts to $000,000,000, a further note Issue Is permissible under the law of $300,000, 000, but the total amount of the bonds to be converted which arc available to secure circu lation Is nearly $S40.OOO.O0O. and the additional capital which may be embarked In National banks In smaller cities under ahe law makes povslble a further extension of circulation as fast as National bank capital Is increased. But this possibility Is purely theoretical. The more the question Is canvassed of the possible ef fects of operation of the law, the more It Is perceived that hindrances may arise to taking out additional circulation. In the rlrst place, the constant advance In the price of Government bonds may eat up the margin which would leave a proflt In circula tion. There Is a question, also, of the ability of the banks to keep their notes In 'circulation. Thej- cannot be counted In the lawful money reserve required by law, and at the same time they swell the deposit liabilities of the banks. In consequence, unlres an active demand exists for the use of currency In hand-to-hand transec tions, the banks would derive no advantage bj keeping the notes In their vaults, and would send them in for redemption as fast as re ceived. On the other hand, even If the notca keep In circulation, there Is the question of hof far they would serve to displace the legal tenders, thus facilitating gold exports. Lastly, there Is the question of delay In the prepara tion of the new bonds from purely mechanical difficulties, which may last several months, since there Is no power In the Treasury Depart ment to anticipate the operation of the law bj preparing bonds In advance. With the doubt thus Involved of an amount of relief to be afforded to the money market by the operation of the new law, and of the time when the relief will be available, transactions on the Stock Exchange are much curtailed. Some of the buying of bonds today was at tributed to capital made available for Invest ment by the recent large selling of Government bonds. Prices were generally well sustained. Total sales, $1,735,000. United States ojd 4d and 5a advanced per cent, and the 3s -i pet cent In the bid price. The new 4s declined i. BONDS. U. S. 2s. reg 103 Gen. Electric 5s..116-"i do 3s, reg lliytlN. T. Central lsts.110 do 3s. coupon.. ..lllTiiSorthcro Pacific 3s Gt$i do new 4s, reg. .137 j do 4s 1WJ do new 4s, coup. 137 JOregon Nav. lsts.,100 do 'old 4s, reg.. ..1175i do 4s 102U do old 4s, coup..ll8VaOrcgon S. L. 0s....l27fcj do 5s, reg HGVil do con. 5s 113 do 5s, coupon. ...lltiblltlo Gr. West. lsts. OS Dlst. of Col. 3-C5s.llbiapt. Paul consols...lC7?1 Atchison adj. 4s.. 82 ,5t. P. a & P. lsts.lltK 3. & N. W. con. 7sl41fci do 5s . 120 do S. F. deb. 5sM21 UnIon Pacific 4s...l03V D. & R. G. lsts... 103 iW'io. Central lsts.. 00? do 4s Sbls) Offered. STOCKS. The total sales of stocks today were 302,0001 shares. The closing quotations were: Atchison 22:-iUnlon Pacific 4SJ do pref G5?hi do prcf 73' Bait. & Ohio C2 Wabash 6Js Can. Pacific OS'S! do pref 20h Can. Southern ... 4SV, Wheeling & L. E. 10 Ches. & Ohio...,. 2Sth1 do 2d pref 27 Chi. Gr. Western. 13', Wisconsin Central. 17 C, B. & Q 122lP. a. C. & St. L.. C3 Chi.. Ind. & L... 7 20, EXPRESS CO.'S. do pref 53 (Adams 114 Chi. & East. 111... 04"s American 143 Chicago & N. W.,157 United States 43 C, R. L & Pac.lOGSi Wells-Fargo 123 C a. C & St. L. CSV MISCELLANEOUS. Colo. Southern ... 6 Amer. Cotton Oil.. 33 do 1st pref 4.1 I do pref 03 do 24 pref lcyjAmer. Malting .... 5H Del. & Hudson.. ..115 do pref 2ifc uei.. lack. & W..lSOb Amer. smelt. & K. 33 Denver & Rio Gr. IOtJ, do pref S9 a flo pref 71VilAmer. Spirits wib ............. l-Tfci uo prei ..,.... ii no 1st pref 37sAxner. Steel Hoop.. 33 vrea.v fwrcn, prei.jou I uo prei ......... txj Hocklmr Coal 14 Amer. Steel & W. 54 1W-7J 31 80 Hocking Valley Illinois CentraJ ; .lona Central ., do pref , Kan. C. P. & G a- i'qo prei .112jAmer. Tin Plate , -1071I aoprei 47 Amer. Tobacco ..103Ti 12i do pref 133 "Oi.T, Anaconda Mln. Co. 4f. LrfiKe Erie & W do nref KaOBrooklvn R. T (UP, Like Shore 104 Colo. Fuel & Iron.. 43 Lculs. & Nash 81?iiCont. Tobacco .... 23 Manhattan El .... 05 do pref 83 Met. St. Ry...,...170 Federal Steel 50 Mexican Central .. 118 do pref 72 Minn. & St, Loula 01 General Electric ..124 do pref 01 Glucose Sugar .... 51 Missouri Pacific .. 44 do pref 90 Mobile & Ohio.... 44 Int. Paper 16 M.. K. & T lofc, do pref 62 do pref 33 La Clede Gas 70 New Jerey Cent..ll5?i'Nftt:onaI Biscuit .. 33 .-sew xorK uent...i33W uo prei 00 .-sorroiK & Wert... 32 I.Nntional iad .. 23W .104 2 . 04 .125 do nref 73 do pref 3243 National Steel . 74 do pref ....... 231N. T. Air Brake 42 'North American Northern Pacific ., do pref , Ontario & West.. O. R. & N , do pref Pennsylvania ... Reading ..., do 1st pref do 2d pref , Rio Gr. Western. do pref St. Louis & S. Fr do 1st pref , 14 76 1 Pacific Coast 49 134jt ilo 1st pref SO 18 I do 2d pref 00 SSts Pacific Mall 371 29 1 People's Gas 04 , 50 Pressed Steel Car.. 52 , 80 do pref 83 10 Pullman Pal. Car.180 6S iStand. Rope & Tw. 5li do 2d prei... 34ii3ugar OSH Louis & S. W. Htsj do pref lOSVj pref 2!i Tenn. Coal & Iron. 03 Paul 121 1U. S. Leather 11 pref 172 J do pref 71 Paul & 0 100 (U. S. Rubber 32 thern Pacific .. 37 do pref .. 02 thern Ry 13, Western Union ... 83 pref 57;sRepublIc Iron & S. 21 :aa & Pacific... 16 do pref 67 FOREIGN FINANCIAL NEWS. Continuation of tlie Inactivity "Which Hu Recently Been Apimrent, NEW YORK. March 7. The Commercial Ad vertiser's London financial cablegram says: The Inactivity which has characterised the markets here recently continued today. They began firm, but fell away generally In the ufternoon on thfc reported spread of the re bellion of Cape Dutch, although the real rea sons were probably the complete absence of public support and the coming war loan, which Is already quoted at 11 premium, although the denomination and date are quite unknown. Americans opened firm, but half an hour ex hausted the buslnefw. and New York failed to respond. London seems fairly willing to buy, but New York avoids giving a lead. Paris put Tlntos to a fresh record. 54, but the close wos unchanged, at 53S&. The bank bought 30,000 gold In bars, and 50.C00 was engaged for Ar gentina. Call money and fixtures were wanted, and the bank renewed a moderate amount of loans and did a large fresh business on them, and also a fairly large discount business. Bills were scarcer. The Board of Trade returns for February show Imports Increased 5.8 per cent, with a decline of 1.500,000 In corn and an Increase of 1,125, 000 In wool. Cotton was down 3C3.000 cwt. In quantity, but up 250.000 In value. Exports in creased 19i79. chiefly In coal, cotton, piece goods and Iron. Money, Exclinnge, Etc. SAN FRANCISCO. March 7. Sterling on Lon don 60 days. $4 85: do sight, $4 SS. Mexican dollars 18S40c Drafts Sight, 17c; do telegraphic. 2Cc NEW YORK. March 7. Money on call, steady at 23 per cent; last loans, 2. Prlmo mercantile paper 15 per cent. Sterling exchange Weak, with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at $4 S5-y4 85 for de mand and &t $4 82 for 65 days; posted rates, $4 834 84 and $4 87 64 87; commercial bills, $4 81304 82. Silver certlficates-iOXSOOJic Mexican dollars 47ic Bonds Government. Irregular; state. Irregu lar; railroad, firmer. LONDON. March 7. Consols 101 1-10. London Stock Market. LONDON. March 7. Canadian Pacific. 101; Union Pacific preferred, 76; Northern Pacific preferred. 76; Atchison, 23&: Grand Trunk, S: Anaconda. 0; Rands. 35. THE GRAIN MARKETS. Prices for CcrenlM in American and European Ports. - SAN FRANCISCO. March 7. Wheat, steady. Barley, inactive; spot, dull. Oats, quiet and steady. Spot quotations: Wheal No. 1 shipping, 03c; milling, 07c $1 per cental. Barley Feed, 70S737ic; brewing. 82CS5c Oats-Gray.. Oregon, $1 071 12; milling, $1 lDffl 17; red. $J lVJl 20. Call board sales; - Wheat Steady; May, 06T4c per cental; Decem ber. $1 03 ,: cash. 05c Barley Inactive: May. 71c Corn Large yellow, $1 021 C5. Chicago Grain. Produce, Etc. CHICAGO. March 7. Wheat formed a mod erately active market at times, but generally both the speculative and the cash prospects were bare, resulting In a very narrow range. May opened at 6C"36CV5c, and. supported by St. Louis buying and higher cables, advanced to G5M,0CV;c An unfavorable report of crop con ditions In Ohio, conjuring up visions of damage la other states as well, received some conslder-J atlon. Until noon the market nung arouno woe Liberal receipts, a break at St. Louts and the light demand made themselves felt, bearing May to 65?ic. The close was barely steady. May 94c down, at C5X0C57;c. The unusually heavy receipts of flour. 175,000 barrels, excited considerable Interest here, hut It Is said that most of the stuff was merely in transit for Liverpool. Corn was strong nearly the whole session. yielding a bit at the end on profit-taking, but closing firm. The main support was the re port that a Baltimore exporter had taken 1.500, 000 bushels from here within the last two days. May closed a shade up. Oata were dull and eteady most of the time, with corn, but yielding finally with the wheat break. May closed c under yesterday, at 23Tic The provision pit was remarkable for Us dullness. It was half deserted, at times, and trades were small and far between. There was, however. Just enough cash demand to keep stocks from accumulating, and this, combined With the strength of corn, held the market steady, after a fashion. May pork closed 2&c under yesterday, and May lard and May ribs unchanged. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Opening. Hishtst. Lowest. Close. March $0 W?i $0 C5 $0 64H $0 G4H May CO 6GH 05J 60V IWli July CC 67ft CORN. "35 "35i; 35 33M, 35 3534 OATS. 23V 23 22 22S March .... May July ..i... September 33 33 35U 33?I 23-H 22U 10 00 10 63 35 33V4 3 May July 22l MESS PORK. 10 07 10 72 May July .10 05 .10 70 10 CO 10 03 LARD. 500 .GOO May July 587 5 05 5 87 5 07 0 97 5 07 SHORT RIBS. May 583 5 85 5 82 July 587 587 583 6 82 385 Spot quotations were as follows: Flour Steady. Wheat No. 3 spring, 610O3c; No. 2 red, CS ecoc Corn "No. 2, 34c. Oato-No. 2, 23?23Xc: No. 2 white, 26Q 2Cc; No. 3 white, 25(ff20c Rye No. 2. 53c Barley No. 2, 37640c Flaxseed No. 1. $1 60. Timothy eeed Prime, $2 45. Mea pork-49 eTlO C2 per bbl. Lard $3 724J5 77 per cwt. Short ribs Sides, loose. $5 705 95. Shouldere Dry salted, boxed, $6 23 G GO. Short clear Bides Boxed, $5 03gl 05. Butter Strong; creamery, 1024c; dairy, 1322c Cheese Firm. 10012c Eggs Firm, 10SlGc .... Beclpta. Shipment Flour, barrels 176.000 40.000 Wheat, bushels 57,000 .1.000 Core, bushels 511.000 120.000 OatH, bushels 40.000 115,000 Rye, bushels 7,000 :;v? Barley, bushele 123.000 45,000 New York Grain and Produce. NEW YORK. March 1. Flour Receipts. 13, 672 barrels; exports, 8048. Market fairly act ive for spring patents, better grades of which are held at $3 So. Wheat Receipts. 24,800 bushels: exports. 23. 027. Spot, firmer; No. 2 red, 75c Options opened firm on higher cables and a bullish Ohio state crop report, but met selling orders, based on small seaboard clearances, that provoked a reaction and late weakness on distant months, which closed c net lower. March, however, was c higher on a good export demand for No. 2 red wheat, which la getting scarce here, and held at much stronger premiums. March closed at 74Sc; May, 72c; July, 72c; Sep tember, 72c. ' Wool Steady. , , .- Hops Steady. European Grain Markets. LONDON, March 7. Wheat Cargoes oft coast, nothing doing; cargoes on passage, dull for white, firm for red. LIVERPOOL, March 7. Wheat. Urm; wheat and flour in Paris, quiet. Spot wheat. No. 2 red Western winter, stocks exhausted; No. 1 Northern spring, 6s d. Futures, firm; March, 5s 10d; 3Iay. 5s 0d. x Corn Spot, firm; American mixed, new, 3a 9d; old. 3s 0d. Futures, eteady; May, 3s Sd; July, 3s 7?id. SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS. SAN FRANCISCO. March 7. Wool Spring Nevada, 12015c; Eastern Oregon, 1216c; Val ley, Oregon, 2022c Fall Northern, mount ain, 10gi2o; mountain, S?10c; plains, SfJlOc; Humboldt and Mendocino. 15917c per pound. Mlllstuffs Middlings, $1720; bran, $12-313 per ton. Hops 1800 crop. ll13o for choice per pound. Hay Wheat, $70 50 per ton; wheat and oat. $700: barley. $5 507 50; alfalfa. $6g7 50; clover, $7Q8 per ton; straw, 30342c per bale. Potatoes Early Rose. 75SS5c; river Burbanks, 4O70c; Salinas Burbanks, 80c$l 10; Oregon Burbanks, 65c$l 05 per sack; sweets, $332 15 per cental. Onions SI 7502 per cental. Citrus fruit Mexican limes, $45: common California lemons, 70egSt 50: choice, $1 7C.2. Tropical fruit Bananas, $1 50 $ 2 50 per bunch; pineapples, nominal. Apples $101 23. Butter Fancy creamery, 21c; do seconds, 10Q20c: fancy dairy, 17618c; do seconds, 130 10c: pickled, 22024c: firkin. 21022c per pound. Cheese New, 80Oc; Eastern, 16017cper pound; Young America, lOS'lO; Western, 13 14c per pound. Eggs Store,ll0'13c: Eastern, cold storage. nominal: ranch, 16c per dozen. Receipts Flour, quarter sacks, 32.140; wheat, centals, 42,502; barley, centals. 3500; oats.'cen tale, 1300: potatoes, sacks, 045; bran, sacks, 500; middlings, packs, 250; hay, tons, 216; wool, bales, 21; hides. 305. EASTERN LIVESTOCK.! CHICAGO. March 7. Cattle Receipts. 1000. Market active, generally 10915c higher on all grades of beef cattle. Native good to prime steers, $5 1306; poor to medium, $404 00; se- ! lected feeders, active, firm, $4 1504 75; mixed Blockers, steady to slow, $3 4003 00: cow3 best 103 higher, others firm. $3 1004 35; heif ers, strong to 10c higher, $3 2303 75; canners,r active, firm, $2 2503; bulls, strong, $2 730 4 40; calves, steady, $4 7307 75. Texana Receipts, 10X. Texas fed steers, strong, ad vance of 10c, $405; Texas bulls. In demand, active, higher, $3 2503 75. s Hogs Receipts, 23.000. Left over, 3000. Act ive, average 5c higher; top, $5; mixed and butchers', $4 7004 05; good to chojee heavy, $4 8305; rough heavy, $4 7004 SO; light, $4 03 04 00; bulk of sales. $4 7504 02. Sheep Receipts. 10.000. , Sheep and lambs, active, shade higher; many Colorado larabi. $4 7003 i0; Inchest on record for the season; good to choice wethers. $5 650X1; fair to chdlce mixed. $4 7303- 50; Western sheep, $5 500 5 03; yearlings. $5 OOgO 50; native lamtw, $5 2007 50; Western lambs, $007 50. OMAHA. March 7. Cattle Receipts. 17.000. Market 5c higher: native beef steers, $3 50 5 50; cows and heifers, $3 2304 23; canners, $2 2303; shockers and feeders, $3 6004 80; calves. ?407 25; bulls and stags, $2 7503 80. Hoge Receipts. 5800. Market shade stronger; neavy. $4 7004 77; mixed. '$4 7004 72; light. $4 6504 70; bulk of sales. $4 70 Sheep Receipts, 5700. Market 10c hlgfier; fair to choice natives. $4 730J 25: fair to choice Westerns, $4 4004 00; common and stock sheep, $405; lambs, $007 10. KANSAS CITY. March 7. Cattle Receipts. 50C0. Market steady to strong; Texas. tee i., $304 75; Texas cows. $2 4003 60; native steers. $3 7504 50; native cows and heifers. $204 50; Kockers and feeders, $305 25: bulls. $2 300 4 25. Hogs Receipts, 0000, Market strong to 3c higher: bulk of sales. $4 7304 85; heavy, $4 75 04 00; packers, $4 7004 02; mixed. $4 630 4 SO; lights. $4 4504 80; Yorkers. $4 7004 80; Pigs. $404 65. " Sheep Receipts, 2000. Market strong; lambs, $506 00; muttons. $3 5000 25. The Cotton Market. NEW YORK. March 7. TJiere was much ex- rllwiimt on the ooenlmr-of the Cottiln "Exehanir I today.' Prices co de opestop c&tt shewed CAPE S. S. GEO. W. ELDER, S. S. DESPATCH The above first-class steamers will sail every 10 days during the season for Cape Nome, York and St. Michael and Yukon river points. . . First Sailing, May 45 FOR. RATES AND IXFORMATIOJt APP LY TO E F. P. BAUMQARTNER, W. A. Mitchell r Co., General Agents, Pacific Coast fiKmi For J s the Cape Nome Gold Fields THE NEW PALATIAL "Senator will sail from Son Francisco, May 14. Seattle, May 19. Subsequent trips will be from Seattle direct, namely: June 21. July 21 and August 20. The Senator" has a capacity of 2500 tons. Her second cabin and eteerage accommodations are superior to the Jlrst-clasa accommodations of most of the steamers advertised for Nome. The Pacific Coast Steamship Co. has been running Its ste'axners to 'Alaska winter and sum mer for 23ryear3, and la thq pioneer" Pacific Coast line. Seattle freight' and passenger rates ap ply from Portland. Fin1 further Information Inquire of GOODALL. PERKINS & CO.. General Agents. 10 Market, San- Francisco, or N. P03TON. Agent, 240. Washington St.. Portland. Or. Men and Women Adybcd Fret, all or Write, properties that belong to no other remedy. HUDYAN is for sale by druggists. 50 cents a package, or six packages for $2 BO. If your druggist does not keep HUDYAN send direct to tba Cor! StocKton. Ellis and Market Streets CONSULT FREE decline "of 10017 points on weak early cables, which showed a decline of 5-32 In spot prices and 4-640-64d In futures. A large number of selllnr, orders had accumulated over night, and the rush to. unload Jong contracts was great. Soon jifter the call the decline was Increased to' 17029 points, nearly a half-cent on Mas from the high point of yesterday. Later prices took a favorable turn on covering, and strengthened 5010 .points, after which liquida tion set In and the market eased off again. At noon prices had reacted again with a general let-up In the strain of excitement that had at the opening threatened demoralization. In the early afternoon the .cotton market braced up considerably, and prices advanced 3010 points on the low level. During the last hour, however, another selling movement set In, which carried prices to the lowest point of the day. The market closed barely steady, slight ly below the lowest, at e net less of 21 to 34 points. Boston "Wool Mnrkct. "BOSTON. March 7. The American Wool nnd Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow: .The wool market has been almost llfelera since our last report. There has been but little Inquiry for any Wind cf stock, as most manufacturers have been practically cut of the market, being pretty well supplied for the time, being, and will not be tempted to buy. Those who are not plentifully supplied have been holding off. pending the opening of the London wool salei. and the fact that these sales opened Tuesday at a decline of 701O per cent has not been calculated to Induce them to hasten their purchasto of the raw material. .In suchva dull condition of affairs, the market la "naturally a little -weak, although at this ' writing owners of wool have not manifested any marked disposition to press rales, as they well know that It would require considerable con rpInn to " Indues them to take hold. The sales of the week In Boston amounted to l.SOO, 600 domestic and 83.000 foreign, making a total Cf 1.SS5.000, against a total of 2.3G1.000 for the previous week, and a total of 3.332.000 for the corresponding week last year. The sales since January 1 amount to 32.501.000 pounds, against 36.902.500 pounds for the corresponding time lest year. The Metal Markets. NEW YORK. .March 7. Plg-lron warrants, dull: Lake copper, brokers', $10 50; tin. decline 75 points. $34 23: spelter, quiet; lead. $4 700 "4 73. The Urm that fixes the selling price for miners and smelters quotes lead at $4 45 at the close. Bar silver, 30c. SAN FRANCISCO, March 7. Bar sliver, 605tc LONDON. March 7. Bar silver, 27d. ' Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, March 7. Coffee options closed steady. 10 points net higher. Sales. 17.730 bags, Including March, $6 05; April. $0 03; May. $0 05; June. $6 8306 00; July. $6 03; spot Rio. nominal; No. 7 Invoice. S-c; No. 7 Jobbing. 8c; mild, quiet; Cordova. O014c. Sugar Raw, .quiet, steady; fair refining, 3 13-10c; centrifugal, 00 test. 4 0-16c; refined. Irregular. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Real Estate Transfers. J, A. Sanden to Elizabeth Craw, lot 1. block L East Lynne; Feb ruary 2 $1500 00 George "W". Craw' and wife to F. A. Sanden. same; February 2 1500 CO W. A. Roberts and wife to Anna Nelson, lot 5, block 4, Maegley Highland: March 1 1100 00 J. TV. Boothe and wife to "Win. H. . Lindsay, 100x100, M. Patton Tract; March 1 650 CO Sheriff for Kate D. Lupas to L. M. Parrish and O. P. Mason, execu tor, lots 1, 3. block L Patton's Ad dition: June 1, 1S5S 10 Oa Rlvervlew Cemetery Association to Rosalie SasFcer, lot 112. section 8; August 7, 1S93 375 00 Dcntlii. .March 6 T. Malloy. aged 67 year3, 501 Burnslde street; dropsy. March 5 We Lum. aged 47 years. 20 Second street; consumption. March 5 Mary Stock, aged 24 years, 227 Montgomery street; bronchitis. a. March 3-iLucy ,. blOddara, agca C3 NOME S. S. NOME CITY ST S. S. 233 WashinQton St. Snn Francisco. Steamship Co. STEEL STEAMSHIP Tlrcd,"langTil3 careworn, nervous, weary such. la tho feellnff of those who are on the vergo of Nervous Prostration. Such a feeling indicates Nerve "Weakness or Nervous exhaustion. Loss of appetite sleeplessness, dizzy spells these aro other Indications of impending dangor. HUD YAK will savo you. HUDYAN will re store you to perfect health. Have you headaches (Fig-. 1), hollow eyes or dark'clrcles under eyes (Fij. 2), a pale or emaciated face (Fig. 3), coat&d tongue (Fig-. 4). palpitation of heart (Fig. 5), Impaired digestion (Fig. 6)? If bo. take HUDYAN, by all means. HTJDYAN will restore to you the glow of health. HUDYAN will relieve any and all of the above symptoms. HUD YAN will make you strong. Activity, energy, cheerfulness, a good digestion all these be long to you, if your nerves are strong. HUDYAN will give you these, for HUDYAN strengthens the nerves and ncrvc centera. HUDYAN will create rosy cheeks and bright eyes. HUDYAN Is for men and women. It Is agreeable to take, acreeable In lt3 effect. HUDYAN possesses peculiar curative San Francisco, Cal Consult Free th irndyan Doctors. "Write to Tlieuu years, "Waverly addition; Brlght's dis ease. March 5 Margaret Burelbach, agted 37 years, St. Helens road; paralysis of heart. March 2 Nelson, age unknown, 122 Knott street; enteritis. Contng;ions Diseases. Jacob Proebstel, aged S years, 453 East Pine street; scarlatina. Bathanid Huggins, aged 15 months, 372 Thirty-eecond street; scarlatina. Zillah Huddleson, Second and Porter street; varicella. MnrrltiKTC Licenses. Edward E. Quay, aged 26; Lucy A. Scott, aged 21. C. "West, 50, Washington County; Eva Malmsten, 35. Carl O. Markstrom, 23; Emma Enbusk, 19. Charley Dong Chee, 34r Wong Ah Tie, 19. IlirthH. March 1 Girl, to the wife of Bernhard Klots. 327 Oak street! February 23 Boy, to the wife of Pranit A. Johnson, city. o Itussellville School Meeting. The annual school meeting of the Itus sellvllle District, No. 40, was held Mon day afternoon. It was a very quiet and harmonious meeting. E. N. Emery was re-elected director, and E. A. Carljen clerk, without opposition. The school board Is now as follows: H.J. Mickelson, chairman. Leander Lewis and E. N. Em ery. Tho school Is well supplied vith books and apparatus, and Is generally prosperous. Attendance Is better than during any previous year. H. S. Gibson Is principal: Miss McGrew and Miss Hop kins are the assistants. The clerk's re port shows that the district is out of debt, and that there Is enough money to continue school to the end of the year. o- Shumed Refore All tlie "World. Buffalo Express. Is the starvation of a people by the Government responsible for their welfare less criminal when enforced for Industrial or fiscal reasons, or to establish a consti tutional precedent, than when enforced as a war measure to put down rebellion against National 'authority? The United States stands shamed before all the world that IS months of our rule have brought the Puerto Rican to such a pass as this. t 0 The earnings of the Hamburg-American Steamship Line for 1S99 were 1S.GOO.000 marks, an Increase of 4,000,000 marks over the preceding year. The directors have decided to declare a dividend of S per cent. KgssspgEBgjseass fr. PRIMARY, SECOHDttr" OX TERTIARY BLOOD POISON Permanently Cured. You can be treated at home under same guaranty. If ou have taken mer cury. Iodide potash, and still have a.nes and pains. Mucus Patches In Mouth. Sore Throat, Plmple. Copper-Colored spots. Ulcers on any part of the body. Hair or Eyebrows falling out. write COOK REMEDY CO. 1539 Masonic Temple. Chicago. Ill, for prdofs of cures. Capital, $500,000. We solicit the most ob stinate cated. We have cured the worst caje in 13 to 33 days. lOO-page Book Free. 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