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which is yet to be published. BY reason
of this influence, railroads generally are
fraction higher. except some southern
roads and the coalers. while the industrials
and spec!alties are generally lower. There
was still some disposition to advance fears
of the Cuban question as motive for the
selling. Union Pacific was less active and
was uncertain in'its movement cp account
of doubts on just what changes in the
plans of the reorganization committee are
involved in the advance bid to the govern
ment. The doubt applies not only to the
plan of financing the new company, but to
the ultimate disposition of the Kansas di-
vision, which the committee processes it
self willing to relinquish to the govern
ment SO far as the subsidized portion is
concerned. The stock closed Is higher.
The arrangements for the payment to the
government and for the governments pay
ment of bonds coming due on Jan. 1st are
also looked forward to with interest for
their effect on the money market. 1t is be-
lieved one will be timed to affect the other
as far as possible. so as not to take so
large an amount of money out of the mar
ket. The sum to be paid the government
will considerably exceed that to be paid
out on this account, but the continued ex-
cess of disbursements over receipts in the
daily operations of the treasury will help
to make this up. 1t is believed that any
thus be avoided. Central of Georgia sec
ond incomes declined 1as and third incomes
point. Kansas and Texas issues were
weak. Dealings were not on a1arge scale.
Total sales. $1.5S0 900. United States fives
were advanced Is bid.
In the face of discouraging cables today
the bulls in wheat maintained yesterday s
aggressive actions and after an opening
decline succeeded in jumping the market
| for December up to Sl.00 just before the
| close. amid the greatest excitement all over
the floor The shorts were the heaviest
buyers on the advance. showing alarm over
the strong statistical position in the coun-
| try. bulish crop news from Australia and
prospects of enormous weekly wheat and
flour clearances from both costs. Since De-
cember last sold at dollar it has been
! down to 907s on Oct. 14th. Its highest figure
this season was $104ss on Aug. 23d The
range today was from Csc to $l.00 closing
at the latter fifure. On this basis cash
wheat here is nominally worth $i.W per
| bushel.
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Hints to champagne-prinkers

1 am told that there will be no 1897
champagne. The grapes are too acid,
and will not produce a wine good
enough for the English market. 1t Is
said that the 1855 which have not yet
been shown, will make themselves
talked Of" The most fortunate people
are those who possess 1885; next to
these come those who hold 1925. Any
one possessing both 1929 and 1898
exceptional cases the 1895 were very
good, but 1t is wine which has matured
rapldly--not altogether good sign
whereas the 1925 have all the charac-
teristics of grand vim. and will coz
tinue to improve.-London World.
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Blank Book Manufacturers
2l3-2l5 New High st.
Phone M535 Los Angeles.
BY MAIL OR EXPRESS
An Express Company officials Com
ments on the Loss Of $4,000

Recent press dispatches, reporting the
disappearance of a large sum of money
in transit through the mails from
banking house in Chicago to one OF its
western correspondents, prompted an
inquiry as to the cause for such an
amount being intrusted to the postal
service, and, when approached on the
subject, a prominent official Of one OF
the leading express companies stated
yesterday that the last year had wit
messed radical change in the trans
portation of moneys, which formerly
had all been forwarded by express, but
were now being sent in many instances
by mail the aggregate postage and reg
istry fees presenting difference as
compared with express rates that
tempted many to depart from the old
method and adopt the new.
The official added further that fire.
quent train robberies had compelled the
express companies to go to great ex-
pense in equipping their through cars
with stationary combination safes,
which, as recent "holdups" had proven,
afford security against any attempts on
the part of road agents to get at the
contents, but that even should they sue
c6eQ III TIE IildJOIlty VI CdScS llltlc WOuiQ
now be obtained for their pains on ac-
count of the diversion of the moneys
from express to the mails, and that it
would not be unnatural to expect that
Uncle Sam will soon have his hands full
looking after the protection of the val
liable parcels in his care, as train rob-
bers will, of course go where the money
is, and it is now in the mail instead Of
the express car.
Inquiry as to what steps the express
companies would take to regain the
traffic elected the reply that they had
expended all the revenues from this
source in the past in surrounding the
money with every possible protection
and running down and Furnishing
thieves, and that they would simply
wait until such losses as the one referred
to and the attention Of train robbers to
| this new channel for transporting mon
eys proved it to be neither successful
nor profitable experiment.-New York
Herald.
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SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS
Call Board Prices of Cereals and Ship
ments Received

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2S.-Wheat
steady; December, 1.49%; May, 1.4I%. Bar
lev steady, December S4%. Corn. large yell
low, 1O2iad1.05. Bran, 15.5OGl6.o0.
Flour-Family extras, 50045.10; bakers
extras, 4.75G4.s5
Wheat-No. 1 shipping, 1.4I1a; choice do
1.4S% milling, 1.50M1 .53s4.
Barey-Feed, SOa9o; brewing, 95G105.
Oats-Poor to fair, 1.07@l.121s; good to
choice, 115d1. 20; fancy feed, 1.25d1.30; gray,
|. .10a115; milling. 1.12h41.171a; surprise
/. .22h@1. .27,a black for seed, 1.S5Q1.5O red,
l.1IlsM1.S0.
Receipts-Four, quarter sacks, 1000; dc
Oregon, $50; wheat, centals. 46, l4O; barley,
centals 1920: oats, centals. so; do Oregon,
$685. beans, sacks. 1886; corn, centals, 565
potatoes. sacks, 3O17; do Oregon, $780, onions,
sacks. COG: hay tons, 2SS; hops, bales. 13
wool, bales 1893; do Oregon, 4; do Australia
Ia hides, number, $40; raisins. boxes, 300
quicksilver, asks, 80; wine, gallons, 49,
q0n
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European Markets

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-The Evening
Posts London financial cablegram says:
Today the market was quiet. with irregu-
lar movements. Consols and kindred
stocks were better. Americans and Cana
dian Pacific opened fiat. but recovered be-
fore the New York prices arrived, partly
on genuine purchases here. There was a
further recovery later. but the close was
at a fraction under the best. The Paris
and Berlin markets were firm. Taxes have
been coming in largely during the week.
therefore the decrease of 4694, 900 in public
deposits and the decrease of a1, 900 in
government securities, shown in the weekly
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Chicago Live Stock

CHICAGO. Oct. 2s.-Cattle-Sales were
on basis of 3.9Od4.50 for the poorer grades
with medium to good cattle selling at AGO
649O and choice to extra shipping lots
brought 500G5.4O; choice calves sold for
$50 and few sales were made at 6.65; west
ern cattle were active at better prices
than were paid last week. a few going as
high as 4.40.
Hogs-Sales were largely made at $50
G3.SO. coarse packing lots selling at 500
dS 40 and choice shipping hogs at 1850
3.S71a.
Sheep were wanted at 2.75I455 for the
poorest to the best natives with westerns
in demand at 3.0o14.25. Lambs sold at 45o
a5. 50 for the poorest to the best, yearlngs
going for 4.J0d4.65.
Receipts-Cattle, $500; hogs, $4,000; sheep,
L. 600
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California Fruit Sales

NEW YORK. Oct 2S-The Earl Frui.
company sold today: Grapes-Tokay (sin-
gle crates). 90G1.25: average. los; double
crates), 2.206265: average 2.SS: Cornichon
(single crates), 12C0,1.95: average, l.27;
double crates). 2.30: Muscat (s,ngle crates)
1890; average rs. Plums-Ceselate red. 81
ass: average. 92. Pears--D' Alencon (boXes)
1.65M2.10: average, 1SS: Morceau (boXes)
50a1 .55 average. 1.52; Vicar (boxes), IA;
also; average. 1.54
Porter Brothers company sold TODAY
Grapes-Tokay 25502.60 per double o-cec
and 1.1541.55 per single crate.
CHICAGO. Oct. 2S-Thc Earl Fruit com
pany sold today: Grapes-Tokay (s!nglt
crates). 1.l50i.39: average, 1.19; Cornichon
152; Emperor. 105n1.l5. average. 11G;
Fererra, 9eaI1o average. 1.9o Morocco
SO
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Money Quotations

NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-Money on call
easy at 1A02 per cent: last loan, q closed
at Hap per cent; prime mercantile paper,
3s4G4lz per cent; sterling exchange steady,
with actual business in bankers bills at
4.S5sM4S5A for demand and at 4.S24 "A. S22s
for sixty days; commercial bills, 4.S1@
4S11s.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 2S-Drafts-
Sight. 171a: telegraphic, 90
LONDON. Oct. 2S.-Consols, III GIG.
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San Francisco Produce

Feed and Observation-Disclosures 20.00Q22. o,
per tom, 15.5OQ16.00
Hay-Wheat, 12.00@15.00; wheat and oat,
Ii .00a14.O0; oat l0.0O411.00; best barley, 1000
p12O0; alfalfa, S00Q9.50; clover, S00Q10.0 90;
stock. S.OO@9.oO; compressed wheat, 12.00q
400 per ton; straw. 30d4Qc per bale.
Dry Beans-Pink, 1.3OG1.5O; lima, 1.65@
1.75; small white, 1.15aL25; large white.
1.00G1.15.
Vegetables-Early rose potatoes. 30@40c
per Genital; river burbanks, 350D45; river
reds, 4OQ50 Salinas burbanks, 50090: Mer.
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statement of the Bank of England. mainly
signifies that the government has repaid
the bank the amount borrowed on the de-
hciency bills previous to the disbursement
of dividends on the 5th of this month The
reserve is up 9612,00 Details of gold for
this week are E100.00O from the Cape. e62.-
900 in eagles and 100000 in sovereigns for
the continent. Today the market has bor-
rowed a further small amount from the
bank, but the bank also has repaid cer-
tain amount to the market of the total
borrowed early in the month.
The herald., 1897-10-29
Dried Fruit Prices

NEW YORK Oct. 2s.--Ca,forna dried
fruits quiet and strong. Evaporated apples.
common. 5M,: prime wire tray, SR wood
dried prime .: choice. SsaM9: fancy, 91
| 91s Prunes. 54Sh. Apricots. Royal, ia
sl2: Moorpark, sail. Peaches, unpeeied,
! 1M111h: peeled 160llI IL, -
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Petroleum

OIL CITY. Pa. Oct. 2S.-Credit balances
Go: no bids for certificates; shipments, 81
115; runs. 100, 500 barrels.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-Petroleum-Penn
sylvania crude, nominally So.
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ures closed as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
firm: No. . spring wheat, S9d90; No spring
wheat, s20SS No. 2 red, $685. No. corn,
126h No. oats. 1874 No. white, 22ladl
1914 fob: No. white, 211am221a fob. No.
2 rye. Az: No. barley nominal; No. 8.
2Sd43 fob: No. 4. 26kG37 fob; No. flax
seed, 1.02M1.07: prime timothy seed, 2.65;
mess pork. per bbl. 7.15a7.SO lard. per 100
lbs 4.211a; short ribs sides. loose. 4.35di4. 70:
dry saited shoulders. boxed 4AMo; short
clear sides, boxed. sass: whisky, distillers'
a,,;eboI ooods nov
The herald., 1897-10-29
Treasury Statement

WASHINGTON. Oct 2S.--Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $211. 105, ,9S7
gold reserve, S152 S75, 100.
The herald., 1897-10-29
Boston Quotations

BOSTON, Oct. 2S.-Atchison. 13: Bell
Telephone $50. BURLINGTON. 94h: Mexican
Central. 81; Oregon Short Line, IS; San
Diego, L.
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Liverpool Market

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 2s.-Close: Wheat,
spot No. red northern spring new, firm,
is Sd. Corn, quiet November, Ss Id; De-
cember Is nd
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Silver Bullion

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S-Bar silver, 5Sas /;
Mexican dollars, As.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2S.-Bar silver.
5S1s: Mexican dollars. 46m46h.
LONDON, Oct. 2s-Bar silver, 27iad.
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Insurance

Now comes State Commissioner Clunie
and makes his first decided move against
the fre insurance compact, and besides
notifies all the fire, life, accident and surety
companies doing business in this state that
they must hereafter take out licenses for
the transaction of business annually. Here
tofore the custom of the California in
surance department has been to issue IL
censes once for ALL considered good dur
ing the solvency of the corporations. New
York and some other states require, how
ever, from foreign insurance companies
that IS, companies organized under the
laws of other states or territories-annual
permission to do business and, under the
policy of reciprocity adopted by the Cali
fornia legislature Commissioner Clunie
proposes to extend this obligation to all
insurance companies from states which
make such demand on California under
writing corporations.
In almost all cases the New York rule
of a year has been exceeded, and Commits
sioner Ciunie will require the agents to de-
mand a new license. How he will then act
he does not say. but as. before a license
can be demanded, it must be shown that
the companies have complied with all the
laws of California. 1t is not hazarding any
thing to say he will find sections of the
code and statutes which will conflict with
the fire insurance compact.
Commissioner Clunie declares that he is
opposed to the compact on principle; that
it is injurious to the interests of policy
holders: that 1t is forcing the public to
pay every dollar that can be squeeezed
from them. and that the pledge not to re-
bate to customers eXacted from brokers
is gross tyranny. Policy holders. he as
serts. would be better satisfied with compe-
tition in insurance. whatever the officers
of the compact organization may say to the
contrary.
Mr.. Clunie has another weapon to be
used against the foreign insurance COM
panies. which he will likely use when the
renewal of their licenses comes up. Sec
tion Is of article Mi. of the State Consti-
tuition says that mo corporation organ
lied outside of the limits of this state
shall be allowed to transact business with
in this state on more favorable conditions
| than are prescribed by law to similar cor
porations organized under the laws
of this state This equality the in
surance commissioner holds, is vio-
lated when local insurance com
panies are required to have full paid
up capital stock of at least S200000, while
the foreigners even If their subscribed
capital be s5.0O0.000, are permitted TO do bus
| mess here IL they have a paid up capital
stock in excess of 100000 above their la
| blities. He will insist on full paid up cap
| ital in both cases. and if his terms are not
acceded to he will be in a position to re-
| fuse a renewal of certificate of authoriza-
tion of business and place in d.sagreeabe
position the leading members of the fire
| insurance combine.
The herald., 1897-10-29
Mining Stocks

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2S.-The closing
quotations for mining stocks today were
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Building Permits

J. H. Seek owner, six-room cottage,
Thirty first, between Main and Grand,
1890.
]. A. Sterling, owner frame dwelling
Central avenue. near Twenty-third; $4O0
William Garland, owner, brick and stone
two-story residence. corner of Eighth and
Westlake; $4,000.
l.. c. Jacobin, owner. frame dwelling
Fifteenth, between Hill and Grand $2OG0
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Mortgages

There were 10 mortgages fled yesterday
which amounted to S17.4S9. The following
list gives the particulars of those for $1,000
and over: .F--------f-r
Arthur d. Howard ct al. to Columbia
Savings Bank-Part of section 49, 2 south.
10. l and years. 10 per cent, $500 and $780,
$1,000.
Robert A. Miller to Bank of Santa Moni-
ca-Lot P, block Ill. Santa Monica. Oct.
22 1898, 10 per cent; $4,000.
Niles Pease ct al. to S. ]. LewiS-Lot 3,
Mueller subdivision of north half of block
&C. Ord's survey. 3 years, 10 per cent; $1,000.
J. w. Bruys ct al. to State Mutual Build
ing and Loan Association-Lot s, block c..
E. B. Millar tract. years. per cent: $1050
Fannie Campbell Gregory and W. D..
Gregory to A. ]. Bradish. trustee and
guardian of estate of Helen Cornelia Sher-
man, a minor-South half of east half of
lot "a. subdivision of west part of Lick
tract, year, 9 per cent $1,000.
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Bond List

NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-The following g
were the closing quotations on bonds TO-
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CHICAGO MARKETS
Yesterdays Transactions on the Board
of Trade

CHICAGO, Oct. 2S-The absence of de-
mand for No. 2 spring wheat except at a
discount of from to cents under Decem-
ber prices, which was made so much of
by bearis hlysi inclined SPECTATORS near the
close of yes erday's session, was still occu-
pying the minds of the traders today when
the session opened. Liverpool was only
BMAd over the closing prices of the day
before, and Paris was Is centimeS lower.
This caused a rather weak feeling at the
opening December. which closed yesterday
at 957s. started today at from 95Am95la.
and sagged off to 95A. Quite sharp rally
e lsued when Minneapolis and Duluth stocks
were shown to be only S2S6, GOO bushels as
compared with 20, ,512 900 last year. December
selling up to 96A, under general demand
from shorts, but their wants satisfied, the
market became easier, and showed sag
ging tendency during the rest of the fore
noon. The purchase OF another 100000
bushels of Duluth wheat to come here
contributed to the downward reaction.
which carried December down to 95la.
There was plenty of news TO encourage
buyers. The drouth east of the Misslssip-
pi was unbroken; yesterdays news about
serious drought damage to the Australian
crop was confirmed and domestic receipts
were moderate. New York reported the
export demand for wheat, but Minneapo-
Il
port New York reported the days ex-
port trade at II carloads The market
became very strong in the afternoon. Pr!-
vate cablegrams from Paris reported stocks
of wheat light everywhere and said that
the position was almost entirely in The
control of America. Considerable buying
was done on the strength of these advces,
and December advanced to 9lA, where 1t
closed.
,oJa Jara OF al active THE
ket opened easy with wheat, but soon
became stronger and ruled firm for the
rest of the session. More interest was
shown in oats. Prices were easier early
but advanced later under sympathy with
corn and better commission house buying
There was l.ttle life to the provision mar
ket. Prices ruled a shade tasier more from
lack of interest than from any bearish in
uence.
V'ha 1aadipo f,ItIlres closed as follows.
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On the produce exchange today the but
ter market was firm; creamery. 15M23;
dairies. 12M2O. Cheese was quiet at SqSR.
Eggs were steady; fresh, 10.
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Excess exports. .s143, 973, COL s157639. s93
The difference in the excess of exports
is likely to be larger at the end of the year
than now. Gold movement for the nine
months shows sS2, sol. 49S exported and s13,-
O2I.l l03 imported, a net loss of s19 473, 1876 In
1886 the gold exports were $50. 1874. .Sl6 and the
imports $64,SSSS5e, net gain of sS,014,0l0.
Exports of silver for the nine months were
s42 AGO, against s46.4150i1 for the same
time in 1896.
The herald., 1897-10-29
Closing Stocks

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-The following
were the closing stock quotations today:
Atchison ... 13 do pfd...... az
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IncOrDOratiOnS

Pacific Arc Lamp Company, San Fran
cisco; $50 900; subscribed. s..
Miners Cooperative Association, San
Francisco; membership fee, $500.
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The foreign commerce of the United
States for the nine months ending Sept.
30th compares as follows:
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holders from the profits of the past twelve
months The total amount of dividends de-
clared to date is $6.725.0OO. Some people are
beginning to realize that an interest in
copper mine it better than an equal inter-
est in silver mine. There is growing
demand for copper the world over.
The herald., 1897-10-29
Mining Stock Quotations

The following are the closing quotations
on the Los Angeles Mining Exchange for
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Wells. Richardson & Co

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WELL GROUNDED FEAR.

The English papers are still.
watching the development of Ala
bama's iron trade with fear anC
trembling. The London Econo-
mist is the latest of these journals
to express apprehension that the
present competition from South
ern furnaces VIII continue. Ii
commenting along this line ii
says:
1T is somewhat remarkable
that while the production of pig
iron in all the other States
showed a decrease in 1896. the
production of alabama in
creased from 854, 667 tons in 1895
to 1921 ! tons in 1896, The i'm
ports of Southern pig iron into
England during the last twelve
months have probably been
about 80, 900 to 20, 900 tons. 1t is
just reported that the American
mills have taken orders forsrails
for IndiaO railways, the differ
ence in price being about 20s. IN
der English manufacturers, as
also an order for Water pipes to
go to Coolgardie, and steel hoops
ale being offered at considerably
less than English prices laid
down both in English and for
eign ports. This is IN addition to
the large quantities of pig iron
ard steel billets which have
been imported into this country.
No doubt this pressure to sell is
largely due to the exceptional de-
preston experienced in America,
and many are hopeful that much
of this competition will disappear,
if, as seems likely, some improves
ment will, SOONER or later, be ex-
perienced on the other side of the
Atlantic. We are not so certain
of this, and believe that a consid>
cradle portion of the present CON-
petition will continue, especially
SO far as regards the supply of
pig iron during the cotton season
from the Southern States"
It appears, Their, that the hope
of the English iron masters for
the cessation of American COM
petition lies IN the rise in prices
on this side the Atlantic. But
suppose prices over here do adj
vance very substantially, as they
are sure to do soon, what of our
surplus iron? Of course, it will
go to Europe. Tt is highly prob