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John A Campbell, from Newport; schr Fanny Dutard, from Ventura.
 EUREKA-Arrived Apr 27-stmr Orizaba, he Apr 26.
 AsToRIA-saied Apr 27-Ger bark Nomia. SAN PEDRO-sailed April 27-schr c s Holmes. for Port Blakeley
 TATOOSH-Passed Apr 27-Stmr Mackinaw, hence Apr 24 for Tacoma. from Seattle for San Francisco; schr Excelsior. from Port Blakeley for San Francisco BOWENS LAI .DING-Sa' led Apr 2T-Schr Newark, for San Francisco
 SEATTLE-Arrfved Apr 27-Schr Sailor Boy, from Port Townsend stmr Czarina, firm Dyea. Sailed Apr 27-Sehr Maweema, for San Pedro. NEWPORT-Arrived Apr 27-Stmr Laguna. Sailed April 27-Bktn Uncle John.
 SAN PEDRO-Arrived Apr 27-Schr Noko- BAI.LARD-Arrived Apr 26-Schr Challenger, from Newport
 FOREIGN PORTS.
 ESQUIMALT-Arrived Apr 22-Br ship Citv of Delhi, from London.
 COLON-Arrived Apr 12-Br strlr Governor. from Liverpool
 UEENSTOWN-Arrived Apr 26-Br shin Wasdale, from Portland; Br ship Beacon Rock from Portland; Br ship Carradale, from Port land; Br bark Selkirkshire. from Portland; Br ship Dunbritton, from Oregon; Br ship Domin- ion, hence Dec 13.
 SANTA ROSALIA-Arrived Apr 3-Br shin Ardnamurchan, from Barry.
 PlSAGIA-Sailed Apr 9-Br bark Auldgerth. for San Francisco
 VANCOUVER-Arrived Apr 27-Br stmr Em- press of China, from Hongkong, etc IONDON-Saled Apr 27-Br ship IlIawara for San Francisco
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spot No. l northern spring wheat 3d a cental up for the day, the price being ss Sd, or l3A per bushel Relief came to the bulls from an un- expected quarter Antwerp was reported as buying a cargo of California wheat of the English coast equivalent or Sl 3S a Dusn- el. and the Antwerp market advanced 6s&WIsc, l4c In two days. English wheat brought sl 5Y 6 bushel in the London market to-day. ana English country markets showed a further rise of 41c bushel These latter items eausei ef "a the close July sold at 95c May rallied from s1 IS to s1 21A. July opened l.e lower at aS .4 s314c sold at s3lAc, declined 10 slAc advanced
 Corn was heavy at the start on free selling by elevator people. The advances in wheat started some buying in corn. causing rally of 1bo.
 Oats followed corn Trade only mod crate.
 Provisions started weak heavy hog re- cefpts Trade not broad, but the early losses were quite recovered
 The leading futures ranged follows:
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EASTERN MARKETS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

NEW YORK, April 27.-To-day's stock mar ket almost entirely without tone. The total transactions were not greatly in excess of the smallest days business in the history of the exchange, the aggregate of sales footing up only S1, 600 shares. The market drifted aim lessly over a very narrow range Such usually volatile specialties as Sugar and Metropolitan Street Railway covered a range of less than % during the whole day. A large number of stocks which almost always figure in the day s trading have not single sale recorded for them. A few stocks moved quite widely on account of special causes, but the volume of business, even with these, small Cana dian and Northern Pacific stocks moved up ward together from the cause, namely rumors which are prevalent in London that the Northwestern rate is about to be settled Canadian Pacific net gain is 2ts and Northern Pacific a point. The strength of these stocks really gave the tone to the whole market lift ing it above last nights close which it re- tained to the end. General Electric showed strength from the showing made by It's annual statement. Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf recovered 21+ Of yesterday loss, which was mnal port on the gulf would be closed by the war. Hawaiian Commercial recovered four points or its recent loss, which were said to be due apprehension that its stocks of sugar in transit were liable to capture. Arbitrage dealers sold most of the international stocks but bought Northern Pacific. Their transac- tions, however, were insignificant. The dull ness in stocks is no doubt due in part to the transfer of speculative interest to the wheat market.
 Conditions in the money market seemed to be working to easier basis. Call loans at the banks. which hold out for per cent are being repaid as money can be had for less than that in the street and time loans are said to be made at a shade below per cent which has been firmly held for some time. The de- mand for funds from the interior continued but is not as large as earlier in the week The rise in exchange checked the rate for demand sterling. holding steady at about s4 S4A
 The bond market was intensely dull in sym pathy with stocks. and prices were held about
 United States old fours registered declined A in bid price and the new fours coupon were E lower bid than the sale price of yesterday
 Total sales of stocks to-day were Sl 6Jo shares including: Burlington S575 Erie pre- fer%-d 432l. Northern Pacific preferred l2 oO5 St. Paul 6SS7, Union Pacific preferred 74i5 American Spirits 5745. Peoples Gas 5OO5 Amer ican Sugar l2 .O60.
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DRIED FRUITS, NUTS. RAIs1Ns. ETC.

DRIED FRUITS-Prunes. carload lots, 4 94lkc for 50-50's; SA@4 for 5o-6Os, 393h for 6o-70s. 2k@3c for 7O-SO's. 2Q21kc for o-s0s, 14 6c; peeled l0Ql24c; Apricots, 5QD61sc for Roy. als and rose for good to fancy Moorparks; Evaporated Apples. 61sG7c; sun-dried 4@5c; Black Figs in sacks. 2@2hc; Pums, 4k064Xc for pitted and 1g1lac for unpitted bleached Plums. 5q3Ac; Nectarines. 4Q5c for prime to fancy; Pears. 2hQ4l5 for quarters and 39 51gc Tor halves. according to color. etc.
 RA1SlNS-112q2c for two-crown. Sc for three-crown, 31sc for four-crown 41kc for Seedless Sultanas, 2H4c for Seedlesss Muscatels and sl9l 10 for London layers; dried Grapes, 2kc.
 NUTS-Chestnuts are quotabe at Sc per lb: Wainuts; 3g4c for hardshell and 4Q6c for soft shell; Almonds. S@4c for hardshell. 6Q7c for soitshell, Sl2W9c for paper-sheu: Peanuts 4@51kc for Eastern and 4kc for California; Pe- eans' Sag ehqsc Filberts, sl4Q1oe::.. Brazil Nuts. SQgc per ID; Cocoanuts, $4 50Gs5 per 100
 HONEY-Comb, 9@l0c for bright and 6677c Tor lower grades; water-white extracted. 5G0 oc: light amber. extracted. 4ZQ5Rc per lb.
 BEESWAX-24d26c per ID.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO April 27.-The foreign wheat mar kets. which were controlling influences al the opening here to-day showed a deal cf trregu- larity. Liverpool quoted declines of A62d
 while Paris came 2AG3c higher. The extereme- ly favorable crop bulletins had bearish tenor
 Trading began at a decline of Ac Tn July wheat. For half an hour the market acted strong and rallied twice yesterdays close
 but at the end of the time mentioned an aya- .lanche of offerings struck the iit and prices dropped with q thud from 93sRc to 9lAc Not mush account was taken of the statistics per taEing the daily movement of wheat hut the favorable weather for growing winter wheat was in the minds of people who sold wheat short early in the session Chicago re- ceipts were 109 cars, and 72 of them were con- tract. Receipts here a year ago were thirteen cars. Minneapolis and Duluth received 327 cars, against POT year ago. The clearance of wheat and flour from Atlantic ports equal to 497 GOO bush els. Closing quotations from Liverpool showed
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OCEAN TRAVEL.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.

.. ''. ] E" :: Steamers leave Broadway BE wharf San Francisco:
 MM@zA For Alaskan ports, 10 a. m!, W#T~MM April l, 6, H. Is, 21 26. May | M EA kx%NNA transfer at Seattle.
 I &M2#N NAa For Alaskan ports (from S1A ATwNTHS Folsom-street wharf), 10 a. M., @kSA@SM April 27, May IS, June 5. 26.
 $M July F, transfer at Portland,
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LONDON MARKET.


 NEW YORK, April 27.-The Evening Posts London financial cablegram says: The stock markets here were quiet but better today on the combined inflow of gold and easier money. The settlement a small affair, except in West Australian mines and was easily ar ranged. Contangoes were comparatively light, the rate in Spanish As being about 1 per cent which Is indicative of a short supply.
 Contangoes Americans were Az to per cent, but on New York Centras the rate was even down to and Louisville and Nash vile from to per cent.
 A feature In the market to-day was the sharp Americans closed at about the best, with a very small speculative inquiry here. Kaffrs were better on the reported reduction of the dynamite rates in the Transvaal. The diff faculties in the West Australian market have not yet been settled. Another failure was an- nounced to-day. 1 informed excellent authority that a result of the Bank of dispatches in making advances of free in- terest.s e1, 500 600 in gold has been already re- ceived, the remainder being expected In the next few days. To-day's receipts of bar gold at the bank Is the first for two years past. The London discount market would be easier but for the fact that on May more than 9l2 GOO, 900 of the Chinese indemnity money to be paid Japan, will, with the exception of q 000 - 900 to be retained by the Imperial Bank of Germany, all go to Japan's account at the Bank of England, thus impoverishing the London market and increasing the bank s power of control.
 MADRID, April 27.-Spanfsh fours closed at 59 60 Gold was quoted at 7s
 BERLIN, April 27.-On the Bourse to-day firm
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THE CALL CALENDAR.
 Aprtl. lS98
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

A branch of the United States Photographic Office located the Merchants Exchange is maintained in San Francisco for the benefit of mariners without regard to nationality and free of expense
 Navigators cordially invited to visit the office, where complete sets of charts and sail ing directions of the world are kept on hand for comparison and reference, and the latest information can always be obtained regarding lights, dangers to navigation and all matters of interest to ocean commerce.
 The time ball on top of the building on Tele- graph Hill Is hoisted about ten minutes before noon, and Is dropped at noon, 120th meridian by telegraphic signal received each day from the United States Naval Observatory at Mare Island Cal.
 notice stating whether the time ball was dropped on time or giving the error, if any Is published the same day by the afternoon papers and by the morning papers the follow day. J. T. MCMILLAN
 Assistant in charge
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DEcIDUous AND CITRUS FRUITS.

Strawberries continue to decline. There are very few Cherries coming n Gooseberries are slow of sale.
 Blackberries brought 15c per basket
 Oranges are easier, under large arrivals DECIDUOUS FRUITS
 Receipts were 155 chests of Strawberries and q boxes of Cherries
 Strawberries. $4q7 per chest for large and S5Q10 for small berries
 Small White and Red Cherries, 3505Oc per box; choice red, 75cqs1 black. s1 25.
 Gooseberries, 40G75c per drawer.
 Apples. 40Q50c per box for common 75c@s1 for good to choice and s1 2561 50 for fancy
 CITRUS FRUITS-Navel Oranges s1 5003: Seedlings, 75c@s1 25; Lemons, 5Oc@s1 for com, mon and s1 25Q2 25 for good to choice; Mexi- can Lines, s 50G4;; California Lines in small boxes 5Oa5Oc; Bananas, s1 25G2 per bunches Pineapples. s3l4 per dozen
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POTATOES, ONIONS AND VEGETABLES

Lower prices for Onions and Peas were the only changes of note Supplies of all kinds were free.
 String Beans from vacaville brought 1oQ121zc per lb
 Los Angeles String Beans brought 1O9121kc per ID and Green Peppers 15Q2oc, and Tomatoes $1 50G11 75 per box
 PoTAToES-Earl Rose 4O95oc; River Reds, 4Oa5Oc; River Burbankst 5Oq6oc per sack; Ore gon Burbanks 50qS5c; PetaIuma Burbanks, 50 q65c per sack; Sweet Potatoes, s1@1 25 for Merced; new Potatoes, 1Q119c per lb.
 ONIONS-Choice, s2 50Gl2 65; Cut Onions, $1 Ql 9 per ctl.
 VEGETA BLES- Receipts were 10S7 boxes As paragus 4S3 boxes, Rhubarb and 7S2 sacks Peas.
 Asparagus g for extra large s1 5oa1 75 per box for No. 1. 6ocGN 25 for small; Rhu- barb, 25q50c per box for small to good and 6OQ 75c for extra choice; Green Peas, 75cGps1 9 per sack; Garden Peas, 21hq3c per ID; Dried Pep perss 6a7c per lb; Dried okra 121zc; Cabbage. 65Q75c per ctl; Carrots, 25d26c per sack: Gu cumbers. 35cds1 per dozen; Mexican Tomatoes, S1 5cQI1 "a per box
 PERFORATED VEGETABLES Potatoes sliced. raw, Pc per ID In lots of 25 lbs; sliced desiccated 16Q1Sc; granulated raw, 1Sc; Onions; 6oc; Carrots, old. lSc; new, 1Sc; 25c String Beans. BOG; Tomatoes, 5Oc.
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LOCAL MARKETS.
EXCHANGE AND BULLION.
WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS.

wHEAT-There was less excitement and stability yesterday. In spite of still higher foreign markets this market sagged in sympathy with an unsettled Chicago market but improved as the day went on Quotations were re-established on basis of s1 SO0l S2Ia for No. l shipping and s1 S5G1 90 for choice milling with sore transactions reported The situation presented no new features
 CALL BOARD SALES
 Informal session = s:i5 clock-Decenber- 2oO0 ctls s1 7Sh 30 GOO. s1 7s: 20 0O0 s1 7S sooo s 791s: n,000, s1 7s4; 5000, s1 7s1s 1000, $l 7sS 4000. s1 7Sss. Second session-December-2o GOO ctls, s1 7s. 200o s1 7sA: 10000. s1 79M; 2000, sl 7S7s 10 GOO sl 7sia; 5000. s1 7sss May-60O0, s1 30: 2O0O $1 1878.
 Regular morning session-December-s 900 ctls s1 S0 5000, s1 S0A; 16.000 s1 soh l0 0oO Afternoon session-December-20 ctls sl s2Ix Afternoon session-December-2O ctls, 1 S2T
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

BAGS-Cacutta Grain Bags, nominal; Wool Bags. nominal; San Quentin. s5 3O
 COAL-Wellington. sS per ton; New Yelling ton. $S; Southfed Wellington, S7 50; Seattle, s6; Bryant. s6; Coos Bay, s 50; Wallsend, $7 50: Scotch, $10; Cumberland, sl0 25 in bulk and $11 50 in sacks Pennsylvania Anthracite Egg, s14 Camel, s10 per ton Rock Springs, Castle Gate and Pleasant Valley, S9; Coke. SIP per ton in bulk and S14 in sacks.
 LUMBER-Shipment of 1,002, 793 feet Red wood. valued at s1S.572. to London.
 SUGAR-The Western Sugar Refinery Com pany quotes terms net cash: Cube Crushed and Fine Crushed, 7c; Powdered. 6hc; Dry Granulated, 5Ac; Confectioners A., 5%e; Mag nolia A, 51ac; Extra c, 52c; Golden c, 5Ac; Candy Granulated. 6c; California A, 55sc per lb half barrels Ac more than barrels. and boxes xc more.
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PROVISIONS.

There were no further changes yesterday.
 CURED MEATS-Bacon, Sc per ID for heavy' SEC for light medium, 101ac for light. He for extra light and 12c for sugar cured :; eastern sugar-cured Hams. 10tG11c; Califor- na Hams. 9ls@l0c Mess Beef y10 50 per bbl: extra extra Mess Beef, sl1: Family Beef s12 Salt .orH. ss extra prime Pork, s10; extra clear, $ltgil %; mess, $l5; Smoked Beeef. 12c per lb eo LARD-Eastern tierces quoted at 5lsc per ID Tn,,t Tor compound and 7c for pure; pais. 7%c; california tierces, 5c per ID for compound ana ana 6Sc for pure; half barrels. 64c 1o-fb tins
 COTTOLENI1 NI1-Terces. 6ls66asc; packages less than 300 fbs-1-ib pails. 50 in a case. sssc: s.in pals 70 % in case s7sc; 5-ib pals, 12 in tins l or ? in a case 75.c: wooden buckets. 20 lbs net, 77sc; fancy tubs. 80 lbs net, 7ssc: half bbs, about l10 lbs. 7Jbc per h.
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FLOUR AND MILLSTUFFs.
HAY AND FEEDsTUFFS.

The Timothy Hay recently imported from diff rerent points Is not feeding as well as the local product as far as experiments have gone. It seems to lack the strength Of California Hay The market was unchanged, but steady. For .ew crop Wheat and Dat Hay s25 has been bid In Sonoma County.
 BRaN-S21Q21 50 per ton
 MIDDEINGS-s23 50925 50 per ton. o oEEEDSTUFFS-Rolle Barley, s30q31 per ton; {; OiIcake Meal at the mill s31G31 50; jobbing. sS2a32 50; Cocoanut Cake. s2fQ25; Cottonseed Meal, $2sG3O per ton; Cornmeal. SPA 50; Crack ed Corn s25..
 o HAYmtEx-car in round lots)-Wheat. S239 70 9e, oo; Wheat and Dat, s21q25 Oat: S2Og23 Bar ley none; compressed Wheat, $22Q25; com pressed Oat s2Oa22; Alfalfa, s154l7; Clover. nominal; Timothy Sl5Gl7
 STRAW-90c6s1 ner haIa
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INVESTMENT BOARD.

75 Spring Valley Water ............ ss % 10 Pacific Gas Imp ................. S2 %
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 minimum. 49; mean. 54 WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
 FORECASTS. The pressure has fallen rapidly over the Pa cihc Coast. A trough of low pressure extends from the Sacramento Valley southeastward into Arizona An of high pressure overlies Washington and Vancouver Island. The temperature has fallen decidedly over Utah and Eastern Nevada. It has risen over Northern Idaho and Eastern Oregon. The temperatures in the great valleys of California from to 16 degrees above the normal. The following maximum wind velocties are reported: Fort Canby, 2s miles per hour from the north; Portland, 2S northwest; Sacramento 30 southwest; San Francisco. 40 west; Carson City, 2S west.
 No rain has fallen west of the Rocky Mount aims.
 Forecasts made at San Francisco for thirty hours, ending midnight, April 2S. 1898: Northern California - Cloudy Thursday; northerly winds in the interior; fresh west erly winds on the coast.
 Southern California-Cloudy Thursday; fresh westerly wind.
 Nevada-Cloudy Thursday. Utah-Fair Thursday
 Arizona-Cloudy Thursday; cooler. San Francisco and Vicinity-Cloudy Thurs day; fresh westerly wind.
 ALEXANDER McADIE,
 Local Forecast Official.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON. April 27.-Consols. Ill 1-16@111H silver, 26Md French rentes, 102f 17kcG102f 271ac. LIVERPOOL. April 27--Wheat steady; No. 1 standard California wheat. 46s; cargoes Walla Walla wheat, 42s; cargoes off coast, more in- ouiry; cargoes on passage nominal. unchanged English country markets, strong, 1-6d higher; French country markets strong; wheat in Paris firm; flour in Paris. firm. COTTONrUplands, 19-32d.
 CLOSING.
 WHEAT-Spot No. red Western winter stocks exhausted; No. red Northern spring, strong 9s 3d.
 CORN-.July 3s 3Ad.
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BUTTER. CHEESE AND EGGS.

Another decline in Butter Is noted although some dealers still report 200 for Creamery Eggs unchanged. BUTTER
 Creamery-Fancy creameries. 1s@1skc; sec onds, 1S1ac.
 grades, 15Q1713c per ID.
 Eastern Butter Imitation creamery Is gl612c; iadle-packed. 15q16c per lb; Eastern
 CHEESE = Choice mild new. 10c; common to good, 714Gsc; Cream Cheddar, 1OQ11c; Young America, 10011c; Western, 110D12c: Eastern, l2ls@l31kc per ID.
 EGGS-Ranch Eggs. 12AG131sc per dozen; store Eggs. l11aM12c :Eastern. nominal
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POULTRY AND GAME.

at 11Q12c for Turkeys, s for Ducks, s 25G6 for Hens s for young Boosters and s4 50 for old Boosters.
 Local stocks show no change, but the mar ket Is overstocked and dull.
 POULTRY-Live Turkeys, i0Ql1c for Cob bers and 10q11c for Hens Geese. per pair s1q1 25; Goslings, $1 75a2 9; Ducks. 8 5O14 50 for old and s5Q6 50 for young; Hens. s 50q4; Boosters, young $7QlS Boosters old s 5o@4; Fryers. s6Q6 50; Broilers, s4 5Oa5 50 for large. s2G3 50 for small; Pigeons, s1 500 75 per dozen for young and s1 25 for old.
 GAME-Nominal
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BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

BOSTON, April 27.-The American Wool and Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow sof the wool market
 Transactions In the wool market were all ready too greatly curtailed to be much further affected by the outbreak of war. The sales of the last week foot up something half a million pounds, which is about the average since the war scare entered it's acute stage several weeks ago Conditions have not im- proved since our last report There have been practically manufacturers in the market The feeling on part of the holders of wool is phenomenally strong. Nothing but the con- dition of the money market seems likely to un- settle prices in the future.
 The mills are buying only such wool they actually need to piece out with.
 The sales of the week amount to 297 GOO pounds domestic and 216,G00 pounds foreign making a total of 533, coo pounds. against a total of 1,l51 GOO pounds for the previous week and a total of D. 900 for the corresponding week last year.
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HIDES. TALLow. WOOL AND HOPS

HIDES AND SKINS-Culls and brands sell about lc under the quotations. Heavy salted ste s, loc; medium. Sls09c; light. S1sc: Cow ino hdes, sl4Gse; stags: 5c salted Kip. Sc; Calf lSc; lS dry Kip and Veal. l69l6lsc: dry Calf. ISqi9c; culls, l6ml7c; Goatskins. Slsy37lkc each; hios; onloG; Deerskins good summer. 25630c per ID; medium, 2oc winter. 10c: Sheepskins, shearlngs. 2oQ25c each short wool 100000 each @TN ~ \, ,TALLoW-No. LoWNo. rendered, s@shc per fb; No. 26211c; refined Sc; Grease 2c
 WOOLIFall clip-San Joaquin. defective 70 Sc: Southern Mountain. s11lc; free Northern
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COMMERCIAL WORLD.
SUMMARY.

Silver higher. Spot Wheat firm; Futures easier. Barley Futures we1ker Other Cereals about the same. Hay and Feedstuffs steady. Flour firm. Beans strong. Onions weaker. Potatoes unchanged. Green Peas lower. Butter off again. Eggs unaltered Poultry market overstocked. Strawberries lower. Cherries in light re- ceipt
 Oranges easier. Dried Fruits unchanged. Provisions the same. Hogs still weak.
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NEW YORK. April 2. p. m.-Closng- Money on call steady, 115G2 per cent; last loan. 119 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 6@7 per cent Sterling exchange steady. with actual business in bankers bills at s4 s4s4@4 s5 for de- mand at s4 S1A for sixty days. Posted rates. S4 S1I26l4 S2 and s4 S51ad4 S6. Commercial bills, s4 SO6l4 So%. Silver certificates, 5644 @57c. Bar siles, 561kc Mexican dollars. 45Ac. Govern ment bonds, weak. State bonds, dull. Rail- road bonds, steady.
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NORTHERN WHEAT MARKET.

PORTLAND, Or, April 27.--Wheat was firm, with a wide range of prices. Exporters are quoting s1c for Walla Walla and 94c for blue stem and valley The mills paying about Sc above these figures. The first crop charter was made to-day at 31s 3d for Septem- Der loading.
 WASHINGTON.
 TACOMA April 27.-Wheat unchanged. No. club, 95c No. blue stem. s1.
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EASTERN LIVESTOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO. April 27.-CATTLE-Were in good demand. The bulk sold at s4 35G4 90; common to fair, B 9O6I4 25; choice shippers. s5q5 25; stockers and feeders, s3 9094 75; calves, $5d6; prime cows 8 50Q3 60.
 HOGS-Sales ranged from 8 75g3 80 for com mon to S494 10 for prime lots; bulk of the sales s3 9Od4 O2; pigs, 8 60QS S5.
 SHEEP-There a fair trade In sheep at unchanged prices. Shorn lambs. s4q4 90; chiefly $3 50Q4 60; wooded, s5G5 20; shorn sheep sS 5OG4 50; chiefly s4Q4 4O
 RECEIPTS-Cattle, l3ooo; hogs, 2s,ooO; sheep,
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BEANS AND SEEDS.

The rise in Beans Is maintained, with a good demand for the leading sorts
 BEANS-Bayos, g 9003: Small Whites, s1 70 l so; Large Whites s1 7OG1 80; Pinks, s2 65@ 75; Reds. s2 2O@2 30; Blackeye. $3 26G3 50; But ters. S1 65ql 75: Lir s2 5OG2 6O Pea. s1 65Q l 80; Red Kidneys, s2 5O612 75 per ctl.
 SEEDS-Brown Mustard, $2 2sGp3 50 per ctl; Yellow Mustard. s 1893 25; Flax, s2 25; Canary Seed, 2AQ2a<c per ID; Alfalfa, 3G6c; Rape. 2x@ 2%c; Hemp, 22 G3c; Timothy, 5Q5Ac.
 DRIED PEAS-Niles, s1 75q2; Green, $1 so9 25 per ctl
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CASH IN THE TREASURY.

WASHINGTON. April 27.-To-day's Treasury statement: Available cash balances $21S, PIC; gold reserve, $1S0, 761, ,724.
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STEAMERS TO SAIL.
THE TIME BALL.

THE TIME BALL. Branch Photographic Office. U. S. N. Mer- chants Exchange, San Francisco, April 27 1898.
 The time ball on Telegraph Hill was dropped exactly at noon to-day.,i e.. at noon of the time. J. T. MCMILLAN,
 Assistant in charge
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Cash quotations were follows: Flour, fair demand; unchanged; No. ? spring wheat T 0S; No. spring wheat. slQ1 F; No. red. No. white. s1@3lnc; No. 8 white. 3oA@3lAc No. rye, 5s1sc; No, barley. 4o@4eo: No. 1 fax seed. s1 29&@1 30; prime timothy seed g 90; mess pork. per barrel. s11 2oQ11 26; lard per 100 pounds. 5 6S; short ribs sides Qoose) Short t'V clear " sides 9boxed5' s5 s59s o5 whisky distillers finished goods. per gallon. s1 20.