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FOR SATURDAY. DEC. .
THE STOCK MARKET.

Securities were dull even for Saturday. and
the only marked change was decline In Hama
Plantation from 50 to $ 90 Oceanic was firm
at S91 50.
The Mead Gold Mining Company has declared
a quarterly dividend at the rate OF 40 per cent
per annum, payable December L..
The Boston and California Gold Mining and
Milling Company has declared a quarterly divf-
dend at the rate OF per cent per annum, pay
able December Is.
Dividends Will be paid tomorrow as follows:
Giant Consolidated Powder Company. soc Der
share; Pacific Gas Improvement Company. 4Oc
per share Faauhua Sugar Plantation Company,
Soc per share; san Jose Water Company. jOc
per share.
The California Street Cable Company will pay
a dividend Of soc per share the 18th.
The Los Angeles oil and Transportation Com
pany has declared a dividend OF 25c "A share,
payable since December >.
Coupon No. OF the Los Angeles Pacific Rail-
way bonds will be paid at the Crocker- Wool
worth National Bank tomorrow.
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Hay and FeedStnfs.

The weakness in Hay and the different Feed
stuffs continues. II is said that grass was
never so fine at this time OF the year. and this
OF course affects Feeds Of all descriptions.
BRAN-$l3Gl5 per ton.
MIDDLINGS-S17Gls per ton.
FEEDSTUFFS-Rolled Barley. SIG 5od17 80
per ton: Oilcake Meal at the mill s2GH27; Job
bing s27 5Od2S; Cocoanut Cake. s2Od2i; Corn
meal s23 50G24 so: Cracked Corn. s24a25: Mixed
Feed SIG 5Odl7: Cottonseed Meal, S2S per ton
HAY-wheat. 81 5Oa9 for common to good and
50 80 for choice; Wheat and Oat. s7ds; Oat
Sc 50GS; Barley, Sd6 80: Alfalfa. s5dS per ton;
Compressed s7d10 per ton.
STRAW-35Q5Oc per bale.
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Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables.

The finer kinds Of Potatoes are unchanged.
but the lower grades are higher. Onions have
also advanced.
Stocks of Los Angeles Vegetables are con-
sderably larger and prices are lower In con-
sequence.
POTATOES Rose. e0ds5c: River Reds.
60fI70c; Burbanks. 40n75c per ctl: Salinas Bur
banks. Sal 25: Oregon Burbanks. 6OcaSl 10;
Sweet Potatoes - for River and 81 1O6Il 10
for Merced
oNIoNS-75casl 10 per ctl; oregons. 81 lOg
I25
GETABLES-Green Peas. 5a7c per lb;
String Beans. 4d6c: Cabbage. i0n5 Los An
geles Tomatoes. 81: Egg Plant from Los
Angeles. lOc. Dried okra. l2isc per 10: Garlic.
3d4c: Green Peppers from Los Angeles, 4dJc;
Dried Peppers Sdi0c: Carrots, 3O0f4Oc per
sack Los Angeles Summer Squash. 756Sl per
box: Marrowfat Squash. $40 per ton; Mush-
rooms i00l5c per lb
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LOCAL MARKETS.
Exchange and Bullion.
Wheat and Other Grains.

wHEAT-Futures declined again. Spot price.
were unchanged.
News from Eastern and foreign markets was
scanty, usual Saturday Chicago re-
ported all markets strong. though trade was
dull as operators were waiting for the Gov
ernment report. Continental cables were high
and firm. The condition OF the Michigan
crop was given at so per cent.
Spot Wheat - Shipping. sSSscaSi; milling.
81 02lId1 O3&.
CALL BOARD SALES.
Informal Session-9:l5 o'clock-No sales
Second Session-May-l00 600 ctls 81 05A
Regular Morning Session-December. 1900
2OO0 ctls 81 10Is 20O0. 81 10: 2OO0 81 OH; May
a. 000 81 05E 1000 81 057s; 2OOO. 81 O5A &C. 900,
81 O5I.; December-2000 CSC
BARLEY-Stagnation still distinguishes this
market and quotations show change
Feed soc for No. and 60G75c for on grades:
Brewing and shipping grades. s5ds0c; Cheva-
lier, nominal.
CALL BOARD SALES.
Informal Session-a:15 o'clock-No sales.
Second Session-No sales.
Regular Morning Session-No sales
OATS-The market, though dull, Is very
firmly held. as all conditions are apparently
in its favor. The crop in Oregon and Wash
ington is reported from % to 80 per cent short.
and shipments from those sources to San Fran
cisco are very light, being only about one
fifth of last year. Hence local dealers are
White, 81 1Oa1 30; Red. 81 o7AQ1 20; Gray.
81 O7isgl 17lz; Black. 97zcGsl 07i1.
CORN-Eastern White is quoted at s1ll1 05
per ctl All other kinds nominal.
RYE-SlG1 O5 per ctl.
BUCKWHEAT-Quoted at 81 9oq2 is per ctl,
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Dried Fruits, Nuts, Raisins.

All kinds continue quiet and more or less
easy. Nuts are neglected and weak. Honey
alone is firm.
DRIED FRUITS-Prunes. I'm sacks. 4l1c for
lo-5os. 4G4Ac for 5o-eO's. 3hc for 6O-70s, SIC
for 7O-s0s &c for s0-sO's and 2Ac for sO-IO0s
Apricots llqI3c for Royals l21zgl6c for Moor
parks and l2dl4c for Blenheims: Peaches 5f
fancy; peeled Peaches. l2isGl5c: Evaporated
Apples. 7Q7A4c; sun-dried. 5a55ec per Id: Nee
tarines. siaqsc per ID for red: Pears. 6l1dSc for
quarters and sdloc for halves; Black Figs SO
31c; White Figs. 4d6c; Bleaehed Plums, SGsc:
Unbleached Piums. 7d711c for pitted and 1Ac
for unpitted.
RAISINS-Bleached Thompson's-Fancy. per
ID, 1Oc; choice. &c; standard. Sc; prime. &c; un-
bieachedr Thompson's. per Id. &C. Sultanas-
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Poultry and Game.

At least three cars OF Eastern are announced
for tomorrow.
Dressed Turkeys are considerably higher, be-
lower.
POULTRY-Live Turkeys. 14d15c for Gcb-
blers and lid15c for Hens Dressed Turkeys.
19M22c: Geese. per pair, 81 75H2: Gosings. 81 rs
n Ducks 50 5Oa4 for old and 81 50d5 % for
ycung; Hens, s3a4: Young BOOSTERS, SO 50
eI4 old Roosters 50 50d4 Frvers, 50 5Ja4:
Broiers. So 25q4 for large and s3d3 50 for small:
Pigeons 81 per dozen for old and 81 15a2 FOR
Squads.
Canvasback $4G4 80; Spring. S2d2 %: Teal. 81 %
al IS; Widgeon, 81 50al 20: Small Duck, 81 25d
80: Doves aOcTfsl per dozen: Hare. 81 80: Rab-
bits. 81 75d2: Gray Geese 81 5Od3 50: White
81 25ai so: Brant 81 75d2 50: Honkers. 81 5OG5;
English Snipe. 50 25G2 80 per dozen; Jack Snipe.
yl so
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Butter, Cheese and Eggs.

Supplies OF Butter ample for all needs and
the market is quiet Cheese is steady. with
moderate stocks.
Eggs are no lower. but they are dull. There
are large stocks OF Eastern cold storage here.
BUTTER
Creamery-Fancy Creamery. 25c: seconds.
2ln2ic.
Dairy-Fancy. 22c: good to choice 2Od21c;
common. lsc.
picked roll. 21G22hc; nrkin. 2Oa21c; creamery
tub 22n24c.
Eastern-lTmisc for ladle packed.
CHEESE-Chofce mild new. l2hc; old. 1likc:
Young America, l2lzGlSc; Eastern. 15hGl6c;
Western I3ssGi5c per ID.
EGGS-Quoted at 25G27ihc for common and
3O6Ia5c per dozen for ranch. Eastern-Cold
storage lSQl9c for firsts and l5c for seconds
fresh. 2lQ23c per dozen.
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Flour and MiHStnfs.

FLoUR-California family extras. Sc e0G3 75.
usual terms: bakers extras So 40lI3 80: Oregon
and Washington. SO 40d3 80 per bbi for extra.
So 25Gs 40 for bakers and 81 25d3 for superAne.
MILLSTUFFS-Prices in sacks are as fol-
lows usual discount to the trade: Graham
Flour Sc 25 per 100 lbs: Rye Flour 81 IS; Rye
Meal, 81 50: Rice Flour. 81: Cornmeal 50 so;
Oat Groats. s4 so: Hominy. So 2513 80: Buck
wheat Flour. s4G4 %: Cracked Wheat 50 -;
Farina 81 90: Whole Wheat Flour So 90; Rolled
Oats (barrels) $6n7 %: in sacks s. 7547;
Pearl Barley. S.; Split Peas. S. Green Peas.
Is 80 per 100 lbs
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Hides, Tdllo1v, Wool and Hops.

Hides are active and firm at the recent ad-
vance. Hops continue neglected. The demand
for Wool continues brisk at firm prices.
HIDES AND SKINS-Culls and brands sell
about lc under quotations. Heavy salted steers.
Cowhides. 10i1qi1c: Stays nc: saIted kin
lOizc: Calf. lie: Dry Hides sound. 1Sgisc: culls
and brands. l5c: Dry Kip and Veal lie: DRY
Calf, 1sH2Oc: Sheepskins. yearlings. 20dS5C
each; short Wool 35G6Oc each: medium 7CGg0c
long Wool, Sld1 p each: Horse Hides salt
- 25q2 40 for large and 81 for small: Colts soc
TALLOW-No. / rendered &c per ID; No 2
&c; refined. slsc; grease. 21Sc.
WOOL
Fall clip. San Joaquin plains. sdi0c: South
ern. sdlOc; Middle County. 1ld13c: Humboldt
and Mendocino. 16Tl7c; Eastern Oregon. 12G15c;
Valley Oregon. TulSc; Northern Mountain
lie ID.
HOPS-sG9c per ID.
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Beans and Seeds.

Red Beans are offering at lower prices with
out finding buyers. The other descriptions are
firm and unchanged.
Dried Peas in small supply and higher
BEANS-Bayos. So 25GS so; small White. 81 %
a3: large White. 81 4Od2 50: Pinks 50 s5a2 70:
Reds SO 256l3 5: Blackeye. 81 5NG4 70: Buffers
nominal: Lima, 81 9Oq5; Pea, S3G3 25 Red Kid
neys. 50 50 per ctl.
SEEDS-Brown Mustard 3d3hc: Yellow Mus
tard. 4Gil9c; Flax. 81 l2ls: Canary. sac per Id
tor california ana &c Tor Eastern Alfalfa. 10
DRIED PEAs-Nnes. 81 5Oal 30; Green, 81 rs
SY0 crl
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San Francisco data; Maximum temperature.
-. minimum. f5, uleal, 81
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
FORECAST.
An area % high pressure overlies Nevada and
Utah storm as yet of moderate energy has
appeared N the coast of Washington.
Conditions are favorable Tor the development
cf a storm sunday on the coast north OF Cape
Mrrlnclno
.I.he temperature has fallen slowly over the
greafer portion of the coast.
Conditions are favorable for frost Sunday
morning over southern and Central California
Citrus fralt growers have been warned 81 the
AkllAood 81 low temperatures sunday morning.
It not likely that the temDera ture VIII be low
enough nor OF sufficient duration 70 seriously
lnIure oranges
The following maximum wind velocities are
reported. Fort Candy. Sc miles per hour from
The east. Yuma. ~ from The n0rta.
Forecast made al san IranclEcO Tor thirty
hours endirg midnight. December 10. 1888;
Northern Gallfornin-C'loudy Sunday; prob
HhIN rain ln north portion; Hight nOrtherly
charrlnr 90 suuthea sterlv winds
southern Callfornia-Falr sunday probably
heavy ir0st ln the morning. light northerly
winds
Nevada-Cloudy Sunday.
tfah-Falr sunday.
Arizona-Iair sunday.
san Francisco and vicinity-Cloudy Sunday:
probably light rain: northerly changing 10
sOutheaftsTly winds.
Forecast Official.
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London Market.

NEW YORK, Dec. s.-The Commercial Ad-
vertiser's London financial cablegram saws.
The markets We're idle and weak all around to-
day Fears OF tight money were supplemented
by anxiety over General Methuen's position
Paris sold Kafnrs freely. well as Interna-
tional Consols went TO lo2a. American opened
a shade over parity, but eased off later
There was little business doing The weakness
of the industrials is regarded here as a bad
feature The close dull. with Union PacI-
fc shares notably fiat. and Denver preferred
and Louisville heavy. Spanish fours sold al
sCts Discounts were harder.
CLOSING.
LONDON, Dec s.-Canadian Pacific 81;
Union Pacific preferred. rs; Northern Pacific
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LONDON. Dec. e.-Consols. 102H: silver
27kd: French rentes. 1907 sOc; wheat cargoes of
coast, buyers and sellers apart: cargoes on
passage. sellers asking advance Sd: No
standard California, 29s 3D.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 9.-Wheat firm; wheat in
Paris steady; -four in Paris. steady
COTTON-Uplands s-32d.
CLOSING.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 9.-WIIEAT-Spot firm:
No l. California, 6s 1ikdGes 2d; No q red
Western. IS SID No 2, Northern spring 5s
i1hd.
CORN-Spot. American mixed. firm, Is SID:
futures December nominal: June steady. Rs
6l1d. February steady, 3s 6itd.
HOPS-At London, Pacific Coast, firm, Go
1os6f f6 los.
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Foreign Futures.
Chicago Livestock Market.

CHICAGO. Dec. 9 CATTLE - Generally
steady. Good to choice s. 6OGe S.: poor to me
dium, 81 50G5 40; mixed stockers 50 5OGf 80;
mixed feeders. S4d4 so; good to choice cows.
50 65a4 20: hefers. So 25G5 so: Gamers. seas:
bulls. 81 35di 30: calves. $417 55: fed Texas
beeves Sa5 25: grass Texas steers 50 50SI4 %:
HOGS-Market active. &c higher for heavy
packing and shipping; steady To shade higher
for light; good clearances. Mixed and butchers
81 95Gi 12i1: good to choice heavy ssG4 l2iL
rough heavy. 50 sOG3 s5; light. 50 sOd4 O7I.: bulk
of sales. Adi 07a.
SHEEP-Sheep and lambs steady Native
wethers. 50 s5d4 rs; lambs. 81 tOd5 so; Western
weathers. $3a4 40; Western lambs s5G5 40
Receipts-Cattle, 800: hogs, %. 600; sheep, 1900
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SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

SH5e and Exehonge Gd5onced
Bans oledringS gam as usual
l heat futures declined. Barley stGgnamt
oats IN strong position and 5oeH held
Corn and Rye quiet.
Hay and Feedsinfs continue dull and aveak
hed Beans dM and io00e Other descriptions unchanged.
Dried Peas in light supply and higher
Medium Potatoes higher. Onions adgGuccd
Summer Vegetables in larger supply and lo5Uer.
Three cars of Eastern Poultry dne
Dressed Turkeys scarce and higher
Game i07cer and much more Plentiful
APfles and Oranges unchanged Grapes higher
Dried Frrats and Nuts 7reak and dill. Honey firm.
Nothing in Provisions
Hides and Wool ootive and firm Hops neglected.
Meat market previously quoted.
Increased Vogeuent IN Quicksilver.
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Provisions.

CURED MEATS - Bacon. oIc per 10 for
heavy. 9ikc for light medium. l0izc for light
l2isc for extra light and 13c for sugar-cured: !:
Eastern sugar-cured Hams. i2izc; California
Hams. nominal; Mess Beef sl2 per Dbl. extra
Mess. H3; Family. tl4: extra Prime Pork Sl4 so;
extra clear. sl7 80; Mess. SIC 80; Smoked Beef
lql4i1c per 10.
LARD - Tierces quoted at 5ikc per ID for
compound and &c for pure: half barrels, pure
7izc; l0-lh tins. Sc: 5-lb tins. SIC.
COMMUNICATIONS. 7isG7hc per 10.
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CLOSING QUOTATIONS..
Time Bail.

Branch Hydrographic Office. U. s. N. Mar-
chants Exchange. San Francisco. CAL
December 2. 1889.
The time bail on the tower % the new Ferry
building dropped al exactly noon to-day
y e.. at noon OF the 10th meridian. or at 3
o. o'clock p. m, Greenwich time
c. G. CALKINs
Lieutenant Commander. u. $. n. in charge.
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Charters.

The bark Bupire loads merchandise for Ade-
.atae and the lnyinclble merchandise Tor Mel
l..Ine.
DE Guy q. Goss loads spars and lumber on
il. -e.nl Tor Wilmington. Delaware. Sis.500.
I.t Nokomif loads lumber al PORT Gamble
-.r Manila. ~. d. Talbot. lumber on the sound
t.r Melbourne or Adelaide 52s Cd
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour.
sS 20: clear 81 seas iO spring specials Sc s0 pat
ents. 50 20G3 50: straits 50 7OIi bakers. 81 9O9
so; No. spring Wheat, 62a64c: No red. 67h
No. White. 259sc; No. White. 24Izm25Izc: No.
Rye, 53c: No. Barley. 37d42c No. / Flax
seed. 81 45: Prime Timothy Seed 50 40Gl2 *;
Mess Pork. per bb, S 40de IS; Lard. per 100 lbs.
s. 05ff5 IS: Short Rib sides loose, g. l00i5 40;
Dry Salted Shoulders. boxed, 5ssI5i.c: Whisky
distiers' finished goods. per gallon. 81 2SIL:
Sugars. Cut Loaf unchanged
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N ID York Exports and Emtorts.

NEW YORK. Dec. s.-The imports OF dry
goods and merchandise at the port OF New York
for this week were valued at s1l 100 20
Exports OF specie from this port to all coun-
tries this week aggregate 81 0l6.l l29 silver bars
and coin and SS4.s39 gold Imports OF specie
this week were S25. .401 gold and SOS 351 silver
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Northern Wheat Market.

PORTLAND. Dec. s-wheat-Walla Wslla
5lQ52c; Valley 5ld52c; Blue Stem. 53c.
Cleared: Bark Invernrie, with 81 s97 bushels
Wheat. bark Port Logan, with H. 200 bushels
Wheat. both for Queenstown.
WASHINGTON.
TACOMA. Dec. s.-Wheat-Club 60l4c; Blue
Stem. SIC.
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Receipts of Quicksilver az this port during
the first eleven months - The year were p. .7ss
rHszs. against o.ss5 during the same time last
year. -le exports hy e62s tasks. val
u-i at s3seUs against s76s tasks a. s2ll 5S2
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San Francisco Meat Market.

All descriptions remain previously quoted
BEEF-7q71zc per ID for Steers and 64q7c
Tor Cows.
VEAL-sql0c Der lb.
MUTTON-Wethers. &c: ewes. 6ikc per ID
LAMB-sGSizc per 10.
PORK-Live Hogs. 5&G5%c for small $40
5%.c for medium and 5d5Ac for large: stock
Hogs and feeders. SIC; dressed Hogs. 7qsJzc
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preferred, 77le; Atchison, 22h Bar silver
stady. 27t4d per ounce. Money. 5G5ls per cent
Anacondas. sl5 and Rio Tintos at 46lk The bank
bought s67s 900 of French gold and sent out
go 600 TO Malta.
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COM. aired Hlth The report Tor the previous
month there has been an Increase ~ fls,eoo.ggJ
ir tA0 above results. including 5000 600 IN gold
0.tl. g. .UU.lI0 lu gold bullion and about $500.
... ll tle miscellaneous fund.
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on the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter
market was steady; creameries i6d25c: dairies
lsG22c. Cheese. steady. 11%dl2isc. Eggs firm;
fresh 2oc
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Coin Certifcntes.
National Coinage.

Total eleven months ............ .gTgg -sr 30 g.
same tlme go lsss ................ Ag.siSla 81
There has been on Increase ~ Sso.Opoel0 dur
llr tln hrar There nar been an increase 90
.Yuf hia, tli ~ in tfe coinage ~ g0ld Including
'-'f 'o8 ~ loil,le eagles, ana ss,soo.ooJ IN
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Street
CALIFORNIA OIL EXCHANGE.
Morning Session.
MINING STOCKS.

Following were the sales In the San Francisco
Stock and Exchange Board yesterday:
Morning Session.
200 Best & Becher. % 900 Sierra Nevada 81
800 Con Cal 4 Val 90 200 Utah ............ 0s
200 Justice ......... % 100 Yellow Jacket. Is
$50 Ophir ........... %
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Ne7U York Metal Market.
Foreign Markets.

NEW YORK. Dec. s.-The brokers' price for
cad is 81 20 ard for copper s17G17 25.
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Hea;hey Report.
n2o nr.rlalnn-rncino Time ,

n2) Meridian--pacihc Time)
san FRANCISCO. Dec. 3. lgqs-5 p m.
The following are the seasonal rainfalls 20
date as compared with those 81 same date last
season and rainfall IN last twenty -four hours:
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Sun, Moon and Tide.

United States Coast and Geodstlc Survey
Times and Heights OF High and Low
Waters at Fort Point. entrance 10 San
Francisco Bay. Published by official au-
thority Of the Superintendent
NOTE-The high and low waters occur az
the city front (Misslon-street wharO about
twenty-five minutes later than M Fort Point:
the height OF tide Is the same az both places.
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London Wool Sales.

to-day r. 415 bales offered including
good selection of greasy Merinos American
representatives competed spiritedly for the Spe-
cialties, but owing 10 strong Continental oppo-
nents they only secured moderate proportion
They also obtained a good selection OF greasy
crossbreds and the bulk OF the Falkland Isl.
ands and Punta Arenas woods offered at a 10
per cent advance.
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Bank ClearingS.
Quicksilver Trade.

Local hank clearinEs last week were So. 5ss.-
os1. arulnst sl5.1s7. .2l Tor the same week last
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SN IN IN
Eleven head OF well broken
TROTTERS, ROADSTERS and
pairs of R0ADSTERS, sired by
Silver Bow, 2:16i4, bred and con-
signed by Geo. Fox, Esq, Clements
Also three fine pairs of CARRIAGE HORSES
and 20 head OF DRAFT HORSES, Weighing
from 14cO 20 1900. consigned by various owners.
Horses can be seen at salesyard. corner Van
Ness ave. and Market St
CHASE & MENDENHALL
Successors % Kiilip & Coz.
Live Stock Auctioneera.
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Poytiands Business.

PORTLAND. Dec. s.-clearings. s2ss, ,s4a; ball
ances. s59,21s.
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The National CaShbo.r.

United ststes Treasurer Ellis L Roberts re-
3 rts the amount ~ money on hand al the
Jose of November as follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-02
Southwestern
 Telegraph and Telephone Co.
WOOD MANTELs.

They Have Driven Out Marble and Are
 Both Cheap and Handsome.
 Mantels nowadays are almost exclu- sively made of wood. Marble Is used oc- casionally, but only for the most costly Of all mantels, costing perhaps thou sands of dollars. The marble mantel Of the kind so familiar years ago Is no longer made, and sometimes marble mantels of fine quality that cost from $200 to $500 are taken out to be re- placed with mantels of wood costing perhaps $100. Slate mantels, so widely and commonly used few years ago, arc now rarely set up. They also have given place to wood
 Wood mantels may easily be costly. They are made in hundreds of different styles and at all sorts of prices, from $1 ,000 down to few dollars. Many of them are beautiful, not a few of them are of great beauty, and even the cheapest may be tasteful and graceful in design and finish. There never was time when so much art and skill went into wood mantels as now.
 The woods used include mahogany, curly birch, quartered oak, and other hard woods, whitewood and pine. Per- haps more are made of whltewood than of any other one material. The various woods are finished in great variety. The oaks, for instance, are stained in seventy or eighty different shades, to match, if it should be desired, any fur niture. Many mantels are painted and enamelled. In the fireplace fittings of the more costly mantels it Is not un- usual to find marble or onyx matching the wood in color, with the result of producing beautiful harmony in eff feet.
 In styles wood mantels are made in colonial, Elizabethan, empire, classical, renaissance, and other styles, colonial being now most in demand. Some colonial mantels are copies of mantels in old and, perhaps, familiar houses While mantels In hundreds of styles are to be found already designed. many are made to order from architects de- signs for single houses. It is not un- usual to make mantels to order to match furniture; it might be that mantel would be made to match a bureau or dining room table. New styles of mantels are constantly being added to the great number regularly produced.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-02
A RESOLUTION INTRODUCTORY THE SENATE BY LINDSAY OF
 KENTUCKY
AGAINST ALL TRADITION
To Admit to the Union States Erected Out of Lands Not Adjacent
 To Present Territory.

Washington, D. O., February L. MT. Lindsay, of Kentucky, in tie Senate, offered the following joint resolution:
 "That the acquisition by the United States through conquest, treaty or otherwise, of territory not adjacent to and geographically a part of the continent of North America, carries with it no consti- tutional or moral obligation to ad- nit said territory or any part thereof into the Federal Union as a State or States.
 That it is against the policy, tra- ditions and interests of the Ameri- can people to admit States erected out of such American territory CT any portion thereof into the Union of the American States at any time or under any conditions.
 That the United States accept from Spain the cession of the Phil iEplne Islands with the hope that the people of those islands .may demonstrate their capacity to estab- fish and maintain a stable govern. ment capable of enforcing law and order at home, and discharging the international obligations resting on the separate and independent States and with no expectation or desire oi permanently holding these islands as colonies or subject provinces, ot of compelling their people against their consent to submit to the au thorty of the United States after they shall demonstrate their capae- ity of self government as herein de- fined, and the government of the United States shall be judge of such ca ,acity.
 At Mr. Lindsay's request the resolution was lad on the table subject to call
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-02
A COMPROMISE,

Letters of administration were to- day issued to IdasV. Kile upon the estate ot her late husband, $. A. Kie.
 It will be remembered that Mir. Kie was the engineer on engine No. 105, which was wrecked at Brlnkley, July l4ih, 1898, killing the engineer aud fireman, William Simpson. A damage suit was instituted by Mrs. Klle for the death of her hus- band through her attorneys, Young < Whitelaw, and today com promise judgment for $1,75O was made.