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potatnes. ONIONS and vegetable.

Asparagus is coming TO hand in excessive
quantities, fully month earlier this season
than in past years, and sellers dependent
almost wholly upon the local trade for a market
prices weak There were over 1000 boxes
received yesterday and &c pound was top
price with most sellers, while poor lots sold
down to 81 "a a box. Rhuharb in free sup
ply and weaker, with sales slow. New potatoes
and peas from the bay were Offering in
small lots and sold at satisfactory prices, though
the competition of southern stock checked sales
of the latter. The market for old potatoes was
quiet but firm, while onions were in free supply
and easy.
Potatoes (per ctl)-River Burbanks Sl.250
1.50; Lompoc Burbanks, 81 .S5@2; Salinas Bur
banks $1.90@2: Oregon Burbanks 1850 30
sweet potatoes, $l.75@2; new potatoes, 4dil9C
per lb.
onions Yellow, s1.9oG2 per cti; new green
50M S5c per box.
Vegetables Asparagus, 3@ee per ID: rhubarb
81 .25@1.65 per box; tomatoes. $l.25@150 pei
box or crate; green peas S@121ac per III
green peppers, 2O@25c per lbi garlic. l0'
per Id; cabbage, S1.50 per ctl: hothouse cucum
bers. $l@1.50 per dozen; caulihower, 6J@15c PEI
dozen; carrots. 656t7Jc per sack; turnps, Toe pc
/ sack; celery. 40650c per dozen; marrowfat an'
Hubbard squash, nominal.
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New York Cotton Market

NEW YORK. March ls.-Hutton's wire says:
"on disappointing cables to the bull crowd
points down. with the trading quite heavy. The
selling from large spot interests, who
continue to sell every good buying order
The weather over the south being about as per
feet as 1t could be, spot markets were weak and
lower
The Balkan war situation caused the lower
cables this morning. and a continuation of
liquidation of long cotton by tired bulls brought
lower values In America. The ginning report
is being used a besrish argument, when as
matter of fact the size of the growing crop
is practically determined"
Spot cotton closed quiet Middling uplands,
Q 65c: middling gulf 0 .90c Sales, 200 bales
LTr
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Sew York Metal Market

NEW YORK, March 1S-The London tin mar
ket was unchanged at fI29 IS Cd for spot. while
futures were shade lower at f130 lbs Cd.
Locally the market easy with spot quoted
st Is. .30M2S. SOC.
Copper was unchanged with spot quoted at
f55 5s and futures at f56 in the London market.
Locally the market dull. with lake quoted
at L.. 81 L. 75c electrolytic at 12dl2.2oc and
casting at u.S71z @l2 12l2c.
Lead lower at f13 IS Cd in London. The
local market remained quiet at 3.97 Y a 4.O2 lac
Spelter unchanged at f21 5s in London
and at 4.T5@4 II 15c locally.
Iron advanced TO 46s Sd for Cleveland war
rants in London. Locally the iron market was
unchanged. No. l foundry northern, $l6.25G
16.75c; No. . do s15.75016.25; No. southern
and No | southern soft, $16@16.50.
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Poultry and Game

Another of western poultry was received
yesterday, making the third for the week. and
the stock with the usual quick sales at salts
factory prices Receipts of local stock We're
only &c coops and the market remained in ex-
cellent shape for the selling interests, everything
received finding buyers at well maintained rates.
A few struggling cases of dressed turkeys came
in and sold at wide range of prices, according
TO size, condition, etc. Game was quiet and
barely steady.
Poultry (per DOZEN n)-Hens, $J.50@6 for small,
sc. soar for large and SSd10 for extras; young
roosters. $S@1O; old roosters. $5g5.50; fryers.
81. .506s; large broilers S6GI; small broilers.
S5G5.50: ducks, $7.J0@S.50; pigeons, $l5O;
squads. S3l3.50: geese, $3.50 per pair.
Game (per dozenl-Gray geese, 500; white
geese. s1.50; brant, $3.50 for large and Sl90 for
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Provisions

cutting among the trade 10 secure sales
Coftolene-One half bbl, 10Ssc. half oois
101sc; tieree, 102se; tierces, 10Ae; tierces
I01sc
The Western meat company quotes as follows;
Hams, 14G151ac; picnic hams. 91ac; bacon . 70
3 lbs IKE; TO 10 lbs. 171zc; 10 70 l. IDS
1719e; sugar cured bacon. 21c; Arrow bacon: 5 TO
10 lbs. lie; 10 to IL lbs Ice; light dry salt ba-
con. s 10 10 lbs. 16lac; 10 to II lbs, l0I3c; me-
dlm bacon. lie: light medium bacon. 14e
Lard-Tierces 121.e. J0s 12&c. los 1Sl4c, IS
1889, IS 131ac; compound lard. tierees SC. oos
SIZE los Sa4e rs SIC, IS DC; yellow cooking oil.
53c per gal; white cooking oil. soc per gal: salad
oil 56c per gal.
Beef-Extra family beef SIS per bbl: family
beef. $3.50 per bbl; extra mess beef. $l1 per
barrel.
Pork-Extra prime. in barrels. S2050; clear.
S22: mess S21: mig pork SIS: pigs feet. s. for
half bbls s2.35 for 20 Ii kegs and $3.50 Tor
kits: smoked beef 1915 620c per n.
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Dried Fruits. RaIsIns. Nuts and Honey

The movement in all fruits is very fair. while
that in prunes. especially the small sized sizes,
has lately been heavy. both here and in New
York. The latter market also reports an Inn
proved demand for peaches.
Fruts-Evaporated apples. 5IaG6lsc; apricots.
7M91ac; fancy moorpark, l1@12c; peaches, 4c
for standards, 4lac for choice and 996c for
fancy pears, 46Sc; pitted plums. IL @S5ac;
nectarines 4l5M51sc, figs, 21a @4e: prunes. 4
size basis. 2A Q2%c. with 1c premium for 40s-
Raisins-London layers-2 crown. 90c crown,
ST. seeded, 4@4iac; seedess. 5a 15c: Thomp-
sons seedless, 31sc for unbleached: seedIess sui
tana. 2asc; loose muscateis. sac for 1 crown,
Sc for and exc for crown.
II Nuts-Almonds nonpareils. llA@12c; Xxi.
l0Is @11c; ne plus ultra. i0c Drake. 91se;
languedocs, siag9c; hardshells. 6ls@Ic- Wal
nuts-9 tac per ID for No. softshells. &c for No
2 do. Chestnuts. s@f0c per lb for Italian; Ill
berts. 1915 allie; pecans. 15ui7c
! Honey--Water white comb, 13l2c; white, 1i@
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Flour and Farinaceons Goods

The millers report the usual local and ship
ping trade at unchanged quotations.
flour-7California family extras, S6Q6.6O net
without discount; bakers extras. $6@6.25; su-
Dbl. S4.s5@5.TJ for family bakers and patents
and 81. 4.3UW45O for cut of; Kansas patents,
S6.40@65o; do straight $620M6.30; Dakota
patents, nominal
Farinaceous Goods-Prices in packages, net
cash. no discount, follows: Graham hour,
$3-I5 per 100 lbs; rye Hour, $3.50; rye meal,
$3.50; rice flour, 81; corn meal. S3-2J; extra
cream do, $3.75; meal So; oat greats, 50;
hominy, Sc. 3.60@4; buckwheat -four, S475; whole
wheat -four 81: rolled oats bbls. So. 10 30.
in sacks $5@T.25; extra cream do. IS; rolled
wheat, bbls S5.T5, in sacks S4.25@525s pearl
barley, S5.4o; split peas, boxes, $5.2j for yell
low and $6.25 for green per 100 lbs.
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Meat Market
No further changes in quotations are reported

No further changes in quotations are reported.
DRESSED MEATS
Beef f-sds14e per ID for steers. T@se for cows
and heifers.
Nlutton-Wethers, 9@101ae; ewes, slagSlac
per h.
Lamb-1I "A 112c per lb; spring lamb, 13914e.
Dressed Pork (per Ib)-11U11ac for light and
91a q 10c' for heavy.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations are for good, sound
livestock delivered in San francisco, gross
weight:
No / fed steers, 5L4 951ac per lb: second quail
ity 4AM5c thin. undesirable steers, SQ4ci de-
sirable fat grass steers, 4G4lae.
No. / cows and heifers 444l4c; second quail
ity. 31ac; common, thin, undesirable cows, 2ls
Fat bulls and stays. 214 4a214c; thin bulls,
11z@2c.
Calves-Light weight. per lb. 595i2e; me
dium AZ 6l5c: heavy, 4d41ac
Sheep lper Ib)-wethers, No. 1. 5l2 acc; ewes,
No. L. 5@51sc
Lambs (per lb)-Yearling lambs, SIC; this
years milk lambs. 7GT1ze
Hogs (per Ib)-Hard grain fed. Weighing zoe
10 140 lbs. csc; 40 to $50 lbs. &C; go TO 35t
lbs. &c; rough. heavy hogs Az G5c; common. IN
desirable hogs, 4G4l3e.
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easy. iAd2 per cent; ruling rate and offered
al 2: closing bid. =.
Time loans. quiet and easy; so days 2l4 @2la
per cent; 80 days ~; months, ~ 6S
Prime mercantile paper 3l@G4 per cent
Sterling exchange steady. with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at S4s620@4. $3.50 for 60
day bills and at $4.SS30 for demand.
Commercial bills, 81. 4.SGd4.Se1s.
Bar silver. 50i.c.
Mexican dollars. 44c.
Government bonds firm; railroad bonds lr--
ra,. rlar
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Oats-Reds have again moved upward slightly.
The other kinds remain unchanged. Trade Is
not active.
White. $1.95G2; gray. nominal: red 81 500
for choice, $1.S5@1.S7ia for good and SlSu
@1.s21s for common; black Sl.65@2 per cu-
Corn--A ear of western arrived yesterday.
Small round yellow is quoted lower. No other
variations.
California small round yellow. $1.s5; large yel-
low. nominal; western states yellow. sacked,
81 -67ls Clio; white, S1.10@1.75; in bulk, San
Francisco track. yellow, $l.61; white, $3.50;
mixed, 81. 60; Egyptian, S1.S0 per ctl for white.
Rye-Nominal; none offering.
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Hay md Feedstutra

Some dealers are quoting somewhat lower
prices for hay, while others report prices IN
changed The feeling is easy however. Feed
stuffs continue quiet.
Bran-s29. 5O@ssO per ton for white and S2s.5
029 for red.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. per ton.
-S31 Q52 per ton
Feedstuffs-Roled barley, $30@31; rolled
oats for feed, $40; mixed feed, $2S@32 for aver
age lots; ocake meal, in 90 ton lots $3.50. in
10 ton lots S39, in ton lots $3.50, small lots
$40; cocoanut cake meal at mills, S26 in 20
and 10 and S26.50 in ton lots. jobbing $2T; corn
meal, S37 @3S; cracked corn. S3SGl30; broom corn
seed S1.15 per ctl: alfalfa meal and mealfalfa,
jobbng lots $26 carload lots SO per ton
Hay-Wheat. $23@26; wheat and oat, S22@
25.50; tame oat $21 025; volunteer wild oat, $50
Q24; alfalfa, $l5@1s; stock. S12@16 per ton.
Straw-60@S5c per bale.
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London Wool sales

LONDON. March lS.-The offerings at the
wool auction sales amounted TO 13,6IS bales
but despite this large number the keenest de-
mand prevailed and hardening rates were obs
tanned for merinos and crossbreds taken for
buyers paid high prices for scoureds only
1900 bales have been Withdrawn during the
sales and the closing day has been changed to
March %.
sale of 400 bales of sheepskins was held
here today. The skins were in good condition
and met with spirited demand Best merinos
and crossbreds were unchanged to I'D higher
and some were taken for America Short wooled
pelts were occasionally easier
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Northern Wheat Market

PORTLAND, March 1S-Traek prices Club.
sl0s: bluestem, S1.20; turkey red, $1.10;a red
Russian. S1.03; valley. $L10.
WASHINGTON
TACOMA. March 1S.-Milling: Bluestem.
sl22 Export-Bluestem, $115; club, SI.o5
red $1.03.
SEATTLE. March 1s.--No milling quotations
Export-Bluestem. S1.16 red. S1.01: club.
$1.G5 Car receipts today: Wheat, 10; oats 2
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Cash Grain and Provisions

CHICAGO March 1s,-Cash quotations were
follows Flour steady; No. . rye. 79c; feed
mixing barley. 41a@65iAc; fair TO choice
mailing. 50 u M67l lsc: faxseed, No. southwestern.
$1.57l4 No. ! northwestern. $1.67A: timothy
seed. 50. 75d $50: clover. IS. 75d S 30: pork
per bbl SIT 50117.55: lard. per 100 lbs. S1O.05:
short ribs sides tloosel, $S75M9.25: short clear
sides tboxedi 50 950M9.62E
GRAIN STATISTICS
Total clearances OF wheat and flour equal
to 10000 bushels. Primary receipts were 36S 900
bushels compared with 46s, 600 bushels the cor
responding day year ago. Estimated receipts
for tomorrow: Wheat 45 cars. DDS cars.
oats 1o9 cars. hogs $4,000 head.
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Rutter. Cheese and Eggs

Extra butter was Ihc higher at 2Sl5c pound
yesterday. the forwarding of SOME tentative ship
ments to Portland imparting slightly stronger
tone to the market. Nearly all handlers were
carrying more or less of surplus, however, ana
it was considered doubtful whether the advance
would be maintained, the market has been on
the down grade for weeks Posted han
dlers say that the market will be governed large
" by the volume of business IN shipping chan
nels during the next few days.
The situation in eggs vague and unsettled,
owing to the rivalry between large storage oper-
ators, and handlers rule were at sea re-
gar(iing the probable course of the market. Some
dealers thought the market should be lower,
while others seemed determined TO hold II up.
hoping to thereby check competitive bidding for
supplies at shipping points. Receipts were large
and there was considerable storing in progress.
One 10 case lot of extras sold at 22c dozen on
the exchange but the market was bid up to 22lsc
again There nothing new in cheese
The only sale the exchange. aside from that
of eggs mentioned above. was in butter 10 eases
Of extras selling at the quotation
Receipts were $4,000 lbs butter, ~, 900 lbs
cheese and 1,215 cases eggs
The following are official quotations estab-
Iished by the sales, bids and offers ON the floor
while governed by the exchange quotations. gen
orally range from Ise TO &c higher, owing TO
the various charges to be added
Butter-Fresh creamery ertras, 2Sl l3c per 10.
steady do firsts, 2Ilac, steady; do seconds,
261ac, steady.
Cheese-California: Fancy fats, 141sc per Ib.
weak do frsts, lac, weak; do seconds. 12c,
weak fancy Young Americas, 1412c, steady; do
hrsts lac. steady; storage fats, 13lac, firm.
Oregon: Fancy fats, 15c. firm fancy Young
Americas I6Iac. firm: Oregon storage nats,
l515c firm; do Young Americas. 16c, firm
Eggs (per Dozen cases ncludedl-Californa
fresh extras 22isc, firm; do frsts, pc weak;
do seconds, 2Ol5c, firm; do thirds, zoe, irm
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New York Grain and Produce

NEW YORK. March lS,-Flour--Rece3pts,
1875 barrels; exports, 1854. Dull and un-
Wheat-Receipts. 1880: exports. 474S7. spot
No. red. $l.23ss elevator and Sl24ss T. O. b.
ahoat No. 1 northern Duluth. $1.25l2 f. o. b.
shoat: No. = hard winter. $1.231a +. o. b. ahoat
Except for two sharp reactions wheat was
generally firm today on commission house buy,
ing. bull support stronger foreign news and a
better cash demand. The weak spots were
sympathetic with declines in corn. Last prices
were y dssc net higher May closed sl2ol4 !;
July closed Slips.
Hides-Dull.
Hops-Steady.
Wool-Quiet.
Petroleum-Steady.
sugar-Strong; fair refining s.42@S.4sl3c;
centrifugal. 96 test. 3.92@S.9Slee; molasses
sugar 317M3 2315c: refined steady.
Cofee-Futures closed steady at a net ad-
vance of sails points. Sales were reported OF
29.T50 bags, including March 6.5c; April.
September. 5.9oc: October. 8 zoe: December.
8. zoe. Spot, steady; Rio No. I. Size Santos
No. 4. sIsc: mild quiet: Cordova. 9$4 @l3e
Butter-Fancy grades. firm; creamedy spe-
cials 3o63Oike: official. 30c; extras, 2919c;
third 10 hrsts. 2l@22l2e; held common to spe-
cial extras. 2Sc.
Eggs-Firmer; western hrsts. l912c; seconds
DRIED FRUITS
Evaporated Apples-The market continues
very quiet. with fancy quoted at 81 @9Ac;
choice. 7l4a7@sc; prime, 6@6Ae; common to
Prunes~in somewhat frmer position on spot
with quotations ranging from 3s4c to I13c for
new crop California fruit up to 4O-5Os and from
6lac to 9c for Oregons 40-50s 10 20-30s.
Apricots- unchanged, with choice quoted al
9ia @1Oc; extra choice, 10@10l4c; fancy, llh@
be.
Peaches-In good jobbng demand with choice
quoted at 5s4 d6c; extra choice, 6A d6@sc;
fancy T6Sl5c
Raisins-said to be selling little more free
lv on the coast. but the spot market remains
dull with loose muscatel quoted at 4d5c; choice
10 fancy seeded. "a G6Lc; seedless. 354 a > 12c;
London LAYERS. 81. 2OMl.30.
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Beans and Seeds

Prices for beans seem pretty well established
for the time being as fluctuations few aud
narrow There is continued fair demand for
shipment.
@5.S5; small white, S5q5.35; large white, $4.2o
@4.35; pink. 81. 5o@2.TO; red. $5@5.5o; black
eye, $3@3.25; limas, S360@3.S0; red Kidneys,
S325@3.50: cranberry beans. $3.25@3.50; Gar
vanzas, $2@250 for small S2.50@3 for medium
and S3.25@4 for large: horse beans, $l.I5 g1.so
Seeds-Brown mustard, 81; yellow mustard
nominal; iaxseed S3.75. carload lots; canary,
3A@4c; alfalfa. 16@17c; rape, cleaned. 29212e
timothy, 61a @6ac; hemp. 4M42c; millet. pa a
312c per lb broom seed, $23.50 per ton
Dried Peas-Green are quoted at $3 per ctl
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Foreign Futures
Northern Busines.

SEATTLE, March 1s.-ciearings. sl,s5s. .o4O;
balances. $240, ,745
PORTLAND. March 1s.-Clearlngs, l,se7,
sl3; balances, S295. .76S
TACoMA. March 1s--Clearings. seo7,s7 81;
balances S56. .206.
SPOKANE. March 1s.-Clearings, 81, ,os2,
317; balances S222 575
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS
Naval stores-Turpentine and Rosin

SAVANNAH, March 1S.-Turpentine, steady,
3S&e; sales none. Receipts "a; shipments, Sal
Rosin-Firm. Sales none. Receipts sos
shipments, 44S7; stock. 146. 800. Quote: Il.
$3.20: d. So. 221a E. S3.25; F, So 80; G. Sc. 80
II. $3.50; l, $40; X. $5.05; NJ So. so; WG,
81. % WV. Sc 30.
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LOCAL MARKETS
san Francisco Money Market

Sterling exchange rather 1rmer Other
rates were unchanged. The silver quotation
stood the same.
The Bank of England rate OF discount remained
unchanged at per cent.
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Loans. Exchanre and siIv.r
whent and other GraIn.

whent and other Grains
Wheat--Chicago was 1sc higher on light north
western receipts and pressure to sell.
The San Francisco market remained as for
days past. being very quiet. with buyers
and sellers apart. Buyers do not want to come
up nor, Sellers to down, there is a dead
lock.
CASH WHEAT
California club. S1.90@1.95 do milling 81 90
a. 90; California white Australian. $2d2 Is;
lower grades of California. 81. 6511 so; northern
club. S1.90M1.95; northern bluestem. $202 15;
Russian red SlS7ls@l.90; turkey red, $1.97n a
2.l0 per ctl.
FUTURES
10:30 a. IN. Session
p. m. Session
No sales.
BarieT-There sales of spot feed yester-
day at $L4S@, but trade was not active. Re-
ceipts were moderate. Futures advanced
CASH BARLEY
Good TO choice feed, spot, Sl.45@1 4Ssa; COM
mon to fair. $i4o@1-42h per ctl: brewing and
shipping, S1.5oQl % a chevalier, $i.5J@1.70.
FUTURES
1890 n. Session
May-$i.45H bid. 81 46h asked.
December-$l. 25ts bid. SIPS asked.
p. Session
Open. High. Low. Close.
May .-.....Sl.46ls Si46% Sl.46i5 81 1851
Dccembcr-No sales, s1.a5ss bid, S1a6is asked.
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st. Louis wool DIarket

ST. LOUIS, March 1s-wool-U Unchanged.
Medium grades. combing and clothing 20M 24c;
light fine. 1TM20l4e heavy fine, 10d17e; tub
washed, 20d23c.
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i2c; - grades 169c: water white extracted
nomina.; dark amber and eandied. 496lse per
pound
Beeswax-27lsq q2sc per lb for light and 25G
26c for dark
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Eastern livesfock Markets

KANSAS CITY. March 1S.-Cattle-- Receipts
5000. Market slow to steady. Native steers
S5M6.S0: native cows and hcifcrs. $2.75fd6
stockers and feeders. s3.50@5.55; bulls So. 2vsl
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Deciduous and Gurus Fruits

Receipts of strawberries from Los Angeles
yesterday were 1T2 crates. larger supply than
81 80 n crate an extreme figure. while poorly
eolored lots sold down to 81. Business in oranges
was fair at the old quotations. and prices for
erapefr,fit ruled firm on limited supplies. but
there was not much doing in tangerines lem
ons Fresh supplies of Mexican lines We're at
hand but they had not been marketed up to a
late hour The situation in apples and pears
was unchanged local trading in both being quiet.
APPLES (per boxl-Fancy. four tier 5eilnOwers,
sfdI.l0; Newtown pippins, $1.25@l.50 for four
tier and 81 80 for three tier; common to cEcce,
60MS5c.
Pears-winter Nellis $1.25Mt.50 per box;
cooking varieties, T5c@$1.
Citrus Fruits (per box1--Nayel oranges, 81 25
m2 so for fancy and 81 1902 for choice; tan
serines, 75c@$150; grapefruit, 81 Iog5 for seed
loss: lemons 81. T5 6r3 for fancy, $26D2.J0 for
choice and S1.25@l.50 for standard; lines,
$40
for Hawaiian and 81. .50013 30. for Central Amer
lean; pineapples. s2@4 per dozen.
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Condition of the Treasury

WASHINGTON March IS.-Today's statement
Of the treasury balances in the general fund ex.
elusive of the $50. 600 gold reserve shows:
Available cash balance. $I25. .547 7l3: gold coin
and bullion, Sfl l6j3z5; gold certificates. sf5-
6iS $50.
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so; calves, $S75@7.50: western steers, S4.so
@6-50; western cows S3.25@5.25.
Hogs Receipts, 1900. Market 5q1Oc lower
Bulk of sales, So 40616.75; heavies. $6.6o@6.s SO;
packers and butchers $0.5o@6.T5; light,
$6.25@6.60: pigs. s5@5.50
Sheep-Reeeipts. 5000. Market steady. Nut
tons. S415M6; lambs So. 6.50@7 80; range weth-
ers, S4.50MI; fed ewes. $3-5005. 60.
OMAHA
OMAHA. March 1s.-CattIe-Receipts. 500.
Market steady. Western steers. $3.ooM5I5;
Texas steers $3@5. 10; range cows and heifers,
81. .I5@4.s5: Gamers S2M3.25; stockers and
feeders S3d5.30: calves $3.J0@150; bulls and
stags S2.S5@4.S 81
Hogs Receipts 12600 Market 5@10c lower.
Heavies. S650d6.75; mixed $6.45@6.55; light
Sc lo@66o; pigs, s4.T5@6; bulk of sales
S6.40M660.
Sheep-Recents. 5000 Market 10@20c lower
Yearlings, S6@6.S5; wethers $5@5.5O; ewes
81. 40M 80: lambs Sc. .4O67. 40.
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N.,r York stnck Il.t

r. a.. hutton a Co.. 490 California street. mem
hers of the New York stock exchange, furnish the
following list of bond and stock Ssies Yesterday
SsIeg STOCKS lHIgnI Low BID Ask
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Bank of Bengal Rate Reduced
Portland Butter MARI,

CALCUTTA. March 1s.--The rate of discount
of the Bank of Bengal was reduced today from
to : per cent.
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rONOFAH AND GOLDFIELD SrOCkS
Regular Session-9:3O TO i2-30
100 Com Frac- l. 02ts 1000 Homestake K Z
100 Com Fraction % 5000 MayhOver Con /
200 Daisy SO 800 MacNamars 4
900 Do. O.7.91i3 $500 Red Hills :
100 Cid Con NJ. 90 1000 Red Ex.bSO I
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California stock and OH Exchange
SALES
Mining stock

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE
following were the sales on the san Francisco
stock and exchange board yesterdav:
COMSTOCkS
Regular Morning Session
100 Con Va NJ qOO Sfl~,~ rr,Yr
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Los Angeles Markets

Los ANGELES, March 1S.-Eggs continue in
demand since dealers are beginning 10 stock
the cold storage vaults The quotations for
butter, eggs and cheese were unchanged. Re
ceipts were considerably heavier. but the de-
mand was good and the market well cleaned up.
Asparagus continued weak at &c TO &c a
pound. Good cabbage brought $1.75 sack.
There was heavy call for crisp bleached eel
cry at 81 crate Potatoes, good stock. contin-
ued firm. Sweets were steady at quotations.
Produce receipts-Eggs. 541 cases; butter,
22 ~ pounds cheese, 1,540 pounds; potatoes,
1 ,245 sacks; onions. lis sacks; beans, sacks;
sweet potatoes, Is sacks.
Eggs Ranch, local candled, 22c; do, case
count. zoe.
Butter tper pound rolI) extras,
| 59lac: frsts, 55c; eastern extras soc; cooking
butter. per pound. 25c.
cheese-Northern. lie; anchor. lie; American,
! 1Sc; hand, 19c; singles, lie; twins lie; ched-
| dars, lie: longhorn, 22c daisy. 17m1sc; Oregon,
/ 11c; cream brick. Pie; limburger. PIC.
/ Beans-Pink, No. l. IS. 25; lima. No. /, $3.50;
4 Lady Washington. No 1. $5; small white, No. l.
s5.75: blackeyes, s3.75M4 bayou, SO. 90 Garvan-
Zas. 81: lentils. S76S.
Potatoes Highland. $a@2.25; yellow
/ fancy S1.75@2. choice 81 .25@1.50; Burbanks,
local, $1.50: northern sweets. 81 .256l1 80; Sa-
linas. So. 15G2.25; white sweets. $1.35M150 red
sweets, $1.50; Oregon. S2@2.25; Lompoc, $3.50;
Idaho. S1-60Gf.75; Oregon early rose. $3.50:
n"rthern early rose, S2.75 white rose, $2.25;
Nevada. 50
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Egg Market in Nearby Counties

PETALUMA. March 1S.-There was no Change
in the prices offered for eggs. The best price
was 22isc Seconds brought 1St2c Delivery
was slow. The quality of eggs improves the
weather grows warmer and green feed becomes
more plentiful Some of the large hatcheries
are turning out large numbers of chicks, which
are being shipped TO various parts of the state
and more distant points.
SANTA CRUZ March 1S.-Producers are re-
ceiving zoe for eggs In the local market Ship
ments TO San Francisco are increasing Good
shipments are made from t'apit0a.