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Butter. Cheese and Eggs

There were only two fractional changes in the
quota. Quotations u1der h TINS neaa yesIerday eastern
quoted 1sc higher Receipts of eggs over the
holidays were not large expected. and as
the market was pretty we'll cleaned up ON Satur-
day by the filling of shipping orders, that de-
partment quite firm. with receivers reporting
sales brisk at current prices. Storing may com
mence within week two.
While the butter market was declared steady
for extras, the feeling in the street was one OF
easiness, many receivers were carrying more
or less of a surplus and the highest bid under
the call on the exchange was several points be-
low the quoted rate. Aside from the advance in
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS
Foreign Futures
boston Wool Market

BOSTON. Feb. 23.-Local wool dealers are
more interested in the clip and foreign stock
than in light sales of old domestic. Very little
old wool is changing hands. the supply is
duced to the minimum. Prices are firm. Quota
tions. secured values
Tcxas-Fine. II months, 62G63c; fine, to s
months. 53M55c fine fall 4SGl50c
Callfornia-Northern. 5Sd62e; fall free, 43@
45c.
Oregon Eastern No. l staple. 62G6Se: eastern
No ! clothing. 55G5Te; valley No. j. 4Sd50c
staple 60M62c; fine clothing. 56M60c; fine me-
dunn clothing. 55G57e half blood. 60G63c;
three-eighths blood, 53@56c; quarter blood, 50@
52c.
Pulled--Extra 62@e5c; fine, 5sae2c; A su-
pers. 50@55c.
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New York Money Market

NEW YORK. Feb. 23-Money ON call steady.
q @2H per cent; ruling rate, 2; closing bid,
1%: offered at per cent.
Time loans dull and easier. Sixty day blls,
2Is TO 2sl per cent; 80 day bills. 2s4 as per
cent; six month. 3@3A per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 33@Q4 per cent.
Sterling exchange easier after strengthening.
with actual business in bankers bills at 81 S525
G14. S535 for six day bills and s4.S750 for de-
mand.
Commercial bills $4s5@4s5B.
Bar silver. 50&sc.
Mexican dollars. 44c.
Government bonds firm: railroad bonds weak.
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New york Cotton Market

NEW YORK. Feb 23.-HuttOn's wire says:
Practically panicky conditions in the stock mar
ket furnished the burden of argument for it
bringing about the decline of 10 points in cotton
to-day. The weakness, being widespread and
general. should have caused no particular sur
prise in spreading to the cotton market. With
this feeling of unrest and disturbance from the
security market cotton, despite its cheapness, is
not going to become aggressively bullish. AT
the moment the market is nervous and sensitive
and will respond TO any further depression in
stocks, irrespective of its intrinsic worth
Spot closed quiet, Is points lower. Middling
uplands, 9.65c; middling gulf, 9.90c sales, 955
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Visible Grain supply

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-The visible supply or
grain in the United States February 20, as
compiled by the New York produce exchange,
Wheat M 80, ,ees, 900 bushels; decrease,
1,O54, 900.
Oats-9 36I GOO bushels; decrease, 246,00O.
Rye-675 600 bushels: decrease, $4,000.
Barey-3, 500, 600 bushels decrease, 4OS, 600.
The visible supply of wheat in Canada last
Saturday was 6. 763, 600 bushels, increase of
272 600 bushels
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Deciduous and Citrus Fruits

The market for fresh fruits opened after the
holidays with a show Of activity. the bright.
sunny weather and the necessity for replenish-
ing depleted stores bringing ont extensive
buying in all lines There were quOtable
changes in prices for anything. but the general
tone of strength and leading receivers
were OF the opinion that a week of hne weather
would cause a great diminutiOn in the supply Of
oranges unless subsequent arrivals were unex-
pectedly heavy. The other citrus fruits were
firm, with stocks rather small. and tropical
fruits came in for the average share Of atten-
tion- Fancy apples were strongly held at the
old quotations.
Apples (per box)-Fsncy four tier bellfowers.
90c@S1: NewtOwn pippins. $1.25d1.5O for four
tier and $1.75 for three tier; common TO choice,
606Sjc.
Pears-winter Nellis. $125a1.5O per box;
cooking varieties 5oGI75c.
Citrus Fruits (per box)-Navel oranges S2Q
$50 for fancy. Sl.T562 for choice and S1.50G
Lit for standard; tangerines. $1.254 10; grape
fruit. $3G3.50 for seedless lemons. 2.I543 for
fancy. S262. 80 for choice and 81. 80 for
standard; lines. $6.5OG7.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas. $101.50 per bunch
for Hawaiian and s.. 2.5063.50 for Central Ameri-
can; plneapples, $2Gs per dozen
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Conditton of the Treasury

WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.-Today's statement
of the treasury balances in the general fund, eX-
elusive OF the Sl50,00o 600 gold reserve, shows:
Available cash balance $140.950. 400; gold coin
and bullion, S35 01S T94; gold certificates, $3l,
c33 $40
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LOCAL MARKETS
San Eranc;seo uonev uarket

The only change in local rates yesterday was
advance in sterling exchange. The silver
quotation Is lower.
Loans the same footing heretofore,
there being plenty of money to meet current
needs Good investments, such as standard
bonds, are in request.
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Hay and Feedstutfs

Prices FOR hay have undergone another advance
ana several cars of choice wheat sold yesterday
at 80 per ton. Receipts for three days were
sOl tons. including ~ Feedstufs are also
very firm. but quotations are no higher.
q 20 for red
Middlings- S33 5O@35. so per ton
Shorts-$31 as so per ton.
Feedstuffs-Rolled barley, SOS. .50d30: rolled
oats for feed, $40; mixed feed S2S@32 for aver
age lots; olcake meal, in 20 ton lots S3S 90 in 10
ton lots $39, in ton lots S39.50 small lots S40
cocoanut cake or meal at mills. $26 in 20 and 10
and $3.50 in ) ton lots. jobbing S27; corn meal
S3l@3S; cracked corn. 1899; broom corn seed,
SLID per ctl; alfalfa meal and mealfalfa job
bing lots SIG, carload lots SIS per ton.
Hay-Wheat. S22@25; wheat and oat. S21 a
"A: tame oat, $20@24: volunteer wild Oat S1S.5
@22o0; alfalfa, S15Q19: stock, S14@16 per ton
Straw-50d 15c per bale
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Loans. Exchange and silver

Prime mercantile paper. .......... 5M6 per cent
Loans on real estate. Gas per cent
Sterling exchange. GO days...... -M4.S6
Sterling exchange, sight. -n4SSta
Sterling exchange. cables \ .... .l--0ld S91t
New York exchange, sight. Ia l5
New York exchange, telegraphic. "a III
Hongkong exchange, sight. IA 42A
Hongkong exchange, telegraphic. a 4215
Silver, per ounce. ............... a 505s
Mexican dollars ................ "a 80
CONTINENTAL
New York ON Paris. Observation-Disclosures. 516Js
New York on Mexico .........-s POI "a
San Francisco Mexico .............
Paris on london .-.....................2 %. 81 e
Berlin London Observation-Disclosures 20.51
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Renns and Seads

The bean market continues in good shape for
sellers. the steady demand for local and shipping
account still existing. There is nothing new in
seeds.
The bean report of Adolf Koshland says:
There has been material change in the
value of or the demand for beans. Prices are
firmly maintaned for all varieties The prin-
cipal demand has been for pink beans, aIfd al
though the market Is very firm and dealers ex-
pect higher price quotations for shipment have
been more or less irregular, according to the
quality of the various offers Eastern conditions
are reported very strong white beans owing
to the shortage of the crop and the advancing
price of foreign beans.
The eastern demand for lima beans is not
brisk. Buyers have probably become scared by
the declining market in this variety and are now
buying from hand to mouth although in view OF
the circumstances lima beans should be attrac-
tive at the present prices
Beans (per ctl)-Bayo. $3.10d3. %; pea, 81. 75
@5; small white. s.. 2oM5.3o: large white. 81 %
@4.35; pink $2.50@ 2. .65 red, $45065; black
eye S3@S15; lmas. $3.75@5 80; red kidneys,
$3.2oG3.5 80: cranberry beans. 81. 25@3. so; Gar
yanzas, S2@2-50 for small, 50. 50M3 for medium
and $3.25@4 for large; horse beans. 81. .7j0l 90.
Seeds-BrOwn mustard. 81 yellow mustard.
nominal: faxseed. s303.50 carload lots: canary.
4e; alfafa, 16@17c; rape. cleaned 2@2hc; tim
othy., nominal hemp. 4@4Ac; millet, 3@318c
per ID; broom corn seed. S23. 80 per ton.
Dried Peas-Green quoted at $275 per ctl.
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Nnu York Stock List

e. F. Hutton & Co. 400 California street,
members Of the New York stock exchange, fur
nish the following list Of bond and stock sales
yesterday:
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Dndon Closing Stocks

Bar silyer-Steady; % 5-lGd per ounce.
Money-2A M2M per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills is 2is s@29s per cent and for three
months bills 2is per cent.
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ST. LOUIS, Feb. Wool--Firm. Medium
grades. combing and clothing. I9@24e: light
fine. 16@20c; heavy fine, 10d Ice; tub washed,
23G32c.
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Now York Mining SfocI,s
Boston stocks and Bonds
THE CoPPER STOOLS

BOSTON. Feb. 23.-The break in London over
holiday brought in a food of selling orders all
through the list this morning For the first time
local market affected and the decline
was fast and severe in certain cases. North
Butte was the weakest feature Calumet and
Arizona. Superior and Pittsburg were weak in
sympathy.
COPPER CLOSE
The following list is furnished by E. F. Hut
ton & Co. 49O California street, San Fran
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Poultry and Game

One car of western poultry reached the mar
ket yesterday and with the receipts of domestic
stock only SO coops the market remained in good
shape for the selling interests and prices for
everything the list ruled firm AS was the
case at the close of last week, broilers and fry
ers were In especial demand and continued to
lead in point of frmness. There were no dressed
turkeys received and there were not enough live
birds on hand for a quotation. Game was in
light receipt and firm, with hare and rabbits
higher.
Poultry fper dozen)-Hens, s56l5. 80 for small
$6@G.50 for large and $7G9 for extras; young
roosters. $4,000: old roosters. S4j0Gi5: fryers
$T@7.50: large broilers, $6.50Q7; small broilers
S5.50M6; ducks, S66fS: pigeons. 81 256I 90:
squads, $3.50; geese, S2Q2-J0 per pair.
Turkeys tper Ibl-Nominal.
Game (per DOZEN Gray geese, s4@5; white
geese, S1.50M2; brant $39350 for large and
50 for small; honkers, S6@750, hare, $l.T5@2;
cottontan rabbits, $2@2.25.
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SANTA ROSA. Feb. 23.-There was no change
in the local egg market today over saturday ;
prices. Owing TO yesterday being generally OBJ
served as holiday. there no quotations
since Saturday. The prices offered today are
l9lac per dozen for choice and 17lsc for sec
onds
PETALUMA. Feb 23.-There is change
TO report in the price OF eggs; 2Oiae the
best offering by all dealers. The supply was
fair today. The number Of chickens Matched
thus far during the season has been far short
Of previous years.
SANTA CRUZ. Feb. 23.-Egg market well
supplied and producers receiving 221ac for all
classes Light shipments are being made TO
outside points by larger dealers.
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eastern cheddars there was nothing new in
cheese.
On the exchange so cases OF extra eggs were
sold. 80 going at 21c and 30 at y re dozen.
There other sales
Receipts for three days were III, 400 lbs but
ter. p, 600 lbs cheese and $40 cases eggs
The following official quotations estab-
Hshed by the sales. bids and offers the floor
of the dairy exchange. Prices in the street,
while governed by the exchange quotations. gen
orally range from 1 t2c TO &c higher. owing TO
the various chargeS to be added
Butter-FFesh creamery extras. Soc per 10.
steady; do irsts, }3c, firm; do seconds. so lsc.
firm; local storage extras. 321sc. firm; eastern
do 81 f9e. steady; storage eastern ladies, IS BE
hrm.
Cheese-California Fancy fats. 15e per 10.
firm do frsts lac firm; do seconds, 12e. nrm;
fancy Young Americas. l6c, weak; do hrsts. 15c,
weak; storage fats. 13c steady. oregon: Fancy
fats 14c. firm; fancy Young Americas. 16lac,
firm; fancy eastern eheddars. IL 1ac. firm; ore
gon storage hats, 1412c, firm; do Young Ameri-
cas-. Ice firm.
Eggs (per dozen. cases California
fresh extras, 21 2e. firm: do firsts. 2ic firm: do
seconds, zoe, firm; do thirds, Zoe, firm; selected
pullets 19c. firm.
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Flour and Farinaeeous GOODS

Both -four and farinaceous goods continue
strong IN sympathy with the raw grain.
tlour-California family extras, S6M660 net
without discount: bakers extras. $6G6.25; su-
bbl S5@J75 for family, bakers and patents and
S430@4.5o for cut on; Kansas patents. So 40@
500: do straight, $6.20@G.30; Dakota patents
nominal.
Farinaeeous Goods-Prices in packages, net
cash. no discount. are follows: Graham -four
SS,3o per 100 lbs; rye -four. $3.50; rye meal,
$50; rice flour. 81; corn meal. $3.25; extra
cream do, S3.75; oat meal. $40; oat groats
$44o; hominy. $360@4; buckwheat -four. 81 75 :;
whole wheat flour. So. 75; rolled oats, bbls So %
as, in sacks $4.7566.75; extra cream do. ST.506
3; rolled wheat. bbls $500 in sacks $4@5; pearl
barley 1910 split peas, boxes. 1925 for yellow
and ST. % for green per 100 lbs.
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81 SO@1 So; turkey red. 81. .s7la al 95 per GENITAL
FUTURES
030 a. Session
O nnl-o
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Minneapolis Flax Market
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 23.--Flax closed at
81 691b
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE
TuEsDAY. Feb. 2a-IO.sO a.

UNITED STATES BONDS
Bid ASK Bid. Asa.
Is ar ep new lss or coup.
NfISCFII. .ANEOTrS .RONDS
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May-$l.9 .92 asked.
> p m. Session
May-si.91s4 asked.
Barley-Receipts during the three days just
passed We're only 6.265 eentals. The market for
futures is lower but the cash grain continues un-
changed. Sellers ask 81 1.42E for the best feed,
without getting it, however.
Ocean freights continue before-23s Sd.
usual European options-with no engagements
reported. The chartered grain tonnage In port
is 3.452, against l.909 tons on the same date
last year; disengaged. 32.700 tons. against
35,350 the way TO this port 1GS. $40 TONS
against 223, eco.
CASH BARLEY
Good TO choice feed. spot $1.40d1 Al u : COM
mon TO fair $1.356l1, ,3SS4 per ctl: brewing and
shipping, $1.45@l.411a; chevalier, $1.571a q
1621a.
FUTURES
1890 a.. M Session
December 1917 bid. S1.2l asked.
p IN. Session
December-S1 30 bid.
0ats-0ferings of reds have increased and
the market is reported quiet. Whites continue
scarce and firm Grays and blacks nom-
nal the former being too TO quote and
the latter receiving no attention.
White. 81 S5M2; gray. nominal: red. recleaned.
for seed. S1.S5M1.90 feed lots. S1.S0@1 81 for
good and S1.65d1.7Tl5 for common; black, $1.65
az per ctI.
Corn-There are no further changes to report
in this market California small round yellow.
Sl.SOGlS5; large yellow. nominal; western
states yellow. sacked. $1.60@I.65 in bulk, San
francisco track, yellow S1.55; white S1.57;
mixed, S1.54: Egyptian. 81 so per ctl for white
Rye-ls still scarce at 81 .S001.S So per ctl.
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Receipts of Produce

Flour. or SKIS. .15.162l Feed. ska ....... 500
Wheat. ctls -. 1 .240l Bran. SKIS 1900. s64
Oats, etls ...... 40
WASHINGTON
Flour. or SKIS IA .s54 Middlings. SKIS -. AS
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STOCK MARKET

. .14.s54I Middlings. SKIS
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possible The tests of various dynamites and powders used in blasting coal are being made in a mammoth boiler plate cylinder which has pre- Nodsly been filled with gas or coal dist. The cyl iadeE is 10o feet leng and six feet in diameter Safety valves have been placed all along the top and are left unfas1ened in such a Inanner that whenever there Is an explosion The valves ay open on heir hinges. \ series of portholes on the side, covered with one=haf ineh glass enables those conducting the experiments To witness the results from an observation house 60 feet away An explosive mixture of fire damp and air o- coal das- and air, is pumped into tbe cylinder and rhe explosive whi is to be tested is sho iu1o it from enc end c5 the cylinder se tfat the Ga.so eoes right into The Hse damp IT coei dust. NaruaI sas Is used his station for fire damp. beoaH | coErssI oa4s ve-y elo#elT to th.s deadly gas The can4cn la which fAe explosives are placed < HHad Hs electricity ffsa slHs t HsefKa'toa house which is parallel MA tAe etlade- 8tsa,f
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aHd miners themselves 10 form such organizations Invitations have been issued 10 operators through out the country to send picked men to the experi- ment station where they may watch tEe govern meEt reseuere al work and later go through ths same training themselves. in order that they may gain the necessary confidence ia the use of these helmets Already number of the large mining companies have taken advantage of this invitation and ire organizing rescue corps at their mines. fHIi3 equipped with oxygen helmets.
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 Every effort is being made at the station to come as close to the conditions in a mine as
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been in operation at Pittsburg. Pa, with the pur- pose of discovering the of mine disasters and suggesting remedy.
 Along with establishment of this station and the agitation which preceded the necessary egis lation. there has been falling off in the number of deaths in the coal mines for the year 1908 and while the official figures have not yet been ob tained it is stated that the number of deaths will be several hundred less than in 1907 which was unusual year In December, 1907, four
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operators have watched the rescue dill through the large glass windows which separate the auditorium from the gas filled chamber Although there has been but little opportunity so far for the rescue corps 10 demonstrate it's ef- ticiency at the mines. still il has done some good work
 Once the helmeted men while fight ing a mine fire succeeded in bringing an unconscious man to a place of safety. where he was given oxygen treatment and recovered his senses in a short time
 It is rot the intention of the United States government to furnish rescue corrs whenever there is a disaster The present corps was organized with the idea of encouraging the mine owners
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or improper explosives. as Well as 'le
 improper use of suitable explosives.
 results annually in the waste of great
 amounts of coal The gse of too high
 charges in blasting CT he nse of m
 necessarily violent explosives. skaters
 much good coal. converting fuel into
 dust which mae itself be explosive
 and become productive of much fur ther damage. Such explosions often loosen the roof of a coal mine, which may fall later to be wasted. or produc- tive of fatal accidents.
 In addition to the actual experiments in testing explosives. important eXperl ments are being made in rescue wor@. One part of the station has been fitted mp as miniature coal mine. This is large glass-encased airGeht room which contains difficult passages such as are found in coal mines. There are also various Instructions similar 10 what would be found in nine after it had been wrecked by an explosion. also du-A- mics weighing 150 te 20o pounds rep resenting aSphyxiated miners. This room is filled with deadly gas and rescue corps of men who are being trained n the work enter daily clad in helmets which supply them with oxygen while they work The men remain in this chamber for two hours. removing o1- structions, picking ID the dummies. rlac- ing them on stretehers and carrying them away There is also in the room a machine which records he amount or work a man may be expected to do wbile wearing one of these helmets. One-haH of the large building in which this rescue room is located is used as an auditorium
 and several hun, HN dred miners and
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explosions tooh the lives Of roo men. one of them-at the 3fononeah mine in West Virginia being the greatest mining disaster in the history of this country. There were 356 victims. During 1908. there were but two acci- dents in which the loss of life Was very heavy. one in January at the Hanna mine. in Wyoming. with a loss of 70 men; the other. November 2S. at the Marianna mine in Pennsylvania, which resulted in 154 deaths
 Already at the experiment station two discoveries have been made which will tend to decrease the num- Der of deaths in the mines II has been demonstrated that q number of the so-called "safetp4 explosives are anything but safe, in faeg the state ment is made that with the prpSent