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MARKETS [IF THE WORLD Prices of Cattle, Cheese. Gram. 8m: in the Leading Markets. Toronto, May'7.â€"’thatâ€"The tone od.’ the local market was firm to-day. Prices are as tollows;â€"Red wheat, 681-2c; white wheat, 681-2c; No. 1 goose wheat, 671-20, 10w freights to New York; Manitoba No. 1 hard, Tor- auto and west, 02c; and No. 2, 87 1-26- Gl'inding in transit privileges 20 more. Millfeedâ€"The market is easy. wiih Iair offerings. Ton lots, at the mill door, \Vestern Ontario points, 5011 as Iollows:â€"Bran, 614; and shorts, $15- Cornâ€"Steady. No 2 yellow. on Cornâ€"Steady. No 2 yellow, on track here, 50c; No. 3, 493; P0215. â€" Strong. No. 2, middle heights. 651-2c; and east at 661-29.. Barleyâ€"Firm. Cargoes of. No. 2, at Lake Ontario ports, 500; No. 2 east, is quoted at. 47c: and No. 3 extra, at 461-2c. Buckwheatâ€"The demand is lair, Car lots, west, are quoted at 520;' and east. at 54c. ’ the Midland, 31c; No. 1 white. west, are quoted at 801â€"20. Ryeâ€"Steady. Car lots, 490. west, and 500, east. Flourâ€"Firm. Holders of 90 per cent. patents, buyers' bags, middle heights, ask $2.70 per bbl., 3.1:! $2.60 is, bid. Oatmealâ€"Firm. Car lots of rolled oats, in bags, on track, are quoted at $3.35 per bb1.; and in wood at $3.45. Chicago, May 7.â€"To-day‘s session in the grain pits was a strenuous one. Sharp advances were scored for de- livery the present month, while July options showed moderate sympathetic strength. May corn and oats were mid to be practically cornered and showed at the close gains of 1-4 to 10 respectively. May wheat rose 5-80, and July 1-8 to Late. July corn closed 3-8 to l-Zc, and July oats,1â€"8 to 1-4c improved, The provision mar- ket was 71-2 to 10 to 350 improved in prices Minneapolis, May 7.â€"Close:â€"\Vheat â€"Cash, 74 I-Bc; May, 73 3-80; July, 74 5-80, on track. No. 1 hard, 761â€"8c; No. 1 Northern, 74 1-80; N0. 2N0“);â€" ern, 71 3-8 to 7:2 3-8c. Flour and bran -â€"Unchanged. Toiedo, May 7.-â€"\Vheatâ€"â€"Cash, '75 3-8c; May, 75 3-80; July, '75 1-4c. Corn â€"C;I§h, 45 1â€"4c; May 45c; July 45 1â€"20. Oatsâ€"Cash, 27 1-20. Ryeâ€"52c. Clover- secdâ€"Cash, prime, $6.30; October, $5.32 1â€"2. Oilâ€"Unchanged. ‘ PRODUCE. Milwaukee, May 7.â€"\Vheatâ€"â€"Higher; No. 2 Northern, 73 1â€"2 to 74¢. Ryeâ€" Firm, No. 1 51 1â€"2c. Barleyâ€"Dull ; No. 2, 57 to 580; sample 40 to 541â€"4c. Duluth. May 7.â€"Close:â€"Wheat ~â€" Cash, No. 1, hard, 76 3-83; No. 1 Northâ€" ern, 74 3â€"8c; No. 2 Northern, 1111-2“ May 743â€"8c; July, 75 1-20; Septem- ber. '72 3-80. Cornâ€"42 3-80; Mxy 43 1â€"4c.; Oatsâ€"27 1â€"4 to. 27c. Poultryâ€"The market is unchanged. Bright stock is quoted as follows;â€" murkeys, 11 to] 12¢; geese. at 8 to 8 1â€"20; chickens. at 45 to 600;:1nd ducks at 50 ton 80¢. Potatpesâ€"Unchanged at 270 for car lots, on track. Offerings fairly large. Sales out of store. are made at 35c. Field produce, etc.â€"Turnips, out of store, 252 per bag; onions, {St to $1.10 per bag; carrots, 350 per bag; parsnips per bug, 350; apples, per bbl, $1 to $2; éweet potatoes, per bb), $2.50. Toronto, May 7.â€"Eggs.â€"Th‘e supply is large and prices easier. Sales 10-day at 10 1-2 to 110 per dozen. V Dried fruit.â€"T)ull and“ easy. Dried apples, 3 to 3 1â€"20; evaporated, 5 to Maple syrupâ€"Supplies are moderate and the demand fair. Five-gallon tilns are quoted at $1 per imperial gal- lon; and gallon tins at $1.10 to 3091.15. Honeyâ€"Dealers quote from 101-49. 10 1â€"20 for 5. 10, or (EU-lb tins. accord- ing to size of order; comb honey sells at $2 to $2.25 for dark; and at $2.50 to $2.75 for choice clover, per dozen sections. Hopsâ€"Quiet. Choice 1900 growth are quoted at 14 to 16c; and yearling-s at 8 to 10c. Beansâ€"The market is easy. Ordin- ary white Beans bring- 81.40 to $1.50; choice handâ€"picked beans are quoted at $1.60 to $1.65. Baled hayâ€"Choice timothy, on track here. $10.50; and two-ton lots. deliver- ed, $11.25. 08.50 to $8.75. Provision-s in demand and firm. Quotations are as follmvs; â€"-Dry salted shoulders, 8 1-4c; long clear bacon, loose ,in car lots, 10c; and im case lots, 10 1â€"4 to 10 1â€"2c; short out pork, $20 to $20.50; heavy mess pork. $19 to $19.50. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, heavy, 120; medium, 130; light, 13 1â€"20. Lardâ€"Pails. 10 3â€"4c; tubs. 10 1-20; in tiexccs. 10 1â€"4c. St}a\vâ€"-Steady. Car lots. on track. 35.50 to $6 a ton. Toromto, May 7.â€"â€"'l‘hAe receipts oi hogs on the market today were small and prices unchgnged._ The)“ tirough! DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS Toronto, May 7.â€"The1‘e was no change in the general condition of business at the western cattle yards to-day. All told, 55 carloads of live stock came in. All round prices were well maintained, and business is in a healthy condition. Hogs are unchanged. "Singers" sell at 63-40 per lb; thick fat and light hogs, at 61-40 per lb. LIVE S'DOCK MARKETS Hogs to fetch 'the top price must be of prime quality. and scale not below 160 nor above 200 lbs. Following is the range of quota- Cattle. Shippers, per cwt. $4 25 Butcher. choice. do. 375 Butcher, ord., dood. 350 Butcher, inferior. . 275 Stockers. per cwt. 287 Export bulls, per ct. 375 Export ewes, per ct Butcher sheep, each Lambs g.f., per cwt do.. b.y., pelt cwt Do. spring, each... Bucks, per cwt. . Cows, each. Calves, each. F011 tions: Choice hogs, per cwt Light hogs, per ch HeaVy hogs, per cwt Sows, per cwt. . _ Stags, per cwt. . Unknown Woman Shoots Herself in Halifax Hotel. A despatch from Halifax, N.S., says: â€"By Tuesday evening‘s train from Yarmloruth, connecting with the steamer to Boston, there arrived a fine looking woQO of about 35 years of age, who gave her name to the Halifax hotel people as "Mrs. Mary D. Eastman, Quebec." Some time beâ€" tween 43nd 6 o‘clock in the afterâ€" noon she Committed suicide by shootâ€" ing herself through the brain. The woman left no means of identification except the name on the register, and it is probable that that was an asâ€" sumed name. She could not have come from Quebec. The money (in her purse was in American bank notes and the police here think she may have come from Ciambridge, Mass., where the Eastman murder trial is now going on. They have wired there for information. She was sumptu- ouisly attired. The warning was spent by her in bed and at noon she arose and asked the maid to p'uxt on a fire. The day was warm, and the reason for her reâ€" quest is now apparent, for all her letâ€" ters were burned in. the open grate. After the fire was lighted the woman engaged a cab and todd the driver to take her to shops. where fishing tackle was fou‘ sale. She entered thn‘ee places, and at each asked for a revolver. She bought a handsome pistol at the third shop and a box of ammuniâ€" tiIo-n. After returning to the Halifax she sent for the hotel bill, paid it, and said she would leave at 3o’cloek by the Maritime express. At six o’clock the maid went to the room, thinking the woman had gone, but found her seated Ln a choir dead, With one Chamâ€" ber of the saxâ€"shooter empty. Even the makerr’s name on her boots and other clothing had been obliterated, and the name of the photographer who had taken a picture of a. four- year-old child was removed from it. An umbrella bore the name “Sternes, New York.” The following- unsigned note was in her purse:â€" Present Phase of the War Merely Mechanical Work. A despatch from London saysâ€"â€" General Kitchener’s business-like in- ventories of ammunition and stock captured, and Boers killed, wounded, and taken prisoners, confirm the general impression that the campaign in South Africa has become a process of wearing down resistance by con~ stunt attrition. There can be no exultation over the results of a conflict in which the Boers are hope- lessly overmmtc'hed, and the English press does not attempt to eXaggerate the importance of insignificant in- cidents, nor even take note of what The body is at the morgue await- ing identification. “I earnestly desizre thxét no effort will be made on the part 011 the au- thorities,’newspapers, or others, to identify me. Let my death be deter- mined beyond any doubt before buzri'al." is going on. It is simply regarded as a bit of rough work, which must be put through by mechanical means. Cattle, horses, and ammunition are now scarce among the Boers, and[ this is a clear indication that the end is drawing near. It is probable that the commandoes still in the field do not exceed more than two or three thousand men, all told, and that the bands of guerillas ordinarily are not over two hundred strong. Neither Baths. nor De \Vet has been actively employed (or a long time. How the Boers Replenished Their Supplies. A despatch from Standerton‘ says: â€"It is reported that {i care has been discovered in the north-east corner of the Orange River Colony, which has bee-n used for some considerable time back as an arsenal by the Boers. It is here that De \Vet has three times replenished his stock of arms and arm munition. The military authorities had hitherto been greatly mystified as to the source of De Wet’s supply. THROUGH THE BRAIN. CAVE OF AMMUNITION. THE END IS NEAR. Milkers and Calves Sheep and I Hogs 350 200 475 4 00 200 2 87 1-2 ambs 000 875 100 337 r0000 75f5 54â€"33 500 800 625 625 200 Notes of the Proceedings in the Canadian House of Commons. JUDG ES‘ SALARIES. In the House, while the question of judges’ salaries was in discussion,the Premier made the announcement that the Minister of Justice wascon- sidering a. scheme of increase based upon the amount of work to be done in the different courts. The rcsolulmn providing that the salary of the Beni‘or judge oftu': Cir- cuit Court of the district of Mont- real be raised to $3,601) per aunum \\ .13 put through committee, so also was lhé resolution: "That the salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme real be raised to $3,600 per aunum \\ .13 put through committee, so also was lhé resolution: "That the salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northâ€"\Ve‘st Territories shall be $5,003, and of the {our puisne judges of 1 per annum "That the salary of an additional judge of the Territorial Court of the Yukon territory, shall be $5,000 per annum. " That the salaries of the seventeen Duisne judges of the Superior Court of Quebec, whose residences are fixed at Montreal or Quebec, including thé judge to whom the district of Terrebonne, is assigned, shall be each $5,000 per annum." Mr. Charlton was told by Mr. Eat- erson, that the total amount of im- ports {or consumption from the Unit- ed States from July lst, 1900, ta April 1st, 1901, was $78,702,440. During the same period the amount of dutiable imports from the United States was $37,486,308. Mr. Paterson was un- able to state the amount of duty collected on these imports tut prom- ised to do so later. YUKON TELEGRAPH LINE. Mr. Ganong was informed that the telegraph line from Dawson to Ben- nett was commenced in the spring of 1898, and the first part of it was in operation by the 20th of September. He hoped that the through line from Dawson to Ashcroft would be finish-' ed by July lat. Since the line began operating the average number of mes- sages per month has been 2,081, and the average monthly receipts $3,702.- 57. The cost of the line as far as fin- ished has been $430,000. The cost of the through line when finished will be $460,000. DOA/IINION ELECTIONS ACT. The House then went into commit- tee on the bill to amend the Domin- ion Elections Act. ’i‘hte Solicitorâ€"General intimated on the third reading of the amendment offered by Mr. M-omk requiring de- puty returning officers to enter on the records any objections made to them during voting hours would be accepted, but would be limited to pro- tests made by scruti'n‘eers in the poll- mg booths. The bill was then repvocrted from committee, and now. stands for its third reading. RAILWAY ESTIMATES. The House went into Committee of Supply on the railway estimates. 0n the item orf $2,000,000 for rolling stock, Mr. Biair explained that the in- tention was to purchase 1.470 box and freight cars, 17 refrigerator~cars, 20 and sleeping cars. and a coach for the Royal party. Mr. Borden again urged the desirâ€" ability of providing better facilities for the rapid transportation of freight from the Maritime Provinces to Montâ€" real and points further west. Mr. Blair said that a freight express had been put on the Intorcolonial within the past month. The discus- sion developed the fact that the order for 1.000 cars was given to Rhodes and Carry on November 5th last. ST. LAWRENCE LLOYDS. The Senate Committee on Banking and ,Commerce passed the bill to in- corporate the St. Lawrence Ltoyds,in- serting a proviso that before the company enters into the fire insur- ance business its capital shall be at least $200,000. NICKEL-STEEL COMPANY. The Al‘goma Iron and Nickel-Steel Company bill was amended by giving the company power to increase its capital to forty million dollars, and also by the addition of a clause giving the company power to take stock in kindred companies using their water power. DOMINION PARLIAMENT Mr. Fielding gave notice of a reso- lution setting apart $75,030 per an- num for the maintenance of abranch of the Royal Mint in Canada. THE 24TH OF MAY. The bill respecting Victoria day was read a third time and passed. It makes the 24th of May a public holi- day whenever it falls on any day of the was; ulhcr' than '5': day. in which case the following Manila; will be the holiday. A clause was in- serted making the day a bank holi- day also. Ihe resolution to provide for pen- sions to staff officers and officers and men of the permanent militia force, and to the widows and children of such officers, was taken up. Dr. Borden said that the resolution pro- posed to adopt for the first time in Canada the principles of pensions for the officers of the permanent force of this country. It; would apply only to the permanent force and the perman- ent staf£.and notto the active militia. in the ordinary sense of the word. In every country which had men perman- entlyemployed for defensive pUrposes MAINTENANCE OF MINT IMPORTS FROM U the said court each $4,003 PEN SIGN S. In connection with the militia esti- mates. Dr. Borrden mentioned that the Roost of [he annual drill for, thn whole of the militia would b: from $425,900 to $450,003. He also asked for an addi- tional sum of $13,500 for salaries and wages. This appropriation was necesâ€" sitated, partly by the rise of wages, and partly through extra work caus- ed indirectly by the sending of the contingent; to South Africa. Among the military items. also, was cm; of $74,658.38 for military properties. This included $13,473.38 for the tramway to the Rockcliffe range, $22,000 for re- ‘pairs to Quebec walls, and $9,100 to complete the range at Montreal. there was such aponsion system. and, although Canada was adopting this late in the day, it wasasound prin- ciple which he. was sure the country would approve of. The permanent force was not simply organized as the nucleus. of an army, but fit was an educating force and a Military school to supply teaching to the active mili- tia. and therefore it was important to have in it the best class of men to be obtained, and having secured them, to retain them. One of the great dif- ficulties had been to retain good men. The non-commissioned officers and men were poorly pm'd. and were not taken care of in their old age, and consequently they were not in- clined to remain in the force except temporarily. As to the pensions for now-commissioned officers and men. the Government had' simply adopted the pension law. of the Northâ€"West Mounted Police, which had been in operation since 1889. MILITIA ESTIMATES. Constable Seriously Wounds a Re sistlng Prlsoner. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Baysâ€"Officer Jerry Dacy shot and BorLo-usly wounded a resisting prisoner aboutinine o'clock on Tues- On the item of $100 030 for clothing and necessaries for ill: militia, Dr. Borden explained that hitherto the practice had been to pay. for the clothing purchased in one year with the appropriation of the following year. He was making an effort to change this system and get the pay- ment up to date. The amount here asked for would be used to pay for clothing already ordered. day evening. The prisoner, who gave his name us Vincent, and his address, 13 Guitard street, Montreal, is now lying in the Boo General hospital. He has a bullet wound in his left breast, the bullet having lodged in his lung, and there is another wraund in the groin, penetrating to the base of the spine. At the hospital last night it was stated that the wounds were smi- oua. Officer Dacy was patrolling the wrest-end, and about nine o'clock he found Vincent and a woman of the town walking on Spruce street, near Magazine. They were both drunk and disorderly, and the officer ar- rested Vincent. The latter broke away and showed fight, and when the officer laid hands on him. Vincent atâ€" tempted to gouge Ducy‘s eyes out. As it was he left furrows from his finger nails in the officer's face, and Dacy shot him with his revolver. Vincent fell, and was taken to the police sta- tion. Here a cursory examination was made by a physician, and the wound- ed man was taken to the hospital. The woman who was with him at the time of the shooting was 'arrested later. She gave the name of Purdy. Officer Dacy is at his home on Young street. His face bears marks of Vincent's fingers, Nothing is known of Vin- cent's antecedents. as he has been here but a short time. Will be Used by the Duke and Duch- ess of Cornwall. EA despatch from London says:â€"In reply to a request from the Governor- Geneyral of Canada, one of the King’s carriages will be Bent over to the Do- minion for the use of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall during their up- proachmg visit, and ‘it is possible that two or more Royal servants will be sent also. The vehicle will not be one of the semiâ€"State conveyances similar to that sent to the Antipodes, but a plum road landau, lsuch as the late Queen oirdinarily used when driving private- ly in London. Mob Fire on Police, Who Execute 3. Fatal Charge. A despatch from Murcia, Spain, saystâ€"A thousand men are out on strike at the Aguilua mine. The comâ€" pany has refused the men’s propos- als and there have been serious dis- turbances. Some of the miners fired on the police guarding the property and the gendarmes charged the crowd killing one man and wounding sever- al others. Two Terrible Fires Reported From India. A despatch from Bomba‘y says:â€" Thirty-iivc out of 42 persons who were working at a cotton press a? Amre Eli, on the Kattywar peninsula, have been burned to death. The re- mainder were fatally burned. A similar fire has occurred at Khamgaon, Province of Berar, result- ing in the death of 11 persons. SPANISH MINE RS STRIKE. THE KING’S CARRIAGE. OVER FIFTY CREMATED. PAYING FOR CLOTHING IN SELF-DEFENCE BIG FIRE IN JACKSONVILLE. An Area 23 Miles by Half a Mlle Laid in Ashes. A despnlch from Jacksonville, Fla., says :-â€"-At 1245 p.m. on Friday Jacku sonville experienced the moat disas- trous fire of her existence. The buildings on the entirel myth of Beaver street, from Davis streets to the creek on Liberly stree , have been totally destroyed. This is fourteen solid blocks of residences. For the same distance, Ashley and Church.’ streets have both been completely blotted out. “'hen the fire reached Bridge street on its eastward course the flames enveloped three blocksâ€"- Duval, Monroe and inside of Adamsâ€" burning up that entire section ofthe city, and running 14 blocks to the Du- val street bridge. The conflagration hashurned over, as far as infinitely known, a distance oi 21â€"2 miles long by a halt mile wide. The local military companies were called out to keep back the crowds, and the fire department began touse dynamite to blow up the houses a block away, and thus prevent the fire from spreading. Millions of sparks,‘ however, and flying burning shingle: spread over five or six blocks, setting the roofs of the houses on fire in ad- vance oi the department. Desperate efforts were made to save the \Vind- 501‘ and the St. Jam-es hotels. but both houses were quickly enveloped in flames. A few moments later thl Trinity ME. church was burned, and the Opera. House block followed. DYNAMITE EXPLODED. Then the Hubbard hardware start caught. Hundreds of pounds of pow- der and a great deal of dynamite was stored in those buildings. Ten min- utes passed, when suddenly there wax a roar, and the building collapsed lilu an eggâ€"shell. In a. short time the out tire seellom of Bay street from Mark- et to Maim street, and extending [01 five blocks back. was: all burning a1 anlcxe. The City building went, the Fin Department building, the armour-y, this c-ouurty court-house, the clerk’: office with the county records, the Criminal court-house, the city gaoL and the graded schools, and the Catholic school and orphanage, St. John‘s Ephscopal church, and the coal vent. Almost the ontiire city' of magnificent buildings was burned up in less than four hours. The scent was one that beggars dcsvci‘iiption. At 8.30 p.m.. the fire was checked at this hater-section of Laurel and Ba] streets, where the Commercial bank is Located, which went up in flames. ‘Four prominent hotels were burned. It is said by insurance agents that ilt will be between $8,000,000 and 89,- 000,000. _ div-es are reported lost in th! opnflagratiom. He Has But Few Followers Wlth 'A despatch from Harrismith says: â€"-.De )Wet has been located in the vi. c'mity of Kroonstwdt. He has but a few followers with him), and he is re- ported to be unable to raise a suffi« ciently large force to again assume the offensive. The outlook is! regarded here as be- ing much brighter than it has been since the war began. Many Boers are surrendering daily. A large number are in a starving condition and all of them are in a. state of destitution and. looking thoroughly sick of the war. They admit that the Republi- can force has been completely beaten. It has transpired that Louis Botha had very narrvMe‘scapes, both on his march to join De Wet and on his re- tuu‘n to the Transvaal. The British scouts peppered him hotly on the two occasions when he crossed the VaaL AWFUL FAMINE IN RUSSIA. Peasants Are Living on Husks of Maize. A despatch from St. Petersburg sayszâ€"Distressing accounts are ar- riving here of the situation of the village population; throughout Bes- sarabia, especially in the Soroki dis- trict, caused by the famine arising from the failure of the Last harvest. The peasants are liw’ing' on husks of maize boilnd 1:1_\yatcr._ Half of them are suffering with typhus fever. They are clad in rags‘ have no flurniture, or other household necessities. Horses and sheep have decreased from fifty to sixty per cent. owing to lack of forage. In some villages horses are sold at a rouble each. Elsewhere seventy pct cent. of ibe farmers have lost all their horscfi. Ameer Orders 3. Battery of Krup; Guns and Will Raise 1,000,000 Men. A desputch from Calcutta, India. sayszâ€"The revelations in regard to the armed strength of the Afghans has caused uneasiness in India. The Ameer of Afghanistan already has 30,000 magazine rifles, and is boast- ing of his intention to raise a milljon soidiers. He has just ordered a bat- tery of Krupp guns. which ‘18 t.) be delivered in August. Fr 3: . .« UNEASII‘IESS IN INDIA. DE WET LOCATED.