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L___.__ MARKETS [IIIâ€"THE WORLD h..â€" Prices of Cattle, Cheese. Grain. Sac in the Leading Markets. .Toronto, May 14.â€"\\'heat â€"â€" The wheat market was quiet toâ€"day, and withth feature. Millers are taking No. 2 white and red at 07 to 080, and the quotation for New York freights ls 613 1â€"2c. No. 2 goose quoted at 67 to G7 lâ€"2c, to New York. No. 1 Muni- toba hard. 930, Montreal freight, grinding in transit, and No. 2, 90 to 91c; and No. 3, 800, Montreal freight. Millfeedâ€"Offerings increasing, and prices weaker. Bran, $12 to $12.50, west; and shorts, $13.50 to $14, west. Cornâ€"Market steady at 42 1-20 for Canadian yellow wast, and 48c Toâ€" ronto; mixed is quoted at 42c west; American, nominal at 50 1-2 to 510 here. Ryeâ€"The market is quiet, with prices steady at 490, middle freight. Buckwheatâ€"Prices unchanged at 53c east. Peasâ€"Steady. with- sales of No. at 65c West, and at 06c. middle freight, to Montreal. Barleyâ€"Market quiet, with No. 2 quoted at 50c, liako ports; and at 43 to 44c, mriddle frreighits; No. 3 extra, 42c, middle Lreigbts. ~) .4 Oatsâ€"Firm. No. 1 white sold at 320 east. No. 2 firm at 310, high freights. with considerable shipments north. ' Flownâ€"The market is steady, with 90 per cent, patents, buyors' bags. quomd at $2.62 1-2; choice lots, 151 to 20c more. Manitoba patents, $4.25; and strong bakers’ $3.95. Oatmealâ€"The market is firm in car lots at 83.55. in bags; and at $3.65 in wood. Buffalo, May 14.â€"~Flour â€" Steady. .Vthatâ€"Sprirng, fair demand for spot; No.1 Northern, old, carloads, 86c; do., c.i.f., in stock, round lots, 82c. Winter ,wheatâ€"Bids for No. 2 red at 77 1-20, and '76 1-2 to 770 for white and mixed, but sellers asking much higher prices. Cornâ€"Steady; No. Q yellow, 490; No. 8 do., 48 8â€"40; No. 2 corn, 48 1-20; No. 3.110., 48 1â€"4, through billed. Oatsâ€"- Frrm; No. 2 white, 33c; No. 3 do., 32c; No. 2. mixed, 300; No. 3 do., 291-20, through billed. Barleyâ€"Little busi- ness done, owing to ice blockade ; sup- ply very small. Rye No. 2 on track, sold at: 58c. Chicago, May 14.â€"After showing strength on foreign crop scares the wheat mn'rke't toâ€"day succumbed to the domestic prospect of a bountiful harvest, and closed 10 lower for July. Corn closed steady, July a shade up, and May 1â€"2c lower. Oats enjoyed the biggest market on the floor, July closing at an advance of 3-40. Pro- Vlsions at the close were 5to 71â€"20 depressed. Toledo ,May 14.â€"\Vheatâ€"â€"Cash and May, 74 lâ€"4c; July, 770. Cornâ€"Cash and May, 461-2c; July, 461-40. Oats Cash. 281-20; May, 270; July, 271-4c. Ryeâ€"550. Cloversosdâ€"Cas-h, prime, 33.50; October. $5.25. Oilâ€"Unchangâ€" Milwaukee, May 14.â€"-“‘heat â€"Irre- gular; No. 1 Northern, 741-2 to 75¢; No 2 Northern, l711-2 to 731-2c. Rye â€"Firm; No. l. 550. Barleyâ€"Steady, No. 2, 57 to 57 1-2c; sample, 42 to 54c. Minneapolis. May 14.â€"Close: â€"- VVheatâ€"Cash, 731-8c; May, 73c; July, 733â€"8c; on track. No. 1 hard, 751-8c; No. 1 Northern, 731-80; No. 2 North- ern, 705-8 to 715-8c. Flour and branâ€"Unchanged. Duluth, May 14.â€"\Vheat closed: â€" Cash, No. 1 hard, 760; No. 1 Northern, 740; May, 74c; July, 74 3â€"40; September, 701-20. Cornâ€"431-4c; May, 43 3â€"40. flatsâ€"28 1â€"4 to 28c. DAIRY MARKETS. Toronto. May 14.â€"Butterâ€"-the mar- ket is unchanged, with fair supply of, rolls, which sell at 12 1-2 to 13¢. Old tub dull, with very little choice of- fering. Poor to medium, 10 to 12c. Dealers are getting rid of old and pre- paring for good supply of new grass butter. Creamery, boxes, 171-2 to 181â€"2c; and pounds, 181-9 to 19 lâ€"2c. Eggsâ€"Receipts are large, and prices unchanged at 101-22 to 110 per dozen. Cheeseâ€"Market quiet. Full cream. September, 9 to 100; new, 83-4 to 90. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Toronto, May 14.â€"Drcssed hogs un- changed at $8.50 to $8.75. Provisions are unchanged. Quotations are as followszâ€"Baccn, long clear, loose, in car lots, 10c: and in case lots, 101-4 .to 101-2c; short cut pork, $20 to $20.50: heavy mess pork. $19 to; $19.50; shoulder mess, $15. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams. heavy, 120; medium, 13c: light, 131-20; rolls, 11c; and shoulders, 101â€"20. Lardâ€"Pails, 103-4 to 11c; tubs, 10 1-2 to 108-4c; in tierces,101-4 to 101-2c. â€" LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, May 14.â€"The total receipts at the western cattle yards this morn- ing amounted to only 54 earloads of live stock, including 1,100 cattle. 900 hogs, 70 calves, 60 sheep and lambs, and a few milch bows. The market was a small one, but prices were generally firm to strong- er, and a speedy clearance was of- fccted. The English markets are a little better, and the export trade here is active and prices were strong; for the best stuff a shade firmer than on Tuesday, though not quotably changed. Good to choice exporters are worth from 43-4 to 51â€"4 per lb. this is the top price: for light export catâ€" tle the price is from 4 1â€"4 to; 4 5-80 per pound. Apparently more cattle would have sold. There was much grumbling about the market, and some dealers were yatiafied with looking on to-dny, de- N clining to trade at what one man called "such absurd prices.” “'c had a better supply of stock- crs to-duy, and there was an active demand. Not many bulls were here. and there was litlle doing. No change in quo- tationi. Good milch cows” are still wanted, but are not coming along. It is the old story with calves; too many hr-rc of the common kind. and not enough of ill: right sort. Prices continue at from $1 to $R\(‘nch. The supply of smznll stuff was‘ unâ€" usually small, and the enquiry was light; prices are steady, but un- changed. Good grain-fed lambs are in de- mand at from 5 to (is per lb. Ducks are worth from 3 to 31-2c per lb. Export ewes are worth from 41-2 to 50 per lb. Spring lambs sell at from $2 to $5 each. Butcher sheep at from $3.50 to $4.50 per cwt. “Barnyardcrs” are worth from 4 1-2 to 51-2 per lb. The best price for "singers" is 67-80 per 1b.; thick fat and light hogs are worth 63-80 per lb. Hogs to fetch the top price must be 01f prime quality, and scale not be- low 160 nor above 200 lbs. {Following is the range of quota- tionszâ€" . Catftle. Shippers. per cwt. . $4 25 5 25 B‘uterJexr. choice do. 375 465 Butcher, or-di., good. 3 50 3 75 Butcher. inferior. . 2 75 3 25 Stockers, per cwt. 2 871-2 3 37 1â€"2 Export bulls, per ct. 375 425 Sheep and Lambs. Export ewes, per ct. 450 500 Butchneir. sheep p ‘1‘ ct. 4 50 5 00 Lambs, g.f., peir cwt. 5 00 6 00 Do, by, per cwt. 400 450 Do., spring, each. 2 00 5 00 Bucks, err cwt. . 300 350 hiilk‘err‘s and Calves. Cows, each . . . 20 00 45 00 Calves, each. . 1 00 B 00 Hogs. Choice hogs. per ct. 6 60 6 871â€"2; Light hogs, pecr not. 6 00 0 37 1-2 ‘ Heavy hogs, per ct. G 00 637 1â€"2 Saws, per cwt. . . 3 75 4 00 Stags, per cw‘t. . 000 2 00 â€"â€".â€"â€"_, PLENTY OF ,FIELD GUNS. Boers Employed Two Guns and Two Pom-Poms in 9. Recent Fight. ‘A despalch from Cape Town says: â€"â€"A force of Boers raided a store Fri- day thurty miles from Richmond, Cape Colony. .The Boers iwho were in the Bedford district last week have moved into the Transvaal. They still 'have a couple of field guns. Gen. Campbell, of the Seventeenth Brigade, while returning from Middleburg, met with opposition, from forces of the Boers who employâ€" ed two guns and two pom-poms. They moved parallel with the British force. Gen. Smithâ€"Dorrien's brigade was al- so sniped at considerably before re- entering \Vonderfontein, the force op- posing having a pom-pom. Large areas of Kaffir corps were not touched during Gen. French’s re- cent operations. The Yeomanry, including the recent draft, have had a hot engagement at Scharpolberg. They behaved splendid- ly. Subsequently the Bo-ers‘ comman- do moved south to \V-est Greylingstad. Gen. Knox‘s and Gen. Elliott’s columns are converging on this force. which is shirking a fight. Recruiting is going on for a. new force of the mines” division of the Rand Rifles. The military authori- ties hiave sanctioned the recruiting of 800 men, including 100 each for the May, Primrose, City and G-eldenhuis mines; These recruits will be given preference in securing work “then the mines start crushing again. *â€" KILLED AT HIS WORK. Red Hot Iron Struck Montreal Man in the Stomach. A despntch from Montreal says:â€" Louis Lachapelle, 29 years old, of 308] Manufacturers street, was killed on “'ednesday night while at work in Pillow and Hersey's foundry, St. Patrick street. He was attending an immense roller, which ran over bars of red hot iron, one of whichflew up and struck him in the abdomcn. .â€"-â€"+.-_v. CANADA’S POPULATION. iâ€"q Announcement of Census Result Will Be Made in July. A dcspalch from Ottawa says :â€"The l census returns are coming in more rapidly this week, and the work in Eastern Canada is well advanced. It will be impossible to announce the general population before the first of July, but the population of census disâ€" tricts will be announced from time to time when completed. â€"â€"oâ€"â€" i BABY FATALLY BURNED. Children ,Played With Matches and Cradle Caught Fire. A despatch from Montreal says :â€" Edissa Dagenais, seven months old, was so badly burned at her father's home, 14 1-2 Champlain street, on Friday afternoon, that she died next morning. Four little ones .found some matches which they lighted, and be- fore they knew of any danger, the cradle of their infant sister was on fire, and the sleeping child enveloped- in flames. DOMINION ERLIAMENT ' Notes of the Proceedings in the Canadian House of Commons. â€"-| I ALASKAN BOUNDARY. Colonel Prior brought up the quesâ€" tion of the manner in which the Al- askan boundary line was marked on the mzip of the Dominion of Canada which was sent to the Paris Exposi- tion. He had been informed last year . by the Minister of Agriculture that the boundary was marked both ways, so as to show the claim both of Canada and the United 7 States. Recently, however, he had received a letter from Mr. Begg. of British Columbia, who had communicated with Mr. Biremner, who saw the man at Paris, and Mr. Bremncr stated that the only boundary marked was that in accord- ance with the American contention. Col. Prior wanted to know what was the truth of the matter, and also whether the map was to be exhibited at Glasgow in its present condition. Sir “'ilfrid Laurier.â€"I shall call the attention of my colleague, the Minister of Agriculture, to the rep- resentations of my hon. friend. I may say, however, that in view of the ad- vice we have received from our law officer, it is very hard to mainâ€" tain that the boundary runs‘ up the Clarence channel. The treaty says, in 50 many words, the Portland canal, but there is a difference of opinion between the Americans and ourselves as to where the channel is. “"0 claim that it is west of I’curse Island; they claim that it is Observatory inlet. As to endeavouring to have the line pass along Clarence channel, which is a prclension Mr. Begg has often subâ€" mitted to me, Ido not think anyone who will take a careful view of the matter can be convinced of the corâ€" rectness of that pretension. The point on which we and the Americans do not agree is as to what is Portland chan- nel. They want to make it run up Observatory inlet, and then to the west, making out that Observatory inlet is only a small inlet running into the interior. \Ve, on the other hand, contend that Portland canal is as it is, described on the ’map at Van- couver, on which the treaty of 1825 seems to have been based, namely, all that channel of water which runs west of Pearse island. CANADIAN PACIFIC CHARTERS. 0n the third reading of the bill "Reâ€" specting the Canadian Pacific Railâ€" way Company,” Mr. Scott, of \Vest Assinaboia, moved that it be read a. third time this day six months. This is the bill granting a charter from Teulon to Sifton's Landing, but makâ€" ing it conditional upon the company first constructing a line from Teu- lon to Gimli. The contention advanc- ed by Mr. Scott was that the Canadian Pacific railway already holds charters for several branch lines in Manitoba and the Territories, and that they should be compelled to construct these lines before receiving charters for others. More especially he wanted a line built which would give railway communication to the people north of the Qu‘AppelIe valley. Mr. Davis, of Saskatchewan, sup- ported the motion. He contended that the object of the C. P. R. in getting these charters was not to build the lines, but to prevent others from building them. After remarks from Messrs. Bour- assa, Puttee, and_ Oliver, the‘motion for the six-months’ hoist was nega- tived. MANITOBA RAILXVAY BILL. The House took up the bill. embody- ing the agreement between the Gov- ernment of Manitoba and the Cana- dian Northern Railway Company re- specting certain railways. The Op- position to the bill came from Maes- srs. Puttee, Richardson, and Bourâ€" assa, all of whom made earnest ap- peals to have the matter sent back either to the Legislature. of the province or to the people for a ple- biseite. The House, however, paid very little attention to their argu- ments, the members having obviously made up their minds not to- interfere, but to let Manitoba do as it likes, and face the consequences if the bar- gain proves to be a bad one. TO INCORPORATE NURSES. The House again went into commit- tee on the bill to incorporate the Can- adian Nurses’ Association. Mr. Sutlferland objected to the scope of the bill. He thought it would make of the incorporators a Close corporation, and advantage the hospitals with which they were con- nected, to the detriment of tho hos- pitals in the smaller cities and towns. He would like to see the bill amended so as to give equal privileges to all trained nurses. In the discussion which followed Messrs. Fraser, Borden, Monk, Bell, McCreary. Sir Louis Davies, and Gil- mour took part. Several members held that the powers given to the association were too large, and the upshot was a decision to refer the bill back to the Private Bills. Comâ€" mittee for amendment. Mr. McCarthy presented a petition to be allowed to introduce a bill re- specting the Great Northern railway, The object is to make the bonds on the railway and the. bonds on the company's bridge over the Ottawa river apply equally to the railway or to the bridge. The railway com- piny and the bondholders have agreed to this arrangement. employe of th:: firm. HISTORIC BATTLE GROUND. A deputation composed of Hon. S. N. I’arenl, Premier of Quebec; Hon. Richard Turner, lion. John Sharplcs, Victor Chain-auvcrl, II. M. Price, L. J. Dcmers, Thomas Davidson. Rev. E. G. Scott, and others, of Quebec, inâ€" inierview Sir M'ilfrid Ltlurll‘l‘ and other members: of the Government, and asked that the. Dominion Govâ€" ernment purchase the Plains of Ab- raham for a public park. The depuâ€" tation {made out :1 strong case. The Premier‘s reply was sympathe- tic, but he, could; not give a definite ansuar. lIc intimated, however, that it had been practically (lecidcd 'to purchase. the property. He did not consider the price. $80,000 which the nuns ask for the property unreasonâ€" able considering the manner in which real estate has increased in value in the Ancient Capital in recent years, but this feature would be investiâ€" gated. As to what the nuns might do with the money, supposing the Government purchased the property that was a matter for themselves alone. ALIEN LABOUR BILL. In committee on the bill to restrict the importation and employment of aliens, Sir Wilfrid Laurier explained that the Government had decided to propose an amendment with regard to the manner in which suits may be brought under the Act. After provid- ing that the penalty shall be from $50 to $1,000, the Government proposed to insert the following:â€" The sum so forfeited may, with the written consent of any judge of the court in which the proposed action is intended to be brought, be sued for and recovered by any person who first brings his action therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction in which debts to a like amount are re- covered. Sluch sums may also, with the written consent of the. Attorney- General of the province, or of ajudge of the Superior or County Court in which prosecution is had, be recoverâ€" ed on summary conviction before any Judge of the County Court, being a justice of the peace, or any judge; of sessions. or the Peace Recorder. police magistrate, or stipendiary magistrate, or any functionary tri- bunal or person invested by the pro- per legislative authority with power to do alone S‘llCh acts as are usually required to be done by two or. more Justices of the peace, acting within the local limits of his or its jurisdic- tion, the proceeds to be paid into the- ha.nds of the Receiverâ€"General; and separate suits may be brought for each alien or foreigner who was a party to such contract or agreement. The Prime Minister explained that this meant that as the law was orig- inally drafted, suit could be, brought only in the Superior Court. Under the amendment it would be brought be- fore a police magistrate or two ordi- nary magistrates. provided that writ- ten consent to do so were obtained from the Attorneyâ€"General of the prawn-lee, or from the judge of 21 Superior or County Court. The bill was reported from commit- tee, and now stands for its third heading. ATLANTIC SERVICE. 0n the item of $7,500 forl steamship service between St. John, Dublin, and Belfast, Col. Hughes asked if any steps had been taken towards secur- ing the. privilege of landing and slaughtering Canadian cattle at Bel< fast, or some other Irish port. This was a privilege allowed at only a few ports, none of which were in Ireland. Mr. Fisher replied that the Depart- ment of Agriculture in the Old Coun- try had flatly refused to grant such a privilege. He intended to visit England within a few weeks, and would then talk over the whole cat- tle question rwith the Imperial author- ities, and would urge upon the-ml that their regulations requiring Canadian cattle to be slaughtered on landing was an aspersion against the health of Canadian cattle, and was an un- Justifiable advertisement to the rest of the world that the Mother Coun- try rcgarded cattle from Canada as dangerous. NURSES’ BILL AMENDED. After a two honrs‘ fight in the Pri- vate Bills Committee the bill to in- corporate thc Canadian Nurses’ As- sociation wars awe/ported with same imâ€" portant endments. As this bill goes to the House, the nurses are gJiVl’Clu exclusive power to conduct the affairs of the association, but they are not permiit'ted to say who shall and who shall not become members. The graduates of any incorporated hospital Dir of hospitmls conducted by any municipality are eligible for ad- mfssion, but a candidate may be reâ€" quired to pass an examination before becoming a member of the order. For this purpose power is given the pre- sident of each Provincial Medical Council in Canada to appoint aboard of physicians which Shall examine candidates whose names are submit- ted. The Advisory Board. as describ- ed in the original bill. is not, affect- ed by the amendments. It will be elected by the association, without any restriction as to the persons who may compose it. ARM WAS TORN OFF. Terrible Accident to a Workman at St. Catharines. A despateh from. St. Catharines sagaâ€"James McGeachfle. a machinist, while working at the \l'hitmin andl runes factory on Saturday morning lost his left arm. He was upon a ladder and his anm was caught by the line shaft, which tom it com:â€" pletely off betwuen the shoulder and the clbow. was removed to the hospital. Mr. McGeachi-e ii an old and valued He is a widower and lLJJS two small children. CRASH IN WALL STREET Many Small Fortunes Completely Wiped Out. A despntcli from New York sayszâ€"a Until Friday the Black Friday of 3'1 years ago was reâ€"called to express the notion of all the evil that could ever befall “'all street. In speaking of the happenings of Friday and their consequences, an old stock trader whizâ€"“Thai. which makes this day disastrous is that so many small forâ€" tunes have been wiped out, and so many persons of small incomes have been ruined. This fact will make the day felt by the butchers and bakers all over the country. After the ex- perience of to-day, it will be many a moon before the general public will venture again into speculation, as it has been venturing the last two months. " The wonderful trading down here is} to be accounted for, not; by theen- ormous transactions of the big fol- lows, but by the operations of thou. sands of men and women who were led to believe that it was easy to make quick fortunes in stock gamb- ling. They had heard of the luck of their friends. They had read in the newspapers of the luck of persons they had never heard of, and they concluded to take a flyer in the street. Many of them got out by the middle of last week, and they are richer by thousands than they were before they speculated. Many more stayed in too long, and tonight they are many dollars worse. off than no- thing." : Al. the Produce Exchange just after 11 o'clock Friday morning, a cab drove up and the colored mun servant help- ed an elderly woman toihe street. She might have been 60 years old and was dressed in¢black. Calling a mes.- sengcr she asked: “What is the price of United States Steel, preferred?" COMPLETELY R UJNEVD- The boy told her that the, last quo- tation was $7. The woman seemed about to collapse. Shecollccted her- self somewhat, and then buried her face in her handkerchief, and wch as if she had been suddenly afflicted with a great grief. As she went down the steps she was heard to say: "Jackson, I’m utterly and completely ruined. I haven‘t a dollar to my name." The secretary tothc president of one of the largest banks in town left the bank to catch a train for his home in the suburbs. A friend noticed that he seemed to be all broken up about something. Asking if anyâ€" thing was the matter, the secretary said :â€""Billy, this market has done me up. I went in with every cent I «had saved, and every dollar has been wiped out. I’m: going home now to make aclealn breast of it to my wife, and we’ll try to start all over again. It took me five years to save up what I‘ve lost in the last three hours.” The havoc that was wrought in the fortunes of bank clerks and brokers, bookkeepers, and accountants, and office boys, and in fact nearly all the employes in \Vall street was some- thing prodigious. It was the real thing in the way of hard luck stories that one heard, and it was easy to see that the wounds which had been inflicted were deep and painful. There was panndemonium on the Stock, Exchange, but the scenes there were not to be compared with those enacted in the offices where the wo- men trade. As the tickers showed that prices were going down until it:“ seemed as if there was no bottom to the market, the. women who gather- ed round the tickers, ten and fifteen and ascuore deep, simply went clean off their heads. It was really pitiful to hear some of the stories they told. Some of them had borrowed money to speculate with, and so long as prices kept advancing they believed that tMIe was practically no end tn the money they might make. _..__ $720,000,000. â€"-_ Foreign Ministers Demand This Amount of Chinese Government.- A despatoh from Pckin saysiâ€"The foreign Ministers on Tuesday decided to address a collective note to the Chinese Government, informing it that ajoint indemnity of $720,000,000 would be dcm'inded, and asking what methods of payment were proposed. A reply is expected at the end of the week, which probably will propose to meet the indemnity by raising the Customs tariff. ., The Ministers wore unable to agree as to the desirability of opening the whole empire to trade and residence, some of them holding that it would be asking China. to assume too great: responsibility, and that under the present system of government it would be impossible to guarantee the Safety of the numerous foreigners “[110 would flock into the interior if the empire were entirely opened. â€"â€"._ KITCHEN ER’S CAPTURES. Boer Losses Reported by the Com. mander-in-Chief in Africa. V A despatch from London says:~ Lord Kitchener reports to the \Vur Office as follows: ,‘ "Since May 6 twentyâ€"eight Boon have been killed, six wounded, and 130 taken prisoners, and 183 have surren. tiered. Nine thousand rounds of am- munition, 230 waggons, 1.500 horsesI and large quantities of grain and stool have been captured.'{