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Toronto. June 4. â€"â€" Wheatâ€"The wheat market was steady today. No. 2 white and red sold at, 68c to 68%0, middle ireights to Montreal, and it is quoted at 68-;c to 69¢, low rate to New York. No. 1 goose quoted at 6745c, low freight, and spring sold at 686 to 60c, middle freight to Port.â€" land, and 700 east. Manitoba wheat, higher, with quotations as follows, Montreal freight, g. i. t.:â€"â€" MARKETS OF THE WORLD No. 1 hard, 920; No. 2 hard, 88c; No. 3 hard, 81c. Prices Toronto and Westzâ€"No. 1 hard, 900; No. 2, 860; No. 3 hard, 79c. Millfccdâ€"Is quiet and prices stea- dy. Bran, in car lots, $12 west, and shorts $13 to $14 west. Com â€"- Market continues quiet with Canada, yellow quoted at Prices of Cattle.cheasa. Gmiu. 1n the Leading Markets. Corn -â€" Market. cont with Canada, yellow eo-éc to 410, and mixed yellow, on track, 4-640. ' Ryeâ€"The market. is prices unchanged at 50c elle freights. Buckwheatâ€"None oITeriug, and market, firm. Peasâ€"Market, is firm, with ofl‘crings Mann. Quotations, 666 to 670 out.â€" 51 e. Barleyâ€"Market rules quiet; quoted at 50c.1akc ports, 440 to 45c, middle Heights extra, 43c, middle freights. PRODUCE. Potatoesâ€"The market. is quiet, and prices steady. Car lots quoted at 27c to 28c. They sell out of store at 35c to 40c per bag. Field produce, etaâ€"Onions, 51,10 to $1.25 per bag. Carrots, 45c to 50c per bag. Parsnips, per bag, 40c to 50c. Garden stuffâ€"Spinach, peck, 106 Watercress, 15c to 20c. Rhubarb, dozen, 15c to 25¢. Celery, dozen, $1 to $1.25. Lettuce, 20c. Rad- lshes, dozen, 15c. Asparagus, dozâ€" en, 750 to $1. Cabbage, dozen, 40c to 75c. Onions, dozen, 10c. Parsâ€" ley, dozen, 15c to 20c. Dried applesâ€"The market rules quiet. Dried apples, 3 to 3:}c; evap- orated quoted at 50 to 516 for car lots, and jobbing at 54c. Maple syrupâ€"Market dull; five-galâ€" lon tins are $1 per imperial gallon; $1.10 to $1.15 for gallon tins, and 85c to 90c for wine gallon tins. Honeyâ€"Dealers quote from 106 to mac for 5, 10, or 60â€"11). tins, ac- cording to size of order. Comb honâ€" ey sells at $1.50 to $2.40, according to Weight and quality. Halalâ€"Quiet. _Choirce 1900 growth are quoted at Iii-c to 151:, and year- lings at BC to 10c. Beansâ€"The market is unchanged. Ordinary white beans bring $1.40 to $1.50; choice hand-picked beans $1.60. Baled hayâ€"Choice timothy on track here, 511 to $11.50. Strawâ€"Steady. Car lots on track $5.50 to $6 a ton. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVI- SIONS. Dressed hogs are firm at $8.75 to $9.25 for small lots. Provisions firm. Quotations are as follows:â€" Bacon, long clear, loose, in car lots, 10c, and in case lots, 10in to 10:30. Short. cut pork, $20 to $20.50; heavy mess pork, $19 to $19.50 shoulder mess, S15. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams mediuTn, 13c; light, 137; to llic; backs, 14c shoulders, 10§c to 11c. Lardâ€"Pails," 11c; tubs, loge; tier- ces, 10§c to 105a. DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Receipts are moderate, and prices unchanged. Pound rolls sell at 13c to 14¢; new. in tubs, at 1257c to 136 per II); inferior, 100 t0 12c; Creamery boxes 17§c to 18c, and pounds 181:0 to 19c. Eggsâ€"Market, is steady at 10kt: to 11c per dozen, in large lots. and ocâ€" casionally 115C for case lots. No. 2, chips, 85c to 9c. Cheeseâ€"Market is quiet. Full creams, September, 956 to 9%c; do., new, 9c. Bufl‘ulo, June 4.â€"Flourâ€"â€"Quict and steady. Wheatâ€"Spring, few cars spot sold; No. 1 Northern, old, carâ€" loads, 835C; (10., now, 80:50. Winter Wheatâ€"Nothing done; No. 2 red is quoted at. 78c; No. 1 White, 77c on track, Buffalo. Cornâ€"Dull; No. 2 yellow, 461$; No. 3 do.. 46c; No. 2 corn, 45§c to 45$c; No. 3 do, 45:“ 455e, through billed. Oatsâ€" GRAII‘L- quiet, with to 51c, mid- nues quiet quoted at, at, 40c west; , heavy 1250: 0. Rolls, 11 to 15c, and No. 2 and at ~ No. 3 3; (10-. The elevation of Lord Milner to the pee-rage created a number of new reâ€" Eta-11d cords ii!) that line. He is the first ' cars , man who was created a peer on at Fri- 1, car- I day and gazetted the following Tues- Winter dayâ€"record time. He is the first man red is who has ever taken his title from his We on lodgings. He is the first statesman No. 2 who, having been received on his arâ€" No. 2 rival by almost every member of the , 4540 Administration, was received almost Oatsâ€" immediately afterward by the Sovâ€" 3do., elreig‘n, and the first guest within 3 d0., memory invited to dine and sleep at yâ€"Too ‘ Windsor castle who was commanded 31:; N0.‘ to stay another night. red at, A despatch from Queenstown, Cape Colony, says the Boers are massing cables, under: Commandant Kritzinger to the spring northward of Bailey. There is much amage local apprehension, and the town active I guard remains all night in the trenchâ€" ;5 late ' as. Passenger traffic to the north is NorthJsuspended, and freight is proceeding 11 wip. under an armed escort. The banks July close at noon. Bailey is about twen- chang- ty miles north of Queenstown, on the hanged line from Port Elizabeth to the med 3 Orange river. It is about forty 74c to miles south of Stormberg, in the dis- trict which General Gatacre held. Milwaukee, June 4.-â€"-Barleyâ€"Dull; No. 2, 560 to 57¢; sample, 40c to 53c. Toledo, June 4-.â€"Clover seedâ€"Cash $6.50; October, $5.225â€"c. Oilâ€"Unâ€" changed. Toronto, June 4.â€"The receipts of live stock at the western cattle yards today were 57 cm‘loads, includ- ing 1,050 cattle, 850 hogs, 127 sheep and lambs, 56 calves, and a dozen milch cows. We had unmistakable signs of a reaction in the cattle trade today; while all really good stuff snld Well at steady prices there was slackenâ€" cd demand with a decidedly lower tendency in the price of ordinary cattle. Good to choice export cattle sold at from 4%c to 5:0 per pound, but light shippers were not Wanted. Still there was a. fair clearance. Some choice butcher cattle sold up to 5c today, but there was a limited enquiry, and sales were not brisk. Other grades of cattle are inclined to Weaken, and a heavy run tomor- row (Wednesday) may cause a serious break in prices. I There was a good demand for feedâ€" ers; the supply was short, and prices ranger from 4c to 4%0 per pound. Light feeders are Worth from 3:}(: to 4c per pound. There was a small demand for exâ€" port bulls; trade was dull at from 3éc to 4c per pound. A few good to choice stockch are Wanted. Miluh cows sold at from $25 to $50 each today. Choice milkers are wanted. Good to prime veal calves are wanted up to around $10 each. The run of "small stuff” was light and it all sold early at steady and unchanged prices. Grainâ€"fed yearlings are Worth from 4:“: to 5&0 per pound. Bucks are worth from 2éc to 86 per pound. "Barnyardcrs" are unchanged at from 40 to 4-},c per pound. Spring lambs are worth from $2.50 to $5 each. ExpoEt execs are firm at from 330 to 40 per pound. Thore‘was no change in hogs to- day. The best price for “singers” is 7%;6 per pound; thick fat and light hogs are Worth 6&0 per pound. Hogs to fetch the top price must be of prime quality, and scale not below 160 nor above 200 pounds. Butcher, choice, do... 4.25 Butcher, 0rd. to good. 3.50 Butcher, inferior ...... 2.75 Stockers, per cwt.... 3.50 Export bulls, perch. 3.75 Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes, pex‘cwt. 3.50 Lambs, grain-fed, cwt. 4.50 Do., barnyards, cwt. 4.00 Do., spring, each... 2.50 Bucks, per cwt ............ 2.50 Milkers and Calves. CoWs, each .................. 20.00 Calves, each. .. . 2.00 wwww$ ?P@*# obmmo mow0q Ooomo oomom 45.00 10.00 Choice ewes, per cwt Lambs, grain-fed, cwt Do., barnyards, cwt Do., spring, each.. Bucks, per cwt ........... Milkers and ( Shippers, per cwt Butcher, choice, I Butcher, 0rd. to g< Butcher, inferior Following is the range of quota- tiouszâ€" Choice hogs Light, hogs, Heavy hogs Sows, per Stags, per Convoy Attacked, But Boers Were Finally Repulsed. A despatch from Potohefstroom says the Boers made two determined at- tacks on D. Bu‘itish convoy in a drift near Ventersdorp. The waggons had choked the drift. The Boers were finally mopulsed leaving fourteen dead on the field. The British loss, which Mas seveu‘e, is not stated. A special despatch from Pretoria myszâ€"A limited [number of permits will be granted next week for the im- portation of "soft goods” into JDâ€" hanmesbumg. Each permit will allow the impowtation of, not to exceed, ten tom; of goods, fifty per cent. of which must be clothing, suitable fOII' cold weather, and thirty per cent. of clothing suitable fov: the poorer classes. Boot makers will be allowed to import goods not exceeding five tons in weight, fifty per cent. of which must be suitable for the poorer classes. 'A ball to commemorate the entry of the British troops will be given at Johannesburg on Friday night BR} LIVE STOCK MARKETS . hogs, per hogs, per hogs, per per cwt.. per th.. TISH LOSS SEVERE. Cattle.. Hogs. 21' cwt 3r th‘ 3r cwt 50050 vssqo 66630 4.00 4.00 4.50 6.75 6.75 4,00 2.00 Extent 0! Arable Landâ€"Timber and Pulp Wood Resourcesâ€"The Climateâ€"Geolo- glsls' Repel-ls. During the summer of 1900 the Government of Ontario sent out ten exploration parties into that portion of New Ontario lying north of the Canadian Pacific Railway for the purpose of ascertaining, approxi- 1maL01y, at least, the value of the great natural resources of a then comparatively little known region, Iin land, timber and minerals. At the previous session of the Legisla- ture the sum of $40,000 had been voted for this purpose, the desirabil- ity of a more adequate knowledge of the country, with a view to its speedy opening up by railways and other means of communication, beâ€" ing universally admitted. The re- gion to be explored, embracing some lsixty million acres, was divided into ten exploration districts. Each of the parties to which a district was allotted comprised a surveyor, a land and timber estimator and a geologist, who were instructed to make the fullest investigations the ltiine at their disposal and the large extent of country to be covered would permit, extending to every natural feature or characteristic of the territory having any bearing up- on its fitness for settlement or eco- nomic development. The report of the survey and ex- ploration has just been issued by “the Provincial Department of Crown Lands. It comprises a volume of about 300 pages, extensively illus- about 300 pages, extensively illus- Itrath with cuts reproduced from photographs taken by the explorers, and contains a vast amount. of inforâ€" mation in detail as to the resources, products and character of the region traversed, which will be of great. value in connection with future legâ€" lislation. While the main results of the exploration were made public some time since, there are many inâ€" teresting facts with regard to the North country here presented for tho first. time. REPORT OF THE EXPLORATION OF NEW ONTARIO. OUR N DRTHERN HERITAGE The most important discovery made by the explorers is as to the extent of firstclass arable land availâ€" able for settlement. The area of the great clay belt, extending west- ward from the Quebec boundary through Nipissing and Algoma and into Thunder Bay district, is at least 24,500 miles, making an almost un- broken stretch of good farming land. This is nearly three-quarters the exâ€" tent of the present settled portion of the Province south of Lake Nipisâ€" sing. The whole country is a net- work of rivers. streams and lakes,- affording an easy means of communiâ€" cation and magnificent waterâ€"powers for industrial enterprises and elec- trical development. Moreover, the extensive water-surface renders the territory especially favorable for ag- riculture and stock-raising, as it ensures it against the protracted droughts which form one of the‘ great drawbacks to successful farinâ€" ing in a prairie country. In addi- tion to this arable area, which is just receiving a narrow fringe of settlement at its eastern extremity adjoining Lake Temiscaming, the clay land in the townships around Dryden in the Rainy River district was found to extend northward in the Wabigoon Valley, forming a to- tal area in that vicinity of about 600 square miles. TIMBER AND PULPwoon. Great anticipations had been form- ‘ed as to the extent and value of the spruce and other timber growing on the northern slope of the height of land, and the reports of the explorâ€" ation more than justified the most sanguine estimates of the forest wealth here awaiting development. Of course the closest estimate that could possibly be made by experts of the quantities covering so vast an 'area in the limited time allowed them is merely an approximation, and, as owing to the inability of some of the parties to finish the 'work laid out for them, large areas .were left unvisited, the figures given by no means represent the total timber product of the country. The pine-bearing region does not extend far beyond the height of land. In the region around Lakes ’l‘emagami ‘and Lady Evelyn in the southern portion of the district of Nipissing, the quantity of red and white pine is estimated at 300,000,000 feet board Imeasure. The total pine-bearing Iarea. in this section comprises some 1650 square miles. There are also some scattered pine tracts in other parts and considerable quantities are found in the Wabigoon River re- gion. The great, factor of future in- dustrial development is, of course, the extensive forests of spruce, jack- pine and poplar available for pulp wood which cover the greater por- tion of the territory explored, the total estimate being 288,000,000 cords, of which 100,000,000 cords are in the district of Algoma. and 150,000,000 in Thunder Bay. Much of the spruce, which is the predom- inant. tree of Northern Ontario, is of sufficient size and quality to fur- nish excellent timber and supply the place of the pine as construction material and for other industrial A highly important fact'establish- ed by the thorough inVestigation made by the explorers is the favorâ€" able character of the climate for ag- riculture. Exaggerated ideas as to the coldness of the region have long prevailed which the publication of the report should do much to dispel, EXTENT OF ARABLE LAND THE CLIMATE At many of the Hudson's Bay posts visited by the explorers it was found that gardens were or had been kept where all the vegetables ordinarily produced in Southern Ontario, inâ€" cluding cucumbers and tomatoes, were grown. No drawback is exâ€" perienced from summer frosts, the amount of Water surface and the ex- tensive forests tempering the sever- ity of the Winter. A characteristic feature of some districts is the pro- fuse growth'of moss upon low and swampy ground, which by gradual decomposition forms beds of peat. several feet in depth. The mostexâ€" tensive of these deposits are in the eastern part of Nipissing district to the north of Lake Abitibi. The pent taken from these bogs, on analysis, shows a high percentage of volatile combustible matter and fixed carbon, no sulphur and only a. trace of phos- phorus, with a. low percentage of moisture and ash, which renders it a. valuable fuel. The land overlaid by these peaty tracts is of good quality, and when the country shall have become sufficiently settled to make drainage operations practica- ble and profitable much of it. may be brought, into cultivation. THE GEOLOGTSTS' REPORTS. No specially important mineral discoveries were made, but the re- ports of the geologists are valuable as establishing the characteristics of the various rock formations and thus furnishing prospectors with a guide to the quarters in which their researches are likely to meet with success. Traces of gold were found in several places, and though the careful analysis made did not deâ€" velop its presence in paying quan- tities in any of the samples, the re- sults were such as to afford encour- agement for closer examination. Among other matters carefully not- ed by the explorer were the animals, fish, and vegetation of the territory, the volume being full of information of interest both to the sportsman and the naturalist. An immediate result of the explor- ation has been the setting apart by the government of the pine-bearing regions around Lake Temagami as a. forest reserve, in order to protect the pine from the danger of destruc- tion by fire which grows constantly more imminent, owing to the influx of settlers, prospectors and tourists. This will secure a supply of timber in perpetuity to the adjoining settleâ€" ments, which are certain to receive considerable accessions of population within a few years. The undertak~ ing by the government of the con- struction of the Temiscaming Railâ€" way and the liberal aid granted to other railway enterprises are largely the outcome of the increased apprch ciation of the value of our Northern heritage resulting from the explora- tion., THIRTY-FIVE DEAD BOERS. Kitchener Sends News of the Fight Near Johannesburg. A despatch from London says:â€" Lord Kitchener reports to the War Office as follows: "Col. Dickson’s force at Vladfon- tei-n was attacked on Thursday, by Delmrrey’s forces, and there :was sev- ere fighting. The enemy was eventâ€" ually driven off with heavy losses, leaving 35 dead. I regret that our casualties also welre severe. The kill- ed and wounded numbered one hunâ€" dJred and seventyâ€"four. Four officers were killed." The news. comes on the anniversary of Lotrd Roberts’ emtry into Johan- nesburg, and the scene of strife is within forty miles of the Gold Reef City. The battle at Vlardfomtein on the Durbanâ€"Johannesburg railroad, reported ‘by Lm‘d Kitchener, is the most serious engagement since Genâ€" eral Clements’ reverse at Magaliesâ€" burg. The garrison of Vladfontein, apparently largely composed of Yeoâ€" manry, had 174 ,men put out of ac- tion. That their assailants came to close quarters and suffered heavily is shown by the number of dead left on the field. British Government Introducing Them in tha Doekyards. A desputch from Portsmouth says: â€"It is understood that the Admiralty has decided to introduce American 1a- ‘cour-sav‘mg appliances in the Govern- ment dockyards. A pneumatic rivet- ting and drilling plant will be install- ed here, at; the result of satisfactory trial"; in building the cruiser Kent. Several other American tool; are now being tested. The Indemnity Whieh China. Will Have to Raise. ’A despatch from Berlin sayszâ€"It is semiâ€"officiilly announced that the question of the amount of the indem- nity which China is to pay to the powers has been settled (m the lines of the British proposal. The British proposal placed the indemnity at 450 million taels, $292,500,000, plus inter- Two Hundred Boers Surrender to the British in Bechuanaland. A dcspatch from Cape Town says: â€"Trwo hundred Boer: have surren- dared at Pnlapye, Bechuanaland, and 42 waggon loads, of men, women and children have surrendered at Fort Tuli, Rhodesia. MUST PAY $300,000,000. UNITED STATES TOOLS. STILL COMING IN. Welcomed at Quebec Sept. 16, Leaw Halifax Nov. 17. A despatch from Ottawa. says:-o Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York will not arrive in Toronto until the end of the first week in October, as they are to make rheirv trip to the Pacific coast and back before visiting 0n- tario. The programme which has been arranged by his Excellency the Governor-General and a subâ€"commit tee of Ministers, provides for a grand State welcome ut Quebec on the 16th of September. All the encrgiesof the Dominion and Quebec Governments will be bent towards makimg this function one of great magnificence. From Quebec the Royal party will proceed to Montreal, where they are to be thEi guests of Lord Strathcona. 0n Frida', the 20th, the Duke and Duchess will arrive in Ottawa, and. remain here [until Tuesday the 24th, on which day they will leave for the Pacific coast. Necessarily, owing to tho distance-9 which have to be cov- ered in] a limited time, the journey will have to his» a. rapid one, and the steps of the Royal party in the prairie section will be few and brief, bchng confined to \Vinnipeg, Brandon, Regina and Calgary. It is not like- ly that any stay will be made. at any paint in the mountains, but the proâ€" gramme contemplates a. twoâ€"days’ via-» ilt to Vancouver, and" one to Victotia, The Royal party “11:11 travel in a magnificently-equipped train. The Duke and Duchess “1221 occupy a car which the Govemmant in having con- structed spzcmlly for the Rayal visit. The members of the household and staff will be accommodated i111 cars which the C.P.R. is having construct- ed, SD that thafioyail‘ train will be absoluter new- hrrough-out. Return- ing fnom the coa's‘t, the Duke and his party will l-eava the main line of the C.P.R. at North'BJy, and the run to Toronto will be mule over the Grand Trunk. One week will be spent in Ontario, the tour including a pass- ing call at Hamilton to see the moun- tain, a visit to the Niagara F211 ;,and. probably a trip through the Thous- and Islands. From Montreal the party will ‘take the short Din-3 to St. John and Haliâ€" fax, the trip across the State of Maine being the only foreign terrir‘ tory that the Drake will have pagsci over in his memorable tour. Halifax will say gcnd-bye for Canada to their szryal Hig‘hmevs‘ses on October 15th They will arrive at St. John's. NULL. Théy w~iLl farrive at St. John's. NULL. according to the schedule, on October 17th, and after a few hours spent there, the Ophirr w-ill start for Eng» Land. Great Stand Made by Two Austral ians in Cape Colony. A dcspatch from Cape Town says: Details have reached here of the splendid gallantry of two men of the Tasmanian contingent who were at- tacked by 22 Boers at Gannahock, near Crndock. The men Were cut off from the main body While under a heavy cross-fire, and the Boers located the: fugitives. who took refuge behind treeâ€"stumps nine inches in diameter.; In the ensuing duel the Tasman- ians made splendid practice, horses and men falling. The Doers attack- ed them thrice furiously. The Tas- manians shot their own horses rather than let them be captured and cowered behind the carcasses. One of them, Trooper Warburton, was shot through the head, and his companion, Brownell, surrendered after firing the last shot in his magâ€" azine. When he came out one cow- ard deliberately fired, striking him in the shoulder. The Boers stripped both men of everything except their trousers, and the Tasmanians finally got back to camp, where Warburton died. British Warships to Test Two Kind: in a. Race. A despatch from Landon sayszâ€"An interesting test of boilers has been arranged by the Parliamentary Boilâ€" er Committee, which has ordered a. full speed trial between the second- class cruiser Hyacinthe, of 5,000 tons- displacement, fitted with Belleviller boilers and the secondâ€"class cruiser Minerva, of the same tonnage, fitted with Scotch boiled-s. The two vessels will start simultaneously from a home, part and run to Gibraltar with the object of detemmin‘mg which class of boiler can best stand the straip of a long run at high pressure. Dublin Fusiliers Mutiny at Short cllfi’a Barracks. A despach fwm Landon sayszâ€"A military riot occurred on Saturday night at Shornclific. A detachment of the Dublin Fusiliers, actuated by some imaginary grievance, wrecked their barrackâ€"raam. The guard waé called out to arrest the ringleader-s. and shots were fired by the Fusiliers, who met the reinforced guard with a volley of abll cartridges, and bay- onet thrusts. The riot lasted Lwt hours. their barrackâ€"rcom. called out to arrest and shots, were fired who met the 1'6me} ROUTE 0F ROYALTY. A BOILER COMPETITION DUEL TO THE DEAI‘H BALL AND BAYONET