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‘5’“‘684kc. St. Louis, Cash, 62-3-c; 63%c. MARKETS BF THE WORLD Flourâ€"Trade rules quiet. Millers quote straight rollers at $2.65 to $2.70 in buyers’ covers for export, and shippers quote 90 per cent. patents at $2.60 middle freight. For shipment in bltls. to Lower Provinces $3.10 is quoted. Manitoba, patents, $4.10 to $4.20, and strong bakers’ $3.80 to $3.90. Toronto, July 9.â€"Whea.tâ€"The local wheat market is quiet, with the feelâ€" lng rather better. No. 2 white and red sold at 630 middle freight. Milâ€" lers quote 639; to 64c low freight. No. 1 spring, 650 on Midland, and No. 2 'goose, 600 middle freight. Manitobas in fair demand, with sides of No. 1 hard at 81c, grinding in transit; No. 2 at 78c, and No. 3 at 740. For Toronto and west, :20 lower. Oatmealâ€"Market quiet and steady. Car lots at $3,655 in bags. and at $3.75 in wood; small loLs 20c extra. DAIRY MARKETS . Butterâ€"The receipts are fair, with Tocal prices steady, but for export the market is Weaker. Pound rolls job at 15% to 173; large rolls, 14 to 15ic; good to choice tubs, 14 to 160; inferior, 10 to 12c; cremnery, boxes, 18 to 187310; and rolls, 19 to 20c. Eggsâ€"The market, is steady, With choice stock selling at 11:; to 12c per dozen in case lots. Grated eggs, 81} to Sc. DRESSED IIOGS & PROVISIONS Dressed hogs unchanged, a few selling at $8450 to $9. Hog proâ€" ducts firm, as followsâ€"Bacon, long clear, loose, in car lots, logo; in case lots, 110. Short cut, pork, $20.50 to $21; heavy mess pork, $19.50. Cheeseâ€"Market quiet and prices steady. Full cream, September, 10c; (10., new, 9%.- to 9&0. Woolâ€"-’].‘he offerings of new fleece are small, with prices unchanged. Dealers are paying 130 for the gener- al run, and So for unwashed. Pulled combing, 140; unwashed, 90; pulled supers, 15 to 16c; and extras, 18c to 19c. Tallowâ€"Dealers are paying 5 to 5&0 for rendered, and 1:1- to 2%c for rough. UNITED STATES MARKETS . Milwaukee, July 9.â€" Wheatâ€" Steadier; close, No. 1 Northern, 6743c; No. 2 do., 65 to ,660; July, 64-}c; September, 66km” Ryeâ€"Dull; No. 1, 48450. Barleyâ€"Steady; No. 2 54c; sample, 36 to 53%c. ‘ Mll‘feedâ€"The market is quiet, with bran quoted at, $11 to $11.50 west. Shorts, $12.50 west. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, 13%0; breakfast bacon, 14 to 15c; rolls, 12c: backs, 14%0, and shoulders, 11c. Lardâ€"~Pai1s,1lic; tubs, 11c: tierâ€" ces, 10%}0. HIDES, WOOL, TALLOW, ETC. Hidesâ€"The Toronto hide market, is 45c higher, with receipts moderate. No. 1 green steers, 60 lbs and up- wards, 85-0; No. 1 cows, %c, and No. 2 cows, 6%6. Cured, 80 for cows, and 836 to 9~ic for steers. Minneapolis, July 9. â€"â€" Closeâ€"4 Wheatâ€"Cash, 64%; July, 635:; Sep- tember,‘ 637} to 63 34c; on track; No. 1 hard, 661:0; No. 1 Northern, 64?;0; No.2 (10., 65c. Flour and branâ€"Unchanged. Buffalo, July 9.â€"â€"Flourâ€"Quiet and steady. Spring wheatâ€"Small lots of old spot on markpt held at premium over new; No. 1 Northern, old, 76%c; (10., new, 71:}c, carloads. Winter wheatâ€"Higher prices asked; N0. 2 red, 74¢}c. Cornâ€"Quiet, but firm; No.2 yellow, 47 3â€"4-c; N0. 2 corn, 47+}c. Outsâ€"FirmFNo. 2 white, 33 to 3391-0; No. 2 mixed, 310. Barleyâ€" Nominally 52 to 560, in store. Calfskins â€" Unchanged. No. 1 green bring 9 to 10c, and No. 2, 80. Lambskinsâ€"Market firmer at 30c to 35c. Pelts bring 300. Duluth, July 9.â€"â€"Ulose â€"- Wheatâ€" Cash, No. 1 hard, 67éc; No. 1 Norâ€" thern, 66¢}c; No. 2 Northern, 61:30; July, 660; September, 65-3-0. Cornâ€"- None. Oatsâ€"27%~ to 2’7. Toledo, July 9.â€"Wheatâ€"â€"â€"Cash and July, 67%,»0; September, 67-3-6; De- cember, 700. Cornâ€"Cash and July, 44; 34c; September, 46:10. Oatsâ€" Cash, 2713c; July, 27;}0; September, 27:31:. Ryeâ€"Dull; 510. Cloverseedâ€" Cash, prime, $6.50. LIVE STO CK MARKETS. Cornâ€"The market is quiet and {)X‘iCQS firm. N0. '2 Canadian yellow gold at 40c West, and mixed 39130 West. On track here yellow is quot- ed at 45c. Barleywflarket is quiet. Sales of N9. 2 at, 410 middle freight. Oatsâ€"The market is firmer. Sales of 30 cars of No. 2 White at 30c high freight, and at 30%:0 middle freight. Ryeâ€"The market is dull, with pri- ce; nominal at, 46c, middle freight. Buckwheatâ€"Market dull and “prices nominal at 4:80 to ‘500. Pensâ€"Market quiet; with prices nominal. N0. 2,quoted at 68 to 690 middle freight. ' Detroit, July 9.â€"Wheat closedâ€"â€" No. 1 White, cash, 70c; \No. 2 red, cash, 69c; July, 67 84c; September, Prices of Cattle, Che 333. Gmlm, 853 in the Leading Markets. ' Toronto, July 9.â€"â€"To-day’s deliver- ies were small; only 42 carloads of live stock came in, comprising 1,000 hogs, 780 sheep and lambs, 600 cattle, 100 calves, and a few milch cows. Trada was slow and for anything but. the beat cattle prices are from July 9.â€"~Wheat closed-4 July, 62éc; September, KITCHENER IS SATISFIED Boers Surrendering by the Hundreds Every Week. A despatch from London sayszâ€"A British army of two hundred thouâ€" sand men is still employed in wait- ing and Watching for a force of Boers ranging between 7,000 and 10’000 men. The last incident officially reâ€" ported is the burning of a railway station 50 miles from Johannesburg, on the Natal Railway, with a final repulse of the raiders. It was even more insignificant than the wrecking of a train on the Pietersburg line. The largest Beer force which has been raiding or skirmishing during recent wrecks does not exceed four hundred men. The captures of stock and supplies are constantly reported by Gen. Kitchener, and the Boers are surrendering by scores or hunâ€" dreds every week. It is evident that the Boer guerilla Warfare becomes month by month less Vexatious, and that, Gen. Kitchener is gradually wearing down by process of attrition the Dutch resources for resistance, Inarvellously eificient as these have proved, The bands of raiders have been reduced in strength, and their capacity for inflicting injury has been impaired. The loss of horses would be an insuperable obstacle to a continuance of guerilla warfare if the fighting Boers when reduced to hard straits were not enabled to conceal his gun and masquerade as a refugee farmer. The difficulty gf ending the war has been increased by the readiness with which the Boers without uniforms have been trans- formed into neutrals and British sympathizers at a moment’s notice, and also by the systematic arrange- ments for feeding and protecting the women and children. Sheep and Lambs Choice ewes, per cwt ...... 3. Yearlings. grainâ€"fed, cwt 4-. Culled sheep, each ......... 2. Lambs, spring, each ..... 2. Bucks, per cwt .............. 2, The Structure Had Been Destroyed by Forest Fires. A despatch from St. John, N. B., sayszâ€"St. Johnâ€"Wasson bridge, 29 miles from Norton, on the Central {ailway of New Brunswick, Was desâ€" troyed by a forest fire on Friday night. The accident was unknown to the officials and the train was sent out on Saturday morning as usual. There is a sharp curve just before the bridge is reached. rl‘he train was within two hundred feet of the bridge before the engineer knew of his dan- ger. He called to the fireman to jump and did his best to stop ‘ the train. The engine, tender and bagâ€" gage car fell into the hole. The enâ€" gineer was buried in the cab beneath an avalanche of coal, and lived but a few hours after being taken out. Trackmaster Jackson, of the road, who was in the baggage car, had his head badly cut and several ribs brok- en. Others on the train were badly shaken up. Engineeer Wm. NodWel, was single, 30 years of age. 'He said before he died that he could have saved himself had he jumped when he told the firenmn to do so. The fireman landed in the stream and esâ€" caped uninjured. Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt...‘.. Light hogs, per cwt ...... Heavy hogs, per cwt... Stags, per cwt . . . . . . . . . There is no longer any talk of re- inforcing the British army. General Kitchener does not ask for more troops, but, is contented with the situation, and With the steady pro- gress made in clearing the country. A few gbod milch cows and choice calvcs are Wanted. The best price for "singers" is 791-0 per pound; thick fat and light hogs Mg Worth (Sic per pound. Hogs to fétcli L115 top price must be of prime quality, and scale not below 160 nor above 200 pounds. Following is the range _of quotaâ€" tions:â€"- Shippers, per c‘wt 130., light .................. Butcher, choice, do..... Butcher, .0rd. to good. Butcher, inferior . ‘ . . . . . . . . There is little export, cattle Want- ed just now; prices in the Old‘Coun- try markets continue almost unpre- cedentiy 10w. No stallâ€"med cattle coming in now, and prices are Weak at a range of from 4% to 50 for good shipping cattle, and from 4% t0 4%6 for light. stuff. Before business gets on a stable basis again prices will have tO‘come down. The enquiry for butcher cattle is easy, and what little choice stull' We had here sold at from 4 to 4:}c, with 4:30 per lb as an exceptional figure for fancy cattle. Medium cattle is weaker, and Common cattle is sold for what it will fetch. Feeders, stockers, bulls, and milch cows are nominally unchanged, in light supply, and light demand. Small stuff is easy; prices are weak, and the demand is slow. There is no change in culled Sheep and spring lambs. There is no quotable change in hogs. Milkers and Calves. ‘ Cows, each......... ...........20.00 45.00 Calves, each... . . . 2.00 10.00 20 to 300 per cwt lower than last week. Leaving out hogs the market can be summarized in brief as un- usually dull, with a. weakening ten- dency all round. Export ewes are lower at from 2% to 1320 per pound. TRAIN THROUGH BRIDGE. Cattle. 1.3 07000 03550 54.433 «Kw. 0%055 59:.O‘GA‘HI. £1432 $4. . 3.50 4.00 2.00 2.50 2,50 5000 V550 6660 3.70 4.50 3.00 4.00 3.00 5550 27fl0 7662 A despatch from Denver, 001., saysâ€"News reached here late Wedâ€" nesday afternoon of an outbreak of striking miners of the Smuggler mine, near Telluride, on the extreme southâ€"western part of the state. The information was to the ex’l'ect, that the postofiiee had been blown up with dynamite, and fifteen men had been killed outright. The Wires leading to Telluride have been cut by the miners The news of the riot came. from Ouray, 001., aeross the mountains from Telluride, and was telephoned into Ouray from the Camp Birde mine, which is between Ouray and Telluride. It is said that miners from the Liberty Bell, Tomâ€" boy, Revenue, and Camp Bird mines have joined with the Smuggler strikers, and 300 men now surround the Smuggler mine. The despatch from Ouray stated that the shooting was still going on when the despateh was sent. The strike in the Smug» gler mine has been on for some time, and only recently a Citizens’ Comâ€" mittee was appointed at ’l‘elluride to try to effect a settlement between the miners and the owners of the property. STRIKERS USE DYNAMITE. The sherifl of the county in Which Telluride is located wired Governor. Orman for troops to assist. in sup- pressing the rioters. A call for the militia to assemble at, their armour- ies at 8 o’clock Wednesday night was issued from the adjutantâ€"general’s office, and was Wired to the compan- ies at Denver and Pueblo. On Thursday the Governorâ€"General forwarded to the majorâ€"general com- manding a. detail of the military forces necessary for escorts, guards of honor, and artillery salutes dur- mg the royal progress. Majorâ€"Gen- eral O’Gradyâ€"Haly will have to exer- cise all his military ingenuity to carry out all these elaborate ar- rangements with the resources at his command. It will be impossible, for instance, to have a fresh cavalry es- cort from the local corps at every city visited by their Royal Highâ€" nesses, so that mounted men will have to be transported to several of the stopping placesi At Ottawa, for example, where the honors due to Royalty must be paid with scruâ€" pulous regard to military ceremonial the cavalry corps all told is not suiâ€" liciently strong to furnish an escort. The establishment of the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards is 71 Iank and file. A Royal escort for the Sovereign on occasions of full State such as will be furnished for their Royal Highnesses must consist of the officer commanding the regiment, two captains, four subalterns, two sergeant-majors, eight sergeants, two farriers, one trumpeter, and 96 rank and file. The cavalry regiments at Toronto, London, St. Catharines, Peterborough, Kingston, and Nonâ€" treal are the Onlv n, militia having headquarters in cities that are sufficiently strong to furnish a Royal State escort. The strength of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, inâ€" eludingr both “A” and “B” Squadâ€" rons at Toronto and Winnipeg res- pectively, only totals 122 rank and file. Fourth Time they Have Been, De- stroyed in Ten Years. A despatch from Halifax, N.S., says :â€"The large lumber mill of Alfred Dickie, Stewiacke, is in ashes, for a fourth time in ten years. Thursday afternoon flames were disâ€" covered spreading from a refuse pile, and in a, short time the fire was be- yond control. The Truro Fire Bri- gade was telephoned for, and a numâ€" ber of men left immediately by a special train. A hard fight was put, up by the comoined forces, without ’u'vail. The wind was high. All the lumber, with the exception of one car was saved. Mr. Dickie was in Halifax at, the time of the fire. The first fire was in 1890 with no insur- ance. The second in 1893, with $5,000 insurance. The third was two years ago. Following the fire of two years ago, Mr. Dickie com- menced the erection of one of the best. and most. modernly equipped mills in Eastern Canada. The old machinery was replaced by a. newer type, and the capacity of the plant increased to 85,000 feet per day. The mill had fire apparatus in case of emergency, but the conflagraâ€" tion was so’ fierce that it was imâ€" possible to use it. The mill was in ashes in less than half an hour after the flames were first seen, the high wind sweeping everything before it, and en‘ectually preventing the mill fire brigade from working, Colorado Postâ€"office Blown Up and 15 Men Killed. The Cavalry Mounts Required for the Duke’s Escort. A despatch from Ottawa. says 1“ Black horses with long tails will be in demand in Canada. before long, 85 by the strict rule of Ceremonial only such horses can be used by cavalry forming the escort to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on the occasion of their visit to Canada. _A sufficiâ€" ent number of black horses to form an escort might be obtained from the cavalry schools and militia, but all the chargers in the permanent corps are bangtails. No doubt, how- ever, the militia Department will rise to the occasion and see that the proper mounts are available. BIG MILLS BURNED. BLACK HORSES. Considerable Increase Shown Com- pared With Last Year. A despatch from Ottawa. says:â€" The Department of Railways and Canals has received from the superâ€" intendent at Sault Ste. Marie a re- turn of the traffic through the Canâ€" adian canal for the months of May and June, which shows a, consider- able increase over the corresponding period of last year. The number of tons of freight passed through the Canadian canal was 1,235,055, as against 294,681; vessel passages, 832 as against 434-; registered ton- nage, 850,678 as against 337,574. 011 the other hand the traffic through the American 800 shows a falling off of half a. million tons of freight and 100 vessel passages. The returns from the Soulanges canal show that 6,473,588 bushels of grain passed through during the two months. About twoâ€"thirds of this grain, namely, 8,946,057 bushels were carried by the Canadian Atlanâ€" tic Railway, which also sent 1,290 tons of package freight through the canal. The number _of vessels pasâ€" sed through during the two months was 1,000 of a total tonnage of 294,915 tons. A despatch from Dalton, Ga., sayszâ€"For two days David Kittles, a, horse-swapper, charged with wifeâ€" beating, and John Staten, convicted of rioting, have been chained to a. telegraph pole in the town square, to expiate their crimes, with the mercury at 90 degrees. Kittles was the first convicted, and he absolutely refused to either pay his fine or go on the public works. Forthwith the mayor orderâ€" ed him chained to the telegraph pole. In a. few hours Staten joined him, preferring the pole to labor or fine. ~ '1;he men hold levees for their friends in the afternoon, and sleep at night as best they can. It is boiling hot during the day, but the men de~ clare they prefer this to the stuffy prison. The Gazette announces the ap- pointment, of Percy Hertstet as col- lector of Customs, and John C. Kerr as resident «magistrate of Middle- burg, An office has been opened for the registration of new companies and to receive supplementary articles from those already existing. Geo:=gia Mayor‘s Plan of Dealing With fiefr’actory City Convicts. TRAFFIC THRGUGH CANALS. The Scotch irpn and steel makers are preparing to send an influential deputation of manufacturers to the United States in September to study trade conditions with a View of deâ€" vising means for better meeting American competition in neutral markets. How a. Nurse Aeted as a Spy for th Boers. ' A despatch from Pretoria says:â€" Permits for the return of the Wives of men employed on the Imperial military railways have been suspend- ed owing to the discovery that such a. permit, lately allowed a nurse to come here, who fraudulently took service and subsequently returned to the Boers. Those implicated in the plot have been dismissed from the railway and deported. From June 24 to June 30 the var- ious columns took 160\prisoners, kilâ€" led 74 Doors, Wounded over 60, and receiVed 13G surrenders. A large amount of ammunition, a quantity ofrstocl; and 300 wagons were capâ€" tured. A large capture of prisoners is reported from Pietersburg. Fifty Beer prisoners were sent from the Irene detention camp reâ€" cently to Nilstroom, having agreed to accept employment as Wood cut- ters at, 23. 6d. per day and free raâ€" tions. When they arrived there, however, they refused to work unless paid 55:. per day. The authorities declined to . employ them at that price, and they were returned to the Irene Camp. The Gazette issued on Thursday contains a proclamation in reference to contracts for the purchase of farms and lands in this colony, or the purchase or lease of mining rights in such farms and lands. The proclamation orders that '1 ho period between October 11, 1899, and a date to be hereafter named, shall not be taken into account in calcu- lating the period duringf which it. was agreed between the contracting parties that such contracts were to be in force. "All payments required by the said contracts which became due during such period and all acts required to be performed in consideration of the preservation of rights required themâ€" under.” says the proclamatiom "and all rigth required to be exercised at a time falling Within said period may, have as hereinafter mentiobed, be performed and exercised as if the period between October 11 and the date to be hereinafter named did not exist. 'and as if the latter date were October 11. “Whenever it is proved to the satâ€" isfaction of any competent 'court that the payments, acts and rights mentioned were not made or éxerâ€" ciscd Vthrough neglect and not be- cause of hostilities, theb the proâ€" visions of this proclamation shall not apply.” CAPTURE 0F BURGHERS; CHAINED T0 POLE. Drove Them Into the Salmon Cannery and. Locked Doors. A despatch from Vancouver, 13. 0., sayszâ€"The first conflict. between five thousand while and lmlian fisher- men strikers and the nonâ€"striking Japanese fishermen in Th'itish Coâ€" lumbia took place on Friday. Five hundred Japanese made for the river, to cast their nets when 1,000 Inâ€"l dians shot out from the shore in‘ their war canoes. and completely surrounded the Jays, drawing closer; and closer until they had them at‘ their mercy. The Japs asked to beg allowed to go ashore. They Were: permitted to do so, but followed tof the nearest sainion cannery by thel Indians, driven inside like sheep, andi locked up for the night. ‘ No bloom: shed took place. The Japs were un-» armed. Queen Presents Them on Marlboru ough House Lawn. A despatch from London says:â€" Queen Alexandra, in company with the King and Princesses Louise and Beatrice, on Wednesday afternoon- received 7'70 Victoria Jubilee nurses on the lawn of Marlborough .house and distributed decorations to them. Many of the nurses have just return- ed from South Africa, and others have been engaged in city outâ€"door relief Work. Her Majesty saithâ€"â€" “It is a. pleasure to receive you and help you to carry on the noble work begun by our deeply beloved Queen Victoria It is a satisfaction to be associated with you in your labor of love. I cannot imagine a. more ho‘ly calling than yours. I pray that God’s blessing may be be- stowed on your noble Work, and that. He will have you in His keeping, Has Addressed Another Letter to the Powers. A despatch from London says:-â€"« Dr. Leyds says a Brussels corres- pendent of the Morning Post, has addressed tn tn.- Cm. *zeutnl powers and the United States a protest against Great Britain’s "barbarous treatment 0f women and childâ€"- men. It is said that Holland will support the pram I. ‘ In the House of Commons on Thursday, Mr. Chamberlain, the Coâ€" lonial Secrec'u'y, announced that a. bill would shortly be introduced changing the title of the King, so as to more clearly recognize his soverâ€" eignty over the entire British Ems pu‘e. There is a rumor that Rem" Ad- miral Lord Charles Beresford Wants to resign the command of the Mediâ€" terranean squadron next February, in- order to be free to criticize the Gov- erument’s naval and military policy and its administration of az’iajxfl {A general.’ Outlook in Saratoff and the VOL ga Alarming. A despatch from London saysâ€"A despatch from St. l’etersburg‘ says the crops in the Province of Sara.â€" tofI are withering and the grass is scorched, owing to the prolonged heat and drought. The price of corn is jumping up, and the outlook at. Saratofl' and in the neighboring; Vol- ga, district is alarming. The scar~ city promises to be as severe as the famine of a decade ago. A despatch from London says: â€"A The British cruisers Minerva. andi Hyacinth sailed from Devonport for: Gibraltar on Saturday afternoon} with the sole purpose of putting the respective merits of the Beleville "and Scotch boiltrs to a. final, decisâ€" ive test. The Minerva. has Scotch‘ boilers, and the Hyacinth has Belle- ville boilers. Both warships are of almost'the same coal capacity, as they are sister ships. Members of the Government Boiler Conxmission are on board each vessel. Specula- tion and rivalry are keen regarding the result. The Minerva and Hyaâ€"r cinth are to steam at sixteen knots'- speed to Gibraltar, cruise around in those Waters, clean their boilers and then race home. rl‘he Hyacinth is. the favorite in the betting. For two days the children must have wandered about helplessly. At the end of that time they were found by one of the rescue parties which had been sent in all directions to search for them. They were lying clasped in each other’s arms, both Terrible Adventure of Two Little Swiss Girls. A despatch from Berna says:--‘ From Poschiavo, in the Canton of Graubundeu, comes a pathetic story‘, Two little girls, aged respectively three and five, who lived near that place, lost 1hr»? :n :1, great for- est while returning homewurd from the 1110111211,. search for them. They were 1yf clasped in each other’s arms, b< dead from hunger and exhaustion, British Cruisers Start for Gibraltm and Back. I?€DIANS CAPTURE J APS. CROPS SHORT IN RUSSIA. MEDALS FOR NURSES. BABES IN THE WOOD. LEYDS STILL AT IT. WARSHIPS RACE.