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MARKETS OF THE WORLD Toronto, Aug. 13,â€"Wheatâ€"The lo- cal market is very dull, with nothing doing in Ontario grades. Cables ra- ther disappointing. No. 2 red and white winter nominal at (36c middle freight, for export. New wheat nom- inal at. 62 to (530 middle freight. No. 1 spring on Midland quoted at (37 to 686. Manitoba wheat firm. No. 1 hard sold at 82c, grinding in tranâ€" sit, and No. 2 hard at 80c, grinding in transit. For Toronto and west in Mar 2c 1mm.= Millfu quoted with west Prices of Cattle, Cheese. Gum. &c. in the Leading Markets. $14 Buclm'hezttâ€"Murket dull, with prices purely nominal. Pens â€"â€" ’l‘rutlc quiet, with prices nominally unchanged. Barleyâ€"Trade .dull. New feed bar- ley quoted ut 390. August, shipment. Outsâ€"The market. is quiet, with of- feringâ€"x restricted. White are quoted at Bye locally. and at. 34§c for ex- port. New sold at. 31c middle freight August shipment. Flourâ€"The market is firm. with moderate demand from exporters. Ninety per cent, sold at $2.55 in huyers‘ bags, middle freight. Straight rollers, in bb]s., for Lower Provinces. $8.10 to $3.20. Manito- ba nutcnts $4, and strong bakcrs’ prices Ircight Duck Provinces, SUJU L0 $6.2U. manua- l‘m patents $4, and strong bakcrs’ $3.70. Oatmea’lâ€"Mnrket is unchanged. Cur lots at $3.75 in bags and $3.85 in wood. Broken lots, Toronto, 25c per bbl extra. Butterâ€"The market is steady. Fin- est. grades, in both dairy rolls and tubs meet with ready sale. We quotaâ€"Selected dairy tubs, 16% to 17¢; choice, lâ€"ID. rolls. 17 to 18¢; second grades, in rolls, tubs, and pails, 13 to ICC; bakers’, 14c; creamery prints firm, 20 to 21c; sol- ids. 19; to 20c. Eggs â€" Market unchanged. We quotezâ€"New laid, 120; ordinary, 11 to llgc; chips and seconds, '7 to Sc. Cheeseâ€"T he nmrket is firm at. 10 to DRESSED HOGS AND PRO- VISIONS. Dronscd hogs are firm at $9.50 to $9.75. Hog products in good deâ€" mand. We quotaâ€"Bacon, long clear, ton and case 1915, 11 to lléc; pork, moss, $19.50; (10., short cut, 21. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, 14 to 150; breakfast bacon, 15 to 16c; rolls, 12c; bncks.'155 to 16c, and shoulâ€" ders. 1 1 Lardâ€"â€" ticrccs, Following is the range of quotaâ€" tions : Wheat, White ...... 0.69 5 0.69% Wheat, rod... . ...... 0.09 0695 Wheat Wheat Oats. .. inal at. $10 Barley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rye ...... .............. Hay, old, per ton ..... Hay, new, per ton” Straw, per ton . . . . . . . . Dressed hogs . . . . . . . . . ‘ Butter, in lb. rolls... Butter, crcamel'y Chickens, per pair... Ducks, per pair . Turkeys, per Eggs, new laid ........ Eggs, held, per (302.. Potatoes, new, bush Tomatoes, basket Beef. forequarters Beef, hindqum'ters .. Beef, mudium, carca: Beef, choice . . . . . . . . . . . September. (‘1‘!) tor do. do. inul thin thing doing Milwaukee __Higher ; Duluih hard. ca her. 702C; August, 70gc; 70ic; December, 714C; No Ryeâ€"TIM hog: 10: 90 to .mâ€"In LulTalo nch old, 793C ; do new, 763C. wmâ€" wheatâ€"Dull but, firm ; No. 2 red, c ; No. 1 white, 750. Cornâ€"- udy ; No. 2 yellow, 61c ; No. 3 60.1.c '; N0. 2 white, old. 42.}c ; new. 303C : No. 2 mixed, nom- TH E STREET MARKET THE DAIRY MARKET nomin ‘edâ€"Tl' at, $1 to $1 white red... goose spring Pails 11c. 0 S3 ; second clears. $2.20. 11 bulk, $13.50 to $14. 0, Aug, 13.â€"â€"Flourâ€"Steady. wheatâ€"â€"Quiet ; No. 1 Northâ€" I. 7920 ; do new, 7630. Win- thorn Qgc ; No. :2. mixed, nom- ;old, 39c: Barleyâ€"No- Ryeâ€"No. ‘2. 55c. Aug. Nixâ€"Wheat closed No. 1 Northern, 72 to 2 Northern, 70% to '71:}c ; Tléc. Ryeâ€"Steady ; No. .0 563a. Barleyâ€"Steady ; . Cornâ€"September, 57-}c. Aug. 13.â€"â€"\Vheatâ€"No. 1 73;;c ; September. 713C; p I. n v: market, is quiet Ll at 46 to 46“ market, is 'anadian N0 market. West, I “case ; is quiet. Br and shorts 13.00 9.50 9.00 0.69 0.09 0.66 0.60 0.39 0.66 0.43 205 107. 010 tubs, 1110 7.50 8.50 13.â€"-Whent-- ; Dc'cember, 5101 hard, . 69am ; No. Uic; Septemâ€" gc; October, >10. 2 North- freight. for Lower Manito- : bakcrs’ now firm 2 at. 52k and middle 0.69% 0.69% 0.67 0.00 0.30% 0.00 0.00 0.00 13.50 11.00 10.00 OOO 0.00 5.50 at gust, 71-‘2c; Septem cember, 741k. Corn September, 57gc ; Oatsâ€"Cash, 35gc; S‘ December, 36c. Ry< Cash and October Unchanged. em. 65%0‘, No. 3 â€"350. Cornâ€"55c Toledo, Aug. 1 Toronto, Aug. 13.- were heavy at the ‘ Market. toâ€"duy, but. t the stock was rather 11053 was slow. There demand for choice supply Was short and did not last, long. ' abundance of half-fl particularly in the < and they were var) Prices were about, stc: the list. Exj were the only any activity were many J Toronto, Aug. 13.~â€"The rcceipts were heavy at the Western Cattle Market toâ€"day, but the quality of the stock was rather poor and busi- ness was slow. There was a. good demand for choice cattle, but the supply Was short and the ofl‘erings did not last long. There was an abundance of half-finished cattle, particularly in the export branch, and they were very slow of sale. Prices were about steady throughout. the list. Exporters and butcheis’ were the only classes which showed any activity, and in these there were many head left over. Small stuff was olTered liberally, but. trade was (lull. Hogs were unchanged. The total run was 79 loads, including 1,351 cattle, 1.316 sheep and lambs, 37 calves and 602 hogs. Export cattle, choice, per cwt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4.60 S 5.05 do medium, per th. 4.2;”) 4.60 do cows, per cwt ...... 3.75 4.25 Butchers’ cattle, pickâ€" ed lots ................ . 4.40 4.75 do choice... . . . . . . . . . . . . do fair... do common . . . . . . . . . . . . . do cows...... do bulls .................. Bulls, export, heavy, {301‘ cwt... do light. per cwt...... Feeders, shortâ€"keep... . do medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . do light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stock-01‘s, 400 to 600 do offâ€"colors... Milch cow‘s, each... Sheep, export, ewes, per cwt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do bucks, per cwt.... do culls, each ......... Lambs, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . do per cwt . . . . . . . . . , . . ‘ Calves, per head... ... Hogs, choice, per cwt Hogs, corn-fed, per Hogs, Hogs Sows The Boers Dissolved Into Small Commandoes. A despatch from Cape Town says: A despatch from Cape Town says: Gen. Hunter Weston’s column has had an engagement with the Boers under Commandant Theron, at Zuur- fontein, Cape Colony. The Boers re- tired in great confusion into the h‘aaf Reinet district. Their losses are not known. An engagement has taken place be- tween the British and Boers north- west of Dordrecht. The British casâ€" ualties were one killed and one wounded. It is reported that the Boers lost heavily. Tlic British authorities have re- ceived satisfactory reports from the Jamestown and Darkly East dis- tricts of Cape Colony. Commandant Fouchee’s commando has been seâ€" vereliuhzfimalalmby the British col- umns. The commando has dissolved into small parties. Minister of Militia Has Taken the Matter in Hand. A despatch from Ottawa says:â€" The Minister of Militia has returned to the Capital and taken up the work of organizing the military events to be brought off in connection with the visit of the Duke and Duchâ€" ess of Cornwall and York. It is ex- pected the programme for the re- views Will be completed before “the end of next week. The intention is to have the arrangements published as soon as possible, in order that the officers commanding the difi'erent corps which are to participate may be made acquainted with the details in ample time to prepare for the reâ€" views. SUICIDED 0N SONS’ GRAVE New York Man’s Sorrow Drove Him Insane. A despatch from New York says:â€" August Schwab, 65 years of age, a real estate agent, shot himself through the heart late on Thursday, and died on the grave of his two sons, Whose death, within a few days of each other, four years ago, ailectâ€" ed the man’s mind. Leaving his wife earlier in the day, he told her to light the candles in their room. claiming it Was the anniversary of the death of the eldest son. The wife complied, and was waiting in the lighted room when she received word of the finding of her husband's body in the cemetery on Long Isâ€" land. Continued Drought Has Extended Area of Damage. A despatch from St. Petersburg sayszâ€"The continued drought has exâ€" tended the area of crop damage, which includes the Baltic provinces. In the west Siberian and Volga. pro- vinces an almost. total crop failure is expected. RETIRED IN CONFUSION. RUSSIAN CROP FAILURE. cwt ORGANIZING REVIEWS. LIVE STOCK MARKETS light, per cwt fat, per cwt... per cwt... . September, 723; :. Cornâ€"Cash, E 57§c ; December zsgc; September, spring -â€"â€"Cash and 30.00 0000 4050 42393. 300 3.00 34110 7.00 25 Cloverâ€"â€" 9}. Oil-â€" 3.00 48.00 4.40 4.00 3.50 3.00 3.00 3.50 4.50 8.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.50 50 50 A Great. Future for the Canadian Farmer. Mr. F. Stock Saturd Stock Commissioner, returned on Saturday from Great Britain, where he has been engaged since May study- ing the conditions of the English market in regard to the export of Canadian live stock and animal proâ€" ducts. 1n the course of his investi- gation he visited every stock centre in Great Britain. in Great Britain. After careful study Mr. Ilodson is convinced that there is opportunity for great enlargement, of the British market for Canadian products. The English people look very favor- ably on the development of what they call the colonies, but what would better be called Imperial Can- ada and the outlying portions of the Empire. The British consumers are ready to buy largely, and Canadian products are among the best that enter their market. THE EXPORT OF BACON. Proâ€"eminent among Canadian ex- ports to Great Britain is bacon. Canadian bacon is the most import- ant product which reaches Great Britain from any country, and it is rapidly gaining favor. Canadian bacon and cheese are in- deed staples, and Canadian poultry is attracting very favorable comâ€" ment. As soon as proper shipping facilities are provided this product will rival bacon. The best grade of chickens which have been fattened at the Dominion feed stations in recent years are better than any I saw on the English market. Except in the case of beef and mutton, British meats are not superior to those proâ€" duced in Canada. There is no reaâ€" son Why our cattle and sheep shall not in time hold a place equal to our bacon, but in order to bring this about greater care must, be devoted to feeding and breeding. The British consumers do not want an excessive- ly fat animal, but one fed so as to be full of lean meat, with a moderâ€" ate supply of fat. UNFAIR TO CANADA. Mr. Hodson thinks that the Brit- ish embargo on Canadian cattle is unjustifiable. The British Govern- ment is not using the Canadian peo- ple fairly in this respect. This embargo, Mr. Hodson explainâ€" ed, means a loss of ten dollars a head on every head of cattle shipped from Canada. to any country. There is no reason for the discrim- ination either. We have never had a case of pleuroâ€"pncumooia in Canada. It is absurd to put, an embargo on a clean country like Canada. EX-PREMIER CRISPI DEAD. The Ages! Statesman Passed Away at Naples. A despatch from Naples sayszâ€"Sig- nor Crispi died at. 7:45 o’clock p. 111. Sunday. He was surrounded by the members of his family and several intimate friends. The news was imâ€" mediately telegraphed to King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena. The evening papers assert thth the body will be conveyed by steamer to Palermo, Where the municipality will arrange for a great public funeral. It, is rumored that Signor Crispi’s will authorizes a, prominent Italian politician to examine his papers and to publish his memoirs. CRISPI’S‘LAST HOURS. In consequence of the low condi- tion of Signor Crispi Sunday mornâ€" ing, injections of stimulants and the administration of oxygen were stop- ped, the physicians recognizing that both were quite useless. Through the day he lay inert and insensible, and he was virtually dead for hours before the physicians certified that life was extinct. Some indignation was expressed when the public learned that the deâ€" tails of the funeral had been arâ€" ranged before death came. Swept Up by British Columns in Orange River Colony. It; is rumored that the aflairs of the deceased are in the greatest eonâ€" fusion, and that Signal-a Crispi will have to depend solely on the proâ€" ceeds of the sale of the memoirs. A despatch from Bloemfontein says: â€"Three thousand Boer refugees are now arriving at Brandfort. They were swept up by the British columns that have been in operation in the northern part of the Orange River Colony. Food, blankets, and doc- tors are being sent from here for the refugees. -~* u Immense quantities of cattle pas,- sed Viljueri’s Drift yesterday. A number of natives followed the trek and killed any cattle left behind from exhaustion. This meat they killed and divided on the veldt and then carried to their kraals. Many native families obtain food in this manner. The refugees are all in a. wretched state of health. Diphtheria and oth- er malignant diseases are so preva- lent among them that additional medical aid has been sent to them. The physicians are carrying supplies of antiâ€"toxine for the diphtheria cases. Small numbers of to surrender in the Colony. Batches c periodically arriving the R the go least. 2 3,000 MORE REFUGEES. dcspatch from Toronto F. W. Hodson. Dominion POULTRY EXPORTS. big gold strike has been made on Rand at a depth to prove that. gold industry is established for at t. seventy years. Commission fly from G11 been engaget 2 conditions mbers of Boers continue 2r in the Orange River Batches of prisoners are This meat they on the veldt and sir kraals. Many tain food in this says Live A despatch from Queenstown says: â€"The White Star Line steamer Ocezuiic (Capt. Cameron) which sail- ed from Liverpool on Thursday for New York via Queenstown, arrived here this morning and reported havâ€" ing been in collision Thursday night, in the Irish channel. with the steam- er Kincora, of Waterford, Ireland. The Kincora sank. Seven persons were drowned. The only damage sustained by the Oceanic consisted in a. few dents to her port plates. She proceeded at 3.50 p. m. The collision occurred this side of Tuskar. at, about, 1:30 in the morn- ing. The fog was very dense. The Kincora was struck amidships. All the passengers of the Oceanic were in bed at the time. and there was some commotion, until Capt. Cameron asâ€" sured them that there was not the least cause for alarm. Big Liner Oceanic Sinks Another Steamer. Headway was kept on the Oceanic after she struck the Kineorn. in order to give the crew of the latter a chance to clamber on board the OC- eanic. The boats were lowered to rescue every man possible. The Kincora sank very rapidly. The Ocâ€" eanic remained in the vicinity of the collision until daylight, but, nothing was then visible beyond some float- ing wreckage. Three Trees Cut Annually for Every One That is Planted. A despatch from Drammcn, Nor- way, says:â€"â€"The forest wealth of Nor- way is being rapidly diminished by the savage assaults of lumbermen and pulp manufacturers. An expert commission appointed by the Govâ€" ernment made an alarming report showing that three trees were cut down annually for every one that grew, and in this climate it takes a. hundred years for a pine tree to grow big enough to furnish a log twenty-five feet long and ten inches in diameter, which is the minimum available for the saw mills. It is estimated that within the next half century the timber resources of Norway will be practically exhausted at the present rate of destruction. There are periodical agitations to stop it, but the laws that have been passed have been unpopular, and the regulations prove to be unreasonable and impracticable. Garratting and Highway Assaults Common in London. A despatch from London says :â€" Assaults on policemen have become so numerous in certain districts in London that the authorities have been petitioned to permit the police to carry revolvers. London policemen carry only clubs, in deference to the wishes of the people, who some years ago agitatâ€" ed against the revolver as being too dangerous to entrust them with. The result is that in attacking burglars or highwaymen they have only their clubs to protect themselves against assaults with knife, revolver, and knuckleâ€"duster. London is becoming Worse than Chicago. At nights there is a reign of terror on all roads leading to and from the suburbs. Gal-rotting has become a common form of crime. DROWNED IN COLLISION. A despatch from London says :â€" Always anxious to better the conâ€" dition of young Women, and espe- cially to save them from the drudâ€" gery of poorly paid domestic service, the beautiful Countess of Warwick has inaugurated a branch of the Agricultural College at Reading for women, and hopes by its means to again Widen the sphere of usefulness for her proteges. Lady Warwick is Lady Warwick Insmutes Agrleul tural College. .v. no- r v, a. clever business Woman, and al- though sparing neither pains nor exâ€" pense in inaugurating her various schemes for the advancement of the Women of the poorer class. she in- sists upon putting these schemes on a self-supporting basis. BRITISH IMPORTS INCREASE A despatch from London says:â€" The British trade returns for July show that there was an increase in im} orts compared with last month of £2,764,655, chiefly in articles of food and drink. There was a. de- crease in the exports compared with the corresponding month of 1900 of £164,786. POLICE TO CARRY GUNS. Exports Show a Falling Off Com- pared With July. 1900. NORWAY'S FORESTS. WOMEN FARMERS. cent. of the 1855 55 per was covered ‘rmen are do- Rockefeller Clears $20,000,000 in Dividends. A despatch from New York says :â€" The directors of the Standard Oil Company, at their meeting on Tues- day, declared a dividend of 8 per cent.. $8 a. share on the common stock of the company. This dividend is payable on September 16 next. The capitalization of the trust is‘ about. $100,000,000. The declara- tion of the dividend means the dis: tribution of about. $8,000,000 among} the Standard ()il’s stockholders.‘ This dividend is the third declared by the company during the calendar year. The dividend for the first. quarter this year, paid in March, 1901, was 20 per cent... $20,000,000. The dividend for the second quarter paid in June, 1901, was 12 per cent., $12,000,000. The dividend for the third quarter, as has just been said, is 8 per cent.. $8,000,000. So the total (1‘ vlcnd thus far this year is 4-0 per Cent. on the $100.â€" 000,000 capitalization, or $40,000,- 000. But because the poor trust declar- ed a quarterly dividend of only 8 per cent. its stock fell 4 points, to 768. Last fall the price touched 832. Men in Wall Street were telling each other that the great trust de- clared only an 8 per cent. dividend because the mosquitoes are so "bad." The countrymen cannot. burn lamps when the light attracts millions of mosquitoes. It was suspected in W151}; Street that, besides, the Standard Oil Trust was giving away a few hun- dred dollars’ worth of oil in the at- tempt to destroy mosquitoes. Hence the comparatively low dividend. But the days must grow longer and cold must kill the mosquitoes more surely than does crude petro- leum. Wall Street firmly believes that, Standard Oil will declare a. dividend for the final quarter of last year that, will be no less than the dividend for the final quarser of last. year. And then it, was 10 per cent. The trust established a new high record last year in piping profits to stockholders, when it paid out 48 per cent. in 0.11 about $48,000,000. 40 PER CENT THUS FAR‘. This year, so far, it has paid 40 per cent. If this December’s dividend is equal‘ to last Dccembcr's, 10 per cent... this year’s profits will beat. the for- mer high record. They will be 5.0 oer cent. vv. -0“ v. But, Wall Street, when not joking about mosquitoes, firmly believes that the Standard Oil will pay, not 10 per cent, but. 20 per centmcxt December, making its dividend for 1001 60 per cent., $50,000,000 ; $6,000,000 :3. month ; say $150,000 a day. An-d John D. Rockefe ed with owning easily tlw Standard Oil stock Up to 1895 the company used to pay 12 per cent. per annum. ]n 1896 the dividend jumped to 31 per cent. In 1897 it was 33 per cent, ‘ nnn nn 30 per cent, and pcr'ccpt. _ In the five and threequarter years beginning January 1, 1896, there- fore, the company has distributed $215,000,000 to its stockholders on a capitalization of about $100,000,- 000. This infinitely surpasses the records of all other corporaiions. Britain Gives Boers Until Sept. 15 to Surrender. A despatch from London says:â€"A Parliamentary paper has been issued containing a proclamation issued by Lord Kitchener August 7th, in ac- cordance with instructions from the Imperial Government, the Govern- ments of Cape Colony and Natal con- curring. The proclamation says:â€" ,,4_ curring. The proclamation says:â€" “All commandants, field comets, and leaders of armed bands being. burghers of the late Republics and still engaged in resisting His Majes- ty’s forces, whether in the Orange Colony, the Transvaal, or other por- tions of His Majesty’s South "Afri- can dominions, and all members of the Governments of the late Orange Free State and Transvaal, shall, unâ€" less thcy surrender before September 15th. be permanently banished from South Africa. The cost of the main- tenance of the families of all burgh- ers in the field who have not surâ€" rendered by September 15th shall be recoverable from such burghers, and shall be a charge upon their property removable and immovable, in tin two colonies.” BLAME THE MOSQUITOES JOHN D. ROCKEFELLE STANDARD OIL. AN ULTIMATUM. D. Rockefeller is credit- ing! easily one-third of quarter of last less than the in‘ 1809 33