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~â€"â€"â€"â€" Tiff Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese, 8w intbe Leading Markets. Daring Feat of a Woman Fastened in a Barrel. Falls, circle around and gradually came as .nearer the shore, until it was caught. well as most daring feats ever atâ€" iin an eddy and whirled up towards tempted was accomplished here on [some rocks, on which a party of Thursday, and that by a woman, ifour men were waiting for it. They when llirs. Anna lidson Taylor, in seized the barrel at 4.40 p.m., pulled her barrel, navigated the Upper it out of the water, and ripped off Canadian rapids, and plunged over the cover to the manhole. They the Horseshoe Falls into the gorge saw Mrs. Taylor move and speak, beneath, a. distance of 165 feet, and and waved their hands to the crowd A dcspatch from Niagara Ont., sayszâ€"One of the greatest lives to tell the tale of her rcmarkâ€" above. That Was the signal that able trip. She had a wellâ€"made the woman was alive, and a big barrel, padded the banks. It was impossible to get Mrs. Taylor out in her exhausted condiâ€" tion. Part of the top of the barrel was sawed off and the woman lifted out. Then it was discovered thatl equipped with a harness of straps to assist her in making her trip in safety, and some degree of comfort. She arrived here some ten days ago with her manager, Frank M. Russell, from Bay City, Mich., where she had been engaged ‘in teaching. The bar- rel came with them. They secured a cat and sent it over in the barrel. The cat lived, and Mrs, Taylor im- mediately prepared to make the trip. All preparations she had sustained a severe scalp wound, and blood was dripping down her jacket. She was also bruised and suffering from shock. A boat was secured, and she was placed in it and rowed to the Maid of the had been made for several days in advance. At MiSt landing- “more ‘1 carriage 1007‘ 2:23 o’clock Thursday afternoon her 10 1181‘ boarding 1101150- Mrs. Taylor stepped into a row boat LIKELY TO LIVE. 19" WhiCh the barrel had been at" Dr. W. H. Hodge, the leading phy- tached, and manned by Fred Truesâ€" Sician and 5,“. con of the cit“ was dale and William IIollaran, started summoned andgdresscd Mrs, Taylor’s] for the head.“ Gauss 15mm}. An“ injuries. He announced that she was‘l other boat With Rufus Robinson and in pretty bad shape, but tlioughtl Fred Evans fOUOWCd in 0350 Of 115" she would pull through. Mrs. Tay- sistance. ' At Crass Island Mrs. 101‘ was asked to give an account Off Taylor slipped 00 her outer clothes her trip, but. all she could say was : f and 013d in Ha lflCket and Short Skirt . "I was whirled around at lightning: she squeezed into the barrel. the top speed and then 1 crashed into the Was 13“t 011. and ail‘ “705 Pumped in‘ rocks three timesâ€"oh, my head, my to the barrel with a bicycle pump. heat ," The boat With the barrel in tow left, The woman cannot give any Clear the iSland at 3150 P- m" and the statement, and probably never will. i with cushions, ad’sot went up from the crowds on men rowed over towards the Canâ€" The trip was a wild and dangerous adltln Shore: lone from beginning to end, and the After some down as far as they terrible drop of 160 feet is probably dared, the men Cast the barrel 10050 what occasioned the shock. The conâ€" llt 4305 P~ 111- It Started Sla'le 0n cussion threw her against. the barâ€" itS V’Oyagc down the I‘lver- Before rel and produced the cut in the head reaming the brink of the Horseshoe despite the cushions and straps. it had nearly a mile of wild tempesâ€"I Mrs, Taylor states that she is 43 tuous rapids to navigate. These raâ€" years of age, was born at Auburn, pids consist of a series of cascades. N Y. She was educated in the Comâ€" and by some are considered more men schools, was married at nineâ€" dangerous and picturesque than the teen to a doctor, who died a year Whirlpool Rapids. The barrel while later, leaving her with a child. The going down this long stretch of tos- child died later, and since then Mrs. sing waters was Watched by thousâ€" Taylor has earned her livelihood by ands of people who had come down teaching, having taken a course in from Buffalo and other neighboring the State Normal School at Albany, tOWns. N.Y. PLUNGED OVER THE FALLS, When asked why a woman of her It was just 423 pm when the education and attainments should ' k such notorietv she said she had- barrel iuno~ re . . , see ‘ ~ I U D :,cd 01. l the Heiscshoe not made any money and thought u Falls having taken nearly twenty - . ' , ,. she could accomplish some such act mmutes to make the mp down' as this she Could make a lot of mo- Many bets were made that the wo- . l ‘ ’ " l l‘ . C man was dead before she reached the b50211 c‘flicm‘pfleczzfifi,, 8183' falls. The barrel reappeared inside leave Lh'c address of a Sister Mrs‘. of a. minute in the boiling waters below, and then it commenced Jane M' hendan’ Ct to . N.Y., to be notified. lcame to his death at his own hand, witnesses being brought forward to prove that deceasedliad repeatedly -threatened to suicide. .â€"..___+_._ INVITED T0 CORONATION. [Sir Wilfrid Laurier Has Received the Royal Command. Eddytown, Brantford Jury Clears Her of the Charge of Murder. A despatcli from Brantford says:~â€"â€" After deliberating; for four hours and a. half, the jury in the trial of Mrs. White for the murder of her husband on Saturday pronounced the prisoner "Not guilty." They retired at 11:20 and at 4 o'clock announced that they A C10919111011 from Ottawa 533'5 3*â€" liad reached a verdict When the acâ€" A Striking figure at the coronation eused woman was brought into thei Of his MflJ'Gr'Sty next June Will be the. court room to hear her fate it wasipremim‘ 0‘ the Dominion- It iS‘ seen that she was suffering severelylundersmoa that a“ the Comm“ from the strain of suspense, but she‘Pl‘Cmiel‘S are to be iIWHICd to be walked with u. iirm step and waited present» the idea being 10 with closed eyes. when She heard make the coronation ceremonies that She was on“) more a fr,” WOJVns impressive as possible, and at the man she ejaculate," “Thank God!” {same time representative of every and threw her arms about he). twolpoi‘tion of territory under British sons who have been in constant at-Yl'me- . I I tendunce at the trial. There was noI The formal mVltflhOll t0 311‘ “ll- demonstration in the court room, ’9‘“? has Tu“ been l‘cceiVCd~ Be “7111, but many of those present were \visi_llt is'tliought, be accompanied by a my movod' contingent of Canadian militia. In discharging the prisoner the _._+.___ Chief Justice said: "Josephine White . AYUB KHAN. you are acquitted.’ ' Mrs. Whltc, accompanied by her two sons, drove to the residence OMHG Succeeded in Escaping From Captivity. her sister, Miss Secord. Her deparâ€" Has turc was witnessed by a large crowd, but there was no demonstration. THE JUDGE’S CHARGE. A dcspatch from Calcutta says :â€" Tlie markets here are affected by al The charge of Chief Justice Moreâ€"n‘uinOi‘ that Ayub Khan, a son ofl (lith, which was continued whcn;the former Aineer, Shore Ali, and a court resumed at 0:30, and lasted‘claimant to the Afghan throne, has nearly two hours, was rather against 1 escaped from British surveillance. It the prisoner. He dwelt in detail upâ€" is stated that the new Ame-er, Habi- on all the theories advanced by thebulla, has refused British military Crown. Briefly, the argument of the: aid, but. has asked for 200 guns. Crown was that White came to his] Ayub Khan, who is one of the death in one of four waysâ€"suicide, 5younger sons of the former Ameer, accidental administration of the poi-'Shcrc Ali, is the man who led some sun by himself, deliberate murder on f of the Afghan tribes towards fliandaâ€" the part of his wife, or accident on!liar and compelled the British to her part. ! Einarcli against him about twenty The first possibility was removed jyears ago. This was after his broâ€" by the fact that, if deceased suicided .tlier Yakub Khan, had been capturâ€" he would not, lmvc asked what was , ed by the British and sent into cap- the matter with him, nor would lie'tivity. "lie late Aiiieer, Abdui' {uhâ€" have asked if the liquor he drank on 1 man Khan. UlidL‘I‘LOOk 10 CODC With the night. before could have caused it. ! ANN) and 11 dCCi-‘TiVC b31110 ill 1‘97 The Crown claimed that the PUTSOIIECCDJDCI’, 1881, resulted in the comâ€" could not have been administered byfpletc rout of Ai'ub’s Incn- Ayub him or by her accidentally, because fled, but later on was captured, and she iii-i1in stated that she had no has been kept in captivity at Musâ€" strjschniuc in the lzousc. soorie, British India, CYcl' since. 011 Therefore. the Crown claimed. the October 18, the London Times printâ€" l death must have been planned by ed a rumor from Simla that Ayub Mus. While. They claimed that had escaped from Siinia, but little there was motive for the crime in credence was placed in the story. It the fact that the accused had spoken Was said at the time that Ayub of obtaining a divorce, and that iiiâ€":Kliuu. now that he is old, has lostI surance had been placed upon the? hiq prestige with the tribes, that. the life of tho husband. The defence deâ€" Slicre Ali faction is extinct, and that nied those motives emphatically. and he would surely be put to death if advanced the theory that deceased [110 C'll‘wl‘ed Afghanistan. ‘ .4 was a little more business toâ€"day and prices ruled firm. New No. 2 white and red winter sold at 65 to (500 middle frelghts, and old is quoted at (57 to 67k: low freights to millei's. (loose wheat sold at 68c middle freights. Manitoba wheat is firm, No. 1 hard being quoted at 81‘; to 82c, grinding in transit, and No. 1 Northern at 78; to 70c, git. For Toronto and west 20 lower. Oatsâ€"w'l'lie market is firm, with de- mand good. No.2 white sold at353c. low freights to New York, at 86 to 865C east, and at 35c north and west. On track here they are worth 88 to 381,0. Teasâ€"The market rules firm, with sales of No. 2 at 71c high freights, and at 72 to 7240 middle. Harleyâ€"«Market in demand. No. 1 quoted at 53c, No. 2 at 40 to 50c, and No. 3 extra at 465e, and feed at 450 middle freight. Cornâ€"Market is steady. No. a Canadian yellow (new), quoted at 4.8 to 490 west, and at 550 here. Old yellow sold at 55.10 west. Ryeâ€"The market is quiet. Quota- tions 48h: middle freight, and 493m east. Buckwheatâ€"The market is quiet and easier at 480 middle freight. Flourâ€"Demand is moderate. Nine- ty per cent. patents sold at $2.65 in buyers’ bags, middle freights. Loâ€" cally and for Lower Province trade prices of choice straight rollers in wood are $3.10. Manitoba wheat flours steady; Hungarian patents, 54, bags included, at Toronto, and strong bakers‘ $3.70. Oatmealâ€"Market unchanged. Car lots on track here, $11.20 in bags, and $4.35 in wood. Broken lots, 25¢ per bbl. extra. Milifced~Bran is quoted at $13 to $14 in bulk, middle freight, and $14.50 here. Shorts sold toâ€"day at $17 middle freight. n PRODUCE. Potatoesâ€"Market. is easier,'witli a lot of inferior stock offering. A car of good quality on track. sold at 48c per bag. Small lots out of store, 60 to (55c. Dried Applesâ€"Prices nominal, 0 to 61:0 pcr lb. Evaporated 10 to 1050. Hopsâ€"Business quiet, with prices steady at 124‘,» to 130. Honeyâ€"The market is unchanged at 95c. Comb, $1.75 to $2.25 per doz. Beansâ€"The market is steady, with offerings fair. Unpicked are jobbing at $1.60 to $1.65 and hand-picked at $1.75. Cranberriesâ€"Market is steady for Cape Cod, at $7.50 to $8 per bbl; Canadian. $0 to $0.50. Hay, Dalcdâ€"The market is unâ€" changed, with sales of ton lots, de- livered, at $10.50, and car lots at $9.50. Straw-The market is quiet and firm. Car lots, on track, quoted at $6 per ton. IIOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs unchanged at $7.75 to 88. Hog products in good de- mand and firm. We quotezâ€"Bacon, long clear, sells at 111} to 120 in ton and case lots. Porkâ€"Mess, 821.50; do, shortâ€"cut, $22. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, 13?} to 14c; breakfast bacon, 15 to 1550; rolls, 12 to 1251:; backs, 15';- to 16c; and shoulders, 11'; to 12c. Lardâ€"Market is unchanged, with the demand active. We quote:â€" L’l‘icrces, 115,10; tubs, 12 to 12-;c; pails 12} to 12.3.0 Compounds, 85 to Die. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Detroit, 0ct.29.â€"â€"Wlieat closedâ€"No. .1 white, cash, 74:13 No. 2 red, cash, and October 7830, December, 7421c; May 7836. Toledo, Oct. 20.â€"Wlieatâ€"-Casli, 74§c;' Derenibcr 75-;c; May, 77:‘_.c. Cornâ€"Cash, 572c: December, 57;}e; Oatsâ€"Cash, 73c; Decemâ€" Llay, 38$. Ryeâ€"55c. prime, and Ocâ€" Ileccinber, 35.42;; May, 59c. ber, 37%c; Cloversecdâ€"Cash. tober $5.110; March, $5.50. LIVI‘I STOle MARKET. Toronto, Oct. 2‘.).â€"â€"Tlic total re< ccipts at the Western cattle yards toâ€"day were only (30 cai‘loads of live stock, comprising 860 cattle, 1,341 sheep and lambs, 1,300 hogs, and about 50 calves and inilch cows. Trade was dull toâ€"day ; the de- mand was light, the quality mostly poor. and prices showed ' proveuient. Sheep and lambs are weaker ; hogs are unchanged. The export trade is light, as in view of the low prices prevailing in the Old Ctuntry markets there is E3. Minus DEERE WORLD] EIGHTEEN PEfll’iE bEAD The Terrible Result of a Fire in Philadelphia. A despatch from Philadelphia, Pa., sayszâ€"l‘liglilcen known dead and proâ€" perty loss amounting to upwards of $500,000 is the awful result of a fire which occurred on Friday in the business portion of the city. The number of injured is not known de- finitely, but fully a. score of victims were treated at various liOspitaJs. The buildings destroyed Were the eight-storey structure 1219 and 1221 Market Square, occupied by Hunt, Wilkinson & Company, upholsterers and furniture dealers, and three 3- storey buildings occupied by small inerchantmen. Never in its history has Philadelâ€" phia experienced a fire which spread with such great rapidity. At 10:30 o’clock Friday morning the blaze broke forth in the building occupied by Hunt, Wilkinson & Co, and one hour later the horrible sacrifice of life had been made, and the immense loss of property had been accomâ€" plished. The origin of the death- conflagration is unknown. It is stated that an explosion of NAI’HTIIA OR G ASOLINE in the basement was the cause. The rear of Hunt, Wilkinson & Co.'s building faces on Commerce Street, a small thoroughfare. On the fire-escapes at this end of the building tw0 were slowly roasted to death, while the horrorâ€"stricken throng on the street below turned sick at the sight. In front, on Market Square, a we- man driven to despair, leaped from a window on the top floor, and was dashed to death on the pavement. These are but a few of the heartâ€" rending scenes attending the conflâ€" gration. Firemen claim to have seen men and women unable to reach tame unconscious from smoke. Hogs toâ€"day are unchanged and steady. The best price for "singers" is 6e per 1b.; thick fat and light hogs are worth 5:26 per lb. Hogs to fetch the top prices must be of prime quality, and scale not below 160 nor above 200 lbs. Following is theerange of quota- tions :â€" Cattle. Shippers, per cwt . . . . . . . . . $4.00 $4. Butchers, choice... 3.50 4.2 ‘3 Butchers, ordinary to good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.25 r 75 Butchers, inferior.» . 2 75 3 00 Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes, per cwt ..... 3.00 8.15 Butcher sheep, each 2.00 3.00 limnbs, per cwt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.25 3.40 Bucks, per cwt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 2.50 Milkers and Calves. Cows, each ................... 30.00 45.001 Calves, each... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 10.00 Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt ...... 0.00 0.00 Light hogs, per cwt . . . . . . . 0.00 5.75 lleavy hogs, per cwt 0.00 5.75 Sows, per cwt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.25 3.75 Stags, per cwt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 2.00 â€"â€"â€"+â€"â€"â€" CUT A BOY’S THROAT. Coldâ€"Blooded Murder Perpetrated in Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says : â€"â€" One of the most cold-blooded inur- ders that has ever occurred in Mon- treal was committed between 8 and 0 o’clock on Saturday night at Westmount, Montreal’s English sub- urb. The first intimation that the poiice had of the murder was about 9 o'clock on Sunday morning, when a fairly wellâ€"dressed man having the appearance of a workinginan walked into the Central Police Station and, a few hours afterwards. The boy's exelaiinedIâ€"‘T have committed a murder, and wish to give myself up to justice.” The startled police officer was in- clined at first to doubt the man's statement, thinking that he had been either drinking or was craZY- But, the man, who gave his name as Tobin Hanson, aged 35, a Dane by birth, persisted in his statement. IA‘OUNI) HE WAS TELLING TRUTH The self~confessed murderer (les- cribed the locality, and the result of the police investigation showed that the man was telling the truth, and that he had committed one of the foulest and most coldâ€"blooded crimes on record. Marrotte, a young lad living with his father, Samuel Mari'otte, ('1 well- known spice merchant of Montreal. men and one womani The victim was Samuel; the windows or fire escapes burned to death in the interior of the build- ing. If this be so, little or nothing remains of these victims, and it. is doubtful if any portion of their bodâ€" ies will be reco\ cred. Seventyâ€"nine of the 100 persons in VHunt, Wilkinson &. Co.'s building ’when the fire started were employees and the remainder were customers and outside \vorknien who were en- gaged in putting the finishing touch- yes on the new eighth floor. More than half of the firm's eniployes were on the upper five flats, and it was among these that the greatest num- ber were killed and injured. AWFUL SCENES . There were eleven employes and n number of outside workmen on the leighth floor. A ladder from this lfloor to the roof could have enabled those on that floor to reach the roof iof an adjoining eightâ€"storey building. ‘but in the excitement this means of escape was forgotten. Several made the terrible leap to the sidewalk, and were crushed. ’while the others ran the gauntlet of smoke and fire down the rear fire esâ€" .rapes. Among those on the eighth illoor who jumped and were killed fwere M. A. Sparrow, an expert elec- trical contractor, and Charles E. LSparrow, his nephew and assistant. [A colored scrub woman also jumped ‘from this floor and was crushed to ldeath in the street. Most of the fatalities occurred in the rear of the building. As if by common impulse, the majority of the employee attempted to reach pla- ces of safety by means of the fire es- capes on the Commerce Street end of the structure. Many of them, ren- idercd practically insane by fright, ileaped to the ground, and others be- i i lynching. Several prominent people were ready to lead the people to the jail, and execute summary justice on the murderer, but wiser counsels pre- ,vailed. The murderer seems to be ul‘crly indifferent to the horrible deed of which he has been guilty. He seems a. fairly intelligent man, and told his .story in a cool and unconcerned man- ner. When the sergeant pointed out; that there was some blood on his clothes he coolly remarked that it must be seine of the boy’s blood. which he had got on his clothes when he was cutting his throat. Hanson told the police that he had formerly been a private in one of the Scotch regiments. _.___+_.__. BOUNDARY MARKS. 'Canada Will Define Limit of New York State. ! A despatch from Ottawa says:â€"Iiy arrangement between the State of New York and the Federal authoriv ties surveyors have been appointed to traVel the international boundary from ltouse's Point westerly to where the line touches the St. Lawâ€" rence, with a view to reporting upon the necessity for replacing the poles or mounds thus to indicate where the line runs. It is many years since the boundary was defined in this way, and many of the poles erected at -that time have since been displaced ion removed. i At any moment a question of juri -,. diction might arise, and it is with =1 view to avoiding this by having the‘ boundary remarked that the survey- ors have been sent out. Mr. Charles A. Biggar, P.L.S., of Ottawa, is net- ing for the Dominion Government. I __o_ I THE BRITISH BOYCOTT. Workmen Sympathiza .‘ Brussels ‘ the Movement. { With l A (lcsptitotli from Brussels says :â€" Thc workmen here after listening to the Dutch delegates from Amsterdam adopted a resolution of sympathy with the boycotting movement ic- ‘cently started there against English shipping and goods. The movement was started in Amsterdam by Dutch syinpatliizcers with the Boers, and committees were appointed to call upon dock laborers and others in Belgium and France to join in. the boycott. Although the workmen adopted a fresclution of SNlZlilfltlly. the boycott movement is apparently receiving no ipi'acti':al support as yet. The. mis- little inducmnent to ship. The best‘T110 young l'dd W413 0Ut Playing “031‘ 'sions to go abroad to seek the supâ€" price paid toâ€"duy was 84.60 cwt. For a few lots of choice butcher cattle from 4 to 420 was paid to- day ; as much as 4.1.0 was paid once it few llOUI‘z afterwards. or twice probably, but this was in no sense a representative quotation. All poor stuff dragged. l’ecdcrs are steady and unchanged. 7 Stocks here to-day were of a gen~ erally poor quality ; prices ranged low and sales were slow. More good iiiilcli cows are Wanted. Good veal calves are also wanted. Sheep were scarcely quotably changed, but the tendency is down- ward. I. nbs are from ten to fifteen cents easier and are worth from 3} to 32¢ per lb. There was no change in other lines. l l per his home last night, but as he (lid not return, a search was instituted, and his body was found in :1 Vacant lot a short distance from his home The boy’s throat was cut from ear to ear, and there were also deep wounds in the abdomen. The jugular vein was severed, and his death must have been speedy. The crime has created a great sen- sation in Westmount, which is one of the best portions of Montreal, and where such a crime has never before been committed. TALKED OF LYNCIIING. There was the deepest indignation. Hanson was handed by the Montreal police over to the Westmount police, and the fury of the populace was so great that there were threats of port of foreign workmen have not [yet started. â€"â€"~â€"+â€"â€"â€"â€" A Fifi PARDDN. Office Abolishcs Kitchen Sentences. War A despatcli from London says '. -â€" The War Office has ordered the iniâ€" niediate release of three members .3: the Fifth Victorian contingent (Aur- tralians) who, resenting Brigadier- (lenei'al Beatson calling the com- mand “wliitcâ€"livcrcrl curs," were tried by courtâ€"martial and sentenced to death for inutiiiuus conduct, Gifti- eral Kitchener commuting the Sl’fl' tint!) to 12 years‘ penal seaw'iiude.