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TEE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. Tqronto, Feb. 25â€"Wheatâ€"Two cars of I‘m. 1 Manitoba. hardi oflerqd at 87c en route to North Day, Without. bids. Ontario No. 2 white Wheat 73c bid outside, the outturn guaran- teed, but. none ofiered‘ No. 1 spring rofiered at 746 east, without bids. Fiftyâ€"eightâ€"I‘b mixed 0cher at, 74c .mlddle freight, on C.P.R., Without bid. A car of feed wheat. offered at. 645% outside, with 600 bid. Outsâ€"A car of No. 2 white solo at 41c low freight. to New York, and more olfcred at this price; it is also -0Rered at. 41in: in buyers' sacks, low freight. Peasâ€"Ten cars of No. 2 oITcrcd at 80c high freight. on (#13211... outturn guaranteed, with 790 bid. Camâ€"No. 2 yellow ofl'cred at 57kt: outside, west, with 56'} bid. Rinrlcyâ€"No'. 2 on‘ercd at 550 middle freight, and No. 3 at 510 low freight to New York without bids. Ryeâ€"No. 270m:er {Lt-7606 on track, Toronto. and at. 56250 outside, either road, with 55c bid. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2 wanted at 55c low freight to New York. with sel- lers at 560. There was also a. bid of ‘53c east. Honeyâ€"The market is steady at 9 to 10c for strained. Combs, $1.50 to $2.25 per dozen. Beansâ€"The market is dull. Prices, $1.10 to $1.40, as to quality. Hand picked, $1.50. Dried Applesâ€"The market is unâ€" changed, with offerings small. Prices 6 to 64¢ per U). Evaporated sell at 94} to 10c. VH0ps~Business quiet. with prices iteady at 13c; yearlings, 8c. Strawâ€"A car of No. 1 sold at $6.25 on track, Toronto. Hay, baledâ€"The market is steady. with good demand. Timothy quoted at $10 to $10.50 on track for No. 1 and $8.50 for No. 2. Cranberries -â€" Market unchanged, with stocks small‘ Cape Cod, $9.50 to $10 per barrel. Butterâ€"The receipts are a little more liberal, and the demand good for choice qualities. We quote as followszâ€"Choice large rolls, 17c; choice 1â€"11) prints, 18 to 19c; low to mediums, 11 to 18¢; Creamery prints 21 to 22!}c: do, solids. 20;- to 21c. Eggsâ€"â€"The market is steady at 26 Onionéâ€"Market steady at $2.50 to $3 per bbl. Strawâ€"The market is quiet and firm. Car lots on track will bring $0 to $6.25, the latter for No. 1. Eggsâ€"â€"The market is steady at 26 to 27¢ per dozen for new laid. Cheeseâ€"The market is dull; jobbing iota, 10% to 10%c per II). HOGS AND PROVlSIONS. :essed hogs unchanged. Car lots quoted at $7.60. Hog products steady. We quotezâ€"Bacon, long clears, sells at, 1015c, in ton and case lots. Mess pork. $20.50 to 321; do, short. cut, $21.50 to $22. Poultryâ€"The market, is firm, with ofierings small. Turkeys. dry picked 11 to 12ic; geese. 8 to 9c; chickens (young and fat). 60 to 80c; old hens. ‘35 to 50c; ducks, 70c to $1 per pair. Potatoes â€" Unchanged. with cars quoted at 66 to 68c on track for choice stock. Small lots at, 75 to 80¢ per bag. Smoked Meatsâ€"Hams. 12‘} to 13c; breakfast bacon, 13% to 14c; rolls, 11c; backs, 13} to 14c: and should- ers, loge. Buffalo, Feb. 25.â€"Flour -â€" Quiet. Wheatâ€"Spring dull; No‘ 1 Northern 821a winter, dull: track on‘erings; No. 2 red held at 91c. Cornâ€"Steaâ€" dy; No. 2 yellow, (Sane; No. 3 do. 650; No. 2 corn, Glléc; No. 3 do., 64}. Outsâ€"Dull; No. 2 white 48&c; No. 3 (10., 480; No. 2 mixed, 46%; No. 3 do., 466. Barleyâ€"66 to 68¢. Ryeâ€"Quiet; No. 1 67Lc‘ Lardâ€"The market is Unchanged. We quote:â€"â€"Tierces, 11c; tubs, 11%,»c; pails, lléc to 11%c; compound, 9 to 9&c. Ryeâ€"Quiet; No. 1 67gc. Duluth. Feb. 25.â€"â€"CIoseâ€"-Wheatâ€"â€" Cash, N0. 1 hard, 773C; No. 1 Nor- thern, 74%6; No. 2 Northern. 725,0; May, 76ac; July, 7-30: Manitoba, No. 1 Northern, cash. 72%; May, 75“; No. 2 Northern, 69:50. ‘Cornâ€" 60k. Oatsâ€"~Unquoted. Minneapolis, Feb. 25.â€"â€"Wheat clos- edâ€"Cash, 7 3c; May, 7410: July, 7610: on track, No. 1 hard, 76:30, No. 1 Northern, 74%: No. 2 Northâ€" em, 7311.6 to 73330. Flourâ€"First paâ€" tents. $3.85 to $8.95: second do., 7610: on track, No. 1 hard, 76:30, No. 1 Northern, 74%: No. 2 Northâ€" em, 7311.6 to 73330. Flourâ€"First paâ€" tents. $3.85 to $8.95: second do., $3.75 to $3.85; first clears, $3.75 to $3.85; second do, $3.40. Branâ€"In bulk, $15. Toronto. Feb. 25.â€"At the Western cattle yards to-day the total receipts were 45 earloads of live stock, inâ€" cluding 800 cattle, 1.000 hogs, 300 sheep, 24 calves, and a. few milch COWS. Prices for the best cattle were steady, and Well maintained. but for inferior stun“ prices were weaker, and ehe demand was slow. Cattle Shippers. per cwt . . . . ‘ Following is the range of quotaâ€" tionsrâ€" UNITED STATES MARKETS THE DAIRY MARKETS LIVE STOCK MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE BREADSTUFFS $4.75 $5.50 Do., light... .. ..... 4.25 Butcher. choice,..-. ...... 4.00 Butcher, 0rd. to good. 3.25 Butcher, inferior... ,.... 2.75 Stockers, per cwt ... .. 3.00 Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes, per cwt... 3.50 Lambs, per cwt .......... 4.00 Bucks, per cwt ............ 2.00 Milkers and Calves. Cows, each”. .....30.00 Calves, each . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 Choice Light Heavy Boers Continue the Hopeless Struggle With Vehemence. The correspondent. of the London Times at Pretoria. says the demoral- ization of the Boers in Eastern Transvaal is marked, and the atti- tude of the leaders leaves no doubt they consider the situation critical. Reports from north and south of the Delagou Railway line show that the burghers reluctantly continue the struggle. Intercepted messages from Com- mandant Piet Viljoen to Acting President Schelkburger urge the lat- ter to try to counteract the spirit of surrender rife among the» burghers. Viljoen, remarks the Times corres- pondent, has long been a. firehrund, encouraging the Boers with false hopes. He adds that the fact that Commandantâ€"General Botha. and Schalkburger are trying to arrange a meeting indicates that they believe the moment. has arrived for decisive action. The correspondent does not pre- dict, an immediate general surrender. He says the strong influence of the Boer leaders over their followers may prevail. Even if resistance in the Eastern Transvaal should col- lapse, the war would continue, though a. large number of British troops would be free for service elseL where. A despatch from The Hague to the Times says the Standard, formerly the journal of Premier Kuyper, de- nies the press interviews represent- ing that the Dutch Government acted on its own initiative and not. at the instance of Boer delegates in up- proaching the British Government. Au Ottawa. desputch says :â€"At, present there are 26 smallpox paâ€" tients on Porter’s Island, the small- est number since the epidemic was at its height. Twenty houses in the city are placarded for scarlet fever, and tWentyâ€"nine cases are at the hos- pitals. There are also fifteen cases of diphtheria» A Seattle, Wash., despatch says :â€" The steamer Dirigo, which arrived from Alaska on Wednesday, brings news that, Chilkoot Indians, near Hins mission, Alaska, on February 5, buried alive one of their tribe, 8. boy 15 years old. Horrible Practice Indulged in By Chilkoots. The boy had been converted to Christianity by Milo A. Sellon, a Methodist missionary, and in a. burst of religious zeal denounced the mummeries of the tribal Icht or medicine man. This act aroused the anger of the superstiuous old men of the tribe. Recently fourteen na- tive residents of the Village of Kluckwan died of consumption, and Icht, spread the belief that the boy in league with the Evil One, through his knowledge of the White man’s religion. had caused the deaths. The disappearance of the boy from school aroused the suspicion of Mr. Sellon, and he started in search -of him. At the outskirts of the village he found tracks leading to.a fresh gram Digging down he found the boy still alive, his bloodshot eyes rolling in insane agonh his hair torn in hand- fuls from his head. His finger nails were torn off in his efiorts to esâ€" capo from his horrible prison. The boy was lifted from the grave, and carried to the village, where he lived several hours, howling and cryng like a maniac, finally dying from the effects of sullering and fright. Icht, who is responsible for the crime, is Skun D00, an old offender. who spent a term in San Quentin Penitentiary for causing an old wo- man to be starved to death in 1894. Spring Demand for Farm Hands Has Already Started. A Winniped despatch sayszâ€"Ac- cording to the employment agents and immigration oflicials here, there is a dearth of laborers in the west The spring demand for farm hands has already started, and curlers from outside points have taken advantage of their visit here to make applicaâ€" tion for men at. the immigration hall. A great deal of construction work is going on in the west, and contractors are experiencing some difficulty in obtaining men even at a good scale of wages. The dearth of servant girls still continues, and the demand for good domestics exceeds the supply Number of Smallpox Patients at Ottawa Reduced. WANT TO SURRENDER. EPIDEMIC ON THE EBB. BURIED BOY ALIVE. HELP IN THE WEST. Hogs. hogs, per cwt hogs, per cwt. hogs, per cwt 45.00 10.00 6.00 50 75 '50 THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE D0- ING AT TORONTO. The annual report of the Commis- sioner of Crown Lands was laid on the table by Hon. Mr. Davis. It shows that 43,617 acres of Crowri lands were sold for agricultural pur- poses, having a total value of $31,â€" 316. Of mining lauds 10,476 acres were sold, having a value of $23,â€" 212, while 28,540 acres were leased. There were 1,367 persons located in free grant townships. on 148,312 acres, compared with 965 persons on 132,665 acres in 1900. Of universi- ty lands 5,787 acres were sold for $4,212. The report refers with sat- isfaction to the growth of settlement during the year, particularly in the Temiscamingue region. Twenty thousand letters were received with reference to veterans’ land. grants, containing 18,000 applications. The growth of the mineral industry has been most gratifying, the total pro- duct of pig iron, for instance, being 116,370 tons, valued at $1,701,706, an advance over 1900 of 53,984 tons and $765,637 respectively. There were also made 14,471 tons of steel, worth $347,280. There were 271,- 096 tons of nickelâ€"copper ores smelted, yielding 29.589 tons of matte, the nickel and copper conâ€" tents of which are estimated at, 4,- 444 tons and 4,197 tons. respective- ly, a very decided increase on 1900. The total revenue for the year Was $1,634,724. REGISTRY OFFICE RETURNS. The annual report of the inspector ‘of registry offices has been prepared and shows that $196,295 was the gross amount of fees earned in 1901, as against $184,326 in 1900, and $186,069 in 1899. A total of 129,- 193 instruments was registered, com- pared with 119,941 in 1900, and of those 31,487 were mortgages, reachâ€" ing in all $50,000,000. In East. To- ronto the fees totaled $8,633, and in West Toronto $9,650. The total of mortgage loans in Toronto was $5,- 422,599. Mr. Thompson introduced a bill to amend the Act. respecting the office of sheriff which proposes to reduce the fee payable to sherifis on certiâ€" ficates of execution against. lands to 50 cents for the first execution and 20 cents for each subsequent, execu- tion or certificate of claim, the max- imum to be limited as now to $400. Mr. Dickenson introduced a. bill to amend the Toll Reads Expropriation Act. The object of this bill is to provide machinery for arbitrating the values of certain roads in the County of Wentworth, which are continued into the city of Hamilton and Counâ€" ty of Halton, these cases not being apparently provided for by the Toll Roads Expropriation Act of last ses- sion. The Premier moved the second reading of the hill to confirm the agreement of June last between the Victoria. Niagara. Falls Park Comâ€" missioners and the Canadian Niagâ€" ara. Power Company. The Premier stated that the contracts executed and the amount expended so far by the company totalled $1,700,000. The larger part of the work had been contracted for with Canadians. The Premier said the bill provided that the price to Canadian consum- ers should not exceed that charged consumers in the United States for similar distances. Any dispute over the non-supply or the price was to be referred to the High Court of Justice. The price of steam power was constantly changing, and a. price could not be put upon electrical enâ€" ergy any more than upon steam power or any other commodity. BeL sides, there was the prospect of a very large margin of competition, tending to reduce prices. The Attorney-General’s bill to diâ€" vide the district of Rainy River for the registration of titles and deeds was also given a. second reading. THE HOUSE IN SUPPLY. The House went into supply, first taking up the estimates of the asyâ€" lums. 11011. Mr. Stratton explained the increases for attendants’ and su- pervisors‘ sularies by saying that he had adopted the policy of a. uniform salary for these classes of employes in all the asylums. Attendants would start at $20 per month and end at $23. Supervisors would begin at $24.- and advance to $25. The “bill was given a second read- ing: and sent to committee. Mr. Thompson asked if it was still the intention to remoye the Boys’ Reformatory from Penetanguishcne to Oxford County. The Provincial Secretary replied in the affirmative. He said the Govâ€" ernment contemplated making provi- sion for epileptics, and it was possiâ€" ble inmates of other institutions would be removed to Penetanguishene so as to make room for epileptic pa.â€" so as tients An item of $750 for maintenance at the old Parliament buildings drew from Col. Mathoson the remark that the Government had better burn them down. The longâ€"expected report. of the Onâ€" tario Assessment Commission was laid on the table of the Legislature by the Provincial Secretary. It was signed by six members of the Comâ€" mission:-â€"Judge Muclennan, Judge Machlahon, D. R. \Vilkie. general manager and vice-president of the Imperial Bank; K. W. McKay, editor of the Municipal World: A. Pratt. NIAGARA FALLS POWER CROWN LANDS REPORT NEW MEASURES RADICAL REPORT Assessment Commissioner, Hamilton and M. J. DuLler, civil engineer, De seronto. The commissioners submit a. draft bill consisting of a. consolidation of such provisions of the Assessment, Act as they think should be retained, together with the amendments and new substantive provisions which they Will recommend for adoption. This will be somewhat of a. surprise to the Legislature, as the Premier declared the other day that the comâ€" missioners would merely present their report and not submit a, bill. The Government has already smâ€" nounced that it’ does not intend to Pass any assessment legislation durâ€" ing the present session excepting to redress the scrapâ€"iron grievance. The report of the commission will, there fore, be dealt with by the new Par- liament. The most radical recommendation is the abolition of the‘nersonal pro- perty tax, and the substitusion of a business tax, a. tax on professions and callings, and a. house tax. The commissioners express the opinion that these taxes at the minimum rates provided for should produce in the aggregate a. larger sum than is produced under the present law by the tax on personal property. It is, high a, rate on real estate as that now imposed would not be necessary. The bill to incorporate the Petroâ€" lea Rapid Railway Company was re ported by the Railway Committee. The company is chartered to conâ€" struct and operate an electric rail- way line from Sarnia. to Petrolea, with extensions and branches through Lambton and Kent Counâ€" ties. Mr. McLaughlin (Stormont) thought the bonding privilege, $20.- 000 a. mile, was too large, as it afforded too much chance for specu- lation. The bill to incorporate the Can- ada. Western Railway Company was reported. It authorizes the com- pany to build a steam or electric railway from Fort, Francis, via Dry- den or Rat Portage, to the western boundary of Ontario, at. or near the confluence of the Winnipeg and Eng- lish Rivers. Mr. J. K. Kerr Wished a. clause in- serted. in the Hamilton and Ancasâ€" ter Railway Bill, providing that no railway should enter a municipality except on the terms and conditions imposed by the existing railway company. This was promptly reâ€" jected. Mr. Graham suggestcj that the municipality impose the terms, providing these did not interfere with any agreement it had made with the existing company. The bill will be taken up again. The committee emasculated the bill permitting the extension of the Fort Erie Ferry Railway to the race track, the only clause retained being the one extending the time for buildâ€" ing to Crystal Beach and Port Colâ€" borne to 1905. The Attorneyâ€"General announced that the electric railway problem would be grappled with during the present session. He would not com- mit the Government to it, but gave it as-his own opinion that there should be a tribunal analogous in functions to the Railway Committee of the Privy Council. He pointed out that in the near future the province would be covered with a. network of electric railway lines, and all sorts of questions would arise as between different railway com- panies, and. also between electric railways on the one hand and inimiâ€" cipalities on the other. It was ut- terly impossible to lay down any general law that would meet every case. That had been found impos- sible in connection with larger railâ€" ways. In his humble opinion it Would be necessary to constitute some sort of tribunal which would perform the same functions with reâ€" ference to provincial electric railways as were now performed by the Rail- way Committee oi the Privy Coun- cil at Ottawa. He hoped they Would be able to introduce a bill this sesâ€" sion to provide machinery such as he thought should be provided, and laying down general principles afâ€" fecting railways, which should not ‘only apply to all new railways, but to the legislation of this session. He ldid not say this on the authority of ‘the full Government, but was ex- ‘pressing his own individual views. Widening London Streets Abolish- es Public Houses. A London dospatch sayszâ€"It is a most, expensive temperance work that the London County Council is at preâ€" sent carrying out, but it is not de sigma.th ‘as such, nor is the general public aware of the fact. Yet with- in the last. three years the London County Council has devoted more than $1,250,000 to the practical work of temperance. MAKES FOE TEMPERANCE. 372.750 RAILWAY BILLS PASSED ELECTRIC LINES for premises in the is deliberately giving n: at the same time, Received at New York by Salutes from Warships. A New York despatch says :â€" Prince Henry of Prussia, representa- tive of his brother, the Emperor of Germany, at the launching of the latter's Americanâ€"built’yacht, reach- ed here on Sunday, and was cor- dially Welcomed as a. guest of the nation. The land batteries that. guard the outer harbor sounded the first greeting of a salute of 21 guns, and the rifles of a, special naval squadron assembled in his honor re echoed the sentiment ; there were verbal greetings from the represen- tatives of President Roosevelt, the army, the navy, and the City of New York, and a great. crowd lined the way into the city to see and cheer the sailor prince of Germany. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander of the special squadron, and honorary aide to the Prince, left the flagship Illinois with his staff at 9.40 o’clock in the naval tug Nina. The Nina met. the Kron- prinz beyond Fort Wadsworth, and, swinging around on the starboard side of the liner, steamed up the bay. Prince Henry, attired in the uniform of an admiral of the Ger- man navy, and surrounded by his naval and military stafl in brilliant uniforms, stood on the bridge of the liner. As the naval tug drew near to the side of the steamship Prince Henry and Admiral Evans caught, sight of one another, and exchanged informal salutes. The distance from, steamer to tug was too great for conversation however. As the two vessels, with a flotilla of tugs and official craft, moved in past Fort Wadsworth, the first of the salute of 21 guns was fired. As the first guns sounded the Prince advanced to the end of the bridge of the Kron- prinz and stood at attention. As he passed the big American flag floating over the fortifications he touched his cap in salute, and the members of his suite did likewise. The flag at the jackstai‘f of the Kronprinz was clipped, and the Ger- man naval band accompanying the Princéeplayed “The Star Spangled Banner.” The guns of Fort Wads- worth were not silent before those across the narrows at Fort Hamil- ton boomed out their salute. When that ceremony was over the Kronâ€" prinz was stopped, and the Nina hauled around to her port side and Admiral Evans and his staff board- ed her. The passengers were gather- ed on the main deck, and there was a hearty cheer as the admiral came up the gangway. About an hour was spent by the Prince in receiving his callers, and in making an admiral's inspection of the troops and crew of the l-Iohenâ€" zollern. Then followed a. lunch. A New York despatch sayszâ€"Six- teen persons who were guests at the Park Avenue Hotel lost their lives early Saturday morning, when the hotel was on fire, after flames had destroyed the 7lst Regiment. Armory. Nearly fifty other guests at the ho- tel were burned severely or hurt as they were escaping from their rooms, and many of them were sent to hos- pitals in the city. Many guests had narrow escapes from injury, and there were exciting rescues by fire- 111811. THE KAISER'S BROTHER. Terrible Loss of Life at New York Hotel Fire. Blame for the hotel management was expressed because there were no fire escapes leading lrom upper storey rooms to the interior court. because there were no rope escapes in the rooms of the guests, and because there were not adequate appliances for extinguishing fires in the build- ing. Some of the people who escapâ€" ed from rooms in the hotel declared that no warning of the fire was sounded to alarm the guests. Others said they were Warned in time. All who were burned in the fire had dres- sed themselves in readiness for flight, but had delayed too long in their rooms. The spread of the fire in the hotel was caused to some extent by flames in the elevator shaft, and the man- ager of the hotel declared his belief that thieves had started a. fire at the bottom of the shaft to create a. panic in the hotel and cover robber- ies. That theory was supported in a. measure by the fact that several rooms in the hotel were plundered during the excitement, and one man who was caught taking articles from a. room was arrested and held for ex- amination. An ofiicial investigation of the fire was ordered by the disâ€" trict attorney, but police and fire officials believed that flames from the burning armory invaded the hotel, and that firebrands started the fire in the elevator shaft. The loss by fire in the armory was said to be less than $100,000, and the damage to the hotel was said not to exceed $50,000. A Brussels despatch suyszâ€"It is said in Boer circles that if Messrs. \Volmarans and \Vessels after investiâ€" gating the situation in the United States, advise Mr. Kruger that a tour of the United States Would be beneficial to the Boer cause U] President will overcome his m to a. long trip, and undorta journey. Mr. Kruger appears in excellent physical condition Report That He Will Visit the United States. KRUGER MAY COME. RUSHED T0 DEAIH. the Boer aversion take the rs to be