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Shippers. per cwt . . . . . . $4.50 Do., light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.25 Butcher, choice... 4.00 Butcher, 0rd. to good. 3.25 No. ‘2 . Cornâ€"610 Buffalo, March 11.â€"â€"Flourâ€"Steady. Wheatâ€"Spring dull; No. 1 Northern, 84:}6 car loads. Winter opened easy, but. closed stronger; No. 2 red, 87%0. Cornâ€"Dull; No. 3 yellow offered at. 6510; No. 2 corn, 64%c; No. 8 do, 641}. Oats, easy; No 2 white 49c; No 8 do 48%c; No. 2 mixed, 46224:; No. 3 do, 465:. Barleyâ€"Nothing doing, Rye, quiet; No. 1, 65c. Minneapolis, March 11.-â€"Wlieat closedâ€"May, 7331:; July, 74% to 74330; on track, No. 1 hard, 7530; No. 1 Northern, 73%c; No. 2 do, ’71} to 72%c. Duluth, March 11.â€"â€"â€"Wheat closedâ€" Cnsh, No. 1 hard, 76:}c; No. 1 Northern, 7350; No. 2 (10., 71c ; May, 75c; July, 76gc; Manitoba No. 1 Northern, cash, 71gc; May, 73%0; Toronto, March 11.â€"At the Westâ€" ern cattle yards toâ€"day the total receipts were only 27 carloads of live stock, comprising 410 cattle, 600 hogs, 150 sheep and lambs, 10 calv- es. and a. few milch cows. Owing to the light, run prices were well maintained all round, the only change being an advance in lambs. There was an early clearance. Following is the range of quota- tionszâ€" Detroit, March 11.â€"â€"Wheat closedâ€" No. 1 White, cash, 86%c; No. 2 red. cash and March, 850; May, 8445c; July, 80$c. ‘ Toledo, March 11.â€"\Vheatâ€"Firm, higher ; cash, 84%c; May, 841$; July 8030. Cornâ€"March, 60c; May, 62%c; July, 620. Oatsâ€"March, 44ic; May, 445:; July, 36:20. Cloverseedâ€"Dull, strong ; March, $5.60; April, $5.55. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, 12‘} to 13c; breakfast bacon, 13:} to 140; rolls, 11c; backs, 13;- to 14c, and should- ers, 10%0 Lardâ€"The market is unchanged. We quote :â€"Tie1‘ces, 11c; tubs, lléc; pails, 11%- to 11%c; compound, 9 to 9&0. ’ Dressed hogs are steady. Car lots nominal at $7.50. Hog products steady. We quote 1â€"Bacon, long clears, sells at 10 to 105e, in Lon Cheeseâ€"The market iules firm at 10% to 11¢ per Ib. steady. We quote 1â€"Bacon, long clears, sells at 10 to 10%c, in Lon .1d case lots. Mess pork, $20.50 ; do short cut, $21.50. Butterâ€"The market, is unchanged, with choice qualities in limited sup- ply. Low grades are dull. We quote as follows :â€"Choice lâ€"l'b prints, 19 to 20c; choice large rolls, 17 to 1743c; secondary grades, in rolls, 15 to 160; low grades, 12 to 13c; Creamery prints, 22 to 24c; do solids, 21 to 2273. Egnghe market is lower to-dny. New laid sold during the morning at 22c, and later at 200 per dozen. Poultryâ€"Supply is small and prices steady. We quote fresh killed turâ€" keys, 12 to 12£c per II) ; geese, 8 to 90; chickens, 70 to 90c; 01d hens, 40 to 500. Hay, baledâ€"The market is firm. with good demand. Timothy quoted at $10.25 to $10.50 on track Tor- onto, for No. 1 and at $8.50 to $9 for No. 2. Strawâ€"The market lots on track quoted the latter for No. 1 Potatoesâ€"In car lots, on track, 63 to 65c per bag. Small lots, out of store, bring 75c per bag. _ Cranberries -â€" Market unchanged. with stocks small. Cape Cod, $9.50 to $10 per barrel. Onionsâ€"Market steady at $2.50 to $3 per barrel. $1.40 Hopsâ€"~Business quiet, with prices steady at 13c; yearlings at, 80. Honeyâ€"The market is steady at, 9%.,to 10c for strained. Combs $1.50 to $2.25 per dozen. Maple syrupsâ€"One gallon tins, 95c to 31; smaller packages, $1.05 to $1.15 per gallon (imperial). Sugar 8 to 96 per II). as to quality. Beansâ€"The market is dull. I $1.10 to $1.30 per bush, as quality. Handâ€"picked, $1.35 freight, witl‘ middle freight bid. 91} to 10c Toronto, March 11.â€"Wheatâ€"-No. 1 Northern offered at. 83éc en route North Bay, and No. 2 Northern at 804m en route North Buy, Without. bids. Fifty-eightâ€"Ib, red winter onerâ€" ed at 722,1: outside, and 53â€"11). wheat at 6350 outside. Without bids. Peasâ€"No. 2 white offered at. 80c west, with ’79:: bid. flatsâ€"No. 2 white offered at, 42c 68.59;, with éléc bid ; at 41c high freight. Without bids, and at Illic middle freight to Portland, with 41c Cornâ€"No. 2 yellow 0: west, with 50c bid. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2 w: low freight to New Yo was offered at 56c mid Portland, without, bids Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. THE MARKETS UNITED STATES HOGS AND PROVISIONS THE DAIRY MARKETS CATTLE COUNTRY PRODUCE Northern, ssgc. odtHéc 2 yellow offered at 5650 56c bid. market is quiet. Car quoted at. $5.50 to $0. Cattle ’0. 2 wanted at 56 New York, While it 56c middle freight to MARKET toâ€"day the total 27 carloads of live 410 cattle. 600 MARKETS rices to A Washington despatch says :â€"A favorable report was authorized by the Senate Committee on Commerce on the bill authorizing the President. to appoint a commission to coâ€" operate with Canada in an examinaâ€" tion of the diversion of the boundary watersbtheen the two countries. The expenditure on the capital acâ€" count for the eight months was 88,â€" 354,872, over two millions greater than for the same period last year. U. S. Senate Committee Favors Joint Commission. How peace is overlapping the area of War is further shown by the fact that Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are supplying, at, Mr. Chamâ€" berlain’s request, 100 teachers to proceed to the former Boer colonies at once. While last Saturday the principal of the New Brunswick Norâ€" mal College left Southampton on a threeâ€"years’ engagement as principal of the Normal College at Pretoria. Yet the war persistsalmost as vig- orously as ever, though, of course, in area gradually lessening under the blockhouse system. Orange Colony Revenue Has Ex- ceeded Expenditure. A London despatch sayszâ€"Saturâ€" day’s Bloemfontein cablegrams show that despite the warlike disturbances the Orange River Colony has sucâ€" ceeded in so far reâ€"estziblishing itself that the revenue for the six months ending with December exceeded the expenditure by $160,000, the largest item of expenditure being for educa- tion, $60,000, and the largest item of revenue, the customs, $305,000. United States Wants to Build Dam at Head of Niagara. A Washington, D.C., despatch says: â€"The Committee on Rivers and Harâ€" bors finished its bill Saturday afterâ€" noon, and it will be reported to the House on Monday. Among the genâ€" eral provisions of the bill is one' which relates to the building of a dam across the Niagara River at the outlet of Lake Erie. The bill proâ€" vides for the formation of an interâ€" national commission to be composed of Lnree members from the United States and three from the Governâ€" ment of Great Britain, to represent the Dominion of Canada. In the event of Great Britain accepting the invitation, the President is authoriz- ed to appoint one United States Enâ€" gineer, one civil engineer, and one lawyer as commissioners from the United States. United States. The proposition is to raise 1 Water two or three feet above 1 lowâ€"water level of the lake. Th will give the increased depth to the ports of Lake Erie as far we it is believed, as the Detroit river About six o'clock n. servant girl returning home from a Walk in the village discovered the lOWer part of the house of Mr. Arthur Bouchard to be in flames. The lower purt is used as a grocery store and the upper part as a dwelling house. The girl managed to arouse the family. Mr. Bouchard ilrmediately jumped from an upper window, and was about to be followed by his wife, but she failâ€" ed in her attempt, and perished, to« gether with her nine children. six boys and three girls, the eldest be- ing a boy of 14 years and the other children as followszâ€"Girl 12‘ years, four boys aged 10, E), 8, and 7 years; two girls 6 arm 4-, and a boy 2 years. Bouchard arose about 5 o’clock and lighted a fire in the kitchen and then retired again. It is thought the fire started in the kitch- T0 EXAMINE BJUNDARY. ‘hoice ewes, pex Lambs, per cwt Bucks, par cwt.. A Mantane, Que., (losputch says:â€" Onc of the most dreadful holocausts ever known in this part of the counâ€" try olcurrcd here on Sunday mornâ€" ing, resulting in the loss of ten lives. Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt Light hogs, per cwt Heavy hogs, per cwt Sows, per cwt... . Stags, per cwt... . . . Butcher, inferior Stockcrs, per cwt Milkers and Calv Cows, each ............... 30 Calves. each... 2 Ten Lives Lost in 3. Burning Dwel- ling House. PEACE OVERLAPS WAR. FATHER ALONE ESCAPED. DOMINION REVENUE. TO RAISE LAKE ERIE. Sheep and Lambs 05, per cwt 3.5 lake. That depth to all as far west, 3.00 45.00 10.00 the the 00 The railway subsidies were pre- sented, and total $613,000, includ- ing two revotes, and in addition to some land grants. Seven railways in all are subsidized, as follows: 1. To the Pembroke Southern Rail- way from the Town of Pembroke to a point in the Township of Ross, not exceeding a. distance of fifteen miles, a. cash subsidy of $3,000 a The Attorneyâ€"General held that the hon. gentleman was entirer wrong in supposing that the bill would play into the hands of the legal pro- fession. It was designed on the con- trary to simplify the matter of prov- ing the titles to lands. Mr. .Joynt’s motion was lost cn division and the bill was given a third reading. RAILWAY SUBSIDIES. When the Attorney-General’s bill to further amend the‘ Devolution of Estates Act came up for a. third reading, Mr. Joynt (Grenville) moved that it be referred back to committee. Speaking to his motion Mr. Joynt said the bill was another turn of the screw to force estates into the Probate Court. There was no necessity that a. large majority of estates should go into the Proâ€" bate Court at all, but the effect of section three of this bill would be to play into the hands of legal pracâ€" titioners who were anxious to make money out of small estates. not miles mile“ A sort of an omnibus bill, “to amend the statute law,” was given a second reading, after explanation by Mr. Gibson. It provides for a. new holiday, “the King’s birthday” ; provides that a sheriff’s salary shall be at least $1,000; and also that Ontario shall continue to contribute $1,000 per annum to each of the salaries of the Ontario Court. of Ap- peal judges, after their salaries haw been increased by the Dominion, as they will likely be during the present session. ” DEVOLUTION OF ESTATES. PROHIBITION BILL. Hon. G. W. Ross moved the second rcading of his prohibition bill at 3.30 o’clock‘ He declared there would be no change in the basis of the vote, excepting it would be on the votes polled in 1898, instead of at the coming elections. The votes polled in the last election numbered 456,976, and one more than the half of this would enact prohibition. He announced that the vote on the re ferendum would take place early in November. The close season for quail and Wild turkeys is reduced from October 15 to December lst, instead of to De- camber 1:"), as ::t y‘rwsont. A special provision is introduced granting an open season for dcer kept on preserves from October 15 to November 15. NEW G AME REG ULATIONS. Hon. Mr. Latchford introduced a bill amending the Ontario Game Protection Act. It provides that the open season for moose, reindeer, and caribou shall in the district south of the C.P.R. main line be- tween Mattawa and Port Arthur reâ€" main as at presentâ€"that is, from November 1 to November 15, but that in the regions West and north of that section of the C.P.R. the open season shall be from October 15 to November 15. The Attorney-General introduced a. bill to amend the Ontario Election Act, providing that, where the num- ber of names on the voters‘ list iii one polling subdivision exceeds 300 it may be divided alphabetically 'into two polling subdivisions ; for inâ€" stance, that, one polling place may be provided for voters on the list from A to M, and another for those from N to Z. It is provided that the polling places shall be closed toâ€" gether in order that there may be no inconvenience. The bill to incorporate the North- ern Electric. Company, of Newmarket which proposes to supply light and power in New York and Simcoc Counties, Was also reported. Two Cornwall bills to bonus manu- facturing concerns by fixed assessâ€" ments were amalgamated as one mea‘ sure and reported. The Private Bills Committee passed the bill confirming the charter of the Algoma. Steel Company, a Clel'guc concern, with an authorized capital of $20,000,000. cured an eleven acres as a site for the McDonald School of Domestic Science at Guelph. PRIVATE BILLS COMMITTEE. Mr. Dun‘ askedâ€"Has the attention of the Government, been called to the fact, that. emigrants from Grout Brit- ain at the rate of 4,000 monthly. have been arranged for. Is it the intention of the Government to take any steps to obtain any number of these for Ontario? If so, what? Ilon. Mr. Davis replied that; the Government’s attention had been drawn to tlic.f£tct and negotiations opened with the Provincial Emigra- tion (mice at Liverpool, and with the Dominion ‘authorities, with a, view of securing a share of the immigration In reply to Mr. Mouteith, Hon. Mr Dryden said an option had been so securing: a ‘ for Ontario m n a have WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE D0- ING AT TORONTO. THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. IMMIGRANTS FOR ONTARIO To the Bay of Quinte Railway merly the Kingston, Napanee, Western Railway), for such ex- ions of branches or additions to POLLIN G SUBDIVISIONS A NEW HOLIDAY in the district main line he- Port Arthur reâ€" $45,000 An Ottawa despatch says :â€"The Secretary of State'has received an application from Hon. Joseph Cham- berlain, asking the services of forty Canadian lady teachers to proceed to South Africa to look after the Boer children in the concentration camps. The engagement is for one year. The salary will be £100, with rations and house or tent accommoâ€" dation. Passage will be paid both ways. Twenty will be secured in Ontario and twenty in the other provinces. A Normal School certifi- cate is the standard of qualification. ROYAL TRUST COMPANY. The bill enabling the Royal Trust Company, a Quebec corporation, to transact business in Ontario was re- ported. A deposit of $200,000 is re- quired of the company, and the Lieutenantâ€"Governor-inâ€"Council is empowered to demand an increase thereof. . PROTECTING THE GAME. Hon. Mr. Latchford moved the second reading of his bill to amend the Ontario Game Protection Act, Some of its provisions are :â€"An open season for moose, reindeer, or caribou south of the C.P.R. main line between Mattuwa. and Port Arâ€" thur, from November 1st to Novemâ€" ber 15th, both days inclusive ; and from October 16th to November 15th north and west of the main line ; an open season for quail or Wild tur- keys from October 15th to December lst; permission to the owner or ocâ€" cupant of any land to kill cottontail rabbits or license others to kill them, when damage to trees or shrubs has been proved ; permission to owners of deer preserves to kill deer on such preserves between October lst, and November 15th upon proof that the deer were put there, bred, or imâ€" ported by the person killing the same. TOLL ROADS. The Legal Committee passed a. bill moved by Mr. Dickcnson (South “'entworth) to amend the Toll Roads Appropriation Act by enablâ€" ing Municipal Councils to purchase toll roads on twenty-year deben- tures, Without submitting a by-law to the people. Request That Forty Be Sent to South Africa. WANT CANADIAN TEACHERS Mr. Duff (West Simcoc) ’and Dr. Barr (DulTerin) testified to the danâ€" gerous quality of the barberry and approved the bill. HIGHWAYS REPORT. The annual report of the Good Roads Commissioner, Mr. A; W. Campbell, has been issued, and re- ports that benefit has resulted from the commutation of the statute laâ€" bor obligation. Mr. Campbell 9150 alludes to the growing monopolizaâ€" tion of highways by electric rail- ways, and thinks that companies should be held responsible for acciâ€" dents. 7. To the Thunder Bay, Nepigon. and St. Joe Railway, from a point thirty miles east of Port Arthur. :1 distance of ten miles, a cash subsidy of $2,000 a mile in addition in 5,â€" 000 acres of land per mile...$20,000 THE BARBERRY SHRUB. A second reading was given Mr. Dryden's bill, which provides for the extermination of the barberry shrub, upon the petition of ownerS'or occuâ€" pants of lands whose crops have been injuriously afi‘ected by the proximity of the plant. The measure also prohibits the sale and cultivaâ€" tion of the shrub. Mr. Dryden said evidence had been taken which show- ed conclusively that barberry was the cause of black rust. in wheat. Dr. Jessop (Lincoln) said there was a good deal of barberry in his own county, but no bad results had been noticed. 5. To the James Bay Railway Company from a point on the Canâ€" ada Atlantic Railway near Rose Point to a. point on the Georgian Bay in the Town of Parry Sound, a. distance not exceeding five miles, and from a point, on the main line of the James Bay Railway at or near the Town of Parry Sound to a. point. on the Canadian Pacific Rail- way at or near Sudbury, a. distance not exceeding 90 miles (in a1195 miles), in addition to subsidies pre- viously granted, a. cash subsidy of $1,000 a. mile... ...$95,000 6. To the Lindsay, Bobcaygeon, and Pontypool Railway, from the Village of Bobcayg‘eon to the Town of Lindâ€" say, a. distance not exceeding 16 fixiles, a. cash subsidy of $3,000 a, mile... ...$48,000 Palmer Rapids to the Town of Picnâ€" frew, a distance of about, fifty miles. in all a distance not exceeding sevâ€" venty miles, a cash subsidy of $3.- 000 a mile (rovote $30,000) $210,000 4. To a. railway from Dinorwic Station, in the District. of Ammonia. northerly to Lake Minetakie, a dis- tancc of fifteen miles, a cash subsidy of $3,000 a. mile... ......$45.000 its projected and authorized line of railway northerly of the village of Tweed, as will not exceed fifty miles in all, and will enable the said com- pany to connect its line of railway with the iron ore deposits or other mineral lands lying northward of the said village of Tweed, in renewal and extension of the amount granted to the Kingston, Napanee and West- ern Railway in the year 1893, a. cash subsidy of $3,000 a mile (revote $90,000) ...$]50.00C for a. distance of ten milc Palmer Rapids to the '1“ frew, a distance of ub0u1 in all a distance not ex venty miles, a. cash sub 000 a mile (rovote $30.00 subsidy of $3,000 a mile (revotc $90,000) . ...$150.00C 3. To the Irondale, Bancroft, and Ottawa Railway Company from Kin- mount Jl'mction to Irondule (subject to conditions in the Act respecting railways) a. distance of ten milvs. and- from a point thirty-five miles from Irondale and thence (-nstcu'lx' also f1 One Building for an Unknown Purchaser. ' A London despatch sayszâ€"Vickers, Sons and Maxim have begun at Bar- row the construction of a warship which is described as a, semi-battle- ship and semiâ€"cruiser, having the strength of the former, and the fleet- ness 0T the latter. She will be the most powerful armored warship ever built. It is not. known who she is being built. for. Preparations for Vice-Royalty’s Departure. A Montreal despatch says :â€"The Allan Line has been notified from Ottawa that the Governor-General and his daughter, Lady Ruby E1- liott, will sail by the company's steamer Parisian on June 7 for Liverpool. Special apartments, lux- uriously furnished, will be set apart for the Vicel'egal party, who will at- tend the King's coronation. It has not been definitely decided when Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the other Min- istei‘s will sail for England, but it is understood they will either sail by the company’s steamer Parisian or Tunisian. ' MOST POWERFUL WARSHIP Petroleumâ€"1 ,948,283 gallons, or 8 per cent. ; $401,105, or 21 per cent. The values are all calculated upon the selling prices at the mines or works. Natural gasâ€"$56,640 cent. Quantity. Copper, Ibs ......... 9,074,000 Gold, oz . . . . . . ; 14,293 Iron ore, tons.... 272,538 Nickel, Ibs . . . . . . . 8,882,000 Pig iron, tons 116,370 Silver, 02... 151,400 Steel, tons . . . . . . . 14,471 Zinc ore, tons...., 1,500 Nickelâ€"1,802,000 pounds, or. per cent; $1,103,344, or 145 cent. - Iron oreâ€"182,236 tons, or 201 cent“; $62,623, or 56 per cent. Pig ironâ€"53,984 tons, or 86 cent; $765,637, or 82 per cent. Steelâ€"11,652 tons; $332,809. The principal decreases in q' tity and value are : The metallic production in Ontario during the year 1901, according to the report of Mr. Thos. Gibson, Di- rector of the Mining Bureau, was as follows :â€" Total... ...... . $5,C The value of nonâ€"metallh stances mined was $6,805,791 The chief increases in quantity and value are as follows : Copperâ€"2,346,000 pounds, or 35 per cent.; $269,399, or 84 per cent. A desputch from Toronto says Samuel Miller, a. Murkdule far: deliberately ended his life at. minutes to 10 o’clock on Sun ‘mx'uiug by jumping into the Wu; of the buy from the Bertram u ‘. yard docks at. the foot. of Bath! street. The aggregate value of' the pro- duction shows an increase of 27 per 08717112 oygrrthe previous year. Miller is 52 years of age, and is survived by his Widow and one daughter. Nothing can be suggested as to cause of Miller's suicide, but 21 fl temporary insanity. Before be home he took from his pocket :1 I: roll of bills, which he left on table in his room. On the wharf, quite close to the spot. from which deceased jumped, was found his coat, and on top of it a note Written in lead pencil, and weighted down by a. stone. It was merely a. request that certain friends in Markdale wou1_cl take care of his Wife and daughter. Production During 1901 Cent Over 1900. LIGAPED INTO THE WATER. It was only a few minutes before 10 o'clock that Thomas Thompson, watchman on the Richelieu and On< tario steamer Kingston, and John Wright, 13 Renfrew street, watchman for the Bertram Company, noticed a. man walking along the Bertram docks. Some minutes later they saw a. figure dart; across the dock and take a flying lesz into the water, which was open just there, between the steamers Kingston and Montreal. The body did not rise to the sur- face, and it was some time before it was recovered by J. R. Richardson. mate of the Chippewa, with a. pike< pole. Neither people in ed. 332 .4 Jumped Into the SAIL ON THE SEVENTH. ONTARIO MINERALS. FARMER SUICIDES. ier the man’s relatives nor thé in the house Where he board- :2 Adelaide strch west, can as- ny reason for his selfâ€"destruc- he left a letter, but. it. does ed any light, on that point. 450d, who was a prosperous , living nczu‘ Markdule, came ronto to reside some three 3 ago, disposing of his farm nto the Water From a Toronto Dock. nonâ€"metallic subâ€" pounds, or 35 or 84 per cent. pounds, or. 25 $5,016,734 or 14 per $589,080 244,443 174,428 1,859,970 1,701,703 84,830 347,280 15,000 as to the it a [it 01 he left at a large in quan- 27 Per Lt. five Sunday waters farmer, Value ship- ltlnu‘st per PC)‘ per