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THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres â€"â€" Toronto, March 25.â€"Wheat.â€"â€"NO- 1 Manitoba hard 86c en route, North Bay; offered at 82¢c en route, North Bay, offered at with 82c bid; No. 2 Northern at ’78:}0 On- red winter, 70c bid, mid- en route N.Il., with 775c bid. tario, No. 2 1.4 No. 1 Northern LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, March 25.â€"â€"At the West- ern cattle yards toâ€"day the receipts were 50 carloads of live stock, in- cluding 1.000 cattle, 1.000 hogs, 400 sheep and lambs, 3O calves. 16 milch cows. and 21 spring lambs. The quotations for loads of good to choice butcher cattle were from 4?; to 4~2c per pound, with from an eighth to a quarter more paid occa- sionally for extra prime lots. Good feeders are worth from 4 to (1»;c per pound. with a fraction more for choice stuff. Both feeders and stockers arc in fair request. dle freight, without offerings. No. 2 Following is the range of quota- white offered at 73c east on G.’l‘.R., Lions:â€" without bids, No. 1 spring. 72c Cattle. 'Iaid east on G. ’1‘. R. without Shippers. per cwt . . . . . . . $4.50 $5.50 sellers. No. 2 spring offer- Do.. light .- .............. 4 :35 4.50 ed at 7315c G.T.R., without bids. Butcher, choice... ....... It» \0 5.00 ‘To. 2 goose offered at 67c middle Butcher, ord. to good. 3.50 4.00 freight on C.I’.R., without bids. Butcher. inferior... 3.00 3.35 BMlcy.-â€"-No. 3 offered at 50§c out- Stockers, per ewt ....... 11.00 3.70 side, without bids. Simep and Lambs. Peasâ€"No. 2 offered at 81c high Choice ewes. per cwt... 3.50 4.00 freight Pacific. without bids. Yearlings, per cwt ..... 4.50 5.60 Oatsâ€"No. 2 white offered at 421M Spring lambs. each 3.50 6.00 in buyers' sacks, low freight to New Bucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 3.25 York, with 42c bid. and one car lllilkers and Calves. sold at 42c. No. 2 c‘l‘cred at 41c. Cows. each ...25.00 45.00 low freight to N. Y., now shipped Calves, each... 2.00 10.00 with 401m bid. TWO cars of No. 3 Hogs. White sold at 40c on a 14:0 rate to Choose hogs, per cwt. 5.75 6.00 New York: five cars then offered at Light hogs, per cwt.... 5.50 5.75 40in on 14§c rate. A bid of 43c on lleavy hogs. per cwt... 5.50 5.75 track here. was made for No. 3 Sows. per cwt . . . . . . . . . . 3.50 400 white. Stags, per cwt 0.00 2.00 Cornâ€"No. 2 yellow offered at 57%c No. 2 mixed outside, with 57c bid. offered at 57c outside, with 560 bid. ' Ryeâ€"No. 2 offered at 56§c on G. T. R., middle freight, now shipped. without bids. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dried Applesâ€"The market is quiet, with small lots jobbing at 6c; round lots bring 55c per lb. Evaporated. 10 to 10?;0. . Ho’sâ€"Business quiet, with prices steady at 13c; yearlings at 8c. Honeyâ€"The market is steady 9!; to 10c for strained. Combs, $1.15 to $2.25 per dozen. Maple Syrupâ€"Oneâ€"gallon tins, 950 to 31; small packages. $1.05 to $1.15 per gallon (imperial). Sugar, 9 to 100 per 1b., as to quality. Deansâ€"The market is quiet. Prices $1.10 to $1.30 per bush. as to qual- ijvy. Handpicked. $1.35 to $1.40. 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. Hay, baledâ€"The market is firm, with good demand. Timothy quoted at $10.50 to $11 on track. Toronto, for No. 1, and at $0 to $9.25 for No. 2. Strawâ€"The market is quiet; Car lots on track quoted at $5.75 to $6 the latter for No. 1. Poultry â€"â€" Offerings limited, and prices firm. We quoteâ€"Fresh killed turkeys. 12!; to 14c per lb; chickens, 70c to $1. Potatoesâ€"In car lots on track, 62 30 670 per bag. according to qualiâ€" y. Small lets, out of store, bring 75¢ per bag. THE DATE Y MARKETS. Butterâ€"There is a fair trade, with receipts of choice qualities still small. 1â€"1b prints, 19 to 20c; choice rolls, 17 to 17-;c- secondary grades, in rolls, 15 to 16c; low grades, 12 to 130; creamery prints, 22 to 23c; do., solids, 21 to 2213c. Eggsâ€"The market firm, with sales at 13%; to 14c per dozen in case lots. Cheeseâ€"The market rules firm at 11 to 11:}c per 1b., the latter for choice Septembers. HOG S AND PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs are nominal, with few offering, and little demand for at We quote as followszâ€"Choice large car- --â€"~â€"â€"+ BOER PEACE OVERTURES. Acting President Comes in Under Flag of Truce. A Pretoria despatch says:â€"â€"â€"Mcssrs. Schalkburger. who is acting as pre‘ sidcnt of the Transvaal in the ab- sence of Mr. Kruger, in Europe, Seâ€" cretary of State Reitz, and Com- mandants Lucas Meyer and Krogh, arrived here on Saturday morning from Balmoral. Only a few persons knew of the arrival of these import- ant members of the Boer Governâ€" ment. The railway station was kept clear until they had left it. They were driven to the chief's house and had an interview with General Kit- chener. In the afternoon they left on a special train for the Orange River Colony. . HAD BEEN GREATLY HARRIED. According to the Pretoria corresâ€" ponddnt of the London Standard. the Boer delegates arrived at Pretoria at 2.40 p.m., and left about five o’clock. As some of the dcspatches do not mention their having inter- viewed General Kitchener. there is a certain amount of doubt whether they actually did so. One editorial suggests that probably General Kitâ€" chener was not in Pretoria. or the stay of the delegates would not have been so short. The correspondent says that the Boer delegates, after interviewing General Kitchener, left for Kroonâ€" stadt. from which place they will go‘ out under a safe conduct. All of the delegates are looking well. show- ing clear evidence of the healthiness of life on the veldt. The corres- pondent adds that Schalkburger and the other delegates have been sta- tioned at Rhenosterkop. north of Balmoral for a week. They have been greatly harried by Col. Park and other British commanders. Once Schalkburger had a narrow escape from being captured. The Boer poâ€" sition being increasingly hopeless, despatch riders were sent to Balmor- a1 Friday night to inform the Britâ€" ish there of the coming of the deleâ€" gates. â€"â€"â€"â€"+ OGlLVY MILLS SOLD. Negotiations for Deal Are Completed. A Montreal Now dcspatch says :â€"Neâ€" loads. Hog products in fair demand , , ~ and steady, we quOtCâ€"Bacom 10m: gotiatfons have been. completed for clear, 10 to 10253, in to“ and cm}, the sale of the Ogilvy Milling Co. lots. Mess pork, $19.50 to 320; do' to Messrs. Charles R. Hosmer. of short cut. $21.50. Smoked Meatsâ€"Hams, 12¢} to 13c: breakfast bacon, 13;, to 14C; rolls, 11c; backs, 13.1; to 14c. and shouldâ€" ers, 104:0. Lardâ€"The market is unchanged. We. quotezâ€"Tierces. 11c; tubs. 11~3c; pails. ll-fic to 113C; compound, E) to 92c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, March BELâ€"Flour â€" Quiet and easy. “heathâ€"Spring active; No 1 Northern spot. 78c; No. 2 red, 852C. Cornâ€"Weak; N0. 2 yellow, 653; No. 3 do., 65C; No. 2 corn, 65c; No. 3 (10.. 6473c. No. 2 white, 50c; E0. Oatsâ€"Steady; 4(i}c to 47c. No. 1, one. - Duluth. March thern. Tlgc; No. May. T2§c; July, Tti§c; Manitoba No. 1 Northern, cash, 7151'; .\'o. 2 Northern, 67.1,c. 2 Northern, . a . __ l 41$1'ilwfifiiselefifiaii 25' Closed_Lower; Montreal, has extensive. mills" at NO_ 1 Northerm 7.5 to 75“; N0. 2 Goderich, Seafoith, and at “inmâ€" Northern. 71 to 745m May. 744,}0. peg‘ ifi'tLStuucly: No. 1, 60c. Barleyâ€" “T 1W Firm: No. :2, (55:50 Minneapolis. March 25. â€" Wheat closedâ€"May 713C; July. 721C; on ' ' ' track. No. 1 hard, T4§c; No, 18 Nor- colonelyli Bengs figlléasuhlé’ftlng as thorn, '72: to 72}c; No. 2 Northern, a y I 70M. Flourâ€"First patents, $3.80 to Nine thousand one hundred and $3.90; second patents. $3.70 to eleven horses have been shipped from $3.80: first clears, $2.50 to $2.55; Canada to South Africa for the use second clears, $2.20 to $2.25. Branâ€" In bulk, lower, $13. Detroit. March 25 .â€"Wheatâ€"-Closed 71c: white cash, 83km No. 2 red shipped and Col. Dent says that lie WSW May, 811‘: JUIY. 7316- expected to ship 800 more early in. St. Louis. March 25.â€"Closed:â€"- April. llis orders are still. as at. Wheatâ€"Cash, Sléc; July, SOQC: Sop» first, to ship all the suitable horses r-fi 1 tomb-3r, 4 o; e. 3 do., 4916 No. 2 mixed, 47% to 47-;c: No. 3 do., Barleyâ€"Spot, 68c Rye 25,â€"Wheat closedâ€" Cash. No. 1 hard, 743c; No. 1 Norâ€" 603m 70k; May, Oatsâ€"- Montreal, and F. W. Thompson, of .\\'innipeg. The latter is at present the general manager of the company at; Winnipeg. The company, which is the largest in Canada, was founded by the late W. W. Ogilvy, of Montreal, who on his death was succeeded in his inâ€" forests by his sons. The deal is understood to involve between three and four million nollnrs. It is understood that the company will be reorganized, changed slightly in name, and carried on under enâ€" tircly new auspices. Mr. F. W. Thompson, who has been the leading spirit in the company since the death of Mr. Ogilvy, a couple of years ago, has been in Montreal for several weeks, carrying on the 1:0â€" gotiatious. The Ogilvy Company was started in 1801 by the. erection of a small mill by the father of W. W. and A. W. Ogilvy. who later joined the firm, and the business has grown steadily, until the company. besides the Royal Mills and City Mills at D of the British army by Col. Dent since he was sent out on this misâ€"i Last month 761 were sion in 1001. [he can get. [SITUATION NEVER BE Delarey's Recent Successes Unimportant. l‘TER. Were The correspondent of the London Daily Mail wires :-â€"Although I am unable to give. for obvious reasons, exact details regarding the present operations of the troops in the field. I am glad to say that. the situation is now more hopeful than it ever was before. "With a thoroughness and zeal which are most. admirable, the Col- umns operating northâ€"east of the Orange River are systematically clearing the country of the strongest centres of Boer resistance. “Such operations. however, re- quire an enormous number of troops. and it is a tribute to Lord Kitr chener’s strength that. in spite of General Delarey's recent successes. the columns operating against; Gen- eral De Wet have not been weakened by a single man. "It must be remembered that in conducting a. war within so vast an area the number of troops has never been suflicient, a fact which few peo- ple at home realize. An army of a million men would not be excessive. Nor must the fact be lost sight of that our recent successes in Orange Colony, while owing much to the dash, zeal, and wisdom of the driv- ing columns, are the result of long. hard. and patient work, which has now been strikingly rewarded. The capture of guns by General Delarey is unimportant at this stage of the war. The Doors seldom find use for captured gunsâ€"witness General De Wet’s captures at Zweifontein, Gen- eral Botha’s at Brakenlaagte, and the seizures near the Bloemfontein water works last September. A battery of guns would be less use- ful to the Boer than a few thousand rounds of ammunition. "The heavy rains which have re- cently fallen indicate an early and severe winter, which is always a fac- tor, and local farmers say that the veldt fires, which will destroy the only available Beer forage. must. owing to the present condition of the veldt, be severe." g.____. TRAVEL UNDER PRIVATION. Without Passenger Had to Go Food and Fire. A St. Paul, Minn, despaich says:â€" Three hundred Great Northern pas- sengers from points west of the eastern Montana line, twenty tons of mail matter, and car after car of baggage, all snow bound for a week, reached St. Paul on Friday night. The first section of the through train pulled in late in the evening, breaking a blockade that had lasted 150 hours. Passengers told stories of frontier privations. They were on the first eastbound overland train snowâ€"bound and were caught at Stanley, N. D., a station which consists of a side track and a. cattle yard. From Thursday night until Monâ€" day morning, the passengers were hardly able to leave the train. A blizzard raged, and no food was to be had except the limited quantity on the dining car. The coal in the day coaches gave out on Sunday. Two brakesmen took empty mail pouches and going forward over the drifts filled them with coal from the tender of the engine. They returned with a supply of fuel after a. hard fight against the storm, in which both were badly frostbitten. The snow-plows reached the train on Monday, and it was sent west to Williston where local accommodaâ€" tions were available and food plenty. .â€"â€"â€"-+___â€"~ GETS ANONYMOUS LETTERS British Consul at New Orleans Asks Protection. A New Orleans, La... dcspatch says :â€"George Van Sittart, British Consul at New Orleans, who declares his life and property are in danger from the Boers and Boer sympathiz- crs in the city, and has appealed to the Mayor and police for protection, says anonymous letters have grown much more numerous and threatenâ€" ing of late, and that dangerous and suspicious men constantly stand around his Consular ofiice, as well as his house. contemplating, he beâ€" lieves, alfattack on him. Chief of Police Journce has proâ€" mised to investigate. and if there are any good grounds for Mr. Van Sitt- art’s fear the request for protection will be granted. Police protection has been recently granted the British mule stations here, at the request of tl.e British officers and Secretary of State Hay. â€"â€"â€"+ AN IRISH RESOLUTION. Board of Guardians Congratulate Kruger. A London despatch says :â€"â€"-’[he feeling in Ireland is well illustrated by a resolution now on its way to Mr. Kruger, “care of Queen Wilâ€" helmina," adopted on Wednesday by the Edcnderry (King's County) guardians, an elective body, as folâ€" lows : "We desire to record our admiraâ€" tion of the magnificent stand the brave South African Ileub-lics have made against the colossal might. of the British Empire. and to conâ€" gratulate the humane Boer leader. Delarey, on his leecnt great viCtory, which not only covers England with disgrace and ridicule, a result emâ€" inently gratifying to the rest of the In chasteniug effect on the jingOes of lithe. greatest helot empire the world fund of the university. thus ever seen." f Civilized WOTM- 1’“ "-‘hik'b must have many gifts to McGill Universit)’ library lstrcct. LEARNING HOW TO FARM. Students at Guelph From All Cor- ners of the Earth. The animal Agricultural just beeh report of the Ontario College at Guelph has issued. and shows that 281 students were registered for the general course last year. 80 in dairy course and 22 ists’ course. For the in the special- the three short courses, stock judging, poultry raisâ€" adâ€" ing. and domestic science. ditional students were registered. The average of age was twenty years, and the gamut ran from 16 to 35 years. In the general course 000 .4“ 3411 of the Dominion, '7 from England. 3 from Jamaica. 4 from the States, public. one each from Asia Minor, Scotland, Mauritius. and Sweden. Eighty of the Ontario students on the college as nominees of County Coun- cils. which, under the Act. have the right to send to the college, free of the roll in 1001 were sent to tuition fees, one nominee each year. AFRICAN MEAT SUPPLY. students come from the Province of Ontario (/13 counties being repre- sented). 27 from the other provinces United 14 from the Argentine Itc- NEWSJTEMS. Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe. .â€" CANADA. Stratford Board of Trade has been reorganized. An American plough firm may es. tablish a big factory at Paris, (hit. The (‘orn Exchange is opposed tn having a bar in the new Montreal Board of Trade. Fire destroyed the C.P.R. freing sheds at Winnipeg and a large con‘ signment of goods. Miss Mary E. Jackson. a Brock- ville nurse. took poison in llllStflkl for medicine with fatal effects. Mrs. Wm. Hendrio has offered ti build a nurses' home at the I-Iamil ton Hospital, at a cast of $8,000. Mr. leorge \Vhiteman of Winnipeg a visitor at the residence. of Mr. John McMillan, Hamilton. is ill with smallpox. The C.P.R. has given an order to tho Ilochelaga shops for 20 first) class cars and 1,000 additional box cars and six sleepers. Great SearthquleeCted in the Rev. Father Walsh, who struck a re' couple of young ladies in Stratford The London Standard's Pretoria. With a cane. Was fined $40 and Costs correspondent, reviewing the pros- in the Police Court. poets in South Africa, says the quesâ€" The Manitoba Government will tlon 9f the l‘e‘STOCkUlg 0f the new again increase the price of that colomCS IS 3- VOI‘Y SOI‘IOUS one- The Province’s lands another half dollar South killed for the use of the troops tween July, 1900, and June, 1901, no fewer than for the previous nine nor for last for seven months, nor any record Natal. The not. however, have been less than 250.000. and of sheep over 9. mil- lion. Breeding cattle were at one time killed by the thousand, so that saved for transport For many years to come South Africa will be almost wholly dependent upon coldâ€"storage for its oxen might be purposes. meat supplies. vein... ., _._... THE IRONY OF FATE. Methuen Was on His Last “Con- voy” Trek When Captured. A London “convoy” despatch sayszâ€"The cally, if not actually. the last which his lordship intended to make. After over two years’ hard work of travelâ€" the country. his Lordship was intending to take up and from there direct, under Lord Kitchener's supreme command, the operations of ling up and down permanent headquarters. the columns in his district. he was of the voys which he was were becoming too small the rank. Besides, OLD-AGE PENSIONS. Reading of Bill in British House of Commons. A London despatch says persons a pension of from five 65. 1y to pay the pensions, the nationa exchequer and the each providing half the amount quired. As the Government at this session not provide its to declared it could Share. the scheme is not likely become effective. T0 OUTFIT RURAL CORPS. Modern Rifles and Equipment to be Issued. Africa n Col dâ€"storage agents be- 134,000 cattle and 544,000 sheep. No figures are given the loss in cattle to South Africa through the war can- trek during which Lord Methuen was captured was practiâ€" mind that the conâ€" accompanying to justify employment of an officer of his :â€"The House of Commons toâ€"day presented the second reading of the Aged Penâ€" sioners‘ Bill granting deserving poor to seven shillings weekly. at the age of It is estimated that the sum of £10,000,000 will be required annual- local authorities re- an acre the first of April. F. H. Clergue, says that his roll~ ing mills, which begin work next month, have sufficient orders for thc Canadian market to keep them busy to the end of the year. The new Canadian Pacific shops at Hochelaga will probably comprisi twelve or fourteen buildings. and tin machine and boiler shop will be a quarter of a. mile in length. There are many more applications for admission to the Kingston Dairy School than can be accepted, and though the attendance is now 115 it is necessary to provide still more accommodation. Mr. Charles Jolly, residing on thl mountain brow near Hamilton, fired a gun at a party of young men who were annoying him by their noise. Two of the young men were woundv ed, one in the face. ' â€"_m GREAT BRITAIN. Fiji has sent £250 towards th< National Memorial to Queen Vio toria. Alien immigration and its evils an to be considered by a Royal Com-_ mission in London. The Lairds of Birkenhead are now in the field to compete with Belfast and Clyde shipbuilders. Lord Kelvin, the most famoul scientist. will visit America shortll to observe electrical advance. Thomas M. Smith, barrister. Chis wick, was struck off the rolls for mil appropriation of client’s monies. English crime statistics show that convictions of persons who have hat previous criminal records is increas ing. The newest and greatest orchid of exhibition at the Royal Horticul tural Society in London has heel named Edward VII. Bugler Dunne, who distinguished himself at the Battle of Colenso, is to leave the army. He is suffering from valvular disease of the. heart. The Royal Geographical Society has voted the Royal medal to Briga- dierâ€"General Sir F. D. Lugard fol his explorations in tropical Africa. The Royal Humane Society has awarded the Stanhope medal (for the best case of saving life during the year) to Commander A. C. Lowry, of the Royal Navy. ' Baroness Rodney. London. has ob tamed a divorce from her husband, and Captain Kingscote got. a divorce .1‘rom his wife, who betrayed her ,guilt by talking in her sleep. 1 The great number of foreign An Ottawa dcspatch suys;â€"â€"â€"It is princes and ambassadors who will notified that Lee-Enfield rifles and be lll‘OSOHt ut the Coronation 1!! Oliver equipment will be issued. upâ€" on requisition, to rural regiments putting the Court officials at their wits’ end to find lodgings. and many provided district oflicers command- Offers 0f rooms from “‘0 50“ film" iug certify that all the ofllcers com- ilics are being thankfully accepted. manding companies have suitable al'lllOl‘IT‘S at company headquarters UNITED STATES. in which to store them, such as to ensure their being perly cared for. This certificate is to be appendm to all requisitions in the handwrit ing of the, district oiliccr command-j ing himself. .â€"_â€"-â€"â€"f._â€"â€" DUFEERlN LEFT £108,548. Will of Former of Canada. A London despatch says :â€"â€"Th will of the late Marquis of Dufi'crin who (lied I-‘cl‘n'uai'y 12 last. was pro bated on \\'edm-sday. The estate i valued at £103,518. +â€"___â€". $20,000 FOR. M’GILL. Sir W. Macdonald Adds to His Many Gifts. A Montreal Win. )Iacdonald despatch has ginng $20,000 toward the which wil lnow be largely increased. and that the efliciency of all the companies is pro- Governor-General says:â€"â€"Sir added to his. by gwho was standing on the side. of thl The insurance companies have paid $4,011.000 on the $6,000,000 fine at Paterson NJ. A union steam railroad station ‘ will be built at Washington. DC. of white marble, costing $5,000,000. Agricultural invn predict swarms of grassâ€"hoppers for the far western States this summer. The [Inith States is prepared to. {retaliate on Germany by excluding 'her wines and malt liquors from the country. The US. War Department will send soldiers to the Danish West ,Indies to establish a garrison when the United States takes formal pos- session. Li Sing, a Boston Chinaman, lcfl ibis widow two million dollars 0]: his death. His remains are being 7conveyed back to Canton, Chins. via Montreal. Vancouver, and thl ll-Imprcss of India. Mrs. Li is acconr panging them. ‘v ()n 'l‘hursday a horse in Middleton, .\',Y . kicka a dog with cannon ball fort'e against the leg of I). L. Black L‘ I S I and broke both bones o plllackflfs'flcg, while the dog Was an lhurt.