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.231.”â€" __â€"â€"â€"â€" THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. â€"â€"â€". Toronto, April 1.â€"“'hcatâ€"â€"No. 1 hard offered at 80c, en route N.B.. without bids. No. 2 red winter ofâ€" fered at. 72;c middle freight, G.T., 58-lb offered at 72;c outside, and 59-lb at 72c east, without bids. N0- .2 white offered at 7256 east on C-l.’l‘.R., and No. 2 mixed at 72c cast on GT. No. 2 spring offered at 720 east, and No. 2 goose at. 66c middle freight Pacific, and at 67c low freight to New York, without bids. Barleyâ€"No. 3 offered at 50c out- side, without bids. Peasâ€"No. 2 white offered at 80c outside, and No. 2 white eyes at 870 outside, without; bids. Oatsâ€"A car of No. 2 white sold at 43:}0 on track, Toronto. No. 3 white offered at 40c outside, and at 416 east without bids. No. 2 mixed wanted at {t2r3c track Toronto. Mani- toba white oats, testing 37 lbs, of- fered at 450 North Day, Without bids. Cornâ€"No. 2 yellow offered at 56in west, with 560 bid, while 501C Was bid on C.T.R. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dried Applesâ€"Trade is dull, with prices steady at 5 to 6c per lb. Evaporated, 10 to 10:}0. Hopsâ€"Business quiet, with prices steady at 13c; yearlings, at BC. Honeyâ€"The market is dull at 51; to 10c for strained; combs, $1.15 to $2.25 per dozen. Maple syrupâ€"New syrup, wine galâ€" lon, 90c; imperial gallon, $1.10. Sugar, 9 to 10c per 11)., as to quality. Beansâ€"The market is quiet. Prices, $1.20 to $1.30 per bush, as to quality. Handâ€"picked. $1.35 to $1.40. Cranberries â€"- Market unchanged, with stocks small. to $10 per barrel. Onionsâ€"Market steady at $2.50 to $3 per barrel. Hay, baledâ€"The market is quiet, with fair demand. Timothy quoted at $10.50 to $10.75 on track, To- ronto, for No. 1, and at $9 to $9.25 for No. 2. Strawâ€"The market is quiet. Car lots on track quoted at $5.50 to 86. Cape Cod, $9.50 Poultryâ€"Offerings limited, and prices firm. We quote :â€"Fresh kill- ed turkeys, 12;» to late per 11).; v chickens, 70c to $1. Potatoesâ€"In car lots on track. 58 to 60¢ per bag. Small lets, out of store, bring 70 to 750 per bag. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"There is a. fair trade, with prices firm for the best qualities. We quote as follows :â€"Choice, 1â€"I‘b. prints, 19 to 20c; choice large rolls, 17 to 17éc; secondary ;,rades, in rolls, 15 to' 16c; low grades, 12 to 13c; Creamery prints, 22 to 23c; do, solids, 21 to 22-;(2. Eggsâ€"The market is weaker, with offerings large. Sales in case lots at 12 to 121:0 per dozen. Cheeseâ€"The market is quiet steady at 11 to llijc per 11). choice makes. and for HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs nominal in car lots. Hog products in fair demand, and steady. We quote :â€"Bacon, long clear, 10 to loge, in ton and case lots. Mess pork, $20.50; do., short cut, $21.50. , Smoked Meatsâ€"Hams, 12% to 13c; breakfast bacon, 131} to 14c; rolls, 11c; backs, 13% to 14c, and should- ers, 1042c. Lardâ€"Tho market is firm. We quote zâ€"Tierces, 11 to lléc; tubs, 1].;c; pails, 1151c; compound, E) to 2c. __ UNITED STATES MARKETS. ' Butl'alo, .April 1.â€"FIourâ€"Qui»et and easy. Wheatâ€"Spring dull; ‘ No. 1 Northern, spot, 773c asked. Winter wheat higher; No. 2 red, 83c. Corn â€"â€"Highcr, but no buyers; No. 2 yel~ low, (Mic; No. 3 do., 64c; No 2 corn, 63-20; No. 3 do., (33},c. Oatsâ€" Good enquiry; No. 2 white, 49c: No. 3 white. 48.}c; No. 2 mixed, 4713c ; No. 3 (10, 46c. Barleyâ€"Spot, 605 to (We. Ryeâ€"No. 1, (BBC. Minneapolis, April ' 1. â€" Close~ Wheatâ€"May, 78“; July, 72;}c; on track; No. 1 hard, 743C; No. 1 Northern, 711’,» to 7220: No. 2 Northâ€" ern. 703C. Flourâ€"First patents, $3.65 to $3.75; second patents, $3.55 to $3.65; first clears, $2.80 to $2.00; second clears, $2.10 to $2.20; bran, in bulk. 812.50 to $12.75. Duluth, April 1.â€"Closeâ€"\thatâ€" Cash; No. 1 hard, 74fic; No. 1 Northern. ’71 gc: No. r-u)‘ . 2 do., (iSSc ; May, l~s(; July', 73gc; Manitoba, N0. 1 Northern, cash, Tole; May, 711C; No. 2 Northern, Oatsâ€" 40c. Cornâ€"50c. Milwaukee. Wis, April 1.â€"Wheatâ€"â€" Higher; close. No. 1 Northern, 74c ; No. 2, do., 72'} to 73c; May. 723C. Ryeâ€"Steady; No. 1, 585C. Barleyâ€"â€" 661‘; sample, (30 to hire. Cornâ€"May, 595C. Detroit. April 1.â€"Wheatâ€"Closedâ€" No. 1 white. cash, 610; No. 2 red cash and May. 80c; July, 77“. Tie. St Louis, April 1.â€"\\'heatâ€"Closed __C,\sh, TTgc: May. 77§c; Julvp 713a ‘ LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, April 1.â€"There was an- other day of high prices at the To- ronto Cattle Market this morning. The dealers are all persuaded that the heavy runs of the winter have re- sulted in a scarcity of cattle, and that they may look for high prices for some time to come. At present the prices are so high as to be pro- hibitory for many classes of dealers, and so they have ceased operating on a large scale, many being content only to kccp up a small trade for the purpose of satisfying their more im- portant customers. These condiâ€" tions are. prevalent in all classes of cattle, even feeders and stock'ch be- ing at prices which. will leave no proâ€" fit after being prepared for the mar- ket. The trade in sheep and lambs was dcmoralizcd this morning. The demand has fallen off temporarily, as the local butchers are filled up with large stocks. The receipts this mornâ€" ing were heavy and there were no sales at all, although prices asde fell off 25c per cwt all round. We quotczâ€" ~ Export cattle, clioicc...$4.80 $5.70 do medium... ... 3.50 4.80 do cows, per cwt ...... 2.00 3.50 Butchers cattle, picked 4.85 5125 do choice... .,. 4.25 4.85 do fair... 3.85 4.00 do common... 3.25 3.85 do cows” 3.00 3.50 do bulls... . .. . . 2.50 3.25 Feedersshortâ€"keep ...... 3.60 4.60 do medium 3.40 3.70 Stockers, 1,000 to 1,â€" 100 lbs... 4.00 4.25 do light... .1. 3.60 4.00 Mile" cows, each... . ...35.00 50.00 Sheep, exp. ewes, cwt. 3.25 3.50 Lambs, yearlings, cwt 4.00 5.25 do spring, each ......... 2.25 5.75 Hogs, choice, per cwt. 6.12; 0.00 Hogs, light, per cwt... 5.75 0.00 Hogs, fat, per cwt . . . . . . 5.75 0.00 ___.+_._ DEATH OF CECIL RHODES. Great Financier Passes Cape Town. Away at A Cape Town despatch sayszâ€"Rt'. Hon. Cecil Rhodes died peacefully at 5.57 p.111., on Wednesday. He slept during the afternoon, but his breath- ing became more difficult. and his strength perceptibly diminished until he passed away. A London despatch death of Cecil Rhodes came as no great surprise to those who saw anything of him during his visit to London during the winter. Whether it was due to his experiences during the long siege of Kimberley or the accumulated anxieties regarding the war in South Africa, with an ac- companying feeling of public feeling in England towards him, there was no doubt he was almost completely sayszâ€"The broken down within the last two years. Even his appearance chang- ed. His once finely chiselled face had become bloated, and his always huge frame filled out until thecolos‘ sus became so stout as to make walking a matter of difficulty. He was frequently attacked with severe heart troubles during which he exâ€" hibited the stoicism which marked his extraordinary career. Nor did he allow bodily ailments to interfere with business. Among his associ- ates in the city he never mentioned them, nor did he permit them to be mentioned to him. Up to the last Mr. Rhodes kept a firm. grip on all those vast South African interests created and controlled by him. Exâ€" cept that he was more irritable and more dictatorial, there was no out- ward change in his method of build- ling men, millions and empires. Toâ€" ward the social side of life, however, he soured visibly. Once his day's work at the office of the British Chartered South African Company was over be shut himself up from the curious in an unfrcquented London hotel. where be utterly denied himself to all exâ€" cept to half a dozen favored intiâ€" mates. N0 EFFECT FINANCIALLY. Financially, Mr. Ithodes’ death is not likely to have any far-reaching results, as all his enterprises were systematized so thoroughly as not to need the master mind which was so necessary to their inception. Thanks to the very great success of the De Beers mines, the British Chartered South African Company and Rhodes' fortune had been steadâ€" ily accumulating. He lost money over the war, but what inroads that made must have been trifling comâ€" pared with the many millions he possessed. He never lost his open- handcd. somewhat reckless methods of handling money. N0 SUPPLIES FOR AFRICA. Canada Asked Not to Ship Any During April. An Ottawa despatch says :â€"The Department of Agriculture has been advised by the War Ollico not to ship any hay or supplies to South Africa during April. There is a conâ€" gestion of traflic from Cape Town and Port Elizabeth northward, and until this congestion has been re lieved further shipments from the Dominion are to be withheld. Tho intimation is not unwelcome to the department, owing to the fact that matters have become someâ€" what disarranged at St. John. ow- ing to the loss of the Huronian, and orders have been suspended until, |such time as another vessel could be: 'securo to take the Huronian's place; 0 : â€"-â€"+â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" FEMININE DIPLO MACY. I Maudeâ€""And did you scream when! ‘he attempted to kiss you?" i t‘laraâ€""Ccrtainly not. I waith until after he had LllllSllcd._" RAILWAY ~WRECK. Fatal Collisionâ€"0n Wabash at Jarvis. A St. Thomas, Ont., dcspatch saystâ€"As the result of a liendmn col- lision between two freight trains on the Wabash at Jarvis at ’7 o'clock Friday morning, Engineers McGill and Charlton, and (,‘onductor llenry Macdonuld are (lead, and Martin Donelly. a brakcsman. is sulleriug from several broken ribs and injuries to his head. The accident was due partly to a mistake made by Charlton, and partly owing to a dense fog. Charlâ€" ton had crossing orders at. Jarvis, and stopped there, as instructed, but instead of taking the siding at the west switch, he ran up the mainline beyond the east switch and backed in. He had got his train clear of the main line with the exception of locomotive, tender, and two cars, when the westâ€"bound freight. under Conductor Macdonald, which he was to cross, crashed into his engine. The fog was so thick that McGill was unaware of the impending dan- gcr until it was too late. McGill was killed instantly, his body being later found in the fireâ€" box of his engine, but Charlton lived for about an hour after he had been taken from the wreck. The firemen saved their lives by jumping. Mac- donald was riding in the cab of Me- Gill's engine, and was so badly mutilated that it was impossible to collect his remains from the wreck for removal to St. Thomas. The bodies of the two engineers and the injured brakesman were brought to St. Thomas, and the wrecking train sent out to clear away the wreckage. Both engines and a number of cars were badly damaged. All the dead were residents of St. Thomas, and were married. Two of them, McGill and Charlton, leave families. +_._..__. RHODES’ FORTUNE. He Left It for Scheme of Imperial Federation. A London despatch says:â€"The Daily Mail states that Mr. Cecil Rhodes bequeathed the bulk of his fortune, outside of some personal and family bequests, to promote a vast Imperial scheme of education. The object embraces every part of the British Dominions. It aims' at the intellectual betterment of the British race throughout the world, and the fostering of Imperial senti- ments. The details will be published in a few days by the executors of his will. A gift to Oriel College, Oxford, Mr. Rhodes' alma mater, is a mere inci- dent of the scheme, which is univerâ€" sal in its scope. It is a mistake, the Mail says, to suppose that any of Mr. Rhodes' wealth will be specifical- ly devoted to thejurtherance 01‘ min- ing or other ventures in Rhodesia, although the latter country will, of course, share in the general benefac- tions. ‘ â€"._+.\___ REPORT OF SEALERS. They Have So Far caught About 120,000. A St. John's, Newfoundland, des- patch says:â€"The steamer Leopard has arrived here from the seal fishery loaded with 12,000 seals. She brings a much better report from the sealing fleet than the steamer New- foundland brought on Monday. The reports of the Leopard account for about 120,000 seals so far. The sealing steamer Southern Cross put into the harbor of Green’s ‘I’ond this evening, with onâ€" ly seventy seals on board. Slfe did not sight ice, the seal herds. or any other scaling steamers during her entire voyage. She put into Green's Pond .bccause of severe weather. Her's IS the second total among the sealing fleet this season. Some Humble Geniuses. TO CHECK SMALLPOX. Quebec Authorities Will Co-operate With Ontario. An Ottawa despatch sayszâ€"The Quebec authorities have decided to coâ€"operate with Ontario in protect- ing cities from the danger of small- pox infection from shantymen reâ€" turning from the camp. The Quebec authorities from the first expressed a willingness to coâ€"opcrate and bear their share of the cost of the Ottawa quarantine station. The city auâ€" thorities, however, took exception to Ottawa being made the (lumping- ground, and the Quebec delegates promised that quarantine stations would be established at Gracefield, Cologne, and Waltham. The result will be to greatly lessen the work in Ottawa. ._â€"â€"+â€".â€"â€".â€"- LINE T0 ROTTERDAM. Service Will Be Established to Run From Montreal. A Montreal (lcspatch says zâ€"Early. in May a direct line of steamers will begin running between the port of Montreal and Rotterdam. The scr-t vice, which will be established by the Canadian Forwarding and Ex- [port Company, will consist of four, vessels, the llodncy, Tiger, Sanford, and Ceylon, aggregating tons. The ships all carry principaliy isleel for the German market; failure“ 18,000 ‘ [THE BRANTFORD MURDER. A Startling Fact Has Been Dis- covered by Inspector Murray. â€" A dcspatch from Braiitford says:â€" The Quirk murder mystery remains unsolved, but lnspcctor Murray, who has been working on the case, has been able to gradually get together all the facts surrounding the death. In the confusion arising from the first excitcment of the crime conâ€" siderable difficulty was experienced in ascertaining every minute circumâ€" stance bcariug on the incidents of Sunday night. One startling fact that. has been discovered is that. the murderer preâ€" pared his scone beforehand. In the harncss room where Quirk was killed is a glass door opening to the yard. Across this window was pinned a lap robc, which would conceal the afâ€" fair. All those who went into the harness room after the crime testify to this. He also probably turned on the electric light beforehand. This may in fact have played a part in the plan to lure Quirk out there. The murderer, whoever he was, was in all probability known to Quirk, and was quite unsuspected. He must have summoned Quirk from the bar, perhaps pointed out the gleams of light. which Would show faintly from the window, in the manner in which the robe was hung, as evidence that sonicone was out there.“ Mr. Toole says they frequently had to put loafers out of the barn on nights when the gates were left open, and it may be that Quirk was in- duced to go with the murderer in the belief either that some tramp was out there asleep or some one was trying to steal his game cocks. As Quirk entered the harness room it is quite evident that he was struck three times in quick succes‘ sion, either with a hatchet or an iron bar, and the body placed in the position, as found, by the murderer. ANONYMOUS LETTER. A new developed feature is the re- ceipt of another anonymous letter by the Courier. this time from Buffalo. This is the third anonymous letter in the case. The first was received by the Courier from Woodstock, the second by Toole from Detroit, and now this one from Buffalo. All of them have been handed to the police. They seem to be written by the same man, and it looks as though they were intended for a blind. {â€"___ PEACE IS NEAR. Last Shot in the War May Be Fired Within a Week. ' A Paris despatch says :â€"The Jour- nal publishes an interview with Boer Delegate \Vessels on his return from the United States. He declared that something might come of his visit. but the interviewer remarks upon his melancholy air. He spoke without conviction, and if he is not disâ€" couraged he is evidently depressed. \Vessels denied that he rejoiced at the death of Mr. Rhodes. He would not- admit that Mr. Rhodes was the evil genius of the Transvaal, and said he was convinced that even if Mr. Rhodes had never lived, the war would have come just the same. England would have yielded to the temptation of the mines. He said the present negotiations were scL rious. ' “I believe and hope," “that peace is drawing nearer. he added, I do not say that an ideal, but a satisâ€" factory, peaee will be secured by mutual concessions. Nevertheless, our independence must be respected.” Mr. Wessels refused to define his understanding of independence. He said the Boers were indifferent re- garding a stur'iing army, but disâ€" armament was impossible, in View of the armed natives. He added that Schalkburger, Reitz, Steyn, and the other Boer leaders had good sense, and were of high character. They know the resources they can still command, and will act for the best interests of the Boers. ]t was not for the Boer representatives in Eu- rope, sheltered from danger, to be more warlike than those fighting. He expressed the hope that an hon- orable peace might be signed for the Boers, and declared that Mr. Kruger would approve it. ~â€"+â€" M... .135 PRISONERS TAKEN. Lord Kitchener Reports Opera.- tions Designed to Force. In a despatch dated from Pretoria Wednesday, Lord Kitchener says “At dusk on the evening of March 29, the combined movement against Gen. Delarcy was undertaken by columns of mounted men, without guns or impediments of any sort. The columns started from Commando Drift on the Vaal River, and travel- cd rapidly all night, and at dawn on March 30, occupied positions along the line from Conunando Drift to the Lichtcnburg blockhouse line. The troops moved rapidly eastward, keeping a continuous line, with the object of driving the enemy against the lilockhouscs, or forcing an, ‘aCllO‘l. The result has not yet beenI fully reported. Kekcwich's column, ‘uftor the commencement of the acâ€" tion, captured three fifteen~pounders,t two pomâ€"poms, nine prisoners, and a hundred mules, carts and waggons. General W. Kitchener’s column cap-‘ tured 89 prisoners, 45 carts and ,waggons and a thousand cattle. “The troops covered 80 miles twenty-four hours. The total lber of prisoners is 135." inl ".1 LI m- . played for NEWS ITEMâ€"s. Telegraphic Kids From All “ Over the Globe. CANADA. Mr. William Douglas, (.‘hatham, is dead. The Canada Life Assurance Coin- li.C., ot pnny are to erect a large block at Winnipeg this summer. Mrs. Campbell was sentenced at St. Catharines to one year in the Mercer Reformatory for perjury. The Dominion Coal Co., of Hali- fax, may absorb the New England Gas and Coke Co, of Everett, Mass. J. (l. Jardine, newly appointed Trade Commissioner for Canada in South Africa, sails the second week in April. The Nova Scotia Assembly presented an address Speaker Robertson, Europe for his health. It is feared that the sending 01 2,000 mounted men to South Africa and of 600 men to the coronation may interfere with the holding of the regular sunnner camps of in- struction. Fire at Dawson City on Saturday destroyed several valuable steamers. At Montreal Edward Laurin, who shot and killed his father's colored coachlnan, G. W. Smith, was found guilty of manslaughter on Saturday. The Buffalo has and purse to who goes to Express says Karl Dallman, one of the three men in Kingston Penitentiary for attempt/- ing to blow up a lock of the Welland Canal, is Luke Dillon, the Iris-h leader, and member of the Clan-nan Gael. Solomon, the Galician murderer. has been sentenced at Winnipeg to hang on May 27th. He said the witness against him had told the truth. He pleaded for his life so that he might see how his children progressed. __ GREAT BRITAIN. The Cunard Steamship Company has declared a dividend of four per cent. The Most Rev. Charles E. Eyre, Roman, Catholic Archbishop of Scotland, is dead. The King has promised a. cup for an international yacht race off Cork Harbor during the Exhibition. The programme for this year‘s Bis- ley competition contains a new prize to be known as the Coronation. It is proposed to erect an arch made of western Canadian grain near Westminster Abbey for the corona tion. Santosâ€"Dumont, the aeronaut. in- tends to sail around the dome of St. Paul’s cathedral in his airship on coronation day. The restoration of Peterborough Cathedral, England, which has been in progress for eighteen years, has cost over £80,000. Two ladies have just been elected members of the Royal Society of British Artists. They are the first ladies who have thus been admitted. Of 1.300 Old Etonians who have taken part in the war, sixtyâ€"three have fallen in battle and fortyâ€"five have-died of wounds or disease. ..._.. UNITED STATES. The threatened strike of 16,000 cotton mill operatives at Lowell, Mass, has been postponed a. week. i Frank Moran, possessing property! and bank deposits estimated at 365â€". 000, died in the county hospital at Omaha, from starvation. Floods in middle Tennessee have resulted in losses aggregating four million dollars. Twenty-four per- sons also have been drowned. Coal operators, at Philadelphia predict that if the strike order be- comes general there will lie a coal famine in all the large Eastern in- dustrial Centers. J. Sylvester Knapp, at one time owner of a farm now occupied by a large portion of the city of Middleâ€" town, N.Y.. and a member of a. leading family in Orange county, died in the poorhouse at Orange, N.J. GENERAL. The Turkish Government has (le- cided to call 90,000 irregular troops to the colors. It is said the Ainccr of Afghanis- tan has recently shown a favourable inclination toward Russia. An oflicial bullctin on the subject. of cholera at Mecca and Medina ad- inits that 1.120 deaths from that disease have occurred. The wine trade. of Portugal is pass- ingr through a period of serious de- pression owing to th'e superabunâ€" dant production. The Oflicial Messenger admits that from Mosrow alone 05 students have been banished to Siberia. and that 567 have been imprisoned. After hanging eight Turkish om- ccrs an Albanian brigand named ileâ€" latrio had the bodies cut in pieces and sent to the nearest Turkish garrison. A Marseilles r’7 .4 pianist fa? a wach hours, with three in- tervals not exceedngr an hour and a half. He is now a \ictzm of lichen: prostration.