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THE MlRKEis Prices of Grain, Cattle etc, in Trade Centres. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Maren 3.â€"â€"Wheatâ€"The market is quiet, with prices steady. No. 2 white and red sold at 70 to 70§c middle freights. No. 2 spring nominal at 70c on Midland, and No. 2 goose at 67c on Midland. Manitoba wheat stcady; No. 1 hard, 880, all rail, grinding in transit; No. 1 Northern, 860 all rail, grinding in transit; No. 1 hard, 87§0 North Bay ; No. 1 Northern, 85:}0 North Bay. Oatsâ€"Trade is quiet, with No. 2 white quoted at 31c middle freights, and No. 1 white at 32410 east. Barleyâ€"Trade is quiet, with No. 3 extra quoted at 46410 middle freight, and No. 3 at 43; to 440 middle freight. Cornâ€"No. 3 American yellow quotâ€" ed at 5% to 530 on track Toronto. Canadian yellow, 45450 west. Peas-The market is dull, with No. 2 offering at 710 high freights. Buckwheatâ€"Sales of No. 2 at 430 east. Flourâ€"Ninety per cent. patents unchanged at $2.67 middle freight, in buyers’ sacks for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domes- tic trade quoted at $3.25 to $3.40 in bbls. Manitoba flour steady. No. 1 patent, $4.35 to $4.40, and secâ€" onds, $4.10. Strong bakers’. $3.90 to $4, bags included, Toronto. Millfeedâ€"Bran $16 here, and shorts 318. At outside points bran is quoted at $16, and shorts at $17.50. Manitoba bran in sacks, $19, and shorts, $21 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE.‘ Beansâ€"Trade continues quiet. Meâ€" dium, $1.65 to $1.75 per bush, and hand-pic.de $1.90 to $2. Dried . applesâ€"Market continues very dull, with the price nominal at 3&0 per I‘b. Evaporated, 6 to 6&0. HoneyT-The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. Strained sells at B to 840 per 11)., and comb, at $1.25 to $1.50. Hay, baledâ€"The market is quiet at unchanged prices. Choice timothy $10 on track, and mixed at $8 to $8.50. Strawâ€"The market is quiet for car lots on track quoted at $5.50 to $6 a ton. . Maple syrupâ€"Five-gallon cans, $1 a gallon ; one-gallon cans, $1.10, and halfâ€"gallon, 60c. Onionsâ€"The market is dull at 400 per bush for Canadian. Poultryâ€"â€"Oii‘erings are very small. We quote 2â€"Freshâ€"killed dry picked turkeys, 15 to 160, geese, 9 to 110 per II); ducks, 900 to $1.25; chickens (young), 850 to $1.00; old hens, 60 to 700 per pair; frozen and held stock 2 to 30 per 11) less than the above quotations. Potatoesâ€"Market steady. Cars on track, $1 to $1.05; and small lots, $1.25 per bag. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"The local butter market is quiet, with prices unchanged. We quote zâ€"Finest 1â€"lb rolls, 18 to 19c; selected dairy tubs, 17 to 18c ; choice large rolls, 17 to 180 ; secâ€" ond grades (rolls and tubs). 13 to 150; creamery prints, 21} to 230 ; solids, 20c. Eggsâ€"New laid, selling at 17c ; cold storage, 10 to 12c, as to qual- ity; pickled, 11 to 13c. Cheeseâ€"Market steady. We quote : Finest Septembers, 1350; seconds, 130; twins, 140. â€"-â€" HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs are steady, with car lots of Western selling at $7.50 to $7.60, and Northern at $7.65 to $7.75. Cured meats steady, with demand fair. We quote 2 Bacon, clear 10 to 10i0, in ton and case lots. Pork, mess, $21.50; do., short cut, $22.50. Smoked hams, 13 to 1313c; rolls, 11; to 12c;rshoulders, 14c; backs, 14 to 14%c; breakfast bacon, 14 to “H0. ‘ Lardâ€"Market steady. We quote :â€" Tierces, 10%0; tubs, 1080 ; pails, 110. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, March 3.â€"Grainâ€"No. 1 Manitoba hard wheat, 740; No. 1 Northern, 720, February delivery ; No. 1 hard, 770; No. 1 Northern, 750; ex store, May delivery ; peas, 71 high freights; oats, No. 2 in store here. 37} to 37tc, 31§c high freights; rye, 49:0 east; buckwheat, 485* to 490 east. Flourâ€"Manitoba patents, $4.40 to $4.50 ; seconds. $4.10 to $4.20; Ontario straight rollers. $3.50 to $3.65; in bags, $1.70 to $1.75: patents, $8.70 to $4.10. Feedâ€"Manitoba bran. $19 to $20; shorts, $21 to 822, bags in- cluded: Ontario bran in bulk, $18 to $18.50: shorts in bulk, $20 to $21. Provisionsâ€"Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $24 to $25 ; short cut backs, $23.50 to $24: light short cut, $23 to $24: compound refined lard, 8% to 90; pure Canadian lard, 110 ; finest lard, 12 to 12k; hams, 124» to 13éc; bacon. 14 to 150 ; dressed hogs, 58.25 ; fresh killed abattoir hogs. $8.50 to $9 per 100 lbs. Eggsâ€"New laid, 20 to 210; selected, 160; Montreal limed, 1% to 18¢. Cheeseâ€"Ontario, 13 to 13fc ; Townships, 180. ButteibTownahilfio seconds, 18éc; to 180 ; rolls, creamcry, 21%0; Western rolls, 17% 164} to 17%,c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Mar. 3.â€"Wheat, May, 76‘,- to 7830; July, 765C; on track, No. 1 hard, 7850; No. 1 Northern, 773- to 7730; No. 2 Northern, 76’.- to 7650. Buffalo, Mar. 3.-â€"F‘lour, steady. W‘lrcatâ€"â€"â€"Winter, fair enquiry for red; No. 1 white, 800; No. 2 red, 80c ; spring, light demand ; No. 1 hard, 780. Cornâ€"Firm; No. 2 yellow, 520; No. 2 corn, 5140. Oats, steady : No. 2 white, 420; No. 2 mixed, 4050. Barleyâ€"54 to 600 to arrive; 56 to 630 spot. Ryeâ€"No. 1 in store, 50c. St. Louis, Mar. 3.â€"that closedâ€" Cash, 71%; May, 72gc; July, 7020. Milwaukee, Mar. 8.-Wheat, steady; No. 1 Northern, 80fc; No. 2 North- ern, 7911-c; May, 7740. Ryeâ€"Steady; No. 1, 51 to 520. Barleyâ€"Steady : No. 2, '640; sample, 42 to 590. Corn â€"May, 460. . Duluth, Mar. 3.â€"Wheatâ€"Cash. N0. 1 hard, 770; No. 1 Northern, 760 ; May, 77ic; No. 2 Northern, 760 ; May, Wic; July 770. Oatsâ€"May. 340. .mâ€" CAT'l‘LF. NLARKET. Toronto, March 3. â€" There was a light run at the cattle market toâ€" day, with a fair demand for all kinds of butchers' cattle, a few en- quiries for export, but very few of- fering, and enquiries for stockers and feeders of good quality. It is said the reason for the light supply of exporters is that farmers have made up their minds to hold on to their stock for a while yet, rather than let them go at lower prices than they have been getting. They are inclined to believe, in fact, that good prices will yet be realized, in spite of the fact that a few of the dealers have been able to buy just recently a few loads of export cattle ,in the United States at compara- tively low prices. This is a condi- tion they think is not likely to last long. At all events, the drovers are apparently not succeeding very well in inducing the farmers to part with their best cattle at reduced prices. Some good exporters were looked for in the market this morning, but were not to be found. A few lots Were bought, but they were not first-class quality, and the prices were not high. There was a fairly good butcher trade at steady prices, good loads selling at $4 to $4.25, picked lots $4.40. Sheep and lambs were firm, lambs, grain fed, selling at $5 to $5.60. Hogs have again advanced and are now up to the $6 mark again, and $5.75 for lights and fats. Feeders, steers, 1,050 lbs... ...$3.50 $3.75 do bulls, 1,300 lbs... 2.75 3.30 Export, heavy 4.40 4.75 Export cattle, light 3.75 4.00 Bulls, export, heavy cwt... 3.50 4.25 do light 3.00 3.50 Feeders. light, 800 lbs. and upwards 3.00 3.50 Stockers, 40:.) to 800 lbs.... 2.00 2.75 do 900 lbs. 3.25 ...... Butchers’ cattle, choice 4.00 4.40 do medium . . . . . . 3.50 3.75 do picked 4.40 4.75 do bulls 3.00 3.25 do rough 2.75 3.25 Light stock bulls, cwt... .. 2.25 3.00 Milch cows ...30.00 50.00 Hogs, best . . . . 6.00 ...... do light . . 5.75 ...... Sheep, export, cwt 3.75 4.25 Bucks 2.50 2.75 Culls... .. 2.25 2.50 Lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.75 5.60 Calves, each .. 2.00 10.00 .._____¢____ PLANS PERFECTED. 4,000 Macedonians Ready For Action. Nearly Are A Sofia, Bulgaria, despatch says : â€"Unabated energy, both in words and deeds, marks the hostility of the Macedonian revolutionists toward the programme of Turkish reforms defined by Russia and Austria and supported by Europe. Sarafofi and MichaelOVSky, the leaders of the rebels, whose arrest was decreed by Russia, have escaped the clutches of the Bulgarian oflicers. They are now engaged in an active campaign of incitement, traveling from one band of Bulgarian revolutionists to another and perfecting arrangements for the proposed uprising in the spring. ' Bands of from sixty to 100 revoluâ€" tionists have been got together in 34 different parts of North Mace- donia by these chiefs. Nearly 4,000 insurrectionists are under arms and ready for action in the south. The leaders keep the people’s spirit of revolt alive by telling them to re- member how the Turk has never car- ried out any reform and assuring them that the programme drawn up by the pOWers does nothing more than touch the surface of the Mace- donian grievances. and that every stipulation will be violated by the Sultan after a show of compliance. Sensible students of the situation realize that the agitators are lead- ing a forlorn hope, now that they have been deprived of their trump card of European opposition to ef- fective military measures on the part of the Sultan. Abdul Hamid is now free to deal summarily with the reâ€" volutionists. Hence it is likely that their persistence of armed Mace- donians in disorder at the present juncture is synonymous with their annhiiation. l MURDER IN BUFFALO. Found Dead in Smoking Room With Skull Beaten In. A Buffalo despatcli says :â€"-1Cri“"iu L. llurdick, president of E. L. llurâ€" (lick and Company, was murdered early on Friday at his home in Ash- land avenue. lie was last secn alive on Thursday night at 1030, When he bade the other members of the household good-night and started for his room, apparently with the intention of retiring for the night. Friday morning his body, clad in an undershirt, was found lying in :1 couch in a small room off the lowor hall, used by llurdick as a smoking room. The body was covered with a rug and a number of sofa pillows. The head had been crushed with some blunt instrument, and the b10ws wore delivered with such force that the skull was fractured in sev- eral places. A thorough examination of thc house showed that the outside door was locked, and the spring lock was in its place when the servants got up on Friday morning. The kitchen window was partly raised, but there were no marks on the snow outside or upon the window sill to indicate anything. All the other windows and doors of the house were securely fastened. No weapon could be found anywhere. On the table in the smok- ingâ€"room the detectives found a bottle partly filled with whiskey and the remains of a light lunch. Memâ€" bers of the family declare that Burdick never partook of the food of which the lunch Was composed, and never drank liquor while eating. It is believed that Burdick Was call- ed downstairs by a ring or knock at the door after he was ready for bed, and that he admitted someone he knew well, and took the visitor into the den for a talk, and to par- take of the luncheon found there. Mrs. Burdick, the murdered man’s wife, left home two months ago, with the intention, it is said, of not returning. It is known that they did not live happily together. On December 3 proceedings for divorce Were filed in the county clerk's office by Mr. Burdick. “+___ THE PAST SERVICE. Parliament Will Be Asked to Ratify C. P. R. Contract A Montpeal despatch says :â€"â€"Mr. Fielding, Dominion Finance Minister, arrived in Montreal on Saturday, (and during the day had a long con- ference with Sir Thomas Shaughâ€" nessy, president of the Canadian Pacific. No announcement was made regarding the result of the confer- ence, but it is learned from wellâ€"in- formed sources that the Dominion Govcrnment will at the approaching session ask Parliament to ratify a contract with the Canadian Pacific for a fast steamship service between Canada and Great Britain. It is stated that Sir Richard Cartwright, Mr. Fielding, and other leading members of the Cabinet favor the granting of the contract to the Canadian Pacific and that Mr. Blair, the Minister of Railways, has with- drawn his opposition. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy left for New York on Sunday night on his way to Engâ€" land, where he will spend a month. It is understood that Mr, D. W. Campbell, Montreal manager of the Elder-Dempster company, will be the manager of the new Canadian Paciâ€" fic Atlantic steamship service. CANADA PROTESTS. Objects to American Jurists on _ Alaskan Tribunal. An Ottawa despatch says :â€"Thc Canadian protest against the apâ€" pointment of Messrs. Lodge and Turner as Alaskan boundary comâ€" missioners has gone forward to the Imperial authorities. Of course, it is hardly likely that anything will come of it, as the British Govern- ment will not send an official comâ€" munication to Washington on the subject. The protest, however, will do good in that it will open the eyes of the British people to the manner in which the United States carry out their obligations. In di- rect antithesis to the action of the Washington authorities, the British commissioners to be appointed will be men of the highest standing and the names of Lord Alvestone, Lord Chief Justice of England ; Sir John Boyd, Toronto, and Mr. Justice Ar- mour, Ottawa, are very favorably mentioned in official circles. __.+___ YOUNG GIRL’S FATAL ERROR Underestimated Effect of 3. Dose of Catholic Acid. A Toronto despatch says zâ€"Four- teen-yearâ€"old Rona Mills, daughter of Mrs. R. Armstrong, died at the General Hospital on Friday at 10.15 a.m. from the effects of carbolic acid poiSOning, having taken a mixture of carbolic and glycerine early in the morning at her home, 14 Regent avenue. It is alleged that the girl had been angered by her mother's resolution to go away on a visit, and that she told her step,ather she had made up her mind to make her- self sick in order to force her moth- er to remain at home. The threat was not taken seriously, but that she meant what she said was appar- ent when the girl was found lying on her bed unconscious with the empty bottle near by. Medical aid was summoned, but all efforts to reâ€" vive he: proved futile. (lcspntch says :â€"'l'he and Commerce Mr. J. S. Larke, Canadian Coinâ€" mcrcinl Agent for Australasia, in which he states that "ruins of Noâ€" vember and December have been fob lowed by exceedingly hot waves, with scorching winds, which undid the adâ€" vnntagcs of the rains in mimy secâ€" tions of New South Wales. The growing grass has bccn withered, and the maize crops slu'ivulcd us by a flame. The other States have not sul‘l’ercd to the same extent. leâ€" ports are still at work estimating the Australian wheat crop, but the latest figures still indicate that some 10,000,000 bushels will be required to make up the shortage. It is sup~ posed that about 130,000 tons of wheat and flour have been ordered, leaving about 170.000 to be bought. Nearly all the flour purchased is strong wheat flour, but the wheat is largely softer wheat from Cali- fornia. The mixture used for bread is one-third or oneâ€"fourth Manitoba flour, balance from soft wheat. To- wards the close of the year there may be an opening for considerable quantities of Canadian oats. Mr. Larke procccds :-“Somcthing over ten tons of frozen turkeys and geese arrived here by the Aorangi from Smith's Falls ; it was perfectly preâ€" served and as sweet as when killed. As a whole, it was a very nice lot of birds." Orders have been given for continued shipments of frozen ‘hogs. Some of the last shipments are declared superior to Chicago hogs, but rather heavy, prices 12 to 130. c.i.f. ___..._+â€"_ ANT ICIPATE A CLASH. Russian. Publicists Think War Inevitable. A St. Petersburg despatch says :â€" Some publicists are of the opinion that only the sternest language to- wards Turkey can prevent a war be tween Russia and Turkey in the spring. They believe that Turkey will pursue bands of Macedonian res volutionists across the Bulgarian frontier, and that public opinion will compel Russia to interfere. The Russians thoroughly understand that a war with Turkey will be a more severe one than that in 1878. Offiâ€" cers are quoted as saying that the Turkish army is the best in the world owing to its German organiz- ation and armament. There is an Is inclination here to anticipate Gerâ€" man financial support of Turkey and in view of the situation fore- bodings of a clash with Turkey are freely expressed in private, al- though they are carefully suppressed in the newspapers. ____§___ A HUMAN OSTRICH. Had Indigestion. A Buffalo despatch says 2â€"Phy- sicians at the Erie County Hospital state that as a result of an opera- tion performed at the hospital, 453 carpet tacks, 41 small knife blades, 142 screw nails, 40 pin points, re- sembling the points on a shoemak- er’s awl, six and one-half ounces of ground glass and 3, wire chain about three inches in length were taken from the stomach of the patient, Claude Trinible, twentyâ€"four years old, who claims to be a cook. He went to the hospital complaining of indigestion and dull pains in the stomach. The physicians report that the patient is in a fair way to reâ€" covery. - DEATH RATE INCREASES. Report of Provincial Health De- partment. A Toronto despatch says :â€"Acâ€" cording to the monthly report for January, issued by the Provincial Board of Health, the death rate of Ontario was slightly higher than for the corresponding period of last year. The total number of deaths from all causes was 2,143, as against 2,023 in 1902. The deaths from contagious diseases were as follows :â€" - 1902. 1903. Scarlatina... ... Diphtheria... . . .. . 59 Measles... ...... . . . . . . . . 21 6 Whooping cough... 7, . 9 Typhoid... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Qt... 31 25 Tuberculosis... ........ 16‘.) 175 BLEW OUT THE GAS. Three Farmers in Winnipeg Likely to Die. A Winnipeg despatch says :â€"Three farmers from Minnesota named W. Olson, J. W. Peterson and A. J. Neillson, who arrived on Thursday on a land seeking expe- dition, were found asphyxiated in their room at a city hotel this morning. They are not yet dead, but have been unconscious up to a late hour, and very little hope is held out for their recovery. All are married men, about forty years of age. One of the party evidently blew out the gas. .__.+_~_ Stomach of a. Man Who Said Her CANADA’S PRODUCE. [ Commissioner furâ€"Australia Speaks Favorably. An Ottawa Department of Trade is in receipt of n leng‘iliy I‘UDOX‘L from l I last year was $114,794, covered NEWS” ITEMS. ! Telegraphic BrTéfs From All Over the Globe. CANADA . Sydney, N. S., is to be incorporat- cd :1 City. The population is now 15,000. During the past season 758 seaâ€" going Vessels arrived at the port of Montreal. The total loss by fire in Ilrmitford by $200,500 insurance. The advisability of prOViding (‘Old storage facilitics en route to the Vukon is under consideration. ’1l.e Vancouver Assay Oilico receiv- ed $1,153,014.50 Worth of bullion for testing during the past year. The Nova Scotia Government has practically intimated its intention of starting an agricultural college for the province. l’iftecn Minnesota capitalists visit- ed Fort, Francis, in the Rainy River district, with the object of investing their money about there. The total grain shipments from Montreal last season were 1,883,821 bushels behind the previous year, but there was abigincreasc in wheat. The Canadian-American Coal Com- pany's mine at Frank, Alberta, is now producing and shipping over 1,000 tons of coall per day out of a single mine. Next year will mark the 75th an- niversary of the commencement of lectures at McGill University, Mon- treal. The graduates will erect a memorial building at a cost of $100,000. Robert Douglas. a former resident of St. Catharines, writing from Cape Town, South Africa, says there is a good market for Canadian apples there, and tells of one shipâ€" ment which brought $7.50 pcr bar- rel. . GREAT BRITAIN. Voluntary offerings in the Anglican churches of England last year totalled $41,085,000. The memorial of the late General Sir Samuel Browne, V. C., whiCh is to be put in St. Paul's Cathedral, is finished, and will shortly be plac- ed in position. Though beaten with sticks and slas Though beaten with sticks and slashed with a butcher’s knife, a bull terrier which seized a fallen tramway horse by the neck in South Shields, would not let go till killed by a policeman’s baton. Census returns show that 846 men and 1,424 unmarried and 946 mar- ried women or widows work work in glove factories in Somerset, and 38 men and 1,602 women make gloves at their homes. In ten years the numbers have decreased by nearly oneâ€"fifth. ' In London 2,652 births and 1,569 deaths were registered last week. The births were 80, and the deaths 139, below the average. The 1,569 deaths included 41 from measles, six from scarlet fovc-r, eight from diph- theria, 76 from whoopingâ€"cough, four from enteric fever, and 19 from diarrhoea. Different forms of vio- lence caused 77 deaths. Of these 16 were cases of suicide, while the re- maining 61 were attributed 'to acci- dent or negligence. UNITED STATES. Representatives of English rail- ways will visit the United States to study American railway methods. Although 80 years old, Mrs. Ab- ram Ver How, of Williamson, N. -Y., jaws. ' The typhoid fever epidemic at Ithaca, N.Y., has so far resulted in the death of eighteen students and sixteen citizens. is cutting a new set of teeth in both The United States Senate has ap- propriated $2,000,000 for the pur- chase of a site for the New York postâ€"office building. Society people at Holly Springs, Miss, are very indignant because Judge Lowry charged the grand jury to indict progressive euchre players. Because he would not pay his mo- ther a three months’ board bill, Uber Fry, of Logansport, Ind., has been sent to jail at the instigation of his mother. The first blow was struck on Wed- nesday on the work of constructing the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel un- (ler the East and North Rivers and through New York city. The Senate of Wisconsin passed a measure declaring the keeping of gambling resorts to be a felony; the Montana House of Representatives passed a bill to license gambling. Eight miners were killed, twelve wounded, two fatally, and one noâ€" gro deputy marshal was shot to death in a pitched battle at Wright's coal works, Raleigh county, W. Va., on Tuesday night. Three officials were wounded. GENERAL. Tin has been discovered near Cape Town. Kim,r Leopold will visit the United States in April, says a llrussi-ls (le- spatch. Printed in English and devoted to commerce, a new daily nC\\'Sp{1[K‘-i' is about to be issued in St. Peters. burg. South African correspondents of ’London newspapers say that the feel- Five hundred Imperial troops were ‘ing of security in Cape Colony is ambushed by rebels in Kwangsi Proâ€" greater now than at any time sinu lVlDCC, China, and killed. the Jameson raid. ..,~