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.‘THE wniiuu mural REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, Oct. 6.â€"Wheatâ€"The marâ€" ket for Ontario grades is weaker, with moderate demand from millers, No. 2 white and red winter sold to- day at 75c low freights. No. 2 goose is quoted at (if) to 70c mist, and No. 1 spring at 74 to 75c east. Manitoba wheat is easy, with new quoted as follows at lake ports:â€" No. 1 hard, 89c; No. 1 Northern, 87C, and No. 2 Northern, 84c. Oatsâ€"The market is unchanged, with offerings fair. N0. 2 White quoted at 2‘.) to 20¢c middle freights, and No. 1 white at 30; to 31c east. Barleyâ€"The demand is fair, with offerings limited. No. 3 extra quot- ed at 44c middle freights, and No. 3 at 42 to -13(: middle freights. Ryeâ€"The market is quiet, with prices at from 40 to 50c outside. Peasâ€"~Trade dull, with No. 2 white quoted at 63c high freights, and at 65c east. Corn~Tlie market, is quiet at un- changed prices. No. 3 American yellow quoted at. SGlc on track, To- ronto, and No. 3 mixed at 56c To. ronto. Canadian corn nominal. Flourâ€"Ninety per cent. patents quoted at $3.05 middle freights in buyers' socks for export. Straight rollers, of special brands, for domes- tic trade, quoted at $3.45 to $3.55 in bbls. Manitoba flour unchanged. No. 1 patents, 84.75 to $4.80; No. 2 patents, $4.45 to $4.50, and strong bakers’, $4.30 to $4.35 on track, Toronto. Millfeedâ€"Bran steady at $16, and shorts at $18 here. At outside points bran is quoted at $13.50, and shorts at $17. Manitoba bran in sacks, $17, and shorts at $20 here. .â€"â€" THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter...The market is steady, with good demand for choice qualities. Reâ€" ceipts of inferior qualities are liberâ€" al, and the demand slow. We quote: Finest lâ€"lb. rolls. 17 to 18c; select- ed dairy tubs, 16 to 165C; secondary grades, 12.} to 13§cz Creamery prints 20 to 21¢; solids, 18 to 1813c. Eggsâ€"The market is firm. We quotezâ€" Strictly new laid, 18c; fresh gathered, 17c; seconds and checks, 11 to 12c. Cheeseâ€"Market is firm. Finest, 12 to 12§c per 11). We quote: HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs are unchanged. Cured meats firm, with a fair demand. We quotezâ€"Baeon, long clear, 10 to 103,0 in ton and case lots. Pork, mess, $18.50 to $19.50; do., short cut, $21.50. Smoked Meatsâ€"Hams, light to medium, 14 to 14:,‘c; do., heavy, 13 to 13:30. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"The market is unchanged, with moderate supplies. Sales at 75c to $1 per bbl., in car lots, and at $1 to 81.25 in small quantities. Beansâ€"Trade quiet, with prices firm. Unpicked, $1.75 to $1.80, and picked, $1.90 to $2 per bush. Honeyâ€"The market is quiet at 6 to Glcper lb. for bulk, and $1.25 to 51.50 for comb. Hayâ€"Demand fair, with receipts only moderate. No. 1 new will bring 59 to $9.50 on track, Toronto. Strawâ€"le market is quiet, at $5.- 25 to $5.50 per ton for car lots on track. Hopsâ€"Trade is quiet, with this season’s crop quoted at 25 to 27c. Potatoesâ€"The offerings are fair, and prices are firm. Car lots of :hoice quoted at 55c per bag, and small lots selling at 60 to 65c per bag. Poultryâ€"The market is steady. Chickens, 75 to 85c per pair; ducks 70 to 85c per pair; turkeys, 12 to 13c per 11). UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Oct. G.â€"Flourâ€"Firm. Wheatâ€"Spring quiet; No. 1 Northern, spot, 85lc; winter nominal. Corn -â€"Q_uiet: No. 2 yellow, 52%c; No. 3 com, 51 to 51430. Oatsâ€"Easy; No. 2 white, 41éc; No. 2 mixed, 3813c. Barleyâ€"Western offered c.i.f, 54 to 63gc. Ryeâ€"No. 1 in store, 59c. Can~ al freightsâ€"Stcady. Duluth, Oct. 6.â€"\\'heat closedâ€"To Varrivc: N0. 1 hard, 79c; No. 1 Northern, 78c; No. 2 Northern. 75c; September, 84c: October, 78c; Deâ€" cember. 751C; May, 7753c. St. Louis, Oct. 6.â€"\Vheatâ€"Cash, 831c; September, 83% December, 83110: May, S‘lic. Milwaukee. Oct. 6.â€"â€"Whentâ€" Steady: No. 1 Northern, 83; to 85c; No. 2 Northern, 79 to 820: new December, 77%. Ryeâ€"Dull; N0. 1, B7 to 57lc. Barleyâ€"Weaker: No. 2, 14:} to 45c; sample, 46 to 60c. C ATTLE MA RKET. Toronto, Oct. 6.~â€"There was the heaviest run at the City Cattle Mar-i ket to-duy for some time past. 133' cars of stock being received up to noon. There wore 1.200 hogs, and the run of both sheep and cattle was very heavy. Owing in part to the heavy run, business was slow, buyâ€" ers showing a disposition to wait a little l‘efore making their purchases, on the chance that prices might bef lower. Prices. in fact, early began to show a little easier tendency for grandâ€"children and great grandcl.ildâ€" 'Unc feeders, bi-us especially going a lit- tle lower. The market was good for choice export and butcher cattle. There was too large a proportion of rough stuff offering, and this drag- ged the market. The top for ex- port Would be about $4.60, with one or tWo loads of extra choice selling 15c to 20c higher. Butchersâ€"Choice cattle steady $4.25 to $4.40; rough cattle at from $2.75 to $3.25. II‘eedersâ€"Short keep, choice quality. steady. at $3.75 to $3.80 and $4.00. Sheep and Lambsâ€"Lambs dull at $3.50 to $3.75; sheep firm at $3.20 to $3.50. Calves, steady. Export. heavy at easy ...8 4 50 to $1 l‘lxport, light 4 10 4 20 Bulls, export, heavy, cwt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 75 3 85 do light . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 3 50 Feeders, light, 800 lbs. and upwards 3 25 3 5O Stockers, 400 to 800 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 .' 40 do 900 lbs. ........ 1 65 3 75 Butchers' cattle, choice ................ 3 75 4 25 do medium .......... 3 50 3 {)0 do picked ...... 4 00 4 60 do bulls ............ 2 75 3 00 do rough . . . . . . . . . . 2 50 2 60 Light stock .bulls, cwt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 25 2 50 Milch cows ‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 00 52 00 Hogs, best .. .. . . 5 80 do light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 60 Sheep, export, cwt . 3 50 3 75 Bucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 50 2 75 Culls .. . 2 25 3 75 Calves, each ...... 2 00 8 00 Spring lambs . . . . . . . . . 3 50 3 75 .._.__.-+_ PAYING OFF THE MEN. Employees at the Soo Receive Their Wages. A Sault Ste. Marie despatch says: All dav Friday the general offices of the Consolidated Companies Were surrounded by the men who had been employees, eager for the money earned in August and September. and [3th in Canada and Great Britain for about which there has, of late. been so much anxiety. The payment coniâ€" nience‘d as promised at 10 o‘clock, but went along so slowly that when the offices Were closed in the evenâ€" ing only 480 of the 3,000 to be paid had received their cash. It is ex- pected that it will be Thursday at the earliest before the foot of the roll is reached. The bushmen are getting their money first, to be folâ€" lowed bv the miners, employees of the woodâ€"working departments, and then general employees. Those hold- ing time Cheques issued to others have to .wait until the last. H. L. Drayton is supervising the payment of the men in the interest of the Onâ€" tario Government. The banks proâ€" viding the funds are sending money to the company’s offices, and there redeeming the cheques as issued. The money is transferred through the streets guarded by men from the 10â€" cal militia, who are still on duty and expect to be until Thursday. ..__._+___ EIGHT DROWNED. Missionary Guide and Six Indian Children Drowned. A Winnipeg dcspatch says: Two bodies have been found in Lake Winâ€" nipeg near Hnausa, and it is believâ€" (d that they are two of those heâ€" longing to the party that was lost in the storm of Sept. 12. On this date tlie Rev. J. A. McLaughlin left llerens River with an Indian guide and six Indian children, whom he was taking to the Indian School at Brandon. They left the Ilcrens setâ€" tlement early in the morning in Mr. McLaughlin's small sailboat, and this was the last seen of them. That night a terrific storm raged over the lake for many hours, and the stoutâ€" cst boats had to put up for shelter. It. was the worst storm experienced on the lake in recent years. As the party had only started a few hours before the storm sprung up, it was hoped that they had managed to put into some small harbor. Time went on and nothing more was heard of them, but as it takes several days to get news from the north of the lake, it was expected that they had reachâ€" ed some point of safx’ty. 0n Wednrsday last the Rev. Josâ€" eph Summons, Indian agent at Selâ€" kirk, left to investigate the affair. The steamer Viking arrived from the north end of .the lake on Saturday evening, and Stephen Sigurdsen, who was on board. reported that Baldwin Johnson had found the body of an Indian in the lake near Hnausa, whizh was in a very decomposed condition. Sigurdson's son also found the hotly of an Indian boy few yards south of the IInaura dock. There is no doubt in the minds the people of ll'nausa that the its found belong to the nursing in.» sionary party. [1| l +â€" DIED AT 103 YEARS. William McMiIE-n. Manitoba’s Oldest Resident. A Winnipeg (lesputch says: Wm. McMillan, aged 103, (lil'(l on 'i‘ucsduy night at his home. adjoining Lord Strathcona's estate at Silver Heights, where he had resided for the past sixty years. When Queen \‘icâ€" toria was young, he made his home on the bank of the Assinaboinc, in St. James' parish. This and the adjoining form are still the homes of two of his sons. He leaves he- hind him a large number of Children, I‘C‘Il. u . UN FATTENING UHIUKENS- l ABOUT CONSTRUCTING THE CRATES AND FEEDING. f Department of Agriculture Says It is a Profitable Business. The crate fattening of chickens is a Profitable biminesa for almost every farmer to engage in. It is a simplei undertaking that can be managed by a member of the farmer's family who is sufllciently interested and enter- prising to study the work and conâ€" Struct the fattening crates. No Special building is required in which to place the crates. Grain on hand, with the exception of corn or pens. when finely ground and mixed with skiinniilk or buttermilk, is fed with profit to the chickens. If it is peers- sary to buy grain, fine ground oats is preferable. The cost, of the food for fattening averages ten cents per chit-ken. It. is advisable to produce chickens with white-colored flesh, as whiteâ€"colored flesh is more palatable than yellow fltsii; it is firm, fine in grain and exceedingly tender. There are fat globules distributed throughâ€" out the flesh and under the skin. When the chicken is cooked, the parâ€" ticles of fat melt. and increase the juiciiu-ss of the flesh. With unfatted chickens, water takes the place of the majority of the fat globules. When the chicken is roasted the Water evaporates and leaves the meat dry. The muscles of the crate fatted chicken are more edible through lack of exercise. To kill a lean chicken is wasteful. The proâ€" portion of edible meat to bone and offal is so small. ALL BRISICDS OF CHICKI‘lNS, with the exceptions of Leghorns, Minorcas and similar small chickens, can be fattc'd in the crates with profit. Fatth chickens can be mark- tcn to sixteen cents per pound, plucked Weight. A great number of farmers have engaged in the fattening business and are preparing their chickens for the home markets or for export. The following letter was received by the Department last week, showing the satisfactory re- sults of the first years chickens business and the encouragement ofâ€" fered to engage in it more extensiveâ€" ly: “Last year I experimented on a small scale with crate-fed chickens, and the_ result was so satisfactory that this year I am going to pre- pare all my fowls in that manner. I should like you to send me the names of some reliable dealers in Ottawa or Montreal to whom I can ship the fatted chickens when ready.” Mr. F. C. Hare. Chief of the Doâ€" minion Poultry Division in this ar- ticle will give directions (for con- struction of the fattening crates and feeding the chickens. A subsequent article will contain information about killing and marketing the chickens. The fattening crates in use at the Illustration Stations are six feet long, sixteen inches wide and twenty inches high. inside measurements. Each crate is divid- ed into three. compartments. Each compartment lzolds four chickens. A frame is built of one inch by two inch lumber and covered with slats. The slats are placed lengthwise. on three sidesâ€"bottom. back and topâ€" and up and down in front. The slats are ane inch wide and half an inch thick. The spaces between the slats in front are two inches wide to enable the chickens to FEED FROM THE TROUGII. The bottom, back and top slats are one and a hqu inches apart. The top slats are cut above each parti- tion and three doors are formed. The doors are hinged to the rear of the frame. The crates are placed on stands sixteen inches from the ground. A light. “V” feed trough, two and a half inches inside, is placed in front of each crate and is carried on brackets nailed on the ends of the crate. If only a small number of chickens are to be fatted, packing boxes can be adapted for the purpose. The _opcn top of the box should become ‘the bottom of the crate and one side should be removed for the front. Slats should be nailed 'up and down the front; also lengthways of the crate to form the floor. A board should be loosened in the top of the ,crate to remove the chickens, and a feed trough arranged in front. Dur- ing the full the crates can be plucâ€" ed outdoors in a sheltered position - in a vacant shed or barn. Plymouth Rocks, \Vynndottes. or chickens of a sirinilar type weighing iroi-i two and a half to four pounds ,erich are preferable for fattening. .(,‘iiickens of medium size and of a lbroad, square shape, with sliort,i Istraight legs Sit woll apart, fattenl the most profitably. l A suitable fattening ration is one, jthat is palatable and that will proâ€" ‘duce a whiteâ€"colored flesh. Ground‘ ,oats. ground buckwheat, ground bur-i ley and low grade flour are meals‘ 'tliat have been fed with profit at the Stations. The chickens are fed. in mash exclusively. l » NO “HOLE GRAIN IS owns. 1 Several meal mixtures are ghen ed: (1) Ground oats, coarser hulls. ‘l‘QXIIOVt‘tl. (:2) Two pounds ground' yoats, two pounds ground buckwheat, [ound ground corn. (3) One ground oats, one pound [oznd [in ground barley, one pound ground buckwheat. (4) Two pounds ground barley, two pounds low grade flour, one pound wheat bran. The ground meal should be mixed to a thin porridge with thick sour- skilnmilk or buttermilk. A small quantity of salt should be added ty the mash. The chickens should remain in the fattening crates for about twentyâ€" four days. liefore the chickens are placed in the crates they should be dusted with sulphur to kill the lice. The first week the chickens should be fed the mash sparingly three times a day, in order to uceustom them to the change of diet and the confinement. After the first week the chickens should be given twice a day as much mash as they will conâ€" sume. For one work before the chickens are killed a small quantity of (allow should be added to the masth to increasl.» the juiciness or the flesh. Fresh water should be given in the trough twice a day and grit or gravel twice a week. At all the Illustration Stations the Chickens are fed from the trough throughout the fattening period. The cramming machine has not been used for feed- ing chickens for two years. _+._____ SIR MICHAEL HERBERT Death of British Ambassador Washington. at A Davos-I‘latz. Switzerland (leâ€" spatch says: Sir Michael Herbert, the British Ambassador to the United States. died at 1.30 on Wednesday afternoon. He had gradually been growing worse since his arrival here, but his death was sudden and unâ€" expected. A dcspatch from Paris on Sept. 12 said that Lady Herbert. wife of the British Ambassador at Washington, was dcvoutedly nursing her delicate husband back to health at Ilavosâ€"Platz. Lady Herbert was formerly Miss Lelia Wilson, daughter of Richard T. Wilson, the New York banker, and is related to the Vanderbilt, Ogden. Goclet and Astor families. Lord Pembroke telegraphed to For- eign Minister Lansdowne, announcing the Ambassador‘s sudden death, and asking the Foreign Office to arrange with the Swiss and French authoriâ€" ties for permission to transfer the body through their territories to England. The funeral will probably occur at the family estate at Salisâ€" bury. _._ __+_. G.T.R. EARNINGS INCREASE Half-Yearly Report Shows a Gain All Round. A London despatch says: The Grand Trurk‘s half yearly report on passenger earnings shows a gain of £80,000, mails and express, £18,000; freight and live stock, £307,000. The increase in the number of pasâ€" sengers carried is 335,000, and an addition of a farthing on the averâ€" age fare received and a like gain on the average rate 'per ton. The quality of freight live stock showed an increase of 1,070,000 tons. Work- ing expenses shower] an increase of £389,000. The additional expendiâ€" ture was due to the augmented price of fuel. The new issue of Grand Trunk guaranteed stock has been considerably over subscribed. .â€"_+_..__ SHOT HIS WIFE DEAD. Young Husband Didn’t Know Gun Was Loaded. A Scranton, Pa, despatch says :â€" [lecause he pointed a gun that he did not know was lowded at his wife, Ignatz Klenent, aged twenty-two years, of Oliphztnt, a groom of two weeks, is a widower and a prisoner. Recently he and his seventeenâ€"year- old bride returned from their weddâ€" ing trip and began housekeeping. On Thursday he started on a. hunting trip. As he kissed his young bride goodâ€"bye at the gate, she laughineg said something about his being unâ€" able to shoot, and that she would give him “leave” to shoot her. He playfully raised the gun, pointed it at her, and it went oil. lie was onâ€" ly six feet distant, and the top of llcl‘ head was blown away. lle said that he did tot know the gun was loaded. He was committed to the county jail, but will likely be reâ€" leased on bail. __ _+_. CANADA IS PROSPEROUS. Conditions That Are Attracting Attention in Britain. A London dcspatch says: The Westminster Gazette. referring to the paying off of Canadian loans, says:â€" “It is very satisfactory in these times, so unpropitious for large borâ€" rowing operations, that one of our colonies is in a position to redeem its debts falling due." ROBBERY AT ST. PETER’S Dissappearances of Chalices Wor- ries Authorities. A Home despath says 2â€"17ifti-en :Sllvcl‘ cliuliccs have iiig.‘steriously dis- St. much appeared from the sacristy of l’t-tt-r's. The authorities are to ‘conceruud, especially as this. last folâ€"l illustrate how a ration can be form- .lows the tllClt 0f 50W“ g0” f7al='-”'~‘- lactcristic uiil he sticks. â€"-â€"â€"â€"4 Cape Town‘s customs returns in- o‘icute a decrease for the first time many years. u l MURDER A1 BRANTFORD. Father Finds Dead Body of His 8â€"Year 01d Daughter. A Ilrantford despatch says: Ilalfâ€" submerged in the soggy grass of a. thick bush of willows just south of the Toronto. Hamilton and Urnntford ,Station. with face deathly white and llinibs and body bespnttered with blood. the dead body of little Irene (‘olo was found by a party of search- ‘ers shortly after 7 o'clock on Wed- nesday night. Entry indication [-oints to assault and murder resembâ€" ling in many (lt'lflllS the Glory \Vhaâ€" len crimi- at Collinngood, which is still fresh in the memory of readers throughout the country. Not since the days of the Quirk murder. which still remains a mystery, has such exâ€" citement prevailed in this city, The body when found pluii-Lly liol'o marks of a horrible assault. The clothes were badly torn. and the form was a muss of bruises. To add horror to the whole story it Was the victim's own father who found llf'l‘. (icing along the trail and folâ€" lowing the narrow path his eyes fell upon the dead form of his daughter, whose deathly features were plainly visible in the glimmering moonlight. Paralyzed by the sudden shock the father fell back into the arms of his companions. The section where the crime was committed has long been the nesting place of the toughest charactcis of Brantford. and the headquarters of tramps who visit the city. There have been innumerable brawls there, and the police have been called to the place repeatedly, but it has nev- or been properly cleared up. It covâ€" ers a large area. and there is no- thing there but. a rank growth of grass and bushes. It is an ideal hiding place for tramps, and nothing less than a company of constables could patrol it thoroughly. In the summer there is never a night but that it is infested with hoboes, to such an extent that it is not even safe for a person to go near the loâ€" cality. The victim of this outrage was enticed to the place, and the perpetrator of the crime must have been entirely aware of the loneliness of the surroundings. It is suspected that a tramp is guilty of the murder, but there is nothing so far as known to show this. the. suspicion aroused by reason of the fact, that the place , is infested by members of the fra- ternity. AN ARREST MADE. Slowly but surely a chain of cir- cumstantial evidence is being welded around Joseph Kennedy, a young Irishman, who was arrested at 2 points unerringly to him as the mur- derer of little Irene Cole in “The Willows," near Eagle Place, on Wed- nesday afternoon. Kennedy was positively identified by the Potter children. Alberta, aged 12, and Gordon, aged 14, as the man they saw loitering on the dyke above “The Willows,” near the Cole homestead, about 12.30 on Wed- nesday. Little Irene left her home about 1 o'clock. Kennedy was seen returning from “The Willows” at 4 o'clock in the afternoon by Bruce Durward and Jesse Willoughby. That evening the mutilated remains of the innocent child were discovered in a lonely spot in the swamp by a searching party, headed by the mur- dered girl‘s father. Kennedy was discovered on Thursâ€" day morning in the liayloft in the rear of Hunt and Colter's livery stable. He expressed no surprise when placed under arrest, evinced no Curiosity as to why he was being taken into custody, and asked no questions of the officers as to the reason for his detention. Through- out he carried himself with an air of bravado. On the arrival at the police station he submitted to a most rigorous examination, Conduc’ ted by Dr. Ashton, made no demur when divested of his wearing apparel and other clothes given him. In fact, his bearing was that of a man devoid of interest in the proceedings. The prisoner's garments gave evi- dence of having been carefully spong- ed with wet cloths but a few hours before, while an examination disâ€" closed unmistakable signs of blood stains. Kennedy was arraigned bt-fore Mag istratc \\oo.'llvatt at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning. “Kennedy,” said his Worship, “you are before nu- charged v.ith the murder of Irene Colin What have you to say about it ?" "Not guilty I know nothing about it," said the jil'fsolu-i‘ in n lif)ll,4‘llitl‘ ant mount-r. Th:- iuaigistrate then remanded him for oi.e wt-ck. Joseph Kennedy is by uninvifing in appearance. lie is somewhat stocky in build, but cur- ries Limself with a juunti, Schilâ€" militarv air. Ile has tl‘c ruddy complexion usually characteristic of the recent arrival from the “Old Sod." _h NEW BRITISH DESTROYERS l _. llO lllf‘flllS Admiralty Receives Tenders Construction of Fifteen. A (ilusgmv (it-spatch suystâ€"Ar- cording to the Glasgow Ill-rultl tlir: lliritish Admiralty has l'('t'f‘l\t'fl ten- ,(lcrs for the construction of 1.", tor- pedoâ€"boar ill-stroy-rs to have n spot-d of "' 1â€"2 knots. Their chief char- 8 higher fort-castle. ‘Tlie builders were 3514 d to submit {designs for the rilachiuery on thc ;forced lubrication principle, so that itllo working parts of the engines will [be enclosed. ...u) o'clock on Thursday morning, which ' for z N...â€" zvv .