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‘._ my.” ,. l ,n l m“ William; W _' THE wallng burn.‘ REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. ._â€"â€"- Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. MARKETS OF TWO RLD. Toronto, Oct. 20.â€"â€"Xthatâ€"'l‘hc market is firm for Ontario grades on limited offerings. No. 2 white and red winter are quoted at 76 to 77c low freights. N0. 2 Spring at 78c to 80c cast, and No. 2 goose. at 70c cast. Manitoba grades steady, with no No. 1 hard offering, and the price is purely nominal. At, upper lake ports No. 1 Northern is quoted at 88c, and No. 2 Northern at 82c. Oatsâ€"’l‘he market is unchanged, with denmnd limited. No. 2 white is quoted at 28 to 28$ West, and at 29c cost. No. 1 white, 29; to F30c cast. Barleyâ€"The demand is fair, with offerings limited; No. 2 quoted at 45c middle freights; No. 3 extra, 43c middle freights, and No. 3 at 41 to ' 42c middle freights. Ryeâ€"The market prices steady at i'reights. Peasâ€"Trade is dull and prices un- changed. No. 2 white quoted at 62 to 63c higk freights, and at 640 east. Buckwheatâ€"The market is dull, with quotations 41 to 42c at out- side points. Cornâ€"The market is quiet, with prices steady. No. 2 yellow Amer- ican quoted at 55§c on track Torâ€" onto; No. 3 yellow at 55c, and No. 8 mixed at 54c, Toronto. Flourâ€"Nincty per cent. patents unchanged at $3.05 middle freights in buyers' sacks for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domesâ€" is about 50c quiet, with high tic trafde quoted at $3.40 to $3.55 in bbls, Manitoba flour unchanged; No. 1 patents, $4.75 to $4.80; No. 2 patents, $4.45 to $4.50, and strong bakers', $4.30 to $4.35 on track, Toronto. Millfee'dâ€"Bran steady at $16, and shorts at 318 here. At outside points bran is quoted at $13.50 and shorts at $17. Manitoba. bran in sacks, $18 and shorts at $20 here. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"The market is steady, with receipts fairly large. There is a good demand for choice qualities. We quote 2â€"Finest 1â€"1b. rolls, 17% to 18c; selected daily tubs, 16 to lfi‘gc; secondary grades, 124» to 14c; cream- ery prints, 21 'to 22¢; solids, 19c to 20c. Eggsâ€"The market is firm. We quote zâ€"Strictly new laid, 20c; fresh gathered. 18c, and pickled sell at, 16 to 17c per dozen. Cheeseâ€"Market is quiet, with pric- es steady. We quote: Finest, llic per 1b., and seconds, 11 to llic. HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs are unchanged. Cured meats firm, with a fair demand. We .quotezâ€"Bacon, long clear, 10} to loic, in ton and case lots. Pork, mess $18 to $18.50; do. short out, $21 to $21.50. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, light to medium, 14 to 14430; do.. heavy, 13 to 1311c; rolls, 11 to llgc; shoulders, 10§c; backs, 15 to 15fc; breakfast bacon,’14§ to 15¢. Landâ€"The market is steady, with fair demand. Tierces, 91c; tubs, 9ft),- pails, 9&c; column-11d, 8 to 9c. ~â€" BU SINES S AT MONTREAL, Montreal, Oct. 20.â€"Manitoba wheat is higher, being quoted at 83§c for No. 1 Northern, and 77410 for No. 2 Northern, ex store, Fort this is above the export price, and as yet the millers are buying up most of the offerings; all that. has come here so far has been consigned to c. milling firm, and it is doubtful Whether much will be ex- ected before the close of navigation. “ gs are firm, with an upward ton- doncy, on account. of the cool weath- er. Butter and cheese are steady. Grainâ€"Peas, 63c high freights, 72; to 73c afloat hero‘ rye, 53c east, 58§c afloat here; buckwheat, 52c; No. 2 oats, 35c in store, and 33:} to 34¢ afloat; flaxseod, $1.15 on track here; feed barley, 50c; No. 3 barley, 52in Flourâ€"Manitoba patents, $4.80: seconds, 34.50; strong bakâ€" ers', $4.25 to $11.50; Ontario straight. rolcrs, $3.90 to $4: in bags, $1.90 to 82; patents, $4.15 to 34.40; ex- tras, $1.70 to $1.75: rolled oats $1.80 per bag, $3.80 per bbl. Feed â€"â€"l\[a.uitoba bran, $17 to $18; ~shorts $20, bags included; Ontario bran, in bulk, $15.50 to $16.50; shorts, in bulk, $20.50 to $21.50. Beansâ€" Choice primes, $1.70 per bush in car lots, Provisionsâ€"Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $20.50 to 821; Light short cut, $20 to $20.50; compound refined lard, 8c; pure Canadian lard, 8; to 9c; kettle rendered, 10 to 101C; hams, 125 to 14¢; bacon 14 to 15c; fresh killed abattoir hogs, $8 to $8.25. Eggs-Candied selected, 19c, and straight. receipts, 17c; Mon- treal limed, 16 to 17c. Cheeseâ€"On- tario, 11* to 11ic; Townships, 10ic; Quebec, 103m Butterâ€"Townships Creamery, 20% to 21c; Quebec, 203%; Western dairy, 16c, DNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Oct. 20.â€"Flour-*Steady. Wheatâ€"Spring higher; No. 1 higher; 86c asked; winter firm; No, 2 red, 84c. Cornâ€"Quiet; No. 2 yellow, filic; No. 2 corn, 50c. Oatsâ€"Quiet; No. 2 white, 41“; No. 2 mixed, 39c. Barleyâ€"~Wcstern, 54 to 63c c.i.i'. Rye _No. 1. 59c in store. Canal fl eighty-Steady. Duluth Oct. 20.â€"Wheatâ€"To ar- riveâ€"No. 1 hard, 82jc; No. 1 North- _. cm, 8150: No. 2 Northern 78k; Oo- tober, 8113c; December TTic; )luy 7813c. Minneapolis, Oct. 20.â€"â€"i‘»’hout-â€" llen'vlnlu-r, .‘llit‘; Mm, 7914'; on track No. 1 hard, sup; No. 1 Northern. 82:}c; No. 2 Northern, sogc; No. 3 Northern, 70 to 79c. Milwaukee, Oct. 20,â€"\\‘hcntâ€".\'o. 1 Northern, 8.1 to 8414‘: No. 2 North- ern, 81 to 83c; No. 3 Northern, 70i to 793C. Ryeâ€"Dull; No. 1, In} in 5650. Barleyâ€"Lower; No. ‘2, 65c: smnple, ~10 to (Stile. Corn~llccelu- her, 45 to 45in C A'I‘TLE M A I {K ETS . Toronto, Oct. 20.â€"â€"I,il)eral offerings of live stock were made at the West- ern Market to-duy, and business in all lines was brisk. The prices of the best grades of butchors' and feeders hold firm, while those of the lighter classes of stockch and butâ€" chers' were barely steady. Hardly any good exporters came forward. and very few of the rough and medium qualities. One load of rough ones, 1.250 lbs. in weight, was sold for $4.25, and another lot __. STREET CAR HELD UP. Daring Robbery by Two Highway men at Toronto. A Toronto desputch says: A during , hold-up of a street car conductor took place on King street wcst on: Thursday morning. Car No. 0122. was held up at 12.30 by two high- wuymcn, and Conductor ll‘mâ€" ll‘owâ€" urd of 068 Queen strut-t west was robbed of $25. The (111‘, which was on its last, trip, was running to the lioncesvulles barns. There were no passengers on board. At Wilson avenue two men jumped on the cur, one of them pointing n revolver at Howard, whilst the other grabbed the box. Howard made an effort to ring the bell to alarm the motormnn, when his assailant threw him off the car, stunning him. The. motormnn, Harry Irwin. stopped his car, took off the handle bar, gme chuso to the man with the fare box, hit him on the lined and recovered the box. In the meantime the men who had been struggling with the conductor got of ten, averaging 1,260 lbs. also changed hands. . Not enough choice butchers' to sup- ply the demand were offered, and values in consequence Were strong, without an advance being recorded. Choice animals of this class continue to be much enquired after. Firstâ€"class shortâ€"keep feeders for the distillelies commanded ,a steady market, and buyers could have done with more then they got. The values of these were pretty firm in most cases, but some of the sellers com- plained that the buyers were more particular than before, and that any cattle not quite up to the standard were not so easy to get rid of. A number of light stockers and calming cows and bulls were. on sale, but values in these were low by reason of the liberal receipts thereâ€" of. An active trade in lambs was re- porto’d, several choice lots bringing as much as $4.25 per cwt. But the heavy deliveries depressed the mar- ket, which closed weak. The prices of exporters' and bucks were steadâ€" ily maintained. Calves continued steady and changed. An active enquiry for milch cows was a feature. Not enough came forward to supply the demand, and even those were not of the high quality desired by. the buyers of this market. The.deliveries were 89 cars, 1,217 cattle, 1,661 hogs, 2,748 sheep and lambs, and 39 calves. Owing to the light offerings of exâ€" porters' the quotations of these were nominally maintained. Best exâ€" porters, would bring $4.60 to $4.75; fair to good, $4.40 to $4.60, and light $4.10 up. Export bulls of choice quality were quoted at $4 to $4.25 per cwt., and medium at $3.50 to $3.90.. Heavy export cows sold at $3.50 to $4 per cwt. The demand for the best grades of butchers' was brisk, the supply beâ€" ing iimitcd. Lower grades were steady end unchanged. We quote zâ€"Picked lets, 1,075 to 1,150 un- le., $4.35 to $4.30; 200d loads, $4 to $4.25; fair to good loads, $3.60 to $3.90; common. $3 to $3.40; rough and inferior, $2.25 to $2.80; canning cows and bulls, $1.75 to $2.25 per cwt. Trade in feeders and stockers con- tinued good, and quotations remain- ed about. the same as before. Our prices follow tâ€"Feeders. choice steers, 1,050 to 1,150 lbs, $3.50 to $3.80; heavy short-keeps, 1,150 to 1,250 lbs., $3.90 to $4.15; stockers, 600 to 800 lbs. $12.75 to $8.25; stock calves, yearling steers, 400 to 600 lbs., $2.50 up; off colors and poor quality, some Weights, $2.25 to $2.50 per cwt. Distillery bulls, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs. sold at $2.50 to $3.12} per cwt. Milch cows sold at $30 to $60 each, according to quality. Lambs opened firm, but the mar- ket became easy at the close. We quote :â€"Export ewes, $3.40 to $3.â€" 50; lambs, $3.75 to $4.15; export buoks, $2.50 to $2.75 per cwt. Calves continue steady at $2 to $10 each, and 4 to Sic per lb. Hogs were quoted as follows 2â€"â€" Selects, 160 to 200 lbs. prime bacon quality, oil cars here, $5.40; lights and fats, $5.15 per cwt; sows, $4 per cwt., and stugs $2 to 83 each. â€"â€"nâ€"â€"._Aâ€"â€"â€"â€" BATTLESHIPS COLLIDE. Vessel of British Channel Squad- ron is Damaged. A London despatch says :â€"'I‘he two British battleships, Prince George and Hannibal, both belonging to the Channel Squadron, were in collision on Sunday night near Cape Finistore, and have put into Ferrel. They had been manoeuvring withOut lights. The Prince George was badly damaged. It is reported that she has nine feet of Water in her hold. She may have to be beached to prevent her from sinking. ____§.___._. CENTRAL FOR HORSE THIEF Sentenced at Berlin to Eighteen. Months for Crime. A Berlinz Ont., dcspatch says :â€"A selfâ€"confessed horse thief named Roxie W‘alker was on Saturday sen- tenced to eighteen moriths in the Central Prison by Judge Chisholm. Walker stole a $200 more on Oct. 3rd, from D. Anderson, at Hays- ville, and was arrested on the 10th at. Elmira by High Constable Huber. v Walker was wanted by the Torontoi authorities about a year ago. away, taking with him the pouch with the cash which each conductor has to carry, amounting to $25. The police at No. 6 station were notified that the robbers had gone down Dowling avenue. P. C. Cron- in, 246. ran down Huxley street and met two young men running. He grabbed one by the throat, pointed his revolver at the other, threatening to shoot if he did not surrender, and he surrendered. At the police sta- tion the two men were identifier] by the conductor and gave their names as Wm. Rand and Joseph Ross, 2337 Farley avenue, both aged 23. The revolver which Band is charged with presenting at the conductor was not found on either prisoner, neither was the conductor's pouch and money. Conductor Howard was badly injured about the head, which is now swath- ed in bandages. His wounds were dressed by Dr. Harrison. Howard's pouch was found next morning in a yard close to the scene of the robcry, but there is still no trace of the revolver flourished by one of the highwaymcn. The sum of $1.40 was in the pouch. Some money and tickets are still missing. SHOT HIS SON DEAD. Sad Accident on St. Lawrence. Near Brockville. A Brockville dcspatch says: San- ford Darling, of McIntosh's mill, and his 13-year-old son were duck hunt- ing on the St. Lawrence Fiver in a. skiff on Thursday. The father shot at some ducks, which dived after the shot. He asked his son, who was in the bow of the skill, to watch for them to rise while he reloaded. Be- fore re had finished loading the son exclaimed that the ducks were in sight again. In the excitement of the moment the gun was, in some unaccountable manner discharged in the father's hands, the full charge passing through the boy's side, al- most disemboweling him. The lad uttered an exclamation and immedi- ately fell back dead into his father's arms. _._._.+‘,___. AMERICANS WIN. Given all But One Point by the Alaskan Commission. A London dcspatch says :â€"â€"The Alaskan Boundary Commission has verbally agreed to grant all the American contentions except that for the Portland Canal, which goes to Canada. The formal agreement is being drawn up, and will be ren- dered on Monday. THE FRUIT MARKS ACT. Prosecute a Any Private May Retailer. The Inspet‘tors of the Dominion Fruit Division are now devoting special attention to the enforcement of the Fruit Marks Act. Several prosecutions have taken place in Ontario, all of which resulted in con- victions. and several are now pendâ€" ing in Nova. Scotia. These are mainâ€" ly for marking inferior fruit No. 1; although there is such a large amount of first-class fruit in the country packers still persist in try- ing to palm oil inferior fruit as No. 1. Mr. W. A. MacKinnon. Chief of the Fruit Division, says that retailers are beginning to understand the scope of the act much better than formerly, and appear well aware of the existence of the law and of the fact that it is being enforced by in- spectors. They also understand the fact that it is at the disposal of any private citizen. A Prosecution is now pending in Toronto by a private citizen against a retailer who is said to have disclaimed responsibility. Only a single basket is involved, but it is clear that. if individuals do not protect themselves in the case of single baskets, they are not likely to do so at all, as ninety per cent. of their purchases are of single baskets. It will be the policy of the Depart- ment to hold the retailers more strictly to account in the future for the packages of fruit which they pass on the public. If the retailers do not themselves complain when they find dishonest packing it is because they are willing to share in the fraudulent profit. Of course, the original packer will always be pros..- outed when he can be discovered, but that will not excuse the retailng. GOT AWAY WITH $2,700 Snatched Frein Postmaster‘s Hand. A Halifax, N. 3., rlespatch says: The boldest highway robin-ry known in eastern Cunudu “us committed on Wednesday rignt, “hen, without striking a blow or using any violence a man snatched from the hands of the postmustcr of Port Ureville, N.S., it‘s’caport town on the liuy of Fundy, a parcel contuining $2,700. The money was sent from the Union Bank of Halifax brunch at l’nrrs- boro', N.S., to the Colonial Copper Co. at Cape d'Or, to pay the lat.- tcr's minch on the 13th. The pack- age was registered and insured. it arrived at Port (lreville on Wednesâ€" day night, and was to be sent for- ward to Cape d'Or in mull coach on Thursday. The postmaster at. Port (lreville. having no sufc, takes all registered lnnttcl‘ to his house for safe-keeping. Ho \Vl'upllotl this pack- age in ordinary paper, and, accom- panierl by his wife, started for home. The night was dark and they had gone but a. short distance when a man darted out from behind the building, grabbed the money pack- age and dashed off before the dived postmaster‘could recognize the robâ€" ber or raisn the alarm. It seems it was generally known that money to pay the Copper Company’s men was transmitted about the 14th of the month, but there is no clue to the criminal. Postofiice inspectors ar- rived at Port Greville on Friday night to investigate the robbery. PROVINCIAL iRTH-RATE. Higher Than in 1901, While Death Rate is Lower. A despatch from Toronto says: The Ontario Health Department has issued a report showing the births, marriages and deaths for last year. The birth rate shows an increase and the death rate a material decrease. Last year there were 47,796 births, as compared with 46,061 in 1901, or an increase of 1,735. The number of marriages in 1902 was 18,072, an increase of 37 over the preceding year. The number of deaths during the year Was 27,861, While in 1901 the figures totalled 29,608, nhcwing the substantial decrease of 1,744. The rate per thousand of births was 21.1 in 1901, 21.7 in 1902; marri- ages, in 1901; 8.2, in 1902 82; deaths, in 1901 13.6, in 1902 12.6. In the cities the number of births last year was 10,641; marriages, 5,- 379; deaths, 7,571. The figures for 1901 were 10,047, 5,468, and 8,097 rcspeCt-ively. This makes the rate per thousand of the population as follost:â€" 1901, births 21.6, marriâ€" ages 12.1, deaths 16.6; 1902, births 22.2, marriages 12.2, deaths 15.8. _ +â€" KILLED SEVEN PERSONS. Indian Set Out Intending to Mur- der Twenty-one. Package the A Browning, Mont, despatch says: James Little Plume has confessed to the murder of the seven persons kill~ ed on Sunday on the Blackfoot In- dian reservation. T1 is confession was made before United States Com- missioner Arnaux. Among the sevâ€" en killed was the wife of Little Plume. His intention. he said, Was to kill fourteen more, but a shell struck his rifle, rendering it useless. He then cut a gash in his owu throat and arm to allay suspicion. ._.__..â€"+____ THE ELECTRIC CURRENT. A. J. Markle, of St. Catharines, Met an Instant Death. A St. Catharines (lcspatch says: Mr. A. J. Markle, superintendent of the Lincoln Electric Light 00., of this city, was instantly killed about 8.30 on Friday morning by coming in contact with a. live wire while making some repairs to the line at the corner of St. Paul and Chestnut Streets. Deceased was standing on the wet ground and in some way the bare end of a broken wire touch- ed his right hand, and he received a current of about 2,400 volts. He dropped instantly, and all efforts to restore him were unavailiug. lltu ceased leaves a widow and two chilâ€" (iron. .____4___-. TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN. London Boy Confesses to Laying Chain Across Rails. A London, Ont, dl‘SpilLCll says: Arthur Davis, aged 15 years, was arrested on Wednesday charged with having placed a, piece of heavy chain across a rail in the Grand Trunk yards here a few days ago. The place is close by the Thames River Bridge, and railway men say that had a train attempted to pass over the chain it would certainly have been derailed. The embankment is a 15â€"foot one, and but for the fortu- nate discovery of Davis' act, a tcr~ rible wreck must have resulted. The prisoner, who bears a bad reputa- tion, has confessed his guilt. ___;_____. NEW SOUTH WALES WHEAT Increase in Acreage and Condition Good. A Sydney, N.S.W., despatch says: The Government estimates the area of wheat in New South Wales at 1,- 826,948 acres, or 226,600 acres above the urea in 1902. The condiâ€" tion of the wheat is distinctly good. Large CHAMBERLAIN’S PROGRAM. Points From His Recent Speech at Greenock, Scotland. The following is the text of Mr. Clutmburluln‘s second great speech in his izscnl cuml‘ulgn, delivered at Greener-k on the evening of October S. In his Glasgow speech be dealt with prcl'trnntiul thrills, and the (lrevnork address he devoted to the "l‘E‘lull‘dthll" uspcct of the fiscal question. America, Germany, and France had adopted not 11 haphazard policy, for it had succeeded. Foreign countries had kept their foreign trade, and had increased in very much greater proportion to tho trudo of this free trade country. “’0 were losing both ways. We were losing our foreign markets, he- qahse \vln‘nvu‘l' we begun to open up a new trade the door was slammed in our face by u whacking tariff. filld these same foreigners shut us out and invaded our markets. That was un- fair, one-sided, and threatened most. seriously the position of every monuâ€" facturer, and above nll, every work- ing man in this Kingdom. Let them ask their friends this question: “You say protection or retaliation will be a very bad thing for this Kingdom. Well, how do you account for the fact that all the nations that have adopted this sys- tem have prospered very much more. than we have?" The policy which had been advo- cated by President. Lincoln, President McKinley, Prince Bismarck, and many of the mOst distinguished statesmen in France, was “keep for a manufacturing country its home in- dustry; fortify the home industry to make it impregnable, and then hav- ing left the fort behind, move for- Ward against other countries and at- tack cspccially one country," and that. is our own, which we have left totally unguarded to all these as- saults. The foreigners were doing the work of 333,000 L’ritish workmen. and were earning wages which might have supported one million five hundred thousand British people. But that did not matter, said the Cobden Club, because the British workmen had found other employment. That doctrine of the transfer of labor was the doctrine of pedants, who know nothing of business and nothing of labor. We had nothing to fear from the foreigner. He did not believe in a war of tariffs, but fi there Were a war of tariffs, he know We should not come out second best. Ours was the greatest market in the whole world. At the present time we take from Germany about twice as much as she took from us, from France three times, and from the United States six times as much as they took from us. Who was it who stood to lose if there should be a. war of tariffs? We had a. great resource in the sow of Britain across tire sea. There was nothing we wanted which they could not supply. There was nothing which we sell that they could not buy. We could. if we would, make the Empire selfâ€"supporting. They must take up a new youth as members of a great Empire, which Would continue from generation to generation the strength, power, and glory of the British race. ____+.__._._ FIRE IN MONTREAL HOME. Two Firemen Injured and Inmatt May Die of Shock. .A Montreal despatch says :â€"Two firemen were injured and the lives of 29 children and 18 helpless women placed in peril by a fire which broke out in the Ladies' Benevolent. Insti. tute, Berthelet Street, early Satur- day morning. The damages to the building is estimated to reach $5,000. 'l‘lye fire, the cause of which is unknown, started in the attic, while the inmates were at breakfast. Panic at once ensued, and children rushing to the street alarmed the neighbors, who lent their aid in rescuing the inmates. Mrs. Corrigan, 80 years of age, was the last. to be removed from the building, and it is feared that she will not survive the shock. The flumes had gained great headway when the firemen arrived on the scene. Firemen Brophy and Pinot were carrying a branch up a stair< way, when they wore overcome by a buck drought and Iirophy was badly burned on face, breast and hands. â€"_.â€"+._â€"~ VISIBLE T0 NAKED EYE. Sun Spots 172,000 Miles Long by 58,000 Miles Wide. A Washington despatch says: The United States Naval Observatory on Wednesday made observations of the extraordinary group of solar spots visible on the sun, the largest group discovered in the last decade. The observations are under the direction of George 11. Peters, who made a. statement, saying:â€" “The group con- sists of about nine spots in all and now show indication of condensing into two principal spots. or groups, somewhat separated. Tuesday the, total length of the disturbed regionI was 172,000 miles, with a width off about 58,000 miles, The group was? easily seen by the naked r-yc at the{ Na\ :11 Observatory by snvm‘al of the. astronomers and ought to be conspiv: cuous objects for several days yet.; A brilliant aurora was observed last, evening."