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500‘ Flourâ€"Manitoba. patentvs: 54.80; seconds, $4.50; strong bakers,' Montreal. Oc't. 27.â€"-Business in grain continues 'dull‘.~ though there is some enquiry for oats and peas for export; wheat is, still quiet, a little above the export price; flour is easing 051' a little. mid if Wheat comes down lo the present price bid for export, flour will probably go lower. The Liverpool quotation for cheese is up SC! to 5‘15 for White and 55s for col- pre'd: locally, too, the market shows lnore strength, owing to the high prices paid in the country. Grainâ€" reas, 68c high treights, 72§c afloat .ere; rye, 53c east, 53c afloat, here; buckwheat, 490; No. 2 outs, 34§c in More. and 38% to 34¢ afloat; flaxsee'd 5}.15 onmtrackflhere; 7N0. 3 barley, St Louis, Oct. 27.â€"Close'dâ€"that -â€"Cnsh, 87§c; December, 86“; May, 8211‘. $3.40 to $3.50; secon'd clears, $2.75 to $2.85, f.o.b. in wood, Minneapollis Branâ€"In bulk, $12.75 to $13. Toledo, Oct. 27.â€"Clnsed--fi\'hcatâ€" Cash 84“; Decemben 85%6; May, 812C. Cornâ€"Cash, «18C; Docemhm‘, 433c; May, 423m. Oatsâ€"Cash, 37-}0; December, 36%; May, 37'“. Minneapolis, Oct. 27.-â€",\\'hoatâ€"De- tomber,_ 79ic; May, 78“; on track, No. 1 hard, 3553:; No. 1 Northern, 843C: No. 2 Northern, 82$c; No. 3 NorthernL 80 to 82c. Flourâ€"First patents, $4.55 to $4.65; second pa~ tents, $4.45 'to $4.55; first clears, Milwaukee, Oct. 27.â€"NV11cntâ€"Easy; No. 1 Northern,_ 86 to SGéc; No. 2 Northern, 8345 to 84%C; December, 80§c bid. Ryeâ€"Steady; No. 1, 56 (o 56$c. Barleyâ€"Steady; No. 2, 65c; sample, 42 'to 61c. Cornâ€"De (ember, 433-0. Eggsâ€"The marke't is firm.\\‘e quote: --Strict]y_ new laid, 200; fresh gath- ered, 18c, 3110‘ pickled, 17c per "dozen. receipts moderate. The best grades are in demand and firm. We quote â€"Finest 1-lb. rolls, 18 to 19c; selectâ€" ed dairy tubs, 16 to 17c; secondary grades,‘ 13 to 15c; crcalnez‘y prints, 21% to 2'2c; solids, 19 to 200. Clieeseâ€"'Â¥Max‘k;3t is qhiet, \;~ith steady. We quote zâ€"Fincst, 114.; to 119:0 per lb; and seconds 11 'to 11-}0. Potatoesâ€"The offerings are fair and prices stea'dy. Car lots quoted at 50c per bag on track. Small lots sell at 65¢ per bag. Poultryâ€"The market is steady. Turkeys quoted at 10 to 12c per lb in case lots: geese, 6:} to 7§c per lb; ‘ducks 9 to 10c; chickens, 9 to 10c; and fowls,_ 7 'to Sc per lb. Hayâ€"Demand fair, with receipts only moderate. No. 1 is quoted at £9 to $9.50 on track, Toronto. Strawâ€"The market is quiet at $5.25 to $5.50 per ton, for car lots Strawâ€"The $5.25 to $5.50 on track. Hops~The market is quiet, with this season’s crop quoted at 20 to 25c. Honeyâ€"The market i to (Sac per lb. for bulk, to $1.50 for comb. honey, 7 'to He per lb. Beansâ€"There is a quiet trade, with prices steady. Unpicke'd, $1.75 to $1.80 a bushel, and handpicked $2 ‘to $2.15. Applesâ€"The market is unchanged, with moderate supplies. Winter fruit quoted at $2 to $2.50 per hbl. in car lots, and $2.50 in small quantiâ€" ties. Millieedâ€"Bran stca'dy at $16, and shorts at $18 here. At outside points bran is quoted at $13.50, and shorts at $17. AMunitoba bran, in sacks, $18 and shorts at 520 here. Cornâ€"The market is quiet, With prices steady. No. 2 yellow Ameri- can quoted at 55c on track, Toron- to; No. 3 yellow at 54c, and No. 3 mixed at 53 to 53k: Toronto. Flourâ€"Ninety per cent. patents are firm at $3.10 middle heights, in buyers sacks for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade 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’, 34,30 to $4.35 on track, Toronto. * Buckwh‘éutâ€"lele market is 'dull, with quotations 41 to 42c at outside points. Ryeâ€"The market is quiet, with prices steady at about 500 high freights, and at 510 east. Peasâ€"Trade is dull and prices unâ€" changed. No. 2 white quoted at 61 to 625: high freights, and at 64c east. Barleyâ€"The demand With offerings fair. No. 44c middle freights; No. ‘ middle freights, and No. middle freights. inal at 92c Sarnin. Oatsâ€"The market is steady, with offerings moderate, No. 2 white is quoted at 28 to 28gc west, and at 29c low froigh'ts to New York. No. 1 white, 30 to 305C east. Toronto, Oct. 27.â€"Wheatâ€"Onturio grades are firm, with demand chiefly from miners. No. 2 white and red winter sold at. 77‘) to 78c low freights. No. 2 Spring is quoted at 76 to 77c cast, and No. 2 goose at 70 to 710 east. Manitoba wheat is firm. At upper lake ports No. 1 Northern is quoted at 89k, and No. 2 Northern at. 846. No. 1 hard nom- Toronto, grades are from millc winter 5! heights. 76 to 770 70 to 710 UNITED STATES MARKETS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL THE WORLD'S MARKETS. TUE DAIRY MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE. market is quiet at 6 for bulk, and at $1.25 comb. Choice clover is limited, quoted at. extra, 42c 3 at 40c Canada Furniture Comgany’s Saw Mill Destroye . A Wiarton despatch says: The saw mill of the Canada. Furniture Comâ€" pany was completely destroyed by fire on Thursday, together with sev- eral hundred thousand feet of oak lumber. The loss on the mill and lumber is about, $60,000, partly cov- ered by insurance. Sturgeon Falls Boy Falls Under Express Train. A Sturgeon Falls despatch says :â€" Edgar Parker, 15 years of age, son of Mayor Parker,_ of Sturgeon Falls, was seriously injured by falling under the "Soo” eastbound express on Thursday evening. The lad jumped on the train at the depot, and in getting oil" at the crossing fell,_ the wheels passing over his left arm. Am- putation just below the shoulder was successfully performed. $60,000 PIRE'AT WIARTON Steadiness was the feature in hogs. Mr; Harris received 2,000. We quotetâ€" Selects, 160 to 200 lbs, of good bacon quality, ofl‘ cars, $5.40; fats and lights, 35.15: sows, $3.50 to $4; Stags, $2 to $3 per cwt. Calves continued steady, at 4 5gc per 11)., and $2 to $10 each. Milch cows were quoted at $30 $56 each. Steady prices prevailed on the sheep market. We quote as follows: Export ewes, $3.40 to $3.50; export bucks, $2.50 to $2.75 per th.; cull sheep, $2 to $3 each; lambs, $3.50 to $4 per cwt. In feeders and stockcrs trade con- tinued steady. Quotations follow:â€" Feeders, 1,000 to 1,200 lbs.. $3.40 to $3.75; choice feeders, 1,150 to 1,» 225 1133., $3.80 to $3.90; stockers 700 to 800 Ibs., 8.2.50 to $3; feed- ers, 800 to 950 1135., $3 to $3.75; stock calves, yearlings, 400 to 700 Ibs., $2.50 to $3.25; rougher grades, of the same weight, $2 to $2.50 per cwt. Distillery feeding bulls, 900 lbs sold at $2.50rto $3,125 per cwt. Export cows were quoted at $3.65 to $3.85 per cwt. Export bulls sold at $3.75 to $4.- 25 per th. Activity continued to dominate the butchers’ market, and values in those were Well maintained. We quote:â€" Good to choice butchers', loads of, 950 to 1,150 lbs, $3.75 to $4.25; fair to good, $3.25 to $3.75; comâ€" mon, $2.50 to $3.15; canncrs and rough stock, $2 up. As much as $4.40 was paid for several lots of choice animals. The receipts amounted to 92 loads, 1,425 cattle, 2,103 sheep and lambs, 2,231 hogs and 57 calves. The market for exporters’ was unâ€" changed, at $4.15 to $4.80 per cwt. Light to medium animals sold at $4.15 to $4.50, and fair to choice at $4.55 up. Not many of the latter class Were received. Lighter classes of stockers aiso sord at steady prices. The market for ewes and bucks was firm and lambs, under the influence of light receipts, were steady; Calves were in good demand and firm. Feeders of good quality and of suitable weights for the distileries continued in active demand, and sold readily. Many buyers from outside points were on the market looking for stockers and feeders to sell to the farmers, and these men said that a, fairly good enquiry from the counâ€" try for these was still passing. Butchers‘ cattle of all descriptions sold Well, the prices keeping firm, and the demand brisk. The general quality of the receipts was fair, but not many extra choice ones were of- fered. Any of these were quickly purchased, and brought good prices. Not many exporters came forward, and the quality of these Was about fair. Buyers were out in force and so business in these was over early in the day, and some said that they wanted several loads more, which they were unable to get on this mar- ket. Values were unchanged. Toronto, Oct 27.â€"An active trade in cattle was the feature at the Western Market toâ€"day, and all lines sold quickly and at steady prices. Hogs were steady and unchanged. Sheep continued firm, while lambs Were steady. poun'd, 8 to Smoked Meats :â€"Iâ€"Iams, medium, 14 to 14gc; 60., to 13gc; rolls, 11 ‘to llgc loge; backs,_ 15 to 15.5% bacon, 14;» to 15c. Lardâ€"The fair demand 9} 'to 94c; Dressed hogs are unchanged. Cure‘d meats firm. with a. fair demand. .We quote :â€"â€"-Bacon,_ long clear,‘ 10} to 10§c in ton and case lots. Pork, mess, $17.50 to $18; do. short cut. $21. $4.25 to $4.50; Ontanio straight rol- lers, $3.90 'to $4: in bags, $1.90 to 52; patents, $4.15 to $4.40; extras, $1.70 to $1.75; rolled oats, $1380 per bag, $3.80 per bbl. Feedâ€"Man- itoba bran, $17 to $18; shorts, 820, bags included; Ontario bran, in bulk, $15.50 to $16.50; shorts, in bulk, $20.50 to $21.50. Eggsâ€"Cundled selected, 21 to 22c; and straight re- ‘ceipts, 19c; Montreal 1imcd,_ 17 to J'Hc. Cheeseâ€"Ontario, llgc; Town- ships, llfic; Quebec, 113:0, Bu't'terâ€" Townships creamci'y, 21 to 2150; Quebecl 20gc; .Wcstern 'dairy, 16c. HIS ARM CUT OFF. LIVE STOCK M ARKET HOG PRODUCTS. Tierces, 9 to 9k} tubs, pails, 95 to 93c; com- 9c. mfirket is, stcai'dylV with 'ams, light to do., heavy, 13 11:}C; shoulders, 15fic; breakfast A Toronto despatch says: The Court of Revision has concluded its work on the assessment of the city for 1904, therefore the amount on which the taxation next year will be based is obtainable. The total tax- able assessment for the year will be $141,667,775, compared with $138,- 645,995 for 1903, an increase of $3,- 021,780. A New York '(lcspatcli says :â€"-The Royal Fire Company No, 6, of this city, has been honored by King Ed- ward of England by the present of a handsome greyhound from the Royal kennels at Windsor. The greyhound arrived in a large box covered with the labels of foreign and United States transportation companies. The 'dog comes in response to a re- quest which was forwarded to his Majesty several months ago, and which was signed by Congressman D. P. Lefaen, and other members of the fire company. - Amount on Which the Taxation for 1904 Will be Based. Attempted Burglary at Hamilton Monday Morning. A Hamilton despatch says: Con- stable William Barron was shot\on Monday morning, at 1 o’clock, by a. burglar, and is how lying in the hospital in a precarious condition. Mrs. J. Bicknell Mills, of 110 Cath- erine Street north, was awakened by hearing a sound as though someone was attempting to make an entrance into the house. She went to the window and saw a man leave the front of the house and walk into the shadow of a tree, where another man was waiting. Convinced that they were thieves she raised a cry of "po- lice,” and Constable Barronmrompt- 1y responded. The men jumped over the fence, pursued by the oilicer. One of the men turned to fire, and order- ied the constable to hold up his hands. The officer attempted to take his man and the latter fired three shots, one of which took effect in the left side below the heart, the bullet being deflected by a. suspender buckle. Barron s'mggered up Gore Street blowing his whistle, which was heard by a young man named Hugh Spence, who came to his asâ€" sistance and telephoned {or the am- bulance. There is no clue to the perpetrators. Mrs. Mills states that one was a tall man and the other considerably shorter. KING EDWARD’S PRESENT. Greyhdund from Royal Kennels for New York Firemen. The loss on building and contents, separate from personal effects, is es- timated at $421,000, upon which there is an insurance of but $20,000. The insurance is held by the North British and Mercantile Company in three policies, aggregating $48,000, part of which is upon the new junior school and its contents». The insur- ance will not cover the loss by $22,â€" 000. HAMILTON OFFICER SHOT. LOSS NEARLY $50,000. The half-robed pupils once out onâ€" deavored to check the progress of the flames. but without avail. The fireâ€" men upon their arrlval worked hard, but found it necessary to devote con- siderable attention to saving the neighboring property. The entire senior school was destroyed except the gymnasium and boiler-room. The laundry is partially damaged but the balance of the building was burn- e'd completely. Only the bare walls of one section stand. Several walls collapsed during the progress of the llreL and barely missed burying peoâ€" ple. The students were quartered as far as possible in the junior school, but the majority were taken in by friends of the college. They are all being well cared for. The fire was first observed in the trunk room, but how it could have started is a mystery. It has been the custom to have this room locked, but it had been opened Saturday af- ternoon to allow some rcp’airs to be made. Intense excitement reigned among .the students, of whom there were 62 in the institution, had all escaped only partially clatl, their personal effects being consumed in the flames. In addition to the students there were five 01‘ the staff in the building at the time the fire broke out, four masters and the matron. One mas- ter,_ F. H, ,Woo'dL was In Toronto. Thirteen domestics occupied quarters in the'south‘western portion of the building. They were obliged to make a hurried escape, and lost all their belongings. In all eighty people were sleeping in the building when the blaze was kliscoverdd‘ yet no one was injured. the students Was awakened by a. red glare in his room in the front dor- mitory on the second floor. He raised an alarm which awoke H. C. Griffin, one of the masters, who imâ€" mediately sent in a telephone alarm to the department, and aroused the students, several of whom had nar- row escapes. They all made quick exit from the building, the main por- tion of which was in flames. 'A St. Catharines 'despa'tch says :â€" A destructive fire visited Ridley Col- lege senior school here early on Sun- day morning and the instltution is in rllinsl About three o'clock one of the students Was awakened by a. red glare in his room in the front dor- mitory on the second floor. He TORONTO A‘SSESSD‘IENTq Early Sunday Morning Fire at St. Catharines. RIDLEY COLLEGE BURNED. l A New York despatch says: “Where ‘the prolongation of life is simply the prolongation of hopeless agony it seems to me that it would be proper that such a. patient should quietly. decently, mddestly be allowed to end the sufl‘ering. It seems to me that such :1 course would be a step fur- ther away from the barbarians." In these words the Rev. Merie St. 0. Wright, of the Lenox Avenue Unitar- ian Church, placed himself on record on Wednesday night as favoring "eu- thanasia," which in medical parlance is the putting of incurables to death. The suggestion was made before the New York State Medical Associa- tion, which held its‘annual dinner at the Hotel Manhattan on \Vednesday night, and while it caused much surâ€" prise because of its source, it was re- ceived none the less with hearty ap- plause. The cavalry is the "point" in the Japanese :1 cost, $30,000 A Winnipeg despatch says: On Wednesday the wind completely wrecked the new annex to the Gen- eral Hospital at Brandon, now in course of erection. A catastrophe was averted only by the fact that it occurred during the hour when the numerous workmen engaged upon it Were at dinner, otherwise considerâ€" able loss of life could not have been averted. The new building was (50 by 100 feet in dimensions, two stori- es and a. basement. It was all ready to roof in when the accident occurred and the loss will be Very heavy, as much of the material was destroyed, and the building was expected to The Suggestion of a New York Unitarian Divine. Hole Pierced in the Victory’s Port Quarter. A Portsmouth, Eng., despatch says zâ€"Nelson’s old flagship, the Victory, was nearly sunk in Ports~ mouth harbor on Friday morning by the battleship Neptune. The battleâ€" ship, Hero, and some minor craft were also damaged. The Neptune. which was being towed into Portsâ€" mouth, preparatory to being taken to the Thames to be broken up, broke adrift and ran amuck. After desperate efforts the Neptune was secured by the Hero, but not before the former had knocked a. six-foot hole in the Victory's port quarter. The Victory’s lower 'decks were floodâ€" ed and she began to settle, her crew standing at quarters, but the arrival of ’tugs enabled the old flagship tol be kept afloat until she was docked. Thirty-Thousand-Dollar Wrecked. LORD ALVERSTONE REPLIES . A London despatch says :â€"â€"Lord Chief Justice Alverstone, when quesâ€" tioned regarding the Alaskan award, said he declined to be drawn into any controversy on the subject, or to make any statement beyond say- ing he 'did not believe the allegation that Mr, Sifton, one of the Canadian Commissioners, ha'd averre'd that the decision was diplomatic instead of judicial. Any such suggestion, Lor'd Alverstone added, was unwarâ€" ranted, unjustifiable, and, in his opinion, unfounded, solely upon legal considerations. It is understood that Lord Alverstone is preparing a reply to the one issued by Mr. Ayles- worth one of the Canadian commis- sioners, and that it will be given to the newspapers. "I have merely to say that the course the majority of this tribunal has decided to take with regard to the islands at the entrance of the Portland Channel is, in my humble judgment, so opposed to the plain requirements of justice and so absoâ€" lutely irreconcilable with any disposâ€" ition of that branch of this case upon principles of a. judicial character, that I respectfully 'decline to affix my signature to their award. (Signed) The Times of Thursday morning publishes the dissenting opinion pre- sented to the Alaskan Boundary Tri- bunal by Mr. A. B. Aylesworth, one of the Canadian commissioners. It is dated Oct. 17, and takes up three columns in the Times, and is a. most minute discussion of the whole treaty question and a. recital of Mr. Aylesworth's reasons for iiisagreeing with the majority. It concludes as follows : HOSPITAL BLOWN DOWN. “It was more of a. compromise than a judicial decision. Its efl'ect will be that Dominion goods travâ€" ersing the disputed territory must pay high tarifi duties to the United States. The Canadians feel so keenly on this subject, that although there will be no cry of separation, they probably Will demand a larger power of self-government in order to prevent in the future a repetition of such decisions." A London 'despatch says:-â€"Upon leaving Liverpool on Thursday Mr. A. B. Aylesworth, K.,C., one of the Canadian commissioners to the Alas- ka boundary tribunal, said in jus- tification of his refusal to sign the award :â€" KILL THE INCURABLES. Aim to Prevent Future Disastrous Decisions. WHAT CANADA WILL ASK. NELSON’S FLAGSHIP. "A. B. AYLESWORTH." Weakest Annex A Bilbao, Spain, despatclx says 2-â€" A strike broke out on Tuesklay it the Bilbao mining disitrict and spread rapidly. Nineteen thousand worker: are i'dle. The railroad service ha: been Interrupted, Reinforcements d 1r’oops are arriving here. his brother, B. F. Fackcnthal, in charge of the Consolidated Compan- ies’ indu’stries taken over by Speer and Company, announces that during the Week operations will be com- menced in the ground wood pulp mill, saw mill, veneer mill, and char- coal plant. These four industries will employ in the neighborhood oi six hundred men, exclusively of those getting out raw material, and the announcement of their reopening is one that will be very much wolcom~ cd in town. 19,000 Workmen in Mining Disâ€" ‘tricts are Idle. In taking leave of you may I 0x- press the hope that the sacrifices you have been called upon to make by an attendance upon this protrac- ted session may be rewarded by the reflection that your labors have pro~ ductive of great benefit to the Do~ minion. Part of “Sec” Plant Will be Runâ€" ning; This Week. mOHS I thank you for the liberal pro~ vision you have made for the public service. Honorable Gentlemen of the Son- ate: Gentlemen of the House of Com mons: The amendments to the law relat- ing to the naturalization of aliens will have the effect of removing the disadvantages under which Canadi- ans desirous of returning to their native land have hitherto labored, and will also materially facilitate the naturalization of the many setv tlers seeking homes in Manitoba and the Territories. The subsidy granted by Parliament for the establishment of a. line of steamers affording direct connection with France will, I have every rea- son to believe, result in a largely in- creased trade with that country. The difficult task of readjusting the representation of the people in the House of Commons, in accordance with the British North America Act, on a. basis not open to fair criti- cism, has been accomplished in a, manner that I trust will prove sat- isfactory to the electorate. The Act authorizing the transfer of the powers heretofore exercised by the Railway Committee of the Privy Council to a permanent board of commissioners, who will have su- preme control over the administra- tion of the railways of Canada, will, I have no doubt, be hailed with much satisfaction. In view of the flow of immigrants now seeking homes in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories and the rapid increase of products requiring facilities to reach the markets of \Europe via Canadian ports, and in order to promote the settlement oi the great areas of agricultural, minâ€" eral, and forest lands still untouch- ed in the older provinces, my Minis- ters considered it essential to obtain authority from Parliament for the construction of a. second transcon- tinental railway, the eastern division of which should serve as a. common railway highway from Winnipeg to- the Maritime ports of Canada. It will be the duty of my Ministers to proceed immediately with the neces- sary surveys so that the work of construction of that portion of the line which extends from Moncton to Winnipeg may be prosecuted with all possible speed. Gentlemen of the House of Com- mons: In relieving you from further at- tendance after an unusually long and laborious session of Parliament I de‘ sire to convey to you my best. thank: for the ussiduity you have shown in the discharge of your onerous du- tics. A Sault Ste. Mark . S. Fackenthall, vs A steady expanding revenue has en- abled my Government not only to materially reduce the debt of the Dominion, but also to submit for your approval numerous grants for useful public Works in addition to liberal subsidies for the extension of our railway system which contribute: so largely to the development of our country. The session now closing Will long be remembered not only for its great length but also for the many useful and important measures that have been enacted, all tending to advance the prosperity of the country. The unprecedented number of priâ€" vate and public bills that have been passed during the past session may be taken as an evidence of the great industrial development that. is going on throughout the Dominion. Gentlcmcn of the House of Com- An Ottawa. despatch says: Parlia- ment. was formally prorogued on Saturday morning. The speech from the Throne was as follows:â€" Honorable ate: The Dominion Parliament Formal- ly Prorogued. SPEECH FROM THE THRONE WILL RE-OP EN WORKS. STRIKE IN SPAIN. Gentlemen of the Son- dospatch says: he was left by Fackcnthal, in dated Compan- over by Speycr cos that duriflg “'iH hn rnrn-