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Montreal, Jan. 19.â€"Grain and flour are unchanged; 8. fair quantity of wheat is coming into the city by rail for local millers. Cheese is steady, with prices unchanged. The Butter Market continues dull; there is a. fair local jabbing trade going on, but. export trade is quiet. Eggs are still scarce; there is a Very good demand for this time of year. Prices Ire unchanged. Grainâ€"Pens, 71'} to 72c in store here; rye, 53c east, 580 here; oats, No. 2, 35 to 35-}0 in utore; No. 3, sage; flaxseed, $1.15 on kack hero; Ho. 3 barley, 50c. Flour Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, light to medium, 12% to 13c; do heavy, 11% to 12c; rolls, 10c; shoulders, Sic; backs, 13% to 14c; breakfast bacon, 13 to 13k. Lardâ€"The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. We quotezâ€"Tierces, Bic; tubs, Bic; pails, Sic. Dressed hogs are unchanged, with on‘erings moderate. Sales at $6.30 to $6.35, delivered here. Cured meats are steady, with a. fair de- mand. We quote:â€"â€" Bacon, long clear 8% to 9c in ton .and case lots. Mess pork, $16.50; do short cut, 818 to $18.50. 15c; rcrcamery prints, 20; to 21c; solids, 184} to 195C. Eggsâ€"The market continues firm. We quoletâ€" New laid, 35C; cold stor- age, 27 to 29¢; limed, 23 to 24c. Cheeseâ€"The steady. We llgc; seconds TI‘IR DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"The market continues quiet, supplies liberal, and prices unchanged. We quotc:â€" Finest 1â€"H). rolls, 17 to 1745c; choice large rolls, 16 to 165C; selected dairy tul,s, 16 to 17¢; secâ€" ondary grades (rolls and tubs), 13 to Poultryâ€"The demand is chiefly for young chickens, which bring 10 to 11c per 11). Turkeys are quoted at 12;- to 14c per 113., and geese at 9 to 100 per 1b.; ducks at, 10 to 10£c per TIL, or $1 to $1.25 per pair; fowls, 6 to 61}c per ID. Potatoesâ€"The market, is quiet the feeling easy. Choice cars quoted at 75 to 78c per bag on here, and inferior quality at. 72c per bag. Millieedâ€"Bran steady gt $16.50, and shorts at $17.75 here. At out- side points bran is quoted at $14.- 50, and shorts at $17. Manitoba bran in sacks $18, and shorts at 320 here. Applesâ€"There is a. quiet trade, with prices steady at $2 to $2.50 ‘per bbl., for the best stock. Beansâ€"Trade is dull and prices teady. Prime beans are quoted at $1.30 to $1.50 per bushel. Strawâ€"The market is fair, with re- ceipts only moderate. No. 1 timothy quoted at $8.75 to $9 on track, Toâ€" ronto, and mixed at $6.50 to $7. Strawâ€"The market is quiet per ton for car lots on track. Honeyâ€"The markét is firm at 6i to 7&0 per 11). for bulk, and at $1.25 to $2 for comb. Hopsâ€"The markbi is unchanged at 26 to 32c, according to quality. Cornâ€"The market is quiet, and prices steady. No. 3 new American yellow quoted at 51c on track, To- ronto, and No. 3 mixed at, 50 to 5043c. Old American is very scarce and firm. Canadian com 43 to 44c, on track, Toronto. Flourâ€"Ninety per cent. patents are steady at $3.10 middle freights, in buyers’ sacks, for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at $3.25 to $3.50 in bhls. Manitoba flours are firm. No. 1 patents. $4.65 to $4.90; No. 2 Patents. $4.45 to $4.60, and strong bakers’, $4.25 to $4.50 on track, To- ronto. ' Dried Applesâ€":Thc demand is fair, with prices unchanged at 4: to Sc per I'D. Evaporated apples, 6c per 11).? "Buckwfieatâ€"Tho market is firm, with demand good. No. 2 quoted at 474} to 48c middle freights. Barley.â€"The market is quiet, with the pri(es steady. No. 2 quoted at 430 middle froights; No. 3 extra at 40430, and No. 3 at 89c middle heights. fiyéfi’i‘hé market is steady, with No. 2 quoted at 52c west, and at 52:} to 53¢ east. Oatsâ€"The market. is quiet, with prices unchanged. No. 2 white quotâ€" ed at 29} to 29§~c west, and 80c low freights to New York. No. 1 white quoted at 31c 10W freights; No. 2 White quoted at 32§c on track here. Pzas.â€"Trude is quiet and prices unchanged. No. 2 white quoted at 620 west and at 63c east. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, Imd Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, Jan. 19.â€"Whea.t.â€"Thc market for Ontario wheat is quiet, with a moderate demand. No. 2 white quoted at 79} to 80c low heights, and No. 2 red Winter at 79 to 791(2: ‘No. 2 Spring steady at 75 to 76c east, and No. 2 goose at, 72c. Manitoba Wheat is unchanged. At, upper lake ports No. 1 Northern is quoted at 90c, and No. 2 Northern at 87c. No. 1 hard nominal at. 93c lake ports. For grinding in transit quotations are 6c higher than above. REPORTS FROM. THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. THE WORLD’S MARKETS BUSINESS AT MONTREAL COUNTRY PRODUCE HOG PRODUCTS market. is dull but quotaâ€"Finest, 11 to 10 to loéc. at $5 , with are track 70 to Commanded the Irish drigade in the Boer “Jar. A London despateh says: The Weekâ€" 1y Despatch says that Colonel Arthur Lynch, who commanded the Irish Bri- gade against the British forces in South Africa, and who was after- wards convicted of treason and senâ€" tenced to imprisonment for life, will be liberated soon. Too Much Snow in the Woods This Winter. A Toronto "despnteh says :â€"â€"Beâ€" ports to the Crown Lands Departâ€" ment from northern Ontario indicate that lumbering operations are greatâ€" ly hampered by the heavy snow in the woods. The lumber cut is rather lighter than usual this win- ter in any case, but the difficultyjn breaking roads for hauling to the skidways win make this even 1555_ LYNCH TO B]: LIBERATED. wards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00 Short keep, 1,100 lbs 4.00 Stockers, 400 to 800 pounds . . . . . . . . , . . . 2.50 do. 900 lbs . . . . . . . . . 2.75 But.chers' cattle, choice 3.65 do medium ...... 3.30 do picked ............... 4.25‘ do bulls ......... . 2.75 do rough .............. 2.50 Light stock bulls cwt 2.25 Milon cows ............... 30.00 Hogs, best . . . . . . . A ‘ . . . . . . 5.2-5 do light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 $heep, export, cwt, 8.60 do light . Sheep, export, I Lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . Bucks . ‘ . . . . . . . . . . Culls, each ...... . Calves, each ...... Calves, per cwt Butchersâ€"The market was quite a. bit emsicr on the general run of butâ€" chers' cattle oflering, though choice cattle were steady. Good loads of butchers’ sold 10â€"day at $4.25, which last week would have fetched considerably higher figures. Feedersâ€"Thor}; Welre a few enâ€" quiries for feeders, bulls at, $3 to $3.25. $5.25; lights and fats, $5. Export. heavy ...... ...$4.50 to $4.76 Export, light ............ 4.00 4.25 Bulls, exp heavy, cwt. 8.75 4.00 do light ............... 3.00 3.75 Feeders, 800 lbs. and up- Milk cowsâ€"There is a. very fair market, for good milk cows. Prices ragga fromrr$38 up to $65 per head. Sheep and lanlbsâ€"Mfirkei steady; alllisold, and prospects fair. Hogs-rM-arket sieady, with no Ehapgefl in the quotations. Best UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Jan. 19,â€"Whoatâ€"May 872e, July 862C, September 79c. On track, No. 1 hard, 87ft; No. 1 Norâ€" thern, 83“; No. 2 Northern, 83k to 83ic; No. 3 Northern, 75 to 790. Milwaukee, Jan. 19. â€" Wheat - Steady; No. 1' Northern, 87 to 880; No. 2 Northern 82 to 86c; May 86“. Ryeâ€"Firm; No. 1, 571} to 58c. Bar- leyâ€"Firm; No. 2, 68 to 64c; sample, 37 to 610. Cornâ€"Steady; No. 3, 4-1 to 425C; May, 37ic. Buffalo, Jan. 19.â€"Flourâ€"Firm. Wheatâ€"Spring firm; No. 1 Northern, 952C; Winter light demand; No. 2 red 9313c. Cornâ€"Only steady; No. 2 yel- low, 505:; No. 2 corn, 48} to 49c. OatshStcady; No. 2 white, 43k; No. 2 mixed, 41c. Barleyâ€"Western, 53 to 64c. Ryeâ€"No. 1, 655C. St. Louis, Jan. 19.â€"thatâ€" May, 84c; July 80c. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, Jan. 19.â€"Toâ€"'day's re- ceipts consisted of 1,294 head of catâ€" tle, 1,281 sheep and lambs, over 2,000 hogs, and 57 calves. As might have been expected, under such heavy deliveries, prices were on the whole a. little easier. Buyers had more freedom of choice than was the case last week, and while perhaps there were no great changes in the actual prices paid, the purchaser had bet- ter value for his money. On the Whole, the market was from 25 to 30¢ or 40c easier on the general run of cattle, but anything choice was steady. Exportâ€"There were some fairly good lots ofl'exing. One small lot, of five extra choice animals, about 1,500 pounds, sold at, $5.10, but this was an exceptional sale. A fair quotation for the day’s sales gener- ally would be from $4.65 to $4.75. Export bulls are quoted at $3.75 to â€"Manitoba patents, $4.60 to 34.90; seconds, 84.80 to $4.60; strong bak- ers', $3.90 to $4.30; Ontario straight rollers, $8.90 to $4; in bags, $1.85 to $1.95; patonts, $4 to 84.25; exâ€" tra, $1.65 to 61.70; rolled oats, $1.- 80 per bag, $3.80 per bbl. Feed â€"Ontaxio bran in bulk, $17; shorts, $20; Manitoba bran in bags, $18; shorts, $20. Beansâ€"Choice primes, $1 55 to $1.60 per bush. $1.50 to $1.55 in car lots. Provisionsâ€"Heavy Canadian short. cut pork, $18 to $18.50; light short cut, $17.50 to $18; American short cut clear, $17 to $17.50; American int backs, $18 to $18.50; compound lard, 8c; Cann- dian lard, 8} to 9c; kettle rendered, 101-0; hams, 11; to 130; bacon, 14c; fresh killed abattoir hogs, $7.50; country dressed hogs, $6.75 to $7; :‘ve hogs, $5.88 to $5.50. Eggs-â€" Candied selected, 26 to 27c; Mont- real llmed, 22 to 23c; Western limed, 21 to 22c; refrigerator late Fall stock, 22 to 28c; Summer stock, 19 to 20c. Butterâ€"Eastern, 19 to 20c, according to quality; Western dairy tubs, 16c; Western rolls, 165 to 17c. Cheeseâ€"Ontario, 10; to 110; Townships, 10 to lOlc; Quebec (Noâ€" vembers), 10c. LUMCERIN G HAMPERED. 2.50 2.25 30.00 5.2-5 5.00 8.60 . 4 60 . 2.50 2.50 2.75 3.65 3.80 . 4.25 3.00 2.60 2.50 65.00 3.00 3.50 10.00 5.50 3.125, 3.50 3.40 3.85 Satisfactory progress has been made with the construction of the Tcmis- kaming and Northern Ontario Railâ€" way, and the advantages which have already resulted to the Province d¢> monstrate the great value of the 1mâ€" dcnzfldng. The surveys made during Owing to the deficiency of farm labor in the Province, and consequent embarrassment to agriculture, special efforts were made by my Government to induce immigration of agricultural laborers from Great Britain, with the result that many farmers were sup- plied Witli muchâ€"needed assistance during the harvest and autumn sea- son. Progress continues to be made in developing the mineral resources of 11m I'roviixcc, and recent. discoveries 61‘ new and valuable ores emphasize at once the latent Wealth of our northern regions and the Wisdom of providing railway facilities to render them accessible. In order to further protect the forâ€" est Wealth of the Province large ad- ditional tracts of timbcred lands, non- agricultural in their character, have been set aside as forest reserves, from which settlement will be excluded, and in which it is proposed to apply new conditions as to the cutting and conservation of the timber. The attendance at the Agricultural College continues steadily to increase. The buildings erected through the generosity of Sir William Macdonald are approaching completion. and for the first time in the history of the Province instruction is provided for the daughters of Ontario iarmers. The rapid increase of the inembership of Women’s institutes shows that this instruction Will be appreciated. THE FORESTS . It is satisfactory to be able to state that the lumber industry has continued in a prosperous condition during the past year. The strongest evidence of this is afforded by the recent timber sale, at which, not- withstanding thut the dues and ground rent were almost doubled, the prices paid were in excess of those re- cei‘i'cd at any previous sale. in every important branch of business and industrial enterprise give cause for hearty congratulation. The means adopted for the protec- tion of the public health against conâ€" tagious diseases have been effective in their results, and the general mea- sures taken to improve the sanitary condition of all parts of the Province have received the cordial coâ€"operation of the local authorities. ' PROSPERITY AND CROPS. Through divine goodness, the blessâ€" ings of a bounteous harvest. have been vouchsafed to the husbandmen in every portion of the Province, and it is an additional cause for grati- tude that prices for all the products of the farm, and especially for those of the dairy and orchard, have been very satisfactory during the past year. The signs of continued prosâ€" perity, iot in agriculture alone, but It allords me much pleasure to no- tice the continued emciency of the asylums, hospitals, and other public institutions of the Province, for which the Legislature has made such liberal provision for many years. You will be pleased to know that buildings to be used as a hospital for Epileptics are in process of erection, and are exâ€" pected to be ready for the reception of patients (luring the current. year. It is also gratifying to notice that several counties that have not yet established house of refuge for tho indigent are preparing to do so. The generosity of the municipalities in this respect is worthy of the highest commendation. The important subject of municipal assessment will engage your further consideration, having the advantages derived from the report of the royal commission, already in your hands, and the careful and painstaking de- liberations devoted to the difficult questions involved, by the select comâ€" mittee appointed during the last ses- sion of the Legislature, Closely conâ€" nected with this subject, and promin- ently brought before public attention by farmers’ associations, will be the question of taxation of railways and the determination of a. reasonable basis of division of revenue received from this source as between the municipalities and the Province. The Ontario Government’s Annual Message. A Toronto despntch says: The speech from the throne, delivered by his Honor the Lieutenant‘Governor at the opening of the Legislature on Thursday afternoon, contained the official announcement that there would be Government bills relating to the liquor traflic, the Assessment Act, the conservation of the timber resources of the Province, and the exâ€" tension of the school board amalgaâ€" mation principle, recently adopted in Toronto, to all cities, towns, and villages. Prominence was given to the license legislation, as has been predicted in some quarters, but to the subject, of assessment, and especi- ally the question of the taxation of railways, which has been pressed for some time by the member for East Lambton. Legislation regarding the Election Act and the supplementary revenue in full was as follows: Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly: I take great pleasure in again meet- ing you as representatives of the Province in Parliament assembled. LIEUT.-GOVERNOR’S SPEECH THE NEW RAILWAY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS Returns for Six Months bhow Ad- vance of 8183737300. An Ottawa. dcspatch says: Trade returns for the six months show an increase in the aggregate trade of the country of $18,987,000 over the cor- responding period ]ast year The total exports were 133,28fiA78, and the imports [or consumption $124,- 674,440. There were exports of do- mestic produce amounting to 8122,- 983,954, as against $125,301,466, and exports of foreign produce amounting to $10,302,524, as against $7,681,285. The exports of domestic minerals have increased two millions. of manufactures half a million. Tnere is a. decrease of four millions‘ in the exports of wheat, cattle, etc., caused by the farmers holding back for higher prices. ty years thc’péople used only fresh fish Contract for Fast Atlantic Mail Service is Signed. ‘An Ottawa despatch says :â€"Upon the undertaking that they will maintain a regular weekly service between Great Britain and Canada. from the opening of navigation next spring until August lst, 1906, Messrs. H. and A. Allan have ob- tained the contract for an improved Atlantic mail service. The terms are £2,000 for each round voyage be- tween Livcrpool and Quebec or Liverpool and St. John, run by each J7â€"lmot steamer. £1,000 for each similar round voyage run by the Bavarian or Tunisian, and £600 for each round voyage by the Ionian, Sicilian or l’retorian between Liverâ€" pool and Quebec, and £750 for each round voyage by the latter vessels between Liverpool and St. John. 'l‘wo turbine steamers of seventeen knots guaranteed speed are now un- der construction for the Allans, one of which is to be ready in August next, and the other by the opening of navigation in 1905. MEASURES PROMISED. Measures will be submitted for the improvement of the license laws, the amendment of the Assessment Act, the conservation of the timber re- sources of the Province, a bill to en- able municipal councils in cities, towns and villages by by-law ‘ to substitute one board of trustees for the existing High school board, Pub- lic school board and Library board; a bill to amend the Election Act, and the Act respecting the supple- mentary revenue of the Province. The estimates for the current year, prepared with as grea_t regard to economy as is consistent with eflicient Service and the growing wants of the Province, will be submitted for your early consideration. the past year show that the _ rail- way may be profitably prolonged, at moderate cost, through the centre of the rich agricultural district northâ€" west ol‘ Lake Temiskamingâ€"at least, as far as the proposed line of the Grand Trunk Railway. A measure enabling the Government to proceed with the extension will be submitted to you. There will be laid before you the report of the select committee ap- pointed at the last session of the House for the purpose of collating ran ports of committees or commissions or other authorities on the subject or municipal trading or municipal own- ership, or the operation of public utilities, as well as other authorita- tive deliverances on these subjects. Only When Spoiled is ed to Cause the At a conference on Thursday be- tween Mayor Hm‘riSOn and Mr. Fisher it; was decided that nothing that had been done in Chicago for many years would approach this plan in the amount of good for the public. It is proposed to watch every action of the flames and gases, and to regulate efl'ects by manipula- tion of the ventilators and doors. With the Iroquois stage filled with excelsior and rubbish, and a, fire raging thereon, the conditions being like those of the fatal afternoon, Dec. 30, the experts expect to learn a, great. deal about the flame that swept so many lives away. J. P Freeman, an expert on fires, will be asked to take charge of the test. Practical Experiment May Be Made in’ Chicago. A Chicago despatch says 2â€"80 soon as the coroner releases his conâ€" trol of the Iroquois Theatre the playhouse will again be given over to the flames if plans evolved by Mayor Harrison and Walter L. Fisher, of the City Club, are carried out. Experts, who will fight over again the Iroquois conflagration, will have trained fire fighters at their elbows to see that, the demonstration of the plans does not bring about any property loss outside the pur- Lielly ruined playhouse. The purpose of again firing t'ho theatre is to test the sufficiency of city ordinances present and prospective. WILL AGAIN BURN THEATRE ALLANS WILL CARRY IT. INCREASE IN TRADE. LEPRDSY AND FISH. One Suppos- Other. Japanese Market. A Winnipeg desputch says: The price of Canadian Wheat and flour is too high for the Japanese market, aoâ€" cording to Mr S. Tmnura, of Kobe, Japan. In an interview he expresses regret that he is unable to confirm the rumor that he had closed a. con- tract for the shipment of a million bushels of wheat to Japan. He fur- ther stated that such had been his intention on coming to Winnipeg, but owing‘ to the high prices a. large amount of Pacific coast wheat had been purchased instead. add canada Terrible Accident at Grade Cross- ing in Detroit A Detroit, Mich. despatch says: Over twenty people were injured at. a. grade crossing accident here on Fri- day night A Grand Trunk passengâ€" er train crashed into an eastbound Michigan Avenue car at Gratiot Av- enue and I‘equindre Street. Every ambulance in the city was summoned to the scene, and a. large crowd of rescuers immediately began the work of extricating the injured from the wreck The car, which was a double truck one, _and contained six- tyâ€"i‘our passengers on their way home from down town, was struck square- ly in the middle, hurling it from the track, and smashing it almost into kindling wood. Many of the injured were terribly mutilated, but up to' a late hour none had been reported dead. Most of those taken to the hospitals were insensible, and the ex- tent of their injuries is not ye‘ known. A London despatch says: Rudyard Kipling says that South Africa. is able not only to feed the Motherland with corn, but the United States, too. The Victoria Falls, with 35,- 000,000 horseâ€"power, would be dbla to furnish electricity enough to makc the Dark Continent: a Maze dx’ glory 'and ilInmfnatc the earth. The censorship prohibits the publi- cation of all military movements. They aim at ensuring the despatch immediately of an immense land and sea. force if necessary. Two Men Found Dead Near l Shanty in Algoma. A Fort Frances. Ont... despatc] says: A terrible tragedy took plan at Frog Creek, three miles north ol here. some time on Tuesday evening Two men by nnme 0! Wm. Watson and John Scott, were engaged last Week to cut wood for A. Dowker on, the farm of one James McKay, and were allowed the use of a. shanty on an adjoining" claim. Mr. Dowker vin- ited them on Sunday, when Scott complained of being sick. On Mon- day night a man named Cole, pass- ing by, heard the door shut, and that is the last heard of the men. Wed- nesday'morning, when Cole and an- other man were passing by, they thonght something was Wrong, and going into the shanty found it emp- ty. 0n the floor they picked up a knife and Whetstone covered with blood, and on examining the bed found it in the some condition. 0n searching near the house they found the body of Watson leaning against a. stump, dead, with n. gash in his throat, and wounds on his head. Still further on they found Scott lying in the snow frozen sun, with no marks of violence on him. Scott had been dead for some time. How Watson could have received such terrible wounds is a mystery. A Tokio despatch says: Japan does not expect that Russia will reply to her last, note for a week. Meanwhile the whole country is patrioticnlly united and prepared for war. The Japanese have confidence in their army and navy. They believe that in the event of a. national disaster Great Britain or the United States would intervene to preserve the balâ€" ance of power in Asia. There has been .a. remarkable growth of pro- British and proâ€"American sentiment. The Union Jack and Stars and Stripes are displayed everywhere. Songs are sung, reciting the glories of the British lion and Uncle Sam, and characters representing them are prominent. in all public dances. COULD ILLUMINATE EARTH A despatch to the Jiji Shimpo from Seoul reports a general rising at Phong Yang, the Corean soldiers co-operating with the rebels. it was a rising at Phong Yang that caused Japan to send troops there, which led to the Chinese-Japanese Wa‘r. TWENTY PEOPLE INJURED. Watson is said to be from Lanark County, Ontario, and is about 40 years of .age, and is supposed to have a. wire and family. It is not, known where Scott came from. He was about 50 years of age and clean shav~ en. Both men were addicted to drink, and had been hanging around toWn since the New Year. A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY Our Kipling’s Estimate of Power of the Victoria Falls. Remarkable Growth of Pro-Brit- ish Sentiment. JAPAN 15 PREPARED. Wheat Too Costly For the TURNED US DOWN.