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$9.50 to $20; mouiu'e per ton, as to quality. Feedâ€"The demand is good and the market strong, it being expected that the consumption will be large from this out. Manitoba bran in bags, $18; shorts, $20 per ton; Ontario bran iii bulk, $17 to $17.50; shorts, Flourâ€"Demand is good and the tone firm. There is a. difierence of 15c per hanel between Manitoba. mllâ€" let‘s, according to the quotations giv- en out. by them. Patents range from $4.75 to $4.90; strong bakers', $4.- 45 to $4.60; Winter wheat patents, $3.15 to $1.50; straight rollers, $3.- 90 to $4; extras, $3.50 to $3.65; straight rollers, in bags, $1.90 to $1.95, and extras, in bags, $1.65 to $1 Balod Hayâ€"The bad state of the country roads is responsible for ligh- ter receipts and the market has a firmer tone. Cm‘ lots on track here are quoted at. $8.50 to $9 per ton. Baled Strawâ€"The movement is fair. Quotations are unchanged at $5 to $5.50 per ton for car lots on track here. Poultryâ€"Outside of chickens the demand is quiet. Quotations are unchanged, choice chickens being quoâ€" ted at 12c to 14c per pound, turkeys at 12:30 to 1813c, ducks at 90 to 10c, and old fowls at 50 to Sc. Dressed Hogsâ€"The movement is quiet. Cars on track here are quoted at $6 per cwt. Eggs~Continuc very firm in tone. Quotations are unchanged at 350 for new laid, 30c for s'electcd fresh gathâ€" ered, 27c for cold-storage and 25c for limed. Potatoesâ€"Receipts are not heavy. Cars on the track here are quoted at 70c to 750. Potatoes out of store sell at 85c to 90c. 15c to 17c . .. 13c to 14c do poor . . . . . . , . . . , . . . . . . . . 10c to 12¢ Cheeseâ€"Is fairly steady and unâ€" changed at llfic per pound for twins and 11c for large. Eggs~Continuc verv firm in tone. Butterâ€"The feature of the trade is the overâ€"abundance of dairy rolls at present coming into the market, and dealers find considerable trouble in getting rid of anything but a small part of the stock offering. An un- usual result of this glut is that the tub butter as quoted higher than rolls. The market all round is easy. Creamery, prints .., 200 to 22c do solids ............ 19%c to 20c Dairy, lb. rolls, choice . 15:: to 160 do large rolls . . . . . . . . . 14c to 15c do tubs, good to Oatmealâ€"Is firm at $4.10 for cars of bags and $4.35 for barrels on the tx‘ack Toronto, and 30c more for broken lots. Peasâ€"Are steady at 620 for No. 2 cast or west. Oatsâ€"Arc in good demand and dear- er at 32c for No. 1 white and 31c for No. 2 White cast or low freights to New York. No. 2 White are quo- ted at 30§c west. Cornâ€"Is firmer. Canada mixed is quoted at 37£c and yellow at BBC for car lots west. American is higher at file for No. 3 mixed and 520 for No. 8 'yellow in car lots on the track To- ronto. Buckwheatâ€"Is in fair demand .and steady to firm at 480 for No. 2 east or west. Ryeâ€"Is in good demand and firmer at 53c for No. 2 east or West. Barleyâ€"Is firmer a] 43§c for No. 2 4-110 for No. 3 extra, and 40c for No 8 east or west. Millfecdâ€"Is steady at $17 for cars of shorts and $15 for bran in bulk east. or middle Heights. Manitoba millieod is steady at $20 {or cars of shorts and $18 for bran, sacks ixb cluded, Toronto freights. Flourâ€"Is firm at $3.15 for cars of 90 per cent. patents in buyers' bags east or middle freightsr Choioe brands are held 150 to 20c higher. Manitoba flour is firm at $4.65 to $4.90 for Hungarian patents. $435 to $4.60 for second patents, and $4.â€" 25 to $4.50 for strong bakers', bags included, on the track Toronto. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produco at Home and Abroadr BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Jan. 26.-Wheutâ€"Thc of- (erings of winter Wheat are very light, there is a better milling de~ mend and holders are asking 83c for No. 2 red and White east, and west, and millcrs would probably have to pay that; price this afternoon for car lots. But local dealers are only quoting 81c bid for No. 2 red and white outside. Goose is steady at 72c for No. 2 east. Spring is firm- er at 76c to 77c for No. 1 east. Manitoba. wheat is higher at. 94c for No. 1 hard, 92c for No. 1 northern, and 89c for No. 2 northern at Geor- gian Bay ports, and 60 inorc grinding in transit. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. THE WORLD‘S MARKETS MONTREAL MARKETS 413c COUNTRY PRODUCE. $26 to $27 Memory Failing and Takes No Interest in Affairs. A Birmingham, Eng., despatch says: The Post on Thursday quotes a. friend of 00, Paul Kruger as stateâ€" ing that the health of the former President of the Transvaal is not. only indifierent, but, that he shows signs of progressive decline. His in- disposition [or exercise is increasmg, his gait is feebler, and his memory is failing. Whereas heretofore he evinc- ed great Interest in p'ublic affairs, h now manifests none whatever. His friends are most anxious regarding do light. Sheep, expor Lambs... Bucks" ......... Culls, each .. Calves, each ueeaers, 500 lbs. and upâ€" wards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00 Short keep, 1,100 lbs 4.00 Shockers, 400 to 800 pounds ............. 2.50 do, 900 lbs. ......... 2.75 Butchers’ cattle, choice 3.65 do medium ...... 3.30 do picked . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.25 do bulls . 275 do rough ............... 2.50 Light, stock bulls, cwt 2.25 Milch cows ............... 30.00 Hogs, best 5.125 do light . 4.87fi Sheep, export. cwt. 3‘50 Hogsh’l‘he market, continues stea~ dy, with no change in the Toronto market quotations. Best at $5.124», and lights and fats at $4.87; Export, heavy ...$4.50 to $4.75 Export. light ......... 4.00 4.25 Bulls” export, heavy cwt. . . . . . . . . . . 3.75 4 no Sheep and lambsâ€"Everything was sold, with trade good and prospects steady. Lambs are steady at $4.60 to $5.20; export, ewes, $3.50 to $3.65; culls, $3 to $3.50. do. light ............. Feeders, 800 lbs. and MilEh cowsâ€""The dcinénicircivs very fair, with not many oflering. Butchersâ€"The light run helped to stimulate prices a, little for the choice cattle. Good butchers' catâ€" tle were about steady, while com- mon and rough cattle sold down to $2.90 for common butchers' cows. Stockersâ€"There i5 arr‘fraiir ‘aemund for stockers and feeders, but there was practically noner offering. It:l ,. Exportâ€"There were four or five loads Of export; in the market, of fairly good quality. Prices, however are not high, foreign quotations not being particularly encouraging just now. The range to-day was from $4.50 to $4.75. ‘ AntWez-p, Jan. 26.~â€"â€"Wheat, spot, steady; No. 2 red Winter, 17f. Corn, spot Amerfcan mixed, new, 21f. Flour, spot, Minneapolis patent, per sack of 280 lbs., 261‘. 90. Paris, Jan. 26.â€"that, tone steady; January, 21f 15c; May and August, 21f 30c. Flour, tone steady; January, 29f 350; May 51nd August, 28f 806. Toronto, Jan. 26,â€"Priccs on ‘the whole were steady to firm, though there is a feeling that there are plenty of cattle to come forward as soon as the roads are opened, and buyers are not eager to buy more than enough to meet immediate re- quirements. EUROPEAN GRAIN MARKETS . ‘ London, Jan. 26.â€"Wheat, on pasâ€" sage, very inactive; cargoes Australi- an, January-February, 295 6d; par- cels No. 3 northern Manitoba, pasâ€" sage, 30s lid; parcels, passage, 30s 6d. Corn, on passage, nothing do- ing; cargoes La Plata yellow, 480 I‘bs., rye terms, Mayâ€"June, 193 3d; cargoes Odessa, January, 205 6d; parcels mixed American, passage, 2ls 145d, ord; just suiled, 208 3d, new; shipments Within a. month, 195 9d, new; corn, parcels Galatz Foxunian, prompt, 20s 6d; passage, 205 6d. c.i.f., 97§c; winter No. 2 rod quoted 92c to arrive. Corn dull and steady; No. 2 yellow, 50ic; No. 2 corn, 49ic to 49“. Oats dull but‘strong; No. 2 white, 4433c; No. 2 mixed, 430. Bar- lcy, offerings light, 550 to 61c. Rye, No. 1, 64ic. Buflalo, Jan. 26.â€"Flour strong. Wheat, spring firm; No. 1 northern Cheeseâ€"Ontario, logo to llic tojvnshlps, 10ic to loge. Potatoesâ€"Pair 90-“).â€" bag, 75C 55c to 600 in car lots. Butterâ€"Eastern, 19c to 210, ac- cording to quality western dairy, in pubs, 16¢; western rolls, 16§c to Beansâ€"Choice primes, $1.55 to $1.- 60 per bUShel and $1.50 to $1.55 in car lots. Provisionsâ€"Heavy Canadian short cut Qork, $18 to $18.50; light short, cut, $17.50 to 518; American short, cut clear, $17 to $17.50; American fat backs, $18 to $18.50; compound lard, 80; Canadian lard, 85c to 9c; kettle rendered, 10ic; hams, llfic to 13c; bacon, 14c; fresh killed abat- toir hogs, $7.75; country dressed hogs, $6.75 to $7; live hogs, $5.50. Eggsâ€"â€"Candled selected, 27c; Mont- real limcd, 230; Western limcd, 220 to 230; refrigerator, late fall stock, 230 to 24c; summer stock, 20c to 21¢. Rolled Oatsâ€"The association price seems to be in force, $2.15 being asked for bags and $4.40 for barrels on track. HaY--The market is easy. We quote:â€" No. 1, $9 to $10; No. 2. $8 to $8.50; clover, mixed, $7 to $7.50; clover, $6.IO to $7 per ton, in car lots. KRUGER IN DECLINE. BUFFALO GRAIN MARKETS CATTLE MARKET 3.00 5.20 3.00 3.50 10.00 3.12»; 8.50 74.25 3.40 4.40 3.00 2.60 2.50 65.00 4.00 3.75 3.25 A London despatCh says: At Lam- beth on Monday a coroner's jury re- ‘turning a. verdict of accidental death in the case of a woman who fell down stairs, added that the landâ€" lord should be compelled to provide lbandmlls. the lack of which indirectâ€" ly caused the death. The landlord is the Prince of Wales, and the house ubelongs to the Duchy of Cornwall. An Ottawa. despatch says: Controlâ€" ‘ler White, of the NorthWest Mounted ‘Police, was gratified on Sunday at the receipt of a telegram from Sergt. Saunders at Calgary announcing the recapture of the Kansas desperado, Ernest Cashel, who was to have been hanged for murder at Calgary on Dec. 18th. The details of his escape are well known. For over one month Cashel has dodged the police. Time and again they were on his track, but Cushel having terrorized the set- tlers managed to dodge his pursuers. For the past week it has been known that he was in the vicinity of Calâ€" gary. After Cashel’s escape from jail Chief Justice Sifton held a special court and granted the condemned man a respite. It will now be in order to hold court again and fix the date for Cashel's executirn. His Neglect Caused the Death 0! a. Woman. Immediate action on the coroner's report is expected in the criminal courts. That an aisle was closed and other changes made Without, permission from the Building Department, and that building inspectors overlooked the matter. The Court Will Have to Fix the Date For Execution. That the fire was caused by negli- gence in permitting a drapery to hang beside a. lamp radiating 60,000 de- grees of heat. That the scenery was combustible, and hung with manilla rope. That there was but one reel of hose and that connected with a useless standpipe; no fire alarm box, no au- tomatic switch for opening ventila- tors, no fireproof paint used, no hooks, axes or poles, no automatic switch and no portable fire extingu- ‘ishers beyond tubes containing an ex. tinguishing preparation. That the exits were not marked. That a door was locked at the head of a separate passage from the gallery, and sixty' persons diod be- hind it. Tnut the inner exit doors were op- erated by iron handles used only in Germany and difficult to operate un‘ less understood. That the theatre was opened before it was finished and before it was out of the hands of the contractors. That the asbestos curtain caught on the “strip” lights. That the cui‘tain was hung on Wooden battens. Seventeen Persons A re Held Re- sponsible. A Chicago despatch says: Seventeen persons, it is asserted, will be held responsible for the Iroquois Theatre disaster by the coroner, and com- plaints against them will go to the grand jury. This was the conclusion reached at the close of the session of the inquest on Saturday. a The facts established without ques~ tion as to the conditions in the the- atre show:â€" Oswold found his wife lying in bed in another room with her young baby in her arms. She was singing softly to the infant, and when her husband spoke to her she did not appear to recognize him. When ask- ed about the murdered boy she did not seem to understand what was said to her. Near the bed her two elder children lay sleeping in a. crib. The authorities were notified and Mrs. Oswald was later placed under arrest. In the room in which the boy and the dog were killed ever‘y- thing was spattel‘ed with blood. Lake. Being used to living in a. big city who did not like the quiet life of Oak- land and had often asked her hus- band to return to New York. He fin- ally gave up his place at, Pompton Lake, and on Tuesday went to Jersey City to seek employment there. On his return late at, night, he found the house In darkness. He opened the door with his latch-key, and after striking a match, Walked into the dining-room. There he was horrified to see the headless body of his 8- year-old son lying on the floor. The head lay near the boy' foot. Near the boy lay the body of his pet dog, which had also been beheaded. Terrible Deed of an Insane Mother at Oakland NJ. A Paterson, N.J., despatch says: Mrs. Arthur Oswold was arrested on Wednesday on a. charge of murdering her 8-yearâ€"old son the day previous at, her homo in Oakland. She is beâ€" lieved to be insane. Since she came from Germany she lived in New York City until about, a year ago, when her husband moved to Oakland as he had obtained employment with the E. C. Potter Company, at Pompton IROQUOIS FIRE VERDICT.- AFTER THE PRINCE. BEHEADED HER CHILD. CASHEL CAPTURED. A London despatch says: The For- eign Office has received news of the massacre of a. British expedition, un- der the auspices of the East Africa. syndicate, by Turkhana. tribesmen in the neighborhood of Rudolf Lake, East Africa. Several White men ware murdered, but no detail: 01 the oceurrunce have been received. Au Aden. Arabia, despatch says: Advices from Somaliland say that Kenna's Somali Mounted Infantry surprised a. body of the Mullah's forces January 17, in the vicinity of Eilinaada, killing fifty spearmen and capturing 3,000 camels and thousands of sheep. British Fall Victims to Tribesmen in East Africa. Four Men Killed by Cave-in in Montana. Mine. A Butte, Mont., dospatch says: By a cave in of earth in the East Gray Rock mine, on Wednesday, one of the Amalgamated properties, four men were killed and two injured. The men were Working in the 1,400 foot level when the hanging wall fell. The four bodies are under fifteen feet of earth, and it; will be some time before they can he reached. British Force Surprised a. Body of Mullah’s A Winnipeg despatch says: Details have reached here of a recent bridge accident at Bear Creek, in the moun- tains. A short distance east of Bear Creek station the C.P.R. had a. fine steel bridge, with two long spans, resting on stone piers fifty feet high. It was known as “Snowbank bridge," and scanned at deep gulch which runs up in the mountain. A snowslido came down at 4 o'clock in the morning, and when the watchman came along he found no trace what- ever of the bridge, which is supposed to be somewhere at the bottom of the mountain, buried in snow. A temporary bridge was erected over the gulch in two days. sa. Every wire to the place is doWn as the result of the storm. A wreckâ€" age train with ten linemen on board has gone from here to repair the damage. A Birmingham, Ala., despateh says: The little Town of Moundville, in Tuscaloosa County, was annihilated in a. tornado which swept that part of the state at 2 o'clock on Friday morning. Oflicials of the Alabama and Great Southern Railroad have received a. message at Akron from Comductor Caphart, of a northâ€" bound passenger train, saying that ‘When his train reached Moundville ‘shortly before 3 o'clock on Friday morning he was unable to pass be- cause of wreckage on the track. The entire north end of the town of Moundville was wrecked by the torâ€" nado, and thirtyâ€"seven people killed. Moundville is a. town of about three hundred people on the line between Hale and Tuscaloosa counties. It is seventy miles southâ€"West of here and about fifteen south-west of Tuscaloo- A Snow Slide at Bear Creek on the C.P.R. FEF FY DERVISHES SLAIN. spend twenty-four hours fields, Where they were and exposed to a. bitter and a. driving rainstorm The destruction of the town was ‘complete within a couple of hours {from the time the fire started. Over ‘twenty steam fishing boats and many sailing smacks were sunk in the herâ€" bor to save them from flames, but three steamers and many other boats were burned. It is now believed that only three persons lost their lives. Succor has arrived from Molie. Ber- gen and other places, and provisions are being distributed. Relief com- mittees have been formed and have invited public subscriptions. The King and Queen of Sweden and Norway have contributed $1,500 to a. relief fund, and all the other members of the Royal family have also subscribâ€" ed. A majority of the inhabitants of the toWn lost everything they posâ€" sessed. Thousands of persons had to Alabama Town Wiped Out Tornado. SMOTHERED TO DEATH. wegian seaport ‘with a population of 11,000, was completely destroyed by in fire which started at, midnight on Saturday. Only the hospital escapâ€" ed. The inhabitants were compelled to camp in the open. The children were housed temporarily in the church of Borguni. The panic among the people was so great after the out- break of the flames that all attempts at leadership or discipline became out of the question; no excesses, however, were committed. The people first endeavored to save some of their property, but they soon found they had quite enough to (10 save their own lives. Aalesund, in Norway, Wiped Out By Fire. A Trondhjem, Norway despatch says: The Town of Anlesund. a Norâ€" EXPEDITION MENACED. BRIDGE DISAPPEARED. TWENTYâ€"SIX KILLED. A TOWN DESTROYED. hours in the open were without food bitterly cold Wind La'dy Maud Wax'rcndcr, who is a grandâ€"daughter of the Earl oi Shaftesbury, of Ragged School fame, is by many considered to be the finest amateur singer to-ilay posh sessing a. title. Irish songs are said lto be her favorites, satisfactory to the railway uuthorb ties, travellers and customs depart,- mcnt alike, in causing delays and ac- cumulation of baggage at frontier points. me uouumon customs omcers, as f2 as possible, at the port of entry 0 the frontier, and the forwarding ( it in bond without delay to its do: tination. The old law was found ur satisfactory to the railway author A Toronto despatch says: The new regulations respecting the inspection of baggage passing between the Unit- ed States, Canada. and other foreign countries, will go into effect on Feb- ruary 1. The new rules will call for the examination of all baggage by the Dominion customs officers. as far New Baggage Regulations Will Go Into Effect. ‘Jacob Harlan, of Union City, Ind., north of Richmond, retired in perfect health. In the morning he awakened shaking as if in a chill and in an‘ swcr to questions said that he dreamed he was driving a, team oi horses that ran away and that his father was killed in an effort to stop thenL So saying he gasped a. few times and died. “With anti-toxio in the control or a trust which has made the lives 01 children secondary to material gain, it is time for the Federal Govern- ment to step in and manufacture this necessity of medical practice," said Dr. R. B. Preble, of Chicago. A terrific combat between a. bull and a. horse took place in the harm yard of Edward I-Ioopes, in East Bradford township, Pa., and the former proved 3. Victor, having sue ceeded in ripping the horse's stomach open. 'On the grounds of it keeping then. more mentally fit, the students of the University of Missouri have petition! ed the faculty to serve them with only two meals a day, instead 0! three. Seven people, all colored, were kill- ed instantly by the explosion of a boiler in a. sawmill owned by S. A. Sullivan in James City near Newv born, N. C. Four Bufl'alo boys, Whose ages range from fifteen to eighteen years, have confessed to the murder of a Storekeeper. There is smallpox at Dalx‘ay, Mich. During a -big fire a’g‘\llrooklyn, N.Y., on Friday, a fireman dropped from a, ladder and was killed. Some of London's tradesmen have resorted to the employment of a "Society spy.” A writer in Truth says: "Modern English society is to- day an association of enemies who profess to be friends.” Sir John Anderson has been ap- pointed Governor of the Malay States. “Col.” Arthur Lynch, who led the Irish brigade of the Boer forces, and was convicted of treason and sentencâ€" ed to life imprisonment, has been released "on license." The National Rifle Association of- fers a prize of 100 guinens for the best new automatic rifle suitable for military purposes, the tests to be made at the next Bisley meet. The Chancellor of the British E chequer said there was no chance of reduction of the taxes. It is reported that the British free trade party will be recognized under the leadership of the Duke of Devon- shire and Lord Rosebery. The Wallace block, at Duupin, Mum, was destroyed by fire, on Sun- day, and the fire engine house was burned while the brigade were out at the first fire. GREAT BRITAIN It is reported that the r to Ireland has been fixed 25. Out of (55,583 electors in Montreal, 21,422 cannot, vote. The chief cause of, disqualification is non-payment, of water taxes. The Wallace block. at DuuDin. W. C. 126.50 110.99 Mr. Geo. C. Croelman has been Epâ€" pointed head of the Agricultural Colr lege. Telegraphic. Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries of CANADA. George A.‘ Thompson is the presi- dent of the Montreal Com Exohange. HAPPENINGS FROM AIL”...- OVER THE GLOBE. TIUKS FROM THE WIRE. 0N FEBRUARY FIRST. 50 and tho U NITED STATES GENIERAI the Hamilton 3 the your were 52 disbursements $2 the royal visit, fixed for April 1'1 0! School to ba for far on n!