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THE TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. units him + , REPORTS FROM. THE LEADING any longer, oats being now sold 1 2 oats, low freiglils west, for expoi' 301C; No. , bu millers are now about, 15c apar out; patents range from $4.90 55; strong bakers’, $4.60 to $4.70 England as cheaply as Montreal. No. :2 peas, titlc; rye, 520; No. from each other on quotations given to sweat) ll 3 NOW DRAWN t. L’. bailey, 13%; .\'o. 3 extra barley, gonatlons‘ dflfit‘, ho. d, dlfic. lilOllx-__l\lii.l‘ll.0‘ A London dwspatch says: Japan t' withdrew her Minister from St. l’etâ€" ersliurg on Sunday, before receiving Russia‘s ollicial reply, which she. had Toronto: Feb- 9~â€"Wh<‘fltâ€"Tradc Winter wheat patents, $4.25 to $4,â€" br'm} “Wa‘t'llg 101‘ “WOO “'01th. HUS-“1&1 continues quiet in Ontario gra..cs, 35; Straight rollers, $3.00 to $4; ,‘f‘"lf‘“l’0” F0C_‘~Illct_l licr Minister at but prices are very firm on limited extras. $350 ,0 331,5; Straight roh Iokio. Russia, in announcmhr the offerings. Deliveries are diflieult to ims in bags, $1.85 to $1.00, and rupture to the powers, attempts to make, and prices above export value 1extras in bags, $1.05 to $l.7:'). l-‘ced ‘tlil‘OW' the. whole responsibility for the No. 2 white and red “inter are _'[he demand is good and the inar- 00"S“‘ll“"l““9 “0011 JUlla” quoted at Bile high freights, and at km strong it huh,“ (“Domed 1h,” It. is possible to make a clear Bridge low Heights. No. 2 Spring the consumption wizll-e large from Statement. of the unofficial diplomatic ate-mt; at, 7(1c past, and No, 2 goose this out. Mmmohh bran in bags, l‘liistory of the. past fortnight, which at, Tile. Manitoba wheat is quoted at 91c. and No. 2 North Orn at 874k. No. 1 hard at 93c lake ports. For grinding above. steady. At upper lake. ports No. 1 Northern nominal in transit quotations are (it: higher than $18; sl‘orts $20, per ton; Ontarit bran in bulk, $17 to $17.50; shorts dian short cut pork, $18 to $18.50 light short cut, $17.50 to $18: Am- erican short cut clear, $17 to $17.50 will serve to throw important on the situation. Russia's reply ) light to $10.50 to $20; liltilllllit‘, $110 to {27 itlic Japanese proposals was formuâ€" l‘el‘ ton. Provisionsâ€"Heavy Canaâ€" latcd and communicated unofficially ; to Japan. through the medium of the French Foreign (lilice, as lonp,‘ . .ago as Jan. 27. In effect, this intiâ€" Om'BTThO “""kut is qL‘iut" “Vim American fat. baCkS. $18 10 313-50: :niation, as described in some of its prhlcs firmer‘ No‘ 2 White q”““‘"” Compound lm‘d. SC; Canadian 1311'“. ‘details in these despatches three davs at 301" “Cosh and at 30'“: middle 8"} t0 90: kctlle rendered. 10:“; later conveyed Russi 's willingness heights. No. 1 white quoted at £320 hams, 112f to 136; have“, 14C; fresh Ito Micah“ U‘) Janmhs principal (,9 cast, and NO' 2 at 31 t0 3173‘: “WV killed abattoir hogs, $7.75; country mahdq whardihg (101.0,, but in Man- Barleyâ€"The mnflmt is (Nick With ("EFS‘Jd hog“: 36:5 to $73 “"9 I‘VE" churi'i llifssia reserved, certain inter- the prices steady. No. 9- quoted at $5.50. Eggsâ€"Candied, selected, :31. m, ‘,,\.,,.'O;q,,d 3W, im'hod which 440 mmch Heights: NO' 3 Mt!“ ‘0 32"; M‘lnuoal “mod! 266: "VC'SL' virtuallIV-iiiiountcll to I:leni'il of the at- 426' and NO' 3 at (110 middle 0"“ “meat 22 to 23c; reh'i-qcrato‘li Japan‘s: contentions {The Tol'io "til-l heights: late Fail stock, 23 to 24c; Summer ‘ l ' " ’ \ ‘ Peasâ€"The market is steady, with No. 2 quoted at 02c west, and 63c east. Cornâ€"The market is quiet, and prices uncliangc'l. No. 3 American yellow quoted at file on track, Torâ€" onto, and N0. 3 mixed at 405 to 50c. Canadian corn, 43c on track, Toronto, and 37 to 1380 wtst. Rye~Tlie market is firm, with No. 2 quoted at 53c east and west. Buckwlieatâ€"Jl‘hc market is firm. with demand good. No. 2 quoted at 48c mi-d-dlo freiglits. Ii‘lourâ€"Nincty per cent. patents are steady at $3.15 middle freights in buyers‘ sacks for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domesâ€" tic trade quoted at $3.50 to $3.65 In bbls. Manitoba flours are firm. No. 1 patents, $4.75 to $4.90; No. 2 patents, $4.45 to $4.60, and strong littlters', $4.35 to $1.50 on track, Toronto. lllillfeedâ€"Ilran steady at $16.75, and shorts at 817.30 here. At out- side points bran is quoted at $15, and shorts at $17. Manitoba bran, in sacks, $18. and shorts at ‘52 here. / W COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"Trade here is quiet, with prices steady at $2 to $2.50 xer bbl. for the best stock. Dried applesâ€"The demand is small and prices are unchanged at 3:; to 4:: per lb. Evaporated apples, 6c per lb. Beansâ€"Trade is dull steady. Prime beans are quoted at $1.30 to $1.50 per bushel. Hopk’l‘he market is unchanged at 26 to 32c. accovding to quality. Honeyâ€"The market is firm at 6% to 7&0 per lb. for bulk and at $1.25 to $2 for comb. Hayâ€"The market is quiet, with receipts only moderate. No. 1 tim- othy quoted at $9 on track, Toronto 'and mixed at $6.50 to $7. Strawâ€"The market is quiet at $5 ,to $5.50 per too for car lots on track. Potatoesâ€"The market quiet, with offerings moderate. Choice cars are quoted at 8:3 to 85c per bag on track here, and inferior unal- ity at 750 per bag. Poultryâ€"The demand is fair, and prices unchanged. Chickens, t) to 10c per lb. Turkeys are quoted at. 124- to 14c per 1b.. and geese at. 9 to 10¢ per lb; ducks at 10¢: per lb., or $1 to $1.25 per pair; fowls,‘ " and prices is firm. stock, 20 to 210. â€"Ontario, 10} to 101,0. UN ITED STATES MARKETS . Buffalo, Feb. 3.â€"Flour-â€"Strong. mixed, 4.35. 65c in store. Ryeâ€"No offerings. St. Louis, Feb. 9.â€"â€"-\that closedâ€"- 92-3 to 9221C; July, 91% to 91$C; September, 95‘; to 95%c; on track, No. 1 hard, 95c; No. 1 Northern, 930; No. 2 Northern, 89:}c; No. 3 Northern, 84 to BjS. Flourâ€"First patents, $4.75 to $4.85; soond do. Butterâ€"Eastern, 21 to 22c; Western dairy, in tubs, 16c; Western rolls, 17 to lbc. Cheese 11 to 1113c; townships, Wheatâ€"Winter, nothing doing: spring higher: No. 1 Northern, Duluth, $1.- 021}; do. Chicago, £18132 (oinâ€" Unâ€" settled; l\‘o. 2 white, 47?,c; No. 2 Barleyâ€"Western, 55 to fliorities, after careful consideration, decided that they could not accept the proposed reply. They, however, earnestly pressed Russia to communiâ€" cate her reply OlllClfllly in order that they might take. formal action on it. When day after day passed without its delivery. Japan became convinced ,tliat Russia‘s reasons for withholding,r a decision which she had fully formu- lated and communicated to more than one outside power were not of ,a diplomatic nature, and were not ‘in harmony with international court.â€" csv. Japan considered that it was therefore. entirely competent for her Cash, 9234‘; May, 87%c; July, 812(‘. I ,7 r ' Minneapolis, Feb. 9.__‘\.}]cnt__Ma),y {to take SllCli ac-.on yesterday as .‘would be taken in any event as Soon as the reply was placed in her hands. Japan was unable, owing to the unâ€" official character of the communicaâ€" tions, to bringr forward the. foregoing facts in answer to the Russian insinâ€" 84.65 to $4.75; first clears, $3.50 ‘ualion that she acted liighâ€"liandcdly to $3.60; second clears, $2.50 to in breaking off the negotiations beâ€" S2.60. Branâ€"1n bulk, $14.25 to fore the reply was received, but they $15. constitute a complete refutation of the implied accusation. CATTLE MARKET. . “1 Toronto, Feb. 9,â€"Thcre were 4-1 ‘ cars of stock offering at the City ,Market this morning. This was not __ a heavy run in itself, but cattle have been coming irregularly in bunches every day, according as the railroads could deliver them. Trade was very :fair to-day, but the butchers on the whole are fairly Well supplied, and there is no tendency towards very :liigh prices. There were a few ex- port cattle, but no choice loads. All ithe dealers, it is reported, are taking advantage of the present low prices in the. Chicago market and are buyâ€" ing there. Sheep and lambs are steady \ to Grain-fed lambs are quoted at $5.25 to $5.50, barnyard at $4.50 to $5, export ewes at $3.75 to $4, butcliers’ sheep at $3.50 to $3.75. Calves are firm at. 4 to Go per 11). Hoes toâ€"day were unchanged at $5 for the top, but prospects are lower for next week. â€"-â€"+â€" more. The loss cannot be estimated, .r . but it has certainly already reached thirty of forty millions of dollars. â€"-â€" The fire department, although aid- Port Arthur Man Shot While ed by engines from Washington, Philâ€" Walking Through Bush. adelphia, Wilmington and the sur- roundino‘ counties and Suburbs, has A Port Arthur’ ont" dCSp‘r‘tch been uttaerly powerless to make any says: William Snyder, with two com- Flames Sweeping the City and Cannot be Checked. A Baltimore despatch says :â€"â€"A fire which broke out at a few min- utes before eleven o'clock on Sunday morning in the wholesale dry goods house of John E. Hurst and Co., has raged witli unrestrained fury since, and at midnight it is still un- checked, and is steadily eating its consuming way eastward onl3a1ti- more Stleet, after having destroyed almost all the large stores and ware houses in the wholesale district around Hopkins Place and all the buildings on both sides of Baltimore Street from Howard to Holliday Street, from Charter and Baltimore to Charles and Lexington, and on Fayette Street. from Charles to Holâ€" liday, including a total of about 20 blocks of the most modem and subâ€" stantial business buildings in Baltiâ€" Japan and Russia Break Ofi’ Ne-i The ' STEAM PIPE EURâ€"ST. Steamer Pretorian Had Stormy Voyage. A Halifax despatcli says: The Al- lan Line steamer l’retorian, with the Canadian mails, arrived on Thurs- day night from Liverpool, alter a ‘most teiiipcstuous voyage of fourteen days. She has on board the crew of the Newfoundland brigaiitine Dilver Spray, abandoned at. sea on Jan. 8th. After leaving port there was good weather for four days, then came a fierce storm, that lasted for five days. When the storm was at its height the main steam pipe broke, and for fourteen hours she drifted helplessly till repairs were effected. The crack was only partially made good, and average speed could not he. obtained for the rest of the. voyâ€" age. The oflicers of the ship conâ€" ccaled from the, passengers the fact of the damage to the machinery till they reached port. on Thursday night. leading them to believe that the stop- page was on account of the storm. On Thursday, when in the vicinity of Sable Island, the steamer encountered the heaviest storm of the trip. The seas washed her decks continuously, and in the twentyâ€"four hours she made only sixty-eight miles. The f‘retorian will discharge and load here. __._.+_ NEW ZEALAND BUTTER. How It Has Gained Its Good Re- putation. Canadian butter suffers to some extent by comparison with that from New Zealand. Mr. J. A. wudtlick, Chief of the Dairy Division, Ottawa, says the comparison is really not a fair one, because New Zealand butâ€" ter is all grass butter, and it arâ€" rives fresh in Gicat Britain during our winter season, so that any Canadian butter which comes into direct competition with it must noâ€" cessarily be winter made, or held summer stock. New Zealand butter, however, has a reputation in Eng- laud for keeping quality, and it. will be of interest to Canadians to [learn how that reputation has been acâ€" quired. In the first plac‘e having no natur- al ice, the majority of the creamer- ics are equipped with mechanical re frigerating machines. Their creamâ€" cry refrigerators are kept fairly cold, but they have no refrigerator cars such as we have. The secret of their success is that butter is .sliipâ€" pet] from the creamerics twice a week to cold storage, where it is immediately placed in a chamber at ten decrees and held there until forwarded to England. It must be at least four full days in store beâ€" fore it is shipped, to give time for thorough freezing to the centre of the package. Although the butter is sometimes carried several hundred miles to the London steamer, its temperature must be below the freezing point of water; otherwise it will be refused and soul: to cold storage to be re-frozen. The temâ€" perature in the chambers of the steamer is about 10 degrees. It is placed in the steamer with the frozen mutton, which must be kept at a low tcnicrature. It is easy to understand that butter handled in such a manner, although it is two months old when it, reaches the mar- ket, will have more life in it 'lian some of our butter which has been held two or three weeks in a cream- ery at a temperature of 40 to 50 degrees. If our Creamery owners and patrons expect to compete with the Danes, who are so close to the. market, and with the New Zealandâ€" 3. MR This month WIRE. HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Ow: and Other Countries of Recent Events. CA NA DA . A SOâ€"ton floating crane to cost $60,000, will be added to the equip- ment of Montreal port. Premier ltoblin's resolution. on- dorsing Mr. (Shaiiiberlain's preferentiâ€" .til trade proposals was adopted by the Manitoba Legislature. The Toronto Civic Works Commit- tee decided to ask (.‘ouncil to submit. a byâ€"law for $060,000 for Waterworkl improvement. 'l‘lie homestead entries in western Canada, for January numbered about 1,308, an increase of some 200 over the same month in 1003. There were “.200 cars of wheat load- ed at Winnipeg last week, or 2"O,- 759 bushels. There aie 2,581,493 bushels in Fort William elevators. A person may be sued in Ontarir for a debt contracted iii the United States Judgment is obtained there, and that judgment is sued on here. The Government has introduced a bill in the Nova Scotia liegislaturq that men employed in the coal miner in charge of the operation of steam plants must pass an examination. A. M. Chisholm, mine owner, Kingston, has received enquiries from Germany as to the cost of iron pyrites, feldspar and graphite, and a trade may be \\'()in(‘tl up between the two countries in'tlit-:e minerals. ll'ainiltoii bricklayers have given notice that when the buil ling season opens they expect to revive 50 cents an hour for an eight iour day from S to 5. The lll'lclxlfljt‘l's. laborer: have asked for :25 cents for 9 hour: from 7 to 5, and there is likely to be trouble. Right Hon. Arthur Lyttlelton, Col- onial Secretary, has notified tht loveriiorâ€"thcral that one S'lâ€"poundei R. M. S. gun Captured at Klipklop, 18th June, 1900, has been awarded to the Canadian Government, and that 15 guns and 2.500 rides or! available for distribution among tlu colonies who sent contiiigcnts. GREAT liltl'l‘AlN. Hon. Gerald Balfour hints that tlu British elections would be held soon. Three of England's battleships art to be fitted for storage of oil and fuel. Two elephants charged two elephants in the streets of London the other day. The other two ele- phants were shadows in a plate glass window. oil or UNITI‘TD S'l‘A'l‘lCS, Fire in a. house burned to death five children of Peter Chiistiansen, in Council Bluffs, lowa. To get quick results, Mis. Mary Healy, of llcrby, (‘onu., drank a quart bottle of a patent catarrh ineditine. She is now a iitving manâ€" iac. Miss Grace Whittatei', of Middle boro, Mass, 20 years old and proâ€" bably worth over a million. has mar- ried Kendrick ll. ’l‘rilien, a yoving laborer on the estate. Crazed over the iiiyslcry surrounds ing the murder of the tuo Peterson children, “liizh occurrrd at lies Moines, Iowa, over t'.\o yams ago, Gordon Bowby, u, detective, who has been working on the cath toiiiiiiittetl suicide. A flvc-_\,car-oltl boy, whom face. is covered with a tliicl; growth of black hair, and who is so’deforineil that he ‘ , , V impression on the allâ€"devouring eleâ€" ers. who employ such low temperaâ€" can only crawl on his hands and t"3 80 DEF 113- Pamo'fsv was out h_ummg, 0“ quojgday' inents, although for hours over 400 .tul‘cs almost from the (lay their butâ€" knees, has been ltlltC‘ll to llellevuo m r0’10‘Vmg‘ 11. hlmtm's EmlL _Ue mad“ streams of water weie thrown into ter is made, it is time they were Hospital, how York, THE DAIRY MARKETS, vertcntly kicked a string which Crossâ€" the flame,“ making a more serious effort .to imâ€" ~ Butterâ€"The receipts continue mod- ed the trail’ and “11,1611 was attad‘ed So terrific has been the heat, ever prove matters at their end. GENERAL. crate, and prices show no Cliftiio’e_ to a “n0 Suspended “ha t1'00- at “111 since the fire started and so dense TWCIVO I“whh. mm. kmmi h,- V01, ‘ - ' '. v ‘7 cock The rifle was discliar ed the d .50 1' the v mm. )f smoi-e â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"~+ - . - I. '111010 is a fan ceinand for choi e 11‘ . Q d , I g .' h. t 3". SI“ ca ing 1 g 5‘ ( b ‘ ' Calm: Glllf‘tmliS 0” 111" “~th 0’ qualities. “'e quote :â€"Finest, 1»lb,, bu et entering any ers err, in If: â€" ying spar-vs ant urning ein crs, ‘ Java. rolls. 16 to 180; choice large rolls, ins ‘1 50"?” wound- H0 “"19 “med 11““ it is (“main ‘0" “‘0 “"01"” ‘0 FOUR VICTIMS ARE DEAD- San nmnmm rebels tum one of a 16c; select dairy tubs, 16 to 17¢: through the bush to the railway stand long within fighting distance . â€" U United Stan’s Waugh“) "W, (Tm? secondary grades, 1-0115 nod tubs, 13 track and brought into Port Arthur of the I flames, while several trucks Fatal Fire on Caaieux Street, and Shhmhhw ,hhasurhs 1-,”. “smug-8 to 150; creamery prints, :20 to 21¢; hospital, where he. arrived some ten and engines were hopelessly disabled Montreal. ha“, he” mhgmh. solids, 18 to ]9,§c. . hours after the accident. by flying timbers at (iii-yearly hour A Montreal duspfltch says: Three Primes Aluumhh,’ “f “hum”; F 'i‘ â€"Ti .1.â€" - . in the 'ICtIO‘i At i o tiock the sit- ~ 1855 ~10 mm ‘0? 1.5- hrm‘ “0 - ‘. ‘.' . . . Slccping inmates of a dwellian at Who-‘0 GUNS 'dmtll'ltl 1“ “WM “111' quote sti‘lt'tlv new laid dot" sole ted â€"â€"-+â€" “anon “ as 5’0 hopeless! 50 f‘“ ‘13 ef‘ ‘ m V ~ F3 1' f - " s iv 1 ~ 1 LT 17: ~ .. . 7 . -. - , . ' g ,H u u _ 7,8 Lauleux street were sunoc‘lr‘cd 10115 0 111.11.“, ..y “H t. .t .x, . of..- cold storage, 30c; and blood 27 to _ {Cane “011‘ by the “lam” “"5 ion .. .1. Issd . ~ ,, -.~ . fort for for “qtt~sii.ri.;:ii.e trans-aw 28¢ her down. corned, that Chief llorton desidcd 0..i 3 ovn‘ ii ay momma: II out lions, " Cheeschfl‘lie market rules steadv __ I that the only thing 1‘3” ‘0 do was Others “me badly bmimd and mimod' r\~ old m imn i -s lrt‘t‘“ found i't-- '1 We quote râ€"lt‘inest, September's T - - A. . f T, d ,. to dynamite buildings at the The dead are Ml‘s- Ld‘Yf‘FfJ L‘I'J‘V' 0,5 iihuh ) or“ 1-0.,i;c,..,l.‘. 3H,}, to 11C. seconds 10‘. ‘ ' ‘ n‘exlco ls nxlousd‘o “1 e “1th threatened points and thus prevent 10rd, 40 years of age, William Craw- (min, ‘ “(111) V I'IL'l ', 1‘ ‘1' “1'1 m - ~: 1 ' , ,’ . , V ‘ l ,., i ".s ‘i I" t) i" flvl' \- . cana a' as far as possible, a further spread 1.0m, 15' 5011'. ‘lub' Hog‘m' SH”â€" covered the mini of Sislwti l‘l . inh- IIOG PRODUCTS A“ OLtiâ€"‘Wa 'dcslmtCh says: The 0f the flames- lnâ€"lmv‘ “10 Injured are Mfg. Ethel board and a further :-r.-;ii't'li !".\‘|lll(‘ll . . . GOVUNHHO'W has been aduso‘l that The Baltimore and Ohio Ofllce IIIOg-fln' 22 ‘Vem‘s’ burned on hm‘ds' in tin; fintliiiu' of securities viilue'i at lessed. 1195453 3"“ unlhunlied» “'1Ul Sir William Mulock has had an interâ€" building 1105? DUO“ (lestl‘ol'oib Find the “all” and films Cllt‘ ‘las‘ E‘ Hogan' 8 $91 000 000. l'l‘he woman leaves no ofleiing linolllet'l. . Car lots sold at view with Prpsident Dial, of the ill-aryland Institute of Art building. months, infant son of Mrs. Hogan, imi’rs ' ' $6 ito 36.1.0 delivered here. Cured Mexican Republic, at which many At 11.45 o'clock the temporary ,badly burned, will die, Edward Crawâ€" ' ingots are in fair demand. he quote: matters of interest to the two mum Customs house adjoining the _ Post- dord, 40 years, burned all over body, _ i; “so”, long (31011“, El t0 Bic l'01' tries “70m discuss,.d_ The Republic ‘oflice caught fire. One hundred and will probably the, Thos. llarc, 25 - 1 . s \. .i. -, ' 4. ~ , v - g" , . _ ‘ . . d - 1:; iiase lotsq hitss vein. $10, desires to improve its means or CORP “fty I)Olt011.011 fioni I’nil..tltlpi.ia aiâ€" iwms 0, age. mm and hands immod, CE- RANDOFII oq-v 5:031 CM, 51‘: . munication with Canada. It has rived here to‘ asz-ist the Baltimore Tin-00 of the inmates, Mm. “Ohm, . lb ' .l L .3 .l . ill-311:0 \eiolgtttlgfigéréflllgs, night to inle- been arranged: to have another h,_ police and military. with he;- infant, and Thos. 11am. 1 fl , II - â€"- ' . ii " . . . . . ‘ ~. . ‘ . . ' - .‘ 1 i a. to 12C. rolls 106.. Jlglijldé’lls‘li 911:. torvww to congldm. thls subject, at fl’-_+____, jtllll])0(l lioni second stoiey of wealtfly tum}, ‘E‘n gay“: )0“ 1 r ' backs '13 to '13)}; greth'st-b 2 . which Signor Lhnentar’ Finance the burning budding. ’llie other oc« o a] b‘ "l " 13c, ’ a ’ “A ‘1 acon’ Minister of Mexico, is to be present. “flint”. Edward CI'iIWiOI‘d. ““dS 0111‘- A Home (lt‘Siitltf'll sins. A rich L I‘dâ€"Tl ‘ -]w ‘ "a -‘ “Cd 01" after he was badly burned- landowm'i', Lilli/clam», l'i'sllll'liâ€"f hear in ie Llaivtct is quitt, with __ _¢__ ‘â€" ~ ' ~ ’I - i - {Knee lllmlla-llge‘l' “C (1110“? 1“ Draws Gloomy Picture of South â€"-â€"+ Lataiiia, Burnty, \EZlIS til'taiz'}\I-<l incentâ€" IEI‘CGQ. 750: tubs. Tic; pails, Sc: AfricamAEairs. â€" LV film SWIW‘S i-rw iy mar il‘x‘. \vno compound, 7 to 75c. , obliged him to pay" a runs-hi of $120,â€" _ A London dLSpatCh sabs‘ A blue; â€"â€"__ 000 for his l‘t‘lI'nSl‘, The police have BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. lilontrcal, Feb. 9.â€"â€".-'tdvitcs on prxes of Manitoba wheat, just re ceived from Fort William state that i No. 3 Northern cannot be had under 77ic, or No. 2 under 81ic; hardly any export business is being done. It is said that fully a third of the wheat inspected turns out to be food. No No. 1 is offering; No. 3 Western inspection is valued about 85§c on track. No. 2 oats, Mon- treal inspection, are being dealt in at 87§c for carioads in store, for local account: the demand is good. There is no air, rt demand for cats been decided to hold the Fat Stock Iwhicli, Collapse of Building Will Not Postpone Show. l An Ottawa despatch says: It has Horse and Poultry Shows in Ottawa on the original dates, March 7th to 11th. The collapse of the new build- ing at Lansdowne Park will not be allowed to interfere as was previously thought. It is the intention to hold 'the combined show in the horse and icattle barns at the park, as was done ,a couple of years ago. A gang of 'nien has been placed at work about ,these buildings butting them in shape for the shore. book on South Africa issued on Wedâ€" nesday contains a pessimistic desâ€" patch from Lord Milner, British High Commissioner in South Africa, in referring to the Transvaal {Lecislature’s approval of Chinese laâ€" ‘bor, Lord Milner says he realizes the gravity of the action, but there is Heads of All the Departments Are ‘ancc of ‘heads Oflice on Thursday received letters of dismissal and were notified that they I Dismissed. A London dcspatcli says: In pursu- tlie army reforms all the of departments of the War 10f, yet been able to liiiil llm culprits. ~â€"___+_~ TO INCREASE THE FORCE. l l l I Hundred Men to be Added to the Mounted Police. not the shadow of a. doubt as to its jwju be employed elsewhere. Lord xwisdom. The depression in business ‘Robmvts’ Conunandm*_fn-fhigf of the, An (hum-u (Ii-Szlfite‘h mtg; in egmv is increasing daily, the revenues are ,‘forces; Lieut.-Coneral Greni‘t-ll, com- 'of the largely lln‘l'f-dSv‘fl rs:'llv‘l‘l‘ of :ffllling 0”. many People are UUC 01' mandinz the Fourth Army corps; ‘lopcrzitiois of tlm Northâ€"‘Anst Mount- lwork' and unless th“ Sit‘mtio” 500“ iLicut.â€"Geiiei'al Sir John French, in out Police, and Ne liil‘. area of changes a great exodus of whites ,inevitable. Public opinion, he fis decisively in favor of imported laâ€" 'Il.01‘. is‘c ‘t ’t adds. ‘and Sir union. Butler, oi‘ the l-‘irst Army corps, connnanding he wi-st dirt‘rit't, l;.'.‘.e been invited 0 Join the pit? Army Council. omniand g t ,‘patrol. the fort‘c is to 3)" til. ~liy 100 11““. {ni‘miiei‘ S'JU. ‘im‘.’ lmr. im.‘ erritory which At. pl'UEn'iit tiff: