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LEADING MARKETS BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. 8â€"Wheatâ€"No. 2red and white is quoted at 85c to 87c, and new at 78c to 80c outside. Goose is quoted at 78c to 80c; and spring at 85c to 86c. Manitoba wheat is nominal at $1.10 for No. 1 northern, Georgian Bay ports, $1.07 for No. 2 northern, and 90c to 90;c for No. Flourâ€"Ontari0â€"90 per cent. pat- ents, $4.15 to $4.25, buyers’ sacks, west, with 15c to 20c more for choice. Manitoba. first patents, 5‘55.â€" 30 to $5.60; second patents. $5 to $5.30, and bakers’, $4.90 to $5.10. Millfeedâ€"Ontario bran, $11.50 to $12; shorts, $18.50 to $19. Mani- toba, $17 for bran, $19 for shorts at Toronto and equal freight points. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white is quoted at 400 to 41c outside. Barleyâ€"Easy; No. 2, 46¢ to 470; No. 3 extra, 44c to 45c, and No. 13. 43c outside. Ryeâ€"~Nmninal GOc outside. Cornâ€"Canadian unchanged at 54c to 55c, Chnthzim freights. American, 62§c to Gligc for No. 2 yellow, and 68§c for No. 3 yellow, lake and rail freights, outside points, and 63c to 635C on track Toronto. Peasâ€"Nominal at 72c to No. 2 outside. Rolled Oatsâ€"$5 for cars of bar- rels on track here, and $4.75 for cars of bags; 25c more for broken lots here and 40c outside. and unchanged at. 73c for COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter'â€"The market holds firm. Creamery, prints 21c to 22¢ do solids .................. 20:: to 21c Dairy Ib. rolls, good to choice .................... 17c to 18:}c do medium ...... 15c to 16c do tubs, good to choice 16c to 17c do inferior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14c to 15c Cheeseâ€"Prices are steady at 11c to llic per pound. Eggsâ€"Are firm in tone at 17§c to 18¢. Potatoes-Prices are firm in tone at. $2.50 to $2.75 per barrel and 75¢ per bushel. Baled Hayâ€"Old and new No. 1 timothy are quoted at $7.50 to $8.- 50 per ton on track here, and No. 2 at $6 for car lots on track here. Baled Strawâ€"Quiet and unchanged at $5.50 to $6 per ton for car lots on track here. -â€".â€" MONTREAL PRODUCE MARKET. Montreal, Aug. 8.â€"Grain-â€"â€"The tone of the local market for oats was easâ€" ier, and prices are half a cent per bushel lower, with sales of No. 2 White at 4815c and No. 3 do at 4711c per bushel eatâ€"store. Flourâ€"Manitoba spring wheat pat- ents, $5.30 to $5.70; strong bakers’, 85 to $5.40; winter wheat patents, $5.50; straight rollers, $5 to $5.15, and in bags, $2.35 to $2.45. Millfecdâ€"Manitoba bran in bags, $15 to $16; shorts, $19 to $20 per ton; Ontario bran in bulk, $14.50 to $15; shorts, $19 to $20; mouille, $21 to $24 per ton, as to quality. Mealâ€"Prices rule steady at 82.40 to $2.42’,- per bag. In cornmeal the feeling has been stronger and prices have advanced 50 to 10c per bag, but the demand, as usual at this season, is quiet at 81.45 to $1.50 per bag. Hayâ€"No. 1, $8.50 to $9; No. 2, $7.50 to $8; clover mixed, $6.50 to $7, and pure clover, $6 to $6.20 per ton in car lots. Eggsâ€"Straight stock. 17c; No. 2, 14c, Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, 22c to 23c; undergrades, 21§c to 22c; dairy, 18c to 20c. Cheesrâ€"Ontario, 11_{c to Quebec. lltc to 11 3-16c. Ashesâ€"Firsts, $5 to $5.10; seconds $1.55; first pearls, S7. Potatoesâ€"New potatoes in bags of 90 pounds, $1, and $2 per barrel; old potatoes, 50c to 60c per bag. Honeyâ€"White clover in comb. 110 to 12c per section in one pound secâ€" tions; extract in 10-pound tins, 7% to 8c; in 60â€"pound tins, 7c. Provisionsâ€"Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $20 to $21; light short cut. $18 to $19; American cut clear fat back. $18.50 to $19; compound lard. 520 to 65c; Canadian lard, 9$c to 9&c, kettle rendered, IOiC to lie, according to quality; hams, 12c to J30 and 14c. according to size: ba- con. 13c to 14c; fresh killed abatl toir dressed hogs, limited, at $9.75 to $10 per 100 pounds. 112C; BUFFALO MARKETS. Buffalo, Aug. Sâ€"Flourâ€"Quiet; un- changed. Wheatâ€"Winter quiet; No. 2 red. 86c. Cornâ€"Higher; No. 2 ye]- low, 61c; No. 2 corn, 605c. Oats â€"Firm; No. 2 white, 31%c; No. 2 mixed, 29fic. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 65c asked; bids 3c lower. Canal freightsâ€" Steady. LIVE STOCK MARKETS- Toronto, Aug. 8.â€"â€"A fairly large run of stock was offering at the Western Market to-day, but the quaâ€" lity of the cattle was poor. I Export cattle, choice . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4 60 to S 4 85‘ do good to mod- ium ............... 4 20 to 4 ($0 do others 4 00 to 4 :20 Bulls . . . . . . . . . 3 50 to 4 00 COWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 to 3 75 Butchers' picked .. 4 50 to 4 65 good to choice . 4 20 to 4 50 fair to good 3 50 to 4 00 do common .. 2 50 to 3 25 do cows 50 to 3 50 Bulls ............ 50 to 8 50 Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GO to 4 00 (lo medium 30 to 3 60 do bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 50 to 3 50 Stockers, good 3 50 to 3 80 do rough to com 2 50 to 3 00 Rolls ................... 1 75 to 2 50 Milch cows, each . 30 00 to 50 00 Export ewes. p. c. 4 00 to 4 15 do bucks, p. c. . 3 00 to 3 25 (lo culls, each 1'. 00 to 4 00 Spri 1g lambs, each 00 to G 50 Calves, per 1b. ..... 3; to (3 do each . . . . . . . . . . . 2 00 to 10 00 Hogs, selects, p. c. 7 00 to 0 00 do lights . . . . . . . . . 6 75 to 0 00 do fats ............ (3' 75 to 0 00 TEIVIISKAII‘IING RAILWAY. Line to be Located to Juncion With Grand Trunk Pacific. A Montreal uion of the drspatch says: A sesâ€" ’l‘emisl(aniing Railway Commission was held here on Wed- nesday. the chairman, Mr. C. ll. Smith, and Mr. 1). Murphy being present. After the meeting. it was announced that the line will be loâ€" cated to its proposed junction with the Grand Trunk Pacific, a distance of 275 miles. By next year 200 miles of road will have been comâ€" pleted. About 113 miles are being now operated by the commission. The traffic on the completed section, as Well as the tourist travel, has berm very large. __.__.+__.__ GREAT SILVER BELT. Rich Find Near Massey, Ontario, -â€"For1na.tion as at Cobalt. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie says: A discovery of cobalt has been made near Massey, Ont., on the Whisky Lake Copper property of Mr. John A. Montague, of Sault Ste. Marie. The formation is the same as in the Temiskaming cobalt fields. The find was made Mthin 14 feet of the shaft of the Montague mine. It is thought that the Temiskam- ing cobalt belt extends right across New Ontario. Another alleged field of cobalt is reported from Pennefaâ€" ther Township, a few miles north of the Sault, although opinions difTer as to whether this find is really the genuine article or not. There is no doubt, however, about the Monta- gue find. __.__Ȥ__.. KLONDIKE GAMBLERS. One Man Lost Forty Thousand Dollars in a. Week. A despatch from Essex says:â€"Arâ€" thur Milne, who has been in the Klondike for the past eight years, was successful, and has invested in real estate in the vicinity of Cal- gary. He says the best kind of "pay dirt” in the Klondike is a hotel or gambling resort, both of which are thriving. The people have gone mad over gambling, the miners taking chances on anything. Large amounts are being lost. Just before he left a. miner came in with $40,000 worth of gold. Within a week he had lost it all at the gambling tables, and had started back to the fields to make another fortune. hâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"+â€"tâ€"â€"â€"A POPE HOMESICK Anxious to Leave Vatican and Re- turn to Venice. A despatch from Rome says:â€"In Vatican circles it is asserted that the Pope is homesick. Members of his household say that he is showing signs of fretfulness and even a greatâ€" er disturbance of his usual demeanor, owing to his longing for Venice. which overmasters him. It is beâ€" lieved he will leave the Vatican ow- ing to this nostalgia. and perhaps pay a Visit to Venice, accompanied by his favorite niece, Gilda Parclin, betrothed to a Venetian nobleman, who, however, is without means. This news comes from an authorita- tive source, but it is certain «that the majority of the cardinals .will not allow the Pontifl to leave the Vatican. +____. PROF. MAVOR’S REPORT. London Board of Trade Publishes It in Pamphlet Form. A despatch from London says:â€" The Board of Trade publishes Prof. Mavor's report on the Canadian Northâ€"West, with special reference to its wheat production'for export. He draws the conclusion that great im- provement in the productive power of the country and a considerable inâ€" crease in the effective population is necessary before the North-West will be able to produce suflicient wheat to satisfy the wants of Great Britâ€" tain. +â€" BUTTER IS S CAR CE. Labor Troubles at Riga. Affecting the British Market. A despatch from London says: The Canadian Associated Press underâ€" stands that there is a great scarcity of butter here, and that owing to labor troubles at. Riga, Russia, where large quantities await shipâ€" 'ini-nt, the stringency may become inâ€" creasingly serious, and even abnorâ€" mal. The shortage has been reflectâ€" ed in the rapid advance of values to a point never reached during the hot Season for over ‘20 years. A furâ€" ther advance under the circumstances is to be expected. ‘ IBIG FORGE FACES OYAIVIA FROM BONNIE SCOTLANDICONDENSEDJEWS ITEMS RUSSIANS IN LIANCHURIA. NUMBER TWENTY ARMY CORPS. TWENTY ARMY CORPS. The correspondent of the Londin Telegraph at. Moji, Japan, quotes an oflirt-r from the front as saying that the Russians now in Manchuriaronâ€" sist. of twenty army corps, with 800 field guns. Reinforcemean are ar- riving daily. Many of them are reaching the neighborhood of Fokuâ€" men, where there are 1100.000 troops. The (lensan correspondent of the Trlegraph says the number of Rusâ€" sians in Northern Corea is steadily increasing, It. is states that there are 30,000 in the neighborhood of Hoiryong and 30,000 at Lwanchun. They are building defences to check a annncso advance, and are using Hoiryong as a base. The nominal strength of an army ’corps is 48,683 of all ranks, but their establishment has probably been reduced. A'I‘TA CKED STEAM ER. A despatch from Tokio says: It. is officially reported that two Rus- sian torpedoâ€"boat destroyers ap- peared of‘f Chungâ€"Ching. 0n the northern coast of Corea, at 4.40 o‘clock Friday morning, and attacked the Keisho, a small merchant steamâ€" er. The destroyers fircd sixty shots, seven of which hit the port side of the engineâ€"room and bridge, killing the captain and one boy and woundâ€" ing tWo of the crew. The destroyers then ceased to fire and steamed toâ€" ward Vladivostock at five o’clock. The Keisho was able to continue her voyage and escaped. RUSSIANS ISOLATED. A despatch from Tokio says: The floods in the Tumen River have swept away all the bridges, isolatâ€" ing the Russians on the south bank. STILL PURSUING ENEMY. A despatch from Tokio sayszâ€"The Japanese in Saghalien are pursuing the remnants of the enemy south- ward. The Russians must continue fleeing southwards towards Patience Bay or surrender. FLOODS IN NORTHERN COREA. 'A despatch from Tokio saystâ€"Nor- thern Corea is suffering from floods that are the worst in 30 years. They threaten Ru5sian communications on the Tumen. ._._.-+__â€"- MUST REGISTER MARRIAGES New Regulations That Will be En- forced by Registrar-General. A Toronto despatch says: Hon. W. J. Hanna, through Dr. C. A. Hodâ€" getts, has issued new regulations re- specting the registration of mar- riages. There are between 18,000 and 19,000 marriages each year, and from 600 to 800 of these are not registered, while many are delayed, in some instances 15 months. Under the. old regulations all licenses were held in the possession of the officiat- ing clergymen, but under the new law these must be endorsed and for- warded to the department of the reg- istrar-general. All marriages must be registered by official card, giving full details to the division registrar. Formerly the issuers of licenses rcâ€" tained the affidavits, but in future these will be filled out by the issuer on the back. Both affidavits and licenses will be placed on file in the department. Envelopes will be sup- plied 1.o issuers of licenses for the re- turn of information, and for the use of the clergyman officiating. Some efforts will be made to have the marriage laws amended in the near future, to prevent the large number of objectionable marriages at border points. .â€".+__._._ HAVOC OF WHITE PLAGUE. Montreal’s Death Roll From Tub- erculosis. A Montreal despatch says: Mont- real’s death roll from tuberculosis is a long one. Last year there. were 692 deaths from this cause. 580 be- ing due to consumption. When askâ€" ed on Wednesday whether this figure was unusually high, Dr. Labergne, Medical Health Officer, said that while it was heavy, no comparison with preceding years was possible, as the taking of statistics in this re- gard was of recent. inauguration. In 1the report of the Tuberculosis jLeague for the year it is stated that investigation on the part of the league's oflicials has proved that the overcrowding of houses is a great factor in the growth and propaga- tion of the fatal “white plague." 1n- stances. are given of the annihilation of almost entire families within the space of a few years. .â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"¢â€"â€"â€" ALBERTA CATTLE EXPORT. 9,000 Head Sent Out During the Month of July. A Winnipeg dcspatch says: Cattle returns for Alberta. for July show that 9.000 head w-ve exported dui- in;r the month. The estimated ex- ports for August are put at 11,000. The export business showed signs of becoming from, but reports of declinâ€" ing market are discouraging the shippers. NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. What Is Going on in the High- lands and Lowlands of Auld 9:: )ii&. A young man named Patrick Burns was crushed to death in a hoist at Kirkinfolioch. Considerable fighting, not on programme, took place at the High- land gathering at Motherwell. At the 220th anniversary of the attendance of 12,000 people. A l‘erthshire man, James Murray, has been sentenced to seven 7'enrs' imprisonment for of his wife. Over £20,000 damage was caused by fire at the Victoria Woollen Mills, Galashiels, belonging to Messrs. “'m. Roberts & Co. leâ€"llailie James was presented with an address in recognition of his services to the community. Dr. John Stuart Rose, who gradu- ated in Aberdeen UniVersity in 1892, Crag, Glasgow, illuminated long has been appointed assistant assis- tnnt medical officer of Health of Benang. Captain Duncan MacNeill has now left Oronsay. This severs the last link of connection between the Mac- Neills as proprietors and the islands af Colonsay and Oronsay. Mr. A. G. Ireland, an engineer, who served in South Africa as a lieu- tenant in the Active SerVice Com- pany of the 6th Royal Scots Volun- teers, was found shot dead in a street in Edinburgh. Seargeant Geo. Wright of the Galâ€" ashiels police force, has been ap- pointed interim Chief Constable and burgh prosecutor pending the ap- pointment of a successor to Chief Constable Sutherland, whose resigna- tion took effect on July 1st. The death occurred at Berwick, of Captain James Arthur Forbes, R. N. The deceased was well known and reâ€" spected in the borough, of which he was senior magistrate. He joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1849. Lord Johnston, whose ancestors were for nearly 200 years provosts of Inverary and sheriff-substitutes of Argyllshire, has consented to be one of the patrons of the Inverary High- land gathering. - Captain Walter Douglas Ewart, late Cameron Highlanders, third son of that distinguished General, the late Sir John Ewart, G.C.B., of Craigcleuch, Langholm, ‘has passed away in his 4lst year at. Northwick House, Worcester. The death has Occurred of Mr. Jas. Lockhart, one of the leading manu- facturers of Kirkcaldy. Deceased, as proprietor of Bennochy Spinning mills, was well known and highly respected by manufacturers throughout the country. He took a keen interest in public affairs, having been for 25 years a member of the Town Council. The crop report issued on Thursday by the Canadian Pacific Railway leaves little room for doubt of the outcome of this season’s harvest. From every section of the wheat belt are recorded the most encouraging opinions of the prospective yield. The wheat has reached the stage where an estimate of the yield can be made without the danger of exâ€" aggerating, and the opinion is alâ€" most unanimous that there will be twenty-five bushels of wheat harvest- ed from each acre that is under that grain this season. This will mean that there is easily 100,000,000 bushels of wheat in the Northâ€"West. Cutting will be general in three weeks. __+___. A NEW PENITENTIARY. Recently Constructed Jail at Ed- monton Will be Converted. 'An Ottawa despatch sa5szâ€"It has been decided to transform the new jail at Edmonton into a penitentiary and the necessary proclamation anâ€" noucing this will be issued in a few weeks. A large proportion of the criminals in the Manitoba Peniten~ tiary have come from the North-West Territories. They can be sent in fuâ€" ture to Edmonton. The new peniten- tiary will have 43 cells. ~â€"â€"â€"+ SWEPT OVER THE FALLS? Man’s Upper Garments Picked up at Suicides’ Point. A despatch from Niagara Falls, IV. Y., saysâ€"It seems highly probable that a Paterson, N.J., man has gone down to death over the American Falls, for early on Wednesday after- noon Ofliccr Thomas Wilson, of the State Reservation force, picked up a man's coat and vest at what is known as "Suicides' Point" in Pros- ‘pcct Park. The garments are a mix- ture of light and dark blue. There was a small memorandum book, in which were written the names of sev- eral companies in various cities, where possibl; the man had sought a position. This book bore the name Frank Lewis, and the address as above. It also contained a small expense account. Ofiicer Wilson turn- ed the garments over to Supt. Perry, .____..+__ MODERN LII RACLES. “Strange things happen in this world." “Yes. I went on a picnic excursion once when it didn't rain land nobody got crippled for life." the 3 battle of Rothwell llrig there was an: the manslaughterigium by le‘lOyCCS 0f , . Liner HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVEl THE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Ow: and Other Countries of Re- CANADA. In Montreal last week 107 infants died. The C. P. R. will build a new size The C. l’. R. will build a new sta- tion to cost $32,000 at Port Arthur. Oflicials returns show that iiiCl'O were 692 deaths from tuberculosis in Montreal last year. Customs officials at Montreal sci/.ed 70,000 cigal’ettcs smuggled from Bel- an Atlantic The outbreak of horse cholera in several Essex townships is attributed to dead fish flies eaten in the hay served to the animals. The total amount on the London Ont., tax rolls for the year. was $525,000, of which $368,000, or over twoâ€"thirds, has already been paid. An excellent coal prospect is being opened near Raymond, N. \t'. 9., known as Wadsworth mine. A tun- nel has been run 85 feet into the seam, which shows three feet of clear coal. C. P. R. officials at Winnipeg con- firm the statemcnt that 1,000,000 bushels of wheat will be shipped this season from southern Alberta to Ire ground in Vancouver for shipment to the Orient. GREAT BRITAIN. There is a scarcity of butter in England, and prices are at a point never reached during the hot weather in twenty years. UNITED STATES. 'A suit for half a million damages has begun against thi Grand Trunk Railway Company by lumber firms in Connecticut and Ven mont. The international convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters at Bos‘ ton voted down a resolution to ex elude persons engaged in the liquor traffic. dollart GENERAL. Emperor William is said to favor Prince Charles of Denmark for the throne of Norway. 'A Russian paper declares the downâ€" fall of the British Empire imminent, and the establishment of a. republic in Australia. LIGHT FRUIT CROP. Reports 3. Falling Off. An Ottawa despatch says:-Mr. A, McNeil], chief of the Fruit Division of the Department of Agriculture, re- ports:â€" An analysis of the reports of cor‘ respondents to date shows a continued falling off from the good in. dications of previous reports. Fun- gous diseases are beginning to show seriously, though insects are not as prevalent as usual. Apples will be a light crop, proba' bly about 50 per cent. of last year’s crop. It must not be forgotten, how- ever, that the general scarcity will prevent any waste such as has been common for the last two years. Sales are being made at $1 to $1.25 for No. 1's and 2's on the trees. Barrels are lower in price than last year, running from 25c in Nova. Scotia to 30c and 35c in Ontario; but where proper arrangements hth not been made early in the season prices are likely to go higher than this. Pears will be a very light crop, scarcer enough for the local market. Blight has worked sad havoc in many orchards this year. The “drop” and plum rot have lessened the prospect for plums to such an extent that the prospects can be rated for a light to medium crop. The Lombard, barring rot, appears to be the only plum that stands out prominently with a fairly good yield. Peaches show a slight crop in the Essex and Kent districts; a medium crop on bearing trees in the Niagara district. The market will not be overloaded, Sweet cherries have rotted badly. Sour cherries have been a medium crop, though badly infested in many cases with fruit worm. Small fruits have been a medium crop, though badly infested in many cases with fruit worm, and are real- izing good prices. Careful estimates by correspondents place the exports of apples from the Annapolis Valley at 200,000 barrels. The apple crop in British Columbia. is below the average, but a consider- able increase in the acreage will make ‘the exports into the North-West Ter- ritories somewhat larger than last year. The reports from Great Britain and rthe Continent would indicate a light to medium crop. Reports from 20 of the largest applcbgrowing Ameri- can States Show 17 States having a light or poor apple crop: some a. failure; three, Wisconsin, Kansas and Oklahoma, report the crop promising or good Department Serious __.._._+_. KILTIES FOR WINNIPEG. Order of Scottish Clans Taking Steps to Form Regiment. A despatch from Winnipeg says:â€" The Order of Scottish Clans is talcâ€" ing preliminary steps toward the formation of a Highland regiment for gWinnipeg, and is arranging with other local societies for joint co~ operation toward that end. tion at Guelph at a cost of $40,000.»