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in summer RUSSIA Army Shows Signs of Willingness to Join Strikers. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Telegraph (Iran's a sensational picture of the strike situ- ation. He says, among other things that meetings are being held every' where in the provinces, and that speeches are being made by anybody and everybody. Demands are bcmg formulated which the Government. would not. grant if it could and could not if it would. Resolutions are being passed unanimously and enthusiastically to. continue the strike until these demands are com ceded. Downright frenzy, revolu- tionary frenzy, seems to have’seized the entire people, who rush head-- long as though literally possessed, and resolved to bring ruin on themâ€" selves, or else and the odious regime, which is dying too slowly. There are no people's tribunals at Work, as in revolutionary France, but there are executions enough, which are carried out in ways that point to local vehmgorichts. Every morning paper brings lists of officials, police, Cossacks, administrators, and even watchmen, whose lives have been suddenly snuffed out during the night by men who are unknOWn. Bombs, daggers, revolvers, and rifles figure in the lugubrious accounts, to which the public is rapidly growing accus- tomed. Revolutionary lynch law has thus usurped the place of official ca- price, which until some months ago freely disposed of the properties, the liberties, and sometimes the lives of peaceful citizens who“ were often more deserving of reward than punâ€" ishment. CARRYING OUT NEW PLANS. The fact is, the Social Democrats and Social Revolutionists, who are the best organized 'partiis in the country, having matured new plans, are now carrying them out deliber- ately and successfully. They first got power over the universities and High schools, which are used as places of meeting for all malcontents Without exception, just as the Jacobins’ convent was employed by the French patriots. Sunday night hundreds of students at the W0- man's University at Moscow held a meeting to decide whether to strilro or to allow the establishment to continue work. After a long debate it. was resolved by a small majority to permit the university to remain open, but as a centre of the revolu- tionary movement, where public ,meetings might be held and lectures delivered. From all parts of the interior Come reports of public meetings assembâ€" ling spontaneously in the streets and other public places and approv- ing the strike. Those attending conduct themselves with a degree of self-control that is uncommon in Russia. Referring to the holding up of the transportation of food, the corre- spondent describes the scarcity of meat in Moscow and St. Betcrsburg. He says it requires 12 trains daily to convey the cattle slaughtered for food in St. Petersburg. All these trains come from the south through Moscow, but since Sunday not one has arrived. Meat prices have al- ready aug1nented over 50 per cent. Food cannot be distributed to the faminestricken provinces. Every- where troops are gathered, but scarcely ever is order disturbed. The spectacle bears eloquent witness to the self-restraint of a patient people in revolution. THE POSITION IS GRAVE. 'A despatch from an interview on Sunday, General Kaulbars, commanding the trooiis here, admitted that the position was grave and threatening. Nevertheless he did not feel warranted in asking the authority to reimpose martial .law. He said there were 28,030 troops in the city and 6,000 more were en route. His great «fear was an antiâ€"Jewish outbreak. If this should occur he would use his whole force to protect the attack. Referring to a Socialist meeting at which he, the -ciVil governor, the chief of police, an] other officials were condemned to death. he smiled amusediy, and said he had been used to that in Ill-.111- »churia, where he had always been unâ€" der sentence of death. The civil governor, who was also interviewed, seemed to be anxious. He admitted that it was possible, for anything to happen. lle deplored Saturday's collision betwicn the. police and the boy und girl students, and declared that the police had ex- ceeded their orders, but. be added. it should be remembered that the stu- dents wure exceedingly provocative. At a meeting attended by 223 doc« tors on Sunday, it was resohccl to refuse to aid any soldier, Cossack, or Odessa snyacwtn military or civil official who is inju."-‘ Cd in fighting the people. The city is greatly e’iCllCtl. Two hundred thousand people are on the streets, but the trooj‘s keep them moving. The eniployes of the street railway have refused to join the strike. As a result, a mob ovorturn~ ed EU cars in Richelieu Street. .-\ number of studeuts raided gun-shop on Sunday. They bad part- ly plundered the place when Cos- sacks arrived. In a scullic that fol- a . lowed three students were wounded and a score arrested. The regular troops are acting in a moderate mas- ner, but the Cossacks are proveca-l tively brutal. In a clash between troops and stuâ€" dents on Sunday afternoon the sol»- diers, without warning, fired point blank into the crowd, killing 20 and wounding 60. It is stated that in another fight that occurred in a, dif- ferent part of the city seven were killed and 30 wounded. It is reportâ€" ed tliat the students are arming and organizing a retaliatory attack on the troops Reports from Kiell state that three regiments in the southâ€"western part of the province have mutinied. Alarming reports are ciurent here questioning the fidelity of three infan- try battalions. The British Consul is arranging to embark the English residents on ships in the harbor if necessary. All public resorts are closed. Owing to the outbreak of strcet fighting on Sunday eVening the Govâ€" ernor applied to St. Petersburg for permission to again declare martial law. No reply has yet been received. Troops hold the streets in all direc- tions. The fighting began at 5.30 o’clock. Workmen and erected barricades, using street cars for the purpose. Many of the men who were wound- ed by t.he Cossacks' fire were taken to drug stores for treatment. CHAOS ON RAILWAYS. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: A train bringing English trav- elers arrived here on Sunday night. It left Eydtlmhnen, on the German frontier, Thursday afternoon. The passengers slate that the wayside stations were choked with stranded trains. N0 troops were guarding, the tracks. Many stranded passengers! were embarked on route. A train load of returning reservists was stranded near Dvinsk. The men were without food or money, and the pasâ€" sengers subscribed funds for them to get food with, The passengers with difficulty obtained a driver for their engine. They were obliged to heav- ily bribe an engineer. A dcspatoh from Kharkoff states that the refusal of the Governor to repress the strikers by force of arms has been rewarded by the abandon- ment of the strike except by the railâ€" way men. The town began to asâ€" sume its normal condition ycsberday. At Kiel? several Cossacks have been arrested for refusing to fire into the crowd during the recent disturbâ€" ances. INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT. A despatch from Moscow says: Many collisions between the demon- strators and troops have‘occurred here, following a proclamation of revolution. At a meeting of dele- gates from the different political parties it was decided to unite in 'the establishment of a government, and act independently of the Impersâ€" ial authorities. Over a hundred per- [sons have been wounded in the fightâ€" 'ing. A special session of the Town Council has been convoked. It will Ideliberate day and night. CIVIL WAR IN MOSCOW? A despatch from St. Petersburg says: Everything than can be learned here regarding the great railway strike indicates the continuous spread of the trouble and increased paralysis of trade. The distribuâ€" Lion of food is practically suspended, and mail communication is generally isuspen’ded. Although there are many 'isolated riots and combats with lithe troops, the worst of which ocâ€" ‘curred at Kharkoff, there is appar- ently no general intention yet to lconvert the movement into an armed revolutionary uprising. Nevertheless, the” situation is unquestionably seri- ous, and threatens the most daugcn ous developments. Owing to the stoppage of the mails and the par- tial suspension of the telegraphs it is impossible to verify the many reâ€" ,ports reaching the capital. The ugliâ€" ‘c-st of these at, present ref-er to .Moscow, which is described as being; isolated from the rest of the empire ‘and as being held by the strikers. ‘It, is stated that the strivers orderâ€" ‘ed the postâ€"oliice and telegraph cin- ployes to strike, and those, having ,their own grievances, are alleged to ‘be complying. The municipal employcs are said to {be wavering as to the course they rwill pursue. Officials are, demanding that the railwaymen's; grievances be rallosgod or “19y WM “’1” UN “mve‘ l'l‘runscontineuta1 Railway is expectkd ment forthwith. sorts that a l begun, ;watcr works have quit work, cunnâ€" ing the. city to be without water. It is predicted that there will be civil war in Moscow owing to the acâ€" tion of the shopkeepers, who, fearing; ruin through the dislocation of trade Another report asâ€" municipal strike has n u. .ai‘e arming themselves against the strikers. The railway men in St. ,Potersburg are still working, but lthe question of striking is being discussrd. and that inc i1..pli._\.s 01 1h, ; 11mm pin-ins working between Quebec HOURLY MORE CRITICAL. A despatch to the London Times from St. Petersburg says that the situation hourly grows more criti- cal. The strikers throughout Rus- sia now exceed a million. The police officials are demanding increased pay. St Petersburg remains fairly quiet, but the panic among the po- pulation is growing. The. inhabiâ€" tants are hurriedly completing pur- chases of provisions. Troops are pouring into the capital. It is learned that Gen. Trepoll assembled the colonels of all the regiments and told them they were fully empowered to fire on any gathering of more than six persons. It is estimated that there are now (30,000 troops in the city. The Government displays no inclination to grant the political demands of the strikers There is good authority for stat- ing that a Constitution will be anâ€" nounced on Nov. 3, the anniversary of the Czar's accession to the throne. 'l‘he wildest rumors are current. It is stated that the imperial family have fled aboard a yacht, and that Count. de Witte will be appointed dictator. There is a perfect deluge of bad news from the provinces, but this is so much a part of Russian life that it is not nedessarily alarm- ing. The real danger lies in a 'political movement of which current students , l r l l l l i will ‘events are merely symptoms. MUTINOUS SAILORS. i A despalch to the London Stand- ard from Odessa says that news comes from Sebastopol that the sailâ€" ors on the battleship Catherine II. and the artillerymcn of the fortress :mutinied and that the mutiny was suppressed with difficulty. Four hundred arrests were made. A despaicli to the Evening Stand- ard from Odessa says it is reported there from Sebastopol that the Russian battleship Patoleimon (for- mci'ly the Kniaz Potcmkine) has been destroyed by incendiaries. POLICE RECALCIT RANT. A despatch from Warsaw says: Many of the police are absentiug themselves from duty, and an in- fantry patrol has refused to obey to parade the streets. The military iovernor has fined three Polish dailies $250 each for publishing arâ€" ticles without permission of the press censor. Agitators are organizing revolu- tionary meetings in the factory dis- tricts, and a general strike is anti- cipated. The. prices of food are rapidly increasing. Telephone com- munication with Lodz is interrupted. FURTHER STRIKES. 'A ~despatch from St. Petersburg sayszâ€"The last link of the railroads binding the capital with the outer world was broken late on Friday night, when the Finland Railroad suspended service between St. Peters- burg and the Finnish border. Tele- graphic. communication is still open, but there is a possibility that the cable operators may be compelled to join a general strike of telegraphcrs toâ€"day. VERGING ON REVOLUTION. A dcspatch from Paris sayszâ€"Ofil- cial despritchcs continue to arrive here uninterrupt'cdly from St. Petersâ€" burg. These show the general condiâ€" tion of the agitation to be such as to lead the authorities here to reâ€" gard the situation as alarming. Unâ€" oiilcial quarters and the newspapers discuss the Russian situation as verging on a revolution. â€".__â€"._+ _ TWO SCALDED FA IALLY. Accident on the Cable Steamer Tyrian. A Halifax despaicli rays: The Govâ€" ernment cable steamer ’l‘yrian ar- rived at Sydney on Saturday night with the news of a fatal explosion that occuired on board the steamer while off Cape North early Saturday morning. A plug in one of the boil- er tubrs blew out, filling the engine land boilerâ€"rooms with steam and 'gas. Fireman Patrick Purcell and Trimmer Patrick IllcCrath were on- gaged in cleaning out the fire at the time of the blowâ€"out, and before ,leaping to the deck were horribly ‘scalded. After consuming about seven hours ‘in makin; temporary repairs to the boiler, Capt. O’l.eary headed the steamer for Sydney at full speed. Purcell succumbed while the steamer was coming into dock, and McGrath died on Sunday morning. Purcell was (30 years of are. and McGratli 40. Both were Halifax men. _¢___._ WILL WORK ALL WINTER. Transcontinental Surveyors Busy in New Brunswick. to be An Ottawa dspatcb says-The lo- cation survey work on the New Brunswick set‘tinn of the Nation'ill the. the surveyors winter. at workl The reports, 1 0 keep throughout and \‘i'iimipog' are reaching the com- mission in satisfactory numbers. It; is expected the whole of the parties W 9 M RKETSrExport cattle, choice...$4-.30 $4.50 A Do., medium 4.35 43le Do., bulls .............. 3-00 3-23 REPORTS; FROM THE LEADING 30-. light --------- â€". â€" 0., cows ............. 4.1. ._. TRAD“ CENTR‘LS‘ Butchers' picked ..... 4.25 4.33 Prices of Cat‘le, Grain, Ghee“: """""" and Other Dairy Produce DO: “gilt 2:75 3.00 at Home and AbI‘Oadv 1m, bulls 2.00» 22* V v V ‘ - t it (Wu Toronto, Oct, 31'__w1mat__The of, Snickers, choice .. fcrings of Ontario grades are light 30-. 001111100“ - . . ~ ~ - - - ~ ~ - and prices rule firm. N0. 2 White. of 1).”! TV """ red or mixed will bring 760 at outâ€" gfa"{kle'_’( “5 ----- 4'6“ side points. Goose wheat, 700 out- ‘umr 1001). ,0)” mac. New No. 1 hard m finnm‘ at Mt?“ LOWS-thumc 0-00 §%%C 87c, Georgian Bay ports; No. 1 Norâ€" ShLOL’; 1:11;”;0““~ég ----- 38:, 4'05 , ,v (t ‘o,e.(‘,e' ~1- $22111 at 83c, and No. 2 l\oithtin a. Do" bucks . I . ‘ I . . . _ 3-00 3.50 - ‘. r Oatsâ€"No. 2 white sold at 33c at ,DO” culls """ outside points. Ijaml’é' per} CWt 13‘“! Barleyâ€"No. 2 quoted at 49 to 508; l fizhfs’sffi‘cCEQ """"""" ) .-5 0.6“ \7 I.) , i [I Y '3 g.‘, .“.-.. . . . . . . . . . -.J :â€" ‘ ° ” eXL'a ‘t 7 to 456' and ‘ ° I)o, lights and fats. 5.25 5.00 at 44 to 45¢ at outside points. Peasâ€"Sales of N0. 2 at 70 to 71:, north and west. Cornâ€"Canadian is dull, with pricrs nominal. American corn dull, and prices also nominal. lluckwheatâ€"-1‘be market is firmer nt 53 to 5-10 outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2 quoted at 64 to west. Flourâ€"Ninety per cent. patents. made of new wheat for export are quoted at $3 to $3.10 in buyers" sacks at outside points; do., in bbls. $3.45 to $3.50; Manitoba flours un- changed; No. 1 patents, 554.30 to 35; No. 2 patents, $1.50 to $1.70, and strong bakers' at $4.40 to $4.60. Manitoba flours made of new wheat Quoted as followsrâ€"No. 1 patents. $4.60; No. 2 patents, $4.40, and strong bakers', $4.30 on track, To:- onto. Millfeedâ€"At outside points bran is quoted at $12.50 to $13, and shorts at $16.50 to $17.50. Manitoba bran, in sacks, $15.50, and shorts at 318. 63c THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Pound rolls are jobbing at, 20 to 21c; tubs, good to choice, 18 to 206; and inferior, 16 to 17C. Creamery prints scll at 23 to 21c, and solids at 22c to 23c. Eggsâ€"Sales at 19 to 200 per dozen in case lots; splits, 16 to 170. Cheeseâ€"Jobbing lots sell at 12 to 12;c per 1b., the latter for twins. HOG PRO DUCTS . Bacon, long clear, 1153c per 1b. case lots; mess pork, $18 to $18.50; short cut, $22.50. Cured meatsâ€"Hams, light to me. dium, 134; to 14c; 'dn heavy, 13:; rolls, 12c; shoulders, 11c; backs, 15 to lSéc; breakfast bacon, 145~ 10 150. Lardâ€"Tierces, 10.1: to 102C; 10;“; to 11c, pails, 11 to llic. tubs, BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Oct. 3] .â€"Grainâ€"â€"The scarcity of oats is making itself felt, and a further advance has taken place, prices being {.c higher toâ€"day at 373‘; to 38c for No. 2 store; 36} to 370 for No. 3 and 3.3% to 36c for No. 4-. Peas were quoted at 78'; afloat for No. 2. Buckwheat firm at 56:36 store; No. 2 American corn w is Valued at about 636 store; Manitoba barley was steady at 480 for N0. 3 track, and 46.}c for No. 4. Flourâ€"â€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, $1.- 80 to $4.00; strong bakcrs', $4.50 to $4.60: Winter wheat patents, $4 â€" 50 to $4.60; and straight rollers, $4.25 to $4.35 in wood; in bags, $1.90 to $52. Rolled oatsâ€"$2.30 to $2,353 per bag. Feedâ€"Ontario bran, in bulk, $15 to $15.50; shorts, $20 to $20.50; Manitoba bran, in bags, $16 to $17; sho‘rts, $19 to $20. Hay â€"No. 1, $8.50 to $9 per ton on track; No. 2, $7.50 to $8; Cl0‘\CI‘, $6 10 $6.50; clover, mixed, $0.50 ti $7. Beansâ€"Choice primes, $1.50 to $1.55 per bushel; handâ€"picked, $1_:=,5 to $1.70. I’otatoesâ€" New potatoes, in bags of 80 lbs., 50 to 55c; in bags of 90 lbs., 60 to 65c. Honeyâ€"â€" White clover. in combs, 12 to l'ie per 1â€"lb. section; extract, 6»; to Tc; buckwheat. 5% to (Sc. Provisionsâ€" Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $‘m' .1“, light short out, $18 to $19; Ameri- can cut clear fat backs, $20.25 fol $20.75; compound lard, 5-} to like; Canadian pure lard, 10 to logo; kct. tle rendered, 11 to 12c; hams, 12 to 14c; bacon, 14c; fresh killed abattoir hogs, $9 to $9.25; alive, $6.50 to 36.87;, mixed lots. Eggsâ€"Straight, stock, 20c; No. 1 candled, 18} to 19c. Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, 22 to 229,0; undergrades, 213; to dairy, 18 to 20c. Cheeseâ€"Ontario, 11 to llic; Quebec, 10?;- to 103c. U NITED STATE S MA RKETS. St, Louis, Oct. 31.â€"Wheatâ€"Cash, 872,0; December, 84;},c; May, 8720. Milwaukee, Oct. 31.â€"V‘v"heatâ€"No. 1 Northern, 87c; No. 2 Northern, 82 (3) 86's; December, 8735 to 872C asked. Ryeâ€"No. 1, 71c. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 54c; sample, 36 to 53c. 4 to 45m asked. Oct. 31.â€"â€"Wheatâ€"Closeâ€" C urnâ€"May , v i i) 3‘ Duluth, No. 1 Northern, 85c; No. 2 Northern, I 83c; December, 82.;c; May, 8150. Minneapolis, Oct. 31.-â€"\\"he:itâ€"Close â€"â€"I)eceinbci‘, SQQC; Ma}, Stile; No. .l bard, 8520; No. 1 Northern Slgc; No. Northern, 863,0 Flourâ€"First Patents. $4.00 to 555; second {-3. tents, $4.70 to $71.90; first clears, $3.70 to $3.90; second clears, $2.40 0 « have reported, and that the connnis'sion Will he in a position to recommend a route some time in November. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"4> Japan has decided to send trooz’s into Cores, under her treaty rights, to quell the insisu‘ection there. to. 2.50. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, Oct. 31.â€"’l‘hough cattle came forward in large numbch at the Western Market toâ€"day, about the only class which were of good qual- ity and sold readily were distillery feeders. in‘. ~â€"-â€"â€"-+â€"â€" BOOS A MODERN RAFFLES. Was Popular With the Maids and Matrons of Middleton. A Middletown, N. Y., dcspatci' says:â€"By the confession of Charles Boos, until a. few days ago superinq tendent of the Wallkill Transit Com< pany’s lines in Orange county, a spectacular police mystery has been solved. He admitted to the police on Tuesday that it was he who had robbed one of the largest department stores in the city. besides several re~ sidences, in the last few months. .lioos is regarded as a modern social highwayman. Ho drcw'a large salary as superintendent of the big transit corporation and lived in good style in apartments on one of the best streets‘ in the city. He was popular in society, and some of the designing mothers looked upon the jolly bachâ€" elor with a large income as one of the "catches." Iiut all the time Boos was making himself popular among the maids and. matrons of Middletown he was playâ€" ing the role of a Raffles. He was always in the latest fashion, and, in fact, was something of a dandy in appearance. Throughout the day, so long as he held his place as head of the transit company, he was apparently one of the busi_est men in town. He had no time for anything but his work, and seemed an exemplary mm of business. Great was the amazement of all Middletown when it became knOWn {last Friday that Boos had been at- rested and hustled away to the county jail at Goshen. The charge against him was made by officials of the transit company, by which he had been employed. It was discover- ed that the superintendent had stolen a large quantity of copper wire from the company and sold it to a junk dealer. The ama7ement was still greater when it was found that Boos had hidden in his line apartments a lot of plunder for which the police had long been looking. HALIFAX IN DANGER. Flames Near Dynamite Caused 9 Panic. 1 l l A Halifax despatc‘n says: The spectacular blaze which broke out on .leorge’s Island, the Imperial fort- r.;-ss in Halifax harbor, caused a thrill of excitement in the city. The island is directly opposite the cita- ‘del, and is within a quarter of a mile of the important docks and a. ‘large section of the south end resi- dential district. The fire broke out about El o’clock on Friday night, and lrapidly assumed the proportions of to. conllagraticn. The island is stud- }ded with fortifications, except a. lsmnll level space on the eastern side 'whcre were the living quarters of the Iartillery, the storehouse and repair- ling shops of the submarine mining- eorps of the Royal Engineers. There the fire broke out, and as the fire- fighting; apparatus on the island was of little power it soon gained head- way. The night was calm, and the great blaze lighted up the whole har- bor and caused so great a reflection that thousands of people were drawn to the waterfront. Harbor ,tugs were rushed to the island and hundreds of bluejackets from Prince lLouis' cruiser squadron hurried to ‘the scene in steam launches. The ltars did great work, and after an jhour's exertions the flames were lsubducd. Thousands of pounds of gun cotton used by submarine miners, are stored underground on the island, Iand considerable anxiety was felt Ilest a concussion would cause it to lignite. Happily no accident occur- red. George’s Island is one of the strongest fortresses, and commands lentirely the inner harbor. This is the first loss sullrred by the Imperi- ‘al authorities since the great citadel lfire seven years ago. The origin of the fire is unknown. "file property loss is not large, but ‘it is believed a quantity of platin- um was destroyed. which may swell :the total to fifty thousand dollars. TOBACCO GROWING. French Expert to Investigate Pos- sibilities in Canada. An Ottawa dospnlch saysâ€"The De- partment of Agriculture has broung out from France an expert, Mr. Felix Charlan, who is to look into thi subject of tobaccoâ€"growing in Can. ada. Mr. Charlan was for many years an oflicinl tester in France1 where the tobacco industry is con trolled directly by the GOVrn'nmcnt.