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fifnuic FRWINCES The Whole Popu the Russian lation is Defying Authorities. ’ REBELS ARE WEAICENING . l 'A despatch from London says:â€": There are many reports that the reâ€" bels in Moscow are weakening. some going so far as to say that they are crushed. It. is impossible to verify them. They can only be quoted from their respective sources. A St. Pet- ersburg despatch has reached Berlin saying that Wednesday night, passed quietly in Moscow, and that on Thursday the fighting seemed to be all over. order having been restored. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Daily mail, telegraph; ing on Friday, said that the revolu-‘ tionists in the Pryessnya area in Moscow had despatched messengers to the Mayor. requesting him to Parley for terms on their behalf with, the Governorâ€"General. The Mayor; assented. The Pryessnya revolution-l ists are ready to surrender their: arms and ammunition provided they are guaranteed immunity from pun- ishment. Five more battalions of troops arrived by train at Moscowl on Friday. Among them were de- tachments of the Guards from St. Petersburg, including the famous Semeonovsky Regiment. with ma.- chine guns and 250.000 rounds of ammunition. They were attacked the moment they left the train. The revolutionists along the railway and in the Sadovaia, Arhat, and ’I‘vers- kaia quarters are still fighting, though they are apparently losing heart. The bombardment of these areas continues. Shops and offices are beginning to open in other quar- ters. 'A few factories are resuming work. SERIOUS SITUATION. 'A despatch from St. Petersburg sayszâ€"Gen. Mistchenko, .who comâ€"l manded the Cossacks in Manchuria, has arrived in Moscdw from the Far East. He had a narrow escape from capture. It is reported that he will immediately be employed in an imâ€" portant capacity, probably to re- press the rebellion in the Baltic pro- vinces, Whither the First Army Corps in Manchuria will be sent when it ar- rives shortly. Thus far little has been heard of happenings in those provinces, but it is believed that. so far as Russian domination and unity are concerned, the situation there is far more ser- ious than it is in DIDSCOW, the tron-1 ble in the latter place being merely, bloody rioting b) a. minority of en-; thusia ts and a number of hoodlums,; while i the Baltic provinces practi-7 cally the whole-population is defying the authorities, bent upon an abso- lute and final separation. This is. equally true of Finland, with the abâ€"i sence thus far of bloodshed and exâ€", cesses that haVe characterized thef rioting in the Baltic provinces, whilei the Caucasus apparently must be enâ€"I tirely reconquered or lost to Russia. The Sievo declares it has learned that the bloodshed at MOSCOW been frightful, that the casualties} will reach 15,000, and that aboutl 100 Red Cross workers have been de- spatched from St. Petersburg to Moscow to assist in caring for the wounded. THREE "ARMIES" BUSY. 111 message from Moscow says that during the night the artillery worked at destroying the barricades. The re- VOlutionists. this message, says, are divided into three “armies,” the first, consisting of 800 men armed with rifles and pikes, is operating be- tween Moscow and Perovo, on thei railroad. which it controls. Artillery has i l and cavalry are being employed against this force. The second "army" is armed especially with bombs and revolvers, and is composâ€" ed of 3,000 persons, in whose ranks are many women, who display only bravery. but ferocity. This; force occupies the region between thel Sadovia district and the Jewishl market, and has many barricades to prevent the passage of troops. and is operating in small groups and attack- Ing patrols. When pressed, these re volutionists disappear into alleys andi houses. Artillery, cavalry and in-, infantry are used against this body. The third and largest “army” is operating in the region between thoi Brest railway station and the; Triumphal Gate. It also has many barricades. and is engaged in guerilla tactics, making it diflicult for the troops to enclose it. Some of the barricades were battered down by artillery, but they were reerected by the survivors. ARMED RISING ON LARGE- SCALE. According to information received by the revolutionary leaders here an‘ armed rebellion on a large scale has been planned in Poland. The Social-l ist revolutionaries, enCoui-uged byl the success of the insurgents in the, Baltic provinces and of the situation at Moscow and in Russia ge11erally,i have decided that the moment has come to try to cast 00‘ the yoke of‘ autocracy. The tactics to be followed are the: same as those adopted at Moscow. 1 At Kharkoi‘f on TUesday the flag of armed revolt was raised, but, ac-! cording to reports, the troops down the oNbi'eak mercilessly. The 22 members of the soâ€"calledt 'graph from St. Petersburg says not. i put : provisional Government which had‘ been sitting there were captured; early in the day, and later, when the red flag was raised and barricadesi were erected around the Helfrich En- gine Works, which armed revolution- ists were holding, cannon were brought up and the revolutionists’ were given ten minutes in which .to. surrender. They sent out an emisâ€" sary who was seized by the military commander. The command was then given to the artillery to open fire on the works, and they were literally battered down over the heads of revolutionists. The latter held 0 until threeâ€"quarters of their number were killed or wounded, when the remnant, 137 men, surrendered. CHILD SLEW COSSACKS. The correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph at St. Pctersburg. as an instance of the ferocity of the struggle conducted at Kharkof‘f, re- lates as follows what he calls a "typical incident":â€" A little boy was seen approaching Konnys Square. where a. detachment of Cossacks was stationed. The Cos- sacks. hoivever brutal. drew the line at children: and the boy was allowed to approach unmolested. On arriving at the spot he paused, swung .his right hand vigorously, and then turned and ran. A violent explosion prevented the Cossacks noting his further movements. The boy had thrown a bomb which plowed up the ground. Fragments of horses were all around. and some of the Cossacks were convulsed in the agonies of death, while streams of blood were flowing along the torn up roadway." ODESSA PANIC STRICKEN. The London Times’ Odessa corres- pondent. says the terrbrists still hold the town in subjection. The Cosâ€" sacks and troops act as if martial law existed. although it has not been officially promulgated. The present state of tension cannot continue. One ill-advised shot would probably bring about a repetition of the November bloodshed. A despatch to London. Tele- the railway service between that city and Moscow underwent several interrup- tions for the first time on Tuesday, many trains from Moscow not arrivâ€" the ‘inn'. Teleirra hic communiCation also D I: p ceased temporarily. The telephone office was besieged Tuesday by a. crowd of citizens, who were desirous of calling up friends in MoscOW. The authorities charged three times the usual fees, but the concourse of peo- ple awaited their turn all night. Trains taking travelers for Germany, France and England were accompanâ€" ied by military escorts, because the passengers are mostly wealthy. No trains are arriving from. Odessa. A St. Petersburg ‘ despatch says that Gen. Deludin, the Prefect of Police, has received a message by telephone from Moscow, saying that the number of persons killed and wounded in the street fighting is 10.- IOOO. The insurgents number 60,000 and have six latest pattern. machine guns of the MORE SAILORS MUTINY. A despatch from Berlin says:â€"'It is stated here that the crews of the Russian warships at Libau, who were ordered to proceed to Riga to quell the revolt there, mutinied and refused to work. Consequently the ships have not started. .â€"â€"â€"+-â€"â€"â€" NE\V ZEALAND TO CANADA. Contract for New Steamship Line to he Signed. A despalch from Ottawa says: Mr. l-lalley. representative of Bucknell and (.20.. of London, England, is here .10 sign on behalf of his firm the contract for the new steamship line that is to be inaugurated between New anlond and the Brilish Columbia porls. Two vessels are to go on this route, with sailings every two months. Mr. Halley says that if the contract is closed at once the first sailing will take place fiom New Zealand in two months’ time. The contractors already operate lines in Australia, South America and to the Persian Gulf. â€"â€"â€"+â€"â€"â€" ATE IIIS OIL COAT. narrowing Experience of a St. John‘s Shipwrecked Sailor. A dispatch from Tampa. Florida, says: The tbreeâ€"mesicd schooner Sa- kola of Porsboro'. N. 8., has been wrecked. and its entire crew of at least seven men drowned. except Male 3. F‘. Williams of St. John. N. B. The wreck we: reported by Captain Lcrmond of inc schooner Helen Thomas. which in" rived at Port Tampa on Tuesday from Galveston. Capt. Lermond first sighted lbc capsized schooner on Dec. 23. fle sent a boat containing his second of- ficer and five men to the wreck. The male found Male Williams clinging lo the vessel. and he had been without food or drink for four days. Hunger had forced him to eat a portion of his oil coat. ‘ covered from his experience. Williams has practically re-l MiNES BUREU REPORT. LEADING for 1905 $11,572,647. A Toronto despatch says: Parts I. and II. of the fourteenth report of the Bureau of Mines have been published. Part 1. contains the statistics of miner- ol proi'luclion for 1005. in considerable detail for the various products. The lolal output for the year is given as $11,572.6l-7. The occurrence of plati- num and palladium in lhe nickleâ€"cop- The Output ls Valued at per malles of lhe Sudbury district is noted; 4.621 ounces of platinum and 3.510 ounces of palladium, having a value of $00,100 and 55160530 respect- lively, having been produced during the years 1002, 1003. and 1004. This volume contains the reports-of Inspectors Cor- le~ and Corkill on the mines of eastern and western Ontario respectively, rm account of recent developments in the pi-trolcum and natural gas fields of the province by E. T. (Zorkill. and a review of the cement industry of Onlario by f’. Gillespie. The {zoological features and agriculturnl resources of the Abillibi region are described by .l. G. McMillan and Archibald Henderson. and the iron ranges of Michipicolon West. wilh their geological relationships, form the sub- jocl of a paper by J. M. Bell. W. N. Smith dcscribcs the iron-bearing dis- lricf of Loon Lake cost of Port Arthur. and Prof. W. G. Miller. Provincial Geo- logist. has a short paper on the Boston Township iron range. Accompanying lhe report. which is profusely illustrat- ed is a geologically colored map of the non ranges of k'ficliipicoten west of the Magpie River. Port ll. of the report consists of an account of the cobalt-nickel arsenides and silver deposits of Lake Tomiskam- mg by Prof. Miller. Provincial Geolo- gis . INCREASE 0F SMALLPOX. There are Nearly Two Hundred Cases in the Province. A Toronto despatch says: The returns fox November to the Provincial Board of Health are more complete than for the same month last year. twenty more divisions having reporlcd. They give the total deaths from all causes as 2,011. or 108 more than were reported in No- vember, 190i. The death rate per 1.000 is 12.3 as compared with 12.0 a year ago. The most regrettable feature of the in- fectious disease returns is the increase in smallpox. which gave 108 more cas- cs only two cases being reported in Nov., 1904-. There were no deaths from the disease. Owing to the mild type the disease oflen assumes physicians somclii’nes diagnose it “chicken pox.” and the palienls are allowed to mingle with the public when they should be quarantined. thus causing the disease to spread. The Provincial Board hopes that medical heullh officers and local boards of health will lake uclive mea- sures and quarantine all suspected per- sons and vaccinate all those exposed. Smallpox has not been so prevalent in Onlario since January. 1003, when 190 Cases and ten deaths were reported. Scarlet fever and diphtheria show a marked decline. Consumplion remains practically the same. as for as the num- l'vm of deaths reported (128) are conâ€" cerned. while typhoid shows an increase from 171 cases and 113 deaths to 203 cas- es and 55 deaths. There were 85 cases of whooping cough and 9 deaths, com- pared to 23 and 1. __.â€"._.+__â€"_â€"- WINNIPEG BANK ROBBED. Two Daring Thefts From the Merchant‘s Bank. A Winnipeg dcspalch says: About two weeks ago a daring theft was per- pelroled in one of the city‘s banks whereby the thief sccurcd $7,000 and vanished without leaving the faintest clue. News of the robbery has just now become public, but an effort has been made in the meantime to locate lhe criminal. When the robbery oc- curred the bank inspector was makingr his usual official visit, and with the fel- lci- was engaged in checking over the cash in that officials cage. Having to leave the cage for a moment to co info a vault. close by. both inspector and teller were (lumfoundcd on return- ing to find a parcel containing seven thousand dollars had vanished as if touched by a wiznrd’s wand. Invesli- gallon began immediately, but no clue was obtained. and it believed now that some clever, skilful daylight robbers committed one of, lhe most daring robberies recorded in Can- udian crime. Another equally daring robbery was discovered on Thursday evening, through which the Merchant’s Bank was again victimized to the extent of $3,000. Some deep mystery surrounls the crime, and in this case. as in the other. it was a package of hills which was taken. The money had been done up for transmission to the Eastern Townships Bonk through the clearing house. but upon lhe arrival of the pack- age at its destination it was found the money had been absiraclcd and a dum- my substituted in its place, though by whom or where in transit lhe officials are at a loss 10 know. All details of the robbery, however. strongly indicate that the same deft fingers perpetrated both crimes. .___+__... TEA TABLETS FOR ARMY. Novel Experiment for Supplying Tea in Compressed Form. A Washington despzilcli says: The latest. novel experiment 10 be made by the United States Department of Agri- culture is llmt of compressing lea into tablets. one of which will make a deli- cious cup of tea. As a result, what would ordinarily make a big package of tea can by this new and unique nielbod be placed in a space about the size of a safety mulch box. .. H and daring - . $3.90, ~_IllAllKETS BREADSTUFFS. Toronto. Jan. 2.â€"Whealâ€"Onlarioâ€" 78c bid 79c asked for No. 2 white, red or mixed at outside poinls. goose and spring 74c to 75c. Wheat - Manilobaâ€"Priccs at lake ports are 89c for No. 1 hard, 86c for No. 1 Northern, and 83c for No. 2 Northern. Flourâ€"Onlui'ioâ€"Export agents bid $3.10 for 90 per cent. patents in buyi-rs' bags at outside poinls. Domestic sales are at $3.35 to $3.45. Manitoba. $4,230 to $i.80 for first potenls. $11.30 to SIAM for second patents. and $11.20 to $11.30 for bakers’ lilillfecdâ€"Onlarioâ€"Bran $15.50 to $161 in car lots outside, shorls $17 to Sis. Manitoba bran $17 to $17.50, shorts $18.50 to $10.50 at Toronto and equal freight poinls. Galsâ€"Quiet at 352 oulside. Barleyâ€"460 lo 47c for No. 2. Iii-c 10 45c for No. 3 extra. and 41c to 420 for No. 3 at oulside poinls. Peasâ€"Steady at 78c to 79¢ al-oulsirle points. Ryeâ€"Steady at 70c oulside. Buckwheatâ€"Nominal til 510 to outside. Cornâ€"New Canadian ’ch to Me Cholâ€" hnm freighls. American No. 3 yellow Sic lo 51%0 at Toronto. and 2c to to more oulside according to freighls. Rolled Outsâ€"$5 in barrels and $4.75 in bags on track here: 25c more for broken lots here and 400 outside. 52c COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butlerâ€"Quotations are unchanged. Creamery .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 10 25c do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23c to 24c Dairy lb rolls. good to choice. 210 10 22c do tubs . . . . . . . . . . . . 21c to 22c do medium . . . . . . . . . . . 20c to 21¢ do inferior . . . . . . . . . . 10c to 20c Cheeseâ€"Steady to firm at 13c for large and 13%0 for twins. Eggsâ€"24c to 25c for fresh gathered. 22c to 23c for cold-storage and 20c lo 210 for limed. Fresh gathered eggs are coming in much more freely than at this lime a year ago. Poultryâ€"Fat chickens 8c to 00. thin 7c to Sc: fat. hens 6%c lo 7%c. thin 5%c 10 7c; ducks 110 to 12c, thin (Sc to Sc; geese 100 to 110; turkeys 13c. Polalocsâ€"Unchangedâ€"Onlario. 65c ‘10 75c per bag on track here; 75c to 850 out of store; easiern, 75c lo 800 on track and 90c to 950 out of store. Dressed Hogsâ€"$7.75 per cwt to $8 per cwt for car lots of dressed here. Baled Hayâ€"$8 per ion for No. 1 lim- othy in car lots here and $6 for No. 2. Boled Strawâ€"$6 per ion for car lots on track here. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Dec. 26.â€"The market for oats is easy in tone, the offerings being more liberal, but business continues quiet, and prices were unchanged this morning. There was some demand for American mixed and No. 3 yellow corn. The flour Market rules slcody under :1 good demand. both for export and local trade. There is no change in prices. Bren continues very firm, the offerings being small. Prices are steady at last week’s advance. There is no change in llie‘ market for hay. Oatsâ€"No. 1 while. 30c: No. 3 while. 38c. and No. Ii while. 37c. Barleyâ€"Manitoba. No. 3, 48c; No. 4. loge. Cornâ€"American mixed, 530: No. 3 yellow, 531.20. ex. track. Flourâ€" Maniloba spring wheat patents, $4.90 '0 $5: strong bakers. $1.40 to $4.60; Winter wheat polenls. $4.25 to $4.50; straight rollers. Si to $1.10; do., in bags. $1.35 to $1.05; extra. $1.65 to $1.75. Feedâ€" Maniloba bran, in bags. $17; shorts. $20 per ton; Ontario bran. in bulk. $11.50 '0 $15; shorts. $20; milled mouille, $21 17 $211; slraiglit grain mouille. ‘25 to $27 per ton. Rolled oats. per bag. $2.35 to $2.45; cornmeal. $1.45 to $1.50 per bag. Hayâ€"No. 1. $8.50 lo 80; No. ‘2. $7.50 to $8: clover. mixed. $6 to $6.50, and pure clover. 86 per ton, in car lols. Cheeseâ€"- Ontario, 12% lo 130; Easlern. 121/20,. Butlerâ€"Choice, 23%c; good to fine, 22%. lo 230. oâ€" w... BUFFALO MARKETS. Buffalo, Jan. 2.â€"â€"Flourâ€"Quict, un- changed. Wheatâ€"Spring dull; No. i 0 Northern, 93%0 asked; Winter, No. - red, 88%0 offered. Cornâ€"Opened firm- or, closed easier; No. 2 yellow, 40%0; No. ‘2 cor-11.40%c. Oatsâ€"Dull; No. 2 while, 301(c- uskcd; N0. ‘3 mixed. 350. Barleyâ€"Dull; 4-5 to 56c. Ryeâ€"Dull and easy; No. 1. 7i“. NEW" YORK MARKET. ~ New York. .lan. 2.â€"thalâ€"Spot easy; No. 2 red. 01%0 in elevator and 03%0 f.o.b. afloat; N0. 1 Northern Duluth, 94%«3 f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 hard Manitoba. nominal, f.0.b. afloat. LIVE STOCK MARKETS . Toronto, Jan. 2.â€"Tho live stock trade was dull at the Western Cat- tle Market this morning. Export Cattleâ€"Choice are quoted at $4.60 to $4.90, good to medium at $4 to $4.50. others at $3.75 to $4, bulls at $3.50 to $4, and cows at $2.75 to 83.50 Butcher Cattleâ€"Picked lots 31: to $4.50, good to choice $3.65 to fair to good 33 to $3.50, common $2.50 to 53, cows $2 to $2.75, bulls $1.75 to $2.25, and canners $1.75 to $2.50. Stockers and Feedersâ€"Shortâ€"keep feeders are quoted at $3.60 to 554, good feeders at $3.40 to $3.65, meâ€" dium at $2.50 to $3.50, bulls at, $2 to $2.75, good stockers run at $2.80 to $3.50, rough to common at $2 to $2.70, and bulls at $1.75 to 32.50. Milch Cowsâ€"Are quoted steady at a range of $30 to $60 each. Calvesâ€"Quotations are $2 to 512‘ each, and 4:50 to (Sic per pound. Sheep and Lambsâ€"Export ewes are quoted at $4.15 to $4.30, bucks at $3.25 to $3.50. and culls at $3 to $3.50. Lambs are firmer at $5.50i to $6.25. ‘ Hogsâ€"10c lower at $6.10 per cwt.- for selects and $5.85 for lights on fats. Sows are quoted at $4.50 $4.75. _._.__+____ FIRE AT NIAGARA FALLS. Hotel Guests Turned Out. Losing Their Effects. 'A despatch from Niagara. Falls, N.; Y., saysâ€"Fire started on Thursday morning in the basement of the Old Porter I-Iotel, now a part of the Im-- pcrial Hotel at Falls and Secofi streets, in the portion occupied by Faxon, Williams & Faxon, grocers- 'l‘he occupants of the Porter Ilotel were startled by the terrific explosion. downstairs. and almost immediately the flames began to shoot up through the building. Fortunately the force of the explosion was sufficient to. arouse all occupants, who were able” to make their escape. but nearly all lost their clothing and personal ef-. fects. . The fire quickly spread through the- Porter Hotel, and the store of J. 6; G. M. Rae. sporting goods. next door. lloth Faxon, Williams & FaXOn. and the Rae stores are complete loss- es. about $25,000 each. The Imperial Hotel caught fire from the Porter. The Temperance: House annex, just back of the 1mâ€" perial on 2nd street. caught fire, and the top story was completely gutted, and the second floor badly damaged. The roof of the Presbyter- ian Church on First street also caught fire, but the building was- saved. The total loss is estimated ail-i $140,000. _.___+__.__. MUST STUDY MARKET. A’gcnt at Manchester Givos Advice to! Canadian 'Sliippers. A despotch from Ottawa says: A com municafion lo the Department of Trade and Commerce from Mr. I". B. McNa- mara. Canadian agent of Manchester, [ills of lhe gratifying increase in Can- adian producis imported into that port by the vessels of the Manchester Lin- ers, Limited. Ile says that the ad- vantages presented by the line enable buyers to sell of. closer prices than if freight rates had to be paid from Liv- erpool to the different towns in Lanca- shire. Mr. McNamara tells Canadian manu lecturers that they should study the reqn‘remenis of the wholesale markets in England. Too often do they assume lhal goods intended for Canadians will cull the English buyer. The trade in England requires the cheapest kind (I mods in order to compete successfully with lhe Continental and United Slates manufacturers in the same lines. As a case in point he cites building bard- \vare. oniwhich the Canadian traveler mull only offer a discount of 7% per cent, whereas the United Slales lraveler could offer 20 per cent. because he had cheaper grades to dispose of. F"...â€" I’OVERTY IN LONDON. Number of Legal Poor Greater Than in Many Years. A destinbe from London says: Of- Coin] figures relating to lhe legal poor of London show that the number in re- cent of pauper relief in nearly every month of the year just ended have been {heater than in any of lhe previous firtv years comprised in lhe returns, with the exccplion of the period from 1867 to 1871. The ratio of paupers per 1.000 of population has been higher in most of the months of lhis year than in my previous year since 1874. Not only has lhcre been a remarkable increase in outdoor relief. but the rise in the number entering workhouses has con- luiucd. In no year in the history of the poor law has the population in the workhouses been greater for December, _.__...+_____ CARRIED ‘ OUT IIER PLAN. A French-Canadian Woman‘s Suicide at Montreal. A despaich from Montreal says: On Wednesday. Madame Alphonse Dcseve, :1 handsome French-Canadian woman, forty-one years of age. swallowed four labiespoonfuls of Paris green and died lWL, hours later in terrible agony. it appears thal the woman had contem- plnled the destruction of her life for some time. On Sunday lust she told her husband that she would be in another World on Tuesday. but no attention was paid to the warning. as she was not beliede to be sincere. Tuesday night she put her threat into execution, “hell she went to Mrs. Joseph Therien, a neighbor. and on some pretext borrow. ed the stuff which ended her life. .â€"â€"â€"+â€" “'EDDED ONLY A MONTH. Young Married \Voman From Toronto Dies Suddenly at Gall. A dcspalch from Galt says: Mrs. W. C. Waite. of Toronlo. a bride of a month, who was home for Christmas holidays, 21 guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. \\'hilcly, retired on Wednesday night to her room after a. Visit to Preston with lady friends, Half an hour lillCl’ her mother. entering her Doctors room. found her a corpse. attributed llCl‘ death to heart disease. vâ€"+â€"â€"I MOHAMMEDAN RISING. Its Probability Being Discussed in Turkâ€" ish Political Circles. A despatch from Constantinople says: in political circles the probability is being discussed of a general rising of lhe Mohammedan population in the Caucasus and in Wesband Central Asia. ’I I f