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'A despatch‘ from Otta‘wa says: The report of the Fruit- Division of the Department of Agriculture {or September says that the quality 93 the apple crop, speaking gener- nfly, is very uneven; due probably in tha difference in the treatment 3? the orchards. In most cases where the trees have been properly baked after, a good crop uf clean fruit is the. roan}; Early apfiles were. light. in southern Onfirio, with Fall 'apples better and the Winter varieties sea-roe. The 01‘â€" derfis of the Norfolk Fruit Grow- “No steamship man jocks for cholera to visit Canada or the ships in the North Atlantic trade, but in Crop of Apples Generally Uneven-«Good ' Results of Spraying. A despatcli from Montreal says: The Atlantic steamship lines are preparing for the worst; that can possibly come, so far as the. health of their westbound passengers is concerned. At a meeting of the passenger managers of the various lines, held in the office of Mr. An- nable of the C. P. R. Atlantic lines, it.w&s dééided that the Gov- ernment should be asked to better equip their quarantine " stations, and in every way possible prepare for an outbreak‘which might occur. SEPTEMBER EEUIT EEPEET A despatoh from Rainy River, Ont, says: The most disastrous for- est fires in the history of Northern Minnesota and. Western Ontario have been ravaging the country the past three days. The towns of Spooner and Beaudette, on the American side are heaps of ashes. When Spooner and Beaudette caught fire the Canadian Northern Railway rushed a train of fifty box care to help the residents get away. 'l‘ney were brought to this place on Saturday night. The flames were raging fiercely through th timber and already millions of dollars of damage has been done. The Shevâ€" lin-Matthieu Lumber Co. lost all their buildings and 150,000,000feet of lumber. The Rat Portage Lumâ€" ber Co. also lost all tneir plant with 60,000,000 feet. HUNDREDS PEBISH BY FIRE Calamity That Reaches the Preportions of an International Disaster. While a. Wind is sweeping a sea of fire eastward on the south side of the Rainy River at a velocity of 50 miles an hour, the great body of flames passed this section, revealing a. calamity that already reaches the proportion of an international disâ€" aster. Sixty blackened corpses have been found in the path of the flames and a vast area. is yet to be searched for dead, while the towns of Spooner, Beaudette and Pitt have been totally destroyed, with a property loss that cannot be intel- ligently calculated at present. With the exception of the destruction of the mills and stock of the Rat Porâ€" tage Lumber Co. near Rainy River, A despatch from Ottawa, says: In‘ reference to the réported stateâ€" ment of Hon. Mr. Lemi‘eux in Lon- don that-Canada’s surplus this year would reach thirty millions, it may The Rainy RiverVCo. suffered the same fate and lost 35,000,000 feet of lumber. There are 1,000 people homeless here. The villages of Slee- mans, Pitt, Williams and Swift have also been desfirqycd. be pointed out, that the figures of revenue and expenditure for the first half of the present fiscal year bear out the lprophesy that the surplus this year, though it may not reach a total of thirty millions, will. be some millions over‘ 111st year’s record surplus of twenty-two Will Not be Much Below Thirty Million Dollars. Meeting of Steamship Passenger Managers at Montreal. ‘ GUABDING AGAINSTUHULEBA TH] S YEAR’S SUB PLU ers’ Association are an exception, as, having been well cultivated and sprayed for years, they have a, meâ€" dium to full crop. Western Ontario is almost without Winter apples, the north shore of Lake Ontario and the Georgian Bay district has a. light to medium crop. while in cast- ernOntario the crop will be very light. New Brunswick has mt; enough~ apples for home cansump- tion, and in the Annapolis. Valley the crop is light and the quality poor. Prince Edward Island hone the poorest crop in years,\ even, the crabrapples being almost a. failure. The Thomson Line, with their Medium-ranean service; are inter- ested in the progress of the plague now raging in Naples, for, while none of their shipsjdock at Naples, the trouble is so general that they do not know at; what time their trade may be interfered with. The Thomson people have several ships to come from Mediterranean ports during the merit month or two, but; their business is chiefly freight“ carrying. following the course of the flames which toughed a corner of the town, the principal loss is confined to the south side of the river and chieflly sustained along the American bor- der. Railroad and wire connection with the scene of the great disaster in the West is cut off by, a burned dis- trict from Warroad, Minn., on the Canadian Northern Railroad, a dis- tance of forty miles, through which the last trains passed on Saturday night at imminent peril of the lives of the crew.‘ The road is open to the south and east, however, and re- lief is being afforded from Fort William. Those fires have been smouldering in that district for months, and were started anew by the terrific wind .which began to blow two days ago. The wind in- creased in velocity with the heat until a wave of flame over a hun- dred feet high, and as long, leapâ€" ed barriers half a mile wide in many directions. It was this situ- ation that caused so many to perâ€" ish on the railway track. They sought this opening in the bush, but were burned to cinders by the heat wave leaping this barrier of some three hundred yards along the clearing of the railway tracks. times of peace we have to prepare for war,” the Manager of one of the transatlantic lines said on Wed- nesday. A sepecial despatch from Warâ€" road, Minn., says: The fire. zone cover“ an area, 85 miles long and 30 miles wide: It stretch-es along the international boundary and the Canadian Northern Railway from Gravel Pit Spur, west on Warroad, to Stratton. the fourth station east of Rainy River. An- other despatch tells that «over sevâ€" enty bodies have been found, while the number of dead will probably reach three hundred. John Prodger, found guilty at London, Ont., of attempting to mur- der Miss Franks, was sentenced to three years in penitentiary. millions. The revenue has been inâ€" creasing at the rate of nearly one and a. quarter millions per month, while the total expenditure for the year will probably show less than An increase of 76 per cent. in im- migration is reported for the first quarter of the current fiscal year, 513 combaer with the same months last; ye_ar. half that total. increase over last year's 50 fed and wwatered. Toronto, Oct. 11.~Selectcd butâ€" cher steers and heifers sold at, 255‘- 60 to $5.85; medlum from $4.80 to $5.15; other grades ranged from $4 to $4.60. Cows and bulls steady. Stockers ranged from $4.60 to $5; feeders from $5 to $5.50; short- ke-cps from $5.75’to $6; lambs from $5.50 to $6; sheep from $4.50 to $4.80. Hogs«-$8.25 f.o.b. and $8.- Montreal, Oct. ll.â€"Oatsâ€"No. 2 Canadian western; 39c; (10., No. 3, 371-2c; No. ‘3. local White, 371-20; do.,> No. 8, 361â€"20. Barley~Mani- toba. No. 4, 49 to 49.l~2c'; Manitoba feed barley, 48 to 481-20; Ontario Buffalo, “Oct. 11.â€"â€"Wheat~â€"Spring wheat, No. 1 Northern, cai‘loa/ds store, $1.17; Winter, steady. Corn â€"No. 3 yellow, 57 3-40; Jo. 4 yel- low, 563-40; No. 3 corn, 561-40; No. 4 com, 551-40, all on track, through billed. Oatsâ€"N0. 2 white, 373-4c; No. 3 white. 370; No. 4 white, 36c. Barley~Feed to maltâ€" ing, 74 to 780. Montreal, Oct. 1].â€"Stecrs steady at $5 to $5.75 for choice stock; cows, $4 to $5.40; bulls, $3 to $3.- 75. Sheepâ€"$3.50 to $4.25; lambs, $5.50 to $6. Hogs~$9.25 to $9.50; sows, $8 to $8.25. Calvesâ€"$5 to $12. I UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis; Oct. Il.â€"â€"Wheat -- N0. 1 hard, cash, $1.13; No. 1 Northern, $1.12; December, $1.}- 103â€"8; May, 381.1414. Bran 'â€" $18.50 to $19. Flour-First pat- ents, $5.30 to $5.50; second pat-~' ents, $5.10 to $5.30; first, clears, $3.70 to $3.90; second clears, $2.- 40 to $2.70.. Toronto, Oct. 11.â€"Flourâ€"â€"Winter wheat 90 per cent. patents, $3.5Q to $3.60 outside, in buyers' sacks. Manitoba. floursâ€"First patents, $5.70; second patents, .$5.20, and strong baker-5', $5, on track, To- ronto. - Manitoba. Wheatâ€"New No. 1, Northern, $1.05, Buy ports, and N0. 2, $1.021-2, Bay ports. Old wheat at a premium of 20. ‘ Corn ~â€" No. 2 American yellow, 600. Torontofreights; No. 3 yellow, 59c, Toronto heights; No. 3, 55¢, Midland. , Pea.5â€"â€"No. 2, 79 to 8°C outside. Ryeâ€"~No. 2, 66 to 670 outside. Bramâ€"Manitoba, $21, in bags, To- ronto, and shorts $23, in bags, To- ronto. Ontario bran, $21, in sacks, Toronto, and shorts, $23, in bags. Baconâ€"Long clear, 15 to 151â€"2c per 11). in case lots ; mess pork, $27.â€" 50 to $28; short cut, THE WORLD'S MARKETS Barleyâ€"55 to 57c outside, and feed 48c outside. Oatsâ€"New No. 2 white, 36 to 361â€"20, on track, Toronto, and 33 (30 2340 outside. No. 3 32 to 330 O‘ltr sid-e;~N0. 2 W. C. oats, 370, Bay ports. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"$2.25 to $350 per barrel for good to fine stock. Beunsâ€"â€"$2.10 to $2.20 per bushel. Honeyâ€"~No. 1 light; extracted, wholesale, 10 to 101-2c Aper 1b.; N0. 1 comb, wholesale, $1.80 to $2.- 25 per dozen; No. 2 comb. whole- sale, $1.50 to $1.75 per dozen. Baled Hayâ€"No. 1, $12 to $13.50 on track, and No.2, $11 to $11.50. Baled Strawâ€"$6.75 to $7.50 on track, Toronto. Hamsâ€"Light to medium. 19 .to 191-2c; (10.. heavy, 18 to 181â€"20; rolls, 15 to 15 1‘20; shoulders, 14 to 141'-2c; breakfast bacon, 19 to 200; backs, 21 to 22c. Lardâ€"Ticrces, 14 3-40; pails, 151â€"40. Ontario VVheatho. 2 white and red, 86 to 870 outside. Potatoesâ€"Car lots 50 to 55¢. per bag. Puultry~Chickens. alive. 11 to 12¢. per lb. ; fowl, 10¢ per lb. ; ducks. 11 to 12¢ per 1b.; turkeys, 1:3 to 160 per lb, and geese. 9 to 10¢ per 1b. Dressed, I to 20 more. Butterâ€"~Dairy prints. 22 to 230; do“. tubs, 20 to 210; inferior, 18 to 190. Creamery. 25 to 27c per lb. for rolls. 24 to 25¢ for solids, and 231â€"20 to 24c for separator prints. Eggsâ€"Case lots of pickled 24 to 25c. and selected 260 to 270 pa; doz. Cheeseâ€"~New, 111-2c fox: large, and 113-40 for twins. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. DAIRY MARKETS.’ r HOG PRODUCTS. tubs, 15c; A despatch from Ottawa says: Only four countries were able to produce firms big enough to underâ€" take the building of the Quebec bridge, and three of these coun- tries produced only one such firm each. The tenders for the superâ€" structure of the bridge with its eighteen hundred foot cantilever span were opened on Wednesday by Hon. George P. Graham, Minister of Railways. ' The firfns which put in tenders were :â€"â€" The Mwschinenfabrik Augoberg- nurnberg. Germany, Pennsflvania Stéel Cpmpany of Philadelphia. " Germany, the United States and EnglandJ Send One Each-"TWO From Canada. “Mcn are Willing Slaves.” Wrote Suicide in Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says": The body of a man who was iden- tified as John Malone was (found in Mount Royal Park on Sunday wltn an empty bottle that had con- QUEBEC" BRIDGE TENDERS 1%“ the sari?) time men in a nmfior cm; attacked the arsenal meb’s in an effort to gain entrance, but were repelled. Several guards of the‘arsenal were killed. A gen- eral alarm was given, and troops fillbdl the streak, concentrating in the squares. There was the great; -est dificulty in maintaining com- munication, as the streets were imâ€" passible, the Municipal Guards then loyal to thre throne, forbidding all traffic. The trains Ceased to run, fpr the lines were cut by the Re- publicans, who were later most thorough in the measures they took. Fort William and Port. Arthur to Hold :1 Banquet. A despat-ch from Port- Arthur says: A concrete move towards. the union of Port Arthur and Fort Wilâ€" liam is the arrangement for a. banâ€" queb to‘ be held at Fort William about October 19, to which one hundred of the leading citizens of both cities will be invited and the union discussed. It is expected permanent committees will be apâ€" pointed. “WOMEN RULE THE WORLD?” The London Daily Mail, in a. special despatch from Lisbon, dat- ed Wednesday, says the first Sign of revolt was the presence of rioters parading the streets on Monday night and exciting the populace by versions of the assassination of the Republican member for Lisbon, Dr. Bombarda. Early on Tuesday morning the rioters, evidently by a. prearranged plan, fir-ed their sigâ€" nal outside the barers of the 16th Regiment of Infantry. Then trou- ble began. The soldiers, after mur- dering their captain, Celestino Cos- ta, burst into the armory and dis- tributed arms to the people. Then they sallied forth to the lst Artilâ€" lery quarters, who joined the re~ volt. Afterwards the soldiers sig- nalled the news to the warships in the Tagus. ’ I am now writing at dawn on Wednesday. There has been a, ter- rifying cannonade all night long, and it is now increasing in vio- lence. The artillery from Santar- em, fortyâ€"five miles away, have ar- rived and joined the Republicans. An attack is being made on the Carmo'convent, the stronghold of N0. 2, 62 to (54c Flourâ€"Manitoâ€" ba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.- 80; (10., seconds, $5.30; Winter wheat patents, $5.50; Manitoba strong bakers’, $5.10; straight rol- lers, $4385 to $5: (10., in bags, $2.- 15 to $2.25; extras, $1.75 to $1.90. Feed~0ntario bran, $19.50 to $20; Ontario middlings, $22 to $22.50; Manitoba, bran, $19; Manitoba shorts, $22; pure grain mouillie, $31 to $32; mixed mouillie, $25 to $28. Lux-eese-Westerns, 1114 to 113â€"80 and easterns, 11 to 111â€"40. Butter~Choicest, 241â€"4 to 241â€"2c, and seconds at 21'1â€"2 to 24c. Eggs ~â€"Sclected stock at 26 to 270; straight receipts, 239. Description of Street Fighting, With Which L. the Revolution Began. THE PORTUGUESE RISING AV MOVE TOWARDS UNION. It will take some time to figurd out the tenders, as they are made in detail on‘the various shape; which enter into the constructxon of the bridge. The tenders will bi turned over to the Commision, uni they will estimate the amount 01 each and decide which is the Iowa, est. ‘ The St. Lawrence Bridge Comm pany, which is a. combination of the‘ Canadian Bridge Company of Walkfl érville and the Lachinc Bride Company of Montreal. ' The British Empire Bridge Com, pany of Montreal. ‘ i The Darlin'gton, Manchester Cleveland, England, Bridge Com- panics combine in one tender. Elder-‘1)mnpstm- Buildings at Mont. real Damaged. I A despatch from Montreal says: Fire on’ Thursday night badly dam- aged the Elder Dempsfm sheds on the “‘harf‘ and a- considerable quantity of marchandise waiting to He shipde was destroyed loss will be Im’avy. Lineman liillrd at Fort Erieâ€" lh‘opped Over 200 Feel. A despatch frum. Fort Erie, Ont.” says: Wyman Ruff, a lineman, 30‘ years old. and unmarried, on Fri-l day fell a distance of over 200 feet. from the top of an eleclric line; tower and was lulled. It- is be-l, lievod that his fall was occasioned? by an electric shock. '3 l 1 the ,Municipal Guards. Shrapnel i bullets are falling like hail around the windows, smashing the glass. As I write the Municipal Guardi under the windows of theofiice o! The Mundo, a Republican news~ paper, have just been shot dead. The ambulances are full of dead, - and are constantly passing. The Red Cross is hoisted all over the town, even on ~the newspaper of- fices. The streets are deserted, ex- cept for the troops, and the bak- eries have been raided by the sol- diers for bread. At 8 o’clock on Wednesday morn- ing I was informed that the hithâ€" erto loyalist trops had hoisted the white flag and had surrendered to the Republicans. Suddenly the streets were filled with crowds shouting “Viva. Republiea!” The people then began rushing down to the_.avenidag_Da Liberdade. The Municipal Guards, who were abso- lutely heroic in their defence, have also now surrendered. It is now I; o'clock on Wednesday afternoou,l and the Republic of Portugal has] been proclaimed at the Town Hall; amid the enthusiasm of the peeâ€"i ple. Sud-den Overflow of Ganges 1mm“ dates Worshippers. A despatch from London says: Hundreds of religious cclebrantsl were drowned by _a sudth overflowl of the Ganges River near Agra,l India. Thousands were encampedl along the rivm‘ for a religious fesâ€"i tival, when the river rose suddenlyfl almost gs 'mpugh .by a tidal wave.; KING MANUEL AT GIBRALTAR A despatch from Gibraltar says: King Manuel of Portugal is now- under British protection. The Porf tuguese royal yacht. Amelie, having; on board the king, the queen mo-i' ther, the dowager queen and the‘ Duke of Oporto. entered this har- bor at; eleven o’clock on Thursday‘ evening. Shortly afterwards the king and the queen mother came ashore, and drove to the munmer1 residence of the governor, Sir. Frederick Forest-i3râ€"VValker, at Eu-: ropa Point. ’ l tained carbolic acid. A note was found in his pocket in which he wished good luck to all his friends and in a pocketbook was written, “Women rule the world, [and men are their willing slaves.” FELL FROM .-\‘ LOFTY TOWER. W.“ ARF S H El) S SC 0 R (I H. ED . II [NDREDS ARE IDROWNED. The