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Sugar beets are grown most ex- tensively in Ontailo and Alberta, where they supply roots for three sugar factories. The arezi in crop this year is 16,000 acres. which is a substantial increase upon last year. The yield per acre is 9.69 tons, the total yield being 155,000 tons. ‘ The‘ roots sufiplied to the Berlin factory are testing 17 per cent. of sugar, and atuthe Wallacebum fan,â€" Hay add clover are computed for 8,515,400 acres, and a yield per acre of 1.82 tons. ‘ A despatch from Ottawa says: A Census Office bulletin issued Sat- urday states that. the closing months of the year give good reports for nearly all of the field crops of the Dominion. Potatoes alone indi- cate a partial failure, and in all the Provinces there are complaints of rot in the fields and in the heaps for winter storage. The area is 503,262 acres, and the estimated yield 74,048,000 bushels. This is an average of about 147 bushels per acre, which is nearly uniform for all the Provinces. Turnips and other field roots show a. yield per acre of 402 bushels, and a, total yield of 95,207,000 bushels for a, crop of 236,622 acres. A despotch from St. John, N. B., says: With the failure of the Grand Mann-n fisheries, the Island faces conditions that have not been exâ€" perienced in a decade, and it was stated on Friday by schooner men from the fishing grounds that the situation is serious, with the win- ter close at hand, and that much hardship will be experienced. A large number of the little sehooners that engage in the fish trade be- tween here and Grand Manan will be missing thiswinter, as they will be forced into other channels, some going out of commission altogether. Most of them will engage in had- dock fishing off the north shore. Good Reports From Nearly Every Section «I of the. Dominion FIELD CHAPS OF CANADA VA despatch from Montreal says: Hon. G. S. MacKenzie, Treasurer of Quebec, speaking at: a nonâ€"poli- tical banquvt given in his nonur at Richmond on Thursday night Icfer red to the finances of the province, and said that the outstanding Enn- ded debt of the province including capital for conversion amauntcfl to $24,696,216, a decrease )f nearly h n millions from former days, while the. decrease in tlw interest account is $1,182,5(m and the nut dubt shows a. reduction of $2,710,296. The surâ€" plus for the. past year amounts to $945,147, an increase over the sur~ plus of the previous year of $300,- 000. Grim Want Faces the Dwellers on Grand Manau. A despatch from North Bay says: The little villageof Monteville, a centre for a. thriving community of French‘Ganardian farmers, is in the throes of excitement over a terrible tragedy which took place on Mon- day night. resulting in the death of Joseph Larveque. Monteville is situated thirtyâ€"five miles from Stur- geon Falls, at the extreme west end of Lake Nipissing, and is served by a tri-woekly stemuer service from Sturgeon Falls. The facts as gathâ€" ered from the crew of the steamer which made the trip to Monteville 0n iWe-dnesday, are that Joseph Larveque. a farmer living near Monteville, was drinking with a. companion on Monday evening, and about 11 o‘clock went to the resi- dence of 15-12-1219 Larvequo with a $1,090,000 . FUR EDUCATION The Treasurer of Quebec Announces Re- forms by the Government ' JOSEPH LARVEQUE SHOT Shocking Termination of a. Drinking Bout at Monetville, Lake Nipissing Mr. MacKcnzie mummmed that FISHERIES A FAILURE. The per cent. of fall ploughing completed this year, compared with the area planned for, is less than last year, but the report is made for a, period one month earlier. The per cent. of summer-falluwing, com~ pared in the same way, is some- what lower, but increases are shown fur Saskauimww and Album The report on fall whoat sown this year shows an area of 790,300 acres, whereof 6821500 acrfis are in Ontario and 107,800 acres in Alber- ta. Last year the area was 609,200 acres 'for Ontario, and 98,000 in Alberta. The condition of the crop is reported at 98.40 per comb, as compared with 93.60 last year. Compute/dab the average local prices, the market value of pota- toes this year is $33,446,000; turnips and other roots, $21,444,000; hay and clover, $149,716,000; fodder corn, $11,957,000; sugar beets, $887,000. tory 16 per cent., but a product of 5,000 acres in Ontario is being ship- ped to factories in Michigan. The product or 8,200 acres in that. Pro- vince is marketed at Wallaceburg and Berlin, where the average price is about $5,636 per ton, or better than $57.80 per acre. turned back at Windsor. ;A Rich Find Reported in Yilgzu‘nm 1 American Speculators. A dospatch from London says: Glowing accounts are sent by cable of wonderful gold discoveries in the District of Yilgarn, West Austraâ€" lia; The rush to the fields continues unabated, and Bullfinch, in the heart of the belt, is described by ministers. after an official visit to the mine, as the greatest. gold find in the commonwealth. , Goldfinch, which adjoins Bullfinch on two sides, according to cable message, has been opened to American specuâ€" lators, who desire options. Three hundred 'men'out of em- ployment seeking to enter Canada. from the United States have been the {Quebec (Elm-eminent Wr uld spend a million dollars on oducal ion during the present your. Como stu- tist-ics that he furnished 0:1 educa- tional work were ot a rather smutâ€" ling character. He SLa-ted that not; more than one~bhird of the Protest- ant school teachers, in the custom townships, have certificates, while in the Protestant schools thcré are only thirtyâ€"three male lay teachers to supply 2,113 schools, and as there is a. school population of 31.814, there is but one teacher to every thousand children. In the Roman Catholic schools there are only thir- tyâ€"six male lay teachers and 90 b10- thers attending to 184,978, or one teacher to look after 1,360 pupils. hottle of whiskey. The latter, who is sixty years of age, a widower liv- ing with his grown-up family, was in bed when the men came, and having been drinking during the day, was not in a good humor. He gob up and drank with his visitors, a. quarrel started, and the old man ordered Larveque out. The latter refused to go, although his companâ€" ion tried to take him out. Isaac Lai‘chue told him to go out or he would shoot him, taking down a. rifle. The visitor was standâ€" ing in the doorway at this time, and turning, said: “Shoot me, then." The old man pressed the trigger, and shot Joe Larvcrgue through the heart. He fell across the doorstep outside the house. Joseph Larve< que was married, aged thirty~five, with six children. GOLD FIND IN AUSTRALIA. Minneapolis. Nov. 15.-â€"Wheat -~~ No. 1 hard, cash, 551.02%; N0. 1 cash, $1.01; December, 9914c; May, $1.01 1â€"8. Buffalo, Nov. l5.-â€"â€"Wheatâ€"Spring wheat, dull; No. 1 Northern, car- Ioads, store, $1.07 3â€"8; Winter easy. Corn-Strong; No. 3 yellow, 54%0; N0. 4 yellow, 53%(3; N0. 3 corn, 530. Oatsâ€"~Str0ng. ‘ Montreal, Nov. 15.â€"Oats, No. 2 Canadian Western, 39 to 39%c; exâ€" tra. No. 1 feed, 38%0; N0. 3 Cana- dian Western, 38 to 38%0; No. 2 local white, 37%0 ; No. 3 local white, 36%0; No. 4 local White, 36c; Mani- toba feed barley, 47 to 47%c. Flour ~Manitoba. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.80; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, $5.30; Win- ter wheat patents, $5.15 to $5.40; Manitoba strong bakers’, $5.10; straight rollers, $4.70 to $4.90; straight rollers, in bags, $2.10 to $2.20; extras, $1.70 to $1.80. Feed ~â€"Onta.rio bran, $18.50 to $19; On- tario middlings, $22.50 to $23; Maâ€" nitoba bra-n, $18; Manitoba shorts, $22; pure grain mouillie, $31 to $32: mixed mouillie, $25 to $28. Cheeseâ€"Westerns, 11%J to 115â€"80; easterns at 11 to 111-80.. Butter~ 25c was asked for choicest. with or (linary stock quoted at 24 to 24%0. Eggs~Selected stock. 2-9 to 30c; No. I'vstock, 2.5 to 26c, and N0, 2 at 19 to 20c. Baconâ€"Long clar, 14 to 14%0 per 1b. in case lots; mess pork, $24 to $24.50; short cut, $27.50 to $28. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 180 ; do., heavy, 17 to 17%0; rolls, 1472c; shoulders, 13 to 13%0; breakfast bacon, 18% to 190; backs (pea meal) 19 to 200. Iial‘dâ€"Tierces, 14%0; tubs, >14’Ac; pails, 150. Eggéâ€"Case iots of pickled,» 2;”) to 26c; cold storage, 25 to 270, and strictly new: laid, 300 per dozep. B11tter~â€"Dairy pants, 21 to 220; do.. tubs, 19 to 21¢; inferior, 18 to 19c. Creamery, 260 per 1b. for rolls, 24% to 250 for solids,~ and 22 to 230 for separator prints. Ch‘eésewLarge, 12c; and twins at 12%0. Billed Hayâ€"No. 1 at $12 to $13 on track, and No. 2 at $10.50 to $11.50. Baled Strayâ€"$6.50 to $7, on track Toronto. Poultry â€"â€" Wholesale prices: -â€" Chickens, alive, 11 to 120 per 1b.; fowl, 9 to 100 per 1b. ; ducks, 11 to 120 per 1b.; turkeys, 17' to 18¢ per 1b., and geese, 11 t011§cvper 1b. Dressed, 1 to ‘20 more“ ‘ ' Applesâ€"~Spies, $4; good Snows at; $3 to $3.50; Baldwins and Green- ings, $3.65 per barrel. Potatoeswâ€"Car lots, 50 to 550 per bag. Béahs~Ném $1.60 to $1.70 f.o.b. per bushel, ’Western points. Small lots, $1.85 to $1.90; K Honey-«Extracted, in tons, 10 to 110 per 11).; No. 1 comb, wholesale, $2 to $2.25 per dozen; No. 2 comb, wholesale, $1.75 to $1.85 per dozen. Peasâ€"Good No. 2, free from bugs, 85 to 87c, outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2 at 66 to 670 outside. Bran~Manit~obas, $19 in bags, To- ronto, and shorts, $22, in bags, T0- ronto. Ontario bran, $19, in sacks, Toronto, and. shorts, $22, in bags. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 35% to 36c, on track, Toronto, and 321/2 to 330' out~ side; No. 2 W. C. oats, 371/20, Bay ports, and No. 3 at 35%0, Béy ports. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 57%0, Toronto freights; N0. 2 yel- low, 570, Toronto heights; No. 3 53c, Midland. Prices of Cattle. Grain. Cheese and Other Dairy Product: at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Nov. 15.â€"~Flourâ€"-Win- fer wheat 90 per cent. patents, $3.- 30 to $3.35 outside, in buyers’ sacks. Manitoba. floursâ€"~First patents, $5.- 70; second patents, $5.20, and strong bakers’, $5, on track, Toâ€" ronto. Manitoba Wh-eat-‘No. 1 North- ern, 95%(3, Bay ports, and No. 2 qutherp, 792%0, Bay ports. ' Ontario Wheatâ€"83 to 84c outside for No. 2 white and red Winter. Barleyâ€"56 to 580 outside, and feed 50c outside. Mrmf‘vnl. Nam 15.~ Choice steers UNITED STATES MARKETS. THE WORLD’S MARKETS REPORTS FY10.“ THE LEADING TRADE CE.'TRES. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Ll STOCK MARK ETS THE DAIRY MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. Details as to the total expendi- ture of $29,756,353 on capital ac» count. include the following:â€"~ On railways, $21,505,912, including $19,968,064 for the National Transâ€" continental Railway; $1,278,409.0n the Intercolonial, and $53,042 on the survey for the Hudson Bay Railway. On (finals $1,650,706, of which $1,- 000,000 was spent on the Trent Can‘ A despatch from Ottawa says: The Public Accounts for the last- fis» cal year were issued in blue book form on Thursday. The main fig-' ures as to revenue and expenditure were published last summer, show- ing a total expenditure on consoli- dated fund account amounting to $79,411,747, with a total revenue of $101,503,710, leaving a surplus of $21,505,913. Lawrence Ryan Dies in Police Cells at Saskatoon. A. despatch from Saskatoon, Sash, says: Lawrence Ryan, the young man who died in the police lock-up here last-Thursday after beâ€" ing arrested as a, drunk and disâ€" orderly, has ’been found to be a graduate of London University and Dublin Medical College. He had a brilliant career as a. Student, and served in the London hospitals be~ fore coming to Canada. He was re- cently Medical Health Officer at Edi~ monton, but lost. the position through drink. He contracted fev- er here, and unsteady habits led to his death from heart failure. Dominion Public Accounts Issued For the Last Fiscal Year A SURPLUS 0F $21,505,913 Toronto, Nov. 15.â€"â€"Butchers’, $4.70 to $5.75 a cwb.; cows, $2.35 to $4.80; bulls, $3.40 to $5; and good feeding steers, $5 to $5.45. During the week very few butcher cattle averaged six cents a pound. Smokers were valued at; $4 to $4.- 60. Lambs, $6; live sheep at $4.50 to $4.55, and rams at $3 to $3.50. Hogs, $6.75, outside, and $7.10 fed and watered at the market. A dcspatch from Kansas City, Mo., says: That food prices have reached their climax and now are on the down grade is a belief of meat packers in Kansas City and othei' packing centres. Dealers in produce and other mod supplies say thgsame thing. Chas. W. Armour, head of the Armour interests in Kansas City, said Friday:â€"â€"“Geueral food prices are working towams a lower basis The cereals‘a-re getting down. P00- ple ~are going to take advantage cf lower prices and that will have. a. tendency to relieve the stringency in meat prices, especially pork.” Mr. Arfimour'saia man); 5. grower of fruit and potatoes last year sold at $5.50, while the lower and medium grades brought from $3.50 to $4.50; cows, $3 to $4; bulls, $2.- 75; sheep $3.75 to $4; lambs, $6. Hogs $7.25, and sows, $6.25. Calves brought all the way from $3 to $15, according to quality. Everything Is On the Down Grade-«Cereals Are Working Towards a Lower Basis F001] PRICES ARE LOWER THE PENALTY 0F DRINK. “Fur Tea You CaETtâ€"Béfiipton’s” This Signature ;on the Package. The Only Genuina The sum of $100,000 was received from the Phoenix Bridgvf Cumpm’xy in respect of the collapse «H: the Quebec bridge and the failure of the company to perform its mmâ€" tract. This amount- has heen de- ducted from the $6,424,731 hitherto stun-ding in the boqks as a charge against the Quebec bridge. During the year railway subsi- dies were paid to the amount 0! $2,048,097. Bounties totalled $2,- 4141171, the details being as fol~ lows:â€"1mn and steel, $1,808,:33f ; lead, 840,542; bindcr twine, 8’6],â€" 506, and crude petruletim, $203388; on Public Works, $4,511,605, LI which Port Arthur and Fort Will Iiam harbors took $1,024,999; thl St. Lawrence. ship canal-1. $1,011,957, and Red River improvements, $599,: 995. Militia capital expenditure total‘ led $1,299,970. A despat-ch from Montreal says: Bruce Currie, a buyer for Rea & Company’s departmental store, who came to Montreal :1 year ago from Toronto, was fatally injured on Satâ€" urday night by the fall of a. teleâ€" phone pole. With two companions he was walking on St. Dominique street opposite the General Hospiâ€" tal about midnight on Saturday, when a telephone pole snapped, fal- ling across him and breaking his back. He died in the hospital. Half of Paris is without electric light because of the Seine flood. Suicide of Man Supposed to lull From Hamilton. A despatch from Winnipeg says! A wellâ€"dressed and apparently high‘ ly-educated man of sixty or sixty4 five, Who registered at the Commelw cial Hotel on Tuesday as W. B. All len of Hamilton, Ont, committed suicide on Friday night by placing a. revolver in his mouth and firing one shot. The police and Coroner declare they have no knowledge 01 the man’s identity, as the suicide had no baggage and no papers on his fibrson. He had been drinkng heavily. Man’s Back Pole Just How soon the lower prices were to come Mr. Armour said he did not know. “But we will welcome the time,” he said, “for no dealer finds it a pleasure to sell stuff at such a high price as pork has been bringing for several weeks. When the packet has to pay 8, 9, 10, and 11 cents for live hogs, what has he got to say about prices.” stored their crops rather than sell them at. good prices early in the sea.- sona and finally lost out in the Spring. This year, he said, they were profiting by their experiences, and are selling their products to consumers at readonable profits, not taking chances on larger or smaller profits. 1 SHOT HIMSELF AT WINNIPEG. BRUCE C URRIE KILLED . Broken by Telephona at Montreal.