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1 ont, of the famp. In : e Japanese ae: merchants behind: meetings were held, when ; d, and 'on' Sun- aped 'that the |stys: Ruffner was re. | dent meelifig, and,. not | tune at Cobalt, and Senator Turly, of "enough, 'miners went out {Fort Wayne, Ind,, have secured leases him. in. He insisted that hell the gold dredging privileges east of white labor. The quihers | Prinde Albert, udgment ulm! Grand rh ito three | New * 'Regulations for the Western go ins | ¢ oRicials o A despatch' from Ottawa says: 'The ble for allow: rork a-Jonger number of tin accordance the | 3 fore- |: ition 1t.is'a tore. , moving f¢ had been cal-{ Cana What atid 'befora the end of W Ul posores -& population the empire be but. if ra welthe Ql. (LEADING MARKETS spatch from Caloutle says: Ak ere Jove gen ne dre "out. SAE % Targely. attributable to movament to. beyeott: English medans 'carrying on the ' al districts, keeping the whole nin a state of mervous irritation. } membens go -armed with, spears, lubs 'and swords and sometimes fire 4 preaching sedition; hampering destroying foreign goods and ter- izing the inhabitants. Trade has al- 1084; stopped and farming 'is hindered. The jute crop is likely to be seriously I} erippled. "GOLD IN THE SASKATCHEWAN. 'aluable Dredging Lease Secured East ther. > of Prince Albest.-" , 'A despatch from Prinoe Albert, Sask., s. H. Brooks. a former resi- this city, 'wha has made a for- in the Saskatchewan will be forc- | River... They will put four or five dredg- it they do not 6s to work at once. The success of the gold dredge that is working west of | Prince' Albert has stimulated inderest in the gold. dredging. . Dr. Roughsedge rh Ho og iy W. C. Ramsay have taken "Taelot of black-sand out of the river, This sand has to be shipped to the States, where the gold is exiricated.' They are, weyer, now pulling in a purifying ha has. re: Dloot of their own, and will extract the --r ¥ * BEASING OF COAL LANDS. * Provinces are Approved. Gavernor-General-in-Council has approv- Roush SF Sons pam acarming the g of coal n itoba,: Sas- be dn, Alberfs, the = Yukon, the North-West. Tefritories, and the railway belt of Brifish Columbia. - They provide Ahat coal areas 'may be 'le for a period of 21 years, at an annual rental of '$1 in advance; that nd application shall be for mare than 2,500 a. ; that -of legal possession shall ensure v tions must. be begun ths; that a royalty of five 'be paid, and that ao- Ir allowed to buy wn use df the price not +5 per ton ab the. pits A ce, a. Young Man, Killed Near Lucknov: ; popu: | | BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, May 21.---Call board quola- Aions are: Wheal--Ontario No. 2 whiter 186' bid, | fuse | Ouside; No. 2 mixed, 77 bid, 'gutside. * Wheat--Manitobg- =~ No, 1 no 96¢ aaked i track: Goderic : bg 3.5 3, 55¢ asked ouside, 80c piv 2, ek asked, outsidé®® 79¢ Oafs No. 2 white, 42. bid 'for 10,000 bushels, 42c asked 'for 5,000° bushels. Ryé--No. 2, 7c asked, outside. * Prices are:-- > Wheat--Manitoba--Lake poris--No. 1 hard, 98c; No. 1 northern, 9c; No. 2 northern, 9c. Wheat--Ontario--No. 2 white winter, 0c to 800; No. 2 red, 79¢ to 80¢c; No. 2 8 mixed, 7c fo 80c. Oats--No. 2 white, ile, outside; No. 2 mixed, 40c. * " Peas--7634c bid. ) Corn--No. 3 yellow American, 57¥%c to 58¢, lake and rail, 59¢ to 59%c all rail; Ontario, 48¢, Chatham freights. Rye--Quite dull, 65¢ to 66c. ,Barley--No. 2, 533%c to 54c, outside; No. 8 extra, 52%c to 53¢; No. 8, 51%c tn 52. J Flour--Ontario--90 per cent, $3 to 3,10 bid; Manitoba, first patents, 84.75; fpevonds, 84.15 to $4.20; bakers', $4.05, Toronto, Bran--$21 to $2e; $22 to $23, oulside. 3 -- pafents, shorts quoted' at COUNTRY PRODUCE. Buttet--Supplies are heavy, and in. creasing daily, , Creamery, prints ..25¢ to 26¢c do; solids ,.. 23c to 2c. .. 22 to 23¢ 18¢ to 19¢ and 13%c for Dairy; prints . do tubs .... . Cheese--13¢ for large twins, Eggs 17 to 17%c. KE Hauer Pally, 1c to 12 M.; combs, 81.50 18. $2.50 per dozen, according to quality. -Beans--8$1.50 to $1.55 for hand-picked and $1.35 to $140 for primes. Potatoes--Ontario, 856 to 90c; east- ern, $1.00 to $1.10, in car lots on track here. ~ Ontario, nominal, Baled : Hay--Steady at $12.50 to $13 per ton for No. 1 timothy and $10 fo anon. right | lem how ie" lines. ibsvoulds be a development. of the {lo wark. are going thera in qui quate numbers. The wit and wisdom of "Eng-, eeded 10 solve the prob-. erpetugle the magnifl i ly..now animating the Canadians. ' 583¢c. Oats--Weak; No. 2 white, 47x03! No. 2 mixed, 45)c. Barley--No after ings. Rye--Firm; No. 2 offered, to ar- rive, 80c. NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. New: York, May -21.--~Wheat -- Spot: tasy; No. 2 red, 98%c in elevator and oe {.0.b, afloat; - A Du- lath, $1.09 Lob. afloat; No. 2 hard-win-' ter, 81.02 fob. afloat. Re CATTLE MARKET, Toronto, May. 21.--Prices were slightly, higher on' an' active demand "for cattle al the Western Market to-day. Values ranged from $5.10 to $5.40 for good. ta choice exporters, and from. $4.90 {o $5.05! for fair to good ones; * ne Choice selected butchers' cattle sold at: 84.00 to 85.20; fair to good butchers' cattle brought '$4.40 to $4.85: common,| 4 to 84.35; cows, $3.25 fo $4.40 per' cwt. A Good grain-fed: lambs, $7.50 to $8 per owt; common lambs very slow and al- most unsaleable; spring lambs $3 to $8 'each |" export ewes firm at $6 to $6.50 each; bucks, $4.50 to $5.50. Heavy feeders, 1,050 to 1,150 in steady demand at $4.50 to cwt. Short keeps brought. 84.75 to $4. per cwt, Calves were steady at $3 to $7.50 each. Hogs were unchanged at $6.623¢ for, selects, and $6.37% for lights and fats per cwt. --e FARMER BLOWN TO PIECES. Ibs, $4. Elisha Huff of Prince Edward County the Victim. A despatch from Belleville says: A terrible accident occurred in the town- ship of Hallowell, Prince Edward coun- fy: shortly before 6 o'clock on Eriday evening, when Elisha Huff, a very pro- minent farmer, was blown fo pieces, He was part proprietor of the Huff- Sprague Telephone Company, and was engaged putling up poles. Alter a hole had been dug he placed in it a charge of dynamite and ignited: the fuse. Then he walked away a few steps, but returned and placed his hand in the hole. Just' then the charge exploded, tearing away hall of the man's head and shaltering his body to pieces. Those asgisting him think Mr. Huff must suddenly have be- come either demented or dazed; as: ha 811 for secondary 'grades, in' car lots| WAS generally most careful. He was 55. - here, Baled Straw--Steady at $6.75 to $7 per. ton, in car lots here. PROVISIONS, Dressed . Hogs--Firm at $9.25 for lightweights and $8.75 for heavies, farm- ers' lots. Car lots nominal, Pork--Short cut, $23 to $23.50 per barrel; mess, $21 to $21.50. . Smoked and Dry Salted Meats Long clear bacon, 1l¢ {fo .11X%c for tons and cases; hams, medium and light, 153c 10. 16¢; heavy. 14¥c to 15c; backs, 1634c to 1%c; shoulders, 11¢ to Ader rolls, ac; out ot-pickle, 1c less than smoked. ~ Land--Enster; tlerces,-123c; tubs, 1230; pails, 12%, ion " MONTREAL MARKETS, Montreal; May 21,--~The local market - | for oats is very much stronger, and for No. 2 while Manilobas: 4634c. t0..47c is Y.ow "quoted, 'while "for Ontario same grade 46c to '464c is being quoted quite | No. 3 mixed, G5¢ ex. store, eely. A ; + Buckwheat--55¢ to 563 per: bushel, _ Corn--American. No. 2 "yellow, 55¢; ~Boiling peas, $1 in carload lots. and $1.40 in jobbing lol fund 8 Jobbing $4.10; 25 88.70; do, in 15, $1.50 to {th three grown up sons. i © met ees HUMAN FLESH SOLD. Horrible Tales of Cannibalism From Ger. \ man West Africa. A despaleh from Berlin says: The Cologne Gazelle reports that fearful can. nibalism is still practised. in the German West African protectorate of Kamerun. A German merchant writes to the news- paper that the natives not only devour their enemies, but' also criminals and persons who. have been locked up for irivial offences: The merchant Bscaped the fate with difficulty. Kaka natives, ho writes, offer human flesh for sale in the public market; «tg 'provide which death senterices: are imposed for the most tif: vial offences, The worst man-eaters be- long to-the Baia {ribe, They are siriotl Mohammedans, and daily perform their religious rites, ; eS AWFUL RAVAGES OF PLAGUE. Nearly Half a Million Deaths in the Past * Three Months: = - A despalch 'from London says: ancet's 'India correspondent that during he. eek ending there were 87,161 of plague 75,472 deaths, an se of years of age, and leaves a widay And Tho = ALT) and i Firm; No. 2 yellow, 59; No. 2 while. = -. : a