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THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. MAIUiETS OF THE WOULD. Toronto, Sept. 9. â€" Wheat â€" On- lai-io whent.s in fair olTer, with sales ft No. U nliilo and red at (37J to eSc west; exporters are quoting 0;")c. Muuituba wiiout ca.'-ier; No. 1 liard, Blic (jriiidiug in transit, and at 78Jc Goderich; No. 1 Northern, eujc g.i.t., niid 77ic Goderich, and No. 2 NorthL-rii, Sljc g.i.t., and 75 Jc trodericli. <)at.sâ€" The market is quiet, with Iccling easier. No. 2 white quoted It aic prompt sliipniont, and 29 to 30c Sepiembor delivery. Corn â€" Tlie uiarliot is quiet, with Wles of Canadian yellow at <52c test. No. 'J yellow American quot- )d at 08 J to (iyc on tfack here. Rye â€" The market is steady; No. 2 juotcd at 48c west. IJarleyâ€" Ollerings small and prices Brm. Feed sold at 39 to 4.0c, mid- . lie freights. Peas â€" The market is (irm, with old Ho. 2 at 78c west, and new at 75c irest. Flour â€" Ninety per cent, patents, made of new wheat, quoted at $3.- 67 to 82.70 middle freight in buyers' sacks for export. Straight, rollers, for domestic trade quoted at 83.15 to S3. 20 in bbls. Manitoba (lour steady. Hungarian patents, S3. 85 to S-1 10 delivered on track, Tor- onto, bags included, and strong bak- ers' S3.(i0 to S3. 80. Oatmeal â€" Cur lots in bbls., S5 on track, and in sacks, Si. 90. Broken lots 20 to 25c extra. llillfcedâ€" Bran is dull at $1S west, and .shorts at $18 west. Bran is $15 to 516 here, and shorts $21. Manitoba bran, $16 in sacks, and Bhorts $22 in sacks, Toronto. good cuttle of this cln.ss. Medium to fair butchei-8 wwe worth from $3 to $4. Choice picked butcherij' from $4.50 to $5, but very few good enough quality to realize the top price. ExiHjrt cattle, heavy, were selling at $5.50 to $5.75, a couple of loads of extra choice heavy steers fetched $5.85. Stock bulls, 950 to 1,300 Iba. wore selling at $2.50 to $3.50. Mixed loads of butchers and »hipper.s, §4.37 1--. Lambs were easier with prices olT to $3.75 and $4. Kxport sheep, $3.50. Hogs were unchanged at S7.25 the top, with the market closing weak, and prospects lower for next week. Export, heavy $5.25 $5.75 Export cattle, light 5.00 5.00 Bulls, export, heavy, cwt 4.50 4.90 do light 4.25 4.75 Feeders, light, 800 lt)S. and upwards 3.25 8.65 Stockers-, 400 to 800 tbs. 2.75 3.00 Butchers' cattle, choice.. 3.20 4.85 Butchers' cattlo» med 3.00 4.00 Butchers' picked 5.00 5.00 Butchers' bulls 3.25 4.00 Light stock bulls, cwt.... 2.25 3.00 Mikh cows 30.00 50.00 Hogs, best 7.25 7.25 do light 7.00 7.00 •Sheep, export, cwt 3.25 3.40 Bucks 2.50 2.75 Culls, each 2.50 3.00 Lambs 8.75 4.00 Calves, each 2.00 10.00 Common rough cows and bulls 2.50 S.OO THE DAIRY MARICETS. Butter â€" The market is dull, with large supi)lies of medium and infer- ior (|Malitles. W'e quote: Choice 1- Ib rolls, Kic: selected dairy tubs, 15c: store packed uniform color, 134 to 14c; low grades. 11 to 12c; creamery rolls, 194 to 20c; do., solids, 184 to 19c. EggS' â€" .Selected are firm, and other grades ca.sy. We quote: Strictly fresh, 15Jc; ordinary store collected, candled, 14ic; seconds and checks Ciisicr, at 10 to lie. Cheese â€" Market unchanged. Wo quote: Finest, 10 to lOJc; seconds, 94 to 9ic. HOG PRODUCTS. Urossed hogs are unchanged, with fair olVerings. Cured meats in good demand at steady prices. We quote: Bacon, long clour, lie ir ton and C11H8 lots. Pork, mess, $21.50; do., short cut, $23. .'lO. .Sniokod Meat.s--IIajns, 13 to 14c; breakfast qacon, lac; rolls, 12 to l-'4c; backs, 15 to 15ic; shoulders, 114c. Lardâ€" The market is unchanged. Wo quote: Tierces, lOJc; tubs, lie; pails, Hi to lljc; compound, 8 J to 10c. DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION. Martinique Will Probably Hape to Be Abandoned. A New York despatch says : â€" It is generally belie\icd that the Island of Martini((ue is doomed to total de- struction, and the fear is that when ing many houses and drowning scores loupo will bo visited by an all-de- structive tidal wave, cables the Point-a-Pitrie, Ouadaloupe, corres- pondent of the Herald. Business is absolutely at a- standstill. Few shops are open, and if it were not for the efforts of a small number of more valiant souls, hundreds wauld starve to death here, because of their fear of a more terrible death. MOUNTAIN SWALLOWED UP. Details that have been received during the last two days prove that the eruptron of Mont Pelet, August 30, Was far more violent than any MORE MEN WANTED. Threshing Outfits in West Crippled for Lack of Hands. A Winnipeg despatch says: "Man- itoba's wheat is nearly all cut. Scarcely one-third of the work of harvesting remains to be done, and to do it the province is sorely in need of 6,000 more hands." .Such was the statement of Hugh McKellnr, Deputy Minister of Agri- culture. He returned on Saturday from a trip to Pilot Mound, and the foregoing was the conclusion he came to from what he saw and from com- munications he has received from all parts. Much of the grain that is cut is lying in the swaths, and it has yet to be stooked, stacked, threshed, and marketed, and to do this that number of men is urgently needed. Fullv two months of sti'enuous of the earlier explosions. As the; work will be required to accomplish eruptions continue the mouth of I all this. The impression in the oast Mont Pelee grows in size. It is now seems to be that Manitoba's harvest BUSINESS AT MONTIUBAL. Montreal, .Sept. 9. â€" The local market continues quiet and steady. Grainâ€" Manitoba wheat. No. 1 Northern, 74c; No. 2. 72c for Scp- tombei' delivery; oats. No. 2, Manito- ba white, 43 to 44c; No. 2 Ontarios, 43 to 44c; No. 3 Ontarios and Man- itoba feed oats, 42Jc in store; now No. 2, 37c aMoat. Flourâ€" Manitoba best patents, SiJ.llO to $4.10; strong bakers, $3.00 to $3.90; Ontario slriiighl rollers, $3.50 to $3.00; in lings, $1,65 to Sl-75; Ontario pat- ents, $3.80 to 81.10. Rolled oats â€"Millers' prices to jobbers, $2.40 to $2.15 In bags, and $5 to $5.10 In bbls, I'ced â€" Manitoba bran, at $16 to 817, and shorts, $23, bags in- cluded; Ontario bran, In bulk. $15.- 50 to 816; shorts, \n bulk, $23 in lots. I'rovisions â€" IToavy Canadian short cut pork, $25; compound re- fined lard, 9 to 9Jc; pure Canadian lard, no; llnest lard, 12 to 12ic; hams, 12J to 14c; bacon, 11 to 15c; dressed hogs, $7.50; fresh killed ab- attoir, $9,25 to $9.50 per 100 lbs. UNITED STATES MARKETS. BulTalo, .Sept. 9.â€" Flour â€" Steady. Who.il â€" .Sprii g. No. I limits on new wheal; old, in store, c.i.f. basis. No. 1 Northern, H0|c; winter dull and weak; No. 2 red, 7l4c; No. 3 do., 67 to 67Jk. t!ornâ€" .Strong; No. a yellow, 67!c; No. 2 corn, (Kijc; No. a do., OOJc, through billed. Oal»â€" Stronger, but no <leinand; No. 2 white, 33ic; No. '2 n\ixeil. 29c; No. 8 do., 28ic. Darlcy- Western Bl to 65c cl.f. Ryeâ€" No. 1. 55c. Cnnal freightsâ€" Strong. Toledo, Sept. 9.â€" Wheat â€" More active; strong; cash, 72Jc; Sept., 721c, nec4.'mber, 72 (c; May, 73Jc. Corn â€" Dull; strong; Septem- ber, file; Dcceuibor, 42 jc. Oats â€" Dull; Arm; Sopteuihnr, 32Jc: Herem- bcr, 82c. Cloverseedâ€" Fairly active; utrongor; Octolicr, $5,52); January, $5,374; cash; prime, $5.47$. Ryeâ€" 63c. YUKON MURDERERS CAUGHT Clever Work of the Northwest Mounted, Police. A Taconia, Wash., despatch says: Dawson advices give details of the remarkable solution of a Yukon murder case, just accomplished by ofBcers of the Northwest Mounted Police. On August 1st they be- came convinced that a triple murder had been coumiitted on the Upper Yukon. A month later two men be- lieved by the police to bo the mur- derers, are in custody, acd what seems to be a complete web of cir- cumstantial evidence has been woven around them. Ed. Labello was ar- rested Monday at Wadsworth, Ne- vada, and is now en route to Daw- son, Peter Fouruier was arrested at Dawson August 24th. These two men are charged with the murder of Leon Boutillette, Guy J. Beaudoin, and Alphonso Constantine. three French-Canadians from tjuobec. Cot- stantinc had been on the Yukon for several years, and had induced the other two men to Join him last spring. He met them at Vancouver in .June. At While Horse they met Fournicr and Lnbelle. These two men had been "boosters" in a Daw- son gambling house. They were French-Canadians, also. All live purchased a boat at White Horse and started down the river. The boat was numbered, and its depait- ure noted in the police records at White Horse. It never reached Daw- son, but was found later on, on the Yul.on banks. Fournier soon ap- pearu.l in Dawson. Labelle did not reach tlure, July 14th the body of Boutillette was found near the In- dian River witli bullet wounds through the head. The body of Con- stantino was found above Selkirk, a hundred and thirty miles above where Doutillette's body came to the surface. Bcaudoin's body was found August 1st. The police ooiieve that Fournier and Labello murdered these three for what money they possess- ed. Boutillette was a contractor, of St. Frances, Beauce, County, tiuo- bec. He left Vancouver with elev- en hundred dollars in Quebec notes. Such notes to the amount of four hundred dollars were found on Four- nier. Ho is 23 years of ago and a college graduate. The police traced Labelle to Taconia, thence to Spo- kane, and through Montana, Idaho, Utah and Nevada, to Wadsworth, where ho was found working In a railroad camp. SHOT LOVER ON STAGE. Actress Took Reircr.ge for Being Jilted. A desfi)atch to the London Daily Chronicle from Vleniui gives dotnila of the tragic tleaths on Wednesday lasil of an Austrian actor and act- ress at .Sanios-Ujvar, Transylvania, Hungary, as follows .â€"-Julia I'etky and Julius Hardos had been engaged but the latter had broken olT the engagement. The two wcro acting the ivirt ot lovers In a |>crformanco, during which Julia was supposed to lire at Hardos, She charged her pis- tol with bullets and shot him dead. 'I'he curtain was lowered Immediate- ly, but the first persons who arrived on the stage found that Julia ' ' committed suicide by opening veins. of enormous proportions. Morno La- croix, one of the peaks that reared skyward from the side of Pelce. has fallen bodily into the crater and it has been completely s^vallowod. There iicems to be a side pressure on the crater, and the burning chasm widens perceptibly every day. Clouds no more hang about the crest of Mont Pelee. The terrific heat seems to drive everything away. Tho column of smoke roars directly into tho heavens, so that its top is lost to sight. In the darkness of the night it has Uie ai pearancc of a stream of molten iron, standing lixed between heaven and earth. BURIED UNDER ASHES. From Morne Capote the relief troops were compelled to make a quick retreat, although they succeed- ed in taking out a few wounded. The entire country nearly to Fort do France is buried under a deep co\cr of ashes. This has made it almost impossible to find tie bodies of those who have perished while fleeing to the sea coast. At (Jrande Ansc the tide swept throe hundred feet inshore, destroy- ing man.v houses and rowing scores of inhabiti\nl.'». Even at Fort de France the most stout of heart have lost courage. Col. Lecourcr has re- [iiorted to his Covernment that it is his opinion that the entire Island of Martinique will have to be abandoned. He asks for assistance in transporting the inhabitants to otlicr islands of the West Indies. THE WORLD'S CROPS. Hungarian is so far advanced that it is hardly worth while coming West for all the work that is to be done. To cor- rect this fal-so impression Mr. Mc- Kellar on Saturday telegraphed to James Hartney, Government Agent, Toronto, telling him to loa,vo no stone unturned to secure more help. OUTFITS CRIPPLED. Threshing outfits are crippled for want of men, and if they canno* be secured the elTect will be felt not only in the handling of this year's crop, but also on the crop of the coming year, for threshing opera- tions will be dragged out to such an extent that farmois will bo unable to do fall plowing, or make" any pre- parations for next year's seeding. This is a calamity which the Mani- toba officials arc trying to avert. Mr. McKellar said that the recent rains had delayed stacking to some extent, but not cutting, and as a consequence those who were behind in getting their birders to work are up to the more fortunate ones who had their grain-cutting under way first. He also said that thre-shing would bo pretty general throughout tho province Monday, but many ma- chines would be tied up for want of men. It is probable that if more hands can bo secured in the east another series of excursions will be run by the C. P. R. "We still have hi<pe," he said, "that the east will come to our res- cue, and will send enough help to save the immense crop that is now lying in the fields." had her CATTl.lO MARKET. Toronto. Sept. 9. â€" Rorelpts al the caljtio market ta-<lay were 78 loads, with 1,227 head of cattle, 2.086 cheep and lambs. 722 hogs, ami 50 calves, ItuHlncHj wna at no time brisk, but still a fair amount was done, and prices wore steady, (.'hoice butchers' cattle were soara-, and ih^ was a (air demand for tho GROWTH OF INDUSTRIES, Census Will Show Big Increase Over Those in 1891. An Ottawa despatch says :â€" The Census Department is busy with tho industrial schotlules, and a bulletin dealing with the same will l)e Issued. It Is understood that the Industries of tho country will show, when the llgiirua are issued, a largo growth over IHOl, ntitwilhstanding that In the present Instance there is a limit to tho size of the manufactories to bo included. Under tho present con- Hus, no factory which has not live hands has been counted, while in 1891 everything Was taken in. A conqiarison has already been mado in the case of Toronto, and the In- dustries there show a very large I growth. Statistics Indicate Plenty. A Budapest, Hungary despatch .says : â€" The Hungarian Ministry of Agiiculturo estimates the world's yield of grain this year as follows : Bushels. Wheat 2,905.320,000 Oats 3.004.720,000 Corn 2,973,480,000 Uye 1,579,040,000 Bailey 1,141,680,000 The European wheat crop is esti- mated to give an increase of 193,- 120.000 bushels over tho crop of 1901. A decrease of 136,320,000 bushels is expected in the Euroi)ean corn crop. The wheat crop of the United States is e.s^inlated at 616,- 100,000 bushels, with a surplus of 210,160,000 bushels. The Canadian wheat crop is estimated at 93,720,- 000 bushels, with a surplus of 29,- 820,000 bushels, LOST 20 RELATIVES. But Cronje is Prepared to Forgive and Forget. A Capo Towa desi)atch says :â€" Gen. Cronje, who has lately return- ed here from exile at St. Helena, said in an interview on Thursday that during tho war ho had lost from wounds and disoa.so 20 dear relatives. Ho expressed himself as prepared, however, not only to for- give, but, as far as Cod had given him his power, to forget, and said ho beliovod tho Britisjj and Dutch races would work amicably together for tho development of tho country. AGAINST INCOME TAX. Leagtie Formed to Fight for Re- duction. A Lonilim despatch ways: The re- volt against tho income tax is at last beginning to take practical shape. An Anti-rncomo Tax Ixjague is being organized under inlluential auspices. Inasmuch as the oppos- ition to the income tax is stroiic*!st anuuig the Unionists, it i.-i probable that the tiovernment will soon real- ize without the le.sson of more bye- electioi.s that tho only hope of re- taining any representative character will be to "grant in the next budget a substantial reduction of the pre- sent crushing burden. ^-f CHINA SELECTS CANADIAN. St. John, N. B., Man Adviser to Minister of Mines. An Ottawa despatch says: Tho Chinese Government has tlecided to appoint an European ndvi.ser to tho Minister of Mines. Mr. Wallace Broad, a native of St. John, N.U., ha.s been selected for tho position Ho is a graduate of tho university of his native province, and of Mc(Hll University. Montreal.' He was for some time on tho staff of tho geolo- gical survey of Canada, but of recent years ho has been engaged in pro- fessional work in Hhoilosia and West Africa. ON EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. Director States That Crops Show a High Average. An Ottawa do.spatch says :â€" Dr. William Saunders, director of the F.xi>erimental Farms, has returnetl fronx his annual tours of investiga- tion in the West. During his absence ho has inspected and arranged the work of the Wositern Experimental Earnis and made many inq-.rlries' as to tho general condition of agricul- ture in the Western parts of the Dominion. The crops on the Experi- mental Farm at Brandon are vei-y good. The yields of wheat and other cereals will be considerably above tho average. Peas, Indian corn, roots and potatoes a'so promise ex- cellent returns. The grain crops were nearly all cut on the Brandon farm when tho director left there on Monday last, Tho hay crop had also lx>on good, and had given from 2 to 25 tons per acre. At the end of last wivk it was e.'ftimated that two- thirds of the entire wheat crop of Manitoba had been cut. Dr. Saund- ers thinks that the Manitoba crop will average a little higher than last year. NEWS ITEMS. Telegraphic Briefs From Al) Over the Globe. CANADA, spent $1:10 Windsor spent $1:10 in cutting we«-'ds this summer. Rat I'oitage will have a new hos- pital anil a nurses' home. During August there wcie 175 deaths and 115 births in Winnipeg. l{ev. Prof. Elliott's eight-yeai--old daughter was fatally burned at Montreal on Saturday. English directors of the Siiowshoe Mines, at Grand l-'orks, B.C. will install another smelter. Archibald Pullers, a namilton ho- tel keeper, took a dose 01 strychnine with fatal eCect on Saturday. Mrs Edward Yon of Montreal lost her life in a lire that destroyed the family dwelling on Saturday. Provincial Trea.sairer Dufly at Que- bec has a surplus of $24,492, after providing for all expenditure for the year. Customs collections at Montreal last month wore $1,13.S,266, as com- pared with $905,463 for August last year. There are 33 members ot the en- trance class. Royal Militai'y College, Kingston. Cadets this yeoi- number 90, last year So. The general freight agent of the Canada Atlantic llailway says that road has 4,000 cars to assist in handling the western grain. A calf fell from a bridge in a run- away at St. Catharines, and lighted on a freight car en route to BulTalo. and was carried through to that city. Rossland will have an ambulance to be called "Father Pat" in mem- ory of the late Rev. Henry Irwin ; also a stone drinking fountain. Each will cost $500. A mother bear and three cubs strolled into Fort Francis, Itainy River district, Sunday, and were given the freedom of the town â€" until the nearest shotgun was found. Mrs. Martha Wilson, Hamilton, is suing the Grand Trunk Railway Comfany for $3,000 damages, for injuries sustained while standing on a platform at Watcrdown, which gave way. The resolution of tho British House of Commons, thanking th« regular and colonial troops for their services in South Africa, has been received at Ottawa and will be pub- lished in Tho Gazette, add Britain RAND OF ONTARIO. Great Mineral Wealth in Manitou Gold District. A Toronto despatch says :â€" The Bureau of Mines has received a letter from Mr. Hugh D. Alston, the well- known mining expert, of Wabigoon. Mr. Alston reports that there is con- siderable prosiK'Cting work going on in the Manitou gold mining di.strict. Ho speaks most enthusiastically of tho prospects, and declares that ere long Manitou will t>o tho â- Band" of Ontario, with a rich pcrnument fu- ture ahead of it, Tho gold is found in free mining quartz. That it is there in paying quantities is em- phasized by tho fact which Mr. Alston clle.<», that one company spent $10,000 in development work, and took out enough gold to reim- burse th<-ni for all their expenditure. Although just now capital is not coming in very fast. Mr. Alston prophesies that as .soon as these gold fields become known capitalist-s could not bo kept out with a club. GREAT BRITAIN. The English birth rate is declin- ing. The British shipbuilding trade ia said to be very much depressed. Conservative Parliamentary circles expect a general election in 1903, says the Manchester Guardian. Welsh mining men adviso the Bri- tisli Admiralty to store coal urde.- water to retain its calorific quality, Tho London Standard announces that a steel trust is in progress of formation among the English steel manufacturers. Tho Prince of Wales' purchase of a property at Dersingham, tho pretty village clos(,> to Sandringliam, cre- ates satisfaction in Norfolk, London theatres have been notified that no further licenses would Ixi granted unles-s they complied strictly with tho lire-escape requirements. A sturdy protest from Lady Flor- ence Dixie against what she terms "the scandal of child labor in the United States," appears in the Lon- don Graphic. The income tax returns for the year 1901 show that fifteen persons in Great Britain paid tax on in- comes exceeding £50,000, their total incomes being a."»ses.---c<l at i-1,500,- 000. The greatest number of pay- ments Was on incomes between £160 and £200. THANKSGIVING IN OCTOBER Twenty-third of Month Likely to Be Set Apart for Holiday. An Ottawa despatch says: It is mentioncil in ofUcial circles that Thanksgiving Day will likely bo held on Thursday, October 23rd. Repre- sentations have been received from dilTeront parts of the country In fav- or of a da.v being chosen this year earlier than November. Tho trans- portation companies. however, would vrcter tho postponement of tho holiday until after the season of uavigatiou is over. UNITED STATES. John Cornettla died at Paterson, N.J., of h.vdrophobia, caused by a weasel's bite. Charles M. Schwab has ronlcd an entire fiat in the Ansonia apui tuient house in Now York, at a rent of $10,000 a year. Prof. N. E. Donnell fell from a parachute into Long Island .Sound, a tlistance of 200 feet, and is per- haps fatally injured. , While sitting in a hammock with his sweetheart. George Taylor, ot Pitcher, N.Y., committed suicide by fhocling. No reason is known. A speeil of one mile In a minute and twenty seconds is claimed by Mr. C. R. Flint's steam yacht in a test on tho Hud.sxwi River on. Sat- urday. GENERAL. Continuous rain in India is bene- fiting the crops. It is estimated that alre,-dy 9.000 Boer families have been settled on the farms in the Transivaal In the province of Helsingland, in Sweden, fift.v new cases of leprosy have been detected during the pa."»t year. By order of the .Ameer compulsory milttary service is to be impo.^cil upon one-eighth of tho male popu^ lation of Afghanistan.