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-i-.-. â€" ...r •.»â- - â- MwrikMM i •KA' CI # K (^ '; H a n n <^»i !?;•â-  ti Dti terrlbie Disaster in the Iroauois Tlreatre at Clilago. A Chicago desputcli says: About 65u pi'ojjle were killi-d in tfii min- utes oti WcdiuMiday Al'ltiriiooi^ duriag n (iro ill tile Jioquols 'i'hi'atre, the newest, the iargosl,' and so tar as liumnn power could make it, the saf- est theatre iff ChicuKo. J'stimates of the di'ad and injured vary. The po- . lice account d! lite dead is 5i?ti. ^hq fstiniate of the newspapers is r>02. ' Ucsiuji-s this, tliore ;fti-c,5^ people uiissiiis at niidniglit, tliti ijlajbrity of whom are probuhly among the dead fn the morgue and' varimis undcrtftk- ers' e.stabiishiiionls. .Six of the dead have bt<on fwsillvely idirtitified. Nino- ty-two iM'i'sons arc known to be in- jured. . â-  â- â€¢ . • • 'i â-  i The firo broke out during the sec- ond act of. the play, '"Jlr. IHuo iLieard," the first production in the theatre sincu its erection, atrical company, which' The bodies were in sUtJh an inextri- cable mass, and so tightly were they, jammed between the ^des of the door and walls, that it was ini- poSNiblo to lift tticirt one T)y one and carry them out. T.bo oniy pos- sible thing tb do wtjij to "seize a limb or some .other parlioii of the body tsfui puU \ritM lUUMi strength. I'uiuirrFCL scBJi^s enactep. Men worked at the task with tears junning down their checlis, '«ind the sobs of tl\e rc8cuer.s coj!.ld be heard even in tJic hall below, -^vbore this awful scene was being enacted. A number of men were coiripoUed to Abaiwlqn their task and give it over to othcrfl whose nsrvos Jiad .not yet been shaken. As one by one bodies were 'dragged out' of the watcr-soakecf, blackened The the-, mass of corpses, • the specuicle be- came more and more heartrending. UuKp" escaped to the street in safely, Updies lay in t.lio first and second was very nearly all of them, li'owever, being conitielled to flee into the sno\y with no clothing hut their stage costumes. balconies in great nmnbers. In somo places they were piled up in the ai.sles. three and lour deep, where A few members of the comi-anv susl °"« "la-'' fa'''-""- ^"'^, °">'='" ^l}^^^'^, over the prostrate forms, and nil tallied minor injuriua, but none were seriously hurt. 'i'lie accounts of the origin of the 'fii'e are cpndiitiiig', -cindiione 6t thein certain, but the best reason given is part of the piece of drop scenery broke and grounded, set ting the scenery .iblaze. The fii'o spread rap- idly toward the front of lh<. stage, cnuHiiig the ii^ituibera, oi. t^ cl\prus, who were then; cjnpageil"' irf'^lw? 'pop-' form.-ince, to fliV' to tl* fciupB!'' with KciraiuM of terror. 'J'lio (ire In itself up t<» Uijs time was not serious, and ])().ssil)ly coilld l'.avc been clieckorl, liiid not the nsbe.stos curtain failed to work. .So soon as the fire wa.s discover- ed. K<l(lii> Foy, the comedian of the company, slioulerl to lower the cur- tain. It descended about half wa.v, and then stuck. The firo was thus given p/ecisely a flue through which a strong draught set to the doors wliirli had been thrown open in the front of the thratro. 'With a roar and a bound .the .^Ionics sUut -out. th'roupfh the opPning^i^'er'tbe heads of the people on the lirst floor .ind ii[r"to â-  those in^'tKc first' Yiinlcon.v; caught^^.tbem. and • Jiuruod, theii;t to dsatlf. r -â- %•â- â€¢ .!"!.'• V. » ' .<: CA.S TATJICS KXPLODKll. Tinniediately following this rush of flaiiK's there came an explosion ,w]iif {a' liftp^ the iritive'rgof of the tllOtttre frbiMMls wallsi .shattering the great skyliglit into fragments. .So soon as the llnmes first iiiijioarcd be- yond tlw curtain a man in tlii" rear of the hall shouted, "Fire, lire!" and the entire audience ro.se as one per- son niul niade for the dooiii. It is helii'ved that the e.xplo.sion w.as caused by the flames coming in con- tact witlj the gns reservoirs of the theatre. Causing theni to burst. Will .1. Davis, mnTi.nKer of the the- atre, Hald after the catastrophe that If the jieojile had remained Jn- their iieats and had not been oxcltefT, b.v the c.rv of fire, not a life would have been lost. 'I'his, however, is rontr.i- dicted by the .'itnteiiienis of the fire- men, who found the horiies of num- bers of peR.sons silting in their se.at-s, their faces -directed toward the stage, as if the perfonnanro were still go- ing on, Tt was the opinion of tin? firemen that the.se fieople were sulTo- cnttHl nt once by the. How of fas and Tire which came from behind the ns- beslos curtain. A WALT, OF 'nKAP. Outside of the people burned and null'ocatcd by gas, it was in these two doorways on the first and sec ond balconies that the greatest loss of life occurred. When the firemen entered the building the dead were found stretchcil in a pile reaching from the head of the stairway at least eight feet from the iloor, back to a point about live feet in the rear of tho door. This mass of dead bodies in the centre of the doorway reachcHi to within two feet of the top of the passageway. All of the corpses at this point wero Women and children. I'lic tight (or life whtch jhust have taUen place at tliesc twt) points is Momethiiig that is siniidy beyond hu- nion power to adequately describe. Only a faint idea of its horror could be derived from tlie 0B|iect of the bodies as they lay. 'Women on top of these masses of dead liad betin overtaken by deoth ns they were crawling on their hands and knees over tho bodies of those who had died li«fore. Others Iny with amis ttrelched out In the dirwtion 16- wanl which lay life uiid «nfety, hold- ing in their hands fragments of gar- liKJiits, evidently torn from otl>ers whom they had «ndenvored to pull down nnrt trnmplr*' underfoot ka they fought (or their own lives. .\s the police removed layer after l«yer of dead in them) doorways the idght became too much even for tJi« police -\nd liremc.-., hardened ns they arc to â- uch •..:vnc«. had died where Lhov lay, evidently BufTocated by the gas. Others were bent o.ver backs 0|f^seat8, where they had teen thrown by the rush of !,'!!^ "^'^K^'"'.^L'l'''':,"'''';!:A'''l,,l°*'5 »>arfny a chwice to rise from their chairs. In the aisles nearest to the doors the scenes were harrowin;)' in the extreme. Ilodies lay in every con- celN-ablo -attitude, half naked, the iook on their faces revealing .some of the oi'oiiy which must have preceded tJieir death. "The -theatre fiad been constructed but a short time, and all its eipiip- mciit was not yet in place. This was unfortunately tho case with a (ire escape in the rear of the build- ing. The small iron balconies to w'hich the iron ladders were to be attached were up. but the ladders had not yet been constructed. VTien the panic was at its height ft great nmiiber of women ran for these fire escapes, oiil.y to find as they enierg-- cd from the doorway uiion the little iron jilattorin that they were 30 to 50 feet frrwu the ground, a lire be- hind, ahd no method of e'scopo" in front. •♦--- -• ,.<.->-,.,.•.. .,. f FOUCED FllOM FIRE ESCAPES. Tho^-o who reached the platform first endeavored to hold their footing and to keep buck the crowd that firessed upon tliem froni the rear. The eflovt was .itlerly ^u.seless. and in n few iridmcnts the iron leslges Avero januned with crowds of women, who screamed, fought and tore at ooch oUier JiUc maniacs. This la.-^ted 'but a brief time, and the rush from tho intoiior of the building became •so violent that niany of Iheifl were crowded olT and icil to the gruulte Pavement below. Others . leo|icd from the platform, frnct'irinif legs aiid arms, and tv.o were picKfl'il up at this iioint willi fracturocU Skulls, having been instantly killed. .» (Jeorge IT. ICIIiolt, secri.'larj* -of tl.i«! Ogdeii (iaM Pympjiu.Vt wait In tl bxiildiiig dirocrt.ly op|)l&f^' from the building acro'fs the afley.' W'Ki'n ho readied the .street, the wonica ivl- «'Oa<ly were dropping into thp alley, and T'lliott immediately rusVwxl for a ladder in an eltoit li) save as many OB possible. ,Ko ladder wna avail- able, and the only method of u.shIs- tance thev were able to devi.sc was li> hurriodl.v lash some lilaiiks to- getlier and throw them across to thn alTriglitcd women on the plat- forms with instructions to ulaco the end firmly ou the iron raine- woik. Women were beinjj pushed every instant, into tho allev. ami by the lime the bridge was constrncteil, but few remained to take advanlage i>f it. However, abotit two dozen, it is believed, made Iheii' wav ucioss this narrow causewav. 'l"he members of the theatrical couiiuuiy, being on the lirst Iloor, had louijiaralivelv little dillicully in rraching tho street although their situation was (or a moment, highly critical', liocuuso o( the Kiiceil with v.ldch the flames swept through the ma.is of scenery in tho files and on the stauo. Kddic Fo.v, prinriinU comedian in tlic play. Wan one of the he.t to es- cape by getting out throiigli a rear door, after as?rtsting tho Women members of tho coinpuny to s;;fcly. FUNICHAi.S <JF 'illK VICUIIS. Saturday was a day of mourning in Chicago. Tluoiigh tho streets pa.s8od the sad funerals of UOO vic- tims of the disaster. Some of Uie heaises were black, but most of tliem were while and the caskets In- side were while, for little children liad made up tlic laeger pari, of tlio audience at the fatal matinee. I'ew homes on the boulevards or n^'SllUl>s were not touched liy the sorrow. In the downtown district i-eslnurants and cafes wore clowsl. Kntertaln- nunits which hail lieeai irnnouiicfd for the dn.v were posl.|iiined. HiiaineuR I wns sus|>eiMled except in the banks, i The la.rgc dry goods stores remaliiad ] open during the early part of the i day to supjily the dmuiiid for 'â-  inouming goods It being evt .'ent i by noon that this dcinajid had 4)0eai fiiily met tiie stores closed for^ the dav. â-  - ' At noon the bells of the city tolled a rc<|uieio for the dead. The idea ofr an hour of mourning wa.s -hot gener- ally disseminated, but when at ooon tho sound' * of the chimes of St. James' Ohurch on the north side were borne by the wind over the heart of 'tlic city, it seemed as though every father church in the city caught from it tlie inapira.tion aud their bells responded at once. The churches in the outlying portion of the city were last, tcl^taie up the tolling, and the l)Olls of St. James' had been silent tor hours when bells of chwrcheslrt the south-west portion of .the ci.^y were heard. • All day liorip the''fdneraJ proccs- .sions were moving and all day ser- vices wcpc being said at the tha reli- es and in -homos. -Chicago never buried so many dead bofore in one day, and the city had not sufTicicnt hearses for so large a numbci- of funerals..- Families who could not get hearses were forced to see their dead csirriod to graves in under- takers' wagons. CURE FOR COINSUMPTION. A French Serum WMch Kills the Microbe. A Montreal despatch says; "There cannot bo any doubt that Dr. Mar- fol-ek, of the Posteur Hospital of Paris, ha.s found a positive cure for all tuberculoRus disca.ses, ond tho first exhibition of his cure on this side of the Atlantic will be given in this city. The treatment calls solely for the injection of serum dis- covered by Vi\ Marvrorek, and during my stay at the Pasteur Hospital I witne.s.sed 25 curcu by the treat- ment." , This wafi the announcement made on Tuesday by Dr. .L. J. Lemicux, of the Nolle Dame Hosiiital, on ids ar- rival after a long stay in tho lead- ing hospitals of Franco. 'Dr. Marworck has kindly given mo all the instruments re(]uired for i,hi: treatment, and the first patient up- on whom it will bo tried in Canada will be a gentloninn from Glas.:^ow, who accompanied me to Caanda, and is sufTcring from tiiberculo.sis of tho lungs. The cases that I saw cured included all kinds of tuberculosis of the throat and lun,G;n, and it was found that in every instance tho ser- um killed all the germs. The dis- covery hnn awakened tho greatest in- tere.st throughout France, and later on it in intended that demon.strations fihoiild he given at tho Notre Dome Hospital in tin's rii;y." THE WORLD'S MARKETS ':^:;l.""" l^^^t^'U" r'^^'^^r "??!: afloat here; rye, Siic cash, 58c afloat here; oats. No. '2, .'i4ic in store; No. .3, Ic less; flaxseed, 51.1.5 on track hero; No. !! bnrlcv, 50c, Flour- Manitoba patents, $4.00 to $4.8."); seconds, .Sl./JO to .5-1.50; strong bak- ers', $3.90 ' to S4.gO; Ontario straight rollers, S-LfO to $-1; in bags $1.85 to $1.95; patents, $-1 10^64. 2.-j; extras^ $l.ei) to ST. 70;' rolloU oats, $1.80 per bag, So.RO [ler bbl. Feoriâ€" Ontario bran in bulk, $17.50 to $18.50; shoits, _$•_'<> to $21: Manitoba bran in lings", $18; shorts, §22. Beans â€" Choira primes, 91. .55 to $1.- 60 per bunli; $T.r)(J to $J.55 in car lots. Provi.sions â€" Heavy Canadian short cut pork, .$18 to $18.50; iighl short cut, S17..J0 to !!»18: American short cut ijear, $17 to $17.50; Am- erican fat bucks. $18 to ?1.S.50; foii.- pound lard, 8c; Canadian lard, 8{ to 9c; kettle rendered, lOic; h.aius. Hi to l.^c; bacon, li-c; fresh killed abat- toir hogs, $7..'^,0; country dressed hogs, $7; live Irogs. â- $5.'.'5 to $5.5l>. I'lgg.-?â€" Candled solected, 2(> to 27c, and Montreal Irmcd. 21 to 22c; West- ern limed, 20 to .21c; refrigerator, 20 to 2.Sc. Ibittoiâ€" Eoslerii. 19 to 2(ic, according to qualit.v; NJeotcrn <'.airy, in tubs, Idc. Western rolls, IfiJ to 17c. Cheese- Ontario, 10.S to lOJc; Townships. 10 to lOic; tjuebcc, No- vember, 9j to DJc. SCENE IN COURT. TKrs. Bartaato Sovei-ed a Elan's Jugular, t/ein. An Orange, N. J., despatch says : â€" Tn a crowded courtroom on Satur- ria..V, Mrs. Carme'o llarbato, about forty years old. drew a razor from the pocket o( her dress and slashed j thy -quoted at $8.75 to $9 on track, Pasfiualc ho T'arum across the neck i Toronto, and mixed at $6.50 to $7. EXPORTS FROM, THE LEADIIIO ; .'TRADt CENTRES. Prtcoa of 'Cattle, Griln, Chtese, and Qthet Ba^vy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, Jan. ^.â€"'Whgat-i-The mar- ket for Ontario' grades. Is unchanged'. N0.--2 white and miAcd quoted at 77 to 78c low' freights, and No. 2 rod Winter at 77c. No. 2 .Spring steady at 74 to 76c east, and No. 2 gooso at 70c. Manitoba wheat steady. At upper lake ports No. 1 Northern is quoted at 861c, and No. 2 Northern at 84c. No. 1 hard nominal at 891c lake .ports. For grinding in transit quotations are tic- higher than above. Oats â€" The- marjvet is quiet, ''with prices firmer. No. 2 white quoted at 274. to 28c west, at 281c middle freights, and at 29c -low freights to New 'Vorlc. No. 1 white steady at 291 to 30c east. Harley â€" The market is quiet, - with the prices steady. No. 2 riuoted at 41 to 42c middle freights; No. 3 ex- tra ot 39c, and No. 3 at 37c middle freights. Peas â€" Trade is- dull, and prices un-" changed. No. 2 white quoted at 611c west and at 624c east. Kye â€" The market is steady, with No. 2 quoted at 52c east or west. Corn â€" The market is quiet, and prices weaker. No. 3 new American yellow quoted at 50c on track To- ronto, and No. 3 mixed at 49c. Poor ungraded Canadian .sold at 38c west. lluckwheatâ€" The market is lirm, with demand good. No. 2 quoted at 4f) to 461c middle freights. Flour â€" Ninety per cent, patents aro steady at $3.05 middle freights, in buyers' sacks for export. Straight rollers of special brands (or do- nicstic trade quoted at §3.40 to $8.- 50 in bbls. Manitoba flours are weaker; No. 1 patents S'1.50 to $4.- 75; No. 2 patents, $4.25 to $4.40, and strong bakers', $4 to $4.35 on track, Toronto. Jlillfeedâ€" Uran steady at $16.50, and shorts at $17.75 here. At out- side points bran is quoted at $14, and shorts at $17. Manitoba bran in sacks, $18, and shorts at $20 here. COUNTRY PI^ODUCE. Apples â€" Tho market is quiet at unchanged prices. Choice stocks job at $2 to $2.50 per bbl. Deans â€" There is a limited demand with prices stead.v. Prime beans are quoted at $1.60 to $1.75 per bushel. Dried apples â€" The demand is fair, with prices unchanged at 41 to 5c per lb. I>vaporated apples, 6c per lb. ITop.s â€" The market is unchanged at 2!> to 30c. according to quality. Honey â€" The market is firm at (ij to 71c per lb. for bulk, and at $1.25 to $2 for comb. Hay â€" Tho market is fair, with re- c,?ipts onl.v moderate. No. 1 timo- sovering his jugnlar vein. Tho man and woman were directly in front of Judge Ih-ay at tho time, and tho blood that spurted from t!io wound spattered tho .ludgc's face and cloth- ing. The wounded man was hurried to the Ornngo memorial Hospital, where he lies in a crilicaj comUtlon. Mrs. Rftrhafrt had Ca'i.sod the arrest -if He I'arnia, \'.-lioni d'-.c accused o( annoying her by hiij attentions. They were swcuthciirUs liflten y cars ago in the town of I'rata, Italv. SHoflrTlHE KNEE. Armenian Laborer 'Victim of As- satat at Bratitford. 1 . A TJrnntford despatch says: Abra- ham George, an Armenian laboi-er in tlie employ of the Pratt Latchworth Iron Works, thi.s city, was a.ssaulted and shot while walking along Mar- ket .Street on Thursday niglit in com- pany with a fellow Armenian. He Was accosted by a stranger, who de- manded his watch and money. (Jeorge refusud, and his friemf joined with the assailant' ill depriving tho man of his watch. A dcsjiorate struggle irollowetl, in which the stranger shot George in tho left knee. Tho two men, who are sup- po»'d to be in league, eseapiHl, ond the victim was taken to the hospital where the bullet was extracted. HALF-CENT STAMPS. Only Newspaper Offices Are i'rivil- eged to Use Them. All Oltaw.a despatch says: The Post-OHlce l)e)mrtnient has issued an- other notice that half-cent stamps inift only be used by new.spn)ier <if- IVn-8. • â-  . I'ostmnsUTs are enJoHio'!! to bo careful that nil parcels posted at llieir offlce (or trnnsmf.ssion by par- col post to the United Kingdoin or to foi-f^igii countries me (iiU.v pi-e- paid, lia\e the necessary CiiBtoms d(v clarationn afnxe<l to them, and com- ply In all other rCHperts with the regulations. ORDERED MAMMOTH BOAT From Port ITelssn to Argentina, via Winnipeg. A I.0111I011 despatch say.^ : â€" It is re- ported that the White Star line haa ordern^ a steamer 755 feet in length or " - - Straw â€" Tho marlcet is quiet at $5 per ton for car lots on track. Potatoesâ€" OITerings continue light, and prices rule firm. Choice cars aro quoted at 78 to SOc per bag on track hero, and inferior quality at 70 to 75c per bag. Poultry â€" Tho demand is limited, and prices unchanged. Turkeys are quotnd at 12 to ]4c pi^r lb, and geese at 8 to 9c per Ih; ducks, 9 to lOc per lb.', or SI to $1.25 per pair; chick- ens, -9 to 10c per lb., or SOc to $1.25 per pair; fowls, 7 to 9o per lb. UNITED .STATICS MARKETS. Buffalo, .Ian. 5. â€" Flourâ€" Fair dti- mand. Wheat â€" Sjrrtug duil and firra- er; No. 1 Northern c.i.f.. VX)ic; Win- ter, no olTcrings. Cornâ€" Kasy; No. 2 yellow, ijOc; No." 2 corn, 47 to 471c. Oat.sâ€" .Strong: tVo. 2 white, 411c; No. 2 niixetl. ."390. Barley- Firm; Westei-fl in nlnrt-, 52 to ;'63c. Rye â€" No. 1 ill store. 6i'ic. Milwaukee, .lun. 5. --Wheat â€" Firm; No. 1 Northern, 85-4 to Siic; No. 2 Northern, 82 to 83c: May, 84* to 84|c. Rykâ€" Steady; No. I . S6 to 57c. Darley-r-iUil"; No. i, (jlic; sam- ple, 31 to (iOc. Cornâ€" -Steady; ^!o. 3, 40 to 41c; Moy, 45i lo 45 {c. Dultuh, Jan. .5. â€" Wlioal â€" fo arrive. No. 1 hard, SSic; No. 1 Northern, Site; No. 2 Northern. 791c; ftccenv- bcr, SOJc; May, «3ic; Miiineapoli.s, .Jan. ceniher, 8 lie; Ma.v. July, 83c: on track. Site; No. 1 Northern. SJijc; fio. 2 Northern. SOjc; No. " N'orHiern, 73 to 77c. Flmirâ€" First paton'^S. $4.-1.") to $4.55. second patents. $-l.BO to $4.4f): first cleur.s, -$3.."U) to $3.40; second eli.'al's. $2. ."SO to $2.40. Fla.x- .seedâ€" Cash and to arrive, OSc; -De- cember. 07c; May. $1. P-ranâ€" In bulk, S13.7.-) to $14. Jul.?. 82ic. 5. -'Wheatâ€" Po- «:!} to S.Tic: •Xo. i hard. THE 'DAIRY MARKETS. Butter â€" The mnrkct Is quiet, with prices generally unchanged. Wc quote: I-'incst 1-Ib. rolls, 17 to 18c; choice largo rolls, 1(5 to 17c; selected dair.v tubs, 104 to 17c; inferior to medium qualities, 13 to 15c; crcainer.y printfj unchanged, 204 tb 211e; solids, 19 to 191c. r^gs â€" Tho market remains firm. We quote: â€" New loid, SOc; selects, 25 to 28c; cold .storage, 23 to 24c; lim- ed, 20 to 21c. Cheese â€" Market dull; very little trade doing. Wc quote: â€" Finest, lOJ to lie; seconds, 10 to lOlc HOG PRODUCTS. Pressed hogs aro unchanged, with olVerings more liberal. Sales, $6.10 to $6.35, delivered hero. Cured meats arc steady, with u fair do- A BUFFALO TRAGEDY. Man 'Wanted For Theft KUls Wiff and Shoots Hiii\s?l5. A RufTiiU) despatch saj-s :â€" VVhon tho polire forced open tho dcor of Joseph Koehlur'K liouio in Gcttre street on .Sunday e\eni'nj;. to arrest him 011 a potty cliacgv. Ytioy found him lying on the floor w'ith a builot in his neck. In another room they totind the l;od< of hi^j wife. .\muo, 30 years old. Tliero vvum a gliastly wound in her iliioat, from which she had bled to death. Ko."4ifcr was alive, but vm'y weak. At the 4iosn)i- tal he mode a statement t-j (tic .po- lice, confesHJiig- that he murj^jied :his wife and atteuiptotl lo liill lumsolt. AlVIERICAN FALLS DRY. Rivulets Replace Usual iorrenl Owing to Ice Jam. A liuHiUo deiJ{mlc(i say.'? : â€" Unusual condilion.s prevail at Niagiira 4'^alls. All ice jam lia.«; foruii>(l o;i t!ie Amer- ican .sidu 01' thu river above the Fall.-*, louving iho f^ia'.uiols on. the American -side alnuist dc_> nad .pond- ing an enormoii.<! (juaat.ity of water over the (Tor.serJioe Falls. The chan- nels ttitween (lout l.slaud and Threa Sisters IslaniU, whicji utjler ordin- ary conditions are dt'e!> cUHl.ing tor- rents, on .Saturday niglit were move rivulets, Ihrco or four im-ltos deep. I'ho jam is llie secorul that 'Iuls *oc- curicd in a quarter of a century, and the present one e.'iceeds tho one of last Miirch in si'e and grni'.dcur. PRACTICAL VyWPATflY. Queen's to Prjsent Books to Otta wa University. A Kingston despatch says â€" At a mnnd. We quote: â€" llncon, long clear, special nieetiig of Quooii's Univcr- 84 to Oc in tou and case lots; mess pork, $17; do short cut, $18.50 to $10. Smoked meats â€" TTams, light to me- dium, 124 to 13c; do heavy, llj to 12c; rolls, 10c; shoulders, 91c; backs, 131 to 14c; breakfast bacon, 13 to 194c. Lardâ€" The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. We quote:â€" Tierc- es, BJc; tubs, 81c; pails, 8}c; com- pound, 8 to Oc. nU.SINICSS AT MON PREAI,. Montreal, Jan. 5. â€" Manitoba wlieat is now quoted nt SOc for No. 1 Nor- thern, 78c (or No. 3. and 744c (or No. 3 ex store. Butter is quiet, and prices are stead.v: the stocks in the city are said to ho large. There is more enquiry reported (or cheese; ad- vices from the other side aro en- couraging, ond it is expected that busine.ss will be good during this month and February; the stocks in tion _^... the city have bwn materially de- [ployee, and will (jr»diiatB djwn from hirty feet longer than the Baltic feanert during the month of Deccni- | heads of dcpartmi'nis to laborers, tho the laig«*t )»hlp in the world. Tlie'*^""- *"'' l"<'St of (he exporting was latter roceiving but « slight rcduc- eoiistriictioii of tho vasael, it Js add- to fill orders taken earlier In the | tloii. Ten Ihousnnil men aro ai'erteil, year. Eggs are in good demand and jbui iht< re4uct<o7i will b« generally the Bupply is small; it la ^ult« pv«^- accept«ri. sity trustees held on .Haturdio', it was dei:ided that Hueeu's should show her .>iyn!patliy towards Ottawa College in soiiif luugijile â- .\oy, and a committee consJ.-itiiiiit of llhan^rfllor Sir .'^nndforil Fleaiing. IViucipul Gordon, and ^^i^ls 1a>1.-4 .M.tundcrs was njipointod to nuiko « genorous selec- tion of buuks for pre.--onlalion to the Ottawa Collefto liin-ar^-. whose extensive and *«li.al«!c coiitenUs wero deslroycil in the -flauio.^. which brought ilestiurlion and death to Canada's fueniicr Uoman Catholic educational institution. CUTTING THErR~W.AGES. V. S. steel Corporation Etn-plcyei Receive Notice. A McKeesport, i'a.. despatt-h says: Notices of a w«ge re.luclion were on Tuesdaj- posted at the local rlants of the United .States .Steel (.'o'-pora- The cut inclridcs ever.v em- : >1 e.l , r».'t. will begin Ireland. il.imodiately «t Mel-