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> CANADA AND AUSTRALIA. First Congratulatory Despatch to Father of Pacific Cable. An Ottawa dcspntcli says: Sir SaiKiforcl I'lt'uiing, father of the Pa- cilic cable, was a iiroud mau on Fri- day In«l. Early in Iho luoruing woi-d was conveyed to him tlmt the project which had occiiiiied lii.s at- tention nearly every (lay for the lust 25 year.s â€" a pan-liritaunic cable line, connecting Canada and Australia â€" was at last an accouipli.shed fact. In good and evil reix)rt, in cloud nnd BUnshine, Sir Sandford has never for a moment lost faith in his great scheme, has never lost an opportun- ity of jjutling in a good v.-ord for it, and lighting the powerful opponents of the project with tho keenest weapons. Little Wonder then, that from all parts of the world telegrams come pouring in upon the distinguished Canadian who makes his home in thi.s city, congratulating him upon hU great achievement. CONCniATUJLATlONS FUOM SEDDON. : The first uie.ssage to reach Ottawa via the all-red route was from Pre- mier .Soddon, of New Zealand. It ; roads as follows: Wellington, N.Z., Oct. 31. Dclighloil to congiatulate you on 1 completing of great work of Pacific cable, thus rewarding your interests' and labor, and forging another link ! to the advantage of our Empire. I The line will ho in tho bunds of! Ihe contractors, tbo Telegraph Con- 1 litruction and Maintenance Coni-j pany. of Ixindun. Kiigland, for one 1 month, after which it will pass into ' the control of Croat Britain and her colonies, and he open for business, j The Contractors in the meantime will' lest tlie lino thoroughly and com- plete the connections. As a special compliment to Canada the lino was open on Friday to en- sble llis Excellency to send a con- jrutulatory message to Lx)rd Tenny- lon. Acting IJov.-Oencral of the Oom- aionwi.-alth. Tho courtesy was also ' ixtended to Sir Sandford Fleming to j forward personal greetings to Pro-^ ttiiors Barton, Seddon, and other ; public men of Australasia, who are il.so his personal friends. Sir Sand- ford nl.so despatched two messages from Mayor Cook, one to Sir lM-\ Diund liarton. the other to the Mayor of Sydney, both conveying Dltiawa's greetings. made their old police clothes do an- other winter with tho aid of re- pairs. Tho name of the former firm supplying police uniforms was re- moved and the name of tiio new con- tractors substituted on tho old clothing to make it appear that they were new. WRECK ON INTERCOLONIAL The Sydney Cxpress Crashes Into a Blind Siding-. A Halifax de.'^iatch says: The Sydney express, which left here at 1 o'clock Satui^lay. one of the £ust- o't tiains on the Intel colonial, at.d loa<led with pa.s«engeis. narrowly es- caped total destruction at Lake- view, 12 miles from Halifax. Tho accident was cau.sod by boys who de- liberately unlocke<l the switch and left it open, sending the train into a blind siding. When -00 yards from Lakeview, driver Wall noticed that the switch was o[>en. He could not see it sooner. As soon as he j realize<l his position Wall .shut oil' the steam and applied the air brakes, but the train was i-unniiig at the rate of !J5 miies an hour, and it was impossible to stop it in time to prevent an accident. There was a car of coal on the siding. When the engine struck the car it drove it against the sttilioii hou.sc with such force that the building was moved about 25 feet in a northerly direc- tion. When the engine came to the end of the switch it buried itself in the ground, where the station stood a moment before, pu.shing the car and station ahead of it. When the driver saw that tho lives of tho.se on tho engine were in peril, he told Fireman Wm. Purcell to save him- self if possible by jumping, and also himself junii>cd. escaping without serious injury. Many of the passen- ger.^ were thrown from their scats. Examination of the switch stand revealed the fact that the lock had been broken open and afterwards thrown on the ground, a short dis- tance away. This was all done in- side of 20 minutes, as only that space of time olapsod between the passing of the Pictou accommoda- tion and the arrival of tho (Iyer. Th(! rallies of two boys who are al- leged to have opened the swilcli ai^c in the hands ol I.C.U. Policeman Dunn. H is .said that had the cars next to the engine been of the old pattern they would havo telescoped or would havo broken up. and many of tho passengers would doubtless have lost tlieir live.s. NOT A CAR FAMINE. C.P.E. Manager Says That Scar- city is Unavoidable. A Montreal despatch says :â€" Mr. D. McNlcoll, .second vice-president and goiieial manager of the C.P.H., returne<l on Tuesday from a trip to tho We.st. He brings back tho u.sual report of abounding prosperity, and the crop being mo\ed out at a rate that has no precedent. The branches of the CPU. under construction are being pushed forward as rapidly as poss'ible, and, generally speaking, everything is in ns good condition oe anyone has any reasonable right to ex[)cct. Aakod in regard to tho alleged scarcity of cars, Mr. McNicoll Bald there always was at this tiiuo of the year, and probably would be, a scarcity of curs, but this did not mean at all that there was a car famine. This scarcity was fejt all over the continent. It simply could not be lielped, fiecauso no organiza- tion in the world could supply all the cars which were roipiircd at a given moment for the transf/ortation of the entire wheat crop of a country like the Northwest. MEN WENT ELSEWHERE. Sudbury Copper Miners Left Com- pany in the Lurch. A Toronto desi>atcli says: Hall- way construction work has caused a considerable scarcity of labor in Nipissiiig, and Iho mining companiis are having trouble getting enough men to c.irry on thi ir work. Mr. J)an O'Connor of Sudbury, who was In the city on Wednesday, said the Canadian Copper Co. are searching In all directions for men to take tho places of those laid olT last spring. The company now have 1,200 at •fork, l)Ut they formerly iind 1 ,flOO. Mo.st of Iho.so previously dropi)e<l havo got work elsewhere in tho meantime. Mr. O'Connor said ac- tive development work is being pro- lecuted on the iron properties in Button Township by a .syndicate of American capitalists headed by Mr. Cha.sc H. Osborn, Commissioner of (lailways for Michigan. PELTED THE SOLDIERS. Unpleasant Greeting to Troops From Strike Regions. A Pittsburg, Pa., despatch says : â€" An u.\:'ting scone marked the re- turn of I'o soldiers of the 14th Ueginunt fio^ i the anthFacito region on Wednesday. While passing down Fifth Avenue they were assailed with chunks of concrete, blocks of wood, as large as bricks, and even tools thrown from the twenty-first floor of the new Farmers' Deposit Bank building, a distance of 27r> foot, by workmen. Tho act was evidently prenioditnted, for tho workmen had enough missiles to be able to keep up the volley the whole time tho regiment was passing. That no one was seriously hurl is remarkable. When the soldiers realized the mis- siles wero aimed at them they <piick- ly formed in line on thi; opposite pavement, and an ollleor gave tho conimajid to load. Hut the com- manding oflicer couiitcrinnnded the order and no shots were fired. POLICBmEN AND UNIFORMS Montreal Discovered Deal Which Requires Inspection. A Montreal despatch snys: A grave Ecandal ha,'< been unearthed in ron- nc<tioij with the ."supply of clothing for liio city police force, and the Po- lice Committee has made a recom- mendation to the City Council that criminal proceedings be taken. A large number of police offlcers, most- ly of the upper grades, have admit- ted that Instead of fiillng their or- ders for police clothlntr they had Civilian clothing made instead »jid RAILWAYS FOR THE WEST Charter for 2,500 Miles of Line Applied for. A Winnipeg despatch says: C. E. Hamilton, of St. Paul, has applied to the Manitoba ftovernment tor a charter for a company that proposes to build as much railway as tho whole proviiuuj at present contains. Houghly estimated, the line when completed, as mapped out, will bo about 2, ,500 miles in length. No names are attached to tho applica- tion, and nothing is ilefinitely known ns to who are behind it, but It is generally believed tlmt the Northern Pacific is the promoter. 'I'he proiKJsed line will enter tho firovincn at Emerson. Ono lino will come north to Winnipeg, where it will branch in two dii-ections, ono blanch going to Fort Alexander, on Lake Winnipeg, the other to Winni- iwgo.-^ls, on tho lake of tho same name. The main line, however, will traverse Southern Manitoba, and will pass into tho Territories aboftt sixty miles north of tho interna- tional boundary. Uranrhing from this ia a line â- which wiil run into the Territories at the northwestern part of tho province. From the main line live brnnches will run south into American territory. Brandon, Nee- pawa, Portage la Prairie, nnd nil points in Manitoba now important or likely to be, will be tapped by the new system. It will he remembered that tho Northern Pacific lea.iod all its Mani- toba lines to tho Canadian Northern less than two years ago, the Pro- vincial flovcrnmrnt securing tho bonds to fho extent of many mil- lion'?. A THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc I in Trade Centres. Toronto, Nov. <1. â€" Wheatâ€" Mia- ket steady. No. '2 white iiuotod at 08c east and low freight to New Vork, and No. 2 red winter at (iTJc. No. 2 goo.se nominal at (il to Ooc cast, ami No. 2 spring at 00 to OCJc east. Alanitoba wheat firm; No. 1 hard .(juoted at H4c grinding in transit, and No. 1 Northern at 8L>ic grinding in transit; No. 1 hard <)U()ted at T8c tioderich, and No. 1 Noitbern at 70Jc. Oats â€" Market is quiet, with prices firm; No. 2 white quotc>d at ;UJc low freights, and No. '2 mixed at aojc low freights. Corn â€" Oliciiiigs small, with Can- adian yellow quoted at (>4c west; No. 2 yellow American quoted at 70c on track here. Barley â€" The maikot is firm, with No. ;5 extra quote<l at 43 to 44c middle freight, and No. 3 at 41c low freight to New York. Buckwheatâ€" The market is firm, with No. 2 olTcring at 54ic low freights, with oSc bid. IJyo â€" No. 2 is (fuoted at 48ic middle freights. Flour â€" Ninety per cent, patents firm at S2.67 to S2.70 middle freights, in buyers' sacks for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at S;i.25 to S.J. 30 in bbls. Manitoba (lours quiet. Hungarian patents, 84 to S<1.10 delivered on track Toronto, bags included, nnd Manitoba strong bakers', S;-i.70 to S3. 80. Millfeod â€" Bran quoted at S14 here, and shorts at §17. At out- side points bran is <iuote<l at S12.50 to 813. Manitoba bran, in sacks, SIO, and shorts SI!) hero. finest lard, 12 to 12Jc; hams, 12J to 14c; bacon, 12 to 1!jc; dressed hogs, 87.50; fresh-killed abattoir, 55). 25 to SO.r,0 per 100 Ibd. COUNTRY PUODUCE. Beans â€" I'he market ia weaker, with olTcrings larger. Prime qualities, S1.75 to §1,<,)0, and hand-picked, §2. Dried A pplesâ€" Offerings moderate. Evaporated jobbing at 6* to 7c per lb. Honey- Tho market Is steady, with strained jobbing at 8 to 8.5 per lb., and comb at SI ..'JO to SI. 75. Hay, baledâ€" The market is steady, with olTerings moderate. No. 1 tim- othy quoted at S'J.25 to S9.50 a ton on track. .Straw â€" The market is quiet, with car lots on track quoted at .S.").,50. Onions â€" Market is steady at 40 to â- ")0c per bushel lor Canadians. Poultry â€" The receipts are moder- ate, with boxed lots steady. Chick- ens, old, 40 to 55c per jiair, and young, 55 to l)5c: live. 50 to OOc. Ducks, dressed, 50 to G5c per pair. Geese, Ci to 7ic per lb., and tur- keys, 10 to lie per lb. for young. Potatoes â€" The market is firmer, with car lots quoted at 80c per bag on track here. .Small lots, out of store, sell at S)0c to §1 per bas. HOG PRODUCE. Dressed hogs rule steady, with re- ceipts moderate. Cured meats in good demand, and prices steady. Wo quote: Puicon, long clear, lie in ton and case lots. Pork, mess, W1.50; do short cut., 523.50. Smoked hams, 13-1 to 14c; rolled, 12 to 12ic; shoulders, 11. ic; backs, 15 to 15.1c; breakfast bacon, 15c. I^ardâ€" Tho market is unchanged. Wo quote: 'J'ierces, lOjc; tubs, lie; pails, llic to Hie; compound, 8i to 10c. THE DAIUY MAlUvETS. Buttei^-OITorlngs are fair, with prices generally unchanged. We <iuoto liiiest 1-lb. prints, 17 to 18c; choice large rolls and tubs, 15 to lOc; store packed, tubs, 13 to 15c; poor- er grades, 12 to 13c; creamery prints, 20 to 21c; do., tubs, IS) to IDJc. Kggs â€" The market is firm, with moderate receijils. Wo quote: .Strictly new laid, l.SJ to lOc; store gathered, ](i to 17c; cold storage and limed. lOc; seconds, i;i to 14c. (cheese â€" The market is firm, with No. 1 quoted at 12 to 121c per lb., and seconds 11 jc. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Nov. 4. â€" The local markets aro fairly active. In cereal products ijf all kinds there would a|ipeiir to bo a firmer ti>ne. but with- out change in prices. .Some cheek has been felt in the upward march of prices in cheese, as dealers feel that the limit has about been reach- ed to permit of any proiits in the Itmjlish markets. Butter is also a little (luieter. Other lines are un- changed. (Jrain â€" No. 1 hard Mani- toba, 73c, Fort William: No. 1 Northern, 7Jc, October shipment; Ontario, rod and white wheat, 73c afloat, to arrive, and 7.5c in store; rye, .5.5c afloat; No. 3 extra barley, 4!)c, buckwheat, 55c afloat. Flour â€" Manitoba patents, 84.10; strong bakers', $.H.80: Ontario straight rol- lers, S3. 45 to 83.(50; in bags, SI. 05 to 51.7»4; patents. $2.70 to $4. Rolled Oatsâ€" Millers' prices to job- bers, $3 in bags, prd $4.50 per bbl. Feedâ€" Manitoba bran, SlO <d $17; shorts, ?19. bags included; Ontario bran in bulk, $14.50 to 81."i; shorts In bulk, 818.50. Beansâ€" tiuolations aro nominal at $2 in cms, on track. Carloads are aomotlmos snapped up, however, at higher prices than this Provisionsâ€" Heavy, Canadian short- cut pork, 825; light, short cut, $22- 50 to $24; compound, refined lard, to Oic; pure Canadian lard, lie; UNITED STATES MAIUCETS. BufTalo, Nov. 4. â€" Flour â€" F'irm. Wheat â€" Spring weak for sfiot; No. 1 hard, carloails, 7HJc; winter, steady; No. 2 red, 70.1c. Corn â€" (iuiet and unsettled; No. 2 yellow, OOJc; No. 3 do., OOc; No. 2 corn, Cnic; No. 3 do., 'i5c. Oats â€" Quiet and easy; No. 2 white, 30.1c; No. 3 do., 34ic; No. 2 mixed, 32.ic; No.. 3 do., <52c. Barley â€" 48 to 02c. Ryeâ€" No. 1 in store, 541c. Canal freiiihtsâ€" .Strong. Duluth. Nov. 4. â€" Wheat â€" Cash, No. 1 hard, 741c; No. 1 Northern, 725c; No. 2 Northern. 70Sc; Novcn\- ber, 72^c; December, 703c; May, 73Jc; Macaroni, No. 1, CTJc; No. 2, 05Jc. Oatsâ€" December, 30c. Miimenpoiis, Nov. 4. â€" Wheat closed â€" December, 71 Jc; May, 72Jc; on track. No. 1 hard, 74{c: No. 1 Northern, 73{c; No. 2 Northern. 7Hc. Milwaukee. Nov. 4. â€" Wheat clos- ed â€" Higher; No. 1 Northern, 7.51 to 75ic; No. 2 Northern, 73 to 74c; December, 723c. Rye â€" Firm; No. 1, 52c. Barley â€" Higher; No. 3, GOJc; sample, 32 to o7c. Corn â€" December, 50Jc. LIVE STOCfC MARKETS. Toronto, Nov. 4. â€" At the West* rn cattle market this morning the re- ceipts wero only 53 carloads of live stock, including 900 cattle, 1,037 sheep and lambs, 900 hogs, 30 Calves, and a dozen milch cows. Practically there was no export trade hero to-day: prices are purely nominal. The trade in butcher cattle was dull; most of the receipts were poor stuff, which sold slowly. A few picked lots sold at from $4 to $4.30 Ijer cwt. .Some cattle remained un- sold. Tho only cattie apparently wanted just now is feeders; those sell all tho way .'rom 3 to 4.ic per pound. Milcii cows, bulls, and stockers aro not quotably changed. .Small stulT was dull to-day, nnd is likely to continue so for a little while. , Lambs were lower to-day. Sheep are unchanged. The cjuota- tions for owes are from $3.25 to $3.40 per cwt. Lambs are worth from $3.25 to 53.50 per cwt. Culled sheep are not wanted. Ducks are worth $2.50 to $2.75 per cwt. Calves are worth from 52 to $10 each, or from 3.1 to 5}c per pound. A few good calves are in reifuest. Hogs are unchanged. The top price for choice hogs is $6 per cwt., and light and fat hogs are quoted at 55.75 per cwt. Hogs to fetch tho top price must be of prime quality, and scale not below 100 nor above 200 pounds. Following is the range of prices for live stock at tho Toronto cattlo yards to-day: Cattle. Export cattle, per cwt $4.25 $4.75 Do., light 4.00 4.25 nulchor cattle, choice 4.00 4.25 Do., ordinary to good 3.00 3.50 Stockers, per cwt 2.50 3.25 Sheep and Lambs. Export ewes, per cwt... 3.25 3.40 Lambs, per cwt 3.25 3.50 Bucks, per cwt 2.50 2.75 Culled .sheep, each 2.00 3.00 Milkers and Calves. Cows, each 2.'i.00 .50.00 Calves, each 2.00 10.00 Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt 5.75 6.00 Light hogs, per cwt ... 5.50 .5.75 Heavy bogs, per cwt ... 5. .50 5.75 Sow.s", per cwt 4.00 4.25 Stags, per cwt 2.00 2.50 FAST TELEGRAPHING. One Wire Carries Over 50,000 Words an Hour. A London despatch says: ' Des- I)atchcs from Budapest announce that further changes are made in the system of rapid telegraphy, which was first described a year ago. Tele- grams are transmitted from Prcs.s- biirg to Budapest over one wire at tho rate of from 50,000 to 70,000 Words an hour. A Vienna newspa- per describes a despatch which it re- ceived by this process. It consisted of a strip of stilT parchment-like pa- per bearing 230 words. There was an ordinary dash botweeu the words, which, were easily read. The mes- sage occupied fifteen seconds in tran.smission. RICE FAMINE IMMINENT. Had Eej^ort Froni Samar â€" Hemp Crop Excellent. A Manila desjiatch *iays: General M. Lee, who relieved tiencral Bell as Commander in Samar, reports that tho island is on the verge of a rice famine. Tho hemp crop.s, how- over, are c.vcoUcnt, and business is rapidly reviving. Tho insurrection in tho island is de.-id. although there are occasional disturbances in the interior. Two Jolo Moros re.n amuck on Friday, stabbing i^eople with their krise.s. They wero finally killed. OVER HALF A MILLION. Increase in Dominion Custon\s for Past Month. An Ottawa dcspatcH says: 'I'ho Customs collections for the Domin- ion during tho month of October show an increase of over half a mil- lion dollars. Tho figures are S3.- 240.001 , being an increase of $556,- 070. For tHo four months of the fiscal year the Customs revenue was 81.1,311,018, a total iiicrca!?e of 81,- 301,093, NEWS ITEMS. Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe. CANADA. There is a real estate boom at Fort William. The price of brick has boon increas- ed in Hamilton from $7 to $8 a thousand. Another beet sugar company has been incorporated, with liead office at Peterboi'o'. Thomas Barker, a commercial traveler, committed suicide at his homo in .St. John, N. B., by drink- ing Hhoe dye. Two men in the composing room of the Printing Bureau at Ottawa have been suspendotl for a day foi smoking on tho premises. Conductors and traiimion on th< Ontario Eastern and Atlantic di- vision of the C.lMi. want an in- crease in wages of 25 per cent. Andrew Carnegio has olTcred Tru- ro, N. S., 810,000 for a public lib- rary building on conditions that th« town rai.se $1,000 a year for main- tenance. An East Flamboro' farmer namoi: William Garvin has been sunmionef to af pear before P. M. .lelfs, o Ififtnilton, for refusing to give thi inspector a sample of milk. Negotiations are under way for thi establishment of largo iron and steo works at Ashbridge's Marsh. Th( company is to expend $150,000 iJ buildings and pay annually $80,00(1 Of tl.c .51,110,201. the total im- ports into Dawson City via White Horse for the month of September. $878,133 were imports from Can- ada, and only $200,000 wero im- ports from the United States. At Moo.':o .Jaw, Man., tho Union Bank is building a $250,000 block, the Baptists an S8.000 church, and the Roman Catholics a $5,000 church, and the Presbyterians an $18,000 church, A colonial merchant in London. having a branch store in South Af- rica, desires to got into touch with Canadian shippers of doors, sashes, windows, dimension lumber, and deals, with a view to large ship- ments for South Africa. The exportation of frozen meat from Vancouver to Australia may at first seem like tho shipping of the proverbial coals to Newcastle, but it is a fact that arrangements ha\'e already been completed for such con- signments. That small minors in the Yukon aro better olT than they ever have been before is shown by the sales of money orders. Ono day last month, the sales of orders amounted to over $10,000, thi^ amount being of great benefit to families outside of the country. Alore money wa.s sent out for the fii:-»t twenty days n( October than ever before during the .Siime time. GREAT BRITAIN. Lord Rosebcry, spcak.ing at Edin- btiigh. reiterated his opfJosilion to home rule for Ireland. A lady who advertises in a Surrey newspai)er for tho kitchenmaid offers tho use of a bicycle. Tho liew Canadian immigration of- fices in Trafalgar square. London, will be opened about Christmas. •.Copans .^U!OIop^'J^ ss!j\[ o') paunutt ,)q f\ paatiSao st '.iv\\ jo A.mio.iaos '>(D!.ipo.nj Miv imn po3unouu\i si ti Last month 20,024 alien immi- grants landed in Great Britain. Ix?ss than a half â€" 9,017 â€" remained in the country. I'he entire length of Oxford street, London, is being paved by the Marylebone borough council with "red gum blocks." Every private soldier in the army is henceforth to bo provided with a hair-bru.sh. An official edict lately proclaimed that tooth-brushes wm-« to be supplied. Mr. Gregor McLaren, formerly ol tho House Guaitis Blue. an<l for fivt ronsocutivo years champion swoixl.'* man of the British army, has died at .South Norwood. Declaring cancer to be an infec- tious disease, a Drifl'.eld doctor is urgini>- the town council to inaugur- ate a system of disinfection to pre- vent it spreading. A Coroner's jury at I.iverpooli which inquired into the death ol John Kensit, tho anti-ritualistic crusader, returned a verdict of mur- der against J. McKeover. The whole of the soil under th« passage graveyard in Newgato jail will be takec up and the bones col' lected. These will bo placed in boxcl and buried in the City of London cometory at Little Ilford. UNITED .STATES. A negro who confessed to commit- ting a murder was burned at tho stake at Sardis, Miss. President Roosevelt has issued hi-'' proclamation designating Thiusda.v. Nov, 27, as a day of thank.sgivin.? The Anthracite Coal Commission nrnouncps that if nn increase i" Ih* wages of miners is awarded '*• ^^^^ date from Nov. 1, Mrs. Chas. A. Thornton, of Indi- anapolis, was given a divorce from her husband. He obligort her to move three times a year to save rimt;^