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*jfK9f tmmma â- am tm \ THE MARKETS Prices of Grain. Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. 'I'oronto, March 24. â€" Wheat â€" 1'lie market is (juit't, with fuir ofler- IjigK. No. t rod winter and white quoted at t)9j to 70c niitlUle freights. No. 2 spring noiiilnnl at 70c on Midland, nnil No. 2 goose at (i(>c on Midland. Munil"l)U wheat steady; No. I hard, 87c, all rail, grinding in transit; No. 1 North- ern, Sac, all rail, grinding in tran- sit. No. 1 hard, 8(ijc, North l!ay; No. 1 NoJthern, Sljc, Nortli Hay. ljat.s â€" Market i.s steady, with No. 2 while <;xjoted at liojc. inid<lle freights, and nt viOc, higli freights; No. I while, ;i2c. Ilarley â€" Trade i.s quiet, with No. 8 e-xlra quoted at â- !<> to 40Jc, mid- dle freights, and No. 'A at 43 to 4.'!ic, middle freight. lUiCkwheat â€" There is nothing do- ing, and prices nominal at 47 to 48c east. I'eas â€" No. 2 white is quoted at G8c, high freights, and at 09c cast. (^orn â€" Muiket is very dull; Cun- n/iiian yellow nominal at 4r)c wo.st, antl ."jOc here. No. 3 American yel- low nominal at 51 c out.sido Toron- to. Flour â€" Ninety j)er cent, patents imchangod at .52.074, middle freiglits, in buyers' sacks, for e.\- jiort. Straight rollers in .fi)ecial brands for domestic trade quole<l at S:!.20 to 5:j.2.'j in bbls. Manitoba flour steady; No. 1 [)atents, 84,10, and seconds, SJS.'JO. Strong bak- ers", s:!.80 to $3. 'JO, bags included, Toronto. Millfee<l â€" llran unchangc-<l at §17 here. ,\t outside jioints bran is (jiioted at $16.50 to $17, ajid s-horts at S18 to $18.50. Manitoba hran in sacks, $20, anil shorts $21 here. COUNTIIY PKODUCr;. • Beans â€" Trade is quiet, with medi- um SI. 05 to §1.75 per bushel, and hanO-picked, $1.90 to $2. Dried ap7)leH â€" Nothing doing, with prices nominal at B^c pw lb. rOvaporatod, to (ijc. Honey â€" The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. Strained sells ut 8 to ajc iier lb,, ajid cond) at $1,25 to $1.50 Hay, baledi â€" The market is quiet at unchanged prices. Choice timothy, $9,50 to $10, on track; and mixed, 38 to $8,50. StraWi â€" The niar1<et is quiet for car lots on track, at $5,50 to $(> a ton. Maple .syi'uj) â€" Fi\e-gall()n cans, $1 a gallon; one-gallon cans, .$1.10, and half-gallon cans, 00c. Poultry â€" OCi'erings .Huiall, with prices (irui. We quote: Fresh killc<f, dry-]jicked t\irke,va, 10c to 18c; geese, 10 to 12c per lb,; ducks. $1 to $1.25; chickens (young), 85c to $1; old I'.ens, 00 to 7l'c per j)uir. Potatoes â€" .Market is stend.y, with fair olferings. Car lots nr<? (pioted at 81 a bag, and sjnall lots nt $1,20 to $1,25. TlIK HAIRV MAUKT'rrS. Butter â€" The bulter market con- tinues firm, with mmiernte suiiplics, Donumd is good lor clioice qualities. We quote: Selected dairy tubs (.fresh made), lOJ to 18c; choice large rolls, 18c; finest l-ib, p;ints, 18 to 19c; crciiuieiy piints, 2] to 224c; solids (fresh niade), 10 to 2nc; held. 18 to 18ic, Isgg.si â€" Tne market is lower, with bu.vers holding off. Sales of new laid to-da,v at 12J to 13c per dozen, (Jhce.'-c â€" Market firm, with light stocks. We quote: Finest, 13Jc; seconds. 13.;c; twins, lie. * Cured liaco^i, case s,hort HOC! I'UOPUCTS. Pi-csscd I'.ogs are firm meats steady. We quote: clear, 10 to Itljc. in Ion and lots. Porkâ€" Mess, $21; do., ou(. $22.50. ,,. Smoked meats â€" Hums. 13 to llijc; rolls, 11. Jc; shimlders, lie; backs, 14 to lljc; breakfast bacon. 14 to 14 5c. J,ai'd â€" The marjtet is ster,<l.v. We (i;iu)tc: Tierces. lOfc; tubs, lie; I>uils. 11 Jc. BUSINF.SS IN MONTUKAL. Montreal. March 24. â€" In feed, meats and jirovisions there are no changes, but juices are .steady; and farm products ure unchangiHl, (Jrain â€" No, 1 Manitoba hard wheat, 73c; No. 1 Northern, 711c. March de- livery; No. 1 hard, 75c; No. 1 North- orti, 72ir, c.\-.store, Ma.y delivery; l©us, ()9ie, higJi freights; oats. No. 2 in store here, 3tt}c to ;}7r; r.ve. 51c east; buckwheat. 48J to 49c east, for May delivery;" No. 1 oats. 381c; No. 2, 37JSc; ry», 00c; bucJt- wheal. 5(> to 57c; |ieas, 31c, Floui"^ â€" Manitoba patents, $4.20; seconds, $3.90; Ontario straight rollers. $3.- ' fiO to $3.05; in bags, $1,70 to $1,- ff); patents, at 83.70 to $4.10. Iloll- r<\ oalsâ€" 'Mjllers' jirices, $2 bags, and $1.15 |ier bbl. Feed â€" Maniloba bran, $H> to $20; shorts, .$21 to ^â- â- 2, bags Included; Ontario brnn in ^Ulk, $1H 1o $18,50; shorts in bulk, »20 t>. $21. 'ONITED STATES MAUKKTS. BulTalo, March 21. â€" Flour - Steady. Wheal â€" Spring, no <:©- nuiitd; weak; No. 1 hard, 8(ijc: win- ter, nouiinal; No. 1 whili', HOc; No. 2 red, V.O':. Corn â€" Weak; No, 2 yellow, 40Jc; No, 2 corn, 4flc. Oats â€" Steady; No. 2 while, 41c; No. 2 mixed, 35)0. Barleyâ€" Track offered at ."SO to 5'.>r. Hyp â€" No. 2, 5Hlc URked on trnck. St. Ltiuia, March 24. â€" (;iot:od â€" Wheatâ€" Cash, 68|c; May, eOfc; July, 08Jc. Duliith. March 24. â€" CIos<?â€" Wheat to airive. No. 1 Northern. 74Jc; No. 2 Northern, 72Jc; May, 741c; July, 744c. Out»â€" May, 33c. MinncaiHjlis, Marcji 24. â€" Wheat â€" May. 7'lc; .July, 74 3 to 744c; on track. No. 1 hard. 76|c; No. 1 Northern. 75Jc; No. 2 Northern. 744c. Flourâ€" First patents, $3.75 to $3,S5; second patents, $3.05 to $,3.76; first clears, $3.75; second clears. $2 to $2.50. Branâ€" In bulk, ?13.25. LIVE STOCK MAHKKT. Toronto, Miu-C/h 24. â€" There was an active business transacted in both butchers' and export cattle at the We.stern Cattle Market to-day. I'rices, however, did not im)>rove and Ihe lightness of the i-eceipts ac- counted for the activity- in buying. Butchers were a little .short of meat. and in some instnn<<>s forcetl piices by conipptitioTi a little aboxc their norma! basis to seeiire their suppl.v. The arrivals were 48 cars, contain- ing 037 cattle, 117 shee]). 1,800 hogs, and 44 calves. In e.vport cattle the range of I)rices was $4,30 to $4.00 per cwt. for choice to picked lots. F.vtra fine ones were worth something higher than the above. Li.ghls were sold at $4 to $4.25 ])er cwt, Iliitcii- ers' cattle were quoted at $1 to $4,35 for the l;o=t. $3.85 to $4.15 for fair to inediuni, $3.35 to $3.0.5 for coirjmon to fair, an,d $2.7.5 to S3. 10 for rough and inferior. Export bulls were worth from S.3.(i5 to SI. Butchers' bulls wore quoted at S3 to .$3.50 per cwt. Stockers and feeders w(!re In fair demand. Good feeders were worth $8.75 to $4.25 i)er cv.t.. and stockers. $3 to $3,65. Alilch cows continued weaiU, The rereii)ts were or 7. and the i)rices $25 to $50. Prices in sheep were Rtead.v and uii(;han;,'ed. There is a good de- mand for grain-fed ewes with lew olTering. Poor stufT did not sell briskly. We quote: P^xport ewes. .?4 lo $4.50 per cwt.; bucks, $3 to $3.50; grain-fed ewes and wethers, $5.60 to $0; grain-fed bucks, $5 to $.5.50; barnyaitl lambs, $4,50 to $5. The market for calves was weak and the pros]>ccts are for lower prices. We quote as follows: t!alves, $2 to SIO each, and $4.50 to $0 per cwt. The hog market was steady and unchanged. The following is the range of quo- tations: lOxportprs' cattle- Per I'lO lb Choice .$4,30 $1.00 Medium a. 85 4,20 Light , 4.00 0,00 Bulls . 3.75 4.00 Butchers' â€" Choice 4.00 4.35 Mcdiuui . 3,40 4.00 Heifers 3.50 .'!,90 Bulls 3.00 .'1,50 Feeders ;2.50 3,10 Stockers .'!.00 3,05 Canners 2.00 2.50 Sheej)â€" l.ambs 4,50 0,10 Kwes 3.75 4.50 Bucks .,, .'i.OO 3,. 50 Calves, each 2.00 10,00 Cubes, per 100 lbs ,. 4,50 G.OO IIogs>â€" Sows 4,50 5,00 â- ''tngs 2.00 4.00 Si'lwts, 100 to 200 lbs 0,50 0,00 Thick fats 5.25 0,00 IJglits i 5.25 0,00 TWO CHILDREN KILLED. And Nearly Fifty Passengers In- jured. A despatch from Ouelph says: Pinned in a wrecked passenger car which was lying on its side in live feet of icy water, two little babies, one the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Huston, of Thessalon, and the other the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. [rwin, of Niagara I'alls, met their death on Wednesday afternoon. Tlie Grand Trunk train for Southamp- ton and intermediate northern points, was late in leaving Ouelph, and in conseijuence was traveling at a high rate of wpeed in an endeavor to make uii lost time. There were about 75 passengers on board, and the ti'ain was in charge of Conduc- tor J. J. I,illis and Engineer Hazel- wood. For n time everything went well, but about four miles the other side of Marden, a fiag station four miles east of tliis city, the rear rruck of the last car, for s«me un- cxplameii rfuson, jumiwd the track aitd was wrenehoa frc.. of the car. The dragging and bumping crt the j)assenger coach caused the other cars to leave the track, and for ful- ly three h:iindrc«l yards the whole train, except the engine, wa.s treni- tjling on the edge of a ten-foot eui- ban!."ient. It was doidjtiess owing to tills fact that .so fev.' of the jia.s- sengei s were dangcioiisly wounded, as they ail were warned of danger and had pre[)ared themselves for the shock. OVEB THE TIU'ISTLE. Tlie cri|>pled train at last reached a low trestle bridge, crossing a small creek, wliich was swollen b.v the spring rains. The tottering bag- gage and smoking cars jiilched off the ti-estlo into the water, and dragged the passenger coach down with them, all three cars rolling over on their sides, and resting in swift-runnitig water from four to live feet in deplih. The shod; was so severe that the smoker and the I passenger coach sp-lil open, the s;eats j broke from I heir fastenings, and the teiror-stricken passenger;! were thrown in a struggling heap into the water. Mr. and Mr.s. Hliston and their baby girl were in the bottom of the pile and gulVeied severe injuries. The little one was in the water for fully fi\e minutes, and when rescued was almost res-usritated by L'r. Savage, but the thread of life was too weak. Mrs. Huston, although herself badly hurt, and unable to five herself, was frantically calling for help for her bab.v, and her initiloring calls, with the groans and entreaties of the other injured passengers, were sini- I>1.V heartrending. Eventuall.v the more fortunate passengers freed themsehes and be- gan to seek an exit. After consider- able troulile they .succeeded iii breaking a hole in the doer and smashing the ujiper windows. and through these apertvires the wound- ed were removed from the car, A number of farmers living near the fTcene of the wreck were soon at hand, and assisted in rescuing the wounded, while one of their number hastened to Maixlen and reported the news of the wreck. Word was sent to Fergus and to C-xielph. and special auxiliary trains were des- patchc>d lo the scene of the disaster, bearing physicians and nurses. INCREASE FOR MINERS. But Neither Side Has Victory. Gained a A dospateh from Washington says: The report of the commission ai>- jiointod by the Pre.sident last Octo- ber to investigate the anthracite coal .strike, was made public on Sat- urday, In brief Uie conanission recommends as follows: WPIAT THE MLNEUS GET. An increase of 10 per cent, in wages to contract miners, from No- vember 1, 1902, and during Uie life of the award, namely, until March 31. 1906. An increase of 10 per cent, in wages to water hoisting engineers for the same jieriod. An increase of 10 per cent, in wages to other engineers, pumpmen, anid firemen, from November 1, 1902, to April 1, 1903, and 5 per cent, thereafter during the life of the award. An increase of 10 per cent, in the wages of all company men and oth- er employes. Company men and other employes not specially provided for to be paid on the basis of a nine-^hour working day. Engineers, firemen, and pumpmen to Work in eight-hour shifts instead of twelve-hour sthifts. Engineers and piimpmen to be re- lieved on Sundays without loss of pay. Local boards or arbitration for tlie settlement of disjiutes in indivi- dual collieries. A sliding scale, by which the min- ers' wages oi'e increased 1 per cent, for every 10 per cent, increase in price of coal. Check welghmen to be employed at the collieries by the niir.crs at their own exjicnse. Unii'orm distribution of mine cars among the miners. Any increase in the size of mine car or topping to be accompanied by proportionate increase in rate paid per car. WHAT THE OPERATORS GET. No sjiecific recognition of the United Mine Workers! The present methods of payment for coal mined siiall continue unless changed by mutual agreement. Concerted effort on the part of the mine workers to limit output except by agreement with the operators forbitiHen. WorJv not to be su.s])ended pending .•â- ettloment of matters rcferitjd to ar- bitration boaixls. No discrimination against non- union men. Boycott and violence condemned. Demand that coal mined be paid for by weight refu.sed. Interposition of the State militia in the coal regions to preserve peace justified. NEWSJTEMS. Telegrapliic Briefs From All Over tlie Globe. WANT OUR MANUNACTURES Enquiries Eeceived by Manufact- urers' Association. A Toronto desjiatch says: Num- erous trade eiupiirics have been re- ceived lately by the ('anadian Man- ufacturers' Association. The de- mand for the Dominioa's manufac- tures extends from Europe to .Vus- tralia. FinUiiul wants our flour, one having a particularly coarse ground, the so-called 'granular" Hour is desired, 'I'his is sjioken of as a iiartieuUirly good opening for the Canudian article, us there is at l)resent no im)H)it duty. l)res.Kpd oak .'.pokes are much in de- nmnd in Wales. Madras. India, wants cheap jewelry of all kinds, cheap watc}ies and musical instru- ments. It is understood that sev- eral Dominion lirms are working up this Irnde, From .\(leluide, ".South Australia, conies n (lucry about pic- ture! mouldings, Canadian bulls, eor.sets, sleid rails mid wire netting. Windmills are wanted in South -Alis- tialia. SiHh enquiries are daily in- creasing and offer first-class opjior- tunities for the extension of Can- adian trade. FALLS RAN NEARLY DRY. Ice Plays Pranks With the Niag- ara Contract. A Niagara Falls, N. Y., despatch says: 'I'he wide channel between the American shore an.<l Coat Island, known as the .\merican Falls. was almost dry on Saturday. '^Phe shal- lowness of the water was due to an immense ice jam at the licad of Goat Island. The extremely warm weather for the lust few days has caused a large amount of ice to come down the river from the ujnier lakes. The ice started to jam in the raldds above the falls on Satur- da.v aflernoon. an<l that night onl.v a few small rivulets of water flowe<l over tic .\merican side of the falls. The juirk was crowded with people wat<:hing the unusual sight, while the peojde on the Canadian side were attracted by the thuiuler of three times the normal amount of water [lassing (i\er the brink of the Horseshoe Falls, Several peoidc walked across the almost dry bed of the river. â-  MAY PRESS CLAIM â- United States Cannot Get Satis- faction From Sultan. CASTRO QUITS HIS JOB. A despatch to the London Chron- icle from Constantinople says that since Mr. Leishmnn. the .American Minister, returned two months ago he has been vainl.v seeking an nu'di- Veneztielan President Hands in ''^•'•"' <'f the Sultan to deliver an His Resignation. autograph letter from President [ KooseveU. who in the letter calls A Caracas desiiatch says; Presi- : his Majesty's attention to tbo claims dent Caslio has resigned. He plac- j of the .American missionaries in Ar- ed his resignation of the ]ire.sidency | menia and elsewhere, and a.s.ks tor of thi> reiniblic of Venezuela in the i their prompt settlement. 'ITie .Sul- hawls of Ihe |>resident of Congress ; tan, being aware of Mr. l<ei.shiiuin'H after reading the presidential mes- | instruct ions to jkress the claims, sage, :\ delegation appointed by ] purposel.v postiione<l the desire<l au- IJongress called at noon on Satiir- jdience. Mr. Leisbman's patience tla.v at II <! President's residence, and traiisjiiittod to him a resolution unanimously a«loiited by Congress. r<'fusiiig to accept his resignation, and recjije.sting him to con&ider his decisHro President Castro in reply dwlineil to change his mintl. but af- ter being uj-ged by his ivrsoiin friends he offered to jire.sent aiuilhcr nN>»snge to Congress (which he will intM't on T'r,'jr«alay) to give a solu- tion to the situaticn. was viltimntel.v exhausted, and he viaite<l Tewfik Pasha. Minister of Foreign .Affairs. and reqiiire<l to know wiihin three days whether the Sultan would receive him or not, Tewlik Pnshtt promised that his Maj- ority would receive him after the ilnirniu fo-rlival. but the promise has vot 111 en fulfilled. Mr, T,ei.«^hmnn is i.aturally exnsperatetl, and it would .lot be suriirisitig if ,Amerirnn war- s^«,^s were again onlered to Turkey. MET DEATH IN THE FOG. Passenger Steamer Gored by a Freighter. A New London, Conn., despatch says :â€" In the fog which de.scended upon the waters of the Sound on Thursday night, the big Fall Kiver liassenger steamer Plymouth, with 500 passengers and a crew of 200 men, was run down while passing through the Race by the freight steamer City of Taunton, of the same line. A full hundred feet of the starboard side of the vessel was smashed in as if it had been pajier, the impact threatening death to the occupants of the state rooms of the second cabin, which was cut awa,v and obliterated as if it had never been, while down in the hold members of the crew who were asleep in the steerage were killed b.v the torrent of water that |)oured in through the great gap made by the bows of the freighter. There was terror and disma.v on the stricken ship, but there was no panic. Men and women conducted themselves with wonderful self-con- trol. The bow of the west-bound steam- er penetrated ten feet into the hull of the Pl.vmouth, and then, as she backed awa.v, she raked the upper works of the passenger vessel with terrible destructiveiie.ss, tearing out the second cabin and ripping the state rooms to pieces as if they had been built of cardboard. Water poiire<l into the hold and drownwl men in their bunks. There was no wu.v of telling imme- diately how man.v pcr.sons were killcHl. Six are dead certainly, and in the ma.ss of debris from the wrecked cabin and state rooms there may bo several more bo<lies, while in the steerage, where the wa- ter poured in like a Niagara, there may be. and probably are, bodies of others drowned besides those re- ported. CHINESE ALARMED. Bill to Haise Tax Causes Conster- nation in Montreal. A Montreal despatch says: The proposal of the Dominion Govern- ment that a tax of $500 shall in future be imposed on laborers of Chinese origin entering Canada and that. the person in command of or iu charge o( any vessel or \ehicle bringing Chinese imuhgraaits into Canada. shall be pei-.-^onally liable for the payment of the tax, ha.s cre- ated considerable excitement among the Chinese residents of Montreal, who declare the proposal an unwise, as well as a harsh one. CANADA, A series of lectures on forestry will be arranged by the Kingston School of Mines. The Toronto Teachers' Ass-ocia- tion passed a resolution to estab- lish a superannuation fund. The Welland Canal will be oiienod for navigation on Ajiril; 10, and the other canals on May 1. There is a lobster famine at -St, John, N.B. A crate of 110 lobsters shipped to Boston netted $54. The Dominion Government half promised a grant of S50,CK)Q to the Dominion Exhibitfon this year in- Toronto. The G.T.U. have bought addition- al property in Stratford, in the vicinity of their shoiis, which they intend enlarging. Hamilton is considering another telephone scheme jiroviding for resi- dential phones at $12 and business phones from $18 to $20. A lock factory is to be estahlishec in Orillia. The company has a capi tal stock of $10,000. a large p>art of which was subscribed in Orillia. Black oak trees in eastern Ontario are in great demand. Farmers are getting a ready sale for all they car offer. The present price is $25 pej thousand feet. The Hamnton Retail Merchant? Association has decided to place caiKis in the store windows stating that no tickets for bazaars. balls, concerts, jiicnics. etc.. would be pur- chased, and that prizes would not be given for picnics if asked for a1 the merchants' places of business. GREAT BRITAIN. Edwin A. Abbey's picture of th( Coronation is not likely to bo finish- ed this year. Birmingham's sewage works art said to be the largest in tlie work after those of Paris and Berlin. Pursued by the South Cheshirs Hounds, a fox ran into a bedroon: at a farmhouse and hid itself under the pillows. Very Rev. F. W. Farrar, Dean ol Canterbury, and widely known through his secular and religious books, is dead. It is asserted that a measure to materially extend local self-govern- ment will soon be introduced by the British Government. Grief over the loss of his twin children caused Petty Officer Sib- bick, of the Portsmouth Sailors' Home, to commit suicide. Over 2,000 persons visited Car- lyle's house, 24 Cheyne row, Chel- sea, last year, making a total of nearly 18.000 since its opening to the public in 1895. North Wales guardians say they have thousands of able-bodied tramps they could recommend for the Rand â€" if the mine owners only knew how to make them work. Colonel IVMiny, M.P., will introduce a bill Jn the Imperial House of Com- mons, the main principle of which is that the franchise should be ex- tended to women on the sanik' con- ditions as it is granted to men. A Poplar man combines the busi- ness of barber and dentist. Custom- ers are shaved to the music of the gramophone, and molars extracted amid the encouraging comments of a remarkably fiueiit "parrot. Two dogs chased a fiock of sheep at Banbury, and they' took refuge in a stream, wiiere they huddled toge- ther so closely as to dam uji the watfr. which rose so high as to drown a number of them as they stood. Sixty-one were taken out- dead, UNITED STATES. Greene, N.Y., has voted to own its water-works and electric light sys- tem. Charges of bribery in the Missouri State Legislature are before a spe- cial grand jury The barkeepers of Jerse.v City. N,.l., are organizing the Bartenders' and Saloonkeepers' Total Abstimnce Society. Charges of a grave nature have been nwde against tien. Wood, U.S.A., in connection with his ad- ministration as Alilitary Governor of Culm. .A corporation has been formed at Lansing. Mich., to build n bridge for the I'ere Marquette Railway, op- posite (Jros.se Isle. to connect its .American and Canadian tracks. The annual conference of the pre- sidents of Ihe Christian Associations of Uni\ersities and Colleges in sev- eral .States and of certain colleges in Canada will bo held at Cambridge, Mass.. .April lOlh. The other day Mrs. James Strow- liridge. of Guyanoga village. fivt miles from Penn Van. N.Y.. killed her (hiughler, aged 26. and her moth er, aged 80. and after .selling fire to the hou.se in which the bodies lay. deliberately entered it and ished in the flames. p.er- GENERAL. The population of China is placed b.v the Hoard of Rewnue at 420 - 447,000. A French savant declares that po- tatoes are good for people suffering from diabetes. Two students died from injuriei inflicted by the police diwiu^- th« rioting at Budaiie^t, a