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«? 1-^ THE world;s markets. KEPORTS FROM4 THE LEADING THADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, Oct. e.â€" Wheatâ€" The mar- ket for Ontario grades is weaker, with moderate demand from millers. l^o-.U while and red winter sold to- day at 75c low freights. No. 2 goose is (|UOted at (W to 70c. oast, aiKl No. 1 spring at 74 to 7.')c east. Manitoba wl>eat is easy, with new quoted as follows at lake ports:â€" No. 1 hard, 8"Jc: N». 1 Northern, 87c, and No. 2 Nortliorn, 81c. Oatsâ€" The market is unchanged, w^)b offerings fair. No. 2 white quilted at 2!) to 29ic mi<Idle freights, «rftr No. 1 white at 30J to Sic east. Barleyâ€" The demand is fair, with u/reriiigs limited. No. 3 extra quot- ed at 4'lc middle freights, and No. 3 at 42 to 43c middle freights. •,l^e â€" The market is quiet, witli prices at from 40 to ."lOc outside. Pca.sâ€" Trade dull, with No. 2 white quoted at 63c high freights, and at e^c east. Corn â€" The market is quiet at un- changed prices. No. 3 American yellow quoted at .5(JJc on track, To- rolito, and No. 3 mixed at ."iGc To. ronto. Canadian corn nominal. Flourâ€" Ninety per cent. patents <pioted at $3.0.") middle freights in buyers' .sacks for export. Straight rollers, of special brands, for domes- tic trade, quoted at 53.4.5 to $3.5.") in bbls. Alanitoba flour unchanged. No. 1 patents, S4.75 to 54.80; No. 2 patents, $4.4.5 to $4..'>0, and strong bakers', ^4.30 to $4.35 on track. Toronto. Millfeed â€" Jlrun steady at $16. and shorts at $18 here. At outside points bran is quoted at $13. ."jO, and shorts at $17. Manitoba bran in sacks, $17, and shorts at $20 here. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter. ..The market is .steady, with good denmnd for choice ipialities. Re- ceipts of inferior qualities are lilmr- al, and the demand slow. \Vc quote: Finest l-lb. rolls, 17 to 18c: select- ed dairy tubs, 16 to 16Jc; s<!Condary grades, 12i to IS.Jc: creamer.v prints 20 to 21c: solids. 18 to 18Jc. Eggs â€" The market Is firm. We quote: â€" Strictly new laid, 18c; fresh gathered, 17c; seconds and checks, 11 to 12c. Cheese â€" Market is firm. We quote; Finest, 12 to 12ic per lb. tie lower. The market was good for choice export and butcher cattle. There was too large a proportion of rough stuff offering, and this drag- ged the market. The top for ex- port would be about $4.60, with one or two loads of extra choice selling 16c to 20c higher. Hutehers'â€" Choice cattle steady at $4.26 to $4.40; rough cattle easy at from S2.75 to $8.25. Feeders â€" Short keep, choice quality, steady, at $3.75 to $3.80 and $4.00. Sheep and Lambs â€" Lambs dull at $3.50 to $3.75; sheep lirm at $3.20 to $3.50. Calves, steady. I^xport, heavy $ 4 50 to $4 75 Export, light ..'. 4 10 4 20 IJulls, exj)oit, heavy, cwt 3 75 3 85 do light 3 00 3 50 Feeders, light, 800 lbs. and upwards 3 25 3 50 Stocknis, 400 to 800 lbs 3 00 3 40 do 900 lbs 3 65 3 7.-> IButchers' cattle, choice 3 do medium 8 do picked do bulls do rough Light stock hulls, cwt Milch cows Hogs, best 5 do light .') Sliccp, export, cwt . 3 Tlucks 2 Culls 2 Calves, each 2 Spring lambs 3 HOC! PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs arc? unchanged. Cured meats firm, with a fair demand. We <luote: â€" liacon, long clear, 10 to lOJc in ton and ca.so lots. Pork, mess, ?]8i50 to $10.50; do., short cut, $21. .50. .Smoked Steals â€" Hams, light to medium, 14 to 14 5c; do., heavy, 13 to 131c. COUNTIiY PRODUCE. Apiilcsâ€" The market is unchanged, with moderate supplies. .Sales at 75c to SI per bl)l., in car lots, and at $1 to .^"1.2.5 in f;niall quantities, Ilcun.s â€" Trade quiet, with prices firm. IJnpicked, $1.75 to SI. 80, ami picked, $1.00 to 82 per- bush. Hoiie.v â€" Th(! marliel is quiet nt (1 to 6Jc I'cr lb. for bulk, and $1.25 to 11.50 for comb. Hayâ€" Demand fair, with receipts only mo<lerule. No. 1 new will bring |9 to $!».50 on. track, Toronto. .Strawâ€" The market is quiet, at $5.- i!i to $5.50 per ton for car lots on irack. Hopsâ€" Trade is quiet, with this Benson's cro)) quoted at 2.5 to 27c. Potatoes â€" The olierings are fair, ind prices arc firm. Car lots of :hoice tpioted nt 5.5c per bag, and imall lots selling at 60 to 65c per ^ag. Potiltryâ€" The market is steady. Chickens, 7S to 8.5c per pail'; ducks 70 to iS5c |>er |iair; turkeys, 12 to 13c per lb. TJNITRD STATICS MARICIITS. HulTalo, Oct. 6â€" I'lourâ€" Firm. Wheatâ€" Spring (|iiiel; ,Vo. 1 Northern, i[(of, 85Jc; winter nominal. Corn â€"Quiet; No. 2 yellow, 52Jc; No. 3 corn, 51 to 513c. Oats â€" Eas.v; No. 2 white, 41 ic; No. 2 niix<>!i. 38Jc. Harley â€" Western olTered c.i.f. 51 to «34c. fJ.veâ€" No. 1 in store, 50c. Can- al frolght.sâ€" .Steady. nuluth, Oct. 6.â€" Wheat closedâ€" To nri'lvo; No. 1 hu:ti, 70c; No. 1 Northi-rii, 78c; No. 2 Northern, 75c; Scptemher, 84c; October, 78('; De- cember, 753c; Ma.v, 77Jc. St. Louis, f)cl. 6â€" Wheatâ€" Cash, 88ie; .September, 88Jc; Doceniljer, Sajc; May, 82Ic, Milwaukee, Oct. 0â€" Wheat- Steady; No. 1 Northern, 8.'14 to B>5c; No. 2 Northern, 70 to H2c: new December, 771c. R.veâ€" Dull; No. 1, 57 to'.57Jc. Darle.vâ€" Weaker; No. 2, 14J to 45c; snmpl(!, 46 to 60c. CATTLE MARKICT. , "' Toronto, Oct. 6, â€"There was the heaviest run at the City llattle Mar- ket tu-iin.V for Home time post, 133 cars of stock being received up to no6n. There were 1 ,200 hogs. an<l the run <if both sheep mid cattle was Very heavy. Owing in part to the hen^â- .v run. business was slow, buy- ers showing a disposition to wait a little I oforc making their purchases, on the chance that prices might be low<»r.^ Wlrei, in fact, early bbgafl to bW^w ft little •osier ten(ltnr.v.i fo* kodcrsj Uplift cippctally ffoinjf 11 lit-' 75 50 00 75 50 30 00 5 80 60 50 50 25 00 50 3 00 2 60 2 50 52 00 PAYING OFF THE MEN. Employees at the Soo Receive Their Wages. A Sault Ste. Marie despatch says: All day Friday the general offices of the ConBolidated Companies were surrounded by the men who had been employees, eager for the mone.v earned in August and Septejnbcr. and about whicli there has, of late, been so much anxiety. The payment com- menced as promised at 10 o'clock, but went along so slowl.v that when the ofTices were closed in the even- ing only 480 of the 3,000 to be paid had received their cash. It is ex- l)ecto<I that it will he Thursda.v at the earliest before the foot of the roll is reached. The bushmen are getting their mone.v first, to be fol- lowed by the miners, employees of the wood-working departments, and then ceneral emfdo.vces. Those hold- ing lime cheques issued to others have to wait until the last. H. L. Drayton is suiiervising the payment of the men in the interest of the On- tario (iovernmcnt. The banks pro- viding the funds are sending mone.y to the com|ian.v's offices, and there redeeming the cheques as issued. The money is transferred through the streets guarded by men from the lo- cal militia, who are still on duty an<l expect to bo until Thursday. EIGHT DROWNED. Missionary Guide and Six Indian Children Drowned. A Winnipeg desi)atch says: Two bodies have lieen found in Lake Wiii- niieg near llnausa, and it is believ- ed that tlie.v ari' two of tliosi! be- loii(;ing to the jiai'ty tlu.L was loKt in the stoini of Sept. 12. On thi.s date the Rev. .1. A. McLaughlin left Helens Raver with an Indian guide and six Indian children, whom he was taking to the Indian .School at Brandon. The.v left the Helens set- tlement earl.v in the morning in Mr. McLaughlin's snuill sailboat, and this WHS the last .si en of them. That ninht a terrific ttonii raged o\ir the lake for many hours, and the stout- est boats had to put up for shelter. It was the worst storm exporier.ced on the lake in recent .vears. As the part.v had onl.v started a few hours liefore the storm sprung up. it was lioped that they hud managed to |>ut nto some r.mall harbor. Time went on and nothing more was heard of th.em, but r.s it takes Ke\irnl days to ({et news from the north of the lake, it was exp4'cte(l tluit t!ie.y had reach- ed some |)oint of safely. On Wednesday last the liew .lo.s- eph Seuimens, Indian agent at Sel- kirk, left to investigati' the nITair. The steamer Viking arrived from the north end of the lake on .Saturdn.v I'veuing, and .Steithen .Slgurdson. who WHS on board, rejiorteil that Haldwin .Johnson had -found the bod.v of an Indian in (he lake near Hnauso, wl.il h was in a ver.v decomposed eoMclitlon. .Sip;urdsoii"s son also found the bodv of an Indian Iio.v a few yards south of the Hnaiirn dock. There is no doubt in the luimlt-^^ the people of ITnniini that the I ^P l(S found belong to the mi:'viiig m.s- slonary pnrt.v. DIED AT 103 YEARS. William McMillan, Manitoba's Oldest Resident. A Winnipeg dispatch Buys: Wm. McMillan, oged Di3, died on Tue«(lH.v night at his home, adjoining Lord Stralhrona's estate ot .Silver Heights, where he had resided for the past sixt.v .venrs. When Queen Vic- toria was young, liii made liis lioine on the bonk of the AssHnaboini-, In '♦it. .lame.o' parish. Thi.s and the adjoining farm aie still the homes of two of his sons. He leavc-s he. hlfid him n large number of children, gmndK-hiWi'ltn mid gvo^t grandchflrt- â- Ion" pound gt "Ten. • ' â€" (lo^nd gieun OB FATTENIM OHICKEUS. ABOUT CONSTRUCTING THE CRATES AND FEEDING. Department of Agriculture Says It is a Profitable Business. The crate fattening of chickens is a profitable business for almost every farmer to engage in. It is a simple undertaking that can bo managed by a member of the farmer's family who is sufficiently interested and enter- prising to study the work and con- struct the fattening crates. No special building is required in which to place the crates. Grain on hand, with the exception of corn or peas, when finely ground and mixed with skimmilk or buttermilk, is fed with lirolit to the chickens. If it is neces- sary to buy grain, fine ground oats is preferable. The cost of the food for fattening averages ton cents per chicken. It is advisable to produce chickens with white-colored flesh, as white-colored flesh is more palatable than yellow flesh; it is firm, fine in grain and exceedingly tender. There are fat globules distributed through- out the llesli and under the skin. When the chicken is cooked, the par- ticles of fat melt and increase the juiciness of the flesh. With unfatted chickens, water takes the place of the majority of the fat globules. When the chicken is roasted the Water evaporates and leaves the meat dry. The mu.scles of the crate tatted chicken are more edible through lack of exercise. To kill a loan chicken is wasteful. Tlic i)ro- portion of edible meat to bone and offal is so small, ALL BREEDS OF CHICKENS, with the exceptions ot Leghorns, Winorcas and similar small chickens, can bo fatted in the crates with profit. Fatted chickens can be mark- eted in Canada and Great Britain for ten to sixteen cents per pound, plucked weight. A great number ot farmers have engaged in the fattening business and are preparing their chickens for the home markets or for export. The following letter was received by the Department last week, showing the satisfactoiy re- sults of the first year's chickens business and ths (;ncourngement of- fered to engage in it more extensive- ly: "Last year I experimented on a small scale with crate-fed chickens, and the_ result was so satisfactory that this year I am going to pre- pare all my fowls in that manner. I should like you to send me the names of some reliable dealers in Ottawa or Montreal to whom I can ship the fatted chickens when ready." Mr. F. C. Hare, Chief ot the Do- minion Poultry Division in this ar- ticle will give directions tor con- struction of the fattening crates and feeding the chickens. A su.bsequcnt article will contain information about killing and marketing the chickens. The fattening crates in iiso at the Illustration Stations are six feet long, sixteen inches wide and twenty inches high, inside inensurenients. Each crate Is divid- ed into three coni[)artments. Each comjiartinent holds four chickens. A frouie is built of one inch by two inch lumber and covered with slats. The slats are ide-ced lengthwise on three sidesâ€" bottom, back and top â€" and up and dov.-n in front. The slats are ane inch wide and half an Inch thick. The spaces between the slats in front are two inches wide to enable the chickens ti< FEED FROM THE TROUGH. The bottom, bock and top slats are one and a half inches apart. The top sluts are cut above each parti- lion and three doors are formed. The doors are hinged to the rear of the frame. The crates are placed on stnnds sixteen inches from the ground. A light "V" teed trough, two and a halt inches inside, is placed in front of each crate and is carried on brackets nailed on the ends of the crate. If onl.v a BHiall number ot chickens are to he fatted, packing boxes con bo adapted tor the i)Ur|)osc. The open top of the box should become lh(^ bottom of the crate and one side should be removed for the front. .Sluts should bi^ nailed up nnd down the trout; also lengtliways of the cre.le to form the floor. A board should bo loosened in the top of the crnte to remove the chickens, and a feel trough arranged in front. Dur- ing the fall the crates can be plac- ed outdoors in a sheltered jiosilion or in a vacant shed or liarn. Pl.ymouth Rocks. Wyandottes, or cliickctis of n sllmilar type weighing • iMin'two and a half to four pounds each are preferoble for fattening. Chickens of medium size nnd of o broad, Bcpiare shape, with short, straight legs set well apart, fatten the most profitably. A suitable fattening ration is one Ihiit is palatable and thot will pro- duco a white-colored flesh. Ground oats, ground buckwheat, ground bar- ley and low grade (lour are meals that have been fed with profit nt the .Stations. The chickens arc fed n mesh exclusively. NO WHOLIO GRAIN IS OIVEN. .Several -meal mixtures ore given to illustrate how a ration ran be form- ed: (1) Ground oats, coarser hulls removed. (2) Two pounds ground uhts, two pounds ground buckwheat, ound corn. (S) One nd oats, otM! pohnd ground barley, one pound ground buckwheat. (4) Two pounds ground barley, two pounds low grade flour, one pound wheat bran. The ground meal should bo mixed to a thin porridge with thick sour skimmilk or buttermilk. A small quantity of salt should be added ty the mash. The chickens should remain in the fattening crates for about twenty- four days. Before the chickens are placed in the crates they should be dusted with sulphur to kill the lice. The first week the chickens should bo fed the mash sparingly three times a day, in order to accustom them to the change of diet and the confinement. After the first week the chickens should bo given twice a day as much mash as they will con- sume. For one week before the chickens are killed a small quantity ot tallow should be added to the mashes to increase the juiciness of the flesh. Fresh water should be given in the trough twice a day and grit or gravel twice a week. At all the Ilhistration Stations the chickens are fed from the trough throughout the fattening period. The cramming machine has not been used for feed- ing chickens for two years. SIR MICHAEL HERBERT Death of British Ambassador at Washington. A Davos-Platz, .Switzerland de- spatch says: Sir Micnacl Herbert, the British Ambassador to the United Slates, died at 1.30 on Wednesday afternoon. He had gradually been growing worse since his arrival here, but his death was sudden and un- expected. A despatch from Paris on Sept. 12 said that Lady Herbert, wife of the British Ambassador at Washington, was dcvoutedly nursing her delicate husband back to health at Davos-Platz. Lady Herbert was formerly Miss Lelia Wilson, daughter of Richard T. Wilson, the New York banker, and is related to the Vanderbilt, Ogden, (Joelet and Astor families. Lord Pembroke telegraphed to For- eign Minister Lansdowne, announcing the Ambassador's sudden death, and asking the Foreign Oflice to arrange with the Swiss and French authori- ties for permission to transfer the bod.v through their territories to England. The funeral will probably occur ot the family estate at Salis- bury. f G.T.R. EARNINGS INCREASE Half- Yearly Report Shows a Gain All Round. A London despatch says: Tho Grand Trurk's half yearly report on passenger earnings shows a gain of £80,000, mails and express, £13,000; freight nnd live slock, £307, tWO. The increase in the number of pas- sengers carried is 335,000, and un addition of a farthing on the aver- age furo received and a like gain on the average rate per ton. The quulit.v of freight live stock showed an increase of 1,070,000 tons. Work- ing expenses sliowcd an increase of £389,000. The additional expendi- ture was duo to the augmented price of fuel. The new issue of Grand Trunk guaranteed stock has boon considerably over subscribed. SHOT HIS WIFE DEAD. Young Husband Didn't Know Gun Was Loaded. A Scranton, Pa., despatch soys :â€" Hecause he pointed a g-un that he did not know was loaded at his wife, fgnat/. Klenent, aged Iwent.v-two years, of Oliphiuit, a groom of two weeks, is a widower and a pri.soner. Recently he and his seventeen-year- old bride returned from their wedd- ing Irij) and began hou.sckce^Hng. On Thursday ho startcil on a hunting trip.- As he kissed his young bride good-bye nt the gale, she la.ughingl.v suid something about his being un- able to shoot, and that she would give him "leave" to shoot her. He jiluyfull.v raised the gun, j>ointed it nt her, nnd it went oil. He was on- ly six feet distant, and the top of her head wns blown awa.v. Ife said tlmt he did not know the gun was huuletl. He was committed to the county jail, but will likely bo re- leost>d on bail. â€">- CANADA IS PROSPEROUS. Conditions That Are Attracting Attention in Britain. A London despatch says: The Westminster Cazette. referring to the poying o(T of Canadian loans, sa.vs:â€" "It is very satisfactory in these times, so unpropilious for large bor- rowing operations, that one of our eolonies Is in a position to redeem its debts falling due." ROBBERY AT ST. PETER'S Dissarpearances of Chalices Wor- ries Authorities. A Rome despatch sa.vs ;â€" Fifteen silver chalices have mysteriously dis- appeared from the sacristy of St. Peter's. Tho authorities are much concernwl, especially as this last fol- lows the theft of.-"BCVon"goUI caiulle- RticXs. MURDER AT BRANTFORD. Father Finds Dead Body of Hit 8- Year Old Daughter. A Branlford despatch says: Half- submerged in the .soggy grass of a thick hush of willows just south of the Toronto, Hamilton and Branlford Station, with face deathly vrhite and limbs and bod.v bespattered with blood, the dead body ol little Irene Cole Was found by a party of search- ers shortly after 7 o'clock on Wed- nesday night. Every indication points to assault and uiurdur resemb- ling in man.v details the Glory Wha- len crime at Collingwood, which is still fresh in the memory of readers throughout the country. Not since the days of the Quirk murder, which still remains a mystery, has such ex- citement prevailed in this cit.y. The body when found plaiy.ly bore marks of a horrible assault. The clothes were badly torn, and tho form was a mass of bruises. To add horror to the xchole story it was the victim's own father who found her. Going along the trail and fol- lowing the narrow path his eyes fell upon the dead fonn of his daughter, whose deathly features were plainly visible in the glimmering moonlight. Paralyzed by the sudden shock the father fell back into the arms ol his companions. The section where the crime was committed has long been the nesting place of the toughest characteis of Branttord, and the headquarters ol tramps who visit the city. There have boon innumerable brawls there, and tho police have been calloct to the place repeatedl.v, but it has nev- er been properly cleared up. It cov- ers a large area, and there is no- thing there but a rank growth of grass and bushes. It is an ideal hiding place for tramps, and nothing less than a company of constables could patrol it thoroughly. In the summer there is never a night but that it is infested with hoboes, to such an extent that it is not even safe for a person to go near the lo- cality. The victim of this outrage was enticed to the place, and the perpetrator of the crime intist have been entirely aware of tho loneliness of the surroundings. It is suspected that a tramp is guilt.v of the murder, liut there is nothing so far as known to show this, the suspicion aroused by reason of the fact that the place is infested by members of tho fra- ternity. AN ARREST MADE. Slowly but surely a chain of cir- cumstantial evidence is being welded around Joseph Kennedy, a young Irishman, who was arrested at 'J o'clock on Thursday morning, whicli points unerringly to him as the mur- derer of little Irene Cole in "The Wilk)W's," near Eagle Pluce, on We<l- ncsday afternoon. Kennedy was positively identified by the Potter children. Alberta, aged 12, and Gordon, aged 14, as the man they saw loitering on the dyke above "The Willows," near the Cole homestead, about 12.30 on Wed- nesday. Little Irene left her home about 1 o'clock. Kennedy was seen returning from "The Willows" at 4 o'cIol'k in tho afternoon by Bruce Uurward and Jesse Willoughby. That evening the mutilated remains ot the innocent, child were discovered in a lonely spot in the swamp by a searching party, headed by the jnur- dered girl's father. Konnmly was discovered on Thurs- day mornin.tr in the ha.vloft in the rear of Hunt and Colter's livery stable. He expressed no surprise when placed under arrest, evinced no curiosity as to why he was being taken into custody, and asked no questions of the olBccrs ns to tho reason for his detention. Through- out he carried himself with an air of bravado. On the arrival nt tho police station he submitted to a most rigorous examination, conduc- ted liy Dr. Ashton. made no demur when divested ol his wearing apparel and other clothes given him. In fact, his beoring wns that of a man devoid of interest in the proceedings. The jirisoner's garments gave evi- dence of having been carehilly slioiig- ed with Wet cloths but a tew hoiirs before, wli.ile an exiin dilation dis- closed uiunlstaknble i^igus of blood stains. Kennedy wns arraigned before ^lag istrate Wcodyntl at 10 o'clock on TMirs<ln.v morning. "Keuntsl.v," snid his Worshiji, "yoxi are before me charged with the murder of Irene Cole. .What have you to soj- about it?" "Not gt'.ilty, 1 know nothing about it." sai<i the prisoner in n nonchul- lint manner. The mugisirnte then remanded him for one wi'ok. •loseph Kenned.v is by no" meaiiH iniiiivitiiig ill upiiearaiice. He is soiiiewlint stocky in build, hut car- ries himself with a jauut.v, semi- military air. Ho has tho rudd.v comjilexion usunM.v c-'harncteiist ic at the recent nrrlvnl from tlie "Old Sod." ("ujie Town's customs returns In- di^to a decrease for the fir.it time In many yvnn. NEW BRITISH DESTROYERS Admiralty Receives Tenders for Construction of Fifteen. A (ilnsgow despatch sn.vs : â€" Ai-- coiiling to the fHn.>»g;ow UerBld the llritish Admirult.v has received ten- ders for the construction of 15 toi^ pe<lo-boat destroyers to have a 5cpoe<l of 25 1-2 knots. Their chief rhar- ncteristie mil be a higher , forecastle. The builders were askud to suhn>it designs for the uvaehiner.v on thi forcoil lubrlrnllon )>rlnciple. so that the wonking parts of the engines will be enclosed. ' '