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mill ’ _ BATTLE I lllllll ‘ range from $4.75 to $5" per 0th for good to choice. Desperate Men and . Women Arrested at. St. Petersburg. By reason of the small arrivals of butchers’ cattle, choice offerings sold as high as $5.15 per cwt. Good to choice loads were worth $4.60 to $5; and com- mon and medium loads sold at $3.50 to $4.50 per cwt. For the best cows $4.25 per cwt; was paid in several instances. The range was $3.60 up. Common and medium cows brought $2.50 to $3.50 per cwt. Bulls were quoted at $2.50 to $4.40 per cwt. v Choice milch cows continued to sell at $40 to $50 each. Medium and com- mon were sold at. 2.50 to $3.50 per cwt. Export ewes sold up to $4.00, and bucks were quoted at $3 to $4 per cwt. Hogs were unchanged at $5.15 per ewl. for selects, and $4.00 for lights and fats. PremiurGâ€"ivtes Notice of Motion in House .7 - of Commons. thur, beset by overwhelming forces, de-‘ itself under Gen. S‘toessel’s. hip with a stubbornness which A despatch from St. Petersburg says: The court-martial trying the generals fended for the surrender of Port Arthur de- loaders _ , livered its judgment on Thursday. Gen. astonished the world at the 3311350115" Stccssci was condemned to be shot, heroic courage, that several assaults. and Gen. Fock was reprimanded, Gen, were repulsed with the infliction of tre- lleuss and Gen. Smirnoff were acquitted. mend’JUS 105585 On the WWW, that Gem-_ At 8.30 the court entered, headed by Stoessel throughout the Siege sustained its president, Gen. Vodar. The judges the courage of the defenders, and that. walked to the centre of a dais, and he had energetically Parnelpale‘l 1” stood beneath the portrait of the 02m three campaigns - ‘ while Gen. Vodar read the decision At'the declaration that he was ad- flloud. During the delivery .of the sen- judged worthy of death, Gen. Stcessel’s. fence, which was brief, there was tense face betrayed momentary 111393913955. silence in the court room, except for a but otherwise he was outwardly “hilt; suppressed gaSp when Gen, swcssel fected, and he stood With soldierly rigs“ was condemned to death for surrender- why, With his eye's fixed on the pres“ ing Port Arthur before all means of dent 0f the 0011“- defendilng the fortress had been ex- Gen. Fock, whose reprimand was for hauslled and against the protest, of offences against discipline, was grimly his fellownmcers and without the unmoved. Gen. Smirnoff looked quietly knowledge of its commandant, Glen. Pleased. flhd Gen- ReUSS' eyes fined With- Smirnoff. {Cami Immediately the sentences Were de- TEN YEARS' lMPRISONltiENT~. “vemd‘ Gem smessel received .sy-mpa» The court had, however, Gen. ‘Vo'dar thetic embraces and handshakes from announced, decided to petition the Czar numerous friends. He left the court to graciously Commute thesentence to room leaning on the shoulder 0‘ 11'5" ten years’ confinement in a fortress-in son. who was also a. military ofllccr at. consideration of the fact that Port Ar- Port Arthur. WMâ€" ______________________._.__.___â€"â€"- CONDENSED NEWS lllails naturalists}? 'A despatch from Ottawa says: ,Sir the city of Quebec $50,000. In addition Mrhfrid Laurier has given the following other Provinces ha'vke promise-5d not'c '. -u ~ . - and as prime su scrip ion ‘ I ‘ i e of motion. That it is expedient amount to a large sum, there Is mug ‘ . to provide that the sum of $300,000 be reason to doubt that eventually the ag- ai’iDI‘Opriatpd towards the preservation gregate amount will be sufficient. to in (1 Suitable manner of the historic bat- Clm’y 011i the Project on a scale worthy tlefield of Quebec in connection with “I the events it is intended 1'0 CQIObmt" the tercentenary of the said city of and worthy of the Canadian people- QVEDPCV’ The commission to handle the Govenri- Flns amount will be handed to a merit portion, it is understood,-Will in- commlssion of four or five men, who clude Sir George Drummond. MOhl‘ will have authority to devote {L por- real; Byron E. Walker and Colonel _GV. hon which they decide upon to the terâ€" '1‘. Denison, Toronto. Iâ€"lon‘Adelard Whtfihal‘y fund and a portion to the Turgeon and Mayor Garneau of Quebec battlefields park scheme. The Province have been mentioned as possible addi- °1 Quebec Wm contribute $100,000 and ticnal members. r .â€"â€"â€"»i¢ TRAIN BLOWN Fnon TRACK. A Violent Hurricane Visits England and Ireland. ' ' A despatch from London says: Eng- land and Ireland were in the grasp of a hurricane on Saturday, which left death and destruction ill its wake. In the Mersey River a schooner was cap- sized and eight men drowned. Several small steamers are reported. in distress off Holy Head, while a number of small craft have been driven ashore. No less than one dozen grand stands at several provincial points were blown down, and many of the occupants who had gathered 'to witness local football matches injured. 'i‘lle_tornado»,_was of short duration, but most violent, ~un- roofing schools and churches and up- nooting trees. Fatalities are reported through the collapse of buildings in Manchester, Sheerness, Wisbech. and Leeds. The tramway services ilil Liv- erpool and Manchester were partially suspended because of trees that had fal- ler. over the tracks. The lightship at Grimsby was sunk, but the crew was Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 9%c for tons and cases; hams, medium and light, lie to 150; " hams, large, 12%c to 13c; hacks, 160 BREADSTUFFS. to 17c;"shoulders, 111-0; rolls, 106 to . 10%c; breakfast bacon, 14c; green Toronto, Feb. 25.â€"Manitoba Wheatâ€"~ . _V No, 1 no,”th $1.16)“ NO. 2 northern, meats outof pickle, 10 less than smoked. féigipgfgnvheat, title, No. 2 feed, Glc, . MONTREAL MARKETS. 0mm“) .Wheflbâ€"No' 2 Whites 95C {0 Montreal, Feb. 25.â€"Flour â€" Choice 9?“ ouisude; NO' 2 Teal 95“ to 95%“ spring wheat patents. $6.10; seconds, l\o. 2 mixed, 94c; goose, 910 to 926- 555,50; winter wheat patents, $5.50; Barleyâ€"Na 2: 710 to 730. according straight rollers, $5 to $5.25; d0}, "n '10 qualily: bags, $2.35 to $2.50; extra, $1.30 to Cornâ€"Firm; No. 3 yellow American, $1.90. 03c to 63%c, Toronto freights. Old corn. Inducedâ€"Manitoba bran, $22 to $23; about 720, none offering; inferior, 62%0 shorts, $23 to $24; Ontario shorts, $22 clothing-catching fire from his pipe. ' The Montreal Board of Trade is peti- iIMIPENINGS FROM ALL ox“; Tug ticning the Government to make ine- ‘ new Quebec bridge 100 feet above tideâ€" "0 63°- ' to $22 50- middlin - - ~ ~ 1 a , gs, $24 to $25, slicits. rescued by a lrauIei. A schooner foun- GLOBE, , Boasâ€"860 to 870. $22.50 to $23 per ton, including bags, dared off Sheerness, and the skipper . Water'. . 1 . their Ryeâ€"Na 2: 84C to 850- and pure grain mouille, $32 to $34. was drowned. Many were injured at â€"â€"- Hamllmn Iouhdrf'men “Fum , . , Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 65%0 to 060- Rolled Oats and Cornâ€"Rolled oats Birmingham. A train runlnind between . mOUleI‘S are paid 11 rate higher than- ,Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 520 to 530 outside, $2375; com, $1.60 to $1370 pm. bag. Eath Burtongort and Bones,“ was “blown Off I‘llcflmph Briefs From Our Own and is paid elsewhere and Propose a 17°41‘10" 5-10 on track Toronto; No. 2 mixed, 496 Cm Canada No, 2 white oats, 53c; No. the rails by the wind while crossing a Other Countries of Recent uon' . y 2 to 50“ outside , , 3. 500; No. 4. 48c; rejected, 47o. and viaduct and nearly crashed into a bog Even“ __ Obstruction tacticst dhththouhgogfio: b.1710“ “,Mam‘mha Patents, spew” Manitoba. rejected, 49c to 49%0 .pcr beneath. The passengers were rescued ' COMIC“ have plevfélde 9 p gmm m - eigagghose. \ssootnds, 3135.410; strong bak- busheL unhurt. CANADA. _ stho rcmm snow (3., t . . v in or w ea 0 en 5 ,very _ .- , . - -. v I. ‘. . . ' I) dull around $5.50. p , “Egg: ggmtgcggffiz‘g‘lrggg’lgggdag m Berlin public library has 9,231 _=vol- 'Hon. Nelson Monteith, Minister .3, Branâ€"Full cars, $24 per ton. When 1,, mc’per dozen ’ ' SEED IS NOT SCARCE- umes. Agriculture, proposes legislation regu-ud‘r , part of a co; the price ranges from cneeswsapoemjjer westerns are so”; ' - r, , "â€" . ‘ ' ' Brant county jail has twenty pl’is- lating the employment of boys in fac~ $22.50 up, in r at 130 1:0 ‘1ch for white andlgyc Enough “heat in the \Vest For Allâ€" oncl‘s. - forges g. .‘g Shortseâ€"$2/i- bu rs’ ba 3, ,. g” 3 " " “ Oats Must be Imported. The C. P. R. will build a new bridge For the first ten months of the pre» 3. . ’ g t" 1346 for comma“ '- ‘ ' a " . ‘ ' ’ at. Keewatin sont fiscal year Canada’s customs col- I - COUNTRY PRODUCE NEEtfifigggfsgsfflgdibfgc to 306; cur- A despatch from Ottawa say?“ H' Hastings iâ€"Iouse of Refuge at Beile- lections'were $49,251,155, an increase oi: . , ' j, ‘ " ' P.rov.is‘ons~'â€"Barrels short t a Clam" Domini-0n .Scpdr @ndnnss‘lomer' ville has 24 inmates.~ $0,451,816. v ‘i Poultryâ€" ' I * $22.50 “3323. hambung $1132,”ng "°1‘t“he*‘grlc.uttu“a1 Commutee on,“"~‘d' l-lospitals in Ontario cost $1,415,140 The annual report of the Temiskam. «a, _ Young turkeys: 0341111 ChOiCG- 13911015c $12 25' clear fat backs $2§Iéo { r0. MSday mommg “mt the losses 1“ the to maintain during 1907. ing @Northern Ontario Railway-showui h i- it, ‘-, Young geese - - - - - 90m 113 long cut heav mosslflm‘tizil sgzihdh’ was" through the had season last year Montreal refiners have reduced su- an increase of $16,581.45 in net earn- . , 3t Eoung ducks .. 90 to 110 bang”, do $310 50 “’3 2511 2%.“de a“; were pracucany confined to twelve per gar 10 cents per 100 pounds. ings over the previous year. ' .. ,1:¥‘_ .{ thiCkens, choice H 90mm Icng clear.1;flc](s. loyc 10 1.1;“. $1.215 font. of the farmrrs between Pol-t Ar- prince Edward county doctors have b a l} r ,1 En? fowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gcto 80 Nate beef $13 50 $1? haul} barrels llzgjiljrzilgdotfliehgfclkey ZICOIKIljtgllllls.putTélfi decided to increase their fees. . _ â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"4 >x«â€"â€"â€"â€" -r erior c 10’s and f I 5010 c ’ ‘,.,., ‘1 ‘ _ ' : _ ,. t V H Offers _. V ‘ ‘ I, Butler_ ‘ 0w S 7 $0.} 537.1205 to $7.70, barrels heavy mess their eggs into a basket; in other words, Wig?!)in Itlgétlhgifliglln 1833155? . ABOTIIER- ITALlAN MURDER. '.t 69’ $ .to $.11, half-barrels 00., $3.50. had followed the idea of grain raising ' " acfgfdiggpgatfg aggesigfelg? 1,§11;3‘700’ Vicnrro Silvio Shot Through the Head Canada" collected .in duty last month ‘ Creamery, prints .. 30cto 31a to $6; compound lamimc to 11c; pure - . t - i ‘ 7. do solids 290to300 mm, 12%,, ,0 13C; kettle rendered; 0 the cactus on of everything else There was enough seed wheat in the at Montreal. t" Dair rints..... .. 2”cto2"‘c . . - - ~ (loylgl'ge rolis‘.... .. 23c to 2-ic gift: to 15%C’ EMS}! Inma- W‘?Si‘.t° enable “1°.pu'mhasjng them or $3 930,941 a decrease of $165,8i7.. «A despatch {mm Montreal says; An- do solids 22cto23c in . to 5', ‘F‘b. 150 to 134“ “midi” h“ “wt was requu‘ed for the S‘e‘Ctio'nS Canadazs imports for Jaiiuary'totlal- Olhcrlmlmnmumerwas commuted hem Inferior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20c to 21c ,afzwmffizaififsgg‘smfi‘fogg 015%“;8128‘; ff- “099 Of it- 5004 09‘5‘,“’0utd ha"? lca $23,084,563, a decrease of $3,356,- on Salturday- night, following close on A l . ' . 372.: .2' , 7. ' ° ’ ~'" ‘ "J ' M be “71130de m consmemblo qua‘nh' 081i. tha stabbing of Friday afternoon. The ’- --’ Eggsâ€"Storage, 210 to 22c per dozen, in case lots; selects, 250 to 260; new- . laid1 280 [,0 20¢ , . . r BUFFALOJVTARKETQ Cheeseâ€"Steady at 13%c for large and Buffalo. Feb. 25'__Wheat lic'losddt _' ties, and he mentioned Britain and Prince Edward .lsland as the places whence the most of it would come. He {iodic‘nd that it would be found to be '3 Canadian exports last month total- “chm of the last killing is. named m- M" 5521576332. an increase 'Of Mimic Ctll'l‘O Silvio, who was shot through the 517. " head, expiring on Sunday morning in Immigrant inspectors and that hh‘ Notre Dame Hospital without having 13“ cvfor twins in- “ob lots-her". ' - . -... ‘ ~ . germsâ€"Firm; $170110 $1.75 for primes 13”???“th firm” {fa-.1. ,Norlhem‘ C: “Conant quality MI" Clark' how” migrants with families are hardest to Yogaqlnd consciousness An Italian ~ - old) .1,- -N0-v 2 ma. $1. \Vih‘CI‘, may. ever, suggested the advisability of every place named” Cold,0;.0ne Cmm'im is man’s“ t 811d $130 to $1585 to? 'hflnfl’-Pick?d- Cornâ€"Higher; No. 2 yellow 02c Oatsâ€" POWOFSâ€"WC; 10 750 Per hag mi 081‘ strong-No. 2 mixed, 52%0;’No.~'2 white, 101‘: on (MCI: ,hcm' ' 57c. Barleyâ€"930 to $1.08. Ryeâ€"No. 1 ~oneyâ€"Strained steadyat 110 to 12c 900 .j per pound for (SO-pound pails,..and 12c ' _ 10130 for 5 to 10-pound pail . Conle r. 7 , . v, at $1.75 to $2.50 per dozerr:.:»‘}_,, , ~ ‘ “3W 1â€"0;,“ WHEAT Mfim‘m- Baled Strawâ€"~Slow at abou~ $10 p'cr \‘New York, Feb.‘ 25.â€"‘~'Wheatâ€"Spot ton on track here.-' I. ~ f: firm; No.12 red, 96%: elevator; No. 2 Baied i-Iayâ€"Timothygg's qgot'ede-at $10 red, 980 f.o.b. afloat; No.1 northern . to "$17 in car lots on track here. .‘ Duluth, 331.12% f.o.b. afloat; No. 2 hard ~ .. ' , winter, $1.07 f.o.b. afloat. ‘ a“ farmer in the west testing barley and - oat seed before planting. LOCKED CHILDREN IN. Brantlord is clearing out its collars (-i the deed, but he has escaped. Two V in anttcipation of the freshels'nof tho. friends of the accused man stated on. Grand River. ' .1" v . Sunday night that Carmine committed , .. The Itioutreal Shipping Federation " ‘15 the deed in self-defence, and when he. f‘. . decided to cut'down ’longsvhoreinen's"had prepared his line of. defence 'in. wages this spring. “ , I tended giving himself up‘to-tli'e-police.‘ 'l‘he. Minister. Of Marina PI‘OPOS‘JS '51 The two men lived together onCavil- subsidy of $100,000 per year for. a di- llel' streetwith a number ofrother Itali- l'ect line to France. _ ans, Silvio and his wife having only Five hundred Cobalt mining compan- gthEl-o'ihCl‘c a month ago.- The police ies,-wlth a capitalization to 'date. of are ata loss. how todeal with thelt‘aii- $473,000,000, liave'_boen registered; ' . an problem in this city. With ill hth To Grant Franchise of the Ontario Power . ‘~ ' ‘ '_-i:: ~- paCornpany. > .Tinieo Little Ono's Blimeddo Death at ' Madawa‘skal. A despatch from North Bay says: Three children ofv_i\-fr. and Mrs. James Stanley of Madawuska were burned to death on Friday iniglitas the result of an oil lamp being overturned. The victims’ ages were hate and three years and three months. The parents left the house and‘lockeil the children in and nothing was known till the house was in flames. Then; neighbors did their best to rescue tho'litttl'e" ones, but it was too late, and the house was destroyed. . .,_., ARMY HORSES. A. a____.,____‘.'._‘â€"â€"/' l'vn ._~«,-\ .a. ' ..I'.... JVV v J/ .z\, w A ,t_,.__.«‘, VFVg/vt‘...“ Up,“ or _. Vented-.12, pi’iOV‘iSidN’S‘. ' Porkâ€"Short cut, .‘22 to $22.50 per , _ CATTLE MARKET r _ barrel; mess, $18 to $18.50. " '_ '- TorontoyFeb. 25.â€"The export. trade Lardâ€"Tierces, 11%0; tubs, 12c; pails, wasslow, the proper sort of animals 12%c. ,- not being brought forward, ‘ ’Tli‘e'fljisices till in t - -« nil 3| SQARCITY 0F Gen. Hutton Recommends Purchasing Agencies in Colonies. A despatch from London says: The United Service Institution on Thursday discussed the serious. shortage in the horse supply from the military stand. point; General Sir E. Hutton spoke of the deterioration noticeable in Can- ada and Australia, and said he had done all in his power to draw atten- tion'to the importance of developing the class of horse most required. In the case of both countries a horse-pur- Chasing agency'should be formed by ’3 ‘5 ' ' 1 Couit-Maltial Sentenced Gen. Stoessel to D16 Surrender. A despatch from Washington says: would destroy about 800 feet of the I Dr. J. W. Spencer, the British scientist, how on the eastern side of the great commissioned by the Geological Survey Horseshoe and break up the Amencan of Canada to investigate the Niagara falls into separatedstreams. The total Falls problem, discussed on Wednes: length of both falls would be contract: (lay the effect of the utilization of its ed, roughly, from 4,000 feet to 1,000 feet, waters by power Plants, 111301l its scenic and the diameter of the greatfalls from beauty, - . 52-. 1.200 to $00 feet. 'lhls diversion of the - At the instance. of Ithe Alliei‘ican water will produce a shrinkage of the Civic Federation. Dr- Spence? has aD- ilors-cshoe so that whatrcmalns Will be neared before- the House Rivers. and entirely on the Canadian side of. the I llarbor Commission, and presented data boundary 1mg,” . l I, concerning the request of..the.Qntarlo He argued tliat.the lowering of the Power Co. for a pow-er franchise. To water in the poem above the upper develop this power would require forty rapids would increase the slope of the. thousand cubic feet of Water‘per sec- river so that the surface of Lake Iii-.10 end, which Dr. Spencer contended is will be lowered three feet, \\‘thh-‘ :n from twenty to twentyâ€"five per cent. turn would lower Lake Huron and 3.. of the discharge of Niagara R‘iVel', and Lake Michigan. Already, With a par- - would greatly impair the characteristics tial use, Lillidhi'ic has been lowered, of the Whirlpool rapids; lower the river- ten inches. fillis amounhof lowering _, bed up to the falls, break up the_surâ€" includes that of “the Chicago Canal, face reel? at the foot of the American which at. present. IS taking five thou- falls and Goat Island, and thereby sand cubic feet of water asecond, m cause a more rapid recession of the connection With the calculations for re. Horseshoe, pairing the harbors and e’anals. thus “As the beginning of these rapids is damaged, the United States engineers marked by a rim over which the flow calculated that to increase the depth of of water is already thin,” said Dr. the Chicago Canal even one feel would Spencer, “the diversion of the water cost over $12,000,000; A despatch from St. 'Pct-ersburg says: top to bottom and unearthed stores of Attempts that had been’ planned against explosives and firearms. the lives of exalted personages were ~. ~ . . frustrated by the police on Thursday DYNAMITE INA MUFF- night by~ a succession of arrests in vari- ‘, m h- ,1 Gus DUNS 0f “10 Cityi aggregating fifty ariiestefi 231:1 tlhlg siti'lgeStSSCdSiilcmE'zllig‘iexdas men and \Vomfl‘n- This 15 the greatest muff in which was concealed h ua a ' number of terrorists CVCI‘ taker} by the lily of dynamite and was escortgdl? police in the capital. The majority .Of a man who were flat Under his belt ah them were heflV’UY ht‘mC‘L some “'“h infernal machine of a new type. Both bombs! and. “my “"1de dos/Per?“ {'0' opened fire when the police approached Sistancc against the police. During the them wounding three of “mm course of the arrests ten policemen were ' Anélhm: woman who “was ingested at wounded and one was killed. ' the entrance to Ussupofi park killed ,1 BAGGED FIFTY TERRORISTS.- policeman during the struggle. ,Two The operations centred around the men were arrested in the Grande ltfor- palace of Grand Duke Nicholas Nichola- skaia, one of whom is a notoriousltaliâ€" icvucm who, it is surmised, was the, air Anarchist. Whilo the police‘we're immediate object of the plot. Late on ‘arresting a terrorist on Basile Island the "War Office'J.‘ ‘ XL.’ _'___. - BROKE BABY’S ARM. Man Named Babcock‘of Murvale Chara. ed With Cruelty. A despatch from Kingston -says:' A man named; B'aibcock of Murvalc Was arrested on Thursday, charged with in. human treatment of his babe, four months old. Because it cried, it is al- leged, he, twisted one .of its arms till it broke-a The mother and infant were taken to the Kingston General Hospital. Joseph Gilbcault died in Cobalt Hos- pital from injuries received by a tree falling upon him. lie lay helpless in the. snow for six hours, and had hands and feet frozen. ‘ Thursday sgycral hundred gendarmes he dangerously wounded two or them. ' drew a “cordon around an entire city It is expected that the police will make block in the vicinity of the Grand further efforts to round up other mem- Duke’s palace, comprising Six hundred bers of. the terrorists who have been occupied apartments. Agents of the organlzmg Vigorously and planning police searched these apartments from outrages on a large scale.