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RM LAN D, fl SERVANTS there was . tar. Them: in human,” was” when by his widow lo relativg as would u.. n of the an- n. The land in new; the cunt. I he earned u . mines and " " so that tho , will be main.- It the first and I farm produce. I fanny. So for ie, dur worker. . putting their than in a bot. be ty '. Anderson my. , an) at toaat land at pro-old btntr-eruotNrlt to ricukura} p99“. I the unloeata staying in the centres, When one. have u- moo; tho ell- b, my» . writer The writer can Id of the post- In of sheffield her aunt at to: having and reach. niatestrfis t she must in up her -offira, can- Ae of tannin}; an from was: Hosted In any is needless to respect of all woman“. The any. rm. instances of nod her halt- iu. and tho Hill-go look hortt to pro. p testimunml. ( the Bristol AME ; and (mum "Evasion to. “. Not only nly-twoyean an! it is un- Ivo walked . a during bu the served a district. sh. ttn Mr. Ander. common I. aaMtn---that Ag ' by In Inca-l rom thm ', would be vi“ , raise tho peiem ty cents to a. the mind titty aid to tho tirdt Burr." A maids“ are young 'o have we. tot be mac. ind in the mm. a sour, unannou- Sho is :1). badges, "nd "No, " wite ad- Minna. 'early suett [gave bu. 'ON rm in]: said n BN quioq who will have been at you at Mar-fl.- 10h h ‘0 up- mort ho ho " " it. n.‘ an can- " al, no th Is- ot an CANADA. Ttr. Bank of Hamilton has opened .1. oftiev, at Vancouver. up spring rush of immigration ha Blrwiy b‘gun at Winnipeg. Ttte Manitoba Legislatnrp is not ex- pH'ted to meet until the second week in March. The C. P. It. annual mating in gazetted to take place at Montreal on April 5. “lb Central Canada Exhibiu Ottawa will hereafter be on It, durntion. of twoweeka - It is reported at mum that . mm of ice 30!) miles long lies off the New- foundland coast. A syrutr factory is to be started in Vancouver by eastern capitalists. A dining-mgr .ehtf named Cornell, whose home I! In Quake", suicidal u Itoveistoke, B.C. A new Knapp roller boat will pro- bahly be comm-noted in Toronto dur- um the coming season. It is mated that than are Iron 8,- 000 to 10,000 unvacc'untod children in umber city at mount. Majori'eneral Hutton has issued 3n ordur recommending tho acquirement of the k‘rench'languago by the military offit'erl. Th, Grand Trunk ticket oftioea in Toronto and Hamilton no about to be mchd to new quarters. 11 anilton will appeal from the doci- lion ot the Board of Judy. reducing (hr 't,trssment of the Canada Life trum 8800 ooo to CSNHON ltr, peach growers in tho Niagar- (mum are greatly concerned for the sad-1y of their orchards, owing to tho m- -u; sewn weather. Parliament has been formally pro- roguud until April , next. This does not rut-an that the session may not be but earlier than that date. Tttts construction of a now science bum-mg in connection with the Uni- ersl'i)‘ of Ottawa will be commenced Is scan as this spring opens. 1hr Hamilton Board of Trade will muum‘mlizn the Privy Council, pro- tmlm; against railway discrimination {Aiming ths. Standard Oil Trust. Dr, Leduc, veterinary surgeon for the Health Department " Montreal, h b'n been (Unarmed from the city's ser- sion for offering a bribe of .60) to AM. Roy to obtain the position of Milk Inspector. _ Al lino-bl-c all tho men of the Royal Canadian Artillery are undergoing \:l-vinu:von, and it is expected that tht. women and children on the s: “11th of the permanent force will Ibo be vaccinated. ll" Mayor Payment, of Ottawa, refuses to unify my purchase of the old Huh-nu rifle ranges for a park, upon th ground that it would be a waste of public Int-mg. A large colony of genius trom Akra, sun lb Dakota, propr moving their et- {was to Manitoba, to "a)rts, up, yum toba Mr James Conmee, M.L.A., tor West Alumna: is endeavoring to secure the tsrttl..uoent of the third party of Donk- buburx, expo-cued in Canada In April, for tho Kaministiquia district. 'rho Wentworth County Council and Hamilton Market. Committee have ar- ranged to reduce the fees for weigh- ing hay from 25 to 15e, weighing horse; and cattle 50 instead of 10e, and hogs and farm produce 150 in- stead of SIU. President Graves. ol.the White Pass and Yukon Railway. states emphati- l-ully that the road will be built to Fort tlelkirk, Yukon, and also to At- lin, lb' emphatically denies the re- port "hich had its origin in Seattle that operations would be abandoned. John Alexander Gilmour of Parry Sound. who was arrested at the Ctur. adian Soc, but escaped by jumping from the train neur Sudbury and was subsequently captured by the Ameri- can authorities on the way to Duluth, pleaded guilty to two charges of for- gery at Parry Sound and was sentenc- ed to one year in the Central Prison on Saturday. of th.. iour tenders received for the purrinm- ot the year's output of bind- .-r lulne at Kingston Penitentiary, that of Mr. M. P. Connolly, of Quebec, was accepted. The price per pound is higher than that received last year. Henry Jones, "Cavendish," the au- thority on whiat, is dead at London. Emperor William wilt visit the Queen at Cows. Isle of Wight, for a wok, from July 29. The cost of building in London has increased from 80 to 40 per cent. with- in ten years. t In the alums of Comberwell. Lon- don. a place was found where seven- teen persons lived in one room. The Queen has accepted a sample of Nyaaasaland coffee grown by the 'Inmbeai Industrial Mission in British Central Africa. A report is current in London that Sir William Van Home is about to re. sign the Presidency of the Canadian Pacific Railway. . Two thomnd bales of comm dia- charged It Genoa by the steamer Bar- bara. off West Hartlepool. have been destroyed by fire. Pederewaki having dispelled stories ot his ill-health, will appear again at a musical festival Bl. Queen's Bali, London. in Mar. The engagement is nnnounced of tho Earl of Crewe to Lady Margaret Etienne Hannah, youngest daughter of the Earl of Busebery. Mr. G. R. Burt, managing director and president of the Millwall Dock Co.. London, Eng., has disappeared. Hm books show a shortage of $1,200,000. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain was at the Colonial Office Thursday for the first time in several weekl. since his Linc-s Ho was undated out of his car- riago with difficulty. Th" Canadian High Commissioner in London is now receiving from 100 to 150 letter. daily inquiring as to the conditions obtaining in Canada and its auitahility as a field for emigration. Barnum & Btliley'a circus will not re- turn to tho United Staten. but will remain permanently in England. The l / 67,05 Summary. the east side of Lak/Mani- GREAT BRITAIN tlt Recent Happenings Briefly T 'old. firm will be converted into nlimited liability company. with 3 capital of 82,000,000. Only one of Queen Victoria’s twelve bridesmaids is still living. She is the Duchess ot Cleveland. She had the double honor of assisting as trainbear- er at the coronation aswell seat the wedding. A gentleman who does not wish his name made known has presented tie Royal National Mission to Deep Bea Fishermen with a steam hospital mis- gipn trawler, at a cost not to exceed One ot the largest bells of the Lon- donderry, Ireland, City Hall clock chime fell almost to the basement from its fitting in the tower, crashing through the ceiling of the Education Board's room. Fortunately no one was injured. Some colliors out on strike near Burnley, Lancashire, have been fined for intimidating a non-striker. They met him as he was returning from work with a band, three of defendants having a drum, bagpipes and kettle- drum, and played him home. John A. MeMurtrie, the millionaire {aiiroad contractor, is dead at his home In Denver of blood poisoning induced by an abscess. J. Swift MncNeill, M. P. for Done- gal, has created a. sensation by mov- Ing an amendment to the address to tho Throne, in which he argues that " is inconsistent with the dignity ot public life, that Ministers of the Crown should hold dirmctorshipe in companies. Forty-one directorships '."P now held among twenty-five Min- isters of the Crown. He urges the Liberal party to go to the country on Prof. George H. Stephens has plead- ed guilty to setting tire to Lafayette College, Pennsylvania. Lord Herschel]. the British commis- sioner at present in Washington, will be laid up four weeks with a frac- tured hip bone. the cry "No guinea pigs in 606mm- ment." Smallpox is raging among the pe- grow and Indians of the Creek Nation dirtriet, Indian Territory. The United States Sedate has pass- NI a hill creating the office of admiral of the navy for Rear Admiral Dewey. . A Chippewa Falls despatch says Bee- ter Former, 100 years of ages and ths pioneer settler of Northern Wisconsin, is dead. He was born in Montreal. At tr'needviile, Ark., on Monday night, the home otl Charles Bannister. a farmer, was destroyed by fire. Three children, aged 7, 9 and 12, were burn- ed to death in the flames. The Niagara Falls and Lewiston Raillmd Co., known as the Gorge Route, went into the hands of a re- ceiver on the application ofthe direc- tors. The road made no money last Fear, and was weakened by damage suits. The celebration of the Chinese New Year in San Francisco on Friday re- sulted in a tragedy. A fire which started from the mphnion of fire crackers Caused the death of one Okinawan, who was in an opium stupor. Three others were so badly burned that they may not recover. l A new bill-posting machine. which sticks bills on walls even as high as fifty feet, without the use of ladder or paste pot, is now doing successful work in Paris. Many fishing boats and coasters .have been lost along the French (coast. contiguous to Brest. Twenty- five fishermen belonging to Audierms, in Finister, on the Bay of Aude, have l been drowned. ‘. Eighteen singing societies, represent- ;ing 2.780 singers. have already re- 'sponded to the Kaleer's cell for a congress of singers of the Fatherland .to convene in Camel next Mar. His }Majesty will distribute several hand- 'some prizes. l One of the beat and most efficient linen of the detective force of Havana .wns shot and killed Saturday night iwhile attempting to arrest a negro. The detective's companion killed the Enema after a violent affray. in which [several persons were wounded. A settlcment t has been - reached whereby We Central Pacific Railroad will pay offits debt of 858,000,000, to the United States Government in semi- annual 3 per cent. notes, the last ex- piring 10 yours from date. These notes will be secured by a deposit of Central Pacific 4 per cent. bonds. Senator Sullivan has introduced a bill in the New York Legislature amending the penal code by abolishing the death sentence for" murder and providing that a person convicted of murder in the first degree shall be imprisoned for life, and that the sen- trace for murder in the second degree shall be thirty years. A.se.rioun riot has. occurred between Christians and Mohayunedams In Ser- via. " France is seeking a palace sufficient- ly magnificent to entertain her ex- pected royal guests in. 1900.. Special police on petroleum cycles are to be told off in future to cope with the excessive speed of auto cars in Paris. Citizens of Stockholm have sub- scribed 820,000 towards fitting out an expedition to search for Andree, the Arctic traveller. King Humbert of Italy has sent his thanks to the Sultan of Turkey for showing an Italian dock-yard to re- pair the broken-down Turkish wan ships. The French army has made such pro- gross that it is reported in Berlin, military circles to be on the same level with the German army. . q French officials boast that they will sweep the British fleet from the Medi... terranean, and troops are being pour- ed into tanis, Corsica and Algeria. A serious conflict has taken place between the Russians and Chinese at Talien-Wan. 300 of the latter being killed, A report has reached official circles at Pekin that an assassin was des- patched to Japan, to take the life of the Emperor of Japan. A thorough investigation has been ordered. UNITED STATES GENERAL Notes of Proceedings in the Local Parliament. TO EXEMPT GRAIN ELEVATORS. i w. M. German, M.P.P., has a Mil 1which provides for the amendment at ‘tho Ontario Judicnfure Act, wharehy no official in Osgoode Hall may act ins a special examiner. ThI-m is a {provision in the amendment wi,uelt says that (boss who are in otrcey ll hen (the change is made, may conninue to wave the power, but none atten- f wards. i STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. L-.-..------- The City of Kingston asks that mun- teipalitied be given the power to ex- empt grain elevators from taxation, Just as they are given the power to exempt manufacturers. LICENSE REPORT. The report on the Tavern and Shop Licenses Act has just been issued by the License Department. It gives , great deal of information as to the li- censes granted, and shows the decrease in the past year. In 1898 there were 3,123 license: issued in the province; 2,672 were ordinary yearly licenses, 317 tshop, and 22 wholesale; 46 were for 6 months. and 18 beer and wine licenses were for half a. year. In 1896-7 the total number is=ued was 8,160, and the yt'tur Previous the total was 3.191. In both these year; 26 It holesales did busi- noes. Twenty-tive ordinary licenses weary out off during the past year. The revenue derived by th' province from them licenses amounted to dur- ing the past year. 8263/24T.40, as against 8270.906 in 1866-97, and 8273,- 212A4 in 1895-96. The total collections from licences and fines. including the sums imposed by municipal by-lawa was as follows: --1895At, 8615,290.88; 1896-7. $608,067.14: leg-s. $692,853.5J The payments to the municipalities msro--189tM, $267,072.40; 1896-7, 8268,- 880.48; 1897-3. 8259,8733“. The fines cot- lected during the past year mounted to 8i5.006.50, as compared with 814,- 1827-8. $602,853.51. The average yearly commitments for each park" of five years from 1876 to 1895 inclusive are as to11owtc-From 1876 to 1880, inclusive, 3,812; from 1881, to 1885, Inclusive. 4,016; from 1886 to 1890, inclusive. 4,811; from 1891, to 1895, inclusive, 2,708. In 1898 the sum of $63,595.78 was paid to inspectors as salaries and license commissioners’ expenses. MR. PATTULLOS BILL. Andrew Pattullo, M.P.P., for North Oxford, has presented a bill to the Legislature that provides for the do- ing away with votes by ballot in mun- iciyal councils. Councils at present are electing wardens and voting on money by-laws secretly, Mr. Pattullo points out. Ho believes that when the councils are dealing with things that belong to the public it should be done openly. Another amendment Mr. Pattullo will ask to have passed is to prohibit the humming of manufacturing in.. dustries altogether. The member for North Oxford also asks that the law passed in 1897 reducing the size of town councils of 5,000 population or less, apply to all towns. Donald MacNish, M.P.P., tor West Elgin, has introduced a bill which pro- vides for the. amendment of the Asmssment Act, raising the crump- tion from income tax from "o to 81,000. - H" has also a bill asking for a clearer interpretation of the Muni- cipal Act. in relation to the qualifi- cation of alderman and councillnrs for office. The Committee on Standing Orders passed on the petitions of Hon. Geo. A.Cox and others for an act to incor- porate the Haliburton. Whitney and Mnttawa Railway Company; of Joseph J. Follet and others, of Toronto, to incorporate the Mutuality Life Insur- ance Company; of the town council of Prescott to legalize and confirm a by-law for the construction of the water-works and sewerage system. DISTRIBUTION OF STATUTES. The Provincial Treasurer replied in the affirmative to the question of Mr. Barr as to whether the Revised Sta- tutes of l897 had been distributed to the clerks of the municipalities, and said he would be glad to have the names of any who did not receive them. Mr. German-To prohibit the prac- tiee of veterinary surgery by anyone not registered as a member of the Vet- erjgar): College under a penalty of $25- Mr. Brower-To amend the Muniqi- pal Act. to provide for security in cases where actions are brouirt.tt against municipalities for non-repair ot highways, if the municipality shown by affidavit that it has a good defence, or that the action is frivolous. Mr. German-To amend the Assess- ment Act to enable Councils inlieu of taxing personal property of merchants to impose a turnover tax, based upon th1husinera of the preceding "hr. . . Mr. Brower-To amend the Educa- tion Department Act by pvoviding that three members of the Educational Council shall be teachers. 7 BILLS INTRODUCED. The following bills here read a first time:-- Mr. Kidd-To amend the Municipal Act so that the provision that where a county has constructed a court- house, gaol, etc., prior to 1878, the Council of any city or separated town shall par to the county five per cent. annually on the cost of the building and site shall apply to Ottawa and the Countydot Carleton. _ _- .. . Col. Mutrio-To amend the Municipal Act to provide that the municipal franchise year shall close on the lat of December, and the audit be made up to that date before the 10th. the au- ditors' abstract of accounts and detail: erfaiteGriiCd, ikiAisiiiosd and read at the nominations in lieu of the one nop] issued by the Counfil, - . .. Mr. Brower-To amend the Public Schools Act to prevent the granting ot permits and district certificates to teachers by inspectors. - , Mr. Brower-To amend the Assent meat Act. I. By removing exemptions on lands held by universities and colleges, but not in actual use by them; on chug-oh sites and ground used in connection therewith; onthe sites of incorporated senainaries of learning. _ __ 2. In Toronto by “trying the assess- ment roll by inserting in second co!-, umn the names of the occupant, of If vacant, the words v.1. and other par- ticulars in the roll. ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. SOME CHANGES SOUGHT 8. To declare the ways, rails. poles. wtrets, can end other pipes. Inbetruo- tarea, tmpertstrueturea, and other plants and appliances belonging to atreet railways. telegraph telephonP. glas. electric light. water, and other sunilar corporations, taxable in the 'eur.tieirta1itr in whieh they are situ- ated; 4. Remove the exemptions on the pre- sent property of companies. such as (as, water, plank, or gravel roads. railways, and tramroads, harbours or other works requiring the investment of the capital of the compsny in real estate. PETITIONS PRESENTED. Theae petitions were presented c-- From the Town of Seaforth, to borrow 837.000; from Ed. S. Jenison, re the water Works of Kaministiquia river; from the Toronto General Trusts Co. and the Trusts Corporation of Ontario. asking leave t oaumitttunatw, from the Brantford Gas Company, to increase their powers under their charter; from W. Russell, and others, of Pembroke, to incorporate the Toronto, Lindsay, and Pembroke railway; from H. W. Evenden. to incorporate the Worth- ington and Camping railway; Iron! Geo. M. Gardner, of Toronto, to practise as a solicitor; from A. B. Burrows. and others to incorporate the Bruce Mines and Algoma railway; from the Cans- dian Electric and Water Power Com- mm, to confirm an agreement for put- ting in a system of water works in the town of Perth; and from the corpor- ations of Blyth, Simcoe, and Smith's Falls to consolidate their debts. Five different petitions were present- ed from the township and N19payers of Fenelon against the incorporation of Sturgeon Point, 3 summer resort. as a village. A score of municipalities have peti- tioned for an amendment of the Muni- cipal Act in its relation to local im- provements. so that general corporate funds shall be chargeable with not less than one-third. and not more than half, thy cost of such local improvements. These petitions were read :--From the Township Council of Etobicoke, pray- ing that the York County Council be not given control of the street railways within the county; from King Bros. Company, of Whitby, leather manufac- turera, capitalized st 840,000, asking for legalization of a 10 years' loan of $10,- 000 from the municipality; from the London Y. M. C. A., seeking incorpora- tion; from the Cobourg Council, asking permission to encourage by exemptions summer hotels, and that season licenses be granted such hotels; from the synod of the Diocese of Toronto, asking that 2m Act be passed empowering the sy- nod to suspend or remove an incum- bent of any rectory, parish, or mission of the Church when the interests of the Church required such removal and for other purposes. It is probable that neve-r before at any one session were so many amen}- menta to the Municipal Act submit- ted. MORE QUESTIONS. On Tuesday Dr. Barr will ask the Government if it is the intention of the Government to sell the output of the binder twine manufactured in the Central prism in the year 1899 by tender, or may the farmers obtain the Baum direct, or will they be supplied through_ tho Farmggs' Institutes? Mr. Morrison will as]: the Govern- ment on Tuesday for the names of all the Belleville hotel-keepers, and how many times any of such hotel-keeper. were fined during the five years end- ing 81st May, 1898, and what was the amount for each offence. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Charlton will introduce to the Government a de- putation. consisting of Stapleton Cnldr cott, Robert KiTgour, Jae. Scott, end Mr. Harvey.,. the civil engineer, who wid present for the Government's con- sideration the claims of the projected railway to James' bay. SUGGESTION FOR A NEW TAX. It is possible that the Government mar seek a further source of revenue in a tax on the products of the mine. British Columbia put such a tax in force in May, 1896, and during 1897 the receipts from it amounted to 829,78864. In 1898 they had increased to 836,001.35. Joseph IL. "wan Refer» liloquenlly to American rt. Iu Inns With Brttatn. A despatch from New York, Bars'.-- The newly appointed Ambassador to England, Joseph H. Choate, in the course of a speech at a farewell din-. ner in his honor on Saturday night, eulogized Great Britain and its close relations by blood and sympathies with the United States. In Queen Victoria they had always found a steadfast and faithful friend. Continu- ing, he said: "Now it is true that this vast and earnest friendship, which has found, and is finding every day, such abundant expression on both sides of the Atlantic, is not going to change the course of human events or human nature. it will not make water run up hill, after all. We shall have our rival interests still. It can- not but be that rivalry will be fre- quent, and possibly sometimes bitter, but this we do believe-from these well-springs of friendship which have flown so copiously of late we shall contend as friendly rivals, and that all our difficulties hereafter will be settled by peaceful negotiations and friendly arbitrations, and never again, I trust, by resort to arms." Author III Now York Inw- Wllh Inla- mnllon or the lungs. A despatch from New York, Baytr.- Ruryard Kipling In seriously ill in this city at the Hotel Grenoble. His doo- tora, however, hope 1hatlhe distin- guished author, with his strong consti- tution, will be able to pull through nil right. The following bulletin was hauled at 2 o'clock on Wedneaduy afternoon by his phrtsifer.- _ - "Mr. Kipling has an inflammation of the right lung. This produces theutr ual fever. There are at present no tsoyyrliotrioy." _ Mrs. Kipling midihat her husband was apparently perfectly well until Monday evening. when he went out to dinner and came home mplaining of cold and fever. THE 'IEW A MBASSADOR' KIPLING SERIOUSLY ILL. PETITIONS Prices of Grain. Cattle. Cheese. to tn the Leading Marts. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, Fob. 24.-Here are some of to-dar'. "l-...... Two loads of shipping cattle, "crag- ing 1,280 lbs.. sold at 04.75 per ewt. A load of 22 butcher cum... aveng- ing 1,040 1110., sold It 4 1-80 per pound. Good choice veal: are badly want- ed, and will sell at from .5 to .8 each; common and interior are worth from 82.50 to “.50 each. A lot of 18 butcher tattle. "our in 936 Iba., Bold st 83.90 per cwt. Two loads ot butcher clttle. averag- ing 1,080 Iba., sold at 83.50 per (mm; 3nd ten dollars added on the Twelve mixed cows and heifers, averaging 1,050 lbs., sold at a 1-20 per pound, Ind five dollars back. Three prime 'steers, averaging lbs., sold " tie per pound. Thirteen mixed cattle, Averaging 960 tba., sold It 3 1-40 per pound. Lamb- ttrduy were weaker, and to- morrow from 4 1-4 to 4 I-A, per pound is all that can be depended on, and to (etch the latter figure they must be choice Sheep are unchanged " a 1-4o per hound. Buck. we not [etching more than from a 1-2 l? 2 He, per pound. _ Cattle. Shipping, per cwt. . Q 4.25 C 4.75 Butcher. choice, do, . . 3.50 4.12 1-2 Butcher, mud. to good 8.121-2 3.50 Butcher. interior. . . 2.75 3.00 Sheep and Lambs. Ewes, per met. .... . . 3.25 8.80 Lambs, per cwt. . . . 4.25 4.30 Bucks, per cm. .... . . 25.30 2.75 As we indicated hi “all Tueaday'ts report would probably be the cane, hogs an} weaker. - __ The best price paid to-day for "iyyesrtC' was 84.87 1-: per cwt._ _ Light hogs aria sellini at nothing over 8tpesr cwt. HABITS OF THE WORLD For thick fat hugs the quotations are from $3.60 to 88.75 per owl. Bows sell at 30 per pound, not more. Stags ”a fetching only 2o Per pound. The market is weak, and the out- look is tpr still lower tigarwr. FoAlowinz is the rtusie of current quotations:-. Milken and Calves Cows, each . .... . . .25.“) Calves, each . .. . . . 2.00 Choice hugs, per cwt. . 4.25 4.371-2 Light hogs, per cwt. . 4.00 4.00 Heavy hogs, per cwt. . 3.60 3.75 BRh'AUtri'Uh'Fei, ETC. Wheat-The market was quiet and steady here to-day. Red wheat was sold at 630. high heights, and white at 70c. Goose wheat was quoted at 71c and spring, 690; No. 1 Manitoba hard, was held at 83 I-ec, North Bay; and No. 1 Northern, at 80 I-llc; No. 1 hard, g.i.t., via Swain tunnel. was quoted at 85c. Flour-Steady but dull; exporters quote " for straight roller, in wood, middle heights. Sales of straight tor local account, were made at 83.10, sing“; Juup. Millfeed-ukaree; ton lots of bran at the local mills brought 814; and shorts 316; car lots, middle freights, are quot- ed at 'ilLliotor bran, and 815 for alum: Oatmeal-Steady. Car lots of rolled oats, in bags. on track here, are quot- ed at 83.6) per bbl.; and in bbls. at 88:70. _ ' 'Nsarw-Dull. Choice hand-picked beans sell It $1.10 to 81.25; and com- mon at 60 td 750, per bush. Dried appiess--Deaierts pay 5 to 51-20. for dried stock. delivered hero. and small lots resell at. 5 1-2 to 53-40; eva- porated, 8_to N, i.n sun}! lots. . Boney--Round lots of choice, deliver- ed here, will bring about 51-2 to 6e; dealers quote from 6 to Te, per lb. for 10to60-lb. tins, and in comb at around 01.25 to tl/io per. dozen_sectiops. A ' Baled tiar--ituiet and unchanged. Strictly choice, car lots., is quoted at 36.5) to $7.50 per ton; and Na. 2 at 06. _ -- _ -- A -. A The dreued hog market In study. Deliveries ample. On the street arm.. ere' loads Ire quoted at around 05.15 for mixed iota. A few our Iota changed ”hands on track It " mixed weights, delivered; and I {notion bet- ter for select; The market for pork products}. easy. . "tstraw-Easy. Sam light. Car lots are quottd at 84 .t?84.5Wart track. _,mis.---Brewerk well Examined. Dealers here sell at m to 20c: and are paying holders, outside. about, 180. - Quotations are an follows-Dry, ult- ed would”. Tts; long cloar bum on lots, Te; ton lots and can Iota, 71-4 to 71-20;_nn§ bucks, , to 8 I-as. - "sam-Continue steady. Car lots, north and weal, sold at 660; and easl at 67c. Butter-Steady movement. The re- wipts fair. The market is in good shape for all choice dairy butter. The quota- tions are as follows-Dairy tub, poor Eggs-tio increase in the delivery of stock to-day from outside, and the mar- ket is pretty well cleaned up. New laid tsold brat " 20 to 210. Held fresh and limed sell at 15 to 16e. to medium, 11 to It'ar, choice, 14 to 15c; large rolls, 15 to 16c; small dairy, lb. prints, about 16e; creamery, tubs and boxes. 19 to ahr, lbs., 20 to 21c, with an occasioggl 22c tor select packages. "Cheese-Market in good tdave. Choice stock sells at from 934 to 10 I-N. Poultry-Quiet. Too much cold titor- ed stock offering. Choice is held firm. Quotatipns are:-Chiekents, per pau?, 25 to 400; ducks, 40 to 60ts; geese, per lb., 6 to Te; turkeys, per 1b.. 9 to Potatoes-The market is steady nnd demand good. Offerings ample. Car iota, on traek, are quoted atpbout (IQ to Rio per bag; dealers sell out of atom at 65 to Toe; farmers' loads sell at around so to 70e. DRESSED 1iOGS AND PROVISIONS. soaked meatrrLabann, min, "al to DAIRY PRODUCE. PRODUCE Hogs. 45.00 TORONTO Mhv, medium, 10to 101-20; light. liq breath“ Mon, 10 " to lie; picnic hams. 71-2 to 78-40; roll Moan. tlrdtat 81-30. All meats out of pioele lo. le- thitn prices quoted for numbed mega. Lara-Tier-ees, Tee, tuba, 7 1-4 to , I-get paiU, 2 1-2 to T8act compound. 61%, to Milwaukee, Feb. M. - Wheat-No. 1 Northern, Tas; No. 2, do., 701-20. Ra. -No. I, 55340. Barley-No. 2, " 1-2” tile; 'sample, 48 to 500. Minneapolis, Feb. PA. - Wtaent-Nr, may. 6trb4est Mar, 701-80; July, Mt bths; on track; No. 1 hard, 705-80; No. 1 Northern. tBb4e; No. , do., 678-80. Flour-First punts, 33.70 to ".90e; second patents. 3350 to $8.60; first clgarg! '2.60_to tall. Duluth, Feb. 24. - Wheat --No. 1 hard cub. 707Ak, bid; February, 707-80 bid. May. 7388c; July, 73 TAK; No. lNortb- tfel,, rash, 677-80; Nu. 2 Northern. Buffalo, Feb. M.-lipring Wheat - Dull and strong; No. 1 hard, " 5-8c; No 1 Northern, N 5-812. Winter wheot --No offerings; 76 I-tle bid for ho. 2 red. Corn-Dull and lower; No. 2 yol- low, 88e; No. a yellow. 878-40; No. 4 yellow. 87 1-40; No. 8 corn, 87 to " 1-4e; No. 4 corn, 86 1-2. oto-Eai. No. 2 white, 34 1-2c: No. 8 white, a 8-40; No. 4 white, 8g 8-te. Barley-- Dull. Hre--Atuiet; No. 2, in store. tua. Flour-Quiet. Toledo. Feb. 21.--Wtrrant-No. 2 (will 72b4e; May, 750. Re-No. , en.h,tiBo. Ciovertseed--Prime, cash. old, .3435; ntlv, mph and February, .890. Detroit, Pests. s4.-wGit-UNo-t - No. 1 white, cash. 73e; No. 2 red, cub. 78e; Mar, 75 1-80; July, 72 140. Native- Apply the tel-eh II - II!- rerenl Bbag0eta cl the "tr. A deepetch from Manila ttarts:--)- withstanding the close watch that he! been kept upon the natives in the city they, as the result of e conspiracy among their leaders, attempted Wed- nesday night to destroy Manila with fire. In order to make sure of sue- oess, the tnoendinries planned to start eonnagratione in three different quarters otthe city. believing that the flames would soon get begund con- trot, and that they would then have I Chance to kill the foreigners here and pillage their property. Santa Cruez, Sen Nicolas, and Tondo were the quarters selected for the starting of the fires, and those who were chosen to apply the torch did their work only too well. in a short time after the fires were dismvered the flames had spread to such an extent that the destruction of the city was threatened. The troops and foreign re- sidents worked mantully to chm-k the (i,,",:"'::,,"':!,':":';".,-':,',"',,"; but it was not until Thursday morning that the times were under control and the city out at danger. It is utimated that the loss will be ver, heavy: _ _ During the confusion attendant up- on the work u fighting the fire, nativo sharpshooterl, who were eogteAtaled in the vicinity of the burning quarlnru fired upon the troops. In the Tomb quartet seven members of the Min.. nesot" Regiment were wounded, in- cluding Capt. N. C. Robinson. of (‘um- pany "C." There was the wildest ex- eitement among the amines, and they were primed for a general uprising. Strong guards were stationed viny- where about the town, and the natives were awed into submission by the show of force. Matters are qunoting down at the time this doopatch is sent. Mos. Jameson turned to random: her work but wasstartled hy the report of a revolver. Dre. Jones and Chown were instantly called, but life was already extinct. The fact that the bullet en- tered his mouth without having dia~ figured his lips or displawd his teeth shows the. point of the weapon 111th have been in his mouth at the time it went off. The attending physician! gave it as their opinion that it was I case of deliberate suicide. Dr. Benson said that be was unable to expresl no opmion, as he had not yet made A caudal examination. Mr. Jameson wu- Mayor of Winnipeg in 1896, and had an! on the Council board tor two year! previous to that time. He was elected to the House of Commons April 27, 1M. defeating E. L. Taylor. the Prohibition candidate. Be leaves 1 widow end three children. speech received by the Comptroller ot the Mounted Police, Mr. Fred. White, from Inspector Noodle at [Ate Ben- nett, enhance: that gold has been dis- oovered in e creek on the east side flowing into that body of ureter. Thin tn the (int tind of the preclou metal Hound we Bennett. end you to shot how extend" mint be the writer“: the Prom-nee of Hits “In. A despatch trom Winnipeg Barr.-- About eight o'clock on Tuesday night the entire city was shocked by the "sport which spread with lightning rapidity that R. W. Jameson, M. P., re- presentative in the House of Common! for Winnipeg, had committed suicide It his own residence. Mr. Jameson had attended to his usual (Amines. during the day, and appeared to be in good spirits. He attended a meqt-. ing of the Board of Trade in the afternoon, taking an active part in the proceedings of the meeting, which had been called to consider the Kettle River Valley road, and favored the granting of a charter. He reached I. W. Jameson. M. P., hlools- III-Incl! " home about 6.80. After dinner he an- gaged in conversation with his Limily, which turned to suicide. He drew I revolver from his pocket, and and to Mrs. Jameson, "We that what" carry. This does not look like a dangerous “ream-1' _ A “patch from Ottawa any. ..-.A de- GOLD AT LAKE BENNETT. MANILA ON FIRE. HIS TRAGIC END