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THE MARKETS Prices cf Grain, Cattb, etc iji Trade Centres. Sept. 15.â€" Whoat-^he quiet, with prites steady, jg^jtras, »1.60. Fi-cdâ€" Manitoba bran $1": shorts, $19, bags included; On- tario bran in bulk, $16 tt, 816.50; shorts in bulk, $19 to ^0. Beans â€" Choice primeSj $1.60. Provisions â€" Heavy Canadian short cut pork, 819 to Sai; light short cut, S19; com- pound refined lard, 8c; pure Cana.- dian lard, 8J to 9c; finest lard, lO to lOjc; hams. 13J to 141c; bacon. 14 to 15c; live hogs, §6 to $6.25; fresh killed abattoir hogs, $8.50; .4meriran clear backs, $13.75; clear Toronto, market is Ko. 2 whita <tnd red winter, new. quoted at 73 to 76c milling rates. Spring wheat. ":ir. for No. 2 east. Manitoba wheat is easier. No. 1 hard is quoted at 98c. No. 1 North- ern at 97c, and No. 2 Northern. 94c Godorich. The quotations grinding in tran.sit are: â€" No. 1 hard, $1.04; No. 1 Northern. 51.03, and No. 2 Northern, SI. Oats. â€" Tlie market is unchanged, with moderate demand. No. 2 white 30c low freights to Now York, and at SOJc east; No. 1 unchanged at 31c east. Barley.â€" The demand is good, with oflerings limited. No. 3 extra quot- ed at 43 to 44c middle freights, and No. 3 at 42c middle freights. Rye.â€" The market is quiet. with prices 494 to iJOc middle freights. Peas.â€" Trade dull, with No. 2 white quoted at 61c high freights, and at 63c east. Corn. â€" The market is quiet and steady: No. 3 American yellow quot- ed at .59§c on track. Toronto, and No. 3 mixed at 5Skc Toronto. Can- adian corn nominal. Flour. â€" Ninety per cent, patents quoted at $3 to $3.0.5 middli; fr;=rhts in buyers' sacks for export. St.(aight rollers of special brands, for domes- tic trade, quoted at 53.35 to $3.50 in bbls. Manitoba flour firm. No. 1 patents, $-1.45 to $4.55: No. 3 patents. S4.15 to S4.2.5, and strong bakers'. 54 to §4.15 on track. To- ronto. Millfeed. â€" Bran steady at $16. and shorts at $lS here. At outside points bran is quoted at S12.50 to $13, and shorts at 516.50. Mani- toba bran in sacks, 517, and shorts at $19 here. TITE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter. â€" The market continues fair- ly active, with supplii^s ample; good demand for best qualities. We quote: Choice 1-tb. rolls, 16 to 16jc: select- ed dairy tubs, uniform color, 14 to 14ic: secondary grades, store pack- ed. 124 to 13c; creamery prints, 19 to 20c; solids, 17i to 18Jc. Eggs. â€" The market i.s steady. We quote:â€" Strictly fivsh gathered stock. 16 to 17c: ordinary candled, 15c: second.s and chocks, lOi to lie. Cheese.â€" The market is quiet, with prices firm. Host qualities job at 11 to lljc per lb. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples. â€" The oKcrings of apples arc fair, and prices steady. Choice stock quoted at 51 to -SI. 25 per bbl. Beans.- Trade continues dull, with prices nominal. Prime whites are quoted at SI. 75 per bush. Honey,â€" The market is quiet, at 6 to 6ic per m. for bulk, und 51 to $1.50 for comb. Hay.â€" Demand fair, with offerings moderate. No. 1 new will bring $9 on track, Toronto. Straw.â€" The market is quiet at $5.2.") to 55.50 per ton for car lots on track. Hopsâ€" Trade dull inal at 17 to 20c. Potatoes.â€" The ofTerings are fair, and prices are steady. Car lots are quoterd at 3oc per bush. «nd at 50c per bag. Poultry.â€" The market is steady. Chickens. 60 to 70c per pair. Ducks 70 to 90c per pair. Turkeys. 12 to 13C: per lb. 48 to 49c; oats., old No. li, HT^c In f store here; new, 35c afloat hun^ Sep- " deliver}; flajtstcd, $1.15 on here; feed barley, 50c; No. 3 62ic; corn, ROc /or No. 3 American. • Flourâ€" Manitoba to $4.30; strong bakers'. to $4.30; stcong bakers', to $4.25; Ontario straight $3.75 to $3.83; in bags t ember track barley, yellow $4.20 $4.20 $3.75 rollers. $1.80 to $1.9«; patents. $4 to $4.25 Thanksgiving Froclanaation Issued at Ottawa. An Ottawa despatch says: The Canada Gazette proclaims Thanks- giving Day in these terms: "Edward , the Seventh. by the grace of God. of the United Ki.ig- dum of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British dominions beyond the seas. King, defender of the faith, Kraperor of India. "To all whom these presents shall come or whom the same may in any wise concern, greeting; "Whereas it has pleased Almighty Rod. in His great goodness, to vouchsafe this year unto our Domin- ion of Canada a bountiful harvest and other blessings. I "We. there;'or;. considering that should.T pork. $18.50. Eggsâ€" Caji-j these blessings enjoyed by our peo- dled ScU-cted. 18c; straight receipts, I pie throughout the said Dominion do lojc; No. 2, 12c. Chee.sc â€" Ontario, Icall for a solemn and public acknow- 11! to lljc; Townships, 11 Jc; Clue- jledgement. have thought fit b.v and bee, lie. Butterâ€" Townships cream-! with the advice of our Privy Coun- try. 19} to 20c; Q'uebi'C, 19 to 19ic: jcil for Canada, to appoint, and we Western dairy. 15Jc Honeyâ€" White j do appoint, Thursday, the 15th day of October next, as the da.v of gen- eral thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest and other blessings with which Canada h£i3 been favored this year, and we do invite all our loving subjects through- out Canada to observe the said day as a day of general thanksgiving." LET US GIVE THANKS. ( CONFLICT INEVITABLE. clover in section.s, 12 to 13c per sec- tion; in 10-lb. tins, 8c. WAR CLOUD LIFTS. C.\TTLE MARKET. Toronto, Sept. 15. â€" Business in cattle of all descriptions at the Western Market showed a decided im- provement to-day, and prices were lii'in all through the list. The fea- ture was the increased offerings of exporters', more being sold to-day than for some time past. A continued shortness in the sup-! t t. i- ^ rtrii •=•_ ply of good and choice butchers' csT- ^^P''^ Eeheves Eussia WiU Eva- tie was reported, and the prices of ^'^^^^ Mancnuna. these descri()tions wore strong, with- *â-  London despatch says: The Jap- out a quotable advance. Medium • aiiese Legation here sees in the Rus- grades were steady in tone, and met js'in concessions regarding Ma.nchuria with some enquiry. The active de- i '*"-' lifting of the war cloud in the mand tor feeders and stockers pre- I I'a'' Kast. No confirmation has been viouslv reported continued, and quite 1 "eceived of the London Times' Pekin a number of tran.sactions were re- di^spatch, saying that the Russian corded in this class. The prices. I Minister there, in his note to the however, were no higher than before. I Chinese Foreign Office, engaging that The better class of milch cows were i New Chwang and Moukden shall be wanted and sold quickly, but the , evacuated by the Russians on Oc- cheapor kinds were quiet in tone, and , tober 6, undertook that China shall | Bulgaria Has Decided to Mobiliia Her Army. A despatch from Sofia to the Se- colo, in Milan, says that in view of the pre.sont trouble with Turkey, Bulgaria has decided to m.ubili^e her entire army at once. The official and press reports from the near Bast cmpho-size the .serious- ncsB of the situation there, and con- firm the belief of the authorities here that owing to the general irritation throughout European and Asiatic Turkey toward the Christians, as a result of the Macedonian revolt, the Sultan may be swept by the uncon- Woodstock trolablo sentiments of the Ottoman subjects into a war with Bulgaria, in spite of the unwillingness of the Porte to precipitate such a conflict. The Turkish ofiicials express gratifi- cation at the Rus.-jxan-Austrian pro- posal for coercive diplomatic action on the part of the powers at SoHa. They are confident it will be acceded to by France: but wliether it is adopted or not the Sultan s hand has already been greatly strengthen- ed, as he i.s in a better position to act than hitherto. NEWS ITEMS. Telegraphic Briefs From AI Over ilie Glob^. CANADA. The Stratford drill shed will bo sold. i . There are 45 pupils at the London Normal school this term. A new Hour mill with a capacity of 3.000 barrels will be erected at Keewatin. The new Epileptic Hospital at will be completed by August. 1904. Hon. Richard Harcourt opened tha now King Edward school at Hamil- ton on Friday afternoon. The Ciuneec of British Columbia are demanding higher wages in ordei" to meet the increased poll tax. The attendance at this yea^ Tor- onto Exhibition is estimated at 510,- OOO. against 383.000 last year. The last homestead records issued at Winnipeg show a large iminigra/- tion movement from the Western States into Canada. On Saturday a Norwegian jailbird named Larson was sentenced to seven jears in penitentiary at Kings- to for stealing cattle. According to Assessment Commis- Winnipeg' is Far Aiiead of Duluth aioner Grant London's population is and Chicago. i growing steadily, but he docs not A Winnipeg despatch says ; In an think it has yet reached 40. COO. interview C. N. Uell, secretary of' t'l"^y dollars, with S-1. 10 costs, the Winnipeg Grain and Produce Ex- I ^^^ t^" penalty imposed on each of change, pointed out the importance ' the six young men charged with be- of this place as a wheat centre and having indescentl.y and using insulting compared its output with other 1 language to two young ladies in places, taking the figures up to Au- jLondoa gust 30, 1903. The following was According to Steamboat Inspector the record which speaks fqr.atsclf : Phillips, who has just returned to Bushels. I Winnipeg from an olficial visit to all Winnipeg wheat â€" .51,833.000 ' points on the Mackenzie River and Duluthr-Suporior 42. 4013.928 ; tributaries, measels have been^opi- Chicago-Superior 37.94.:i.953 : demic for the past two years among Mr. Boll also maintained that the j the Esquimaux tribes of the ilack- acreage in the Northwest is becom- Unzio region, ing greater, and gave histanccs to ' AS A WHEAT CENTRE. did not bring as comparatively good ; be permitted to resume administra- priccs as the others. Itive rights in the three provinces of The arrivals of sheep and Iambs Manchutia. under certain conditions, were fairly large, and as the enquirj' ; but the report is regaided as woU 111 these continued brisk, selling was • founded. The Japanese Legation carried on with satisfaction to bothisavs â€" buyers and sellers. The prices of j .-.Three events, if the rerorts are lambs kept firm. 1 correct, have occurred which are cal- The arrivals were 67 cars, contain- prove his contention. He pointed jto the Canadian Northern report which shows that many .sections would yield twenty-five" bushels to the acre while a message from the [agent at Eli, in the Dauphin dis- ! trict claimed thirty-bushels I acre in that section. per ing 906 cattle 1687 sheep aud^""''?'* ^^^-u T''"^^ '*"= situation. j.GREAT STORI*! I.^ ENGLAND ambs 12^8 hogs and llc^^.esl'irf^--^']" Russian terms, which Tu ,1 „ . 1 / ,. 'â- '^'-^ IM. Lessar has apparently presented. The demand for exporters -was „ ,â- , »t. u i Li .. / ..J brisk, and the range of quotations i "^""^ i^tf.^'' of the propos- was $1.40 to S4.7S per cwt. if.'^ kT t, '^ ^u "" ^°""'* °J'''^' "^ 1 tionable; Russia has announced her po The feeling in butchers' was strong. The quotations follow : â€" withdrawal from Manchuria next ^Q tion of their respective rights in ,. [ Manchuria and Corea These are .secret, and it is impossible to fortell ^-p , the outcome, but we are hopeful that the re.sults will bo satisfactory to both Govertimcnts." ♦ with prices nom- nOO PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs are steady. Cured meats unchanged, with a good de- mand. W"o quote:â€" Bacon, long clear. 9} to lOc. in ton and case lots. Porkâ€" Mess. SIS. 50 to $19.50; do short cut, $21.50. Smoked Meats.â€" Hams. light to medium. 14 to 14ic; do., heavy, 13 to 13Jc; rolls. 11 to lljc; should- ers, lOic: backs, 15 to 15}c: break- fast bacon. 14 to 14ic. Lard.â€" The market is unchanged. Tierces. OJc; tub.s, gjc; pails. 10c; compound. 8 to 9c. I'.NITED STATES MARKETS. Duluth. Sept. 15.â€" Close:â€" Wheat- No. 1 hard, lo arrive. 83ic; No. 1 Northern. 82ic; No. 2 Northern. BOjc; new. No. 1 N'orthern. on track. 83Jc; No. 3 Northern. 81 ic; Septem- ber, 82ic; December, SOlc; Mav, 83Jc. Milwaukee, Sept. 15â€" Wheat- Firm; close. No. 1 Northern, VO to 9lc; ' No. 2 Northern. 86 to SS^c; aew, December, 821c. Ryeâ€" Firm; No. 1, o6i to 57c. Darley â€" Firm; No. 2, 65 to 76c: sample, 48 to 63c. Cornâ€" December, 51 |c. Minneapolis. Sept. 15â€" Wheatâ€" De- cember. SO|c: May, SSic; on track. No. 1 hard. 85|c; No. 1 Northern^ 841c; No. 2 Northern. 83c; No. 3 Northern. 76 to 82c. Buffalo, Sept. 15.â€" Flourâ€" Firm. Wheatâ€" OfTorings light: No. 2 rod winter, 83tc: through billed. Com â€"Easy; No 2 yoUow. 58|c; J^o. 2 corn. ^Si to 57ic Oatsâ€" Firm: No. a white, 40c; No. 2 ml.xed. S6|c. Canal freightsâ€" Steady; fair demand. ENORMOUS SOO TRAFFIC. I'icked lots. $-1.20 to $4.40. with 5c â- """'^''' '*"'* "^^ believe she is sincere, and 10c extra paid in a few indivi-i"""! negotiations are progressing be- dual cases; loads of good, $3.60 to ; ?'"-^" Japan and Russia for a defini- S4.15: conin;on to fair, S.'J.lo $3.r)0; rough. $2.50 to $3.10; c ners. 52 up. Trade in feeders was good, quote :â€" Feeders, l.OOO to 1.100 lbs.. S4 to $4.25: tho.se of 850 to l.OOO lbs., S3. 60 to 53.85; stockers, GOO to 800 lbs., $3 to $3.35; stock calves. 400 to 600 lbs. $2.50 to S2.75 per cwt. The values of sheep were steadily maintainod and lambs continued strong in price, and although the run was large. business was over early in the day. Wc quote : â€" Ex- port ewes. S3.40 to $3.50; export bucks, S2.50 to S2.7.5; lambs. Sf to 41c, and $2.50 to S3.75 each. The market for calves was steady at 4} to 55c per lb. Milch cows and .springers .sold all the way between $30 to $52 each. Hog! lbs.; Wires Down and Press Despatches Delayed. A Lsndon despatch says: A great storm has caused widespread devas- tation through England. The tele- graph and telephone wires are down and communication with the rest of the world h£is been suspended. TRANSPARENT MAN DEAD. End Noted GREAT BRITAIN. The s[)ecial session of the United States Congress will couunience No- \omber 9. The Times says that in thirty-four years 45,000 children have been sent to Canada. A conference is to be held at Dub- lin with a view to ending religious feuds in Ireland. Quite a number of towns in the vicinity of London have raised the price of a iquarter loaf from uvepenee half-penny to si.xpence. During August 4.33S English. 999 Scotch. 368 Irish and 3.036 foreign- ers emigrated to Canada. To Aus- tralia and Now Zealand the total was 1.170; to South Africa a total of 6.208. According to figures of the Anti- Emigration Society of Dublin, Irish emigration to Canada for the eight months of this year is twice as great as the whole emigration of last year. Greatest of '-Count" Orloff, a European Freak. A Vienna despatch says: "Count" Orloff, the well-known 'transparent" man. who has been exhibited all over on Record During the i '^"'â- Â°P« ^ ^ freak, has just died at Past Month. iToplitz, Hohemia. He consisted of practicallv nothing but skin and 1 Jamaica. According to the la: est marine re- | bones. The 'latter were of a peculiar white, ports from the Soo the record of : substance, and so transparent that traffic during the past month was one could toll the time from a watch the greatest on record through the ! through his leg. An attempt was plosion lanad.an and A^^^nc'in canals ati^jado by the University of Leipzic to i a shelf. Mrs. Janie Stewart Boyescn, died man-! at AsheviUe. N. C. as a result of UNITED STATF.S. So that the tire hydrants may seen late at night, the residents L. I., arc painting bo of them A young woman was fatally injured at Utica. N. Y.. through the ex- of a revolver dropping fro^ that point. pass 808 net tons. 241,083 tons were east-bound and 1,162.123 west-bound, the number of were weak and unchanged at ! vessels pa.ssing through being 2,909. $6.25 for selects. 160 to 200 and 56 for fats and lights. West GOOD SETTLERS. Being Peopled by Superior Farming Class, A WinnifK^g despatch sa.vs: The last hoiiiestend records for August are now at hand at the Winnipeg office, and their summaries contain valuable statistics in presenting luc- id information on the settlement of the Canadian West. A particularly prominent fact is the movement of the Teutonic peoples, the very best of settlers. from the Western States. Not a few English and Canadians are returning to British domains from the American farming lands, where high values destroy so much prolit in wheat raising. Another feature still more prominent last month than ordinary is the class of point. rhe freight tonnage to ; secure the body for scientific pur- j '^J'^"^.^Jf"^trffT-'->^.^l-'\P°^'- ^"' the late "Counts" man- Of this freight 4.- ager asked an e.xorbftant sum, and ' negotiations fell through. AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY. Labor Bill Will Be Introduced in British Commons. A Leicester. Eng.. despatch says: i The principal items of commerce were grain 5.557.072 bushels: iron ore. 3,7«9.0a2 tons: flour. 647,880 barrels: coal. 1,053,038 tons. The same report says to date 32.628.170 tons of freight passed through the f. Soo canal, an increase of 628.170 tons over last year for the same time. GRAIN RATES REDUCED. One Cent a Bushel Cut by Ameri- can Railways. A New York despatch says: At a meeting of the traffic managers of the trunk lines on Wednesday a re- ductiun of one ci'iit a bushel on grain from Hullalo to New York was au- thorized, to take elTect September 16th. This will bring the rate down to 4 cents for wheat. 3} cents for corn, 3 cents for oats, and 3i cents nervous shock, following a false ac- cusation of theft. Miss Millessio Rose, of Morristowc N. J., 40 years knotted and crippled by iheiti!iati.<in. bus < uivU nor:?..'.; by eating no bieakfast for a long time. '1 ho Lmvorsity of Kansas will be om;ipped with a chair in journolism this fall and lectures will be doliver- The trades union congress, at its j ed by newspaiJor editors and manag- session here on Thursday, adopted jers. by a large majority a resolution do- | Tho first week in November wiU daring for an eight-hour day in tho i witnos-s the wedding of thp Duke of United Kingdom, and urging tho sub- i Roxburghe and Miss May Goclet at ject to be made a test question at Newport fn Trinity Church. Two the ne.xt Parliamentary London : thousand invitations will bo issued. County Council and all municipal W. A. Reynolds. 24 years old. of •lections. The Parliamontarv Com- ' New Mexico. Mo.. shot dead his mitteo is instructed to introduce a sweetheart. Miss Ruby Konnett, 16 bill into the House of Commons j years old. and then kiTlod himself, making the eight-hour day a law of I H© was jealous because another man the country. for barley. Tho reduction is tho re- sottlois locating in the West. Practi- suit of protests by Now York grain cally all are larmers. 4 merchants against high rates current lo this port. which wore, it was claimed, forcing tho bulk of grain exports through Gulf ports and Can- CANADA'S REVENUE. Returns For July and August Show Two Million Increase. An Ottawa despatch says: The I financial statement which appeared in I tho Oazotte on Saturday shows the 1 revenue for the months of July and .,1 n-u A .â-  . , ^August to be SI I,." ">0. 992. as against ada. The reductions were largely i,., t..^ q..- , _' 1.. *" .,, , „f _ â- ; 59,1 o!>. 947. or nearly two mil ions .. ~f ~ compromi.so. and „, _ ._„ „ t-,. ..^ » """/of an increase. The expenditure is at $4,102,809, hut th.-re is CANADA'S WEALTH. Sir Robert Giffen Estimates it at $1,300,000,000. A London despatch says: Sir Rpb- [rates apply to Boston and Philadel-ri. , c, -.-vnnnr, r , . ert OiBen. reading a paper before the jphia as well as Now York. Baltimore I**""" Si. ..00,000 of accounts in tho I in the nature of a Iwill expire October 15th. Tho and { new I British Association on the wealth of the Kmpire. and how it should be used, gives Canada's aggregate in- come as £270.000.000. Australia's as £210.000,000, Canada's capital or wealth as £l.30O.OOO.Wi0. Aus- tralia's as £1.100.000.000. GIFFEN "talked FIGURES. has difforontiul i>f four mills. KEEP FINNS FROM CANADA. Denmark WiU Try to Divert Their £mi^ation. A London despatch says : â€" Tho Danish authoritii^ propose to divert i the stream of FInlnnder emigrants from Canada to Iceland, whore they I wi;i keep their national peculiaritios I without being absorbed into the .\ London despatch says: Sir Hob- , greater nation. Iceland offers fav- ert CtilTen, reaUing a paper before tho ! orablo conditions for agriculture of trade. Placed Canada's Wealth at a Billion Pounds. Over I British An-sociation on the wealth i the Grnpire and bow it should b« iniSlNKSS Montreal, AT MONTREl^VL. Sept. 15â€" Oi;»ioâ€" IVaa, '*â-  «3lO.OOO.OOO, tr aflo gv «J3wc»v livit? iused. gives Canada's nggrcgnte in- jcomo OS £270.000.000. Australia's OemMlk's capittkl,' c high freights. 72c afloat here r»e ; o'" ''t'»n*>- ns £l,3(>O.lK)0.t>0ti, .\us- uuvawine«t 1 ' Preuiior Combos of France was re- ceived with a .thow of hostility while uitveriiig a monument on Satnrday to Krncst Hcnau at the latler's I Ull Iu^XmiCv* I .\uditor-fSeiiorars hands which ho I refuses to pass owing to the dillicul- Ity betwoon himself and the Treasury Board. Tno exjionditure on tanitnl account was $8,079,910. IRUSSUN HARVESTS FAIR. Estimated at Five-Sixths of Last Year's Crops. A St. Petersburg d?s|<atch soys: The Kinancc Minister estimalus ., tha grain harvests ia million poods (a pood is 40 pounds), as follows:â€" Winter .who»t. ;!0t): spring w^-ut, 480; wfl»tor rye, 1,250: oats, (â- :>(); barley, '375. Tlie harv<»<<t.i fxcood the poor k^orage* of th' years ]p9Tlbr to 1901 . jbeiii^ a.' -vliii of last .year** yield. V , aa !]»â-  f»rnvi«nr»C ovpr nfl-ii t-.mv «; I took hor to tho circus. I Dead from poisoning, at Philadel- ' phia, the bodies of Mrs. Rosa Loiser. 35 years old; hor soo. Gottfried. lU. .-.nd hoc daughter. Mary 15. were found in their home. It i.* supposed to be the deed of tho mothor. Civil Kngincor Robert K. P<-arv. of th»? I'nit.'d Staffs na\.v. who rottirn- ed from his last .\rclic expedition a .voar ago. obtained three years' leave of absence from the Navy Popart-* uiout to enable him to make another attempt to reach tho North Pole. GF.NFUAL. Cholera is reported to b© raglns; fiercely at Birojik. Syria, on tha Kuphrates. Yokohama advlcee .sa,v that tho Chinost^ Kmpress is sulTering from a swelling under one eye, which will prove fatal in a year. A touching family ro-union took place in Home whon th" thr^e sisters of PoiK- Pius X.. who lived with him in Venice, arrived to visit him. add Canada FIFTY YKARS IN PRLSON \lirbac! Keller IjJUT bt-en : >'i ininat* of a Comxati 1 IT" •â- isi)'i fir r ty yeara. i'^'-' -> iniiiv ccii.>'' a:;u . ifvred to fcii:; [lis !S r-^w over -ishti' j-a -;^a of V V a.stottB rs old.