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i iad ut abel iinet 'ply. Low THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. J Toronto, March 11.--Wheat--No. 1 Northern offered at 83%c en route North Bay, and No. 2 Northern at 80ic en route North Bay, without bids. Fifty-eight-Ib, red winter offer- ed at 723c outside, and 53-ib. wheat at 634c outside, without bids. Peas--No. 2 white offered at 80c west, with 79¢ bid. Mats--No. 2 white offered at 42c eass, with 41ic bid ; at 41c high freight, without bids, and at 41lic middle freight to Portland, with 41c bid. Corn---No. 2 yellow offered at 56%c west, with 56¢ bid. Buckwheat--No. 2 wanted at 56 low freight to New York, while it was offered at 56c¢ middle freight to Portland, without bids. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dried apples--The market is quiet here at 54 to 6¢ per 1b. Evaporated 94 to 10c. Hops--Business quiet, with prices steady at 13c; yearlings at 8c. Honey--The market is steady at 9% to 10c for strained. Combs $1.50 to $2.25 per dozen. Maple syrups--One gallon tins, 95¢ to $1; smaller packages, $1.05 to $1.15 per gallon (imperial). Sugar 8 to 9c per Ib, as to quality. Beans--The market is dull. Prices $1.10 to $1.30 per bush, as to quality. Hand-picked, $1.85 to $1.40. Cranberries -- Market unchanged, with stocks small. to $10 per barrel. Onions--Market steady at $2.50 to $3 per barrel. Hay, baled--The market is firm, with good demand. Timothy quoted at $10.25 to $10.50 on track Tor- onto, for No. 1 and at $8.50 to $9 for No. 2. Straw--The market is quiet. Car lots on track quoted at $5.50 to $06, the latter for No. 1. Poultry--Supply is small and prices steady. We quote fresh killed tur- keys, 12 to 12ic per Ib ; geese, 8 to 9c; chickens, 70 to 90c; old hens, 40 to 50c. Potatoes--In car lots, on track, 63 to 65c¢c per bag. Small lots, out of store, bring 75c per bag. Cape Cod, 89.50 THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter--The market is unchanged, with choice qualities in limited sup- grades are dull. We quote as follows :--Choice 1-b i PTFINES, 10, 12 206; choice larg wells, 17 to 173c; secondary grades, in rolls, 15 to 16¢; low grades, 12 to 13c; creamery prints, 22 to 24c; do solids, 21 to 22jc. Eggs--The market is lower to-day. New laid sold during the morning at 22¢, and later at 20c¢ per dozen. Cheese--The market rules firm at 104 to 1l1c per Ib. HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Diessed hogs are steady. Car lots nominal at $7.50. Hog products steady. We quote :--DBacon, long clears, sells at 10 to 10%c, in ton ad case lots. Mess pork, $20.50 ; do short cut, $21.50. Smoked meats--Hams, 12% to 13e; breakfast bacon, 13% to 14c; rolls, 11c; backs, 13% to 14c¢, and should- ers, 103c. Lard--The market is unchanged. We quote- :--Tierces, 11c¢; tubs, 11ic; pails, 114 to 114c; compound, 9 to 98c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Toledo, March 11.--Wheat--Firm, higher ; cash, 84%c; May, 84%c; July 80%c. Corn--March, 60c; May, 62%c; July, 62¢c. Oats--March, 444c;® May, 44%c; July, 386%c. Cloverseed--Dull, -strong ; March, $5.60; April, $5.55. Detroit, March 11.--Wheat closed-- No. 1 white, cash, 86%c; No. 2 red, cash and March, 85c; May, 84ic; July, 803c. - : Buffalo, March 11.--Flour--Steady. Wheat--Spring dull; No. 1 Northern, 844c car loads. Winter opened easy, but closed stronger; No. 2 red, 873%c. Corn--Dull; No. 3 yellow offered at 651c; No. 2 corn, 64%c; No. 8 do, 64%. Oats, easy; No 2 white 49¢; No 3 do 48ic; No. 2 mixed, 463c; No. 3 do, 464c. Barley--Nothing doing, Rye, quiet; No. 1, 65c. Minneapolis, March: 11.--Wheat closed--May, 73%c; July, 74% to 744c; on track, No. 1 Northern, 71% to 72%c. Duluth, March 11.--Wheat closed-- Cash, No. 1- hard, 763c; No. 1 Northern, 73%c; No. 2. 4d0., 71c; May, 75c¢; July, 76%ic; Manitoba No. 1 Northern, cash, 71jic; May, 73ic; No. 2 Northern, 634c. Oats--42c. Corn--~61lec. No. 1ihard, 75%c; 73%c; No. 2 do, CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, March 11.--At the West- ern cattle yards to-day the total receipts were only 27 carloads of live stock, comprising 410 caitle,. 600 hogs, 150 sheep and lambs, 10 calv- es, and a few milch cows. Owing to the light run prices were well maintained all round, the only change being an advance in lambs. There was an early clearance. Following is the range of quota~ tions: -- Cattle. Shippers, per cwt... ... $4.50 $5.25 Do. Haht...... od 4.25 4.50 Butcher, choice... ... ... 4.00 4.25 Butcher, ord. to good. 8.25 3.95 Butcher, inferior .. .... 2.50 3.00 Stockers, per cwt... .... 3.00 3.50 Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes, per cwt ... 3.50 8.75 Lambs, per cwt... ....... 4.25 5.25 Bucks, per cwt... ... ..... 2.00 2.50 Milkers and Calves. Cots, each... cons 30.00 45.00 Calves, 'each.i: ... ... .... 2.00 10.00 Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt... 5.75 6.00 Light hogs, per cwt ... 5.50 £ Heavy hogs, per cwt... 5.50 Sows, 'per-ewt... i... 3.50 Stags, per ¢wt... ... .... 0.00 --_---- FATHER ALONE ESCAPED, Ten Lives Lost in a Burning Dwel- ling House. A Mantane, Que., despatch says:i-- One of the most dreadful holocausts ever known in this part of the coun- try occurred here on Sunday morn- ing, resulting in the loss of ten lives. About six o'clock a servant girl returning home from a walk in the village discovered the lower part of the house of Mr. Arthur Bouchard to be in flames. The lower part is used as a grocery store and the upper part as a dwelling house. The girl managed to arouse the family. Mr. Bouchard immediately jumped from an upper window, and was about to be followed by his wife, but she fail- ed in her attempt, and perished, to- gether with her nine children, six boys and three girls, the eldest be- ing a boy of 14 years and the other children as follows:--Girl 12 years, four boys aged 10, 9, 8, and 7 vears; two girls 6 and 4, and a boy 2 years. Bouchard arose about 5 o'clock and lighted a fire in the kitchen and then retired again. It is thought the fire started in the kitch- en. ---- TO RAISE LAKE ERIE. -- United States Wants to Build Dam at Head of Niagara. A Washington, D.C., despatch says: --The Committee on Rivers and Har- bors finished its bill Saturday after- noon, and it will be reported to the House on Monday. Among the gen- eral provisions of the bill is one which relates to the building of a dam across the Niagara River at the outlet of Lake Erie. The bill pro- vides for the formation of an inter- national commission to be composed of three members from the United States and three from the Govern- ment of Great Britain, to represent the. Dominion of Canada. In the event of Great Britain accepting the invitation, the President is authoriz- ed to appoint one United States En- or lawyer as commissioners from the United States. " ? The proposition is to raise the water two or three feet above the low-water level of the lake. That will give the increased depth to all the ports of Lake Erie as far west, it is believed, as the Detroit river. --_--, PEACE OVERLAPS WAR. Orange Colony Revenue Has Ex- ceeded Expenditure. A London despatch says: --Satur- 'day's Bloemfontein cablegrams show that despite the warlike disturbances the Orange River Colony has suc- ceeded in so far re-establishing itself that the revenue for the six months ending with December exceeded the expenditure by $160,000, the largest item of expenditure being for educa- tion, $60,000, and the largest item of revenue, the customs, $305,000. How peace is overlapping the area of war is further shown by the fact that Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are supplying, at Mr. Cham- berlain's request, 100 teachers to proceed to the former Boer colonies at once, while last Saturday the principal of the New Brunswick Nor- mal College left Southampton on a three-years' engagement as principal of the Normal College at Pretoria. Yet the war persists almost as vig- orously as ever, though, of course, in area gradually lessening under tke blockhouse system. er me me ff rm ns DOMINION REVENUE. Increase of $2,946,300 in Eight Months. An Ottawa despatch says: --The financial statement of the Dominion for the eight months ending 28th February last shows the revenue to be $36,566,797, an increase over the same time last year of $2,946,300. The expenditure on current account for the same time was $29,058,067, an increase of $2,402,223, so that there was a betterment of about half a million so far as current revenue and expenditure are concerned. The revenue for February was about one-quarter of a million gredter than for February, 1901. The expenditure on the capital ac- count for the eight months was $8, 354,872, over two millions greater than for the same period last year. TO EXAMINE BOUNDARY. TU. S. Senate Committee Joint Commission. Favors A Washington despatch says :(--A favorable report was authorized by the Senate Committee on Commerce on the bill authorizing the President to appoint a commission to co- operate with Canada in an examina- tion of the diversion of the boundary waters between the two countries. ~gineer, ote tivil-ersiieer rt 01IC | (HE ONTARID LEGISLATURE, WEAT OUR MEMBERS ARE DO- ING AT TORONTO. IMMIGRANTS FOR ONTARIO. Mr. Duff asked--Has the attention of the Government been called to the fact that emigrants from Great Brit- ain at the rate of 4,000 monthly, have been arranged for. Is it the intention of the Government to take any steps to obtain any number of thesc for Ontario? If so, what? Hon. Mr. Davis replied that the Government's attention had been drawn to the fact and negotiations opened with the Provincial Emigra- tion Office at Liverpool, and with the Dominion authorities, with a view of securing a share of "the immigration for Ontario. In reply to Mr. Monteith, Hon. Mr. Dryden said an option had been se- cured on eleven acres as a site for the McDonald School of Domestic Science at Guelph. PRIVATE BILLS COMMITTEE. The Private Bills Committee passed the bill confirming the charter of the Algoma Steel Company, a Clergue concern, with an authorized capital of $20,000,000. The bill to incorporate the North- ern Electric Company, of Newmarket which proposes to supply light and power . in New York and Simcoe Counties, was also reported. Two Cornwall bills to bonus manu- facturing voncerns by fixed assess- ments were amalgamated as one mea- sure and reported. POLLING SUBDIVISIONS. The Attorney-General introduced a bill to amend the Ontario Election Act, providing that where the num- ber of names on the voters' list at one polling subdivision exceeds 300 it may be divided alphabetically into two polling = subdivisions ; for in- stance, that one polling place may be provided for voters on the list from A to M, and another for those from N to Z. It 1S provided that the polling places shall be closed to- gether in order that there may be no inconvenience. NEW GAME REGULATIONS. Hon. Mr. Latchford introduced a bill amending the Ontario Game Protection Act. It provides that the open season for moose, reindeer, and caribou shall in the district south of the C.P.R. main line be- tween Mattawa 'and Port Arthur re- main as at present--that is, from November 1 to November 15, but that in the regions' west and north of that section of the C.P.R. the open season shall be from October 15 to November 15. _A special progisile granting an open season kept on preserves to November 15. The close season for quail and wild turkeys is reduced from October 15 to December 1st, instead of to De- cember 15, as at present. PROHIBITION BILL. Hon. G. W. Ross moved.the second rcading of his prohibition bill at 3.80 o'clock. He declared 'there would be no change in the basis of the vote, excepting it would be on the votes polled in 1898, instead of at the coming elections. The votes polled in_the last election numbered 456,976, and one more than the half of this would enact prohibition. He announced that the vote on the re- ferendum would take place early in November. A NEW HOLIDAY. A sort of an omnibus bill, '"'to amend the statute law,'"" was given a second reading, after explanation by Mr. Gibson. It provides for a new holiday, "the King's birthday" ; provides that a sheriff's salary shall be at least $1,000; and also that Ontario shall continue to contribute 81,000 per annum to each of the salaries of the Ontario Court of Ap- peal judges, after their salaries have been increased by the Dominion, as they will likely be during the present session. DEVOLUTION OF ESTATES. When the Attorney-General's bill to further amend the Devolution of Estates Act came up for a third reading, Mr. Joynt (Grenville) moved that it be referred back to committee. Speaking to his motion Mr. Joynt said the bill was another turn of the screw to force estates into the Probate Court. There was no necessity that a large majority of estates should go into the Pro- bate Court at all, but the effect of section three of this bill would be to play into the hands of legal prac- titioners who were anxious to make money out of small estates. The Attorney-General held that the hon. gentleman was entirely wrong in supposing that the bill would play into the hands of the legal pro- fession. It was designed on the con- trary to simplify the matter of prov- ing the titles to lands. Mr. Joynt's motion was lost cn division and the bill was given a third reading. RAILWAY SUBSIDIES. The railway subsidies were pre- sented, and total $613,000, includ- ing two revotes, and in addition to some land grants. Seven railways in all are subsidized, as follows: 1. To the Pembroke Southern Rail- way from the Town of Pembroke to a point in the Township of Ross, not exceeding a distance of fifteen miles, a cash subsidy of $3,000 a MB. nl a ek ae 35,000 2. To the Bay of Quinte Railway (formerly the Kingston, Napance, and Western Railway), for such ex- tensions of branches or additions to for dcer from October 15 introgduveed.! its projected and authorized line of railway northerly of the village of Tweed, as will not exceed fifty miles in all, and will enable the said com- pany to connect its line of railway with the iron ore deposits or other mineral lands'lying northward of the said village of Tweed, in renewal and extension of the amount granted to the Kingston, Napanee and West- ern Railway in the year 18938, a cash subsidy of $3,000 a mile (revote $90,000) rivers ans iaees ST 50,000 3. To the Irondale, Bancroft, and Ottawa Railway Gompany from Kin- mount Junction to Irondale (subject to conditions in the Act respecting railways) a distance of ten miles, and from a point thirty-five miles from Irondale and thence easterly for a distance of ten miles; also from | Palmer Rapids to the Town of Reu- frew, a distance of about fifty miles, in all a distance not exceeding sev- venty miles, a cash subsidy of $3,- 000 a mile (revote $30,000) $210,000 4. To a railway from Dinorwie Station, in the District of A,goma, northerly to Lake Minetakie, a dis- tance of fifteen miles, a cash subsidy of $3,000 a mile.) ..c ie $45,000 5. To the James Bay Railway Company from a point on the Can- ada Atlantic Railway near Rose Point to a point on.the Georgian Bay in the Town of Parry Sound, a distance not exceeding five miles, and from a point on the main line of the James Bay Railway at or near the Town of Parry Sound to a point on the Canadian Pacific Rail- way at or near Sudbury, a distance not exceeding 90 miles (in all 95 miles), in addition to subsidies pre- viously granted, a cash subsidy of $1,000 a mile... . +.895,000 6. To the Lindsay, Bobcaygeon, and Pontypool Railway, from the Village of Bobcaygeon to the Town of Lind- say, a distance not exceeding 16 miles, a cash subsidy of $3,000 a mile... ns ede Wd 1 848.000 7. To the Thunder Bay, Nepigon, and St. Joe Railway, from a point thirty miles east of Port Arthur, a distance of ten miles, a cash subsidy of $2,000 a mile in addition to 5,- 000 acres of land per mile...$20,000 THE BARBERRY SHRUB. A second reading was given Mr. Dryden's bill, which provides for the extermination of the barberry shrub, upon the petition of owners or occu- pants of lands whose crops have been injuriously affected by the proximity of the plant. The measure also prohibits the sale and cultiva- tion of the shrub. Mr. Dryden said evidence had been taken which show- ed conclusively that barberry was the cause of black rust in wheat. Dr. Jessop (Lincoln) said there was a good deal of barberry in his own county, but no bad results had been noticed. : Mr. Dufi (West, Simcoe) and Dr. Barr (Diilerin) testified "to the dan- gerous quality of the barberry and approved the bill. HIGHWAYS REPORT. The annual report of the Good Roads Commissioner, Mr. A. W. Campbell, has been issued, and re- ports that benefit has resulted from the commutation of the statute la- bor obligation. Mr. Campbell also alludes to the growing monopoliza- tion of highways by electric rail- ways, and thinks that companies should be held responsible for acci- dents. PROTECTING THE GAME. Hon. Mr. Latchford moved the second reading of his bill to amend the Ontario Game Protection Act. Some of its provisions are :--An open season for moose, reindeer, or caribou south of the C.P.R. main line between Mattawa and Port Ar- thur, from November 1st to Novem- ber 15th, both days inclusive ; and from October 16th to November 15th. north and west of the main line ; an open season for quail or wild tur- keys from October 15th to December 1st; permission to the owner or oc- cupant of any land to kill cottontail rabbits or license others to kill them, when damage to trees or shrubs has been proved ; permission to owners of deer preserves to kill deer on such preserves between October 1st and November 15th upon proof that the deer were put there, bred, or im- ported by the person killing the same. TOLL ROADS. The Legal Committee passed a bill moved by Mr. Dickenson (South Wentworth) to amend the Toll Roads Appropriation Act by enabl- ing Municipal Councils to purchase toll roads on twenty-year deben~ tures, without submitting a by-law to the people. ROYAL TRUST COMPANY. The bill enabling the Royal Trust Company, a Quebec corporation, to transact business in Ontario was re- ported. A deposit of $200,000 is re- quired of the company, and the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council is empowered to demand an increase thereof. ft WANT CANADIAN TEACHERS Request That Forty Be Sent to South Africa. An Ottawa despatch says :--The Secretary of State has received an application from Hon. Joseph Cham- berlain, asking the services of forty Canadian lady teachers to proceed to South Africa to look after the Boer children in the concentration camps. The engagement is for one year. The salary will be £100, with rations and house or tent accommo- dation. Passage will be paid both ways. Twenty will be secured in Ontario and twenty in the other provinces. A Normal School certifi- cate is the standard of qualification. FARMER SUICIDES. Jumped Into the Water From a Toronto Dock. A despatch from Toronto says :-- Samuel Miller, a Markdale farmer, deliberately ended his life at five minutes to +10 o'clock on Sunday wrning by jumping into the waters of the bay from the Bertram ship- yard docks at the foot of Bathurst street. Neither the man's relatives nor the people in the house where he boari- ed, 332 Adelaide street west, can as sign any reason for his self-destruc- tion. He left a letter, but it does Inot shed any light on that point. Deceased, who was a prosperous | former, living near Markdale, came to Toronto to reside some three months ago, disposing of his farm {at the time, and took rooms at 832 Adelaide street west, with his wife and daughter. Tiring of boarding, he decided to rent a house of his own, and with this idea he left home Sunday morning at 9 o'clock for the announced purpose of trying to find a suitable residence. LEAPED INTO THE WATER. It was only a few minutes before 10 o'clock that Thomas Thompson, watchman on the Richelieu and On- tario steamer Kingston, and John Wright, 13 Renfrew street, watchman for the Bertram Company, noticed a man walking along the Bertram docks. Some minutes later they saw a figure dart across the dock and take a flying leap into the water, which was open just there, between the steamers Kingston and Montreal. The body did not rise to the sur- face, and it was some time before it was recovered by J. R. Richardson, mate of the Chippewa, with a pike- pole. On the wharf, quite close to the spot from which deceased jumped, was found his coat, and on top of it a note written in lead pencil, and weighted down by a stone. It was merely a request that certain friends in Markdale would take care of his wife and daughter. Nothing can be suggested as to the cause of Miller's suicide, but a fit of temporary insanity. Before he left home he took from his pocket a large roll of bills, which he left on a table in his room. Miller is 52 years of age, and is survived by his widow and one daughter. + ONTARIO MINERALS. Production During 1901 27 Per Cent Over 1800. The metallic production in Ontario during the year 1901, according to the report of Mr. Thog. Gibson, DPi- rector of the Mining Biireau; was as follows i -- Quantity. Value. Copper, he...... ... 9,074,000 $589,080 Gold, oz... ... .... . 14,203 244,443 Iron ore, tons....: 272,538 174,428 Nickel, Ibs ... .... 8,882,000 1,859,970 Pig iron, tons ... 116,370 1,701,703. Silver, 'oz... ....... "151,400 84,830 Steel, tons... ... . © 14,471 347,280 Zinc ore, tons.... 1,500 15,000 Potala . $5,016,734 The value of non-metallic sub- stances mined was $6,805,791. The aggregate value of the pro- duction shows an increase of 27 per cent. over the previous year. The chief increases in quantity and value are as follows : Copper--2,346,000 pounds, or 35 per cent.; $269,399, or 84 per cent. Nickel--1,802,000 pounds, or 23. per cent.; $1,103,344, or 145 per cent. Iron ore--182,236 tons, or 201 per cent.; $62,623, or 56 per cent. Pig iron--53,984 tons, or 86 pe cent.; $765,637, or 82 per cent. : Steel--11,652 tons; $332,809. The principal decreases in quan- tity and value are : Petroleum--1,948,283 gallons, or 8 per cent. ; $401,105, or 21 per cent. Natural gas--856,640, or 14 per cent. The values are all calculated upon the selling prices at the mines or works. SAIL ON THE SEVENTH. Preparations for Vice-Royalty's Departure. A Montreal despatch says :(--The Allan Line has been notified from Ottawa that the Governor-General and his daughter, Lady Ruby El- liott, will sail by the company's steamer Parisian on Juge 7 for Liverpool. Special apartments, lux- uriously furnished, will be set apart for the Viceregal party, who will at- tend the King's coronation. It has not been definitely decided when Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the other Min- isters will sail for England, but it is understood they will either sail by the company's steamer Parisian or Tunisian. et ol as MOST POWERFUL WARSHIP One Building for an Unknown Purchaser. A London despatch says: --Vickers, Sons and Maxim have begun at Bar- row the construction of a warship which is described as a semi-battle- ship and semi-cruiser, having the strength of the former, and the fleet- ness of the latter. She will be the most powerful armored warship ever built. It is not known who she is being built dor.