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* oe a short cut pork, $21.50; select . $22.50; compound relinedslard, 8} t & Qe; pure Ganadian-jand, 11} to. ieie, 4 se. EZ = is Ins, 13 to. ic; bacon, 123 to 15¢. “Poultry Puskas fresh 45Nied, 10¢;. frozen, Jp to Sc; ducks, 8c to 9c; gs 5 ore: | ee 6 to 7% old Pero to 5c r dry-picked birds, and sealed Soak Teale to Zones Prices of grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. ‘eronto, Dec. —-Wheat—The dc sag for wheat a ee to-day, and prices unchanged. hite and red eo? a MARKETS. winter pastes at Tehe ‘idle sighs Doe « and No. 68e iddle wheat soring inter, No. i red, ae Ha No. 2 slide lower via North sith | 51 to 51i¢; No. 2 nia. Prices are 1¢ Bay be sie do, 48}¢. Darley, 67 to 7Oc. No. 2, 70%. y- Oats—The age ir wei The | ONLY FOUR WERE LEFT. nd at S4e West. |. quiet, with| Boers Gained Eevje, tig But Canadian yellow sold Were Driven at 1] A despatch from London says , in a despatch “fi Markel te eleany. sfuoted St Sie ae sit 52e, ant Hhighting in th svaal Colony The occurre middle ae igh . Rye—The market: is steady Yo SGte. middle iroights.. Buckwheat—1 eae: casualties, ty per.cents., in buy: bag: ae 92.00 middie treigntg. and for Lower Provinee trade ch straight roller ood, ar is to fighting, two bund $3.40. “Manitoba: rome ste track, $5.35 in bags, Broken lots, 25¢ per eterrainedly in. overwh e b jbers, "Ph ritish “casualties Ailifeed—Bran very scarce, and pri- 19 to $19.50. Shorts, ceived... Manitoba bran, |. Lord Kitchener also reports $22, ‘Toronto during General De Wet’s attack the British jane by G erals Dartnell and Campbel Langberg, the Boers charged ee $20, and ,shorts, freights, gota. sacks. PRODUCE. Potatoes—The market 13 steady. FOUGHT DESPERATELY Cars are quoted at 7Uc per bag, on. for several hours. Wet was driv- track here, and’ the jobbing price, 6H of with a Jose _-ot twenty amen: iPhere were rele casualties on the “wig ee is steady, |side of the Briti aera ee Mo Botha, with eight tim mares ee ie 1b? Tvnporeted sell at 9 to (Boers, surprised Colonel Damant’s nce guard at Tarfel Kep, Orange oe Business allt ei prices. iniver Colcny sveady at 13¢; yeark | op: eyo ged at and’ the Co: bes a men and drove the Boer: i je. The British casualties ere heayy. hy wounded, 2.9 8 peccined 10z. Bea: market ‘is steady; picker are Jopping at $1.40 to $1.45, amant Was dangerous- two officers’ and tw d, and thi and handpi 1, $1.55:t0 $1.60. - | men. wel is d aioe oa, ‘and several men’ Were w cl “Geanbories pre go nar bbl, | Tbe Boers tet six dead onthe fcld Ys Bre: are nd dispersed. Thi ritish pursued adocin, 5. et is firm, ‘9 enemy and captured a number of z » ‘prisoners, including” Commandant ees: en a cold i | Keyter. ater, the Boers, under a RE eee |fiag, of truce, asked permission to re- $8.50, to Bos t They admitted Stras—The market ie aut an apicGpuried awentgacqoen eel FCUGHT TO THE DEATH. Market is firm, with good d. Turkeys, 9 to. 1 1b; fight at the frozen, sealded and hli-fatted stock |noors, droseed as Britich Yeo! bee 29 a to 8c. Geese—Dry_ picks i jendid. ee With the 7 ue S50 to 7c: British in an attempt to be first Chickens, youn, 9 40s. Rabbits, 25e perspairs st 'st, and-opened .a_hea- a vy fire on the single troop of Da- mantis/Horsé which kepart in ees DATRY MARKETS. oe market is quiet, with |t ged. ‘The supply of |ount. of cover available immediately peor stufl is ae liberal, and’ sales }below the Boers, and fought until are difficult to.make.. We quote: all but four,of 4 aes were killed ~ or. iclectéd... dairy — tubs, 17¢; |wour time reinforce S jairy tubs, 26 S choite large rolls, 164 to'17c; finest | ments of Damant’s “nn Ib rolls, 18 to 19c; packages show-/and charged ‘and captured theacopie. i jc to 2c ve 21 to ee fe PLS prints, ae 193 to 24 Peres aie ») ROYAL VISIT TOJRELAND. Story That it Had Been Abandon- =) ed Is Incorrect. Be Bane aid at 2 A to 20¢, oe to cual: limed, 17 ‘Market firm. We quote:—|~ q despatch from Belfast say$:—T) a Seoenes. fox to 416; 8e | rora Mayor vaarteeghd eed be is, 94 to 94c- from Far] Cadogan, Lord Licutenant “Es 1 Treland, sayin; HOGS AND PROVISIONS. a Drossed hogs sinchanged at $9 in ae 5 FI isis, et that he had been directed the fullest. piBlicity to aire Saree Bee igh acon Tog clea, sols At/104c in ton and whatever ore amight ulti- case lots; mess a 6 $20.50; 4 do, short cut, $21.50 to ——$ fas Tag sat ahouldo bee Pere a “encknae, with, We quote:—Tierces, 11¢; ‘as nike pails, oiiie to 113. RELIGIONS IN MANITOBA. — Statement. Issued by Census De- partment. +A despatch from. Ottawa sa; Ceiahint Of she rellelore ol the by, the He BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. tion aight i bags 254; Sa te ture. fairly high reducati nis comparative- : JO CHECK THE DISEASE<|ty <man z in pees Agriculture = pas Red ness Rolled oats—Mi- * ; in store for ese, an nost™ A in Comet adieastn Montres. Bylaw) oF them saburally Seer Roeper: 2 a Chi : Monte = says: |Dations, in consequence» thé | 5.” jor emer ence Aiton Saill sbon be réal in order. to thy the save "oF “smallpox. ae : the compulsory # cold storage, 17; Moritreal lmbed, 17 | (ion of Gi emplowerat shops «ana t Sel nd to | factories, under oy enalty of a fine prisonment. Boke! 10" Christmas morning, the [very Jong_pne. ar t points eee the possil phy of the kopie frémi that =I si o- higher Gdentite eiuedtipa, Te -nas ‘the res- | men have shown DE WET'S” SWOOP. a Precipi and Sought British Hoops FRANCE AND A. despatch from London At TO saa the Battle of Zeefontein, han waa’ fought carly on Conditions in itish .s1 sui- seems, ed a severe deleat.. ‘This = esburg, pub- url Kar) ly. this week the dussian. Am-| 4, bassador in pepmtanniieie eso Lord ‘about halt the men of Fii azing at in the matter of tions. Russi ee 25 the attacking force, ra thousand, men, Dyed tao eisoans wa acee verano cae umn at its mercy. Lord Kitchener, in his first message Russia, it is j- severe; but. no details have been re- | guns a. n jamm is abe ie that 4 Briti ish-c ~com- lef epeelally refers to the ee vainly endea ictorions Boers Some years ago- to the British wounded LOSS BY * STORMS. Canneries Damaged and Demolish- Near Eat it ed in British Columbia. ee = A despatch from Vancouver, re has auestion that lily thee vapiee @ bee d Eee cee floo top windows in many cases. ave e ued entirely. The North Arm, Alliance, ‘and La- brador Cannerie: © demolished, tore easily on es wae 28 sie Hive Fras- Boats overthrow of the daa Stacked Boo “vere aes ‘oyed over nd the Cleve Canning mnpany’s acnied a very large con- © wer pike “cold Storage: plant aie eine joining, was swept away. All being dow: coming in meagrely, loss by the storin on th Pacific coast tg shipping, buildings, crops, ae uses is said to be fully a million do! So fee was ; the storm that Brit-! f from the, sy fee €emands He is gettin s he torn oe at both-e1 Sen desneteh from St ae =: oee, us’ gales of New! eae ame THnesaay ” erty sha wrought mach Smong the chipping and fi at Bay oi-Islands, New Ta Pyiibee ae srar Bota = seeking cargoes ‘of herring. thy ie west. coast,’ the ‘eae “hoais suierea great dam- age, wha and worst lon front nadine were near ed. is feared that the seas will inundate Andiviai the’ entire hamlet. Both the bre: water and the railroad pier have) boen partly demolished. ¢ WOMEN “FARMERS. The Russian Government wa Ba-| The poe ere eve a eae "hem. appeared to-morrow the Wid» fat pres A bapa 2 eh St, Petersburg as - saysi—Long continued -agitation”has | a¢eq orize induced the Gor ie Moscow Polyte yy the capacity wo- an the qucdient pepe fession and in certain departments of, Sold om: especially as famine in- been won largely the oa wtent famines of the last fif- teen eet have ernment ps the national standar ‘Phe number of Russian men of are oe >. great’ powers of Euro} he first oficial trating definite plans for action [SULTAN HEARING HIS BND et eet donia, Are feed as a to Peace. ing pied oy ae are poi eie IS. SOUGHT. aa eet seg = Ve. Telegraphic | From All” Over the Globe L. CANADA. near Winnipeg has eight cases ef small ~~ to- | pox. s ‘The new directory in London On-{ tario, makes the population 45,987. Re MeClarey Se Co of ipl secured” of the Copp: Co" . Stove Works at Hamilton. are the leaders o set the Eu- 10. ‘stand-| were no prisoners for hint Mr. Geo ng InsI ‘that, imication from mt Rane. id, is discussing the NECESSITY OF UNITY-~ ni aa solve’ dhe probien “Ot he | th uid: sI ae ead imagined scribed. | What would be the ities 3 of they than, a ues “opposition ie hands all the threads of Seat fetra- oe ‘As a natural result intervals of oa prs jury: os ne bo inertness ov‘ mulated svar. which he BH ie Englit Pes nd new Irish la: Lynaht owt rod” Chancellor. ae . Wald nag given £ £10. ‘ ono for ae sic Rifle Aaso ticn, England. ‘The coronatior tivities will in- aca Stent aus a ie eet a naval review at cee ee has just bought the jall estate, near Boomers least wers me ‘Pre ‘pany of Grose | tablish autom: tie block egal ae uae 1 a if hom: e horrors mana aud toliew. vite aaa ae drawi ing rooms rnmient has decided to use mints “raphy on the navy. se Potter, 2. = a old, rented to peat se ish ed $2,000 for try’ to een nee! moar ‘the im, he rural aoe eae, ¢ to touch, has fall- pe Ae St ohne: esse fen appallingly into arrears. ALIENATES HIS SUBJECTS. 1 own and fully appreci- pos- SMALLPOX IN: LONDON. —|enemn Spread of oes Disease Raises Ap- eS from ‘London saya-— ‘The epidemic of smallpox in London erensing steadily, and there are Thoveingit started to. permit seek Bos WOT canes Weider to engage in: agriculture eer iengl ‘yeon. endorsed by” the seven ee ment. Sey se Shocking outrages are described in| & private Ww cases reported inel: ne 3 in ‘obate Di me, “Clara Boss of Bernardsville, is ee i ot Ba ae tees rt * ii eae’ Biussiiman pop Doputacion of the capital. |") “s" carter, « Drovklyn lawyer, for a cemes ae ey James Hieks, fey alah of Piqua, Ohio, i eis: ‘poisoning Sree a ci on lip re sogilacaideees le pre els dhe Gs vernor-eeet ot Towa pe es a form a Hompartisat teteriaiae vhe Walue OF the railroad 3 in the state with a view to taxati wel im- © most formidable ‘obsta- By hte ee had a of trade eek month oot to 60, 180 to. Jews: at Odes Russia the Governm The Grand Duke and Duchess Se Hesse. were. divorced ea the Bro) of-insuperable aversit Reports fons Stocoi that working ~ : ‘The | quality the ‘ni, ‘butter is better, and ni a fe ee ee im Sou- treatm in letters as being perpetrated wills ae others who examine them, aa. t; the time fi by the Russian’Cogsacks on the de-| 88 these jencetess citizens of eae in sick-ro. uments are olten signed