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the woblfs markets reports from the leading trade centres prices of cattle grain cheese and other dairy produce at home and abroad toronto oct 27 wheat ontario grades are firm with demand chiefly from millers no 2 white and red winter sold at 77 to 78c low freights no 2 spring is quoted at 76 to 77c east and no 2 goose at 70 to 71c east manitoba wheat is firm at upper lake ports no 1 northern is quoted at 891c and no 2 northern at 8lc no 1 hard nom inal at 92c sanaa oats the market is steady with offerings moderate no 2 white is quoted at 23 to 2sc west and at 20c low freights to new york no 1 white 30 to 30jc east barley the demand is limited with offerings fair no 2 quoted at 4lc middle freights no 3 extra 42c middle freights and no 2 at 40c middle freights rye the market is quiet with prices steady at about 50c high freights and at 51c east peas trade is dull and prices un changed no 2 wjiito quoted at 61 to 62c high freights and at 64c east buckwheat the market is dull with quotations 41 to 42c at outside points corn the market is quiet with prices steady no 2 yellow ameri can tooted at 55c on track toron to no 3 yellow at 54c and no 3 mixed at 53 to 53c toronto pi oun ninety per cent patents are firm at 310 middle freights in buyers sacks for export- straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at s340 to 355 in bbls manitoba flour unchanged no 1 patents 475 to 480 no 2 patents s445 to 450 and strong bakers 430 to 435 on track toronto millfccd bran steady at 16 and shorts at 18 here at outside points bran is quoted at 1350 and shorts at 17 manitoba bran in backs 18 and shorts at s20 hero minneapolis oct 27 wheat de cember 7jc may 7sjc on track no 1 hard 5jc no j northern 84jc no 2 northern jb2fc ko 3 northern so tos2c floutrfirst patents 455 to 465 second pa tents 445 to 455 first dears 340 to 350 second clears 275 to 285 fob- in woodiinnoapouis bran in bulk 1275 to 13 toledo oct 27 closed wheat cash 844c december 85icxmay slc corn cash 48c december 43jc may 42jc oats cash 37ic december 36ic may 37c st louis oct 27 closedwheat cash 874c december 86 jc may 82jc live stock market toronto oct 27 an active trade in cattle v was the feature at tho what canada will ask ainv prevent future disastrous r n decisions a xroetdon despatch says upon leaving iiiverjool on thursday mr a bayles worth kc one ofthe canadian coinmissioncrs to the ala- ka boundary tribunal said in jus tification of his refusal to sign the award it was more of a compromise than a judicial decision its effect wil bo that dominion goods trav ersing uwtdisputcd territory must pay high tariff duties to the urited states tho canadians fevl so keenly on this subject that although there will be no cry of separation they probably will demand a larger power of selfgovernment in order to prevent in the future a repetition of western market today and all lines such decisions sold quickly and at steadv prices the times of thursday morning hogs were steady and unchanged j publishes dissenting opinion prc- sheoo continued firm while iambs sentc to the alaskan boundary tri bunal by mr a b aylesworth one of the canadian commissioners it is dated oct 17 and takes up three columns in the times and is a most sheep continued firm while lambs were steady not many exporters came forward and tho quality of theso was about fair buyers were out in force and so business in theso was over early in tho day and some said that they wanted several loads more which they were unable to get on this mar ket values were unchanged butchers cattle of all descriptions sold well the prices keeping firm minute discussion of the whole treaty question and a recital of mr aylesworths reasons for disagreeing with the majority it concludes as follows i have merely to say that the course the majority of this tribunal has decided to take with regard to and tho demand brisk the general is at the entrance of the quality of the receipts was fair butj channel is in mv humble not many extra choice ones were ofj judgment so opposed to the plain fered any of theso wero quickly requirements of justice and so abso- purchased and brought good prices- lutely irreconcilable with any dispos- feedcrs of good quality and of jition of that branch of this case upon suitable weights for the distilcrics principles of a judicial character continued in activo demand and sold readily many buyers from outside points wero on tho market looking for stockers and feeders to sell to the farmers and these men said that a fairly good enquiry from the coun try for these was btill passing lighter classes of stockers also sold at steady prices that i respectfully decline to affix my signature to their award signed a b aylesworth lord alverstone replies a london despatch says lord chief justice alverstonc when ques tioned regarding the alaskan award declined to be drawn into the market for ewes and bucks was said ho firm and lambs under the influence any controversy on the subject country produce apples the markot is unchanged with moderate supplies winter fruit quoted at 2 to 250 per bbl in car lots and 250 in small quanti ties beans there is a quiet trade- with prices steady unpicked 175 to 180 a bushel aftd handpickod 2 to 21 honey tlio market is quiet at 6 to 6jc per lb for bulk and at 125 to 150 for comb choice clover honey 7 lo 7jc per lb hay demand fan- with receipts only moderate i no 1 is quoted at s9 to 950 oh track toronto strawthe market is quiet at 525 to 550 per ton for car lots on track hops the market is quiet with this seasons crop quoted at 20 to 25c potatoes the offerings are fair and prices steady car lots quoted at 50c per bag on track small lots sell at 65c per bag poultry tho market is steady turkeys quoted at 10 to 12c per jb in cose lots geese 6j to 7c per lb ducks 9 to 10c chickens 9 to 10c and fowls 7 to 8c per lb r the dairy markets receipts moderate the best grades arc in demand and firm wo quote finest 1lb rolls 18 to 19c soloct- cd dairy tubs 16 to 17c secondary grades 13 to 15c creamery prints 21 to 22c solids 19 to 20c eggs the market is arm we quote strictly now laid 20c fresh gath ered 18c and pickled 37c perdozen cheese market is quiet with prices steady wo quoto finest uj to 13 lc per lb and seconds 11 to hie hog products dressed hogs arc unchanged cured meats firm with a fnlr demand wo quote bacon long clear 10 to lojc in ton and case lots pork moss 1750 to 1s do short cut 21 smoked meats hams light to medium 14 to 14 ic do heavy 13 to 18jc rolls 11 to llc shoulders lojc backs 15 to 1 5 jc breakfast bacon 141 to 15c lard tho market is steady with fair demand tierces 9 to 9jc tubs 9 to 94c pails 95 to 9jc com pound 8 to 9c business at montreal montreal oct 27 business in grain continues dull though there is some enquiry for oats and pens for export wheat is still quiet a little above the export price flour is easing off a little and if wheat comes down to the present price bid for export flour will probably go lower the liverpool quotation for cheese is up 6d to 54s for white and 55s or col ored locally too the markot shows moro strength owing to tho high prices pacl in the country grain pens 63c high freights 72jc afloat here rye 53c cast 53c afloat hero buckwheat 40c no 2 oats 84 jc in store end 33 to 34c afloat flaxseed 115 on track here no 3 barley 50c flourmanitoba patents 480 seconds 450 strong bakers 125 to 150 ontario straight rol lers 390 to 4 in bags 190 to 2 patents 115 to 440 extras 170 to 175 rolled oats 180 per bag 380 per bbl feed man itoba bran 17 to 18 shorts 20 bags incvtdcd ontario bran in bulk 3550 to 1650 shorts in bulk 2050 to 2150 eggs candled selected 23 to 22c and straight re ceipts 10c montreal limed 37 to 17c cheese ontario hfcy town ships llic quebec 31c butter townships creamery 2l 2ljc qucikjo 20jc western dairy 16c united states markets milwaukee oct 27 wheat easy no 1 northern 86 to 86jc no 2 northern 88 to 84jc december boic bid rye steady no 1 56 lo 56c barley stcdy no 2 of light receipts were steady calves were in good demand and firm the receipts amounted to 92 loads 1425 cattle 2103 sheep and lainbs 2231 hogs and 57 calves the market for exporters was un changed at 415 to 480 per cwt light to medium animals sold at s415 to 450- and fair to choice at 455 up not many of the latter class were received activity continued to dominate the butchers market and values in these were well maintained w quote good to choice butchers loads of 950 to 1150 lbs 375 to- 425 fair to good 325 to 375 com mon 250 to 315 canners and rough stock 2 up as much as s440 was paid for several lots of choice animals export bulls sold at 375 to 4- 5 per cwt export cows were quoted at 365 to 385 per cwt in feeders and stockers trade con tinued steady quotations follow to make any statement beyond say ing he did not believe the allegation that mr sifton one of the canadian commissioners had averred that the decision was diplomatic instead of judicial any such suggestion lord alverstone added was unwar ranted unjustifiable and in his opinion unfounded solely upon legal considerations it is understood that lord alverstone is preparing u reply to the one issued by mr ayles worth one of tho canadian commis sioners and that it will be given to tlyj newspapers raising goats attempt being made to breed them in quebec m impobmce of seed fortthe gardener andjthe hortictjlturist dominion department of agri culture gives some good advice m it should bo unnecessary to urgo upon the growers of garden crops the importance of using thoroughly re liable seed or to defend the practice of testing seeds before sowing them many gardeners have suffered heavy loss through the purchase of inferior or old bcod and almost all who jhavo used the seeds of flowers and vege tables have had occasion at one time or another to lament tho use of seed of unknown quality genu ine seed of high germinating capacity is however only ono essential to a successful crop and to depreciato the importance of good gaideners would bo entirely wrong since a good start is always important it would seem that to devote a little more attention to securing satisfactory seed would amply repay the major ity of gardeners to the horticulturist to agreater extent than to tho agriculturist is genuine reliable seed important with the seeds of many farm crops their actual value can be determined sev eral months before planting because the question of variety docs not en ter to tho samo extent as in garden crops with the garden crops true- ness to variety is of paramount im portance and a disappointment in that regard may mean practically the loss of a seasons crop if the difference bo a late maturing variety for an early one or vice versa it is therefore important that growers be competent and reliable for nrtiny years all the seeds used in this countiy were european grown although as early as 1785 some at tention was given to their growth in the united states in that countiy tho trade grew steadily until about i860 when owing to the interrup tion in trade due to the civil war people began to look for a home supply and home production was greatly stimulated as a result the increased demand encournged grow ers to produce reliable seeds and kinds suited to all conditions of growth a fair trial of homegrown seeds convinced people that t they radish 17 125 96 716 toineto 18 27 975 77 cabbage 1 j4 405 058 72 parsnip v 15 113 63 40 morning glory 5 29 615 508 sweet peas 5 69 913 854 pansy 6 95 75 542 the most noteworthy point in the results is tho great variation in tho results of different samples of tho ono kind of seed for whilo the average is in most coses fairly reas- onablei a considerable nujnber of samples germinate so poorly that a poor stand would be inevitable the samples of extremely low vitality doubtless wero principally old seed held over from year to year some kinds of seed depreciato in value very rapidly and in a few years are valueless so that the practice of some seedsmen of leaving seed packages in tho hands of retailers year after year cannot be commend ed it is important that a buyer of eeds should know at iist approxi mately what per cent is vital but owing to the limited amount of seed it is impossible for him to moko a test hc case is different with the wholesale dealer who has seed in bulk and should know within at least five or ten per cent the vital ity of the seeds he handles to stump tho vitality on each package would entail some little trouble to seedsmen but not necessarily any risk as no objection could be raised to a reasonable margin such a practice would be of inestimable ben efit to the users of the seed english dickybirds 500 pairs of songsters en route for victoria bc a victoria bc despatch says the victoria natural history socie ty has now on the way from eng land a consignment of five hundred pairs of song birds they are com ing by way of new york and arc expected to arrive here at an early date there are 100 pairs of gold finches 100 pairs of larks and fifty pairs of english robins the little redbreast of poetry and song in accordance with arrangements which have been completed half tho num ber of those feathered strangers from englands dells and glades will bo placed in vancouver and taken care of there until next spring when they will be distributed throughout the a montreal despatch says ser- iousattemptis being mado to-intro- duco goat farming into canada the chevrierc canadienne has imported from france a hundred goats of six different breeds and is attempting to raise them on a farm at cote visita- fccders 1000 to 1200 lbs 340 tion near montreal the varieties to 375 choice feeders 1150 to 1- include the maltese jogganbourg of 225 lbs 380 to 390 stockers switzerland the alpine saagen also 700 to 800 lbs 250 to 3 feed- of switzerland rind tho marcieimc ors 800 to 950 lbs 3 to 375 j of spain then there is the pride of stock calves yearlings 400 to 700 the flock a young nubian coal black lbs 250 to 325 rougher grades i and with hanging cars this ani- of the same weight 2 to 250 per is adored in its homo country cwt i and tho only pair of the variety in distillery feeding bulls 900 lbs up europe are the parents of the little sold at 250 to 312j per cwt onc nt cote visitation it is hoped steady prices prevailed on tho r uiu ho possible by next- year sheep market we quote as follows i to ootain a mateso that the brood export ewes 340 to 350 export mavbe perpetuated here the milk- bucks 250 to 275 por cwt cull tho f abundant and nour- l j woodlands of the lower mainland the remainder will be placed in beacon hil park aviary and kept until the spring when they will be given their liberty at various points on vancouver island the total cost of purchasing those birds bringing them out to tho province and boarding them until spring will be about 500 4- stocks and in some cases gave bet ter results in 1878 there was es timated to be 7000 acres do voted to tho production of garden seeds but at that time the california seed trade was but beginning and since then it has grown to enormous- pro portions the vegetable seeds most grown in california are onion let tuce carrot look kale parsley and parsnip the flowei seeds sweet peas nasturtuim verbenas and asters cabbage and cauliflower seed is grown in the state of washington and a good quality is grown on long island many other kinds of flower and vegetable seeds arc grown in various districts but as a rule not in sufficient quantity to affect the trnde there is still and will con tinue to bo large quantities of nearly all kinds of seed imported from eur ope whore labor is not so great an item of expense as in america much of the work in connection with the growing has to be done by hand so that labor is an important consideration the labor involved s00 officials resign the receiver decides to engage a new staff a sault ste marie oht despatch says b f fackenhall who is now in charge of the consolidated lake superior company in the dual capa city of releiyer appointed by speycr and co and as president of the sub sidiary companies is perfecting ar rangements for the reopening of such of tho plant as can bo profitably op erated on his arrival hero mr fnckentjinll asked for tho resignation of all heads of departments some thirty in number including assistant ticks fbofflthe wibe happenings prom all over the globe telegraphic briefs prom our own and other countries of recent events canada tho mcgiu ymca will erect a new 80000 building elgin myers kc died at sault sto mario on saturday enrolling is going on rapidly for an artillery corps at amhorstburg reports from rossland say that incendaries arc trying to burn the town the quebec mercury which was more than ono hundred years old stopped publication on saturday large furniture and woodenware factories aro to bo established at fort frances on the rainoy river members of tho 14th regiment at kingston want a medal for doing garrison duty during tho northwest rebellion forty monuments have been com pleted nt montreal they will bo taken to south africa to designate the graves of canadian soldiers the aggregate value of canadas foreign trade for the quarter ending september 30 was 133758124 which was 21506588 moro than for tho same period last year there wore too many steamers on the liverpool route from st john last winter and the cpr and tho allan lino company will cut down their services from five to three e j edelson his wife joseph h edelnod and robert edelson of chi cago tobacco merchants wero ar rested at montreal on saturday on charge of defrauding their credi tors about 14000 was taken from them negotiations between tho cpr engineers and firemen and the com pany at montreal having proved fruitless so far a meeting of the men was held in winnipeg at which it was decided to take a poll a strike may result great britain lord rosebory has- written a letter to henry h fowler indicating that he will support tho freo traders colonel sir william colville the kings master of the ceromonies is dead of lung trouble ho was born in 1827 the foreign office denies that there is any agreement between great bri tain and germany on the asiatic problem it is reported that ilarland and wolff tho shipbuilding firm of bel fast has signed a contract to tako all its iron and steel from the united states steel corporation it will amount to about 150000 tons vear- ly glimpse at japans navy an englishman testifys to its efficiency the rapid adaptation of japan to tho demands of modern civilization- has been one of the miracles of ot times some have regretted this as the destruction of on old and pic turesque oriental culturo others have hailed it as a great advance and go as far as to see in japanese statesmanship a power to organic tho yov peril of china into a formidable danger for tho western nations such fears- however should be held in abeyance until it is determined whether the japanese have a creative genius capablo of taking the initiative or aro only clover imitators how successful they have been as imitators in one point at least is related by mr alfred stead in tho london daily mail mr stead has been one of the very few foreigners- permitted to tako a cruise on a japanese warship in commission and feels himself able to give a graphic account of what will happen when tho real thing arrives he found a striking demonstration of naval strength and efficiency all the ships save one wero english built- hc tells us and tho japnneso auth orities ate quite determined that nono of their large vessels shall bo built elscwhero than in great bri tain tho sailors made up of tho con scripts serving four years and vol unteers serving seven are a sturdy efficient lot and are well fed and ad mirably handled of the gun prac tice mr stead says the men are all armed with murata rifles invonted and manufactured in japan and short -bayonets- for over an hour th work of aiming loading and cleaning tho guns in tho turrets casements and batteries was carried on seriously muny of tho com mands contain english words and it is very curious to hear them special attention was paid to tho cleaning and repairing of the guns as also to tho protection of tho gun crows during action after describing the various prac tice drills which were admirably carried through mx stead concludes by saying the whole of tho per sonnel of tho japanese navy aro filled with pride in their traditions and their ships and they will do well should ever the occasion arise insurgents surrendering pardoned by tho sultan and woll treated manager coyne who has been is a eerlous objection to tho home- j chftr since tho financial trouble be- growing of seed which is practised lean the resignations were handed by some gardeners very frequent- on wednesday mr fackenthall ly too tho quality of seed produc- ft ed is inferior to that grown by pro fessionals unless proper precautions arc taken the greatest dangers shocp s2io s37ad7iombi3to p j i mt to 4 per cwt statomgnt that niter mother s calves continued steady at 4 to j ot v e is tl 55c per lb arid s2 to s10 och i nfft v is l v tlat encountered are the t ciossin of vnr- milch cows were quoted at 30 to t ls k icties and deterioration of stock to poking to the reopening of 500 each w at f to anions them they are easy an obvinto t first di small- oi i cheap to keep and it is snid would ill rii ft n steadiness was tho feature in ho f immense service to the settleis c lo mr harris received 2000 wo l lftmkmtlktia y v n quote- selects 100 to 200 lbs of mountains of tho north of this k to overcome the i rood bacon quality off cars 8040 fats and lights s010 sows s300 to s4 stags 2 tos3 per cwt- kill the incurables province hospital blown down the suggestion of a new york unitarian divine a new york despatch says where thirtythousanddollar annex wrecked a winnipeg despatch says on wednesday the wind completely j wrecked the new annex to the con course of erection the prolongation of life is simply tho j v p prolongation of hopeless agony it wafl iiv hythc fact that it seems to mo that it would be proper occrr1 dlr tlc l0 that such a patient should quietly i workmen ngnged upon it deeentlv modestlv be nlih i j were at dinner otherwise consider- decently modestly be allowed to end the suffering it seems to mc that such a courso would be a step fur- able loss of lifo could not have bee i averted the new building was 00 thor away from tile barbarians i 3 f two st 5 ki mill r liiiviiiiit i n these words the rev merie st c es and a basement it was all ready wright of tho lenox avenue unitnri l h w occurred ian church placed himself on record t wi f vcry cavy t on wednesday night as favoring enl mu w octroyed thanasia which in medical pariance hj8h cx t0 is tho putting of incurables to death tho suggestion was made before the now york- stoto medical associa tion which hold its annual dinner at the hotel manhattan on wednesday night and whilo it caused much sur prise liecauso of its source it was re ceived nono the less with hearty ap plause cost 530000 pacific port of the gtr port been 85c uunjile 42 to 01c umber 431c simpson has not definitely solccted a montreal uesatrh says atr c m hays second vicc- and general mnnagcr of tho grant trunk hallway said on tuesday night that the chaiigo in tho alaska boundary would have no effect in tho selection of tho terminus of tho grand trunk pacific railway port simpson had not jio said boon definitely chosen circumstances might arise which would make it advisable to cjiooso some other location there woro three possible termini within a stretch of about a hundred miles of coast line sir port simpson kltn- mnat ami and hcllacoola nny ono of which might yet bo tho extreme west end of tho new railways mr hays was confident thai iho prosenco corn do- 1 of- american islands in tho vicinity i would not effect 0m choico fees amount to 100451 bcceipts of provincial secretarys department a toronto despatch says ac cording to a statement handed but by hon j it sratton the feesre ceived by tho provincial secretarys department for the first nirio months of this year amounted to 5100451 and the estimated fees for the whole year will bo 5128025 as compared with 108798 received during 1902 the following j aro tho receipts for the preceding four years 1808 528520 1890 07851 1900 t 78097 1901 88043 1 60000 fireat wiarton canada purnitur companys saw mill destroyed a wlarton despatch nays the saw mill of the canada furniture com pany won completely destroyed by fire on thursday together with sev eral hundred thouaand feet of oak lumber the loss on tho mill and lumber ifl about 60000 partly cov ered by inscrancd species to overcome tho second constant care in selection will he required only thoe plants which aro vigorous and approach the ideal conformation for that variety should be allowed to ripen their feed vig or of growth and productiveness in individual plants are tho quajucs that are transmitted from one gen eration of plants to the next so that it is unwise to allow any but the most desirable plunts to mature turnips and radishes that arc not suitable for table use aro much- loss suitable for seed production not nu the seed of even the best plants should bo sown as there arc invar iably present small and shrivelled swells and only largo plump feeds fhould bo used iiy following this system o selection a gardener may notjonly maintain but constantly im prove a variety but if he is not willing to exercise such enro ho would do much better to purchase his seed from a reliable seedsman whilo it is truo that to secure genuine garden seeds is a more im portant consideration than to jiavo soedh that show a high vitality it is evident that a person sowing seeds should know approximately what per cent were likely to grow tri order to obtain some dlfinlte in formation in regard to tho quality of our vegetnblo and flower seeds the sced division of tho dominion department of agricultural collected upwards of flvo hundred samples and tested thorn for vitality the sam ples wero secured at ahout twenty different points in the dominion and were considered representative of tho seeds on sale about ono hundred of tho packages bought were of seeds hold over from last year the most approved method was used in making tho tests two hundred seeds for each test being used and each being conducted in duplicate toicro tho numlkt of seeds in the package would not permit of this all tho seeds wero usod the following tabus gives a summary of tents of a few of tho common seeds will engage a new staff but it is un derstood a number of the old men will be retained mr fackenthall stated thai immed iate stops would probably bo taken the pulp mill the saw mill and the veneer plant we will not hesi tate he declared to open those that can be operated profitably but will need some time to enquire thor oughly into the economic conditions and about the facilities for getting timber out of tho woods mr fachenthnll is somewhat hand icapped as in the event of kngllsh capital being forthcoming for the purchase of the works his tenure of office would come to an abrupt ter mination strike in spain 19000 workmen in mining dis tricts are idle a bilbao spain despatch says a strike broke out on tuesday in tho llilbao mining district and spread rapidly nineteen thousand workers aro idle the railroad service has been interrupted reinforcements of troops aro arriving here war almost certain development in crisis immediately impending a despatch from london says ad vices from japan assert that thero is a revival of public pessimism con- united states it is reported that a monument to queen victoria is to bo erected at boston us t four mililnry prisoners have been released on forged pardons nt al- catraz cal fifteen italian laborers were killed as tho result of a railway collision near washington crossing n j on saturday because his wife would not stop talking when he ordered her to jacob ciltcl tried to pull out her tongue at southington conn samuel ostrander onco worth 750000 and a well known eric canal boatman died in the poor- house at lockport ny the philadelphia dyers have re turned to work thus ending tho strike involving 120000 persons which began june 1 walter jackson the convicted mur derer of sixyearold fannie buck wns taken from jail and lynched at hamilton mont genera a revolution in armenia is promis ed in the spring onc of the sultans younger sons ahmed bedr eddine is dead tho british minister to japan is said to bo negotiating nn agreement between that country and russia a despatch from salonica says recent advices frommonastir say that a considerable number of insiir gents have surrendered in response to the sultans last call the first of those who surrendered were beaten and imprisoned but under stringent orders from the yildiz palace all tho men who aro now coming in aro well received and have been pardon- ed this however does not indi- cate the collapse of tho rebellion c but is in conformance with the re- voluntionory committees decision to thin out the insurgent bands during the winter taiid retain under arms on ly an aggregate of about 3500 men they leave their rifles with the lead ers who secrete them in the moun tains in readiness for operations in the spring not one of the leaders has surrendered the revolutionary committee had no intention of resorting to tho uso of dynamite in the towns this win- tor but it declares if the powers do not- succeed in causing thocstablish- ment of a satisfactory form of gov ernment by the spring every avail able jhan vjll be called out and every desperate method for gaining the ends of the revolutionists will be re- sorted to the turks report that both chaka- laroff- and snrafoff tluv insurgent leaders wore killed recently in tho village of boof in the fjorina dis trict the bulgarians assert that sarafoff is on his way to bulgaria kind of seed onion j lettuce colery carrot cauliflower no of tests m max av 27 33 qor 557 10 41 053 329 corning tho political outlook tho ullsj 11j ejx ministers refuse to ho interviewed or to make any statement but tho idea is prevalent that a decided develop ment in tho crisis is immediately im pending and that war can senrccly be avoided it is reported that the railroad and steamship companies hevo been notified to bo ready for eventualities naval preparations continue with much activity ruscdnn military activity on tho coreon fron tier has not abated it is felt that hasty action by tho commanders of either nation nv at any moment stnrt a conflict tho appointment of viccadmlral togo to command the standing squadron is much comment ed upon iio is popularly called tho fighting admiral ho commanded tho flying squadron which opened tho chinesejnpancko war in 1804 a fourth conference between daron kommurn japanese minister of for eign affair and baron do ronon tho russian minister is impending h 15 506 i83lthir third conference took place on 24 20 03 w oct 14 rince when ihe negotiations 0 25 87 51 5 1 have been at a standstill cod fishery a failure nova scotia fishermen will suffer severe privation a despatch from halifax says tho orand bnnk cod fishery in which some 70 nova scotia vessels engag ed has proven on almost cntiro fail ure this season and thero will bo much privation in lunenburg whore this fishery has its headquarters in many cases lunonburg vessels havo come in without n single quintal and nono hnfl secured oven nn ordinary catch th fishermen depended on tho bills of the season before and to meet this obligation now they havo not a cent thus leaving themselves two years in debt further credit is being refused by the merchants and tho outlook is gloomy nova scotia fishermen do not go out to tho new foundland banks in tho winter but now a movement is afloat to go to tho banks on our own coast this winter in tho hope of doing some thing to relieve tho very heavy los ses of tho closing season- 8000 for a hand employe wins suit against paper company a despatch from cornwall says tho suit of olasgoic against the toronto paper company ended on wednesday morning in n verdict- foi- tho plain tiff for 8000 thcplainliff lost n hand whilo working a paper cutter and claimed the machine was defec tive tills was the second rinl of tho case the present verdict will be appealed again met in a tunnel disastrous wreck on english rail road a despatch from london says a railway accident attended with tho loss of life happened on thursday evening at sowcrby bridge in tho west riding of yorkshire an ex- press train running from leeds to manchester svns thrown from the track in a tunnel by striking a de tached locomotive that for somo un explained reason was in tho tunnel and both tracks were obstructed by the wreckage meanwhile- an oxpross train from manchester for leeds en tered the tunnel at a high rate of speed and almost instantly crashed into the obstruction badly wrecking itself the tunnel is filled with a huge mass of shatter locomotives and coaches and the work of clearing it away is necessarily very slow thrco bodies havo thus far been recovered boa strangles woman kills a performer while audience applauds a despatch from berlin says a young woman was squeezed to death by a boa constrictor at voclklingcn prussia on wednesday whilo giving a porfominnco in a menagerie tho spectators thought at first that her screams and frantic struggles as the snake tightened its coils wore part of the show and applauded and cried bravo i at tho real ism of her acting tho attendants however saw tho womans danger ran in beat the snake and slashed it with knives the woman wrisdeah when released t ireland loves the king priest says she is enthusiastical ly loyal a despatch from philadelphia says at the meeting of the united irish lcague here on thursday night rev father murphy who has just rctufit- ed from ireland declared that all ireland wm enthusiastic for kinfc edward s