THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. Toronto, April 14. â€" Wheat, the siiurkct is <iiiiet, with feeling rather .better at tlie close. No. 2 red win- ter and white quoted at 70c middle freight, and at 70*c cast. No. 2 spring nominal at Bile on MiJiand, and -No. 2 goose at 63Jc on Mid- lan<l. Manitoba wheat steady; No. 1 luird quoted at 79 Jc Goderich, and ;Wo. 1 Nortliein at 78c Goderich. Vo. 1 hard, grinding in transit, 8oJc Jake jiorts, and No. 1 Northern at file. Oat.s â€" Market is quiet, with prices unchanged. No. 2 white quoted at 29c iiiafli fi eights, and at 29 ic middle frr.is'.its. liar ley â€"Trade is quiet, with No. 3 extra quoted at 15c middle freight, and N'o. :j at l.'lc middle freight. Corn â€" Market is dull. Canadian feed corn quoted at 41 to 42c west, and at 46 Jc here. No. 8 American yellow at 47c on track, Toronto, ar.H No. 3 mixed at 46c. Peas â€" No. 2 white is quoted at 6o to 66c west, and at 66 to 67c â- eart. Flour â€" Ninety per cent, patents unchanged at $2.6o middle freights in buyers' sacks, for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at S8.20 to $3.35 in bbls. Manitoba flour steady. No. 1 patents, $4 to $4.10, and sfcconds, S3. 80. .Strong bak- ers'. $3.70 to S3. 80, bags included, Toronto. Millfcod â€" Bran ia firm at $18 here. At outside points bran is quoted at S17, and shorts at $18. Manitoba bran, in sacks, $20, and iShorts at $21 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans â€" Trade is quiet, with prices nominal. Medium, SI. .50 to 41.75 per bushel, and hand-picked $1.90 to $2. Dried apples â€" Trade inactive, with prices nominal at 3Jc per lb.; evap- orated. 6 to 6Jc. Honey â€" The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. Strained sells at 8 to 8.ic per lb., and comb at $1.25 to SI. 50. Hay, baled â€" The market is quiet at unchanged prices. Choire timo- thy, $9.50 to SIO on track, and mi.xed at S8.50. Stra%v â€" The market is quiet for car lots on track at $5.50 to $6 a ton. Maple Syrup â€" The market is Quiet, with receipts small. Wine gal- lons sell at 85 to 90c, and Imperial gallons at SI. 10. Potatoes â€" Market is steady, with fair offerings. Car lots are quoted at 95c to $1 per bag, and small lots at SI. 15 to SI. 20. I'oultry â€" Market is quiet. and prices unchanged. Wo quote: Dry- picked frcsli killed lurke.vs. 17 to 18c per lb.: geese. 1 to 12c per lb.; cSucks. SI to SI. 2.5 iier pair; cliick- ers (young), 85c to §1; old hens 60 to 7oc per pair. HOG rUODUCTS. Dressed hogs are nominal. Cured meats arc unchanged, with a good demand. Wo quote: Bacon, clear, 10 to 104c, in ton and case lots. Porkâ€" Mess. S21 to $21.30; do., short cut, S22.50 to .S23. Smoked meats â€" Hams, 13 to IHJc; rolls. Hi to 12c; shoulders, lie: backs, 11 to 14ic; breakfast bacon, it to 14 Jc. Lard â€" The market is unchanged. We quc>te: Tierce.^. lOJc; tubs, lie; pails, 11 Jc; compound, 8 J to 10c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, April 11. â€" The local markets aro beginning to sihow a little more activity; rather more enquiry is noted in the grain mar- ket, and a little business has been done in oats at firm prices; peas, on the other hand, are weaker, and prices have been rcdiieed. For Man- itoba wheat there is a fair enquiry; In flours, feeds, and meals no change is apparent; provisions are quiet and steady for hogs, and fairly ac- tive for smoked meats and lard; cheese and butter aro lu-m to strong, the latter having advanced Ic per pound; eggs are active at steady prices. Grain â€" No. 1 Northern hard vfheat, 74c; No. I Northern, 72c. March delivery; No. I hard, 75c: No. 1 Northern. 73Jc, e.x-storc. May delivery: peas. 09Jc high freights; No. 2 oats, in store ^ere, 36J to 37c; rye. .'Sic ea.st; buck- ttluuit. 48 J to 49c east, for May de- livery; peas, 65c high freights; rye. 60c; buckwheat, 5(5 to 57c: peas, 75 J to 76. Flour â€" Manitoba pate:its. $1.10 to $4.20; Fcconds. $3.80 to $3.90; Ontario straight rollers. S;^.- 60 to $3.65; in bags. St. 70 to $1.- 75; patents. 83.70 to S4.10. Rolled oats â€" Millets' prices, $2, hags, and $4.15 per bhl. VccA â€" Manitoba bran. $l» to $20; shorts. $20 to $21, bags iactudeU; Ontario bran in bulk, $18 to $18.50; shorts, in bulk, $20 to $21. UNITED STATES MARKiri'S. lietroit, April 14. â€" Wheat clossed â€"Cash, No. 2 white, 76c: No. 2 red, cash, 76c; May, 762c; July, 74c. Duluth. April 14. â€" Wheat â€" To arrive. No. 1 bard, 78c; No. 1 Northern, 70c: May,, 75Jc; No. 2 Northern, 74 Jc; May. No. 1 hard, 77|c; July, 75Jc. Oats â€" May, Milwaukee, April 14. â€" Wheal â€" HSgher; No. 1 Noi-thern, 78 to 7Sc; No. 2 Northern, 76 to 76ic; May, 75Jc. Uyoâ€" Fir^u; No. 1, 52c. Bar- leyâ€"Steady; No.. 2, 60c; tanxple, 43 to 52ic. Corn â€" May, 53^0. Toledo, April 14. â€" WTieat- Strong; cash, 754c; May, 761c; July, 721c. Corn â€" Firm; April, 42Jc; May, 421c: July, 45Jc. Oats- Steady; April, 34ic; May, 33ic; July, 30ic. Ryeâ€" No. 2, 52Jc. Seo<l â€"Dull, firm; cash, $6.70; April, $6.55; October, $.5.37 J bid; jwime timothy, $1.60 nominal; do alsike, S7,50. LIVE STOtK MARKFiT. Toronto, April 14. â€" A light run at the cattle market to-day, combined with the circumstance that there hap|)ened to be a demand for export cattle, sent prices up from ten to twenty cents for the few export cat- tle olfering, and also to make butchers' cattle dearer by about the same amount. Elxport cattle, heavy $4.50 $4.»5 Export cattle, light 4.35 4.60 Bulls, export, heavy, cwt 3.50 3.75 do light 3.00 3.50 Feeders, light. SIX) lbs. and upwards 4.00 4.30 Stockers, 400 to 800 lbs. 2.50 3.75 do 900 Hjs 3.76 Butchers' cattle, choice... 3.85 4.20 do medium 3.50 4.00 do picked 4.25 4.45 do bulls 3.00 3.a5 do rough 2.75 3.25 Live stock bulls, cwt 2.25 3.00 Milch cows 30.00 53.00 Hogs, best 6.12i do light _ 6.00 Sheep, export, cwt... .__. 4.2.5 4.7,5 Bucks 3..50 4.00 Culls 2.2.5 2.50 Lambs 6.0O 6.25 Calves, each 2.00 10.00 FOUR MEN KILLED. Express From Montreal to EaU- fax in Collision. A Halifa-f, N. S., des^iatch says; The Intercolonial tixpress from Montreal had a head-on collision at eleven o'clock on Satiui-ay night with the fast Sydney freight train near Windsor Junction. Four train- nien were killed and two badly in- jured. .\I1 the passengers escaped with slight injuries. The cause of the accident was dis- obedience of orders by Nelson Cope- land of the fast freight, who should have stopped at Windsor JuiiLtion to allow tlie freight to pass, but who went on in spite of orders. in aciUiti'in to semaphore and red lights £ct against him at the Junction. Copi.Iand is at the hospital. The freight train was in charge of Cr.nUiictor Haines and Driver Copc- lund, and had orders to stop at Windsor .Junction so as to allow the express to pass. T;;e train, which was traveling at 20 miles an hour speed, passed the Junction, and tlie conductor, who was looking after the middle section of the train, jumped on the top of the cars aiwl started toward the front of the train to as/;ertaia why the driver disobeyed the oi-ders. Before he had gone very far the express train, which was an hour and a half late, and running at the rate of 45 mile.s an hour, hove in sight, and in an instant the trains came together with k frightful crash. The impact could be heard two miles distant. The engir.es locked together on the rails, and .stood there. The postal, baggage, nnd tecond-class ears shot ahead and rolled down the bank and gers and clocks 5x.r.am.bled out partly into the lake. The passon- through tl e windows of the upturned cars. There is water on each ,'ude of Uie track, and two of the cars left the rails, some of f. em rolling down the bunk and be:oming partly suhbmerged. .\11 tie trainmen, with tie excep- tion of Oakley, who was drowned. were badly mangled. Wall had his head crushed almost to a jelly, the lower i)art of Hill's body w.is burn- ed to u crisp: Thorp, besides being crushed, was terribly scaVdeil; Cope- land, the driver of the freight, though badly cut was scalded, will recover. When the freight passed the junction the brakesman on the rear of the freight, seeing that the signals were against i or. junq>ed off, and ran back, and got the operator to telegraph tie r.ext station to hold the express, but it was too k.te. Word was telegrnpi-ed to Halifax and a relief train with doct<irs was sent out. .Vll the cleai.1 and injured were brought to Halifax. The road is so badly blocked that the twent.v passengers had to be conve>ed in a small boat along the edge of the lake to the eastern side, so as to connect with lie train. f AN OLD CUSTOM. Emperor Washes the Feet of Aged Men. A Vienna despatch sa.vs ; â€" Em- peror Krancis Joseph, assisted b.v eleven Archdukes, in the Hofburg, performed the ancient Holy Thurs- day ceremony of wa.shing the feet of twelve aged men. Their ages ranged from 92 to 89. aggri^ating 1,082 .years. His Majest.v lirst placed dishes of food before each man, which the Archdukes removed immcdiatel.v afterwards, the viands being sent later to the men's honvs. The ceremony ended with the Em- peror hanging a bag containing thirty pieces of silver around each man's . nocR, His Majesty appeared to be in cccellcnt health. BIG C.P.R. CONTRACTS. Three Firms to Supply Material for Bridges. A Montreal despatch says : â€" ^The Canadian Pacific Railway Company gave out on Wednesday three con- tracts to Canadian linns for ma- terial for bridges and construction work. The contracts in themselves repreatrnt ia value something like 8250,000, but they form part of a much larger scheme, which em- braces a contemplated expenditure during the present year of between $1,700,000 and $2,oi>0,000. Mr. C. N. Monsarrat, engineer for bridges, gave out some details of the con- tracts which have been enteretl into. The Canada Foundry Company, of Toronto, will ho announces, supply sixty-nine plate, girders, weighing 1,750 tons, for new bridges. The Dominion Bridge Company have been awarded a contract for three through lattice spans of 100 feet, to be erected on the Atlantic division of the sj'stem. The steel required for these three bridges weighs 465 tons. The Hamilton Bridge Company have secured the contract for one 100 feet through lattice span, weighing eighty tons, for the line through the mountains in British Columbia. The same company were given the con- tract for si.x lattice spans, weighing 450 tons, and four plate girders. The deck lattice structures supplied by the company will be erected by the Dominion Jiridge Company, but the C.P.n. will itself erect the great- er part of the plate girders supplied by the Canada Foundry Company. CANADlAlN LIVE STOCK. Can Be Turned Out as Good as : the British. An Ottawa despatch says :â€" F. W. •Ti'ldson, Dominion Commissioner of 1 Ll'C Stock, was before the Agricul- tui-o Committee on Wednesday morn- iiig to tell of his investigations in ; Great Britain lust year. On the I whole he considers that we turn out (or can. turn out. as good a quality I of auifi-al for the butcher as the British farmer, but we need more care e.xoirised in breeding and feed- ing, and more continuity than has been usu.il. In regard to fairs Mr. Hodson thinks the side show at- tractions should be superseded by attractions of a comi>etitive or com- mercial nature, such as they have in Gi-eat Britain, and that the admis- sion lee at big shows like Ottawa. Toronto and London, might well be made a little higher for the lirst couple of days. RESENT KING'S TITLE. Scotchmen Make Themselves Dis- agreeable. An Edinburgh. Scotland, despatch says : â€" There was a curious scene at the meeting here on Wednesday call- ed to make prc[>arations for the forthcoming visit of King tkiwaixl to Scotland. Several of the local Scot- tish orticials refused to have an.v- thing to do with welcoming his Ma- jesty until he shall ha\e dropped the title of Edward VII. The objectors protested that the title is nn insult to Scotland. The.y added that, judging from the addresses he re- ceived nt Lisbon, even the King him- self seemed to realize that he was only King of England. Considerable ujiroar prevailed, but the meeting ultimately refused to listen any fur- ther to the malcontents. C. p. R. LANDS. All Will Be Disposed of in Four or Five Years. A Winnipeg des^mtch says:. The C. P. R. land sales continue to be \cry brisk, and at the present rate the whole of the company's grant will be disposed of in four or live years. The prices now quoted by the road ai'e from $5 to SIO per acre, accoixiing to quality and loca- tion; in some cases the prices ai-e much higher than the last-named figure and the road has already sold land close to towns and villages as high as $.50 per acre. Seeding has commenced in many parts of the province, and there is now a brisk demand fur fann lands. J. J. Gol- t'on. Provincial Iniinigration Office, on Saturda,v sent out man.v hands to applicants for help, and he says he has al)Out thirt.v more vacancies which he is looking for men to fill. SIR GEORGE WHITE. Made a Field Marshal by King Edward. A Gibraltar despatch says : â€" King Edward arrived here on Wednesday from Lisbon on board the royal .vacht Victoria and Albert. The ships dressed, manned sides and saluted. The King. who wore a l:eld-marshal's uniform, and his suite landed later i;i the day. His Majesty was received by the Gov- ernor and by the naval and military stalls, while royal salutes were lired. A procession was formed, and the King drove through the streets, which were lined with soldiers and cheering crowds, to the Neutral Ground, and on returning, went to Government House. The town and rock were illuminated at night. King Edward was present at a State banquet given by .Sir George .Stuart White, the Governor of Gib- raltar, and the defender of Lady- smith during the South African war. During the banquet the King announctvl that he had promoted .Sir George White to the rank of lield- marshal. 4 THE DOUKHOBORS. 1,700 of the Stiffnecked Have Signed Their Papers. A Winnipeg despatch sa.vs : â€" Peter Voregin, the Doukhobor leader, has purchased four big well-bre<J stal- lions for the Doukhobors' settle- ments at Yorkton and Swan River. One of the animals. Lord Smith, was imported to this country by William Hay. of Quebec. The price was SI, 200. The other three, whose names are Ashburn, Tavistock, Rover, and Myrtle Boy, aro Cana- dian horses. and the figures paid for them was §600 each. The ani- mals were shipped to Yorkton on Fridpy evening. Hugh Harley. the immigration agent of Swan River, who was the special agent deputed to visit the Doukhobors at their homesteads and induce them to take homestead en- tries, reports that 1,700 who had hitherto i-efused have signed their pai«?rs, and that they are now in possession of their homesteads like other settlers. The i-ecords show that in 1901 63 Doukhobors had entered for homesteads ; in 1902. 207, and in 1903. 1,700. making .a total of 1.970 entries. NEWS ITEMS. Telegfrapliic Briefs From All Over the Globe. CONFUSION IN ROME. Troops Fire at Strikers Vifho As- sembled in City. A Rome despatch sa.vs ; â€" Owing to the demonstrations of the strikers foreigners are deserting the city as rapidly as possible. This alone will mean a daily loss to the boarding house keepers of $16,000. Five hundred French pilgrims who ar- rived on Wodiiesiia.v were trans- ported ill all manner of waggons and carts. The party arrived at the Garibaldi bridge just as a detach- ment of cavalry charged a mob and a scene of indescribable confusion en- sued. About noon the strikers gathered on the Corso Vittorio Eiii- anuele. The troops charge<l, (irod thix'c volleys and dispersetl them. About a dozen mt'n were rpporte<l to have been wounded. The Government has determined to have a sufficient force of troops on hand to maintain order under any circumstances, and has issued instructions to send ten more battalions of troops to l-;ome. CANADA. - Coal is. now being .shipped from Sydney. N. S., for Copenhagen. Most of the striking carpenters at Hamilton have returned to work. TJiere is a movement on foot to a[xpoint permanent city asscasors for Brantford. Hamilton Police Conrmissionei-J will buy whiirtles, hells and bicycles for the use of the police. Two Indians from the .Saruia re- serve are taking a short course at Wolseley Uarracks, London. The Grand Trunk expect to have their road double-tracked between Sarnia and Komoka before next fall. The Militia Department has fur- nished 2,5(X> tents to be used for the accommodation of immigrants in the west. Cliief Justice Hunter has consented to act upon a commission to inves- tigate the labor troubles in British Columbia. .St. Thomas Council is petitioning the Dominion Government for free postal delivery to all parts of the city. F. W. Schwendeman, of Barton, has l;een appointed superintendent of Wentworth county roads at a salary of $800. The users of hydraulic elevators in Hamilton are to be taxeri 12 cents per thousand gallons hei-caiter, in- stead of 74 cents. Four actions ag.ainst the G. T. R. for damages for injuries sustained at Wanstead will be tried at the forth- coming Assizes at London. It is e.xiiected the Dominion Gov- ernment will have a suri)lus of Sl2,- 000.000 or $14,000,000 at tlie close of the current fiscal year. Montreal's Civic Finance Couunit- tee will i-cconunend an increase of SI per week to the con;.tables, making the wage 812.20 per week. The Montreal Harbor Comniission- ers have accepted an olTer from the Dominion Iron and Steel Company to supply coal for three years at $3 per ton of 2,240 pouncls. Corporation Coimscl Eullerton. of Toronto, fears that the propo'sixi general ruihva.v legislation of the Donuiiion Parliament may interfere with municipal control of streets and "-treet railways. The propo.-ition to bring t'r.e whole Island of Montreal under one muni- cipal government has been levived. and figures have been prepared whic.Ji show that the population of a "greater Montreal" woi;!d be ^50,- oi'O. A small riot took jdace in connec- tion witji the strike at ITawkeslniry lumbe:- mills on the Ottawa on Sat- irrda.v. Unarmed poliie who tried to drive a crowd olT a bridge we e tl;oin.selves driven back by stirkers ani^ed with wooden clubs. Two legacies of S20.00O and S40.- 000 ha^e been left to Mrs. J. B. Stewart, of \'ancouver. within the past eight month.s by near relatives who resiiled in Missouri, and Mr. J. n. Stewart will leave for St. Louis to wind up ti e last of the estates. .\ccording to the report of the King's printer at Ottawa, .seven i>or cent, only of the department's pur- chases of stationery come from the United States. Of the remaining 93 RIOT IN RUSSIA'S CAPITAL. 3,000 Persons Without Passports Arrested. .V London despatch says: A Cen- tral News desi'atch from St. I'eters- burg says serious disturbances occur- red in various districts of the cit.y Thursxlay night, and nearly 2.000 individuals, who were not provided with pas^^iorts. as required by the law, weie arrc..>ted. BANK ROBBERS SENTENCED Terms in Penitentiary for Nova Scotia Men. An Annapolis, N.S. despatch sa.vs : â€"The two men arrested for robbing the Union Bank at (Jranville Ferry were .sentenced by .Judge Savory on Thursday. lirown got twelve years iu Dorchester Penitentiary, and his companion, Wilson, received seven yiMUV. CATCHING OF STURGEON. Hook and Line Fishing Prohibit- ed by Government. A Toronto despatch sa.vs ; â€" The Ontario Fishery- Department has re- ceived word from the Dominion Gov- ernment that an order-in-Council has been passed prohibitiiSg the catching of sturgeon by hook and line. The new regula'Jon will go into ell'ect immediatel.v and no more licen.ses for this kind of fishing will be is- sued. The fact tliat man.v immature fish are caught in this wa.v has led the Dominion authorities to [)ass tlie order-in-Council. jier cent. Canada Britain. 76 and per cent is made in 17 per cent, in Crreat GRE.Vr BRITATX. Premier Balfour says the Irish land bill has never been the subject of any bargain with any party, group or individual. The London Standard says Uri- taio. France nnil tiernian.v ma.v par- ticipate ei|iiall,v in tl-e cojitrol of li.o proposed liagda 1 railwa.v. It is reported ll'.al negotiations are proceeding between Britain and the United States, whereby the for- mer will have .'special privileges on the Panama Canal. UMTEl) STATES. The foot and mouth dison.se has appeared among cattle at Concor- dia, Kansas. Mis. .\im Wren, aged 103 .vears, whoso father fought under Wash- ington, is ('end at Dexter, X. V. Tie New York State .Vsseinblv lia:i pa.ssoil the re.'iolution restoring canal tolls on all State canals. Two muixiers. an attempted rrMir- c'e.'. two .Miicides and two nUeiiipts SEEDING IN MANITOBA. Operations Are Well Under Way ia Hartney District. A Winnipeg despatch says : â€" Settl- ing operations are well under wav in Hartney .settlement. The land is in magnilicent condition for siuing work, and the grain has been all got into the groumi in good shajw. Work! at suicide occurred in BuiTalo on Satiiixla.v. .\ Missouri State Senator admit- ted taking biibe.^ from a railwa.v conipan.v's solicitor, and said all tho other Senators had done so. (.!. Halliiuin Sims, collectitui clerk for the Capital City National Bank of Atlanta. Ga., for eigiit .vears. ad' mittod einbo/t'ling S94.000. The long-standing troubles be- tween tie Wabn.sh system olhciull T>„_,d„«f '"'"* '*s eirtployes have been adjiist- itesiaeni, ^.^ ^,,j j,,^,,^. ^^.^^^ ^,^ ^^^^ st: ike. was conmienced at the end of 51 arch nnd the weather has been favorable for continuing it ever since. During the whole of the winter the Souris Plains have had less snow than any other part of Manitoba, and the first few fine da.vs left the ground dr.v and read.v for the seed. A LOYAL BRITISHER. 60 Years an American Died in Hamilton A Hamilton despatch sa.vs :â€" Charles O'Brien died here on Thurs- da.v at the residence of his sister-in- law, Mrs. Henry O'Brien. The de- j French Minister ceased Was a native of County Cork, | ahly lend to Ireland, and left hero when a young j iirevfi'S case man to take up his residence in It" is rumored that ore obiect of Richmond, Va.. where he li\T>d for ' the t:erman Emperor's visit to Den- over 60 .vears. leaving there a f«w mark was to secure that country 'al .vears ago for Hamilton, as he wish- assist anrc for the t:iple alliance in oU to end his days on Britisii soil. case of war with the dual allivwo. GENERAL. An investigation regni-ding certain i let tors, promised by Gon. .Andre, tho of War. will prob- a re-opening of th.o :i A