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THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. Tji-onto, July 29.â€" Wheatâ€" The market is firm owing to limited of- ferings. Salca of riid winter and white arc roported to millers at 79 to 80c eaf?t. iUanitoba wheat is in good demand, with sales of No. 1 hard at 87c, griiwiitig in tr;uii-it, and 81c (Joiierich. No. 1 northern, 85 to S.I.Jc Kit-, i'nd T'Jc Croderich, and No. 2 Northern SSc git., aud ?7c Ooilerioh and ftlidUmd. Oat 3â€" The market is lirm, with wipplieij small, No. 2 white ijuoted at 434 to 'I4c west, and a oar of heavy sold at -l.'i.Jc east. - Cornâ€" Market i» quiet and firm, there l.eiug little olToring. Prices ure noiBiua.1 at (i~> to (>6c west. Pensâ€" The niark-ct is quiet, with a sale of No. 2 at 70c middle freights. Flourâ€" Ninety jicr cent. Ontario patent steady at S2.90 to $2.92 middle freights, in buyers' sacks. Straight rollers, in wood, cjiioted at $3.25 to $3.4U. Manitoba flours steady. Hjjngarian patents. $4.05 to S4:.30. delivered on track, To- ronto, bafjs iueliided, and strong bakers' $3.80 to S4. Oatmeal â€" Car lots, in bbis, 85 on track, and in .s-acka $4.90. Broken lots, ao to 25c extra, Millfeed â€" Brae, is dull at $15 to 115. 50 west, and .shorts at $20.50 in bulk. Bran $16 to $16.50 here, and shorts 521 here. iWanitoba bran, $17 in sacks, and shorts §21 to $22 in sacks, Voronto. Northern, 78 to 78Jc; September. 725c. Hyoâ€" Firm, No. 1, 60 to (iOJc Barleyâ€" Steady; No. 2, 70c; sample, 05 to 70c. Com â€" September, 604c. Duluth, July 29.â€" Wheatâ€" Cuah No 1 hiu-a. 78ic; No. 2 Northern. 744c; July, 76ic; September, 72iic; No. 2 Northern. 741c; July, 764c; Septem- ^t!r, 724o; December, 70Jc; Manitoba No. i. Northern cash, 70 Ic; No. 2 Northern, 74Jc. Oats â€" SeiJtomber, aajc. BuTfalo, July 29,â€" Flourâ€" Firm. Wheat â€" Spring quiet; No. 1 Northern carloads, 81c; winter, demand light; No. ^ red. 82c. Cornâ€" I'inn; No. 2 yellow, 73ic; No. 3 do.. 72c; No. 2 corn. 72c; No. 3 do, 71c. Oats- Strong; No. 2 white, fl2Jc; No- 3 do., 61c; No. 2 mixed r.8c; No. 8 do., .57.ic. Canal froightSr-Steady. Detroit, July 29.- Wheatâ€" No. 1 white cash, 80c; No. 2 red, cash and July, 76c; September, 75ic. St. Louis, July 29.â€" Wheat- Cash, 694c; September, 69Sc; December, 705c. ALGOMA niCKEL TOWNS. Gloomy Feeling in the District at the Present Time. A Toronto despatch says: Ac- cording to a Sudbury gentleman who is in the city. 2,000 men in and about Sudbury and Copper Clill have been released and not taken on again by the Canadian Copper Com- pany and allied concerns. A good ninny of these have left the coun- try to get work elsewhere, luid "the result," said the Sudburyile, "is that the linancial situation in the two nickel towns is not in any too good shape. Merchants oidercd big stocks in the early part of the sea- son, e>jpcctlng iv good summer's trade, and pointed." The gentlemiin said it was gener- ally oxi)ect'ed that the works would resume full operations before long, but if they do not it will become a very serious matter for the trades- VALUE OF CHEESE RAISED FAST ATLANTIC SERVICE Cold Curing Stations Have Prov] Prospects Bright for Acceptance o ed a Success. An Ottawa despatch says: Prof Robertson has just returned from a ^.P.a. Offer. A London despatch says: Tin Times says it has a\iihorily to ad« visit to the Oovornnient Illustration tho following particulars of the of Stations for the curing of cheese, at | for of tho Canadian Pucilic to estub Drockville, Out., and Cowausville, lish a fast Atlantic service: Quebec. Ho says all the cheese | The amoinit of the sub.sidy must Minneapolis, July 29. â€" Wheat â€" people. Those who have acme away July, 80c; September, 70 Jc; on i are mine workers, and thty have be- track. No. 1 hard, 81c; No. 1 north- ern. 79'lc. No. 2 Northern, 74Jc. I'Toui^â€" First patents, $3.90 to 54 : secon-d do.. $3.70 to $3,80; lir.st clears, $3 to $3.10; second do., $3.70 to $3.80; (irst clears, $3 to $3.10; second do., S2.45. Branâ€" In bulk, $14 to $14.25. Toledo, July 29.â€" Wheats-Quiet ; steady; cosh and July, 74 J c; Septem- ber, 74Jc; December. 754c. Corn â€" Moderately active; firtn; cash and July. eSJc; September, Olic; De- cember. 45Jc. Oatsâ€" Dull; higher ; cash and July, 50c; September, Jilc; new, July. 58c; new, September, 35c. Cloversced â€" Dull; steady; October,, $5,124. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dried applesiâ€" Prices purely nom- inal. Hop.stâ€" Trade quint, with prices steady at 13c; yearling.si, 7c, Hione.yâ€" Trade tlull. Comb, $2 to |a.25 per dozen. Beans^Tho market ia quiet. Or- dinary, 90c to $1 per bush., hand- picked, $2.25. Fay, baledâ€" Tho market is quiet, with fair demand; timothy, $10.50 to $10.75 for No. 1. Strawâ€" The market is quiet. Car tots, on ti-ack, quoted at $0 to $5.50. the latter for No. 1. Poultry â€" Demand is fair. We quote ,â€" Turkeys, young, 11 to 13c per th: do, old, 10 to lie; chickens, 40 to 55c: ducks. 75c to $1 per pair. Potatoes'â€" The market is quiet. New ijotatoes, 50 to 60c per bush hi quantities, and 70c per bush in Email lots. THE DAIUY MARlvIOTS. Butterâ€" The market to-day was quiet, with receipts of tubs fair. Wo quote : â€" Choice l-lb rollis, 16 to 17c; selected dairy tubs, 15^ to 16c; store packeid, uniform color, 144 to 15c; low grades. 12 to 13c; cream- ery prints, 19 to 20c; solids, 18 to 19c, F-ggs-â€" The market is unchanged. Wo qujii,^: Strictly new laid, 154 to lUc; fresh tandled.stoc'K„3A''to 14ic; Beconds and checks, 10 to 12c. Cheese â€" Market unchanged. We quoto :â€" Finest, lOj to I04 ; sec- onds. 9} to 10c. nOG PRODUCTS. Dre.seed hogs unchanged: Hog pro- ducts rule arm. Wo quoto :â€" Bacon, long clear, lljc. in ton and ca.se lots. Pork, me.ss, $21.50 to $22 ; do, sihort cut. $23.50 to $34. Smoked meatsi â€" Hams, 134 to 14c: breakfa.st bacon. 15c; rolls, 12 to 124c, backs*, 15 to 15 Jc; shoulders, 114 to 12c.. Laitlâ€" Prices unchanged. We quote: Tierces, 11 Jc; tubs. 11-Jc; pails, 11 Jc compound, 8 to lOJc. ^ MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal. July 29.â€" There is no ohuugo of any kind in tho grain market, which continues quiet and even stagnant, flours are in fair denuiud at stead.y prices, and there Id uo change in the attitude of roll- ed oats. Bran is quiet for local de- mand, but large sales are reported by leading millers for foreign ac- count at the highest prices quoted for Manitoba. Provisions ai'a uu- chan;ied, though in fair demand, but cha'se is lirm at an advance of an- other jc. Butter is also (irni for choice creamery. Kggs ai^e none too plentiful, and are in good demand, drain :â€" Manitoba wheat at Port Arthur, No. 1, 74Jc; No. 2, 724c ; No, 2 oat9 locally, Ontario. 49c ; Manitoba. 4!)4c; barlo.v, 574c to rsje; buckwheat, 08 to 68ic low freights; pens, 854 to 86c, Flour- Manitoba patents, $4.10 to $4,30, and .strong bakers, $3.70 to $4; On- tario straight rollers, $3. GO to $3.70 in bags, $1.75 to $1.85; Ontario patent.s, *3.',)0 to $1.10. Kollod oatsi â€" Millers' prices to Jobbers, $2, 10 to S2.45 in bags, and $5 to (0.1.5 in bbls. Feed â€" Manitoba bran 16 to 17c. and shorts 23 to 24c nominal. Provision."*â€" Heavy Cana- dian short cut pork, $25; selected, 'iouiinal; compound r<Jned lard, 91 to 9Jc: pure Canadiim lard, 11 to 11 Jc; finest lard. 12 to ISJc; hams, 13 to 141c; bacon, 124 to 15c; drcs.scd hogs, $7. .50; fresh killed abattoir, $8.75 per 100 lbs. Cheese â€" Ontaiio, 10 to lOJc. and Quebec, 9J to 10c. Butter, choice creamery current receipt.*), in jobbing lots. Ill} to 20c; dairy, at 164c. UNITED STATB;S MARKETS. Milwaukee, July 29 â€"Wheat â€" No. I NikTthwriA, 78 4 to 7>)c; No. 3 LIVE STOCK MARKPrrS. Toronto. July 29.â€" At Uio Western cattle market to-day the receipts were 71 carloads of live stock. 1,- 000 cattle, 905 sheep and lamb.s, 1.- 000 hogs, 44 calves, and a dozen milch cows. The trade in cattle was good, stimulated by small receipts, and an improvement in quality. Nearly twenty loads of the cattle nere this morning were not for sale. There was a fair export trade, and good to choice sold at from 54 to Bi per pound, with 64 occasionally paid; light export cattle sold at from 44 to 5c per pound. All offer- ings 9oId. The local butcher trade is not largo .just now. but prices for good stulT are steady at from 44 to 54c per pound. For selections 54c was occasionally paid. Common to me- dium butcher cattle sold at from 3 to 4c per pound. Good feeders are wortJ) from 34 to 4Jc per pound; and medium from 3 to BJc per pound. Stockers are worth from 24 to SJc per pound. Milch cows are v^orth from $25 to $45 each. A few good cows will sell. Both lanaba and sheep were firmer to-day. Export ewes ai-e worth from $3.40 to 53.60 per cwt. Bucks fetch from 24 to 34c per lb. For culled sheep tho price is from $2 to $3 each. Lambs sell at from 64 to 6c per It). Calves are quoted at from $2 to $10' each, or from 4 to 5c per lb. Good to choice lambs and calves are wanted. Hogs remain unchanged. The top price for choice hogs !â- * $7.3.5 per cwt. Light and fat hogs are $7 per cwt. Hogs to fetch the top price must be of prime quality, and scale not below 160 nor above 200 lbs. Following is the range of quota- tions : â€" Cattle. Shippers, per cwt do light Butcher, choice Butcher, ordinary to good Stockers, per cwt 2 Sheep ana Lambs. Choice ewes, per cwt 3.40 Lambs, per cwt 5.00 Bucks, per cwt 2.50 Culls, each 2.0O Milkers and Calves. Cows, each 25.00 45.00 Calves, each 2,00 10. 00 Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt 6.7.'3 7.25 Light hogs, per cwt 6.75 7.00 Heavv hogs, per cwt 6.7a 7.00 Sows', per cwt 3.50 4.00 Stags, per cwt 0.00 2.00 ELEVATORS"~IN~fHE WEST. Capacity Bias Increased Tour Mil- lion Bushels in Year. An Ottawa despatch says: Ac- cording to official advices which reached the Department of Trade and Clonmiei'ce on IViday, Manitoba and the Northwest are rapidly mak- ing up for the lack of accommoda- tion for grain stoi-ugo which was experienced last .year. In 1891 tho total nimibcr of elevators in the West (including five at Port Arthur) was 426, with a capacity of 18,- 880,000 bushels. On July 1st of this .vear the number of elevators had increa.sed to 544, with a stor- age capacity of 23,100.000 bushels, an increase of over 4,000.000. .$5.25 $6.50 . 4.25 5.25 . 4.25 3.50 2.50 5.00 4.25 3.75 3.60 6.00 2.75 3.00 taken themselves to Calumet and tho other copper mines of the West- ern States. There is some mystery about tho partial closing down of the huge nickel works, which took place about three months ago, about the time of tho form.al organization of tho nickel combine. tlfflcials of the company say that they arc renovutr- ing the plant, and many changes are undoubtedly being made. Besides, there is a pretty big supply of matte in stock. The close down is pretty general, and onl.y a few hun- dred men are at work. TWO SOLDIERS DROWNED. A Third Who Swam Ashore Placed Under Arrest. A Winnipeg despatch says: Pri- vate Espiel and Trumi)eter Davey, C.M.R.. were drowned in the Assini- boine River near Main street bridge on Tuesday. In company with Pri- vate Carlston they left tho bai^ racks with the intention cif going to a favorite bathing spot up the river. The current of the Assiniboino is very strong at present, and its lorce is dangerous, and tho boat in which they were rowing collided with a pier. The boat overturned and pre- cipitated tho occupants into the wa- ter. Espiel and Davey, who could not swim, at once sank. Carlston, who is one of the best swimmers in the city, succeeded in reaching the shore after a very hard struggle. He made his wa.y to the barracks to re- port. It appears that the soldiers had taken out the barracks boat without leave, and when the sur- vivor told his story ho was at once placed under arrest. Ho will be kept in confinement until an enquiry has been made. made in the month of July and cur- ed at a low temperature have all the characteristics of lino September cheese. Comparing the cheese cured at a low temperature wity cheese from the same factories and of the same lots cured in tho lluctuating temper- ature of the orilinar.v atnios^jhere, they have been disap- the cool-cured cheese were found to have finer and richer texture, as well as a milder and more agreeable llav- or. The loss from shrinkage in weight, in three weeks, has been one pound per cheese loss in the cool temperature tlian in the ordinai'y curing room. In the case of cheese which experts counted faulty from being almost acidy in texture and flavor or weak in bod.v and slight- ly open in le.xturo, as were some of the cheese cured in the ordinary cur- ing room, the cool-cured cheese of tlie same lots were foiuid to be free from these defects. Flavors object- ed to by buyers and which lessen the value of cheese in the markets of tho United Kingdom are seldom pre- .sent, unless tho cheese have been heated to a temperature above 60 degrees . Since about three-<iuarter.s of tho whole quantity of cheese manufac- tured in Canada Is turned out dur- ing the months of June, July and August, an improvement In tho me- thods of curing during the hot wea- ther will lead to a great improve- ment in the trade. Taking every- thing into account, it is expected that from 15 to 20 per cent, more value will be realized from the milk during the.so throe months than would be the case by tho continued use of the curing methods which at present are general. OFFER FOR FAST SERVICE. COREA'S mDEPENDENCE. Britain and Japan Parties to MTew Treaty. A special despatch received at St. Petersburg from Seoul. Corea, an- nounces the conclusion of an im- portant agreement between the Bri- tish and Japanese Ministers to Co- rea on one hand, and tho Japanese councilor, Kato, special advisor of the Corean Emperor, on the other, by which Great Britain and Japan both guarantee Corea's independ- ence and j)ledge her their support and assistance in all important ques- tions affecting her international and foreign policy. Corea, in return, agrees to rni.se her naval and mili- tary establishments to a footing s-ufHcient for her own defence, and also in case of raising a foreign loan, she agrees to restrict herself to the markets of Great Britain, .la- pan and the United Stjites. She further agrees that no foreigners shall be appointed to positions in the Corean State service; that mea- sures shall be immediately taken for the protection of Corean territory, and that a protest s9h0.ll immediate- ly be made against an.v State or persons attempting to erect works or buildings situated so as to pre- judice Corea's .scheme for national defence. BOERS TO VISIT CANADA. Will Be Sent to Study Agricultur- al Improvements. A Johannesburg despatch says : â€" Tho Government has decided to s-end a portion of the Boers to Canada and Australia to study agricultural methods there for application in improving their own farming. The estimated losses of the an- thracite coal strike oi-e placed at $56,445,000. add gcuci'oA QUESTION OF TERMS. Premier Bond's Speech in London Much Canvassed. A St. John's, Nfld., despatch .sa.ys: Widespread interest is developing hero over tho speech delivered in London last week by Sir Robert Bond, the Premier of Newfoundland, In which he declared that the con- fedei-ation of Newfoundland with the Dominion of Canada was mainly a question of terms from tho latter. Press and public are discu.ssing the matter eagerl.y, and the feeling is generall.v expressed that Prime Min- ister Bond's speech makes tho ques- tion a practical one, and is likely to result in action being taken to ad- vance the matter at the next ses- sion of tho Legislature. depend upon the speed of the pas senger steiuners. which will be llnal' l.V decided by the Canadian and Inv perial Govermnents. For a 20-knot .servico, as at present .stiggosted, tin Canadian Government will have tin power to allot £175,000 per aunuin for ten yours. It is expected that this will be supplemented by half ad much from the British Governusent. Of courso every additional knot will require a greatly increased subsidy, and a 23-knot service would prob- ably not be possible without a sub- sidy of £400.000 a .year. The prospects of a Una! arrange- ment while tho Canadian Ministers are still in Loudon are considered to bo bright. It is regarded as essential, both by the Canadian Government and tho Canadian Pacilic Railway, that a fast passenger service of- four steam- ers should be combined with a fast freight service of from ten to twelve steamers, in order that the Morgan combination may !)'• successfully fought. Tho Canadian Pacific Rail- wa.v is prepared to do the fighting. The -passenger steomei-s. if built, will be designed to suit uran.y require- ments. Tho.y will be available as armed crui.sers in cose of war, and will be readily converted into troop ships. Steerage accommodation will be provided for a largo number of omigran ts . It was not found possible to avoid Quebec as a summer port, although Montreal was successfully ruled out. In many respects it would have been better to have got rid altogether ol the dangerous St. Lawrence passage, but public sentiment in Canada was too strong. Halifajc will be th# winter port. o FREEDOM OF CITY, CHOLERA RAGES IN CAIRO. Over a Hundred Fresh Cases Re- ported. A Cairo despatch .sa.va: One hun- dred and twcnt.v fresh ca.scs of chol- era have been reported in this city. Tho drinking fountains have been closed. Tho ci)idoniic is of a most virulent character. Many of the na- tives are attacked in the streets and tUo in a few miuutos. Four Steamers With Speed of Twenty ICnots. A despatch to the London Times from Montreal says it is understood that the Canadian Pacilic Railway Company, at the request of the Canadian Ministers now in London has telegraphed an ofler to estab- lish and work a weekly fast passen- ger service, composed of four steam ers, viith the most modern equip- ment, and with a speed of twenty knots an hour, between Quebec and Liverpool in the summer, and Hall fax and Liverpool in tho winter, to- gether with a freight servico com- prising ton or eleven steamers of good .s^peod, (Ittod with cold storage and all other modern appliances. The exact conditions of tho offer aro not known, but the.v doubtless figure within the amount talked of by certain English steamship lines, namely, a .sub.sidy of $1,300,000 annually. It will bo necesisary for the Canadian Pacilic Company, should a steamship contract be awarded to it, to make .special ar- rangemeiits with the Minister of Railways for tho transi)ortati(>n of pa.ssengers and freight between St. .John and Halifax in the winter, but there is no doubt that this could ho easily accomplished. Tho Times edi- torially a.S8umcs that such an oiler was not made without knowledge of the conditions the Imperial Gov- ernment is prepared to acce<le. It say:> it is a good augury that tho proposal emanates from a company that has already given proofs that it can conduct a great ocean ser- vice on sound busines*; lines. f WHAT JOHN CHINAMAN PAYS Increase o£ One Thousand in Chi- nese Immigrants to Canada. An Ottawa despatch says: Tho gross revenue in connection with Chinese immigration for tho year ending Juno 30th amounted to $364,972, as against $178,704 for the previous fiscal year, showing an increase of $180,268, or 104 per cent. This increase is mainly duo to raising the poll tax from $50 to $100. At the same time there was an increase of 1,007 in tho Chinese who paid the poll tax, the number for the last fiscal year being 3,52.5, as against 2,518 tor lOOlVyl. Add- ing 62 who were exempt from tho tax, tho total number of inunicjrants was 3,587. The year previous there were 2, .544, including 26 exemptions. BLIND, DEAF AND INSANE. Bulletin Giving Census of Infirmi- ities Is Issued. An Ottivwa despatch says: A bul- letin giving the census of iulirmities in Canada was i.ssued on Saturday. The number of infu-mitios, dating from childhood, shows a rate of 132.6624 per thousand for the blind; 434,2404 per thou.saiid for the deaf and dumb, and 130,5245 per thousand for tho insane, computed on tho total niimber of each clas..?. According to tho bulletin there ar^ 3,279 blind. 6.174 deaf and dumb, and 16,495 of unsound mind, or a total of 25,948 in Canada. bj Colonial Premiers Honored City of Edinburgh. A London despatch sa.v.s: Edin- bin-gh extended an enthusiiistic wel come to Sir Wilfrid Lauricr and tlu other Colonial Premiers; who madi a special visit to tho Scottish capi. tal. Tho honorary degree of LL.D wa.s conferred upon each of the Pr* miers at McEwca Hall on Saturday morning by tho great Scottljh uni' vorsity. Great applause tollowet this interesting ceremony. Lunch oon was served at noon b.v the Stu dents' Union. Sir Wilfrid Lt.urier Sir Edmund Barton, and Lord (iron fell replied to the toasts of the col onies and our guests. in tho after noon the freedom of tho City of Ed inburgh wius conferred upon .Sir Wit frid Laurier, Sir Eklmund Barton Hon. Richard Soddon, Sir Alfro Hinie, and Sir Robert Bond in S.vno Hall. Sir Wilfrid Lnurier. the Cat adian Premier, in replying, -said th onl.v merit he claimed was his ea dcavor to bring tho French and Brf tish sections in Canada to love an respect each other and be true Br tish subjects. In the evening th corporation of the Cit.y of Edit burgh gave a banquet to the C< lonial Premiers at Balmoral Hote! On Monday the Promier.s were ei tertained by the City of Gla.sgofl Sir Wilfrid Laurier was, tliorofon unable to retin-n to London on Sui day as ho had intended. DROVE HIM INSANE. After Six Months in Jail Valii court's Mind Gave Way. A Sault Ste. Marie despatch say« Six months in jail, during whic^ his wife has left for Montreal, wit his children, has proven to be toi much for Mr. Vaiincourt, and hi mind has given way under tl» strain. From a strong, robus man, Vaiincourt is now a mere shn dow. No healthier man than h could bo found anywhere before laH winter when ho was .sitting by tlji side of his sick wife, and a man out side demanded admittance, and sail he would break the door in unless i' was opened. The house had beei formerl.v occupied b.v bad characters and Vaiincourt tried to tell the uiai that they had moved away. Crasi went the man's foo*.. against tin door, ,Ti;d Valincour;. ran and gol his revolver and ordered tho hiai to stay out. With a voUe.v of oatlM tho Italian started 10 enter tin room, and Vaiincourt lired tho fatal shot. No bail is given for a case o: this kind, or Vaiincourt would liavi had it furnished by hiuidreds whc thought ho did perfectly right. Tin coiilinenient and worry have provei too much for him. Sailors have been used with great success by the authorities of Bronx Park, New York, to climb trees and use sprinklers on the caterpillnrs, which were flourishing In the ab- sence of the Lanius Ludovioinnus, or shrike bird, their natural destroyer. CHIEF OF POLICE KILLED, Three Heads of the Department Murdered Within One Year. An Elkins, W. Va., despatch sa.vs! Chief of Police F. II. Wilmcth ol this town was murdered on Tues- da.v night at Wo tj; '.-dorf. near hero. He was in the ^'•c of arresting two negroes when a third nnui shot hinj from ambush. A pos.sc is U\ pur-^ suit of the mimiercr, and it is hot lleved that he will be lynched If h« is cnuffht. This is the third murdci of an Elldns Chief of Police withii a year. the other victims havin| been Robert Lilly and Pago Man stellar. ^-L^ihJSZ'J^Jiili::^:!!^..:.. >:iiS!mit!M