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THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. '.roi-onto, Feb. 3. â€" Wheat â€" The mai'ket is lower. Sales of No. 2 red •ind white at 70Jc middle I'reight.s. No. 1 spring quoted at 71c on Mid- land, and No. 2 goose at 66c on Midland. Manitoba wheat easier, No. 1 hard, 88c all rail, grinding in transit; No. 1 Northern, 86Jc all rail, grinding in transit; No. 1 hard, 87Jc North Hay, and No. 1 North- ern, 8(5c North Baj'. U.ve â€" Market quiet, with No. 2 quoted at 49 to 50c middle freights. I'eas â€" The market rules steady. With No. 2 white quoted at 73c out- aide. Barley â€" The market is firm, with No. 3 e.xtra quoted at 47c middle freight, and No. 3 at 43 to 44c mid- dle freight. Corn â€" The market for Canadian is easier, with No. 2 yellow quoted at 44 to 4-4ic west, and No. 2 mix- ed at 43Jc west. Buckwheat â€" Market dull, with prices nominal at 47 to 48c at out- side points. Flour â€" Ninety per cent, patents are quiet, quoted at S2.70 middle freight, in buyers' sacks for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted lit $3.25 to $3.35 in bbls. Manitoba flour firm; No. 1 patents, $4.40, and seconds, 34.10. Strong bakers', $4, bags in- cluded, Toronto. Millfeed â€" Bran, $16 in bulk here; shorts at $17,50. At outside points bran is quoted at $15.50, and shorts at $17.5(J. Manitoba bran, in sacks, 518, and shorts at $20 here. bulk, 7i to 8c; dark, 2c lower; Poul- tryâ€" Turkeys, 14 to 15c per lb; sec- onds, 9c. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans â€" Trade is dull, with sup- plies fair. Medium bring $1.65 " to $1.75 per bushel, and hand-picked, $1.90 to $2. Dried apples â€" Market quiet, with prices unchanged at 4 to 4Jc per lb; and evaporated at 6i to 7c. Honey â€" The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. Strained, 8 to 8ic per lb, and comb, $1.25 to 31.- 65. Hay, baled â€" The market is un- changed. Choice timothy, SIO to $10.25 on track, and mixed $8 to t8.50. Straw â€" The market is quiet, with car lots on track quoted at $5.50 to $6 a ton. Maple Syrup â€" Five gallon cans, $1 per gal; one-gallon cans, $1.10, and half-gallon, COc. Onions â€" The market is dull at 40c per bushel for Canadian. Poultry â€" Market firm. â-  Demand good for finest fresh killed dry-pick- ed stock. Chickens, 12 to 14c per lb. and old 60 to 70c per pair. Ducks, 12 to 14c per lb. Turkeys, fresh, 13 to 14c per lb. Geese, 9 to lie per lb. Potatoq^ ^- Market is unchanged, with oftertngs fair. Cars of Cana- dian on track here quoted at $1. and American $1.05 per bag. Jobbing lots, $1.20 to SI. 25. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter â€" Trade is fairlj' active, with prices generally unchanged. We quoteâ€" Finest 1-lb rolls, 18 to 20c; selected dairy, tub.s, 17c; choice largi rolls, 18 to 18Jc; secondary grades (rolls and tubs), 15 to 16c; creamery prints, 23 to 23ac; do., solids, 20J to 22c. Fggs â€" The market is easier. We quote â€" Strictly new laid, 23c; cold storage, selected, 15 to 17c; ordin- ary, 14 to 15c; seconds, and smalls, 12 to 13c. Cheese â€" Market steady. We quote â€" Finest September, 13i to 13ic; seconds, 12 i to 12ic. HOC! PRODUCTS. Dres.sed hogs are steady, with car lots quoted at $7.05 to $7.75. Cured meats steady, with demand fair. We quote â€" Bacon, long clear, lOi to lOJc in ton and case lots. Pork, mes.s, $21.50 to $22; do., short cut, $22.50 to $23. Smoked hams, 13 to 13ic; rolls, 11 J to 12c; shoulders, lie; backs, 14 to 14.1c; breakfa.'it bacon. 14 to 14 Jc. Lard â€" Market quiet, with i)rices unchanged. We quote â€" Tierces, lie; tub.s, 11 ic; pails, 11 ic: compound, 8| to 10c. BUSINESS AT MONTUKAI,. Montreal, Feb. 3. â€" CJruin â€" No. 1 Manitoba hard wheat. 71c: No. 1 Northern. 72c in store Fort William; peas. 72Jc high freiglils; oats. No. 2 in store here, 36 ic, 31 to 31 {c high freights; rye. 49Jc east; huckwiieat. 50c east. Flour â€" Alanitoba pat- ents, $4.40 to $1.50; seconds. $4.10 to $4.20; Ontiirlo straight rollers, $3.50 to $3.65, in bags. $1.70 to $1.73; patents. $3.70 to .'51.11). Roll- ed oatsâ€" Millers' prices $2. bags, and $4.15 per bbl. Feedâ€" Manitoba bran, $19 to $20; shorts, §21 to $22, bags included; Ontario bran, in bulk, $17 to $17.50; shorts, in bulk. $20. Provision.sâ€" Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $24 to $2."); short cut, backs. $23. .'iO to $21: light short cut. $23 to $21: coi.ii)ound re- fined lard. 81 to 9c; pure Canadian lord, lie: finest lord. 12 to 12Jc: hams, 124 to l-'i-ic: bacon. 11 to l.'Jc; dre.s.sed hogs. $8.2.'.: fresh killed abattoir, $9 per 100. lbs. Kggs â€" Fanc.y, 24 to- 25c; candli-d stock, 20 to 204c: Montreal limed; 17i to I8c: Weatcrji, \C^\ to 17c. ITonoy â€" White clover, in sections, 12 to 13c per NcLton; in 10-lb. tini. 8 to 9c; In UNITED STATES MARKETS. St. Louis, Feb. 3. â€" Wheat)â€" Cash â€" 72c; .lanuary, 72c; May, 75|c; July, 71 tc. Buffalo, Feb. 3. â€" Flour â€" Firm. Wheatâ€" Spring dull; No. 1 hurd, 88c. Corn â€" Only steady; No. 2 .yellow, 52ic; No. 2 corn, 51 ic Oats â€" tjuiet; No. 2 white, 424c; No. 2 mix- ed, 404c. Barley â€" Uuchangod. Rye â€"No. 1 in store, 604c asked. Minneapolis, Feb. 3. â€" Wheat â€" May, 764c; July, 76 3c; on track. No. 1 hard, 77Jc; No. 1 J>orthern, 763c; No. 2 Northern, 73Jc. Duluth, Feb. 3. â€" Wlieat â€" Cash, No. 1 hard, 763c; No. 1 Northern, 75Jc; No. 2 Northern, 733c; Maj', 77Jc; July, 77 Jc. Oatsâ€" May, 36c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, Feb. 3. â€" The arrivals at the Western Cattle Market were large, and most of the stock was dispo.sed of. The quality of the stulf coming forward was medium, with a few good ones amongst the lot. Buyers bought exjjort cattle more freely, there being plenty of space offering for export. The top prices reported paid for export cattle was $5.25 per cwt. The day's run amounted to 61 cars, containing 1,- 015 cattle, 285 sheep, 765 hogs and 78 calves. In export cattle the top price was $5.15 to $5.25 for choice stock of 1,300 to 1,400 lbs. weight. The range of medium to choice stock was $4.50 to $5, and $4 to $4. .50 for common grades. There is still wanted good well-fattened stock. There were not many butchers' cattle left over, and in addition many that had remained over unsold from last week were dis- posed of. Medium to choice butch- ers' sold at $3.50 to $4.50 per cwt. Fair to common cows, 900 to 1,100 lbs. each, sold from $3 to $3.90 per cwt. A large proportion of the butchers' cattle bought on the mar- ket changed hands at from $3.90 to $4,124 pet" cwt., there being a big number of sales at $4. The prices of export steers and heifers mixed v/ere from $4.60 to $4.75 per cwt. Mixed butchers' and export cattle brought $4 to $4.50 per cwt. There were not many stockers and feedei-s offered, but prices were maintained with perhaps a trifling easier tone. The quotations are $4 to $4.35 for feeders, and $3.50 to $3.80 for stockers. A quantity of light stock- ers, weighing about 600 lbs. each, was sold at $3 per cwt. Export bulls were worth $3.75 to S4 per cwt. Canners were sold at $2.25 to $2.85 per cwt. Milch cows and springers brought $30 to $55 each. The demand continued good. The run of calves was larger than usual, but the market absorbed all that were offered. The prices were unchanged at $2 to $10, and 44 to 6c per lb. and good veal calves con- tinue to be in demand. There was a brisk demand for lambs to-day, and prices continued to improve over last week. The (fuotations giv(m for sheep and lambs are as follows: I^ambs, $4.25 to $5.25 per cwt: ewes, $3.50 to $3.90; bucks, $2. .50 to $3.25. The tone of the hog nmrket con- tinued weak, without an.y change in quotations. We quote: Hogs. se- lects. 160 to 200 lbs., $6; thick fats and lights. $5.75 per cwt. Following is the range of quo- tations to-day: Exporters' cattleâ€" , Per 100 lbs. Choice §5.00 $5.25 Medium 4-65 4.90 Light 4.25 4.60 Bulls 3.75 4.00 Butchers â€" Choice 400 4.50 Medium 3.40 4.00 Heifers 0.00 3.90 Bulls 3.00 3..50 Cows -... 2.75 3.75 Feeders 4.00 4.25 Canners 2.25 2.50 Sheep â€" Lambs 4-25 5.25 Kwes 3.50 3.90 Bucks".'. 2.,50 3.25 Calves, each 2.00 10.00 Calves, per 100 lbs. ... 4.50 6.00 Hogs â€" Sows 4.50 4.75 Stags 2.00 3.00 Selects, 160 to 200 lbs 6.00 0.00 Thick fats 5.75 0.00 Lights 5.75 0.00 WANTibD~FORlviuRDEI^. Two Men in Sing Sing Will Be Brought to Alberta. .\ Winnipeg despatch su.vs: t'apt. Walker of the Northwest Mounted i Police has left for Sing Sing Prison, j New York, to bring back an alleged | murderer named Morgan, and accom- j plice. Jos. I,aron. They are charged 1 with killing a companion named Wm. Johnston, near Red Di"ei-. about I two and a half years ago. and ef- forts will be nin^le to have Ihem ex- tradited. The accused are noted criminals, and are .just completing a term at Sing Sing for robbery com- niited in New York. PREFER CANADA TO VELDT Members of African Constabulary Reach Ottawa. An Ottawa despatch says: A party of sixteen members of the South Af- rican Constabulary, who two years ago left Ottawa for the front, arriv- ed in the city on Friday morning. Two of the number. Privates Thouq)- son and IJickerton, belong here, while the rest are from the North- west. The men who have received their discharge from the corps left Bloemfontein on November 1st and Cape Town a month later. The,v came home by way of lOngJand. One of the men stated the South African Constabulary is fast going to pieces. "Onl.v about one-tliird of them is now left," he stated. "A great many have got their discharges and left for their homes; others have se- cured emploj'ment as civilians, and several have joined regular I'egi- mcnts. It is frightfully dull in South Africa just now. There is nothing save the tiring monotony of garrison work, and naturally the men are anxious to get away as soon as possible. Business, how- ever, is brisk in all linos, and several of the Canadians have got positions and will remain in the countrv. For the most of them, however, Canada is good enough, and they will lose little time in getting back hero." SPENT $r ,336.799. Expenditure of Public Works De- partment. An Ottawa despatch says: The re- port of the Public Works Department for the past li.scal .vear is in the press. The expenditure for the year was as follows: Harbor and river works ...$2,277,767 Dredging and plant 846.366 Slides and booms 260,750 Public buildings 2,040,388 Bridges and roads 400,125 Telegraphs 629.211 Miscellaneous 331.988 Total $(>,786.799 Besides the above expenditure there was advanced to the Montreal Har- bor Commissioners $550,001). making the entire expenditure $7,336,799. The revenue of the depai-tment was $2.10,169. The report says that some im- provements might he made in the plants in Manitoba and British Co- lumbia, and the Lower I'rovinces might also receive some accession to the dredging fleet to keep jiuce with the glowing demands of trade. TOUR OF THE FARMERS. Awaited in Great Britain With In- terest. A London despatch says: The pro- posed tour of a party of Manitoba fanners, who are expected to arrive in F.ngland on Feb. 23, is awaited with great interest here. Mr. W. T. R. Preston. Dominion Inunigration Agent, is now arranging the visits to all the nmrket towns, where some of the farmers will lecture and meet inquirers. To have Western Canada described at first-hand it is expected will be of great service in stinuilat- ing emigration, which promises well for the spring. Other authorities urge the necessity of a careful selec- tion of the Manitoba delegates. es- pecially in the way of avoiding po- litical nominees. The new Canadian Oovernment im- migration ofllco will be reaily at the end of February. It is still await- ing internal fittings. This time the delay was due to Canadian, not Bri- tish, workmen. LARGEST IN THE WORLD. The Cedric Has Left Belfast for Liverpool. A London despat<;h su.vs: The larg- est steamer in the world, the Cedric, of the White Star fleet, is completed, and has left Belfast for Liverpool, to i)rei)are for her nmiden voyage to New York early in February. She is 700 feet long, and is the second steamer to exceed 20.000 tons. Her sister ship, the Celtic, being the flrst. The Cedric will haye accom- modation for 3,000 passengers, but has not been built for speed, and will not attem])t to lower the At- lantic record. NAVAL RESERVE. Bill to Be Introduced at Next Session of Parliament. An Ottawa despatch says: At the coming session of Parliament a bill will be introduced b.y the Govern- ment for the estuhlistunent of a Can- adian naval reserve i'oi-ce. .Mthough the new force will he defensive, yet, it is not the intention to place it under the charge of tile Minister of Militia and Defence, but of tho Minister of Marino and fisheries. Mr. Prefontaine will therefore be the first adnural 01 the Canadian navy. The details of the scheme an? being worked out. (Jenerall.v it is under- stood that the idea is lo train a number of the young li-shermen of thi! Maritime I'rovinces in luival and gunnerv practice during the winter months, Imt whether on special Can- adian \essolH or on tho ves- sels of the North -Vmerican scpuxdron is not .yet determined. It is obvious that the instruction will have to take place on Southern wa- ters owing to climatic influences. It has been suggested, however, to also establish a training school for lads who.so vessels could be stationed in Canadian waters in the sinnmer time. STARVED TO DFATH ; A Wealthy Inventor's Test Proved Fatal. A Now York despatch says: .Joseph William Sheppard. a wealthy inven- tor and student of occultism, died here on Saturda.y of self-imposod starvation. He resisted all efforts of his family and ])h.vsiciaii to in- duce him to take nourishment, and informed the latter that he had no intention of accepting his treatment, and that he had onl.\- called him in so that his son might ho protecte<l in the event of what he termed his "apparent death." Ten days be- fore be died Mr. .Sheppard said to the doctor: "When t appeal- to be dead I shall not be. You will think I am dead, hut m.v appearance will be the result of tho disembodiment of my .spirit." How long he had been fasting is not known, but his son while he lived knew that he did for a considerable time refu.se to take nourishment, in the belief that ho would thus bring about a perfection of the spirit.- He was lit .vears of age. Owing to the extraordinary character of the case the Health Board has refused to grant a burial permit, and has requested the Cor- oner to make an investigation. STEEL INDUSTRY GROWING Production Increased Nearly 500 Per Cent. A Toronto despatch su.vs : â€" The steel industry of Ontario has made marvelous strides during the last year. In 1901 the i)roduction auu)iiiited to onl.v 14,471 toiiri, valued at $347,280, while last .vear O.S,802 tons were i)roduced wortli 81,610,031. The pig iron iiidustr.y, however, shows a slight decrea.se. In 19112 112,687 tons were produced, valued at St. 083.051. as compared with 116. .'170 tons, worth «1,701,- 707 in 1901. Last .year the wages paid b.y the steel and iron industries of tho province amounted to S,")! 0.11*7- and in P.HVl S274.5.->4. NEWS ITEMS. Tele§:raphic Briefs From AU Over the Globe. CANADA. Victoria, B. ('., is to have a big ln)tel as a sujiiiiier resort. A Winnipeg .\-outh was lined $10 and costs for carrying a razor. Two members of Rossland's new council were born in Ontario. St. t^atharines has not Inui a cast of contagious di.sease since tho fiisl of December last. Berlin Hoard of Trade is on record in favor of the i)urchaso by tho towt of the lighting plant. The .School of Mining and Agricul tare at Kingston will commence thi teaching of fish culture and preserva tion shortly. The Douldiobors are adnptinf themselves to existing contlilions if the west and are bii.ving horses lot labor. Tho western division of the C.P.R is to be shortened by the part \vesi| of Medicino Hat being added to th< Pacific division. Ml'. Marconi sa.vs that in tw< months his companv will be trans- mitting commercial liusiness betweei; England and (.'anada at ten cents i word . Mcdill University, Montreal, pro tests ugainat tho Marconi wirelesj station being erected on the moun> tain top. as it would damage th( phv.sical laboratories of the college. The Middlesex Law .\KSOciation liaa followed tho lead of the York Lav) A.s.sociation, and passed a resolution calling the attention of the (ioverm meiit to the fact that judges' sal- aries are too low. After a silence of nineteen years, <Iuring which his relatives mourned him as dead. Mrs. John Cameron o) Winnipeg on Saturday received word that her brother. Mr. Fred Pear- son, was alive and well in .\rizona Three W'oodstock. N, I!., youths were charged with absl ractiiig letters Irom the post-ollice. Deeming them too young to suffer the sentence oi three years in the penitentiary tliey were let off on suspended sentence, but had to give bonds of S800 i-ach. From a small island at tho moutli of the Klondike, Mr. M. D. Dailoy cleared $13,000 by selling lettuce and garden vegetables in Dawson City, and he is now in Tacoina jmr- chasing a stock of flower bulbs' and ro.se bushes which ho will take in as soon as the weather moderates. The Post-ofllce Department has been adviscil that the New Zealand post-ollice has recenll.v opened a pos- tal agenc.v at Fanning Island. Par- cels ma.y be forwarded at the sumo rates of postage and under the same regulati<ms as apply to parcels on the mainland of the colony of New Zealand. A LONGIKG FOR CANADA. Experienced by Boer Delegates in Australia. .\ii Ottawa despatch says: Mr. Moore, of the Department of Agricul- ture, has received a letter from ^Mr. Lane, one of the Iloer delegates, who visited Canada last fall, announcing the arrival of the part.v all well at S.vdne.v, Australia, on December 1(5, after a ver.v tedious passage. -Vt the time of writing the delegates had visited tho duir.v I'nrni of Dr. Hayes at Coolangatta, and the (ioverninent stud farm at Berr.v. The weather was hot and the Boer delegates e.x- lierienced a longing for the rivers and lakes of Canada. in at of SAVINGS BANKS' DEPOSITS. December's Transactions in Do- minion Institutions. An Ottawa despatch says: Tho I'ost-Ofllce Savings Bank deposits during Dcceml>er amounted to $1.- 049.095. and the withdrawals to $920,389. In the Dominion tJovern- ment Savings Banks the deposits for the month of Derember were ?22l>.- 6SO, and the withdrawals $236,700. THE BLUE MARINES Additions Will Be Made to the Halifax Garrison. k Halifax despatch sa.vs: Halifax will soon have two line regiments. Tho Worcester Itegiment will come here from Bermuda. Part of the corps will bo quartered at the Clacis Barracks and the remainder at the citadel. The Royal .\rtiUer.v will be removed from Halifa.x and the forts will bo maimed by marine nr- tillery. known as the Blue JIarinoH. Two ships' companies, comprising about 1 .000 men, will be .stationed permanentl.v at the barracks and at the dockyard, for service on the ships of tho fli"et in ca.ses of emer- genc.v. An equal number of them will be stationed at Bermuda for similar p>iri>oses. Ilnron dp Sibort has entt-red an ac- tion against the Paris Metropolitan Railwa.v for fcnir rents, the price of a to.v balloon which is child was not allowed to take int» one of th« car- riages. BABY'S NURSE. Marvellous Invention by a Swiss Mechanic. A tJcneva despatch says : â€" A .Swiss mechanic claim.s to have in- vented an automatic buby'.s nurse. The apparatus is attached to a cradle. If the hab.v cries, air waves cause speciall.v-arranged wires to operate a phonograph, which sings a lullab.v. while siiuultaneou.-il.v clock- work is reler.sed and rocks the cradle. AVhen the cr.ving slops, the wires ci'use lo vibrate. an<l the cradle stops rocking. TENDERS FROM CANADA. War Office Will Invite Thorn for Meat for Ar<uy. A London despatch says : â€" Tho Hiitish War Otilce has decided to invite lenders front •Canadian far-" mers for the supply of fresh meat to the British army in .South Africa. CAN pay" IF^SHi~WISHtS. Venezuela Debts Need Not Bother the Republic. A London despatch ftnys :â€" Lord Eustace Cecil, p.residing at a meet- ing oi tho .shareholders of the Foreign and Coloninl Investment TruKl (111 Friday said hi- understood Veiie/uelii could ea.sily pay her debts if slie chose to do so. CRKAT DRITAIN. There are 195 jiarishes in Scotland without a public house. Mr. Carnegie will devote i^l .000,- 000 sterling to scientific research. Thirteen thousand cavalr.v recruits have been accepted during the last two years. Seven hunilred congregations Scotland use non-alcoho)ic wine the communion .service. The elevation of the Board _ Trade into a Ministr.v of Cominorci is predicted by Mr. Oerald Balfour. Workmen have already begun de- molishing the picturesque old 'I'hames bridges at, Sonning, Berk- shire. There is no truth whate\er in the j. statement that the King and Queen ale .iioiiig for a cruise in the Modi- terranean. The â- True Catholics," the new Christian sect, initiated by a number of e.K-Roman Catholic priests, has been formally established in West- minster. Loi»don had ninety .. deaths Inst week from other than nr-ttiral causes. 81 of which were either from acci- dents or negligence, and in round figures 1,000 people are killed each iyear by accident. The National Review says there can be no <loiibt as to the truth of ' its slory that the Oorinnn Emperor, I in the presence of an American '.\acliting part.v, made offensive re- '. marks regarding the Kin.g. I The shipbuilders- of Clas.giiw state !that the prospects for the shipping {imlus'.ries 01 the Clyde are very dis- couraging, and lliut a ii-iluclion in wages is unavoidable. In the event, of a strike 30,000 men \.ill be af-. fecled. UNri'ED STATES. Thiee black bears attacked the 'childion of a mountaineer named I Parker, living cm the road from JMoiie to Arcuflia. Virginia, on tho -lames Ri\er. and killed and rte his ; t wo-.\ ear-old b»ln'. I Miss Mary Thompson, the pretty 25-year-old daughter of James Thompson, a rich mill owner at Valley Falls, N. Y.. eloped with her lather's hostler. EdwaiMl Mines. on Monday evening. Excessive stud.v caused the death of C. Herbert Orr,' a student at Anji Arbor University. Michigan, on Mon- dn.v. The final examinations .were, a wei'K .away, and Orr was in the habit of .studying until 3 o'clock ecch morning. A lifteir.-iiiunths old clV^ld of..\V-M Biggs. 'a tanner near Town Cit.v. la., was injured b.v a nail, in i\ pieip o! board t;hrx)Wn by a little brother entering its brain in tho center o the top i>f tho heitd. and thj>rc nr small hopes for its recovery. .X: