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"*JP^. I* V I I X > ;â-  THE MllM MAEKETS REPORTS mOHL THE READING THADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, Nov. 24.â€" Wheat.â€" The market is quiet, with demand con- linnd chiefly to millers. No. 2 white and red Winter quoted at 77 to 77 Jc low fiieghis; No. 2 Hpring is quoted ut 73c cast, and No. 2 gooKe at 70 to 71c east. Manitoba wheat is unchanged. .^t upper lake ports No. 1 Northern is quoted at 84c and Nf>. 2 Northern at 82c. No. 1 hard nominal at &0c lake ports. l-'or giincling in transit quotations are tic higher than abo\«. Oatsâ€" Tile market is quiet at un- changed prices. No. 2 white is quoted ut 28f to 29c west, and at 294c l;iw freights to New York. No. 1 while, oOJc oa;;t. Barleyâ€" The market is dull. with the prirps steady. No. 2 quoted at 43c middle freights. No. 3 o.xtra at 40 to 41c, and No. 3 at 38 to 39.; middle {.eights. Ryo â€" The market is quiet, with prices steady. Cars are quoted at 50J to 51c out.side. Peas â€" Trade is dull and prices un- changed. No. 2 whiti> quoted at CO to 61c high fi eights, and at fi2c east. Corn â€" Tl-.o market is quiet, with prices steady. No. 2 yellow Ameri- can quoted at 58 to .'53 Jc on track. Toronto; No. 3 yellow at 52ic, and No. 3 mixed at 52f, Toronto. Buckwheat â€" Tie market is im- changod. with quotations 41 to 42c at outside points. Flour â€" Ninety per cent, patents are steady at 53.05 middle freights. In bujers' sacks, for export. Straight rollers of special brancis for domestic trade quoted at S3. 40 to SS-.W in bbls. Manitoba flours are steady; No. 1 patents, Si.C) to $4.60; No. 2 patents, 54.25 to $4.30; and strong bakers', S4.15 to $4.20 on track. Toronto. Millfeedâ€" Bran steady at $16.50 und shorts at $18.50 here. At out- Bide points bran is quoted at $1330 to $14, and shorts at $18. Manito- ba bran in sacks $18. and shorts it §20 here. ; COUNTRY PRODUCE. ""^ Apples â€" The market is quiet, with prices steady. Winter fruit quoted at $1.75 to $2 per bbl. in car lots, and at §2 to $2.50 in small quan- tities. Beans â€" There is a quiet trade, with (irices .steady. Prinie bears are Ijuoted at 51.75 per bush. Dried apples â€" The demand is fair, with prices unchanged at H to 5c per lb. Honey â€" Tie market is quiet at 6 to 7c per lb. for bulk, and at $1.25 to P2 for comb. Choice clover honey, 7 to 7ic per lb. Hay â€" Demand is fair, with receipts pnly moderate. No. 1 timothy Ijuoted at St). 50 on track, 'J'oronto, iind mi.ted at $7 to $7.50. Strawâ€" The market is quiet, at po per ton for car lots on track. Potatoes â€" Ti o olTorings are moder- ate, with prices unchanged. Cars on rrack are quoted at 55c per bog tor good qualitv. Poultry â€" The c'emand is fair, and offerings moderate. Turkeys are quoted at 10 to 12c per lb., and goesc at 7 to 8c per lb., ducks, 8J to 9c per lb.,, or 75 to »0c per pair. PMckens, 8 to 9c per lb., or 60 to 78c per pair, old hens, 45 to 50c per pair. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter â€" ^The market is firm, with receipts of medium and low grades fair. Choice dairy tubs scarce and wanted. We quote : â€" I'^inest 1-lb. roll.s, 184 to 20c: choice large rolls, 164 to 174c; selected dairy tubs, 17 to 18c; secondary grades. 13 to 14r; creamery prin.ts, 32 to 2Sc; solids. 194 to 304c. Eggs â€" Market continues Arm. We quote : â€" Strictly row laid, 24c; cold •torage, 18 to 30c; limed, ISe per dozen. Chci'se â€" Market quiet, with the best selling at 11 4<^. and seconds at 104 to lie. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Nov. 34. â€" Uanitoba wheat is up again to 78c for No. 1 Northern, Fort William, November delivery, which leaves it still under the Chicago quotation for Uecombor delivery. Oralnâ€" Peas, 714 to 72c afloat here: rye, 53c ea.st, 58c aflaot here: buckwheat. 52c afloat: No. 2 oats, 3.'5c in store, 34c afloat; No. 3 oats. Ic less; fla.\seed, $1,15 on track here: No. 3 barle.v, 50c. Flour â€" Manitoba patents, $4. SO: .ssconds, f4.30; strong bakers', $4.05 to $-»:.- aO; Ontario straight rollers, $3.90 to $4; in bogs, $1.85 to $1.95; pa- tents, $4 to $4.25; o.ttra, $1.65 to •1.70; rolled oats. $1.80 per bag, $3.80 per bbl. Millfeedâ€" Ontario bran iu bi Ik, $17.50 to $18.80; shortf, $30 to $21: Manitoba bran, in bags, $13; shorts. $20 to Wl. I3ean£ â€" Choic* primes. $1.55 to $1.- ft<1 p^r bushel In car lots. Pro\'i9(oi>s â€" Heavy Canailian .short cut pork, $t!».50 to $20; light short cut. $18 to $1«.50; Ameihan short cut, cl«ar, *17 to $17.50; Ametican fat bacJls, $18 to $18.50; rompotJnd lard, 8c; Canadian lard, 84 to 9c: kettle ren- dered, lOjc; hams, 124 to 14c: bacon I.Hi to 14c: fresh killed abattoir hog.s. $7.25: live hogs, $5.25 to $8.- 874- Eggsâ€" Candled selected, 28c: straight lecoiptfl, 20c; Montreal Unv- â- 4, 18c. Chccsoâ€" Ontario, lOJ to llr; Townships, IO4 to lOfc: Quebec 10 to 104c. Butterâ€" Townships ^anierj-, 21 to 22c; Quebec, 20 to â- ie; Western d^ry, 18 to 17c. UNITED STATEa M.\IlKET3. Milwaukee, Nov. 24. â€" Wheatâ€" High- er; No. 1 Northern, 8I4 to 82c; No, 2 .VorLhern, 8y4 to 90c; May, 78Jc. Ryeâ€" Steady; No. 1, 564c. Barley- Firm; No. 2, 64c; samjjle, 30 to 62c. Coinâ€" Steady; No. 3, 46 to 464c; May, 42 to 424c. BuHalo, Nov. 24. â€" Flourâ€" Firm. Wheat â€" No business; No. 1 Northern, carloads, 82.4^; No. 2 red on track, through billed, offered 86c. Corn â€" Strong; No. 2 yellow, 5U4c; No. 2 corn. 49c. Oats â€" Stronger; No. 2 white, 39c; No. 2 mixed, 37c. Bar- ley â€" Offerings, c.i.f., 48 to 60c. Rye- No. 1 in stole, 58c. Couul fi-oights â€"Steady. (Minneapolis, Nov. 24. â€" ^Whoat â€" De- cember 704 to 80fc. May 8O4 to 8<J4c. On track. No. 1 hard 834 to No. 1 Northern 824c, No. 2 Nortli- ern 7'»|c, No. 3 Northern 75 to 76c. Flour â€" Ten cents higher; Hrst patents $4.70 to $4.80; second do., $4.60 to S4.70; fir^t clears, $3.30 to $3.40 second do., $2.40 to $2.50. Bran â€"In bulk, $13.25. CAITLE MARKET. Toronto, Nov. 24.â€" .\t the City Cattle Market to-day there was a goofl brisk trade. The average nin of export olTering Were light and irii- finlshed, the prices ranging about $4-. There is a good demand for heavy well-finished cattle. In the general run of cattle olTciing there was a good proportion of stockers and light feeders. The best market was for good butchers' cattle and ex- porters. There was a heavy run of sheep and hogs. The total run was 93 loads of stock, with 1,287 head of cattle. 2,303 sheep and lambs, 2,142 hogs, and 61 calves. Export â€" Good market for choice ex- porters, pi-ices ranging from $4 up to S4.70. Butchers â€" Market very firm for good butchers' cattle: choice picked cattle selling at $4.25 to $4.30; or- dinary butchers', $3.75 to $4. Stockers â€" Fair demand for good stockorp, prices for the best quality, about 900 lbs., 83.50 to $3.75. Sheep and lambs â€" Trade good, all sold; prospects steady. Prices, e.x- port ewes $3.25 to $3.55; bucks. S2.50 to $2.75; culls, $2 to $3; lajnbs; S3. 75 to $4.10. Hogs â€" Market weak and prospects lower. No change in quotations to- day at $5.10 for the best, down to $4.75 for lights and fats. Export, hoa\-y $4.10 to $4.70 Export, light 3.80 4.00 Bulls, e.xport, heavy, cwt 3.7'i 4.2:j do. light 3.01 3.50 Feeders, 800 lbs. r.nd upwards 3.00 3.60 Short keep, 1,00 lbs. 3.65 3. SO Stockers, 400 to SijO lbs a.M 3.124 do. 90O lbs. .â- !.50 Butchers' cattle, choice 3 75 4.10 do medium 3.30 3.50 do picked 4.00 4.30 do bulls 2.75 3.0i> do rough 2.50 2.60 Light stock bulls, cwt. 2.25 2.50 Mil.h ccnvs 30.0O 52.00 Hogs, best 0.10 do. light 4.75 Sheep, export, cwt.... 3.25 3. .55 Spring lambs 3.75 4.10 Bucks 2.60 2.75 Culls 2.25 Calves, each 2.00 2.75 10.00 ABANDON POLICE POSTS. Orders Issued by Interior Depart- ment. An Ottaw^a despatch says: Mr. Sif- ton, Minhster of the Interior. has given orders for the abandonment of the Mounted Police posts at the junction of Kleheni and Chilkat Riv- ers, and the post at Pleasant Camp. Both are on the Dalton Trail. These are the posts which were in Canadi- an territory under the provisional boundary, but which have become United States property under the decision of the Alaskan Tribunal. Both were among the best equipped and most comfortable posts the Mounted Police had on the 'Daltou Trail. SCHOOL GARDENS. Regulations to Oovern Them Adopted by Cabinet. A Toronto despatch says: On the recommendation of the Minister of Education regulations have been adopted by ordor-in-couucil for the establishment of school gardens in connection with rural schools. Last session $1,000 was set apart for this purpose, and the regulations framed provide for an Initial grant of $100. with a subsequent grant of $10. The trustees must provide one acre of ground iu addition to the school grounds, build a shed for tools, seed, etc., and make the neces- sary arrangements imder the direc- tion of the Public school Insiwctor. Thie provision is intended to foster agricultural and horticultural na- ture study, and all matters apper- taining to country life. HEAVY LABOR SHORTAGE. Heport of Conditions in fhe TransTaal. A Pretoria despatch says: Tlio Native Ut^bor Conunisaiou has llnish- ed Its invftstlgalion. It reports that there is a total shortage of 241.000 laborers In the mining and agricul- tural industries. and iu railway building in the Transvaal. It adds that there is no source of supply In Central of Southern Africa sumcient to meet the demand for laborers. MODERN POULTRY HOUSE WHZEE THEY ARE LOCATED IN CANADA. They Are Equipped With Incuba- tors, Brooders andSIov- abie Houses. The Dominion Department of Agri- culture nas in operation in Canada three poultry breeding stations, three chicken rearing stations, and ton chicken fattening stations â€" sixteen in all. The poultry breeding stations are located at Holmesville and Bowman- villo. Out., and Bondville, Quo. At each of these stations a modern poultry house is erected and about 125 utility-type Barr(.-d Plymouth Rock pullets are kept. At Holmes- ville and iiowmanville double poultry houses are built. These houses are 80 feet long and 16 feet wide and contain ten "breeding pens of Barred Plymouth Rocks. The roosting quarters are separated from the ex- ercising pens and are planned to withstand the cold; the fowls are kept warm at night. The single poultry house is erected at Bondville. Que., and is 100 feet long and 12 feet wide. Dtiring cold nights the roosting quarters are closed by a cheap burlap-coverad frame. The fowls are kept warm at ^.ight. On account of the cold winter weather throughout Canada a warm roosting pen should l.'o built iu every single poultry house. It is the intention of the Depart- ment of Agriculture to develop the utllit,v-type strain of Barred Ply- mouth Hocks and to distribute them to the farniers at a nominal price. Last year about 800 Barred Ply- mouth Uocks were sold to the farm- ers. The demand for Plymouth Rocks has greatly increased this year. The poultry breeding stations are equipped with incubators, brooders, and movable houses. One incubator will generally hatch as many chickens as 20 SITTING HENS. The most satisfactory method of roaring 200 or more chickens a year is with these movable houses and indoor brooiicrs. Tho house and brooder are cheap in construction and can be built at homo. It is profitable for almost every farmer near a largo city to raise and fatten from 200 to 500 chickens a yeai-. The chicken rearing stations are operated at Chicoutiuii. Que.. An- rJovor, N. B., and Vernon River Bridge, P. E. I., They carry on the same work as the poultry breed- ing stations except that tho eggs for hatching arc bought from fai'm- ers who possess good (locks of Barr- ed Plymouth Hocks. There ai'a no specially selected Plymouth Rock pullets at these stations. The chicken fattening stations aro located at Sandwich, Ont., Stanford, Que., KogcrsN illc, N. B., East Am- herst auu North Kast Margareo. N. S., Alberton, Glenfluuan. Montague Bridge. Mount .Stewart and Eldon. P. E. I. These illustration stations purchase chickens from the fai'mers for fattening. The stations have an equipment of fattening cratus, sliap- ing boards, etc. The chickens are fatted for 24 days in tho crates and at the couxplstion of that time are starved 36 hours, killed by disloca- tion of tho neck, pressed into a squai'e shape and packed into bo.xcs. This year it is tho intention of the Dominion Department of Agricul- ture to sell fatted farmers' chickens on all the principal Canadian mar- kets and to show tho consumers the improved ijuality of crate-l'od chick- ens. Up to the present time no chickens have been exported by the Department to Ureat Britain. The price received per pound is from 10 to 13 cents, plucked weight. This course will be pursued so that farm- ers in any part of Canada fattening their chickens can sell them to deal- ers who recognize the value of fattod chickens and pay an increased price per pound for theui. It would bo to the advantage of the farmer«i living near the fattening stations, to visit and learn tho mooirn methods of kill- ing. »kUcking and shaping chickens. Tho men iu charge of tho Stat 9n8 will give information regarding iho disposal of tho fatted chickens. Tho Doi -inion Department of Agri- culture cfcLTied on illustration chick- en fattenj ig work for three years at Renfrew, Ont. When the work com- menced, lir. John Frood, the opera- tor of thi station, was requested to interest .ho farmers about Renfrew In chickju fattening and to infor-m them of tue high prices paid for fat- ted chickens In Montreal, llr. Frood loaned two farmers tho fatteislng crates and showed them how to feed their chickens. These chicken.s were sold in Montreal at 11 cents per pound, plucked weight, and one of the tanners wrote the Dopartmout that he wsis well pleased with the price he obtained. This year the farmer ei-ccted a poultry house cost- ing $200 and is engaging in tho business extensively, flo speaks vei-y favorably of tho fattening work. He has chickens in tho fattening crates and is shipping regularly to Mont- real. It is leoi'ned that tho second farmer and three ot)iarA oio also for- warding chickens to Montreal. One of them realized for his shipment 7.'> cents per chicken, another 65 cents per chicken. Throe yeari ago these (armors' chickens, uufatlenea. could not have been sold for more than 50 cents per pair. It was then difficult to buy flrst-class chickens. A great number of Leghorn and scrub chick- ens were raised by tho farmers. This year almost every farmer owns a lirst-class flock of Barred Plymooth Rocks. Since tho chicken fattening busi- ness is established at Renfrew and I promises to develop into an import- ant industry, tho Department of Agriculture decided not to operate itho station another year. Tho work 'Will be transferred elsewhere. The [Renfrew poultry business received a j great impetus on account of tho op- Icration of tho Illustration fattening I station, tho farmers are pleased with , tho increased returns received from .their fatted chickens, and are in a (good way to realize a substantial poultry revenue. What has been ac- complished in Renfrew can be repoat- :ed in other parts of Canada. THE DEADLY KISS. Dr. Bryce on the Alarming Spread of Diphtheria. A Toronto despatch says: Dr. Bryce, of the Provincial Board of Health, at a meeting of that body ' on Wedno-sday laid some facts before them concerning the alarming spread of diphtheria. He pointed out that !in August twenty-seven municipalities reported 122 cases, with 21 deaths. and in Septomber 38 municipalities 'reported 240 cases with 30 deaths. The returns for October show that in j 52 municipalities thero were 464 cas- ;es with 54 deaths, and letters for November indicate that the presence I of diphtheria continues. Speaking for Toronto. Dr. Bryce Isays thnt in August 51 cases were reported, which increased in October to 118 cases with 14 deaths. Out of 770 cases reported in October 445 were treated in tho Isolation Hospi- tals. These are an important factor he thinks in checking disease and lowering the death rate, and he learns with satisfaction that the new addition to the Isolation Hospital will soon be complot'.'d. In Ottawa, there were 319 cases and 19 deaths and 57.0 per cent, were treated in the hospitals with the re- Isult that tho death rate was only j 12.72 ajid 9 out of the 19 deaths oc- curred in January before arrango- Iments were m.ade for treating these leases in the hospitals. Guolph had j9 cases with no deaths, all of which ! were treated in tho hospitals. Lon- don, while one of the best situated in point of site and sanitation, a. number of cases of mild character occurred in January and February, and incron.sed in virvilonce steadily up to the present. In June there were 23 cases and 1 death. July .'55 cases and 2 deaths, August IS cases and 4 deaths. Sept. 39 cases and 4 deaths, October 94 cases and 9 di>aths. Lon- don, while more happily situated than many othor localities, ha^ far- ed worse than any in the province, but is now dealing with Iho disease in tents provided for the purpose. Dr. Bryce attributes tho cause of the spread of diphtheria and scarlet fever to lack of precaution on the part of parents and health officers, and says the disease is sfiread large- ly by school cliiklren wllh sore throats who play and ki.ss one an- other before the ca.scs have boon diagnosed. In Chesley recently 23 ca-ses developed in 13 days, the re- sult of milk being sold from tho house in which a diphtheretic pati- ent was being treated. Gainos at school are perhaps the most pro- lific cause of coutaginn. THIRTY ONE KILLED. Disastrous CoUission of Trains on Illinois Road. A Peoria. 111., despatch says; Thir- ty-one men were killed, and ut least thirty injured in a head-on coUi.ssion between a freight and a work train on the Big Four, between Mackinaw and Fremont, on Thursday. On a bank at tho side of the truck lie the bodies of the victims, cut. brui.«- od, and mangled in a horrible man- ner. So far twelve only have been identified, the remaining being un- recognizable. All the dead and most of the in- jured were members of tho work train. the crews of both engines jumping in time to .save their lives. The collision occurred in a deep cut. at the beginning of a sharp curve, neither train being visible to the crew of the other until they wore within 50 feet of each other. Tho engineers set the brakes, sovinded the whistle. lUid leaped from their cal)s. the two trains striking with such force that the sound was hoard for miles. A second after the coUission the boiler of the work train engine exploded, throwing heavy iron bars and splinters of wood 200 feet. Conductor John W. Judge, of In- dianapolis, who had charge of tho freight train, received orders at Ur- bana to wait at Mackinaw for the work train, which was duo there at 2.40 p.m. Instead of doing this ho failed to stop. Tho engineer of the work train. Oeorge Becker, had also received orders to pass the freight at Mackinaw, and was on the way to that station. Ono of the la.st bodies recovered had been lifted 30 feet in- to tho air and held In place by two roils which had been pushed up between the engines and the tender of the work train. 'fire kills TWENTY-SEVEN ItaL-'an Laborers Caught in » Blazing Shanty. A Johnstown. Pa., despatch sa.vs:â€" ; Vhile aver liXJ Italloji railroad lab-' oreiH were asleep in a shanty near' Lilly, Pa., on the Pennsylvania Roil-i road, early on Saturday, the build- ing caught Are and before they could escape 27 wero burned to t!eath and a score or moie were seriously in jured. The men were employed by Mc- Menanim & Sims, on" the Peni-.syl- va: ia Railroad improvemen's between Lily and Portage. The shanty was about 101) feet long and one storey in height. One end was devoted to cooking and eating, while in tho other end tho men slept in bunks. There was onl,v one door at each end and the windows weie few and small. The fire is supposed to have start- ed from an overheated stove in the j kitchen und. T[:e builuing burned like tinder and the flames were upon the men before any of them wore arou.sed. The men fought and serampled for tho doors, and tin weaker were crushed down and tram- pled upon. Others were roasted to death. Those who strove for tho door won in the wildest sort cf panic. They fought and kicked, and among those jwho escai:ed there are many who i bear marks of violence. A few gov j out of the small window mi;!us clolh> es and with their bodies cut irom broken glass. Many had their savings of years in their trunks, which they left behind them in the bulkiing. Kemembering this fact, as soon as they got out.si.is they fought just as fiercely to got back. A iew succeefled. but for tlia sake of their hoai'dcd treasure they gave up their lives. In the ruins .'ome cf the corpses were close be- side tl:e hooped bands of ti!eir trunks and melted gold and sihor, which had been kept in tho.-ie recopiailes. ;n<'i rated that they had fallen and riled with their treasuie in their arms. The bodies wore all practi- cally burr.ed to piece". An Italian who looked .it tl.em and who knew every man in the .â- -hanly, was unable to iJeutiiy a sin- gle one. 4 . INLAND REVENUE REPORT ! Details of the Inspection â€" Increase in Receipts. An Ottawa despulcli says: Tho annual report of the Inland Revenue j Department was issued on Wednesday and coiitiains the details with regard ; to the inspection of weights and measures and gas and electric light iTho total revenue collected during I the year for tho inspection of %veightl !and measures w.<is $64,327 as com- Ipatod with $62,937. The total expen- jditure was §87.507, as against S76,- |41S. The total revenue from gas in- [spection during the year ending Juno CiiK 1903, was ?35.159, as compared I with $21,221. The expenditure tc^. j tailed §25.566. as compared with $24,066. The not revenue derived jfroni tho inspection of electric light Iwas $13,184. Since the year 1897 j the two services of gas .and electria j light inspection, which are conducted largely by the same stalT of oflicers. ha\'e reached that point at which they have ceased to be a burden ui> on tile general taxpayer. .Since that tin:e there !ias been n. constant in- crease of revenue over expenses. j In lSi'8-139y tlie re\ oiuio wa.s $30.- ,01."). compared with the expenditui-* !of $23,136. which was exclusivo ol I the cost of standard instruments. In 1902-i;)03 the revenue was $19,054, j compared with an expenditure ol $36,066. j Tho weights and n'.easures inspeo tion earns about threi"-fourths oi its annual cost, but the report state* that the appointment of a chief in- spector with many years of experi- J ence will soon bring this branch in- to a greater state of efTiciency. KILLED WIRING AID. Operator Telegraphed CoUeagu* Begging Aid. I An KImira, N. Y., despatch says: j W. H. Clendenin. a telegraph opera- ; tor at llrowno, Pa., a station 13 I miles north of Williaujsport. on the Beech Creek division of tho New York Central Bailway. was found I dead in the telegraph tower shortly : after 7 o'clock on Thursday night. At 6.50 o'clock the operator at Oak j Grove, Pa., on the same road, receiv- I ed this message from Clendoniu:â€" I ".Send switch engii.o quick for me, jl am being nnirdored by ." Tha wire opened and not another word came. A switch engine was .sent to the scone and reached Browne in a I short time. The body was found ly- ing under the desk, the head crushed I in. A bloody spike maul lay on tho floor beside it. Robbery wa.^ appar- ently the motive, the watch and : money of the operator being mi.^sing. I No trace of the murderer has been found. Clendenin evidently recogniz- ed his a.ssailant and was about to wire his n.anie wlien death .'.'•••ick him from the key. At the annual meeting of the shareholders of tho Do Beers cousoli- deted mines at Klmberley. it was re- ported that the diamonds produced (hning the year realized $26.205,8i.'0. giving a profit of $11,511. 4i)0. Vr. Marmorek, a famous Austrie^ physician, announces ho has "foun4 a now serum for tuberculosis. " and declares ho has mode several cures. Turkish troops have destroyinl twont.v-iwo villages In the district of Lake Okhrida. .says a London Times correspondent, writing from iionm' •tir. ,r