â- BED PLA fi WAyiM BDSSIA Army Shows Signs of Willingness to Join Strikers. lowoil thrco studL'iits were wouiidotl and a score aiTi'sloJ. Tho reguUir troops arc actiiiij in a moderate niaa- ner, but the Cossacks aro provoca- tivi'ly brutal. In a clash between troops and atu- dents on Sunday afternoon tho sol- diers, without warning, fin-d point blank into the crowd, killing 20 and wounding 60. It is stated that in ! another Uttht that occu.Ted in a dii- feront part oi the city seven were killed and 30 woumied. It is report- ed that the students uro arnwng a!id organizing a retaliatory attach on tho troops Ueports from Kiofl state that three regiments in tho south-western part of tho province have mutinievl. Alarming reports are cuiront hero questioning tho udeliLy of thrue infiii- try battalions. Tho British Consul is arranging to embark tho English residei.ls ships in the harbor if necessary public resorts aro closed. Owing to tho outbreak cf street lighting on Sunday ovonirg tho Oov- cruor applied to St. Peter.-»burg for permission to again cleclare martial law. No reply has yot bl^on rcceivod. Troops hold the streets in all direc- tions. Tho lighting began at r>.:!0 o'clock. Worluaau and students erected barricades, using street ca-'s for the purposL'. Many of the men who were wou'iiU ed by tho Co.ssacks' lire were la'ieii to drug stored for treatment. ing that a Constitution will bo an- nounced on Nov. 3. tho anniversary of Iho Czar's accession to tho throne. The wildest rumors aro current. It is slated that the imperial family have fiei] aboiird a yacht, and that Count do Witte will bo appointed dic'o'or. There i:i a jjcrfe^t deluge of bad news trom 'he provinces, but this is so much a part of Russian life that it is not necessarily alarm- ing. The ruul danger lies in a "" ]l)olilical movement of which current All events are merely symptoms. Tho St. I'etersburg correspondent of the London Telegraph draws a si-nsalional picture of tho strike .situ- ation. He says, among other things tNat meoLiugs are being held every- where in tho provinces, and that ppeechr-s aro being made l)y anybody and everybody. Demands aro being forniulatod which the (iovornment would not grant if it could and could not iC it would. Hesolul-ious aro being passed unan:mou.sly and CTilhusiastically to continuo tho strike until these demands arc con- ceded. Downright 'reuzy, revolu- tionar.v frenzy, seems to have seized the entire people, who lush head- long as though literall.y possessed, and resolved to bring ruin on them- selves, or else end tho odious regime, which is dying loo slowly. There are no people's tribunals at work, as In revolutionao' Franco, but thoro are executions enough, which are carried out in ways that point to local vchmgerichts, Kvery morning paper brings lists of ofTi-ials, police, Cossacks, administrators, and even watchmen, whoso liven have been suddenly snuffed out during ihe night by men who aro unknown, llonibs, daggers, revclvcrs, and rifles lii;urc in the lugubrious accounts, to which the public is rapidly growing accu.s- tomod. Revolutionary lynch law has thus usurped tho place of official ca- price, which until some months ago freely disposed of tho properties, iho Ubcrti!>s, and sometimes the lives of peaceful citizens who were often more deserving of reward than pun- ishment. CAURYIN'fJ OUT NFAV PL,.A.NS. Tho fact Is, tho Social Democrats and Social ItevohiUonists, who aro the best organizi*d parli.s in the ! country, having matured now plans, | are now carrying thi>m out doliljor- atcly and successfully. They first I got power over the universities and | lllgh schools, which aro used as ! places of meeting for all malcontents ] without e.xception. just as the 1 Jacobins' convent was employed by ' ^'^"Kers subscribctl funds for them to I <-ie^"ary meo'.ings tlio Trench patriots. Sunday nightie'"'- 'uo'l with. Tho pa.sseiigors with jtricts. and a THE world;s markets aEPOETSi yiRO^l THE LEADINQ TRADH CENTHES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cboess, aad Other Dairy Produc» at Houie and Abroad. Toronto, Oct. :n .â€"Wheatâ€" The of ferings of Ontaiio grades are light and prices rule firm. No. 2 while. red or mi.xed will bring 76c at out- tho colonels of all the 'regimeuls and i ^!';° Pmuts. Goo.se wheat, 70c out- â- side, ^ow No. 1 hard is lirmer i.t HOURLY MORE CRmCAL. A despatch to the Lohdon Times from St. Petersburg says that the situation hourly gri)Ws raoro criti- cal. The strikers throughout Rus- sia now exceed a million. The police officials aro demanding increased pay. St Petersburg remainis fairly quiet, but the panic among the po- pulation is growing. The inhabi- tants are hurriedly completing pur- chases of provisions. Troops aro pouring into tho capital. It is learned that Gen. Trcpotl assembled told them Ih.-y were fully empowered to lire on an.y gathering of more than si.t persons. It is estimated that there are now 60,000 troops in tho city. Tho Uovernment displays no inclination to grant the political iJemands of tho strikers There in good authority for stat- CHAOS ON RAILWAYS. A despatch from St. Pctersburj; says:. A tram bringing Knglish trav- elers arrived here on Sundu.v light. It left Eydtkuhneii, on the German frontier, Thursday afternoon. The passenger.s slate that the waysido stations were choked wilh strimdiil trains, tracks, were loud .stranded ne:\r DvinsK. The men wvro j press censor. \Vithout food or money, and the pas- 1 Agitators aro MUTINOUS SAILORS. A despatch to the London Stand- arri from Odessa says that news comes from Sebastopol thut the sail- ors on the batlloshjp Catherine II. anil tho artillerjmen of the fortress mutinied and that the mutiny was supp-e.sscd with diiliculty. I''our hundred arrests were made. A despatch to tho livening Stand- ard from Odessa says it is rep.irted there from Sebastopol that the Russian battlethip I'ateleimon (for- merly the Kniaz Potemkine) has been destroyed by incendiaries. rOLICR RECALCITU.'VNT. A despatch from Warsaw says: Jfany of the police are absenting themselves from duty, and an in- faniry patrol has refused to obey No troops were guarding" the. l^o parade tho streets. Tho military Many stranded passeiigenj , Governor has fined thrco Polish embarked en route. A train ! dailies $U.'jO each for publi.shing ar- ot returning reservists was!'-'c'<^3 without permission of tho hundreds of students at tho Wo man's University at Moscow held a meeting to decide whether to strike or to allow tho establishment to continue work. .\fter a long debnto it was resolved by a small majority diiliculty obtained a driver for their engine. They were obligL-d to heav- ily bribe an engineer. A despatch from KharkolT stales that the refusal of Iho Governor to repress tho sliikors by fi-rce of arm;; to permit tho university to renuiin , h.as bivn rewarded by the abandon- open, but as a centre of tho rovolu- , ment of tho strii-e except by the raii- tlonnry movement, where public ; ^av men. Tho town beyran to as- nieelinps might be held and lectures (delivered. From all parts of tho Interior come reports of public meolings as.';emb- ling spontaneously in tho streets and other public places and approv- ing the strike. Those attending conduct lliomselves with a dogreo of sclf-coiitrol that is unconunon in Russia. Referring to the holding up of tho transportation of food, tho corre- spondent describes the scarcity of meat in Moscow and St. Petersburg. lie says it require.! 12 trains daily to convey tho cattle .slau;-hlere<l for food in St. Petersburg. .Ml tlu> :o trains come from the south through Mo.scow, but since Sunday not one hp.s arrived. TMeat prices have nl- ri'udy augmented over ."iO per cent. Food cannot be distributed to tho f<imi no-stricken provinces. Every- where troops aro gntheivd, but scarcely ever is order disturbed. Tho speclaclo bears eloquent witness to the .';elf-restraint of a patient people in revolution. sumo its normal condili.m yesloixla.v At KielT several t.'ossacks have been arreslcd for refusing to lire into tho crowd during tho recent disturb- ances THE POSITIOX IS GRAVE. A despatch from Odess"! sa>8: -'n nil interview on Sunday, (!ene';-.l Kaulbars, commanding the liooi'S here, ailniitted that the position w.is gruvo and threatening. Nevertheless he did not livl warranted in uskin^- the aiithority to reiinpo.so marti.vl law. Ho said there were 1!S.o:jO troops in tho city and (i.OOO more Were en route. Ills great fear was aa ai.ti-dowish outbreak. If this should occur he would use his whole for^-o to protect tho attack. Uoferiing to n Hocialisl meeting at which he, tho civil governor, tho cliiet of police, an I I N I lEPKNDENT GOVE RNMRNT. .\ despatch from Mc>scoW says: Many collisions betv.-cen tho demon- strators and troops have occurred here, following a proclamation •' revolution. At a meeting of dele- gales from the dilTcrent political imrties it was decided to unite in the establishment of a government, and act iiulependenlly of the Impe-- ial niilhorities. Over a hundred per- sons have been wounded in llio light- ing. A special session of Ihe Town Council has been convoked. It will deliberate day and night. orcranizing revolu- n the factory dis- neral strike is anti- cipated. The prices of food are rapidly increasing, TelciJhone com- munication with Lod.'. is iutcrrui>tcd. 87c, Georgian Bay ports; No. 1 Nor- thern at 83c, and No. 2 Northern at 81c. Oatsâ€" No. 2 white sold at 33c at outside points. Uarloyâ€" No. 2 quoted at 49 to 50c; No. .'J o.xtra at 17 to 48c, and No. ii at 4-t to 450 at outside points. Peas â€" Sales oi No. 2 at 70 to 7lc north and woBt. Corn â€" Canadian is dull, vvith pries nominal. American corn dull, and prices also nominal. Iluckwheul â€" Tho market Is firmer at S3 to 51c outside. Rye â€" No. 2 quoted at 6-1 to 65c west, Flour-Ninety per cent, patents. I ^"°^- ""^'^ "â- ''^'W fays ago gupena- made of new wheat for o.xport aro i ''"'""''."•^ ,"' ''"' ^I'l*'''! Transit L om- quoted at $:ito S.3. 10 in buye.s' ! P^''^ ^ ''"«'' '" Orango county, i sacks at outside points; do., in "bbU ! •'""^'â- "''"'"'' P""'" "'.V'^l'^'-.V ''^^ bee» E-xport cattle, choice... $-1 30 $4.5(1 Do., medium ..: 4.15 4. '28 Do., bulls 3.00 ;i.23 Do., light 2.75 3.0« Do., cows 2.75 .•1.2.1 Butchers' picked 4.2."» 4.3'J Do., choice 4.00 4.10 Do., medium 3.60 3.73 Do., light 2.75 3.00 Do., bulls ,2.00 2.23 Stockcrs. choico 3.00 3. '23 Do., coniwuu 2.00 2.25 Do , bulls 2.25 2..'il> Heavy feeders 3.50 3.70 Short-keop 3.75 4.00 Milch cows, choico 40.00 SO.fifl Do.. common 28.00 33.08 Sheep, export, ewes ... 3.85 4.2.'i Do., bucks 3.00 3.50 Do., culls ;i.00 ;J.50 Lambs, per cwt 5.90 6. It Calves, each 2.00 10.08 Hogs, selects 5.75 U.Oa Do., lights and fats. 5.25 o.'jJ â- â- ' " ♦ BOOS A MODERN RAFFLES. Was Popular With the Maids and Matrons of D3addleton. A Middlolown, N. Y., despatch says: â€" By tho confession of Charle* SS.!,") to $3.50; Manitoba Hours un- changed; No. 1 patents, S-l.yO to So. No. 2 patents, 54.50 to ?4.70, and strong bakers' at $1.10 to $-!.60. Manitoba Hours made of new wheat quoted as follows;â€" No. 1 patents, 51.60; No. 2 patents, $4. -10, and strong bakers', §4.30 on track, Tor- onto. Millfeed â€" .\t outside points Iran is quoted at $12. .'iO to ifl3, and shorts at $16.50 to $17. '^O. Manitoba bran, in sacks, $15.50, and shorts at 518. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Cutterâ€" Pouml rolls aro jobbing at 20 to 21c; tubs, good lo choice, 18 to 20c: and inferior, 16 to 17c. Creamery prints slU at 23 to 2le, and so] ills at 22c to 2;5c. Egg<i â€" Sales at 10 to 20c per long as he held his place us head of tho dozen in case lots; splits, 16 to 17c. ; transit company, he was apparently Cheese â€" .Jobb'ng lots sell at 12 to one of the busiest men in t;iwn. Ho 12.ic per lb., tho latter for twins. hiv'. no time lor anything but hi.s work, and seemed an exemplary uiAil solveil. He a<lmitte<l lo the polica on Tuesday that it was he who had robbcii one of the largi-st depai'tment stores in the city, besides several re- sidences, in tho last lew months. Itoos is regarded as a modern social highwayman. Ho drewa large sala'-y as superintendent of the big transit corporation and livod in good s^y'.e in apartments on one of tho host streets in the city. Ho wasi popular in society, and some of the designing mclhcrs looked upon tho joliy bach- elor with a large income as ouo of tho "catches." Rut all the lima Boos was making himself popular among t:!e nuii^is and matrons of Middletown he w;:.s idiiy- ing tho role of a Rallies. Me was always in the latest fashion, and, in fact, was something of a dandy in appearance. Throughout the liay, sa HOG I'ROOUCTS. of business. Great was tho ama^^ement of all I?acon, long clear, lljc per lb. in Middietown when it became known case lots; mess pork, ^18 to $1S.5'>; last Friday that Boos had be.n ar- short cut, ?22.5() Cured nieat.s â€" Hams, ligV.t lo ir.> dium, 13J to 14c; do heavy, 13-.;; rolls. 12c; shoulders, lie; backs, 15 to lojc; breakfast bacuii, IH -.o 15c. I.ard â€" Tierces lOJ to lie, paiLs, 11 to lllc. UU.S1NESS AT MONTREAL. FURTHER STIUICES. A despatch from St. Petersburg say:.':â€" Tho last link of tho railroads binding tho cnpilnl with the out.'r | Slentrenl, Oct. 31 .â€"Grainâ€" The Wurld was brolicn late on Frid.iy | scarcity of oats is making itself felt, and a further advance has ta!;oii CIVIL WAR IN AfOSCOW? A despatch from .St. Poter.sburg -says: Fvorylhing than can be learned here regarding the great railwa.y strike iiulieales tho continuous spread of the Irouhlo ami iner.-ased paralysis of trade. The distribu- tion of food is practically suspended. and mail conimuiiicalii^n is genernlly suspended. Although there are many isolated riots and combals with the troops, tho worst of which oc- j curred at KharkolT, there is apiiar- i ently no general intention yet lo I convert Iho movement into an armed ' revolutionary uprising. Nevertheless, j th I situation is unt|Ueslionabl.y seri- I ous, and threatens the most danger- ' ous ilevelopments. Owing to the ; stoppage of the mails and the par- | tial suspi-nsion of the telegrajhi it i night, when the Finland Railroad su.speiided service l-etwcen St. Poter.s- burg and tho Finnish border. Tele- graphic communication is still open, but there is a possibiUly thjit tha cable operators may bo comiieljod to join a general strike of loiegraidicrg io-u'ay. VERflXO ON IU;VOI,UTION. A de:-pntch from Paris says:- Ofll- e:ui Uvspntchcs conlinuo to arrive hero unintcrruptoi'ly from St. I'oLors- burg. Those show tho general condi- tion of the agitation to 1 o such a2 lo lead tho aiilliorities here lo re- gard tho sit-.Mlion as j.'r.rming. Un- otlicial quarters and the iiewspape,3 di-scusH the Uu.s.sian situation as Verging on a revoUilion. rested and hustled awa.v to the county jail at Goshen. THc chargs against him was made by oilicials â- >{ tho transit company, hy uhiih ha had been employed. It was discover- ed that tho siiperintenileiil had stohn lOi to lOJc; tubs, i a largo quantity of copper wire from the company and sold it to a junk dealer. Tho nraazcmciit was still grciter when it w;>.s found tliat Hoos had hiildeii in his line apariments a b't of plunder for which the police haJ long been looUi;ig. HALIFAX LN DANGER. place, prices being ic higher to-day at 37i to 3,Sc for No. 2 store; '.i-i^ to 37c for No. 3 and 35 J to lifjc fjr No. 4. I'eas were quoted at 73c alioal for No. 2. Buckwheat ilrm at oOJc store. No. 2 .Vmeiican corn w is Flames Near Dynamite Caviscd • Valued at about 63c store; Manitoba I Panic. barley was steady at -It^'c for No. 3 track, and 16Jc for No. 4. l-"lour- A Halifax despatch sa.\s: Th» other oflicials were condemned to ' is iinpossiblo lo verify the many re- Ucath. he smiled amusedly, and .suid ports reaching the capital. Tho ugli- ho had been used lo that in Ma-i- ' est of these at pro.-ent refer lo churia, where iie had always been un-| Moscow, which is described as being iler sentence of death. The civil governor, wl-.o was al.so liUerviowed, seemed to bo anxious. He admitted that it was possible fo oii.vlhiiig to hapi^en Saturday's collision police Olid the boy and girl sliu)enls and declared that the police had o.x- ccedid their orders, but. he added. .1 should bo remembered that the stu- dents were e.xccodingl.v provocative. At a mceling attended by 225 doc- tors on Siindiiy it was I•<>^•olved fo rtfu.su lo aid any soldier, Cossack, or Tiiililary or civil olV.cial who is iiijii.'-- ed ill fic.hting the peol)!o. Tho rify is jvrea'Jy excited. Two Isolated from the rest of the empire and as being held by Iho strikers, it Is slated that the sliiveis order- ed Ih.? post-ol'.ico and tcle.ivraph em- He doploivd |,]j,y^.s i0 strike, and the.se. having b 'Iween tho (.heir own grievantcs, aro alleged lo be complying. The municipal oniiilo.ves ore .â- •â- aid lo be wavering us to the course ihe.v will pursue. OHicials are ilemanding that Ihe railwaymcn'.'i grievances bo redressed or they will join tho move- ment foittiwilh. An(>ther report h.s- serts that a miinielpnl strike has Ix',gun, and that the employes of the water works have quit work, cnu.s- TWO SCALDtD FATALLY. Accident on the Cable Steamer Tyrian. A Halifax despatch .-ays: Ihe Gov- ernment coble slcanur T.vrian ar- rived at Sydney on Saturday night with the news of a fatal explosion that occuiTi-d on board tho steamer while oil Cape NorlK eurl.v Saturday morning. .\ (dug in one of the boil- er tub s blew out. Idling Iho engine ami boiler-rooms with sleuiii .and gas. Fireman Patrick Purcell and Triiumer Patrick McGrath were en- gaged in cleaning out the fire at the time of the blow-out, and before leaping to the dock were horribly scalded. .\fler consuming about .seven hours in making Irmiiorury repairs lo tho boiler, Capl. O'l.eary headed tho steamer for Sydne.v at full speed. Purcell succumbed while Ihe sleamer was coming into dock, and ilcGrath died on Sunda.v morpiiig. Purcell was CO .venrs of a ve, and Met', rath 40. Hoth wore Halifax men. Ill uiiii^, vitt LO s'i-»^..>>', :>tiori,a, ^^\J i "* a** .^^.^ nv^i, \ji to $20.50; Manitoba bran, in bags, juenlial distrit. S16 lo S17; shorts, $1!) to i?2lt. H;iy|about S o'clock Manitoba Spring wheel patents, $ i.. j spectacular blaze which broke out on 80 to $4.00; strong bakers', g.L.r.j .George s l.sland, the Imperial fort- to 54.60: Winter wheat patents, 54-1''"^** '" "-^'ifi-v harbor, caused a .-)ii to §l.f50; and straighl rollers, i *•'"â- '" "^ e.xciu-mcnt in the city. Tl'u $4.25 lo 51.35 in wood; in bags, ''*''""' '=* diroitly opposite tho cila- .?1.00 to S2. Rolled oatsâ€" #2. .'JO toi''^''- "'"^' 'â- '^ within a quarter of «, .'?2,35 per hag. Foodâ€" Ontario bran, l'"''"^ "f the important docks and a in bulk. St5 to $15.50; shorts, $20 [''^""BC^oetion of tho sou!li end rcsi- 'Ihe lire broUo out k on Friday nig'iit, and â€" No. 1, S8.50 to §0 Per Ion ,>ii rapidl.v assumed tlie proportions of track; No. 2, S7.50 to $S; clover, tl(i a loiiiiagralicn. The island i.s slud- to $6.50; clover. mixed, 5i>..jO t > "Jed with fortiliculions, except a S7. Dean.sâ€" Ciioico primes, i^l.50 to small level space on the eosiern sidi) §1.55 per bushel; hand-pic'.;ed. $1.65 where were the living quarters of tho lo $1.70. I'ol aloesâ€" Now j->otatoes, 'artillery, tho stoi-ehou.se ixud repair- in bags of 80 lbs., 50 to 55c; in ing .shops of tho subin.iiine mining bags of 90 lbs., 60 to 6.5c. Hoiie.vâ€" : corps of the Royal Engineers. Tliora Whilo clover, in combs, 12 to I'ic Uie lire broke out, and as tlu: lire- per 1-lb. section; extracl, OJ to 7o; ! light ing apparatus on the i.sland was buckwheat. 5.} to 6c. Provision.sâ€" of \ai]c power it soon gained beml- Ileuvy Canadian short cut pork, $22; ,vuy. Tho night was calm, and tlu ! light .short cut, $1,^! to §11); Ameri- j,,.eat blaze bullied up the whole hur- jcan cut clear fat hacks, $2;).25 'o ij^r and caused so g-reat a redoction $20.75; compound lard, 52 lo OJs; i,i,at Ihousanils cf people were ! Canadian pure lurd. 10 to lOic; kot- I,,,.;,,,.,, ,„ ,,,5 waterfront. Harbor lugs Wore rushed lo the i.slnnd and . J,. , _,, .,- , , c- -.. , liundreds of bluejackets fron: Prince hogs, $9 to $y.2;>: alive, f().;)0 lo j ^,,,jj. $6.87i. mixed lots. Fvigsâ€" Straight ^j^ stock, 20c: No 1 candled. ISJ to 19c. Butterâ€" Choiee..t creamery, 22 hundred thousand people are on the' '"S '•'"; '"â- '^ *" ^° without water. It Streets, but tho trooi s kcc;> tHem i '•"' P''euieled that there will be a moving. The emplovcs of tho- slie.'t *='^''' ^'"'' '" Mo.scow owing to tho ac- rnflway havo rcfiKsed to join ij,e 1 lion of the sbopkeeper.s, who, fearin,; Blriko. As a result, a mob overluru- j •""'" ""'(^ush the dislocation of trade *vl 20 cars in Richelieu Street. '»''<? arming Ihem.sclves against the .\ irunber of studo: Is raided a ! Strikers. Tho ruilwn.v men in St. RUM shoi" on Sunday. '1 hey had part- I'eteisburg are still working, bul iy plundered iho place when Cos- ' the qnostion of striking is being lack:^ arrived. In a scufno that fol- discu.ssiul. WILL WORK ALL WLNTER. Transcontinental Surveyors to bo Busy in Ne.v Brunswick. An Ottawa despatch sa.\s:â€" Tho lo- cation survo.v work on the New Brunswick section of tho Nation-il Traijsconliiienlal Railway is expect 'd to keep the surveyors at work throU;;hout tho winter. Tho reports from parties working between Quol-cc and Winnipeg are reaching tho com- mission in salisf.iclory numbers. :t i:s^ cxpocle<l the whole of the parties will havo reported, and that tho commission will bo in a position to recommend a route some limo in November. to 22{c: undergrades, 21 .i to 22c: dairv, 18 to 20c. Cheo.si'â€" Ontario, 11 to lllc; Quebec, 10? to lOJc. UNITED STATES MARKET.- erui.ser squadron hurriod to sc-ne in sleam launches. The tars did great work, and after an exertions the llaines were ^hoiir s subdued. . Thou.sands of pounds of gun cotton jused by submarine miners. aro storetl underground on the i.slnnd, ;and considernble anxiety was felt ! lest a coiiciis.sion would cause it to St. Louis, Oct. 31.â€" Wheatâ€" Cash, lignite. Happily no nccidimt oocur- S7ic: December, 8lic; JUiy, S'Jc. jred. George's Island is one of tho Milwaukee. Oct. 31.- 'iVhealâ€" No. 1 , slron(.'vst forliv:s.seR, and commands Northern, 87c: No. 2 Northern, 82 tjipntirelv the ii.ner harbor This is 86c; December, 87i to S7i:c nsxed. ! Uie lii-.l loss sulT, rtnl bv llie liiiperi- Rycâ€" No. 1, 71c. Barley-No 2, I „, authorities since tho' great citadel 54c; sample, 36 to ooc. tornâ€" May, | (i,.^, «,.v^,„ veins Jal'an has derided to send troops into I'orea, under her treaty rights, to quell Um XiuiiM'ractiou there. 45 i to 45 J c asked. Duluth, Oct. 31.â€" Wheatâ€" Closeâ€" I No. 1 Northern, Soc; No. 2 Norlhora, 83c; December, 82ic; Ma.v, 86c. Minneapolis. Oct. 31.â€" Wheal â€" Close | â€"December, 82Jc; Maj, Stijc; No. I hard, S5i|c: No. 1 Northern Sljc: No 2 Northern, 86;c. Flour â€" I''irsl Patents, $4. ".Hi to $5; second pa- tenls, $4.70 to $1.90; first clears, $3.70 to $3.90; second dears, ^a.40 to §2.50. LIVE STOCK M^VRKETS. Toronto, Oct. 31.- Though cattle camo forward in largo numbers «t Iho Woslorii Market to-day, about tbj only class which were of good qual- ity and gold road)l> were distillery feeders. ago. Tho origin of Iho fire is unknown. The proiierl.v loss is not large, but it is bclievetl a quant il.v oi platin- um Was destroyed, whidi may swell the total to liflv thousaivl' dolUirs. TOBACCO GKOWI.NG. French Expert to Invcntifjato Pos« sibilities in Canada. An f>ltaw-a despatch sa.\sâ€" The IV- portment of ,\g!ieiilluro has brought out from France an expert, Mr. 1:\U\ Charluii, who is to look into tht. subject of lobacco-^rrowing in Cam ada. Mr. Chnrlan was (nr inaiij .venrs an oflicial tester in Franc<x where tho tobncco industry is coiv trolled directly by the Cloyi-rnmout,