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Trains Blown Up and Precipitated into the River. NEARLY 3,000 CASUALTIES. A dCKpaU;h from Tokio says: nussiaii"; at Nufe'asaKi have received a despatch £vnt fruni Vladivostock last Thursday, sayirij,' Ihal from 1) o'clock Wednesday nifihl a sanguinary conflict had been waged bclwt«n CosEocks and ex-prison- ers frotii Japan. The wounded were e'iliinaled lo niimlicr 1,500. One-third of Iheiii were taken lo the hospitals, but •he rest were ulluwed to remain on the streets, wliicfi were covered with snow. The wcalher wa.s blltcrly cold. Kcarlil scenes were wilnes.sed. A train hu.s been long overdue from ilarbin. Some trains have been blown up by the rioters an-l ftixfipitated into the river. There iia»'.! been ne.irly 3,000 casualties in these )ul- rages. MANY STATIONS BUnNED. A dcipaU'h from St. Pttersburg says; According to tmstworlhy messages re- ceived here, the mutineers still dominate Vladivostock. ho population along the Siberian Itailroad are stanlng. The riotous re- turning troops have commandeered riil Uie rolling Klo<k and plundered an.l turned many stjitions. Telegrams from many Uislricls show that the gravest fears are entertained of a general up- rising ijf the peasantry in the Spring. NUNS WITH BOMBS. A despatch lo the London Times from St Petersburg says that two nuns who were arrested at T.sarkoe-Scio were found lo have bombs in their possession. V de.spalch from Gomel says the tity is burning. For two days there has teen continuous firing on the streets. Many persons have been killed and wounded. The Inhabilanla arc lleelng. Unsuci;essful attempts have been made n' Minsk to as.sas.sinatc the (lovernor and rhief of police. Cossacks at Kursk knouted a crowd of worshippers. Whole- sale arrests continue throughout the provinns. SAILORS rtAID A STORE. A dcspotch from Vlndivost<Kk .says: The sailors here mutinied agnm Mon- day. They raided a rifle store and held an armed meeting, after which they marched to the residence of Geji. .Sell- vanoff, the commandant, and demand- ed that the prisoners be released. Troops s<;altered Ihem with quick-tiring guns. The artillerymen mutinied Tuesday. Gen. Selivanoff went to pacify them. He ad- dressed them, and they were apparently appeased, but as he quitted the »)allcry mutiniers (Ired at him, wounding him in the neck and chest. His condition i-; serious. Cossacks have been sent Ifoni Nicbolsk to quell the mutiny. REVOLUTION IN C.\UCA.SUS. A despatch from .SI. Peti-rsbiirg says: A railroad commtmienijnn with the Cau- casus generally hu.* l)ecn restored. The revulutionists of (Iiiria ami Mingrelia art: ri;liring to the mountains, otjslin- alcly resisting the advance' of the troops. The revolutionists who wej-e driven from Kwirlia rallied on Friday and fought a regular battle, andva/uing on the troops. Oilier severe encounters are reporle.I. .Several towns besides Kwirila are in names. A revolution has broken out in North- en) Caucasus. The mountaineers around Ekatcrinodar have risen, and are making frequent forays. A large detachment ff Cossacks has been sent to restore order. Advices from Ekalerlnoslny, .SouUi Hu.ssia, says that Uie inhabitants of sev- eral villages in tfiat vicinity have Injcn rioting and engaged in various exees- fes, making it necessary to employ ar- tillery to Hubdue them. The Govemniont has been relaxing lis repressive mcasur«« since Jan. 22. Many of the persons arrested have lieen relea.s- ed. and Uic right n( asseujbly will i^o restored. ATROCITIES BY SOLDIERS. The .St. Pelersbtn-g coiTespondent ff '1 he London Times cables. Tlic news- papa's have publKshed exilumns about atrocities by soldiexs at tlic St. Nicholas Lunatic Asylum of 1,000 Inmates, where 700 f)erfectly sane persons have been In- terned by the police on account of revo- lutionary lendencie.s. The police have a right under the provisions of a min- fii" stage of .siege prevailing In all the large cities of tlin empire lo send any- one to a lunatic nsylmn for an indefi- nil*' period. .Soldiers brutally maltreat ed not only the hapless inmate-s, but many members of the asylum staff for rea.sons une.xplained. LEADING MARKETS Toronto, Jan. 30.â€" Wheat â€" Ontario â€"No. 8 white, 79c; red, 78o to 79c; niix- «1, 78c; goose, 75c; sprmg, 74c to 75c at outside points. Manitobaâ€" No. 1 hard, 89c on track at lake ports; No. 1 northern, tt7c; No. 2 norlheiTi, 84>^c; No. 3 82>ic; all-rail quotations, Nortli Bay, at 3>ic above these prices. Flour â€" Ontario, $3.10 to $3.15 bid for export for 90 per cent, patents, at ouLsidt; points, in buyers' bags; high patents, bags Included, at Toronto, M; 9.) per cent, patents, $:t.CO; Manitoba first pulonLs, $4.30; second patents, W.IO. Millfccd â€" Dran, in bags, outside, $17; shorts, S18. Outs-Firm, 35%c lo 36c outside. Barleyâ€" No. 2, 48c to *9c; No. 3 ex- Ira, 45c to 40c; No. 3, 42c, all outside. Peas.â€" 79c outside. Ryeâ€" 70c, outside. Buckwheatâ€" 52Xc to 53c, outside. Corn â€" (Uiiindian, 44%c, Chatham freights; American. No. 3 yellow, 50»^c; mixed, 50c, Toronto frcigliLs. keen demand for the choicest buU;her cattle, and as there was so few of the right class offering, some better prices were paid to-day than yesterday. Butcher â€" Picked lots in twos and threes sold at from $4.35 to $4.40, and one very choice lot of half a dozen butcher heifers, ranging from 1,050 lo 1,050 lbs., was sold at $4.C0. Export â€" One lot was sold at $5, but these were well-finished heavy cattle, and the best on the market. .Several sales are reported at around $4.50. Stockers â€" Prices are steady for choice quaUty. Sheep and Lambs â€" The market was firm and prires unchanged. Hoas â€" The markci vs strong and 2.")C higher than the big ie«t market last week. Selects, $7; lights and fats, $6.25. HOG RAISING INDUSTRY OOTII FARMER AND PACKER ML'ST (.O-OPERATE. II Would Re a Calamiiy to Jro|iar«U7« So Valuable an Induslry. Investigations by the Live Stock Braiich oi the Dominion Department cl Agriculture have sliown tliul for some I'lonths past the supply of bacon hogs III <.jtnadu has been falling off. Even bofore the order was issued debarring packers from importing United States hogs to be slaughtered in bond, dilUcul- ly was expei'ienccd by Canadian pack- ers in procuring sullicient hogs. The amount of the shortage during the sum- mer and fall is Indicated by the fuel that packers claim lo have been able to si;- cure only from 30 to 50 per cent, of the fupacity of their factories. Hog raisers, on the other hand, claim Ihat tlie production is consideraiily nearer the normal than would appear | from the statements of the packers. It is, they say, partly an increase in the packing hou.sc capacity, rather than a deerease in hog raising. In some olihe dairying sections the supplies are re- loried to bo very little, if any, below ilie normal, while in other di.slricls the shortage is placed at about 20 to 25 per cent. ICnqiilries as to the cause of the short- age brought from the packers and pro- ducers a variety of replies. The packers claim that for the post three years -^r iTiore the competilion between buyers of hogs has been .so keen Ihal lop prices have been paid continuously and that these prices have been high enough to give B profit lo the producer. They claim, therefore, to be at a loss to understand why there is A SHORTAGE AT THIS TIME. Speaking from the standpoint of the proiluccr, well-informed authorities claim that the price has been as uniformly high as it should have been. At times CI the year when packers anticipalei heavy runs prices dropped lo a price where no profit was left for the feeder. Ihis, they complain, look place last sea- con when sows would be bred for the supplies of the fall just past, and as Coarse grains were high and labor scarce at that lime, many brood sows were sent lo the market. Again it is argued that the majority nl packers have not encouraged the pro- duction of hogs of the bacon type and weight. For a number of yeors im- frovement in the hog slock of the coun- try made, satisfactory progress, but t'.uring the past season, at least, the producers of the ideal sort have â- â- cceiv- (d no encouragement lo continue their »nrk; a flat rale has been paid for good and bad alike. The hogs flt only to compete with the low price American â- Uak brought quite as much as the sort Uwt compMes with the Ir^sh and Dan-' l.«h l)earon for the highest place on the British market. Whatever may be the Cilenl of the shortage cr the n>al cause of it, the fact remains that unless producers and psck- er.i grapple In .sjidpuUicli*: co-operation with the situation, Onada's valuable boron Industry which hap cost years of slrenuovis effort to build up, may be- come seriou.sly demoralized. In 1S90 there were only two packing hou.se.s In the export trade with a week- ly capacity of some 3,000 hog.s, while in 1905 the weekly capacity of llio 10 pack- ing houses in operation was some ,W.- fOO. While this limit has not been n>arhed within fi'orn lti,0(K> to 1.^,000 hogs weekly according to the season, Ihi! oulpiil from C.inada bos reachcil nlwiil $15,000,0iil> annually, or 20 per cent, of the lotiil (|iiantity of Imcon Im- ported by Great Rritiiin. To jeopanllzc f-'i valuable an industry would be no- thing less llian A NATIONAL CALAMITY. If the fannei-s who have been in llie habit of raising bogs will accord the ba- con inilustry a steady, persistent sup- port, liegotlen of the knowledge llmt hog raising pays year in and year out, the future has very large possibilities fur the Canadian bacon imhistry. Cana- dian bacon having alr^eady won a place Of the British market coiinnanding re- spect, as it increases in (luunlllv and improvas in quality it will undouhted- ly become a dally necessity of the Brit- ish ronsumer. That II may occupy this enviable position both fui-irier and pack- er must co-oi(crate, the farmer by pro- (tiiring tlie steady supply of the " riRliI <lass of hogs, the packer by paying a (airly uniform pric; from month lo nionlh and from year lo year; ami ie must give value per pound nceorillng to tlie quality of the product he received. Let each do his pari, and there will be llltle trouble about thi- supply of hogs for Kreping the factories going at a normal capacity. What appears to be most needed at the pre.seiit time is that rela- tions of confidence be restored mid main- tained between packer and fanner through fair dealing and inliMligenl co- operation. With these and the appreci- ation on the part of the producer of the possibilities of the induslry, hog raising cannot fail to be one of the most prollt- able branches of Canadian ngriciillure. , Live Stock Rmneh, Dominion Depl. of Agriculture. CANADA-JAPAN TREATY. I'orwnrded lo Tohio â€" In F.llerl Almiil March tsl. A despatch from Ollawa sa^^s: It is ever a month since his Majesty .signed Ihe treaty between Canada and Japan. It has now gone fonvard lo Tokio lo i,c signed by his Imperial MBj<«ty Ihe Mikado. The treaty Is expected to go Into effect about the Ist of March, when Canada will immediately secure the benefit of the minimum tariff of Japan. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butler â€" Prices arc quoted unchanged. Creamery 24c to 25c do .solids 23clo24c Dairy lb. rolls, good lo choice 21c to 22c do largo cnifwypin do large rolls I'.tcloiOc do tubs 2lelo22c do mttdium 19c to 20c do inferior 18c to 2i)c Cheese â€" Steady lo firm at 13c for large and J3>4c for twins. Eggs â€" 22c to 23c for new-laid, 17c fot storage and 15c for limed. Poultry â€" Fut ehickeiis, lOc to lie, thin 7i: to 8c; fat hens ll^c lo 8;^c, thin (10 to 7(;; duck.s 12c In 13c, thin 6c U) 8c; geese 10c to lie; turkeys. 14c to 15c for choice small lots. Potatoes â€" Ontario, ffic lo 75c per bag on track here, 75c to 85c out of store; ceslern, 70c to 80c on truck and Kte lo nOc. out of stjjre. Buled Hay â€" $8 per ton for No. 1 timothy, in car lols here, and $6 lor No. 2. Doled .Str.iw - - Car lots on track are (juoU^tl unchanged at SC per ton. Montreal, Jan. 30. - â-  Grainâ€" A period of iii.icUvity .seems to liave arrived in llie local grain inarhet. Oats eontinue Very strong. .'^al>'S wert^ made this morning at 4<));c fi)r .No. 2 white. The l(M-ii| Hour market was steady. Bran continues firm. There is a fair trade p.n.ssing in shorts and mouillc at steady prices. Baled liuy is .somewhat weak In tone and pri-ies are iinehanged. The demand Is only fair, and the supply is said lo lie vei'y large. Peasâ€" 79c f.o.b. per liusliel. Barley â€" Manitobfi No. 3, 47%c; No. t 45Xc to 46c. Corn â€" American mi.xed, 53c; No. "i yellow 53|ic ex track. Flour â€" Manitoba spring wheat pat- ents, $4.C0 to *t..70; strong bakers', »i.-i 20; winter wheat paten's, 54.ia w M.bO; straight rollers, $4 to $4.I(); do., in bogs, *!.&> to $1.95; extra, filX^y to $1.75. .Millfeed .M.iiiitoli.i bran, in bogs. SI8; shorts, Sl'O per Ion; (hitario bran, in bulk, *l'..oO to $15; shorts, $20, milled mouillc, S>21 to $24; straight grain iiiou- ille, $25 lo $27 per Ion, Dolled Oats -- Per bag, $2.10 to $2.- 35. Ctirnmoal- $1.30 to $1.40 per hag. llny-No. 1, .$8.50 Ui .ISO; No. 2, $7.25 lo Bl.M; clover mixetl, $<» to .$0.50, and pun- clover, 96 per Ion in car loLs. Cheese â€" The receipts of cheese this morning were nil. The market Is quiet antl steady. Prices are unchanged at 13c lo 13>ic. Biillcrâ€" The receipts of butler this morning wen- 352 packages. Tlie mar- ket is easier In tone and prii-e.s have de- clined lo 22)<ic lo 23i; for choice cream- ery. There i.s no export business pass- ing through nnd the local demand s only fair. Dairy butter is in goocl de- niRMd. Prices arc steady at 20c lo 2iv;c f(U- rolls and I9X(; lo 20>ic in tubs.' F.pgs â€" The receipts of eggs this morn- ing were four cases. Tlic market con- tinues steady, with a .somewhat weak undertone. Prices arc imrlmiiged at 26c to 27c for "shielly fresh" oiid 23c for selects. I.inied are selling at from 17c \o 19c. Provisions -- Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $21; light short cut, $5(1; Am- erican cut clear fat b.-\ck, $19 tu $->0; compound lard, (i%c. to 7>ie; Canadian Iiiirn laid, lOJ^c to He; kettle rendered ll>,'e to ll?<(c; hams, 12c to IS^e ae- cording lo si/.e; bacon, 14>.jc; fre.sh-killed abattoir dre,s.se4 hogs, SIO to $10.25, country drcsswl, $8.75 to $9.50 nlive; $7.- 75 for mixed lot.s. i:gRs- New laid, 2fi<5 to 27c; stdeels, 23c; No. 1 cnndled, 17c lo J8c per doz- en. Duller -Choieest rreuinery, 22J^c lo 23c; iiiidergia«les, 22c lo 22>kc; dairy 2C>i;e to ?l)^c. Cheeseâ€" Ontario, 1.3c to 13Jic; Ouebec 12%e. SAVED FROM PRISON. Story ol How a Young Fellow ol Seven- teen Was Saved -From Crime. About a year ago a county magistralt wrote to J. J. Kelso that he had a young fellow about seventeen years of age who htid been guilty of house-breaking. lU did not like to send him to the Central Prison as his mother was dead, his father was a drunkard, and for ten years post he liud not known a decent home or kind treatment. "I know you have all you can do helping younger people,' he wrote, " but if it is at all possible lake an intere-st in this young fellow.' The appeal, although meaning much trouble und worry, was hard lo resist. Word was .sent to suspend sentence, get the young man a ticket lo Toronto, and give him a teller of inUoduction. He presented himself in due time, and a situation was obtained for him. After working for a, out a montli he called to say that he- did not like the city, and that if he could only return to the coun- try again he would give no more trouble. He was allowed lo go back again with a letter of protection and has been work- ing steadily since that lime. In a letter received by Mr. Kelso recently he says:â€" "I like lo be here better than in the city, but 1 wish I could see you sometimes to thank you for all you did for inc. I think about you when 1 am at my work and think how glad 1 might tie for I om sur,^ that you were a friend of mine. I feel that I can do nothing but show you my respectablene.ss for you have stood uy me. I hope to hear from you soon." This is llie work the Children's Aid Societies all over the Province arc try- ing lo doâ€" save the youth of the country Ijcforc they become hai'dened in wrong- doing. Many lads take up with crime beeuiLse they have no real friends, no love or sympathy shown them, and no one to grieve should they go as Ira v. Tliei-e is a great Held for usefulness right hei-e, and almost any good man or woman inspired by the proper motives can ho a fi'iend in need lo some neglected youth. BUFFALO MADKETS. Dufffilo, Jan. 30. â€" Flour â€" Ouiel nnd steady. Wheal â€" .Spring lower; No. I northern, 90>^c; winter. No. 2, nothing doing. Corn â€" Unsettlod; No. 2 vellow, 47Jic lo 48c; No. 2 corn, 47^0 nominal. Cats- Dull but steady; No. 2 white, 35>ic No. 2 mi.xed, 34)ic. Barleyâ€" Steady; Western, 45 to 55o. Byeâ€" No. 2, 71c. NF.W YORK WHEAT MARKET. New York, Jan. 30 . â€" Wheal â€" Spot weak; No. 2 red, 85>ic Lo.b. elevator; No. 2 red,( 90>i;c Lo.b. afloat; No. 1 norlhem, 05>io f.o.b. afloat. CATTLE MADKET. Toronto, Jan. 30. â€" There was per- h.apa no marked advance in prices, un- less it was for something very choice ii> the' butcher line. There was very 4 LONG-SOtGilT ROGUE. Liverpool Rank Robber Nabbed in New York. A despatch from New York says . Central olllcc detectives of this city arresteil on Friday night a man foi- whom they declare the police of the world have been searching for more than four years. The prisoner, who was picked up on the street by mere chance, is dcclaivd to be James Mances, former- ly an American bookmaker, who is wiuitcd ill connection with the famous Bank of Liverpool robbery of Novcmlvr 22, 1901, in which the English institu- tion, through forgery and conspiracy, was defrauded of more than $800,fX)0. Subsequently $380,000 of this amount was recovered from the conspiralor.s, the bank having .sustained a net loss .if more than $MKi.(XX>. While admitting his name to be James Mances, the man under arrest asserts that he had no part in Ihe affair. After bethg taken to head- qiMirlers and being examined Mancos was locked up. He will jirobably oe held lo await word from the British authorities, who have been apprised by cable of the arrest. -f- TIIREE KILLED, FOUR DYING. Arridrntal Di.scharoe ol Dynaniil* Near Kecwalin. A despatch from Keewnlin, OnL, says: On SatiiiHlay afternoon, about 4 o'clock :i horrible accident liaiipened at Osler- suiul, Out., 12 miles west of here. At that point an imiiiense numlicr of men uii' working on the big contract doublo- tiai'king the C. P. R. between Winnipeg luiil the, lakes, a distance of 430 mites. It ap|icars that aliout 30 men were work- ing in a rock cutting, and that a charge had licen i>iit In. This failing to explode, the men returned to work, when it sud dcniy discharged, killing three men and mortally wounding four others. The lodies of the killed and injured were conveyed lo Kenora, Ont., where there i? lio.spital. The men are all .Swedes, Ihoiigh their names have so far been uriaseeitained. .\ man named Peterson had the contract. PRESERVATION OF THE FALLS. Walerwnvs Commission Advises Co-op- eration With United States. A despatch from Ottawa says: The International Waterways Commission has submitted an Interim report to the Minister of Public Works. One of the princiiial points in it is the preservation ol Niagara Falls. Although the report 1ms not yet been considered by the Cab- inet, there is no doubt that the Govern- ment will agi-ee lo the view of the com- mission, which is that Canada should co-operate with the United States so as to save the Falls troro destruction by power companies. NEW CANCER CORE. Experiments in Edinburgh Sbow Gratifying Results. A London despatch says : The efHcacyt of the treatment of cancer by inocula- tions of trypsin has just received a striking demonstration in a series of ex- periments conducted in the research' laboratory of the Edinburgh University under a grant from the Carnegie trust. Among seven or eight cancerous mice, two, for the purpose of the oxperiinent, were injected with a trypsin solution. Twenty-two days from the date of the experiment the "control," that is, lh« uninoculated mou.se, died of cancer,. The tumor was found lo be as large as Ihe last joint of a man's thumb. One of the mice inoculated with trypsin hos died apparently from some Injury cau.sed by an accident in the cage, after being ten days under observation, when the tumor was found lo be ali-eady in art advanced" stale of degeneration. On the 22nd day, when the "control" mouse died of the disease, the tumor of cancerous growth in the other trypsis mouse was found to be only ns big as a lentil, which is but an apology lor a tumor. The growth was in an advanced slate of degeneration, shrinking away: to nothingness, and quite harmless. ] The report of the distinguished scien- tists concludes that the mou.se's curei from cancer was not far distant, and a microscopical examination confirmed' this opinion. Even without hirther treatment the tumor in oil probability' would have been absorbed shortly or its remains cast out. AN IMPOSING SPECTACLE. The Funeral ol Ihe Late lion. RaymondT Pretontaine. A Montreal despatch says: Probably the most imposing slate funeral ever witnessed in Montreal, was accorded the remains of Hon. Raymond Prefontaina here on Thur.sday morning. The heads of Ihe state and the church, the repres- entatives of many foi-elgn countries, lh« Ottawa and Provincial Govemmenta, Porliaments, and, in short, every branch of public life in the Dominion and Pro- vincial ficids, were thoroughly repre- sented. Despite the cold wave, that rendered great coaLs necessary, the procession was a very imposing one, while the re- quiem mass sung by Mgr. Bruchesi was p gorgeous ceremony, the church be- ing fairly abalaze with milltai'y uni- forms, robed ollicials of stale and th« superb vestments of the clergy. The cortege left the City Hall nbou» 9.30 and a salute of 17 guns was lli-ed by a detachment of the Mounted Field Battery. The C5th Regim'^nt provided the military guard of honor. Tlie streets along which the cortege proceeded wei"« lilnck with people. Long before the pro- cession arrived every point of vanlaga was seized apd occupied. All trallio was slopped. It was as if the whole city joined in a spontaneous tribute ol sym- pathy and sorrow. The service in St. James' lasted until I' o'clock, and at noon the last chaptet was enacted on the snow-covered hill- side in Cole des Neiges. A BIG MAJORITY. British Liberals Take Power With Great Advaiitaye. A London despatch says : .Sir Henry Ranncrman will enter the new Parlia- ment on i-"eb. 13 with the grcalciit majority ever given to an English Pre- mier. The composition of Ihc new Parliament, as near as it is now po.ssi- bie lo tell, follows : Lilxirals 37l> Unionists ." 160 Nationalists 84 l.aboriles 59 Thus it will be seen that the Liberals have a majority over all of 83 votes, bu| such a thing as a combinaMon of l.h« entire force of Laborites and National- ists against the Government Is hardly conceivable. To the contrary, the I..abM< parly members and Nationalist mcm- liers may snftly be counted on tha Government .side on the main l.ssuos irj Pai'Uament for .some time to cane. WILL CHECK I SllRSf. Govenmient May Pass Bill Framed en the Imperial Act. An Ottawa despatch says : It is statea Ihal the Minister of Justice conlcinplates the inlrwluction of a bill into Parliniiienl next session, framed on the Imperial Money Lenders' Act, and designed 10 put a stop to usury. Under the Imperial statute, where a money lender seeks 10 rirovtr money lent, and the court is .salistled that Ihe interest or other de- mand in respect of the money actually loaned is excessive, it may relieve the person sued for payment of the amount in excess of such sum as Ihc judge may hold to be reasonable. The court,' may, nioieover, order a refund of the excess charges if paid, and may order the lender to indemnify the borrower 'or any securities with which he may have parted in Ihe transaction. EXECUTING REVOLUTIONI.<!TS. Protests Against Summary Punishment ol Accused Men. j T'despatch from St. Petersburg says . A lively storm of protest is flowing im against the summary cx<;aulioii of le- voluiionists even if caught with ^lus in their hands, such executions beine &•- clarcd contrary to all forms of Russian laws. A despatch just rcceivui reports the execution of 45 revolutionist in on« village In Livonia Sunday last undei what the despatch calls the conv<;ni« fiction that tbcy were shot whil» Iry^ to cscaj;>e.