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CZAR'S UNHAPPY EMPIRE •• Terrible Scenes Enacted in a Rus= sian Town. A snys MASSACHE OF JEWS, dcspnlch from Bielslock, Ru-jsin, A iiiiis'.airc of Jews occurrfd here on riuirsdny, in wliicli liundicds were killed and wounded niid Jewish shops dornolishod. Thi; oulbrcak was the rrsull or Ihe thiowinj^ of a bomb at a Corpus Qirisli proci'ssion (hnl was pass- ing Alexnndrovski SIrcot. Someone threw a bomb from a balcony among the pnjccssiunisls, kilUn<; a priest and many others. U is alleged that a Jew- ish Aniinhisl threw the bomb, and it is a.ssfrlfd that other Jews immediately followed the throwing of the bomb by discharging rcvolvors from windows iiilo the crowd. .Soldiers hastily sur- rounded the house and pouretl volleys through the windows. Meanwhile Cbrislians atUiel.ed the whole Jewish quarter, snia-shing shops and houses, trampling upon goods that had been thrown into the slrecls, and hunting llic Jews, whom they beat and hacked. A numl)er of Jews, whu were pursued by a mob, lied to the railway station, where scveial (if them w.re caught and killed. Three were taken from the upper storey of the station to the street. The Jews ore fleeing from Bii'losl(jk to the neigh- boring foresis, and mobs are pursuing them. Delachuienls of dragoons have been sent out to prcitcct the Jews. Jews arriving here on Uairis have been drag- grd from the cars, and many of them , have been murdered. Troops have cleared the railway .stalion. APPF.Al. TO OON'EIWMKNT. A (IcspiUr-h from .SI. f'etersburg snys : Tlic lale^t despalches from Biolostok report a situation of llie upmost gravity. The anllJewish oiiUirivik there was still raging ; lighting w.is in progn.ss in the streets; tiring was ccailmiious ; the best stores in Ihe ^ily had been sacked, and many were dead or woundi'd. I'igures, biiwev( r. wcrt' tw t given out, imd pro- bably till' casualilies are not known in Bielosfok owing to the continuance of the disorders. The signal for the outbreak, which was apparenlly di'libeialely panned, perhaps as a counter slroko for Ihe mur- der of Chief f.f I'oliee Derkutchoff on June 10. whii-h was aitributfd to .lewish bundisls. is given as the oxpUmiition •'•I the e\|ilo'-ion of a bomb during a reli- gious precession. This was fnlViwed by revi.lvir fusilndes in several quarters of the city. The police are .said not lo have ail'riipled In inlcifere in Ihe early Stages of Ihe rent. Tln' Jiws, who num- ber Ihiee-fnurtlis of the population ol the city, olf led Ihe best resi>tance pns- Slble, many of them being armed, but were unable lo prevent the pillaging of Iheli- homes and (ilaees of business. riiially the mililnry interfered, tmt. ficccirding lo advicci rc'cived here, wllh- mil lieing able lo restore order. Ilein- foreemenls have b' en pushed to Dielos- tok fiom rirodno. .Several members of Parliament on Friday night received messages from Jewish eorre.s[i(indenls at Bieloslok de- cl.iring Ihal the polire apparenlly had given over Ihe Hebrew population lo slaughter and pillage. These corres- pondents urged Ituit the only hope was in an aiipeal to the Ministry of Ihe In- terior lo irdeifere in llnir behalf. A <h'Iegation of deputies irmnedintely called nt the headrpiiirlers of Ihe t'olii^e De- partment, where they were Informed that all nieas\ires possible hnd been taken to slop exee-S'S and restore order. .SITUATION IN I'UOVINCES. The London Times' correspondt^nl nt SI. Petersburg cables as follows :â€" The Boui.se on Thnr-day was tiTiilily de- pressed on large .selling orders from Paris. Fours f.ll to Ihe unprecedented figure of seventy-two. It is rumored that some provineiul hanks are on the eve of susMiiiding Ihe payment of in- tensl on iheir Ixmds. Such n step would infalllblv cause a financial rata The Christians' cxa,speraUon is in- creasing and the mob vows vengeance on the two young Jews who are under arrest on suspicion of having thfown the bomb. The cily Is in possession of soldiers of the Vladimir Beginicnt. The streets and railroad stations are occupied i.y the militai'y and entrance into the town is prohibited. TBAIN AITACKF.D. A despatch from St. Petersburg says; The .Sebastopol express arrived in .St. I'etersbui-g on Thursday six hours late, owing lo its having been attiicked by 2,fKX) armed pca.sanls. The passengers were not hurl, but tlie windows of the train were smashed. OBDEn RE.STOBED. More troops, including a battery of artillery, arrived on Sunday. Quiet was restored Ihe same evening. Numbers of Jews, who are fleeing from the city, were escorted by soldiers to the railway station. The refugees have lost all their property and money, and all of them nre hungry. There was further rioting .Saturday night and .Sunday morning The mob was .^welled by thousan<ls of pea.sanls. mid plundered and burned the deserted dwellings, of Jews. The su- burb of Boiidary has been totally burn- ed. Eight streets have been totally de- vastated. POI.SONS IN E^-EnV DINNER. No Use Trying lo Obtain Pure Food, Says an Expert. A despatch from Chicago says: Do you know that you eat forty-two poisons at every dinner on the average? Harry B. UaliMSley, food expert of Kansas CROUTn OF CANADA'S TBADE. Will .\(|grrgale I 4II a Billion Dollars Thl.s Year. An Ollawa despatch says: With an aggregate foreign trade aiiM iinling 10 ,$<83,!i;i4.889 and exports lo the'simouiit of .$208,233,072, every branch of which exhibits an incieaso, Canada's commerce j Cily, and the man behind the Pure Food continues to expand at u i)li(;nomenal rale, und the fanner is enjoying a large shaie of this great prosperity. The tntal foreign ti'ade shows n gain . cf S"'S.037,IG() for the eleven months end- ing May 31 when compared with Ihe same period of Ihe previous vear. The domestic exports were $i'08.233,972, a gnin of $ii,l35,84.s. Although imports f'ii- Consumption were con.siderably more leing .$-.'.'J7,V!l,«7, they do not show 08 Inrge an increase. The bettennent was only !5>'/,.i/,(;.8,x), or a little less than one- linlf that of the e.xports. Agriculture oonlribiiled most of the exports, as will be s'^en from Ihe following slalement;â€" Agricultural products, total .$5(),l'i8,.M3, increase !ii«,4W.ri(X); animals and their products, tolnl .$a).«()2.343, increase $3,- 61'».:!.")9; products of Ihe mine, total $30,- 3RX,753, increase 3,789,701: nsberies, to- lnl $i:i.,v72.2;M, increase $4,325,015; pro- duets of the forest, total $3l,888,2.'i3, in- crease USmm,; ninnufactui-es, total, Si'l,852.'i57, increase, $:!,381,933. OIVE OF UfillT RKICADK. Itirhard Yales is De.id at Detroit, Michigan. A despatch from Detroit, Mich. ^ says: Bichard Yales. 77 years of age, is dead here. Mr. Yates was said to be the only living .sm-vivor in the Unital States rf the famous charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. Hi' served all through Ihe Crimean war in Ihe Fifth Dragoons and W.IS honorably discharged in 18(53, and hnd several medals ceiminemoralivo ( I bravery and good conduel. He land- ed in New York in 1K()3, and at once en- listed in the northern cause in the civil war, a.id served until its close. He then moved to Woridstock, Ont., later Rfing lo Windsor and six years ago moved to Detroit. PACKER-S MUST BE SAMTABY. lillhy Tables Must be Discarded -- Chicago's Fiat. A despatch from Chicago says: The city health department on Friday sent il!- lii-st oflicial wrillen notice to the [â- aeking coniiianies at the Union .Stocii Yards lo improve the sanitary conditions 0! their plants. The packers are in- structed that they must within three (lays discard the lillhy tables and bench- es, provide cleaner rooms and lools, and correct Some of the present unsanitary condilions. Slrtietural changes in the liuildings, including new toilet rooms, and nii/re ventilnlion and light, must bu made within thirty days. CIIILDS PLlCJi SAVED LIFE. Ten-ycar-old Girl Plunges Irilo a Raging Mill Knrp. A despatch from London, Onl., 5ays: Anolher drowning accident was nar- rowly averted on Wednesday night t.y a magnificent act of bravery on the part c; lO-year-old Violet Wilson, who lives near the Meadow Lily Mills on the north branch of the Thanii's. For sheer pluck the deed thai snatched lIM'e Louisa llar- lis, 7-year-old daughter of F. C. Harris, frotn a watery grave has never been ecpialed here. With other children, Luo- isa was playing teetcr-loller on the riv- e.- bank, when she fell oft the board into the mill race and was swept away Ly Ihe swift current. To dash inlo a rag- ing torrent, such ns the .Meadow Lily Mill race is after ticing swollen by ihe recent heavy rains, is an act which might make many a strong man hesi- (nte, but Violet Wilson, who happened bill in the last ses.sion of the Illinois [ Legislature, declares such to be the case. i;very restaurant bill of fare bears on its face the proof of food adulterations, he says. IIltc are the various foods and the way they are poisoned, according to this e.xpeit:â€" Butterâ€" Covered with coal tar dyes. Meatâ€" You know all about the nieaL f^ardâ€" Used in frying meal â€" Made, from di.sea.sed hogs. Calsupâ€" Full of salicylic acid, colored wilh coal tar dyes. Breadâ€" I'ull of alum. Coffeeâ€" Full of copper salts. Teaâ€" Full of copper salts. Pepperâ€" Always impure; full of cocoa- nut shells, sawdust and clay. Vegetables â€" All impregnated with vari- ous coal tar dyes. Bosy applesâ€" Made rosy with coal tar dyes. New polatoe.sâ€" Freshened up from rid potatoes wilh alum water, after being scraped. "Half of the deatlis in the United .Slates nre the result of impure foods," Mr. Walmsley declared warmly. "It i-; prnetieallv impossible to get purt food in this country." NINE SAILORS KILLED. A Terrifiic Explosion on Board a British Steamer. A Liverpool despatch says: Nine irien were instantly killed and about forty were wounded as the result of a lerriflic explosion on Thursday morning ori boanl the British steamer Hnverford, of the International Navigation Com- pany. The vessel, which is commanded by Captain Nielsen, arrived here en Wednesday from Philadelphia, landed her passengers and proceeded lo Huskis- f-on Dodi early on Thursday in order lo uidoad. The stevedores were in the act of loosening the hatchers when the ex- plosion occurred. It blew off the hatch- es, rent the decks and hurled dead and LEADING MARKETS BBEADSTLTFFS. Toronto, June 19.â€" Flour â€" Onlarioâ€" i Exporters bid $3.15 for 90 per cent, pat- ent's, buyers' bags, for export; miller* ask $3.20; Manitobaâ€" First patents, iHAH- Ic $i.W); seconds, $i to $1.10; bolver?' $:i to u. Wheal â€" Manitoba â€" No. 1 northern offered at 8G%c, Point Edward; No. 'i, Sfi^c bid, Owen Sound; offered at &l}ic; 8C^c bid Point Edward. Oats â€" No. 2 Onlario offered at 40c outside; No. 2 Manitoba offered at 41c» Owen .Sound; No. 3 white offered at 44c, Mcjntreal; No. 2 white offered at 41c, To- ronto, WXjC bid. No. 2 mixed offered al 40Xc, Owen Sound. Corn â€" No. 3 yellow offered at 60>4'c, to arrive Toronto. COUNTB PRODUCE. Butter â€" Both creamery and dairy ar» coming forward freely. Creamery, prints 20cto21o do .solids 19c to 20c Dairy prints 16c lo 1 7c Bolls ISclofGc Tubs 14c to 16c Cheese â€" Unchanged at 15c for old and ll%c to 12c for new. Eggs â€" New-laid are quoted at 17c to 1734c and splits al lie. Potatoes â€" Ontario, 70c to 85c out ot slore; eastern Dclawarcs at Kk to 97>!;c; Quebec, 78c, and Nova .Scotia al 75c. Baled Hay â€" Firm in lone at SIO per Ion for .No. 1 timothy, in car lols oa track here, and $7..50 lo .$8 for No. 2. Baled Straw â€" Unchanged at .$6 per ton for car h^ts on track here. I. be passing, without an instant's in- I'wiiunded men in all directions. .Several] tlecisioM uttered a cry oi "Lou shan't bodies were dismembered, and the deck | diown^f I can help il," plunged inlo ] n sem'nled Ihe floor of a eharnel house the current, and, half-drowned herself, sueceedoil in bringing Ihe other child lo shore. I3otli were carried far down the stream Ijefore this was accomplished, however, and it was fully an hour before lillle Louisa ret'iiined consciousness. The THREW HERSELF INTO RIVER. Peterborough fiirl, Menially rnlialamed, Coinmils .Suicide. A despatch from Peterbfirough says: Alice Corbnian, dnughler of .Sicphiii II. f^orbuum, Aylmer Street, left her home on .Sunday morning about 7 o'clock, and going to the Otonabeo Biver, a short clislnnce awuy, deliberately threw licr- sell in. The body was recovered a fiw hours later. Last winter l!ie young woman was nearly drowm-d by having a fainting fit while taking a bath in her home. The shock received seemed lo PR0I5ATI0N OITICFRS. Ottawa Soriely Take.s a Forward Step in Child .Saving. A forwanl step has been taken by the Children's .Aid Society of Ottawa in de- ciding Il appoint two proljaliun ollicers, il' dddilion to the general Seerelary cl the Society, lo devote all their lime to the work of supervising and befriending the neglected and delinquent children of the city and especially to co-operate wilh the Judge of the Juvenile Courl. Formerly, children accused of petty cf- fenees were either dismissed wilh a warning or convicted and .sent lo the reformatoi-y. In tutiu'o these children will l>e placed imder the supervision rt a Probation Ollicer, who will have all Ihe powers of a guardian. In this way. it is believed, hundroils of childtTn will be helped and encouraged to lead a good life, who oltierwisc would drift inlo a criminal career. This change was warmly advocated by Mr. W. L. .Seolt. President ot the .Society and the resolution to appoint Probation OITicers w.is moved by Sir Louis Davies of the Supremo Court, seconded by Lt.-Col. Irwin. The explosion, which, according to ru- mor, was caused by an infernal machine was followed by the outbreak of tire. The cargo, consisting of linseed oil cake; in t old No. 2 and hold No. 3 was .soon blaz- ing fiercely. Firemen and polce hurried Ic Ihe dock, and the injured were (pjiek- ly taken to a neighboring hospital, while the work of searching for further pos- sible casualties proceeded with viij-;;, ir. spite of the fierceness of Ihe Mre.^ Afler two hours' hard flgtiting the firemen ob- Uined Ihe mastery of the Mames. Later il was said that Ihe disaster on board Ihe Haverford was apparenlly caused by the explosion of a barrel of naphtha. clysni. I'he sllualion in the pmvinces have affected her menially, and since Is ffoing from bad to worse an.I agrar- ian dislurbanees are reported to be ex- tending north, mvi living even Tver and Novgorod. Outrages in tlie Hnllc pro- vinces an' daily increasing and anuther rev lulionury "oulbural Uiere appears iniminent. PEASANTS IIABBY JEW.S. A despatch from Bieloslok snys; After D lull in the mnliny, Ihe mob on Friday evening again began lo harry Ihe Jews and plllnge their shops. The mob was swelleil by thousands of peasants, who nre now plundering and burning the de- serted residencis of Jews. Almosl lai the Jewish shops are ruined. The Jews who have not lied are being meicllessly harried. The women nre spared, bul the men nre bludgeoned, slabbed, and shot. Firing is heanl in many direc- lions. Six Ihousand Jews are now camped in the forests, surrounded ly soldiers. Anolher bomb was thrown m Fridoy. killing a policeman ond wound- ing others. II is known that thirty Jews were kill- e<t ond more than 100 were wounded in Ihe rioting which occurred here i.n Thursday, wheji n mob attacked Ihe Jewi.sh cpinrler because a tiomb was thrown inlo n Corims Chrisli proeosslon. 'fhe hospitals are overcrowded, and niony ln)ureil persons arc hidden in (iri- vate houses. All Ihe Jewish shops on the four prin- cipal Rlrcel-s of Ihe town were saeke<l bj the mob. The anger of Ihe crowil wa.s fed by a rumor in the nflernoon Ihhl Jews had killed Christian girls In ucl^hborlnj; villages. then she has been in a melancholy mood She was 22 years ot age. » CIIOfvKD RV PIICCE OF MEAT. Siiilor Dies While Eating Supper in Kingston Restaurant. A despatch from Kingston says: Through a piece of meat sticking in bis Ihidat, John Kane, a sailor, choked while eating supper in Walker's restaurant, Princess Street, on Saturday evening. Efforts were made lo dislodge the meal, but Ihcsc failed. A doclor was sum- moned, but before he arrived the sailor was dead. Deceased lived in Monli-eal during Ihe winter, and was engaged as A wheelsman around these parts in Ihe summer. He was about 00 years of age and well known in marine circles. LONG TERM FOR STl ART. Voulh Who Tried lo Kill Farmer Sent Down lor 21 Years. .•\n Owen .Sound despatch snys: Judge W. J. Ilallon on Saluiilay sentenced Al- l.er-t Sluarl to Z\ years' imprisonment. The prisoner showed no emotion till he was taken Imck lo the cells, where he broke down, and to his counsel, Mr. II. ti. Tucker, i.(lmilled his gnill. Sluar-t was foimd guilly Thursday of a mur- derous assault on James Morri.son last February. Morrison wa-s reluming home alter dark, when Sluart attacked him \Kilh a revolver, his object being rob- bery. CliEQI'RS WERE FOIKIF.D. Ottawa Deparlnirnl Messenger Il.ns Vanished â€" Tliree Cashed. A despnich from Ollawa says: .An- other case of manipirlating (iovernmenl chwiues has come lo lighl, and Ibis time II is Ihe Depailirienl of Murine and Fisheries wtiich suffervs. Tlios. Coi'cor'- nn, a me-ssenger in Ihe department, on May 23 got imssession of a checiiie bo ik, several che(|ues In whieh had been al- ready signed by J. IL Hnlkell, a clerk in ihe nccounlanl.s' br'anch. The signalui'e of Mr. A. W. Owen, the necoimlant, was forged. II is nirendy known that Ihr-ee checpies for $li0 ench have been cashed in this way. Corcor-nn has disappeared, and has not been seen since X'icloria Day. One ot the clierpies was present- ee' lo Ihe Bank of Monlrval bv the Crown Bank. It has not Ir'un.spir-eu which institution will suffer*. SICKNESS IN CAMP. A Bad State ol Affairs in the G. T. P. Consiruclion Canrp. A despatch fr'om Brandon, Maniloha, says: lleporls have been brvniglit to lliis cily by traveller's of a terrible shite of affairs existing in the Crand Trunk Pa- cific constr'uciion camp in MIniota dls- IricL A par-ty nr-riving her-e on Fr-idny slated that smallpox and black dipli- thcria have appeared among the men, and that one man suffering from siiiall- |>ox hail been .sent into Winnipeg tor tr'catment. Or. Lawson of llamiola has three ca.ses ot chickcnpox under his care, but fear is expr'i>ssed that it may de- velop inlo smallpox. It is i-eporled that a man from the .same camp wns sent away on the train because he had black diphtheria, bul a few miles from camp he succumbed, after suffering great agony. Health authorities ar-e looking hito Ihe conditions prevailing. cl Great LADY HAMILTON WEDS. Said lo be Ihe Richest Woman in Britain. A London dcspnlch says: Lady Mary Hamilton, only daughter of the lale twelfth Duke of Hamilton and Drandon and the r-icliest woman in Creat Britain, was marrieil on Thirr.stlay at SI. George's t:hurch. Hanover .Seiuai-e, to the Mai'- qiils ot flraham, eldest son of the Duke of Montrose. King Edwarxl was among those pr'e.senl at the cer-cmonv. The cliur-ch was lllled with rnernbeis of the Peer-age. The scene outside Ihe church was quite exciting. The enorm- ous crowd desiring a closer in.spection cl the bride, broke through the police cordon and swelled round her carriage when It arrived in front of Ihe chur-ch pcrtlco, almost completely blocking its passage. Heavy reinfoi'ccmenUs of po- lice were necessary to clear the way for the King's carriage and lo open a pa.s- goge for tbe bride to enter the church. ROADS GROWINti RECEIPIS. Tcniiskaniing Railway Made Profit 823,617 in April. A despatch from Toronto says: Grali- fying reports of the operalioiis of the 1'emiskaming and Norlhern Onlario Mad- way were r'eeeived yesterday by Hon. Col. Mathesiin, the Provincial Ti'easur- <r, from Ihe coiiiiiiissioners. The total receipts of the Governnient line during the month of April amounted lo ,i'»8,- 4(is.G2. Against this Ihci'e wer-e expen.s- es of operation, nggregaling .?24. 786.17, leaving a net prollt for Ihe monlh of 1623,617.43, as compared wilh $7,300 for the same monlh last year. --♦- and he BRIDE NINE FI';ET TALL. Travelled With Rarnuin * Bailey Accumulated Money. A I.oekporl, N. Y., despatch says tallest woman in the world, formerlv wilh I'.arnum & Bailey's circus, became on Friday night the bride of Morris Slaplelon, a weallliy iiierehant of this city. She wns Miss Mary Ellen Powers, but was known in the profession as Leah May. The bride is over nine feet. She travelled with the Barnum & Bailey oi'- gani/.alion seven years, and made a sen- .sntion in Eui'opc. She possesses consid- erable wealth. RAILROAD CATASTROPHE. Awlul Disaster on the Chinese Eastern Railway. A Vladivostok des-palch says: A passen- ger train was derailed al Progranllsch- naia stalion, on the Chinese Eastern Railway on Sunday, and 100 persons were killed or injured. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, June 19. â€" Grain â€" Tha opinion was cxpr-esscd by a prominent gi'ain exporter this morning that tha English market would soon come up to nieet Canadian quotations. Oals - No. 2, 43Xc to 43%c; No. 3., iiXc to 43c; No. 4, 41%c to 42Xc. Peas â€" 78c f.o.b. per bushel, 78 pep cent., 4.51c. Cor-n â€" No. 3 mixed, 56;^c; No. 3 yel- low 57>!;c ex-track. I-'lour â€" Manitoba spring wheat pat- ents, $4.60 to $4.70; slr-ong baker's'. $4.10 lo .$4.i0; winter wheal patents, $4.10 la Si. 30; straight winter wheat pahmts, $4.30 lo $4.50; str'aighl rollers. $â- ^M lo $4.20; do., in bags, $1.85 to $2; exli'a.s, S^LM to $1.70. Millfeed â€" Maniloha bran, in bn"s SIO.-'IO to $17; short*, .$20 to .S21 per Inn; Ontario bran, in bulk. .$17; shorls, $20 b' $20.50; milled mouille, $21 to $25; straight grain mouille, .$25 to $27 per ton. Boiled Oats â€" Per bag, .$2.10 lo .$2.20 in car lots; cot.;„v..i, $1.30 lo $1.40 per bag. Hay - No. 1. ,$9.50 lo $10..5n; No. 2, .%S.50 to $»..50; c! • r, May, $7.50 to .$8.- 50. and pure cIom.)-. .$7 lo $8. Eggs â€" Tlic market was stendy in loni; under a fair demniul, at IGc lo l6Xc for fresh n.'ceipls. Pi'ovi.sions â€" Barrels heavy Canada short cul pork, $23; light short cuts, $21.50; barrels clear fnl back. $22.50; compounf' lar'd. 7^c to 8e; Candian pure lar-d. lll^c to 12c; kellle I'crKlered, l^^c lo 13c; hams, 13%c lo 15c. accoi'ding to size; breakfast bacon, 17c to 18c; Wind- sor bacon. 16(' lo KiV; fresh killed ahat- tojr divssed hogs, $10.50; alive, $7.75 lo $.S per cwt. BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo, June 19. â€" Flour -.Strong. Wheal â€" Spring steady; No. I Northern, 88>ic. carloads. 'Cor-n â€" Dull, about firm; No. 2 yellow, 58)ic; No. 2 corn, 5C%c Oals â€"Strong; No. 2 while, 3.3c. Barleyâ€" Nominal. Bye â€" Str'onger: No. i in slore, «7c. Carial freightsâ€" Steady, NEW YORK WIIE.AT M\BKET. New Yoi'k, June 19. â€" No. 2 I'cd, fA'ic nominal in elevator and UGc nominal f.o.b. alloal; No. I norlhern Dululh, 0?%c f.o.b. afioat; No. 1 norllicrM Maui. loba, OOXc f.o.b. afloat. LIVE .SrOCK MARKETS. Toronto, June 19.â€" Prices held steady to llrrn for good urrd choice exporters' and butchers', bul an cosier tone was noticeable in the medium und coiimion gi'ades us a i-esull of the large inllux. Ill c.xporleis' the demand kept up for good animals. Other varieties also sold r-cadily. For a choice load ,$5.20 was r aid. The range was $4.80 to .$5,20 rier cwt The values of good biilchers' olsn held U)- lo pi'cvious levels. Cows, which 1 f lale had bt-eii selling remarkably well, went down a shade, owing lo the l.irger offerings, yuolalions ruled ns follows' Choice bulchei-s', $4.50 to .$4.95; medium .«i.20 lo $4.50; cows, .$3.,50 to $4.40; bulls $.1.75 lo .$-4; canner-s, $1..50 up. .A niodei-ate doinand oblaiiii'd In feed- ers and slockers lo-day. .Slinil-krens \.ere sold at $4.40 lo $4.85; fi-eders .$3- 90 lo $4.41); slockei's, .$3.'25 to $3.80; stock bulls, $2 lo .$2.75 per cwl. Shceii nnd lambs didi not sell well The outside cnquir-y is slack, nnd offer^ Digs were large for Ihe season. Qno- Intions were as follows:â€" Exporters' $4.25 to $4.40; bucks, .$3..50 to .$3 75- Spring lanihs. .$3 to .$6 each. Calves were quoted at 3% lo f,c per %. Hogs were .selling at $7.25 for'selecls, and $7 per cwt. for lights and fats AIDING COTTON IN AFRICA. British Government to Ririld Railways lo Foster Cullivaliun. A despalch from London .snvs- Mr Winston Spencer C.hurchill,' Under- Secrel4iry for the Colonies, announced in the House of Commons rtn Tuesday that the Govemmcnl was preparing a definite scheme lor railway building in Nigeria, West Central Africa, with the view of aiding tbe extensive cuiUvaUoa of cotton.