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Columns in Great Peril
and Much Anxiety
is Felt.
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• A Letelon despatch says: The For-
. eign Ofilee hes issued an undated
despatch from Col. Cobbe„ command -
'nig one of the columns of BritiSh
eerees . operating against the Mad
Mullah in Sorealiland. The des-
patch was forwarded through the
British Vice -Consul at Berbera, Some
aliland. The 13eitieh forces engaged
were coreposed entirleY of native
troops' and levies. Col. Cobbe says:
"My force method Erego this, morn-
ing. When about one•day's march.
north of Mudug it was attacked in
the thick bush. Two advauces were
.beaten back in the morning. Their
losses were heavy and we captured
100 rifles. Our force then proceed-
ed to collect animals for transporta-
tion purposes, and ,lein -the de-
tachment at the stockade. In the
afternoon a. reconnaissance was
made and after sharp 'fighting the
enemy were again driven pit
"1 deeply regret to report the fol-
lowing casualties: Col. Phillipe and
Capt. Angus and fifty /nen killed and
about 1013 men wounded. The lat-
ter include Capt. Howard and Lieut.
Everett, but both are doing well.
There were severe losses among the
transport and riding camels. The
force will reach the stockade camp
to -morrow and will advance to at-
tack the enemy."
The Vice -Consul also telegraphs
the • Substance of a later despatch
from Col. Swayne, who says that as
a result of the fighting at Erego,
• October 6, which was very severe,
the Somali levies are considerably
shaken. The Mullah, whois stud to
be in conimunication with Kail and
:Inger in the direction of the Webb
River, is bringing up reinforcements
froin all sides'.
Col. Swayne is much hampered
owing to the necessity el transport-
ing the wounded and water. He is
retiring on Bohotle. Ile asks that
000 further reliable troops be des-
patched from Berbera forthwith.
PLACED IN GREAT PERIL.
The serious reverse in Somaliland
places the suiall British forces there
of about 8,000 :men of doubtful re-
liability in tan exceedingly perilous
situation.
Since the beginning of Col.
Swayne's second crempaign against
the Mullah last May, little has been
- heard of the expedition. The pre-
sent despatches seem to show ithat
he was retreating, from the Italian
frontier northward when the Mullah
attacked him at Erego. Last De-
cember the Mullah was reported to
have. about 12.000 men mostly arm-
ed. a large percentage of whom were
armed with rifles-. It is possible
that he now commands about 15.-
000 men. With this large force har-
assing him, Col. Swayne has to re-
treat to Bohotle, 150 miles, and
probably still 100 miles further to
'Burma the principal British frontier
post. This march nmst be made
under a scorching sun. and over an
arid and roadless desert, even if the
retreet is successful. The gravest
anxiety will be felt until further
mews is received. The entire .expedi-
tion will have to be repeated on a
much larger scale.
Col. Swayne is accompanied he' ; Will Take All Winter to Catch Up
horse. He then seized one of them,
but he broke away, his coat sleeve
•reumining in the policeman's .grasp.
The latter went at the man again,
and felled him with a, still blow on
the jaw.
At this juncture the other man
jumped from. the rig and pointed a
pistol LI:h. Philips' head, The Officer
saw the man, meant business, and
not having a revolver, he had no al-
ternative but to release the men.
They lost no time in running away
'eastward along Wood street, and
were soon lost to view. They are
still at large.
That the policeman was not armed
with a revolver, is explained by the
fact that the men dein day duty do_
not carry them.
LIST OF JEWELRY STOLDN.
The jewelry stolen, according to
the list furnished the Detective De-
partment, . one dianiond ring, one
seal ring, one gold snake ring, oue
diamond butterfly brooch, one ditie
'mond brooch, one pearl brooch, one
crescent brooch, one gold brooch,
one gold brooch of double hearts,
one miniature brooch, one diamond
bracelet, one gold bracelet, one set
of corals, ene geld safety pin, one
gold pencil, one gold chain, one gold
purse, and a red leather jewel ease,
besides a $5 bin and other articles.
MINERS' DEMANDS.
Work for . Arbitrat ors of the Coal
Strike:.
A Washington despatch says: De-
mands or the miners that will' be
passed upon by the commiesion:
1. An eight-hour day for all em-
ployes working bythe week, day, or
hour.
2. An increase 'of 20 nee cent. in
the wages of all miners employed by
the ton.
3. The establishment of a 2,240-
11). tou in all mines.
4. Recognition of Mine Commit-
teesin adjusting disputes or griev-
ances.
5. Mare thorough organization of
all skilled mechanics employed in
and about the. mines.
6. . Condemnation of the alleged
act of the Delaware and Hudson
Company in reducing wages at the
Plymouth colliery.
7. Reinstatement of tho colliery
firemen discharged by the Delaware
and Hudson Company for refusing to
work on "swing" shifts. .
: S. Revision of the contract sys-
tem end limitation to two in the
number of laborers to be employed
I by any one contractor.
1 P. Abolishment of the, blacklist
:system.
I NOT TO BE ARBIT.RATED.
1 Demands of the miners that the
operators refused to submit to arbi-
tration. and which will not be con-
isidered by the commission:
I 1. Recognition of the union.
1 2. Investigation of opposition of
I union -miners to work with non-
; union men. .
Systematic examination of
. working cards at the mines.
i 4. Right of union miners to strike
'atcollieries employing non-union la-
bor.
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COAL SHORTAGE.
'twor twenty-hve ofhaes aiid hue „ With Demand.
with him some Maxim guns ltild
A Wilkesbarre. _Pa., despatch says:
on. seven-poundere.
(nail strikers here estimate it will
The Mullah's success will set the
take the operators all winter to
whole Ogaden anel Dolbahenta come- •
catch up with the demand. They,
ire aflame. Trade relations at Bei- •
e leee t lat soft coal will still con-
bera and Dulhar have shown an
enormous necreeet. Since the opera- !time in demand at many places
where anthracite is used. and will re -
thee; of the Menial cet off access io
:mein so for some time owing to thc
the rich murkets ni Ogaden and
1101-
Dolbahanta. 11. was announced by isicut; ufeefriokiiin this. t oh e 0 f
tho
Lord Lansdowne, Foreign Secretary,
:year is about 1,800,000 tons 0,
in Parliament last summer that the
week. while it. is estimated the best
Italians were co-operating with Col.
ithe operators could do at the end
Swayne, but as the despatches made
i.of one week, eft er work started,
Public to -day do not mention Ital-
!would be to put out about 600,000
Ian help. it is supposed that Po=
tons from the mines and scene 150, -
local difficulty was found in errang-
• I 000 tons from the washcriee.
ing for the co-operation.
1 At the end of a week about 50
!per cent. of the collieries would be
workiug. Within three weeks 80 •
FIGHT WITH BURGLARS. Iper cent. would be at work. This
gradual resumption, due to the pra-
t sent condition of the mines would
Placed Gun at Constable's Head allow the men who heve left the
and Escaped. ircg-inn and secured work in other
places to return in time to get their
A Toronto despetch saes: A dar- imsitirms• that It is estimated at the
ing burglary, followed by a i•unsa...:
third . week of the resumption about
- Lionel chase and desperate encounter ./ ns,nsea,
a week would lie
with a policeman, the criminals 1211110(1. `°1-
mined. and that this would gradually,
filially escaping by holding a pistol '4„„,„ne, 41„„„/„1„, Winter, fur -
at the head of the constable, took "
-
PI ttCe in Toronto on Friday eight. ? six days it week
-
The burglary was perpetrated at ' 1(;ra-ir work
i The strike has been on for 157
1110 resldenee. .1 ohn D. • ' days. and the estimated general
of W. A. Murray and Co., 75 Qu'eepes:
:losses amount, to $140,000,000.
Park, while the family were at din-
ner at 640, and the thieves got I
f
a.way with several thousaud dotiars'A GOOD TRADE OPENING.'
ber of .clitinionde.
worth a jewelry, including a num-1
. It wag P. C. Philips (250) who I Canada - Can Export Grain and.
pursued ancl gave batt.le to the des -I Flour to Norway and Sweden.
peradoes, who were escaping in a An Ottawa deer:retch says: The
rig Ile Prostrated one with a blow 1Department of Trade and Comanerce
on the jaw, but when the other licid I has received a report from C. E.
'a revolver to his head he, being un-; Sciutuin. Canadian agent ie Norway
armed himself, was fm.ced to release !and Sweden, for the quarter •ending
them, and tile.Y w0ro 50" out. 01 December 3rd. ITe writes that, •ow-
• • sight..
!big to the cold and dry summer,
Drynan, while at the dinner :the crepe of :these countries have
table, Was iteoused by hearing foot-; been a total failure, and as a eon -
steps .on the tin roof of the ve2 aeda. ieeeeonee large ginvailties of grain
and, going the door. she Wafk jut and ilaVO to be imported
intime to Rae a lima climb down ; ,theeme tee coming yeme The. eine
. post and ree away. Going -tip poetatioe has already contmoned,
stars, wile found that the jewelry:the link steamer from New \leek hay -
Was missing,.. anti at once telephone, ing brought 8,600barrels .of. Wheat
ed tq No. 15 Police Station, tethiig :ihnir and several hundred: .barrels •Of
What had lieppened. lei 11 ed on•ts. Mr. • S o u tele, ear; that
•. THIEVES IRJGGY.- ho 1105 time and again, called.. the
etion Of the 'Canadian . - to'
P. C. Philips need P. C. Briehanei aae
on bicycles
the pee:44)114 of a &needy and lergo
Were at one:: despatched ;
to the hoese. After 'getting teeo export trade of their produets to
diateiy Set out in oppoeite directions
Amer from' Drynan. they linme-1 these countries.
. areund the parliainetit buildings. P.
It is under -steed at. Shorficlitre that,
rhilips went around the east the German Emperor will .Visite that
''drive. • Camp on November 8th :or 9th fer
the pe,rpoSe of reviewing the • 'let
The constable overtook them at i
Uhttrell stree;te 41'16, grci'bbing th'P ;Royal Dragoons, of Which reginient
tteinssueceeaed in throwing • the ,t he
„
. JUMPED TO DEATH,:
Suicide at the Bossin House, Tee
• ;lint o
•
A deepatelt from Toronto' sayei
'Godfrey B. -Bird,it commercial
traveleri jumped from.a. Window in
his room .on the top stotuy of the
Rossin Rouse, on. the 'York street
side, at five minutes to six e'elogle
on Thursday Morning, and met Me
stant death in ...striking the sides,
walk. Bird was a representative of
the John. Cressley•and Son Come
pany, Limited, of Halifax, England,
carpet manufacturers, go was .• :fifty
years of agee and had beim coming
to Canada once eech year ever since
1872. On .Sunday Dird': arrived in
Toronto, aeeempanied by two Other
of the firm's -representatives, Messrs.
Arthur Mannisoe and Victor Dea-
belle. Deceased had for'some tinie
been suffering from 'nervous pros-
tration, and his relatives had tried
to induce him not to come to Can-
ada this year,but he would not lis-
ten to them, He was not married:
In the rooin he occupied is it deer
which leads to a. private bathroom,
and this door is quite near the win,
dow oat of which Bird leaped. His
friends volunteered tho opinion that
he went out of the window mistalts
ing it 'for the -bathroom door,, but
When the height of thewindow n sill
from the floor is taken into consId-
etation, this vient al:mopes altogeth-
er improbable. •
In his fall to thesidewalk he
struck the telephone wires, alighted
on the edge of the sidewalk head-
first at once stretching' Out deed,
The 'only witness was .a Passing
workman, Nebel first saw the lumens
he strusk the telephone wires. Bird's
friends can ascribe no reason for
the deed. He had expressed his in-
tention en Wednesday of returnieg
to England by the steamer 'Parisian,
leaving Montreal on Saturday, in-
stead of going on to the coast, as
he haci intended;
BRITISH SHIPBUILDING.
Year's Report Shows Lowest Ton-
nage Since 1897.
A London despatch says: Engle
'leering says that not since the aut-
umn of 1807 has the tonnage •of
merchant ships in the course of con-
struction in the United Kingdom
been 50 low as at present. Five
years> ago the work on hand, which;
had been fluctuating for some time
between 600,000 and 800,000 tons,
bessan; to show a. steady improve-
ment, and finally reached the ,top
point of 1.411,120 tons. Then came
a steady drop to 1,000,711 tons,
the 'decrease being about 40,000
tons per month. This denoted
continuous paucity of new work to
make up for the completion of old
orders. The :decrease was chie as
much to the absence of bome orders
as those from other countries', as the
proportion of the foreign ships be-
ing built was fairly normal.
EARL ROBERTS,
IPartly Decided to - Accept Invitee
tion to 'United States.
I A London despatch nays: Gen-
erals, Corbin, Young, and Wood have
'tendered Earl Roberts an invitation.
Ito \left the United States, ann Earl
!Roberts has told the American gen-
!era's that he has pertly siecided to
ac.cept their levitation, and go to
the United States in December, I
1.008, and there is a. poseibility cif
his crossing in thne to witness the'
internatimial yacht iseces. Earl
Roberts is L111X.10118 that Generals
French and KullenKenny accompany
him.
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OUR TRADE WITH d-ANTAICA
REQUIREMENTS OF THE MAR-
KET IN TEAT ISLAND.
Splendid Chance for Canadian
Farmers to Build Up a
Trade.
The present agitation in Jamaica
for either the federation or the
'Commercial anion of that, colony
with the Dominion of Canada • is
worthy of serious consideration in
this weary. ,The jamaica•plent-
ers desire to find a free market in
Canada for their sugar, lemons, or-
augc$, ban 2(110.5, coffee, ginger,
epices, logwood, etc., in return for
which tlie,y would em•ehase from us
oats, split Peas, soda and fancy bis-
cuits, tin and enamelled ware, boots
and ehoee, organs, furniture, agri-
cultural implements, ropes and cord-
age, paints, lumber and other build-
ing material, metallic; roofing, can-
ned. goods, live stock, butter,
cheese, tallow, bacon hams; flour
and other food stuffs ond inanufac-
titres. According to the repot.t of
the. Committee of the Royal Jo -
melee Society of AgrievItnee and
Commerce and. Men:bents' Exchange:
'The natural conditions of the re-
epective eolenies are ull in favor of
mutual trade. Eich country is the
natural complement of the other in
natural procliicts, and it is -high
time that the feeling which has so
long 'ex le led itt favor of improved
trade relations should bear good re -
The principal drawback to
the interchange of commodities. ' is
the lack of 0 rapid, Up-to-date, fre-
quent and direct steinieboat service,
The direct trade between the • two
mut:tiles has largely increased since
the advent of the Canadaejaarialca
Inc from St. Jcihn, N. B., but this
new service, aithettgli a decided
prevenient, is but a monthly one,
carried on Li fax from up -lee -date
steamers, eecupying front eight to
ten days betWeen St, John and
Kingston., Janetiee,
EXTENSION Or 'MADE.
in live stock and. live etock pro-
ducts; is of particular interest to
me, and in this contiection I beg 1:0
submit it letter .reetived reoin Mr,
W, SiMpoon MocCortriack, of King -
kat, Jamaica, • dealing. with the re-
quirements of their markets in these
liece,
Eingeten, Jamaida, Sept. 4, 1092,
Lear Sir, -Your :epteeeneel fitaan.
We'd', 4th last was duly 'received,
and 3: beg to thank y'01.2 ion'inform-
atiell contained, therein. At this
time butchere' sheep Were too high,
and the seaeen too bad to import,
I am new, however, in eounennicte-
tion with Messrs. Gordon and Iron -
01(105,. of Montreal, and hope to got
down a, carload, connected to 1iaIi7
fax, October boat.
I nolo your remark's regarding the
high quality of Canadian bacon,
butter, and cheese and the desire
of your, department to establish a
Market in those iSlands for these
products.. You also expressed the
hope of flooring from me "from time
to time, telling what the outlook is
for the building up of the trade be-
tween Canada and Jamaica„"
I would state that considerable at-
tention is mow 'being direeted to the
superiority of Canadian products
by importers here, but I regret to
say that Canadian producers ap-
pear disinclined to beteg' themselvee
into line of our niarkets,.conditioes
ae, to size, packing and proinptitude
hi" filling orders ' and general exist-
ing conditions.
THE MARKETS
Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
in Trade Centres.
littakmaila
Ti'a4 is quietOlientobeli21ti,r--3:No
heat-
dpfees,
2 goose nominal at 61c • east, and
No. 2 spring at 660 east.' Manitoba
wheat is firm, with sales of No. *1
hard at 82e grinding in transit, and
No 1 Northern at 80e grinding. in
%transit; N. 1 hard quoted at 760
Goderich, and No. 1 Northern at
74c Gocierich. .
Corn -The market is firm, with
none, offering, No. 8 yellow Ameri-
can quoted at 68c on track here.
Peas -No, 2 for export quoted at
3:161910fining1us7t,0estbwutthey are quoted for
• Flour -Ninety per cent. patents
quoted 'at $2.62 to $2.65 middle
freights; in buyers' sacks for export.
Straight rollers or special brands,
for domestic trade, quoted at $3.25
to 58.80 in bbls. Manitoba flour
quiet. Hungarian patents, $8.90 to
5.1.210, delivered on track, Toronto,
bags included, and Manitoba . strong
bakers', $8.60 to 53.80. • .
Oatmeal -Car lots, in labls, $4.15
on track, and in sacks, $4. Broken
lots, 20 to 25e extra.
Millfeed-Brati is quoted at $1.2.50
to $1.3 low freights, and shorts at
$16.50 west. Bran quiet here at
$13, shorts at $17. Manitoba
bran, $16 in sacks, and shorts. at
$21 in sacks,
Butter. -Whet is required is (1)
choice creamery put up in one half,
one and five pound tins, aleci 111 kegs.
of about 84"lbs„ costing about 19
to 28 cents per lb: f.o.'b. Halifax;
also good dairy butter, Put uP in
small ten lb. tubs, and •21 lb. kegs,
costing from
15 to 18e per lb. f.o.b.
Halifax.
Cheese, --Large sizes are not sale-
able, but it lively der:sand exists for
the best qualities, in strong boxes
of four, weighing about ten Ibs.
each; also _singles put up separately
111 strong boxes weighing about, 18
to 25 lbs. each.
Bacon. -Slips from 8 to 14 lbs.,
also side from 40 to 48 lbs., and
middles (cut from side) of from. 18
to 24 of superior mild cured, extra offerings limited. Dealers quote
lean selections (pea fed), will always Wines nominal, at 51.715 to $2.25,
find ready sale, and there is oleo a. the latter for choice hand -piked.
fair 401110.11(1for mild cured, rolled • Dried apples -Offerings mederate.
spiced• , breakfast bacon and slips ,Evaporated )obbizig at 6-1, to 7e per
from 21 to 8 lbs., boneless (firm). Ilb•
•Hame.--Mild cured extra lean (pea Honey -The market is steady, with
fed), also Smoked and pale dried, per Ib.,
robbing here at 8 to Sic
j
from 8 to 12 lbs. A market Would 24tr.r.‘,7!1,..b" and comb at $1.50 to
also be found for picnics (shoulder Iv--
hams) from 5 -to 10 lbs., and What Hay' baled -The market is steady,
are known as Bath Chops 3 to 4. with offerings naoderate. No. 1 timo-
lbe., • also have.a. .demand. thy quoted at $9 to $9.25 a ton on
track.
Referring to the last two Mention- Straw -The market is quiet, with
ed articles there should not be the car lots on track quoted at $5.50.
leak difficulty in building up a di -I Onions -Market is steady at 40 t�
real; trode, for I know as a tact that 45c per bush for Canadians.
quantitiesof the articles arrive here' Poultry ---The deraaud for poultry
from Bristol and.' other English; is good. Chickens, alive, 50 to 65c;
pbrts re -bagged and represented' as I do., dressed, young, 60 to 75e per
of :English Manufacture, but which 1 pair. Ducks, dressed, .65 to 85c per
have good reason for knowing owe I pair. Turkeys, young, dry picked,
-their origin to the Canadian farm- 12, to 13c per lb. Geese, '7 to 8c per
ers. -
CaNTRY PRODUCE.
, •
Beans -The market is strong, with
Probably the principal and ost Potatoes-eThe market is firm,' with
. lb.
1
m
impoitane shippers of theee goods car lots quoted at 75e per bag on
give their attention to thenBritish track here. Small lots, out of store,
lnarket (being of couree vastly more sell tit 85 to 90c per bag.,
important),but if you could induce,
perhups. simile, of the smaller men to
direct their attention to the .details
of the requirements of this market • TH.te DAIRY MARKETS.
Tor the articles as referred to above, Butter -The •market is steady,
I am satisfied that the consumP- with good , demand for the best
-lion, demand, end the importance qualities. We quote :-Finest 1 -lb
WOULD BE 4 REVELATION. frolle, 17 to 18c; selected dairy tubs,
I would mention that tele Pickford 1'51 to 16c; store packed uniform
and Black steamer wbtch sails from color, 13} to 14ne; low ;grades, 12
Halifax on the 15th of each month, to 13c; creamery prints., 19n, to
is accommodated , with refrigerated Wso; solids (flesh made) 19 to
cold storage, enabling printed -but- ' 19c.
terand rolls to be shipped. I -can- Eggs -Market firin.Receipts are
not too strongly impress upon you:light. We quote :-Strictly new laid,'
the importance of this market to 1180; limed, 16c; chips, 12 to 1.3c
, per dozen. ,
" lic.
your dairymen, and I am prepared
to give every assistance to appre- Cheese -The Market is very firm,
ciably place their products, provicl- with sales of the best qualities . at
ed, as previously mentioned, they 134 to 12c pet Ib, and seconds at
are prepared to meet the miu.ket on
local conditions. .
Horses.-e3rou referred to these in
your letter. There le, however,
demand for heavy stock. What is
00 '. Dressed hogs rule steady, with re-
requiren is lightly built carriage good
moderate. Cured meats are in
good demand, Willi prices firm. We
horses.. of not less thhan 15.2. 1 t quote :-Bacon, bong clean 11c; in
shall be glad to hear from you 0111 sea • and case lots. • Pork, : .niess,-
this ' subject, and also on. the One. $21.50; do .short cut, $28.5p.
eral subjects of this letter. Pro -1 Smoked hams, : -.13f; to•lec; rolls,
ducts and manufactures must always. 12 to 321,c; . shoulders, lIne-; „backs,
be -quoted nob: . I ; .think there, le to 15c.; breakfast bacon, :15c.,
phonic' be hardly any difficukty in I Lard -The . Market is unchanged.
your finding eeine responsible 1,0- 'We quote :-Tierces, 102u; tube, 11c;
ducers to take up the _matter. - - • I pails, 114 to -11nc; compound,- 81 to
Again thanking yet for yellr pre- enes -
vious. ..communications, end hoping
that thin may lead to some practical
results, •I iiiii,
• • Yours truIV.
. (Seer) W. Sinipson MacCormack. d 1
P . N o. green, .60 lbs. and . up-
s A few planters interested in , the waeds, flee; No. 1. 'COWS, Bic; No. 2
improvement of live stock on the 'Cows, 7.1.c. •Cm -ed, 8n: to 81a ' for
HOG PRODUCTS.
HIDES, WOOL, TALLOW, ETC.
Hides -The hide market is unehange
islands of Jamaica, it Kitts and cows, and 9nc for steers. g
Trinidad, have imported pure-bred I Calfskins--Prices unchanged. Skins
horses, cattle, sheep, swine and up to 11.. Tbs. -brings 10e for No. 1
poultry in limited , numbers from" and ,Se for No. 2. Above this weight.
Nova Scotia, but as these animals' Prices. are lc lower.
require to be acclimatized after their' Sheepskins -The offerings are fair,
co5nttionit0Se.quiet,
n
arrival in the mapy of them aiwidopoil.-icTeshelirlanliaei;
k:tt 5
aro lost. Othis account buyers
de not care to pay very high Prices, with offerings small. The best wash -
hut they find that the importedan... wedfiliceedcu7intdong;
c1.4Ptualleld4es'alld u tonau-
imuls which survive acclimatization as
quoted at 15 to 16c, and extras, 18
effect a great improvement in their
heeds end, Seeks, and they declare to 19c•
Tallow -The Market is , quiet.
that they will 'persevere until the
land ard of quality is greatly
nen Dealers are paying pi. to .611
rated. . . for
s
, ien,ceig , ant- e e to c for lough.
fs:lince 1897 i,.01210 four or five horn
Illorsd. erect sells at 7 .to 71c in small
eleiee 1897 :wine four or live
horses, (Clydes(1ales), twenty-five
cattle (Shorthorns, IlOreforils and
Ayrsh i yes), one hundred sheep
(Shropshires and Sonthdowns), • and
about one-half dozen • pigs, (Berk-
shires and Ttualworths), lia.ve been Key: 70e ; November 70c. Macs
Scotia, Government,
sent to the West Indies hv the Nova
These woro 0•11 Deceadier, 29nc.
oroni-No, 1, 65c; No, '2, 680. Oats
emu -bred stock, but a considerable
amount of ordinary stock has been N1,711101:1111--.1.1)):CielOct14-Close--
lSn'ber, 6810; •MaY, 691'. te
. .
ehipped:, For the lirst 11 months of 210.1.e; on track, ,No. 1 hard, '71.tc .;
f3.19../1,a,Letateaclob<1.)daitngagteon.Lsti,iethie.elpooli•vtesiia c.)5.1 ehi, 6E4 0.
i
No. 1 Northe're, (lege; No. 2 North-
siZsiees,' 3?inctlittl'112e5 10262101sslo'cterP'ouPitiin; Nty. 1 Northern, 730; No. 2 North -
Milwaukee, Oct. 11,-Wheet-Easy;
Itlitliji'ePee.(1 fqi."i01.101il'oiti:lif;.11x0wLC'faitrill; gttl: Rye-D7u111; to 72c,
e; 1, 51c. Barley -
December, 701e:
Steadier; No. 2, 69c; , sample, 38 to
58e, Corn -December, ,481e.
Buffalo, Oct. 21,--Elour-rirm.
Wheats -Spring • -unsettled ; No. 1
Northern, ,spot, carloads, lelee. Win-
ter -Strong; No. 2 red; 7110- ' Corn
.-,Quiet; No. 2 yellow, 67c; No. 8,
661tc; No. 2 core, 6151c; No. 3 do,,
6521, Oats -Firm; No. 2 white, 86c ;
No. 3 do", 35c ; No, 2 mixed, 82e ;
No. 8 clo„ 31 A c. Barley-Weseern
quoted at 501 to 60c. Itere-Ne. 2,
54e. Celle fteights-Higher; wheat,
4e; 0011), 8 Iceett) New Yerke
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
'Duluth, Oct. 21.-W1;eat-Casli, No.
1 hard, 72e; No. 1 Northern, 7010 ;
No. 2 Northern, 681,c; December, 68c
steamboat accontinodation from Hal-
ifax, boats running twice a Month
regularly, and although this trade is
yet only ia ite infancy, it; would
seem to be capable of considerable
developineen According to the
hewSpapers, it fast nee of steamers
between Canada and Jamaica ie
..likely to be subsidized in the near
future, which would no &MN; great-
ly increase trade betWeen the two
colonies.
rioDs.oW
Lime, stock Commisei
CATTLE N.A.itziETs.
Toronto, Oct, 21,.-e4t the Western
cettle market tide morning the re-
eeipte • were /5 carloads of 'live
stock, ineluding 1,271 cattle, 1,600
sheep and lambs, (300 liege, • 50
Calves, and a dozen ranch cows.
The market was tally a fairly good
one • cattle 21'115 rather slow, except
for the best kinds, and prices were
just maintained. .
•' Except for the small quantity of
choice cattle that was here WO had
a poor enquiry for exporters, Prices
are badly 011 in the Old Clountry
markets, which is making a coasider-
able differende here. Prices for fair
to good shipping cattle to -day
ranged from 4,/ to 5e per pound, and
more was only paid in a few cases
for picked lots of superior cattle.
General poor quality of supplies
• and an easy demand markedthe
trade in butcher cattle, For good
staff prices are not quotably chang-
ed, but some poor stuff here would
not sell, and prices for medium to
=ninon are weaker. From 4 to 4nc
was the range for good to choice,
with 4te as an outside figure, only
occasionally realized.
Cattle. • -
Shippers, Per cwt .44.50 $5.15
do, light“
4.00 4.25
Butcher, choice- .....,. 1.25 4.75
Butcher, • ordinary to
good 8.00 8.50
Stockers, per cwt.-- 2.50 3.50
Sheep and Lambs.
Choice ewes, per cwt 3.25 3.40
Lambs, per cwt... 3.50 3.85
lancks, per cwt... ... 2.50 • 2,75
Culled sheep, each... 2.00 300
• Milkers and Calves.
Cows, each.. .. . 25,00 45,00
Carves, each 2.00 10.00
•. Hogs.
Choice hogs, per cwt.-. 6,00 6.25
Light hogs, per 5.75 6.00
Heavy hogs, per cwt 5.75 6.00
Sows, per cwt... • 4.00 4.25
Sta,gs, per cwt .....,....2.00 2.50
KAFFIRS MENACE PEACE.
Band...Soots Farms and Fires 'Up-
on Police.
A Cape Town despatch says: The
troubles in South Africa arising
from the industrial depression and
political unrest have now been added
to by the • emergence of :the native'
question in a vexatious form. A
Kaffir named Bokoree has gathered
a number of natives in the northwest
colony, and has looted the stocks of
fariners and committed other out-
rages. After the recent capture of
300 sheep by the band a small party
of police followed the spoor of the
marauders, but abandoned the pur-
suit when they found. the positionof
the Kaffirs too difficult to attack.
Afterwards armed natives called up-
on the police to surrender and fired
on. them, but the police escaped
hurt. The chief • native . trouble,
goweser, is at Johannesburg, and is,
due to the illicit liquor traffic. Orc
Saturday night the police raided the
drinking dens in the Kaffir location,
and this caused a riot. One Kafir
was arrested, and a large number of
drunken natives immediately attack.'
ed the policeand fired revolvers at
them, after which they escaped. • A
strong armed guard subsequently
raided the location and destroyed a
thousand gallons of Kaffir beer and
quantity ,of whisky.
IRISH AMERICAN'S MONEY.
What Has Become' of $30,000 Col.
lected for Statue of 1.'arne11 ?
A London despatch says :-Tha
Irish Times, in an article en the
procession on Sunday to the g,rave
of Charles Stewart Parnell, asks
what has become of the 26,000
Which john E. Redmond, M.P., and
the then LordiMayor ot Dublin col-
lected lir America for the erection of
a statue of Parnell in Dublin. The
paper says a foundation stonehas
been laid near the rotunda., but 110 -
thing more has been done. It adds :
• "Ihe money collected in America„
if reasonably well invested, should
amount to over £7;00. Dublin is
paved with the foundation .stones of
monuments to patriots which have
never got further for lack of funds,
but in Parnell's case the money was
collected, and no account was ever
given„ to the American subscribers
or the Irish Public."
NOT A PUBLIC HOLIDAY.
King's Birthday to be Observed
Ottawa°n dliesapyh
An atc2•14itsa.ys :-There
will be noSpublic holiday on Novem-
ber 9th this year. The Government
decided on TuesdaY to, issue a, • pro-
clamaniqn fixing May 21th as the
'dey upon which his Majesty's birth-
day shall be observed. the Inter-
pretation Act it is provided that the
expression •"holiday" includes arniang
other days in the year, "the birth-
day or the day fixed' by proelama-
tion for the celebration of the birth-
day of the reignieg sovereign." it
is on the strength of this provision
.and the aciion of the Xing ill select-
ing . May this year 'foe the c:elebra-
tion or ids natal day that the : 0 ov-
eminent proposes to act as indicate
POLICE CAPTAIN'S FORTUNE
round in Desk After He Had
Dropped Dead.
A 'New York de-e'patch says! A f9r.
tune of over $100,000 was folind on
Tuesday in the desk of Police Cap-
tain J. .1. Donahue, in the station,
house, where he dropped dead • last
week. The sem of $31,000 in cash
was found in a small iron box- 1110
drawee, and diemend jeivelr3r valued
,5010aering,
Vo. 1r, L0h00s,1
2V212f foUild 121 1111-
other drawer. The rest .6f the .pro -
petty inducted 515,000 in United
States Steel stoelte $1,000 in gold
mining stook, 815,000 in Metropeli-
tan Railway stock, and five life in-
surance policies of $2,000 each. • The
discovery of the tfeaSUre War; a 00112 -
Ode surprise, the captain having
been considered pivorth about $75,-
• 000 in other property!,
NEWS ITEMS.
feeetri•
Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe.
CANADA,
• Tho • Sa,wyer.:kitssey Company of
Iranniton is preparing to double its
manufacturing capacity.
Ottawa capitalists lia,ve organized
• company, • capitalized at $1,000,-
000 to conduct a cement inanufae-
tory in Winnipeg.
• Mr. Jcimes A. Smart, Deputy Min-
ister of the :Interior, considers -1;110
the gold output of the Yukon: will
amount to $12,000,000.
A Winnipeg despatch • says Peter.
Rymer, a hired man, is charged with
killing. Jacob Wiens, the son of his.
employer, near Lowe farm.
The Montreal Gas Company is sell-
ing gas at 60 cents per 1,000 cubic
feet, in order to enable householders
to usn it for heating end Cooking,
• W. A: McKinnon, chief of„,the fruit -
inspectors for the Dominion, writes
from England that the shipments of
Canadian apples this year have been.
of poor quality.
The Imperial authorities will give
Iwo connnissions each year to gra-
duates oi the Royal Military Col-
lege who qualify in eerily service
torps duties under Lt. -Col. Biggar.
Mr. McNeil,. the 'acting head of the
l'ruit Inspection Department for the
Dominion, reports the apples this •
season' as badly affected with. seab.
Not one barrel in teii of market:
fruit will grade as "firsts."
'Health Officer Labarge, of Mon-
treal, has been examining the catsup
and jams offered for .sale there, find-
ing them serioutly adulterated. ' The
latter were: devoid of sugar or .fruit,
but contained turnips, infilet. see'da, -
glucose and analine coierieg.
The Postmaster-tieneral and the
Minister of Customs have concluded
an arrangement with the authorities'
of Great Britain whereby the duties
as Well as the postage on parcels
sent through the Mails froin than
country into Canada may be • pee.
paid.
• - GREAT BRITAIN.
• Lord Roberts has promised to try
to visit the United.'States • next
There is more sinter consumed in
England. than.. in 'any other country;
in the world. • - •
• Bread is actually cheaper in Yorke
• shire and Lincolnshire since tbe tax
was placed on imported cereals.
The Prince' of Wales is. next month
to pay0. visit to Didlington Halle
the Norfolk residence of Lord Am-
herst of Hackney.. •
. The Leeds corporation lia,s unani-
mo-usly reselyed to Confer the honor-
ary freedom of the. city on General
• Sir John. French.
Engincaring firms at Stockton -On -
Tees have arranged, at their OWII
cost, for their apprentices to attend
the local technical classes.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, rectorof St.
Andrew's 'University, lute promised'
£ 1,500 for it union .for the • women
students attending the university.
The London Daily Express says
that negotiatiens for a settlement of
all outstanding coutroversies • be-
tween Britain and France are , mak-
ing satisfactory progress.
One of the rules of the Atlantic
Club, a London venture for Anglo-
American social reunion, is 'that
MexitheiS are not allowed to lose
more than. 21,000 a week at cards.
Pear -Admiral Lord Charles Beres-
ford has been promoted td the rank
of Vice -Admiral, and.Admiral ir
Edward H. Seymour 'becomes his
Majesty's principal naval aide -de -
came.'
' Frain the report •of the Labor De-
partment of the London Board of
Trade it is clear that the coming
winter will ne .an exceptionally try-
ing one to the working population
of Britain.
• 'UNITED STATES.
' Capitalists in Chicago are organiz-
ing a 'restaurant trust.
• Ellen Stewart., colored, said to
have. been 132 years Old, 'died. in
Chicago Sate:relay.
It is estimated that 100,000 out
of 600,000 school children in New
York city ,are afflicted with eye dis-
eases.
More corpses' are being found in
Indianapolis tied 'up in sacks, taken
from graves desecrated by medical
students. •
The -United States Wall paeer 'syn-
dicate, which -for two yeare has been
tryihg to capture the British trade,
acknowledges defeat.
William Q. Turner, of Now York, ,
shot and killed two men with whom
he • was arguing in a lawyer's office
and then committal suicide, on Ifri,
day, ,
.A. jury has given Frederick .Thocre
fell $85,000 against the Uni.on Trac-
tion Company, ef Chicago, because
be broke his neck while in its =-
Archie Wo ;leg of Mount Pleasant
N.Y., in a fit of rage shot his fath-
er-in-law, and with a knife killed
his another-in-la,w, and his own child,
and then attempted to kilt himself.
Miss Aiinh, Suiten who died at
Xi vi 11 e, N.Y,, was born without
arms; and did, her work during . the .
fifty-seven years of her, enseennen• hese-
feet. • She .was • an expert • needle -
2201111(12.
Artlnir MOVO31 and three childree,
of, Cmaha, were poisoned by eatieg
cakes- in which arsenic had been
placed by the mother; • who mistook
it for baking powder. Two of the
children are. dead.
• GENERAL,
The German subecriptions for the
13 oer funds totalled $75,000. •
A tiger at DongaIgal b 121.0122, haS
eaten tWeaty-sevelt imtives in a fort-
uight. •
Dr, Strebl, a Munich dentist, has
discovered that electricity rim be
applied to the' cure of defective
teeth.
It ie rumored that several officere
of• the reginieht of. the Thiperial,
Guard have been avrested fee • con-
spirieg agninst the Czar.