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THURSDAY, HAY 9, 1901.
The population of 'melte', England.
'Lowe an Increase of 308,717 eince
the Inert eenalld in 1891, the totni now
befog 4,536,034. That iso tremen-
thew agltreentIon of people in a *mail
sepoee, and the euriutili thing liboUt It
is thot It le au eter-elianging popu-
lation. A ad•itter who had often to
examine the tv rai of London par-
idles- 1. etit.v ri ported that famines
permanently occupied and resident
/..011,1013 1101 tail ilk the nesemd, ur at
tle.• lateet to the third, generation.
"Be3e.m1 the third generation per -
wanted silty dwellere do pot perpet-
unte the race -they die out, and their
plutew fire taken by fresh and ever -
freed. iticomern from the ciituitr."
Crleir quotes lir. 11. Campbell, ef
Witapole wtreet, an cotes( that
the itdier elatree the family lie, er
peewee heyon.1 the third generation
of the elute born arid bred. lf you get
third generation at all, 3ou will
fart that the le pun) nail
eh the high road te racial ex-
tinction. It le difficult to find chil-
dren whose paren and grandparents
were whin! born anti bred. People are
aontieually coining foon the coun-
try, drifting to the Miens, and carry:,
log 0 (resin lettee of life to this pert
of the pepulation of great cities. •'1
uttribute the Movie/II ;degeneracy of
Luokinere to tee bringing-up of the
children In close, ill -lighted rooms,
inpleymente which entail prolonged
confluemeut Indoors" The iudividual
dada -bred la placed in an eliVirounient
totally different from that in which
the hianan race wan P‘018e1 ; and it
therefore follow• that the vete !ma-
jority of true Loolonere. have the
steal of fate eternised upon them. The
tyPical full-grown Cockney .isr,
truth, a paletully deteriorated type
of humanity."
A atatemest of tide kind ought to
attract attentita nut ia Great Bri-
tain admes, bat in etery country where
there la a noticeable immigration
f .the We -TO -to Abe - factory, trona
t Le country to the town. In Caauda,
the measurer neceseary to keep the
bole and girls on the furni, the
father toing blies,' for overworking
them rind 'allowing tioeu oppor-
tnnity for elijoytnent. While' others)
nwert that our. edin-ational system
tenda to ',stake the rishig generation
11 00411-11t444...1 W1 agricultural
lift. auel eager to -compete for the
chanees of rapid money -making which
the err nuremeeti to afford.
gene are of (+Wien that the protee-
.:-=-'--lltPe'larltr-ArMem ,of Canada awl the
manufacturer nt thy expense of the
former, has the effect of driving not
. telly the farmer's none an.' daughters,"
but in many cases the tifd farmer
himself, to the -town, where he be-
et -amen a competitor in tlie labor
market, lowering wagee and raising
lento In England, the,comontration
of land ownerehlp in fewer hands.
the enekesure of common's. the tieing..
-twat grain .te. elesep_forming, and the
alietuttion of large tract,. of land
frost produetite to pleasure purpeses
bate helped (0 drive ceuutry-born
people to the cOtiels. Miserable pro-
cess'. exclaim, The Cride. The more
nett% e, 'strong, lostellgent nnit le every
coutitry-part of the three kinsideme
Lembo 10 more towards Ulnae great
polds of etruggling populations
known all "great towne." there to
shut himself up within four dirty
wade Of clay. plaoter, and nooty
; to net* early each mortikago
a sultry factory. or stuffy office,
or deity shop or. a,t the best, out-
liner _work_ In the smoky. over-
hrenthed. but *till somewhat vital-
ising, ntreet air ; or. passing up
maybe. in Juane crowded 'bus or•
• - • navy. With there (MAN ill mind there
train. er ear. breathing ids fellows' necil he no panic on nceount 'of Mr.
exhalations'. and exposed tawny,. to
comunipt0ta epitters in street and
station, passing down in a like
crowd.. tired and, half stiftened by
tramped attitude. dating eyes /Ind
Onmaging brain by detiptiering
email type full of criminal deeds of
Persona anti nations e, then, again,
the poky tenement. or ,the dull cell
of a lodging. If *Rhea ft tantily.'
drpreetting. if with a family, nobs,
and nnrcelfill; moon, frentsent visite
te the tnp of the Iseerliteeno or the
Oar of 1lie spiritohoge.
the Neel. suicidal of nntidotal
wrong"; to the hely denied its
primal rights.. fio on ,.laY after day.
In most came changing frequently
frotn pinto to place. lodging to
lione more" on tee prulries of Um
west. Bud in the mining dIstrict• of
the motwtaine. Even Londores sur-
plus populatkin could Iliad place,
if teem transported and fitted to
the new and better oundltions.
Much can tw done 1.4) improve the
eaultory situation In the great
citiee, but the inauguration of a
great reflux movement from city to
tenantry would be the beet and
inert perusanent method of relief
from a condition %Welt 01 a dis-
grace to civilisation and a retire
The percher., of /let Atlantic steam-
ithip line by Mr. Morgan, of New
York, has tousled a deal of talk -
*nue of it pretty wild. "Steamullip
men lu New York are asking where
the enil is to be tend If ler. Morgan
ie reeking to make of the Athlete' an
American lake on which his rhips are
to run to and from every, great port
of the ootintry. News from London is
to the effect that the purchase of
the Leyland, great ad that deal 0,
ea only the first step in the organiza-
tion ..1 a trauseAtiantie shipping
combinatien comprising the bulk of
Mr. Morgan will here te keel') 1.11
111.3ing or buikling 111/4 for dome
time le -fore the United Stated will
be able to rival Britain as a' ship
eerier. At prt•sent (treat Britain had
.011111t half the number of Mips arid
The total tonnage is 29,043,728, •of
white' 14.261,234 is Britieh. 2,750.-
000 American. 2,6.50,000 German, 1,-
640,000 Norwegian, stud 1.350,000
French. But when steamships alone
are taken. the American positioa
still woree. the figure. being: Brit-
ish, 12,149,000; Germa.n. 2.100,000;
American, 1,453,000. • and French,
1,052,000. Tee Leyland Line, the
purchase of which by Mr. Morgan .is
the foundation' of the "present
Won, et said to represent 32L000
tone. If this.Fere added to the Am-
erican fleet -anti we are pot sure
that the 'transaction goes that far -
it would mean an Increase of about
33 per cont. to the steam tonuage.
Mit it wouid fall very far. nhort of
bringing the United Stele* within
hailing distance of Great Britain.
There have been many specula-
tion. as ao. reamons wify the Un-
ited States tell ea far behinti Great
Britain In the ocean carrying trade.
In the fkon half of the nieeteenth
century, tOitted States ships were
held in high revote, and the New
Englander* Were a sea -faring peo-
ple. During the civil war. many of
them were swept from the sea b,y
Candederate cruieere, and after the
war, when iron took the place et
wood in construction. the material
wa• much cheaper in Britain than
In the United Statee, that the lat-
ter oonntry could not corniwte in
ehip-lauliding. Them are the rennet,
reels= for American abandonment of
the sea was ehat the fated offered
siape.rior attractions during the lat-
ter half -44 the century. The eon -
'traction a railways gave value to
the fertile laud. of the west ond
northweet. anti the young men of
:tele England, New York and Penn-
eylvania took Horace Oreeley ad-
vice to "go weed and grow up with
the country." Their labor. in the
wreat tomarket for the factory
products of the east, and there wee
little temptation to go to era to
-earn their bread. The sailor's life
Is a hard one, and the pay Is not
great, enowet to be enticing. There
were greater reward. for both
capital and labor - on eboee.
'Theste conditioas hare been
modified. . bet not • en lir ely
ehneiged. The United States can now
produce cheap iron and 'steel, and the
poetic Ian= of the Oonetry have been
for the. most part appropriated and
occupied, but there are sUll vast
reaourees amt. indnatelea Offering In-
ducements .to _tamp _the people on
*bore. Difficulty le experienced in
getting enough penmen to win the
link of dIPOAPPII left behind by form-
er ....rapiers. an.' very often ex
petrol in one or other of theme rnn up
brIck exerenceneen to the Dena.. of
typhoid or diphtheria hirking In
Hewer pipe, underneath no reinvent
ently nu to the human (wenn
lam -In every eituntion, temptrel by
gaslight enti gowns and gone fel
lowehip. or driren by weariness' to
the gently (Wink ',hop clone by, and
on insidiously robbed morn find more
.4 'Renee end gently be one Pettish
until the defeneee of the eon
ettltution. PO well set up 14 many
Mundy generations. Mit nnw rep
ped beyond Wise way al
hurt. and the lectern drifts' to werk*
house, prison, anylum. or death.
The picture thee preseeted in fin
ene. It line its roanterparto
in other bugs. ontnisly New
;York anti Chip/ago where whole dee
wets. are neetipied by colonies' of
poverty-strieken 'Immigrant. from
praised. Italy, Rennie. Hunger, and
Greet*. Yeti the r orili ie not oler•
1109mis There 11, " room for mil -
Ping
Now rend then, wenn thoughtless
Canadian present" it scheme for build-
ing up Cannda's mert•hant marine by
meanie of bounties. There would be
no sense in doing anything of the
kind, while We have the prairies of
the Northwest to fill up, the Notice
forests' of .the North to convert into
pulp and paper, end smelt promising
metal Induntrien nn theme at Sault
Ste. Marie and Sydney to produce
wealth and eupply employment for the
Let thuse gu down to the era
in Alpe who rennet Make a better
livittg rm land. But dn not tot the
MIMS to rotten Cm 1111;11/11111 from
praltnble In unprofitable 1,8101),y -
Weeder lf the potriutletu of some
of the fellows who are affecting
of Caruterte's gifts to Canadian towns
wouhl lead them to reject a few thou -
sande ar personal matter. We fear
the temptation woulti not be etrongly
New South Woke, lo going to try
Hon. Mr. Braless plan for eatabileh-
lag a reel raabl mill. A call is Made
for 100,000 tone In four years at a
price not to exceed the BrItieh or
United Stater price welt freight
sublet
She Expired of Heart Failure
in London, England.
AT TIE WHIPPINg POST.
Delaware Lays Punishment or
Backs of Convicts
That Chicago profeswor ho hil•
uever hugged or klared a girl ham at
'emit the excuse to ',teed that the
girls. lie had met are Chicago girls.
He eliouhl be tient to seine place
where he coulti take it illiJrt of tech-
nical and manual training course lu
the humanities..
The 0.4100.001, of HAL Mr. Borden's
pension schente le that retiring offi-
erre of tht• pertuanent force 'hall re-
ceive annuities, instead of lump -sum
gratuities', experienve having ellOWD
that au tivesuldier with hie or Clit
thouran 1 dollars gets away with it
toe hen ant then becomes needy.
There are Intel to be 4,000 million-
airees in the Units:el States, und there
aro only (ay° or three newepaper men
nmeng them. The 4,000 own ubuut
14w -fifth the wealth of the Republic,
ant are reaching out Itopefully for
more. There WI a big problem Nug-
get/tot by therie figures.
It WOokl be very utterly. to atounto
aceueed of poisoning her husband
dreaded being looked up alone in a
dark cell, her tears stud proteeta-
tics= are evidences of guilt. Most
wotnen could be excureei for :treading
melt an ordeal, no usatter how intii)-
cent they were.
'The entelipox maw pretty well
under control, end Dr. Bryce haa ex -
°Imaged LW blue goggles tor a pnir
with rory tinted Sense.. The l'rov ill -
Clad Board of Btealth lout dooe good
*oak, nod the local Boards generally
have tibly seconded Ile efforts. There
will be a heavy bill to pay, but the
moue) trite well spent.
Count liternbieg, an Austrian who
fought in the Boer ranks. Ilan
"There can dolibt that Eng-
land. W:111 long' suffering Anti that as
far ne (hie war WILH ocaiverlied elle
woe justified -in the eyes' of God and
man"; and again, "Tne Boer Govern-
ment was the worst Government in
the world, and I, an nuetrion, ear
it." Novo twoluipto Billy Maclean, who
denotturie the war WrOgg
uolust. and the policy whit* led to
it ais AL mistake, will relent and give
the mother eountry the benefit of
the doubt. II:• ehouldn't he more tin-
reaseoebte than, C,ount Sternberg.
It le not often that Mr. Taylor,
of Lord's, toys anything in the House
rell, for he in on the when` poer
opeelmeit of an lit P But he broke
petted that, Inetead of editing new
public building' in Ottawn, the
Sergennt-at-.arme. the Chief Mee -
tenger and other offleinIn "should be
tnken for nubile purposes, end those
gentlemen inetterted to find mine -
ter,. in ordinary city renideneee. fle
Wilt that half the l'arlinment
11.1 flow occupied ex residences.
nn -I making fair Rik -mance for hie
habit of evnggeration it le true that
eneligit room could he obtained, by
giving thew ()Meer." notice to quit,
operations' and e xpendituree for
some time to t•ome.
Wee Mr. Fielding is arking for 375,-
000 a year to maintain a branch of
the Royal Mint In Canada. We do
uot sappose the sovereigns' Into
which it is proposed to convert tbe
product of the Canailinn gold mines
tk.n in Canadn ; they do not fit into
our decimal. currency. But they will
be handy for people going abroad,
and they will always be an availa-
ble commodity for export; With a
teirtain market. If the new mint
will take out of circulation 'ail the
bunged -up silver coins. le will be
worth Ito cost. Canadians like paper
better than gold for pocket money.
been "fired" to melte room for a Tory
Roblin will PO011 here nn Grit office
hoidens In the Pro•ince Iliv believe*
la Medved's system.
ON HER WAY TO GERMANY.
Toronto, May 6 -Intelligence of the
death of lire. Blake, wife of the Hon.
li. Blake. was received In oity
by cable (rem Euela.nd yearterclay.
Mee. Blake passed away In Loudon
yeeterday morniug et the home of
her ender, Mrs. Edward Blake, vsltii
whom ofie had been •leiting.
For roam years" Mrs. Mahe had been
a mutterer from on affaction
of the heart, and during the Pest
few menthe the trouble had become
narre acute. Her phyeician, Dr. Cam-
eros, prescribed a (-soiree of baths
m:set, which del lit•r 10111C11 good two
sears' ago. She w-eut abroad with
that end in vieW, arrivine in Eng-
lund on Monday of host week. The
verities condition of Moo Blake was
found to have been accentuated by
the effeete of the sea voyage, and
In Spite osr all that inedical aid couid
accomplitsh else gradually sank, until
her death orcorrol. Mr.. Blake real -
sit Mat her illnew could have but
e cenclowou, and shortly before
Oho end came tette expreered the wish
that her body eliould be burled In
England, If her hueband acquitseced
In ber desire.
'Ile. family dld isot get news of her
devious illness until I() o'clock yes-
terday morning, when the mearage
came. Ass Mr. Blake woo making In-
quiriee AA to what veenele left New
York, n cable clone annouucing the
newts of Mrs. Rinke. death. lir.
Blake wired!, asking that her body
be twat home, and stating that he
wonel meet the steamer at New York.
In reeponme came the usessa.ge that
Mra Blake had expreesed the wish
to be burled wherever she died. The
ramie- then cableti back the earnest
desire that her bullet take piece in
Canaan. but added that Moe Blake's
wiehee should be itlawentely observed.
To tide no answer has yet oome.
Mee. Blake war a member of a
well-known frimily of 'reel origin,
being the tbtrd (laughter of the late
Right Rev. Benjamin Cronyn, the
vloue to her marriage to Mr. Illnke
her Meter married 1de brother, tho
Hon. Edward Bloke, M. P. She was
in her 'Piety -fourth year, and leaves
a family of three, the rianghtere
Wog Mrs. P. 11. Motu, of Toronto,
awl Mre. Rhinelander, of New Yerk.
traeo nn active and inflnential force
the work of the Anglican Church,
ant to moor hundred(' who irnew her
meat of low death will brine with
it the sense of a great lose.
SHE STRANGLED HERSELF
DIAMOND THIEF GETS 20 LASHES
Doter. Dale !Any 6.-"011, 1 would
1101 ILIXIO etplealed If Gino, bud kill-
ed sue." said James P. tiughee, th•
elderly LULU from Philadelptila, aloha
was led away (rum the Deleware
whipping pure ou =outlay more -
lug utter having a fair taide of Dela-
ware juirtice.
Twenty ladies vigorously ou ids
bare back bad catered even Weill/13
spectators' to winee and had brought
great red striper, that will remain
'natty days, ou the buck of the con-
t toted man. Tido part of the sentence
of the wart. which included titres
years' imprisonment and $800 rerti-
of Milford, was curried out. to the
letter by Sherd! l'rank Reedy. Ile
21.1 tne =pleasant jab with a aye -
tern and oompletenew that sur-
prisal even the old-timer who has
'seen every public fluggiug for 20
years. lie lind a triangular space.
the elier et which mramared nearly
40 feet, roped off re that the crowd
was kept back under centred.
1 10.1Way Lewis. a colored man, war
firet whipped with 1;0 ladles. When
the first few cute were administered,
a epectutur protested against the
Sheriff'. vigor, telling him it was en-
tirely too hard. The Sheriff stepped
en! Indignantly Informed the in-
truder that he would attend to his
lintore. If they wielted to remelt), to
" Whets I went you 111 not hesitate
to call on you." ridded the Sheriff
as he again turned hie attention to
the cringing exilored man. and the
Deputy Sheriff counted: "Nine, ten,
eleven. etc."
After the Sheriff had done with
Lewis he avas taken bauk to 5alt.
but after all the whippings he wae
brought hack and locked in the pil-
lory for au hour.
When flue -hes was brought out and
had Mopped over the ropes Into the
trinngulor "pace. Ids first thought
was eel featly the cameras that were
atandIng about, and like a flash his
black overcoat went up over bin
head once ha the post and undergo-
ing the torture, however, he evident-
ly forgot the cameras anti the pho-
tographers had nit excellent chance
at MR whele profile.
Willem Fisher. a colored man whe
hail been at the post before, welithe
last man whipped. and he took tile
15 lashes well. bat not without wrItis
Leading W heat Sliarkets.
'Following are the
tooday
titileatipt
Milwaukee 0 75 1-2
Detroit, red 0 76 7-S
Nertbern 0 74 8-8
Itulutit, No. 1.
Nortthern
closing quota
lately le WHIM Letters toceitet Le,
ties hoe of the eutire whoa
moment parts of Textile the lied,
boring to be ploughed again gbd
itloW11 tO nutton or Panne other tee'.
Now reports ere coming froui Oho
hyena and trout the group of stut s
first named that the petit
peered there in prodigioue nuoier.
Manitoba. Witt at Alerlicto
The local merket corittuuer rework
ably quiet and dull th• fee.. 01
the increased acid% ily and higher
suarkete outside. Buyere ars scares
end indifferent. Priem are elova
export value aud hceier t are firm le
their Ideas and not di 1041 si• il/ t..11“!
0 75 8-8
"'tweet° Farmers' Market.
Intow on ehe •treet market here to-
day and tb,e deliveries' of produce
were Gue load of White wheat
*old lc higher at 72 1-20 per bushel;
ten loads of bay sold unchanged at
$14 to $15 per ton, and one load
;if Otraw alekt 50e lower at $9 per
ton. Priem of other produce were
nominally steady and unchanged:
barley, 46e ; rye, 51 1-2c ; buckwileat,
'Toronto Live Stock ebtrketo.
h;:port cattle, choice. air tiw.L.. 11111 37.11 toto
3 23 to
Butchers' call le picked
but:Jiro,' choice. lu to
3 33 to
liuteliore' cattle *nod 3 3b
do ined.um. nuked 3 Oil to
'hitchers muumuu. nor era-110 1.0
licvey. per cwt3 75 IA
Bulb. export. light. per cwt30 to
Feeder.. Ille40i011
334 6625uu
Stordk°ersh4r. 111 3u0 tki to
off-co/ors red heifers ... tut to
stock por eve. . 3 7b to
Duo her cues.
do. bete.
133 Wirth) t4k.ttl
Lamb...ram-fed. per wet
calves. per need JO te
do senile. web
itoga light. tar ewt 73 141
II 23 to v 00
Hogs, choice. Der cwt
seolluira°g‘wo., prclito, :unai 0 "us- rigowditi wits nirsi
erna to 1 at
Report -There was very little bus -
Fairly active demand at unchanged
prices. Calves fair &mend; choice
to extr& were quotabie at $5 to
ohcep and Lambs -Offerings about
80 loads; there was a fair demand
for choice to extra sheep and Iambs.
but Uwe 1 • MI a large portion of the
offerings left ever at the close;
(entice extrn clipped lambs were
quotable 33 to 35.10; good to choice.
11()= -Opened slow. with heavy
hogs quotable at $5.90 to 85.95;
to $4.50. Tbe offering* were pretty
well rimmed up and the close was
Hideo, Skins sind Tallow.
Melba -The receipts are fair. there
are steady. Local dealers quote
for grten No. 1 coven' flOr and severe'
7e anti 10 lees for No. 2. Cured laden
are rat her Oadly at 7c for c3oWS'
end 8 1 4.c ter steers'
felteetekinto ars In fair supply, end
the noirket stendy et 90e to 11
fer the beet. Dekine are quoted at
41-1:)eati(f)elri6n5urt-. There -le ar fair demand
and the morket steady at Se for
The market le eleaily.
anti are asking 5 1.4 to 5 1-2c.
prices that would admit of *open
rale. being triad.. Very little wheal,
changes hands from day to day aid
there will be little increase in deal
Inge until lake uavigatiou har fairly
opened. Prices at the close or ye.
terday'e bulginess were: NO. 1 lord
8 northern. 62 1.2o, all in store at
Fort William, spot or en route. For
May delivery prices are 1.2c higher
than above. No. 8 bard closed today
at 69c Fort William and No. 1 hard
at 81o. an advance of 1 1 2c eves
yeeterday'r clone. Trading Iv a lit
tle more active. -Winnipeg oromou
710
73
73
30
76
1.0
2.5
3 75
3 IS
le
2 31
31
311
5 UP
ti
Constitute Half the Graduat-
ing Classes in Amerita.
Thirty million pounds "sterling lea
big suns for the eupport of the Brit-
ish navy for ofte-yesr. It means ever
111,3 liend for every' pereon in the
Uulted kingdom. Of emirs', a great
nary le indlimenetibla to Great
nin, and in her case more than in
that of any other nation a large ex-
penditure is eicuaable. But Rarefy' sit
ne,1 of eivilisatton like our. ought to
find some other meant. of regulating
affairs than "Illlero ithipu and mere
guns." Every nation suffers by it ;
only the class that enjoy! the fat
offices profits in any nation. And lt
010 3 be depended on tAi do all it enn
to make the burden as henry a
Determined Suicide of Old
Woman at Paisley.
LAID OUT HER GRAVE CLOTHES.
Paieley, Ont.. May 5. -Mr*. George
elhernotn, 55 yeareof ogee an old re-
eident of Paieley, to -day was found
terniigled in ber bedroom. She had
been living alone for 1 everel years.
'telethon.; Aft.W r Felinity.
nod noticed that &be wail not well,
esienied troubled in mind. AN sate
had not been Keen after nbeet nine
Oceok tot Friday-, the hone. wall
forced open to-iin.y. :Ind her Bleier.,"
body wa.ot ilisenvored. She lied tied
on, Dial ..t a email but etrong cord
aresantl her neck anti the other end
es the bolpoet, turned her hack
around to the bed, knelt down, put
bor weight on the cool and rentals -
(al with her erne, bent until elle died.
t.•iiii dollere were found in one
derive pocket. The iheire and windows
wore nil clewed frem the indite.
sufficient clothier to In) out the
booty wore 0.11041 In nu adjoining
rum) ell spread ready on the bed. It
was contest...trot unneeempary to hold
an inquest. It in triought that the
deed wart teentuittee ..n Friday
She 'Nivea three mans, Levi. a tele-
phooe worker. address unknown;
Captain 11.o. 1 -Overman. North Da -
nate: and Chariot., Langdon, North
SEVEN PEOPLE BURNED.
While Dome of the Tory papers con-
tinue to complain that the preferen-
tial duty has brought the Canadian
woollee manufacturer. to dire dire
treos, the t•ilobe swot in its 00 WI 1110r -
cell report net the Cnitadian woolen
"'duff la all right. It is better than
erer. Mtiell of it 44 difficult te tell
from the Imported 'male. This a ppliem
Of ernirife, to the fnbric ne to the
value, it la eany to distinguish be-
twren the two. There le, in fact, no
compnrieen. Ties value prenented by
tho Canadian maker, is far ...hetet o
the imported lime. The Cnnarlinn mina
are turning out spume of the wittiest
'duff ever omen in this market. The
dye. le ealit to be all right now, and
no to tho Weneral !tele and finial]
the elOth ISP right up-to-date."
Britain's remelts figures bring 'mile
have grown largely, but London pro-
per lino decreased in population, the
outskirts ntone Inereadne. The
figure, Rho* these reunite:
1901 4,5116014
Prince FetWartl legand IX to get CIO, -
000 a year of extra embss1413 from the
Derninion, na damage's 0.r default In
keeping the Agreement mule by tie,
Mnedennid Cloternreent in 1873, to
with the Winne. The subeely tontem
screed be bed enough If It were "full
nwl fluid," as Georoe Brown anti the
other (tither. of Confederation proem -
met that it &honk] be ; with frequent
demands for better terms, It is ahom-
intible Eitel' Provinces sbonkl collect
Trate Crete Retailed to Move Wises
l'hicago. May 5. --Seven persons
were burned to denth, three fatuity
injured. and several slightly burned
and otherwlso injured In a Ora that
destroye'l a three-story assortment
building nt No. 9.130 Mnrquette
avenue, South Chicago. early today.
While the occupants of the burn-
ing building were struggling with
the emote end flames in the hope of
forcing their wny to eefety, the
firenuo who were responding to the
einem were vainly welting for n
freight train. which blocked the
wny of the fire engines, to 010:P
flWilly from the crosiOng nee give nn
open ronil to tivi fire. Marshal Ms -
roil. In elinrge of the firemen, called
te the conductor rine brakesman
iiiiinply with 1.1.4 ropient. The police
lirrested. Then under orders of t
fire marshnl the train write harked
from the cr000ing. bnt by the time
the firemen rPflellegl Ole mooing
building the 'structure lied been de
stroyect
The trein crew ere beine het,'
without bail, awaiting the verdict of
the coroner's Ingnest.
Lost In Mine Speculations.
A Montreal paper saye that the
people of that city have levitated ei,
tween $13.000,000 a MI 311 1 1,010.0A1
mining 'docks, a large proportion i;f
worthier's. The merti utter
Vince of the names of Vietr Engle,
Centre Star, Prune.. Republic. yir
tue, Montreal and London. Oregoti,
Big Three, Brandon, Stanley, et, i*
almost sufficient to {Millie' :1 sleet
of paralysis.
The following table attows tie totni
/aloe oil the Toronto nn.I Monitiovi
stock Exchnnges this week
tiith Indt week ani with tie. eon,.
ponding week last yenr
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HAMILTON GIRL FAMOUS NURSE.
New York, May 5 --Caoadian gine
will constitute one -hall of the gradu-
ating classes of the leading train ng
SC1100111 for nurses this year iu NeW
tY40: a nil all the big eitine from the
Atlantic Ocean to tlic Becky Miran
In the most noted training schools
and the finest bospitait tlit,CAnadien
trained nurses are in places of re.
Probably the Wet known Canadian
nurse In the United States Li MIss
Betsy Russell. daughter of the head
of the Hamilton (Ontario) Insane Asy•
turn. Other Canadian nurse's in execu-
tive positions nre Miss Burdette. who
is Stiperintentient in thr lying in lino
pltal built by J. Pl.wisont Morgan:
Mies Itykert. wit() is Superintendent
nf thn teninIng echoo! at the Post
Graduate lionpital, and Milo Rich
mond. ressintant head 'snow at the
Kemp Memorial Hospital.
The Canadinn trnined nurse certain.
ly la a greater feature of the pro-
fession than Iv appreciated In lay
diodes. For eons- years the clarees
of the NeW York Hospital, for In
stainer, have contained on nti aver-
age 45 per cent. of Canadian girls.
The heads of many American hos-
&dials Mullin Ad the reasala for this
remarkable prouortioi the fact that
the Cnnadian Applicants generally
cOme from well-to-do familien and are
eonsequ-ntly better bred than their
American Meters, which ghee them
an Inestimable advantage te start
Stocks.
Toronto, this
week ...-.. 18.101
Lnet week .-. 13,863
Thlg week last
year .. 2.580 16,50
Montreal, tits
week ......... 81,178 22.500
Tenet went .. 17,067 72,225
Tile week last
year ... 7./84 82.850
N1RMsr' Vestey Coming. --
The
-The higher rotes for call loans on
Wall Street within a few days has
created n feeling of a possible strin-
gency In money. But outside Nee
York city bank• the cash reserves of
whioh are t-.mpnrativcly .mall -(they
hoeing vufferexl a decr•:t+r' of *20,-
000.0(11/ in three mouth.) -The same
tion le favorable to fair rater.
Meeord-Breaking 1''Isttree of W■11 et
Following are figures showing tl,u
stock d.•ll•ga oil toe- -Um Vert:
Ittook Exchange in the- reetwOhreat
Ing "melt 01 Its Wstory.•endink est
u rda y :
Shams Approxt tau t••
of Snick. Value.
itondny ...... 2.616.192 $2&h449,100
Turwrlay 11.270 884 819,153,400
11 oln•miay 2.820.482 Li1.139,1x10
Thursday 2.841.496 279,5_9,100
Fr day ... 2.910.562 2e3, 13,700
Saturday 944.210 91,390;,300
Total 15,409,770 $1,1014.222.oml
t,reatewt number of Shares; "melte .
any pretl.wlw w-erk, tlut' seeing
April .20th, 10.009.738.
Number of riutree sold In the firs
.lays. ending .tprtl 26th. 9.833.572.
Saler Iaat week of shares oLtnlua
Pacific. common tbeeektie te-T '--
cord ler n week's titealing in- nee
etoek) 2.093.5.10.
Seder last week of 'harm •if Atek
loon, common, 1,887.536. y
Toronto Inde. and Woof.
li des, green, e 1-_ t.. 6 1-2c.; hides.
cur' t. 7 to 7 1 -lc . calfskin., 3.1. 1
so No. 2 7c.; deacon. Idslrltw►• earl',
eel tent 70e.; sheepskin', (retie; 90e.
'Lief $1. tallow, rendered, 5 t.+ 51.1.,
wool, fleece, 18 to 1-(c., Unwashed,
(13 -ce• 8 to 9c.; palled, nater, 47 to
Ibe.; pulled. extra, 20 to 21e,
Cheese Markets-
)forrl.burg. Ont.. )fay 4. -Tile first
meeting of the Morrlslsdrg t roe..
Board was held here tic- (. y The
best hid was 8 8-8e., at e 1, -
all waw sold.
Cornwall. Ont., May 5. -Tem firer
meeting .4 the ('ornwan elapse
lkatrd waw heel on &tturdey . 217
boxes white were boarded, tut of
which &old at 8 3-8c.
Ogrleneburg. N. Y., Mnv 4. -Cheese
Board opened to -day. her tnt 28
twins, 11 lots 438 large offered:
8 1-8e. bid: Ire enter.
Watertown. N Y., )Inv
cheese to-iriny 1.450, et a 1-40- tae
large and 8 to 8 1-4c. for small
('anodise lialluree.
Ganedfan fntlures during eprtlwees
but 80 In number and $3914.122 in
amount ; of which 25 were in malar
factnrtng for $171.784. :nnf W in
trading for $204,838. There were
two other conunercbtl defaults far
$2I,C.00,
but none In banking. Ik.th
In number and amount of Il.tdittl•e
tite April statement is by far Ohs
beet since monthly returns of fell
urea In the Dominion were first pre
pared. rrrtaperlty in the United
State, appears to have overflowed
averse the northern border. The he
prevenient In most noticeable 1e
trading liabilitlaa, which were Ira
than half those of any recent month.
-Dnn'e Review.
49,47.0
78,50-1
It
11.
f.
Is
st
t.
45,701
47,179
Tliere he no movenielit reported In
ass dull ail ever. Pulled woole are very
Flecee-The market ia practically
at a ataminelli, and pricee are nomin-
ally unehang-ed at 13 to lie for 1900
Woole--Very little tinniness is
being done In pulled wool, end pricea
ern unt hanged nt 16 to 17c for impera
Th. reeneion is precticany over and
there are few oreers. l'rices are un -
°hanged. Jobbers here quote alaike et
te 18.25, awl tiMothr at 32.15 to
33.13.
Chicago Cattle Meeker.
Chien go despatch -Cat t le receipts
3,500, generally Merely. Good to
to medium, $3.85 anti $4.90; Mork -
ere and feedere, $2.75 and $4.85;
anti I15.10 ; Texae fed gears, $4.25
and $5.40; Teller/ grans steers, $8.50
13.85.
WOKE IN BURNING HOUSE
Six Perigees Scorehed In Gettlag Oat
Petrolln, Ont., May 6.-Farly (hie.
morning the fire alarm wee emended
and our brigade tinlekly responded.
The fire tens at the rein end of the
loon. at the residence of Mr. Calvert.
whOh wits consumed very quickly.
Bel ern the neenpante, who reimber-
eel dz. could get out, they were all
timely !menet', two of them ripposied
h• erne worked deorperately,
hls arms being badly burned, And the
fleet. peeled, him finger nail"' all !eon -
al off. One a the girls lost rill the
hair off her heed. Another boy was
thrown through the window to more
hts life end renelved a bad shaking
hie nrm being broken.
Tea meal of the fire i• unknown,
hut Ituppneed to be enamel hy etplo-
Son Smell Insnranee. Dr. Mott
wan promptly on heed and did all he
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ENGLAND MAY HAVE STRIKE.
Clash Between the Kmploycre' legion
and the (Treat Northern.
London. May 5 -The long -ti ti rro.
but ImvltaM' straggle between the
railways of England and the employ: -
met' union threatens t ) b' ',recitd-
tated by a dispute with the North-
wretern Railway, the greatest Eng-
Iisll eyetcfn.
The directors recently dimalaaed
eight turn, nod transferred others'whe
were rvmcerned in a libel ansa,
tnvwght by a district s.uperintendent
ngafoot a newspaper of the union.
se paler 'alleged that the 'superin-
tendent waw a drunkard, but did not
preslnee any evidence to support the
charge, and the jury gave n verdict
for the plaintiff. The company, then.
no n relult of an luveetlgatlon, die-
iJwawu..a o .Lica aruuad-slat.
they were engage.) in an allegeel
onapplraey. The company's rasa thus
far Is weak, so far rut thn tntblie I'
ev)Icerncd, b•onnse will' nenouueing
the rd neon. for the notion. It dors nn$
give the (note and the men .deny the
charge that the union math+ title •
test (eine.
The (lido will prn4inblr to retched
next week, when the dirrntoru will
gist' n final derlston, from which the
chalrMen annotmeee In yesterday's
pepers there will be no change.
Cilatitaln, Ont.. May 5.-arkue Geo.
Emery. of Dover; was driving past
the Market yeaterday. the horses
bolted. threw him from him neat. and
plunged into tint large plate -glues
W11140111 In the front of Turrill's store.
Mee. Colemen ab the time was In the
store, and left her two-year-old baby
tatting In its earrings outside. Int -
glass, "he rtiehed out anti succeeded
In getting the (*did from under the
heroes' feet. Mr. Fenery was ren-
dered uneonnelone. anti reecired wimp
fWVPrr bruises on the head and hotly.
publinhes the following telegram fro.n
Vienna A gang of gepoine in revenge
for their previous capture by Gen.
dermas poisoned the write in the ill
Inge of Napoli*, Ilnngery, with the
result that fifteen persone have died
of poisoning. I nt the gypsies'
was felted la their poseseeloa.
Leedom Wool %elem. *
London cable -Offerings at the
wool auction IIRIP41 tooiny numbered
12,269 bailee. A good selection was
put. forward end oorapetition was
spirited. Tile home trade operated
freely ant buying of the continent
super:or greasy mtoin'ts were sold at
full rater. Anierica motile] genie Vle-
Some Innate meow white nape of Goo]
Hope nal Nntal weld at an adynntee
a 5 per cent. .t good eelection of
monied., sold readily, flee at full
rates, low grades at ensier primate A
quantity of Victoria was withdrawn,
bide Mane too low. Croesbreds were
la fair supply, chiefly low awl medium
graders. They mold well at full rates.
ef (keel Hope rind Natal offer-
ings were large, end they sold well to
the licale trade eel the onntinent at
firm prIree. Reveral lot.' were brought
In. Following errs the miles In detail :
New Sonth Wales, 11,300 tilled -
Scoured, is ld to le ; reensz,
Victoria, 2,500 bitleo-Pconred. 1. 1t1
South Ansitralin, 100 beim -
Abonned, 8 1-2d to le 2 1-2t1; greatly.
R1-211 to 8 1-241.
WPM Anstrniln, 1,300 brites-Oreasy,
New Zeninnl, 2,800 belese-Sonnred,
61 to la 4 1-211 grestey, fid to Ad.
cep.. of flood 11,p• end Natal, 1,400
The Wheat Louse.
A Washington drape trh mutt The
green loupe, lo reported to be
working totem- In the Texan sliest
Pelee and threatening the wheat
belt of ',Canoes'. Mlionure Illinois,
fallen& and States further nerth lo
nn strenger to the Depoirtment, or
Agriculture. Ten years age it OW opt
thee -mite the eanw. region and (lid
flinch damage. though It was not we
bad at that Sloe se 11 hag Proved
newton. Repor too from t rade rell•
atr pri T;r1 a d e in wholesale Cirele4 Jlt Nloit
thohat:tohbue:ookoon ici)ift tit mrayi cronynr:rible;:coe, .14 f 1 or in, , g:m:
Mee. Throe le a geoviodeesew.-
money and rates are firm. Thit PP
trade et Toronto. si Rood mane
Rernittnneee are only fair et the
moment, but talcum improve iee,a
mining to Jobbers. are generally Or
falr cmantitlea of sorting soils
There le still ermnelnint of tradc he
Ronsland tenth. le depramite I and GIP
eneonraginr. At Hamilton tivoe 1,
still a good demand for "prisoner,.
been broken into And which Are PI
thnnr:nWnniti‘tigniPnhrb4ontini.ipeperinEngrnef.:.teloinTtinihtiskeirioerie:rigowhonhenwa"°;h1:01"1:71;
placing Ilberel orders' tar the frit
erations have been going fortress!
nicely alK:enirIch:lit,n:;snwr:Inoyi.nl:
fleet went ont with ten yeller*
Latrine liberal quentItlee of goo 1,4 few
present reepilrementn. rind are show
ing their nonfirienee in the (attire he
Vetere nontirine firm. The seeding eft
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