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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-2-27, Page 6REVENUE FROM €.USTOMS Show an Increase of 34 Per Cent, in Figures for Ten Months. r Ades etch from a ttaw says P During the 10 nfrom th t mo the e be- ginning of the fisoal year to the and of Tanuary the customs revenue of Canada amounted to $94,339,886; during the corresponding period in 1911-12 the ettstoms revenue was. $70,26.8,252, the increase being $21,061;584. . This works out at an increase of over 34 per cent., or over one-third. The ;total trade of Canada in January, 1913, was $75,.871,000, as. against $62,680,000, an increase. of over .$12,000,000, or nearly 20 per cent. • For the 10 months ending January 31 last the total trade was $884,332,000, as against $711,199,000 1ethethein period in oorresponding od n gP last fiscal year, an inorease of ,$173,133,000, or nearly one-quarter. The imports in January last were $52,752,000, as ,against $38,662,000 ae• year ago, an inorease of $14,000,000, or not far short of 40 per cent.; for the 10 months' period the imports were $549,445,000, an increase of $128,000,000 over the $421,114,000 of the 10 months' period of 1911-12. The exports in January, 1913, were $19,370,000, as against $19,- -527,000 in January, 1912..In the• 10 months' period just concluded the domestic exports were $298,022,000, as against $246,442,000 in the same period a year ago. PR!CES OF FARM PROOOOTS OREPOfTe FROM THE LEAWNO TRACE CENTRES OF 4tMEOUCI1. erices of Cattle, Crain, tiee6ee nrid 04110 Prep6;es rat Plains anti Abroad. Breaiistutts. Toronto, Feb, 25:' Manitoba wheat --Lake porta, No. 1 northern, 961-2c; No. 2, 94o; No. 3, 920; feed wheat. 651-2o. Ontario Wheat—No. 2, 95o•to 96o for car lots outside, ranging down to 700 tor poor grades. Ontario Oats -No, 2 white, 330 to 34o at oountry points, 370 to 380 ou track, To- ronto. Manitoba, Oats—No. 2 C. W. oats, 41o, track, bay ports; No. 3 C. W., 391-20; No. 1 feed, 39 1-2c, for prompt shipment. Corn—American, No. 3, all rail, Toron- to, 561.2o. Peas—No. 8, $1.20 to $1.25, car lots out- side. Buckwheat—No. 2, 52o to 63o. Rye—No 2, 63c to 65o, nominal. Rolled Oats—Per bagof 90 pounds, 82.- 22 1-2; 2:221-2; per barrel, $4.70, wholesale, Wind- sor to Montreal. Barley—Good malting barley, outside. 460 to 600, Millfeed—Manitoba bran, $19 to $20, in bags, track, Toronto/ shorts, $21.60; On- tario bran, $19 to $20 in bags; shorts, $21.50. Manitoba Flour—First patents, $5.30 in jute bags; seoond patents, 84.80 in lute bags; strong bakers', $4.60 in jute bags. In cotton bags, ten cents more per bar- rel Ontario Flour—Winter wheat flour, 90 per cent. patents, $3.95 to 54.05. Country Produce—Wfotesate. Eggs—Coad storage eggs 18e to 20o in oaee lots; fresh eggs' are selling .at 22o to 230; strictly new -laid at 290 to 31e. Cheese -Twins, new, 14 3.4o to 15o, and Targe, new, at 141-2o; old cheese, twins, 160 w 151.20; large, 150. Butter—Creamery prints, 31 to 32o; do., 'Solids, 29 to 30c; dairy prints. 25 to 27o; inferior (bakers'), 22 to 23o. Honey—Buckwheat, 90 pound in tins and 8c in barrels; etrained clover honey' 121-2c a ,pound in 60 -pound tins, 123-4o in 10 - pound tine; 13o In 5 -pound tins; comb honey, No. 1, $2.60 per dozen; extra, 53 per dozen; No. 2, $2.40 per dozen. Poultry—Live chickens„ wholesale, 12o'to 13c per pound; fowl, 10o to 110; ducks, 136 to 14e; live turkeys, 15e to 170; geese 90 to 10c. Dressed poultry, 20 to 30 above geese, quotations, excepting dressed turkeys, at 20c to 21c. Beane—Primes, $2.50, and 52.60 for hand- picked. Potatoes—Ontario potatoes, 80e per bag; car lots, 70c; New. Brunswick's, 900 to 95o per bag out of store; 80o in oar lots. Spanish Onions—Per ease, $2.35 to 52.40. Provisions. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats—Rolls— Smoked, 143-4c to i6c; hams, medium, 17o to 171-2o; heavy, 151-2c to 160; breakfast bacon, 181-2c to 19c; long clear bacon, tone and cases, 141-2c to 143.4e; backs (plain), 211-20; backs (peame i). 22c. Green Meats—Out of pickle, lc less than smoked. Pork—Short out, 826 to $28 per barrel; mess pork, $21.50 to 522.00. Lard—Tierces, 13 3-4o; tube, i4 1.4c; pails, 141.20. Baled Hay and Straw. Baled Hay—No. 1, 512 to 512,50 No. 2, $9 to 510; No. 3, $8 to $9. Baled straw, $9 to $9.50. • • Montreal Markets. Corn—American No. 2 yellow, 61 1-2c. Oats --Canadian western, No. 2, 411-2e to 420; do., No. 3, 40120 to 410; do., extra No. 1 feed, 41c to 411-20; do., No. 2 local white, 38c; do., No. 3, 370; do., No. 4, 36o. Barley —Manitoba feed, 52o t0 54o; do., malting, Tao to 76o. Bnekwheat—No. 2, 55c to 57o. Flour—Manitoba' spring wheat patents, fiesta, 55.40; do., seconds, 54.90; do., strong bakers', 54.70; do., winter patents, choice, €6.25; do., straight rollers, 54.85 to 54.90; do., bags, $2.25 to $2.30. Rolled oats— Barrele, 54.50; do., bags, 90 lbs., 82.1212„ Bran—$20.00. Shorts --$22,00.' Middlings— 525.10. Mouillie—$30-00 to $35.00. $ay—No.. 8, per ton, car lots, 513.50 to 514,00. Cheese -Finest westerns, 130; do., eaeterns,.121-4o to 12 3-4c. Butter --Choicest creamery, 081.2e to 29c; do., seconds, 24o to 26o. Eggs —Fresh, 280 to 30c; do., selected, 23o .to 28e; do., No. 1 stook, 18e to 20o: do., No. 2 stock. 150 to 16e, Potatoes -Per bag, oar lots, 600 to 75o. United. States Markets. Minneapolis, Feb. 25,—Olose —' Wheat, May, 87 3.40 ; July; 89 6.8c; September, 89 3.4o; Cash,' No. 1 hard, 881-4o; No. 1 northern, 86 3.4e to 87 3.40; No. 2 northern, 84 3.4e to 85 3.4e. No, 3 yellow oorn, 44o to 441.20; No. 3 white oats, 301.20 to 31c, No. 2 rye, 551-20 to 571.20. Bran, $18.00 to $18.50.. Flour prices unchanged, Duluth, Feb. 250 -Wheat, No. 1 hard, 873.40; No. 1 northern, 863-40; No. 2 north- ern, 823.40 to 843.40; July,, 895-8e to 893-4o• asked; May, 881-4c to 88 3-80; September, 89 3-4c. Live Stook Markets. - Montreal, Feb. 25. -Choice steers sold at $6.50 to 56.76, while etook of fair quality sold readily at 56 to 56.25, and the more common ones at 54.50 to $5.50 per 100 pounds. Choice butchers', 56. to 56:25, and the lower grades $3.50 per 100 pounds. Burls sold from 53.50 to $5.50 per 100 pounds as to quality. Lambs, 57.50 to 57.75. Sheep, $4.50 to $5.25. Calves, $5 to $12each, as to size and •quality. Selected lots of hogs field from 59.90 to 510,10 per 100 pounds weighed off cars. Torouto, Feb, 25.—Cattle—Choice butcher, 56.50 to 56.75; good medium, $5.50 to 55.75; common, 55 to 55.25; cows, 54.76 to 55.50; bulls, $3 to 55.25; oannere,• $2 to 52.50; cut- ters, 53.25 to 53.75. Calves—Good veal, 58 to $9.25; common, $3 to 53.25. Stockers and feeders—Steers, 700 to 900 lbs., 55 to 56.60; feeding bulls, 900 to 1,000 lbs., 52.75 to 54.- 25; 4:25; yearlings, $3.10 to $3.50. Milkers,,and springers—From 550 to $72. Sheep and lambs—Light ewes, 51.26 to 56; heavy ewes, 54 to 84,75; lambs, 58 to 59.60; buoke, $4.20 to 55. Hoge—$9.00 fed and watered, and $8.65 f.o.b. HON. WM. ORMSBY-GORE. The engagement of the Hon. Wil- liam Ormsby -Gore to Lady Beatrice Cecil, the elder daughter of Lord and Lady Salisbury, has aroused great interest in British political and social circles. Mr. Ormsby Gore is the Unionist member for Denbigh Boroughs, and the son and heir of Lord: and Lady Harlech. Mr. Ormsby - Gore is not yet 28 years of age, and has only been two years in Parlia- ment, but during that time he has managed to focus public attention on his activities. He is one of the young Unionists who have been clamoring for a 14, more forwards policy in the Tory"' party, and he has Iron. William not been back- Ormsby -Gore ward in coming forward. He has made himself something of an authority on the subject of Welsh Disestablishment; and has been in alliance with his future relatives—the Oecils—in this battle. By his marriage Mr. Ormsby -Gore will be allied 'bo the most influential and exclusive wing h of the Tory party, and he is cer- tain to make great headway in politics. TORONTO CORRE SPONDiNCE INTERESTING BITS OP GOSSIP PROM. THE QIIEEN CITY, The Opera of "Herodlade""—A Costly! Real- dense—How Toronto Grows-- OIMeal Notes, s. Toronto lana had the privilege of wit- nessing "I.erodiade,"' the grand opera Which Ar'ohbishop Bruohesi ordered the company not . to produce in Montreal. Some ef those who saw the opera hero Were almost inclined to wieh that the Archbishop had made his edict inoludo Toronto, and were inolinod to regard His Grace as more than ever a public bone, factor. Not that objection could be taken to " Herodiade" on the ground of tumor - Wits,. Scores 02 performances are seen in Toronto and Montreal every year that inust give' influitely more offense too pure minds than would this modern French oomposition based on the old tale of Bible days. Nor is it offensive in gruesomeness, as has been some other stage reproduo- tions of scenes based on the same story. There is no head of the Baptist on a plat- ter or any of that business. The behead- ing is supposed to. take place behind the scones, its accomplishment beipg an- neunced by the headsman at top speed running across the rear of the stage. His weapon was supposed to be bloodstained, but I 'will swear that no ,ohs saw any bloodstains. • A Tremendous Opera. But the fact is that "Herodiad&' is one of those tremendously strong operas with the moat ponderous type of music, and not a single melody from etart to finish. The musical critics all agree that the performance was one of the most perfect and the opera one of the greatest that Toronto has ever aeon, But I am. not a musical critic. To me it was interesting to see and bear--once;.but I would have to be paid ;to go to it a, second time. And I must confess, too,` to an exceedingly de- veloped weakness for grand obera of a certain type. "Trovatore" and "Aida," for example, induce raptures even when sung in Italian, of which I do not understand a word. 'In the plot of "Berodiade". Massenet, the composer, has discarded the historical version of /the story. He makes .Herod, king of the Jews, fall in love with Salome (pronounced Sall -o -me, with 'the ao*ent on - the first -syllable), while she ia•<turn.loves John the Baptist. It is Herodias the queen .who demands the head of John, because he had affronted her in public, At flret 'Herod declines to behead John, because of the offence to the people, but hastens to do so when he finds all his efforts to subdue Salome fail, .beoause she loves John. Salome then kills herself with a dagger. And retribution comes to Her- odias when she .finds that Salome isreally her long lost child whom she had deserted as an infant for Herod. It is probable that Archbishop; Bruoheei'e objections were based on incidents of the performance, such as a representation of the host, and the carrying of 'palm leaves. One of the most striking things in the performance was the contrast of the austere inflexible John the Baptist, clad in a single skin, revealing his naked limbs, with the luxurious costumes and habits of the court.. The New Government House. It is officially announced that it is ex- pected the new Government House .in Chorley Park will be ready for ocoupa tion early in 1914. The foI:lowing state- ment of expenditures upon it to date has. been made Site.. , . ...5146,880 :60 Laying out :grounds ...... 76,452 33 Already spent on House . , 195,227 85 Total ,$418,560 68 It isexpected that upwards of another 5100,000 will bo required to complete- the edifice so that the total cost will be some- thing over. one-half a million dollars. Meanwhile the Lieutenant Governor is re- siding in the Beardmore residence at the corner of College and St. George Ste., where all the state functions are -being held. As to who is to be Sir John Gib - son's successor . at the expiration of his term this year, there is still no hint. Criticisms of the location and design of the new house are still being heard, Not much is being said in public, possibly on account of a disposition to wait to see what the finished structure is like. Then criticism may all blow over, or there may be a considerable outburst. Toronto's "Bag Eyes." Some montha ago Mr. W. F. Maclean of the Toronto World, in one of his char- acteristic phrases, advised the people of Toronto to get "big eyes." Like many of Mr. • Maclean's original shafts the phrase stuck. This is no doubt due to the fact that with .hit journalistic genius he gra- phically described as attitude of mind unirereally recognized. Everyone is now getting ebig eyes," and W. F Maclean, in his delightful little skits on the front page of •, his paper, does not hesitate to make record of the various converts to the "big eyes" procession. One of the latest to be recorded under hie list is the Telegram newspaper, which the World had previously dubbed as the chief exponent of the days of "wee .York." The reason the Telegram got into the list of converts is that it published the other day an es• timate of population, and figured that here was little doubt that Toronto will ave a million people by the year 1923, FATALITY IN MINE. Two Bien Drowned. at Siwasb Creek, British Colombia. A despatch from Vancouver, B. C., says: Two men were killed on Thursday by being washed into the mine tunnel at biwash Creek near Yale. DOULLU TR.ACKINGTHE C.P.RO Will Spend $16,00a,000 to' Complete' Work of Season and Begin NewSections. A despatch from Montreal 'says : The Canadian Paoifio' Railway will spend $18,000,OQ0 on its eastern lines during the souring season. This expenditure, which is approv- ed of by fair Thomas.Sha,uglinessy, President of the company, will not wholly for new work, as at least ten millions of the amount is to complete work commenced last' trimmer, including a portion of the new Lake Shore line, and the ex- etlsion from St. John's to Fern. h;atn Se and the For the y street branch in Montreal, The majority of the new works will be douhie-tracking various parts of eastern linea which will ,cost in the vicinity of six lrlillfotx dollars, The main line fr.cnn Islington to. Last Guelph Junction on ; the London subdivision will be double -tracked•. for a distance of thirty miles, and it is expected the work will be fin- ished by November, It is proposed to double -track between Rrmilord, which 'is the junction betw•eenethe main line and the Toronto -Sodbury. branch, and Port Arthur, eoverirtg a distance of 130 voiles. It is intended to eventually" double -track the entire To iti t,c- Sudbury line, ,a total d1sttnoe.of 553 rniles, in •order to . handle grain' after the close of'navigation on the lakes. Another im rtant work -Ur be commenced this year isthe 'double tracking of a, small •etretoh of flf- feed miles between Agindatirt . and North Toronto, that is 10 years from now. It published two tables, the first showing the growth of the city aiuee 1837, this being as fol. lows . • Toronto's Population .10,871 1837 ........ • 1857 ..... 46,000 1867 ..... .......... ......, 53,000' 1877 70;867 1887 ... 126,169 1897 183,172 1907 ,. 272,600 1912 . 425,407 It nextpublished an estimate of popula- tion for the future, the estimate being compiled by applying the last percehtage of growth to the future. this figured out as follows:— Toronto's Population. 1918 711,280 1923 1,109,597 1928 .,, 1,324,918 1933 ..... ... ........-1,582,021 1938.........:, 1,889,016 1943' .. 2,256,584 1948..... .... 2,693,285 The Telegram then went on .to, describe the territorial "erpans'ion that' would need to take place inorder that the city might 'keep Dace with its growth in population. This, of course, was'the part that pleased. Zr. Maclean, as- he has some 1,200 acres of suburban property which, if Toronto keeps on growing, will come within the city limits. 'L'oronto now has . an area of 12,983•ser. ee, that is 446 acres .to every .10,- 000 of 'population. • . Tax Rafoed, Controversy, Tax Reform and Temperance legielatiozc contiuue to be the two .biggest subjects in Provincial politics. It is curious that ft' is the former rather than the latter ,that Should have'.eauoed noticeable dissension. in party' ranks. The outsider ~night have supposed that the 8Ye.mperan0e question,., being so largely a supposed matter of oonseience, would have been the first to have produced. a elcaeeage, . With referent:e to the attacks of the Ottawa Citiiee and' 14t,mo others of the 'more earneet atiVoeictes of Tax ileforni, it le diffieed.t to judge as yet what will be the effect. Apparently the breach has none too far to. be 'healed. One story in explanation of .the' vehemence` of the at - tae) le that it finds Some inspiration in the old, diss8tisfaction amongcapitaaie- tie interests. with the Whitney Govern. Meta'sIiydro tileotric policy. The Ottriwa Citizen le ofie', Of the; string of papers owned by the gottthapz fatuity of .ifamil- ton, Who havti lietierekS iri the i'ataraet Jy-ewer 'Ce., ono of the largest private: owhod power 0�,1[t ,in the Province, IT SATISFIES MILLIONS OF PEOPLE Worth your while to test it LIPTON'S TEA Sustains: arnd $Claus. Those who are acquainted with the Southams,however. do not question their sincerity on the taxation questien. Mean. while; kir James has turned upon the Tax Reformers with rr oharacteristio broad- side. lie lits told them that their theory is but the Socia•Aistiti 13ootrine of Benry George and nothing more, and that if it is put into effect the next' logical straps will be the abolition of the home, of mar. riage, and of religion. S`.iIMPEDE TO ATLIN, B. C. Where Gold Has Been Discovered and Proved. A d`esp'atch from Victoria, B. 0,, says: Rich placer diggings in Swan, Silver and creeks flowing in- to Testin Lake at its south-eastern end are reported to have been re-' oently discovered and proved. The reports come from official Govern- ment ;sources. On receipt of the news- Hon. Dr. Young, Provincial Secretary and member for Atlin in the Legislature, made arrange- ments to proceed to the field of the new find. At Atlin he will go over- land by dog teain and sled to the -lower end of Testin Lake. The dig- gings are reported to be from three to six feet deep, and the gold taken out is said to be. coarse and to greatly resemble the gold peculiar to the Atlin country, Stampedes from Atlin are . now occurring, and it is reported that some four htin- dred claims have been- taken up on Teitin Creek. LOCATION OF LANDS. South African Volunteers Given to October 31st Next. A despatch from Ottawa, says : Hon. Dr. Roche, Minister of the In- terior, has given notice of a resolu- tion providing for a further exten- sion of . the time up to October 31 next for the location of lands in western Canada by holders of South African volunteer bounty scrip un- der the Act of 1908. This is the third extension of time granted for location, and is declared to be "positively the last." NO EQUAL FRANCHISE IN B. C. Premier McBride ' Refused It on. Behalf of Government. A despatch from. Victoria says : Sir Richard McBride made the an- nouncement in the Legislature on Wednesday night that as 'a matter of Government policy it was impos- sible to grant to women equal fran- chise with -men, a condition asked for last week by a large deputation of women representing all sections of British Columbia. DRILLED A MISSED HOLE. Wm. McGuiness and D. McNair Victims of Explosion. A despatch from. Cobalt says: Two machine runners, natives of Nova Scotia, were instantly killed at the 200 -foot level of the Hudson Bay Mining property in Gowganda late on Thursday. They -were Wil- liam M. McGuiness and :.:Mc- Nair, the latter. aged 27 and single. They were working . with harm:ear drills and drilled into an old hole containing powder at the bottom. Ready Cooked. - Meals are ,rapidly growing in popu- lar favor. Post Toasties` served either with cream or good milk, .or, preserved fruit, niers a" nosrt,'appetisin,g dish , for breakfast, dinner, or sup- per. These delicious toasted flaky bits of white corn, have a delicate taste that is very pleasing et this .tirme of year. : ` Post Toesties are economi- cal, cal, nlake 'less work for the busy housewife' and ,,please everyone ,at the !'table.,. °r The Memory Lingers" Sold by Grocers' everywhere • Canadian 1'ostun Cereal 00.,, iktl• Wtnridor, Ontario. MADERO ASD SUAREZ KILLED Former President and View -President of Mexico Shot While Bin; Taken to Penitentiary. A despatch. from Mexion City work their friendship wrought, the says: 'It'rancisoo L Madero, former .men and women, who but a motrtent ` Pr esldell;t of Mexico, and Jose Pino before had been ,orying their syxnjaa- Suarez, who .served u,s Vice-Preei- thy and, Promising woe for those dent until the. overthrow of the who harmed ,a hair of the ex-Fret/1.- 11°44" x-PresiMadero regime, were shot 8141K1don:t, • .fell beck before the ' guns of killed while being'taken' iron the the soldiery that were turned men- Nartio•nal Palace to the penitentiary acingly in their direction. early Sunday morning. Groups of News of the fearful deed travelled friends of the deposed President on winged feet, and within a half- are said to have gathered, along the hour there was: greater easeitexn:ent route followed b the guards, mak- throughout the capital than there ing d•emonstraeons of sympathy, was two weeksago, when the gar- and at times threatening to free the rison revolted against the Madera prisoners by force. During a per- regime. Thousands of people, in- iod of excitement the officers in eluding practically all the foreign command of the party gave an or- population, gathered in the streets, der ;to fire, and the bodies of the all stunned by wheat seemed the men who were but lately in author- grossness o:N the act. ity over those who in this way Mrs. Madero, her heart, alroad3 wreaked vengeance on their former torn with fear and doubt for the Executive, were filled with bullets. safety ef her husband, was apprised Two -of the attacking mob were of the, end that had wino to the killed. Madero •and "Suarez eauk man of whom she was so proud, limply ,and died almost without a She was 'paralyzod by the shock, murmur; Aghast at the terrible and is in a moat critical condition. FEWER HOMESTEAD ENTRIES. Total for Last Year. 35,516, 3,344 Less Than Previous Year. A despatch from Ottawa says: Homestead entries in. Western Canada for the last calendar year totalled 35,516, a. decrease of 3,344 as compared with 1911. The de- crease indicates the increasing diffi- eulty of finding ,suitable homestead land in the Prairie provinces still within reasonable :distance of .dis- tricts, now ,served by the railways. The homestead entries last .years were diistributed. by Provinces as follows:—Manitoba, 3,133; Saskat ohewan, 18,425.; Alberta, 13,646; British Columbia, 312. S' MILITANTS BURN C1TAT,ET. One of the Prisoners Throws a Book at the Magistrate.. A despa4eh from London. says : Pursuing their course of violent at- tacles on property, suffragettes, at 3.15 on Thursday morning, burned the tea. pavilion in Kew Gardens. Two young women, Joyce Locke and Lilian Lenton, were arrested when ihurryin:g away from the fire, carrying bags of inftaammn'able stuff, saturated with soil, a Band •saw and, an–electric lamp. Later in the day they were taken before the Bench 'Justices at Richmond and charged with maliciously setting fire to the building. One of them hurled a heavy law book at the, head of the presiding Magistrate. The evidence not being complete, the case was remanded, bail being refused. TJIE SCOTT FUND. Premier Fisher of Australia Will Contribute. A Melbourne despatch to the London Standard .states that' Pre- mier Fisher, in conjunction with others, has agreed to make an ade- quate contribution to the fund for those dependent on the South Polar disaster victims. The despatch says that since the Canadian Parliament proposes to make a grant the whole overseas dominions, which are par- ticularly indebted to the courage and heroism of the explorers, should co-operate in making a substantial gift. King George on Wednesday donated -$1,000 to the funds being raised for a memorial to Captain Robert F. Scott and his four com- panions who died on the expedition to the South Pole. The amalga- mated total subscribed now amounts to $100,000, '1• LEFT NEARLY $800,000. Will of the Late President of the Grand Trunk Railway. A despatch from Toronto says : AS the late 0. M. Hays, President of the Grand Trunk Railay, who went down with the Titanic, had part of his estate in Ontario, his will was entered for probate here on Thursday. The total estate is worth $762,298, and is left to the widow, with the exception of be- quests of $10 ea.oh to four daugh •tens, Marjorie, Orian, Louise and Clara. In a, codicil the deceased expressed the. wish that a lifer insur- ance policy for $25,000 should be payable in equal amounts to his sister and a brother, David M. Hays. CHICK ENS WERE .ROA .STED'. 1,2110 Were Burned to Death on a Farm Near Galt. A despatch from Galt says : On Friday •afternoon the large chicken house, 165 by 25 feet, two storeys high on the farm of Dr, H. Itt, Mac kendrick, a mile from Galt ort the; west side of the Grand River, was totally destroyed by fire and 1;200 fowls burned to death. The blaze was caused by a spark .from the stove in the feed house, and the whole building was bla.ing within a few 'minutes. FATAL SII OOTIN G Five-year-old ,Boy Killed During an Altercation. A despatch from North Bay says! A row in the Italian colony on Wed. neschiy' night resulted in the fatal shooting of the five-year:old son of Tames Demarco, a contractor. The shooting took place in the house of Liberto Conte, who had an alterca• tion with Antonio Deccio OVeI money and took down his rifle ae he says, to frighten Deccio off the premises. Several men present tried to takethe weapon away from Conte and in the melee the trigger wa s pulled. The little boy war standing near and received the bul- let in his breast,' living only a few hours. Conte and Deeeio were both arrested and locked up pending as inquest. 814 TOKIO'S BIG FIRE. Fifteen Thousand Persons Are Homeless in Japanese City. A despatch from Tokio says: Over 15,000 persons are homeless as a result of fire which swept through the centre of the Kande district of the city on Wednesday. The fire started in the Salvation Army hall. A high wind fanned the flames, and they .spread rapidly from street to street, destroying 3,300 buildings. The logs is estimated at several mil- lion yen.. Among the buildings burned were several churches, in -«- eluding the Baptist Tabernacle; and a number of educational insti- tutions, including the School of Foreign Languages. Troops were called out to assist the firemen, but they were almost helpless against the wind -driven flames. The many homeless were being shel- tered in Kudan Park. CARRYING EXPIJOSIVES. Regulations for the Government of . Harbors, A despatch from Ottawa says : An order -in -Council ` has been passed amending the regulationsfor the government of public harbors in Canada, giving theharbormasters the -right to decide where vessels carrying explosives or inflammable or dangerous goods shall moor or load or unload. A fine of $100 may be imposed for violation ofthe' regtilation, with $10 more for each twelve hours ef continued viola. - tion. LUMBER FOR SETTLERS. Manitoba Farmers Purchase :Limits for Future Use. A despatch from Winnipeg says: A transaction which promises far- reaching effects was consummated - a few days ago, whereby the Grain Growers' Grain Company purchas- ed timber limits near Fort George, B.O., comprising about 300,000,OOd feet of lumber at a price of about $1.50 per 1,000.feet. It is said to be the intention of the grain -grow- ers to hold this as a reserve supply; with the idea of establishing lum, ber-yards at different points in the Province for the purpose of supply- ing farmers acid settlers with lum- ber at reasonable prices. ON Wash Day Ali" 25' Bluff rags 10 cents. Makes the Clothes as Wh! ts Snov�. Tory,aIt SILoto,. Rhin n iti,:toped by TJ a Jol,n.00,1:1obotd.,,n C, ',hutted, M ,,tro„;, C,1N•