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THE BRITISH BUDGET
Lower Income Tax ---Old Age Pensions• --
Surplus Over $17,000,000.
A despatch from S.endnn says: The
two outstanding features in the budget
statement brought down (o the House of
Commons by Mr, Asquith, Chancellor of
the Exchequer, were the announcement
of a I ducti,m of the income lax by
threepence in the pound. and the state-
ment by the Chancellor that a fund was
la be started to protide for the honor-
able relief of necessitous old age.
THE PENSION FUND.
The surplus over expenditure this year
would be $17,165,000, and after making
ail rerlucliens Were would be a disposal
set -phis of $9.165.000. Of this 81.665,1100
would be retained for emergencies. The
remaining $7,500,000 would be Invested
and would form the nucleus of an old -
ere
wgould beion fund. In addition 83,750,000 of uncollected ltar-
rears of This year's income lax. This
would swell the fund to 811,250,000.
THREEPENCE OFF INCOME TAX.
Mr. Asquith elated that he did not in-
tend to make any reducliun this year in
indirect taxation. Ile intended, however,
to deal with the income tax incidence,
!which in its present shape worked un-
justly. Earned incomes under $10,000 a
year would hereafter only pay nine -
pence, while the existing lax of n shil-
ling in the pound sterling on unearned
incomes would remain. This reduction
would be in addition to all the present
rebates, but it would be confined to the
earnerd incomes of persons whose total
income born all sources did not exceed
$10,000 a year.
DEATH DUTIES REVISED.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer esti-
mated the pass from this differentiation
of the income tax at 86.250,000. Of this,
however, $3,750,W0 would not recur, but
would be made up by a revision of the
death duties as follows :-Five per cent.
as at present on $150,0100 and under,
above $750,000 7 per cent.; above 81,250,-
010, 8 per cent.; above 82,500,000, 9 per
cent.; above $3,750,000, and up to
.5.000.000, 10 per cent. On estates of
$100)0.000, 1 S per cent. would be levied
on the seond $5,1100,0tN). On estatke of
>;i5.01)0,1(I0 or over 10 per cent. would be
levied on Iho !list $5,000,0011, and 13 per
cent. on every other $5,000,000.
TIIE DEBT REDUCED.
\Ir. Asquith estimated the expenditure
for 1907-'08 at 67u3,785,000, 88,320,000
less than for last fiscal year. The reve-
nue on the existing basis of taxation
was estimated to be $720,950,000.
Tho permanent reduction of the na-
tional debt for 1906-'07 was announced to
be 868,570,000.
The treasury receipts for the yecr had
!veil over $10.000,000 in excess of the
estlnnaleis, unanticipated death duties
accounting for 86,000,000 of this stun,
while the balance was made up of in-
creased receipts from the coati duly and
the mint. The latter was due to the in-
creased demand for coinage on account
(4t the prosperous state of trade, and the
large amount of silver, aggregating
$1,500,0011, required for varied purposes.
ICEVENUE NOT ELASTIC.
As a whole, tho revenue returns, the
Chancellor added, had not shown great
elasticity, and in view of the undoubted
prosperous state of trade they were dis-
tinctly disappointing. The reduction in
the tea duly ill tho past budget had Leen
followed by increased consumption,
amounting to 4,500,000 pounds.
The revenue from tobacco had not rea-
lized expectations, and there had been
a progressive formidable decline in the `
revenue, from the alcohol groups since
1899 until last year. As Chancellor of
the Exchequer, he. Mr. Asquith, was
glad to say that there were signs of a
definite reaction, and the present yenr
had furnished an increase of $2,470,000
in these receipts. There had been a fall-
ing off in the revenue from stamps owing
to the slackness of operations on the
Stock Exchange, end to the fnct that the
telephone we superseding letters.
DEAN DICK'S VIEW,
McGill College Fire the Work of An
incendiary,
A despatch from Montreal says : Dean
B•:ddiek, or McGill Medical College,
flanks the recent lire was caused deliber-
nlely, but declares there is not the ions!
suspicion of the students. "The more i
think lite matter over," he said, "the
more 1 am c in ince) that there can be
eta other explanation. 1 may further tell
you that a young man in the think of
Montreal has slated that lie was passing
l)i. \ledicul buildingItOI►al 12.30 a.n)., just
tr....
about half an !leer before the fare was
discovered, and ho saw two suspicious
characters lurking in tete bushes in the
grass plot directh• in front of the en-
trance to the \le,ficnl building. Their
actions ,e,.re such that he was afraid of
being uivlested, anti (married away. This
statement, 1 understand, tie is prepared
to repeat 011 oath before the Fire Com-
missioners."
'There was a theory that the fire might
here broken out in the faculty room.
where a meeting of the faculty had been
held that evening, but it seems proved
now that there was nothing In this
theory, because several of the students
who entered Ilio building ens' ly during
Ole fire declare that they saw no fire in
the committee room, which Is inside the
faculty room.
Numerous ncesesagcs of sympathy with
Cie university in her second great testis
have been received from the w„rld over,
among them being one front (:8118118,
former Governor-General, Lord Minto;
Viceroy of India, and another from the
rnediral fneulty:s greatest benefactors,
Lord Strathcona. Lord St•athconn's
message expressed the deepest sym-
pathy, and asked for further particulars
of the disaster.
TIIE RUSH '1 ► THE WEST.
Over Pour T1 sand Immigrants Passed
Through lfonfregI on Sunday.
A despatch from \lortlrenl says: Over
four thousand immigrants passed
through Ibis city on Sunday. en route
for western Ontario and the Northwest.
They arrived at St. John and Halifax
on Saturday by 11►e steamships Victori-
an, Canada and Lake Erie. Steamships
sailing from Scottish ports are also
bringing big contingents of immigrants
to Canada.
ANOTHER BIG S11F:LTER.
i'►ospert of New Industry on S1. Mary's
IIitcr 10 Smelt Copper.
A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie
says: One of the biggest smelters in the
like region will probably be erected m
SI. Mary's River by Chicago and Cana-
dian capitalists. The backers are inler-
e=ted in copper mines north of I.ake
Huron and east of Lake Superior, the
ore from which Is going to smelters :n
New Jersey. A local plant will make
possible greater development of the lo-
cal field of mines, which now about
pay expenses, much profit being lost in
long shipment of oro.
11811-1111111I8 8[0[118 0111
Altoona, Penn., Now Burning Ashes
and Saving Money.
A desp•ateh from Altoonn. Penne sas
The reninrhatl.' ashes -hurting sect•
di•erovcr,rl by John Elln:ure, an Alta „
cbhler, which tan: excited retention
niist the world over, is out. Alii et
every householder In Att>„ne is now
ronve:ting his nsl►es into fuel, with
gent saving in coal bills.
Sveral a,II-kn••wn chemists, ltnme(li•
t,lcly 11 w8s nmeeinccd that Ellnture
hod solved the problem of nbtaining
Leal from ashes, set to work to try and
discover the formula. They were suc-
cessful. and hen' it is:- loi.len wi'h
either sell water or salt water in w1,icli
oxalic acid hag been disc t -ed a inix-
ture containing one pert coal 8011 Three
` ;earls ashes. a0•1 a better fuel the) pure
mil is obtained. The ashes of anlhra-
rile eon) burn 8S readily as do ihoe,
of bituminous coal. Thi. mixhire will.
e;. •,n being pineed upon n burning lire,
1 into n coke -like mesa and deposit
1 et. little reetdue. The soli water luny
t0 obtained by the dissolution of cone
loon salt le tenter.
Th' chem ee! net ern of fide cnmp,un•1
• ihua expinin'd:-. When an equeeus
o- JuUen of nn alkaline sell, such as
c.•mrnon sell, is miAed Will) coal a.br
the result is Ilial a mild lye i4 formal.
which, when mixed with nne •• m)Mrslitee
to lerai. such ns con). and .•. n the en-
peciti•en of hent. gives off igen grit.
1i u. 1 trvn.-ttpg repot r .eat.
r,.,. 11di1'on of 1 eauses 1 g
' change of • .,lite than
for )h a rem e n:e "seem'
:,' ereek•l cion - e the fer-
e ' • •. • (e car: i,le. ,, turn give..
• '1 •e a t; ;en.: gas, tie. ::dd:ngf to the in -
is -ity ,•1 the 1'' -at ;tied f::cibtaling com-
l. • 'o combustion.
11 Is peasible upon moistening a
smell quantity of ashes, without the nd-
dit;un of cont, to readily detect the odor
of acetylene gas, and if the treated ash's
are placed upon a liuttted fire they will
luso end burn to a tine powder.
The ash'burning compound is now be-
ing used in runny large industrial and
nicreaulile pieces Ii' re, and it is claimed
ea 11 11)81 it has reduced the furl item
more than half. II has eliminnled al.
most entirely the' question of deposing
M. astir+, whi•:h lin.: been considerable
wh, r• great quantities of coal are con-
sumed.
The dieeowery has resulted in a nuin-
ber 01 c• mplieetions, nre) is retarding
Ili work of paving coniraclore whe
have utilized ashes at a foundation for
eiii.eeniks. llerelefene e was passible
to '(titre all the niters required for this
purpose Milieu! cost, but 'contractors
are now coi',plaining that it Is inrpws-
sible to get iherct.
1;11more, who di-eevere,l the seerel
(n,1 fe'us,d 8tlen1ien men) the peesi-
biI't that lerkel in ashes, claims !tint
hi- g :Oen? tried peace! les secret. He
cl;,inns b: have received nn offer from
the British ('„ov('rnmcnl if he can de-
monstrate 1t:e prnctcntelity of hit min.
peand.
'svelte it is everywhere eonerrberl that
Ei'►ne r' has a nterre:l n greet boon me
ere lemienilr, it is feared Dud he wilt
rot derive any tnngihle benefit' hem
laic disenvrrv. in view of the fact that
hun•Iretilt (1 e.th; rs time see"red the
same result-., following his lead.
LEADING MARKETS
BREADS TUFFS.
Toronto. April 23. - \\ heal -Ontario.
No 2 white winter, 72c to 72eSe; No. 2
red 72e; to 72 at e; No. 2 'nixed, 72e.
Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 hied, 8ii5 c 1.
Sec; No. 1 northern, 83%c to Mie, I„k,
ports, t k1 North May; No. 2 northern.
83* to 84c ports.
Oats -No. 3 white, 38' c to 39%c, out-
side; No. 2 mixed, 38e to 383;c.
fens- 7$c to 783.c.
corn -Strong; No. 2 yellow American,
53e to 53yc, Toronto and west; Ontario,
45c to 46C.
Rye -62c to 63c.
Marley -Scarce; No. 2, nominal at 53c•
to 53%c outside; No. 3 extra, 52c to
52eec; No. 3, 5Ic to 51Xe.
Flour-Oniaro-90 per rent. patents.
83.70 asked. $2.67 bid; Manitoba, first
potents, 64.50; seconds, $3.75; bakers'.
$3.90.
Bran -820 ot.tside, buyers' sacks; nom -
foal.
PROVINIONe.
Dre.,sed Hogs -$9.25 for light and
68.75 for heavies, (amities' lots; 88.25 to
68.35 for car lois.
Poik-Short cut, $23.50 to $24 per bar-
rel; mess, $21 to 821.30.
Smoked and Dry Salted Meals -Long
clear bacon, 1lc to 11%c kr tons and
cases; hams, medium and light, 15%c
to 116; heavy, 113* to 15c; backs, 16%c
to 17c; shoulders, 1lc to 11%c; rolls,
113Sc; out of pickle, lc less thnn smoked.
Lord -Firm; tierces, 12%c; tubs, 12%c;
palls. 12%c.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Butter -Market at present holds very
steady.
Creamery, prints 27c to 29e
do solids .... .. 26c to 27c
Dairy, prints .... .... .. 25e to 26c
do tubs .... .... .... .. 2leto23e
Che'se-Steady at ISS for large and
14X0 for twins.
Eggs-L'nebnnged at 16e to 17c; splits,
13* to 14c.
Poultry -Quiet, and prices generally
nominal.
Chickens, live .... .... 10e to tic
do dressed .... .... 12e toile
liens, live .... 8c to 9e
410 dressed s 10c to 11c
Iloney-Pails. 1Ic to 12c lb., combs,
82.50 to $2.75 per doz.
Rears -Sew to $1.55 for hand-picked
and $1.35 to 81.40 for princes.
Potatoes -Ontario, 85c to 90c; eastern,
95e, fu car lots here.
Baled Hat• --512.50 10 813,50 for No. 1
timothy and $10 to $11.50 for secondary
modes, In car lots here.
Raped Straw -$7 per ton In car lots
hire.
MONTREAL \MARKETS.
Montreal, April 23. -The market for
eats is firm; for No. 2 white 43c is quot-
ed, and lower grades, No. 3, 42c and
No. 4. lc lower. For Manitoba No. 2
white, 43Xc is quoted.
Buckwheat -55c to 5636c per bushel.
Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 55e;
No. 3 mixed. 63c ex store.
Peas --Moiling peas, $1 in carload lots
and $1.10 in jobbing lets.
Flour -Manitoba spring wheat, 84.25
to :,1.60; strong bakers', 84 to $4.10; win -
ler wheat patents, 84.10 to 84.25;
straight rollers, 83.60 to $3.70; do., in
bags, $1.65 to $1.75; extras, 81.50 to
$1.55.
Millfced-Manitoba bran. in bags, $20
lo 622; shorts, 822 to $22.50; Ontario
bran, fn hags, 820 to 821; shorts, 822 to
829.51I; milled mouille. $21 to $25;
straight grain, $28 to 829 per ton.
Rolled Oafs- Per bag, '31.90 to *2.
Ilny-No. 1. 813.51); No. 2. 812.50; No.
2, 811.50; clover mixed, 811; pure clover,
S10.50 to 811 per ton in car lots.
Eggs -There are no changes and the
quotation of 17c to 17jec per dozen
still holds good.
Muller-Quolaiions for finest, 32e,
while for winter make, 26e to 28c is he -
Ing asked.
(cheese -13e Is dill quoted for old
white and 12* is the quotation for fod-
ders.
Previsions-Rarrels short cut mess,
$22.50 to $23.50; half berries. $11.75 to
512.50: elenr int hark. $21 to $24.50; long
cut heavy me..s. 820.5) lo $22; halt bar-
rels do.. $10.75 to 51150; dry salt. lone,'
eienr baron. 11 ,e to 12%e; barrels pante
beef. 412 to *13: half barrels do.. *0.25
b• 56.75: barrels heavy mesa beef. $5.50.
1nl! ferrets .le.. 86.73: eempound teed.
',' tee: pure Intel. 1231* to 13e:
k• til, rre,l r,•.I. 13e to 13Seee hems. 14e
Ir 10Xe. ncrnnlilltl In size; hrenktnsl hn-
r'-n. 15c to 10": \Vlndseer heron, 1:k: 10
1f.lee; fresh killed nhnitnic dressed hogs,
510; alive. $7.25 to *7.30.
Rt1FF.\f.n \I \1:1,1.1'.
Buffalo, April 23.- i';., .r -Firm, Wheat
--Spring quiet; No. 1 Northern, 87Xel
Winter nominal. Corn--Ensler; No. 2
yellre\c. 5l7;e: No. 3 white. 50e. (lnts-
t-hill; No. 2 white. 17!'a•: No. 2 inlxe'I.
4(y,,. Barley- \\ ,:stern steeled, 67 to
75e. nye--Firm No. 1. in store, 72c rise.
cd.
NEW VOniC \1111:.'1- eI \ItkkI.T.
. New lei' k, April 23.- \\ heat -spot
steady; Ne. 2 red. 81%e Te':atur; No. 2
red. S( .' f.,h.. 1,13081; N. 1 northern
Duluth. flee.. opening navigation, 1.0.1).
tame No. 2 lined tinier. sieve, open -
hag (181.ig81ion, f.o.b. alke it.
LIVE STOCK M:1llf*:r.
Throttle, .epri1 23.- Export , :e', e, , re
gleet, with mit many of thorn• ng.
.
1 1 nlnn)•t ec,r) case cxtoi I a..
.'. I l fieq .
pee'• s slightly eerier. (1w elation.. , .• a
little terse •r, but are prnrl:cnlly matured.
Rutche►s' rattle were ofkring hely.
T:ip emirs ranged around $5.01 Io 1S. 13,
with the bulk of the g,xnl hitchers' olfer-
ing* selling fn nt 81.75 1.) $3. Chi• •
tem: were 111 dent'►nd and fit'rn.
gai.g i gt peen! $1 I(4 611.23. 'these prieseel
h ew ••ver, wet•• for Ile' best. ordinary
st(s k range. l h.'m 8.75 1.. $.1.5c1.
Str..eker•ac rind feeders nre in g 141 Lie -1
rnnnil and'}•ricer ere firma. choice, 5.1.75
\Brt „rew• lur shly, wn
quiet idemend. P►i, esligrtange(n+frTerom !Tetiith b
$15, extra choice selling up to $50 to $55;
common, $25 to $30.
Veal calves am steady and UnChang.d
:it 3 to 6,' per tb.
Sheep awl grain -fed lambs aro flan
end ulehanged, but common lambs are
.slow Lind tetic easier. Spring lambs are
sleudy and unchanged.
(togs are unchanged at $6.40 fur select
fed und watered.
A It\zolu.f:.SS SHAVE.
(turning Ashes Is Nothing to the Latest
Disco % eery.
A despatch from London says: 'Ther
es consternation among the barbers 0
England over the invention of a Lon
doner named Witherington. Ile ha
made a paste which removes the beard
without the use of a raux' in len min
tiles. The paste makes the hair so brittle
That it can be rubbed off clean with a
wet sponge. "No skin trouble" is guar
anleed, and the performance is simply ;
part of trashing the face upon arising.
in the morning. The following advan
leges are claimed for the paste :-
"No punclilli.ous barber to ask if the
razor is slurp enough! No second man
wailing to brush your hat and ask with
his manner for a tip! You rub on the
Poste, wipe it off with the sponge. and
presto! You go down to coffee and
rolls looking like a man fresh from the
hands of the best barber in London. The
cost is about one cent a shave -and lip
yourself."
•o
. premises of the Canada Steam Laundry
s & Dye Works. corner of St. Justin and
St. Catherine streets. As a result of the
fire tiro charred and burned bodies, sap -
:posed to be those of Mrs. Furlong and
Wm. Martineau, lie in the morgue, and
Mrs. Giroux, who was severely injured,
has since died, making the third vic-
tim.
'.t
DEATH 1N MONTREAL FIRE
Thirty Women Hemmed in and
Three People Killed.
A despatch from efontrcal says: A
most disastrous fire broke out at 3
o'clock on Thursday afternoon in the
TIIEIR BOAT UPSET.
William Mack Drowned Opposite
Brockville.
A despatch from Brockville says:
Missing a stroke in rho water !vith his
oars, Wm. Mack, while rowing from
Morristown, a small village opposite
Brockville, was drowned on Saturday
night. In company with his brother-in-
law, Joseph Mars, he was returning
from Morristown, where they had ferried
Iwo passengers, and, giving a sudden
jerk on the oars, the boat capsized.
Maes' cries for help were heard by Peter
Frazer, a young mum, who went to his
assistance and succeeded in landing tern
on an island. Ile then !tent to the vil-
lage for assistance. Marg became un-
conscious when pulled out of the water,
and it was not until Three hours later
That ho told of Mack being with him.
Searching parties were out on Sunday,
but the body has not been found. 'l'1►e
drowned num w'ns 22 years old, and
leaves a wife and three months' old
child.
DEATH LIST O','EIt SIX HUNDRED.
Quake in Mexico Worse Than Was at
First Supposed.
A despatch from EI Paso, Texas,
says: A report on Wednesday from n
commercial house in Mexico City to a
big; house in Cukdad Juarez. Mexico, op -
pestle El Pats°, say's that the authentic
known list of dead as a result of the
Mexican earthquake is over six hundred,
although no public report has been
made of the casualties in Mexico City,
and possibly will not be. and this list
does not lake into account the large
number of people in the small villages
and those out in the country, whose
death will never be chronicled.
811,000,000 ASKED.
Supplementary Estimates Are Brought
Down in (louse.
A despatch from Ottawa says : Sup-
plementary estimates totalling $10.941.-
553 for the current fiscal year ending
March next were brought down in the
(otnmonr on Friday night by I lon. Mr.
Fielding. Of this amount 87.230,847 is
chargeable to consolidated fund, making
with the main estimates a total of $74;
611.126 fur the year.
On capital account the supplementary
estimates provide for expenditure of
$2.710,711. The mein estimates pro-
vided for 83A 298,310, the total for the
year on capital account being, therefore,
8(2,009,051. The grand total which Par-
liament is asked to tote for all purposes
is $126,001,463.
RE1'OLTINIi (:Rl'ELTI'.
Infant Placed in a Basket and Left in
Ilot (ven.
A despatch from Montreal says:
George Blanchette ons arrested early en
'rhursdny on the charge of placing his
fi%eenonths-old child in n basket and
then pulling it in a hot oven. It is eke
alleged that iilanchello plied the Infant
will) whiskey until it had convulsions.
The case has been taken up by the Soci-
ety for the Pr.wenlivn of Cruelly to
Women and Children on the complaint
of the prisoner's mother-in-law, on the
plea that his wife \vas afraid to make a
charge against Blanchette. The prisoner
ig nlleged to be a drunkard and more or
less of a brute. The poor infant which
tans been so abused only weighs five
pounds.
CROPS IN 11FtiT1:Il\ 11\"t \Irl(►.
Indicnlinns 1re That Harvest vein ire
nn t1eu1d•mt (Inc.
A despatch from Chalhnm says: fie•
ports from different seclk,ns throughunt
the County of Kent go 10 allirmm the be- i
lief that there will be an abundant har-
vest in Ibis country this year. The
iornmers claim that the wheat has %t -in.,
lereti !cell, 8nd wi►ile there ore 8 f, tt•
finds of peer wheat. 11►e crap will Ire 8
tory heavy one U Ihr pr. -sent lin,
we81hrr conllnu•:+, One 1 tiship alum,
reports n poor outlook. In Doutn,y lie
'.hent wale atmos! kittrl I.) Int, fru•l..
Fruit will be a fair crop only. Berries eif. 1
all kinds are in the very be -t of condi-
lion.
3t\I\1.1.1'1►\ ON t ('. 1'. It. sit:\\II:R.
13 p►rss tit 1.l:1i044 .
head (:h:rpnninese h11tee, 1110'11.\\1 •d.Thine►.
.\ ar,:p.rot.tl tree' 1 e 1...1;1. B. I....sale
The Empress of Japan. with the ori r
larns 711813. •,utrou'.d. i. d,•lnine,f al \\'1
line steed q lnrantiur 48'1 :n with'n1at;.
p15. Fore 111'1• 1 have been I:•riled,
and Ili•' t..sel is i.eing futeigare,l. The
cases are among the Chinese crew.
SEVERAL. WERE INJURED.
The severely- injured are:--. Mrs.
Diagle, severely burned and fractured
limbs; Albertina Paradis, broken urn'
and severe burns; Alberfina f'roulx,
fractured leg and burns; Janet Leith,
burned and injured internally by full-
a°l fn the General hospital.
The others injured nee: -Miss Ennnn
Etienne, burned and rib broken; Miss
Bertha McKercher, burns on face and
arra broken; Miss Levigne, burns on
face and back; :Mss Rodgier, suffering
from burns and shock; Miss Mowenkint,
burns on back.
THIRTY WOMEN HEMMED iN.
The fire broke out in the second story
of a three-story building through 11►e ex-
plosion of benzine in the engine room.
The building was old and thoroughly
saturated with benzine, and as a result
the flames spread with fearful rapidity,
and in an incredibly short period the
building was a muss of flarnes. Thirty
women and girls were in the second and
third stories. and became panic-strick-
en as the devouring flames cut off their
way to the fire escape in front.
THREW THEMSELVES 011'.
Terrified by the ilamnes that were des
vouring the building, teeny 01 there
rushed the nd1)3•, w thein
-
seteS outot, pref!rrriougous toand 1* dashed le
pieces rather than be burned to death.
Two of the first girls who jumped es'-
caped serious injuries, but half a dozen
others tato followed were seriously
hurl.
Although the firemen quickly responds
el to the alarm, and had sixteen streams'
playing on the doomed building within
I. few Ininules, it was impossible to
quench the fire. Two bodies were re.
mored to the morgue all charred and
burned so Ilial their identification was
impossible. From the list of employees
they are thought to be Mrs. Furlung and
Win. Martineau.
IIEART BENDING SCENF.S.
The news of the disaster spread lik
wildfire. Most of the girls lived Ver
their place of work, and mothers and
sisters were en the spot in a minute,
rushing to and fro in quest of they
loved ones. As face after face appear-
ed at the flame -swept windows mothers
called frantically to their daughters to
jump. and stretched pleading amts to
them to come.
The white.faced victims would turn
and cast a despairing look at the fiame,9
behind, and then leap from the third
story windows.
As the mournful looking waggons were
filled and went off with their loads men
and women fought to see if it was their
loved ones who were being hurried
away. and turned awuy sobbing as the
victims turned out to be some other per-
sons.
CLOSE PLA\TING,
Will Produce Boller Timber Trees Than
Wider Spacing -Other Advantages.
Foresters plant very young and small
trees and plant them very close together.
from tour to six feet apart each way
is the usual distance in forestry plant-
ing row -a -days, though less and greater
distances have their advocates.
Of course, in planting an orchard, .er
shade -trees, or, say maples for a sugar -
hush, the Trees will be planted farther
apart; but in planting for the purpose
of raising a wocd-lot the figures given
above hold.
Ily thus crowding the trees better
limber is produced, for the trees will
grow taller and straighter. Such trees
will be found naturally in a thick wood
as compared with a more open one.
The dead branches will fall off better
fin other words, the ire will prune it-
self better) and tate timber will be freer
Prem knots.
Another reason for close planting i5
10 bring the crowns of the trees to-
gether within a reasonable line. The
distance between the ireeee should be
such that the trees will come together
in at least six to eight years; it In lass
line, all the better. The soil will be
Improved and the growth in height sit
the trees increased by this meeting of
the crowns.
In some regions (the prairie country.
par instance) cultivation Is necessary for
the first few years after planting the
trees; and ander these conditions the
close planting shortens the time during
which it Is necessary to cultivate the
plantation. Where n plantation tans
been made with the frets four feel aparl
each wny (al least. in the pmt'inees of
Manitoba and Saskntchewnn) It Is found
that three years' cultivation will suffice;
1f the tree.. were put six feet apart ench
way, cultivation would h(' necessnry for
twice that pane, or even longer.
\\'Linden water pipes are to be tested in
London.
A 813,000,009 TUNNEL.
Estimated Cost of Projected Bore Under
Northumberland Straits.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Ac-
cording to a return brought down in
the House on \Yedmesday. Mr. A. St.
Laurent, assistant chief engineer of the
Public Works Department, estimates
thi cost of a tunnel, $even and a half
miles long, . under Northumberland
Straits lo connect Prince Edward Island
with New Brunswick. al 8(3447.200, to
which roust be added cost of shafts, ma-
senry and excavation at portals. aip-
proaches, plant for Tight and venlilatien.
n.aking a grand total of $151148,200. 'fhe
tunnel would be 154 feet below water
level and would take from eight to ten
years to build.
Sir Douglas Fox, the eminent English
engineer, in 1S91 estimated the cost of
r, tunnel. 18 feel in diameter, which
would permit of the transit of railway
cars through It, al $11,262,500.
BANDIT'S BIG HAUL.
Mair Express Office Clerk Give up Pack-
age Containing 825,1100.
A despatch from SI. Paul, Minn., says:
e\ bandit held up the Northern Express
Company's Union Depot office on Tues-
day night and compelled the clerk to
open the safe and give him a package
centahning 825,000. The robber es-
caped. A young man who is believed
to have been a confederate of the rob-
ber called at the exoress otflce. and, by
some pretext, managed to gel o11e .:f
the clerks out of the office. Fred. Zim-
merman. the other clerk. essei afi�r-
w'ards found himself eonfronted by a
masked robber, who pointed a pistol ret
his head. and forced him to hand out
a package of currency which was to
ger. to Duluth on the midnight train.
The pollee on Wednesday arrested John
Gunderson. They would not say whe-
ther the money had been secured, but
they aeaid they had the right man.
MILLIONS ARE STARVING.
Ruszlian Famine Sufferers Require
Aid for Months.
A despatch from i.onden says: Writ-
ing from tine Russian famine district,
Dr Kennard, who was sent by the So-
Ciely of Friends to investigate condi-
tions among the peasantry, draws an
appalling picture of the suffering. Ile
says: -
"This is the worst famine Ravin bas
known. No less than 20,000.000 people
distributed throu((hrnst the southeastern
provinces cannot live without aid to see
another harvest, and i may say 1h(it
this figure has been not only approved
try the Zemslvo organization, but alio
by the Government itself. The date of
the harvest will vary with. the latitude
and the famine -stricken region is spread
over such a wide area (five limes the
size of Eunice) Mel erre Item ten d"-
greeot of latitude are int-vlviel. This
means that in direct properttcn from
seem' In north the tersest will ne from
1, ly :3 to 23. It will be seen that funds
we' be motet! to the end of July to
fed all Ilisee millkons. aid then the h•tr-
t,-1 eel bring relief. bol there ar • mine-
h,nd,.eds nt Ihou-iuids to Ahem the her.
vest will reit bring relief. for I'a(y• have
neither land nor cattle. 'flit 1••w cow,
Ihnn are in existence are in au, h n
tu1 condition 1hemselwes that they are
moles% for milking purposes. The re.
see is. that babies and puling children
nee !sing forced to eat the coarse black
bread noel the inrlig•caih!e yoang tee
ei,mbers Telnet IMO Imruries le tee, adult
Ihcsiaw peasant !o -day. hut nre death
I.. the babies. er al any rale spell dig.
rr,... These p eopte have ,old their all.
rant :s'1 m .•t cn•etc h.)v likewise 5(41(1 hl
8,1':ne•e alt that Or harvest might
11i•e_ Ih m. eleer.wl ;ie epidemics cf
dieettee odd to the terrible conditions
obtaining. The difficulties enconnlrrsd
of relieving these pee.eple are made ten
Hines worse now owing to the precti-
cally impassable condition of the coun-
try road ;. The wittier snows nre melting
and projecting vast volumes of water
in countless celaracts toward mother
\'(elgn, and neither titan nor beast can
hope In do anything in the way of
irav31,"
CHINA'S CIIILDERN DYING,
A despatch from ShnnFthoi says: The
following err cxtrncts horn the repo;'s
jud received of foreigners in four fn.
mine centres:-
") aow'nn--The !Amine is growing
worse. Children dying in grent num.
bets."
"Si) hien- Almost oat o1 suppers.%
Nerd large amount; immediately to con-
tinue the relief commenced ''
"singkinngpu-Many dying. \lust .Ic-
ciense relief work unless larger ship-
ne els of supplies are received."
"I.►ukiaweeee-The whole country .s
le the deepest distress. It •luger•s who
went south hoping In find relief are re•
turning empty-handed. , There are pro-
cessions c(1 people with wlacellierrow e
trnnsparting their doors, I:alies. bels.
and cupbonr4.s to market to be .sold for
ah,wsl nothing. Ilundreds of Wrnne►1
nne1 e)phlren are tern in the fields
seratelepg out roots and scanty blades
of grass. Hundreds of trans have been
stripped of their bark from root to rho
t.igh.st braneIvs for ►i..c as food. The
majority of the population ere living
en wall ro•.ts. etc.. and these are eau,o
illgi distaaea: '