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B111 INCRFNSE IN CNADA'8 iflNDE
Amounts to $55,o18,726 [)tiring Nine
Months
A despatch from O'tawa says: Trade
r• tui n e for the nine months ending
c•..th SUtrce sh tw s.)nne interesting in-
�•'tses: For the nate months closing
►e fiscal ear the 1 ,:al increase in
trade seas 1-3:-.01:" 7:6, Jr nearly 15 per
cent. over Tie Ca:responding per cent. of
1:40 6.
hop els in•reas.sl CO7,506,t76, and ex-
p•,rL: incr, ase 1 $7 ;;Ci ._s50,
The nggr•eeate t•ad,, for tate nine
in n Its was 1.411,e15,6i6.
For Uv tnntah of March alone there
was a re rued increese of no less than
$12,817.6:,8 in the t.aal trade, as corn -
r
par d with March of the last year. This
increase was made up of 610,978,787 in
im, (rts, and 81,834.871 in exports. The
aggregate of imposes for tite nine months
was 5219,717,413, and of exports $192,-
0 7,133.
. For Minot the imports totalled 836,-
£4:,(71. and the exports $15,304.236.
The rola! trade of last month was
over one-third greater than the total
(rade if March, 19e6. For lite nine
m antis the duty collected was 81.7.1"6,-
08:,, an Increase over lee corresponding
period of last year of 56,338,257.
Itl'FFI.AN SENTENCED. ONE-SIDED BATTLE.
'Was (:hen Six fears in Kings'on tor Lone Brigand With it'volver Against
Wounding.
A despatch from Peterl•oro' says: Fred
Chmnbers, dies Frank Ca Byron, of To-
ronto. who pleaded guilty to Three
charges of wounding Levi Thorndyke,
Pal King, and Gilbert ll!ezard at the
iteral 11 t1e1, in this city, on April 171h,
and of assaulting Constable eleharry,
eves on 1 hursdey sentenced in the Police
Cowl ey Magistrate Dumble to six years
in the King ton Penitenla-y. The pris-
oner got three years on each of three
charges o1 stabbing, two of the terms
to run concurrency. Chambers has n
tad record. A letter received from Chief
Grasett, of Toronto. by the local police.
slates that since he was released from
the Kingston Ptnitentia-y in December
last he has been associating with pro-
fessional thieves. and it is believed has
taken part in a number of recent rob-
beries. In 1889 the prisoner was sen-
tenced in Toronto to four years for (heft.
And in le99 he was given 10 years in
the penitentiary for al'empted robbery,
with violence, of Henry Aspdon's gro-
cery. 216 Victoria Street, Toronto.
Chambers struck dawn Aspdon, and
Gelled his daughter wrlit an axe, George
Slack was his accomplice, and got 12
years.
SMALLPDX AT INGERSOI.L.
b:ithteen Patients in Ilnspital--Celebra-
tions ,Arc galled Off.
A despatch from Ingersoll says: The
snnhllenx situation is causing consider-
able uneasiness. There are now eigh-
teen patients in the Isolation Hospital,
a new case having been discovered rot
Sunday. The greater number of the
cases were brought to light during the
tI
few days, and only one of them
egarded as being severe. Tire town
a feels d} f els the cf(ects of the outbreak.
There will be no Victoria Day celebra-
tion or Old Boys' Reunion, which was
to have been n three•dny affair. Tho
Cnled•)nia Society. under whose au-
spices it was to have been held, decided
11 would he in the interests of the public
to call it off. Nearly everyone is being
voceinnled. The Central School has
been closed and the free library and
reacting-rn.m► will be c'osed after Wed-
nesday. The mall Is being thoroughly
disinfected to prevent the disease from
being spread in This way.
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NI:GIs(► A(;l:1► t:,o 1'1:1inS.
Was Born 19 Years Before the paten.
ran Revolution.
A despite,' from smiling() de Cuba
says: Antonio lnflnate. a negro, 15 d•'nd
a: the age of one hundred anti fifty
years. Despite his great age, the great.
es recorded In modern times, Ire te-
e, eel all his faculties unimpaired to
1he end. Ile was (worn in 1757, nineteen
years before the beginning of the Ameri-
can Revolution.
11'\NE1. 1111.1. 1WITUim 111 \.
Strong (►PPe-item hidiealed hill \Vnn111
be Defeated.
A despatch trent 1.' is 1 .n seys: The
bel introduced in the II. use of Groot.
u:,"ns oath• r'z,ng the r•.reirucli•5n of n
1t ante of;.d r the t'•.::lis't (a;aunel, from
England 1 , 1 which (trouser'
strong r,ppx,sitiei . l yen wither
:-nen.
itussian Field Gun Detachment.
A de:palch from Warsaw says: A no -
1 ,rious brigand. Standees Lis, 'lie au-
lf.air of rnuny crimes. has been captured
a: Lublin, 93 miles from here, mortally
wound d, after the house in which ne
laid sought i e!ut:e had Leen blown to
peces by artillery fire. Lis, when he
saw That a detachment of police was ad-
vancing on the house, barricaded him-
self within and opened fire on the po-
i
lice, kiting several of theta. Troops
more summoned to the os -i -tante of the
p -,lace, but they were unable to dislodge
the bandit. Finally several quick -firing
field pieces were brought up and trained
ern the house. Eight shells hit the build-
ing. which was demolish. d, after which
the infantry stormed the ruins and found
l.'s desperately wounded. trying to re-
load his revolver, which he had emp-
tied al the attacking party.
RUSSIAN BARBARITY.
Prisoners Tortured in Horrible %Iannei•
by Soldiers to Secure Confessions.
A despatch from St. Petersburg says:
in the Lower (louse of ('arliatgent on
Tue d•iy M. Pergamonl, Constitutional
Democrat, read the reports of the Inter-
pretation Commitee regarding charges
that prisoners had been tortured in or-
der to obtain confessions. Details of
some seventy cases were given. They
were beaten on sensitive parts of their
bdies with Cossacks' whips and rub-
ber rods. and their finger nails and
hair were pulled oul. The Inrt u•es in
ninny cases were prolonged for eight
to ten days. One man, who was anis
twenty-two years old, looked like en old
roan niter having been tortured. M.
Makoroff, Vice -Minister of the Interior.
ndmitled the eruelty practised by the
Government officials on April 13111, and
announced tint prosecution of the guilty
ours had already been begun.
I.r►Itl►' 11 \1' ACT IN WINNIPEG.
Sprue of the \lure Stringent Provisions
Will Not ibe Enforced.
A despatch frorn Winnipeg says : The
Felice Commissioners have been in con-
sullalion with the Attorney -General's
Department outlining the policy which
shall be pursued) with regard to enforc-
ing the Loot's Day n1Lserva►iee law.
Aller the sleeting nn Frklay evening Il
was announced that certain creases
regulating the sale of papers at hotel
news elands to gusts and railway Ironic
shall not be enforced.
CAR WHEELS SIW:lu1t
Young Prospector
Killed al Itailw:►y
elan))n of Bailey bury.
A despatch front Ilei:eybury, (int..
srys: F. J. Neff. trout Detroit, wag nt-
stantly killed here on Thursday w bile
trying to beard a northbound freight
(rain. ills feel caught In a wire and
he tell under the wheels, which mm-
ek'tely severed the heed from the body.
The n r:dent happened immediately in
trent of the ticket -office windows, and
the elation platform was crowded 8t the
time. Thr victim was formerly employ.
eft as nn operator by the Grand Trunk
Railway. ile had come up here pros•
peeeling. having puirbtised a miner's
: n the r, ,:ng. ile vas only
ni- - .ears (,'•t.
SHOT SWEETHEART IN BUSH
Awful Tragedy of Stepbrother and
Sister
rie ' pa'ch front Parry 8 tend say-
ern)
ay-) of murder acid •air ide, cause.' ley
lealou+y. conies from Ib' erne villa:,.
of .\rusleIn t► the North, en 1'arry S''und
Du.•tr.ct. A slt.•ckitg feature of th • ries
is nett the murder, r and r
pen tep-he)1ter ail si:'er. Ire to
laced with an elderly ricrmen cuupl•.•
named Slippiest:a. in to fatndiouse near
the t it!e e. Frank %erase° was the sent
of t!•e elf, by a fernier husband. and
Ronnie Supp'esea, who was only 15
yen:, yid, was the daughter of the hus-
band.
Feer some lime Varese) had teen pay.
Ing c.,tlrt to the girl, and was in,':tnely
h.a''l of any favors which she sleeved
,leer young uteri of the nelghber-
ht.. w 1.
(m Falur.lny creamy h,' was over-
heard 1•) 5. rue • f the ncight' rs utter.
ing eseets ageaol les tie they John,
1`t y; ars uttl, if he dt.1 riot ccaae Vs at.
adeno to Itenn:e, but no particular
ht wee atteeh'l in teem. Th.' Suti-
<aed geietly with no further out -
1 his Tart.
On \' , lay morning Rennie and John
went e to the sugar bush. seem dis-
t lance p.. !I) tate house, to Collect sap for
1. :ling, nil white thus engngrd frank
m as cepled con=ing towards them ear-
: snit n rule. His appearance was so
r neatening that John ran away (111(1 hid
I enself in tate bn?tt, but tremae stood
i her ground.
11 hal center -alien Nosed 1•etween
thein will never he known. but John
from his West, of hiding saw Frank sud-
denly retie his dyer rifle, point it fit his
victim, only n f. w feel distant. and fire,
Rennie fell at once, the belle! entering
lust beneath htr eft slemitt•r, go ng en-
tirely Ihrnugh tier Iw,dy and eoming out
beneath her reel! .''1euldcr. The watnd
proved fatal within a few fir mutes.
Then Varese() fenced the muzzle of
the rifle under les ehin, and puller) the
trigger. praeticaliy blowing the lop nr
his heed off end died Instnntly.
An inqueel was not cell -Aerial n(•,•.
rssary. so it was derided t., bury the
two victims without holding one.
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reetters, 1,060 to t ifA ns 8 ---�
ai.75 par curt, 1\1
fIldnl:fi.40forselect,adSIifu's. IU
'Cie market for sheep and Iambs wit steady to firnn at the following quota 11)8a
Iln►ts : - (:eex1 grain -fed limits were
quoted al $7.50 to 88 per cwt ; sprint
Ia►ul.s. $3 to $e each ; export ewes, ala', 2:
to $5.50; bucks, 81.50 to $5.50.
NO AL1t4 FOR KING AND QUEEN.
LEADING MARKETS' ` 1450 `
BREADS I-UFFS.
Toronto, April 30. -Call board quota-
tions ar•:-
\s ti: at -Manitoba - No. 1 northern.
mk a ked, Mouteal; 9.1e bid, Neill'
Bay; spot 92%c asked, to arrive; No. 2
leathern, 9Ic asked, (11 route to Nurtlt
Hay.
11 tt i y --No. 2, 51e bid on a eye -cent
rale (.i 7oron'o; No. 3 extra, 52c bid on
shute basis, 51c asked 78 per cent.
Mitts; No. 3, 5Ic bid, 53c &eked 78 per
cent, points.
Peas -No. 2, 79c este ontsele.
Oats -No. 2 while, 3:1c Lid 011 a five -
cent tate to Toronto.
Other pric.-s are:
\Vneal-\lnnilobn-N lrth Bay - No. 1
hard. 91c; No. 1 northern, 9:c; No. 2
northern, 90e. i.nke ports►-M,ty (petty
cry -Neo. 1 hard. 85%c: No. 1 northern,
83%e; No. 2 north r i. 81Xc.
Wheat -Ontario, No. 2 white winter.
723;e to 73c: No. 2 red, 72c to 723 c;
No. 2 flexed, 72e.
Ones -No. 3 while. 3.5e to ?1) c out-
side: No. 2 mixed, 38c to 38j;c.
Peas-;Rc to 743;0.
Corn -Ne. 3 yet! ss- Ameelsan.55,4e to
Sec. lake and raiz; Ontario, 46c to 47c,
Chathatn fre!ghls.
dive -62e to 63e.
Rnrley-Nn. 2. rominat at 53e M 53'c:
nu'side, No. 3 extra, 52c to 523;e: No.
51c to 5114c.
Flour--(lntar`n-90 per cent. patents.
87 73 asked. $2.67 lid; Mnri'oba, first
nntents. 84.50; seconds, 83,75; bakers',
8.3.90.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Rutter -Receipts are imp-oving, and
the market will gradually weaken.
Crenntery, prints .. 23c to 29c
• cl s 'i.ls 26c to 27c
Dairy, prints .... .... . 25e to Mc
d, tubs .... .... .... 21e to 23e
Che:se-'Ic ads at lie for large and
Mee for (wins in job lots here.
Honey -Pails, Ile 11, 12e Ib.; combs,
2.56 to $2 75 per (lo7en.
Beane --51.50 In 81.55 for hand-picked,
and $1.35 to 81.10 for primes.
t :;Intoes-OIttnrio, $5e to 90c; eastern,
1`.)e. In car lots here O•tlario nominal.
Paled 11av--$13.50 for No. 1 timothy.
and 811 lo $12.50 for secondary grades.
in ear lots here. Receirts are light, and
prices 11 mer.
Baled Straw -$7 per ton in car kits
here.
PROVISIONS.
Dressed flogs -Steady at 89.40; heuvi-
ee, 8:►; farmers' lots, $8.25 to $8.50 for
car lots.
Pork -Short cut, $23.50 to 824 per bar-
rel: arras, $2l to .50.
Salted
<mokedi and Dry Salted Meals. -Long
clear Eaton, plc to 11%c for Ions and
case:: limns. medium and light, 15Xc
to 16c; heavy, 14,14c le 15c; backs, 1614c
i. 17e; shoulders, 11c to 11yc: rollx,
lige:
out o
3�c . f plc;le, 1c less Ihrn smok,d.
Lard -First, threes, 12,';e; tuls, I23,c;
pails, 123 c.
SiONTRE:\t. MARKETS.
Montreal. April 30. -The local grain
market is still very dull and no export
business to sleek of.
ilucI.wlitat-55e to 56%c per bushel.
Corn-A►tericnn No. 2 yellow, 55c;
N. 3 mixed, 63c.
Peas -Railing peas, $1 in carload lots,
81.10 in jobbhig lets.
Fluor-Slaniloba spring wheat. 81.25
le 81.60; strong bakers', 81 Io $4,10;
winter wheal patents, $1.10 to $4.25;
straight roI'ers. $3.C. to $3.70; do in
bags. 81.65 to $1.75; extras, $1.50 to
$1.55.
\tutee, -Manitoba bran lit bags. 820
In 822; shorts. 822 to 822.50; Ontario
bran in bags. 82211 to 821: smart,. 822 to
ee9.50; straight grain, $28 to $29 per
t. tn.
(tolled Oats --Per hag. 81.90 to 82'.
I. 81.2.50 to $13.50; No. 2.
8i2.50: No. 3. 811.50: clover mixed. 811:
pure ck;ser, 810.50 to 811 per len in
ear lot.:.
Huth r --The demand is steady and
quelations 24c to 21 c.
Cheese -The quetalien is still 11%c.
Eggs -Prices are steady at 17e, •
Prove:awls-Con►p,and lard. 93 c to
10ye; kettle rendered, 13e to 13}lc: pure
lard, 1.2'/,': to 13'% barrels heavy Can-
ada short riff mess pork, 822.:.n; Bere-
a : heavy (:nnndn short cut mesa pork.
833: half hnrrels (armada slier( cut mess
eotk. .11.50; barrets selected heavy Can-
ada start cut mess pork, 823.51,; tw-
eets Cnnadn short hack pork. fn►nily
park. $22.51,: half barrels short rut lin lc
pork. 8t l..:(►: barrels light Canada short
tut clear pork. 8;1: hnrrel3 heavy flank
l•ork, 821; barrels clear fat tacks, $24.50.
ilt-t'C. f.O 51111kE'1'.
Buffalo. April 30. - Flour -- Steady.
\\'pleat-Cns('ttle,i; Noe 1 Northern. 91e
asked; Winter, rotttinel. Corn -Strong;
No. 2 yellow. Mc: No. 3 white. 533yc.
Oat-t)ul1: No. 2 white. 71e; No. 2 mix-
ed. 4I%e. Morley -- Strong; Western
quoted 6'4 to 75c. Rye -Strong: No. 1
in store, 71c.
NEW 1'O11ii 11'11EAT AG1nKET.
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New York. April 30.-Whent--`part
mnrket firm: No. 2 red Allot; elevator;
No. e real. 4ie,r f.n.b. afloat: No. I nor-
thern Duluth. 9eXe. opening navigation
f.o.b. neon% Nn. 2 hard winter, :•t9'/.c,
of ening navigation, f.o.b. afloat.
C eTTI.1: �tAlll:rr.
Toronto. April 30. --Trade was Pomo-
what draggy at the Western Market to-
day on lnrt(o r•ecepts.
Owing to delays in the enilings of the
(eenn vessels the export (rade was dull.
It is alert staled that the Envois' rnar-
kel.e were easier. Export rattle ,wild at
st1.*5 to $5.25 per cwt•
i.ight well-finiated butchers' Heifers
weer wonted. and not too plentiful. For
animal, of !hie clasp around 1,1»)
L/ was i•nki. tt''d butchers', $4.65 le tt5;
fait to good hntcter.•'. et to $4.50;
cows. M.25 1.. 81.25: 'mete! Ines, $2 In
$3.90 per cwt.
1 a'e td) demand wa. p..i.,iu. fur good
Adventure of Edward and Alexandre
With Neapolitan Monks.
A despatch from Naples says : King
Edward and Queen Alexandra went
sightseeing here on Wednesday. They
visited the ancien' Chuirh of Sant
Chime, where it happened the tnel1)ks
who care for the edifice, were eating their
lunch. 'tette visi'ors kno'kcel al the door
but as there was no reply 'hey knock&
again. The sacristan inside, supposint
i1 was a beggar who had knocked
shouted:
"Go in peace, tlerc is nothing tot
you.,"
The Royal party were greatly amused
One of the members 10 -inched again.
ying they wente•1 to see the church.
"Don't bother us," the sacristan re-
sponded, ",nis Isn't s!ghtseeing ti=ne."
The visitors would have had to accede
lo the rebuff, but Oen. Salsa, of Ile
Italian army. happen .d to pass, recog
nizcd them, and prevailed upon tae
sacristan to open the door.
\Vhen the sacristan realized the situa-
tion lie was profoundly npoioge'lc. 11'
called the other monks. who hastened to
act as showmen. The churchs funds
benefitted from the visit.
MON '11O IN TRANSIT.
Goods Shipped Frorn Toronto I8:fore
Cheiantas Still on the (toad.
A despatch from 'Toronto says: The
whole -ole dry goods houses,ore receiv-
ing in inuttian that Lie block on tate
Can: d.nn Northern and the western
toads is b: ing relieved. Gordon 111acKny
& Company, on \Vcdnesdny morning, re-
ceived a telegram front a merchant in
Saskatoon. advising the arrival of goods
on April 23rd. eller cd from Toronto on
Jan••ary 3lct. Other houses shipped
g, t d, I efore Chri.;lmns. and these have
not yet reached their destination.
A LATi: OPENING.
Montreal Shipping Hen Concerned Over
Navigation Prospects.
A despatch frons Montreal says: Mont -
net shipping companies are somewhat
disappoi:.led at tete late opening of navi-
gation this year. It is not expected that
the first vessel of the season will come
inlet this port until about the 2nd of
May, or probably as late as the 511t of
May. Grain men in the city nee nnxI-
ourly waiting the breaking -up of ice et
Fa'1 William and fort Arthur.
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SNOW IN S.ASKATeli1:\W.1N.
Thermometer al Lumsden (Registered
Eight .Above Zero.
A despatch (rem Lumsden, Sask.,
says : Severely cold weather prevails
here. The flood in the Qu'Aprelle Valley
is passed. Alt the streams emptying into
th.' Qii Appelle Levo fele n. It rues eight
aix,ve zero at nine on eaturdny night.
The sloughs west of town are filled, and
the river is len feel below the high mark
of 1901. There was a 1,ig snowstorm on
Sunday morning.
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FEI.1. DI:AI) .AFTER (:01.1' GAM:.
Sudden End of 11r. 11. V. itethune,
Prominent Montreal I.no yer.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Meredith V. Bethune, n prominent Slunt-
real lawyer. dropped deed at Dixie on
S t i aft
been out playing golf on the Dixie links
most of the afternoon, and hod just
entered Ihc club house when he col-
lapsed and dial almost inslnnlly. ile
was fat years old and a son of Strachan
Bethune, K.(:.
n
Conditions More Prosperous Than in
Any Other Country.
A des'satch from Ottawa says : The
Commons Comm.11ee on Agriculture and
t:olouizatiom su, )Tilted its final report to
Parliament 011 Thursday. It tnen'ioned
hat in (;r.at llritnin the average wheat
erup is 30.95 bushels per acre. In On-
'ar:o the average of winter wheat is
:2.50, and of sprang wheat 18.92. show -
ung Bolt we are not in it`s respect a
.:rent way behind the \tallier Country;
ranee average:; 19.57 busaels, which is
inder the average yield for Celurio.
dnnitoba gives eland 18.45. The North-
\'esl of Canada 19.13. while Itii.,:u in
Europe gives an average 01 9.05 bushels
,.eer acre, and the Uiilcd S'a'es 13.43.
1 he Argentine l e.)ublic gives an
average of 1176 bush•'le per acre. Aus-
tralasia ns follows : Nev..South \Vales,
eel bushels per acre; Victoria, 7.18
teethe's ; Soull: Australia, 6.62 bushels;
.x test Australia, 11.51, and Queensland,
Referring to thedairy -industry in
r:ariada, it says 11 is in a very prosper -
ens condition. Canadian cheese is now
egarded in the British =market as
second M Ihat of no otter country.
This is largely due to the introduction
of cool curing rooms, as an adjunct of
cheese factories, and the ample provi-
sion for export in cold and mol storage.
Large quantities of small fruits of the
apple oretinae are lett over annually.
These oro not marketable, owing Io size,
but it might 1)o profitably manufactured
into excellent lain, jellies, etc.
11 is su gested that co-operation
would proI: ly convert what is now a
loss into a profitable industry.
The report Concludes : "A careful sur-
vey of Ute entice field demonstrates that
agriculture, the correr-stone of national
wealth and power is in a more prusper-
oua condition at present in Canada than
in any outer country of the world,
while the yet unmeasured territory of
rich virginal lands awaits settlement,
ready to respond bounteously to the in-
dustry and intelligence of ninny millions
of willing hands. In a word, Canada is
the world's greatest bread field of the
tiny."
PRUNING TREES.
'the Forester Leaves it to Nature ---Itis
Object to Lessen Expenses.
ROCK FELL UPON 'THEM.
One plan Killed and Another Seriously
Injured at Parson's ('.amp.
In the orchard or park trees are A d.spa ch from Kenorn says: An
pruned by the hund of man; in a forest acc'dent o c•rrred at !'arson's Cn'np,
Oyes do their own pruning. This is Ci rayon Lake. en Tuesday morning,
one of the striking differences between whereby este Walter Smith, an English -
the treatment of trees by the fruit far- man, lost his life and another mimed
mer and the arboricullurist and the McDonald was seriously injured. The
forester's treatment of them. men were engaged In drilling a hole in
In n forest not many years pass (es- 1 large piece of rock w'hieh had been
pecialiy if the trees are nearly all about di-loaged by 'he blast. when suddenly
the sante age; or, to use the forester's the rock above them slipped down up.
terms, if the stand is an even -aged one) on thein. Smith's remains were brought
before the light begins to be cut off from into town in the evening. McDonald
Inc lower branches of the Irces. Now, was taken to the hospital.
as light Is essealial for the formation of
tate food of trees and other plants and m
so for (heir proper nourishment and
growth, so the lower branches of the WRECK NARROWLY .AVERTED.
trees, from which the light has been cart
--
branches
oil, gradually die, leaving the upper Inlercolouial Express Stopped Close to
branches to manufacture the tre,is food
Broken Rail.
and so maintain its life.
Gradually the dead branches become A des patch fromn
p t SI. John, N.R., says:
wenker and evenituall} are broken of! by A disastrous wreck to the 1.(:.R. Mari-
Iho wind or some other agency. This tiriie Expce's was narrowly averted on
pibeess goes on all through the trees l relay by the discovery just in time of a
grow Ih, branches growing out and in broken rail in a stretch of road which Is
the course of years being discarded tis usually Inken nl top speed. A seetk n-
tite need for than disappears. t
Finally, as growth in diameter pro- i ninn insp►a :ing the tock near Ik,ger+-
ceeds, rho stub, it any has been left, is vine on Friday, just as the mail train
surroundc(1 Ly II►ei new• wood and forms passed. !cunt a loud snap and on inspce.
n knot ht the Ire• . .\ltd so, often 11,, re tem found that the train had broken the
is found the lout( ,tent of the tree, fifty, Trail. Ile inutcdialely sel out 10 warn
seventy, a !intuited or more feet tri the approaching express and succeeded
length, with no shell stubs to be seen, in bringing it lo a standstill within sight
the dead stale having been grown over•• of the, danger spot.
The essential point to be noted Is that,
itegeooss'ing tree, under forestry methods,
artificial pruning is not done, but the
natural pruning is relied) on. in ttie Wast
majority of cases, erliticial pruning
would not pay, for the original cost of
pruning, together with twenty or thirty
year.: intereet on it, would take up a
!ergo proportion of the money received) A ti,'�Pelch 110111 Toronto says: The
frorn Ilio Irces. And the financial as- C. 1'. It. master mechanic. tinder the
pect of the question is always before the (Bretton of General Su' erintendent Os-
foreslcr's mind. borne. mode n test of burning ashes in
two places. 'These tests were carried on
et Toronto Junction, and at the boiler
Ir,uare at the font or John street, near
the Union `lotion. The test proved a
(attire. After the n►ixtime was placed .
to the lire pinecs it flared up for a et.
1'e while. but did not lest long. The
ashes left large clinkers, and were found
to be entirely valueless as fuel.
.tSiI S TAILED 70 111'RN.
'lest .Apody in Tun Places on tete Cana-
dian Pacific.
i Irl: A�1'ltl: (: A\ 1:
Earthquakes Nrar 1.i'lrnn Di, chew IDue-
canrer'. Ila:i rd.
aur( ay o , moon. Slr. Bethune had A despatch from Lisbon says: Recent
(nrlhquakes in Northern Portugal have
revealed a cave on the coast containing
vnluabie treasures. they include o :d
cults of many nationalities. especially
Spanish gold doubloons, jewelry, turd
entigcc attire. '1'liey ere supposed to
have been a buccaneers hoard.
COURSE IN tGltl(:IT.Tt'nE.
High 8chosts heady to Adopt Cdteatl►n
Department's $uggralon.
A despatch from Toronto Saye: The
Ontario Education Deportment is or -
tonging for n course in agriculture to
the ifigh sch•.:ok. and Dr. Seath settee
Thal already some halt dozen schools
are ready to tall in with the proposal.
The idea is to have teachers who are
giaduales of the Ontario Agrieulturiti
('r.Ilege in addition to their otter quali-
fications. The salary of each would I
about 81.000, and the province would
tear half of the expense. The course
would extend over two years and would
include l,hysies. horticulture and other
at.bjecls appropriate to modern farming.
t -
C AR 111Q1' A K 1: IN IT 11.1'.
People Thrown Into leanly itnl No
f;asnallea.
A despatch trent Venei,,i. Italy. 'avis:
A sharp earthquake shock was felt here
at 5.45 o'elock on Thursday morning.
It was followed by another but lighter
shock at 7 o'clock. The people were
thrown into a panic. There. were ne
casualties. The earthquake was felt al
Pndun. frit;no. I)11110 d1)5soi11, Modena.
F:orencr, lfnn••aheri and Porto Mace isle.
C. N. It. 'rnt(.K 11 ASiii;n in -r.
Ltne Disabled Retwrrn Lun►•d,•n an t
Regina.
A desi•atth front Winnipeg ens s. 11.11.
Mr. Mether•weli, Minister of Apeis:tore
for Satkat••Gewan. is in the city, an.!
ttings the startling information that
the (:. N. 11. lane I•r•'ween Regina and
Lumsden la washed away in about
twenty places. nit ne tralies can re
extorted until the frnrk is restored. which
mill require Considerable time. The
wank fs completely cul off.
STAND., FOR =tit; fa:tel.
Slr Credos -irk It„rdrn'a Vie‘‘ of the
Word -Englishman."
1 despatch Isom London says: sir
Frederick !k•rden. speaking al the SI.
G,�irgrts Dray banquet. said the wont
"Ftiglishman' stcod for everything beat
in human ly.
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1I(►\T11I:A1. ‘11.1'11 Di: D.
Once a Stini•ter fl'puted In be plant
8100,000
A despatch front Montreal says
Brodie, an eccentric clinraefer, wird was
well known in the finrtncin! district, is
dead in hi: 7411, year. 1 h dceensed wa.•r
at one time a Presbyterian minister at
Melon. N.S., but carte to Montreal many
years ago. Ile operated (.n the Stock
Exchange and mode money. nwrning
considerable real dale besl4's sl e.•t.
lie ens reputed to it earth over $I00,-
I((l. but had the reputation of being a
miser, living in squalor.
Neil
ECTACULRR PIiiSBUR6 EIRE
500,000 Pounds of
Burst into
firm 1'itl411rg says : cine
of ;n.• i .•..1 rcnar)ablc anti spertnculnt
Tire. been in this vicinity stoned on
\\'rdne,dny night in the William Zoeller
I'nel ing t ear.pany's plant, Spring Gar-
den .Asenue, :\Ilep;hcny, oppo;ile this
city.
Early on 'I'Ittn •day when the fire was
thought to fie under .0111101. m tart,' lire-
pr•rx.f w areheu•e. 111 wi,ic1 was :tiered
5iO.000 pounds of l;,rd. suddenly burst
into names. .All efforls to extnguish the
fits in Iii, depnrtn,(nf erre futile. and
the threaten tinnily fastened the ,ran
(tors of the building.-lin'tinit in the
burning lad. The ir►ir....r (r the
ing '.v,n 1Mc.►1ne n seething furnace.
spurting front crevi•xt.. doer. ant m•
doe.. reientus t.f tont :Tease rain into n
nit of Irelirit I t,,r..•.liy prepnre.I in ;.n
endeavor to p' Thr hot (laid free)
spreading mer �..trnunding territory.
1)atig.1 %vac eric.unt"l-eil at every torr
Lard Suddenly
Flames.
• the firemen. who ata)d by in raga
tit,e walls of the enrehouae :ehauld c..d-
lapse mill allow the blazing Iar.l le
reach adjacent properly.
`shortly after the fire was di'srroened
oe 'ftnrr•sdnt night. ntvl a ill•• Iia, hour
'ands of spet•tntnrs were kalhrreel, :1
dozen Targe nmrti ei n tarok, explode 1
oath terrine (owe. There viae n pnrrc
among the sp.'etaters. I tit no e+rie was
injured. Thal re; I, psi of life sitlerrled
the lire is eau-i,lered rrnrvelk,us.
Fire was !i, st disc .p, r•el in the killing
dtjnrIrr►r fit of the plant. and is .►ti,.
p..V41 to have leo' t'nt.•^rt I y rrr,s.eed
(I.rtrie wire:. din rg to 11.' i" Ilno,•
t.nh'e
Hann., r 1 the gr•en•e•laden n.,i.1.
w••a'e. this 1•a,:Jing ors :,‘,ern 1•ri•,, 1
tette 1 of t• a itrr►nen.
.11 eight if ere,•': nn Thursday rn.irn t•:;
11•,e tiro had far, It ally burred itself err'.
1t 55 a. :aid That the Toa-: wnu'd r• ,. It
te.av'►trii►, partly cosered b)r ins:u.:nN.