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THE NEW INSURANCE BILL?LADING_NARKETS
BREADS! L'FFS.
Mr. Fielding Drops Sections of Fraternal
Insurance.
A despatch from Ottawa eny's: In the
(.munons on Thursday ufleru'on lion.
Mr. Fielding, on motion for the second
reeding of the insurance bill, reiterated
his suggestion, made when the 'twe-
eter was int. 1uced, that it bo form-
ally read a second time, then referred
to the Banking and Commerce Cone
ntillec on the understanding that it
pould be a mailer for full discussion in
the (louse when it came back from the
r>r:mnnittce. Proceeding, ho said that
among other Important matters the
hill proposed to deal with the question
of assessment or fraternal Insuranco.
In regard to that urgent representa-
tions had been made to the Govern-
taent, including those of n deputation
representing Rte great fraternal order
rt the Independent Order of Foresters.
While only that body was represented
en the occasion referred to, lie had no
doubt they expressed stews that would
generally be agreed to by fraternal or-
ders. The leaders of that very influen-
tial order had quite frankly acknow-
kdgel that their system was undergo-
ing consideration. While they had
nrnpte reserves for present obligations
and for the early future, they telt that
lite limo had arrived when sonto steps
should be taken to put it on a still more
solid and permanent basis. For that
purpose the Supreme Court had been
summoned to meet in June next, ono
year earlier than usual, to consider
some steps. Other bodies will likewise
meet during the year, and it seemed
tut right that their officials should have
an opportunity to consult with the sang
end in view. lion. Mr. Fielding there-
fore proposed to strike from the mea-
sure all the clauses dealing with the as-
sessment and fraternal insurance, which
If necessary, night Leconte the subject
of a second bill at another session.
Mr. Morden concurred, and the bill
was read a second time.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
UAFI'E,NE\GS FROM ALL O\. --t THE
GLOBE.
Telegraph Briefs From Otte Own and
Other Countries of Recent
Events.
(:ANADA.
Ilespeler in 1907 had 32 marriages,
52 births and 30 deattts,
The next new building for Queen's
University is to be a library.
The Quebec. Board of Trade will cele -
trate its evidentiary In 1909.
Dr. Sprague, a well-known physician
of Belleville, dropped dead on Satur.lay.
Two Kingston tobacconists were fined
for keeping slot machines in their
stores.
Tho Toronto City Council win proba-
bly ask the Legislature to fix a stand-
ard for milk.
'Fhieve5 have damaged 13 sleainers
laid up at Montreal to the extent of
$5,000.
The Hamilton Board of Health is tak-
ing vigorous measures to tight tato
smalliox epidemic.
Canadian steamship lines report a
lerge Increase in tho Atlantic passen-
ger trade last year.
Guelph retail merchants will not grant
hall holidays on Thursdays during
July and August.
Between Iwo and three thousand
men are wanted on Grand Trunk Pa-
cific contracts west of Edmonton.
The Department of Mines received in
royalties from the O'Brien mine in De-
cember $7,327.75.
The New Brunswick Legislature hues
teen dissolve.) and the general election
will to held on Starch 3.
New York capitalists are said to have
a project welt under way le build a
canal from Montreal to New York.
Arthur Leger, chief accountant of the
C.(,rlicelli Silk Company, committed sui-
cide at St. John's. Quebec, on Friday.
Canadian steamship lines have reduc-
es] rates on steerage tickets front Euro-
pean pearls lo Canada to meet the New
York cut.
The Itnr►kers' Association of Winni-
peg has agreed to advance the city
2.5(0,000 to tide over the present strin-
gency.
For as.saulling nn officer, Private
Power at London has been sentenced
to s'x menthe in the Central Prison rind
to be degraded.
1•uronta Board of Trade Council pass-
es a resolution opposing any further
reduction in the number of hotel licen-
Fes in Toronto.
The foreign trade of the Dominion
last year, autountel to $658,599,971, an
Increase of over $61,000,000 over the pre -
Ceding year.
In its presentment the Grand Jury at
Toronto, .old nanny swindling Mutations
owed (heir success lo their advertise-
ments in (he newspapers
TWO lIallnns, w anted in Phtlndelphin
for nurd••r, tele wed to be members of
a Rinck (Rand gang, were arrested at
Toronto on Thur -day.
Frank i'. Titus unit his u.n Rinke
ae re drowned eft \Veslport, N. S., their
hent swamping while returning from
Beer lobster Imps.
A report of the Provincial Board of
Dealt' slates that Torenlo:s milk is of
n lower standard 11►:►u thea of Mose
and %t. ntrent.
John Mcleod was fatally injured and
Isaac Brown lost both eyes in an ex-
plosion at Eagle Swamp quarry, near
Windsor, N. S.
Gun-a-Noot, who shot two men in
July, in Northern British Columbia.
has been tracked unsuccessfully. The
pursuit has cost over $30,000.
The C. P. R. steamer Montrose ar-
rived at St. John on Sunday with three
hundred immigrants who were on board
the Mount Royal when she was compell-
ed to return to Queenstown.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The British labor party has refused
to bind itself to Socialism.
Lord Curzon of Kedleston has keen
elected a representative Peer of ireland.
Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman, the
British Premier, will probably retire
shortly on account of ill -health.
The Lancashire cotton operatives have
accepted the terns of the employers.
Consequently, there will be no lock -out.
Britain will not undertake the con-
struction of ar:y battleships this year,
except those already on her pro-
graninne.
UNITED STATES.
Two navvies at Salamanacn, N. Y.,
murdered a companion to secure his
money, $40.
ltuymond Taykhr of Rogers Park, 111.,
is dead ns the result of being hazed by
schoolmates.
Women will not be
smoke in restaurants in
aldermen have decided.
Percy itoyne of Woodville, Ont.. is
being held by the police at Detroit in
connection with tho murder of Mrs.
Welch there.
A bomb wrecked the front of an Ital-
ian bank in New Yurk, on Thursday,
exposing $40,000 in coin used as a
window display.
New York police have seized Inrge
quantilies of arms and ammunition
and $8(0,000 in counterfeit money in-
tended for the rebels in Ilayli.
Mrs. Mary It. Clark shot and killer!
Frank Brady, un ndverlising solicitor,
ie n New York department store res.
Laurent on Tuesday, and then commit-
ted suicide.
President Roosevelt's act:on in nege-
Itatina and pm/limning the trade freely
with Germany wilh(.ut any reference to
(A ogres was severely criticized in the
Senate at Washington.
permitted to
New York the
GENERAL.
Many wete injured in Berlin on Tues-
day in conflicts between the police
and todies of unemployed.
The Portuguese Government has un-
cnrlhcd n plat to overthrow the :non-
archy and t.,und n republic.
An Italian chauffeur tried to kill him-
self. his master and mistress. by run-
ning his nulometele Into a river.
The Itussian Uniwetsity Congress has
started a movement to celebrate Tol-
slot's 80th birthday.
The Japanese Government, will in-
vesligale the standing of all persons
professing to emigrate to America as
students.
Abd -el -Aziz. the deposed Sultan of
Mot'occe►. has announced Ihnt he is go-
ing to Fez le put down the rebellion
under his brother.
The refusal of Chancellor Von Rue -
low to discuss the Prussinn sullrnge
quest'on in the Reichstag led to violent
speec•hee on the part of Socialist Depu-
ro.
DECEMBER WAS BIG VONT
Gain of Nearly Seven Million Dollars
in Foreign Trade.
\ de-rpnl_h trent Ottawa says: The
'• fel trade of the Ik;nunion for the
ca,en,lar yenr 1907 was $858.599.974. as
con\pnre(1 with !(:est.:119.289 for 190i,
an increase elf 5.1n1.2`0.6'i5. Total im-
ports last year were $314.5.275,:leo, an
increase of $60.43.1.675; tetra exports
were $273.3:t.611. nn increase of 83;
8Ii.0I0. Tol.e1 expe.rls 0f demestie p ss•
(nice last tear cc. t. $2381115,557, a de-
cree -es el $73e.7es. Te.tal exports of
foreign pmdhice nee:unled to $35.309,-
0^. an inrrense of $077,775.
• !'e et.,kii ent of hnl>:,rLs and ex -
4., ;s for 'he Inst month shows n tery
ee wider .tit: 5etterntvnl over the cor-
responding month of 1906. Tine fall-
ing off in Loth imports and experts
noted in Ile, figures for the preceding
month Is replace! by Targe increases
in the figures for the Inst nienth. Total
imports for the iuonlh were *21,007.-
%$, an increase of $1.582.822 over De-
cember, 1906: total exports of domestic
products were $21.479.667. an increase
o' 8218,651, nnel exicrls of foreign pro -
duels kota:le l $3.040.514. nn Increase of
$1.479.169, making a total gain of 822,-
10.fr20 f$1 exports. 'faking loth itte
torte and experts, exclusive of coin
and bullion, the gain for the month
was $6,710,642.
'Drente, Jan. 28. -Manitoba \Vheat-
No. 1 northern, $1.21; No. 2 northern,
$1.16; feed wheat, fife; No. 2 feed, 61c,
all rail.
Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white, 09c;
No. 2 red, JS,.: to 98Xe; No. 2 mixed,
9rc.
Barley -No. 2, 7Gc to 78c outside; No.
3 extra, 75c to 76c.
Flour --Winter wheal patents, for ex-
port, selling at $3.75; Stettin -AA patents,
seeecinl brand, $5.80 to $6; et :olds,
85.20 to $5.40; strong bakers', $5.10 to
$5.30.
Peas --8%c 1n 85c outside.
Itye-No. 2, 81s. •
Corn -No. 2 yellow American, 64c to
G4%c, Toronto freights. Quotetions on
Canndinn corn about nominal at 57c.
Oats -No. 2 white, 495 c to 50e out-
side, 53c track. Toronto; No. 2 mixed,
47c to 48c outside.
Buckwheat -No. 2, GGc outsi:le.
Bran --$22 outside; shorts, $.'4. Bran
sold at $24 Toronto, to arrive.
(:all board quotallons:
Bran -Sold at $24 track, Toronto, to
arrive, bags included. Sold at $24
March shipment. Sante price bid for
more.
Winter Wheat -Ontario, No. 2 mixed,
98c asked, outside.
Manitoba Wheat -No. 2 northern,
$15 asked, trace, Midland; No. 3 nor•tlt-
ern, $1.15 asked, en route to North
Bay, 8145 bid spot Nerttt Bay.
COU\TItY PRODUCE.
Poultry -"There is an easier tone to
prices, 15c per pound being the top
price obtainahk. '
Ycung turkeys, extra choice. 13c to 15c
do choice .... .... .... .. tic to lesc
Young geese .... .... .. .... th to Ile
Young ducks .. 9r Valle
Chickens, choice .... .... .. t(C to 11e
Ohl fowl Gclo Sc
Inferior chicks and fowls ... 5c to 7c
Butler -Market holds steady. Receipts
are moderate and the demand steady.
Creamery prints .... .... .. 28c to 30c
do solids .... .... .... .. 27c to 2•Qc
Dairy prints .... .... ...... 21c to 26c
do solids .... .... .... .... 22c to 230
Ira( tier ---- .. .. ---- .. 20cto21c
Cheese-13jSc for large and 13Xc for
twins, in job tots here.
Fetus -Storage, 21: to 22c per doz-
en in case lots; selects. 25c to 26c.
Iloney Strained steady at Ile to 120
per pound for 60 -pound pails, and 12c
1.^ 13c for 5 to 10 -pound pails. Combs
nt $1.75 to 82.50 per down.
Rcnns-$( i0 to $1.75 for primes and
$1.80 to $1.85 for hand-p'cked.
Potatoes -70c to 75c per bag in ear
lets on tracks here.
Baled Straw -$0.50 to $10.50 per ton
on (rack here.
Baled flay-Tinothy is quoted rut
816.50 to $17.50 in car lots on track
here.
ienovi.SIONe,.
Pork -Short cut, 822.75 to $23 per
barrel; mess, *18 te, 819.
Lard -Tierces, 11%c; lutes, 12c; pails,
1OXc.
Smoked and Dry Salted Meats -Dong
clear bacon, 9Xe for tons and eases;
hails, large. medium and light, 14c to
15c; harm, I2Xe to I3c; bucks, 16e to
16Xe; sheuklcrs, ilk; rolls, l0c to 10Xee;
Luenkfast !moon, 151•; green :Heats out
of pickle, lc less titan smoked.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal, Jan. 28 -There Is no change
in the I ocal Deur market. Choice spring
wheat potents, $6.10; seconds, $5.50;
winter wheat patents, $5.75; straight
r.l.ers, $5.50; do. in bags, 52.60 to 52.-
115;
2:115; extra $2.05 to $2.10.
Millled-Manitoba bran, $23.50 to
824; middlings, *27 to $29 per ton, in-
ciuding bags; milled nouille, $28 to
$32, and pure grain ntouille, $35 to
537 i:er ton.
Polled oats, $2.75; corn. $1.70 per
Lag.
There are no new developments 'n
the local cheese situation. Nov. tail
end:. 12Xe. to 12%e; Octobcrs, 12%c to
1'Xe; Septembers, 13Xc to 13%c.
Itencipts of fresh butler are practical-
ly nil. Grass goods 27c to 29c; current
receipts, 25c to 27c.
Newly-Inid eggs. 35c to 38c; soleets,
24c to 27e; No. t limed, 20c to 22c; No.
2, 15c to 17c.
Provisions-Ilarre!s. short cut mess.
822.50 to $23; quarter -barrel', 111.75 to
8 (2.25; clear fat backs. 823.50 to 821.50;
long cut heavy anon, 8.21 to $21; half-
bnrrels do.. $10.50 to $11.25; dry salt
Ing clear back'. 10Xc to !tree; barrels
plate beef. $13.50 lo $15; half -barrels
des. $7.25 to $7.75; linnets heavy mess
leer, $10 to $11; half -barrels do., *5.50
10 $6; centround lard. 10e to ile; pure
Inn!, 123 a to 13e; kettle rendered, 123 c
lo 13c; hams. 12c to 13'Xc, according
In size; brenkfenst bacon, 14c to 15e:
\Vin.lsnr bacon. 14Xr to 15';e; fresh
killed nhnttoir dressed, $3.75 to $9.
itt'FFAi.O MARKET.
Buffalo. Jan. 28. -Wheat - Spring.
firmer; No. 1 Northern, $1.15: Ne. v
red. SIMS; Winter. easier. Cort -
Unsettlal; Ne. 2 white, 59c: No. 2 yel-
few, 59Xe. Onls---,Steady: No. 2 mixed.
50Xc; No. 2 while 55e. Barley -$1 le
$1.15. fl a 90c on (rack.
S2.75 M 13.25; and feeders, ine .'iuni,
53.40 to $3.75 per cwt.
Choice milch cows were lower at $40
le $45 each.
Choice calves were worth 5X to 63
cents per pound. Heavier ones were
worth $3 to $1.40 per cwt.
Expert ewes $1.25 to $4.50; bucks and
culls, $3 to $3.75; Wain -fed lanais.
15.75 to $6.25; ordinury Iambs, $4.50 to
85.50 per cwt.
(logs were weak at 85.50 for selects,
and $5.25 per cwt. fur lights and fats.
IMIGS IN FOODSTUFFS.
Said to Slu'>rlen Lives of People In
America.
A despatch front Washington says:
Ur. 11. W. \Wiley, chief e l the bureau
of ctu•nuislt•y of the Depa:•tee of of Ag -
i cultur., reported on Friday to the
Itouse Committee on Agriculture the
results of exhaustive experiments lo de -
leonine the poisonous effects on the
bunion system of such drugs as borax,
benzoic acid, Lenzoa:e of soda, sulphate
et copper, sulphur dioxide, formalde-
hyde and salicylic acid when containexl
in foodstuffs. Dr. Wiley said that the
expulsion of those arid kindred drugs
front the body is perforated almost en-
tirely by ttae kidneys, and that he is
satisfied the term of American life would
be lengthened if the use of such drugs
in foods were wholly discontinued. Ile
stint he was convinced that kidney dis-
esse, so prevalent in America, is partly
the result of the constant introduction
into the system of such preservative
substances as benzoate of soda carried
In foods.
1)r. Wiley has a plan to tench the
farmers of the country to make dena-
tured alcohol, which, he says, can be
cheaply manufactured from damaged
fruit and vegetables and other farts
waste.
d'
rini:Mies ruins!' IN It1.A7.E.
Their Lives at a Fire in
italtimore.
A despatch from Delt ,store, Md.,
says: Fire early on Friday look heavy
tells of the members of the fire depart-
ment of this c.ty. three being dead rind
sixteen others more or less seriously
injured, including George Heston, chief
of the (ire department. The financial
damage is estimated at $41!0,000. The
blaze. which is the worst that has oc-
curred in Ibis city since the calamity
of 1904, started on the third floor of
the building on the southeast. owner of
Iloliday and Saratoga streets. In an
incredibly short tinte dyer lite blaze
broke out on the Saratoga street side
of the Regester Building, and without
warning. a large section of the north
wall of the building fell. It was this
that scattered death and injuries among
the firemen. \While responding to the
alarm, n hose carriage and fire engine
collided. and five of the men on the en-
gine were Injured, one of them seri-
ously.
LIEUT. nnol%%I-:s St7ClII.
\CW YORK \VIIEAT \IARKET.
New fork. Jan. 28.-Whent-Spot
easy; N. 2 red. $1.013; elevator; No.
2 real. $l.(il','/e Loo.h. afloat: No. 1 north-
ern Duluth. 81.20X Lo.h. afloat; No. 2
hard winter, $1.11'; f.o.b. nfbnt,
!AT. STOCK MARKET.
TcMnto, Jan. 2A. -Lillie business ons
trnnsacle.1 In export Cattle. The sales
ameunt.' l to n few lots el mixed heavy
steers and geed export cattle, which
were sold around $1.90 per cwt. ileavy
lulls were selling at $4.10 to $1.40 per
cwt.
The felkwing were the geotatlone:
P.M,icc load. $4.25 10 $4.60; select steers,
4.75 4e. 81.85: nealiurtt to good eteers.
S'.75 le $4.75; choice cows. 83.46 to
83.15: medium te fair eows. $3 to 83.25:
rough cows. $1.50 to 52.60; canners. 75c
10 $1.40 per cwt.
Light to medium stockers mere Werth
Three Lose
\\ell-Knonn Young Mordecai \than
Shoots ilimself.
A despatch from Montreal says: A
sen,attott was caused on Thursiney
when the news spread that Lieutenant
11. Gordon Browne had cornmit4,'d
su'cide. Ile we.s an officer in the Vic-
lcria bilks and confidential sectelary
to Lieut. -Cul. Whitehead. Lieut. Browne
had been chatting and smoking with
two friends. Ile passed n casual remark
and rose from the easy chair in which
he was silting and walked upstairs
Nobody suspected that anything was
wrong until a mated report was heard
coming front the dirertienr of tine lop
story. Ills friends Immediately made
a dach for the stairway and up to
Browne's mom. There they found Lieut.
Browne lying 0n his face, his mals out-
stretched, diol in the head, and lite
resolver lying close to his right hand.
Ire had evidently died instantly. Lieut.
Browne hal been in poor health for
some time.
CITY II\I.1. Rt [MED.
BUSINESS WILL SOON 8006
The Views of Sir William Van Horne
Are Optimistic.
A despatch Iran New York says: Sir
William C. 1'aultorn', .ltnirmon of the
Canadian Pacific. who arrived hero from
Cuba on Tuesday, is optimistic on lite
t Usi nes...4 outrfook. Ile expressed lite
belief that the wheels of business would
seen revolve at their normal speed.
"Phis has been a very severe depres-
sion,' he said, "and in my judgment
Ilio rebound will be speedy. One can
see why steel and copper iiiduslr:cs
have Leen paralyzed, so that not 50
per cent. of the normal p °n or
inunufacture is the rase. La '• oor-
perations could not get money l ecause
they could not sell their securities ex-
cept at ruinous prices -now money is
tea.rning easy. The secur,lies market,
especially in fonds, is better, and seen
corporations will be able to sell their
securities again. When securities are
being sold one will Mid an immediate
response in industrial circles. Mist-
ress will immediately improve."
KITCHEN WAS WRECKED.
Three Persons Injured by Explosion ,of
Natural Gas.
A despatch from Blenheim says: Thee
persons were injured and a house bad -
it wrecked by an explosion of natural
gas al the residence of Mrs. Thos. Coale -
worth, two miles east of here, at 10
o clock on Sunday morning. The in-
jured were: Mrs. Coatsworth, her sot.
Mr. )herb Lot, and a young mon name]
David Itantitton, all of whom were bad
ly burned. Mr, lot some lime prey:
cus to the explosion had disconnected
the pipes in order to remove water from
them, and in doing so quite a quanta,
of gas was al:owed to escape. Wesel
the lire was lighted in the kitchen range
it was fol:owed by a terrific explosion.
which blew out (wo of the outside walls
et the kitchen trod caved in the reef.
Al' three of the injured perserts were
ie. the kitchen at the time of lie ex-
plosion.
Fire in Portland. Maine, Does $1.000,000
Damage.
A despnlch it m Portland, Me., says:
•4 flie which caused a property damage
cf $1.000.000 early on Friday deslroyecl
the (:ity Rail and police buildings and
endnngered the lives of more than 700
per -ons. The fire was the worst In the
Stole .inrr, the great conflagration in
Portland in 1866. Death was absent
from the lire, a fact considered very re-
markable, as there were more than 700
members of the Western Maine Knights
• 1 Py thins' Jubilee gathered in the audi-
Virtunt of the City Dalt when the flames
were discovered. Only n few persons
were hurt. The finaneinl foss is esti-
mated nt 81,00(1.((0(1, bol this sum will
not rover the loos et the papers and
documents to the registry of decile.
where evcrsthing was drs'royed. Other
city departments were swept clear of
everything by the flames. with the ex-
reptinn of the city clerk's and the city
treasurers offices.
W1TRELESS TO \NI\T111:11..
Marron, Sterticc In Open to the (hrhlie
in nrary
A despatch fivFeb,nt is�nd.on says: Clic-
yeller Marconi slates that the wirelese
service; between iondon rind Montreal
wilt be opened to the public on Fchru-
ary 1 or 2 at sixpence per word. Ile
has chosen Monlrent instead of New
Yerk because of the Canadian subsidy
of £16,0(0. 1t is understood that no
land wires to the wireless terminate
will be laid yet or sending wireless
mesenges duplexwill be ntlempkd.
ROBBERY AT (:OR \i.T.
Hundreds of Pounds of Nuggets and
Sitter Stolen.
A despatch from Cobalt says: On
Tuesday several hundred pounds of
nug+ttets and native silver was stolen
from the King F,dwnrd mine. • The
management are said to be offering
a thousand dollars' reward ler infer.
oration In the mntter. It appears the
management kept tie silver In a box,
from which it Is supposed to have been
stein.
A LIViNG PENSION.
Canaditut Pacific liaises efinimunt Gr -
tiring Allowance.
A despatch Them Montreal says: The
Canadian Pacific Railway Company has
rased the minimum retiring allowance
to employees entitled by length of ser-
vice to a I:ension so that no one shall
have kss than twenty dollars per
month on leaving the company's ser-
vice to participate in lite pensto►t fund.
President Sir Thomas Shaughnessy has
just issued a circular to the employees
in>!in►ataig that the regulations govern-
ing pensions have been revised, as it
had teen found that in some cases the
amount of pension was not sufficient
to support the recipient in his declining
years.
TWO MEN BITINED TO DEATII.
5. Stevenson, Sheetnnker, and lames
McKinnon. Tailor, of Fort Frances.
A despatch from Fort Frances says:
Fire was discovered on Sunday morn -
'ng at 2 o'clock in n small building us'd
as a shoemaker's shop on Church
street, opposite the postooMee. Inside
half an hour the fire was subdued, and
the firemen were horrified 10 find on
the floor the remains of two men.
They were J. Stevenson. owner of the
shop, and a honor by the name of
James McKinnon, wiK, was employed
by W. A. Baker. McKinnon hal evi-
dently tried to reach the rear door, but
f^II, overeorno by the smoke, with his
head within n fc><d of n window. Roth
legs were burned off, and he was other-
wise badly burned. Stevenson had
trial to gel out by the front part.
% S1: 5111ti:s ON 1'.\(:K \GI:'+.
Trutt In'perhu)rs Ordered to Keep a
Close Watch.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
fruit division of the Department of Ag-
riculture has Issued instructions to the
Dominion tent inspectors to be on the
ktolcout for false (narks en repacked
fruit packages. The order anticipates
e condition in trade brought shout by
market conditions. Last 1x11 the apple
market was high, and a good future
was anticipated. As a consequence,
whole orchnnts were bought up, and
fruit good, had and Indifferent, stored
away for future morketing. There
will be a pent temptation ler work this
off to the hest ndvnninge. and the or-
der has been issued to guar! the pub -
1c against being misled by fel-e mark.'.
REVENUE'S STILL INCREASE.
1
lentistantint Railway a Moneymaekce
for Province of Ontario.
A despatch from Toronto says: For
sensation was caused on Thursday
Mg and Northern Ontario Railway
ametmle: to $65.436 and the disburse-
ments to $54,326. The province thus
obtainel from its own railway a net
revenue of $11,170, as against $i0,519-
la
i0,519In the sante month of 1906. For rho
e:even months ending November 30 the
receipts of the '1'e►niskiuning and North-
ern Ontario Railway were $778,478, and
the: expenditures were $586,098, leaving
n balance of $192,360. In addition to
this, the commission in charge of the
mad collected $128,005 in royalties on
ore pmducel on properties !cased to
different concerns. The total net res-
enue of the road was, therefore, $220e-
355 for eleven months.
MUST BE TEETOTALERS.
No More Drinking by .Employees of
Gallimore & Oltio Railroad.
A despatch from Baltimore, Md.,.
says: !1 is officially announced that here-
after employees of the Ballimere &
Ohio Railroad having anything to do.
with the direction or running of (rains
will not be permitted to use intoxicants
o' any time. either when on or oft duty,
and no person using such beverage will
le employed. This action has been
taken by the officials of the railroad ire
an effort to reduce the number of acci-
dents.
SEED GRAIN FOR SE"19LERS.
Arrangements for Advancing Loans to
Those Who are In Need.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
arrangements for advancing money by
way of khan to settlers In the North-
West whose crops failed last season,
for the purpose of enabling them to
purchase scot grain, will to completed
this week. It is snit] that the sunt re-
quired may run as high as three tnillkin
dollars. Seed oats will likely be pur-
chased in Britain, an:l probably in Nor-
way and Sween, so s In introduce
diversified cereal crops` tee Western
provinces.
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TIII: l'NEMPIAYED FLED.
Were Chased by the Police TI►ro..gh
Chicago Streets.
A despatch from Chicago saes: An at-
tempt of the Socialists to tiring alotit
a "march of the unemployed" through
the downtown streets en Thursday • to
the City 11a11 resulted in two sharp
tights will the police, in which Iho
would -he marchers were routed after a
number of men had been clubbed. Dr.
Itenjainin Reiman, the originator of
the plan to march through the "erects,
and Iwo of his fulle:wers were arrest-
ed
STRIKE ON TIIE TYNE.
Four Thousand Entptoyes Itetu;c to
Accept Reduction.
A despatch from Newcchstteen-Tyne
anys: The threatened strike in the ship-
leslil ng industry in the Tyne district
M came n fact on 'Wednesday wlie,)
NUM. 1.(J)0 men who had refused the
pmpo-ed reduction in f►eir wages, did
not re hjrn to work. The employers de-
clare this reduction tri neeessnry owing
to the depre,ston in lite industry. Some
torts on the north-east coast also ere
effected.
THE WORLD'S SIIIPBMLBINFI'
Statistics for 1907 Show That Britain
Builds Half.
A despatch from London says: The
slat'slics of the world's shipbuilding.' in
1007, just issued by Lloyds register,
shows a total output of mercantile len-
bagel by the Unilel Kingdom of 1,742,-
365,
,742;365, being ode -cm -ascot 220.200 tons, ns
compared with 1906, which woe the
highest on record. Tho foreign out-
put in 1907 Increased by nearly 80,000
tens.
Great Britain. hewever, still builds
more than one-half Ilse mercantile ship-
ping of the akbe, which last year show-
ed a net increase of 1.981.800 tone, as
osmpared with an increase, of 2.151(.-
600 In 1906. The world's fleet of Anil.
ing ships was reduced during the year
bt 180,000 tons end the Acorn tonnage
Was increased by 2,161,800. The United
Stale, built, in 1907. 47.3.0110 tens. which
was n slight increase.
Germany shows rather n xeric:is
eline. Last year rite built 27:,.000 tons,
e: compared with 30.000 in (906. while
at the same time sic purchased less
from Great ilriloin.
Great Rrilain is still n Targe purchas-
e• of vessels built abroad. Another
ratter of great disc intent in this coun-
try is the largest percentage of foreign-
ers employed as seamen on the Brit-
ish mere/intik marine, nurnhering a te.
to of 4u040, will, an annuol sings. 1.st
of $10.00301n. \While they qu eelion of
the unernld(yed is pressing heavily
ashore, this la ce,nsidered mike imelte,
r.n1 the 'Mesh Naval League i< laking
active steps 10 agitate the ulflizntem ef,
the unemployed lo take the place of
siting on the chose.