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THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE
Speech of the Lieutenant=Governor
at the Opening.
The fourth session of the eleventh
Ontario Legislature was opened at the
Parliament buildings. Toronto, on Wed-
nesday r,fterneon with 111•e usual display.
The, speech from the thione was ts
follows: -
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the
Legislative Assembly: -
It affords me satisfaction to once
snore meet you us the representatives
nt the pcop:c in Parliament assembled.
Our thanks are due to Almighty God
that whi'o in sonic sections of the prov-
ince the harvest was not as abundant
is in the previous year, yet the gen.
real interest and activity of our people,
lisplay'ed during the past year with
reference to business and commercial
sndertakings, indicate continued pros-
perity. It is als•i a matter of satisfac-
hon that our province has suffered com-
paratively little from the financial strin-
gency which has been very marked in
ether countries during the past few
tuontls.
CASH GRATIFICATION.
It will afford you gratification to
know that the first payment of the ad-
ditional subsidy from the Dominion,
arranged for at the late inter-piovin-
teal conference, and payable under the
act passed at the tast session of the Im-
perial Parliament, has been received.
No disposillon has yet bees made by
the Dominion Government of the tcrri-
Itry extending northward to Hudson
Bay and terming the hinterland of On-
tario, but a deciskn is expected soon.
l'ho work of the revision of the Sta-
tutes has made such progress that
several of the Important acts will be
laid before you for your approval.
T. AND N. O. CONSTRUCTION.
The construction of the Ternlskaming
and Northern Ontario Railway has been
nearly completed, the roils having been
laid as far as a point two hundred and
eight miles beye'nd North Bay, and about
fcrty miles south of the probable junc-
tion with the Grand Trunk Paaiflc Rail-
way; while the earnings have continu.
ed to b: satisfactory, and largely :n
excess of the outlay incurred in oper-
ating the road.
Very fair progress has been ntnde In
the development c the ruining industry
at Cobalt and vicinity; and the investi-
gation and working of the Gillies limit
!laic been very salistactery.
ViSiT TO ENGLAND.
'The Minister of Agriculture paid it
visit to Great Britain during the .past
summer for the purpose et Investigat-
ing the conditions surrounding the emi-
gration problem. While there, lie was
able to take steps tor the r areful super-
vision of intending immigrants to On-
tario. By egreernent the distribution of
immigrants has leen taken over by the
Domineinifievernrnent, thus making it
possible 111F the Provincial Government
ft dev<te more attention to the careful
selection of desirable settlers.
A demonslraticn farm has been es-
tablished at Driftwood River, north of
the height of land, In a good agricul-
turnl country. By exreriments in crop -
raising conducted there, much practi-
cal informnlion will be gained for the
Vire of intending settlers.
1m - orient documents end reports re-
lating to the dI trihul'on of electric
dower under the statute will be -laid
before you.
REPORTS ON ASYLUMS.
/.t the request of my Ministers, the
Wm. Mr. Willoughby, Dr. Clark, su-
perintendent of the asylum for the in-
Fsue, Toronto. and Dr. flyan, superb].
tendent of the asylum kr the insane at
K,ngste•n, proceeded during the recess
to Great Itrifain and the continent in
order to investigate modern methods
of caring for ane (renting the insane.
Their very interesting report will be
laid before yeti.
In nee4'rJnnce with niy reference to
IN ruled last .tear. my Ministers have
o His drred the givsllon of prison !ober.
with a view to preventing competition
with free labor, and the i'rovinc'nl Sec-
retary and other gentlemen proceeded
fo eeviral of the prpo-ins In the United
Staffer, In order In observe the syslrms
In operation there. Tee result of their
visit w 11 he told before you. together
With Interesting and valuable informa-
tion obinlred by the -m.
LAW REFORM.
My Min's(cre will propose for your
a.nstderaleen a scheme of law rete .111,
with it view to decre:►utng appeals, ex-
pediting trials, and li seening the oast
of Illlgeatl•,n.
1 hill !o rearrange the conc!il'iencies
r' the province, in order, na far as pos-
s:b'e. to ee•ntelieo rcpre••enlalk'n, will
be laid before >ou.
Th,\CIIEi1S' S.\L:ARirS.
Thr large lncreaees in the npproprin-
ik n` for the teirirrs' salaries. add!.
lienni No 'rr1 Sch-jolt, and various
olives.':.- gal purpntes. have re -
re 'rel tee mniendatien od the punt: •.
e 1 '. • it will b' n .ki.e1 new to comfit r
it ,- e.1 ape, ,, e • , els for itthan
I F h . -. 1'' e ! • ' • 1 throwing open
it , , n • ` . • t hooks to public
e. • n ' - . 1 ., cont'd'rr'blee re -
of ?wheel read -
e •1 lordly honed
'1:. 1 , ,ccs o f other
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n 1 ' • 1 '' . •, e.,.rn's ref n pub-
, , e.. ,h'. elnhr!e look.
`f ., 1? Ise z. I're ►.Iquer
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t--) '" '•.. ' R a".!. the Pitt
t e e 'b '' . is• r'. %rr !inn
Fn-�^1„ sere^n Its t ' and the
Dement, It has been found necessary
to create the new judicial district of
lialny River.
A conference has been held with tho
lkonfnien Government with a view to
ndjusting the differences which have
arisen relating to the respective juris-
dictions of the Dominion and the prov-
ince on the subject of railway and other
companies, and it is to be hoped that
a satisfactory solution will be found.
REVENUES BUOYANT.
You will be glad to learn that the
revenues of the province aro largely
in excess of the estimates, and more
than sufficient to meet the public ex-
penditure during the year.
The pubo: accounts will be laid be -
for you for your consideration et the
earlest moment, and the estimates for
the corning year will also be submit-
ted for your approval at an early day.
TEA PARTIES FOR POOR FOLKS.
Many Places in England Where Money
Is Willed for the Purpose.
The lata Mr. Samuel Taylor, of Ash-
ton-under-Lyne, wee, tett by will Inc'
other day the sum of $20,000 to provide
tens -parties in perpetuity to poor folks,
bas had many predecessors In this
quaint form of charity.
Thus, at Burley, in Hants, free teas
have been provided under the terms of
a similar will for at least three hun-
dred years past. Other places provide
even more substantial fare. For ex-
ample, at .Norwich, on three certain
days in ttie year, any individual in
need can claim to receive a "square"
meal of beef, bread, broth, and beer.
The Biddenden cakes are, of course,
proverbial. Another village with a
siniilarly sounding name, Biddenham,
in Bedfordshire, to wit, gives away sir-
loins of beef to all -comers; whilst at
Felstead in Essex, Dronfleld in Derby-
shire, Farnham Rowed in Bucks, Dux -
keel in Cambridgeshire, and elsewhere,
free fish is distributed twice a week 'n
Lent.
The "alms cow," kept to furnish free
milk for needy mothers, is an Institu-
tion of the little Buckinghamshire vil•
lege of Wadde•den. At Piddle Minton,
in Dorselshire, on January Gth, all des-
titute persons are entitled to receive
from the parish authorities a pound of
bread, a pint of ale, and a mince -pie.
Free Christmas dinners are provided
after like fashion at above a sooro of
kwns and villages, that set out at
Burnham, In Buckinghamshire, being
especially famous. Money, too, is dis-
bursed at some places on certain fixed
days to atl-oariers, notably at Bulke-
loy, in Cheshire, where, until quite re-
cently, a peck measure full of new pen-
nies and halfpennies was emptied an-
nually at haphazard, each claimant to
the bounty being per(mticd to thrust in
lois hand and bear away with hire as
many of the coins as his closed fist
a old contain.
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KAID MACLEAN LS FRF.E.
Itaisulu Sent Ilim 10 Tangier With an
Escort.
A despatch from Tangier says: liald
Sir !tarry MacLean, commander of the
Sultan's body -guard, and next to the
Sultan the most Influential man in Mo
'two, has arrived here under an es
cert from the bandit, Riiisull, who bus
hold him In bondage: for the past sev-
en months. Ile was brought here In
accordance with an agreement which the
British Government finally succeeded in
mak ng with Raisull for his release, in
return for which Great Britain will
pay $100,000 to Ralsuili and guarantee
tem prolcction and immunity from ar-
rest. Raisuli captured the Kaid on
July 3 by a ,-ether clever ruse. Tho
bandit chief had been negotiating with
the Sultan, and had shown some wil-
lingness to meet the wishes of the Mo-
rcccan authorities.
CATTLE DI4EASE OI; lliIIE.tK.
Einhlyeine Out of Herd (if 111 Infected
in Scotland.
A deytntch from London says: k
serious outbreak of the foot-and•rnouth
d seise has occurred in Scotland. Eigh-
t).ene c a herd of 111 cattle are once -
le 1. 1l Le_ eight years since the last
culbre.ik, aid (h -s Ls bound to deter the
ag pal:on for the importance of Cann -
den cattle. The 'Tribune thinks the
orahre•ak justifies ford Carringaon's de-
cision to safeguard Britain from dis-
ease, by ex.-lud ng Canadian cattle.
error ...amt.: Ire 1:'.IPTI' CABS
.in tir.ui Itailw:ey \••.,; gallon Consid•
rand Decrease in Traffic.
1 etc -Pair h (rem C:hicage say;: .4
s;•erinl meeting of the American Rntl-
wriy Aseocialien to c'onshler Ih,r de-
e:e rse In traffic which hail resulted on
January 22 in n surplus of 339.053 cars
be gat' in (.hica;:o on Wednesday. The
decre1Qe Is shown to be startling from
the report of the Deficiency Committee
rft February G, 1907. when a shortage
e" 101.2;6 cars was reported. The as-
s, :etie,n will probably suspend (Le
ON' Jiern charges ter cars retained in
the s rvice of rni'rnads either Roth the
(+wners. The rnilteads w,euhd pater to
lel other rands use their cars free of
hal g• rnlhPr then t'e forced to haul
end .lore th m ecce !her own systems.
eitrrnl Lnkers bate advanced the
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et b• ead.
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LEADING MARKETS
BftI:ADS!'UFFS.
Toronto, Feb. 11 -Manitoba \Vheat-
No 1 northern, $1.19; No. 2 northern,
51.14; feed wheat, 66c; No. 2 feed, Glc
lake ports.
Ontario Wheat --No. 2 white, 97c to
98c; No. 2 red, 96%c to 97Xe; No. 2
mixed, 96Xe to 97e; goose, 92c to 93c.
Barley -No. 2, 70. to 72c.
Flour -Weser wheat patents, $3.G0 for
export; Manitoba patents spec:al beast,
1,
$5.80 to 16; seconds, 15.25 to 85.40;
strong bakers', 35.10 to $5.30.
Peas -84c outside.
Byre -No. 2, Sic to 62yc outside.
Corn -No. 3 yellow American, 63 ec
le- 644-, Toronto freights. Old corn,
about 72c; none offering; inferior, Glyc
•to 63c.
iluckwheat--No. 2, 63%c to 66s.
Bran -322.5') outside, bags included;
$20.80 in bulk; sports, 324, in bags.
Bran -322.50 outside; shorts, $24.
Oats -No. 2 white, 51c outside, 52%c
k 53c on trr:ck 'Toronto; No. 2 mixed,,
49c to 50e outside.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Prices remain unchanged, as the de-
mand is very quiet.
Young turkeys, extra choice. lac tone
Young geese •,.. .... 9c to Ilc
Chickens, choice .... .... 9c to l Ic
Cricket's, choice .... .... 9e: to Ile
Old fowl ... .... 6c to 8c
luferior chicks and fowls Seto 7c
Butter -
Creamery prints ... , .... , . 1,8c to 30c
do solids .... .... 27c to 28c
Petry prints .... ..,. 240tb26c
do solids .... .... .... 22c to 23c
Inferior .... .... .... .... 20c to etc
Eggs -Storage, 21c to 22c per dozen,
in case lots; selects, 25c to 26c; new -
laid, 29c to 30o.
Cheese -Steady at 13Xc for large and
133 c for lw.ns, in job lots here.
Means --$1.70 to 81.75 for primes and
31.80 to 31.85 for hand-picked.
Honey -Strained steady at lie to 12c
per pound for 60 -pound pails, and 12c
to 13c for 5 to 10 -pound palls. Combs
at $1.75 to 82.50 per dozen.
Ruled Straw -Slow at about 310 per
ton on track here.
Baled Hay -Timothy Is quoted at $16
to $17 in car tots on track here.
Potatoes -70c to 75c per bag In car
lets on track here.
PROVISIONS.
Pork -Short cut, $22 fp $22.50 per
barrel; moss, $18 to $18.50.
Lard -Tierces, 11Xc; tubs, 12c; pails,
l2Xc.
Smoked and Dry Salted Meals -Long
clear bacon, 9%c for tons and cases;
hams, medhun and light, 14c to 15c;
hams, large. 1231c to 13c; backs, 16c
lei
1630; shoiiliers, 10c; rolls, 10c to
1031,c; breakfast bacon, 15-; green meats
out of pickle, lc less than smoked.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Minimal, Feb. 11.-A large volume of
business is being transacted in the local
•flcur market. Choice spring wheat pat-
ents, 36.10; seconds. 35.50; w:n'er wheat
patents, 35.75; straight rollers, $5.50;
do., in bags, $2.65; extra, 32.05 to 82.10.
Manitoba bran, 323 to 323.50; mid-
dlings $27 to $29 per ten, including bags;
millet! mouille, 328 to $32, and pure
grain mouille, 835 to $37 per ton.
Rolled oats, 82.75; men, 31.60 to $1.-
7) per bag.
Eastern Cnnadian No. 2 white oats,
530; No. 3, 50c; No. 4, 48e; rejected.
47c and Manitoba rejected. 49c to 4934c
ler bushel, exestore.
The local cheese situation is unchange-
d. September westerns are se1L•ng at
3c to 13Xc for white and 13Xc to
53<c for colered.
Ihitter-A very active demand pre-
valls. Grass goods, 26c to 28c; current
ceipts, 25c to 27c.
There are no changes in the local egg
llcat'.on. New -laid, 33c to 35c; Fetects,
4c to 27c; No. 1 limed, 20c to 22c; No.
, 15c to 17c.
The hsy market is unchanged. No.
, $15 to 816; No. 2, 814 to $15.50; clo-
ver, $12 to 112.50 per ton in car kits.
i'rovisiene--ltarre s short cut mess,
22.50 to $23; quarrer-barrels, $11.75 to
12.25; clear fat back, $2.1.20 to 824.50:
ong cat heavy mess, 821 to $24: half-
arrels do., 810.50 to 311.25; dry salt
ng clear backs, 10 ;e t•t l IW; barrels
Isle beef. 313.50 to $16; half -barrels
o., 87.25 to $7.75; beasts heavy Hires
.cef SIO to 811: half -barrels do., $5.50
, 36: compound lord, 10c to 11e; pure
rd. 12'. c to 13c: kettle rendered, 12%c
o 13e; hams, 12c to 1314e. according to
ize: hreakfnct haenn. (4e to 15c: \Wind-
t*bacon, 143eie to 15Xe; fresh killed
Willett* dressed, 38.5() to $8.75; live,
G.25 to $6.50.
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Bi!FFALO 5t'A1IKF.r.
Buffalo, Feb 11.--Wheat--Spring firm;
Ne. 1 Northern, $1.0.1X; N.t. 2 red. $1.01;
Winter firm . Corn---Ilighcr; No. 2
w Orin, 59e. No. 2 yellow, 59'- c. Oats
- strong; No. 2 mlxe.1, 51%e; No. 2
while, 55e. Burley -$1 40 $1.15. ilyc-
No. 1, 91c on (rack.
Ct \V Y011le WHEAT MAi1KET.
New fork, Feb. IL -Wheat - Spot
steady; No. 2 red. $1.00/ In elevator
ruin 81.02X. f.o.b. nfloat; No. 1 north-
ern Duluth, 31.161; f.o.b, afloat; No.
2 hard welt, r, 31.01X f.o.b. aftval.
CATTi.' MARKET.
Toronto, Feb. 11. --Very few export eat•
ile were offering, and quotations were
nominnl at fenny. priees. There was a
geed demand for choice butcher cattle.
Three straight kinds of these sold at
84.70, 31.8', and 81.85. Prices of cows
were unchanged, a number of choice
selling at 33.50 h Si.
Stockers were In little demand, a few
light ones selling for $3.
Chad Calves brought slightly better
peas. A bun' h of abseil 50 brought
an avenge price (-1 87 each.
The market ter sheep Wa.s stead.. and
prices Orel! Ih+' seine. ('.scat lambs were
nn,l brought as high as 46.50 In
some crates.
The price of hags 1< repelled un-
changed. though very few are effrring.
Light hogs ar.• quoted at $5.15 and
Mavics at 81.90.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
1I4F1' I\L'�i FItO%I AI.L 01i. -t Tllti
GLOVE.
icleOreph briefs From Our Own
OWL: Countries el ltceeul
Events.
CANADA.
and
I'hz G. T. R. car shops at London
hut's bran re -opened,
Herman Loftus was frozen to death
near Meifort, Sask.
Cancer caused 50 deaths in ilamilteen
last year, and 10 to date this year.
A silver crucifix was stolen from St.
Anne's church, Hamilton, Sunday night.
In the recent local opeen campaign
the by-law was carried in 31 places.
The C. P. R. entire Atlantic fleet is
tc be equippad with Marconi wire.ess
apparatus
Aid. James Wright of Brantford has
been unseated on tho ground that he
has a contract with the city.
The Manitoba Attorney -General bas
authorized prosecutions ui 232 cases of
alleged violation of the Lord's Day act
at Winnipeg.
Tenders were opened at Montreal on
7 hursday for tho first hundred -mile sec-
tion of the Grand Trunk Pacific east
c1 Prince Rupert.
F:ng:neer Saunders was killed and
four others injured by the explosion of
a boiler in a lumber camp near Kamask,
Sask
William E. Perry, going from Toronto
to Buffalo to secure a pa:r of artificial
legs, wes refused admission, into the
United States.
Mr. Andrew Campbell, his daughter-
in-law, and two grandchildren were
burned to death in a fire that destroyed
their dwelling at New Richmond, Que.
Mr. Lewis of \Vest Huron proposes
an amendment to the criminal code to
make the penalty two years' imprison-
ment for any hunter shooting a human
being in mistake for a deer.
It is reported that the Grand Trunk
Pacific and the British Columbia Govern-
ment have settled their differences re-
garding the title to Indian lands, in-
cluding the site of Prince Rupert.
The abolition of the Central Prison
and the establishment of a Provincial
Deformalory are advocated in the report
of the special committee of the Ontario
Legislature which inquired into the con-
ditions of prison Tabor.
The Government has decided to re-
duce the postage rate on United States
daily papers coining into Canada from
tour cents to one cent a pound. The
reduction will also apply to Canadian
papers going to the United States.
GREAT BRITAIN.
A pit dwelling in boulder clay has
teen discovered at Rolston, near Horn•
sea, England.
lion. A. ierrcll states that the jewels
stolen from Dublin Castle have not yet
teen k und.
Canadian apples of inferior quality
have been received in England in bar-
rels marke:l high quality.
Two Toronto rnen were injured in a
wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad at
l-'ranklinvillo, N. Y., on Friday.
The keel -plate of the Collingwoo', a
battleship of the improved Dreadnaught
tyke has been laid at Devonport.
An unknown woman, supposed to be
from Montreal, committed suicide in a
Harlem boarding house on Friday.
The great shipbuilding syndicnto of
Sir James Laing & Sons, with yards at
Sunderland and Deptford, has suspend-
ed.
Percy Bowins, the \Vo'rdville, Ontario,
boy accused of the murder of Mrs. Cor-
nelia Welch in Detroit, is ill In the jail
in that city.
The Earl of Dudley, a former Lord -
Lieutenant of Ireland, has beckon with
the Opposition on the questk.n of Irish
government, and Is supporting tho Gov.
ernment's policy of conciliation.
UNITED STATES.
Thera are over 120,000 persons out of
employment in New York.
Tariff revision will be undertaken by
the United Stales Congress next year.
\Ir. James Bryce, the British Ambas-
sador nt Washington, will visit Ottawa
on the 15th inst.
!tussle will despatch 60/100 fully -equip-
ped troops to the Turko-Persian frontier
le overawe Turkey,
Edward C. Weeks, who lost his for-
tune on Wall street, committed sulfide
In New fork on Saturday.
Thomas I.. Lewis of Bridgeport, Ohio,
has been elected President of the United
!Mute Workers of America in succession
to John Mitchell.
An agreement has been reached by the
various transatlantic steamship com-
panio , and the rale war will probab-
ly cease at once.
James Hargis, a former Kentucky
Judge and prominent Democrat, was
shot and kilted by his son during a
quarrel on Thursday.
GENERAL.
Ten thousand Moors were killed or
wounded in battle with the French.
Russia, 1t is believed. Ls about !e
make a military demonstration against
Turkey.
Turkish spies and emtstaries are stir-
ring up disorder among the Moslems in
Me Caucasus.
The Franco-Canedinn. treaty w•ns
ridoi'ked by the C'hninter of Deputies at
Paris oin Thursday.
Jew'rl:, thought to ler these of the wife
of the Pharnoh of Exodus have been
etiscovereal at Thebes.
Tho French won a victory ever the
Arabs in Morocco. driving hnck a /orgy+
detachment with henry loss.
Five ihreisand Hussain troops have
Men ordered from Neerthern Caucusus
to the Turko•Persinn frontier.
Japanese emigrtillen Compnnieee are
making nrreng<nlcnt4 to send large
numbers of coolies to South America.
TEN HIEN KILLEB IN MINE
Deadly Explosion at Port Hood, Cape
Breton, N. 5.
A dspat:it from Halifax, Neva Scotia,
says: 'Tle• %torsi disaster which . ver tea -
piece :n lnver•r s County occurred in
the mine on Friday Hornung. A terri-
fic expkeeon of gas in one of the bat.
unces of the s mei level was the cause.
of the instant death of len miners.
The men had just descended into the
pit and were about beginning work
when the calamity hapfeesd.
Manager McLellan organized an.!
headed a rescue party, and proceeded
imrnedintely to the scene of the discs.
ter. 'Ile lost ;n of the bodies when
fennel indiculed That the mein did not
re eivo a moment's warning. In the
hands of scene were peck -axes, augers
and other working tools, held firmly In
a death grasp. Of the len men kited,
six were miners, natives of the town
and neighboring districts, and four were
loaders, Bulgarians, of a party of 20
who arrived hero about two months
ago. The minas of the dead ruiners
are: John Cnrnp:ell. Duncan R. ,McDon-
ald, Malcolm Heaton, Lauchlan Gillis,
\Vni. IticKendie, A. R. McDonald. They
were all, with ono excepWn, young
sten recently married.
Atter several hours' arduous work
the lollies were alt brought to the sur-
face., absolutely unrecognizable, being
terribly burned and disfigured. Several
had their arms and kg; broken; others
had their skulls crushed in.
There is considerable speculation as
to the cause of the explosion. The
mine had been pronounced recently
one of the best ventilated in the pro-
vince. 1f there was any gas present
In the mine previous to the explosion it
was not generally known. It is said
that none could be detected 'airmen.
stele, after, and that the mine Ls now
completely free from gas. The Inspec.
tor made his uual rounds of lite mine
about two hours before the accident
and pronounoed all safe.
Tho explosion did not wreck the mine
very much, and apart from the loss of
life, would not be considered serious(
So terrific was the e_xplesion that min-
ers In the north level, 3,000 feet dis-
tant, were, thrown to the ground.
BRiTISH MURDER MYSTEitY.
Entire Family), Including Two Servants,
Shot to Death.
A despatch from London says: Tho
little Buckingham village of Fawley
was shocked on Sunday by the discov-
ery of a quintuple murder. The scene
c f the tragedy was the residence of F.
H Holmes, who was known to be weal-
thy. A gardener who was working out-
side the house, rearmed at its unusual
gl:iclnce's set late in the morning, en-
tered and found successively the bodes
of Iwo women servants, Mrs. Holmes
and her daughter, all lying in bed In
different rooms. Each had been shot
in the head. Later the body of Mr.
i{olmes was found In a nearby wood.
Ile, too, had been shot. in the head.
Whether he committed suicide or not
is a mystery.
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FEI.1. DEAD IN RINK.
Sudden End of Young Rank Clerk While
Skating at Montreal.
A despatch from Montreal says: A
young Englishman names Reginald
Boultbee, employed in lice Molsons Bank
here, died suddenly of heart disease at
the M. A. A. A. oipen-air rink on Sal-
urday night. ife had been skating a
good deal and went into the warming
shanty. after which he returned to tho
ice, but just as he started to skate he
collapsed, and was dead when his
friends picked him up. (lectors who
examined hien said the young man had
suffered from heart disease for some
time, and that his death was caused
by the exercise, coupled with the sud-
den change in the heat of the room to
the temperature of fifteen teolw Aero
outdoors.
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FIRi: Al' (:011E BAY.
Gamey Block Badly Scorched -The Loss
Is 810.000.
A despatch from Gore Bay says: At
7 o'clock on Saturday morning fire
broke out in the brr:ement of the new
throe -storey Gamey Block, completely
Lurning the interior. The walls and
roof, h4,wever, are not much damaged.
Moray's Ino office and Gamey's har-
ness slo"k are a complete lass. Hurst
and Rink's, bankers, office, and the
Masonic kedge furniture and the opera
house furniture, in the top plot, were
saved. The damage is $10,000 on the
building.
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ROARS IN THE PALACE.
Seventeen Discovered in the Residence
of the (leer.
A des, etch non' Pars says: The Me-
morial Diplomatique declares that recent
rumors of the os•rss!n,II ,n of the Eire
t•eeor of Russia were the oulgrowlh of
the actual finding liy the Empress upon
her son's bed a leiter announcing that
the Emperor and infant were oonelemn.
rd In death, and of the dirreovesy In
the imperial prance of seventeen bornhs,
convected with .electric wIr"s, cemented
in different parts of the building.
FELL INTO SCALDING WATER.
Employe of London Factory Suffers
Terrible Injuries.
A despatch from London says: Walter
Guymer, of 715 Adelaide street. was se-
verely scalded from his waist down, in
;n accident that happened at the Bolt
Works on Wednesday afternoon. Young
Guyrncr is 16 years old, and is employ-
ed at odd jobs about the place. In
the building are a number of large
vats full of water, which are used to
cool the red-hot iron. and at times
these becorne almost boiling. They are
usually severed, but it seems that the
cover was left off on Tuesday and the
bey walked into 11. His crles attract-
ed the attention of the men nearby,
who at once came t., his rescue.
MORE TAXATION FOR JAPANESit.
Acting Minister of Finance Declares In-
crease Absolutely Necessary.
A despatch from Tokio says: After
it heated debate lasting five hours. an
increase in the laxation bills on sugar,
sake, alcohol, beer and kerosene was
passed on Wednesday fn the Diet. Ti
Government had a majority of 84 in
every case except in that of kerosene,
en which the majority vote was 24.
Musehisa Mntsuda, acting Minister of
Finance, dated that the Increase 'n
taxation was absolutely necessary. in
!tic present financial oondit:on of Jrpan
he believed that the whole people would
Le willing to pity It.
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BRITISH TRADE.
January Returns Show Decrease Both
In Imports and Exports.
A ile.,pulch from London says: The
J::nuary (rade returns show an all
round dcronse in iinierts to the emoted
of 7 per cent. and In exports to the
amount of rather Tess than 2 per cent.
The value of imported raw materials
derlincd $9,466,710 and that of menu -
lectured $12,000,'00.
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WOLVES DEt'IM \7ING DEER.
Slaughter in (niche,- Phrn ernerial -
Bounly is Too Small.
A dt petit from Ottawa rays: air. J.
McCrea, of !liver Durnotne, rho Is In
the c,ty, says that perhaps never be-
fore in modern times have deer been so
often victims to packs of wolves as lits
winter. Tl:n slaughter of lies animals
is tremendous. Ile ti.nv dearly a dozen
carcasses lying in a space of about
eaglet acres. He thinks the Quebec bourn.
tv upon wolves too small.
CHILDREN GOT OIT SA F1.1.1'.
Fire Scorches n Public srhneet et
S(ratlerm, (Int.
:\ de=spatch frown Slrathroy says: The
keelland Street school caught flit on
Thursday morning about 10.31 o'clock,
but the LH'ld(ng was not destroyol, and
ail the children were gal out et the tour
moms s in sat ty. Tie extent of the damn -
1.i;.' 1': not kncw•n.
WOMAN'S TErHIBGE ORDCAI,
Aged *Lady Beaten By Son With Axe hcivc
Died of Injuries.
A .1 ,patch from :intlfax says: An In-
vestigation held on Wednesday at Ohio,
a village about seven miles item Yar-
mouth, d'sc1oscd n sl.o. k.ng stale of
affairs. Three weeks ago an aged we -
man named (:proline Iit.lon complained
be the stipendiary magistrate that she
bad been beaten ty her son Ebenezer,
who used an axe handle as the imple-
ment of pun shmcnt. Ile was iinniedi-
ately apprehended and on trial was
Muni! guilty and sentenced to a y.•:ir
end n batt in Iho comms n jail.
(ln Friday last the,. woman epi^d. end
Ere. Mr. Saunders, pastor of the !tale.
net church at Ohio, refused to bury her
until r.n inquest had ts•en held. Ae•
;ord.ngly Corontt A. M. Perrin, NI. D.,
was summencd ant held an inquest eg1
1VeduesJay.
h:ee w tett+ 184'S were cxn'nitt,•-J, the
w.fe of Eleierrr iliII -n, lis dnughlcr
and the hu<bund of Ihee latter. The
ea lettice sit we.l that the son her{ beat.
rn his ntathcr int.) inwosihiiity, ha'l
e:ragg oil her over the fruren ground,
and ktchc,l h<r. it was tinrthenneoro
bmurghl out That he lied the atrnc.l to
take he: ole. The ry d n -e esrabi shed
the feel that the women had never re -
.Anel alter her terr:bte ordeal.
'Ili' jury 1. ind that death had }.Pen
doused by Leat ng tree ved at tee banns
el her inn teEeteer wth su1 e4Iaont
riveted. and rertenmeiek I that the
Al terney-Grii.rot sttouid in:nicet;cle:y
Ir,ke Ihc mat•'r uy.