Exeter Advocate, 1908-04-02, Page 4A
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111 Ill\U" hISIE0 RAILWAY
Armenians Undertake to Discipline a Fel'
low -Worker
A despatch fr.nn St. Catharines says:
'A vc► y strt►tr case was on Wednes-
day reported ir•+In the Armenian colony
el the McKinnon Dash \lend \\'ork,. A
youtg Arlenian of eighteen years, who
was breughl to the narks from Hamil-
ton two years ago. canis taken ill roc•
elate nod Isis since been off work. 11e
refuses to jell' lien fellows rat work or
piny, sits by h:mse'lf in a corner of the
general silliree-r.niin and cannot le per -
steeled to enter intr, c,nversaliun. 110
also refuse- to partake of meats, and
bis roinrades have been under the ne-
cct-.11y of forcing hire to take hod
enough to 6isiein life. Acting on the
belief that tll.• young man has been
shmntning, the men who are housed
with him drugged hire to tete: table on
Tuesday night and forced him to par-
take ut hood. According to the story
told by one of the Armenians, the young
man teen. failing to reply to quest.ola+,
was swivel and carried to the Niagara,
St. Catharines & Tcr'onto Beltway,
whero Its was ti -d to the track, but was
retse:ed soon after by other Armeni-
ans. eergt. McCarthy Inve ligadoi the
c,i-', but could get no information
against anyone, and was of the elite -
ion that the Winn was not ill at all.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
111:1)01a5 111011 THE LEADING
TIt.tll: CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, (-teese anJ
Oilier Dairy Produce at Ilona"
Hud Abroad.
1..r•+ut•,, \lard! 31. Flour -Ontario
wh •it 90 per cent. patents aro quoted
Kl $3.15 t•) $3.50 in buyer sacks out-
side for export. Manitoba flour un•
changed; first patents. $5.80 to $6; sec-
ond patents, 85.33 to $5.10, and strong
bakers , $5.25.
Wheat --No. 1 Northern is quoted at
81.21, lake purls. and No. 2 at $1.18. lako
tarts, and No. 2 sit $1.18. lake ports.
teo 1 feed wheat, 68%c; No. 2, 0234e.
(nature) wheal -Nu. 2 white and reel
quoted at 91%e outside, and Nu. 2
mixed at 90 to 90%c outside.
Oat.. ---No. 2 while on track, Toronto,
493 to 50c, and teaskle at 48c.
(.'warn -No. 3 American new yellow is
quoted at 71c, 'Fortino, and No. 3 mix-
ed! at 73e, Toronto.
Rye--No.2 quote" al 85c, outside.
fees -No. 2 quoted at 87c. (outside.
Barley ---Prices purely nominal.
Bran --$e3 to $23.50 in bulk outside.
Shorts, $21.50 to 825 in bulk outside.
COIN'l•ltl' PttOUCCf:.
Apples -Winter, 81.75 to $3 per barrel.
Beane -Prime. $1.70 to $1.75, and
hand-picked, 81.80 to 81.85.
honey --12 to 13c per pound for
.atre.ineJ, and at $1.75 to $2.50 for
combs.
Ilaty-No. 1 tinxelhy quoted at $16 to
$I ; hero in car loth.
straw --$10 to $10.50 a toot on track
ten..
l'ulnlnes-Lar hats of Ontario, 85 to
AIR, ane! Delawares, 95C per bag out -
Gide.
Poullr, =Turkeys, dressed, 14 to 17c
yet pound for choice; chickens, alive. 7
le 9c per .pound; dressed, 10 to 12c;
ducks, dressed. 10 to 11c.
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THE D.\IItY MARKETS.
Rutter-Pcutnd prints, 25 to 27c. and
largo rolls, 21 lo 25c: do.. Inferior. 21
tt. 22e. Creamery antes at 31 to 32c,
arid .s .lila at 29 to 30c.
ti,!gs-lfse lots of hew laid, 18e per
d• otet.
cheese -13'; to Ik per pound In a
lobbing way.
110G PRODUCTS.
Ream -long Clear, 9,'!, to 10c per
pared in case lot9: Ines pork. $17.74
1n $18; short cut, $20.50 to $21.
items- (eight to medium. 123/, to 13c;
re,.. hent, ley to 12c; ro1Ls. 9% to 10c;
ahould.•r 910; backs. 16e; breakfast
im."rat. 14e.
1 11.1 Fierce". 113'•;
Iwo tie .
tubs, I1%c;
I:1'-INI:ze VI MONTREAL
.
eleett.•,rl, eler-h 31.- 1;r., n Eastern
gotta lit \o. while oats, ore; N.•. 3,
47y,; to tee; No. 4. tG', I., 17.-. and re•
jreled al 1i3.'e per bushel ,•x !!tote. and
Alnnitolea reje•ct.'d al tt 1.0 18%c per
/melte] ev track Nerlh flay. Flnur--
Chniee S,.ring w heat pat•uts. 141.111;
ert•nn.ls. IC5.10 to $5.6: Winter tvlent
(Intent., $,10; straight rollers. $1.75 to
83, deo,. in bags. St 25 to 82.35; eetras.
$1.80 to !Hemel. Foote -Mandolin bran.
Se:. to *11.' 5; short.:. 825; Ontario lernn.
$24.54) to $25; middlings, $26 to *27;
.shorts, 825.50 to $20 per ton, including
bags; puro grain mouille. $34 1(4 *35,
and 'Mittel grades, *25 to $tit per ton.
Previsions -Barrels short cut times, $11;
Lalf-barrels do., 810.75; clear fat racks,
$ld to $23; long cut heavy tiles,, $20;
huff -barrels c:o., 810.50; dry salt long
clear backs, 10%,c; hnrreln plate beef,
$13.50 to $15; half -barrels do., $7.25 to
7.75; barrels lte•avy utess beef, 510 to
511; 1.tlf-lenses do., 85.50 to $6; cone
plutie lard, 8% to 9c; pure lard, 11%
to Wee; kettle -rendered, 11y, to 12c;
hanm4 13%•;c; breakfast bacon, 11 to
15c: \Vindsor bacon, Ity, to 1531c; fresh
killed abattoir dressed hogs, $>t.5O to
$8.75; alive, $6.15 to $6.3a. Dialer --
Fall ln•ndes, 30e; fresh supplies, 31 to
32e; dairy. 24 to 2Gc. Cheese -12% to
13%c. Eggs -The market continues to
decline under heavy arrivals and lo-
ony buyers reduced their bids le per
d. zoo 1. Ise west of Toront•,, and 16c
east ..t Toronto. Saks were made on
this mnrke'I, at 18 to 19e, and tt further
Beeline i,
exsected to -morrow. Mapie
Syrup -The first lot of new staple syrup
arrived to -day iu 9 -pound fins anti sold
for 85c.
NE\\' 1'(11!1: \\'1lE11' MARKET.
NevtYork, March 31. -Wheal - Spot.
eii'.y: No. 2 red. $1.00%. elevator; No.
2 reed. $1.01%, f.o.b. nnont; No. 1 north-
ern., Duluth, $1.133', f.o.b. afloat; No.
2 hard winter, $1.11% f.o.b. afloat.
(TATTLE \1.\RKET.
Toronto, March 31. -.en active bust-
neos in cattle again prevaik'd at the
\Veslern market to -day. Prices ad-
vanced from 10 to 25c per cwt.. itiki
henry pricers !would have been obtained
lit.• any extra choice tuts. flogs weal
up 25c per cwt. The arrivals were 70
cars. containing 1.100 cattle. 116 sheep
and Iii nl>s. 7u0 hogs ane) I:, calves.
'fhc export cattle that clumped hands
were of fair to choice quality. Their
pri•:es range' fm1 $1.75 to $7).35 per
cwt. Export bulls here !earth 83.90 to
:1.40 per cwl.
Straight loads of choice e>:prert•rs
ranged it value front 51.7,0 to $4.91) per
cwt. \I••tlium hitcher; cattle, Si to
54.50 per cwt.; mammos! 1, I 11malh►nm.
83.25 le 81; chcic.r cows, $3.60 1.) $1.25:
medium cows. $.1 to 83.50; common
eews. $2.50 lit $3 ler cwt.
A few stockers !fere wawa' at $3
to $3.60 per cel.
Slightly higher prices obtit neel for
Critics.. I'rice. were :l% to 7e per pound.
Spring lambs sold from $.` k $7.54.
each. Export ewes were w•arth $I.5(,
le 85: hooks. g:1 to $1: choice Iambs.
86.75 lit *7.50: cemmen iambs, $7e 14,
80 per cwt.
Seki'1 111g. were worth c:..73. ;)n 1
I.gl►Is and fat,. S5.5) Der cwt.
ANOltilat EXPLOSION.•
Two Italians killed on (.. T. Pacific Near
Ur} den.
dispatch learn I:••nnra says: 'lite
more victims were added to the fright-
fully king list of fatalities aninng the
railway amen -lite an cntnps on Thurs-
day morning when an explosion occur-
red at Mclkwgall's r:nmp 011 the Grund
Trunk Peiffer. near Dryden. Two
Italians. WI,. e.' mates are unknown
hent, wee- killed. rind nriotlur terribly
nrnngled. Ile i' in the !hospital in it
p:e.:0r:o is condition.
Three fire: were' kan.11ed at widely
sepnnnled Ix,inls in Pekin on Thurniay,
L) revolutionaries.
CAN &RO BEST TOBACCO
C alladian Cigars Shown to Agricultural
i Committee
\ 1 .•h from (Ntawa an)-: "e.,,•
M!,
• retic,' a cigar equal to ter•
tee •, the opinuen expneeed by
Sir. I \ Charlet), Dominion tobacco
,exit•• • n g.ving evidence on \\'glare•
'lay t. f'et'e tlio Contlnlltee on Agricu!•
tura regarding the tobncco-growing trios•
aibfhl.0a of the country. Some of the
rer.el•e•• .•f t0tncco at prurient grown
In r • he :!.inti';eel, very in•
Ire . ' • : er., had proved highly
ttfir • - ' i• th in Quebec and Ontario.
oto lootin.r')) pounds of lotettete
green in Crow's. prol'ibly 1.0E).')
poen& woo e'f an inferior quality.
(
eke and Ontoln:o grew tobacco in
i•'ont equal PM -or -hone and alxmit
ree•quert'rs el the Litre quantity
,wn ins materfAct'red. Ile was in
1 favor • . •gielitio;r which !f'eu'd en•
• ets)g•• h•' fanners to grow tobacen.
.\ i.31 was parlicutnrly n•edeu was
:• irrr peeking hvu.(rs sn,I 11:' estab•
Pollen, of those w•n.ild kind 1•+ good
• e•i ts. Mr. Charian prof i cd eamptes
Cannel ,,n Iobnec( for cigar lending
• Sich, he declined, one equal to any.
tli•ng gruwn in Wisconsin.
Slr. Duncan gess. M. P., examined
erdmple e ( Canadian cigar: which he
toed weer equal in giality le 'layettes.
Ms. \V gle. n lnrge !.loos,~) grower rat
Kingsv.t:o, at'o gave of idence. Ewe
and Kent. he paid, were well suited for
lol:acco growing purpo.sea anti with
wine enceurogeme'nt front the Govern-
ment, espeetally in the dtrRlk)tt of pack•
ing )10110 , his .tietrict Could grew
Iwenlylive to thirty niliion pounds.
ie of Senator Forget Was Ile-
pt•atedl) 'threatened.
A deapnLch Leon M' ntreat sa►s: M.•m-
t•er.' of Iho "Black Iland" are gelling
bold in their oT.eraLons. For eouw
time past !Madame L. J. Forget, wife
of Senator Forget, has been receiving
letters suggesting that the "Black !land'
required the sum id 82.000, and that
if the payment were not promptly utado
death would follow. The curie was int•
mediately placed in Ilene hands of de-
tectives, with the result that ti man,
wire is known as Iwo lalruro, an Itali-
an. bee been atrental, Iken letters
had been sent to f:druro, and he was
arrested as a result of the work of Me
cielectivns. f;drnro appeared before
Jedge Cttoquet ..n \\'ednesdoy end was
charged with sen:ling threatening let-
ter.;, demanding the stun of $2,000 on
twin of death. The uocused pleaded
not guilty and was remanded ter en-
quete. The penalty for the offence
charged is 1t years' imprisonment.
Mt(:IIINI: BJJ;W 1'P IN CEI.1•tR.
Ilotel Building in New Brunswick Town
Wrecked.
A despatch hem McAdam Jct.. N. R.,
sats: The north wall of the Hotel City
Cane) was shoved about eight Inches,
the dining -roots completely dcrnolished,
and every window in the house blown
out by an explosion eJ an acetylene
gas nu►chine in the hotel basement on
\Vctdnosday evening. The clerk of the
hotel was in the basement at the time.
and received xerfons injuries, being
thrown ton feet. Mrs. \ere:lith, wife
of the proprietor. i; very ill AS a result
of the chock. Several guests in the
dining -roost at Ike time escaped Serb
0us injuries.
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WHISKEY AND T1•itERC11.OSIS.
Condillott of Indians .!long Ontario's
Boundary is launentabte.
A despatch hon) Winnipeg says: \h•.
A. S. Boland of Totentt:o is hero aiter
a ltdp along the C. N. R, in New On-
tario. Ile says the condition of lh.' In-
dians along the border Ls )nmenlable.
They are victims of whiskey and tuber-
culosis.
PILI ON 1YOtt.E '11I1N 1)E t"I 11.
m.'PI►/:1►iuew Traitors Settles,►•J litIA
RB
lane 1 erns.
A des;.:.t Ii trent V.11
sten nrreetod recently, charged v td
tratllck'ng in Governmental e cieto
have teen found guilty and aeetknc"l
!u long terms of imprisonment. 'Th s
Punishment Le generally considered to
be worse than death. Nalung and Elting
Tun Yen, instillers of lite Foreign
hoard, were on the emote that Winded
down Ho sentences. 'i'he consp racy
against the llover•u►uent Ls fairly wide-
spread and the revelations: within the
last tete days love considerably alarm-
ist the Court an.l the Administration.
No less than thirty important prison -
OHS are new being held u► cusle>ity, and
it is vet-orb:el that the Chief of Police
of .the Forbidden (city i.; coming this
number. Certain hien at present in
the Government service are thought to
b. Acting as spies ga►nst the dynasty
as well es trafficking in Slate secrets,
rad ether arrests are expo'ted.
VACCINES THROUG11 1101711.
Satisfactory Imniu►ie ,on :timing!
bercutobis Thus Secured.
A despatch from Lenten -ays: Dr.
Latham, of St. George's Hospital, read
a preliminary paper before the !loyal
Society of Medicine on Wednesday,
tending to show that satisfactory int-
nmuni?.tUon against tuberculosis could
to obtab:ed by administering vaccines
through the mouth ntstoad reel injecting
them into the blood. Ile describe' Ca -4 -
et in which he cured glandular tuber-
cclosh s►nd markedly improved pulmon-
ary tuberculose. i)r. 1.alham's system
1.5 !pastel on the original r•erommc'nJa-
t'on of Prof. Koch. modified lay Prof.
Wright's work (on the opsr;nic index.
SUICIDE AT OTTAWA.
An itnlian Out of SVork Jumps�Fr'rom
Laurier Bridge.
A despatch from Otlawa says: Mari-
ano Dioggiotti, an Italian out of work,
jumped from Laurier bridge in an at-
tempt to fall to front of a C. P. R.
fre'ghf engine on the trucks below. Ile
fell short. was badly injured and suc-
cuntl.ed on Thursday afternoon. De-
spondency Ls fake to hive led to the
net.
Tu.
PEOPLE WANT GOOD ROADS
System of Improving Highways Spreading
in Ontario
Mr. A. W. Campboll. Deputy Mlin-
ister of Public Warks, in an address
delivered before it meeting of the Geed
(toads Ae>suCiation of Ontario, bed in
Toronto lite other day, strongly advo-
Pat'd the building of bridges in the
most sub.0kintial style by mean; ••( C7'-
rnetl or concrete. 1f this is carried out
the Government will bo glad to con-
tribute one-third of the cost. Mr.
Campbell laid slr•e.ss on the fact that
the 1 ounly Councils shetdct strive to
fanrllinrize themselves with the financial
dondil:ons of the county and the ex-
peres ss in eemne •tion with repairing the
Mends. In making email repairs in the
reads he ).oint-d out til the expendi-
ture antenmte1 to practically as nmuCii
as if more substantial roods wee. holt.
In the Ins! teen years the rnuniett t 11 es
had mntrl;.ileal n1, tut $10.000.00iI cash
'n the toupee ing .'f their roads. ilee
e.ei l Ilial this money. if ler'ol erle hand -
1.s1, twnnld be snlliricnt 1.e r..nstrui•1
lendw,+le; thnl would Inst for rat least
• 1 len years. Ila hrhet'ed Ihrtt
if lho e ,euity Ca unciis would bike over
this ►fork and avail thentaelves of the
pn)viaions of ttie net the T•)wnship
l:uuneits wuutd be reedy to offer their
a'ststonae itt the !work of making good
rials.
"Il is surprising," continued Mr.
Campbell. "how contagious thLs thing
is alter the work of improving a road
has commenced. It Is not wise, low -
ever, to utt•mpt lo do too much. tt be.
ing 'nigh !-.ser to adopt the policy of
(o a little and do 1t welt. Th s tends
le convert the people In advocate an
extension of the good rends (system in
mus ciettliee a where tt does not ex-
ist I1 Ls not the Tong uriis0ge that
counts. hut the sample of the gond work
(lone lint impresses the petiole who
will ultimately conclude that a stand.
bed road shall ho a policy in all dies
Iriels. The work ins done well and
ectittomirally in romplinnce with certain
rcgulaUnrts of the act reln.tivo to (,,v-
ermn:'nt inspeeliein. 11 counties eb net
adhere to this rule the Government w•Il
not pay its once -third of tho expend'.
lure."
T11111IN1; SIAM'S N ITI1 (:OFI'1Ni4.
_
Ci:ngbeliih,tt Gone Mail Among Under-
takers In Chirnuo.
A despatch from Chieng., says: "Trad-
ing cslemps wllh every funeral" is the
piaenrd that ane nttty expect t0 ecce
soon In the •%ndews of up -to -dale Chi -
ago undertakers. 'Thal Iwo ear three
funeral directors on the north side of
the city have adopted the trading etan:p
a)sk•m 41 Inrrmse biesiness was reveal.
eel on l'ues,ley when n bert'evea widow
cons.'lleed an order rat n downtown un•
derfnker's because he would not give
het ,ane &Lam l9. Friends of hers. site
said. w•Mo recently had 414411 IPS in their
fnmilsot. were given Iroding alnmpe by
the unekrlaker, an'1 she tns:sttl en gel-
ling Ihe (a en's% or she would gel else -
COMING 11101 UNITED ST %ICS.
hfunijrahl•i 1 to Canada lartlely In-
c -tensed Fewer from Britain.
.\ despatch fivnm 011uwa seeds: the
figure.+ of Imtnigrolien for January and
February indicate !hot Untttigtation to
the Canadian west from the Untied
Staler: this ).ear. will be considerably
greater Than last year. For the Iwo
months irnm:g:nlion from Goo United
Slates shims an increase e f GI per rent.,
its a•mpneel with January nn.I Febru-
nry of enol yenr. Immigration from
t;rent Britain end European ports, on
lin' other banal. shows n deeren.••.' of
36 )v • a,. i!t •hi' r,:! !tie •ar;,.• veriest.
1101 1:111:\ 111 110I.11:S.
Trnpedat itnrtti' I.. Near the Canadian
Itnnnd.►rw.
1 despatch front 1 • :' Frencis says:
Pollee! States settlor.: hiring 'p the Rig
Fork River opposite the Canadian boon.
dnry. who wtnited Berwick, rep• rl that
a nine-year-old boy wart killed mill eat-
er. I.y limber wolves ane day Inst week.
They say the little follow was attend-
ing -.'8001. and was for some reason
(4 ether kept in after 1 o'clucli tutlil
nearly dark. when ho was pernnittal
Iv go frame, and was devoured along
the (rail.
el'
Glitl. Pl. tY1:1) 111T11 EIRi:.
IF(ve-Year-Oil limited to Death Near
11110 .t
A despatch from Ifntlsville says: Vinln
Fletcher. the flve-)•ear-.old Jnughler of
Mr. W. J. Fletcher. who livens at Havens
chf(r, at miles front Iluntevilk', died
(,n Thursday morning. the victim (of a
dhslreesing ncci(lrit that oc: erred shout
5 o'clock (on Wednesday night. The
tither was 'Orient iron Mone, and to
reinter had None 1 , Ill., barn to milk
the cows. She t -ft her Iwo Itltlo dough.
tees, \'Nate, aged five. and Mary, aged
three. in the Mouse. But a few min -
tiles neer she lett the older giri ran
screaming to her mother with hor cloth-
ing on Ike. The frenzied parent car -
rid her back to tho house. anal et
hamster' every effort lit extinguish th,
timmes rind relieve ilk chili's suffer
ufgs, but the little body tuns so ler
ratty burned that death followed an
hour later.
111 iti►1:11 %ND SUICIDE.
I'ilnrrienelahte ('rime el it 11111. her al
I'arrehorci , N. S.
A despn?. h from i1:, ifax V '4. says
N. ws reaches) 1ri•h.er.t al 1 p. in. on
Thurselny of a errihle tragedy at Parrs•
tare'. Cumberland chanty. Al neon n
prominent young then, named Levi..
K. Smith, who conduces n butcher shop
in 1'orrsbnr,', wits working AS usual in
his shop. when James fleeter. an•elher
young men. entered and made tee re.
mark: "Smith, your are not looking well
thin morning.` Smith immediately
dr'w a revedver from hes roa•ket, and.
withamt saying a werel, fired pried
blank rat heeler. the bullet entering the
breast neer the right lung. Ile Hien
Turned the weapon on henget' and fired
a shot in his mouth. Beeler lived only
Ove minutes. Smith is 81411 alive. but
ct:nt:',t eco ver.
BER'S CONFESSION
Shooting of Pierre Delerme Near Montreal
Explained
A de:patch front Montreal says: "Tho
police it the city were Riddled on \V'd-
no=diiy night that a luau named \\ll-
!iam Sangster gave h.u►setf up in New
York and had o)ttsu, el to a crime eon: -
males' near Montreal several months
ago. 110 stated that, with two other
1114•11. dinned Peter U)rson anal Joe La-
uterckc, ha had alta, -keel a young ratan
Hamel Pierre Delerme, and had shut
Delerme when Ito refused to give up
his money.
The crim • to which ho confessed was
committed on Ot•!obcr 20. Pierre 1)c'`
tornmo. a young farrier, was roturning
from the market itt the early evening.
The highwaymen jumped up and de-
oianJ:d stoney. \Vhan Deform* offered
i i•sutanc•e Ito was shot tiwco, on but -
'et entering behind the right ear. The
noro of the shooting frightened his
Bosses, and they ran away and were
litter sbappad by the parents of the un.
Orientate young man. He wan found
is 1110 bottom of the wugg-,n, bleeding
profusely. laid barely conscious. He
wee taken buck to \lontreai, but dltrd
shortly alter. Before dying he told of
the attack on hint by threes robbers.
Tho confcsslon of Sangster has cleang
et) the mystery, and he will be brought
hen. to Bland his trial. Ills two asso-
clutts are already in prsstn, having
boon sentenced some time ago for
burglary.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
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GLOBE.
Telegraph folds From Our Own and
Other Countries of Recent
Events.
CANADA.
The Hudson's Bay line has been
built to Lu Passe.
Mr. P. R. Goyette, a Montreal lawyer,
dropped dead vn '!'hurdslay.
The C. N. R. will offer for sale thirty
townships this summer.
The Wabash Itathwey crews are to
be centralized in St. Thornes.
Montreal :Suoialists ate preparing for
1 h.g demonstration on May day.
Servat er Claret! hes inteeduccd n bill
t-, lard• rat the marriage vi divorcees.
Immigration from the United States
promises to be larger this year than
ever 1)421010.
In view of the celebration at Quebec,
there may ba no military camp at Ni-
agara 11ts year.
'i'he Canadian Northern will pelt about
!fluty townsitw on tho market this cont-
ing summer.
1:. W. Spear.-., at Winnipeg, says the
1).,ukl:oliours will do more marching
this: spring.
(:ull:ngwoed's by-law making ii p*ar
licenses $4,500 has been quashed by M1'.
Judice Benton.
Earl Dudley will attend the Quebec
tercentenary celebration as tho nepre-
e illative of Atistralta.
4 rich gold strike has been mndn at
the mouth of the Mackenzie, GO utiles
• est of Herschel Island.
Mr. itodolphe Forget. M. P.. is said to
ho financing a scheme. for a merger of
breweries .,t eastern Canada.
D.intin:en and city policy are endea-
voring to trace makers of counterfeit
money which is circulating in Toronto.
The Strowger automalic Telephone
.)stem will be Installed by the cities
• 1 Edmonton and Slralhcona.
The legislature' of Prince Edwitri Is-
land las passed a law forbidding the
naming of aut•mtoblles in the Prov -
1171.1e F.Jm•mfort pae'ket, which left Ed-
monton Nev. 29th. deliverer' the mail
a1 Fort McPherson en Fob. 17th.
Hamilton Heard of Education has
adapted a plan to spend a quarter of a
million 41"11ari in improving the school
aco)mmudalie>n.
.t hill providing for cold age and dut-
ttbil;ly 1 els .ms to colliery workers itns
been inb•nditeed in (ho Nova Scolia
1.nglslotiir.e.
M `ntreal citizens pease(' a resolution
calling on the Government o gives. the
city dllvecl connection with the National
Transronlieental Railway.
Mr. hell a r:t•'ntcnt gave judgment rat
\'anrouver Ilnilmu the Dominion order
in Council i:nJ-r •.which several Hindus
were held 1. r depnrtalion invalid. Hon.
Fronk Olit.'r will introduce tegLsInti m
leo remedy the defect.
111!1'1' 11N.
Drury I.iuu' Theatre, in London. was
o.mpletely 'leyttt))ed by lire earl)* \\'ed•
risibly morning.
The pr'vntence of cigarette smoking
le the Bralish array li w'rlously Whet -
mg the ellietency of the• service.
Italp), 1'. Simony. a Bleeder; scholar
from Now Orleans al Oxford, was
washed off the rocks anti drowned at
Port lanae, Cornwall.
Dr. Stanton (Seel, editor of The Glld-
cal itevicw, has been sentenced to a
m3nt)es imprisonment In London for
assaulting an omnibus oonducta•r.
The Imperial Government will send a
special oonunissioner to Canada to seek
a solution ul the difficulties arising out
el
Hindu immigration into British Co-
lumbia.
Because the Wash'nenen Government
does not wish the voyage of ibs battle-
ship squadron to be further delayed,
Great Britain has not asked the squad.
von to visit any of iter ports.
Dr. (tall Edwardls, of leruingham,
who lost an arta In the course of his
researches into lho X-ray, but wile ie
the dLseoverer of a successful Inetlwd
of treatment for X-ray cancer, lies had
a civil eervice pension of $600 a year
oo:uferrod on him.
UNITED ST:TI:S.
Tornadoes hai•c caused great properly
damage: unit some loss of life In the
Gulf States.
Two Canadian clerks of a New Go-
chelle. N. Y., merchant were left for-
tunes by their former employer.
James Kntte, a boy of ?lght.'en, was
allot and killed by a p)Iic.'►nun in Chi-
cago on Thursday.
President Ito osevelt, in it special mes-
sage to Congress, urged the °Witten
id the duly on wood pulp.
About three hundred and fifty lives
were lost on the North Atlantic coast
during the fall and winter.
Fir, resulting from crossed etectrie
light wires damaged the. Grand I'acilio
Hetet in Chicago 8100,000.
At Aurora, 111., an intoxicate) man
was Thrown front his wagon and was
dr.wned in the street nerd.
'I'h • Werneres Trade League t.+ plan-
ning to gel all of tho. 6,01k)00d Ameri-
can working women into labor unisons.
Eleven year old Alice Joyce Borden,
or Chicag•), an heiress, is allowed $9,000
for
it trip fa Europe this saline r,
United States customs authnrilies at -
lege that during several arenas petit
Chinamen have been stuuggiee.d whale-
snle from Ontnrl.) into Buff:tie.
in an nddress But other evening in
'NP -.w fork. Jacob hits .said !hero were
"(.1.004) roosts In !enema Is to which
no light or fresh air penelrnle;:
At Shenan tenh. Pit.. the Cambridge
Coal Company clnweit iia colliery for
nn indefinite period, throwing 1,100
men and 1x.ys out of employment.
Alleging that his son had slnlcn his
Mots rind sold them for liquor, the
ng.'3 father of Arlh+er 1'innegan ap-
pear -fel agnin.sl him in court at Logans-
peal. Ind.
Gnawed by nils and mileh decom•
iw.see1, Bon body of n woman named
Florence Iteyttoi.is. alias'rhompsvm, 3S
years 0111, was found in it wno:Lshed
in a Collar in New York.
Ait industrial revival has I:tken place
al Poll:oville. Pa.. during Ilse lest few
days. the milia rind cheeps haying in-
creased Their working sche,lule by many
hours tear week.
Lighting his pipe In his cell in the
Village pet. John Doherty. of M Alle.
vile. N. Y.. nreldenlally set fire to the
mnllrewsa of ht; bid, and beef -air help
cavil.' reach flint Ito was burned to
death.
Japan has nske.1 1 hush leo prevent the
prop>hed boy•oItvf Jopnneee goon, and
14) put an end to the anti-Japnnes' ogi•
talion
fiver m hundred prrs')ns wore drown -
e l in the ..nking of the Japnn•sn',teeni-
er Mulot Man' in a ontlisinn near
1leikndato.
OBILIZATION AT QUEBEC
Twenty-five Thousand Troops May Be
Concentrated
t de pr!ch from Onew t says. The
Metes Department etp•e'ts 10 to able
to mak • dc1111 to and nnoentent s pertly
es to the plans for the tnubioizrtiion of
a Canadian army •,l em. twenty-five
ILou.nn' men at Qmol.a.' in July next
on up. (oce•asion of the (:hnmpinin ter-
centenary. Negadettuens wl;h Ira,Feen•
tali')n comp:Imes are .till be.ng cnrr1r.1
on nla1v) to carrying tit' trails+ ter
anal front (prebe', and Arrvufgeenn•nt,
for !o+kiig atter the r.,tumatn:-1:0 airs
per'Irn•'tll are still under e(,Mideraitein.
Peeling definite information of thee.
two most important rspeeCts of 111.• 11n-
elertakingt. the \fititin C••uneil will reit
be able to stale definitely lead what will
l,. 11. .. . , einboiea•
kern. : t ! plans are
wo:k ng •,nil `+1
.e t!:. ' 1 .1 the
s, 11010 :e.s al present a • , ,.. 1 be••
ing ase,ir,1 11.e•r., \d 11) ,1
t:ulilil ramps two \.I I. ;..b-, t .,
stainer. 11 w pr>la•as.d I11.1t s, sly per
cv rat. .ef o'1 lit- owes, belt cit) end
neral. fr••n► Onlnr1;, Qua), c. and the
Meet me Province.; steel melt Ste at
I,ii:et,r .luring IN' feel t''k e,1 July.
Tte• s• t•ecl•an of thea.' who are to g,en
w.1! 1.e ./evillest •1n liter. but i1 ea the
1lehir.n le Lave ..r iv n►rm).•rs of IbA
t l 1 1 net, .1u:11.fi•sl 4, lake pail in
111 .•e •re r►rire.r-nese•, by rerwn of ten-
s .: .1 le ! r, s • tis O t iretig.