Exeter Advocate, 1908-04-30, Page 70
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FIFTH LARGER CROP AVERAGEtEDE WORLD'S MARKETS
8111.0.4S 11011 Ttlli I.l:1DING
1RAUE CEN "1Itt:.3.
Indications Point to Record Yield in the
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West This Year.
A despatch from Ottawa says: OfiMeal
returns 'weevil by the Immigration De-
partment
lapartn'nt from ugents throughout the
Weer Show Iliac the acreage under crop
in \hiniteba, Saskatchewan and :Uter-
i t Iles year will be about twenty per
teats. greater than lest year. All Mile
cations note point to a record yield of
Wheat from "the granary of the Ma-
dero" this year. The incre i -o l acreage,
as. of course, largely due to tho influx
of new seltlers.
Reports from agent.: of the depert-
ment in the Western Slate indicate
that the number of American farmers
who will take up land in the (:anadt-
ani Wc-t this year will be very largely
la excess of last year. On the other
hand, owing to the restrictive reguia-
t.ons recently put in force by the Gov-
ernment, the immigration from Great
,Britain this year shows a very consid-
erable faL'in;; off. For March, the ar-
rivals of IJril:oh immigrants were 50
f.er cent. less than for the correspond-
ing month of last year.
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TWO NI11.1.1(►NS .t D11'.
l:norntous Groff Ib in 1:i nadu's Foreign
Trade.
A despatch from Ottawa says: For
the fiscal )ear ending with last mouth
Canada's total trado reached the record
figure of $638,390,291, an Increase of
be5,818,940 nvc r the corresronding
• teeny trontIce of 19;X', -(t7. The inteerls
ler the year totalled $358,373,(55, an 111-
trease of 82,228,073. Exports of the
$280,016,6(:4, an increase of $7,810,010.
The customs revenue for 1110 year in-
creased by $5,311,281, tete total being
$58,320,737. The largest increase in do-
mestic cx{wrts was in agricultural pro-
ducts, which totalled $66.069.939, as
compared with $49.511.327 for the pre-
ccd ng twelve month,. Exports of
manufactures le -Milled $28,507,121, an in-
creaoe of $2,288.075. Exports of the
mine totalled $39.177.133, an increase
of $3,0311,993. Fisheries exports remain-
ed practically stationary, totalling $13,-
er7,368. A huge decrease Is shown in
Ha. exports of animals and (heir pro-
dure, which reached only $55,101260
Iasi year. as oompnrcd with $67.817,-
461
67.$ ,,111 for lh.i preceding twelve menthe.
Exports of the forest totnllee 814,170.-
470. a decrease of 81,452,702. For the
lost month the imports totalled $30,-
-(!:2.232. a da'i'rdase of 86.71%9.811 Ex -
hoes amounted to $18,572,085, an in-
crease of 82,442,080.
LOG C111 RAN AWAY.
Killed Nine Men on the Susquehnnnn
itailroad.
A despatch front Italslon, Po., says:
A work train on the Susquehanna &
-New York Railroad, near t,nquin, Pa.,
Was wrecked on Wednesday morning
b, a runaway car •which dashed into
(he train after descending a steep grade.
I::ght lumicrmen were killed outright,
•enc died later \ rile being taken to a
.h(aspital, and fifteen wero seriously in-
eured. The wreck occurred on the Ln-
•totin 1.I% rr Company's log toad lead.
Mg up into the mountains, about
twenty-six miles from Ralston. The
men wero riding on the log Irvin.
which was being pitched up the sleep
•agent by the engine. A log car ran
-may and came down the grade nt ter-
rific speed toward the train. An at -
butte was made to reverse the engine
cn the log (rain to avoid the shoe!: of
Ihe cnllu.ien, but the runaway car
crasherd into the ears before anything
•cculd be done The engineer and fire-
man and thoee in the train who were
near the engine escaped Injury.
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A 11.1SII FOR i.Iisi:BTl'.
Chinaman Tries to Escape al SI. John.
New Itrunswick.
\ deepalrh from SI. Jelin. N. iL,
sr.ys: A Chinammn who was held by or -
(ter of t!re customs here. tirade a bold
c!a.h for liberty on Thursday, but was
recaptured. Ile carne out as a peeve -
ger to St. Jahn on the Allan liner Vir-
ginian, nod traveled as a Japanese. ilt
tree retinue a queue. The l:u•lnms Ile.•
Vartment decided 111111 his features de -
tiered 11110 n (:hireee, rind nnt•se 't
could 1•e moven he wero 0 Jnpane•e he
must pay $500 or go back. Ile was Dien
placed under guard on the .leamee. On
Thursday he elieltel his tvitichers and
jumped) v erboard. Ile awns, astute,
ran nlnng fie street, followed by an ex.
( '. 1. yelling crowd. 1•e' '•,as re i 'er-
e . ,: ,1 ant tack nl:n;, .c c'•eee, .
IMMIGRATION RETURNS.
ratline Off in the Arrivals in Last
Three Months.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
total Irumigrnlion for the first three
months of the present calendar year
was 27,1(4, is compared with 412,048
foe the surto three months in 1907,
showing a decrease of 11,901. The
British immigration was 8,911, as com-
pared with 20,822. a decrease of 11,878.
The continental immigration was 6,810,
ee compared with 11,600, a decrease of
4.790. The inmligra(ion from the Unit-
ed States eta; 11,390, as compared with
1',626, an increase of 1,764.
The immigration for the last fiscal
year, ending with last month, was 262,-
44.9, made up of 120.182 British, 93,975
centtnental and 58,312 from the United
States. For the corrspondinge twelve
'notelet of 1906-07 the inimtgrat:on was
2.22,702, made up of 103,916 British, 59.-
473 continental and 59,243 from the
United Slates. The Increase for the
twelve months was 39,767.
GRASPING TIIE LEPER.
Engineer Itil1mer Killed on C. N. R.
Near Roblin, Manitoba.
A despatch from Roblin, Man. says:
Carrlydian Northern loo)metive draw-
ing a freight train on the Edmonton
Ionia line jumped the track in cut-
ting about four miles east of Roblin
cn Thursday morning and rolled over,
crashing Engineer Edward Rigger to
death. The fireman jumped and escaped
without injury. The engineer met death
at his post. When remov ug his Lady
it was found that his hand was still
tightly grasping the throttle. Ten Cars
leaded with wheat fultewing the loco-
motive were derailed. and considerable
wheat was spilled on the truck. Mr.
nigger was a single. man and lived in
Diembin. Ile was formerly a resident
of Winnipeg,
THIS IS :1 CREEL BLOW.
Prunes Thratrn 10 Become a Real Lux.
%try 'fttkk Season.
A despatch fn'•.int Chicago say.:: Prunes
Threaten to lee -onto n rens luxury and
disappear in the menu cards of ninny
restaurants and b)arding houses. lie -
(rt, from the Sacramento Valley and
$•none. Naos, Tel►urna and Celnsa
counties In (:alifnrnla indicate that late
(rusts have damaged about 50 per cent.
. ( tho growing crop. Diming() in the
Santa Clara Valley also is thought to
to heavy. A normal crop of primes
will total about 170.000,000 pounds. Last
yenr-riboiit 75.000.000 pounds were pro-
duced, and Ms year merchant; say
Mc crop is not expo -led to total over
::0,000,000 pounds. This deficit is ex-
pected to send prices skyward.
IU:c.i-.ii its:D M1II, STOLEN.
'Ihie%e.' Nark at Edmonton (Inc ling
Itecu%ercd,
•'. ,Lots h beim I:dnen„Inn. Alta.,
aye. ,e bag csettaitting r •,:.stere.l -let-
tere was :stolen un the ur ,1.11 of the
Winnipeg train on •rhur•.h.y. The
wake were loaded on Ih.t nihil %fagot),
and on nrri181 al the posleelice, i, op -
penes, were everlonked, One e0Ilta!ned
registered matter for the Calgary and
Eotnonton Railway. south. A search
/coned the Calgary null Edmnneet bag
Iene'tl► .• me empty .asks near by, but
the ether foie gene. Ten or three sii-
teen, are 'miler sin veil lan_(', and nr-
rr,t.•e nr• {'r•ub:it' e.
HEART AND LIVER UPSIDE DO
Extraordinary' Malformation of a
St. Louis Judge.
A tles;r,leh !oven .......1\I i -id
Surgeons :t: John Hopi,. • 1i •-; •; o-
ing, nn mine!}' en the h.ady of Judge
1. eleKerghnn.. 1 Si. i.oii s. were (s-
1 •ni.icd 10 dieeei er tial inetead of Ih^
u: ani r.\Iling c•f the organs, Mese i't
the body were sroller,vl nbout in ai-
med unbrlievab'e wnys. Ilis heart ens
tern,sl in a pesitien the re%er.',e of nee -
real. his ki.tncys were united by n lags•
men% in the shape of a hor-e•sh0e. and
the liver w•as upesrdo down. with the
gall bleeder on fop. Ninny et the
ereee•'r ergnns were s clines of entang-
I • : "nrde and fatty snhslaiwri(,
II Judge M•Kelghen tired eye
sleet strange, Iranspesflion of the raa•
clonery .)f his body appears marvel.
• us. Surgeons ere myslitic.l at 1.
eVhclher he wee born with his orgsns
Pi abnormal poretions or that• were
f 111 in this eine: through (disease or
se,mr freak of nntere Is eel known.
Judge elcKeighen lived to be 14130y -six
years old. and was considered one of
the ab'eet lawyers in Si. Louis. ltie
brain (Nd not scot to suffer through
the stale of his organs. and he was
riffle t.. ent heartily until within a few
weeks of March 1. when he was
broughr le the Jvhns Hopkins Ifospi-
tnI In n critical condition.
11e lint bey,me seriously ill In SI.
isees in Fehrunry. and his phtsiclane
fere quite unnb'e to fathom his setup.
teins. Ile was 11na'!v brmrght ie pis
Jahns 11. pkins Ito.p•Inl. where an en-
eration was performed, .(.:ring which
iiacoveri•s were mad' of ell, h a sterl-
ing mines Ihnt the (am 1y mnaentee
the nutnpty. whi••h was (*Ho( mrd
a:most Irnrnalatety after death.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, c ..eese aAf
Usher Dairy Produce at Maio
and Aliroud.
BREADSTUFFS.
Toronto, April 28. -Manitoba Wheat
-For immediate delivery, No. 1 uoret-
crn, 81.17, Georgian Bay tort,; fee
e heal, 69c, No t feed, 63c tit Nor:tt
:lay. F..r May delivery, No. 1 northern,
81.1;,; No. 2 northern, $1.11; No, 3
ncr•thcrn, $1.U6. to
Ontutio Wheat -No. 2 while, 00%c
DI%c at point of shipment; No. 2 red,
lkk; No. 8 mixed, 138%c; goose, 87c to
88c
Corn -No. 2 yellow American, 71c;
\o. 3 yellow, 72%c 'Toronto freight;
No. 3 mixed, lc Tess.
Harley -Very dull; No. 2, 52c to 55c.
Peas -No. 2, 89c to 90c, outside.
Rye -Strong; No. 2, Sec to 87c.
.Buckwheat --No. 2, 64%e to 65e.
Oats. -No. 2 white, 45%0 outside,
47%c on track Toronto; No. 2 mixed,
43e.
Flour - Manitoba patents, special
.brands, 86; seeoii 1s, 85.40; strong bak-
ers', 35.30; winter wheat patents. $3.35.
Bran -Pull curs, $°1.50 to $25, 'l(
ronto freights
Bran -Full ears. $21.50 to *25, Toren-
!) freights.
Shorts -Scarce, 324 f.o.b. mitis.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Eggs--New-laid, 16c to 17c.
Butter -1s becoming more plentiful.
and the market Ls easier.
Creamery prints .... 30c to 32c
do solids .... .... .... 211c1o30e
Dairy prints .... Qi;to260
do large rolls .... .... 24c to 25c
do solids ... . .... .... . . 23c to 21c
Inferior .. .... .... 20c to 21c
Potatoes -Ontario, 85c to 90c; Dela-
ware, 93c to 81, in car lots on track
here.
Iteans-Firm; $1.70 to 81.75 for prmes
and S1_80 to SI.85 for hand-picked.
Honey -Strained shady at lie to 12c
per round for 60 -pound pails and 12c
to 13e for 5 to 10 -pound pails. Combs
at 81.75 to 12.50 per dozen.
Cheese -14 for large and 113 c for
twins. in job k,ls here; new -make, 13c
fc^ large and 13yc for twins.
elapse Syrup -$1 to 81.10 per gallon.
Baled Straw -88 to 89 per ton.
Baled Hay -Timothy is quoted at 815
to $15.50 In car lots on tracks here.
PROVISION'S.
Pork --Short cut. 821 to 821.50 per
barrel; !nose, $17.50 to $18.
Lard-Tiercee, 11%e; tubs, 11'/.c; pails,
12c.
Smoked and Dry Salted Meats --Lona
clear bacon, Mc to 10%c, tons and cas-
es, hams, medium and light, 12c to 13c;
hems. large. Ilya to 12c; bodes, 16c to
16e4e; shoulders, 9%c to 10c: rolls. 10c
In 10%e; breakfast bacon, 14e 10 15c;
green meats out of pickle, 1a less than
smoked.
SEEDS.
Following are the prices paid at out-
side points;--.1Ls ke, No. I. $12 for fancy
lot; No. 2. $10: No. 3. $.4.50 to $9, Sam-
ple; mixed with timothy. trefoil or
weeds, according to quality.
Rol Clover -Firmer; No. 1 cleaned,
$12.50 to 113. and a 11111.' higher for
extra fancy kite: No. 2. 811 to 811.25;
ordinary kits. mixed with merle, ne.
cording t•) quality.
Mf1NTItF.- I. MARKETS.
.ntrce'. Apr 1 28.- A :steady vo!nrnc
of trade is pawing In flntn•. (;mice
s; ring wheat patents, 36.14; see end,
85.50; winter wheat pntenl;, $5.50;
airtight rollers. 85 to $e.25; do., in
begs, $2.35 10 82.50; extins, $1.80 to
81.90.
Freda, etc ---Manitoba bran, 822 to $23;
short+. 823 to 821; Or,tnrio grain sl•orls,
82:• to 822.50; middlings. 821 to 115;
short=, 825 1,1 127 per Ion, inchtding
bags. and pure grain motile, at $32 to
831.
('eerenls-tolled oats, $3.12!•4 per bag;
remittent. 81.67% to $1.73 per bare
(Eggs,-- A go.)(1 demand prevails for
eggs .•n the local market. Receipts are
tinnily keeping pace with the con -simp-
le -1n. and prices aro therefore firm.
without change. Fresh eggs are to -day
telling n1 16%e per dozen in jobbing
tele. and at 17e to lee In single, rases.
(:terse -Colored quoted) nt 12%e to
13:•, and old while at 12%,. to 12%0. 13r-
t:010s 1,44 -day were 74 ()owe.
Provisions-- Itnrreis short cut mess.
eel. half barrels do., 110.75; clear fat
Lacks. 822 to 81:1; long cut heavy utas+,
820; half barrel-) do.. $10.50; dry sa't
lung tear ba. k', 10ele; bnrtels plate
beef. 813.50 to 115; hal( barrels do.,
!7.2e to $7.73; barrels henry niee.s beet,
RIC' M 311; half barrels do., 85.50 to 16;
cemround lard, $ ;c to 9c; pure lard,
Il% c In 11%e; kettle rendered. 1lj e to
12e; hams, tlr. l0 13%e. according to
size; breakfast bneen, Ile to 15e; Wind-
sor bacon. Mee In 15%e; fresh -killed
at•nttokretrec'.'d hog,. 80.75 to 810; live„
86.50 to $6.75.
NE1W YORK \\'IIE.\T MARKET.
New York, April 28.--\\'tient -- Spot.
firm: No. 2 r,1, $1.03%; elevator; No. 2
red. $1.0('4. f.o.b.. MOM; No. 1 north-
ern. Datta'%. 81.15. f.o.b., afloat; No. 2
herd winkle 85.I1y, f.o.b. nlhaal.
rvrri.r Mein:ET.
Toronto, April 28.-A few lots of gored
exporters' cn'Ik' were Hold around 16
toes cwt. The range of choice elects
e as 15.60 t.o 36 per eel. 4fedium ex-
porters Animal, set! emeriti $5.25 to
35.10. and tease' buile e.•r,' quoted nt
34.15 t•'. 87► rer rwl.
Matchers' Failte. choler. in strati Into
35.60 l0 $5.80 ler roti; ehnb'e lends,
A7).20 to Reale: m-lium, ft1.6f) to 15:
,'nmme.n end medium m'c.'.l. 8x.50 1„
91.50: ce w.e. chn'('e, 114.ee to $t 75; a •tvs.
medium. =3.60 to 111; cows, common,
e:1.50 to 33.50 per cwt. (lulls rang. •:
Item $3 to $1.73 g.or• cwt.
A consktcrub:e business was tram
acted in feeders and stockers on fax oe-
h rings. Privies were tilt haiigd1 at 81
to $5 per ewt. for feeders, and $3.95 t..
84 for st.,ck. rs.
calve. %sere totter in value on large
offerings. Their prices tang d front 81
it' 85 per cwt.
Export ewes meld at 81.50 to 85: backs
and culls, 13.5•) to $1; lambs. grain -fed.
86 to $7 per (wt.
Hogs aero unchanged at $6.16 tor se-
lects, and 16.15 fur lights and fats.
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CONI'EIIEN(:155 ARI: FRi'1TI.Ia'-.
Ralhsay's and %bell:mice at Wimnhletl
are 51i11 Far Apart.
A despatch from Winnipeg says: The
situation between the railway uteehan
les and the o.nrpanits regi ins pea•
really lira sante. The C. N. N. and
C. 1'. R. mechanics both held eniter-
Cries's with the companies on Friday
moeniug, but nothing was given out at
either piece. The officials ab.sohttely
r(•fu-e to talk on the subject at all and
it appears that neither party seems to
know %h•'re they are at.
The C. P. R. mechanics were closet -
et with Grant Hall for over one hour
and the conferen-•o ended without a
single thing being agrcei upon. The
C. N. R. Wren spent nearly three hours
with A. Shields and J. R. Carneron, and
when the meeting ended both pa' lir.; e-
rased to give out any statement of es •'.
was reached at all.
That matters are un;aUsfactory is evi-
denced by the ►'epeatod conferenoel,
which apparently are use'.ess.
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GIRL'S 11EROISII UNAVAILING.
Saved Children From Burning (louse
Only to Lose Thein.
A dcspakh from I(attleford, Sask.,
says: Miss Anna Matthews is the only
;urviyor of a family of five, as a re.'aull
of prait•ie fires In the Tramping l.ake
District. The father went to fight the
flames, which were sweeping down .in
their little home, and perished In the
attempt. The houso took fire, and
Anna Matthews, 18 years of age, with
her clothes all ablaze, carried her five-
year-old brother and stater to a pia'%'
of safety, and then returned for her
Mother, but too late. She fought her
way again through the sea of fire only
to find the( the other children ha..l wan•
derod again into the fire zone and per-
ished.
THREE GIRLS POISONF.D.
Daughters of Mr. George Sears of Web
1and-(:yenned Salmon Blamed.
A despatch from Welland says: The
three daughters of Mr. George Sears
of The Welland Telegraph .staff were
poisoned by ptomaine through eaUng
canned sermon on Wo.Jndsday night.
They did not notice any Ill-effects until
about 10 o'clock, when Intense nausea
net In, followed by vobiting. The quiek
appearance of Dr. ilowell provented
more dLeastrous consequences. Mr.
Sears. who aLso partook freely of the
salmon, was not affected, nor were
any other members of the family.
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FEARS "Till: YELLOW MeV.
:1u.t.%rlkiti Premier Tette Englilt Peo-
ple a Struggle Is temente
A despatch from Lotelen says: in
addressing a gathering in the l,iwerpeol
Produce Exchange on Thur.,day, the
!Inn. T. Price, Premier of South Au-
stralia, said that Great Britain cohW
not keep the country going by flying
the flag over 11. The At slialians, he
said. saw the yellow cern attend, and
wero getting reedy lo face it. Ile hoped
that every 1111111 under 30 would learn
how to use a rale. su Ihat he would
be able to a .silt in resisting the advance
et the yellow mea,
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PIERCED 1119 Itis: %MT.
11. Coder Instantly Killed in Lumber
11111s at 11•aldt', B. C.
A despntrh fent Fernic, R. (:., says:
Details of an accident In the lumber
nilLs nt Waldo, in sshclt 11. (%►del wad
killed. have hen received. (:odea was
putting a bell on a pulley, rind, finding
that it was loo stiff for his hand., Ii.
lor,k a piece of heavy steam pipe with
%vhirh to slip on the leather. As h' was
ninnipulobng the hell tho pipe was
caught in the revolving pulley, and in-
slant:y the iron 'was revers..d, and eh t
thrv,ugh his breast, entering the wall
behind and pinioning him there.
NIR. DRI\K11' 11 I:It's 1)1.1 111.
Wiles As•lsrant to the President el the
1'. P. It. 1 unipans.
A despatch from Montreal say. \Ir.
Char:es Drtnkwal. re n -.slant t, the
President of the C. P. It., died on
Thursday night after an illness of only
six days' duration. Ile contracted a cold
o week ago. which developed into
pneumonia. \iris Drinkw•aler was in his
5..1 yenr, having been horn RI A41.
len, Enginn.l. in 1813. Ile began 413
railway cnr. er in iEngland at the age
of sielee1) years. and had. therefore,
leers nearly half rt r,•n(uty eteeigel in
Ihis work.
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01'1* ST.%NDING A11111'.
The Force Now Amounts et Fisc Melo
Aare1. 111 Kinks.
A despatch Prem Melee say.: The
militia ()niers looted to-0ny give ttie .s-
tnhlishtnenta of the various peonnnrnt
corps for Ibis year. an.1 the rccnpitie
laden shows that Cnnnda s standing
army now %,leis 1''51 fencers and then.
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Bt ';'+t 1'. \1:11' N eltellIPS.
i is a Ordered Venni 4 h dr Clem Larger
1 ham Drcndnnuuhf.
.\ despatch fr.in tenet• -n Aeys: The
itus'in►l ret erterrenl. n." )r.lina to it
tenths journal, has ordered live war•
shig.t. emir one to be lei ger Ihnn tee
Drea•in.night, from a 141n of Clyde . h.p.
Guiders.
MANGLED BY WIIEEL OF MItiL
Two Little Nova Scotia Girls Meet With
a Horrible Death.
A (1e;mnttilt from Ila! :e N. 5., sa
The tel, .11 0! a oust t;ou.,u..' - •:414011(.•'n f ti
\\'�1it Lahavo 1,1.1.y,
by
• • little daughters of Jitney
1:• r •e1 9 and 11 years, lost their
I • .. !c ; :i ...•ir way to gather May
r'. 1 hoe, i, a sewinlll in the vi.
.1 11.) children \vete in the
1 .:, of laking u sir.,rt cut under the
.viten tho relit) was idle, to short•
. e the distance. On 11►Ls occasion Hest
1o;ier warned them not to go in that
dove! .10 as Ike mill was to be sat g>•
,ng tont allotment. The children did
not heed the warning. Seeing the trill
was not running they thought they were
safe. \\'bcit they wero half way un -
(ler the olive) stat ted and wheeled them
around, mangling them in a tenebto
ni:(liner. '1'Ite teen noticing the ub-
sirnrtien, stopped the machinery and
• 10 their horror fount% the poor tette
ora; demi. nuttilate•t so badly as to be
beyond recogniti•.,n.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
II.I I'1:NIN(S 11tO11 ALL 01.-1 T111t
GLOBE.
Telegraph Briefs From Our Own tine
Other Countries of Recent
Kvents.
CANADA.
The subscriptions fur the Bell me-
morial at Brentford amount to 340,700.
Toronto's tax rata was struck by the
Board of Control at 18% mills.
It is said at Ottawa that the Insur-
ance bill will be left over to next ses-
sion,
Sumo 'Toronto (lectors are objecting
to the ndverlising signs in the drug
store windows.
The rail null at Sault Ste. Mario has
been dosed indellnikily owing 4o lack
of rioters.
The steam of immigrants ooming in.
to the Province from the old country
is fatting off.
The foreign trade of Canada for the
last (local year amounted le 8638,200,-
291, a 'ergo increase.
The Fornebo, from Sydney, C. B., with
coal, was the first sea boat to arrive at
Quebec IhLs season.
Magistrate Kingsford, of Toronto, has
decided that an automatic cent -in -the.
slot machine mast not sell chewing
gun) on Sunday.
The Cataract Power Company hal ac-
cepted the offer of the city of Mamie
ten. modifying the terns of the street
railway franchise.
J. 11. (orrivcau, clerk for n Montreal
horse dealer, has disappeared with a
sunt of his employer's money, 'worm -
panted, it Ls said, by a young woman
employer! as bookkeeper by another
firm.
Deposits In Canadian 'banks. which
have been steadily declining, increased
by fifteen millions during March. The
statement of the banks for the month
shows a healthy revival and prospect of
easier money
GREAT ItRTTAIN.
Speaking at Manchester, Mr. Winston
ChurLhill declared himself '-t favor of
settling the Tree' question on broad and
generous lures.
Mr. Walter Iluncinan, President of
the Board of Education, the first of Mr.
Aequith's new Cabinet MitiLsters to go
to his constituents, was re-elected in
Dewabury by 1,119 votes.
UNITED tirATEs.
Two boys at Hawthorne, Pa., were
poisoned by eating wild per nips.
The. Unikd Slates Senate rnlili•'d lite
ar9►itratem treaty with Great itritain.
Thr nnti-bucket shop bill has passed
loth (louses of the Legislature at At -
tinny.
The Rothschilds of fond• n will lake
tin issue of 841.000000 of 40 -year 4 per
cent. bonds of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
A committee of six has tern appointed
1 y the United States )hu..o of Repre-
sentatives to inquire int) the question
of the price nt print paper.
The New fork State Senate line passed
n MII Waring telegraph and tel ephone
r.•nrpant••.' tinder the piricdi'•tion of the
At. the American Newspaper Publish-
. -i- banquet m New York W. J. Bryan
suggested a non-partisan type of papor
with signed editorials on both sides of
p:)litics,
GENF.HA1.
'1'I:o port of l.a Guairn, 1'enzttela, has
been closed on account of the plague.
tin Mmes \\'il:ux ks will lead u puni-
tive expedition against the Mahnrouds,
. n the Afghan frontier.
Lorean tnsurgents made an urtsua-
oeasful attempt to wreck a. train ht
\vhirh \faiquLs Ito was travelling.
Eighteen persons have been shot at
Oedemata for conspiring to assassin-
ate the President, and other executions
will follow.
Tho mountaineers on the Persian fron-
tier are flecking to (Ito aid of the
Kunis, who are menaced by u Ru.siun
punitive expedit:on.
Strangers committal sacribeee in the
Vatican by receiving Committee' at tho
hands of the Pope and then spilling
out the consecrated wafers.
1`- -
OSLEitIS1M A MISTAKE.
Ilecords Put a Man's Rest prrlduclnp
Age at 50 Rather Than 40.
1l appears that to backseat men at 40
woudl simply rob the world of most of
its ntasterp:cats, the creation of which
depends on the intellect. An interest-
ing article in the Century gives tho av-
erage age at which tho best work In
various 11003 has been produced.
According to the writer of the article
the records give an averago age. of 50
for the performance of the masterwork.
For workers the average ago Is 17 and
frit thinkers 52. Chemists and physi-
cists average the youngest, reaching
lho:r highest efficiency at 41, which
may account for the theories of Dr. Os-
ter.
Dramatist's and pinywrights, feeels
and inventors follow at 41; novel's's glia
an average of 46; expl)rrrs and warri-
ors, 47; musical composers and actors,
4v; Artists and divines occupy the po-
sition of equilibrium at 50; essayist% and
reformers slime at 51; physicians and
surgeons line up with Ito statesmen
at 52; ph!losophers give an average of
5i; astronomers rind rnat emolirians,
satirists nn! humorists 56; historians,
57. naturalists and jurist•, 58.
"As may be noted," says the writer,
"there is a rearrangement ()f the nnfer
nt this time, but the thinkers, as bee
fere. And ns would nalurnlly be expect-
ed a.ltt.(n their full maturity at a later
period Iltan the workers. The enrntlary
Is evident. Provided health anti optim-
ism remain the man of 50 can commend
success as readily as the roan of 30."
4, r--.
1.11:1RE1TE IGNITED 1.1'51.
Frank F.ulrbant, Employed nn r'. P. R.
Near 11,rt 1lillinne Loser Iland,.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
Frank Foulshan►, a young man employ-
ed
mployed in the construction comp of lite C.
hande shattered by a detonator on
1'. It. west of Fort William. had his
Thursday. lin vies sent to set the fuse,
and the occident %•nc the result et In-
excusable ente'essneee. Ito was Amok -
Ing n cigerelle, and n .park from irks
ignited lite rise, w1, 1; exploded the
detonator in his han•1 b)ow;ng both
.1 thorn niftiest off. 11• is now in Fort
\\;(linin ilosp•l d:
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PAYS
Annual Report of the Ontario Railway and
Municipal Board.
A despitch from Tor.)nt) says: That
municipal everter -.hep pays is one of the
(hinge the Neve (' annual report of the
Ontario Railway honed 'slows. It paled
in 1906 with a Neil of over hall a
111 Ilion.
Important flgur's ere g von respect-
ing public utl,t:e+ in the province.
Tie total investment i.3 $21,K21.564.t39,
divided OA follow.. - Waterworks, 819,.
otee116; Eleclr.c 1. i;hl & (lwer. 11.-
716,667; One \\ )i k» $:116,735; Tele -
ph )nes, $106.ol1.
Debentur.' nml other debts aro:
\Wa(erwerte.s. 812:00..301; Etectnc. 11.-
31.1,816; (:as, $737;II4; Telephones,
95s.
I'or the peel year the returns were
,, foll•,w•.: N's4'rst'rks. urn•. (feriae,
!I14211 fmi: fret, 1431,013: F;k'ctr.e Fr,s5,
x17.%.611; eel, 8117.1:.2; Ga.. gra... 81A,1,.
7711, nil, $44).9(11; Tet'one, Bras-. 826,-
7'37. net, 8((.119.
'lime during the { net sear tine Tette
lie mtLtea y►e'.led to the memo p.i11-
bes owning{ rpm the ]teat :.tile prolll
rf $5o, 1':;, after paying all charges
end gore; 4•rt;ce on n cost
32 PERSONS KILLED.
During the year 32 rerson.s were
kiil..i and 3211 injured on the rallwnye
tinder the jurisdiction of the Mood.
O Ih•e kitird seven were passengers;
ween empleyis- ; 17 travellers on the
l.aghwey..: ono tre,pn.ser; n.no on
Irises etr,s'ng-:. Of the injure! 1111
were pe s.nger.. 39 rrnplo)es.
?ne Eleetr.c railway business In.
creased nil Meng the line during (lin
year. The mileage tnereesed fr•.'n
Ur) in 136; ) ustiengers carriv4 f, -.'n
111.516,571 1•) It23.1l7 057: gra=s rain.
lags from $5.0mileKR 141 *569see6. the
net earn ng, from $2,107.163 1•, 32,3(1,-
0041.
The report else deal, w.Ih the qum-
ti.in ()f pirseelietem nn I re-etflrree VA
rr sa.on as cel 1 ,rwnnl in the Voter
of eh/ern-Ian 1.eil.'h t) Premier
ney a stit.rt Irmo ago.
The f4101. ie.;•e••eng 1o'onto's reign -
plaint, gran+%,):e Str.'••1 Rs,1.vF..c ar.
alis reviewed at some kngth.