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Exeter Times, 1908-01-30, Page 3BUSINESS WILL SOON BOOM The Views of Sir William Vail Horne Are Optimistic. A despatch fr.tm New York -:e ,Sir 0b NVC. Vanikirne, etnirnlan of the Indian Pacific, who arrived here from a on Tuesday, is optimistic on the businesd out`ook. Ile expressed the belief that the wheels of business would soon revolve al their normal speed. "This has been a very severe depres- sion,' he said, "and_ in my judgment the rebound will belkpeeiy. One can see why steel and copper industries have been paralyzed, so that not 50 per cent. of the normal production or manufacture le the case. Large oor- parations; could not get money lecnuse they could not sell their securities ex- cept at ruinous price, -now money ii lee: n ing easy. '11x; seeurtics market, especially in touts, is better, and soon oorporations will be able to sell their securities again. When eeCertties ere being sold ono will find an immediate response in industrial circles. Busi- ness will immediately improve." THE P.tltltO'i '1'11 t't' KILLS SHEEP. wholly obliterated, for they live In a very rough country and their nests aro al - Facts Al last Obtained About the Fierce mosi inaccessible. hes ea New Zealand. The kelt i-, a mountain pnrr>t found only in the South Island of New Zealand, alter* it live.; among the peaks and val- leys of the Southern Alps. Wien it. was dttcovcred in 1856 its chief food seemed to be berries and the larvae of insects, but in 1868 the report spread that it was a moat eater and a bird of prey of no mesa; order. A few years later, when sheep were brought info the mountain valleys, the Otago 'Nines printed a story that kens had been seen to descend the r►loun- tnlns, attack sheep in the pastures and kih and eat lhern. There were similar reports in later years, but they were generally discredited. A while ago George Marriner, assis- tent in the biological laboratory of Can- terbury College, was assigned to lite toes o! collecting evidence and finding out the real facts. Ills report is printed in the latest annual of the New Zealand Institute. Ile has proved that the kea actually tights on the backs of sheep and kills Mein. Ito quotes tho testimony of thirty-five eye witnesses who have seen the occurrence, and his map shows that Instances of the killing have been ob- served in nearly all parts of the Southern Alps. All the witnesses aro the owners of sheep estalions, their managers or shep- herds in their service. Marrirer says that in 1900 it was dented in scientific papers that the kea killed sheep, and the fact was never satisfactorily proved before 1905. Usually one or two birds do the killing and the others share tho spoil. The tes- timony Ls unanimous that lite kea dans not attack sheep in pear condIllon, but usually takes the pick of the flock. The bird settles on the geound near its parry, h:)ps around a little and then Itf'hle on the sheep's rump, whero it can get the best foothold. It at once begins t" tear out the wool with its powerful beak and at last gets its Leak into the resh. The sheep vainly tries to shake its tor- menter off. and at last, frantic with min and fright, it runs blindly about at r highest speed. Down hill it usually t,sties, heedless of rocks and pittalls, the ken holding on and balancing itself vwilh oust'ctched wings. \Viten the beast slumbles the relent- less bird ri„e, on its wings and settles down again as the sheep regains its feet. The race continues until the Iran - ti, animal, bruised by falls and mad- dcmd with pain, slullibhs to rise no more and becomes an easy prey to the kea. Mr. Marriner says that in most of the ken Rested country the annual damage to the flocks is under 5 per cent., though at a few stations the loss has been as inirch as 10 per cent. Some of their vic- tim, me almost untouched at the liooe, but the birds return later and feed on the Ix)dks 1111 they are consumed. But the ken docs not cenfine itself to sheep, for instances are reoorded of Its attacks on horses, dogs and rnbhi:s. One day two kens settled on the buck of e pack horse tethered at pasture and be- gan operations. The horse leaped and kicked and final- ly di<Mdgea the birds. All this took only two or Three ininulcs, but by the time help r'au•hed the horse it %vale in n heavy sweat and blood was trickling down iLs Ice i ns. Thousands of these parrots are now Ming killed, and they are probably doomed to the extinrteon which the sheep herder; would welcome. It will be a king time, however. before they aro 11E1'1'. IBROWNE:S SUICID`.4. Well -Known Young Montreal Man Shoots himself. A despatch from Montreal says: A sensation was caused on 7'hursdatey when the news spread that Lieutenant (I. Gordon Browne had conimitIxf su:cide. He was an o(ilcer in the Vic- toria Rifles and confidential secretary to Lieut. -Col. Whitehead. Lieut. Browne had been chatting and smoking with Iwo friends. ile passed a casual remark and rose front the easy chair in which he was sitting and walked upstairs. Nobody suspected that anything was wrong until a muffled report was heard conning from the direcli•on of the top story. His friends immediately ionic a dash for the stairway and up to Browne's room. There they found l.ieut. lt:owne lying on ills face, his arses out- stretched, shot in the head, and the revolver lying close to his right hand. he had evidently died instantly. Lieut. Browne had been in poor health for sumo time. FALSE MARKS ON PACKAGES. Frujt Inspoetors Ordered to Keep a Close Watch. A despatch from Ottawa says: The fruit division of-tho Department of Ag- riculture has Issued Instructions to the Dominion fruit inspectors to bo on the lookout for false marks on repacked fruit packages. The order anticipates a condition in trade brought about by marked. conditions. Last fall the apple market was high, and a good future was anticipated. As a consequence, whole orchards were bought up, and fruit pond, bad and indifferent, stored away for future marketing. There will by a great temptation to work this off to the best ndvnntage, and the or- der has h^en issued to guar.' the pub - be against being misled by false marks. ItOBBEitY AT COB:t1.T. Hundreds of Pounds of Nuggets and Silver Stolen.. A despatch from Cobalt says: On Tuesday several hundred pounds of nuggets and native silver was stolen from the King Edward mine. The manng •mend are said to be offering a thousand dol'.nrs' reward for infor- mation in the matter. It appears the management kept the silver in n box, from which it is supposed to have been stolen. SMALLPDX IN iAMP. Lumbermen Placed in Quarantine by Board of health. A despatch from 'Toronto says: The discovery of a ease of stnnllp ex in n lumber camp back of Fort Frances has been repore,i to Dr. C. A. Ilodgehis, se'retnry (1f the Provincial Board of Wattle The camp has been quaran- tine.!, and all the hien have been vae- cinatesl. Tho sick man Ls a Frenchman who had not been vaccinated. The e irfectit--FSsuppo.l to have been brought from ene of the North-western Slates of the Union. THE NSW ISllllANCE BIL Mr. Fielding Drops Sections of Fraternal Insurance. A despatch from Ottawa says: In the Geuunons on Thursday n(hin. en 1ton. Mr. Fielding, on emotion for the second n adeig of the insurance bill, reiterated Iain suggestken, mnde w hon the men- , ere was introduced, That it be form• ally road a scenes! tirne, then referred the Ilnuhiti.g an I Commerce (Join - a. ince on the mei, relnniting that it would be a mailer for full theca:sign in the Ilotrie when it carne lack from 'he. ccntlniUee. Preceeding. hr snit' that anx>ng other important mnit•'rs the )dk propos-eel to deal with the que ;.eon of as•c••snient or fraternal Insurance. in regard to that urgent representt- 1lone had been mnde• to the i e;eern- r,lent• Including Ih rse of re (1epitlare m rr•pre,enling the great iralernat order el the iu,1'•eeen lent Order of 1'oresl(re. t\'hilo' 4440) fent lo•ly ons repre•cnleel on 11•e e.eCasion referred 10. he had r0 41011111 they eepre set v Iews !het ca'rr'el be neer;a!I) be agreed to bj 16. ders. The leaders of that very- inlluen- til order tied quite (ninety ncknow- kdeol that the.r system was undergo- ing consideration. While they had ample reserves for present obligations and for the early future, They telt that the time hail tirtived %when some Mops should Ie taken to put it on a still mere solid amt permanu'nl basis. Fur that purpose the 'upretne Court had been summoned to meet 111 June next. ono year e:n•1 er than usual, to consider some sa-ps. Oilier l4)dic, will Mice 1-e me•1 .tering the your. nn(1 it seemed hit tight tent their . e • should have aro (111x1, Iern:Iy 1 , e• , the alone end in w-ew. II e '.t ! '! •,,• there- fore prrl.,re'el ler .,Ire e• fr•en, the mea- sure all Ila' rummers deal n+t w irh the ns• sea,meul :nil Ir:1t-rnal irisurnnc wtu h if twee eirve to gat de ore lh • sehjert n co' I lilt :et weenier s "cion. lir Pote'e•t r ,n- ur ' 1, a;t.i t; ^ Lill w ;s real a sec aid lime. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS 11.111'1:\1.\GS 1'itO1I A1.L O1a..t T1IE GI.OIIE. leiceraph Brien From Our Own Oilier Countries al Recent Gents. CANADA. and Hcspeler In 1907 had 32 marriages, 52 births and 30 deaths. The next 1;e'.v building for Queeu s Lniveisity is to be a library, '1'!h: Quebes hoard of Trade will cele - irate its cente-nutery In 1909. Tenders aro called for tho construc- tion of scct'.on three on the '!'rent Canal. Two Kingston tobecoortists were. fined for keeping slot machines in their stores. faro Toronto City Council will proba- bly ask lite Legislature to fix a stand- ard for milk. Thieves have damaged 13 steamers laid up at ,Montreal to the extent of $5,000. The llantilton Board of ifealth is tak- Ing rigorous measures to light the smallpox epidemic. Cuncdiatt steamship lines report a large increase in tho Atlantic passen- ger trade last year. Guelph retail merchants will not grunt hdt,i holidays on 1'hursdaya during July and August. Between two and three thousand men are wanted on Grand Trunk Pe - elite contracts wast of Edmonton. The Department of Mines received in royalties front the O'Brien mine in De cember $7,327.75, 'lite New Brunswick Legislature hats been dissolved and the general election will bo held on March 3. New York capitalists aro said to have a project well under way to build a canal from Montreal to New York. 'Ile Bankers' Association of Winni- peg has agreed to advance the city 8500,000 to tide over the present strin- gency. Toronto Board of Trade Council pass- ed a resolution opposing any further reduction in the number of hotel licen- ses in Toronto. Tho foreign trade of the Dominion last year, amounted to 8658,599,974, an increase of over 861,000,000 over the pre- ceding ro-ceding year. In its presentment the Grand Jury at Toronto, said many swindling flotations owed their success to their advertise- ments in the newspapers. Two Italians, wanted in Philadelphia for murder, believed to be members of a Black Hand gang, were arrested at Toronto on "Thursday. Frank P. Titus and his son Blake were drowned off Westport, N. S., their bout swamping while returning from their lobster traps. A report of the Provincial Board of Health slates that Toronto's milk is of n lower standard than that of Ottawa and M: ntrenl. John \l•a cod was fatally injured and Isaac Brown lost both eyes in an ex- plosion nt Eagle Swamp quarry, near \Vindsor, N. S. Gun-n-Noot, who slot two men in July, in Northern British Columbia, has been tracked unsuccessfully. The pursuit„ has cost over 830,000. GBEA'1' BRITAIN. Tho British Labor party has refused kke bind iLselt to Socialism. lord Curzon of Kedleston has been elected n representative Peer of Ireland. Britain will not undertake the con- struction of any battleships this year, except those already on her pro- gramme. UNITi:D STAPES. Two navvies at Snlana11nca, N. Y., murdered a companion to secure his money, 850. Raymond Taylor of Rogers Park, 111., is dead as the result of being hazed by schoolmates. women will not 1xe permuted to smoke in restaurants in New York (ho aldermen have decided. A limb wrecked the front. of an Ital- ian bank in New York, on Thursday, exposing 840,000 in coin used us a window display. New York police have seized large quantities of arms and nnlmunition and S8(10,(100 in counterfeit money in - 14 foe 1 for the rebels in Hayti. Mrs. Mary it. Clark libel and killed Frank Brady, an advertising Folicitor, is u New York department store res- taurant on Tuesday, and then commit- ted suicide. President Roosevelt's action In nego- tiaiing and proclaiming the trade treaty with Germnny without any reference to (' ngress was severely criticized in the Senate at Washington. Ninny were Injured in Merlin on Tues. Oily in conflicts heteeen the police and lodes of unempl tyre'. 'The Portuguese (;e)wet'nment has tin- ererthed a plot to overthrow the 111011- nrrhy and found a republic. An Italian chauffeur tried to kill him- self, his tweeter 11riel mietress, by run- ning his automobile into n river. 'rhe Russian University Congress has :darted rt meveneenl to celebrate Tol- sloiel 80111 birthday. Tho Japanese (:overnlnent will in- o•s:stlgnt' the standing of all per -eons professing to emigrate to America as students. • A1n1'e!-Aziz. the deposed Sultan of Mereeco. has nnnouna'd that he is go. ing to Fee to put down the retention tinder hie bre,lh'r. The refusn! of Chancellor Von ftle- lew• In dl:ctiee the Prussian suffrage eeed tui in the Reichstag tel I In violent slle'ecliee on the prtrl of Social st 'flee. The cargo of "explosives" se! 1 to have been sent In tt!o Janeiro for hie 'a -One -lion of the Arner'cnn fleet peeve's to eonai.et et enemicnls mnsegncd to a Ileo match fa•:tory. THEY CLAIM TO BE PEERS el tlal l:N4:LI;ll 'T1'11.1: SI:EKF:ItS Al Ylu•.s i-:.\7'. Disputed li:les flaw Become 1'rrsluent - Deuce (aainstte1 N'41 The Only One. The revival of the much discussed Ihuee claim to (tie Portland estates calls attention to the remarkable number of peen who within the last few yours have (Nene forward as claimants to British titit$ and estates, asserting that tho present holders ere usiwpers and prat they, the claimants, have been deprived of their rightful inheritance. The facts relating to tho Druce claire have been re- lated so often that only a pausing refer- ence is necessary hero. The case of the claimant, Mr. George Ilollarnby Druce. depends on his being ablo to peeve that th•• fifth Duko of 1'ortlane! left legitimate mato issue. William John Bentick, the 11i1h duke, it is asserted, had a dual lone sGuiltily, and married Elizabeth Crick - tee Mille going under the minae of Tho- mas Charles Druce,. Their oldest yon, George Dr'ueo, died in 1885, leaving a son, George Ilollarnby ler1co, who ooil- sevluently deities the dukedom, tho pre- sent sixth duko having succeeded to the title by collateral descent front nee third Duke of Portland. ANOIITER CASE. Neither 1s the Duko of Portland (ho only wearer of tho atrawherr • leaves whose inheritance 1s threatened. James Mailer, who for thirty yoarts lived in the Australian bush, returned two years ago to tiro mother country to prove that leo was the Duko of Richmond and Gordon. Exactly on what grounds Mr. Mallen - bases his claim has not been disclosed. Ito posseses a huge oollectlon of docu- ments, however, relating to his claim. which, leo says, is SOLELY ONE,OF LINEAGE. Tho title and estates of Iho Earl of Batlnu•st, too, have been claimed by a postal clerk nomed Dwight Lawronco Bathurst, who came forward a short limo ago as the legitimate earl. This claimant has devoted ten years to the accumulation of evidence and, while claiming that the present Earl Bathurst is his cousin, says that the (atter bo - kings to a younger branch of the family than his own. In one way or another, it Is said. claimants have spent £100,000 in trying le prove the allegation that Earl Ilowe is a usurper, and leas no right to the title and 33,700 acres which have de- scended to him from his ancestors. Seale astounding stories of forged birth and death certilicatos, bodices taken at dead of night from their coffins and others substiiutix.1, have been brought leeward with a view of depriving Earle Bowe of his inheritance, but up to the present such stories have not borne in- vestigation. When the present Lord Sackville dies there is every prospect of a big fight for the inheritance taking place. At present the recognized heir is the Ilon. W. E. Scckville-West, his Lordship's brother. Some time ago, however, the Ilon. Er- nest Henri Jean Baptiste Seekville-West Came forward as the lawful and eldest ser; of Lord Snckvlllo and a Spanish dan- cer named Josephine Durand de Ortego, whom his i,ordship is said to have mar- ried in Paris over fifty years ago. On the otherhand, it Ls contended that this ledy:s first marriage to ono of her own a tuitrymen had not been dissolved. when site married lord Sackville, and cons-e- quently the second marriage'was void. 01'11E11 CLAIMANTS. Claims to extinct peerages have teen pretty numerous of late, notable among theta being the continued pursuance of the Milltown peerage by the Letson fam- ily. A short time ago Hobert. William Leeson, a grandson of the third earl. died, and up to the time of his death Indefatigably prosecuted his claim. And now another Leeson --Charles Herbert - 'c trying to establish his right to the title, to which an Income of about £3,000 :t year is attached. 'While Mr. Arnold Harris Matthew is trying t, establish his claim to tho title of Earl of l.lnndnil, n peerage which, nee cording to "Dela-ell," has been extinct since 1833, there aro two men, Alderman Barclay Allardice, mayor of I,ostwilhiel. and Mr. Genrge Ma►shall Graham, of Leltehtown, fighting ter tho earldom of atonleflh, whoch has been detriment. for over 200 years. Mr. Graham is n seemed cousin of the present Duke of Iticlirnond, and is oleo related to Sir Henry ('amp- bcll-Bnnnermnn. The story of the heri- tage goes bae'k to King iHebert Mot Sco - Innd, who, according le the pedigree put h'rwnrl by Mr. Bartley Allardice. was the cnnunon ancestor of tho Engliele Menet kings and himself ; while Mr. Graham has been ns;;ing the itouse of fetels to re ognlzo his right --not only to the earMrnn of Monteith, but 1110 to the enrkloins of AIMh and Stralhenrn, which hnvo also been dormant for a great num- ter of years. HANDS OFF AND FEET FROZEN. Unfortunate Young .Englishman Slay Lose all 111a Limbs. A despatch from l.loydtninster, Sask., says: Percy ingrain was brought Into tIM !weenie' on Wednesday with his bond. anti fret frozen. From what can b. 103r1levl he left a eeetlter's house two miles out to come to town and got lost. Doctors say tint his nrms are frozen to the ellrews and his feet to MO kns'c.t, end that there Ls every probability (hat all will have to be taken eff. Mr. In- gram is an Engllshut:u1. and is snt11 to be a nephew of the Bishop of London. . s---- fieorrhrr: "They sny dad it has n lett efieet ein the teen) (44 tele wile your 1n•n11 down between !h.' 111111(110 14 4,_" Pedestrian: "1►e,n1 you 'where n oriel of it. The tnen alt) ride that way can't helve any bruin to 1,e afle :Jed." No man ever relk-'led tipen hini.e'lf r. ith regret fee having (1041,' Ids defy Io God or Mall ; no 1111111 .;,•r brake Itis .sn'i'p. or was haunted with the fear of Divine. vengeance. for h+rvieg live) :et s'I,erly, or righkvusly, cr godly, in this n3 etesent sorb!. ( THE WORLD'S MARKETS REP01,15 111011 HIE LEADING 111ttBE CI:HIRES. Prices of Caine, Grain, (-et-se ani Other Dairy Produce al house awl Abroad. Toronto, Jun. 28.-Fiour - Ontario wheal 90 per cent. patents are quetcd a' *3.45 in buyers: sucks outsidepo r ex- port. Manitoba (lour unchanged; lust patents, 86; second patents, 25.30 to 45.40 and strong bakers', 85.20. Wheat-\luuitoba grade wvere quiet, No. 1 Northern held at 81.21 lake roils; No. 2 Northern quoted at $L16, lake ports; and No. 3 Northern at $1.12 litho p girls. Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white and red quoted at 9S to 98%e outside, and No. 2 (nixed at 97c outside. Outs -No. 2 white on track, Toronto, 52 to 53c and outside at 503 to 51c. Corn -No. 3 American new yellow is quoted at 61c, Toronto, and No. 3'mixed at 633%e, Toronto. nye-No. 2 quoted at 81 to 82c out, side. Buckwheat -Market quiet, with prices steady at 67c outside. Marley -No. 2 quoted at 78 to 80c out. side; No. 3 extra at 76 to 77c outside, and No. 3 at 74 to 75c outside. Bran -The market is higher at $22 to 8222.50 outside, it0 bulk. Shorts, 524 to $25 outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -Winter 82 to 83.255 per bar- rel. Beans -Prime, 81.65 to 51,70, and hand-picked 81.80 to $1.85. honey -12 to 13c per pound for strain- ed, and at 51.75 to 82.50 for combs. Ilay-No. 1 timothy quoted at 516.50 to $17 hero in cur lots. Stl uw-$9.50 to 510.50 a ton on track Dere. Potatoes -Car lots aro quoted at 70 le 75c per bag on track. Poultry -Turkeys, dressed, 13 to 14e per pound for choice; chickens, alive, 6 10 7c per pound; dressed, 'J to 10c; ducks, dressed, 10 to 11c per pound; g. ese, dressed, 9 to 10c. THE DA111Y MARKETS. Butter -Pound prints, 25 to 25c, and largo •rolls, 22 to 23c; do., inferior, 20 to 22c. Creamery rules at 28 to 290, and solids al 26 to 27c. Eiggs--Storage aro quoted at 21 to 22c and upwards. Cheese -13% to 13%c in a jobbin way. g 110G PI30DUCrs. Bacon, long clear, 9'/, to 10o per pound in case lois; Mess pork, 818 to 519; short cut, 822 to 882.50. llamas -Light to medium, 1-1 to 15c; do., heavy, 12 to 13c; colts, 10%c; shoul- ders, 10c; backs, 16 to 16%e; breakfast l,aoon, 15c. Lard -'tierces, 11%c; tubs, 12c; pails 12'%c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Monlreul, Jan. 28.-Enstern Canada No. 2 while oats were quoted nt 53c, No. 3 ut 51c, No. 4 at 499. rejected ut 4fec, and Manitoba rejected nt 5Oc per bushel ex store. Flour -Choice Spring wheat patents, 86.10 to 86.25; seconds, V.50 to 55.65; Winter wheat patents, .50; straight rollers, 85 to 85.25; do., in bags. 82.35 to.42.50; extras, $L80 to 51.90. Fe cd -Manitoba bran. 822; shorts 823; Ontario bran, 822 to 822.50; mid- dlings, 821 to S25; shorts, 822.50 to 823 per ton, including bags; milled mouille, 826 to $28; and pure grain mouille at 832 to 831. Provisions -Barrels short cut mesa. 522.50 to 523, half bels, 811. - to 812.25; clear fat backs, 823.50 to 824.5(1.long cut heavy mess, 821 fo 524; half bbls. do., 810.50 to $11.25; dry salt long clear bucks. 10% l0 11%c; bbla. plate beef. 813.50 to 815; half barrels do.. 87.25 to 87.75; barrels heavy mese beef. 810 to 811; half bblsh. do., $5.50 to 86; compound lard, 10 ho11c; pure lard, 12% to 13c; kettle rendered, 123, to 13c; hams. 12 to 133,,c; break - test bacon, 11 to 15c; Windsor baton, 11% to 15%c; fresh killed uInttoir dressed, $.8.75 to 89; nlive, $6. Butter -September, 28% to 29e; fresh receipts, 2734c to 28c; dairy, 23 to 25e. Cheese -- 13% to 13%c. e1 R 81 cn C\rrEI) S'A'TES. MARKETS. Milwaukee, Jan. 28. -Wheat - No. 1 ,Ahern. 81.10 to 81.11; No, 2 North - n. 81.04 to 81.093!„ Mae, $1.82% hid, ye --No. 1, 85 M 85%c. Barley --Ne. sample, 65e to $1. Corn -No. 3 sh, 56 to 58; May. 61%0 bid. Duluth. Jan. 28. -Wheal --No. 1 hail, .12%; No. 1 Northern, $1.10%„ No. 2 wthern, 11.07%; May, 81.1034; July, .11. alinnearolis, Jan. 28. -Wheat -Nn. 1 rd. $1.11%; No. 1 Northern. 81.093,: Y Northern. $1.07 to $L073„ No. 3 rtern. $1.03', to 81.0534; May, 0t!;; July. 81.10 to 81.103;. Flour-- rst patents, 85.15 to 85.60; wend pat - • 85.35 to $5.45; first clears, $1.30 84.40; second clears. $1.50 to 83.60. an-lu bulk, $20 to $20.25. C.\TTL(: MARKET. • SI 21 ha No Nt SI en I0 Ilr Export Caille--:\ f,•vw lois of mieed sl,'ers and exporters mold around *L- ea, and a lead of heavy bulls. rnrtiing from 1.800 to 2.100 pounds. sold nt from 81.10 to 85.40. Butcher Cnitb'-(:hoiee lends sold from 84.25 to 83.(0. will n few pike) deer; selling at 81.75 or higher. \fediurn in good steres. *3.75 t0 $4.7.5; eninniOn 1.1 medium. $3 to $3.75. Choice cows '0111 from $3:10 to $3.75. with medium lo good at 83 to $3.25. Rough caws s•lld neywhere between RI.Si, rind 82.- 6.1, runners. 75e 10 $1.25. S'n-q•k•'r (nllle--.t few fonds of light eleirkete eeil at $2.75 t, *8.25. with odd s:,1• s rector fell tip to 83.61). \tiieert"--Choice} milkers 1.01.1 trete $14 lo s4,. • v 111, medium In 1.-0nrl s'eiek 42:3 1 , Rt1. t leira•11. hu:1rh of snring- -I.l 111 :e11 aver..g' of 8115 en'h. 1:i e-- f1:u'ce w al c::hos ra.41 at 85 BECE11BER W 1G MONTil Gain of Nearly Seven Million in Foreign Trade. A desa h from fo m Ata 1 wa says: The total trade of the Dominion for the calendar year 1907 we.$ !"658,599 J74, as coulpared with $595,319,289 for 1906, an increase of $61 .280,685. Total int - Porte last year were 5315,275,360, an increase of 500,433,675; total exports were $273,374,614, an increase of 83,- 847,010. Total exports of domestic p a - duce last year were $238,015,557, at de- creasn of 8730,765. Total extorts of foreign produce amounted to $35,309,- 057, an increase of 84.577,775. The statement of itnporLs and ex- ports for the last month shows u very C(-Iisiderablo betterment over the cor- Dollars responding n g n xl l of 1006. The fall• ing off in both imports and cxporta noted in the figures for the preoeding month, is replace;! by large increases in tho' figures for tho last month. 'Total imports for the month were $24,097,• 968, an increase of 54,582,822 over Do. comber, 1906; total exports of demesne products were 821,179,667, an increase of 8248.651, and exports of foreign pro - duels totallei $3,040,544, an increase of 81,879,169, making a total gain of 82; 127,880 in exports. Taking loth im- ports and exports, exe:lus1ve of coin and bullion, the gain for the month was $6,710,642. to 56.50, with heavy stock at 13 to 81. - Sheep and Lamlcs-lives sold at 84.25 to 84,50; bucks and culls, 250 to 50c lower, at $3 to $3.75. Grain -fed lambs sold nt 85.75 to 86.25, with ordinary at 54.50 to 85.50, or over 25c below previ- ous levels. Hogs -Selects at $5.50 and thick, fat hogs at 55.25. LIKE! CiVIL \VAIV IN ROSCOMMON. It Took 260 Constabulary to Arrest Twenty Sten. A despatch from Boyle, County Ros- common, Ireland, says: A force of 200 constabulary visited the (eevagh Dis- trict on \1'ednesday and took into cus- tody 20 amen wlv are charged with un- lawful assembly and riot, and with hav- ing interferred with the mails. The landlords of the Keogh and Knox Es- tates, in this district, have refused to sell lands lo their tenants, and the lat- ter consequently organized a "no rent" ccmbinat:on against the landowners. The latter then sent out processes for rent to their tenants, and it was the nutils bearing these documents that were interfered with by tho men gath- ered in on Wednesday. BRITAIN IS STOCK -TAKING. • A Calais of the Country's Productive Poorer. A despatch from London says: The L'ritLsh Beard of Trade has just inau- gurated a new national stock -taking in tete shape of a census of tete country s productive power, from a steamship line to a loaf of -bread. Everything will be included, except agriculture, which already has been -dealt rvlth by the hoard of Agriculture. Tho new census will bo based on returns fur- nished by employers' throteglnout the eel/fifty respecting their output for last year. Ifs object is to ennblo tho coun- try to know exactly and scientifically how it stands. WOOD .tld.OHOi. KILL4 TillIEI:. I'nlal Termination to a Debauch in Glen Ewen, Saskatcltervan. A despatch from Glen Ewen, Sask., eays: Three filen aro dead and a fourth critically alt from effects of drinking wood alcohol. Tho victims are Dave Gooney, W110 died on Wednesday af- ternoon; Frand Gooney, his brother, who died on Tuesday morning, and harry Cooney, a nephew, who died Monday night. The fourth man is Jas. Gunn, who Is not yet out of danger. The alcohol was taken from n doctor's office on Saturday night, and it is sup- posed the men drank IL on Sunday. DEATII FROMBEATWAVE. Drought in Melbourne ',ernes Disaster In Trail. it despatch from Melbourne, Austra- lia, says: The heat wave that has been centreing over Victoria for .Dino lirne past 13 endeJ, but it has left disastrous effects In its (rail. Vast bush fires are raging 1n ninny parts, dcan,ying hun- dreds al homesteads and threatening many 1.ewnships. The sufferings t f lumen; and cattle have been 1,erribki and tate settlers have lost heavily in live stock. More than 100 deaths from sunstroke hove leen reported and thou- sands of persons aro' seriously ill from the effect of the hent. Ilit'ENI'FS STILL INCREASE. '1emf1caruing Railway a Moneymaeker for 1'rowince of Ontario. A despatch from Toronto says: For sensation was caused on Thursday ing and Northern Ontario Railway amounted to 565,496 and the disburse- ments to 851,3.26. The province thus obtained from Its own railway a net revenue of 511,170, as against 510,519 1,1 the sane month of 1906. For the eleven months ending November 30 the receipts of the Temiskaming and North- ern Ontario Railway were 8778,478, and the expenditures were $526,098, leaving a balance of 8192,360. in addition to this, the commission In charge of the mad collected 5128,005 in royalttos on oro produced on properties leased to different concerns. 1'I►e tend net role enue of iho road was, therefore, 8220,- 365 for eleven months. TIIE UNEMPLOYED FLED. Were Chased by the Police Through Chicago Streets. A despatch from Chicago saes: An at- tempt of the Socialists to hring about a "march of tho unemployed' through the downtown streets on Thursday to the City Hall mutton in two sharp Eights wi}h tho police, in whictd this would -bo marchers were routed after a mmrber of morn had been clubbed. Dr. Benjamin Reitman, the originator of the plan to march through (tie streets, and Iwo of his followers were arrest. cd ---41• STRIKE ONTIIE TYNE. Four, ghousand Employes Refuse to Accept Reduction. A despatch from Newcastle -on -Tyne says: The threatened strike in the ship- building industry in the Tyne district &Came a fact on Wednesday when sem 4,000 men who had refused the proposed reduction in tneir 'wages, did not return to work. The employers de- clare this reduction is necessary owing to the depression in the industry. Somo ports on the north-east coast also a'o a tfectod, ONLY MODERATE INCREASE. Great Ordain Will Build New Balllc- ships This Year. A despatch from London says: 1t Is understood that the Governments naval programme for the coming year will involve only a moderato increase in the naval estimates, mainly for cruis- eres and destroyers. Any special .sheme for battleship construction beyond that already In hand will be postponed urn P1 the following year. WIIIEI.1'SS TO MONTREAL. Marconi Service to Open 10 the Public In February. A despatch from London says: Cho - caller Marconi states that lee: e 'rocas service between London and Mnnlrral v ill be opened to tho public on Febru- nry 1 or 2 nt sixpence per word. ilo has chosen Montreal instend of New York because of the Canadian subsidy of £16,(M)0. it is understood flat no land wires to the wireless terminals will be laid yet or sending wireless messages duplex will bo atteinptcd. THE 'WORLD'S SNIPBUII,DING Statistics ,for 1907 Show That Britain Builds Half. A i1espateh from London says: Tho slatislice of tho world's atiipbuildings in 1007, just issued by Lloyds regi•ler, shows a Iola! output of mercantile ton- nage by the United Kingdom of 1,742,- 265, being a decrcn.ee of 220.200 time. as c'ernpnred with 1906. which was the highest on record. Tho foreign out- put in 1907 increase,' by nearly 89,000 tone. Greet Britain, however, still builds rnore 111a11 one-half the mercantile ship- ping of (lie globe, which laet year 5h0w- cd n net increase of 1.984.800 Ions. ns compared with an increaso of 2.158.- (0) in I906, The world's fleet of ion!. ing oil- ing ships was reduced during the year le 180,000 Ions and the 51.•n►n tenting() was increased by 2,161,8Nee The Uhitel • Stales built, in 1907, 450,000 tonS, whi.h was a slight increase. Germany shows rather n serious de- cline. Last year she built 275,000 Ions, as compared with 3131,0%10 in 1906, while al Me same time slip purchased less from Great Britain. Great Britain is still a large purchas- e' of vecss'Is built abroad. Another matter of greet discontent in this (own try 13 the Inrgest percentage of foreign- er: employed 05 .seamen on the Bob leit mercantile marine, numbering n b- lit of 40.(11), with an 0 11 1111 11 1 wage' list to- lel. 0,0i). While the question of 113' unemployed is pressing heavily n'l,ere, this is considered unfortunate, rind Inc British Naval League i; taking ncli'e sups to agitete the UIUi/ali.on of lb( unemployed 10 lake the place of elicits on the ships. AMIE!