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THE ONTARIO LEGISLATORS
Speech of the Lieutenant=Governor
at the Opening.
th Supglenrentary Revenue Act, and the
to Ontar.o Shops Regulation Act.
1'ar Lament huilJings, Toronto, on Wed
neolay +.1.erncon with U. usuul dtspla
The sp:e.c:'t from the throne was
fol4,ws.
The fourth sees' -on of the eleven
Ontario Legislature was opcued at 1I
y.
as
Mr. Slleakcr and Gentlemen of the
Legioative Assembly: -
It Words me satisfaction to once
more mot you as the representatives
of flet people in Ferrarnent nss'mbled.
Our thanks aro due to Mnt glity Go
that whi a m some sectons of tree pro
ince the harvest was not as abundan
as In the proviou3 year, yot the gen-
ere] inter st and ucti' ity of our people,
diselay:d during the past year with
refers.noa to Lusiness and commercial
wrdeitakings, indicate continued pros-
perity. It is aloe) a matter of satistae-
tion that our previn; o has suffered cent-
paretively little from the financial strin-
gency which has been very marked in
enter oountrks during the past few
montes.
d d:elkets of the Dominion and tto pow-
v- in •a on t!te subject of railway and other
coir?anion, and it is to Leo hoped that
a aat:sfactory solution will be found.
CONFERENCE WITH DOMINION.
Owing to the steely increase of set-
tlement, it has tssen found necessary
to create the new judi:ial district of
Ilainy River.
A conference has been held with the
Dom pion Government with a view to
adju-ling tho d.ff'rences wltiGlt have
arises refuting t.) the respectito juri.-
CASH GRATIFICATION.
It will afford you gratification to
know that the Ant payment of the rd.
ditional subsidy from the Dominion,
arrangei ter at the late inter -provin-
cial cenfert'nee, and payable under the
uct passed at the last scs.lot► of the Im-
perial Parham:zit, has Poee reco:vett.
N l d sp eel Ion has yet been male by
ttv D.un n'on Government of the terri-
tory extendng rorthwarl to fludeen
Bay and f'rm:ng the h:>C►torland of On-
tario, but n deciclon is .expected soon.
'fho work of the revision of elle Sta.
tiles has made such progress that
several of the innrortant acts will be
laid beforo you for your nap:oval.
T. AND N. 0. CONSTRUCTION.
The oonalructinn of the Tcmiskamtng
n't•1 Ne.. there Ontario Railway has been
newly compktn_d, the rail, hailing teen
In.d as far as n ro n: two hundred and
ei_ht mho; 1 -et .n1 No: th Ray. on about
teeny rales south of the probable June -
ton with the Grand Trunk Nellie Rail-
way; wid'o the earnings havo conllnu-
ter In be satsftctory, and largely .n
e'x^ •sit of the outlay incurre,1 in oper-
aline the road.
troy. fn'r progrose has been made in
tie •L't-el•lnment'! !be 7111 ins in1ustry
at Cobalt a'•d v"ctuity: and the biveslr-
cr't!on end working of the Gillies limit
have been very salt-feict.•ry.
VISIT TO ENGLAND.
Tho Mfin1s!er of Agricul!4rre paid n
visit 1,, Great Rrila!n during tho .pest
saunter for the purpose of Investigat-
ing the ooad:tions surrounding the enrl-
g-aton problem. \Vh'lo Otero he was
el 1 • 'n (eke steps for the careful supor-
v sten of in'ending immigrants to On-
-moo tars•,. Ry rgrre: me.tt the dIstr button of
Immirr'r.ts hrs Leon taken over by tJ:e
Deni ni.ln Goo -rine -O. inw'tl. Thus ivak'ng 't
• b'e lie t : e Provincial C•overnment
i• t( nt aIle:;[:n In the careful
f .i .ira1•l; settler-
\ d• m ! nn farm has been o-
1,tbl's'atil s' 1i.'f'wo.eet !liver, north of
the height of lam!, in a go .1 ngfrteul-
tural o•'unlrv. Be ex•crimen'v In croo-
rs:sing conducted nerve. ntue h preen -
cap lnforimetinn w ll lx' gnine,l f_r the
roe of Int.lrrfino setting.
int' orient d• etimenls and reports re-
1r.t'ng to the dt,trihut on of et.?-Lrlc
power under the atide will b' lald
before you.
REPORTS ON ASYL1'MS.
Al the r(grest of my Minia'er;, the
lion. Air. \V!ltiu„'hhy. Dr. Clark, se-
perhdcn(ead of the asylum for the in-
sane. Toronto, and 1)r. Ryan. superin-
len'ent of the esyleni to the Insane at
Kingston. proceeded during the recces
le. Great Britain and Ib, continent in
' order ti lnvcs'igih, it -intern methods
of rar'no for root treating the insane.
'!'heir very Inlerc.,ling r•';wrt will be
laid before poi.
in necer.lnnre with my reference to
fl:e su' j-ct lost year. my Minister% have
c •ns demi th;' q:►rst!on of 1prisen !ober,
wtih s wale to preventhq oemeetition
with (hvg Inger. and 'h• I'rwinc'al See -
rotary and (,tier gentern.'n pro'eected
Io mown! of the orioles in the United
Siam. In order to ohie'rv,' the systems
in onertfnn th-ere. The re':utt of fluor
visit wit t.' laid tef.•re von. to-eeiher
with in!ere,Iintr ani valuable inforn►a•
I;an obtained by them.
LAW REFORM.
My Min?sler.; will prep os•' teen your
cen.id.•ratfon a slv nle of taw reform,
with a view to deore.tsing appeals, ex-
pe<I'Ung teals, and les'ping the colt
of l'tigilt.,n.
A bill to i'l4rran4e the c'rs'ituencics
t' ,lire provinee, in order. ns far as pee-
eible. to equalize rept-ere:140a t. will
b; la!41 before you.
TE.t(:11E11S' S.tt.AII:Lo.
Th• 1siRe Incri 4S.'* in the apperoprra-
lf..n: for the tMrher. diarists, nidi.
Oti.,n:ll Y-xmnl Sobooli. an) various
•'.Illi nin''ntions! 4►'trpoeos. Pave re-
ii.v.•41 the .'mmmenditbon of the perhlte,
1 poi will be (liked now to centiliter
Inerento 1 epproprle' 'els for Trion
e It n!1. The p)liry • 1 t!twew•1nl open
the pubin'a11on of !set Isoka to eublic
teeanueliU•,n he; led In enns'deret•!% re-
<tuelions in the prices of Retro*? peel -
frig
' a*.ting beaks, 11141 if iv O n114*r ly hd,'.•.1
feet redvclions in Ilia pri e4 o1 other
!(arks will r•'s:ilt from 311 •C:easlon of
flits i or'y.
list's will 10 !a'd r et•'re yell/ 'n emend -
Merit of vsriotie ena••Inien'v of a pub-
lic refute, now nn the Oohs'. ttomk.
REVENUES R('OyAN'T.
You will be glad kr learn that tho
revenues of the province aro largely
in excess of the estimates, and ►noro
than sutlleient to meet tho public ex-
penditure during the yeur.
Tho pubo, accounts will ho tali tet-
her you for your consideration at the
earlevl moment, aid the estimates for
tho coming year will also be submit-
ted for your approval at an curly d&y.
AGED PRIEST KILLED.
tt ns Walking on the Railway From
Medal to Quebec.
:1 despatch from Qw'Iiec says: A
fatal accident occurred on Tuesday
evening shortly after 9 o'clock on the
L It. L. & P. (A.rn,Ianys line. Roe.
Mr. Galarneau, 70 yours of age. had
tarn boarding in (.-hospices SI. Antoine
for sumo Wile. past, and on Tuesday
wont out kr the pa:ish of Mesial to s e
same friends. Shortly at:•er 8 o'clock
l': the evening be proceeded to the
Mastai station% with the intention of
taking passage to this city on the elec-
tric
lectric car which !elves tho Falk; at. 8.40,
but when he arrived he discovered that
the cnr had passed. Rev. Mr. (.alar-
neu ,,farted to walk to tho city over the
railway track. The electric car, pre-
ceded by a plough, which left Quebec
as 8 o'clock, was procoading towards
the Fells on the south track. when the
ehceased, probably dazo1 by the head-
tght of the car, crossed over to the
southern (rack. The motorman saw
him cross, and trio -I to avoid the acct. -
dent by pulling on the brakes, but it
was too tote. and the unfortunate men
was struck by the plough and thrown
ni.tngs!de of the trach. The car was
immediately backed up and Rev. Mr.
Galarneau taken into the car, when It
was discovered that life was extinct.
PLACIN( E ARRIVALS.
Stfit ration :Irniy Oflkints are posy in
the West.
A despatch from Winnireo says: Bri-
gadier BuMitl of I!•' SaIvnl'on Army
arrive.! 10 the city : u \Vedmes.lay from
the west. where he inade visits of in-
sp,c'tI-in of the rusts of the Army at
Edmonton. Welaskiwlu, Saskatoon,
Prince Albert and Dauphin. He is ar-
ranging many details in connection
with the intmienotion work of the or-
ganization for tho p;rescnl year. At
present largo numbers of applications
are being carefully tabulated, and will
later be sent d'.rect to Great Britain in
chug-, of the officers of tic Array. On
the very ncress to Canada each man
wi o w shes crhap'oyment of a cerla:n
t nd �e•.11 complete. his nrranee:ne'nte.
'o that when he arrives he will know
e' aefly where to go and the terms en
which ho is to go to work. The first
party of inim!gr•ants will leave the old
c:•untry on tho 20th of the pre'aent
rron'b. These will go through dined
to British CoIumbia. on two special
trains.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
IIEI'OiaTs ERO11 TIIE LEADING
7'it.ADE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, (.lees* al"
Other Dairy Produce at Horne
arid Abroad.
'toren to, Feb. 11.- Flour --Ontario
wheat 90 per cent. patents aro steady
et $3.60 to 83.63 in buyers' sacks out-
side for export. Manitoba flour un-
changed; first patents, 85.80 to $G; sec-
cr:d l.ator.ts, $5.25 10 $5.35, and strong
bakers', $5.15 to $5.20.
Wheat -,Manitoba grades woo dull,
with prices limier. No. 1 Northern is
quoted at $1.19, lake purls; . No. 2 at
81.15 to 61.16, and No. 3 at $1.11, lake
pastil.
Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white and rid
mooted at 96 to 97o outside, aad No. 2
mixed at 95 to 95)Sc outsiJe.
(tuts -No. 2 white en track, Toronto,
52c, and outside at 49 to 50c.
Glut -No. 3 American new yellow 's
quoted ut 6:3c, 'i'oronto, and No. 3 coxed
at 62) r, 'Toronto.
lid -No. 2 voted at 81c.
Buckwhoat-buil at 66o outsile.
Pens ---No. 2 quoted at 84o outside.
Barley -No. 2 quoted at 71 l0 72o out-
side; No. 3 extra at 70o outside, and
No. 3 at 69., outside.
Bran --$22 in sacks outside, and at
520.54 in bulk outside. Shorts, S23 to
8x21 outside.
COUNTRY !'PODUCI?.
Apples --Winter, 82 to 83.25 per
barrel.
Beans -Prime, $1.65 to 81.70, and
Ili nd,pickei, $1.80 to 81.65.
Iloney-12 to Mc per pound for
straine.l, end at $1.75 to $2.50 for combs.
Hay --No. 1 timothy quoted at $16 to
_817 hero in car lots.
Straw -$9.50 t<, 813.50 a ton 011 track
here.
1'-ilat^,es--Car lots are quoted et 75
l-, S0 par bug on track.
Poultry -Turkeys, dressed, 13 to 14c
for pound for choice; chickens. altve,
11 lo 7c per pound; dressed, 9 to 10c;
ducks, drag d, 10 to llc pier pound;
gee;°, dty'a.',ed, 9 to no.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Rutter- Fourth prints, 24 to 25c, and
large rolls, 21 to 23c; do., Inferior, 20
to 22a. Creamery rules at 28 to 30c, and
solids at 26X to 27X0.
Eggs-Slerago are quoted at 21 to
22u end upwards. New laid wtcltanged
at 30o per dozen.
Cheese -They i ul.' al 133', to 13%c
in n johb?ng w,.y.
110( PRODUCTS.
Baron --long clear, 9%a per pound In
(Pie) kits; noes pork, 118 IA $18.50;
etort cut. 822 to 822.50.
1lant:--Light Io medium, 11 to 14%c;
del., heavy, 19 to 13c; rolls, 10 to lsyjc;
shoulders, 93;c; backs, IOc; breakfast
baron, 15c.
hard -'tierces, 1l?ie; tuba, 12e; hails,
1 2 y:
iIt;-dNEsS AT MONTREAL..
\I •rttreal, Feb. 11.--Grain-Eastern
Caned!) No. 2 white oats at 53c; No. 3
al 50^; No. 4 at 48r; rooecte.l al 47c, and
Manitoba rejected at. 49 to 49%Sc per
Lusher ex stere. FIaur-Choice Spring
wheat patents, $6.10 io 84.15; seconds,
e5.50 In $5.65; wiuler \•heal patent;,
$:..50; straight rollers, $5 to $5.25: do.,
iii hags, 82.25 to 52.50; extras, $1.80
to $1.90. Ford -Manitoba bran, $22
to $23: shorts, $23 to 824; Ontario bran.
$22 to 821.50; mtdlltugs, $24 to 8i5:
short:, 1142.5) to $43 per ton. including
bags, and pure grain mouillo, 8:12 to
834. Provisfnn*-Rarreia short cut
nese. h22.50 to $23; half-harrele do.,
$11.75 to *12.26; clear fat bark;, $23.20
t.. $24.50; long cut heavy rne.ss, $2.1 to
:24; half -1 arrele do., $10.54 Io 811.25:
dry salt long (neer backs, 10)j to 1114e;
barreao plate beet, $13.50 to 815; half -
barrels do., $7.25 to $7.9s; ban'eis heavy
nosy beef, *10 to 111; half -barrels do.,
15.50 to $0; compound lard, 10 to ile,
pure land. 12X 10 13c; kettle rende'red,
IfX le 13e; flame, 12 to 13';:; areal: -
fest baron, 11 to 15e; Windsor bornn,
11,'x, l0 15)Se; c; trett;h killed aDnttotr
dressed howl, $8.50 to $8.75; alive, $6.-
25 Io $6.50. Butter-Septansber, 2871,
10 tt:h:; fresh no -lista, 27X, t► Vic; dairy,
23 to Lam•. Chees:*---133( to 131hc.
1'1•:1.1, INT() SCALDING W\TI:R.
Employe of London Factory Suffers
Terrible Injuries. •
A despatch iron ! ondon says: Walker
Guyim-r, of 715 A-feleide street, was re•
sorely scalded from his wast down, in
an accident that happened at the Holt
\VorkS on Wa.luesday afk'rneon. Young
Guymer is 16 years old, and is employ-
ee! at odd jots about the p!nre. In
tit•' building aro a number • 1 targe
vats fell of water, which are used to 1
ce. 1 the red-hot trop. and at limns $
neo..' Leeo,ne e'most boiling. They are c
tesnnlly Mvered. hat it seems that the 1
cove r was Loft off on Tuesday and the! N
boy walked into 11. His cries : ract. 1
cd the attention of the anent r.eerhy. I e
who at once came lo h's res.:ue.
1:1111,DRI:N (.OT OUT SSAFI:i.V.
UNITED S'1'ATrs MARKCrS,
Al hvattkee, Felt. 11. -Wheel, -- No. 1
N',rthern, $116 to $1.09;,; No. 2 N'orlh•
rn, 81.06 to $1.07; May, 97yc nsked.
lye -No. 1. 82 fa Rh'. Barky ---No. 2.
1.01; sample. 65c to $t. Corn -No. 3
ash. 55 to 563Sc; May. 61e asked.
Minnoapolis, Feb. 11. --Wheat - No. 1
/Morn, AI.06h; to $I.073;: No. 2 Nor-
hern. $1.041 to $1.05;;. No. 3 North -
an. 993 to $l.O23a; No. 1 bard. Ste
tYl%' to R1.1d3;; May., 01.06: holy.
81.C5',a. Flour -Firs, patents. $5.35 to
*5.a); s"rond patents, 85.26 to $5.441:
first eleara, $4.25 to 51.35• second
'.ors, $3.11 to $3.55. Bran -in bulk,
19.50.
Doluth, Feb. IL -Wheal -No. 1 hard,
8'Iye': No. 1 Northern, $1.06X; No. 2
•.,rthfern, $1.03%; May, $1.O6%: July,
Fire Scorches a Public School at 8
tilrathroy, Ont.
A de-pal:h font Strathroy says: TL.e
Maitland S'r•- -t school caught lire cn V
Thursdsv mooing abut 10.31 o'clock. $
Put Ilse Lidding was not deslroyo.f. and
a'I the children were got out of the four
re,nms in entree. The extent of the dam-
age I: not known.
•
•N
WOLVES l)I;4:I.M t1 t s. 1►F:I:It.
Shtuplttrr h► Quebec Phenomenal --•
runty is 114.4 Oman.
•1 spat h pr -fur ()lows 'fits: Mr. J.
\i • •-• .if River Dunroine. who le In
Ih. •• t, . :eye Ilial per hips never be -
tor en u. d. r:t firs P. have Meer Men so
often vhfieies to parks of wnh•'a as foto
winter. Tbws'snght.•r of thee", eniatate
tnehtdhta the \i'OnJ low.. U'• !Ovoids* 1s neosereles•. Ile ,aw ncer:y a dorm
f.re,Iisa '. t fir' k I rr•Rl°ne the Rs"- rirren'a 11''14 a siMw' .If al»rtt
'srry onJ \flim Oriel (1'•r 1. the ! oh" • • or l r,-• P:. 110 'Milk* rhe et,trt.ec 1'i,..
P c'rts A'1. t -'l' Fri.- of ',Cc 040'. n," Iv i i n, v ' Pc t <r r ••ra I.
tel\'E oT1N:K ALIIIKET.
T- temp. 1'eh. 11.- Expert cattle were
in snipe dont1nd. Ch"t'e cattle brought
$4.7i 1n $5.2.S per cwt., and medhrnl ea.
rr)r'ers' cattle w••'re w ortli $1.W to $4.-
70 per cwt.
C:boa's Mated britcttertti' rola around
Si per ewt. Pirko! kntds were wen•th
81.75 to tri; good toasts sold at $4 to
41.50. and (Nommen to mixed cattle
',Nought 00.50 to $3 per cwwf.
('••••w1 4'orker9 were in demand at $3
i) 11.80 per cwt.
)1,,
were weak at $5.13 fer selects,
anal $4.i0 lar 1igbIs and fats.
Export elves sold at etas to 114..0.
end good tan ibs at RV to $6.64 la•r
wt.
LAST GAME OF A GAMBLER ' CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS*
Illi WENDS TRY 7'O R1AKE THF
CARDS SAVE MAL
Squandered Two Million Dollarlt and
Was Too Proud to Ask
Assielance.
Count Har>sic, Ito tve:I known Polish
garnbier, wr:o for ten years has siaraad
h aria by his Kish p.uy at tare:. and los
w..rf1 tectravaganccs, pial house?( at
the hotel Ta•utillus tho other right.
The rn).dent which led to his sucide
teas per•h•eps the most dramatic in his
tr,tiro caner, and one That has rarely
been surllas. d err tho stage or in fic-
tion.
Corot pepsic came from Warsaw on
lire loath of his father in 1t17 with a
f)i'Lnite variously estimate.! at, 'float
£1U►,00) to £5(A),(AM. Ile took an ex-
pensive house in the Puts do I3ouk,gne,
and speedily became one. of the most
popular men in Parts.
Ile was noir.] for 111.3 extreme care
in dress, ani for a lime he uclually
sot the fashion In neckties.
Gambling was hLii one pasoslon in
life, and ho someetirress sat for twelve
twins at a lime at the table;, winning
cr losing heavily. He always player!
I.igh stakes, Glut at times his winnings
were phenomenal,
BECAME PENNILESS.
During the past year, however, he
has lost steadily until, three nr.ontlis
ago, he became absolutely penniless.
His house was sold for rho benefit of
his creditors, and Count Hansic took
a cheap two -roomed apartment. 11e
was. too proud to ask for loans from
hes friends, and be inade a brave but
pathetlo attempt to keep up appear-
ance. .
in November, Count iPinsk went 141
Warsaw and en:leavored to secure fur-
ther hinds from rho family estates, but
was apparently unsuccessful, as after
his return to -Paris he le known to havo
been more povertyestrk:ken than over.
Nevertheles», he appeared almost
daily at iris club in tho l3oulevard dos
Capric nes, Jigs] Stied, but chextrful, try-
ing to keep up the illusion that ho was
living in comfortable circumstances.
Count Hattsic's friends were anxious
to help hon, but he refusal to accept
Maris. Tho other Suiduy night several
of them decided that they would in-
duce him to play acute, and allow him
Ls win.
Tho next Ume the count entered the
club ho was invited to take a hand in
a game. Ile consented, and the game
began for merely nominal stakes.
"LUCK" CHANGED.
Count Ilansic won steadily, and the
slake -s were raised gradually. With
tach succeeding victory tris :.pirits rose,
and when, at least, he had won £20,
exclehn d lrtumphanliy: "the luck
'•'s changed. i shall retrieve every -
;',Ing yott'
But a moment later a friend of one
of the other players, who was stand-
ing behind the letter's chair, lookeJ at
his hand rind exclaimed. "You must
be mad! You are not playing nt all!
Why do you hide your trumps? 1t
les a bsu lei l"
Count ilatsla laid down his cards
and, pale as death, r..ae from Ilio table.
"I Lag emir pard•in," he saki to the
other platters. "I understand,' he ad -
del, pushing 1113 winnings towards
them. "1 shell keep £!: it will bo suf-
fleient for all my requirements," and
walked oat of the room.
Count ifenslo relied a cab and drove
to tlae Hotel Terminus at the Caro St.
I.szare. lie engegmd a bedroom and
Immediately retire}. A few minutes
lai.•r a chambermaid was sternal by
the sound of a shot.
When the, door of fount .Hansic's
room was broken open the Gaunt was
found lying dead no the rug before
the fire. tl» revolver still clutched in
ids right hen].
QI'EF.N A 1.OVE11 or CtTi .
Otter English Iadire Also Have Exten•
alte reline Collections.
The lova of Eng;ah women of rank
for cities is the subject of wondering
recogn Ikea in an article to a German
newspaper. it is reoorded es special-
ly wonlerthl that Queen Alexandra is
a leader In the fad. Acrnrdfng to the
miller she is the o'.vner of fifty cats
and Ira; it seeds! corps of servants to
keep than in order.
There Ls one stow'al favorite, called
Sandy beeouse it was born at Seine
rtngliam house. In any of the royal
palace.; it has the run of the private
aparihnertis. \\'hen the Queen goes
abroad it Ls part of her suite, always
in "barge of a special groom.
'The Queen Is fond of photographing
her trete; she has taken them hundreds
of times, singly and In groups and in
MI sorts of altitudes. Sho has also
hats many of thein poln'cd I.y the nnl-
mal reinter Louis Wain. The health
01 the cal..; is cared for by the voter-
inary surgeon of the royal stables and
n room is set apart as a hospital for
the sick ore;.
Queen A:exanira is surpassed as a
cat fancier by Indy Beresford, whose
onile,Ucn is said to comprise 150 ep'ecl-
mens of all breeds, Including the lair:
lees Manx cats. Lady i3eresforel is the
fotrneler of the (:at Club, which since
1590 hos held annual exhibitions in
Le•rt(lon. 'I'lte greater nunrt'rr of her
cats Inhabit a oottege specially built
for them at her option y place.
'the oottsge ran bo c.averte.l into an
open pavillioa in hot weather; in win.
ler i' La warmed by an elaborate heat-
ing apparatus. Ono meta is used lie
a ktthen, where a wo:nan sperxl.: her
day♦ conking for the calf:, a hate n sent -
troy maid is employe.' to wash their
vette porcelain plate:; and r:i:yens.
Smarr: Servants are ne-e'smanry t•r
tee.p rha place neat and Ilia Leis amt
1'•'n ung cieshasne In order. There La
s little dairy near by w•hL in provides
milk or the reals. The r•,I1ecl:‘ said
14. M of great v '
1LAl-1'E\I\GS Fit011 ALL Ot.-1 TUE
GLOVE.
lrlegrnph Drlrls Front Our Own sae
Otbcr (:ouulrje, of Recent
E s sills.
CANADA.
?Aintree! bakers have advanced the
pita,, of b.ead.
'the U. T. 11. cnr shops at London
hove been re -opened.
lltrii un 1.-altus wus frozen to death
roar Atelier., Sask.
Came: caused 50 deaths in Hamilton
hast year, rani 10 to dato this year.
A &over crucillx was stolen from st.
Anna:, church, Hamilton, Sunday night.
1 h C. 1'. It. entire Atlantic fleet is
k be equipped with Murceni wire.css
apparatus
'1'eud_.s were opcnoa at Montreal on
'1hursoey for tho first hundred-iniie sec -
tam of the Grand 'Trunk Pacific cast
el Ponce Rupert
Eng n_er Saunders was killed and
four o.hers injured by the explosion of
a toiler as a lumber camp near Kamask.
Sash
William E. Perry, going from Toronto
to Buffalo to securo a pa.r of artificial
legs, was refused adntusion into the
lLtt,ed States.
Alr. Andrew Campton, his daughter -
in -.low, and two grandchildren \yore
burned to (Leath in a fire that destroyed
their dwelling at New Ilichmond, Que.
Mr. Lewis of West Huron proposes
an amendment to the criminal code to
rn, ke the t:enalty two yeirs' imprison-
ment for any hunter shooting a human
Le ng In mistake for a deer.
It is report"! !het the Grand Trunk
Pacific and the British Columbia Govern-
ment have ;.°tiled their diffcrenc°s re-
garei nti the title to Indian lands, in-
clud ng rho sae of Prince Rupert.
The abolition of the Central Prison
and the estahlshment of a Provincial
Peforrnalory are advocato:l in the report
of Ihr special committee of the Ontar:o
I,eg'slature which inquired into the con-
do ons (:f prism labor.
The Government has decl'ted to re-
direct the posing., rale nn United Stales
daily papers coming into Canada from
f<ur 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 Nolstoit, near Horn-
sea, England.
Hon. A. B.rretl 'tides that the jewels
stolen from Dublin Castle have nut yet
been found.
Canadian apples of inferior quality.
have Leen received in England in bar -
rets mark•,, high quality.
The heel -plate of the Collingwooel, a
LalU.shlp of the improved Dreadnaught
1) pt hal been laid at Dovonj:or1.
Tile Earp of Dudley, a former Lord -
Lieutenant of Ireland, has broken with
the O,.position on the question of Irish
government, and Is supporiing the Gov-
ernment's policy of cencitiation.
UNITED STATES.
Tariff revision will be undertaken by
the United States Congress next year.
Thinks 1.. I.ewis of Bridgeport, Ohio,
has been elec'ed President of the United
Moto Workers of America in succession
lu John hl Hien.
An agreement has been reacher by the
various transatlantic steamshi,►- oom-
pan:es, and tiro rate war will probab-
ly eoa=c nt once.
James llargis, a former Kentucky
Judge end prominent Democrat, was
shot and I:ilk1 by his son during a
quarrel on 'Thursday_
GENiAUAL.
Ten thousand Moors were killed or
woundert 1n bailie with the French.
Russia, It is holieved. Is about to
make a military demon.slraUon against
Turk -v.
Tur4:sh splos and emissaries are stir -
Ong up dieord•'r among the Moslems in
the Caucasus.
The Franro-Cnnedian freely wns
adopted by 11►e (Member of Deputies at
Parte on Thursday.
Jewels 'freight, to be those of the wife
of the Pharaoh of Exodus have been
dieeovel•nd at Thebes.
The French won a victory over the
Arabs in Morocco, driving back a large
(letachnhent with heavy lose.
Five thousand Rtussinn troops have
Nen ordered from Northern Caucuses
to the Turko-Persian frontier.
Japanese emigration companies are
staking nrrnngements to send Inrgfe
numbers of coolie; to South America.
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Ills.11T HUNDRED CeSE..
Vint -aliens of the Lord's Day Art nt
Winnipeg.
A despatch frons \\ tr.nipeg says: over
right hundred cesee of Sabbath day vice
tenons were reported to Ilse Atlorne/-
General on Wielnesetay and flats for
prosecutions requested. The Cnnsenl,
gonernlly, will be grante.l. Of the
twelve newspaper men reported, nine
of them were engaged in writing or
editing sermone delivered during the
day by Iho very ministers who are pro-
secuting. Ono preacher and nine doc-
fcrs were reported.
CATTLE DISEASE OUTBREAK.
Eighty -tire Out of Herd of 111 Infected
In Scotland.
A de'pateh from London says: %
serious nulbreak of the fool -and -mouth
d:se ,ss has occurred in S:ollend. F:y}h-
1s-one of a herd of 111 cattle are nff.c-
te.l. It Ls eight years since the Iasi
(n,tbreek, and this is bound to deter the
ng.'ation for the importance of Cana-
dian cattle!. The Tribune thinks the
oo.threk justifier Lord Cerrtngtona de•
con o Anfegttard Britain from dia.
ROMAN'S TERRIBLE ORDEAL
Aged Lady Beaten By Son With Age Helve
Died of Injuries.
A despatch from Halifax says: An ht-
sestigetion held on \\'edliesduy at Ohio,
t villa,' abiut seven miles from Yar-
niuuth, d.selescd a shock.ng slate of
affairs. Three wrecks ago an aged wo-
man named Caroline Hi.ton cnnplained
.(1 the st.pendlary utag.strate: that she
had been beaten by her son Ebenezer,
who used en axo handle as the imple-
ment of pnui.sIunent. Ile was immedi-
ately appreheu led and on trial was
fern) guilty and sentenced to a year
and a half in the cominon jail.
On Friday last the woman died, and
(!eve Mr. Saunders, pastor of the Bap-
tist church at Ohre, refused lo bury her
.ntil an inquest had Leen geld. kc-
uord.ngly Coroner A. M. Perrin, M. D.,
was summoned ani held an inquest on
Wednesday.
1 hies witnesses were e'.amtned, the
wfe of Ebenezer Hilton, ha daughter
and the husbund of the latter. The
evi::eneo strewed that the son had beat-
en his mother into inecnslbility, had
Oragged her over the frozen ground,
and kicked her. It was furthermore
brought out that be had threatened to
ti.ko her life. Tho evidence establ shed
the fact that the woman had never re-
vived atler her terrible ordeal.
The jury Lound that death had been
caused by beat ng roce:ved at tee hands
et her son together with subsequent
neglect.. and rerormnended that the
Attorney -General should immediately
take the matter up.
HE STICKS TO HIS QUEUE
11 ('JUNG FONG IS ONE OF WORLD'S
RICHEST MEN.
Tho New China Ambassador at London
-11as Complete Mastery of
English.
LI flung Chang's adopted son, Li
Ching Fong, who hits just arrived in
tendon as Chinese anteassador to Great
Britain, is inler-esiing, perlulps, more be-
cause of the fame of his father than be-
cause of any achievement of his own.
Nevertheless, as the inheritor of the im-
mense wealth of China's greatest states-
man, and as the premier grandee of the
Flcwery Kingdom, he is an individual
of importance. ifo is t'cputed to he one
of
Ute richest men In the world. Just
bow much he Ls worth it is impossible
el say ; very probably he dors not know
himself, for by far the larger portion of
hi, wealth is represented by mines and
industrial enterprises upon which one
clmnot put a tag of value. A oonserva-
the estimate, however, has roughly cal-
ct.lated his loose assets at not a cent less
than 130,000,000 and his income nt
$O,O00,000 a year. That surely entitles
tho new ambassador to stand in the
front rank of any company of mollis.
Ile accompanied 1.1 Hung Chang on his
fr.mous tour of the world, which includ-
e] a trip across the American Continent.
The civic and national authorities of the
United Status and Canada told them-
selves out to provide the party from
China with enjoyment and 1.1 Chung
Peng and his illustrious father
IIAD TIIE 'TIME OF THEIR LiFE.
This is not his first post in London.
Eighteen years ago he served as first
secrtary of the Chinese legation, the
same establishment to which ito now re-
bores ag ambassador. At that time he
astounded the English diplomatic world
ry his mastery of English. Ile had been
taught at home by his fathers confiden-
tial American physician, William Pe -
thick. and he spoke better English than
t!'o natives of London.
Bot although he adopts the language
of the country to which he is accredit,rd,
Boron Li still sticks to the national dress
of his own country. Roth in diplomatic
and social intercourse lie appears in
magnificent flowing silk robes, orna-
mented on chest and hack with the large
figures of embroidered swans, the sign
of civil, in coniradlstlncllon to mlflary,
rank. He also retains the queue, which
her.gs straight down his back.
His first diplomatic position was the
secretaryship at London. Then followed
an appointment as minister to Japan.
When his father was planning the trip
.round the work!, the Chinese Govern-
ment appointed LI Ching Fong council -
b r to the grand old man, and together
they made the
NOW FAMOUS JOURNEY.
Baron 1.1 is a man of great culture.
He Is widely read in European literature
end history and well eiersed in \Vaste•rn
sciences. in some resp is he offers very
little resemblance to the 1tsu11 rim of
Cl.inese efilciaLs. He eschews both gar-
lic and opium, and in both (Reposition
and temperament is very modern.
Although his august father was a reae-
tk.nary, Baron Ll Is a progreosive of the
most pronounced type. And he will 1*
the first Chinese ambassador to Great
Brilaln with a taste for the newer no -
Voids. it Is said to be largely due 10 the
enrly influence of the sante physie'inn
who taught him English tint L1 Ching
Fong has forsaken the ways of his an-
cestors.
TEA PARTIES FOR ('0011 FOLKS.
Ninny Plarrc in Rn0l:end Where Money
is Willed for the Purpose.
The lute Mr. Samuel Taylor, of Ash -
ten -under -Lyne, who 1Mt by will the
other day the sura of 820,000 to pmt'ide
teat -parties in perpetuity to poor folks,
Las had many predecessors in this
quaint form of charity.
Thus, at Burley, in Ilanls, free teas
have b'en provided under Rte terms or
a similar will for at tenet three hint•
drat years pant. Other places provide
even more substantial faro. For ex-
ample, at Norwich, on three certain
days in the year, any individual in
need can claim to receive a "squarer'
meal of beef. bread, broth. and beer.
The Iii.idcnden rakes are, of course,
proverbial. Another village with a
similarly .sounding name. Iliddenhnmo
in iBedfordshire, to wit. glens away sir -
Wine of hoe( to all-rnniere: whilst at
Felstead in Essex. Dronfield in Derby-
shire. Farnham Rowel in Rucks. Due-
ler(' in Cambridgeshire, and elsewhere,
free, fish Is distributed twice a week 'n
Len t,
The "a1Ta Irv." kept to furnish free
milk for flee.ly mothers, Is an InsUlu-
of the little Bi►ct'it'ghemehire vil-
!lige of Waddesdez, At Piddle Hinton,
in Dorsetshire, on January Gth, all des-
titute persons are entitled to receive
from the parish auth'rrit.es 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
towns and village& that sat out al
Burnham, in Buck nghantshire, 'being
especially famous. Money, too, is dis-
bursal et some places on certain fixed
days to all -comers, notably at Bult•:e-
ley, in Cheshire, where, until quiff: re -
molly, a peck measure full of new pen-
nies and halfpennies was emptied an-
nually at haphazard, each claimant to
the bounty being perimtled to thrust In
his hand and bear away with him as
many of the coins as his closed fist
cculd contain.
KAID MACLEAN 19 FREE.
Itaieulu Sent Ulm to Tangier With an
Escort.
A despatch from Tangier says: Kaid
Sir Harry MacLean, commander of tho
Sultan's body -guard, and next to the
Sultan the most influential man in Me-
rccco, has arrived here under an es.
ocrt from the bandit, Raisull, whn has
held him in bondage for the peat sev-
en months. lie was brought here M
accorlaneo with an agreement wthell the
British Government finally succeeder} in
mak ng with Raisuli for Ms release, in
return for which Great Britain will
pay 5100,000 to Raisull and guarantee
h:m protection and immunity from ar-
rest. Raisuli captured the Kaid on
July 3 by a rather clever ruse. Tho
bandit chief had been negotiating with
tho Sultan, and had shown s01110 wil-
lingness to meet the wishes of the Mo-
roccan authorities.
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TOOK C.IIiLD AND GUN TO Breit.
New Brunswick Farmer. Disappears
Atter Quarrel t\lith Wile.
A despatch from Hartland, N. B.,
says: According to nceounts from Up-
per Knoxford, near Centreville, a most
<1.stressing affair occurred there n few.
days ago. Mr. Richard Gray, a fanner
aged about 50, had a dispute with his
wife, who exclaimed: "I never want to
aee your face again!" whereupon Gray
seized ilk newly -born child of his dough
ter, and taking a gun, started to leave
the house. Ills wife succeeded in get -
ling the gun from him, but he again
got possession of the weapon, and,
with the child, started for the %rods,
He has not been seen 'since). Deputy
Sheriff Foster has been searching for
tin, but so tar without sucX3S.
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THOUSANDS OF EMPTY C.tfS
---
American Railway Association Consld•
ering Decrease in Traffic.
A despatch from Chicago says: A
special meeting of the American Rall.
way Association to consider the de-
crease
crease !n Irafilc which had resulted on
January 22 in a surplus of 339.053 cars
Logan in Chfcagn on Wednesday. Tho
decrelse is *hewn to le startling from
the report of the Deficiency Committee
<n February 6, 1907. when a shortage
o' 101,226 cars was reporter. Tho as-
sociation will probably suspend the
her diem charges for cars retained in
the service of raitronis other than the
owners. The railroads would prefer to
lel other reads use their cars free of
charge rather then bre forood to haul
and store them over their own systems.
%t0R1: TAXATION FOR JtPtNI"I.
Acting Minister of Iinnnre Iteclnrd, In-
crease ,tbsolalel} Nese nary. •
A despatch from Tokio says: After
a healed debate lasting five hours, an
lncrcn'e in the taxation hills nn sugar,
sahe, alcohol, beer an i kerosene was
passed on Wednesday In rho MI. The
Government had a majority of 84 In
every case except in that of kerosene,
ou which the majority veto was 21.
Masnhisa Matsuetn. ncltng Minister of
['Hance, s'olod Ihet the increase) 'n
taxation was absolutely necessary. rn
Mc present finanoal a,ndrlon of Japan
Ile Lelleved that the whole people would
Le willing to pay 11.
11; s'ght hes rover been of the hest,
roof the ether morning he could not
qt:Ile make • ut whether a certain pull.
lie ck►-k p nlnte l In 'en er a quarterepext.
He imperiled to a seven or eight yen"•
old ind who was standing near. "What
Ural does that clerk say?" he asked
him. "A quarter -post ten." the boy en•
'wend. rendily. And then ho adder,
pityingly, "I've been able to tell (he
time ever sloes I was four .'•