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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1909-02-04, Page 6111111111111.1111 .7 HOUSE OF COMONS'CONDENSEDNEWS ITEMS FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND Mous Denominations Are Represented About the Same as Last Parliament I JA despatch from Ottawa same: Au analysis of the personnel of the new House of Commons with re- spect to places of birth and relig- ions gives the following Iutcrest- iag figures: - In the Last Parliament there were 200 native-born Canadians ; in the new House the native-born number 204. There are six Eng- lish -born as compared with tour in the last Housg Ireland sept four • -squab& the old house, but there aftlePtIry two native Irishmen in the new House. In each House the membership included three wen who were born in the United States. Scotland had three repre- eentatives in the last House; now it has •,nly two. The new House 1 THIEVES BUSY ON TRAINS. Operations Between Buffalo and Itamllton. i,uieh from Is'iagara Falls, aye: The Lehigh Valley and Trunk Railroad detectives een busy for the past sov- eeks trying to run down a f thieves who have been op - on the passenger trains of roads between Buffalo and lion. So far, as has been earned by the detectives or at twist from what they are wiling to tell, the gay is makingits ren- dezvous in this city. The modus operandi of the gang is to board pass through the trait!), size up the valises, and then when they aro left unguarded when the train pears a station, the thief steps off the ti ails with it and checks it at the st ion. He may or may not reheat the train, and perhaps make a Gond haul while making the atm trip. The detectives say two companies have re- ceived e. number of complaints re- cently, but the gang has so clever- ly carried on its operations that the detection Inas thus far been im- possible. 4e pi:t: (;1iFAT ELEVATORS. o her -Erected During Present . Year at Fort William. A despatch from Fort William bays s Pile -driving on the founda- tion bf the Thunder Bay elevator, ituated a short distance front the Atikokan Iron Works, commenced on Tuesday, and a large force of men is already engaged on the work, it being ♦ the intention of the contractors, Messrs. Barnett d; cQueen, to rush the work to repletion at the earliest possible . The site of the elevator is feet from the shore line, • i the water is nowhere more Ilan two feet in depth. With the onunencement of the Western Ele- itor Company's building in West rt Williams and the work already going on on the Grand Trunk Pa- o elevator this makes three 'raters which will be erec- e two cities during this : N'ITI1 CANADA. Provincial Ilylknr( Estimates It at eign Minister Speaks of 113,058,185 Bushels. alible Treaty. A. -despatch from Winnipeg says: . fry ► i ► bit; s :" 'I'he provincial crop report was is- 1ud et ('usninittee of the sued by the Department of Agri- • hstag. Foreign Secretary Von culture on Wedneedny morning. ch )en, in answer to a question The total grain crop of the prov- noerning commercial relations ince is estimated nt 113,058,188 th Canada, stated) that every- bushels, compared with 99,010,265 ing possible bad been clone for bushels in the previous year. The defence of German interests. total yield of wheat is placed at as. not impossible that an op- 49,252 539 bushels, an average of tunity v ouid before long arise 17.28 bushels per acre. The total discussinn of a commercial area under grain is given at. 4,- eaty. after the conclusion of the 818,011 acres and the area under ranco-Canadian negotiations. all crops nt 4,967,498 acres. also Includes one member who was born in South America. I3y religions the figures are esu Mr. G. F. Rice, jeweller, deo A soup kitchen for inees.itous ally interesting :-The Roman Ca- thetics are of exactly the ,any.!as Fed dead at Orillia, on Tuesday. children was opened at Stranraer in the old House, the figure in tiffstdlieei be refusedredulton ctioncil by-law. to .pasr reDamage to the extent of $7,500 each case being 70. The Presby -J' terians number 40 in the new Tho opening of the Quebec Pro -was done by fire in Greenock Drill House; last year they had 47. The ►'incial Legislature has been fixed Hal! recently. Methodiset. Church is represented for March 2.It is stated that four people have by 50 in thenew House as against Toronto military meshes,in view died in Scotland since they were 5U in the last, Parliament. The of the London conviction, may ap granted old ago pensions. Church of England has 41 as ply for club Liquor licenses. In Glasgow during the year end against 42. The Baptists number- The late Mr. A. W. Hooper left ing Sept. 30, dogs to the to ed eight in the former House; in fifty thousand dollars to the Mont- g and real General Hospital. C'at Hume. this they number six. One addiThe annual churches collection tion to the religions is a Universa- Several Ancaster people have list. The Congregationalists are been bitten by a dog which, it is taken recently in Aberdeen for the two, the sane us last year, and feared, is affected with rabies. Aberdeen Royal Infirmary amount- there is one Lutheran and one Stove moulders at Hamilton' are ed to about $5,000. Farringdon Independent, just us said to have refused to accept a The abolition of road rollers in the last House. reduction in wages, and a strike and a general gun license are dug - is spoken of. gestions made for the regulation Father corner was lost on the of motors in Aaddingtonshire. TORONTO'S POPULATION.prairie in Saskatchewan, and drove During the year ended December two days in the storm before ob- 31, Dundee Corporation Tramways, according to the Directory Esti- twining shelter. in running a mileage of 1,334,003, nate It is 305,923. The Ontario Government officiate conveyed 16,553,037 passengers. are surveying the townsite of Cow- St. Clair Sinclair was the aristo- ganda, which will bo withdrawn critic name of a laborer who has from the forest reserve. obtained notoriety at Inverness by Mr. Mackenzie King has present attempting suicide in u police cell. ed an interesting report on theMr. Kenneth Macdonald for cotton mills of Quebec, in which many years chemist and postmas- the question of child labor is a ter of Dunkeld, suddenly dropped feature. down dead when on a business vis - Mr. E. J. Chamberlain has been it to Dunkeld House recently. t and Gen William Bartholomew, gas mane - appointed Vice-President. Manager of the Grand Trunk ger, Ochiltree, who was found at Pacific, succeeding Mr. Morse. the gas works on Wednesday last Arrangements are being made Reek unconscious and removed to between the Corporation of Sault Ayr County Hospital, has died Ste. Marie and a company for the there. starting of large shipyards in the At a meeting of the Works C'om- town, mitteo of Dundee School Board on Tho Wentworth County Council Tuesday, tenders were approved decided to take no action on a let -for the erection of a new school in ter from the Inspector of Prisons Dens Road at a total cost of $72,- and Charities ordering the erection 500. of a. county house of refuge. Pestwick ratepayers are to be John R. Ray was sentenced at given the opportunity of voting for Guelph to two years' imprisonment or against a proposal to lay out for setting fire to the barn of Mrs. the land along ilio sea front at a McGuire. He pleaded in excuse certain part and to erect a sea wall that he had made love to the wi to protect it. dow and had been rejected. It is asserted that a member of Neil Macauley has just been ae a West of Scotland School Board quitted of theft at Regina. Whenthe other day complimented a head - he was committed for trial he vol- master on being ambidextrous be- unteered to convey himself to court souse he understood Gaelic as well and, after some difficulty, hunted as English. up a mounted policeman, to whom A rifle club has leen started at he surrendered. Galashiels by the local ex -Soldiers' Association, and the membership already numbers 90 ex -soldiers and GREAT BRITAIN. 100 civilians. Lord Roberts has Mrs. Carrie Nation was pelted sent his congratulations. with eggs while lecturing in Can- Tho marriage of Miss Annie Liv- terbury, England, Monday night. ingstone Bruce, granddaughter of Right. Hon. John Sinclair, Sec- Dr. David Livingstone, to Captain retary for Scotland in the British T. H. Bussell, of the Royal Scots, Cabinet, has been raised to the took place recently in St. Mary's Peerage. Cathedral, Edinburgh. An English syndicate has been As a result of the arbiters' de- formed to extract radium from cision in connection with what, has pitchblend deposits of an old Cor- been known as the Darvel local nish copper mine. weavers' dispute, it. is estimated that there a ill be on an average a reduction of 2s. per week in the UNITED STATES. rate of wages. men ]est their lives in a Dumfries Mid -Steeple, one of the ahotel at Fort Worth,prominent architectural features of Texas.the burgh, which is now 200 years Three men are dead at. Fort. Du- old, shovs many signs of decay, pont, Del., fromdrinking dena- and it is recommended that new tured alcohol. stones be substituted for the worst An eighteen -year-old boy has of the old. been condemned to death for mur- der in New Jersey. Four children lost their lives in a fire which destroyed their home near Pittsburg, Pa., The Sennte of the United States will amend the waterways treaty so as to provide for the division of the water -power in the St. Mary's River. IIAPPE\]NCS FROM ALL OVER TILE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own aid Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. NOTES OF INTEREST 1110» HER BANES AND BRAES. What Is Going ou in the Dighlautls and Loulan(ls of Auld Scotia. A despatch from Toronto says: Toronto has now apopulation of 365,923, according to the estimate of the Might Directories, Limited, which has just issued its 1909 edi- tion of the pity directory. East Toronto and Deer Park, which were annexed to the city on De- cember 15 last, aro included in this edition as part of it. The map of the city presented includes not only the recently annexed town of East Toronto and the suburbs of Deer Park, but also all the intervening and surrounding' suburbs. The present volume contains, by actu- al eouut, 133,063 individual names, exclusive of firms, 'corporations, etc.. an increase of 3,708 over the previous issue. The number of buildings of all kinds in the city, as shown by the street directory, is 61,914, an increase of 4,693 over last year. Of these 3,035 are shown vacant, as compared with 2,093 in the last edition. The above 3,035 vacant buildings in- clude those in course of erection. el; AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY M. C. C. James and Prof. Zavitz Speak at Cobourg. A despatch from Cobourg says: Mr. C. C. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, and Prof. Zavitz, addressed the Counties Council on Wednesday. Mr. Jaynes gave an able address, showing the advant- age of teaching agriculture in the high schools. Tho School Board, mem:hers of the Collegiate Insti- tute and public school staffs, the Board of Trade, and others were present. Prof. Zavitz dwelt upon the advantages to be derived from reforostry. Northumberland coun- ty has 8,000 and Durham 7,000 acres of waste lands suitable for thio. He showed how some foreign coun- tries were deriving large revenue from lands reforested some years Four ago. A committee was appointed fire in by the Counties Council, whose duty it will be to further the inter- ests of agrioulturo in this district.. GR:tt\ ('ROP OF MANITOBA. TEA1!tlER FLORIDA LIBELEE eized at Now York for Sinking the Steamer Republic. vepatt h front New York alleged further. that the Merida, Counsel fur the Oceanic failed to indicate her changes of Navigation lompany, own -helm. that she was proceeding at be Whitenr line steam- an immoderate speed and did not atop or hack her engines. blie, on 1• ;day filed a libel The ].Loyd -Italiano Societe. di epee -; es District Court Navigatione, owners of the stfain- aiript the •• earner Florida of the ship I'loride, also filed in the Unit- j,loyc -Italiano Line, which ran cd State, District Court a libel and down and sunk the Republic off petition for a limitation of habil- Nantucket lightship. Damages ity against the Florida. her freight am•introg tn $1500.000 ((r the loss and passage money. The papers of the ship and 8500.000 for the state that the collision was caused loss of carp. and effects of the pas- solely by the fault and neglect on congers and crew were claimed. it the part of the Republic. The pe- va asserted in the libel that the cul- titioners soy that the damage lision was (Inc to no fault nn the value of the Florida now does not part of (myosin Sealhy of the Ile- exceed $221,000. and ask the court public. bet wholly to the fault of to fix the liability at not more than lir/ Florida, which. it. is alleged, that amount. not. krp a proper course+, had After the filing of the papert in .t lookout. did not give the proceedings 1'nited $tate' Mar- iistlea nor par heed to sial Henkel seized the Itelinn vcs ss of the Republic. It is sel under a nrit of attaehnrutt. GENERAL. Three Japanese spies have been arrested in Ecuador. Benoit Constant Cnquelin. the best known of French actors, is dead. An unconfirmed Paris despatch tells that King Menelik of Abyssin- ia is dead. Relations are strained between ('hili and Peru, and a Chilian squadron has been ordered north. The war cloud has returned to the region of the Balkans, and Bul- garia is mobilizing true)ps on the Turkish frontier. Cuba's .second independence be- came a reality on Thursday, when the affairs of the island were plac- ed in the hands of the newly -elect- ed 'mike officials. 11111i J1•;11-I:T.I.ERT 11ORR1:RV. Mysterious Affair in Weatmount That Rattles the Pollee. A despatch from Montreal says: A robbery involving the loss of several thousand dollars' worth (•f jewellery was ccnunit.ted some time on Wedcesday in the residence of Mrs. J. H. Stanford, who occu- pies suite sixteen in the Metcalfe Apartments. on Cote St. Antoine road. Westmount. Despite diligent investigations of the Westmount police no clue has yet been discov- ered which will lead to the appre- hen,ion of the burglar or burglars. There are no servants in the house. ane] , far the i-bbery is shroud- - •et in n.,stery, CURES BY USE OF RADIUM. King's Physician Cites Some Re- ntarkable Cases. Sir Frederick Treves, sergeant surgeon to the King and consult- ing surgeon of the London lies- pital, lecturing nt that hospital recently, cited interesting instanc- es of radiutn cures he had witness- ed, including vascular tumors, birthmarks, mules, eczema, kelo- ids, rodent ulcers and epithelio- mate. He said it was almost un- canny to see the rapid manner in which sometimes radium accom- plished healing. After the first application, say on Monday, no- thing happens until about Friday, when the skin suddenly becomes red and irritable. Their a sort of crust firms, which comes away in tee or three weeks. About a month later there was a second application of radium, after which in ninny cases the patient did not need to see a physician again. Dr. Treves pointed out that one of the greatest uses of radium in the future 'night result from its curious radioactive emanations. He described how a penny enclosed in a jar with an unsealed phinl of radium became itself radioactive, and if the penny were removed and washed with nitric acid its radio- actiwity ens transferred to the lat- ter. while the penny was no longer radioaetive. As ani, tier instance Ce Ofp s O Alb1C usefulness, the lecturer told how a solution of such radioactive de- posit was injected into a mouse suffering from an artificially induc- ed abdominal cancer. The result was that the growth entirely dis- appeared. It would he a mistake to rely too much on this or similar eases, but they were very sugges- liwe. It was pn.4ilele lung di'ceses l erre day might be found ct table LI radium. THE WORLD'S MARKETS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Uome and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, I'eb. 2. -Flour -Ontario wheat 90 per cent. patents, $3.70 to $3.75 to -day in buyers' sacks outside for export. Manitoba flour, first. patents, $5.80 en track, Toronto; second patents, $0.30, and strong bakers', $5.10 to $5.20. Wheat -Manitoba wheat., $1.09% to $1.10 fur No. 1 Northern and $1.06% to $1.07 fur No. 2 North- ern, Georgian Bay ports. Nu. 1 Northern $1.15 to $1.15; all rail, and No. 2 Northern at {S1.12 to 21.12%, all rail. Wheat --Ontario, 97%c outside. Oats -Ontario No. 2 white 40% to 41c outside, and at 43 to 43%c on track, Toronto; No. 2 1Vestern Canada oats, 45c lake ports, and No. 1 feed, 42%c lake ports. Ityo-No. 2 quoted at 69 to 70c outside. Barley -No. 2 barley quoted at 56 to 57c outside; No. 3 extra at 51 to 55c, and No. 3 at 52 to 53c. Buckwheat -56 to 56%c outside. Peas -No. 2 quoted at 86 to 87c outside. Corn -No. 2 American yellow, 68 to 68%c on track, Toronto, and No. 3 yellow at 67 to 67i9e, Toron- to. eanadians, 64% to 65e, To- ronto freight. Bran -Cars, $20.00 in bulk out- side. Shorts, $32.00 in bulk out- side. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -Winter stock, $3.50 to $4.50 per barrel for good qualities, and at $2 to *3 for cooking apples. Beans-Priine, $1.80 to $1.90, THE GOVERNMENT MAY HELP Fund to Assist Railways and Municipalities to Do Away With Grade Crossings. A despatch from Ottawa says: fund to be applied to .he gradual In connection with the proposed improvement of exi*ting condi. tions. It is suggested by. Com- mission into the question of level board diet the Protiniial and investigation of the Railway Coni_ oral Gowernmenls, which charter - crossings with a view to evolving ed the, railways should out of the a general line. of policy to afford public revenues assist the rail - greater protection to the public in ways and the municipalities to all parts of Canada, the commis- jointly bear the expense of ero- sion have recommended to the testing or eliminating eutirol3 the Government the adoption of a level crossings. Tho whole ques- systern analogous to that in force tion is now under consideration in some of the States across the by the Minister of Railways, hut border. This system, recognizing pending the further report of the that the expense of eliminating all commission as to the result of the the dangerous level crossings is investigation now proposed, it is more than the railways can be ex- unlikely that any definite decis- pected or made to bear alone, pro- ion will be readied and embodied vides for a central Governmental in legislation. and market firmer. The demand for good butcher cattle was active, and everything offering in this class was soon picked up at firm prices. Sheep and lambs -Better demand for ewes and Iambs; mar- ket firm. Hogs -Select at 86.40 f.o.b., and $6.65, fed and watered. Steady demand for butcher cows. Good export steers and bulls want- ed. Milch cows of good qualtiy in demand; common not wanted. Good veal calves steady. --- --4' THE IMMIRGATION ACT. IIon. Frank Oliver Proposes Sev- eral Amendments. A despatch from Ottawa says: Some important amendments to the immigration act will be incorpor- ated in a bill respecting immigra- tion, to be introduced in the Com - and hand-pi.lied, $1.90 to $2 per mons early this session by the Min - bushel. ister of t•he Interior. The bill will Honey -Combs, 82.25 to $2.75 per provide for a consolidation and re - dozen, and strained, 10% to Ile vision of the present laws, as pass - per pound. ed from time to time, thus making Hay -No. 1 timothy 811 to $11.- tho act clearer and more easy of 50 per ton on track here, and low- enforcement. It will also provide er grades at 80 to $10 a ton. for a stricter supervision of immi- Straw-$7 to $7.50 on track. grants on arrival, both as regards Potatoes -60 to 62%c per bag. medical inspection and to insure Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 12 to that all the regulations of the act 13c per pound; fowl, 10e; ducks, are being observed. One of the 12 to 13c; geese, 11 to 12c; turkeys most, important cnanges now con - 16 to 17c per pound. templated is the extension of the time limit for deportation from two THE DAIRY MAIRKETS. to three years. At present an im- Rutter-Pound prints, 2.1 to 25c; migrant who becomes apublic tubs and large rolls, 22 to 23e; in- charge within two years of arrival fmay be deported. It is now pro - 29e, solids, 20 to 27c. 2 , 20c; creamery rolls, 27 to posed to increase the period of 29e, Eggs -Case lots of cold storage, probation by one year. 25 to 26c per dozen; picked, 24 to 40 - 25e, and new laid 28 to 30c per 265 KILLED, 716 INJURED. dozen. - Cheese -Large cheese, 13;;c per Victims of Locomotive Explosions pound, and twins, 13%e. in I've fears. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon -Long clear, 10% to Ile per pound in case lots; mess pork, $19 to 819.50; short. cut, $22.50 to $23. Hams -Light to medium, 13% to 14e; do., heavy, 12% to 13c; rolls, 10% to 11 c ; shoulders, 10 to 10%c; hacks, 10 to 16%c; breakfast ba- con, 14% to 15c. Lard -Tierces, 12%c; tubs, 12'.c; pails, 13c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Feb. 2. -Peas, No. 2, 91 to 95c; vats, Canadian Western No. 2, 47o; extra No. 1 feed, 40%c.; No. 1 feed, 45%e; Ontario No. 2, 46c; Ontario No. 3, 400; Ontario No. 4, 44c; No. 2 barley, 63% to 65c; Manitoba feed barley, 55% to 56e; buckwheat, 55% to 56e. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, 85.10; Manitoba strung bakers', 8.1.00; Winter wheat patents, $5 to $5.25; straight rollers, $4.60 to $4.70; do., in bags, $2.15 to 82.25; extra, in bags, $1.75 to $1.95. Feed --Mani- toba bran, $21 to $22; Manitoba shorts, 8.24; Ontario bran, $21 to 621.50; Ontario shorts, $24 to *2.1.- 50; Ontario middlings. 821.50 to $25; pure grain mouille, 428 to 830; mixed mouille. $25 to $27. Cheese -Finest western, 12! to 12%c; eastern, 12% to 12%c. But- ter -Finest creamery, 27 to 274c; fresh receipts, 25,% to 26e. Eggs - New laid eggs, 35 to 40c; selected stock, 28 to 20c; No. 1 stock, 25 to 26c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. M ilwauk('e, Feb. 2. -Wheat --No. 1 Northern, $1.11; No. 2 Northern, $1.04 to $1.09; May, $1.07% asked. Itye--No. 1, 75%c. Corn -May. 63c asked. Barley -Standard, BSc; samples, 59%e to 63e; No. 3, 60 to 62e; No. 4, 59% to COs. St. Loris, Feb. 2. -Wheat-- ('ash, e2',/,e: May, 65%c ; July, 03';,e. Buffalo, Feb. 2. -Wheat -Spring firm; No 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.13%; Winter, firm. ('orn Higher; No. 3 yellow, 64%c; No. 4 yellow, 64%c; No. 3 cern, 64e; No. 4 cern, 63'/e; No. 3 white, 07tAc. Oats -Firm. Rye -No. 2, on track, Ri';c. CATTLE MARK ET. Toronto, Feb. 2.-- Export-Mar- ket .xport-Mar- ket is firm for choice e.pnrt 'Leers and bulls. Butcher :In active demand for choice butcher cattle, A despatch from Washington says: In response to a Senate re- solution, Chairman Knapp, of the Inter -State Commerce Commis- sion, has forwarded to that body a table showing the number of em- ployes and passengers injured dur- ing the years 1903 to 1908, inclusive, from locomotive boiler explosions, to be 265 killed and 716 injured. 4• NEXT GOVERNOR-GENERAL. Cpinion in Britain that it will he Mr. John Sinclair. A despatJ(h from London says: The Daily Mail declares (%finite- ly that Mr. John Sinclair's eleva- tion to the Peerage is merely pre- liminary to his appointment as Governor-General of Canada. This appears to be the general opinion in Liberal circles. 4. - Teacher -"What were the Dark Ages 1" Bright Pupil --"The age .before spectacles were invented." When a man treats his wife kind- ly she imagines he is concealing n confession he ought to make. Johnny said to his father the other day, "Father, have you ever noticed how often mother says, 'And so on, and so on' 1'' "Oh, les. Johnny," was father's reply, ooking sadly at the breast of his shirt ; "but it never applies to but- tons, my boy." WORKING DAY BROKEN UP TOO MANY MEALS IN BUSINESS HOURS IN GERMANY. Two Hours Allowed for Hot Din. nee - Meals of Different Establishments. Complaints are- common in Ber- lin, Germany, that the hours of. work are not better arranged and more generally observed. Berlin, it is declared, has no business day like other capitals, and consequent- ly no ono can fix any rendezvous where a considerable number of people are to be brought together. The cause of the trouble is the long hours and the frequent meals, large or small, which break the business day up. Business in Ger- many begins early, at 8 o'clock, even in the banks and other big offi- ces, but if so there is always a "pause" of from a quarter to half of an hour at 11 or 12 or 1 for the enjoyment of a thick sandwich and glass of beer or milk. Then coves a "table time" at '2 or 3 o' which usually lasts for t• hours, during which thousted employes go home by street car get through a satisfying hot meal. NOT CONDUCI','E TO WORK. The result in the majority of cas- es is that this indulgence is follow- ed by a drowsiness that is anything but good either for the employe or his work. even though work is continued until 7 or 8 o'clock. In addition to the ''table time" many employes also snatch a hasty bite or cup of coffee about half -past 5. If every business concern were exactly to observe the same "pause" and ''table times" it would not be so bad, but as a mat- ter of fact Berlin has not reached this stage of unanimity and each place of business arranges them to suit its own convenience or caprice. Hence the difficulty of getting busi- ness men together for any corninon object or even for an appointment between two men. REMEDY PROPOSED. The remedy proposed is that Ber- lin should follow the example of London, where work is not crowded into such narrow limits. Berlin would then have its business day and be dune with the whole thing at, say, 5 o'clock. In that ease, it is moreover urged with Burne force, Berlin could do without its so- called night life. which means that in the centre of the city saloons and cafes and restaurants are allows to remain open the tight through. Certain well known saloons and cafes have not interrupted business for several years, for when night work ends day pork begins. Berlin's night life is chiefly meant for provincials, ter n hunt it scents to have a powerful attraction, but is also largely dile to the needs of employes turned loose front busi- ness too late to ye home for a com- fortable meal or for the enjoyment of sports or other recreation. 4. -- A girl without an appetite can afford Io mai ry n l.e rt. THE RAILWAY COMMISSION Each Member Will Have Special Charge of a District. A despatch from Ottawa says : ,Tames Ogilvie and James Clarke. An important re -organization of 'rho Provinces of Quebec, New the Railway ('ommission is nn- Brunswick, Prime Edward Island flounced by which the Dominionn and N a f3Cn tl a are elicited to is divided into districts, each in lion. M. E. Bernier, who will bo special chnrgc of one of the corn- aseii►tcd by Mr. E. C. Lalonde, in- missioners as to the routine appli- specter. cations. Chief Commissioner Mabee C'ommiksioner S. J. McLean will, of course, have a general takes charge of Manitoba, Sas- katchewan, and that, portion of The Province of Otario, with the Ontario west of Port Arthur, with exception of Port Arthur and the Mr. W. S. B1, the of Winnipeg as district west thereof, is placed inspector. under the immediate jurisdiction Alberta and British ('olinnhia of Mr. 1)'.1rcy Scott, the Assist- will be looked after by (usn,nis- ant Chief Commissioner. and he sioner Mills. assiitcd b; l:ttspectoe will be atsictcd by Inspectors M. J. McCaul.