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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1909-02-25, Page 7e' u IQc THE HARD UEAT BELT Professor Saunders Takes Exception to a Popular Notion. each from Ottawa says: the farmers used to raise 40 bushels of Spring wheat and now they only raised 15 per acre. Tho decrease, he said, could nut be due to soil exhaustion, because tho same field which now only grows 15 bushel:] Dr. Saunders, of the Experimental of Spring %%heat grow 40 bushels Farm, was on the platform, but of \Vinter wheat to the acre. For now and then his opinions clashed We 'past ton years the average with the preconvinced notions of yield in Ontario hats been 17 bush - the members of the committee. els per acre and in the West 19. JO r. Saunders, for example, takes Comparing Ontario with the ito stock in the notion that the West, I)r. Saunders stated that just quality of 'wheat is deteriorating as good wheat can be grown in ,.,ad that the hard wheatbelt is Ontario, at Ottawa for example, as eteadily moving north. In Ontario, anywhere in the Dominion, and or example, he says that exhaus- th'eyio'd nor acre is little less. Last en of the soil might reduce the Fear the average yield of Wheat -ttity, but it cannot affect the per acre in Saskatchewan was 14 '2y of the wheat. bushels, in Manitoba 17, in Alberta oxsmith (E. Peterbora') in- 29. In Ontario the average for at in 'his riding, where the Spring wheat was 15.8 and for Win- e wheat was first grown, ter wheat. 23.0 bushels. resting facts were roug t eie, on Wednesday morn- ing at the ftret tuectine of the House Committee on Agriculture. ' STABS 1115 MOTHER. s II wan flat Self -Defence, After She Had Robbed 11$n. A despatch from Montreal says: Charged with having stabbed his ,mother with a pocket-knife, inflict- iqg a wound in her left arm, Elias ya, a. 13 -year-old Syrian, was rraigned before Judges Bazin on \'ednesday. The boy pleaded in rt. that he had acted in self -dc - m, claiming his mother and sis- wero trying to kill hint, after e. had accused his mother of tak- ing $300 from hint. He said it took hirt more than a ;'car to save the coney, which he kept in a little box in his room. When ho found the box broken open and the money ,gene, ho accused his mother of ;laving taken it. He said ho had darned from $8 to $12 a weeks, sel- ling pictures from door to door. . C. HAS SURPLUS. ltd a Half Dollaj's to he Good. 'i from Victoria, B. C., t e budget address to the 2c.gislatitre on Wednesday night J inance Minister 'endow .showed a Qurplus of a 'million and a half. Who revenue fur the next fiscal et-eelould reach six millions, and a*pendituro five and a half millions, of which nearly three mil - ions would bo for public works, he largest in the history of the rovincc. Tho public debt had men reduced from $11,000,000 to ,19,000,000 within a year. Tho min- ister proposed still a greater de- lopinc :mt, when the A. B. C. ttte, as the minister styled the eta and British Columbia grain route 'would in the near fu- ture be in operation, and the Pa- nama Canal completed. CLEARED '1'111: HORIZON. ,One Effect of King Edward's Pipit to Berlin. A despatch frcui Berlin says: Chancellor von Buoluw, addressing the Connell of Agriculture, on Wednesday, said that the dignified and happy visit of King Edward to Berlin seed the agreement with Fran a had cleared the horizon in the West. and they were justified in supposing that the peaceful dis- ,;•situ ns and pea; e•iml efforts of rs would also succeed in way the clouds in the --- WAS 115 FEARS 01,1). Ilndhtn Dies Near Brantford -- Re- tained J'acult:w.; lo Ins A despatch from Brantford says: The death has been reported to the Indian authorities here of ,hn Silversmith. n resident Of )Tuscarora Township, in his 115'th ear. Deceasedretained all his faculties until recently. Ho was a basket -maker. A NARROW ESCAPE. liberties New Parliam'eIt Builds hip; Nearly Blown Up. A despatch from Edmonton, Alba., says: The legislature, and some 150 employes on the new par- liament buildings, had a narrow escape from an unintended gun- powder plot, on Wednesday. It appears that sometime since, in cleaning up the old Hudson Bay building, ten kegs of black gun- powder were discovered in a re- cess where they were probably cached for defence against pos- sibly hostile Indians. The powder was removed, all but one keg. A fireman, thinking it useless, was about to throw the keg into the furnace as fuel, when an assist- ant warned hitt of thea darger. Fireman Billy Lunn experimented and the resultant explosion fired the entire keg, blowing his shack tc fragmetrts and terribly injuring Lunn and two companions. '1'11'0-('I:N1' RA'Z'E ON G. T. R. Privy Conrail Deeides Agai{iet the Railway. A despatch from London Ray's: The judgment of the Privy Coun- cil in the case brought by Mr. Robertson, of Toronto, to have it declared that tho Grand Trunk's charter requires it to give atwo- cent; rate on third-clasi cars be- tween Toronto and Montreal, was given on 'Wednesday by Lord Lore - burn. His Lordship said the sec- tion imposing third class fares at two cents a mile was still in force. Tho whole question was whether the section was inconsistent with the Railway Act of 1906. Ile held that it was not, and also that the Privy Council could not decide whether the section was left, on the statutes by uesire or beceuso overlooked. Tho appeal was dis- missed with costs. THE ARMY OP '1'llE EMPIRE. austr;rlia Showing Grelit lnterotit the Scheme. A despatch from Melbourne says: The Federal (:"verninent is satis- fied with Mr. Ifaltiane's proposals :for the creation of an Imperial staff. The public are showing great interest, in the scheme of an army ►,f the Empire, but aro awaiting particulars. It is understood that aIle proposals fully comply with the ntiniil oria.l promises 'nide at the imperial ('Onferonce. AGAIN DISALLOWED. Extiuguivher Put nn Nat's! Aet of British (ar►lumbfa. A despatch from Ottawa says: .1n extra Of the Canada Gazette was bistro,' on 'Wednesday with the announcement that the Governor- (Jeneral-in-Council has disallowed the Act of the British Columbia Legislature of Feb. 11th last, re- lating to immigration into that, province, and known as the "Natal At. t." WITCHED THE OPERATI6N lirg Island Veterinary Surgeon Saw His Own Appendix Removed. A der patch from NOW York says: 1)r. lfdwnr<l J. Robbins. a veter- inary surgeon of Bayshoro, Long hand, refused to take ether when he had his appendix removed last week. Ito remained quietthrough- out. the operation. and just four Reay s after it he drove five miles to his home. The following day he was attending to his practice. The case is believed to be without e, !parallel. t)r. Robbins drove over to the sanatorium of 1)r. William 11. ,Ross at Brentwood, five miles from his own fioine. Ur. Russ and 1)r. 'laver prepared to opotate, and as the nurse approached the pati- ent earl) the ether cone. ho calmly wavey) her aside. "There's nothing the ma titer ,%with your heart, old nran," 1)r. Ross, who is an old friend, assur- ed hint. "I knew it. but I'm going to cut the ether out., because I want to see the operation," said Dr. Robbins. "You may paint: nn a iit'tle co. caine if you wish." This was done and the operation proceeded steadily, without Inter- ruption from the patient, whose head was propped up so ho could see every move of the surgeons, CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS I'ROM ALL OVER T1IE GLOBE. Teleernphio Briefs From Our Otto and Other Countries el Recent Events. CANADA. llanit:,ba is preparing to float a now loan in tho British markets. Ontario Bank assets already show an increase over the estimate of $180,000. The ship brake invented by Mr. Louis Lacoste of Montreal is to have a trial un the U.S.S. Indiana. Quebec brewers have formed a trust which will control practical- ly the whole output of beer of the Province. Victor J. Beat:pre, the first Ser- geant -at -Arms in the Legislature of elartitoba, died at Gleichen, Al- berta. It is reported • at Montreal that the C.P.R. will build the Peter- boro'-Coldwater branch during the coming summer. The Council of the Dominion Rifle Association .s in favor of more rapid firing in the matches, to make conditions more like actual warfare. Tho Quebec Board of Trade cele- brated its hundredth anniversary on Saturday last with abanquet in tho Chateau Frontenac. The Attorney -General of Quebec has ordered a prosecution of pic- ture show proprietors who have been giving Sunday exhibitions in Montreal. A number of salary increases were decided on by tho Hamilton Council, and it wtas preposed to in- crease the tax rate from 20 to 21 trills. The new Grand Trunk shops nt Stratford were opened on Thurs day with a public reception. Mr C. M. Hays and staff were present, and were entertained at, a banquet by the city. The Dominion Coal Company has decided to offer the Steel Company to carry out the original contract or make a new one, and to pay the loss incurred in the purchase of coal while the old contract was iu dispute. GREAT BRITAIN. Two suffragette raids in London on Thursday resulted in tho arrest of a largo number of women. Mr. Austen Chamberlain moved a formal tariff reform amendment to the address in the British Conn mons. UNITED STATES. Tho United States Senate Ccm- mittec on Foreign Relations has favorably reported the fisher'cs treaty. Tho two -cent letter rate between: Newfoundland and the Un;'ext States will go into effect on March 1st. The House of Representatives at Washington passed a bill admistung Arizona and New Mexico 'o State- hood. Seven starving Chinamen, sup- posed to have conic from Canaria. were found in a car of lead oro at Port Morris, N. J. An extrasession of the United States Congress to undertake the revision of the tariff has been called 'for March 13. GENERAL. Earthquake shocks aro r: pr,rted from Asia Minor, Hungary and the West Indies. WORKMAN BADLY MANGLED. -- Drawn Into Machine In a Guelph Factory. A despatch from Guelph says: Oswald Baha, 14 years of age, was drawn into a four -spindle tapping machine in the Standard Fitting and Valve Company's factory on Thursday. He was extricated by his fellow -workmen. and found in n frightfully mangled condition. His right arm was so badly muti- lated that it had to he amputated nt the shoulder. and in his left fore- arm there are two hones broken and some badly tarn muscles. He has a gaping wound across his chest, and a number of wounds about the head and face. His re- covery is doubtful. .I. 1)i11) ON LONDON STREET. Tragic End of ('apt. A. W. Porte, of Oakville. A despatch from London, Ont., says: ('apt. A. W. Porte, of Oak- ville, former managing director of the Toronto Biscuit Company, dropped dead in front of the resi- dence of his sister, Mrs. George Brickenden, Queen's Avenue, at 6 o'clock on Thursday evening. Mr. Porto was walking with a young lady and was apologizing for walk- ing slowly. "My heart is had and it is dangerous for me to walk rapielly " he said. With these words he pitched forward (lead. Capt. Parte was one of the best known citizens of London before his removal to Toronto 12 years ago. He teas about GO years of tea. HOOi.IGANS IN OTHER LANDS. � THE WORLD'S MARKETS Slang Terms ''wed for a Youthful Ruffian. In Australia, what England dubs REPORTS FROM THE LEADING a hooligan they call a larrikin. On TRADE CENTRES. the other sido of the Paeitie. in San Francisco, he besenies a lee -A- lum. New Orleans designates hint u copperhead. after a particularly venomous kind of snake which in- fests the swamps outside that city. Ilowe and Abroad. Paris styles him an apactec+, the terra having its origin in a tribe of North American Indians so named. In Georgetown, the capital of British Guiana, ho is known as a Rants►poo, which is the Creole way of pronouncing centipede. Tho Neapolitan hooligan is a lazzaro, from an old Spanish word meaning leper or pauper. In Calcutta, be is buditash, literally "bad elan." In Birminghatn he is a peaky -blinder, or they say of hien in a roundabout fashion that "he carries the stick," which means tho same thing. New York is content, to know him simply as a tough, or a Bow- ery Boy. Scorpion is the name, applied by the British resident in Gibraltar to the half -bred, half - 'baked variety of the typo who in- fests the dark and devious alleys of time Old Town. The hooligan has many other names, too, beside these; but his main characteristics aro the same, wherever inet. Assault and rob- bery he revels in. Work he dis- dains. In short, he is the typical "criminal in the making" of Lom- broso and iris disciples. 3e Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at CANADIAN SHIPPING. Three Hundred and Nfaety-two 'Vessels Built Last Year. A despatch from Ottawa says: The annual report of the Marino Department for the last fiscal year, just presented to Parliament, shows that the total number of new vessels built and registered in the Dominion during tnc year was 392, measuring 38,410 tons regis- ter, with a total estimated value of $1,728,450. The total number of vessels on the register books of the Dominion at tho beginning of last year was 7,528, measuring 698,688 tons. Tho number of steamers was 3,007, with a gross tonnage of 471,- 795 tons. In respect to total registered ton- nage Canada ranks tenth among the maritime countries of the world. The report shows 520 wireless stations now operated by the de- partment on the Atlantic and Paci- fic coasts. They seed, over 65,000 messages during tho year. FASTEST OF STEAMERS. Turbine Flyer Mauretania Has Made New Record. A despatch from New York says: Tho turbine flier Mauretania of the Cunard Lino camp abeam of the Ambrose Chancel lightship at 10.35 o'clock on Thursday night, thus 'completing a voyage in which sev- eral new ocean records were es- tablished. The steamer not, only broke her own record over the long winter course of 2,890 miles by two hours and twenty-five minutes, but she also hauled down the figures held by her sister ship, the Lusi- tania, and has set, the new record of four days and seventeen hours and fifty minutes, which is one hour and forty-six minutes better than the Lusitauia's best time over the course. Another achieve- ment of the voyage was a day's run of 671 knots, which breaks all re- cords for a 24-hour run. ,1. W.IISIIWOMAN'.S FORTUNE. An Estate of $42.300. the Savings of Twenty Years at the Tub. A despatch from North A<lnn►s, Mass., says : What economy will do was illustrated here on 'Thurs- day, when the inventory of the es- tate left by Mrs. Ann Collins, a washwuinan, was filed in the Pro- bate Court. It is valued at aese00. Mrs. Collins was left a. widow- and penniless, with six children, twenty wears ago. She supported the fam- ily and saved her competence from her earnings at the washtub. FELL SIXTY FEET. Edward D. ''arsons Fn1a1)) Injured at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: Slipping from the roof of the Co- lonial Apartment House on Thurs- day afternoon, Edward 1). Parsons, janitor, fell a distance Of sixty feet, striking his head on the hard snow. He was hurriedly removed to the Western Hospital, and was found to be suffering front a frac- tured skull and other injuries. Death followed in a few minutes after admissiorn...��.. NOVEL SHARK -FISHING. The engineers in the Navy have a very effective way of killing sharks. They seal up a dynamite cartridge in an empty can, and put the can inside a largo piece of bpork. Tho pork is thrown over- oard on a wire which hes been connected with an electric battery. When the shark takes tho bait the engineer presses a button, which explodes the cartridge and kills the fish. • Toronto, Feb. 23. -Flour -On- tario wheat tx) per cent. patents, $3.90 to $4 in buyers' sacks out- side for export. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.60 on track, To - rout(); second patents, $5, and strong bakers', $1.90. \Vheat--Manitoba wheat, $1.15% for No. 1 Northern, and $1.12;9 fur No. 2 Northern, Georgian Bay ports. No. 2 Northern, $1.17%2', all rail. Ontatio Wheat -No. 2 Fall, $1.- 02 to $1.03 uutsido. Oats -Ontario No. 2 white, 47 to 47%c on 'track, Toronto; No. 2 \Vestern Canada oats, 47c, Col- lingwoud, and No. 3 at 46c, Col- tingwoud. Ityor--No. 2 68c outside. Barley -No. 2 barley, 57 to 57'„c outside; No. 3 extra, 55 to 55%c, and No. 3, 53^. Buckwheat -e8% to 59c outside. Peas -No. 2, 88e outside. Corn -No. 2 American yellow, 7W,c on track, Toronto, and No. 3 yellow, 71%c, Toronto. Canadian corn, 00 to 67c on track, Toronto. Bran -Cars, $22 to $23 in bulk outside. Shorts, $23 in bulk out- side. COUNTRY PJtODUCE. Apples -They bring $4 to *4.50 for choice qualities, and $3.50 to $4 for cooking purposes. Beams -Prime, $1.90 to $2, and hand-picked, $2.10 to $2.15 per bushel. Honey -Combs, $2.25 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 11 to 11%c per pound. Hay -No. 1 timothy, $10.50 to $11 per ten on track here, and lower grades, $9 to $10 a ton. Straw -$6.50 to $7.50 on track. Potatoos-Oirtarios, 63c per bag. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 12 to 13e per pound; fowl, 10 to Ile; ducks, 13 to 14c; geese, 12 to 13c; turkeys. 17 to 18c per pound. 1100 PRODUCTS. Bacon -Long clear, 11% to 11%c per pound in case lots; mess pork, 820 'to $20.50; short cut, $23 to $2f. Hams -Light to medium, 13% to 14c; do., heavy, 12'/., to 13c; rolls, 10% to llc; shouldcre, 10 to 10%c; backs, 16 to 16%c; breakfast bacon, 15% t.o 1G'c. Lard -Tierces, 12%e; tubs, 12%c; pails, 13c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Feb. 23. -Peas -No. 2, 07% to 98c. Oats -Canadian West- ern No. 2, 49 to 49%c; extra No. 1 feed, 48% to 49c; No. 1 feed, 47% to 48c; Ontario No. 2, 48 to 48%c; Ontario No. 3, 47 to 471/2c; On- tario No. 4, 40 to 461Ac ; No. 2 bar- ley, 63% to 65c; Manitoba feed bar- ley, 55 to 53%c; buckwheat, 66% to 56c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheatpatents, firsts, *5.60; Mani- toba, Spring wheat patents, sec- onds, 85.10; Manitoba strong bak- ers', $4.90; Winter wheat patents, $5.40 to $5.50; straight rollers, $b to *5.10; do., in bags, *2.35 to $2.45; extra, in bogs, $1.95 to $2.05. Feed -Ontario bran has ad- vanced $1 per ton, 'with sales of car lots at $2:t to $24; shurt.i are 5dc higher at $21.50 to $25; Mani- toba bran, *21 to *22; Manitoba shorts, $24, Ontario bran, 8.23 to *24; Ontario shorts, $24.50 to $25; Ontario middlings, $25 to $26.50; pure grain n►ouille, $28 to $30; mixed tnouille, *25 to $27. Cheese -Finest. western, 12% to 13e; eat terns, 12% to 12%e. Butter - Fail creamery, 25"; winter cream- ery, 23 to 2.1e; dairy, in tubs, 20c; rolls, 21e. Fggs New laid, 32 to 33e; selected stock, 29c; No. 1 Muck, 27c. i'NiTEI) STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Fob. 23. -Wheat -Spring wheat firm; Winter nominal. Corn - alt ranger ; No. 3 yellow, G9c ; No. I yellow, 68%e; No. 3 corn, 68 to 63 4c ; No. 4 torn, 07% to 68e; No. 3 white, 70%c Oats -Stronger; No. 2 white, 57%o; No. 3 white, 5tl%c ; Yo. 4 white, 55!4c. Barley - Feed to malting, 67 to 72c. l(innteapolis, Feb. 23. -Wheat - 111ha , $1.14 to R'•"„ herncash, No.- People Seek Death in Various Curious 1 hard, $'.14; No. 1 Northern, $1.- 13; No. 2 Norther$1.11 to $1. • - 11 % ;o. 3 Northern, n FIFTEEN VILLAGES VANISHED Have Been Wholly or Partially Destroyed by Earthquake in 'Western Persia. A despatch from Teheran, Persia, to have been wholly or partially says: The Governor of Burujurd, a destroyed, and it, is estimated that town in southwestern l'ersia, has sent out agents to investigate the damage wrought by the earth- quake of January 3. This was the disturbance that was registered by seismographs around the world, but the exact location of which was determined only on Wednes• day. The meagre reports that have reached Teheran indicate that the devastation was particularly severe in the mountainous region be- tween Burujurd and Luristan pro- vince. Fifteen villages are known the total number will undoubtedly be more than fifty. Some villages disappeared com- pletely, and no trace can be found of the hamlets of Bahrein and l.ct- ben. It. appears that not a single soul belonging to these communi- ties was left alive, and only the rivers, mountains and broken val- leys remain to tell the tale of this fearful convulsion of nature. The fact, that there were nu for- eign Consuls anywhere in the neighborhood accouuts for the de- lay of a month in the receipt of the news hero. mond, but the quality offering was poor. Choice cattle were unchang- ed; medium quality easier; cows, steady. Lambs -Firm and slightly higher. Sheep -Unchanged. Calves Steady and unchanged. Hogs -Se- lect hogs, f.o.b., $6.30 to $6.40; fed and watered, $0.55. Stockers and feeders were in fair demand. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -Pound prints, 22 to 24c; tubs and large rolls, 20 to 22c; in- ferior, 18 to 19c; creamery rolls, 27 to 27c, and solids, 26c. Eggs -Case lots of cold storage, 25c; selects, 27c, and new laid, 28 to 29c per dozen. Cheese -Large cheese, 13%c per pound, and twins, 13%c. ENDED LIFE WITH RAZOR. With Throat Cut, 'Wandered to Car 'franks and Died. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Investigation shows that Con. F:nrigle,, formerly (11 Renfrew, Ont., but who was working hero ,three years as a barber, commit- ted suicide. Ho was suffering from ill -health for some time, and semis to have cut the jugular vein with .t razor at a wooldpilo. Rapidly ,weakening from loss of blood, Ito wandered blindly to the car tracks, ,whero he fell and, after brief con- vulsions, died. The cars after- wards crushed his chest and arm. LINERS TO HAVE WIRELESS. Ctraadiun I'ae leo Vesacls Will ail be Equipped. A despatch from Montreal says: It was announced at the headquar- ters of the Canadian Pacific Steam- ships that arango:nents aro under .way: for the equipment of all their Pacific liners with long-distance Marconi apparatus Of the largest pattern. An engineer, with a corps ad assistants, is now on his ,way from England to install the apparatus on the Pacific ships. The apparatus will bo able to send messages for five hundred utiles, so that should in future any disas- ter overtake any of the yes: -:cls they will be able to send messages for nid'to any ship within that, radius. A NEW DEPARTMENT. The Secretary of State Proposes a New Bill. A despatch from Ottawa says: Hon. ('has. Murphy, Best -clary of state. is sponsor for a hill, which is to bet introduced this session to Tour Rhode inland Children ereato a "department of external Drowned While Skating. affairs. This, it is understood, will he the equivalent of a depart- A despatch from Norwood. 1t. I., ment of foreign affairs, and is but says: While skating hand in hand an extension of the policy which on Sand Pend on Wednesday night was innugurntesi when William four children were drowned when Mackenzie was created secretary the ice gate way. another Willihare- f„r imperial and colonial r'rre- 15 saved and several persons who sponde•nce. It is un(Icrsteed that attempted to rescue them narrow- ly missed being engulfed in the iey wa'ter's. The children drowned which will be under the adntinis- were: Hanghilda, Lillian and Arne!tratiae control of the prime, rain- Hanson and .Joseph Johnson. AU inter. were under fifteen years of age. FACING A DEFICIT. Publics Accounts of Prince Edwalra Island. A despatch from Charlottetown. P.E.I., says: Tho public accounts, presented in the Legislature on Wednesday, show ordinary expen- ditures for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1909, to be $377,602; capital expenditure, $13,215; or- dinary receipts, $300,601. The chief penis in the capital ac%outtt were for a new infirmary. new jail in Sunimerside, and permanent bridges. The usual expenditures were for the administration of jus- tice, intereet, public works and roads. Education cost $127,000, the largest item. The revenue in- cluded the Dominion subsidy of $263,681; taxes on commercial travellers, $8,000; insurance and other contpanies, 89,000; banks, $7,000; •income, *8,000; on land, $28,000; roads, $11,000; succession duties, $8,000. KILLED IN GRAVEL PI'r. Two Mon Buried 1' tiller Earth Near Kerwood. A despatch from Strathroy says: John H. Denning vas instantly killed and James Lyons is suffering from a broken leg as a result of a cave-in nt a gravel pit at Ker - wood, six smiles west of here, on Thursday. Both inen, with sever- al others, were engaged in draw- ing gravel from the pit, when the cave-in occurred, completely bury- ing Denning and Lyons. They were taken out with difficulty . Denning only lived a few minutes, while Lyons escaped with a broken leg. Donning was a married man with a small family. HILL RAILWAYS IN MANITOBA Bill to Authorize Great Northern Lands Before the Legislature. A despatch from Winnipeg says, A bill introd;iccd in the legisla- ture foreshadows the construction of another transcontinental rail- road by the Hill interests. The bill hi for the incorporation of the Great Northern Railroad in Mani- toba, and one clause asks for power to construct n line front Winnipeg west to Brandon, thence to Elk- horn, and to the westerly bound- ary of the Province. Five years is given to euflttnence construction and ten years for completion. It is believed that the hill means Hill is preparing for his invasion of Canada on an extensive scale. 1'111: 1('E GAVE WAV. Mr. Mackenzio will be deputy min- ister of t he new department, THEY ARE TIRED OF LIFE $1.09. limn--$5t.iti 3 to $23.50.N tFleur Ways in the Russian Capital. --First clears, $4.10 to $4.25; " '- on(1 clears, $3.03 to $3.15; first patents. $5.55 to 85.05; second pat- ents, $5.40 to $5.50. Milwaukee, Feb. 23. --Wheat - No. 1 Northern, $1.10; No. 2 Northern, $1.11; May. $1.14% to $1.14% bid. lige---No. 1, 77%e. Corn --May, 05% to 65%c. Burley --Standard, 60c; sample, 621A to Mc; No. 3, 03! to 04%e; No. 4, 62;; to 030, -+- CATTLE. MARKETS . Toronto, Feb. 23 ---.Ther,' were not many of the choice variety of expert cattle offering. and these were soon cleared, while the cry was heard for mere. The top price paid today was 185.33. Ti,' Landon Daily Mail's St. inrge (fail:ewed rooms and the spec - fakirs correspondent declares fetors take refuge in safe corners. tlra.t neurasthenia is claiming ani The hunt, begins. The hunter's ever-increasing number of victims eyes are bound; he is allowed six f,hots, guided by the soun(1 of ilia in all sections of St. Petersburg sell. 1f he fails to bit the tiger, soeiety. A surprising nun:.her of the roles are reversed and the Fun• people, tired cif life, seek death by ter becomes the tiger. This con- vnriolts methods. Persons of tinues until blond flows. fashionable society journey to Another soiiety has "champagne Finland and fling themselves into evenings," where one among twen- the romantic !metre Rapider. ty ht.tles is drrgee(i with rnor. .Strange clubs and societies are in phia. Sometimes in a single night existence. One of these is styled there are numerous secret sui• "Tiger and IN 'ter." Two mens- eidee fe•r which there is no plena - berg draw le' ' .1ecide who will jblc explanation, giving rise, says be the tiger ni the hunter. The Mail's correspond' tt:, to the A silver 1)011 e. strolled tho elapici >a that tho victims belong tiger's neck and the hunter i. given to the same league of self-destt4A- Butcher cattle were in fair (le• ea loaded revolver. Both enter ties.