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MUKDEN'S BLOODY FIELD flitVt
lr d ltt it htsolif 4VU11et WOurul put FALLS WILL DISAPPEAR
COVERED WITH JAPANESE
AND RUSSIAN DEAD.
Opposing Soldiers Found Hand -
Gripped, Dying Fighting
A special correspondent with field
Marshal t ryuuna's army sends tho
folloeiug; description of scenes after
the Battle of Mukden'-
'4 a aro quartered in the monastery
attached to the great i.ahnia tent-
ples just outside the west gate of
Mukden, and are trying to forget
can't we have seen to -day.
This has been a day that I will
never forget, and a day that I do
not cure to live over again. 1 have
seen sights that will recce be erased
from my mind, the like of which I
hope 1 will never we again.
N'ith Capt. ('ono, of the staff, we
rode over the field of the tight for
the occupation of Liken .pu, a small
village directly west of Mukdem, and
distant from the city about seven
miles. It was here that the fiercest
and bloodiest fight of tho battle,
perhaps of the entire war, took
place. 1 Thefight began on the even-
ing
6 b
ing of \fnrch 6, when one brigade 01
the Fifth Division, which formed the
left wing of Oku's army, advanced
on the town, which was held by the
Russians. 'i'he next day, after a
hard tight, the Japanese (templet.
Likanrpu and a small unnamed vil-
lage of half a dozen houses sun.
rounded by low crud scalls, just to
the south of Lika.mpu. Tho entire
Fifth Division was brought. up and
occupied the villages, and the lino
extending to the south of them.
VITAL POINT FOR. RUSSIANS.
-But this lino was a vital point
for the Russians, who were protect-
ing tho retreat of the rutin array,
for from their. the .Japanese guns
could reach the Mukden stations and
counter-attack Was ordered. Tho
Russians were reinforced until their
force amounted to three divisions,
three times as many rnen as the Ja-
panese had. They desperately at-
tacked the line and reoccul icd the
villages. They didn't drive the Ja-
panese out. for when they occupied
the villages there were no .Japanese
left alive to be driven out. 'i ho
mummer, village was held by the
Thirty-third 1{cgiment, but the itus-
sinn artillery fire reached the village
from the flank and the front, and
the regiment. was nnnihilati(l.
In Likamtpu itself the Japanese
were unable to stop the itussian
rush, but they defended every mud
wall and every house and met the
enemy with cold steel in the streets,
the men lighting with their bayonets,
the officers with their swords.
From this brief description of the
lighting you will be able to form
some slight idea of the sights we
saw tvheit we rode over the field this
morning. The wounded had all been
removed, the dead were just being
collected. On that field in front of
the two villages lay fully 2,000 dead
bodies. Russian and .Japanese, in in-
extricable confusion. Hundreds of
soldiers were at work on the field
gathering up the Japanese (lead, and,
of course. the Russian, too. Any
description of this scene that I can
write will give but a faint idea of
the horror of it. it would require
the pen of a Zola to do it justice.
Picture to yourself a square mile of
plows'1 field with the two villages in
its centre. Scatter over this field
the bodies of 2,000 dead soldiers ly-
ing us they tell in horribly grot-
ceete. at: :!tides.
1 N DESC It1I1A BLi•: HORROR.
Among them place several hundred
soldiers bearing the diati to a cen-
tral place, where they aro laid out
in rows, record made of their names
and commands, nmi of what is found
in their (lockets. Over the entire
field scatter rifles and ammunition,
bits of clothing and equipment,
water bottles and hnt•ersttckx and
bloody bandages. Add to all this
the squads digging graves for the
itussinns and the funeral pyres of
the Japanese, and you have a faint
idea of what the scene was like.
ilere you have war in all its
ghastly horror. (fere is what war
really is; here is that which, it all
the world could see it, would make
�wnr in the future impossible.
Look nt this figure. Its lege aro
widely stretched apart. its arms are
raised toward the sky. The mouth
is open, the ryes staring. On the
1
1
(16,300), we have for tho entire
chartered abstraction of the lite
companies referred to, 48,400 euoie
One might go on for columns de-
scribing this field. The dead are DR. JOHN M. CLARKE SAYS feet per second.
scattered everywhere, and each body THEY WILL GO. DRY ANI) BARREN.
tells its own story. -- This is of Died( a dry and appnr-
Many of then lie where they fell, Power Companies Operating at ently barren fact. But look at its
killed on the instant; others havethe Falls Are Injuring the bearings, upon the structure of the
tried to crawl away, only to die in Flow of Water. Niagara Meer and the total flow of
the effort, and still others lie in the waters through its channel.
attitudee which show their awful sof- 11 is seriously suggested that tho The flow of water through the
feeing before merciful death canoe to day 19 probable when newly married channel and over the Valle Was mea -
couples couples will bo compelled to speed scared by the United Stales engineers
HEAPS OF DEAD. to some other place than Niagara, at in 1868, and by Sir Casimir l;zow-
In the Village of l.ikampu itself which to spend the honeymoon. for, ski in 1870-3, with results varying
the scene to -day is even more hor-
rible. Here there had been s'tre-•et
lighting, and every road, every lane,
every compound, and every well had
its heaps of dead. The lighting here
was very tierce, and much of it was
with cold steel. Scores died by the
bayonet, and ghastly wounds aro
visible on every side. 'Dozens of ter-
ribly mangled bodies show the aw-
ful work of the deadly hand gren-
ades. In many cases (lead Russians
anti .Japanese lay side by side, their
hands actually closed on each other
itt the death grip.
Many houses had hcen act on fire
by the Russian shells, and in them
canebeseen tt n
the h if burnd bodies dies of
wounded risen who crawled there for
shelter only to meet death in an
even more horrible forst.
Wo rode rapidly through the vil-
lage, for the sight was not a pleas-
ant one. Creat fires were burning
on every side, for the Japanese were
at work cremating their dead, and
the odor of burning human flesh ad-
ded a new horror to the already
long list.
And remember that. this lie only
one stroll corner of the battlefield;
as nlong a line 100 miles long they
are lying, though not. so thickly as
they are in this cornfield.
BURIED IN ALPINE SNOW
GLAZIER KEEPS ITS VICTIM
IN PERFECT STATE.
Forty Years After the Awful
Tragedy on the
Alps.
As n sequel to one of the most
appalling tragedies ever enacted on
the slippery mountain stages of
Switzerland, scientists are confident
that the body of Lord Francis Dou-
glas will be delivered up by the fam-
ous Zermatt Glacier within the next
few weeks.
Forty years ago, or to bo exact,
on July 1.1, 186:1, Lord Douglas ielst
his life during the ascent of the Mat-
o:t•horn•-!he utast perilous peak of
the Alps. Despite a careful and con-
tinuous search, and the expenditure
of tt considerable fortune, no team
of the noble victim was ever found.
The entombing glacier has kept Ds
secret well.
During the past forty yeas, how-
ever, a huge crass of ice has been
descending regularly according to
natural laws. 'the portion where
the English nobleman tell is now
entering the valley and will soon be
accessible to search. ,it is believed
that the body, so long and coolly
buried will be in a perfect 'tote of
preserve t ion.
S'I'OItY O1' TRAGEDY.
On July 14 Edward Why miter and
Lord Douglas and the six other of
the party reached tho summit of the
Matterhorn, the first to achieve it.
"On the return," says Whymper,
"Michael Croz had laid aside his axe
and in order to give Ifndow greater
security, was absolutely taking hold
of his legs and putting his feet one
by one into their proper fusitions.
Suddenly llndow slipped and fell
against Prez, knocking him over.
OVi:R TI11: 1'ItE.CIi'ICE.
"i heard one startled exclamation
from (*rot, and then saw him and
Nndow flying downwards. in an-
other tnotneut Hudson was dragged
from his steps, aer Lord Douglas im-
mediately after hint. All this was
the work of a motnent. !Upon hear-
ing Cruz cry out old Peter and f
planted otu•selve, as firmly ns the
rocks would permit.. The rope Was
taut between us, and the jerk canto
on us both as one man. We held.
yltut the rope broke midway lin-
two n
o-twetn 'l'nngwalticr and Lorn Doug-
las. For n few se:'onds we new
our unfortunate companions sliding
downward on t h. it Lacks And
spreading out their hands, endeav-
oring to save themtselves. '(hey pnss-
breast of the lurk tunic Is n dull ell front' our sight uniniucl
r', disap-
red stain. Vet this was once n man. I peered one by one and fell from pre -
in far-off Russia eomeOne le thinking pre-
cipice to pr,ripleo, d ,flea to the
of hits, to -day, someone is praying' (-rent i btcirr, 1,100 fret 1 etow,
for his safety. And here he lies bo-, "Fur more than two hours we
tale en the furrows. a horrible thing, who remained (rprct.vl every nee
% at which your horse shits. /rent to he our Inst. Eventually we
Here is another, also n Russian. did What should have been done in
shot through the right breast. The
tipper part of his Cody is hare and
a first-aid baminge has been roughly
applied to the wound. Ile Iles on
the right side, pressing his shoulder
to the groom! to ease the pain. while
hie left hand clutches the bloody
1
if things be allowed to go on as front 216,000 cultic feet per ,second
they are the Felix aro doomed, and (the )atter) to a maximum of 280, -
the spectacle which is rho chief glory 000 cubic feet per second ttho forrn-
Of America will soon be no more. er).
So argues lir. John M. Clarke, the '1'}io later averages given by the
official geologist of New York State, United States engineers, derived
in a strong article published to the front the mean flow of water from
current number of the I'olitical Se•i- Lake Erie at Buffalo during a period
encu Monthly. That the danger of of forty years, afford 222,4(0 cubic
Niagara being injured is not fowl- feet per second,
fu: but an absolute certainty may
bo judged front his words.
DAN(1•:It L11•:S.
The danger lies, ho declares, in
drawing otT the waters of Niagara
from the river above the cataract, into the: river between Buffalo and
carrying them off round the cliff by the Falls, so that the figure which
edischarging hasbeen ' •h c + •er err
drse n generally accepted and has
tor 6 gn I n I
some other means, 5 1
them by tunnel into the face of the entered into the calculations of the
Falls rear the base. engineers is 22.1,000 cubic feet per
'This will be brought al:out, he ho- second.
Heves, through the operations of the Now, as less than one-fourth of
power cunipantes which have been the total velum° of waters pours
granted franchises to utilize the
Falls for the production of electri-
city.
The use of Niagara waters, he
says, for power production )las been
the dreani of years and its earliest
successful achievement is expresses( itt
the present Niagara Falls Hydraulic
lower & Manufacturing Co., whose
existence as an active consumer of
Niagara water antedates its statu-
tory recognition.
CERTAIN CONS'T'ANTS.
'there are certain constants of ab-
straction for the 11'elland and the
Erie canals which may bo regarded
as equalized by the inflow of strearns
GIVING AWAY.
'rhe Legislature of New York be-
gan giving away f•anchisrs to power
companies about twenty years ago.
In most cases no limitations were
placed either on the power to be pro-
duced or on the water to be
alistraeted. Nino companies in all
received the favor of a franchise, and
of these only two are producing and
selling power, namely the Niagara
Falls hydraulic Power and Manu-
facturing Company and the Niagara
Falls Power Company, and they aro
still far within their statutory limi-
tations in the consumption of water.
('it is ens of Niagara Falls who
liave the cataract daily before the
eye insist that the loss of water is
perceptible, and that such loss is
felt in other ways is wen in the now
annual gorging of the ice in the
American channel at the upper end
of Goat Inland, which lays bare the
American channel. ands nli its
water to Canada, and which very
rarely happened when the depth of
the water was; normal.
ACTIVE COMPANIES.
The two active American c-nn-
panies are not going to use any less
water than now, but aro vigorously
increasing their output and building
new power houses to meet their
growing market. indeed, one of
them, realizing its close approach to
statutory limits, has established it -
eel( on the Canadian side. 'these
two companies art. permitted to con-
sume the following amounts of
water:
Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power &
Manufacturing Company, 7,700 cubic
feet per second; Ningara Falls Pow-
er Company, 8,600 culiic feet per
second; total, 16,300 cubic feet per
second.
The water abstracted by these
companies is in no sane!' degree
wasted. that is to fray, the power
produced is no equable measure of
the amount of water taken from the
river.
'I he fall from the height of waters
where these two companies have
their intakes to the baste of the
cataractin approxintntely 22.1 fret,
far beyond the working possibility of
the turbine pit. The nut rush of
water at the base of the cliff near
the bridge anchorage is the dis-
charge of the greet tut ncl of the
Niagara Falk !'ower Company,
which is the tail -rare from the wheel
pits far back up the city and far
above the rocks.
ERECTION OF 11'ORitS.
On the Canadian side theactivity affairs.
in the erection of power works has Atttctt'F government reports that
perhaps
of
s - is U
t to '
the
(. l i itce
of 1
been re strenuous. titter decas- 1
tatiun of the natural beauties; of of view import from a public point
Queen Victoria I'ark, the demolition of llew. Upon the p commercial
ornc-
ot islands and creeks, the excnvntiotl Wally depend our eomuiercial condi-
11' 11 It 1 t asiblr, for ex -
down the American channel and the
channel le uuu•h smaller than the
other, it is at once evident that the
abstractions of water will make
themselves first apparent in the
shoaling of the American channel.
I1'ATER WILL Ci•:ASE.
A competent hydraulic engineer,
taking the accepted voltuto of the
flow, the length of the entire crest
of the Falls on both sides (4,070
feet) and the difference In elevation
of the sill of the Falls, has calculat-
ed that when the flow is reduced to
184,000 cubic feet per soeond, or by
40,000 cubic feet, the water will bo
uown to the present rack button' at.
the edge of the American shore.
Let ono-tifth more of the water be
abstracted and the American channel
will 'be dry. 'that is, in effect,
double the amount of 40,000 cubic
feet, and when 80,000 cubic feet
have been taken away from the !re-
sent flow the Canadian channel will
still be an interesting object, but.
the American falls will bo wholly
gone.
The two American and three Can-
adian companies now in operation
ar about to operate, when producing
to their charter limits will abstract
98,000 cubic feet per second. That
amount will brtn • thcwater level
to the bottoms of the river at the
A irerican shore.
Dr. Clarke's suggested remedy is
taxation of the power drawn from
the Falls, not for the sake of rev-
enue, but for protection.
•
COUNTRY'S POSTAL BILL
THE YEAR'S EXPENDITURE
AND REVENUE.
t Ramification of the Canadian
Post Office -New Guarantee
System.
11 was a favorite saying of tile
Waiter Scott, the novelist, that he
never net a man without learning
something from him, however unlet-
tered and ignorant the man might
be. I'.vcn in the most uninteresting
personality, the great writer taw
something to attract and instruct.
Government reports are proverb-
ially dry. No one would think of
picking up one in order to while
away a spare hour; nor would a man
going: on n holiday cream of provid-
ing himself with a "rhea( of them for
purposes of amusement. They are
usually relegated to the waste pa-
per !trinket or allowed to llo on the
shelves of some Gowcnunent otflco
without any interference With their
repose.
INTERESTING MATTi•:It.
But, nevertheless, government re-
ports. however little they may ap-
peal to the average man. contain
some interesting nastier, and matter
alae that no man can afford to dis-
regard, should he have at heart the
proper management of government
British, and that Icing so the fact
of Its becoming a terra cognita is
merely a matter of time.
Ilut not only so. Not ot►ly will the
Canudinn post-offce undertake the
delivery of a letter to almost any
part of the globe. it also guarantors
to keep track of it.
REG !Slit ATiON SVS'PEM.
'this is by means of tho registra-
tion system that hies }nen in vogue
for nanny years. You post, for in-
stutt:e, a letter in To: onto (0 say
'l'imtlucteo, %there the ir.ttives, you
know, now and again have roast
trend fel' dinner. The letter is to a
frt. mi of yours who is being fatted
for the feast: and your letter will
reach hien in his confinement and en-
courage his heart to meet his fate.
One thing, howo'ete the Canadian
post -odic° does not guarantee the
value of the contents of the letters
it mettle abroad. It is afraid perhaps
of the oyer -friendly hnl.its of ueany
outside peoples. Nor is it altogether
to be censured for this reluctance to
assume such responsibility.
JUST IMAGINE.
Just imagine what a loss to tho
country it would be were, say a con-
signment of letters, each with a
thustt
n(1
dollar:note inside,
cap-
tured
-
tura!
in mid -ocean. The post -office
is too considerate of tho country's
interests to lay itself open to such
liability. Though, ntayhap the day
Will come molten it can safely do so;
that is, when other nations, having
hearted from Canada's example, rho
glorious principles of justice and
honesty, shall have ceased their ne-
quiritivo habits. Ilut, alas, that
clay is not yet.
Still. a letter posted to any ad-
(h•essTn Canada can have the value
of its contents, up to and Deluding
$25, guaranteed. This cattle into
force only last month. Progress is,
therefore, you see, being made in
the right direction, and you only
need to wait for a little until this
regclation applies to all the coun-
tries within the postal union.
11101{1•: 'l'IIAN A IX)LLAIt,
As may be imagine.!, from the
fact of the re,nilications of the pos-
tal system being so extensit'e, it
takes snore than a dollar or two to
keep the wheels of tho post -office
froth squeaking. On Nearing the
figures for last year yeti might be
inclinerl to say that quite a quan-
tity of oil is required: enough, in
fact, to still the wildest store. tho
Atlantic has ever seen, or even to
fill two or three times over one of
the great lakes.
That is always tho worst of the
p^.tblic•. as the contractor said when
criticism Was passetI on the tniaions
r government
veru t t t
for b t
', tttn:• 0
wasC
It ng
Joo he hurl got, they Want. every-
thing for nothing. But still it must
he said that the smut is quite a
handsome one, cit.. °4,347,5.10.84,
or, roughly speaking, something less
than a dollar per capita of the popu-
lation of the Dominion.
'I'E1tltOlt; AVAUNT!
Let not, however, your fear carry
you awry. 1t is true that the sum
mentioned is couch in excess of that
of the year before, and that it is
likely to increase instead of dimin-
ish. it is 8242,362.36 beyond the
expenditure for 1902-3. But. oven
then the country is not the loser.
it is a gainer. Fur the revenue
stands at 84,652,324.74. which glees
a surplus of $301,783.90, not at all
an insignificant sun to have on hand
if you want to do a little shopping
on a bargain day.
:•trangely enough, the only loss the
postal service sustained teas suet
with in the richest district of rho
1)ominien, namely the Yukon Dis-
trict. The revenue from that region
was Only F:30,086.11, t'herens the
expenditure was 8119,312.00. Query,
would it not he fair to demand that
the multi -millionaires of the Yu-
kon should pay nt least 81 for ev-
ery stamp they buy? 'Ihcir dollar
after all is o(luivnlent to two cents
belonging to a men of ordinary in-
come.
HOW IT FEELS TO STARVE.
By a Man Who Has Had the Ex-
perience.
It is during the first two days of
hunger that the sufferings of a
strong and healthy man are most
acute. Ile feels an inordinate, un-
speakable craving nt the etomach
night and day. On the third and
fourth days this incessant craving
gives place to asinking
null weak-
ness
k-
ness
of the stomach, accompanied by
nausea.
Should he chance to obtain a mor -
eft the surface to tho complete tion. eel or two of food he swnlloWs it
of 1itt' rockion of well-known land- ample, for us to cnn;v on burin.:9s with n wolfish avidity, but five min -
marks, have been the ncc•omponi- without some means tor the convey- totes afterward his sufferings are
meats of the unpnrntlel•d endeavors ance of hetet s? Could commerce
inure intense than ever. ile lets as
(exist in its present state were the it he had swallowed a living lobster
the beginning, lixe•tl ropt.s to tf • and achievements herr. conveyance of Tetters depent'-cat upon
Whoever has vittted this part of private messengers, AS was the case
firm rocks and began slowly descend- the Fells cecina since the beginning 1 g r
Ing. of these gigentle op,erations haps a century er so ago.
'riiui;i: BODii•:S FOUND. nought in vain for the Duiferin Is- BLUE. COATED MEN.
"Some hours later we united at 'enlist end Crescent island. and what We can hardly imagine what the
the anew on the ridge descending to , •t Imre seemed to hits nn inex- country, indeed. the wuald, oswe"r 10
twrtf (1 %nn:vitt, and all peril was trienhle rhesus of rock exenvntlona• the blue•conted urns who so often
bandage. lie IS young, his beard is over. 11e been - tidy loo'e.d, hat in of switches and sidings. of tent! or- comes in for our mint hAMU, for his
fair, but on the lend face there is vain, for truces of our unfortunate Wry' noel permanentconstructions;in lateness in d,livering ,tar lettere, and
rtn expression of iinspt nknhle anguish. conrpnmon... We I, itt over the ridge ,confusion worse confounded has torr whew Christman lee( we give set go with it in quest of food: the legs.
I'fC'1'I;III' S OI' UNTO(.:O AGONY. ! g t; from Weakness, redone.
I t 1 1'f 'Tl.e sixth day brings with it. in -
Here is another. this time n .10- cn'n .1 ulTering. nithougrh the pangs
pnnese. Itis left foot le bare end ing•, wee cense (I from the• useless el bus 1luwcd fur ages 1n tnnnult""115 out a ring!;, onsris at whi,h a human of hueg;,•r are lost in nn overpower-
ing Investor end sickness. The bead
which is clawing and feeding upon
the very foundation of his existence.
On the fifth day his cheeks sud-
denly appear hollow and suttken, his
body attenuated. his color is ashy
and his eyie wild. glossy, and canni-
bnlletic. '1 he different parts of the
system now war with retch other.
The stontnch calls upon the legs to
nntl cried to than,. but no sound re -.fronted hfu.
turned. ('ominr.'d at 1n't ihitt they (:rent sections of the ricer 1oftom,
Were neither within sight n.er hear- acres of rock over which the river
bnttdeg:eed. ile is resting on his right forts. nmi, too east down for , energy have been for the first time being co•rld refresh himself.
knee, and you cnn pininlp mor that tweet h. silt•titly ere red up aur r1 -exposed to the eye of man and the 'The poet-ofllre (0)11,((( us with become, dirzv, the ghosts of well -re -
he has draggeed himself nlneg for fecte art' those of the lost men, and light of the fem. the who!,' worl(I, It is said of the membered dinners 1,(tnn in hideous
perhaps n doter yet -cis. 'Then came completed the do -cerate" It tt n leafy that ►v its means 1 i Ihr r halt aline!
grudgingly. leimitwite him frn•n
the economy of the country nae life
would be a barren wilderness. With -
another bullet which passel thrutigh 1n all the years that hewn elapsed
his head. and h.• Is deed. since this fearful tratmri,, the exact
Here in front of the little stud wall
ssi cat: their rifle,
lie half n down Ru e
beside ill. in. (11 the .ether side of
'Sh,. wall lies the body of a •lnietn-
ite wittier, 1119 rifle still in his hands.
Il is richt leg has been shattered by
, . , 't
• hit of she•11, his neck is pierced 1 l,y
>t I,ny'onet wound. The leg wound
)►n': leen roughly bandaged tied th e
!blood narks on theground
s to
where the ,ol+tier drngy
Iho shelter of the wall. The hath
ben)) of empty cartridge shells 1
aide hits nti'I (he of dear. litwntg11l e
the other
plainly that the man, severely
wounded a-'+ he was, kept up the
GREATER CONSUMERS. Si
The three (-'nnndinn cnmpsnies nre 1
,racenti nn n rq e .
° .n The se%entit day comes, bringing
ost frieu.lx cnn he fencer! if they are rrnrna t the inert rising lassitude and further pro -
in nnv parof
nuns( g
spot where the 'body of Lord FranckFranckto be greater consumers than the world. It env Ir atntcd of the coil_ stratum of strength. the mare hum
listlesshe. the legs ttrng heavily. The
rtdserable remnant of life which still
hanem to the sufTerer is a burden al-
most ino grievo'is to be borne. yet
his inherent love of existence induces
a dewire still to preserve it if it can
be saverd without a tax on bodily ex-
ert ion.
Vie ants! wanders. At one moment
he thinks his weary limbs e'en not
emit nin hint n mile, the next he is
cn:towed with unnatural etrrneth.
and if there be it certainty of relief
le fore him (Inshee bravely and
strnnely herwnrd, wondering w•litnce
proceeds his new and sudden impulse.
Doughte found a resting place in American. they are the fn xt. the de,. pt,
wilyrt-otlicr that once the the great great glacier host never been es- most magnificent conceptions of sort 14 found it will de 1 er n leiter
wily located. '1 he three other hydraulici e'n'ering, ,unl in their to him, wherever his ale de.
bodIee were found the next morning ultimate r.nlitation rise to pro -
4,000 feet below the spot from which portiere which are nn expression of SIMPLY TRI:ItENI't+l'`;.
the e"eiut that has Ire; 'reel them. The list of places with which Can -
min has poste: cnn x:tion is simply
treunrnlous in its comprchensiventee.
About the ot,Iv places not to he o' -
sencd in the list are the north and
southpoits and if Is confidently es-
pected th it eine, the terrier lies
withbl the limits of ('nrtndn ,hat
postal c, n e, tine will 1 e nettle with
it in the near future. 'ihe eolith pith..
though not Canadian in at least
they had planted. All Alpine tour-
ists may ser their graces nt Zermatt.
ONCE A (tt'!'('tiI:it.
\ir. tilliam Weightman, of i'hiln-
'I he Canadian Nine -ale fewer Cont -
1 nny has n statutory Ile it of con-
sunrpti',n of 8.0(' cubic feet per sec-
ond; the Ontario Peeler Company.
dolphin. the ntillionnire, whose wit 12,000 cubic feet !'or sec'or:tl the
dealing with $50,000,000 Iq leen! Toronto h Ninen'n Potter Company,
co f,,efe•.1 1,, his rolat ices, 1185 a 11,200 mile ft. t per sort nal total,
Grimsby, rl'nelnndr betch'•r'e np. 32,100 (nide het per second.
prentice who wont to America sixty Adding to this total the limits of
years ago practically penniless. the Americanl producing companies
LEADING MARKETS
lilt!•:Alts rt'I•'I'S,
Toronto, May 23.-Ilheut-0i:tarto
-Some sales of No. 2 red amd obits
are still being made at 95c to !+tic.
Goose is nominal at 85c to 813°.
Manitoba is firmer. No. 1 northern
is quoted at 97c to 974c, No. 2
northern at 93c to 931c, and No. 3
northern at 88c to 884c lake ports.
Flour -Ontario 90 per cent. pat-
ents, 8.1.35 to $4.45, buyers' sacks,
east and west, 15c to 20c higher for
choice. Manitoba, $5.40 to $5.50
for first patents, and $5 to $5.10 fur
bakers'.
Millfeed-$15 to $15.50 for bran
and $17 to $17.50 for shorts. Man-
itoba, $18 for bran and $20 for
shorts at 'Toronto and equal points.
Barley -45c for No. 2, 43c for No.
3 extra, and 41c for No. 1 malting
outside Toronto freights.
Itye--690 to 70c for No.
outside.
Cunt -Canadian nominal at 17c for
yellow and 46c for mixed, Chatham
freights. American -No. 3 yellow,
kiln -dried, 59c to 594c; No. 3 yellow
nominal at 57c and mixed et 560
on track Toronto.
c
- 0 • west and •1 Oc to
Oats 3Jc to 4 c c t
•ll jc east,
Rolled Oats -$4.85 for ears of
bags and $1.60 for barrels on track
here; 25e more for broken lots here
and •lOc outside.
Pens -(18c to 69c for No. 2
and east and 70c for milling.
Buckwheat -59c to 60c east or-)
west.
2 1.u,h.
west
COUNTRY I'1tODUCE.
Butter -Dairy rolls are quottel at
about lc lower.
Creamery, prints
do solids
Dairy lb. rolls, good
choice
do large rolls
(10 medium
Cheese -New is quoted at 104c to
104c for largo and 11c for twins.
Old is unchanged at 114c for largo
and 12c for twins.
Eggs -The range of prices is un-
changed at 14c to 15c, with the bulk
of the sales being made at 114e to
15c.
Potatoes -Ontario are quoted at
GOc on trac.k and 65c to 75c ,eat of
store; eastern. 65c on track and 70c
to 75c out of store.
Baled llay-I'riccs are unchanged at
$8.50 to $9 per ton for No. 1 tim-
othy and $7 for mixed clover on
track here.
Baled Straw -Car lots on track
here are quoted steady at :6 per
ton.
19c to 20c
18c 19e
to
...17c "r'18c
15c 16c
14c 150
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Montreal, May 23. -Market is dull
and steady at 441jc for No. 3 oats
store, and 454c for No. 2. Other
grains are almost entirely neglected.
Millfeeed-.1 per ton lower, at $18
to $19 per ton for Manitoba bran
in bags, and $20 to 821 for shorts.
Ontario bran, in bulk, is $18.50 to
$19, and shorts $20 to $21 a ton,
inouille being $24 to 828 per ton.
Flour -Prices for Manitoba flour
aro $5.10 to $5.20 per barrel in
bags, for strong bakers', and 85.-
40 to $5.50 for patents. Ontario
flour is $5.50 to $5.60 for winter
wheat patents per barrel, and 55.15
to $5.25 for straight rollers, while
bags at $2.45 to $2.55.
!lay -('rices are steady nt $9 to
$9.25 for No. 1, $8 to $8.50 for
No. 2, $7 to $7.50 for clover mixed,
and $650 to $075 for pure ci,,ver.
Rolled Oats -Quotations are. 82.15
to $2.20 per bag.
Cornmeal -Dull at $1.:15 to $1.45
per bag.
itennx-Choice primes, $1.70 to
$1.75 per bushel, $1.50 to $1.60 in
cnr lots.
Provisions -Heavy Canadian short
cut pork, $16.50 to $17.50; light
short cut. $16.50 to $17; American
cut, clear fat pork, $20; compound
lard, 64c to 7c; Canadian lard, 61e
to 74c; kettle rendered, 84c to 94e,
according to quality; hams, 14c;
bacon, 1:3c to 14c; fresh killed abat-
toir hogs. $9.75 to $10; mixed, $7
selects. $7.50 off cars.
Eggs -Straight stock, 15c to 16e;
No. 2, 12c to 181c.
Butter -Choice creamery, 141° to
104c; under gra(les, 17c to 18c;
dairy, Inc to 160; rolls, 151c to
161c.
Cheese -Ontario, 10c to 104e; Que-
bec,
uabec, 91c to 94c.
I3i'1'I'ALO M:IItiiET,
Buffalo, May 23.-Plour-f':rtn.
Wheat -Spring, nothing done: winter
active demand; No. 2 red, in ,vire,
$1.041. Corn -Strong; No. •J yel-
low, 5L'., No. 2 corn, 571c. Ores -
i►ull; No. 2 white, 35c; No. 2 inirc'.l,
33 Canal freights -Unchanged.
1,500 ROYAL ROOMS.
'I'hc Winter Palace at St. Peters-
burg is the hugest building in
enrol'. It Was begun by I'eter the
Great and fnished by Catherine 11.,
and is built in reel sandstone. 1t
contains the fittest State -rooms. lie-
xidr these state -rooms it has 1,50+)
other rooms. 'the imperial nurser-
ies are very large, and when it Is
explained that one of the roans itt
large et:ong•h to hold it "n,outitain'.
down which the chi:dre•tt toboggan,
sonic idea will be given of its mag-
nitude. This tenon, is upholstered in
red, and here the I(oynl children aro
taught. and are sometimes joined in
their lessons by cousins or fiends.
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O1(1AN'i'IC 1.1011'1'.
An exnnt.lde of the lmnnen9e in-
crenee in the potter of modern ionrirllt
lights is furnished iry the new equip-
ment of the St. Catherine lighthouse
on the south coast of the Isle of
11iuht. It has a p„Wer of 15,000,-
1(a0 candies, es atninst the 3,000,-
000 candle-power of the light Hint
it replaces. 'ITto new lens throwq
three distinct hearts of light, which
follow one another arrows the anter.
The apparatus teenier* In a trm+gh
of mercury, on which it is floated,
instead of being carried by rollers ter
hitherto Afoot MI6 Itt of mercury
is required to fill thu trough.
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