HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1905-05-18, Page 3FIGHTING NEAR AT HAND
Left Wing of Russian Army Falls
Back to Kirin.
A BATTLE IMMINENT.
A dispatch from Tokio says: The
Annhi learns That the left wing of
the Russian army has fallen back to
Kirin, where it Is coneentratiog. it
is understood that se battle is immin-
ent.
JAPS DIM 1':N i3ACK.
A deep atch from St. I'etersbu•rg
Gays: Gen. Linevitch, in a despatch
to the Emperor, dated Tuesday,
says:- "Our advan. e posts along
the line from 1'odysouzsche to Shi-
houzo were attacked by the tmenty's
cavalry on Sunday. The Japanese
were repulsed. They renewed the at-
tack next day, but were again un-
successful.
"On Tuesday our cavalry advanced
in Gs. direction of the Shahetzy
!fines, which were occupied by Ja-
panese, who in the face of our artil-
lery fare, and a turning movement
westward of the trines, were ublige(I
to retire toward() the Village of
Hiniant•og, front which they subse-
quently were dislodged, retiring to
the \'illat,o of Matliopa."
.
ANOTIiIER 1(USSSIAN LOAN.
A despatch from St. Petersburg
My 9: The Itu5s stat(m that the Gov-
erneu•nt has negotiated a loan of
200,000,000 marks ($16,000,000) at
5 per cent., with German financiers.
FREE FI(OM BARNACLES.
A despatch from Saigon says: -The
Russian cruiser Jemtchug and the
Russian auxiliary cruiser Dion, be-
longing
o-longing to Admiral Itojestvensky's
squadron, arrived off Cape St.
James, near here, during the night
of Monday and left the next day at
tho request of tho Governor of
French Indo-China.
These cruisers, which brought in-
structions for Rear -Admiral Niebo-
gatorf. anchored three or four miles
of! shore. A heavy sea was run-
ning, exposing a good deal of the
warships' hulls, which were quite
free from barnacles or seaweed. The
ships appeared to have unusually
large crews,. and it seemed that the
men were all in good health.
The main Russian squadron is
said to be well provisioned. but to
be short of tolniceo end cigars.
It is considered likely here that
Nichogutoll's division has already
linseed Cape St. James.
JAPAN'S POSITION.
A despatch: from Paris says: -In the
course of an apparently authoritative
statement published here on Wednes-
day of Japan's case against France,
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
v
REPORTS FROM THE LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese.
sad Other Dairy Produce
at Home and Abroad.
Toro to, May 16.-Wlr.•at-No. 2
white and red Winter sold at. 97c at
outside points. No. 2 gouse is pure-
ly
urerly nominal. Moult oba wheat is
steady, with No. 1 Northern quoted
at 95Se lake► ports at opening of
nseigatrot; No. 2 Northern at U1,',C,
nod No. 3 North.en at. Mir.
Oats -No. 2 white quotid at :39c
outtitle and No. 1 at 401c east.
Cars of No. 2 pante on truck here
aro quoted at 43c.
Barley -No. 2 quoted at 45 to 46c
mi(k)le freights; No. 2 extra at 43 to
4Ic. No. 3 at 91 to 42c, middle
freighta.
Pray -The market is steady, with
a summary is given of various acts dealers quoting 68 to 69c at outside
of assistance rendered the vessels of i'o:nes.
tho Russian second Pacific squadron Corn -Canadian yellow quoted at
at Cherbourg, Dakar, Algiers, Jibu- 47c, and mixed at 46ic west. guar -
til, Magunga, Nossibe, Kamranh nulled sound. American kiln dried;
Bay, l'ort Dayot, and Ilon-Koko No. 3 yellow, 59 to 591c on track,
Bay. Tho conclusions of the Japan- Toronto.
est) (3overnnnent are stated to be as l(ye-Tho market
follows: prices nominal at 136
"First -Without questioning tho for No. 2.
good faith of France, Japan holds Buckwheat -Prices
that the French orders to observe to 60c outside.
neutrality have not been sufficiently Elwin -Ninety per cent. patents are
quoted at 54.35 to $4.40 In buyers'
sacks. east or west; straight rollers
of special brand» for domestic trade,
in bbls., $4.75 to $4.85. Manitoba
flours are steady. No. 1 patents,
$5.30 to 55.50. No. 2 patents,
$5.10 to $5.20; and strong bakers',
$5 to $5.10 on track, Toronto.
Millfeed--At outside points bran is
quoted at $16.50, and shorts at
518.50. Manitoba bran, in stacks,
519, ant shorts at $21.
is dull, with
to 07c outside
nominee,
at
59
ease: u led.
"t$ecotd-france should have taken
sufficient measures beforehand to pre-
vent violations of neutrality, instead
of securing the observance of neutra-
lity after Japan's remonstrances.
"Third-ln default of sufficient sur-
veillance, Vico-Admiral Rojestvensker
has been greatly facilitated in the ac-
complishment of his mission, and in
gaining access to Chinese waters.
Consequently, it was for the ends
of warfare that Vice -Admiral Itojest-
vonsky utilized on successive occa-
sions French waters, ;both for anchor-
ing and re -victualing, and in await-
ing the arrival of reinforcements."
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -Choice stock, $2.50 per
bbl.; ccoxing apples, $1 to $1.50 per
The foregoing is said to bo sub- bbl.
stantiulty Japan's position both ns Ileans-1'rint(us sell in small lots at
to the past and as the basis of any 51.60 to 81.65, and hand-picked at
future claims_ arising from tho al- 51.70 to $1.73 per bushel.
leged breaches of neutrality. Irop1-rho market is tniclrangm1 at
32 to 35c, according to s7uality.
Honey -The market Is quiet, and
prices easy. at 7 to 71c per Ib. Comb
honey. $1.75 to 52 per dozen.
Hay --Car lots of No. 1 timothy
are quoted at 58 to $8.25 on track
hero, and No. 2 at $6.50 to $7.
Straw-'Ihe market is unchanged,
with car luta quoted at $6 to $6.25
on track, Toronto.
Potatoes -Car tots of Ontarlos are
quotid at 50 to 60c per bag on track
EIGHT NEW WARSHIPS.
A despatch from Tokio says: -'The
reports that Japan plans to order
the construction of two battleships
and six large cruisers abroad are re-
newed. The representatives of Eng-
lish navel constructors are here, en-
• deavoring to secure the orders. but
it. is doubtful if the Government has
reached any decision in the matter.
AWFUL RAILWAY WRECK
I
.At Least Twenty-five People Were
Killed.
A Him ieburg, Penn., despatch
says: At least twenty-five persons
were killed, many being burned to
death, and utoru than ono hundred
injured in a collision on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, south of llkerrisburg,
a few minutes before 2 o'clock on
Thursday morning, caused by the
asccon•i section of the Cleveland (100
Cin. innull express, westbound. crash-
ing into a wrecked freight train.
Among the injured were Mr. and
Mrs. 'lindell, the latter a daughter
of U. S. Senator Knox, who were on
their nay to Pittsburg front New
York.
it. is unofficially estiurateel that
the financial loss will amount to
fully $:300,000. This includes $15,-
000 for cash. jewellery and other
V personal effects of (ho passengers
that were destroyed.
NEWSPAPER MAN'S STORY..
The first intimation i had of the
wreck. said John 1t. Reynolds, of
Pitts:,t.tg, n neweoeper ►nun, who
was going home from New York, nod
who teco.pt•tl with slight injuries,
"was nhen 1 heard an awful crash
and was thrown out into the aisle of
the car. 1 was daze.' for a time
and only realized my position and
what had happened wit it 1 felt a wo-
man grabbing are and serietrniug
'For (bels take. help ere!' 1 pushed
her out of the window, and a fellow -
passenger handed out a chilli which
belun;,cd to her. lie then left the
train and calle l to me to jump
through the window. Just then
there was a terrific explosion. As I
droppe) to the grouted a missile
struck ant kiiucked rue dawn. I don't
know how long I lay there, but
when i recovered my settees I crawled
across the tracks under a freight
train arid rolled down the embank-
ment on tho other side. I was in
my nieht clothes. and all my other
clouting and belongings were lost.
"I never want to witness torch it
Mehl as that which followed the col -
Ireton. Women were sereantutg, chil-
dren were crying, and strong then
wcro nnnderingg about dazed and
helpless. '1 he track: were strewn in
all direction, with half -naked non
and women. some of whout wcro dead
nut others scrionsly injured."
When the boiler of the passenger
engine blew up, the engineer was in-
stantly kilted.
l GORED 10 DEATH.
Nine Children Killed in a Spanish
Town.
A Madrid despatch says: While a
sore of little girls neve playing in
the fie l,!5 at '1 illamunritiue, Setillc,
!mit
at at It religious procenoion, and
tent int, th it handkerchiefs like ban-
ners, tl•;y irritntcd a drone of nnlle,
which charged them. '1 he chitelrcn
were to se I, tramp) it upon uuil
gored. Nirte of them were kill'd and
1adly injured. '1)x• drovers were
ininetlattly arrested, which prevent-
ed th, y01111180.' front lenehing than.
\ i'Iati.anti li:e is the centre of the
06. Qiectrict in which bulls are ler•.1 for
thio Hoe. and it is an inwritt(n law
there that the droners are rspon-
liable for evert Lode's tat.•ty frees tse
Which oro praelically told.
SETTLERS POURING IN.
Mr. Knappen's Trip Through the
. North-West.
A Wiintipeg despatch aayit Theo-
dore M. JCnuppxen, Secretary of the
Weston Canadian Immigration As-
sociation. returned on Tuesday from
an extended trip through the west.
Mr. KnttPper went out to Regina and
Sasi•atoen, drove ncross to Carman
on the C.N.it., and came into the
city oter the Canadian Northern.
The influx of r.ew settlers list declares
to he mo -.t notable. five liundreel
cars of settlers' effects have beenun-
leaded between Regina and Prince
Albert this spring, and at every stn -
tion similar tights are seen. From
l'rince Albert to 1Viunipeg the trav-
eller now Is teeter out of yi;;ht of a
house, and this is a country where
two years ago there was not it build-
ing. During the present summer Mr.
Ktmppen expects that forty thou-
sand homesteads oil: bo taken up,
awl within two years! time he de-
clares there will not se a homestead
left tvithin reaching distance of n
line of railway. The business Is be-
ing successfully handled • by trans-
portation c patties, nest there
very few complaints of delay.
A NEW BALLOT BOX.
Device by Which Fraudulent
nipulation is Prevented.
An Ottawa despatch :;aver The day
of the fraudulent ballot -box is gone
by the Invention of what is knnwn
as the Nelson ballot -box, which was
patented at the Department of Ag-
riculture last week. It Is a svlmple
Yluitice, but absolutely e1Tectivo in
prof. sting the moo of any box with
a fraudulent co•ni'artment or nny
urs)ianisni by which lmllots can bo
ste•it:htd ur mniiipulatiel. '!leis is
nccrnnplish•sf by it series of apertures
an both eines of the box, but in nu
way Is the efficiency or secrecy of
the ballot -lox impaired. A voter
can see his ballot dropping into the
box, but even should it !reclaim un-
rolled or unfolded after being de-
posited, it. is impossible to read it..
are
Ma -
GOLD FROM THE NORTH.
A Total Output of Twenty-two
Millions or More.
accordng to quality, and jobbing
lots are 70 to e.nr
rc for the !pest Kock.
Poultry -Chickens, 12 to 13c per
ib.; hens, 10 to 1lc: turkeys, dry
picked, 16 to 17c; do scalded, 12 to
13c.
T1I1• DAIRY MARKi•:T.
Butter -Pound prir.ts are jobbing
at 17) to 18c, and large dairy rolls
at 16 to 17c. Low grades, 14 to
15c. Creamery prints evil at 20c
per ib.
Ewa -Case lots are selling at 11
to 1.110 per dozen.
Cheese -Old scarce, and quoted nt
111e, while new cheese are lower at
101 to 10fc per lb.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
:Montreal, May 16.-Grain-4)nts
continue quiet, with fettles of car
lots of No. 2 white at •l.', c, and No.
3, 411c per bushel ex »t ore. !'lour
-Manitoba Spring wheat patents,
55.40 to $5.50; stroll,; bakers', $5.-
10 to $ 5.20; Winter wheat. patents,
$5.50 to 55.60; straight rollers,
$5.15 to $5.25, in wool; in bags,
$2.45 to $2.55. Rolled oats --52.20
to $2.224 per bag. Feed --Ontario
bran, in bulk, at 118 to 518.50;
shorts $19 to $20; Manitoba bran,
in bags, $18 to $19; shorts, $20 to
521. !term~ -Choice Intuees, $1.70 to
$1.75 per lobi:!; 51.50 to 51.60 in
car lots. Provisions-Ifva y Cana-
dian effort cut pork, $16.50 to $17.-
50; light short cut, 816.50 to $17;
Ani tirican cut clear, fat back, 520;
rompound lura, 61 to 7c; Canadian
larxf, Iii to 71c; kettle registered, 84
to 94e: limns 12 to 13c, heron, 18c;
fresh killed abattoir hogs. $9.75 to
510; mixed, 56.50 to $6.75; »elect,
17 to 57.35 oil cars. Eggr►-Straight
otock, 141 to 15c; No. 1, 1:31 to
laic; No. 2, 12 to 124c. lluticr-
C'hoice creamery, 191 to 191c; under
grnibo , 17 to 18c; (h►iry, 17e; );p}Is,
13 to 16c. Cheese -.4) ario, 104 to
1O1c; Quebec, 9j to 10c.
UNITED STATES MARKETS,
Milwaukee. Mny 16. -Wheat -No. 1
Northern, $1.01; No. 2 Northern 51
to 51.03; July, 834 to 832c bid. Itye
-No. 1, ;Sc. lterlc'y Steady; No. 2,
51c; sample, 40 to 50e. Corn -No. 3,
481 to 4i/le: July, old, 461 to 461,e.
Mb1111rapolis, Mny 16. -Wheat --
May, 81.02; .July, 96c; Sept., 79jc;
No. 1 herd. $1.07; No. 1 Northern,
111•05: No. 2 Northern. 51.03. Flour
-Patents, $5.6(1 to $5.75; second
potents. $5.55 to $5.15; first cienrs,
$1
A despatch from Staple, Waelt
Brati-In bulk, $12.25.
t o 51.1 0: second clears, 82.75 to
sn 1' 1 11 United ' t t
.Assayer. states from informtti.m he
tins received from Alaska and the
Northwest 'Territories this winter
the output in gold from the norlhetn
country this year will total e22,-
000,000, if not more. From the
Klondike nlone Mr. Wing predicts an
output of from len to twelve neil-
vs:- , . Inge, , .t eq
('A'1'I'i,I: MA ET.
Toronto, May 16.-A fairly heavy
run of cattle was offering aft the
Western Market this tnnrnitg. but it
fair pereentnge of the cattle were
of teary good quality, and with n
fair to good demand in all lines
lions. prices were well n nilttni,ssI. nl-
TURKISH OFFICERS KILLED.
Armenian Bands Gathering on the
Russian Frontier.
A d.espntch from London t:
'1'he Constantinople correspondent of
tho 'fines says thnt in n Tight ;•e.ar
slash, Armenian. Newlin' '1•414.iih
troops end Armenians. two '1'e rcieh
officers teere kit.sI. It i, 'emotes,
thnt there have been ,several sut'h
fight e. .\rnuminn I'Ands are gat 4.1• -
fag on tate 'temente frontier, waiting
for a faverahle tnutncnt to cross.
though in exporters there was ra-
ther Less sitnpiiiness to the market.
Export cattle, choiee?5 80 to SA 00
do good to median 5 50 5 80
50
75
do otiose .. ..... ... :, 25
nti114.... 1 25
But hers good to
(bake ... 'i 48
fro fair to gond 4 80
inked loin. medium4 0(1
(10 (0011011 8 M)
d, ur.ts..... ..... 2 50
lit 10.. . 2 -.o
iht common 1" fair 3 75
l•'.der., 10 12 eat.. 4 40
(b
1).10 cwt ... .... 4 00
r,
4
S
5
4
:3
4
5
4
75
2()
-,1(
50
6(►
50
do buns 3 40
Stockers. good... .. 75
do fair.... :3 40
de rough to cons2 5e►
Itulls....
. 1 75
\Filch cows, each ....30 0(1
Export owes, p. cwt. 4 75
So bucks, per cwt. 3 50
Mixed sheep 4 00
(:ruin fol ye;trihigh- 11 50
1laruyarde.. ... 4 U(1
springs do. each3 00
Capes, per Ib 34
do cacti. • 2 00
ilogs, selects, p. cwt7 (10
do lights... ... ti 75
do fats .... 6 75
♦-•
8 80
4 25
:3 75
2 90
2 50
70 00
5 00
4 00
4 50
7 00
5 (10
6 50
51
10 00
u uu
0 00
0 00
DOMINION PARLIAMENT
NOTES
THE
OF PROCEEDINGS IN
HOUSE OF COMMONS,
RAILWAY It11J PASSED.
Tho Itailwuy Committee passed tho
Sill granting an extension of time
To the Manitoulin and North Shore
Railway Company, with a provision
added that the line between Sudbury
and Little. Current, Ont., must be
ONE HUNDRED
Torna'lo Wipes Out Town of
Snyder, Oklahoma.
A Guthrie, Okla., despatch rays: -
Suede'', a thriving toe!' of 1,000
ONTARIO LEGISLATURE
WHAT OUR LEGISLATORS ARE
DOING AT TORONTO..
persons, situated in the heart of the MOTOR \'E:IUCLFS,
rich Kiowu farming country open to Mr. I.t'unox's bill to amend the Act
white settllneut inn 1001, was praeti_ to regulate the spes.d and ap••rution
tally wipeet out of existence by a
tornado that struck tlrut place on
Wtrincsday night.
Thu death list will probably exceed
of motor vehicles un highways, 11,15
given its second reading and scut to
the Municipal Committee. The 1111
Kitt ides fur the numbering of cars
100 persons. Eighty -lite bodies have on the sides, and gives 1'aunty,
been recovered, u dozen persons aro City. and 'Town council tho author -
missing and given up for dead, and ity to pass by-laws to regulate wo-
of the forty-one seriously wounded tor traffic.
several are likely to die. Moro than ONTARIO RAILWAY.
one hundred other persons suffered .(1) The company may take,
less severe injuries. Graham's bill respecting The Ontario
The stolen was of the regular tide -Electric Itnilway was amended in
lett and swooped crown upon Synder
committee by the addition of a clause
without warning. It cut a swath a
further »ute'gsuurdittg the rights of the
half mile wide, denrulishing every -
in its path fur a distanco of municipalities,
ten miles southwest and three miles The clause reads as follows: -
northeast of Snyder. "(1) Tho company ay take,
THE WORK OF StF.LIEls. trans{ ort. and convey goods upon
its railway. to be constructed under
The first news of the Morin was the authority of this Act, but uo
received about midnight. Soon there- freight or express cars shall he car -
after, before any details had been re- ried along any public highway over
ceived, telegraph and telephone wires the railway to bo constructed over
commenced within ono year from went down. lniwediutely relief trains
as
July 1st from Little Current harbor, were ordered out from all available aforestt►id, unless and until the sift
and 5130,000 spent within a year points, starting from Hobart, Chick- attd flambee of cars a►ntl motors to
and the line completed within two ossa, I. '1'., Guthrie. Oklahoma City, tend therewith, and
the hours of
years. The line from Meaford to and other towns. Every train car- running the same have been approv-
ed by tho Railway Committee of the
Executive Council of Ontario, nor
shall any freight service be operated
on any such public highway until
authorized by or except as directed
by the said Railway Committee. -
"(2) Tho company may stake uni-
form special rates for the carriage
of fruits, milk, and other perishable
freight."
1!OAN COMPANIES' ACT.
Mr. Gamey's amendment. to tho
Loan Companies' Act is to enable
the Attorney -General to order an
Invostigatie,'' into the affairs of a
loan company nt any time. At pres-
ent the Act is »o,nowhat complicat-
ed, and difficulty is ex[erlenced in
enquiring Otto thoir affairs.
STOCK SCIHEMING.
It was announced that tho Govern-
ment woukl consolidate tho stock
companies act, and embody the
amendments proposed by Mr. lloylo
in his bill, which canto before a
special committee in the l'ravincial
Secret ary's office. Mr. Hoyle't:
aincndments follow the Imperial Par-
1Satnent's measure directed. aerialist.
the watering of stock and over-ca-
pitalivation as exemplified by Mr.
Illooley auntie years ago. Directors
will bo required to sign the pro-
spectuse9. which umist emboly all the
facts, under a penalty of $200 each.
Mil. GAMEY.
Tho first division of the Legislature
occurred on Mr. (3auney's motion to
rescind rho vote of censure of tate
lust Legislature. Mr. Hnrconrt r.nd
tho Premier were the only speakers
beside Mr. Carney hinexelf, 111)11 tlle
vote of 60 to 21 represrntetl the
party strength of the House. '!'here
were seven pairs and three members
absoirt.
Owen Sound trust be commenced this ried doctors, nurses and any pn•rson
year and $150,000 spent on it, and capable of rendering aid. The first
completed in 1906. relied train, sent front Hobart, 32
\'E'FL1tANS ASK GRANT. utiles north of Snyder, reached the
The Railway Committee was stricken town just before daylight.
crowded 011 Wednesday forenoon with -Everyone on board began at once
the Quebec veterans of 1860 and tho work of relief. On every hand
1870. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Fred- they found wreckage and streets al -
crick Borden, lion. W. 5. Fielding, most obliterated by piles of dentol-
tend Solicitor -General Lemieux ro- 'shed houses. In all directions evi-
celved the delegation. Capt,
C. E.
dence of tho terrible havoc of the
Patterson, of the Montreal Veterans' storm was apparent. Tho dead and
Association, addressed the Ministers' dying lay about tho streets, in yards
setting forth that what was wanted and mixer' up with the wreckage,
was 160 acres of land for each vet- while those who escaped ran hither
eran in the North-West. lie thought and thither in excited attempts to
this was a Matter of right. bring order out of the terrible chaos,
Capt. Patterson, of the Ottawa and to render what meagre aid they
Valley Veterans, said that Sir Wil-
frid was a veteran himself, and know
all about it. The veterans wanted
hire to command then and land then!
160 acres each in the North-West.
Sir Wilfrid said that a s' 'lar del-
egation had welted on tho Govern-
utent a year ago. The session was
too far advanced then to do any-
thing. Reference was made to his
having been ono of the veterans. Ile
might.
M1'N TO DIG GRAVES.
Oklahoma City on 'Thursday sent
ono hundred men to dig graves and
seek tho dead still in the ruins, and
a dozen undertakers with ono hun-
dred cbtlins. Offers of financial as-
sistanco have come from numerous
cities.
To add to the general confusion
and distress, after the tornado had
did not do so much, but if tho op- Jpassed fire broke out and burned up
portunity had arisen he would have all that remained of the buildings in
done so, and was proud to be ono ono of the business blocks. So far
of them. What tho veterans •nskod it has not been possible to find out
was that, after 30 years, the coun- whether any bodies were cremated.
try should give some little recogni- An unident;tied woman was picked
tion for what they had done. 'There up dead. having been pinioned to the
was no doubt they saved tho coun- ground by a largo sliver which en-
try from much humiliation and a tered her left eye and camp out
great deal of misery. What the vet- through the back of her head.
erans asked was not much. Ho asked MANY WOUNDED WILL DIE.
them to trust to the Government.
LEAF '1'013ACCO.
The Mayor of Snyder is having
much trouble arranging for the bur -
Mr. Clements was informed by Mr. tail of rho dead. The confusion is
Patterson that 13,217,290 pounds great, owing to the fact that there
of leaf tobacco had been imported are inany unidentified bodies of the
front the United States last year, morgues. There is inuch suffering
upon which the duty was 81,278,455. owing to lack of provisions and
ISI•:S'1' Ili•:NS FOR 1':11(\lIN(1. places to stay. What houses ro-
Mr. A. G. Gilbert, poultry utnnn- main In the town are unsafe for hab-
ger at the J:xperimeutnl farm, con- Station. l)r. York of Hobart, who
eluded his evidence before the Agri- was active in relieving the suffering,
culture Committee. lie recommend- saysat twenty per cent. of the
ed tho following as the best general_ wound will die.
purpose varieties of chickens for the ♦ I
farmers: -Any variety of PlymouthWHAT RAILWAYS ARE DOING.
Itock, W'yundotto or Orpington
Methohs of Special Assistance to
Agricultural Development.
breeds. Ile strongly advised the
farmers to get into closer touch with
dealers who wanted strictly new -
laid eggs, and said that the con-
sumption of the best eggs in Canada
was fust overtaking the production,
and the second-grade eggs go to the
English market.
A !notion was passed. asking the
(1ivtrnuuerit to establish experimen-
tal stations for geese, turkeys ,1d
(licks.
Mr. Clements informed the com-
mittee that n loan in Chatham had
been sendit.g eggs to Montreal all
winter, and received forty and forty -
live cents a dozen for them.
Mr. Gilbert said this was what he
had been laughed nt for years for
having advocated.
1311.1.5 PASSED IN SENATE.
In the Senate the following hills
were rend it third time and passed:
To incorporate tho Monarch dusk
of Canada; respecting the Board of
the Presbyterian College, Halifax; to
incorporate the Crown Casualty
Company of ('anada,: respecting the
Richmond and Drummond fire In-
surance Company. Hon. Mr. Tem-
pleton pointed out that the Standing
Orders Committee had reported fav-
orably on the petition of the Isquf-
malt and Nannimo Railway, sanc-
tioning Its purchase by tho C.1'.lt.,
and mowed to rescind the resolution
of the Sennto setting the second
reading for 'Tuesday, and thnt it be
read a second time. Thin was
agreed to, and the bill read a sec-
ond time and referred to the Railway
Committee.
WEST IS JUBILANT.
•
Favorable Features of C. P. R.
Crop Report.
A despatch from 11Yimipeg says:
'I It' C. 1'. It. weekly crop report
shows a general marked improve-
ment in conditions. Seeding Is all
done, aril snow nnal rain have put
the land in spletelid slime-. The
resultis a generally optimistic feel-
ing throughout the whole of the
%vest, n* everything points to a
heavy yield. in some districts the
weather hos been too cold for the
best results, but no anxiety is reit
on that score.
SHOT THE COLONEL DEAD.
Assassins in Russia Have Claimed
Another Victim.
A et s; a''rh from Niini Novgorod
ewe. 1 teat.-('"lonel (1riermir of the
geed Iarrner'ie wets shot dead ea he was
entering his residence nt midnight on
l'ilheretlay on his return from the
theatre. The hoes,• watchman wits
se•rime-1y vounxb'•I. '1 he murderer,
who teas reutured, gate his name as
Nikiorof ,
Next to tho governments of the
country there aro probably no cor-
porate inter( -ate so much interested
in the country's 1 ro.;p erity and de-
velopment
o-velopment 05 ilio 'Transportation
Companies, and especially is this
true when these companies hold Target
land grants.
An investigation of the develop-
ment policy of over eighty of the
more important railways revtnls the
fact that a greet dcnl of quiet and
effective work for the encouragement
of agriculture and stock rnisittg is
being den° by most of these great
corporal ions.
Nearly all the roads are active in
securing immigration for their ter-
ritory and in locating ii Int trtn! en-
terprises. 'l'o this (ted they either
have a special Industrial ('o emission
or conte and et their general ofBeers
gives his attention to the subject
and when it conies to the encourage-
ment of agriculture the tot:owing are
the figures:
Twenty-nine railways give active
assistance to the marketing -of pro-
ducts grown along their lands; eight
employ special agricultural agents;
thirty-one co-operate with the State
college* and experiment eat stations In
Hiding agricultural education; twelve
encourage need improvement; ten
promote egricul(ural convernlions;
six rem specinl educational trains;
three introduce pure-bred stock; five
own demonstration fnrnis; nine print
nml distribute bulletins; two run it
pick-up car service; six give specie!
rate* to encourage stock raising;
tour subscribe for and distribute Ag-
ricultural papers.
Such is tho record of tho railways
of the United States. Our Canadian
railways have, as almost every one
knows. done an immense amount of
neverttsing for Canada and so►.to of
them have done much to nstlst in
practical ngricniternh development.
G. T. PACIFIC BONUS.
Carried at Fort William by Largo
Majority.
A despntch from Fort WibIit in
says: -Tho by-law granting n metes
of $:300.000 to the (Irnnd 'Trunk
Pacific for the purchase of the mis-
sion property carried on Wednesday
with it sweeping majority, (he tote
standings 777 for to 55 neatest, the
Inrg.st vote on a by -Ina• pulled in
the history of the town. 'The Gover-
nor-General. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and
Cabinet, and Mr. 1111ilney an•l Cale
Met are to be invited to be present
at the turning of the fbrat 5101, .lnly
1. The company's principn) works.
docks, elevators and head offices for
the Superior divlsii,n will he keeled
hero.
BREWERS MUST I'AY,
An important bill was introduced
by Mr. Manna to amend the Act re-
specting the brewers', distillers', and
other licenses. Ile explained that it
provided for the licensing of ware-
ousc•s maintained by brewers and
distillers in cities other than those, Men's Christian Association buildings
in which their manufacturing plants' at Pekin, Seoul and Kyoto.
were situated. 'Those establishments
had been maintained for years under
tho impression that they were legal,
but the question of legality had been
raised by a county ('run n attorney.
Tho hill proposed to legalize (heat
and impose a substantial li..euse fee.
thereby bringing in a revenue to the the French -Spanish convention has
province of $5,000 to $10,000. The been completed. The cable belong*
bill merely legalized what everybody to the french Government. and con -
thought was already legal. The stitutes. it is considered, another
brewers had requested the missing(' step towards the consolidation of
of the Act for their own protection.
111(311 SCHOOLS A('T.
Mr. Nesbitt's bill to amend the
lligh Schools Act, was read a sec-
ond time. It, provided for the strik-
ing out of tho clause whereby muni-
cipalities have to pay a fee for pupils
attending Iiigh schools in other
municipalities.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OYEZ
THE GLOBE.
Telegraphic Briefs From
and Other Countries of Re-
CANA1)A.
A plan to spent! $1,000,000 on now
hospital buildings is being cousidur-
ed in 'Toronto.
Stratford will submit a by-law to
grunt the C.P.U. 530,000 to enter
the city
'l hu B.ureau of Mines discredits tho
story of rich gold finds in the 'l'etu-
iskaming.
Robert Proctor was acquitted at
London on Saturday. on the charge
of murdering Clifton Loomis.'
D. C. Bean, of New York, has
presented the faculty of science of
Queen's University with 16,000.
Clarke & Co.'s jewellery etoro at
Montreal was entered and robbed of
5500 worth of goods, on friday.
Toronto is to have a now bank
called the Sterling Rank of Canada.
Notice of application for incorpora-
tion has been given.
The death sentence of Fouquet of
Sherbrooke, (4uo., for the murder of
his infant., has been co tutc'd to
life itnpriso►sutstt.
Ily-laws to spend thirty-five thou-
sand dollars for street and water-
works itnproventonts were defeated at
SC Mary's on Saturday.
Attorney -General Longley has re-
ceived word that the Dominion Gov-
ernment have given a grant for the
Dominion Exhibition in Halifax is
1906.
Tho Cataract Power Company is
securing options on HIamilton pro-
perty with a view to erecting a big
electric railway station.
Shipments of wheat from Winnipeg
between September 1st and April
80th, amount to 33.850,000 bushels,
compared with 60,239,000 bushels a
year ago. a
• GREAT BRITAIN.
British imports in April decreased
$9,494,500, and exports increased
$8,268,000.
The London Times says there b
anxiety for the future in the com-
mercial situation..
A bill to exclude undesirable aliens
received its second reading in the
British IIouse of Contnnons.
During the torpedo manoevres at
Jlerehaven, the destroyer Syren ran
on tho rocks and broke her back.
The banquet of the London Cham-
ber of Commerce to tho Canadian
maufacturers. has been arranged for
Junon'll
Lord Strathcona has donuted five
hundred pounds to the Tropical
School of Medicine London, with
which several Canadian physicians
aro connected.
The British Admiralty have decided
to postpone the naval manoeuvres.
Because of unsutls ory freight;
rates west of Mon an English
first lost a large Canadian contract.
Oar Ova
UNI'VE B S'L'ATES.
A mutiny took place on the United t
States cruiser Galveston.
The Union Pacific Railway is to
Hake a thorough test of a new gas-
oline motor car.
Stockholders of the Union Pacific
Railway have approved of nn lt�tlo
of $100,000,000 preferred stock.
.1ohn Wnnainaker of Philadelphia
hits given 5100,000 for the Young
GENERAL.
Tho teamsters on strike in Chica-
go must either yield or cull out
workmen iti affiliated unions.
The french cable connecting Cadiz,
Spain, with 'Tangier provided for by
NAME ALTERED.
Premier Whitney Introduced a
respecting the Executive (' tcil. It
changes tho °Mcinl name of the Com-
missioner of Crown l,antlm .o "The
Minister oLLnnds and Mit
Another bill was also intro
by the Premier, to abolish the num-
bered ballot. The introduction of
such it ineasure, it will be remember-
ed, was promised by Mr. Whitney
801110 time ago.
ST1(EE'1' L1 IITIN(i.
Mr. Downey secured the second
reading of his bill to amend the
Municipal Act. It. protides that n
French interests in Morocco.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN.
Addison Smith of Shrewsbury,
Ont., Still Hale and Active.
A deepatch from Chatham says: -
This is the one hundred and lvenllt
anniversary of the birth of Addison
Smith of Shrewsbury, Rotel Eau
Bay. Mr. Smith enjoys the distitte-
tion of having lived in the
eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth
centuries. Iio is tho father of 29
children, is blessed with mecum! eyo-
cel sight, and is still active in body
and mind.
AN EXCHANGE OF QUARTERS.
Before the Suo7.•Canal was opened
Sl. Melena was% frequent portof
call for English vessels hound to and
from India aid the! farther East.
following this custorn, which was
caused by the need of obtaining sup -
municipality may establish a plant piles for thn long voynge, the ship
for nwnicipal street without in which rho Duke of Wellington,
reference to rho nrhilraltonlighting clauses then Sir Arthur Wellesley, was re -
of the Conine° Lill, and that where turning to England front India
n municipality decides to go into
municipal trading in lighting, exist-
ing companies roust consent to ar-
bitrate.
INSURANCE LOSSES.
Something Must be Done to Save
Companies From Ruin.
A despateh from Now Tock says:
1 h(•
trteinliere of 1 he• Nal !ores! Board
of Fire UrnL•rwriters, ttho met in
annual cony( nt ion here on 'Thursday,
were tole) ..by I're•sident John 1L
W'ashhuin that the tremendous loss-
es austaini d by the insurance com-
panies last year and in the fleet four
months of the present year hail
brought about a situation which
"tray well cause all interested In
lire instarnnce 10 stop nncl cesider
what they should do to save them -
wives ficin cE'erection.
Inst year's lues' v ng gregntevl
$229.198,0a0, and were greater than
in any other year on recon!. In the
first four months of One year there
have been seven conflagrations, with
pees in ettt h cane runnatg from 5500,-
0':0 to $:t,0oX),000.
touched at thn islnnd, and he spent
one night at Jamestown at the house
of Mr. Ibtic(mn.
Ten years after Napoleon Bona-
parte !meted to begin his nearly six
years of dreary exile, and was as-
signt'd to the Bunte room which fila
conqueror at Wnterlor, had occupied.
This Strange coi ttcidenre cattle 10 tho
knoaledgo of the duke at Paris dur-
ing its occupation by the allied
troops, and he wrote the following
letter to Admiral Malculer, then
conn:ctnding at. St. ifelena:
Paris, April 3, 1916.
My 1h-nr Malcolm,
I nm very neirh obliged to nil
for Mr. Simpson's boo!., tthich 1
will read when 1 hisiz a moire nt's
leisure, I nm glad you have taken
the ronunand at. St. i lcle n t, upon
which 1 congratulate you. "11•e must
never be !elle it we can avoid IL".
You n.ny tell "Irony" that i end hie
apartments nt. fhe F.lieer Bourbon
very contenient, and that 1 hope ho
likes mine at Mr. Italeo,n's. 1t is a
droll sequel enough to the affairs of
E:,trope Ihnt we should change place.
nl rea.idence.
I ant yours most slnrerely,
WF,LIJNUT'