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CHANGES ,IN MINES ACT. $l:r,000• working cxpen,es of the
1. C. It., $2,000.000.
I with no debts, it was not taxable if Fur surveys on the North -Wast THE WORLD'S MARKETS
'sweat'
cft to wife and cINJkbn. el
n. lieu cunr••ts of l'annda, st3S,Olti light-
\ new aweauluteul the debts will t►.r d� huuscs ut1e1 aid» to navigatioY watil
ducted.
lk't. 15 and keeping the harbors
•
of REPORTS FROM THE LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
Admiral Birileff Appointed to Com=
mand Baltic Fleet.
ills NEIRVES SHATTERED. EXCHANGE Ole 1'R1SONE1tS.
7► despatch from London says: -Ad S
mlral liiriletT hex been appointed to
the supreme conuuand of the Russian
Pacific squadron as soon us it reach-
tts Vlu(livostuck,
Thu St. Peters:burg correspondent
of the Times Buys that the date of
his departure. for Vlnrlivustock is
kept secret, Zest it indieute Admiral
ltujextvcnsky'» movements, but it is
understood that he w i,l be allowed
ample leisure to prepare for the
journey. This implies a further so-
journ of Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet coast. The Russian troops at Port-
ly southern waters. sect Bay have been reinforced, owing
The St. Petersburg correspondent i to tho advance of the Japanese
of the Times claims to have high l army.
authority confirming the report that.
Admiral llirilel will succeed Admir-
al Itojestvensky in command of the
Russian fleet when it reaches %ladi-
vostock. A high official of the stall
informed the correspondent that Ad-
miral Rojestvensky wax not compell-
ed by sickness to abandon hie C0111 -
?nand, but that his nerves have
been shattered by the terrible strulu
he has undergone since he left St.
Petersburg, and his breakdown Is
\probable. Nevertheless, tho stall ix
confident of his physical ability to
retain collimate' loarg enough to en-
gage the Japanese, and it hopes that
he will bo able to take the fleet to
Yludivostock. When that is accom-
plished his arduous and glorious mis-
sion will be inure than fulfilled.
A despatch fr 't. Petersburg
say's•:-Rursia having accepted Ja-
purn's recent offer to exchange pris-
oners, Capt. Baikuff, of the navy, is
going to Japan to arrange for an
exchange.
ADVANCE ON VI.AD1VO4'1'UCK.
A desputch to the London 'I'ele-
gruph from Tokio says that the
Russians aro active in Northern
('urea. 'Their advance guard is at
Kilju. 'Torpedo boats from \ Iadivo-
stuck are occasionally seen till the
TO 1'HOTOGRRA1'iI .1;1I' ARMIES.
The Telegraph emphasizes the
above despatch as further proof of a
Japanese advance on Vladivustock.
It assumes that the army is that of
(:en. ilasegawa, which was reported
to have landed At Genital) some
weeks ugo.
JAI'S SEIZE TWO STEAMERS.
A despatch from 'Tokio says: -The
British steamer Includen was seized In reply to Air. Foster, Sir Wilfrid
by a Japanese warship on Monday said that claims of the Quebec vet -
south of Corea. The French steamer
Quang Nam was captured by a war- crates of 1866 and 1870 to land
ship of Japan on the seine day neat grouts were against the Dominion
the l'escadore Islands, Straits of
Formosa. The cargoes or destina-
tions of the two vessels are not an-
nounced.
Ilon. 111r. Foy introduced a bill to
amend the Mines Act. Ilo ezptuu,ecl
that emu.. years ago (tercet reeerses
were 4'1,vtle(1, and It waS the 1111 (11
tozi at the time that no lands on
tlw reserves should he ,Mewed to
anybody. 1'nelcr the Muerte Act, how-
ever. a man could secure a patent
atter a certain period of his n►ir.iug
location. The (:over lit mew pro-
posed that mining lends iu the len'-
est reset yes shoullI not tie sld, 1•t:t
only leased,
ON'I'A1110 APPROPRIATIONS.
Ontario appropriations are as fel-
lows:
liurleigh ballet -Wharf at heed
of tibio Lake $ 250
Point Edward -Dredging 14,1(0
Blind River --Dredging ... 4,20(1
Berry's Ilay N'hart, Nada-
weskit !titer, to complete
payments ... 250
I:rnrnsl
River -Dredging at
mouth, etc. 6,5110
DOMINION PARLIAMENT "'li"gmero(1 Harbor -lee
Iu overnents 50.000
Whit by l iarbor-Dreelging 4,050
NOTES OF PROCEEDINGS IN Sauario--l{arbor
T111.1HOUSE OF COMMONS.
iunpltrotoSte.men(s .M.. 25,000
Owen Sound Harbor-11redg-
PUl31,IC W1)1{1iS' PORTFOLIO.int;, etc. 6,000
ing,
Current-Improvement
Sir Wilfrid Laurier said he was of northern steamboat
not in 0 position yet to stake any channel in Georgian Bay 10,0(0
announcement about tilling the v'a- lifter t)tnnahee--lereeigimg at
cant portfolio of Public: Works. Ile l'eterboro' 1,200
would do so, hotetcr, at an early Iiaileyhury \lhar(- lake
day. 'l'euniskalwing 3,000
REPRESENTATION ACT. lionore elharf-Re-volt of
edr. Fitzpatrick introduced a bill lapsed amount .., 800
to amend the North-West 'Territories Midland llarhor - Inlprove-
Itepreseutation Act. 11e explained meat (wharves and dredg-
that the bill was along the lines of Ing) 3,100
the bill introduced by Mr. Casgraht Georgian Bay and Pointe Au
list •sect•. It nls0 contained es cluuso ISari1 Houle --Improvement
to cover the dillh tllty s%l, gesle'1 by u( the iketil's 1' lbow l.'hnn-
Mr. Lake with respect to the resi-
dence of voters in the polling sub-
divisions in which they are supposed
to vote.
VE'l'I•:BANS' ('LAIMS.
PILA(:Ui,; AT HIARBIN.
A despatch to the London 'Fele-
despatch from St. Petersburg graph from Tokio say's there is roli-
Asays:-A recently invented apparatus able Information that a severe epi -
for photographing panoramas of wide 'l he (u[ plague is raging at llurl►iu.
stretches of country by nuseuls of a' the deaths average 300 daily. Thu
p' victims:, ► d
nut against the provinces. '1'he mat-
ter was being considered by the Gov -
seeding is practically finished in all
eminent, but they had not much districts traversed by the line from
time lulely to give to it. Ile could the eastern section of Manitoba to
only promise an answer would be, Ilattleford on the North Saskntch�
given during the present session. won River. Laic rains have been
SELECTION (Ile SEEDS. , most beneficial, and the general ten -
Informations on the value of care-, or of reports sent in by the cuut-
ful selection of seeds %vas given to , puny'x agents indicate that preyed -
the t'ommittce on Agriculture by! ing conditions are favorable. e'egeta-
Mr. '1'. 11. Clerk. seed cununissioner tion is well advanced in some locali•
bus ttulx ate filled with ti ton end
nel between Parry Sound
Killarneyand Killarney .. 750
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SEEDING IS FINISHED.
Canadian Northern Railway Crop
Report.
A Winnipeg despatch says: -The
Canadian Northern crop report for
the past week shows that wheat
of the Department of Agriculture. Ile Hex, but the weather has not been
camera sired b e0 wont u talc bus the medical staffs oro inadequate to advocated the selection of sce:l by sufficiently warn to promote rapid
been acquired by the War Office, and the hunters, uwd said t hat sixty or growth. ihtt with the adient o.
experimentsCtttud trials have been con-' deal with the situation.
seventy farmers in Ontario had gone higher temperaturtw, with so much
ducted in St. Petersburg for several COSSACKS FUR THE FRONT. into it as a husincrfi. • Ile belicteu ' moist,rc in the ground, vegetation
weeks with such success that the better corn could he secured in the will Ire rapid and vigorous.
general still expects important re-' A despatch from St. Petersburgbetter
latitudes by using the het �,s
sults from els new p,uloramugrap)t' x+tys: A further mobilization of cat' from more southern counties. $540�000�000 IN DIAMONDS
squad in establishing Japanese peal-'alry in ono or two districts was or- corn from
supplies nearly all tI:e. _
tions and movements. The appara-` dercd on Thursday, but no large' Onclover seed rues n rly alt and
tum is said to be capable of draft is required, as reinforcements: , g World's Production Totals 1 photo-, its product is not. excelled anywhere ty-Nine Million Carats.
Seven -
graphing an area of 30 square miles. fothe
tho cavalry ely-arm are at hand in; in the world. Half the products are' y
the recently-emboeliDrl Cossacks,' A London despatch says: -'The
whose departure for Manchuria tens ; exports, and the Toronto mark. t world's diamond ,reduction, ss: -T' d
HAVE RAISED TILE PALLADA. postpone( in anticipation of 11ay• usually controls the world's pricey show's that India, has produced
Ile.
A despatch from Shanghai says:- Day troubles, the most of whom curl for nlsiku see(l. Sinicue and Croy r1t,ounties aro probably the lurgr�y ten million carats; Rrnr.il, twelve
It is stated that the Japanese have now . resume the trip eastward. A. million; Africa. fifty-seven million.
raised the cruiser Pallada, one of i small but important detachment left growers of red clover, and Victoria All the diamonds in the world, un -
the Russian vessels that was sunk At St. Petersburg on 'Thursday to join end I'eterboeu' the Leat for nlsike• cut and packed solid in the form of
fort :\ ether. (General Lineviteles army. The demand for pure seeds in (" ,.t a cube, would make one of fourteen
many and Austria, for example hail TA IO
0icer by nine, and ttould hnvo a
l
resulted in improving the purity of i value of $540,01)0,000.
LEGISLATURE unsatisfactory. 'Fixe bill also pro Cunadnin seeds. but much inOrc
ONTARIO L V vided for the raising of addlunal ; is expected from the operation of WINIYIPI;G'S GROWTH.
H•
WHAT OUR LEGISLATORS ARE
DOING AT TORONTO.
HOUSES OI'' RL•:FUGE.
money, if needed, for the construc-
tion of the road.
TORONTO U N I V ERS 1'I'Y.
The Government wi11 immediately
place at the disposal of the trustees
Mr. lianas introduced a hill re- of the University of 'Toronto the sunt
011 nnces-
of 81
specting Iilunicipnl (louses of Refuge 135,000 to be expendedextending the time during which the sary buildings, including a new Gen -
oral hospital. This amount, as
Government will pay a proportion of
the cost of such buildings. Premier Whiteley explained when in-
troducing his promised bill respect-
(1ItAN'TS Ole LANDS, Ing the university, will be secured by Gteccrnnu•nt had out soca ►
Mr. Foy introduced a bill to amend the issue of nnnnities payable art I'l'he population of the city is placed
I Y ifouse' at •79,97:xa gain of neatly 1'3,000
the Act providing for grants of cer- Woolly for the ensuing thirty yeare Sir \vilfrid Laurier said it was ,
'
Iain lands to volunteers who served for $30,000 per annual. The build hard to tell w'Lcrr the press gut all over Inst year.
in South Africa and on tho frontier ings on which the money will lie its information. Ile had never Leen - '"-♦
DEAD IN THEIR CABIN.
he new seed hill soon to go into
effect in Canada. -'
Assessment Increased $12,000,000
and Population 13,000.
The leader of the Opposition asked; ;1 11'iunipeg despatch says: -At
if it•was true, as reported in the!;
prosy, that the surveyors of the: Monday night's City Council nncet-
(:raud 'Trunk Pacific had found a lino ,iug the most interesting event was
from Moncton to Winnipeg with t►' the rending of the report of the as-
maximunl grade of four -tenths of ono xe:tisnellt CO lllll iissio ner, which show -
per cent. Ile asked where the infer-' 0(1 the total realty nssessmeat for
tmation had conte from, tend why the (ho city to he $:1:(,71.1,•1:311, a , et in-
itAI1,1\'AY (:1{:1DE.
+ Y
t to the i crease over last scar of $12,607..',1311.
in 1866. The amendment, extends the
time for snaking survey's. It also
provides that the giving of a power
of attorney for disposing of veterans'
lands is equivalent to a transfer. in
the pnst speculators have evaded
taxes and settlement duties by ob-
taining a power of attorney instead
of having lands transferred to theist
The amendment further restores to
certain veterans the rights to lands
located by them, but taken by a
i)etroit company under n concession
hots the former Government.
TAX ON ('l IU'CSl* .
On motion of Mr. Matheson, the
(louse in committee passed the fol -
.lowing resolutton:-
"'I'hat section 2 of the Act respect-
ing circuses and travelling shows he
amended by striking out the words
"20 cars or over," in the tenth line
and inserting in lieu thereof the
expended will, it is estimated, cost able to discover. ile had read no
in all $1,600,000. 'They include: -
A new General Hospital, towards
which Mr. Whitney has reason to
believe the city will give $200,000.
A physics building.
A convocation hull.
.\ museum for the science building.
Foul men's residcnciee.
An addition to the women's resi-
dence.
(:lass houses for commencing prac-
tical teaching in botany and fores-
try.
Tho Premier said that 52+10,000 In
subscriptions; from private parties
would he forthcoming ns soon as the
bill was pissed. The question of
what. percentage of the succession
duties or of some other source of
the ih'uvincial revenue 44ou1(1 he de-
voted as 811 annual payment to th••
university would, he stated, be deciel-
tcur<ls "over 20 ranee," and by %trek- ed next session. In the meantime
Ing mit the words "under 20curs" the (:eevernnnent would conduct 't
in the 11th lino of the section anal full inquiry, with a view to a coin -
in
inserting in lieu therrvrf the wordsplete change in the administration
"20 cars or less:." Thin faxes the
1 f
tax on circuses of 20 cars or over
at g50.
LIQUOR LICENSE ACT.
111r. Hanna also hail the following
resolution passed:--
"l'hnt section 44 of the liquor
License Act be amended be adding at
the end of sub -section 1 the follow-
ing: -For eery transfer or re veil
of n license a fee amounting to one-
half the fee pncnhle to the province
under the Act shall be 1181(1.
'"That in all reeve in which p oear•-
euit funs tinder the liquor Licens . Act
ore brought by an inspector or other
officer appointed by the Crown under
the Act. the fine impos�.'rl shall, when
collected, belong to the pro%'ince."
TF:\IISKAMINO RAILWAY.
Mr. Matheson explained that his
bill to amend the Act respecting the
'Teinisknming and Northern Ontario
Railway had s,evernl object,. it pro -
41(1(41 for the pat meet of $1,t*u0 ad-
elitfonnl to one of the commissioners
for professional serticee. 1t gave
the necessary authority for extend-
ing the line to cunneat with the
Grand 'Trunk l'acilic, and for the provides for n slightly increased tax
construction of short 'trenches not where inrge amounts aro bequeathed
exceeding n certain number of mite* to single individuals. One clause le
to he fixed later. It gate the cum- repealed, it being the ono providing
micsioners power to generate and that to determine hcther net value
sell electricity, The hill provided for of estates over $1(10,000 should be
the ranking of surreys, including one token, without deducting the deists.
to James (lay. It gave authority
for the keeping of the accounts of
the commission in the ofTice of the
Provincial 'Treasurer. The present
stem of keeping the accounts was
report from the construction coin -
Mysterious Tragedy in Sandon
trinssletth. uwctc+' Mining District.
that. the surveyors' preliminary ,.-
ports showed that a very favoral.le A deepatch from Sondem, 11.C.,
line had been located. ile promised says: -A friend going on a visit
to give the !loose the report a5 8001, found a horrible state of affnirs at
ns it was received. the cabin of Gus and Charles Kum-
(: 1', P. TER1t11NAi,M. lin, c► quarter of a mile east cif %la -
oto Siding. Both occupants were
Mr. Boyce of Algoma asked if the
Minister of ituilwnys had approved
of the (:rand Trunk Pacific terminal%
at Fort William and on the Pacific.
Mr. Emits on said all he had ap-
preye(1 of ens the location of the
blanch running from the National
Trrtnscontie vetted ronin line to Bhp
towns of fust. Willimm� and l'ort Ar -
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheeses
sad Othsr Dairy Produce
at Biome and Abroad.
Bulls, export ,,,, 4 00 4 2S
Butt•hers', picieed 5 25 5 50
dol gooel to choice
loads 420 4 3r,
do fair to geed 4 UU 4 lee
du mixed lots,
tuetftutn 3 00 3 ^_:,
du gaud C005 :3 50 4 00
du cotes 3 50 3 7 ;,
Ju c0nou0a cued
Toronto. else 2:3.-1%heat- N'irttps ,•„ul1 ..... 3
quoted al 9S to 06c tet outswde tiuteh.•rs' bulls 2
(10 soot! 4
Stuc:.crs, }Gond 3
`+tuckers, li; ht 2
Milk cues, each ""
I :xleo1 t ewes .. 4
ern at 88 to Lct34c. Rucks :l
Oats -No. white quoted at 89c Lambs, per cwt. 6
north and west, and Nu. 1 at. 41 to Spring lamb», curb 3
414c east. Cars of No. 2 white on Culls, pue•h a
track here are quoted at 42 to 48c.
llarlpy-No. 2 quoted at 45 to 46c
middle freights; No. 2 extra at 43
to 44c; No. 3 at d1 to 42c, intdeilc
heights.
Pests -The ueu'rket is steady, with
sales outside at 69c for No. 2.
Coin -Canadian yellow quoted at
47c, and mixed at 464c west, guar-
anteed sound. American kiln dried,
No. 3 yellow, 594 to OOc, on track
'I'o•onl o.
ltye-'llee market is dull, with pric-
eq nominal at 66 to 07c outsiue for
No. 2.
Buckwheat -Prices nominal at 59
to 60c outside.
Flour -Ninety per cent. patents aro
quoted at $4.85 to $1.40 in buyers'
sacks, east or west; straight rollers
of special brands for domestic trade,
in bbls., 54.75 to 54.85. Manitoba
Ilours are steady. No. 1 potents, 55.
40 to 55.50. No. 2 patents. $5.10
to 55.20 and strong bakers'. $5 to
55.10 on track, Toronto.
Millfcesf-At outside points bran is
quoted at 515.50 to 516, and shorts
at 517.50 to 518. Manitoba bran.
in sacks, 518, and shorts at 520.
points,. No. 2 goose et purely nom -
Manitoba wheat is easier, with
No. 1 Northern Quoted ut 974e,
Georgian stay ports. No, 2 North-
ern at 93 to 9:34c, gad No. 3 North=
c
COUNT1tY PRODUCE.
Apt•lets--Choice stock, $2.50 per
1)1)1; cooking apples, $1 to 51.50 per
Beans --Primes sell in senall lots at
51.60 to 51.63, and hunt( -picked at,
53.711 to 51.75 per bushel.
]lops --The market is unchanged at
82 to 35c, according to quality.
Honey -Prices firm at 74 to 8c per
lb. Comb honey, 51.75 to $2 per
dorm.
Ilay-Car lots of No. 1 timothy
are quoted at $8 to 58.25 on track,
here, ,.ml No. 2 at $6.50 to $7.
Straw -Cor lots quoted at $6 to
56.25 on track, 'Toronto.
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontnrios are
quoted at 5i i to Roc per hog on
track, according to quality, and job-
bing lots are 70 to 75c for the best
stock.
Poultry-('hieeens, 13 to 14c per
Th.: turkeys, dry picked, 14 to 15c;
du., scaldt a, 12 to 13c.
'1'111: DAIRY MARIi.E1:S.
Calves, per lbe
do each
llogs, selects
do fats
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CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER
THE GLOBE.
Telegraphic Briefs Front Our Owa
and Other Countries of ]de -
0U 3 5U The 'Trenton Pott cry l'utnpany
:d) :3 so have purchased c► pottery at St.
Ino Johns, 4-.4o, bee.
It is understood that the l •noel
'Trunk I'acitic till build a breech to
Port. Arthur.
A Sault Ste. Marie hetelket•per is
being prosecuted for iteusiob to teria-
'imitation to a Zulu.
(:ort silt e•iegineers ure making
further examinations of the (1t1T at.
the wrest eat of the i)ulTerin ter -
Mee, (lecher.
.1. W. 1Forster, the Toronto ar-
li Till tist, is at work upon n per(rail of
tiot. 11. 1e. Suthen'luut, Speaker 01
the (louse of Commons.
Mr. Charles M. Ilays of the (;rand
'Trunk has 1)eee maul•' a member of
the Permanent l'0nuunssion of the
Internatiunul Railway Congress.
Provincial 'Treasurer Matheson wit)
likely gu to Englawd this summer
to arrange for the issue of I'ruvin-
cial stock for the 'Teneiskarning Itail-
w•ay,
H, J. Rose, son of Rev. hr. Rose,
pastor of Centenary Methodist
church, lfunmilton, has won a first-
class honor in Greek and Latin at.
Oxford.
1t is rumored that the (:rand
Trunk shops in Belleville and Brock-'
ville trill bo centralized at Kingston
as soon as the railway runs directly
into the city.
Tho Railway Commission have
majority of the inhabitants are
communicated to the railway cum-
itt.sxiun. Almost at one sweep
th,: paries the renewal of the complaint
whole burden of the vexatious res of shippers of apples and other green
sU fictive laws in Poland and the fruit, as set forth in the petition
pro -
Baltic Provinces has been removed, asking that better facilities bo pro -
and the privileges for which the na-
tives have been fighting feew� yearn
me restored, the ayscmbliell of the
l'olish nobles are re-established, and Tho London 'I'innes reports that
all the harsh administrative picas- trade in Great Britain shotes general
ures introduced at the time of the quietness.
policy of reaction and Russificatiou The Jewish Chronicle of London
are abolished, unless later for put.- states that Russia has decided to
poses of State after the recummen- grant full freedom to the Jews.
dation of the Council of State they Tito President of the British Board
receive Imperial section. As n no- of Agriculture has refused to remove
tural sequence of freedom of religion the embargo on Canadian cattle.
the oppressive prohibition of the Tho captain of the Hull trawler
purchase of land by Catholic peas- Mino has dict) of wounds received
ants is abolished, in effect the when the Russian fleet tired on the
measures sanctioned amount to an fishing vessels.
entire reversal of the Russian policy The London Financial Tinges says
in ancient Poland and the Baltic the passing of the jurisdiction of Ex -
Provinces. chequer Court Judges will create dis-
trust in the minds of British inves-
CURE FOR TYPHOID FEVER tors.
Sir Bernard Samuelson, the well-
known authority on railroad rates
and Chairman of the Association of
British Chambers of Commerce, is
dead in London. Ile was born In
1820.
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REAL REFORM IN POLAND.
Remarkable Step Taken by "Em-
peror Nicholas.
A St. Petersburg despatch says: -
There is little room for skepticism
as to the genuineness of the broad
policy of Imperial reform after the
remarkable steps sanctioned by Em-
peror Nicholas in the Itneer•inl re -
script issued en 'Tuesday mod•,iying
the restrictive decrees in Mite of the
western governments of '2uss.i+► end
giving the Poles greater fi•eede•n► for
acquiring farming lands and pur-
chasing landed properties and in-
dustrial premises and givin,.; per-
mis. ' to introduce the Polish 5:11
Lithuanian languages in tho prim-
ary and secondary whines elite e th
GItleA'T BRITAIN. y
Two Baltimore Physicians Think
They Have It.
A Baltimore despatch says: Dr.
William Royal Stokes and Or. John
S. Fulton of the State Board of
Health have, after nearly four years
of investigation. discovered what
Butter' -Pound prints are jobbing they believe to be a curative se•rein
at 16 to 17c, and large dairy rolls for typhoie fever.
at 15c; medium grade:;, 13 to 14e; 1)r. Stokes and Dr. Fulton have
creamery prints sell at 19 to 20c tested the serum they have made in
per Br. 23 human cases of typhoid. 'There
Pigg» -The price is irregular, with were two deaths, and among 21 cases a Brooklyn millionaire, was sent to
601)10 dealers selling at 14c, ane ending in recovery there were 15 in jail in New• York for six months for
ethers at 144 to 15e tier dozen In which they considered that the fav intoxication.
case lots. o'nhle result tans due to the influence The Omaha Ileo quotes President
( }1i(.ve._O1d scarce, and c;uoted at of the serum. Roosevelt as making the emphatic
11 a to 12e, while new cheese aro The two deaths were due t 'oto- statement that he will not be u can-
sellimg at 1(Irc per Ib, plications apart from the 0..einal dilate for re-election.
disease. in both of these cases the
injection of the serum crtus4-d an ap-
preciable drop in the temperature.
Nix cases out of the 2:1 showed no
response at all to the scrum.
Tho conclusion renched is that by
the use of this serum the febrile
period may be shortened, and the
daily variation :nay be favorably
mollified,
UNITED STATES.
President Roosevelt has reached
Washington after his holiday trip.
Earl Grey visited West Point, N.Y.,
on Saturday, and inspected tho
cadets.
.Julia Mollenhauer, divorced wife of
110(: PRODUCTS.
Bacon -Long clear sells at 10 to
101c per ib. in cast. lots; moss f ork,
513 to 513.30; short cut, 519.50 to
520.
Snto'ad Meat s-lrams, light to
medium, 1:1 to 131c; do., heavy,
124e; rolls, 10c; shoulders, 94c;
backs. 144 to 15e; breakfast bacon,
124 to 13c.
Lard -Tierces, 04c; tubs), 10c;
pails, 104c. -+
BUSINESS A'I' MONTREAL.
Montreal. May '28. -(:rain - The
market is du11 sand !steady nt 414e
found dead, one lying on the eaten for No. 8 oats store, Dalt •Linc for
heel with several ugly gashes 5n the No.. 2. Other };ruin aro nlI1 st ('n -
head, evidently done with an nxe. the vilely neglected. Flour--%tattlloba
other was lying on (ho door with a Spring wheut patcnls, 55.40 to 53.-
duuhle-barrelled shotgun near-; the 50; strong bakers', 55.10 to $3.2(1;
top if his head was blown oft. Huth- Winter wheat patcnls, 55.50 to $5.-
ing ix miissing from the cabin, the 6(T; ,trnight rollers, e5.13 to 55.25
door was fastened on the insi(le,i in wood; in bogs, 1;2.•13 to $2.55.
but the window 4488 broken. 'There Rolled oats $'2.'241 to 52.921 par
their. '1 he terminals had not been was met nitwit sign of hard fighting. hog. I•'eo:l-(►ntnr10 bran, in bulk,
approved (f The deed appears to have been done 518 14) 818.50; shorts, 519 to 520;
111011 -HANDED TREATMENT. by one brother killing the other
The affair of the scaling vessel Ag- while asleep and then committing
nes l)onaghup occupied attention for suicide. (loth morn were steady work -
some time. The startling fact was ers its the unity's around Saunslun.
announced thal the catittin of 1hr i �'•"'♦--_"'
vessel had bet n s+ litenccd by the QUEBEC SCHOOL LANDS.
ICE CRUSHER FOR LAKES.
Government Urged to Help Frce
Port Arthur From Ice.
A Winnipeg despatch says: Fur the
benefit of the (•unst81111y increasing
Humbert C. leselcr is dead in Chi-
cago, following an operation. He
was known throughout America and
Europe ns an organist and finished
interpreter of church music.
A commission appointed t Record-
er Gott of New York repo ed that.
(leaner Russell, alias Gessler Hos-
80011, who sent nn infernal urnchinn•
which he said was harmless on board
the Cunard Liner Umbria two years
ago, is sane.
GENERAL.
in n brush with natives in German
southwest. Africa the German force
lost sixteen killed and wounded.
A largo: rind influential tweeting of
grain trade by way of Port Arthur ('hinese merchants, held ut Shang -
the Government will be asked to stn- hal, protested vigorously against
tion an ice crusher there permanent- the proposed new Chinese exclusion
ly. 1'or '2t) }'ears the season at. fort treaty recently discussed in the Uni-
Arthur has ntertge41 11) days bels, (red States.
than at the "Sou." and 1:3 less than
at. Duluth, and it is f.•If this can be
obviated. The Government will niso THE GROWING GRAIN.
bo petitioned to hove lighthouses -'-
kept i" cumtnission on 1 h lakes un-
til the last boats clear.
Mnnitobn bran. in ',elk, $18 1n -y0
5115; 6horrts, 82" '(, 821. 11rn"4- IS HE A BRITISH SUBJECT ?
('hiice primes, 51.70 to $1.75 per
bushel: 81.30 to 51.60 in car lots. James Ellis Sentenced as a Spy
Provisions -Ilene.; Cimodiaui short by the French Goverr.meat.
of the university, not necessarily a - sht. pout,l. 1 616.50 to 1:17.511' ; m light
[)regent Government to three years' short eat, K16.Srt to 0; OMpoenn it London despatch sacs: -,bones
feeling the faculty or teaching stall, Tract of Two Millton Acres Will 1:Itis, clnimir to hen Inlflip of have had n tendency to set the loan
penal servitude on a charge of Meted
cut clear int Lark, 420; rumpo"ntlInndx hawk. All points on their trum-
peted
REGULATION t71' AU'I'Us3. Pe Set Apart. (!ocher, who 44415 arrested nearly a
sealing in Uruguay waters. 'Thr lard, lid to 7c; lenuelinn lard. 6. to tern lines are sehottn, and at rtcrl
The subcommittee of the Municipal antes a,l crew hon ohtninc,l shorter A despatch from queltee says:-'1'ne 71e; kettle rendered, S to f► c; hums Veit I' ago, has been sentenced to lit.• 1 iy
Governnu•mt manure for AddionAl aid 4 years' irnprlsnnment and n thousn(0 peint. the agents
report that cro
Committee cf the Legislature, to sentences. And t he vessel had been12 to 14c; bacon, la to 14c; (melt (iollnrs line or a year's exclusion are well above ground and Nrotcint}
which tens relegate(' the to ' s billy confisenlr I. 'Ills b,furnatiten at pre-
,
elementtary schuuls provides (1101 killed nbnutuir hogs, $9.73 to 8110; from T'ran11 on n char%e of e•s,ion_ splendidly. 'I ha universal rains •11
respecting the speed of nutter \'vhf stent nvnilnhlp i:xlient,-s very high- two million acres of the public 181108 mixed, 'S7; select. 57.3)) oil cors. ti 1
cies, mel And derided to make the sent l (i, tsnent on the port of the alas be set aside fur the purpose, nee at Cherbourg. It is extreneel} the last 11o.k have been n 0onderful
and the
$400,000 he ►01:1 ►,ggs'-Straight stork, 13 to -(' ,Ic doubtful whether he is n liri1 h sub- help, and the gritting grain iv viol
following rev:onntendationx:-That pay Government, and Sir \\il- 1 2, 12 to lave. 13utler-('bairn jest. The British ('easel thinks Niru °runs land of dense and even growUt,
the act be Amended to provide that; frill peon i, .I to make rcprpse. nl,t- y'cnrly out of rho cut:iitu lnetl ran clearlwry, 18: In 194c; under grades, n German. leering his Incnrcerntiun
the numbers on motor vehicles l,' in lino% to the imperial (:ole minaret ;venue luwurds the eh•nx•ntnry school 17 to 11(1 (lairs, 16 to tare; rolls,
K f_... -
height,
from (hreo to six inches in fnmd, until the incon1e pruchl,•e,l Ellis n181018imd the sIicteat silence
looking tmcnrd redress. thcreformt reaches $120,000. 'frust iS� ti ltirc. ('h("-se-Ontarlu. 10 to regnt•eling his identity.
height, and displayed so 05 to be 1 Urc; (junc�t, f)' to 9je. - _
plainly discernible day and night; '1'111: i':s'1'1\L1'i'i',3. and lean cowponies, ns well as conn- ' �-- n
Zhu license rte to be increase,' from 1'lie ,�aimnies her the current• Iire(nl mercial travelers representing Ib11i`h STEEL CARS FOR JAYS.
$2 to $5, and $10 for machines over and foreign !weeps, will h0% e• 1u
UNITED STATES \fARKf:fyi,
year were prest•nlyd to 1 arll0mcnt by St. Loafs, May 2a. -Wheat - (-'usli,
ten horsepower; responsibilities for Mr 1'iclding, Arlded to the amount pay the commercial corporat11>118Thoesands of Them Ordered in
violations of the act to rest with g tax. while the Got eminent tax on all 934c; \in}, 9:,,e: .felt, 8114e; fipl)- Birmin haat.
voted test st:4sion, they ire to trrtnsfers •of stocks 84141 hand% will• t. ether, .94c. K
owners, miller than operators the has
grand total of 581,:349,391. Thel be at the rate of Ih'e rents furovpry Mile -nut,. 0. Mny 123--1\heat-\o. 1 A London despatch sass: (see ere
burden of proof in case of negligence sunt of $300.(x)0 is to be voted farr151U0 worth of such stuck% or bonds Nrnthern. .1.11' N9. '2 Northern,
ordered in itimniughaln and pls'*horr
to rest with operators. The 1'rovin ' or each traction thereof. and to he 51.03 70 81.01); ,1u1y, 861r 1,10. Itve in the Midlands thimean&s of steel
intim •i at ion. the fu:•cher moment
ring Secretary is rtconunended to m'r ulrr(1 for the militia i% s}00,000.y _ „ cars+ for Ih • Japanese, ('urenn, and
send out (rosters advertising the re- For might rolling slick on the payable
aIii'11 thce tilltn.illr vnliL';,lc"t+anrplo till etc.
('or,* `\'i. ;t Mnnehe,rinn rnilwliSe.
qulntionx. And to supply copies to L ( I1. 5:If3:1,01)O is required; for---_--e--
cunstnbles• the National I'ratiscontinentnl itail-
$3,000,000 AN OUNCE.
way survey, $2941,7
The Western Wheat Plants Aro
Vigorous.
A despnlch from Winulse:e says:-
The
ays:`Tho eec{.ly crop report of the C.1'.it.
18 as favornl,le its could be desired
And the /rely note of complaint in i•
coupes front a ceuplo of districts :1
the Red River valley, where ruins
A hill to amend the Succession itu_ 619,(►r1O for the first Yew;; to deepen Price of Radium:) Has Increased
tics Act was introduced by Ilon. Mr. portions of the Welland (:anal, 532, -
Matheson. It grades the tax mud 000; Quebec harbor itnprovetnents,
530,000; 01 edge for use below thee -
her, 514)0,1)00; permanent piers in
Lake St. Peter, 5111,4)00; a new
electoral atlas is to 10 published, at
n cost of 53,50).
The grncefel compliment Is p8l.l to
Senator \York of voting his full ses-
sional indemnity.
The sessional 1nelptnnitiee of the
late Messrs. 1:. 1'. ('lark, .lan•%
Sutherland, and I,. .1. Deniers are to
be paid to the relatives.
Under the old law. if n testator had
5120,0(10 gross value, with debts
of 51(0,000, the net 520,000 was
taxable, even 1f bequeathed to rh11-
Gcn, while If the gross was :90,000
524 to o.!c: ,lilt, 481r 100. BRITAIN VERSUS ITALY.
Minneapolis, Minn., May 23-Whrrul
-May, $1.13: July. '1.01:: Stilt. • Laborers on London Pavement In -
R2: to 823e: No. 1 hard, $1.13; No. dulge in a Free Fight.
Owing to its Scarcity. 1 N, it here. 41.13; No. 2 Nort h,'en.
A despatch fr.•m London says -The 51.024. Flour -First pntents. 56.30
price (if radium ha, increased, owing to 86.55; seaniel potents, $6.25 to
to the difficulty of obtaining further
supplies. The consequence is that re-
search work invoking its use is al-
most at n 6001(157111. Sir William
itantsay slates tient 5100 n tuilli-
grem. or a rate of $3,"r►t).1►"0 an
ounce, it now demanded. An expel(
eepreseos the opinion Clint not neore
than halt an ounce of radium has
berm nsnmufnrtured settee Prof. Curie
discovered it.
$6.35; first d. ars. 81 0) 54.10; sec-
ond clears, $2.73 14. 52.85. llran
-In bulk, $13 to 513.30,
LIVE S'IO('K 31:11(51:1'.
Toronto, May 2:t.--1 he following
are the queoat to --
1 h, any ... .. 5:, 2:, to 55 (l5
du enr41i1nn .... 5 25 a 45
F'eederr, short -keep . 1 80 3 '25
A d.es.pntch from London. Ont.,
says: -What was likely to prove a
serious row occurred among 1 gang
of laborers on the quern's Avenue
pavement on 1leelnrsdny afternoon.
An Italian boy threw rnurl at an
Englishman, who took him by the
throat. 'Thereupon nn 1talinn struck
the Englishman with n shovel, niel
presently the whole gang were to it
ferment, the Englishmen fitted
against the Dotterel l The timely rur-
rival of the police prevented a tint,
PIGS IN CHURCH.
A in.ols nttend a church service in
Cuzco, fern. Pigs. gnats. cattle.
and poultry are brought by their
owners to be blecscrl 0)14# Souls'
Day. The cents nre re,Ml. and
the animal); can trot nheut or 11w".•
down ne they wish. After the cere-
mony the flee -stork is formally then
to the :notate, who receive little
other payment for their (r'rvices.
111CI(t•:NS 1•'ilt(';-ALAI(M$,
The general public err± not aware
that tnetoorinis to Charles 1 ickcnst
aro scattered through the streetu of
every town in England, '11141 xtree't
fire-nlarin, with its glees front,
which cnn be broken when an slam?
is to be given, nriginatiel in his
fertile brain. 'I he author of n book
o hich has jest been publish.• I tells
how Dickens. always nfrnittof fire,
}.n.1 n t'lnn.1 box in the wee made
fon his varlet, keys+, 30 that they weld
be entity found If an cx,threak e►c-
rirr•e•.1. This key -box g cw into the
t'street fir ram,
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