HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1906-02-22, Page 6CHINESE ATTACK MISSION
Outrage in the Province of Nganh-
wei is Reported.
The correspondent al Shanghai of The
London Standard telegraphs:- -"News has
reached here of another attack on a for-
eign mission al Nganking, province of
Nganhweion, the lett bank of the Yung-
tso Kiang River. No luss of lee is re-
ported.
"On Wednesday an attempt was made
hero by a trusted Chinese. servant to
murder the Secretary of the trench
municipal Council while he was asleep.
The attempt was frustrated and the as-
sailant was arrested.
"Many of the great provincial Vice-
roys are displaying a marked anti -for-
eign altitude which They would hardly
dare to assume so openly unless they
thought that Pekin approved their con-
duct. In the foreign settlements of
treaty ports efforts are being tnade
quietly to recover privileges granted to
foreigners.
"In some quarters Japan Is believed
to view with equanimity the possibility
of armed intervention being necessary
since it would provide her with occasion
to obtain from China what she failed to
exact from Russia.
"In Shanghai two additional compan-
ies of volunteers are being raised. It 's
reported that the municipal Council
favors strengthening the Sikh police
force by 500 men. Unfortunately it is at
this juncture that 11 has been decided
to reduce the British China squadron.
ON GUARD iN PEK1N.
The Pekin correspondent of The Lon-
don 'Times says that all ILe Legati m
guards have been warned that dung••r
is impending. The Secretory of the
German Legation has obtained an addi-
tional field buttery.
The position in (:hina is becoming in-
creasingly ugly. Tee trouble will pro-
bably spread from the south to the north.
The Government, eager to save the
dynasty, is seeking to placate the for-
eigners. Viceroy Yuan Stith Kai, On the
pretence of suppressing the Chun (.t►u-
ses, who are absolutely quiescent, is
sending six regiments with artillery 10
Chinchow. It is presumed that the real
reason for the despatch of these troops
is that the army is honeycombed with
secret societies, and the Government
wishes to remove a dangerous weapon
from the neighborhood of the capital.
AN UPRISING PREDICTED.
A despatch from San Francisco says .
C. E. Young, an eye -witness of the re-
cent riot in Shanghai, arrived her on
Wednesday from the Orient on the
steamer Doric. Ile tells of the intense
anti -foreign sentiment that exists
among the Chinese and predicts that an
uprising will take place within the next
few months. Young says that 200 Chi-
nese were killed In the riot in Shanghai
and that only the presence of the for-
eign gunboats at Shanghai prevented
the wholesale slaughter of Americans
and Englishmen. Young represents a
local firm, but because of the boycott he
was unable to transact any business
with the Chinese merchants.
CHILDREN IN FOSTER HOMES.
Many Young People Adopted by Good
Families Throughout the Province.
A great deal of attention 1s paid by
the Ontario Government to the care and
protection of homeless children who have
been placed out in foster homes through-
out the country by the various Children's
Ald Societies. There are now nearly
three thousand young people, from in-
fancy up to twenty years of age, under
the supervision of Mr. Kelso, end these
are personally visited in all parts of the
country. Mrs. Harvie, for many years
one of the most active Christian workers
in the province is now constantly en-
gaged in visiting and encouraging both
foster parents and children. Mr. Wil-
liam O'Connor looks atter the interests
of Iloman Catholic children. Rev.
James Ledinrd, of Owen Sound, takes
charge of the visitation of children in
Grey and Sound Bruce Counties and in
the Manitoulin Island; M. S. M. Thom-
son, of Brantford, does cosiderabie
visiting In that neighborhood; and in
addition there is a largo staff of volun-
tary workers wlio can be replied upon to
assist at any tirne. No trouble or reason-
able expense is spared in seeing that
the children are well treated. Mr. Kelso
states that recently a drive of thirty
miles was taken to call on one child in
an isolated port of North Ontario, and
there are frequently trips of ten
to fifteen miles off the railway line
through wild country to cheer up some
little fellow and encourage the foster
parents to train hlrn up as a good citi-
zen. 'These bright and attractive chil-
dren left homeless through no fault of
their own are now being maintained
without expense to the country by foster
parents who desire the company r f
young children, and who possibly look
for a little reward In the help they can
give on the farm, etc.. in later years.
It is a beautiful work and one In which
all should be glad to have a part.
BIG JUMI' IN TRADE.
The Last Seven Months Beat all Previ-
ous Records.
An Ottawa despatch says: An aggre-
gate foreign trade for seven months ex.
ceeding that of the whole of 18:19 by
$10,668,305 and the whole of 1896 by
$92.015,417. The figures quoted above
are sufficiently striking, but if the past
seven months he compared with the
sante period of the preceding year it
gives a betterment of 841,216,113, the
figures of the former period being $323,-
616,803.
323;816,803. The exports of domestic pro-
t'uce totalled $150,834,433. or a gain of
1£5,603,910 when compared with seven
months of 1905. Exclusive of coin and
million, the imports amounted to $156,-
159,403, an Increase of 815,774,087. Ex-
cess of exports for the seven months
ever import; for the same period was
$9,828,962. Exports of all classes show
considerable gains, but the most import-
ant were animals and their produce, 84,-
498,735, and agriculture, $13.493,366.
}}s�hipments of maunfaetured goods ex -
Mbit on iuprovenient of $1,707,339.
MONTANA TO EDMONTON.
fhe Great Northern Railway's Projected
line.
A Winnipeg despatch say+: W. Rob-
1risofl of New York, confidential agent
of the Grgvtt Northern Railroad, was
here to -day en route to Toronto and
New York. He has been quietly in the
west preparatory to securing a charter
for his company to build a line from
Havre, Montan., to Edmonton, Alberta,
via Medicine Ilat, a distance of about
120 miles. The ctnnpnny now have nine
Lranches touching the Canadian border.
the inller may be the preliminary step
of access to the great oil seller believed
k- be 111 meth,•? n elberte.
1
1Y11'1'I:It MINERS M.111\II'h.
t:nrtliqu lee storks In Michiglin) \line.
\lam and %fotcnt.
:\ Hhugldon. Ati011., d•eepalch says:
Many ►niners are resigning their post.
bons In the copper thine% in Ihls el.
tinily owing to the continued earth -
pekes. ar air gleets, which tae nee
crone so frequent and dangeru-
I4e miners tear fee their i�ves. 1 i.+.:;
last week no parliciilsr damage
Ilene. when there eerinuenced n -<e rt: s
al shocks, much mon' Violent then at
LBW in the past. Each day aisle
there have been numcroue checks.
AIM TO CAPTURE. AMUR PROVINCE
The Chinese to Descend on Russian
Territory.
A despatch from St. Petersburg says:
Tho Slovo states that the Chinese are
preparing to capture the whole Prov-
ince of Amur, and that the Government
13 alarmed, and conte►nplotes the send-
ing of a special army for the prov-
ince's protection.. The Province of
Amur is a part of Asiatic Russia, and
has Siberia proper on its north and
Chinese Manchuria on its south and
west. its area is 173,552 square miles,
but its population is only about 50,000.
It has been largely colonized by Cos-
sacks and Siberians. 1t is very moun-
tainous, but is finely timbered, and its
fur product is important, while its val-
leys are very fertile.
DiSIIONEST YANKEE TRICK.
Selling Rank Imitation of Canadian
Bacon in British Market.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Mr. P.
II Ball, Commercial Agent at Birming-
ham, reports to the Department of
Trade and Comnerce that it Is stated
that at least one large American firm
is imitating Canadian Wiltshire bacon
and putting the imitation on the British
market as Canadian bacon. Ile quotes
from an interview with n !ergo seller,
who declares that Canadian bacon now
!s so good when cured by the regular
houses that they were not afraid to
sell it as Citnadian, but that he also got
(tabby, oil -ted bacon marked Canadian.
This merchant advised the branding of
the word Canadian on all grades of
t'acon made in Canada,
WAGES FOR IDLE EMI'LOiEs.
Communal Court in Polish (:Ity Delivers
Strange Judgment.
A despatch from Warsaw says: Con-
siderable comment has been caused 1•y
the judgment of the Communal Court
at Widzeweo, near Lodz, ordering the
Coates thread factory to pay the wages
of 800 employes during the ten weeks
the works were closed. The factory
shut down Nov. 30, and a shortage of
coal was given as the reason for so
doing. The Court, in rendering judg-
ment, said It was not lack of coal but
the High price of coal which induced
the closing of the works, and found
that this was not a good reason tor
slopping work, hence the order for the
payment of the wages of the employes.
TIIE FAMINE IN SPAIN.
kande of Unemployed Pillaging Farms,
Bakeries and Stores.
A Madrid despatch says: The famine
in the Meridional Provinces again is
grave. The Intense cold of recent days
has killed the sugar crop in the Prov-
inces of Seville, Cadiz, Malaga and Gran-
ada. Numerous bands of men unable
to obtain work, are scouring lite coun-
try, pillaging farms, bakeries and pro-
vision stores, and threaten to attack
the land owners. Thousand; are await-
ing the commencement of Government
famine works, which aro indisp<nsal.le
to effect any improvement in the fright-
ful situation, the consequences of which
cannot be measured if the conditions
are prolonged.
K11.1.1;» rot '11111:1:‘
Ernest Appleton of Senora Hakes
l;is,d Bap.
A de'sprtte•h from Toronto r:,ys: \Wulve)t
spent to 1•,• g :. rltifgl In tie Rainy t;v'er
district ilii, :season, 1st high Circum-
stances are r ! favorable to inng;e•; i'y
there- to .' o days fourteen ‘e,.; •-
were le,... 1 ' snlutscoshwg i:"v. 1 .1e
of the \\'•s,t•, b;:' Erne'1 A)}t• " .,1
Ken..ra, 1111.1 'h•- Treasury 1►.;:,: .et
has received Inti apptcaliet, for Iseult ,
nggregoting f:'lo, ur 815 per h•-aei. neer
L,mte for the killing of wolves I': see
orgnItized di affect:.
Ceiel 111 Bell R!ls:eete•P.MM
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Ilt..t inns. 1 • 1.. n•l;11111 • 1'Itl:ule.I h.
e •111 11..1 i!1 \lar►. 1111, i
1,,11 w1n. ,
:oil ! . 1 ti..' war wa' •
roubles t$983.(I00.(001. This is a
,lettbt•e 'h. cost of Us I`.s 1`,,
\1 a'.
Its
ONTARIO LEGISLATURE
Speech From The Throne at The Open-
ing of the house.
With all the usual pomp and cere-
mony, military accompaniment, amts
social display, tine second session of the
eleventh Legislature of Ontario was
opened In the Parliament Buildings 1►
Queen's Park, 'Toronto, Thursday utter -
noon. The many beautifully dressed
worsen on the floor of the blouse made
a brilliant steno. Immense. crowds
pucker] every place of vantage on the
floor and in the galleries. The corridors
were tlu•enhged with hundreds seeking
admission.
111E SESSION'S PROGRAMME.
The speech from the throne was ns
follows:
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the
Legislative Assembly :
I take great pleasure in meeting you
again its representatives of tile Province
in Parliament assembled.
Our very ear,e•st thanks are on'e
more due to Almighty God for the
bountiful harvest of the year that has
passed, which teen excels the one That
called for our graiitlde last year. Willi
his harvest, the market conditions have
een such as to maintain the prosperity
which our fainters have enjoyed in re-
cent years. This has been noticeable In
the dairying industry, fhb output of
which has been very large. The evi-
dences of steadily increaseig enter.
prise and activity on the part of our
people. which have been upparent for
several years past, are to be seen on all
sides at the present time, and afford
good reason for congratulation and
thankfulness.
FOR FARMERS' COLLEGE.
The past year hes been Ihe most suc-
cessful in the history of the Agricultural
College from the standpoint of the num-
ber of students, the number of florae
visitors, and the amount of work done.
For the first time in its career, the total
number of students of all classes ex-
ceeded one thousand. The elaedonal.l
Institute has apparently taken firm hold
on the appreciation of the public, and
farmers' daughters have come to it;
halls in numbers that promise n very
bright future for the inelitulion. Yost
will be asked to provide funds for in-
creasing the teaching facilities of the
college in various departments.
The past ycnr has shown it large in-
crease over pre% ions years in tile num-
ber of immigrants settling in Ontario.
Preparations are being tirade to reedy()
and settle a larger number during the
present year, who will be directed 1.)
the farms of the Province. With in-
creased facilities and an Improved sye-
tern, it is confidently expected that the
immigration and colonization work of
this Government will rench the highest
mark yet attained. The funds appropri-
ated are being used solely to assist in
providing fest and domestic help.
REFERENCE TO EAIU. GREY.
Since the Inst steeling of the Legisla-
ture, his Excellency Earl Grey, Gover-
nor-General of Canada, accompanied by
Countess Grey and their estimable fam-
ily, have visited several sections of the
Province, anti the sent of G .vernmenl
has been honored ey their presence on
two occasions. The people of the Pro-
vince have noted with sate-fa.•tion the
great interest taken liy his Excellency
in all matters affecting their welfare en.1
happiness. The extensive experlence
gained by his Excellency in the various
public positions which he has occupied
renders his opinions on such questions
of the greatest possible value; while the
interested manifested by the Countess
Grey in all movements of n philanthro-
pic and social nature has been a source
of great satisfaction.
IN NE\1'Elt O\IAIt10.
You will be pleased to learn that the
olx•ration of lite first section of the
Temisknming and Northern Ontario
Railway for the past year has been very
satisfactory -the income being largely
in excess of the expenses of operation --
and that the construction of the extension
of this road has been proceeded with tr
Ihe most energetic manner.
The growing importance and value of
Ihe mineral interests of Ihe Province
call for the most careful consideration
and management, and metes-ary amend-
ments to the Mitring law will be sub-
mitted to you for your consideration.
Since lite Inst session, nn agreement
has been arrived ill with the Dominion
Government. for the negotiation. nn
equilablc terms. of n treaty wilt► the
lndinns who occupy large tewtinns of
the Province not now under treaty.
AMEND\ILN•TS T() LAW.
Among the measures to b' submitte 1
to you for your consideration, in addi-
tion to the amendments of the Mining
law, above mentioned. will be : hili,
respecting Courtly Councils; respecting
the Department of Lauds and Mines;
amending and consolidating! the Liquor
License Act; amending the Volunteer
Land Grants Act; revising and nrnenrl-
ing the Railway Aut, and the Electric
eilvvoy Act; ninendtng; the Agriculture
and Arts Act, amending and consolida-
ting the several Aete relating to com-
panies: revising and amending the Acts
relating to Public st:htois nod Lite Act
respecting the: Department of Educalinn;
respecting the University of 'Toronto;
and emending the Supplementary Reve-
nue Ael, 1899, providing for the taxation
of I,.iteert!yr.
ELF:r:I'l : I'O\\'Elt'.
I to. . xtraerdinar•y pas 1hi11h. s which
the future turfy have in store wilt. refer-
ence to electt•l.' power are still atlrnit-
ing: iu0reesiel attention on the part of
sele'ntiPe and practical men. 1t is ex-
1•••e•t.d 11• it. th.' report cif the C .mmnissinn•
eee • et.',1 to inquire into and report
' •..{; 1;1110 and electric low. r in the
! , .,ill be laid before 3-011 before
s s the .mesion. A mss.: of Ili-
• 1,: 1 teen Colleet.vi. which will,
great wr.lue in the future
:.••,•.e of This very tiiix.rlant
1 IIII: 1 \I\'Isnsir'.
1g; n.+ ••' of (k-teher last. n Cone
',pointed to report upon
• management and pnv--
11,•• I in%eraly of 'Toronto in
' i ami •!.•.id of the ens under
t. • Said l niversity is nt"- go‘ -
•1 .s.s for other purpoees. The re-
- of the Commission is expected
You will be glad to learn that the
revenues of Ute I rovince are largely in
exce..s of the estimates and more than
sufficient to meet the Provincial expen-
diture during the year.
The: public accounts will be laid be-
fore you for your consideration at the
earliest moment, and the estimates for
the coining year will also be submittej
for your approval at an early date.
MAIUIII-D IN COURT.
A Swedish Girl Saved From a Long
Terra in Jail.
A despatch from Montreal says : A
delightful romance stirred \Vestinount
on Wednesday night when William
131 own, a youth of little more than twen-
ty' years, publicly espousal a young
Swedish girl, thereby rescuing his bride
from the shadow of the prison burs and
securing her with the subtler bonds of
matrimony. The girl, Hilda Sjoberg, n
domestic t)1 engaging countenance, had
fallen from the path of rectitude by giv-
ing way to the temptation of an evil
moment and setting aside some of her
mistress' gewgaws. The result was n
trial and a conviction, but just as Magis-
trate \Ic\ial►on was about to pronounce
sentence the young man appeared and
offered to pay any Ilea that might be lin-
posed. ' As lining for such an offense
was not within the rending of the law,
the Magistrate paused. But Ihe youth
persisted, declared his love for the
maiden, and finally, on a hint from the
court, offered to make the accused his
wife as soon as a license and a minister
could be provided. The Magistrate
thought that the domestic fireskle might
prove a more abiding corrective Than
the company of convicts, so he sus-
pended sentence pending the fulfilment
of the lover's pledge. The girl did not
reject the offer, so time was given for
preparation, and on Wednesday night
at 7 o'clock in the court room Rev-. E.
Bushell made the twain one. The cere-
mony was witnessed by an interestul
group of townspeople and officers at the
Town Ilull. Mr. Brown, the groom. is
au electrician, well employed.
FAVOR OLD OGE PENSION.
1►ritlsh Premier and Chancellor Receive
Delegation.
A despatch from London says: While
declining 10 make rash promises, Pre-
ttier C ttimbe11-Bannerman and Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer Asquith on Titus-
r,;ay declared themselves in entire sync•
1 anis* with a deputation .ilia► cello! en
thein to ndvoctde the e.;lablishnunt of
n national system of old age pensions.
The deputation urg-'e.l that the scheme
should be comprehe nsive and include
all citizens, men or worsen, who at the
age of sixty should receive at least 81.25
eekly pension, and the money being
found by means of Imperial taxation.
The Prentice and the Chancellor of the
Exchequer In replying heartily npprov-cd
of the suggestions. The only , ditlicully
a: present. they pointed nut. was the
question of ways and means. They
thought, however. thnt with greater
corn in the administration of the conn -
try's finances 1l would not he Impossible
t•) find stoney for such a beneficent
scheme.
A QUEER (+ONC.00TJON.
What An Analyst found in "Com-
munion Wine."
The New York Sun of Wednesday
publishes the following : -Health Com-
missioner Darlington told the Alder-
men's Committee on Salaries and Oflcers
on Tuesday that the adulleratiou of the
food and drink sold in this city had lee
come
e -
come se general that it had spread to
the wines used in churches for cominm-
ion services. Ile informed the commit-
tee that a few days ago lie had analyze.)
n leoltle bearing the label "Communion
wine,- and found stint 0 was made •►f
wood alcohol, hard cider and an annlire
coloring matter. After the nueting Dr.
Darlington was asked if he hnd any rea-
son to believe That the concoction he bud
examined was generally used in the
churches. •l don't know," he replied,
"but i do know flint the wine we exam-
ined was an unwholesome. and even
dangerous, mixture."
PAYMENT OF WAR DEBTS.
Japan Will Not Ihe Free of Herder' for
Twenty -Five fears.
A despatch to London tram Tokio
says Ihnt the financial programme of
the Cabinet. which has passed the Lowes'
House, will undoubtedly be endorsed liy
the Upper douse. According to the
programme. the war debts. which will
nggregate $911,000,0100 in 1907. will 1 e
completely paid off in 1930. during which
interval there will be six operations of
conversion. The pi-ogrnrntne shows that
the domestic debts, now amounting in
$287.5000111, will be entirely discharged
in 1912.
REDUCTION BY MAGNETS.
New Scheme of Producing Iron Invent-
ed in Sweden.
An Ottawa despatch says: Mr. C. E.
Solemn, Canadian agent ut Christiania,
Norway, in n report to the Department
e( Trade and Commerce, says ay s that con-
siderable attention tins been directed to
ar invention of Iwo Swedes, who have
discovered a new method of producing
iron ore. The on, is crushed into a line
dust. and then the iron is drnwn out
b" the aid of strong magnates. after
which it is mottled into brick form.
FIREWATER'S VICTIMS.
Indians in Rnssean Riser Iteserve Being
Demoralised by Illicit Traffic.
A Let. ili• r, \Inn., dt' pnteh says: An
1i..linn on the noes -roe Ilher• reserve
wits found demi Inst S atur.lny ns n re•
still of intoxication. It is claimed that
the band Is better .leihoralized by the
illicit Irafilh in Ifquor among them. r.s
but for it they went,' make n respectable
lh•Ing.
A HOTENTOT AMBUSH.
German Petrel "urprised Otto re and
Nrn Killed.
Berlin despatch says : 'Ihe tiered
Hottentots nrnbushtd a German patrol
neer Sinrlonrn, Get ratan South • west
Mei Feb. 7. and killed Lieut. Bender
and six trooper!.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
IIEPORiS FROM THE LEADING
TIRADE CENTRES.
Pikes o1 Cattle, Grain, Cheese and
Other Dairy Produce al Home
and Abroad.
Toronto, Feb. 20. - Wheat - No. 2
Ontario white, 79 to 79). c; No. 2 red
winter, 7ti)yc to 79e; No. 2 Jinxed, 76e.
tc 783;c; No. 2 74 to Tec; No. 2
Spring, 74 to 75c. Manitoba grades, on
track, at lake ports: Nu. 1 hard, 89e; Nu.
1 nor'thei n, 663 -Se; No. 2 Nurllireu, 8-ic;
No. 2 Northern, s2eSc. All rail, North
Bay freights, 3yc inure.
Oats -No. 2 quoted at 35 to 36e at out-
side points.
Peas -79c outside.
Barley -No. 2 quoted at 49 to 49%c;
No. 3 extra at 40 to 46%c, and Nu.
a1 43 to 43%c.
Rye -No. 2 quoted outside at 70c.
Buckwheut-No. 2 quoted at 51% to
52c outside.
Corn -No. 2 Canadian, 42 to 43c,
Chatham freights; No. 3 American yel-
low, 49 to 4937c, Toronto freight, and
No. 3 mixed, 483, to 49c, Toront freight.
Flour -90 per cent. Ontario wheat pat-
ents for export quoted at $3.15 bid, in
buyers' bags outside; Ontario high pat-
ents, bags Included, 113.75, Toronto, and
96 per cent., Toronto, $3.60; Manitoba
stents, $4.30 l0 $4.50, Toronto freights;
second patents, 84.10, and strong bak-
ers' $1.
Bran -Ontario bran, in bulk, outside,
816.50, and shorts at $16.50 to 817.50
outside.
TIIE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter --Pound rolls are quoted at 21
to 22c; large rolls. 18 to 20c; good to
choice dairy tubs, 20 to 21e, and inferior
at 17 to 18e. Creamery prints sell at
24% to 25c, and solids at 2336 to 24c.
Eggs -New laid sell at 21 to 22c per
dozen.
Cheese --Large cheese, 133; to 13%c;
and twins at 13% to Ile per lb.
HOG I'i1ODUCTS.
Dressed hog, in car lots are steady
al $8.50 to $$3)0; bacon, long clear, Ile
per lb. In rase lots; mess pork, $18 to
$18.50; short cut. $2150 to $22; hares,
light to medium. 13 to 1334e; do., heavy,
12c; rolls, 11 to 1134c; shoulders 103 to
llc; backs, 1534 to IGc; breakfast rolls,
14 to 15c.
Lind -Tierces. 10% to 10%c; tubs, 10?;
to 11c; paibell to 11%c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Feb. 20. -Grain - The de-
mand from over the cable for Manitoba
Spring wheat woe limited, and trade is
quiet. The out market continues firm
to tone, tinder a fairly active demand
for local consumption. Burley is firm,
but quiet. Flour - Manitoba Spring
wheat patents 81.60; strung bakers' $1.-
20; Winter wheal patents. 84.25 to 81.-
50, straight rollers, 64 to $1.10 in wood;
in bags, 81.85 to $1.90. Rolled oats --
81.90 to 81.05 in bags of 90 lbs. (nomin-
al). Feed ---Ontario bran, in bulk, 81)4.-
5+4 to 810; shorts, in bags, $20 to 820.-
514; Manitoba bran, in bags, $19; shorts.
020. ]fay -No. 1, $$.50 to 89 per ton
on track; No. 2, $7.50 to $8; clover, $3.-
e ► to *6; clover, mixed, $6 to $6.50.
Beans -Choice prunes. 8165 to $1.70 per
Lusliel; hand-picked, $1.80. Potatoes --
Per bag of 80 lbs., 65 to 70c. Honey -
White clover. In comb, 13 to 14c per tb.
section; extract. 8 to 9c; buckwheat, 6%
to 7c. Provisions--Ileavy Canudlnn
short cut pork, 8':1; light short cut; $20;
Amei dean short cut, $en; American cul
clear fat backs, *19 to 820; compound
lard, 6% to 7%c; Canadian pure lard,
11% to 12c: kettle rendered, 12g to 13c;
banns, 12 to 1:13;c, bacon, 14;4c; fresh
I:illed abattoir dressed hogs. $10; coun-
try dressei. 88.75 to $9.5e; alive, $7.25
selects rind inked lots. Eggs -New laid,
23 to 24c: selects. 20 In 21c; No. 2 cand-
ied, 15 to 17e per dozen. Buller -
(:ht,icesl creamery. 22yc; undergrades,
21'/.c; dairy, 10 to 20c. Cheese -Ontario,
13 to 13%c; Quebec, 12%c.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Milwaukee, Feb. 20 Wheal -No. 1
Northern, 85 In 86c; No. 2 Northern, s2
1 85c; May, 853 to 85%c bid Rye --
No. 1. 4734e. Barley -No. 2, 55c; sam-
ple, 36 to 51c. Corn -May, 4334c asked.
Duluth, Feb. 21a - Wheat - No. 1
Northern. 8234e; No. 2 Northern, &)%c;
May, 83;1,; July, 81%e.
SI. Louis, Feb. 20 - Wheat -- Cash,
P7c; May, 83c; July, )3137c.
Minneapolis. Feb. 20 - Wheal -May,
8334c; July, 85%. to 85%e; No. 1 hnrel,
)433e c; No. 1 Northern, 83c; No. 2 North-
ern, 81%e. Flour-Unehangel. Bran
-In bulk, $14.50 to $14.75.
LIVE STOCK \1.1RKE1'S.
Toronto, Feb. 20. -Despite a heavy run
of cattle, there was it good lone lo trail -
the Western Cattle Markel thismorning.
Export (:allle: --Choice are quoted at
$1.60 lo $5, good to medium at $4 to
81.50). others at 83.75 to 81, bulls al
$3.5.) to 84 and COWS nt $2.75 to $3.50.
Butchers' Cattle- f'ickwl lots. $1.50 to
$1.75; good to choice, 81.10 to 81.10; fair
}n good, $3.50 to $t; common, *2.513 to
S:1; row's $2.50 to $3.75; bulls. $1.75 t0
t31.25. and canners, $1.75 to 51.50.
Stockers nod Feeders -Short -keep feed-
ers are quoted nt SI to $1.40, wee' feeders
nt 83.60 to $3.90. [tedium at $2.50 In
83.eo, bulls at $2 to 81.75, good stockers
run at 82.P0 to $3.'41. rough 14) common
at $2 to $2.75, and bulls at $1.75 to *1.50.
Mitch Caws --The market is quole9
rather firmer at a range of $31) to $611
each,
Calves- Qnnlntinna are stend3• al 3 -ee
to 7c per 1U.
Sheep and 1.aniles - Egene ewes ar,
quoted first nt $1.75 to $5 per ewt., An l
bucks easier at $3.50 lo $1.25. Lambs
were easy in lone nt *0.75 to 87.15 for
grain ted and 85.50 to $6.511 for mixed.
Hogs -Deliveries continue light. an.I
Ihe market advnnoed a further 250 per
cwt. to $6.75 for selects reel $6.50 ter
lights and fats.
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\11 s. 1►rusilln Morrell, tir2 years old, 01
Rree,k1)1) N. Y., has become a member
of the eirnpson Methodist Episcopal
church. eue las r,lwa3s been interests' 1
in ehun'li work. "Only recently 1 began
to w ander why 1 wee not a member,'
sire sad. -
GIANT TIDAL WAVE
Terrible Disturbance Caused by Earth-
quake in Colombia.
A Guayaquil, Ecuador despatch say,:
Capt. Iluiroyd, of the sleamehlp Quito,
v. tech armed from Panama via Tu-
ntaco, luloutlla, reports that It is be-
lieted that all of the coast towns b.•-
tween Tuntaco and Buenaventura have
b.e'n entirely deetruyeel by u tidal write'
eccasiutet1 by the earthquakes of Jan.
31. In several cases the earth opened.
engulfing small buildings. Already 70
1 ()dies have been picked up on the
beaches near 'lei:mice.
Passengers from the Province of Is-
meraldas, in the extreme northwest
part of Ecuador, who arrived Isere, re-
port that earthquake shocks were felt
there Jun. 31, and that several towns
11e the Provinces of Esmeraldas and
Manabi were seriously damaged. AI
Lsnteraldas City several houses col-
lapsed, including the Government
'louse.
The Village of Pinguagi, near the
Colombian frontier, was inundated by
a tidal wave, and many inhabitants were
washed ashore at Tuntaco.
At Rio Verde several houses collapsed.
During eight days 25 shocks were felt
in Esiner.ildas. 'l'he Coloniblan village
et Guncada also was inundated by a
tidal wave, and two hundred persons
were drowned. The eruption of the Co-
Icnibian volcano Cumbal caused the
earthquake.
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FREIGHT STRUCK SLEEPER
Seven Passengers Injured on be C. 1'.
1t. F xprss.
A Winnipeg despatch says: Because
the engineer of a westbound freight evi•
(IenUy disregarded the flag signals sent
out by the conductor of the second sec-
tion of the Pacific Express, due In Win-
nipeg from the east on Thursday, a
rear -end collision took place at an early
hour in the morning at Osko, a point
on the C. I'. It. main line 46 tulles west
or Fort \Viflinin, in which six Western
people and a resident of Battle Creek,
Mich., were injured. They are: Mrs. It.
Barbour, Snowlake, Man.; Mrs. S.
!tome, Calgary, Alta.; Miss Merrill
Wright. Oxbow, Sask.; E.dhier Gardiner,
Aylesbury, Sask., aged 10 years; Ella
Gardiner, Aylesbury, Sask., aged 12
years: A. McNab, Rattle Creek, Mich.:
Mrs. A. D. Cardinald, Darlingford, Man.
NEW STATION FOR TORONTO
New York Firms Ha- ve Received Con-
tract to Built It.
A Montreal despatch says :--11 is nn-
nounccd that floss and McFarlane. archi-
tects of Montreal, Westinghouse,
Church, Kerr and Co., and Canlere and
Hastings, both of New York. have re-
ceived a contact to build a nt'vv railway
station at Toronto and to hand it over
to the Grand Trunk Railway Company.
Mr. Boss, of Ross and Meleninne, also
made the announcement to -night, nn.l
intitnatcd that some nrrungement night
be made with the Canadian Pacific as
regards rights and privileges. The
Grand Trunk. it is known, has received
from the Railway Commission the right
of exploration of land between Front
Street and the Esplanade, east of York
Street, Toronto. It is also understood:
that the City of Toronto will have a part
,•in the work. The details of the cost or
the: plums have not yet been announces'.
•
HIS LEG TORN OFF.
Arthur S. Skead Meets a Shocking
Death at fort Arthur.
A I'rince Albert despatch says: Ar-
thur S. Skead. assistant miller in die
H.
13. Company's still here, stet a hor-
rible death on Thursday morning when
et work mune in the basement. Ile
evidently became entangled in the berat-
ing. and when found was lying on the
l:oor with one leg torn from the body,
but still alive. He was taken to the hos-
ital. but died immediately afterwards.
A wife and child survive his. De-
ceased's home was in \Winnipeg, where
his father resides. ile is either the see-
r nd or third of the funnily to meet a
violent death. his hrolher having been
drowned two years ago.
SWINDLED IN KING'S NAME
An Accomplished - Rascal Borrows
Morey Might and Leel,
A Madrid despatch says : A number
of prominent resid(nts of various towns.
who were ton willing In show sympathy
with the wedding of King Alfonso and
Princess Enn. have received with open
arms n well-groomed. educated man.
spenking Spanish with an English ac-
eent• who professed to be n 101011/0 :,f
the Ratenberggs and nn nide to King
Edward. Mara of those who entertained
hem donned hien money. Among them
was Cardinal Sancho, of Toledo. The
man is an impostor. and has been or-
reslcd.
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TOBACCO CULTURE.
I'ioiineial L'periment Sletion at Itu1h-
srn1Vi11 \lake Ceperini.•nts.
A 'Toronto despite. - Mot. Nd -
80n Monteith s:ty- '1•• 11 ie. -intent -)f
Agrieulture.wlll air:'..• a: ,,, ! sengnn
on the raising of wt111Me•., t.: Ileo tceeter0
plant of the experimental station int
Ihllltven in Essex county. The great
dillicully in (.nnuditn tuba:n culture se
far tete been the curing of the lea. even
after it has Leen successfully raise.) nn 1
picked. and to this end the (I.nernment
will also direct its attention.
60.000 AEER I CANS..
1 hilly Per Cecil. Increase In the Immi-
gration Movement to Canada.
1 \Vinnlo• g d' -.patch says.: Thealt,r.,
Kmnppeti. s.cretnry of the Western Can-
adian Immigration Ass.iciatien, saki On
Wednesday that sixty Ihousnttd Amer!-
cans will find their way into \\'est rn
Canndn this year. no ine'rense of thirty
per cent. ever Inst year. Prejudices
against immigration to it country under
n mnnarehk'nl fora of government hale
already disappeared. This in a cretin of
the . xperie•nces of American settles ni-
ready herr, vets find (hit the Govern•
meal rests absolutely %vitt, the people. ;
FLASHES FROM THE WIRE
The Very Latest Item• From all Pad
of the Globe.
CANADA.
Estimates for the Toronto Fire Depart-
ment this year aggregate $;ktJ Obi).
An outbreak of glanders is reported
among the horses at Montreal.
The lnn.l R►returno
don forlnJ;uluaryevenue total 591,2:.8s,(4f. r Lon -
The statue to Queen Victoria I,
ilton will be placed in Gore P'ar.
London City Council has
census of the city.
A strong English syndic
tornled. to -develop Nova
ruI11&S.
Mrs. Elanor McMillan, mother the
Lieutenant -Governor of Manitoba, is
dead.
Calgary customs receipts are better by
S5.($>) for this January than they were
for January, 1'905.
The Grand Trunk will build a tine new
hotel at London in connection with the
new railway station.
The militia camps at Ottawa and
Kingston next summer will bo held from
June 18th to 2tth.
Unorganized territory in Ontario will
in future be laid out in townships of ten
or twelve instead of six square Miles.
Fire destroyed the fifteen thousand dol-
lar school at Emerson, Man.. including
all the contents of the valuable library.
In January 512 homestead entries were
recorded at Regina, as compared with
301 the same month last year.
A mass meeting of citizens of Fort
William voted in favor of spending
8250,000 for a water supply from Loch
Lomond.
The Government has cancelled the
lease of the Blanche River I'ulp k Paper
Company o1 water power at Ila Cava
Rapids, on the Ottawa.
Barrie railway depot will be raised,
remodelled and enlarged and a big area,
of cement platform will be laid.
Cnntidian goods to the value of
*3.224,217 were shipped into the Yukon
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905.
Portraits in oils of Premier Whitney
and Sir John A. Macdonald have Leen
stung at the entrance to the Legislative
chamber. Toronto.
Owing to trouble over the local option
by-law the Grimsby Council resigned 'n
a body. Arrangements for a new elec-
tion have been made.
Judge Ouimet, of Montreal, has re-
signed from the bench owing to recent
law that judges must not be directors of
corporations.
It is understood that 11 Is not the In-
tension of the t'rovinciul Government to
introduce a teachers' pension measure
at the coming session of the Legislature.
That extensions of plant are in con-
templation by the Lake Superior Cor-
poration, to employ tin adetitSo4al 500
men, is stated by President C. D. War-
ren.
A thief smashed the plate -glass win-
dow of McMillan's jewellery store at
Vancouver with a brick, and got away
day.
with $15,000 worth of gents on Satur-
'fhe Hudson's Bay Company announce
their intention to contest action of On-
tario Government in seizing large ship-
meal of company's furs ul Ottawa
recently.
There has been a phenomenal snow-
fall at Glacier, 13. C., and for some dis-
tance east and west on the C. 1'. R. in
the mountains. In some places the fall
amounted to nenrly 10 feel In depth.
ees •
Sir Thos. Shnug,hm _ sy announces
that a meeting of shareholders of the
C. P. R. will he held in Montreal on
March 19 to ratify the issue of forty
trillions of new stock, mnkhig the total
issue of the company $150.1100,000.
A tract of 30.000 acres of land in the
Vermillion district, call of Edmonton,
hos sold for a price exceeding $6 an
acre. The land was pulehused from a
railway e•ompnny Three years ago for
less
than half this price.
It is reported et Montreal that the
United antes Teel Corporation have
secured a controlling interest In tie sleek
of the Dominion Wire, Manufacturing
Co., and will miens or to control other
large iron industries In the Dominion.
The Inland Revenue DepartmentVine
analyzed 108 samples of salad oils, Mid
finds 66 samples of genuine olive nit, 2
doubtful aumples, 24 samples of cotton
seed oil sold as salad oil, and 16 seen -
pies of cotton seed oil sold es olive ()Il.
GREAT 13111'I:IN.
On Saturday King Edward inunchtd
the great battleship Dreadnought, the
largest in the world. It will join the
.111ante. fleet within a year.
Al the coming manoeuvres of the Como
bincd British fleets next June the con•
plete co-operation of all British ship-
owners will be requested with o view 10
del.-;'nlining n practical scheme of de•
fence of British commerce in lime of war.
1n c0nsequenee of the Anglo -Japanese
alliance. the British Admiralty will
Nowell test how long it will take to h•atix•
port nen to itr•itish 4 olurihin front Ener
hind. `;eine 10,000 snilore :roll marines
will then be trnncpnrIed from ilalifax
to \'nn0Ouver in special C. 1'. 11. trellis.
Tho cng,ngrntent of Lady l'nh.acr.
slaughter of Curl Selborne, to \yegr.mit
1howiek. son of Earl Grey, is nnuinitwee.l.
11 i; antion:1ml that One sul,j.•ct In lie
discussed al n meeting of the Peetn'
Union in April it Lorries win be n jii'i-
posnl to enable the sender of n letter to
prepay it. reply.
UNITED `'1'A' Es.
Teti Ihnusnnd coal rand iron miners in
the region of Punxsutawney, 1'a., hove
gone on strike.
The Erie itt.iirond announ0es Ilial
within Iwo penis probably n11 its subur-
ban linea will be convertiel into elcctritl
roads. Its engineers are studying the
prnje>cl.
It Is expected Ili .l before the ;Weevil -
men' of Ihe Executive Beard of the \line
\\'orkers of America at Indianapolis, a
faunal strike order tie April 1 will lin
prcpar'et1, to prevent re-as:enthlUlg for
Ihnl purpose.
The Torrey -Alexander rev iwnl servicers
have Merle(' at Philatlelphin rind Ihe
hnils me crnw(Icet. Mr. llcxnmb•r ieae to
choir of 6,(U) voices to choose from, an 1
has PIM) singers nl each meeting(. 'rho
expenses nee expected to he Sell/ Xt.
pupular y subscribed.