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alongside of
dog had eve
Muster? body
,When Flood
other dog
harne.ss awl
safely, but :he
:bis master.
Thibadeau took
ek to headquttr•
.6n their arrival
pie, Indlans and Fski-
out to search.
*form was the worst that Mr.
has ever seen. The Itlernioule-
to 25 below and the wind blew
rate of GIY miles an hour. The
pvhich broke Weise from the sled
ed to Churchill seven days atter
d left the camp:
body of Flout( was buried at re
at Churchill. His Is the flit
the first death In the Iris.
o Royal North -\\'est Moulded
Hudson Ray district.
ewes 34 years of age, and
m Quebec, where he was
r
that'':
when they
arts the
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COMCC.SSION TO SEiTLERS.
lowed of Homestead Dulles Owing 10
the Severe Weather.
A despatch from Ottawa says : The
nskatchewan Government has request-
ed the Minister of tho interior that set-
tlers be relieved from doing two months'
homestead duties on account of thesevere
winter and scarcity of fuel. The Minis -
tortes agreed to this.
Tho department has also ordered Its
officers and the amounted police as well
to send relief to any settlers that may bo
requiring oho same, because of their be-
ing away from railway communication.
The immigration officers have been
Instructed to furnish relief to those set-
tlers who aro being located along tho
G.T.P. Ione between Saskatoon, end
Battleford. A largo number of settlers
have gone into this district becauso of
the prospects of early railway communt•
cation.
ONLY 22 PAID P01.I. TAX.
Immigration of Chinese Into Canada Is
Reaching Zero Point.
A despatch from Ottawa says : Since
le86, 44,670 Chinese immigrants have paid
the head tax on •entering Canada, and
the total collections during the cause
period amounted to 83,018,679. Of this
total the provinces havo received a share
1�
Ilio amount of 8977,350. During the
past year only 22 Chinese paid the poll
lax corning into Canada; 146 carte in
under the exemption law, which applies
1) professional men and students at
Canadian universities or schools.
VERY UI'Cll OVi:ItD11.1WN.
Stories of Distress In Nest Discounted
at Ottawa.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
report) of deaths from starvation in
tete Northwest which appear In press
despatches. do not agree with the In -
f natation supptlel Ihe Interior Depart-
ment by loo mounted police, hnnligra•
le.m officers, and other officials of the
.leptirin•nt. So far only one death,
that of a negro, in Alberta, hos been
r petted. As to the severity of the.win•
ter i;o re doubts.
el 1\11'0,1 TO BE EXTI:\1)Ei).
ill trate Outlet on Hudson Bay by
!Wareing to 60th Parallel.
despatch from Ottawa sa'. •: It Is
Id that oho proposed extension of
anitobali beurrlarie's will carry taint
oe ince nerthtt and as far as the 60th
rullei and Ilre Churchill Myer. The
'send eastern and western bounder1-s
rout likely In be disturlsol, but will
merely projected northward. If
Is is done Manitoba will get the out -
t deal she is seeking on Itud;n Ray.
N, 611th parallel is already the north -
1 boundary if British Columbia, At-
te and Seskntch'won.
TO PROSECUTE LUMBERMEN.
Failure to Obey Rules to Have Unplea-
sant Result.
A despatch front Toronto says : The
lndiffor.'nce of a number of the lumber-
men operating in New Ontario regarding
the regulations adopted for their govern-
ance some time ago is the subject of
complaint by the officers of the Roane of
Health. The eon►panies and merchants
engaged in cutting timber have neglec-
ted, In a number of cases In spite of re-
peated nolilicatlons, to comply willi the
rules regarding the sanitary condition of
camps. They have also failed to for-
ward to the o0ico of the Provincial
Health Board information as lo the loca-
tion of camps and copies of contracts
made with physicians providing for med-
ical attendance on their workmen. As a
mutt informations will be laid against
a number of lumber companies, which
will be prosecuted for their negllgenre.
An official of the board has gone b, the
district to lake the necessary action.
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MONTREAL'SEXEMPTIONS.
Fifty-four Million Dollars' Worth of
Property Pays No Taxes.
A despatch from Montreal says : Ac-
cording to the City Con►ptiellcr, proper -
Iles are exempted from taxation to the
tune of over $54.000010. Reports shove
that exemptions in the city have during
the past few years gene up by leaps and
bounds. Fur lnstnuce, exemptions in
1902 wero only 839,39$,535. In 1905 the
flgeres hnd risen to $10,143,215, while
last year another $8,0011,000 of oxemp-
llolu worn added, and swelled the total
sum to over $54,000,000.
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REPEAL TIIREE-FIFTIIS COTE.
Bill to be Introduced by the Opposition
Lender.
A despatch from Toronto says : The
repeal of tho section requiring a three -
vote to carry local option is the
main feature of 1110 bill to amend tho
Liquor License Act to he Introduced by
Mr. G. P. Grahntn, leader of Ihe Opposi-
tion. It provides for the restoration of
the clause whereby Ihe abolition of ho-
tels In any munlripality could be carrievi
Info force by a simple majority. The
hill would also make It Illegal for
license commissioners unit Inspectors to
enter into contracts with any persons in
Ilio liquor trail.) with whom they may
have business.
FROZEN TO DE 1111.
Alex. Allen, (toucher nl N'illowhnmch,
Lours Way in !Stoat.
A despatch preen Moose Jaw, Sask..
says : \ir. Alexander Allen, a rancher
of \Vlllovv bunch, was found frozen to
death on Wednesday one mile frim
home. It is suppre eel he had been keeek-
ing for horses ceught in the storm and
Int his way. 11e came from Dakota
about two years ago.
TEP TOWARD liOME RU
hief Secretary for Inland Gives Formal
Notice of Bill.
A despatch from London says: Fol•
lowing closely teem his announcement
of the intention of the Government to In -
traduce a ntcasut0 to improve the gi 0-
-'al•m tient of Ireland. Augustine Ilirrel1,
Chief Secretary for Roland, grave fes incl
notice on Thursday (hut a bill "lo es-
blith an Irish Council for other pur-
er connected therewith," would bo
tmdiic,d. Thus the !Aorta Govern -
it is keeping its promise to Ito
Ilnnalists 10 ;dace Irish legislation to
tied forefront if the present session of
Parliament,
Tho bill, alth.w gh all the details have
not yet been utile puttee, wilt peiwide
for a council In which the elective Mei
dent will predominate. A number
ndmtnative m'snbefe are 'learned In
feeder to placate the Liberals oho are
appaeed 1e en entirely repress. ntativ e
body. It Is understood ate that (his
council w all have extensive administra-
tive pee, is, but its right to legislate wall
Le Mimed. 'Ila(, teatime has been ne-
ccpttd le the Irish lenders.
Nothing d,1iiille is known as to the
runtime of financial control to be en•
trusted to the council. but to satisfy
Irishmen this will have to be Inrge.
There Is no lut! that iia powers new
centered In cunletuua bonnie controlling
the ndininiatratie n of Ireland will be
havKI.d over to the council.
Speaking in the (louse on Thur. -day
evening, \Ir. Ihrrel1 said that the ques-
tion of the restoration of evicted tenants
lo their honie tcn.s one of primary inn-
j,eer!ance. end that brooked of ive delay.
Ile g'Ie'ied the Goterrmenl le !eke refer -
hoe 1 eeeiree to oblien the reinstate-
ment of evicted leitantw.
Y.,
pulling
pitmen -
Wee tesday
exploded near
nty. The train was
fete of forty Utile3 an
fireman and an unknown
was riding in the cab of the
were killed, tho engineer was
1y hurt and several other 'termini
ere seriously injured. '1'11e body of
Fireman Mullin was blown one hun-
dred feet into a (lett, and his tread was
turn oft. The uuknowJI man in the cab
was blown to pieoec, Engineer (:ad -
wood was also Ihrotwn into n field by
the force of the explosion. The engine
was blown to pieces, and the baggage
Car was badly damaged. Four couches
left the rails and went into a ditch.
The explosion is believed to have been
duo to tho pipe between the lank and
the engine freezing, which prevented the
water feeding into Ilio boiler properly.
NEW C. P. 11 STEAMERS.
Two Are lo be Added to thq Company's
Lake Fleet.
A despatch from Montreal says: Tho
C. 1'. It. are building three new liners
foe}' use this coming summer. These
cdrlslst of two new steamers that are
to bo &klcd to tho lake fleet at the end
of the summer, and one freighter for the
itriflish Columbia coast. The lake
steamers, which aro being built by the
Fairfield Company, will have about
double the carrying capacity of the ves-
sels now In service, although they will
be only some forty feet longer than the
prosent lake steamers. The freighter
for the Ilri!.ish Columbia coast, which
le to be about 200 feet in length, Is be-
ing built by Messrs. Graysons, Limited,
of Birkenhead. Tito reason (hese ves•
sets are being built in British yards is
because Canadian firms are unable to
undertake the work.
NO REDUCTION IN LAP BUDGET.
Powerlessness of the Opposition is a
Bad Sign.
A despatch from Tokio says: Tho
national budget for 1907-8 passed the
House p( Representatives on Tuesday
without the blighted curtailment. Such
an occurrence is without precedent
since the opening of oho Japanese- Diet.
Tow powerlessness of the Opposition is
regarded by many persons here as a
had sign for the progress of constitu-
tional government In Japan. The bud-
get for 1907-8 provides for the expendi-
ture of $3(15,000,000, $60,000,000 more
ti.an fast year, and Is twice as much
a; was required to cover all expenses
prior to Iho Itusso-J,ipane,e war. There
are largo apprnprialions for naval and
military Inerensee, and new underlak•
ings In the Department of Communica-
tions aro In be met by an internal loan
Of $15,000,00.1.
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UNUSUAL MATRIMONIAL EVENT.
Widow and Widower and n DauOhlcr
of Each Married at Sante Time.
A despatch from Montreal says: On
Tuesday n somewhat unusual metre
fitment event was celebrated at the
parish church of St. Louis do Mite End,
when an elderly widower, father of five
children, was married lo a widow, who
also had five children. At the same ser-
vice a daughter of the bride and a
daughter of the groom were also mar-
ried. Special permission was granted
the younger couples to undergo elle
nsarriage ceremony outside of their te-
specltve parishes In order that the par-
ents and children might john in the nup-
tial family reunion. Fr'ends of the six
participants witnessed the unique wed-
ding. Itev. Canon i.el'nlllcur, the pari. Ii
priest, pet formed the ceremony.
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TO COMBAT TUBERCULOSIS.
Fraternal Socleyiea Ask the Govern-
ment for Legislation.
A despatch from Toronto says: Re-
presentative, of Canadian fraternal as-
sociations representing 350,000 cerlifl
este-holder.., wailed upon Hon. Mr.
Hanna on \\'cvinesday morning and laid
before hint plans for combatting the
spread of lubereulois. They asked for
a statutory enactment making the (lis -
case n notifiable one to the loom health
officers. That the (kivernnient grant
I:5 nmuticlpa1 ea nntoria be increased.
That the Province be organize) into dis-
tricts under the supervi+inn of the Pre.
%htelal Board of Health and the estab-
lishment of district sanatoria.
CIiIf.DREN'S COURTS.
All yeulhfut offenders nr homeless,
children should be remelt ed entirely
from the jnrisrlieliur► of the regular
Police Courts in large ciliac and bo dealt
will by a specially organized Children's
1:enirl. In ct.nneelion milli this Court
(hero should be probation Alileers to in-
vestigate charges of youthful wrong.
doing end homeles.,ie. ,. etc., and sub.
mit lo the Judge a report of each 0050.
Children charger( with petty offences
should be placed tcn1pu iarily tinder the
care of these otlicers. mime of whom may
b• volunteer mission workers and who
would supervise the !virile life, help to
procure employment, or lake whnte'er
steps might he necessary to reinnve the
care of efleiire. The !urine surround -
Ings and early 'reining if children ere
all tmpe,rliint feelers 111 determining
their auleepient career. When children
get Into ^outlet with the lav it Is rarely
(heir fang, end their failing should be
studied in a kindly pnrenlnl way by per -
:Ants whose love of childhood is greater
than their sense of so -cello! justice,
J. 1. IC t:1.S0, Toronto.
WARSHIPS 1\ COLLISION.
Two British Vessels hate to go to
Gibraltar ler Repairs.
% Ii - pal, is (r ear London say. : The
fine 11rili,ti 1i:itttestii e' A1b,-rinnrlr find
1'ununnnwea. ,•, whtcla were (,m•gleipnl-
111g in mn1Iertuwres off Pottleel. rullidevl
during Ihe night of I d'. 11, end were
)lelig•.'d 1., peed', eri 11. 1:ibrnitur for re•
leers. '11,x1: were rug casua!dlee.
WORLD'S MARKETS
AL1'ORTS FROM Tne LEADLNII
T1tAt Ts CaE11'11Es.
Pike. of Cattle. Grain, Cheese sal
Other Pale' PraMice at Iloaae
and Abroad.
Toronto, Feb. 19. -- Flour — Ontario
wheat 110 per cent. pulemts are quoted at
$e•65 to $2.70 in buyers' sacks outside for
e'xpor't. Mtuuluba flirt patents, 84.50;
st'eoiid pulelits, 81, and strong bakers',
$3.90, 'Toronto.
Wheat ---!Manitoba grades very scarce.
No. 1 northern is quoted at 8yc, lake
purls, and No. 2 northern at $13,c, lake
ports. No. 2 Ontario white is nominal
a: 72C, at outside points.
Coro --No. 3'An•ericun yellow is quoted
al 52 to 52Vc on track, Toronto. Cana-
dian corn is quoted at 41c f.o.b. we.4.
Bran—Very scarce and nominal at 819
to $20 outside in bulk. Shorts quoted at
820 to $21 outside.
Oats ---No. 2 white aro quoted outside
at 39 to 39) c.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples—hood to choice winter stock,
*2.50 to 81.50 per bbl.
Means—liand-picked selling at 01.55 to
$1.60, and prunes at 81.40.
Honey—Strained, quoted at 11 to 12c
per Ib, and comb honey at 82 to 82.50
per dozen.
(lops—New quoted at 18 to 21e.
Hay—No. 1 timothy is quoted at 811.50
1' 313 on track here, and No. 2 quoted at
88.50 to 89.
Straw -87 to 87.50 a ton on track hero.
Potatoes—Ontario, 75c per bag, on
track, and New Brunswick, 80e per bag.
Poultry—Turkeys, fresh killed, 12 to
13e; chickens, dressed, 10 to 11c; alive,
7 to 8c per lb; fowl, alive, 5 to Ge; ducks,
dres sod, 10 to Ile; geese, 10 to 11c per lb.
THE D.\1111' MARiCi TS.
Buller—Lound rolls aro quoted at 22
to 23c; tubs, 20 to 22c; large rolls, 20 to
22c. Creamery prints self at 26 to 27c,
and solids at 23 to 21c.
Eggs—Storage, 23 to 24c; selections,
25 to 26c, and now laid, 29 to 30c per
dozen.
Cheese — Largo cheese, 13 ye, and
twirls, 14c.
110G PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs in car lois aro un-
changed, with prices quoted at 88.50 to
P.75 hero. Bacon, long clear, 11X, 10
Ilse per lb. in case lots; mess pork,
821.50; short cut, 823 to 823.50.
Llan—Light to medium, 15yc ; do,
heavy, 143-c; rolls, 11y, to 12c; shoul-
ders, 11 to 11Xe; backs, 16%c; breakfast
bacon, 15ye.
Lard—Tierces, 12%0; tubs, 12X•,c; palls
12%c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Feb. 19.—Grain—There is no
change in the condition of.lho local mar-
ket for oats. Sales of Ontario No. 2
while wero made at 43Xc, No. 3 at 423ee
and No. 4 at 413;c per bushel ex store
Flour—Choice spring wheat patents
54.50 to 84.60; seconds, $1; winter wheat
patents, 84 to $1.15; straight rollers,
83.55 to 83.65; do, In bags, 61.61 to 11.70;
extras, 31.45 to $1.55. Feed --Manitoba
bran in bags, 821; shorts, *22 per Ion;
Ontario bran, In bags, 821 to 821.50;
shorts, $22 to 322.50; milled niouillie, 121
to 825 per ton; and straig`it groin. $28 to
830. Provisions—Bar•rc1.s short cut meta,
3:2 to 823.50; half -barrels, $11.75 to
812.50; clear fat hacks, 821 to $25.50:
lung cut heavy mess, 820.50 to $22; half -
barrels do, 810.75 to $11.50; dry salt kung
clear bacon, 12 to 12%c: barrels plate
beef, $11 to $12.50; linlf•barr'cis do, $6 to
$6.50; barrels heavy mess beef, 88.50;
half -barrels do, $1.75; compound lard,
83e to ilk; pure lard, sly to 13c ; kettle -
rendered, 13 lo 13X,c: horns, 11 to 1Gc,
according to slze; breakfast bacon, 15 to
16c; Windsor bacon, 15y, to 16c, fresh
killed abattoir dressed hogs, 310; alive,
37.35 to 37.50. Eggs—Selects, 25 to 27c;
No. 1 candled. 21 t0 22c. Cheese—Octo-
ber made while, 1:1X,c; cooked, 13'/,c.
Dolle►• --Choicest, creamery, 25X to 2bXc;
medium grades, 23/, to 21Xc.
UNI'1'I:U
STATES MAIIKI.TS. •
Milwaukee. Feb. 19.— Wheal— No. 1
northern. 83X to 8.5c; No. 2 northern, 80
to 83c; May. 79 to 793.e. Itye—No. 1, 69
to 693c. narley—No. 2, 61c; sample, 51
to Gtr. Corn—No. 1 cosh, 42X to 42%c;
May. 463( to '46%c asked.
Duluth, Feb. 19.—Wheal—No. 1 hen!,
83c; No. 1 northern, 82c; No. 2 northern,
Ms.; May. 81c; July, 8Ic; Sept. 78Xe.
c.
Minneapolis, Feb. 19. -- Wheal—May,
80yc; July. kr)'/.c; September. 7834 to
78Xe; No. 1 tiara, 81'X to K5%e; No. 1
northern, 82X to 83Xc; No. 2 northern,
SIX. to 81%c; No. 3 northern, 711 to Mc.
Flour—Firm patents, $1.311 to 61.10;
second patents. 81.15 to /en; first
clears, 83.25 to 11.3.35; seennd clear:: 82.40
bo 82.60. Bran—SPX, to $17.50.
i.IVE S'T'OCK M:\nKI:T.
Tonon,lo, Feb. 19.- As usual, Ihere•
was a very brisk demnnd ler good cat-
tle, and. although the offerings were
%cry. far horn Irving aatlsfeclnry, They
were generally considered as bring at
improvement on the few previous mato
k(
ls.
I:zl.ort entitle were in brisk demand,
air! arses firmer. one remarkably fine
bunch selling from *:,.311 to v:x.711. The
general levet of Ihe market for choice
t,,pnrler: ranges from 85 to 85.30, brig
picked cattle can depend mem a mud'
feller price. light exporters range
teem' *4.14) to *1.911.
Butcher cattle were in brisk demnnd
all generally firmer price:. They sold
from *1.61 In 8.75. \Lviurn grade cob
ire were txlv,ul ee cents higher. cern•
neon stock being up (rent 10 to 20 eeal
Sl(,(1i,r4 nnd (vedrre `Iiwe51 very let•
Ise improvement. Q•Inlnliens are lien, r,
in syaupalhy watts the rest of Ihe mar-
ket.
\filch cows are quoted firmer, but there
were very few of them on the market.
There Is a good denim(' fur heavy
milkers.
calve= are very aletely and unchang-
ed.
Shoes', meet lambs are 'toady to firm.
ate- an 1 gran fel Iambs tree slightly
Ijr.g, are u:t hinged. I•pt pr:.•es nate
.1 mwaker lr!i 1r;, not a Beeline N ex•
wrest, S Ivies are tooled at Steers, rot
and vat r, el.
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IT IS A LAND OF WONDERS
ProE Von Hammerstein's Explorations in
Northwestern Canada.
A despnlch from Ottawa says : Before
the special committees of the Senate on
the Hudson's Bay route and the resources
el Canada's hinterland, Professor Von
Hammerstein gave evidence on Thurs-
day morning as to his expluruti0115 in
northwestern Cattails'. bio slated that on
the lower part of Luo Athabaska River
there was sand from which glass could
be ►nada and natural gas w?th which to
melt it. The greatest gas well in Ihe
world was located at Pelican Portage.
Eleven years ago when a Government
well was being stink (hero 111 searching
for oil boring was stopped by a rush of
gas. This gas has been blowing out and
burning ever since. There were indica-
tions, said Professor Von llnnnuer'stein,
that the greatest petroleum held in tho
world would bo developed in the coun-
try lying between the Athabaska and
I'eaco Rivers.
Mr. Elillu Stewart, Dominion Superin-
tendent of Forestry, also gave evidence
before the committee along the sante lino
as that already given before the Com-
mons Agriculture Committee. Ifo said
(hat the growth of vegetation in t110 Mac-
kenzie Basin was surprising, oho sun in
tho summer being visible for about
twenty hours out of the twenty-four. On
July 15 at Fort Providence, near Slave
Lake, on lite ,\lackenzio River, about 550
!miles north of Edmonton, Mr. Stewart
said he saw wheat in the mill:, potato.:,
in flower, peas tit 10 use, tomatoes, tur-
nips, rhubarb beets, cabbage, unions
and other garden vegetables. The straw-
berries had been ripe there for some
lime, and the people had currants and
gooseberries. To illustrate the heal, he
said qt Fort (:hipewaynn 1t had been 1(10
degrees in the shade. for several days and
nights. Indians coaling from the Alaska
boundary to meet the steamer Wrigley
had lost two dogs from heat in Ilio Arc -
ti; Circle. He thought systematic ex-
ploration would show a surprising
amount of good country, extending
along down from Slave l.akn to Peace
River. Along the edackenzie River spruce;
grew clear to the shores of the Arctic
Ocean. 'There were aspen, white poplar.
balm of gileud and birch growing us far
north as Fort Macpherson. 111x. Stewart
said that on Sieve (fiver Ile had passed a
bank of burning . coal about twenty
utiles In length near Fort Norman, which
Alacicenzie had reported burning in 1789,
and v itch had been burning ever since.
MR. N. DYME?T'S WILL.
Barrie Lumberman Lenwes an Estate of
Three Million Dollars.
A despatch front Barrio says : Tho
will of the Tato Nathaniel Dynient will.
shortly be filed for probate. The value
of tho estate will be in the neighborhood
of three million dollars. While the be-
quests have not been mado public, it is
understood that, except for a few bo-
quells to charities, the lumberman's
great fortune will he shared by the im-
mediate members of tho family.
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FIRE LN CRAMP YARDS.
Seventy-five Per Cent. of Company's
Vessel Patterns Destroyed.
A despatch from Philadelphia says
An tihnast irr•epurublo loss was sustained
by the Wm. Cramp & -Sons Ship and
Engine Building Co. In a tiro at their
yards on Wednesday. 11. destroyed tho
pattern shops and two storage rooms.
At least 75 per cent. of this company's
patterns wore destroyed, among them
being those of tho United Stales battle-
ships Pennsylvania, Colorado, Tennes-
see, Maine, Alabama, town, Massachu-
setts and Indiana. Patterns for a num-
ber of vessels in course of construction
wero also lost and work on then) will bo
delayed. '1'110 loss is estimated at be-
tween 8100,0)0 and 3150,000.
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BIG TRADE IN CANARIES.
12,00e Birds Shipped From England to
Norfolk, Va.
A despatch from London says : It ons
announced at a meeting of canary
breeders at Yurmoulh on Wednesday
that 12.000 canaries were exported to the
United Stiles during the last year, con-
signed to one Norfolk; Virginia, firm
alone. Breeding the birds is n profitable
hobby among workingmen, who supply
dealers, reet•i'ig good prices. no re-
cord price of $125 was -obtained for a
Vermouth canary In November.
HUNDREDS LEAP FROM SHIP.
Mutiny on a Turkish Transport In the
Suez Canal.
A despatch from Suez says : A mu-
tiny on the Turkish transport 1Io Ieindilh,
while passing through the conal to the
Iced Sea, ended by three Hundred sol-
diers jumping overboard while going
through the (titter Lakes. 'fen of them
were drowned or shot dead by loyal
marines. The others reached the shores
and escaped. The 1Iodelndah is now
here. Everything is peaceful atxonrd of
her. She landed 17 men who were
wounded in the outbreak.
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1t Is stated In Berlin that Ihe high
protectionist party will be stronger in
the new Iteichsing then in the, old.
The Spanish Socialists have decided
to join the Republicans in the coming
elections.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL 01'F.11 THU
GLOBI.
Telegraphs. Briefs From Our Own eel
Other Countries of Rectal
Events.
CANADA.
Fort William now reports a fuel
shortage.
Mr. Joseph T. Clark was elected Pre-
sident of the Canadian Press Associa-
tion.
Railway competition is likely to result
in lower farce to the Muskoka district
next season.
Mr. George Nelson Kidd, M.P.P. for
Carleton, died of typhoid fever at. Carp,
on Saturday.
Medical men may welt upon the Gov
eminent to urge the appointment of a
Minister of Health.
London's Inland revenue returns for
January total $34,131.93, an increase of
$176.81 oyer last January.
Tho Manitoba Legislature adopted the
resolution providing a fair wage clause
i•t all Government conlracLe.
Montreal Council has contracted for a
gas supply from the Montreal L., 11. &
P. Company, for 20 years, at 90 cents.
Mr. John H. Carr of Belleville has
teen appointed Government immigra-
tion agent for Bay of Quint° district.
Two or Iltrea Hamilton Street Hall-
way employc-es have been arrested en
the charge of robbing fare -boxes.
A Brooklyn expert offers to supply
London (Ont.) with three million gallons
of water it day for $75,000 per annum,
General Booth, head of the Salvation
Army, has accepted an Invitation to
address tho Canadian Club of Ottawa
next inonlh.
Airs. Delisle Smith dial at St. Mich -
eels hospital, Toronto, on Friday, after
1•ring given a mixture of lodyne In mis•
lake for a tonic.
The chiefs of the Six Nation Indians
at Brantford have asked the Government
le appoint en Indian to the position cf
Superintendent.
The erection of a smelter at Port
Arthur or Kashabowie by the Tennes-
see Copper Co., owners of the 'tiptop
mine, 1s announced.
Arrangements for a sleailship service,
beginning in the spring, between Can-
ada and Mexico on the Pacific, •hnvo
Leen completed.
The Hamilton Street Railway Com-
pnny discharged eight conductors, on
Snturday, for not obeying the rules end
receiving passenger fans in their hands,
The Hull City Council have decided
.o appeal to the Provincial Treasurer In
refuse a license to the Hamilton -1'0w -
der Co., which was 10 establish a maga-
zine near the cement works.
HY RUSSIA WAS BEATE
General Kroupatkin's History of the Late
Japanese War.
A despatch tram SI. Petersburg says.
(ice. Kronptntkin'.s history of the Itussrs•
Ji.pane,e tsiir, which Ovals ce,nfiscalcd
by Ihe !Medan Government. has at lost
become accessible. despite the mast ex-
treme pn'cnutluns to prof eel this gal-
iwgt oilie•ial indictment fano reaching
the puree.. l'he work eunsi.ls of Three
bulky vo'umes, respectively devoted la
the three crucial events of the war, .I,.
Millie of Line -Yang, the Battle of Ihe
5ho !liver, and tho liullle of \lukrleo.
l'h a volum1nous general ocher¢, slats,
ties. Fele., 1.s, 711111 other docinuC111nry
mall, rs b ,tee been Cnllateil tv Cl.e114,I1,•
Iwvcle not(. of Ihe general stat. 'those
milli the "arm, lesions" wheel hn%e be ern
t7•rnnrl:,leI. teo twit mmnzin„ ic•
selatlons of d1-orgnr►iz;.114111 and Mettle'.
site. and es.m of dasabtdicn e of spe'ci-
Ilc and urgent orders, nn Ihe, pert of
ctl•lain gene rel olfi?tr4 cn1u'tish.1 with
high r.e emnrols in the telt, ,.mails
C, n. Kin,'bae s, nga:n.l m lacca n f.e •-
n1aL•d, a 111 1 a Ihe nl Ls flamer. ,welling
Capon 11. sheill,lcr+ practi, ally Ihe en•
lir,• lee1 on•de,Ily for the Crushing d'•
teat el Miikdt•n.
IUs \S(1\A 11111 1-'111.1'11t,.
Kin ip.111,in's rensons fe•r I.no 1e:'11rr
et. the wee are base! chiefly on a corn•
par•L.on of Ilto warlike spirit of the
Japanese, their preparedness and same,
whtclh, he says, line never been seen
11any previous war, and their ability
to maintain the numerical superiority
and to ns -tune Ihe offcn'ite, wile the
d.sadstiutng 's of Russia, owing to the
laud.vpunry of tho single back railway
leen Europe to (eerlins' her fighting
elle with mn,n.nndina: nticers dos•
eying. and in a hope's.- stole of Con
lumen and cross-purpose 5. with a low
rnl cf morale andren1 deace among
Ilene (mops. and cenitinu,us news from
Lente of :nf•rn:11 Irnuidrs and of insults
hint ,eleseicl es against the army.
Ile enrnpla!ns of insutiei nl firmness
tun eng a nand er +e' r ginlete!. meaner
Int 110 feueole I. to end the Ir.ops of
Gen. (heel and I:::d e
ICr cheek n annotto that had Gen. Ku-
• r'el gra•pi'el fir
erllfcal p' %llk)n ren the
Ito. -I to (teat freenl, %which, "Forinnate -
11', 1,,' .i1.1 nm.'he c:e•nd ha\.t
s. '•e 11.'ne -Yine as rest's in the he'. ri-
r. sic ,4 11115.. "the swlh,!e n,)1Tatise as
e •, el .• •a' n • '• I of :;npt*parrtness
. .•"; el ,..r. 'It./ .. all. -
As the iresuit of an accident on the
Ilaiifax ik Southwestern Railway, ..n
Saturday, Willis T. Lowe, secliumuan,
v:as killed and I:1Wu Crookes, fireman,
lost both legs, and cannot recover.
Tho family of James C. Kelly, l.'Arn•
able, North fie+ling, were found In a
destitute condition by the neighbors,
on Saturday, They were starving and
without fire. Mr. Kelly has died front
his hardships.
The Immigration Department at 01.
tawa consider the reports of the suffer-
ing of .e'tUcrs in the west is greatly
cxuggeratet. The 11. N. W. M. 1'. are
patrolling with instructions to look out
b.r all sue 11 cast's.
The revenue of the i'ost•office Dcpnrt-
Inent front the sale of stamps total
$':9,401 for the past month. The re•
venu0 for the fire seven monlls of oho
h'cal year is $t,51'J,92►, in increase of
$701,273 for the corresponding period el
19.0.06.
GREAT BI1I l AIN.
The Bishop of London will pay a vis-
it to Canada next autumn.
Viscount Goschen, Chancellor of the
Exchequer (u Lord Salisbury's Cabinet,
is dead.
Dr. Donald Macallsler of St. John's
College, Cambridge, has been appoint-
ee Principal of Glasgow University.
Kele Hardie has announced that one
of
tho objects of the British Labor party
is to abolish the landlord system.
11. M, S. Dominion has arrived safe.
ly at Chatham, on Friday, after her vuy
age froth Bermuda.
The London Globo warns Mr. Bryce
that sentiment will not prevent United
States politicians from driving hard
bargains. -.
Sir John Walton, Brilksh Attorney.
General, delivered a speech at Leeds ora
Thursday foreshadowing the Govern-
ment's scheme for the reform of the
House of Lords.
UNITED STATES.
Iowa Legislature will shortly pass s
bill making two cents a ntile the maxi-
mum railway passenger fare.
Seven miners were suffocated by •
Pro In a shaft near \Vtltaesbarre, 1'a,
cn Saturday.
It is believed that at least a dozen
livor have been lost at Salida, Col., in
a terrific snowslido from Monarch
Mountain.
A New York laborer fired a revolver
Into a crowd of people on Wednesday,
killing Iwo persons and seriously wound-
ing two others.
A commission appointed by President
Roosevelt (los unearthed gigantic land
frauds in California, implicating sever -
a' men of influence.
Several Episcopal Bishops in the Unit-
ed States have proleslcd against the
military and naval features of the ap-
proaching Jamestown Expsitioe.
GENERAL.
A Persian national bank has been
formed, pof ,0.
\Vat' iswith luuninentaicabetitalween825Ilse(10repu,000b•
hes of San Salvador and honduras, In
Central America.
WAS QUEEN OF GIPSIES.
itenlnrkable Funeral Gowen Old Lady la
Enetand.
The funeral of Mrs. Meaty Smith,
"Queen of tho Black Patch Gipsies," look
place at Handsworth cemetery, near
Birmingham, England, recently.
Some remarkable scenes were wit-
nessed. Mrs. Smith a as ninety-eight
years old, antl nn fetter Ilion two hun-
dred of her children, grandchildren and
great grandchildren attended the cere-
mony, while many gipsies from till
parts of the country were also present.
The procession started from the Black
Patch—the .gipsies' camping ground tit'
llandswortl► — and the arrangements
were superintenaed by the (tipsy quern's'
two sons, one of whom Is eighty years
old.
Fl•sl of all. the gipsy women led the
camp in singing a hymn. and afterwards
they walked before the coflln, which war►
then placed in a hearse.
Tho route to Ilandsworth parish
church was lined with thousands of
spectators., mostly women, ane( at limes
the crowd was so great that the hearse
and mourning coaches could scarcely
make their way through Iho throng.
There was also a largo assemblage in
the churchyard.
coir
As the coffin was Lowered Info the
grave the gipsy women sang a weird
chorhs, and sotne df oho men were
(novel to tears.
During the service hundreds of %•mnen
scranib:ed over the wall of the church•
yard and ran over the graves, in their
determination to witness the scene at the
graveside.
The clothe: of the "queen" were buried•
with her, (nd, in accordance with her
directions, all her belongings, Including
tho caravan in which she lived for many
years, still be burned.
C 1111111•:1) TO sI:1 (►\ ICE.
t:e0 I innish I i,lu rnu n ('ase a 1►Is11gree..
oboe F:v$u•ri,vh•c.
A despn;ett tram St. Petersburg envs
A numi'er of Finnish and tslhnginrt
!lettermen were carried nut to :en on leo
flat's from lercderickshann, (tun of Fen-
land, on Tuesday, but were later reeeutd
without any loss of life.
1101\' ICi•:BER6s AH(: ltOnN.
The birth of a huge iceberg. n phenn.
rnenett flint has bell,:4NT nilly once or
Twice tv n Europenn,,,nnd to a rerinln
extent has ren titine'1 a matter of lheery,
was observed by lite Danish explorers
on the ensu coast of Greenland some time
eince. The bergs are formed by !went: -
Ing off from the end of glaciers extend.
Ing from the per,telunl ire of Iles unex-
plored interior to the Const end into 11e
:en. "Ihe water buoys up the sen end of
the glacier until 11 breaks by Its own
weight with a terrific crash. The min.
motion of the water, as the iceberg fume
over and over In Le effort In ntlnln its
balance, Is felt kg a great .1'-l❑nce along
the coast. The natives regard it ns the
wnr•k of evil Writs, end believe that he
look upon the gime( in 11e ihro,s 111