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EXPLOSION KILLED SEVEN
Disaster on Construction Work of Trans-
continental Railway.
A d'-:pa;c.t from Kcnora, Ont. says:
-G. 11. Wt :r s ettb-oentra.'tor's ecarup
.six of the F stern C'etastrucl on Cotlt-
pany i, 5 -toile contract on the Traus-
-eollinental, 26 tr:ileN north-east of
Dryden. was the steno on Wednesday
• of lernoon of the worst accident in the
hietory of the mud. Seven foreigners
-were outright and several slight-
ly injured.
The foreman and po vderman were
treading n Mese.. with wad; powder. us-
ing a %e'.00den tamping! stick. The
foreman went f; r 1114'011 lutwdcr. and
&m st immediately after tho Fit ►'.u-
eilr" took place, killing the 10v.!er•-
i !,tan, and six others in the cyrl 1 clow
I %%erre e-r11.,:1e4 by falliiig rock. All ►vete
Au.sliitlllti. The 10re,r aii, ►►'t:0 e-4Ca1K'd,
i, 11 !3-3 an Austrian, anti experienced
is the w.erk.
Only a few minutes before the Work
►:,:,: itaspected by 1)iir:sale i'.ngineer
ilichen, Contractor Webster, and En-
gineer MacGilivray. They were right
%here the men wcure kilted, and had
a fortunate escape. The holes had
been sprung the day before. and were
said t) Ic pettedly co<%I. rtud rte orie
ran even conjecture n cause. The
WHIMS of the dead are not ..vailablc.
FIVE BURNED TO !)!:."Tell.
Pennsylvania Osl Producer's CLCdren
Perish in Elapses.
A deepa;ch from Titusville, Pa., says:
Awakened by the harking of his dog
•early on Thursday. Theme's W. Zuvcr.
an oil producer, living east of here,
found his house in flames, and with
•dilticulty he saved his wife and their
baby. Two sous e3cape(i from the se'•-
-ond storey. but were 1•adly injured.
F•:vo chilslriet, Emery. ng, d 12; Poland.
-aged 11; Marsha. rtgt'd 9; Lillie. age,!
'7. and Nellie, aged 5. were burned to
-death. Nelson. aged 14. will probably
(le. The fire is supe ee to have ori-
ginatt.'d in the floor 1•eneath an over-
heated gas range. When Zuver was
Wakened by the dog he sprang front
his teed. to see the fames filling; the sit-
ting -molt. Ile forced the %%endo v sash
• out. calling tett his wi'.e to !•ring the
bale'. Climbing to the forcl1 Ivof, he
tett" one of the ,older• toys riming
through a wind,►%•. T;te boy fell serse-
tes. on the roof and dr'nppe*J to the
geound. Flames preve'lt.. d !liver fr an
rc•-en'er:ng by the wint!o w and he else
• dropped unconscious from the roof.
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7'eitF: ('ND)Eil(:ROU'\D BALL.
?Nearly T!u►i:.9•r•! Guests 1-; tertair►ed
by Duke of Portland.
A do.pnleh fieen 1.mill•in says: Nearly
4 lh.-sear!.! Wiest.; e ce!tpted the Drake
of Por'taruls underground ballroom on
\\'edne-d:ty night et the hetll given in
honor of the King ant Queen of Spain.
The room. which is 150 feet long and
tat) feet wide. was too••ge m'ly decorated
w ith flower:: and the Spanish oak".
Dancing began at 10 n'cl(1cl:. The N)
•tonnes and tiniforms blazed under the
).';41!. of Ihoti ands of electric. lamps.
The milt' -long funnel carriageway. ex-
tendhiig from Ih•' '!'own of Worksop.
was net used. 11 is SW)po'ed Uhl this
o as due to fhe extreme precautions
i:iken for the .safety of King Alfonso.
FALLING OFF IN '!'IIF: tittle.
Possibl^ Decrease of 22:, Per ('.e rif. In
011awa 1'al:ey Log Output.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Al-
though no definite estimate es to the
o utput of logs trent the Ottawa Valley
timber lint!.!. for the corning season
call he ol•tatn.•d unlit the mill, close
14owerth the end of the month. it is
given out by the lumbermen that there
will i,' a noticeable falling off in the
coifing. The decree -e has been tsti-
nrated as high as 25 per oent. The
tea -►r1 a-cr;hed is that. the gencr'! ad -
%mice in wages nird (oat of provisions
rnahe the owner.: lake out just as lit-
tle as they possibly can.
ItO11.,\:. 1:(;(;':111.1 It(►i T WATER.
An Electrical Process In'.enled by Chi-
cano Professor.
.A despatch hese! Chicago, III., tines:
Veiling .eggs %ithout the use 01 water
is t1).' latest no%elly exploited at one of
Chicages es leading holeta, and as the feat
is accomplished direcctly before the eyes
of the diner the new way or reeking
generally attracts attention ant com-
ment. The waiter places n lx)xlihe np-
pnrnies on the table and turns on a little
electricity rind plac(r the desired !nim-
bi"' of eggs in the healer. in nbotet a
minute and n halt, or half the time con-
sumed by the hot water process, the
eggs are Booked to a turn. The process
14 nn idea originated by Professor
Beelike of .-lrmour institute.
51•:17?N HURT IN I:OL.l.ISION.
A Passenger Train Tian Itilo Freight
Cars :it Sherbrooke.
:1 despatch frail \t, nireal says: Sev-
eral persons were injured in a collis-
ion on Wednesday at Sherbrooke. The
trail whieh leave, Montreal for that
tew•n at 4.30 ecctl morning was just
reaching its destinallon %%)1('n it trt.k
n siding, running into three freight.
ears. The front. of the engine and .'ne
.''f the freight cars were smashed. 1• ri-
eine'i' Fuller received an injury to one
e'1 his legs. (':onduc'or G. ('Connor
end Baggage:nes! E. A. llungerlord
%vete lout slightly halt. but v. -''re able
14" continue at their g • •-is after- their
wounds had been dans el. Ill•• tw.►
mail cle:k3, C. Boaudie ane! \t. l'ilion,
were also injured, but not very seri-
ously, as were ahee two passengers.
Messrs. N[ghtingalc a.id Silverman.
No other 1 assengers were hurt, though
tevcral were badly shaken up.
FO('U) S WILL FOUND.
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1 he Romantic Story of a Winnipeg
Estate.
A despatch from Winnipeg says: 01e1-
tu'►ene remember the lute George Founds,
hLil(ter of the Eoulds block and owner
e.1 several other very valuable properties.
inuring his life he acquired considerable
properly, w•ti eh he lett to \iris. Bowler,
cutting out hi, family. A subsequent
twill bas teem dist-►vexed, by which the
estate is left to Futrlds' children, and a
s tntement of easel has leen filed on be-
half of fen^ of the etiildren by Messrs.
\lac'lonald. 1Iagg;arl, Sullivan & (:err,
reeking-* to so aide the will giving the
estate to ,\Ire. Bowler and asking that
probate be directed of the Inst. !camel
will. The estate is estimated at about
$250.001. It is understood the will Was
fouled ill \'accuuver, in an old trunk
amongst deceased's papers. rand narrow-
ly escaped being burned ',vitt' what was
C. n�idcrrtl \V(11'11i! 'ss• cluutuuents.
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t'RE:(:A TIONS AGAINST PLAGUE.
!'ears of infect:on by fiats Front Vessels
Reaching Vancouver.
A dt:spatch from Ottawa says: The
Ge,vernment is taking every possible
p1ecalltlo n k► prevent the hurtrinie plague
from getting n footing in the coast cities
of British Colombia. Ateliers am in had
stens' in San 1'rencieeo and Seattle. In
the former city since itie 12th of August
there have been eighty-four cases of
1,'ogue and fitly -four deaths, while one
death occurred in Senile Iwo weeks ergo.
Dr. Na ►ntizantbert, director general 4.f
pettlic health. Ls tiu%w in British (;etluur-
bin, advising the local quarantine and
rnetlical health officers as to the precept-,
linens %vt1kh nifty be necessary to prevent
the !Tread of the malady into Canada.
It is possible Ilial, in ndditioul 10 the
preenutfons which are bring taken with
respect to vessels, that insper1.,t_, may
to pureed at. the %•1Iri••118 )Dint.: Where
Pio railways crew the international
h- unitary lisle into the Dominion.
( :A N.1 DA NO I'L.11'.E FOR 111M.
Enliigration Office issues Atdcice Regard-
ing Certain Glass of Settlers.
A despatch from London says : The
Emigrants' lnforntnlinn Office has issued
tet ernigr•ntion orgnnizalk)ns rl rnemorall•
clam wherein it is stake! that the emi-
gration lo Canada Of n meat Willi nu
particular trade and with n wife and
sisall children should be 41iscnuragrd in
the highest degree. The limes questions
the wisdom of the nelvice and Thinks no
high (:nnn.li)11 n(iictal would thank the
Emigration 011ire, as nrrang'e'ments are
easily made in the 1)otninien for such
emigrants
11111A'ZR.!L%YAY STRIK
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Trouble on the Second Longest Line in
the Country.
:1 11.41-e ch fr ern (::ll••trtla sa.s: 'Tref-
fie t n the Fast Indian Railway, 2.165
Miles len`► 411)d ttr.' second largest tine
is India. is rapidly beonnifog parelyz(rt
by a retrike. The trouble originated
with the ("geese,. eel° are alm44St en-
tirely i:un►I►(nn, and 01) 'i'uess.lay anti
Wtrine)*.1ny greet minders 4 1 l:ativea
belonging to the traffic stair j4)ined in
the movement. The meet( important
se• •ton of the road. from Calculln to
A!la:laba•J. Is practically lied up. and
alt rely toix Ihotic1►net pnesellea'rs are
*ti'104'1 by \sanwl, 13• nitnl, the One'
tion of the East Indian enol Be'nia1-
h4,' p:,r tlnttreada. where thje shit;ers
are threatening t ielencee. Ile iris are
eeiligibilillettee.
erons'antly coming in of engineers
leaving their trains at rert.ute a;tations,
and in some case.; .iris i'l ! off with
their loeotlxl'ivees and
The jute nil are
Fel' � .I
%
effected
by the s'rike. They have h. ,on obliged
tr stop work in r) l aecgt:race .of the
shortage of coal, and it i+ feared that
the lie -up will ..eiay loading outward.
bund ships.
The striker almpktirl of overwork
and poor pay. The strike at the .re-
sent lime Ls .g''.:ially serious. in view
e.1
the tamene eondiLon.e. which are
1 e txnntng daily more widespread. ne+-
cessitaling the speedy transportation of
relief aupplieo$.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
ILEI'ORTS 111011 T11 LEADING
1'ItADE CE%"I'I ES.
Prices of
Other
Tattle, Grain. C arose
Dairy Produce at Home
and Abroad.
Toronto, tic.v. 26. -- Flour - Ontario
what 90 per Celli. patents are qtly:ex
at $:3.&r to $3.)$5 iu buyers' sacks outside
ter exiA)t•t. Manitoba patents, $.-.80;
secured patents, $5.23, and strong
bekers',
\\ lieut--\lanitoba grades. quiet. with
price, steady. No- 1 lead quoicd at
$1.14 lake voile; ; Nu. 1 n`orthe'rn gtr•�t+'d
at $1.12 like ports, and No. 2 Northern
at 81.09% like ports.
Onturio Wheat -The market continues
Celli. with price, nominal at 96 to 97c
outside.
Berkey -Tice market 14 111111 and wreak.
Ni.2 quoted at 70c outeid.e; Nu. 3 extra
at 68e t:utsiele, and No. a at it5e outside.
(rats- No. 2 Onlarm %c hilt. are 50% to
5Ic outside west. Manitoba No. 3 while
roe ,.'lisle!.
Corn-tio. 2 American yellow is quoted
1.t 6934 to 70c, 'Toronto freights, and No.
3 at 69c.
Buckwheat -Market quit -t at 65 k) 66c
ot'teide.
Brae --The ruarkel is dull at $20 to
$sent►0 in bulk outside. Shorts are
quoted at $23 ':,"aside.
COUNTRY Pi)( 41)1 1:E.
Apple --Wilder. $3 to $3.50 per barrel.
I erins--$1.7:, 1.► $1.84) for primes, and
a'. $1.90 fo, hand-pial:ed.
honey --1134 to 12c per Ib for strained,
and at $1.75 t., $2.51) for combs.
clay --No. 1 timothy quoted at 817.50 to
$1t Isere in ear iota.
Straw --$10 to $11 a ton on tract: here.
Potatoes --Car lots are quoted at 75 to
80c per hag on track.
Poultry --Turkeys, dr ie see!, 13 to 14c
per Ib for Choice; chickens, alive, 7 to
7X: dressed, 9c; ducks, alive, 7 to 7%c;
dc dressed, 9 to lUc.
T1IE DAIRY :1...1114ETS.
Butt.'r-Pound prints, 25 to 26e, and
liege rolls, 22 to 2b•. Creamery rules
ae. 211 tc, 29'. and solids at 25 10 26%e.
Egg --New laid, 29 to 3(k: per dozen,
and cold storage. weaker, at 23 to 24e
1.11. dozen.
Cheese -!'hey rule at 13X, to 13Xc for
Septembers in rt jobbing way.
1106 1'itODUGTS.
Dressed hogs in car Iota are quoted at
87.75 to $8. Bacon, long clear. IO% to
I1;;e per lb in case lots; mess pork, $20
to $20.50, and short. cut, 822.50.
!lams -Light to luediuru. 15c; do,
heavy„ 14e; rolls, 11 to 11%e; c; shottlders,
ti;'ic; backs, 16' to 17e; I►reakfnst ba-
con. 15 to 15%e.
Lard - Tierces, 12%c ; tubs, 1234c;
p111{s, 12%c.
IBUSiNESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Nov. 26. -('raid ---The mar-
ket for oats remains ,steady. Sate: of
\Innitaba No. 3 while were made at 61k'.
Ontario and Quebec No. 2 at 59 lo 59%c;
No. 3 at 58 to 5$%c; No. 4 atsu;4 to
57c, Manitoba re,ccled at 57c, and Quo.
tee rejected at ;sic per bushel, ex store.
Flour--(:hoice spring wheat patents,
$6.10; seconds, 85.50; winter wheat pa-
tents, 85.75; straight rollers. $5.50; do, in
bags, $2.60 to $2.65; extra, $2.05 Io $2.10.
Need-Mlanitc.ba bran, $23; shorts, 8.5;
Ontario bran at .823.50 to 824; middlings
at 827 to $29 per tun, including baps;
milled mouillie at $28 to $32, and pure
grain mouillie at 835 to $37 per ton.
Provisions - ltatrel, s11o11 cut rnle,s,
and
$:.':'.50 to 823; half barrels do, $11.75 to
$12.25; clear fat, hack, $23.50 to 821.50;
long cut heavy mess, $21 to $23; half -
barrels do, 810.50 to $11.25; dry salt
hugs clear bacon, t•'1'; to 11'zr; barrels
Write beef, $1:3.51► to $15: half -barrels (to,
$7.25 to 87.75; tweets heavy rne-s beef,
gist to $11; half-harre•ls 414,. $5.50 to 86;
compound lard, 10 to 1Ie; pure lent,
12% to lac; ketile rendered. 13% to 14c;
114.1113, 13% to 16c; breakfast bacon, 14
h 16c; Windsor liaison. 15 to 16c; fresh
kilted nhnitoir dressed trigs. 89; alive,
55.75 to 86. Botter--September. 28 to
28%c; fresh reeeipis, 27 to 27%e. Cheese -
\V, .stern September. 130: late October,
12%e•. Eggs ---No. 1 candled and eclraigltt
receipts. 23 to 21c per tl•►zrn ; selcets,
2t', to 27c; new laid. 32 to 35c.
UNi'I'ED STA'i'ES \IAi3KETS. e
Duluth. Nov. 26. -- Wheat-- No. 1 hard,
$1.043,; No. 1 Northern. $1.02';; No. 2
N• rthern. $I,WX ; Decenrtx'r•, 81.01%;
May. $1.04%.
\tinncal>•,lie, Nov. 26.- J\ brut D"c.,
$1.01';• \lay, $1.09X1.) $Ii'3 • No. 1
hard. 81.05%; N41. 1 Northern. 81.04X ;
No 2 Northern. $1.01% to 81.01%; No.
Northern. 96% to 98Xc. Pleur -First
prtlents. $5.10 to $5.60; second pntenler;.
85.31) to $5.411; first clearx. 81.30 It, $4.40;
wend elears, 133.50 to $3.70. Iran --in
bulk. 818.25 to $18.50.
Milwaukee, Nev. 26.- - \Whent--N•1. 1
�c 11hern. 81.417 to $1.(kI: No. 2 Northern.
41.01 to $11.06: May, $1.01%. floe -N•►. 1,
82 lo '12%, . l3irley---No. 2. 95e; sample,
6.) le 9:r'. Corn- No. 3, cash, 59 1•, 60c;
May, 56Xc Dished.
C:1"1-I'1.I' Mt.11tK1: f.
Toronto. Nov. 2G. --'lege iodic of the
cattle bought for killing %i ere of com-
mon to medium quality.. The few
gond to choice cattle %•ern bought for
kecal butchers at prices ranging beim
81 ie 81.25. Alediunt to good sold from
$3.35 to 81; common to medium. $2.35
lu $3.35; choice cew3 sold from 83 to
$3.50; common . rows, 81.75 to 82.50;
canners. 75c to $1.75.
Stockers and feeders were in good de-
mand. (food quality avlld from 82.6.)
to 83; light siuekers ranged all the %% Ty
from 81.61 to $2.50.
Milch cattle were lerm. 4T••ice cull
fr(►m $15 to $60. with medium at 8335 To
810; si,ringers. $35 t•, $15.
Calves held slowly under a light run.
Qie.tations were 31 to 6c per pound.
Extort ewes sold from $11.75 to 84:
btre•ks and culls. $2.50 to C1. Choice
rpnnlily lamb sold at 84.75 to 85.25.
with common to medium at 81 to 81.50.
Hogs were quoted unchanged, but
ori 4y.
1 far-reaching piet against the Mc-
ltIk4rhin has heel discovered in t.ia-
ton and the peruke have seized eor
WO bombs end made 80 arrests.
L
FOREST MANAGEMENT.
liow to Supply a Permanent Supply el
Fuel for the P.-upie.
Tho setting aside of a limbered tract
rI 4xxultry as a forest reserve does not
mean that this tract is to be a sort et
sacred enclosure within whose bounds
no tree is to be cul. On the contrary,
the purpose of setting aside the reserve
I: that it shall furnish a permanent and
pi.•rpctual supply of timber and fuel for
the ;temple depending on it.
In order that this object may be
effected, the timbered Janda must be put
meter prompt management. '!elle cen-
tral idea of this management is that Ute
quantity et timber which shall be al-
lowed to be taker" uif the urea in tiny
period shall not be greater than the
amount of timber which is grown on
11'e area during this 1►tt•it,d. This is the
ideal of forest management. Neeilk'ss
l•. say, the carrying out of this idea
t;et>r'ls with variouw mtxlillcatior,s, (.spe-
eially when scientific management is
Met intr..ducr'd.
in order that this policy may bo car-
ried 4)111, it is necessary to know, not
only the actual amount of timber on the
reserve at present, but else► the rale at
which the timber i3 growing mut what
amount of timber is being produced.
When tlrte ituve been found out, the
amount cf timber which may be removed
from the tract each year may be calcu-
lated. 1t Is to ascertain (he points re -
fel red to that parties have been sent nut
each summer since. Eby the Fnr.t try
Wench of the Department of the Inter-
ior. in whose charge the management of
the reserves lies.
The number and diameter of the trees
on the tract are arrived at by going over
n certain proporticn (previously deter-
mined) of the tract, counting the trees
thereon and measuring the diameters
accisrntely with "tree calipers," record of
ail wttteh is made at the tante and kept.
'tette relation between the diameter and
height of the trees is oleo studied, for
instance, how high a tree four inches in
dianiet"r will be. Representative trees
et each diameter are also felled and
"stern analyses" made. From measure-
ments taken in these `.stern analyses" it
may he determiner!, not only what are
Vie actual cubic contents of Urn tree at
present, but also what were the contents
of the tree ten, twenty, or any number
of years ago ; and from what it has
dome in the post, the future growth of
the tree may bo arrived at. By subse-
quent calculations in the office it may
he determined what is the actual nunl-
he:• of timber (in cords, board feet ex
other measurement) standing on the
tract. what Is the rate of growth and
what quantil). of timber will grow on
the tract in a given period.
Another object for which forest re-
serves aro often set aped is that of
regulating water supply. It. Is well
known that in regkns which have been
stripped of their timber the streams in
spring become torrents, %vhile during
the summer the amount of water flow-
ing. in them is much less than it was
(lering the same periods before the tini-
1 e • was removed. The value of a sup-
ply of water, either for manufacturing
purposes or for agriculture, depends on
the constant flow of water. Obviously
the easiest way of keeping the flow of
water constant is to retain ate forests.
cutting only the mature timber, which
ought to he removed anyway. In several
cf the Dominion Forest Ileserres this
gt'estion of water supply must play an
lniportant part in the mnnngenlent.
'le.ide_s these principal objects aimed
at - nainely, the preserving of a perma-
nent timber and fuel supply and the
cd-,nservatkm of the water supply, there
nit various other ends to be aimed nt.
lel some casts, for instance. while these
objects are the primary ones, inhahi-
tents of the forest region make consider -
al le money from Ute summer visitors
%'-ho ('01110 there. But the former con-
sioei'titions are usually head and shoul-
ders above any others that may lie
offeree!. and must always he of prime
lmportence In the management of the
forests.
ANCIENT GOLD MINES.
Workings of Solomon's Time Still 'Wield
Precious Metal.
Rhodesia, British Zambesi, ranks
nn,oitg the chief gold -bearing countries
of the world. The ancients rained and
cnrr•ie,1 away enormous gteantities of the
p!•e.aona metol, but under the scientific
mining systems of the present day their
og►eeralie-ns will be greatly surpassed.
1t 11413 been suggested that perhaps
Blexto sia was the ancient land of Ophir,
th.) land of the mysieri-us King Soto-
nl•►n's aline, but the theory is strongly
combatted by some investigators. The
ardent gold workings are the basis of
!teeter!' operation 4. For every ten
square miles of Ithodeein there was one
nr'c ient mine; that is, there are 75.000
(old Niles, which mean, that stupsnd•oua
wrallh was dug out of the earth before
the days of Cecil Rhodes and his com-
pletions. Much of this wealth must have
gene to the north and emit; it was pro-
bably wrought into the crown of the
Queen of Sheba and filled the coffers of
S&`lolliun.
The ancient smelting furnaces are
still en -y M recognize. They are sunk
into the (leer. The furnace I►Inw pipes
ar: made of the finest granite powder
cement. and the nozzle.: of the blow
fel o. are covered with splashes of geld.
The linings of the holes are covered
with specks of gold. \\'hen the (lest hn-
11)� !etre amort %worn ley 1110 heat n fresh
lining (.1 cement of en excellent quality,
obeli has outlasted lime, was cnteared
!lintel on the lop of the old lining.
Alt atently the ancient. wn'1041 gold
in%ishly. 'fhe yellow "Metal has been
f4 end in large quantities in 1110 forms of
1iellels as large 11s buck3h<'1 in 111e vicin-
ity .►1 die furnare� and nlwe thrown away
on the debris heaps e.ulside of the old
►ildtngs.
'I'it0 tools of Ih' an 'w(lrk.'rs which
hbtast' 111113 tar feel disemlCntvercd inelutle n
stroll soapstone hammer and burnish -
int' ste)nes erxord rr.rk. to whi^.h
tZ ltd ail! ac Thiris• tive Ilr)u.nnd
cic lints' w0Mtl 01 goold flrnnmcnls have
Igen taken in Ilse last seven or eight
evens from the ruins of Matabeleland
411e)n'.
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E`"1-iIttl.1- Tot) 1.11161;.
"N•.,. sir." sail the self -,nude man. "1
(!• rt t believe to Tiding my dight tinder
a bushel."
"I don t Memo you." rejoined 11)0
h;4
me -grown Cynic.
fui a I et► n pint
*mule."
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cup Is more Ilei:n
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GLOI*E.
Telegraph Oriels From Our Own and
Moe Countries of Receut
Eweats.
GAN ADA.
I.ottdun's directory
is 57,0(M).
(oast kggirtg camps in British (:plum
blit have been eloievl.
Trade returns for the last seve
r:tomb., showit total of 8381,623,314.
District judges fur Alberta and Saekat
chewer'have been appointed.
Toronto batik; are charging highe
d1saount, on United States chi -q%. cs.
An .Addition to St. Jaseph's lie-spitedteaulon, to coA. $10,000, is plumed.
A new 8200,000 theatre is proposed i
Ottawa, on Rideau Street, by A. J
`rite!!.
(:barges of graft against members o
VieCalgaryCouncil are to be invests
gated.
G. T. R, yardmen and switchmen
'lerormto, have been granted a 12 per
cent. increase of pay.
Letters received from a missionary in
Cet,tral India slate that a famine is
imminent there.
The excise on spirits for October
amounted to $811,651, and on tobacco
anti cigars $628,264.
John Boyd (colored) was sentenced to
he hang ietl on January 8 for the murder
(.f E. F. \Vandle.
Oii January 1st the Ontario Govern-
ment will discontinue the distribution of
immigrants in Ontario.
The Ontario Government will leave
the placing of immigrants entirely to the
Deminlon Government.
Samuel Dutton, a Hamilton football
Weyer, was fined $50 for kicking an-
other player's teedh out during r1 match.
The Salvation Array have chartered
tern sailings of st(arnere for next year to
bring immigrants to Canada.
Chief of l'olico Giheau of Verdin was
fined $20 by Judge Choquet at :Montreal
for not interfering in a light in his
t01vn.
'I'lte ("rand Trunk has renewed its lease
'
of the norlh%%est corner of King and
cage streets, Toronto, forabout 812,000
r. year.
A by-law is to be submitted to 'Toronto
ratepnyer:s to provide for raising 82,500,-
4(I$J for a power and light distribution
!,tr"u"e
Joseph Bethune, a lad at Cobalt, held
pit ditty to a runaway !cam, though both
bones of his right leg were broken.
The Inland revenue for the month of
October was 81,594,231, an increase of
$5:..027 as compared with October of
last year.
population by the
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GREAT I31IITAIN.
The new Irish university bill being
prepared by Secretary Ilirrell will pro-
pose the establistunent of two new uni-
versities.
Sir Ilenry Campbell -Bannerman has
been advised by his physicians to take
it rest of some weeks abroad before the
opening of Parliament.
UNITED STATES.
Oklahoma saloons are in rnot.rning
since the Stale has passed under prohi-
bition.
Special cocking classes for Wren were
announced at the Y. W. C. A., Dubuque,
Iowa. a
A prohibition lrw, to go into force
Jrenuary 1st, 1909, Inns been passed by
the Alabama Stale Senate.
Henry (:. Wilder, ngg0d 90, and Ether
Crawford, aged 95. have just been mar-
ried at 1!.•lwt'll, Mas.;.
Black bears are so numerous in the
Allegheny Mountains that they are cor-
ing down into the settlements.
A cider mill at Traverse City, :Mieh.,
uses apples f..r fuel after the juice has
been pressed out of them.
Samuel A. \\'etch of Kingston. Ont.,
teas coufesse*1 to eight robberies at Bos-
ton, Mau., and to several mere in near-
ly towns.
Sixty dogs. mostly prize-%winneree, were
burned to (1041111 at !lye. N. 1'., on Thurs-
d'.ay, when the Brookside kennels %vere
cit:.t roved i►y fire.
A Michigan farmer says that rnu. k -
rate are building nests high, i11lioating
much snow and unusually numerous
freshets.
Tette General Musical 1)ireclor of the
New York Schools has given in.struclinns
that no more Christmas carols be sung
in the w-h►ols under Itis charge.
Italian professional nnel Mishit -Lee men
1t f:hiengo have fnrme'd n "White 114111(1
Serit'iy," to bring to justice the black -
!millers operating under the name of the
"Bieck !land."
Abraham B. ?Meyers of Ilanever. Pn.,
the ugh he has4no hands. sheet P4 11l►hils
the other day. pulling the trigger 4►f his
gun %vitt' a strap helot by his feerh.
On the charge of hawing se, tortured a
young comrade that his death resulted,
f::e bey pupil6 of a country ghee! in
Oakwood. (gin.. have been nrle-ted.
Louis I'itzreuter, Brooklyn, appat'entl%
in good health and spirits. 1(11(1 his
friteels he had n premonition of Tenth.
rend just a week later he was foune! dead
01 bed.
The 14. 11111ony 4!f the ofilei:ils of the
Phoenix Bridge Company. taken by Iho
(.aitadian Royal Cnri itit---i• gin. pi,let's the
fell responsibility for the Quebec Ii idg•e
disnster on Theodor' Cooper. .'onsellirigg
ctigineer.
Geer. F. Connor of Pert ilun n. \lie•tt.,
is the inventor of the ()rat teem -pulling
machine new being rtce.l in ihe Califor-
nia lcet nettle, where it ie doing the
work of from teen to fifteen 1114-11 amil at
r. !Hitch less expense.
GENERAL.
Unrest sett! contintiee
garrison al Vladivostnrk.
'1'rnoub'e has arisen l'elwe en 1lritt.h
and Japalle3' merchant in North i heel.
Two hundred Buc5inn mutineers Fere
exevuted at Vindivo,tr►cti last w.v k.
res n g Ile
1'11'F: WOI1kS11:N KILLED.
1:x pluded in 1 stomia
Planing A1I11.
A despatch loan Norfo:)s, Va.. .ays
Five workmen were killed. one fatally
injured. and n number serif -met% injnriel
tv U,0 r`xpl•►s!on .)f n 1et.i1cl' in a punning;
1011 at Ih' J .11 I. 'teeter limiter mete,
G imertun. Norfolk ceunly, e.h \\ ednee-
ui' afternoon.
The Boiler
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Several Boats, Many Nets and a Large
Quantity of Fish Seized.
A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie.
Ont., says: The most important sei-
zures of fishing boaib, net and fish
effected by the Dominion Government
officials in yetis, have been made in
the neighborhood of Killarney, by (:apt.
A. C. Den an, Dominion Inspector of
Fisheries. It is expected that wholesale
prosecutions will be instituted by the
Government. Many thousands of dol-
lars are involved in the scizuras.
Capt. Duncan passed through the
Canadian "Soo' on Thursday on his
way west, after inspecting fisheries
ender his jurisdfet' on in tete eastern
division. During his 4r erntions in the
neighborhood of Killarney, just below
the "Soo," Duncan was accompanied
Ey a number of officers front the "Soo,'
and the flotilla under his charge con-
sisted of a tug, a sailboat and a gaso-
line launch
In nearly every instance Capt. Dun-
can found that the fishery laws were
being %':olatcd, the result being a large
number of seizures, 3011)0 of them con-
sidered of the most important nature.
The largest number of infractions of
the law consisted in catching whitefish
and trout out of season and having
them in their po+ssion.
One of the tugs, belonging to Purvis
Bros.. was seized, as well es a. large
number of pound nets and two gas&
I:ne launches;, belnnging to Gauthier,
o! French River.
James Noble, Dominion Fish Com.
ret loner, it is alleged, was found to
htiivo freshly caught whit44lsh and
trout in his possession. Noble claim-
ed the fish were caught in the open
season and had been kept over, but
the officers claim they were fresh.
Even had they teen caught in the
manner described, the offe.'rive is none
the less flagrant in the eyes of the
law, which distinctly slates that none
at the f,ti mentioned shall be in the
fossessk•n of any party after the clos-
ing of the season on Nov. 1. James
Iloilo a fisherman of Killarney, was
caught with whitefish and trout it
his poSCeSS1011.
The !lett were all confiscated by the
4,11icers, and the boats which wore
seizeil were liberated after the otiicer's
had ohinino'd a receipt from the own-
ers for then!, which practically means
that they are still in the hands of the
Government.
Capt. Duncan did not feel inclined
to deal offhand with the case, consid-
ering the extent of the seizures and
their importance in the eyes of the
Government. Ile accordingly referred
the matter to the Government. which
will take action in the near future.
PERISHED IN LANDSLIDE.
Seventeen Workmen Buried in a French
lioad.
A despatch from Paris says: A catas-
trophe occurred on Wednesday on
road that is being constructed between
the villages of (Ircolieres and '1'horeno.
near Grasse. The road follows 1110 river
for a considerable distance and is cut
in the rocky bank of the river. 11
passes under an almost complete arch
aleout two miles from the Loup railway
bridge. Some thirty men were working
at this point when the side of the ntoun
thin gave way. The road was Covered
with debris for a distance of thirty
yards, and seventeen of the workmen
were buried beneath tho fallen earth.
Two men were taken out alive. A mn11
who was buried under the rock talked
fo: some time with those trying to save
him. Their efforts were useless, and the
man died some time later. Fourteen
bodies have been recovered.
LAPLAND FACES FAMINE.
Deluging Rains Ilave Damaged the
Crops.
A despatch from Stockholm, Sweden,
says: Famine conditions are threatening
the \'eslerntrin nd and \'eslerbotten dis-
tricts of Lapland. where deluging rains
have had disastrous effects on the crops.
Official n(IVICes say That the threatened
barley only weighs 51 kilograms iei
barrel, instead of the usual 112 ; that
bread baked therefrom is black and al-
most w•e,rthlestss as food, and that the
!Hitch cows must le slaughtered to pre-
sent the people from dying of starve -
Lien. The. Swedish Cabinet has been
petitioned to remove the duly on grain.
and outer steps will be taken in order to
alleviate the threatened s,arvation.
MORE WOMEN'S IRIGi1TS.
MP Int
Tltey May Wear Ilats in Theatres Ac-
cording to Low.
A despatch from Mon:.renl sriys: Judge
Piche decided that women can wear their
hats at the theatre, and the managers
haw0 no right to demand that they ehall
not. The judgment was given in eon-
1101:1ion with a charge of assault made
by Miss Ilol►ertine Barry against Special
(:,enelable Lefebvre of the l hlimeleseope
Theatre, St. Catherine Street. (.►nslable
Lefebvre, %•119 ejected her, and whom
she charged with assault, was fined $11)
and costs or a mr,nth in jail.
TiIE GE:RM:tN (BUDGET.
1t Shows An Increase •mt $34,416,6M as
Compared with least Year.
e A despatch from Berlin '.nys: The im-
perial Budget of 190S balances at $687.-
514.500, an i n etea se of $31.116.690 as
?empanel with last yeur•'s budget. A
hill will 144 introdueeel nuittor•izing the
raising of 865.116.521► I•y !teens of a
credit operation for the 1'1111x144' .•f 111e0t-
irtu nem -recurring and extraordinary
y
e\l,endillu'o, and also to issue 'Treasury
bends to an amount not exceeding
$4.7.500,000.
DESTROYED CZAR'S PICTURE.
Throe Men Were Shot for This Crime
at Odessa.
A despatch from Odessa says : The
'.riot by a special military court of
twenty-seven men of the 1111* Nicholas I.
lteg'ntent, on charges of mutiny and in-
subordination, curse to an end on Wed-
nesday. 'Twee sergeants and one private,
who had destroyed a picture of Emperor
N:cholas, were sentenced to death and nt
once shot; nine other sten were sent
out to the "nine's for life; twelve were
sent to the mules for ten years, and the
others were acquitted.
1160,000 LOOT SECURED. -
Two Officials of Bokhara Treasury At-
tacked and Mortally Wounded.
A despatch from Ilokhara, Central
Asia, says: Two officials of the Bokhnra►
Treasury were attacked in that city,
rite rtally wounded and robbed of 860,000
on Wednesday. The robbers were cap-
tured but the money was not recovered.
WILL BUILD FOREIGN WARSiIIPS.
Japan Sends Tender to Construct Span-
ish Battleships.
A despatch from London says: What
is apparently the first Japanese competi-
tive bid for the Melding of foreign war-
ships is reported by the Madrid corres-
pondent of the Morning Post in conner--
lion with Spai11'6 proposed new wnr-
ships. It is slated that an offer fins been
received from Japan to construct the
vessels at a haver cost than any tender
submitted from other countries.
DETECTIVE ACQt:11TF.D.
!Winnipeg Officer Who Shot Fleeing
Alan Goes Free.
A despatch frc.rn \Vinnipeeg; says: After
several ":ours' tit'lilneratt.,n the jury nc-
gt.itte•d Detective George Smith on
Thutntlay afternoon on the charge of
manslaughter. Smith shot eget killed
Oscar Gans while he was endeavoring to
etude nates!.
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UNDEii SIZE.
Macpherson --"!'hat svtiskry's no bad.
It's seven years old.'
Alncpherson's Guest (eyeing the "wee
drnpple" in the glass) --"Eh, but it's
precious sena' for its age."
'f1Il:IR
HATING.
And those chaps %wlio think they,
cug)tt to be paid for !.'ring good prob-
ably wn,uldn't draw much of a salary,
at that.
-4. -
Ziggsby: "!'here goes the fellow "0
whistles at danger." Perksby: "Ah, ho
must he a very brave fellow. \Vho is
her Ziggshy: "A locomotive driver."
Somefx'oI ,1e kick because they ere
ilnihlo to discover where the shoe
pinches.
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INVADING BILti'S COIITRY
C. P. R. Has Surveyors at Work in
Washington Stats.
A despatch' from '!','conte. \\'ash.,
says: 11 wris announced cit\\•edn(sday
that the l3 natl�nn Paella!hnilwny has
1: rgc•• par•ti.': of eurvc3 )rs in the field
I44,n1.ng! Iwo lith torr the, invasion oI
territory row c4•ntrolled hr the hitt
rolieb. One picoaaae ( late Slit•
kale, through Yakima ‘'alley. acro -s
the l:a'e,ilr n.ett•ntrees '4t '1'aea,tna and
Sereno•'. 'fhe 4:11t4r 1't a (oneee•Jingg
north alai saint hive froom Siumaa one
the inI. roal'onal bow)l,rry to Scalllr.
.earl '1't1eyerr:.r. :141 important ••011fe1'•'T1CC
ta grarduttt extensions In •this Stale was
tole! yeti..rdnv nl 1\'innipe'gs 14 Iw e: of
'4 r '1 hi ,i,:►s l're4it'onl ' 1'
the ('1n0ttian Pi.cific, ond D. C. Cor-
bin of Spe,hnric, !'rcei(teent of the Spl•..--
knne & internalionul, which iringt
Ill. (.nna.licln Pacific into S`oknne. Sur-
%•'wnrS n•,w heee a Mist lino permon•
e•rt:y ktsi.ted to Denting. forty mile
y ulh of Sumas.
('resident Shaughtr s=y hes ren option
on Iwo hundred acres of Tacoma deep
water tideland ler•tnin:114 adjoining
Ilio•.• of the (*.Menges Milwaukee & St.
i'alt1. Ile it expected 1:erp within thirty
c my s tel exercise his option and meet
Iha ("hamher sof (''ommetee. The Cana -
(lion Pacific now enters Tacoma nil
`aunt I,) under tracing.'. arrangements
with the, No:.them i'acille, which cxpirt
next yc$f.