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Exeter Advocate, 1906-04-26, Page 3CURRENT TOPICS Pref. Jeremiah NV. jens of Cornell keivereity has mode. a remark vstilelt give food fer thane:tat Theyeneetune thetU U -g) gnv(Tn- filent, were, To own the meana of oredzen lion end dieleileition !bey wonitt run the overt:intent. The .profeesor saye, 'lite, serialists forget there° lo nuch thing. Olt tourianseature, Tim same clotri-' itzarit'perecotialittets feta cottimand flte ld of private enterpriee' would donaina Ate the slate if the wealth should be 'owned by the *ht.. Surely they would ° z•tua the -otate." 1,•ti should not, require much thosight. ..asiticasn the force of Ilia stateinent, The stale has left the pr011ietiOn of wealth to privetinitiative and enere,y and has allot -vett the men most successful in that field • of effert to gather and hold the fruits of their Mil. The ormortunities are "so numerous and, tempting that i1wv att a,aett Inqn_X-en2, • ktrttqattlAlityt, it.• the 4,areer fhe "captain of Indus - 'try" 'lied not been open to them they wciuld have become political chieftains. If one rond to distinction had'heen dos. 'to them they would have sotzaht another. If the state- were to take, charge of 411 the „industries of the country individual- isan Would not be.destrovecl, .for human nature cannot be changed by it statute or e• coostittitional amendment. The men endowed with marked and fercefut individuality refund exert it as effective- ly under a state socialist regime as they .ito under the existing one. If the state were to he soeialized ifs 'control wenld be - the only prize held out to ire -eminent capacity. .Who can :doubt the result, of a contest, for Politi- cal sunremacy between the socialist leaders mid the men who are consnieu- ous rn the industrial field? It would Le -a strugale between phildren and men; 'and the children Would. ,go to the wall; If it were necessary for the "captain of industry" whose 'calling in life had been abolished to play the demagogue in or- ader toget control of the stete, he ould do it with greetee. skill and stic- cess than the social& leader; even' , 'avhen the letter had mJ demagogery life business, - Frotn'the beginning of history "doted - Tient personalities" have everywhel'i as- serted themselves. It has never been Possible to nail down the lid on them. In every 'stage of civiliation, in, every form of government, they have should- ored their way to, the front. Where politicsoffered the Most substantial ye- 'scaittl,tey turned to „ politics. Now that Tduetrialism .holcIS out its prizes, many or them' turn to it. If thstate ix ere. socialized°Mice e would be th P e • onlyfcareer open to the masterful xnen 'of the country who are now controlling lite great' industrial_ intrests under the r system of private oWnership. They would brush aide the socialists • who fancy they would rule and regain under tl•,ie new system, the Control' they had tinder the old 0110.. •••••....00..114.141 Tb e phonograph is touring the world tart a scientist. Several years ago a lbommission was appointed by the' lin- peria.1 Academy of Sciences of Vienna it') collect phonographic recordsto lie (preserved for sdientifIc study. Sane' iresults were obtained by expeditions to 'Croatia, Slavonia, and Lesbos. ' From North Tyrol and Voralberg fifty-seeen specimens of German dialectshaire been lettained for the archives and another tlfty-seven from Corintiiia. • From' New Guinea have been sent- thirty-two plio- inogoaphs recording the landuage and rnusic of the natives with especially In- iferesting war song a and the accom- panythg drum music. From India have teen received valuable record, of .11c1 Sanskrit songs. An -expedition which was sent out to Australia is now on its iway back and another party is about to start for Greepland. OLUNDER LOSES CONTRACT. &tion of' German, Naval Officer Itte en- • ted tt isnnounted at Iflo de Janeiro hat the contract for the building of hree ironclads for the Brazilian navy; s to be given to Measrs. Armstrong of i;lswick.,: England, and that •$9,000,000 las• been remitted to London for this earpose. stiepresentatives of German and French hipbuildirtg yards have loteen at Rio de rawer°, Brazil, for SOIT10 Vine past en- leavoring to obtain this order, but the 'lawman firms Were eompletely out 6f he running, owing to The ltttle indis- retions of the commander of the Ger- nen gunboat Panther, at Itajahy, where Brazilian subject was seized and oroiblv taken to the German boat. ‘'Iliriineident, will affect ,the commer- ;hal eteetione of Brasil with Germany or it long ttlite to come. THE HOUSE OP ,PARLIAMENT. The tiro which destroyed the old Brit- t liOneee of Parliament broke out •en tot. troth, 1824. The present building, reed the Palaee of Weehninster, was stele's! on Nov. 4th, 1852. It stands On , bed of concrete 12 feet thick, and area of nine etatute, acre;. 11 1n0 apartment100 staireate , zero inilee of corridors and pg. The great Vieforla Tower, at the ontit %wet eetreinity, is 340 feet in Atedee is ineaeured by deeds Pattie by hItentioree TREOVRE QUEST TO FAIL GRIAIE OF LESE MAJESTE ti:rg Wati t9 erCe f(3,,i) cemeeoaaat eureetet "lest) teaieete." It twee elate -eel poen-1st iurn .that _hie een-oeesettieit saiRi Ms476-4)1(10,..T3 Genn lengnage•itt •uaveorthy feellen, men wee Let f)VCir' EECO iu he'eneeeeeeee ae'rnerr. taVinne; te eelliea ei1{eL!1, V;03 iAffiSCI'VaU,V0,,fa raenallee of the peries tierl Clue) and bed 6,all'ITti h the eveny„ Vet theee, prooe; ,igyoEty did riot 1341."0 hilafPOirn Otei rentteata LITTIA3 HOPE FOR NEW EXPEDITION ',• TO COCOS ISLAND. - a The Fuel Thaft‘fillions of Gold Aril Hid- den in Some Cave fie Unquestioned. Admiral Pallitter 'hea deeeted t�, have nettling whatever to do with the new ft'Oeuresititrating Ospeditione to 'Ceede letend, straiten, as. onitotniced recently in tilt: London Este:pee, itt `being littiel out in America. = The Admiral, who accompanied. Erni Fitzwillioan On bu expedition in the Veronique, erobably knows more about the location of .the treasure than any tether living than, and lie is of the 'opin- ion that this seaech party is doomed to failure from the outset. An, intimate friend of Admiral Pals lisser explained wity,,"in his opinion, theenew expedition is, likely to be un- <stiCtiessful. "InrAttie tirat ph.eojiqsud,"theatbart passeesed by the party is \generatly suiter posed'. to be false. It is one Of many which were sold to treasure-sedkers sonic years ago. "Then,. when the island IS reached— and that will be the rainy season—it is almost certain that the treasure -seekers will not be allowed to work, for a syn- dicate --of which it is reported Mn. thuo old Grey, Mr, Montmorency and Capt. Kennedy are the principals—holds it concession from the Costa Rica Govern- ment for exploiting the whole island, and until it gives this up no one else can work there. 'This syndicate has been working the island for the last two years witheut success. WHY EARL FITZWILLIAM FAILED. LONIDON POLICE, TURN DEAF EAR 10 OttitENDERS. -The Gerinatis Suffer Extraordinary Sens tencee fOr This Offence. The motley, gatherings to es; Seen en Stanley afternoonia rrafalgar erquare or Hyde Para., London, made un largeiY of men. with real! or iniattanary griev. cinpee—elliellysnoisy doitatore and esel- alistssemust saniuse Germans olio wit - !less them. Lese majeste hasno, terrors for thoent spouting orators. They calt1 the, King' mimes, Sneer at the royal failifier, and condeam, all kinds el just legislation. *And the. strangest part of these meetings lies in the font that the eolice are sent thet e in large numberst not to arrest the gentlemen who would rob ICing F,dward of his crown, but to preserve order while the eloquence flows. OTHERWISE IN GERMANY, , fri,eGermapyt-oltr • /late ntlitirlittaidd ,lbe-PP& regarding -lose inajeete' are so . strict, scaecely a week pasees with- out the corYviction of SOnle unfortunate person who has dared to infringe one at the score of clauses in the law, and setters accordingly, "Lase majeste," succinctly defined. is the crimu of utter- ing an insult to the ruling 'monarch of the country. In the German statute Look no -fewer than 125 paragraphs -are devoted to expounding thelaw, and 900 Looks of reference for the information of lawyers have been published on the intricate subject, - 'rho law IS po worded as to bring within its scope any remark which can, by the exercise of great ingenuity be twisted into- something reflecting, be it ever so remotely, on the charaoter er .person of the sovereign, and to make il, a criminal offence. The clauses have Leen also loosely worded that the ivideSt postsibre interpretation may be placed. on any remark which falls under suspic- ion. "Lese majesta" can be committed by words or by actions, in private con- wreations no, less, than 111 public speecln es, and in . personal and confidential letters to friends or relations, as well as in newspaperarticlesor books: t PRISON FOR EDITOR. If two persons are carrying on a con- versation alone in a private room and one of them should make a remark dis- respectful to the Kaiser, the other may denounce him to the police, and tee would probably be convicted and sen- tenced to imprisonment. It will be uriclerstood that under this laWe and with the exceSsive zeal of the German police officials, lite authorities find plen- ty Of Work to do ,in the -direction of se- curing convictions for this offence. 'The latest case occurred. a few days ago, when a Berlin butcher • was sen- tenced • to. six.months'- imprisonment tor having spoken ,disre.spectfully of the Kaiser three years ago. Notlong ago the editor of a German newspaper re- ceived a sentertee of three months for „remarking in his journarthat the Kaiset received ' $10,00,0 daily; for appending 1 is signature.to rt*feW State documents. . The 1av o "fese majeate' is no . re- epector of persons; schoolboys or, old women are equally visited with thefull penalties. An old,avorn'an of 73 living hi Dresden, was sentenced . to six months' ithprisonmerit for remarking that the fate of King Alexandra of Ser. via ought to befall King George of Sax- °nye, and a baker's boy, of fifteen, in Silesie, had three week.s' imprisonment for insultingthe inajesty of the Kaiser. If the culprit isa soldier, his minish- ment for "lese anajeste" is excessively severe. A private was drummed out of he army and sentenced to seven years' mprisonment for saying, to a comrade hat the Kaiser might have slowed own the train in whieh he wes travel- ing in order to see the salute of the °idlers who were :lining the route, POOR INNKEEPER,. • Last, year an innkeeper of Lichtena • "It was mainly on account of the ex- istence of this concession that Earl Fitzwilliam's expedition failed, Admir- al Palliser told -me that the Earl's party found it impossible to interfere with 'the syndicate, and could only work by its consent in certain parts of the island. • 'There is absolutely no doubt that two groat treasure hoards are hidden in. the island. e, One, a pirate treasure,. is :Valued at between six and twelve ,mil- lions sterling—and the other—known as' Keating's TreasureIeLis said to be worth three millions. • "The former coffaisted of masses of masses of gold and silver ornaments and gold ingota. They were originally seized by °(he Spanish in Mexico and Peru, and were being carried away in Spanish galleons when a notorious pirate, Capt., Don Pedro Benne., at- tacked. and captured the vessels,: and, concealettestbeir freight in a 'secret cave in Cocos Brand. ' • HIDING TIIE TREASURE. • "Keatiog's treasure was -obtained in. much the same way. The Spaniards, Who.. were being driven out of Peru, collected all their valuables in LiMa, and placed them for , safety on the .:13ri- lish, steamer Mary Dier. The captain and Crew, being overcome at the sight of so much gold and silver, murdered those in - charge, and sailed to Cocos Island, where they also .hid their v4a treasure. Retribution followed swiftly, however, for a Spanish 'warship went in Pureult, end findlog them at ilte island, executed seventeen of the crew. • "The Spaniards' nev,er found the trea- sure, and the captain of the Mary Dier, escaping'. to Canada. handed over the secret of the hiding place before his death to Captain „ICeating, of Nova Scotia. Keating twice visited the island, arid on, each occasion returned home with £2,000 worth of gold. , t • "This treasure was also seen by a 1. Man who was afterwards killed in the 1 Chilien War.„ • ense search ter these two treasures 1 has now .been going on for between 5 seventy and eighty yeers, and the only hope for- their. recovery is in the work of an expedition fitted out with all necessary appliances and men, such as Lord Fitzwilliam's expedition, and guided byethose who have some actual knowledge of the hiding -places.” THIS WOMAN;SEFIS GHOSTS. She Has a School for Than Which They Appreciate. Mrs. Endicott has a school for 'ghosts. They come to her to learn the. things appertaining to the higher- life. Most of them When they "passed over" were Politipians and men of affairs, who had no time to devote to matters concerning the occult world. • The, foregoing statement was made by Mrs. 'Endicott at one of the series of occult ealons organized by Mts. Walkee and Miss, O'Reilly at tho,Wasttninster Palace Ilotel, London, England, and the gathering there the other night was a large one. Mrs.' Endicott was giving some explanations of personal expeee -Ione°, and why houses Were haunted. On the latter point She takeserthe view that it is because .the ghosts are con- sumed with a burning love of thoee they haunt and de not know that Ailey frighten. people. A 8e110115 warning was addressed her tonthose who go huntieg through pedigrees. It -is a praotice which twinge_ all manner of, ghosts about one; and site mentioned the case aft woman who was attended' by "a big, soldier -looking man called, Robert,' who would insist upofl his name being put in a particular plaee in the tree. With the aseistance of Mree EndiCott this %vas done, and he then "made, a Courtly )bow Arid left." Another warning was • agairiat minting passages out of books,and placfng thenr under pillowe. She did so, and was Wakened in the nighr by a girl with red eyes, who refused to go away. Mrs. Endicott declares that around eters' public -house door she sew eroWds of spirita,,and that the morn in tlue Westminster Palate) Hotel where she was speaking—it• was that where •the MTh Trade Unionist Club niet—waa full tot !hosts. Firet, LaWyine L. "Don't you think. we Bee giving eur uttneeeseary treue Lie?" :.leeond Lalyereee"Yee; but we'll . One ef the reeet enteeeraeoey preeeFe efitiORS 1 0t agaisist goeierneee who wee rouvieted of !eleee. majeste" for having written her mane in the visi- ter Isoek oZ an itotel immedietely Le - recant .signaturee •ef the'. King a Saxony kInhi tWO Prineeeses. liaper editore .are frequently vietinie the law in this connection. 'rWo et them were once t.ientericed to fotir months', band nine month;' inaprisone ment rospedively, and to heavy fines fcx publishing an article which was held to suggest in some obsbure way that the Kaiser was afraid of hie own subjects, and a third waea convicted for having published a telegram from a corildspoerrent 'reporting We death of au alleged step -brother of the, Kaiser, 'UpPirbtl4isette-dbt?eaistiffinel;oriretet61,4';e4rsilli01 e! a speech xnade by the Kaiser to his recruits, all the persons responsible for the reporting and publishing of the jscp.seteee.p. were, prosecuted for Odese ma- • to "KAISER IS A FOOL." A German marine, while in .Kiel on leave. had an argument witli. a com- rade in a restaurant, and made use of an expression which was held to have been insulting to the Raiser. He was let off . with 8 months' iinprison- ment in consideration ofedite-faet that he was not quite sober at the time. A foreigner visiting Germany may full within the scope of this absurd law, though he cannot, of course, .be impris- oned for its infraction. Two Ainerican ladies were, however. arrested and ex - Polled from the country for talking (in English) in a manner not flattering to Emperor William. Perhaps the -most ab- surd case of all was one that did not end in a conviction; even German of- ficialdom was not proof against the hu- nter of the situation. When the health ,ot -(he Kaiser was being drunk at fes- tivities .in honor of his birthday at Sch.arley, in Silesia, a schoolboy in the crowd waS ,Observedto smile. ' The public prosecutor immeliattety set on foot an action for "lese .majeste," but the Schoolboy miraculously- nseaped the ,consequences, of his awful deed. There is an old story concerning "lese majeste" which N worth repeating. A man was arrested for remarking in a erstaurant that "lite Kaieer is a fool." He was promptly haled before the meg- ist"Fate, when he protested that he .WaS not •referring to the Kaiser Wilhelm, but to the Emperor Francis .Toseph. "Oh, that tale will not do." retorted the magis- trate. , 'There is only one Kaiser to whom you could, have referred e The 'story 'does not slate bow many, years' 'imprisonment the magistrate WO.' astrarded. pun 'HARDIE AT WORK. Parliamentary. policeman 'Wanted, t�. ., Know IIIS Job. - Keir Hardie, , leader of the British , I,aboe party., is ho Beau Brummel in dress, which led' le an ainusing•mistake recently. flardie ,was proceeding- to the, Parliamene-library to consult, a boolt, when he found his way gently but lim- b, barred by a policeman, who said "Are you working her, mate?" "Yes," replied Haedie, who was at- tired in his usual democratic cloth- cap_and "On the roof ?" "No; on the dome", • e • The roof of the ellouse' is being re- paired, and as the policeman Was not line sure about the floor repairs, he a llowed Hardie to pass. + Home is eves! -'1•": eame raen only when it is the lett bower*. $0000,:e "Here she comes; I hear her."' .,t,.,0,,..Ian* fur it. know you had ngora." KITCHENER INTOLERENT TREATING 1111i INDIAN ARIIIV WJJH GONITAIPT. Tiiinee Correspondent Saye That Sotne, Spirtt of Sorenes. as Caueed, Mutiny Prey4ae.,' A 3r7netation lias -been. erdated not tenly ue grandma( enenee but In the eardion. the Ptiblieetion. i the tendon `Dame letter •aeottle rte. epecial correependen Inditi,. witien indieatee that tor Kitchener i handlinea.the Indian arm in a manrier thet, will inevitable' Call..9 LEADING KAMM Bli F• IiiSTUFFS. Argii Floor eaT est prieii for tt4) pt tentef,ia patents is *3,10, buytr,* ate e'zitsilte, itlaintelet quetzitioite are: cf"jrei, teiPtitzte $1,(4.) te aceetict pat- • Wieeat 0)nter2ei e- No, 4 whit, 191.: ee.17d, 70343 loitt ontsido..‘a lnidetit 7$>iie - 1,Viieat- es: Mcitliteho, -He No. I northern, t feel Owen, 9iartrel, '811 tavven .t1 ateuxel; ;No. leatte Ealwarti. te (Oats N). 2 eviite,_flc-ieee To, rcntoi to arrivta; 373T/c . ": Y Barley No. e.),, 50e. bid outeide. sertons auxeety in tire future.' It 'is tn- cidentally theugh uriavoweilly a strong viodication of Lord Curzon's attitude ;el Ills controversy with tit" late eno-eeriete ritenL The correspondent, although weiting anonymously, is known as an able publicist, who is intiznateitt acquainted with the politics of the Empire. , The gist of Ills „eaccusatiens Isettlatt...f.ot'dt Cotiterriptiieniet- -tree te ment of the native army, is Breatitig that. body the same" spirit of 'soreness and discontent which was one of the main causes of ,the Mutiny of 1857. After dwelling at length on the admin- ietrative steps • and tither measures which have led to thia state of affairs, he continues ' • •• • MASTE'BFUL AND INTOLERANT. "Lord ••Kitchener's masterfulness gr,OW$ with increasing power', arid oraers he so often hastily issues he as hastily withdraws. He no longer -shows the same industry or applleation to de- tail or the same devotion to economy which characterized his -work in Egypt. Ile has no personal knowledge of the Indian character and his constitutional intolerance of all opposition unftts him to learn-lrom those who have had the experience he lacks," • In conclusion the writer touches on a matter that has been notorious 1n inner circles, but has hitherto„ not been commented unon .in the press, namely, that the reconquest of the Soudan was nearly wrecked in tt- disaster due to the same disregard for the ictiosYncraeles of the native troops which resulted in an incipient mutiny. Lord Kiteheneta had then already started for South Afriea, but the conditions were ascribed as due directly to his policy. It is pointed out that any trouble resulting in India' may in the same way be deferred until Lord Kitchener's term of office expireeigh- leen months hence. • • Naturally this letter has produced a defence from, the Commanderein-Chief's apologists, but those which have hitherto appeared have been too personal in tone to carry conviction'. 'FfIE NATAL OUTRIWAK. • --•••-• The Cry of "AtriCa •tor the Black _Man" Cause ,for the Unrest.. -The unrest among the natives' in Na- tal, South Afriea, for ittich in Part the new poll tax was resnonsiplee but whieh antedates the introdnction 0! that tax .by menths, if not years, is in the mhin the outcaxne of Ethlopuunstn, or the doctrine of Africa for •the black man. The collectioo Qf the tax precipitated the rising,on February -9, in Byrnetown, in Rio Richmond district, which resulted in Rio :killing • of Sub -Inspector Hunt and Trooper Arinstrong; cif, the 'Natal police, In this affair fourteen police had ar- rested two armed native, when a reScue was attempted by a p'arty of forty na- tives, whoweretin ambush. "The leader of the party contelmptuouslyestritck the Sub -Inspector across the face with the flat of his assegai, and was promptly hot. A general fight followed, in which Sub -Inspector Hunt and. Trooper Arm- trong were kilted, and ' the police orced to •retreat. • Sergeant Stephens ode many miles with ant'assegai stick - ng 15 his back. Reinforcements, which vere dispatched to the saene, found the odies of the sub -inspector and trooper overed with assegal.wounds. Although • the Natal Ministry mink Jude publicly at least, the character f the outbreak, they proceeded to deal igorouely with the situation. It soon name- evedent that disaffectirin was ot confined lo -the Richmond district nly. Martial law was proclaimed, and ,00ps were mobilized, and, tinder Col - nine Leuchars and Mackenzie, they re - meal the more truculent tribes to Sub - ti 'd mission. Meanwhile the natives who rinirdered the pollee were rounded, and many ofthem captured, with the assis- • tepee of loyal natives of M'Veli's tribe. The poll -tax in Natal ainounts to LI and the hut -tax, 14s. Thos e Paying,the lutt.tax.' do not pay the poll -tax, which was de,signed to reach the young men capable of earning 4.C1 to X3 10s. a mooth,who would otherwise eseape • taxation. In general the taxation of natives is not higher than elsewhere in South Africa. . Lord Elgin, On being approached by the Aborigines' Protective Society, re, tutted to • interfere with regard to the impo.sition of • the polldax,.svhich he eonsidered not to be inconsistentenith the recommendatiOn Of the Native Af- fairs Commission.' QUITE DIFFERENT. Employer ---- I taught, you corning out a saloon to -day. Clerk -- Yes, sir. Employer — Didin't I tell you I'd diseharge you if I ever saw you com- ing mit, of 4 salooneagain? Clerk — •No, ale. • You said you'd dis. charge me if you ever saw me going in. Surely you can't blame me for, torniag out. NO MALARIA. "The, phee is advertised as a health resat," said the 51. \'/ errivat, euepici. ()Italy, "but it etrikee me there's malania . airiottiVnlir,,iayett:iere _nastnic 011,14 replied tli hu(tei'll "What inakos you shako (hat way, itiraid you niera noinft Okay ain." Little Mother : "Nle. Poet-, ?boy, f'vort you go and Mend before th� whitlow?' leteeyboy : "tlertainlye my little roan.; but why r Little -Brother : "Olt ! ma eaye tete can eee• through you. I want to See if I can." COUNTRY PRODUCE. - .Butter Reeelpfs of all 'hinds con- tinue heavy, and the market retania en easy tone. Creamery .. 0... 23c to 24e do solids . . ..... 22c to 230 Dairy lb rolls, goo•d to choice 18eto 190 do large tolls 1,7e to Igo do medium .. 10e to 170 C14eeee eee How firT ettn140. „fee. ivargo-c .11f 14%e 1 tijin Eggs — Quotations are unchanged at 1;ic. to 1.5go for new -laid and 13e for storage. Poultry — Choice dry pluckedturkeys lfic to 18e; at chickens, 12c to 13e, thin 70 to ite; fat hens, 8o to 9c, thin 0e. lo 7e; ducks, 12.c to 12c. - Poltatoes — Ontario, 05e to rilfolper bag out of store; eastern, 70e to e on treck and 10e more out of stere. Baled, Ilay4--- No. 1 timothy is quot- tot at $8.50 to $9 per ton in car lists on track here; No. 2, $0.50 to $7. Baled Straw Unchanged and quiet • at $5,50 to $0 per ton for car lots Cin ttklek here. • BUFFALO" MARKET.. • Buffalo, April 24, — Flour -- Finn. Wheat — Spring easier; No i. Northern, 84%c. Corn.— Fitm; No..2 yellow, 540; No. 2 corn, 53*, Oats — Stronger, hut no demand, st • •- NEW YORICeWFIEAT MARKET. New York, April 24.' Spot firm; No. 2 red, 913/c nominal elevator, No. es, red. 91,y,e f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 north, - erne Duluth, (55%c- f.o.b. afloat. ' MONTREAL MARKETS, „ Montreal, April 24.—Grain-13usiness was very quiet in the local Grain Mar- • ket. Cable otters- on Manitoba wheat Were lower, Dealers quote 88% to 39a for N. 4 oats in store; 39%toiibc for No. 3, and 403 to 41c for No. 2. Flour —Manitoba Spring •-Ralents, $4.:50 ; strong, bakers', $4 to $4.10; Winter wheat patents, $4.10 to $4.30; straight. rollers, • $3.80 to $3.90; do., in bags, $1.70 to $1.80; extras, $1.35 to $1.45. Feeds -In feed the feeling, is Lima, but business is .quiet *oh account of the coa- Untied ' small offerings;. . Manitoba in bags, .$18.50 to $19; shorts, $20.50 to $21 per ton; Ontario bran, in begs, .$19.50 to $20; • shorts, $20.50 to $21; milled mouillie, $20 • 'to $25, straight grain mouillie, $25to $29 per ten. Bolted Oats -rhe demand for _rolled • oats is still slow, and the marloet is quiet, with prices unchanged at ' $1t80 to $1.82% per bag.. A fatr business is passing in cornmeal at $1.30 to. $1;40 per bag. Provisions—Heavy' Canadian short cut, pork, $21.50; light short out, $20rAmericari short cut, $20; Arnericant ' cut clear fat, backs, $20; compound lard, 7 to 73,4c; Canadian pure lard, 113' to lige; kettle rdnderede -12% to 12%-c; trams, 13 to 14%c; breakfast bacon, lOce Windsor bacon`, 15c; fresh killed abat- toir dressed hogs, $14.25; country dress- ed at $9.25 to $9.50; alive, $7.50 to $7,60 for selects. Eggs—New laid, 14 to 14ge per dozen. Butter--Chnicest crertmery,, 22 to 22%e;' undergra.des, 19 to 210e dairy, 18 to 20e. Cheese—Colored, 12%6; white, 12,c. a. CATTLE IVIARKET. Toronto, April 24. — An active tre.de, and firm prices ruled at the Western Market to day in the cattle trade; Several loads Of exporters were SOld., • The quotations were:-- .Best, $4.80 to .95:05; fair to good, $4.70 to -$4.85 per cwt. Cattle of ' extra superior quality would bring prices in excess of the above. ,Cablee front England- report : that the market there is unchanged. Cattle . suitable for the . butchers' trade, ea ere not so plentiful as buyers 'desired. The supply of good animals. eSpecially was limited, and some pretty ordinary steers sold at. $4.50 per GWt. COWS were steady. The genera' top price was $4, - St, , while for a few seleeted heifers 55 was recorded. The following Were the quotatiens:— Good and best butchers', $4.50 to •55; fair to good butchers' $4 to S4,0; good cows, 83,50 to $4,25; corn- Inon cows, 83 to $3,50 per cwt. Trade was comparatively quiet in feeders and stockers. Short -keeps, 1,650 to 1,200 lbs, $4.20 to • $4.90; feedeite 1, - WO to 1,050 lbs.,' $3.75 to $4.40; stockers,' OM to WO lbs., $3.25. to $4; sioek cobs-, 00 to 000 lbs.. $2.75 to '$3;. stmt. bailee $2.50; stock Itelfers,, $2.35 to eSler; eee cwt. Trade in sieve was not very lively. Export ewes, $4.50 to $5; export bucks, S2.50- JO $3.75; graintfed yearlings, - lambs, $a..3.5 to $0.75; ealvea, $3 .to per 'eevt; Spring laMbs, to $G each, Hogs were „unchanged. Quotations to -day were: Selects, HO to 200 Ms, $7.- 15; ilogS;liglits ahd fats. SO;90-per cwt. Mileh Tows were in active demon& Quotations ranged from $30 to $55 melt • A ItEMA.RICARLE TRAIN EPISODE.' ' An extraordinary, story of a child's e50000 from death was given at Leeds / (Englend) Assize% where the parade nnstteeeelully claimed damages from the ttincaeldt.e and Yorkshire Railway Company. The mother and the little boy, who Is three years old, evaal travel. ling to Southport, when the train lureltil.d, end the child was thrown against the door, whieh flew open, A n frein wee passing in the opposite direc- tion et the time, • and the Loy wee; krieeked by,the engine into the four -eta wety, wheee the- train'alseed neer hint. There aro•a thoiteand failure fe,e1 lack of ability to teas front laek ofttp ..neeeiti Sapan has enneenetel That' hee Nfrea'. eletvian ;norte nein he throven nisei 11 Rio tratD of the world May 1. att. The lather' !nay (116,