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ITS'
e aphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe.
CA NA D h..
Par/lenient IS isot expected. to meet
ulatil February 13.
An eleetric railway is to conah
Wieuipeg aad Iletedinglaa
London hod a8 births, 56 00.1ks
al 55 marriages last: motith,
Laval tiaivere:ty, Montreal, will
eel-brete its golden jubilee ia Jane
neet.
American capitalists have bought,
Many acres of timber limits ha Nova
'Scotia -
Just 8,381 Warraats Wore Issuee in
Montreal during the year. Theve
wore 8,100 prisoners, oi whom .2,266
we e males,
AU the sawmills in British Col-
umbia have combined on. a schedule
of prices for the Canadian and the
export trade.
The Weeeinghouse Electric Com -
Teeny is behind the proposal to build
an electric railway. between. Winai-
Peg and aleadingly.
Tbe Canadian pavilloa at the Wol-
verhamptou Exposition will be 102
feet long by 79 feet wide. 1e, will bo
a. handsome building.
The amount realized last year for
saals tee ght at Victoria, R .
sealers in the Pacific Oeean, end dis-
PoPed of in the British market, was
:3850,06a.
wan= Pickard is suing the Ham -
Rion Street Railway Compa.ny for
$1,000 for injury to his nervous
s3stem hal:1E111114g the coin -
pane's electric wires..
Canada's poultry exports in 1,897
were $57,271, in 1898 they had ris-
en. to $100,736, ia 1899 they had
grown to 140,14e, and. in 1903
broke the record with 6211,181.
Ottawa's City Treasurer, in a
statement of receipts and expendi-
tuxes ue to Lee. 21, 1.0.11,
chat there is a deficit of $11,511.
The total expenditure was $197,597
and the total receipts $436,085.
On Feb. 1 a second znail will be
sent from Athabasca Landing to the
Peace River District. All matter to
be forwarded by the mail. in ques-
tion should be posted so as to reach
ladmouton notlater. than Jan. 27.
Wra- Tandy, of Kingston, has had
his leg araputettd, the result of a
fall doen the hold of one of the
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation
Company's steamers. He tees. a
purser on t.12 .t line and is studying
q ha t e. ty-three lath ?s of t
Civil Service who arranged for.. tbe
presentation of guerdoes,to
aona's Horse on the 'ea() al their de-
parture teem -Ottawa fer South Af-
r,iesaaleavei each been presented by
Strathcona with n. handsome
gold brooch in the shape of a. shield
bearing, the Strathcona. crest.
GREAT BRITAIN.
London has 637 cases of small,-
pox.
Xing Edward is re -arranging his
household ors business lineS.
Americans, it is believed, are
gradually buying the Oleale ship-
yards.
ea.., An .Antarctie expeditiou will sail
kern ng,lattd next year, composed
..uLirely of Seotemen.
The emigiation from the United
Kingdom last year was 802,848, an
increase of 4,287 over the preceding
year.
A. British -American syndica.te will
put on a fleet of refrigerator steam-
ers, weekly, between. Nevi York, Bos-
ton and Bristol.
John Murray, who is wanted by
tee 1 nit d States authorities on the
charge of ram dering his wife at Jef-
fcrson, Ohio, has surrendered to the
poli e at Lon.don.
aTethodists of England have-Veali-ed. 2722,000 of their million
guinea.. fund for the extension of the
• wcirk. The fund has been iv exist-
ence for four years.
Farl Grey arid other distinguished
Eng 1- h reformers wish. to ascertain
whetlier the nate n elivit•:,s' v or
greasing or •deterioeatiug by induc-
ing the Nationctl'lloard of Education
to adopt is system of measuring and
weighing i.chool children.
UNITED STATES.
'The University of Chicago has just
I alight $41.5,000 estate.
eibley, Ili., schools are closed on
accoent of an epidemic of small-
pox.
Reports show that the national
bankruptcy- law finds general ap-
provel.
'M. Santos -Dumont Will tam:twit hie
aerial experiments in the United
States next spring.
r0,trielc Sullivan, of Jennings.
rifout... shot Isis wife, his grand -child,
end hin.stif dead.
Smallpox is spreading in Illinois.
The Chicago school fund In s do -
of $2,000,000.
Dr. Nicholas Van, of Goshen, N.Y.,
years old, isle marry again, hav-
ing buried twelve wives.
, „
IOSItirals, a well-to-do farmer
of :Manheim, N.Y., committed sui-
cide because he had lost a, lawsuit.
• 'The treaty between the United
States and Denmark for the sale of
the Danish West. Indies 'will be sign-
'
The Women's Medical' College of the
Chicago Nor th-wes tern if n varsity
will close because women doctors are
not a succdsts:
The total attendance ot the ran-
Anterican Exposition was 8.•ii20,048.
Of this number 5,305,850 Were free ••
only ;3,213489 peid ad/hiss/ease
Maine' Bartel, the 15 -year-old son
of John Tlertel, of Long Island City,
corrunitted etlicid0 because hie father
wouldn't, let aim go out to play.
Thc autizerl lee at Li tclinaid
ean,
1,, are vineed that Mr and
Cortea, Who were rotted
bornoil to decith iu their home Wed-
eatey aight,, were aiurderea.
abealee 1.1 Mose., a 0Ongrega-
tiolta •aaltor t Webeter Gravp
WO' ,z..n.s.ed a. sous..ttion there
by ste goseing la tee inter1dew ahat
tv0111 should propse Marriage.
At Kaneae City,• Me, Itesai JaMee
A. Heath haat b,pezt`eaPeiled fraia the
BaPtist miteetry ter getting e di-
vorce from olio weelian to marrv
=other.
The inunigration from Itaia, Ar-
mertia, Syria, and Greece lies gaoteri
fifty per cent, in three autre, and
that trom Ireland has beet, decrease
leg for eeven years. ,
'Mary Boiler, a 22 -ye id teen
became eilasnot.eci of a fellota-Per-
farmer, and eon/netted suicide, ba
sevallowhig cerbolic acid, in tun alew
of n large audience in a Washinean
theatre, `
Chinese Mort:heats in. the talltea
States have presented a petition to
the . Chinese Court, complaining
against the exclusiou act and the ine
dignities to which immigrants are
subjected.
GENE11AL.
Bubonic plague has appeared at
Cape Town,
han hai is arranging to have oloc-
trio railways.
It is asserted that Russia was bach
of the recent Boxer movement.
Bread tax in Italy will he reduced.
Cholera is ravaging the Java Is -
/ands.
Japan has begun the erection of
wireless telegraph station e along the
Careen coast,.
Fearingblindness, Dr. Halseinger.
president of the Vienna Tribunal,
committed suicide.
Two hundred people were drowned.
-
in the Moorish town, Sallee, Moroc-
co, by the bursting of a water sPout
over the town.
M. R.3•shnewski, a, PoliSli engineer,
has diecovered a. gas called electroal.
which is said Lo cure cOnsuraptioe,
anemia, and neurosis.
A French scientist has discovered a
method of .extracting from ordinary
petroleum oil a liquid unfreezable
205 degrees below Zero.
The strike situaticn at Barcelona
is so alarming that reinforcements
of treois havateen called out. The
Etrikers now number 20,000.
M. Barillies,. a Paris municipal
councillor, fon applying an insulting
eXpre.sion to President Loubet, was
seetencecl to six months' imprison -
men t
.A. Vienna physiciau has discovered
a substitute for the oesophagus, it
connects part of the oesophagus with
the stonmeli - by a .tube across the
chest and .allows for both mastica-
tion and ewaliowing.
FEAR THEIR LAST DITCH'.
Optimism. in London. , Over the
Boer Resistance.
A despatch fronx London says: -Oh
the :threshold of the New Year a
comfortable spirit of optimism is no-
ticeable. ahe political croakers have
been unusually glienny itt the annual
revie.ws and homilies, but above the
rumbling basses has rung. out a
high treble of cheerfulness and hope.
Coronation year has not, opened with
auguries of peace in South Africa,
but there is evidence that the Boer
successes have been won at a terribly
high cost, and that the exploits of
Botha and De Vet cannot be repeated
without a final process of exhaustion
in. the concentration of enfeebled
commandoes. Tbe rebellion in the
Dutch districts is well-nigh suppress-
ed, and the Boers, after the most
persistent and valoroue defence,
known in modern times, are perilous-
ly near the last ditch on. each side of
the Vaal. Lord Kitchenes•'s block-
house system has not broken dowa,
and the sheer weight of the British
resources is slowly but surely crush-
ing the Dutch resistance.
There may not be light' in darkest
Africa, but there is a sense of de-
parting darkness, and in England
there is the consciousness of a new
source of strength in the loyalty of
the sellegeverning. colonies. Over-
whelmed.with burdens of taesition. as
Englislunen are, and harassed alto
with increasing pressure of foreign
competition, they eau console them-
selves with the'relleetion.thet the old,
country is passing through a crisis
in the fortunes of the Empire with-
out financial disturbance, whereas
Germany, Without an exhausting
war, has been shaken and paralyzed
by industrial depression. •
BOElt TREACHERY.
Officers of Intelligence Department
Shot Dowa.
.A. Pretoria despatch saysi-Twoasf-
ncers of the Intelligence Department
who were sent to parley with the
Boers who desired to surrender male
Warta Baths wet.° treacherously ehot
by concealed Boers.
A. despatch from Carnarvon says: -
A farmer on Tuesday brought in
'Prooper aleyer, who was shot
through the Jess tattle conetatatatiere
ing donkeys and evagoes. His com-
panion, Corporel Dawson, was kill-
ed. The mon did not suspect that
the enemy, were. at. Zeekoegata pad
were fired upon without warning,
when fifty yards off, by the; Boers,
who were lying bellied. a, dam Wall.
It Is etated that Meyer received las
wound after he had surrendered,
LOSSES.
Nearly Tufaxity Thou:a:ad Have
Died or Been Killed,
A (101511E:eh from London,
The total reduction of, Great
military force in
from the beginning, of 1.19 war to the.
einel of Deoember, ittel ad i tig deaths
from disease, men reported missing,
Kite., amount:4 to 24,290, 01 thiS:
number 1.6,430 Were actually killed
or died,
A. total of (54,880 men wore invalid:.
d home, the )najorliv of whom re -
overact and rejoined their eon:mends,
THE MARKETS
Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
in Trade Centres.
Markets of World -Mr. Bermett's d.
T°r"e°, Jan, 7, -Wheat -The lo-
cal trade in. wheat continues quiet,
with prices steady, White /tad red
quoted at 75 to 76c at outside
poiats; No. 2 goose is quotee at
66ae middle freight, and NO. 1
spring at 74o Manitoba wheat
dell; No. 1 atted. quoted at 88e all
rail, via Sarnia; No, 1 Northern- at
84c,, and No. a Northera at 8ae, ail
reit, via Sarnia. leriees are 1.c lower
via Norte Bay. -
Cites -Teo market to -day was
quiet. 'Hie demand is limited, with
beyers'eot to Pay more than
40e. Offerings at 41 to 42e.
Peas -The. market is quiet, the de -
Island limited. .No. 2 quoted at, 88
to 34c N'Vest, and at 84- to 85e raid,
die treight. , _
Core -The mavicet is quiet, with
prices"'"a steady. Canedian yellow
quoted ai4e0 to 91e west,
Llaeley-elaiTeca iaeaeleze s, No. 1.
quoted at 57e, and No. a aenall to
54e; No. 8 extra at 51 to 5eee, aee
No, 3 at 50c miaow freight.
leye--The market is steady at about
57 -ie middle freight,
uckwhea rket • quiet. Quota-
tion, 55 to 53/c east.
Flour --The markeris steady. Nine,
ty per cents., in buyers' begs. gold at
a2,90 middle freights. Locally and
for Lower rrovinCO trade choice
straight rollers, in wood, are $8.30
to k$3,40. Manitoba flours steady,
with Hungarians $1,10 to $4.80, and.
4Grong bakers' at a3.80, Toronto
freight.
Oatmeal-Ifareet unchanged. Car
lots on track, $5785 in bags,
and $5.50 in wood. 13roken lots,
25c per bbl. extra.
efillfeed-Bra.n uacnanged at $1.9.50
Shorts, $21. to $22, outside. Mani-
toba bran,- $20, and shorts, $22, To-
ronto freights, including sacks.
PRODUCE.
Potatoes -The ruarket is steady
Cars are quoted at 700 per bag, on
track here, and the jobbing prices
80 to 85c.
Dried. Apples --The market Is steady
with demand limited, Prices are te
to 5e per- lb, Evaporated sell att
to 10e, '
Hops -Business quiet, with prices
steady at 13c; yearlings, 8c.
Roney -The market is unchanged at
10 to 10ec for truined. Combs
$1.50 to $2,50 per dozen.
Beans -The market is Steady; un-
picked are jobbing at $1.40 to $1.45
and handpicked at $1.50 to eieve.
Cranberries - Market unchanged,
with Cape Cod at ke8 to $9 per bbl.
Oanadian, $6.50 to $7.
Hay, baled -The market is steady,
with geed denland. Timothy quoted
at $9,25 to $9.75 on track for No.
Straw -The market Is quiet and
1, rind at $8.50 to $9 for No. 2.
firm. Car lots on track will bring
$5.50 to $6.
Poultry -Market is firm, with fair
demand. Turkeys, 9 to 10e per lb;
frozen., scalded and half -fatted stock
sold from 7 to 8c. Geese, dry -picked
6* to 8c. Ducks, 50 to 75e. aieck-
ens, young, 50 to 6.50; old, 85 to
40. Rabbits, 25e per pair.
ITOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Dressed hogs are firm at $8 to
$8.15 in car lots, with offerings fair.
Hog products steady. We quote: -
Bacon, long clears, sells at 10ec in
ton and case lots; mess pork, $20,50;
do short cut, $21.50 to $22,
Smoked Meats -Hams, 13 to 13c;
breakfast bacon, 14c; rolls,- lle;
backs 11c, and shoulders, /Inc.
Lard -Market is suichangecl, with
fair demand. We quote; -Tierces,
11.e; tubs, 11...}e; pails, 134 to lilac.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter-qThe supply of butler is
good, but offerings of inferior stuff
are too great, and it sells slowly,
1Ve quote: -Selected dairy tubs. 10
to 170; choice large rolls, 16* to
17c; finest 1-Iba rolls, 18 to 19e;
packages showing feed from 11 to
14e; creamery prints, 21 to 22c; sol-
ids, 20 to 21c -
Eggs --The market is fain, Plash
sell at 26 to 27c; cold storage 20 to
21.e; limed, 17- to 18c.
Cheese -Market firm.. We quota --
Finest Septembers, 10i to 3.1c; se-
conds, 9:1- 1.0 loc.
HIDES, WOOLS, TALLOW, Inc..
Hides -Market. is .stecide, ' with re-
ceipts fair. No. 1 green steers, 6p
lbs. and Upwards, .0c; No. 3. cows,
8c; No. 2 cows, 7c; .cured, 8ee for
cows, and 91c for steers.
Calfsidase-Prices nonitaal at ac for
No, 1 green, and 8e for No, 2.
Sheepskins -The market is 'firm ae'
70 to 75c.
Weol-The inerket for fleece 14
quiet at 18e, 'end unwashed at 8c.
Stecks are now pretty well reduced
rotted wools sett at 15e for Supers,
and at 18c to 196 -for extras. "
Tallow-Detders are paying 51,0 for
letedered, and le to. 3c for, eougle
Small lots Of rendered sell at. (ice
- UNITED STA T leS Ma rile:le.eee.
33afralo, Jan. 7 teedy.
Wheat-Se:pram dull; No, 1 Nor,titeen,
.85er winter NVI1d12,t, 110 denifind; No,,
a red,- 92e, Core-- Dull; No..2 yen
low, 7.01,c; ilo 11 700) No, 2 :coin,
tifike; No. 11, de, e8ee, okitsHpill1;
No, 2 white, :Na.' 8 de, 50ed;'
No, a mixed,: 400i No. '8 do,' *lee.
8arleya-60 to 700.
70e0. • -
Toledo, Jan, and
December, 88ae: -Mese:138Se. Cornas
Decemher, :We.; May, (Inc,
December; '400.-111ay, 47c, Cloaar-
seed,--Decomber, :3570; Ma;sr,
Jun.. 7,-Winiali-:-.Onsh,
1`.••luted,. 701c; No, 2. NOrtherli, 781c;
.?,421i le Norte etn De can her, 713
Oats -45c. leye-621e,
allitentekee, ,Ten.7..---aaheele-Steatl3'.;
eloecel, .are-, 1. Northern, 781.5e; No, 2
Northern, .77 to 771c; May, 82 r.
I/ye-Steady; No', 1, One, Barley --
Eesier; Nee 2 01e; efeleple, ef.1 to
68ee, Coan-May, 66g to
Minneapolis, Jan, 70-0100--Wheat4
--Cash, 770; May, 78,te; July, Me;
oa track, No. a hard, 79ec; Na,
Northern,. 77+0: No. a Northern.
75ae, Flour-Firet patents,
$4.10; second patents, P3,90 to $1;
elatre, $2.53. Dean -In bulk, $18.
fleet clears $2.90 to $3• second
De tre st„f an, 7 -Wheat el osea-N o
1 white, 920; No. 2 red, Jatmary
and case: 90c; May, 89ae.
St: Louie, Jan. .7 -Wheat closed--
Catih, 8.0e; December, 86e; May,
86ep,
C ATTLE MA RKET,
Toronto, Jan. 7.--`1'hore being only
carloadof stuff on sale to -day ftt
the Westere cattle ,'ai'ds, there was
ntroatd:vvistralegge.00bdVasninciesisirIciceCliefirubil.it the
The receipts included 342 cattle,
200 sheep and lambs, 600 hogs, and
a few calves.
Tbere was really no prime cattle
on sale here to -day,
There was a fair movement in
shipping cattle at the elianged prices,
but only a few lots realized the top
figure. Most of the tettle sold at
wa,s reporteclapaid in a few cases.
Crone 4 to 4-te per lb, but 5 to 51c
Prices were steady for butcher cat-
tle, accordieg to quality, watch was
eaostly medium. Choice stuff is
wetted; and would have sole to -day.
Therekewas an early clearance.
.For 'feeders end stockers no en-
quiry else .ared to exist, aped none
were ext au market.
Lambs ar�, worth from 31 to /lc,
and are wan ed,
Sheep wer . a good- sale to -day at
from $ to 84 'ear ID. Choice ewes
may fetch -a faction more.
A few choice veal calves are wanted,
aii'eicows,
inhctreis,1i, mm
market for _soe choice
Ifogs are steady and unchanged.
Choice hogs to -day sold at $6.70
per cwt: ' fat nags at $6,871, ,and
light at $6.12e per cwt. •
Hogs to fetch the top price must
be of prime quality, and scale not be-
low 160 nor above 200 lbs, ,
Following is the range of quota-
Lioms_
Cattle.
Shippers, per cwt,.. ...$4.50 $5,25
Butcher, choice ... 3.75 4,25
Butcher, ord.- to good. 8.25 3.60
Butcher, inferior.. ...... 2.75 3.25
Stockers, per ewe:- .... 2.30 8.00
Sheep and Lambs. .
Choice ewes, per cwt... 2.75 3.25
Butcher sheep, each 2.00 3.25
Lambs, per cwt. 3.50 4.23
Bucks, per cwt...
2(0 2.50
Mil ors and Calves.
Cows, each...
-30.00 45.00
Calves, each 2.00 10.00
Hags,
Choice hogs; per cwt... 6.50
Light hogs, per cwt..: 6.00
llea.vy hogs, per cwt... 6.1.2e,
Sows, per -ewt .,. 3,50'
Stags, per 'cwt... .,0.00 •
Truth.
6.70
6.25
6,.8ae
4.00
2.00
CANADIANS DISSATISFIED.
Constabulary Members Want to be
Kept 'in One Corps.
The London Daily Express cif
Thursday -says that letters from Can-
adians at the front who' have joined
Beden-Powelas Constabulary, show
that there is great • dissatisfaction
among the mum on account of the
Canadian troops being split up, mak-
ing them half English and half Can-
adian. .
It was daiderstood when Col:
Steele left Canada that ho would
comata-nd all of the 1,200 Canadians
that wale with him, but instead he
was given commana of 13 division on-
ly, one which had no teanatuans Itt
it. He was refused three Canadian
troops that were in A divieton, and.
soon after, the colonel being ordered
north, terkeered his resignation, rath-
er than. go 'away with unreliable re-
cruits, instead of his own reliable
Cana diens.
Oneletter declares that a storm is
brewing, and will come beton?, long,
and either,. Col. Steele anel a good
few of , the Canadians Will `go back
to Canada inside of six 'months, or
Col. Steele will have hie owneevay
mad gets coraeol„ over the amen fr'oin
the Deminion.
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CANADIAN FLOUR..
The War Office Has Placed a
Large Order.
A Montreal despatch says 1 -The
British War. Onice has, ,through the
Minister of . Agriculture at aettawa,
placed with the Lake of the Woods
Milling Company an order for one
thousand tons, ecesal to 12,500 bar-
rels of ...Keewatia flour, to be ship-
ped to South Africa.. It was report-
ed some days ago that an order for
flour had been. pieced by the Ban-
ish Gavereinent, and thee story has
been verified by Mr. ti.obert /Wein/ten,
president of the Lake of the Woods
Milifog Co. „
remarked Mr. Meighen, ``it
is quite true that we have received
front, the War Office, through the
Canadian' Department of Agriculture
an' order for 12,000 barrels of 'face-
watie' (Mut', 0/10-13e11 of this order
is now being loaded MI beard the
8tettn3er Quintets 'at SG. John, Nell.
The renedinieg 500 tone will areive
at St. John for shipment by tho
1.01.11 lestant, 'alto flour is forwarded
from oUr KeeWatin
Mr. afeiglion elated that spite
af the Austrolicia duties, there was a
eletss of PeoPla in that colony' who
mese have flour made of iSlanitebn,
hard Wheat.
BRITISH SUCCESS,
Imp or t ant Engageieeht • Rep 0 rted
Prom West Africa,
A desptitcli from 33onn;y, kaft•lea,
seye lot . 11:Conte mete en tore(' S Aro-
chuku ott 1/ec0mber 24 With Ninjor
Ilenoker's roltunn, and burned the
twee Siji impor Can I,. ciliate 'sur-
rendered , The enemy is iieW betWeen
the eolteens of Col. Isentening ane
Mujor lienelrer, The arainy'a losses,
earn nevem, The Ilvitish ea sttal t ee
were slight.
CHINA PREPARING.
worws trpheaval Prophesied by a
Missionary.
Charles •Getrinme, 'superintend.
eat ef of colporteurs for. the Anierie
eau Bible Society iii Northerfs Clams;
writes to the sedety eanceraleg the
present eituation in Om °hawse
Empire as follows :
"While at Shenaliai I observed that
the Ohinese Government Was openly
violetieg the proyisions of the pro-
tocol, 'llie great Emplre'would shake
otX Europeea • denomieation. Thous-
ands of boat -loads of small arias and
tea/rat/aloe were passing weekly tile
the Yang -tee -Kiang, and the arsenals
were being enlarged -and worked day
and night. Cargoes of explosives
wore being receivea, and the Dowager
4174)re:et:I lied issued instructions to
all officials to recruit the army, and
also to inform her as to the fighting
strength of each di -vision and the
time required to concentrate the
forces at a given point. There were
and are many other unpromising
features which weighed heavily upon
the minds qf those interested. a
"I must believe that the end le not
yet, and that within ten yearn': end
possibly within five, a tvaee*ill en -
see the like of which the teerld has
never known. For ewe:dies China
bas boon making 'raked attempts
n
to expel the foreig, each time pro-
fiting by past oe ,eieences, each time
with more pate. ia and success, 021011
time belifee', equipped and better
planneeeeSho is now prepared as
nev- :aefore, buyieg vast quantities
eresuperior weapons and reorgarazing
ter armies on a correct basis. There-
fore the „next attempt will be gigan-
tic force, and terrible in execution.
It will result itt n universal upheaval
and the final dismemberment' of the
empire, at a terrible cost."
A PRINCELY GIFT.
.$1,000,000 for a Consumptive San.-
itariura.
The British Medical Journal an-
nounces ' that 2,200,000 has been
placed at the disposal of King Ed-
ward for charitable or utilitarian
purposes by a philanthropist who
does not wish to have his name pub-
lished. The money will be devoted
to the erection of a sanitarium for
tuberculosis patients in England,
This institution will accommodate
fifty male and the same number of
female patients. Twelve of the beds
will be reserved for wealthy patients
who are able to pay for treatment.
The other eighty-eight will be for
poor persons, who will be expected
to contribute a small amount. The
Lang has approved of an expenditure
of £800 out of- this fund in prizes -
or the best essays and plans for a
model sanitarium. In fertherance of
the plan, King Edward has appoina-
ed ...an advisory committee, Sir
William, Henry Broadbent, Sir Rich-
ard Douglas Powell, former& physi-
cians in ordinary to the Queen; Sir
Herman Weber, of the Royal College
of Physicians; "Sir • Francis, Henry
Laking, Household Surgeon; and
Charles Theodore Williams, consult-
ing physician to the Hospital for
Consumptives at Brompton, and
president of the lloyal Meteorological
aociety.
The Daily Mail asserts that Sir
Ernest Cassell, a merchant, is the
donor of the money.
The Daily Telegraph says that Dr.
Broadbent states that the opon-air
treatment will be followed. The
scheme, he adds, is based on that
treatment, which ia unquestionably
the most -efficacious known in all
cases of consumption.
BRIGANDS ARE TIRED.
. -
Some of Mies Stone's Abductors
Are Deserting.
A despatch from Sofia, Bulgaria,
says: -The local reports of the re-
lease of Miss Ellen M. Stone and her
companion, Mme..Tsilka, remain un-
confirmed. Naws from the frontier
says the brigands are hiding in Tur-
kish territory. They aro being hus-
tled by tile inba.bitents, who had
previously been victimized by the
'bandits. '
A fight Is esad to leave recenely oc-
curred, itt WWk the leaders of the
brigands , are, said to • have' been
wounded. Part of the brigand bead,
aireailed at the delay in obea,lning
ransons for the captives, have de-
serted', and are attempting to re-en-
ter Bulgaria. But 'the guards are
closely watching the frontier. It is
further said tbel the whereabouts of
the captives is known, and that it is
hoped the agents the -Missionaries
will be able to he In °enema with
the band ia a faw da•ys.
FALSE TEETH.
Dental '14ospita-ls Make ProPesi-
tie:in to Government.
A despatch from London says: -
The War Office is considerieg the ad-
visability of' supplying false teeth to
Ile forces. Sixty per cent. of the
applicants for enlistment in Oen.
eieney or equip apple:cries who are
are prepared to make good the defi-
o..t.kerwise eligible at £1. per head
attve, notified the Wo.r Office that they
lei/Asetitictzr)ea'
jected cn
m the ground of bad teeth',
vice with the yootnanry were disqual-
and hutuleeds Of applicant:a for sera
ified for the same cause,
CANADA'S. EXHIBIT.
Commissioner Speaks of Success
Achievea.
' Mr. W. le Scott, whO was „ Cana-
dian commiesioner at Glasgow, hits
arrivecl at Ottawa on a sliort vieit,
but he will return to England in
about tWo weeks to continent() pro-
pitiations Los the Woleathainption
Eixhtbition 'Mre Scott is'greetly de-
lighted with Canada's stiecess nt
Glasgow, anm
d ena m
tione as saple
of the advertising which the 'Des
ininion received, e, statement in the
:London: Titnes that the Canadian es:-
hibit alone Vitt8 WOrtil a journey to
laego ea,
109,000,000 BUSHELS.
Western Canada's Gaain Product
for 1901.
Weetera. Ottnaele's grails prodeet foe
1901. wee over 109,000,0f/0 bushele.
The MaidOba. Goverelneet's bulletin
gave the output for that proVinee at
85,179,8e8 bushel.
Returns just received at tlie Cauca
dam Pacific riailwity offices et :Mon-
treal,' from the °face of the 0022-11XliS-
SiOn0r, of Agriculture, Ileginee 'Show
thee titer° were 23;969,888 bushels
of wheat, mite and barley grown ie
the Territories, and , with the pate.
flax and rye, the figures would be
over the 24,000,000 mark, Assiut -
Lana raised 9,966,000 bushels of
wheat, Alberta, 980,(100, and Sas-
katchewan, 829,700 bushels -a total
of 11,770,300 bushels, The average
yield, in Asslniboia was 25 1-5 bush -
015 to the fierce, ene-e- oei1fee.395,280
eaagaeutule.r-saiip '• in Alberta, a 111)-
t' over 25 bushels to the acre, the
alba unaer wheat being 39,100 acres,
Sesaatelaiwart, the average was a
ewhhaedoct being,ovei22 bushel 5, ths. e axeunder
87,000 acres.
In oats, the total yield was 11,-
450,500 bushels-Assinibolees product
being 4,838,000 bushels grown oa
108,000 acres -an average of *2 3.40
bushels to the. acre ; Alberta's 6,-
533,000 bushels ofe 112,200 eaves, an
average of 58 1-5 bushels "to the
acre, and Saskatchewan, 570,500 off
14,150 acres, an aver:ego., of nearly
41 bushels to 1110 acre,
The barley yield was as follows :
Assiniboia, 201,009 bushels off 5,900
acres, an average of over 84 baehels
to the acre ; Alberta, 450,000 bush-
els, off 11,300 acres, an average of
nearly 40 bushels ; Saskatcholvan,
91,630 loushole off 2,850 acres, an
average of 82 1-5 bushels.
Tho development of Western Can-
e.da during the last decade has been
most marked. The total yield in
1.891 was about 46,000,000 bushels
Of grain, ,an increase of about 68,-
000,000 bushels in ten years, is a
Canadian 'West.
highly creditable showing for the
TWENTY stROWNED.
Pacific Steamer Run D'own by a
, A. Sea FrancEisacrocitle.
despatch says: -A
collision at sea early Thar:ally
morning between the steamship Wal-
la Walla and an unknown sailing
vessel resulted in the sinking of the
steamer anal the possible loss of at
least twenty live. The Walla. Walla
Is owned by the Pacific. Coast Steam-
ship Company, and. sailed from San
Francisco January 1 for Puget
Sound ports. She carried 311 first-
class . passengers, 28 second 'class,
and a crew of 80 men. When off
Cape Meadecino, an California
coast, a.t. 4:10 'o'clock Thursday
morning, an iron beetles:, believed to
be French, loomed up in the haze
and crashed into the alalla Walla's
bow. Then -the sailing vessel slid off
Into the darkness and was seen no
All the passengers and crew of, the
Walla, Walla except the few on
watch were asleep, but were aroused
by the crash. The steerage quarters
were ia the -bow, and it is believea
some, of the steerage passengers and
crew were crushed to death. A big
hole was made in the steamer's bow,
and she sank in 85 minutes. The
officers and crow maintained strict
discipline, and boats and life rafts
were lowered. All who were not kil-
led in the collision got oft except
Capt. Hall, who wont down with his
ship. Ile Was picked up later by one
of the boats uninjured with the ex-
ception of a few bruises
THE SECRET OF LIFE.
Prof. Loeb Says it is Within the
Power of alanldnd.
•A despatch from-, Chicago saas:--
Prof. Jacques Loeb, at the four-
teenth annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Physiological Society at the Una
versity of. Chicago, in a paper
cnti-
tled "On the Prolongatton of tete of
lInfertilized eggs of the Sea Urchin
by Potassium Cyanide,''' told a,
group of the foremost physiologists
in. Ainerica ,that by means of obser-
vation of the effects of certain Chein-
feels uPon the eggs of the lower
niailn.e animals he wee ready to
make a tentatip 'definition . of the
heretofore ufiknownnature' of death.
Death, he affirmed; was not a ne-
gative_ process, a simple breaking
down of the tissues, as IL had. been
regarded up to this time, but a.n ace
'Live agent born witjr the birth of the
egg and destined, if not checked, to
gain the tipper hand of the, itfoire-
-etinet and bring about extinction.
But greater even thaii, the apparent
discovery of this death agent in an
substances is ,Prof. Loeb's an/le:taco-
'emit that Ito has been able to check_
it, in the eggs of the sea prehin at
least, by chentleal ageritaia This, it
is claimed, means nothing less. than
that on, a minute scale the secret of
eternal life is la the power of Man,
The experiments, the professor says
were simple. Unfortelized eggs of the
sea urchin were placed in a weak so -
it t tiott of potassium gynni do e nd
abetidoika 'for "eeVerttl. deye,.salei-ers
elinary conditions an unfertilized egg
tiles in a few hours, destro:ved bP,the
death agent's born with it. AG tlid
end of ,Severtil days the -eggs were
agaiii,exionined aud Were found (;o ,he
still -1%14010 of lettilleation, ana of
mod uci ng lieeltby an le al s Di ex -
pleating the „results Pref. Leath said
that the "moreiferous processes'''
were due, to' the metloos Of • certain
ferments at art unknewn nate:tee;
Whose destructive Wilde:my Was
counteracted by thii, potassium salts.
STRATIICONA'S
Sent Cheque far )i125,000 to Aber-
' (leen Univerecity.
A ' ilespatell frela 11,021d9.11 says; --
Lord 5 tea th eon it and Mount II oyel ,
the Caned len High ()olumissionor,
has seat a aequis for 225,000 to the
malted ties of A hordeen
The monOy is to go tot:Made complet-
ing the extension (4 the eniversity.
wHAT q0IN(4. ON XII' THU
S oilli:NPDersQornaTa H:na$B7,1:ii311:sa°:;te)e
That Will Interest Irish-
Canadia.ue.
Waterford, mitli three ti11109 Dula
flu's licenses, has three times ite
dPretetivceshelieceivee. been passed in Ireland
so that no greyhounds can be COC7g
ported, from, that country any
12201-23,
The Cousay Meath is perhaps the
wealthiest: in 'ereland, There le lit<
tie or no real poverty there,
Extensive renovatioee and repeere
are being made on the Duke of Des
vonshire's Irish seat, Lismore Oas-
tle.
Nearly twenty per cent, of the
populatiou of Ireland die of old
age. To -day there are 213 centen-
arians living,
An Irish egg merchant charged,
with the manslaughter of his wife
nhiaie.siended his life by takilig strYche
The first portion of the big scheme
for supplying Belfast with wetter
from the Mourne efountains has been
puccessful.
Shipbuilding is being revived on a
large scale in Dublin, which many-
3redauesetzeygo was a gr
ineat centre at this
Lord Dunleath, an exameive pro-
perty owner in Beet Down, is about
to establish an hotel in Ballywateir
on the Gothenburg syetern. 11
The real strength of the Duke of
Connau,glit's popularity Can best be
prated by the fact that the servants
in his honeehold simply adore him.
ear. Carnegie has offered to give
£7,000 to Limerick for a free libe-
arY, on condition that the city will
contribute $350 a year for its sup-
port.
Never in Irelerid has SO much at-
tention been concentrated on ecluea.
tion as now, and whatever the result
may be the educational life of the
country has been .quickened in the
process.
,An agitation is on foot in Belfast
to obtain the release of Private Cro-
zier, Royal Irish 2IfiE1s, undergoing
eighteen months' imprisonment for
sleeping at his post near Bloemfon-
tein.
Mr. George Tough, formerly of the
Great North of Scotland Rail-
way,' has been appointed general
manager of the Grand Canal Com -
emir of Ireland, vacant through the
death of Mr. Kirkland.
As it is estimated that Great Brit-
ain imports annually Z3,000,000
worth • of butter from Ireland and
218,000,000 AVorth from foreign
countries, it is evident that a large
field Still *awaits Ireland's energies.
Recently the 13elfast police found
tvoinan named. Kearns lying deed
In the kitchen of ber residence with
marks of foul play on the face,
throat and. arms, Her 'husband, Jos-
eph Kearns, stonecutter, was ar-
rested on a charge of wife murder.
The experhnents in tobacco cul-
ture conducted by the Department afat,
.Agriculture for Ireland have epio-
gressed so far that. it is now ,affering
for sale -100 pounds of Iateli growa
roll tobacco... besides entailer quan-
tities of plug, aensta 'eat Cavendish,
bird's eye, cigar, and cigarette to-
baccos.
There were disorderly scenes re-
cently in the Belfast Empire theatre.
A principal artiste, after seven songs,
declined to reappear. The house was
packed, and the gallery occupants re-
fused to aear the next turn. The
curtain was rung down, and the
rowdiesstartedto wreck the'gallery.
The police cleared the place.
MORE CA.TTLE.
Shipments of Canadian Stock
From Portlat.d.
A despatch from Portland, Maine,
se.ys:-A. reniarkable increase in live
stock shipments ie shown in the"an-
amal. report of the tattle inspector of
this port, which wits issued on Wed-
nesday. . In 1900. the grand tOtal of
cattle, sheep and .horses shipped iron.„
Portland to the' United Kingdom was
32,686,while the total for the sea-
son of 2.901:13 100,889. The largest
single 'item of increase was Am,ericau
sheep, the 1901, shipments being 44,-
061. as against 2,895 in 1.900. A
big increase in Canadian cattle and
sheep is also recorded, •cattle ship -
merits being 21,433, agaln,st 7,898 in
1900, and sheep shipraeute 15,061,
against 5,807 in 1900. „
The number of horses shipped dur-
ing the lest season was smaller than
in 1900, tb.e totals being: -American
horses, 80, against 62 in 1900; Can-
adian horses, 285, against 671 in
1001.
4 -
TO MEET FEBRUARY 6.
The Dominion Parliameat
Meet on That Date.
A despatch from Ottawa says
It is stated that the next issue 01
the,,Clattislit Gazette will emetnin
proclamation calling 'Parliament for
Fthoebttisip;t0:;1,to,
-'f husinies; on
t1I'Thursday
TohTteee-P4ereeenibenta
Writing in "Cigarette PflOCVS" in The
People, .Mr. ,Tesepli Hatton says i1 is
straege that A:Mesita, tshich 02V08 111111111
to the cultivation of tobacee, should bave
been the neat severe exasecutor ot the
smoker. The reegisiretes 121 the early
days of New England tagaieled the use
et tobacco ,as more sihfal and dcgriulieg
thee, drinking ardent spirits to exeess. 11
was only permitted to be pleeted in small
gieuthaentiatifelds efeetraekeenefiepsusiay"teillys by
3mg(11(ja
'earn. 'retie Yenicee's New laneland eness-
tors were not penile tee teetae it ef
in a ,thvern. No man was ellowed to fans
tobacco atibliely nor even ie liis own
house before straegers, Two men blight
not emoke together, On ft elebbath day 11,
wits f.orlsificlen to tanolte within two miles
of a meeting house, In Fenno Lev:melees' ft
medical certifitate late te be procured be-
fore a maw might aralto at all.