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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-2-27, Page 2IN AB Deep Rooted Grievances of the People Finding Outlet t. Ln, Henda.ye desPatch says:- . Spain is in the throes of a, revolu- tion. The ceatre is at Barcelona. TsgtsPs and organized rioters are in constant conflict there, and many hundreds • have been killed or wound- ed, . The man of the hour, and the one practically iri supreme' cont.rol of the nation is General Weyler. That mar- tial lcins will be declared at once throughaut the whole of Spain is certain.. BLOW LONG IMPENDING. For, years Spain has eared the blow • that has fallen. That it should come on the eve of the actual accession to power of the young Xing is not only significant, but it is more perilous to the future than ran be foretold. The whole of Spain is in terror. The rioting at Barcelona and at other points is only the.boilinn over of the terrible cup of distrust and anarchy that has been so long brew- ing. • • Up to the last few days the Sa- gest& Government has professed to believe that the Barcelona. troubles, and, in .fact, those of entire Cata- lonia, were purely artificial, but the point has passed where this view can be continued, as is evidenced by the extreme action of the Premier in preparing to proclaim martial rule and give General Weyler the su- preme power of the entire nation. Taxation on the necessities of life is the key to the revolt. Troops are pouring into Bareelona from ail quarters, and are engaged by hordes of maddened Anarchists the moment they appear. Women and children are treated with un- concern, and both the military and the rioters are frenzied. Starvation awaits the troops illness they can hold in the rioters, who already are in control of the stores and mar- kets. That civil war in its worst form will be precipitated by the promulga- tion of SagastaSs martial law decree Is confidently believed and predicted. WEYLER IS BEADY. Weyler is eager for the fray. He alone seems to have foreseen the crisis and held himself in readiness for the bloody work that will come with an actual outbreak. Sagasta is awakening, while the Queen -Regent herself snore than the figure -head she is popularly supposed to be, is in terror over the result as affecting her son. She has bravely and success- fully brought him to a point where he is nearly able to take up his crown, and to see her life work threatened with annihilation at this crisis in its affairs is to her the keenest of agony. The Young Kinn is carefully guard- ed, as usual, and if the worst collies, every effoin win be made to have him conveyed from Spain to Austria, where he can be sure of a safe refuge until his future is assured in one form cr another. THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT, NOTES OF PROCEEDINGS IN - THE FEDERAL HOUSE. DOMINION NOTES. The House went into Committee of Supply Inc the first time this session. Good progress was made, about a dozen items being passed. Mr. Fielding made a. bribf but interest- ing statement regarding the supply of new Dominion notes. On the vote of $70,000 for ex- penses in connection with the issue and redemption of Dominion notes, Mr. Fielding explained that this vote had been increased by $10,000. over that of last year in order to supply new notes in deference to a growing popular desire that old notes should be destroyed inStead of being kept in circulation. Mr. Henderson enquired what was the rule in the issue of new notes. Mr. Fielding replied that the banks could get them whenever they want- ed them. The rule was that old notes were destroyecl when they werebrought in and new ones were ..issued. Mr. Osier expressed his pleasure that the Goverinnent was moving in this matter. It was now almost im- possible to get new $1 bills, or. in- deed, $1 bills of any kind in Toron- to. The supply was far below ordi- nary requirements and as a result the banks had to keep constantly paying out the old notes. The item passed. INCREASE IN SALARIES. Dr. Sproule called attention to the number of statutory increases made this year in the salaries of civil ser- vants. Mr. Fielding -The payment is dis- cretionary, but the discretion is be- ing very liberally exercised this year. On the item for Department, of La- bor salaries Mr. Mulock explained the chanes which had taken place in the office consequent upon Mr. Harper's death. The total amount to be vot- ed was $13,450. THE LABort GAZETTE. Mr. Ingram said there was not much fault to be found with the La- bor Gazette from. a party standpoint, but he did not think the object in establishihg the Gazette had been ful- ly met. The manufacturers consid- ered that their side of the case should be set forth equally with those of their employes. Mr. Mulock said the Gazette was framed on the lines of the English publication and simply gave facts, not opinions. CATTLE EMBARGO. • Mr. 13ourassa, moved for the recent correspondence in connection with the embargo imposed by the British Government on Canadian cattle. Mr. Fisher replied that there was not much correspondence to bring down. During the summer, however, he had had, while in England, spe- cial personal conamunication with the Home authorities, and had laid before them reasons why th•s em- bargo should be removed. The question was now a. ques- tion of Law in England. It was no longer in the power of the Govern- ment to deal with it by Order -in - Council. lie had pointed out that Canadian cattle were absolutely free from disease. Mr. Hanbury, Secre- tary of the Department of Agricul- ture, had told him that no change in the law could be made. Suppos- ing the embargo were removed, Mr. Hatibury held, in ease disease broke out again in Canada the reimposi- tion of the embargo would be diffi- eult. Hence in the opinion of the }TOMO Government a settled policy was Preferable • in the interests of 'permanency of trade. While eorebat- ting this view Mr. Maher admitted tbat he Was powerless to influence the decision of the Heine authori- ties, CLA,YTON-BULWER 'TREATY. Mr, Bourassa, moved for correspon- dence between the Canadian and British authorities in relation to the repeal of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty cold a Settlement of the Alaskan nounclary. The Premier said the negotiations were still going on, and therefore the papers could not be brought down. SLANDERS OF TROOPS. Mr. It. L. Borden enquired when the House might expect some ex- planation of changes which had taken place in the Cabinet. Mr. Borden also gave notice that he pro- posed bringing forward the question of tho advisability of passing some resolution with respect to the base- less charges made against the Brit- ish forces in South Africa. He would take another opportunity of urging the reasons why such a resolution should be passed, and he believed that one could be framed which would meet with the unanimous sup- port of the House. Sir 'Wilfrid Laurier promised to take an early opportunity of satis- fying Mr. Borden's curiosity with re- gard to the changes in the Cabinet. As to the suggested resolution, if it had been desired to have unanimous action thereon, there bad been cus- tom so far as he could recollect for the leader of the Opposition to bring the matter privately to the atten- tion of the Prime Minister before it was brought to the attention of the House. HIGH COMMISSIONER. On the item of $18,350 Inc the High G•ommissioner's office in Lon- don, which is an increase of $7,150 over the cost of the same office for last year, Mr. Fielding ese:plained that $2,000 of the increase was made up of such items as rent, insurance, fuel, light and stationery, together with the income tax of the High Conmdssioner, which had always bean paid by the Dominion Govern- ment. There was allowance of $5,- 000 in lieu of house and furniture. When the Dominion. Government es- tablished this office, a house was purchased and furnished, but it was not found satisfactory, and recently it had not been occupied by the Com- missioner. The Government therefore sold the premises, and gave the Com- missioner this allowance as equiva- lent. There was no doubt the whole tendencywas towards an increase in the expense of the position. Living in London was costly, and the place of High Commissioner could only be held by a man of private means, but at the same time it was desirable that he should have a. decently liber- al allowance. As to the rumor that a change would be made in the in- cumbency of the office, he assured the House that there was no founda- tion for the report that a successor to Lord Strathcona, was to be ap- pointed. He was happy to say that Lord Stra,thcona was improving in health and strength and be hoped that he would long be spared to dis- charge his duties. HELp IN THE WEST. 'Spring Demand for Farm :Elands Has Already Started. A WI/mined despatch says: -Ac- cording to the exnployment agents and immigration officials here, there is a dearth of laborers in the west. The spring demand for farm hands has already started, and curlers from outside points have taken advantage of their visit here to make applica- tion for men at the immigration hall. A groat deal of construction work is going on in the went, and contractors are experiencing some difficulty in obtaining men even at a good scans of wages. The dearth of servant girls still continues, and the demand for good domestics exceeds the supply. KRUGER MAY COME. Report That Me Will Visit the United States. A Brussels despatch says: -It is said in Boer circles that if Messrs. Wohnarans and Wessels after investi- gating the situation in the United States, advise Mr. Kruger that a tom' of the United States would be len ;nial. to the 'Boor cause the Bber ' nt will OVere07110 his aversion to a long trip, and undertake the journey. lafr. Kruger appears to be in excellent pin/ilea' condition. THE ONTARIO LEGRATIIRE, viatAT OUR MEMBERS .4.74E DO- ING AT TORONTO. CROWN LANDS mproarr. The annual report of the Commis - stoner of Crown Lands was laid On the table by lion. Mr. Davis: It shows that 48,617 acres of Crown lands were sold for agricultural pur- poses, baying 0. total value of 831,- 815. 01 mining lands 10,470 acres were sold, Laving a, value of $23,- 212, while 28,540 acres were leased. There were 1,367 persons located in free grant townships, on 1.48,812 acres, compared with 965 persons on 182,665 acres in 1900. Ol universi- ty lands 5,787 acres were sold for $4,212. The report refers with sat- isfaction to the growth of settlement during the year, particularly in the Temiscamingue region. Twenty thousand letters were received with reference to veterans' land, grants, containing 18,000 applications. Th.e growth of the mineral industry has been most gratifying, the total pro- duct of pig iron, for instance, being 116,370 tons, valued at $1,701,706, an advance over 1900 of 53,084 tons and 8765,037 respectively. There were also made 14,471 tons el steel, worth $847,280. There were 271,- 090 tons of nickel -copper ores smelted. yielding 29.589 tons of matte, the nickel and copper con- tents of which are estimated at 6,- 444 tons mid 4,197 tons, respective- ly, a very decided increase on 1900. The total revenue for the year was $1,681,724. REGISTRY orpiOn RETURNS. The annual report of the inspector of registry offices has been preliared and shows that $196,295 was the gross =mutt of fees earned in 1901, as against $1.84,326 in 1900, and $186,069 in 1899. A total of 129,- 198 instruments was registered, com- pared with 119,941 in 1900, and of these 31,487 were mortgages, reach- ing in all 850,000,000. In East To- ronto the fees totaled 88,638, and in West Toronto 39,650. The total of mortgage loans in Toronto was $5,- 422,599. NEW MEASURES. Mr. 'Thompson introduced a bill to amend the Act respecting the office of sheriff which proposes to reduce the fee payable to sheriffs on certi- ficates of execution against lands to 50 cents for the first execution and 20 cents for each subsequent execu- tion or certificate of claim, the max- imum to be limited as now to $400. Mr. Dickenson introduced a bill to amend the Toll Roads Expropriation Act. The object of this bill is to provide machinery for arbitrating the values of certain roads in the County of Wentworth, which are continued -into the city of Hamilton and Coun- ty of Halton, these cases' not being apparently provided for by the Toll Roads Expropriation Act of last ses- sion. NIAGARA FALLS POWER. The Premier moved the second reading of the bill to confirm the agreement of June last between the Victoria Niagara Falls Park Com- missioners and the Canadian Niag- ara Power Company. The Premier stated that the contracts executed and the amount expended so fat by the company totalled 31,700;000. The larger part of the work had been contracted for with Canadians. The Preruier said the bill .provided that the price to Canadia,n consum- ers should not exceed that charged consumers in the T_Tnited 'States for similar distances. Any dispute over the non -supply or the price was to be referred to the High Court of Justice. The price of steam power was constantly changing, and a price could not be put upon electrical en- ergy any more than upon steam power or any other commodity. Be- sides, there was the prospect of a very large margin of competition, tending to reduce prices. The bill was given a second read- ing and' sent to eommittee. The Attorney -General's bill to di- vide the district of Rainy River for the registration of, titles and deeds was also given a secourl reading. THE HOUSE IN SUPPLY. The House went into supply, first taking up the estbnates of the asy- lums. lion. Mr. Stratton explained the increases for attendants' and so- pervisors"salaries by saying that he had adopted the policy of a uniform salary for these classes of employes in all the asylums. Attendants would start at 320 per month and end at $23. Supervisors would begin at 324 and advaace to $25. . Mr. Thompson asked if it was still the intention to remove the Boys' Reformatory from Penetanguishene to Oxford County. The Provincial Secretary replied in the affirmative. He said the Gov- ernment contemplated making provi- sion for epileptics, and it was possi- ble inmates of other institutions would be removed to Penetanguishene so as to make room for epileptic pa- tients. An item of $750 Inc maintenance at the old Parliament building's drew from Col. Matheson the remark that the Government had better 'burn them down. RADICAL REPORT, The long -expected report of the On- tario Assessment COMMiSSi011 was laid on the table of the Legislature by the Provincial Secretary. It was signed by six members of the Coin - mission: -Judge Maclennan, Judge Mactfahon, D. R. Wilkie, general manager and vice-president of the Imperial Bank; IC. W. afeInay, editor of the Municipal World; A. Pratt, Assessment Commissioner, Hamilton; and M. J. Butler, civil engineer, De- seronto. The commissioners submit a 'draft bill consisting of a consolidation of such provisions of the Assessment Act ae they think should be retained, together with the amendments and new substantive provisions which they will recommend for adoption. This will be soinetvhat of a surprise to the Legislature, as the Premier declared the other day that the corn- inissioners would Surely present their report and not submit a hill, The, Governanent has already an- KM:limed that it does not intend to pass any assessMent legislation dur- ing the present session, excepting to redress the serap-iron grievande. The report of tlie commission will, there- fore, be dealt witb by the new Par - 'lament. The most radical recommendation Is the abolition of the personal pro- perty tax, and the substitusioa of a business' tax, a tax on professions and calling's, ancl a house tax. The commissioners express the opinion that these taxes at the minimum ratesprovided for should produce in the aggregate a larger sum than is produced under the present law by the tax on personal property. It is, •high a rate on real estate as that now imposed would not be necessary• , RAILWAY BILLS PASSED. The bill to incorporate the Paro- lee Rapid Railway Company was re- ported by the Railway Committee. The company is chartered to con- struct and operate an electric rail- way line from Sarnia to Petrolea, with extensions and branches through Laanbton and Kent Coun- ties. Mr. McLaughlin (Stormont) thought the bonding privilege, $20,- 000 a, mile, was too large, as it afforded too much chance Inc specu- lation. The bill to incorporate the Can- ada Western Railway Company was reported. It authorizes the com- pany to build a steam or electric railway from Fort Francis, via Dry- den or Rat Portage, to the western bouudary of Ontario, at or near the confluence of the 'Winnipeg an Eng- lish Rivers. Mr. J. X. Kerr wished a clone° in- serted in the Hamilton and Amen - ter Railway Bill, providing that no railway should enter a municipality except on the terms and conditions imposed by the (existing railway company. This was promptly re- lected. Mr. Graham suggested that the municipality impose the terms, providing these did not interfere with any agreement it had made with the existing company. The bill will be taken up again. • The committee emasculated the bill permitting the extension of the Fort Erie Ferry Railway to the race track, the only clause retained being the one extending the time Inc build- ing to Crystal Beach and Port Col- borne to 1905. ELECTRIC LINES. The Attorney -General announced that the electric railway problem would be grappled with during the present session. He would not com- mit the, Government to it, but gave -it as his own opinion that there should be a tribunal analogous in functions to the Railway Conunittee, of the Privy Council. He pointed out that in the near future the province would be covered with a network of electric railway lines, and all sorts of questions would arise as between different railway com- panies, and also between electric railways on the one hand and muni- cipalities on the other. It was ut- terly impossible to' lay down. any general law that would meet every case. That had been found impos- sible in connection with larger rail- ways. In his leemble opinion it would be necessary to constitute some sort of tribunal which would perform the same functions with re- ference to provincial electric railways as were now perfornied by the Rail- way COmmittee of the Privy Coun- cil at Ottawa. He hoped they would be able to introduce a bill this ses- sion to provide machinery such as he thought should be provided, and laying down general Principles af- fecting railways, which should not only apply to all new railways, but to the legislation of this session. He did not say this on the authority of the full Government, but was ex- pressing his own individual views. WANT TO SURRENDER. Boers Continue the Hopeless Struggle With Vehemence. The correspondent of the London Times at Pretoria, says the demoral- ization of the Boers in Eastern Transvaal is marked, and the atti- tude of the leaders leaves no doubt they consider the situation critical. Reports from north and south of the Delagoa Railway line show that the burghers reluctantly Continue the struggle. Intercepted messages from Com- mandant Piet Viljoen to Acting President Schalkburger urge the let- ter to try to counteract the spirit of surrender rife among the burghers. Viljoen, remarks the Times corres- pondent, has long been a firebrand, encouraging the Boers with false hopes. 1 -le adds that the fact that Commandant -General Botha and Schalkburger are trying to arrange a meeting indicates that they believe the moment has arrived for decisive action. The correspondent does not pre- dict an immediate general surrender. He says the strong influence of the Boer „Seeders over their 'followers may prenail. Even if resistance in the Eastern Transvaal should col- lapse, the war would continue, though a large number of British troops would be free for service else- hA despatch, from The Hague to the Times says the Standard, formerly the journal of Premier Kuyper, de- nies the press interviews represent- ing that the Dutch Government Elated on its own initiative and not at the instance of I3oer delegates in ap- proething tho 13ritish Government. • EPIDEMIC ON THE EI3D en*, Number of Smallpox Patients at Ottawa Reduced. An Ottawa despatch says :-At present there are 26 smallpox pa- tients on Porter's Island, the small- est number since the epidemic Was at its height. Twenty houses in the city are placarded for markt fever, and twenty-nine cases are at the hos- pitals. There axe also fifteen cases of diphtherial;• THE KAISER'S BROTHER. Received, at NeW York by Saletten from Waeships. • A New York despatch saye Prince Henry of Prurient, representa- tive of Lis brother, the Emperor of Germany, at the launching of the latter'S Anterican-built yacht, reach- ed here on Sunday, and was oor- dially Weleoined as it, guest of the nation.. The land batteries that guard the outer harbor sounded the lirst greeting of a• salute of 21 guns, and the, rifles. of a special naval squadron assembled in his honor re- echoed the sentiment ; there were verbal greetings from the represen- tatives of President Roosevelt, the array' • the navy, and the City of New York, and a great crowd lined the way into the city to see. , and cheer the sailor prince of Germany. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, comraander of the special squadron, and honorary aide to the Prince, left the flagship Illinois, with his staff at 9.40 o'clock in the naval tug Nina. The Nine, met the Kron- prinz beyoad Fort Wadsworth, and, swinging around on the Starboard side of the liner, steamed up the bay. Prince Heiwy, attired in the uniform of an achniral of the Ger- man navy, and surrounded, by his naval and military staff in btilliant uniforths, stood on the bridge Of the liner, As the Dame' tug drew near to the side of the steamship Prince Henry and Admiral Evans caught sight of one another, and exchanged informal salutes. The -distance from steamer to tug was too great Inc conversation however. As the two vessels, with a flotilla of tugs and official craftnanoved in past Fort Wadsworth, the first of the salute of 21 guns was fired. ,As the first guns sounded. the Prince advanced to the end of the bridge of the Krone prinz and stood at attention. As he passed the big American flag floating over the fortifications he touched his cap in salute, and the members of his suite did likewise. The flag at the jack -staff of the Kronprinz was dipped, and the Ger man naval band accompanying the Prince played "The Star Spangled Banner." The guns of. Fort Wads- worth were not silent before those across the narrows at Fort Hamil- ton boomed out their salute. When tbat ceremony was over the Kron- prine was stopped, and the Nina hauled around to her port side and Acbetiral Evans and his. staff board- ed her. The passengers were gather- ed ou tile main deck, and there was it. hearty cheer as the admiral conk up the gangway. About an hour was spent by the Prince in receiving his callers, and in making an admiral's inspection of the troops and crew of the :Frahm - z illern. Then followed 1. lunch. 4 RUSHED TO DEATH. Terrible Loss of -Life at New York Hotel Fire. A New York despatch says:-Six- teeit persons who were guests at the Park Avenue Hotel- lost their lives early Saturday morning, when the hotel was On .fire, after flames had destroyed the 71st Regiment Armory. Nearly fifty other guests art the ho- tel were burned severely or hurt as they were escaping from. their rooms, and many of them were sent to hos- pitals in the city.. Many guests had narrow escapes froin injury, and there were exciting rescues by fire- 111111am' e for the hotel management was expressed because there were no fire escapes leading troth- upper storey rooms to the interior court, because there were no rope escapes itt the rooms of the guests, and because there were not adequate appliances for extinguishing fires in the build- ing. Sonie of the people who escap- ed trona rooms itt the hotel declared that no warning of the fire was sounded to alarm the guests. ,Others said they were warned in time. All who were burned in the fire had dres- sed themselves in readiness for flight, but had delayed too long in their rooms. The spread of the fire in the hotel was caused to some extent by flames in the elevator shaft, and the man- ager of the hotel declared his belief that thieves had started a fire at the bottom of the shaft to create a panic in the hotel and cover robber- ies. That theory was supported in a measure by the fact that several rooms in the hotel were plundered during the- excitement, and one man who was caught taking articles frotn a room was arrested and held for ex- amination. An officialtinvestigation of the fire was ordered by the dis- trict attorney, but police and fire officials believed that flames from the burning armory invaded tha hotel, and that firebrands started the fire in the elevator shaft. The loss by fire in the armory was said to be less than $100,000, and the damage to the hotel was said not to exceed $50,000. 4, MAKES FOE TEMPERANCE. Widening London Streets Abolish- es Public Houses.' A London despatch says: -It is a most extensive temperance work that the London County Council is at pre- sent carrying out, but it is not de- signated as such, nor is the general public aware of the fact. Yet with- in the last three years the London County Council has devoted snore than $1,250,000 to the practical work of temperance. It is one of the consequences of the extensive improvements being made in London at present. 'When acquir- ing property for the nocesSary widen- ing of different streets, many public - houses, with licenses and good -will, come into the possession of the coun- cil. These properties axe very valu- able, but the couucil, insteacl of re- newiag them or premises in the neighborhood, is deliberately giving them up, seeing at the sante time, that no new licenses for these locali- ties are issued. In this way tile number of public - houses in Lendoninae boon diminished by 108, which tvdre valued at $1,- 872;760. •• THE MARKEAS Prices of Grain, • Cattle, etc in Tracle Centres. BREADSTUFFS, Toronto, Feb. 25 -neat -Two ears of No. 1 Manitoba hard offered. at 87c on route to North Bay, without bids. Ontario No. 2 white wheat 730 bid outside, the outturn guarran teed, but nonnoffered. No. 1 spring offered at 74o east, without bids, Fifty -eight -lb mixed offered at 740 middle freight, on C.P.R.S ''without bid. A car of feed wheat offered at 040 outside, with 600 bid. Bexley -No, 2 offered at 55c middle freight, and No. 8 at 51e low freight to New York without bids, Peas -Ten cars of No. 2 offered at 80.0 high freight oxt outturn guaranteed, with 790 bid. Oats -A car of No, 2 white sold at 41c low freight to New York, and more atiered at this price; it is also offered at 41,Sc in buyers' sacks, low freight. Corn -No. 2 yellow offered at 57nc outside, west, with 56S• bid. Rye -No. 2 offered at 600 on track, Toronto, and at 56nc outside, either road, with 55c bid. Buckwheat -No. 2 wanted at 55c low freight to Now York, with sel- lers at 56e, There was also a bid of 58c. east, Straw -A Car of No. 1 sold at $6,25 on track, 'Toronto, COUNTRY PRODuon. • Dried Apples -The market is un- changed, with oflexings small. Prices 96itotonticooper lb. Evaporated sell at Hops -Business quiet, with prices steady at 18e; yearlings, Sc. Honey -The market is steady at 9 to 10c Inc strained. Combs, $1.50 to $2.25 per dozen. Beans -The market is dull. Prices, $1.10 to $1.40, as to quality. Hand picked, 31.50. Cranberries - Market unchanged, with stockss small. Cape Cod, $9.5(1 to 310 per barrel. $8Oripieorns-bbr. arket steady at 82.50 to Hay, baled -The market is steady, 'with good demand. Timothy quoted at 810 to $10.50 on track for No. 1 and $8.50 for No. 2. - Strew -The market is quiet and firm. Car lots on :track will bring $6 to 36.25, the latter for No. 1.. Poultry -The market is firm, with offerings small. Turkeys, dry picked 11 to 12Sc; geese, 8 to 9c; chickens (young and fat), 60 to 80c; old hens, 85 to 500; ducks, 70c to $1 Per paPhOlatoes - Unchanged, with cars quoted at 66 to .68c on track for schoeicpeerstboaeg.k. Smtn1 lots at 75 to o Tate DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -The receipts are a .little more liberal, and the demand good for choice qualities. We, quote as. follows: -Choice large rolls, -17c; choice 1-11 prints, 18 to 19c; low to mediums, 11 to 18c; creamery prints 21 to 22Ic; do, solids, 20S to 21c. Eggs -The market is steady at 26 to 27e per dozenfor new laid. Cheese -The market is dull; jobbing lots, 10:1 to 10ac per lb. HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs unchanged. Car lots quoted at $7.60. Hog products steady. We quote: -Bacon, long clears, sells at 10ne, in ton and case lots. Mess pork. $20.50 to $21; do, short cut, 821.50 to $22. Smoked Meats -Hares, 12-4, to 13c; breakfast bacon, 38 to 14c; rolls, 11c; backs, 131,- to 140; and should- ers, 10-c. Lard -The Market is unchanged. We quote: -Tierces, 11c; tubs, 1.140; pails, line to 11ac; compound, 9 to 0ac. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Feb. 25. -Flour - Quiet. Wheat -Spring dull; No. 1 Northern 82a0; winter; dull; track offerings; No. 2 red held at 91c. Corn -Stea- dy; No. 2 yellow, 650; No. 3 do. 65e; No. 2 corn, 64ne; No. 3 do., 64a. Oats -Dull; No. 2 white 48/c; No. 3 do., 48c; No. 2 mixed, 46e,c; No. 3 do., 46c. Barley -66 to 68c. Rye -Quiet; No. 1 67A -c. inoluth, Feb. 25. -Close -Wheat - Cash, No. 1 hard„ 770c: No. 1 Nor- thern, 741e; No. 2 Northern, 7211c; May, 76ge; July, 7741e; Manitoba, No. 1 Northern, "cash, 72nc; May, 75ic;. No. 2 Northern, '69Sc. Corn - 60 c.Oats-Unquoted. Minneapolis. Feb. 25. -Wheat clos- ed -Cash, 741c; May, 741c; July, 76).c; on track, No. 1 hard, 76e -c; No. 1 Northern, 74ac; No. 2 North- ern, 73ec to -731e. Flour -First pa- tents, 83.85 to $3.05; second do., 38.75 to 33.85 -' first clears, $3.75 to $8.85; second do, $3.40. Bran -In bulk, $15. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, Feb. 25. -At the Western cattle yards to -day the total receipts were 45 =loads or live stock, in- cluding 800 cattle, 1,000 hogs, 300 sheep, 24: calves, and a few mulch COWS. Prices for the best cattle were steady, and well maintained, but for inferior stuff prices were weaker, and elle demand was slew, Following is the range of quota- tions: - Cattle. Shippers, per cwt... ....84.75 . Do., light... ... en 4.25 13utcher, thoice,... 4,00 Butcher, ord. to good3.25 Butcher, inferior... 2.75 Steckel's, per cwt 8.00 Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes, per cwt., • 8,50 Lambs, per cwt.., 4.00 Beaks, per cwt 2.00 Milkers and Calves. Cows, each.,,,,,., 80.00 Calves, each„. 2,00 Hogs. Clioice hogs, per ewt, 8.00 Light hogs, per cwt...., 5,50 „Eatery hogs, per cwt.; 5,50 35.50 4.50 4.50 3.75 3.25 8.50 BUCKKILLED. Meets With a Fatal Aceident • London, A Leaden, Ont., despatch says: -A fatal accident that occurred on Wed- nesday night removes from this com- munity one of its ablest and most distinguished man, and innicts upon the county at large a serious loss. Dr, Richard Maurice Backe, superin- tendent of the Loudon Asylum, and known all over the coutinent as an insanity expert, and also as the life- long friend and Maury exeoutor of Walt Whitman, died under particular- ly sad circumstances. lie was about. to retire for tne night, and about 11.30 ho walked out alone on the verandah of his residence at the asy- lum. A few minutes later his family heard the sound of it fall, and, huinera nag out, found. that he had evidently slipped on a piece of ice and struck the back of his head heavily on the floor. lie was lifted and carried in -- to the house, and it was found that he displayed no signs of life. Medi- cal aid was stnnmoned from the asy- lum and frern the city. Dr. Boomer and Dr. McCall= responded, but found on their arrival that life was extinct. The only mark of 'injury perceptible was a bruise on the bac/4 of the head. BURIED BOY. ALIVE. Horrible Rractice Indulged. in Bef, Chilkoots. A Seattle, Wash., despatch says The steamer Dirigo, which arrived from Alaska on Wednesday, • twinge news that Chilkoot Indians, near Rim mission, Alaska, on February, 5, buried alive one -of their tribe, a boy 15 years old. •The boy had been converted to Christianity by Milo A. Sellon, Methodist missionary, and in a burst of' religious zeal nlenounced the mummeries of the tribal Acht or medicine raan. This ret aroused the anger of the superstitious old men of the tribe. Recently fourteen ma tive • residents of the Village oi Kluthwan died of consumption, and ltht spread the belief that the boy. in league with the E-vil One, througb his knowledge of the white man's religion, had caused the deaths. The disappearance of the boy from school aroused the suspicion of Mr. Sellon, and he started in search of him. At the outskirts of the village he found tracks leading to it fresh grave Digging dealt he found the boy still alive, his bloodshot eyes rolling in insane agonS, his hair torn in hand- fuls from his head. His finger ttail were torn oil in his efforts to es- cape from his horrible prison. The boy was lifted from the grave, and carried to the village, where he lived several hours, howling and crying like a maniac, finally dying from the effects of suffering and fright, Ieht, who is responsible for the crime, is Skun Doe, an old offender, who spent a term in San Quentin Penitentiary for causing an old WO - Mall to be starved to death in t894.. WELSH SETTLERS. Will Raise Money to Send Them to Canada. A London despatch says :-The suggestiou offered by Mr. Chamber- lain to the deputation which waited on him on behalf of the Welsh set- tlers in Patagonia, viz., to inaugur- ate a public subscription in order to raise a fund sufficient to hire a. transport to convey the settlers to Canada, where the Dominion Gov- ernment • would assist them with land and building material, was act- ed upon, the Colonial Secretary con- tributing £20. After the luncheon given by the chairman of the dele- gation, Sir John Llewellyn,- it was announced that £1,500 had already been subscribed. There are, it is said, over fifteen hundred Welsh settlers in Patagonia, and continued reverses on account of had weather and loss of crops have induced them to appeal for as- sistance. It is understood that Lord Strath - cone was unfavorable to asking the Imperial Government for either a transport or financial assistance to aid the Welsh settlers to remove from Patagonia to Canada. --+ VAST COPPER FIELDS. Forty Square Niles Found in South Africa. A London despatch says: -From North Rhodesia the British Charter- ed South Africa Company has re- ceived news of the discovery of it. cop- per field estimated at forty miles square. The field is situated 150 miles north of the Victoria Falls, and runs thence to the Congo Free State. In the ancient baines dug by the natives and reopened by engineers in the employ of the Chartered Com- pany copper assaying 44 per cent. is now being secured, besides a large percentage of silver: The Cape to Cairo railroad will be diverted to pass through the copper field. FLOODS IN TURKEY. Thirty Perseus 'Drowned, 200 Mis- sing. A Constantinople 'despatch says: - Great floods, attended by heavy loss of life, and much damage to proper - are raging throughout Eastern Turkey. • Forty nines of the railroad between this city and Adrianople aro 8.75 •eompletelY submerged. The villages 5.00 Of Tcha,kijkoni tuId Djanghiskoni are 2.50 eetirely under water. The village of isriengheni. has Suffered the most 45.00 Thirty persons in the village were 10.90 drowned and 200 others eve miesing. One hundred and tWenty-nine houses 6,00 have been swept away by the teeters,. 5,75 • All inane and traffic have been stope 5.75 pod.