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Over the Globe.
CANADA.
Ottawa has five new cases of small-
pox,
C.P.R. telegraPhers s1f for Ur
-
Creased wages,
Steps are being taken to close all
'the large stores in Montreal‘on Stir/ -
day.
Messrs, Munro Bros., of Montreal;
have bought the pyrites =tater near
Greenwood, 13,0., for $100,000. .
By an alteration in the heating
system, in Kingston Peniteutiary
there is a daily saving of $3.2.
Mr. 'Gordon Hunter, K.C., of Vic-
toria, an old Toronto boy, has been
appointed Onief Justice of British
C olunibica
The Kingston - Locomotive Works
have received a, contract for four new
engines for Clergue's road, the .A.1-
goma Ceetral Railroad Company. •
The daughter of Mr. ;Robert Bell,
of the Geological Survey, Ottawa, is
suing that city for damages for in-
juries caused by a defective side-
walk.
Axel Sinblad has been awarded a
medal by the Royale Canadian Hu-
mane Society for heroism in rescuing
Frida Johnson from a.burning
ing in Rat Portage.
The wffiow of Fireman T. Smith
killed at Hamilton by the hose reel
colliding with a street car, has en-
tered stilt against the Street Rail-
way Company for $10,000.
According to marine reports eight
neneent'Llion bushels of Canadian wheat
of the 1901 crop was received in
bond at the head of the great lakes.
This is the largest amounton ree
• cord.
• GREAT BRITAIN. .
Chief. Secretary for Ireland 'Wynd-
ham is ill with In grippe..
The British shipping trade is suf-
fering just now from a passing de-
pression.
The Colonial Office has. approved
the formatioxi of a volunteer force
in Barbadoes.
The number of students in Scot-
land helpea so far through Mr. Car-
negie's generosity is 2,441.
The London.. and North-western
Railway directorate approves the
.Apierican heavy locomotive.
The heir to the title Fitzwilliam
will have to pay legacy duty to the
extent of near a million and a quar-
ter dollars.
The 8rd Lincoln militia and East
Yorkshire militia, both over 1,000
strong, aro to be asked to volunteer
for service in South Africa. "
Owing to the refusal of the Cunard
Steamship Company to sign the pas-
sengerrate agreemeat, a war in At-
lantic rates is one of the possibilities
of this spring.
Repeated earthquakes at Dothgar-
'retch, near Inverness, have caused the
greatest alarm among the inhabi-
tants of the entire section. Inver-
ness is on the. North Sea coast.
Mr. Brodrick, Secretary of War,
stated in the House on Thursday
that the respective claims of the four
detachments of colonial volunteers to
attend the coronation weep being
considered. •
'UNITED STATES.
Governor Odel has signed
prohibiting pigeon shooting
York State.
It has cost New York.$300,000 to
remove 1,000,000 cubic yards of
now during the last ten days.
Charles Ingersoll, after whoxn the
Pown of Ingersoll, Canada, was nam-
ed, is dead, at Flint, Mich., aged 84
Fears.
The principal '61 the North-western
Academy, Evanston, 111.. advises
etudents tuolcieg cigarettes to leave
the institution.
All American -bound vessels from
Liverpool, Glasgow and London must
have their officers, men and immi-
grants vaccinated.
William Mulliken was assassinated
by somebody who shot him in the
bead through the window of his din-
ing -room at Keokuk, Ia.
Four girls and a man were killed
and 14 persons injured by the fall of
A floor in the Cleveland Baking Cem-
pany's building at Cleveland.
Ex-Mayiir M. J. Dillon, of New
Rochelle, N. Y., and six aldermen,
have been indicted for not properly
caring for public money that was
embezzled.
Erwin Collins, son of Mayor Col-
lins, of West Point, Ga. died at the
smallpox hospital in Atlaata. Of all
the employes of his company he was
the only one to refuse to be vaccin-
•%tett ,.
Apparently crazed by the habitual
use of cigarettes, Charles A, Lyle,
ene of the best known politicians in
Passaic Comity, N.J., ended his life
' by hanging at his home in Patterson.
Fle leaves a widow and two child-
ren.
lwrs. Canis D. Huntingdon paid
$81,800 as duty on her personal ef-
fects, wd,ch are anief13r dress goods,
valued at $75,000.. This is the
highest amount of duty ever paid
by one individual cm personal bag-
gage -
Signer Marconi, who arrived at
New York on Sunday on the Phila-
delphia, received a wirelese message
Of four Words from the Oornteall
station when the ship Was 1,551 1-2
miles front that poiat. no regards
wireless telegraphy across the At-
lantio.as assured.
A 14 -year-old, Chicago boy named
Charles Anderson, conunitted sineido
en Wednesday by •,c,lciag poison.
"Since =ammo, did,'M said, in a
ehildredi serene' left for his father, "1
don't seejn to eare to live. 1 mies
her so that I must die too. Good-
bye, father. 'rhe inOney she left Me
$01-1 can have."
the bill
in New
GENERAL.
The petroleum eorapenies of Rou-
mania have been consolidated into
one large trust
eigarmaker at Galion, Was given
three years imprisonment for utter-
ing, discourteous words of •the ICalser.
Unperor Wiliia will pereenally
Sail nis new yacht, the Meteor, in
the coast regattas in Great, Brktain.,
especially Cowes.
The volcano ICiltwea Ha,waii, is
showing signs of renewed activity.
Newly risen lava and great heat
have been noticea.
There is said to be an„, plot formed
among the French exiles at Buda-
pest to place Prince Victor Napoleon
on the French throne.
'ffile Czar has authorized St. Peters-
burg to raise a $20,600,000 loan for
the most extensive program of im-
provements over undertaken by thp
capital,
WAR BARELY AVERTED.
Gigantic Plot in Italy Nipped
Just in Time. '
A, -London despatch says: -The
world at large' has been kept in ig-
norance of the fact that a civil war -
possibly a successful revolution -in
Italy has been escaped by the nar-
rowest margin in the last few days.
The only news sent.abroad has been
of the mobilization of nearly 200,000
troops, end' the Government assump-
tionof control on all the railroads
in oeder to aveit a national strine of
railroad employes. Tate far greater
truth was suppressed, partly by the
censorship and partly by official in-
timations to foreign correspondents
that the transmission of alarmist re -
Ports would be folloared by severe
disciplinary measures.
Italy is in the presence of a Social-
ist plot of enormous proportions.
The. Socialist leaders have within a
year organized all the popular forces
of the country, while the Government
strangely' enough has not attempted
any interference, being apparently ig-
norant of the real objects of the
movexnent. A chamber of labor was
created in. every town, and a great
number of leagues of resistance. Each
class of workmen has its league and
each, league obeys the local chamber.
Nearly all the workmen in Italy and
a large proportion of the agricultur-
ists were gradually enrolled, -until
tho leagues: themselves numbered 10,-
000, and the total membership more
than 1,000,000. The whole of this
organization. is under the -control of
a central committee in Rome, which
is actuttily the parliamentary Social-
ist body. This group gained such
strength that it was within its power
to send 1,000,000 men into open re-
volt, and to paralyze in 24 hours the
iedustrial, commercial and agricul-
tural life of the country.
A correspondent, who, in defiance
-
of the, warning of the authorities,
sent telegram from the Swiss fron-
tier Friday night, says:- .•
"The central committee was to
have given the word for action on
Friday, when a general strike on all
the Italian railways was to be be-
gun. The revolutionary plans were
upset by the stupid haste of Signor
Ptomain, the Socialist deputy. for
Turin, who, six days before the ap-
pointed dats, ordered a general strike
in that city. This opened the eyes
of the Govennment, and by• the
prompt mobilization ol the entire
personnel of the railway system of
the country, 110,000 men, and the
calling to the colors of the reservists
or the class of 1878, numbering 90,-
000 men, two formidable blows were
dealt at the revolutionists, under
which -they are still staggering. The
Government next, by decree, dissolv-
ed all the chambers of labor and all
the leagues of resistance; and to -day
the plotters are reduced to what the
Government hopes may prove to be
permanent inaction."
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SCARCITY OF HORSES.
A Correspondent Says the Artn.y
Throws Away Horses. •
A. despatch from Pretoria to the
London Times says that the supply
of horses is lamentably shortnof the
demand and scarcely -a single column
can place its full mounted strength
in the field. The wastage is caused
because many horses are hurried on
the trek before fully acclimatized and.
by unnecessarily hard treatment.
Many men who are now mounted
went to Africa lacking °experience of
horses. A culpable,. indifference to
the welfare of the most important
factor in the efficiency of the ,army
seems to have permeated the whole
army. The Times correspondent
says the Boers are thoroughly clamor-
aTized by constant hustling. The.
seereli e of • provisions convinces the
burghers of the hopelessness ef the
struggle.- The British will lose a
great opportunity is theytail to take
advantage of the situation, but they
mast have an unlimited supply • of
horses or the present rate of .progress
will be arrested. '
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SALISBURY WILL NOT GO.
Rumors of Retirement Are Fenn -
da, ti onless
A London despatch says:--11-all-
penny journalism displays a lack of
inventiveness in reviving the -stories
about the. retirement of Lord Salis-
bury and the struggle over the suc-
cession. Lord Salisbury has always
been a staunch friend of the King,
and is the last man to brieg on a
political erisie on the eve of the ea-
t/nation The nrembers•of his laanily
ere bent upon keepieg himewhere he
is, and not allowing him leisure for
brooding over the burdens of therms-
ing age. It is, morooven easier for
Lord Salisbury to remain in tate
than to atra,rige an armistice between
Mr, Chamberlain and Sir Miebitel
Hicks -Beath. • The duties of Party
and leadership aro not onpressive
When the '6n:tine-rent opposition is
constantly scattering let° fresh
groups, and then Minim:ma • screens
one Miaister after another from haa-
t:teen-1g debate.
THE BUMINIONfARIAMENT,
ItTOTES OF -BROCEEDINGrS IN
THE EDEAI HOUSE,
RECIPROCAL TRADE.
Mr. ),Jelen. Charlton's apeech, on the
trade Miestion was supported by run
impressive array of ngures to. show
that in trade with tile United States
this eountry does not get anYthirtg
resembling fair play.
The Government, through Mr.
Fielding, declined to express any
opinion at present. Sfr. Fielding
wailed himself to saying- that the
Government's view would be set
forth. in connection with the budget.
TO AMEND ELECTIONS ACT.
Mr. Northrup introduced a bill to
amend the Dominion Elections Act
of 1900. He explained that the ob-
ject was to provide a penalty for
offering or paying a, person money to
beet:tree a candidate for Parliament
or to withdraw from such a candi-
dacy. The Act already provided a
penalty for offering or bestowing an
office -on a person under such cir-
cumstances. .• -
NO AMMUNITION FOR CADETS, .
kr. Clarke was told by the Pre-
mier that the Government has, ' re-
ceived petitions from the Collegiate
Inqtitute ' Cadet Corps asking for
facilities in rifle phooting, and for
swords for -use by officers. The Gov-
ernment has no awards suitable for
use by officers 61 the cadet corps.
Free ammunition is issued to rifle
associations only, and not to educa-
tional establishments unless organiz-
ed for drill. The Government has re-
ceived a petition from the Toronto
Collegiate Institute Board asking
for Lee-Metford rifles, and for ' en-
couragement to the cadets to prac-
tiseat tile Long Branch ranges.
About 50 young gentlemen, ranging
from 15 to 20 years of age, have
formed themselves into a rifle club
at the institute, but the general offi-
cer commanding does not consider
that they should be entrusted with
annuunition for range practice. •
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
Col. Sam Hughes was informed
that the total cost of the permanent
corps for 1901-2 was $300,000. 'Cer-
tificates issued numbered 323, and
256 certificates were issued to non-
corainissioneci officers and men. • -
Hon. Charles A. Fitzpatrick said
that the Government had not, -con-
sidered the question of antending the
Supreme Court Act so that judges of
that court may be appointed from -
the bars of Manitoba, 'the Northwest
Territories and British Columbia.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier explaia,ed the
Sir Wilfrid Lanried explained the
appointments that had been made to
the Supreme Court and .the recent
changes- that had been made in the
'Cabinet. Re justified all the ap-
pointments, which, he said, won the
respect of his friends and • challenged
the criticism of his enenaies.
R, L. -Borden favorably commented
on tb.e men, who had been placed on
the Supremo Court, and those who
had been -called to the Cabinet.
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CATTLE GUARDS.
REPORT AGAINST CHINESE
Tble tonerniaSien DeelareS They
Are a NaiSarice.
An Ottawa despateh Says: -"Your
Contraissionere are of the (Minion
that the further irnralgration of Chin-
ese laborers -into Canada ought to
be prohibited," is the !lading of tne
three •commissiorters, Messrs. C.
Clete, IC. C., of Toronto: James
Munn s of New Weetiniester; and
Christopher Foley of Rossland, ap-
pointed ay -ear ago by the Dominion
Government to empire into Chinese
and Japanese • immigration in Can-
ada.
They propose that 'until a treaty
of exelusion be obtained the tax be
raised to $500. Messrs. Foley and
Clute favor raising the tax to $500
at once; Mr. Munns favors an in-
crease to $900 for two years.
The Commissioners report that in
Chinatown in Victoria, a district of
fonr blocks, are 3,280 people. They
found evidence that in anticipation
of their visit there had been a sort
of attempt at a "very recent gener-
al cleanieg up." • "What the condi-
tion of Chinatown was before this
cleaning out, and the burning of 100
old buildings by the civic authori-
ties, must be left to the imagination
of the reader." In several houses of
the Chinese laborers, the commission-
ers found lodgers in third floors, "in-
to which the oceripa,nt crawls on his
hands and knees."
The conclusion pf the 'Commis-
sioners is that the representations of
the British Columbia Legislature to
the effect that.tne Chiaese, as a class
are detrimental to the wage-earners
of the Province, and a menace to
health, are "substantially true, and
urgently call for a reniedy."
The report on. the Japanese is not
yet ready.
Mr. Lancaster moved the second
reading of his bill to amend 'the
Railway Act. He said the particular
object of the bill was to restore the,
law relating to cattle guards, to
the-ribsition in which it was previous
to 1898. ,Mr. Lancaster showed how
detrimentally the present 4M had
worked in the interests of the far -
:mere', '''aird how imperative it was
that something should be done to
put in more effective guards. In no
State of the Union, so ler as he
could_ learn, was there a law like
ours. There the railway interests
were being made subservient to those
of the agricultural community. •
Mr. Sutherland, speaking for the
Government, said there was no objec-
tion to the second reading of the
measure, provided it was then sent
to the Railway Comraittee, where all
theinterests affected could be heard.
, The motion for the second reading
was carried. On the -motion to refer
the bill to the Railway .Committee,
a division was taken, whicli resulted
in it .being carried by ,90 to 50.
TELEPHONE COMPANIES,
Mr. Fitzpatrick is to introduce a
bill respecting telegraph and tele-
phone --companies. It will consoli-
date the present' law and bring -tele-
phone companies under the control
of the Railway Committee of the
Privy Council as far as rates are
concerned.
MOUNTED POLICE.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier gives notice of
a bill respecting pensions to officers
of the Mounted Police.
TELEPHONE COMPANIES.
Hon. Mr.. Fitzpatrick's bill re-
specting telegraph and telephone
companies authorizes the Railway
Committee to regulate tolls of tele-
phone companies. The bill will also
apply to telegraph as well as tele-
phone companies, and there will be
provision that the company's tariff
is to be posted Men public place,
and there are to he no secret or spe-
cial rates. No provision will be
made for the use of one company of
the lino or service of another, ,and
there are no special provisions as t�
order of service. Preferential mes-
sages will be prohibited.
• FOURTEEN MEN DEAD.
Snowslides in Vicinity of Liberty
Bell Mine, Colorado.
'A. Telluride, Colo., despatch says:
-Fourteen dead, -as Many injured, a
score or more tensing are the result
so, far as known, of the, series of
snowslides which occurred in the vi-'
entity of the Liberty Bell Mine, on
Smuggler Mountain, three and a half
mike north of Teihiride. The roads
bef,ivoext here end the Liberty Bell
ere almost impassible, and ,details of
the accident are hard to obtain, -It
seeing that no le,ss then tom distinct
elidee occurred, each one claiming
two or more victims. SeVeral bod-
ies have beee reeotered, but quite a
number of the known dead are still
buried mider tons Of snotv, reeks antd
-timbers by "Whien they were carried
donut.
UNITED IRISH LEAGUE
Mr. Wyndham Says Crimes Act
. Will Be Sternly Applied.
A London despatch says :-The
Right Hon. George Wyndham, Chief
Secretary for Ireland, at the Carl-
ton Club on Wednesday exhaustively
discussed the Irish question. He
condemned tile United Irish League
in strong' terms, declaring it to be a
political 'Maclaine, which- constituted
the gravest menace to the cone-
rdunity. Ile said the league had cor-
rupted the whole moral fibre of Ire-
land,•and declared the only course of
dealing with the league to be the
stern application of the Crimes Act,
which he purposed to see rigorously
THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE
WHAT 01113. MEIVII3EB,S ARE DO-
SNG AT TORONTO.
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ram NEW MEMBERS,
Hen- (.1%. X• Gibson introduced the
bill providing for further representa-
tion of the northern districts. He
said the bill proposed to a,cld four
new inelabers for the two Algoniae
arid Nipissiag, Tbe bill provides
there shall be two members for West
Algoma, three for East Algoma and
two for Nipissing.
• West Algoma, he said, would, be di-
vided into north and south. and
not into Rainy 'River and Thunder
Bay. Tbe populations by this divi-
sion would be 12,049 for the south,
and. 13,150 for the north.
East Algoma is to be divided into
three electoral districts. Sault Ste.
Marie, Manitoulin and Algonia. The
first will include the Soo land the
southwestern portion of the present
distriet. Manitoulin will include
Manitoulin and the islands with a
portion: of the north shore. Algoma
is to include that portion not taken
in by the other two electoral dis-
Wets and including the island of St.
Joseph. The population of these
IIONV districts will be, Sault Ste.
Marie, 11,448, including the Indians;
Manitoulin 11,136 arid Algoma 18,-
096.
Nipissing is to be divided into east
and West Nipissing. In regard to
the east riding, three townships of
North Renfrew are included and eome
townships south of Algonquin Park,
separated by the Canada and Atlan-
tic Railway, which formerly belonged
to Nipissing„ are added to North
Hastings.
Mr. Gibson said he did not intend
to discuss the bill, but declared it
to be a reasonable and fair way of
increasing the representation of the
Northern districts.
STRIKES ARE DECREASING-.
The report of the Bureau of Labor
for 1901 was presented to the Legis-
1 lature. The returns of strikes and
lockouts show a diminution for the
period from September 31st, 1901,
compared with a like previous period
the total number of strikes reported
being 19, and one lockout, involving
64 establishments, and covering an
aggregate of 438 days, or an average
of 23 days to each. The greater
number required but a few days, for
settlement. The tendency to settle
disputes betweenemployers and em-
ployes by conciliation is rapidly On
enforced. the increase M. Ontario, :as in other
parts of the world. The report says
further that some misapprehension
as to the objects of the berean still
exists, though th.e secretary, Mr,
Robert Glockling has visited many
industrial centres of the Province
during the year, and has to some ex-
tent removed this misapprehension.
DESPERADO TAKEN. •
Notorious Robber Captured After
e a Ten Weeks' Hunt. -
A Dawson, via Ashcroft, B.C., des-
patch says: -Mounted Police at the
Stockade Road 1 -louse, 'Yukon, cap-
tured William Brophy, a notorious
robber, after a ten weeks' hunt. Dur-
ing the scuffle while arresting hiin a
revolver belonging to one of the po-
liceman exploded, the- bullet going
through Brophy's abdomen' and em-
erging near the spine. The police
'have spent over $10,000 in .the
search and the capture is the most
Brien. r
since that of anierdere
.PRINCESS IN DANGER.
Almost Run Down by a Frighten-
ed Animal.
A special cable to the, New York
Herald froin London says: -"The
Princess of Wales had a very narrow
escape at the Shire Horse Show on
Thursday. As the Prince and Prin-
cess were about to pass the exit a
frightened stallion rushed by Her
Royal Highness missing her by a foot
or two only. It WEI:S only by the
skill oE the groom, who managed to
pull the animal to one side, that a
very serious and deplorable accident
was a.verted,"
WANTS RANSOM BACK.
Uncle Sam Proposes That Turkey
Shall Pay.
A Constantinople despatch says: -
It is understood that the United
states Will shortly take steps to ob-
tain a reimbursement of the sum
-($72,500) paid to the brigands as a
ransom for Miss Ellen M. Stone and
Madame Tsilka, holding Turkey re-
sponsible, inasmuch as the capture of
the miss-ionaries was effeeted on
Turkislt soil. This question of re-
sponsibility may have serious: devel-
opments, since Turkey emphatically
disclaims responsibility, and lays the
blame on Bulgaria,
FOR HER OWN PROTECTION
Europe Must Adopt Commercial
Monroe Doctrine.
A Budapest despatch says :-Dur-
ing a debate in the Hungarian Cham-
ber on Thursday, Prime Minister
Kalman de Szell, referring to the
inceeasing hfclustrial production of
the United States, said the necessity
Would arise some day foe Europe to
put in force a commetezial Monroe
doctrine against that country.
BOER CHIEFS ROUNDED UP.
inaueittial „. Commandants Were
Captured.
The eorrespondeet of the London
Times at Ermelo mys that Col.
Mackenzie's column, operating near
Lake Chrissie, South -Eastern Trans-
vaal, has surprised Hans atebehee's
setall laager, capturing Stephanus
Grobelar, Corps. Vanderniewe and
Schalloneyer, mad four others. Oro-
belar and Sehalkineyer are both in-
fluential men, who have been encour-
aging I30e1' resistance in the Erman)
district.
'Ramie, 'contemplates a, syetem of
foetifleatiOns 4t Viadivostotk and
Port Arthur'. exs
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THE SMALLPDX EPIDEMIC.
repl'ir to Mr. Matheson, the Pro-
vincial Secretary said that, the item
of $6,0Q0 for sanitary investigation
was expended on the fight against
smallpox. An additional inspector,
Dr. Hodgetts, had been appointed.
The Government did not intend to
repay allmunicipalities for their
smallpox eXpenclitures, but oneY
few small outlying ones, where the
disease had been brought in by out-
siders.
THIRD READINGS.
The following bills were given a
third reading:- '
To divide the District of Rainy
River for the registration of titles
and deeds, -Mr. ,Gibson.
Respecting the establishment of the
Carnegie Library in the City of Ot-
tawa. -Mr. tumsden.
To further amend the Devolution of
Estates Act. -kr. Gibson,
TO RE -STOCK FISHERIES.
An item of $22,000 for sundries
under the Fisheries Department, • an
increase of $2,000 since last year,
brought' an announcement from Mr.
Latchford that the Government in-
tended making a larger expenditure
for restocking of certain fishing
waters, especially with black bass,
and for the better ' protection of
aquatic game.
GOOD ROADS.
The Premier introduced a bill de-
signed to encourage County Councils
to, avail themselvee of the good
roads fund provided for .a year ago.
By courtesy of the IIouse it has its
first and second readings in order
that it should go to the Municipal
Committee at once. The bill pro-
poses to extend the privileges of issu-
ing good roads debentures for a
period of 20 years to 30 years. He
also proposed to permit County
Councils to issue such debentures
without submitting a by-law to the
people.
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LIF TED A MAN'S BRAIN.
4arve1lous Operation at Johns
• Hopkins Hospital: "
In one of the most remarkable op-
erations known to surgery, saYe
Baltimore despatch, the brain Of
Rev. William A., Stark, pastor of
the' Broadway German nietliodist
Episcopal Church of New York, has
been actually Med from ite bed and
the rents of certain nerves that had
eaused' the etergymen excessive Ilene
ralgia were extracted.. The patient
is said to have -stood the operation
well, and few doubts of his reetevery
are entertained. The operation"Was
performed at the Johns Hopkins
Hospi
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CAPTURE BY BRITISH,
Lord Kitchener Sericls Horne Solite
Welcome News.
A Londoli despatch says: --Tho War
Secretary, Mr, Iirodriek, announced
in the House of Commons on Friday
that during the last two days six
hundred Boers had been killed or
centered, end that 2,000 horses and
28,000 heack of cattle had feline into
the hands of the British troops, rite
prisoners include Gen. De Weine soit
and the General's Secretary.
Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
- in Trade Centres.
Tor
oro.listeen,eitaren 4. -Flour -Nn buy-
ers utiallfee,west, edw--elIran offered at, $1,7•2,5
o
Wheat,--Non1 Manitoba hard offer-
ed at se en route North 134.37, with
85e bid, else at 82*e Owea Sound,
with 81*e bid. It also offered at
883e Sarnia tunnel. No, 1 Northern
offered itt 83c en route North Bay,
while 83c was bid spot nTorth I3aY,
No, 2 Northern offered at 80e en
route North Bay, with 79e bid', On-
tario No. 2 red winter offered at
7:31n outside, either road, and 58-lla
red at 72*e outside. No. 2 white
offered at 73*c outside, and N. 2
mixed at '73e middle freight, without
bids. No. 1 spring offered at 72*c
east, No, 2 spring at 71*c east,
either road, and No, 2 goose, at 6§*
row freight to New York, without
bids.
Barley -Feed offered at 49c ontside
without bids,
Peas -A car of No: 2 sold at 79*c
high freight, and 79*e was bid for
inore, new freight to New York,
without offerings.
Oats -No. 2 white, 40te bid in
buyers' sacks outside, and ten cars
offered at 40•Ict low freight to New
York, with 40e bid. On track here
42 -*c was bid for No, 2 white.
Corn -No, 2 yellow offered at -56ne
west with 56e bid, and No. 2 mixed
at 050 west, with 5.54-c, bid.
Buckwheat -Five thousand bushels
of No. 2 wanted at 55c low freight
to New York, without sellers.
Hay -No. 1 timothy sold at $10.50
on track Toronto, prompt shipment.
Straw -A car offered at $5.50 on
track Toronto, without bids.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Dried Apples -The market is quiet
and'prices unchanged, with sales at
5n to 6c per /b. Evaporated sell at
9n to 10c.
Hops -Business quiet, with prices
steady at 13e; yearlings at 8e.
Honey -The market is steady at 9
to 10e for strained. Combs, $1.50
to $2.25 per dozen.
Beans -The market is dull. Prices
$1.10 to $1.40 per bush, as to
quality. Hand-picked, $1.50.
Onions -Market steady at $2.50 to
138 per b
bbl.
led --The market is nrna,
with good demand. Timothy sold at
$10.50 on track Toronto, for No. 1,
and No. 2 is quoted at $8.50 Lo $9.
Straw -The market is quiet. Car
lots on track quoted at $5.50 to
$6, the latter for No. 1.
Poultry -The market is dull, with
few offerings. We quote :-Fresh
killed turkeys, 12 to 18e per lb ;
geese, 8 to 10c; chickens, 70 to 90e;
old hens, 40 to 5:0e.
Potatoes -In car lots on track, 65
to 66c per bag. Small lots bring
75 to 80e per bag.
THE DAIRY MARKET.
Butter -The receipts are fair, and
prices firm for good qualities.
Creamery prints firm at 22 to
23* -0, and solids at 21*- to 22e.
Choice 1 -lb dairy prints, 19 to 20c;
choice large rolls, 17 to 17*e; sec-
ondary grades, in rolls, 15 to 16e ;
poor to medium, 12 to 13e.
Eggs -The market is dull ; buyers
hold off and prices to -day were 26 to
27e per dozen in. case lots.
Cheese -The demand is fair, and
prices firm at 10* to 11e per /b.
HOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Dressed hogs unchanged. Car lots
nominal at $7.50 to $7.60. Hog
products steady. We qtiote :-Bacon
long clears, sells at Inte, in ton and
case lots. Mess pork, $20.50 to
$21; do, short cut, $21-50 to $22.
Smoked meats -Hams, 12* to
13c; breakfast bacon, 131 to 14e;
rolls, 11e; backs, 18a, to 14e, and,
shoulders, 10*c.
Lard -The market is unchanged.
We quote :-Tierces, 11e; tubs, 11*0;
pails, 1.1* to 111e; compound, 9 to
9 t e.
UNITED STATE.; MARKETS.
Duluth, March • 4. -Close -Wheat -
Cash, No. 1 hard, 76te; No. 1
Northern, 73tc; No. 2 Northern,
71*,e; May, 75*e; July, 76*e; Mani-
toba No. I. Northern, cash, 71t0 ;
May, 731,e; No. 2 Northern, 68te.
Corn -60c. -
Buffalo, March I. -Flour -Quiet
and only steady. Wheat - Spring
firm; No. 1 Northern, c.i.f., 79e0
winter dull; No. 2 red, 88*e. 'Corn -
Enquiry good; No. 2 yellow, 654c ;
No. 8 do., 65e; No. 2 corn, 64 -Se;
No. 8 do, 64e. Oats -Higher; No. 2
white, 48-1e; No. 3 do., 471c; No. 2
mixed,, 47e; No. 3 do, 461e. Bailey
-66*e to 69e spot, Rye -No. 1,
66* -e. •
Minneapolis, March 4. - Close -
Wheat -May, 78n, to 734c; July,
7410; on track, No. 1 hard, 75c; No.
1 Northern, 73te; No. 2 Northern,
711 to 72*c.
LIVE STOCIC MARKETS.
neronto, March .1. --At ihe Western
cattle market this morning the re-
ceipts were 58 carloads of live stock,
including 812 cattle, 165 sheep and
lambs, 1,100 hogs, 30 calves, and 80
milch cowt.
- Following is the range of quota-
tions •
Cattle. .
Shippers, per cwt... ...-$4.50 $5.25
do, lighten_ .. „, 1.25 1.50
Butcher, choTee,.. 1.00 4.50
Butcher, ordinary to
good.. ... 3.25 8.75
Butcher, inferior.- 2.75 3.25
Stockers, per cwt... 8.00 8.50
Sheep and Lambs. •
Choice ewes, per cwt 8.50 8,75
Lambe, per cwt... 1.00 5.00
'Bucks, per cwt.,. ,„ 2.00 2.60
Milkers and Calves.
Cows, Oath., 80.00 45.00
Calves, each... .„ .„,,.„ 2.00 10,00
Hogs,
Choke hoge, per cat
Light hogs, per etvt
Heavy hogs, pet ewt
Sows, per ewt...
Stage, per .„
5,75 6.00
5.50 5.75
6.50 5.75 Who,se objeet will be t,o extend the
8.50 4,00 friendly feeling between Anita -hex, and
... coo .a.00 Germany,
CANADA'S WHEAT.
Beating the i4ei the Brit"
"l'he Chicago Record -Herald sayse-
A concentrated effort Will probe,nly
be Made by the north-western wheat
interests to have Congrese remove
the' tariff from Canadian, wneat.
Grain exchanges over the couatry
Will be asked to join in the move-
ment. rJj argumeat to Oontereee
will be that, ender the present sy,s-
tern the moderate amount of wheat
which Canada has to export spoils
the market in. Great 13ritain fer the
American raiser and exporter, alto-
gether out of proportion to the
amount that Canada has to spare.
Under prsent international, arrange -
merits the Manitoba wheat bas prae-
-tieally but one market, the EngUen,
and as this wheat is eo restricted as
to market, it makes a. particularly
Mean competiter for the American.
grain, It will be -urged that, with
the Manitoba wheat admitted free
into the -United States, it would dis-
appear quickly and without, apprecia-
bly affecting prices. The American
miller would have aa chance to make
a profit out of it, and the American
traders a chance to merchandise it.
As for the farmer, whO might, raise
the objection he needs •protection. if
the other fellow is to get it, it will.
be clabned that the American farmer
su0:ers more from Manitoba competi-
tion, while the Canadian market for
his grain is so limited, than if the
Canadian wheat were permitted to
come in free and mingle with tne big
crop of this country.
CONFINED TO FOUR AREAS.
•
Botha, Delarey, De Wet and. Cape
Colony Rebels,
A despatch from London says In his latest report to the Wan
Office Lord Kitchener gives a general
review of the military situation. He
says :-"The enemy's forces in the
field are now practically con -fined to
four definite areas. In the Eastern
Transvaal the personal influence of
General Louis Botha continues to
hold together a considerable but
diminishing force between the bor-
ders of Swaziland and the Brug-
spruit-Waterval blockhouse line. In
the west Generals Delarey and Kemp
cling to the clifecult country be-
tween the Ma -felting Railway line and
Magaliestearg. In the northeastern
districts of Orange River Colony De
Wet and ex -President Steyn still con-
trol it comparatively large and de-
termined following, who have quite
recentl3r given proofs of their bold-
ness and initiative in attack, and in
Cape Colony the country to the
northwest of the Cape Town -De Aar
line is infested by several bands of
rebels, kept together by adventurere
from the late republics. Elsewhere
smaller commandoes are to be found,
but their numbers are insignificant,
and their want of enterprise reveals
in all probability an abating inter-
est in the useless struggle in which
they have so long been employed."
NOT WISE TO STIR UP STRIFE
British Press Attitude on Prince
Henry's Visit.
A London despatch says :--The at-
titude of the English newspapers to-
wards the visit of Prince Henry of
Prussia, to the United States, has
called out a rebuke from the West-
minster Gazette.
"It is not clignielecl, and is scarce-
ly well-bred," says the Gazette, "to
reraind the United States of oblige-
-Cons we have no reason to suppose
they will forget, and it is certainly
-not politic to display anxiety in re-
gard to the possible results of the
friendly meeting between the Presi-
dent and the German Prince."
The paper then proceeds to sound
a note of warning against carrying
resentment towards Germany to the
point of endeavoring to make mis-
chief between Germany and another
power, ".in view of the already
strained relations occasioned by the
zig-zag policy of the Government,
which threatens ti place Great 13rit-
ain in a positieu of antagonism to
both Germany and Russia."
WANTS TO SEE THE WORLD..
A Trappist IVIonk Renounces His
Vows .After 23 Years.
A Dubuque, Iowa despatch says
An event unprecedented in the his-
tory of the Trappist Monastery in
this country is made public. Broth-
er Eugene, for 23 years an inmate,
has deliberately renounced his town
which he took nearly a quarter of a
century ago. He has left the
astery, and is now looking for some
means to earn it living. 'Ms name
is Joseph Graham, and he came
from Illinois when twenty-three years
old. The Trappist rules are the
most rigid of any x-nonastie order,
and Brother Eugene got tired. of
them. He wants to see the world.
It is state0 that his permission to
leave the monastery came from
Rome,
MUMMY WHEAT,
Popular journals every now and
again recount that wheat found in
mummy cases has been planted, ger-
minated end grown. Certain wheats
of Egyptian origin are known as
mummy wheats. The • legend will
probably live; but it has no verifi-
able bat's. lit E, Gain has recent-
ly tried extensive experiments with
wheat taken. from, Egyptian tombs
and finds that no cereals there found
will reproduce their kind. The em-
bryos of such grains are completely
dead, although the reserve material
is perfectly fit, to nourish, them were
they alive,
The eMployment of Woxnen end
children in Italian faetoriee is the
basis of eocialistie demonetratione ixi
that collars.,
• Taking advantage of the ee thus -
jam over the visit of Prince "(Toney
to the State, eteps ate •alreetly be-
ing taken 111 terlin to form a society