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THE MARKETS
Prices - of Grain? Cattle, 'etc
Trade Centres.
Toronto, litareli 25,-..-Whea1.—N0, 1
Manitoba Med offered at -86c en
route, North :Bay; No. 1 Northern
offered at 82,1.c en route, North Bay,
with 82ti bid; No..2 Northern at 7.84e
ea reate NM., with 774c bid. On-
tario, No. n red winter, 70e bid, Mid-
: We freight, without offerings. No. 2
white. offered at 78e, eaet en ,G,r.P.11..,
without bids, No. 1 sprieg, 72e
bid east: on' G. T. IL: without
sellers, No. n spring offer-
ed at 78*.ti 0 .T.R., without bids,
NO. 2 geoee offered at 61c middle
freight on C,P,11., without bids. '
• Berle...v.—No. 8 odered at. 504e out-
side, without bids. '
Peas-allo. '2 offered at . 81e high
freight Pacifica without bias.
Oats. -.--No. 2 white offered at 42 -le
in buyers' sacks, low freight In Now
'Terk, .With 42e bid; and one .car
-old at 42e, N .2 e. offered at 41e,
,.
• ow freight to N. Y., now shipped
with 401e bid. TNVC) cars of No. 3
white eola at 40e on a "144c rate to
New York; five cars- then ollered at
401c. on 141an rate. A. bid of 48e pe
track here, was made fpr No. 3
white.
Clorn.—No. 2 yellow offeved at 574c
outside, with. 57e bid. , No. 2 iniXed
offered at 57c outside, With' 56c bid.
Rye -ain't,. 2 offered at 564c on 0.
T. R„ middle freight, now shipped,
with.out bids. ,
for choice stuff. Beth feeders and
toes are in fair 4.equest.
Following is the range of quota-
tions:—
Cattle,
6'hippers,, per —44.50
4.25
Butcher, ehoice,.. 4,50
Bather, °rt.). to good. 8.50
Blitcher, inferior,,,3,00
Stockers, per cwt . , 8,00
Sheep and. Lambe.
Choice owes, per cwt8.50,
Yearlings, per ewt 4.50
Boeing lambs, each 8.50
Bucks.., ...,,2.50
Milkers and Calves.
(lows, each. a, —25.00
Calves, eecti... 2.00
Hogs.
Chooae hogs, per eivt. 5,75
7,iienit hogs, per cwt,, 5.50
'navy liegs, per ort5,50
Sows, per (Mt... 3.50
'tags, per ewt ,0.00
•COUNTRY PRODUCE.'
Dried Apples—The market is quiet,
with sinall lots jabbing at 6c; retied
lots bring Ne per lb. Evaporated,
141 to 10*c.
Hops—Business quiet, with prices.
steady at 18c; yearlinge at 8c.
Honey -7 --The market is steady at
$5„,50
4,50
5.00
4,00
8.85
3,70
4.00
5.60
6,00
3,25
45.00
10,00
6,00
5.75
5.75
4.00
2.00
• BOER:PEACE OVERTURES:
Acting President' Conies in Under
Flag of Truce.
Dretoi•la despatch says:'aMessre.
Sehalkberger, who is atiting as pre-
sident of the Transvaal 111 the ab-
sence .ef Mr. Kreget, in Europe, Se-
&et:taw of State Reitz,.. and Com-
niandents 141.1(laS • Meyer and :1<regin
tirrivethhere tia Saturday: morning
from, Balmoral, • Oply a few persons.
keew oi thc arrival of these invert -
ant members of the Boer Govern-
ment.The iailway station was kept
Cietti until they had Mkt it: They
WINO .clthrea to the chief's house and
had an. interview with General Kit-
eherier: In the' afternoon, they left
on11apecial trent for the Orange
River Colony. -
HAD BEEN GREATLY HARRIED.
According to the Pretoria coeres-
ponddet of the London Standard, the
Boer delegates arrived at Pretoria
"at 2,40 p.m., and • left about five
o'clock. As seine of the despatches
do not mention their baynig inter -
9e to 10e for strained. Combs, I viewed General Kitchener, there is a
$1.15 to $2.25 per dozen. cevtain amount or doubt Whether
they, actually did so. One editorial
suggests that probably General Kit,
chener was not in Pretoria, or the
stay of the delegates would not have
been so short.
The correspondent says that the
Boer delegates, after interviewing
General Kitebener, left for Kroon-
stadt, from which place they will go
out under a safe conduct. All of
the delegates are looking well, show-
ing clear evidence of the healthiness
of lire on the veldt. • • The corres-,
pondent adds that Schalkburger and
the other delegates have been Sta-
tioned at Illionosterkop, north of
Balmoral for a week. They have
been [greatly berried by Col. Park
and other British eominanders. Once
Schalkburger had a narrow escape
beim being captured. The -Boer po-
sition being ineveasingly _hopeless,
despatch riders were sent to Balmor-
al Friday night to inform the Brit-
ish there of the coining, of the dele-
gates.
Maple Syrup.---One-gallOn tins, 95e
to $1.; .small packages, $1.05 to
$1,15 per gallon eimneelal). Sager,
9 to 100 per lb., as to quality.
• Beausa-The market is quiet. Prices
$1.10 to $1.80 per bush. as to qual-
ity. Haadpicked, $1.85 to $1.40.
Cranberries — Market unchanged,
with stocks small. Cape Cod, $9.50
to $10 per barrel.
Onions—Market. steady at $2.50 to
$3 per batrel.
Han ' baled—The market is 1.11111,
with good demand. Timothy quoted
at $10.50 to $11, on track. Toronto,
for No. 1, and at 30 to 39.25 for
No, 2.
Straw—The market is quiet.; Car
lots on track ((noted at $5.75 to $6
the latter for No. 1.
Poilltry -a. Offerings limited, and
prices firm. We quote—Fresh killed
• turkeys, 12* to 11e per lb; chickens,
70c to 31.
Potatoes—Incar lots on track, 62
to 67c per bag, according to quali-
ty. -• Small lots, out of etore, bring
750 per bag.
Txm DAHIY MARKETS.
Butter—There is a fair trade, with
. receipts of cheice qualities still
f small. • We quote as follows::—Choice
• 1 -lb prints,. 19 to 20e; choice large
rolls, 17 to 1740; secondary grades,
in rolls, 1.5 to 16e; low grades, 12
to 13c; creamery prints, 22 to 23c;
do., solids, 21 to 224e.
Eggs—The market firm, with sales
at 184 to 14c per dozen ia case lots.
Cheese—The market rules firm at
11 to 1:11re per lb., the latter for
choice Septembers.
HOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Dressed hogs aro nominal, with few
offeringa and little demand for car-
loads. Hog prodnete in fair demand
and steady. We quote:—I-Ittcon, long
clear, 10 to 104e, i11 ton and case
lots. Mess pork, 319.50 to $20; do.,
short cut, $21.50.
Smoked illeats--Hams, 12* to 18e:
breakfast,. bacon, 13* to 14c; rolls,
11c; backs, 18. to 14c, and should-
ers,
Lard—The market- is unchanged.
We quote:—Tierces, 11c; tubs, 11/c;
palls, liae to 13./c; compound, 9 to
'9/c.
. •
UNITED STATES. MARKETS,
Buffalo, March 25.—Flour — Quiet
and easy. Wheat—Spring active; No.
1 Northern spot, 78c; No. 2 red,
85/c. Cora—Weak'. • No. 2 yellow,
65•fro; No. '8 do., 65e; No. 2, Corn;
65e; No. 8 do., 64a,c. Oats—Steady;
No. 2 white, 50e; Eo. 8 do., 19*c;
No. 2 mixed, 47* to 474e; No. 3'do.,
4610 to 47e, Barley --Spot, 68c Rye
No. 1, 6111c.
Duluth, 'March 25. --Wheat closed,—
Cash, No. 1 hard, 741c; No. 1 Nor-
thern, 73.ae; No. 2 Northern, 69/c;
May, 72/c; July, 78/e; •Manitoba,
No. 1 Northern, cash, 70*e; May,
714c; No. 2 Northern, 67*c. Oats -
11c. Corn -604c. • .
Milwratnee. Mar. 25, closed—Lower;
No. 1 Northern, 75 to 751c; No, 2
Northern, 74 to 744e; May, 714c.
Rye-aSteacly; No. 1, 60c. Barley --
Mtn; No. 2, 654c.
• Minneapolis, March 25. — Wheat
• closed—May 71/c; July, 724e; on
track, No. 1 hard, 74* -0; No, 1 Nor-
thern, 72/ to 72/0; No. 2 Northern,
• ' 70*c. patents, $8.80 to
$3.90;* second patents, $8.70 to
$3.80; first dears, $2.50 to $2.55;
second clears, $2.20 to $2.25. Bran—
Su, bulk, lower, $13.
Detroit, March_ 25.—Wheat-0dosed
71.c; •white cash, 831c; NO. 2 'red
cash, May, 82c; .fuly, 78e,
St, Louis, March 25,--Closetn—
Wheat—Cash, 81.4e; &ply, 80/c; Set).
teraber, 78ac.
vom, wrocx MARKET:
Toronto, March 25.—At the West-
ern cattIe yards to -day the receipts
were 56 carloadof lire stock, in-
cluding 1,000 cattle, :I,;000 hogs,
400 sheep and lambs, 80 calves, 16
flinch cows, and. 21 spring lambs.
The quotations for loads or good to
• cholee butcher cattlwere from 4*
te 41c per pound, with from an
eighth to a quarter more paid occa-
• sionally for extra prime Jots,
Geed 1oeder8 are worth from 1 to
die per pound 4 nV,th a fractioa more
OGILVY MILLS SOLD.
THE DOMINION PARLIAMERT,
NOTES or PROCEEDINC.4S IN
TBE rZPEB-41. HOUSE.
• TXIE V:61.AR'S PINANOT33.
In his budget speech Mr, Fielding
pointed out that the receipts 'on con-
solidated revenue account amounted
to $52,514,701, While the expendi-
ture was $46,860,867, leaving a, salt -
plus 'of $6,648,884:; The capital ex-
penditure for the year laid boon $7,-
695,488, .aud, adding to this sum
certain speci4 expenditures, which
wore also .classed under the same
bead, it gave a total of $11,116,-
498, or an inerettee of $1,374,31.1.:
'Pim aggregate expendinran Of all
kinds was $57,982,866, being an
crease of $5,265,899. The total net
debt on Julie 30th was $268,480,-
000, an increase of $2,986,000 over
the previous year: The average in-
crease for.. the past five 'years nad
been $1,996,514, as against an aver-
age for. -the eighteen years Of con-
servative rule of $6,563,075. Mr,
Fielding enumerated the increases of
revenue ender the several heads which
had taken place during the year,
eluding $235,969 from pOstoffien ee-
ceipte. • The, deficit in that depart -
Mont : had been -Very materially re-
duced, and the postoffice returns for
the curtent year indicated the next
budget. would dieelo se even More'
satisfactory results. Por the eight
months.. of the present year the re-
ceipts haat bede $3,172,931, as
against 82,009,128 for the (miens -
Pending period of the previoes year,
and 32,946,513 for the . corresponae
ing period of 1898. Since the last-
mentioned year the domestic rate of
postage had been reduced from
centS to 2, emits, ,and the"Iiiiperittl
rate froni 5 cents to 2 cents, not,
withstanding which the betterment
linen the operations of the last eight
monthe Was over $200,000. The to-
tal net surplus f or the post five
years hacl been $16,743,557, aini the
Oa :age d u ring the same period 38,-
348,705. For the eighteen years of
Conservative rulethe sarpluses
amounted to $27,862,861, and the
total deficits 318,069.,618, leaving
$9,801,713 as tho total net simples
for that period, or an average of
$554,539. "For the current year up
to March 10t1i the revenue amounted
to $38,047,685, and he estimated.
that at the close of the year the to-
tal l'alrealle would amount. to $56,-
800,000, as against an actual rev-
enue last year of $52,514,701, so
that the probable increase for tin
year would be $2,285,298. There
had been expended for the current
year up to March 10th, $80,138.502,
and, taking into -account last year's
expenditure, and allowing for a con-
siderable increase this year, he anti-
cipated_ the total. when the twelve
months closed would be $51,000,000,
or. $4,133,682 in advance ef last
year's expenditure on. consolidated
accolint. He expected the surplus to
be 35,800,000.
THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.
Negotiations fot Deal Are Now
Completed.
A Montreal despatch says :—Ne-
gotiatious have been,,completed •for
the sale of the Ogilvy Milling Co.
Messrs. Charles .11, Homer, of
:Montreal, and In. W. Thompson, of
'Winnipeg. The latter is at present
the general manager of the company
at Winnipeg.
The company, which is the largest
in. Canada,
was founded by the late
"IV:' W. Ogilvy, of Moat:real,who on
his deatit Was, SUCCepded 10 liis in-
teteats sons.. Thedeal is
Understood to involve between 'thine
and four millioa,nellars.
it- is traderstoed that .the company
will be reorganized, ehanged slightly
in name, and carried on under en-
th'ely new, auspices. Mt, F. W.
Thompson, who has been the' eading
apirit in the . companyslime the
death. Of. Mr, Ogilvy, a couple of
years ago, has been in Montreal for
several weeks; carrying on .the• ne,
- .
. .
Tho Ogilvy -Company was started
in. 1801 by. the erection of it' shied
Mill by the .father of W. W. 11114'ft.
W. Ogilvy, who later, joined
then,and the business has grown
steadily, Until the company, besides;
the, Royal Mills and City Milli at
Montreal, has extensive' mills at
Goderich, Seaforth, and at Winni-
Pna...
AFRICADI MEAT SUPPLY.
Great , Scarcity Expected in the
. Future.
The London Standard's a Pretoria
.correspondent, reviewing. the pros-
pects .in South Africa, says the Ques-
tion ef the re -stocking ,of the new
'colonies is a very serious one. The
South African Cold -storage agents
killed for the use of the troops be-.
tween:Jely, 1900, and June, 1901,
DO fewer than 184,000 -cattle and
544,000 sheep. No figares are given
fot the previous: nine nor for the
last seven menths, not :any • record
for Natal. '.Pbe lose in cattboto
South Africa through the Way Cab"
Mit; howevev, have been less than:
250,0.00, and' of sheep' over a Mil-
libn, Breeding :cattle Were at one
lime killed by ,lhe thousand, so that
:oxen might be Save(1. fer transport
purposes. Eor rintnY years to come
South Africa will be ainrast wholly
dependent tipon cold -storage , for its
Meat sppplies.
4.
HORSES FOR SOUTH AFRICA
Colonel Dent Still Shipping AA
• Many as He Can Get.
Nine thousand one hundred and
eleven horses have been shipped frail
Canada to South ,Africa, for the ese
of the British army -by Col. Beat
since he Was selit out on this. mis-
eion in 1001. Last month 761 were
ehinped and Col, Dent says that he
expected to ship 800 more early in
Apri. His Ordel'S are sa1J1, us at
first, to ship all the suitable horses
heean get.
the interest of the railways as to
anyone to secure the safety o1 the
travelling public.
ElYUGPATiON A1111ANGEMP3NTS.
lianiee Smart,' Deputy .1iinister 01
the interior, 'gave eVidence before the
House Committee on AgrieUlture,and
Colonization regarding the reorgan-
ization of t,lim Canadian emigration
agencies in tbe United' Kingdom and
Europe; ••
The bead office in London is to be
removed from the office of the High
Cominissioner to a more ceetral 10 -
cation, \vivre a display. will he kept,
up of Canadian products.
,Under the High Oraninissioner, 34:r
W. T. 11, Preston will have charge of
all the British agencies and tbe ago).-
eiee in. Europe, reporting directly to
the department at Ottawa.'
In iteland the agency in Ulster' is.
placed in charge of Min (Melly,
with headquarters in: Belfast, The
DOHA agency will imam in cht-age
of '•Mr, Devlin. r.l'hc head °dice for
Scotland' will be at cliasgoW; in
charge Of Mr. Murray,
Twenty-eight local agents 'will be
located in every central 'district.
These agents are to be paid by a
commission of 17 shillings per head
on all immigrants they secure over
twelve years of age.
Mr. Grant's eervices in Scotland
bane been dispensed with.
The chief office for the West of
England will henceforth lie 'at Man-
chester instead Of Liverpool.
From his observations while in the
Old Country, Mi., Smart is of opie
ion that the British isles are Still
the most promising source of settlers
for the Dominion:
CLIMATE OF CANADA.
The capital expenditure woeld be
exceptionally large, and he expected
it to total $14,250,000. This would
include railway subsidies, iron and
steel bounties amounting to aboatt
000,000; which were for the first
time chargeable to capital accOunt,
and large sums for improving the
equipment of the Intereolonial and
for transportatien, and $950,000
for certain - awards dealt with last
session. The addition to the public:
debt at' the end of the year would
therefore amount to close upon $6,-
000,000, as against $5,420,000 dar-
ing the last year of Conservative
rule. The average apnual addition
to the public debt would then
amount to $2,798,000 as against $6,-
563,000 during the Conservative re-
gime. Mr. Fielding thee gave _figures
to show that in the per -
only 18 percent.1885 to 1890
of the capi-
tal charges was paid for out of re-
venue, and from 1891 to 1806 only
85 per coat., was ,so From
1897 to 1902, however—assuming
his estimate of the result of the pee -
Sent year'S operations to be correct
—the Government would have pro-
vided for capital and special charges
out., or revenue to the extent of 71
per cent. As to th.e next fiscal year
beginning on July 1, Mr . Fielding
saw no indications that prosperity
would riot continue. Notwithstand-
ing that the Government had been
able to meet the large capital and
special expenditures imposed upon
it, recourse had been had to tempor-
ary loans; aggregating aboutkl1,-
250,000. Having regard fo this and.
loans which 'weald shortly -mature,
the G-Overnment would shortly have
to go upon the market as borrowers.
Whether this would be done during
the present year, et next year. When
the loans inatured,would be deter-
mined later.
CATTLE, GUARDS.
The Railway Committee Met for
the first tram In the new committee
l00111.
Mr. :Lancaster'8 bin adds to the
Railway Act a Manse that no ani
. -
mats not a:Upend by law to run at
large shall he held for the purpose
of such liability to be improperly in
a place adjoining the railway, if
such animal gets upon the railway
from: t he hi ghitie.Y.. by reason di oiniS-
81011n er neglect to maintain such
cattle guards ,or fences' at the high-
way crossing, Mr. Lancaster said
the ,C.P.:11.- and G.T.R.. Were, required
Under American law to provide Cat-
tle guards, and they should not, ob-
ject to do as much, for Canadian ea
for American farmers.
There Was a lively dismission, the
friends of railways and farniete alike
aSseiting tit:Ousel:Yee With vigor, 11e,
preeentatives of municipalities, ef
the railWays, and ofthe railway
employees 'were present, In tho
course :of the diseeSeinn it Was stat-
ed that the namber of railivay Men
injured ph the railway during . the
past year , was 011, : and there were
118
The railWay argtnnefit Was that the
bill was not calculated to safeguarki
the lives Of traNellers and railway
emPlOyees, and that it Was in effeet
a. pewit= to farnierS. to get their
cattle killed at good 'prices, (Cries
.0t -ou 1 oh. 1-) 31. -was iftS much to
Col, Hughes caUed attention to. an
alleged- Statethent by Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain regarding the "terrible
elinnite of Canada."
Mr: Fielding said that all the Goa-
tegiment knew about the matter Was
the report; in the public press, 9.11‘.iy
were of the opinion that there was
Kane clerical a1'101', but if Mr. Chant-
berlain really held these views the
beet way to disabuse him would be
to send the- Canadian lady teachers
to call on him on then. way "to
Sonth Africa.
,RAVAGES OF LOCUSTS.
Before the Committee of Agricul-
ture and Colonization Prof. Fletcher;
Entomologist and Botanist at the
Experimental Farm, stated that it
had been discovered that horse man-
ure and Paris green were the most
efficacious remedy yet used to pro-
tect wheat fields in Maultoba from
the ravages of the locusts. As an
example. of -the necessity for -prompt
measures being taken by owners of
NO CHANGE IN POLICY
RING EDWARD IvritICV4$ ,PLAIN
BUITAIN'S ATTITUDE.
Del4Or es Conditions in Swath.
t Africa, But Says They Are
• Necessary,
The 0.2)e1e0.1. proverbial query, "Can
the leopard ebange his spots '?" a1) -
piles to the present political situa-
tion. The question arises from the
various rumors affectiag the policy
of the King in South Africa, and the
mratinuation 111 poiver of the Tery
Ministry, says a recent Lontiou let-
ter.
-It is only theee for whom tae wish
re father to -the thought who affect
In 800 signs of a enange. Though
the Cecil family, who are now in the
Saddle, may .be dismounted, their
successors in office wil1. still be im-
perialists and advecates of the crush-
ing out policy against the Deere,.
NO BACKWARD STEP:
• Whether the next premier be the
Duke of 1)evoashire or Earl Rose-
bery, Balfour or Cbamberlain, 110
backward step is considered pro-
bable. The States once coatrolled by
Kruger and Steyn are now parts of
the Bintish empire, and the dictum
"to have and to held!' Must con-
tinue to be the policy of British
Ministers, if, with popular feeling
unchanged, they expect to remain in
-office.
It is evident that tbe people, par-
liament and the colonies stand to-
gether on this issue, and the indica-
tions are that should' a general elec-
tion be called to -morrow imperial-
ism and all that it means --war,
bloodshed and ruinous expencli tures
--would receive popular approval.
'WOLSELEY STORY SCOUTED.'
In Ministerial cireles sneering, ex-
pressicias are made to 'arsiver the re-
ports that Field Marshal : Wolseley
goes to the Cape 0.8 1.1)0 King's - en-
voy; to look oyer the field and .
port on peace measeina. King ti
.1;e - „Machine and boiler shop will be a
ward is hardly the 1111111 to emplo''yi quarter of a. mile in leagth.
NEWS ITE
Telegraphic Briers From All
Over the Globe.
CANADA,
Stratford Board of Trade has bee
•nirgaitized,
An American plough firm may es-
tablish a big,lactory at Paris, Ont,
The CorE
n xchange is opposed to
having a bar the new Montreal
Board. of Trade.
Fire destroyed tile (1,,P.A. freight
sheds at Wingdpeg and. a large con,
sigunient of gaimis.
.Miss Mary 3400.56/),
Ville nurse, took poison in mistake
Int meglitine with fatal 011001.8,alre. Wm, Hendrie 11118 offered to
build a nurses' home at the Hamil-
ton Hospital, at a cost of 38,000.
Mr. George Whiteman of Winhipeg,
e, i tor at; resi deuce of Mr .
John McMillan, Hamilton, is ill with
smallpox.
The 0.1'31. has given an order to
the Hochelaga shops for 20 first,'
class cars and 1,000 eddllional box
cars and six sleepers.
Rev, Father Walsh, Who struck a
601.11)10e of .young ladies in Stratford
with a- cane, was fined 340 and costs
• in the. Police Court.
The Manitoba Government will
again increaSe the price of that
Province's lands 0.1101.0.01'r
half dolla
all acre the iirst of April.
Ciergue, Says that his11)11-
ing•. , which begin. wOrk next
mentle haveuffi
scient orders for the
Canadian market to, keep them busy
to the end of the Year.
The new Canadian Pacific shops at
Hoch.elaga will probably comprise
tiaelve or foueteen buildings, and the
on such mission what the cabinet
There are many more applications
a
clientele calla a discredited soldier, , for admission to the 'Kingston Dairy
Minh as Edward . desires to have
.1-3chool than. can be accepted. and
the empire at peace at the thee of though the attendance is now 115
his coinuation, he hesitates to flout it is necessary to provide Still more -
i -, • • t , , b • t . a,- t IAlO !accommodation.
former cOmmander-in-chief any nds- Mr. Charles Jolly, residing on the to 35 years. In he tgeneral. course
sion that carries with it a reffection mmuitain brow near Hamilton, fired. 222 students come from. the Provnice
on the Salisbury Government, The a gun at a party of young 121011 who of Ontario (43 counties being repre-
situation is too . delicate for active were annoying him by their :noise. seated), 27 from the other province
or exasperating endeavor, and Ed- Two of the young men were wound- of the Dominion, 7 from England, '3
ed, one in the face. from jam:ilea, 4 from the United
States, 14 from the Argentine Re -
GREAT BRITAIN.
ubli,c, one each from Asia 3Ifitiora
Fiji has sent £250 towards .the 'Scotland, Mantitius, and Sweden.
orchards against the San J ose
are lowering and inflamma.ble. China, National Memorial to Queen Vie- Eighty of tile Ontario students on
scale Prof. Fletcher cited the case {Turkey, the Balkans, Afghanistan thrift, - the roll in 1901. Were sent to the
and Persia demand unremittieg dip- Alien immigration and ite evils are college as nominees of County Coun-
cils, which, under the Act, have tie* .
right to send to the college, free of
tuition fees, one nominee each . yeara
G It:SEPAL,
,81.11110 of farm. labor
spreading" through Italy.
'1110 PariSlau police foil* ns
increased ,'by 011e thousand Men"
Thre,e Ofilcials are on trial at Ronp,
eliftl'ged with theft from the Arati("44
treasury.
In a collision between lish boat*,
near Nazatvtli, elevem'
Men NVQI'D drolV1i0(1.
•The King of Siam will make
tour this summer of Europe,
Ameriea and jaPari.
'
Twenty casts (4 hubonit pitty,a, ,,tto
('epo). ed frau). Sydney, N,$.1V, There
is a crusade there against rats,
'Ph() Afghan army 18 in a state of/
imaibordination, owing' to arrears oil
pay. Only the Amoco's body- guard
leas been paid -
An Ameriean syndicate will build
a metropolitan railway iv, St. Pet-
ersburg to supersede the horse cars,
at a nniSt of $40,000,000,
As ltfissict's activity in the Pass
East is curbed by the Aeglo-Japita.
ese treaty, it is feared in. liana, slid
will renew her intrigues in Afghanis -
cabman in Paris ia an effort ta
find a Woman whose purse, contain.
ing $140, he had found, Jost a half a;
fdla.oy'trist-ihaeolg•k,ratbelfittii iois•eefiused a reward'
An agreement has been concluded
between Persia and Rus,sia by whict
Persia gets a loan of 10,000,000
roubles and • Russia a. eoncession
over a new road. from Tabriz to
heran.
LEARNING 110W TO FARM.
Students at Guelph From All Cor.
ners of the Earth.
The annual report of the Ontariel
Agricultural College at Guelph hag
just been issued, and shows thil
281 students were registered for the!
general course last year, 80 in the
dairy course and 22 in the special-
ists' course, For the three short
eourses, stock judging, poultry raise,
ing, and domestic acienee, 344 ad -s
ditional students were registered.
The avetag.e of age was tweet
years, and the gamut ran from 16i
ward vih1 hardly invite a conflict of
policy with his official advisers, •
PERIL IN OTHER Q. -GARTERS.
Moreover, the conditions abroad
of an orchard of 20,000 trees; the
Miler of which neglected to take ac-
tive measures'wnen the past first ap-
peztredza few years ago. When be
visited it last fall every tree was af-
fected and many were dead. Whale
oil or soap, crude petroleum, and
fumigation with hydrodyanic gas
were the three remedies 'width Prof -
Fletcher regarded as most efficacious.
•
• REBATES PAID LAST 'YEAR.
Rebates were paid to agricultural too, firmly stands against conces-
implement manufacturers last year I sion to the Boers. Recently the Free English crime statisticsshow that ! the second reading of the Aged Pu -
01113111 granting deserving poor,
convietions of persons who bare had i
account of exports from Canada, Masons of Switzerland, through the
as follows:—Massey-Harris Com-
pany, Toronto, $49,781; Verity Plow
Company; 33,165; Noxon Bros., In-
gersoll, 31,361; Mann Manufactur-
ing Company, Brockville, $265;
Hamilton Manufacturing Company,
'Peterborough, $6.
CANADA TEMPERA..NCE ACT,
Mr. Flint introduced a bill "to
amend the Canada Temperance Act,
and Acts in amendment thereof."
Mr. Charlton agreed tp second it,
and the bill wets given its first read-
ing.
Mr. Flint promised to explain the
scope of the Measure the next time
it comes up.
NEW BANK.
Incorporation of the Crown Bank
of Cana.cht to do a general banking
business-, is sought by, Messrs. H.
R. Hardy, M. P. Davis, Ottawa,
Lieut. -Col. J. A. McGillivray, To-
ronto, W. Vandusen, and Senator
James McMullen. •
PURCHASING SUPPLIES.
The Public Accounts Committee and the right in war that all enemy
• examined* Dr. Martineau, medical
seperintendent of the quarantine
station at Grosse Isle, with refer-
lomatic attention, and the king is to be considered by a hoyal Com -
wise enough to discern tbat political mission in London.
strife at home is perilous wMle 'the ,The Lairds of Birkenhead are llOW
powers; though openly declaring oi
c -a-''' in the held to compete with Belfast
diality of feeling, are still menacing-
ly alert in watching for any happen. I and Clyde shipbuilders..
Lord • Kelvin, the most famous
ing that might embroil the empire.
it Wientist, will visit_ America shortly
Recurring to Wolseley's trip,
can be said that unless King Edward to °beery° electrical advance.
has had a remarkable cbange of Thomas 3,1. Smith. barrister, - Chis -
heart within the last few weeks, he, wick, was. struck olT the rolls for mis-
appropriation of client's monies.
4
OLD -AGE PENSIONS.
,
Reading, of Bill ill Britieh House:
• of Commons.
A London despatch says :—Thn
House of Commons to -day presented
Alpine 'Lodge at Zurich, petitioned
the British rel.er in a fraternal mes-111;ae\,-thus criminal incolais is increas-
sage to the London lodge for aboill Tbe newest and greatest orchid on
tion of th.e concentration camps and , exhibition at. the Royal Horticul-
for better treatment of the Boers. 'tural Society in Loadon has been
The - letter went to the Eaglish
Grand- Lodge, of which the Duke of named Edward VII
Coneanght is now .Master, and the II .Bislaell jear Dunne, ' who distinguished
Duke held a conference, with the um. at the Battle_9f..Colenaso:. is.
King on the subject: to leave the army. lie is stunning
•
ROYAL REPLY TO MASONS.
After mature consideration King
Edward, whose fraternal title is Pa -
'from valvidav disease of the heart.
The Royal Geographical Society
Las voted the Royal medal to Briga-
tron of British Free Masons, ordered dier-General Sir F. D. Lugard for
an exhaustive reply to be drawn up. his exploratiOne in tropical Africa.
This reply received bis official sane- The Royal Humane Society has
tion, and it carried additleinal weight awarded the Stanhope medal (for the
from. the fact that it was his :first best ease of saving life during the
Public declaration on the South year) to Commander A. C. Lowry,
African war. . of the Royal Navy.
The letter declared that the British
bad not violated the laws of wer ; Baroness BodneY, London. hes ob-
tained a. divorce from her husband,
that the Iloors theinselveshad and captain Kingscote-ent a divorce
ed the necessity for the concentra- from his wire, who betrayed her
tion camps ; that the mortality,
lilt• by talking in lair sleep.'
while deplorable, was something for -
which Britain could not be held re- The great munber 91' foreign
princes anti ambassadors who will
sponsible; that it is the principle
- be present: at tile coronation is
plitting the Court officials at their
wits! end to find lodgings, and many
offers of rooms from the best fam-
ilies .are being thankfully accepted.
Once to the system of purchasing abandoned the Boers Lo the horrors
supplies for the station. Mr: Taylor of famine.
DEFENCE OF THE ARMY. UNITED STATES.
examined the witnesses. Dr. Marti-
neau testified that moet of the stip- %he letter further deplored•the,soa The insurance companies have paid
plies were .bought front local dealers, Madan malicious reports aftecting .e4,011,000 on the $6,000,000 lire
a list of whom were furnished to Min Brialtin that prevailed throughout at Paterson N. 3.
by the Government. Two steam- the continent, justified the war ,••in
boats are kept at the station for general and defended the British
the purpose of visiting Mein:ping army from the reproach of cruelty.
steamers. Dr. Martineau gave evi- While the Swiss 'Masons were
dence nt coneiderable length with sbocked at this royal letter, the mis-
reference to the prices paid for sup- sive showed clearly the attitude of
plies. He WaS 1:0 admit King Edward, and if he has elmaged
that in any iestance these prices hie mind in regard to making con -
were extravagant or that an exees- cessions to the fighting- burghers it
sive quantity was used. Eggs at may be set down as a wonderful 0e -
20c a dozen struck him us being vulsion in feeling.
about the right thing.
Col. Thompson asked him if he
thought the hens were thorough-
brliicl:...Martineau Waslinable to give
.a,ny information on this point. He
expressed the opinion that on the
whole the supplies could be purchaS-
nd cheaper from .,the local dealers
than they coUld be :firelight • from.
Quebec,- en account Of the distance.
• Mr. Ewalt, chief architect of the
Public .Works Department; Was ex,
pained- by Mr. 11'enip with reference
to a boiler at Grosse Isle, for
which $81 WaS paid; :Mr. Kemp was
under the irepressien that this was a
Standard boiler, for Which the re-
gatta' price was $37. The witness
explained that this paaticalar boiler
Was epecially made.
should be deprived' of all means of
subsistence, and that it was am
honor to Great Britain not to have
4
$20,000 FOR M'GILL.
W, Macdonald Adds to Fig
Many Gifts.
A :Montreal tlespetch. say::—Sir
WM. Macdonald has added to his
many gifts to McGill University by
giving $20,000 toward the library
fund or the 11111 versify, which will
now be largely increased.
TO OUTFIT RURAL CORPS.
Modern Rifles and Equipment to
be Issued.
An Ottawa -despatch says;—It is
notified that Lee -Enfield rifles and
Oliver equipment ,will -be 'issued, up-
on requisition, to rural regiments,
provided district officers commando
ing certify. that all the officers cein-.
lalandilig companies have' suitable
armoires at company headquarters
in which to store them anti that
the efficiency or all the conraanies is
sueli as to ensure their being pro-
perly cared ror.
This certificate is to be appended
:to all requisitions ill the handwrit-
ing or the district officer. command-
ing himself.
DUFFERIN LEFT £108,548;
Will of Former Governor-General
of Canada.
A London despatch says (—The
Will of the late Marquis Of Bt.:aerie,
who died February 12 last, was pro-
bated on Wednesday. The estate is
valued at st1084548,,
persous a pension of from live to a
seven shillings weekly, at the age 0g
65. It is estimated that thesum a
L10,000,000 will be required annual-
ly to pay. the pensions, the national
exchequer and the local authorities ,
each providing half the amount. re-
quired.
As the Government at this session
declared it could not provide RS
share, the scheme is not likely to
become effective. •
BODYGUARD OF CYCLISTS.
Lord Xilnees Mounted Escort at
Johannesburg.
A despatch to the London Daily
Mail from Johannesburg states that
eyclists take the place of the ordin-
ary' incranted escort which lista-My
surrounds the High 'Commissioner •
when he takes his rides abroad.. Re- •
fore Lord Milner's carriage Tide first.
of all two mo'untedorderlies armed
with rifles, neXt" collie, two cyclists
in mufti, then abreast- of the car- ;
riage tive mote, cyclists, while two.
more.bring up the rear.
The report that the doctors who
attended the late President: MeKin-
ley charged $100,000 is denied ;
they charged only $50,000.
The latest statistica of the emit -
A union steam railroad station mon schools for colored children in
will be built. at Washiegton, DC., the United States are :—Negro chia,
of white marble, costing $5,000,000.
Agricultural 111.021 predict swarms of
grass -hoppers for the for western
States this summer.
The United -States is prepared to
retaliate on Germany by excluding
her wines and malt liquors; from the
country.
The U.S. War Department will
send soldiers to the 'Danish West
Indies to establish a. garrison when
tbe 'Linden States takes formai pos-
session.
• Li Sing, it Boston Chinaman, left
his widow two milliondollars on
his death, Ills remains are being
conveyed ' back to Canton, China;
'via Montreal, Vaiicouver, and the
Empress of India. Mrs. Li is accom-
panying them.
On Thursday a, horse in Middleton,
N.Y., kicked a dog With ceinion ball
force against the leg al' D. L. Black,
who was standing oa the side or the
street. and broke both bones of
DinciFrieg, while the. dog Ives, un-
hurt.
A bill appropriating $100,000,000
for the censtrection of good roads
throughout the United States was.
introdueed in the House on Wednes-
day by Representative Otey, of
Virginia. The money is to be ap-
portioned amo-ng the various:States.
Br. Taylor, of the North Caro-
lina Board of Medical. Examiners
and his entire family were poisoned
by Coffee and hash, 'containing ma
seine, put there by lames Welker, a
negro driver, who had often threat -
coed to kill the negro nurse. The
faxhily Were saved,
dren of school age, 2,912,910; num-
ber of these enrolled in schools, 1,-
511,618; average daily attendance,
969,011 ; number of colored teach-
ers, 28,560.
bronze tablet now marks the
spot where the body of President
McKinley lay in state in the city of
Buffalo, in the lower corridor of the
Clay Hall. The inscription on it is
as follows 1—"Here lay in state the
body of William McKinley, President
of the United States, September
1.51.0., 190L"
• The nut -cracking industry of St.
Louis gives employment t� over 1,-
500, people: The nut -crackers are
driven by electricity, each nut being
fed individually into, the crusher.
After the shells are creeked the mita
are winpowed by en air -blast and
the meat is piCked from the crushed
shelle by hand.
Owieg to:5 the depleted condition of
the city. treasury Chicago is threat-
ened with an epidemic of typhoid
fever. According to a recent bulletin
of the Health Department there Ilea
been no sewer -flushing rain i12 the
city since last October. Tit Nevelt-
ber sewer-fiushing was suspended for
lack of funds.
Of the eight locomotives building
colmerns in the United States the
most important is the •13tildw1n
works at Philadelphia, whi c h com-
pleted the seventieth yeer of their
existence last Week: Miring this pe -
rind the works turned out 20,000
loecatotives. Last year, out of 8,-
600 locomoti YON 0.011 1. 112 the Ilifited
Statea, the Ilaidwins prodeced 1,-
440, or 40 per emit. of the whole,