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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-5-1, Page 2LIE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc 'in Trade Centres. Toronto, April 29.-W1ueat-No. 3. Northern, tiele bid spot North Bay, and No. 2 Northern 80c bid N. 11., without Wee, Ontario 51:14b. red winter onered at 74c outside, with bid, end 78e bid middle :freights. No. 2 white, 73c bid 0.1s. 11, east, .73e bid on Miciland, turd 780 bid on .Trunk west, with sellers at 74e: No. 2 mixed offered. at 74c middle freight, with 711c bid, end ealee bid for t1,000 bushels on Mid - lane. No. 2 goose oirered at 68e middle freight, now shipped to St. John, without bids. Barley -No. 8 offered at 50c mid- dle freight on Paeffic, without; bids. Pea -No. 2 white sold at 790 high freights for one car. Gats -No: 2 white, 40ec bid in buyers' sacks, low freight to New York, and 41ec bid east, with sel- lers at 41ec middle freight, now shipped to Montreal. White Maui- toba feed, 45e bid North Bay. No. 8 Ontario white offered ret 40eo mid- dle freight. No, 2 mixed, 42ec bid, Toronto; they offered ist 40c high freights, while 40e was bici middle freights, Porn -A car of No. 2 yellew soid at 58c west, and the market closed with 57Sic bid; No. 9 mixed, 57o bid west. Rye -No. 2 offered. at, 57c middle freight, now shipped to Portland, and 56-ec was bid middle freight oa Pacific. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dried A.pples-The market is dull, with small lots selling at 5* to 5Se. Evaporated, 10 to 10ee. Hops -Trade is quiet, with prices steady at 13c; yearlings, 8c. Honey -The market is dull at 9* to 10c for strained; combs, $1.15 to 5e.25 per dozen. Maple syrup -Market quiet, with prices unchanged. Pure (new :make) imperial gallons, 90 to 95c; old, as to quality, 75 to 80e, Sugar, 9e. Beans -The market is dull. Prices, $1 to $1.15 per bushel, as to qual- ity. Haudpicked, 31.25 to $1.30. Hay, baled -The market is firm, with fair demand. Timothy, $10.50 to $10.75, on track for No. 1. Straw -The market is quiet. Car lots on track quoted at $5 to $5.50; the latter for No. 1. Poultry -Receipts are small. We quote: -Fresh killed turkeys. 13 to 15c per /Tr; chickens, 75c to Si. Ducks, 95c to $1. Geese, 8 to 10c per lb. Potatoes -The market is firm, with car lots quoted at 67 to 70c per bag, on track, and sznall lots at e0e. THE DAIRY MARICETS. Butter -The receipts are fair, and prices generally are steady. We quote: -Choice 1 -lb rolls, 1.8 to e9c; choice large rolls,.17 to 18c; second grades, rolls and tubs, 17 to 18c; low grades, 12e. Creamery prints in fair supply at 22 to 22ic; solids, 20 to 21c. Eggs -The market is steady, with a good demand. Prices unchanged at 12le per dozen. Cheese -Market is firm; finest Sep- tember, 12c; under grades, 10Se. to 11c; new, llec. HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs are unchanged. Hog products in fair demand, and firm. We quote: Bacon, long clear, 10c in ton and case lots. Mess pork, 821; do., short cut, $22 Smoked Meats -Hams, 13c; break- fast bacon, 14c; rolls, 110; backs. 14 to 14ic; and shoulders. 10S.c. Lard -The market is unchanged, with good demand. We quote: - Tierces, 11 to 11ec; tubs, 11.,ec; pails, 1.1ec; compound, 9 to 9.Sc. UNITED STATES MARKETS. . Milwaukee, April 29. - Wheat- - Higher; No. 1 Northern, 77c; No. 2 do, 76e; July, 781c, Rye -Steady, No. 1, 50c. Barley -Firm; No. 2, 70c; sample, 60 to 69ec. Corn - July, 65c. Minneapolis, ,April 29. -Wheat clos- ed -May, 7511c; July, 77.1-c; on track,. No. 1 hard, 79f,c; No. 1 Northern, 761,c; No. 2 Northern, 75e. Higher; first patents, $4.10 to 54.20: second do, $3.95 to $4.05; first clears, 531 second clears, $2.25 to 52.85. 'Bran -In. bulk, $14 to, $14.50.. Duluth, April 29. -Wheat closed - Cash, No. 1 hard, 79/c; No. 1 Nor- thern, 76ec; No. 2 Northern, nee; May, 76ec; July, 771c; Manitoba, No 1 Northern, cash, 75.ec; May, 75;Ic; No, 2 Northern, 73*c. Oats -46. Corn -64e, Buffalo, April 20. -Flour -Firmer, Wheat -Spring easy; No. 1 Northern, carloads, 81 c. Corn -Unsettled; No. 2 white, 501c; No. 8 do., 50c; No. 2 mixed, 471c asked; barley, 68. to 69c spot. -11ye-No offerings. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. At the market to -day there was a lighter local enquiry, because the butchers say their customers will not pay the enhanced prices. C1ood to choice shipping cattle was .-sworth-sfrem 5 to 6c pea pound; for a few extra prime selection!: from 15 to ..]Sc more per cwt was paid, For good to Ghoice butcher cattle prices range from 4 to 5ee per pound; for picked lots from 10 to Ific more per csvt was realized, but 5,1,0 was the practically top price for good butcher stuff. A Tarp proportion of to -day's re- ceipts Were composed of stockers, Which are. Warta from $8.15 to $8.50 per Mt, Calves are sidling- cheap, at from $2 to $5 each for common to good, and up to $8 each for choice. Real- ly good vera calves are wan•ted. There is no change in other grades. "Small stile" is not quotably changed. • Spring lands are Worth from $11 to $5 each. Yearling larebe sell at from $5.50 to 56.50 per cwt. THE 'Ammo pAni [Awn Bucks sell et from 81 to 4e per X. Export ewes are fe•tehiale from 8e to dec per lb. Following is the range of quota - Cattle. Shippers, per cwt ,$5.00 $6.25 Do., light ... 4.25 4,75 Butcher, choice.,. 5.00' . 5.50 Butcher, ord, to good. e.00 4.50 Butcher, inferior.,. 8.50 8.75 Stockers, per cwt... 2.50 8,75 Sheep and Lembs. Choice ewes, per Mt- 8.75 4,50 Yearlings, per cwt.., 5.50 6.50 Spring lambs, each 2.00 5.00 Bucks, per cwt 3.50 4.00 -4 CORONATION PREPARATIONS Londop. is Getting Ready for the Big Sfrow. A Loirdon despatch says: -Prepar- ations for the coronation are now visible throughout the capital. The route of the procession has been to a great extent repaved. Ou this itin- erary there are countless signs of seats for sale, and enormous wooden stands kere springing up. One. of the largest of these, which is in- tended for the nation's guests, is now halt Aniseed on Constitution Hill. It will accommodate from 7,- 000 to 8,000 people, The hospital buildings and churches are already clothing themselves with lofty tiers of sitting accommodations, from which they hope to ine,ke much pro- fit. Already illuminated mottoes in gas showing the znonograms E, R. and A. R., and "God Save the King and Queen," have been fixed in thous ands in the doorways of hotels. The greet private houses in the West End are being repainted, each selecting colors of its own choice. SEAL CATCH A FAILURE. Season at an End, and Reports Are Discouraging. • A Vancouver, 13.0., despatch says: -The sealing season on the coast ended this week, and it is anticipated front thereports so far received that it will be almost a total failure. Early in the sertem the rough. wea- ther interfered with the sealers, and during the past month. Although but one has been heard from, the owners do not think they cam make up for the time lost. From advices received from Kakadote, it would ap- pear that tire sealers over there have also fared badly, Two Victoria ves- sels have put into the Japanese port with their boats smashed, and with catches of 100 and 50, respectively. ALL THEATRES TO CLOSE. King Will Pay the Employees on Coronation Day. A London despatch says :-The Lord Chamberlain has sent a, cir- cular to managers of the London theatres, requiring those nieces of amusement to be closed on corona- tion day and the day after. It is understood that the King has ar- ranged that the employees will not suffer through the closing of the theatres. .4 - FIRES SERIOUS IN RUSSIA, A Fireman Watches in a Tower to See the Blaze. When a, fire occurs in St. Peters- burg, the nearest citizen doesn't step to a red box and ring in an alarm for the engines by electricity. They haven't advanced so far yet. The Russian systeni of spreading news of a are is the most primitive in Europe. They don't send out any fire alarm at all in St. Petersburg until the yre has blazed out. fierce and etrong. In fact the fire department doesn't know it. One fireman comprises in himself the St. Petersburg alarm sys- tem. .At all times a fireman is on duty in the city hall tower. He watches the city and when -a Ere burns up he notices it, or is expected to do so. If it is in the daytime he runs up a number of black balls on the outside of the tower. If it is in the night he uses red lanterns instead of the balls. The number of the balls or lanterns indicates the district in which the fire is. On seeing the sig- nal the firemen turn out. Naturally this method is not pro- ductive of great speed in reaching the fire. Froxn twenty minutes to half an hour is good tinte, unless the lire occurs quite near an engine company's quarters. The result is that the citizens- of St. Petersburg try to do most of the fire extin- guishing themselves and as there is no order and no discipline the wild- est confusion usually prevails. At every hint of a fire no :natter how slight, the neighbors begin at once to strip their homes of everything of value. The police make no attempt to establish fire lines, so the :nob hampers the firemen rather than helps them. . . But all this is nothing beside the excitement of the progress of the en- gine -there are seventy-four pieces of apparatus and 1,027 firemen in the city -to the fire. • In snowtinie the engines travel on runners instead of wheels. Beside the driver sits a man ringing a big bell to warn other ve- hicles to keep out of the way. After the engine five tendess follow, one after the other. One carries the hose another a. Water tank, Then come three more all filled with firemen In the last 'century Russia, has lost property to the amount of $15,000,- 000,000 by fire. The lose averages $150,000,000 a year. , AeSIGN OF INDIGNATION "It's a shame 1" exelaireed Wan- dering Mike, as he tossed the piece of newspaper from him. "What was you roadie' about ?" asked Plodding Peter: "Dose donations by Andrew Carne- gie, It's a, shame to be spendin' So much Money for libraries when dey erten' be bestial cook books fur seine o' deer-, jails We have to stop at," ams or ruomrinNos IN waz FEDERAL HOUSE. seee. TELEPHONE COMPANIES; Mr % Morrison was infermed by Mr. Fisher that there are 55 telephone companies in the Dominion, of Can- ada, of whieh 44 aro in operation, 25 in, Quebec, sown in Ontario, siar in Nova Scotia, five in New 33i -ups - wick, eight la British Columbia, two in the Northwest Territories, and One in Prince; Edward. Island. Mr. Fisher was unable to state the mile, age or the capitalization of eech eomPany. Ile gavo the mileage of the Bell Telephone Company as 94,- 314. This company operates in Quebec, Ontario, Menitoba, end the Northweat Territories. It has no unissued stock. The total telephone nillea,ge for the Dominiou is 113,294. THE YUICON BILLS. • Theee bills were introduced by Mr. Sifton. The first: "To amend the Yukon Territory Act, " provides that weer° an ordinance of the Gov- ernor-ia-Council conflicts with air or- dinance of the Oommissioner4n- Counell, that passeci by the Geyer - nor -in -Council shell prevail. It also hands over to the local council of the Territory the control and regula- tion of the sale of intoxicating li- quor in the territory, but doee not dorsi in any way with the manufac- ture of liquor in the territory. A further provision is that in future the number of elective representa- tives its the local council shall be five. Mr, R. L. Borden -Of how many Toesmb?ers will the coned'. be com- ed Mr. Silton-There are five appoin- tive members, and there, will now be flee elective membess. The second. bill introduced by Mr. Sifton is "To amend the Dominion Lands Aet.e It provides that here- after sales of land and homestead entries, granted in the territories, shall be subject to the provision that the Governor LI the territories may open a road not more than 66 feet wide, and ,comprising not more than five per cent. ol the particulat land in question without paying any- thing for the right of way. Me. Sifton's third bill is entitled "An Act further to amend the Act respecting the North-West Territor- ies." It hands over to the Legisla- tive assemblies of the Territories the power to pass ordinances in regard to road allowances which have been handed over to the Teeritorial Gov- ernment. NIAGARA POWER. The Private Bills Committee con- sidered the bill to incorporate the Toronto and Niagara Power Com- pany. The incorporators are James Ross, of Moatreal, and William Mac- kenzie, al. M. Pellatt, Fred, at. Nish - oils, and S. G. Beatty, of Toronto. They ask for power to acquire and -utilize water and steam power to compress air or generate electric and other power and energy, and distri- bute the same, and to contract with any company building a bridge across the Niagara River to carry electric power across the bridge and connect with wires on the United States side, and to take stock in any corporation uslag or supplying water in Niagara, or Welland River, or engaged in tee use of power, light or heat. A. clause was introduced making it clear that power privileges could not be expropriated by the company. The clause of the Railway Act relat- ing to the acquisition of lands, sur- veys, and plans, and expropriation of lands, was incerporated in the bill, this including the amendment made to the Railway Act in 1899 for the protection of highways, and requiring the consent of the munici- palities. A further clause in regard to fences arid the protection of pro- perty crossed by the company's lines is to be drafted by the chairman, The clause relating to "unneces- sary" damage was amended so as to make tho. company liable for all damage done in connection with the company's works. The clause' re- garding the directors was amended by providing that a majority of the direct ors must be British subjects. The bill was then reported. ROCKY 1410UNTAINS PARK. Mr. Sifton introduced a bill "To amend the Rocky Mounating Park Act, 1887." At present the park comprises 260 square iniles, or 166,- 400 acres. With the proposed addi- tion it will be 4,900 square miles, or 8,136,000 acres. Alongside of this in the railway belt in British Columbia there has also been set apart under the name of .Yoho Park, 882 square miles, or 582,480 acres. YUKON TERRITORY. Mr. Sifton introduced a. hill "Re- specting the representation of the Yukon Perritory in the Ilouse of Commons." It. provides that the Yukon Torritory in the Malec of in the House of Commons by onel member. Voters will require a reale dential qualification such es now pre- vails in the North-West Territories - The bill does not fix the date at which the election is to be held. but; Mr. Sifton explained that this would be inserted in committee: 'MG TELEPHONE SILL. The Bell Telephone Bill was up i before the Senate sub -committee, when a whole batch of tech:ease amendments Were propmed. Sona of them were carried and eome were defeated. The main point at issue Was the control of rates by the Governor-General. It Was accepted by the committee and' formulated in eitiese which was eatisfaetory 10 theft representing the municipalitica It is provided that, the rates 111 eny munieipaiity may be he:versed or diminished from those now existieg upon the application of the cams pany or any interested municipality, Itt caxe of midi applieation the Governor-General is to cOMMISsion a judge to make the enquiry and revert, whether such hi:armee or diminution should be Made, The judge may compel the attendance of Witnesses iineer oeth, and require the production of books and. papers. Contra of ratealso Means control of Charges for lorigedistanCe lees- segese FRENCH CANADIANS.. ra,rty Loam, to Take UP Land. Near Prince Albert. A, despatch from Montreal Says :- Rev. Father Vachin and a con - sidereal° party of French Camelia:as from the New England States left for the North-West on Thursday by the Canadian Pacific:, They were all mill heeds, and go to take up farm land near. Prince Albert. e atter Blair, who went with •a large party a month ago, will shortly, return Eiist, and proceed to the New Eng - States • for the purpose: of selecting delegates from the principal manu- facturing centres, who will. proceed to the Canadian wheat belt, inspect the areas for sale, and report to their companions who aro desirous of being repatriated. He says there aro thousands of Canadians working in the cotton and silk mills desirous of returning to the Canadian North-West. Most of them have saved money arid would make excellent settlers. THE CAPE BRETON STATION Work on Marconi's Establishment Progressing Rapidly. A Halifax. N.S,, despatch says: - N. A. Rhodos of the Rhodes Curry Company, contractor for Merconi's Table Head station in Cape Breton, is in the city. Mr. Rhodes was at Table Wad, Glace Bay, a few. days ago, and says the work on the Mar- coni saltier' is progressing well. The Rhodes Curry Compeny are building a dwelling for the manager of the station, a workshop and engine - house, and will erect four towers each 210 feet in height. It is ex- pected the station will be equipped and in working order by Coronation Day. LARGE IRISH IMMIGRATION. Big Parties Leave West of Ireland, Lately. A London despatch says: -Emigra- tion from, the West of Ireland to Am- erica is assuming what is called "alarming proportions." During the last fortnight hundreds of emigrants have passed through Limerick on their way to Cork. Two special trains from Portarlington carried 'nearly 1,800 emigrants, mostly young persons of both sexes, while other parties of 200 or more had gone on board the steamer. SEALERS NEARLY 'STARVE. Leave Schooner in. Ice Floe and Travel Over the Ice. A St. John, Mid., despatch says: -A party of 22 mon belonging to the sealer Kite left her in. an ice floe off the northern coast, she being short of provisions. They tra.veled 100 miles, having only two pounds of bread apiece. They were four days and nights on the way. Some of the party broke down from weakness and othersaaached the settlement al- most starved. Relief was sent to the weaklings. Apprehension is felt for their safety. 4. A NOBLE BANKRUPT. Marquis of Queensberry Ran Through a Princely Fortune. A London despatch says:' -Tho ex- aminer in bankruptcy of the Marquis of Queensberry showed that he ran through sepal property to the value 2266,000 and the Glen Stuart es- tate of 500 acres. When he succeed- ed to the marquisate in 1900 he had anticipated his interest in the estate to the extent of 2 106.235.. The marquis lost between 260,000 and 2100,000 in speculation. RUSSIAN ARMY RESTLESS. Sedition Among the Officers and. .A. St. PetersbuiVirgendespittch printed in the Sla,v, news :Meet published in Vienna, is quoted by the Londoe correspondent of the Times in the Austrian capital. The despatch says serious symptoms of a -revolutionary agitationhave appeared both in the ranks end among the officers of the Ruseian army. Students, especially women, ere actively promoting the re•volutionary propaganda. among the troops, It; is said a secret organie- titian. among some of the• officers has been discovered. A. letter flame Tolstoi to Sergt. de- elaring that soldiers must not be- tray thei•r duty to God and man, is CHINESE REBELS DEFEATED Were Scattered and Their Leader ,a e risoner. A Hong Kong •despatch- Says:-Ad- vice.e received here on Friday .froin We o, . date o ..uesf April 22 announce that a Woody battle was then proceeding betweeti a force of Imperial troops on their way to Nan Nieg and a large force of rebels, The Imperial army al - tacked the leeelle' .encarripment in the Wu Chang hills, brought tip two Max tine and two twerveepounders, and finally et:lettered the rebele and cap- tured leader, Rung Yung Seng, Wha wee womided. Subeequently the rebels captured two village!: on the outskirts Nan Ning, atal establish- ed theie headguartere in• these vii - AUSTRALIA comns 114., Has Givers Her Aelliesien te Penny Postage; A. London despatea Says treats has given her adhesion to tbe Imperial penny postage system. She has held aloof, hitherto, On the plea that aclherieg to the systeeS Would result loss of revenue, RUSSIA AND JAPAN, Both Sides Are Preparing for a it A W. Victoria, siito.rdCuit,:cl,lees.portte exasrosrlt-h China Daily News, in an interview given here, says that war between Japan and Russia is considered he- evitesble not only by the Japanese, 'but also by the Russians, ad all residents on the Siberian coast or thereabouts, Enormous preparations are being made at Port Arther and elsowbere in Siberia, fortifications are progressing end troops massed, and Japan is also ready, In the course of the interview the editor said: -"Both the Russians and the Japanese regard war as in- evitable. The Anglo -Japanese Alli- ance will probably have the effect of delaying the occurrence, but We trend of opinion is that it must come sooner or later. The Japanese are preparing as well as Russia., and they aro ready to do battle at a moment's notice. •Thesr liege spies dressed as Chinese throegh Man- churia, and Siberia, and bave °aches of dynenate ready to blow up the Russian railway and its bridges at a given signal." He says the Fauprese Dowager has not changed her attitude towards foreigners, but now tho Chinese Gov- ernment believes that it is only by causation and Western methods of warfare that this object can be ac- complished, and this is why the Em- press Dowager is now favoring edu- cation, merely as a, means to accom- plish that which Boeerism failed to do, THE MERCHANT MARINE. Admiralty Appoints Commission of Enquiry. A London despatch says :-In the House of Commons on Thursday the Secretary of the Admiralty, Hegel 0. Arnold -Forster, replying to a ques- tion, said the Admiralty was • con- sidering the whole matter of ship sebsidiee, with the view of defining the rights of the Admiralty in the event of contingencies arising, such as the suggested shipping combine. When the present form of agreement, was settled upon, no trade combina- tions under foreign control wore contemplated, but the Admiralty had appointed a committee to consider and report on the purpose and forni of future subsidy agreements. The Admiralty in the meanwhile had made arrangements with the White Star Line which preclude the pos- sibility of any of their armed cruis- ers or merelmale steamers being trensferred to a foreign flag without the consent of the Admiralty during tho unexpired portion of the Admir- alty agreements. Important legal points were in- volved, including the questions whether, in the event of war, -there was anything to prevent these com- panies from substituting a foreign for the British flag at short notice, and whether the Admiralty has the means of enforcing its right of pre- emption or hire in such case ; or if, by abandoning the subvention, the companies could claim the right of pre-emption ceased. All such points would be carefully considered, and the Admiralty's rights would be as- certained. DISCOVERED IN TIME. Plot to Blow Up Tunnel at the Falls. A Niagara Falls, N. Y., despatch says: -An attempt to blow up the tunnel of the Canadian Niagara Power Company with. dynamite has been discovered, turd the Ontario po- lice and detectives are trying to find tho persons engaged in it. The tun- nel is for the development of the power of Horseshoe Fall. It is being built in Victoria Park, on the Can- adian side, and rues north and south from a shaft 160 feet below the sur- fem. Night and dey shifts' are eme plosred- 'Between these .shafts somebody se- vered the wire leading from an elec- tric battery used in discharging blasts, and connected the end with the cap of the dynamite cartridge that ba.d been placed between two boxes containing 75 pounds of dyne - mite. Had the attempt been success- ful, the tunnel would have been de- stroyed, and from twenty to forty lives lost: The 75 pound's oi. dyna- mite was in a natural position in the tunnel. where it was customary to place dynamite awaiting use. The discovery was made by a negro,who at once notified the foreman. CANADIAN LIME. Lord Strathcona on. Shipping C ombination. A. London despatch says: -Lord Strathcona, discussing the Atlantic shipping combination, said he be- lieved it would make a great oppor- tenity for Canada, and that it con- stituted a splendid opening for the fast mail service between Liverpool and Cape Breton, Which was to be discussed at the conference of colon- ial Premiers in London next •July. Lord Strathcona said that if this Service was established it would die vert much American traffic.. The Caronicie in an editorial mai- ole on the Canadian Commiesionor's remarks, tire,as that such n, plan would merit ta snbsidy from the Gov- ern:mast. A TREACHEROUS SAILOR. Arrested in Toirlob. for Plot to Blow UP Warsisip; A despatch to the Paris Journal dee Debate from TottIon says a eeettig eater has been arres16d, on board the Prench battleship Chas. Martel for seeking to enlist several comrades -in a plot to bloW up that Vessel; A raelinite earbedge Was found secreted in a coal bunker. it is believed the, sailor's brain became affected by the Anarchist items •Of which he booted. oioft NEWS ITEMS Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe. CANADA. Handiton fireineu want ae, increase wages. Sault Ste, Marie Will spend ten thousand dollarin improving ite are department. Two Froneh noblenien, the Dames de Fallon end de Laplace have ar- rived at Quebec, and will erobealY eettle in Canada. The Deorieg Harvester Company of Chicago, will establish work et Hem - ie the 'eity grants a -bonus of $50,600. • . The Port of Montrea, will this Year have one of tee most succeseful years it has ever enjoyed, was the encouraging statement - • Mede by Robert Mord at the Meeting •of the Montreal Harbor Board on Monday. Mayor Keary has received, were that Andrew Carnegie would put up a $15,000 public literary bedding in Now Westminster, Bea, provided a site was supplied and $1,500 annual - le provided for maintenance. Dugald Donaghy, Dawson's first City Attoraey, is a native of Dui - feria, Mid is. 29 years of age. He graduated from 0 ego o de Hell in 1899. For a short time he practised at Orangeville. ITO went to Damson City in 1900. • GREAT BRITAIN. King Edward has taken up Ids quarters in Buckingham Palace. The War Office has decided to arm the British. Yeomanry with sabres. A double line of eleetric railway between London and Dover is pro- jected; Tee.dors for 190,000 hand -made steel table forks for the army are invited by the War Office. There are 'now 36,912 doctors and 4,615 registered dentists practising in the United Kingdom. Seventeen thousand children, each carrying a colonial flag, will form:a coronation procession, in Coventry.' One hundred and twenty obsolete cannon from Woolwich Arsenal have arrived at :Darlington, consigned to ".1, forge works as scrap iron, Competition between Bristol, Car- diff, Liverpool, Milford and South- ampton for selection as the terminal port of the Canadian. line is keen. Large contributione for the Irish fund, to fight the Government Coer- cion poliey, have been received from America, and all the British colonies. The Cobden Club has issued a man- ifesto protesting against the impost -- tion of corn duties in which it states that this policy would -undo the great work of Peel and Gladstoue. Forty members of the House of Commons, representing -both sides of politics, met ei London for the pur- pose of forming a Ministry of Com- merce. King Edward has personally invit- ed Mrs. Harriet -L. Johnson, the niece of President Buchanan, to at- tend his coronation. Mrs. Johnson was mistress of the White House when, as the Prince of Wales, the King visite.d there. The levitation has been accepted. UNITED STATES. The late Dr. Talmage left an es, tate valued at $300,000. The Algona° Banking Compapy at Algona°, Michigan, has failed. The $32,000 on deposit will lro lost. Rear -Admiral Watson has been ap- pointed special naval representative of the United States at the corona- tion.tiSan Francisco Herman Oelrichs At corona- spent $7,000 for a banquet to Presi- dent E. H. Harriman of the South- ern Pacific road, covers being . laid for 6t2O Atrney-General Knox has declar- ed against the Beef Trust, and has instructed the proper authorities to prepare an injunction against the truet in Chicago. One hundred and seventy-five bar- rels of blue points have been ordered from a Long Island dealer for use at Ring Edward's' coronation, and the shipment will be made at once in order to allow the oysters to driek in English waters. The will of Father Albinger, an aged and eccentric priest of Mount Vernon, 11,y., who used to walk around dressed le rags and was al- ways begging for money, has been admitted to probate. , He leaves $10,000 to his two sisters in Ger- many and $25,000 to the Church. Dr. Herbert Fiske, of the North- western 'University, Chicago, says tobacco is on.e great cause of student failure. During -the last nine years Ito hue observed that it student ad-, dieted to the tobacco habit inede much lower -average ia his class per- centages that those who were• not given to the habit. GENERAL. A shepherd has just died. in Corsica at the age of I,e0. • The coronation contingent from Hong Kong will go to leeglaird by Way of Canada. The average price of, beet in Ma- drid ie now 8e pesetas it kilo (about 38 cents a pound.) Disorders have broken but • in Sweden in conneetio-n with en" clean. - tion in favor of universal suffrage , Bubonic plague has appearod among the wallaby (smafterekanges roes) in the Zoologieal Gardees at Sydney. The Minis ter Of F131)1,1C P18tr1306 On itt ItussJa hag resigned because the Czar has refused to sanctien his scheme foe School reform. • The new South African color:lee, even if peace 18 not tOaChl,k,d, are atter july to maintain 6,000 of the 10,000 men in the South African Consteau ry VAST WEALTH IN FAIMS AN IrmAnsTING wAvz MIL Q. 0, JAMES. Big Profit From Fr -ate -The *Ned,. ern Fig is it Fortune Pr°4Cer. ' Recently, befor: the Canadian Club, at Toronto, Mr, C. C. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Ontatio, s.poke on the growth of ag- riculture in Ontario, in, which no placed the man with the hoe on a, mountain o2. importer= all his own. There are 175,000 farmers in On- tario, and their invested capital amounts fo ono billion cif dollars.Mr. James said that had he the %email of a Carnegie or one hundred eeee-- millions at his disposal to give he would prceent this money to the, On- tario -farmers, giving $600 to 'each, krkewing that it would be well in- vested. •The annual product of the Ontarie farms is $250,000,000, and Mr. Jaines pointed out that if this product could be increased by 10 per cent, it would 'Mean it great increase of $25,000,000 for the Province, The Deputy Minister was bristlieg witb, figures, not figures representing thou- sands, tens of thousands, or hue, deeds of thousand, but figures that ran away up into the dizzy millions. He pointed out that a siniple in- crease of a cent per bushel in Ontar- io grain would mean an increase of $1,500,000 aeyeer in the annual val- ue of the produet. The speaker claimed that could he, Midaslike, but • place the magic touch upon . the ap- ple trees in this province, and add fifteen cents' value to the product of each, -amillion more would be the result. If this same touch could be laid upon the cattle, and each cow be given an added value of $1, an- other million would be added to the assets of the Ontario farmer. If the price of cheese could be raised a simple * of it cent pet- pound, the framer would again profit by $300,- 000. Dazzling, staggering, end Stepan- dous those figures! They startled the club a bit. WHEAT NO LONGER RING. The speaker divided his subject in-. to four heads: Wheat, fruit, live stock, and dairying. Wheat is no longer king in Ontario. The Pro- vince has got past that. There was a, 'tithe when if wheat dropped the farmer's jaw dropped with it. How- ever'', Mr. James pointed out that Ontario was a great wheat -raiser, and last year from one and one-half minion acres raised 30,000,000 bush-, , els. The entire wheat atop of the. 4111 world is 2,500,000,000 bushels, and Ontario can, so Mr. James thinks, by improved methods, raise this 20 bushels to the acre to 50 bushels, on the average, which would give. the Province- a unique place as one of the grate -growing centres of the world. ONTARIO'S FRUITS. Mr, James says there 18 no other spot on the North American , conti- nent, search where you will, that can grow the variety or fruits to the • perfection of Ontario: California with her gentle breezes and eternal summer zephyrs, is not its the same class with Ontario, with her zero winter and torrid summer hours. Ontario, with the modifying influ- ence of the great lakes, her latitude. and her nearness to the source of the otiginal soil, leads them all. e„ Yet there is something wrong. Ontarie has six and one-half million apple • trees, and it is called a good year when this pro-vince is able to export one million barrels of apples to the Old Land. There are two groat pro- blems Which the farmer seems to shipwreck on: the questioa of preser- vation and that of transportation. Mr. James scored those who are con- tinually harping on fast steamship lines. 'Being Deputy Minister of Ag- riculture, he doesn't think that tho. transportation of men is half as iner portant to the welfaee of tee Pro- vince as theannual safe sending of thousands and thousands of dollers' worth of perishable products across the sea to John Bull. "Where ono dollar is involved in the sending of a messenger quickly' thousands of dollars tiro. involved la the other matter," said tho epeaker. This sentiment was applauded. Tnn P10. That unlovely animal, .the Pig, was the subject of an interesting five min- utes. The hog of to -day is not the hog of the other day. The hog of the other day vas nothing but lat. The lumberman "liked him, but the cultivated palate frowned and a new style of pig has come. Fashion itt millinery and fashion le pigs. The pig of to -day, the speaker explained, was bent upon new lines as it nacelle produeing animal. In 1896 47 mils lion pounds of bacon were exported; and in 1900 the figures had jumped to 1.32,000,000. The pig, this new style pig, is coming to the front, as .Itunes says. He is credited withpaying off more Mortgages than any other single part or parcel 01 +out faun. Dairying was touched en as the first cause of the growth in the piggery. It, was noted with pleasure that Ontario had secured such aefirm hold in England with certain kinds ofchieeeT Itvalso shown that up till a, httle while ago the Ramer had it WV' Celt that he knew aboet all that Was Worth knowing, as regards cheeses makiug, .e,ured his Cheese in aa liot room, . but science had crime along MA seed thee cheesc. could be cured. cold. No longerr a slave to tradition, be- llied the timesitt any way, the Porn, er stands the power, the man 'behltid the plow, Mr; :James SaY8 that 1,0 - clay the man who Would be a snecesss filtliollfbertin elsfZ, soil eseh et • ave• ae geneerd education fie the rilimi les tte-"1. assure you 3. Would never dare to rob those sweet lips' of a, eilic-"You hypoerite 1 Didn't you attempt it hist night ?" Pc- ' 'Never ' leer f an' i Man din g to, rob you of it Riese" a as trying to :give you one."