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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-5-8, Page 7iii MARKETS PriCe$ of Grain, Cattle, et 131 Trade Centres. Torouto, May 6,-121 our -Ninety per .cent. Ontario patents firmer at $2.82 middle freights, in buyers' sack% Straight roliers, in wood, •eisioted t$8,20 to $8.25. Manitoba patents are firin at -$1 to Toronto; and Atoms bakers' at $8.75 to P.M BuckwheatOfferinge snu1, anti prices noininel at 60 to 61e east. Oatmeal -0r lots, in bbls, $1,65 On traLlii., anti 111 Se-ekS at $21.50. Broken lots, '25c extra. Milifeed-Bran dull at $15.50 out- side. Short, $18.5-0 to $19 out- side. At Toronto bran is $18a and shorts $20. . • Wheat -No. 3. .13lanitoba hard. sold Stic, Toronto and west; 'No. 1, Northern', ale 884; arid No. 2 North' cru at 801,c, Toronto and west. For grinding in tie:melt 8c higher than these prices,. No. 2 white Ontario sold at 714c, middle freight, Peas -No. 2 white quoted at 80c west. Corn -No. 2 yellow, 60c wed, and No, '2 mixed, tiSc. west. . THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -The Market is unchanged, with receipt's -fair. We quote choice 1-11). rolls, 18 to. 19c; Choice large - rolls, 3.6i, to : 17Sc: second grades,. rolls and. tubs, 124 to 14c; low grades, 10 to .12e; creameryprints, 21_ to 22c; -solids, 20c. Eggs -The •market is steady, - with - a good demand. Sales at 12 to 12,e per dozen for new laid, and at 10c for No. 2.- Cheeee--.The market is filen -; finest September, 11a to 12c; under grades- 10fr to 11c; new, 31 to 111e. TURNS DOWN FLOUR MEN. ••••••* ITialm-13sael% Tailts to Itiflubi.7 tialtlegatatioa, A London despatch eaye ;-.8,4 in- fluential delegation, representing the flour importers of most of the large cities of the Unitea Kieerdomhad all interview with the Chaacellor of ol the Echequer, Sir Michael Hieks-beenh, on Wednesday morning, LO protest against the taxation ot flour, which, the delegates said, would seriously affeet the extent of their trade, The Chancellor, in replying, point- ed, out Viet the deputation rupee-. sealed solely 'wheat flour, and. that it was impossible to conelder the grain and nisei duties entirely from that viewpoint. it was impractic- able, in imposing duties on grain, to differentiate 'between grains. The imports of flour compared with the imports of wheat had grown enor- mously in recent years, and be did not think it was to the benefit of the people of the country. HO had rd- duced the duty on offal, so that the flew importers were now better off than Under the late Mr. Gladstone' tax, and he doubted whether they were entitled to further advantages. lem•••••••••1111.. HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed bogs are firm. Hog pro- ducts in good. deinand and firmer. We quote : Bacon, long clear, 104e in ton and case lots. Mess pork,. $21 ; do, short cut, $22. Smoked meats-Bams, 18c; break- fast bacon, 14: to 141c; rolls, 11c ; backs, 14 to 3.1ac, and shoulders, 10e. Lard -The market is unehanged, with track quoted at $5 to $5.50 ; the latter for No. 1. Poultry -Receipts small. We quote: Fresh killed turkeys, 18 to 315e per 11).; thickens, 75c to $1. Ducks, 950 to Si. Potatoes -The market is quiet. with car lots quoted at 70 to 75c per bag, and small lots at 85e. UNITED STATES' MARKETS. Toledo, May 6.-Wheret, dull, steady; cash, 841c; May 81c; July, Vnc. Corn -Dull, weak; cash. 62c; May, 62e; July, 68.1c; Sept., 621c. Oats -Dull, weak; cas0a, 42c; May, 424c; July, 531c; Sept., 30c. Clover seed -Dull, ca.sier; April, $5.22a ; Oct. $5.8247; No. 2, $8.70 to $5. Minneapolis, May 6.e -Wheat -May, 71c; July, 75a to 75ac; on track.. No 3. hard, 771c; No. 3. Northern, 75} to 751c; No. 2 Northern, 71 to '74S c. Detroi-t, May 6. -Wheat closed -No. 3. white. cash, 88c; No. 2 red, cash and April, .861,c; July, 79.1c. St. Louie, May 6. -Wheat closed - Cash, 78e; May, 781c; July, 74e. • CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, May 6. -At the Western cattle yards to -day the receipts were 75 carloads of live stock, including 1,100 cattle, 1,100 hogs, 800 sheep and lambs, 120 calves, and a dozen milch cows. Prices for goad cattle were not quotably changed, and as the 'qual- ity of the supplies was not as a rule first-class, what really good stuff we had here sold at well-maintained prices. For -the best shippers prices ranged from 5 to 6c per pound, and for extra choice stuff 61-c per pound was paid. For the prime cattle' there was a ready sale, but the demand was it little more slow than it \was last week. Good butcher cattle were also steady at from 41 to 540 per poend, but the local demand was easy, and the secondary and inferior kinds of cattle were a trifle slow of sale. Following is the range of quota- tions :- Cattle. Shippers, per cwt... ....$5.00 $6.00 do, light . . . 4.25 4.75 'Butcher, choice... ... 5.00 5.50 13utcher, ordinary to good-. ..... .......... ......... 1.00 4.50 Stockers, per cwt... ....... 2.50 4.00 Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes, Per cwt.- ..• 8.75 Spring lambs, each- 2.00 Yearlings, per cwt... 5.50 'Bucks, per cwt... ... ...... 8.50 Milkers and Calves. Cows, male. , 05.00 50.00 Calves, each... 2.00 10.00 1Togs. Choice hogs, per cut 6.25 6:75 Light hogs, per cwt... 625 6.50 Heavy hogs, per cwt. 6.25 6.50 Sows, per cwt,, „ 8.50 4.00 Stags, per cwt, .... 0.00 2.00 4.50 5.00 6.50 4.00 • • •••• • • QUEEN OUT OF DANGER. All Holland is Jubilant Over the News. • A despatch from the Hague says: -- The Queen may now' be considered out of danger. The pronommed lin- pi'ovculenU in her health has occa- sioned intense relief throughout the eountry. Manifestations of -joy are apparent on all hands. The news is the ono topic iti the cafes, where peo- ple. are congratulating each other as if on the recovery of it personal friend, Numbers of congratulatory telegrams have been received at the Royal Palitee frona all parts of the World. The chambers of the. States 14ellerai have adopted by 'acclamation 11. congentelatory address to the throne., The epplause Which follOteed the eubmission of the proposal Was deafening. LIMIT WATER IN BUTTER. Britain Has Amended Act, Which May Affect )Canada. An Ottawa deepatch says :-The Department Of Agrieulture has been advised by ce,bie through the, High COMMISSiOner's office that the Board of •Agriculture for Great Brit- ain have made regulations under the Salt Of Food. and Drugs Act of 1899, whereby, if a *maple of butter is found- to contain over 16 per cent. of water,' it Shall be considered not genuine, unless proved to th.e 'contrary, Mr. Ja-- A. Ruddick. chief of the dairy division, says the legal- letion will not affect the Canadian butter trade to any great extent no - less dealers should require .a guarau- -tee .that butter which they produce does not-co/Anti) water in excess of the limit. With proper cooling Itt- cilities at the -creameries, so that the eta:ruing, Washing, and Working or the butter niay be carried -MA at SUffiCielltlY TOW temperatures, there 35nodifficulty in producing it butter Whith is well within 'the limits as re- gards the amount of water in it. From 12 to .13 per cent. is .coasider- ed to be about the proper propor- tion of water in butter. • • TAXES AND REVENUE. _ • Britain Will Gain B76,026,000 13p to April, 1900. A London despatch sa.ys :-A Par- liamentary paper jast published shows a total estimated charge -on account of the war fa South Africa, to March 31, 1,908, of £222,970,000, and in • respect of operations in China, a total of Z6,010,000- -A eecond table shows that the pro- ceeds of the new taxes from 1900 to Merch 81, 1308, itnionnt .to an in- crease in the revenue of £76,025,000 of which the greatest part is sup- plied by income tax, which aggre- gates S389,877,000.. The sugar auty, from its' imposition until March, 1903, is estimated to produce B11,- 200,000. The .revenue set free by the suspension - of the sinking fund amounts to L13,868;000. This, to- gether with the proceeds of new taxatioe. leaves a balance for war expenditure to be charged to Capital account of £155,148,000. A third table sets down the total amount borrowed at L159,000,000, the cash proceeds of which are stat- ed at 'L152.115.000. A CITY DEVASTATED. • Hare Than Four Hundred Persons A Calcutta despatch says: -A tor- nado has devastated the City of Dacca, and adjoining towns. Four hundred and sixteen persons were killed. Crops were rained through- out the district. The tornado first struck Posgola the afternoon of Ap- ril 28, where it, wrecked the Datta jute Works. From Posgola it mov- ed to Stienachar, where the India General Company'swarehouses were destroyed by a great wave, which was whirled out of the riVer by the wind. Everywhere in the path of the cyclone huts, trees and roofs of houses. and people were carried up into the air lilee paper. Thirty-one persons were killed at Samachar, 110 were killed near DaCeil, 175 were killed at Nagalband, while 3.00 were THE DOMINION PARIAMENT NOTES or raocEEDIrms IN THE FDE,11414 aousn. 13ILLS INTRODUCED. Mr. Frank Oliver introduced his bill to incorporate M. Tikon Bishop of the Orthodox Itesso-Greek Church 111 Cana,da. Mr, Fraser introduced the bill in- eorporeting the WeStern Alberta Railway Company, Which bas passed the Senate. Sir Ilichar'd Cartwright 1/A1'0dt:teed a couple of bills. The Pest was to alnend the act respecting the pack- ing and sale of certain staple com- modities, which, he explained, brought the clearers in binder twine under the penalties provided for im- proper packing. The second bill, to amend the general inspection act, supplemented the first by adding' binder twine to the list of articles to be inspected. Sir Richard Cart- wright withdrew the bill, 01 which he had givea notice, to amend the Chinese Immigration act, 1900, and intimated that he would move a re- solution to the same effect. Mr. N. Boyd inquired when the amendments to the grain act would be brought In. The Premier replied that the bill wai in course of pre- paration, and would be introduced in a: day or two. ' EMPOWERING A LOAN. 11fr, Fielding gave notice of the folloWing resolution ;- "Resolved, that it is expedient to provide that in addition to the sums now remaining unborrowed" and ne- gotiable of the loans authorized by Parliament by any Act heretofore passed, the Governor -in -Council be authorized to raise by way of loan : (a) Such gum or SMT1s. of money, not to exceed in the whole the sum of 815,000,000, as .may be required for the purpose of paying the float - nig indeb•tedness of Canada, and of meeting any expenditure authorized by the Parliament of Canada, and (b) Such sum or SUMS 01 money as may be required from time to time over and aliove any available siok- uig pay and discharge the funded debt of Canada, or any portion thereof, as the same ma- tures and becoMes payable, either in England or in Canada. AMENDMENTS TO ACTS._ The bill to fimend the T/norganized Territories' (lame Preservation Act was read a third time and passed. • The bill to amend the Dominion Lands Act so as to allow the Gov- ernment of the Territories to take 66 feet through any homestead for road purposes without componsatioa was amended so as to provide that it shall only apply to future home- stead entries. The bill was held OVer to LWOW the Government to consider a number of proposed minor amendments. The bill to 0111011(1 the Acts respect- ing the North-West Territories was react it third time and passed. Tt gives the Government of the Terri- tories control over ihe eoads which lia.ve been handed over to the GOV- ernmerit. The bill to amend the Rocky Mountains Park Act was read a third time and passed. It increases very substantially the size of what is generally known as Banff Park. HAI -11 -AX FISHERY AWARD. Mr. Ilarkee called, attention to -the statement, made by Premier Peters. of :Prince Edward island, to the ef- fect - that the • D on Go vernment had agreed to "refer to the Supreme Court the claim: of the island for $1,000,000 of the Halifax fishery award, with. iaterest at $130,000 it year. Sir Wilfrid Leerierreplied that the Dominion authorities had agreed to a conference on the -foreshore question, As to the financial claim, eothing itt all had been- doue in the matter. It had not 'even .1/eon con- sidered. The Premier added that it mada no particular difference wheth- er the money from the Halifax award was held by the Dominion or the provinces, because the ,interest Went to thefishermen anyway. LANDS FOR. VOLUNTEERS. Mr. Scott was informed by Sir Wilfrid Laurier that the overnor- ie-Council has received a memorial from the North-West Legmleture suggesting that lands be oriented to Canadian . volunteers who aye serve -ed in South Africa. No decisioa on th,e matter has yet been reached. DROP -LEITER, RATE. . Mr. Kemp presented the petition of the City of -Toronto prayieg for the reduction of the rate on drop letters from two cents to one cent. killed itt :Barnighat. . The petition points out.that the 9'0 -- Dacca, a city ie 130pgal, is 150 ronto post-olliee gives a - largee miles aortheeast :df Calcuttn, reVellue than ally other poet -office in the Dominion, and -the two -cent rate is cousidered to be most unfair to MAY. BRING.TRUST TO TIME the cities. „IV DO PENSIONS - Refusal of People to -Eat Meat Has Demoralized Trade, , • A Chicago despatch says :-The business of Chicago packers has •been stegeored by - the refusal Of "-the a • 2? people of the country to eat meat at the peevailing high 9010024, ac- cording to the Chronicle. The .00 - mend for dressed meats in the last few dayS has fallen 011 88 178 per cent., and the discharge 01 men i0. the peeking ,housee is general. The shipments of cheesed beef from the yards have so decreased during the last ten (Toys thatcars ere piling op the railroad :yards. The only hope for restoration is to cutting the prices, • • - • CUSTOMS REVENUE SOARS. Big Increase as Compared With Corresponding Periods, An Ottawa despatch says i -There has beet a very large fecrease in the Canadian Customs remit c for April. The revenue was $2,789,078, Or an increase of $513-,721 over the same month last year, The amount col- lected for the ten montlis of the flscal year was r26,888,587, an in- erease of $2,172.81.4 ono' the same time last year„ r.rhe bill to amend the Act respec-L- ing the judges of provincial courts caused ae somewhat lengthy discus- sion as to the saleries of judges, meaeure applies to County Court indges end allows thorn to re- tire on two-thirds of their gatary if they become physically incapacitated after ten years' service. Fitz - Patrick explained that the hill was 9111)112ril3" intended to apply to a ease that had arisen in the rro- \Ince of Ontario. An allesion by Ur. Crtsgrahl to the fact that most of the judges of rural comities in Quebec make their residence in town, drew kom Fitzpatrick the expression'of opinion that this ought 'not to be allowed. The bill was read a third thnt... and passed. r.11,1111 SENATE. The Nudson :1341y d North -Wet :Railway bill was considered by the Railway 'Committee or 1110 Sorlato and approved. of. The proposed line will run from the head of Chesterfield Inlet to Edmonton, Chesterfield extendm inland -tor 250 miles, teed is navigable to lis far th est • Point ber the lergest ft:teenie1':4. Travol'able consider/It ion Wag elso given to the bill of the United Gold Fieffle of Brit. ish Columbia, authorizing, the con - etruction .of a line from 'Frank, Al- berta, to Grassy:Mountain, tLJl0 bit). to aenend the Yukon Tea- ritories Act, giving all additional judge to the Yukon, wan read it Se- cond time. The bill to amead the 'Unorganized Territories Game pree serYation Act was passed through commit -tee, and rope/a:ed. withOUL amendment, and -read a third time, and passed. The bill to further amend. the " Noeth-West Territories Act passed through conintittee, was read it third time and passed. The bill to amend the Civil Service Retirement Ace was Laken in commit- tee, Mr. Macdonald (Bela) erticl it, wile one of the most moper bills which bad passed the House for many yeers. The bill was repeated without amendment, read it third time tied passed. The bill to aimmal the Rocky Mountains_ Park Act was taken in committe. Mr, Templeman said the town of Anthracite end Banff were Within the park at pre- sent. The park now eovered some 2,500 miles, and the object of the present bill was to increase it to 1,- 900 miles. Mr. :Ferguson (lid not think that this bill would inteplere with any settlerneet or vested inter- est. The bill was reported without amendment, read a third thne, and passed. 'The Yukon Paeific Railway 33111 was read it second time anal referred to committee. WILL ERECT . SANITARIA. Two Citizens Will Build Them at Their Own Expense. . An Ottawa despatch says :-As result: of the recentatuberulosis 0011- ferenee two gentlethen have coffered to build sanitaria at their own. ex- pense. • One is Sir William McDonald, of Montreal, who will build one pro- bably in the neighborhood of Mon-- treal, a, place where such a building is badly needed. Tim other is . Me. W. C. Edward, 111:13., whose sant- tarimm will be in the neighborhood of . Ottawa.. DIPHTHERIA DEATH RATE. Professor Behring's Serum Proves Successful. A Berlin despatch says ;-The use of Professor Behring'e diphtheria serum has resulted, aceneding to statistics just published, in the IOW - est death rate from diphtheria in Berlin in the year 3901 ever record- ed. r.Phe deaths, from diphtheria were the 469. Prior lo the introduction of Professor Behring'e perl1311 the deaths from this disease ranged from 1,800 to 2,600 a year. NEW GOLD FIELDS, An Extension of the Rand Main Reef - A Durban, Natal, despatch says : -Coincident with the annouricement of the extension of Natal, informa- tion 18 published of the discovery Of the extension of the Rand main reef through Natal's' new territory. A large London company and a Dur- ban conmany have secured a great number of fame end options on ethers. Thorough tests of these holdingswill be made. There is no dembt that a gold field has been found, but whether it will pay or net remains to be proved. 4 THE KING'S CHOCOLATE. Poor of London to be Given. a Box at the Dinner. A London despatch says: :-The pleasant memories associated with (SeMen Victoria's gift of chocolate to the -troops at the -treat are revived in connection with King Edward's coromation ,dinner to the London poor. A. gift of a • tin of King chocolate is to be given all .the guests' who will participate in the King's dinner. The chocolate will be Packed in time handsomely and ap- propriately decorated The intetruc- tiOnS • 01' CieStilS have been given and the whole of' the 500;000 boxes for the order are now hein-g made. ERIC SHARP COMMITTED. URGING BOERS TO YIELD, De Wet Admilsotes6,eStruggle Is despatch to the London Central News from :Preterite %eye that at it meeting of the Boers at Vereeniging on May 15 represeatatives of every connettuado, numbering 200, will be present, it is probable that the final vote ea the question 01 1)01100 or war will be taken by ballet. The Pretoria correspondent of the London Daily Standard says he un- derstands that the meetings of the Boers have thus far shown 0 majori- ty in favor of peace, though peSsibly some oe the irreconeilables may hold out, however generous the terms of- fered, A despatch to the Telegraph Amen Pretoria says that the 'Boer beaders arI2 certainly placing' the issue before the burghers plainly and without re- servation, General De Wet is moving 231,4334 -Where among his people setting forth the fonts most h.onorably, 110 has frankly stated that an 4M opin- ion the struggle is now hopeless, and that the :British terms are reasonable . _ 4M1 gelleVOUS. CORONATION PARADE. Prices for ;:leats-Places for 2,000,- 000 SpeCt at ors. A London despatch says; -Prepar- ations for viewing thecoronation proeeselon are proceeding on a great scale. Stands have been planned, and ill taany cases are already half built, which will accommodate 2,- 000,000 seated spectators. Prices for single Seats In the best locationin Piccadilly are absurdly high, 20 guineas being frequently de - 31100000. A huge stand itrouad St. Mary's Strand advertises seats at from ten to three gaineas. but- it seems safe to prophesy that unless there is a great reduction there Will be thousands of empty seats along the route, experience hoeing shown what enormous multitudes can stand along a, six -mile course. The • Kingston, Schoolboy Must Face Jury. A Kingston despatch says :-The charge of nianSiallghter against Eric Sharp was heard. by Police Maris- trate Dar on Friday, and the lad 1705' committed for trial' before th0! ectxt court of competent jurisdiction. Only three witnesses were heard at the preliminary investiga tion, John Mcfntyre. ICC. for the defence, 00m - i mented oe the -njusticeof newspa- pers - criticizing the reedict of the coroner'e jury while the ease Ives still before the. court. lf the at- tempt to inflame the public mind were further persisted in he woidd ask the Divisimial Court to inter- fere. -4-- PRIEST'S HEAD ON POLE Outrage atcalp-Shatz Caused - 77 • Panic Among,. Clergy. A Pekin despatch says: -.A French -Roman Catholic priest belouging to the Jesuit mission at KatoeChau, China, 1.0.0 IIII1OS2 south-west of Tien- 2psin, was murdered, on' April 27. Hie head 17148 afterward displayed oe a pole.- The priests fled from this di- 1rict a mouth ago, ma they feared -something like this- woeid happen. They returned it short thae aftela ward, however, having apparently become reassured as to their safely. METHUEN LAMED FOR LIFE Wounded General is Steadily Con- valescing. A Loudon despatch 8itys advices from South Afriea state that Lord Methuen is steadily conval- escing, hilt it is believed that he will be lame always as a result of the 'vepuntis he received in the flght With Gen., Delarey's X0ree prior to hbs capture by the Iloorat . GERMANY WANTS HOLLAED Pear of Queen's Death Causing Apprehensi on. A. London despatch says: -Apart from the difficulties surrouuding the ques-tion of succession to the throne of Holland; the death of Queen Wil - 11 this should unhappily oc- cur, would tend to convulse the Con- tinent politically. In Germany, es- pecially, it. is a matter of the deepest import. The German press claims that Prince Abrecht of Hohenzollern, the acting regent' or Bruuswick, is amongthe nearest in the Dutcii sue- cessiam alld in all the European cap- itals nervous apprehension exists, that the abseime of a diveet heir to the Dutch throne might participate O struggle for the possessioa of Hol- land, which in Berlin is regarded. as Germany's eatural right. STABBED TO THE HEART. Italian Ice Cream Vendor Killed in Montreal. A :Montreal despatch shers:-Albro Marchione, an Italian ice cream von dor, 87 years of age, was 'killed in a stabbing affray at his home 2521 Cadeaux street, on Sunday night 'Marchione WaS al home with his wife NEWS ITEMS Telegraphic Briefs From. All Over the Globe. CANADA. Thorold will have a $1.0,000 ler- wale library. Orillia's population is 5,168, an incretme of over 800 la a year. Sault Ste. Marie will epend $10,- 000 in improving ite fire departmeut. The steamer Vorestholme was 'dam- aged to:the extent of $2.0,000 by fire at Montreal. Selby jorden and 3 have been prooe - Theie32 are 1,17300 11.8 Melly students pectins, on one of the side streams this year as laet in the Kingston 100 miles up. White River, Which we,' Se11001- a Yining! : reach by a circuitous route, sterting Britleh Columbia's budget shows- from West Dawson. Three week:R.04o an overdraft of $1,600,000: 'There just before the break in the 'Winter ie a propose, to berkow $3,000,000 Weather; I and SelbY Mine to towu to retire metered debentures. Cor grub,. and Selby was taken sick.. I was unable to secure anyone to re - •It is said at Montreal that the ine turn with nee, but as We 'had got: creaSes which the trackmen of the the trail fairly web, broken, I did Canadfan P1101110 Railway are not hesitate to start out alarm with mending would cost: GM road $2,000 "Throesial ls e do u0t1 Pitalivelssilts1; 'bad a day. The total 11111111)er of British and drifted until I could drag the sle4 A.mealean immigrants that have ara no more. I had the option then:Of i,i'ved 111 Canada this year is 10,069, taking my bed and bedding aiongeor /against 5,821 the first three Months of packing some provisions. I chose of 1901. the latter. under the mistaken idea; The official obeervation of corona- that 1 could meke it Into camp ori teen day in Canada will take the two forced marches, ahd eleep itt a3 • form of royal salutes by artillery at campfire. At the start next day the leediug ceutims and a parade of found I had to lighten again', an4 the militia. divided ity pack. 'In loading 110 A report says a leading clergyman Again I took .the evroag bendle, leave in Hamilton employs a Chinaman 48 my matches in the buedle a domestic servant. The local Trades tini ddiesrcaavtelr'eeed. wasuntil uw mistallkoet.and, night 1311(1and Labor Council ha,s paSsed thought St- as near to the canin strong resolution condemuing such empl oyinent to the cache. I determined not to go back, BUT TO PUSH ON.GREAT • BRITAIN. It was not easy to keep the cover - A limited number of L2 pieces will ed trail. and so I broke a path. shortly be issued by the Royal Mint. arouud a tree and walked around it New propeller blades of gun-metal all night. I struck oet next daYe itre being lnade for a M. cruiser lost the trail several times, and e.4 - ac inth. night made tip my mind that I digi London, Eng., Presbyterians will not know how fat it was to camp fa • erect a church house, costing $1,- all. I had grown stupid and did not 000,000. EM recognize the landmarks when I. S. The will of the late Sir Wm. Leng, them -or, at least, could not gauge of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, has distance or locality from them. been proved at £163,000. "I bad an awful night walking around a tree that night. Severe/ To the various battalions of the I fell down from going to sleep Melropolitaa Volunteers the War Atvitillileksilag, The shock of the fall Would Office has issued 96 metalline guns. arouse me and I would start out By order of the .A.ffiniraley a naval again. I never had such 'a struggle brigade 8,000 strong will attend the in my life and think 3 was half ,c14 - coronation proceedings in London. lirious. Each time I fell I was Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, presi- tempted to stay down and sleep a dent of the G.T.R., will visit Mon- bit, but the love of life 'proved yet treat in June, when the new offices strong, and I hoped to tumble into: will be opened. camp early in the morning. "I don't know how far I went next! The King will luspect at .A.1dershot on Jame 16th the militia infantry day, for the recollection is all al haze. It seems as if I walked a; battalions assembled for training at year, nibbling occasionally at the the several camps. • frozen food in my pockets. S0121.4, Special Italian detectives are to an -cakes I had put in my shirt t� keep a strict watch 011 all the Ital- it3han,PrY obabl d ni life for 1 km anarchists in London during the was able to wallae\eY' all that .day and coronation festivities. 011thet night. That last night wali During 1901 41,878,345 tons of terrible. I worked sums in mental coal were exported from the United arithmetic until I found I was get- Kingdona a decrease of 2,210,852 ting • the extraordinary results of it tons 00 the previous year. man in a dream. I repeated poetry A linge stock of fagots. tar barrels until I found I could not make the lines rhyme. declaimed aloud al the little things I learned at schoole all the time walking round 'and round a tree. first one way -until fell down, and then the other way until I fell down. It, was a. night oi agony, though I learned 'afterward it was not cold. "All I remember after that is so fanciful I know it was unreal -simple waking dreams. Deere told me that next morning -or the day aftex.-lt cannot tell -I staggered into the camp and fell down the moment entered the cabin. He tells me he roused me and fed me soup occasion. - ally all day, but 1 keow nothing 6.4. it. I slept twenty-four hours,. and after a few hours of inoving aromid went to sleep again and stayed eet. it 11111.11 next, morning. Yes, it is the hardest Country to do without sleep I ever lived in. Even 11017 it 11111.10,9 me sleepy to remember that trip." WIVES BY PURCHASE. ^ WALIED WOR PE'AB. TAPE% Alaska 1-rospecto7'S Wramp Keep Pre= Sleeping, Opo el the most thrilling. expose y1011005 which has eVerb(3X1Ll1e]1 &'l hardy prospector in tbi) frozen 'wild* of Alaska, and the British Yakon bee fell Gus Thompsea on all exploring expedition front whieh he returned to Dawson only' three weeks ago. Id - 1088 and sleepless, 'Thompson was compelled to keep walking for three days and three nights in order to save himself from freezing to deatb.,, This is his etory "it is harder to do without sleep in a cold country like tide thau way.. where I ever lived. Dove orden,, to. mid other combustibles has already been erected on the top of Snowdon for the bonfire 00 coronatioa night. a A collection of insects, including , butterflies and dragon files from Asia when two fellow -I talians entered the and South .America, has just • been presented to the borough of Hemp - house. Some words resulted and stead. . Marchione ordered the men out. of A church line:been erected at Alder - the house. . He followed them to the ,shot in Memory of the 6,00(2 Roman yiaels, when one of them drew a knife and stabbed Marchione just above the heart. The wonnded man managed to get to his room, and died it few minutes afterwards. His slayer has not been found. KILLED IN A FIRE PANIC. Factory Girls Killed and Many Injured. A Philadelphia • despatch says :- Seven girls arc known to have been killed and more than a score in- jnred during 0 panic caused by a cry of "Eire I" at the cigar factory of Ilarburger, Homan &.• Co., 1011 street and Washington aVelltle, itt 12.15 on Wednesday afternoon. The giels were packed in the hallway leading to the street:al-2y the hun- dred% 01e1 those who were killed fainted and were trampled and 4. 20 FISHERMEN DROWNED. -- Fierce Gale Works Havoc Among J'apanese, A Yokohama despatch says: -Two hundred and fifty fishermen are re- ported to have been drowned in 0 gale which has made bavoci of the herring fishing fleet on the west coast of Japan. The Japanese cruiser idusashi was driven ;Ashore, but her ereW were saved. ELEVATOR BURNED. Building Held Many Thousand Bushels of Grain. A 'Buffalo despatch says: -Fire broke out in the, Wells' elevator at midnight On Sunday night and burn- ed fiercely for several hours. The loss is eotighly estimated at about $300,000. Tho fire originated in the enginceroom and spread rapidly to the roof, which collapsed 06011 after- wards. , In en effort to euro o cancel' on her nose by fasting Mrs. Mary min didn't eat for fifty days and is dead at La Grange, Ind. Because his wagon accidentally killed a little ehild Thomas Waddell so grieved over it that he died, at Jersey Shore, Penn. • Price Komatsu, the Japanese Imperial Commissioner to the coro- nation, hes lett Yokohanta. The Dowager EMpress of China is reported to be suffering from nervous exhaustion and persistent insomnia, Catholic .soldiers -mainly Irishmen - who have lost their lives in South Africa. - Malcolm Gramm, residing in South Kensington, has successfully performed the feat known ae ruin- ing oneself. Io less than four years he squandered L20,000. UNITED STATES. Because his face was disfigured by smallpox john Fitzpatrick killed himself at Trenton, N. j. From 'the Adirondack fur -bearing region 4300 pounds of valuable skins have been received at Boston. 'We. Chas. F. Da. Costa recently lost a $10,000 pearl necklace in 0 street car at Philadelphia. The coa- fluctor roiled it and 11708 given $250 rewTri:Cliiiteri States Naval Appro- priation bill before the House calls for battleships, cruisers and gan- boats, two each. 3,000 Merl, all at cost of $77,659,886. Two fishermen caught a, rema rkabl marine animal near Pox :Rill, Va. It is alma four feet long, has settles, a head like an alligator, seven rows of teeth, and 138, 1711161 resemble human hands. The President of the *United States has ordered the trial by court-mar- tial of Major Edward F. Glenn, one of the officers referred to as 0 par- ticipant in th12 ddministration of the water cure to Philippi's/ ineurgents. Peter Nugent, an aged blind beg- gar, who bad been a familiar figure around the Grand Central station 01111 111 the altirray Hill distric:t, New York, ostensibly selling pencils, but really begging, accidentally poisoued himself to death. Re was worth $10,000. GENERAL. Newfoendiand expects the season's seal catch will total 270,000. It is said that the Czar will short- ly issue a reecript, giving Russia it constitution, An American company with a capi- tal of $10,000,000, will develop iron ore on the Norwegian Oast. Tho Women's Suffrage Bill is to be submitted to the New South Wales Parliament, which meets May 27. Two hundred blind men have held a successful athletic, meeting nt Yokohama. The contests- included races and tugs -of -War. The Kaiser has ordered that the title "Emperor William the rea ," not "Emperor William T„'' will he inscribed on . all monuments to his ,gran.dfather. Wives are still obtained by pur- chase in. parts of Russian Europe. In the district of Kanayschie, op. the Volga, for example, this is practical- ly the only way in which marriages are brought about. The price of ai pretty girl from a well-to-do family ranges -from $250 to $100, and in spa.. dal cases a inuch higher SUM 18 lained. In the villages the lowest price is about $25. It is customar37. for the fathers of the intending bridl and bridegroom to haggle for eel long time over the price to be paid' for the lady. A young farmer whose fa - they cannot afford to pay for a wife. for him need not think of getting married, PAPER FROM STIRTITI-PTILP. The Antaimoro, one of the oldest tribes of Madagascar, possesses the secret of making, from the pulp of a. native shrub, a very beautiful and enduring kind of paper, resembling parchment. Illaqh family possesses a few sheets of, this paper, 00 which its' chronicles and traelitioes are record- ed, and the aanie paper is used for tft'llislis11cribing the laws of Mehammed- aThe paper is said to have been Invented in the middle Of the ninth centur3r by it Mohammedan shipwrecked on the coast„ who de- sired to transcribe his torn end water -soaked copy of the Koran in an. enduring forfa. A CELEBRATED TIMEKEI'l:PElt. The world's hest timekeeper is said to be the electric clock la the 1)1001 01' Of the Berlin observatory, which was installed by, Professor Foerster in 1865. It is eaciosed ia an air -tight gle88 cylinder, anti has frequently run for periods nf two or three months with an averege dallY variation of -only 1 5-1 000the of a. , emeond. Yet k1StrO110111el'8 are riot satiefied eyen with this, end efforta are continually made to eeeuve ideal coin:Minns for a clock by keeping it not only in an uir-tight case, but lot. en underground veldt -Where neither eleinnes of -temperature nor :of metric pressure shan ever affect it,