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• Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
Tracie Centres.
131tEADSTUFES.
Toronto, May 13.--Wheat-The of-
ferings are light, and bids a 76e for
red and white failed to drese sellers
lo -day at outside poiats; holciere tut)
niski g 77e east end Middle freights,
Goose is steady. at '70c for No. 2 f,
OA. vessel east and 06i. to 67c for
taxis east. Spring is dull at 75c for
No. 2 east. Manitoba rather easier;
Islo. 1 Northern sold to -day at 85 to
Bats grinding in traresit. No. 1
/teed is quoted at 8$ to 880 and
No, 2 Northern at 82 to 821,s grind-
ing in traneit.
Flour -The market is steady; 90
per cent, patents were bought to -clay
at equal to $2,85 in buyers' bags
Middle freights. Choice brands are
held 15 to 20c higher. • Mani-taba
flour is steady at 88.85 to $4•20 for
cars of Hungarian. pateats, at 58.60
to 58.90 for strong bakers', bags in -
eluded, on the track, Toronto, ,
litillfeecl-Is steady at $19 to
$19.50 for cars of shorts and $16
for bran in • bulk middle freights.
Manitoba, millfeed is firmer at $22
or cars of shorts and $20 or bran,
sacks incliided, Torento freights.
Barley -is quiet at 580 for No. 1.
52o for No. 2, 50e for No. 3 extra.,
and 49c for No. 3 east and middle
freighte and lc more a lake ports.
Rere-is scarce and firm at 57 to
58e east and middle freights.
Corn -Is steady at 60 to 601e for
•Canada yellow west,
Oats -Are steady at 48e bid Oast
for No. el white and 43e asked.
They are quoted at 42 to 42-te mid-
dle freights.
Qbteneal-Is steady at $4,50 for
cars of bags and 84.65 for barrels on
the, track, Toronto, and 25c more
for brolsen lots. '
Peas -Are steady at 80c for No. 2
east and 78ee to 79c west.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Butter-WM demand for ore:I/aeries
is strong but may be expected to les-
sen in proportion to the increased
offerings of choice fresh -made dairies.
The latter are offering more freely
every day and will be on the market
in liberal supply before long, This
will alter the relative prices aid
weaken the demand for creameries.
Creamery prints... h...22c itge28c
do solids,- ..." . .. ...20c t 21c
Dairy IV rolls,choice ...16e to 17c
do 'avg.° rolls, choice...16c to 170
do medium... ...140 to• 15c
• do low grade., 10c to 12c
higgs-Prices are well maiutained
at 13c. The ollerings are large, bat
there is an excellent demand,
• Potatoes -Offerings continue light;
but the large demand from the Unit-
ed States has fallen off slightly,
Prices, however, are steady. Cars
on the track here are quoted at 85c.
Potatoes out of store are quoted at
90c to 51.
Poultry --There are only small re-
ceipts and the demand is light. Pri-
ces are steady at 60 to 90c for chick-
ens; turkeys are steady at 11 to 12c
foe old "toms" and 18 to 14c for
fresh killed hens.
Baled Hay -The demand is strong
and offerings are liberal, The mar-
ket is steady at $10.50 for No. 1
timothy ou track here.
Baled Straw -Demand is light with
fair olTerings, at $5 on track hero
eergeFALO GRAIN MARKETS.
Buffalo, May 13. -Flour - Firm.
Wheat -Spring dull; No, 1 Northern)
sarloads, 78-1c; winter,. No. 2 red,
39c asked to arrive. Cora -Lower;
No. 2 yellow, 66tc; No. 3 do. 661c;
No. 2 corn, 66c; No. 3 do, 65c. Oats
-Quiet and weak; No. 2 white, tlilitc.;
No, 3 do, 47tc; No. 2 snixede45e-e;
ao. 8 do, 45e through billed. Bar-
ley -Nothing doing. Rye -No. 1,
Wee. Canal freights -Steady.
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PROVISIONS.
Packers are very generally of the
opinion that the present prices for
hog prtductsare too low, and that
there is every likelihood that ea ad-
re.ncis will. occur beeore the end' of the
seek.
Pork -Canada short cut, $22; hen-
vy .mess, 821; clear shoulder mess,
e
Smoked and Dry Salted Meats-
• Long, clear bacon, tons and cases,
LO to 10-lec; breakfast bac.on. 14c,
tunas, 13 to 13e0; rolls, 11c; should-
ers, 10tc; bac:ks, 14c to 15e; green
tneats out of pickle are quoted at lc
less than smoked.
Lard -Tierces, lltc, tubs ilec and
lie.
EUROPEAN GRAIN MARKETS.
London, May 18. -Close-Wheat,
en passage steadier. Maize, on pas-
sage rather firmer. Wheat -English
eountry markets of yesterday firm,
French country markets quiet.
Paris, May 18. -Close -Wheat. tone
weak; Kay 221 10c, Septeinber and
December 201 25c.
London, May 13.-C1ose-Mark
• Lane miller market -Wheat, foreign
•steady. English firm, maize, Ameri-
•tan nothing doing, Danubian steady;
• dour, American. steady, English stea-
dy.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
"Toronto, May 13..... -At the Western
Cattle, yards to -day the receipts were
SO carloads of live stock, including
1,050 cattle, 500 'bogs, 128 sheep
end lambs, 126 calves and a few
callch cows. There was no quotable
change for good cattle, but the poor-
er gradewere sloW Of sale and weak-
er, while all round there was an eas-
•ier feeling. GOod to choice export
cattle were steady at front 5- to 6ec
per lb; light stuff sold a,tefrom 44to
-
5ec per lb. The ,best butch.er tattle
are steady and unchanged; but there
was a lighter clemand, and' prices
were .easier for anything but the
befit cattle. •, •
Following is the range of, gilota-
tioes:-.
• Cattle.
Shippers, per, ,eWte.". 4.85.00
Do light ...a. 1.50 4.1,5
Dutcher, cholce.., .e 5.00
Buteher, ord. to good. COO
Stoeicers, per ewte. 8.00
Sheep and Lazabs.
Choice ewes, per 8,70
Yearlings, per carte-, 5.00
•Spring lambs, each 2.00
Buck, per °Wt.,."o 2.70
'Milkers and Calves,.
Coats, ..„ 25,00 '
Calves, • eon's., 2,00
• Bogs, •
Choice hogs, pef. carte. 6.50
Light hogs, per cwt6.50
'leave" 1ogs. pr sante 6.50
Sows per cwt... e. le 3.50
Stews, per cwt,..,.:." 0.00
5.50
4.50
4.00
4.50
5.50
0,00
3.50
60,00
10.00
7.00
13.75
6.75-
4,00
2.00.
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25,O0O PEOPLE ENGULFED
Earthquake Postroys City 'of St.
Tierra, F.W.X.
A despatch: to the London Tinies
from St; Thomas says that the city
of St. Pierre, Martinique, French
West Indies, and its inhableants,
with all the shipping in the harbor
have been totally destroyed by a
:volcanic eruption. A despatch • to
the London Daily Mail from St.
Pierre): Martinique, clated Thursday,
stated that the eruption of Mount
Pelee continued. ,The Gluerin factory
was overwhelmed with boiling mud
on Monday. Twenty-four persons
aro known to have been killed. The
despatch .added that there had been
no earthquakes 'up to the time the
despatch was seat. "
It was annommed from St. Thomas
on Saturday,. May 3, that St.
Pierre had 'been covered with ashes
to the depth orquarter of an inch
as a result of the outbreale of the
Mount Pelee volcano,. and the town
appeared to. be enveloped iTi fog:
A oecond despatch • from St.
Thomas, 'dated May 6, .seed the Row
of lava from the Mont:Pelee vol-
cano; had completely destroyed the
Guerin factories, situated about
two inilesefront St- Pierre. • It tilts
also reported that about 150, per-
sons heel disappeared, and that • a
great panic prevailed at St. Pierre.'
Another despatch from St. Thomas
datedeMay 7, said that 'advices re-
ceived that lamming from the Island
of , St. Vincent, B.W.I., announced
that for some days earthquakes had
been experienced' in the neighborhood
of the Soufriere crater, which. had'
been smoking and Tumbling. The
people in the vidinity of the vol-
cano • 'were leaving for places of
safety. This St. Thomas despatch
said further that cable 'comniunica-
tion with the . Island of Martinique
Was interrupted the morning of May.
7, and that cable communication
southward from St. Linnet, in I'
Windward Islands, ceased suddenly
the same afternoon.
It was reported that the volcanic
craters of Dmitinica, 13..W.I., were
showing signs, of activity.
Saint Pierre was the prineipal
town of the island of Martinique.
It' was the largest -"town of the
Fronde West Indies, and the chief
• entropert of those islands. It was
divided into • two quarters by a
ritatiet, over which were some hand-
some bridges. It had numerous pub-
lic buildings and schools, a hand-
some theatre, and n. botanic garden.
Its roadstead., was defended by sev-
eral • forts. 'rho Empress Josephine
was born there in 1763.
The Islaud of Martinigee contains
several 'extinct volcancee, the highest
point being' Mope Pelee,with an
altitude of 4,430 feet.
TOTALLY' DESTROYED.
A St. Thomas, D.W.T., despatch
says :-The British.steamer Roddana,
Capt. Freeman, Which ;eft St.
Lucia Wednesday, for Martinique, re-
turned to St. Lucia on. Thursday
afternoon. Me Roddam brings a re.-
-
port that . the town of St. Pierre,
Martinique, the commercial centre
and largest city of the French West
ladles, with a population of
25,000, has been totally destroyed
as a. result of the volcanic disturb-
ances in the island. Almost all the
inhabitants of St. Pierre are said
to have been killed. The .RocIdam
reports that all the shipping in te
port .has also been destroyed. The
Quebec Stetunship Company's steam-
er Roraima is mentioned as having
been lost with all on board. The
Roddana was • almost completely
wrecked. Her captain was seriously
burned, and seventeen of her crew
are dead.
ST. .VINCENT MAY BE RUINED,
A despatch from London says:
The Colonial. Office here has received
a despatch from Sir Robert Llewel-
lyn , Governor of the Windward .Is-
lands, dated Kingston, St. Vincent,
Friday, The Goefernor says that the
Soufriere volcano„ in the north-wes-
tern. part of the Island of St. Via -
cent, British West Indies, continued
in activity, Earth • shocks had 00-
for a Week past bee nce, ;.a -
teeny in Kingston. On Wednesday a
big cloud of steam hung oVer othe
Soufriere, and the inhabitants, who
were greatly alarmed, ,,were flocking
.to Chateau Delair. Theta were al-
ready 800 refugees there, who were
being fed by the authorities.
• A despatch front Kingston. Jae,
maida, says : It is impossible for
vessels to. approach 'Martinique, and
for this xeason full details of eae,
disaster are slow in reaching the
,Other islands, Two vessels have been
lost with all on, board iri endeavor-
ing to approach St. Pierre. • Much
apprehension is telt- regarding the
fate of S. Vincent. •
• Ihrofessor jean-1YMa°, the' einineett
seismologist, says he is positive that
no earthquake ,has occurred in Mar-
tinique. The destruction was due en-
tirely to a. Volcanic eruption. Ile
adds :-"My. seismic observatory has
shown no sign of an earthquake with-
in a week, No seismic diseurbances
front the West Indies have been noted
since April 10, when there was a
marked record from Guatemala.
What has probably happened is that
Mont Pelee ha S blowa its head off,
as the head of a, eylindee blows out
When the • steam pressure is too
great," •
LATEST FROM TUE CARIBBEAN,
no city of St. Pierre Was de-
stroyed in less than thirty seeonds.
that short period the harvest of
death was reaped.
The total list of victlais will ap
proximate iullg 80,000,
Bite one Man out of the total pop-
euslautpioeled,of the toutn is known, to hav
ee
Relief eXpeditiOus from neighboring
islands have landed and are burn-
ing the dead. a
A cable steanter has reached Vert
de France, fourteen miles from Si
Pierre, with • 450 survivors, pielsed
up along the e1lQ113.
Mone ROW, a fashionable suburb
of $t. Pierre, •escaped. The Frencit
Governor of Martinique fled to that
place and Was saved,.
Fourteen of the steamer Roraieue'e
crew were among the thirty saved bY
the French cruiser Suchet and take»
to Guadaloupe,
The 11, S. Navy Department has
ordered the cruiser Cincinnati from
San Domingo to Martinique to give
assistance. The Freuch and British
C overuments are sending assistance
ST. VINCENT THREATENED.
The Soufriere (Sulphur Pit) in
Eruption.
A St. Lucia, 13.W.I., despatch says
-The entire northern end of the
British healed of St. Vincent has
been laid waste by volcanic erup-
tion.
The British lletitentuit In charge of
the garrisea here reports that both
• large craters on St. Vincent are
enaetting enormous N. -Divines of sraoke
lava and hot. ashes.
The northern end of the island is
out off from the southern end by an
enortesus stream of lava, 'which is
destroying everything in its path,
iTemrooll craters are bursting every-
wNo vessel can approach the north -
_ern shore of the island on account of
the intense heat and the • steam
which is coming froni all sides.
It is estimated now that fully 200
goes have been lost on the island Of
St. Vineent. It is thought that
when details are received the loss of
life will prove to be muoll heavier.
Kingston, the capital of the is-
land, is covered with ashes, and is
'Lying bombarded with stones from
the volcanic crat,crs.
ASHES CARRIED 250 ISCITAS OUT
TO SEA.
- The terriAc force of the eruption
at St. Vincent may be illustrated by
one incident. Ashes hi great quan-
tity fell on the dealt of the British
steamship Coya, Capt. Eton, •wlaen
sihe was 250 miles away from the
fathead.
Cable communication between the
islands Routh of St. Lucia is inter-
rupted, but the fire from the crater
of Mount Soufriere, Island of St.
Vincent, can be seen Irom here, 21
miles away. In fact the flante,s are
visible for forty miles.
PRINCIPAL GRANT DEAD.
Head of Kingston University
. 'Passes Away.
A Kingston despatch says:-Frin-
cipal Grant el Queen's University
died at 11,05 Saturday morning.
The end Was fully expected. •Dr. Gar-
rett •at 10.30 reported that the pa-
tient had beea attacked by oedema
of the lungs and could not survive
under the most favorable circum-
stances more than a few hours. It
was not, however, anticipated that
the end would come so shortly. The
disease progressed rapidly from 10,-
80.'' The serous Said filled the lungs,
and the functions of the entire sys-
tem ceased shortly before 11 o'clock.
The change' from the comatose state
to dissolution was extremely grad-
ual, and at 11.15 Dr. Garrett, after
a most careful examination, an-
nounced that death had. taken plane.
It is almost needless to state that
sorrow is geneeal throughout • the
city, for -the eminent principal of
Queen's was as well liked as he was
known. .
HIS SCHOOL DAYS.
George Munro Grant was born
Dec. 22, 1835, at Siellarton, County
Pictou, ,Nova Scotia, the son of a
school teacher, who later removed to
Pictou, where the son attended Pic-
tou Academy. When 16 years of age
he entered the West River Seminary
of the Presbyterian Church of NOYEL
SeOtia, aild two years later was
electedby the coramittee of the Sy-
nod of Nova Scotia as one of four
students to be sent to the University
of Glasgow to be fitted for the min-
istry of the, Presbyterian Church, At
Glasgow he took the highest honors
in philosophy, and also carried off
first prizes in classicsr moral phil-
osophy, and: chemistry, and the see-
ond prize in logic., In dieinity he
took the lord rector's' prize of 30
guineas for the best essay on Hine
cloo literature and philosophy,
• IN THE MINISTRY.
Upon his return to Canada he held
missionary chargee in the Maritinie
ProvinceA, and 10 1868 was inducted
to the pa.storate of St..Iffatthew's
Church, Ilalifa,x. He became prin-
cipal of Queen's College at Kingston
and received the degree of D. D. from
Glasgow.. -
In 1872, with Sanford Fleming, he
made a trip across the continent, in-
specting the location of the Canadian
Pacific. Railway line, end later Wrote
the book "Ocean to Ocean." Among
his other works are "New Year Ser -
mous," 1865-66; "Reforniers of the
Nineteenth Century-," 1867: "Advan-
tages of imperial Federation." 1889;
"Our National Objects and Aims,”
1801 "The Religions of the World
in Relatien to Christianity," 1894;
"The Religions of the World," 1895.
In 1880 Principal Grant was elect-
ed _Moderator of the General Assem-
bly of the Presbyterian Church of
Canada, and in 1891 President of the
Royal tier:lay ca. Canada. In 1872
he married 'Miss Jessie Lawson of
Ilalifax, who diedabout a, year ago.
NATIVES ATTACK LAAGER,
Burghers Had Recently Burned
Down Their Kraals,
A Vrylusid, Southeastern Transvaal
despatch gays :-Natives, whose
kraals were recently burned by
burghers, aftecked a, Boer leaser in
the vieinity of ScheePere' Nek, Mat/
5, arid kiliod thirty-two Peers.
IliE DOMIRION PARLIAMENT,,
POriai, Bpintow.
On th, resolution empowering the
GoirernMent to borrow $15,000,000.
Mr. .Fieldieg stated that the • last
• Loan Act Was peseta. in 1895and
was ler 515,000,000. The outstand-
ing ,Porrowing power of the Govern-
ment cet tbae time, including' the
815,900,000, was about $23,500,000.
Out ,of that the GotternMent raised
something lesfs than $10.000,000 in
1897, borrowing it from the Dank of
Mantreal, tt $f per cent., with the
exception of a small sum, for which
a. trifle over that interest was paid.
In addition the Government had
floating • indebtednese of about 56,-
000,000, and the savings bank bor-
rowings; had increased to the extent
of $9,500,000,' The result was that:
the outstanding borrowing poters
ref the Government on the 30th. cif
.April were $2.820,000. It
was necessary that . there.
should be a borrowing •• power
available to the Government from
time to time.- He did not anticipate
that it would he necessary. to go 10 -
to the market for a loan during the,
current calendar year, but it might
be done if ,the conditions were favor-
able; Otherwise the money required
could be' raised by an increase of the
floatine indebtedness. .
Mr, Fielding further explaleed that
tbe other clime° of the bill dealt
with the renewal of Aeons, that were
ltd ling due,
The resolution was passed, and the
bill based upon it was given, its ilest
• reading.
• RAILWAY A Cit. •
Mr.•Blair introduced .sit bill to
amend the Railway Act. He ex-
plained that under the present law a
spur built front the main line of rail -
'way to a gravel. pit cannot cross a
river or otter body of water thdt
may intervene. The bill is intended
to remedy thie defect.
FRUIT MARKING ACT. •
• Mr. Fisher -explained the bill to
amend the Fruit Marking Act.. Be
said that seam confusion hadarisen
as to the definition of the word
"packer." The bill provides that it
shall mean the. person on `whose be-
half the fruit is packed and not. the
"vallo does the work. ..The
bill also permits the placing of one,
two or three ecf,s, or of the numbers'
1, 2, 3, on the package, to denote
the grade 'of- the fruit, the former be-
ing the favorite :method la the Mari-
time .Provinces,and the latter in
Ontario, Individual packers are also
allowed to .put their private marks
on the ,packages, provided these
marks are notjamonsistent with, nor
more conspicuous than those re-
gaired by law.
In answer to a question. Mr. Fish-
er explained that these 'changes in
the law are being made. at the sug-
gestioes of the inspectors, who had
consulted the fruit exporters on the
subject. The bill was read a third
time and passed,
RUSSELL NOT LEAVING.
Mr. Blair denied the-ruenor that
Mr. Russell, manager othe Interco-
lonial railway, was going to resigp
and that certain other changes in the
personnel would follow.
BANK BILLS,
The question of dilapidated bank
bills in circulatioii was brought up
by Dr. Sproule, on the consideration
ef the vote for the renewal of the
tontract for printing bank notes.
stamps, etc., to the American Bank
Note Company for five years longer,
and after a short discussion Mr. Mu -
lock said that the question was be-
ing considered by the Government,
but that the people could tend to
better the condition by demanding
clean bills of the banks. The Gov-
ernnient is now increasing the issue
so as to supply the banks.
• MINISTERS NAMED.
Sir Wilfrid 'announced that Messrs.
Altdock and Paterson would
represent Canada at the chlenial con-
ference during coronation, • wed ex-
plained that it was hoped that a line
of subsidized steamers running be-
tween Ai eastern port in Canada
and Australia, by way of South Afri-
ca would be one of the results,. An
item of $12,000 to defray the ex-
penses of the Ministers passed.
GORONATIQN CONTINGENT.
The vote of $80,000 for the coron-
ation contingent passed with little
disaussion: The 'Minister of Militia
explained that it woad be 600
strong, officers and men, half caval-
ry and halt infantry, representatives
of the Strathcona. Horse to be in-.
eluded in the former, The district
officers commanding will choose the
men, four from each cavalry corps,
Ono from each of the smaller infan-
try corps, and two 'from each of -the
larger infantry corps. There will be
22 officers, e.ud the force • Will sail
from Quebec on June 7th. The War
Office will supply the horses on the
other side.
GEORGIAN BAY CANAL.
On the third reading of the bill to
incorporate the Montreal, Ottawa
and Georgian Bay Canal. Company,
Mr. Tarte proposed an nenetadment
to the effect that this company shall
not exeralse its power in •the district
between Lake. Nepissing and • this
Georgian Beef, known as the 'French
River seetion, until or unless the
Governor -in -Council authorizes other-
wise. Mr. Tarte 4actid that if it was
not for a renewal of a charter, he
Would be disposed to vote against
the bill. The Government should be
careful in granting charters, In his
opinion the French River section
;Should not be called a canal, it was
a. navigable river in every part. The
same did not apply to the district of
the AI n ttawa and 'Ottawa Rivers., Ile
understood, and he • hoped it was
true, that this company, could earry
on its tuaderialsing without subeidies
from the Goverint eat, He• thought
it was sufficietet et the present time
for the Government to hese hill eoa-
trol over the French River district,
as the Government, has 'potent* to
take over at any time the. Worlcs of
the tontpany •by paying themagee
;severing the Pluomit of • money spot
On clonstr etion. He was satiefled,t0
ote ,for the big as Anne:Med, as the
eOtapany had vested. eighth lit the
The bill, as amended, was then
read a -third tine end Passed.
• SO1PLF,111ENTA1W LIST.
l
li:e
IlPl;faaing
eaearyj isisres
isea0C, .10z3
ee0ior tite
ye , were
presented to Parliament, They total
85,730,801. • Of this aMount 53,-
886,201, is charged to consolidated
fund, aael $2,858,100 to capital. For
the intereolenial there is an item of
51,816,000. • There. is 8175,000 for
the $t. Louis 1Dxhibition end 520,-
000 for the Wol•verleampton .0xhibi-
tioo, 850,000 for the coronation
mllltary contingent, and 5315,000
for Halifax Garrison. Voint, Ed-
ward, dredging, $10,000; Port Bur-
well, improvement to harbor, $40,-
000; Port Elgin, lauding pier, e $5,-
000; Portsmouth, te complete re-
pairs, 8500; Port Stanley, to com-
plete repairs, $14,000; Bichaxd'o
Langing, wharf repairs, $1,500;
Iltviere Aux Pucer, repairs to pile
work, $1,800; Roacleau Harbor, re-
pairs to piers cs.nd dredging, • $10,-
000; Sottgog RiVer, dredging at
Lindsay, re-voto of lapsed amount,
$2,600; South Nation River, im-
provements $1,000: Sturgeon Falls
improvemouts to wharf $500; Thorn-
bury, repairs to harbour works, $4,-
000; Trenton, Trent River, dredging,
$5,000; Wendover Wharf, including
ice -breakers. and storehouse with
waiting -room, $8,000; Andierstlaurg,
dredging, 55,000; Bell River, repairs
to sheet piling, $1,400; Big 130.yt re-
pairs, $500; Bowmanville, to com-
plete repairs to breakwater,
$4,000; Burde's Falls, -Magnetawan
'liver, wharf, 84,500; Burlington
channel, repairs toeplers, 520,000 ;
Callender, repairs to wharf, 81,500;
Chantey Island, repairs to, west:ern'
breakwater, $3,300; Cobourg, re-
pairs to piers and dredgies, $10at
000; Collingwood, dredging, $15,-
000; Cornwall, repairs to and ex-
tension of wharf, $4,800; Georgian
Bay, improvement, 53,000; Goclerich
harbor works, $6,000; Goderich har-
bor, dredging, $10,000; Harwood
Wharf on Rice Lake, $1,000, Hilton,
St. Joseph's Island, $1,500; Hunts-
ville, new wharf, $3,500; Kincar-
dine, • repairs, 54,000; McGregor's
Creek, new pile protection, $1,500 ;
Midland harbor whatf, $10,000;
Newcastle, to complete repairs to
piere, 85,000; Oreille, new Wharf,
$3,000; Oshawa harbor, '• improve-
ments, $1;250; Pelee Island, exten-
sion of wharf, $5,000; Penetane
gueshene, dredging, 810,000, Picker-
ing, repairs to piers and dredging,
53,200. Toronto post office repair's,
$20,000; Toronto drill hall, $6,000;
Toronto custom house, $5,000; To-
ronto post effice alterations, $10,-
000; Toronto Junction post office,
85,000, St Catharines public build-
ing, 510,000;. Yukon public build-
ings, $36,000; canals, $283,000 :
Port Colborne, $100,000; defences of
F.squirnalt, for purchase of land,
$50,000; arms, ammunition.and de-
fences ($219,000 re -vote), 8800,000;
for purchase of Tines, 5150.000.
QUEBEC NATIONAL PORT.
On the Quebec harbor vote of
,8100,000, Mr. Tarte said this would
beathe begitueing of new work de-
signed to furnish accommodation for
the fast Atlantic steamers.: It in-
vo?ved, for the present an extension
of the Louise Embankment, but the
ultimate cost of the work would be
$1,000,000. •
Dr. Sproule said he had no doubt
that the proper ocean port for Can
ada was ,Quebec. He wanted to
know -the present position of the
fast line matter, and what the Gov-
ernment proposed to clO to counter-
actthe effect of the Morgan steam-
ship merger, especially as regards
the fast line.
Mr. Tarte said the Government
would take good care that the Fed-
eral subsidies would not he lost.
• PORT COLBORNE FIARI3OR.
On the item of $100,000 for Port
Colborne harbor improvements., Mr.
Tarte said -1,200 feet of the break-
water had been built, but: it would
be • strengthened and made wider.
The whole breakwater would cost
$890,000. Several applications had
been received • from privetteeparties
desiring to construct elevators, but
he could not say what would even-
tually be the Coverninent's policy in
this Teepee -a Tbe wig:Ste breakwater
would be completed next year. Ills
Personal opinion was that the Gov-
ernment should own the terminal
facilities in connection with the
canals.
FRUIT CROP RUINED.
Reports from Niagara Shona-, Se-
. rious Damage. -
A St. Catharines, Ont., despatch
says :-Where Saturday everything
gaee promise of a bountiful, eroP
throughout this district, now all ie
gloom and desolation. The heavy
frost of Saturday night and Sun-
day morning has caused almost . in-
calculable damage to the fruit in
aIl directions. There are six degrees
of frost in the city, tend from eight
to ten degrees in the country. For
about half a mile along the Jake
shore the peaches and gvapes are
not so der advanced, and thus Will,
escape to a eertain extent, amt at
all other points the peach and
grape: crops. will .be almost gout-
pletely ruined. The isu•de aad blose,
sums being well advanced, the bade'
en the grape -vines weep frozen still..
All the strawberries that were in
bloom are reined, and the toes all
through the district will be very
heavy. Plains and apples being
hardier and later, have escaped
•ecenewhat. Tomato and other ten-
der plants that had been set Out -by
thousands all through the district
were also completely ruined.
STRUCK BED OF COAL.
Was Boring for Water at, 'Portage
la Pettirie.
A Winnipeg despatch says : The
Government well -boring machillq.
while boring for water at PortagOitt
Brairie, struck a bed of coal at o
depth of' 188 feet. An examieation
will be suede to eee • if it1 IN of• com-
mercial value.
MINERS QUIT WORK.
• Operaters BetVe ItOttASed te Cart -
cede Arleiteatien,
A.Screattou, Pa., despatch says :-
The hithe Workers' Oanuelittee 41204-,
0(1 IfricisY tO submit the
question of strike to a general con-,,
vention. The order says, after re-
citing that the operators have re-
fused. to arbitrate t --"The collaTglittee
after three days' serious deliberit»
thin, feel that in justice to them. -
6'01N -es and the anthracite mine woeh-
ers and those dependent Vion them.,
before a joint strike -is inaugiirated
the t.piestion should be farther eon-
eidered by a delegate convention,
in which representatives from time
local unions shall be fully instruct-
ed by, their Constitueuts and prepar-
ed to eote either in favor of •or 10
opposition to a complete cessation
of work.
"In the meantime all persome
played in or around the collieries,
steriesplings'washeries, and breakers
are instructed ' to temporarily ab-
stain from working, beginning -Mon
day, May 12, 1902, and continuing
thereafter until after final decisiol
is readied by a delegate convention,
which will convene on Wednescla3-,
May 11, at Hazleton, Pa."
John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine Workers of America, re-
ceived telegraans from the presidents
of the four great carrying made,
with whom he was recently la con-
ference in New York. Each one gave
tui einphatie negative to his sugges-
tion that the differences should be
arbitrated. •.-
The largest (et the anthracite coal -
carrying interests, are controlled by
the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
roads,- which controla the anthracite
•interests of the Central- Railroad,
of New Jersey, and of a number of
independent. operators. 'Ilse other
big • coal -carrying roads • are the
Lehigh Valley, which conies aext in
the value of , interests to the Phila-
delphia and Rea,ding, the Erie, and
Pennsylvania Railroads, whose an-
thracite interests are about equal.
The misters want to have the col-
lieries run on the eight-hour day
plan, so that all of the other men
Including Sremen, hoisters, and
others eirsployea in the mines, may
benefit by the change, which would
be virtually • an increase of wages,
the change from a ten to an eight-
hour day, making a, redaction of 20
to 30 per cent. in the output, there-
by, decreasing the profits.
• -According to the operators, the de-
mand foe the weighing of .coal itt
the breakers is so naa.de that it it
`were granted the miners would be
paid for all the stone and rdilSe
• which is mined along with the coal.
HEROISM AT LADYSMITH.
Artillery Sergeant Rewarded. for
an Act of Devotion.
A London despatch says: Among
the men who received distinguished
conduct medals from. Lieut. -General
Sin W. Butler at Davenport, was
Sergeant Boseley, late_Royal Field
Artillery, who lost his leg and an
arm at Ladysmith.
By the aid of an artificial leg and
arm the gallant sergeant presented
an ordinary appearance on the par-
ade. ground. A chair was placed for
his accommodation, but he walked to
the table and saluted when receivirg
the medal. from General Butler,.
• The general told the story of Bose-
ley's herolem. Waile lying terribly
wounded across the gun he etadesert-
ed he called to his eompanions wno
were uninjured to roll; his body azide
and continue _the service of the gun -
an act of devotion, said General
Butler, that was beyond all praise,
an act of gallantry that would vie
with any in the history of deedsl of
beroism.
• DATE OF PEACE.
May 20 Reported To Be the Day
Set.
A despatch received- at Lisbon
from Delagoa Bay, Portuguese East
Africa, says that peace in South
Africa is certain to result from the
conference of the Boer leaders to be
held at Vereeniging, Transvaal, May
• lt is said, the despatch • cen-
t -fates,' that peace will 'be officially
proclaimed May 20, Preparations)
aro afoot for general rejoicings. •
After having met the burghers in
the field and explained to them the
British terms, the Boer leaders were
to meet at Vereeniging tend reach a
final decision on the subject of
pease.
A clespatoh from London said it
was officially asserted tliat after
their conference at Vereeniging the
Boer leaders would proceed to Pre-
toria, and announce to Lord Idit-
&eller their decision in regard to
the peace terms they were prepared
to accept.
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• -COAL FOREUROPE
Norwegian Vessel Leaves Sydney
for Copenhagen.
A Montreal despatch says: -The
stecuner Fredericja has sailed from
Sydney for Copenha,gea with a cargo
of 650 tons of Cape 13reton coal for
Denmark. She will be fqllowed dur-
ing the season ba several other. ves-
sels, principally. sailing ' under the
Nerwegiart ,which will carry
Cailaclieva coal to different porte 10
Europe, Last year the Dominioe
Coal Company exported over 50,000
tone of coal to the other side of
Atlantle, and orders have been se-
cured for nearly doeble that ninoent
this year.
BRITISH TRADE.
Inipertg Show it Decrease,
Hz -
ports Increase.
A London deepatch says: -The re -
terns 'issued by the Beard of Trade
'Awe that during the Month of April
the imports deereased £65,689. while
the exports,. increased 41,505,49B
-
The increar3e in ,eXpierte inuottitted 10
£387,042. ,
NEWS ITE
Telegraphic Briefs' From
Over the Globe,
CANADA.
WootistoCk'S Police fbree 1
increased,
Tim ice on Jibe Yukon is bre
uP on the upper reaches..
The' G,P.R. has granted nt irci-
el pay to its machinist's.
Winnipeg's- realty assessment now
totals 323;912,900, vith
exemptions. Population 03,3,97.
Ottawa is reeeiving offersefs-om eas-
el -al telephone companies desirous of
tile -faith -es; et system in opposition t9
the Bell,
•0 be
Hong Lee, the Kiagstoa Chineae
laundryman, who hag given libertillY
to Queen's University, has sob -
scribed 325 to the Y.M,O.A..
As a reeelt of a petition of theater
of Brantford'a business men, the city'
will mfebrate Victoria Day ea Mal,
26, instead of Saturday, the 24th.
The Canadian Paeific ammunces ree.
ductioas in Freight rates betWecr:
Lake Superior and, letaaitoba proiate,
ranging from 40 tO 14 cents per 100
pounds. •....
The Cety Conneil Of Ottawa has
decided to introduce a by-law come
pelting the removal of ail sgns,
verundtahs; or other; projections in
the streets,
The Northwest Commercial
velers have purchased a prominent
business *corner in Winnipeg, -and
will 'erect, . there an • eight -storey
office buildiag.•
Owen • Soloed • assessors' returns
show a, population of 9,414, an in-
crease over last year of 159, and an
assessment of $3,529,991, an ie -
crease of a quarter of a million.
Some members . cd the Hamilton
Board of' Education object to the
forming of a rifle club among enem-
ies:se 'of the Collegiate institute -
They Should wait till; they are old
enough to join the 18th. Regiment.
GREAT BRITAIN. -
Orders have been issued lor the
Imperial Yeomanry battalions now
at Aldershot to embark for South
Africa.
„ The King and the Queen with their
own hands placeri in position sev-
eral of the young saplings planted,
recently in the grounds of Bisaltimpa
haat Palace.,
The allegett combination of British
Ship -owners to keep up the freights
on British goods has attr-acted the
attention of th'e Government."'
UNITED STATES.
9.'he tr. S. Steel Corporation em-
ployed 158,263 men daring the past '
year, a,nd paid out in wages $112,-
829,198.
Miss Rebecca French, a public
school teacher of Marinette, Wise:
has gone insane over her lose for
cats.
• Jaanes Duffield, elected mayor' of
Buckner,. 0,, on a prohibition, thsket,
has been lined for selling liquor co se
teary' to law.
Former City Treasurer Gerat, 'of
Buffalo, was fined 51,000 and. des -
missed for complicity in defalcations
'amounting te$10,000. .
*
Because a teacher at a public
SCI1001 ill Philadelphia sat ori a bible
while playing tbe piano, thee ,etool
being too low, it row wasastaatee
which the directors land to ..investt
gate and settle. _
Samuel Wendell Willis -tort, professor
oil Geology in the UniversitY .of
eases, and author 01 150 scientific
p.pers anc books, hes been chosoe
head professor of paleontology in. the
University of Chicago. • ,
On Saturday of this week Mayor
tow, of New York, will rnalee
underground trip in an automobile
through the large 15 -foot sewer that
is being built tg drain the entire
Bay Ridge section of Brooltlyn,
Senator Tillman, Made a • 'violent.
speech in the Senate at Washington
on Wednesday, in which he hoped
the. United States would turn front
their "game of. desiltry in the Pfal-
Wellies" mud assist the South to rid
herself of the threat of negro nom-
ination.
•• GENERAL.
The revolt in Portugal is ago -hese
mbaidgtoravteiTnment and execrable- ad
nis
• A Britesit subject named, -Allcock
ha,s been murdered in his own -gar-
densornieoavrs Top_let4lacin,t20tMeos,rohcacvoe. occarma
in Spain, destroyiag a. number Of
houses and terrifyiug the people.
The young king Alfonso will , wear
fifty different uniforms during, tilt
festivities attendant on his a4Ceg.
iTbiay-.0 Austrian Deputies have tolapt
another' bloody ducl in Vienna, in
which both were cut and elashed ter-
r
Frightened by rumors that Russia
iS preparing for war with Javan
many Chinese traders have loft
Port Arthur for Shanghai.
In all parts of tbe Orange River
Colony the Dutch are entering- with
.great spirit into the arrangements
f or the eoroli atie n eel (Aerations,
At lifo.e.cow a Inc calmed by the
careleseness of it werkraan. bas re-,
• salted • inthe cleetruction of six-
steatiere and several workshops.
The Empress. Dowager of China le
credited with having developed uiti-
0.
craze for foreigu ways, partieue
laxly in the direction of social func-
110111118'Jillie a Danish expedition will
visit Greenland to make an axioms-.
tuliVmetiostti..idy Of the manners, customs.
and sope n
erstitiOns- of tuiative pop -
'Reports of alleged disagreenien'te
between Queen and Prince
Henry have been traced to one of the
Prince's.) valet, in revenge for his
eelnanctre dismissal
Word.has beali receiVed that twen-
ty -ono Ttitliifl soldiere, eupposied to
le. •• beett killed in a battle with
' Stenekk of Abytelniasix years
ago, 5112 pelseners of war.