HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-10-16, Page 3THE MARKETS
Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
in Trade Centres.
eseesse
Toronto, Oct. l.4.—Wheat — Trade.
is quiet. No, 2 white and red win-
ter. unchanged, at 65c middle freight.
• No 2 goose, 63 to Geo east, and
No. 2 spring 65c east. New Mani-
toba wheat is steady, with sales of
No. 1 hard at 804e, grindiag in
trruasit, and, at 74 to 744c. Goderich
and Port Huron.No. 1 Northern,
78*c grinding in transit, and 72* -c
• Goderich and Port Huron.
Pease -No. 2 are nominal at '700
east.
• Core—The market is firm, with
none offeting. No. 8 yellow Ameri-
can quotes). at 69e an track here.
' Barley—Market is quiet, and prices
steady. No. 8 extra nominal at
40e middle freight, and feed at 85
to 88c middle.freight. ••
Rye—No. 2 is quoted Outside at
47* to 48c.
13tickwheat—Buyers of No.:2 out -
aide at 50c.
Plour—Ninety per cent. patents
quoted at $2.62 to $2,65 middle
freight, in buyers' sacks for ex-
port. Straight rollers or special
brands, for doxnestic trade, sold at,
$8.82 in barrels., and patents at
$8.42 in barrels. ,Manitoba flours
quipt; Hungarian. patents, $8.85 to
$4,.25 delivered on track, Toronto,
bags included, and Manitoba s,trong
blakers.,' $8,80 tio 83.90-
Oatmeal—Car lots, in bbls., $4.85
on track, and Sn sacks, $4.75. Brok-
en lote,.20 to 25c extra.
Millfeecl—Bran is quoted at $12.50
to $13.50 west, and shorts at $17
tvest. Bran quiet here at $14, shorts
at $19. Manitoba bran, $17 in
sacks, and shorts at. $28 in sacks.
sea
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter—The market is quiet, with
prices generally steady. The de-
mand is good for choice qualities,
while poor grades are very dull. We
quote: Finest 1 -lb. rolls, 16 to 17c;
selected dairy tubs, 15 to 15*c;
store -packed uniform color, 18/ to
14.1,e; low grades, 12 to 18c; cream-
ery prints, 19 to 20c; solids (fresh
made), 19 to 19*e.
"
Eggs—Tho market remains steady
for strictly fresh stock. Receipts
moderate. We quote: Strictly new
laid, 18c; ordinary store candled,
15a. to 17c; seconds and checks, 12
to -180.
Cheese,-eThe naarket contiuues fates
We quote: Finest, 11 to 111c; sec -
;ends, 10; to 101e.
IlkUNITED STATES MARKETS.
-• Minneapolis, Oct. •14.— Clesee —
. • Wheat—December, 67ac; May, 68Sc;
on track, No. 1 head, 70ece No. 1
• Northern, 69f to 69ec; No. 2 North-
ern, .67a to 68c. .
- Duluth,. Oct. 14.—Close: — Wheat—
• Cash, No. 1- hard, 70ec; No. 1
• Northern,- 69c; No. 2 Northern, 67c;
• December, 67c; May, 69*c; Macaroni'
—No. 1, 61c; No. 2, 62c, -Oats —
December, 29e,c.
• Detroit, Ott. 14.—Closed: — Wheat
• —No. 2 red cash, 72*c; December,
73; May, 74c.
Milwaukee, Oct. 14.—Wheat —Firm;
close, No. 1 Northern, 72a. to 73c;
No. 2 Northern, 70* to 72e; De-
cember, 67ec. Rye—Firm; Na. 1,
•503' to 51e. Barley—Firm; No. .2,
• 72c; sample, 40 to 62c.- Corn -.-
December, 413ac.
St. Louis, Oct. 14. --Closed:
• Wheat—Cash, 67*O; December, 67*c;
• May, 69ac.
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-LIVE NTOCK mARxrirs.
Toronto, Oct. 14.—At the 'Western
cattle market to -day 100 carloads of
live stock were received, including
1,837 cattle, 1,200 hogs, 2,100
sheep aid lamb's, 30 calves., and 20
=lett cows. The market was a
lively one, and nearly everything
sold early; all good Cattle .were firm
and wainted, small stuff was easy,
and hogs unchanged.
There was a marked improvement
in the quality of some cif the cattle
received her to -day. For good tie
!thole° expert cattle the price rang-,
from.4:- to 5ic per pound, with a
trifle More 'paid occasionally fen. • a
few picked lots. 'Light shippers
ranged up to $4.60 per cwt. Every-
thing sold. All the •best butcher
cattle sold- quickly and at better
prices; the top figure to -day was 4*
to 5c per pound for good to choice
cattle; but there was nonmProve-
ment in medium and common cattle,
which continue weak, and are a
slow sale. There was no change to-
day in stockers, feeders, or bulls.
Good export bulls are worth from
$1 to 4.1c per pound. Stockers are
worth from 8 to 8t,e por lb. Good
ehort-keep feeders are worth from
4 to 41c per pound.
Lambs are weaker, and the tend-
ency in small stuff is for lower
pricee. The quotations for ewes are
from $8 to $3.25 per cwt. Lambs
are worth from $8,25. to $3,75 per
cwt. Culled sheep are selling at
from $2,,to $8 each. Bucks are
ivanteci,ererearcelad.M50 per cwt. , •
calves. are worth from $2 to $10
• -Vonowing is the range of 'prices
Rh' live stock at the Toronto cattle
yards to -clay:
Cattle,.
Shippers, per met ...$4.75 $5.50
Do., light .. ....4.25 4.60
:Mitch er, choice 4.25 5.00
Butcher, ordinary to
good ,.. ......... 3.00 4.00
Stocks, per cWt ,„ ....- 2.50 8.00
• Sheep and Lambs. •
Choice ewes, per cwt ... 8.00 3.25
Lambs, per cwt ... 3.25 3,75
Bucks, per cwt ... 2.50 2.75
• QUiled scopgaol? ;at •60 31,0(2
' Millters and Cialve*.**
Cow, eaell ...25,00 45.00
Calves, each e. e, "§.ob 10.00
• Hogs,
Melee hogs, ,per mt.,. 6.15 0 87*.
Light hogs, per cwt „. 6.00 6,12*
Flenacy hogs, • per cwt.. 6.00 6.12*
Sows., per owl, 4.00 4.50
tags, per cwt 2.06 2,50
,
• . HOG ritoDucT5,
Dressed hogs rttle eteadY, with nee
ceipts moderate, Cured meate aro
in good demand, with prices firm.
We quete: 13acon, long dear, 11%
in tea and case lots. Rork, mese,
$21.50; do., short cat, $28.50. `
. Smoked hana:18* to 14P; rolls, 1.2
to 12•}0; Shoulders, 114;c; backs, 10
to 16e; breakfast' bacon, 15c. •
• Lard—The market is unchanged.
We quote; Tierces, 10*e;. tubs, 11c;
pails, 11* to llica compound, 8*
to 10c. •
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL,
Montreal, Oct. 14.—No change is
to be noted on the wholesale mar-
kets. A firmer feeling, is manifested
In oats, but with no change in
price. Other lines' of grain are quiet,
except for small transactions. The
flour and feed situation ie unchang-
ed, Provisions are quiet and • dairy
products steady. • aran—No. 1 hard
Manitoba, 70c Fort Williams No. 1
Northern, 68e, October shipment;
Ontario red and white wheat, 780
afloat; nese crop Peas, 76c afloat, and
new crop oats No. 2, 3.2*0 afloat to
arrive, and 88c afloat spot; 38 .o
88ec in store for local account; rye,
551e afloat; No. 3 barley, -47c afloat;
buelswheat, 54c afloat; beeline • No.
3,46c affoat. Flour—Manitoba pat-
ents, $4; strong bakers', $3.70 to
$3.801 Ontario straight rollers,
$8.45 to $8.60; in bags, $1.65 to
$1.72*; patents, $8.70 to $4. Rolled
Oats—Millers' prices. to jobbere, $2.-
15 to $2.25 in bags, and $4.50 to
$4.60 'per bbl. Feed—Manitoba
bran, 815 to $16; shorts, 822, bags
included; Ontario bran in bulk, $15;
shortsin bulk, $20. Provisions —
Heavy • Canadian • short cut pork,
$25; . compound refiued lard, 9 to
Sate; pure Canadian lard, 11C; finest
lord, 12 to 12;c; hams, 12* to 14c;
bacon, 11 to 15c; dressed hogs, $7.-
50; fresh killed q,battoir, $9.25 • to
$9.50 per 10Q lbs. Cheese—Ontario,
11* to 11*c; Townships, 10* to 11c;
Quebec, 10/ to 100c. Butter—Fancy
Townships creamery, 20* to 20*c;
find creamery, 19 to 20c; Ontario
creamery, 13* to. 1.310; dairy but-
ter, i5 to 15*c. Eggs—Selected, 18;
to 19c; candled stock, 16; to 170;
straight receipts, 16 to laic; No. 2,
13* to 14c. Honey—Best clover in
sections, 11 to 12e per section; in
10-1b. tins, 9* to 10e; in bulk, 8c.
A BIGGER TRADE,
Great Increase in British -Canad-
ian. Conunerce.
•
A London despatch Says: Right
Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier's speech to
the Liverpool business men at the
Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday
gains a new point. From the
13oard of Trade returns issued on
Wednesday afternoon, there is a
showing of huge increases in An-
glo-Canachaii trade, despite the new
British duties, from which the Bri-
tish -Ministers regretfully declined to
exempt Canada.
-
The .British imports on Canadian
wheat increased during the past nine
months 4716,000; fiour increased
-
4250,000. Other increases. were:
Bacon, '4286,000; cheese, 4,277,000;
butter, e4217,000; hams, 492,000;
cattle, 417,000; horses, 28,000.;
hewn. wood, £9,000; sawn wood,
2190,000. Tho • total imports of
Canadian canned salmon were 2215,-
000, from the Atlantic; 2790,000,
from the Pacific; and lobsters,
£147,000.
On the other hand maize decreas-
ed 2417,000; oats, 2194,000; peas,
21.3 6,000j• sheep, 213,000; eggs,
230,coo.'
• . Astonishing„ however, are the in-
creases in thee:British exports to
Canada during the .nine 'months* just
past. namely:
Cotton piece goods,. 4418,000;
• jute, 419,000; , woollens., 490,000;
Worsteds, 475,000; haberdashery,
Z46,000; . pig iron, 471,000; bar
iron, Z41,000; railway iron, i31.10,-
000; sheets, boiler -plates, 451,000;
galvanized sheets, £70,000; tin
plates, 460,000; cast wrought iron,
447,000; steel, =wrought, 2114,-
000. •
This is all indicative of a remark-
able industrial activity.
• WITH CLOSED DOORS.
-Enquiry Into Genduct of • South
African War Begins.
A London despatch says: The first
sitting' of the Royal Commission ap-
pointed toenquire into the conduct
of the South African War was held
on Tuesday -under the presidency of
Lord Elgin, Much' • dissatisfaction
was caused by the decision of the
tommission to exclude the press, the
general opinion being voiced by the
Pall Mall Gazette,which says: "The
pre'sence of reporters is necessary to
assure a full and free investiga-
tion."
A -SCHOOLMA.STER'S . CRIME
13ohemia.n. Goes Macl and Uses
His Revolver.
A •special despatch from. Vienna
announces that a fearful tragedy was
enacted at •Droyssig, llob.ernia, on
Moliday. A village schoolmaster, 40
years old, while talking to his class
suddenly became insane, rushed' to
his
desk, drew it revoleef from it,
and ran amuck, shooting right- and
left among the terrified children.
Three scholars were killed, and
three were dangerously wounde'd, On
bearing the shots and screaans, the
villagers quickly arrived at the
school, and, infuriated at the sight
which met thein, lynched the school-
.
Inas ler.
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FISHING 130ATS WRECKES.
A Severe Gale on the Labrador
Coast,
St. Solince, Nfld., despateh says,:
The Labrador mail Steamer. arrived
hero on Wednesday with, 140 =On,
forming the crewe of 18 vowels -that
were 'Wrecked on the eoast during a
ficree gale last Week. The whole
shore was swept, and the destruction
of fishing property was extensiVe.
CARGO FOR SOU'Ill ;AFRICA
Steamer Ontarian Loading•
Mon focal
Xontreal despatch saYs:. •'be
Allan Line steamship Oa:tartan,
which will sail from this port on
the 1.8th, and 'inaugurate the pew
,service between • Caaacla aid South
Africa, is now ia Port, and is load-
ing. Space on the .Ontarian has
been largely taken up, and wheu the
vessel sails else will have a • iarge
and . valuable cargo under her
hatenes. In the Onterian's refriger-
ator will be butter, while hay, flour,
beaus, peas,. deals, dressed poultey,
and canned goods ere being put .on
board, The cergo riu amount to
about 6,000 tons measurement, the
ship being filled throughout; The
Ontarian,whicheis under command
of Captain Gamble, is expected t�
make the journey from Montreal ko
Cape Town in about 28 days. From
this part she will go to Port Eliza"
beth and Durban, and thence back
to Canada direct. -
The ship to follow' •the Ontarian
will be the Elder -Dempster Line
steamship • ,Melvil1e4 sailing from
Montreal• on November 18th. The
Furness Line steamship Charism will
be the third vessel to make the
journey in this service, sailing from
Halifax and St. jolfn, l•Ier sap-
ing date is December 18th. It "is -
expected that the steamships on
their return arips to Canada, will
bring back some cargo, consisting
chiefly of wool. Considerable South
African wobl has at different times
conic to Canada; by way of Eng-
land.
FRENCH MINER SROT.
. •
Clash With Police in Which Blood
Is Shed Freely.
A -Paris despatch says: The situ-
ation in the districts whore the min-
ers are on strike remains unchaeged.
Troops dre being moved towards the
affected sections.. It is reported
that the idea of an immense march
of strikers toward Paris Cs being
mooted., The price of coal is ad-
vancing. There was fighting between
the striking miners aocl the gen-
darmes on Friday night at Terre -
noire, near St. Etienne. Jean Col-
ombet, a - miner, was killed. Crowds
of strikersgathered outside:the bar-
racks and the gendarmescame out
to disperse- them. • A stone hit a
gender/n.0 in the face and he fell. An-
other gendarme drew his revolver
and fired at the man who threw the
stone. The bullet missed him, bat
killed Cramp:bet. The strikers then
assailed the gendarmery depot and
smashed the windows. 'Four other
gendarmeswere wounded- before the
strikers were repulsed. The advices
from various coal telds show that
the strike is extending. At a meet-
ing of the non-union conunittee of
the so-called "yellows," held in
Paris on Saturday, it was decided
to ()fret vigorous resistance to at-
tempts at intimidation by the strik-
ers. The committee grave Orders for
the purchase of 600 revolvers and
45,000 cartridges.
COAL FROM BRITAIN.
Ainericans Purchase Three Hun-
dred Thousand Tons.
A New York despatch says: 'At
least 800,000 tons of coal, anthra-
cite, bituminous and non -bitumin-
ous, have • been. purchased, in
England, Scotland and Wales for
export, to this side, according to es-
timates made on. Wednesday by im-
porters and steamship agents. Mr.
Mackey, in charge of the Coal im-
ports of- Barber .SS Company, steam-
ship agents, said: "We bave 100,-
000 tons of the best Scotch and
Welsh anthracite, and all, grades of
bituminous and non -bituminous
coal. Non-bitaminous coal is smoke-
less and much cheaper than anthra-
cite. We are • offering at in any
quantity at $7.25 a ton. We have
anthracite for sale in large quanti-
ties, not in driblets. The price is
$10 per ten in cargo lots. Steam
coal prices range from $5.50 to $7
per ton. Of the 100,000 tons we
have purchased only about 16,000
tons Will come to New York. Wed--
nesday morning we received the fol-
lowing cablegram from our agents,'
dated Cardiff: 'Owing to strike of
miners in France, coat pricesare
advancing everywhere."'
BRITAIN'S MARKET..
Project to Import Produce From
' the Dominion.
A London despatch says: • A pro-
jeet is afoot, capitalized to the ex-
tent of 4550,000 and headed by the
Earl of Aberdeen, former Governor-
General of Cana.' da; Lord 13alfour of
• Durieigh, and Sir William Purdie
Treloar, to Import Canadian pro -
on a large scale. It is urged
that Canada is able to • supply vile -
third, In • place of seven Per cent.,
of Great Britain's total fresh food
import of 2140,000,000 per annum.
The scenic contemplates the estab-
lishment of cold storage tvarehOuSes
at the principal English ports in
addition • to • Canadian wholesale
houses and restaurants in the cities.
The plan includes the importation of
wheat, 'fish, live stock, -fruit, cheese,
butter, eggs, and- Poultry.
YOUTH'S HOSRIBLE DEED.
Killed Mother and Sister With an
Axe.
A Pittsburg deepatch says: While
laboring under mental aberration,
the result of strain of Perfecting all
appliance for patents. on an air
brake, which are pending in Wash-
ington, D. 0., Charles Cawley, a 17 -
year -old boy, • of Homestead, Pa.,
early on Friday killed his mother
and one Slatert and fatally injueed
foiir other brothers anct sisCare. Xe
also tried to kill his two older bro-
thers, but was overpowered e and
turned Over to the pollee. The wen -
pen used was an axe, with Which he
crushed and hackdd his vietims be-
yond reeognitiene The injured ciao
in a, hosglitalt ,
LEAPED FOOM STREET CAR
Toronto 13arrister's Wife Meets
Terrible Death,
Mean, returlaing to the city with it
larg,e rand fashionable party- , fro
the Toronto golf links Friday even-
ing ,shortly after ei'..‘z o'clock, Mrs.
Alfred B. CaMeron, beCOining fright-
ened at the • buithing out of a fuse,
jumped from a street ear while•
was passing Leslie Park at full
speed, and seat:allied injurios wbiIi
roeulted io death at her home, 26
Madisen , avenue, about 10 p, zn,
without regaining •consciousness. The
ear in which they were returniag
was crowded, and Mrs. Cameron re-
znained with . two or three gentle'.
Men. • in the front vestibule. When
the car. reached Lake Leslie a fuse
burned out. The, motorman switch-
ed on the rear motor, and was again
proceeding et a high rate of speed
when another explosion occurred. It
was theh that Mrs. Cameron took
fright, and wiehout any warning,
and before those beside her could
prevent it, she suddenly leaped off
the ear. Mrs. Catheron was picked
up unconscious and carried to the
boulevard, and Wtie attended by Dr.
Graaett, who was amcmgethose
aboard the car. Considerable time
elapsed lsefore the ambulance sent
for -could arrive. 'The injared lady
was then rein:eyed to her home, Dr,
Grasett accompanying her in the
ambulance. An examination at the
house showed • that Mrs. Oameron'e
injuries were far more severe than
was at first supposed. ,In the jump
from the car her head struck the
roadway so forcibly as to .cause •a,
severe injury to the brain. - Dr.
Grasett held out small hopes for re-
covery', but the sadden'collapse at
10 p. in., just as a 'trained nurse
had arrived, was quite, unexpeeted.
Mrs. Cameron at her death was sur-
rounded by her husband, sisters, and
hen,rbrether-in-law, Cecil Gib -
so \
LABOR :ROUBLES IN SPAIN
20 Killed and Many I,Voundecl in
Conflict With Police.
'A Madrid despatch says':, The la-
bor troubles in Andalusia are be-
coming very serious. • In Halinea,
near Gibraltar, violence has been re-
sorted to by the strikers to a great
exlent. • A large number of the mal-
contents attacked the cTVil guard on
the outskirts of the town, firing en
them with revolvers.. The guard re-
turned the fire. The fight lasted an
hour. It is stated that' 20 persons
were killed and many wounded., The
trouble originatedin the 'desire of
the Socialists to hold a meeting to
protest against the action of the
Spanish . Government in ,closing a
Socialist Club • in a neighboring
tovin. ;The meeting was, prohibited
and the troops dispersed the assem-
bly, who raised revolutionary cries
and fired on the troops.- ' The sold-
iers responded with fatal volleys.
The Socialist headquarters was raid-
ed and books were seized,, -showing
that under the guise of Socialists
Anarchists were communicating with
others in various towns in Europe.
Domiciliary visits from the evidence
furnished by the books resulted,. and
many arrests were made in Linea,.
Many British subjects residing be-
yond the boundary'lines are return-
ing to Gibraltar.
MARKETING CROP -FAST.
Up to October • 9th, 8,435,936
Busb.els Had Been Carried.
. A Montreal despatch says: Marvel-
ous records continue tq he received
by the Canadian Pacifie management
from their officials in the Northwest
regarding the ,quantities of this sea-
son's grain carried down to market.
The latest memorandum brings. the
figures to October Q, when no less
than 8,485,936 bushels had been. car-
ried. Last year at the same date
the ameeunt marketed over the C. P.
R. System. was 4,685„608. '
SHEEP FOR A FEW PENCE.
Australian Packing Firm Buys
Many Thousand.
A Sydney, N. S. W., despatch
says: • The. Narandera Meat Pre-
serving Works- has purchased 120,-
000 sheep at from sixpenCe to a
shilling a head, the sheep owners, be-
ing 'unable to maintain their flocks
owing to the absence of fodder,
caused by the great drought.
INCREASE IN TRADE.
Imports Go Up $2,750,00,0, Ex-
• ports $5,000,000.
An Ottawa despatch says: The
trade figures for the three months
show an increase of $2,750,000 in
imports and $5,0(00,000 in exports'.
The duty collected increased by $1,-
110,000.
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strike of the iiressfeeders • may
delay the issue of the monthly mag-
azines.
Throughout the Fen district in
England the schools have beeit clos-
ed' to enable the children to assist
in. gathering the potato harvest. '
• One 'hundred wives and.their child-
ren have benn left by their abscond-
ing husblands to the care of the 13ir-
minghtun, England, guardians.
• .33ritish army meat contracts are
to eentein a new clause stating that
the frozen mutton supplied ,must be
obtained from British colonies • ex-
clusively.
It is anticipated that the filing,
who is Colonel -in -Chief of all the
Guatde regiments, Will review the
Six battalions, hate' on their way
home from • South 'Africa, towards
the end of the preeent months
Add General
Ten .thousand commie have been
made for forty states at Krupp'e
teams works, where 47,000 Workpeo-
ple are employed.
.There is a denaand for Meehanies hi
Cape .Colony, for skilled platelayers
M Natal, and for first -clime building
trade, employes in the TransVital,
7.
SHOT TRUSTEES AND GIRLS
ON* •••••
Mennonite Teacher in. West Takes
Savage Revenge,
A Wir•nipeg despatch says: Henry
1. Toews, a Mennonite school teach,.
em in the old village of Altoona, 62
Mile° I'm= WinniPeg, on Thursday
afternoon shot john Hiebert, Abra-
ham, llempet, and Peter Kahlor,
school trustees, and also three child-
ren, girls, 8,10 and lleyeers Of age,
earl then shot himself, 'after running
naile towards the railway .•sta-
tion. The cause of the tragedy, was
some conigiaints about the teacher's
management - of the school. Toews,
the teacher, was • present in the
school when the trustees aaid they
were not satisfied with his eenduet,
and he was •apparently prepared for
them with it seven chambered revolv-
er, The desperate maim shot . Ric-
hert, then Rempet, and Kehler last.
Kehler scuffled with him, and Toms
discharged the revolver, and the bul-
let passed across Kehlor's fingers,
breaking them. He then rushed in-
to the school room, and among the
children, and selected Kehlor's two
little girls, • aged 8 and 10 years,
shooting them through the body,
and Rernpet's little girl, about • 13.
years of ae, shooting her' through
the arm, breaking the bone. • The
Kehler children are fatally wounded.
The doctors cannot say cia to the
others as yet. Toewa, liempet,, and
Hiebert will also die.
ELECTRICITY AIDS PLANTS
A Quicker Growth Shown by Ex-
,
perim.ents.
A London despatch, says: Dr.
Lemstrom, of Relsginfors University,
has been experimenting on the effect
of an electrical discharge on the
growth of plants. Four seeds of
barley, wheat, and rye, were sown. in
pots, the soil bbing connected oleo,
Weeny with the ground. Above the
pots were suspended an insulate'd net-
work of wire with a number of
points of a Holz machine so connect-
ed that in some of the pots the elec-
tric current passed from the metals
Work to the earth, while in others it
passed in the reverse direction. For
five hours daily electricity was caus-
ed to pass through the soil, which
was kept damp. After eight weeks
the 'height of the plants affected by
tbeelectric current was found to be
40 per cent. greater than those to
which no current had beeu applied,
Expeeiments with other plants show"
the same results, but in different
proportions.
• TO EVICT HIS TENANTS.
Iriab. Landlord Applies '?or 300
Ejectment Writs.
A Dublin despatch says: Lord de
Freyne applied itt Castle -Rea (Ros-
common County) on Wednesday for
800 ejectment writs in tenants'
cases. They are all uadefended. The
friends and neighbors of those who
have alrcady been evicted are car-
ing for the homeless in outhouses
and stables. All the tenants on the
Ellis estate at Abbey Peale (Lim-
erick County) have' decided to sub-
mit to eviction: - end are building
huts on land adjacent to the estate.
MUST JOIN ARMY OR NAVY.
English Princes Detailed for Ser-
vice in Their Youth.
The princes of the English blood
royal have never been allowed to
saunter through • life as more do-
nothings. Custom and monarchial
dignity, of course, severely limit the
minaber of things to which the heir
apparent and his younger brothers
may apply ,themsolves. Practically
two professions only are open to
them—the army and the navy. But
with at least one of these .callings
the future king is expected to ally
himself. 'Bismarck QaCO sneered at
King Edward VII. when Prince of
Wales as being the only heir to a
European throne whom one would
never by any chance expect to en-
counter on a battlefichl. It is true
that English etiquette and opinion
do not exact from a royal prince
any very serious application to his
profession; nor, however keen and
capable he might be,- would the na-
tion countenance his employnaent in
times of war, says Hahter's Weekly.
The Duke of Connaught was ve-
hemently desirous of serving against
the Boers, but for "reasons of
state" which the people thoroughly
indorsed, was not allowed to do so.
These "reasons of state' are not
likely to be held less imperative it
the future, and one may with some
confidence surmise that for members
of the English royal family the days
of active service are over; Their
part in either branch of the nation -
system of defense must necessari-
ly be passive a,nd . ornamental,
though not on that account idle or
useless. 31 We may apply to them
the scorching' epigram in which an
American officer proposed the toast
of a. regiment that did not volunteer
for the civil . war: "Warlike in
Peace, peacefulWale' — one • has
also to admit that a prince who is
thrust into the strict democreey of
the sereiees is getting an' invaluable
education in •• orderliness, eelf-re-
etraiat and the prompt discharge of
duty;
WHERE MILLIONAIRES FLOUR-
ISH. '
It is stated that there are 4,800
millionaires in the TJnited States,
there being more in New York State
than in any other, 1,045; hi Massa-
chusetts there aro 475, and in Il-
linois 380. North Dakota 18 the
only State that cannot boast of
more than one,
• ..--. see—ea.
• 'An eagle can 1i 0 days withoet,
food, and a condor 40 days.
The 206 bones of the human body
aro worked by 522 voluntary mus-
Nellie—"I always Walk a inile
every afternoon for my eomplexion." 1
Kellie,—"I thought the, chemist's was e
at the eorner below s
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NEWS ITEMS.
Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe.
CANADA.
Forty thousand dollars is to be
spent on 'the Braatford street rail-
way.
The price of malt in Toronto is in-
ereesed 'from, 80 cents to $2.50 e
bushel..
It is proposed in Stratford to cut
'clown ehaele trees, of whioh there are
too many, for fuel. •
• The Quebec City Council has pass-
ed a' by-law to tax life insurance.
agents from outside points..
Charles McLean, jun., of Montreal,
was• accidentally shalt and killed
while hunting at North Bay.
The population of Ottawa is 61,-
137, according to the assessment
just tompleted, the increase over last
year being 443.
Threshing outfits from Dakota;
completely manned, are coming to
the relief of the farmers in Southern
Manitoba.•
Mr. O. Webster, an employe or 'ow
paper mills at St. Catharines, was
Probably fatally injured while work-
ingat the boiler on Friday night.
Soman ofthe eastern harvest hands
who have been employed in Manitoba
are returning to their homes believ-
ing the work of threShing to 'be too
heed for the money.
Prizes -amounting to $200 have
.b•een, distributed .-at Hamilton for
well liefit tted improved prera-.
ises. The proceedings were conduct-
ed by' the • City Improvement So-
ciety.
• Stewart Davison, .Superintendent
of Forestry, reports that watermel-
ons and tobacco as well as all clas-
ses of vegetables are grown in the
Peace River district, away north of
Edmonton.
A charge has been made against
the management of the Brantford
Isolation Hospital, to the effect that
patients -taken there for treatinent
of contaious diseases are permitted
to return to their homes within one
or two weeks.
A fir tree at Hastings, B. C., is
62 feet in circumference. It is hol-
low at the' base, and could easily
contain 80 people sitting around,
with room enougk for a man to
dance the Highland fling in the cen-
ter.
The Canadian. Pacific and Grand
Trunk Railways have agreed to make
a reduction of one-third their regu-
lar freight rates in the ease of fuel
brought to Montreal to be supplied
at cost price to the poor;
Add Britain .
. Mayor Howland of Toronto has
accepted an offer of 5,000 tons of
Welsh Admiralty anthracite coal, to
be delivered M Montreal at $6 per
ton. Hamilton has also ordere# 3,-
000 tons of Welsh anthracite, to be
delivered at Montreal at 43 shil-
lings it ton.
GREAT BRITAIN.
A possible • strike of miners in
Wales on the first of January is the
latest trouble announced.
Elaborate preparations are being
made to coPe with any outbreak of
smallpox in -London this winter.
When a hump -backed Italian nam-
ed Riga landed at Dover from the
Ostend boat.his.hump was found to
be composed of tobacco.
A granite obelisk to the memory
of General Wauchope, who fell • at
Magerseontein,has been une-eile& at
Yetholin, Roxburghshire.
The shipments of pig iron from the
Middlebrough districts to the United
States during the first nine months
of the year exceeded 100,000 tons.
Portions of the Mast, a cannon,
and other relics of the revenue cut-
ter Hunter, that went down with
all hands off the Norfolk coast in
1807, have just, been recovered at
Happisburgh.
It is rumored in London that the
Secretary of War, Mr. Brodrick, is
to marry the daughter of a well-
known judge, whose house is noted
Lor the hospitality offered to visit-
ors from all lands, •
UNITED STATES.
Excellent quality pf gold has been
found upon faiths near Marathon, N.
Y.
Four saloons, were held up and
robbed at Denver, Col., Monday
night, and Chas. Blykin was killed,
by two masked men.
Minnie Stonebraker, 15 years, old,
is seeking divorce from her step-
father, Michael Stonebraker, aged
60, whom she married'at Kokomo.,
Ind., recently.
The trial of Stephen C,hickure,
ten -year-old boy of Winton, charged
with the killing . of Mamie ICublus,
a playmate of his own, age, is' an -
der way at Scranton, Pa.
Mrs. Hitanah Icy 0-viatt, 102 years
old, was buried at Orange, Conn.,
Tuesday. She was descended from
Indian and negro parents, and many
regarded her as a seeress.
Samuel Arnold, 72 years old, who
was convicted in 1865 of participa-
tion in the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln, is dead at Masonville, Md.
He was pardoned by President John -
Sea.
• GENERAL.
The Official Gazette, of Rome,
publishes it decree forbidding all use
of chains in Italian prisons.
A railroad line in South Austra-
lia, from Adelaide to Port Darwin,
to• complete the Overland Railway,
is projected.
On account of the bad haanseet in
Norway, the Government has geent-
ed $50,000to farmersfor the pur-
pose of buying seed,
Two Vienna, police spies and Herr
uechs, a manufacturer 'noted for his
letreatineet of his employes haw
een assassinated,
Of ninety-onevessels that left
French ports tide year for the Ice-
land fishing grounds, nine have been
leaf:, With fifty lives.
• A St. Petersburg inVentor named
Tunefeeff has just %steeled a noie.e-
ess pavieg. Ito prinnipal nonstitet-
rit is fine 'angular elutriated and
Med quartz staid.
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11,IVALS OF TTIE BORGIAS
REVOLTING 1V1URDER QE
COUNT IN ITALY.
,
Wife Was an Aecomplice—The As-
sassination Cgolly
• Rianned.
Count 13onniarticir e murder, now
monopoliziug attention throughout
Italy,. recede in its horrid creelty,
and depreviey the historic tragediee
associated with Italian tyrants he
dark ages. Count 13onmartini, a;
wealthy nob1ema,n4, inarried Zociaa
lincla, the handsome and wen*
dowered daughter of Professor Ana
gusto Muni., • e medical man of
European celebrity.
• Zodolintla is a, typical Italian, petite
sionate and ungovernable. Even at
the time she married Bonmartinia
&though only 19 years old, she had
developed it morbid taste for sensa-
tional and vicious literature, which'
was obtained for her by her brother:
Zullio, a, medical student known in
Bologna, as, a young man of sin.-
gularly dissolute character.
Zullio's influence over his sister
was always exercised for evil, anel
efter her marriage he did ell in his
power to estrange her from her.
husband, having also previously got
their father to prevent her marriage
to it. young friend of his own, with
whom she had fallen in love. Zodo-
linda in her strength, mind, sur-
roundiege, and propensitiee seeing
a reincarnation. of Lucretia Borgiao
as pictured by sorae mediaeval
chroniclers. She had numerous ad-
mirers afte'r her marriage,. and
twelve months ago her husband, • a
patient, forgiving man, separated
from her. She had tWo children,
but Bologna rang- with stories of
her amours and she was literally a;
public scandal. •
APPARENT PEACE SECURED
Professor Dfurri never rested until,
he brought about an apparent re -4
conciliation between the danghter •
and her husband, and with their
children the couple went together to
Venice for the summer. After a few4
weeks trouble broke .out again in
the household, and Bonmartini • re-
solved to settle at Padua in the
hope of removing his wife from had
influences. Re left Venice August
25 and deposited a large suni in the
Bank of Padua, intending to buy
property near that town. Be then
went to Bologna, where he was seen
by several friends, afterwards quiet-
ly going home to his house via
Mazzin. Three days later other in-
mates of the house, suspecting
something wrong, broke into Bon -
martini's apartment and found him
lying on the floor in. a pool of
coagulated blood, with his throat
cut and 17 dagger wounds on his
body. The apartment was in disor-
der, and some feminine wearing ap-
• parel was found, giving the impres-
sion which. Zullio originated, that
the 'Count had been, murdered
through jealousy over some disgrace-
ful intrigne. 'No clue to the murder-
ers could be obtained, and Zullio,
after defannng • his brother-in-law
broadcast, sent 'a Wreath to his fun-
eral and then disappeared. Sus-.
picion was aroused when the police
received a letter from Professor
Murri stating that Zuni° committed
the murder to avenge his sister, who
accused Bonmartini• of ill-treatment.
Enquiries now elicited not only
proofs of %Zalli,o's mad hatred
and jealousy of his brother-in-lawa
but that he also had been in great
monetary difliculties, having tried
through the instrumentality of Dr..
Naldi, a man of evil reputation and
a gambler, to get.a loan. of 81,000..
-MURDERERS WERE I3ETECTED
Nardi was himself without means
until the day after the Count's dis-
appearance, when he paid some
debts and left hurriedly for Genoa.,
It is now known that the Countesi
sent the key of ths Count's house
to Zullio from Venice, and that he,
with Naldis who has confessed, lay.
hi, wait for Bonmartini. While
Zullio pinioned the victim, stifling
his cries, Naldi inflicted several
death -dealing blows with a large
knife. They then robbed the murder-
ed man and coolly arranged things
to make it appear that the Couat
was the victim of a guilty intrigues
It was found that the Countess lia.d
telegraphed Zullio tidings of • her
husband's movements' and of the
money she imagined he had with
him, and 'the climax of the sensa-
tion was reached when she was ara
rested here at her father's house as
ari siccoiliplice to the diabolicel
crime. Since her arrest she has
abandoned the part of a bereaved
widow and adopted an attitude of
revolting cynicism. Zullio is report-
ed arrested at the frontier town of
Ala, Austrian Tyrol, while Nairn
was trapped after vainly attempting
to be hired as surgeon on an Ameri-
can -bound ship from Genoa. As a;
revelation of callous brutality as
well as incredible moral degradation
the story of Zodolinda and Zulliq
could not be excelled.
A CHINAMAN'S OATH.
A novel 'scene was witnessed in
West Hartlepool police court during
the hearing of a ease in which forty,
Chin,ese seamen wore interested. One
of them was called us a witness.,
tind in order that he might be sworn
in the orthodox fashion of his coun-
try he .was given it. saucer which he
had to break • on the witness -box.
The clerk said to him : "You shall
tell the truth, the whole truth, and
if you do not tell the truth your
soul shrill be cracked like the
saucer."
BURIED TOWNS,
Italy is not the only country that
can boast of its buried towns and
villages, In Scotland there are the
Culbin Seeds, cciverieg a large tract
of coentry, limier which Malay' dwel-
Sings lie entombed ; While la Ireland
there is the rumient town of lean -
non, situated in a once fertile tract,
between Wexiard end Waterford, ao
effeetuallyecovered svitli sand as ever
Pompeii Wee with red-hot eindere or,
Ilerculaneuti with levee,
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