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The Jury •Says Geral
flton Is Not Coullty
of Murder.
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A. I.40ndon .doSaatah says; • Gerald,
Siftoa stepped from the prisoner'e
• box on Saturday night a free man.
„ 'After one V tho • most- stensational
'1I1 in the history of this. country',
• tho yeunge.ramaer waa fond, net
guilty O A coquet:, .the enormity .-of
which, etartied the whole countrysido
nearly two yeare and four months
ago.
ThiS WiLS fairtores tacolia
.Isourteon Montag- .ago. •jury. V his
peers disagreed, standing 9 to 3 for
his convietion. The result of Sat-
urday night: came, therefore, as a
good deal of a • surpriso to the
Crown. The same 'evidence had been
submitted to the jury on this um. -
f4011 as upon the last, and nenoug
th witnesses agalust the • prisoner
was the alleged accomplice of the
accused, now awaiting sentenco for
his part in the tragedy.
The dey was occupied almost en-
tirely with the making of addresses
to tho jury. The only witness call-
ed was the wife of elle prisoner. She
created a great deal of sympathy by
her demeanor in the box. Her evi-
dence was the giving V. a flat con-
otradietion to some points against
tho prisoner that were very import-
ant, among then being tho state-
ment of Herbert, that tho bargala
made with him to aealst in the kill-
ingwasmade at the prisoner's cow
stable on the morning of the tat -
ay.
Mr. E. Is. 13. Johnston's .address
to the jury was a very powerful ap-
peal to the. sympathies.. The prison-
er's wife sat at her husband's side
'just - without ..the Prisoner's. box,
when counsel began his address, but
Judge Britton ordered. her away.
Mr. Clete summed up for the
Crown, and made a clever arraign-
ment of all the important points.
Xis lordallip was very lucid in hio
eadress of one hour, and although
not unfair, what he had to eater woe
very largely against the prisoner.
The case was given to the jury
Shortly before five o'clock, and whoa
three hours and twenty minutes lat-
er they had not. returneta the judge
sent for them. Foreman Gillies re-
ported that they bad been unable to
agree, and that there was no hope
of an agreenieut. la this he was
confirmed by Jurynmn
....wood, of
Lumen. When the wife of the pri-
oozier heard the announcement shc
gave vent to a wail of grier that
struck into every heart in the court-
room.
RECEIVED WITH CHEERS.
Judge Britton sent. the jury back
to further consider their verdict,
while Ile should coneider what to cit
with them, he the event of their fail-
ure to agree. In half an. hour the
jury eent word that they were
again ready to return. and as they
filed iuto court their decision was
plainly written upon every face.
When the foreman. announced in a
loud tone that he found the prisoner
not guilty, there was a scene of wild
enthusiasm in the court -room. crowd -
ea as it was almost to suffocation.
Men waved their hats and women
their handkert.hiefs, aud cheeri . rent
the old nunn in which many murder
trials have occurred, but among
which this is in many particulars
unique. The prisoner was tilt' 1110St
e0111PO:-,0a num in the room. 1. few •
minutes thereafter he stepped from
the box. the judge merely felling him
that 1 he jury had taken a very mere
ciful %Jew of his ease.
On the Orst NAM. in the jury rionn
tho jury :11 OOd 10 for acqnittal end •
9 for conviction. The evidence wes
then discussed for an hour or neon, •
end another ballot wet taken Oloe
time the jurs etood 11 fer ivied
and 3. for conviction. Aral
remained until they eoe:er, .110 •
runt -room, and were salt et„
that point the jure:meg,
1101iiing out yielded. era; ,;11%*:
'Were t'llahlini to ITIVrifi:' rt. ;:r.:::1,..11611•.;
1,\Wdiet. The jury reagneo
vision largely ;gem tea ril-aenea -e?
blood stains in the bere werl
credit that. waa reek. eesee
of the Mordent: in ceeeeenarera -de
forged will. :
Sifton vain 4t h••: aa ten eoree.
his fattier -al -law in khle eatee. 'Re lead .
to be carried free: era erkt, r?
house , havitig eneeal tearer TT
tremendous nerenee •steale fere agethe
he lied been raibjectod.--- ft is tierlar- •
stood that Ile will fleortly lease, fa -See
country. with the. releoed, fbegiuninte
life over again. Walter lIerbert riti
be sentencedSt the port coert, in
Ounuary.
OUR TRADE WITH. BRITAIN. I
natures for Latit Ten Monthrt
Show Large Increase.
A Londou despatch nays :-Angloe
Canadian trade centinues 1 o ad vara,
The Board of Trade retures for ten
nu m .24 (9 /I a ( Plier PA I OW thu
following increases :
Diatish importe from aanitria-Cat-
tle, 42R,000; bacon, 425,000; hams,
L120,000; butter, 4218,000; cheese,
4312,000; wheat, 4841,000; wheat
flour, 4238„000; sawn wood, 4307, -
WO: horses 410,000.
The decreases were : Sheep and
lambs, 48,000e eggs, 450,000; oats,
4170,000; • peas, 4127,000; maize,
£8,000; Sewn wood, 4117,000.
Imports of calmed salmon totalled
41,012,000; conned lobsters,
000,
..blaparte :to Canada increasedas
foilowei : Malt, 45,000; Wool, 44,-
000; cotton pieta goods, ia9,000 ;
linen piece goods, 65,006 a. talk,
46,000;. woolen th4filleS, Z08,000 ;
worsted tisanes,. 472,000 ; carpets,
48,000; cutiery„Oti.,000; hardware,
47,000; pig. iron, 401,000; bar iron,
;444000; railroad - iron, 0107,000 ;
alitetts boiler .plettes,. 447,000;'• .ged-
vautzed shcote, 474,900 ; tin plates,
4.69,000; met,' eitenight iron, 445,-
000e unWroughe steel, 4221,009; :uo-
OUS TRJA
Wrought, MA.' aS,000; haberdashery,
iV75,pOO.
The decreases were 1 'Spirits., 41,-
000; cement, 421,000; earthenware,
46,000.
Exports tar 'apparel and slope, waa
ter-proors totaled 4.2a,00();. not wa-
ter -proofed, 4248,000.
•The 'October statement .V the gen-
eral trade of 13rItain shows increases
fee e12,014,,500- In imports, and V5, -
88L000 in exports;..'
Thee nutet signitieant feature of the
imeoet side of the Board .01 Trude
returns is the hirrettee of $0,820,-
765 in the value of raw materials
Lor textile manufactures. Other largo
increases are a2,883,770, itt dutiable
articles or feed and drink, and $2,-
960,840 in amemfoctured articles.
Tho. largest increase in exports is
$2,886,060 in metals andarticles
manufactured therefrom.
WILL HAVE FULL POWERS
Duties of New Appointee to Re-
gulate IrerragratiOn.
A Montreal despatch says :-At
last session of Parliament an order
in:council was passed by the Federal
Government, giving power to all pro-
perly authorizer.' agents of the Gov-
ernment to see that no person came
into this country suffering from any
contagious or loathsome disease. The
orderin-Coursal has now been suP-
plerneuted by the aPpointrnent of Dr.
W. L. Ellis, who was in Montreal on
Friday, and who waited upon the
Dominion. Immigration authorities.
Tho duties of Dr. Ellis will be of the
most comprehensive character. Ho
will have power of examination at
aal ocelots of call. 'He will be able
to order the deportation of all un-
desirable persons from a medical
point of view. He wiEL in the case of.
contagious or leatheome disease, ac-
quaint. the nearest • immigration
agent, who will at once put tho ne-
coseary machinery in maim to have
the rejected person seat back by the
steamship company to the place
whence he came.
ON HIS WIFE'S GRAVE.
Suicide of a Dore -anion Poilce Offi-
CEA'.
An Ottawa despatch says: W. W.
Walters, a. Dominion policeman, cone-.
milted suicide in Beechwood Ceme-
tery on Sunday afternoon with a
shot from a service revoivee. Watters •
had been on night duty on Parlia-
ment Hill, but went home at 6 a. m.
Ire retired to rest, and on rising at
noon complained to his wife that he
did not feel well. She advised him.
to go to the doctor, and he said he!
would. Between 4 and 5 o'clock hel
was discovered deed in the cemetery
within 80 yards of his first wife's
grave, with a bullet througli his
right. breast. Wben the body was
discovered Walters was lying on, his
back with his overcoat under his
head as a pillow. it. is supposed he
need the shot, tben threw the revolv-
er away, walked a little distance and
laid down and died. No reason is
advanced for the deed. Watershad
been off duty for some weeks, but
resumed on Saturday night, and the
men who saw him in the guard -room
seal he was quite cheerful. Welters
was born in Quebec. He leaves a
Widow and two children.
HEAVY TIMBER CUT.
The LumbermenPromise to Break
the Record. A Montreal despa.tch says: Traf-
A Toreeto rieepoketh ergese Reeeet. lie at the port of Montreal has in -
reports fee ge, ga.aeo j !neon__ ereased very largely this year as
leeer ,.. ,tc.erlr:/iYarc:,,,I with laet. From the open-
. . ...„
re ee. lag' of atesoaTation to the int of
. eetotarer eke harbor dues collected
ereoergeel to $240,53.1, as compared
-o1ele trelOO,416.- for the same period;
e .r„•• ,„f 01, ;„,o to This makes an increase ,
,...• .i,„ elleleoftle for dee preeent year. The
f!- esearly altogether in the
.
COUNTERFEITERS CAUGHT.
Operators in Toronto for Eighteen
Months Past.,
, .
Toronto deepatch tys Fete
some months past the frequent trips
of one William Stewart to points out
of the city, and from the Ilayaianol
House,. 355 Wilton aventte, where ho
livecl, to' a .certoin, oddresa on You&
street, have caused the polico to sus-
pect that he was catatected with the
produceionof the many counterfeit
$1 and $2 Dominion Governmeut
notes whiclt have been passed itt tho
city during the past • yeer and a
half. The .discoveries made by De-
tectives Forest and Duncau.on Thurs-
day night showed that there were
ample grounds for their 'suspicions.
Late Thursday night they visited the
Rayenand House and discovered a
complete .counterfeit plant. The dis-
covery was followed by the arrest
of Stewart and of Anson Raymond,
who owns' the hotel, and his wife, as
being parties' to tho counterfeiting.
Counterfeit bills have been taken to
the Detective Departniont daily dur-
ing the pat eighteen months, most
of them having been passed at the
T. Eaton Company's store. 'nest
are all at the department,and the
officials aro satisfied that it can be
conclusively proven that they were
run off tho various plates which
were secured itt Thuroday night's
visit to. the Raymond House,
$30,000,000 FOR WHEAT.
Manitoba. Farmers Will. Enjoy
Holidays.
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.A. Toronto despatch says: "Thir-
ty millions of dollars to be divided
up among the comparatively few
farmers in Manitoba 'alone is a con-
siderable sum of money for them to
have to opeed, and .I expect there
will be quite a number of people up
there this year who will take ad-
vantage of the Christmas excursions
for a trip to Ontario, and to visit
the .old homesteads," said Mr. Jas.'
Hartney, Manitoba Emigration Ag-
ent.
Mr. Trartney estimates that the
Manitoba farmers will easily realize
that amount on this year's . wheat
crop alone, outside of what will bo
coming to them front other crope..
There is a very large acreage, for in-
stance, of Mex. This will mean a.
considerable increaso to the "income
of the farmers this season over for-
mer seasons. Many of the farmers.,
it is pointed out, are already well-
to-do men, and will not need to mar-
ket all their crops this fall. They
have in many instances built gran-.
arias of their own, and aro thusable
to hold on to their. crops. In this
way they are not only serving their
own interests, but helping the rail-
ways, which couldnot be expected
to provide granaries for all the
crop.
"The farmers have to help the rail-
ways out in this way, and they are
now able to do so," says Mr. Hart-
ney.
Reports so far received by. Mr.
Hartney from those of the harvest-;
ers who have returned to their homes
in Ontario indicate that they aro;
well satisfied this year with the re -1
stilts of their trip to the Western
wheat fields, Wages are high, and
the difficultiesas to transportation I
to points where the men were wanted I
was obviated this year by tho new
arrangemente ruade by the railways.
THE MARKETS
Price, or Grain' • Cattle etc
• • lu Trade Centres.
•
Toronto, Nov. 11. a- Wheat-- The
iaceipts.iiiVfair. -the millidental/0
iS' good and the market is firm at
68c !to MO' for No. 2 red and white
pest and middle. freights. (loose le
steady at 600 for No. 2 east. Spring
wheat is steady at 670 for No. 1
oast. Manitoba wbeat is steady at
88e to 83.1ec for No: 1 ltard and
81Sc for No. -1 northern grinding ill
transit,. .
Flour -.Is steady; cars of -Ontario
90 per cent, patents he buyers' bags
are quoted tet .$2.67a to $2.72-a east
or middle freight% Ohoiee brands aro
hold 15 to 20c higher. Manitoba flour
is steady at .81.3.0 for cars of Hun-
garian Patents and $3.80 for strong.
bakers., bags included, on track To-
ronto.
Millreea-fs in good demand and
firmer at $15 to $16 for cars of
shorts and $13 for bran in bulk east
or middle freights. Manitoba mill -
feed is steady,. at $19 for cars of
shorts and $17 for bran in car tots,
sacks included, Toronto freights..
Barley -Is firm at 43c for No. 3
extra and 40e for No. 8 east or mid-
dle -freights.
Buckwheat. -Ts steady at 58e to
54c for No, 2 east or middle
freights.
-Rye-Is steady at - 48c to 49c for
No. 2 east ot. middle freights,
Corn -The market is dull and easy;
Canada yellow is quoted. at 61c.
.American No. 8 yellow is quoted. at
.66c for cars on the •track here.
Oats -Are in fair demand and stea-
dy at 31c to 310 for 2. white low
freights to NOW York, and No. 1
white are quoted at 32e east.
Oatmeal -Is steady at $1 for cars
'of bags and $4.10 for bbls.. on . th
_track ' Toronto, and 25c more fo
broken lots.
-Peas-Are steady at 72c for No,
east and 71c middle freights.
TRAFFIC TO MONTREAL.
Navigation Returns Show Increase
of a44,000 for Season.
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il'art: 'Se ritt.le a-Ar,e. d fee e a a'
ore mere 1,ide' eaa
iliaa a month. Ome ee aio 1.-0reeeen.
tataleing tteehef1 f7 .?. (31
ee-orkteert. ask0ei soa eer.00le.
had rev:11,04 fdaar to.e...etaore
THREE HUSi3ANDS KILLED
• 11
All Met Viedent I/eat/via-Widow /5
23 -Years OM,
A Grand Rapids, Mieh., deep/del
says a -IT -eel Otto tate killed in Joy
-
field Township, Mitt' 'Thompgonvillt,,
0/1 Th•ureday, by a tree falling on
him while at work in the woode, lje
wee married but two numths ngt, to
11O: widow of Pal. Crandall, who Witt;
drowned it little more then a year
ago, Otto Wag her third hueband,
the first husband also having been
killed by it. falling tree. Mrs. Otto is
but 23 years old,
THE BEEF WAS BAD.
Exhaiestive Test Made on Caaa-
di an C onsi ginneat
A London despatch says :-A War
Office offieittl interviewt°d. With 'refer-
ence to tho condemnation of a con-
signment of Comedian canned beef
(luring the South African war, atoid :
"Such was done only after the most
exhaustive ana fairest. of tests."
Prof. Itebertscm, who witnessed the
expert tests at Woolwich, said : "I
am•convinced that; the Canadian
/tacking leaves rnueli to be desired
and shall communicate my opinion
to the proper quarter."
neeerk to eke xparts itiereasing only
rya tea.; ariaaoro
ETTER TIMES IN JAMAICA.
onstaraent l'iopes to Repay
fle•ItiA60e. Loan Next Year.
.1k.r111iSt a. ii6i.patell
been cot,-
- veened espeetal tj give au-
' teace-ge0 tee the Govererearet to make
lee stegra. pleratere, /suppler/Jen-
e;ao fo, the Imperial greed., arid thus
ten: iertir fleioataa rif the ityliwo-
. aeri.ei....g the abr,iitie,r/ (ef (bit
• "fhe Clevernor an-
ff, great SOi.Pilft.e,OriOnt. ix/ .the
anteef.e.rx, aim reveroic ineren.e,-
kg by .SeaoOebeie. it: 1.1in hiat half of
1 he rt.'sar, 4ts tar'ffsgle to coffee atol
GovernInerit
below: torxt ,;elts/r fo reioxy the loan of
$100,1/00 olitetined laet yr/tie from
the 1.trijenerti exchequer,
ROLLED DOWN 300 FEET.
Accident to Passengers in Colo-
rado Stage Coach.
A Curay, Col., despatch says.: The
stage. coach whichruns between this
Place and Red Mountain met with an
accident . .near hero on one Of tho
steepestegrades of the road, and toe
gother with the 11 passengers, roll-
ed down the mountain side,
tance of 800 feet, One of the hor-
ses, was killede ancl all the passengers
wore injured more or less.
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THE MELANCHOLY CZAR.
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His Condition. Said to Be 'Creating
Auxiety.
A Coeenhagen despatch says: Ac-
cording- to information received at
the Danish Court, Emperor Nicholas
of :Russia is greatly depressed itt
mind, and is inelanchol,v, His con-
dition bas created anxiety here.
2
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Butter -There is a . good inquiry
for all choice lots in dairy and
creamery, and prices for these are
firm.. Laege rolls are being offered
vow, and aro selling at 16c to 17c.
The general market is steady, with
no changes in prices.
Creamery prints ... 20c to 21c
do solids, fresh made 19c to 20c
do earlier makes 17c to 18c
Dairy tubs and pails
choice 16c to 17e
do medium 14c to 15c
'do corathon ...... 12c to 121c
do pound rolls 17e to 18c.
do large. rolls ... 16c to 17c
Cheese -There is -no change in
prices, and the market is steady,
with a moderate amount of activity;
Jobbers quote leve°e at 111c to 12c
and twins ,at 12e to 121.c.
Eggs -The demand for strictly
fresh gathered is well maintained,
and the supply is no more than s'uf-
ficient to meet the wants of the
trade. Prices are firm et 1.8c to
19c. Splits and seconds sell e, at
13c to 15c, and -are moving freely.
Limed eggs bring 17c to 18q.
Potatoes - Market is active • and
firm. The receipts are not very
large and the excellent inquiry con-
tinues. Car lots on track here are
selling at 80c to 85c per bag, and
potatoes out of store are firmer at
95c to $1.10 per bag. •
Poultry -Offerings are rather large
and with a continuance of mild wea-
ther the market is easy. The move-
ment is not very active and low
prices aro often quoted to hasten
sales. The range of quotations is
unchanged. Chickens are selling at
40c to 50c per pair for otd, 50e to
65c for young, ducks at 50c to 70c
Per pair and geese at 6c to 61c per
pound. Turkeys sell at 8c to 9c for
old and 0c to 10c for young.
Beans -Neer York, ploy. 5. - For
the last few days the best lots of pea.
beans have brought $2.45 per bush-
el; there are some old lots let, for
which $2.30 to $2.35 is the general
price, some holders asking $2.40.
Baled Tray-, Offerings at outside
points are liberal and the market is
easy. Dealers still report a, great
scarcity of rolling stock. Car lots
011trackhere are quoted at $9 to
$1.25lecr
'Baled Straw -The demand is mod-
erate and prices are steady. Car lots
on track here are quoted at $5 to
$5.25 per ten.
PROWS19NS.
The market is firer, with very lit-
tle business passing The opening
of the season for car lots of dressed
hogs has Ind to a. sort of awakening,
.but no aativity has been displayed in
any quarter as yet. There is a. good
demand for all kinds of hog pro-
duct. Quotations aro unchanged. .
Vork-Canada shore cut, $24; hea-
vy mess, *22e
;Smoked and Dry Salted Meats -
Long clear bacon, 11a to llac; •
hams, 3.4c; rolls, ic to 12e; shoul-
ders, 11ac; batiks; 15e to 16c; break-
fast bacon, 1.5c to. 1.6c; green meats
out of pickle are quoted at lc less
than sxnoked" .
Lard -Tierce's 10ac, tubs .3.1c and
pails 114c.. • .
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BUFFALO GRAIN MARKETS.
Duffel°, Nov. 11. - Flour -Firm:.
Wheat -Spring unsettled; No. 1 hard
spot, 771c; winter quiet; No. 2 rod,
76c. Corn -Dull and weak; No. 2
yellow 64; No, 8 do., 684; No. 2
corn, 62e; No. 8 do., 61a to 61ae.
Oats -Weak; No. 3 white, 380; No. 2
mixed, •31ac; No. a mixed, 81c. Dar-
1ey-4710 to 58e, Rye -No. 1 ill
store, 54e asked. Canal freights -
Steady.
EUROPEAN GRAIN MARKETS.
London, Nov. 11, - Mork Lane
Miller Market. - Wheat, foreign dif-
fieult of sale, langlieh dull; corn,
American, nothing. doipg, Danubian,
steady; flour, "American, 'quiet but
steady, English quiet,
Paris, Nov; 11, -Wheat, steady;
November, 211 arm; March and June,
211 15c. Flour, steady; November,
292 85e, March and June 281. .
. A IvrIsla. 1ltikella5Ela. • • ,.
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Toronto, Nor 1l, - Businessat.
the Toronto ,eattle market to -day
was fairly good,, but there ,wasno.
particular ,brisidnese. The a delleend
for all gratlee, excevt, theeleweste
was moderate; and the -choicest lota
were snapped up quickly-. There was
an average supply and the wants, of
the buyers were soon satisfied.
Prices held steady -and -there•wereeno
impertant changes. Mitclt cows wore
strong and better prices. were asked,
There WrIS no change in•sheep, lambs,
calves or hogs. The total run was
70 loads, • includina 977 cattle, 1,-
283 sheep and lambs, 20 calves and
1,159 hogs.
• We quote:
Export cattle, choice,
ovt -.$ 4.40 to * 5,00
do medium ....a... 8.75 to 4.40
do cows, - 0,00 to " 8.50
Butchers', •export ..,. 4,50 to 4..75
do picked ...,- - 425 to 4.50
do choice ... a. - 3.60 to 4.00
do Medium 8..00 to 3.60
• do common ... 2.25 to 2.75.
Bulls, export a
heavy -. 13.75 to 4.25
, do 3.50 to 8.75
• do feeding .... 2.75 to 0,50
do stock .., ... 1.75 to, 2.50,
Feeders, short -keep 4.25 to 4.50'
• do medium -- .... 3.75 to 4.00
do light ..- - • 3.25 t� 3.75
Stockers, choice ..., 2.75 to 3,25
rio commen ..... 2.26 to 2.75
Mitch cows, each... 85.0,0 to 52.00
Sheep, export ewes, . •
ewt V.. 8.25 to. 8.40
Bulls, per cwt ,..... 2,50 to 2.75
Culle, each ,.... 2.00 to. 8.00
Lambs, per cwt... 3.25 to, 8.50
Calves, each • ..., _8.00 to 10.09
Hogs, select, per
cwt .- 6.00 to 0.00
do fat, per cwt... 5.75 to 0.00
do light, per cwt... 1.5.'75 to 0.00
do stores, per owt 5.50 to ;.0.00
do sows, per cwt 4.50 to 0.00
do stags, per mat 2.00 to 0.00:
CANADA'S POSTAL BUSINESS
Annual Report of the Poatoffice
• • bepartmetra •
An Ottawa despatch says: The
animal report of the Dominion Post -
Office DePaatinent.shotes a. surplus of
$5,109 dating the fiscal year, and
this despite -multitudinous additions
to the service. Last, year there was
a deficit of $410,184: This year the
increase in revenue amounted to
13466,933, while. the increase in ex-
pense was only .$45,640.
The net revenue for the year was
$8,888,126, and the expenditure $3,-
888,016. These ngures do not ina
elude the revenue and expendituao of
the Yukon mid Atlin districts.. On
June 30 last there were in opera- •
Lion 9,958-- post -offices; an increase
of 124 compared with ,:the year.pree
sious. • The mail 'matter posted dur-
ing the twelve months included 218,- •
628,000 •letters, 26,843,000 register-
ed letters, and 7,411,000 free letters,
an increase of 21,973,000 letters.
There was an increase of 6 per
cent' in the vette of stamps. sold.
During the year there was an • in-
crease of 184,492 in the number of
postal notes issued, and an increase
of 1,446,129 in the number of money
orders.
.The total value of money ordersis-
sued was $2,7,549,402, and postal
notes $1,459,015. The Savings
Dank deposits totalled $11,382,085,
an increase of $290;936. The with-
drawals amouoted to $10,617,070.
The balance remaining to the Credit
of depositors • amounts. to $42,320,-
209, au increase of $2,369,397.
The city of Toronto does the larg-
est postal business in Canada, the
gross revenue of the office being
$700,806, while that of Montreal
was $191,351,
• -
KING'SINTEREST IN :RELAND
Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe.
CANADA.
, 'Indications • .'point to the' erection.
1 a big furniture factary in Berlin,.
Winnipeg dealers hove decided to
sell anthracite coal at $11' per ton.
Three nightwatchmen have been
orlded to Berlin's police force.
It is reported et Montreal that the
Kingston Locomotive Works may be
incefed to Longue Pointe, Que.
The Experimental Farm, Ottawa,
shipped 88 barrels of apple* to Eng-
ittad, which netted $3 per barrel,
The Page -Hersey Iron & Tulle Com-
pany has been 'Incorporated with
$500,000 capitol and head oflices itt
Guelph.
The Dominion revenve for the first
Sow- months of the current' yeae. is
$20,991,788, and the surplus is 136,-
509,507..
• Thomas A, Rall,London, deft it
$70,000 'estate, • $10,000 of which
was bequeathed for Children's Home
in that place, •
Stratford city bouticii has voted to
submit a by-law to the •peonle.. for
the purchase of the waterworkS sys-
tem at it coet of. $95,000.
The Dominien.Goverzunent has pur-
change property on Maio street in
Hamilton, and the Costoms .oxarran-
ing dvarehouses will be enlergecl. on
the site.
The Canadian lqorthern Railway
expect to carry .25 per cent. of the
wheat crop, say .14,000,000 or 15,-
090,000 bushels,. against 8,000,000
bushels healed:fast Year...." • '
The Hamilton School Board , will,
accept' Hon. Richard llarcourt's pro-
position 'for .the,esta.blislunent cd.' a
classeni ,doinestiO Defence; in -coonee,
tion, with the Normal College.
Chief Logault, of the Montreal po-
lleehas admitted' to the Pollee Com-
mittee the truth of the atlegation
Clothe has received -at his house •on
several occasions the liquor seized in
disorderly houses,. aneountin.g to 15
bottlessif chaMpagne andeight dozen
- •
of beer. •
Windsor will likely be called upon
to vote 'on. two by-laws covering an
outlay of about $85,000 at the Jan-
uary elections. Of this,amount $45,-
000 is designated for the construc-
tion of it new city hall, and $40,000
for the construction of sidewalks ler
alt parts of the:city.
'UNITED STATES.
• Two men were. killed byea fire in
the 'Nada Vork lames office oneSsetma
day.
By blowing open a vault in the
bank at Greenwood,. Wise, robbers se-
cured $11,090.
Plasterers who have been on strike
in New 'York have returned to work
at $5 a day.
Mr. and Mrs. George Clark strap-
ped.. themselves together and then
juniped• to death. in the Oswego ca-
nal the. other day. •
• George Cook, an, actor, is dyioasin.
an 'hospital •.at Toledo,. Ohio, from
the effects -of .cigarettes, bis skin
turning black. •
.
• The 14 -year-old son of Wm. Zah-
renhausen, of Pipestone, Minn., set
fire to a straw pile, jumped into it
and was burned to death.
• Rev. Walter E.; Bentley, tea years
ago a noted 'actor, has just been or-
dained 16 the priesthood of the Epis-
copal Church by Bishop Potter of
New York. •'
The U. S. Treasurer's report show§
that •the net ordinary revenuesor
the year -were $562,478,283, and the
expenditure $471,190,857, showing a
surplus of $91,287,376.
The grand jury at Buffalo, on Sat-
urday 'returned a,n indictment of
m,urder a,gaifist Dr. Leland Kent,'
charged with causing the death of
Miss Dingle, a Canadian.
At Baltimore Monday doctors
grafted ,egg insmbrane upon the arm
of a German woman who• had been
accidentally . deprived of about 16
•siceuare inches of skin. It adhered
immediately, , and the experimenters
expect that it will prove ate excellent
substitute for human tissue. •
W. 3. •Chappelle diod at Dubuque,
Iowa, .73 years old, one of the- old-
est theatrical limn in the world. He
was manager of Ford's Theatre at
Washington when President Lancoln
was assassinated, and was ono of the
first to reach the side of the wound-
ed President, climbing over the foot-
lights to the President's box.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Consemailoo is practically un-
known: at Thorntou-le-leaoor, • York-
shire.Otitor 1,061 inerabers of the Del -
fast police • • force .503 are Raman
Catholics. •
Sir MarcusSamuel was iormally
installed as Loial ,Mayor of London.
on Saturday.
. Nearly 100,000 barrels of „Cana-
dian apples. were landoa last month
at Liverpool. .' • .
Two Mormon missionaries' are now
endeavoring to make converts in. the
Harrow district, " — • a. • ,
CaMbridge has been chosen as him
meeting place of the Drielati Asaoci-
talon in September, 1904,:
Whew at Dundee Mr. Aadrew •Car-
negie WaS made • a member ,of • the
ancient certif. V bonnetmateers,
Universal penny fares See' to bo
tried for six months on the Sheffield
•municipel electric tramway systene.
• Eyelet endeavor is being made in
England to enlist men for the aloyal
Horse, Field and ,Gareison Artillery.
• Sir WiiIiani Treloar has been grant -
:ad the use of the London Guildhall
for a Christmao entertainneent to
poor children. •• ,”
Del tieh.. Brine,in eampeti tion with
U, S. firms., obtained a 4700;000
contract for electric traction rail-
ways in Slianghei.
The ISIng has authorized a medal
for officers of the mercantile marine
who assisted in the conveyance of
troops to South Melee.
. The Diellop of Duette/10 in a lettee
to his incumbents, nays efforts to
cope with •tile china ()NTH are rather
e ladetoing than gaining force, .
Resp onsible f or • New •Searetarekss
: • •- •
A .London despatch says:- The
Ministers ore surprised at, the King's.
activity in afraire, • He
takes -the' business ef reigning aa
seriously as. the German Emperer,
scrutinizes • appointments in othe
church :and civii service,, and has
definite aderte respecting the policies
which the reSponsible. Ministers
-
ought to adopt. no is generally
credited with being active in bring-
ing the Doer war to 0, close, and it
is now asserted that he has 'been
complaining to the. Ministers of the
condition of :Ireland and that the
ap-pointment of a new „permanent
secretary actS been made in deference
to his .wishes.These rumors are
accompanied by forecasts of a Cone-
plete revision of Mr. Wyndhain's land
bill,„ and the semi-official announce-
ment that the King will visit Ire-
land in, semi -state during the 'spring.
armada's Postal Dusineste
CODFISH MARKET.
Conditions Cause Loss in New-
foundland Fisheries.
" • •++,
A St. John's, Nfld., despatch says:
Owing to the congested, condition of
the dried fish onarket in Europe and
Brazil, thepeice of dried codfishhas
'dropped from 15 10 25 'per Celia "in
the local marretowul some geades.of
codfish aro virtually. unsalabO. .This
situation. refotTit in serious 'lose to
Newfoundland fishermen, and a,gen-
eral shrinkage -in tbe value of ' thia
season's catch.
*••••••••••••••••!...+7,*
• RATES I3Y NEW CABLE. -
Will Cost 56 Cents a Word to Aus-
tralia,
• An Ottawa despatch. says: Sir
Wilhinin MuTock received a cable mes-
sage on Thursday morning front
Lorcl Statile:ono stating that the
(therm" for cables from'all points in
Canada to all 'points in Austvaila
and Now Zealand ovee the new es-
tabliehed Pacific cable is to bo 56
cetits per Word, every; word to be
cotinted..,
Pi
Wales has practically doubled itii
population in the last sixty years,.
The Iveatia„ from Boston, haa ewe,
arrived with one of tile largest ce,.
goes ever shipped from that port. It
includes S8,000 barrels or aPPles,
record shipment of this fruit.
The last Gazette contained a, liet
of 991 societiee, councils an.d other
bodies who sent congratulatory raea.,
alegge to their MajostieSoon the occa-
sion of the coronation.
• The Duke of • Connaught; wail neare
ly being thevictim of a serious
motor car accident while .procceding
from Killarney to Mallow recently.,
ran ear eves dienbled but the Duke
escaped.
The Secretary to the Admiralty an-
noueces that the department will
mate a, very substantial iraprove-
merit, both in the amount, quality
and time of serving the food to -the
sailors. •
The Dfullingar. Board of Guardian*,
recently made a Contract for oatmeal
which was in excessof another tone
der. When called on by the looal
Government Board to furnish an ex.'
planation of their action they re.
plied that the successful contractot.
Was a United, Irish Leaguer,
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GENERAL,
An eight-hour 'working day has
been instituted ie all Russian State
workshops.
poveral Zulu members of the Sal-
vation Array are now onalheir way
-to England. •
• •S, •
`Closer commercial relations be-
tween Britain and. Afghanistan are
desired by the Ammer. ,
Reports .have -Wen received front
Odessa that the Czarina issuffering
front profound melancholia.. •
Shakespeare's "King Lear" has
been traeslated into Japanese, and
will ebe. peaforraecl shortly at • Ky-oto.
The new Japanese budget estim-
ates -the revenue a-6 $129,000,000,
aud the, expenditures at $131,000,-
0,00,, • • a
Mutton is being imported by .A.usea
tralia from Argentina, asthousondeka
of flocks of sheep have been wiped
out by the drouth.
Sir •C. Paul Chater has decided to.
commemorate the coronation by pre-
senting it. colossal bronze statue of
the Kigg to along Kong...,
•:-Mias Ethql Ielootitee an English
lady, who has tafeen the 'degree of
M.D. at Leipzig,.is;alie first lady doc-
tor. to graduate .tet the uoiversity.
Just as he was afieut to abandon
prospecting at Redbank, Victoria; a,
gold miner named Willett. turned up
a nugget weighing 24 omicese •
_
Twenty thousand dollars' worth of
gold, silver and bronze has been
found in the hut of an old beggar
woman ..who has died at Chabet-el-
Amem, •Algeria. •
• 4
MORE ALCOHOL USED.
Amount o f Spirits and Beer
Drunk in Past Year.
An •Ottawadespatch says: The'
annual report of the Inland Revenue
Department for tho year ending June
30 last was issued the other day..
The earantatY;' of spirits wear
during the yeat was 8,236,147 proof
gallons; a as 'compared with 2,652,-
708 proof gallonsproduced in the
previous fiscal year. The revenue
for the -year was $11,483,871, pom-
pared with $10,608,708 last year, an
mcrea.se of $820,173. Tbe raw ma-
terial used itt the prodactiou of spir-
its during the year was 41,897,871
pounds oC rye, ;3,432,066 pounds of .
pounds of (le, 8,482,066 pounds of
malt, 413,165 bushels of oats, and
20,4:70 bushels of wheat, . The peo-
ple drank more spirits and beer last
year than they did in the previous
year. The quantity of spirits con-
sumed was .796, against ;767 last
year. a -Baer, -5.102, compared with
4.787, and .09 'wine, compared wita,
Al in 1901. The consuraptian �f
tobaccowas the same as:in 1901,
the figures being 2.494. The number
of cigars used during the year was
151,780,516, compared with 141,-
096,880 last year. The cigarettes
were • 134,238,034, compared with
121,388,584 last year, so. that while
there were *considerably mere cigars
and cigarettes ueed during the year,
cthoen,susionmecei. 'quantity of-eta:Mee was
r•••
NEW PARK,FOR OTTAWA..
Embraces Rideau Hall' Grounds
and Rockcliffe Ranges.
An Ottawa' despatcb says : It is
said the ,Government hap 'en •diew.tbe
erection of a park, national in char -
actor, at the ,eastern end of Ottawa,
egaal, in size to the Experimental
i arin wlntdi eeinPrises about 450.,
acres.. The scheme is intended to ..
embrace .Rideau Hall, grounds, com-
posed of 82 .acres, and the Rockliffe
range, about . 350 acres M. extent.
The. Ottawa Loprovemeot Commis-
sion has secured options on all tile
property ot the rear .of ehe Govern-
ment E01.1$0 groundsasome 100 acres.
Part of,the groperty acquired would
beleveled and converted into an im-
mense plain, on which it would •be
possibee to review at least 20,000
lioops.' At PreSerif there is eo suit-
able ground on which such -a large
body,of men can be maimeuvred.Phe
field would be adjagesitnjegethe Rock-
liffe ranges.
• EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES.
Ten Thousand Died in a District
• of Russia.
A St. Potereberg .despetch says:
The population of Kametchatke.', the
peninsula Oil the extreme northeaet
eOriler of Asia, has been decimated
by measles. • 'The, diseaSe has fallen
with especial virttlenceetipon the 'vil-
lages in the country districts. The
entila population of the village; of„.
Chirost, numbeeing 700 ;souls, clati
ef the disease. The efadeinic lias
claimed 10,000, victims. But de-
spite this the air season has etea
the beet for fifteen years, about 6,-
000 sable pelts having been brought
to market ixt Kamtsehatsk and Pet-
eropaelovsk. •