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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1903-4-2, Page 2[IIE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. IdAIiNETS O1 THE WORLD., Toronto, March 31.—Wheat — The Market is quiet and steady. No. 2 red winter and white quoted at 680, middle freights, and at 69e to .70c east; No, 2 spring nominal at 690 on Midland, and No. 2 goose at 66;c on Midland. Manitoba wheat firm; No. 1 hard, 85c,, grind- ing in transit; No. 1 Northern, 85c, all rail, grinding in transit; No. 1 third, 86c, North. Bay; No. 1 North- ern,. 8411c, North Bar. Oats •— Market is quiet, with sales of No. 2 white at 29c high freight, and at 38c on track. Toronto. They are quoted at 29e to 30c, middle freight.. Barley -- Trade is quiet, with Na 8 extra qtoted at 40c middle freight, and No. 3 at 430 middle freight, Buckwheat — Market Tull, at 47 to 48c east. Corn — Market continues dull. Canadian yellow nominal at 440 west, and 49c here. No. 3 American yellow, 49c on track, Toronto, and No. 3 mixed at 48e. Peas .No. 2 quoted at 68c west, and at 690 east. Rye — The market is quiet at 510 meddle freights. Flour — Ninety l'e cent. patents unchanged at 32.65 middle freights, in. buyers' seeks, for export. Straight rollers in special brands for domes- tic trade quoted at 38.20 to 38.35 in Mils. Manitoba flour steady; No. 1 patents, 34.10, and seconds, 33.- 90. Strong bakers.', 83:70 to 33.80, bags included, Toronto. Millfeed — Bran unchanged at 317 here. .At outside points bran is quoted at 316.50 to 317, anI shorts at 318. Manitoba bran, in sacks, 320, and shorts, 321 here. Detroit, March 81. — Wheat - No, 2 white, each, 73c; No. 2 roti, cash,. 74• e; liiay, 76.eo; July, 7210. Minneapolis, Marek 81, •-• Wheat— May. 72,;•e; July, 78ec; on 'tredie No. 1 hard, 76e; No. 1 Northern, 70c; No. 2 Northern, 740. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, March 31. -- Trade at the Western Cattle Market to -day was quiet in export cattle, as space at the 'disposal of mast of the ship - pars is now small, and more will not be available till next week. Con- sequently sales in this line of live stock were not at all brisk, a good many buyers holding off, and refus- ing to pay the prices demanded by the sellers. The quality of the AV - rivals conthnted excellent, butchers' descriptions, however, continued as active as they were before, there not being enough brought forward to supply the'demand. The quality of these was also fine, there being few inferior stock on the market. Sheep and lambs were steady and unchang- ed, but calves were weak, and prices had a downward tendency. Milch cows were steady, and in good de- mand. There was a large run of hogs, and prices were weak, with- out quotable 'decline. The following is the range of quo- tations: Exporters' cattle— Per 100 lbs, Choice ... ... ,.. ,.,34.70 34.80 Medium .,. ... 3.85 4, 30 Light ... „ ... .•. 4.00 0.00 Bulls 3.75 4.00 Butchers' -- Choice ...... .. 4,20 4.40 et edfum ... •.. ,.. .... 3.40 4.00 Bulls ... .•• .... 3.00 ' 3.50 Heifers . 3.50 8.90 Feeders ,.. 2,50 3.10 Stocke-s ... ... 3.00 8.65 Canners ... ... ..• 2.00 2.50 Sheep,— Lambs ... ... ...-.. . 4.50 6.10. Ewes ... ... ... ... 3.75 4.50 Bucks ,,. • 3.00 8.50 Calves, each . 2.00 10.00 Salves, per 100 lbs4.50 6.00 Dogs,— ."ee- tie Sows ...1 "s.,.4.50 00 Stags ••• Selects, 16Q toe 0 lbs. .. ... :�' ... 6.62e Thick fats ,., ... 5.87; Lights ... ... .. 5.37; COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans — Trade is quite, with med- ium 31.65 to 31.75 por bushel, and hand-picked, 31.90 to 32. Dried apples — Trade inactive, with prices nominal at Sic per lb.; evaporated, 6 to 620. Honey — The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. Strained sells at 8 to 82e per lb.; and comb at$1.25 to 31.50. Hay, baled — The market is quiet at unchanged prices. Choice timo- thy, 39.50 to 310, on track, and mixed, 38 to 38.50. Straw — The market is quiet for car lots on track, at $5.550 to 36 a ton. Maple syrup — The market is quiet, with receipts small. Wine gallons sell at 85 to 90c, and Imperial gal- lons at 31.10. Poultry — Market is firm on light receipts. We quote: Fresh killed, dry picked turkeys, 16 to 18c; geese, 10 to 12e per lb.; 'ducks, 31 to 31.25; chickens (young), 85c to 81; old hens, 60 to 70c per pair. Potatoes — Market is steady, with fair offerings. Car lots are quoted at 31 to 31.05 a bag, and small lots at $1.20 to 31.25. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter — The offerings of choice qualities are. small and prices firm in consequence. We quote: Select- ed dairy tubs, 17 to 18c; choice, large rolls, 17,s to 18c; finest 1 -Ib. prints, 18 to 19c; secondary grades, (rolls and tubs), 15 to 16c; creamery prints, 21?j to 230; solids (fresh made), 19 to 20c. Eggs — The market is steady, with sales to -day at 12c per dozen. Cheese — Market firm, with some enquiry for export. We quote: Fin- est, 1.31 to 14c; twins, 14e. HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs are unchanged. Cured meats are unchanged, with a good Bacon, We quote: demand; steady. q clear, 10 to 10ec, in ton and . case lots. Pork -Mess, 321 to 321.50; do., short cut, 322.50 to 323. Smoked meats — Hants, 13 to 132 c; ' rolls, 11ec; shoulders, 11c; backs, 14 to 1.40; .breakfast bacon, 14 to 140. Lard — The market is steady. We quote: Tierces, 101c; tubs, 11c; pails, 110. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, Mar= 31. — Grain—No. 1 Manitoba Bard wheat, 73c; No. 1 Northern, 710, March delivery; No. 1 hard, 75c; No. 1 Northern, 720 ex -store, May delivery; peas, 691c, high freights; No. 2 oats, in store here, 36* to 877e; rye, 51c east;. 'bucket/beat, 48* to 49c east, for May delivery; No. 1 oats, 38c; No, 2, 37c; rye, 60c; buckwheat, 56 to 57c; peas, 81c. Flour — Manitoba pat- ents, 34.20; seconds, $3.90; Ontario. straight rollers, 33.50 to $3.65; in bags, 31.70 to 31.75; patents, 33.70 to $4.10. Rolled oats — Millers' prices, 32 bags, and 34.15 per bbl. Feed — Manitoba bran, 319 to 320;' shorts, $21 to $22, bags included; Ontario bran, in bulk, 31.8 to 318.- 50; 18:50; shorts, in bulk, 320 to 321. Pro- visions — Heavy Canadian short' cut pork, 324 to 325; short cut back, 323.50 to $24; light short cut, 328 to 324; compound refined lard, 81 to 9c; pure Canadian lard, 11c; finest lard, 12 to 120; hams, 12e to 180; bacon, 14 to 15c; .caressed hogs, 38.- 75 to 39; fresh killed abattoir hogs, 39.25 to 39.50 per 100 lbs. Honey— White clover, in sections, 12c per section; • in 10-]b. tins, 8c; in bulk, T ,e; 'lark, ec lower. Memo—On- tario, 13 to 130; Townships, 18c, Butter—Townships creamery, 20 to 200; seconds, 17c; 'Wes'tern rolls, 16e. THE HOUSE OF 0011MOI eeee Notes of Proceedings in the Can - adieu Perliantent. IN T111 SENATE. The following bills were read a first time :—Tho Allan Divorce Bill, the Sehulst Divorce Bill, and the miction, es he heard the Government James R. Steele, of Montreal, Di- was paying exorbitant rents for in- vareo Bill. The time for presenting ferior and unsuitable buildings. lm - private bills Was extended to May portant ,documents were stored in un - 7th, safe buildings. Iron. Mr. Suther- On the motion of Sir Mackenzie land, in reply, said that Major's Hill Bowe11, an order was matte for a re- Park Thad been suggested, but it was turn •of copies of all correspondence a necessity. New buildings wore no - between the Government of the Do- cossary, and if more money was paid minion and the Governments of the for rental than should be, it made it different provinces of the Northwest mars important to erect a new Territories relating to the disallow- block. Tee motion carried, ance of any Act passed by such Gov- CRUELTY TO .ANIMALS. ernments from the date of the last TO FIee RESPONSIBILITY. DEPARTMENTAL BLOCK. Dr.. Sproule moved for a return showing the cumber of buildings, or portions of buildings,. rented or oc- cupied by the Government for offices or other purposes in Ottawa, out- side the departmental buildings, from whom rented, terms of lease or leases, and rent being peke for each, The 'mover said ate wanted the infer - Mr. Brock (Center Toronto) pro - Feasted a bill for the amendment of Hugh Guthrie, G uelph, will again the Act for the prevention of cruelty present his amendment to the Rail- to animals. way Act of last session. It pro- DOUKHOBORS ENTRIES. vides for the abolition of the pre- Ileplying to Mr. Wilson, Iron. Mr. sent system, by which some railway Fielding said that no Doukhobors companies compel their employes to made homestead entries in the sign away any claim they might Northwest during 1900, 62 in 1901, have against then. in case of acci- and 207 in 1902. He also said that dent, and subscribe a certain por- tae Government was taking no ac- tion of their wages to an insurance tion to supply houses and fuel to fund. The bill is in a large measure Western settlers next winter, as modeled along the lines of the Brit- i they bad no reason to believe that ish Workmen's Compensation Act; such emigrants could not provide for " QUESTIONS ANSWERED. themselves., • In reply to Mr. Monk's question '—"`¢ . . regarding the contract for 25,000 �o FIGHTING ICAC." • tons of steel mile, Hon. Mr. Blair said •that as the contra.at had - /eel'"red rights Com - did berm executed by. the Glasgow Hero . of a ]mound yetnuts Suicide. firm to which it was awarded, he did not feel at liberty to eye • the faits despatch says :-Major- names of other tenderers yet. General Sir Hector Macdonald, com- Mr, McGowan (Middlesex) asked Mending the British forces in Cey- whether it was the intention of the Ion, and one of the foremost officers Government to introduce any legis- in the Brititli army, against whom latter tending to give publicity to charges based on immoral acts the transactions of private bankers. were filed some time ago, committed 11'011. Jr. Fielding replied that the suicide on Wednesday at the Hotel Government had no such intention, Regina here. He shot, himself in the 5.00 as 1•rirate bankers stood in the same light, temple shortly after noo and 4.00 relation to the public as other busi- expired a few minutes later. ncss persons. Tho general was alone, his 0.00 RAILWAY STRITiES. small chamber on the Mezzanine 0.00 Sir William Mulock's bill to aid in floor of the hotel at the tinge of the 0.00 the settlement of disputes on rail- tragedy. One of the female attend - ways has been printed and distribute ants heard the pistol shot, and IRISH LAND BILL. ed. it provides for a reference of opening the door, saw the general's — dispute's between railway employers figure outstretched on the floor with and cutlrloyes to a conunittee of can- the }flood gushing from a bullet7 Introduced in the British House ciliation, mediation, and invostiga- 'wound in the head. She ran scream - of Commons. tion, a•'d in the event of such com- ing to the balcony overlooking the A despatch from London says: The mittee being unable to effect an lobby of the hotel, where many Irish Secretary, Mr. Wyndham, in- amicable settlement, to a board of guests, including a number of troduced the G overnment's long an- arbitrators. The conciliation com- ladies, were assembled. The pro- of Irish land bill in the House mittee is to be composed of three i.prietor of the hotel was the first to of Commons on Wednesday after- members, one to be chosen by the reach the expiring man. Medical noon. It proposes a free grant of company, one by the employes, and help was immediately summoned, 360,000,000 for the purposes of the a third by the parties to the differ but was found to be useless, death bill. The keen interest felt in this ence. The conciliation committee ensuing quickly. new legislation, which, it is hoped, may act .as arbitrators, but In the The Commissary . of Police was will promote peace and contentment event of objection being taken to notified, and, accompanied by a doe - in Ireland, was evidenced by the this course new representatives on tor, proceeded to a preliminary in - crowded House. The Peers' gallery the board of arbitrators shall be vestigation. No money or papers of and the distinguished strangers' gal- appointed in the same manner as the any kind were found in Sir Ffector's lery were filled, and there has been committee of conciliation were bag-gaeo. Two notes written in Eng - no such gathering of members of chosen. No court of the Dominion list). were found lying on a table in Parliament since, the opening of the or of any rroviace or Territory is hi's room, and these were taken pose session, to have any power or jurisdiction to session of by the authorities, but it Michael Devitt, father of the Land League, celebrated his fifty-seventh recognize or enforce or to receive in is understood their contents have no evidence any report of the board of bearing on the suicide. In the gen- birthday by re-entering the House arliitrators or committee of con- eral's coat, lying on the bed, were for the first time since he ceased to ciliation. or any testimony or pro- found some photographs. The Brit - be a member in order to hear the i ceedings before the said hoard or ish Embassy and, Consulate were Chief Secretary for Ireland unfold committee, as against any party or notified later, and Consul -General his plans. person, or for any purpose whatso- Inglish visited the hotel and took WHAT THE BILL IS. ever except in case of prosecutior charge of the 'body, which , was Mr. Wyndham, who was heartilyfor perjury. Where the difference I%laced on the bed. The door was cheered, rose to speak at 2.40 p. m. •which is being inquired into affects a then locked, the Consul -General tak- At the outset, he announced that the class of employes it shall not be ing the key. The French officials G overnment thought cash aid was necessary for them all to take part took possession of the revolver. necessary for the fulfilment of thee in the ingviry, but they may be ee• Sir Hector Macdonald arrived in proposed scheme, but it attacbed presented by some of their number, Paris last Friday evening from Lon - greater importance to the credit op- only assents other than counsel or don on his way to Ceylon, where eration than to the cash operation. solicitor. it was understood that an imine - He then unfolded the scheme, whichINFORMATION WANTED. diate court-martial would be held to provides for advances of money for clear up the charges made against the purchase 'of land by the tenants. Mr. Wilson (Lennox) has filed a him. On reaching the hotel at 11 The advances will be in the shape , numb( r of enquiries respecting the o'clock at night, he was told that of cash and not in stock, but in or- numi.er of Iloulhobors in Manitoba only a small and indifferent room der to enable the cash to be raised and the Northwest and their famous was available.. He replied that that a new stock is to be floated. ex; Let in the pilgrimage line of was quite sufficient. 23 'e was not ac It will be called "guaranteed 2� last fall. companied by any a :ides -de -camp or cent. stock," and will be unredeem- Mr. Davis (Saskatchewan) will a valet. He said he only intended to Paris. Little rconnectiono in v fur all a s in or tw • r bIr W end- mo e xst a thirtyyears. v papers a fore ableday yy 5 t ham doubted }f 3500,000,000 of the I with the fulfilment 'of the terms up- was seen of him after his arrival. stock will be needed. It will be is-, on which the O.P.R. Company were He was, however,. 4n the hotel lobby sued at the rate of $25,000,000 authorized to issue 312,000,000 of about noon on Wednesday, and it is yearly for the first three years, and new stock. believed a newspaper in afterwards, . possibly, ie. larger stens, 1 D:., Sproule will - enquire as to the belies h; that asifng a' resume printedi the In addition to this the Goverc:,nent number of buildings in Ottawa rent grave charges` bra -deft' against hirci, proposed a free grant of 360,000,- ed by the 0overiintent for depart- and embellished with the ' generahinlee d, 000 to be raised by additions to the i mental purposes, particulars as to portrait in full uniform, came under stock, the interest and sinking fund their rental, etc. his attention. Hue left the lobby, go- of which will be borne by the Trees- Dr. Roddick (Montreal) will move I ing to his room, and the pistol shot .try, and the maximum annual charge that IL is expedient to create a Do- i followed soon after. of which will not exceed $1,950,000. I minion Department of Public health ADVANCES LIMITED. for the protection of Health and miligation- df disease. It is propos- ed{hat such department should be MILITIA ON WAR FOOTING. under the direction of a Minister in connection with one of the existing departments. . Mr. Casgrain (Montmorency) will cneaire . for particulars as to an appropriation of 843,000 for the purpose of constructing a spur lisle on the Intercolonial Railway. Mr. Casgrain will also enquire'if any re- presentations have been • received from, the Imperial. Government as to the advisability of locating the next Trans -Canadian railway along a route sufficiently remote from the frontier to make it useful for mili- tary purposes. RAILWAY SUBSIDIES. =OWE SEEDS �QR TESTING.G. They Are Now Being Distributed, The• 'of Charge. The members of the Ontario Agri cultural and I3aporimantal Union are pleased to state that for 1908 they are prepared to distrebute into every Township of Ontario material for experiments with fodder crops, roots, grains, grasses, clovers and fer- tilizers, Upwards of 1,400 varieties of farm crops have been tested in the Experimental Department ,of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph for et. least five years in succession. These consist of nearly all the Can- adian sorts, and several hundred new varieties, some of which have done .exceedingly well in the carefully conducted experiments at the Col- lege,' and are now being distributed, free of charge, for co-operative ex- periments throughout Ontario. The following is the list of co-operative experiments for 1908 : No, Experiments. Plots. .1—Testing - three varieties of . oats., 8 2—Testing three varieties of six - rowed barley.,, ... .. 8 3—Testing two varieties of hul- less barley, „ .,. . 2 4—Testing Emmer (spelt) and two varieties of spring' wheat. 3 5—Testing two varieties of buckwheat., «'•2 6—Testing two v Teti^s of field peas for NNortll rn Ontario 2 7= --Testing two varieties of bug - proof field peas. .. 2 8—Tessting pow peas and two varieties of Soy, "Soja, or ..Japanese beans The advances to tenants, through the provisions of the Land Bill, are limited to 32,500 in,.the congested districts, and 35,000 elsewhere. The bill wilT'become effective November 1... Mr, Wyndham said 3750,000,000 could safely •be advanced on Irish land, but he thought the scbeme would not involve 3500,000,000. The Trish Secretary ettplained that while the maximum charge onthe English • treasury would not exceed 31,975,000 in a single year, the reduction in the cost of the administration of Ireland would amount to $1,250,000. The bill also provides that ten- ants shall pay 3e per cent. interest on loans from the Government, that untenanted farms and grazing lands shall be sold to neighboring tenants, and that three commissioners shall supervise the sales. GIRL LOSES AN ARM Was Caught in a Machine at a Box Factory. A Toronto despatch says: Edith Woodworth, of 98 Yarmouth Road, was the victim of a terrible accident at Teller's paper box factory on Thursday afternoon, when her left '(IN11,'14D STATES MARKETS. arm was so baldly crushed in a ma- chine that at the Emergency 1•Iospi- Buffalo, March 81, -- Flour — tal amputation near the shoulder Steady. Wheat—Spring, weak; No. was found necessary. She was tak- 1 }card, 8404 No. 1 Northern, 80ee; en to the hospital try another girl, winter nominal. Corn — Weak; No. who did not remain. Miss Wood- 2 yellow, 470; 'No. 2 corn, 4:50. worth is 18 yearsof age. Her eons Oats — Steady; : leo. 2 white, 400; clition was such that she could give No, 2 .mixed, 38*e. Barley 51to no particulars as to how she sus - 68c. Rye -- No• offerings. tailed the injury. .311r. Charlton moved the second reading of his •'will to amend the Railway Act, which ho explained was designed to reduce the amount of the subsidy to be paid to a rail- road. on progress, • and estimates from 360,000 to 330,000 which he said would help small roads. Mr,. Blair said it might be necessary to consider the whole question of the payment of subsidies to small rail- ways. The present system involved a great deal of trouble to the de- partment. It might be necessary to revert to the system of paying on ten -mile sections. On motion of ler, 112onk the committee reported progress, and the bilI will go to the Railway Committee. TICKET -OF -LEAVE ACT, Mr. Casgrain moved for all par- ticulars regarding the application of the Ticket -of -leave Act, except the Warnes of prisoners who bad been given their freedom under it. $ 9 -Testing three, varieties of ' Husking corn.. 10—' kng three 'varieties of olds.. 11—Testing, two varieties of sug- ar beets for feeding purposes.. '12—Testing three 'varieties of Swedish turnips. 13—Testing Kohl Rabi and two varieties of turnips. 14—Testing parsnips and two va- rieties of carrots.. 15—Testing three varieties of fod- • der or silage corn 16—Testing three varieties of mil- let.. 17,—Testing three sorghum 18—Testing grass peas and two varieties of vetches. 19.—Testing two varieties of rape 20—Testing three varieties of clover.. 21—Testing Sainfoin, Lucerne, and Burnet 22—Testing five varieties grasses.. 23—Testing three field beans. 24 Testing three sweet corn... 25 -Testing fertilizers with corn.. 6 26• --Testing fertilizers with Swed- ish turnips... 6 27, ---Growing potatoes on the level and in hills... 2 28—Testing two varieties of po- tatoes 2 29—Planting cut potatoes which have and which have not been coated over with land plas- ter 2 30—Planting corn in rows and in squares (an excellent variety of early corn will be used) 2 The size of each plot in each of the first twenty-six experiments is to be two..rods long by one rod wide ; in Nos. 27, 2S, and 29, one rod square; and in No. 30, four rods square (one-tenth of an acre). Each person in Ontario who wisjies to join in the work may choose:any one of the experiments for 1903, and apply for the same. The material will be furnished in the order in which the applications are received until the supply is exhausted, It might be well for each applicant to reeler a second choice, for fear the first could not be granted. All ma- terial will be furnished entirely free of charge to each applicant, alnd the Produce of the Plots will, of course, become the property of the person who cons x duct the e erimeiit. P • C. A. ZAVITZ, Direo• tor, Ontario Agricultural College, ' Guelph, March 23rd, 1903. The Pope to Be Brought 'Up to 100,000 Men. An Ottawa despatch says :—Lord Dundonald is at work upon plans for increasing the available strength of the militia at war time to 100,000 men. This could be done by incor- porating the members of the rifle clubs throughout the country • •when- ever the need arises of mobilizing a defensive force. With respect to this year's camps of instruction, it is believed that the method followed last autumn will again be adopted, viz.: calling out the officers and non- commissioned officers of the rural corps, and giving them instruction in military work of a' useful `arid' practical kind. CHILD'S FOOT CUT OFF. varieties of of varieties of varieties of 3 3 2 3 8 3 3 8 8 3 2 3 3 5 3 3 Grace Mitchell of Toronto Injured By a Car. A Toronto despatch says: Grace Mitchell, the eleven -year-old daughter of James 0. Mitchell, Medical Health Inspector, who lives at 134 Harbord street, was ];Hocked down by a Bathurst street car on `Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock, while at- tempting to cross from the wesit side of the street to the east side in front of a north --bound car. The car Was stopped immediately, and the child taken to a nearby house, to which Dr. Hooper was summoned. She was removed to Grace Iiospital, where the left foot was amputated at the ankle, • LEGISLATIVE i { ASSEMBLY, Doings of Cur Law Makers at Toronto. 1'1'UVATIa BILLS. The Town of Oakville has made application for ratification of a by- law to provide for the issue of de bentures amounting to 328,881.6 0, payable 'in annual amounts of 31,- 1.91.58 for twenty years, 'to provide for the deficiency in thcsinking fund of the i town, and to pay off the floating inclebteduess incurred through the default of its late trea- surer, On metion of the Premier the time for receiving private bills was extended to April 15th. TIMBER DUES. Mr. Pearce has asked for a return showing the amount in detail of timber dues paid or owing to the province from timber cut on Crown lends in the Townships of Elzovir and GrinIsthorpc for the season of 1901-2, together with the amount due to those municipalities. QUEEN VICTORIA PARIi. An order -in -Council has been pass- ed abolishing all tolls on rigs en- tering the Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls. DEATH STATISTICS. Health Matters Are Not Reported. Properly. A Toronto despatch says: The dep- redations of scarlet fever in the Pro- vince are shown by the returns for February received by the Provincial Board of Health: During the month there were 104 'deaths from the dis- ease, compared with 88 in February, 1902. There were 94 deaths in Jan- uary of this year from the same cause. Tho deaths from all con- tagious diseases were as follows: Feb., 1903. Feb., 1902. Smallpox ,., 4 , :0 Scarlet fever ... ...104 88 84 21 16 Diphtheria ... ...... 27 Measles... .... ... .... 7 Whooping cough . 7 PULPWOOD DUTIES. The Ontario ',Government was..no- tified that the United States courts, before which the question of in crease$ duties on pulpwood .going into that country , had been;tried, had decided, than prohibition of ex- port in Ontario is not an etiport duty ; therefore Canadian exporters had not to pay an additional duty` into' the United States on pulp. 'It was decided by the same court, how- ever, that the Quebec regulations do not constitute an export duty, and Quebec is accordingly not relieved of the penalty provided by the United States tariff. TEMISIKAMING• COMMISSION. The report of the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway commis- sion, showing the work done and the moneys expended up to December 31, 1002, has been presented to the Connnissioner of Public Works. The report contains a. profile map of the road from North Bay to Red Water Lake, and a map showing the road under construction on Dec. 31 last. The statement of expenditures before the appointment of the commission shows an outlay of 324,747.28. Since the appointment of the com- mission the expenditure amounted to $147,161.$8, making a, total expen- diture to date of $171,900.12. The report is illustrated by a number of excellent photographs of the work upon the various sections. DAMAGE BY CYCLONE. Hon. F. R. Latchford, has mede public the report of the Assistant Commissioner of Public Works, who was sent to investigate the damage done by the cyclone which visited the counties of Stormont and Dun - dos on July 17 last. 'The report contains the following summary : District covered by storm, 30 miles; families affected, 60; loss in Win- chester township,, 320,072; loss in Finch township, 39,307; loss in Os- nabruck township, $14,015;_ total loss; 348,394. In discussing the granting of Gov- ernment aid to the sufferers, the re- port points out that most of the losers are well-to-do people, and that the State's responsibility in all cases of disaster appears, according to usage, to he merely to relieve tem- porary distress. Heaving visited the families, the Assistant Commission- er says he had his sympathy aroused and desired if possible to recomme'n'd that some aid be granted. "But," he concludes, "in carefully studying the whole situation I cannot see how it is possible to do so without suggesting a measure that would be a violation of the recognized re- sponsibility of the State in such matters and • establishing a precedent id demands ior •a w would lead to dema whicl1 0 in such;: cases .."less "deserving • of sympathy." NE S IT£MS. Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the dobe. CANADA, A series of lectures on forestry will be arranged by the Kingston School of Alines. The Toronto Teachers' Assentor tion passed a resolution to estabi lish a superannuation feed. The Welland Canal will "boa opened for navigation on Aprill10, and the other canals • on May 1. There is a lobster famine at St, John, N.B. A crate of 110 lobsters shipped to Boston netted 354. The Temiskaming Railway Com missioners have ordered four engines and are having specifieatiens for cars prepared. Henry Stone, for 52 years on the Lake Shore Railroad, the oldest en- gineor in the country, has resigned. Tho Dominion Government has promised a grant of 350,000 to the Dominion Exhibition this year in Toronto. The G.T.R. have bought addition- al property in Stratford, in the vicinity of their shops, which they intend enlarging. Hamilton is ponsidering another telephone scheme providing for, resi- dential phones. at $12 and business phones from 318'to $20, Typhoid 19 25 Tuberculosis ,.. .160 177 There were 2,083 deaths from all causes, and only 700 municipalities reported, compared with 772 a year ago. SNUFF vs. GOOD HUMOR, Interesting notes on the snuff tak- ing habit are furnished by the Ger- man authorities of the district known as the Bavarian Forest. The men there consume on an average of half a pound of snuff per day, the tobacco being mixed with ground glass "to sting better." The peo- ple in this district are much given to violence and attacks with the knife are of daily occurrence. For years the prison authorities experi- enced great difficulties with their charges on account of their uniform obstinacy and finally hit upon the plan of depriving them of snuff, They say that after a while a great change for the .better was notice able, the men becoming tractable atucl sensible of their degrading ing lniinanfty,, • A lock factory is to be established in Orillia. The cotipauy has a capi- tal stock of 310,000, a large part of which was subscribed in Orillia. • Black oak •trees.ixt eastern ,Ontario are in great demand. Farmers are getting a ready sale for all they can odor. The present price is $25 per thousand feet. The Hamilton Retail Merchants Association has decided to placo cards in the store windows stating that no tickets for bazaars, balls, concerts, picnics, etc., would bo pur- chased, and that prizes would not be given for picnics if asked for at the merchants' places of business. GREAT BRITAIN. Edwin A. Abbey's picture of the Coronation is not likely to be finish- ed inished this year. Birmingham's sewage works are said to be the largest in the world after those of Paris and Berlin. Pursued by the South Cheshire Hounds, a fox ran into a bedroom at a farmhouse and hid itself under the pillows. Very Rev. F. W. Farrar, Dean of Canterbury, and widely known through ' his secular and religious books, is ',dead. It is asserted that a measure to materially extend local self-govern- ment will soon bo introduced by the British Government. Grief over the loss of his twin' 'lie -- children caused Petty Officer Sib- bick, of the Portsmouth Sailers' Home, to commit suicide. Over 2,000 persons visited Car- lyle's house, 24 Cheyne row, Chel- sea, last year, making a total of ''e nearly 18,000 since its opening to the public in 1895. i`. North Wales ..guardians say they *' have thousands of able-bodied tramps they could recommend for the Rand—if the mine owners only knew bow to make them work. Colonel Denny, M.P., will introduce a bill in the Imperial House of Com- mons, the main principle of which is that the franchise should be ex- tended to women on the same con- ditions as it is granted to men. A Poplar man combines the busi- ness of barber and dentist. Custom- ers aro shaved to the music of - the gramophone, and molars extracted amid the encouraging comments of a remarkably fluent parrot. Two dogs chased a flock of sheep at Banbury, and they took refuge in a stream, where they huddled toge- ther so closely as to dam up the water,which rose so high to g a 9 drown a number of them as they stood., Sixty-one were taken out dead. CONTENT. IN ANTARCTIC:. Its Discovery Attributed to the Expedition. A Loddon despatch says: Presi- dent Markham, of the Royal Geogra- phical Society, commenting on the achievement of tine British Antarctic ship Discovery, says it has been proved conclusively that the greater part of the Antarctic region is a vast continent. Capt. Scott, R. N., the commander of the Discovery, penetrated one hundred utiles further south than any previous explorer, and discovered an extensive inoun- tainous region, hitherto absolutely unknown, extending to 83 degrees, 20 minutes south. He thinks this indicates that the land stretches to the Pole in a series of very lofty mountains, which is considered to be far the most imliortant geographical result ever achieved in Antarctic ex- ploration. The Discovery wintered four.,, hundred miles further south than any other vessel. CONSUMPTION, IN PRISON. • One-fourth of the • Inmates of Clinton Are Affected. An Albany, N. Y., despatch says:. One-fourth of the population of the Clinton State Prison at Deunemoro is afflicted with tuberculosis, accord ing to Dr. J. B. Benson, physician at the institution, in an argument submitted to the Ways and Means Committee of the ASeenibly in favor of abill of Assemblyman Ieriapp snaking an appr$priation. for the construction of a building at the pri- son for the care of prisoners thus afilieted. There are 250 tuberculate inmates in the institution, of whom 1.96 were transferred from other in- etitutions. A warehouse at Sydney, N,S,W„ containing 10,000 tons of merchan- dise, was destroyed by fire, the loss totalling $2,500,0.00, • UNITED STATES: . Greene, N.Y., has voted to own its water -works and electric light sys- tem. Charges of bribery in the Missouri State Legislature are before a spe- cial grand jury. The barkeepers of Jersey City, 't N.J,, are organizing the Bartenders' and Saloonkeepers' Total Abstinence Society. Five of the largest meat packing companies in the United States were fined 35,000 each for being members of a combination to fix prices. Charges of a grave nature lave been made against Gen. Wood, U.S.A., in connection with his ad- ministration as Military Governor of Cuba. • A corporation has been fornied at '� Lansing, Mich,, to build a bridge for the Pere Marquette Railway, op- posite Grosso Isle, to connect its American and Canadian tracks, The annual conference of the pre- sidents of the Christian Associations of Universities and Colleges in save eral States and of certain colleges in , Canada will be held at Cambridge, Mass., April. 16th. The other,,. day /ere. James Strove bridge, of Guyanoga village, five - miles from Penn Yan, N.Y„ killed her daughter, aged 26, and her moth- er, aged 80, and alter setting fire to the house in which the bodies lay, deliberately entered it and per- ished in the flames, GENERAL. The population of China is placed by the Board of Revenue at 426,- 44:7,000. A. Frenchsavant declares that po- tatoes are good for people suffering from diabetes. Two students died from injuries_ inflicted by the police during the rioting at Budapest. According to Eton. Joseph• • Chem* berlain 100,000 Boese have been re- patriated.