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THE MARKETS
Pric.6s of Grain, Cattle, etc
111 Tracie Centres.
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DREADSTUFFS.
Toronto, April 7. -Wheat - The
market continues quiet, No. 2 red
winter and white quoted at 68e0
eniddle freights, and at 69e east, No.
2 spring nominal at 69c on Midland
and No. 2 goose at (e6c on lelidland.
Manitoba wheat steady, No, 1 hard,
83ec • grinding in transit; No. 1
northern, afic all rail, grinding in
:transit; No, 1 hard, 86e North. Bay;
No. 1 Northern, 84ec, North Bay
lake ports, and No. 1 Northern at
78e ao.b. lake ports.
Oats -Market is dull, with prices
unchanged, No. 2 white quoted at
29c high freights, and at 29ec xd-
dis
Barley -Trade is q.uiet, with No. 3
extra quoted at 415c middle freight,
and No, 3 at 43c middle freight.
- Buckwheat -Market dull at about
45c west, and 47c east.
Corn -Markt quiet and prices
easy. Canadian feed corn quoted at
41 to 42c west, and -at 45c here.
No, 3 American yellow at'47c ' on
track Toronto, and No. 3 mixed at
46c.
Flour -Ninety per cent, patents un-
changed at $2.65 middle freigeets, in
buyers' sacks, for export. Straight
rollers of speeial brands for domestic
trade ginned. at $8.20 to 08,35 in.
bbls. Manitoba flour steady. No, 1
patents, $4.10, and seconds,
Strong bakers, $8.70 to $8.80, bags
inclucled, Toronto. -
Millfeed-Bran unehanged at $17
here. At outside points bran is
quoted at $16.50 to $17, and shorts
at $18. Manitoba bran, in sacks,
$20, and shorts at $21 here.
Detroit; April 7,, ---Wheat, Sit:Ma--
Cash, 73e; No. 2 ree, eash, 'Mee ;•
Mew, 76e ; July, 780.
Milwaakee, April 7.-Wheafe-Dia1;
No, 1 Northez-n, 770; NO. 2 Northern
76c; May, 784e. Rye -Finn; No, 1
520. Barley -Steady; No. 2
saraple, 4..a, to 53en, Corn -Kay, 43o
Duluth, April 7. -4 -Wheat -To arrive
No. 1 hard, 750; No. 1 Northera,
72fe; May, 78§e; No. 2 Northern,
72e% May, 75f to 75c; July, 74ec.
Oats -May, 28ec.
Minneapolis, April 7. -Wheat -Man
78ec; July, Me; on traele, No. 1
hard, 75ee; No, 1 Northern, 74ec ;
No, 2 Northern, 73ec,
' COUNTRY PRODUCE. .
Beans -Trade is quiet. Medium,
$1.65 to $1.75 per bush, and hared -
picked, $1.90 to $2.
Dried apples -Trade inactive, with
prices nominal at 3ec per lb.; eva-
porated, 6 to 61e.
Honey -The market is quiet, with
prices unchanged. Strained sells at
8 to Sec per lb., and comb at $1.25
to $1.50.
Hay, baled -The market is quiet at
unchanged prices. Choice timotby,
$9.50 to $10 on track, and mixed at
48.50..
Straw -The market is quiet for car
lots on track at $5.50 to $6 a ton.
Maple syrup -The market is quiet,
'with receipts small. Wine gallons
sell at 85 to 90c, and Imperial gal-
lons at $1.10.
Potatoes -:-Market is steady, with
fair offerings. Car .lots are quoted
at $1 to $1.05 a. bag, and small
lots at $1.20 to 51.257
Poultry -Market is quiet and
prices unchanged. We quote :-Dry
picked, fresh killed turkeys, 17 to
lee per lb; geese, 10 to 12c per
The ducks, $1. to $1.20 per pair ;
chickens (young) 85c to 51 ; oid
hens, 50 to 700 per pair.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter - The market continues
quiet, with prices of choice grades
erm.. Inferior stuff in good supply.
We quote as follows :-.Ieresh, large
rolls, 17 to 18c; finest, 1 -Ib. prints,
18 to 19c; poorer grades (rolls and
tubs), 14 to 16e; creamery prints,
211 to 23c; solids (fresh made), 19
to 20c; held, 1Sec.
Eggs -Receipts are fair, and the
demand good. Sales at 11e to 12c
rer 'dozen.
Cheese -Market firm. We quote :-
Finest, 181 to 1c; twins, 14c.
HOG- PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs are nominal. Cured
meats are unchanged, with a good
demand. We quote :---Bacou, clear,
10 to 1Nc, in ton and case lots.
Pork -Mess, $21 to fe21.50; do.,
short cut, $22.50 to $28.
-Smoked fneats-I-Tams, 13 to 18ec;
rolls, 11ec; shoulders, 11c; backs,
14 to 141e; breakfast bacon, 11 to
141c.
Lard -The market is very firm. We
quote :-Tierces, lOec; tubs, 11c ;
pails, llee; comPound, 81 to 10e.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
• Montreal, April 7. -Grain --No. 1
Manitoba hard ,wheat, 73ee; No. 1
Northern, 72c. March delivery; No.
1 hard, 741c; No. 1 Northern, 72ec,
ex -store, May delivery; peas, 69-ec,
high freights. Oats, No. 2 in store
here, 36. to 37c; rye, 51c east ;
buckwbeat, 481,- to 49c east. For
May delivery -No. 1 oats, 38c, No.
2 37c; rye, 60e; buckwheat, 56 to
57c; peas, 81c. Fleur -Manitoba
Patents, $4.20; seconds, $3.90; On-
tario straight - rollers, $3.50 to
$3.65; in bags, 51.70 to $1.75 ;
patents at $3.70 to $4.10., Rolled
oats -Millers' prices, $2 bags and
sacks, $4.15 per bbl. Feed -Mani-
toba bran, $19 to $20; shorts, $21
to $22, bags included; Ontario bran
in bulk, $18 to $18.50 shorts, in
bulk, $20 to $21. Provisions -
Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $24.
to $20; short cut back, $28,50 to
$21; 'light short cut, $23 to $24;
compound refined lard, 8e to 9c ;
pure Canadian lard, 10e• to 11c ;
finest- lard, 11 to 11-ec; learns, 12e
to 130; bacon, 14 to 15e; fresh
killed „abattoir hogs, $9 to $9.25.
Honey -White clover, in sections, 12c
per •section; in 10 -lb tins, 8c; in
bulk, lee; della. c lowere Cheeec
Ontario, 18 to 181e; townships, -13e.
Butter -Strictly fresh, 23 to 28ec;
.held, no to 200. leggs-New laid,
12 to lnee.
UNITED STATES mArtxras,
Buffalo, April 7. -Flour - Steady.
Wheat -Spring dull; No. 1 hard,
881c; No. 1 Northern, 80ew winter
nominal, Corn-rirm; No. 8' yellow,
46c; No. 2 corn, 46c. Oats -Quiet ;
No, 2 white, 40c ; No, 2 mixed., 88e,
13arloyannestern, 556; prime Ohio,
53c. Rye -No. 2 quoted at 5e.
THE HOUSE OF HMO
Notes of Proceedings in the Cane
Indian Parliament.
CRIMINAL ACT,
Mr. leitzpatriek's bill to amenia the
Criminal Jet by the insertion of a
clause respecting iraxnoral perform-
ances in theatres was read a
third time.
CIVIL SERVICE.
LIVE sTocac MAIMETS.
el.4oronto, April 7. - There was an
active demand for butthers' cattle at
the Weston]. Cattle Market to-cla,y.
The primes of the lower grades, how-
ever, were weaker, and there were a
good many of them on the market.
In exporters' buying was fairly ani -
in the better 'descriptions, but
there Were too many inferior and
rough ones offered, whieh buyers do
not care to touch. About the beet
price reported was $4.75 for export -
arse e4.45 was about the top fignina
for butchers', but there were a num-
ber of exporters' bought for butcher-
ing purposes at higher prices than
these. Sheep were steady, but
calves were decidedly lower. Hogs
continued wealc nithout a quotable
decline, but the prospectswere that
they would go lower.
Tee run Was a large one, and quite
munber of cattle wore left over •un-
sold. It amounted to 89 cars, con-
taining 1,396 cattle, 269 sheep, 1,-
022 liege, and 100 calves.
The following is the range of quo-
tations:
Exporters' cattle- Per 100 Tbs.
Choice ...$4.50 54.75
4.25 4.40
Light ... ... 4.00 0.00
Bulls ..,, ... 3.75 4.00
Cows . ... 8.40 3.75
Butchei s' -
Picked lots 4.25
Choice ... 4.00
Medium ... ... 3.40
Bulls 3.00
Milers 3.50
Feeders ... . 4.00
Stockers,- 3.00
Canners ... 2.00
Sheep, -
Export ewes
Do., bucks .
Grain -fed lambs .
Do., letecks
Barnyard lambs ...
Calves, each ...
CaIves, per 100 lbs
Hogs -
Sows ...
Stags .
Selects, 160 to 200
. 4.25
. 3.50
. 6.00
. 5.50
. 5.00
. 2.00
. 4.00
, 4.50
2.00
Thick fats .. 6.25
Lights ... . 6.25 0.00
TO HELP BERNIER.
A delegation of members of Parlia-
ment and Senators waited on the
Minister of Marine with Captain
Bertner, in support of Government
assistance for a polar expedition.
The delegation asked that the Gov-
ernment provide a boat for the ex-
pedition. It would coat $80,000.
Mr. Prefontaino, who Was favorably
impreesed with the proposition, ask-
ed if the Government could' have the
steamer back after the trip was
over, and Mr. Bernier said he was
quite agreeable to this.
MILITIA PENSION ACT.
4.40
4.25
4.00
3.70
8.90
4.80
3.65
2.50
4.75
4.00
6.50
6.00
5.50
8.00
5.50
5.00
4.00
0.00
0.00
Mr. Fielding moved a resolution in
favor of amending the Civil Service
Act SQ as to provide that if any
civil servant's period, of service in -
chided a fraction equal to or greater
than one-half year; the fraction
should be deemed to be an entire
year eipon which to base superannua-
tion allowance. He said this had
been the practice since 1870, but the
Anditor-General had taken objection
to it and had been sustained by the
Department of Justice, accorcliugly
the change in the law was necessary:
Replying to Mr. Borden, Mr,
Fielding said that any man dismissed
for political partisanship did not
thereby lose the superannuation
money he had paid unto the fund.
C. P. It. LANDS,
Sir , Frederick! Borden introduced
his -bill to amend the Militia Pension
Act. He explained that this bill
was intende'clto provide that Mein-, Quebec 1,458,535 1,648,898
bers of the civil service who became Dominion of
officers of the permanent force of the
militia under the Militia Pensdon
.Act shoul1 have their count for
which they paid into the superannu-
ation funn. The clause was precise-
ly similar to that inserted in the
Northwest Mounted Police Act at
last session.
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ARM PULLED FROM SOCKET
MARCONI rwrITION,
The petition of the Marconi 'MI*.
boas TelOgraPh OemnallY, which was
incorporated in Ontario On Novena. -
1 lent, was preeented. The oom.
pony is seeking A Federal .01meter,
with full powers to transact busie
MSS in any portion ot Canada,
THE RAILWAY ACT,
Mr, Guthrie (South Wellington) in-
troduced his bill to amend the Rail-
way Act in the House of Commons.
The bill provides that any attempt
made by the employes to contract
away liability should be under the
eupervision of the court, and not
stand in law, unless the agreement
were shown to be made on a separ-
ate and 'distinct consideration as to
the trial judge should seem reason-
able. It also made it optional with
the employes whether or not they
become members of SILICh insurance
societies, mall that those employes
already members should have power
to withdraw on reasonable notice.
It was ineended that the provisions
of the bill should apply to all Gov-
ernment railways.
DIRTY CARS,
Ms. Puttee (Winnipeg) strongly cri-
ticized the accommodation offered
the immigrants arriving in the coun-
try. The cars were dirty and in -
A. question by Mr. Puttee elicited efficient axed the Government should
tbe information from the acting Min- see that something better should be
done for them. This treatment
woeld make a bad im.pression and
should be remedied, Sir William
Wedlock; in reply to Mr. Puttee, said
that the Government did all in its
power to check suchi cases as those
mentioned, In spite of the great
rush of immigration he agreea that
no excuse should be accepted, but
ister of Interior that approximately
165,000 acres of land in the Pro-
vince of Manitoba are hold by the
C. P. 11. and claimed to be exempt
from taxation under the contract of
1881.
AN INJURY TO THE WEST,
Walter Scott, LT, P., West Assini-
bola, has addressed a memorial to
the Minister of Justice on the sub- Premiere should be brought to boar
jeet of complaints against the con- to enforce good a,ccominodation for
'clitions of -the lumber trade in the Wan grants,
West, urging the holding of an en- ALASKAN BOUNDARY PAPERS.
quiry with a view to applying the Mr. Monk calle'cl attention. to the
provisions of the anti -combine clause
of the Tariff Act, or section. 520 of
the Criminal Code, directed against
combination for restraint of trade.
He alleges that lumber prices are un- ,laid
duly high \ as a result of agreement on the table; as asiked for and
promised, Mr. Fielding promised
they would be produced at an early
date, as they were in preparation,
GRAIN WEIG HERS
Mr. Stewart (Lisger) brought up
the question of the use of automatic
fact that papers relating to the
Alaskan boundary, Bord-Hay Treaty
Alaskan boundary, Bond -Hay
Treaty, and others had not been
or combination of dealers and man-
ufacturers, and says that they Will
only sell to certain men. S03310 re-
tail dealers have been forced out of
business. Others have been prevent-
ed from going into business. The
memorial sets forth that unless a grain weighers used in threshing
remedy can be had serious injury to machines in Manitoba and the North -
the West will result. The cost of
building is said to be increased out
of all propel tion.
REDISTRIBUTION BILL.
LEGISLATIVE ASSEIVIBLT,
Doirigis of
OUr LAM' Makers
Toronto:4
INSURAIN REPORT.
The annual report of the Provin-
cial Inspector of XXISUMQ.00 states
that, the two licensed life insuranee
companies in Ontario have assets
amounting to $237,190, and the eule-
scribed capital is 5126,276. There
are three joint fire insurance com-
panies, with cash eseets of $50-'
847,05 and paid up stock $131,000.
The number of policies in force is
14,019, and the risk involved
amounts to 512,816,450. The
eleven eash mutual companies doing
business have assets of 4213,257,
and the number of policies in force
is 95,578, and the risk involved.
5102,841,733, The 74 mutual com-
panies have a cash asset of 5218,-
039. The total now business taken
during the year by all the coin-
penies amounted to $70.028,430.
THE SUPPLY' BILL.
On the motion to go into supply,
Mr. Ross explained that the 8845,-
000 was merely the ordinart depart-
mental expenses for the month of
April. The items were as follows :
Civil government, 524.5,000; lenisla-
tion, $25,000; administration of jus-
tice, $4.0,000; education, $25,000 ;
public institutions, 565,000 ; agri-
culture, 520,000; immigration ,and
colonization, $2,000; repairs to
public b ui lcling, 58,000; pealic
works, $10,000; contract, $60,000;
charges on Crown lands, $10,000 ;
miscellaneous, $50,000; total, 5345,-
000. Mr, Itoss explained that the
expense's of the investigation would
come out of the legislation or the
miscellaneous item.
* The Premier's explanation of the
Re'distribution Bill was very brief.
He pointed out that a decennial cen-
sus invariably cause'd a disturbance
in the representation. Under . sec-
tion 51 of the British North Am-
erica Act Parliament had no disere-
don. It became the mere instru-
ment of the law, and was simply
called on to solve a problem in long
division. With Quebee the pivotal
State, and its represenation station-
ary at 65, the unit of representa-
tion by the last census was found to
be 25,867. Here the Premier sub-
mitted a comparative statement,
showing -the amines of population.
in the ten years that had elapsed be-
tween 1891 anil 1901. It ran:
1891. 1901.
P. E. Island 109,078 103,259
west, He said that as all grain
was weighed by the bushel there was
'difficulty in collecting the amount
due until the department had legal-
ized such a machine. Fully $5,000,-
000 was owing to grain weighers in
Manitoba and the Northwest.
MISERLY RECLUSE'S DEATH
51,000,000 Pound in Bank Notes
Partially Eaten by Rats.
A. Rome despatch says :-Countess
d'Onigo, a miserly recluse, was mur-
dered several weeksago in her house
near Treniso. The murderer, now a
prisoner, on Tuesday confessed the
crime, declaring it was committed in
a frenzy of rage at the Countess, be-
cause of her refusal to give him. a
meal or money for his starving
child. The Countess said she had
neither meal nor money. The police
found in her squalid bedroom. bank
Nova Scotia . . 450,396 459,574 , notes aggregating one million dot -
New Brunswick 321,263 321,120 lars. Five hundred one -thousand lire
Ontario .. 2,114,321 2,182,947 ($200) notes had been partly eaten
Manitoba 152,506 255,211 by rats. The total value of the wo-
Brit. Coluirnbia 98,178 178,657 man's estate is estimated at four
N. W. Terri- milliou dollars. Countess deenigo
tories . 66,799 153,940 was so penurious that she allowed
herself only twenty cents daily for
maintenance.
STEAMER LINE TO FRANCE
Employe in Kin-gston Works Ilas
a Narrow Escape.
Kingston despatch says :-
Robert Tillson, an employe of the
locomotive works, had a narrow es-
cape from death on Thursday. He
was adjusting a b-eit on a pulley
when his' arm became caught in. the
lashings. He was pulled 'MT his _feet
and lifte-d almost to the height of
the shafting. The arm was pulled
out of its socket, ancl the bones
were broken in two places in. the
forearm and upper arm. Tillson dis-
played wonderful nerve and coolness.
When his companions stopped the
machinery, the injured man coolly
took out his knife and cut the belt,
thus freeing his arm.
GOV.-GENERAL'S TOUR
Will Visit Number of
Ontario Towns.
A Toronto despatch -says :-The
visit of Lord Minto anparty to
Toronto in April and. May will be
extended, and be somewhat i11 the
nature of a farewell.tour, it being
expected that he will take part in a
number of functions and visit several
toevns and cities of Western Ontario.
The Governor-General, after attend-
ing the Musical festival on. April 16,
will go back to Ottawa, On April
28 he will return to Toronto and
take up his residence in the house of
J. W. Flavelle, Queen's Park, which
has been placed at his dispoval.
Lord Minto will remain until May
21.
Western
FOR BONUS' HUNTERS.
St. Kitts Citizens Propose They
Should Pay Dividends,
- A St. Catharines despatch says :-
It is rumored that a property -own-
ers' association is to be formed in
this city, the object of the aseocia-
tion being to protect rate -payers
from bonus -hunters ancl promoters.
They advocate that anyone getting
any bonus from this city is to give
stocic for the amount, and the city
receive dividends the same as any
other stockholder.
Canada ... . 4,833,239 5,371,315
e By dividing the unit of represent-
ation into the figures of 1901. the
representation would figure out as
follows:
Prince Edward Island, 3 members
(loses 1).
Nova Scotia, 18 members (loses
2).
New 'Brunswick, 13 members (loses
1).
Ontario, 86 members (loses 6).
British Columbia, 7 members
(gains 1).
Manitoba, 10 members (gains 2). ,
Northwest. Territories, 10 mem-
bers (gains 6).
Yukon, 1 member.
Quebec, 65 members (stationary).
The Prenlier drew attention to the
broad features of the bill. For in-
stance, all tbe Provinces east of
Lake Superior would lose members,
all those west, sae% the Yukon,
would gain. To tbe Northwest Ter-
ritories the unit of representation
would not apply, because ia respect
to these the Government was not
bound by the letter of the law and
the constitution. 11 bad been
thought wise to give the West a
representation that would meet the
rapid 1110room of population and en-
courage immigrants from England
and the United States -to become
Canadian citizens, and take a direct
interest in the affairs of the Do-
minion,
.As the bill stands it is a mere
charter of instructions to a special
committee of Parliament, consisting
of seven members, four Liberals and
three Conservatives. The Premier
stated that 011 the second reading of
the bill he would move for such a
committee, and, if the Opposition
agreed, the Whole matter would be
arranged in a way that would be
satiafactory to the country.
NORTHWEST VOLUNTEERS,
Sir' Frederick Borden, in reply to
a question, informed Mr. Walter
Soott that it is not tho intention of
the a ofernmeret to ask Parliament
to make .ct grant of land scrip to
Manitoba and Northwest volunteers
who servei under arms in South Af-
rica.
CIGARETTES. •
Mr. Bickerdike's motion for pro-
hibition of the importation and man-
ueactere of cigarettes in Canada was
adopted on a 'division by a vote of
108 to 48.
PRIVATE BILLS.
The Standing Orders Committee
has recommended that the time be
extendedfor- presenting petitions for
private bills to April 30th, and for
intencluchig private bills to May 7th.'
Trans -Atlantic Service Will be
Opened April 15.
A Montreal despatch says :-The
new trans-Atlantic steamship ser-
vice between Montreal and La Ro-
chelle Pallice will be inaugurated by
the sailing of the steamship Hektos
from La Rochelle Pallice on April
15th, direct to Montreal. This ser-
vice will be operated by two steam-
ers, the Ilektos cued the Hesperus,
the latter sailing from the French
port on the 15th of May. Xts first
sailing from Montreal will be on
May 6th, and will be upon the sixth
of each month. thereafter. The ves-
sels are of 3,000 tons each, first-
class in. every particular. The rail-
way connection of La Pallice gives
direct access to Paris, Lyons, Li-
moges, and other places.
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
Nan Kills Brother and Sinter and
Hien.self.
A Kansas City, Mo., despatch
says :-Frank Candee, aged 45, has
shot and mortally wounded his
brother, Nathan, and his sister, Miss
Cline, after which he shot and fatal-
ly wounded himself. Nathan is the
chief clerk in the office of the assist-
ant manager of the Union. Pacific
Railroad in this city. Frank Caudee
had been in poor health, and is be -
Roved to have been demented.
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VAN .HORNE ACCEPTS.
Will I3e the .ead of the Trans-
portation Commission,
An Ottawa despatch says :-Sir
William Van Horne has consented to
act as chairman of the Transporta-
tion Commission. The appointment
of Sir William and, Messrs. Bertram
and Kenner -tie, although decided upon,
has not yet passed Council. Mr.
Kennedy, of Quebec, is in England.
Nothing has benn heard from him, as
yet.
BRITISH BUDGET.
,
Will Be Introduced in the Com-
mons on. April 23,
A London despatch says :-In the
House of Commons on Wednesday
Primo Minister Balfour announced
that the budget would be introduced
on April 23, and the Irish Land
Bin would come up 'ea second read-
ing the following. week,
EWS ITEMS.
Telegraphic FrIe**fs Prom All
Over the Qloln,
CANADA.
producers of Hamilton pro-
pose to advance prices.
birymsia
PteNo)reethwceasitieZefroAliroiSl 3.6.
Aseem-
Wm. Hopkins, of London, has pur-
chased a farm of 1,100 aeres at
White Plains, Mare, for $12,000,
New Ontario Steamship Co. will
have a, new boat built in Scotland at
a cost of $125,000, to nun between
Montreal and Fort William.
The Ontario Sugar Rennery turned
out 6,000,000 lbsof sugar last
year, Wallaceburg, 4l/e0,000; Dres-
den, 3,500,000, and Wiarton, 1,-
500,000 lbs.
Henry , Harrington., who pleaded,
guilty in Winnipeg of absconding
with scone of elm liontinion rxpress a cliain resembling the one stolen,
Company's funds, was sentenced to and so induce the pursuer to stop..
three in.ouths in jail.
THE HOUSE ADJOURNS.
The motion to adjourn. until April
21 was advanced by Mr. Roes, who
pointed out three reasons why such
action should be taken. First, the
attendance of members of the Gov-
ernment and of private members on
both sides of the House would be re-
quired at the investigation, thus
interfering with the proper trans-
action of business in the House.
leesides, menabers would of their
own accord desire to attend the in-
vestigation and hear the evidence
for themselves. Seemed, it would
be impossible to get a careful and
undivided attention to ordinary
business while the minds of members
were being distracted by the limes,
tigation. Third, the Government did
not care to assurne the full respon-
sibilities of government until they
could do so with the full confidence
of the country. If the charges .were
proven by the investigation, it
would then devolve upon the Gov-
ernment to consider very seriously
what they should next do. And un-
til the matter was disposed of they
thought ie better that they should
if not altogether suspend the ma-
chinery of government, at least hold
their hand.
He thought that five or six weeks
after the House reassembled would
be sufficient to close up the business
of the session.
WHITNEY ADJECTIVES.
Mr. Whitney described the proposal
as "wrong, unfair, unjust, and un -
British." He held that the House,
having delegated its powers of tak-
ing evidence, should be on hand if
anything should arise during the in-
vestigation that demanded its at-
tention. The members should be all
the more astute while the investiga-
tion was on, but they were being
asked to put all power to do their
duty out of their hands. The mem-
bers would not stay Lor the investi-
gation. Nine out of ten of them
woeld go home. It was proper, he
said, that the Premier should ac-
knowledge the undesirability of as-
suming the full functions of a Gov-
ernment at the present time, That
statement was an acknowledgment
that the Government, not Mr. Strat-
ton algae, was on trial. There
would be plenty of subjects they
could discuss, however, that would
not be inconsistent with the Gov-
ernment's position. The proposition,
moreover, would have the Govern-
ment absolutely uncontrolable by
tbe Legislature for the next three
weAelcdsti•vision was taken and the re-
sult was 46 yeas, 41 nays.
The House immediately adjourned.
AWFUL MISTAKE.
Husband Gave Wife Poison In-
stead. of Medicine.
A Toronto despatch says :-Mary
Redmond, aged 64, wife of John
J Redmond, 400 adelaide street
west, died on Thursday night from
the effects of caraolic atid poisoning,
the drug having been given her in
mistake ISY ber husband. Deceased
had been ill in bed for some days,
and there WaS beside her bed a
chair containing a number of medi-
cine bottles, including one contain-
ing carbolic acid. About 0 o'clock
she as,ked her husband for her medi-
cine, and not knowing what lie was
doing, he gave her the poison. • In
less than an hour she was dead,
despite the efforts of Drs. McCor-
mick and O'Brien to save leer lite.
Coroner Crawford was notified, and
in investigating the case he closely
questioned everybody in the house,
and all told the same story. Con-
sequently he .clecided not to hold an
inquest.
DETERMINED TO. DIE.
A Boy's Vain. Attempt to Save
His Father.
PTI ti AD
4XCXWING cgA
gl) I2 BI- ST.M1'113:
Curtaing Tricle Of London
-A Sthool 'Poacher'
Adventure,
Herman Berg, n seaxnan, wn.
lighting a cigarette in tbe East In-
dia Dock Road, London, Wheu
Wil-
liom Connelly came up, grabbed his
watch chain, and made off with it,
There was an eaCciting ehene, end
Connelly at length dropped a chain,
To Berg's eurprise, heivever, the
clialri proved to be a worthless sub-
stitate for the original article, He
ga-ve chase again, and Connelly waa
ultimately caught, and sent to pri-
san for three months by tbe Themes
raagietrate. The chain Connelly
threw away was an article known ae
a "thieves' decoy." Chain exiatch-
ors frequently carry an assortment'
of these rubbishy things, so that
when pressed they CS.21 thrONV SAVELY
Hon. Thomas Greenway is figating
the lumber combine in the west, and
will ask the Dominion. Government
to institute a judicial inquiry into
its methods,
Fort William has closed a eon -
trent with the Anglo-American Pow-
er Co. of Chicago to develop the
water power on the Kaministiqua,
the towo to receive 1,000 horse-
power at $15 per horsepower.
At a meeting of the Dominion
Board of Retail Merchants of Can-
ada in Hamilton two resolutions
from Toronto were passed -one in
opposition to the establishment of
municipal coal yards, and the other
against the proposition of the milk
producers to have eight -gallon cans.
The British cable steamer Iris,
built specially as a tender and re-
pair ship for the Pantile cable, is
on her way to Esquimault, being ex-
pected in Victoria in June, via
Honolulu and Suva. At the latter
place she will take on forty miles of
cable, which will be laid from Bain -
field Creek up Albuni Canal.
A Neve York despatch says :-
While despondent from siekness
Henry Heller, a pressman, on Wed-
nesday teeisted a towel around his
neca and hanged himself to a hook.
leis 12 -year-old son raised his fath-
er's feet to a winidoin sill, whereupon
Heller kicked the child in the side,
Waite the boy lay breathless upon
the floor the father strangled to
Last summer, at Riclunond, in
"lCorkeitire, a married yeoman named
Harriet Davison was sentenced to
three months' hard labor for steal-
ing a pair of socks from Friarage
Lodge. An amusing incident wae
disclosed during the hearing of the
case. An assistant master of the
Grammar School residing at. the
Lodge was rudely awakened by Mrs.
Davison entering his bedroom at
5.30 on a Saturday morning. no
arose, and attired in his night
clothes, gave chase to tlae anarket
place. He crated to three men to
stop the woman, but they took no
heed. It afterwards transpired they,
took him for a lunatic,
In anothern northern towe a few
months back, a youeg fellow named
Fred Bates was riding along on. his
bicycle, when a man came running
down the road after him: Catching
up to Bates at hist, he palled him
off his machine, and a policemen
happening to be stanning near,
GREAT BRITAIN.
Rights in a grand -tier box at the
Royal Albert Hall, London, have
just sold for Z400.
Mrs. Alexander Milne, the oldest
inhabitant of Montrose, has attain-
ed her 102nd birthday.
Last year's output of coal in
South Wales was 41,805,000 tons,
an increase CA 2,000,000 tons over
1901.
"One who has never done an un-
kind action" were the words in-
scribed on a coffin at Mundon, Es-
sex.
At Bradford a woman has com-
mitted suicide by drinking hot wa-
ter in which she had steeped
matches.
The House of Lords passed the pre-
vention of corruption bill, which
makes it a penal offence to offer or
accept gifts or bribes with a view
of influencing business.
To kill, scald, clean and halve a
full-grown pig in 7 minutes 5 sec-
onds, which has been accomplished
by a King's Lynn butcher, is assert-
ed to be a record.
A ship canal crossing Scotland
from east to west between the Forth
and the Clyde is one of the pro-
posals arising out of the new naval
base on the Firth of Forth.
Shortly after going ee a fresh cot-
ton mill in the hope of earning more
money, a Wigan factory girl, aged
16, drowned herself because she felt
unequal to the harder work.
Illegitimate profit of £5,000 a year
could be made in this way by a
wholesale firm, said the public an-
alyst when a Blackburn grocer was
fined £20 for selling pepper adulter-
ated with ground olive stones.
UNITED STATES.
By a vote of 32 to 14 the Senate
at Albany, N.Y., has .passed the
thousand -ton barge canal bill.
Five white men have been arrested
at Goodwatcr, Ala., for kidnapping
Madison Davis, colored, and selling
him.
THE KING IN LISBON.
Carlos Boards Yacht and Escorts
Nis Guest to Land.
A Lisbon 'despatch says: The Bri-
tish Royal yacht Vittoria and Al-
bert, with King Edward on board,
arrived in the Tagus on Thurselay,
and was greeted with a salute of 21
gems. The firing of the salute an-
nounced the King's arrival, and
caused the greatest commotion
among the people, who flocked
through the streets to the quays,
from winch excursion steamboats
crowded with sightseers started, to
meet his Majesty and welcome him
to Portugal. The warebips manned
'sides and yards, and the sailors
cheered as the state galley, followed
by several others, proceeded to the
Victoria and Albert. The interview
between. their Majesties on board the
Victoria and Albert In.sited an hour
and a half, after which a procession
was formed aied the two Kings went
ashore. The historic galley occu-
pied by the Kings led the way. It
was followed by a flotilla of various
craft. Their Majesties' progress was
actompanied by lavs of artillery,
and the sailors of the warohips
again manned sides. The Kings
wore escorted from the quay to the
palace by cavalry.: The crowds in
the streets were eathusiastic.
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AMERICADIS POURING IN.
Two
Hundred and Fifty Settlers
Enten Northwest.
A North Portal, N. W. V., des-
patch says: Two hula:deer"' and fifty
settlers and 35 ears of effects came
in here on Wednesday from the Unit-
ed States. They intend settling
along the Soo Line and the S'aska-
tome County generally.
GAVE HIM IN CHARGE.
Bates, he said, had the day before
ridden off, after riding over his
little girl, who was now en hos-
pital. Bates seemed to resent the
charge very much. "Why," lie ex-
claimed to the constable and the
gathering crowd, "this man's state-
ment is absolutely false. It is im-
possible for him to hive seen me
yesterday on a bicycle, for I stole
the machine only an hour ago."
Strange to relate, Bates' statement
proved perfectly correct, and he af-
terwards -underwent four moths'
imprisonment for the theft,
During the late smallpox epideniie,
O man. eamed Newby, stricken with
the disease, managed to make his
escape from hospital at Barnet by
night. The patient was lost sight
of till the following -evening, when
a rumor reathed the police that he
had been seen 'drinking in a public -
house near Hadley. Acting on this
information, Inspector Browning set
off in pursuit on a bicycle. In Had-
ley Wood he came up with tbe runa-
way, who was calmly strolling along
with a cigarette in his mouth. The
officer naturally gave hini a wide
berth, but, by a skilful ruse, enticed
him past Clare Hall smallpox hospi-
tal, where he was pounced upon by a
couple of porters and taken inside.
A fine, determined Scot is Alexan-
der Burnes's, a Kincardineshire crof-
ter, who was before Sberiff Robert-
son at Stonehaven recently charged
with threatening and shooting at a
reservist named Pepper. The two
men had been drinking together, and
had quarelled. Pepper took refuge
behind a greenhouse, but Burness
sent his dog to clear -him out, and
when Pepper made off in the open,
he had
TWO RUNNING SPIOTS
at him. Both missed, and Burness
then knelt down and took more de-
liberate aim. Pepper was hit, but
was too far away for the shots to
penetrate his clothinn. So I3urness
got into his dogcart a.nd continued
the chase and the firing until Pep-
per left the road and took refuge in
the woods.
A queer 'description was that giv-
en by a detective sergeant at High-
gate Police Court of his chase after ,
a man. named Ralph Brown, who
had stolen a pony and trap from St.
Albans. ile traced Brown. to Wat-
ford, then to London, Edmonton,
Hoddesdon, and elsewhere, arriving
at each place just too late to catch
him. At _length be came up with
him at an ian at Ware, but Brown
had died in bed two hours before
thEevdeentencltairvee'
sexacitriinTgal.was the tale
told to a coroner's jury at Ilkeston,
called to inquire into the 'death of a
collier named .Alfred Wildgust. Wild -
gust and two other men were sur-
prised at midnight by police consta-
ble Lomas in the act of stripping a
garden and greenhouse. One man
rushed at the constable, and was
felled by e. blow from his trutcheon.
The second ran away, 'and Wildgust,
after a. struggle, also broke clear.
Lomas gave chase, and three More
hand-to-hand encounters followed.
Eventually Wildgust an:d Lomas
reached the - canal, into which the
former plunged, pluckily followed by
the officer, desipite the fact that he
could not swim. A 'desperate strug-
gle followed in the meddle of the ca-
nal, and eventually Lomas, thor-
oughly beaten, scrambled out ' and
lay on tile bank exhausted. Wild -
gust sank before the constable had
sufficiently recovered to- go to his
help.-Pearson's Weekly.
BATHS AND MEALS.
Stothholra claims the largest
sichoolhodse in the world, which has
ace ommod atio re for 2,870 Ohiltlren.
In the basement are 100 bathrooms,
where the children are required to
bathe if 'tbeir teachers think they
are not taught habits of cleanliness
at home. Soap and towels are fur-
nished free by the city. ..A. whole-
some dinner is furnished to pool,
children at noon in all tins public
aelaools if they need it, as in Nor-
way, which insures every ohild at,
least one warni meal each 'day.
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