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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1903-6-4, Page 6THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. BRZADSTUFFS. Toronto, June 2.-aWlseat-The rear/cat is steady. No. 2 red winter le quoted at 720 east, and at 720 Middle freight, No, 2 white at 72ie Middle freigat, No. 2 spring quoted 70ic middle, and No, 2 goose at 66o on Midland. Manitoba wheat steedy ; No, 1 bard quoted at 833e Getierich, and No. 1 Northern at 82i.e Goderich, No. 1 aard, $9ac grinding in transit, lake and rail, and No. 1 Northern, 883e. Oats -The market is steady. No. 2 white quoted at 30ac high freight, and at 31c middle freight. No, 1 quoted at 32 to Sake east. Barley -Trade is quiet, with No. 2 , extra quoted at 41c middle freight, and No. 8 at 42e. Corn -Market is very dull, Cana- . dian feari corn quoted at. 40 to alc sant, and at 46c here. No. 3 Am- erican yellow quoted a 51e on track, Toronto, and No, 8 mixed at 53e. Flour -Ninety per cent. patents un- changed at 62.70 middle freights, in. buyers' sacks, for export. :Straight rollers a special brands for domes - tie trade quoted at 68.25 to $8.85 in bbls. Manitoba flour firmer ; . 1 patents, 51.10 to $4.25, and Strong bakers' at $3.85 to $8.95 in. bags, Toronto. 'ast111feed-I3ran is firm at $17 here. At outside points bran is quoted at $16, and shorts at $17. Manitoba 'bran in sacks, $18, and shorts at $20 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE. 13eans-Trade is quiet, with offer - lugs small. Prime white are worth 61.65 to 51.75 per bushel. Hey -The market is quiet, with ear lots of No. 1 timothy at $9.50 to $10-, and mixed at $8 to $8.50. ' Straw -The market is quiet at 55.50 to $6 per ton for car lots, on track. Hops -Trade dull, with prices nom- inal at 18 to 20c. Potatoes -Car lots ,are quoted at $1.10 per bag, and small lots at 61.20 to $1.25. Poultry -Spring chickens are quot- ed at 23 to 25c per lb., for broilers. , Trail DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -The receipts of butter are fair, and prices unchanged. We quote :-Fresh large rolls, 14 to 15e; choice 1 -Th rolls, 15 to 16c; fresh dairy tubs (uniform color), 15 to 1.54'c; second grades, 12 to 13c ; creamery prints, 20 to 21c; solids, 18 to 18*c. Eggs -Receipts are moderate, and the prices unchanged. Case lots sell at laic per dozen. Cheese -Market is quiet at 12c per PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs unchanged. Cured meats are unchanged, with a good demand. We quote :-Bacon, clear, 104' to 10ac, in ton and case lots. Pork -Mess, $21 to $21.50 ; do., short cut, $22.50 to $23. Smoked meats -Hams, 13 to laic; roils, 114c; shoulders, 103c; ,backs, 14 to 144'e; breakfast bacon, 13* to 14c. Lard -The market is unchanged. We quote :-Tierces, 103c; tubs, 10Ic pails, 110; compound, 8 to 94'c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL, Montreal, June 2. -Grain -No. 1 Manitoba, hard wheat, 78c; No. 1 Northern, 764'c. Fort William -peas, 68c. high freights, 78c. here. Rye - 520 east, 58e afloat here ; Buck- wheat, 46 to Sale; Oats, No. 2, 860 afloat; 873c in store; Flaxseed, 61.15 on track here; corn, American, 52c for No. 2 afloat. Feed barley, 480 ; No. 8 barley 51c. Flour -Manitoba patents, 64:10 to 64.20; seconds at 63.80 to 64.00; strong bakers, $3.40; Ontario straight rollers, $3.35 to 63.50, 'In bags; $1.60 to $1.70; patents, $3.70 to 54.00. Rolled oats -millers' prices, $1.85 in bags and $3.85 per bbl. Feed -Manitoba bran, 618; shorts, $20, bags included; On- tario bran in 'bulk, $17.50 to $18.- 00 ; shorts in bulk, 619.50 to $20. Provisions -Heavy Canadian short- cut pork, 524; short-cut back, $21.50 light short-cut, $23; compound re- lined lard, 84' to 9c; Canadian lard, 104' to 11c; anest lard, 11 to Thic ; hams, 13* to 144'a bacon, 14 to 15c; fresh killed abattoir hogs, 68.75. Eggs -New laid, 1.24- to 13e, No. 2, Butter - townships creamery grass, 18* to 1.0c; fodder, 18 to laic; Western dairy, 16* to 17c. Cheese - Ontario colored, 111c.; white, 111e; • totvnships colored 11 8-16c, white, 3.1c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, June 2. -Flour -Firm, Wheat -Spring dull; No. 1 hard, 84lc; No. 1 Nortnern, 8210; winter quiet; No. 2 white, 84c; No. 2 red, 60e. Corn -Dull ; No. 8 yellow, 523c; No. 2 corn, 61 to 514e. Oats - Dull; No. 8 white, 381c; No. 2 mixed 85c. Barley -50 to 57c in store. Canal freights -Steady. Duluth, June 2. -Wheat -To ar- rive, No. 1 hard, 801c; No. 1 hard, Northern, 781c; No. 2 Northern, 76'he; May, 784-e; July, 78ac; Sep- tember, 714c, Oats -May, 34c, Minneapolis, June 2. -Wheat -July, 77ac ; Septeinber, 703.c. Flour - First patents, $4,10 to $4.20 ; sec- ond patents, $4.00 to $4.10 ; first f clears, $3.10 to 53.20 ; sceond clears a2,85 to $2.45; bran in bulk, $13. CA,TTLE MARKET, 1 Toronto, Janie - With cattle 10 to 1.50 lower in the Chicago Market yesterday, which meantgood to prime steers at 64.00 to $5.80, it Was to be expeeted that the export ,. cattle buying would be slow in the Toronto market to -day. It so turn- ed out, for, though there was not a heavy run, Wee were slow and dif- ficult to make, There were not many choice export cattle offering, in fact, but even- if there had been the export trade was off, ia view of the priceS at wh1h prime export cattle eat now be bought in Chia cage. 'Under these eircums•tances holders -of expert Cattle in the mum - try would do well to take the ad- vice of some of the operators here to keep their cattle back a little while until conditions change, which will probably be when the ifist a the Ar- gentine cattle (now on the road to Exiglaad, but shipped before the em- bargo was put on the Argentines) arrive. .A. great number of these cattle were on the way at the time the embargo was put on, and this circumstance, along with the present great rush of cheap cattle in the United States raarkets, constitutes a pretty heavy handicap to the Canadian market. In a couple or three weeks' tim.e from now no more of the Argentine cattle will be al- lowed to land in England. The prospects will then be better for Canadian cattle. About $4.90 was the top price paid her to -day for export. The following was the range of q.uotations: Exporters' cattle= Per 100 lbs. Extra, to ehoice 64.05 $4.95 .10 Medium to light 4.60 4.70 13utehers'- Picked lots 4,65 4.85 Good loads 4.40 4.65 Medium „, 4.25 4.50 Fair 8.75 4,25 Cows ,3,25 4,00 Feeders, light ... - 4.00 4.50 Feeders, short -keeps 4.50 4.85 Stockers ... 8.00 4.00 • S heap - Export ewes . 3.75 4.25 Do., bucks 3.00 3.75 Spring lambs, each 2.50 4.00 Calves, per cwt 4.50 6.00 Hogs- Sows600 4.50 Stags 2.00 , 4.50 Selects, 160 to 200 lbs.... .. . 6.00 0.00 Thick fats 5.75 0.00 Lights .. 5.75 0.00 MURDER MYSTERY. Thirteen -Year -Old Girl Shot Dead Near Collingwo ed. A Collingwood despatch says: A murder mystery, which at present is as inexplicable as any that ever baffled the human mind, has thrown the Town of Collingwood- and sur- roundings into a state of excitement. The case gains its mysterious qual- ity from the apparent absence of any cenceivable motive, and so far no theory has been formulated which seems likely to lead to a solution o' the problem presented, • while the clues in the case are so slight that even tbe Most astute detective mig,ht feel discouraged by the pros- pect presented of unearthing the my- stery. Glory 'Whalen, the 18 -year- old daughter of a respectable farm- er, living two miles south of Col- lingwood, left her home on Wednes- day morning to go to her school in town. The shortest route is by way of the Grand Tamk track, and this she invariably followed. Sao did not return home in the evening, and her anxious father and a couple of small youths searched the bushes all night, and in the early morning, as- sisted by a young farmer named Kendall, they found her body lying in a copse, east of the track and within a stone's throw of Kendall's house. Around her head was bound a white handkerchief. not . • • own, and on'removing it, a bullet wound was found in back of her head. Some black marks on the hand- kerchief may show that the fatal shot was fired after the bandage was placed around her head. A club was found near the body, and medical examination showed a bruise inflict- ed by some blunt instrument on top of the head. Not another scratch was found on the body. There was no sign of disorder about her cloth- ing. Her school bag lay unopened, and her umbrella lay near, and a small sum of money in the earner ofi of her handkerchief was untouched. Such are the facts of the case. They offer abundant foundation for a. host of speculations, but most of these mast be of negative order. WM. OGILVIE MARRIED. Ex -Governor of Yukon Had Saved Life of Bride. A Dawson despatch says cards have been received there announcing the marriage at Paris, Texas, a short time ago, of ex -Governor Win. Ogilvie and Miss 0. P. Richardson. The bride is twenty odd years of age, and a sister of Captain Rich- ardson, formerly commanding the United States military post at St. Michael. Their courtship was very romantic, Mr. Ogilvie having saved Miss Richardson frora drowning at Nome. CHILDREN DROWNED. Ferryboat Capsized While Crossing a Prussian. River. A Posen, Prussia, despatch says: The Posener Tageblatt publishes a report that a ferryboat, having on board forty-five children, capsized on the river Warthe, near Dembro. The ferryman and twenty of. the child- ren, the paper says, were drowned, Later investigation of the report ptiblished by the Tageblatt of this city shows that a ferryman and eleven children were drowned as a result of the capsizing of a ferry- boat on the River Warthe, near Dembro, WESTERN CROPS. •-,4••-• tough Rain Falls to Assure Their Succeele. A Winnipeg despatch says: The crop reports of the C. P. R. land de- partment indicate that the eountry has received enough rain to assure the success 01 the crops all over, LEGIRATIR ASSEMBLY, ••••••••••0 Deinge of Our I,aw Makers at Toronto. IRON -SMELTING BOUNTIES.' %tr. Hoyle(N., Ontario) moved for a return showing money annually. expended CM the encouragement of ironmining; the amount of QM min- ed and sm.elted, and the amount or foreign ore smelted. in the Province, Ele wished to bringthe bounty question before . the House. The Dominion and the Province during 1900 and 1901 had given $248,108,- 60 ($25,000 from the Province) in bouaties to the seven bleat Ittanacee in the Province. The wages of la- bor at these' furnaces, amounted to .$10,000 less than the beauties, In: Spite of this, pig iron in Canada cast $20 to $28 and in New York $19 to $21. This looked. like •• pro- tection run mad, and lie thought the industry was now strong enough to stand oa its Own feet. The peat fuel industry, be believed, was a bet- ter suite et for a bounty than the smelting industry. Hon. E. J, Davis explained that the wages shown in the report and quoted .by . Mx. Hoyle were for slaeltiug only, and did not cover the expenseof raising the ore 'from the mines. HO was glad to have the pent fuel business mentioned, as the Department of Mines had .becui exam- ining into the industry and had. al- ready published a Valuable bulletin upon the. matter. Ho would be. glad to furnish the informatiort requested. MUNICIPAL POWER. The Premier's hill to provide for the construction of municipal power works was threshed out in commit- tee. The principal objection taken to the measure ay the Opposition was that municipalities were being deprived of their rights to the atent that 1 he Olnef Justice of the Pro- VinCe WEIS empowered to say who should or should not supervise the dxpenditure or their money. On this point the- Premier consented to a compromise and amended .the bill by. pernett;ng 'Municipal Couneils to discharge the commissioners ap- pointed to carry out the construc- tion of a power plant. Another ob- jection to the bill Was that it would not allow municipalities to develop their own electrical power if the cost of doing so would. increase the tax rate beyond the limit now axed by the Municipal Act. The upshot of the whole discussion was that the bill was reported and the Premier promised to consider the objections raised. a. TEM ISMAXING RAILWAY. • • Mr. C. 13. Powell (Ottawa) moved for a return of 'all correspondence .between the Government and the. commission relating to the Temis- 'kerning Railway. He heard rumors - 1 all over the country that the road when completed was to be leased to the Grand Trunk. He thought the road should be run for a period of, say, ten years by the Government in order to show that a State-owned railway could be conducted success- fully. He considered that the comr mission appointed by the Govern - meet was an excellent QIIC, and , should be allowed to manage the I in ad, 1 -Hon, F. 11. Latcaford ddnied the rumors that the sole control of the road was to be leased to the Grand Trunk . or Canadian Pacific, or any other railway. The only corres- pondence was between the counsel for the commission and himself, and was as to the form of the bill and with reference to the value of the securities for the indebtedness, and that was of a quasi confidential na- ture. With tbese assurances Mr. Powell withdrew his motion. TEMPERANCE, LEGISLATION. A definite statementas to the postponement for a year of the pro- posed temperance legislation . was made by Premier Rosa On a motion by Dr. Barr for correasitadence re- specting the delay. Mr. • Ross point- ed -•,out that the Gamey case had taken up the time of the Govern- ment, eapecially of -the Provincial Secretary, who had charge of the lie cense departatent..-Re also pointed out that besides' the inconvenience of •prolonging the sitting now for such a bill, nothing would be gained on the main points, as the license year has alaciady commenced. GIVEN THIRD READINGS. The following bMs were read a third time: To incorporate the Minnetakie, Lac Soul, and Albany Rivea Ttail- way Company -Mr. Cameron (Fort William). Respecting the Town of Brace- bridge-arr. Tudhope. To revive, extend, and amend an Act to incorporate the Kingston and Gananoque Electric Railway Com- pany-aMr. Caldwell. Respecting the corporation of the College of tt. Jerome, Berlin -alba Lackner. To incorporate the Sarnia, Petro - lee, and St. Thomas Railway Com- pana-Mr. Hanna. To incorporate tbe Lac Soul, Rat Portage and Keewatin Railway - Mr. Cameron (Fort \Valium). Respecting the Sarnia Street Rail- way Companyi--afr. Hanna. Respecting the Church of England Cemetery in the Town of Sarnia - Mr. Hanna. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. A bill to amend the Industrial Schools Act was introduced by Hon, J„ R. Stratton. It provides for the amalgamation of the reformatories and the industrial schools in the province. Boys from 30 to 16 years, tinder the bill, may be com- mitted to any industrial school, and although only to be retained in the school for three years on the inde- terminate sentence plan, they are to remain nudes the guardianship of the school until 21 years of age. Another provision in the bill is that municipalities mist pay $1.25 and the Government 62 Per boy per week, itstead of 70e and $2, re- spectively, as at present. HOUSE IN SUPPLY. The estimates af the Public Works Department were taken up and pass. ed. Hon. Arr. Latchford claimed that there .was nothing unusual about the estimatee of his depart- ment, exeept that sonic of the votes refatzired might be termed "pretty large orders," During the discus - Sion the Connnissioner intimated. that it was his intention to place an amount in the supplementary- es- ptirnotvitnee,sefor providing road-malcing machinery in certain portions of the After the Public Works Department estimates, a vote of $5,0,000 was passed to meet unforseen and unpro- vided expenses; also $8,000 to defray expenses of legislation, maintenance of Public institvtions and salaries of the officers of the Government and civil service, for the month of Jan- uary,itov e1r9. m 04. Other estimates were b ROAD COMPANIES ACT. atr. Sutherland's bill to ansend-the General Road Companies Act to permit County Councils to send tbe County Engineer over toll, roads to examine their condition and report thereon, received its second reading and was referred to the Legal Com- mittee, SPRAYING OF ORCHARDS. The Power Sprayer Does Rapid and Thorough Work, The Fruit Division of Gm Domin- ion Department of Agriculture is just now giving a series of orchard demonstrations in':OntariO and Que- bec to illustrate the great advant- ages which follow the use of the Por sprayer, The chief object is to show that a dozen or more farm- ers may profitably combine to pur- chase a power sprayer, place it in charge of some such man as usually does threshing, who can easily make himself thoroughly conversant with the best methods of spraying, and engage him to make regular visits to their orchards. At each farm the expert sprayer will only require the assista.nee of a teamster, and thus the regular work of the farm need not be interrupted. 'Under present methods every farmer in the fruit districts requires a spraying outfit, of his own, and the spraying, if done at all, is done in a aweless, half- hearted way by men who do not know just when or how the Work should be performed. Farmers are very busy at the season when spray- ing should be done, consequently it is often neglected entirely, or post- poned until too late to be effective. Farmers have reason to feel in- debted to Mr. W. A. MacKinnon, Cater of the Fruit Division, for! brillging to the* attention the nier-i its of the power sprayer. If. the, Old methods of spraying were able, and it is generally adniittedij that they were, this new plan must prove.infinitely better. It is thor- ough and rapid, and is accomplished with little or no exertion or incon- venience. ' The pressure is supplied by a small gasoline engine on the wagon and the spraying done while the horses aro driven up and down between the rows of trees. The liquid is forced from a tank on the wagon through two lines of small rubber hose. By the use of bamboo rods with a cluster of six small nozzles at the end it is possible to reach the topmost parts of the trees, and the spray, which is as fine as a cloud of vapor, falls lightly upon the trees and adheres much better than if applied in a coarse spray as is sometimes done. The pressure of 80 to 100 pounds to the inch en- sures a spray so fine that it pene- trates to all parts of the trees. This is one of the chief advantages of the new sprayer. The difficulty has been to reach the tops of trees without a waste of the preparation used, which has been the invariable result when a heavy stream was turned on. Again the appliances used by most farmers have only one nozzle, while this, as has been stated, has six on each line of hose, and the force is much greater and the ralst finer, which is an -important. Under favorable conditions, the op- erators of this machine could prob- ably spray from 600 to SOO trees per day. Forty trees, sortie of them difficult .to get at, Were sprayed IA about twenty-five minutes; after making Several Moves a day, Soma of them long ones, the operators have been averaging between 400 and 500 trees a day. The trees sprayed will be given a regular course -four sprayings at least. It is hoped by the Department of Agriculture that these tests will bring about the general adoption of the power sprayer. A similar spraying apparatus is being., used by priaate owners in the Niagara dis- trict and is said to give excellent re- sults. The efficiency of the machine shortly be increased, as it is the intention to use either nine or twelve nozzles instead of six on each. line. It is contended that if farmers will only unite to carry out a. systematic campaign of spraying according- to the latest methods, a great deal may be done towards eradicating the enemies of fruit. alicporters who are familiar with the results of spraying and the systematic care of orch- ards, strongly endorse spraying, claiming that it is certain to im- prove the quality of the fruit, and in support of their claini they refer to orchards where the , system has been carried out, the fruit of which always commands the highest price. + • HOW T -IE KNEW. One day mother called Tommy and Mabel to go down the garden with her. She took them to the greenhouse, where a qtzantity of 'soot had been scattered all ever the floor of the greenhouse, and the path in front of it. Mother asked each ehild if he or she had done it. Both answered in the: negative. Then she said : "Oh, Tomrey, I saw you do it out of my bedroom. window I" "That you didn't," said Tonuny ; "for I looked it all the windows before 1. did It J," NEW ZEALAND. The Government Will Enter the Neat Trade, A London despatch says: The Gov- ernment of New Zealand will shortly initiate a big meat selling enter- prise. Prirae Minister Seddon has cabled a response to an enquiry from London -that the Government proposed to buy meat in the colony, and ship it direct to the United, Kingdom, where depots will be es- tablished in the big manufacturing centers. The meat.will lse sold at a price that will shnply cover the costs. It is further learned that New Zealand intends to employ the existing sixty or seventy factories 'to kill, freeze, pack and ship the meat at a fixed sum per carcase, A commissioner will manage the Government's business in the United Kingdom, and superintend a staff of branch xnanagers. The first depots will be established at Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, and Cardiff; all will be run in. the name of the New Zealand Government. There will be also retail shops, although it is intended when the business is firmly established to abandon these and lease the retailing to ordinary butchers, the Government simply maintaining experts to oversee the trade. The New Zealand frozen meat trade has rapidly advanced in re- cent years. The New Zealand mut- ton imported into Great Britain in a897 was valued at £2,077,000, and the beef at £118,000. In 1902 the mutton imports had risen in vane to £3,219,000, and the beef to £417,000. Great Britain's total im- ports of mutton in 1902 amounted to nearly £7,000,000 and beef near - ay R8,000,000. Mr. Seddon hopes to capture a large proportion of this trade. b • A SOLDIER'S HARD LUCK. Robbed in London and. Dies in New York. A New York despatch says: A tinge of romance and tragedy in the life of a Canadian volunteer in South Africa is brought to light by the finding of the body of 0. A. -Belch, son of A. J. Belch, of Win- nipeg, Manitoba, in Newton Creek, Long Island City. Belch had been a lodger at the home of Mrs, Fiske and had loft the house about two weeks ago. Shortly afterwards she was informed that he was dying in a Brooklyn hospital, and that he had given her name as that of a. friend.. The next she heard his body had been found. Mrs. Fiske says Belch often spoke of his father,: • a judge in Winnipeg, and formerly:edi- tor and proprietor of a newspaper there. He said bis mother was an invalid in California, and that his younger brother was a lumber mer- chant. Belch said his father was a man of wealth and that hie own in- heritance would be about $100,000. While returning from South Africa, with about $800 back pay, Belch stopped in Londore and there was robbed. He evidently did not in- form his parents of his poverty, as their letters showed they thought him in comfortable circumstances. KEEPS UP WHEAT DUTY. Bill Proposing Reduction. Rejected by Big Majority. A Paris despatch says: In the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, after a brief discussion, the bill re- ducing the duty on wheat to five francs was defeated by a majority of 301 votes. The Minister of Agricul- ture, M. Mougeot, in opposing the measure, stated that the present price of wheat was not excessive, and that the farmers were receiving a lower price than was regarded as legitimately profitable. The pro- posed reduction of duty would not produce the desired end of cheaper bread,. as it would not. agect . the prico of floue.. The rettedy, if bread was too dear, continued the' Minis- ter, was ter the munitipalities-to ex- ercisOtheir'power to fix an ofllclab pride of bread. SHOT BY -A FRIEND: laielisad''ChriStinas Mistaken for a Panther and Killed. A Victoria, B. C., despatch says: While Shooting at' Parasville on Tuesday, Richard Christmas, was ac- cidentally shot and killed by W. J. Walker, mistaking him for a panth- er. The men, the best of friends, arated. went out to h,u1+pant_hers, and sop - CHAMBERLAIN IS ILL. British Statesman. Reported to Be in. Poor Health. A despatch received at New York on 'Wednesday from London states that the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, who has recently come more promi- nently than ever before the people of the civilized world by reason of his declarations in favor of a preferential trade partnership in the British Dm-, pire, is in poor health. b GERMANY'S TRADE GROWS. Returns for the Four Months Show Increase. A despatch from Berlin says :- Germany's foreign trade report for the first four months ol 1908 shows the imports to have been 13,441,186 tons, an increase of 1,894,673 tons; exports, 12,056,074 tons, an increase of 1,281,840 tons. The exports of iron and manufactured articles in- creased 253,007 tons. PLAGUE IN THE PUNSAITI3. Deaths from Jan. 1s1 to May 2nd Number 141,789. A despatch front London says The deaths from. the plague in the Punjaub from. January 3. to May 2 number 141,789, according to a statement made on Wednesday by Lord Ceorge Hamilton, the Irish, Secretary, in the House of Com- mons, TITE HOUSE OF 00111I1NS Notes of Proceedings in the Can- ezdian Parliament.. IN THE SENATE, Sir Mackenzie Bowell presented 13 petitions, signed by some 800 resi- dents of the City of Victoria, against the bill to increase the poll tax on Chinese, one of which he road. The petition sets forth the value of the Chinese as domestic servants, etc., the orderliness of their conduct, and urged that the increase in the tax would seriously inerease the cost of labor. Hon, R. Watson presented a large number of petitions in favor of the labor union labels. These petitions came from Montreal, Ottawa, Wind- sor, 'Winnipeg, and other large centres, Mr, Landry enquired if judicial proceedings had been taken for the recovery from the Town of Valley- field of the amounts Paid by the Militia Departinent for the employ- ment of the volunteer militia force called opt in aid of the civil au- thorities at the time of the strike last year. Mr -Scott said the amount claim- ed was $4,481, and a suit was pending. Mr. Landry 'moved for a copy of the memorandum sent by His Holi- ness Leo XIII. to the Prime Minis- ter of Canada at the time of the latter's visit to the Eternal City. Mr. Scott was not aware that there was a memorandum. If so, it was confidential. The motion was lost. • BILLS PASSED. In the House the following bills wore passed through the final stages: -Respecting the Mexican Light & Power Company, Limited - Mr. Thompson; to incorporate the Mac- Leod, Cardston & Montana Railway Company -Mr. Oliver; respecting the Calgary & Edmonton, Railway Com- pany -Mr. McCreary; respecting the Alberta Central Railway Company - Mr. Oliver; respecting the Lake Erie & Detroit River Railway Company - Mr. Cowan ; respectiug the Hudson Bay & Pacific Railway Company. -- Mr. Stewart; respecting the Ottawa Electric Railway Company -Mr. Bel - court ; respecting the Canadian Northern Railway Company - Mr. Davis ; respecting the Edmonton, Yukon & Pacific Railway Company - Mr. Oliver ; respecting the Nipissing & James Bay Railway Company - Mr. Scott; to incorporate the Nipis- sing &I Pentiac Railway Company - Mr. McCool ; to incorporate the Re- gina & Hudson, Bay Railway Com- pany -Mr. McCool ; to incorporate the Hudson Bay & Western Railway Coinpany-Mr. Haggart ; respecting the Canada Atlantic Railway • Coma pany-Mr. Belcourt ; to incorporate the Pere Marquette International Bridge Company -Mr.- Cowan. MILITARY 'DEPOT. In answer to Mr. Monk, Sir Fred- erick Borden hinted plainly that a 110W military depot will be estab- lished at Montreal, and that pro- vision for it will be made in the supplenientary estimates. CANADIAN NORTaalaRN. The Prime Minister announced that the Government propose asking Par- liament to guarantee bonds of the Canadian Northern Railway to the amount of ;$118,000 per mile in order •to facilitate the construction of about 500 miles from the Manitoba boandary to Edmonton, taking in return a first mortgage on the pro- perty of the company. This is a new departure on the part of the Government, and it will ensure the construction of a most important stretch of railway without entailing one cent of cost to the country. The line to be thus aided will rut through territory which is being rapidly settled. The now settlers whose means are limited will be able. to seeureemployment the new - line white they are becoming acquainted with local conditions. 4. ' PAUPERS LONGER LIVED The Total Age of 34 Is 2,387 • • • Years. • The wonderful old ,age to which paupers live has been demonstrated by an interesting investigation re- cently made by James Eells, super- intendent of the Stephenson County, 111., poor farm. ' Mr. Eells was asked how old a cer- tain one of his inmates was, and this led to an inquiry as to the age of a number of others. He discov- ered that • he had 34 people whose ages aggregated 2,387 years. The ages of one party of seven people footed 600 years, the aver- age being a fraction over 88 years. Another party numbered seven, and their ages aggregated 527 years, the average being 75. There is still another party of from 18 to 20 parsons,. whose aga-avel'age between 60 and 70 years, and the average of the whole bunch is over 70 years. Supt. Keyes of the Kane Couritsr farm, Illinois, has a large contin- gent of old people. Some of them are so old that it is impossible te far their age to a certainty. Some of them more about over the prem- ises, a few being helpless. Theo is ono colored woman who Mr. Keyes says is at least 125 years of age. She is aninveterate talker and singer, was born a slave, and served different masters in Dixie. She talks continually of plantation days, imagines that she is in a cotton field harvesting this great staple of the south Iand. From her diaconeected talks one is able' to take up the threads of some of the most interesting epochs of the ante - war days. She is tractable and gives less trouble than messy others of lighter calor. Should the Pope live another year he will Celebrate his diamond jubilee as 0 bishop, his golden jubilee ae cardinal, and silver jubilee as Pope. WHERE WATEB 18 80AROE WILL SE CARRIED OVER 300 MILES TO A DESERT. Western Australia. Is Building a, Pipe Line to the Gold Nines, Western Australia is now one Of the largest gold producers in the world. Twenty years ago the great desert east of the fringe of fertile grain lands and timber along the SCO. was not supposed to be Wortli cent e square mile. The desert Was wholly unknown, except that a few explorers had made their toile some way over the inutenee expanse of sand; a few others le$e fortunate had perished in these forbidding wastes. Then it was found that this Sar lima was really to be the treastre house of the colony. The precious metal dug out of these sands has Made t•he gold product of Western e„a, Australia equal to that of all the ?" other States in the Commonwealth. Gold has helped this division of Australia to becoxne one ol the luart-• test members of the British colonial empire. Around the great mining center in the desert 50,000 people are living. It's natural to ask how they get water to supiply their needs. The fact is, water isan extremely scarce commodity there. It probably does not bring so high a price in any oth- er part of the world. Salt water ea*, Is obtained without email. dSfacuSta by digging, but the cost of °enamel- ing it to procure fresh water is se - costly that every pint inust be care- -• fully used. There is AN 0 C CA,S IO NAL S HO IVER,, and every house and tent in the rain- ing district is supplied with tan/al- to catch the rain water; but it is an unreliable source of supply. The re - stilt is that every drop of water mast be husbanded. We have no idea here, where tette ter seems almost as free as air, how careful they are in the reining re- gion of Western Australia to put every drop to the best use. It is not comfortable to be compelled to use water as though you never ex- pected to have another pailful. 'Ilse incorarenience and discomfort due to this cause are a terrible drawback to that region, and nothing less than the greed for gold would iaduce any one to submit to the incessant deprivation. Malay Western Australia is hard at work to remedy this great need +sad to supply the Coolgandie and Kalgoorlie mining districts with a good supply of water. The total cosi of the work will be not leas. than $15„000,000, but it will solve the water problems. About 25 miles northwest of Perth, near the sea anid the capital of Western, Australia, is the Green tiquat Range. The Helena River crosses -Mfg' range through' a deep valley. A dam 100 feet high has been built across the river and tatiaa, reservoir thus formed is seven miles in length and will hold 4,000,000,- 000 gallons. It is necessary to lift the water 2,700 feet to the top of the mountains in order to give ft sufficient headway to reach the gold camp a out in the 'desert. The distance to Kalgoorlie, the fuxthest camp to be supplied, is 328 miles. The water is to be raised to the mountain top by means of eight pumping stations, the machinery for which :has been purchased at a COST OF $1.,500,000. At the summit of the mountains' the pipe line begins. It is thirty inches in 'diameter and is laid a lit- tle under the surface along the rail- road arack, except that in. crosellig various salt lakes on the route it is supported on piers. It is hoped to deliver from the reservoir to thrae- mining camps 5,000,000 gallortsatof fresh water daily. Even with this amount of water it is not expected that the ruining p•opsaatien will have a drop to waste. They will have to pay a good price for it. The charge to the miners, for example, will be $1.50 to $1.75 per. thousand gal- lons at, wholesale rates. It is not expected that the project will become pelf -supporting for some time. . The plant,is to he ow,t- ed by the State, and the deficit must be paid out of the general taxes. Even if the 50,000 persons to bo supplied should require the works to run at their fullest capacity the pipe line, would bardly meet expenses. It is believed however, that an in- creased production of the gold will be made possible by a good supply ts of water and that the entire State will thus be benefited, for more min- ers will be required in the field, and practically all the supplies, except machinery, come from the farmers and merchants of Western Austrae Ras HARD ON THE DOCTOR. One dark, foggy night there was a knock at the door of a physician. "Who's there 7" . "Oh., doctor, make haste 1 • My Wife is dangerously 111 I" The doctor uttered a suppressed groan of impatience, for the village te which he was summoned was about six miles out of town. Ile ordered out his carriage, and the two , drove on through •the damp, cold night, Just aefore they reached the vil- lage in question, the husband of the sick woman alighted on some pre- text or other, but did not return ; and, after driving into the village the physician found nobody who needed his assistance. A week later he received a note, Without sign at ure, explaining thci mystery : "Dear Doctor, -I an exceedingly obliged to you for giving me a lift in your carriage, for I found it im- possible to procure another convey- ance, and it was a dreadful night. hope you will forgive inc this once...". 4 Young Wife --"I'm afraid Jack doesn't love me as he formetiv Her Mother -"What reason lat•ve you for thinking so, dear ?" Young Wife-"IIe is beginning to read the paper every morning while at break. fast.''