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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1903-9-3, Page 2s i• Grain, Cattle,. etc fade , Centres. Toron.4.0,. 1. -Wheat -The ranrnet is gene for Onletrio wheat. ond ,oriree.are etechaaged. No. 2 culeite :tad red aintee, now, •cntented t 74 to 7nc low fzeignte. Sprleg wheat. 73c for No. 2 east, and goon.) •Cefer • No. 2 eaet. Manitoba enneat is r:ominally firm; No. 1 loud is quoted at. Vele, No. 1 Northern at .647e; and No. 2 Northern at :Ka fOnnerich. The _quotations grinding tranoit are :-onlo. 1 hard &Leen o. 1 Northern, $1,03, and No. 2 Northern. 8100. Oats -To markev is quiet, .with fair offeringe; No. 2 white quoted at 3e middle freighte, and at 3,34e OU .track, Toronto, No. 1 white conned at 32e east. New No. 2 sold at nne low freignt to New York, Oar/el-Trade is quiet; No. 3 ex- tra, row, tooted at 41c low freights to New York, rea-Ohe market is quiet, with prices 49 to zoo middle freights. reers-'Preele dull, with No, 2 white quoted at 61e high freiglita, and at 88e enst. Corn -The market is quiet and ateady, No. 8 American .yellow quot- od at Vic on treat,. Toronto, and Ito. 3 mime at One, Toronto. C.ana- tilart corn purely nominal. Flour -Nin.ety per cent. Patents -quoted to -day at $2,05 to 3, mid- dle freights, in hone's' eacke, for ex - poet. Straight rollors of special brands tor domestic trade quoted at 43.35 to $8.60 in. bb/s.; Manitoba flour eteaciy; No. 1 patents, $4.40 to I 2$4.45; N'te 2 oateutso $4.10 to $4.15 end retrong bakers', 83.90 to OI.00 on track, noronto. 11.1118ecl-Bran ateady at $10, and shorts at 818 here. At outeide points bran is quoted at $1,13 to $14, and shorts at 817. Manitoba bran, in. sacks, $17 . and shorts $19 here. . TUE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -The market is quiet and generally firm, witli n searcity of choice pound rens. We quote :- Mono- 1-1b, roll, 15 to 16o; selected dairy tubs, uniform color, 14 "to 15c; secondary grades, store packed, 1;24 to 18c; creamery prints, 19 to 20c; solids, 17; to 18c. nitggs-The market is quiet. We quote nStrictly new laid, 15 to len candled etteeek, 14 to 1.6c; SOC4.:7E1(13 and <Owns, 10 to tic. Ohe.eoe-Tbe market is ateady. We quote :-Fireet, 10O to 10ne. HOG PRODUCTS. Dreseed hogs fain. Our meats e are oleatly, with a good demand. We quote :-Bacon, long clear, 0.0 to 10no, in ton and caso loth. Pork - 319 to nnt); do., shorn, cut, n21. Sraoled zneato-Inams, light no medium, Inn to lfie; do., Leavy, 13 1,3?,e. Rolls. Ile ,to 12e; should- ers, nOte; baths, 10 to 115;n; brea.k- fest bacon, 14 to 14Oc. Laid -The market is eneier. Tierces nlo; tubs, lc; pails, 91e; compound,. 8 to Oc. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. 1ton:trea1, Sept. 1 .--0 rain -Peas eine high freights; V afloat here; rye CM east, 5.84c afloat here; buck- eviteat„ 48 to dik; oate, old, NO. 2, 437io In store here; now, 29c high freights. Sentenfber delivery flax- seed $1.15 on track hero; ked bar- ley 50c; No. 8 barky, 5r9ee; corn 60c far No, 3 yellow American. Flour - Manitoba patents, $4.;35 to $i.50; seconds 64.05 Co $4.20; strong bakers', 433.60 to 38.95; Ontario straight rollers, 83.60 to n,1.70; bags. $1.75 to $1.65; patents, $3.75 ko $4; extra:, $1.55 to st.nt). Feed -Manit elm braze $1.7; shorte, 319 bags ineluded; Ontario bran in bulk, 4.11n6 to $17; shorts, in bulk, $19 to $20. Beane -Melee Pritoce, $1.60. Pro v intone -lino vy Canadian short oat pork, $1.9 to $21; light then cut, 319; compourd refined lard, 8O to Oc; pure Canadian tarn, Oe to 10c; Yinest land, lOn to 1.11c; hares, 13O to 140; baeon, 14 to Itic; nee hogs, 3.0,215 to $6.50; flesb killed abattoir 7aogs, 39; Agneriran clear back-, %18.7'5; clear shoulder pork, $16.60. 1ZgsCanifl1 select ecl, „17 to line; No. 1, llic; strait reweipts, 14e; No. 2, 12c, Cheese-Ontarlo, 10k to l'One; townehipti, 10c; Quebec, 01c. Butter-Ileveoshitto ctemoierY, 10 to litne; Quebee, lige; Weston. dairy, 14 to 15c. Honey -White elo- ver, in ?motion, Pi to 120 per sta- tion; in :10-4.). time 8c; now liquid honey, 90 ror lb. UNITED ST.ATIOS MARKETS. . Buffalo, Sept. 1.--Flottr-Pirm.„ ;Wheat -Spring quint; No, 1 Northern, carload, aslood, $1.02; winter, mar- ket about cleaned up; No, 2 red, 847te asked. Corn -Steady; No. 2 yellow, 11Sec; No. 3 corn, 661, to 5t7nc. Oats -Quiet and Weeny; No. 2 wn, 8ti/c; No. 2 •mixed, 8r4e. Barley -To arrive, nothing 'doing. Canal freights -Steady, Minneapolis, Sept. 1.-Wheinte-SeP- tember, 82ne; on 'formic, No. 1 hard. 660; No. 1 Nortitere, 66Se; No. 2 Northern. 8431e; No, 8 Northern, 000. Milwaukee, Sept. 1.-Wlion4-No, 1 Northern, 86e, No. 2 Northern, 84 to 87e; neer September, 80c. Rye 1, 54e. Barley -No. 2, 6.0e: . sample, 110 to 59c. Corn-ineptem- . •ber, Otte to 60.1c, ;Duluth, Sept. I. -Wheat -New to arrive, No. 1 hard, tene; No, 1 .71ozther, Stec; No. 2 Northern, !Lillie; now No. 1 Northern. in store. to arrive, 821e. LTVE STOCK. MARKET. Tororito, Sept. 1. -The run of cat- tle at the :Western Market was orate ly largo eto-clay. and Imaineen in tho best • elinteeeot blathers' Woe fairly' satlefeetory. Coneideranle • eitznabeett of poorly-iluished and. half- rown Eastern stoeltern, feeders, and light bathers' Ween offered, and it "ifor exporc was in these that trade manifested its .greatest dunes. A few buyers )1 this elites of cattle, hoWover„ were on the- market, and eouttoquently, though Bales 'were slow to etlect, u contaiderable volume of busineso 10 theme was transacted. Poo(' and choice leacher& cattle, ef over 1,000 nee weight, were Want - 'd, and sold readily at good prim's, big figeree ir some instaucen being. NIX for fancy animals. Not many experters' were reached, but the *values of those sold did not show a, marked improvement over thoso ef last Tuesday, and el lest . week. All that came forward were reported Seld. The heavy overingm of .sheep , had - the effect of considerably wealietibig the market for therm .and buyers were hardly propared to take all on their hatale that wero on sale. Spring lambs probably declined in price tho most. The receipts of ranch rows were un- usually heavy, but under the influ- ence of a fairly brisk don:land for good ones_ all were bought up by tho leading buyers.. Tho arrival -amounted to SO ears, containing 1,120 cattle, 2,182 sheoln 1,900 hogs, and 30 calves+. The rearicet for exporters' ranged in value from $4,25 to 4.80 per cwt„ with tho most of the eales at $4.60 to 34.60 per cwt. Butehers' cottle of choice quality held up well in value. Wo quote:- Ilest loads, 34.15 to $4.50; fair to good loads, $8.75 to $4; eominon to fair, $8 to $8.65; rough, $2,50. to $2,05, and canners, 82 up. The bulk of tho sales in the • kerne' and stocker classes consisted mostly of the latter description of cattle of 0 to 800 lbs..in weight, which sold at $2.75 to 88.40 per cwt.; off colors and poor breocis, 400 to 700 lbs„ were Worth $2.40 to $3 per Trade in sheep was fairly active, notwithntanding the heavy run there- of, but lambs were dull of gale and a trifle loxver. We quote: -Export owes, V3,30 to $13.40; export bucks, $2.50 to $2.75 per .cwt.; culls, $2 to 38.50 each; lamb, 4 to 4,1c per lb., and 32.50 to 38.50 each. The 'values of calves were steadily maintained at 6 to 51c per Ile, and $2 to $10 each. Bogs were unchanged. We quote: -Selects, 160 to 200 lbs., $6.50; fats and lights, $6.25 per cwt. HOPE TO AROUSE EUROPE. The Macedonians Resolve To Carry on Fighting. A Constantinople despatch says: "Carry the war to the sea coast!" is tho latest battle cry of the Mtundon- itin. insurgents:. Thin plan is design- ed to bring the conflict more direct- ly before) the eyes of Europe and compel the Turkish .0 overnment to weaken its forces in the interior. Militar1r critics point out that Sara - fon, the Ilulgariati leader of the re- volutionists, hasbeen contriving- to surprise the shrewdest of the Tur- kish eannnanders in several parts of the theatre of operations. They ol- eo declare that the Macedonians who are in wens aro rapidly acquiring military babits in thought, action, and endurance, the methods; of the brigaecl haying been put a.side in a remarkable manner during many of tne recent operations. This change shows an increasing ability to cope 'with the Sultan's forcos. The opinion is widespread that while the prosent uprising will inain-1 ly subeide at the beginning of Win- ter, a situation as bad will develop I again next spring. /knee diploma- tists continuo to dwell upon hypothe- tical solutions, which gives the inn preseion that the crisis may take an important diplomatic turn any day. An immense mass meeting of Mace- donians took place here Wecluesday afternoon. They were most enthusi- astic. It resolved that a memoran- dum should be presonted to the rep- resentativea of the great powers at ofia urging their novernments to take action. The speakers norms- sionately appeeded for tho iinmediate intervention of the powers in Mace- donia, declaring that if the pouring out of blood in Macedonia continued another fortnight, Europe would find nobody there to save. TO MAKE FANCY CHEESES. Schools To Be Opened in Canada By Norway Professors. An Ottawa despatch say: tr. D. Rarneun is in the city for Um pur- pose of making enquiries into Cana- dian dairy conditions. Mr. Inaumun Is a NOrlregit10, Who has been con- nected with dairyleg in Norway and Denmark, and will introduce the my -s- tone, in vogue in those countries in- to Canada. Ito will bring a staff of professors from Denmark, who will eonduct dairying sehoolm in different parts of Canada and tench Canedi- arm the art of buttormaking end fancy cheeses as they are nude in the countries whore be Mum been en- gaged during his career as a dairy- man, This should prove a most important innovation in Canadian dairy circles. FRUIT INSPECTION. Marked Improvement in the Pack- ing of Fran in Ontario. .A Toronto despatch says :-Mr. P. JO, Carey, Dominion Fruit Insonctor, who has charge of the work le Tor- onto, expresoes himeeff as well V.atis- tied with the results, of his efforts. The trade generally is loud in its praise of the work accomplished by the operative of the Fruit Marta Att. me consumers, too, COM now mako their purehttees with a. groriter degree of security, as the forateluleut- ly faced package is fast beemaing a. thing of the past. Mr. Corey will leave for niontreal shortly to take 011 1110 Work of inspection 01 fruit VESUVIUS IN ACTION, Fire Stream of Lova Ran Dowa the Mountain. A Napleti neoputch vayo plc of Naples and environn wititemoel rennultable spoothelo nt mein oo Weibioalay. Ono the.itairel foot be- low the centineone of VelatviuS, the law the etonna eone of neonate:1, the volvano opened like a hugo mouth, out vi whe teethecl a tire stream or /ova, which ran down Om etre. utho mountain, end at Men iteoneel to menare the o beery a I ory, but la tri' it deviated from the building. The eruption orvorrva without. any truth.; int; whatever, 'newts eta; 50 aoL•the guano (lel onatioti or raiu of ushes, nothing hut o. (1)01' stream of him and . act., ulth naNe thrown to a height of saven lutioirea feet. Tho ernallon sante; to lie de creative', anti it in hoped that no damage mill result, The speet attire, for enoligli away 1101. 1.0 be flight , t.tend on( row. ed at the opeotaele, but thoee nearer were tolied by oink tied ilown fixen tee sidee of the timentain to tho vilinees veer by, The 51310) in einae tenageo wan temiewbat quieted by the 'Mayors affixiter nuli 's de- elaring that thole was no din ger. Tee thief of votive of Naples has gono per:enmity to make a tour or has reached. the Markets Division the villagoe mourn Ventoeue, no or- fsnin great Britain, with especial re- 'ee 1.0 oeues,,,o,(110 homooe elle mi._ femme° to fruit pulps, particularly perintend any metioures of proteet ion rimplierry. The fruit crop in the which may be deemed neeeweary, Teo United Kingdom and on the Conti - superstitious lower einottee aro api- melt oi very poor, and consequently OUR E;XPORT TRADE. The :Exteneion. 'of Tvrextets for rieultueal Products, Fax' a number of years the Depart••• Inept of Agriculture has raid parti- cular attention to tho development of our export trado 111 agrieulthral prothiete, liming the South African war tlio Department undertook to fill a number of very large orders from tto War Office, aud kIS a result hay, flour, oto, inealso jam,. etc., to tho volue of over $14_,(00,000 wore ;iurehased in Canada for the mein - t mimeo of the army in the 'nide work was carried on -under the rimervision of Prof.. Roberto tem, Oommtheioner of Agriculture Ann 'Thtirying, but, at the beginning of the 'present year, it was. decided to create a distinct Exteasion of Markets Division, and to piece at the Lead of it Mr. W.. W. 'Moore, who was in South Ahica for 'the Depart- ment in 11)00, teed whohas been intimately eonnected with all the efforts ntade to _Increase Canadian trade with that country. It need ncarvely be added that Mr. 'Moore will alWeett be found ready to afford enquirers any information in his Rower regazeling the markets for Canadian agricultural products. Fruit Pulp. -During the •past fow weeks coositiorable correspondence neg- tating for the expulsicn of Prof. r nil, of 'Munich, who prod iotod the eruption, declaring that he has the ''evil eye." LAND WILL BE RECLAIMED C. P. R. to Embark on a Dig Irrigation Project. A Montroal despatch men: Tho C.P.1t. irrigation ocheme which has been tolled of for a long time is about to be put into operation. This scheme, which is to be employ- ed in the Northwest Territories in districts which have hitherto been regended 08 hopeless from the point of view of agriculture, will neeessi- there 18 a coesiderable demand for foreign, or rather colonial, fruit Pulln frile marnet is now bare of mupplies, and as now Australian will not arrive before Meech next, an ex- cellent opportunity is onered for Canadian canners, if they have the goods to fill Orders. Unfortunately it appears that the Canadian rasp- berry crop was also short this sea- son. Tho canners bave, however, bem placed la poseeseion of all the information at MT. MOOTt'S disposal, and considerable business has al- ready resurted. All the pulp avail- able will aoubtless be 'disposed of at once at good prices. Cider Apples. -an view of the short fruit crop there is likely to be a good demand in Britain for boiling tate tho spending of a large amount • and cidernnaleing apples. • The De - of money, but according to Mr. W. partment has received advices from. Whyte, assistant to -the who was tho first to conceive the nrtnIdtnin the Canadian 'nigh Commiseioner hi London to the effect that one firm possibility of irrigation on a large, would take 5,000 'tons of each of soale, the returns will amply peen the above oorts. Mr.Moore is now for the outlay, Mr. Whyte has Or- in communication with the leading ganized a corps of aseistants to car-: fruit shippers to ascertain whether zy out his idea. Ho has been for they can fill the order. The pooxibil- some time past with the president., ' ity of shipping cider is also being Sir Thomas Shaughnesey, and has inveetigated. A trade of this snjt now returned to tho Noithovost to would affoed facilities for selling to undertake his scheme, which has.. advantage the immense quantities of cull apples which nolv go to waste in 'this country. Food -stuffs for South Africa. -Re- cent letters received at the Depart- ment intlicate that on account of drought the grain crops in the Trans- vaal will be short this season, end that in consequence there is likely lo bo a good demand for Canadiaa fond proilucts in the sister colony. been approved by the Executive. Competent engineers have been em- ployed and several experte from the West and the United States have been called in for advice and sug- gestion. Tfie result of all this is that the irrigation works are to bo set on foot, and something like two million acres of land, in all, are like- ly to be rescued and brought ender cultivation. ROAD TO RUIN. Hungary Said to be on Way to Disaster. A Vienna desp•atch ss,ys :--Tho Aptstrian nress regards the Tiengar- Ian situation as desperate. Tne Tag- eblatt of this city discusses the Inn- Oraor's possible abdIcatIon as Ring of Irdonarer, and foretells disaster to that country as n. result of se:parti- tion. The ruin of )Tungary'm ngri- culture, manufactures, and credits, it declares, will be inevitable. The Frele Prowl° contains a 'violent im- peachment of the 'Magadan nubility fox. allowiug the develepment of the ereoent crisis, declaring that the noble8 ouglst lp have warned the nation ttgainnt followieg incompateat agitator e on the road to ruin. CODFISH SCARCE. Prospects of Extraordinary Prices in the Future. A Boston, Maris., despatth snyn:- Seareity of cod in New England waters ie redounding to the woalth of owners and crews of some of the trim little ochooners that make fast 1:0 T. Wharf. Arriving at the 13o- 1011 water front with only 10,000 to 20,n0.0 in their holds, inetead of 50,- 040) to 60,1m0, they are erettiug goad priees for what they do bring in, and are hairily in the preepert of extra- orilinary• prices in. the early fall. So stortree are 11:411 that the big sat water fishermen out of Oloucester cannot get a load in o niontIne trip, and most of them have started 1111 0 1110 fresh fish }eminent. This bas 11033)0(1 to keep the price of fresh con from getting unit:molly high an yet, nut nalt cod lins jumped to 34.-50 and $3.55 per 100 poueds for lurgo and medium 11811 respeotively. - FISHERMEN FACE WANT. Newfoundland Fisheries Will Bo a Failure. A ITnlifttx despatch says: Advices from the west coast of Newfoundland predict gloomy prospects for tbo coming whiter. While bait bas been struck on ono coast quite plentiful- ly, the fisheries cannot now be but a failure, owing to the extreme late- ness at which bait was obtained. The failure this Neer is reported' to bo the worst in the history of the colony. O'UR CY:MESE IN BRITAIN. Uncured Should Not De Shipped. Dairy Division, Ottawa, hae received adricee from Mr. A. W. Grindley, Agent of the Deparbnent of Agriculture, in Britain, to the ef- fect that the reputation of Canadian cheese has been injured by the large amount that has been sent from Canada this year in a "green" or 'uncured condition. Dealers state that the great bulk of Canadian cheese ha a been too immature when snipeed, and Canadians will have only themselves to blame if the Bri- tish 'demand falls off front such causes _as these. It need not be pointed out that a falling off in de- mand means a lower price. It is simply another case of "killing the goose that lays golden eggs" When a salesauan notes ttal, 'tho tendency of the cheese market is downward, be is 'naturally anxious to get rid of the stock he bas on land; ot other times he thinks that ie n011 save the amount of the shrin- kage in curing by :telling as soon as possible. The exporter, on the other hand, looking to bis own am- moniate profit, on the traneactiore buys cheese: that should be loft in the curing -room to riven, The egalvi.. Tritl.11 is disposed .to. blaine the exporo tor for the present condition of things, and eke versa, but it takes two to make a bargain and it -Is oak to lessen° that both parties are to blame in this enote. It is greatly to be regretted that for the take of littIo temporary advantage both •factorymert and exportero ithaulcl bo willing to endanger a trade, which late requircel so many years to reach ito present. 'high stazinerd, and wbith imam so many millionn of 'dollars to the •• •fariners Of Canada. The pa- trons of factories; wound be vonctult- ing 'their owe interests by insisting that their ,eiteese sbouln be 'held in tee curing -room until it is in the boot condition to plettee the 13ritieh 001110.11110T. Green or WILL SETTLE IN THE WEST Rev, George E. Lloyd to Bring Out Another Colony. A Montreal despatch eays: Rev. George In. Lloyd, who was associat- ed with the Barr colony, lute ar- ranged with tko Government to 'bring from five hundred to me thousand Ilritioh immigrants here next year, They Will settle at Lloychnbastere FELL THIRTY FEET. One Man Killed and Four Injured at Montreal. A. Montreal despatch says: A seri- ous rtecident resulted in the death of ono man and the seriouS injury Of four others occurred at the Cann. work shops at Hocbelaga on Tilers - A gang of seven day afternoon, men were working on a scanolding, when it broke and precipitated the anon to the ground, a diotance of about thirty feet. Five of the men wore seriously injured, and were tak- en to the Notre Dame Hospital, whore one of •them, Joeeph Brisbois, died ne tho reault or bis injuries. 'rho others are expected to recover. CONSUL MURDERED. Representative of U. S. Govern- ment Assassinated, A. Washington despatch says t-olize Staito Department received a cable- grani ou Thursday from 'United Sta,tes Minister Lei:Annan at Con- .stantirlople announcing that ntilliain O. Magelssen United States Viso - Consul at Beirut, Syria, was as- sas,einated while riding in a carriage on Sunday. The 'American Minister immediately brought the crime to the attention of the overnment and do- mande(' action by Turney. Acting- nocretary Loomis cabled Minister Lei:Omen instructing him to 'demand tne ineraediate arrest and pueneaneut of the persons guilty of the murder. No 'demand for money in behalf of the man's family has yet been made, but that probably will follow. Vagelosen, wile was a Scantlina- eian, was appointed Vice -Consul at Beirut Septennber 20, 1889, by Coo- sul Gtabriel Roxentlal, who is of the sante nationality. At the time of his appointment as Vice -Consul he watt a Consular clerk in Turkey. He wes born at Dratsburg, Filinore County, Minn. Tlie announcement of the assassina- tion, following so soon the an- nouncement of the assassination of a Russian Conaul in Turkey, created strong comment in official eireles. Minister Leisbanan gave no particu- lars, and the State Depart:meet nas no information as to the cause of the murder,. To American Government will insist that the local authorities be punished if 'they wore 'derelict in their duty, and that full measure of punishment be given the actual per- petrators of the outrage. 4 TO SUPPRESS CRUELTY. World-wide Plan for Protection of Birds and Animals. A Berlin despatch says :-The Ber- lin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is taking t/ie in- itiative in attempting to bring about an international understanding on the subject of cruelty to animals and birds of Italy, with the aim to sup- port the work of the Italian socie- ties and with the co-oneration of the Italian Government. The plan is as follows : Coneplcuaus signs will be placed on the railroad cars, asking tvavelers to aid in suppressing fearful cruelty to animals and birds in Italy, by complaining to the 1(a.yok or other officials of the place wilere tlie a.cts of cruelty occur. . An illustrated eirOular will also be distributed among the travelers, explaining the facts as they exist, and travelers will be requested to aid in the move- ment by refusing to eat song -birds at the hotels and boarding-houses, by refusing to boy song -birds from children, by looking under the sad- dles of horses and mules for wounds before renting such animals, and by refusinio to eive tips to drivers who abuse their azinials. The Berlin society will ask %be kindred organizations in Europe and America to co-operate with it in this work. FEARFUL ATROCITIES., Scenes of Horror at Inrushevo in Macedonia. A despatch from Monastir says: Krushevo, a town of 10,000 inhabi- tants, is in ruins. The women and children are homeless, and the at- mosphere is pervaded with the stench of corpses, which are being gnawed by dogs and pigs. The town was first entered by 800 in- surgents, who raassacred the Turk- ish garrison and set up a provision- al government. They also levied a tax of $10,000 from the notables of tbe town, and compelled the other inhabitants to melt down their spoons to make bullets. Threa squadrons of Turkish cavalry 6elit to relieve the place were at- tacked en route and forced to retire, with the. loss of one hundred killed. Tho Turks • then concentrated seven battalions and one battery on the place. The insurgents fled and the Turkish soldiers entered, pillaging tho houses and maltreating the wo- men. The hand of tho Greek priest's daughter was lopped off to secure a bracelet sho wore. 4 CATTLE EXPORTS. Record-Ereakiag Season. At rort of Montreal. A despatch from Moatreal says: Up to the present date elose to 00,000 cattle have been shipped from the Port of Montreal. Tins is not only a record, but is 40,000 more than the total amount bandied in any previous season. Before the end of the ovate/it season the total nunaber of cattle handled by Canadian rail- ways and Canadian steamship com- panies is expected to be more than double that of gny previous year. Tho most remarked feature of the increase has been the largo.: number of cattle received from different points throughout Ontario. The increase has been inuch greater there than in any part of the West. 4 WHALES DRIVEN ASHORE. Unable to Retreat They Were Killed By Fishermen. A. despatch from St. John's Nfld., says: A school. of 143 semi' whales drove ashore on Tuesday at St. Mary's Day and ovene unable to re- treat. The residents -men and wo- men -waded waist deep into tho water and killed them all with hatchets, scythes, and pitchforks. Six men who sailed away nom Chicago a year ago in search of a gold mine in the wilds of Patagonia, are now un.der arrest at Turk's ,Is- land in the West Indies, suspected of 141ibestering. A negro prince from the Cameroons th under arrest. at Berlin. Ile owes only 01,750 for board. 'A joke at a supper given to offi- cers of a. Berlin regiment led to a duel, in which Lieut. Kayser was shot and probably fatally injured. The demand for the anneXation of Crete to Greeeo has bean renewed and it is believed that Turkey wili coiasent. YEWS ITEMS. WM W7.4 Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe. CANADA. Ottawa 'will be a cliviaional point for the C. P. R. Mr. W. E. Perdue of .Winuipeg has been appointed Judge of tbe Colorn • Iniagnt Bench. John McInnes, in sight of his wife, was blewn from the deck of a sloop in Suranaerside Harbor, N. S., and drowned, At Calor -try a little 'daughter of Er. at P. Whittleton was accidental- ly shat by; a boy pav,ctleing eit, 11 target. Two years in the penitentiary was the ' sentence received 1)3r 'Charles Jonesitono who pleaded guilty of onealieg at Hamilton. j. W. Noble, cashier of the Cana- dian Express Company at Hamilton, Was arrested on Friday on a charge of stealing 82,000 from the company. Plans far the new bridge over the Thames it London show thet it will halve a Span of 160 feet evith Own approacnes, whien will be 48 feet at each side. rt will cost 310,- 000. The Pertlh Matu,a1 Fire Insureince Company, of Stratford, has thosad its agenoy at Otteava owing to the proceedings taken by Ottawa city against the Underwriters' Associtie tion. It is reported that in the new supplementary estimates to come before Pairliamen.t there will be an item of $100e000 to peovicle for the building of new barracks on the fair grounds at Kingston. GREAT BRIT.AnN. The British Medical Association has sent an invitation to the Canadi- an Medical Association to hold its 1004 gathering at Vancouver. .6. painting by Vandyke was bought from a second-hand dealer at Toddington for $5. It was one of a number bought for the town's Car- negie library. Honore Palnaer, of Onica,go, son of Mrs. Potter Palmer, and Mdss Grace Giveaway Broovn, of Balti- more, wee° marTied at St. George's elfurch, Hanover square, London, Eng. • UNITED STATES. The new hotel at Fifth a,venue and Fifty-fifth street, New York, has been leased for twenty-one years for 33,670,000. Charles Reichanan, in.ventlor of the oil cooldng stove, is 'dead at Ids home in Brooklyn, aged 86 years. While telephoning during a Oleun- cTensitorm Holidry Odahl, of Glad- stone, Miele, an employee of a brewing convexly, was shocked by lightning, dying almost instantly. A detective taking a prisoner in shackles, to Chicago from Chnyenne, Wyoming, fell asleep. The prisoner released himself, shackled his captor to the steam pipes in the train and escaped. Wm. Ramsey, 65 years 'old, a fauener, was almost instantly killed 1tt a bay field near Otisvillo, N.Y., by being eltruenc on 'the head by a eltene hurled by a bloat a quarter of a mile away. Frank J. Schrieber, said to have served longer than any other post- master in the United States, died at Cruger, Woodford county, aged 77 years, after e4 years of service. A Monongahela, Pa., baggage mas- ter found 'the corpse of a five year or1 boy wrapped in a woman's dress and stuffed in a coffee can. The boy's parents' say he shot himself. A fitaulpipo is being ereoted nt the jail at Lafayette, Ind. as a pro- tection against mobs. The force of the stream will eaoily knock a mao down, ant played upon an en- trance will keep •ont any number of meAnn. organization enebraaing bann- ers of Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kanaas are asning, all wheat grow- ers in the west en.d south-west to Nord 'their wheat erops until the mataket advances the price to $1 per bushel. Wilson Lippincott, of Bristol, Pa., the largest man in Pennsylvania, was buried on Thursday. His body was taken out of the window and lowered In the grave by a derrick. He weighed 560 pounds and it took thirteen men to carry the casket. GENERAL. Rubies, sogahires and diamonds have been 'discovered in Siberia. Baron Von Thielmann, German Miuister of Finance, has resigned. PROFITABLE CROPS. 0.••••••im• Farmers Will Get Grain to Mar- ket Without Loss. A Montreal 'despatch says: Mr. George Ham, of the OPAL, who ac- companied the British editors on their tour of the West, reached home on Thersday, and says that the tour was the greatest trip ever undertak- en by any visiting party in Canada. "Throughout the prairie country," added Mr, Ham, "I had a good chance of securing an accurate idea of the crop, and and a1)1 convinced that, while not mato as largo, it will prove a greater profitenaker than that nf last year. The railways have nut& excellent preparations to get the teem out of the country, and tho farmers, be getting it on the xuarket at once, without being obliged to pay any storage rates, will bo able to make larger profits than last yva.c. "In anticipation of the beginning of the crop movement the companies are distributing their ears along the mein lines, and in this way any blocknde will be avoided. The set- tlement in the outlying districts Is advaecing so rapidly that on mane' occasions: I was just., as interested as the visitors, who were on their ithat tinon) ELE.A.RT WOUNDS. Not Necessarily Fatal Unless the, Weakest Spot is Punctured.. Xn wounds of tbe heart Itself tkie escape of blood is never in large quantity, and the lethal consequencen aro due to the fact that the escape - of blood from within Its cavity (or cavities) into the surrounding sac pf the pericardium mechanically Intel' rupts the alternate contraction and expansion by which its pumping ie me.intained. Accordingly, tho result of wound of the hart -are usually, identical with those of gradual sue focation. . This fact was striloingln denionstra,ted in the case of the en press of Austria,. And the dio.bolia skill and precision with whicb the wound was inflicted in her case offer a dramatic illustration of a neces- sarily fatal wound of the hoart. The instrument used was too large to. •form a mere "needle puricture;" 14 was inflicted too high in the chest to be "non-penotrating,' for it was aimed with truly fiendish ingenuity at the position of ono of the thin: walle'd of the four cavities of the. heart, and the 'directness of the pen- etration, combined with the thin- ness of wall of the cavity, rendered it physically impossible that the wound could be "valvular." 'The Israelite 'warrior of old smote. the - enemy -when possible -"beneath the fifth rib," because the impulse of the heart is felt there. But he prolate., bly did not know that it is in that precise position that wound of the heart is les,st necessarily fatal. The Italian assassin of recent nate dis- plays incomparably greater skill and knowle'dge. The science of the pre- sent day also proves that the his- toric account of the death of Admir- al Nelleneuve Is open to skeptical doubt. And the recent cases of su- ture of the heart give illustration that modern surgical skill may at- tempt, antlwft_hzc_cess_, the seem- ingly impossible. SALT FROM ENGLAND. Shipped. Over in Bags and Shipped. Back in Meat. One thousand sacks of English salt passed through the customs office in Kansas City 'the other morning. rt is a fine quality used in packlog meats for export and comes from Liverpool, says the Kansas City, Star. A peculiar thing about this same salt is that it must travel back to Liverpool again, though in a differ- ent form. Here it is used in pack- ing meat which will ultimately find its way to John Bull's breakfast table. John Bull believes in reci- procity, as proved by the salt re- ceived. Be uses our meat pnly on condition that we use Nis salt in packing it. This arrangement suits Kansas City packers and causes them little incon-venience. When the salt is received tliny pay nuty of 12 cents per hundreil pounds. -:Wnen it is returned with beef and pork an export duty of the same amount is charged. Uncle Sam collects 1 per cent for Dandling these products through the customs oince. The exporter and consignee get to- gether and are not, in the end, out "TrYonnisuocift salt are received in Kan- sas City for use in the peeking houses in the west bottoms. It comes in sacks weighing about 225 pounds each. It is mined in the south of England, and is of a much finer quality, say the packers, than they could possibly secure in this. country. So the arrangement suits both parties to the contract and ealt comes over in sacks and returns in packed meats. enCL. CORRECTED HIS MISTABIE. High prices often prevail in fron- tier towns, and those who live in new settlements become accustomed to the charges and 'think little about it. A nian 'who recently returned from the Klondike tells a good story. People get used to paying big money for trifles, he said, and two dollars for a box of sar- dines or five dollars fox, a pound of bad coffee came to be re- garded as reasonable micas. But once I had the surprise of hearing an unexpectedly low price named. Xt was like this: I bad a jumping toothache, -was nearly wild evith it, -and went to a shanty where I was told there was a 'dentist. A rough - looking fellowatold me that he was the dentist, mai I asked him to :irons my tooth. Be looked Inc over, got his forceps fastened on my 'tooth, and yanked it out after a couple of bard twists. "I:Tow much 9" I asked. "Well, two dollars, I guess," said , although rnor jaav still thIe pdaieudtishtim. ached badly. "That's the cheapest thing I've seen round bore," I remarked, as gave bim the money, "Well," he "said, "I thought I'd make it low, because on account of the bad light X pulled the wrong tooth to go the next day and have a. the bad tooth out, and he made meteors square/ by charging me tea THE "NEAREST GUARD." • The English bodyguard of gentle- men-at-orms, which is The • "nearest guard" 'to his majesty, is limited ia numbers, and composed of officers who have seen active service, who are of a certain height and under 50 years of ago at the date of ap- pointment. Ills majesty nersonallY telecte the officers who form his English gutted, and the appointment is looked upon as a great prize. The gentlernext-at-arms have a, very- good billet, being called upon for duty at all court corenionies, but never going out of Veiglaeci. Tbe captain receives $6,000 a year pay. Curiosity is looking ovee other peoolo's affairs and overlooking our oivn, The MeideServant-"Professor, mo - has just returned from her jour- ney," Professor --"Remind nie by- and-bto give her a