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cember„ .alic; May, 78ne; 'on track,
No. 3, need, nate; No. 1. NOrthern,
zturoaTs FB,03Xfi THE LEARIN, G a4ze: No. 2 Northern, 82fc; No. 3
• • TRADE C;:.'NTItli1S, Northern, 8() to 82e. Flout --First
patents,. $4.:65 to $4.65; second pa-
tents, $4.45 to $4,55; first . clears,
$3.40 to $8.50: second clears,
to $2.85, f.o.b. in.wooti, nlinneapollis
Bran -la bullc, $1275 to $18.
Toronto', Oct. 27.-Wheat•-Oidaelo .Tn1n(10 Oet• 27--(elosed-Wheat-
grades ai.e firm, With demand chiefly Cash,. glic: December, 8.5/e: May,
from millers. • No. 2 witite and red tStSe. Corn-Caelt, 48e; Deocahee,
wiiitStr .sold, at 77n, to 76e low 43e; May, 42Oe. Oats -Cash, 87ne;
freights. No. .2, Spring is quoted at December, 1161c; May, 37*e,
76 to east, end No. 2 goose at bt. lsonis, Oct. 27,-C1osed-:W1eat
70 to '71c eat. Manitoba wheat is -casii, 674e; December, 861cs
farm. .At upper lake ports No. 1. 821c-
Northera is quoted td. $9ne, and No.
g
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Olanese,
and Other Dairy Produce
at House arid .A.broael,
2 Northern at 84e. No. 3. nerd lime
. .
bud- at 9ne Sarnia. LIVE STOCK. MARKET.
Oats -The mierket is steads.- with Toronto, Oet 27. -An active trade
offerings monerato, No. 2 white is in cattle noes the featuro at the
quoted at 28 to 283c west, and at t Western Market to -day, and all lines
29e low freights to 'New York. No. sold quickly and at steady prices.
1 \\*bite, 30 to 80e east. 1 Hogs were steady and unchaeged.
Barley -The demand . is limited, -Slatep continued than, while lambs
with offerings fair.: No..2 quoted at ;were steady.
4t -lc middle freights; No. '3 extra, 4.2c! Not many .exporters came forward, .
middle freights. and li,"o, 2 at40c e.and tho qualityof these was about
middle freights. .. !fair. Buyers 'were out in force • and
Rye -The market is quiet, with ! so business in these was over early
prices Aeatier at about 50c hiOhl in the day, and some said that they
freights, and at 51e east. !wanted several loads more, which.
Peas -Trade is dull and prices un- they were unable to get on this mar-'
changed. No. 2 sthite quoted at 61 lest. Values were unchanged.
1
to 62c high freights, and at 64c east- Butchers' cattle of all descriptions •
spickwheat-Tne market is 'dull' t sold well, the Prices keeping firm,
with quotations 43_ to 42e at outsideland thedemand brisk, The general
points. .is quleti quality of the receipts was fair, but '
Corn -The market , with!
, not many extra, choice ones 'were of -
prices steady. No. 2 yellow Aimed- t t
tiered. Any of these' were quickly"
can quoted at 55c on track, Toron- i ,aeneee ..., ~
NI. and brought good prices.,
to; No. 3 yellow at 54c, and No. 31r",.nn"nt
I of good quality and of
mixed at 53 to 53ec 'Toronto.
Flourt-Ninety er ent. atens are
!suitable weights for the distileries
firm at n3 1.0 middle 1 ••• 11
pcpt}
in continued in active demand and sold
'buyers sacks for export. Stranent ireudily. . Many buyers from outside
rollers of special brands for 'domestic points were on the market looking
trade quoted at $3.40 to .$3.55 in; for stockers andfeeders to sell to
bbls.. Manitoba flour unchangen; Nolthe farmers, and these men said that
1 patents, $4.75 'to $4.80; No. 21a fairly good enquiry frone the eoun-
patents, $4.45 to $4.50, and strong try for these was still passing.
bakers', 4.3O to $4.35 on track, Lighter classes of stockers also sold
Toronto. • - ;at steady prices.
Mitlfeed-Bran steady at $16, anal The market for ewes and bucks was
shorts at 518 here. At outsidefirm and lambs, under the influence
points bran is quoted at $13.50, and of light receipts, were steady. Calves
shorts at 517. Manitoba •bran, in were in good demand and firm.
sacks, 518 and shorts at $29 here. The receipts aniounted to 92 loads,
1,425 cattle, 2,103 sheep and lambs,
COUNTRY.PRODUCE. 2,231 hogs and 57 calves.
Apples -The market is unchanged„ The market for exporters' was un -
with moderate supplies. Winter fruit changed, at 54.15 to 54.80 per cwt.!
quoted at 52 to .52.50 per bbl. in Liglit to medium animals sold at
gar lots, and $2.50in small quanti- 84.15 to $4.50, and fair to choice at!
ties, 54.55 up. Not many of the latter ,
Beans -There is a quiet trade, with class were received.
prices steady. Unpicked, 51.75 to . Activity continued to dominate the ;
51.80 a bushel, and bandpicked $2 butchers' market, and values in these!
to $2.15. ; were well maintained. We quote: -
gone -The market is quiet at 6 Good to choice butchers', loads of,1
to 61c per lb. for bulk, and at 52.25 .950 to 1,150 lbs., 53.75 to 64.25;
to 51.50 for comb. Clzoice clover, fair to good, 53.25 to 58.75; ccim-
mon, 52.50 to $3.15; canners and,
Hay -Demand fair, with receipts rough stock, $2 up. As much as:
only moderate. No. 1 is quoted at $4.40 was paid for several lots of I
$9 to $9.50 on track Toronto..ce • •
•
Straw -The market is quiet at Export bulls sold at 53.75 to 54.-
on track.
$5.25 to $5.50 per ton, for car lots 25 per cwt.
•
Flops -The market. is quiet, with
this season's crop quoted at 20 to
25c.
Potatoes -The offerings are lair and prices steady. Car lots quoted at 1,000 to 1,200 lbs., $3.40
50c per bag on track. Small lots
to $3.75; choice feeders, 1,150 to 1,-
sell at 05c per nag.
225 lbs., 53.80 to $2.90; stockers,
Poultry -The market is kende.. 700 to SOO lbs., 52.50 to $3; feed -
Turkeys quoted at 10 to 12c per lb ers, 800 to 950 lbs., 53 to 5;3.75;
in case lots: geese, 61 to 74-c per lb. stock calves, yearlings, 400 to 700
ducks 9 to Ifec: chickens, 9 to 10c ;Jibs., 52.50 to 53.25; rougher grades,
and fowls, 7 to 8c per lb. 101 the same weight, 52 to 52.50 per,
cwt.
THE DAIRY ›...IARKETS. Distillery feeding bulls, 900 lbs. up ,
1, 1
receipts moderate. The best gradessold at 52.50 ! Steady prices
$3.12per cwt.
ces prevailed on the
are in demand and fem. We quote
-Fieest 1-11). rolls, 18 to 19c; select-
isheep market. We quote as follows:
ed dairy tubs, 16 to 170; secondaryEx
port ewes, 53.40 to 53.50; export
grades, 13 to 15e; creamery prints, !bucks! 82.50 to 52.75 per cwt.: cull
21e to 220: solids, 19 to 20e. 'sheep. $2 to 53 each; lambs, n3.50
Eggs -The nairket is nrm.We quote: to 54 Per ewt•
--Strictly Lew laid, 20c; fresh gath- Calves continued steady. at 4 to
ered, 28e, and pickled, 17c per ilozen. 5.1c Per and 52 to 510 each. I
Cheese -Market is quiet, with prizes Mich cows were quoted at 530 to
-steady. We qoote :-Finest, 11S to 556 each.
131c per lb; atal secoeds 11 to 111,e.! Steadiness was the feature in bogs.
Mr. Harris received 2,000. We
q o e.- . J- e ec s, to - lbs..
Dressed nags are unchanged. Cured of
good bacon quality, off cars, a5.40;
meats firm. with a far deemed.
.lee fats and lights. 55.15: sows, 53.50
quote :-Baconlong clear, 101
eei to $4; stags, 52 to 53 per cwt.
e
1010 in ton and case lots. Pork, I
mess, 53.7.50 to 518; do. short cut.;
521.
Sinokeil Meats :-ITarixe light to
inediurn, 14 to 14ac; do., heavy, 3.3i!
to 131c; rolle, 11 to Ilete: shoelders,
101c; bachs, 15 to 15,1c; breakfast
bacon, 141 to I5c.
Lard -The market is steady, with !
fair demand. Tierces, to 9Se; tubs,
9e to Vic; pails, 91 to 92c; com- seems to me that it would be proper
pound, 8 to Oc. 'that etteli a patient should quietly
33USINESS !
_ . , .. a . 0 01.
MONTREAL
S.T
honey, 7 to 7;c per lb.
Export cows were quoted at 53.65
to 53.85 per cwt.
In feeders and stockers trade con-.
tinued steady. Quotations follona-
WHAT CANADA WILL 4K.
to Prevent Future Disastrous
Decisions.
A London despatch says :--U on
Waxing Liverpool on Thursday r.
A. R. Aylesworth, K,C., one of the
Canadian contraissiouers to the Alas-
ka bouadary tribunal, said in jue-
tilication of his refusal to sign the
award :- •
"It was more of a. compromise
than a judicial 'decision. Its effect
win be that Dominion goons traer-
ersing the disputed territory must
pay high tariff duties to the United
States
The Canadians feel so
,
keenly on tide subject, that although
there will be no cry of separatioie
theym
probably will deand - a larger
Power of seingovermuout in order to
prevent in the future a repetition of
such 'decisions."
• The Times of Thursday morning
publishes the dissenting opinion pre-
sented th
to e Alaskan Boundary Tri-
bunal by Mr. A. 11. Aylesworth, one
of the Canadian commissioners. It
is dated Oct. 17, "and takes up three
columns in the Times, mud is a most
Minute discussiou of the whole
treaty question and a recital of Mr.
Asylesetorth's reasons for 'disagreeing
with the majority. It concludes as
follows :
"I have merely to say that the
course. the majority of this tribunal.
has decided to take 'with regard to
the islands at the entrance ot the
Portland Channel is, in my humble
judgment, so oppose'd to the plain
requirements of justice and so abso-
lutely irreconcila.bie with any -dispos-
ition of that branch of this ease upon
principles of a junicial character,
that I respectfully 'decline to affix
my signature to their award.
(Signed)
"A. 33. AYLESWORTIL"
LORD ALVERSTONE REPLIES.
A London despatch: says :-Lord
Chief Justice Alverstone, when ques-
tioned regarding the Alaskan award,
Raid he declined to be 'drawn into
any controversy on the subject., or
to make any statement beyond say-
ing he 'did not believe the allegation
that Mr, Siiton, 'one of the Canadian
Commissioners, had averred !that
the decision was diplomatic instead
of judicial. Any such suggestion,
Lord Alverstone :Anon, was unwar-
ranted, unjustifiable., and, in his
opinion, anfomid•ed, solely upon legal
considerations. It is unlierstoon
that Lord Alverstone is preparing a,
reply to the one issued by Mr. Ayles-
worth one of the Canadian commis-
sioners, an'd that it will be given to
-
the newspapers.
4.
RAISING GOATS.
Attempt Being! Nada to Breed.
Them in Quebec,
A Montreal despatch says :-A ser -
bus attempt is being made to intro -
1 'duce goat farniing into Canada. The
Chevriere Ca.nadienne has imported
from France a nunclred goats of six
'different breeds, and is attemptiag to
raise them on a farm at Cote Visita-
tion, near Montreal., The varieties
include the Maltese, Jogganbourg, of
Switzerland, the Saagen, also
of Switzerland, and the Marcienne.
: of Spain. Then there is the pride of
the flock, a young Nubian, coal black
and with hanging ears. This ani-
mal is adored in its home country,
and the only pair of the variety in
Europe are the parents of the little
one at Cote Visitation. It is hoped
that it will be potsible. by next year
to obtain a mate, so that the breed
3011y be perpetuated here, Tile milk
of the goats is abundant and nour-
ithing. Dr. Pariseau is authority
for the statement that after mother's
that of the goat's is the hest
for infants. It is pointed out that
tuberculosis is a thing unknown
among them. They are easy and
cheap to keep, and it is said, would
be of immense service to the settlers
in the mountains of the north of this
Province.
4--
HOSPITAL BLOWN DOWN.
HOG PRODUCTS.
1 KILL THE INCURABLES.
The Suggestion. of a New York
Unitarian Divine.
A New York despatch any": "Where
the prolongation of life is simply the
prolongation of hopeless ageras it
s .
Montreal. Oct. 27.-Businees in
grain continues dull, though 'there is ;
some enquiry for oats and peas for!
export; wheat is, still quiet, a little'
above the export price; flour is easing
off a little. and if evneat comes down
to the present price bid for export.
Thirty -Thousand -Dollar Annex
, Wrecked.
A Winnipeg despatch says: On
Wednesday the wind completely
wreeken 1- be way annex to the Gen-
eral liospit El I at Brandon, now in.
course oi erection. A catastrophe
was averted only by the fact that it
occurred during, the hour when the
numeroes workmen engaged upon it
, were at dinner. otherwise consider-
'
the salSering. It seems to ine that
such a course would be a step fur-
ther away from the barberians." In
these words the Rev. Merle St. C.
Inright, of the Lenox Averme Unitar-
ian Church, placed himself on record
on Wednesday night as favoring "eu-
thanasia," which in medical parlance
flour will probably go lower. The is the putting of incurables to death.
Etale lors of life could eat have been
avt•eteci. The new bending NV08 (30
by 1.00 feet in dimensions, two stori-
es and a basement. It was all ready
•to roof in when the accident occurred
and the loss will b0. very heavy, as
avail c,f the nlaterial was destroyed,
and the building was expected to
Liverpool quotation for cheese is up The suggestion was made before the -
New York State Medical Associa-
tion. which held its annual dinner at
; the Hotel Manhattan on Wednesday
night, and while it caused much sur -
'prise because. of its source, it was re-
ceived none the less with hearty ap-
plause.
ad to 54s for wbite and 55s for col-
ore'd; locally, too, the market shows
more strength, owing to the high
prices paiil in the country. Grain --
Peas, 63c high freights, • 721c afloat
bare; rye, 53c east, 153e afloat here;
buckwheat, 40c; No. 2 oats, 84nc in
store, and 331 to 34c afloat; Banned
51.15 on track here; No. 3 barley,
500. Pioun-Manitoba patents,
54.80; seconds, 54.50; strong bakers,'
54.25 to 54.50; Ontatio straight rol-
lers, $$.90 to $4: in bags, 51.90 to
$'2; patents, 54.15 to 54.40; extras,
51.70 to 51.75; rolle.•il oats, $1.80
per bag, 53.80 per bbl. Feed -Man-
itoba bran, 517 to 518; shorts, 520,
bags inclelleil; Ontario bran, 4n bulk,
05,50 to 516.50; shorts, in bulk,
520.50 to $21.50, Eggs -Candled
selected, 21 to 220; and stroight re-
cant:a. . 19c; Montreal limed,. 17 to.
171e. Cheese -Ontario, 1.1.1e; Town-
ships, 1.1•1e; Quebec, line, 33iftler-
3'ownahips creamery, 21 to 211e;
Qt1ebec, 201c; :Western 'dairy, 16e.
'UNITED STATES MAItICETS,
Milwaukee, Oct. 27, -Wheat -Easy:
No, 3 Northern,. 66 to 86/c; No. 2
Nortbern, 631 to 841c; December,
801e bid. Bre--Steonly; No. 1, 56
Lo 661e. Barley--Steallys No. 2,
Mc; saMpie, 42 to 61e, Corat-De-
tember,
PACIFIC PORT OF THE G.T.R.
Port Simpson Has Not Been
Defbaitely Selected,
A Montreal deapatch says ;-Mr. C.
Ill. Hays, second vice-president and
general manager of the Grand Trunk
Railway, said on Tuesday night that
the change in the Alaska boundary
would have no effect in the selection
of the terminus of the Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway. Port Simpson had
not, be said, been 'definitely! cnosen.
Circumstances might arise which
would make it advisable to choose
seme other locatioe. There Were
three possible termini within a
stretch of about a hundred miles of
coast line, viz„ Port Simpson, Kite -
meat, Arm, and 13ellacoola, any one
of which might yet be the extreme
west end of the new railways. Mr.
ays was eonfident that the presence
of . American islandS in the .encinity
would not effect the choice,
THE INPORTANOE OF SEED
roa Tx -m GA.RDENnn AND TEE
HORTICULTURIST.
Wer.,..•••
Dominion Department of Agri-
culture Gives Some Good
Advice.
It. should `be unnecessary to urge
upon the growers of garden crops the
importance of seeing thoroughly re-
liable seed, or to defend the practice
of testing seeds before sowing them..
Many gardeuers have suffered heavy
loss through the purchase of inferior
or old seed and almost all who have
used the seeds of flowers and vege-
tables have nail ocea,sion, at one
them or another, to lament the use
of seed of ualcatown quality. ()erm-
ine seed of bigii germinating capacity
is, however only one essential to a.
successful crop, and to depreciate the
importance of goon gardeners would
be entirely waong. Since a good
start is always important it would
seem that to devote a little more
attention to securing satisfactory
seed would amply repay the major-
ity of gardeners.
To the norticulturist, to a greater
extent than to the agriculturist, is
genuine reliable seed important. With
the seeds of ninny farm crops their
actual value can be determined sev-
'oral months before planting, because
the question of variety does not en-
ter to tne same extent as in garden
crops. With the garden arops true-
ness to variety is of paramount im-
portance and a 'disappointment in
that regard may mean, practically,
the loss of a season's crop, if the
difference be a late inaturing vatiety
for an early one or vice versa. It is
therefore important that growers be
COMPETENT AND RELIABLE.
For nuns* years all the seeds used
In this country were European grown
although as early as 1765 sonic at-
ter:aim), was given to their growth in
the Milted States, In that country
the trade grew steadily until ;about
3.800e when, owing to the interrup-
tion in trade due to the civil war,
people began to look for a home
supply, and home production was
greatly stimulated as a result. The
increased demand encouraged grow-
ers to produce reliable seeds and
kinds suited to all conditions of
growth, ,A, fair trial of homegrown
seeds convinced people that they
were as satisfactory as imported
stocks, and in sonic cases gave bet-
ter results. In 1618 there was es-
timated to be 7,000 acres devoted
to the production of garden seeds,
but at that time the Cadfornia seed
trade was but beginning and since
then it has grown to enormous pro-
portions. The vegetable aeeds most
grown in California are onion, let-
tuce, carrot, look, kale„ parsley and
paesuip; the flower seeds, sweet peas,
naeturtuins, verbenas and asters,
Cabbage and cauliflower seed is
grown in the State of Washington
ancl a good quality is grown on long
Island. Many other kinds of flower
and vegetable seeds are grown in
various districts, but as a rule, not
in sufficient quantity to affect the
trade. There is still, aiid will con-
tinue to be large quantities of nearly
all kinds of seed imported from Eur-
ope where labor is not so great an
item of expense as in America.
Much of the work in connection
with the growing has to be done by
hand so that labor is an important
consideration.
THE LABOR INVOLVED
is a serious objection to the home -
growing of seed which is practised
by some gardeners. Very frequent-
ly, too, the quality of Seed produc-
ed is inferior to that grown by pro-
fessionals, unless proper precautions
are taken. The greatest dangers
encountered are the crossing of var-
ieties and deterioration of stock. To
obviate the first difficulty sinall
grewers will find it necessary to
grow only one variety of any one
species; to overcome the second,
constant care in selection will be
required. Only thee° plants which
are vigorous and approach the ideal
conformation for that *variety should
he allowed to ripen their seed. Vig-
or of growth and pro activeness in
individual plants are the qual Lies
that are transmitted from one gen-
eration of plants to the next, so that
it is unwise to allow any but the
most nesirable plants .to mature.
Turnips and radishes that are not
• suitable for table use are much Jess
FEBS AMOUNT TO $100,451
Receipts of Provincial Secretary's
Department.
A Toronto despatch. says: Ac-
cording to a statement handed out,
by .1Ton. J. It. Stratton, the fees re-
ceived by the Provincial Secretary's
Department for the first nine months
of this year amounted, to 5100,451,
and the estimated fees for the whole
year will be 5128,525, as compared
with 8108,728 received during 1902.
The following are the receipts for
the precedirg four years: -
1898 528,520
1899 . ... 67,851
3.900 ...a. 78,907
1901 88,643
$60,000 FIRE AT WIARTON
Canada Furniture Compan.y's Saw
Xill Destroyed.
A Wiarton despatch says: The saes
mill of the Canada Furniture Ooms
pany was completely destroyed by
lire on Thursday, together with sev-
eral hundred thousand feet of oak
lumber. The loss on the mill and
lumber is about 560,000, partly cov-
ered by insurance4
suitaLle for seed production. Not
al the seed of even the best plants
should be sown as there are invar-
iably preeent small ancl shrivelled
}:ceds. and only large plump Feeds
sbotocl be used. 13y following this
system of selection a gardener niay
not only maintain but constantly im-
prove a. variety, but if be is not
willing to exercise such care ,he
would do much better to purchase
his seed from a reliable seedsman.
While it is true that to secure
genuine garden seeds is a more im-
portant consideration than to Slave
seeds that show a high vitality, it
is evadent that a person sowing
seeds should know approximately
what per cent. were likely to grow.
In order to obtain some diffinte in-
formation in regard to the quality
of our vegetable and flower seeds
the Seed Division of the PO Milli On
Department of Agricultural collected
upwards of five hundred saanples and
tested them for iltality. The sam-
ples were secured at about twenty
different points in the Dominion and
were considered representative of the
seeds on sale. About ono hundred
of the packages 'bought were of seeds
held over from last year. The most
approved method was used in making
the teeth, two hundred seeds for
each test being used, and etent being
conducted in 'duplicate. Alters.. the
number of seeds itt the package
would not permit of this all the
needs were used,
THE FOLLOWING TABLE
gives a summary of tests of a few
of the common seeds :-
Kied of No. of
Seed. Tests. Min. Max. Ay
Onion -27 3.8 66,5 55.7
Lettuce ... -.10 41. 95.8 82.9
Celery ....la. 1.5 50.5 18.2
Carrot, e. -24 25. 93. 00,
CatilifloWer .s. a. 9 2.6 fit 63.5
Radish e. ....17 12.6 90. 71.6
Torneto 27.' 97.5 77,
Cabbage ... ......14 40.5 96.8 7'2s
Parsnip ce ...AA 11,3 68 40.
Morning Glory 6. 29. 61.5 '00.8
Sweet Peas .6. 69. 91.8 8/5,4
Pansy .•. k • a 46. 9.5 75, 54.2
Tbe most noteworthy point in the
results is the givat variation in the
results of 'different samples of the
one kind of seed. For while the
average is in most cams fairly reas-
onable' , a considerable number of
samples germinate so poorly tluit
poor stand would be inevita;ble. The
samples of extrexnely low vitality
'doubtless were principally old seed
held Aver from year to year. Some
kinds of seed depreciate in value
very rapidly and in a few years are
valueless, se that the practice . of
some seedsmen of leaving seed
packages in the hands of retailers
year after year cannot be commend-
ed.
It is /iv:portrait that a buyer of
seeds should know at least approxi-
mately what •per cent is viten.' but
owing to the limited amount of seed
it is impossible for him to Make a,
test, Tile case is different with the
wholesale nealen, who has seed in
bulk and should know within at
least five or ten per cont, the villai-
ny of the seeds he handles. To
stamp the vitality on each package
would entail some little trouble to
seedsmen but not necessarily any
risk, as no objection could be raised
to a reasonable margin. Such a
practice would be of inestimable ben-
efit to the users of the seed.
ENGLISH DICKYBIRDS.
500 Pairs of Songsters en Rent°
• for Victoria, B.C.
A. Victoria, B.O., 'despatch says :-
The Victoria Natural History Socie-
ty has now on the way from Eng-
land a consignment of five hundred
pairs of song birds. 'limy are com-
ing by way of New York, and are
expected to arrive nere at an early
'clate. 'There are 100 pairs of gold-
finches, 100 pairs of lark, and fifty
pairs of Ennlisli robins, the little
rod -breast of poetry and song. In
accordance with arrangements which
have been completed, half the num-
ber of 'those feathered strangers from
England's dells and glades, will be
placed in Vancouver, and taken care
of there until next spring, when they
will be klistributed throughout the
woodlands of the lower Mainland.
The remainder will be placed in
!Beacon Hill Park aviary and kept
until the spring, when they will be
given 'their liberty at various points
on Vancouver Island. The total cost
of purc,hasing these birds. bringing
them out to the Province, and
boarding them until spring, will be
about 5500.
•
" SOO " OFFICIALS RESIGN.
The Receiver Decides to Engage a
New Staff. ,
A •Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., ilespatch
says :-13. F. Fackenhall. who is now
in charge of the Consolidated Lake
Superior Conipany, in the *dual capa-
city of racivei, appointed by 'Speyer
and Co. and as president of the sub-
sidiary companies, is perfecting ar-
rangements for the reopening of such
of the plant as can be profitably op-
erated.FacleOn his arrival here Mr.
tliall asked for the resignation
of all heads of 'departments. some
thirty in number, ineluding Assistant
Manager Coyne, who has been -in
charge since the financial trouble be-
gan. The resignations were handed
in on Wednesday. Mr,. Packenthall
will engage a new stall, but it is un-
derstood a number of the old men
will be retained.
-
Mr. Fackenthall stated that immed-
iate steps would probably be taken
looking to the re -opening of the
pulp mill, the saw mill, and the
veneer plant. "We will not hesi-
tate," .he deilared, "to open those
that can beoperated profitably. but
. \val need some time to enquire thor-
oughly into the economic conditions
and about the facilities- for getting
timber ont of the woods."
Mr. Facile/Abell is somewhat hand-
icapped, as in the event- of English
capital being forthcoming for the
purchase of the works his temire of
.
0filinea.0N01:34 come to an. abrupt ter-
2n.0oVnSTRIKE IN SPAIN.
-
19,000 Workmen in. Mining Dis-
tricts are Idle.
A Bilbao, Spain despatch says :-
A strike broke out on Tuesday in
the Bilbao mining 'district and spread
rapidly. • Nineteen thousand workers
are idle. The railroad service has
been interrupted. Reinforcements of
'troops are arriving here.
WAR ALMOST CERTAIN.
Development in, Crisis Immediately
Impending.
A despatch from London says: Ad-
vices from Japan assert that there
ie a revival of public pessimism con-
cerning the political outlook. The
Ministers refuse to be interviewed or
to make any statement, but the idea
is prevalent that a desided develop-
ment in the crisis is immediately Ines
pending, and that war can scarcely
be avoided.. It is reported that the
railroad and steamship companies
have been notified to be ready for
eventualities. Naval preparations.
continue with much activity. Russian
military activity on the Corean fron-
tier has not abated, It is felt that
hasty action by the commanders of
either nation x.na3r at any moment
start a confliet. The appointment of
Vice-Adiniral 'Togo to command the
standing squadron is much comment-
ed uponaa is popularly called the
"Fighting admiral . " Fre co m manned
the flying squadron which opened. the
Chinese -Japanese War in 1894. A
fourth conference between 13aron
Kommura, Japanese, Minister of For-
eign Affairs, end Baron de Rosen,
the Russian Afirdster, is impending.
Their third coriferenee took place on
Oct. 14, sines", when the negotiations
hate neon at a stip:last/11,
TES FRE THE WIRE
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER
VIZ GLOBE,
4••••444*
Telegraphic. Briefs From, Our Own
and Other Conntrios of
Recent Events,
CANADA,
The McGill Y.M.C.A. will erect a
new $30,000 building,
Elgin Myers, K.C.jdied at Sault
Ste, Marie ' on Haturday.
Enrolling is going on rapidly for
an artillery corps at Amherstburg.
Reports from Rossland say that
incendexies are trying to burll the
town.
Tho Quebec Mercury, which was
more than one hundred years old,
stopped publication on Saturday.
Large furniture and woodenware
factories are to be established at
Fort Frances on the Rainey River.
Members of the 14th Regiment at
Kingston want a medal for doing
garrison 'duty during tho Northwest
rebellion.
Forty monuments have been com-
pleted at Montreal. They will be
taken 1.0 South Africa to designate
the graves of Canadian soldiers.
The aggregate value of Canada's
foreign trade for 'the quarter ending
September 30 was 5133,758,124,
which was 521,506,588 more than
for the sante period last year.
There were too many steamers on
the Liverpool route from St. John
last winter and the C.P.R. and the
Allan Line Company will cut down
their services froin five to three.
E. j. Edelson, his wife, Joseph II.
Edelenn and Robert Edelson of Chi-
cago, Thbacco merchants, were ar-
rested at Montreal, on Saturday, on
a charge of defrauding their credi-
tors. About 514,000 was taken from
them.
Negotiations between the C.P.It,
engineers and firemen and the com-
pany at Montreal having proveg
fruitless so far, a meeting of the men
was held in Winnipeg, at which it
was -decided to take a poll. A
strike may result.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Lord Rosebery has written a letter
to Henry E1, Fowler indicating that
he will support the free traders.
Colonel Sir William Colville, the
King's Master of the Ceremonies, is
dead of lung trouble. He was born
In 1827.
The Foreign Office denies that *there
is any agreement between Greet Bri-
tain and Germany on the Asiatic
problem.
It is reported that Harland and
Wolff, the shipbuilding firm of Bel-
fast has signed a contract to take
all its iron and steel from the United
States Steel Corporation. It will
amount to about 150,000 tons year -
UNITED STATES.
It is reported that a monument to
Queen Victoria is to be erected at
Boston, U.S.
Four military prisoners have been
released on forged pardons at Al-
catraz, Cal.
Fifteen Italian laborers were killed
as the result of a railway collision
near Washington Crossing, N. j., on
Saturnay.
Because his wife would not stop
talking when he ordered her to Jacob
Gittel tried to pull out her tongue,
at Southington, Conn.
,Sainuel Ostrander, once worth
$750,000, and a well known Erie
canal boatman, died in the poor-
house, at Lockport, N.Y.
The Philadelphia dyers have re-
turned to work, thus ending the
strike involving 120,000 persons,
which began June 1.
Walter Jackson, the convicted mur-
derer of six-year-old Fannie Buck,
was taken from jail and lynched at
Hamilton, Mont.
GENERAL.
A revolution in Armenia is promis-
ed in •the spring.
One of. the. Sultan's younger sons,
Ahmed Bedr Eddine, is dead.
The British Minister to Japan is
said to be negotiating an agreement
between that country and Russia.
COD FISHERY A FAILURE.
Nova, Scotia Fishermen. Will Suffer
Severe Privation.
A 'despatch from Halifax says: The
Clrand Bank cod fishery, in which
some 70 Nova Scotia vessels engag-
ed, has proven an almost entire fail-
ure this season, and there will be
much privation in Lunenberg, where
this fishery nas its headquarters. In
many cases Lunenburg vessels have
COMO in without a single quintal, and
none has secured even an ordinary
catch. The fishermen depended on
the catch of one season to pay the
bills of the season before, and to
meet this obligation now they have
not a cent, thus leaving themselves
two years in debt, .Further credit is
being refused by the merchants, and
the outlook is gloomy, Nova, Scatia
fishermen do not go out to the New-
foundland banks in the winter, but
now a movement is afloat to go to
the banks on our own coast this
winter in the hope of doing some-
thing to .relieve the very heavy los-
ses of the dogleg season.
$8,000 I7011. A HAND. •
Employe Wins Suit Against Paper
Company.
A despatch froin Cornwall says: The
suit of Glasgow against the Toronto
Paper Company ended- on Wedueeday
morning in a verdict for the plain-
tiff for 58,000. The plaintiff lost
a hand while working a paper cutter,
nnd claimed the rna.chlue MLR (10(00-
TI)1$ was the second trial of
1 he ease, The present 'will
be appealed again..
GLIMPSE AT TAPAN'S 11TAVY4,
An Englishman Testifys to Ita
Efficiency.
Tile rapid adaptation Lf Japan to
the demands of modern cIvUlzatioz
has been one of the miracles of ot
thilOS Some nave regretted tbis128
the destruction of an old and pic-
turesque Oriental culture; other
have hailed it as a great advance,
and go as far as to seo in Japanese
statesmanship a power to orgaviae•
the "Yellow peril' of China into
formidable danger for the :Western
notions„ Sueh fears, however,.
&afoul(' be held in abeyance until it
is determined whether the Japanese
ha,ve a creative genius, capable of'
taking the initiative, or are only
clever indtators.
How successful they have been as.
imitators, in one point at leant, is
related by Mr, Alfred Steal: the
London Deily Mail, Mi", St ad has
been one of the very few foreigners, )
Permitted to take a cruise on a
Japanese warship in commission and
feels nimself able to give a graphic
account of what will happen when
the "real thing" arrives. lin found
a striking demonstration of naval
strength and efficiency. "All the
-
ships, Bare one, were English built„"
he tells us„ "and the Japanese auth-
orities are quite determined that.
none of their large vessels shall be.
built, elsewhere than in Great Bri-
tain."
Tim sailors, made up of the
scripts, serving four years, and vol-
unteers', serving seven, aro a, sturdy,
efficientlot and are well fed and ad-
mirably handled. Of the gun prac-
tice Mr. Stead says : "The men
are all armed with Murata rifles,
invented and manufactured in Japan
and short bayonets. For over am
hour the work of aiming, loading,.
and cleaning the guns in the turrets,
casements, and batteries was Carried
on seriously. Many of the com-
mands contain English words, and
it is very curious to hear them.
Special attention was paid to the- ,
cleaning and repairing of the guns,
as also to the protection of the;
gun crews during action:"
After describing the various prac-
tice 'drills, which were admirably
carried through, Mr. -Stead concludes
by saying : "The whole of the per-
sonnel of the Japanese navy are
filled with pride in their traditions
and their ships, and they will 'do.
well should ever the occasion arise."
INSURGENTS SURRENDERING.
Pardoned By the Sultan and Well
Treated.
A despatch fr•om Salonica, says :-
Recent advices from Monastir say
that a considerable number of insur-
gents have surrendered in response
to the Sultan's last call. The first
, of those who surrendered were beaten
!anti imprisoned; but under stringent
I enders from the Yildiz Pelee()
men who are now coming in art
well received and have been pardon-
ed. 'rids, however, 'does not indi-
cate the collapse of the rebellion,
but is in conformance with the - re-
voluntionary committee's decision to
thin. out the Insurgent bands dining
the winter and retain ender arms Qn-
ly aggregate of about 3,500 men.
I They leave their rifles with the lead-
ers, who secrete them in the moun-
tains in readiness for operations in
the sprig. Not one of the leaders
hae surrendered.
The revolutionary committee had
no intention of resorting to the use
of *dynamite in the toivns this win-
ter; but it declares if the powers do
not succeed in causing the establish-
ment of a satisfactory forme -gov-
ernment by the Spring everrr'avail-
able man will he called out and every
desperate method for gaining the
ends of the revolutionists will be re-
sorted to.
The Turks report that both Chaka-
.
%roll and Sarafoff„ the insurgent
leaders, were killed recently in the
Village of Boof, in 'the Florina dis-
trict. The Bulgarians assert that
Sendoff is on his way to Bulgaria.
1
MET IN A TUNNEL.
Disastrous Wreck on English Rail-
road.
A despatch. from Lennon says :-A
railway accident, attended with the
loss of life, happened on Thprsday
evening at SOwerby •Ibidge, in the
West Riding of Yorkshire. An ex- '
press train naming from. Leeds to
Manchester was thrown froni the
track in a tunnel by striking a
tached locomative, that for ;some -un-
explairen reason WCIS in the tunnel,
and both tracks were obstructed . by
the wrecktage. Meanwhile an express
train from Manchester for Leeds en-
tered the tunnel at a high rate of
speed, and alin ost instantly •crashed
into the obstruction, banly wrecking
itself. The tunnel is lillod with a.
huge mass of enatter locomotives anil
coaches, and the work of clearing it
away is necessatily very slow. Three
bodies have thus far been recovered.
BOA STRANGLES WOMAN.
Kills a Performer While Audience
. Applauds.
A despatch from Berlin says :- A
young woman was squeezed to. death
by a boa constrictor at Voelalingen,
Prussia, on Wednesday', while gating
It performance in a menagerie. 'The
spectators tholight, at first that her
screams and frantic struggles,. as
the snake tightened its coils, were
part of the show, and' applauded
and cried "Bravo T" at. the "keel -
ism." of her acting., The attendants.
Imwever, saw the woman's 'danger,
ran in, beat the snake and slashed it
with ledves. Ulm woman Was 'Odd
when released, . . •
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IRELAND LOVES THE KING.
Iniest Says She is Enthus otinal-
ly Loyal.
•A 'despatch frorn l'hiladelpiria says:
-At the meeting of the Milton Dieli
Lengue here on ThUrs:day night„ Rev.
Father Murphy, who bus just return-
ed from Ireland,' 'declared that ail
Ireland, was enthusiastic for, King
Dilwo.ed.. •