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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1904-6-9, Page 711 TO RELIEVE PORT .A111111J11 Kouropatkin Despatches a Force of 14,000 Men. A UUSSiJUqMOVEMENT, on despatch says to -The talk is again of an important Russian rtmve southwerd from. Liao -Yang. An unofficial telegram front headquarters at Mukden, says it is uederstood that the Russian commander-in-chief is now in o position to begin offen- sive eperations on en important scale. It is true that the Japanese axe in possession of Liao -Yang pro- hontoq,-, that Port ;Arthur is prae- tically besieged, and diet the eneme: have advanced to the Russiaa male poeitioneby tho shortest lines of communication, but their further op- era.tions seem likely' to be confined to a restricted erea owing to the clanger attendhlg the exposuro their cononunicatione ia Norttiern Corea. Reports received regarding the ethievements of the Cossacks nhoW (het the Russians are already adopting aggressive tacties south of naii-Cheng„ Moreover, the gated -- SOU »t Port .Arthur is stated to be harrassiag the' Japanese. The siege of tile fortreSs is expected to he protracted. The foregoing obviously embodiea et tee Ruse -ion censor wish eS tc0 nininced. and it may or retty not enclose the truth, but it is to great extent consietent with other reports aceording to which the AV. eent litely skirmish ot Wafaugkau was the timing action by the force sent by Gem leouropatein to relieve port ;tether or create a diVeraiOn in, faeor of its garrison. This force, according to the New.Chweug corres- pondent of tile London Deily consists of 1.4,000 artillery, cavalry und lefantry, -under Gen. Stalk - berg. who lett Liao -Yang with leaf - *motion as his immediate objeetive for the PurPoee of Attacking Coin Oku's mar. Those eietles bre end in Pals who CQ id iho story probable con - our M the ophdon that the danger- ous maitoeuvro is likely to end In disaster for Gm. Sta1kenberg. while greatly weakening Ceen. Rouropatkie. Actording to advices frona Tien - Tao, from %there tide Russian move- tt is Woo reportee, tbe Japeuese not conewned over it, feeling AM that the Rut -Atom llre Unable briog door* a atillelent force to pVOVeffective. and espetielly os it leavo them open to tin attack' e flank frout the tea. awhile the Japanese operations Wen Kinehau mid Port Aetbur send with the customary se- oy. Sueli ftne teports an come reference to their doings since the Go of Nandi= Mil am based rumor or supposition. l'ho Tokio correspoudent o the London Daily Telegraph, discussing Ibe ‘trentenclems task involved in the deapture a Port etetbair, SA?,:s that he tievertheless does not doubt that the %Nue feat will be accomplished. otii that it will constitute a mortal 4i. whic1t even succeseed stands Gen. leouropatkin at Moltden, Kirin. or ITarblit will be unable to staunch or heal. It is aaelieued from unceilicial re - Ports of the streent of troops that Jepan is still sending out, that Gen, (Au will bo givert an overwhelming force to enable him to act iadepen- dently of Gen. Kurold, who is also believed to be receiving a consider- able proportion a tho reitiforeemente• Gen. leurohes operations continuo t be conipletelo bidden, IN FRONT OF MURDEN. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the l'etit Parisien says that the Ja- panese have withdrawn their attack- ing lines some distance beyond Liao - Yang. They have moved further -to the north-east, evidently' for the pur- pose a overlapping the Russian left wing. Gen Kouropathin states that everything appears to be going well, but he esks for large reinforcements as soon as possible. Nearly the whole Russian army is concentrated in front of Multden, thus preventing any sudden attack on that place. GEN. ORU'S ARMY. The London baily Telegraph jirints a St. Petersburg desoatch, saying that Gen. Nodzu is now busily super- 4s,ing the landing of a third Japan- ese amity at Talcushan. Two divisions aro going to reinforce Gen. Olm, make .ing his army 120,000, arid the re- mainder , will reinforce Gen. Kuroki, bringing his army up to 110,000 men. The military authorities in St. Petersburg believe that the large and ever increasing Japanese army on the roads -around Muketen end Hai - Cheng makes it clear that the Jap- anese plan of campaign is directed against both of Geo. KouroVatItin's flanks. Meanwhile, it is known that the Japanese are paying extraordin- ary attention to fortifying- their po- sitions in the rear of Nwang-l-Iing. ,e, COURT-ATAI1SHALLED. A desz;atch to the London Daily Mail from Odessa says that seven infantrymen at Poltava, and five at - Kreuientchug were court-eeartailed and shot for leading a mutinous de- monstration against send lug their r„egirnerits to the Far East, shortly before the Czar's recent tour of in- . apieetloa. 'Me ailair was of a sorious at ere, JAPANESE SIEGE TRAI.' A despatch to the London Times fre. Charon says it will take the .la - pan no some little, time to make Dalny and rl'alienwan practicable as 1 a bay*, because the San-Snaritao Ts, - lands have been, connected very skil- fully with tlic maia land by both , obseeva:iou anal ,b1oekaile inines, which sig-zag• oaer a large tield, but p the demolitioa of the Russian works a sh o re was, ineign nage) t end the L rolline stook captured toeet,lier with four locomotives Lakce at Ptilandien Will give the nucleus of railway com- rmunication, which will be available as soon, as the reconstruction of the line is complete. Large quantities railwaY. Pleat, have been arriving frotn Japoit for seine time past, 'As soon as the bay is praetieable a Japanese siege traht will land, and it may be presumed that then the second, army corps tell' quietly in- vest Port Arthur while the third corps and e. specially orgemizeol flying colurtm will co-operate with the fire( corps in aa advance on Illukelele. The correspondent says regarding the elamage at Dalny that it was thirty hours atter the fight beXoe the dePanese were in a Position to occupy the tome During the inter - anarchy prevailed. Such leur., opean norecombataots as were able, to gee passages fled in junks to Cbefoo. The local Chinese ollicials allowed the jail. which contained THE WORLD'S YARKETS REPORTS te'ROM, Ttee" LEADItIG TRADE CENTRE'S. Prices et Cattle, Grain, CI:meg°, and Other Dairy Produce 3fome and Abroad. Teronto, June 7. -Wheat -No. 2 white and red Winter quoted at _ to 94e outside. Sprieg wheat is nominal at 89c east, and goose at 81 to 82e east. hianite1m. wheat is unehanged. .No. 1 Northern, 93e Geereian Bay ports; No. 2 Northern at 90c. and No. 3 Northern, 88c. No. 1 hard is nominal at. 940. Griad- • . mg tronsit prices are 00 above those emoted. Oats -No. 2 white quoted at 1,11.c west. and at 32te low freights to Now York, N. 1 white, 83e east - ad f.Zie. 2 at 32ic east, Barley -No. 2 quoted at 42e mid- dle freights. No, 3 extra, 40 to 40e, apd No. 3 at 33 to Z19e (no freights. I:we-The inareet is dull at un- changed prices, with No, 2 ebippiug pees quoted at 61 to 62e west or east. CorA--lgo, 3 e.meriette yellow quot- ed at 5010 on track, Toronto; 'No. 3- mixed at 5See, Canadian eera about 200 cutthroats, to be forme neminal at 41 to 150 west ,for soued mid until the T..,..artived and grain. estored order the jail biros bad tee!R ibe nicirket Is eriet, with fre run of the towee pr ces atom A a N Ilticewheae-No. 2 quoted at dee outside. Flour -Ninety per colt. pet outs tine augeti at $3.70 to $3.73 uiddle ights for domestic use, but ere not worth over $3.60 for export. Straiglit rollers of special brands for tioneeetic trade quoted at $1.25 to $4.50 in eblo. Maaltoba dours are steady. No. 1 patents, ece.$0: No, 2 patted% $4.60 told strong bee. ors'. 84.40 on track. Toronto. eillheed-liran. is doll at ;17, and shorts at $16 hero, At outeide points bran is quoted at $15.50 and shorte at $16.50. elemiteba hrao, in sacks. e18 and sborte at $20 here, TO FORTIFY 1111,31N. epatelt tothe London Thne foSeoW sayS It is stated tea rbin 'will be fortified against tito tiogence of a siege, irrespective expellee, 'Tito heavy siege guns eatly eent to the Far East are Uy deetined for tide purpose, and titer considerable number will enlOved for *he Same purpoeo Cronstailt and other liret.clatie ortr Gen. RouropatIchea nionth ago that it, probe. bly, would be oecessary toreirein front ilireetilt attempting to naVe Vert Arthur and the I.Alao-Tung pro-. montory, produced an intensely pain - tut effect in vourt circles. It is said that the Czar at first refused to be. Dove the expediency of welt a con- fession of Ruseia's military itepo. tette% and it was only after detailed eplanations front Gen. Rourcipatkin at the Emperor would ageee to ac- t tbeeituation. Tills painful On- ion bas Wen intenselled by Oen. opateines further insistence up. n the necessity for providing be. for a retreat eortlt Oren so •••••••••.....1 SONERSJN ,54Inumt. Adviees received at St. Petersburg by Man front Tomsk. Western Siber. a, report the arrival there of a, dee tachnient of Japanese prisoners, con- sisting or twenty-six 011ieerS and Itm Men, the ifeiajority of whom are eta - ors. All were in geed, bealtb.„ Tb officers were sent . to the Officers' Club, whilethe men were quartered In the riding sebool. Food allow- ance has 'been granted the officers of $25 to $62.50 monthly, while the :enlisted men receive eight cents Workinen have reached Lake Delkel to f.;onsteuct wireless tele- graph stations for conuouideation across that body .of water. THE CZAR'S. ORDERS. The Paris Petit journal bas a dos - patch from St. Petemburg stating that the Czar bas issued an order in- structing Gen, Stoessel, in the event of the capture of the fortross by the Japanese, to blow up the fortifica- tions, the banks and the most im- portantbuildings. The fleet, the 'Czar orders, must make the greatest effort,even to tho ,oxtent of risking partial destructlem, to cet Rs way out to reach VladivostOck. It must on no account be ittuereederea. According to the reports of the cbief naval constructor at Port Ar- thur:, the repairson the Retivizim will be completed in a week or tWO., The Czarevitch will be Toady for ser- vice in a few 'days. Tee work on.. the Pallada has beea completed, and sbe has been reinstated. ia service. It, is believed that the coal reserves at Port' Arthur are exhausted. - UNREST IN RUSSIA. Thousands of Political Arrests Are Reported. A. London despatch: says.: -The Standard prints further statements concerning the grave enrest -and ag- itation throughout Russia, The Writ- er claims to havothe authority of A police official for stating that there were 1,000 political •arrests during the last ten iweeks in the Provinces of Klett Podolia and Volhynia. All the. Accused were dealt with under the :administrative police iaw. They are not arraigned before the regular tribunals, but disappear .absolutelY iron the ken of their friends. A despatch to the Meriting Post from Warsaw declares that it is ab- solutely untrue, as was .re'cently stated, that hundreds of Persons were executed in Warsaw as the re- sult of the reeent rioting there. Pro- bably not .ntore than fifty persons were arr,ested: The rioting 1,1ots : tame affahe :The despatch, admits that the physical force party is strong, and undoebtedly. dangerou S , but says its hour has eie;t, arrived. Socialism is being propagated rapide. 1Y,•• " A NEW STEEL PROCESS. Expected to Greatly :F.teduce.., Cost of Nanufacture. A despatch from New York says:- . Steel and iron men throughout the world will be ietereeted to lenria accotding to The 'Herald, that James Gayley, Vice-Presidert of the States Steel Corporation, efter a ()D' SeriCS of experiments, hae prae- tieally perfected a new prams for making steel, which he believes will .o:eiitly, reduce the co5:)L of ananufac- . ,u re. , stateti, 111.0 Gayloy rocees is a, modification, of the Bes- semer Tyr ur, °SS , tvhlcli revolu ti, i zed .he iron and steel industry. 'The 1r00O3 will be mmlied in the menu - acture of pig an as well as eteel, / COUNTRY PRODUCbt. Drie‘l apples -Trude is very dull, nd prices Are uneltanged. at 8 to etcp erlh. Evaporated apples, 610 per lb. Betinse-Prime beaes are quoted itt $1.50 to $13,10. and hand picked $1.65 to 81.70. lIops-The market is uncbAnged 28 to 32e, aecordiug to quality. Iftinee-The market la quiet. at 6 o 70 per lb. Comb quiet, at eleo 0 $1.7. My -Timothy quoted at $9.50 1. $10.25 a ton on track. Toronto. Strew --The market is quiet, with prices unehanged at $5.30 to 0 on aok, Toronto. Maple Syrup -The market is quiet et $1. Per Imperial gallon. Potatoes -Car lots are quoted at 5 to 00e per bag on track, here, a - larding to quality. Poultry-Chieltens, 12 to 13c per Ile; turkeys, 15 to 17e per lb. fer fresh eilled, sample, 40 to 59e. Corn -No. 3, 50 to 520; July, 49/ to 592e asked, CATTLE MATMET. Toronto, June 7. -Export -The dee mand for export cattle is just now very good, and. it is said, is likely to be so from this out right through the season. The clase of export cat- tle offering to -day was oak' to be not gait° up to the recent offerings, bwiettrefotirtuay114sthialitatitabse tjheeelcbeeenit'ealtlieldt have been so far this season. Quite it few loatia sold et $5.30 to $4.35. Some of the buyers said they. were not able to get, all the cattle they weuted, and would, have to look to Chicago, as they, could not stand Um high prices which cattle are commanding in the home market. Butchers -The demand for botehers' cattle was particularly active, with buyers complaining they were pay- ing more for cattle Chart they were worth. As high as 84.70 was paid to -day for cettle that a week ago could have been bought 25e to 300 per cwt. less, So keen is the de - mane. for butcher cattle just now that there are the usual Conapieints around the Market, of some buyers being allowed to get into the market 1 as early as three o'clock in the morning, Ono buyer said to -day *het, be was in the market at 3,30 Ithis morning And found that, the part. ticultir klact of cattle be was looking I for had all been Picked up. It is "raid thet some of the cattle aro to seppland thee the soil in their 'bought, up *hos early by SPPeldat"s' Miehlearlieeel is apt to beeome ren- y wife sell them off ogohl to thO loeol itarainoted, olid tient contaminetion in wholesale men, who must have tho i Ili sooner or later carried by aeepege itt to the well. Fortenately the sod I. en excellent filtering and eleameing, agent. but it is only able to dispose THE FARM WATER SUPPLY THE ONE GREAT SANITARY REQUISITE. Tests Show That the Majority of Wells to be Little Better Than Cesspools. Some rather startling faets in re- gard to the w.ater supply of our farms, ebeeee fectories and creameries were beought out at the conference of dairy instructors and experts lield in Ottawa laeit fall, the official i•eport 01 which is r,ow being distributed by )1r. J. A. Ruddick, Chief of the Dairy Division, Ottawa. In discus -- sing the sanitation of the cheese fae- tories and creameries, ler, Coneen, bacteriologiet ae the leingston Dairy Schoel, pointed out that one greet sanitary requisite is good water. Most of eur factories obtain their water front shallow wells, only a few using water front deep wells, spriw, creees or rivers. Good water can le secured: front shallow or serfaco wells, yet such water is always clas- sided as saspicious by sanitarians oben it. is need for &hieing purposes. The reason. for this sinaply Is that such water is ground water, 'derived by e'.epage through soil of the rain: or =Ow water. Shallow wells ar usually plated quite c/ose to the houees or factoriee which they are ratitettt att) StoelierS and Feeders -There is good, steady market for good stock er cettle and ellen-keep feeder rriees 411,0 firm of a certem amount of contaminating Shoop and Lamoseenere were no ematerial. Such elieeosal takes time, changes in t.no quotations to_day. so that if there is particularly Hogs -There sees an imusually heavy rain, the contaminating mate heevy rue of hogs to -day, amountlag ter mair be carried ter into tlie earth to between 8,,re00 and 4,000. 7.144, below elui purifying layer, and thee innrket, hewever, was steady at the advance of the early part ot the week, srelecto are quoted firm ot 0.25. lights and fats at $5. POSTAL NOTES unthanged INTO THE WELLS. large amount 01 this route, ealerial ends its way into the earth becoraes "souree," eau no longer clispoSe of or pare the waete, which tends to SOAL: in and mix with the ground wa Some =face wells are eo coestru ed as to be nere eurfeee drainage pits; that in they are not ralexel above the surr011ndln-,r, motto, lienee receive the stulaeie washing di- 7-1, rect. Farmers and makers crepe to calize that it serfage well does not get its water from se= hidden Canadian Foetal notes, if properly source below, but is eimply itvol-1 drawn for payment at their respec- lading' reservoir for the groend Weeo tive offices, Provided the notes are ter derived from rain and MOW war egular in every purticular. fillow ter. And further, that if tile soil United States Authorities Use Inatructions, *to Ottawa, despatch says e-Tbe oet-oftice Department hes received it. iy of the instritetieus issued by peetal seuthoritlee ot "Washingtou which oftect Canademo. it says: "PostMosters et money order of - in the United States may pay THE DAIRY MARKETS. liaLtere-We quote : Finest 1. -lb, Is, 14 to 15c; ordinary to good large roils. 12 to 1,1e; medium and lower grades, 10 to lle:. creamery prints, 17 to 18e; solid% 16 to 17c. Eggs -Case lots are Felling At 15c per "dozen. Cheese -Old quoted at lietc, par lb. and ztew at Of to fiec, tho latter for twins. ritODUCTS. We quote 7.-11aconlong clear, 8 to Sic. xer lb. in rese lots, Mess pork, $17; do. short cut, $18.50. Smoked meats-Ifions, light to me- dium, 12ec; do. heavy, lleit to 12c; roes, 0 to 9(4 shoulders, 10c; baeks, 1,2/ to 14c; breakfast bacon laic. Lard -The demand is fair, with prices unchanged. We quote :-Tier- ces, 7,1e; tubs, 8c; pails, Sic. RUSINESS AT MONTREAL, Montreal, June 7.-Cab1e bids ort Manitoba Spring wheat were lower to -day. Offers of considerable quan- tities of No. 3 oats were mado at 3.7c, and of No. 2 at 88c, stores. Peterboroughs are quoted at 85e in store. Peas were about steady, at 71c afloat Montreal; No. 2 barley, 50c; No. 3 extra, 49c; NO. 2 rye, 62c. Flour -Trade is rather dull, and many regard the following prices as above the market. We quote :-Manitoba patents, $4,90 to $4,95; strong bakers', $4.60 to 84.- 05; Winter wheat patents, $4.80 to $5; straight rollers, $4.50 to $4.65; straight rollers, in bags, 82.15 to $2.25. Feed -The 'market NVE11 quiet; Manitoba bran, in bags, $19; shorts, $21 per ton; Ontario bran, in buile, $18.50 to $19; shorts, $19.50 to $20; mouillie, $26 to $28 per ton. Rolled oatt--Thc market is firm; dealers are asking $2,32} for bags, and $.90 in barrels,on trod:. Provisioris-Ireavy Calia'dian short cut pork, $17.50. to 818; light short cut, $17 to $17.50; American fat backs, $1.7.50; compound lard, 6?-, to 7c; Canadian lard, (”} to 7?,c; kettle rendered, 8/ to 0 -be; hams, 11 to 13e; bacon, 13 to 13c; fresh kill- ed abattoir hogs, $7.85 to $7.50; live hogs, $5.40 to $5.60. Eggs - New laid, 15 to 15c. Dater -Pull graSs, 17 to 174,e; Western dairy, 18 to 14c. Cheese -Ontario, 8,/ o Sc; best lticbee, 8 -lc 'UNITED STATES MAREETS. Buffalo, June 7-1'l onr-Firrn. "Wheat -Nothing doing. Corn -Unset- tled; No. 2. yellow, 593c; No. 2 co)n, 56/0.. Oats -Steady; No. 2 white, 47e. Barley-eVestern, 53 to 55c. oskcd in store. .:ilye-No, 2 offered at 80c through billed. Minneapolis, Minn., -i 0110 7.-1vVheat 84e: Sept., 82ee: on track, 'No. 1 hard, 96e; No. 2 Northern, 96;c: NO. 2 Northern 93Ze. , Flour patente, $5.1.0 to $5.20; eece ond pa,tente, $5 to $5. to: first Oi $3 • 60; second clears, $2.55. In. bulk, $17 to $17,50. Milwaukee. June 7. -Wheat --No. 1 oetlierne 0,8,e; No. 2 Northern; to 97e1 old July, 011e, bid. Rye -- No.. le 771c. Barley -No. 2 eace TICKS F1101 TRE ErAPPENINGS FROM A Vete; GDOBE. Telegraphic Beiefs From Our and Other Countries ot Recent Eveete. CANADA. A Canadian survey pareydeft V eouver on Saturday, to begin tho Al- aska boundary survey. Winnipeg bus exed the annual lic- ense fee for cigarette dealers at 8.50. The Hamilton drill hall is about to ovEv Own he extended at it cost of S150,001 Corp. 'Thomas Walsh, of Wolseley Barracks, London, bee fallen beir to o fortuee of $50,000 ie Ireland, A lawyer will be appointed on tito Staff el Queen's eleivereity, Kineoton, 1.0 give lectures on medical turispru- deece, T. De SelireYaor, of Auckland', New Zealand, stated in Montreal that his mission in this cqueery was to estAle- lob o direct ntewnship fine between ° Zealand and Canada. eIAT BRITAIN. rice season la London rst in years, of the Royal Commis - On the 'volunteer and tnUitlit practically reeomreeznis oon- rttiversity Athletic It a Oxford and Cam- -eitiee, bus feet chal- vard end Yale to bold thug in Loinlee, thiu 'NNIED S1ATIS. Col. flE. 8. Quay, eertior Se • oemaseevanie, died et Butler, on Saterday. A patient in it New York hospit was shot itt the left Meg en heart, is recovering. is elaieaed that a, leper has 4 At the New Orleaus le.earett that five more are en tho w to complete recover,v. At the trial of David McSweezey manslaughter of Edward News. th, N.Y., the dead man's licart t4on of tho cliest whore the penetrated were set up as eT„ Hifi says thet ho greet, slime. end cices !mild more. because g so in American tIer than in Euro - Teed lee of ison and bang - tree os did de Van Al- usly. Both club. 0. evidence of alteration of come- in the neethberhooe o ouce it well tion, hear legible impressions of the lesitttre.ted with Loop water an date, stamps of the issuing offices, and are presented for payment with- itt twelve months from. the date ot ssue." RABIES THREATENS TOWN Mad Dogs Bite 200 Cows in Seta. bal, Portugal. A Lisbon despa,telt Says :--Tbtt Por- tugueee town ot Setubal, whielt hos house or factory draining% that soot or later these evill make their wa. into the well. Prof. Shuttea chemical on farm well water havo shown jority of the wells to be little het. ter than cesepoole. Front 100 to 200 setnolee a year ere analyzed. at the, el -walled laboratory of the Central Experimental Vann, and not one - Mat of these can be passed as safe 130.000 inhabitants, is threatened itnd" wholeeome. By far the greater 'with an epidemic of hydropnobia, n»iubter are utterly corelentnotl. while Recently a mad dog bit thirteen, tters are reported as suspiciou% ether Ninnies and these in tura wenteepattin3, them In the category a mad and bit 200 goats and ode% those that are unsafe to use. The which supply the town with miliceAll bacteriological examinations of Pr, the animals were killed and 000 Connell, and Prof, Itarrison of the1 As a result of the depression eaus- clicese destroyed, but the precautions Ontario Agricultural College, ehow ed by the war thousands of Russian were not taken till two days after eimiler resoles. Dr, Comte!' men- warliolgaum are the incident. The authorities fear etioned thee out of a donna factory1 The French Government is inform - it. suiei 'vino a switch oral extinou- o ishing a signal light trttin wrealiers ditebed a heavy veal traln enthe anor Valley branch ef tbo 1ztusyl- ilit Railroad, MUing o `PW and seriously iujuring Chit, son of 'Wu Tin Chineee Minister to ti- ecl es, and now Vlco-Vresident. of ti "I811 BOMA at Pekin, has been gr ktated at the head of his eloss in the Atlantic: City, N. de Irigh School, GENERAL. Australia is consideriug the advis- ability of bonusing iron works. Dr. Castellani, it baeteriologist el Colombo, Cet Ion. hal; discovered the bacillus of eysentery. quantities of tho eontaizinated milk and cheese have been consumed, and aro lookieg in trepidation for some signs of the dread affection. LOST IN" THE FLOOD. waters emit him last stunmer not one ed that 'I'urkish troops burned 43 was found fit for use. AU were bad- ly contaminated, and for drinking - purposes would be ilranediately eon. - (lemma. Later Dr. Connell had an opportunity of seeing two of the 'wells from which the eraeples; were Northwest Mounted Police Post SupplieSwept Away. tai -en. Both were subject to direct, s gross coutamination from drainage A despatch from Ottaeve says :-..- water lying under the factory floors, The flood this spring at :AthabaSea . tmti. streams of dirty slime could bo Landing swept away it quantity rot n„no ,,,„.„.,,,,,,,_. Into the wells about supplies intended for the NorthWest rotrr , f-colrb-elow the surface. Both Police post at the mouth of the Mac- these waters were very foul. so foul kenzie River, and the authorities, Armenian villages and killed the itt- )iabitants. Seliolars in the secondary schools 01 Russia are to be carefully in - acted as to the causes awl signifi- cance of the war. WILL FLY VTR A 131W). Teacher as Invented. New Form of Airship, A St. Catharines desoatch say: IL St. Catharines man named -J. R. that animals would not, touch. them. have arranged to have a fresh con - it has "mineral" one in the section. probe leo Colkeee, clams to have invented trier from San Francisco. thela practical airship. Mr. Dalmeida: aby becauso sulphuretted hydro - been found, however, that the Ilud-has now completed his machine, and gen of decomposition causes an odor son. Rev Company will be able to convey 'the necessary supplies to the water. matte his first flight by its aid. It somewhat like that of natural sulphur. 'opts m the course of a few days to north, arthough their boats will not leave Athabasca, Landing until the middlo of July. The mission boa,t, which was used to take the police from Herschel Is- land to the mainland at the mouth of the Mackenzie, has been wrecked, and the 13ishop of that district has filed a demand for compensation. No action will be taken until a report h'a's been received froni the police in the matter. . soot a wen. geetreed, termed Dalineida, one 91 the teachers at Ride signment forwarded by whaling, stea- ORGANIZED CAR TIIIEVES, Admission of the Wife of the Pro- prietor of it Big Store. A despatch from Chicago says :- Tn the arrest of Michael Donovan the police believe they have begun the disruption of an organized band of car thieves, whose depredations in recent years have cost be rail- roads nearly $1,000,000. The. police say that the man's wife talib them that her husband, who is considered wealthy by his neighbors, was selling only stolen goods in a. big store which he halt been operating for a number of years. When Donovan. was arrested Um police say that he eonfessed to having received stolen goods from the car thieves during the last fifteen years. DISEASE IN MEN AND BEAST. Consumption. Attacks Both Alike Prom Sallie, Sources. A despatch reem. London pun stiailet'Le -me--H LIOD ownerpun tiosidranstroo sumptiott are identical. Such is the find n g• of the British Royal Corn - mission contained in 011. interim re- port justissuedit states that •ex- p.oriments prove that the disease pro- duced by tuberculous nlatar iel, whe- ther of human or bovine origin, was identieal!, both in broad general fea- tures and in finer hietological de- tails -that is, With. 1:0g0.1d lo jis Effects upon the tissues. The, finding 11 imeortant, ae it shows the possi- IMPROVEerieNT NECESSARY. A factory well cannot be kept un- contaminated, so long as the drain- age and whey disposal system of the is constructed of liglit but tougli and strong bamboo, and is built to re- seMble as closely as poesible the shape of a bird. The wings, con- Structed of bamboo and silk canvas factory is not carefully looked after, of be.autifuller fine and durable texture, so that the first essential for a, p'tire are fashioned of the exact model of water supply from the ordinary well is good drainage. Next is the proper construetion of the well, including its covering,. so as not to perinit sur- face washings flowing in. As Prof. Shutt pointed out, this drainage matter, apart from its actually pois- onous character, is the very material upon which microbes and gronns live, to Toronto, alter which he will start and water polluted from the barn- on a trip to St. Louis to the World's yard, privy, etc. is always loaded Fair, where a prize of $100,000 is with countless millions of bacteria. It offered for a machine that will en - is impossible to turn out first-class able a man to fly. dairy products where sueli water is used, so even from the dollars -and - cents standpoint, improvement in this resnect is imperative. It is not the smell or appearance of water that denotes its condition. Many sann.ples of water, which to the sense of smell or sight or taste rotary Arnold -Forster, answering a, are perfect, ye.t simply reel; with question in the liouse of Commons on. filth. The bacteria which we cannot ThersdaY, said the Government had detect by our senses are far more no intention of proposing to Parlia- dangerous than those which we can ment the introduction of a system. of detect. conscription, as recommended by the Royal Commission, of the volunteer and militia force. a bird's wing. Each wing has an area of 84feet. They are worked by it most ingenious but strikingly sim- ple system. Of levers, which are ITIOV- vd by pressure of the operator's feet. The inventor expects to have it trial trip la a few days, rend if everything goes sataSfactorily he will then cross AGAINST CONSCRIPTION Government Will Not Carry Out Recommendations. A London 'despatch says: War Sec - POLICE FOR HUDSON 33.47.. Ten Men to Leave :Regina 1 or That District This Week, • • • • . despatch a.from Regina. says :- On Jnep ,9 a contingent of ten Mem- bera of the. Northwest Mounted Pole 110 will leave here for Fludson.'s Bay, going' by v:aly of Montreal. They .are going to strengthen the contingent eent iip there lest year, .11 having been found that there was an unex- pectedly large amount of work for HEAVY SENTENCE, Imposed Upon Two Ex -Convicts for Purse -Snatching. A Now York clesnateli says: Ttecord- er Cori has sentenced John Crane and Arthur Nagle to nine years wad six months in prison for stealing thirty C:01111. The men ere ex-cOn- viet,s, it is said, panel were found gall- ty of holding up a woman hi Thirty - Third street. ,t1'he fact that her them to do up there. The men en- purse, which: they suatCheei; wa al gage for tWo .,service. elaspee-- mest empty did .not lemen tit,* 2 aL\::liitchio tvili conuna.neL taint° eyen of the court. ' DO ION' PARLIA ENT. Notee of Proceedings in of Commons. G. T, PACIFIC. House of Conanome na,1 seal of approval controental itellway 1)111 ust five o'clocis, on Frid /naming, after on all night sesal by a makfrity of 40 vote% The t 'eacifieg having been disposed of, aeasare now goes up to the Snate for the fe‘torable consideration that body. J'AUMEIiS' 13,ANIC. lIr. Guthrie applied f'or leave present a petition aeking for an Aet. incerperating the Farmers" Bank 04 Canada,., The eetiiion was allowed - READ A leeRST 'TIME. Tee following, tells were .rea.cl me:--- Respectieo tle Montreal Tenni a Railway toil (Bons*xen ,ture). f Ileseecting lhe Central a:ice Co. -Mr. Aeorrieon. 1 Respecting; the Ottawa . ance Co. -Mr. Rcoamood. To locorporate the Xingston ited ,Doaaretir;ien. Central. Itaitwey Co. --ter. ur Mr. Guliirie biU to itulerul tbn 1 Crinlinai Code was dropped Sir Rieliard Certwright's hill to amend the tlenerel Inepectien Act ees given it drst reading. Ife !livened that its principal obteet waa educe nellle of the excessive flae! undlr the old .Aot. Inswr- SALE OIP SEEDS. The following retie/1410n Wan eet.ond reading: - "That it is expedient to pees restrieting the sale of seeds, of grasses, clovere, or forego ,plants, seed for the purpose of seed- ino. containing the seeds of certein a%srevels; establiebing standard of timothy, red clover, auel alake Sef4P0 'Marked .No. 1,' or othere-Ise' deelg- , UQUI as being of 8st qualit; pro - for the xan1h1atlon of euch xis, and 'providing' eenelties for t the Aot." dd that the bill w not atttempt to de -- seeds, but Merely um grade that Act would be - 1905. 'lire bill last year had stilled at the ro- of seedulen. areount of bad neared favnter, botil for and against it was tbe ention of the vernment to put the bill through eession. Ile would present the spondence referred to, to tho use. Some 30,000 copies of the hill hod beea distributed among farmers road Farmers' Instetutee. Fisher then introduced 0, bill unded upon the resolution, ri dee p of CIIEESE CURING STATIONS. A return brought down gives the ost of constructing and oreerating . -mese cool curing rooms under Gov- rneztt auspices. Tile buildings itt We cost $8.819 and the ma- r 1,219. The east of the purchased was $6.015, and he revenue from its sale $6,680, At t. Hyacinthe the buildings cost 09, the nie.chinery $1,e08. The cost of tlie -cheese purchased in 1003 was $257 and tie, revenue $281. This year the cost of cheese was 53.- 540 and the revenue $1.115, but all the cheese Is not yet sold. At Woodstock, Ont., the buildings cost 57,567 and the machinery $5,194. The cost of cheese was 58,255 and the revenue 53,337. At 13rockvi1le the buildings cost $7,447, machinery 51,266; cost of cheese, 51,620; rev- enue, 81,706, S READ A THIRD TIME. Tfie following bills were read the third time and passed :- Respecting the Nicola„ ICandoops, and4Similkameen Coal and Railway Goa:L.)4r, Cannier. Respecting the Tillsonburg, Lake Erie, and Pacific Railway Co. --Mr. Calvert. Respectieg the Toronto and Ilamile ton Railway Co. -Mr. Calvert. Respecting, the Temagami Retilway McCool. Respecting the Hamilton, Grimsby, and Beamsville Electric Railway Co. -Mr. German. Respecting the Lake Erie and Dee trait River Railway Co. -Mr. Suth- erland (Essex). TO PROTECT TIMBER. Mr. Lancaster was informed by Mr. Sifton that on the recommendation of the Canadian Forestry Associa- tion, when the new transcontinental railway was under construction, an efficient service would be organized to protect timber on DbllainiOn lands from lire, and similar arrangements would be made with the provinces where protection to timber leads owned by the provinces was required. The question, of examining the water sources of Canada was under the consideration 0! the Forestry Branch.. CANADA AND FRANCE. Mr. Casgrain was told by the lfin- istor of Trade that negotiations are in progress with the Armstroag firm for sit iepsbt ua It/ seirisi f ug a Nicistyleca oef t ona-attnse between Canada and France. ARREST OF MINORS, Mr. Lancaster's amendment to the Criminal Cde \las tkcii up to pro- s'? TF, aopun enoStat no/Tn oPTA arrested his parents or guardians shall be given an opportunity to be. -present before the accused be requir- ed to elect how to be ivied, 11 there are no parents or guardians present the liouseholders 111151-e the person charged resided Should be notified. mr. Fitzpatriek the eght. 21 too olU anaille:rsere it:anuanz2eei.efe:1 th•.;•.1 e t the g*a shiouId 10. -1,1 a 11 y hardened C'..e4n.., i