HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1904-10-27, Page 7ARES MIMED BY RIVER
The Big Battle Has Practically
.Werrt Itself Out.
THE' WORLD'S MARKETS
REPORTS FROM THE IrEADING
TRADE CENd:B,ES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese,
and Other Dairy Produce
at Home and Abroad.
Western Market today, trade on the
whole showed a considerable itaprov-
ment in all lines. The supplies of
choice and fair butchers' were larger
and competition was stimulated in
theee. by the requirements & buyers.
Many farmers and drovers were buy-
ing feeders for reshipment to the
country. A steadier tone wes no-
ticeable in the market for export ewes
iTiotearontnofi. red
ivnt5e1sodeti2.--.-Wata—td buck11
ed.
No. 2 and, sheen, but lambs w
w„pre
sefete points lewer.
at outside points. No, 2 goose Tho aggregate 'lumber Ca' elwie°
f
uominal at 86 to •87c east, and.blAteberS' cattle brought orward
2 Spring at 97c east, ito.ba was eardlY more than 6 " 7 load's'
FORCES FA,ClE "1'0 FACE. the Japariese lft ecrossed the ditin
Ilun wheat, ermer; ade 3. Northern quoted These wi•ro scarceiy sufficient to epee
River. thus preveritiug Russian liank- at $1 04; No. 2 Northern at $1:01, 1sfY the wants of the trade and
in li u_ dee says t— fie, movement The, ceptered, e -e, , .e. - — , „ e
ea and -No. a „Northern ea n8e, ueorge competition was inclined to be brisk
:A deepateb fro f k
The big battle has practically worn '''' ' " ' ' i . a till all were sold.
teries and did excellent work. The ian Bay ports. Grinding in ionsi , du„the I
itself Mit- leaving the two armies ' " . was stimulaaed in feeders
e...,,e, , , . - . Jananese centre and rigist -armies prices are 6c above those quoted. I and Buying by a fairly ledge call
'0.-Islo cam °thee, with the Sha
liver as the dividiug line. held their line throughoot, -working oats—No. 2 white is q-----tat
forward together excellently, The 010e low freights and at 01 to 31,1c from the country for ca,ttle for feed -
On the .151, the Russians are in a whole Ja,panese force now holde north end, weet No 1 neW
A white ing purposes during the winter. Buy.,
DIED OF HICCOUGHS,
Pate of Clergyman of Methodist
Episcopal CI -lurch.
A ;Greenwielf, Conn., despatch says;
The Rev. Dr, Galen A. Spencer, a
clergy -mail of the Methodist Jr:episcopal
Oblureti, dies here at ble home in
Chlureb, street on Wedneeday night,
atter an illness of only a few daye. At; tdie seeeen of the year, when
Ihiade eheeifiedn tayy-itly irreeeguyleaarreetiaorlgtie.
ot .1a(3 for winter, the dairy cows ere apt
fareiers are extremely beey preparieg
several Years, but had frequeetlY to be negleeteci. Frequently they are
preached here in Congregational and
, left to pick a scanty living from bare
PresbYterian as wen 0.• Met1):°d1-5'' pastures and the fence comers of
churches. grain Fields, exposed, to all the in-
Dr- Spencer was tai`en with' 1.ft- clemencies of the autumn weather.
coughs last Thereday, and when The highiy arganwea dairy cow is
liorne remedies were unavailing to iaery
BARE OF THE DAIRY OOW
SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM
INCLEMENT WEATHER.
The Autumn Is a Very Critieal
Period for the Highly Or-
ganized Dairy Cow.
check otnhedem °owl!
sw changes in the weather, and nothing
,couidsebeosimtiVo:tdoettlitidlod:taairaltocdet:o'ennoie_.
looking the Slut River, -Well their • is 5 ea y a -.,c CSL,
4 e the number of cattle aveilable for t • a •• - ninlk is often so ineterially lessened
were teied -unsuccessfully :
ood posttion on 1 high hill over- a 44 4- 4 +. 11 AV, ' .^. ' tl d'st'll rias coatinued but means `a- laical milk production. The flow of
\''' "" t ti 1 . . g of th battle but ie i N 2 til Friday ftornoon when the na- r,1 - -
` ane ome .,s prareneee,y see salno as - t d t 393
and probe- 4-40, and No, 3 at 42e riliddie - hours, after which the trouble return-
nd frequent infantry attaels.s. the normal etandard during the sein-
en almost continuous bombardment armies are ii,"0„ resting, " stricted
freights., The la-rge offerings of sheep did ed with much greater eidlenca I
ter. Exposure to storms and lying,
On the right the Russians are us-
bave held since oet.„adth. desiate a te aeginnia e , ey— o. quoted at 5 to 4 )c tient appeared relieved for a few 'tie
fifteen niiles further aorth The zu'ddle freights No 3 extra 40 to this purpose seemed to he more re- at it cannot be brought back to
. .
bly will not move for several days.
A correspoodent with the Roasiaa
centre telegraphs that the Japanese
are appareatly satisfied with having
atopped the Russian advance, and
have brought, their own. linee to the
Sha River.
Tho Standard's correspondent with
Oen. Kurolti saye that deeisive 01
teate have eeriously weaketied
orale ef the Russian troops. quote 1 at•$ . 5 to buyers'
Was eVident in the latter phases ot Saelca, east or west. Straight eel- aetiVa a" Solna ba)'ers dial 2191 4)1)"
the tighting that they were increas- lers of special brands for domestie all they wanted.
e 4
not cause prices to sag but rather A couneil of ahysiaians e- . . !on the cold, damp ground at nig
64e at oliteide points. i the market for ewes Steadied itself, day evening that. an. operation
lag mortars in an endeavor to dis- aasiTriot °ear leed to a decreased flow
Peas,—The market is dull at 63 to
lodge the Japauese frO01, a setall hill Corno.No, 3 Amcricae yellow ettfoidlIa‘,aribs :were weaker. Cull sheep for imperetive, as their diegnosis of the x,itd,d b,it iiiey are very apt to cause
'n the last plain. Owing to the ouiceering purposes were unchauged, Case was that Mr. Spencer was euf- tudifer troahlea, rheumatism anti otber
- it would be necessary to use a in terotations. Calves were ac high- tering from internal complications ta;s„ _ a , . ____ ssaa, a,,„.,
ed at. 62ee on track, Toronto, an
No, e mixed at 611.e. Canadian este., aim J11 bOX"V 's,sm"..7' '''''
v...V011$ in crossing the Sha River, er and the buying thereof was a that cooed be relieved in no other 'de'd"-e...„
-corn is aominal at 53 to 5de west. 1 -' n It 's therefore athieable t
which has not been bridged. way. The operation reselted suc- I"
Ilye—No. 2 quoted at 65e at o ,see that the conee get a sufficient se:p-
ut-It'll:A'
... 4. ,good trade was reported 1 easefully for a time, but on Tuesdey i
aide pointe,
wilt of suitable food during this crit-
viattr_i/inety per cent. patents ere nunich elows,a \vial VtilileisS,011.brelit NAvut; t.be hice,el!illte returned and with then). ice"' perioa. and that the' are. pro,
Home TruteasEllI JAP LINES,
A deapateh from St. Peterabtirango. an steady.a came -that • . teeted front atorms ;Suring the day
oeys suspensitin of operatiou. and comfortably atelded at night.
below l'ituaden continues. 1t, is hint- LIJNCHED WITH THE KING. That eminent dairy authority, Prof.
ingly reltict•ant to. Stend up against trade, in barrels. $4,75 to $4.85,1 The range ot Prices in exPOrters'
the Japanese infantry. lt will be Manitoba flours, unchanged, No. 1' w4" ncnia°41)3(' $4 to $4'85 Per vwt"
&eine .thee before they can =aye patents. $15.70i No, 2 patents, $3,- j-ilto Prices Prevailing foe butchers'
good tneir terrible lessee. Tile elle 40 and etrong bakers', $5,30, on
4 cattle were as follows :—Ilest hutch-
traels, Toronto, ers' $4.15 to $1,40; fele to good
/ifillfeed—At. outeitie points bran flaoiarasc,og:83a2t.295 tt L3'23°.; Ilwatm° t°
is quoted aa $14,50 to 315 and
shorte at *17,50 to 818, Mkiitoba Tile foilOwing were tile quotations
for stockers end feeders) :—Stoelters,
bran in Baena 's19 aad simile at calves; 400 to 600 lbs., best, $2.75
, s l
23.. to 32.90; medium, 32,40 to $2,75;
inferior and roughs, 81.7a to $2.40;
COUNTRY PRODUCE. stockers, 000 to 900 lbs. best, 83
Ileaas--Prime beans are quoted at to $3,40; inedium, $3 to 83.25:
three batteries sveut too far east $1,"Ei to LAO. owl baud -Picked at roughs, 82.40 tO $2,80; feedere 950
— ,lieeelfer of the liiumeeota FA:periment
flevelurquent should be looked for °facers of American WarshiPs at i Station, has given considerable atten-
,
eastward, but, whether On the part Buckingham, Palace. tion to this sebjeet, and some of his
of the JaRalleSa or Ileselane is
reVealed,
ed in military circles that the newt
A Lencion despatch :rays: 'Mpg 14a-lexperimeats Ansi conclusione are well
UOt d 'Illiuraday night. reporte that ward, on Thursday, entertained at worthy of ecieeideration by oWners of
PalleSe are iri conaparts
on. The japariese failed to gap-
e many prietnierfa but 1113 victory
none the less devisive. it will
'tiro the numerical superiority of
Japanese army for an indefini
led.
Another corresponthait aseribee the
loss of Japanese guns on Oct. 16 to
over-cenlidence, Five battalions end
• Was quiet along the frent on luncheon at Iluekinghain Palaee the aeows. 121 the course of ail a'rtICIC' on
Inesday, and that In spite of the officers of the A,ruericen warshipe uow the fall cere of cows he says:—
condition of tho country 1 at Gravesand, the guests including One night or even a few hours o
ds, which. are lieseribed as seas• ReareAchniral Jewell, •commandieg cold rain eaums an enormoils shriek -
the European Noittirop, of the North age of milk, Food, 'comfort, and eon -
show great enterprise iu examin- Atlantic deet; Captain Colby, of theytentment are the prime factors i
mud, the Russian scouts continue .
g the Japanese positions. A de- eruieer Olympia; Lieuts. Watts and -successful dainsiug, and it is not too
tarliment of tWe 'hundred Cossacks ,JTecwweelili; aAidnelsbaosasattiloier steaulT004fteA, tisueetirritelimuch tTonsallyriithrtalat cso,;nrio.%r:errisoli,
ese left south-westward from the tary White, anti Captain Stockton,
the yorvo, attache at the American 'ro feed well but disregard the bodi
Tuesday night reconnoitred the Jap-
lcoad where it eroses the Schili comfort.. or the cow is to court
ver through the villages •of ITalt. ErnbassY. Adedral Lord Walter
santai, tradoustunPu, end Sandi:nu, Kerr. loilat Sea Lord of the Admiral- 11)s."/rit.' a/saPP°11ament• A .c°Iw wIl
fail to.elahorate a.full rriaas of mil
the latter fifteen milts weat of the ty, Captain Prinee Louis of Batten-
. :et dhe 19 wet or raging from old
railroad. The Japaneee Sentinels her. hector & Ne al Tete' ig ee.; , , -
, , no matter how generouely she Is fed
tired and retired as the Cossacks and • Thomas Lipton, were inenni-1 - ... .' ' . "
Auttnun is a more critical period
' de rapidly along the line. but near ed in the luncheon party, which. was .
for a cow fresh in milk than winter.
%Wept the Cossacks unexpectedly
, private and hdormal. Cold rains and raw winds are fruit -
into a good stied Japanese force can.ses of decreasing milk. The
ranWit aliiVilille gone. The latter Makes inactive tile inuseular
opened a mineleroils fire on the Base ern, while tlie latter lio disturbs
aim's, killinr, many horses, and aim. he nervous system that it fails to
tally wounded Capt. Turliconift, but •erforrn its work. Cows slionld.
herefori>. not be exposed to fad
eine, left out during cOla nights, or
confined in muddy or Wet yards at
Gates a TOW miles from Portal. North allY Vine.
inEnarTtealleil0Aanird14171st(cra"Yarti7,2iethoPantelgireos 11;ritileeln110%):IrC(.1.1ettillishtylwtolriey NrMainsncel.seoatr-
leele:,;tel IbNevi(n)gr'm'alasdeegino.theS°e0Inv, libited the running of autornobiles M.
NII.nlitilei, agosthoaverlinc, '14111 Isteligolt.o araant;s1:411,fina... Scitmantgioens
barn wilial made it illeoliveuient to.. the country because "injury to both
Stable the cows for a few daYs, alio the person and property of its MU -
just tliso a cold. rein,V SPell Set in Sons has been eiretainee."
«Our cities to -day are governed by
to which the cows were expos
There WaS not only a very marked the triab, made up of all lower clafiee
es. Abraham Lincoln certaiely waS
of the Mob, but he outgrew hie
(flees.'" Professor Barrett Wendel,
of Harvard, Made tide declarattan
before the Society of Colonial Ware -
in Young's Hotel.
despatch from Gen. Salthar017.
and were att4citeo by 12 bettalieus $1.45 to 1,50, to 1,100 lbs, good, $3.8ei to 4.50;
at itassimas. Hops—The market is unchauged short -keeps, 1,100 to 1,200 lbs., at
The Russians who tried to out, 80 to 3fie. according to quality. $3,90 to 34 per cwt..
flauk the dapaties,0 right, mid who frOney—ThO market is quiet at, 7 The following were the cpietatioes
for days were rumored to have been to 7-44 Per lb. Coleib hentef, 81.75 for sheep and calves :—Export ewes,
cut LA escaped their threatened de- to 32 per de.4"en• 1$3.4.0 to 83.50: export backs. $2,50
lots are quoted at 38 to to $2.75; lambs, $3.135 to $4.35
struction„ hut scent to have suffered
severely. faieldatarabai oyama 81m,. $8.25 traelt. Toronto, the latter, pcaeriv:sw,ans2eultlos. ?1$02:aothr14„ird 2eactho,;
ply reports that they were driven off 14° No. 1 timothy.
Straw—Car lots are quoted at d'e per lb.
respondent with Gen. leuroal dos 4,5.50 to $6 on track Toronto. 14Hos were quoted ss follows :
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER
Tele" GLOBE.
Telegraphie Briefs From Our Us)sat
and t heeer4tCzo nvneturtise! of Re-
iea itnt itoeenere,f se ta°111e‘i Leiag e ualf la dt d titlY
Building permits in Winnipeg to
date total $8,537,700, covering 2te
017 buildings erected this year,
A Canadian Club, similar to those
in Toronto and Hamilton, has been
organized at St. Catharines.
Since the summer there bave been
142 eases of typhoid fever in Lea-
den, which, have resulted in xline
deaths.
The Government have awarded an-
other eontraet for 10,000 tons of
steel rails to the Consolidated Lake
Superior Company.
Mrs. William Dee of Salford.
barged with the murder of her hose
hand, is alleged to have Percbased
strycimbre in aa Ingersoll drug store
a August 5.
all the COssacks succeeded in ting away. awaya No: one was killed on cavalry, whose. machine guns swept
tbe114.:
statement hi Made as to what
is transpiring on ;the laussia.0 left.
The reports that Generels Ren-
nenkainpfl and Myentierff are wound-
ed are denied, The farmer's chief
Of etaft, Col. Rossisky, Was wounded.
inairma AT purr /adrift/1a
eneee -
deepM. „from Chet= says
fun] :
uathielt left, lainoti Promontory
and retreated. The Standard's car -
clams, however, that thReef/leas Potatees—Car lots quoted at 00, Selects, 160 to 200 lbs. of prime
e
were 0102051 annihtlateO, rliey were to
70c per bag on track, -the latter; bacon quality, $5.15; fats and
I
crossiug the Taitau River. On a pon.. for Eastern. Small lots 75 to 85e lights, $4.96; aft ears, Toronto.
'Woo bridge, when they were over- Per bag,
tel'en by a regiment of Japanesepoultry—SPring chickens, so to
'Ile per lb; yearlings, 7 to Fc per
lb.; ducks, S to 10e per lb.; geese
8 to 9c,
DAIRY I'd ARKF.'r
Butter—Finest 1-1b. rolls, 16 to
17e• ordinary to choice large rolle,
the bridge front end to end. 'llna is
the first time in the war that, mach-
ine guns were used, with dceisive
results.
The position of the Japanese lett
is thtle deseribea in an official de-
tipateh :rota the Japanese head-
quarters in the lield, sent to Tokio
Iruesday afternoon :
"The enemy has stopped framed-
ately in front of our positions, at
a distance of from. 600 to 1,000
nesday was deade by a gale metree, and is fortifying his Pose-
d.
ming 100 Coolies who left port
Arthur because they feared Injury' BOTH ARMIES EXHAUSTED.
*rived here Thursday night, tion
from japaneee shells. 'The coolies
say that on Oct, 13 there was fierce A eleSinitch from St. Petersberg
lighting for several hours on the says; With both armies exbausted by
slopes of Ilildung ft,ountain between the long-coatinued and desperate
coulparatively small forces, during fighting, and roads inade impaessable
'which the Japanese lost 800 killed or end strewn:9 /tank full froin recent
Wounded. The coolies were ;unable to tarrential rides, there has been a, lull
give details of the figeting, but ap- in the aetive operations along the
parently it was the result of one Of Sha Baer.
the numerous Sorties made by the Gen, Sallittroff telegraphs at mid -
Ras -Awls evilest the Japanese, 'Who day on Wedneedieer that the Japanese
-were attempting to raihrance from are eoneentrating Linshinpn, west
their trenches. of tile railroad. A detachment of
Japanese wounded sag that the sol- Russian cavalry reconnoitring on
diers in the trenches suffer severely Tuesday night in the vicinity of
from the cold, although the Japanese Shakhe captured two Japanese guns,
army is now almost completely sup- with no losses to thettiseiVes,
plied with winter outfits. The correspondents are sending vol -
It is said that the Part Arthur eininous -details of the horrors of the
garrison is frantic. for news of the capture of Lone Tree Hill. The
operations of Oen. Kouropritliin, slopes and Summit are eavered with
front whom the diifenders expect re- mangled remaine. It turns out that
Ilea in the '20th and 41st Japanese Regi -
The news that the Baltic fleet has ments, which.' made the defence of
sailed for the Pacific was amount:eel the crest, every japa,nese officer
to the garrison, and greatly encour- killed had a compass on his person.
aged the Russians. The despatch from Gen. Sakliaroff,
confirms the previous Muiltden ad -
STORM OF SHELLS. vices, Saying there was no fighting
The Japanese at Take Moluitain Tuesday night- The most int-
latee (Implied a ceaseless storm, of portant information in his message is
Wells on the Chieese town and many- the fact that the Russian right is
ride Wallets also fell in the piece, being extended westward, the centre
The Chinaman adds that the fighting of the right being now facing Sinclf-
was very severe, and that the Japan- UM°.
ese loss was considerable. Signs of the offensive are noticed,
It is asserted that the Russine There has been a slight forward
force at Port Arthur now numbers movement of the left upon the Bent -
5,000 men, cixclucline the militia, siapetze roads from Maleden and..
whicii is not engaged in the !letting, Fushun. No big movement, however,
-but in guard duty. is possible pending tlie drying of the
• Winter clothing is very scarce at roads.
Port Artlitie, shoes particularly. The Other Russian correspondents men-
Teussian soldiers are wearing, Chinese tion a report that the Japanese are
shoes, anti some of theta are unable failing back- towards their Yentai
to obtain even these, and wrap rags line One correspondent says it is
GOLD MINES IN ONTARIO.
Director of Burean Speaks o
velopment.
A 'Toronto despatch says: Mr.
Thomas Gibson, of the Ontario
Burette or Mum has issued a,
,,t .,vin' showing the new gold mines in
es
1;4 to 15ai 1`)w to medIdal grades' operation in °uteri°, as It/Bows:—
to 20ec; solids, 18 to 19e, 19- The little Master, Big 'Master, Lour -
11. to 12ec; creamery prints, J3
Eggs—Case lots of fresh, are •sell- entian, Volcanic, Wreath, Gold
ing at 19a to 20c per dozen, andlfetnielard and Giant, in the north-
secmids at 16 to 17c.
Cheese -.-Sales at tle to Ole per
Ib., the latter for twins.
• HOG PRODUCTS.
western portion of the province, lhe
King Edward mine in this district, is
also being developed, and a small
stamp mill is being put in. At Eagle
Lake luny mines are working:--- The
Baden Powell, F.Irlorado, Grace and
Dressed hogs are steady, with of- Pioneer Island. The Baden Powell
ferings moderate. Cured meats are Thine has a e_stanie mill under con -
in good demand at unchanged prices. etruetion, and will be running at the
We quote t ---Bacon, long clear, e
9 end of the month. At Dryden there
are two mills—the Redeemer and the
Ideal. At. the former ri, 10 -stamp mill
will be ready in two or three weeks.
The outlook for theae mills is en
-
per lb., in case lots; mess pork,
$14.50 to $15; do., short cut, $17
to $17.50.
Smoked meats—Heins, light to me-
dium, 18 to 1.1310; do., heavy, 32e;
rolls, 91 to 10e; shoulders, 9 to 9ec; eo-ortigieg, het no estimate can he
backs, 14e to 15e; breakfast bacon, Made of the probable output, as the
industry is practically in an expert --
12e to 1.8e,
Lard—The demand is fair, with mental stage, These concerns, how -
prices unchanged. We quote :—Tier-
ees, Se; tubs, Sec; pails, Sec.
BUSINESS AT 14TONTREAL.
Montreal, Oct. 25.—Oats, 38 to
381e for No. 2 in. store here; No.
3, 37 to 37ee; Araerican yellow corn,
No, 2, Ole; No, 8, 59e; No. 2 white,
59 to 60c; bnekwheat, 59 to 59ec.
Flour—Manitoba patents, $5.80;
strong bakers' $5.50; high Ontario
blended patent's, $5.75 to $5.85 in
wood; choice 90 per cent. patents,
$5.50 to $5.60 in wood, and 25c per
barrel less in shippers' new bags;
straight rollers, $2.45 to $2.55, and
A NEGRO'S REVENG
•
hootS the Man Who Struck Hi
'With a Shovel,
A North Portal, Assa., deepatch
rays: A negro naniell D. Gusty de.
liberatele shot and killed Waltef
GREAT BRITAIN,
rd Voisetey writes that, the
eiun'ttlIalcwesilleitertlig
siethaeetcickolne
Qni‘re-s
she
garding Preferenee.
ITNITEls STATES.
According to statistigs
by Mr. Ellicot, City Electrician
Chicago, there leante been since
nary lat, 1904, thirty-six fatal
tomobile aceidents in the United
States,
Lulu Cook, aged, 15, and Minnie
Ifland, aged 19, of Kankakee,
Jilted by the two young Men who for
a. time had been attentive to them,
and fearful of ridicule from the teem,
gossips Com -Witted suicide together
by PoisOn.
Eight union teamsters, who were
nvicted last spring. on the charge
of conspiracy in bringing about a
teamsters' strike at New Haven,
'own,. have been sentenced to three
raonths each. in the county jail.
Mrs. Rosa Di Pietro of New York,
a young Italian matron. who on
October 3 shot and killed Michael
Rago because he persisted in forciug
his attentions upon her, was die --
charged by a corocer's Jury On a yea,
diet of justifiable homicide,
Mrs.. Anna Fitch, was sent to the
Rochester, Mimi., Insane Asylum by
Judge Probate. Yellow streaks in
the wall paper of her room caused
1xer insanity, though the tea habit is
cd really to be responsible for
naition.
County Court of Grant Coen -
Vu.., probably the finest tour -
try in the State, has pro -
ins; him instantly.
ALMOST SIXTY MILLIONS.
Report of the Northwest Grain
shrinkage in inilleand butter fat. at
Dealers' Association. ouee. but they failed to recover dot -
A Winnipeg despatch says: Frank Mg the winter, though the Nee Wes
O. Fowler, Secretary of the North- liberal and flie tare the best that
west Grain Dealers," Association, on could be given. The cows gave 16,11
Thursday morning jawed the annual lbs. of milk and 8 lbs. of Metter fat
fall crop of the association. The a day daring the whited it wee
a.verage yield of -wheat for Manitoba known when the shrinkage took place
aid the Territories is easel as 17t ann why, hut the attemet to recover
bushels per acre. Tiiis, with an acre- it failed. The next year secli an ex-
.
age & 4,420,413, makes the total
yield OE wheat 59,855,100 bushels.
DRANK DOSE, FELL DEAD.
Fort William Druggist Made
Fatal Mistake.
A despatch from Fort Williara
says :—Norman It MacRae, head of
the firm of N. MacRae aud Co,
druggists, on lXedeesdadl dropped
dead after takieg a drink of what
was sepposecl to he bromo-seltzer.
perience was guarded against, and le
sume herd gave a daily average ot
28,4 lbs. milk and 1.2 lbs. fat.
It may be asked what the cows
did -with their food, since they were
fed liberally' during the winter. They
made beef or at with le for each
gained an average of nearly half a,
pound a day, a gain that did neither
GENERAL.
'There are 10,000 Chinese in rebel-
lion on the borders of Mantua
"'Lord Milner has resinged the High
Commie ionership of South Africa,
u may levy on Church pro -
4440 to provide funds for the war.
On Andrew Carnegie is epee to be
conferred one of the greatest honors
in the indestrial World, the Bestioner
ever, represent a very large amount medal, which is given artier to those
of capita1. who are pre-eminent in the iron and
the- epees nor the owner any good. steel industry,
NEW YORK SHOPLIFTER. the two winters the herd was Russia's railway systera is so
Ied of the same cows, fed the disorganized by the war that griela
Miens and received in eversr shipments to Black Sea ports are
a Monkey Wrench. He was just about to leave for way the .same carefill atten ion, a 1 It cl. •
Mustard Pots, Silk, Hatpins, and,
"Yet because of that mishap the herd 3/r. Louis W. Weigel of Rocheste,r
A New York desiatitch says: This
lunch, and remarked that he did not
eei Wel d 'mild t• ke a dos of failed by just fifty per cent cif doing suffered am -up -141d= of the right hand
is what the police say they foend in de , its normal or possible work. Please because of tlie effects of experiments
the skirt of Mary Kelly, 80 years ionnastIsltezner. IvIte V4:0111 to .the ecase •
old', arrested on Wedziesclay i
-11 a for 10 cents, and supposed to con- by neollesely expo -Aug cows in the By the will & her husband, Henry ..
lieS.e. moriey with X rays.
and took out a little phial,. sold think of this, and do not
Third avenue departmental store for Grinnell Russell, who died 12 days
shoplifting:— tain one dose of the -compound. Ida autumn.
drank it, said to his clerk that - it widow in New England, as the es -
ago, Mits. Russell becomes the richest
One pair black stockings, 2 mustard tasted rather strange, dropped faint- COWS THAT DO NOT PAY.
pots, 1 pitcher, 1 bottle. cologne, 1 tug t the floor, and after a few Mr. J. C. Chapels, Aaeist.aut Dairy tate is reputed to be worth at leaet
gasps was dead, witb every steep- Commissioner, who is particularly ,$20,000,000.
tom of cyanide poisoning. There well .acquaintecl -with agricultural I The assaseination of Greeks by
will be. tin investigation, as this is conditions in Quebec, said in an ad- Bulgarians .still continues in Mace -
dress: From my exPerienee, I am led d.onia. The obicct of these crimes
Pair drawers, 1 piece of silk, 4 •25 to 30e extra in wood. Rolled cie, 4 saucers, 1 brush, 2 combs, 1
glass-
oats—$2.824 per bag, $4.90 in bar- doll, 1 box shoeblacking, 1 bottle
eels. Millfeed—Ontario bran. in bulk glue, 4 sidecombs, 2 pieces silk, 5
$17 to $18; shorts, $19 to $20;
$19; Pairs stocnines, 3 hatpins, 1 book.
Manitoba bran, in bags, $18 to 2 rolls tape, 1 vase, 1 montkeY-
'short% $21. Beans --Choice primes,
$1.35 to wreneli.
rabbits from. a
$1,40 to. $1.45 per bush.; .
$1.37e in car lots. Provisions— I . Roars of laughter fill ed the East
Heavy Canadian short cut diode, i One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street
116.5.0 to $17.50; light short cut„' police station as article after article
$16.50 te. $17; American clear fat was Produced like
Jiacks, 820e compound lard, 6-t• to magician's. basket,
7c; Canadian lard, 6-1 to 'fee; keed Whim the wotrian was arrested she
tle rendered, 81 to 9-1c, a.ccording to denounced her arrest as an outrage.
quality, 'hams, 12 to 13cr, bonen, 12.Women shoppers gatliere'cl about aied
to 13e; fresh killed abattoir hogs, called the policeman a hard-hearted
$7,50; heavy fat hogs, $4 50. mixed villain
pereistently reported. that - three • Ja- i -t. $5. select eie ''.'5-. to .ee 17 ' &II .
paneee battalions are surrouncled on I cars.?' ' *d 1 —
mese— ntario win a • ce
C't 't 9' TIBET IVI SION SNOWBOUND
edlient their feet. The gariesoe is
greed:1g tv ore" bale by -the many months.
of exhaueting; anelovie labor and'
fightieg. The town is full of wound-
ed. • Flour . is plentiful, and the
slaughter of horses, melee and don-
keys c entire) es. '
The Japanese have coin] cited int -
Meese •Wareliousee between Port Deity
and Port Ai•thur, and- hese therein
esupplies sufficient 'tit last -Ilion until
• Spring. Seidler preperations leave
been made. at New, Cliwane, d
therefore -the rapanese expect the re
tease ef. 60 teenspoits next teoritli.
NET RESULT oF BATTLE,
'A despatch from London says :—
The complete repulse of the Russian
attack and the gain of about 15
miles of ground seem to be the net
result of the 'Battle of the Sim Riv-
er to the Japanese, who have again
-failed, as . at Laio-Yang, to follow
up their victory with a crushing
blow. Opinions differ, however as
to . whether the present situation de-
dicates a lull or tee end of Lhe bat -
1)000 of the despatcbes enabling
a definite aesertion.
-A correspondent with Gen. Oku, in
an undated despatch, says that ow-
ing to the slowness of the advance,
the ;Japanese failed to cut orf the
Russiae retreat, which was conduct-
ed with great sell]. The cavalry on
a hill by Gen. Bennenicaanpff, and 'colorist!, 91c; Quebec, 9 to ,,c. .
that - -they are momentwily expected ter--Pinest grades, 19 1 c; ordinary
to eurrencler. finest, 18:1 to 19c; Wes -tern. dairy,
Another correspondent reports that
during the advance of the left early
last week 40 Japanese, with five of-
ficers, were eurrouncled in a Chinese
village, but only five of them' sur-
•
rend ered, the remainder . eonim itt i mg
lei de.
'The Villeire of Mai -item, is reported
to have been destroyed by the fire (if
a Russiau mortar battery posteil in
the Slialclie Valley.
'The lioepitals at afteerten continue.
to be crowded. to overflotving. Tee
wounded are still being sent north as
rapidly as possible by train.
REVOLT IN CANTON.
Bandits Organizing in Wes tern.
Part of Province.
A despatch from Shanghai says
According to well informed Chinese
the Wane ,Societies of bandits in the
westere part of the Province of
KwareaTung are amalgamating with
the oi3ject „of raising a revolt in 'Can-
ton alai other parts of the province
and it is believed that these bandits
have allied themselves with the West
River pirates.
noad From Gyang,tse Southward
Is Obliterated.. •
15 to 15 i c . Eggs --S el ect new laid,
N240c.; 2stralig3ttogatliiTc.e.c1 candled, 20c;
Aseassaairsla, says: Gen. Macdonald, les staff, and
A Phaii. Jon' , Tibet, despatch
the rear column of the :British expedi-
tion retuening to India from Lliassa,
are snowbound here. The road south-
ward from Gyaugtee to this place is
Minneapolis, Oct. 25.—Wheat—Dec., obliterated. It is imposstele to say
$1.18e: May, $1.184 -to $1 • 18 il ; when an advance can be inade. Th e
Sept., 95c; No. 1 hard, $1.28; No.
'expedition crossed Tanga Pass on
1 Northern, $1.20; No. 2 Northern,
. deoureeeerdt patents, --6._ Mon -clay last in a blizzard. Seventy'-
$L164two men fell exhausted. When the
45 to $6.55; second patents, $6.25 troops encamped at night the bliz-
to $0.35; first cleave, $4..65 to $1.-
75, in wood; second clears, $3.25 to cziaierctill was still raging and two men
$3.85 I. o .b . Minneapolis, in wood. .t).
Brae --In bulk, $15 to $15.25, RIOTINO AT ODESSA.
acilwaukee, Oct 25.—Wheat---toNos.1.1: --
Northern, $1.19; No. 2 Northern, Prisoners Pass Through City
$1.1-6 tos $1.18; May, $1.13e Nightly in Chains.
1435:0.aslted• BYe—No. 2, 82 to geed
53c. Corn—No. 3, 55 to t.36c; May
Barley—No. 2, 55c; sample, 36 to
been received to the effect that there
from Vienna says that a report has
A despatch to the London Times
$6.65; seeond, $0.25.
'UNITED STATES lstalliKETS.
by Ito means an isolated instance of
Polsonine -under precisely similar to believe that the reason why e
circumsances. Samples of the Babcock test is not more generally
bromo-seltzer are being sent to Tor- adopted cis a basis for payment for
onto for analysis. milk is lack of 'knowledge on the part
'has been. ' a serious riot of work
Duluth, Minn. Opt. 25.--eitheat— . en
! re the eastern suberbe of Odessa.
, N ei' the l,0 -,,are beieg , guard- a pernianent industrial' mueeum has
No. 1. herd, $1. ; N p . 1 Northermi,
SIX NEARLY STARVED.
They Were Picked Up cm. T
Desolate Tsland.s.
of the farmers, They do not know
anything about the true value of
cows. When they are told that a
cow that idends thirty pouttis of
milk is more valuable than one yield-
ing forty pounds they do not under -
A despatch from North Sydney, C. stand it I came across an instance
B., says :—Half starved and suffer- of this kind when I was working with
ing intensely from the cold for sev- the inspectors in the Lake St. John
ral weeksthe eleven swearers of district. One man said, dI have the
e,
the wrecked steamer Viking have
beeu picked ep ...froth two desolate is -
best cow in the parish; she gives six-
ty pounds of milk." I went out to
his piece, having with me the figures
lance; off the coast of, Labrador by
the -tug Douglas H. Tbonlas; which as to tha better fat in hie milk..
had beet -despatched to their reliefeot from -dem tlie -facts as 'to cost: of
When the men were resimed their
condition -was desperate, The 'Viking
was wrecked at Shag Rock, Geese
Weter Bay, last, August. The captain
and two of the crew sought refuge
onone small island, while, the other
eight men reached another isle -nil.
A vessel formerly sent to bring batik
the Viking's crew was also wrecked.
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PHILADELPHIA'S OFFER.
Will Take Out St. Louis Display
Entire or in Part.
A. despatch from Ottawa Says :--
The Caeadian exhibits at, St. Louie
have been thoroughly appreciated be
ehe people of the United. States. The
latest evidence of this. comes from
Philadelphia, The Mayor of that
city has written to the Department
of the interior, congratulating Can-
ada upon the exhibits of natural and
• du -trill products. He states that
D ee • ; 81•17 ; a ' '161 sPeriatisylloclielegv1:ilydienervncellieilsai tilt; s.Lrplihi.agesyes eaidand0slal, tel.eisLitteolrliicigites tssichtedalle111
OL
be
are lieine ,erateseorted from the local sent to Philadelphia. He is willing
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Toronto, Oct. 25e-A1though the of- prisone to the Poet estalilisliment at to accept it whole or in part.
The
ferings of cattle d' ,S heavy at the lehersen, applieation has itot been acted upon. that rainy season!".
;feedbag leis cow, and figured that it
cost of the milk. I found that it
cost, allowing the ordmarir price for
the • teed used, about 96 cente per
liundred pounds. At the priest's
house I got the flgures about a cow
owned by him whose milk cost only
44 cents per ',hundred pounds. I
showed the man tliat the perceetage
of butter fat itt the milk of his cow
was 2.35, while in that of the
priest's cow it was 5.50. was
able to show hitt that, instead of
having the best cote in the parish,
he had the worst. The result was
that. whereas this man generally sold
a calf at $15 at, birth the next year,
thotigh the calf was a heifer, nobody
would buy it. This shows that the
farmers' will undersea -id this matter
if we go to teem mid explain it.
is to terrorize -the Greek's into de-
claring themselves to be members of
the Bulgarian committees, thereby
seeking to ineke the Bulgarian ele-
ment appear predominant.
f
TWO CHILDREN BURNED.
All Others Rescued. From Blazing
Children's Home.
'`Idacletosb boasts a good deal
about his family, dont he?" "Yes;
I think lie claims that the liead of
his fetidly was 1110 original Macin-
tosh that Notie had with him during
A despatch, from Shelbyville, Ill.,
says :—The Middleswork Children's
Home was destroyed by fire on Wed-
nesday, and, although the flames
were discovered while the children
wete asleep, all but two were res-
cued. The dead are : Alfred Peter-
son, nine years old; Charles Peter-
son, eleven years old. There were
81 children sleeping in the -upper
rooms of the home, which was a
three-story frame and brick 'building.
Several escaped by the stairs, others
by leaping from the windows to the
roof oi au eetension. It is believed
that the two children who were
burned were overcome by the sinoke
in thee bide,
4
SLASHED HIS. ANTAGONIST.
Byng Inlet Man Awaiting Trial.
on a Serious Charge.
A despatch from Parry Sound
says ;—Constable John Free has just
arrived here tr0111. liyng Inlet with it
prisoner named Joseph Murphy, who
is charged with cutting and badly,
wounding a Frenchman with a razor.
11 ap'peare that it desperate fight
took place between the two men
while under the influence of liquor,
when Murphy drew a 'razor and coin-
meneed slashing at the Frenchmen,
who is badly cut about the face.
The man was in a very critical con-
diticm from lees, of blood when the
boat left for Parry Sound. Murphy
is now in ail here awaiting hi