HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1904-12-1, Page 2ARRISON iltING
The Situation at Port Arthu
Become• Hopeless,
CLOSE AT ILVS1/%.
Tito liroscow cormspondent of the
Ioodradon Daily Indegraple claims to
Itw that the despatches Gen.
tOeSsol. tho emu:Antler at Port
Arthur, eeett. tho destrOyer Ras
torp, to, Chenote contained
frank atateutent of the hopelessness
of the situation, Gen. Stoeseel
need words wbieh ea ri literandr
translated. "The garrison is being
tarved out.'" Ile evidently attache
en great imPortanee to the Cr re-
bs communication in time
to enable a clecon to be reacbeel
aS to bon` he was to act in view of
THE CARE OF IMMIGRANTS
Dr. Bryce Arrauges foe Opening o
hospitals.
A leiontrael iteseatelf says: Dr,
FL Bryce, Dominion Inspector of Ira-
utigrante, WAS in niceetreiti oie Thurs,
day. ea route from St. John to Ote
11 as 'tenre. He has hone arrangnig for
"
the opening- of tbe Government 1Tes-
pitals for Imiulgrents at St. Joha
for the winter months. Heretofore
the various eonnetanies leave cc -manta. -
ed tbese liosentsele, but the Govera-
meat bee now undertaken the worle,
Ort Artiner no longer Are on the airl built a fever lionekital coital:a-
aPproaeh oJe,paaiese werebips. Ilion with the detention sheds. Toe
Cleefoo etatee that the slaPese eiro rata for the diseasnit -iminlentants
'leave eapenred the British steamer ,treated,
Choir. instead front Shailatai
'for Port Arther with :30.000 eases EVEN YEARS FOR HALIIEL
A despateli to the Cr ice from various comearkiee will be tieseeseer
of canned Meat, Tile' Itimo-Clainese
Dank duatieed the ottemi)t to inn 1
1
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
7REPORTS FROM Tete; LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle Grain Cheese
and Other Dairy Prodnee
at Home a4 Abroad.
Toronto, Nov-. 29.----,Wheat-No. 2
white and red winter quoted at $1,02
to $1.0:3 outside. NQ. 2 goose at
89 to 90e eriat, and No. 2 wring at
95e east. Manitoba wheat is
Changed: No, 1 Northern, 31.02; No.
2 Northern, 97e, and No. 3 Northern
at 92e. Georgian Dayr1ud-
i ransit" oricee are 13c above
those quoted.
ats-No.2 wbite is quoted at 32
to 3210 low freights, and at 311 to
81.ne north and west; No. 1 white is
stood:, at 23 to 831e oast.
the blockade, which, cOst $13n.000, x-- ayinaster of N.ontreal Darley--No. 2 quoted at 46 to 47c
The eaptaia's bens:4 was $2th000., Beene Beywa. feeighle. N'oi 8 extra 44e
the German pore ia Sbentutag Pro," Bs tarty brokee dome and in tears. Ida t '
steerner cleared kir Kiao-chnin a A neseatere from Menitreel eays; lecsao.aaolm mice, root, at 07 to
Pend N:elz ..1;:lea.t, 42c middle freights.
. •
from 1,2e0 pounda up will conunand
C11431'4" . A k lors' e ri4nool. ex'16tY '&1°714 -The market ie quiet with iteelf. I be quality drovera' the highest prices Of CQUrSer
4111g 43113t.1;S ; 34 4. t C' PS th,,,
it is reliably rePootod mat toeolng" master, on Thursday, pleaded for !new earooeieu eoe bid weet; new' Arne values 'did not, inn -wove owing tie weight can be Coinlairked with nnalitYi
Lb° Suegsbusban, Erlonsaiian and 0-a-,1 01: e114,"an 'Yellow, 54C On track, Toronto, ._24k°‘St Of the (tattle heing in poor cone so "elicit toe better, nut quality
ert cow mixed 53e Toronto. 014 cOtion. .A. few choice animals sow is a st importauee. room the
52e. Corn -No. 2, 56 to 57,3c; May
45 -ac bid.
Buffalo? Nov. 20,----Plour-Easy.
Wheat --Spring, unsettled; N. 1
Northern, spot, $1.151,-: Winter, Arm,
No. 2 red, in store, •$L19*. Corn,-
Pairly steady for new; No. 3 yellow,
One. Oats -Firm; No. 2 white,
82-lic; No. 2 mixed, 33. Barley-
c.i.f., 45 to 58e. Roe -No. 1, in
store, 43 to 56e.
LUX) STOCK, MARIOETS,
Toronto, Nov. 20. -The feature of
the onneket wee the active e/d1 ftn,
feeders an td Stoelcers. Values, were
Arm. aid tenehanged.
The enquiry for butchers' cettle
was also better, and salea were more
WINTER FEEDINGHINTS
TYPE OP CATTLE WHICH
SHOULD BE SELECTED.
An Abundant Supply of Cheap
Feed Is VerY ESsential to
Success.
The fattening' of cattle is carried
Q n unde,r such widely different cir-
cumstances that it is impossible to
lay down any hard and fast relee,
and say that tics e ax0 rigit and all
others wrong, There ore, lieweeer,
three conditions eseential to succes;1
in. the stall fecding. of cattle, viz.,
good cattle, an aboadaalce of cheap
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
01104.1111.0.1110
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER
TH.E GLOBE.
'Telegraphic Briefs Prom cr- own
and Other Countries of Re-
cent Eyelets.
CANADA.
Willer.' N. Sawyer of leittsburg has
been appointed General Atanager
the "Soo" industries.
The Ontario GoYeriiment, has de-
eided to tbe nianufaeture of
birS°:341ttiseeatt the Qenra1 OPorUsit°eill will
submit a local option by-law to the
1.e'raridjelYprietreeeCateedf balyie:peaeolernsti. weed on, w1Pilletleen..afecod aZwanegt°y9dyelloliaa Pe;h1)°1°Inaln4 Rj4ean:la:PY: 8"P"ted hay-
i'tiltyribseri4tenc./1 stbreete:wwera::4..iocerreePPnts Ic;vetrileetveqho,ired, T. the-t,ort traelide mins% .1).°1/4°d the postoitice Minto,
oace. r on we year eves tto,ken into custody at
lambs were 3.0e, higher. oo t soo NN11141Peg ote aeurday
steers weighing 1,4 0
No exporters' cattle were brought
forward, neither was tike demand for
them very good, Boyers said that
thy preferred to remain inacteve for
a time WI the English merket stead-
.
The Royal Oociety of Ilainilton are
pounele. At that time quantity, not orrorong for an ,expaditia
a to
qikRiltY, was in demand, To -day w
-o Labracier, to view the solar eclipse
lited that compact, ivell-dnished two on August 80, 1905.
•and three yeer old aeinnaie weighing no now ice breaker will be put
the abeelut° eerrnInr °I the ran or' Tungninwask Ports hoe already be, la, woo sentenced by nudge Cho, Alyicetirl, Isto 3 , 0de and old at to $4,;30 per mt., but the betebeens point of view the steer of
the fortress Hence the Fa -Thrice of er- $ are waning
a , et
Rastoropnee, which was mean be g141- owe m.o... 4:44'4 'ovelt Yew.* tn 4 Well* °°11(No., 3 MiXed. esiie Torontn, Yost neeiority of the stiles were on, a best quality is the ooe which carries
ouvelandec ehefoo barber of- roiaoc:QoZelh7.er'hi;181atgiaSIn esatpelVed. P;t441 re-lteentiarY for fifnVIIW a (T" 115.°-Th°31;arket'is "let' witil N(3. arirle. IcPpwr7cer ebaosfl'eaileb cows were lbe greatest' Percente ft'S weight bad debv"ed 4'4" (lesPnith(1's r cede - the harbor untenable for the direq-0 If" ''''''111''°°° tbe 1/4111Tz °If '2 ostiotiel at 70 to 76e outside,
than to have her fall luta the' 1.t000
aleauea,„
ArTraF. evarr.u.N.
ne sante r
Aug.
total OVmt
550
•ed. '41411 of:ewe
" tortilla e
tare 0
eartaIe
ny
pithinth
einn
'200 a
Qt1
0
he I in
say thet
th-
gurrieee
ooltleh
onideel
••al
are nunterous c
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an Russian a
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COAL -82X) OS 11,1tNIOD,
A despateh Rom Tokio says 1 --
Telegraphing on Thursday the head.
entarterS Of the am)/ fore Port
etrthtir reports :
°The conflagration in the buildings
ewer the arsened, caused by our
neva eons, which, roported on
Wtelnwday, begau about noon. Nov.
ze. continued until 2 reclock tho
enorniog of Nov. 28. It is Probable t
that the coal store lova* been burn- v
ed.Ot
Montreal. Until the Vaal hour be- Boatateataalio toor7o..t no,ohiej ot
1.elot ins a poetise g'ood front, Inet voyenareinet r t t
ian teat -ships,
1for e apeearing for.tient-owe Hamer int 55 to fine at outside points. ft
e as ed for morcy for bie y le COUt, PA are
AM and alhiren, Tur4i weer, the itolee.s 41nOltil at 84,34 to $4,40 la buyers'
e owlet east or west. Stroight rollere I
BIG OA
estielt
don.
odic -Oat re
'r lion
t.T
evhe o
eady .e.30 ,O50 each, The en-
Itiree Was fah' end ell were soil,
The offerings were iumferate,
lOO:porters' cattle were 4%ot-eel emet-
neelbr $t to per cwt.
life followin„e; leen) the quotatiotto
ven for beitchers' cattle:- Best
scathing wertla told bhI ti t
ta he
silo:" tau, thoneht of tbat berm,. of oVeoltd brawls for domestic trade,
tole%e down coluolettie ono bbloe $4.7,75 to 84.90. Manitoba, gi
wide turning
oeare.iy
0 two orate
a a ride
Nee
itor
poesibi
-wit, the defeness cee
do it e113111V
oecitell
aestme the ooenelve. It
11
s
0
e Otoire Uncifenged. No. 1 patente. $5. -
.0: No. O paten -le, $5.40, and stroog
bol-ers", $5.30 on tracie Toronto. t
Idillfeode-At eetsitie points bran t
ffnot.11 at $11,50 to $15, and aborts t
at $17.00 to $18. 'Manitoba bran.
in see,' se $19, and ellorte at $21.
Ottawa saes •-
N .rio poet of oil youNTity rxtoryucE.
ii)
lee, situated 13earei-Prime betkns are Wasted a re
.Ou'ar 1,110 loo"°-tho$1..-3I to 81.40, and haml-picked at se
however that if the It' °41141° 1 t le I CP4 t N, . •5 0 N 1.00. ., a
3 t r , .
25
uttlfeie , O4,20 to $440; good loot-
ers',leads of. O8.85 to $4.15: fair
O goo, $0,50 to $3.70; ows, $2.50
o $8.121; Voettneon root rough,to
$2.
fel jog was the range of
va provalhoo i3I 34004413 avid feet
Tieeders. short-lieepe, 1.200 to ere bony end terre of flesn
r
275
es0 ta,„:3.i,r70.8°Ibs...to$3$.14'01Qt"ofe$°413.e173; ON TIM BACK AND RIBS,
elerit000;:.s$t208,e7(1:500;mtsot6olleit00.1:58014:016st:as62:1.00, loIrniu,tuv,ldlitthiongotoce:1 tbliaecips,ereilrilaisl beeaucif
loins, there is, says the eminent Am--
., $1.40 to $2, trona, 000 to 1,200 ricen authority, PA '..I t `, q , else, a
oo, ,..„ ....
ilbs., $1.75 to $.3. a n goalie:a character, Melo and
eere
TOO. zniCeS Of sheep I lambs wre
followee--Export ewes, 1 ' '' ' that conetituto an impartont
or in determining the value qf
'74" "'Port blie"' $2.50 7" 1 ens ofttthi'ilealenutoobleb;oliNtitii"itelre
r ewt; cull sheep, 32 to $ ''''
ntbs. $4.:15 to O,1.85 per cwt. sy-.14 and coat, A good feeding ant -
Calves Fold at 3 to 51c pe I Mel should liave a soft, mellow tout"
1 $,2 to $10 eaelt. ant a soft, but thiek, and heavy
11,0,i„...s continue twebouged at $4.80 coat. A liarqe, 1414rieliling dila inan
intlication of a sluggish dreulation,
noon r celeete. 160 to no° tbs•., of prime
genifiy, o� ears. Toronto; oats and low tligestivo powers. A clear,
cut Will F0110w uP rjaseS cainUgnilgentilfriblinl.lei;f:t‘lryl I laqnodi degnIllnePisiant'ealenticraC'etiitleePilt4"91::laces,
1
ligbb"'" 84'6°' fPeralltujirtn.se,At'41e1 hitt:r4nv,k1a. hellYee'levall'IlLin.leut
hone, all go to indicote good fc
BePorted to Thom* t'oarstebonell, romelf mein -oils are til -
An Ottawa despatelt save ;---The Most invariably elow feeders and
ostodice Department bus issued a hard to finish properly. Besides
otice \ Vilieil is of more than usual tliese linelities, end above. all, It is
nterest to Use ptilille. neeeseary to have vigor and const
Persons receiving letters that have tietiou. We find oehlenee of theme h
been ntis-eent or deli:toed are recpie.st- a wide forehead, a prominent brisket,
to work to keep the River St. Law-
rence open after the useat season the
first week in December,
Marconi wirelese tele,grapti station
et Cape Race bas been cdronleted,
tbe Allan Line etearner Tonisiae be-
ing the drst ahip to speak to it. e.„.
The London P nance Commitade
in those parts of the cerease which recommended the appointment of lir,
give the Itigheet priced cut% Soenuel Baker, Principel of St.
came mail New York markets, tile George's Scbool, to ebe vacant Chy
most diseriminatieg in the world, elerkahip.
the rib end loin cuts command over Mr. 0. M. 'Rays says there is no
four times the average price paid Sounda.tiop whatever for the rumor
ler the reinaintier of the ettrceste and that the G. T. P. had absorbed or
it is apparent that the prime beef intends to aberale the Canadion
TIWIelnyailinTstusltiebtehfek°17initl:dtehee'esnelerleroett. NallrothbeolrIlt 7/7411404 eolleet°r c115'
mad with firm, yet mellow, flesh, of toms at Alontrcal, w110 has boon coo -
form good quaiity And free elite?, fordog With the heads of the 40 -
from hard roils mei blubbery patebee. partniont as to the new anti-thinip-
Coerse, Phy aidinnla oo loog=
r be tolerated, uvacli low those that oh,:gpeert7.1,ations, saya that they aro
More far-reaching than Was at ADA,
di,ch va,s, xeu, meat ha,e feceivret advives which in-; Craneeerrien_The oineeet,
Oicate teat, ettee wee setisaat4tread at $7.45 to per b The
let Fi•id Ifarebal Oy-
eee ieitiative, as the Res -
e 4y. a St Wang line of
to tool u'etlen bloeinel twat,
satisinctory abater in teen
the Reasainte rekeforeeme
aceteetelatieg for e, nee
'Teta Tate Jiklixiner!'c al`o are
reirefineiel, '11-e rivere are'
witnrik titan rerrnit
est of artillery enC
1•4".' in S). that //re1
anis is better alle„pled
'‘ than elitring
3 1'
n
1%3
isietior shape there on Sept. t,t. Irozeo...erao wareee uneheng
,
Tho report of Sergt. Fitroi,rald who 10 350 timonliqw to troolity,.. 4,1
r is in ehareo of the port, stotee tOatll Howyaerne nowiet, is quiet, at 7.1
the Auterilao utaliste easeels oreroo o
' ting Beaufort Se:a hay/ 40,1NaSt. $2 per doom.
how one to four wietles per ;met.
desire to co-operate vitt' the pot".trt.s (11.. tierP9tkV.
finucizperceivz,sti,,e4g;ilt on:ter.4.7.;;;.77,4.,,trirolanttSosa're t11:1°t4N3/
natures arid Pay antey on all goinelsi 4 noow'oe-ol'o utarlet glad ****4
wilielt they trail° va In talitaelion 111111-1411.4. °ay 1"ts rbiterle
stork. ot 70 to 75e per bag on track,
!mei Pastern at 75 to File tratik,
,Smell lots, 8fic to 81.00 per bag.
Poultry -Sexing thichens. 74 to Oe
1641art'id die,PeT1/2114h. '14;e4t111.4licilpleir 5M,t,ogleleeeepQ. 18" Th.;
"8e per Tho 11 to 12e.
. wra
designin T111.1
to 8e per lb. (eolith honey. n.-5 to pe
eiavereeful etrasen, 43:11,0\.3uf g..1.101 -t' 4,`,46t1411. r. /ots ore (rota at la
to 4.50 on track. Toroute. th
Tne whellang eaptaine ail eepriaeed
SiA A
'0101 . On
Oilmen lete
. The
re d "
o .gowns.
A OUT
or -General
be proud of
he Duchess of
ort, clressmaher.
41 -Powe 1
IR as
113
wee of tit oar. s rave Madame Arelba'a
1singers is that s \teen is
lry anti or gime After tight which to commence. No one
the
/note 1 bree bora they Are
oe toward the Teien River PAW, i
•
begin einnier
forty aoild mid six prison__ e email 01 tee Queen, oi leoeh000 mealmol grades, 18 to 11e; creamery
eia is very gorgeous; it is of tow gold. prints, 21 to 220; wilds, 101 to
b)le 01ttlatinestunt.tott?fo,t11.11e,e'r dwalit,alliieits°:;14141sn..."-' only the edges being polished, and 262e
Gign is qua at. Eggo-Caeo lots of new laid are
abont thirty. Sir %UM= Arrol, the builder of W'Mag, at 22 to .23e P'1` dozen. freell
mAREETs.
linttee-Titere lo a gooll &anon' for
choiee glories.. We efoote:-Pinest
ago at 1-1b, roll% 17 to 18e; ordinary to
871°114u eboice large rolls, 15 to 170' low to
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the 'Pay anti Forth Bridges, begen at 21e, aril pickled at 20c.
ife as a Weer in a cotton mill In theeese-The inaiteet is unthimeeel,
A despatch to St. Petersburg from Paisley, tile home 01 many a clever Will largo rhea,* emoted at 101 to
narldn states that the .Tniernese -man- 101c, and twins at 10: to 11c per
have opentel itrruiting otlIce for Of the seven daughters of the last lb,
lee at . 1. ntin, o„ onemetre„ 1),IKe of Abercorn, one married a
from Siamintine. Tbey mem diso duke, o sewed tspoused a marquis,
ho Car lots are quoted at 5A6.40 to
ributod thoos,olas circulars. in_ and the remaining five became t
iting ClOneee to enrol welder the wive4 °f ('Itris•
Japanose azul fight tho Eterope-
The circulars point out that the
eliglormeof tfiee Chlueee are] .Jaaan-
moRE TROOPS FOR RUSSIA
A despatch to the Lawton Sta
elard from Odessa says it. is ronhor-
Rath-0y stated that inisela bus
decided upon a general mobilization ni
Of troops throughout the European
provirwes of the anpire. It is said
that the mobilization will begin in
.lantiaree.
JAPS ISSING OLD RIFLES. t
'The war COrrespondeat of tim hello t
rhemost interestiug gem in t
lOritisli Crown is the ruby that on
belonged to the King of Cantille
Was worn by II4inry V. in his helm
at Agincourt.
al) live identical, arid their langtsagee Queen Alexandra stills present
bitilar. At the outset the Jaiteneen the lilac poplin dress in which s
enlisted daily an overarm of 7.000 went to England as the prospecti
en„ ern° were immediately supplied wife of the Prince of Wales mo
ith Jetranese uniforms. Subeequent than forty years ago.
intireeces reduced the enlistments to The C.rown Protases of Sweden
thousand. The remits are called the busiest of amateur photographe
oftentarer 'They were sent Her album of Egyptian views alo
-et
to Yintow, whence they were Ois- contains 5,000 photos all taken b
rileated to Japanese, regiments in herself.
he 11041. 'The correeoondent vouches King Edward is very fond 01 tea*
r the trath". of his story. but he takes neither sugar no
cream. with it. He prefers it ilea
although he oceasionally has to tak
it with milk to please his physieia.
Mr. Norman Forbe.s and Mr. Porb
Robertson aro brothers, a fa
known to very few. The form
writes plays as well as acts in hi
own and other. people's production
The King of Italy is the most abi
of Royal motorists, for he has pee
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II0(1 PRODUCTS.
oo 36.50. Citred meats aro in good
co mewl et enelinzeged prieee, We
ouoto:- lateen, long clear, 81 to
et Eleo roe M. in ease lots; mese Fork,
314.50 to $15; do., short cat, 318.
es Smdked mente--Ilems, light to
he medium, 121 to 1.0e; do„ lieavy, 12o;
ve 91, to 10c; shoulders, 0 to Dee;
re letel.s, 14e to 15c; breakfast bacon,
13e.
Is Lard -The 'demand is fair, with
re erica; rani:kneed. We tivotee-qierc-
ne ea Pe; tubs, 8e; Pails. Sc.
ele Paris -writes 'In the Battle a fa
the Sha River the belligerents used
!twice as many projectiles as at
Liao -Yang. In one day more than
200,000 shells were nred and 30,-
000 men put out of action on each
Ride. Seventy per eerit. of the Rus -
elm). wounded will rejoin the ranks
after a two-Noce:les' stay in the hospi-
tals.
"The wounds caused by the Ja
mese bullets are for the most part a
slight, except alma thee- occur in the
abdomen. The Japanese are, how- s'
over, beginning to use old rifles, the T,r1
bullets of which are encased in cop- Ou
per and the wounds of evhich cause In
biOad poisomnge An the reserves
are armed with these.'
II.A.CICED HAND AND PEET.
Terrible Deed of a Lunatic on a
Visit Near Montreal.
A despatcb /roan Montreal says:
John Arnold, a lunatic, mat -Mated
hbaself in a inost horrible manner On
eenday at Gren,ville, whither he
ent from the Verdan Asylum to
sit relatives. Ile eeaured an axe
el Out off his left liantl at the wrist,
en split his left foot open at the
step, and hacked the toes, off his
right foot. When slisto•vered Arnold
was coolly proceeding to mutilate
himself further. It was with difficul-
ty tliat his life was saved, as the Cow
of blood was so great. Ile was
brought to the Royal Victoria. Hos-
vital, where lie now lies in a critical
con di ti on.
SUBILIIIINES FOR JAPAN.
A despatch from Yokohama Says:
-Five submarine boats arrived bane
on Wednesday. It is stated that
ehey, comprise the first consignment
of 60 Holland boats that have been
ordered in the United States. "
ONLY 2,000 ACTIVE TROOPS.
Inei-Ital-Wei correspondent. of
,tlie London Daily Express says that
the llassiane who arrived there froni
1,ort Arthur in a lifeboat on Wed-
nesday admit that they. stole the
boat for the purpose of escaping
from. eine besieged city. They say
that watee ancl azninunition, are very
scarce in Port Arthur, but that
ithere is food enough there to last
for several months. There have been
mansr. cleatbs from typhus fever.
'Mere are now fewer than -2,000 able -
'bodied troops forming the active
garrison. Twenty thousand aro
ineie or wounded.
A despatch from 'Vona.) to the
Stanclaed reports increasing deser-
tions from Port Arthar garrison
in-
to the Japanese lines, the stories
the acsepters tell indicating the de--
niaralizatien of the Russian derma:
eiers. The same correspondent says
the Itnesian forts OD 1.,be sea -ii of
DREAMS FATAL RESULTS.
Woman Looking for Her Savings
in Pantry.
A despatch from Chicago says: As
a result of a dream, Mrs. Lizzie Cu -
et, 41, e -ears old, Jost her life on Wed-
nesday and her lineband and infant
(thild were fatally buimed in a fire
whicli partly destroyed their home.
The woman dreamt that lier eamings
had been stolen from a hiding -place
in the bottom of a segar jar in the
pantry. Startled by the reality of
the dream, she took a lamp in one
hand and her baby under her other
arin, and went to investigate. The
lamp fell from the woineene hand
and exploded. Her lientband, aroused
from sleep in an adjoining room,
made a brave attempt to put out the
ilame, and nnally succeeded, with the
ata of a mattress, but only after he,
as as the wife and child, had
been frightfully burned. Mrs. Collet
died while being taken to a 110eagtial.
riusr,vnas AT MONTREAL.
r Montreal, Nov. 29. -Grain -Oats,
t• 39; to 40e for No. 2 in store here,
No. 3. 381- to 39c; :American yen
se low, No. 2, nominal, at 61c; No. 3,
eS 60e; white, No. 2, 60 to Ole; new
et No. 3 yellow, 57e on track; buck -
"r wheat, 57c Flours --Manitoba pa-
s tents, 35.80, and strong bakers',
S- $5.50; high Ontario blended 90 per
O cent. patents, $5.50 to $5.60, in
8- wood, and 25c per barrel less in
shippers' new bags; straight rollers,
e- $2.45 to 32.55, and 25 to 30e ex-
tra in wood. Rolled oats -$2.82•1
S Per bag, 34.90 in barrels. Feed-
° Ontario brae, in bulk, 317 to 818,
e shorts, 310 to 320; Manitoba bran,
a-, in bags, 318; shorts, $21. Deans-
' Choice primes, $1.40 to 31.45 per
bushel: 31.35 to $lain in car lots.
an Provisions -Heavy Canadian short
cut, $16.50 to 317; American elear
fat backs, 32,0; compound lard, 6e
2 to 7c; Cauedian . lard, 51 to 7.1e;
t' kettle rendered, 8n to 9ee; hams, 12
to 13c; bacon, 12 to 1$e; fresh
eel abattoir hogs, 37 to 37.25; heavy
m fat hogs, $.50; mixed lots, $4.50
- to $5; select, 35 to $5.121, off cars.
1(1 Cheese -Ontario Fall white, 10 to
10ee; colored, 101 to 1011c; Quebec,
, 941 to 9Se. Ilutter---Finest grades,
n 19e to 201c; ordinary finest, 19 to
n 19e,c; medium grades, 18 to 19e,
and Western dairy, 15 to 15.1e. Eggs
e- -Select new laid, 23 to 2.11e;
7. straight gathered candled, 20 to
21e; No. 2, 15 to 15en,
ed a severe practical examination
He is a elever mechanic, and can r
pair his motor as well as drive it..
Mr. Andrew Lang attributes hi
literary versatility to his e.xperieue
as editor of the college ma,gazin
wben he was at St. Andrews. ITe fr
quently had to write the whole o
the contents himself.
The German Empress is an adv
cate of short engagements,
an -
would limit them to six months. IIer
own lasted only six weeks, but sh
thinks that that period is too shor
for general adoption.
Mr, Josepli Chamberlain's first or
atorical attempt, at a Dirnainglia
debating, society, was such a disas
trouS failure that he went home 1
disgust and vowed 'that he woul
never speak in public again.
Mr. Hanaish MeCiann, the tenentec
Scottish composer, is tlae son of
Greenock shipowner. He is a phen
omenal worker at inusical compos
tions, and has to his credit mor
productions than any other man o
his age.
The Baroness 13urclett-Coutts has
within the grounds of Holly Lodge,
her pretty Highgate home, a mound
known as `Traitor's Hill. from which
the conspirators gazed towards Lon -
clot in the vain hope of seeing the
'Rouse of Parliament blown into the
ah- three hundred years ago.
When Sir Edward Poynter, I'resi-
dent of the Royal Academy, painted
his picture of Jewish captives draw-
ing the Sphinx, he had to make an
alteration. He was told that he
had not encrugh Ifebrews in the pic-
ture to pull the great iniage along,
eo he had to deuble the number!
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Minneapolis, Nov. 29.--Wheat.--
Dee., $1.08?( to f,-.1..08-7,-; May, $1.11e,
Sept , 981 to 93e1c; No. 1 hard, 31.-
12S; 'No: 1. Northern, 31.10e; No. 2
Nerthern,. $1.06O, Plour-Pirst pa-
tents, $6 to $6.10; second do. ' $-5,-
85 -to $5.95; firs,t clears, 34,3'5 to
$4.45; second clears, $2.75 'to 32.-
85. 13ran,In bulk, $14:50.
Milwaukee, Nev. 20.-117hectt-No.
, 1 .Nortliern, 31.12 to $1.13; Nb. 2
Northet•n, $1.00, to 31.11; May,
09- asked, Rye -No. 1, 82 to 83e.
ASTRAY LETTERS.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Times' Britiali trade reports
are satisfactory.
Mrs. °Joao has a plan for eencling
7.000 ebildren free.), to Oast -
ado.
The Earl of Nortlibrooe is dead.
The new Canadian ea-breoker has
ailed Tor Coombe.
The British share of the 41 40414".0
\yes subscribed twelve times
ord Selborne urged looter rail-
way favilities in India in view of
Russia's achievements with the Si-
berian line.
ibe Panes say e the recent elianges
ow In the dieposition of the Whist*
e,. navy are due to the growleg power
oo of the German navy.
nO
41 to preserve the envelopos aieti broad civet, well sertrug ribe, full
Deputy Postmaster-Geeneral with any pavane°,
information in the ease that may With the oroper heel type in 1010d,
making an InvestigatiOn. endtable t
Letters which aro not registered
stoeler. To fnul hini is a
aro carried through, the mails and more difficult =Atter, Owing largely'
to the great eapension tif the dairy
delivered to tile persons to wh°111
tin'Or are addressed without any kialyusine$.s during the past fifteea or
of record being kept of their deliv-
d tweaty years, it is becomm
ing ore
erer. The department Ilan ,eand more nillicult to procure gooa
fore, to means *f knowing how the
the:"_ stackers for feeding. To get eatis-
postoilices are doing their work, un-
less those ethos° correspondence is
subjected to irregularities bring
these to bis elotiee
end them e•l'
to , heart girth and a general robitet
be or serviee to the nepartment in it will not 1)0 (inneide to recognize a
BIG STRIKE DT FRANCE.
Nen in Government Arsenals Quit
Work.
A Paris -despatch says :-A series
of strikes in the Governinent"arsen-
als and powder factories at, L'Orient
Brest and Toulon is asstuning men-
acing proportions. Five thousaud
strikers at Theot made a demonstra- days leaves no excuse for the tide of
tion on Wednesday, and there was AN INFERIOR ANIMAL..
minor dieorder, Large forces 01 An abundant supply of cheap feed
troops have been concentrated at the io eaentall to success in winter feed-
Variet18 ports- The- strike 11101114es ing, We can no longer finish .our
arsenal telegraphers, thus intercePio cattle ou ro.tiOn of hav and grain
with ally margin of profit. We must
have something that ean be grown
in larger quantitieS and at a very
small. cost, and corn ensilage fills
the bilL It is beyond doubt the beet
and cheapest winter feed nt, our dis-
posal. The chief advantages of en-
silage are its great palataleilily, the
saving of labor which it effects, and
the fact that it ean be- fed at any
time of the year with equal strtisfao-
tion. Weile corn holds first, place
as e elieap winter feed, it has no
monopoly of the field. The farmer
who grows a large quantity of grain
and has consequently an abundant
ish Provinces.
supply of straw, will find that by
A Lonclo.n despatch says :---Unpre- growing a nuantity of roots to feed
cedented snowfalls continue in the with it he can fatten cattle at a
13ritish provinces, Mara- pima*, and: very 1-resale-011ie coat. Field roots
villages are isolated, and everywhere have a feeding value apart from the
digestible mitrients which they con-
tain. in that they exercise a benefit -as
al effect upon the digestion and gen-
eral health. Cattle that receive lib-
eral ratione of slicculent .feed, such
as roots and ensilage, will have the
sleele, thrifty appisarance of grass-
fed cattle, and there will be little
trouble with indigestion or having,
them go on their feed, as is often
the case with cattle that are fed ex-
clusively raionn rdartyionfottiitivleie-maitseclsogriaairng.Th e_
)3/. on cireumestances that it will not
be dieciessedoliere. It is always well,
hoWever, to commence with a com-
paratively light ration and finish.
with. the more concentrated grains.
Mater and salt should always be ,
within be:slYeeprteaficale frothMenliteheebcyattlit
or even ordinary blacn o
use of some of the promillotawrybicelli3piss,
perhaps as cheap and effective as
anythim2; eLee. •
The sum of $15,000, including 31,-
311 from Toronto, was gent from
Boston to the Irish Parliamentary
'
factor,v ammels a armer is almst
coinnelled to breed liis own. In caeo
ho duce so, too importonee
eannot bo attnelfed to the selection
of the eire, 11, ehould never be for-
gotten that lie Is lialf the herd. Ceooti
grade cows are ell right to breed
fruit], but the hull sliould always be
purelavd. It Is poor eeonorey to
save fifty cents or a dollar in the
first cost of the eel!, and loee front
telt to fifteen dollars when the fie-
anitnal is placed on the maifeet.
Besides tbis, tlie. price at whichpure-
bred lea's can be olitained in theee
ing Government -despatches.
The Minister .of Marine has tele-
graphed to the maritime prefect at
.Brest, saying that the Government
e.an no longer tolerate a suspension
of work essential to the national de-
fence, and ordering that all of the
arsenal hands who do not return to
work Friday morning shall be Con-
sidered as having resigned. The tel-
egram of Minister Pelletan has caus-
ed great excitement at Brest.
4
FUNERALS SNOWBOUND.
RoadsAre &passable in the Brit -
m. the North railway commioneation
is delayed and in some parts entire-
ly- stopped, There are instances of
funerals being spowbound between
the house and the cemetery, and chil-
dren have had to be dug out ei
drifts between their houses and the
sohboIs. Even in West Cornwall
and the Island of Jersey,. where
snow is a rarity, heavy falls are re-
ported.
INDIANS INCREASING-.
Slight Decrease For Year, But
800 More for Decade.
A Shear -itch from Ottawa says: The
Indian reputation of Canada, ac-
cording to the latest returns to the
Department of Indian Affairs, 19109,-
956, which is 275 less than the count
showed in 1903. The record of rec-
ent years proves., however, that tlia,
care which is exercised over tie red
men by one of the Depornmenta of the
Federal Government has arrested the
very heaey death rate, so that in
the last decade ,the Depaitme.ntal
cntimerati on g yes an increase of
Darley-No. 2, 55e; sample, 38 to more than eight thousand souls,
UNITED STATES.
olre caused $700.000 loss in Clo-
t nett, on Saturday.
Seven cases of smallpox havo heen
Oiscovered at the University of Mich-
igau,
P. W. Glenn, ox-M.P., went to Jail
in New York rather than pay a bill
he did mot owe.
Several thousand miner
on strike the Kanawha. coalfields,
West. Virginia, and about 75 mines
are Ilea up.
Albert Reinert, a chief of division
In the °Oleo of the Treasurer of tho
United States, coaunitted suicide by
shooting himself in the head wbilo
at bis desk.
Tlwee ..school boys -Edward Cary,
13 years of age; Geo. Styles, 15
years of age, and Albert Thavites, 15
years of age -were drowned at Lynn,
Masse on Saturday. They were
skating on tliin lee.
Henry Meldrunt, formerly United
States surveyor of Portland, Oregon,
has been found guilty of forgery on
twenty -ono counts by a jury in the
United States District Court. 'Phis
is the first conviction In the so-call-
ed land fraud cases now pending.
A terrific explosion occurred in the
rear of the residence of Obeyer Fay,
of Virginia, Moa and thehand-
some building mass of ruins.
For some time past the Mayor has
been waging a vigorous warfare up-
on the violators of the, saloon law,
and inany threats have been made
against him. .
Rev. Dr. Francis A. Lewis, of Phil-
adelphia. says "In the thirty -fora.
years ending in 1901 there were
sixty-nine divorces, all told, In Can-
ada. Daring the same period bothe
United States there were 700,,00
divorces. 1! the same rate of in-
crease is kept up, there will be 3,-
000,000 Oivorces in this country Th
the. next thirty-four yeaxs.ot
• GENERAL.
'A Port Arthur soldier's wife fought
with her husband in nude attire.
Tho Socialist leader in the .Ans-
trian Parliament violently attacked
the dynasty.
Another German battleship, the
Deutschland, was 'launched at, Kiel,
on
nTitearoarturday'wholesale desertions in
connection with the mobilization ei
theRusstieserves.
clemAndre, Minister of War for
France, resigned and was succeeded
by }Ionia, Maurice Derteaue.
Arbitration treaties' will shertly
be concluded between. Switzerland
and Great Brit, ain, the United States
France, Italy, Austeia-ITungary, Ger-
many, and Sweden and Norway.
ILL1TERAInn TIALY.
Illiteracy still continues to ie
ainong the worst banes of the pop,
lation of Italy. Its prevalence in
the army has at last compelled the
Minister of War to take action. In
a circular just issued to the come
manners of all military districts in
Italy the Minister dwells i•arongly
upon the extent to which the welt. -
spread illiteracy in the ranks
ini-
paii's the efficiency of the army, enfl
gives strict orders that every initerr
ate recruit shall henceforward he pat:
through a course of instruction ivhicil
will guarantee tliat before leaving the
colors he will be able to read :led
The 13ritish e>rierie Minister 18
fokad of billiards as he is of golf.