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Port Arthur Fleet at the Mercy of
Siege Guns
1,IEFORE PORT
A despatch. from St. Petersburg
says: The War Office here is not yet
area to accept the report that the
I
,o.ree before Port ert/hur nave
at 2Q3-Metto Ililt, but if it is
eequently oflicially confirmea the
r Office admite that it will be a
eperete blow for the gallent de-
niers a ths fortress. The position,
inmends the harbor, aml if the Ja-
n.ese cen mount siege guns on its
:Inouit they eau force out the Ros-
eau squadren oz. destroy it At its
t anchorage. Those feardliar witli the
supporting plaee of the forte think
it is by no means certain that. even
, though the Russians are forced to re-
l- tiro from 203 -Metre Hill, the Jepan-
\ ese can place in position heavy guns
against the fire which tho other forts
can bring to bear on it, Still the
War Offica officials reluctantly agree
that eucli a, breach in the chain ren-
ders the position, extt•ernely critical,
tlehugli the, garrison might be
t hi •out in the Golden Hill,
Tger's nn , and Liati forts for scone
lime it, may rna,rk the beginning of
the eud. Tim War Office is convinced
feet with tbe approach ef the Russian
orttl PaCillc squadron the Japaneell
e.ezeillerial tliat the elitaination Of
the Port ,Arthur squadron as a fight -
104. factor Was absolutely vital, thus
accounting, for the reeniess $ecrifice Of
Ii i order to secure a Position di -
commanding the barbor,
powers are cordenually growing
more amicable.
"We have directed our Iffinisters
of Stete to submit to you a setteme
for meeting the extraordinary ex-
penditures ueceesitated by the war,
together with the budget for t the
thirty-eighth year of Meiji, besides
other projects. That our expedi-
tionary forces beve been victoriotte
in every battle; have repeatedly,
sbown trash proofe of their loyalty
and knavery So that the progress of
the war has lalert so (onstantly te
r advantage, th4t we expeet by
the loyal devotion, tef our sobjects
to attain our , ultimate object, and
we call upon you to discharge your
duties by harmonious co-operation,
thereby promoting my wishee arid
eieds.'4
S.
CHAPTER ONWEED SEEDS THE WORLD'S MARKETS
REPORTS FROM THE LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
A .1NOWLEDGE OF THEM
VERY IMPORTANT.
Dominion Department of Agricul-
tiu:e Mattes Soirte
Experiments.
All weeds are disserninatod bY
means of their seed, wile a coeside
crate° number also multiply throthelt
the medium of untferground root
stems, Among the latter we 'Mete
Couen grees, Canada, thistle, Perenni-
al sow-tbietle, biadweed, ebeep sor-
rel, and some others. When a new
Weed is diecoverod, it is a good Plan
to examine into its habits of growth
and means of reproduction and dis-
semination. A knowledge of thew
is more important to the farraer than,
the mere namo of the weed.
Weeds that depend for reprohluctioa
upon their tieed, alone produce thew.
in large retraces. A single pleat of
fal,se flax will mature front twenty-
fivo to thirty tliousaarl seeds, and
although we sornetirnee have reason
to doubt the vitality of the seed of
or or ina.ne;els that we boy, we neea
have no misgivings as to tbo vitality
of thew weed seeds. Tbo seed of
those sveefls that mature in our grAin
crops, even. though it shells, out on
the field, is with,' difficulty induced to
germinate ;It t1zzs wben it cen bo
destroyed. Some of it ean be per-
suaeled to grow by stirring the sine
face soil rlirectly after l'iarvest, biet
roost of R will not germinate until
it gete ready. This 'Nature provides
for the perpetuation of the species's...,
In the Seed Laboratory at Ottawa
• ons hundre(1 fresh seeide dinwild mus-
tard were planted in gOotl soil in a
box, and under the most favorable
conditions ,
ONLY TIIIII.TY-IiTVE OF THF,M
ItOT
despateh from Muktlen says:
There was another small sairmish o
Gen. ltennenliempre front ou
ueedey, but otheralse everything re-
tiains quiet here, The weather is
Warmer and. more agrePahle.
Chinese report, tliat in cousequenco
• a tilt, Of the Russian Red
Crime Society to obtain euppliee of.
food in the United States end China,
those supplies would be handed. over
to the Jananese for the benefit of an
laternatiottal liospital at YinItotta
A deeitiedly bot sLirmisli took play
Tuestley on the, Russian right, be-
tween the Vilinges Chjardan ena
SYno'nollen, the latter placet being oc-
cupied by ituseion troops. Several
vonmaniere of Japanese, with Cavalry.
tatting Itavetn(age Of night, trled to
ont the Russian couintanieation
this direction, but border scouts e
closed the Japanese on two sides flit
eouted themh capturing ten riflee an
.veral horses. The Russian loss was
Lilted or wounded, The Japauese
is supposed to hteve been, much
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PRINCIPAL CAVEDI DEAD.
Noted. Theologian and, "lead of
nnox College Passes Away,
Toronto despatch eays :-Canade
and. indeed, the v,holo religious
world, will be grieved, to lora of tile
deetit of Principal Coven, which
d at o'clock on Thursday
fling, Cla Friday of last week he
was at iCnos: Collage, ned attended
ta bie various duties, apparently in
hfs usual health. Ow Saturday he
was attacked with o complicotion of
grippe and pneumonia and bah to
Ake te his bed. From that (tete
he grew gradually weelter until the
d came. lie passed peacefully
way dt Ids late residence, 76 SPar
la Road, eurrounded by all the
members ot his family, with the ex-
ceptioa of his daughter, Mrs, (liev.)
Wilson. who ie lu India with her hus-
band.
Had Priueipal Coven lived until
the 26th of this month be would,
have been severty-four years of ago.
About the Mid of last year be Was
••••••••••11
, . .
nTo. 2 =lee
3e, Bee ey-45 to 580. Rye -
No. 1, 86e,
Minueapolis, Dm:. 6.-Wheat-tes
cumber, $1.07e; May, $1.11e; Jule,
$1.101; Septembee, 94e,c; No, 1 hard
$1.10; 1..,o, 1 Northeru, $1,09; No.
2 Northern, $1.04. Islour-leirst pa -
text, $6 to $6.10; second. patents,
$5.85 to $5,95; first elears, $1,35 to
84.45; second clears, $2.75 to $2.-
8n. Brame -In bulk, $14,50.
hillwaukeo, Dec. 6. -Wheat -'-NO. 1
Northere, $1.1.2; No, 2 Northera,
$1.07 to $1.09; May, 81,08e to $1...-
081 bid, Rye -No, 1, 80 to 810.
Barley -No. 2, 55c; efuople, 37 to
51c, 'Corn -No. 3 old, 52 to 53c;
May, 45e to 4.51c bid.
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6 LIVE STOCB MARKET.
Toroe to, Dec. 0.--T1iere was a goad
run at the City Cattle Market to-
day. The feeling all round is that
the worst of the seasoii is uow about
over, and that in busineee from this
out until the usual Christmas trade
1
aod. No. 3 at 410 middle froglate. sets in, there will he a steady het --
Peas -The market, is fixes, witli proven:eat, freeta are not many
Prices unebanged at -67 to -68e out- export cattle offering jut Row, but
side. an occasional pretty good lot coulee
Corn -Tile market is quiet, with
new Cauadian 42 to 43e west. New
American yellow, 00c on troche Tor-
onto, and now mixed, 54e, Toronto.
Old Amerioan No, 3 yellow, One, and
old No. 3 mixed, .04c, Toronto.
Prices of 4G attle, Grain, Cheesce
ared Other Dairy Front=
at Horne and Abeoad.
Toronto, Dee, 6. -Wheat -The mar-
ket is weaker ter Oxteerio grade$.
with sales reported et No. 2 white
and red 'Winter at $1,01 outside. No.
2' goose gnoted at 89 to 90e east,
and No. 2 Spring rit 95e east. Mani-
toba wheat is eteady. 1 North -
era at Inee, and No. 3 Northern at
91}e, Georgian Bay ports. Grinding
in transit prices are Ge almeve those
quotea.
Oats -No, 2 white is (Lupton at
32e0 low freights, and 32o north,
and west; No, 1 white is steaay at
33o east.
iharley--No„ 2 quoted at, 45 to 460
middle freights; No. 3 extra, 43e,
be induced to grow. The box
was then placed in the ore air for
a. weelt with the therensemeter below
zero; n again Pitt in the ger,
mina:tor, eeventeen more of the seed3
produced filauts, The soil was then
allowed to become tliorouglily dry and
again, pot out to freeze, atter widelt
twel c more of the lit. aired seeds rnintd. operation Wee re-
peated several tittles, until finally
every wed clernoristrated that the
mother plant had eat lived in Vain.
11,s a rule the seeds of the utOra
nox-
ritically ill for it Wee, but lus non,. lofts weeds that groW from the seod
ul vitality canto to itie rescue, alone retain their vitality tor sever -
n June last he was so far res al years. when, emiletilled in the soil.
red to health and vigor as to ate irt is big.hly Important, tlien. to pre
-
id the great conference in the Old ivent •the formation of seed. It is
ry, tatting it Very prominent quite • eNitlent that many fields
n the deliberations a that 41S- throngraout Canada, breve now it suf-
ficient etekelt of met; to produce lux -
o "Voronto Principal uriant crops of weviln for several
complimented on all years, by adopting a satiable re.
roved pityeical con- tation it is possible to prevent most
tled hilutitele te his of the plants frOTtl tbeSe aeddS touting
1,h roweled energy to outtunity.
All will agreo that most districts
have their full share of weeds. Line
the poor they are always with' us.
Ilow do we get them? Many forreera
can• doubtless remember when the
Otwada thistle was a new weed, Per -
owlet FoW-thistle, ribgrass, ragweed,
bindweed and some others are of more
reCent introduction. There are many
more to come, and some of them are
even more noxious than those that
•
IMED TWO FORTS,
despatch from St. Petersburg
Busidan GonStil ChefOo
ap 4161 Japanese captur,4.
d two forts in the .storming opera,
oas eguinet Port Arthur on Nor,
29, but the news is not COnfirmed
from any other quarter. The Consul
soys the Japasecee limes were enor--
raotts, and that il,000 men were sae- Eaaoa OF COMPASS.
Indeed in two
Pa
sembly.
Caren vaa
On hie
hands on. It
althea, and it
Many duti
and vigor. Is sudden death will
owe In tbe nature of it shtick to his
• ost of friends, who were, of the
opinion that he was only euffering
from
it slight indisposition.
Principal Caeca merried Margaret,
daughter ot the late Jelin °oldie, of
Ayr, the distinguished naturalist. in.
July, 1850. iiis widow, three sons,
Dr. John CaVen, Dr. „Alamos G.
Cavell, and Dr. W. P. CaVen, practis-
ing nhYsiclans. Toronto. and three tilO
daughters. Mrs, (Rev.) W. A. Wilson, are now common, instance.
missionary in Dania, and the Is the devil's paint brush or orange
Misses Coven, at home. surviVe. hawkweed that is already won die-
tributed over the Eastern Townships
of Quebec and part of New Bruns-
wick. Where this weed Has become
well established, land that was worth
forty dollars an acre five years ago
could not be sold for five dollars en
acre to -day.
Tliera is also a number of weeds
in. A consignment of rougli heavy
North-West cattle was received by
the firm of Maybe() and Wilson,
class of •cattle or atich apperently
tbere is no market, They are too
rough for export, and eo good for
Rye -The market is quiet, with No, inediug. They wore left upsolti up t
2 quoted at 70 to 70e °Inertia, a late hour.
Buckwheat -The market. is immix -Lai The day's run was 123 -cars, wan Ottawa City Council will eQ11$ d
1,160 head oneattle, 4,840 sheep an racaloa to establish a Beard
lambs, 2,40.) begs, and 82 vairee, ontrol of •eight Merahers an'd r
EzP°rttnrir demand Tor a good i ie the aldermanio representati
Oa...5e el eattle. Poorly fluisbed et- ' to 5ixteen, two from melt ward,
el speeial brands fer tioniestee erade, tie not, wanted., Tire Fire, and Pollee Committee
in blils., 84.75 to $5. Manitoba Iluteber Slight improvement in the Tfamilton imve recommended a "ran
flours unchanged.. No, 1 patents,L dentanti for good buteher cattle, of $125 to the family of the cA late
$3,70; No. 2 patents, $5.40, end Prieto{ steady to arm for the best. Conetable Rarron, reordered -while
strong bahersh S5.80 on trAch, Tore Rough butcher and common ',fanners performlue bis fluty.
outo. still away down. Choice butcher
hfillfeed-At outside points bran is beifere are firm at $1.20 to 61..40. NAT gurArg,.
quoted at $14.50 to $10. and shorts but very few of the latter Avail:11de. evoke at
at $17.50 to $18. Manitoba bran, 'Feeders -There is practically exo de- of Scottish,
seeks, 0.9 and shorts at $21, nd for feeders, except for gooduants
short -keep. e Colonial Secretary has forma
• COUNTRY PRODT.TCE. tockere-Demated is not very ac- riked Lord IV:dot° for liis nor -
se Arel prices are easier, at 83.25 in Canaria.
is fair, n
, it $3.50 for the elmicest quality. e La/tease/Ire Cotton tdeeoe atleeti
p and Lembs--The run. was un- been invited to 'visit the*
ON�ENSED NEWS IT
HAPPENINGS raom ALL OVER
Tgr GLQBEn
TPiegraphie Briefs Frain CrxX Ote
and Other Canaries of as..
cent Events.,
CANADA..
V
KING ICORZA'
:mu= as- BUILT 0
It Is 'Used in gussia for aVinel
the Ronde and
Streets
Tri tile rebuilding of tbo ginget
poilltarneedYippaoSis.ltviHn.aaDsrticver::odkielrklaosearti)iteaheanel..Laol: lbaCee7t:raoly:cyn Peacymplacil:ro'e;reuitelllipecliTro-weeaoabscbtare:xeixesetluir.1,
don Art School stait is resigning an heihnt tioanitty or the purpose tereal
ter 31 years' service. lets been exigaired staff of 1,000
syridieate westera America:a hhhthhhh .0osses,d strong teethl
capitalists have taken out a, iiCenSe for ,cuewing hp paper,
to mine on Hunter's Island, in the
itairiy- River district;
The statue which Nova Scotia hz
ereetine to Ifon. Josepti Howe At
Hailfax will be unveiled on December
13, the centenary of Mr. Ilowe's birth.
Sevinoroeka. in RAW* iSir '14
Paper Ifeuse. It imp been entirely,
ilt of blocks of paper-mache, evetV
the foundation and roof being nende
• that xxiaterini. So, too, are thei
A special force, of hhtters halt he ehhooeys, altheingh the paper used
appointed by, the Manitoba 00-enrn. in their eonstruction Was first reinge
went to cheek the depredations oi /led with a are -Proof material. 'Ped
ex -
border.
American, aorse thieves olopg the house, whicli is of eoesiderable
telif. and will, in the oninion of It
St. Cath.arinee will requiro $3,000 arcbiteet, outlast aueli ae are built"
more to finish their library and will of stone awl brick, was erected at a;
sk Andrew Carnegie for that cost of over $40,000.
amount, in addition to the *20,000 In certain towns of Russia, too,
• experiment is now beiog made of
lie has already granted,
For tampering with a fire alarm utilizing paper kr paving tho rOaelS
hox and calling out the brigade a. arat streets. In this case also eilockg
youth was yesterday sentenced. in compressed to great solidity aro etn-k
i adoa to two years in the p
Pcielg:)13en-Qdtiyatni4le ;Ler 6:II tt;erst4or trafaV.;
The cost, tiowever, is at, present, to
great to permit of anntliing leke
iniversal Adoption. For cone
f mensioes and similar pu
nhere eepenee need not be of
at 55 to 56c at outside points.
Flour -Ninety per. cent. patents aro
-
quoted at $4.35 to $4.40 in buyers'
saeltS. east or west,, Straight. rollers
lateral!, QU, ixt3Ritpap,tt,
• reed,
tioN COME IN
nearlds of doll,t
to United State.
eithttfton, '
the mentor
de
Lard le• y ere made
e are Taudelled beets
'Wachington, eta these ard
ly v iewattilfuetwintuqhlwiehlactii illovarlito;lias
have heavy to -day. but the mar- southeru States. to time in the witeelnal
towzi et the Union. During the pro-
enceralion tlio greenbache
tinued stendeh with. ev*TY"' The Times" Britisli trade reports original Imo and beeoute
ug hter, ht, ,5,0I1013`,Ilbs Wer° cillot‘l l'Pe show contittuar,ee a recent favorable grey, thus giving the but an ale -
4 -The ulaa°t is steaciY* with °Illtdti°1-14s.'orte8 in London that SPelpre • Pe(4)ra°rtucoi; °t1fiailel5Leut:°7° araa •tic:IrtIt7111?-4
s
•
'eeh•o•Sel"ts, *1-8C4 lights and I Co.,44Grrintri'c'frirelee71,Llt. r1:143r "WI"' ''.a_cria.71,7niker"11117 itn for
ergo in the quotations since
i Edward Clarli,e pro Ms own use, a s n yacht, 15 feet
lani,. elected ell over ann Pravidel
a againet tbe United
time of control over the, with' a sentrenneard. In the Making
,the hull, tieelt, snaste, sails), Mad
ddere .several thonnend collie% of
jeeirteed Were nsfria-eatie plank
tiring no fewer than 2,5P0 leavee
meets preeeare had to be
etore the neeeeeary sell,.
Obtained, The invert-
% made several exeure
tit See, and even itt
boat is said to
d y.
l'UttlPP
te AT!
before, big
at per lield-plezes.
tG T ittuilTunelbgievIns, Iwnee*clIft. wit:yes ratauda:
' order of the German Govern-
* ended for the exclusive
ry. Tlielr calibre ig
V .
so glit are they tkat
ei,llinC.;Ie 6 Intaided ehoulder.
IgitIttliii.ow 1 sit:Re thewirneostuttils1
et of a steel dela.,
eol of the
ore
uso for
re
eor
--'11rade
'lute beaus
eo $1.40, an
$1.45 to $1,50.
Cranberries -Tito market iui
ehanged at $7.75 to SS per barce
If011s-The market is unchanged
) to 85e1 according to quality.
Toney -The ouiriget is quiet, at
8e per lb. Condi honey, 81.5
132 per dozer.
la -Tho receipts are fair.
ces uncharged. Car •lots
• ed at 88 to $840 On track, TO
to, the latter for NO. 1, timothy.
-The Market le firm on Ugh
offerings, Char lots are quoted .
136 on,track, Toronto.
Potatoes -The tuarbet is !Wiwi.
light offerings, Car lots are quote;
at 75 to 80o perbag on teach. theta
lots at 80c to $1.
Poultry -The receipts are moderate
and priceq steady. Spring chickens,
9 to 10c; liens, 6 to 70 per lb.; ducks
9c per lb.; geese, 8 to 81c per lt..
turkeys, dry pluoited, 13 to lle; do.
Scalded, 10 to 11e per lb.
e e
hours.
*TAPS PALLING BAOIC.
A. despatch front St. Petersburg
says :-OfOcial and private clespatches
received here on Wednesday night
cate that the Japanese are fall-
ing back below Sintsintin, where
for soveral days they had apparently
been attenaptiug it turning movement.
After four days of severe but unsuc-
cessful fighting they are now retiring
with the Russians in pursuit. It is
, impossible ae yet to tell whether
either movement has real strategic
significance.
MANY WOUNDED,
_despatch from St. Petersburg
says :-Gen. Bouropatkin, under date spiral, like a watch spring, 'When ‚it
reaches the earth it takes on the
saine motion as the earth. His ob-
servations pointed to the conclusion
that the sun is a definite, permanent
structure, and not merely a Churning
mass of fire. It can be deducted,
possibly, that the earth is continual-
ly renewing its structure at the
sun's expense. It is recalled that
Lord Kelvin, years ago declared there
was no casual relation between sun
spots and magnetic disturbances.
An Expert Says It Is Caused By
Sun. Spots.,
a lecture before the Royal .A.strau- that hey° boon roently introduced
A. despatch from London says r-Iri
°tweet society. 31. mehheher, hut into 'Western Canada and whinh. have
of the Greenwich Observatory, am- proved to be exceedingly 'dfineerooe.
Most of them were brought in by im-
perintentlent of tbo Peter department
nounced AS the result, of prolonged migeartts. Among thernt ate tumbling
investigations his belief that ene western, thare's-car mustard. and field
familiar nnignetie disturbances which PennYerees or stinkweed. A feW
derange the- mariner's compass are plants of emit of these have been
directly related to sun spots, Ho fond in. different parts a Ontario
thinks the mysterious force which during the past season, and the East
agitates the earth is a stream of will know' more about them later.
attenuated matter, like a comet's OTIC tiling seems clear, and that is
tail or electrioally charged particles that the weed peste are
shot oat from the sun spots. Tho, Now heeeeeNeN'es, FiEArnyAy
rotary motion of the sun causes Ais
stream to assume the form of a at a, math wore rapid rate than they
did tWenty-five years ago. . How can>
we account for this?
The Investigations of the Seed Di-
vision have shown that the Seeds -
men are to blame to a considerable
extent, but there are ninny other
means by which weeds become 'dis-
seminated and which are worthy of
Consideration. Any farmer who has
land that is annually flooded by
freshets knows the difficulty of keep-
ing such land free from weeds. Trans-
portation companies, particularly. the
railway companies, have much to do,
with the introduction of now weeds.
Most of our noxious weede are intro-
duced from Europe. Their seeds are
often brought in with material tliat
Is used for packing a. `ales of com-
merce. This panning material is scat-
tered. about on the ground and the
seeds soon germinate. In three or
four years the now weed may be found
on a large number of farms. That is
the way most of mu- weeds come to
us,
The wind and entreats or various
kinds do much- to spread weed seeds
in a local way. Seeds of many weeds
are provided tettli special facilities,
some like small paeaclietes as in the
Dannelion. end Cenada thistle, ft?y the
aid of which the seeds am carried
lone. distances by Via wind. Nature
provided Sneds of other weeds'. seen
as but, with the means of clinging
to the wool of sheep or to other ani-
maleen order to insure their distri-
bution. In any case it is the seell
that comes first; the weed curse fon
4
GARRISON HALIFAX
Avail
t, DAIRY MAIllatTS.
ter -Tho receipts are motler
with prices unchanged, 'Illere is
good slemand for choice grades.
quote 1 -Finest 1-1b, Mils,. 1.7 to 1.8e;
of Thiersday, • reports that, the Jap-
anese force wiliele evaeuated Tsink-
hetchen (near Da Pass) took it fresh
position near the Village of Suiduu,
about soven and a half miles south-
east of that place. They carried off
many wounded. The Russian infaa-
try on the morning of Thursday re-
einnecl the offensive, advancing in the
direction of Suidun, under cover of
fire. Elsewhere all is
et,
SANK TORPEDO BOAT.
.despatele received in London. froxn
oul states that io the middle of
tober a Russian. torpedo boat left
adivostock to make it recormais-
Tice. The garrison in the forts
thought she was a Japanese vessel
and fired upon and sank her.
renallaICADO OPEN'S DIET.
elieves That Japan Will Attain
'Ultimate t/leject.
A despatch from Tokio says :-The
Emper'or formally peened the second
,svar Diet on Wednesday. He rode
through the crowded' streets in h
state coach escorted by. it troop of
lancers and accompanied by the
•.Grown. Prince, his staff, and some
members of the Imperial 1-Iousehold,
to, the House of Parliament where
Illousee were assembled in the
Cha 1.11-6r- of Repreeentatives. The
• Diplomatic Corps and many promi-
nent Governmeat officials were pre-
f.tthe Fintreeor ascended the dais,
from which he read the following ad-
dress -
`.:1In hereby, perform_ the cereniony
of opening the:Imperial l)iet and an -
/loner: to the thetabers of the' llouse
of Peers and Itotise of' Ilepresenta-'
that to our proiouncl delight,
-elations, with all the neatral country.
TO LICENSE FACTORIES.
In Order to Secure 'Uniform Ex-
- cellence in Cheese Output. '
A despatch from Toronto says
It is probable that before long the
Ontario Department of Agriculture
will repute° every cheese factory in.
the Province to secure a license. By
this means the Government would" be
enabled to cbntrol tho factories, and
if a factory was turnieg out an in-
ferior produet, not ',only -to its. own
.disadvantage, but to the disedvan-
tags of. the whole Provixice, the Gov-
ernment would have authority to
find out the reason why. "
IRISH FAMINE.
Prince of Wales to Visit
Irish Counties.
Starving
•ft
a awl in
work of gams
ortifieations will be
f the Canadian militia.
Mal way, the, subject ba
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f TOW
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r eropertyt, iyingilftelirgi.1-
lie s Nw
e street, whether it be
Iress odice or store,
s erten" and anybody
a thief,
el edits id the
ieen ths-
issed in the nendy-fornied, 'Military Illinois Steel Co., branch! of the
nen. A prominent mil it ary of- United States hl Corporation.
says: "It will be remembered i were ordered vlosed Saturday for an
t tile conference of the eolOrlial 'indefinite period, tbrowing 3,000 men
rem!ers in 1901 one gentleman out or work. The cause for the shut-
ouglit up tills phase of Imperial de- down is declaren to be lack of inlets
nee and the offer was made that POSS.
ordinary to ebolce large rolle, 1e tol, Great Britain withdrow bee troops
,
1.7c; low to medium, grades, 13 to from tlie two garrisons mentioned,
g'reatee Juan.
I
14e; crearaero penile, 21 to 220; the Canadian Government would un -
solids, 1910 to 20S.c. dertake the work. Well, the positInn OM of the same calibre.
and prices are steady. Case lots of loyal enough to undertalte the duty, Germany, too, can boast iteelf tlid
Eggs -The receipts are moderate, has not since clianged. Canadians are
new laid aro selling at 2$c per dos., and are ready." At. the corning eve- pioneer irt a dental. novelter-vize in,
fresle at 21c, and. pickled at 20c, sion of Parliament the subject will paper teet% which are constructeZ
from raper pulp instead ot from. tlio
with largo cheese quoted at 10.t. to porcelain or other material usually,
employed. They are said to haVel
Cheese -The marRet. 18 'unchanged, ilikely be thoroughly discuseed.
10ec, and twitis at 10te per lb. 4-- given satisfaction to etude as lia.vrt
more
hicit
heSe
tlte ban
a. semi
'ea
rout
"lost
eg it. is
tail and e
Police Inspector Shippey, of Phi
adelphia, leas scored a signal failure
in a grueomely Melodramatic at-
tempt to force four suspects to eou-
fess. Ile confronted the prisoners
vith the body of the victim, the lat-
. seated in the -cemetery vault,
with an aecusing finger exteuded.
The raea ShOwed signs of terror, but
uo confession was obtained.
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l'HE DEAD NOT BIJRIED do they keep their color well, but,
ventured on their use. for not oniZ
The son of Pon, Carlos was
coward by the Czar for gallantry
Manchuria,
Official returns show that 23,168
persons were killed by reptiles in
India last year.
Forty-four persons were killed
during the disturbances in Rio Jan -
Dressed bogs aro unchanged, with Starvation and Malaria in North- out being brittle are ninth! less liable
°tiepins moderate. Ciw lots are ehn ggehhett to chip than the ordinary 'false
quoted at, $6.4.0 to $0.60. Cured• teeth. They are likewise gonrantecel
HOG PRODUCTS.
meats are in good demand. at un- 1A. nrazAtlan, :Mexico, 'despatch says: to be very durable.
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A despatch from Londbn says
it wa.s. learned on Thursday night
from an absolutely trustworthy
'source. that the Prince of Wales will
Personally Make a tour of the Prov-
ince of Connaught and investigate
the reports of distress and impending
fain n e, ghri ep his amzual' shoot-
ing trip Lb Peeserves, of Lord
A lann, in County Galway, in the
heart of the starvation -threatened
charged prices. We quote e -Bacon, Fearful conditions exist in the north- Another recent and novel use tO
long clear, Se to Sec per lb. in case eru part of this State, the number ot which paper is being put is in the
lots; mess pork, $14.50 to $15; do deaths ranging from eu to 40 per eiro last week. manufacture of barrels. The wine -
short cut, $18. day, owing to starvation and male- nis editor of The Novoo Vretrrya growers of Greece, being badly off
Smokedeneats-Ifaros, light to me- tin. la many instances the dead. are declares that national representation tor weed with which. to construct!
chum, 12e to 18e; ece heavy, 1.2c; not given burial, it is said, but. aro
rolls, 9e to 10e; shoulders, 9 to 9ich thrown into open ditches firna It Os,
backs, 141- to 15,e; breakfast bacen. The authorities cannot cope with the
13c., '
situation. Provisions '4 lia.ve been
prices unchanged. :We quote :-Tier- sce:rce in north Silts° for some time,
Lard -The demand is fair, with
co, 8c; tubs, 81c; pails, Sec.
BUSXNESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Deo. 6. -Grain --Oats, 40
to 40.le for No. 2 in store here; No.
3, 39 to 391c; American yellow
corn, No. 2, nominal at 60c; No. 3,
5.8e to 59c: No, 2 white, 60 to 61e;
new No. 3 yellow, 57 -lc on track;
buckwheat, 543. to 55e. Flour-
eitanitoba, patents, $5.80; strong
bakers', $5.50; high Ontario blend-
ed patents, $5.75 to $5.80 in wood;
choice 90 per cent. patents, $5.50 to
$5.60 in wood, and 25c per bbl less
in shippers' new bags; straight roll-
ers, $2.45 to $2.55, and 25 to 30c
extra in wood. Rolled oats -$2.12e
to $2.13 per bag, $4.50 to $4.85 in
barrels. Feed -Ontario bran, in
bulk, ,$17 to $17.50; shorts, $19 to
$20; Manitoba, bran, in bags, $17
to $18; shorts, $21. Beans -Choice
primes, $1.40 to $1,45 per bushel;
$1.85 to $1.37e in car lots. Provi-
owing to the destruction of trope by
torrential raine. The epidemic of ma-
laria is due to these rains. Deaths
from strievation arid malaria are re-
ported from the. toerrts of Aherne,
Mirador, Moclitcliaul, Los Mochis,
San Miguel and Iliguera *cle Sargosa.
Money to provide food, medicine and
medical attention is being raised.
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RUSSIA FEAR.s BRITISH.
Watching iltndeioarngaz.nirzut3rti.on of the
A St. Petersburg despatch says: The
statement tliat Russia is concentrat-
ing troops on the A.fghan frontier iSS
Coded. Nevertheless it is unrloubted-
let true that Russia. is watching witli
some misgivings the British plans for
the reorganization and increase of
the Indian army, as well as the nes-
petcli of e ileputation to Persia.
Cowin°. on the heels of tlie leibetan
sions-IIeavy Canadian shoit cut expedition, these moves naturally
cie-
is bound to come in Russia,
The ,, epPropriation oi $12,800, for
expenses of the embassy- at the Vati-
can was stricken out of the French
foreign berfg,et, without opposition. or
debate. This, following the recall of
M. Nisard. continues indefinitely the
severance of 'diplomatic relations be-
tween France and the Vatican.
%The Russian public were startled
over Buropatkin's official report of
losses for twelve days prior to Oct.
21.
p• st
cut, $16.50 to. $17: American clear
fat 'backs, $20; compound lard, 61, -
to 7eco kettle, rcridered, 8); to 94c;
hams, 12 to 13c; bacon,. 12 to 13c;
fresh killed abattoir hogs, $7 to $7.-
25; heavy fat hogs, $4.50; mixed lota
$4.50 to $5; select, $5 to $5.12e off
cars. Cheese -Ontario Fall white,
10 to 101c; colored, 10e to 103e;
tan as a counterexiova Isereiee
Quebec:, De to 10c. Butter--Fineat
16e0 to Q1750; light short ate the suspiciou that Greet Beitain
is taking advantage of Reissue s pre-
occupation in the Far teast to
strengthen her position on the Indian
frontier of Pot -Sia. Rue a .$ CCM) S
keenly alive to the situation, but ao
open movement Has yet been inaile,
and the authorities are not disposed
to admit that any is in eontempla-
grades, 20* to 20/e; ordieary %lest, t
191 Pi 20e; medium. grades,. 18 • to
1910. Weston dairy, 15 to 15ec., DEATH OF MRS WHALEINT
lows, Eggs -Select 1.10 \ V laid, 23 to 24e;
POISON -ED BRANDY.
Twenty Inhabitants of thieff Who
Drank It Are Dead.
A ciesatch from Berlin says: A
. ,
cle.:,patch to the Lokal Anzeiger from,
l(ieff,'Ressia;' announces that 20 Per-
sons have lost their lives there
through drinking\ poisoned brandy.
straight gathered, candled, 20 to
21'1, No. 2, 154-' to 16,c.
IINVIIED STATES MARKETS.
Buffalo. Dec. 6. -Flour -Quiet.
Wheat -Spring dull; No. 1,Northern,
$1.16; Winter ,dull; No. 2- red, in
store, $1.20. Corn -Only steady;
No. 3 yellow, 53c; No 3 corn, 51
to Site. Oats -Steady; No. 2 ty. Mrs. Whalen was 70years old., quirements
Wiee of the Assassin of D'Arcy
McGee Dies at Nontrea,l.
IVIORE BUTTER LESS ell-RESE.
Shipments From Montreal Port
During Past Season.
A despetch from Montreal says.:
The total value of the exports of
butter and cheese Shipped during the
season. of navigation just closed is es-
timated at $19,107,304.30 to the fac-
torymen in the country, or at $19,-
67.2,983.60 laid down here. Of tho
latter amount $14,284,399 Is on ace
connt of cheese, the remainder, 85,-
388,583.90, being on account of but-
ter. This lamas in a falling oft en
the part of cheese this season, as
eompared with last, of about $6,710.-
600, and an increase on the pert pf
butter, a about $1,388,583, making
a total decrease of $5,327,017. These
figures do not represent the total
make for the season, but merely the
estimated value of tbe shipments for
the season of navigation.
A Montreal despach says :-The as-
sassthation of D'Arey McGee at Ot-
tawa in 1868 was recalled on Thurs-
day by the death at a9 Alexander
street in this city, of Bridget Whalen,
widow or 'Patrick James Whalen, the
assassin, who paid the death penal-'
th i casles and the cost of its int-'
;at leeing excessive, lately resolved
to employ paper in Vale mainifa,ctund
of their barrols, which will, it is
na.tid, be Soon in, u. iVergal. UM
,. .
throuerliont the country.
"SOO" RAILS SATISFACTORY.
20,000 Tens for ltecleral Govern-
ment Inspected,
A. SIMGEOlenS iaisumass,
A poor Mall from the West had
been, treated by his club doctor -a,
busy, overworked, good hearted fele
low -for glandular swelling in. the
neck, says the St. James's Gazettes
The merest Chance brought the pae
tient to London, And concatenas
tion of coincidents led to his meet-,
ing a St, Thomas's Hospital sure
goon. "You come up to the bogie.,
tale.' said the latter. "Yeu've no
glandular swelling there.?" The poot
fellow went. They looked him overs
That supposititious glandular swell-.
frig was a thyroid abscess of a par..4
ticutarly malignant form. The mane
seemingly' so healthy, was what an
in.eurence aatuary, would terra, it ten
minutes life.
e`Can you come • in?" they asked
him. He consented, Sir William Mae,
Corneae' took him. in hand. mThie
ise the most delicate of operations,e
he 'Said. tVill. you trust us?"
wohld. 4. due course, before quite a;
gathering of surgical notabilitiese
STh opoated, The case wae
as bad as it possibly could be, and
the faintest fraction of error would
have meant certain death; but the
operation was perfect, one of those
performaaces of whieh we laymen
never dream, but which these inapir-,
ed giants in life saving at the hospie
tale are acoomplishWg every nay oe
their spleeclid lives. Next raornings
before 7 o'clock, the patient was
gently roused from. sleep. He open. -
An Ottawa despatch says :-The ed bis eyes and saw the strosig, kin
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20,000 tons of steel rails made for ly face of a man beaming in delight;
the Canadiaa Government in the upon hine. It was the great and
Algoma works have been inspeeted, wealthy surgeon, • who had left hie
and over hall of them shipped to bed before - 6 o'clock that bitter,
Montreal. They are of the 80 -pound morning to come ehe see this poor',
class, end are to replace some 67- friendless man from the wilds of the
polled reils, on the Intercolonial West, The patient is a hale matt
Railway. The rails were inspected to -day, and in his part of the world
as to shape, strength, and weight, they regerd St. Thomas's Hospital
and were found to be tip ,to the re- as a temple of miracles far more eeve
inspiring :thee any holy well;