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Number of Prisoners Taken by
Japanese at Port Arthl r.
THE SU I.d1fl8NDhiitTl) GARRISON.
A •d(ssp(1L('1) from Tokio says: -a.
report ro (good on Thursday from
Gan, Noel's h.eudqual•lars largely
3netoase& Lim fi'gure's of the stu•redrl-
octet garrison, at.id intimates Mat
the force handed over to the Japan-
ese at Port Arthur will bo 32,000
exclusive of 1,5,000 or 16,000 sick
and wounded, malting a rough total
'of 48,000.
The report i& as follows: -
As proelously reported, the trans-
fer of objocls mentioned in artiste 2
of the capitulation compact took
Place on Jan. 4, and the transfer of
the forts and batteries has boon com-
plcLod.
The prisoners will be assembled at
the place appointed on Jan. 5, but
the investigation relating to these
,prisoners is so complicated that the
rosult cannot bo reported at present.
Reports recciveel up to date aro as
iollou s:-
•Gorterals ...... ,..,. 8
A'clndrais 4
0olor.iels and majors 57
•Captains and commandors ..,100
Almy captains and lieutenants 581
'Naval lieutenants aged naval
ollicials
......... ...... • 200
Army officials 99
Surgeons 109
(1hAph,i nA 20
'01 the rank and filo of the
arnly .....,,. ,22,434
'Cf tea rank and file Of the
navy 4,600
Army non-combatants 3,645
Naval' non-combatants 500
Total ............... ,,,.32,307
%sided these thero aro about 15,-
'000 or 15,000 sick and woundod in
the hos; !tats.
The voluntnors aro ehlofly included
in the net of non-combatants.
Om hoodoo() saddle horses and 1,
870 draught h.orsos were surrenclor-
'ed,
lITAY RELEASE PRISONERS.
A despatch from Tokio says: -Tho
Japanese naval ofilcoe's have not ex-
amined tiro stinker warships at Port
Arthur, and Uheroforo nothing 1:
known of thein• condition and possi-
ble availability for author smwioe.
It is exported that careful examina-
tion of the vessels will be made at
the earliest possiblo moment. The
.JApn(t'0se are keenly anxious to
know the °audition of the sunken
ships, and it is bolioved tiliat sante
of thorn aro salvable.
Tho positrons ingeniously blooked
the dry-dock, Thny towed rho trans-
port Amur inside the dock, blow her
'up so that she partly tarried tanto
anal sank sitlewiso, and them destroy-
ed the 'dock gate. The Russians sur-
renclorod possession of tho dockyard
on Wadnosday and turned ovor to
the Japanese Lan small steatno:a
:available for immediate uso. All tho
other craft hard previously boon
•gunk,
The work of clearing away the
manes commenced so soon as tho
Russian charts provided for in the
•capitulation agreement were deliver-
ed to tho Japanese,
Tho oificfal rigu(ro giving the Rus -
Man and Japanese lassos at Port
Arthur aro not yob available, The
.dispo+.ilius of the sueroredored gar-
rison has not boon determined. It
is impossible to move tho majority
oP tho sick and wounded, who will
be nursed at Port Arthur. The caro
of the many prisonors is a trouble
:soma and oxponsivo task, and it is
possiblo that Japan will arrange
later to return them to Russia. The
'qu04tinn is now under consideration
tat Tokio,
Tt is expected that Oen. Nogi will
return to Tokio at the request of
the Emperor, in which case ho will
rorc8 o a tremendous popular ova-
tion,
The foreign attaches entered Port
Arthur yesterday.
PAINTED AT 11111 in POSTS,
Tho London Daily Miail's Chefoo
'cort•csponlent says ;that Itussian of -
limas who have arrived thorn bring
descriptions of tho terrible condi-
tome existing in tho hospitals at
Port Arthur, which they say wcro
worse than those of tho battlofi'etd.
Thoy relata bow the Sisters of C'hn.r-
ity accustomed as those are to such
ordeals, sickened uador these con-
ditions, and fainted at thoir posts
because of lack- of nourishment.
"Thu wretched pati.on.ts toward the
end complained bitterly of what they
called tho heartlessness or the Sis-
ters of Charity, who grow so ac-
cu8t0nmd to .human mir'rorin'g that
they seemed to Theo allsympathy for
the victims."
Thu c.0rrcspondent adds: Medicines
and doctors Were scarce, and the
shrieks and groans of the wounded,
mingled with the curses and yells of
men who twain undergoing operations
without anaesthetics, combined to.
lnldkn elicit an infarno that it was a
roliof to rush from the foul atmos-
phere and horrible sights, even if
the shell -torn streets wcro the only
a1ternatiVc. "
,TAPS LOST 80,000.
A despatch front Chofoo says; The
statement of rho oonsorod despatches
from: correspondents with Gan.
Noel's army that the Iapwn so lost
only 50,000 mon in taking tho fot'L
roes is declared to 11'0 absurd by
Tristan 'daeal o'ffice's hole. '
'noir loWost estimate, 1110y say,
basad on porsonal observation and
on 510111) told by titre priso8er9, is
;that the Japanese 1086 80,000,
Adlvicos from .10pmno83 Walrus say
;Hhat tho condition of Isom A.rthoe Is
chaothe, but that Generals Nogi and
Stansel rapidly are syst8411 atizdog 81"
Mies there. Gen, Nogi is prepared
to put n horde of Ohtncso coolies at
work in tho fortifying 0f Port Ar-
thur innnodiately the Russians aro
rlis00SOd or, Vast quantities of vo-
mit. not 1 timber toe ready on the
Yalu liiver, whilo steal 'naive and
other manuea0tui•od necossaries aro
ready in ,Japan for transportation
to the fortress. The Japanese aro
rnna:loot that tho t•ofortlfying• of
Port Arthur will place the fortress
in a better condition than over, with
Lha Russian defeats climinatod long
before Russia can bosiego it, if such
a thing over occurs.
Anununition, food, and 11801111281
supplies to last for years will bo
sent to Port Arthur.
FIGHTING IN MANCHURIA,
iA despatch front Mukclon says:
Monday and Tuesday a general at-
tack was oxpocted, On Saturday the
Japanese showed indications of be-
ginning serious operations. Diming
the previous dight they located a
battery on the S•ha. 'River bridge,
I fr•oln which they enfilacled the Rus-
Olan trmato., being supported by a
heavy cannonade along the whole
'centre. Tho Jape -new used Shimoso
1 smile. At midnight Saturday under
cover of impenotrablo darkness the
Japanose attacked the right Russian
flank, energetically, directing thole
movement principally against a
strong redoubt, but they were re-
pulsed. 81rnultaneously an attack
was launched ag:•ihtst the Russian
trenches further eat, but before day-
light it was abandoned.
Tho Chinese rontinuo to report
that contagious diseases attended by
heavy mortality are r3.fo among titre
Japanese soldloru
KOUROPATSItIN'S FORCES.
A despatch from St, Potnrsbarg
says' Prom reliable information in
the possession of the Associated
Press it appears that the 'unitary
situation below 1\Tu'kcten is by no
nitans as satisfactory as represent-
ed. Tito number of troops at 0 -on.
IOouropatlain's 'disposal is about
225,000 atacl the transportation ovor
Oho Siberian Railroad is proving in-
adequate. The fact in connection
with tho internal situation might
have an important bearing should
Japan submit peace proposals. No-
thing of this nature, howover, has
yet made its appoarance.
RUSSIA TO CONTINUE WAR
Result of Cabinet Council at
Which Czar Presided.
A despatch to the London Plxpross
from. St. Peteshurg says that sit
tiro tnuuLing of the Council, presided
over by the Czar, it was decided to
ootttinuo the tear with relewocl
energy. Don. ioouropatkin will bo
reinforced by 200,000 anon before thn
end of February. •Tho transport ca-
pacitios of the Trans-Siberian Rail-
way will be increased by the use of
a now typo of Oar. It etas also (be-
dded to recall Adahiral Rojestvenskv
immediately.
'Pilo Czar and the Council worn
unanimous in •doclarin'g that tho
closing of the war now wooed ho
incompatible with Russia's dignity.
and the determination was expressed
to continuo hostilities until the Rus-
sian arms achieved a decisive vic-
tory.
GIFT OF - A HUNDRED CITIES
Silver for the German Crown
Prince and His Bride.
A Bertin despatch says: The joint
wadding gift of ono 'hundred eltios of
Prussia to the Crown Prince Frodor-
ick William and the Duchess Cecilia
of Sifeckledbiur Schwerin on tho
occasion of their appt•o'ao11'ing mar-
riage, to which invitations to con-
tribute wore sant out by a commit-
tee of mayors on Tuesday, will rep-
resent about ono can't apiece front
oac11 Prussian city dweller. The pres-
ent will bo a silver tabic service for
50 persons and of more than 1,000
pieces of original designs, costing
$125,000, or $25,000 moro than the
similar gift to 'tato Irporlal pair in
1881.
KILLED BY FLYING ROCK
Fatal Accident While Blasting Near
the Qitlebec Bridge,
A Qluebec despatch says: While at
work near Garnean bridge, opposite
Salary, a young man named Coutur-
ier, 23 years of ago, of Sill'ory, was
killed 011 Welnnsclay morning, 0001-
nrior with others was engaged by
14t. J. '1'. Scholl, contractor, blast-
ing for tl;o new lino of railway which
is to connect with the (lirobec bridge,
when he was killod by flying frag-
ments of rocks, Another resident of
Silory, named Locompte, was seri-
ously itljtn'od
STABBED, AT SUDBURY
fine Italian. Uses Xinife With Fatal
Effect on Another.
A Sticlbury despatch so.ys: itn
Ttallah named Guisappo Slivostro
stabb0d lAntonio 'Comaria, another
Italian, hors on Wednesday night.
1)om'ar10 died ono hone afterward*.
Silvestro 1s in 808tody.. Several
thalians were eye -witnesses of tho
rrltne, Tho Gleed was committed In
Osi a)loyevay adjoining the ;Ctaliatt
boarding-houso owned by a Crook
teetered Chrl'steko.
THE BREEDING OF GRAIN
DIPPERENCE IN STRAINS AND
VARIETIES.
Said That Good Seed Is at the
Foundation of Good
Farming,
In d'iscussin'g this subjoin at the
Ontario Winter 11air, Mr. G. 11,
Clark, Chief of the Seed Division,
Ottawa, said; T%iy observations have
ted mo to believe that brooders and
feeders of live stock are, as a rule,
more alive to tho importance of
good seed than farmer's who sell the
bulls of their hay and grain. Wo
aro told that more than three-
fourths of the raw natorial harvest-
ed each year from Ontario fields is
foci to live stock; a largo proportion
of it is maaufaoturod into (neat
and 'dairy products.. Stockman are
in a broad eerie manufacturers and,
as in Ube ease of other mamIfn<•t,.r-
ors, much of their sucet'Ott depends ori
tdio quality and cont of the raw ma-
terial used. It would seem rloa.r,
then, that any increase in the yield
per acre of the raw matorial would
mean a commensurate reduction in
its cost to the stockman.
When compared with the labor and
the yearly rental value of the land,
Dm cost of seed is a small item of
expellee in the production of hay or
grain, but the influence of the aced'
is much grantor then is generally bo -
tiered. limited, as has been wolf
said, good seed is at the foundation
0f good fanning.
The farms of most good stockmon
are kept in a high stato of fortuity.
In cansoquonco, they aro able to
grow bettor crops than tltoir neigh-
bors who sell their grain, but it oc-
curs to me that on most stockmen'u
farms much mono pro':tablo crops
would be obtained if the seed were
always bf the best; the best send,
though its cost may seen high, in
ALWAYS ',1'I•lI5 01.1EAP EST.
It is highly important that the
variety be well suited to the oaridi-
tdo'ns of soil on 8'111011 it is used.
But there may be a wide cl ama:nco
between two strains of send of the
some variety. The productive capa-
city of the seed may ho marled be-
fore flint of the soil. 'You may use a
strain of sood of Banner oats on one
of your best fields and got a return
of si' ty bushels per acro, or you
may use another strain of the sante
variety, on the same fiobd, in tho
samo year, sown at the same time,
and got seventy bushels per acro, at
pre-•ti.'ally tl o same net cost. Sim-
ilarly you may use ono sire, the
progeny of which may be fed at a
]a s, or another sire that will got
good paying stock.
I wed'. then to recniwcl tho stock-
man that the profits whioh result
from caro in the feeding and solco-
tion of their breeding stock will al-
so follow proper caro ?.n the growing
and selecting of their sood grain.
The principles which make for the
itnprovomont of livro stock may also
bo applied with equal advantage
from tho standpoint of tho practical
(armor for the improvement of
crops, but as much has already boon
done by rho tray or selertion in the
improvement of live stock and but
tittle f: r tho iniprovomont of corn
and other crops, it follows that
thero remain greater opportunities
for improvement in the selection of
seocd grain. it twee in view of these
opportunities that Prof. Rnbarts'on
started tem project four years ago
that lord up to the fo'rma'tion in
June last of the Canadian Seed
Growers' Association, the work of
whitlli is conducted on a basis not
dissimilar to that adopted by our
live stock associations.
Ree have twenty-throo farmers in
Ontario who have startod to grow
seed corn. Each of them provided a
brooding 'plot of not loss titan one-
quarter of an acr0, on which they
plant about twenty rows of corn,
each from a sepaeato car, tvhich is
she110)1 by handl as it is dropped in
tho hills. Each .ear will plant a
singto row complete, and twenty
solectotl ears am rote -Mood to plant
a !reeding plot, which, to prevent
csroes-faitilization, is !kept at adis-
tance front any &ntor variety or field
of corn. Before the pollen le ripe,
the tastsele aro out from all rile in-
ferior stalks so that all of tho corn
will be fertilized with the 11011011
from vigorous growing plants. Whon
the crop is matarrad, ono or two of
tho 'best out of tho ttv0ety TOWS
are sottsctocl front which to choose
twenty torfoot ears front rho host
plants in those rotes, to plant the
1lreo('tug plot of the mixt year. The
balance of tho good ears from rho
brooding plots is used to plant a
Bold on which general crop seed is
grown. You may bo able to get
good seedcorn front soma -of those
l.tven't.y-three nlen'bo1•s poet year,
1'f so, it tvfll 1:13 delivorod to 700 111
8r nd 7.1' wl tus
181ca11paof iho du0alitty ilh
of rho have sood yo50080u
01181111.0-00a
re0 8181117
a,
Many of tho Armenia of seed wheat,
oats, and barley had good insults
from s'otving their 'breeding of hand-
soloc•tod seed plots with an ordinary
gl'ain chill, having ovary other tubo
plugged, thus m1811)8g thio Shills of
grain foucto0n instead of sever
inches apart. By this method, Of -
teen pounds of han:caeoloctocl seta)
oats may ho used to good advan-
tage on half an aero of wall pre-
pared land. Tho yield froth a crop
50tta lit this hllalnl01' is nearly, teal
not mate, as largo on an avaot•u.ge
as from thicker Hooding, but rho ob-
joct ie to got, seed front a crop its
W111011 the individual plants have
had an opportunity to reach their
limit of p(rfec1ion, rather than to
forgo a crop to its maximum yield.
The Lime required 1,o select largo
heads firma iho 1'iposed'stanrd•ilm;
crop(' to got flacon poltnds of 'good
geed--hand-srle0ted seed --is 'neon-
siderablo when comp -arca with tho
benefits derivecd, l'f the elocktnel of
Ontario Would 07010ise rho mom 0ar0
In the growitrg and solution. Of their
seed grain that alloy elo fo the food
-
log nand selection of their brooding
litroek ,they would be repaid tort
told,
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
REPORTS Ir'ROr7 THE LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese,
and Other Dairy Produce
at Home and Abroad.
Toronto, Jan. i0, -Wheat -No, 2
Ontario white and rod Winter quote.
cd at 00•c to $1 outside; No, 2
goose quoted at 85 to 800 oast and
No. 2 Spring at 97c east, Manito-
ba whoat 1s steady. No, 1 Northern
quoted at $1,08; No, 2 Northern at
$1.03 Lo $1.04, and No, 3 Northern
at 97 Lo 98e, Georgian Day ports.
Grinding In transit prices aro Oc
above Chose quoLod-
Oats-No, 2 white quoted at 32k
to 025c, west, mad and at 33c low
freights, No. 1 white Is &Coady ab
334e oast,
Barley -No, 2 quoted at 45c mid-
dle freights; No. 3 extra, 43c, and
No, 3 at 41e middle freights.
Peas -Tho market is steady, with
dealers quoting 07 to 68c at o.wtsido
points.
Corn -Tie market is steady with
now Canadian quoted at 43 to 44.0
Horst, guaranteed sound. Now Alnor-
ican No, 3 yellow, 52c ou track,
Tor -onto, and No. 3 mixed at 514e,
Toronto.
itye--`11io market is firmer at 75 to
76c at outside points,
Buckwheat -No. 2 quoted at 52c
high freight, and at 53o low freight.
.Maur-Ntnoty per cent, patent aro
quoted at 84.25 to $4.40 in boyars'
sacks, oast or, west; straight rollers
of special brands for domestic trade,
in bb'te., $4.75 to $5. Manitoba
fours nnehangod. No. 1 patents,
$5.40 to $5,50; No, 2 patents, $5.-
20
5;20 to $5.80, and strong bakers', $5
to 55.20 on track, Toronto,
Millfoed-At outsldo points brant is
quotod at $1.4 to $14.50, and shorts
at $17 to $17.50. Manitoba bran,
in sacks, $18, and shorts at $21.
COUNTRY PRODUOE..
Apples -The market Is fair for
choice stock at 82 to 82.50 per bar-
rel; coolsin'g apples, $1.25 to $1.50.
Means -Trade is fair and prices un-
changed. with prime -quoted at 51.35
to $1.40, and hand-picked at $1.45
to 81.50.
Cranberries -The market is un-
changed at $8 Per barrel.
Slops -The market is to :hanged at
32 to 85c, according to quality.
Honey -Tho market is quiet at 7e.
to 8c per lb. Comb danoy, 51,50 to
$2 per dozen.
Hay -Car lots of No. 1 timothy
are quoted at $8 to $8.50 on track
horo, and No. 2 at 86.50 to $7.
Straw -Oar lots are quoted at
86 to $6.25 one track, Toronto.
Potatoes -Car lots aro quoted at
70 to 75c per bag, on track; jobbing
lots at 85 to 90o
Poultry -Spring chickons, 8, to
94c; hens, 54 to 7c per lb,; audits,
10 to 11e per lb,; geese 9 to 10e per
I81.; tunkoys, dry plucked, 12 to 14c,
do., scalded, 10 to 11c por ib.
THE .DAIRY MARKETS.
]flutter -finest 1-1b, rolls, 18 to
18,1c; ordinary to choice large rolls,
17 to 18e; low to m0 1101 t grades,
14 to 15c; cr0amo y prints, 224 to
24c; sonde, 205 to 214c.
Eggs -Case lots of fresh are sell-
ing at 91 to 22c per dozen, and
limed at 20c.
Cheese -Large choose, ilk, and
twins at 115 to 114c por lb..
HOG PROIIUOTS,
Dressed hogs acro uanchango•1, with
offerings moderato. Car lots aro
quoted at $5.15 to $6.30. Cured
moats aro in good domand at un-
dimmed prices. We quote -Tlemcen,
long doer, 8 to 85c per lb, in caro
logs; mess pork, $13 to $14.50; do.
eleort cut, $17.50 to $18.
Smoltod meats -Slants, light to me-
dium, 12 to 12ec, do., heavy, 114
to 12c; rolls, 9 to 95,.c; shoulders, 8-e
to 9c; backs, 14 to 144c; breakfast
bacon, 123rc.
Land -The demand is fair, with
prices unchanged. lye quote: Tlorcos
7$c; tubs. 80; pails, 840.
I3USINESS. AT NMONTRtIAL.
Montreal, ,Ian. 10.-Orain-Oats,
40 to 401c for No, 2 is store hone;
No. 3, 89 to 394e; corn, now Amer-
ican 7011oiv, 54 to 55c, gu'arant:oed
to arrive sound; 60o store for No.
1.1 mixed; buckwheat, 545 to 55e.
Flout' -Manitoba putouts, $5,80, and
strong bakors', $5,50; high O:nta110
blended patcote, $5.75 to $5,80 in
wood; choice 00 l:or coat. patents,
$5.50 to $5.60 in tooted, and 25o
per barrel las in shippers' now
hogs; straight rolle's, $2.50 to
82.55, and 25 to 80c extra in woad,
lotion masa-52.12e- to 52,13 por
bag; $4.50 to $4.85 in •barrels. feed
-Ontario brlu.i, in 'hulk, 517 'to 817.-
50;
17:50; shorts, 319 to $20; Manitoba
Man, in bags, 817 to $1.8; shorts,
$21, Boone -Choice 701181.08, 51.40
to 31.45 par bushel; 51.35 to $1.375
in tel' lots, Provisions -heavy Can-
adian short cut pork, 81.6.50 to
+17.50; light short cut, ;516.50 to
517: Antaricon clone: fat •baeas, 820;
compound lard, 05 to 7c; Comedian
lard,'55 to 74c; kettle rendered, 84
to 910; hauls, 1.2 to ihic; bacon, 12
So 180; froslt killed abattoir hogs,
87.20 to $7,25; heavy fat 11058,
54.75 to $5; mixed lots, $5 to $5.-
15; 5oloct, 85,25 to 55.35 off cars.
Chnoso-Ontario Pall white, 1.05 to
10,1x; colored 105 to 104o; (*uoboc,
0 to 10c. Iitrttor-1ldnost grades, 21
to 214c; ol''din'ary finoxsL, 20 to 201c,
1110(110) t males, 1:85 to 194c. Wes-
tern 'deity 155 to 164c. Eggs -Se -
loot new laid, 23 to' 24e; straight
gathOrad, candled, 20 to 21c; No, 2
1.54 to 16e.
UNITED STATES SIA.RTClc,TS,
Buffalo, .Tan, 10,-T four -7 ire.
W'11oat-Spring d)111 No. 1 Northern,
$1.2011; Wii for, dull; No. 2 rod, in
storo, $1,20. Corn -Steady; No. 3
yellow, 483c; No. 3 corn, 484e, Oats
-.Firm; No. 2 white, 86c; No. 2
tnielod, 1i•h4•o. 13ar1oy-Uncleangeil,
Milwaukee, .Tan. 10.•--Wheat---No, 1
Northern, 61.14 to $1,1 i; No. 2'(10.,
$1,07 to $1.11; May, $1,14.5 1e $1.•
General atoessel, who retires 1r0su Tort Arthur with 13liiltar,XlUonors
145 asked, Rye -No. 1, 80e. T3arley MISER'S
--No. 2, 50c; sample, 37 to 51c.
Corn -No, 8, 424 to 43c; May, 44e
to 444e hid.
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan.. -10.-
Whoat-May, $1.164•: July, $1.135 to
$1.135; Sept., 981e; No. 1 hard, $1,-
18e; No, 1 Northern, $1.131; No. 2
Northtan, $1.105. Flout•-Fi.vo cents
higher; fl'r•nt patents, 56.15 to 8(1.25;
second patents, $5.95 to $3.05; first
clears, $4.15 to $4.35; second do.,
$2.60 to $2.70. Bran -In bulk, $14.-
70.
14:70.
LIV13 STOCK MARKETS.
Toronto, Jan, 10. T3.usiness a4 1110
Western Cattle Market to -dray was
quiet on largo deliveries, but valnu3
continued pretty steadly at old levels.
Among the receipts were same
loads of c'hoico heifers mtxn(1 with
exporters', and these brought fairly
satisfactory ruturns to tho drovers.
A fairly large number of butohers'
COWS Wore also sold.
The tone of the market for feeders
teas easy. .Stockers also wow not
in extra good demand but their quo-
tn.tiavls were' pretty steady. A mod-
erate number of stockers and light.
fenders were sold with a fair amount
of activity, •
Prices in sheep continued stiff, with
active buying on fairly large offer-
ings. Quotations did not go beyond
14o levels previously attannecl, hie
Um market ovinced no tendency to
sag.
i4xportrrs' cattle woro quoted n.t
54.25 to $5 per cwt.
Tho following quotations worn pro -
valent for loathers' cattle: --,'$elect
butchers', 54.25 to 84.40; good
hlltchors', loads of. $3.70 to $4.25:
fair to good, $3.50 to $3.70; cows,
$2.50 to $3.12-; common to rough,
;51.25 to $2.
Stockers and feeders were gvotod
as follower -Treaders, short-kPOps, 1.-
200 to 1.275 1N.. 83.50 t(1 $3,00•
stockers, 600 to 800 lbs., $2.25 to
$2.75; stockers, 400 to (11111 iTs.,
$1.40 to 42; bulls, 000 to 1,200 lbs.,
$1.75 to 83.
The prices of sheep and halts were
as follows: -Export ewes. $4,25 to
$4.50; export bucks, $2.50 to $$.-
50 por cwt.; cull 8111011, 52 to
$3 each; lambs. $5,25 to $5.90 par
nwt.
Calves sold at 3to 55 colts pea
lb., and $2 to 810 (inch,
(logs wore unchaneed at 51.80 for
sobers, 1(10 to 200 lbs, of prime
11110011 qunlity, off cars, Toronto.
81.55 for festa and lights,
4
QUARANTINE WITHDB.AWN.
Cessation of Smallpox Cases in
Western States.
A 60spatc11 from Ottawa says: -
Reports. received by the i'41'o(tor-
Gcn0ral of Public Wealth intlicate
that there is almost an Ithsol1rto ams•
sati011 of smallpox casco in L110 Wast.
A 11Orornment inspertOt• having vis-
ited tho lural eriug and minitr7 camps
iu Idaho, Montana, and 1Yaeltingto'n,
and reported rho ah: once of On dis-
ease, the fopoatmont of Agricultnro
has withdrawn the madirltl inspect -
ore from along the British Columbia
boundary line. T)r, liMontir•anlbcrt
states that as there 11t1s not boon a
single case of bubonic p115110 h1 San
Francisco since Marcie and tho port
having boon do:ln1'od a (lent port,
It has been derided to drspcn10 with
the gllarautinime of voes(11e arriving
from San 1"roincisCo at ports in 13rit-
ish Columbia,
01111. TRADE WITH JAPAN.
,A Decrease in Imports by Both
Countries.
A despatch from 01 Lowe says Mr.
Alex. MoLoan, commcreie1 agent for
Canada 111 Japan, 111,a report to the
Dop'artmmrt of Tondo and Oontmerc0
gives the Japanese statistics of the
trado lxltweon Canada anti Japan.
Those, show that Jntpatl'8 exports to
Comma 6001inod from $1.,742,900 in
1002 to 81,461,770 in 1003, while
imports of Canadian goods into Ja-
$240pan , d0500,e8ased from $258,687 to
QUARTER MILLION' S118111 R8.
Liscontont in Westphalian Coal
Fields at :A.gute Stage.
A dospateh from florins sa 8: -T1s..
y e
discontent in tho Westphalian coal
falde has reedited on aceto stage
,atrd a general strike at/toting 250,•'
O fruiters is ivaperiding.
TREASURE TROVE
Gold, Silver and Currency Found
in His House.
A llurlington, New Jersey, dos -
patch says: Denying with alutost his
last breath last Wednesday that he
had any Won] 111 other than the home
in which ho lived and the spacious
grounds that surrounded his resi-
dence, Fir'nluu 1)obet's estate, it is
now estimated, will amount to be-
tween $300,000 and 8500,000.
Since his death relatives have in-
augurated a search of tho Dubai pre-
mises, which has resulted in the read-
ing .of more than 59,000 in gold, sil-
ver and moth"0aton paper bills,
chiofy of $100 denomination. Stored
in dusty recesses and out of the way
nooks, laid Between the leaves of
hooks which were carelessly placed
in unlocked receptacles, and hidden
beneath the carpets which covered
the floors in his home, this money
has hon found, and relatives are
confident that they have merely be-
gun thoir discovery, of treasures.
In a peck measure in a room in
which thero was countless rulehish
there was $1,700, and a cigar box
11oid $2,51)0 in gold. A thin book,
merely a pamphlet, contained be-
tween 111it•ty-eight consecutive leaves
thirty-eight one hundred dollar bills.
Old clothing in various trunks and
closets had been receptacles for
money.
Living the lifo of a recluse for a
scoro of years, Dubel was known by
the residents to Immo considerable
many, drspi•te his vigorous denials.
Ties fortune accumulated greatly dur-
ing his lifetime, but ho received a
large estate in line of descent from
ancest.ore who 1a the days of the
Revolution and prior thereto, re-
ceived enormous grants of land from
rho Ten(li8h Crown and later from
the State or New Jersey. Search
among old papers brou"•ht to light
scores of mortengos upon property
of residents of the town and county
for miles around.
6
EDMONTON PAYS $100.000
Bonus to Grand Trunk Pacific to
Become Divisional Point.
An Edmonton despatch says: The
nity has rrcoived a report ro the G.
T, P. agroemout - with Edmonton
from Mayor Short and .1. 8, Mac-
•dnugall, the dolegates who wore sent
to Montreal, anti have just returnCd.
This city pays 8100,000. and becomes
a divisional point, with shops and
trrminnl facilities. The greatest en-
thusiasm prevn.its ovor tho result
IT WAS A RECORD YEAR
Succession Duties Likely to Yield
Ontario 8450,000.
A Toronto despatch says: Last
y000 was a record year in the col-
lection of succession duties, 'l'hc
books Have not yet been closed, bat
it is certain that the, Provincial
Treasury will, when tho accounts aro
completed, h'av0 derived a revenue of
approxirnatidy $450.000 from tial
estates of Ontario's wealthy citizens,
MARRIAGES IN WINNIPEG
Vital Statistics Show a Marked
Falling Orr rast Year.
A Whlnipeg despatch says: Vital
statistics show a marked dacr0350 hr
tho mouton of tvccldings hero during
1904, although T)occmber estahiishod
the leigi ;est record for a single
month, with 103. :Tho n5gragate for
the year was 860, compared with
1,004 in 1908,
4.
!'AMINE -STRICKEN SPAIN.
Demonstrations Throughout The
Comity '.
A '(lospatoh from Madrid say8;-.-
'Pliroughout the tv11o10 of Spain
moetings have been hotel by the
800rletnee °lassos to protest against
rho dourness and scartlty of all pro-
visions. Tt was resOlvOd at humor-
ous nteotings to hold formidable nod
shnullarnous Semonstt'ations of
1(0n'ge7 people 9 the Government do
not quickly tako propos measures to
relieve the Widessproad distt'088.
CAPT. TXg'ACXCBR'S RET'C'IIN,
Our Military Attasho With the
Japanese Army.
A despatch from Victoria, i3,0,n
says: -Capt. 111, 0, Thachor, who
was Canadian military attache with
Olio's army and tvitmeesed the ac-
tions at Anshan, LIn,oyang and
133u1110, arrived by the 1Cmpeass 01
Japan on Wednesday morning. Copt,
Thacker was lnvadlllod after the batr
tie of Shalt°. Whoa he left the two
armies, each being reinforced stead-
ily, were entering and strengthening
their positions prepaying for 'battle,
which the *laps proposed to give
when the Port Arthur army was ro-
leased.
DIscusaing the battle of Llaoyang,,
Capt. Thaoker said the Russian
position, which he investigated af-
ter tho battle, was most strong,
having a eh•cio of oloven redoubts,
extending all around from the Tait-
s0ho River an one side to the river
on the other side, eve] with
made trenches trenches intervening. Had
ICuropatkin not been misinformed as
to the strength of the Japanese he
doubts if the retirement would have
taken place without an oven greater
struggle than that winch occurred.
'After the battle Kuroptkirl realized
that the Japanese were not so
strong as he had been informed by,
his intelligence officers, and, after
the forces recovered 'earl had brought
up ammunition to replace the enor-
mous amount 0:twirled, he assumed
the offensive, with the result that
his forces were thrown bock, with
heavy loss, after a groat battle last-
ing ten days, which ended without
ciiher 'side having gai'ne'd any
ground.
Capt., Thacker says the Russian
field gun is superior to that of the
Japanese, though the lack of com-
111on shells handicaps its service. The
Ja'''anese gun is better served. The
Shhnoso explosive is very o''eotive,
but not more so than lyridite, The
cavalry arra has boom notably ab-
sent in all en'ga'gements.
Capt. Thacker is en route to Ot-
taloa. IIe was decorated by the
Mikado before leaving with taro or-
der of the Sacred Treasure.
4
PREFER CANADA TO RUSSIA.
Large Number of Russian Refugees
in Montreal,
A despatch from Montreal says: -
Between 300 and 400 Russian Jews
reached hero on Tuesday end Wod-
nosday from St. John, N.B., and are
lookocl often' as well as possiblo by
the Relief Board of the ll'aron de
Hirsch Instituto, Mr. D. A. Ansoll,
president of the institute says that
the men claimed they had been forc-
ed to fly from Russia bocau- , on
account of their being Jows, the
generals of the army wore placing
them in the most exposed places at
the front, and they wore being kill-
ed off by the thousands. The entire
number of the immigrants were men;
who, in flying from Russia, had left
their families behind t0em. They
wore very anxious to got work, but
so far, the Relief Committee had not
boon able to get any employment.
The railways did not want any men
till April, and in the meantime it
was becoming almost impossible for
tho institute to look after them.
Another large party is on the way
out.
8
PETITION FOR PEACE,
Officials Said to Have Arranged
to Approach the Czar.
A. 'despatch from St. Potereburg
says: -An unconfirmed roport is cur -
rout inure that 70 high officials met
at the bouso of Prince Me tcltoraky,
oditor of tho Grashda,niu, to pro-
mote the [moo movement, and that
it was decided to petition the Czar
for peace.
STORY OF Tv -TO ICOPLINOOR.
Marquis of Dalhousie Saved It
For Queen Victoria.
In a recent speech In London Lord
Curzon of Kedleston, the Viceroy of
India, referred to his prodecossors in
the government of that elope a as
mon who "worked between an earth
like iron and a sky like brass, lay-
ing tho foundations of empire."
None worked more valiantly than
tho groat pioneer of matorial and
moral progress, the Marquis of Da1-
luutsio, to whom is plainly duo the
unity of the Indian Jvmpirc, As
governor-genoral Lord Dalhousie in-
troduced the telegraph, built rail-
ways, constructed canals, reduced
postage, and organized dopartmonts
of public instruction,
. It is to Dalhousie that tho Eng-
lish owe their posession of tiro great
IColtinoor diamond, e jewel of fam-
ous history. In 1813 Runjeot-Singh,
an Indian potentate, extorted it
from a political rofugeo. After the
second Sikh war in 1841) Lord Dal-,
housie cott'tscated it on account of
heavy debt owed to the East India
Company bee the Lahore state.
na111oilsiu s latest biographer, Sir
William Lee -Warner, says that the
company imagined It was to become
their (roport,y, but the g0vornor-
7ener•a1 sont it to Queen Victoria.
]hose we're adventurous times, and
it was only by groat care that tho
jewel reached its destination, icor
recoils 1110 govern011rg011oral woro it
,0n his Presort night and day.
Thu tassels of the armlet in which,
rho diamond ttan sot had been cut
of to climitush its llullt, and Lady
Dalhousie had mtclosed too armlet
with its jcwcl in a loather bag, This
bag was sowed into a cashmere bolt
lined with chamois, which Lord Dal -
!tousle wore constantly.
Two dogs, Baron and lBellda.te wore
chained to the 7avcrno0-general's
lied, so alto safety of the jewol ryas
insured `while he slept. its an eacli-
tional precaution, no one save his
wife and ono near relative 'knew its
whereabouts, and it was finally safe,
ly aon'royod to Queen Victoria.
"What is your fdoa of a popular
tuner' "'A popular tune," said rho
Mian Who takes mt1910`ose7ioltsl , "IA
that is to be universally die.,
one at � gets universally �
lilted,"
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