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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1903-3-19, Page 2THS MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. Toronto, March 17,-W1 eats--Tbe market is quiet, with prices steady. No. 2 white and d are quoted at 69ae middle freighter, No. 2 spring nominal at 60'1.0 on Midland,., and No. 2 goose at' 56c on Midland. Manitoba wheat steady; No. 1 hard, 87c all rail, grinding in transit, No, 1 Northern, 850 all rail, grinding in transit ; No, 1 hard, 8610 North Bay ; No, 1. Northern, !Mac North 33ay. Oats -Trade Is quiet, with No. 2 white quoted at 30,c middle freights and at 30c high freights; No. 1 white, 32,0 east, Barleys -Trade Is quiet, with No. 3 extra quoted at 46 to 46,0 middle freight, and No. 8 at 40a to 44c middle freights, Peas -No. 2 white is quoted at 69e high freights, and at 70e east, Corn -Market dull, with Canadian yellow quoted at 45c west, and mixed 44e, west. No. 8 American yellow at 53c on track Toronto. Rye -No. 2 is nominal at 81,c middle freight. flour -Ninety per cont. patents un- changed at 82,65 middle freight, in buyers' sacks for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domes- tic trade quoted at 53.20 to 53.85 in Mils, Manitoba flour steady, No. 1 patents, $4.20, and seconds, 53.00. Strong bakers', 53.80, bags included, Toronto. Iriillfced-Bran is very scarce, and quoted at 817 here. At outside points bran is quoted at 516.50• to 517, and shorts at 518. Manitoba bran, in sacks, 519, and shorts, 521 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE. S3eans-Trade continues dull ; me- dium, 51.65 to 51.75 per bush, and banal=picked, 51.90 to 52. Dried apples -Nothing doing, with prices nominal at 3,c per 1b. Evap- orated, 6 to 64e. 1 -Toney -The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. Strained sells at 8 to S;c per lb., and comb at 51.25 to 81.50. Hay, baled -The market is quiet, at unchanged prices. Choice timothy, 510 on track, and mixed, 58 to 58.50. Straw -The market is quiet for car Lots on track, at 55.50 to 56 a ton. Maple syrup -Five -gallon cans, 51 a gallon ; one -gallon cans, 51.10, and half -gallon, 60c. Onions -The market is dull at 40c per bush for Canadian. Poultry -Market dull, with prices firm. We quote Fresh killed dry - picked turkeys, 14 to 1'7e; geese, 9 to 11c per 1b.; ducks, 51 to 51.25; chickens (young), 35c to 51 ; old hens, 60 to 70c per pair. Potatoes -Market steady. Cars on track. 51. to 51.05, and small lots, 51.23 per bag. �^ TINO DAIRY MARKETS. Butter - Local trade continues quiet, and without feature. to quote :-Sele:ted dairy, tubs, 15 to 17c; choice large rolls, 17 to 18c ; finest 140 prints, 18 to l9c; cream- ery prints, 21, to 22,c; ,solids, 10 to 200. Eggs -Market is easier, with de- mand ,good. We quote :-Strictly new laid, 15a to 16c; held stock (pickled and cold store), 0 to 10c, Cheese -Market is firm. We quote : -Finest September, 13 to 181c ; seconds, 121 to 13c; twins, 134 to 14c, DOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs are nominal. None offering. Cured meats firm, with de- mand fair. 11'e quote :-bacon, clear, 10 to 10,c, in ton and ease lots. Pork -Mess, 521; do short cut, $22.50. Smoked hams, 13 to 1.310; rolls, 114e: shoulders, 11c; backs, 14 to 14.40; breakfast bacon, 14 to 141c. Lard -The demend is better. We quote :-Tierces, 101 to Irate; tubs, 10114 to 110; pails, 114c. BUSINESS AT moNTREAL, Montreal, March 17. -Grain -No. 1 Manitoba hard wheat, 73c; No. 1 Northern, '71,0, March delivery ; No. 1 hard, 75c; No, 1 Northern, 72,0 ex store, May delivery; peas, 09;c high freights; oats, No, 2 in store here, 374. to 371e; 314c high freights; rye, 494c cast; buckwheat, 481 to 40c east, (:'lour -Manitoba patents, $1.20; seconds, 53,60; On- tario straight rollers, 53.50 to 56.65;, in bags, 51.70 to 51.75 patents, .53.70 to 5.1.10. Rolled oats -Millers' prices, 52 bags, and 54.15 per lad. Feed - Mauitoh;a. bran, 519 to 520; shorts, 521. to 522, bags included; Ontario bran in bulk, 518 to 518.50; shorts in bulk, $20 to 521. Provisions--•TIeavy 'Canadian short cut porn, 524 to 525 ; short cut backs, 523.50 to 524 ; light short cut, 523 to 524 ; Compound refined lard, 81 to 00 ; pure Canadian lard, 11c; finest lard, 12 to 12-)e; hams, 125 to 1.31c ; bacon, 14 to lac; dressed hogs, . $8.25 ' fresh killed abattoir hogs, $8.50 to 50 per 100 lbs. IThpoy- Wklte clover, in sections, 12 to 13c per section; in 10-114 tins, 8 to 8;e; in bulk, 7; to 8c; dark, 4c lower, Cheese -Ontario, 13 to 18ac; Townships, 3.8e, Mutter -Townships creamery, 20 to 201c; seconds, 17e; Western rolls, 16e. Eggs -New laid, 17 to 174c; seconds, 110, UNITED STATPS 51AR2ti3TS. Duluth., March 17. -Wheat -Dash, No. 1. hard, 75c; No. 1 Northern, 74c; May, 754e .; No, 2 Northern 72c; May and July, '754c. Oats- May, Ma - Minneapolis, March 17. -Wheat - May, 745c; July, 745 to 74je; on track, No, 1 bard, 7'Nc; No. 1 Northern, 764e; No. 2 Northern, 75ac. flour -First patents, 58.70 to 53.80; second patents, 53.00 to 53.70; first clears, 52.70; second clears, 52 to 52.10. Bran -In bulk, 514.25 to 514,50, Bulalo, Mareh 17, -Wheat -,-Spring dull; No, 1 hard, 87e; winter no- thing offered, Corr -Dull and low- er; No. 2 yellow, 504§0; No. 2 corn, 404c. Oats -Quiet; No. 2 white, alio; No,' 2 mixed, 39c. Barley -56 to 62c, in store, Rye -No. 2, 681e. Atilwatltee, March 1'l. Wlleat- DUigher; N8. 1 -Northern, 79e; No, 2 Northern, 774 to 78e; May, 75.5c. Rye -Steady; No, 1, 5l4c, Barley - Steady; No, 2, 62c; sample, 47 to 524c, Cora May, 475c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, March 17.-A fairly active business was transacted at the Western Cattle Market to -day in butchers' cattle. Exporters were not offered plentifully, and the de- mand for them was not brisk. Space is atilt scarce on the trans Atla3itio steamers, and several more delays intheir departure; for Eng- land have been reported, Fairly good prices were paid, however, by many of the buyers for choice de- scriptions of these. Butchers' cattle sold well, but it is doubtful if the .present prices would have been maintained if there had been of these larger receipts. The markets were flooded with milch cows, and springers were more abundant than usual, about forty or fifty being brought forward, and but for the Presence of a large buyers sakes would have been effected with con- siderable difficulty. The markets for hogs were steady. The receipts were 56 cars, con- taining 725 cattle, 212 sheep, 2,000 hogs, and 28 calves. Tho following is the range of quotations : ; Exporters' cattle- Per 100 lbs. Choice... ...... .........54.25 54.65 4.20 0.00 6.85 Ld gh t............ ....... 4,00 Butchers' - Choice ,,.,,, 4.00 Medium ... 3.40 Heifers... ..... 3.50 Bulls.,,.., ... 8.00 Feeders 2.50 Stockers.......,, ... 3.00 Canners... 2.00 Sheep - Lambs 4,50 Ewes 3.75 Bucks 3.00 Calves, each.,. 2,00 Calves, per 100 Tbs... ,4.50 Hogs - Sows ..,... 4.50 Stags 2,00 Selects, 160 to 200 lbs 6.35 Thick fats,.. ..,... 5.10 Lights... 5.10 4,85 4.00 8.90 8.50 3,10 3.65 2.50 5.115 4.35 3.50 10,00 0.00 5.00 4,00 0.00 0,00 0.00 4 IiN MUSH MARKETS. Canada's Produce in Demand, Says Lord. Strathcona. An Ottawa despatch says Lord Strathcona has Just scut his annual report to the Department of Trade and Conrmeree, 11e says the num- ber of Canadian cattle imported into Great aritain was 5,400 head, whilst there was a decrease in the number of cattle imported from the United States. The cattle showed a cludided improvement over those of last year, and what slaughtered were found to be freer from disease, and healthier than the. British cat- tle. Ilia Lordship does not doubt but. flint the embargo against the entry et Canadian cattle into the United .Kingdom will be raised, not- withetandiug the agitation in favor of its. maintenance. 10 anticipates that there will in the near future be improved markets. for imported meats, and urges that more atten- tion should be paid to this subject at the Canadian end. The quantity of chilled meat imported from the United :hates last year equaled in bulk the weight of 842,000 head of cattle Ile notes with gratification that Canada is the second largest ship- per of wheat to Great Britain, though last year's shipments did not exceed 10 per cent• of the wheat importations. Canadian grain is well spoken of, whilst its splendid quality insures a large trade in the future, There is a gratifying in- crease in the quantity of !lour im- ported from the Dominion, and it now occupies the second place in the returns after the United States. The sale of Canadian butter in the United Kingdom has more than doubled in the last three years. Last year the sales amounted to 56,786,- 000, 6,786;000, whilst the total import was. 5102,000,000. There is still a large opening for Canadian butter, es- pecially 01 view of the disposition to favor butter from this country over that from foreign countries. Canada sold in Great Britain last year 521,- 500,000 worth of cheese, being 67.1 per cent. of the total import, or 8 per cent, more than the year be - for. The cheese was of the best quality on record, and the importa- tions aro increasing. A feeling pre- vails that an effort should be made by Canada to prevent the exporta- tion xportation of raw materials, and to in- crease the industry of the Dominion. The matter is largely in the bands of Canada, as competition from other sources is decreasing from year to year. CHECK TO WHITE PLAGUE. Austrian Savant Claims He Has Discovered Serum. A Vienna despatch says ;-Medical men here are eagerly anticipating a promised lecture by Prof. Mehring, the renowned inventor of diphtheria serum, who has announced the dis- covery of a serum by means of which calves can he made perfectly immune to tuberculosis, and Which, ho confidently expects, Will prove similarly applicable to human be- ings. It is 'reported that the faininc amongthe `Russian Oossaoka of the Torok is increasing in seriousness. SPEECH FRON THE THRONE OPENING OF THE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE. In the Ontario Legislature on Tuesday of last week, Chief Jus- tice Moss, fro the absence of the Lieutenant -Governor, delivered the following SPE]8OII FROM THE TII12ONEE. Mr, Justice Moss then delivered the following address from the throne, after which the house ad- journed until 3 o'clock to -morrow. Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly : I have niuch pleasure in welcoming you to your duties as representa- tives of the people at this the first session of a new Parliament. In common with all his Majesty's subjects throughout the British lem- pire we rejoice at the coronation of Edward VII. as "Irving of Great Britain and Ireland and his Ma- jesty's Dominions bcyoixl the seas," and as loving subjects wo sincerely pray that he may long bo spared to occupy the throne of his ancestors as the sovereign of a loyal, con- tented and prosperous people. On the 18th of December last a conference of Provincial Premiers and Ministers .was held in the city el Quebec for the purpose of con- sidering the financial relations of the provinces to the Dominion. The conference, after coming to certain conclusirns, subsequently met at Ot- tawa and submitted their conclu- sions to the Dominion Govermnent. A full report of the proceedings will be laid before you. During the past year a greater area of the arable lands of the Crown was located by settlers than in any recent year in the history of the Crown Lands Department. The immigration from the United King- dom was exceptionally large ; the arrivals reported to the Department in Toronto, being nearly double those of any previous year. Under the legislation providing land grants for military service, about six thousand certificates have already been issued, A large num- ber of claims awaiting settlement will be disposed of as soon as their validity is established. An amend- ment to the act enabling the more recent contingents to South Africa to share in these grants, will be submitted. The progress which is being made in the leading branches of mining is matter for congratulation. The out- put last year was the largest in the history of the industry. Special at- tention is being given to the de- posits of nickel -copper and iron ore, which constitute so important apart of the mineral wealth -yet largely undeveloped -of northern Ontario. The lumber trade continues active, the revenue for Crown dues for the past year being the largest in the history of the province. I and pleased to notice that the past year has been one of excep- tional prosperity in every depart- ment of agriculture, not the least significant evidence being the im- proved quality of our dairy pro- duce, bacon, beef, and poultry. The thanks of the country aro duo to the estate of the late Mr. Hart A. Massey for the timely gift of a new library building, and also to Sir William Macdonald for his gen- erosity in providing for a building on the campus of the Agricultural College devoted to domestic science. Thcsc munificent gifts show the growing interest of influential citi- zens in agricultural education, and will greatly assist in the work of the college. Tho work of the Farmer' In- stitutes has grown steadily ; spe- cial fruit • institutes, held in the orchard, have been yery helpful; the Women's Institutes have increased in number. and aro so promising that you will be asked for special as- sistance to carry on this work. The vote polled on the 4th of De- cember last in favor of the Ligator Act of 1002, thought not largo en- ough to bring the Act into force, may, nevertheless, be taken as . an expression of the electors Severing further legislation with respoct to the liquor traffic, A measure with this object in view will be submitted for your co1sidera'tion. 75 is greatly to be regretted that, notwithstanding the liberal pro- vision heretofore made 'for the in- sane,- the accoinnio'dation as still inadequate, and I trust you will find it possible to meet fully the nec0s- aities of this unfortunate class of the people. It is gratifying to notice that ninny County Councils have provid- ed for the indigent of their own counties by the establishment of Iiouses of Rrfugo. Seine counties, however, have no other refuge for destitute persons than the county jail, and it M the intention of the Government to submit legislation for the further extension of this system or public charity. In order to bettor suppress contagious diseases in many parts ofathe province, it appears to be necessary to secure More effective co-operation of the municipalities with the measures adopted by tho Legislature. Your attention will be called to a 0111 for this purpose, I have been pleased to notice the highly beneficial results that have attended the creation in 1898 of the branch of the public service charged with the care of neglected and de- pendent children, Under its opera- tion foster Homes have been provided for over two thousand destitute children, assuring their growth in ell that makes for good citizenship, The legislation of 1897 providing for supervising and regulating the importation of children from the British Thies, has, I am pleased to say, resulted in e. more careful selee- tion of children intended for settle- ment in this province, and in the greater comfort and sorority from injustice of alt children for whom 1101000 many ha found under the act. great progress hes been made dur- ing the year in the development of technical education and manual training in the Public and Normal schools of the province. The growth of the Provincial University shows the increased interest taken in high- er education, while the demand for the better training of teachers in Public and Separate schools, calls for the extension of the Normal school term, You will be asked to consider legislation with regard to these m'atter's. In view of the great demand for electrical energy for industrial and other uses, it is desirable that the utmost facility should be afforded, through municipal control or other wise, for the utilization to these ends of the water powers of the province. A bill to provide for this object will be laid before you. 33Ills will be submitted for the consolidation of the Municipal Act and fpr the revision of the Assess- ment Act. The reports of the various depart- ments of the public service will be 101d before you, including the first report of the commission for the construction of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway. The estimates for the current year will, at an early date, be submitted for your - approval. They will he. found to have been prepared ' with all the economy consistent with the efficiency of the public service. I feel assured that your legisla- tive labors during the present ses- sion will be characterized by the sante earnest care and thoughtful attention as have heretofore marked the work of the Legislative As- sembly of Ontario. ENORMOUS INCREASE. Dominion Trade Increasing by Leaps and Bounds. An Ottawa despatch says :- Judging from the trade returns for the first eight months ending Feb, 28th, it is estimated that at the close of the present fiscal year the aggregate trade of tho Dominion will approach the total of 5460,- 000,000, or 535,000,000 morn than in the previous year. During the past eight months the aggregate trade, on the basis of imports for consumption and domestic exports, amounted to 5291,284,240, or a gain of 527,808,966 compared with the same period of the preceding fiscal year. Imports for consump- tion were exceeded by domestic ex- ports by 512,885,000. In round numbers exports increased as fol- lows :-Manufactures, 51,750,000 ; farm products, 57,000,000; animals and their products, 50,000,000; for- est products, 58,000,000. Decreases were 52,000,000 in exports of fisheries, mainly due to the falling olI in British Columbia salmon can- neries, and 52,000,000 in products of the mine. Returns for the past month give the imports as 515,- 515,478 and the exports as 511,- 441,057, as compared With 513,499,- 531 and 58,867,227, the respective amounts for the same period of 1902. FATAL KLONDIKE FIRE. Five Hotel Inmates Burned to Death Like Trapped Rats. A Vancouver despatch says :-In the fire which destroyed, the Aurora roadhouse, 55 miles below Dawson City, on hunker Creek, Iflondike, Charles Burnside, proprietor, his wife and two children perished like trapped rats, Thomas Baird, a young miner from St. Mary's Ont„ a cousin of Prof. Baird, of Mani- toba College, sharing in their awful fate. William Dice discovered the fire, but too late for a rescue. The remains of the five victims, with the charred body of a dog, were recov- ered in the morning by Corporal Ryan, and a coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by suffocation. The Burnside family came from Portland, Oregon, KING EDWARD'S CLAIM.- 1VIr. J. Ii. Sperling Deeds Him One in the Klondike. •A Vancouver despatch says :-Bing Edward is the holder of a claim in the llotdike. It is located on eighteen Pup of the left fork of Eureka Creek, Tho claim was pre- sented to his Majesty by J. K. Sperling of the Dawson bar. The latter filed a quit claire in the Gold Conunissioncr's office, surrendering to the King all right and title to claim Ao. 1 A on the Pup. On the document; aro these words :-''Re- corded without feo by order of the Assistant Gold Commissioner." The deed reads as between John Kerr Sperling and his Majesty King Ed- ward, represented by the Minister of. the Interior. Sti TO FLOG WIFE BEATERS.. Bill to Come Before Quebec Legis- lature. A Montreal despatob says: Tho So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Women and Children has pre- pared a bill, which will bo irntrodWe- (Id in tho Quebec Legislature by Hutchinson, M.L.A., providing for flogging an a punishment for men guilty of wife beating. KING TO VISIT .PORTUGAL. Will Be the Guest of King Charles Next Month, • A Lisbon despatch says: It is officially announced that King IA. wend will sail from England for Lisbon on the Royal yacht Victoria ancf Albert, March 131, and that he will remain hots frier cloys as the ,Yon "x1lfl ba plAsed to know that guest of King Charles. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS LORD 5IINTQ DELIVERED THE SPEECH FROM •THE THRONE. An Ottawa despatch says; Parlia- ment was opened at three o'clock on Th'rii:v'day afternoon by Lord Minto. There was a Fargo attendance at the opening,ceremonies, and tho interest manifested in the event was as great as in past years. His Excellency the Governor -Gen - oral was accompanied from the Gov- ernment Blouse by. an, escort of the Princess Louise Dragoon C4uauc4e, and was received 11at the Parliarnont Buildinongs18 byrarrai guivalard of Honor from the Governor-Cener- al's Foot Guards. The band of this reginieut was present and supplied he 018510. SPEECH FROM THE TI:IRONE, Load Minto proceeded to the Sen- ate Chamber and delivered the fol- lowing speech from the throne: I3bnorable Gentlemen of the Senate, Gentlemen of the House of Com - I ant glad to be able to congratu- late you on the continued prosperity that prevails throughout the Domin- ion. Canada has received many blessings during the past year which call for the expression of our heart- felt, gratitude to a kind Providence, [ had the pleasure of visiting Lon- don last summer in anticipation of the coronation of bis Majesty, and to meet on that occasion represent- atives from all parts of the Em- pire, bringing with then; assurances of the loyalty and contentment that Prevails throughout his Majesty's widely -extended possessions, and though at one time fears were en- tertained that the King's illness would have involved a further post- ponement of the ceremonies, it was a seurc0 of mulch joy and happiness to his Majesty's subjects that his health was so speedily and perfectly restored, COLONIAL CONFERENCE. Representatives of this Government participated in the important Col- onial Conference, which was called by his Majesty's Government in con- nection with the coronation. The report of the proceedings of the con- ference, including the documents Onrbmitted by the Canadian repro- seritatirves, has already been given to the public by his Majesty's Gov- ernment in London. I feel assured that much good will result from bringing the leading public men of the great self-governing colonies in- to direct contact with each other and with the statesmen from other lands, COMlrISSION ON TRANSPORT- ATION. Tho great influx of population in- to our Northwestern Territories and the very large additional areas of fertile land which are being brought under cultivation combine to furth- er press upon us the need for in- creased transportation facilities for the forwarding of our grain and oth- er products to the markets of the world thro0gh Canadian charnels. The whole question of transportation and terminal facilities continues to occupy much attention, anil my Government will immediately ap- point a commission of experienced men to report on the subject. ALASKAN BOUNDARY. A treaty has been entered into be- tween his Majesty atnd the Govern- ment of tlio U'n'ited States, under. which the proper delimitation of the boundaries between Canada and Alaska is to be judicially determined by a tribunal of six impartial jur- ists of repute. REDISTRIBUTION BILL, As a result of the recent decennial census the representation of the'dif- ferent provinces must be readjust- ed, as required by the British North America Act, and a bill will be in- troduced for that purpose. Bills with respect to the creation of a Railway Commission, the amend- ment of the patent laws, the Militia Abt, 'Chinese Immigration, the 00-00- ganization of ole Department of Ma- rine and Fisheries, the settlement of railway labor disputes, and various othor•subjects, will be submitted to you. TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. ',Gentlemen of the house of Com- mons: The public accounts will be ]aid before you, and also the estim- ates for the coming year, which have been prepared with due regard to economy and the rapid growth of the Dominion. Hon. Gentlemen of the Senate; Gentlemen of the House of 'Coq.- Moine: Comnioine: I pray that in the consider- ation of these matters and in the performance of all the labors -which will devolve on you, ,your delibera- tions, under Divine guidance, will tend still to increase the p;rospority and happiness of our people. THE FRENCH SHORE. Modus Vivendi Passed in New- 1oundland Legislature. A St, John's, N8d., despatch says :-The Legislative Assembly on Wednesday evening unanimously re- newed the French shore modus vivendi for the current year, after a powerful epeech from Prounier Bond, who declared tris couviction that the Imperial Government in- tended to redress the colony's grievances at the earliest possible moment. 4 HAS LARGE HOPES. Mr. Speers Would. Not Limit Ira - migration from States. A Winnipeg despatch says :-Mr. C. W. Speen, Dominion. Immign'ation Agent, has lately returned. from a trip through Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Illinois. Speaking to a reporter, he said "The movement will bo greater then even we an- ticipated, 'There twonlid be 110 0110 in estilnntillg the number at even forty, or sixty thousand, buena° 00 might bo away off. Ono thing is Cer- tain, that tho immigration will ',be. ustraor.dinnrily N1WS ITEeVI s. Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe, CANADA. There were 40 - births, 10 mar- riages and 15 deaths in Brantford last mouth. Employes of the Winnipeg post office want a 25 per cent, increase in wages. The value of the mineral products of Canada for 1902 is estimated at $64,970,782, The De Forest Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada has obtained an Ontario charter. The Canadian Northern will build a very line.stationat Winnipeg on Port Gary Park. During February, 2,860 emigrants registered at Winnipeg, In Febru- ary, 1902, there were 1,675. Notice has been given of 148 pri- vate bills to come before the house of Commons this session. Mathurin, the wife murderer, of Montmagny, was condemned to be hanged on the 24th of April. It is said the Deering Harvester Oompany 070 negotiating for the Hamilton Steel & Iron Co.'s plant. Fred Thibadeau, a noted burglar, was sentenced to 17 years' imprison- ment by Judge Landry at Bathurst, N. S. The Dinorwic, Man,,, Hotel and post -office were owned. The hotel occupants escaped in their night- clothes. The lumber cut in the Georgian Bay district has been most excep- tional and will amount to 650,000,- 000 feet. liev, I. I. Trebitsch, a converted Hebrew, in a lecture at Ottawa, es- timated the Jewish population of Canada at 22,000. As a result of the demand of Ham- ilton teamsters for 54 per day, the city proposes establishing a civic scavenger department. Negotiations are pending between British Columbia fruit growers and the Dominion Express, which will result in largely increased shipments from the coast to Manitoba, The livestock and poultry inter- ests are anxious to have the Domin- ion Government make an exhibit on these lines at St. Louis, Postmaster Johnson, of Dalhousie, N.0., has been arrested on suspicion of robbery, it being alleged that evi- dence against Ilim was found in letters in possession of Chifte'ton, the Rat Portage man connected with the poison candy case. Tho directors of the Brantford fair are making arrangements for culti- vating an experimental plot on the fair ground, and enuring the fair a domestic science instructor will be present to give lessons in cooking, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Board of Trade has passed a strong resolution urging upon the Govern- ment the necessity of affording en- couragement to new railways. It points out that, while in Saskatche- wan there is an area of 114,700 square miles, there are only 100 miles of railway. GREAT BRITAIN. Rev. R. J. Campbell was appoint- ed to the pastorate of the famous City Temple, London, In male and a half hours the po- lice saw 118 nen, 71.0 womei,and 25 boys and girls enter a Kirkdale, Liverpool; public -house. It has been decided in England that newspaper proprietors are man- ufacturers, and that the law does not prevent then publishing Sunday papers. Lord Lyveden, organizer of the proposed excursion of members of the British Parliament to Canada next autumn, says many members have already agreed to go, For not vacating his house for six months after the expiration of duo notice to quit, a Stourbridge Bran has been ordered to pay "double rent" under an Act of George II, The suggestion was made in Lon- don that a committee should be formed to report upon the desirabil- ity of training sixty of,the city po- lice ,to act as firemen. This system is being practiced in Liverpool, un- der Captain Nott -hotel, and • has been found to work very successful- ly. UNITED STATES. Robbers Opened a switch at Wash- ington, Ind., derailed a train, killing three trainmen. An injection of formalin cured Jo- seph Chappeaux of hydrophobia, at Williamsport, Pa, Ira 11, Sankey, the famous singing evangelist., who has boon seriously ill, is recovering. Because she couldn't buy coal Mag- da)0110 Spies, a woman worth 575,- 000, was arrested at La Crosse, Wis., for stealing wood. J. Pierpont's new library and art gallery, adjoining his mansion, at New York, will be built et a cost of 5300,000. While the su'pliced choir marched up the center aisle in Trinity church, at New Haven, Conn., Sunday night singing "Repent! Confess!" Alex- ander Page, a retired builder, lay dying of heart disease in the vesti- bole. "John Mitchell, president of the United Urine Workers or America, is the vice-presidential probability on the Democratic ticket for 1904," Said a prornhnent Democrat who is in the confidence of the leaders of his party. GENERAL. rot- their services in international late, the Mikado proposes to confer the Second Class of the Order of the; Rising Sun on Professor Holland and Professor Westlake, Mr, Seddon has been malting an- other protest against the di1ruitios put in the way of Ncsv 7oaland ten- dering for the 'army meat contracts in Africa, Ile declared, "If they give the contracts to the Argentine I will night them as tong as X arm. able, WO (lesernp better at, their hands.". t i EXPLORER'S ADVENTURES, MR., J. W. TYRELL READS AN INTERESTING PAPER The Thelon River Is Navigable for 550 Miles From Hudson Bay. M'r, 5, W, Tyrell, the well-known Canadian explorer, delivered a very interesting address in Toronto 1'e- Gently before a meeting of the On- tario Land Surveyors, in which he - gave a vey ,graphic description of a ten -months' journey in 1000, from. ]udnlonton to the Great Slave Lake, and thence to Hudson ]Say and re- turn, covering in all a distance of 4,600 miles, The journeys out and homeward were made during the. winters by means of dog sleds and. snowshoes, the summer season being' utilized for exploration work, Sled travel over the ice on Groat Slava and Artillery lakes was eon - Untied until the 81.0 of June, but by the 18th of the same month the ice' had disappeared and tho journey was commenced in canoes. There - was thus only an interval of ton days between the winter and summer modes 01 travelling in that part of Canada. The Taal exploration work was conuneneed at Fort Reliance, . the - ruins of the headquarters of Sir. George Back, in the years 1882-134. A compass and 'pedometer 'survey, was made on either side of the port- age route, and considerable of Gni "divide" country in tine vicinity of' Great Slave Lake was 'explored and mapped. The old maps of Sir George Daek were found to be inaccurate and misleading. Ono example of Sir George Back's inaccurate statements was a de- scription of Parry's Falls, on the, Lockhart River, which empties • it- self into the northeastern extremity of Great Slave Lake. The river was described as falling "into an upper basin almost concealed by the in- tervening rocks, whence it broke in one vast sheet into a chasm between four and five hundred feet deep." The fall was said to be at least. two hundred feet wide, and yery hazardous of approach. Niagara; Wilberforce, Kakabikka and the. Swiss and Italian ]Falls were said not to compare with it for splendor of epees, WERE DISAPPOINTED. The exploration party had expect- ed to see something extraordinary after reading ]lack's account, and nos little disappointment was caused when one of Mr. 'I'yrell's assistants returned from a trip up the Lock- hart River and said that he could not locate the fails, "that they were a myth and had no existence," 111r. Tyrell concluded to visit the locality Himself, as he could not understand the discrepancy of re- ports. Parry's Falls were found about six miles from the mouth of the river, but Back's dimensions had boon so exaggerated as to place then beyond recognition. Tho falls from top to bottom "were 85 feet instead of between 400 and 500, and the width at the crest was 30 feet instead of 200 feet. The falls were very beautiful, and at the time ho visited them were bridged with ice. An accurate survey was not attempt- ed by the party to approximate the falls accurately, so that a guide would have no difficulty in following their maps, the detail work being practically correct, On June 27th the party, after crossing the height of land, entered upon a lake which was called Siftolt, after the Minister of the Interior, and were compelled to camp upon the shores by reason of an adverse wind. A portion of the party, under Mr. Fairchild, set out for IIudson Tay, and Mr. Tyrell turned his attention to exploring the upper portions of OM Thelon River. Spruce and tam- arack groves were more frequent than in other portions of the jour- ney. The mean velocity Of the The. lon River was estimated at three and one-half miles per hour. A material result of the explore tion was the discovery of the Thelon River, one of the finest in Canada, navigable for river steadiers a dis- tance of 550 miles from Hudson Bay, excepting two rapids. Thus, the possibilities of navigation from Hudson Bay west by way of Ches- terfield Inlet, have been well deter- minod, The Thelon Valley, though afford- ing find grazing lands for desk oxen and caribou, can scarcely be -looked upon as a desirable agricultural dis- trict, though some of our cereals and mast of our hardy vegetables could be grown in.the Thelon Val- ley. THE RULING PASSION. A good woman Was dying, a wo- man who had been a true wife and a loving another, a woman with but one weak ness-a love for gossip. Although her time on earth was short she was critically watching the attending doctor and the nurse, as they talked in subdued whispers of the result which their united skill had been powerless to avert. In response to the summons of the dying woman, her husband approach- ed her and bent low to catch the words which he expected to be words of love, Again she turned her eyes, front Which the light was last fading, upon the doctor and the nurse, as she said, faintly: "Do 31011 suppose they are engag-. &l4" These' words were her last. PIOIiING 151' A FORTUNE. A man has built up n big business 'at Puget Sound, near Vancouver, as the result of a hbiidny excursion. Instead of loafing aimlessly, lin used his eyes, and, noticing a little fish, which 110 tools to be a sardine, had some tinned, with the ultimate re- sult that his establiehinont has this year sent out 175,000 cases, Aad the ]market 15 not yet gltitted; there is ,01111 money to bo made in this t'Vttl(-.