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Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
in Trade Centres.
MARKETS OF THE WORLD.
Torouto, April 23. - Tho market
is quiet and 3cin No. 2 white and
red gaoled at 71 to 71ec low
freight. No, 2 spring nominal at
70c on Midlaail, sold No. 2 goose
at 68c on Midland. Manitoba
wheat firm; No. 1 hard quoted at
810 Goderieb, and No. 1 Northern
at 8Uc Goble ich. No. 1 hard,
grinding 111 transit, 87.4( lake ports,
and No+, 1 Northern, 88a.
Oats -•• Market is quiet Emil firn1,
No. 1 white quoted at 31kc east.
No. 2 white quoted at 30e high
freight, and at 30ee middle freight.
Barley - Trade is quiet, with No.
8 extra quoteii at 43 to 440 middle
freight, and No. 8 at 40 to 41e
znlddlo freight,
Rye - The market is quiet' et 51e
middle freights.
Corn - Market is fl1nn. Canadian
feed corn quoted at 40 to 41e west,
and at 47c here. No. 8 American
yellow at 495e on track, Toronto,
and No, 3 mixe3 at 49e.
Peas - No. 2 white is quoted at
64 to 65c west, and at 66c east,
Buckwheat- The market is 'dull,
with prices nominal at 41. to 42e
Oast for No, 2.
Flour - Ninety per cent. patents
aa'rthanged at 52.674, meddle freights
in buyers' sacks for export. Straight
rollers of special brands for domes -1
tie tra3e quoted at $3.20 to 53.35
in bbls. Manitoba flour Steady; No.
1 patents, $4.10 to. 54.20, and sec-
onds,9 54.10; serous bakers,'
'
$8, 0tostungbar
e.,
53.80bagsincluded. n
to$4,a ed,To1'o to.
Millfeed - Bran. is firm at 518
here. At outside points bran is
quoted at 516.50 to 517, and shorts)
at 518. Manitoba bran, in sacks,
519, and shorts at $20 to 521 bete.
THE DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Butter - Receipts mo3erate, with
prices as a rule 1'm /longed. Fresh,
largo rolls, 18 to 19c; choice 1-113,
rolls, 19 to 20e; selected dairy tabs:
17 to 18c; secondary grades, rolls
and tubs, 15 to 16c; creamery
prints, 23 to 24,e; solids, 20 to 22c.
Eggs - The market is firm, with
gootl demand. Sales to -day at 1254
per dollen.
Cheese - Market continued steady.
Old cheese, 14 to Piece new, 185e.
BI0G PRODUCTS.
Dresed hogs are nominal. Cued
meats are unchanged, with a good
demand. We quote: Bacon, clear,
10 to 1055c, in ton and case lots.
Pork - Mess, $21,50; 3o., short
cut, 522.50 to $23.
Smoked meats - Hatus, 13 to
135e; rope, 115 to 1207 shoulders,
14e; backs, 14 to 141c; breakfast
bacon, 14 to 145c.
Lard - The market i9 firm, with
good demand. We quote: Tierces,
105e; 'tubs, 110; perils, llec; com-
pound, 3* to 9•,}c.
BUSIINIys5 AT MONTREAL.
8foutreul, April 28. - Grain -No.
1 Manitoba hard wheat, 77c; No. 1
Northern, 75,e, April or May deliv-
ery; No. 2 oats in store here, at 37
to 87ec; rye, 010 east; buckwheat,
48, to 40c east, for May delivery;
leas, (34c high freights, 74 to 745c
afloat here; rye, 57.4 to 58e; buck-
wheat, 56 to 57c; No. 2 oats, 35c
afloat here; flaxseed, 51.20 on track
bete. Flour -Manitoba patents, 54
to 54,20; : oronds, at 50.80 to 54;
Ontario straight rollers, 53.35 to
53.50, in bugs, $1..60 to 31.70, pat-
ent -e, 58.70 to 54. Roped oats -
Millers' prices, $1.00 bags, and 54
per bbl. Feed - Manitoba bran,
510 to 520, and shorts, $20 to 521,
bags include(}; Ontario bran, in bulk,
517.50 to 518; shorts, in bulk, 520
to 521., Beans -In cars, on track,
51.90. Provisions - heavy Can-
adian short cut pork, $24; short cut
back, .0323.50; light short cut, 523;
compound. refined lard, 84 to 907
pure Canttalala.rd, 101 to 11c; fin-
est lard, 11 t' 15c;-irams,.125 to.
18c, bacon, 14 10..15c; frets. killed
abattoir Logs, $8.75 `to $91' Eggeen
New laid, 115 to 12c. Bitter -
Strictly fresh, 20c. Cheese - On-
tario, 12fc; Townships, 121c,
UNITED STATES h.T11ItKETS.
Milwaukee, April 28. -,'Wheat -
Firm; No, 1 Northern, 804(; No. 2
Northern, 77 to 795c; May, 7710
bid. Rye - Steady; No, 1, 82c,
Barley -Steady; No. 2, 80e; sample,
40 to 55c. Corn; --May, 444e.
Duluth, April 28., ---Wheat - To ar-
rive, No. 1 hand, 785e; No. 1. North-
ern, 76fc; May, 765c; No. 2 North-
ern, 755c; May, 785e; July, 7640.
Oats - May, 885c,
Buffalo, April 28. - Flora' -
Stca:ly, Wheat - Spring easy; No.
1 Northern offered at 825e; winter,
active enquiry, firm; No, 2 white,
810; No, 2 rat!, 80c, Corn- Quiet;
No. 8 yellow, 515e; No. 2 corn, 51c.
Oats - Quiet; No, 8 white, 89c, No.
2 mixed, 85c, Barley -Track, 52 to
56c. Rye -No, 1, 57 to 58c asked.
Minneapolis, April 28. -- Wheat
Cash', 76ec; May, 745e; .Iuly, 74ec;
on track, No, 1 harts, 771e; No. 1
Northert2, 74 c; 170. 2 Northern,
755e; No, 8 Northern, 785 to 77c,
I)lou' - First patents, $4.05 to 54,-
15; second patents, 58,95 to $4.05;
first clears, $2,45 to $8.05; reeend
cleave, 52.45, I3ran-In bulk, 510
to 510.50.
LIVE STOCK MARKET,
Toronto, April 28. - There wore
net many choice exporters' offered at
the ltesitern Cattle Market to -da
but prices wore nraintaine3. There
were a good many loads, 1,200 to
1,275Ibe, each, offered, anis sold at
f4M3 to $440, They were not as
at as the have o been, Ti, butchers'
buying WAS animated, and prices
were .firm at tho advance previously
reported. 'hero (vas not enough or
' these offered to supply the demand,
The market for slbcop was steady tc
eta'vng, and spring lambs were Ihrn,
The poorer deeoription of calves
were not wanted, but there was a
firm tone prevalent in these of good
quality,
The prices 01 hogs remained steady
and unchanged.
The run amounted to 08 ears, con-
taining 1,057 cattle, 226 sheep, 2,-
000 hogs, and 89 calves.
The following is the range of iluo-
tatiovs;
lace porters' cattle- Per 100 lbs,
Extra to ehoice .,, ,,.54.50 55.10
Bulls ... ,., .,. ... 3.75 4.20
Peatchers'-
Picked lets ,. .., ,,, 4.35 4.70
Good loads ,,, .,, ,,, 8.70 4,00
Medium 3.70 4,00
Bulls ., .. ,.. ... „ 3.00 3.70
Cows ... 8.50 8.80
Heifers ... ... ... .... 3.50 0.00
Feeders, light „ .., 4.00 4.40
Feeders, short keeps 4.40 4.70
Stockers .,, ... ... ... 3,00 4.00
Sheep--
Expo.t ewes, light 4,80 5.00
Do., bucks .. ,. , 3.50 4.00
Grain -fed lambs 5.50 6.00
Do„ bucks 5.00 5,50
Barnyard lambs „ 3.50 4.50
Calves, each .,, .,, 2.00 10.00
Hogs -
Sows ,,. 4.50 5.00
Stags ... .., .. 3.00 4,00
Selects, 160 to 200
lbs .... ...... ... ... . 6.40 0,00
Thick fats .,. ,.. 6.15 0.00
Lights ... ... ... ... 6.15 0,00
BLOW FOR BRITISH.
Ten Officers and 180 Men'Killed
in a Battle With Somalis,
A London despatch says: The war
011100 on Thursday received from
13rigndier General Manning, in come
mond of the British forces in Soma•
liland, a despatch dated twenty
miles westward of Galadi, Somali-
land, April 18, in which a serious
British reverse is reported.
A flying column, under Col, Cohbe,
left Galadi, April 10th to recon-
noitre the roan to Walwal but ow-
ing to difficulty in finding the road
and shortness of tenter he was about
to leave bis protected camp when
firing was beard in the direction of
a party under Capt. Olivey which
was also reconnoitering.
SENT TO THE RESCUE.
Col. Plunkett with 160 men of the
second battalion of the Iiing's Atte-
eon Rifles, 48 leen of the second
Sikhs and two maxim galls were at
once despatched to Itis relief. It
turned out that Olivey bad not been
k
ttttac cd, but Col. Phlnlce'tt on join-
ing stint continued to press onward
to the open country seven utiles
westward- of Gumbw'rxi, where he
ons attacked by e. very strong force
od
mounted troops and the enemy's
infantry, who attacked at close
quarters. He kept back tee enemy
until he he' no more ammunition,
when he formed a square and charg-
d with bayonets in the direction of
Col. Cobbo's protected camp. He
atoned some distance in this man-
ner, but a great tnany mon, includ-
ing Col. Plunkett himself, were kill-
ed or woalmled by the pureeing cne-
lnyANNIHILATED THEM ALL.
"At last the enemy's infantry over-
whelm1ei2 the square and annihilated
them all, with the exception of 37
fugitives above mentioned,"
The despatch closes with a list of
the "officers and men nniseing, and
no doubt killed in action," namely
Col. A. W. V. Plunkett, Captains
Johnston, Stewart, Olive,.), Morals
and McKinnon, and Lleuts, Gaynor
land Bell, all or tl,e. IXing's African
Rifles; Capt, Vizey of the second
Sikhe, Capt. Sane of the Mellen Me-
dical staff, two white privates, 48
hent of the second Sikhs and 124
men of the African Rifles, The two
maxim gums also were lost.
General Manning steeled that he
was about to march to the relief of
Col. Cobbe,
CURE FOR CONSUIYMPTION.
Mixture of Eucalyptus Oil, Sul.
phur and Charcoal.
A Berlin despatch says ;--What is
claimed by )its inventor as. an en-
tirely new rdpit'dial treatment for
consumption le attracting• 'the' ettelt-
tion of lung specialists a.id the medi-
cal profession generally. It con-
sists of the inhalation of a vapor
produced by heating a mixture oP
eucalyptus oil, sulphur, and char-
coal, and ' it is stated that it is
More effective than any serum or
other remedy hitherto tried. Robert
Schaaesider, a druggist, of Berlin,
conceived the ide(p while travelling
in parts of Australia where the eu-
calyptus tree grows luxuriantly.
Consumption .is practically unknown
among the inhabitants of those dis-
tricts, and sufferers from the disease
who go there speedily improve.
Herr Schneider, upon returning to
Berlin, communicated , his idea to
Prof. Somme'feld, a physician : of
1'epute, who experimented in several
hospitals for six months. As a re-
sult, sixty out of 100 pati66ti4itrea't-
ed by hint, were completely cured.
Tho inhalation of the vapor kills the
bacilli. In some cases the patients
were kept in an atmosphere impreg-
nated with the fumes night and day
until they showed signs of relief.
Dr. Sommerfeld will read a paper
on the subject before the Berlin
Medical Society, asserting that the
new curative agent, which Is called
sanosin, constitutes an enormous
advance in the treatment of tuber-
culosis,
SHIPBUILDING AT SYDNEY.
Indications that the Plant Is to
Be Built,
A Sydney, N, S., despatch'. says:
The report that a shipbuilding plant
will be establis4hod here Is revival by
the purchase of a fifteen thousand
dollar site by the Canadian Bank
of Commerce, upon welch a sixty
thietneantT i}allar bulliling will be er-
ected.. It is stated that title outlay
is based upon information that the
plant le to be built,
TBOUSANDS MOURN.
Respect Paid to the Late Lieut.-
Governor,
A Toronto 'depute says: Under a
clouded April sky, with it, sullen
northeast wind murmuring threats
of rain or 811010, the renmins of Sir
Oliver /bowel, once Premier, the late
Lieut: Governor of the Province of
Ontario, were laid away lit, Mount
Pleasant Cemetery on Wednesday
afternoon of last week, with (111 the
cirx)tenitances of ppublto grief,
The funeral was 0110 which will
"take Owe, in the inin;fs of 'Porn-;
tonians, with the eviebi'atio" of the
burial of Queen Victoria, No more
obvious instance of the respect it1
whitih the late Lieut.-(loveraor was
held can lm founii (hail the unani-
1110118 ubserva ,,e of the funeral
shown by all citizens. 'Mee was
ne hint of politics, or eectiom., 0r 'tie -
nomination; not' was there 0 trace or
the distinction so often dividing
those of high office from others, Sir
Oliver Mowat remained in death as
in life. a ntan of the people, and the
whole people expressed grief at his
removal,
i
nee
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
Notes of Proceedings in the Can-
edian Parliament.
LT1bI13h)dt COMBINE,
Mr, Scott (W, Assiniboia), t' llod
ett0111011 to an alleged combination
existing between the manufacturer
and dealers in lumber, The !niece to
a result had been greatly increased
throughout the West, Ito wished to
ask Mr, Melding whether any atten-
tion bad yet been paid to this mat-
ter,
Air. Pickling replied that the at-
tention of the House had been culled
to the alleged combine by several
members. There were 1w0 clauses
under which the melte might,might,lie
oonsiderod. The first was 0, section
of the Criminal Code dealingdealingwith
unlawful t tion, while the wend
'nude provision for an invest WealWealinto alleged unlnwhtl combines, and
provided that in rase their existence
were proved the duties on the goods
a0'ort.ed could be abolished. lie has
leen consulted by the Iron, Mr
Greenway with regard to this allegallegecombine, and had pointed out to hint
that before nflicial action could b
taken, formal representations 1nu
be made to the Government. Air
Greenway undertook to do this, nn(
promised to send a letter on the
subject to the Government. Nothing
wouldthistetter. ho dorso until the arrival orN
SADDLES FOR CONTINGET.
In itself to Mr. Monk, Sir Freer -
ick 13o1'8en said that, the ,saddles
and bridles for the last Canadian
rtt
South Afrecau contingent •wefur-
nished from the Ca'tttdian military
:� �. \ 0 'f4 -�•� ' stores. They were used, and as far
LEGISLATIVE . SSE U,
Doings of Our Law Makers at
Toronto,
REPORTS.
A. hig hatch at' reports were lahl
s 011 Chu table 01' the Legielat 1,'11,
s 10110(1)1 1111 1011 were the /WW1 of the
Ontario Labor leanedshowing that
in 190n there were 129 strikes, In-
volving 19,788 pet'sa0s, and 70.5
est.ablishntonts, covering 1,912 clays.
Of the. strikes 13 wore successful.
The repel. of -tire Superintended
of Colonisation Roads show's thin
900 utiles of roads hacl been opened,
748 miles ('09111 8, and (3,(102 feet
of bridging and inorr00:uunris, at it
cost of 5100,9.16,07.
The report of the 111545ctor of
Lunatic and Idiot Asylums showed
en
the cost of inainttilu•e to he
8650,3:.35,87, against $03'28,075,77 in
1901. The average cost per patient,
after (1 (12)1 ling revenue, was 5108,
87, analyst $103.01 in (01., The
•
1187,
111 11
1,0)01' of patients was; 989, againstt1 002 in 1001, Tho retelu(' was
$101,076,211, against et/0,677,40 in
0 1901,
mus Tit( report 0f the. Instituto for
�
the Blind shows that there were
as ee knew
no complaints about
them hay02'017
i n
been made.
c.
AWARDING MEDALS,
Replying to Mr.Taylor, Sir Fre3-
ctick Borden said that the Canadian
I(+orern,uent had no power to award
THE LATE Silt OLIVER MO1VAT. 10080)5 to too last contingent, which
Iwas treat cd in every way exactly as
To'onla has seldom seen so iu
!were regiments from Great Britain
pre:(f10 nod extensive a 14rnorttl. The 'and other colonies.
milia y bands, the mounted troops,
S01.1TeTe 1?N PTIv"G.
the pall -hearers, the nrouayners, in MTr. Emerson was informed by 141'.
all the panoply or woo, the long 1it1el1)lnir•that the Government bad no
of carriages, bearing private cilieens•i intention of importing sout10m pine
and public rcliresentatives; more for Gore-nment railway ties.
than ail lierhaps, the solemn lbws'MACKENZIE AND MANN LINES.
of men Itt black, marching; these all Three petitions hawing reference to
showed the universal respect Menlo Mac)4onz}o a,id Mtu11 railway en -
which the deceased was held, anti the't0rpri,.es 100 0 pr 801111(1. The 1'ld-
effort to pay fitting honor and tet-11110citee, Yukrn, and pa'16e Catn-
bnte to les memory,
Tl'.e funeral started for Mount
Pleasant Cemetery at three o'clock. time, and also power to build n
liolur,s to this there 11 1
pane, which is the Western era of
the concern, seeks an ex101151on of
''•as a 830rt i l t.
1'n.', 1-
sertit0 at Government 1301(80, telt- 1 ne. ll from
mainoline 10 SL it
ducted by Rev, Principal Cavell, of (0011, and a main line from Atl'a-
Knox College; Rev. ,1rnlstron . /115,(0. to the roust. 1!I( Canadian
g Nott ern asks authority to build
.Alexa, St. ;landiors Church; Iles• branches from Sperling to Morris,
Alexander Dandier, St. Tames' Metre to Regina, Swan River to
Square Presbyo:ion Church. the Saskatchewan, Iiattlefor•d to tee
Tee ',elite of the lmo.cession was Bareaar Riser, kith rower lo area{ -
t
fro u C etc 111n0nt House up Sin. o1, gamete with and acquirethe f
street to Xing street, along Kine ne rmr-
chis0s of via ld'0sf.0^n 1+:xtcnsiot
gto the cemetery. Dells
Ston c street
t longe stleet 11111 up Ru:i1way Coit(' ny. '1'It, 2c1.'i"sing
in the chic towers were tolled by
the order of the Mayor whi'e the
fu,wrel was proceeding, nod Bishop
Sweatrnan gave ,Medlar ins -I -emotions.
iegarnin' the hells of St. James'
Cats c"raI,
At 1)10 grate the same seionunity
and simplicity which nrarbell the ser-
vices at Gnvorinment House was ob-
Ferved. Ret, Alfred Gamier reeel
El 9011 1011 of Sc;ipt1110 and led in
prayer, The people joined in re-
peating• tee Lord's Prayer, 0nt1 then'
tee be nerdiction clawed the verviccs.
'Pee t ix members of the Caithness
Society 10110 acted as pall -bearers'
lowered tee, coffin into the grave.
The family burying gronnd is locat-
ed in plot W. and Sir Oliver is
buried n'iMh of Emil close beide the
grave 111 wide his wife was laid ten
years ono. It ons a plain grave,
c o» {110' o'y lined with evergreens.
4-
KING EDWARD AT NAPLES.
Welcome on Behalf of King Em-
manuel of Italy.
A Naples, Italy, despatch says :--
The Royal yacht. Victdrta and. Al-
bert, with King Edward -on board,
arrived here on 'Thursday and re-
ceived an enthusiastic welcome, The
Italian scluadroil saluted and the
crews manned ship and cheered
warmly. After the yacht had an-
chored King Edward received the
Duke of Abruene, the newly appoint-
ed Foreign. 1 41118ter Morin, and
others, who Welcomgd his Majesty
in the name of Bing Victor 1;1tY•
maned, -..
The Royal yacht was escorted by
ten British warships, which answer-
ed the salutes of the Italian ships
and /and batteries, The (lnrinan
Crown Prine ._ Frederick William,
his brother, Prince Hite), and Crown
Prince Louis of Portugal, visited
'King. Edward, The town was; gaily
decorated with flags, but rainy
weather marred the festivities.
King Edward subsequently visited
the Queen of Portugal on board the
yacht Athelia, the German Princes
on Iloai'tl tho Sapphire and the Peke
of Ahruaci on board the -Italian
cruiser Liguira. Later the King
landed and visited the innseum.
A MURDERER CRUCIFIED.
hinese Desperado Confessed to
Having Killed 60 People,'
A Vancouver aespatch says
cos were received by the Empress
f China of the cruciflxion of a
hinese desperado h1. I4wangtung,
who confessed to sixty murders.
his murderer, Slanting Jin, was k-
eyed into Shiulteh-IZsien by a man
hoe father he had murdered, and
hen ho confessed to so imany crimes
t tees decided that decapitation
es too lenient a punishment, and
e ons cecinas!. He was trailed by
he hanels and feet to e, wooden
rens, cord placed on one of the city
dredges Its a warning to malefactors,
le lingered for three day:(, when he
s1 40umbed to Ms terrible sutle•ings 3d Sl al
and ,lames' Bay Cmm'auy, which is
an eastern auxiliary of tee syn'di-
catte, FQe'15 an extension, of time.
BILLS ILEA) A FIRST T elE.
The following hills were given a
Ilr:'t readin)1:
Bee; (sting the Alberta Railway'
end Coal (lo., -nor. Oliver.
Respecting tee La1,0 Eli( anil"8Do-
tro(t Railway Co.- 11r. Cowan.
Inc orporating the Consolidated
Trust Corpo:'atfon.-Mr. Calvert.
RRcspectirg tl:e Rathbun Co. -Mfr.
ITcyd,
Res) (-ting the Kettle River Valiey'
Railway Co. -Mr. German (R'eileelll).
Respecting tho Manitoulin and
North Shoe Raihvay Co. - Mr.
Dement (Algoma).
Res; e_ting the Bruce Mines all331 Al-
goma Railway Co 'Mr. Dynront.
EFFECT OF COAL STRIKE.
Report of the Pennsylvania Bur-
eau of Mines.
A W7lkesharre, Pa„ 4enpateli strays:
The anneal report for 1902 of James
leRoderick, chief of the Penusyl-
Fan1a State Bureau e1' Minos, issued
011 Woditoslay shows that. the total
prone etion of antinneite e0a1 best'
year was 136,911,5,11 tons. , This is .a
dme'ease of 22,994,400 tons, com-
pared with the production of 1901.,
due to the five anis a half months'
strike, To mine this coal '300 lives
were lost and 040 men Imre injured
out of a total of 148,141 men em-
ployee. In 1`00:1, working full time,
513 men ware killed and 1,245 in-
jured. The total production of bi-
tuaninoti8. coal last yew was. 98,-
047,170 tons, an increase over ' the
provion9 year- of 18,082,934 tons,
which was principally flue to the
great clemanil .for Enol during the an-
thracite strike. The report also
shows total number of employes in
soft coal regions as 185,886, an in-
neteee ee 1.7,784„ compared with the
year 1901; pewees stilled, 4:56; in-
crease, 155; injured, 861; ,increase,
202,
FUNERAL FIREWORI{S.
Oriental Ceremonies at the Grave
of the Late Lee Yung.
'A Toronto dospa'tch anys1 The fun-
eral of Le Yung, the Chinaman
Who died a at the General 1Togsnitail
of Sunday, attracted eousu3at'able
interest on needle, afternoon, Rela-
tives were present front London and
Owen Sormd, It occurred from Mat-
thew's endortaking establishment.
Mr. Williams, of the Metropolitan
Church, conducted (t brief service.
Thc.rest of the funeral was Oriental.
At the grave gal.ly-colorc3 papers,
hearing Chinese character's, were dis-
tributed, an6 while the earth was
being thrown in 011 1110 coffin tem
Chinamen set off firecrackers. This
was followed by the lighting of a
bonfire and less si:loltto, the plating
of candles, cigarettes, raisins and
a roast ehitken on the grave.
Premier Balker reputlinted any ine
tendon on the part of the Govern-
1110nt of. giving home rule to Ireland,
, a titer
113 inmates -o7 nudes and 56 fe
males. 7110 cost or maintenance Iva
5211,227.9S, an averasnc of 62(13,81
ne against 5974.72 in 19111. The
average number of pupils 1t 1,0 111,
as against 118 in 1001.
The report ..O,C-. the institute for
Ilio Deaf and Dumb at Belleville
shorted a total cost of maintenance
of. 642,982.70, -against 5.17,52)3,21
in 15101, and a yearly cost per pup(
of $169,81, against $1.84.92 111 1901
P34n •r
nu dn
t ofp upils was 258.
The report of
the Minister
e.
Public Works is an interesting
volume. It shows that 111 the pro
vine there are 7,101 smiles of rail
way in operation, with 115) merle,
construction. The latter are -Iron
dale, Bancroft an(l Ottawa Railway,
eight miles ; Algoma Central, 100
miles; and Manitoulin ;le North
Shote five miles.
the. salary of its corporation labor-
ers front 18 to 20 cents -per hour.
Two Minden inicl eighty bills Wert)
sult of the recent, session of Ifollfax
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy has an-
) flounced the purchase of the Elder -
11 Dempster steamphip elonmouth
The 11100711a of the CI.T.R. station
tin, village of Acton was the
largest in its history last month,
- being over $12,000.
Brandon Board of Trade has pass-
' ed a resolution endorsing the idea of
aPpointing Lova Strait -wenn, Gov-
ernor-Clem:nil of Canada.
A "necktie social" recently took
place at Brantford in aid of 11 chari-
table Institution. During intends-
sion neckties were sold auction.
Patrons of the Stratford Cas and
Electric Light (lo. are in d ignant at
11.11gtehtti.nnouncement of from 25 io 100
per cent, advance in the price of
W. A. Campbell, a newspaper man
of Portland, Diegon, hes purchaecel
20,000 aci•es of land in the 'Vermil-
lion River Colony near Mr Barr'•
The Deering Harvester Company
have just lee contracts for 825o,000
worth (if 110W buildings at Ilamilton
and may spend a quarter of a mil-
lion more for the same purpose.
The NiPisgin,, and James Bay Rail-
way Company want authority to
construct a line from the junction of
The report of Hospitals and Char-
ities says two more County Homes
of Refuge have been established dur-
ing the year, at Perth and 11'114lhy.
Tho number of NA1ems in the hos-
pitals of the Province on the let
October, 1901, was 9,287 ; number
admitted during the ewer, 29,838
total number of patients leveled
luting the year, 83,118. The re-
venue of hospitals frons all sources,
other than the (I°eernntent grant,
was 3581,585,56, and the Protincial
.i'rn,2t for' 111st '1'rltl' wits 51 i.0,000.
There was expended for maintenance
01 hospitals during the year 8673,-
009.21; the overage cost per patient
per (Illy was 88 4-5 c.; the percentage
of 1110 •Provincial grant to the total
expenditure for maintenance was .16.
Thee are about 100 Homes for old
people, orphanages, Magdalen Asy-
luu,'., Conve.leseent I4omes and
Homes; for Incurables in the Pro-
vince having an ayy;,iegatc population
of 0,059 ; and the itn111101 expendi-
ture for maintenance, apart from
the Government greet, was $845,-
0,14.29, The Provincial grunt to
these institutions for the past year
is 574,50.8.88.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS,
The mitred volume of information
known as the "Public Accounts"
was laid 011 the table and contains
over 200 pages, The total appro-
priation un:lor the bill of supply
was 54,106,025,
In the various departments the
amount expended was 54,064,1188.42,
Tho total of unexpended appro-
priation reaches the sum of 8347,-
768.58, while the over -expended is
52113406,44,
The total 10(0)9t5 of the province
aro given as 5.4,291,082, of which
51,488,084 is from Crown lauds,
5122,855 from public institutions,
$1,196,872 Dominion subsidy and
spacial grant, and 3195,819 interest
o, capital. held, debt, due by the
Dominion and interest on invest-
ment,
Tho expenditure is $4,845,008, un-
der 3111 of supply ,anal fixed charges,
The latter are railway, subsidy 'fund,
$126,177.11 1 annuities, 5102,000 ;
municipal drainage debentures, $1,-
625.11 ; university grant, 340,444,-
7)5, and 0011111(0(1 school fund of
50,198,18, Of the entire expendi-
ture $8,875,614 was expended as
follows ;
4.1Ci,11t government, 5285,203 ; leg-
islation, 1o1 , -$140,771 ; administration
of justice, 5482,758e education,
5804,909 1 public Institutions, 1110fn-
tercance, 5864,898; inlnligp(ation,
$4,777; agriculture, 5284,880 hos-
pitals and'bhaai'tles;5215,521. ; re-
pairs and maintenance nubile build-
pairs ancl, maintenance public build-
ings, 591,298; locks,' d'oins, AC.,
$14,954 ; colonization roads, 511)6,-
246 ; charges Crown lams, 5227,-
070; surveys, inspections, eta, $1,-
881:-
1;881: ; refunds, $22,292 ; miscellan-
eons, 5279,251.
Of the 3286,169 collected as suc-
cession duties, 570,388 came front
the County 'of York :-511,000 from
C. J4T, Hubbard, $9,000 from .1, II,
Beatty, $10,000 from Sir Frani(
Smith, and. $10,000' . from Hugh
Ryan. The estate of John Ryan
lens also deposited 525,000 in lie.(
of bonds. From Northumberland
and Doirllam the estate of Henry
C'over't paid 510,5002`
HE TORTURED CHILDREN.
John Earl, a St. Louis Showman
Sent to Workhouse.
A St. Louis despatch Says :-Jo)1n
Earl, who was arrested for tortur-
ing two children whom he had
adopted, has been fined $1,000, and
in default, was sent to the Work-
house, Testimony showed t,hat
Earl, who is a showman, beat with
(Wake and straps and burned with a
hot iron a boy and gh11 whom ho
atttemptocl to train for an acrobatic
0)1045, The 0hfl(h'cn were in a 1101 -
Ilene corali110n Wile» roamed by trio
police.
EWS ITEMS.
Telegraphic Briefs Front All
Over the Globe.
CANADA,
Tho Toronto (Jreeadler's will visit
St, Thema( on Victoria 1)n',
Windsor lost ninetine heeded dol-
1a(•s 011 Its municipal woodynr0.
Contracts hate /Well 1.11v0rde0 for
many 110w 3010131)15 in Oollingwood.
Winnipeg police brio has been la -
creased by the addition of ton now
11101(,
7'11e C,P.11, expect to hew] ten
1/11111011 bushel elevator capacity at
Port; William this year.
A company lues' been formed to
Iwamoto I)uglish 5wttit'iuttit in New
Ontario,
It is proposed to run two through
express trains on the 1.0.12. fl
Montreal to liulifnx,
According to a census bulletin the
total value of farm property in New
Brunswick i5 5111(1,500,018,
St, Thomas Street Railway Cum -
pally lees purchase two more 1)010
1018, (00611)1 32,000 ea011,
the C'alllndar /ranch railway with
the C.I.R. to Moose Factory, on
James Bay.
According to a statement by the
Northwest Grain Healers' Associa-
tion, there is still 14,733,758 bush-
els of wheat to be forwarded to
lake ports by :Manitoba and Terri -
torte' fu.rmel's,
Collingwond ministers Have ad-
dressed a memorial to their local
councillors, calling their attention to
the open violation of the .Liquor
Act as regards Saturday night and
Sunday selling.
Mckinnon, a Victoria labor union
1111111, 10110 ons 011 strike and who 115-
5anited a man who was filling his
position, was severely reprimanded
by the judge and sentenced to six
months imprisonment with hard
labor.
In his address at the annual meet-
ing of the Canadian Association for
the Prevention of Consumption, at
Ottawa, Lord ltlinto stated his be-
lief that ih(10 wer0 111 Canada an-
nually not less than 80,0(10 cases of
tuberculosis, The number of deaths
was 9,000. According to the annual
report, read by Hr. IT. B. Small,
out of 36 hospitals in the Dominion
but 18 had special accommodation
for consumptive patients.
UNITPID STATES.
The steamship Minnesota, launched
at New London, Oonn„ is said to
be the largest cargo currier in the
world.
Harry Ray, 18, and Jioseph 1V11-
Ilarns, 30, or Toronto, Ont„ are In
jail at Pontine, Mich„ charged with
burglarizing a store at A:T111o,'d.
Saturday three masked men held
up a trolley car in Chicago, con-
taining eight 111011 /111(1 000 woman,
and got 5200 and four watches.
A large sypclicate of Ohiotans at
Spi•ingflelcl, is organizing a $2,000-.
000 company here for investment in
Canadian mince, woods and rail-
roads.
George Vaughan, a farm laborer of
Knoxville, Tenn., found 51,000 in
ten and twenty dollar"gold pieces in
the stump of a 110110w tree, hidden
by robbers soot after the civil war,
Superintendent Boyd,of the .Now
York State Department of Public
Works, has issued an order that the
Erie, Oswego and Champlain canals
be open for navigation at noon 011
May 2nd.
For years past the miners employe
ed by the Pennsylvania Coal Com-
pany in and about Pittston have had
the privilege of purchasing coal for
their own use at special prices; but
an order has been issued that work.
met will have to pay an advance of
50 cent8 a ton on stove and (hest -
nut and an advance of 215 cents on
pea coal,
GENERAL.
Lord Charles Beresford has assum-
ed command of the Channel awed -
(on,
Bulgarian brigands are alleged to
have massacred :1.85 p00ple in one
Messulrnan village,
The n116011al convention at Dublin
enthusiastically endorsed the prin-
ciple of the land bill.
Lieat:-Col. 'Peinple West, of the
319tloh Grenadier GUft1'ds, Who flied
at Nioe„ left 51,000,000 for pt►lslic
ba141ests, largely for art.
HIVE To PAY LARGE FEES
WHAT IT OOSTS TO BECOME
AN
,KARL,
Yon Might Support a Peerage on,
an Income of $50,-
000.
W1111am Pitt one recottnneneletl to
George 111, that any man with an
11100010 0f 5100,000 a 3rear should be
mail0 a peer• if he so (1051)0(1,
It would bo po55ihle, according to
an English paper, to Support a peer-
age on an income much less than
that. Indeed, many a peer of re-
cent creation, as well as of anolont
date, is able to lninntairl, his dignity
with great success 011 550,000 a
year or , 000n lees, But the un-
avoidable
1-avoidable initial expenses which a
peer is called upon to defray total
up at the very least close on 54,-
,
there aro big foes to
h000Firo paistd,of There are five gratles of
nobility -baron, viscount, earl, mare
(lids and duke, The fee of a baron
is 5750. of a viscount $1,000, of an
oa,1 51,250, of a marquis 31,500,
end of a duke - the highest rank fn
tiro peerage -$1,750. Part of these
,fees goes to the national exchequer
and part to support the College of
Arms in Queen Victoria street, by
which all questions of arms and bor-
adi{ry are decided.
It is a singular fact that wlien
Wellington took his seat in the
House of Lords for: the first time;
011 ,Tuna 28, 1814, .he was a baron,
a viscount, an earl; a mwequls and
e. duke all rolled into one.
'WIIAT WELLINGTON PAID.
These dignities had been conferred
upon )rim from. time to time In their
order by distinct grants for his ser-
Viees du ring the long war with
Prance, and it was only when, on
the overthrow of Napoleon, the last
and highest patent of nobility was
bestowed that he was able to take
his sent in the Shouse of Lords. The
combined foes which Wellington had
to pay for the five patents of no-
bility amounted to 56,250.
A peer must wear the robes of his
rank in the peerage on his introduc-
tion to the House of Loris. These
robes are made of scarlet cloth,
slashed with ermine, the wearer's
rank in the peerage being denoted by
the number of bars 3'f white fur
which traverse the robe hack and
front, A fluke displays four bars of
ermine, a marquis three and a half,
an earl throe, a viscount two, and a
baron one. Bach robe costs be-
tween 5200 and 5250.
Then there is the coronet. The
occasions are rare upon, which peers
are called upon to weal' their "crowns
are called upon to wear their
crowns. The coronet of each rank
of the peerage consists of a can of
crimson, velvet turned up with er-
imule and suritnounted by a golden
tassel,
STYLES OP CORONETS.
It is in the design of the coronet's
outer circle of gold and silver that
the various orders of nobility are
'distinguished. A baron's coronet
Mee a plain circle of gold surmount-
ed by six silver baps. The circle of
gold in a viscount's coronet is Jew-
elled, and there are twelve silver
balls. From the jewelled circle of
gold in an earl's coronet rise eight
points, also of gold, upon each of
which there is a silver ball, and be-
tween each point, close to the cir-
cle, is a gold stratvber•1y leaf. The
coronet of a marquis has a row of
silver balls, placed not on points,
but on the circle of gold, and be-
tween each is a gold Strawberry leaf;
anal a duke's coronet has a wreath
of goliT strawberry leaves over the
jewelled circle of gold. The gold-
smith's charge for making a coronet
ranges from 450 guineas.
Among other expenses of a poor are
a fee of 550 to the College of Arms
for a grant of arms, a tax of two
guineas a year for displaying these
armorial bearings on his carriage,
and a further tax of about 55 a
Year for engraving them on bis pri-
vate note paper.
' BRITISH BUDGET.
•
A Reduction of Four Pence in the
Income Tax.
A despatch from London says
The features of the 'Britten. budget,
introduced by Mr, Ritchie, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, on Thurs-
daaro
Iy,ncome tax reduced (rani is 8d to
lid in the pouuld,
The abolition of the duty on
grain,
Taxes on sugar and coal remain'
4111t'hang'ed, •-
Estimated expenditure, 5719;7170n
000.
719;7170,-
000.
Estimated revenue, $778,850,000. -
Cost of the ware in South Africa
and China -four :Years -$1,085,000,-
000, of which $840,000,000 has been
defrayed by revenue:
National delft, including the war
debt, $8,0.91,745,000.
MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE
Train Wrecker Sentenced to Fif-
teen Years,.
A Fah'fa2,sV, a., despa:4eh says: The
jtn',y in the case or Robert Ii'amilton,
charged with wrecking the. New York
an'tf,Plorida express on the South-
ern Railway at Ravenswood, Va.,
February 15, when 'two people wore
killed, hen brought 'in a ve•iiiot of
murder in the second degree and ax-
e the punishment at &teen• years in,
the peniteo.tiaey.
•
Elaborate preparations aro being
made in - Paris to wcl,0oano Xing Ed-
ward,
The 110050 at Pretoria owneil,b,y
ex-Pr•osiclont ICrugor was sold at, auc-
tion for 520,000, °
Russia has (lema)rded from T0rke7
a large cash indemnity and the
building• of a manorial chapel, le
reparation for 1110 murder of the
Consul at 14tit1'ovitza.
The Daily Telegraph es -Hinnies the
British national debt at 4800,000,-
000, compared with .4685,000,000 in
rts54,e